Hands down, my most favorite cartoon character ever!!!! Played the SH!@#% out of this as a kid!!! .. .. .yeah!! It Totally reminded me of a "Super Mario" game.. .. ..kinda ironic as there are rumors that "Popeye" was the inspiration for Mario and Donkey Kong and what not.. .. ..
No it is a fact that donkey Kong was originally going to be a Popeye game. Nintendo couldn't get the Popeye license until king features syndicate saw that Nintendo would make a great Popeye game. And of course a Popeye game was made for the arcades.
Before it became Mario's debut, the original Donkey Kong was originally supposed to be a Popeye game until Nintendo failed to secure the licence. It's probably fitting, then, that Popeye 2 borrows heavily from the Super Mario series.
Mercifully free of Robin Williams, Popeye 2 for the Game Boy is a pretty excellent platformer - as long as you don't mind that it "borrows" a great deal from Super Mario Land!
Both games were developed by Copya System, while the second Game Boy Popeye game was released in the U.S. by Activision, the company that gave us Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Call of Duty, among others.
![Popeye 2 Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/sDoGwxHIMSk/mqdefault.jpg)
I was seasick on a boating trip, but this cured my seasickness
Ah the memories...
Hands down, my most favorite cartoon character ever!!!!
Played the SH!@#% out of this as a kid!!!
.. .. .yeah!! It Totally reminded me of a "Super Mario" game.. .. ..kinda ironic as there are rumors that "Popeye" was the inspiration for Mario and Donkey Kong and what not.. .. ..
No it is a fact that donkey Kong was originally going to be a Popeye game. Nintendo couldn't get the Popeye license until king features syndicate saw that Nintendo would make a great Popeye game. And of course a Popeye game was made for the arcades.
Before it became Mario's debut, the original Donkey Kong was originally supposed to be a Popeye game until Nintendo failed to secure the licence. It's probably fitting, then, that Popeye 2 borrows heavily from the Super Mario series.
When Popeye eats only half a can of spinach
this popeye game reminds me of mario land for gameboy
Well Mario was in part based off Popeye.
Mercifully free of Robin Williams, Popeye 2 for the Game Boy is a pretty excellent platformer - as long as you don't mind that it "borrows" a great deal from Super Mario Land!
RIP Robin Williams and Jack Mercer, the two men responsible for playing Popeye.
Miyamoto wanted Popeye to be the antagonist in his games, not Mario.
The gameplay in Popeye 2 is similar to other Game Boy games, though it can be repetitive.
He reminds me of Quagmire. :') Great game tho
are you gonna do the first popeye? love that game :D
Majoras The first Game Boy one?
yeppers!
Majoras I hadn't considered it, but I don't see why not. I like it :)
This strikes me as something less than the best piece of Popeye media.
Super
Can I borrow your Gameboy overlay?
It's actually not mine. It's part of one of the Retroarch shader setups you can use
@@NintendoComplete woah, this is emulation? I didn't know retroarch could make a gameboy look this realistic. I've gotta start using retroarch more
The first "Popeye" is arcade game. This game is the only good one. Only a SNES game can beat him.
+Crabomax There was a totally different game for the Gameboy that was also called Popeye that this is a sequel to. I think it only came out in Japan
Both games were developed by Copya System, while the second Game Boy Popeye game was released in the U.S. by Activision, the company that gave us Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Call of Duty, among others.