Data East Arcade Classics

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Data East Arcade Classics
Data East Arcade Classics Wii.png
Developer(s) G1M2
Publisher(s) Majesco Entertainment
Platform(s) Wii
Release
  • NA: February 19, 2010
Genre(s) Various
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer

Data East Arcade Classics is a compilation of video games created by Japanese video game company Data East. The collection disc is developed by American studio G1M2 and published and released by Majesco Entertainment for the Wii on February 19, 2010.

Contents

Games

Data East Arcade Classics consists of the arcade versions of the following 15 arcade games:

On top of this, the game features many unlockable bonus content items.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

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