System 3 is a long-running British publisher responsible for releasing retro titles like Fuzzball and Desert Fighter. The company is notable for publishing Gottlieb Pinball Classics, a key entry in the Pinball Hall of Fame franchise, as well as the 2007 remake of the classic action-platformer Impossible Mission.
The publisher's catalog spans several decades, bridging early home computer eras with modern console revivals. Within the
Pinball Hall of Fame franchise, the company managed multiple regional releases of
Gottlieb Pinball Classics, starting with a 2000 iteration and expanding to major console ports in 2006, alongside a budget-range
Gottlieb Pinball Classics [Platinum] edition the same year. These titles faithfully recreated historic electro-mechanical and solid-state pinball tables for a new generation of players.
For the
Impossible Mission franchise, the publisher updated the classic tactical platformer for twenty-first-century audiences, delivering the 2007 version of
Impossible Mission to portable and home consoles with updated graphics and classic play modes. That same year, the company expanded its sports and simulation portfolio with the release of
Powerplay Pool (2007), a pocket billiards title designed for handheld play. These releases, alongside earlier software like the 1987 action-puzzle game
Fuzzball and the 1995 tactical shoot-'em-up
Desert Fighter, define the company's strategy of maintaining classic gameplay formats across evolving hardware generations, a legacy that also connects to its involvement with the
Tiny Troopers franchise.