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| − | {{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as Freetron Group Ltd and later as Freetron Technologies Ltd was a video game accessory manufacturer founded in 1988 in Hong Kong | + | {{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 the company shifted its business focus to consumer electronic products operating five factories in Mainland China, and only three years after, in 2009, the company filed for bankruptcy and was | + | 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