Emulation within RetroidOS[edit]
- 2000-07-19 - Tile Editor For NeoGeo Pocket - Posted by: Charles Here's a tile editor that is supposed to edit tiles for a NeoGeo Pocket (plus others). It's a rom hacking tool, rather than a development tool, but looks useful. 2000-07-18 - MazeDemo - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein Here's an NGPC demo ROM.
- MAME is one of the most famous emulator and is capable of running almost all Neo Geo Roms and thousands of other games. It's an open source emulator and thus some of its versions are available for Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, AMIGA, LINUX and even consoles such as Xbox and Dreamcast.
- General Neo Geo Programming Resources. Blastar's Neo Geo Programming Blog presents outstanding demos and a very useful Neo Geo graphic editor (NGFX).
The Neo Geo is a cartridge-based arcade system board and home video game console released by SNK in 1990. See also: FinalBurn Neo, MAME. There are a variety of arcade emulators available in RetroPie which can emulate Neo Geo games.
RetroidOS supports the following systems, with the listed emulator cores:
System | Emulator core |
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Arcade | Final Burn Alpha (2.97.08, 2.97.42, 42_ORI, 42_HOME) MAME (0.37, 0.78, 0.106, 0.139, 139_RA) |
NES/Famicom | FCEmu |
Master System | Genesis Plus |
Gameboy/Gameboy Color | TGB Dual |
PC Engine | Beetle PCE |
Wonderswan/Wonderswan Color | Beetle Cygne |
Mega Drive/Genesis/CD/32X | Genesis Plus |
SNES/Super Famicom | SNES9X |
Gameboy Advance | gPSP |
PlayStation 1 | PCSX (labelled as PSCX) |
Nintendo 64 | Mupen64 Plus |
PlayStation Portable | PPSSPP |
Dreamcast | Reicast |
There are no changeable settings for emulators within RetroidOS, and currently there is no way to add new emulation cores.
Emulation within Android[edit]
This section contains free RetroArch and stand alone emulator options. The one paid app that many recommended is DraStic for Nintendo DS emulation.
It is generally not recommended to update the pre-installed emulators, as the Retroid developers seem to have chosen these builds because they run well on the device.
RetroArch Cores[edit]
The Retroid Pocket 2 comes pre-installed with two versions of RetroArch (1.8.4 & 1.5.0) and the listed emulator cores.
RetroArch 1.5.0
- Game Boy Advance (gpSP) This is installed separately because RA 1.5.0 has the best performance for gpSP/GBA
RetroArch 1.8.4
- Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1)
- Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2)
- Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo)
- Arcade (MAME 2000)
- Arcade (MAME 2003)
- Arcade (MAME 2010)
- Arcade (MAME 2015)
- Atari - 2600 (Stella)
- Atari - 5200 (Atari800)
- Atari - Lynx (Handy)
- Bandai - WonderSwan/Color (Beetle Cygne)
- Commodore - Amiga (P-UAE)
- Commodore - C64 (VICE x64, fast)
- DOS (DOSBox - SVN)
- GCE - Vectrex (vecx)
- Microsoft - MSX (fMSX)
- Minecraft - (Craft)
- MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 (blueMSX)
- NEC - PC Engine / CD (Beetle PCE FAST)
- Nintendo - Gameboy / Color (Gambette)
- Nintendo - NES / Famicom (FCEUmm)
- Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Snes9x 2002)
- Quake (TyrQuake)
- Sega - Dreamcast/Naomi (Flycast)
- Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX)
- Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000 (Gearsystem)
- Sega - MS/MD/CD/32X (PicoDrive)
- SNK - Neo Geo CD (NeoCD)
- SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color (RACE)
- Sony - PlayStation (PCSX ReARMed)
- The 3DO Company - 3DO (4DO)
- ZX Spectrum (Fuse)
For help setting up and using Retroarch on the RP2, see A Brief Guide to Retroarch.
N64 Core Tips[edit]
You can use N64 in your RP2 with RetroArch (so you can use RetroAchievements, for instance). Not every game runs perfect, and many need further tweaking, but overall you should be pleasantly surprised.
