DeadFleshRetro
@deadfleshretro.bsky.social
I’m Chris, a vintage gaming enthusist & restorer/modder of 8 bit computers and consoles, based in the UK.
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Lovely to spend a Sunday evening exploring a rarity - does anyone else out there own an Academy Apollo 80? It’s a British / Hong Kong clone of the RCA Studio III, made under license by Conic in the late 1970s.
No joysticks or paddles & the keypads aren’t removable.
Its crap.
But also lovely ❤️😜
No joysticks or paddles & the keypads aren’t removable.
Its crap.
But also lovely ❤️😜
October 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Lovely to spend a Sunday evening exploring a rarity - does anyone else out there own an Academy Apollo 80? It’s a British / Hong Kong clone of the RCA Studio III, made under license by Conic in the late 1970s.
No joysticks or paddles & the keypads aren’t removable.
Its crap.
But also lovely ❤️😜
No joysticks or paddles & the keypads aren’t removable.
Its crap.
But also lovely ❤️😜
Really looking forward to this!
We're about to kick off a brand new collaborative text adventure play through this evening, and this time we're hitching a ride with the Vogon Constructor Fleet!
Join us at 7pm UK time, on our YouTube channel!
youtube.com/live/9fPDDRm...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF #HGttG
Join us at 7pm UK time, on our YouTube channel!
youtube.com/live/9fPDDRm...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF #HGttG
Let's Play The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Episode 1
Our little band of adventurers play classic text adventures most Monday evenings, and stream them here for people to enjoy, participate in, and catch up with if they miss a session.
By all means joi...
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September 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Really looking forward to this!
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We'll soon be entering hour 6 of our weekly exploration of Magnetic Scrolls' Guild of Thieves!
It's been super fun so far; as full of intrguing clues as it is "aha" moments!!
Join us on YouTube to watch along & by all means drop in your suggestions if you have any!
youtube.com/live/KCtdYhF...
It's been super fun so far; as full of intrguing clues as it is "aha" moments!!
Join us on YouTube to watch along & by all means drop in your suggestions if you have any!
youtube.com/live/KCtdYhF...
Let's Play The Guild of Thieves - Episode 6
Our little band of adventurers play classic text adventures most Monday evenings, and stream them here for people to enjoy, participate in, and catch up with if they miss a session.
By all means joi...
youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We'll soon be entering hour 6 of our weekly exploration of Magnetic Scrolls' Guild of Thieves!
It's been super fun so far; as full of intrguing clues as it is "aha" moments!!
Join us on YouTube to watch along & by all means drop in your suggestions if you have any!
youtube.com/live/KCtdYhF...
It's been super fun so far; as full of intrguing clues as it is "aha" moments!!
Join us on YouTube to watch along & by all means drop in your suggestions if you have any!
youtube.com/live/KCtdYhF...
Don’t see these very often!
A Rowtron 2000. I believe it was the only MPT-03 clone sold in the U.K. Hanimex cloned the Emerson architecture and Rowtron cloned the MTP-03 design.
This one’s fully working but needs tlc. I also need it to diagnose a broken one!
Love these old Signetics machines. 🎉
A Rowtron 2000. I believe it was the only MPT-03 clone sold in the U.K. Hanimex cloned the Emerson architecture and Rowtron cloned the MTP-03 design.
This one’s fully working but needs tlc. I also need it to diagnose a broken one!
Love these old Signetics machines. 🎉
June 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Don’t see these very often!
A Rowtron 2000. I believe it was the only MPT-03 clone sold in the U.K. Hanimex cloned the Emerson architecture and Rowtron cloned the MTP-03 design.
This one’s fully working but needs tlc. I also need it to diagnose a broken one!
Love these old Signetics machines. 🎉
A Rowtron 2000. I believe it was the only MPT-03 clone sold in the U.K. Hanimex cloned the Emerson architecture and Rowtron cloned the MTP-03 design.
This one’s fully working but needs tlc. I also need it to diagnose a broken one!
Love these old Signetics machines. 🎉
I just fixed another #ZXSpectrum 🎉
Woohoo! 🥳 🤓
Woohoo! 🥳 🤓
June 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I just fixed another #ZXSpectrum 🎉
Woohoo! 🥳 🤓
Woohoo! 🥳 🤓
Really looking forward to this! :)
And *so* happy to be back in a Magnetic Scrolls game! It just oozes quality and humour!
