HAL Laboratory
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Native name | 株式会社ハル研究所 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki kaisha haru kenkyūjo |
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Industry | Video game industry |
Founded | 21 February 1980[1] |
Founder | Mitsuhiro Ikeda |
Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
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Products |
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Number of employees | 153[1] (2018) |
Subsidiaries | Warpstar, Inc. (50%)[1] |
Website |
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HAL Laboratory, Inc. is a Japanese video game developer founded on 21 February 1980. While it is officially independent, it has been closely affiliated with Nintendo throughout its history. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.[1] The company got its name because "each letter put them one step ahead of IBM".[2] The company is most famous for the Kirby, Mother, and Super Smash Bros. series.
HAL Laboratory started off making games for the MSX system and the Commodore VIC-20.[3]
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.[4] HAL owns 50% of Warpstar, Inc., the production company that created the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! anime series.[1]
List of games developed
Nintendo systems
Home console
Family Computer Disk System
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Othello – (1986) JP, (1988) NA
- Air Fortress – (1987) JP, (1989) NA, PAL
- Vegas Dream – (1988) JP, (1990) NA
- Rollerball – (1988) JP, (1990) NA
- Adventures of Lolo – (1989) NA, (1991) EU
- Adventures of Lolo 2 – (1990) JP, NA (1991) PAL
- Adventures of Lolo 3 – (1990) JP, (1991) NA, (1992) EU
- New Ghostbusters II – (1990) JP, (1991) PAL
- Kabuki Quantum Fighter – (1990) JP (1991) NA (1992) EU
- Metal Slader Glory – (1991) JP
- Day Dreamin' Davey – (1992) NA
- Kirby's Adventure – (1993) JP, NA, PAL
- Satsui no Kaisou: Power Soft Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
- Skyscraper
- Jumbo Ozaki no Hole in One Professional
- Uchuu Keibitai SDF
- Joust
- Defender II
- Millipede
- World Rally Championship
- Joy Radar (RF hardware unit for wireless Audio/Video from the game unit to the monitor)
Super NES
- Alcahest
- Arcana
- EarthBound (Mother 2 in Japan)
- Hal's Hole in One Golf
- Hyper Zone
- Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu
- Kirby Super Star
- Kirby's Avalanche
- Kirby's Dream Course
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- NCAA Basketball aka Super Dunk Shot (in Japan) World League Basketball (in Europe)
- SimCity
- Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing
- Vegas Stakes
- Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut
Nintendo 64
GameCube
- Kirby Air Ride
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Kirby Tilt n Tumble 2 (Cancelled)
- Kirby (Cancelled)
Wii
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Development cooperation)
- Minna no Joushiki Ryoku TV
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (co-developed with Good-Feel)
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land[5]
- Kirby's Dream Collection
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
Handheld
Game Boy
- Revenge of the 'Gator – (1989) JP, NA, EU
- Shanghai – (1989) JP, (1990) NA
- Ghostbusters II – (1989) EU (1990) JP, NA
- Trax – (1991) EU, JP, NA
- Kirby's Dream Land – (1992) JP, NA, EU
- Kirby's Pinball Land – (1993) JP, NA, EU
- Adventures of Lolo – (1994) JP (1995) EU
- Vegas Stakes – (1995) NA, EU
- Kirby's Dream Land 2 – (1995) JP, NA, EU
- Kirby's Block Ball – (1995) JP, NA, EU
- Kirby's Star Stacker – (1997) JP, NA, EU
Game Boy Color
- Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble – (2000) JP (2001) NA
- Pokemon Pinball – (1999) JP, NA, EU
Game Boy Advance
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land – (2002) JP, NA (2003) EU
- Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (co-developed with Flagship) – (2004) JP, NA, EU
- Mother 3 (co-developed with Brownie Brown) – (2006) JP
- Battland – Cancelled
- Luna Blaze – Cancelled
Nintendo DS
- Kirby Canvas Curse – (2005) JP, NA, EU (2006) AUS
- Common Sense Training – (2006) JP
- Kirby Squeak Squad (Co-developed with Flagship) – (2006) JP, NA (2007) EU, AUS
- Pokémon Ranger (Co-developed with Creatures Inc) – (2006) JP, NA, AUS (2007) EU
- Kirby Super Star Ultra – (2008) JP, NA, AUS (2009) EU
- Picross 3D – (2009) JP (2010) NA, EU
- Kirby Mass Attack (Co-developed with Engines) – (2011) JP, NA, AUS, EU
- Face Pilot (DSiWare)
Nintendo 3DS
- Face Raiders (2011)
- Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014)
- Kirby Fighters Deluxe (2014)
- Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (2014)
- BoxBoy! (2015)
- Picross 3D: Round 2 (2015)
- BoxBoxBoy! (2016)
- Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016)
- Bye-Bye BoxBoy! (2017)
- Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (2017)
- Kirby's Blowout Blast (2017)
- Kirby Battle Royale (2017)
- Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn (2019)
Other systems
Commodore VIC-20
- Radar Rat Race (Rally-X clone)
- Star Battle (Galaxian clone programmed by Satoru Iwata; ex-CEO of Nintendo)
- Jupiter Lander (Lunar Lander clone)
- Jelly Monsters (Pac-Man clone)
- Avenger (Space Invaders clone)
- Road Race (Night Driver clone)
- Poker
- Money Wars
Commodore MAX Machine[6]/Commodore 64
- Pool
- Billiards
- Bowling
- Jupiter Lander
- Le Mans
- Mole Attack
- Money Wars
- Pinball Spectacular
- Road Race
- Slalom
Coleco Vision
- Mr. Chin
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
- 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
- Hole in One Special
- Zukkoke Yajikita Onmitsudoutyuu
- Mr. Ninja – Ashura's Chapter
Windows
- Eggerland Episode 0: Quest of Rara
- Egger Land for Windows 95
- Revival! Eggerland
Mobile
- Part Time UFO
Computer Animation
- Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (CG Tool Development)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Corporate Info". HAL Laboratories. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
- ↑ Madden, Orla (30 November 2012). "Iwata Explains Where The Name HAL Laboratory Came From". nintendolife.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "What was Japan for Commodore?". commodore.ca. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "Yash Terakura joins Throwback Entertainment as Chief Technology Officer". GamesIndustry.biz. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (29 January 2011). "Nintendo Unveils New Wii Titles". andriasang.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "The Ultimax Collection". Commodore 64 Preservation Project. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2012.