For the short story, see The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth.
Aruze Global Trading Corporation
The original Sacnoth logo
Native name
アルゼグローバルトレーディング株式会社
Romanized name
Aruze Gurōbaru Torēdingu Kabushiki gaisha
Formerly
Sacnoth (1997–2002)
Nautilus (2002–2007)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Video games
Founded
30 April 1997; 27 years ago (1997-04-30)
Founder
Hiroki Kikuta
Defunct
1 February 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-01)
Fate
Merged into Aruze Marketing Japan
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Hiroki Kikuta (CEO, 1997–1999)
Matsuzo Machida (game director)
Products
Shadow Hearts
Parent
Aruze (2002–2009)
Sacnoth Inc.,[a] renamed Nautilus Inc.[b] in 2002, was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. The company was founded in April 1997 by Hiroki Kikuta with funding from SNK; its staff, including Kikuta, were veterans of Square. While their first releases were the Dive Alert games for the Neo Geo Pocket Color (NGPC), the company was founded to produce Koudelka, a role-playing video game for the PlayStation. The development of Koudelka was troubled due to creative differences between Kikuta and the rest of the staff, with Kikuta resigning as CEO following the game's release and being replaced by Jun Mihara. The company also released the NGPC game Faselei!.
Following Koudelka, the company went on to develop the first game in the Shadow Hearts series. In 2002, Aruze acquired Sacnoth and renamed it to Nautilus. Under that name, the company developed two more Shadow Hearts games. As part of a larger reorganization within Aruze, Nautilus was renamed Aruze Global Trading Corporation[c] and exited the video game business in September 2007 before being absorbed into another Aruze subsidiary in February 2009. The work of Sacnoth for the NGPC has been mentioned positively in articles on the console, while the Shadow Hearts series retains a cult status and is remembered for its setting and gameplay. Multiple former employees joined Feelplus.
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Sacnoth Inc., renamed Nautilus Inc. in 2002, was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. The company was founded in April 1997 by Hiroki Kikuta...
(Japanese: クーデルカ, Hepburn: Kūderuka) is a role-playing video game developed by Sacnoth for the PlayStation. The game was published by SNK in Japan in 1999, and...
predecessor Koudelka for the PlayStation. The entire series was developed by Sacnoth (later Nautilus); Koudelka was published by SNK in 1999, while the Shadow...
short stories. One of the stories, "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save For Sacnoth", was afterwards (1910) published by itself as a separate book, a now very-rare...
and Dive Alert: Matt's Version are role-playing video games developed by Sacnoth for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. They were published by SNK in 1999 in Japan...
three best-known works, he formed his own video game production company, Sacnoth, for which he was the president and CEO. After producing and composing...
adaptation of Dunsany's short story "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth". Dunsany appeared on early television several times, notably on The Brains...
Machida as a spiritual successor to Shadow Hearts, a series developed by Sacnoth and released between 2001 and 2005. Following the release of Shadow Hearts:...
fiction such as Lord Dunsany's "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" (1910) and A. Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar (1924). All these authors influenced...
prominent in fantasy literature as "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" (1908) by Lord Dunsany and "The Tower of the Elephant" (1933) by Robert...
Unreleased Dive Alert: Becky's Version Sacnoth SNK Yes April 16, 2000 August 19, 1999 2000 Dive Alert: Matt's Version Sacnoth SNK Yes April 16, 2000 August 19...
formerly owned by SNK Pallas – developed Eight Man and Super Baseball 2020. Sacnoth – developed Dive Alert, Koudelka, and Faselei!. Saurus – developed Ironclad...
Mistwalker is noted as being one of a group of video game companies—alongside Sacnoth, Love-de-Lic and Monolith Soft—founded by Square staff who had worked on...
Soft is noted as being one of a group of video game companies—alongside Sacnoth, Love-de-Lic and Mistwalker—founded by Square staff who had worked on notable...
January 15, 2001 Aruze NeoGeo Pocket Color Shadow Hearts June 28, 2001 Sacnoth PlayStation 2 Pachi-Slot Aruze Oukoku 5 November 15, 2001 Aruze PlayStation...
Dreamcast Koudelka June 28, 2000 (North America) September 27, 2000 (Europe) Sacnoth PlayStation North American and European publishing rights. Originally published...
Hearts role-playing video game series, developed by Japanese game company Sacnoth (later Nautilus), was primarily composed by Yoshitaka Hirota. Hirota collaborated...
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