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Hudson Soft is a Japanese publisher and developer, founded on May 18 , 1973 . Although it began selling PC-related products in 1975 , it wasn't until 1984 , when Hudson began to produce video games for the Famicom ( NES ), that the company enjoyed notable success. Hudson's first Famicom title, Lode Runner , sold 1.2 million units. However, their real Killer App (shadowing even the gold-mining Runner) is the Bomberman series, which proved out a "goldmine" in itself, and has appeared at least once on all major platforms to date. It is this type of humourous, quirky and fast-paced action games that the company has essentially become known for. Hudson lead a joint venture with NEC to develop the family of PC Engine ( Japan ) and Turbografx-16 ( North America ) consoles. The PC Engine was successful in Japan, second only to Nintendo 's Famicom, but the console was poorly marketed (and rather unaesthetically designed) in the States, and as a result very few games were translated. After a long history of producing games for Nintendo's consoles, Hudson teamed up with Nintendo's Japanese arm and founded the joint venture Manegi Corporation in May of 1998. As of 2003, the company employed a staff of more than 400. They have recently re-released some of their first hit games for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan including Adventure Island, Star Soldier, and Lode Runner. The company's presence in North America ceased to exist years ago, but several of their games continue to become available on the continent through other publishers (like Ubisoft ). In April 2005 , Hudson Soft became a subsidiary of Konami . On March 23, 2006, at the GDC Conference in California, it was announced by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata that Nintendo will offer virtual backwards compatibility of the TurboGrafx-16 with their upcoming game console, Wii . {Link without Title} LIST OF HUDSON SOFT GAMES
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