<s>
R-Type	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
Lightning	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
introduce	O
new	O
Forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
Force	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
now	O
named	O
the	O
Round	O
Force	O
,	O
later	O
named	O
as	O
the	O
Standard	O
Force	O
in	O
R-Type	B-Application
Delta	I-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
choose	O
from	O
two	O
other	O
Forces	O
:	O
the	O
Shadow	O
Force	O
and	O
the	O
Cyclone	O
Force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reverted	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
red-blue-yellow	O
weapon	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Diffusion	O
Wave	O
Cannon	O
from	O
R-Type	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
standard	O
wave	O
cannon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fighter	O
in	O
R-Type	B-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
identified	O
in	O
R-Type	B-Application
Final	I-Application
as	O
the	O
R-9Ø	O
Ragnarök	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
'	O
R-90	O
'	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
R-90	O
has	O
been	O
split	O
into	O
three	O
in	O
Final	B-Application
:	O
the	O
R-9S	O
Strike	O
Bomber	O
has	O
the	O
R-90	O
'	O
s	O
basic	O
Standard	O
force	O
unit	O
and	O
first	O
wave	O
cannon	O
,	O
identified	O
as	O
the	O
Mega	O
Wave	O
Cannon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
's	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
R-90	O
has	O
the	O
Shadow	O
Force	O
and	O
Hyper	O
Wave	O
Cannon	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
unable	O
to	O
choose	O
its	O
Force	O
or	O
switch	O
between	O
Wave	O
Cannons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
the	O
R-9Ø2	O
Ragnarok	O
II	O
has	O
the	O
R-90	O
'	O
s	O
final	B-Application
Force	O
,	O
the	O
Cyclone	O
Force	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Giga	O
Wave	O
Cannon	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
charged	O
through	O
7	O
loops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R-Type	B-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
only	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
but	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
by	O
Italy-based	O
Raylight	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Wii	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
delisted	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Europe	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
January	O
2	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
CES	O
2018	O
,	O
Retro-bit	O
has	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
re-releasing	O
R-Type	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
Lightning	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
other	O
installments	O
on	O
a	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
multicart	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
having	O
a	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
and	O
a	O
Limited	O
Collector	O
’s	O
Edition	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R-Type	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
Lightning	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
built	O
into	O
Retro-Bit	O
'	O
s	O
Super	O
Retrocade	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
legally-licensed	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
In	O
the	O
version	O
1.1	O
release	O
of	O
that	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
R-Type	O
and	O
R-Type	B-Application
II	I-Application
are	O
also	O
included	O
games	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly'''s	O
five	O
reviewers	O
gave	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
a	O
unanimous	O
score	O
of	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
each	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
Huge	O
levels	O
,	O
excellent	O
bosses	O
(	O
and	O
a	O
rather	O
high	O
difficulty	O
)	O
makes	O
this	O
the	O
shooter	O
to	O
get.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
R-Type	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Third	I-Application
Lightning	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
Best	O
Shooter	O
of	O
1994	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly''	O
ranked	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
the	O
23rd	O
best	O
console	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
it	O
had	O
virtually	O
eliminated	O
the	O
slowdown	O
,	O
increased	O
the	O
difficulty	O
,	O
improved	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sounds	O
,	O
and	O
expanded	O
the	O
strategy	O
by	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
three	O
different	O
Force	O
Device	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
ranks	O
it	O
#65	O
on	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
Top	O
SNES	B-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Complex	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
32nd	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
The	O
Best	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
rated	O
the	O
game	O
42nd	O
in	O
their	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games	O
.	O
</s>
