SNK
Japanese video game company. SNK stands for "Shin Nihon Kikaku," translated to "New Japan Project."
It was started in late 1970s and lasted until its collapse in 2000 due to under-finance by Aruze, its parent company at the time. SNK's intellectual properties were dispersed among many other companies and development teams, such as Korean-based Eolith and Mega Enterprises and Japan-based Noise Factory. However, Playmore, founded by former SNK CEO Kawasaki, purchased the rights to these intellectual properties and continues development on key series to this day. Much of the same staff of 2000 is currently employed at Playmore, who later changed its name to the 'SNK Playmore Corporation'. However, many fans of SNK and of the Neo Geo hardware are divided over this "resurrection" and the SNK and Playmore eras of their beloved hardware.
SNK is known for being the manufacturer of the Neo-Geo video game console and arcade system, which they have been developing for since the early 1990s. The majority of their popular games were released for the Neo-Geo, and some were later ported over to other more popular systems. SNK also had a few variations of the Neo-Geo, such as the Neo Geo Gold, the Neo Geo CD, the Neo Geo CDZ, and the Neo-Geo 64. They also made two handheld systems, the Neo Geo Pocket and the Neo Geo Pocket Color.
Games
SNK has been behind the following games (many of which are fighting games), among others:
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