History
The game of Quasar was created by philosopher / inventor Geoff Haselhurst around 1987 in Perth, Australia. The original system was sold to Irish investors in 1991. The name Quasar is still in use today in the UK and Ireland, but due to trouble securing the name Quasar in other countries the company was renamed Q-ZAR for world-wide operations. As part of the international expansion of Q-ZAR the company relocated to the USA, however manufacturing operations remained in Ireland. In 1996 the company joined NASDAQ and rolled out a short lived child based expansion Q-KIDZ. Q-ZAR missed the first interest payment for a $30M+ bridge loan in October 1997 and was forced into bankruptcy by the lender.
In 2000 Will Low purchased some of the assets of Q-ZAR calling it Q-ZAR World Wide. Will Low claimed ownership of the Q-ZAR trademark, but failed in a class-action lawsuit to force existing centres to pay a license fee to him. In 2002 Laser Light Entertainment, Inc. purchased the Q-ZAR Concord California location,Q-ZAR. In 2003, JR Robles purchased the Q-ZAR assets held by Jarvis Entertainment, and formed the company Q-ZAR USA. Laser Light Entertainment, Inc. successfully completed the registration of the Q-ZAR trademark in 2008. This registration gives them control of the Q-ZAR trademark from 1999–present. In 2008 Laser Light Entertainment, Inc. also purchased the Q-ZAR assets of Will Low. Laser Light Entertainment, Inc. has been selling Q-ZAR equipment, Q-ZAR System Sales since 2003. Quasar in the UK, Ireland, Europe and Asia remains supported by Quasar UK (now Quasar Manufacturing LTD — http://www.quasarelite.com). In 2001 Quasar Manufacturing Ltd (once Quasar UK) took over Q-ZAR and Quasar Trade Marks for UK, Ireland and Europe and in 2005 released a new version named Quasar Elite (Q-Zar Mark VI version) with revised software and hardware. In 2009 Quasar Manufacturing started testing Mark VII Wireless Q-Zar equipment. Laser Light Enetertainment and Quasar Manufacturing have recently made arrangements (2010) to distribute Quasar Elite Wireless in the United States (from the end of 2011 on), replacing previous equipments.
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