Ikari III: The Rescue ports the SNK third arcade installment on NES transforming the series into a third person beat em up with Ralf and Clark freeing a kidnapped president. The representation offers scrolling levels with hand to hand combat and weapons in a reformatted SNK license formula. Honest for NES beat em up fans in the 8 bit SNK production vein.
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Category
Action2 players12+
Co-op
Description
Western release of Ikari III subtitled The Rescue, mixing hand-to-hand brawling with picked-up weapons. Published by SNK, released in 1991 in the United States. Up to 2 players cooperative.
Ikari III - The Rescue review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,12 MB📅01/03/1991
Published by SNK
Ikari III - The Rescue (NES) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
The American Ikari III - The Rescue stands apart through a subtitle absent from the Famicom version and a Western calibration tuned to the 1991 NES audience. More widely distributed than the Japanese original, it nonetheless remains uncommon on the US market. Its collecting interest comes from the contrast with the Japanese variant rather than from any strong scarcity.
