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
Earthshaker! (pinball) into the playfield. About 200 of these sample machines were produced before this toy was made stationary due to cost savings. Some hobbyists re-add this feature in their custom pinball machines. The music and voices of the game are typical for its era, although the pinball machine is known for a female voice saying "Bitchin'!" which was unusual for its time. "Family" ROMs that censor the questionable language by omission was developed. "Earthshaker!" is no longer available as a licensed table in "The Pinball Arcade" for any platform after June 29, 2018 - just before WMS license expiration on June