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ITT: Retro companies that were "unique"

>> No.2135630 [DELETED] 

What was unique about them?

>> No.2135635
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>> No.2135637

>>2135635
>>2135627

What was unique about them?
This thread sucks.

>> No.2135638

Hello Gamesack

>> No.2135646

>>2135637
They're Unique because OP liked them.
I love Data East but I don't get this thread.

>> No.2135861

>>2135637
>>2135646

The games, what else would anyone be talking about?

>> No.2135892

>>2135861
Again, How were their games unique?

Do you honestly think making a thread like this and not even explaining why you think something about them is unique is a good idea for a discussion?

>"lets all just post logos"!

>> No.2135896 [DELETED] 

>>2135892
>>>/v/

>> No.2135901 [DELETED] 

>>2135892
>Again, How were their games unique?

Try actually playing them instead of sounding like a retard

>> No.2135902

>>2135901
>>2135896
>missing my entire points

Anyways,
Still can't name one unique thing about them huh?
Resorting to retarded shitposting instead. Okay.

>> No.2135913

>>2135902
They had lots of offbeat ideas and concepts, and the quality of their games tended to fall in this zone where they weren't bad, but had a lot of quirks and irregularities ("DECO physics" is a term often used among Japanese gamers to describe their slightly wonky physics, often with regards to jump movement).

>> No.2135921

>data east
>unique

Dude, they ripped off street fighter 2 shamelessly with their fighting history dynamite. And dont try to bullshit me: from the character select screen to the fucking lifebars and timer the game was downright stealing from street fighter 2. The rip off was so blatant that they got sued by capcom.

>> No.2135924

>>2135913
Highly doubt you're one of those two morons I replied to, but goodjob actually giving people something to read and discuss.

After all, that's the point of a message board.

My favorite data east game is Side Pocket.
It has great music and somehow great atmosphere even though it's just a billiard game.

I feel the nightlife within it.

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>data east
>unique

>> No.2135930

>>2135929
>>2135921

kek.
Now I have to try that game.

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>> No.2135941

>>2135924
Thats the only good data east game to be fair. Bad dudes sucked big time. But I gotta admit the "are you bad enough to save the president?" screen was really cool back in the day.

>> No.2135949

>>2135921
>>2135929
Pretty much everyone had their own Street Fighter 2 ripoff in that era, so I wouldn't really condemn Data East for that.

Also the lawsuit was supposedly mostly to do with the fact that they copied SF's 6 button setup. Remember that at the time SF2 came out, that was a hell of a lot more buttons than the typical arcade cabinet had, and they had their own hardware specs for it and such that went beyond the JAMMA standards. Which means you could be getting into the realm of patent law and such. It's telling that when the sequel came out, it switched to the Neo Geo hardware and adopted its 4 button setup.
>>2135930
The original Fighter's History isn't all that great, but the sequel Fighter's History Dynamite is one of the more decent SF2 clones of that era. It does still have its glitches and balance issues, but it's still playable enough to be enjoyable. There's even still a small tournament scene for it in Japan.

>> No.2135951

>>2135941
>Thats the only good data east game to be fair
>Burguertime
>Karnov
>Atomic Runner
>Bad Dudes arcade
>not good

Please stop posting anytime.

>> No.2135954

>>2135941
They also published Shadowrun on SNES I believe. So I'm thankful to them for that.

>> No.2135958

>>2135949
Cool thanks.

>> No.2135968

Boogie Wings is one of my arcade favorites. Doesn't get enough discussion on this board, sadly.

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>> No.2136105

In other words:

"Retro companies that don't exist anymore."

>> No.2136120

>>2136105

Treasure is one, and they still exist.

>> No.2136127

>>2136096
That logo always reminds me of David's Bowie Labyrinth

>> No.2136147

>>2136096
Greatest logo in gaming history.

>> No.2136164

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jb92YHPOJo

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>>2135637

What a fuck is this kind of shit did you missed your way out of /v/?

>>2135627

OP, watch the newest Game Sack episode.

