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* ObligatoryCorporateInitialism: ''Alpha Denshi Corp.'' changed officially to ''ADK'' in 1993, even when they used it before in their games.
** RecursiveAcronym: ADK stands for '''''A'''lpha '''D'''enshi '''K'''abushiki kaisha''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Kabushiki kaisha" means "Corporation" in Japanese]]. TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard.

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* ObligatoryCorporateInitialism: ''Alpha Denshi Corp.'' changed officially to ''ADK'' in 1993, even when they used it before in their games.
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RecursiveAcronym: ADK stands for '''''A'''lpha '''D'''enshi '''K'''abushiki kaisha''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Kabushiki kaisha" means "Corporation" in Japanese]]. TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard.
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'''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}} UsefulNotes/NeoGeo platform.

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.

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'''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}} UsefulNotes/NeoGeo Platform/NeoGeo platform.

In TheNineties, ADK only made games for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo 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.



Notably, the UsefulNotes/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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Notably, the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo 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''.



* 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 UsefulNotes/NeoGeo for SNK, too.
* ArcadePerfectPort: All the ports to UsefulNotes/NeoGeo consoles, mostly Neo-Geo AES and Neo-Geo CD.

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* 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 UsefulNotes/NeoGeo Platform/NeoGeo for SNK, too.
* ArcadePerfectPort: All the ports to UsefulNotes/NeoGeo Platform/NeoGeo consoles, mostly Neo-Geo AES and Neo-Geo CD.



** ''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 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

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** ''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 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.Platform/PlayStation2.



** And also a lot of ADK games inside SNK's UsefulNotes/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''.

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** And also a lot of ADK games inside SNK's UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole 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''.
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* ''Blue's Journey''[[note]]''Raguy'' in Japan[[/note]] (1991)

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* ''Blue's Journey''[[note]]''Raguy'' ''[[VideoGame/BluesJourney Blue's Journey]]''[[note]]''Raguy'' in Japan[[/note]] (1991)
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* ''VideoGame/ThrashRally'' (1991)
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SNK Wiki has an article about ADK [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/ADK here]]. Remember, this is for the Japanese video game company, [[NamesTheSame 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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SNK Wiki has an article about ADK [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/ADK here]]. Remember, this is for the Japanese video game company, [[NamesTheSame not to be confused with]] 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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* IconicLogo: The ADK acronym pictured. Also [[http://wiki.selectbutton.net/company:adk they got other famous logos before that]].
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* ''Ninja Commando'' (1992)

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* ''Ninja Commando'' ''VideoGame/NinjaCommando'' (1992)
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Notably, the UsefulNotes/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 ''Time Soldiers''.

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Notably, the UsefulNotes/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 ''Time Soldiers''.
''VideoGame/TimeSoldiers''.



* ''Time Soldiers''[[note]]''Battle Field'' in Japan[[/note]] (1987)

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* ''Time Soldiers''[[note]]''Battle ''VideoGame/TimeSoldiers''[[note]]''Battle Field'' in Japan[[/note]] (1987)
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* ''Crossed Swords'' series (1991-1995)

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* ''Crossed Swords'' ''VideoGame/CrossedSwords'' series (1991-1995)
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* ''Ninja Combat'' (1990)

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* ''Ninja Combat'' ''VideoGame/NinjaCombat'' (1990)
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* ''VideoGame/GangWars''


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]], 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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Wiki/TheOtherWiki SNK Wiki has an article about ADK [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK_(company) here]], as well [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/ADK SNK Wiki]].here]]. Remember, this is for the Japanese video game company, [[NamesTheSame 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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