Popeye (arcade Game)

Popeye (arcade Game)

Popeye (ポパイ, Popai?) is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye cartoon characters licensed from King Features Syndicate. Some sources claim that Ikegami Tsushinki also did design work on Popeye.

The Family Computer (Famicom) saw an educational sequel on November 22, 1983: Popeye no Eigo Asobi, an English teaching game akin to the later Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

In Popeye, two players can alternate playing or one player can play alone. The top five highest scores are kept along with the player's three initials. Popeye was available in standard and cocktail configurations.

Ben Falls holds the world record score of 3,023,060 earned on December 20, 2011 according to Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard.

The Popeye characters were originally going to be used in the game that later became Donkey Kong.