Man finally somebody showing Data East some love!!! Highly under rated and underappreciated dev. One of my faves
@pgr32904 жыл бұрын
2P mode in two crude dudes with my cousin brings back great memories. Chugging soda to regain health. Interesting boss fights. Just good times in a co-op title.
@Larry4 жыл бұрын
Making them crouch and pressing the grab button to make them look like they were tying their shoelaces never got old for us :D
@travistalbot14564 жыл бұрын
Just got out of the hospital perfect timing. I played many Data East games on NES thank god there is Sega Lord X to educate me on the console I wasn't able to own as a kid :)
@brownshoeblues20144 жыл бұрын
You can always make up for lost time with an emulator! We're all filling the holes in our childhoods here lol.
@highpineapple3 жыл бұрын
@@brownshoeblues2014 Guilty, lol ✋
@Silvergun_Raven4 жыл бұрын
The amazing Hitoshi Sakimoto is to thank for the incredible sound for Midnight Resistance!
@Larry4 жыл бұрын
I noticed Data East's name in the end credits while playing Winter Heat the other day, that was quite a surprise.
@yohanntoutain26824 жыл бұрын
Data East did a great job on Genesis.
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
A lot of them were down to when they were released. A number of games would have benefited greatly probably by having more megs. Genesis was notorious for releasing early games on really tiny carts (memory-wise obviously)
@retrosoul87704 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-kv3kd I agree, all the reason why I believe the Gen should have launched a yr later at least. Would have benefited the overall hardware package as well. Sega had the bad habit of releasing too much hardware and/or releasing prematurely before the ideal time. At least in my perspective, and history supports.
@highpineapple3 жыл бұрын
They usually do a great job on everything. I even love their pinball tables.
@monsieurmagic4 жыл бұрын
I really hate how my ads are being interrupted by a video...
@TWKIC4 жыл бұрын
Data East was all over the arcades back in the day, definitely on the same level as Capcom and Konami
@rafaeltogami4 жыл бұрын
My best buddy and I spent a “fortune” at the arcades to finish Cap America. Got the MD cartridge and played it over and over again. This same friend got the Sega CD and we loved the Road Avenger intro music. Unfortunately my friend died in a silly car accident in the late 90s. Every episode of this channel reminds me of the good times we had playing games. I tried to find the Road Avenger’s intro music but this version seems to be lost (this music was compressed with the video, not a separated CD track). It was performed by a Japanese group called J-walk (or Jaywalk).
@justingoers4 жыл бұрын
I'm really curious to hear this music. Sorry to hear about your friend as well.
@rafaeltogami4 жыл бұрын
justin goers Thanks, I think I still haven’t digested it yet even after all this time, but it’s good to remember the nice parts. For the music, just search for Road Avenger Sega theme. Here’s one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc6qn9mXr8C-YKc.html It’s in “Japanenglish”, lyrics are laughable but I really like it (“Wolfteam” voiceover by George Takei, didn’t know at the time because I’m from Brazil and saw Star Trek dubbed in Portuguese).
@kingboobs204 жыл бұрын
Data East were a severely underrated developer and they need more love.
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
They need more game collections, there was the one on the Wii and that's it.
@kingboobs204 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Well the problem is that not only does the company no longer exist but now all of their assets belong to various different companies.
@KTJohnsonkidThunder4 жыл бұрын
@@kingboobs20 G-Mode and Paon
@Adamtendo_player_12 ай бұрын
Data East needs a compilation on switch and all other modern platforms and I would buy it in a heartbeat.
@oscarzxn40674 жыл бұрын
Two Crude dudes is also on the Jhonny Turbo Arcade series for the Switch, alongside other Data East games fyi
@Projectwolfie214 жыл бұрын
Data East compilations are everywhere. They even have their own multicarts for the NES and SNES at least (SNES is notable, it has a "yet to be released in final form" Aeon Genesis translation of Magical Drop 2).
@bruceg220004 жыл бұрын
Data East -- RIP
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
Seriously I want another big collection like the Wii got. I would think at this point they could put out a 50 or more game collection. I don't know who currently owns the majority of these games but they could put out even a digital collection and people would probably snap it.
@Nathan-rb3qp4 жыл бұрын
High Seas Havoc was amazing! The gameplay was really fun and the music was phenomenal.
@leandrojose38874 жыл бұрын
Agree!!!
@zolphar4 жыл бұрын
I love when you do these type of videos gives me new games to try out and that's a great thing now days
@iankempster70074 жыл бұрын
Chelnov was an underrated gem. Used to dump quarters into from time to time. Great video as always.
