ARG Presents (Amigos Retro Gaming)

ARG 155 is going to the birds, LITERALLY!  It's Games with Birds week, and we're lining our nests here with two great(ish) bird related titles!  First, check out the quirky hummingbird simulator on the Sega 32X with Kolibri, then it's straight to Duckberg with Disney's DuckTales for the Nintendo NES!

Welcome to a soul searching addition of ARG Presents.  This time out, we will tackle the infinite question of religion...in gaming.  After a discussion about the stigma attached to most religious offereings, we will get down to business with a few picks of our own.  Bow your head and pray that we get acouple winners this week as we play Mandagon on Steam and Onesimus on classic DOS!

Well, it's been over 6 years in the making, but WELCOME to BIG Episode 300 of ARG Presents. Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we ponder what the hell we've been doing with out lives for the last six years. We talk about the show start with our buddy John "Boatofcar" Shawler. We get into the technical challenges for people with no experience, skill...talent, etc. THEN, I beseech you AVERT YOUR GAZE as THE BRENT debuts his new ARG Theme Song Video! 🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support ARG Presents and our other wacky endeavors! https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroRotation 🔗 Get social! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #argpresents #Retrocomputing

A revisit with a couple classics in Smurfs and Lady Bug!

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!

Welcome to a fun and exciting ARG Presents, as we take a DEEP dive into the world of the COMMODORE PET!  WE have a look at the origins of the machine, it's formative years, and it's amazing success.  Then, it's GAME TIME as we tackle two of the offerings with FIRE! and Meteorite!

It's BIG episode 149 of ARG Presents, and we're back to the SUPER Nintendo for this one.  When you think SNES titles, two games stand out as MUST PLAYS, and so, to be popular, we cover the MOST POPULAR games!  So, with that in mind, sit back and relax as we discuss Archer MacLean's Super Dropzone and the timeless Michael Jordan - Chaos in the Windy City!

Feet don't fail me now!  It's DANCING Games this week on ARG Presents.  We're getting down and funky with our bad selves and bustin' out the A material on the disco floor!  After some fancy and dancy discussion, we crank up the ballet of PAIN as we waltz with the games that brought us to the dance!  Get your groove on as THE BRENT steps on the toes of BUST A GROOVE on the Playstation, then get your cardboard ready as Amigo Aaron spins on his head for BREAK STREET on the C64.  Get giggy with it!

Time for some CRIME this week on ARG Presents as we look at ARCADE HACKS AND BOOTLEGS!  YES, whether it's arcade owners squeezing some extra life out of a game, or games illegally crossing the border, bootlegs have always been a fascinating presence in the arcade.  After a history lesson from THE BRENT, the boys dig in with Donkey Kong II and Street Fighter II RAINBOW EDITION!

On this ARG Presents Pre-show, watch THE BRENT scold Amigo Aaron for having TOO MUCH JOY!  We discuss the Coleco Adam Fujinet card, Babylon 5, and our life philosophies.

Happy New Year from your buddies at ARG Presents!  What a better way is there to start off a fresh new year then with Super Nintendo European Exclusive Games!  They exsist!  Who knew?!?!  Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we dive deep into a shallow pool this week.  After listing ALL the exclusives, we take a look at Waterworld and Jelly Boy!

This week on ARG Presents, the boys have a go at the RARE Exidy Sorcerer Computer! This is another obscure machine, but with the backing of a successful computer chain and a great arcade manufacturer, what went wrong? We'll learn a bit of history, and try a few games as well! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we try out ASTRO ATTACKER and Arrows and Alleys!

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Hello folks, we are BACK!  After a fight with illness, AMIGA Aaron and THE BRENT are buzzing back this week on ARG Presents!  Join us as we explore the Australian classic  Microbee Computer!  We take a look this week at no less the FIVE games, all from celebrated Bee author Brad Robinson!  Relax and enjoy Space Lanes, RoboFire, Depth Charge, Lazer Blazer, and Hopper!

Welcome to the present from THE PAST!  It's Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT going back into the distant past this week on ARG Presents with TIME TRAVEL GAMES!  First, be amazed at the splendor and beauty and INCREDIBLE DIFFICULTY that IS Dragons Lair 2: Time Warp.  Then get in your TIME JEEP as we jaunt over to the Commodore 64 to BATTLE THROUGH TIME!   

Ever wondered what sort of podcast Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT would have released nearly a decade ago? Wonder no longer as we bring you a special episode from the vault, never publicly heard before today, EXCLUSIVE to the ARG Presents channel. 

