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HAL Laboratory, Inc., formerly shortened as HALKEN (derived from its native name), is a Japanese video game developer founded on 21 February 1980. While independent, it has been closely tied with Nintendo throughout its history, and is often referred to as a second-party developer for the company. [4]
The official website of HAL Laboratory, Inc., developers of the Kirby series and other games. The website includes an introduction of the company’s works, how games are made, and more.
「星のカービィ」シリーズなどのゲームソフト開発を手がける、株式会社ハル研究所の公式サイト。｜The official website of HAL Laboratory, Inc., developers of the Kirby series and other games.
「星のカービィ」シリーズなどのゲームソフト開発を手がける、株式会社ハル研究所の公式サイト。｜The official website of HAL Laboratory, Inc., developers of the Kirby series and other games.
- History
- Hal Corporation
- Hal Egg
- Pasocommini
- Medical Technology
- Influences on The Kirby Series
- Trivia
HAL Laboratory's first games were made in the early 1980s for the MSX, PC-88, and Sharp X1 home computers in Japan, and the VIC-20 and Commodore 64 in Western regions. They were also known as a designer and manufacturer of computer peripherals, particularly trackball controllers. Prior to the creation of Kirby, HAL Laboratory's leading video game f...
On August 3, 1992, a related company known as HAL Corporation was founded as an independent video game publisher by Mikio Ikeda, the former and first president of HAL Laboratory. They were also listed as a designer of computer peripherals. While a separate entity from HAL Laboratory, the two companies had some degree of collaboration: HAL Corporati...
In 2017, HAL Laboratory made a return as an independent publisher with its new company brand HAL Egg. The brand was established to focus on new ideas and gameplay concepts outside of the Kirby series. The first game to be released under the HAL Egg name was Part Time UFO, a physics-based puzzle/action game starring the flying saucer character Jobsk...
HAL Laboratory returned to the Japanese hardware market as a computer manufacturer in 2017 with the PasocomMini MZ-80C. It is a miniaturized recreation of the MZ-80C computer made by Sharp Corporation in 1979. Using software emulation of the original hardware, it is capable of freely running the user's own BASIC code, along with a selection of incl...
In 2020, HAL Laboratory collaborated with Toyota Motor Co. to design the touch screen user interface of the Welwalk WW-2000, a movement-supporting treadmill device used to provide physical therapy to stroke patients recovering from lower limb paralysis.
The president of Nintendo from 2002-2015, Satoru Iwata, was formerly president of HAL from 1993-2000, having first joined the company in 1983.The "HAL" in the company's name was chosen because, alphabetically, each letter was one space ahead of IBM, suggesting superiority over the technology corporation.Originally focusing on contract research and development work in the areas of metals and material science, Battelle is now an international science and technology enterprise that explores emerging areas of science, develops and commercializes technology, and manages laboratories for customers.
HAL Laboratory is a Japanese company that creates games such as Kirby, Mother, and Super Smash Bros. Find the latest news, reviews, and trailers for its titles on Gematsu.
