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Former game shop operating in Serbia and in former years in Montenegro.
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'''Beosoft''' was a video game distributor operating Serbia and Montenegro.
  
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== The beginning ==
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==History==
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The company was founded in 1989 and operated in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The company was selling games and computer accessories mainly for Commodore 64.<ref>http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=&page=28&all=SK_90_09</ref>
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Beosoft was founded in 1989 and operated in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a reseller of games and computer accessories mainly for [[Commodore 64]], [[Amiga]] and after some time also pirated compilations of games for these systems.<ref>http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=&page=28&all=SK_90_09</ref>
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[[File:Beosoft advert 1996.mp4|thumb|Beosoft advert 1996]]
 
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== Game BoYugoslavia and console deal ==
 
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At the beginning of 1994, the company became a representative of Nintendo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). It began to work under the name '''Game BoYugoslavia''' and focused on the promotion of the Game Boy console <ref>http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=&page=71&all=SK_94_03</ref>which was released in the country a few years before but did not gain much interest. The company has lowered the console prices so it has become more popular. The company released Super Nintendo in the same year and continued selling NES, which was released in Yugoslavia a few years before.At the end of 1994 company returned to name Beosoft and began selling Sega consoles. At the  end of 90s company also started selling Sony products.At the end of the 90s, the company supported the Igromanija TV show.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9b-s5N6NJo</ref>
 
  
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== 2000s ==
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Beosoft began selling consoles from 1993, starting with promotion of new Brick Games system named by them ''Tetris''. In late 1993, the company became a distributor and representative of Nintendo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and started selling NES and Game Boy, eventually focusing on cheaper [[Game Boy]] with company working from now as '''Game BoYugoslavia'''.<ref>http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=&page=71&all=SK_94_03</ref> To encourage customers, Beosoft imported bootleg compilations of Game Boy games from Taiwan, these compilations were sold for a long time, later being replaced by bootleg compilations for the Game Boy Color. The Game Boy began to gain popularity and in late 1994, SNES was released. At the time, they also became authorized distributor of Sega in FRY selling [[Mega Drive]] 2, [[Game Gear]], [[Sega Saturn]] and [[Dreamcast]]. Piracy didn't bypass the Mega Drive and SNES consoles, to which Beosoft in addition to providing original PAL games, sold cheaper bootlegs from Asia. The company began to issue its [[Beosoft Info Katalog]], later replaced by [[Beosoft Katalog]] and since 1998 has sponsored the [[Igromanija]] tv program<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9b-s5N6NJo</ref>. In the second half of the 90s, they became an authorized distributor of Sony [[PlayStation]], thus reserving the sales from three major game producers in FRY.
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In the early 2000s, the company was already well-known in Serbia. Beosoft created two magazines issued in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina called [[Bonus]]. Later, Beosoft Kids was founded which was an entertainment center for children.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111116012434/http://beosoftkids.rs:80/</ref>
 
  
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== Piracy ==
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From 1999, they created a branch in the Czech Republic selling mostly PlayStation.<ref>https://archive.org/details/Score072121999/page/n131/mode/2up?q=</ref><ref>https://rejstrik-firem.kurzy.cz/rejstrik-firem/DO-26130939-beosoft-sro-v-likvidaci/</ref>
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The company in the 90s was known for its large piracy of products. The first were pirate game compilations for Commodore 64. Games for Game Boy also received pirate compilations. The Sega  games were often bootlegs. The same was with Sony Playstation games. The situation has changed after the Copyright Act.
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In the early 2000s, the company was one of the largest game distributors in Serbia. Beosoft supported magazine called [[Bonus (magazine)|Bonus]].
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Later, Beosoft Kids was founded which was an entertainment center for children.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111116012434/http://beosoftkids.rs:80/</ref>From 2010 Beosoft is a part of [[Computerland]] and can be found on internet at ComputerLand Games domain.
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==List of bootleg releases==
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{{BulletPointBootlegList|Beosoft}}
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<gallery>
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MD Cart beosoft original.jpg|Sticker on the original cartridge
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MD Cart beosoft pirate.jpg|Sticker on the bootleg cartridge
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</gallery>
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==Publications==
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*''[[Beosoft Info Katalog]]'' (199x-1998)
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*''[[Beosoft Katalog]]'' (1998-200x)
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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{{gitem|Mega Drive II TV Advert Serbia and Montenegro (Beosoft import).mp4}}
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{{gitem|MD TV Advert YU Beosoft 1995 long.mp4|Mega Drive (Long, 1995)}}
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{{galleryPrintAd
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{{gitem|Mega Drive II TV Advert Serbia and Montenegro (Beosoft import).mp4|Mega Drive, [[Aladdin]] (Short, 1995)}}
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|Mega Drive Beosoft.jpg|sk|133|
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{{gitem|Aladdin MD SCG TVAdvert 1995.mp4|Aladdin (Short, 1995)}}
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{{gitem|LionKing MD SCG TVAdvert 1995.mp4|[[Lion King]] (Short, 1995)}}
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{{galleryPrintAd
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{{gitem|Beosoft advert 1996.mp4|Game Boy, Brick Game, Mega Drive (1996)}}
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|Mega Drive Beosoft 2.png|
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{{GalleryPrintAd
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|mzyu|991|
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|mzyu|992|
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|mzyu|993|
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|sk|134|84
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|mzyu|996|
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|mzyu|999|
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|sk|135|90
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|mzyu|1002|
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|mzyu|1003|
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|sk|136|92
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|mzyu|1004|
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|mzyu|1005|
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|sk|137|77
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|mzyu|1009|
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|sk|138|92
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|sk|139|92
 
