When Jez San began work on the company, he named it Argonaut after the old story of Jason and the Argonauts. His initials, J San, made this almost a pun. The company produced its first game Skyline Attack for the Commodore 64. It later produced the 3D Starglider games for the Amiga and Atari ST platforms. In 1997, the company released Croc: Legend of the Gobbos to mainly positive reviews. Argonaut Software Limited became Argonaut Games and was floated in 1999. The company went out of business in late 2004.