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Gamester

Founded: 1990

Merged into: Radica Games (2000)

Headquarters:

Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom SG14 1RD

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Leda Media Products, Ltd., also known as LMP, was a British third-party video game peripheral distributor which owned the peripheral label Gamester.

Company

Gamester was established in 1990 as Lega GRG, Ltd., and was later renamed to Leda Media Products in April 1991.

In 2000, the company was acquired by Radica Games and became Radica U.K. Games, Ltd., although the label continued to see use for some years afterwards. Additionally, Gamester were the likely European distributor of Mad Catz peripherals until the 1999 acquisition of Mad Catz by the GTR Group.

Radica Games was acquired by Mattel in 2006, and the label was formally dissolved.

Accessories produced

Master System

Action Case (1991)

Mega Drive

Saturn

Mad Catz Control Pad for Saturn (1995)
Mad Catz Advanced Control Pad for Saturn (199x)

References

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+}}{{stub}}'''Leda Media Products, Ltd.''', also known as '''LMP''', was a British third-party video game peripheral distributor which owned the peripheral label '''Gamester'''.
-{{sub-stub}}'''Gamester LMP''' was a video game accessories manufacturer. Little is currently known about their history - they were "European" and were formed at some point during the late 1980s or early 1990s, distributing products around Europe as well as manufacturing their own.
-They were likely the European distributor of [[Mad Catz]] products until 1999 when Mad Catz were bought by the GTR group. At some point after this they were bought by [[Radica Games]], though the name was kept in service. Radica was bought by Mattel in 2006, and the Gamester name was dissolved.
+==Company==
+Gamester was established in 1990 as Lega GRG, Ltd., and was later renamed to Leda Media Products in April 1991.
-[[Category:Accessory Manufacturers]]
+In 2000, the company was acquired by [[Radica Games]] and became Radica U.K. Games, Ltd., although the label continued to see use for some years afterwards. Additionally, Gamester were the likely European distributor of [[Mad Catz]] peripherals until the 1999 acquisition of Mad Catz by the GTR Group.
+Radica Games was acquired by [[Mattel]] in 2006, and the label was formally dissolved.
+==Accessories produced==
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Gamester|type=accessories}}
+==References==
+<references />
+[[Category:Third-party accessory manufacturers]]