History Creator / ADK

In TheNineties, ADK only made games for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo arcade machine and console until 2003, when they filed for bankruptcy. After that, Creator/{{SNK}} bought ADK's properties and inserted them into their universe, starting with the CrisisCrossover FightingGame ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum'' in 2005, where appearing alongside characters from SNK's own franchises such as ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', were characters from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'', some of ADK's more famous games from their 90s glory period.. And that was just the beginning.

ADK made a variety of games: in TheEighties made various sports games and combat flight SimulationGames, some of them licenced by external companies as Creator/{{SEGA}} and Creator/{{SNK}} (before they went exclusive), but in TheNineties ADK expanded more making action-adventure Games and {{fighting hame}}s, with''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series probably their most famous title (And to some [[OneHitWonder their only well known one]]). After shutting down, ADK lives on, with their characters appearing in SNK games [[TheCameo mostly as cameos]] and releasing [[CompilationRerelease compilations]] of their classic work.

'''ADK''', formely (and also) known as '''Alpha Denshi Corp.''' (also ''Alpha'' or ''Alpha Denshi''), was a Japanese videogame company founded in [[OlderThanNES 1980]] and closed in 2003 by bankruptcy. They began as an electronics company, soon moving to arcade game development, and eventually becoming the first company to make games for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo as a third-party.

In TheNineties, ADK only made games for UsefulNotes/NeoGeo arcades and consoles until 2000s, where finally went to bankruptcy. After that, Creator/{{SNK}} bought ADK properties and inserted them into SNK Universe, starting with the CrisisCrossover FightingGame ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum'' in 2005, where apart of SNK licences (prominently ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'') were added as well characters from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'', some of ADK's famous games in TheNineties. [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun And that was just the beginning]].

ADK made a variety of games: in TheEighties made various Sport Games and Combat-Flight SimulationGames, some of them licenced by external companies as Creator/{{SEGA}} and Creator/{{SNK}} (before they were third-party of them), but in TheNineties ADK expanded more making Action-Adventure Games and {{Fighting Game}}s, being ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series probably the most famous title of the company ([[OneHitWonder and the only known for many]]). After their bankruptcy, ADK lives more than ever in SNK, whose characters are in various SNK titles [[TheCameo mostly as cameos]] and making various [[CompilationRerelease re-releases of their most known titles]].

Notably, the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo was actually designed by ADK for SNK, being an evolution of the 68k architecture used in ADK's late 80's games like ''Time Soldiers''.

* ''[[VideoGame/NinjaMastersHaoNinpoCho Ninja Master's: Hao Nippo Cho]]'' (1996)

** In their most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', [[TheProtagonist the protagonists]] [[TheHero and heroes]] are [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hanzou Hattori]] and [[UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro Kotaro Fuuma]], which are ninjas.

Wiki/TheOtherWiki has an article about ADK [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK_(company) here]], as well [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/ADK SNK Wiki]]. Remember, this is for the Japanese video game company, [[NamesTheSame not to be confused with]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal ADK dubbing for anime series]] nor the [[FunWithAcronyms Assessment and Deployment Kit]] for Windows and Android.

* {{Ninja}}: The ninjas are present especially in 90s ADK era, appearing as characters in various games and even having some with this theme, especifically ''Ninja Combat'', ''Ninja Commando'' and ''[[VideoGame/NinjaMastersHaoNinpoCho Ninja Master's]]''.

* MisaimedRealism: Some ADK games, like ''Crossed Swords'' series and ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat''.

* CocaPepsiInc: After bankruptcy, ADK properties was bought by SNK and now the characters and games from ADK are part of SNK Universe.

ADK made a variety of games: in TheEighties made various SportGames and Combat-Flight SimulationGames, some of them licenced by external companies as Creator/{{SEGA}} and Creator/{{SNK}} (before they were third-party of them), but in TheNineties ADK expanded more making ActionAdventureGames and FightingGames, being ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series probably the most famous title of the company ([[OneHitWonder and the only known for many]]). After their bankrupcy, ADK lives more than ever in SNK, whose characters are in various SNK titles [[TheCameo mostly as cameos]] and making various [[CompilationRerelease re-releases of their most known titles]].

