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On this DAY in 1970 (8 November), The Goodies made their television debut on BBC2. Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie played exaggerated versions of themselves as a trio running a Cricklewood agency that would do “anything, anytime, anywhere.” Commodore Fact: Did you know Tim Brooke-Taylor made a Commodore computer instructional video? (watch below) Who else thought this show was hilarious as a kid?

Did you know this was a Commodore 64 exclusive game? Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy was released in 1991 by Hi-Tec Software Ltd. The premise of the game is similar to the Hanna-Barbera short “Good Mousekeeping”. I was a massive Disney fan back in the day, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching Hanna-Barbera toons after school and Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy was my favourite segment in the The Quick Draw McGraw Show. Who remembers these Hi-Tec C64 games?

Did you know the guy who made Choplifter! also made Typhoon Thompson in Search for the Sea Child on the Amiga? It was designed and mostly coded by Dan Gorlin. In the very first issue of Amiga Power, it ranked 24th on their All-Time Top 100 Amiga Games list. What did you think of Typhoon Thompson?

Best Amiga basketball game? TV Sports Basketball (1989) by Cinemaware on the Commodore Amiga

Some famous people started with Commodore VIC-20 & the Commodore 64. Leonard Nimoy, Elon, Idris Elba, John Carmack & Satoru Iwata come to mind. Jack Tramiel created a computer revolution by making Computers for the Masses not the Classes!

Best EPYX multi-event game on the Commodore 64?

Aussie Commodore Amiga 500 TV commercial. Did you buy yours from John Martins?

Did you own a Psygnosis Amiga game just for the box art? Which one?

Your favorite Commodore 64 magazine?

Most underrated C64 shoot ’em up? Not the one everyone says.

Tim Brooke-Taylor from The Goodies unboxes his Commodore computer.

If you love movies you need to watch the All The RIght Movies podcasts they are informative and alot of fun. Looking forward to their Magnolia episode.

It’s 1993. You’ve got £25 and one Amiga pinball game to buy. Which table’s coming home?

Banshee – Commodore Amiga (1994) When the Amiga wanted to prove it could still deliver arcade-quality action, Banshee came out guns blazing! Fast scrolling, enemy waves, and bullets flying everywhere. Blink at the wrong moment, and you could be in trouble! Amiga Format magazine loved it and scored 90% "This is a real shoot-em-ups' shoot-em-up. Banshee tells it like it is: you kill things. Full stop. Just boot up and shoot up. What more could you ask for?" Did you play Banshee?

My work computer had technical issues. IT support came over to my desk and said he needed password to access my account. “It’s ‘MickeyDonaldBatmanSupermanHulkLondon'” I replied. “A bit unusual for a password, how did you come up with it?” the support dude asked me. I said, “Because the computer said the password has to be at least 5 characters and have a capital.”

Best Amiga bowling game?

Best Amiga platform puzzle game. ONE word. Go.

Preferred modern way to play Amiga games?

Finish the sentence: The Amiga horizontal shooter I never saw the end of was…