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'''''Popeye''''' is an arcade game by Nintendo, later ported to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], featuring the [[wikipedia:Popeye|cartoon character of the same name]].
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'''Popeye''' is an arcade/[[Nintendo Entertainment System]] game, featuring the third party character Popeye.
  
 
The Nintendo Entertainment System version is a slight graphical downgrade compared to the original arcade version.
 
The Nintendo Entertainment System version is a slight graphical downgrade compared to the original arcade version.
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As Popeye, the player must catch items thrown by Olive Oyl while avoiding Brutus, Sea Hag and Bernard. Popeye can eat a can of spinach to become invincible.
 
As Popeye, the player must catch items thrown by Olive Oyl while avoiding Brutus, Sea Hag and Bernard. Popeye can eat a can of spinach to become invincible.
  
==Blurb==
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==References==
{{blurb|title=Flyer (Arcade version)|content=''Will the King of Spinach clobber the<br>swashbuckler and save the lady Oyl?''
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*[https://nindb.net/nes/popeye/index.html NinDB]
  
''"Popeye! Sweetheart! Catch my kisses," cries Olive Oyl! "I yam comin' sweetlips,''<br>
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''but there's a big ugly brute right on me tail," wails Popeye!''<br>
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''Chasing hearts before they break, Popeye is pursued by the ol' blubber face, Brutus.''<br>
 
''POW! Popeye punches beer bottles hurled by Brutus. POW! Popeye smashes wine bot-''<br>
 
''tles flung by the Sea Hag. "Curses! I missed," scowls the old lush! POW! Popeye slams''
 
''the punching bag and a beer bottle immobilizes Brutus. "Rats! I'll git you, you little var-''<br>
 
''mit!" Popeye is then free to catch hearts and flirt. But just let one of those hearts''<br>
 
''break and Olive shakes a threatening finger at Popeye, scolding, "you stupid ninny!"''<br>
 
''Avast! Ms. Oyl is such a nag! She keeps throwing things at Popeye. And brutish Bru-''<br>
 
''tus keeps gaining. But POW! See Popeye grab the spinach and become glowing red.''<br>
 
''Only now can Popeye knock Brutus on his petunias!''<br>
 
''Observing from afar, Wimpy proclaims, "Greetings, Sir! That was a foul blow. I want''<br>
 
''a hamburger." Meanwhile, annoyed at the nasty Sea Hag, Olive orders Popeye to''<br>
 
''"smack her smush!" "I cannot do it," says Popeye, "I yam a gen'leman! I does not hit''<br>
 
''dames!"<br>
 
''Plagued by kamikaze skulls, ravenous vultures and fragile hearts, can Popeye tri-''<br>
 
''umph? Will he KNOCK OUT Brutus and live happily ever after with his favorite dame?''<br>
 
''Only Nintendo could create such a frantically wild game using one of America's best-''<br>
 
''loved cartoon figures. It's Popeye as you've never seen him before. With sensational,''<br>
 
''lifelike graphics, sounds and music which will have them begging for more!''<br>
 
''"Blow me down! I yam so proud of Nintendo I could bust," boasts Popeye as he''<br>
 
''puffs his pipe and winks goodbye!''}}
 
{{blurb|title=Box (NES version)|content=''Now you're the King of<br>Spinach in a battle for<br>Olive's love!''
 
 
 
''Are you ready to climb ladders, jump land-''<br>
 
''ings, eat spinach  and punch out Brutus,''<br>
 
''Seahag and the flying Bernard? Because''<br>
 
''that's what it takes to win Olive Oyl's hand in''<br>
 
''marriage. You'll score points by defeating your enemies and collection the "love''
 
''tokens" Olive drops from her window. The more you collect, the more points you'll''<br>
 
''score and the faster you'll win her love. But watch out. Around every corner lurks''<br>
 
''another jealous sailor. You'll have to think with your head as well as your heart to''<br>
 
''win this fast action love affair!''}}
 
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<gallery>
 
Popeye Japanese Arcade Front Flyer.jpg|Front flyer for the Japanese arcade version
 
Popeye Famicom Front Box Art.jpg|Front box art for the Famicom version
 
Popeye European NES Front Box Art.jpeg|Front box art for the European NES version
 
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==External links==
 
{{otherwikis|italics=yes|StrategyWiki=Popeye}}
 
*{{wp|Popeye (video game)|''Popeye'' on Wikipedia}}
 
*[https://nindb.net/arcade/popeye/index.html ''Popeye'' (Arcade version) on NinDB]
 
*[https://nindb.net/nes/popeye/index.html ''Popeye'' (NES version) on NinDB]
 
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{{Popeye series}}
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[[Category:Games developed by Nintendo]]
 
[[Category:Games published by Nintendo]]
 
[[Category:Arcade games]]
 
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
 
[[Category:1982 games]]
 
[[Category:1983 games]]
 
[[Category:1986 games]]
 

Revision as of 23:13, 23 March 2019

Popeye
ポパイ
File:Popeye boxart.png
Front box art
Developer(s): Nintendo
Publisher(s): Nintendo
Platform: Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System
Category:
Players:
Predecessor:
Successor:
Release dates
N. America: June 1986
Japan: July 15, 1983
Europe: 1986

Popeye is an arcade/Nintendo Entertainment System game, featuring the third party character Popeye.

The Nintendo Entertainment System version is a slight graphical downgrade compared to the original arcade version.

Summary

As Popeye, the player must catch items thrown by Olive Oyl while avoiding Brutus, Sea Hag and Bernard. Popeye can eat a can of spinach to become invincible.

References

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