is a Japanese video game developer that was founded on February 21, 1980. Its name comes from the HAL 9000 computer in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey". The company is most famous for its character "Kirby", the protagonist of the eponymous game series, as well as the "Super Smash Bros." series. It is a second-party development studio of Nintendo. HAL Laboratory started off making games for the MSX system during the early '80s, … Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Hal Laboratory. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Laboratory
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Although it is unknown why this particular name was chosen for the company, it's speculated to mean that Hal Laboratory and its employees are the warmth and personality who drive the video game industry. www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=489
