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While primarily a video game developer, they designed and distributed the [[PasocomMini]] series, mini retro [[video game console]]s from [[2017]] to [[2019]].
While primarily a video game developer, they designed and distributed the [[PasocomMini]] series, mini retro [[video game console]]s from [[2017]] to [[2019]].


The [[PasocomMini MZ-80C]], designed to resemble and play games from the [[Sharp]] [[MZ series|MZ-80C]] [[computer]], was released on October 14, 2017.
The [[PasocomMini MZ-80C]], designed to resemble and play games from the [[Sharp]] [[MZ-80C]] [[computer]], was released on October 14, 2017.


The [[PasocomMini PC-8001]], designed to resemble and play games from the [[NEC]] [[PC-8000 series|PC-8001]] computer, was released on October 5, 2019.
The [[PasocomMini PC-8001]], designed to resemble and play games from the [[NEC]] [[PC-8000 series|PC-8001]] computer, was released on October 5, 2019.
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!| Platform
!| Platform
!| Released
!| Released
!| Added to the Museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[EarthBound (video game)|EarthBound]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[EarthBound (video game)|EarthBound]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[New Nintendo 3DS|New 3DS]] [[Virtual Console|VC]]<br />[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition|SNES Classic]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[SNES]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | New 3DS: February 19, 2018<br />SNES Classic: March 16, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[APE]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[APE]].
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Golf (1984 video game)|Golf]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Golf (1984 video game)|Golf]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NES]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | GameCube&nbsp;([[Animal Crossing|AC]]):&nbsp;January&nbsp;20,&nbsp;2003
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[Nintendo Research & Development 2|Nintendo R&D2]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[Nintendo Research & Development 2|Nintendo R&D2]].
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]<br />[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]<br />[[Wii]] [[Virtual Console|VC]]<br />[[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console|VC]]<br />[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition|SF Mini]]<br />[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition|SNES Classic]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[SNES]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | SF Mini: October 31, 2017<br />SNES Classic: March 16, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NES Classic Edition|Famicom Mini]]<br />[[NES Classic Edition|NES Classic]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NES]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | NES Classic: June 22, 2017<br />FC Mini: August 10, 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition|SNES Classic]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[SNES]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | SNES Classic: March 16, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]].
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mother 3]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mother 3]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GBA]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | GBA: January 10, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Japanese-exclusive, co-developed with [[1-Up Studio|Brownie Brown]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Japanese-exclusive, co-developed with [[1-Up Studio|Brownie Brown]].
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[VS. Golf]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[VS. Golf]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]] ([[VS. System]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Switch ([[Arcade Archives|AA]]): October 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[Nintendo Research & Development 2|Nintendo R&D2]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Co-developed with [[Nintendo Research & Development 2|Nintendo R&D2]].
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!| Title
!| Title
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Computer it resembles
!| Computer it resembles
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PasocomMini MZ-80C]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PasocomMini MZ-80C]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | November 2, 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sharp]] [[MZ-80C]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sharp]] [[MZ-80|MZ-80C]]
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PasocomMini PC-8001]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PasocomMini PC-8001]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NEC]] [[PC-8001]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NEC]] [[PC-8001]]
|}
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[[Category:Video game developers]]
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[[category:Companies and organizations formed in 1980]]
[[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 1980]]
[[category:Companies and organizations based in Japan]]
[[Category: Companies and organizations based in Japan]]
[[Category: Video game developers]]

Latest revision as of 04:31, 23 May 2024

HAL Laboratory logo.png
HAL Laboratory
Type Private company
Founded February 21, 1980
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people Mitsuhiro Ikeda, founder
Industry Video games
Products Video games
Number of people 153
Website http://www.hallab.co.jp/

HAL Laboratory is a video game company.

Foundation

HAL Laboratory was founded on February 21, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan by Mitsuhiro Ikeda.

Video game consoles

While primarily a video game developer, they designed and distributed the PasocomMini series, mini retro video game consoles from 2017 to 2019.

The PasocomMini MZ-80C, designed to resemble and play games from the Sharp MZ-80C computer, was released on October 14, 2017.

The PasocomMini PC-8001, designed to resemble and play games from the NEC PC-8001 computer, was released on October 5, 2019.

Games by HAL Laboratory owned by WEC Museum

Title Platform Released Notes
EarthBound SNES 1994 Co-developed with APE.
Golf NES 1984 Co-developed with Nintendo R&D2.
Kirby Super Star SNES 1996
Kirby's Adventure NES 1993
Kirby's Dream Course SNES 1994 Co-developed with Nintendo EAD.
Mother 3 GBA 2006 Japanese-exclusive, co-developed with Brownie Brown.
VS. Golf Arcade (VS. System) 1984 Co-developed with Nintendo R&D2.

Video game consoles by HAL Laboratory

Title Release Computer it resembles
PasocomMini MZ-80C 2017 Sharp MZ-80C
PasocomMini PC-8001 2019 NEC PC-8001
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