Mad Catz

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. is a manufacturer of console peripherals, based in San Diego, California. It was formed in 1989 as Patch Ventures, and has gone through a series of name changes, including Legacy Storage Systems International (1994), Tecmar Technologies International (1996), Xencet Investments (1998), Games Trader (1999), GTR Group (1999) and finally Mad Catz in 2001.

Mad Catz have acquired peripheral manufacturers Joytech and Saitek in 2007 (September and November, respectively), and more recently, Tritton Technologies in June 2010.

The company has produced various peripherals for Sega consoles, including the Sega Dreamcast, where it acquired the rights to produce the "official" Dreamcast light gun (the [[Dream Blaster]) in North America (as Sega were concerned about releasing the Dreamcast Light Gun after theColumbine High School massacre). They have also produced controllers, memory units and rumble packs.