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Codies

/ˈkəʊdiz/

Codies proper noun: the video game development company Codemasters (formerly Code Masters).

Proper noun

Codies

  1. (informal) The video game development company Codemasters (formerly Code Masters).
    • Five power-packed pages of game thrills - more than ever before! On the Powertape: Astroclone (Hewson)! Sea Battles (Atlantis!). Skull & Crossbones demo (Tengen)! On The Run (Design Design)! Soccer Cup Quizmaster (Powertape)! and Pokemania! Plus (gasp!) on your Codies tape: Phantomas, Dizzy, BMX...1989 June, “Contents”, in Crash, number 89, published 1991
    • The Codies seem to take great delight in mistreating their little pet egg, Dizzy. He's been thumped, kicked, bashed, scrambled and dropped in his games so far. Now the cruel so and sos want to drown him.1992, James Leach, Bubble Dizzy (game review in Your Sinclair magazine issue 74, February 1992)

Examples of Codies in a sentence

  • Plus (gasp!) on your Codies tape: Phantomas, Dizzy, BMX Simulator and Fruit Machine Simulator!1989 June, “Contents”, in Crash, number 89, published 1991:
  • Well, obviously it was since they're ^([sic]) now got an interview with a codies rep, however, suggesting a May release.2002, Rod Prince, “Adelaide Clipsal 500 and Codemasters”, in rec.autos.simulators (Usenet):

Origin of Codies

Diminutive + -ie.

Questions about Codies

What does Codies mean?
Codies means the video game development company Codemasters (formerly Code Masters).
How do you use Codies in a sentence?
Plus (gasp!) on your Codies tape: Phantomas, Dizzy, BMX Simulator and Fruit Machine Simulator!
What part of speech is Codies?
Codies is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Codies?
Codies is pronounced /ˈkəʊdiz/.

Words near Codies in the dictionary

  1. codictatorship
  2. codictatorships
  3. codide
  4. codides
  5. Codie
  6. Codies
  7. codifferential
  8. codifferentials
  9. codifferentiate
  10. codifferentiated
  11. codifferentiates

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