This only works with Mupen64Next or NextGLES2 (GLES3 and Parallel simply crash).
Paste the contents of Mupen64Plus-Next.opt to:
- <internal storage>/Android/data/com.retroarch/files/retroarch-core-option.cfg
Or paste the full OPT file here:
- <internal storage>/retroarch/configs/Mupen64Plus-Next/
Please note:
- Use only glide64 for video (angrylion is slow, parallel simply fails).
- All mupen cores share the same configs.
Stand Alone Apps[edit]
The RP2 Comes pre-installed with the following stand alone apps:
- Flycast - You will need to configure Reicast and configure the Bios. See DC Configuration Tips at the bottom of this page (Flycast is not included on beta batch units).
- MAME4droid(0.139u1) - You will need a .139 MAME Romset.
- Mupen64Plus FZ - Use recommended rendering profile per game for optimal performance. Here is Mupen's settings & render profiles if you lose them, copy to internal storage.
- N64oid - Right joystick will not map.
- NeoDroid - NeoGeo MVS Emulator - Compatible with MAME Roms. Put neogeo.zip bios file in your roms directory “/sdcard/neodroid/roms”.
- PPSSPP - Use the recommended profile settings per game for optimal performance.
- Reicast - The back end for Flycast (beta units only have Reicast installed).
- ScummVM - Shows no directories on launch. Fix is to search for a game and place a “/“ in the search box and select “Choose”. This will bring up the directory listing.
Best Performing Emulators[edit]
This table of stand alone apps & RetroArch cores seem to get the best performance out of the device. We have prioritized cores over apps whenever possible, and only if performance is equivalent or better. We have also prioritized free apps over paid apps whenever possible, and again, only if performance is equivalent or better.
System | Emulator Options | Notes |
---|---|---|
MAME Arcade | MAME4droid 0.139u1 | App. Pre-installed. Needs the .139 MAME Romset. |
DOS | DOSBox | Core. Pre-installed. |
Atari 2600 | Stella | Core. Pre-installed. |
FC/NES | FCEUmm | Core. Pre-installed. Has netplay for multiplayer. |
Sega Master System | Genesis Plus GX | Core. Pre-installed. |
Atari Lynx | Handy | Core. Pre-installed. |
MegaDrive/Sega Genesis | Genesis Plus GX | Core. Pre-installed. |
PCE/TurboGrafx 16 | Beetle PCE FAST | Core. Pre-installed. |
PCE-CD/TurboGrafx CD | Beetle PCE FAST | Core. BIOS Files Needed |
NeoGeo | NeoDroid | App. Pre-installed. |
Sega Game Gear | Genesis Plus GX | Core. Pre-installed. |
SFC/SNES | Snes9x 2002 | Core. Pre-installed. Has netplay for multiplayer. |
Sega CD | Genesis Plus GX | Core. Pre-installed. |
Panasonic 3DO | Opera/4DO | Core. BIOS Files Needed |
Nintendo Virtual Boy | Beetle VB | Core. |
Sony PlayStation | PCSX-R | Core. Pre-installed. |
Nintendo 64 | Mupen64Plus FZ | App. Pre-installed. *The most recent PlayStore version will not work. This is the latest working version. |
Nintendo Game Boy Color | Gambette / My Old Boy! | Core. Pre-installed. Paid App. / My Old Boy! has Link cable emulation for local and remote multiplayer. |
NeoGeo Pocket Color | RACE | Core. Pre-installed. |
Sega Dreamcast | Flycast | App. Pre-installed (not in beta batch units). Core. Pre-installed. See DC Config Tips below. Docs. RA 1.9.0 has been tested to achieve better Flycast performance than RA 1.8.4. |
Nintendo Game Boy Advance | gpSP / MyBoy! | Core. Pre-installed in RA 1.5.0 only. Other GBA cores in other RA versions do not run as well. / Paid App. MyBoy! has Link cable emulation for local and remote multiplayer. |
Nintendo DS | DraStic | Paid App. To set controller mappings, go to Settings -> External Controller and choose Select Key Mapping, then choose PlayStation 3. Use home button to enter mouse mode when needed. You can set right stick as stylus. |
Sony PSP | PPSSPP | App. Pre-installed. Struggles with more demanding 3D games such as God of War. |
SCUMMVM | SCUMMVM | App. Pre-installed. Has a known bug that shows no directories on launch. Fix is to search for a game and place a “/“ in the search box and select “Choose”. This will bring up the directory listing |
Atari 5200 | Atari 800 | Core. Core Settings must be switched to 'Atari 5200', resolution set to 336x240 |
Commodore 64 | C64.emu / RetroArch Vice C64 | App / Core. In Retroarch reduce SID Engine to FastSID for smoother experience |
Commodore Amiga | PUAE | Core. Needs Bios and a working Amiga Hard Disk File (HDF) |
Pokemon Mini | Pokemini | Core |
Sharp X68000 | PX68K | Core. Needs Bios |
Sinclair ZX Spectrum | fuse | Core. Runs great but needs keyboard to control! |
SFC Satellaview | Snes9x 2005 Plus | Core. A few glitches |
All Emulation Options within Android[edit]
Click the title of a column to sort the table by the contents of that column.
