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Rambo III

Description

A shoot-em-up where Rambo shoots at enemy soldiers. Fight a tank-like boss at the end of each level. This game was based on the popular movie.

Rambo III was produced by Taito in 1989.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Rambo III was produced include: Recordbreaker, Jigoku Meguri, Continental Circus, Kurikinton, Top Shooter, Asuka & Asuka, Battle Shark, Cadash, Cameltry, and Champion Wrestler

Specs

Name	Rambo III
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1989
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9260
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Scrolling Fighter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Rambo III Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireGrenade
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Rambo 3 arcade ending

Rambo III, Arcade, Taito, 1989

Rambo III KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.87 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.07

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.33
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 3.67

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.67
Originality	3.67
Sound/Music	3.33

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Trivia

Taito made a second version of Rambo III with different levels.

Miscellaneous

Licensed to Romstar for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Rambo III Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 28 known instances of this machine owned by Rambo III collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 21 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Rambo III circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Rambo III. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Rambo III boards sets.

This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

This game runs on Taito's B-System architecture, and is the only game that takes advantage of the architecture's special graphics features hardware sprite scaling, rotation, etc..

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Rambo III Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
(2 pages, 412 kB File)

Rambo III Instruction Manual - Rambo III Manual — **Rambo III Instruction Manual**
(23 pages, 8.3 MB File)

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