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After the successful sale of Mega Drive in this region, the next step was to promote the new Sega Saturn console. Also, distributors from this region were optimistic about the new console to such an extent that they started importing consoles from Asia in the spring of 1995. This was done in the CIS countries and the Czech Republic, where official distributors began selling consoles in limited quantities during this period.

The console was presented officially in this region for the first time around August/September 1995 in Hungary. In the rest of the countries, sales began in May 1996. Saturn was previously available in several countries such as Russia or Poland from distributors, but full retail sales started in May.

Despite many attempts, Saturn was defeated by PlayStation. The main reason for this was the practical lack of pirated and cheap software that made the Mega Drive and PlayStation popular. Around 1997, a local pirate managed to create the first pirate copies of games for Saturn in Russia, but Sega had already started ditching the console in favor of the new Dreamcast.

Albania

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1996)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1997)			Control Pad

Bulgaria

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1996)			Control Pad		Security Label
	Sega Saturn		(1996)			Control Pad		Security Label

Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1996)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn		(1996)			Control Pad

Czech Republic

Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Documentation
Sega Saturn (Popron distribution Asian NTSC)	CZ: 25000 Kč25000 ()	Control Pad
Sega Saturn (DDC Agency distribution)	CZ: 8.998 Kč8.998 ()	Control Pad
Sega Saturn (DDC Agency distribution)	(≥ 1996)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn (Schiel Games Shop distribution)	(≥ 1997)	Control Pad	Manual

Hungary

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		HU: 79999 Ft79999 (1995-09)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn		HU: 59999 Ft59999 (1996-09)			Control Pad

Macedonia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 199x)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 199x)			Control Pad

Poland

Bobmark

Name	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Sega Saturn	1200 PLN (1996-03-01)		Control Pad		Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual
Sega Saturn Daytona USA Set	1399 PLN (1996-05-10)^[1]		Control Pad	Daytona USA	Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual
Sega Saturn	999 PLN (1996-10)	MK-80200A-50	Control Pad		Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual
Sega Saturn 2 games Set	999 PLN (1997-06)	MK-80200A-50	Control Pad		Registration card Warranty card Warranty seal Manual

Lanser

Name	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Sega Saturn	(1997)	MK-80200-50	Control Pad		Manual Label
Sega Saturn	699 PLN (1997-10)		Control Pad Voyager	Demo Disc 1 Demo Disc 2	Manual Label
Sega Saturn 3 Ausgaben Set	(1997)		Control Pad	Sega Flash vol.1 Sega Flash vol.5 Saturn Power vol.3 Saturn Power vol.5	Manual Label
Sega Saturn Game Pack Set (two games to choose)	949 PLN (1997)		Control Pad	Sega Rally (game to choose) Tunnel B1 (game to choose) Virtual On (game to choose) Doom (game to choose) Sega Worldwide Soccer 97 (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn Pack I Set (one game to choose)	818 PLN (1997)		Control Pad	Primal Rage (game to choose) Lemmings 3D (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn Pack II Set (one game to choose)	868 PLN (1997)		Control Pad	Battle Monsters (game to choose) Ghen War (game to choose) Pro Pinball (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn One game to choose Set	789 PLN (1997)		Control Pad Saturn Backup Memory	Primal Rage (game to choose) Lemmings 3D (game to choose) Battle Monsters (game to choose)	Manual Label
Sega Saturn Sega Rally and One free game to choose Set	963 PLN (1997)		Control Pad Terminator (accessory) Saturn Backup Memory	Sega Rally Tunnel B1 (free game to choose) Virtual On (free game to choose) Doom (free game to choose) Olympic Soccer (free game to choose)	Manual Label

Romania

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1996)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1997)			Control Pad

Serbia and Montenegro

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		900 DEM (1995-12)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1997)			Control Pad

Slovakia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn (DDC Agency distribution)					Control Pad

Slovenia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn		(≥ 1996)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn		(1996/1997)			Control Pad

Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

Buka

Name	Date & Price	Hardware
Sega Saturn	(1995-03)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn	(≥ 1996)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn	(≥ 1997)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn 6 games Set	(≥ 1997)	Control Pad

Bitman

Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Software
Sega Saturn	(1996-01)	Control Pad
Sega Saturn Daytona USA Set	(≥ 1996)	Control Pad	Daytona USA
Sega Saturn 3 games Set	(≥ 1997) ^[2]	Control Pad	Virtua Cop Daytona USA Virtua Fighter 2
Sega Saturn 5 games Set	(≥ 1997) ^[3]	Control Pad

R-Style

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Sega Saturn 5 games Set (MK-80200-50)		(1997-12)			Control Pad
	Sega Saturn 5 games Set (MK-80200A-50)		(1997-12)			Control Pad

References

Sega Saturn
Topics	Technical Specifications (Hardware Comparison) \| History (Development \| Release \| Decline and legacy) \| List of games (A-M) \| List of games (N-Z) \| Magazine articles \| Promotional material \| Merchandise
Hardware	Japan \| North America \| Western Europe \| Eastern Europe \| South America \| Asia \| South Korea \| Australasia \| Africa HiSaturn Navi \| SunSeibu SGX \| Sega Titan Video
Add-ons	Backup Memory (third-party) \| Sega PriFun \| Video CD Card (third-party) \| Extended RAM Cartridge (third-party) \| Twin Advanced ROM System
Controllers	Control Pad \| Control Pad (Australia) \| 3D Control Pad \| Arcade Racer \| Infrared Control Pad \| Mission Stick \| Shuttle Mouse \| Twin Stick \| Virtua Gun \| Virtua Stick \| Virtua Stick Pro
Online Services/Add-ons	NetLink Internet Modem (NetLink Keyboard \| NetLink Keyboard Adapter \| NetLink Mouse) \| Saturn Modem (Floppy Drive \| Keyboard)
Connector Cables	21 Pin RGB Cable \| Monaural AV Cable \| RF Unit \| Stereo AV Cable \| S-Video Cable \| Taisen Cable
Development Hardware	Programming Box \| Sound Box \| E7000 \| CartDev \| SNASM2 \| Address Checker \| PSY-Q Development System \| MIRAGE Universal CD Emulator
Misc. Hardware	6Player \| SBom Multitap‎ \| Saturn region converter cartridges \| Action Replay \| Pro Action Replay \| Action Replay Plus \| X-Terminator (Version 3) \| S-S Promoter \| Other cartridges

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