The performance ratings are:
- A: Plays almost all of the system's games at full speed (or better, for example increased resolution) with few to no glitches.
- B: Plays many of the system's games at full speed, or with minor glitches.
- C: Plays some of the system's games at full speed, or with some glitches.
- D: Technically plays some of the system's games, but often not at full speed, or with major glitches.
- E: Does not run any of the system's games in a playable state.
The cost ratings are:
- Free: Completely free.
- Donation: Completely free, but a voluntary donation is requested.
- Trial: A free version is available, but limited in some way, to encourage users to buy a full/pro version.
- Paid: No free or trial version; only available as a paid app.
System | Emulator | Pre-installed? | Performance | Stand-alone? | Cost | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3DO Company, The - 3DO | 4DO | Yes | D | Retroarch | Free | |
Arcade (Capcom CPS-1) | Final Burn Alpha 2012 CPS-1 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Arcade (Capcom CPS-2) | Final Burn Alpha 2012 CPS-2 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Arcade (MAME 0.37) | MAME 2000 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | MAME 2000 is equivalent to MAME 0.37. |
Arcade (MAME 0.78) | MAME 2003 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | MAME 2003 is equivalent to MAME 0.78. |
Arcade (MAME 0.139) | MAME 2010 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | MAME 2010 is equivalent to MAME 0.139. |
Arcade (MAME 0.139) | MAME4droid(0.139u1) | Yes | ? | Stand-alone | Free | Requires MAME 0.139 compatible ROMs. |
Arcade (MAME 0.159) | MAME 2015 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | MAME 2015 is equivalent to MAME 0.159. |
Arcade (Neo Geo AES) | Final Burn Alpha 2012 Neo Geo | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Arcade (Sega Naomi) | Flycast | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Atari - 2600 | Stella | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Atari - 5200 | Atari800 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Atari - Lynx | Handy | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Bandai - WonderSwan / Color | Beetle Cygne | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Coleco - ColecoVision | blueMSX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Commodore - Amiga | P-UAE | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Commodore - Amiga | UAE4ARM | No | ? | Stand-alone | Free | |
Commodore - C64 | AnVICE x64 | No | B | Stand-alone | Free | Based on VICE v3.0. 'Official' Android port of VICE, but no longer supported. Interface is designed around touchscreen and external keyboard, making it difficult to use on the RP2. The RP2 will run the 'armeabi-v7a' binary. |
Commodore - C64 | C64.emu | No | ? | Stand-alone | Paid | Based on VICE v3.1. |
Commodore - C64 | VICE x64, fast | Yes | A | Retroarch | Free | Based on VICE v3.3. Switch sound emulation to 'Fast SID' at 44.1kHz to get full-speed emulation. Some disk games may not load with True Drive Emulation activated. |
GCE - Vectrex | vecx | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Microsoft - MS-DOS | DOSBox - SVN | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | It is possible to install Windows 3.1 on the emulated machine. It may also be possible to install Windows 95. |
Microsoft - MS-DOS | Magic DOSBox | No | ? | Stand-alone | Trial | It is possible to install Windows 3.1 on the emulated machine. It may also be possible to install Windows 95. |
Microsoft - MSX | fMSX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Minecraft | Craft | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Microsoft - MSX | blueMSX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Morrowind (The Elder Scrolls) | OMW (aka 'OpenMicroWave') | No | ? | Stand-alone | Free | Requires the files from a PC installation of the original game. |
NEC - PC Engine / CD | Beetle PCE FAST | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Nintendo - 3DS | Citra | No | E | Stand-alone | Trial | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run Citra. |
