The History of Popeye in video games - Arcade/console documentary

[@WhoWereTheDancingIsraelis]

12:27...AvP...Alien versus Popeye...That happened.

[@actorben]

Popeye would've killed it in WWE!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, comment of the day

[@arioca]

I agree, CGI cannot hold a candle to traditional animation!

[@WSS_the_OG]

Totally agree. Same goes for CGI effects in general; I prefer the old model building, and camera-tricks approach. :)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I love watching that old stuff

[@songcramp66]

CGI has its place. I couldn't imagine Toy Story or Shrek without CGI but it's come to the point where hand drawn animation has gone nearly extinct in the West. It's nice to see its still thriving in Japan but I miss Western animation. Disney looked so smooth compared to any Anime and the wackiness of Western animation was charming and funny.

[@thirdstar9255]

CGI looks like crap. I've been yelling for 20 years how Final Fantasy VII cutscenes on PS1 look far better than any "Pixar" junk in the theaters.

[@SylveonTrapito]

Yeah but the studios earn more money having 1 or 2 movies a year done fast thanks to the magic of CGI. It's also much cheaper. It's for that reasons we will never see traditional animation again :(

[@Madyetmellow]

One of the first arcade games I remember playing as a kid. Then later getting it on the C64. Your videos make me feel old, but happy 😃

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I feel your pain, thanks :-)

[@EdsterIII]

Same here. The Popeye game was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@luvmenow33]

Same here. Aways one of my favorites. Hard as hell tho

[@SinisterFlesh66]

I'm 46 and feel the same way about this guy's entire channel. I'm enjoying it but feeling old, lol

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I know people call that big oaf as Brutus (which wasn’t just called that in Japan) because of Paramount and King Features getting the ownership of Bluto all wrong, but it would make sense if Bluto’s full name was “Brutus J. Bluto”.

[@darkayn7924]

The game that got me started to gaming! It'll always hold a special place in my heart.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is very cool, it was one of my earliest favorites as well

[@2beJT]

it was the first game I ever rented

[@joelegue182]

This is a very nice upgrade to your previous Popeye video. I appreciate that you took the time to re-master this episode.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I'm glad you like it, I didn't just remaster it I went back and added all of the other Popeye games that I knew of. Thank you

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I had no idea there were so many Popeye games. The fact they got the voice cast from the post movie serial TV series, to do the commercial for the home ports of the arcade game was a nice touch.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I really like that commercial which is why add to include it :-)

[@NP-ip3nj]

Had this for the C64, I used to love it! Also, great Marty Feldman reference!I also used to love his candy cigarettes!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you :-)

[@arnoldh9012]

I love all your videos! It’s great how you do a little background information first , then tell us about the game. You do a lot of research and I always learn something new. As a kid I thought the graphics of the arcade game was amazing. Brings back some good memories.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much. Some people don't like that much history in the videos but I like to flesh out the character when doing these. I thought the graphics were amazing to especially back in 1982.

[@punthor9153]

"The more spinach he eats, the bigger his fist gets." That's no power up- it's an allergic reaction! 😅

[@darkayn7924]

That was funny 🤣

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL

[@esmerylan]

Or it's like the Icon of Sin in Doom Eternal. "The longer Popeye eats his spinach, the stronger he will become." 😝

[@samfrancisco6108]

These videos are consistently awesome! Totally in-depth AND totally entertaining, which is hard to pull off.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you like them! Thank you so much

[@goatbone]

Great once again. Glad you picked Popeye as a topic, one of my favourite characters. Although it does sit outside the scope of Arcade/Console it would have been great to show the Game and Watch versions as well. Would love to own that arcade machine!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I knew about the game and watch, and the tabletop version, and the board game based on the arcade game but I couldn't find some way to fit them into the video otherwise I would've put them in. Thanks

[@brainysmurf74]

You left out the most famous hand held lcd popeye game and watch by nintendo. That game was iconic.

[@davidmreyes77]

Holy moly that rotoscoping animation looks amazing.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I am always floored when I see that

[@superrobz]

“I yam what I yam and tha's all what I yam." 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL

[@gamerperez7976]

YAM

[@that_guy_you_dont_know8491]

I'm Popeye the sailor man Toot toot

[@TheDaveKrueger]

"Olive's running around like she's on meth." 😂🤣

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL thank you

[@KenMasters.]

