Buka

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Buka
Founded: 1993
Merged into: 1C Company (2008)
Headquarters:
Russia

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Buka (Бука), is a Russian video game company. It acquired a license to distribute Sega products in 1994, and later also for products from Nintendo and Sony Computer Entertainment.

Buka was acquired by 1C Company in 2008. In 2010s, they were an official authorised retailer of Sega products.[1]

History[2]

  • 1993 - Establishment of the company as a distributor of video and computer games
  • 1994 - Buka becomes an official distributor of Sega and 3DO consoles in Russia and CIS
  • 1995 - Buka became a authorized distributor of Sony in Russia and CIS
  • 1996 - Buka becomes official distributor of Nintendo in Russia and CIS. Starts publishing its own games; the company's first product is Russian Roulette
  • 1997 - Buka games - Allods and Vanger are licensed on the international market.
  • 1998 - For the first time in all post-Soviet markets, Buka takes a risky step and releases games in a minimal configuration, which soon becomes the market standard
  • 1999 - Buka develops the direction of the full location of games
  • 2007 - Opening of multimedia activity under the Buka-Soft brand
  • 2008 - Buka become a part of 1C Company
  • 2012 - Buka becomes the official distributor of Microsoft consoles and accessories
  • 2013 - Opening of the digital store shop.buka.ru.
  • 2017 - Buka becomes the official distributor of Nintendo consoles and accessories

Sega-related stuff

Softography

Promotional material

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1994
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Print advert in Magazina Igrushek (RU) #1: "1/1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Magazina Igrushek (RU) #2: "2/1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #19: "xxxx xxxx" (1995-08-14)
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Print advert in Magazina Igrushek (RU) #5: "5/1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Strana Igr (RU) #1 (1996-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #23: "xxxx xxxx" (1996-03-04)
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Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #23: "xxxx xxxx" (1996-03-04)
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Print advert in Sega Pro (RU) #0: "Mart 1996" (1996-03-12)
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Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #24 (1996-04-06)
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Print advert in Strana Igr (RU) #4: "May/Iyun 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Printed in Tricks 16 bit (RU) #1: "Tom 1" (1997-04-21)
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Print advert in Strana Igr (RU) #12: "May 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170616120311/https://www.sega.com/sega-approved-partner-list
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922005801/http://www.buka.ru/cgi-bin/show_more.pl?option=Show_companyinfo
  3. https://www.igromania.ru/article/24575/Buka_ot_nachala_i_do_nashih_dney.html
  4. https://www.igromania.ru/article/24575/Buka_ot_nachala_i_do_nashih_dney.html
  5. Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 98
  6. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1995-10-01), page 5
  7. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1995-11-27), page 5
  8. Strana Igr, "" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 53
  9. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1996-05-16), page 97
  10. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1996-07-01), page 97
  11. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1996-08-15), page 97
  12. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1996-10-03), page 97
  13. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1997-02-05), page 91
  14. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1997-03-15), page 93
  15. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1997-05-17), page 93
  16. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1997-08-07), page 96
  17. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1997-09-01), page 93
  18. Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 1997-10-18), page 87
  19. Strana Igr, "Avgust 1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 53