Lite Star Electronics Technology Co., Ltd (东莞市星辰互动电子科技有限公司)[1] is a company currently based in Dongguan, China that was founded in 1996.[2] They currently manufacture controllers and other gaming accessories.
Around the early 2000s, Lite Star released a line of plug & play consoles, some of which appear to be precursors to those made by JungleTac in terms of design and software. Notably, they received a license to make an official Mega Drive plug & play.
Company history[]
Lite Star's official website states it was founded in 1996.[2] This appears to be the date when a Hong Kong company founded in 1992, formerly known as "Lee Star (H.K.) Limited", renamed to "Lite Star (H.K.) Limited".[3] This company may be associated with Lee Star Co. Ltd (Shenzhen) and Lee Star Co. Ltd (Taiwan), the latter company managed by the same person as Deka Electronics,[4] the original producer of NASA Famiclones.[5]
Various Hong Kong and mainland China-based companies have subsequently been associated with Lite Star, including High Technology Pacific Limited[6] and Lite Star Interactive Company Limited.[7] The first Lite Star company in mainland China was founded on March 8, 1996 in Shenzhen, China under the Chinese name 深圳星辰电子电器有限公司, which was founded by Lu Zong-Rong (吕宗荣).[8] This company would be closed in the year 2000 and succeeded by another company the following year in the same area with a similar name, Shenzhen Lite Star Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳星辰电子科技有限公司).[9] Lite Star is now currently based in Dongguan.
Consoles[]
- Rumble Station (NS-800)[10] - a plug & play Famiclone with games developed by Color Dreams. Variants also exist with standard pirated NES games, and with Wisdom Tree games as "Bible Time Voyager".
- Handy Boy (NS-850)[11][12] - a UM6578 based plug & play with games credited to "DJ-Jungle 2001"
- Mega Drive 3 (NS-900)[11] - A Mega Drive plug & play with Sega licensing.[13] A hologram sticker on the back states "Under license from Sega - Produced by U.M.C."[14]. There are multiple known variants:
- TV Hunting Park (GUN-500)[15][12]
- Mega Racing[12]
- Star Racing (Racing Pack) (MX-3)[16]
- Star Racing (Value Pack) (MX-3AT)[15] (AKA Mega Wheel Value Pack?[12])
- Mega Kid MK-1000[12] (AKA 1000-AX?[17])
- Smart Bug (SB-100)[11]
- TV Shanghai Fantasy (SB-200)[11][12]
- "Dance Mat" (DD-2000-2)[15] - this is likely Mix Party 2
- Mix Party 3 (DD-2000-3)[15]
References[]
- ↑ https://litestargamer.com/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://litestargame.com/list/4.html
- ↑ https://hkg.databasesets.com/en/gongsimingdan/number/0376906
- ↑ https://uc.pory.app/gallery-org-basic/record/recUm5rv1luQ1Xq47?sId=5NJaIL6zOzhf
- ↑ https://hallyvorc.wixsite.com/unauthorizon/post/cut-into-the-number-of-famiclones-ever-produced-case-7-nasa
- ↑ https://hkg.databasesets.com/en/gongsimingdan/number/0629375
- ↑ https://hkg.databasesets.com/en/gongsimingdan/number/0710092
- ↑ https://hallyvorc.wixsite.com/unauthorizon/post/jungletac-as-the-successor-to-nasa
- ↑ https://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/cindylitestar/
- ↑ Product number appears on the box; not currently confirmed as a Lite Star product but its product number fits their numbering scheme and the shell design is the same as the Handy Boy
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20030706155116/http://www.litestargame.com/products.asp?listid=14&page=2&itemid=
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20071107084120/https://ultimateconsoledatabase.com/famiclones/litestar.htm
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_3_(2000)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/11345-another-update-the-sega-mega-drive-35-the-gangs-all-here/#comment-312780
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20030717050205/http://www.litestargame.com/products.asp?listid=14&page=1&itemid=
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20011013034505/http://www.litestargame.com/myhomepage.asp
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030706154531/http://www.litestargame.com/products.asp?listid=14&Page=3&itemid=
External links[]
- Official site
- List of Lite Star's Famiclones with pictures
- Unauthorizon list of High Technology Pacific products