"Bluto is running around like somebody peed in his cornflakes." RLMBO

[@drunkenmolesterpaul3569]

To be fair, Olive Oil does look and act like a tweaker on the show

[@caliken10]

😂😂😂😂

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@KenMasters. LOL, that you

[@tonyjackson1636]

Fleischer was revolutionary, the Superman toons are still an achievement in animation.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

They absolutely were, and 85 years later they still hold up

[@MrSantiNumi]

I was happy when I found your videos and I'll be much happier when you get well. Wishing you all the best from the bottom of my heart.

[@MrZedblade]

As soon as I saw the notification I immediately started whistling the tunes when Popeye catches a heart.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, it's a classic :-)

[@tomstills5146]

There's a British burger bar called Wimpy's that wanted to use Mr Wimpy as its mascot, but got sued and adopted a beefeater-almost.mr Wimpy: the character got his own game which was a mixture between Pac-Man and, - you guessed it - burger time. The game was called Mr.Wimpy :) He was always my #1 superhero, and I attest to the claim that spinach gives you superpowers.

[@sneakyskunk1]

The Popeye shorts were always so wonderfully imaginative. I still remember that sequence where Popeye was fighting a gaggle of Goons. The battle became so pitched that eventually they tore the film reel upon which the fight was taking place! Popeye cartoons were full of fun things like that. We need a good Popeye game using all the advances of modern video game technology. Thank you for a fantastic stroll down memory lane.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, I have not seen that Popeye short but it sounds hilarious. Thank you

[@sneakyskunk1]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries You are welcome. Thank you for consistently great content.

[@jarrodhook]

Who’d have thought our guy PatmanQC had such a great singing voice? Loved this as usual fella.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, Thank you Jarrod

[@dtsdigitalden5023]

Another great video, with humourous commentary. Well done man. Gotta love that ol' spinach munching guy!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed It, thank you

[@jeremytheloner]

Great memories of playing this game at the arcade when I was 8-years-old. It was also great on Colecovison, but not quite the same. I'd love to play it again!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The Coleco version was really good

[@kuntosjedebil]

Would you lend me that Popeye arcade cabinet, for which I will gladly pay you back Tuesday.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, absolutely wimpy :-)

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Loosely translated, you wouldn't be getting that machine back in good condition.

[@GOLVEL]

LOVE the fact that your "small channel" is growing :-)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Slowly but surely:-)

[@GOLVEL]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries You're an inspiration. I don't know you, but the fact that you do what you love is enough to feel inspired :-)

[@erikrounds]

I played lots of this as a kid on the C=64, though now it seems like that was one of the worst conversions. It's interesting to imagine how much different Nintendo would be now if they had been able to go with Popeye instead of Jumpman/Mario.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

As a kid I thought the Commodore version was good as well but looking back it's terrible

[@jameswayland2339]

Can’t believe there was a odyssey 2 version . Unfortunately that’s the system we had when I was kid , nobody wanted to play at my house . I was so jealous of the Atari / calico /intellevision kids.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

My older brother had an odyssey and it was not the best. I'm not sure if you got that before I got my Atari or not.

[@TheGreenarrow88]

your vids bring me so much comfort

[@TheGreenarrow88]

also I live near Chester, Illinois, so Popeye is close to my heart

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much for the nice words, I live about two hours from there

[@retrobitstv]

Glad you included the TI99/4a version! The poor TI is often overlooked as it didn't have many great games, but the Popeye port was one of the best and really showed off what the machine was capable of.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was really well done

[@domicius]

Great vid - really hitting those nostalgia buttons! I'm off to see what else Popeye there is on KZbin!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much. There's all kinds of Popeye on KZbin thankfully :-)

[@Ixapter]

I had no idea there was this many Popeye games, let alone so many versions of the arcade one! Thanks!

[@enjoyenjoy5721]

This was so very nice done and narrated. OFC you get a like!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a bunch! Glad you enjoyed the content

[@ChuckD79]

A classic arcade game, and also enjoyed the C64 port as a kid...you can imagine my surprise while visiting a retro arcade at the Westfield Mall in Indiana back in 06, and finding they had a working Popeye game there!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I can imagine, I haven't seen one out in the public for a very long time

[@jovalleau]

40k subs! WELL BLOW ME DOWN! Congrats!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks!! LOL

[@Invidente7]

Poor popeye has always been away from greatness, first he was so close to be in one of the most recognizable videogames of all time and then there was that gendy tarkakovsky movie. At least THAT is finally getting off the ground at long last.

