CLASSIC GAMES REVISITED - Popeye (Atari 2600) Review

[TheAtariJunkie]

I think this looks and plays very well considering the system that it's on. Great review dommie :)

[tcapri]

Nintendo used the "Brutus" character design for the game and cabinet art. More fat than muscular.

[dickmharter]

this song got stuck in my head for years and i started playing this song on guitar and elaborated a bit lol i love this game

[powerbuzz69]

the nes version had better graphics tho but its still the same game and brutus was his first name but was renamed later as bluto at the end of 80's

[marlboromike2100]

Night of the living drunks.. He's got a beer bottle!

[ufo5440]

I remember being pissed because there was no punching bag to make a barrel fall on Bluto. So pissed that i wrote a letter to Parker Brothers telling them that they dissapointed me with that feature! True story - GB

[harrypottersucks12]

??? the graphic are hawrribble!!! ( i know how its realy spelled) (horribble)

[dommiesan]

Here's a challenge: create a video game that is less than 4k in size and make sprites that resemble anything other than a block. Those were the limitations of the Atari 2600. Popeye turned out pretty well under those conditions I think.

[powerbuzz69]

@harrypottersucks12 horrible*

[dpsinoh]

Bezerk was probably the best arcade port on the VCS / 2600. Phoenix is up there as well. I remember sending my mom to get me Popeye for the 2600 when it came out. I loved the arcade version and had a VCS and a PCjr (might not have had the PCjr at that time) but anyway didn't have a Coleco, 5200, or 400/800, so I had to play Popeye on the VCS - I had no complaints. I have it today for the Coleco, 5200, XEGS, & NES.

[vintagevideogamegeek]

Check my page this weekend. I should have the review up by then.

[vintagevideogamegeek]

The Coleco version puts this to shame! I think I might do that one next.

[Hiryu7777]

Really? Nintendo made this?

And the guy's name is Bluto, not Brutus.

Here's a weird triva about Popeye: Before 1932 he didn't eat spinach to get his amazing strength, he rubbed the head of the rare Whiffle Hen...WTF.

[DJCandyManMike]

Wrong. By this point, Popeye's rival's name was Brutus. That was his original name in the comic's beginnings, but at some point, his name was changed to Bluto, and around the 80s, his name became Brutus again. I remember seeing stuff with the name Bluto on it and thinking, "Bluto?! Who the heck is Bluto?" because he was being called Brutus again.

[BackForwardPunch]

Certainly doesn't look as good as the arcade version but it seems to play about the same... Looks good!

[VargasXX78]

Another great video... I'm really more of a Nintendo guy... but it´s always cool to see the old games of other systems...

Keep up the awesome work!!!