History of Sega in Slovakia

History of Sega in Slovakia

This article summarizes what we know about Sega in Slovakia.

IBEA

Print advert in BIT (SK) #13: "10/1992" (1992-10-01)

The first consoles in Czechoslovakia appeared in communist times when at the end of the 80s the original Atari 2600 appeared. Together with the fall of communism, consoles began to appear in the country more and more. The first Sega console that appeared on the market was Sega Master System distributed by the IBEA company from Slovakia. This was in 1992 when on the market in addition to Atari 2600 clones called Rambo could be found Game Boy, Atari Lynx, Commodore CDTV and a PC Engine clone called Super Engine.

1993-1996

From 1993, Sega consoles began to appear in Slovakia. First they were Mega Drive I, Master System II and Game Gear. In 1994 Mega Drive II and Mega CD II appeared and in 1995 Mega Drive 32X. It is not known who sold them.

During this time, many famiclone began to appear in Slovakia, such as Terminator 2 modeled on Sega Mega Drive.

DDC Agency

In 1996, the DDC Agency became a distributor and representative of Sega and Atari in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and released Sega Saturn. Unfortunately, the company was only theoretically in Slovakia. Until the end of 1996 they could not find an authorized distributor here. After some time Saturn appeared in Slovakia but at that time PlayStation was already much popular.

Print advert in Score (CZ) #34: "Říjen 1996" (1996-10-01)
also published in:

• Sega News (CZ) #1: "Říjen 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
• Score (CZ) #35: "Listopad 1996" (1996-11-01)
• Sega News (CZ) #2: "Listopad 1996" (1996-1x-xx)
• Score (CZ) #36: "Prosinec 1996" (1996-12-01)
• Sega News (CZ) #3: "Prosinec 1996" (1996-1x-xx)

Dreamcast

Dreamcast was another Sega console little known in Slovakia even though it was released in 2000.

CD Projekt and Cenega

In 2004, the CD Projekt company became a distributor of Sega in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.The company slowly became a representative of Sega in other countries of the Visegrad Group. In 2016, Cenega become representative of Sega.

Trivia

In 2001, the Slovak Trade Inspection Office recognized Sega Mega Drive 2 as a product threatening the user's life and health. This consoles were imorted by Hong Tran Thiová, Vina Centrum, Poprad.