Hello everyone, it's that special time of the year...the time of BOATFEST! This time out, join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT LIVE from Boatfest 2025 in scenic and lovely Hurricane, WV! As usual, THE BRENT has booked the entire show LIVE, so you never know WHAT WILL HAPPEN! 🔗 Get social!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogamingBluesky: amigosgretrogaming#zxspectrum #Retrocomputing
Jul 16, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 318
ARG Presents is BACK this week for an interesting discussion on RACING GAMES WITHOUT VEHICLES! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for some laughs as we discuss games that fit the bill, and then submit our own as we tackle Iggy's Reckin' Balls on the N64 and Running Wild on the original PlayStation! 🔗 Get social!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogamingBluesky: amigosgretrogaming#zxspectrum #Retrocomputing
Jul 02, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 317
This week ARG Presents 316, we'll take a long overdue look at the Sony PSP PlayStation Portable handheld! First we'll talk about the PSP and it's successes and failures, and then we'll look at a few of these "MOBILE" games to review. Kick back and and relax as we look at Bancho: Badass Rumble! and Work Time Fun!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 316
Sometimes a game gets pushed a tad too much. Sometimes a game gets a HARD push. And on certain rare occasions, a game get SHOVED DOWN YOUR THROAT! These are BAD, OVERHYPED GAMES! Today on ARG, we'll take a look at a few of these overblown duds, and pick out a few of the offenders to review. Were these games jacked up garbage, or was the hype REAL!. Kick back and leave your pre-conceived notions at the door as we look at Jack the Giant Killer and John Romero's Daikatana!Email: theretrorotation@gm...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 315
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 Attracti...
May 21, 2025•57 min•Season 3Ep. 314
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
May 07, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 313
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...
Apr 09, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 312
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
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 309
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!
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 310
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#argprese...
Feb 26, 2025•53 min•Season 1Ep. 309
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
Feb 19, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 308
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 ...
Jan 27, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 307
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
Jan 08, 2025•53 min•Season 1Ep. 306
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...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 17 min
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://podca...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 304
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
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 304
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 Gam...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 303
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...
Oct 01, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 302
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, bu...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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! 🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support The Coco Show and our other wacky endeavors! https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroRotation 🔗 Get social! Email: theretrorotation@gmail Facebook: Amigos Retro Gaming Twitch: amigosretrogaming #argpresents #Retrocomputing...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 301
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 ...
Sep 01, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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 Pr...
Aug 24, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 300
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!
Aug 07, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 299
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 Straczynsk...
Jul 22, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 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. 🏆 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 T...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 297
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...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 296
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!
Jun 20, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 295
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!
May 28, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 294
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...
May 13, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 293
