| Aka: | Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom |
| Console: | Nintendo 3DS |
| TV Standard: | Region Not Set |
| Developer(s): | Tecmo |
| Publisher(s): | Tecmo |
| Release Date: | 2014-01-23 |
| Players: | 1 |
| Co-op: | No |
| ESRB: | Not Rated |
| Type: | Platform |
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom[a] is a side-scrolling platforming video game developed and published by Tecmo. It was released in Japan on June 26, 1991 for the Famicom and in North America in August 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The NES version was not released in Europe. It was later ported to the Atari Lynx by Atari and released in 1993 in North America and Europe, the European version retaining the North American Ninja Gaiden III title. It was also re-released as part of its Ninja Gaiden Trilogy Super NES compilation in 1995 in Japan and North America. Long after, it was released for the Virtual Console service in North America on February 18, 2008 for the Wii and in North America and Europe on November 28, 2013 and January 23, 2014 respectively for the Nintendo 3DS. It was designed by Masato Kato, who took over for Hideo Yoshizawa—designer of the first two games in the NES series.
