Bitman
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| Founded: 1994 | ||
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A Russian company operating in the years 1994-1997
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History
In November 1994, the "Bitman Company" company was established in Russia. Aleksiej Semenov became the general director. The company quickly began to bring consoles. The company started selling 8 bit consoles . The company has also started copying Sega Mega Drive. That's how Super Bitman and Turbo Bitman were created.The company's products began to be presented by the press as counterfeit, which made the company's profits start to fall.Bitman decided to cooperate with Sega. In 1996 became a distributor of Sega in Russia and 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.All stores have been taken over by this company.[1]
Products
8bit clones:
- Bitman,
- Bitman 2,
- Bitman Infra,
16 bit clones:
- Super Bitman -KW-501 and Songa II version ,
- Turbo Bitman,
Game Boy clone:
- Bitman 3000B,
Accessories:
Gallery
also published in:
- Magazina Igrushek (RU) #10: "6/1996" (1996-xx-xx)[2]
