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Description

Samurais duel against one another trying to find the final boss Zankuro. Each victorious character has its own ending. Two players can also compete against each other.

Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood was produced by SNK in 1996.

SNK released 183 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. SNK was based in Japan.

Other machines made by SNK during the time period Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood was produced include: Fatal Fury 3: Road To The Final Victory, Garou Densetsu 3: Road To The Final Victory, Real Bout Garou Densetsu, King Of Fighters '95, The, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Art Of Fighting 3 - The Path Of The Warrior, Neo Drift Out New Technology, King Of Fighters '96, The, Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle, and Metal Slug

Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood
Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood

Specs

Name Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood
Developer SNK (Japan)
Year 1996
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9421
Class Wide Release
Genre Fighting
Monitor
Conversion Class Neo Geo MVS
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Competitive
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 4 - Light Slash|Medium Slash|Strong Slash|Kick
Sound Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

This game is known in Japan as Samurai Spirits: Zankurou Musouken.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood Census

There are 14,774 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,483 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,626 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Common - There are 23 known instances of this machine owned by Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 21 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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Legacy

  1. Samurai Shodown
  2. Samurai Shodown II
  3. Samurai Shodown III
  4. Samurai Shodown III: Blades Of Blood
  5. Samurai Shodown IV
  6. Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
  7. Samurai Shodown 64

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