The A-Z of Data East 1990's Arcade Games | Kim Justice

Hopefully you enjoy this 2nd part. Feel free to shout about your favourite 90's Data East games here. Thanks for watching :)

Data East had the 1980s pop culture zeitgeist nailed down so well.

Night slashers was pretty badass. Fun fact - In addition to the blood, most versions also censored the vampire hunter guy using a crucifix for his combo finisher, replacing it with a blue gem.

From Karnov's Revenge, the Dunk Dream games, Magical Drop 3, Pocket Gal Deluxe, Two Crude, Thunder Zone, Vapor Trail, Rohga, Wizard Fire, Super BurgerTime, Robocop 2, Boogie Wings, WindJammers, Captain America, Heavy Smash to Stadium Hero. 90s DECO had some absolute bangers. Good job with this vid!

Tumblepop is one of the very few arcade games I can beat with one credit. Love that game. (also enjoyed its spiritual successors: Diet Go Go and Joe & Mac Returns) Mutant Fighter was also another favorite of mine from my childhood. The dragon was my main!

Holy shit!!! I’m literally the first person viewing this! Love your work Kim 🤘🏻

Special thanks to anyone who has bought, uploaded or incorporated a prototype into MAME.

So many of these games could’ve been absolute smash hits, yet most are completely unknown?!! Unbelievable!

Awesome stuff. Kim hits it out of the park once again.

Kim, you don't have to jump on the buns and burger components in Super Burger Time. You can stand on them and then press down and the jump button to stomp them down... It's MUCH faster. You have to get on top of them first, then you can stomp. Great video overall as usual, though!

Cliff hanger Edward randy is awesome. I had no idea about the gunstar heroes reference!

Back in the 90’s, Crude Buster, Avengers, Mutant Fighter and Karnovs Revenge took so much money from me in the arcade.

Data East, in my humblest opinion, is a company that should've NEVER died! sure their lineup wasn't going to reach the pinnacle like Capcom and Sega did- was gonna add Konami, but the less we dwell into how hard they've fallen from grace, almost becoming Japan's version of EA or ActiBlizzard, the better...- but with hits like "Captain America and The Avengers" and both "Robocop" titles as well as hard-hitting IPs like "ThunderZone/Desert Assault" and "Wolf Fang: Rohga Armor Force" they deserved a far better fate; like being absorbed by a worthy still-standing company like how Taito had by Square-Enix or Technos by Ark System Works! a bit of a curio for y'all= "ThunderZone/Desert Assault" was a massive hit here in the Bronx when we got it back in '92, mostly for 2 reasons: the electric-guitar riff samples on its OST which we've not heard of like that at the time, and because it just exuded "America: F**K YEAH!!!" like few at the time did! as always, cheers... and Happy Holidays!

I deeply appreciate how weird it is that Karnov became their de facto mascot. Even over Joe & Mac. I wish that dumpy fire eating carney was still around.

The research and work you put into your videos will never cease to amaze me. Thank you for these, Kim. I am always happy when I see you put up a new one. :-)

I do love some Data East. I do have a 4 player Desert Assault pcb I sometimes put in my Sunset Riders cabinet, and yes, it is exponentially more fun with 4 players. My oldest son loves Nitro Ball and Boogie Wings. Boogie Wings realls is a riot, and a must-play for any arcade fan! I have a Windjammers cart for my Neo Geo MVS cabinet, and it's another favorite. Pretty much everyone enjoys a round of the game. I like Data East's Neo Geo output in general Street Hoop is almost as much fun as NBA Jam, and Magical Drop is a good time, even if I prefer Money Puzzle Exchanger. Spin Master also is a great time. So many good games... aside from their fighting games I really enjoy most of their catalog. Thanks for the retrospective!

I haven´t played a lot of Data East games, but this video makes me want to! Magical Drop 3 is probably the one I´ve had most fun with, playing against my brothers. I also liked the Saturn port of Karnov's Revenge.

Great compilation of Data-East's games and great info on them! This was a ton of fun to watch!

An amazing second part of Data East's legacy and more indept than my feature in my Coin-op book, wish this had have been release when I originally included the piece, so much I missed, but also contains alot on them within the feature in the book, Data East is many ways are an unsung hero of the oglden arcade era and have been greatly praised in the presentation. Thanks for your effort here.

This is a great follow up to your Data East 80's arcade video!!! These games bring back a lot of memories of playing them as a kid, trying to get a quarter anyway I could...I hope you do some other game companies as well.. Thank you for making this awesome video...😄👍👍👍