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Alpha
Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
アルファ電子株式会社 |
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Established
in Saitama in July of 1980 as 'Alpha Denshi Kabushiki
Kaisha', ADK were initially completely unrelated
to the games industry, starting off as a minor
electronics company. |
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Their
very first arcade release was Shougi (1982), a
basic but well-made japanese chess game.
Success would come with Champion Baseball (1983),
a very advanced baseball game for its time whose
arcade distribution and SG-1000 conversion were
handled by Sega, marking the start of ADK's tendency
to team up with other companies, particularily
Sega and SNK. |
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The
ADK / SNK partnership would strike gold with Battle
Field (1987), a sharp and well designed overhead
action game with a time travel theme that gathered
a massive worldwide audience as 'Time Soldiers'.
Another cult favourite of theirs was the exceptionally
difficult Gang Wars (1989), an action fighting game
similar to Double
Dragon (1987). |
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But
the move that ADK will forver be associated with
is their joining ranks with SNK and their Neo
Geo project, becoming the very first licenced
company to develop for the format. This was a
platform they thrived on, producing a string of
memorable titles right from launch.
Magician
Lord (1990) was a phenomenally good-looking
and challenging platform game, while Ninja
Combat (1990) was an action game very much
in the same spirit as Gang Wars (1989) but with
vastly improved gameplay. |
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A
long string of quality titles for the Neo Geo
would follow, the peak of which was the World
Heroes series, ADK's take on the versus fighting
phenomenon of the mid nineties. |
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Exciting
Soccer
エキサイティングサッカー |
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Champion
Baseball 2
チャンピオンベースボール2 |
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Exciting
Soccer II
エキサイティングサッカーII |
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Splendor
Blast
スプレンダーブラスト |
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Super
Stingray
スーパースティングレイ |
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Super
Champion Baseball
スーパーチャンピオンベースボール |
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ADK
Tamashii
ADK魂
PLAYSTATION 2 |
DETAILS
| Format |
PlayStation
2 |
| Released |
18
Dec 2008 |
| Publisher |
SNK
Playmore |
| Product
ID |
SLPS-25906 |
| Size
(cm) |
19
x 13.5 x 1.5 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.17 |
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ADCD-100 |
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31
Oct 1994 |
Action
ROM version
released by SNK
[NGH-005] |
ADCD-101 |
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31
Oct 1994 |
Action
ROM version
released by SNK
[NGH-009] |
ADCD-102 |
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2
May 1995 |
Action
Neo Geo CD only |
ADCD-103 |
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10
Nov 1995 |
Variety
Neo Geo CD only |
ADCD-104 |
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22
Mar 1996 |
Puzzle
Neo Geo CD only |
ADCD-001 |
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31
Oct 1994 |
Action
aka 'Blue's Journey' |
ADCD-002 |
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31
Oct 1994 |
Action
RPG
Spelling of Japanese title changed for Neo Geo CD |
ADCD-003 |
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31
Oct 1994 |
Racing
Originall released
as 'Thrash Rally'
on Neo Geo |
ADCD-004 |
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31
Oct 1994 |
Shooting |
ADCD-005 |
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17
Mar 1995 |
Vs.
Fighting |
ADCD-006 |
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14
Apr 1995 |
Vs.
Fighting |
ADCD-007 |
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11
Nov 1994 |
Vs.
Fighting |
ADCD-008 |
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13
Jan 1995 |
Vs.
Fighting
aka 'Aggressors of Dark Kombat' |
ADCD-009 |
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21
Jul 1995 |
Vs.
Fighting |
ADCD-010 |
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20
Oct 1995 |
Table
(Shogi) |
ADCD-011 |
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5
Jul 1996 |
Racing |
ADCD-012 |
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27
Sep 1996 |
Vs.
Fighting |
ADCD-013 |
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21
Feb 1997 |
Shooting |
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