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History of Sega in Iceland


Official Sega distributor(s): Skífan (1990-1991), Tölvuhúsið (1991-1992), Japis (1993-2002), Sena (2005-present)

In the 70s Iceland was one of the countries where Sega imported its game machines.^[1]

The first information about Sega video games in Iceland comes from early 1990 when Master System hit stores.^[2] The distributior was most likely Skífan and in December 1990, the Mega Drive console was released in the country.^[3]

Established in May 1991, Tölvuhúsið became Sega's agent in Iceland and still sold Mega Drive with new released Master System II and Sega Game Gear.^[4]

In early 1993, the Japis became the distributor^[5] and from that on the competition between Sega and Nintendo distributed by Bergsala AB and Hljomco intensified in Iceland. The new partner also had to fight the symptoms of piracy of Sega games^[6]. Japis remained a fairly long partner of Sega and released Mega Drive II^[7] Mega CD II^[8], Mega Drive 32X, Sega Saturn^[9] and Dreamcast^[10] .

Since 2005, Sena has been the distributor of Sega.^[11]

External links

Sega Saturn competition in Kringlan

References

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[:File:Sega_Company_Profile_1970.pdf_p-1] File:Sega_Company_Profile_1970.pdf

[2] ttps://timarit.is/page/2569050?iabr=on#page/n12/mode/2up/search/sega

[3] ttps://timarit.is/page/1735258?iabr=on#page/n11/mode/2up/search/sega

[4] ttps://timarit.is/page/4066699#page/n13/mode/2up

[5] ttps://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/102884/

[6] ttps://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/141647/

[7] ttps://timarit.is/page/3345047?iabr=on#page/n7/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis

[8] Æskan 1994-01-01 page 5

[9] ttps://timarit.is/page/1843414?iabr=on#page/n28/mode/2up/search/saturn%20japis

[10] ttps://timarit.is/page/2990809?iabr=on#page/n3/mode/2up/search/dreamcast%20japis

[11] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060910215642/http://sena.is:80/sena/index.aspx?groupid=9

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-[[Skífan]] (1990-1991), [[Tölvuhúsið]] (1991-1992), [[Japis]] (1993-2005), [[Sena]] (2006-present)
+[[Skífan]] (1990-1991), [[Tölvuhúsið]] (1991-1992), [[Japis]] (1993-2002), [[Sena]] (2005-present)
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-In the 70s Iceland was one of the countries where [[Sega]] imported its game machines.
+In the 70s Iceland was one of the countries where [[Sega]] imported its game machines.{{fileref|Sega_Company_Profile_1970.pdf}}
-The first information about Sega video games in Iceland comes from 1990. At the beginning of this year, [[Master System]] hit stores. The distributior was most likely [[Skífan]]. Already in December 1990, the [[Mega Drive]] console was released in the country.
+The first information about Sega video games in Iceland comes from early 1990 when [[Master System]] hit stores.<ref>https://timarit.is/page/2569050?iabr=on#page/n12/mode/2up/search/sega</ref> The distributior was most likely [[Skífan]] and in December 1990, the [[Mega Drive]] console was released in the country.<ref>https://timarit.is/page/1735258?iabr=on#page/n11/mode/2up/search/sega</ref>
-In 1991, [[Tölvuhúsið]] became Sega's agent in Iceland and released Sega Master System II and [[Sega Game Gear]].
-In 1993, the [[Japis]] became the distributor<ref>https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/102884/</ref> and from that on the competition between Sega and Nintendo distributed by Bergsala AB and Hljomco intensified in Iceland. The new partner also had to fight the symptoms of piracy of Sega games,<ref>https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/141647/</ref> however, this phenomenon was small-scale in Iceland. Japis remained a fairly long partner of Sega and released consoles and games from [[Mega CD]] II all the way to [[Mega Drive 32X]], [[Sega Saturn]] and [[Dreamcast]].
-Since 2006 [[Sena]] has been the distributor of Sega.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060910215642/http://sena.is:80/sena/index.aspx?groupid=9</ref>
+Established in May 1991, [[Tölvuhúsið]] became Sega's agent in Iceland and still sold Mega Drive with new released Master System II and [[Sega Game Gear]].<ref>https://timarit.is/page/4066699#page/n13/mode/2up</ref>
+In early 1993, the [[Japis]] became the distributor<ref>https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/102884/</ref> and from that on the competition between Sega and Nintendo distributed by Bergsala AB and Hljomco intensified in Iceland. The new partner also had to fight the symptoms of piracy of Sega games<ref>https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/141647/</ref>. Japis remained a fairly long partner of Sega and released Mega Drive II<ref>https://timarit.is/page/3345047?iabr=on#page/n7/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis</ref> [[Mega CD]] II<ref> Æskan 1994-01-01 page 5</ref>, [[Mega Drive 32X]], [[Sega Saturn]]<ref>https://timarit.is/page/1843414?iabr=on#page/n28/mode/2up/search/saturn%20japis</ref> and [[Dreamcast]]<ref>https://timarit.is/page/2990809?iabr=on#page/n3/mode/2up/search/dreamcast%20japis</ref> .
+Since 2005, [[Sena]] has been the distributor of Sega.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060910215642/http://sena.is:80/sena/index.aspx?groupid=9</ref>
+==External links==
+*[https://timarit.is/page/2947397?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/1up/search/sega Sega Saturn competition in Kringlan]
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