The boys are back in the DEEP end of the pool this week on ARG 141, as we take a look at the Japanese computer the MSX2.  We look over what's changed since the MSX and then BAM we tackle two system exclusives as we go on the GREAT Pumpkin Adventure III and then it's a hunt for the Treasure of Usas!

Enjoy this special THE BRENT presentation of Places I Played - TA Truck Stop (Episode One)!  

Hello again AGAIN from ARG Presents!  This time out, games so nice they PORTED THEM TWICE to the exact same system.  This is a DOUBLE dose of Amstrad, as we look at the twice made versions of Paperboy and Double Dragon!

Oh man, I get excited about this one!  YES, after MUCH DEMAND, it's TIME for THE ComX-35 Computer...a computer with a murky past from the mysterious high-tech streets of 1980's HONG KONG!  Water proof keyboard?  Built-in joystick?  RADIATION PROOF PROCESSOR?!?  It's got it all!  THRILL to the story of the ComX-35, and then relax and enjoy a few gaming offerings as we look at the provocatively titled GET YOUR GADGET and CROSS HORDE, the GAME OF 1000 PORTS!

What happens when an EPIC toy company dips it's toes in the ELECTRONIC GAMING POOL?!? Insanity, that's what! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we look at the ENTIRE LINE of Mego Corporations Mini-Vid Handheld games! We GIVE YOU EVERYTHING WE GOT! Don't expect much, but still...FUN!

Hello ladies and gentlemen!  Welcome to WRESTLING week on ARG Presents!  Join everyone's least favorite Tag Team, THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we grapple with two unusual wrestling games!  First, it's the NeoGeo battler KING OF THE MONSTERS, then it's something different...ONITA ATSUSHI FMW for the SUPER Famicom!  FIGHT!

Ill and chill with Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we discuss a couple of the new 1-Up Arcade releases in this ARG Extra!

Join John "Boatofcar" Shawler, Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for the 2024 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 winners and BAD losers! Kick back, relax, and let the warm memories wash over you, and say goodbye to the year that WAS 2024! 🏆 Keep our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast rolling! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast Subscribe to the podcast at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast Amigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current news, and a look at the games we all remember--even those we'd like to forget! #Amiga #Retrocomputing

It's time to get a little POKEY this week on ARG Presents!  Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we check out home games based on the beloved POKEY Chip!  First we go off on the lack of Atari 8 -Bit respect, and then we get down to it.  Please enjoy our takes on Alley Cat for the Atari Computers and the go Commando on the Atari 7800!

Midway Games, one of the true pioneers of arcade gaming...gone..in an instant.  But why?  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we explore what killed this beloved developer, and then stick around as we pick a few games that WE think helped put the final nails in the Midway coffin.  Journey with us as we try out Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and John Woo Presents STRANGLEHOLD.

Hello folks, your good pal Amigo Aaron here!  it all went down on Friday, November 26, 2021....The Thanks-For-Giving 2021 Marathon!  We left it all in the studio folks, and that video is up right now for your kind edification!  With all that said, enjoy this quick post show, and prepare yourselves, for on December 5, we'll be looking at games on the notorious GAME.COM console!  

Everybody LOVED consolizing a computer!  So what happens when South Korean super corp Daewoo does it?  You get the Zemmix V CPC-51!  Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT on a path of discovery as we learn all about this unusual console...why it exsists...what it is really...what it does.  Then we play a few games for the V!  Kick back and enjoy HEAVY Boxing and The King's Valley!

* FILMED DURING AN ACTUAL THUNDERSTORM for you enjoyment!* The forecast calls for a copious amount of FUN this week on ARG Presents! Join Action News Team Meteorologist Amigo Aaron and sexy weathergirl THE BRENT as we look at, by request, WEATHER GAMES! Doppler radar predicts a 100 percent chance of bad acting as we look at Team Xtreme: Operation Weather Disaster for Windows 3.1. Then, the 5 day outlook spells doom for you castle. Expect lightning, hail, tornados, and rain as we take a look at WEATHER WAR II! Back to you, Wink!

This week on ARG, it's back to battle as we pit two arcade systems against one another!  Watch with horror as the Polygame Master takes on the MIGHTY NeoGeo!  Can the upstart PGM dethrone the SNK juggernaut?!  FIND OUT!