* ''VideoGame/TwinkleStarSprites''[[note]]Only the first game, the other games of the series (''TSS: La Petite Princesse'' and ''TSS Gaiden'') were made by SNKP when they already had ADK properties[[/note]] (1996)

* ThreeQuartersView: Various of their ActionAdventureGames.

* [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No Celebrities]][=/=][[NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed Historical Figures Were Harmed]]: ''World Heroes'' series, which characters are historical characters (as well actual sportsmen) represented in the series. Also in ''[[VideoGame/NinjaMastersHaoNinpoCho Ninja Master's]]''.

TheOtherWiki has an article about ADK [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK_(company) here]], as well [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/ADK SNK Wiki]]. Remember, this is for the Japanese video game company, [[NamesTheSame not to be confused with]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal ADK dubbing for anime series]] nor the [[FunWithAcronyms Assessment and Deployment Kit]] for Windows and Android.

'''ADK''', formely (and also) known as '''Alpha Denshi Corp.''' (also ''Alpha'' or ''Alpha Denshi''), was a japanese videogame company founded in [[OlderThanNES 1980]] and closed in 2003 by bankruptcy. They began as an electronics company, soon moving to arcade game development, and eventually becoming the first company to make games for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo as a third-party.

In TheNineties, ADK only made games for UsefulNotes/NeoGeo arcades and consoles until 2000s, where finally went to bankruptcy. After that, [[Creator/{{SNK}} SNK Playmore]] bought ADK properties and inserted into SNK Universe, starting with the CrisisCrossover FightingGame ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum'' in 2005, where apart of SNK licences (prominently ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'') were added as well characters from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'', some of ADK's famous games in TheNineties. [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun And that was just the beginning]].

* TheAlliance: Creator/{{SNK}} not just licenced various ADK games in TheEighties and TheNineties, also they helped ADK in various of their games, most prominently ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series (where there're credited as ''ADK[=/=]SNK'').

** ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes Anthology''[[note]]Known as ''World Heroes Gorgeous''[[/note]], compilation of the 4 games (''1'', ''2'', ''2 Jet'' and ''Perfect'') released in 2008 for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

** {{Continuation}}/{{Uncancelled}}: This game was some the last ones released by ADK before bankruptcy. Years later, after being bought by SNKP, 2 games were released: ''[[{{Sequel}} Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse]]'' (2005) and ''[[{{Prequel}} Twinkle Star Sprites Gaiden: Twin Star Memories]]'' (2007).

* {{Ninja}}: The ninjas are present especially in 90s ADK era, appearing as characters in various games and even having some with this theme, especifically ''Ninja Combat'', ''Ninja Commando'' and ''Ninja Master's''.
** In their most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', [[TheProtagonist the protagonists]] [[TheHero and heroes]] are [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hanzo Hattori]] and [[UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro Kotaro Fuuma]], which are ninjas.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: ''World Heroes'' series, which characters are historical characters represented in the series.

* ''Ninja Master's: Hao Nippo Cho'' (1996)

TheOtherWiki has an article about ADK [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK_(company) here]], as well [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/ADK SNK Wiki]]. Remember, this is for the japanese videogame company, not to be confused with [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal ADK dubbing for anime series]].

** {{Continuation}}/{{Uncancelled}}: This game was some the last ones released by ADK before bankruptcy. Years later, after being bought by SNKP, it was released 2 games: ''[[{{Sequel}} Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse]]'' and ''[[{{Prequel}} Twinkle Star Sprites Gaiden]]''.

* ''Ninja Commando''

* ThreeQuartersView: various of their ActionAdventureGames.

* GameWithinAGame: ''ADK World'', the parallel to ''Capcom World'' series.

** In their most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', [[TheProtagonist the protagonists]] [[TheHero and heroes]] are [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hanzo Hattori]] and Kotaro Fuuma, which are ninjas.

* {{Simulation Game}}s: Various of his 80s arcade games were mostly Flight and Sports Simulation games.

* FollowTheLeader: ADK followed the fads or the time, like SportGames and Combat-Flight SimulationGames in TheEighties and FightingGames in TheNineties.