And *so* happy to be back in a Magnetic Scrolls game! It just oozes quality and humour!
We're back to our mission of becoming a master thief this evening! We got trapped underground in our first episode, so we'll be exploring more of the aboveground in this one...
Streaming live on YouTube from 7pm BST:
youtube.com/live/Nr41FLd...
Streaming live on YouTube from 7pm BST:
youtube.com/live/Nr41FLd...
Let's Play The Guild of Thieves - Episode 2
Our little band of adventurers play classic text adventures most Monday evenings, and stream them here for people to enjoy, participate in, and catch up with if they miss a session.
By all means joi...
youtube.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Really looking forward to this! :)
And *so* happy to be back in a Magnetic Scrolls game! It just oozes quality and humour!
And *so* happy to be back in a Magnetic Scrolls game! It just oozes quality and humour!
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Join us for Episode 13 of our Counterfeit Monkey playthrough tomorrow evening from 7pm, GMT!
We're definitely in the end game now - just 17 points left to get, will we finish it in the next hour of playtime??
youtube.com/live/7gdLojj...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF
We're definitely in the end game now - just 17 points left to get, will we finish it in the next hour of playtime??
youtube.com/live/7gdLojj...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF
Let's Play Counterfeit Monkey - Episode 13
YouTube video by Hit it with a Hammer!
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March 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us for Episode 13 of our Counterfeit Monkey playthrough tomorrow evening from 7pm, GMT!
We're definitely in the end game now - just 17 points left to get, will we finish it in the next hour of playtime??
youtube.com/live/7gdLojj...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF
We're definitely in the end game now - just 17 points left to get, will we finish it in the next hour of playtime??
youtube.com/live/7gdLojj...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF
I've been a bit quiet on here recently, as I've been spending time on @hititwithahammer.bsky.social, however I do now have something to report:
It's super-niche, but I've successfully reconstructed a complete #ZXSpectrum microdrive version of Tasword 3, with all example docs & utilities!
It's super-niche, but I've successfully reconstructed a complete #ZXSpectrum microdrive version of Tasword 3, with all example docs & utilities!
March 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I've been a bit quiet on here recently, as I've been spending time on @hititwithahammer.bsky.social, however I do now have something to report:
It's super-niche, but I've successfully reconstructed a complete #ZXSpectrum microdrive version of Tasword 3, with all example docs & utilities!
It's super-niche, but I've successfully reconstructed a complete #ZXSpectrum microdrive version of Tasword 3, with all example docs & utilities!
Reposted by DeadFleshRetro
We're back on Counterfeit Monkey from 7pm GMT this evening! We've beefed up our letter remover and have compiled a veritable arsenal of potential examples of homonym shame - game on!!
youtube.com/live/VmLa66l...
youtube.com/live/VmLa66l...
Let's Play Counterfeit Monkey - Episode 11
YouTube video by Hit it with a Hammer!
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March 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We're back on Counterfeit Monkey from 7pm GMT this evening! We've beefed up our letter remover and have compiled a veritable arsenal of potential examples of homonym shame - game on!!
youtube.com/live/VmLa66l...
youtube.com/live/VmLa66l...
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We're SUPER CHUFFED to announce that we're being featured in this month's edition of @pixeladdict.bsky.social!!
It's a great mag and we're so pleased to get some text adventure content into it, so do please buy a copy, either in physical form or as a pdf.
www.pixel.addict.media/shop/current...
It's a great mag and we're so pleased to get some text adventure content into it, so do please buy a copy, either in physical form or as a pdf.
www.pixel.addict.media/shop/current...
February 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We're SUPER CHUFFED to announce that we're being featured in this month's edition of @pixeladdict.bsky.social!!
It's a great mag and we're so pleased to get some text adventure content into it, so do please buy a copy, either in physical form or as a pdf.
www.pixel.addict.media/shop/current...
It's a great mag and we're so pleased to get some text adventure content into it, so do please buy a copy, either in physical form or as a pdf.
www.pixel.addict.media/shop/current...
Really looking forward to this, later - we finished on a 'downhill slope' last week! :)
Roll up for Episode 8 at 7pm GMT this evening!
How are we going to get our hands on that homonym paddle??!!
youtube.com/live/4sccjH5...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF
How are we going to get our hands on that homonym paddle??!!
youtube.com/live/4sccjH5...
