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Socialist Yugoslavia, despite the fact that it was a communist state, led a different kind of politics than the rest of the communist countries, and perhaps that is why consoles were the first to appear here. Since 1988, a company from London called [[ActiveMagic]] began selling [[Sega Master System]] consoles. The company provided consoles and games to local distributors. Unfortunately consoles could only be bought in few places and computers enjoyed greater popularity. Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.One of the first and popular consoles was Terminator 2 modeled on Sega Mega Drive.The origins of Sega consoles in this country is 1994. However, there is no distributor's name. At the beginning were available [[Sega Mega Drive]] model II, [[Sega Master System]] model II, [[Sega Mega-CD]] model II and [[Sega Game Gear]]. In 2004 Slovenian company [[Videotop]] began selling Sega games in this country.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040603144807/http://www.videotop.hr:80/</ref> In 2010, the distribution was started by [[Computerland]] and in 2014 [[Videotop]] returned for sale  which in 2016 became a representative of Sega in all former Yugoslavia.<ref>http://www.videotop.si/en/videotop-je-postal-uradni-zastopnik-zaloznika-sega/</ref>
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Socialist Yugoslavia did not belong to the Warsaw Pact. A small amount of Sega, Nintendo and Atari games and consoles were sold here.Since 1988, a company from London called [[ActiveMagic]] began selling [[Sega]] games.Somewhere in the late 80's and early 90's, [[Sega Master System]] began to appear in Yugoslavia, however, it was not very popular<ref>http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=&page=6&all=SI_90_01</ref>. Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.One of the first and popular consoles was Terminator 2 modeled on Sega Mega Drive.The origins of Sega consoles in this country is 1994. However, there is no distributor's name. At the beginning were available [[Sega Mega Drive]] model II, [[Sega Master System]] model II, [[Sega Mega-CD]] model II and [[Sega Game Gear]]. In 2004 Slovenian company [[Videotop]] began selling Sega games in this country.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040603144807/http://www.videotop.hr:80/</ref> In 2010, the distribution was started by [[Computerland]] and in 2014 [[Videotop]] returned for sale  which in 2016 became a representative of Sega in all former Yugoslavia.<ref>http://www.videotop.si/en/videotop-je-postal-uradni-zastopnik-zaloznika-sega/</ref>
  
 
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History of Sega in Croatia
Official Sega distributor(s): ActiveMagic (1988-1991) , X (1994-xxxx), Videotop (2004-2010), Computerland (2010-2014), Videotop (2014-present)

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Socialist Yugoslavia did not belong to the Warsaw Pact. A small amount of Sega, Nintendo and Atari games and consoles were sold here.Since 1988, a company from London called ActiveMagic began selling Sega games.Somewhere in the late 80's and early 90's, Sega Master System began to appear in Yugoslavia, however, it was not very popular[1]. Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.One of the first and popular consoles was Terminator 2 modeled on Sega Mega Drive.The origins of Sega consoles in this country is 1994. However, there is no distributor's name. At the beginning were available Sega Mega Drive model II, Sega Master System model II, Sega Mega-CD model II and Sega Game Gear. In 2004 Slovenian company Videotop began selling Sega games in this country.[2] In 2010, the distribution was started by Computerland and in 2014 Videotop returned for sale which in 2016 became a representative of Sega in all former Yugoslavia.[3]

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