@goonerlee4 жыл бұрын
Thanks dude. Always makes me happy when another one of your videos pops up.
@JustinCherriman4 жыл бұрын
Midnight Resistance music on the MD is classic! I always really like the sound in the weapon room! Pump it up! The arcade game itself is hard to emulate the controls because of the rotary joysticks.
@villain58734 жыл бұрын
I wish they made Data East compilations on modern consoles, with today’s hardware they could all be arcade accurate.
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
We got the one on Wii and that's it which is ridiculous. How they haven't put out at least like a digital compilation of like 50 plus games I don't know.
@dennismolina90334 жыл бұрын
People literally $pent quarters in the arcades to play before the home console release of a arcade game back in the 90s
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
@Daishin no Dōro The sad thing is it would probably be easier to do the arcade version because they wouldn't have to deal with Sega. I mean who owns the rights to these games?! who owns the Data East catalogue?!
@Yakov_EPH-6.124 жыл бұрын
That Dashin' Desperados box art is fierce unsettling. I believe its due to the "Uncanny valley" effect. great vid. as always.
@coreydeluna52583 жыл бұрын
I liked the game though
@jbmaru4 жыл бұрын
Chelnov probably is Data East's best arcade conversion to the Mega Drive overall. On a CRT TV it just looks fantastically detailed and coloured. Midnight Resistance needs a proper hack or a remake, just keeping the same music!
@kingbeef50764 жыл бұрын
Daishin no Dōro Totally true. I found A) Shoot left B) Jump C) shoot right to be the best option. None of that turning around nonsense.
@jbmaru4 жыл бұрын
@@kingbeef5076 That's my config as well :)
@MrMegaManFan4 жыл бұрын
Okay X, the line is Data Vice. *"DATA EAST."* No no, try again -- the line is Data Vice. *"DATA EAST."*
@evilash5704 жыл бұрын
I literally just picked up Mega Turrican a couple of days ago, now this!!!!
@chall67614 жыл бұрын
How much is it worth these days? Price has always been a barrier of entry there for me.
@opaljk48354 жыл бұрын
Hope you got a good deal. I’ve seen that thing go upwards of 60 bucks
@opaljk48354 жыл бұрын
Cody Hall it’s a bad time for genesis fans. Sega stuff has really gone up in price
@chall67614 жыл бұрын
@@opaljk4835 Yeah that is what i figured. Crusader of Centy is probably ridiculous. Wish I had more money and foresight in the year 2000!
@wrena794 жыл бұрын
Got the Vapor Trail pcb and had the Megadrive release - what we need is the arcade version with the MD soundtrack as it’s awesome!
@SnakeHiggins4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, I feel like the MD/Gen version's music is a testament to what kind of sound was capable on the system, pretty much makes it my favorite game on the system. If a game is only gonna have 1 main song for the stages, it has to be as epic as Vapor Trail's.
@kabochaVA4 жыл бұрын
12:43 "an animal that looks like a human being" The word you're looking for is: "anthropomorphic".
@oscarzxn40674 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual! It would be cool a Technosoft and the Sega Genesis or Toaplan and the Sega Genesis, since they were mostly Genesis developers on consoles.
@punk_rock_music_teacher4 жыл бұрын
I remember renting the Avengers and calling my friend up to bring his controller because it had TWO players!
@SevenCompleted4 жыл бұрын
Mercs and midnight resistance not having 2 player was one of the biggest travesties of the 16bit gen still awesome ports but they could have both been 10/10
@affansonicfan4 жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward for a video about Renovation on the Sega Genesis. Gaiares is awesome!
@Unquestionable4 жыл бұрын
Data East was a great under appreciated company back in the day. As a kid I remember playing a ton of Midnight Resistance only to forget the title existed until I found a copy of the Genesis port for a dollar at a thrift store.
@Gaming_since_the_eighties4 жыл бұрын
Joe and Mac was awesome. I had good memories on this game. The 2 player coop was a lot of fun especially when you hit your partner instead of he other caveman. Good old days.
@The16BitterSNES4 жыл бұрын
Data East were magnificent in the arcade space. Robocop is simply one of my all time favourites, a stunning game that captured the atmosphere of the film. Still love playing it today!
@oldmenwithnewguns59974 жыл бұрын
You make exactly the content I want to see, crazy!
@KittyMeow19844 жыл бұрын
I've never tried the Megadrive port of Midnight Resistance since I already got the arcade original, but wow you weren't kidding about the audio upgrade. Seriously thinking about taking the Megadrive port for a spin.
