Arg Presents

Welcome to ARG PRESENTS 301! This time out, we'll be taking a look at the Spectravision / Spectravideo computers and games! I'm talking SV 318, 328, AND 728! If you don't know what the heck those are..neither did we! Tune in and find out!

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!

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!

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! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

Captain Power was a kids show from 1987 with one goal: SELL TOYS! But it ended up being so much more! Technically innovative, a show featuring such generic-sounding characters as Lord Dread and Captain Power was actually sophisticated, well acted, well written, and THOROUGHLY HATED by it's critics. Come join the boys for the tale of a kids live action program born from the fertile imagination of Marc Zicree and written by the legendary man that pinned and created Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski. We'll talk Saturday morning TV in the 80's, and we'll play with toys, this week on ARG Presents 298!

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.

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/

It's that time of year...the homecoming of retro computer and gaming enthusiasts known as Boatfest has arrived! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for a LIVE edition of ARG Presents LIVE from Boatfest 2024! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

This time out on BIG episode 294, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take a look at Link Cable Games - games you play with a pal or pals using the unbridled POWER of 2 or more machines. First, we chat about our personal history of playing linked up games, then it's game time! Both our offerings this week come from the MIGHTY GBA aka the Gameboy Advance. Join us as we take on A Sound of Thunder and Backyard Football 2006! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

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!!!! Get your tickets for Boatfest, the Amigos’ annual Vintage Computer meetup! https://boatfest.info/ Get your tickets for Kickstart, the UK’s largest Amiga Event! https://www.amigashow.com/

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!

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!

PLATO PLAYS! See THE ORIGINAL Graphical Dungeons & Dragons from 1974 & GOLF on the Plato System! It's ARG Presents 290! First we learn a little something about the VAST SIXTY year history of the PLATO, and then we go gaming! Join us as we look at GOLF (like the first golf game) and PEDIT5 (The first graphical Dungeons and Dragons game).

No one can EVER say that ARG won't get down in the DIRT! Join those DIRTY boys this week for some Games About Dirt! After a DIRTY discussion on dirt based games, we'll drop down IN THE MUD and discuss this weeks games. Kick back and relax as we discuss Colin Mcrae Rally for the PSX and Windows, and THUNDERGROUND for the MIGHTY Atari 2600!

Welcome to ARG Presents 288. Yes, we again gave Funny Games a shot...we're...confident..that these games will be considered HILARIOUS...by some people. After a conversation about the category, we dive in. Kick back and get ready to laugh as we talk about Capcom's FMV escapade FOX HUNT and the crazy mash up that is Tell Tale's POKER NIGHT TWO! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

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!!!!

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!

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! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

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!

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!