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Prehistoric Isle In 1930
''Prehistoric Isle'' is a 1989 in video gaming, 1989 Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters, scrolling shooter Arcade game, arcade video game originally developed and published by SNK. Set during the 1930s, where ships at The Bahamas mysteriously disappeared, players assume the role of U.S. Marine pilots taking control of biplanes in a reconnaissance assignment at "Greenhell Isle", a fictional island inhabited by dinosaurs and creatures thought to be extinct. Headed by a Video game creative director, director under the pseudonym of "Yah!", the game was developed by most of the same team that would later work on several projects for the Neo Geo Video game#Platforms, platforms at SNK. Although first launched in arcades, the title has since been re-released through download services and Product bundling, compilations for various Video game console, consoles. It received positive reception since its initial arcade release from critics who praised the visuals, sound design, gameplay and origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eikichi Kawasaki
is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki. The corporation was initially named . In 1981, the name was informally shortened to SNK Corporation, which became the company's official name in 1986. SNK is known for its creation of the Neo Geo family of arcade, home, and handheld game consoles in 1990. The Neo Geo line was halted in 2001 because financial troubles forced SNK Corporation to close in the same year. Anticipating the end of the company, Kawasaki founded Playmore Corporation in 2001, which acquired all of the intellectual property of the first iteration of SNK Corporation. In 2003, Playmore Corporation was renamed to SNK Playmore Corporation. In 2016, SNK dropped the name Playmore from its logo and reintroduced its old slogan, "The Future Is Now", offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
