THE LEGEND OF HUDSON - ZERO

HIGH RISK REVOLUTION

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Hudson Legend ZERO: The Birth of Hudson is a detailed retrospective on the earliest days of the Japanese game company Hudson. It traces the journey from a small electronics shop’s hobbyist microcomputer corner to becoming one of the first third-party developers for the Famicom. Through interviews, historical context, and classic anecdotes, the book brings to life the people, machines, and milestones behind a pioneer of gaming history.

Table of Contents

The Beginning of Soft House and Hudson

• 1978: Sapporo, Hokkaido

• BASIC and Programming Languages

• MZ-80K

• Hudson in Its Growth Period

• Alvarez and Baseball

• What Kind of Company Was Hudson at the Time?

• 1982: Tokyo Office

• Personal Computer “PC-8801” and Hu-BASIC

Dreams at the Edge of the Horizon: Home Computers

• 1983: The Year Home Computers Took Off

• That Time, Home Computers

• Home Computers in the Latter Half of the 1980s

Sharp and Konami and Hudson

• A Shockful Relationship

• Accepting the Family BASIC Project

• Creating a Development Environment for Family BASIC

• Completing Hu-BASIC

The Beginning of the Golden Age

• 1983: Obtaining Permission from Nintendo

• Starting Cartridge Development

• Accelerating Production

• The Beginning of the Golden Age

Et Cetera

• The History of Hu-BASIC

• Hudson as Seen by Mr. Takahashi

Afterword

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
Japanese	Paperback		N/A	2024	90

OTHER NAMES

The Legend of Hudson Zero: The Birth of Hudson

ハドソン伝説ZERO ハドソン創業編

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