Lethal Enforcers 3 is a light gun game for one or two players, and it is the final in the Lethal Enforcers series. The game uses 3D polygon graphics instead of digitised actors. The players move through the stages on-rails while shooting enemies. While running through the stages players can take cover behind a shield, which also reloads. Rack up combos for bonus points by consecutively hitting targets without missing. When innocent people are shot the players are demoted in rank and news paper headlines fill the screen. The game has 6 distinct stages, each with its own title logo and short introduction similar to a tv show: Cops in the city, fight the mob in the Akihabara district Coast intrudes, enter a ship and fight drug smugglers in the harbor area Rival Heat, round up gun smugglers in a subway station and tunnels Airport 2004, hostage situation around a grounded airplane Justice and Judgement, terrorists threaten to blow up a nuclear power plant Lethal Enforcers 3, rescue the captured Prime Minister in a coup d'état