Talk:History of Sega in Turkey

Are we sure about the Sega-CD and 32X? I've been watching the market for quite some time but I've never seen either of the consoles being sold in Turkey.--Peace MkII

It was my guess. This resulted from the observation of other markets at a similar time. So when I saw that on other markets near Turkey, these consoles were issued in a small amount, I thought it was the same in this country.

Is Peace your previous account?--Lukdriver14 (talk) 10:35, 19 April 2019 (EDT)

Okay, thanks. I was wondering if i had actually missed Mega-CD when it was sold here. Besides these two, every Sega console was released in kebabland. Even Dreamcast was in the shelves for a few months.

And yes, it was my previous account.--Peace MkII

It may be possible that these consoles were released in a very small numbers, but to confirm it, it would be best to check in a magazine. I only have Gameshow scans, but there is not much.

Speaking of magazines, do you have Sega Magazin Mix scans?--Lukdriver14 (talk) 06:03, 20 April 2019 (EDT)

I have all four issues, but i don't have a scanner. As for Mega-CD, only a news article mentions it, along with unreleased consoles like Wondermega and Gega-Drive. No mention of 32X at all and no evidence of either being sold in Turkey. Then again, as i explained in the article, magazine had a very short life (conspiracy?).

As for Gameshow, while I love the magazine to death, they are not a reliable source of information for consoles. They did review a few Sega Saturn games back in the day (another magazine named LEVEL also did so) but they were PC purists. You know the type: "Master Race" mentality, looking down on consoles etc.--Peace MkII

I suspected that there might be descriptions of Sega games in LEVEL but I can not find scans anywhere.--Lukdriver14 (talk) 08:24, 20 April 2019 (EDT)

Nintendo distributor

Quick question: who WAS the distributor of Nintendo in Turkey in the 90s? I only know that it was briefly Aral (the later distributor of SEGA) who distributed the GameBoy. Any of you know? —JackalKicks

The products were officially distributed, but there is little information on the Internet (as is always the case in these matters). ARAL was selling Game Boy in the early 90's, then the products were seen in some retail chains, and in July 1997 the Nintendo 64 was released (I once saw a scrap of an article in some newspaper but access was paid). The fact that the products were expensive and from Germany does not mean that they were imported. This price was a general situation (thats why Mega Drive ruled in poorer markets) and the German marks were from the fact that the assortment was produced in Germany (some Western European versions are also from Germany and have a simple label like "Distributed by Nintendo Espana").-Lukdriver14 (talk) 11:59, 13 May 2022 (EDT)