Growing up in the 1980s, my dad would take me to a diner every other week to enjoy a good meal after he got off work. This diner had the POPEYE arcade game. I'd play the game everytime we go there. Fell in love with the game. Brings back memories. Miss my dad. He passed away several years ago. Thanks for posting this video. Brought me Tears of joy. Lol

This is easily my FAVORITE arcade game of all-time. Seeing the arcade cabinet brought back soooo many memories. Thank you for the hard work that you put in to making this AMAZING video.

As a kid in the 80s, my dad bought all sorts of vintage cartoon compilations on VHS from the 30s and 40s (as well as three stooges compilations from earlier and later) and I loved watching these old timey cartoons as a kid. My favorite being the Fleischer superman shorts and my youngest brother really digging Popeye. Popeye is probably the reason why he ate as many greens as he did as a kid.

I’m currently 34 years old and until you talked about Popeye meets Sinbad reminded me when I was smaller in the 80’s and early 90s I use to love watching those classic cartoons. Thanks for the memories Pat!

That animation of Popeye walking through the cave is astounding. I remember that cartoon when I was a kid but it's been many years since I've seen it. Looks like they filmed a model of a cave and then animated on top of it. What an effect. That must have blown minds when that came out.

Thanks, PatmanQC, for this fun little trip down memory lane~! I loved Popeye cartoons ( as well as Betty Boop and others from that era ) as a kid, but never did like spinach until one day I unknowingly ate some in a salad, that day discovering what I'd been missing all those years; it turns out that RAW spinach has a mild taste very similar to lettuce, and I've loved it ever since. I had the pleasure of playing the arcade game ( but wasn't very good at it ) and I thought it was a really neat idea for a video game. : )

Great job once again. I remember always wishing the Popeye game had a jump button.

I just want to point out that the sprite designs were likely based on the King Features Television cartoons of the 1960s.

One of my favorites! Totally cool classic! Still enjoying my arcade!

Great video! I had the TI-99/4a version and aside from missing the thrown skulls, it was an EXCELLENT port.

I wish I had back all the quarters I pumped into the Popeye arcade machines back in the day.... hands down the best arcade game during the 80's....

This was a passion project for Miyamoto. Nintendo probably wouldn't have its success if it weren't for the inspiration for Donkey Kong and the one of a kind arcade game being Popeye. *Fight to the FINACH!*

Nice documentary Patman! 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.

In the early 80’s, at a Rainbow Records in Cupertino, California, they had a single arcade game called Pop-Man. It was Pac-Man rip off with Popeye’s head instead of Pac-Man. I was 11 or 12 and I can remember playing it many times. Never seen or heard mention of it since.

Popeye was my first "favorite arcade game" as a kid! Loved it!

I still play Popeye on the regular, Colecovision especially! 😉

One of my absolute favorites. I modded and added 17,000 games to my nes classic so I have like 3,000 arcade games. I have been playing some things I have not seen in at least 20 years including Popeye. Simple but addicting game play. Great video as usual Pat.

Our local movie theater had this game in the late 80s but it was out of order. Now the retrocade 20 minutes from my house has this game

this was a fun one. never played any of the conversions. not too many arcades had this one. but had lots of fun playing.

I remember as a kid during summer vacation at the sea I played this game an awful lot. It was me and it every morning in an empty arcade with all other kids bathing and stuff.

AMAZING VIDEO

The fact you found footage of the Odyssey, my eyes. Ouch.

thanks for the video

Easily one of my favorite episodes, second only to the one featuring my all time favorite arcade game, Ms. Pac-Man.

The Level 2 clear music reminds me of when Donkey Kong Jr rescues Donkey Kong in the game, Donkey Kong Jr.

You forgot the coleco tabletop version of popeye. Maybe it was made by nintendo. But it was a tabletop arcade game nonetheless.

This, DK Jr & the Mr Do series were my favorite on ColecoVision! The only thing I’d change to this one is adding a few more levels.. I’m hoping for a rerelease one day

There was a recreation of this game by Namco on mobiles in the late noughties, it had the original levels plus a couple more, they also did the same treatment for Mr do and Mr do's Castle that appear to be out of print but they do exist.

The Texas Instruments version of thi game was truly excellent. Thanks for your videos.

My family would take turns playing Popeye on the Atari 2600 to see who would have the family top score. SO many good memories with this game. I would like to see this video re-worked in 2020 with the format that you have for your videos now, discussing all the ports and which ones to seek out.

Another favorite of mine! I loved the movie!!!

This game wit super punch out, its the definition of my childhood, spend trilllions of hours playing it... *nostalgic*

Popeye was one of three Famicom launch titles in 1983. The other two were Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.

Hi, Dan here from Lemon Amiga. I enjoy these videos, and they feel like Saturday Morning kids shows from back in the day, with a soft Bob Ross voice and lots of information. I enjoy Jerry Skinner, so I've got to ask, which part of the USA do you come from? Louisiana perhaps? I think its intresting the Bluto/Brutus character has a back story. I always thought he came from Sinbad the Sailor, but I was wrong. ha-ha.

My favorite arcade game

History of Q*Bert next!

Thanks for sharing this history I wasn’t aware of! That Popeye cartoon where he’s walking through the cave really does look amazing. What is the name of that particular episode? Thanks!

I site Popeye as the reason for my love of spinach. Also there's a restaurant down in Tennesse called Whimpy's and they server burgers. Yes their mascot is Whimpy himself. I've been there before. Best burger I've ever had. They also have a lot of Popeye memoribillia around the restaurant.

