DECO Cassette System

The DECO Cassette System was introduced in December 1980 by Data East.[1][2] It was the first standardised arcade system that allowed arcade owners to change games.

DECO Cassette System loading screen

The arcade owner would buy a base cabinet, while the games were stored on standard audio cassettes. The arcade owner would insert the cassette and a security dongle into the cabinet. When the cabinet was powered up, the program from the tape would be copied into the cabinet's RAM chips; this process took about two to three minutes. After this, the game could be played freely until the cabinet was rebooted.

It was revolutionary for its time, but arcade owners complained about the potential unreliability of the cassettes (which could be demagnetized easily), as well as the medium's standard load times.[3]

Game list

In bold characters are the video games that were also released in dedicated arcade cabinets.

  • 01: Highway Chase (also known as Mad Alien)
  • 02: Sengoku Ninja Tai (also known as Ninja)
  • 03: Manhattan
  • 04: Terranean
  • 05: Missile Sprinter
  • 06: Nebula
  • 07: Astro Fantasia
  • 08: The Tower
  • 09: Super Astro Fighter
  • 10: Ocean to Ocean
  • 11: Lock 'n' Chase
  • 12: The DECO Kid (also known as Flash Boy)
  • 13: Tournament Pro Golf (also known as Pro Golf or 18 Hole Pro Golf)
  • 14: DS Telejan
  • 15: Lucky Poker
  • 16: Treasure Island
  • 17: Bobitto
  • 18: Explorer
  • 19: Disco No. 1 (also known as Sweet Heart)
  • 20: Tornado
  • 21: Mission-X
  • 22: Pro Tennis
  • 23: 18 Challenge Pro Golf
  • 24: Tsumego Kaisyou
  • 25: Angler Dangler (also known as Fishing)
  • 26: BurgerTime (also known as Hamburger)
  • 27: Bump 'n' Jump (also known as Burnin' Rubber)
  • 28: Cluster Buster (also known as Graplop)
  • 29: Rootin' Tootin' (also known as La-Pa-Pa)
  • 30: Skater
  • 31: Pro Bowling
  • 32: Night Star
  • 33: Pro Soccer
  • 34: Super Doubles Tennis
  • 35: Bumpoline (also known as Flying Ball)
  • 36: Genesis (also known as Boomer Rang'r)
  • 37: Zeroize
  • 38: Scrum Try
  • 39: Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory
  • 40: Fighting Ice Hockey
  • 41: Oozumou - The Grand Sumo
  • 42: Hellow Gateball
  • 43: Kamikaze Cabbie (also known as Yellow Cab)
  • 44: Boulder Dash
  • UX-7: Tokyo MIE Shinryoujo (Tokyo MIE Clinic)
  • UX-8: Tokyo MIE Shinryoujo 2 (Tokyo MIE Clinic 2)
  • UX-9: Geinoujin Shikaku Shiken
  • ??: Burmazon

See also

References
  1. Highway Chase arcade video game by Data East Corp. (1980)
  2. Sengoku Ninja Tai arcade video game by Data East Corp. (1980)
  3. "AtariProtos.com - DECO Cassette System". www.atariprotos.com. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
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