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{{GameInfobox
{{Infobox| title = Popeye
 
|image = [[Image:Popeye2600.jpg|220px]]
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|image = Popeye2600.jpg
|developer = [[Nintendo]]
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|developer = Nintendo
|publisher = '''[[Parker Brothers]]''' <br> Atari 2600 <br> Magnavox Odyssey 2 <br> Intellivision
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|publisher = Parker Brothers, Nintendo
 
|designer =
 
|designer =
|engine =
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|perspective = 2D
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|eu_rel = {{Release|1982|||EU|Magnavox Odyssey 2}}
|released = '''Magnavox Odyssey 2''': <br> [[1982]] ([[EU]]) <br> [[1983]] ([[Brazil|BR]]) <br> '''Atari 2600''': <br> [[1983]] ([[NA]]) <br> '''Intellivision''': <br> [[1983]] ([[NA]])
 
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|br_rel = {{Release|1983|||BR|Magnavox Odyssey 2}}
|genre = [[2D platformer]]
 
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|na_rel = {{Release|1983|||NA|Atari 2600, Intellivision}}
|modes = [[Single player]]
 
 
|genre = 2D platform
|ratings = '''[[N/A]]''' <br> Atari 2600 <br> Magnavox Odyssey 2 <br> Intellivision
 
 
|features = Single-player
|platforms = [[Atari 2600]] <br> [[Magnavox Odyssey 2]] <br> [[Intellivision]]
 
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|platforms = Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Magnavox Odyssey 2, Intellivision, Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer
 
|media =
 
|media =
 
|input = Atari 2600 Joystick, Magnavox Odyssey 2 Controller, Intellivision Controller
|requirements =
 
|input = [[Atari 2600 Joystick]] <br> [[Magnavox Odyssey 2 Controller]] <br> [[Intellivision Controller]]
 
 
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'''Popeye''' is an arcade game released in 1982. It was ported to the Atari 2600, the Atari 5200, the ColecoVision, the Intellivision, the Odyssey 2, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and home computers. It is based on the classic cartoon character of the same name.
 
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==Gameplay==
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The action of Popeye takes place on three screens. On all of them your sailor hero must collect objects cast down by Olive Oyl (hearts, musical notes, and letters spelling HELP) before they reach the bottom floor and disappear into the drink. While doing so you must avoid Bluto as well as the mysterious Sea Hag's bottle tosses. By grabbing a can of spinach, Popeye can turn the tables on Bluto and send him flying around and landing in the drink for a brief while. Collect all of Olive's objects and you go on to the next screen.
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
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<gallery widths="120">
 
Image:Popeye2600.jpg|Atari 2600 Boxart
 
Image:Popeye2600.jpg|Atari 2600 Boxart
 
Image:PopeyeOdy2.jpg|Magnavox Odyssey 2 European Boxart
 
Image:PopeyeOdy2.jpg|Magnavox Odyssey 2 European Boxart
 
Image:PopeyeOdy2br.jpg|Magnavox Odyssey 2 Brazilian Boxart
 
Image:PopeyeOdy2br.jpg|Magnavox Odyssey 2 Brazilian Boxart
 
Image:PopeyeINV.jpg|Intellivision Boxart
 
Image:PopeyeINV.jpg|Intellivision Boxart
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Popeye Famicom Box.jpg|[[Famicom]] Boxart
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
   
 
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[[Category:Atari 2600 games]]
 
[[Category:Magnavox Odyssey 2 games]]
 
[[Category:Intellivision games]]
 
[[Category:2D platformer games]]
 

Latest revision as of 08:25, 30 January 2020

Popeye is an arcade game released in 1982. It was ported to the Atari 2600, the Atari 5200, the ColecoVision, the Intellivision, the Odyssey 2, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and home computers. It is based on the classic cartoon character of the same name.

Gameplay[ | ]

The action of Popeye takes place on three screens. On all of them your sailor hero must collect objects cast down by Olive Oyl (hearts, musical notes, and letters spelling HELP) before they reach the bottom floor and disappear into the drink. While doing so you must avoid Bluto as well as the mysterious Sea Hag's bottle tosses. By grabbing a can of spinach, Popeye can turn the tables on Bluto and send him flying around and landing in the drink for a brief while. Collect all of Olive's objects and you go on to the next screen.

Gallery[ | ]