Nintendo - DS | DraStic | No | A | Stand-alone | Paid | Remember to map the stylus to the right joystick, as there are no touchscreen controls. There are patches to fix this for some games. See here for a list of confirmed playable games, including known patches. |
Nintendo - Gameboy / Color | Gambatte | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Nintendo - Gameboy Advance | gpSP | Yes | A | Retroarch | Free | Runs under the older Retroarch app (v 1.5.0, with a GBA icon). Newer GBA cores running in newer versions of Retroarch do not perform well. |
Nintendo - Gamecube | Dolphin | No | E | Retroarch | Free | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run Dolphin. |
Nintendo - Nintendo 64 | Mupen64Plus FZ | Yes | B | Stand-alone | Donation | Use recommended rendering profile per game for optimal performance. Here is Mupen's settings & render profiles if you lose them, copy to internal storage. The most recent version in the Play Store version will not work on the RP2. This is the latest working version. |
Nintendo - Nintendo 64 | N64oid | Yes | A | Stand-alone | Free | N64oid does not recognize the right joystick at all. |
Nintendo - NES / Famicom | FCEUmm | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Nintendo - SNES / SFC | Snes9x 2002 | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Nintendo - Wii | Dolphin | No | E | Retroarch | Free | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run Dolphin. |
Nintendo - Virtual Boy | VB | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Quake | TyrQuake | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - 32X | PicoDrive | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Dreamcast | Flycast | Yes | C | Retroarch | Free | Compatibility can be increased by installing the system BIOS ROM. |
Sega - Dreamcast | Flycast | No | C | Stand-alone | Free | You may need to use Reicast to configure Flycast and configure the Bios. See DC Configuration Tips at the bottom of this page. |
Sega - Dreamcast | ReDream | No | E | Stand-alone | Donation | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run ReDream. |
Sega - Dreamcast | Reicast | Yes | C | Stand-alone | Free | Compatibility can be increased by installing the system BIOS ROM. |
Sega - Game Gear | Gearsystem | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Game Gear | Genesis Plus GX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Master System | Gearsystem | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Master System | Genesis Plus GX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Master System | PicoDrive | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Mega Drive / Genesis (plus CD) | Genesis Plus GX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Mega Drive / Genesis (plus CD) | PicoDrive | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - Saturn | Beetle Saturn | No | D | Retroarch | Free | BIOS files are required. Beetle Saturn uses software rendering, which is extremely CPU intensive. The RP2 can only run games through the Beetle Saturn core at approx. 5-10 fps. |
Sega - Saturn | Classic Boy Gold | No | E | Stand-alone | Trial | Based on the Yabause core. Hangs for a few moments then returns to Classic Boy Gold menu. |
Sega - Saturn | Yaba Sanshiro | No | E | Stand-alone | Donation | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run Yaba Sanshiro. |
Sega - Saturn | YabaSanshiro | No | E | Retroarch | Free | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run the YabaSanshiro core. |
Sega - Saturn | Yabause | No | E | Retroarch | Free | Attempting to load a game with the Yabause core crashes Retroarch. |
Sega - SG-1000 | blueMSX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sega - SG-1000 | Gearsystem | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sinclair - ZX Spectrum | Fuse | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
SNK - Neo Geo AES | Neodroid | Yes | ? | Stand-alone | Free | Compatible with MAME Roms. Put neogeo.zip bios file in your roms directory “/sdcard/neodroid/roms”. |
SNK - Neo Geo CD | NeoCD | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color | RACE | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Sony - PlayStation 1 | PCSX ReARMed | Yes | A | Retroarch | Free | Compatibility can be increased by installing the system BIOS ROM. |
