Editing HAL Laboratory

{{Developer
| name=HAL Laboratory
| logo =[[Image:Hallab.gif]]
| bgcolor=silver
| fgcolor=black
| type= Second Party
| status= Active
| founded= February 21, 1980
| base= Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
| bestseller=[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]
| homepage=[http://www.hallab.co.jp/ Japanese Site]
| notable= [[Satoru Iwata]]<br/>[[Masahiro Sakurai]]
| franchise=[[Kirby]]<br/> [[Super Smash Bros.]]
|}}

HAL Laboratory is one of Nintendo's first party developers. They are named after HAL 9000 from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. The company is known for [[Kirby]] and, more lately, [[Super Smash Bros.]] In the past, they have used the name HAL America and HALKEN (derived from the Japanese "HAL KENkyujo").

==History==

===The Beginning===

HAL Laboratory was formed by a group of people that meet each other at Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store. It was the first store to have a department devoted to computers. Among those people were Nintendo president, [[Satoru Iwata]], and current HAL president, [[Masahito Tanimura]].

The group rented an apartment in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. There, they stayed up until midnight or later every night developing games. Their first projects were software and various peripherals for the MSX. 

One of the first series they created was the ''Eggerland'' series. The original game was the MSX. The sequel was released on the [[Famicom Disk System]] as well as the MSX. They continued the series, which eventually became ''[[The Adventures of Lolo]]''. ''Eggerland'', running from 1985 to 1994, is currently HAL's longest running series.

===Working with Nintendo===

HAL's first job from Nintendo wasn't one of their own jobs. They were told to fix [[NES Pinball]]. The game was released in 1984. Their next collaboration came in the form of ''[[Kirby's Dreamland]]'' in 1992. The game sold well enough that HAL was allowed to develop an NES version, ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''.

Since they had come into some money, HAL decided to expand into a bigger building. Unfortunately, they had overestimated how well their games would sell and soon found themselves with a debt of 5 million yen. With all other choices exhausted, they turned to Nintendo. Nintendo  agreed to fund them, on the condition that they develop only for Nintendo. Nintendo also appointed Satoru Iwata president of HAL. His success with HAL would later be a factor in him becoming president of Nintendo.

===Second Party===

After releasing [[Kirby's Dream Land 2]] in 1993, HAL began working on a new project. They worked with the famed [[Shigesato Itoi]] of [[Ape, Inc.]] on ''[[Earthbound]]''.

During the [[Nintendo 64]] era, one of the first games HAL worked on was ''Jack and the Bean'', loosely based on Jack and the Bean Stalk. Though the game was never finished, elements of it were found int other games they developed, including ''[[Pokemon Snap]]''. 

Another early game they worked on was a 3D version of ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''. The game had a playable demo at [[Space World 1995]]. The game eventually became ''[[Kirby's AirRide]]'', which didn't see release until the [[Gamecube]].

Another long delayed project is ''Earthbound 64'' The game in this form was cancelled. In 2000, HAL stopped production on the game, but elements of ''Earthbound 64'' can be found in ''[[Mother 3]]'' for the [[Gameboy Advance]].

Though HAL didn't develop a lot of games for the Nintendo 64, they did create ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. It is one of the most popular games for the system. They also made the only Kirby game for the Nintendo 64: ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''.

Around this time, Warpstar, Inc. was founded. The company is jointly owned by Nintendo and HAL. It handles copyright and merchandising for the Kirby series.

During the [[Gamecube]] era, HAL released ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', which is currently their bestselling game. Less popular was ''[[Kirby's AirRide]]''. Also in development was ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', but it's doubtful that it will ever be released on the Gamecube.

On the [[Gameboy Advance]], HAL released two Kirby games. They also tried to create two other games, but neither of them made. On the hardware side of things, HAL is responsible for the GBA's [[eReader]] accessory.

About this time, [[Kirby]] creator, Masahiro Sakurai left HAL to form his own company, Sora Ltd. They most recently made ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''

For the DS, HAL has made two new Kirby games as well as ''[[Pokemon Ranger]]''.

==Games==

===[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]===

*[[Adventures of Lolo]]
*[[Adventures of Lolo 2]]
*[[Adventures of Lolo 3]]
*Air Fortress
*Day Dreamin' Davey
*Defender II
*Eggerland
*Eggerland 2
*Fire Bam
*Ghostbusters II
*Girl Force
*Joust
*Kabuki Quantum Fighter
*Metal Slader: Glory
*Millipede
*Rollerball
*Skyscraper
*Stargate
*Vegas Dream
*World Rally Championship

===[[Super Nintendo]]===

*Alcahest
*[[Arcana
*[[BS Kirby no Omotya Bako Baseball]]
*BS Special Tee Shot
*Card Master
*[[EarthBound]]
*Hal's Hole in One
*Hole in One
*HyperZone
*[[Kirby Super Star]]
*[[Kirby's Dream Course]]
*[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]
*NCAA Basketball
*[[Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing]]
*SimCity 2000
*Super Dunkshot
*[[Vegas Stakes]]

===[[Nintendo 64]]===

*[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]
*[[Kirby's Air Ride]]
*[[Pokémon Snap]]
*[[Pokémon Stadium]]
*[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]
*[[Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing]]
*[[Super Smash Bros.]]

===[[Gamecube]]===

*[[Kirby Air Ride]]
*[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]

===[[Gameboy]]===

*[[Adventures of Lolo]]
*Ghostbusters II
*[[Kirby's Dream Land]]
*[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]
*[[Kirby's Pinball Land]]
*[[Kirby's Star Stacker]]
*Pinball: Revenge of the Gator
*Shanghai
*Trax

===[[Gameboy Color]]===

*Pinball: Revenge of the Gator

===[[Gameboy Advance]]===

*[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]
*[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]
*[[Mother 3]]

===[[Nintendo DS]]===

*[[Kirby Canvas Curse]]
*[[Kirby Squeak Squad]]
*[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]
*Picross 3D
*[[Pokémon Ranger]]
*[[Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]

===MSX===

*''Animation editor EDDY''
*''Balance''
*''Butamaru Pants / Pig Mock''
*''Cue star''
*''Dragon Attack''
*''Dunk Shot ''
*''Eddy II''
*''Eggerland Mystery''
*''Eggerland Mystery 2''
*''Fruit Search''
*''Heavy Boxing''
*''Hole In One''
*''Hole In One Extension Course''
*''Hole in one Professional''
*''Inside of the Karamaru''
*''Kick It''
*''Mobile Planet Stils''
*''Mr.Chin''
*''Music Editor MUE''
*''Pachipro Densetsu''
*''Picture Puzzle''
*''Pyroman''
*''Roller Ball''
*''Snake It''
*''Space Maze Attack''
*''Space Trouble''
*''Step Up''
*''Super Billiard''
*''Super Snake''
*''Swimming Tango''
*''Tetsuman''
*''The Bull and Mighty's Slim Chance ''
*''Zukkoke Yajikita Onmitsudoutyuu''

===MSX2===

*''Gcalc'' 
*''Gcard''
*''Gterm''
*''HAL Game Collection Vol.1''
*''HAL Game Collection Vol.2''
*''Halnote''
*''Handy Scanner MSX 2''
*''Hole In One Special''
*''Lab Letter''
*''Lab Letter 2''
*''Lab Letter 3''
*''Mr. Ninja - Ashura's Chapter''
*''Naoko's Writing''
*''What Many Princess''

[[Category:Second Party Developer]]