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History of Sega in China


Official Sega distributor(s): Hiroshima Trading (198x-199x), WKK (199x-199x), Huaxing Electronic Technology (199x-199x), Stone Group (1997-199x), Zhongxun (199x-2000), Sega of China (2002-present), AtGames (2005-present)

Hiroshima Trading sold Sega Master System model I in the 80s.

WKK through his division WKK Industries China distributed Master System II but sales were minimal. Since October 1993, WKK began distribution od Sega Mega Drive model I.^[1]^[2]

From 1994, Sega sued numerous Mega Drive clone producers in China like Shenchu Electronic.^[3]^[4]In 1995 Chinese government took actions against piracy of Sega games.^[5]^[6]

Huaxing Electronic Technology (华星电子科技有限公司) was responsible for the sale of Mega Drive 2 and Game Gear.^[7]

In August 1997, Sega got along with Stone Group (四通集团) to distribute Sega Saturn in China and sell 40,000 units in the first year.^[8] It isn't known if Sega achieved that.

Sega Huahan Culture Entertainment dealt with the service of entertainment facilities.^[9]

Zhongxun (中讯) distributed Sega Dreamcast until June 2000 when consoles were banned.

In 2002, Sega of China^[10] became a representative of the company and continues that to this day. AtGames has been distributing games since 2005.^[11]^[12]^[13]

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[1] ttps://www.cbronline.com/news/sega_starts_test_marketing_new_machine/

[2] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-to-test-market-mega-drive-machines--8854

[3] ttps://www.cbronline.com/news/chinese_sega_pirate_punished/

[4] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-wins-copyright-dispute-with-shenzhen-shenchu--35740

[5] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/govt-takes-action-against-piracy-of-sega-games--51523

[6] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/police-seize-pirated-audiovisual-products--49954

[7] ttps://www.gcores.com/articles/99611

[8] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-to-sell-saturn-games-console--114366

[9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20001202153600/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/corp/kaisha/group.html

[10] ttp://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/06/07/tokyo.segainchina/ Sega's first plans

[11] ttps://www.change.org/p/sega-revoke-atgames-s-pc-games-distribution-right-in-greater-china Failed petition

[12] ttps://www.zhihu.com/appview/p/39495468

[13] ttp://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-5171571-1-1.html

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 [[Hiroshima Trading]] sold [[Sega Master System]] model I in the 80s.
-[[WKK]] through his division WKK Industries China distributed Master System II but sales were minimal. Since October 1993, WKK began distribution od [[Sega Mega Drive]] model I.<ref>https://www.cbronline.com/news/sega_starts_test_marketing_new_machine/</ref> From 1994, Sega sued numerous Mega Drive clone producers in China like [[Shenchu Electronic]].<ref>https://www.cbronline.com/news/chinese_sega_pirate_punished/</ref>
+[[WKK]] through his division WKK Industries China distributed Master System II but sales were minimal. Since October 1993, WKK began distribution od [[Sega Mega Drive]] model I.<ref>https://www.cbronline.com/news/sega_starts_test_marketing_new_machine/</ref><ref>https://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-to-test-market-mega-drive-machines--8854</ref>
+From 1994, Sega sued numerous Mega Drive clone producers in China like [[Shenchu Electronic]].<ref>https://www.cbronline.com/news/chinese_sega_pirate_punished/</ref><ref>https://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-wins-copyright-dispute-with-shenzhen-shenchu--35740</ref>In 1995 Chinese government took actions against piracy of Sega games.<ref>https://www.telecompaper.com/news/govt-takes-action-against-piracy-of-sega-games--51523</ref><ref>https://www.telecompaper.com/news/police-seize-pirated-audiovisual-products--49954</ref>
 [[Huaxing Electronic Technology]] (华星电子科技有限公司) was responsible for the sale of Mega Drive 2 and [[Game Gear]].<ref>https://www.gcores.com/articles/99611</ref>
-In August 1997, Sega got along with [[Stone Group]] (四通集团) to distribute [[Sega Saturn]] in China and sell 40,000 units in the first year. It isn't known if Sega achieved that.
+In August 1997, Sega got along with [[Stone Group]] (四通集团) to distribute [[Sega Saturn]] in China and sell 40,000 units in the first year.<ref>https://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-to-sell-saturn-games-console--114366</ref> It isn't known if Sega achieved that.
 [[Sega Huahan Culture Entertainment]] dealt with the service of entertainment facilities.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20001202153600/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/corp/kaisha/group.html</ref>
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 [[Zhongxun]] (中讯) distributed [[Sega Dreamcast]] until June 2000 when consoles were banned.
-In 2002, [[Sega of China]]<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/06/07/tokyo.segainchina/ Sega's first plans</ref> became a representative of the company and continues that to this day.[[AtGames]] has been distributing games since 2005.<ref>https://www.change.org/p/sega-revoke-atgames-s-pc-games-distribution-right-in-greater-china Failed petition</ref><ref>https://www.zhihu.com/appview/p/39495468</ref><ref>http://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-5171571-1-1.html</ref>
+In 2002, [[Sega of China]]<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/06/07/tokyo.segainchina/ Sega's first plans</ref> became a representative of the company and continues that to this day. [[AtGames]] has been distributing games since 2005.<ref>https://www.change.org/p/sega-revoke-atgames-s-pc-games-distribution-right-in-greater-china Failed petition</ref><ref>https://www.zhihu.com/appview/p/39495468</ref><ref>http://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-5171571-1-1.html</ref>
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