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Revision as of 20:48, 17 September 2008

File:GuhaBala.jpg
Karthik Bala
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A look inside at their present headquarters

Vicarious Visions is a video game developer. It was founded by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala while in high school circa 1990. They later developed Terminus, which won two Independent Games Festival Awards in 1999. They became known as a leading developer of handheld games breaking ground by porting the Tony Hawk's series to Game Boy Advance for the system launch in 2001 and 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 Jedi Knight II & Jedi Academy 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.

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 have 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
1997 Dark Angel PC
1999 Vigilante 8 Game Boy Color
1999 Zebco Fishing! Game Boy Color
2000 Blue's Clues:Alphabet Book Game Boy Color
2000 Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy Game Boy Color
2000 Barbie: Magic Genie Adventure Game Boy Color
2000 The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler Game Boy Color
2000 Spider-Man Game Boy Color
2000 Terminus PC, Mac OS X, Linux Winner at 1st Independent Games Festival (IGF)
2000 Polaris Snowcross PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
2000 Pro Darts Game Boy Color
2001 Snowcross PC, Game Boy Color
2001 Monsters, Inc. Game Boy Color
2001 Zoboomafoo: Playtime in Zobooland Game Boy Color
2001 Kelly Club: Clubhouse Fun Game Boy Color
2001 Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace Game Boy Advance
2001 Power Rangers: Time Force Game Boy Advance
2001 Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro PlayStation
2001 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Game Boy Advance GBA launch title
2001 Sea-Doo Hydrocross PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
2001 Jimmy White's Cue Ball Game Boy Color
2001 SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula Game Boy Color 1st ever Spongebob video game
2002 Whiteout PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC
2002 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Xbox, Gamecube
2002 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Game Boy Advance, Wireless, PlayStation
2002 SpongeBob Squarepants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman Game Boy Advance
2002 Frogger Advance: The Great Quest Game Boy Advance
2002 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Game Boy Advance
2002 Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure Game Boy Advance
2002 The Powerpuff Girls: HIM & Seek Game Boy Advance
2003 The Muppets: On with the Show! Game Boy Advance, PC
2003 Spy Muppets: License to Croak Game Boy Advance, PC
2003 Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced Game Boy Advance
2003 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Xbox
2003 Crash Nitro Kart PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage
2003 Finding Nemo Game Boy Advance
2003 Disney's Brother Bear Game Boy Advance
2003 Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend Game Boy Advance
2003 X2: Wolverine's Revenge Game Boy Advance
2003 Tony Hawk's Underground Game Boy Advance
2003 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Game Boy Advance
2003 Disney's The Lion King 1 1/2 Game Boy Advance
2003 Joker's Wild Wireless
2003 Disney Extreme Skate Adventure Game Boy Advance
2003 Jet Grind Radio Game Boy Advance
2004 Kids Next Door: Operation S.O.D.A. Game Boy Advance
2004 Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy! Game Boy Advance
2004 That's So Raven Game Boy Advance
2004 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Game Boy Advance
2004 Shark Tale Game Boy Advance, Wireless
2004 Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage Game Boy Advance
2004 Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy Game Boy Advance
2004 Shrek 2 Game Boy Advance
2004 Crosswords by VV Wireless
2004 Rivet Wireless
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
2005 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse PlayStation Portable
2005 Ultimate Spider-Man Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
2005 Batman Begins Game Boy Advance
2005 Madagascar Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
2005 DOOM 3 Xbox
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
2006 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Wii, PlayStation Portable Launch title on Wii
2006 Over the Hedge Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
2006 Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts Game Boy Advance
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Wii 1st Third Party WFC title on Wii
2007 Spider-Man 3 Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance
2007 Shrek the Third Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance
2007 Transformers:Autobots, Transformers:Decepticons Nintendo DS
2007 Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Nintendo DS
2007 Bee Movie Game Nintendo DS
2008 Kung Fu Panda (video game) Nintendo DS
2008 Guitar Hero: On Tour Nintendo DS
2008 Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Wii

In development

Project release date Video game Platforms Notes
2008 Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades Nintendo DS Lame
2008 James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace [1] Nintendo DS Lame
2008 Guitar Hero World Tour Wii Awesome
2008 - 2009 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion PS3, Xbox 360 Lame

References

  1. ^ iTZKooPA (2007-08-22). "Activision Dates 'Call of Duty 4'; Drops Word on Bond Title". Totalgaming.net. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
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