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[Mister VCS]

Game Info

In Popeye, you race Popeye up steps, across beams and down ladders - all to win the affection of his sweetheart, Olive Oyl.
Popeye must catch the hearts, musical notes, and calls for help sent by Olive Oyl. Meanwhile, Brutus is chasing him. Punch the
bottles thrown at Popeye and escape danger. Eat/punch the spinach and Popeye can defeat Brutus.
chosen by: thegoldenband, cparsley, revolutinka, cmart604 and patbb




Level 1 - 1 Player


Contest ends on

Sunday, 06-13-2010 at 1:00 AM eastern.


Current High Scores

1. ed1475 81,200
2. cparsley 59,500
3. patbb 57,100
4. ClassicGMR 27,500
5. roadrunner 19,400


Leaderboard ( after game 8 )

1. cparsley [70 points] 6
2. patbb [53]
3. darthkur [23]
4. JacobZu7zu7 [22]
5. rgw825 [20]
5. ClassicGMR [20]
5. roadrunner [20]
6. JayWI [15]
6. cmart604 [15]
7. ed1475 [14]
8. 1980gamer [10] 1
8. jaybird3rd [10] 1
9. jeremysart [9]
10. Cebus Capucinis [7]
11. cvga [6]
12. zylon [5]
13. atariron82 [3]
14. revolutinka [2]
14. BydoEmpire [2]
15. Shannon [1]
15. thegoldenband [1]
15. atari2600land [1]

Edited by Mister VCS, Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:41 PM.

[revolutionika]

oh yeah,i am def. playing this one.ive been playing it since i was a kid.....but am i any good? nah

[cmart604]

revolutionika, on Sat May 29, 2010 8:42 PM, said:

oh yeah,i am def. playing this one.ive been playing it since i was a kid.....but am i any good? nah

Yah, another game I've always liked but sorta suck at too.

[ClassicGMR]

cmart604, on Sat May 29, 2010 9:35 PM, said:

revolutionika, on Sat May 29, 2010 8:42 PM, said:

oh yeah,i am def. playing this one.ive been playing it since i was a kid.....but am i any good? nah

Yah, another game I've always liked but sorta suck at too.

Me three!

[roadrunner]

I'll lead things off with 19,400

[cparsley]

pic pic pic??? (kind of like meep meep meep) hehe

[jaybird3rd]

cparsley, on Tue Jun 1, 2010 5:27 PM, said:

pic pic pic??? (kind of like meep meep meep) hehe

I don't know if anyone else remembers this, but for some reason, this post reminded me of the old Perdue chicken commercial that sang "pick, pick pick!" over and over again while a whole family picked a skinless roasted chicken down to the bones.

But, back on topic ... I won't be playing Popeye, but I hope the contest gets back into the core first-party Intellivision releases. Most of the games so far have been third-party games (and not necessarily the best ones on the Intellivision, IMHO). I'm really looking forward to Night Stalker!

[roadrunner]

cparsley, on Tue Jun 1, 2010 5:27 PM, said:

pic pic pic??? (kind of like meep meep meep) hehe

Hey, i'm using the emulator Bliss. I can't figure out how to use the printscreen PrtSc button. I press it and nothing happens.
I got to the 3rd level.
I'm not being accused of cheating i'm i?

[cparsley]

roadrunner, on Tue Jun 1, 2010 7:30 PM, said:

cparsley, on Tue Jun 1, 2010 5:27 PM, said:

pic pic pic??? (kind of like meep meep meep) hehe

Hey, i'm using the emulator Bliss. I can't figure out how to use the printscreen PrtSc button. I press it and nothing happens.
I got to the 3rd level.
I'm not being accused of cheating i'm i?

No, no your not... I just like that score and would loved to have seen a picture

You can always "print screen" on a PC and then copy/paste into Microsoft paint to post here

[roadrunner]

cparsley, on Tue Jun 1, 2010 8:11 PM, said:

roadrunner, on Tue Jun 1, 2010 7:30 PM, said:

cparsley, on Tue Jun 1, 2010 5:27 PM, said:

pic pic pic??? (kind of like meep meep meep) hehe

Hey, i'm using the emulator Bliss. I can't figure out how to use the printscreen PrtSc button. I press it and nothing happens.
I got to the 3rd level.
I'm not being accused of cheating i'm i?

No, no your not... I just like that score and would loved to have seen a picture

You can always "print screen" on a PC and then copy/paste into Microsoft paint to post here

I didn't realize that i got a good score for this game.
Usually i'm mid pack or at the bottom of these INTV HSC'S.

[cparsley]

Considering there is no other scores, thats #1 so far I hadn't powered up Popeye yet myself, plan to later this week.

[goldenegg]

I played quite a bit of this port a month or so ago for a YouTube vid. Should have saved my score

[ed1475]

81200

Try to get the hearts, notes, letters when they are farther up on the screen. They are worth fewer points the farther down they fall.

[Mister VCS]

Come on! This game was suggested by five HSC-players, but we have only two scores so far...

[ClassicGMR]

27,500

This game kicks my ass. Best score I could come up with in the last 2 weeks...

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[patbb]

20600.

I do not recommend using Bliss emulator to play this game.
I don't know if it's only me or if I'm using an old version but the stairs and the ladders are not align with Popeye making it difficult when going up and down.

I played a better game on my arcade cab using Nostalgia, above 30k, but now I'm having a problem with the network card making it impossible to get the screen shot , I'll try to get it before the end of the contest.

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[patbb]

goldenegg, on Wed Jun 2, 2010 7:03 PM, said:

I played quite a bit of this port a month or so ago for a YouTube vid. Should have saved my score

Great video BTW.
I subscribed to your channel.

[patbb]

ed1475, on Sat Jun 5, 2010 11:17 AM, said:

Try to get the hearts, notes, letters when they are farther up on the screen. They are worth fewer points the farther down they fall.

Hearts, Notes & Letters
Platform #1 500 points
Platform #2 300 points
Platform #3 200 points
Platform #4 100 points
Tokens in Water 100 points

Punching Bottles 100 points
Punching Vultures 1000 points
Hitting Punching Bag 100 points

Hitting Brutus with Bucket
Platform #2 1000 points
Platform #3 2000 points
Platform #4 4000 points

Knocking Brutus Overboard 3000 points

[patbb]

57100
Definitly better with Nostalgia 5.0

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[roadrunner]

patbb, on Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:54 AM, said:

20600.

I do not recommend using Bliss emulator to play this game.
I don't know if it's only me or if I'm using an old version but the stairs and the ladders are not align with Popeye making it difficult when going up and down.

I played a better game on my arcade cab using Nostalgia, above 30k, but now I'm having a problem with the network card making it impossible to get the screen shot , I'll try to get it before the end of the contest.

Yeah, playing on Bliss, on the 3rd level the right side of the screen flickers like crazy too.

[cparsley]

I finally played last night, not beating the high, but probably all Im going to get out of this game.... When I get home from work I'll get it up.

[cparsley]

Finally just got my internet back (took forever and a year)...



Score: 59,500