Native name | データイースト株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Dēta Īsuto kabushiki gaisha |
Company type | Private KK |
Industry | Video games, engineering |
Founded | April 20, 1976: 48 years ago[1] |
Founder | Tetsuo Fukuda |
Defunct | June 25, 2003: 21 years ago |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Successor | G-Mode |
Headquarters | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
Products | List of games released by Data East |
Total equity | ¥282.5 million (April 2001)[1] |
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 Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles.[2] At one time, the company had annual sales of 20 billion yen in the United States alone but eventually went bankrupt.[3] The American subsidiary, Data East USA, was headquartered in San Jose, California.[4] Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo.[5]
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.
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