HAL Laboratory
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| Type | Subsidiary of Nintendo |
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | February 21, 1980[1] |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Key people | Satoru Iwata (former president) Masahiro Sakurai (resigned in 2003) |
| Products | Video games |
| Employees | 140 (as of October 2012)[2] |
| Parent | Nintendo |
| Website | http://www.hallab.co.jp/ |
HAL Laboratory, Inc. (株式会社ハル研究所 Kabushikigaisha Haru Kenkyūjo) is a Japanese video game developer that was founded on February 21, 1980. It is headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.[1] Its name comes from the HAL 9000 computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.[3] The company is most famous for its character Kirby, the eponymous protagonist of the series of games, as well as the Super Smash Bros. series.
HAL Laboratory started off making games for the MSX system and the Commodore VIC-20.[4]
In many of its games during the early to mid-1990s it used the name HALKEN (derived from their literal Japanese name "HAL KENkyūjo") as well as HAL Laboratory. Some of its early titles were also released as HAL America, a North American subsidiary of the company.
The current president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, was a former president of HAL. Other important figures include Masahiro Sakurai, who created the Kirby character and the Super Smash Bros. franchise, and now leads his own company, Sora Ltd.
List of games [edit]
Commodore MAX Machine[5]/Commodore 64 [edit]
- Billiards
- Bowling
- Jupiter Lander
- Le Mans
- Mole Attack
- Money Wars
- Pinball Spectacular
- Road Race
- Slalom
Coleco Vision [edit]
MSX [edit]
- Balance
- Butamaru Pants
- Cue Star
- Dragon Attack
- Dunk Shot
- Eggerland Mystery
- Eggerland 2
- Fruit Search
- Gall Force
- Heavy Boxing
- Hole in One
- Hole in One Professional
- Inside the Karamaru
- Inspecteur Z
- Mobile Planet Stillus/The Roving Planet Stillus
- Mr. Chin
- Pachipro Densetsu
- Picture Puzzle
- Rollerball
- Space Maze Attack
- Space Trouble
- Step Up
- Super Billiards
- Super Snake
- Swimming Tango
- Tetsuman
- The Roving Planet Styllus
MSX2 [edit]
Family Computer Disk System [edit]
- Eggerland
- Eggerland: Souzouhe no Tabidachi
- Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
- Fire Bam
- Gall Force: Eternal Story
Nintendo Entertainment System [edit]
- Adventures of Lolo
- Adventures of Lolo 2
- Adventures of Lolo 3
- Air Fortress
- Day Dreamin' Davey
- Defender II
- Jumbo Ozaki no Hole in One Professional
- Kabuki Quantum Fighter
- Kirby's Adventure
- Joust
- Metal Slader Glory
- Millipede
- Mother
- New Ghostbusters 2
- Rollerball
- Satsui no Kaisou: Power Soft Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
- Skyscraper
- Vegas Dreams
- Uchuu Keibitai SDF
- World Rally Championship
Super NES [edit]
- Alcahest
- Arcana
- EarthBound (Mother 2 in Japan)
- Hal's Hole in One Golf
- HyperZone
- Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu
- Kirby Super Star
- Kirby's Dream Course
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- NCAA Basketball aka Super Dunk Shot (in Japan) World League Basketball (in Europe) (may have been developed or translated by Sculptured Software. It is unclear which role each company had. The company has the Japanese version of the game listed in its website, however their role is unclear.)
NCAA Basketball was produced for HAL America by Tim Rooney and Adam Flick, and programmed by Sculptured Software in Salt Lake City. The completed game was sold to Nintendo of America, who released it in the US.
- SimCity
- Vegas Stakes
- Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut
Nintendo 64 [edit]
- EarthBound 64 - cancelled (the project eventually became Mother 3)
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
- Pokémon Snap
- Pokémon Stadium
- Pokémon Stadium 2
- Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing
- Super Smash Bros.
- SimCity 64
- SimCopter 64
Nintendo GameCube [edit]
- Kirby Air Ride
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Kirby Tilt n Tumble 2 Cancelled
- Kirby Cancelled (see Wii release)
Game Boy [edit]
- Adventures of Lolo
- Ghostbusters II
- HAL Wrestling (publisher; developed by Human Entertainment)
- Kirby's Block Ball
- Kirby's Dream Land
- Kirby's Dream Land 2
- Kirby's Pinball Land
- Kirby's Star Stacker
- Revenge of the 'Gator
- Shanghai
- Trax
- Vegas Stakes
Game Boy Color [edit]
Game Boy Advance [edit]
- Battland Cancelled
- Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (co-developed with Flagship)
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- Luna Blaze Cancelled
- Mother 3 (Music; developed by Brownie Brown)
Nintendo DS [edit]
- Kirby Canvas Curse
- Kirby Squeak Squad (Co-developed with Flagship)
- Pokémon Ranger (Co-developed with Creatures Inc)
- Common Sense Training
- Kirby Super Star Ultra
- Picross 3D
- Face Pilot (DSiWare)
- Kirby Mass Attack (Co-developed with Engines)
Nintendo 3DS [edit]
Wii [edit]
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (Production/Music; developed by Good Feel)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Development Cooperation)
- Common Sense Training TV
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land[6]
- Kirby's Dream Collection
Windows [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Company". Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ http://www.hallab.co.jp/
- ^ IGN: GDC 2005: Iwata Keynote Transcript
- ^ commodore.ca | History | Michael Tomzyck VIC-20 Executive
- ^ "The Ultimax Collection". Commodore 64 Preservation Project. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/29/nintendo_wii_titles/
External links [edit]
- HAL Laboratory, Inc (Japanese)
- N-Sider page (HAL Laboratory company profile)
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