Line #25 Creator/ADK


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2	'''ADK''', formerly and also known as '''Alpha Denshi Corp.''' (also ''Alpha'' or ''Alpha Denshi''), was a Japanese videogame company founded in [[OlderThanNES 1980]] and shut down in 2003. They began as an electronics company, soon moving to arcade game development, and eventually becoming the first third-party developer for the Creator/{{SNK}} Platform/NeoGeo platform.
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4	In TheNineties, ADK only made games for the Platform/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.
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6	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 game}}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 {{compilation\|Rerelease}}s of their classic work.
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8	Notably, the Platform/NeoGeo was co-developed by ADK with SNK, being an evolution of the Motorola 68k-based architecture used in ADK's late 80s games like ''VideoGame/TimeSoldiers''.
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10	SNK Wiki has an article about ADK [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/ADK here]]. Remember, this is for the Japanese video game company, not to be confused with [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal ADK dubbing for anime series]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Assessment and Deployment Kit]] for Windows and Android, the [[https://www.adk.jp/e/ Consumer Activation Company]] (also from Japan)... nor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK any of these other ADK]].
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13	!!Some of ADK most famous developed games:
14	[[index]]
15	* ''ADK World'' (1995)
16	* ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat''[[note]]''Tsuukai GANGAN Koushinkyoku'' in Japan[[/note]] (1994)
17	* ''[[VideoGame/BluesJourney Blue's Journey]]''[[note]]''Raguy'' in Japan[[/note]] (1991)
18	* ''Champion Baseball'' (1983)
19	* ''VideoGame/CrossedSwords'' series (1991-1995)
20	* ''VideoGame/GangWars''
21	* ''VideoGame/MagicianLord'' (1990)
22	* ''Make Trax''[[note]]''Crush Roller'' in Japan[[/note]] (1981)
23	* ''Melon Chan's Growth Diary''[[note]]''Melon-chan no Seichouki'' in Japan[[/note]] (1998)
24	* ''VideoGame/NinjaCombat'' (1990)
25	* ''VideoGame/NinjaCommando'' (1992)
26	* ''VideoGame/NinjaMastersHaoNinpoCho'' (1996)
27	* ''Shōgi no Tatsujin: Master of Syougi'' (1995)
28	* ''VideoGame/ThrashRally'' (1991)
29	* ''VideoGame/TimeSoldiers''[[note]]''Battle Field'' in Japan[[/note]] (1987)
30	* ''VideoGame/TwinkleStarSprites''[[note]]Only the first game, the other games of the series (''TSS: La Petite Princesse'' and ''TSS Gaiden'') were made by SNK when they already had ADK properties[[/note]] (1996)
31	* ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series (1992-1995)
32	[[/index]]
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35	!!Tropes present in ADK and in many of their games:
36	* ThreeQuartersView: Various of their Action-Adventure Games.
37	* 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''). And ADK designed Platform/NeoGeo for SNK, too.
38	* ArcadePerfectPort: All the ports to Platform/NeoGeo consoles, mostly Neo-Geo AES and Neo-Geo CD.
39	* CocaPepsiInc: After bankruptcy, ADK properties was bought by SNK and now the characters and games from ADK are part of SNK's SharedUniverse.
40	* CompilationReRelease: Mostly from Creator/{{SNK}}:
41	** ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes Anthology''[[note]]Known as ''World Heroes Gorgeous'' in Japan[[/note]], compilation of the 4 games (''1'', ''2'', ''2 Jet'' and ''Perfect'') released in 2008 for Platform/PlayStation2.
42	** ''ADK Tamashii'' (Japan-only), also released on 2008 for [=PS2=]. 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 artworks exclusive for this game compilation.
43	** And also a lot of ADK games inside SNK's Platform/VirtualConsole [[http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/event/virtual-console/index_j.html releases between 2007 and 2011]]: ''World Heroes'' series, ''Aggressors of Dark Kombat'', ''Blue's Journey/Raguy'', ''VideoGame/MagicianLord'', ''Ninja Combat'', ''Ninja Commando'', ''Ninja Master's'', ''Crossed Swords 1'' and ''Twinkle Star Sprites''.
44	* CuteEmUp: ''Videogame/TwinkleStarSprites''.
45	** {{Continuation}}/{{Uncancelled}}: This game was some of 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).
46	* FauxFirstPerson3D: ''Crossed Swords'' series, basically a medieval ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
47	* GameWithinAGame: ''ADK World'', the parallel to ''Creator/{{Capcom}} World'' series.
48	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: This happened in TheEighties when ADK (in that time ''Alpha Denshi'') was just the developer and the games were published by other companies like Creator/{{SEGA}} and Creator/{{SNK}}.
49	* HeroesPreferSwords: Mostly in ''Crossed Swords'' series and in {{ninja}} games. Or where swords appear in their games (''World Heroes'' included).
50	* JapaneseSpirit: In various of their games, especially with the {{Ninja}} theme or with ninjas on them. Especially marked on ''VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat'''s Goh Kidokoro motif.
51	* {{Ninja}}:
52	** The ninjas are present especially in 90s ADK era, appearing as characters in various games and even having some with this theme, specifically ''Ninja Combat'', ''Ninja Commando'' and ''[[VideoGame/NinjaMastersHaoNinpoCho Ninja Master's]]''.
53	** In their most famous game series, ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', the {{Hero Protagonist}}s are [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hanzou Hattori]] and [[UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro Kotaro Fuuma]], which are ninjas.
54	* NintendoHard: Since the beginning, but more especially when it was third-party for Creator/{{SNK}}.
55	* {{No Celebrities\|WereHarmed}}[=/=][[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]]''.
56	* NoPlotNoProblem: The first ADK games in TheEighties.
57	* RecursiveAcronym: ADK stands for '''''A'''lpha '''D'''enshi '''K'''abushiki kaisha''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Kabushiki kaisha" means "Corporation" in Japanese]].
58	* SharedUniverse: After being bought by SNK, ADK characters were added to SNK Universe as a whole, being their stories happened in the same universe than SNK games. The best examples are seen in ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomCardFightersClash SVC: Card Fighters DS]]'' in which there's an action card with [[Videogame/WorldHeroes Janne]] fighting side-by-side with [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Charlotte]] during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, and in ''[[DatingSim Days of Memories]]'' series with [[VideoGame/AggressorsOfDarkKombat Kisarah]] being friend of [[VideoGame/PsychoSoldier Athena]] [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Asamiya]].
59	* {{Simulation Game}}s: Various of his 80s arcade games were mostly Flight and Sports Simulation Games.
60	* SNKBoss: ''World Heroes''' bosses, especially Neo Dio and Zeus.
61	* VectorGame: Some of first ADK games and ''Crossed Swords'' series for the first-person character.

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