HAL Laboratory

Infobox Company
company_name = HAL Laboratory, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = February 21, 1980cite web|title=Company|url= http://www.hallab.co.jp/company_data_en.html|accessdate=2007-09-17]
location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
key_people=Satoru Iwata (former president)
Masahiro Sakurai
industry=Video game industry
products=Video games
revenue=
operating_income=
net_income=
num_employees=110
parent=
subsid=
homepage=http://www.hallab.co.jp/
footnotes=

nihongo|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. Its name comes from the HAL 9000 computer in the film "". [ [http://uk.cube.ign.com/articles/595/595089p1.html IGN: GDC 2005: Iwata Keynote Transcript ] ] The company is most famous for its character "Kirby", the protagonist of the eponymous game series, as well as the "Super Smash Bros." series. It is a second-party development studio of Nintendo.

HAL Laboratory started off making games for the MSX system and the Commodore VIC-20. [ [http://www.commodore.ca/history/people/michael_tomczyk.htm commodore.ca | History | Michael Tomzyck VIC-20 Executive ] ] During the early 1980s, some of their games since the 1986 Famicom Disk System game "Gall Force" (based on the anime series 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.

List of games

C64

*"Skiing"
*"Hustler"
*"Pinball Spectacular"

MSX

*"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"
*"Mr. Chin"
*"Pachipro Densetsu"
*"Picture Puzzle"
*"Roller Ball"
*"Space Maze Attack"
*"Space Trouble"
*"Step Up"
*"Super Billiards"
*"Super Snake"
*"Swimming Tango"
*"Tetsuman"
*"The Roving Planet Styllus"

MSX2

*"Hole in One Special"
*"Zukkoke Yajikita Onmitsudoutyuu"
*"Mr. Ninja - Ashura's Chapter"

Famicom Disk System

*"Eternal Story"
*"Eggerland
*"
*"Fire Bam
*"Gall Force

=NES=

*"Adventures of Lolo"
*"Adventures of Lolo 2"
*"Adventures of Lolo 3"
*"Air Fortress"
*"Day Dreamin' Davey"
*"Defender II"
*"Kabuki Quantum Fighter"
*"Kirby's Adventure
*"Joust"
*"Metal Slader Glory"
*"Millipede"
*"Mother
*"NEW Ghostbusters II"
*"Rollerball"
*"Skyscraper"
*"Vegas Dream"
*"Uchuu Keibitai SDF"
*"World Rally Championship"

=SNES=

*"Alcahest"
*"Arcana"
*"EarthBound" ("Mother 2" in Japan)
*"Hal's Hole in One"
*"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.
*"SimCity"
*"Vegas Stakes"
*""

Nintendo 64

*""
*"Pokemon Snap"
*"Pokemon Stadium"
*"Pokemon Stadium 2"
*"Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing"
*"Super Smash Bros."
*"SimCity 64"
*"SimCopter 64"

Nintendo GameCube

*"Kirby Air Ride"
*"Super Smash Bros. Melee"

Game Boy

*"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"

Game Boy Advance

*"Battland"
*"Kirby & the Amazing Mirror"
*""
*"Luna Blaze"
*"Mother 3"

Nintendo DS

*"Kirby Canvas Curse"
*"Kirby Squeak Squad"
*"Pokémon Ranger"
*""
*"Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008)"

=Nintendo Wii=

*"Kirby"
*"Super Smash Bros. Brawl"

Windows

*""
*"Revival! Eggerland"

References

External links

* [http://www.hallab.co.jp/ HAL Laboratory, Inc] (Japanese)
* [http://games.ign.com/objects/026/026289.html IGN page]
* [http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=489 N-Sider page] (HAL Laboratory company profile)