Quoted from CrazyLevi:I like some DE games. My major complaint - especially with the older ones - is the genrally shitty quality of some of the mechanics and especially the cabinet. Pale in comparison with the system 11 stuff.
It took decades but eventually they caught up. These old DE games are essentially the origins of modern stern games.
One must remember, that Data East was born out of the leftovers
of the then out of business Stern "classic" period. The parts were
a mishmash from Wico and whatever parts Stern had that survived
the fallout back in the day. The games they produced, were designed
to last the bear minimum that U.S. law would allow. Like all
pinball manufacturers, they never expected their games to be around
twenty plus years after the fact; the games were explicitly designed for
a moment in time.
Reno, NV
London, ON