[@teddybeer6206]

I thought that project was cancelled

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The previews looked fantastic

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was canceled but I think it's now back on

[@gamerperez7976]

I can't wait to watch it

[@EugenioAngueira]

Another fantastic video. I had no idea there were so many games based on Popeye! I only knew of the arcade game.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you. There were a couple I didn't know about when researching the video

[@theodorehsu5023]

3:58 Nice find of lost original art where we saw the first concept of a Popeye game (which got shot down once King Features said no): the toothy grin of Brutus/Bluto on the upper part was reused for "Donkey Kong Junior" as Papa DK is enjoying "Evil Mario" getting what-for.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@AceD500]

Ahh i like it played Popeye on famiclone console as kid. At same time watching popeye cartoon, i still remember that episode where olive oyl been kidnaped by some desert bandit and his small tent in desert was huge palace inside :)

[@icegangsta8612]

Sounds like an episode of the Super Mario Super Show

[@GLASSGHOSTHUNTERS]

My Thursday was going OK.... but now it's AWESOME!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you

[@michaelsierra9]

Good day sir! I loved this video and was wondering if you could do one just like this for Indiana Jones. Thanks and have a great Memorial Day weekend!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I will definitely look into it. Have a good weekend as well

[@pacbilly]

The unofficial port to the TRS-80 Coco, Sailor Man, deserves a mention here, as it looks better and is more faithful than all the official home computer ports.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's an unofficial conversionWhich is why I didn't include it. It is very good though

[@CrashHeadroom]

"It was popeye who said "I am, what I am..." "Really? I always thought that was Decart :S" "So did I man, so did I! It's so easy to get those 2 dudes mixed up..."

[@jahmd8377]

These videos are great. I remember as a kid me and my neighborhood buddies were smart and we all asked for different gaming systems. Thus we had the Atari 2600, intellivision, Commodore 64, apple II, colecovision, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, sega genesis, all of the Nintendo’s (it was a BIG neighborhood). And we still somehow found time to play outside.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much. Sounds like you guys had a plan LOL

[@marceltiel7919]

Great video great vintage games, man... That obscure spectrum popeye adventure game with the huge sprites also found its way to the commodore 64, by the looks of it, a direct port of that speccy version. But thats the one I played on my c64 as a kid...quite an interesting puzzle/ action/ adventure game I have to say...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, yes the Commodore version was just a port of the spectrum but it didn't run quite as good.

[@johneygd]

It’s cool to know that popeye still did came out in the arcades,BUT did you know that nintendo already brought their first popeye game back on august 5 1981?? Yes they did it with their game & watch line and popeye was one of those among others, Also, did you know that nintendo brought popeye on hanafuda cards in limited quantities back in 1968? That’s right that did put those popeye cards in niddle foods when they also produced food albeit with limited success, BUT it does makes me wonder “what if nintendo did not got permission to make hanafuda cards of popeye back in 1968,would they then would,ve came up with mario & donkeykong mascots back in 1968???” We probably would never know but still,,,

[@Crow555]

I never knew there were so many Popeye games, or even that it was the original concept for Donkey Kong. I even was going to say about the sign at the end of the Santa Monica pier about the origins of Popeye but that seems to be in contention with a town in Missouri. Great video.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, Glad you enjoyed

[@Asterra2]

I'll always consider it fascinating that the classic and familiar artstyle of early Nintendo is essentially the result of early efforts to mimic the look of Popeye art. 1:16 I believe the main reason Miyamoto wanted to make a Popeye game wasn't so much the property's popularity as it was Miyamoto's own personal fandom of Popeye. Popeye is one of those special cases where the character enjoyed an inexplicable level of popularity in Japan, similar to Tom & Jerry and Thunderbirds. 17:57 You're right about the Odyssey2 hardware. It was so much more limited than the Atari2600, you could be excused for considering it to be from a previous gen, and yet it was released a year after the 2600. Most of the compromises you see on-screen come from the fact that the platform had only 64 bytes of RAM, resulting in most of the graphics having to be drawn from built-in ROM which includes the robot-like sprite standing in for Popeye, the ball shape for the spinach, and the "divide" symbols hovering on the sides. 21:33 Part of the reason why the sprites look off is that this footage of the C64 port is coming from an emulator using a post-process to smooth out edges, so it isn't really representative of true C64 graphics.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I think MiyaMoto Like the property of Popeye but also it had to do with the popularity. He could have liked a box of rocks but If it Wasn't popular it Wasn't going to sell. Thanks for the info

