Argon
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Argon, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Argon's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Cloud features
- A premium subscription includes Google Drive support, cloud saves, and game-library access across supported devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Cloud saves
- A premium subscription includes cloud saves that can be loaded across Argon-enabled devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Controllers
- Argon supports standard game controllers, including Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch controllers, as well as keyboards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data security
- The privacy policy says Mark/Space uses appropriate security measures and limits access to personal data, while noting it cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted over the internet.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Game library
- Premium subscribers get access to the full library of classic and indie games for supported consoles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Game systems
- The product page lists support for ColecoVision, Intellivision, NES, Vectrex, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, and 8-bit home computers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Google Drive
- Google Drive support is included with a premium subscription.checked 11 Oct 2026
- No ads
- The product site describes Argon as ad-free.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline play
- Google Play lists the game as playable offline.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Personal data
- Mark/Space’s Argon privacy policy says it may collect and store limited personal data, including an email address, for login and service use.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Premium library
- Premium subscribers get access to the full library of classic and indie games for supported consoles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Mark/Space’s Argon privacy policy says it may collect limited personal data, including an email address, and says it does not share personal data internally or externally.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Argon is an emulator for playing games from a user’s collection and a library of classic games and homebrew titles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The developer page says Argon Premium and wrapped games are AES-XTS encrypted at rest and during transport.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Sideloading limit
- The support article says sideloaded games are available to Argon subscribers on phones and that Android TV sideloading was available on Nvidia Shield devices as of June 2022.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Mark/Space provides customer service and sales contact options and a product knowledge base.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The product page lists support for ColecoVision, Intellivision, NES, Vectrex, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, and 8-bit home computers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Argon is a retro game emulator and library for playing games from users’ own collections and Argon’s catalog of classic and indie games.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Devices
- The product site lists Android phones, tablets, TVs and Chromebooks, plus Amazon Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Fire Stick.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Store platforms
- Google Play lists Argon as available on Android and Windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free games
- The site says Argon includes dozens of free games and describes a free tier for games published as free downloads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free games and ads
- The product page says Argon has dozens of free games and describes the experience as ad-free.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Campbell, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Mark/Space says it was founded in 1990 and is located in Los Gatos, California; its contact page lists an address in Campbell, California.checked 11 Oct 2026
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