This week on ARG Presents, we take a look at cartridge games for the Commodore 64!  Who knew there were HUNDREDS of not only game carts, but utilities, hardware, and more!?  We'll lament the rise and fall of cartridge slots on home computers, and the we dive right in with our picks.  This week, Amigo Aaron tries out Activision's Pastfinder and THE BRENT goes hunting with Dragonden!

The Boys are BACK this week with an unusual episode of ARG Presents, as we take a look at Games ENTIRELY Made with Text Graphics like ASCII and PETSCII. Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we tackle Digiloi for the C64 and Plus 4, and CANDY BOX for your Browser of choice! 🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support ARG Presents and our other wacky endeavors! https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroRotation 🔗 Get social! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming

It's the Gaming Life of Dean Bent this week on ARG Presents 296! Who's Dean Bent you ask?!? FIND OUT as we delve DEEPLY into a career spanning from U.S. Gold to Code Masters to NVIDIA! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we check out two of the games Dean toiled on - Go Go Beckham on the Gameboy Advance and Striker Pro 2000 aka UEFA Striker! Get your tickets for Kickstart, the UK’s largest Amiga Event! https://www.amigashow.com/ 🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support ARG Presents and our other wacky endeavors! https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroRotation 🔗 Get social! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #Amiga #Retrocomputing

Hello game lovers and welcome to ARG 103!  This time out, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they head back to the arcades!  It's CAPCOM time gang, and we play two VERY diverse entries from the CPS-1 Arcade Board family.  It's movie time with WILLOW and then we test our brains at Quiz And Dragons!

A quick look at two games from the NES system with Urban Champion and Popeye!

It's LASER week on ARG Presents as THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron enter the futuristic game-play world of Laserdisc Arcade Games!  Hold on to your hats as we offer up two of the better player games of the genre!  First off, enter the DANGER ZONE as you pilot your jet fighter in MACH 3!  Then, get ready for the trippiest alien attack of all time with INTERSTELLAR LASER FANTASY!  GROOVIE!

It's WAR this week on ARG Presents as we go head to head and SKULL TO SKULL!  It's time to pick sides as we debate that eternal question, GAME BOY COLOR or NEOGEO POCKET COLOR!

Games get banned all over the world for good reasons.  Sexy content, gore, and violence are all examples of what would get a game banned...but that's NOT what we're exploring this week on ARG Presents!   This week we'll be examining games banned for STUPID reason!  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we explore Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure and EVERQUEST

Greetings and welcome to BIG episode 128 this week!  In a stunning surprise, it's ANDROID GAME week on ARG Presents.  Join us for some conversation about mobile games journey from SNAKE and UNO to today's big money blockbusters.  Then put your best legs forward for Doodle Jump and the thrill to the pigskin classic RETRO BOWL.

Guilty pleasure games...you know the ones...the ones you don't talk to others about.  Maybe you like to pretend to cook, or be a rock star, or Strawberry Shortcake.  Don't be ashamed, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as well pull those Guilty Pleasure Games into the light of day for the world to see!  Marvel as we play Port Man from the arcades, and Carnival Games on the Nintendo Wii!

Welcome to another wacky episode of ARG!  This time out, we're back to the UK for a look at the Enterprise 64/128 Computer...the one with the BUILT IN JOYSTICK!  After learning about the Enterprise, we go to WARP SPEED with two game from it's vast library.  PREPARE yourself for a trip into the DEADLY Devil's Lair, and then deal yourself in to Jack's House of Cards!

We're here!  Better late then never this week, and we're going to BATTLE on the Neo Geo this week as we pit a very OLD Neo Geo game against a later release.  Please, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we look at The Super Spy and Prehistoric Isle 2.

Apologies for the sound quality this week..I had an issue I wasn't aware of.  

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 Atari's arcade division! Like old computers? Check out these conversational, congenial romps: 🤹‍♂️Amigos: Everything Amiga https://bit.ly/amigospodcast 🌈Our Sinclair https://bit.ly/oursinclair 🏔Atari ST Show https://bit.ly/ataristshow 🪐1200XL https://bit.ly/1200xl ⌨️The CoCo Show https://bit.ly/thecocoshow 🔗 Get social! Twitter: @amigosretro Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming

Are you ready to laugh?!  Well, that might be a problem, but we give it a shot this week on ARG Presents when we look at FUNNY GAMES.  These are games designed to tickle the ol' funny bone!  Sometimes they pull it off and sometimes they lay a big comedy egg!  We'll be checking out two such games, as we look at Gex on the 3DO and Battle Chess on the Commodore Amiga!