[@RubenGarcia-px5vy]

another excellent delivery, thanks

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you

[@jambobbyb124]

Loved Popeye on the spectrum!! Many thanks for the memories PatmanQC!!! 🙌🏻

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You bet! Thanks for watching

[@Kj16V]

What is the technical reason for the Apple 2's "engine noise" sound effects?

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The Apple II wasn't known for its sound capabilities.

[@EdsterIII]

THANK YOU! I love reminiscing about ganes I grew up playing and have loved ever since. One reason why these Mini systems are so great. Sega, NES. Super NES, and even TurboGrapix 16. Bonk was awesome.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Same here! Thanks for watching

[@Rauly84]

Thanks for such a great video 📹... Popeye is one of my all time fav characters 💪

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, glad you enjoyed it. Thank you

[@j.a.barchey7790]

Popeye Game And Watch: Am I a joke to you?

[@cromagnatron7155]

As a kid in Cupertino, California in the early eighties, there was a single video game at a Rainbow Records called "Pop-Man", a Pac-Man rip off. Instead of Pac-Man you were a Popeye head going around munching power dots. I have never seen or heard of this odd video game since.

[@patsfan4life]

Big smiles for this video my friend 😎

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is excellent, glad you enjoyed it

[@mihkailmrzin2256]

Awesome job as always!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I appreciate that, Thank you very much

[@dotcomDan]

Another amazing exposé. Noticed the TVC used the Texas Instruments version. A great choice. That zxSpectrum licensing agreement necessitating XXL sprites version-! Whoa. No wonder jumpman was born in lieu of licensing moneypit

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it

[@RikkiRoxxNWS]

I loved playing the NES version as a kid. I actually just bought a copy on eBay that's coming tomorrow, can't wait to play it again. I had a ColecoVision as a kid, but not the Popeye game, but I definitely wish I did, I would have played it constantly I'm sure.

[@KamenRider1985]

Great video. Big Popeye fan and glad to know there was a SNES game! I just downloaded it. Like Mario meets Castlevania

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Same here! Thank you very much

[@fangariusgenoa1411]

You mentioned DC's take on Popeye as Captain Strong. So here's some interesting history about that as well, when Max Fleischer did Popeye, they also did the original Superman shorts. Ironically, they did a short where Popeye meets Superman (sort of). In it, Popeye, Olive and Bluto (pre-Brutus era) are either reading about Superman, or they've just finished watching a Superman short, but whatever the case, Olive and Popeye admire Superman. Bluto comes up with a scheme where he disguises himself as the Man of Steel, and relentlessly picks on Popeye, knowing the sailor won't dare hit 'Superman,' but when Bluto's ruse is found out, Popeye downs some Spinach, thanks to the Man of Steel and defeats Bluto. Now the reason behind the ripoff was in 1970, DC thought King Features would not mind lending out the character since both had been done by Fleischer Studios, as well as the promise of DC to revive Popeye in a DC Kids line, which never really successfully launched, so they ended up losing the license. I suspect DC came up with Captain Strong since the attempted crossover of our favorite sailor had been leaked out (remember this was DAYS before the Internet) and the comics company had to come up with something where not to disappoint the readers. Thus they took the Harvey Comics route of simply 'rebranding' the character. Later they would do this with Asterix the Gaul, when Superman ends up in the Past...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Although I'm a huge fan of Popeye and have seen a lot of the cartoons I came across the Superman one you are referring to when researching this. I was very surprised to see him actually referred to as Superman in the cartoon and that they actually used the music from the Fleischer feature. That was until I realized both properties were made by Fleischer. That's interesting about the captain strong back story, thanks for posting

[@RetiredMegatron]

Fun fact, in The darkness game you can watch entire episodes of popeye on the ingame tv's.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I had never heard of this

[@RetiredMegatron]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you Should give that game a look. So Underrated. Really One of my all time faves. :) I Believe popeye gad become public domain at the time.

