Atari Australia

Atari Australia

Atari Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian and New Zealand video game distributor.

The company has also been referred to as Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd and Ozisoft Pty Ltd.

Ozisoft Pty Ltd was established in 1982 in Sydney, Australia by Kevin Bermeister and partner Mark Dyne. Ozisoft was one of the first interactive multitmedia companies. In 1987, Ozisoft began representing Sega Enterprises Japan (now formally known as Sega Corporation) in Australia and New Zealand. During this period, Ozisoft released a variety of Sega consoles, including the hugely successful Sega MegaDrive. By 1990 Ozisoft was Australia's largest international software distributor. Ozisoft only managed 9 titles.

Sega-Ozisoft distributed home entertainment and educational products and software in Australia and New Zealand such as Sega products plus software for PCs, Nintendo and Sony PlayStation. Mastertronics Group, distributed Sega video games in Europe. PF Magic is another Contender. Radica Games and Jakks Pacific notwithstanding. Pactronics & Imagineering. Sega Ozisoft owns 8 percent.

On the May 6 1992, Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd was established by Bermeister and Dyne. Sega Ozisoft has exclusively represented in Australia and New Zealand the world's largest and most foremost publishers including Virgin, Sierra, Viacom, Ocean, Accolade, Time Warner, Acclaim, Microprose and Starwave. The Sega Ozisoft franchise is one of the most successful in the multimedia area. On the March 31 1998, Sega relinquished its controlling share and the company reverted to the name Ozisoft Pty Ltd. On the December 15 1998, Infogrames Entertainment SA acquired majority shareholding in Ozisoft Pty Ltd, and it was renamed Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd. On April 15 2002, Infogrames acquired 100% ownership. On the May 8 2003, Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd changed to its most incarnation, Atari Australia Pty Ltd. Atari Australia's head office is located in Alexandria, Sydney.

Atari Australia has released industry leading titles including Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Colin McRae Rally, , Unreal Tournament and Resident Evil.

Brilliant Digital Entertainment is the programming division of Atari Australia Pty Ltd.

External links

* [http://www.atari.com.au/misc/faq.do#6 History of Atari Australia]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/atari-australia-pty-ltd Atari Australia Pty Ltd profile] at MobyGames


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