Bye Bye Hudson Soft - The history of a games industry icon - Episode 1 (1973-1987)

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[Episode 1 - 1973-1987]

Hudson Soft was one of the biggest names in gaming at one point, before being taken oven by Konami in 2011. Responsible for being the first distributor of compiled software for micro computers in Japan, the first third party Nintendo allowed on the Famicom platform before going on to develop a slew of innovations with the PC Engine and beyond, many would agree that Hudson Soft is a name sorely missed in the gaming world.

And yet, not only did Hudson Soft give so much to the world of gaming, they have one of the most interesting histories of any gaming industry companies as I take a deep dive into the company's founding and its early history, how they broke into the software market and went on to sell millions on Nintendo's Famicom (NES/Nintendo Entertainment System) as the first third party allowed on the system.

In this episode the founding of Hudson is covered including where the name came from, how the Kudo brothers Yuji Kudo and Hiroshi Kudo founded the company, its early struggles and how Hudson Soft emerged as one of the most important names in gaming. I also look at many of Hudson's early Famicom/NES releases with original photography and game capture and finish with how important Hudson's Caravan events became around Japan as the Famicom Boom kicked into high gear and caused a phenomenon across Japan.

00:00 Picking up steam
15:56 Famicom boom games
33:12 Caravan

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[Series Overview]

Episode 1 : This episode
Episode 2 :    • The PC Engine's Early History and Games - ...  
Episode 3 :    • Hudson's early 90s games and the PC Engine...  

To follow: Episodes 4-6.

[Episode Details]

Games featured (in order of appearance) were all recorded from original Famicom (1983) hardware via composite mod from original retail media. All footage was recorded especially for this episode and unless noted is not borrowed from other sources. All photography is of my own Famicom cartridges.

Nuts & Milk (1984)
Lode Runner (1984)
4nin Uchi-Mahjong (1984)
Raid on Bungeling Bay (1985)
Bomberman (1985)
Binary Land (1985)
Challenger (1985)
Star Force (1985)
Takahashi Meijin no Bouken-shima / Adventure Island (1986)
Meikyuu Kumikyoku / Milon's Secret Castle (1986)
Star Soldier (1986)
Momotaro Densetsu / Momotaro Legend (1987)
Faxanadu (1987)
Hector '87 (1987)

[Footage credits]

All footage except where noted has been used under the principles of Fair Use for the purpose of documentation. All translation (Japanese to English) done by myself.

BBC - Nintendo and the Japanese Software Boom (1990)    • 1990: NINTENDO and the JAPANESE SOFTWARE b...  
ITV - Shortage of Home Micros (1983)    • News at Ten -  Shortage of Home Micros - U...  
NHK - Shin Denshi Rikkoku (1996) https://archive.org/details/nhk-shin-...
Unknown - Shin Sangyou Kakumei (1982)
Colorful Pieces of Game - Iwasaki san's "Gosub Hudson 1978" http://www.highriskrevolution.com/wp/...
Famicom sales figures - The Shashi https://the-shashi.com/decision/1983-...
Hudson Caravan Events and Hudson Densetsu '94 -    / @meijin1616  
Running Boy.- Star Soldier no Himitsu https://archive.org/details/Running_B...
Game King - https://archive.org/details/game-king
And various commercials from Nintendo, Hudson Soft, NEC, Sharp and more.

[Interpretation/Translation notes]

The Japanese interpretation was all done by myself, and I hope that I understood everything correctly. My approach to translation is not to change the original meaning, but to intuit a natural English translation rather than a more direct translation.

日本語話せる人のお知らせ：この動画では私が日本語の番組とインタビューを英訳しました。もし間違えところを見つけたら、私にクコメントをしてください。現在はイギリスに帰ってですけど五年間ぐらい日本に住んでいた。それに、私は7年ぐらい日本語勉強してけどたまに間違えところがあります。それで私の学ぶのためにその観測を優しく教えっていただきますか。またよろしくお願いいたします。ちなみに自分のゴールのは自然な英訳をしたかったですけど日本語バーションのニュアンスと意味を保存して欲しいでした。

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