10 Popeye Versions in 3 minutes ⚡ INSTANT GAME EVOLUTION

In this Instant Game Evolution we showcase ten different ports of Popeye (Nintendo, Parker Brothers 1982), in a three-minutes gameplay video. Enjoy!
We showcase the following versions in this order: Arcade, Odyssey 2, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, Intellivision, Colecovision, NES / Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom, TI-99/4A, Commodore 64 / C64.
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[@retrosutra]

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[@FhargaZ]

It's amazing how good it looks the arcade version for a 1982 game.

[@jasonlee7816]

it didn’t or hasn’t aged well

[@sdfghgtrew]

@@jasonlee7816 People dont play old games for the graphics 😄

[@avalond1193]

@@jasonlee7816 it aged very well looks great plays great and is fun can't say the same for PlayStation one games that look terrible play terrible and hasn't aged well at all those early 3d games are trash now compared to 2d don't get me started on those old tomb raiders and resident evil tank control games

[@chrisbg99]

In retrospect the arcade version of Popeye had pretty amazing detailed sprites. Never really thought about it before it was just put right there.

[@Toonrick12]

In 1982 no less!

[@anyoayan]

The nes one's sprites suck

[@mattiemartin5971]

The Arcade and NES versions of Popeye are my favorite.

[@knightdriver3592]

I had this on the Commodore 64 growing up. Never played any others, but I really enjoyed the C64 version.

[@SchardtCinematic]

Same here loved my C64 version

[@ZacCarpenter]

I like the Arcade and NES ones the best

[@gregorya.champion3784]

I always enjoyed the NES version

[@MichaelCharles-zn6rh]

i think it's interesting that some of the more limited systems managed animated (although limited) hearts, and the mid powered ones did not

[@orangeamongus21]

Arcade version is my favorite.

[@rickonami]

I like the new way you made the video edit for all the versions... Much simple and faster to see the comparison. Well done.

[@AnimationMaster167]

Well, I think I might call this a Popeye Version Comparision (short edition)

[@ChristinathegarnetjisooBP]

We forgot Popoeye The Atari 7800 Homebrew

[@robbiewalker2831]

@Jayden Griffiths How about the java version?

[@basicallysnake]

@@robbiewalker2831 We don't talk about the Java port

[@gregorya.champion3784]

Love the arcade version, NES was the best too.

[@chrisparlette3097]

Yeah don't forget Colecovision also better too. 🤓

[@Gxhbro]

Magnavox Oddysey 2 jumpscared me ngl My heart (and my ears) exploded in this part 0:44

[@mariansantos3794]

You meant 0:47

[@robnelms1418]

The actual existence of some of these are quite the enigma.....🤔

[@JudgmentStorm]

Arcade is best. The hi-res sprites (512 x 448) look amazing. Nintendo's NES version looks and plays decent enough, but there are some missing details in the level backgrounds, like Wimpy on the seesaw in level 2.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

I loved the c64 version back when I was a kid

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

My favorites are the original arcade, the Atari 2600, the Intellivison (not because it's actually good, but because I have an Intellivison), & the NES.

[@bmkretrogaming7634]

Nice video! I emulate the ColecoVision port via my Collectorvision Phoenix currently. It's an excellent arcade port. Including a recommendation, and a link to your video on my channel's review video of the ColecoVision port.

[@DocteurInfierno]

Funny in Atari 5200, the face of Bluto is a "5" looool

[@thepeternetwork]

That Popeye game always ate my quarters one by one. With practice, I would win the Atari 2600 port.

[@nicO98123]

new series! that's always exciting, no matter which KZbin channel it's from. if you want a short versions comparison, this would be for you.

[@EmeraldoTheDragon]

Popeye looks like he consumed a bit too much spinach in the Commodore 64 version, lol.

[@ntfanimador2913]

2:41 commodore 64,arcade,Atari and nes

[@celinesenden4142]

Arcade

[@ntfanimador2913]

@@celinesenden4142 good option

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

Were it not for the Popeye theme, you could never tell that the Odyssey 2 version was a Popeye game in a _million years._

[@darthpaul99]

I only ever played the arcade original, my church had a cabinet of it in their youth center that we could play for free as much as we wanted. It was cool.

[@jasonlee7816]

did other people hog the Popeye arcade game for 5, 7, 9 minutes?

[@darthpaul99]

@@jasonlee7816 Yes

[@om6899]

You forgot: FDS Apple 2

[@Tetrodome]

In the Vision wars, Coleco clearly defeated Intelli in the battle of Popeye

[@ApologyforPepology]

C64 out of Nostalgia, Arcade looks the best.

