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HAL Laboratory Inc.
Native name
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Haru Kenkyūjo
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
FoundedFebruary 21, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-02-21)
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan[1]
FounderHiroji Iwasaki[citation needed]
Headquarters
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo[1]
,
Japan
Number of locations
2
Key people
Masayoshi Tanimura (Chairman & CEO)
Satoshi Mitsuhara
(President & COO)
ProductsKirby series
Mother series
Super Smash Bros. series
Number of employees
149 (as of June 2015)[2]
SubsidiariesWarpstar Inc.

HAL Laboratory, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ハル研究所, Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo) is a Japanese developer that was founded on February 21, 1980 that is closely affiliated with Nintendo. It is headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.[1] HAL was named as such because "each letter put them one step ahead of IBM".[3] The company is most famous for its character Kirby, the eponymous protagonist of the series of games; the Mother series (otherwise known as EarthBound); and 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 Japanese name. Some of its early titles were also released as HAL America, a North American subsidiary of the company led by Yash Terakura.[5] Hal owns 50% of Warpstar, Inc., the production company that created the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! anime series.

List of games developed

Nintendo systems

Home console

Family Computer Disk System
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super NES
Nintendo 64
GameCube
Wii
Wii U

Handheld

Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS

Other systems

Commodore VIC-20

Commodore MAX Machine[8]/Commodore 64

  • Pool
  • Billiards
  • Bowling
  • Jupiter Lander
  • Le Mans
  • Mole Attack
  • Money Wars
  • Pinball Spectacular
  • Road Race
  • Slalom

Coleco Vision

MSX

MSX2

Windows

References

[9]

  1. ^ a b c "Company". Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  2. ^ http://www.hallab.co.jp/company_data_en.html/
  3. ^ Iwata Explains Where The Name HAL Laboratory Came From
  4. ^ commodore.ca | History | Michael Tomzyck VIC-20 Executive
  5. ^ Home » Announcements » Yash Terakura joins Throwback as CTO
  6. ^ http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/29/nintendo_wii_titles/
  7. ^ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-01-06-boxboy-sequel-gets-a-surprise-release-in-japan
  8. ^ "The Ultimax Collection". Commodore 64 Preservation Project. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  9. ^ http://www.gamefaqs.com/appleii/565992-taxman
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