Popeye (Arcade) | original video game | 9-round session for 1 Player 💪🕹️👾

[@barryguff6893]

I was 12 when this came out and I was a MASTER at it. Don't know why; it just seemed so easy to me. People used to watch me play each level over and over until I got bored and let them take over. I wasn't very good at a lot of other arcade games, though, for some reason. This one and I just seemed to gel together really well. I still play it on MAME to this day (I'm 53 now).

[@anricquet]

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout; (as Whacka Flaka Flak's song title suggests)... GAAAAME ON!!!

[@2dgamecity]

so what is ur best score ??

[@KeithFroehlich07]

I play it on MAME32 also.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

In all the years I've played this game I've never trapped his fat ass at the bottom level with that basket, well done.

[@MK-lk7nc]

by 1982 standards these graphics are just amazing. Some of the best around.

[@leonardo899]

I remember my local arcade having this in the early 90s. This version has better graphics than the one I used to play.

[@Sajgonsky]

No worries. It's remastered here.

[@Candide1776]

Arcades had these kinds of graphics then, which was part of the allure of going even with home consoles available. The Atari 5200 kind of started to get close, but it still wasn't as good as the arcade. I don't think even the NES was as good, but the quality of the games was just groundbreaking.

[@abrahamcortina6322]

Same year as Disney's Tron and Fix-It Felix Jr games

[@moseslalmuanpuia8988]

Man I didn't realise that so many of the games I played on famicom was toned easier than their arcade counterparts

[@jdb2002]

Because the arcade versions were made to take your money 25 cents at a time.

[@ogr2]

@@jdb2002 that is true xd

[@thegamesninja3119]

Nerfing gameplay due to tech limits was another reason home was easier.

[@ThunderFist1978]

Unless maybe you played mode B. I’m pretty sure that’s harder than mode A.

[@ogr2]

@@ThunderFist1978 even the B mode on NES was way easier. Blutus didn't try to catch you when you are or above or below him. And the guys that appears throwing bottles on the sides, they didn't appeared.

[@rttoonist4275]

I always really liked how they did the Popeye theme and other music for this game, I still catch myself humming it from time to time to this very day.

[@theperfumeclub1]

You're a maniac!

[@jaccblacc8424]

Funny how Miyamoto wanted to make a Popeye game a year prior to this one but he couldn't get the license, so he created original characters (The game is Donkey Kong). Then a year later he received the license and made this game.

[@swish007]

holy cow.. when i was little, my dad (in the 80s) got 1 or 2 arcade games and set them up in our house on free play. he would keep a game for a while and then trade it out for a different one. he was friends i guess with a guy who ran an arcade cabinet business. it was pretty amazing as a kid because whenever i brought over friends it would blow their minds that i had full-size arcade games at my house. this just wasn't a thing in the 80s because back then most parents either didn't care about video games or thought they'd "rot your brain." but luckily my dad was a big kid and always loved them. anyway, we had games like defender, time pilot, ms pacman etc. and until recently I forgot we had this game for a short while.. i remember how infuriating it could be with the damn bottles and hearts. that sound of grabbing a heart just brought back the most intense feeling of nostalgia, since as a kid it was life-or-death getting them all lol. thanks for this video!

[@benjaminA.stantonpun]

I played this on Commodore 64 when I was 6 years old. I still remember punching the spinach, running into Bluto and quickly punching the tires. When timed just right, they would land on Bluto and he would be stuck still in the air, headless for the rest of the game. This is how I beat the game. Lol 😄 I discovered that glitch for myself. 😉

[@RicardoMartinez-or1wu]

Men...what an old memories!!...thanks for that!!....much better times and a lot of fun!!

[@clxmasisland6724]

One of my favorites growing up! Glad I got to play this in the arcade at the local bowling alley. It’s so great that you can see the Nintendo in this.

[@Black_Revue]

The Popeye Game we got after the Popeye Game that became Donkey Kong

[@gbasnesatari99]

After millions Of years FINALLY VIC-20 A CREATED POPEYE!

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

So without Popeye we wouldn’t have Mario.

