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HES

1982 / 1984 1983 / 1984 1984 / 1984 tot 1 1987 / 1984 tot 3 1988 / 1984 tot 4 1989 / 1984 tot 8 1990 / 1984 tot 13 1992 / 1984 tot 14 1995 / 1984 tot 15 2003 / 1984 tot 16 2009 / 1984 tot 17 2015 / 1984 tot 18 2016 / 1984 tot 19 2017 / 1984 tot 20
Founded in 1984 last activity in 2017
Status: active
Country: Australia

40
games
34
active years
0.6
per year
aka(s): Home Entertainment Suppliers

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 and Atari 2600 titles nearing the end of the 1980's under the name Activision.

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.

It is known for Pac-Man

Releases per year

19825
198312
19841
19872
19881
19894
19905
19921
19951
20031
20091
20151
20161
20171

37 video games with valid date were considered (92.5%)

Overall rankings

1
6
4
1
0

Common gametypes

shooter26%action/reflex17%sport12%puzzle9%platformer7%other26%

Top platforms

VIC-20 12
NES 10
Atari 2600 8
Xbox One 3
Atari 400/800 2
Xbox 1
Apple II E 1
Nintendo DS 1
MS-DOS 1
Master System 1
Pac-Man (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Pac-Man
NES 1984-11-02
Little Red Hood (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Little Red Hood
NES 1989
Attack of the Mutant Camels (Atari 400/800)
Attack of the Mutant Camels
A800 1983
Death Race (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Death Race
NES 1990
Krazy Kreatures (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Krazy Kreatures
NES 1990
F-15 City War (Nintendo Entertainment System)
F-15 City War
NES 1990
Wall Break (Atari 2600 VCS)
Wall Break
VCS 1983
Dolphin (Atari 2600 VCS)
Dolphin
VCS 1983
Raid 2020 (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Raid 2020
NES 1989
BMX Airmaster (Atari 2600 VCS)
BMX Airmaster
VCS 1989
Super Sprint (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Super Sprint
NES 1989
Gridrunner (VIC-20)
Gridrunner
VIC 1982

HES best rated games

Gridrunner1982vic
Laser Zone1983vic
Krazy Kreatures1990nes
Shamus1983vic
Pac-Man1984nes
Dolphin1983vcs

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