"BY HUD-O-SON!"
The Japanese electronics company Hudson Soft was founded in 1973. It began developing and publishing computer games in 1978, but the company only became a big name in video games in 1983, the year it released the first
Bomberman game.
From 1985 to 1992, Hudson Soft ran the "Hudson All-Japan Caravan Festival" tournaments in Japan. These contests were the origin of the 2-minute and 5-minute modes found in many of the
Star Soldier games.
In 1987, Hudson collaborated with NEC to produce the
PC Engine console (also known as the TurboGrafx-16).
Konami acquired a majority interest in Hudson in 2001 and made it a fully owned subsidiary a decade later. It has since been announced the company is
being shut down
and will merge with Konami on March 1st of this year.
Hudson Soft has produced/developed the following games/game series:
Hudson Soft was also responsible for porting several Nintendo games to the
PC 88 and other Japanese home computer systems, such as
Balloon Fight,
Donkey Kong 3,
Excitebike,
Golf,
Ice Climber,
Mario Bros and
Super Mario Bros. Hudson Soft also produced ports of
Lode Runner for NES and
Star Force for MSX and Famicom (but not the later NES version).
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