[@ThunderFist1978]

And who knows? Maybe without Popeye, we wouldn’t have video games today in North America. When the great video game crash hit in the early 80s, Nintendo were the ones who brought it to a halt with the release of the NES, and without Donkey Kong, which is the game that really put Nintendo on the map here, would they have had the presence to be able to release the NES widely like they did? Or would they have had the clout to convince toy store owners to take a chance on their console? Or could Nintendo have even been a casualty of the crash themselves if they hadn’t released Donkey Kong? None of their games were very successful here in the U.S. until Donkey Kong came around.

[@RIDGEMATIC]

Exactly. This game was great

[@anricquet]

Well I guess it goes something like that!

[@ThomsoCD]

Yup, we are just now realizing this, sad that the plumber I loved for years is just a *ripoff*

[@P-P-Panda]

Such recent comments

[@wikibobby8659]

I wish they would put this on a updated version console today, I miss playing this game!

[@Fortuna1]

the real challenge is level 10, power up only has half duration, objects has more erratic moves and the enemies are more smart

[@_space_cat_]

Man, it looks so much better than NES version, spritework and animations are superb. I wonder how it felt to play a cartoon back in 1982

[@sirianfelixbrightonesquire3247]

That’s an awesome question.

[@leonardo899]

I remember my local arcade having this in the early 90s. This version has better graphics than the one I used to play.

[@chrisbenavides3176]

I played it in the arcade back in 1982. This is the game people crowded around just to watch because it just looked way better than the games around it.

[@broken1394]

POPEYE was fun to play in 82. Pretty sure it would be very memorable to anyone who tried /played it back then. Definitely a classic imo.

[@mokunen]

アーケード版はこうだったのか。ファミコン版だけやったからステージの演出が楽しめました♪

[@daniel871029]

Great memories, I loved this game in my childhood

[@Rombizio]

Last time I played this I think Ronald Reagan was the president. I remember the sounds even today.

[@arthuridis]

Same here. Great memories.

[@maxbrandt6]

This was a pretty good game for its day and it came out not too long after the live-action movie starring Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall.

[@BenJabituya]

Dear Nintendo, Please release this game for Nintendo Switch Online - NES.

[@beauwalker9820]

Unlikely, due to licensing issues... Goldeneye was a miracle, because people were begging for that game to be rereleased for decades... Sadly, the arcade/NES Popeye doesn't have as much of a fanbase, so unlikely it'll ever get a rerelease. Shame, because it's a nice part of Nintendo history too, and I loved it as a kid.

[@PicoFan99]

The more i watch the let's play the more i wanna play it.

[@jasonarritola564]

I had this on Atari 2600. I used to laugh at the way he’d stomp when he punched, then I’d see the 80s wrestlers do the same thing.

[@LogoAttitude]

The title screen is inspired by that from the Famous Studios cartoons

[@DBWalks2010]

I definitely remember this game! Oh how miss this game!👍👍👍👍👍😃😃😃😃

[@DBWalks2010]

Thanks!

[@MrAwsomeness360]

Huh? So Nintendo got to work on a Popeye game after all. Of course by then, Donkey Kong was out and Mario, the Popeye stand-in, soared into greater heights.

[@broken1394]

Classic Arcade game. Glad to have played it when it came out. The sprite work is stellar, fun soundtrack and i love the screen shake effects. ❤

[@videoradeon]

still much more fun than many new games....

[@oscarmaldonadonyc9089]

You play phenomenal! Thanks this was beautiful and fun, love you Popeye!!

[@TheBigDynamo]

In 2029, Popeye will be an entire century old.

[@Akira625]

Actually, he made his debut in 1919, so he’s already over a century old.

[@TheBigDynamo]

@@Akira625 He's the sailor man of the century

[@EuSouRCS]

Yes,Castlevania "stole" those ideas of climbing ladders diagonally,collect hearts,grab power items and those moving platforms.

[@DBWalks2010]

I had this game back in the 80’s!

[@Soberman75]

what a great game.

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

The one thing I dislike is that the ladder in the arcade version, you can only climb down it. Where as the NES version you can climb up & down it all you want.