My early arcade years were surrounded by Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., and Popeye. Popeye had the best graphics out of the group. I always loved the brick steps between the platforms. I base my opinions of all the ports on how well they recreated those haha

Loved the cartoon. He even rescues Santa.

I love the atari 5200 version blutos. Head is just a number 5 lol

He also has a great chicken fast food chain!

As I am coincidentally eating some spinach with my lunch I hear you say Popeye is from Massachusetts? I never knew that! Is it mentioned in one of the cartoons or something? Also, does this mean he prefers candle pin bowling? Haha. I am very much enjoying your videos. Thanks for making all of these!

I used to own a 100 in 1 console from the swap meet. You plug the n64 looking controller to the TV and you got classics like Pac Man Arkanoid Dig Dug Contra Baseball Mappy and more.🦆

This was literally my favorite game on Colecovison . Yes my privilege earned me a one with the Atari 2600 attachment lol. But in my defense I didn't have a Nintendo NES or the Sega Master/Genesis like others did and the Colecovison was at my grandparents house not my own .

I had this game on Coleco vision

Cant beat the OG arcade! Those crazy youts!

Sweet video

I loved the Popeye arcade machine and the C64 and Spectrum games and I also enjoyed the cartoons... I'm going to try and get my young kids (5 and 3) into Popeye ⚓

I always thought Popeye was fu ckin stupid but this game was so much fun. One of my favorite video games.

One of the first games I played was Popeye and thought it was fun

I played the arcade when I was a kid. I was very happy to get it on colecovision. However, I was extremely disappointed because I thought my colecovision copy was broken. But it wasn't. I learned a valuable lesson that day....the home consoles are not as same as the arcade machines. BTW, thanks for putting the word out about the Odyssey 2 version. Couldn't believe they would release that cauldron of eye rape!

5:00. So according to that game cover did they raffle Popeye arcade cabins? Wonder how many were raffled.

Awesome thanks 👍

Outside of the NES version I would have no idea these were Popeye games.

The 7:10 illustration, where I can find it? Good job for the research!

Great game..one of the greatest cartoons.

He's patman the sailor man, going to the galloping ghost arcade to be the man woop woop

Good video! Spinach isn't everyone's favourite vegetable but it could have been worse, imagine if they made it celery. Ah ga ga ga... 🤣

I had this on the 5200

Loved this game on the C=64. I have a feeling that Nintendo games would be significantly different with Popeye as their mascot rather than Mario.

5:02 Counsels.

A test short was made several years ago for a planned Popeye CG animated movie and it looks fantastic. Too bad it never came to be (it involved the same guys who ended up doing "Hotel Transalvania"). Check it out! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g5ecra2m3LCoaZ8.html (The actual short starts at the 2 minute mark).

The old cartoons were the best!!

I could never ever ever get past the third level.

I had the Atari 2600, and this game for it. It was so awful it was kinda fun. I now have (an old) NES and a "63 in 1" (or is it 64?) game cartridge, which includes Popeye - much better than the 2600.

Thanks to Popeye, we have Mario!

The best Popeye cartoons are definitely the Fleischer shorts. I think the first color cartoon, Sinbad, is the best of the 3 color shorts they made. Generally speaking, I like the black and white versions better. The series was at its peak in the 1930s and Popeye was probably the most famous animated character of the decade, even more popular than Mickey Mouse! I think the series definitely took a downturn in the 1940s, maybe even before Fleischer Studios was reorganized and became Famous Studios. The color Popeye cartoons made by Famous Studios are generally not as good as the 1930s Fleischer shorts. About 12-15 years ago, they released all the Fleischer Popeye shorts in 3 DVD volumes (3 discs each)? They just recently re-released volume one as an MOD disc. They've started in the last 2-3 years releasing the color Famous Studio Popeye shorts on Blu ray. They really should have remastered the Fleischer shorts in hi-def but I think the original DVD releases of the Fleischer Popeye shorts didn't meet the sales expectations that Warner Bros, the owner of those films, had.

Popeye👍

The odyssey version, wow?

At least someone got it right it’s Bluto instead of brutis

Please do Xenomorph

Steven The CliffordBell The Konami Fearless SuperHero

Popeye is a hometown creation Chester Illinois

You need to revisit this. Your style has improved and the audio is off for part of it. You didn't mention popeye 3 aside from the intro...

Sorry for my language. I think

QC stands for Quebec or Queen's Counsel, Patman?

5:00 It's 'Atari ET' all over again. L😆L!!

Not sure why this silly game deserved a history, but i'll listen. Just out of curiosity.. who played this at Napoli's pizza with their greasy kids roaming around?

Who was from massachusetts

Why do you say spinach like "spinajjj?"

I can remember being excited to rent this game as a little kid. I immediately thought, "what went wrong? This game is the worst Nintendo game ever."...it became outdated pretty quick, in my opinion.

I remember having my mom buy the Popeye spinach.... 🤢

Please don't sing. Lol.. 2600 FOREVER!

Popeye was converted to many home computer systems and counsels? Wtf is a counsel? Lol

There's another Popeye knock-off in DC Comics. He's a supporting character of Superman named Bibbo Bibbowski. He's appeared in both comics and animation. The 1990s Superman animated series version of Bibbo is obviously modeled after Popeye to the extent that he wears the same style captain's cap and has a squinty eye.

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Bluto or Brutus?

Why does your mouth sound so wet when you speak?

Favorite anorexic 😂😂😂