Sony - PlayStation 1 | ePSXe | No | A | Stand-alone | Trial | Compatibility can be increased by installing the system BIOS ROM. |
Sony - PlayStation 1 | FPse64 | No | A | Stand-alone | ? | Compatibility can be increased by installing the system BIOS ROM. |
Sony - PlayStation 2 | Damon PS2 | No | E | Stand-alone | ? | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run Damon PS2. |
Sony - PlayStation 2 | Play! | No | E | Stand-alone | Free | The RP2 is not powerful enough to run Play. |
Sony - PlayStation Portable | PPSSPP | Yes | B | Stand-alone | Donation | |
Spectravideo - SVI | blueMSX | Yes | ? | Retroarch | Free | |
Various (PC Adventures) | ScummVM | Yes | ? | Stand-alone | Free | Shows no directories on launch. Fix is to search for a game and place a “/“ in the search box and select “Choose”. This will bring up the directory listing. |
Dreamcast Configuration Tips[edit]
This only applies to beta batch units (Pink, Blue, Orange). Later units do not include Reicast, and include Flycast pre-installed by itself.
Configuration for the pre-installed Flycast Stand Alone app is done through the pre-installed Reicast app. Flycast will have better performance than Reicast.
Open Reicast and click on the DC bios and format memory card 1. For controller settings, set the ports of all to none, and the port for Android Playstation to A. Click Map, and map the buttons to their appropriate locations - you may not need to map all buttons. Click Done, then Done again. You may now close Reicast.
Launch Flycast, which shares a config with Reicast, and load and play your game.
If there are issues with the controller, you may need to modify the .cfg file in Flycast. To do this, go into the directory path for Flycast and find the folder named mappings. Inside, there should be a file named Android_Playstation3.cfg. Open the file, scroll to the bottom, and erase the line for deadzone value. This should not be needed if Reicast 20.02b or newer is installed, or if you have used the .cfg file.
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Type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Video games |
Fate | Closed, properties sold |
Successor | SNK |
Founded | July 1980 (as Alpha Denshi) 1993 (as ADK) |
Defunct | 2003 |
Headquarters | Ageo, Saitama, Japan |
Products | Arcade games Video games |
ADK Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社エーディーケイ, Hepburn: Kabushiki Kaisha ADK), formerly known as Alpha Denshi Corporation (アルファ電子株式会社), was a Japanese video game developer founded in 1980. ADK began as a developer of arcade games and is best known for their library of SNK Neo Geo titles, including for its home consoles, produced in partnership with SNK. Most notable among these are their fighting games and in particular, the World Heroes series. The company closed with properties sold to SNK Playmore in 2003.
History[edit]
Early Years[edit]
ADK was founded in July 1980 in Ageo, Saitama, Japan.[1] At the time, it was known as Alpha Denshi or Alpha for short. Originally a producer of audio and telecommunications equipment, Alpha first ventured into video games in 1980 with two arcade titles: Dorachan (ドラちゃん) by Craul Denshi and Tehkan's Shogi (将棋), a basic Japanese chess game. Dorachan was recalled shortly after release due to unlicensed usage of the fictional character Doraemon.
Despite an inauspicious start, Alpha continued to develop arcade games in 1981. Janputer (ジャンピュータ), published by Sanritsu Giken Corp, was one of the earliest arcade Mahjong titles and helped Alpha to establish themselves in the industry. That same year, Craul Denshi released Alpha's Crush Roller (Make Trax),[2] a maze game similar to Pac-Man. By 1982, Alpha was able to finance their own independent development of Talbot, another maze game, which they licensed to Volt Electronics for distribution. In 1983, Alpha expanded into sports games with their self-published Exciting Soccer[3] and two Champion Baseball titles for Sega. Alpha would produce several more games for Sega through the mid 1980s while continuing to publish others on their own.