[@stardusttodorki2679]

I was a baby girl when this game came out

[@underwaterlevelz1947]

Recently started score chasing the old NES black box games, found Popeye to be pretty tough

[@bigboyanimation3799]

I remember in the early 1990's i play it on my old nintendo famicom i remember there was a gun with this set

[@joek1978atyahoo]

i used to love this game

[@slide2989]

Oh good

[@gamingzonepk]

nice played.👌

[@LucysPop]

It took me a long time to remember Bluto could bend down wave his hand and knock your arse into the water.

[@okometaberoyo]

FC版ってグラフィックはともかくかなり忠実だったんだな

[@hsot1998]

当時の国産アーケードゲームから見ても解像度が1ランク上(512×448)だから ファミコン(256×240)での完全移植は流石に不可能でした

[@actionjackson442]

This looks better than I remember

[@Nickle_King]

I remember running across an arcade machine of this by a warehouse a LONG time ago. I watched it for a while and thought it was a Donkey Kong ripoff. Then, I kept watching and realized, yes, it was uncannily similar to Donkey Kong, but it also had WAY too much work put into it to be a ripoff. In fact, I thought, it made Donkey Kong look like the rip off. Little did I know, I wasn't too far off.

[@Tigerlord4835]

Due to licensing, Nintendo has not released this game through Hamsters arcade archives. Probably due to King Features, who own Popeye, wanting too much money.

[@Mart9]

To think this is what inspired Nintendo to make Mario - in DK

[@ogr2]

This versión looks a lot better than the NES version

[@BenJabituya]

Dear Hamster, Please release this game to the Nintendo Switch as part of the Arcade Archives series.

[@ps-lover8380]

I played nes version

[@achilleasza]

What's your highest level

[@Isrra77]

I played it when I was 10 years old

[@isaiahharvin4451]

God i still remember the days of playing at the arcade getting quarters and being with friends and beating the high score nothing like it

[@gatorscoops]

Has that Kung Fu look and sound

[@abrahamcortina6322]

It sucks that Nintendo didn't give this game the jumping ability after their successful Donkey Kong game

[@fahadbeats]

Wonderful memories Popeye save me 😂

[@MTheChequeGuy]

It’s on like Donkey Kong!

[@Ah-ed6ie]

The atari 800xl port is exactly the same.

[@dannyd4339]

Man I love this game. Grew up with it on my famicom

[@BlueDroneBlues]

If they'd only make a new updated version of an open world of Popeye beating up bad guys and eating his spinach and not suck! I'd be all over it! I haven't played this for a good 40 years, I remember I played it, but didn't remember the rules of the game play! We Needs another Popeye Game and movie!

[@tsntana]

First saw this at the skating rink.

[@ああやあ-q5h]

Fantastic！

[@davidrothman5258]

Wait so, the way to pass each level is to collect Oliver's items she drops?

[@william1760201]

OMG THIS MUSYQ IS SOOOOO NASTALGYC !!!!!!! IT LIVES IN MY HEAD RENT FREE😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Here's a little trick if you play this in the arcade somewhere. a nickel works in the coin slot. Just like you can spin a penny in Pac-Man or Mss. Pac-Man coin slots.

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

Mr. Geezil- "Uh-uh-uh! Hey! Deadbeat! Thees ees a _nickel!"_ Popeye- "I pays wut I feels like payin'."

[@alubaldini]

Arcade version is harder than Nes version

[@fadlnaser3188]

Never stop brother no matter what 🙂👍

[@ashmander3465]

Popeye is like Mario's grandpa or great grandpa?

[@farlandscape]

00:27 🙍‍♀️💔😭

[@ShosuCeladon]

Story of their life.

[@Ur2ez4me81]

You make this seem easy, the arcade version is a little tough.

[@coolcatgamestudio]

Great game! I played it on the C64.

[@gghgvgh5020]

Isn't some of SNES,Fc and arcade game can be play at ps1??

[@NessLover94]

I wouldn't be surprised if Gon' E-Choo was inspired from this.

[@danielstevenjanerico2530]

🎉🎉🎉

[@kikayei]

Lol. Popeye & Brutus are simping over Ugly Oyl.

