Hudson Soft

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Hudson Soft
Type Former subsidiary of Konami
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

Digital Hudson Soft games owned by WEC Museum

Title System Released Notes
Air Zonk PC Engine 1992 Developed by Red Company and Naxat Soft, published by Hudson Soft.
Alright! Gateball PC Engine 1988
Blazing Lazers TG-16 1989 Developed by Compile, published by Hudson Soft.
Bomberman '93 TG-16 1991
Bomberman '94 PC Engine 1993 May 1, 2020
Bonk's Adventure PC Engine 1989 Developed by Red Company and Atlus, published by Hudson Soft.
Bonk's Revenge TG-16 1991 Developed by Red Company and Mutech, published by Hudson Soft.
Chew Man Fu TG-16 1990 Developed by Now Production, published by Hudson Soft.
China Warrior PC Engine 1987
Dungeon Explorer PC Engine 1989 Developed by Atlus, published by Hudson Soft.
Evil Sword Necromancer PC Engine 1988
J.J. & Jeff TG-16 1990
Military Madness PC Engine 1989
Neutopia PC Engine 1989
Neutopia II PC Engine 1991
New Adventure Island TG-16 1992 Developed by Now Production, published by Hudson Soft.
Power Golf TG-16 1989
Soldier Blade TG-16 1992
Super Momotarō Electric Railway II PC Engine 1991
Super Star Soldier PC Engine 1990 Developed by Kaneko, published by Hudson Soft.
Victory Run TG-16 1989