Podd on the BBC Micro

[yummibear]

Oh my god, I've been looking for this for years. I thought I'd imagined this game ever existed. Have a thumbs up for helping me remember my childhood. :)

[baaford]

We could use this instead of waterboarding on terrorists

[jamiewindsor]

To be honest, I was expecting the Nintendo 3DS to be a bit better.

[MikeyHNCC1701D]

In school we would write things like 'can pob fuck'. lol

[parrotcar]

I used to love this back in the day and we used to always put swear words in to see if he would, we were always dissapointed but for all we know there are secret codes for more adult animations. podd can pop was cool, and fly and swim. we used to also have bbc games that went with the bbc videos like through the dragons eye, geordie racer, legend of the lost keys i think. Now kids have access to too much tbh, our days were more innocent.

[marnanel]

The full verb list is (part 1):

glide wink blink ascend rise shake vibrate waver shiver quiver frown grimace scowl vanish disappear smile grin smirk sniffle sniff smell yawn sleep rest slumber snooze doze cough sputter splutter look peer stare regard observe nod agree breathe blow puff gasp pant sneeze snore eat devour munch feed guzzle scrunch champ chomp chew blush flush colour sink submerge descend bounce rebound whistle hum buzz drone laugh guffaw chuckle chortle giggle cry weep

[marnanel]

@marnanel (part 2):

sob blubber talk speak chatter mutter gossip bawl hover flutter jump fly flap expand inflate swell grow enlarge bulge burst explode pop walk pace tread march hike amble step stroll saunter run dash sprint gallop race leap bound spring hop dance caper cavort boogie inflate swell grow enlarge bulge burst explode pop.

[marnanel]

I can't have been the only one back then who patched the binary so it accepted obscene verbs.

[EastAngliaUK]

Pod can have a wank he he

[Hurricane333]

I used to think these were the best graphics ever. Look, it's...red! And there's...green! And writing!

[pokeyRAWR]

Can I play this on the internet somewhere or download it? My dad is trying to find it :l

[mydandantheman]

They still have this at my son's nursery school and i'd love to be able to download it ??

[jamesingtonthethird]

I used to love this as a kid.. Podd can sex hehehehe

[parrotcar]

@jamesingtonthethird lol podd can sex, we tryed that too:)

[1xCupcakex1]

Omg I played this in reception at my school. I was the best at it...until they got

Rid of Acorn computers and replaced it with Microsoft :(

[youtubinfool]

when i was a kid i always ended up typing "podd can poo" happy days.

[jamesingtonthethird]

@youtubinfool I used to do that...

[Jarren202]

@youtubinfool Yeah, same here!

He didn't poo. :(

[jamiewindsor]

That's some beautiful whistling, Podd.

[BuggyJumper]

Podd can Fuck Off

[ClactonRadio]

@BuggyJumper

LOL

[srpilmer]

classic god i miss primary school

[kristenpiepiepie]

hey can someone send me a link to it? i need it bad please send it to me!

[Mennis01]

I remember that as soon as the teacher left we used to do the ...p-o-p-enter-p-o-p-enter-p-o­-p-enter-p-o-p-enter... until he came back, and it would loop for the rest of the "lesson", which was usually about 10 minutes. I think our record was about 20 minutes straight. I think we had a newer version, though I was quite young so I might be wrong...

[deaconredwhiteandblu]

oh yeah!!!!!! I remember this, when I was in the infants in the early 90s. I used to do podd can chatterbox!

[drunkmunkee123456789]

wow i remember podd!!! we had it on some crappy Acorn computers!!!

and we too did the podd can explode when the teacher wasnt looking... nice one on the upload, brings back memories!!!

[bld2002]

I'm sure I remember typing "Pod can Die". and then promptly panicking when it made the program close.

[carpii]

I remember playing this in Primary school. I guess I must have been about 6. I loved Podd, and it was the start of my fascination with computers

I'm now a software engineer, and make my living writing websites and desktop software/databases

I never did try typing in "Podd can change your life" :-D

[rogerswift1983]

wish I could do flash or something cause I'd make a fake video of this with podd can s**t, wank etc

[kraigus]

How hilarious.......

[Tda7000]

I take it you were running this in an emulator? Do you have the image for it? can you send me a link or the file? Thanks

[bumperboy]

Podd can pooh

[cherryapplesoda]

be coolest thing ever in school, we would fight to play it!

[CACKFUCKINGCACK]

Podd's a covicted rapist.

[BaubleRob]

call that dancing, podd, you freak!!

[allyplumb]

I got into trouble once playing this game at school when I put FART in the POD CAN.. section..

[rogerswift1983]

We got in trouble for 'podd can pop/explode' it was like the thing you did when the teacher wasn't looking.

[yarrtiscrapulence]

ahh podd!!! LOVE OF MY LIFE, he's just how I remember him from all those years ago!!!! AHHH!!!! <3

[IRL88]

thanks for the memories! I haven't seen Podd in about 17 yrs. back then we used to call him "Pod the pea" for some reason. no wonder I couldn't find it all this time.

[rikhanz]

I remember this in my primary school... me and my class mate used to laugh when he 'exploded'.

Thx for the upload.

[peterwiv]

I remember this, amazing.

[andrewrunagall]

You know what I'm thinking they should do? They should bring this to Xbox Live Arcade!

[41dhos]

Hell yeahs

And the keyboard remote would work great with it.

[tomscholes]

HD Remix!

[HydroMaqe]

podd can kiss

yea that was awesome for some reason i wanna download this classical but found my way here

[mrsheath19]

oh my god. podd is on here i loved podd at school, wow, the good old days!

[weekendoff]

absolute classic. remember Podd and typed it in on the off chance.

[JayFirestorm]

I got this in a box of educational Beeb software that a school had thrown out about 17 years ago now; It was actually quite fun.

[undergroundsplee]

Yup - strangely addictive. I remember some French software too, including one called "Quelle Tete" which let you draw silly faces.

[undergroundsplee]

I think it actually stretched to some machine code! I didn't know there was a PC version. Back when I was at school in the mid to late 80s, we had only Beebs in the computer lab.

[paulisthebest3uk]

in school i played this on an RM NIMBUS PC 186 - defo wasnt a bbc micro - it looks identical as far as i can remember though - considering im talking about 20 years ago since i last tried this out - was this written in basic?

[bigfatsheila]

how about 'Podd can explain to NIGHTSintodreams what it's all about...' ;-)

[undergroundsplee]

Heh! Somehow I think it might be a case of "Oh, no I can't"!

[NiGHTSintodreams]

That is the worst thing EVER!

[afhjkdgf]

This was a classic! Got this on an emulator a while back. The best was "Podd can explode"

[undergroundsplee]

Hell, yeah! I remember laughing hysterically over that one.

Try "Podd Can Cope" as well. :)