Editing SNK (section)

=== Franchises and video games ===
See also: List of SNK games

SNK is best recognized for its 2D fighting arcade games, most of which were released during the 1990s on their own Neo Geo arcade system. The first of these was 1991's ''Fatal Fury: King of Fighters'' — the first title of the ''Fatal Fury'' series — after which numerous other fighting games were released including ''World Heroes'', ''Art of Fighting'', ''Aggressors of Dark Kombat'', and the popular ''Samurai Shodown''. This then led to what is often seen as the company's most famous franchise, ''The King of Fighters'' — the first title in this series was 1994's ''The King of Fighters '94''. These franchises also consist of numerous notable characters that have since become icons of SNK, such as Terry Bogard, Kyo Kusanagi and Mai Shiranui. In other genres, the ''Metal Slug'' run and gun series is also one of SNK's most well known franchises.