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The HuC6270 generates a display signal composed a 9-bit stream pixel data with a color and palette indexes, [5] and indication of whether the pixel corresponds to background (with x y scrolling) or sprites. This data can be used by a colour encoder to output graphics. It uses external VRAM via a 16-bit address bus.
The HuC6280 8-bit microprocessor is Japanese company Hudson Soft's improved version of the WDC 65C02 CPU, an upgraded CMOS version of the popular NMOS-based MOS Technology 6502 8-bit CPU, manufactured for Hudson by Seiko Epson and NEC. The most notable product using the HuC6280 is NEC's TurboGrafx-16 video game console.
This is a list of video games developed or published by Hudson Soft.The following dates are based on the earliest release, typically in Japan.While Hudson Soft started releasing video games in 1978, it was not until 1983 that the company began to gain serious notability among the video gaming community.
The relation between Hudson Soft and Konami can be traced to at least as early as 1985, when Hudson ported Konami's arcade game Pooyan to the MSX and Famicom. But the acquisition process of Hudson Soft by Konami would only begin in 2001. Hudson Soft was severely hit by the collapse of its main bank Hokkaido Takushoku. [18]
Hudson Soft also named a number of products after the C62, including the development kit for the PC Engine, [9] [10] and a chip (Hu62) that was used in a later version of the hardware. [11] It was also the code name for their console before they settled on PC Engine. [12] A C62 called Mr C6 is seen in Yamataro Comes Back.
The Hudson Soft HuC6280 is a modified 65C02 with an effective clock rate of 1.79 or 7.16 MHz (switchable by software). The integrated components of this 8-bit processor include a timer, general-purpose I/O port, and bankswitching hardware (which drives a 21-bit external address bus from a 6502-compatible 16-bit address bus).
The TurboGrafx-16, known as the PC Engine [a] outside North America, is a home video game console designed by Hudson Soft and sold by NEC Home Electronics.It was the first console marketed in the fourth generation, commonly known as the 16-bit era.
The PC Engine was the result of a collaboration between Hudson Soft and NEC and launched in Japan on October 30, 1987. It launched under the name TurboGrafx-16 in North America on August 29, 1989. Initially, the PC Engine was quite successful in Japan, partly due to titles available on the then-new CD-ROM format.