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Vorlage:Infobox company Vorlage:Prose Vorlage:Refimprove Vicarious Visions is an American video game developer founded by the high school brothers Karthik and Guha Bala in 1990, which developed some PC and Game Boy Color games in late 90's and 2000. 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 porting id Software's Doom 3 to the Xbox.

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 and together made Tony Hawk's American Sk8land, which was the second Wi-Fi-enabled DS game. Beginning with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Vicarious Visions has been the developer for the Guitar Hero series on the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms. For Guitar Hero: On Tour, Vicarious Visions created the "Guitar Grip" peripheral for the Nintendo DS, which emulates the guitar controller for the portable system.

As of February 2010, Vicarious Visions replaced Neversoft as developer for future Guitar Hero games.

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
1996	Synnergist	PC
1997	Dark Angael	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	Linux, Mac OS X, PC
2000	Polaris Snowcross	Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PC, PlayStation
2000	Pro Darts	Game Boy Color
2001	Snowcross	Game Boy Color, PC
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
2001	Sea-Doo Hydrocross	Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation
2001	Jimmy White's Cue Ball	Game Boy Color
2001	SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula	Game Boy Color
2002	Whiteout	PC, PS2, Xbox
2002	Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	Gamecube, Xbox
2002	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, Wireless
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	GameCube, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage, PS2, Xbox
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's 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
2005	Tony Hawk's American Sk8Land	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
2005	Madagascar: Operation Penguin	Game Boy Advance
2005	X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse	PSP
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	PSP, Nintendo DS, Wireless
2006	Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
2006	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	PSP, 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
2007	Spider-Man 3	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PS2, PSP, Wii
2007	Shrek the Third	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
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	Nintendo DS
2008	Guitar Hero: On Tour	Nintendo DS
2008	Guitar Hero: Aerosmith	Wii
2008	Guitar Hero World Tour	Wii
2008	Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades	Nintendo DS
2008	Quantum of Solace	Nintendo DS
2009	Mixed Messages	Nintendo DSi
2009	Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons	Nintendo DS
2009	Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits	Nintendo DS
2009	Guitar Hero 5	Wii
2009	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2	PS3, Xbox 360
2009	Band Hero	Wii, Nintendo DS
2010	Guitar Hero	iPhone