[@gabrielmaldonado8662]

the song at the end was a nice touch!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thanks

[@mr.voidout4739]

Popeye goes into a building where there's strobing heart lights in the windows... There's only so much my adult mind can make of that lol.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL!

[@oc5406]

I grew up playing a Popeye video game however the ones shown in this video are all new to me. I played the green tabletop on that needed to have light on top of it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I thought about including the tabletop version as well the board gameBut couldn't find a way to put it in the video

[@Zerohour2k12]

Cool! the NES game was one of the very first games I ever played!

[@HellTantrumbull]

I'm 42 years old now and I still remember the first time I played the Popeye arcade was way back in the early 80's when my mother took me to chuck e cheeses. I used to play that game a lot along with Burgertime and Moon Patrol whenever we went there. Time really flies by when you look back at things from your childhood.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It absolutely does. I'm 48 and can recall when Chuckie cheese was still showbiz pizza LOL

[@KaneRobot]

The Atari 5200 version is one of the first 5 or 10 games I ever played. Cool to see it's pretty much the best option for playing it today outside of the actual arcade game or maybe the NES one.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was really good

[@ThunderFist1978]

I love your videos! You were mistaken about Popeye 2 for the Game Boy, though, in that it did get a U.S. release. I just checked my cartridge to be sure, and it has the designation DMG-PG-USA on the label. The first Popeye Game Boy game is Japan exclusive, though.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Okay, thanks for the correction. Glad you enjoyed my content :-)

[@10tonhamster]

12:53 I didn’t know I needed Alien Vs Predator Vs Popeye. It makes as much sense as Prometheus, etc.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, Somebody should replace the alien Sprite in the arcade game Alien vs. Predator with Popeye

[@robertbussie9979]

Great review. I was unaware that there were so many Popeye games made, especially in Japan.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I have always enjoyed both the cartoon and the games but until I started researching the video I was unaware of how many different Japanese exclusive there were either. I did have a few of them in my collection and surprised that they didn't get released here stateside

[@robertbussie9979]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I agree with you. With how popular Popeye has been it seems strange that more games were not imported to the states. Last year I started an art series called "Cartoon Confusion" where I paint cartoon characters in different worlds. For example, Bender (Futurama) and Slimer (Real Ghostbusters) in front of Castle Greyskull. Another example is Fred Flintstone in a scene from the Atari 2600 Pitfall. After watching your documentary about Mortal Kombat I was inspired to paint Stewie (Family Guy) and a Care Bear (I created one called Halloween Bear) in the location of Dead Pool in MK2. I have done 11 of these so far. This weekend I will be researching my next idea; I am thinking something with the classic Joust video game.

[@thirdstar9255]

Promo pics at 3:59 are AMAZING

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I thought so as well

[@jimmypage9283]

Love the channel 😁

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks! 😁

[@theodorehsu5023]

The translation per Wikipedia of the SNES game was: "Popeye: the Tale of Sea hag the Wicked Witch." In that game, Roast Chicken could refill your life bar, and you got extra lives when you either got a Popeye doll or 100 coins. The catch? You instantly got credited with the life but lost the coins if you used coins for the life. If at the time, though, you were low on your life bar, you might not have the coins for a Roast Chicken from RoughHouse the Cook to refill your life bar if you hadn't found one in the level you were on (or still took lots of hits after you DID find one). Spinach gave you invulnerability for a finishing move once you hit a wandering boss a few times (often in the head) by either jumping on the head or hitting a weak spot with your anchor-and-chain (but didn't refill your life bar).

[@TroyDunton]

Nintendo also made 3 Game & Watch versions of Popeye. One was the "traditional" LCD Game & Watch version, one was a tabletop colour game, and one was a "panorama" colour version.

[@saifuusuri]

"Bluto is running around like someone peed in his corn flakes." That made me audibly snort. The timing and delivery was just amazing.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you :-)

[@Brinta3]

I loved that Popeye game on Gameboy because you could play with a friend with the link cable. The other player was Bluto and both players were running in the same level. It was a fun race to the end.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I never had a chance to Triton two player but it sounds fun

[@BlackArroToons]

Popeye Arcade is a fun, challenging game. The NES port is very faithful to the original, I agree. Great coverage of this classic!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much,The NES version is really good

[@russellj.s.257]

First played the arcade game at that arcade that used to be at The Magic Kingdom in Disneyworld where last I checked was in the exit of Space Mountain

[@joshi1891]

A lot of the arcade games you talk about have received a release on the Nintendo Switch. I would love to see Popeye added on there. I found the arcade once, never paid it again.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I'm surprised they haven't added it yet, and must be a licensing issue

[@fredg8328]

I worked on Popeye Rush for Spinash. It's nice to see somebody talking about it.

