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== Bosnia and Herzegovina == | == Bosnia and Herzegovina == | ||
| − | In 1991, after the declaration of independence by Slovenia and Croatia, the [[Sega Mega Drive]] was released.Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992, but the war quickly began. The terrible war caused | + | In 1991, after the declaration of independence by Slovenia and Croatia, the [[Sega Mega Drive]] was released.Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992, but the war quickly began. The terrible war caused [[Sega]] could not find their representatives. Sega and Nintendo consoles appeared during the war as a donation from other countries. Nintendo products were also officially available during and after the war thanks to the Pinel which had distribution rights in Dalmatia and Bosnia. During the war they gained popularity of the Famiclons, including Terminator 2 - modeled on the Sega Mega Drive I and the Pegasus console. The war ended in 1995 with the Dayton Agreement. The country was 80% destroyed and the population could not afford to new consoles. The popularity began to enjoy bootlegs. Bootlegs for the Mega Drive games appeared and some sources also talk about the [[Power Pegasus]] console in 1996 . The pirate games on PS1 have become more and more popular. Information about Sega from this period is very small.In 2004 Sega started cooperation with [[Videotop]]. In 2010, [[Computerland]] represented Sega in this region. [[Videotop]] return in 2016 as a distributor in the former Yugoslavia.<ref> http://www.videotop.si/en/videotop-je-postal-uradni-zastopnik-zaloznika-sega/</ref>In 2017, Videotop became the property of Computerland Group.<ref>http://www.videotop.si/druzba-iris-mega-d-o-o-kupila-druzbo-videotop-skupina-d-o-o/</ref> In 2018, Videotop was acquired by [[Colby]] which also belongs to the Computerland Group.The distribution was taken over by [[Iris Mega]]. |
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| Official Sega distributor(s): ActiveMagic (1988-1992) , Videotop (2004-2010) , Computerland (2010-2015), Videotop (2016-2018), Iris Mega (2018-present) |
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Socialist Yugoslavia
Socialist Yugoslavia did not belong to the Warsaw Pact. A small amount of Sega, Nintendo and Atari games and consoles were sold here.Since 1988, a company from London called ActiveMagic began selling Sega computer games.Although Active Magic was a Mastertronic distributor (Who sold Sega consoles in Western Europe), it is not known whether it was distributing Sega consoles.Somewhere between 1989/1990, Sega Master System began to appear in Yugoslavia, however, it was not very popular[1].In 1991, after the declaration of independence by Slovenia and Croatia, the Sega Mega Drive was released.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 1991, after the declaration of independence by Slovenia and Croatia, the Sega Mega Drive was released.Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992, but the war quickly began. The terrible war caused Sega could not find their representatives. Sega and Nintendo consoles appeared during the war as a donation from other countries. Nintendo products were also officially available during and after the war thanks to the Pinel which had distribution rights in Dalmatia and Bosnia. During the war they gained popularity of the Famiclons, including Terminator 2 - modeled on the Sega Mega Drive I and the Pegasus console. The war ended in 1995 with the Dayton Agreement. The country was 80% destroyed and the population could not afford to new consoles. The popularity began to enjoy bootlegs. Bootlegs for the Mega Drive games appeared and some sources also talk about the Power Pegasus console in 1996 . The pirate games on PS1 have become more and more popular. Information about Sega from this period is very small.In 2004 Sega started cooperation with Videotop. In 2010, Computerland represented Sega in this region. Videotop return in 2016 as a distributor in the former Yugoslavia.[2]In 2017, Videotop became the property of Computerland Group.[3] In 2018, Videotop was acquired by Colby which also belongs to the Computerland Group.The distribution was taken over by Iris Mega.