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Adaptation of the arcade game.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 2 Replay Value: 3 Notes: 1- or 2-player game Screen Shots

I haven't played Popeye extensively. Graphically some elements are not too bad. But, in an effort to remain perhaps too faithful to the arcade game, too many moving objects result in quite a bit of flicker in this game. It's also tough to get Popeye to climb up and down the stairs. The sound effects and music are pedestrian. As I'm not familiar with the arcade game, I can't say how good this game measures up against the original. Best Score: 11200 [Skill Level: 1]

A total of three Popeye box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Parker Brothers	6370	1983	U.S.A.	Sturdy box with separate lid; plain tagboard tray; © 1983; back is also gold-colored background rather than white
Image not available.	Parker Brothers	A6370	1983	U.S.A.	French-Canadian Edition; sturdy box with separate lid; © 1983
Image not available.	Parker Brothers	??????	1983	U.S.A./Hong Kong	International Edition; languages on back include: English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch; sturdy box with separate lid; © 1983

The ShockVision cartridges have what appears to be a title screen hack version of the game. It is unclear if any other changes were made.

A total of three Popeye manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Parker Brothers	N/A	1983	U.S.A.	No part number; © 1983
Image not available.	Parker Brothers	N/A	1983	Canada	NEED VERIFICATION: French version shipped in French-Canadian release; black & white; no part number; © 1983
Image not available.	Parker Brothers	N/A	1983		NEED VERIFICATION: International Edition; instructions in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch; no part number; no origin; © 1983

Supplemental Materials

The following supplemental materials have been found for Popeye.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Parker Brothers	N/A	1983	U.S.A.	Scratch-off game to win a Popeye arcade game (here is a used one)

Only one version of the overlay has been found for Popeye.

A total of three Popeye label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Parker Brothers	N/A	1983		Standard Parker Brothers label; no origin listed; © 1983
	ShockVision	N/A	None		Standard ShockVision label; my copy used to belong to Alexandre (via cmart604)
Image not available.	ShockVision	N/A	None		Trippy ShockVision label

	Typically plain Parker Brothers start screen.
	Olive and the Sea Hag aren't very well done, but the game plays OK.
	Here, you catch musical notes.
	I find the graphics a bit too chunky throughout this game, but for some reason, this level bothers me the most.

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