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[theking21083]

NOTE: THIS WEEKS GAME HAS ENDED!

POPEYE

Game Info
Popeye is a conversion of the arcade action/platform game. As Popeye, you are trying to win Olive Oyl's love! She is at the top of the screen dropping tokens of her love, and you need to collect them before they hit the ground. After you have collected the required number of items, you can move on to the next, more difficult level. There are many obstacles trying to stop you from completing your task, though! Brutus wanders around the screen and is constantly trying to catch you. If you collect a can of spinach, you can temporarily knock him out, otherwise Brutus will knock you out. Other objects such as bottles or birds are also flying around the screen and will cause you to lose one of your lives if you are hit. Each level features a different layout of platforms and ladders, and will have you collecting different items as they float towards the bottom of the screen!

-This game was suggested by: ed1475
-Skill level: 1

HSC Info

-Post your scores in this thread and every couple of days I will update the leaderboard.
-The cutoff for posting scores will be the second Wednesday after the competition begins, at 1:00 A.M. Eastern.
-Use the same skill level as posted so that all the scores will be acurate.
-Please read the Rules and Regulations thread for a thoural description of the HSC rules.

Patch Challenge

If you can think of a good Patch Challenge let me know.

Current High Scores

1st - duncantoml (142,360)
2nd - ed1475 (105,000)
3rd - Shannon (103,530)
4th - darthkur (95,660)
5th - Mister VCS (68,310)
6th - chuckwalla (60,230)
7th - Ikrananka (53,720)
8th - ten-four (47,540)
9th - theking21083 (35,560)
10th- LaserHawk (33,750)

Leaderboard

1st - duncantoml +50
2nd - chuckwalla +43
3rd - LaserHawk +37
4th - darthkur +35
5th - ed1475 +32
6th - Ikrananka +24
7th - Mister VCS +23
8th - 1982VideoGames +19
9th - joeybastard +14
10th- ten-four +13
11th- theking21083 +12
12th- SegaShooters +9
13th- Shannon +5
14th- ladybugz139 +2

Edited by theking21083, Tue Aug 5, 2008 11:51 PM.

[Shannon]

Ughhh. Hopefully the collision detection on this will be better than the 5200 version.

[darthkur]

86,850

Edited by darthkur, Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:53 AM.

[Shannon]

103,530...

Bout fell asleep on this one and what's with the music? They don't even bother changing the song on the different levels...

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[Mister VCS]

52,180

fun game, low score...
after eating the spinach Popeye is "frozen" for a few seconds-and Brutus is away..
How good is this one in comparison with the Atari 5200 /XL or NES version?

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Edited by Mister VCS, Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:11 PM.

[Shannon]

I'm not sure what to think. I'd probably have to play the original again but I felt that...

Brutus was smarter and more consistent in the 5200 version.
The music was/is correct.
Popeye doesn't freeze as long when grabbing the spinach.

The colecovision version on the other hand seems to have better falling hearts, notes, HELP letters.
The vulture on level three might be more arcade accurate. It certainly flies a different path.
The collision detection on the thrown bottles is much better, even though it seems limited to the "box" that the sprite is in rather than the actual bottle pixels.

There may be more, but if there is it slips my mind at the moment.

Edited by Shannon, Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:53 PM.

[ed1475]

high score: 65590

[theking21083]

I got 35,560.

[LaserHawk]

LaserHawk is in sorrow.....

10,700

[Mister VCS]

61,940 ...can't beat round 6

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[chuckwalla]

I always liked Parker Brothers games.
60,230

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[LaserHawk]

This is about the best LaserHawk can do with this one........




33,750




Next game, LaserHawk will ROCK!!

[duncantoml]

142,360

That's probably it for this one.

[darthkur]

95,660

[ten-four]

Hi...

ten-four have this score: 47.540

[Mister VCS]

68,310

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[Ikrananka]

Got to Round 6 and died with 49,470.

[ed1475]

new high score: 78100

[ed1475]

another new high score: 105000

[Ikrananka]

Slight improvement - now up to 53,720.

[theking21083]

That's it for this weeks game. I hope you enjoyed playing Popeye.