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Feature: The Game-Changing Nintendo VR Headset That Never Was

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"We had cool stuff working".

Argonaut Software is a name that long-time Nintendo fans will be intimately familiar with; the UK-based firm worked with Nintendo on its
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, the cartridge-based hardware that made titles like
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and
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possible. However, Argonaut's interest in tech didn't end there; the company – driven by its visionary founder, Jez San – would continue to divide its focus between software and hardware for most of its existence (it was in the running to supply the chip for the
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, for example).

Over the years, several unreleased Argonaut projects have come to light, one of which was mentioned in a
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interview with San back in 2013. The Super Visor was to be a revolutionary Virtual Reality headset that could have kicked off VR gaming 20 years before the Oculus Rift arrived on the scene. Last year, San spoke about it a little more to UK newspaper
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, but we wanted to get the full story on this remarkable piece of kit – and recently, we were lucky enough to sit down with San in his London office for a chat about the past.

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