SNK Playmore

K. K. SNK Playmore ( SNK Japanese株式会社プレイモア, Kabushiki - gaisha SNK Pureimoa, Eng. SNK Playmore Corporation) is a Japanese video game companies. SNK Shin Nihon Kikaku means, in German: "New Japan Project".

Company History

SNK is known as a manufacturer of video game console Neo Geo, SNK developed since the early 1990s. The majority of successful SNK games were developed for the Neo Geo, although some were later ported to other consoles. SNK developed several variations of the Neo Geos, as the Neo Geo Gold, the Neo Geo CD, Neo Geo CDZ and the Hyper Neo -Geo 64 They also developed the two handheld Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color.

The company was founded in 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki, who was up to the bankruptcy of SNK in the fall of 2000, its president. The former owner, a company called Aruze, distributed the rights and ownership of SNK to several companies, including Eolith, Mega Enterprises and Noise Factory. However, Eikichi Kawasaki founded a new company called Play More, and brought a whole year to so repurchase the former owner of SNK. In mid- 2002, he achieved his goal with the last acquisition: the name SNK. Finally, the company was changed to SNK Playmore 2003.

Known Games

  • Art of Fighting series
  • Athena
  • Baseball Stars
  • Crystalis
  • Fatal Fury series
  • Ikari Warriors series
  • The- King-of -Fighters series
  • The-Last Blade series
  • Magician Lord
  • Metal Slug series
  • PsychoSoldier
  • Samurai Shodown series
Types of business entity Suita, Osaka Hyper Neo Geo 64 Legal name (business) Metal Slug (series) Samurai Shodown (series) MobyGames
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