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Beginnings (1973–1981) Former headquarters in Suita, Osaka, from 1978 to 2023. SNK was founded in 1973 as Shin Nihon Kikaku and reorganized on July 22, 1978 as a stock company ( kabushiki gaisha) under the name "Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation".
Jun 11, 2004 · SNK (short for Shin Nihon Kikaku, or "New Japanese Project") Electronics Corp., the brainchild of Eikichi Kawasaki, set up shop in Osaka, Japan, in July 1978. Initially, the company's purpose was...
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SNK Corporation(株式会社エス・エヌ・ケイKabushiki-gaisha Esu・Enu・Kē?) was a Japanese game manufacturer that was involved in the planning, development, and sales of game consoles and game software, founded on July 22, 1978 in Osaka, Japan, [1] [2] as well as the management of amusement facilities from the 1970s to 2001.
Feb 5, 2020 · Before we get into SNK’s golden age, we have to go all the way back to the distant year of 1979. A relatively new company, named the Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation (Translated as New Japanese Project in English), released their first attempt at an arcade game, Ozma Wars. Originally established as a computer software company, the rapid growth ...
May 21, 2021 · KOF overseers Yasuyuki Oda and Eisuke Ogura talk us through the history of the series. By John Learned May 21, 2021, 1:00pm EDT. Bought, sold, reshuffled, and realigned, SNK has been in...
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Apr 5, 2022 · Apr 5, 2022, 12:17 PM PDT. Photo by ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images. SNK Corporation, the developer of games like Metal Slug and Fatal Fury, is now nearly entirely owned by a...
SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki. The corporation was initially named Shin Nihon Kikaku (新日本企画, lit. "New Japan Project"). The name was then informally shortened to SNK Corporation in 1981 before becoming the company's official name in 1986.