[@cwskbfan1456]

There was gonna be a Popeye game that was planned for the sega genesis in magazines but it got cancelled

[@jeffpom7868]

I remember playing popeye nes games on a 100 and something cartridge, good times! Nice song!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, it was very catchy

[@fitfogey]

Is this a reupload? I could have sworn you reviewed Popeye already. I distinctly remember the spinach/hen head reference.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That was just the original arcade game, these are all the games of Popeye

[@theflyingninja1]

Nice! Pretty much the definitive history of Popeye video games right here.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much

[@bobbytheitguy4289]

There was also a Game Watch version of Popeye from the 70's. I had the Game Watch and the Famicom versions when I was a kid.

[@DrJ3RK8]

It looks like the C64 emulator that you're using had some kind of filter enabled. HQ2X or something like that, so everything was getting overly rounded out. Nice video!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Entirely possible, I was struggling to get footage captured properly. Thanks

[@DrJ3RK8]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I only noticed because my brother used to play Popeye on the C64 a lot in the 80s. :) I always liked it, but could never play it for that long. :)

[@masterfarr8265]

this guy is the reason anyone would eat spinach

[@allenhuffman]

We never had an official port of the arcade game, but our Sailor Man on the Radio Shack Color Computer looks like it was very accurate, beyond limitations of sound and such for the machine, Wild.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That was fantastic for the machine, I wish it was an official conversion so I could have included it

[@chadcunnington7152]

This was one of my favourite arcade games in the early 80's, and was an excellent unofficial clone on the TRS-80, which was also the first game to require the full 64K, on the Color Computer (Coco) All names have been changed, to protect the guilty, and are still the funniest snd weirdest character names on any 8-bit video game Olive = Elsie Popeye = Sailor Man Bluto = Big Fat Bad Guy Sweatpea = Smart Alec Kid Sea Hag = Old Ugly Sea Woman Wimpy = Fat Guy Eating Hamburger kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHqvn2RnhKmNsMk

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes that version is good but it's unofficial which is why I did not included in my video

[@gustyko8668]

It was a fantastic video nonetheless, hopefully we can get a new (good) sometime in the future 😉

[@longann7560]

Yeah in my top ten retro arcade games i used to play back in the day

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was fantastic

[@longann7560]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Indeed, I almost made my first custom built arcade cabinet with Popeye but decided to go for Mario Bros to have a 2 player cabinet instead. Could still make Popeye out of it today if i bought new artwork since i painted my nintendo cab with blue paint (the blue from Donkey Kong) and slapped the Mario bros artwork on it. Maybe i'll convert it who knows ! Great vids keep it up !

[@SegaSlashTV]

Now we know who is Mario‘s father, Popeye

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Exactly :-)

[@thomasheroux3146]

One of my top ten favorites as well! Have you done or are you thinking about doing a video on “Berzerk/Frenzy”??

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes I have

[@JS-hw8ve]

First super hero is the Scarlet Pimpernel. Secret identity. Fought for justice. Had a secret lair. A complex relationship with his love interest.

[@fatbelly2438]

could you do one on the history of trackball video arcade games...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That might be interesting if I can dig up enough info

[@fatbelly2438]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries always remember the arcade basketball game with the large basketball trackball..

[@fatbelly2438]

Atari Basketball (c) 1979

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmatt]

Most unrealistic: Wimpy dropping hamburgers for Popeye

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL

[@ryublueblanka]

I'm so excited for this. Some of my earliest gaming memories are of Popeye

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Some of my earliest as well :-)

[@DVDfeverGames]

Loved this game in the arcade, and also on the Atari 2600, even though it was comparatively limited. The whole game felt so colourful.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was really well done especially at the time

[@solarflare9078]

The Atari 2600 port also looked better than the Apple ][ port.

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

Awesome job with the vid. I must track down the nes version along with a coleco one. 👍

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You should! Thanks for the nice words

[@chris_t2020]

10:34 That game looks very similar to Super Mario Land. I had no idea it existed.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes it does