Welcome to the 150th edition of ARG Presents! To celebrate this momentous occasion, not only will THE BRENT announce an awesome new contest, but we will also be having our FIRST look at the Sony Playstation! It's All Japan this week game-wise as we check out the game based on the HIGHLY successful manga, TV, and film franchise Ghost in the Shell, and then we rent a room in the wackiest apartment building that Capcom could come up with, One Piece Mansion!
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 150
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!
Jan 10, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Whadda you get when Taiwan makes a British microcomputer!? BAM, it's the Tatung Einstein, the subject of ARG 148! This time out we take a look at this capable but obscure machine and learn about what made it a powerful component of the golden age of British computing...BEHIND THE SCENES! Then we dive into some wacky games, as we try out Escape from Merlin 8 and LAZY JONES!
Jan 03, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 148
It's High Score Week here on ARG Presents! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we discuss speed runs and high scores, and then settle in for some game that were made for High Score Challenges! First it's the outstanding Atari 2600 port of the arcade shooter Gyruss, then it's cartoon time with the exceptional Nintendo arcade game Popeye!
Dec 27, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 147
As we all know, there's no better way to spend the holidays then alone, in a dive bar, playing grungy games with the barflies and boozers. "But how can we do that when the bars are all closed?", I hear you ask! Fear not, for ARG 146 is here to answer that question! We have two bar substitutes here to help you through this difficult period! First, THE BRENT goes WAY back with Electronic Table Soccer for the Odyssey 2, and then Amigo Aaron takes us into the bawdy, under the table world of BAR GAME...
Dec 20, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Welcome to BIG Episode 145 of ARG Presents! Tonight, we answer to age old question, what happens if you mush a 386 pc and a Megadrive together?! Join the boys for a look at one wacky amalgamation, the Amstrad MEGA PC! After some old fashion book learnin' on the Mega PC, we dig for some gems as we try out Sink or Swim and Links: The Challenge of Golf!
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 145
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!
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 144
There's a big fight feel this week on ARG Presents, and the combatants are chomping at the bit to bring the PAIN! In one corner, a DOS offering from Amigo Aaron that will body blow you and make you PRAY FOR DEATH! In the other corner, THE BRENT brings a good looking sensation with some nasty combos and a KILLER INSTINCT! The odds are even...DEAD even! FIGHT!
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's featured attraction. In one corner, an early riser and a reasonable fellow, THE BRENT! In the other corner, in the red and white, a power house who's new to the game but shows potential, Amigo Aaron! It's Atari ST VS Amiga 500...NUFF SAID!
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 142
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!
Nov 08, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 141
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!
Nov 01, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Happy Halloween everyone! Halloween, a time for the DARK ARTS, and what has darker art then the ORIGINAL Microsoft X-BOX! We celebrate the dark holiday with our DARKEST of episodes, as we dive DEEP into the night to bring you the HORRIFIC Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth and... The Simpsons Hit and Run....yeah, I know....the Brent has a different slant on horror then the rest of us.
Oct 25, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 139
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!
Oct 18, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Hey everyone, it's the Commodore CDTV! I'm...i'm so very sorry...I mean WELCOME to HUGE episode 137 of ARG Presents! This week we'll "play" games on the CDTV! First we take a look at this Amiga 500 in a fancy box, and then we DIVE into the vast library of gaming goodness that the CDTV has to offer! Shake in TERROR as we...play... Psycho Killer! Then, hang on as we get our hoops on with Ultimate Basketball....come for the cheerleaders, stay for the game!
Oct 11, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 137
What do you get when you cross a Mega Duck with a Cougar Boy? In ARG 136 yer boys THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron attempt to answer that age old question. Witness the investigation as they take a deep dive into the "me too" Gameboy scene with another wacky offering from the far east. We hop on the train with Railway, and give you a hand in the Magical Tower!
Oct 04, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 136
To order your ARG Lanyard, please email argpresents@mail.com. If we get enough interest, we will e-mail everyone prior to ordering with additional details. The cost will be $10 USD plus shipping. Thanks for supporting ARG Presents! 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 a...
