Popeye (Arcade) (1 Credit)

Published by Nintendo in late 1982, Popeye is a really nice 3-level platform game that captures the essence of the comic strips and cartoons. 4 loops were completed, after which there's nothing really new to see.
00:00:00 Attract mode
00:00:28 Round 1 (Loop 1)
00:02:04 Round 2 (Loop 1)
00:03:33 Round 3 (Loop 1)
00:05:13 Round 4 (Loop 2)
00:07:04 Round 5 (Loop 2)
00:08:25 Round 6 (Loop 2)
00:10:01 Round 7 (Loop 2)
00:11:24 Round 8 (Loop 3)
00:12:52 Round 9 (Loop 3)
00:14:17 Round 10 (Loop 3)
00:16:13 Round 11 (Loop 4)
00:18:00 Round 12 (Loop 4)
00:19:14 Round 13 (Loop 4)
00:20:57 Round 14 (Loop 5)
00:21:37 Game Over / Name Entry

[@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307]

Fun Fact: Nintendo created the concept for the Donkey Kong arcade game in order to secure the rights for Popeye to make this game. Without this game we may never of had Mario or Donkey kong

[@irvplotnik89]

Reversed actually, Donkey Kong was originally supposed to be Popeye’s game, but they couldn’t secure the rights to the IP so they changed the characters to DK and Jump-man etc and the success of that game allowed them to secure the rights to make Popeye’s game

[@renevaldez808]

Man childhood nostalgia.

[@towerbridge04]

The golden era.

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

Nice skills mate. Great reactions on skulls and bottles. Most I have ever seen on this classic. Top man.

[@towerbridge04]

Thank you, needed quite a few practice runs. Couldn't have gotten any further, but it was good fun!

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

@@towerbridge04 great performance mate

[@DC_Prox]

When I was a kid in the 80s, there was a department store that me and my mom went to sometimes, they had Popeye, Kangaroo, and Centipede in the lobby.

[@towerbridge04]

Nice story, thanks for sharing. Kangaroo was in this key cutting shop at the top of our high road right next to the bus stop. If I couldn't spot a bus coming then would pop into the shop for a game.

[@ellaschroeder1617]

surely belongs to the ten best arcade games ever made

[@towerbridge04]

That's a big call. What would the other nine be 🤔

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Oh so many memories. You're really good at this BTW

[@dirkhebgeennaamachter9056]

Well played, Ray!

[@towerbridge04]

Thanks Dirk, that's very kind of you 🙂

[@Pinga-lz7rb]

No way you managed to get more than 177480 points!!! That’s amazing and slightly ridiculous!

[@towerbridge04]

Thanks, no idea how I managed that either. Got very lucky!

[@scanman975]

I remember being really good at this game. Great memories.

[@susanfit47]

Popeye was a massive hit for Nintendo, but suprisingly there weren't any direct arcade sequels.

[@towerbridge04]

Perhaps due to licensing costs they decided to focus on Donkey Kong and Mario themes.

[@celinesenden4142]

40 anniversary of Nintendos popeye

[@towerbridge04]

Wow! and I am literally eating spinach at this very moment!

[@mynameisberry9740]

I never seen that version. I like it 😆

[@towerbridge04]

Class game. Give it a blast on Mame!