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Argonaut founder Jez San is someone who knows his way around gaming technology. He coded the best-selling Starglider when he was still in his teens, bringing 3D visuals to hardware that had traditionally struggled with anything that wasn't 2D. Later, he would join forces with Nintendo to help...

Shortly after it was released, the credits for PS5 platformer Astro Bot revealed some interesting secrets – such as references to series such as Worms, Assassin's Creed, Rayman and Croc. While the game features plenty of cross-over characters already, none of these franchises are currently...

The upcoming "Croc: Legend of the Gobbos" remaster looks to be a faithful update that preserves the original game's style and charm while incorporating visual enhancements for modern platforms. The comparison video shows the remaster is sharper, has a smoother frame rate, and features more...

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The glorious return of Argonaut and the official confirmation of an HD Croc remaster have given retro-platforming fans lots to be grateful for this year, it's fair to say. One of the most popular questions regarding the upcoming remaster relates to its controls, with many people asking for this...

We recently reported on the very welcome news that Argonaut Games, the company behind hits such as Starglider, King Arthur's World, Alien Resurrection and Star Fox, was being revived, and a remaster of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is on the cards. Keen to capitalize on the renewed interest in the...

We recently reported on the very welcome news that the Argonaut brand was being resurrected and that the company would be bringing back the 3D platformer Croc. We can now tell you that the exhumed Argonaut Games is teaming up with Ancient Machine to help launch the point-and-click adventure...

Last week gave us the very welcome news that Argonaut Games is back, and it's remastering Croc: Legend of the Gobbos as its first project. We had an inkling that this would be a popular announcement given the reaction generated when Jez San hinted at a Croc HD back in 2023, but it seems that...

Argonaut Games – the British studio which helped Nintendo create the legendary Star Fox – is back from the dead, it has been confirmed. Originally established in the 1982 by teenager Jez San, Argonaut went on to produce 3D titles such as Starglider, Birds of Prey and Starglider 2 before teaming...

If you owned a Dreamcast in the early 2000s and loved vehicle-based games, you may have come across Red Dog: Superior Firepower in the past. A collaboration between the Star Fox and Croc developers Argonaut Games and the publisher Sega (note: the game was published in North America under Crave...

Argonaut is one of the most fascinating British development studios to come out of the 1980s. Founded by teenager Jez San in 1982, the company was primarily an outlet for his own programming talents, with Starglider (1986) and Starglider 2 (1988) establishing the studio as something of an expert...