Here are the Data East machines produced from 1987 to 1994 inclusive.
I have excluded most games with only 1 x game made.
I have however, included the Total Recall, Mad and Ritchie Rich 1 x only machines produced titles)
Hopefully I have included all titles.
Data East had a slow start but started to pick up production quite quickly.
1987-01 Laser War
1988-02 Secret Service
1988-11 Time Machine
1988-08 Torpedo Alley
1989-09 Monday Night Football
1989-05 Playboy 35th Anniversary
1990-06 Back to the Future
1990-04 King Kong (9 x only)
1990-04 Phantom of the Opera
1990-01 Robocop
1990-10 The Simpsons
1990 Total Recall (1 only)
1991-08 Batman
1991-02 Checkpoint
1991-09 Star Trek 25th Anniversary
1991-06 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1992-05 Hook
1992-08 Lethal Weapon 3
1992-12 Star Wars
1993-02 Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1993-06 Jurassic Park
1993-10 Last Action Hero Data
1993-10 Mad (1 x only)
1993-12 Tales from the Crypt
1994-07 Guns N' Roses
1994-10 Maverick
1994-07 Richie Rich
1994-01 The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard
1994-05 WWF Royal Rumble
Interesting to Note -
1.
WWF Wrestling was the last title made by Data East and interestingly, it was a widebody machine as well, the only widebody made by them !
2.
Maverick was designed and produced by Data East, but was branded and released under the Sega brandname during its Data East production.
After Sega purchased Data East, production continued on after Data East closed on paper, and Sega continued production of the Mavewrick title.
Also, in keeping with the widebody theme that WWF Wrestling had started, the first proto-type of Maverick was a widebody, but the final model was decided to be the standard cabinet size, incorporating the Sega Extra-large 192x64 pixel dot matrix display for the first time, which Sega went on to use quite alot over the next few years.
Data East produced alot of great games and were known for quality machines with excellent designs which to this day are relatively easy to maintain compared to the Bally/Williams brand. Data East games are very collectable and are known for their reliability. I believe Data East produced some amazing games and alot of people have Data East games in their coilections. Data East titles are also very affordable and have become popular because of this.
I hope this list enables people to remember and identify the Data East machines a little easier.
