HAL Laboratory

Japan developerfounded in 1980-02-21 status: active

150
games
3.3
per year
44
years active

aka(s): HAL, HAL Labs, HAL Corporation, H.A.L. Labs

Native: ハル研究所

Website: www.hallab.co.jp/

Notable collaborators: Masahiro Sakurai, F.Nakamura and Satoru Iwata

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

Releases per year

1981 6
1982 5
1983 11
1984 7
1985 7
1986 7
1987 10
1988 8
1989 4
1990 6
1991 5
1992 5
1993 3
1994 1
1995 7
1996 9
1997 3
1998 1
1999 4
2000 6
2001 1
2002 1
2003 1
2004 2
2005 1
2006 2
2008 1
2009 1
2011 2
2012 1
2014 1
2015 3
2016 4
2017 2
2018 3
2019 1
2020 1
2022 2
2023 1

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

Overall rankings

5
46
19
3
0
3.7
average

Common gametypes

action/reflex25%puzzle13%platformer13%shooter9%sport8%other30%

Top platforms

  SNES 22
  NES 20
  MSX 19
  GB 11
  3DS 9
  Famicom Disk System 8
  C64 6
  Switch 6
  Nintendo DS 6
  Apple II E 5
  GBC 4
  VIC-20 4
  N64 4
  NEC PC8801 3
  Sharp X1 3
Kirby's Dream Land image #0 Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land
GB 1992
Super Smash Bros. image #1 Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros.
N64 1999-04-26
Kirby's Adventure image #2 Kirby's Adventure
Kirby's Adventure
NES 1993-03-23
Eggerland Mystery image #3 Eggerland Mystery
Eggerland Mystery
MSX 1985
Kirby Super Star image #4 Kirby Super Star
Kirby Super Star
SNES 1995
Kirby's Dream Land 2 image #5 Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kirby's Dream Land 2
GB 1995-03-21
Super Smash Bros. Melee image #6 Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee
GameCube 2001-12-03
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards image #7 Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
N64 2000-03-24
Pokémon Pinball image #8 Pokémon Pinball
Pokémon Pinball
GBC 1999-07-31
Kirby: Canvas Curse image #9 Kirby: Canvas Curse
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Nintendo DS 2005-03-24
Adventures of Lolo 3 image #10 Adventures of Lolo 3
Adventures of Lolo 3
NES 1990-12-26
EarthBound image #11 EarthBound
EarthBound
SNES 1995-02

HAL Laboratory best rated games

Eggerland 2: Meikyuu Shinwa 1986 msx
Super Smash Bros. Melee 2001 gc
NCAA Basketball 1992 snes
Kirby: Planet Robobot 2016 3DS
Kirby's Dream Land 1992 gb
Kirby Super Star 1995 snes
Kirby's Avalanche 1995 snes
Super Smash Bros. 1999 n64
Picross 3D 2009 nds
Kirby Mass Attack 2011 nds

HAL Laboratory worst games

Hyper Zone 1991 snes
Joust 1987 nes
Shanghai 1989 gb

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