What ever happened to Data East?

[dbiersdorf]

Boy did I love those guys work in Joe and Mac. What ever happened to the company? I'm sure it went bankrupt or something, but why? Were the majority of the games crap?

Keep in mind I'm post NES era, so I really have no knowledge on a company like this.

[Gapporin]

Yeah, they went bankrupt a couple of years ago. Their last game was for an obscure console (Wonderswan? I don't remember). 'Tis a shame, I really liked Data East's come-from-left-field approach to making video games.

[dbiersdorf]

Shucks, there goes any chance of my Joe and Mac 3D rendention. :(

[soniko_karuto]

maybe EA will pick up the rights for Data East games and we will see a 3d joe and mac :D :evil:

[dbiersdorf]

The day that happens I take a shotgun and climb a clock tower.

[zektor]

I heard some Bad Dudes took over!

(I know...bah)

[RockyRaccoon]

I heard some Bad Dudes took over!

(I know...bah)

Total Lameness Ooozed from that pun and made a slippery mess on the floor. XD

but yeah..I kinda liked thier games, too...

[Ikari Warrior]

I miss Karnov too.

[Ikari Warrior]

"The day that happens I take a shotgun and climb a clock tower."


I'd suggest a sniper rifle as you won't hit as many targets with a shotgun at that height. ;)





btw how do you quote what people write in those boxes with their name on it?

[dbiersdorf]

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/templates/subRed/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif

Click that little button by their post. ;)

Oh, and I choose shotgun on myself, not others. ;)

[stuffedmonkey]

They deserve whatever they get for putting out Dash Galaxy and the Alien Asylum :)

[DigitalSpace]

I heard some Bad Dudes took over!

(I know...bah)

Too bad they wern't bad enough to save the company.

I know, I know... but I couldn't resist. LOL

[Flack]

Just a few Data East arcade classics:

Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
BreakThru
Bump 'N Jump
BurgerTime
Captain America and the Avengers
Caveman Ninja
Gondomania
Heavy Barrel
Joe & Mac Returns
Karate Champ
Karnov
Karnov's Revenge
Ring King
Ring King II
RoboCop
RoboCop 2
Speed Buggy
Super BurgerTime
T.K.O. Boxing
The Real GhostBusters
WindJammers

etc.

[Psycho Mantis]

i liked data east. joe and mac rules!

[Ernster]

Sidepockets was the best :(

[classicb]

Just a few Data East arcade classics:


the arcade games are what I remember most about Data East. Maybe they lost their attraction when arcades started to fade. Still a very underated company that put out some great games. :(

[oesiii]

"The day that happens I take a shotgun and climb a clock tower."


I'd suggest a sniper rifle as you won't hit as many targets with a shotgun at that height. ;)




Shotgun? In a tower? That was my first thought too, glad you clarifyed that :)

To quote people in a box you just hit the quote button that's to the right side of their original post. It brings up a reply screen with their stuff automatically quoted.

And on topic, to me Data East will always be Burgertime and Karate Champ. Spent so many quarters on those that you'll always remember the title screens :)

[spoon]

They deserve whatever they get for putting out Dash Galaxy and the Alien Asylum :)

You are my new best friend.

[Dimitri]

Just a few Data East arcade classics:

Windjammers and Joe & Mac were two of my faves back when. There's one I know is being neglected, though...Magical Drop (aka Data East's Chain Reaction). Such a delicious puzzler. :-P

I hope I get a chance to try out Boogie Wings someday, as well.

[Lady Jaye]

Incidentally, there must be some company that bought the rights for BurgerTime... if not, Intellivision Productions Inc. should do it. That way, they could re-release Diner and even license it for an updated version (Diner/Burgertime for GBA, anyone?).

[-hellvin-]

Great company. I love all their genesis works. One of my favs is defenitely mega turrican. "Presented by DATA EAST". Lol....that surprised me the first time I loaded it up.

[EnemyZero]

i also enjoyed data east's genesis works, did they even continue on after genny and snes? ive never seen anything....

[Flack]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/12726.html

[JJNova]

Incidentally, there must be some company that bought the rights for BurgerTime... if not, Intellivision Productions Inc. should do it. That way, they could re-release Diner and even license it for an updated version (Diner/Burgertime for GBA, anyone?).

This is the plan I believe. The Intellivision guys have been trying to purchase the licenses to the games they developed in order to release them on the collections discs to bring in funding so that they can work on newer, 3D versions of these games (and turn them into franchises). It's in the Keynotes recordings. (http://www.digitpress.com/cge/2k4_mp3/) <--That's a link.

[Lady Jaye]

Thanks for the link! I'll check out the keynotes over the weekend!

[Rogmeister]

Yes, I lliked Side Pockets, too. It's probably still my favorite pool game though I don't really have many of them. I suck at the trick shots, though... LOL

[xaer0knight]

A tribute to Data East (http://www.nesworld.com/dataeast.htm)

It seems that they went threw the hardships of being suied because of there likenesses of another game.. Long live Data East


"Data East Coporation was founded on April 20, 1976, and was declared bankrupt by the district court of Tokyo on June 25 2003 and an announced was made to the public on 8th June 2003. This happened after the company had been in financial trouble since 1999, where they made a settlement in the district court to reorganize its finances, because of a 3.3 billion yen ($28 million) debt."

[Sanriostar]

So does this mean that the Intellivision Lives kids can now release the Inty Burgertime and all the other DE stuff? Or do they now have to talk to a Japanese bank?