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Popeye

Popeye is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye cartoon characters licensed from King Features Syndicate. As Popeye, players must collect hearts thrown by Olive Oyl from the…

15 July 1983

Popeye is an arcade developed by Nintendo R&D1, released 15 July 1983 on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Popeye is

Popeye is an arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 1983. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Popeye is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye cartoon characters licensed from King Features Syndicate. As Popeye, players must collect hearts thrown by Olive Oyl from the top of the screen while being chased by Bluto. Nintendo ported the game to the Famicom as one of its three launch games.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Popeye series

Popeye is the fourth of 22 entries we hold in the Popeye series. It arrived 6 months after Popeye. The next entry was Popeye no Eigo Asobi in 1983.

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When did Popeye come out?
Popeye was released on 15 July 1983 for Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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