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| − | {{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a video game accessory manufacturer. | + | {{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as Freetron Group Ltd and later as [https://web.archive.org/web/20070705181105/http://www.freetron.com/sc_webcat/ecat/cms_view.php?lang=1&web_id=101 Freetron Technologies Ltd], was a video game accessory manufacturer founded in 1988 in Hong Kong as Freetron (Far East) Company Ltd (also stylized as Freetroncom Ltd.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20031214012229/http://www.freetron.com/profile3.asp}}). From mid-90s to early 2000s, Freetron was authorized distributor of [[Sega]] in Hong Kong. |
| − | == | + | In 2006{{ref|https://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/846042/freetron.html}} the company shifted its business focus to consumer electronic products operating five factories{{ref|https://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/846042/freetron.html}} in Mainland China, and only three years after, in 2009, the company filed for bankruptcy and was ultimately dissolved in 2012. |
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Freetron, also known as Freetron Group Ltd and later as Freetron Technologies Ltd, was a video game accessory manufacturer founded in 1988 in Hong Kong as Freetron (Far East) Company Ltd (also stylized as Freetroncom Ltd.[3]). From mid-90s to early 2000s, Freetron was authorized distributor of Sega in Hong Kong.
In 2006[4] the company shifted its business focus to consumer electronic products operating five factories[4] in Mainland China, and only three years after, in 2009, the company filed for bankruptcy and was ultimately dissolved in 2012.
Accessories produced
Mega Drive
- Pro-2 (1991)
- Professional Fighter Pad (1994)
- Fighter 5 Professional Joystick (199x)
- Fighter-I (199x)
- Pro-1 (199x)
- Pro-3 (199x)
- Pro-5 (199x)
- Professional Control Pad (199x)
Game Gear
- Master Gear Converter (1991)
References
- ↑ http://www.freetron.com.hk/profile/profile.htm (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 19:30)
- ↑ File:Official Gazzette of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2012).pdf, page 5
- ↑ http://www.freetron.com/profile3.asp (Wayback Machine: 2003-12-14 01:22)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/846042/freetron.html