The Simpsons (pinball) a cow, man," "Way to go, man," "You blew it, man," and "Hey, man, we're both underachievers." This was also the last pinball machine by Data East Pinball to utilise an alphanumeric display before changing to the dot-matrix display. The pinball game was released by Data East Pinball in 1990. It was licensed by Fox Broadcasting Company and produced in Data East's factory in Melrose Park, Illinois. According to an article in "Chicago Sun-Times", the producers took advice from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening while developing the game. On November 9, 1990, Data East executive vice-president Gary Stern described the
Checkpoint (pinball) Checkpoint (pinball) Checkpoint is a 1991 pinball machine released by Data East. It featured the first dot matrix display (DMD) ever incorporated into a pinball game. For "Checkpoint", Data East used a "half-height" DMD. By way of comparison, Williams later produced machines with standard DMDs that were twice the height. "Checkpoint" also features video mode minigames on its display. In 2008, the "Popular Mechanics" website included the machine on a list of the top eight most innovative pinball machines of all time. The machine's gameplay centers on a ramp with a so-called "Lasermatic" speed detection feature that "clock" a pinball's