▁for ▁the ▁At ari ▁ST ▁and ▁the ▁Com mod ore ▁Am iga ▁sold ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁copies ▁( ear ning ▁him ▁£ 2 ▁per ▁copy ▁in ▁roy alt ies ). ▁ ▁The ▁money ▁helped ▁launch ▁Arg onaut ▁as ▁a ▁larger ▁company ▁that ▁started ▁h iring ▁other ▁people ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁ ▁Arg onaut ▁growth ▁and ▁decl ine ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Arg onaut ▁signed ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁N intendo . ▁San ▁attract ed ▁N intendo ' s ▁attention ▁because ▁Arg onaut ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁developer ▁to ▁successfully ▁design ▁ 3 D ▁mod elling ▁on ▁the ▁N ES ▁and ▁the ▁Game ▁Boy . ▁X ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁N intendo ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁ 3 D ▁Game ▁Boy ▁game . ▁San ▁helped ▁develop ▁the ▁first ▁ 3 D ▁graphics ▁acceler ator ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Super ▁F X ▁chip ▁that ▁made ▁Star ▁Fox ▁( re leased ▁as ▁Star wing ▁in ▁Europe ) ▁possible ▁on ▁the ▁Super ▁N ES . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁Arg onaut ▁received ▁external ▁fund ing ▁from ▁Ap ax ▁Part ners ▁and ▁was ▁listed ▁public ly ▁on ▁the ▁London ▁Stock ▁Exchange ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁San ' s ▁st ake ▁was ▁reduced ▁from ▁ 9 0 % ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁to ▁almost ▁ 5 0 % ▁post ▁Arg onaut ▁Games ' ▁IP O ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁San ▁also ▁helped ▁found ▁AR C ▁International ▁when ▁it ▁was