Difference between revisions of "Saturn consoles in Eastern Europe"

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After the successful sale of Mega Drive in this region, the next step was to promote the new Sega Saturn console. Also, distributors from this region were optimistic about the new console to such an extent that they started importing consoles from Asia in the spring of 1995. This was done in the CIS countries and the Czech Republic, where official distributors began selling consoles in limited quantities during this period.

The console was presented officially in this region for the first time around August/September 1995 in Hungary. In the rest of the countries, sales began in May 1996. Saturn was previously available in several countries such as Russia or Poland from distributors, but full retail sales started in May.

Despite many attempts, Saturn was defeated by PlayStation. The main reason for this was the practical lack of pirated and cheap software that made the Mega Drive and PlayStation popular. Around 1997, a local pirate managed to create the first pirate copies of games for Saturn in Russia, but Sega had already started ditching the console in favor of the new Dreamcast.

Albania

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad

Bulgaria

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad		Security Label
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad		Security Label

Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad

Czech Republic

Name	Hardware	Documentation
Sega Saturn (Popron distribution Asian NTSC)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn (DDC Agency distribution)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn (DDC Agency distribution)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn (Schiel Games Shop distribution)	Control Pad	Manual

Hungary

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad

Macedonia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad

Poland

Bobmark

Name	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Sega Saturn		Control Pad		Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual
Sega Saturn Daytona USA Set		Control Pad	Daytona USA	Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual
Sega Saturn	MK-80200A-50	Control Pad		Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual
Sega Saturn 2 games Set	MK-80200A-50	Control Pad		Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual

Lanser

Name	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Sega Saturn	MK-80200-50	Control Pad		Manual Label
Sega Saturn Game Pack Set (two games to choose)		Control Pad	Sega Rally (game to choose) Tunnel B1 (game to choose) Virtual On (game to choose) Doom (game to choose) Sega Worldwide Soccer 97 (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn Pack I Set (one game to choose)		Control Pad	Primal Rage (game to choose) Lemmings 3D (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn Pack II Set (one game to choose)		Control Pad	Battle Monsters (game to choose) Ghen War (game to choose) Pro Pinball (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn One game to choose Set		Control Pad	Primal Rage (game to choose) Lemmings 3D (game to choose) Battle Monsters (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn Sega Rally and One free game to choose Set		Control Pad Terminator (accessory)	Sega Rally Tunnel B1 (free game to choose) Virtual On (free game to choose) Doom (free game to choose) Olympic Soccer (free game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn		Control Pad Voyager		Manual Label
Sega Saturn 3 Ausgaben Set		Control Pad	Sega Flash vol.1 Sega Flash vol.5 Saturn Power vol.3 Saturn Power vol.5	Manual Label

Romania

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad

Serbia and Montenegro

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad

Slovakia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn (DDC Agency distribution)					Control Pad

Slovenia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad

Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

Buka

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn 6 games Set					Control Pad

Bitman

Name	Hardware	Software
Sega Saturn	Control Pad
Sega Saturn Daytona USA Set	Control Pad	Daytona USA
Sega Saturn 5 games Set	Control Pad

R-Style

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn 5 games Set (MK-80200-50)					Control Pad
	Sega Saturn 5 games Set (MK-80200A-50)					Control Pad

References

Sega Saturn
Topics	Technical Specifications (Hardware Comparison) \| History (Development \| Release \| Decline and legacy) \| List of games (A-M) \| List of games (N-Z) \| Magazine articles \| Promotional material \| Merchandise
Hardware	Japan \| North America \| Western Europe \| Eastern Europe \| South America \| Asia \| South Korea \| Australasia \| Africa HiSaturn Navi \| SunSeibu SGX \| Sega Titan Video
Add-ons	Backup Memory (third-party) \| Sega PriFun \| Video CD Card (third-party) \| Extended RAM Cartridge (third-party) \| Twin Advanced ROM System
Controllers	Control Pad \| Control Pad (Australia) \| 3D Control Pad \| Arcade Racer \| Infrared Control Pad \| Mission Stick \| Shuttle Mouse \| Twin Stick \| Virtua Gun \| Virtua Stick \| Virtua Stick Pro
Online Services/Add-ons	NetLink Internet Modem (NetLink Keyboard \| NetLink Keyboard Adapter \| NetLink Mouse) \| Saturn Modem (Floppy Drive \| Keyboard)
Connector Cables	21 Pin RGB Cable \| Monaural AV Cable \| RF Unit \| Stereo AV Cable \| S-Video Cable \| Taisen Cable
Development Hardware	Programming Box \| Sound Box \| E7000 \| CartDev \| SNASM2 \| Address Checker \| PSY-Q Development System \| MIRAGE Universal CD Emulator
Misc. Hardware	6Player \| SBom Multitap‎ \| Saturn region converter cartridges \| Action Replay \| Pro Action Replay \| Action Replay Plus \| X-Terminator (Version 3) \| S-S Promoter \| Other cartridges

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 After the successful sale of [[Mega Drive]] in this region, the next step was to promote the new [[Sega Saturn]] console. Also, distributors from this region were optimistic about the new console to such an extent that they started importing consoles from Asia in the spring of 1995. This was done in the CIS countries and the Czech Republic, where official distributors began selling consoles in limited quantities during this period.
-The console was presented officially in this region for the first time around August 1995 in Hungary and later it appeared and local distributors in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in December 1995. In the rest of the countries, sales began in May 1996 but in some regions such as Poland, console was available a little earlier.
+The console was presented officially in this region for the first time around August/September 1995 in Hungary. In the rest of the countries, sales began in May 1996. Saturn was previously available in several countries such as Russia or Poland from distributors, but full retail sales started in May.
 Despite many attempts, Saturn was defeated by [[PlayStation]]. The main reason for this was the practical lack of pirated and cheap software that made the Mega Drive and PlayStation popular. Around 1997, a local pirate managed to create the first pirate copies of games for Saturn in Russia, but Sega had already started ditching the console in favor of the new Dreamcast.