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| − | '''Blaze Europe''' | + | '''Blaze Europe Ltd.''' was a British producer of video game accessories, and related merchandise. |
| − | + | The origins of Blaze Europe lie in a company founded as '''Steadybrave Ltd.''' in September 1993, which within a month had been renamed '''Fire International Ltd.'''. Fire International made its business importing video game consoles, games and accessories from Asia into Europe, but was soon selling its own products under the "Blaze" brand{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000818195834/http://www.blaze-gear.com/information.html}}. In 1997 Hong Kong company [[Super UFO]] purchased a controlling stake in Fire International (which had been distributing is products in the UK){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20020419203034/http://202.60.224.105/t1.asp}}. | |
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| − | + | In 2008, the Blaze side of the business was split becoming Blaze Europe, which existed until 2015 when the company went into liquidation. | |
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| − | [[Category: | + | Blaze was also responsible for the distribution of products manufactured by [[AtGames]], including [[Sega Mega Drive]] consoles licensed by Sega. |
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| + | ==Accessories produced== | ||
| + | {{CompanyHistoryAll|Blaze Europe|Blaze|Fire International|Fire|type=accessories}} | ||
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| + | ==Hardware produced== | ||
| + | {{CompanyHistoryAll|Blaze Europe|Blaze|Fire International|Fire|type=hardware}} | ||
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| + | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | Fire logo.png|Fire International logo | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.blazeeurope.com Website (archived)] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | [[Category:Third-party accessory manufacturers]] | ||
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| Founded: 1993-09[1] | ||
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Blaze Europe Ltd. was a British producer of video game accessories, and related merchandise.
The origins of Blaze Europe lie in a company founded as Steadybrave Ltd. in September 1993, which within a month had been renamed Fire International Ltd.. Fire International made its business importing video game consoles, games and accessories from Asia into Europe, but was soon selling its own products under the "Blaze" brand[1]. In 1997 Hong Kong company Super UFO purchased a controlling stake in Fire International (which had been distributing is products in the UK)[3].
In 2008, the Blaze side of the business was split becoming Blaze Europe, which existed until 2015 when the company went into liquidation.
Blaze was also responsible for the distribution of products manufactured by AtGames, including Sega Mega Drive consoles licensed by Sega.
Contents
Accessories produced
Mega Drive
- Master Mega Converter (1995) (as Fire)
- Fighter Stick V (199x) (as Blaze)
- Heat Seeker (199x) (as Fire)
- Patriot (199x) (as Fire)
- Power Pad 6 (199x) (as Fire)
Saturn
- Erazer MP5 (1997) (as Blaze)
- VRF1 X-Cellerator (1997) (as Blaze)
- Avenger (199x) (as Blaze)
- Avenger Pro (199x) (as Blaze)
- Fighter Stick V (199x) (as Blaze)
- Hyper Controller (199x) (as Blaze)
- Infra Red Controllers (199x) (as Blaze)
- Panther (199x) (as Blaze)
- Pro Arcade Joystick (199x) (as Blaze)
- VRF1 (199x) (as Blaze)
Dreamcast
- Pro Carry Case (1999) (as Blaze)
- Dream Master (2000) (as Blaze)
- Code Breaker (2001) (as Blaze)
- MP3 DC (200x) (as Blaze)
- DC Mini Twin Stick (xxxx) (as Blaze)
- DC Twin Joystick (xxxx) (as Blaze)
Hardware produced
- Arcade Portable (2007)
- Arcade Gamer Classic (2008)
- Arcade Gamer Portable (2008)
- Mega Drive Twin Pads (2008)
- Arcade Classic (2008)
- Arcade Motion Dual (2010)
- Arcade Nano series (2010)
- Arcade Ultimate (2011)
Gallery
Fire International logo
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.blaze-gear.com/information.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-18 19:58)
- ↑ http://www.x-plorer.co.uk/index2.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-03-30 08:47)
- ↑ http://202.60.224.105/t1.asp (Wayback Machine: 2002-04-19 20:30)