Argonaut Games
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| Founded | 1982-02-23 |
| Closed | 2004-10-01 |
| Headquarters | Edgeware, North London, United Kingdom |
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Argonaut Games PLC was an English game development studio founded by Jez San in 1980, and originally named Argonaut Software Ltd. The company got its name from the story of "Jason and the Argonauts", and "J. San" sounds like "Jason". They are perhaps best known for their contributions on the SNES, as they developed the Super FX chip, as well as helping in the development of Star Fox. Outside Nintendo, they are known for Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, as well as games for the Starglider and Harry Potter series.
The company closed its doors in 2004. Some of the development staff would go on to found Rocksteady Studios.
Contents
Games
Audio Development
GB
Most of their games uses David Whittaker's sound driver.
Death Track should be uses sound driver by Neil Baldwin, but leaked prototype didn't have any audio, despite he was credited in game credits.
SNES
Martin Simpson wrote a sound driver, which is modified version of Kankichi-kun, and it was used by him, Justin Scharvona, and Martin Gwynn Jones.
This sound driver also used by Bits Studios in Space Football: One on One and GunForce.
N64
On Buck Bumble, Richard Griffiths programmed music using Software Creations' N64 Sound Tools.
GBC
On Croc, Richard Griffiths used his modified version of Rare's sound driver, which originally developed by Chris Stamper or Mark Betteridge. He possibly did reverse engineering of Donkey Kong Land due the reused sound effects from same game.
GBA
On LEGO Bionicle: Matoran Adventure, Justin Scharvona composed music using ModPlug Tracker.
Audio Personnel
- Adam Fothergill - Composer and sound designer.
- Andrew Barnabas - Composer of Bionicle (PS2).
- Christopher Mann - Composer of Sheffield division.
- Chris Sweetman - Sound designer.
- David Whittaker - Composer for Game Boy games.
- Justin Scharvona - Composer.
- Karin Griffin - Composer and sound designer.
- Mark Bandola - Composer.
- Martin Gwynn Jones - Composer.
- Martin Simpson - Composer and sound programmer.
- Neil Baldwin - Composer for Death Track (GB)
- Nick Arundel - Composer.
- Paul Arnold - Composer of Bionicle (PS2).
- Richard Griffiths - Audio programmer.
- Rob Lord - Composer.
Links
- mobygames.com/company/1151/argonaut-games-plc/ - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonaut_Games - Wikipedia.
