''Goody'' is a

platform game A platformer (also called a platform game, and sometimes a jump 'n' run game) is a subgenre of action game in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Platform games are characterized by levels wi ...

developed by

Gonzalo Suárez Girard Pyro Mobile was a video game developer based in Madrid, Spain, established in 2012 as a merger between Play Wireless and Pyro Studios and eventually ceasing operations in the second half of 2017. It is mostly known for its real-time tactics game ...

and released in 1987 by the Spanish company Opera Soft. The game was released for

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spec ...

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, and for

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compatible computers. ''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 bust into the

Bank of Spain The Bank of Spain (, ) is the national central bank for Spain within the Eurosystem. It was the Spanish central bank from 1874 to 1998, issuing the peseta. Since 2014, it has also been Spain's national competent authority within European Banki ...

. Equipped with a ladder, Goody explores sewers 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. Goody has to tackle many objects and enemies that try to stop him, like remote-controlled combat helicopters, vipers, gorillas, ghosts, the policeman Rodríguez and the evil Moon.

Legacy

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

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and

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, and is now also available on

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. An

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spin-off game titled ''Goody Returns'' was published by eBrain Mobile in 2007. ''Goody'' was re-released on Steam in March 2023.

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