#textadventures #interactivefiction #IF
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Really looking forward to this, later - we finished on a 'downhill slope' last week! :)
Our foray into (relatively) modern Interactive Fiction continues this evening at 7pm UK time.
Tune in to chip in! 😜
Tune in to chip in! 😜
Our live collaborative playthrough of Counterfeit Monkey continues with Episode 7 at 7pm GMT later today!
Will we finally get properly stuck in this game? I have a sneaking suspicion we're going to come to a grinding halt at some point...
youtube.com/live/2r0bqWv...
Will we finally get properly stuck in this game? I have a sneaking suspicion we're going to come to a grinding halt at some point...
youtube.com/live/2r0bqWv...
January 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Our foray into (relatively) modern Interactive Fiction continues this evening at 7pm UK time.
Tune in to chip in! 😜
Tune in to chip in! 😜
Explain your username:
I started in this hobby by learning to repair, refurb & mod my childhood ZX Spectrum & when I started streaming during the Covid lockdowns I initially intended to do mainly Spectrum content, but got v sidetracked 😬😂
The name still refers to the 'dead flesh' rubber keyboard 🤷🧟🧟♀️
I started in this hobby by learning to repair, refurb & mod my childhood ZX Spectrum & when I started streaming during the Covid lockdowns I initially intended to do mainly Spectrum content, but got v sidetracked 😬😂
The name still refers to the 'dead flesh' rubber keyboard 🤷🧟🧟♀️
Explain your username.
My Grandpa was a computer pioneer. He had a Z80 computer with hex keyboard and nixie tubes.
He was a real wizard with computers.
His favourite movie was the 1939 Wizard of Oz.
He watched it over and over again and sang along.
It's in his honour I use this username and image.
My Grandpa was a computer pioneer. He had a Z80 computer with hex keyboard and nixie tubes.
He was a real wizard with computers.
His favourite movie was the 1939 Wizard of Oz.
He watched it over and over again and sang along.
It's in his honour I use this username and image.
My Dad did a computer course part time at college in the 90's and for a DBase IV project he made a fictional name composed of part of our last name combined with 'company'. After Ovine by Design I was looking for a name to put on my Vic 20 games and this one my Dad invented came to mind.
January 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Explain your username:
I started in this hobby by learning to repair, refurb & mod my childhood ZX Spectrum & when I started streaming during the Covid lockdowns I initially intended to do mainly Spectrum content, but got v sidetracked 😬😂
The name still refers to the 'dead flesh' rubber keyboard 🤷🧟🧟♀️
I started in this hobby by learning to repair, refurb & mod my childhood ZX Spectrum & when I started streaming during the Covid lockdowns I initially intended to do mainly Spectrum content, but got v sidetracked 😬😂
The name still refers to the 'dead flesh' rubber keyboard 🤷🧟🧟♀️
Reposted by DeadFleshRetro
Tune in from 7pm GMT this evening for Ep. 5 of our collaborative Counterfeit Monkey playthrough! Will we finally magic up a fully working vehicle to drive past the protesting crowds in???
youtube.com/live/525JPjK...
(Bluesky still doesn't show YouTube thumbnails properly, so here it is attached!)
youtube.com/live/525JPjK...
(Bluesky still doesn't show YouTube thumbnails properly, so here it is attached!)
January 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Tune in from 7pm GMT this evening for Ep. 5 of our collaborative Counterfeit Monkey playthrough! Will we finally magic up a fully working vehicle to drive past the protesting crowds in???
youtube.com/live/525JPjK...
(Bluesky still doesn't show YouTube thumbnails properly, so here it is attached!)
youtube.com/live/525JPjK...
(Bluesky still doesn't show YouTube thumbnails properly, so here it is attached!)
Really looking forward to this!!
This is a complex game, but a couple of hours in we're starting to figure out what's going on - catch up with previous episodes or join it live tomorrow night, you don't need to have watched from the beginning :)
#TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction #IF
This is a complex game, but a couple of hours in we're starting to figure out what's going on - catch up with previous episodes or join it live tomorrow night, you don't need to have watched from the beginning :)
#TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction #IF
Episode 3 of our live Counterfeit Monkey playthrough kicks off tomorrow from 7pm UK time!
youtube.com/live/wfMG9VN...
youtube.com/live/wfMG9VN...
December 22, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Really looking forward to this!!
