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Data East Arcade 2 for Evercade offers a diverse and intriguing selection of classic coin-op games, showcasing both the strengths and quirks of Data East's arcade legacy. This collection includes 12 titles that range from well-known hits to obscure gems, providing a snapshot of the company's...

Data East Arcade 2 is the latest addition to the Evercade's growing library of retro game collections. This cartridge brings 12 more classic arcade titles from Data East's extensive catalog to the Evercade platform, offering a diverse mix of genres and gameplay styles. Game List Edward Randy...

The recent discovery of a rare VHS tape from the legal dispute between Capcom and Data East over the fighting game "Fighter's History" is an interesting piece of video game history. In the early 1990s, Capcom's hugely successful "Street Fighter II" inspired a wave of similar fighting games...

Update [Fri 6th September 2024 16:15 BST]: Forever Entertainment has announced that its remake of the Data East brawler Night Slasher will be released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam & GOG) on September 26th. The announcement was...

DMA Design's Amiga classic Lemmings has been brought over to a lot of different platforms over the years, but one port that sadly never made it was Data East's proposed version for the arcade. From the little we know about the port it was in development in the early 90s, and resulted in a PCB...

Numskull Games has announced that Data East's 1982 arcade classic BurgerTime will be the next classic game to join its Quarter Arcade range. The fully playable quarter-scale arcade cabinet is a wooden replica of the original arcade machine and stands 17.4 inches tall and 6.2 inches wide, with a...

The Japanese manufacturer PLUM is releasing a new model of Type01 Soryu mech from the Data East game Wolf Fang Kuuga 2001 in Japan, and pre-orders are available online now (thanks @gosokkyu for the spot!). Wolf Fang Kuuga 2001 (otherwise known as Rohga: Armor Force) is a game that originally...