Lik-sang
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| Defunct | |
| Industry | Video games, consumer electronics |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
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Key people
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Pascal Clarysse, Alex Kampl, Nils Ahlswede |
| Products | import games, toys, figures, anime-related items, and obscure adapters and controllers for various game platforms. |
| Website | http://www.lik-sang.com/ |
Lik Sang (Chinese: 力生; Cantonese Yale: lik6 sang1; literally: "powerful and energetic") was a popular distributor of Asian electronics. The company sold import games, toys, figures, anime-related items, and obscure adapters and controllers for various game platforms. Lik Sang closed as of October 24, 2006, as a result of multiple lawsuits filed against them by Sony.
Lik-Sang was established in 1998 in Hong Kong. It became well known for its sales of modchips for game consoles that enabled the normally locked-down consoles to play import and homebrew games (and, as a consequence unlicensed copies of commercial games). The "modchips" were not all physical chips; they included devices such as flash cartridges that allow Game Boy users to upload ROMs and homebrew applications onto the device, and play them as if it were a regular gaming cartridge.
In 2002, the company was sued by major game console producers, such as Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo, and Microsoft, alleging contributory copyright infringement, since the mod chips (and other related devices) enabled playing of unauthorized game titles on those consoles. The court granted injunctions preventing Lik-Sang from selling these devices. After these suits, Lik-Sang began expanding its area of expertise by reinventing itself (under a new owner) as a vendor of legitimate, but obscure, accessories, such as consumer electronics, games, merchandise, and t-shirts.
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