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HAL Laboratory

1981 / 1980 tot 6 1982 / 1980 tot 11 1983 / 1980 tot 22 1984 / 1980 tot 28 1985 / 1980 tot 35 1986 / 1980 tot 42 1987 / 1980 tot 52 1988 / 1980 tot 60 1989 / 1980 tot 64 1990 / 1980 tot 70 1991 / 1980 tot 75 1992 / 1980 tot 80 1993 / 1980 tot 83 1994 / 1980 tot 84 1995 / 1980 tot 91 1996 / 1980 tot 100 1997 / 1980 tot 103 1998 / 1980 tot 104 1999 / 1980 tot 108 2000 / 1980 tot 114 2001 / 1980 tot 115 2002 / 1980 tot 116 2003 / 1980 tot 117 2004 / 1980 tot 119 2005 / 1980 tot 120 2006 / 1980 tot 122 2008 / 1980 tot 123 2009 / 1980 tot 124 2011 / 1980 tot 126 2012 / 1980 tot 127 2014 / 1980 tot 128 2015 / 1980 tot 131 2016 / 1980 tot 135 2017 / 1980 tot 137 2018 / 1980 tot 140 2019 / 1980 tot 141 2020 / 1980 tot 142 2022 / 1980 tot 144 2023 / 1980 tot 145
Founded in 1980-02-21 last activity in 2023
Status: active
Country: Japan
149
games
44
active years
3.3
per year
aka(s): HAL, HAL Labs, HAL Corporation, H.A.L. Labs

Native: ハル研究所

Website: www.hallab.co.jp/

It is known for Centipede Series, Defender, EarthBound, Eggerland, Kirby, Mario, Mario Party, Ninja-kun, Picross, Pokémon, SimCity, Super Smash Bros.

Releases per year

19816
19825
198311
19846
19857
19867
198710
19888
19894
19906
19915
19925
19933
19941
19957
19969
19973
19981
19994
20006
20011
20021
20031
20042
20051
20062
20081
20091
20112
20121
20141
20153
20164
20172
20183
20191
20201
20222
20231

145 video games with valid date were considered (97.3%)

Overall rankings

5
46
17
3
0

Common gametypes

action/reflex24%puzzle13%platformer13%shooter9%maze8%other30%

Top platforms

SNES 22
NES 20
MSX 18
GB 11
3DS 9
Famicom Disk System 8
Switch 6
Nintendo DS 6
C64 6
Apple II E 5
VIC-20 4
N64 4
GBC 4
Commodore PET 3
GameCube 3
Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy)
Kirby's Dream Land
GB 1992
Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64)
Super Smash Bros.
N64 1999-04-26
Kirby's Adventure (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Kirby's Adventure
NES 1993-03-23
Eggerland Mystery (MSX)
Eggerland Mystery
MSX 1985
Kirby Super Star (Super Nintendo)
Kirby Super Star
SNES 1995
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Game Boy)
Kirby's Dream Land 2
GB 1995-03-21
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube)
Super Smash Bros. Melee
GC 2001-12-03
Pokémon Pinball (Game Boy Color)
Pokémon Pinball
GBC 1999-07-31
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Nintendo 64)
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
N64 2000-03-24
Kirby: Canvas Curse (Nintendo DS)
Kirby: Canvas Curse
NDS 2005-03-24
Adventures of Lolo 3 (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Adventures of Lolo 3
NES 1990-12-26
EarthBound (Super Nintendo)
EarthBound
SNES 1995-02

HAL Laboratory best rated games

Eggerland 2: Meikyuu Shinwa1986msx
Super Smash Bros. Melee2001gc
NCAA Basketball1992snes
Kirby: Planet Robobot20163DS
Kirby's Dream Land1992gb
Kirby Super Star1995snes
Super Smash Bros.1999n64
Kirby's Avalanche1995snes
Picross 3D2009nds
Kirby Mass Attack2011nds

HAL Laboratory worst games

Hyper Zone1991snes
Joust1987nes
Shanghai1989gb
Mario Party 62004gc
Kirby's Block Ball1995gb

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