SNK

SNK Playmore (also known as SNK) is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is short for Shin Nihon Kikaku (新日本企画), Japanese for "New Japan Project".

The original SNK was founded in Osaka, Japan, in July 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki, and existed until October 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 including The King of Fighters, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury. SNK also helped publish many games including Rage of the Dragons and World Heroes.