Type | Subsidiary of Nintendo |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | February 21, 1980 |
Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Website | http://www.hallab.co.jp/ |
HAL Laboratory, Inc. is a subsidiary of Nintendo that is well-known for creating and developing the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series of video games. They are also known to help develop the EarthBound series, Mother 2 onward. The company's name comes from the HAL 9000 computer from the movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
HAL Laboratory started off making games for the MSX system and the Commodore VIC-20. During the early 1980s, some of their games since the 1986 Family Computer Disk System game Gall Force: Eternal Story (based on the anime film of the same name) have been released also on Nintendo systems.
In many of its games during the early to mid-'90s 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.
Games developed[]
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Game title | Platform |
Skiing | C64 |
Hustler | C64 |
Pinball Spectacular | C64 |
Jupiter Lander | C64 |
Balance | MSX |
Butamaru Pants | MSX |
[Cue Star]] | MSX |
Dragon Attack | MSX |
Dunk Shot | MSX |
Eggerland Mystery | MSX |
Eggerland 2 | MSX |
Fruit Search | MSX |
Gall Force | MSX |
Heavy Boxing | MSX |
Hole in One | MSX |
Hole in One Professional | MSX |
Inside the Karamaru | MSX |
Inspecteur Z | MSX |
Mobile Planet | MSX |
Mr. Chin | MSX |
Pachipro Densetsu | MSX |
Picture Puzzle | MSX |
Rollerball | MSX |
Space Maze Attack | MSX |
Space Trouble | MSX |
Step Up | MSX |
Super Billiards | MSX |
Super Snake | MSX |
Swimming Tango | MSX |
Tetsuman | MSX |
The Roving Planet Styllus | MSX |
Hole in One Special | MSX2 |
Zukkoke Yajikita Onmitsudoutyuu | MSX2 |
Mr. Ninja - Ashura's Chapter | MSX2 |
Eggerland | FDS |
Eggerland: Souzouhe no Tabidachi | FDS |
[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally | FDS |
Fire Bam | FDS |
Gall Force: Eternal Story | FDS |
Metal Slader Glory | FDS |