NMK (company)

Nihon Maicom Kaihatsu

Company type	Videogame, Electro-mechanical
Founded	May 1985
Defunct	1999

Nihon Maicom Kaihatsu, better known as NMK, was a Japanese video game developer that created various arcade games and shoot 'em ups. Founded in May 1985, the company is best known for its Neo Geo title, Zed Blade, which Japanese publisher Hamster Corporation owned the rights to when they released it on their ACA Neo Geo lineup in 2017. In March 2021, several other NMK games began appearing on their Arcade Archives series of re-releases, beginning with Thunder Dragon. Other titles from the company, such as Saboten Bombers, Hacha Mecha Fighter, Gunnail and Thunder Dragon 2 started appearing afterwards.

Games developed

• Argus
• Arkista's Ring
• Black Heart
• Bomb Jack Twin
• Butasan
• Desert War
• Double Dealer
• Esper Bōkentai
• Gunnail
• Hacha Mecha Fighter
• Legend of Makai
• Mahjong Daireikai
• Ninja Crusaders
• Ninja Taro
• P-47 Aces
• P-47: The Phantom Fighter
• Psychic 5
• Quiz Gakuen Paradise
• Quiz Panicuru Fantasy
• Rapid Hero
• Riot
• Rolan's Curse
• Rolan's Curse II
• Saboten Bombers
• Saint Dragon
• Saiyūki World
• Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II
• Super Spacefortress Macross (video game)
• Task Force Harrier
• Thunder Dragon
• Thunder Dragon 2
• USAAF Mustang
• Valtric
• Zed Blade

Collaboration with Dooyong

• Chulgyeok D-Day / The Last Day - Arcade (1990)
• Gun Dealer - Arcade (1990)
• Yam! Yam!? / Wise Guy - Arcade (1990)

References

• http://www.mobygames.com/company/nmk-co-ltd
• http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/NMK
• HG101's retrospective of NMK's collaboration with Korean firm Dooyong (Originally posted July 13, 2010; last updated March 2014)
• NMK's first system at UVList
• NMK16 System (arcade) at UVList