I always wondered why there hasn't been a Data East compilation over the years, while I see multiple iterations of classic game packs from Sega, Capcom, and Namco. Granted, Data East doesn't exist anymore, but someone has to own the rights to such classic games to BurgerTime, Joe and Mac and Bad Dudes. It looks like Majesco has licensed a number of key title, and plans to bring this compilation to the US in early 2010 for the Wii. I'm sure it wasn't an easy licensing task. There's pretty good reason why Data East games haven't been relaunched on consoles til now, as I found out after following up with some friends in the industry.[nextpage]

Data East had quite a good run, making software and games for 27 years. Over those years, they launched over 100 games on various platforms. Unfortunately,