ARG Presents

ARG is BACK with the MEMOTECH! Join THE BRENT & Amigo Aaron as we have a look at this machine and see if it's a Treasure or Fools Gold! After we learn a bit about the Memotech, we get down to BUSINESS with our looks at Nemo and OBLITERATION ZONE! Let's get OBLITERATED!!!! 🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support ARG Presents and our other wacky endeavors! https://www.patreon.com/TheR...

This week on ARG Presents, join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we take a look at one of the more colorful and prolific game programmers of all time, Jeff Minter! It's Llamasoft Games - Gridrunner and Attack of the Mutant Camels! 🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support ARG Presents and our other wacky endeavors! https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroRotation 🔗 Get social! Email: theretrorotation@gm...

It's the FIRST ARG of the new year, and we got a good one! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take on the FORCE..sorta. It's Star Wars-ISH Games! Snuggle up with your favorite wookie and enjoy our look at the Atari 8-bit Prototype game The Last Starfighter and 3D STARSTRIKE for the Enterprise 128!

Join John "Boatofcar" Shawler, Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for FIRST OF IT'S KIND EVENT! All of the Amigos Retro Gaming shows COME TOGETHER for an END OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHOW! We'll pick the best, and the worst, of games featured in 2023 on Amigos, ARG Presents, Our Sinclair, The CoCo Show, and the Atari ST Show! We'll also see what game YOU, the listener thought were the big w...

Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for some holiday themed games! And you may not believe this, but they are both GREAT! This time around, we'll be playing Johnny Platform Saves Xmas AND that staple of all Christmas time, THE GRINCH! 🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast Like old computers? Check out these conversational, congenial romps: 🤹‍♂️Amigos: Ev...

Don't fret, it's time for the COMMODORE PET! ARG Presents is going OLD school with the grand daddy of Commodore computers! Today we play the games of JIM SUMMERS, and talk about his high school programming days! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT LIVE as we examine about Astro Rescue and Star Spores!

It's HALLOWEEN here at ARG Presents, and you know what that means...Trick Or Treat! That perfectly describes our topic this week as we play Beautiful Games That Are HORRIBLE! Join MING THE MERCILESS aka Amigo Aaron and THE HURRICANE aka THE BRENT as we look at two games that have a pretty package but a ROTTEN taste, as we look at FX Fighter for DOS, and Space Lords from the genius-types at Ata...

It's the Lynx from Camputer this week on ARG Presents! The Lynx (not to be confused with the Atari Lynx handheld) was ANOTHER of the early 80's UK computers, and we get the scoop! Then it's game time and we got a couple standouts on the system, as we try out OH MUMMY! and Floyd's Bank!

FMV games tend to have a bad rap, but this week on ARG Presents dem boys will be looking at GOOD FMV Games...at least in our eyes! For starters, we'll talk about the sudden resurgence of Full Motion Video Games across all modern platforms, and then it's time to dig into our picks. Kick back and enjoy "Press X To NOT Die" for Steam and HARDLINE for DOS!

The Acorn Atom is the topic this week on ARG Presents! First we learn a little something about this unique and interesting machine, and then it's GAME TIME! Join DEM BOYS as we play Bell Hop and Painter!

From the mind of CLIVE SINCLAIR and his technical wizards, the NEWBRAIN was born. Passed around and continually passed over, only GRUNDY could finally secure the long overdue release of this unique machine. Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we attempt to figure out what exactly went down back in the late 70's, and what was ultimately produced. Then it's GAMETIME, as we kick the tires on a...

Once in a very long while, you'll come across a game that you just can't seem to beat. Most of the time, it's too hard, or it gets old...but on rare occasion, the game CAN'T be beat! It's glitched, or maybe the programming for the game ISN"T COMPLETED! THIS is the subject of ARG 277. Join Amigo Aaron and the BRENT for Robocop on the C64 and Mine Storm on the VECTEX! We pro...

This week on ARG Presents, the wheel has spoken, and this week and THIS WEEK ALONE, it's ALL THE BRENT, all the time! The Brent gets to pick BOTH games this week, and he's went in some strange directions! Join us as we play Space Bandits on the TI99/4a and Red Hook's Revenge, an educational board game on DOS!

