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In 1995, Argonaut Software was split into Argonaut Technologies Limited (ATL) and Argonaut Software Limited (ASL). With space being a premium at the office on Colindale Avenue, ATL was relocated to an office in the top floor of a separate building. The building was called Capitol House on Capitol
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In 1996, John Edelson was hired as the company General Manager. John Edelson ran the group for two years. Capital was raised in 1996–1998 from Tom Teichman and Apax Partners. According to Jez San, Argonaut remained an independent developer by choice, and had turned down several buyout offers.
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chip. They originally codenamed it the Mathematical Argonaut Rotation I/O, or "MARIO", as is printed on the chip's surface. So powerful was the Super FX chip used to create the graphics and gameplay, that they joked that the Super NES was just a box to hold the chip.
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I told them that this is as good as it's going to get unless they let us design some hardware to make the SNES better at 3D. Amazingly, even though I had never done any hardware before, they said YES, and gave me a million bucks to make it happen.
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In early October 2004, Argonaut Games called in receivers David Rubin & Partners, laid off 100 employees, and was put up for sale. Many former employees would join newly established developer
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After building the Super FX, Argonaut designed several different chips for other companies' video game machines, which were never released. These include machines codenamed
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was originally planned for release on SNES in 1996 (build date: September 12, 1995). However, the game was not officially released until 2017 when it was included in the
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In 1997, the two arms of the company once again shared an office as the entire company was moved to a new building in Edgware. In September 1997,
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In 1990, Argonaut collaborated with Nintendo during the early years of the NES and SNES, a notable incident being when Argonaut submitted a
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for computer games, simulators, and graphic tools. It was developed and licensed by Argonaut Software. The engine supports
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series. The company was liquidated in late 2004, and ceased to exist in early 2007. It was relaunched in 2024.
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Way, just around the corner. There, they continued the design of CPU and GPU products and maintained "
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BRender (abbreviation of "Blazing Renderer") is a development toolkit and a realtime 3D
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in 1982, the company name is a play on his name (J. San) and the mythological story of
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capability. Nintendo agreed, so San hired chip designers and made the
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Argonaut Games provided assistance in programming with the FX Chip.
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Argonaut Software Limited became Argonaut Games and was
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In 2024, the company was reopened, now simply known as
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design. LSI Logic became a minor investor in Argonaut.
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Public limited company
Video games
Colindale
Jez San
Liquidated
Edgware
Divisions
Argonaut Sheffield
Subsidiaries
A/N Software Inc.
Nintendo
Just Add Monsters
www.argonautgames.com
video game developer
Super NES
Star Fox
Super FX
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Starglider
Jez San
Jason and the Argonauts
Colindale
London
Edgware
Woodside, California

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