* OneHitWonder: For those ones that doesn't know much about SNK, ''World Heroes'' series is seen as this for ADK.

** ''ADK Tamashii'' (Japan-only), also released on 2008. Different of ''WHA'', here's a compilation of 5 ADK famous games from Neo-Geo era: ''Ninja Combat'', Ninja Commando'', ''Ninja Master's'', ''Aggressors of Dark Kombat'' and ''Twinkle Star Sprites'', all of them with original new artwork exclusive for this game compilation.

* CuteEmUp: ''Twinkle Star Sprites''.

Remember, this is for the videogame company. Not to be confused with [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal ADK dubbing for anime series]].

* ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'' (1994)
* ''Blue's Journey'' (1991)

* ''VideoGame/TwinkleStarSprites'' (1996)

* CompilationReRelease: Mostly from Creator/{{SNK}}: ''World Heroes Anthology'' and ''ADK Tamashii'' ([[NoExportForYou Japan-only]]), both released on 2008.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Mostly in ''Crossed Sword'' series and in {{ninja}} games. Or where swords appear in their games (''World Heroes'' included).

* {{Ninja}}: The ninjas are present especially in 90s ADK era, appearing as characters in various games and even having games with this theme, especifically ''Ninja Combat'', ''Ninja Commando'' and ''Ninja Master's''.
** In their most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', [[TheProtagonist the protagonists]] [[TheHero and heroes]] are Hanzou Hattori and Kotaro Fuuma, which are ninjas.

* VectorGame: Some of first ADK games and ''Crossed Sword'' series for the first-person character.

* ALittleHelpFromMyFriends: Creator/{{SNK}} not just licenced various ADK games in TheEighties and TheNineties, also they helped ADK in various of their games, most prominently ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series (where there're credited as ''ADK[=/=]SNK'').

'''ADK''', formely (and also) known as '''Alpha Denshi Corp.''' (also ''Alpha'' or ''Alpha Denshi''), was a japanese videogame company founded in [[OlderThanNES 1980]] and closed in 2003 by bankruptcy. They began as an electronics company, soon moving to arcade game development, and eventually becoming the first company to make games for the NeoGeo as a third-party.

In TheNineties, ADK only made games for NeoGeo arcades and consoles until 2000s, where finally went to bankruptcy. After that, [[Creator/{{SNK}} SNK Playmore]] bought ADK properties and inserted into SNK Universe, starting with the CrisisCrossover FightingGame ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum'' in 2005, where apart of SNK licences (prominently ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'') were added as well characters from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'', some of ADK's famous games in TheNineties. [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun And that was just the beginning]].

* ArcadePerfectPort: All the ports to NeoGeo consoles, mostly Neo-Geo AES and Neo-Geo CD.

* ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series (1992-1995)

* ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'' (1994)
* ''Ninja Master's: Haō Nippō Chō'' (1996)

* ''ADK World'' (1995)

* HeroesPreferSwords: Mostly in ''Crossed Sword'' series and in {{ninja}} games or where that appear (''World Heroes'' included).

* JapaneseSpirit: In various of their games, especially with the {{Ninja}} theme or with ninjas on it. Especially marked on ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'''s Goh Kidokoro motif.
* ALittleHelpFromMyFriends: Creator/SNK not just licenced various ADK games in TheEighties and TheNineties, also they helped ADK in various of their games, most prominently ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series.

** In their most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', [[TheProtagonist the protagonists]] [[TheHero and heroes]] are Hanzo Hattori and Kotaro Fuuma, which are ninjas.

'''ADK''', formely (and also) known as '''Alpha Denshi Corp.''' (also ''Alpha'' or just ''Alpha Denshi'', was a japanese videogame company founded in [[OlderThanNES 1980]] and closed in 2003 by bankruptcy. They began as an electronics company, soon moving to arcade game development, and eventually becoming the first company to make games for the NeoGeo as a third-party.

ADK made a variety of games: in TheEighties made various SportGames and Combat-Flight SimulationGames, some of them licenced by external companies as Creator/SEGA and Creator/SNK (before they were third-party of them), but in TheNineties ADK expanded more making ActionAdventureGames and FightingGames, being ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series probably the most famous title of the company ([[OneHitWonder and the only known for many]]). After their bankrupcy, ADK lives more than ever in SNK, whose characters are in various SNK titles [[TheCameo mostly as cameos]] and making various [[CompilationRerelease re-releases of their most known titles]].