Roll back time with us here at ARG...back to those days where Blockbuster and Hollywood Video kept you entertained on a Friday night. This was a time when you stared at a wall of movies and games and hoped that the one you wanted wasn't rented out. Go back to a time where it seemed like you had a universe of choices..but you only had them for 2 days, and you darn sure better rewind. If you wer...

Sibling rivalry..it's real, and it's happening THIS WEEK on ARG Presents as we play Games YOU love but your brother WILL HATE! Watch the boys toss each OTHER under this bus, as we take a gander at Cookie Clicker, and Worms ULTIMATE Mayhem!

Get your insurance paid up, because this week on ARG Presents 273 it's MEDICAL GAMES! Calling Doctor Aaron, paging Intern THE BRENT..emergency! Join the boys for a little malpractice as they take a look at the curiously named Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon for the Super Nintendo, and Ambulance for the Texas Instruments TI99/4a!

FINALLY...the one true battle to determine which machine was the KING DONG of the 1980's! There can only be one, and it will be either the BBC MICRO or the PC ENGINE! Join the ARG crew as we compare and contrast these two great systems and try to determine which one will be ARG BATTLE CHAMPION!

It's AWARD SEASON on ARG Presents! Join Amigo Aaron and that no good THE BRENT for "Award Winning Games...THAT SUCK!". First, we tackle Golden Joystick Game of the Year in 1988, THUNDER BLADE for the Sega Master System. THEN, stick around and learn about the SCAM that is the TEN AWARD WINNING Nintendogs! Plus stick around for a LIVE AWARD PRESENTATION!

Here at ARG, we aren't the most healthy eaters...too much meat, too much sugar...we tend to over indulge. Thanks goodness the folks out in radio land are looking out for us, as they've advised us this week to try Games Featuring Fruit! After a lovely bunch of Top Banana's, we dig in to our video game fruit salad! First...well...sometimes fruit goes rotten, and that's the case as we...

It's TIME! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT at BOATFEST 2023! Yes, it's DEM BOYS LIVE ON STAGE! Prepare yourself for The Brent's most ridiculous stunt yet...it's the BOATFEST WHEEL OF FUN!

DEM BOYS are back with another episode of ARG Presents! This time out, we dip our toes back in the pool one last time with the CAPCOM CPS-1 Arcade System! After a brief refresher on the CPS-1 and it's many awesome titles, we pick two FRESH games to take for a spin! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we play MAGIC SWORD and FORGOTTEN WORLDS!

It's CHAT CHOICE week on ARG, and the people have spoken...they DEMAND Sword and Sorcery Games, and Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT aim to deliver! Join DEM BOYS as they take a walk down fantasy game road and recall favorite games from their past. THEN, it's time to talk games! First, THE BRENT jump and climbs in FULL armor with the NES classic Wizards & Warriors! Next, Amigo Aaron walk and...

ARG is BACK WITH A VENGENCE!! Well, we're back anyway! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron this week as we take a ride with VTECH's CREATIVISION! We talk about the hardware, the games, and the DICK SMITH CONNECTION! Then it's time to get down and FUNKY with our big game selections. First, it's caveman Pengo with STONE AGE, and then it's an old school criminal BEAT DOWN with POLICE J...

This week ARG Presents travels DEEP into the interior of Brazil as we take a look at the Microdigital Eletrônica TK-90X aka the "Brazilian ZX Spectrum"! We get into WHY it HAD to exist, it's success, it's follow-up's, and what it had in common with it's sister system across the pond! THEN, it's game time. Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we venture into O Túmulo do D...

It's CROSSOVER week on ARG Presents! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we celebrate the greatness of the Pixel Gaiden podcast, hosted by those lovable scamps Tim, Cody, and Eric! After we put them over HUGE, it's time to BURY SOME GAMES! Join us as we consider the question...were Pixel Gaiden WRONG about Time Pilot 84 and SUPER Bomberman 2?!?!?