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'''Alpha Denshi''', aka '''ADK'''
 
  
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{{sub-stub}}'''Alpha Denshi Kabushikigaisha''' (アルファ電子株式会社, meaning "Alpha Electronics Corporation") was a Japanese video game developer, founded in 1980.{{ref|https://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/ADK}} It shortened its name to '''ADK Corporation''' in 1992.{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20010803022135/http://z-ch.miraisoft.co.jp/adk.php3}} The company is best known for its close association with [[SNK]].
:''note: this list may be missing some ports and [[:Category:Third Party Arcade Games Distributed By Sega|arcade games licensed to Sega for distribution]]''
 
  
===[[:Category:Third Party Arcade Games Distributed By Sega|Non-Sega Arcade Distributed by Sega]]===
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Several of the company's early arcade games were distributed by [[Sega]], including ''[[Jump Bug]]'', ''[[Champion Baseball]]'', ''[[Bull Fighter]]'', and ''[[Equites]]''. Starting in 1987, Alpha Denshi began developing its arcade games solely for SNK hardware, and SNK would publish and distribute all of their games from that point on. In 1990, Alpha Denshi contributed to the hardware design of the [[Neo Geo]] arcade platform.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20231210005538/https://neogeomuseum.snk-corp.co.jp/english/whats/index.php}} The company would develop its games exclusively for SNK platforms with only two exceptions, ''[[World Heroes Perfect]]'' for the [[Sega Saturn]] and ''[[Twinkle Star Sprites]]'' for the Sega Saturn and [[Sega Dreamcast]].
*ADK-designed hardware for ''Champion Baseball'':
 
**''[[Champion Baseball]]'' (1983)
 
**''[[Champion Baseball II]]'' (1983)
 
*ADK-designed hardware for ''Equites'':
 
**''[[Bull Fighter]]'' (1984)
 
*Clarue games licensed to Sega/ADK
 
**''[[Flower]]'' (1986)
 
  
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Following the bankruptcy of SNK in 2001, the company struggled to reestablish a market position. Sometime thereafter, the company declared bankruptcy, and its intellectual property was bought by the reconstituted [[SNK Playmore]].
*''[[Champion Baseball]]'' (1983)
 
  
===[[Master System]]===
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==Softography==
*''[[Time Soldiers]]'' (1989)
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===[[Mega Drive]]===
 
*''[[World Heroes]]'' (1994)
 
  
===[[Saturn]]===
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==Gallery==
*''[[World Heroes Perfect]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Twinkle Star Sprites]]'' (1997)
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==References==
*''[[Twinkle Star Sprites]]'' (2000)
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[[Category:Third-party software developers]]

Revision as of 20:22, 27 March 2024

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ADK
Founded: 1980 (As Alpha Denshi)
Defunct: 2001-2003 (SNK acquired the IP)
T-series code: T-373
Headquarters:
Japan

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Alpha Denshi Kabushikigaisha (アルファ電子株式会社, meaning "Alpha Electronics Corporation") was a Japanese video game developer, founded in 1980.[1] It shortened its name to ADK Corporation in 1992.[2] The company is best known for its close association with SNK.

Several of the company's early arcade games were distributed by Sega, including Jump Bug, Champion Baseball, Bull Fighter, and Equites. Starting in 1987, Alpha Denshi began developing its arcade games solely for SNK hardware, and SNK would publish and distribute all of their games from that point on. In 1990, Alpha Denshi contributed to the hardware design of the Neo Geo arcade platform.[3] The company would develop its games exclusively for SNK platforms with only two exceptions, World Heroes Perfect for the Sega Saturn and Twinkle Star Sprites for the Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast.

Following the bankruptcy of SNK in 2001, the company struggled to reestablish a market position. Sometime thereafter, the company declared bankruptcy, and its intellectual property was bought by the reconstituted SNK Playmore.

Softography

Arcade

Master System

Mega Drive

Saturn

Dreamcast

Gallery

References