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Beliadin t1_ja2xh1p wrote

Funny thing is that Nintendo actually published a Popeye game for the C64:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_(video_game)

Gameplay was a little similar to Donkey Kong

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PARANOIAH t1_ja38ifr wrote

It was on the NES too. I can still hear the music and the "heart in water" sound.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_ja39qlw wrote

Before both it was a standup Arcade game.

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Dr_Edge_ATX t1_ja4g9hc wrote

I was gonna say I feel old because I used to play Popeye at the skating rink as a kid. Fun game.

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blahblahrasputan t1_ja4krid wrote

Oh I should have read this before posting my comment. C64 Popeye was really good! There's maybe 10 games I kept coming back to for years when we had our Commodore and that was one of them.

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themeatbridge t1_ja609yo wrote

I remember my dentist had an arcade machine with this game on it. It was free to play, but it was very old and the display would not show the floors or ladders, just the sprites moving around the black screen.

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I_might_be_weasel t1_ja3mm5b wrote

Fun fact: The same studio that denied them the rights to use Popeye also denied George Lucas the rights to mak a Flash Gordon movie. So he made his own version and called it Star Wars. He still got sued for copyright infringement though by the guy who wrote Dune.

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renegadesalmon t1_ja3yp6r wrote

Well shit man, Dune is a sci fi reinterpretation of Lawrence of Arabia. It goes on and on.

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I_might_be_weasel t1_ja3yw71 wrote

The Dune guy lost.

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fishbowtie t1_ja67b30 wrote

His name is Frank Herbert and a cursory Google search brings up nothing about him suing the Star Wars guy.

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xopranaut t1_ja2xvga wrote

And Bluto was originally going to be the boss, rather than Donkey Kong!

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kia75 t1_ja5jp58 wrote

When you realize that Donkey Kong was originally Popeye everything all of a sudden makes sense! Bluto\Donkey Kong stealing Popeye's\Mario's girlfriend, Popeye\Mario all of a sudden becoming invincible when gets the spinach\hammer. All in all its a great translation of a popeye cartoon with the limited technology they had at the time.

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drmonkeysee t1_ja4a0ww wrote

Technically they came up with Jumpman. He wasn’t Mario until Mario Bros.

[edit] maybe. Seems like he was informally named Mario before Mario Bros.

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Wolventec t1_ja5od66 wrote

it wasnt informally it was his official name in Donkey Kong Jr 1982 were mario is the main villain and dk saves his father who is imprisoned by mario

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Implausibilibuddy t1_ja67tuo wrote

And DK is canonically Cranky Kong. His son, DK Jr, is present day DK's father.

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Kbdiggity t1_ja683ip wrote

Which one is voiced by Jack Black?

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Wolventec t1_ja6dw3e wrote

none jack black is bowser, its seth rogan and Fred Armisen who are voicing dk jr and cranky kong

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W_W_P t1_ja7ccgc wrote

That was rare's original intention but i don't think that nintendo approved it.

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rtza t1_ja2xmtu wrote

There was an awesome Popeye game on NES though?

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panthereal t1_ja4u3lo wrote

Yeah, well... I'm gonna go make my own Popeye, with a black stache, and goombas! In fact, forget the Popeye!

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Ineedtwocats t1_ja7yg7u wrote

were any of you ground pounding just then?

im not allowed to ground pound - castle order

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blahblahrasputan t1_ja4kk6v wrote

This reminds me I had a great Popeye game on Commodore 64 when I was a kid and it was pretty similar to classic Donkey Kong where you played as "Mario" (which I also had on C64). It was hard, a bit weird, but really entertaining. So I wonder if that game is what they were trying to get the rights to back in the 80s?

Gameplay

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ZylonBane t1_ja4mnoa wrote

All these people who aren't aware that Popeye was originally an arcade game are blowing my mind.

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SheeEttin t1_ja4n000 wrote

Popeye was originally a comic strip

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Solidsnakeerection t1_ja5zhto wrote

Popeye was originally a minor character in Thimble Theater starring Olive Oyl and her boyfriend Harold Hagravy

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blahblahrasputan t1_ja4mzn0 wrote

Was it on arcade too? Nice. I was pretty young back then, and for context we had a Commodore 64 (floppy disk and cartridges) until Win95 released lol, we didn't have much money for that sort of thing. So many great memories though! I still spin up og Pirates! Every year or two.

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Kunikunatu t1_ja4cwud wrote

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theoneandonlytex t1_ja5k5vk wrote

My dentist office as a kid had arcade games, Popeye was one. Galaga, Hyper Dyne Side Arms, and Robotron were some of the others. Shit dentist but nice game selection

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eviltwintomboy t1_ja57yqb wrote

Similar to Star Wars: George Lucas wanted to do Buck Rogers, but couldn’t get the rights to it.

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maine64 t1_ja7fwvs wrote

There was a Popeye arcade game, but I don't remember which company made it.

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milkmamasilk t1_ja4luz2 wrote

OMG. I finally understand the casting of Chris Pratt now. Makes perfect sense.

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Bn_scarpia t1_ja5g10d wrote

Somewhere in an alternate universe there's level 1-1 with spinach cans instead of mushrooms and Bowser is a black-hearted thicc boy.

... And Olive Oyl is just as ugly as SMB Peach

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ShadowSloth3 t1_ja5qje4 wrote

I argued with my brother in law about this last Fourth of July.

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Odysseyan t1_ja6y84z wrote

And in spite, they made sure that no one else, not even fan content creators are ever allowed to use Mario in any way

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Taleya t1_ja7j7ls wrote

I'm jump-man the jumping man
I live in a garbage can...

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DjMD1017 t1_ja2wrh4 wrote

Chris platt would still voice him as Popeye especially since Robin passed

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apjak t1_ja2x3oo wrote

Chris Pratt will never voice Popeye while Dave Coulier is still alive.

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Xman242 t1_ja41up5 wrote

Yeah, that guy needs to cut. It. Out.

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[deleted] t1_ja36nng wrote

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Deafwindow t1_ja3ebum wrote

Positive stereotypes will never get "cancelled" because it bolsters groups instead of denigrating them. Whether that's good or bad is up for debate

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Autumn1881 t1_ja3lo4j wrote

Asians being good at math for example. Some argue its bad because it puts them under pressure to actually excell at math.

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K_O_Incorporated t1_ja3prs2 wrote

Anything that doesn't portray people as less capable, ignorant or inferior.

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KimJongIlSunglasses t1_ja465ix wrote

In the 90s we were taught all stereotypes were bad regardless of whether they are positive or negative.

But now woke culture gets to pick and choose what is acceptable.

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Deafwindow t1_ja490nh wrote

Yes think vast generalizations of groups (+or-) are harmful, but wtf does my opinion matter. I'm not the moral arbitrator of modern culture

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LynxJesus t1_ja3ils5 wrote

Because people have low standards, this sub always has terrible post titles.

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