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
But as with all things it's always better sound but otherwise inferior to the arcade. I mean I feel like if it had come out later in the lifespan of the Genesis it might have gotten a better port.
@texturem0nkey4 жыл бұрын
I was really looking forward to this port when it was released, because Genesis really needed a competent Contra game and this looked like it would fit the bill. Sadly they kinda neutered the port, between it being single-player only, and (understandably) replacing the unique radial control scheme of the arcade with a much jankier adaptation for the control pad. This wasn't an unforgivable sin, but the game was significantly less interesting/fun to play as the arcade had obviously been designed around that radial stick. In the end I just rented it and shrugged at what could have been - if they went a different route with the level design, this could have been an endearing classic!
@sadman71414 жыл бұрын
Ahhh the golden age
@retrosoul87704 жыл бұрын
Vapor Trail, Midnight Resistance, Mega Turrican...man, those games easily had some of the best music to grace this kickass system if I didn't say so myself. Very solid games too esp Turrican
@TaludePC4 жыл бұрын
I love Captain America and the Avengers, the game had problems being ported to SNes and it was good at Mega. Outrunners is a great game too, besides the divided screen
@dennismolina90334 жыл бұрын
I like the Avengers game on the Genesis too, very retro! I'm surprised it was never re-released in HD for the Switch. I can't wait for the new Avengers game for the PS4! 🎮
@SnakeHiggins4 жыл бұрын
Glad to see my favorite genesis game of all time Vapor Trail getting some love. Not enough people know about it and it's a damn shame, I'm glad that the people who do know about it realize how awesome it is.
@KGRAMR4 жыл бұрын
Its weird Data East never ported Tumblepop to the Sega Genesis. It would've been a good fit alongside Toaplan's Snow Bros. It would've also been cool to see either Night Slashers, Nitroball or Boogie Wings on the platform but oh well... BTW, you should absolutely do an episode about Toaplan games on the Sega Genesis :D (Twin Cobra, Fire Shark, Truxton, Twin Hawk, Snow Bros. Grind Stormer, Slap Fight, Wardner, Hellfire, Zero Wing and MUSHA [Which was published by them in Japan actually!]).
@240Sil4 жыл бұрын
Vapor trail is super nostalgic for me. One of the most played Genesis games as a kid. My dad , brother and myself had a blast playing 2player!! Also found out about Atomic Runner and Mega Turrican at a much later age and both have become some of my favorite Genesis games of all time. Both had great graphics and really cool level design. My 2 favorite Data East ports hands down. Uhhh Mega Turrican is sooo good!
@Kinzokugia4 жыл бұрын
I used to play Dashin' Desperados with my friend like every day for at least a month.
@shaggymcdaniel32164 жыл бұрын
I’ve wanted to pick up Vapor Trail forever now.
@lucag.lisickza4254 жыл бұрын
i was an extremely addicted guy for mega turrican back in the 90's megadrive days
@maxinsano73764 жыл бұрын
Data East. Sega Genesis. Sega Lord X. Everything I wanted to hear. YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
@danmakuman4 жыл бұрын
Darwin 4081 needs a little more of love. It is pretty close to the arcade version and the evolution system, while not perfect, it's pretty interesting and more complicated than it looks, with a lot of variations depending of certain conditions and situations. What's really the best thing about the game is its strange music and minimalistic visuals believe it or not.
@bananonymouslastname56934 жыл бұрын
The music in Darwin 4081 has some tracks that sound identical to another arcade game they released that year, Gondomania. I'm not sure which came first, but I like Gondomania better with its quirky shopping system and rotary stick control.
@Guns74694 жыл бұрын
Does Sega Lord do beautiful work or what! Hey, Sega of America please respectfully hire this guy as a consultant! Not forgetting our bro in the UK Sega Zombie!👍
@raymondlaney85084 жыл бұрын
Love most of these games. I play in a pool league and Minnesota Fats is a great game once you learn it and practice. It’s a lot of fun to play now that I’m older. Keep playing it and it will become addicting. Another awesome video as usual !
@zackschilling43764 жыл бұрын
I always liked the different weapons in Atomic Runner. Its definitely on my "To Buy" Genesis lists, thats and Mega Tuirrican(which Im sure is very expensive EDIT just checked...Oh yeah $185 for CIB)
@cdreyes814 жыл бұрын
I always will remember "presented by data east" side pocket was my jam
@zsiles4 жыл бұрын
I like outrunners, It can't be like the arcade because only Saturn could do something like that but at least you can have a funny arcade game of out run saga and with 2 player option.
@gtrzdaddy4 жыл бұрын
Side Pocket was one of my favorite games
@buckfiden62274 жыл бұрын
SP was one of the first games I bought for Saga Genesis. Played the hell outta it.