Partnership with SNK[edit]
Alpha Denshi began developing games almost exclusively for SNK hardware in 1987. In 1990, SNK was developing a new unified video game platform for both the home and arcades. Alpha was a close partner in the process and contributed much of the hardware design for what would eventually become the Neo Geo.[1][4] The 1990 Neo Geo arcade launch lineup included two Alpha titles: Magician Lord and Ninja Combat. Magician Lord was also later included as a pack-in game for the 1991 home console, the Neo Geo AES.
In 1992, following the revitalization of the fighting game genre by Capcom's Street Fighter II, Alpha developed World Heroes with assistance from SNK. It would go on to sell over 200,000 copies that year,[1] and its popularity quickly spawned multiple sequels. In 1993, Alpha Denshi shortened its name to ADK, short for Alpha Denshi Kabushiki gaisha (Japanese for 'share company'). Shortly thereafter, ADK agreed to become an exclusive developer for SNK. In 1994, SNK launched the CD-ROM-based version of the Neo Geo, the Neo Geo CD. ADK soon began porting their existing library to the new platform. In addition, ADK developed three new exclusive titles for the Neo Geo CD: Crossed Swords II, ADK World and ZinTrick.
Neo Geo Rom Editor Gratis
In the late 1990s, newer fifth generation consoles with 3D graphics and CD audio were becoming more popular with consumers and an attractive target for video game developers. Still under exclusive contract, ADK was only allowed to develop two Sega Saturn ports: World Heroes Perfect and Twinkle Star Sprites, both published by SNK. Meanwhile, SNK released the short-lived Neo Geo Pocket and Pocket Color handhelds in 1998 and 1999. ADK developed only eight titles for the platform which was dwarfed in sales by Nintendo's Game Boy Color and lasted less than three years.
During this same time, the developer Miraisoft released two Sony PlayStation games with ADK included in the credits. This aroused suspicion at the time because while Miraisoft was officially listed as an 'affiliate company' of ADK,[1] ADK was still under exclusive contract with SNK and could not release PlayStation games themselves. While no further link between the two companies was publicly announced, it has been suspected that ADK used the affiliate brand to circumvent SNK's terms.[5] In any event, ADK continued to develop Neo Geo games until 2001 when SNK declared bankruptcy.
Final Years[edit]
ADK was already facing financial difficulty and had reduced its workforce prior to SNK's demise. In 2000, ADK released its last video game title, Dynamite Slugger, and was primarily focused on developing content for Japanese i-mode-based mobile devices.[1] A variety of content was developed spanning informational, social networking and digital pet sites.[6] However, ADK could not reverse their fortunes and ultimately declared bankruptcy in 2003. By this time, the successor to SNK, SNK Playmore had already been established and was actively producing video games. Soon after the bankruptcy, SNK Playmore bought up ADK's relinquished intellectual properties, including ADK trademark.[7]
Legacy[edit]
To this day, ADK characters are still known to occasionally appear in SNK Playmore games. First, in 2005, SNK released a sequel to ADK's Twinkle Star Sprites, called Twinkle Star Sprites - La Petite Princesse for the PlayStation 2. In that same year came Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, a console and arcade fighting game featuring several characters from the World Heroes and Aggressors of Dark Kombat franchises. In 2008, SNK released a compilation of five classic ADK Neo Geo titles for the PlayStation 2 titled ADK Tamashii (ADK魂) (lit. 'ADK Spirits').[8]In 2019, Jeanne D'Arc, one of the characters from World Heroes series has appeared as DLC in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy.
List of products[edit]
The following lists ADK-developed titles by platform of earliest release. Third-party publishers are also noted.
