Data East USA Inc.

Tetsuo Fukuda founded the Data East pinball company in 1976. The company’s U.S. presence came in 1979. Data East’s pinball machine phase spanned between 1987 to 1994. During the late 80s, the company produced multiple machines, such as Laser War. The pinball corporation started coming out with licensed games after 1990. Some of them included The Simpsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Batman. A couple of Data East’s most notable designers included Joe Kamnkow and Ed Cebula. One of the company’s milestones was its production of the DECO Cassette System in 1980. It was the first cartridge-based arcade system.