It's BIG episode 215 of ARG Presents!  This time out we take a look into the dark seedy underbelly of the beloved Nintendo Entertainment System...oh yes..this week it's NES BOOTLEG GAMES!  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we talk about bootegged games, then it's time to pick a few to try out.  Relax and experience the NES version of Super Mario World, and then gaze on in wonder at the FIRST TRUE Nintendo character fighting game, KART FIGHTER!

It's BIG episode 257 of ARG this week, and it's time to play with our PET...our COMMODORE PET to be exact! YES, this time around join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we look at games for one of the THREE PILLARS of computing from the 1970's, the Commodore PET! First, we discuss the PET and some of the other games we checked out, and then we're OFF THE LEASH! Kick back and DO SOME YARD WORK with LAWN!, and then it's high stakes hotel stock trading with the classic boardgame turned PET game ACQUIRE!

Let's take one game and stick 2 or more games in there! That'll work, right? RIGHT!? Find out this week on ARG PRESENTS episode 293, as we have a go at Multi-genre Games! These are games with multiple TYPES of game in the GAME! Experience The Adventures Of Bayou Billy on the NES and "Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade" for the Super Famicom!!!!

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Welcome to a thought provoking episode of ARG Presents!  This time out, it's Last Games of a Trilogy, and it was NOT an easy one to brainstorm!  First out of the gate, we discuss a few entries and give some honorable mentions, and then we're off and running!  First, has THE BRENT done it again and mined another gem from DEEEP beneath the earth with "Nyet III?"  Then it's time for an epic with Amigo Aaron as we take a DEEEP dive into what's wrong and what's right with Star Control 3!

Don't hit that button!  It's NO BUTTON ARCADE GAMES week on ARG Presents, and THE BRENT along with Amigo Aaron are going to work!  Kick back and enjoy our conversation about games with Trackballs and Twin Sticks...but no buttons allowed!  Then we try our hands at two examples, the film based arcade game KRULL , and the classic competitive scene arcade standout, Nibbler!

Demakes - Gaming Devolved...a fascinating topic this week on ARG Presents, and we're up for the challenge!  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we go down the path of DE-evolution...games boiled down to their component parts.  After some discussion we dig in to the topic as we explore SUPER 3D Portals 6 for the Atari 2600 and Mirror's Edge 2D for browsers with Adobe Flash!

Sometimes a gaming franchise has to take a chance, to make a change, and THAT is the sort of franchises that we're looking at this week on ARG Presents.  Join us as we look at Blue Max 2001 on the C64 and Atari 8-bit systems, and Zelda II The Adventure of Link on the Nintendo Entertainment System!

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 winners and BAD losers! Kick back, relax, and let the warm memories wash over you, and say goodbye to the year that WAS 2023! 🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast Like old computers? Check out these conversational, congenial romps: 🤹‍♂️Amigos: Everything Amiga https://bit.ly/amigospodcast 🌈Our Sinclair https://bit.ly/oursinclair 🏔Atari ST Show https://bit.ly/ataristshow 🪐1200XL https://bit.ly/1200xl ⌨️The CoCo Show https://bit.ly/thecocoshow 🔗 Get social! Twitter: @amigosretro Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming Amigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current news, and a look at the games we all remember--even those we'd like to forget! Thanks to our sponsors! RetroRewind.ca - Retro Computing Goodness! Amiga Addict - Britain’s best-selling Amiga Magazine! #Amiga #Retrocomputing

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 promise, this show is one thing you CAN finish!

Now THIS is a wacky episode!  Double rare "Video Game Console"...check.  Less then 10 commercial games released...check.  An unfinished emulator...check.  Only PART of ONE commercial game works...check.  We have to dig into the HOMEBREW scene for a game...CHECK!  That's right folks, it's NUON time, and we're giving it a whirl!  Join Amigo Aaron and the Brent for Decaying Orbit and SPACE INVADERS XL!

It's a Commodore 64 VOLCANIC MINE EXPLOSION!  Join Amigo Aaron and that dastardly THE BRENT this week as we once again dig DEEP down the mine shaft of C64 Cartridge Games!  This time out, clean up after terrorists in their volcano lair in CRISIS MOUNTAIN!  THEN, dig out some diamonds in your HOWITZER MINE CART in Diamond Mine!

