Data East Corporation
Moby ID: 37
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Data East Corporation was founded on 20 April 1976. The company was well known as a software publisher and an electronics manufacturer. It released a variety of arcade machines, including one of the first cartridge-based arcade game systems, the Deco Cassette System, which made its debut in 1980.
On the software side, they are most famous for arcade games in mid-1980s and also commissioned PC ports of its most famous games, such as Double Dragon and Platoon. Most of these conversions were done by Quicksilver Software.
Other notable games are Bad Dudes, Karnov, the Metal Max series, the Fighter's History series and RoboCop. Its last known new release was Side Pocket for the WonderSwan in November 1999.
On 25 June 2003, the company declared bankruptcy and this was publicly announced on 8 July 2003. Paon Corporation bought the rights of some of their games, and gradually released them through the Wii's virtual console service.
Credited on 159 Games from 1979 to 2021
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| Data East Arcade 1 (2021 on Evercade) |
| Doukoku Soshite...: Remastered (2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS Vita) |
| 16-Bit Collection: Data East Vol. 1 (2017 on SNES) |
| Data East Arcade Classics (2010 on Wii) |
| Magical Drop Touch (2009 on Android, iPhone) |
| Oretachi Game Center Zoku: Trio the Punch (2007 on PlayStation 2) |
| Oretachi Game Center Zoku: BurgerTime (2005 on PlayStation 2) |
| The Flintstones: Burgertime in Bedrock (2000 on Game Boy Color) |
| Revive...: Sosei (1999 on Dreamcast) |
| Magical Drop F (1999 on PS Vita, PlayStation, PlayStation 3...) |
| Magical Drop (1999 on WonderSwan) |
| Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Early Collection (1999 on PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PS Vita...) |
| Zombie Revenge (1999 on Dreamcast, Arcade) |
| Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Yume no Owari ni (1998 on PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PSP...) |
| Doukoku Soshite... (1998 on SEGA Saturn) |
| Winter Heat (1997 on SEGA Saturn, Arcade) |
| Side Pocket 3: 3D Polygon Billiard Game (1997 on SEGA Saturn, PSP, PlayStation 3...) |
| Voice Idol Maniacs: Pool Bar Story (1997 on PlayStation, SEGA Saturn) |
| Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Mikan no Rupo (1996 on PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PSP...) |
| Sōkyūgurentai (1996 on PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Arcade) |
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History +
- June 25, 2003
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Data East declares bankruptcy. Public only made aware on 8th July 2003.
- April 20, 1976
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Data East founded.
Trivia +
Company address in 1988:
Data East USA, Inc.
470 Needles Drive
San Jose, California 95112
United States
Related Web Sites +
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Data East Corporation
official site -
Data East Games
In 2007 G-mode released this website focusing on licensing Data East Games to the world market. G-mode a mobile content provider in Japan has made use of their Data East License and are looking to bring back these retro classics
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 43 games with Data East USA, Inc.
- 23 games with G-mode Co., Ltd.
- 16 games with HAMSTER Corporation
- 16 games with Flying Tiger Entertainment, Inc.
- 15 games with Golem Entertainment
- 12 games with Ziggurat Interactive, Inc.
- 11 games with D4Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- 11 games with GOG Poland Sp. z o.o.
- 11 games with Valve Corporation
- 11 games with Sakata SAS Co., Ltd.
- 36 games with Hiroaki Yoshida
- 34 games with Masaaki Iwasaki
- 29 games with Tatsuya Kiuchi
- 28 games with Shogo Sakai
- 28 games with Takafumi Miura
- 24 games with Seiichi Hamada
- 22 games with Hiromichi Nakamoto
- 20 games with Azusa Hara
- 19 games with Yoshi Nakamura
- 16 games with Toshio Kawamoto
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