Hudson Soft
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| Hudson Soft | |
| Type | Former subsidiary of Konami |
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| Founded | May 18, 1973 (CQ Hudson) September 1975 (Hudson Soft) July 1985 (Hudson Soft Co., Limited) (absorbed into Konami in 2012) |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Yuji Kudo, founder Hiroshi Kudo, founder |
| Industry | Video games |
| Products | Video games |
| Number of people | 421 (prior to closure) |
| Website | N/A |
Hudson Soft (ハドソンソフト) was a video game developer and publisher that was formerly a subsidiary of Konami.
CQ Hudson
CQ Hudson (CQハドソン) was founded on May 18, 1973 by Hiroshi Kudo and Yuji Kudo as an amateur radio shop.
Hudson Soft
In September 1975, CQ Hudson began selling personal computer-related products as Hudson Soft (ハドソンソフト).
Hudson Soft Company, Limited
The company was reorganized as Hudson Soft Company, Limited (株式会社ハドソンソフト) in July 1985.
Acquisition by Konami
Hudson Soft became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konami in April 2011.
Absorption into Konami
Hudson Soft was absorbed into Konami on March 1, 2012.
Video game hardware by Hudson Soft
In July 1987, Hudson Soft developed the "C62 System", which would become the development kit for the PC Engine, the name the system was given when NEC released it in Japan on October 30, 1987. It would later be released outside of Japan as the TurboGrafx-16, however, it retained the PC Engine brand name in France.
| Name | Year released | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bee Card | 1984 | ROM cartridge card for the MSX, Atari Portfolio, and some Korg synthesizers. |
| Bee Pack | 1984 | Add-on for the MSX to allow it to run Bee Cards. |
| HuCard | 1987 | ROM cartridge card for the TurboGrafx-16. Designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Known in North America as the TurboChip. |
| TurboGrafx-16 | 1987 | Designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Known as the PC-Engine in Japan and France. |
| TurboGrafx-CD | 1988 | TurboGrafx-16 CD addon designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Known as the CD-ROM² in Japan. |
| SuperGrafx | 1989 | Designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Only released in Japan and France. |
| Super HuCard | 1989 | ROM cartridge card for the Supergrafx. Designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Only released in Japan and France. |
| Turbo Duo | 1991 | TurboGrafx-16 and TurboGrafx-CD in one unit, with Super CD-ROM² enhancements. The buffer RAM was 256kB as opposed to the 64kB in the TurboGrafx-CD. Designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Known as the PC-Engine Duo in Japan. |
| Super System Card | 1992 | Add-on for the CD-ROM² with Super CD-ROM² enhancements. Increased the buffer RAM from 64kB to 256kB. Designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Not released individually in North America, where it was only released as part of the Turbo Duo. |
| Arcade Card Duo Arcade Card Pro |
1994 | The Arcade Card Duo was an add-on for Super CD-ROM² that upgraded the RAM to 2048kB. The Arcade Card Pro was an add-on for CD-ROM² that upgraded the RAM to 2240kB. Designed by Hudson Soft, manufactured by NEC. Not released outside of Japan. |
Hudson Soft games owned by WEC Museum
| Title | System | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SameGame | Super Famicom | 1995 | Super Famicom game that has a slotted cartridge slot for a Satellaview 8M Pack. |
| Super Bomberman | SNES | 1993 |
