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}}{{sub-stub}}'''Hi-Star Electronics Pte., Ltd.''', currently known as '''Hi-Star Multimedia Pte., Ltd.''', is a Singaporean video game distributor.
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'''Hi-Star Electronics''' today know as '''Hi-Star Multimedia'''<ref>https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Hi-star-Multimedia-Pte-Ltd</ref>  was an sole agent of [[Sega]] in Southeast Asia form middle of 1990.
 
  
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==Company==
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In the mid 1990s, [[Sega]] awarded Hi-Star Electronics the exclusive product distributions rights for Southeast Asia.
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==Softography==
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==Promotional material==
 
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NewStraitsTimes 900813 Page11.png|An June 07, 1990 advertisement of [[Mega Drive]] published in The Straits Times (Singapore) and in New Straits Times (Malaysia) published August 13, 1990.
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NewStraitsTimes_900813_Page11.png|Advertisement from the New Straits Times dated August 13 1990.
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Notavailable.svg|An May 22, 1992 notice how to distinguish original Mega Drive published in ''The Straits Times''<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19920522-1.2.129.9.3?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1992&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article</ref>
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Hi Star Sonic card 1992.jpg|Phone card from 1992
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Notavailable.svg|An June 1, 1992 advertisement of Sega Peel & Win published in ''The Straits Times''<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19920601-1.2.73.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1992&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article</ref>
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ShuranoMon MD SG Box HiStar.jpg|Sega Peel & Win
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Notavailable.svg|An December 18, 1992 advertisement of Sonic 2 encouraging to buy genuine products published in ''New Paper''<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19921218-1.2.89.2?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1992&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=5&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article</ref>
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Hi Star Sonic card 1992.jpg|A 1992 Hi-Star Electronics phone card.
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ShuranoMon MD SG Box HiStar.jpg|A Hi-Star Electronics [[Sega Peel & Win]] sticker.
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MD Hi Star label.jpg|The underside of a Hi-Star Electronics distributed [[Sega Mega Drive]].
 
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Hi-Star Electronics
Founded: 1990-04-12[1]
Defunct: 2017-07-02
Headquarters:
Singapore

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Hi-Star Electronics Pte., Ltd., currently known as Hi-Star Multimedia Pte., Ltd., is a Singaporean video game distributor.

Company

In the mid 1990s, Sega awarded Hi-Star Electronics the exclusive product distributions rights for Southeast Asia.

Softography

Promotional material

  • An June 07, 1990 advertisement of Mega Drive published in The Straits Times (Singapore) and in New Straits Times (Malaysia) published August 13, 1990.

  • An May 22, 1992 notice how to distinguish original Mega Drive published in The Straits Times[2]

  • An June 1, 1992 advertisement of Sega Peel & Win published in The Straits Times[3]

  • An December 18, 1992 advertisement of Sonic 2 encouraging to buy genuine products published in New Paper[4]

  • A 1992 Hi-Star Electronics phone card.

  • A Hi-Star Electronics Sega Peel & Win sticker.

  • The underside of a Hi-Star Electronics distributed Sega Mega Drive.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Hi-star-Multimedia-Pte-Ltd
  2. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19920522-1.2.129.9.3?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1992&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
  3. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19920601-1.2.73.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1992&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
  4. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19921218-1.2.89.2?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1992&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=5&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
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