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Sacnoth

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 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…

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Founded
30 April 1997; 29 years ago (1997-04-30)
Industry
Video games
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Defunct
1 February 2009; 17 years ago (2009-02-01)
Fate
Merged into Aruze Marketing Japan
Formerly
Sacnoth (1997–2002) · Nautilus (2002–2007)

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Sacnoth

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples80
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
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related to 1997–2000: First games, Koudelka · 29
Sacnoth → April, CEO, Dive Alert, During, Hiroki Kikuta, His, It, Japan, Kikuta, Kikuta's, Koudelka, Mana, NGPC, North America, PlayStation, RPG, Sacnoth's, Searching, Secret, SNK
related to 2001–2009: Shadow Hearts · 19
Sacnoth → Aruze, Aruze's, Covenant, Following Koudelka, In November, Japan, Koudelka, Lovecraftian, Machida, Matsuzo Itakura, Matsuzo Machida, Mihara, Nautilus, PlayStation, Released, RPG, Shadow Hearts, The, Using
related to Legacy · 17
Sacnoth → Anime News Network, Dive Alert, Faselei, In, Jeremy Parish, Koudelka, Love-de-Lic, Lovecraftian, Mistwalker, Monolith Soft, NGPC, Shadow Hearts, Square, The Shadow Hearts, Todd Ciolek, USgamer, Writing
Formerly · 2
Sacnoth → Nautilus (2002–2007), Sacnoth (1997–2002)
Key people · 2
Sacnoth → Hiroki Kikuta (CEO, 1997–1999), Matsuzo Machida (game director)
Defunct · 1
Sacnoth → 1 February 2009; 17 years ago (2009-02-01)
Fate · 1
Sacnoth → Merged into Aruze Marketing Japan
Founded · 1
Sacnoth → 30 April 1997; 29 years ago (1997-04-30)
Founder · 1
Sacnoth → Hiroki Kikuta
Headquarters · 1
Sacnoth → Tokyo, Japan

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game shadow hearts aruze koudelka company games kikuta ngpc nautilus first staff founded video following renamed snk released developed japan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SacnothDefunct1 February 2009; 17 years ago (2009-02-01)1.00infobox
SacnothFateMerged into Aruze Marketing Japan1.00infobox
SacnothFormerlySacnoth (1997–2002)1.00infobox
SacnothFormerlyNautilus (2002–2007)1.00infobox
SacnothFounded30 April 1997; 29 years ago (1997-04-30)1.00infobox
SacnothFounderHiroki Kikuta1.00infobox
SacnothHeadquartersTokyo, Japan1.00infobox
SacnothIndustryVideo games1.00infobox
SacnothKey peopleHiroki Kikuta (CEO, 1997–1999)1.00infobox
SacnothKey peopleMatsuzo Machida (game director)1.00infobox
SacnothNative nameアルゼグローバルトレーディング株式会社1.00infobox
SacnothParentAruze (2002–2009)1.00infobox
SacnothProductsShadow Hearts1.00infobox
SacnothRomanized nameAruze Gurōbaru Torēdingu Kabushiki gaisha1.00infobox
SacnothTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox

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