@balaam_70874 жыл бұрын
“But my God, did they **** the bed.” Lmao😆 preach it brother!
@Adamtendo_player_12 ай бұрын
Data East hold some of my most cherished on the Mega Drive especially with atomic runner and side pocket that I used to play with my childhood friend.
@MasterLinkuei4 жыл бұрын
A lot of amazing games! Vapor Trail, Midnight Resistance and Mega Turrican has one of the best vgm soundstracks!
@ZigealFaust4 жыл бұрын
High Seas Havoc was my 5th fav game on the Genesis and I will always remember Data East because of it.
@emlyndewar4 жыл бұрын
Always high quality videos. Informative, and a trip down memory lane!
@Planag74 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Wouldn't mind the continuation on the Saturn c:
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah.
@krisfrederick50014 жыл бұрын
"BAHHD DGOOZ!" Was a favorite of my cousin and I. Bless their hearts, it almost sounded like Bad Dudes..
@JasonB8083 жыл бұрын
How many side scrolling shooters do you have? Sega: Yes.
@Monty-or9sb3 жыл бұрын
Oh, that Midnight Resistance track. I kept it in my head for 25 years.
@percival56098 ай бұрын
High Seas Havoc it’s more than you said, it’s not just a “sonic clone” it’s more than that, beautiful animations, an amazing soundtrack and a pretty decent difficulty for new players, it has a lot of personality on his own please people give the attention high Seas Havoc deserves
@MzuMzu-nx1em4 жыл бұрын
Data East was a seal of quality and difficulty back at the 90s arcade era
@falafelhaab24814 жыл бұрын
Please make a video about data east on Sega saturn! Amazon video!
@BlackMoore824 жыл бұрын
Good to see Outrunners on here but yeah I wasn't a fan of the splitscreen on one player mode, still don't care for it. All these years later I still love Captain America and The Avengers on the Genesis even though it is a little rough around the edges. The SNES version of Side Pocket has one of my favorite soundtracks of all-time.
@trlindley44293 жыл бұрын
Re watching some of my fav vids of yours,this is definitely one of your best!!!!
@Juice2Fifty4 жыл бұрын
Great video, as always! Thanks for the trip down memory lane 🤙🏼
@elmosexwhistle4 жыл бұрын
YAY ITS ANOTHER SEGALORDX VIDEO!!! Lol I love this shit man 😂😂😢
@martinh49824 жыл бұрын
I can't be the only person on the planet who thinks Dashin' Desperadoes is great! I like it single player, but as a party game it really shines!
@SophiaNyx4 жыл бұрын
Data West: Like Data East only they make football games and MK clones.
@oscarzxn40674 жыл бұрын
There was a company called Data West, and they made games for the PC Engine and Sharp X68000, like shooters for exanple
@SophiaNyx4 жыл бұрын
@@oscarzxn4067 Oh wow! I googled them and their last game, Brave Prove, looks really good, very Zelda like. And they started with a back to the future adventure game. It's amazing how many games we missed out on over here.
@dangunheadachron16034 жыл бұрын
The same characters from Dashin Desperados also appeared in the Neo Geo MVS/AES game Spin Master and it's a way better game
@mayomonkey-gen14 жыл бұрын
Great video, but Side Pocket and Dashin Desperadoes are awesome.
@dougiehits19384 жыл бұрын
Mega Turrican is my all time favourite on the Sega Megadrive. I’m glad I spent the money to have it in my collection 🙌
@damikki4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video thank you, I recently played several of these games on the Data East collection for the Evercade. Lots of enjoyable titles 😎
@FurEngel4 жыл бұрын
The phrase "In my eyes" should have been written/scripted as "For my ears".
@gc3k4 жыл бұрын
The Data East shiny and chrome logo is legendary
@borrellipatrick4 жыл бұрын
Think Data East was featured on a recent 8bit guy episode. He did a series on old tech companies in texas and had someone that worked there to talk about his experience back in the day
@pelgervampireduck2 жыл бұрын
I like "side pocket", I'm still kinda addicted to it, when I play it I know the next five hours are gone hahaha, I'm like "one more try" "ok, this is the last try and i'll go to sleep" but I keep playing. I don't know what it is, it's relaxing, like therapy hahaha.
@vasilas4324 жыл бұрын
A couple of years ago I owned Night Slashers PCB. Awesome pre Resident Evil (ala Splatterhouse 3) beat em up.
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
What sucked is as far as I know every version outside Japan got censored.
