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GameSpot Recaps 25-Year History of SNK

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the celebrate-the-glorious-neo-geo dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "GameSpot has offered up an amazingly in-depth history of SNK -- the company behind such classic games as Ikari Warriors, Fatal Fury, and King of Fighters, as well as the NeoGeo hardware system. The 39-page retrospective covers nearly every aspect of the company's 25-year history and includes an annotated list of key SNK titles, trivia, insider interviews, hardware comparisons, screenshots, promotional art, and more."

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  1. Good old times... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They simply made _THE BEST_ 2D fighting games, ever.
    They were unique and stylish, as always.. SNK shall live on! :)

  2. Crystalis ruled by Innominandum · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think Crystalis was one of my favourite Nintendo games. It also never seemed to be very popular either. Maybe the company is cursed?

  3. They forgot to mention one early game by AtariKee · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sasuke Vs Commander, which was SNK's first color machine.

    --
    "You're getting brutal, Sark. Brutal and needlessly sadistic."
    "Thank you, Master Control"
    -Sark and the MCP
  4. Re:Metal Slug influence for Duke Nukem? by BackwardEngineer · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, see, Duke Nukum was released in 1991, while Metal Slug wasn't released until 1996. However, if you are talking about Duke Nukem 3D, which was also released in 1996, albeit January 29th, you still could not say that Metal Slug X, which was released in 1999, was its its influence.

    Same with the characters. Marco (one of the two guys you could pick in Metal Slug X, and the only character in Metal Slug), was invisioned way after Duke Nukum had been released.

    So, either Duke Nukum influenced the Metal Slug series, or there was no influence at all.