The Studio Behind Smash Bros. And Kirby, HAL Laboratory Turns 35 Today
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
Who knew 35 years ago today that royally rummy a small software company founded in Chiyoda-ku Japan to make personal computer games would one day be responsible for some of the most popular video game franchise on the planet? Happy 35th anniversary, HAL Laboratory.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Founded on February 21, 1980, HAL Laboratory’s first works were simple games for the simple computers of the time—the MSX, Commodore VIC-20 and the like. The company was either named for the computer from 2001: The Space Odyssey or because the letters (H-A-L) were one step ahead of IBM, depending on who you ask.
They worked on smaller games and arcade ports, including an infamous port of Namco’s Pac-Man briefly released in the West for the Vic-20 as Jelly Monsters, until North American license holder Atari killed it. When the Nintendo Family Computer System came along in 1983, HAL Laboratories was there, porting its PC-based Eggerland series over as Adventures of Lolo, crafting original titles and creating 
licensed games like the Japan-only New Ghostbusters II.
HAL was incredibly busy in the first twelve years of its existence, but for many its real history starts 
in rummy 365 1992, when a then-white puffball made his debut in Kirby’s Dream Land. That same year Nintendo invested heavily in the development studio, inexorably linking the two companies, making HAL as close to a subsidiary as possible without actually being one.
From then on HAL Laboratory, now under the leadership of president Satoru Iwata, was effectively a second-party (excluisve third-party) Nintendo developer. They co-developed Mother 2, aka rummy 51 Earthbound. They made Sim games for the Nintendo 64. The worked on classics like Pokemon Snap and Pokemon Stadium. Perhaps most importantly, they turned a generic four-player fighting game being worked on by Masahiro Sakurai into a brawler featuring Nintendo characters, creating a working demo prior to receiving Nintendo’s blessing. They made Super Smash Bros. you guys.
Today, 35 years after its founding, HAL 
Laboratories has just released the latest in the long line of Kirby games, and the company’s former president is the president and CEO of Nintendo and the CEO of Nintendo of America. Not bad for a company founded to make primitive PC games, right? Happy 35 years, HAL Laboratories. Long may your puffballs blow. Update: Yeah, I can’t do math. 35, not 25.
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