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Gradius III

4.27 / 5 (22 votes)

Game Information

Pilot the Vic Viper, the most awesome fighter ever built, and fly through the vast space to take down the Bacterion Empire in Gradius III! Choose the weapon load out that fits your game play and blow away all your opponent in this retro shooter!

Gradius III is a classic side scrolling space shooter and is the third installment of the Gradius franchise. The game was published back in 1989 and was considered to be one of the best side scrolling shooter you can get on the early Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). In this game, you will take control of the Vic Viper and defeat weird looking aliens through various levels and missions. Before the game starts, you will choose your a weapon load out among three pre-arrange load outs, or you can create your own custom load out with the weapons available. Have fun!

Please click inside the screen to activate the controls

Controls
Arrow Keys – Movement
Space key – Select
Enter key – Start
“Z” key – a
“X” key – b
“A” key – x
“S” key – y
“D” key – l
“C” key – r

To save your game:hover over the emulator screen and use the icons to save your progress.
Down arrow icon (save), Up arrow icon (load).

Game Controls

Click screen to activate.
    = Directions
Z = A   X = B
A = X   S = Y
D = L   C = R
 enter ↵  = Start
  space   = Select

Play Gradius III game online in your browser free of charge on Arcade Spot. Gradius III is a high quality game that works in all major modern web browsers. This online game is part of the Arcade, Shooting, Emulator, and SNES gaming categories. Gradius III has 18 likes from 22 user ratings. If you enjoy this game then also play games Gradius and Gradius 2. Arcade Spot brings you the best games without downloading and a fun gaming experience on your computers, mobile phones, and tablets. New arcade games and the most popular free online games are added every day to the site.

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