>> No.2136193

Wasn't Tyrian/Tyrian 2000 made by Data East? I don't quite remember. Which is funny because I play the game now and then, and recently played it. I found out something i had no idea about all of these years...when it's december, an option comes up when you load the game to turn on Christmas Mode. I was like wtf is this. Turns all the weapons/projectiles and shit into christmas themed stuff. I was firing motherfucking candycanes, man. Good stuff.

>> No.2136194 [DELETED] 

>>2136187
Get lost moron.

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>>2136194

>> No.2136197

>>2136193
Nevermind, it was made by XSIV Games/Eclipse.
I'm retarded.
Really love me some Tyrian, though.

>> No.2136217

>>2135968

Oh, I thought there was something unlikeable about it? Nobody seems to play it

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Me loves some Data East

>> No.2136253

>>2136246
>expect a run & gun
>get a horizontal shmup with running mechanics

>> No.2136254

>data east thread
>no captain America and the avengers

Le sad frog

>> No.2136264

>>2136246
>dat filter
blur city

>> No.2136272

>>2136254
The 3d beat em up? The final boss is an arse on Arcade.

>> No.2136301

>>2136272
No
The 2d one from 1993

Early arcade memories
Everyone used iron man and spam his jumping laser, always drawn to Hawkeye and that slick dash attack.

>> No.2136305

>>2136096
Based Psygnosis. Made a few of my favorite games, including one of my all-times.

>> No.2136330

Joe and Mac was my all time favorite snes game.
Each stage was leading up to a boss almost so much as to make the bosses the main gameplay element

>> No.2136331

Human made some neat games like Clock Tower and Septentrion.

>> No.2136335

>>2136330
nice job parroting jontron

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>>2135627
Data East made Trio the Punch: Never Forget Me!

I cannot fucking fathom how OP didn't bring that one up to make his case.

>> No.2136374

>>2136335
I'm 30, who is Jon tron?

>> No.2136452

>>2136374
Probably some internet guy

>tfw 34

>> No.2136693

>>2136127

Funny in that is what they based it off of.

>> No.2136698

We get it OP, you watch GameSack, that doesn't mean you have to mirror every opinion from them.

>> No.2136706

>>2136217
It gets overshadowed by Edward Randy for some reason. Some folks at shmups don't like it, but I read those forum posts years ago.

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Data East!

>> No.2136860

>>2135938

This post made me Iron Man

>> No.2137371

>>2136120
Unfortunately. They've not made anything good in over a decade.

>> No.2137476

>>2135951
you forgot:
Bloody Wolf
and MOTHERFUCKING JOE & MAC

>> No.2137529

>>2136693
I don't think they did. Labyrinth came out late June, 1986 and I can find a preview for Brataccas that dates back to March that same year showing off the box art done by Roger Dean. If they had him on board doing work that early, then it's very likely they had the logo before Labyrinth had posters up.

>> No.2137531

>>2136717
Data East's tables were average

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and it ain't even close.

>> No.2140414

>>2137531
Data East is Sega is Stern. Same company. Data East's tables are Stern's tables.

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Bad Duded, Tumble Pop, Magical Drop series, Trio the Punch, Boogie Wings, Diet Go! Go!, Joe & Mac series, Skull Fang, Spin Master, Wolf Fang...I love Data East.

They are also the creators of Metal Max and Hercules no Eiko series (which have been later bought from other companies and made new, awesome sequels). Still we haven't seen any Metal Max localized for DS. I hope someday will see fan-traslations for all Metal Max games on DS.

>>2135941
It was the NES and most home computers port that sucked miserably. The original arcade version is still awesome and I prefer it over Final Fight and Double Dragon.

>> No.2142274

>>2142270
I also forgot Edward Randy which was Treasure's main inspiration for creating Gunstar Heroes. Even their characters' names were homage to Data East's overlooked gem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNeiHGa7pUM

>> No.2142276

>>2135929
You realise that Fighter's History series existed before Street Fighter, right?

>> No.2142648

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUlVWUbscIs
>Robocop enters the arcade
>Data East games everywhere
Best video games commercial in a movie ever.

>> No.2142676

>>2135627
PRESENTED BY DATA EAST
intro plays then big boss theme plays then Turrican loads up and shoots and stretches into the sky with the classic Turrican theme playing with the three of the bosses in the background

MEGA TURRICAN explosions and fire

I have that entire sequence branded into my memory