''Goody'' is a

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developed by Gonzalo Suárez Girard and released in 1987 by the Spanish company Opera Soft. The game was released for

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, and

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compatible operating systems. ''Goody'' was the first video game by the Spanish designer Gonzalo Suárez Girard, who went on to make '' Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines''.

Plot

As an experienced thief John Nelson Brainner Stravinsky, known as Goody, has a mission to break into the

Bank of Spain The Bank of Spain ( es, link=no, Banco de España) is the central bank of Spain. Established in Madrid in 1782 by Charles III, today the bank is a member of the European System of Central Banks and is also Spain's national competent authority fo ...

. Equipped with a ladder Goody explores catacombs and city buildings. Along the way he may collect treasure needed to purchase tools such as dynamite or a drill and to find out the access code to the main vault. There are many objects and enemies, such as remote-control combat helicopters, vipers, gorillas, the policeman Rodríguez, ghosts and the evil Moon who try to stop Goody.

Legacy

''Goody The Remake'' was released by Coptron Game Studios in 2007 for Microsoft Windows and

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. There is a ''Goody'' version for mobile phones published by eBrain Mobile in 2007, called ''Goody Returns''. It uses 2.5D graphics.

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