Data East
List of games released by Data East | |
Total equity | ¥282.5 million (April 2001)[1] |
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Subsidiaries | Data East USA, inc. Data East Pinball inc. |
Website | dataeast-corp.co.jp/index_e.html |
Data East Corporation (データイースト株式会社, Dēta Īsuto kabushiki gaisha), also abbreviated as DECO, was a
The majority of Data East's video games, its trademark and logo, are owned today by the mobile gaming company G-Mode, a subsidiary of Marvelous. A small number of Data East video games are owned by other companies, notably Paon DP.
History
Data East was founded on April 20, 1976, by Tokai University alumnus Tetsuo Fukuda.[1][6] Data East developed and released in July 1977 its first arcade game Jack Lot, a medal game based on Blackjack for business use.[7][8] This was followed in January 1978 by Super Break which was its first actual video game. More than 15 arcade games were released by Data East in the 1970s.[7]
Data East established its U.S. division in June 1979.
In 1981, three staff members of Data East founded Technōs Japan, who then supported Data East for a while before becoming completely independent.
In 1983, the company moved its headquarters to a new building in
Data East distributed three major arcade hits in North America between 1984 and 1985: the
Data East also purchased licenses to manufacture and sell arcade games created by other companies. Some of its licensed games included
Following its arcade success, Data East made a successful entry in the
Data East entered the
Data East also made
Although video games represented the majority of the company's revenue, Data East had always been involved in engineering. Outside of video games, Data East produced image transmission equipment, data communication adapters for satellite phones from
By the end of the 1990s, the company's American division, Data East USA, was liquidated. No official announcement of this was made; instead, calls to Data East USA's offices were greeted with a prerecorded message from marketing manager Jay Malpas stating that the company had closed its doors before Christmas 1996.
Most of Data East's video game library was acquired in February 2004 by
Products
- For a list of video and pinball games released by Data East, see List of games released by Data East.
See also
- List of games released by Data East
References
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