HAM Games! What the heck IS this? Food based? Games with a pig? Well, NO, it's Commodore Amiga HAM Games...Hold And Modify! This week on ARG we attempt to explain this whole gimmick, and talk about ALL the known games on the Amiga that PLAY in HAM mode. Then, school is OUT and Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT attempt to PLAY a few HAM games. Sit back, relax, and fix your gaze upon the screen as we HAM it up with Pioneer Plague and OLOFight!

SWITCHAROO this week on ARG Presents!  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take a look at Games that became OTHER GAMES!  These are games that started off in one direction, and for a variety of reason, turned out COMPLETELY differently in the end!  Join the fellas as they look at TIME PILOT from the arcades and the INFAMOUS BRATACCAS aka BANDERSNATCH on the Commodore Amiga!

Welcome to ARG Presents 297! This week I, Amigo Aaron picks BOTH games! I've decided to explore the Sega System 32 Arcade PCB. I'll be playing Spider-Man: The Video Game. THE BRENT will get to play a game I've NEVER heard of until this week, and it's a fighting game. Enjoy the fun of Dark Edge. 🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support ARG Presents and our other wacky endeavors! https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroRotation 🔗 Get social! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #Amiga #Retrocomputing

Greetings. It's the first "Spirit of the Wheel" episode of ARG Presents. The Spirit of the Wheel is the top level of the ARG Patreon and is held by only one person at a time. That person can request any special episode in addition to our weekly shows. And so, it is our duty and honor to present "No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!" for the PlayStation, requested by John "Boatofcar" Shawler.

This week, we take a look at two classic Atari 2600 titles, Cosmic Ark and (in what turned out to be a good week to pick it) Dragster!

Hello, friends!  Welcome back to another ARG Presents!  This time out, we get crazy with the multiplayer and talk some FOUR PLAYER GAMES!  Remember back in the day when you could see and HANG OUT with other people, crowded around an arcade machine or console?  We do, and we pick a few of our favorites!  Join Amigo Aaron in some castle smashing goodness with Warlords, and then it's BIG truck action DOWN IN THE MUD with THE BRENT and IRONMAN Stewarts SUPER OFF ROAD!

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!

Do you like the Gameboy?  Then you'll HATE this weeks console, as we take a look at the MOTHER of all bad Gameboy clones, the Game Master from Hartung!  Don't like that name, how about the Systema!? This thing has 20 names!  After we dive headfirst into the shallow pool of information on the Game Master, we have to actually play two games!  Good gawd no!  So, we go for Space Castle and the futuristic game that's as timely as today's headlines, CONTINENTAL GALAXY 2020!

Welcome to ARG Presents 200 Episodes Celebration!  Sure, it's episode 201, but still...we're celebrating the PREVIOUS 200...yeh that's it.  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we look back at MANY episodes, and talk about our favorite, and LEAST favorite consoles and computers!  Watch our screwups!  It's fun all around!  And lastly, thanks to EVERYONE for supporting us since jumps street!  We appreciate it!

DEM BOYS are back!  After THE BRENT called in sick last week, we're fired up for ARG 116!  Please join us for a discussion about classic consoles and their LAST STAND as we look at the last games released!  We spotlight two games this week as they perform their swan song, Tony Hawk 3 on the N64 and Bonk 3 on the TurboGrafx-16!  

Throw down that TV Guide and put that clicker down 'cuz ARG Presents is taking on T.V. this week!  First we'll discuss some of our favorite TV Tie-In games from the past, and then it's PRIME TIME as we talk about two of our favorite classic TV shows turned to games.  First up, for you consideration, we offer a dark and mysterious trip into pinball with The Twilight Zone!  Then, set your ears on STUN as THE BRENT beams in with Star Trek, The Next Generation for the Nintendo Entertainment System!

Welcome to an ARG Presents Special Feature! This week, myself and THE BRENT had the honor of chatting with Dean Bent! Dean is a rags to riches story in the gaming business. From starting out working the phones at US Gold to Game Testing at Rage to QA work on the N-GAGE! This man worked for companies like Eidos, Code Masters, Rovio, and more! He's helped PRODUCE games like Angry Birds, Alan Wake II, and Cyberpunk, and is currently at Nvidia! Kick back and hear the tales of travel and change from a fellow who has travelled the world and seen it all!

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 It's Déjà vu all over again this week on ARG Presents as THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron fire up our lost show Atari 1200XL!  After a quick look at the 1200XL and the Atari timeline, we DIVE into this weeks awesome game selection.  First, join THE BRENT as he tries his hand at the provocative action game Electrician.  Then, check out Amigo Aaron as he tours New York City in the innovative N.Y.C. - The Big Apple!

