Light the torch and release the doves! It's ARG Presents 179, and this time around we bring you THE OLYMPIC GAMES! That's right, we take a look at games based about the worldwide athletic event that happens every 4 years (give or take). Thrill to the athletic ability that IS Amigo Aaron as he presents Olympic Gold on the Sega Master System! Then, watch in hushed tones and THE BRENT hits the podium with Herbie at the Olympics!
Aug 15, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 179
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!...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 178
As a seasoned world traveler, I was excited about this week's ARG Presents on GLOBETROTTING GAMES! After a ponderment or two on the topic of world encompassing adventuring gaming, it was time to talk about two of the finest! Join THE BRENT for his look at the game World Rally Championships...in which you never leave Europe, and then sit back and relax as DEM BOYS drop the hammer on Amigo Aaron's ill-fated pick, James Bond Jr. I shoulda stayed in bed!
Aug 01, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Enjoy this special THE BRENT presentation of Places I Played - TA Truck Stop (Episode One)!
Jul 31, 2021•13 min•Ep. 5
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!
Jul 18, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Welcome to BIG Episode 175 of ARG Presents...the first time Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT have recorded LIVE in the SAME ROOM for nearly 2 years! You know it's gonna be crazy when the boys take a look at Games with Superheroes. First, Amigo Aaron goes OLD school with Spider-Man for the Atari 2600, and then THE BRENT picks a real winner with Comix Zone for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive! Excelsior!
Jul 11, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Shh....don't tell your mom...but ARG this week features games that your parents HATE! You know the ones...too violent...too loud...nudity...games that set bad examples..you know..the good stuff! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for two such games, as we wake up the neighbors with Donkey Konga, and then we glorify bloody destruction in SPLATTERHOUSE!
Jul 04, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 174
They say brevity is the soul of wit, but this week, it's the soul of two half-wits here on ARG PRESENTS! Yes, it's Games With One World Titles this week on the show, and we've scoured the globe for the finest games that fit that description! Then, after finding these games, we tossed those aside and played Zorro for the Atari Computers and Premiere for the Commodore Amiga instead! Enjoy!
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Welcome to ARG Presents as we launch a RETURN trip to Jupiter...the Jupiter Ace to be exact! The Ace is an old favorite of ours, and we try out a few different games this time around with Owler and Tut Tut, a game which was just released last year!
Jun 20, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Lawyer up, my friends, it's all about Illegal Games this week on ARG Presents. If it pleases the court, ace prosecutor THE BRENT will get the truth out of K.C. Munchkin!, while that good ol' country defender Amigo Aaron has a crack at My Little Pony - Fighting is Magic! Please be seated! Court is now in session!
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Welcome to a MODERN-based ARG Presents this week! We're doing modern games for 8-bit systems this week, so these are games that were released in the last few years for machines released almost 40 years ago! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for a look at H.P. Lovecraft inspired The Shadow Over Hawksmill for the C64, and The Abduction of Oscar Z for the Amstrad CPC.
Jun 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 170
This week on ARG Presents 169, we take a look at the underdog console of the 70's, the Bally Astrocade! THE BRENT takes us on a DEEP dive into the history of the troubled console, and then it's game time! Join us as we tackle THE INCREDIBLE WIZARD aka Wizard of WOR and Artillery Duel!
May 30, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 169
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!
May 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Welcome to a wild and wooly edition of ARG Presents! This time out, we let our instincts take over as we dig into the land of Animal Protagonists! Thrill to a mole on the run from the law in Monty on the Run, and then sit back, relax, and RIP APART A ZEBRA in the educational and VIOLENT game for Dos and Windows 95, LION!
May 16, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 167Ep. 1
Get your resume ready for ARG PRESENTS 166! This time out, we look at NON-SPORTS Management Games! Be your own boss and hire and fire employees at will! Set salaries, open and close stores...BE THE MAN! Sit back and enjoy our look as we tackle "FRANCHISE!" on the Tandy Coco and AeroBiz on the SNES!