[@bluestreakedladyshe-her8507]

So, rating the home ports (I'm doing this by looks for some I have not played). 1. NES: Straight from Nintendo, and one of three launch titles for the Famicom. Being the first version I ever played, it's incredibly close to the arcade original, mainly having smaller sprites and a loss of a few details. 2. TI-99/4A: Seems to be based on the NES version. It keeps most of its graphical styling, but less colourful. Also lacks music. 3. Atari 5200 and 8-bit family: Still pretty good looking, and keeps the integretity of the game pretty well. 4. Commodore 64: A little less detailed than the Atari 8-bit versions, but looks pretty playable. 5. Colecovision: I used to have this one! It's a very competent port when it comes to gameplay although I think this version could have definitely looked better. 6. Intellivision: Incredibly ugly looking, and the sound has issues, but unlike the Atari 2600 version, keeps the playfields pretty identical. 7. Atari 2600: Despite the graphics taking a further hit from the INTV version, it looks far less ugly, and lacks its sound issues. Due to the Atari 2600 allegedly having issues with asymettrical playing fields, the second level has an altered layout. 8. Odyssey2: It's something... I'll say that. Unmentioned: Popeye 5200 graphics hack: Makes the graphics closer to the Famicom version, with colours more like the arcade than the Famicom version. Popeye for Atari 7800: Despite the usual blockier look the system tended to have, it's even closer to the arcade than Nintendo's own NES port, retaining many lost details, and even closer to the arcade in colour!

[@SoBloxRetroDS-UA]

idk why this comment has only one like

[@bm_84]

0:47 spinach theme looooool 😭😂

[@robintst]

Awww, that Odyssey 2 port, bless'em they tried.

[@theallknowingsause8940]

The Magnavox Odyssey 2 version is really satisfying to look at for some reason

[@Gxhbro]

Yeah....and idk why

[@jasonlee7816]

it looks and/or sounds awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible

[@merritttrainboy7716]

I like the NES version. I first played that when I was in middle school.

[@AdamJ617]

The first one I ever played was Atari 5200.

[@tFighterPilot]

I sure do feel bad for the kids who played the game in Arcade and then begged their parents to buy it for the Odyssey 2.

[@MarkWhich]

There were 3 stages, lower-end consoles could only give us the first, and one or two must of had the memory for the second stage.

[@SchardtCinematic]

Commodore 64 was the version I had and played the most

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

Funny the Colecovision version of Olive doesn't move but Atari 2600 does.

[@bhavigpointi4035]

The big guy in Atari 2600 looks likes an alligator head

[@Gxhbro]

Bluto/Brutus is his name

[@HCoRE8]

Man, we have come a long way.

[@kenwheeler3637]

Interesting but I would rather have seen a full length version. Especially since Popeye is such a good game.

[@csikocska]

I liked this kind of video formula. :) I played a lot with the NES version and I think this is the best game console version.

[@amerigocosta7452]

A game and a cartoon from a simpler time. Generations grew up with Popeye. The game, I'd make drawings of it when I couldn't play. A few early versions were pretty good, but the NES is the one that plays best.

[@iutugabriel1187]

My favorite is NES VERSION

[@Teltharion]

Odyssey 2 is the "special" version of Popeye, also called the challenged version

[@bartu5668]

The arcade and nes in my favorite

[@celinesenden4142]

Best versions ever

[@nik3776]

OH THANKS!!!!! I WANTED AN VIDEO OF THIS!!!!!

[@themadatheist1976]

Lol, didn't know they had one for the TI99 or the Intellivision.

[@Shin4Dead]

Que buenas partidas me eche en mi C64 recuerdo al menos darle una vuelta.

[@MediaRavenEditor2024]

Pretty cool!

[@elmo_sabe.dondevives4942]

0:54 we got the beat

[@grave8digger8]

Commodore 64 and Arcade

[@TheTenthArt]

Niiice montage and as always I need to comment this ;)

[@amaljading04_]

Arcade and NES version is the best

[@Bikeguychicago1]

One not covered here: The Atari 7800 homebrew

[@CarolinaDiggers]

Odyssey 2 was the best version ever! I was surprised it could even barely do it.

[@miku-san2809]

It looks even worse than atari 2600 lmao what do you mean

[@resjon7981]

Lol!

[@NorwayCB872]

Me watching popeye by group m pro: Where's the magnavox odyssey?

[@fernandosandoval593]

Mi version favorita del juego Popeye el marino,es la version de Arcade.

[@PaulNat360]

Wow. I Never Knew This Game Existed On Other Platforms. I Guess In This Generation The Nes Version Was The Better Arcade-To-Home Port. What We Need Now Is A Hd Remake Of This Game.

[@SONICBOOM1889]

There's already a 3D remake... its awful.

[@amandaoutlaw1349]

My favorite version is NES.

[@adelyaneq30azz4uferreir4]

NES and Atari 2600!

[@steveairport]

My favorite Popeye game is Donkey Kong

[@randycharlesjohnson6248]

The arcade version is my favorite and the NES version is my 2nd favorite. The Atari 2600 version sucks because of Brutus. In the arcade, Brutus runs when you grab the spinach. But on the 2600 version, Brutus walks right towards you when you grab the spinach. Half of the fun is having to chase Brutus and knock the crap out of him. But on the 2600 version, he doesn't run when you grab the spinach. That's not challenging and that sucks. Other than that, the 2600 Popeye is very good. It has all three screens and music. If they had made Brutus more challenging, the 2600 Popeye would've been awesome.

