<s>
Virtua	B-Device
Cop	I-Device
3	I-Device
is	O
the	O
third	O
and	O
final	O
game	O
from	O
Sega	O
's	O
Virtua	B-Language
Cop	I-Language
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
shooter	O
franchise	O
released	O
exclusively	O
for	O
video	O
arcades	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
retains	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
as	O
its	B-Application
predecessor	I-Application
with	O
players	O
shooting	O
onscreen	O
enemies	O
using	O
a	O
gun	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtua	B-Device
Cop	I-Device
3	I-Device
introduces	O
a	O
new	O
slow-motion	O
"	O
bullet	O
time	O
"	O
mechanism	O
called	O
"	O
ES	O
mode	O
"	O
which	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
slow	O
down	O
time	O
by	O
stepping	O
on	O
a	O
special	O
pedal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtua	B-Device
Cop	I-Device
3	I-Device
also	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
toggle	O
between	O
different	O
weapons	O
by	O
pressing	O
a	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
gun	O
instead	O
of	O
having	O
to	O
use	O
just	O
one	O
weapon	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtua	B-Device
Cop	I-Device
3	I-Device
has	O
three	O
chapters	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Missions	O
)	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
any	O
desired	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ultimate	O
battle	O
between	O
the	O
Virtua	B-Language
Cops	I-Language
and	O
Brand	O
ensues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pilot	O
,	O
turning	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
Joe	O
Fang	O
(	O
the	O
final	O
boss	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Virtua	B-Language
Cop	I-Language
games	O
)	O
,	O
shows	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
elevator	O
leads	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
real	O
Joe	O
Fang	O
,	O
who	O
starts	O
to	O
mutate	O
into	O
his	O
monstrous	O
,	O
demon-like	O
form	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Dino	O
Fang	O
"	O
by	O
injecting	O
the	O
dinosaur	O
genes	O
into	O
his	O
own	O
human	O
DNA	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Virtua	B-Language
Cops	I-Language
face	O
him	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
battle	O
once	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
they	O
defeat	O
Dino	O
Fang	O
and	O
ECM	O
's	O
main	O
facility	O
self-destructs	O
as	O
the	O
Virtua	B-Language
Cops	I-Language
narrowly	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
explosion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
reported	O
that	O
Virtua	B-Device
Cop	I-Device
3	I-Device
would	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
Sega	O
Model	O
3	O
arcade	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
Virtua	B-Device
Cop	I-Device
3	I-Device
was	O
planned	O
for	O
the	B-Application
original	I-Application
Xbox	I-Application
upon	O
which	O
the	O
Chihiro	O
arcade	O
hardware	O
was	O
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
was	O
cancelled	O
reportedly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
costs	O
of	O
having	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
for	O
the	O
system	O
especially	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
have	O
been	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
existing	O
Xbox	B-Application
hardware	O
with	O
some	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
means	O
of	O
soft-modding	O
and	O
installing	O
an	O
additional	O
64MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
(	O
increasing	O
the	O
total	O
in	O
the	O
machine	O
to	O
128MB	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
launch	O
and	O
run	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
with	O
any	O
Xbox	B-Application
Lightgun	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
game	O
works	O
with	O
infrared	O
LEDs	O
and	O
sensors	O
,	O
playing	O
it	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Application
requires	O
similar	O
technology	O
lightguns	B-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
EMS	O
Top	O
Gun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
lightgun	B-Device
will	O
also	O
require	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
having	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
without	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
ES	O
mode	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
no	O
Xbox	B-Application
compatible	O
lightgun	B-Device
having	O
a	O
left	O
trigger	O
button	O
needed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
activate	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
playing	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
stock	O
Xbox	B-Application
controller	O
is	O
required	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
use	O
ES	O
mode	O
while	O
playing	O
Virtua	B-Device
Cop	I-Device
3	I-Device
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
