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Revision as of 10:01, 31 May 2021

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Bitman
Founded: 1994
Defunct: 1997
Headquarters:
Russia

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Bitman was Russian company mostly known from Bitman brand.

History

Bitman was established in November 1994 and quickly began to bring unlicensed 8-bit and 16- bit consoles. Aleksiej Semenov became the general director. They were the only ones in Russia to have UCS (Universal Cartridge System) which was praised by Russian magazines.[1]

Bitman mascot

In January 1996 Bitman became a distributor of Sega in Russia and CIS. At the end of 1996, it became an authorized distributor of Sony PlayStation in Russia and the CIS.

In 1997, the company also took up the fight against piracy in Russia with other companies. Bitman was taken over in December 1997 by R-Style.[2]

Products sold by Bitman

8 bit Nintendo

  • Bitman
  • Bitman 2
  • Bitman Infra

Game Boy

  • Bitman 3000B

16 bit Sega

Official distribution

Gallery

Bitman Poster RU.jpg
Bitman before the agreement with Sega.
Bitman Poster RU.jpg
Bitman offer.jpg
Bitman before the agreement with Sega.
Bitman offer.jpg
Bitman offer 2.jpg
Bitman before the agreement with Sega.
Bitman offer 2.jpg
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Print advert in Magazina Igrushek (RU) #8: "4/1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Magazina Igrushek (RU) #10: "6/1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Magazina Igrushek (RU) #11: "7-8/1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Bitman RU PrintAdvert.jpeg
Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #29 (1996-12-01)
Bitman RU PrintAdvert.jpeg
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Print advert in Strana Igr (RU) #17: "Oktyabr 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
also published in:
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References