In TheNineties, ADK only made games for NeoGeo arcades and consoles until 2000s, where finally went to bankruptcy. After that, [[Creator/SNK SNK Playmore]] bought ADK properties and inserted into SNK Universe, starting with the CrisisCrossover FightingGame ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum'' in 2005, where apart of SNK licences (prominently ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'') were added as well characters from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'', some of ADK's famous games in TheNineties. [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun And that was just the beginning]].

In TheNineties, ADK only made games for NeoGeo arcades and consoles until 2000s, where finally went to bankruptcy. After that, [[Creator/SNK SNK Playmore]] bought ADK properties and inserted into SNK Universe, starting with the CrisisCrossover FightingGame ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum'' in 2005, where apart of SNK licences (prominently ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'') were added as well characters from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/AggressorsOPfDarkKombat'', some of ADK's famous games in TheNineties. [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun And that was just the beginning]].

ADK made a variety of games: in TheEighties made various SportGames and Combat-Flight SimulationGames, some of them licenced by external companies as Creator/SEGA and Creator/SNK (before they were third-party of them), but in TheNineties ADK expanded more making ActionAdventureGames and FightingGames, being ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series probably the most famous title of the company ([[OneHitWonder and the only known for many]]). After their bankrupcy, ADK lives more than ever in SNK, whose characters are in [[TheCameo cameos in various of their videogames]], their characters appear in various SNK titles and making various [[CompilationRerelease re-releases of their most known titles]].

!!Tropes present in ADK and in many of its games:
* ThreeQuartersView: various of its ActionAdventureGames.

* CocaPepsiInc: After its bankruptcy, ADK properties was bought by SNK and now the characters and games from ADK are part of SNK Universe.

* FollowTheLeader: ADK followed the fads or its time, like SportGames and Combat-Flight SimulationGames in TheEighties and FightingGames in TheNineties.

** In its most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', [[TheProtagonist the protagonists]] [[TheHero and heroes]] are Hanzo Hattori and Kotaro Fuuma, which are ninjas.

'''ADK''', formely (and also) known as '''Alpha Denshi Corp.''' (also ''Alpha'' or just ''Alpha Denshi'', was a japanese videogame company founded in [[OlderThanNES 1980]] and closed in 2003 by bankruptcy. They began as an electronics company, soon moving to arcade game development, and eventually becoming the first company to make games for the NeoGeo.

Not to be confused with [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal ADK dubbing for anime series]]

* CultClassic: Various of its games, especially ''World Heroes'', the most prominent title ADK made ever.
* FauxFirstPerson3D: ''Crossed Swords'' series, basically a medieval VideoGame/PunchOut.

* JapaneseSpirit: In various of their games, especially with the {{Ninja}} theme or with ninjas on it. Especially marked on ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat''' Goh Kidokoro motif.

** In its most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', [[TheProtagonist the protagonists]] [[TheHero and heroes]] are Hanzou Hattori and Kotaro Fuuma, which are ninjas.

''ADK'', formely (and also) known as ''Alpha Denshi Corp.'', was a japanese videogame company founded in 1980 and closed in 2003 by bankruptcy.

* SNKBosses: ''World Heroes''' bosses, especially Neo Dio and Zeus.

* ''Ninja Master's'' (1996)

* FollowTheLeader: ADK followed the fads or its time, like SportGames in TheEighties and FightingGames in TheNinties.

* {{Ninja}}: The ninjas are present especially in 90s ADK era, appearing as characters in various games and even having games with this tematic, especifically ''Ninja Combat'', ''Ninja Commando'' and ''Ninja Master's''.

* VectorGame: Some of first ADk games and ''Crossed Sword'' series for the first-person character.

!!Tropes present in many ADK games:

** In its most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', {{TheProtagonist}}s and {{TheHero}}es are Hanzou Hattori and Kotaro Fuuma, which are ninjas.
* NintendoHard: Since the beginning, but more especially when it was third-party for Creator/{{SNK}}.

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