The Windows version is a nearly perfect port of the arcade version. The Windows version was re-released internationally on download services in 2014. It includes an English translation of the Japanese text. The Windows port of Raiden III was published by Soft-World International corporation. The game's ending sequence shows the player's Fighting Thunder craft landing on the wreck of another Fighting Thunder craft, transforming into a Fairy. VCD deploys a new model of the Fighting Thunder, the ME-02, to stop the Crystals and save the Earth. In Raiden III, the Crystals have begun another invasion of Earth. The game consists of seven stages of increasing difficulty, with the first three levels taking place on Earth and the last four taking place in space. The bombs were changed to deploy instantly and cover the entire screen, as opposed to the earlier games' delayed explosion and smaller area of damage. Raiden III is the first game in the series to give the player craft smaller hitboxes. New mechanics introduced in this game include the Flash Shot multiplier, which increases score the faster an appearing enemy is destroyed, and Double Play, which allows one player to control both ships with one controller. Players are given a new primary weapon, the piercing Proton Laser, and a new missile weapon, the Radar Missile. Raiden III shares the same mechanics as the previous games in the series, while introducing new mechanics to set it apart from its predecessors. An enhanced version, Raiden III x Mikado Maniax, was released in 2023. The game was published in the US by UFO Interactive Games, in Europe by 505 Games, and in China by Soft-World International Corporation. Raiden III uses the Taito Type X arcade hardware, giving full 3D graphics to the series for the first time.

It is the fourth game in the Raiden series. Raiden III ( 雷電III, Raiden Surī) is a 2005 scrolling shooter video game developed by MOSS, licensed by Seibu Kaihatsu, and published by Taito.

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