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| rdfs:label | - Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty. Ltd.
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| rdfs:comment | - Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty. Ltd. (or HES) is an Australian company that distributes computer games and gaming equipment. HES offices are based in Punchbowl, Sydney. They began distributing Commodore 64 titles such as Pitfall! in 1982 and Kung-Fu Master in 1985, plus Atari 2600 titles near the end of the 1980s under the Activision name. Quite a large number of software titles are currently also being distributed by HES for Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance by publishers ZOO Digital Publishing, Tru Blu Entertainment and Phantagram.
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| Published | - Sachen, Tengen, Bit Corp., Open Corp., American Game Cartridges Inc., Epyx, Color Dreams
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| abstract | - Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty. Ltd. (or HES) is an Australian company that distributes computer games and gaming equipment. HES offices are based in Punchbowl, Sydney. They began distributing Commodore 64 titles such as Pitfall! in 1982 and Kung-Fu Master in 1985, plus Atari 2600 titles near the end of the 1980s under the Activision name. HES still remains a dominant distributor within Australia, despite not being well known. HES currently is the distributor for Saitek, Gamester and Mad Catz joysticks, cables, memory cards, and other peripherals. HES also remains the official Australian distributor for Action Replay. Quite a large number of software titles are currently also being distributed by HES for Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance by publishers ZOO Digital Publishing, Tru Blu Entertainment and Phantagram. In the past, HES had gained a reputation for developing and distributing some interesting peripherals such as their auto fire controllers, Game Boy power adaptors, Master System converters for the Mega Drive and adapters for NES games such as the HES Unidaptor and HES Unidaptor MKII.
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