Popeye Saves the Earth Pinball Promo Video

[@jonathanwallis3300]

This has got to be THE MOST underrated pinball machine of all time! Its amazing! 😍

[@charlesajones77]

"You're free Mr Leopard!" Is clearly a tiger.

[@robbiewalker2831]

Yet the cabinet art shows a leopard.

[@GWKTM]

Awesome music this had!!! Wish it was available seperaterly

[@jukeboxwiz]

Captain Pinball's pinball promo videos are FANTASTIC. I've been to pinball conventions and have never seen them before. I wish I could get them all on DVD - I own 2 Bally pins - Lost World (1978) and X's and O's (1983). Thank you for posting these and please let me know if DVDs are available!

[@JimHawkwind03411]

I think that Popeye gets a bad rap for the following reasons: 1. It was coming off the huge hits that were Twilight Zone, Indiana Jones, and Star Trek: TNG, so it was going to be a hard act to follow 2. Popeye as an environmentalist? Good idea, but it wasn't executed well 3. It's supposed to be a SuperPin widebody, but it looks more like a narrow body 4. Popeye is basically unknown outside the US; it's the same thing that affected the Judge Dredd pinball game (this was before the Sylvester Stallone movie, the pinball was based on the original 2000AD comics, originated in Britain)

[@otaking3582]

"Unknown outside the US"? Popeye is a huge deal in Japan, at least. Donkey Kong came about because Nintendo were initially unable to get the Popeye license.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@otaking3582 Actually, that’s not true. Nintendo did have the rights from King Features to make merchandise of Popeye; Nintendo chose to change the sprites because they were too small to have intricate detail. It’s likely that Nintendo would make a Popeye game after the fact, because prior to it, toy companies see Computerized Video Arcade Games as a passing fad.

[@otaking3582]

@@robbiewalker2831 No, I'm right and you're wrong. Miyamoto has said so himself.

[@devin5657]

1:12 4:06 4:43 5:25 5:47 6:02 7:02 7:42 8:25 Popeye moments

[@robbiewalker2831]

0:47: I'm guessing someone at the promo campaign bureau thought the "Brutus/Bluto" confusion was stupid, so he's like "Fuck it, we're calling him Brutus J. Bluto!"

[@randomboy3m98]

Good thing this didn't get canceled an emoji pinball machine. (Even though it's disputed weather the Popeye movie was canceled for the Emoji Movie.)

[@sheenufilms]

This is such a complicated pinball game.

[@xaismith157]

Ian and barley

[@otaking3582]

It's really sad that all of the cartoon clips they used were from the later shorts, where the animation quality took a steep nosedive.

[@Predatorocks]

They needed a new promo person. This guy just doesn't seem that excited about these games.

[@darwindumanacal2945]

The late great Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye the Sailor Man

[@DoughboyJonesmk2]

I want one of these pinball games so bad.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Robin Williams and billy west as Popeye the sailor man

[@LawmanIL]

Where is this machine available to play for the public?

[@xyrzmxyzptlk1186]

They made 4,217 of them so, yes it was available to play for the public at large. ⚪️ P.S. - I’ve never seen one in person and couldn’t tell you where to play one. Sorry.

[@omanimoves6312]

Popeye Saves the Earth (1994) Voice Cast: Tim Kitzrow as Popeye the Sailor, Bluto and J. Wellington Wimpy (promotion video) Zofia Bel (only woman who worked on the game as mechanic) as Olive Oyl (promotion video) Sources: www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21084 www.linkedin.com/in/tim-kitzrow-6275073a en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_Saves_the_Earth

[@alexk8792]

Did they have to use footage from the 1960s TV series? ***** You know, I think it would've been better if they had a little animation in which Popeye gets a letter from Bally stating that he and his co-stars are starring in the pinball game; "Well, blow me down! We're going to be in a new pinball game!"

[@KGA7771]

... That and it would be more nicer if they didn't have to had all this "save the world" crap from the 90's

[@JimHawkwind03411]

King Features fully owns the rights to the 1960s TV show; the more well-known Paramount cartoons are co-owned with Turner Entertainment/Warner Bros.

[@suelee3391]

Cool commercial.

[@randomaster22]

me too its been years since i playied pinball.

[@chantrelllaw894]

0:06! Jump scare alert!!! TAKE COVER!!!!!

[@anthony123abc]

@DoughboyJonesmk2 I wanted this pinball so bad too. you can use Visual Pinball emulator for a change

[@siummico3195]

I just bought it

[@skunkman9815]

Did this promo have party zone at the beginning

[@aflhabalafhabab]

Keanu Husted Yes. It was probably a bunch of promos on the same tape.

[@Dim4323]

and the Major motion Picture Staring Robin Williams. With pinballs the name im always the game cause he's popeye the sailor man

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Garry chalk as bluto

[@Batben90]

"I don't enjoy dumping on others games, but don't try to tell me that Popeye was a good game. If you enjoy playing it, that's certainly your prerogative. Most Williams engineering/management folks don't want to think about Popeye. It was an awful time in Williams history." - Steve Ritchie

[@ellrick]

lol wow

[@paulheitsch7529]

Steve was always a class act. @@ellrick

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Tabitha st germain as olive oyl

[@PerfectPoint100]

I wish there were more good promos like this for pinball. Stern would sell more machines if the videos were good.

[@antonvlasjuk3079]

Not a very good game, but not as bad as some people say! I would play popeye everyday over Gilligan’s Island!

[@chantrelllaw894]

Skip to 0:19

[@xaismith157]

Japanese games are better

[@Tubewings]

"The failure of pinball cannot be blamed on Popeye, but it sure didn't help our business."

[@Goingpostal1000]

Man this game was a stinker!

[@bubbythebear6891]

I know this is an old comment, but I don't see why this is so bad. The Bluto head looks kinda weird, I'll give you that.

[@CyrilleBlesgraaf-gt9cl]

I hate popeye i hate bruto i doet even like olive

[@packie2624]

You must not like best old cartoons then

[@PaulTiffanyAgentUno]

This game was so horrible!

[@ashercornelius7063]

doesn't seem that bad to me

[@skunkman9815]

Me neither

[@chantrelllaw894]

“Three” neither! Hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what? Too soon?😕