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{{gitem|Mega Drive Beosoft 2.png|(1996)}}
 
{{GalleryPrintAd
 
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|Bonus 1 SCG.pdf|bonus|1|49
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|bonus|1|49
 
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|Bonus 7 SCG.pdf|bonus|7|82
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|Bonus 11 SCG.pdf|bonus|11|82
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|Bonus 12 SCG.pdf|bonus|12|2
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|Bonus 15 SCG.pdf|bonus|15|88
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|Bonus 16 SCG.pdf|bonus|16|2
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<gallery>
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{{gitem|Beosoft Club Card 1.jpg|Beosoft Club Card}}
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MD Cart beosoft original.jpg|Sticker on the original cartridge
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{{gitem|Beosoft Hot Line Card.jpg|Beosoft Hot Line Card}}
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MD Cart beosoft pirate.jpg|Sticker on the pirate cartridge
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{{gitem|DC Box Front Beosoft.png|Dreamcast game cover used after Sega announced the end of the DC. Probably created to cut costs of software}}
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Beosoft Club Card 1.jpg|Beosoft Club Card  
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Beosoft Hot Line Card.jpg|Beosoft Hot Line Card
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==External links==
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DC Box Front Beosoft.png|Dreamcast game cover
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.beosoft.co.yu/ Official website] (archive)
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== References ==
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==References==
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[[Category:Third-party distributors]]
 
[[Category:Third-party distributors]]

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Beosoft
Founded: 1989
Defunct: 2010
Headquarters:
162 Gospodara Street, Belgrade, Serbia

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Beosoft was a video game distributor operating Serbia and Montenegro.

History

Beosoft was founded in 1989 and operated in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a reseller of games and computer accessories mainly for Commodore 64, Amiga and after some time also pirated compilations of games for these systems.[1]

Beosoft began selling consoles from 1993, starting with promotion of new Brick Games system named by them Tetris. In late 1993, the company became a distributor and representative of Nintendo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and started selling NES and Game Boy, eventually focusing on cheaper Game Boy with company working from now as Game BoYugoslavia.[2] To encourage customers, Beosoft imported bootleg compilations of Game Boy games from Taiwan, these compilations were sold for a long time, later being replaced by bootleg compilations for the Game Boy Color. The Game Boy began to gain popularity and in late 1994, SNES was released. At the time, they also became authorized distributor of Sega in FRY selling Mega Drive 2, Game Gear, Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. Piracy didn't bypass the Mega Drive and SNES consoles, to which Beosoft in addition to providing original PAL games, sold cheaper bootlegs from Asia. The company began to issue its Beosoft Info Katalog, later replaced by Beosoft Katalog and since 1998 has sponsored the Igromanija tv program[3]. In the second half of the 90s, they became an authorized distributor of Sony PlayStation, thus reserving the sales from three major game producers in FRY.

From 1999, they created a branch in the Czech Republic selling mostly PlayStation.[4][5]

In the early 2000s, the company was one of the largest game distributors in Serbia. Beosoft supported magazine called Bonus.

Later, Beosoft Kids was founded which was an entertainment center for children.[6]From 2010 Beosoft is a part of Computerland and can be found on internet at ComputerLand Games domain.

