Adventure Island 3 (高橋名人の冒険島Ⅲ, Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima Surī, "Great Takahashi's Adventure Island III") is a sidescrolling platform game published by Hudson Soft that was originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It is the third game in the Adventure Island released for the NES, following Adventure Island II. A portable version was also released for the Game Boy in 1993 titled Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima III, renamed to Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise outside of Japan.
Higgins can crouch, an ability he did not have in the previous NES games. However, he loses the ability to backtrack during a stage. Unlike the previous game, the boss does not move to a different stage when the player loses a life.
The inventory system from the second NES game is still present, but this time he has eight items to choose from instead of just five. Higgins has a fifth dinosaur friend who can help him out: a triceratops (summoned by a star card) that can defeat enemies with his rolling attack. The other new items include a boomerang weapon that can be used as an alternative from Higgins' traditional stone axe weapon, and a crystal that provides Higgins with one hitpoint when he begins a stage.
There are different hidden rooms as well, such as a treasure room where Higgins can choose a new powerup, a surfing bonus round, a room containing a crystal (with an option to continue the level or skip it), and a room with the option of skipping a boss (which will also skip the stage) or not.

NES/FC Playlist:
   • NES/FC/FDS  

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:37 Area 11 00:00:52 Bonus Stage 1 (Surf)
00:01:55 Area 12 00:02:20 Secret Level Skip 1
00:02:41 Area 1A
00:03:51 Area 1B
00:04:53 Area 13 00:05:22 Bonus Stage 2 (Day)
00:06:05 Area 14
00:06:59 Area 15
00:07:41 Area 16 00:08:35 Boss 1 (Antlion)
00:08:57 Area 21
00:09:41 Area 22 00:10:05 Secret Level Skip 2
00:10:42 Area 2A
00:11:54 Area 2B
00:12:57 Area 23 00:13:14 Warp Point 1
00:13:49 Area 24 00:14:14 Bonus Stage 3 (Day)
00:15:00 Area 25 00:15:06 Bonus Stage 4 (Night)
00:16:15 Area 26 00:17:23 Boss 2 (Wild Wisteria)
00:17:49 Area 31
00:18:33 Area 32 00:18:38 Bonus Stage 5 (Night)
00:19:40 Area 33 00:19:56 Secret Level Skip 3
00:20:40 Area 3A
00:21:34 Area 3B 00:21:56 Bonus Stage 6 (Surf)
00:23:18 Area 34
00:24:00 Area 35
00:24:55 Area 36 00:26:03 Boss 3 (Fire Salamander)
00:26:41 Area 41
00:27:25 Area 42 00:28:12 Bonus Stage 7 (Surf)
00:29:00 Area 43 00:29:18 Secret Level Skip 4
00:29:53 Area 4A
00:30:48 Area 4B 00:31:24 Bonus Stage 8 (Night)
00:32:21 Area 44
00:33:18 Area 45
00:33:53 Area 46 00:34:52 Boss 4 (Crocodile Fish/Goblin Shark)
00:35:38 Area 51 00:36:04 Secret Level Skip 5
00:36:30 Area 5A
00:37:48 Area 5B 00:38:02 Bonus Stage 9 (Night)
00:39:19 Area 52 00:39:48 Bonus Stage 10 (Surf)
00:40:41 Area 53
00:41:31 Area 54 00:41:48 Warp Point 2
00:42:26 Area 55
00:43:19 Area 56 00:44:05 Boss 5 (Fossil)
00:44:46 Area 61
00:45:24 Area 62 00:45:42 Secret Level Skip 6
00:46:37 Area 6A 00:47:28 Bonus Stage 11 (Night)
00:48:24 Area 6B
00:49:48 Area 63 00:50:10 Warp Point 3
00:50:54 Area 64 00:51:10 Bonus Stage 12 (Surf)
00:52:16 Area 65 00:52:40 Hidden Egg after jumping to the other side
00:53:15 Area 66 00:54:13 Boss 6 (King Crab/Snow Crab)
00:54:35 Area 71 00:55:20 Secret Level Skip 7
00:55:52 Area 7A 00:56:20 Bonus Stage 13 (Surf)
00:57:23 Area 7B
00:58:21 Area 72
00:59:07 Area 73
01:00:10 Area 74 01:01:01 Bonus Stage 14 (Night) (Missed Hidden Egg above)
01:01:14 Area 75
01:02:04 Area 76 01:02:54 Boss 7 (Moon Moth)
01:03:27 Area 81
01:04:19 Area 82
01:05:06 Area 83 01:05:42 Secret Level Skip 8
01:06:13 Area 8A
01:07:19 Area 8B 01:07:32 Bonus Stage 15 (Day)
01:08:39 Area 84 01:09:10 Bonus Stage 16 (Surf)
01:10:15 Area 85
01:11:31 Area 86 01:12:29 Boss 8 (UFO/Aliens)
01:13:54 Ending