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Summer Games...Winter Games...California Games...WORLD Games..THESE are the titles that come to mind when one spouts the phrase "Games" Games. BUT, this week on ARG Presents, join Aaron the Caveman and Brent THE CLOWN as we march out a few Games Games that you NEVER hear about these days. Athletics are for suckers! These games are life and death (Not to be confused with the Hunger Games). Kick back, apply your clown makeup and grab your club and we look at Caveman UGH-lympics and Circus Attractions! Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

This week on ARG Presents, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they dip their toes in the Pico 8 pool! Find out what the Pico 8 is, it's origins, and specifications. Then it's gametime! Join the boys at they look at Spaceman 8 and Pigments!Play some PICO 8 : https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.phpEmail: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

Let's play phone games like it's 2007, this week on ARG PRESENTS! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we dive HEADFIRST into the world of SYMBIAN PHONE GAMES! First, we'll try to figure out what the heck that means, and then it's GAME TIME! Kick back and enjoy our look at Crimson After Dark and Karna Fighter! They're flip-riffic!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

Welcome to the ARG PRESENTS! We're BACK at it with the ULTIMATE TEAM match up! Get Your School Pals and pack some Poke Ball - It's TEAM Fighting this week on ARG PRESENTS 311!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take a look at the Game Park GP32. The GP32 was a South Korean handheld console with a twist - it was a totally open system, and the first "all emulation" system around...or was it? And why?!?!? We'll discus it, and then join us as we look at two games for the system. Kick back and relax as we play Raphael and Blue Angelo!

Welcome to ARG Presents 309! This time out, we ponder a questions as old as time - Do games look better on a CRT?!?!? Obviously, old games were made to play with old TV's...but is there enough of a difference to bother? We'll discuss this very point, and then we'll examine a few games more closely that WE have chosen to make this very point. Join us as we consider Samurai Showdown and Sonic the Hedgehog! Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

Welcome to the long awaited, ONE TIME BONUS SPECIAL - It's Ask THE BRENT! Enjoy THE BRENT's on the fly answers to the chat's BURNING questions, including THE BRENT's views on film, Valentines Day, zombies, and SPRAY RUBBER! It's all here in live and living color as we ASK THE BRENT!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

Welcome to ARG Presents 308! This time out, we explore the fun filled and wacky world of Game Show Games! Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Family Feud, The Price is Right, and many MANY more game shows have made their way to your favorite classic consoles and computers, and we'll chat about our favorites! They, we'll discuss a few we've chosen for this week. Please kick back and relax as we discuss American Gladiators on the Nintendo Entertainment System aka NES aka the Famicom, AND Hollywood Squares on the Commodore 64 computer!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

Welcome back to ARG Presents 307! This time out, we explore the rarified air of games that were ahead of their time! First we discuss what makes a game fit this catagory...does hardware innovation qualify, or what about programming in a new way or using new gaming ideas?!?! We'll try to make sense of it before we make a case for our chosen games. Please kick back and relax as we discuss Weaponlord on the Super Nintendo and Star Raiders on the Atari 8-bit computers! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #argpresents #Retrorotation#Amiga #Retrocomputing

This week on ARG Presents, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they have a look at The MANY Games of Inufuto, MYSTERY game developer from Japan and MASTERS of the game port! Join us fas we play Osotos and Battlot on MANY systems! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #argpresents #Retrorotation#Amiga #Retrocomputing

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!

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!

This week on ARG Presents 304, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they have a look at Soviet Era Arcade Games! YES, this was a thing! After a discussion about how the heck arcades existed in Soviet Russian, we'll look two of them! Join us for Snezhnaya Koroleva AKA The Snow Queen and Konyok-Gorbunok AKA Little Humpbacked Horse! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #argpresents #Retrorotation#Amiga #Retrocomputing --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

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

John Behan: Oddysey - The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place

This week on ARG Presents, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they have a look at 2-D Games on the Sega Saturn! Was this the high water mark for 2-D console gaming?!?!? We'll attempt to find that out as we play Shinobi X aka Shinobi Legions and Keio Flying Squadron 2! 00:00 - 01:31 Intro 01:32 - 00:00 What's the pinnacle of 2-D Console Gaming discussion 10:20 - 28:16 Keio Flying Squadron 2 28:17 - 51:16 Shinobi X ( Shinobi Legions ) 51:18 - 52:45 SPIN THE WHEEL, MAKE THE DEAL! 52:46 - 57:17 Outro Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #argpresents #Retrorotation#segasaturn #Retrocomputing --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

It's a special episode this week, as THE BRENT recovers from illness! It's HERE! Boatfest 2024 - The Interviews. Join Amigo Aaron as he talks to several of the luminaries that attended the show. We have many of the names you've heard over and over on this and other channels, and we get to hear from them first hand in a relaxed interview from the show floor! It's been a long path getting these Boatfest 2024 interviews ready to watch and listen to. I've had 2 computers die and a TON of editing, but better late then never! I had a few interviews that sadly could not be saved due to some audio issues, and while this is over NINTY minutes of interviews, there were SO many more attendees I wanted to speak with. But the weekend SHOOTS by so fast, and I hope this year to get much more coverage. Sit back, relax, and enjoy these smart, interesting, and diverse characters that help make Boatfest what it is year after year! 0:00:00 - 0:07:59 Pajaco6502 0:08:00 - 0:18:30 Laurent 0:18:31 - 0:30:55 Petzel 0:30:56 - 0:43:35 TSI Matt and John Marshall 0:43:36 - 0:53:53 Retro Dreamstate 0:53:54 - 0:55:00 Special Thanks to TSI Matt 0:55:01 - 0:59:16 Ken from Canadian Retro Things 0:59:17 - 1:08:37 Henry Gernhardt from thebreakkey.com 1:08:38 - 1:17:47 L. Curtis Boyle from The Coco Nation 1:17:48 - 1:33:07 Mobius 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! #Boatfest #Retrocomputing --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

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!

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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

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!

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!!!!

Hello! Just a message to say that this ARG PRESENTS channel is being retired! Don't worry though, the show is still GOING STRONG over at the main Amigos Retrogaming Network channel at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast Please, we hope you will follow us over and continue to check us out, along with our sister shows on the network. We appreciate your support! Any questions can be directed to argpresents@mail.com ! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

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!

The depictions on the Arch of Titus: What happened next?   The Peroiches and the Tzitz: R' Shimon's testimony   The  Radziner Rebbe's Oddysey to find the Menorah: The Visigoths and King Alaric I   The Menorah swap theory: A child's fable that gained traction   The conscientious story behind the real gold menorah by the Kosel today    Reb Akiva Eiger's chassideshe Eidem and his Leichter   The iconic angled menorah of Chabad: The Rambam's depiction  

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

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:

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

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

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

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 couple action-oriented NEWBRAIN games. Listen along as we check out WORM and PEAT! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support

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

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

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

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 were a frequent GAME renter at your local video store, then you are probably well aware that some games ONLY appeared for rent! It's down this road we travel! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for RENTAL EXCLUSIVE GAMES, as we tackled Stunt Racer 64 for the Nintendo 64, and Sonic Adventure Limited for the Dreamcast. Pop some corn and settle in! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arg-presents/support