History of Sega in New Zealand

History of Sega in New Zealand
Official Sega distributor(s): Grandstand (1984-1986), Ozisoft (1987-2002), Monaco Corporation (200x-2011), Five Eight Distribution (2011-present)

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Grandstand distributed the SG-1000 and SC-3000 in New Zealand from 1984.

In 1987, Ozisoft began to represent Sega in Australia and New Zealand releasing every console from Master System to Dreamcast. The most successful for the company was the release of Sega Mega Drive which achieved great success in both countries. In 1991, the company was sold to First Pacific Hong Kong, and in 1992, the company was bought by Sega, becoming Sega OziSoft.

In January 1996, TCI's technology group got the rights to distribute Sega Channel in New Zealand, but it isn't known that the service was launched there.

In late 1996, Sega announced a distribution deal with Village Nine Leisure (a partnership between Village Roadshow, Nine Network and Westfield Group) to bring arcade games to Australasia.

Sega waived participation in Ozisoft shortly before the release of Sega Dreamcast (March 1998), although OziSoft continued to sell the console. The company returned to its old name and in 2002 was bought by Infogrames.

Since mid-2000s, Sega games were distributed by Monaco Corporation which was closed in 2011. Exclusive rights to Sega games got in 2011, Five Eight Distribution which is working with Five Star Games