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** ''Vegas Stakes''
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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".[[note]]That's also how [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey [=HAL=] 9000]] was named.[[/note]] Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86.

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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".[[note]]That's also how [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey [=HAL=] 9000]] was named.[[/note]] Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed conceptualized by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86.
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'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developers for Platform/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from Platform/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive.

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'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developers for Platform/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, Platform/{{MSX}}, but from Platform/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive.



Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".[[note]]That's also how [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey [=HAL=] 9000]] was named.[[/note]] Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86.

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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".[[note]]That's also how [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey [=HAL=] 9000]] was named.[[/note]] Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86.

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'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developers for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive.

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'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developers for UsefulNotes/VIC20 Platform/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} Platform/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive.
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* ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger''''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' (first game only)
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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]". Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86.

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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]". [[note]]That's also how [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey [=HAL=] 9000]] was named.[[/note]] Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86.
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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]". Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". It and their GoroawaseNumber, 86, are often included as an EasterEgg within their works.

Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, the creator of the ''Kirby'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' series who went independent in the mid-2000s; the late Creator/SatoruIwata, a programmer who later became HAL's president and eventually the head of Nintendo; and Shinya Kumazaki, the current general director of the ''Kirby'' series.

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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]". Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". It and their GoroawaseNumber, 86, are The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works.

works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86.

Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, the creator of the ''Kirby'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series who went independent in the mid-2000s; the late Creator/SatoruIwata, a programmer who later became HAL's president and eventually the head of Nintendo; and Shinya Kumazaki, the current general director of the ''Kirby'' series.
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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]". Their current corporate logo is the '''Dream Hatcher''', which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". It and their GoroawaseNumber, 86, are often included as an Easter egg within their works.

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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]". Their current corporate logo is the '''Dream Hatcher''', "Dream Hatcher," which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". It and their GoroawaseNumber, 86, are often included as an Easter egg EasterEgg within their works.

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[[caption-width-right:280:Inutamago (犬たまご, "Dog Eggs")]]
'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developers for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner. They're primarily known for the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise, which they co-own with Nintendo via the joint venture "Warpstar, Inc."

Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".

Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, who became independent in the mid-2000s, and Creator/SatoruIwata, the aforementioned programmer who later became a president of Nintendo.

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[[caption-width-right:280:Inutamago [[caption-width-right:280:'''Dream Hatcher''', a.k.a. '''Inutamago''' (犬たまご, "Dog Eggs")]]
'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developers for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Nintendo-exclusive.

Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), first, as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.banner -- with the exception of titles developed by their mobile branch, HAL Egg. They're primarily known for the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise, which they co-own with Nintendo via the joint venture "Warpstar, Inc."

" They also provide development support to other Nintendo projects, including their firmware.

Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".

IBM]]". Their current corporate logo is the '''Dream Hatcher''', which was designed by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". It and their GoroawaseNumber, 86, are often included as an Easter egg within their works.

Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, the creator of the ''Kirby'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' series who became went independent in the mid-2000s, and mid-2000s; the late Creator/SatoruIwata, the aforementioned a programmer who later became a HAL's president and eventually the head of Nintendo.
Nintendo; and Shinya Kumazaki, the current general director of the ''Kirby'' series.



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Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, who became independent, and Creator/SatoruIwata, the aforementioned programmer who later became a president of Nintendo.

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Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, who became independent, independent in the mid-2000s, and Creator/SatoruIwata, the aforementioned programmer who later became a president of Nintendo.
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Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, who became independent, and Creator/SatoruIwata, the aforementioned programmer who later became a president of Nintendo.

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A long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner. They're primarily known for the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise, which they co-own with Nintendo via the joint venture "Warpstar, Inc."

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'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a
long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developer developers for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner. They're primarily known for the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise, which they co-own with Nintendo via the joint venture "Warpstar, Inc."
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Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".
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* ''VideoGame/Arcana''''VideoGame/{{Arcana}}''

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* ''VideoGame/Arcana''



* ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}'' (NES port of ''VideoGame/DefenderII'')



* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''

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* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' (NES port)
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** ''Ghostbusters''
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** ''Ghostbusters''
** ''GhostbustersII''
''New Film/GhostbustersII''
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Long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, an independent company not owned by them) that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.

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Long-time A long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.
banner. They're primarily known for the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise, which they co-own with Nintendo via the joint venture "Warpstar, Inc."
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Long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, and independent company not owned by them) that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.

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Long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, and an independent company not owned by them) that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.
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Long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.

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Long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, and independent company not owned by them) that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.
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Long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on HAL began it create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.

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Long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company that originally started as PC developer for UsefulNotes/VIC20 and UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, but from UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. Starting as a coding and porting factory at first (with [[Creator/SatoruIwata one certain programmer]] taking over HAL and eventually Nintendo itself), as time went on on, HAL began it to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner.



* ''[=EarthBound=]''/''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' series
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** ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (aka ''MOTHER 2'')
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* ''[=EarthBound=]''/''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' ''[=EarthBound=]''/''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series
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''Mother'')
** ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (aka ''MOTHER ''Mother 2'')
** ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}''''VideoGame/Mother3''
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** ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'' (aka ''MOTHER 2'')

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** ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'' ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (aka ''MOTHER 2'')
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* ''Metal Slader Glory''
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!!Games made by HAL Egg:
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* ''[=Ghostbusters=]''''Franchise/Ghostbusters''



** ''VideoGame/{{GhostbustersII}}''

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** ''VideoGame/{{GhostbustersII}}''''GhostbustersII''
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** ''VideoGame/{{Ghostbusters}}''

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** ''VideoGame/{{Ghostbusters}}''''Ghostbusters''

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