Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom: all version differences

4 documented differences between the releases of Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, each with a source. Back to the main page for names, releases and where to play.

Category × version

CategoryNES (NA)SNES (Ninja Gaiden Trilogy)
Difficulty11
Audio01
Graphics01

Version differences

  • DifficultyNES (NA)

    Tecmo made the North American version much harder: only five continues before a full restart, twice the damage per hit, stronger enemies and no password system.1

  • DifficultySNES (Ninja Gaiden Trilogy)

    The SNES compilation is based on the Japanese release, so it has unlimited continues and enemies deal less damage.2

  • AudioSNES (Ninja Gaiden Trilogy)

    Two music tracks from Ninja Gaiden III are missing from the SNES compilation.2

  • GraphicsSNES (Ninja Gaiden Trilogy)

    Some background parallax scrolling was removed in the SNES compilation, for example in stage 2-1.2

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Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2en.wikipedia.org

Checked: 2026-10-13