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{{sub-stub}}'''Wywy Group''' is a group of companies founded in 1976 by Dr. Yip Yan Wong. Though headquartered in Singapore, the company's reach extended across south-east Asia and has contacts globally.
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{{sub-stub}}The '''Wywy Group''', formerly known as the '''Dorema Wywy Group''', is a Singaporean electronics manufacturing conglomerate and former official [[Sega]] video game distributor.
  
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Wywy Group distributed Sega consumer products in Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei from 1993 starting with the Game Gear, PAL [[Sega Mega Drive]] (model 2s), [[Sega Mega-CD]]. PAL [[Sega 32X]], NTSC [[Sega Nomad]] and [[Sega Saturn]] (white models) have also been spotted with Wywy Group stickers. They owned a number of retail outlets in the region known as "Wywy Shop".
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==Company==
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In 1993, [[Sega]] awarded the Wywy Group with the official product distribution rights for Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei. The conglomerate distributed the [[Sega Game Gear]]<ref>https://www.game-gear.de/othergg.htm</ref>, [[Sega Mega Drive]]<ref>https://www.mega-drive.net/othermdsystems.htm</ref>, [[Sega Mega CD]] 2<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19931006-1.2.5.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1993&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=5&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article</ref>, [[Multi-Mega]]<ref>https://www.mega-cd.de/othermcd.htm</ref>, [[Sega 32X]]<ref>https://www.sega-32x.de/specials/othercountries.htm</ref>, [[Nomad]], and [[Saturn]], often through their chain of retail outlets "Wywy Shop". They also distributed a Mega Drive clone called [[KW-501|Magic 2]] along with the official Sega stickers.
  
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They also supposedly partnered with Sega to open [[Sega E-Zone]] in Indonesia.
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The Wywy Group also purportedly partnered with Sega to open a [[Sega E-Zone]] location in Indonesia.
  
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==Countries==
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The Wywy Group has distributed video game products to the following countries.
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*[[History of Sega in Brunei|Brunei]]
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*[[History of Sega in Malaysia|Malaysia]]
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*[[History of Sega in Singapore|Singapore]]
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==Softography==
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==Promotional material==
 
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File:NewStraitsTimes 930924 Page10.jpg|Advertisement announcing Wywy's partnership with Sega from the New Straits Times dated September 24 1993.
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File:NewStraitsTimes 930924 Page10.jpg|Advertisement announcing Wywy's partnership with Sega from The Straits Times (Singapore) dated September 18 1993 and New Straits Times (Malaysia) dated September 24 1993.
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Notavailable.svg|Advertisement of Sonic Spinball Spin & Win from The Straits Times dated January 15 1994.<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19940115-1.2.35.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1994&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=1&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article</ref>
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Notavailable.svg|Advertisement from The Straits Times dated April 15 1994.<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19940415-1.2.70.2?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1994&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=3&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article</ref>
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Notavailable.svg|Advertisement from New Paper dated June 20, 1997.<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19970620-1.2.81.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1997&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=4&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article</ref>
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JurassicPark MD SG MY BN Box Front.jpg|Red WyWy seal use for front of games and consoles
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Wywy seal white.png|White WyWy seal use for back of games and consoles
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DigitalPinball Saturn SG MY BN Box Front.jpg|"Original" WyWy seal (Use for later Mega Drive/Saturn games)
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Ecco Pontoon.png|Ecco merch signed by Wywy
 
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Wywy Group
Founded: 1976
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The Wywy Group, formerly known as the Dorema Wywy Group, is a Singaporean electronics manufacturing conglomerate and former official Sega video game distributor.

Company

In 1993, Sega awarded the Wywy Group with the official product distribution rights for Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei. The conglomerate distributed the Sega Game Gear[1], Sega Mega Drive[2], Sega Mega CD 2[3], Multi-Mega[4], Sega 32X[5], Nomad, and Saturn, often through their chain of retail outlets "Wywy Shop". They also distributed a Mega Drive clone called Magic 2 along with the official Sega stickers.

The Wywy Group also purportedly partnered with Sega to open a Sega E-Zone location in Indonesia.

Countries

The Wywy Group has distributed video game products to the following countries.

Softography

Promotional material

  • Advertisement announcing Wywy's partnership with Sega from The Straits Times (Singapore) dated September 18 1993 and New Straits Times (Malaysia) dated September 24 1993.

  • Advertisement of Sonic Spinball Spin & Win from The Straits Times dated January 15 1994.[6]

  • Advertisement from The Straits Times dated April 15 1994.[7]

  • Advertisement from New Paper dated June 20, 1997.[8]

  • Red WyWy seal use for front of games and consoles

  • White WyWy seal use for back of games and consoles

  • "Original" WyWy seal (Use for later Mega Drive/Saturn games)

  • Ecco merch signed by Wywy

References

  1. ↑ https://www.game-gear.de/othergg.htm
  2. ↑ https://www.mega-drive.net/othermdsystems.htm
  3. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19931006-1.2.5.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1993&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=5&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
  4. ↑ https://www.mega-cd.de/othermcd.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.sega-32x.de/specials/othercountries.htm
  6. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19940115-1.2.35.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1994&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=1&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
  7. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19940415-1.2.70.2?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1994&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=3&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
  8. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19970620-1.2.81.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1997&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=4&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
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