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| Official Sega distributor(s): Hi-Star Electronics (1990-1993), Wywy Group (1993-xxxx), New Era (2005-2016), Play Interactive (2016-2018), Epicsoft Asia (2018-present), Sega Singapore (2022-present) |
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Sega Master System was sold by local distributors from at least 1987.[1]
The premiere of Sega Mega Drive in Malaysia took place in January 1990.[2] The system was distributed once again by few authorized distrbutors like Micro Genius and Mario Family Games and 500 units were sold until June 1990.[3][4]
From June 1990, Hi-Star Electronics became the sole agent of Sega in Southeast Asia and Gan & Beng Electronics had a showroom.[5] In addition to Mega Drive, Hi-Star also sold Game Gear.
In September 1993, Wywy Group began distributing Sega products in this region. They appointed Dorema Distribution to sell Sega products[6](Sega Game Gear[7], Sega Mega Drive[8], Sega Mega CD, Multi-Mega[9], Sega 32X[10] all in PAL, NTSC Sega Nomad and Sega Saturn, Mega Drive clone called Magic 2).
From 2005, New Era distributed Sega titles,[11], but from 2016 games were sold by Play Interactive.
In 2010s, Sega created Sega Asia which handle regional releases of games,[12] but not physical distribution.
In 2018, Epicsoft Asia was appointed sole distributor of Sega games starting with Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Shining Resonance Refrain, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Fist of the North Star and Virtual-On .[13] From 2019, they distributed Genesis Mini.[14]
In October 13, 2022, Sega established Sega Singapore for marketing purpose in Southeast Asia but Epicsoft will still remain as distributor.[15][16]
References
- ↑ https://www.smspower.org/forums/16067-SouthEastAsianSMSModelNo301007
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6013%2C281089
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8WJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bZADAAAAIBAJ&dq=sega&pg=5902%2C2639075
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YK5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6025%2C4375040
- ↑ Sega TV Game Set - New Straits Times 1990-08-13 Page 11
- ↑ https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/510297/wywy-plans-to-bring-in-virtual-reality-soon
- ↑ https://www.game-gear.de/othergg.htm
- ↑ https://www.mega-drive.net/othermdsystems.htm
- ↑ https://www.mega-cd.de/othermcd.htm
- ↑ https://www.sega-32x.de/specials/othercountries.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050831023756/http://www.neweraonline.com:80/corp/games.htm
- ↑ https://www.siliconera.com/sega-established-singapore-branch-to-cover-southeast-asia/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/epicsoft/posts/we-are-proud-to-announce-that-epicsoft-asia-pte-ltd-has-been-appointed-as-the-so/10156093727165775/
- ↑ https://www.gamerbraves.com/epicsoft-asia-is-bringing-the-sega-genesis-mini-to-south-east-asia/
- ↑ https://www.kakuchopurei.com/2022/10/sega-opens-new-singapore-branch/
- ↑ https://gettotext.com/sega-opens-a-subsidiary-in-singapore-to-conquer-southeast-asia/