HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Founded in Tokyo on February 21, 1980, HAL Laboratory, Inc. is a Japanese developer focused on console and portable games and related digital entertainment. During the 1980s and 1990s it developed software for Nintendo platforms and built a long working relationship with Nintendo. Satoru Iwata worked at HAL in the 1980s and later served as president; designer Masahiro Sakurai joined in 1989 and created the early Kirby games and the prototype that became Super Smash Bros. Notable HAL titles include early NES/Game Boy work such as F‑1 Race and the Kirby series. The game entries below, including versions and later rereleases grouped in this archive, span systems such as Wii U, NES, Nintendo Switch, Wii, MSX, SNES, Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo 64.