Advanced Gravis

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{{Infobox company

| name=Advanced Gravis Computer Technology, Ltd.

| logo=Advanced Gravis Computer Technology logo.svg

| image=Gravis Gamepad (cropped).jpg

| image_caption=Gravis Gamepad

| type=Private

| founded={{start date and age|1982}} in British Columbia, Canada

| defunct={{start date and age|1997}}

| fate=Acquired by Kensington Computer Products Group

| industry=Computer

| products=Peripherals

}}

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Advanced Gravis Computer Technology, Ltd. was a manufacturer of computer peripherals and hardware. The company was founded in 1982 in British Columbia, Canada.

Their most famous products were the Gravis PC GamePad, at one time one of the most popular gaming controllers for the PC,{{cite magazine|date=May 1996|title=Get a Grip!!!: Joysticks Past, Present & Future|url=https://archive.org/details/Next-Generation-1996-05/page/n43/mode/2up|magazine=Next Generation|publisher=Imagine Media|issue=17|page=39}} the once-ubiquitous Gravis Joystick (black with red buttons), and the Gravis UltraSound add-on card, competitor to the Sound Blaster. 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.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}

The company was acquired by Kensington Computer Products Group towards the end of 1997.

{{cite web|url=http://immr.client.shareholder.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=111458|title=Immersion and Gravis Partner to Create New Force Feedback Devices; Innovative Technology Extends Opportunities for Developers|date=2000-03-10|accessdate=2009-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202940/http://immr.client.shareholder.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=111458|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}

Although the brand remained in use for some time after this, with the website still active until the mid-2000s{{cite web|url=http://www.gravis.com/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041125062211/http://www.gravis.com/|archivedate=2004-11-25|title=[Gravis.com web site]|accessdate=2023-05-07}} it has since essentially disappeared.