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 135
Just when you think you've seen it all, here comes ARG PRESENTS 134! Travel back with us to the UK in 1978 as we take a deep dive into the NASCOM Kit Computer! First we check out the history, capabilities, and ultimate death of the NASCOM, and then it's game time! It's a buffet of games as we look at Asteroids, Surround, Piranha, and Raider!
Sep 20, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 134
If you were a teenager in the early 2000's, have I got a handheld for you! Once again, ARG Presents goes where no one with ANY good sense would go, as we tackle the tweeners delight in handhelds, the Cybiko XTREME! You KNOW it's gold when the name is spelled KOOL GUI STYLE! What's the connection between Cybiko and V-TECH?!? Find out! We do a DEEP DIVE into the history of this unique device, and then it's GAME TIME...well sorta. Watch us..play...Pinball Pro, and then it's off the XTREME other sid...
Sep 13, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Huzzah! It's COCO week here on ARG Presents, and I think we have two very interesting and unusual games that stretch the abilities of the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer to it's limits! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we jump in with Rad Warrior and the Interbank Incident!
Sep 06, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Welcome to a wild and wacky edition of ARG Presents! This time out, we go off the straight and narrow and into the realm of fakery as we take a look at the GAMEKING! And not just the Gameking I...nono...we hit the GAMEKING II while we're here! Watch closely...things aren't as they appear with the Gameking, and you'll find out why as we play Drifter, 2003, and Mine Battle!
Aug 30, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 131
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!
Aug 23, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 130
It's revenge of the Sega Game Gear this week on ARG 129! Our second go around on the Game Gear has a distinctive SONIC feel to it as we look at two of Big Blue's TEN appearances on the handheld. First, fasten your seatbelts as Sonic and his pals go kart racing in the highly original Sonic Drift 2! Then it's classic Sonic and Tails action in Sonic Chaos!
Aug 16, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 129
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.
Aug 09, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Settle down students, class is now in session! Dean Aaron and Professor BRENT are schooling you this week on ARG Presents! The subject?! The V-TECH SOCRATES! Crack open your history books as we look at the past of the Socrates, then we study it's anatomy, before finally graduating into the games themselves. In first period, it's time to work out that brain in Memory Mania, brother! Then, it's time for art class as we delve into CAD Professor!
Aug 02, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 127
It's Acorn Electron week! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we take a look at the BBC Micro's little brother, and pick a few acorns from the tree of the Electron ourselves! Pop open your umbrella for Boffin (or Boffin 2 if you prefer)! Then prepare yourself for the adventure that lies within the Palace of Magic!
Jul 26, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 126
It's CHAT CHOICE week on ARG Presents, and the Chat has chosen the AMSTRAD CPC line of computers for us to play games on! After a quick recap of Amigathon 2020, we dive HEADFIRST into two vastly different games! Ponder the bizarre isometric world of DOPPLEGANGER, the leap HEADLONG into the unapologetically arcade inspired budget game, The Island Of Dr. Destructo!
Jul 19, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 125
It's MicroProse week here on ARG Presents, and we have two games featured that couldn't be more different! After we chat about MicroProse and it's incredible back catalog, we cover Floyd Of the Jungle on the Atari 8-bit computers and the Commodore 64, and then we surf the matrix as a VAMPIRE in Bloodnet for the Amiga and DOS machines!
Jul 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 124
It's another ARG Extra! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for some James Bond talk, including films and games, and listen for THE BRENT as he revels his ALL TIME FAVORITE BOND Game...and WHY?
Jul 07, 2020•10 min•Ep. 4
Much like Cheap Trick and Adam Ant, THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron are BIG in Japan! Well..not really, but we're big ON Japan, and this week we're excited to present the Fujitsu FM-7 Computer! Enjoy a look at the Japanese take on Miner 2049, and then experience another rare gem, as we look at Yokai Tantei Chima Chima!
Jul 05, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 123
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!
Jun 28, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 122
