Isotope 244
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1999
Key people
James Bryant (founder)
Products
Websitewww.isotope244.com

Isotope 244 is a video game developer, based in the US.[1] It was founded by James Bryant in 1999. Isotope 244 is best known for developing retro remakes and real-time strategy genres for both desktop and mobile devices. Isotope 244 was also a leading developer of 3D screensavers in the early 2000s. The company received several mentions for its retrogaming and real-time strategy games, above all on portable platforms. James also goes by the username "Rasterman" on stack exchange and moddb.

History

New Isotope 244 logo
New logo of Isotope 244

Atomic Cannon Pocket was a notable turn-based strategy game available on the Pocket PC. It was the top selling game on Handango for several months and won several awards including PocketGear's Editors Choice, Handango Champion Award, Best PDA Ground Game, and winner of the Pocket PC Magazine 2005 Best Game Award.[2]

Isotope 244's game Land Air Sea Warfare garnered many positive reviews and was even selected by Apple Inc. as the first iPad Game of the Week.[3]

Games

3D screensavers

  • Sliders (1999)
  • Desktop Destroyer (1999)
  • Liquid Desktop (1999)
  • Picture Cube 3D (2000)
  • Snowflake 3D (2000)
  • Static TV (2001)
  • Real 3D Matrix (2003)
  • Simple Life (2004)
  • Tropical Island Escape (2006)

References

  1. "Isotope 244". GameSpot. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  2. Atomic Cannon Pocket best game award at Brighthand
  3. Land Air Sea Warfare at iPad Insight
  4. Atomic Cannon on G4tv
  5. Acky's XP Breakout on IGN
  6. Atomic Battle Dragons on G4tv
  7. Machines at War on GameSpot
  8. Land Air Sea Warfare on GameSpot
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