HAL Laboratory

HAL Laboratory
legal form	kabushiki-gaisha
founding	February 21, 1980
Seat	Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan
Number of employees	195 (2020)
Branch	Software development
Website	www.hallab.co.jp

HAL Laboratory ( Japanese 株式会社 HAL 研究所 , Kabushiki-gaisha HAL Kenkyūjo , English HAL Laboratory, Inc. ) is a Japanese game developer .

As Nintendo's partner studio , HAL is responsible for some of the most popular games for Nintendo systems. The company is best known for Kirby , the protagonist of the game series of the same name, which already includes numerous titles. The Super Smash Bros. offshoots of N64, GameCube and Wii were also developed by HAL. The Adventures of Lolo series is also one of the works of the developer studio. HAL Laboratory was also involved in the development of a number of other games, including Pokémon Snap! for the Nintendo 64 .

The name "HAL" was chosen because these letters are exactly one place before the letters I , B and M in the alphabet and the company wanted to express that they are always exactly one step ahead of the computer manufacturer IBM .

Games

Commodore C64 Billiards bowling Jupiter Lander Le Mans Mole Attack Money Wars pool Pinball Spectacular Road race slalom Stellar triumph 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 Inspector Z Mr. Chin Pachipro Densetsu Picture puzzle Roller ball Space Maze Attack Space trouble Step up Great billiards Great snake Swimming tango Tetsuman The Roving Planet Styllus MSX2 Hole in One Special Zukkoke Yajikita Onmitsudoutyuu Mr. Ninja - Ashura's Chapter

NES Adventures of Lolo Adventures of Lolo 2 Adventures of Lolo 3 Air Fortress Day Dreamin 'Davey Defender II Kirby's Adventure Joust Metal Slader: Glory Millipede Mother NEW Ghostbusters II Rollerball Skyscraper Vegas Dream World Rally Championship SNES Alcahest Arcana Mother 2 / Earthbound Hal's Hole in One Hyperzone Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu Kirby Super Star Kirby's Dream Course Kirby's Dream Land 3 Great dunk shot SimCity 2000 Vegas stakes Nintendo 64 Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Pokemon Snap Pokemon Stadium Pokemon Stadium 2 Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 bass fishing Super Smash Bros. GameCube Kirby Air Ride Super Smash Bros. Melee

Game Boy Adventures of Lolo Ghostbusters II Kirby's Block Ball Kirby's Dream Land Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kirby's Pinball Land Kirby's Star Stacker Pinball: Revenge of the Gator Shanghai Trax Game Boy Color Pinball: Revenge of the Gator Game Boy Advance Battland Kirby & the Amazing Mirror Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Luna Blaze Mother 3 Nintendo DS Kirby Canvas Curse Kirby Mouse Attack (published in the US as "Kirby Sqeak Squad") Kirby Super Star Ultra Pokémon Ranger Pokémon Ranger darkness over Almia Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl Kirby and the Magic Yarn (Together with Good-Feel Co., Ltd.) Kirby's Adventure Wii Nintendo 3DS Kirby: Triple Deluxe Box boy! Kirby: Planet Robobot Wii U Kirby and the Rainbow Brush Nintendo Switch Kirby Star Allies BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!

Web links

• Official Japanese site
• HAL Laboratory at MobyGames (English)
• English article

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Corporate Info , In: HALLab.co.jp ; from July 1, 2020, accessed on July 21, 2020 (English).
2. ↑ Björn Rohwer : Unnecessary knowledge for gamers. 2014, ISBN 978-1-4992-1563-2 .