An interesting computer is the subject of episode 138 of ARG Presents, as we look at the pioneering machine the Sinclair ZX81.  First, we try to learn about the ZX81 and it's place in computing history, and then we dive in blind to the games of this fine device.  First, we go back to the gold rush days...a time of fortune, rats, snakes, and gremlins as we dig into Forty Niner.  Then, it's off to save a planet and battle an evil galactic empire in Tai!

PONG!  That's all I need to say!  You KNOW you can't get enough.  It's been around for 45+ years, but it's engrained in your BRAIN!  The bat, the square ball, the bleeps and bloops...it's PART OF YOU!  So today, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take a look at the UK's pong MASTER, it's TV MASTER in fact,  the Binatone TV Master MK IV.  We'll also have a look at the whole Binatone family of Pong consoles, the 8500 chip that made it all possible, and the many, MANY ways you can take pong and make it something else!  PONG!

This week on ARG Presents, join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as they have a look at Games THEY Can "Beat" on ONE CREDIT! In a world DEDICATED to parting a player and his cash, there are very very few arcade machines that one can truly defeat, but the boys pick a few machines they can take to school and share them with the world! 00:00 - 02:57 Intro 02:58 - 09:25 Great Arcade Games From 1982 09:26 - 32:30 Moon Patrol 32:31 - 33:54 Games Listeners Can Beat on One Credit 33:55 - 39:13 Great Arcade Games From 1985 39:14 - 1:03:21 Mat Mania 1:03:22 - 1:05:22 SPIN THE WHEEL, MAKE THE DEAL! 1:05:23 - 1:08:28 Outro Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #argpresents #Retrorotation#arcade #Retrocomputing

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!

DEM BOYS are back in action with an all new ARG Presents! This time around, we're checking out the Games of Universal Entertainment! UE is known for it's incredibly popular MR. DO series, but it's so much more. We'll chat about the history of UE, and then it's game time. Join Amigo Aaron and The BRENT for Space Panic and Mrs. Dynamite! It's episode 305 of ARG Presents! 🏆 Keep our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast rolling! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast Subscribe to the podcast at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast Amigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current news, and a look at the games we all remember--even those we'd like to forget! #dosgames #Retrocomputing

This week on ARG Presents, we get MONOCHROME with the quirky handheld from Japan, the Bandai Wonderswan!  We talk a bit about it's creator, it's cunning plan to undercut the Gameboy, and it's short, sweet life.  Then we take a look at two English friendly games for the system!  Join us for Buffers Evolution & Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha...Megaman and Bass for us English folks!

Last week, the people spoke, and we listened.  The people DEMANDED Texas Instruments TI-99 4A!!  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take a look WAY back at the first time we visited the TI, and then come with us as we take a look at two different titles for the machine from Texas, both of which MIGHT be hidden gems?!?  EXPERIENCE Moon Mine and Microsurgeon!

Just before the release of this weeks show, I've just found out that Scott Hall, aka Razor Ramon of the WWF ,and among the wrestlers featured in WWF Wrestlemania, has passed away.  Scott was a great worker who was haunted by his demons his whole career.  Rest In Peace Scott Hall..you were one of a kind.

Welcome to wacky ARG Presents 208!  You know, anyone can evolve there opinions, have a change of heart, or see something in a different light, and that's the show this week:  Games We've Come Around On!  Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we look at two games we misjudged back in the day from the arcades.  Experience WWF Wrestlemania and Gladiator and judge for yourselves!  

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Welcome to WAR this week on ARG Presents!  It's the first ever ARG BATTLE as Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT pick sides in the never ending battle of the Nintendo Entertainment System versus The MS-DOS Personal Computer!  Watch the boys carry this debate on LIVE IN REAL TIME!  Pick a side and watch!

Fasten your seatbelts and put all trays in their upright positions for ARG 186, because this time out we look at Commodore 64 Flight Simulators!  Join Captain Aaron and Co-Pilot THE BRENT and we fly this sucker flaps up and landing gear down when we float over Arcade Flight Simulator and A.C.E.!!

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!

It's Episode 117 of ARG Presents, and this time out we're going DOWN UNDER with the Australian flavor of the V-TECH Creatvision, the Dick Smith WIZZARD!  This charming little console only had 18 total game releases, but it's got a ton of style and Dick Smith goodness baked right in.  Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we tackle two games on the Wizzard, Auto Chase and Locomotive!