Early arcade games[edit]
- Dorachan (1980, Craul Denshi)
- Shogi (1980, Tehkan)
- Janputer (1981, Sanritsu Giken)
- Jump Bug (1981, contracted by Hoei Sangyo, published by Sega)
- Crush Roller / Make Trax (1981, Craul Denshi)
- Talbot (1982)
- Exciting Soccer (1983)
- Champion Baseball (1983, Sega)
- Champion Baseball II (1983, Sega)
- Bull Fighter (1984, Sega)
- Equites (1984, Sega)
- Exciting Soccer II (1985)
- High Voltage (1985)
- Perfect Janputer (1985)
- The Koukou Yakyū (lit. 'The High School Baseball') (1985)
- Splendor Blast (1985)
- Super Stingray (1986, Sega)
- Kyros No Yakata / Kyros (1986)
- Time Soldiers / Battle Field (1987, SNK)
- Sky Soldiers (1988, SNK)
- Gang Wars (1989, SNK)
- Sky Adventure (1989, SNK)
- Super Champion Baseball (1989, SNK) [formally titled as Kaettekita Champion Baseball]
NES[edit]
- STED: Iseki Wakusei no Yabou (1990, K Amusement Leasing/KAC[9])
Neo Geo[edit]
- Magician Lord (1990, SNK)
- Ninja Combat (1990, SNK)
- Sun Shine / Block Paradise (1990, unreleased)
- Blue's Journey / Raguy (1991, SNK)
- Thrash Rally (1991, SNK, Rally Chase on NGCD)
- Crossed Swords (1991, SNK)
- Fun Fun Bros (1991, unreleased)
- Mystic Wand (1991, unreleased)
- Ninja Commando (1992, SNK)
- World Heroes (1992, assisted by and published with SNK)
- World Heroes 2 (1993, assisted by and published with SNK)
- Aggressors of Dark Kombat (1994, SNK)
- World Heroes 2 Jet (1994, SNK)
- Shōgi no Tatsujin: Master of Syougi (1995, SNK)
- World Heroes Perfect (1995, SNK)
- Ninja Master's: Haō Ninpō Chō (1996, SNK)
- Over Top (1996)
- Twinkle Star Sprites (1996, SNK)
- Dance RhythMIX (2002, unreleased)
Neo Geo Rom Editor Download
Neo Geo CD[edit]
Neo Geo Rom Torrent
All released Neo Geo titles were also ported to Neo Geo CD.
- Crossed Swords II (1995)
- ADK World (1995)
- ZinTrick (1996, SNK)
Hyper Neo Geo 64[edit]
- Beast Busters: Second Nightmare (1998, SNK)
PlayStation[edit]
- Treasure Gear (1997, as Miraisoft)
- Star Monja (1998, as Miraisoft, published by GMF)
Neo Geo Pocket[edit]
- Melon Chan no Seichō Nikki ('Melon-chan's Growth Diary') (1998, SNK)
- Shōgi no Tatsujin: Master of Syougi (1998, SNK)
Neo Geo Pocket Color[edit]
- Crush Roller (1999, SNK)
- Dokodemo Mahjong (1999, SNK)
- Neo Poke Pro Yakyū (1999, SNK)
- Party Mail (1999, SNK)
- Shōgi no Tatsujin: Master of Syougi Color (1999, SNK)
- Dynamite Slugger (2000, SNK), a baseball video game with twelve international teams to pick from.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ abcde'ADK会社案内' [ADK Corporate Information]. Z-channel (in Japanese). ADK corporation. Archived from the original on August 3, 2001.
- ^Crush Roller at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^Exciting Soccer at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^'What's 'NEOGEO''. Arcadia. April 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^'ADK HEROES - an ADK fan site'. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009.(in Japanese)
- ^'Z-channel' (in Japanese). ADK corporation. Archived from the original on April 2, 2002.
- ^'SNK Playmore World Heroes Trademark'. Industrial Property Digital Library. 2003. Registration number 4771590. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 23 July 2014.(Search required)
- ^'ADK魂' (in Japanese). SNK Playmore. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^KAC was a company known for supporting SNK in the NES market.
- ^'Dynamite Slugger'. IGN. May 3, 2000. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
External links[edit]
- The History of ADK at Jap-Sai.com
- ADK Corporation at MobyGames
- 'ADK Official Website' (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-10-01. Retrieved 2014-07-12.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ADK Game Developer Research Institute