<s>
Argonaut	O
Games	O
PLC	O
was	O
a	O
British	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
founded	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
most	O
notable	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
video	O
game	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
and	O
its	O
supporting	O
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
hardware	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
developing	O
Croc	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gobbos	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Starglider	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	O
,	O
Argonaut	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Nintendo	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
a	O
notable	O
incident	O
being	O
when	O
Argonaut	O
submitted	O
a	O
proof-of-concept	O
method	O
of	O
defeating	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
copyright	O
protection	O
mechanism	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combined	O
efforts	O
from	O
both	O
Nintendo	O
and	O
Argonaut	O
yielded	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
,	O
initially	O
codenamed	O
"	O
SnesGlider	O
"	O
and	O
inspired	O
by	O
their	O
earlier	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
Starglider	B-Application
,	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
then	O
some	O
weeks	O
later	O
on	O
a	O
prototype	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jez	O
San	O
told	O
Nintendo	O
that	O
his	O
team	O
could	O
only	O
improve	O
performance	O
or	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
demonstration	O
if	O
Nintendo	O
allowed	O
Argonaut	O
to	O
design	O
custom	O
hardware	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
to	O
have	O
true	O
3D	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
agreed	O
,	O
so	O
San	O
hired	O
chip	O
designers	O
and	O
made	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
chip	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
powerful	O
was	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
chip	I-Device
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
that	O
they	O
joked	O
that	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
was	O
just	O
a	O
box	O
to	O
hold	O
the	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
building	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
,	O
Argonaut	O
designed	O
several	O
different	O
chips	O
for	O
other	O
companies	O
 '	O
video	O
game	O
machines	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
they	O
continued	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
CPU	O
and	O
GPU	O
products	O
and	O
maintained	O
"	O
BRender	B-Application
"	O
,	O
Argonaut	O
's	O
proprietary	O
software	O
3D	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
won	O
a	O
chip	O
design	O
project	O
with	O
LSI	O
Logic	O
for	O
a	O
potential	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1997	O
,	O
Croc	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gobbos	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Fox	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
ATL	O
was	O
rebranded	O
ARC	B-Application
after	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
main	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
Argonaut	B-Application
RISC	I-Application
Core	I-Application
,	O
and	O
became	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
spun	O
off	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
shareholders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARC	B-Application
was	O
an	O
embedded	O
IP	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BRender	B-Application
(	O
abbreviation	O
of	O
"	O
Blazing	O
Renderer	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
development	O
toolkit	O
and	O
a	O
realtime	O
3D	O
graphics	B-Device
engine	I-Device
for	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
simulators	O
,	O
and	O
graphic	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
had	O
support	O
for	O
Intel	O
's	O
MMX	B-Architecture
instruction	O
set	O
and	O
it	O
supported	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
3D	O
hardware	O
graphics	B-Device
accelerator	I-Device
cards	I-Device
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
made	O
with	O
BRender	B-Application
includes	O
Carmageddon	B-Application
,	O
Croc	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gobbos	I-Application
,	O
FX	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
,	O
I-War	B-Application
,	O
and	O
3D	B-Application
Movie	I-Application
Maker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
on	O
May	O
3	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
++Cancelled	O
games	O
by	O
Argonaut	O
GamesTitleDevelopment	O
PeriodPlatform8-KingsN-GageBionicle	O
:	O
City	O
of	O
Legends	O
"	O
Bionicle	B-Application
2	O
tech	O
demo	O
discovered	O
"	O
,	O
ptponline.com,	O
30	O
October	O
2012	O
"	O
BIONICLE	B-Application
2	O
:	O
City	O
of	O
Legends	O
(	O
Xbox	O
Beta	O
)	O
ISO	O
Release	O
"	O
,	O
biomediaproject.com,	O
1	O
February	O
20142004Xbox	O
,	O
PS2I-Ninja	O
2	O
"	O
I-Ninja	B-Application
2	O
:	O
PS2/XBOX/GameCube	O
–	O
Cancelled	O
"	O
,	O
Unseen64	O
,	O
12	O
March	O
20092004PS2	O
,	O
Xbox	O
,	O
GameCubeZero	O
Hour	O
"	O
Zero	O
Hour	O
,	O
PSP	O
–	O
Cancelled	O
"	O
,	O
</s>
