Bitman
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Bitman was Russian company mostly known from Bitman brand.
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History
Bitman was established in November 1994 and quickly began to bring unlicensed 8-bit and 16- bit consoles. They were the only ones in Russia to have UCS (Universal Cartridge System) which was praised by Russian magazines[1].
In January 1996 Bitman became a distributor of Sega products in Russia and CIS with right to still sell 8-bit and 16-bit consoles from it's own brand[2]. In late 1996, it became an authorized distributor of Sony PlayStation in Russia and the CIS and sold official products from GoldStar, GT Interactive, Acclaim Entertainment, Interplay Productions, Activision, Eidos and Gremlin[3] in 1996-1997.
On August 11, 1997, a non profit organisation called Anti-Software Piracy Association (RASPA) was found in order to fight piracy in Russia and CIS region and one of it's founders was Bitman[4]. The company was taken over in December 1997 by R-Style[5].
Products sold by Bitman
8 bit Nintendo
- Bitman
- Bitman 2
- Bitman Infra
Game Boy
- Bitman 3000B
16 bit Sega
- Super Bitman KW-501 version,
- Super Bitman KW-503 version ,
- Turbo Bitman,
- Gun Fighter,
- Bitman Turbo Joypad,
- Bitman Super 6 Button Joystick,
- Bitman Remote Joypad,
- Third-party AC adaptors,
- Bitman Mega Key
Official distribution
- GoldStar 3DO
- Sega Mega Drive II (PAL)
- Sega Saturn (PAL/NTSC-USA)
- Sega Pico (PAL)
- Sega Mega CD II (PAL)
- Mega Drive 32X (PAL)
- Sega Game Gear (Region free)
- Sony PlayStation (PAL)
- Nintendo 64 (NTSC-USA)
Gallery
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References
- ↑ http://gamenotes.ru/history/bitman-consoles/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161230180542/http://game-exe.org/index.php?n=Exe.Exe008Bitman
- ↑ Strana Igr 12 page 10-14
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000816000704/http://www.elspa.ru/start_e.html
- ↑ https://www.crn.ru/numbers/reg-numbers/detail.php?ID=2714
- ↑ ', "6/1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 89
- ↑ ', "Oktyabr 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 39