22 Facts About Hudson Soft

Hudson Soft developed video games released by other publishers such as the Mario Party series from Nintendo.

Hudson Soft made the TurboGrafx-16 in association with NEC, to compete against Nintendo, Sega, and SNK, while continuing making games on other platforms, as a third-party developer.

Hudson Soft ceased to exist as a company on March 1, 2012, and merged with Konami Digital Entertainment, which was the surviving entity.

Konami owns the assets of Hudson Soft and has since rereleased its video game back catalogue on different occasions.

Hudson Soft began as an amateur radio shop called CQ Hudson Soft, selling radio telecommunications devices and art photographs.

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That factor, combined with the difficulty to find trustworthy people to accompany the Kudos in their venture, meant that Hudson Soft was almost always in the red each month during its era exclusively as a radio shop.

In September 1975, Hudson Soft began selling personal computer-related products and in March 1978 started developing and selling video game packages.

In July 1987, Hudson Soft developed the "C62 System" and collaborated with NEC to develop the PC Engine video game console.

In 1990, Hudson Soft developed and published video games for an array of systems.

In 2004, Hudson Soft started a joint venture with Flying Tiger Entertainment for 25 titles.

Hudson Soft relocated its main office to Tokyo in 2005, although the Sapporo headquarters remained in operation as a secondary office.

Hudson Soft was severely hit by the collapse of its main bank Hokkaido Takushoku.

Hudson Soft continued to publish video games while working closely with Konami, who became Hudson's distributor in Japan.

On March 1, 2012, Hudson Soft officially ceased to exist following a merger with Konami Digital Entertainment, with its music business being absorbed into KME Corporation.

The main reason for the dissolution of Hudson Soft was the consolidation of the operations of Hudson and Konami into a single company.

The Hudson Soft website was even initially retained and maintained by Konami.

In late 1995, Hudson Soft USA sold off the rights for all of its yet-to-be-released games to Acclaim Entertainment and moved its headquarters to Seattle, Washington, before closing down by the end of the year.

Hudson Soft Entertainment ceased operations on March 31, 2011, after Konami's acquisition of the parent company.

Hudson Soft is responsible for series such as Bomberman, Bonk, Star Soldier, and Adventure Island.

Hudson Soft released a long-running and popular video game series in Japan.

Hudson Soft created the long-running and critically acclaimed Momotaro Dentetsu series, a board game-style video game centered around business transactions.

Hudson Soft had a long history of creating games for other companies.