<s>
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Reflections	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
and	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
III	I-Application
has	O
four	O
distinct	O
stages	O
instead	O
of	O
one	O
big	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
III	I-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
October	O
1990	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
for	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
III	I-Application
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Martin	O
Edmondson	O
on	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
A3000	I-Device
using	O
DPaint	B-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
interviewed	O
Mark	O
Jones	O
,	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
III	I-Application
's	O
graphic	O
artist	O
,	O
for	O
information	O
regarding	O
its	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
pre-release	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edmondson	O
notes	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
selling	O
point	O
of	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
was	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Apart	O
from	O
how	O
many	O
colours	O
and	O
layers	O
of	O
parallax	O
and	O
monsters	O
we	O
could	O
squeeze	O
on	O
screen	O
,	O
no	O
thought	O
went	O
into	O
it	O
whatsoever	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
expresses	O
that	O
Beast	O
III	O
will	O
'	O
retain	O
the	O
characteristic	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
 '	O
alongside	O
significant	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edmondson	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
We	O
must	O
be	O
the	O
only	O
people	O
left	O
who	O
do	O
n't	O
use	O
SNASM	B-Application
-	O
we	O
just	O
find	O
it	O
too	O
slow	O
"	O
and	O
expresses	O
that	O
he	O
personally	O
considers	O
specially	O
designed	O
editors	O
and	O
utilities	O
'	O
a	O
waste	O
of	O
time.	O
'	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
complication	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Beast	O
III	O
's	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
is	O
that	O
North	O
American	O
Amigas	B-Device
run	O
at	O
60Hz	O
while	O
European	O
Amigas	B-Device
run	O
at	O
50Hz	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
graphical	O
glitches	O
on	O
the	O
NA	O
Amiga	B-Device
during	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
considered	O
and	O
even	O
developed	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
,	O
with	O
Matt	O
Furniss	O
tasked	O
as	O
the	O
composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
for	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
III	O
was	O
composed	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Tim	O
Wright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
gave	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
III	I-Application
a	O
mixed	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
called	O
the	O
graphics	O
"	O
very	O
good	O
"	O
and	O
music	O
"	O
excellent	O
"	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
puzzles	O
 '	O
high	O
level	O
of	O
difficulty	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
save	O
game	O
feature	O
,	O
and	O
slow	O
load	O
times	O
(	O
and	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
that	O
prevented	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
hard	O
drive	O
)	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
I	O
have	O
grown	O
tired	O
of	O
arcade	O
games	O
that	O
punish	O
the	O
player	O
rather	O
than	O
reward	O
them	O
for	O
their	O
efforts	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
