HAL Laboratory

From WE Computers Museum
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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