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
Marvel Pinball a physical pinball machine, albeit in a virtual environment. As with a traditional pinball machine, the player fires a steel ball onto the playfield using a plunger. Once the ball is in play the player controls the flippers and can nudge the machine to influence the path of the ball. Each of the game's tables become more complex as the game advances, opening new paths and opportunities. The Xbox 360 version was released as downloadable content for another Zen pinball video game, "Pinball FX 2". The PlayStation 3 version of "Marvel Pinball" has been made available as a stand-alone release,