[@daveperry3186]

I have the Atari 2600 version. And I’ve played the colecovision version I d say I like the coleco version but I don’t have it anymore so I’d say I like the Atari 2600.

[@johneymute]

Why is it that the nes version is the only one with the complete ladder in the middle from the first level??? I sometimes really don’t understand nintendo.

[@marthaespinoza2081]

I love arcade and nes

[@yeremee]

I only played it when there was nothing else to play.

[@timecapsule9701]

Of course the arcade version is the best but if your talking about console or computer versions that are close to the arcade is the c64,nes and colecovision are the best

[@magus2342]

Arcade is best, but on home systems, the NES has the best port. I owned it on NES and played it extensively.

[@mateorafaelgarcia9307]

And arcade y nes es My favorita.

[@johneygd]

Bothe nes,C64,5200 etc,,,are pretty good but the oddysey 2 is the most bismal port ever with just only 1 level.

[@pierresavoie]

The arcade version is of course my favorite, and I am a little surprised that the TI version is good. I have the Intellivision version of Popeye and it doesn't look good compare to the TI computer.

[@geraldford6409]

Astounds me what 2600 devs could squeeze out of the 2600- the 5200 version wasn't a big jump over the 2600 version other than few added colors and slightly improved sound. Gameplay and pixel resolution looked similar. While the NES was released in Japan before 1985, I consider the NES and Sega SMS one Generation after the ColecoVision/5200. I define video game Generations of the 70s-90s the way I saw it at the time- Pong all-in-one systems of the mid 70s (first Gen), then cart based systems with separate contollers (Bally/2600/Odyssey 2/INTV = Gen2), then CV/5200/Vectrex = Gen3, then SMS/NES = GEn4, SNES/GEnsis = Gen5 etc. OR at worst count POng machines as Gen0, 2600/INTV/O2 = Gen2 and on from there. The perception pre-90s was that the CV/5200 were "next gen" over the 2600/INTV/O2, and the Japan systems NES/SMS were "next gen" over the CV/5200, regardless how historians/Wikipedia classify them today. Based on hardware capabilities, not vintage timeline

[@Klingonmastr]

The Odyssey version was the worst. Magnavox managed to make the Atari 2600 version not look so bad. Some Atari 2600 games do have decent graphics.

[@robsonlaranjeiras3473]

I love the NES version.

[@michaelsegal3558]

My favourite version is the NES version

[@simonthesock8780]

arcade and ness

[@MarcoSimple1Videos]

nice

[@tariqshareef2877]

Outside of the original arcade version, NES version is the superior version hands down.

[@celinesenden4142]

Compare frogger

[@TopRetroGames]

Super!!

[@tvrottenpumpkin1975]

My favourite is the NES version.

[@chrisparlette3097]

The arcade, nes and Colecovision is my favorite but the worst version is 👴 👵 👶 The Odyssey 2 version of popeye is very awful can't hardly tell is that the characters of the game at least Atari version much better than them. 0:39

[@hanrrygames419]

Pra min a melhor versão é a do nes mas a que mais joguei foi a do odyssey

[@gustavogalvezgalleguillos3420]

Muchas gracias afición suuuuuu

[@e8root]

As usual NES version is the best. Also the only one I played. On pirated famiclone cause when you do not have games and have some 80in1 cardrige with 5 games you play each one of them. Not my favourite NES/Famicom game :P

[@DaSarahGFan]

Hello retrosutra

[@Eusouhack6666]

Popeye

[@crashman7968]

Where's Donkey Kong?

[@MidBoss666]

Great video, but to be honest, I much prefer the usual way you do comparisons, and I hope this will not become the new standard.

[@retrosutra]

Don't worry, we're going to keep both series!

[@retrosutra]

Yes, Diskun!

[@ibvp]

i like intellevion

[@DaimitsuShokai]

えいいちろうにまかせる! ©カズオ・プロ／SANKYO ANIMATION ©1984 DAIMITSU SHOKAI

[@fatmaguney756]

😂😂

[@NorwayCB872]

Where's atari 7800?

[@celinesenden4142]

Arcade

[@alexbricksandmotions2410]

Nes and Atari 2600

[@EnzoCutrone1972]

there is not the vic 20 version?

[@shanturner5282]

There is a Homebrew For The Vic 20 In 2015

[@metalder7734]

Após versão arcade minha favorita é a de nes

[@sylvietamwo7959]

⚡️

[@pancracio3188]

TI-99

[@georgefromjungle5211]

Popeye North Korean version lol 0:39

[@retro-rock3067]

Do you have Mario bros special for nec pc 6001 and nec pc 9801

[@retro-rock3067]

@Diskun well thanks and how do I download it

[@retro-rock3067]

@Diskun well I already found a rom of mario bros special for nec pc 9801

[@retro-rock3067]

@Diskun now I need an nec pc 9801 emulator

[@retro-rock3067]

@Diskun well I couldn’t get it but I found another one and thanks for the help Diskun or Mr.Disk

[@Lucianoddario]

I like nes version