May 09, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Time to go down to the ol' Fishin' hole this week on ARG PRESENTS! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take a look at Fishing Video Games! Everything from the TRS-80 Model III all the way up to the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Wii has had more then a few games about fishing, and it's our job to pick a few and give them a go! This time out, we will be FISHIN' for compliments as we try Fish Tales Pinball from Williams and Gone Fish'n on the Amiga! I hope I've baited the hook and reeled you in!...
May 02, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 165
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!
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Greetings and welcome to ARG Presents 163. This time around, we pay homage to the POKEY Chip made famous by the brilliant folks at Atari. We talk about what the chip is, where it came from, and where you could find it. Then we pick a few games from the vast library of POKEY Chip classic, both with a bit of a Russian slant. Relive the tension of the Cold War with Missile Command, then settle in for the all time classic from Mother Russia with Tetris.
Apr 18, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Quick! Ninja run your way past the guards and join us for this weeks ARG Presents on Stealth Game! Ninja master Aaron and his plucky pal THE BRENT examine this surprisingly new genre, including a look at the VERY FIRST STEALTH GAME. Then it's on to the targets..and we've got two big ones. Enjoy Tenchu: Stealth Assassins for the Playstation, then experience the arcade spy game 005!
Apr 11, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Greetings everyone and welcome to ARG 161! This time out, we dust off our keyboards and do some coding...well sorta! It's TYPE-IN GAMES this week! That means Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT are typing games into a computer and playing them..it's that simple! Join us on a trip back in time, with the help of Rainbow Magazine, and type and play 'Gopher' It! and Gopher Smash!
Apr 04, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 161
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!
Mar 28, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Welcome to BIG episode 159! This time out..it's madness...ROBOT MADNESS! The ARG gang is playing games with a robot theme this week, and MARVEL as they AGREE ON THINGS! Yes, that happened! Enjoy our look at Atari's arcade standout Cyberball 2072 and the Atari Computer game Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory!
Mar 21, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 159
Welcome to an interesting edition of ARG Presents! This time out, we've landed on the Fairchild F8 processor, the brains of the Grandstand Video Computer and Channel F II, among other consoles. We learn a bit about the processor itself, including a DIRECT connection to the founding of INTEL! Then it's game time, as we tackle BOWLING and Galactic Space Wars! #argpresents #galacticspacewars #channelfbowling
Mar 14, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Get ready for a showdown this week on ARG Presents! Just in time for the 40th Anniversary of the ZX81, THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron are playing games on the ZX81's American cousin, the TIMEX SINCLAIR 1000! First, we have a look at a maze program known simply as GULP, and then we play a game tantalizingly titled FORTRESS OF ZORLAC! THEN the fighting begins! #fortressofzorlac #gulp #timexsinclair1000
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 157
It's GAMATE TIME, ya'll! YES, you demanded MORE coverage of the mysterious GameBoy knockoff from Taiwan, and here it is! It's all about the Gamate this week on ARG Presents! First learn the colorful history of the Gamate AKA the Super Child Prodigy. Then Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT play two games from this vast Gamate library, Bao Qing Tian and PUNK BOY! Finally, stick around for the winners of our ARG MOTTO contest! #gamate #baoqingtian #punkboy
Feb 28, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 156
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!
Feb 21, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 155
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!
Feb 14, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 154
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!
Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Welcome to ARG Presents, this week presented in MONOCHROME 3D! That's right, it's time for a trip to the red tinted world of the Nintendo Virtual Boy! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we discuss the highs and lows of the system, and find out THE BRENT's preferred playing position...that'll pack 'em in! Then it's game time, and game we do as we test our skills with Red Alarm and Mario Clash!
Jan 31, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 152
This week on ARG Presents, join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we delve into the realm of games with driving controls..of some sort. YES, it's STEERING WHEEL GAMES week on ARG, and this week we have two games that are SO different it boggles the mind. First, pay homage to one of the granddaddies of racing games...brought home...it's Sega's Turbo on the Colecovision! THEN, THE BRENT digs DEEP into his past for a game so campy and insane, it HAS TO BE RECOGNIZED! I give you the man, the organization...
Jan 24, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 151
