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A company in Poland operating in 1992-1998 which was a distributor of Sega in Poland.
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A company in Poland operating in 1992-1998 .
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==Beginning==
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After reforms in Poland in 1989, people set up various businesses. Marek Jutkiewicz started importing cheap clothing from Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Kong. During one of his stays in Taiwan and looking for a cheap supply of trousers, Jutkiewicz encountered a counterfeit Famicom. He spent a week with the console and saw the potential in his imagination. The sooner he returned to the country.
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An investor was needed to create an import company. The savior turned out to be Dariusz Wojdyga, a college friend. It was Wojdyga who came up with the name Pegasus. It was started ordering from the Taiwanese console and selling it in the country. To avoid paying more taxes, one of the co-founders of Bobmark was Dane. In 1992, the sale of Pegasus Mt-777dx began. The console quickly became a hit
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[[File:Bobmark 1995.jpg|thumb|Bobmark offer in 1995|200px]]
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== Golden years ==
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Consoles of the newly founded company began to sell quickly. In addition, the company ran a car workshop where it sold and repaired parts of American cars. In 1993, the company released the [[Game Boy]] clone named Pegasus Game Boy. Hoop was also created to deal with the sale of drinks. However, in addition to drinks, in 1993 it released a new console called the Super Pegasus Mt888dx.
  
== History ==
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==Sega ==
Two businessmen, Dariusz Wojdyga and Marek Jutkiewicz, used the lack of consoles on the Polish market and decided to bring a Japanese Famicoma clone from Taiwan called Pegasus. After launching the console in 1992, the console quickly became a hit. There were many versions of it. In 1994, the company established [[AGES (distributor)|AGES]] to take over Sega products in 1995. In the summer of 1995, Bobmark took over the distribution functions of AGES. The failure of the Sega Saturn distribution in Poland, which was lost in the Playstation. Ultimately, in 1998, the company ended up working with Sega and the two founders began selling HOOP drinks which are still popular in Poland.
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In 1994, the company saw a change in the law that showed the issuance of illegal consoles and games decided to get along with Sega. The [[AGES (distributor)|Ages]] company was created, which at the beginning was released in 1994 by the Pegasus IQ-502 console. In 1995, sales of Sega consoles began. However, Ages was not able to cope with the distribution, which is why Bobmark took care of everything. Seeing the small interest in the Sega Bobmark consoles, probably with the consent of Sega released Power Pegasus, however, and she was not successful.
  
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== End==
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On March 1, 1996, Sega Saturn was released. The console, despite the large advertisement, was not able to meet the Playstation. In 1998, the company was closed and the founders today run the Hoop company known for their refreshing drinks.
 
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Revision as of 16:28, 3 January 2018

A company in Poland operating in 1992-1998 .

Beginning

After reforms in Poland in 1989, people set up various businesses. Marek Jutkiewicz started importing cheap clothing from Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Kong. During one of his stays in Taiwan and looking for a cheap supply of trousers, Jutkiewicz encountered a counterfeit Famicom. He spent a week with the console and saw the potential in his imagination. The sooner he returned to the country.

An investor was needed to create an import company. The savior turned out to be Dariusz Wojdyga, a college friend. It was Wojdyga who came up with the name Pegasus. It was started ordering from the Taiwanese console and selling it in the country. To avoid paying more taxes, one of the co-founders of Bobmark was Dane. In 1992, the sale of Pegasus Mt-777dx began. The console quickly became a hit

Golden years

Consoles of the newly founded company began to sell quickly. In addition, the company ran a car workshop where it sold and repaired parts of American cars. In 1993, the company released the Game Boy clone named Pegasus Game Boy. Hoop was also created to deal with the sale of drinks. However, in addition to drinks, in 1993 it released a new console called the Super Pegasus Mt888dx.

Sega

In 1994, the company saw a change in the law that showed the issuance of illegal consoles and games decided to get along with Sega. The Ages company was created, which at the beginning was released in 1994 by the Pegasus IQ-502 console. In 1995, sales of Sega consoles began. However, Ages was not able to cope with the distribution, which is why Bobmark took care of everything. Seeing the small interest in the Sega Bobmark consoles, probably with the consent of Sega released Power Pegasus, however, and she was not successful.

End

On March 1, 1996, Sega Saturn was released. The console, despite the large advertisement, was not able to meet the Playstation. In 1998, the company was closed and the founders today run the Hoop company known for their refreshing drinks.

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