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Everything about Vicarious Visions totally explainedVicarious Visions is a video game developer. It was founded by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala while in high school circa 1990. Developers of Terminus, it won them two Independent Games Festival Awards in 1999. They became known as a leading developer of handheld games breaking ground by porting the Tony Hawk series to Game Boy Advance for the system launch in 2001. They were responsible for the Nintendo DS versions of the Spider-Man games, Spider-Man 2 and Ultimate Spider-Man. They're also known for Crash Nitro Kart and ports of & as well as id Software's Doom 3.
Terminus, an online, multiplayer space trading and combat simulation game, was notable for including Windows, Linux, and Macintosh versions in its retail packaging. The game is currently fan-supported. The largest site devoted to the game is http://www.terminuspoint.com/.
In 2003, Vicarious Visions acquired the assets of struggling middleware tools provider Intrinsic Graphics, folding the technology into its own production suite.
In January 2005, Vicarious Visions was acquired by publisher Activision. After being acquired, they've since made Tony Hawk's American Sk8land, which was the second Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection-enabled game.
The headquarters of Vicarious Visions is located in a newly-renovated section of an old industrial building in Menands, New York, just outside the state capital of Albany.
Games developed
| Year |
Video Game |
Platforms |
Notes |
| 1996 |
Synnergist |
PC |
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| 1997 |
Dark Angel |
PC |
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| 1999 |
Vigilante 8 |
Game Boy Color |
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| 1999 |
Zebco Fishing! |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2000 |
Blue's Clues:Alphabet Book |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2000 |
Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2000 |
Barbie: Magic Genie Adventure |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2000 |
Spider Man |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2000 |
Terminus |
PC, Mac OS X, Linux |
Winner at 1st Independent Games Festival (IGF) |
| 2000 |
Polaris Snocross |
PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color |
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| 2000 |
Pro Darts |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2001 |
Snowcross |
PC, Game Boy Color |
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| 2001 |
Monsters, Inc. |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2001 |
Zoboomafoo: Playtime in Zobooland |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2001 |
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Game Boy Color |
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| 2001 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2001 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2001 |
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PlayStation |
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| 2001 |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 |
Game Boy Advance |
GBA launch title |
| 2001 |
Sea-Doo Hydrocross |
PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color |
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| 2001 |
Jimmy White's Cue Ball |
Game Boy Color |
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| 2001 |
SpongeBob Squarepants: Legend of the Lost Spatula |
Game Boy Color |
1st Spongebob videogame |
| 2002 |
Whiteout |
PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC |
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| 2002 |
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Xbox, Gamecube |
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| 2002 |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 |
Game Boy Advance, Wireless, PlayStation |
| 2002 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2002 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2002 |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2002 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
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Game Boy Advance, PC |
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| 2003 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
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Xbox |
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| 2003 |
Crash Nitro Kart |
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage |
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| 2003 |
Disney's Brother Bear |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
Tony Hawk's Underground |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
Disney's The Lion King 1 1/2 |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
Joker's Wild |
Wireless |
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| 2003 |
Disney Extreme Skate Adventure |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2003 |
Jet Grind Radio |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
That's So Raven |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
Shark Tale |
Game Boy Advance, Wireless |
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| 2004 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
Shrek 2 |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2004 |
Crosswords by VV |
Wireless |
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| 2004 |
Rivet |
Wireless |
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| 2004 |
Static Shock |
Game Boy Advance |
unreleased |
| 2005 |
Tony Hawk's American Sk8Land |
Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
Nintendo WFC launch title, 1st Third Party WFC title on NDS |
| 2005 |
Madagascar Operation Penguin |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2005 |
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PlayStation Portable |
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| 2005 |
Ultimate Spider-Man |
Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
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| 2005 |
Batman Begins |
Game Boy Advance |
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| 2005 |
Madagascar |
Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
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| 2005 |
DOOM 3 |
Xbox |
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| 2005 |
Spider-Man 2 |
PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wireless |
DS launch title, PSP launch title |
| 2006 |
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam |
Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
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| 2006 |
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Wii, PlayStation Portable |
Launch title on Wii |
| 2006 |
Over the Hedge |
Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
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| 2006 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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| 2007 |
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Wii |
1st Third Party WFC title on Wii |
| 2007 |
Spider-Man 3 |
Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance |
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| 2007 |
Shrek the Third |
Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance |
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| 2007 |
Transformers:Autobots, Transformers:Decepticons |
Nintendo DS |
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| 2007 |
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground |
Nintendo DS |
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| 2007 |
Bee Movie Game |
Nintendo DS |
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| 2008 |
Kung Fu Panda (video game) |
Nintendo DS |
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