This is a complex game, but a couple of hours in we're starting to figure out what's going on - catch up with previous episodes or join it live tomorrow night, you don't need to have watched from the beginning :)
#TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction #IF
This is a complex game, but a couple of hours in we're starting to figure out what's going on - catch up with previous episodes or join it live tomorrow night, you don't need to have watched from the beginning :)
#TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction #IF
We're continuing our classic text adventure and interactive fiction playthroughs on a new YouTube channel called "Hit it with a Hammer!", so I can do more repair and (hopefully) coding content here at DFR next year :)
To watch, or join in, our playthroughs, please go there & subscribe!
To watch, or join in, our playthroughs, please go there & subscribe!
We're continuing our playthrough of Counterfeit Monkey this evening, from 7pm, UK time!
We were exploring and working through the tutorial last week, and we're looking forward to finding out more about the world and subverting it with our Letter Remover!!
#TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction #IF
We were exploring and working through the tutorial last week, and we're looking forward to finding out more about the world and subverting it with our Letter Remover!!
#TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction #IF
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December 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
We're continuing our classic text adventure and interactive fiction playthroughs on a new YouTube channel called "Hit it with a Hammer!", so I can do more repair and (hopefully) coding content here at DFR next year :)
To watch, or join in, our playthroughs, please go there & subscribe!
To watch, or join in, our playthroughs, please go there & subscribe!
We kicked off season two of our livestreamed collaborative classic text adventure play throughs a couple of weeks ago, and we're continuing the experience tomorrow evening, from 7pm UK time.
This time we're exploring Ballyhoo by Infocom & hoping it's an underrated gem! 🙏😂
#textadventures #infocom
This time we're exploring Ballyhoo by Infocom & hoping it's an underrated gem! 🙏😂
#textadventures #infocom
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September 22, 2024 at 11:01 AM
We kicked off season two of our livestreamed collaborative classic text adventure play throughs a couple of weeks ago, and we're continuing the experience tomorrow evening, from 7pm UK time.
This time we're exploring Ballyhoo by Infocom & hoping it's an underrated gem! 🙏😂
#textadventures #infocom
This time we're exploring Ballyhoo by Infocom & hoping it's an underrated gem! 🙏😂
#textadventures #infocom
Well, after four months and 15 episodes, our experiment in playing through #MagneticScrolls’ Fish! from scratch, collaboratively online via live stream, with novice players, and then converting it into a regular audio-only podcast, has come to a conclusion!
And it’s been bloody good fun!!
And it’s been bloody good fun!!
DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls
Podcast · [object Object] · This is a little experiment in live collaborative text adventure playing - we're going to see if it's possible to play some classic and significant adventures together, sta...
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August 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Well, after four months and 15 episodes, our experiment in playing through #MagneticScrolls’ Fish! from scratch, collaboratively online via live stream, with novice players, and then converting it into a regular audio-only podcast, has come to a conclusion!
And it’s been bloody good fun!!
And it’s been bloody good fun!!
We just solved the "In the Dimensions" maze in Fish! Absolutely buzzing we managed to do that - it's such a clever idea! 🎉
We're going to have to wait two weeks to find out what happens at the end of it though, as we're away next week. Here's the livestream from this Monday's episode though!
We're going to have to wait two weeks to find out what happens at the end of it though, as we're away next week. Here's the livestream from this Monday's episode though!
Let's Play Fish! - Episode 12
This is a little experiment in live collaborative text adventure playing - we're going to see if it's possible to play some classic and significant adventure...
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July 17, 2024 at 2:30 PM
We just solved the "In the Dimensions" maze in Fish! Absolutely buzzing we managed to do that - it's such a clever idea! 🎉
We're going to have to wait two weeks to find out what happens at the end of it though, as we're away next week. Here's the livestream from this Monday's episode though!
We're going to have to wait two weeks to find out what happens at the end of it though, as we're away next week. Here's the livestream from this Monday's episode though!
The podcast version of Episode 08 of our collaborative playthrough of the #textadventure Fish! by #MagneticScrolls is now live and should be propagating to your favourite podcatcher :)
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6Aar...
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6Aar...
DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep08 - Sent to the Principal's office!
Listen to this episode from DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls on Spotify. This is the eighth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We ride the tube...
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June 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM
The podcast version of Episode 08 of our collaborative playthrough of the #textadventure Fish! by #MagneticScrolls is now live and should be propagating to your favourite podcatcher :)
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6Aar...
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6Aar...