List of bootleg releases

  • Sticker on the original cartridge

  • Sticker on the bootleg cartridge

Publications

Gallery

Game Boy, Brick Game, Mega Drive (1996)
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Print advert in Svet Kompjutera (YU) #133: "Oktobar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #991 (1995-10-25)[7]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #992 (1995-11-01)[8]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #993 (1995-11-08)[9]
  • Svet Kompjutera (YU) #134: "Novembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[10]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #996 (1995-11-29)[11]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #999 (1995-12-20)[12]
  • Svet Kompjutera (YU) #135: "Decembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[13]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #1002 (1996-01-10)[14]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #1003 (1996-01-17)[15]
  • Svet Kompjutera (YU) #136: "Januar 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[16]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #1004 (1996-01-24)[17]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #1005 (1996-01-31)[18]
  • Svet Kompjutera (YU) #137: "Februar 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[19]
  • Mikijev Zabavnik (SCG) #1009 (1996-02-28)[20]
  • Svet Kompjutera (YU) #138: "Mart 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[21]
  • Svet Kompjutera (YU) #139: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[22]
Logo-pdf.svg
Mega Drive Beosoft 2.png
(1996)
Mega Drive Beosoft 2.png
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Bonus (YU) #1: "1/2000" (2000-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Bonus (YU) #7: "7/2000" (2000-09-25)
also published in:
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Print advert in Bonus (YU) #10: "1/2001" (2001-02-25)
also published in:
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Print advert in Bonus (YU) #14: "5/2001" (2001-06-25)
also published in:
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Print advert in Bonus (YU) #16: "7/2001" (2001-08-25)
also published in:
Logo-pdf.svg
Beosoft Club Card 1.jpg
Beosoft Club Card
Beosoft Club Card 1.jpg
Beosoft Hot Line Card.jpg
Beosoft Hot Line Card
Beosoft Hot Line Card.jpg
DC Box Front Beosoft.png
Dreamcast game cover used after Sega announced the end of the DC. Probably created to cut costs of software
DC Box Front Beosoft.png

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=&page=28&all=SK_90_09
  2. ↑ http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=&page=71&all=SK_94_03
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9b-s5N6NJo
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/Score072121999/page/n131/mode/2up?q=
  5. ↑ https://rejstrik-firem.kurzy.cz/rejstrik-firem/DO-26130939-beosoft-sro-v-likvidaci/
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111116012434/http://beosoftkids.rs:80/
  7. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1995-10-25)
  8. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1995-11-01)
  9. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1995-11-08)
  10. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Novembar 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 84
  11. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1995-11-29)
  12. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1995-12-20)
  13. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Decembar 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 90
  14. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1996-01-10)
  15. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1996-01-17)
  16. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Januar 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 92
  17. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1996-01-24)
  18. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1996-01-31)
  19. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Februar 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 77
  20. ↑ Mikijev Zabavnik, "" (SCG; 1996-02-28)
  21. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Mart 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 92
  22. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "April 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 92
  23. ↑ Bonus, "8/2000" (YU; 2000-10-25), page 82
  24. ↑ Bonus, "9/2000" (YU; 2000-12-25), page 82
  25. ↑ Bonus, "1/2001" (YU; 2001-02-25), page 82
  26. ↑ Bonus, "2/2001" (YU; 2001-03-25), page 82
  27. ↑ Bonus, "3/2001" (YU; 2001-04-25), page 82
  28. ↑ Bonus, "4/2001" (YU; 2001-05-25), page 48
  29. ↑ Bonus, "5/2001" (YU; 2001-06-25), page 2
  30. ↑ Bonus, "6/2001" (YU; 2001-07-25), page 46
  31. ↑ Bonus, "2/2001" (YU; 2001-03-25), page 2
  32. ↑ Bonus, "3/2001" (YU; 2001-04-25), page 2
  33. ↑ Bonus, "4/2001" (YU; 2001-05-25), page 2
  34. ↑ Bonus, "5/2001" (YU; 2001-06-25), page 79
  35. ↑ Bonus, "6/2001" (YU; 2001-07-25), page 2
  36. ↑ Bonus, "6/2001" (YU; 2001-07-25), page 88
  37. ↑ Bonus, "7/2001" (YU; 2001-08-25), page 88
  38. ↑ Bonus, "8/2001" (YU; 2001-10-24), page 90
  39. ↑ Bonus, "8/2001" (YU; 2001-10-24), page 2
  40. ↑ Bonus, "9/2001" (YU; 2001-11-25), page 2
  41. ↑ Bonus, "10/2001" (YU; 2001-12-25), page 2
  42. ↑ Bonus, "1/2002" (YU; 2002-01-25), page 2
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