News Tagged: Hudson

Friday 20th March, 2009 - 00:15 GMT

News: Bomberman '94 & Detana!! Twinbee Coming To US Virtual Console On Monday

Bomberman '94 & Detana!! Twinbee Coming To US Virtual Console On Monday

According to Hudson Entertainment's Virtual Console website, two of Hudson's more popular import PC Engine titles, Bomberman '94 and Detana!! Twinbee, are headed to the North American Virtual Console this coming Monday, March 23.

Both titles were never previously released in North America, which explains their 700 Wii Point price tag, but both are well worth a look.We will have full reviews of both..

56 comments | In Virtual Console, US Releases, Hudson, TurboGrafx-16.

Saturday 14th February, 2009 - 17:33 GMT

News: Hudson Not Abandoning Virtual Console After All?

Hudson Not Abandoning Virtual Console After All?

While there's no denying that Hudson has already enjoyed quite a bit of success on Nintendo's WiiWare service, it's not been all good news for those of us who are still anxiously awaiting more Turbografx-16 Virtual Console releases.

Since they began releasing games on the WiiWare service, Hudson has all but stopped releasing any Turbografx-16 titles outside of Japan and according to our Japanese..

123 comments | In Virtual Console, Hudson, TurboGrafx-16.

Thursday 7th August, 2008 - 09:12 BST

News: Publishers Remain Tight-Lipped On Black Monday Debacle

Publishers Remain Tight-Lipped On Black Monday Debacle

Boy, Monday was a real bummer, wasn’t it? There we all were, waiting in feverish expectation for the impending triple-whammy of Mega Man, Ys Book 1 & 2 and Samurai Showdown II, as we had previously been promised by the respective publishers of these games. Then Nintendo pulled the rug from beneath us and released Sonic and Splatterhouse II instead.

Feeling a sense of duty to the legions of..

65 comments | In Virtual Console, Industry Gossip, US Releases, Hudson.

Friday 13th July, 2007 - 01:00 BST

News: Hardware Focus - TurboGrafx-16

Hardware Focus - TurboGrafx-16

The history of the TurboGrafx-16 system is basically a tale of two countries. Electronics giant NEC and game developer Hudson joined forces in 1987 to design and release the PC Engine game console to compete head to head with Nintendo and Sega's 8-bit systems.

Offering a nice step up in terms of visuals and audio capabilities, the console immediately caught on with Japanese gamers and became one of..

27 comments | In Virtual Console, Hardware Focus, TurboGrafx-16, Hudson, Retro.