• HAL Laboratory, Inc., formerly shortened as HALKEN (derived from its native name), is a Japanese video game developer founded on 21 February 1980. While...
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  • David Bowman and Frank Poole. In the film, HAL became operational on 12 January 1992, at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois, as production number...
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    Formerly an employee of HAL Laboratory, Sakurai left the company in 2003 and in 2005 with his wife Michiko Sakurai (also ex-HAL Laboratory) founded their company...
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    Technology. In 1980, he joined the game developer HAL Laboratory while attending the university. At HAL, he worked as a programmer and closely collaborated...
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    Ishihara in November 1995, with the assistance of then-president of HAL Laboratory, Satoru Iwata, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc. Alongside...
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  • born 1964) is a Japanese composer who is employed at game company HAL Laboratory. He is best known for composing for the Kirby series along with Hirokazu...
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    born May 21, 1979) is a Japanese video game director, game designer, HAL Laboratory employee, and painter who is the current general director of the Kirby...
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  • Kirby Super Star Ultra (category HAL Laboratory games)
    Super Star Ultra is a 2008 anthology action-platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The game is an enhanced...
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  • 2000 Golf Nintendo R&D2, HAL Laboratory March 1, 2000 Hoshi no Kirby HAL Laboratory March 1, 2000 Hoshi no Kirby 2 HAL Laboratory March 1, 2000 Kaeru no...
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  • character and protagonist of the Kirby series of video games developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. He first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land (1992)...
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