@vasilas4324 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Yes I 've heard of that even though I had the Japanese version.
@mangaloveranix84123 жыл бұрын
Data East ported Terra Drive onto the Sony PlayStation from the Sega Titan Video while EA got it out from there to the Sega Saturn. Data East published Dark Legend and Defcon 5 for the Saturn in the USA.
@opaljk48354 жыл бұрын
Man, vapor trail is wonderful. Data East produced some fabulous games
@fireblast67334 жыл бұрын
Data east I remember that company so well but I will always love turrican series
@thehumbleone19834 жыл бұрын
Love Joe and Mac on the Sega Genesis
@leegoldsmith46634 жыл бұрын
Out of all of those, the only one I played was Captain America and the Avengers. And I loved that game lol
@Raphael_De_La_Ghetto4 жыл бұрын
I miss companies like DATA EAST, Technos, Jaleco and Irem :'( At the end of Zombie Revenge on Dreamcast, It reads out "In Cooperation with Data East" . Didn't know they had a hand in making the game
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
I feel like Data East was intrinsically connected to the American arcade scene. Once that pretty much was over aka the end of the 90s early 2000s they basically became useless. The fact their death came at the end of the 90s felt very much like the end of an era.
@AaronVictoria4 жыл бұрын
I fucking love this channel. I hope this shit lives forever.
@chall67614 жыл бұрын
Overly harsh and "angry," I really think some perception theory could be applied to these titles (given their release year and hardware limitations).
@Riz23364 жыл бұрын
I never ran into very many Data East games in the arcade. Captain America and The Avengers might be the only one I recall
@michaelh.89454 жыл бұрын
“Presented by Data East.”
@vfletes14 жыл бұрын
Im sorry i actually just saw the complete trailer of Bill and Ted...as a 90s kid i just gotta see the end of the trilogy. Yes i like Neo aka John Wick back to the original portrail of An Air head... Dude. Lol love it.
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
I mean not only are they going time traveling again and at least from the trailer to hell but yeah it is fun To have the old Keanu Reeves back not the super serious one. It's good to see that he can slip back into that character so easily.
@dingo40104 жыл бұрын
I would've liked to see Outrunners released for the Sega CD. It might’ve had a chance then.
@AfroRyan4 жыл бұрын
Vapor Trail is one of my favorites.
@lazarolzr20164 жыл бұрын
I like dashin desperatos.The animation was good the graphic its not bad,its colorfull.Had downsides like split screen and be more for kids.But in that time i was 9yrs old and the rush to get the girl at the end, all schemes you could do and drop bombs on your competitor while avoid traps on the way is kind thrilling that time.Its not a bad game.And this creep image of the box,its not the same i had.The box i had they are more cartoon like in the game.
@MalakaOldGamer4 жыл бұрын
Uffff i whaiting for this! Thanks dude! D.E is one of my all time favorite companies and are some great ports to genesis. Great video!!
@mortenera22944 жыл бұрын
A great video as always, Data East had a big presence in the Genesis/Megadrive's lifespan. I wonder if you'll cover some recent fan made games for this console? A great example is Cave Story, originally created in 2004 on PC. It's such a faithful port, FM music aside
@megatechbody32074 жыл бұрын
Truns out lots of ex-Data east developers went to produce Toaplan who went to produce Cave.
@JohnDoe-kv3kd4 жыл бұрын
I love a good success story. Or at least a story that doesn't end with everyone being fired and basically nothing ever comes of it.
@megatechbody32074 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Well theres a legacy for bullet hell... kind of
@megatechbody32074 жыл бұрын
@@NB-1 Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. you are correct.
@Spyderskorpian4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. "Flood of Power" from Midnight Resistance is absolutely amazing!
@Projectwolfie214 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, my biggest disappointment with Captain America and the Avengers is that the robot octopus isn't named Mecha Taco anymore.
@sidearmsalpha4 жыл бұрын
For years, I've loved to listen to the music for Vapor Trail. It sounds so much better than the arcade version!
@spacepiratejacen22584 жыл бұрын
This going to be good! 😁
@priscilam.98084 жыл бұрын
Me and my brothers had Side Pocket because my parents loved it. Id put it on just to listen to the music which is nothing less than stellar. I am a huge smooth jazz fan and in the 90s before MP3s and Spotify, it was a way to listen to Japense smooth jazz. As for the game, I still suck at it. But man, that soundtrack is absolutely awesome!
@skavossis53774 жыл бұрын
Side pocket was a game my parents made me play. We had a bar and a ton of tables and had folks in a league etc. Billiards was a way of life. I got a bit of ptsd when I saw that cover XD .