Amigos: Everything Amiga Podcast

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amigospodcast/message

Dynablaster showed that pixel perfect ports from the PC Engine were possible on the Amiga--why didn't we get more?

We're back for Episode 60 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and Battle Of The Systems: Alternate Mascots: Kirby's Adventure (NES) vs. Psycho Fox (SMS) We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month. Episode Guide --------------- Quick Questions 5:54 Patreon 13:56 News 22:24 Eric's Take (Yoshi's Island) - 1:16:04 Tea Time With Tim (C64) - 1:21:30 Battle Of The Systems - Alternate Mascots: Kirby's Adventure (NES) vs. Psycho Fox (SMS) - 1:51:08 Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts! News Notes can be found at https://www.pixelgaiden.com Thanks for listening! You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Garry Heather, Matthew Ackerman, Josh Malone, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, David Motowylak, Team Gray All The Way, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK,

Polaris, unlike most other Missle Command ports or clones, allows you to fire from three different silos using the keyboard, making it the closest version to the arcade original available at the time!  

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amigospodcast/message

Gunship 2000 is Microprose's magnum opus--all the lessons from Knights of the Sky and the first Gunship title to produce one of the best flight sims on the Amiga.

Shpeed is a recent release for the ZX Spectrum Next, originally programmed for the Acorn Archimedes. Let's give it a whirl!

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amigospodcast/message

It's new Amiga games week, so we're taking a look at the 2018 Flashtro release Alco-Copter! 

It’s mano vs. mano (or mano vs. droid, or droid vs. droid) in this week’s sport of the future, BALLBLAZER! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amigospodcast/message

What do you think the most annoying UI feature of all time? Boat and Aaron answer this plus more of our Discord community's burning questions!  To get access to the Amigos Discord server and to support our wacky endeavors, join us on Patreon! jhttps://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast Watch LIVE Fridays at 5:30 Eastern on https://twitch.tv/amigospodcast Check out our other shows! Our Sinclair: A ZX Spectrum Podcast https://bit.ly/oursinclair 1200XL: An Atari 8 Bit Podcast https://bit.ly/1200XL The CoCo Show: TRS-80 Color Computer Reviews: https://bit.ly/thecocoshow ARG Presents - Spotlighting the wacky and obscure world of retro! https://bit.ly/argpresents This Week in Retro: Up-to-date news for Out-of-date tech https://bit.ly/thisweekinretro News Links from the show: https://ggather.com/boatofcar/amigospodcast  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/amigosretro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amigospodcast/ Amigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current n

We're back with Episode 59! In this episode Cody, Tim, and Eric catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections. Plus, 6 Good Spin-Off Games. Box opening adventure, too! Episode Guide ------------------- Quick Questions - 4:35 Patreons - 16:34 Cody's Corner - 21:34 Game Show - 50:23 Tim Opening Birthday Gift - 1:04:14 Catching Up - 1:35:44 6 Good Spin-Off Games- 2:37:07 Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts! Thanks for listening! You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Garry Heather, Matthew Ackerman, Josh Malone, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, David Motowylak, Team Gray All The Way, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, CityXen, Hermski, VaderGB, Mr. Toast, and Dustin Newell for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show. --

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amigospodcast/message

Sim City was the game that launched a thousand sequels and put designer Will Wright on the map. Is the original version as much fun as its later incarnations?

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amigospodcast/message

Switchblade was Simon Phipps' first game for Core Design. Was the Amiga port an improvement over the ST original? All this plus the latest Buffee and PiStorm news on this episode of Amigos: Everything Amiga!

Springster was a CoCo 3 only cart release that has a unique premise but manages to call back to games like Crystal Castles and Q-Bert.

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amigospodcast/message

We're back for Episode 58 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and Battle Of The Systems: Demon Front (PGM) vs. Metal Slug 5 (Neo Geo). We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month. Episode Guide --------------- Quick Questions 6:47 Patreon 19:00 News 27:02 Eric's Take - A Day In The Life - 1:04:51 Tea Time With Tim (Amiga Time! with Josh Malone and Time Drew) - 1:12:36 Battle Of The Systems - Demon Front (PGM) vs. Metal Slug 5 (Neo Geo) - 1:40:11 Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts! NEWS notes at: https://pixelgaiden.podbean.com/e/episode-58-run-n-gun-demon-front-pgm-vs-metal-slug-5-neo-geo/ Thanks for listening! You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Garry Heather, Matthew Ackerman, Josh Malone, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, David Motowylak, Team Gray A

Five years. 300 episodes. Countless displays of wacky antics. It's a very special episode of Amigos: Everything Amiga!