Mad Genius Software

Mad Genius Software, Llc was a Canadian video game company created in 1995 by Geoffrey Mark, Keith Gillard and Mike Jackson in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its slogan was "Crazy People, Smart Games."

Originally an artist's collective, with teams working as and when external work schedules allowed, over the next three years the core team grew to twelve artists and programmers.

In 1997, a Saskatchewan investment company, Platinum Investments, offered to fund completion and marketing of their first game, Gunmetal, and by 1998, the company had 24 employees, including one in New Zealand.

Gunmetal was released across the continental US and Canada on August 31, 1998, with the demo version becoming #1 in downloads for several weeks in a number of video game websites. The demo is still available to download from a number of sites. Although the game sold 22,000 units in its first run, disagreements over sales revenue and other internal problems forced Mad Genius Software into receivership in March of 1999.