DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls

About DFR Plays Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls

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' Fish! We aim to play these sessions every Monday evening and live stream them to YouTube. Then we edit the recordings into a shorter podcast version with all the fluff and faff taken out :) Please support us by adding us to your podcast downloads list and join one of our live sessions sometime!! DeadFleshRetro is an amateur vintage gaming channel, mainly on YouTube, Facebook and BlueSky.

Publisher

DeadFleshRetro

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Apr 2024

Latest episode

17 Aug 2024

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Aug 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep15 - Partying is for the common people!

   This is the fifteenth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We do a thing; then we do another thing; and another thing that we've absolutely beaten our heads against for the last ten episodes; and then we finally also did another really, really major thing despite having an acutely embarrassing series of brain farts most of which I've mercifully cut out of this podcast!! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

2. 

   14 Aug 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep14 - It's a gas, Gas, GAS!

   This is the twelfth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We finally get our hands on the cylinder from behind the bar at the Hook, Line and Sinker; we fail to grab hold of a railing; throw the cylinder at a wall; and I walk into a close sliding door *again*!!! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

3. 

   2 Aug 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep13 - In The Dimensions...

   This is a special, extra, in-between episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment, in which I explain how we solved the "Maze" we encountered in Episode 12! Admittedly, this may not work very well as a podcast episode, as even though the maze turns out not to require traditional mapping, the solution is a visual one - but hopefully the sense will still come across and listeners should be able to understand how we arrived at the solution and why it's a devilishly clever but also beautifully simple little puzzle :) You can, of course, also find the livestream of this episode on YouTube where you can see the "map" that explains how the maze works. --- Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

4. 

   21 Jul 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep12 - Twisty Little Passages...??

   This is the twelfth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We get extremely sidetracked; walk into a door again, twice; someone winks at us; and we acccidentally get turned into sliced fish! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

5. 

   14 Jul 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep11 - Muder on the dancefloor?!

   This is the eleventh episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We still can't reach a trapdoor; we repeatedly switch things on and off again; we fail to tie a tie; and a disco date goes very wrong! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

6. 

   8 Jul 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep10 - Global Thermonuclear War, anyone?

   This is the tenth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We cut some very fishy shapes on the dance floor; vandalise a library book; log into the university mainframe; fail to reach a trap door; and hit a hard time limit once again! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

7. 

   29 Jun 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep09 - Messing with the controls!

   This is the ninth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We get kicked out of a museum; sabotage a powerstation; test our credit limit; and retire to the boozer! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

8. 

   16 Jun 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep08 - Sent to the Principal's office!

   This is the eighth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We ride the tube all around Hydropolis; actually get to an appointment on time; get hassled by rag week students; and fail to walk through an open door! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

9. 

   7 Jun 2024

   DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep07 - Mooching around Pickerel...

   This is the sixth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We enjoy a nice day out in Hydropolis - we try and fail to get off a train; we do some shopping; go to the pub for a sniffter; catch a movie... and we may have discovered what happened to our trendy fishton! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠ (⁠⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

10. 

    27 May 2024

    DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep06 - What the hell happened to the sofa??

    This is the sixth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We manage to break into a filing cabinet and steal the final piece of the focus wheel! At last we can find out what our mission is really all about - but will it make any more sense than it has so far? Veeeery doubtful... Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠ (www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

11. 

    16 May 2024

    DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep05 - Press play on tape!

    This is the fifth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We survive a close encounter with the Fins! And end up in a plush recording studio, somewhere in London. But will we manage to get the producer sufficiently caffeinated before he fires us and turfs us into the street?? Maybe the secret is on these vintage audio cassettes we found in a bin... Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠⁠www.strandgames.com⁠ (www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

12. 

    10 May 2024

    DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep04 - We need more time, Grommet!!

    This is the fourth episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We do manage to sneak the pew past the hippies, but can't avoid alerting them soon afterwards! We manage to evade them initially and activate the secret Altar, but will we complete the job and return to the Goldfish Bowl with our prize? By Panchax, I hope so...! Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠www.strandgames.com⁠www.strandgames.com⁠ (www.strandgames.com⁠) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

13. 

    3 May 2024

    DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep03 - Only if my mum says it's ok...

    This is the third episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We finally get out of the forest and end up in a very cold and dark field. We get hit in the face with a guitar and find some suspicious custard stains, but can we avoid the tuneless hippies and discover the secrets of the catacombs...? Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: www.strandgames.comwww.strandgames.com (www.strandgames.com) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

14. 

    29 Apr 2024

    DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep02 - Just Hit It With A Hammer!!

    This is the second episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: We release a parrot and make some progress in the smithy. Micky Blowtorch figures out we're not friends any more. The weather is more important than we thought. And we die quite a lot... Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: ⁠www.strandgames.com (www.strandgames.com) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

15. 

    26 Apr 2024

    DFR Plays Fish! Podcast Ep01 - What just went BANG!!?

    This is the first episode of our Let's Play Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls podcast experiment! In this episode: Our relaxing holiday in a fishtank is rudely interrupted; we meet a warp junkie (whatever that is!); something makes a very loud noise; and we appear to be dying quite regularly. Most Monday evenings a few of us, friends and family, get together on a Zoom call to play Classic adventure games and we live stream it to YouTube. This is an audio-only edited version of that livestream, which cuts out most of the faffery and hopefully should allow more people to follow along and maybe even catch up so they can join us live and play along with us, making suggestions in the chat! The game we're playing currently is Fish!, the fifth game from storied British games studio Magnetic Scrolls. FIsh! was designed by John Molloy, Phil South and Peter Kemp with contributions by Rob Steggles. It was released in 1988 by Rainbird Software and was declared the 16-bit Adventure Game of the Year at that year's Golden Joystick Awards. We are playing the original Amiga version, albeit cracked by Quartex, using the WinUAE emulator. Several Magnetic Scrolls games have been recently remastered and rereleased by Strand Games and are available on Android, iOS and Windows: www.strandgames.com (www.strandgames.com) Please let us know what you think of this episode and the series generally! We'd love to hear from you :)

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