SNK Playmore (also known as SNK) is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of Shin Nihon Kikaku (新日本企画), Japanese for "New Japan Project". The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986.
The original SNK was founded in Osaka, Japan, in July 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki, and existed until October 22, 2001. Anticipating the end of his first company, Kawasaki founded the company Playmore in August 2001, which in 2003 became SNK Playmore. Due to this strong resemblance to the previous company both in name and identity, SNK Playmore is sometimes referred to simply as SNK.
SNK is most notable for creating the Neo-Geo arcade system, and several franchises of games derived from it, including The King of Fighters, The Super Spy, Burning Fight, Art of Fighting (Ryuuko No Ken), Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits) and Fatal Fury (Garou Densetsu). SNK also helped publish many games including Rage of the Dragons, World Heroes and Sengoku; along with Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors and Waku Waku 7 by Sunsoft and the 1995 Double Dragon arcade game by Technos Japan for the Neo-Geo. Besides the Neo-Geo series of games, they are notable for some stand-alone arcade games and home console ports of them, including Vanguard, Ikari Warriors and P.O.W.: Prisoners of War.
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NEO GEO HOME CART FATAL FURY 2 II SNK JAPAN USED
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| CES ad piece - 1990 Electro Source brochure SNK Neo Geo
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| BOXED POCKET NEO GEO GAME KING OF FIGHTERS R2 SNK RARE
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| NINTENDO NES GAME IKARI WARRIORS SNK FIGHTING VINTAGE
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| SUPER NINTENDO SNES GAME ART OF FIGHTING SNK TAKARA NR
$7.99
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