Splatterhouse 3
| Splatterhouse 3 | |
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Packaging for the North American Genesis version.
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| Developer(s) | Now Production |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Distributor(s) | Namco |
| Director(s) | Taiji Nagayama |
| Producer(s) | Masami Shimotsuma Papaya Payapaya |
| Designer(s) | Masami Shimotsuma |
| Programmer(s) | Haruo Ohori |
| Artist(s) | Gyoee! Miyazaki Takashi Yoshida |
| Composer(s) | Eiko Kaneda |
| Series | Splatterhouse |
| Platform(s) | Mega Drive/Genesis |
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up, Horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Splatterhouse 3, known in Japan as Splatterhouse Part 3 (スプラッターハウスPART3?) is a horror themed beat'em up video game released by Namco for the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1993. It is the sequel to Splatterhouse 2 and was one of the first games to be given a rating by Sega's own Videogame Rating Council. In North America the game was given an MA-13 rating by the council for its graphic violence and gore. Unlike its predecessors, it was not originally released in Europe. The game was included as an unlockable extra in the 2010 remake, with new artwork replacing the digitized photographs due to legal reasons.
The game takes place about five years after the events of Splatterhouse 2. Rick and Jennifer have since married and have a son named David. Rick has also become successful on Wall Street and has bought a mansion in Connecticut, putting the memories of the Terror Mask behind him. Meanwhile, the Mask feels the ancient energy that it recalls from ages past and begins to speak to Rick. Rick must don the mask for the third time and fight the monsters that have invaded his mansion. Rick first fights to save Jennifer, who has been kidnapped by an entity known as the Evil One, but it is revealed this was only a distraction while the Evil One took David.
Rick eventually defeats the Evil One, who had planned to use David's latent psychic abilities to unlock the power of an object known as the Dark Stone. Upon defeating the Evil One, the Mask reveals its true, evil intentions. Rick must then destroy the Terror Mask permanently.
There are four possible endings, depending on if you save Jennifer and David, save one or the other, or fail to save them both. All but the best ending start out with the Mask saying he'll continue to exist as long as there's human suffering, and as he shatters, it says how the sky has cleared, and that evil has once again been banished. The endings are as follow.
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