Popeye

is a 1982 arcade game developed by Ikegami Tsushinki and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye comic/cartoon characters licensed from King Features Syndicate. A sequel was released on November 22, 1983 for the Family Computer titled, Popeye no Eigo Asobi involving Popeye and English, as Nintendo would later do for Donkey Kong Jr. Math. 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. The object of the game was for Popeye to collect a certain number of items (24 hearts, 16 musical notes, the letters in the word "help" - depending on the level) while avoiding The Sea Hag, Brutus/Bluto (Brutus was the character's name in the King Features shorts, not Bluto), and other dangers. The player can make Popeye walk back and forth and up and down stairs and ladders with an 8-way joystick. There is a punch button, but unlike similar games... full article at wikipedia