[@KareemHillJr]

When I first played this on NES, i thought it was about Popeyes Chicken lol.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Sounds about right.

[@PsychoMadHatter2]

Ngl this looks better than the nes version

[@Suhadisgood]

This Popeye is boring now finally Nintendo Switch and PS4 got a better Popeye game way more fun to play more challenging

[@doyouknowwhoyouredealingwith]

obvious troll is obvious

[@StevenVeranicca]

I only see one troll here it’s you David go cry somewhere else

[@mikekanner2156]

Oh you poor little thing you really need a life

[@mikekanner2156]

@@doyouknowwhoyouredealingwith things change go look for the NES that doesn’t exist in retail stores you’ll only find Nintendo Switch your mind is all on old things like you got no life

[@dinanars2857]

@@doyouknowwhoyouredealingwith if your lucky I might give you a little kiss 💋

[@ともかずすがい-d9b]

リメイクされたポパイはじめて見たよ。昔のポパイよりはいいよ。

[@フジマル-p8v]

リメイクじゃなくて、アーケード版では これの移植がファミコン版

[@大谷憲晶-d3x]

アーケードだとシーハッグはあんな攻撃もしてくるのか ブルータスが近い時にされると怖いな

[@소중한사람-t9l]

뽀빠이 시금치 대단하네

[@1976P]

*Note disappears* *Popeye does a sympathy defeat* *Gets resurrected only to be lectured by Olive Oyl* Yep.

[@Captain-Eymen]

wow what a day :)

[@Emapez07]

Yo solo conocía este juego por FAMILY. Este se ve más bueno.

[@achilleasza]

What's your highest round? 👇

[@achilleasza]

Mine round N

[@hirschlord341]

The first donkeykong should also be popeye , right ? So mario is a popeye copy ?

[@jdb2002]

Not quite. Miyamoto wanted to make a Popeye game to replace the unsuccessful Radar Scope game. But King Features wouldn't give him the rights. So Miyamoto made something more original, and that's where Mario came from.

[@hirschlord341]

@@jdb2002 as i remember the game was allready most done but then not got the license ?

[@aho6667]

好厲害！！

[@brucea9871]

Wow watching this really makes you realize how far video games have progressed since this game came out. The graphics and sound in today's games are much better.

[@raptorskilltor4554]

The og Mario

[@CrazyHandMaker]

На NES и Atary была упрощённая версия

[@fingersmcoy]

had this game on a disk for atari 800xl

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

At our Dentist we had a working one.

[@BlackPopeye44]

At the end.......Bluto or Brutus always wins

[@davidgoldsmith756]

this is the arcade cuz u wont find any game system that has great detail like this

[@bigbabatunde1218]

The NES version is pretty good as it has better (to me anyway) sound effects.

[@eldeku8821]

mas dificil de lo q lo recordaba XD igual q pro el q jugo

[@patrickw.2887]

please for Nintendo Switch ...was my favorite game on the c64 😍

[@dianamonka]

Das Spiel habe ich auch

[@jorgesampaio5820]

Onde posso baixar esse jogo?

[@rossdavis428]

Most modern generation folks don't even know who Popeye is, which is a shame because Popeye is the kind of masculine hero that young boys need now-a-days

[@theodorehsu5023]

He was more wholesome than most. He had a girlfriend, and depending on the series, either four nephews, or an adopted son (Swee'Pea).

[@papaalfred6100]

the tv show is almost all entertainment 90 era has gone, so child born in this year didnt even know what ren and stimpy is.... of course this evolution make us feel dumb if you think about it.

[@papaalfred6100]

due to technology everything is even evolve and 90 goods gone from our lives.

[@papaalfred6100]

tell our kids they even didn't know woody woodpecker even tazmania.

[@theodorehsu5023]

@@papaalfred6100 There a company doing some upgraded hardware to run SNES and Genesis games, I think they have the Avalanche system?

[@user-re2ey9jj4l]

that big guy has horrible pattern lol

[@Felipe-wzc4ks]

Popeye The Sailor Man Playstation 2

[@josephcolella3107]

Is this mame ?

[@MrGundam0083]

MAN the nes version is it that trash Thats not the definition of the ARCADE VERSION