For the last two months, we've been livestreaming a collaborative playthrough of the 1988 #Amiga #textadventure game "Fish!" by Magnetic Scrolls. This has been an experiment to see whether it's possible to play it in public this way & whether we can also produce it as a regular audio-only podcast.
June 8, 2024 at 9:12 PM
For the last two months, we've been livestreaming a collaborative playthrough of the 1988 #Amiga #textadventure game "Fish!" by Magnetic Scrolls. This has been an experiment to see whether it's possible to play it in public this way & whether we can also produce it as a regular audio-only podcast.
We're now up to episode 7 of our collaborative playthrough of the classic adventure game Fish! by #MagneticScrolls!
We livestream our playthrough most Monday evenings, then edit the sessions into an audio-only podcast so people can enjoy the game & catch up with progress :)
Here are the podcasts:
We livestream our playthrough most Monday evenings, then edit the sessions into an audio-only podcast so people can enjoy the game & catch up with progress :)
Here are the podcasts:
DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters
This is a little experiment in live collaborative text adventure playing - we're going to see if it's possible to play some classic and significant adventures together, starting with Magnetic Scrolls'...
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June 8, 2024 at 10:13 AM
We're now up to episode 7 of our collaborative playthrough of the classic adventure game Fish! by #MagneticScrolls!
We livestream our playthrough most Monday evenings, then edit the sessions into an audio-only podcast so people can enjoy the game & catch up with progress :)
Here are the podcasts:
We livestream our playthrough most Monday evenings, then edit the sessions into an audio-only podcast so people can enjoy the game & catch up with progress :)
Here are the podcasts:
I’m almost dizzy with excitement to be participating in MendIt Mark’s workshops next week! He’s the G.O.A.T. of vintage electronics repair channels on YouTube, in my book, especially old high end audio equipment.
Mend It Mark Workshop
Mend It Mark Workshop Sales Page
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June 5, 2024 at 6:58 PM
I’m almost dizzy with excitement to be participating in MendIt Mark’s workshops next week! He’s the G.O.A.T. of vintage electronics repair channels on YouTube, in my book, especially old high end audio equipment.
The 3rd episode of our collaborative playthrough of the classic #textadventure Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls is now out.
A few friends & family get together each week to play for an hour, which we stream live to YouTube and then edit into a 40-50 minute audio podcast.
open.spotify.com/show/2dpf4BW...
A few friends & family get together each week to play for an hour, which we stream live to YouTube and then edit into a 40-50 minute audio podcast.
open.spotify.com/show/2dpf4BW...
DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls
Listen to DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls on Spotify. This is a little experiment in live collaborative text adventure playing - we're going to see if it's possible to play some classic and signif...
open.spotify.com
May 3, 2024 at 12:48 PM
The 3rd episode of our collaborative playthrough of the classic #textadventure Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls is now out.
A few friends & family get together each week to play for an hour, which we stream live to YouTube and then edit into a 40-50 minute audio podcast.
open.spotify.com/show/2dpf4BW...
A few friends & family get together each week to play for an hour, which we stream live to YouTube and then edit into a 40-50 minute audio podcast.
open.spotify.com/show/2dpf4BW...
Our weekly adventure game livestream is now also available as a podcast!
Follow along as we play Fish! By Magnetic Scrolls. As far as we know, no one has ever tried publishing a videogame let’s play as a podcast - there’s probably a very good reason for that… 🤷♂️🤣🕹️🎉
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Follow along as we play Fish! By Magnetic Scrolls. As far as we know, no one has ever tried publishing a videogame let’s play as a podcast - there’s probably a very good reason for that… 🤷♂️🤣🕹️🎉
anchor.fm/deadfleshretro
DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters
This is a little experiment in live collaborative text adventure playing - we're going to see if it's possible to play some classic and significant adventures together, starting with Magnetic Scrolls'...
anchor.fm
April 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Our weekly adventure game livestream is now also available as a podcast!
Follow along as we play Fish! By Magnetic Scrolls. As far as we know, no one has ever tried publishing a videogame let’s play as a podcast - there’s probably a very good reason for that… 🤷♂️🤣🕹️🎉
anchor.fm/deadfleshretro
Follow along as we play Fish! By Magnetic Scrolls. As far as we know, no one has ever tried publishing a videogame let’s play as a podcast - there’s probably a very good reason for that… 🤷♂️🤣🕹️🎉
anchor.fm/deadfleshretro