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SNK is most notable as creator of the ___MASK18___ family of arcade , home , and handheld game consoles , beginning in 1990 . The ___MASK18___ line was halted in 2001 , when financial troubles forced SNK Corporation to close in October 22 , 2001 . Anticipating the end of the company , Kawasaki founded Playmore Corporation in August 1 , 2001 . By October , Playmore had acquired all of the intellectual property of the former SNK Corporation . On July 7 , 2003 , Playmore Corporation was renamed to SNK Playmore Corporation , to more firmly establish itself as the successor to the SNK brand and legacy . An ___MASK73___ ( often referred to as " video arcade " or simply " arcade ") is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games , pinball machines , electro - mechanical games , redemption games , merchandisers ( such as claw cranes ), or coin - operated billiards or air hockey tables . In some countries , some types of arcades are also legally permitted to provide gambling machines such as slot machines or " pachinko " machines . Games are usually housed in cabinets . The term used for ancestors of these venues in the beginning of 20th century was penny arcades . , or Capcom , is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games , known for creating multi - million - selling franchises such as " Mega Man ", " Street Fighter ", " Resident Evil ", " Devil May Cry ", " Ace Attorney ", and " Monster Hunter ," as well as games based on the Disney animated properties . Originally established in 1979 , it has since become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in North America , Europe , and East Asia . An arcade game or coin - op is a coin - operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants , bars and amusement arcades . Most arcade games are video games , pinball machines , electro - mechanical games , redemption games or merchandisers . While exact dates are debated , the golden age of arcade video games is usually defined as a period beginning sometime in the late 1970s and ending sometime in the mid - 1980s . Excluding a brief resurgence in the early 1990s , the arcade industry subsequently declined in the Western hemisphere as competing home - based video game consoles such as ___MASK22___ and ___MASK68___ increased in their graphics and game - play capability and decreased in cost . Avengers , sometimes known as Avenger , and known in Japan as Hissatsu Buraiken (   , lit . `` Deadly Ruffian Fist '' ) , is a 1987 overhead - view vertically scrolling beat ' em up arcade game developed and published by Capcom . The game was directed by Takashi Nishiyama , who later co - planned the original Street Fighter and a few of SNK ' s early fighting games . The original console in the series was the first ___MASK57___ to ship 100 million units , 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch . Its successor , the PlayStation 2 , was released in 2000 . The PlayStation 2 is the best - selling home console to date , having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28 , 2012 . Sony ' s next console , the ___MASK66___ , was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013 . Sony ' s latest console , the PlayStation 4 , was released in 2013 , selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale , becoming the fastest selling console in history . The franchise is a series of fantasy - themed action role - playing video games that started with the game " Monster Hunter " for ___MASK2___ . The series is developed and published by Capcom . As the title suggests , the player takes the role of a hunter in a fantasy environment and completes quests by hunting out specific kinds of monsters to kill or capture . The series has branched out into ___MASK39___ games and a massively multiplayer ___MASK34___ . In Japan , the " Monster Hunter " series is immensely popular , and it has gained a cult following in the west , with the port " Monster Hunter Freedom " ( known in Japan as " Monster Hunter Portable ") and its sequels , " Monster Hunter Freedom 2 " / " Monster Hunter Portable 2nd ", " Monster Hunter Freedom Unite " / " Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G ", " Monster Hunter Portable 3rd " and an ___MASK34___ called " Monster Hunter Frontier Online " selling millions of copies , and " Monster Hunter Tri " becoming the highest - selling third - party Wii game in Japan . As of February 2015 , the series has sold over 38 million units across all games . There is also an anime based on the spin - off game "" and a book called " Monster Hunter EPISODE " (  EPISODE ~). " Monster Hunter 4 " and " Monster Hunter Generations " launched on the Nintendo 3DS handheld console . , stylised as NEO  GEO , also written as NEOGEO , is a family of video game hardware developed by SNK . On the market from 1990 to 2004 , the brand originated with the release of an arcade system , the ___MASK18___ MVS and its home console counterpart , the ___MASK18___ AES . Both the arcade system and console were powerful for the time and the AES allows for perfect compatibility of games released for the MVS . However , the high price point for both the AES console and its games prevented it from directly competing with its contemporaries , the Sega Mega Drive ( Genesis ), Super NES ( Super Famicom ), and Turbo - Grafx 16 . However the MVS arcade became very successful in stores in Japan and North America . A ___MASK57___ is an electronic , digital or computer device that outputs a video signal or visual image to display a video game that one or more people can play . Mega Man , alternatively written as Megaman and MegaMan , known as in Japan , is a video game franchise created by Capcom , starring the robot character Mega Man , or one of his many counterparts . " Mega Man ", released for the ___MASK16___ or NES in 1987 , began a series of over 50 games on multiple systems . By March 2015 , the series had sold approximately thirty million copies worldwide , and is often cited as one of the most renowned video game franchises of all time .