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Advanced Gravis Computer Technology, Ltd. was a manufacturer of computer <a href="/facts/Peripheral/3lEBPE14">peripherals</a> and <a href="/facts/Computer_hardware/8jSjsCNv">hardware</a>. The company was founded in 1982 in <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>.
Their most famous products were the <a href="/facts/Gravis_PC_GamePad/WJHWphh0">Gravis PC GamePad</a>, at one time one of the most popular <a href="/facts/Game_controller/2PkNFsUX">gaming controllers</a> for the PC, the once-ubiquitous Gravis Joystick (black with red buttons), and the <a href="/facts/Gravis_UltraSound/WTu5r8lJ">Gravis UltraSound</a> add-on card, competitor to the <a href="/facts/Sound_Blaster/tKl0zY5n">Sound Blaster</a>. At its peak, the company had almost 300 employees with a European office in The Netherlands, and was at the time the world's largest manufacturer of computer joysticks and gamepads.
The company was acquired by <a href="/facts/Kensington_Computer_Products_Group/EzLEaXcW">Kensington Computer Products Group</a> towards the end of 1997. Although the brand remained in use for some time after this, with the website still active until the mid-2000s it has since essentially disappeared.

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