Best Data East

Magical Drop II is an arcade tile-matching game developed by Data East in 1996. It builds upon the original’s core gameplay with enhanced mechanics and introduces distinct characters to control. The game's popularity stems from its fast-paced action and strategic tile combinations. It appeals primar...

Data East Tales from the Crypt (1993) is licensed from the HBO horror anthology series and features an animatronic Crypt Keeper figure as the central playfield toy.

Data East's 1994 Tommy pinball is licensed from The Who's 1969 rock opera and the 1993 film adaptation, featuring songs from the album throughout gameplay.

Magical Drop is a competitive tile-matching arcade game originally developed by Data East in 1995. The gameplay involves a player-character stationed at the bottom of the screen who uses a grappling hook to pull down and release stacks of descending colored balloons. Players must match three or more...

The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard is a pinball machine released by Data East in 1994, based on The Who's 1969 rock opera and the 1993 Broadway production. The machine features music and speech from the Broadway cast recording and includes a dot-matrix display with animated sequences. It was designed by...

Data East released Phantom of the Opera in 1990, based on Gaston Leroux's classic story and featuring a chandelier as a central interactive playfield toy.

Jurassic Park is a 1993 pinball machine produced by Data East Pinball, directly licensed from Steven Spielberg's science fiction film of the same name. Designed by Joe Kaminkow and Ed Cebula, the game is distinguished by a large, animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex head situated on the playfield that phys...

Data East Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends (1993) is licensed from Jay Ward's classic animated television series, featuring the cartoon duo across comedic multiball modes.

Data East's 1990 arcade vertical shooter, titled Kuuga in Japan, offers three selectable aircraft with distinct weapon loadouts across its military-themed stages.

Data East's 1991 Batman pinball machine is a licensed tie-in to Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film, one of two major competing Batman-themed pinball machines released around that era.

Data East's 1992 Star Wars pinball machine is a licensed Lucasfilm tie-in themed around the original trilogy, featuring multiball modes and digitized movie sounds.

Data East's 1992 Hook pinball machine is based on Steven Spielberg's film starring Robin Williams as an adult Peter Pan, featuring a pirate ship toy on the playfield.

Data East's 1990 Back to the Future pinball machine is based on the Robert Zemeckis film trilogy, released the same year as its third installment.

Data East's 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball capitalizes on the franchise's peak popularity following the 1990 live-action film adaptation.

Data East Maverick (1994) is licensed from the Warner Bros. Western comedy film starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner as card-playing adventurers.

Data East's 1994 Guns N' Roses pinball machine is among the earliest rock band-licensed machines, featuring the band's classic-era music and imagery across its modes.

Data East's 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine is a movie tie-in to the third Mel Gibson and Danny Glover action film, featuring cop-themed gameplay modes.

Data East WWF Royal Rumble (1994) is licensed from the World Wrestling Federation and features wrestlers from the annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view event as its theme.

Data East's 1991 Checkpoint is a racing-themed pinball machine featuring a road course layout and a toy race car, with speed-based shot mechanics rewarding fast play.

Data East's 1993 Last Action Hero pinball machine is a licensed tie-in to the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, released the same year as the movie's theatrical run.

Data East's 1990 Simpsons pinball machine was one of the earliest arcade games based on the animated Fox series, released just one year after the show's premiere.

Captain Silver is a 1987 arcade hack-and-slash game by Coreland, notable for its pirate theme and significant gameplay differences between the Master System and NES console ports.

Released by Data East in 1984, Cobra Command is an interactive LaserDisc game that tasks players with navigating an attack helicopter through animated combat scenarios.

Fighter's History is a 1993 arcade fighting game developed by Data East that was the subject of a famous copyright infringement lawsuit won by Data East.

Data East's 1992 Michael Jordan pinball is an NBA-licensed machine themed around the Chicago Bulls star during his peak championship dynasty years.

Created by Data East in 1985, Road Blaster is a racing-themed LaserDisc arcade game featuring fully animated action sequences produced by the Toei Animation studio.

Bega's Battle is a 1983 LaserDisc arcade game published by Stern that gained notoriety for repurposing footage from the Japanese animated film Harmagedon for its cutscenes.