Data East was a Japanese video game company known for arcade titles and game music, active from 1976 to 2003.

Japanese video game company (データイースト), active 1976–2003, known for arcade games such as Caveman Ninja and DragonNinja and for releasing game soundtracks.

Two nostalgic DeBaser reviews celebrate Data East's arcade output, especially DragonNinja and Caveman Ninja. The reviews emphasize arcade culture, difficulty, cartoonish charm, and fond memories. Overall a warm, affectionate appraisal of classic beat 'em ups.

For:Retro gamers, arcade nostalgia fans, beat 'em up players

 

I will probably never forget it.

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It's impossible not to fall in love with the game, impossible to avoid "continuing" with the damn tokens of which I made a considerable stock (costing about 200-250 lire), and impossible, finally, not to curse when the caveman of the turn would die due to the beatings (in the strictest sense of the word) received from the enemy (also a caveman and, sometimes, a dinosaur) while you watched the soul of the newly deceased protagonist, with wings and everything, leave this world under a very macabre funeral march soundtrack that, at the same time, made everything too hilarious.

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