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'''Vicarious Visions''' is a [[New York City|New York]] based computer game developer which specialized mainly in games for handheld Nintendo hardware.
'''Vicarious Visions''' is a [[New York]]-based computer game developer which specialized mainly in games for handheld Nintendo hardware.


The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala and developed their first game for the PC in 1996, titled ''Synnergist''. Their [[Game Boy]] game development work sprang out of a desire to find a way to fund their PC games, however their success in the handheld gaming field led to them being acquired by [[Activision]] at the start of 2005. Recently, they have worked on several installments of Activision's toy-to-life juggernaut ''Skylanders'', as well as developing the ''Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy'' compilation.
The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala and developed their first game for the PC in 1996, titled ''Synnergist''. Their [[Game Boy]] game development work sprang out of a desire to find a way to fund their PC games, however their success in the handheld gaming field led to them being acquired by [[Activision]] at the start of 2005. Under Activision, they produced Wii ports of the ''Guitar Hero'' series, multiple ''Skylanders'' entries, and the ''Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy'' and ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2'' remasters.


==Games==
==Games==

Revision as of 04:04, 14 September 2020

Vicarious Visions is a New York-based computer game developer which specialized mainly in games for handheld Nintendo hardware.

The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala and developed their first game for the PC in 1996, titled Synnergist. Their Game Boy game development work sprang out of a desire to find a way to fund their PC games, however their success in the handheld gaming field led to them being acquired by Activision at the start of 2005. Under Activision, they produced Wii ports of the Guitar Hero series, multiple Skylanders entries, and the Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remasters.

Games