Overview
Popeye is a fixed-screen platform game in which the player controls the title character as he attempts to collect tokens of affection dropped by Olive Oyl. Each of the game’s three stages uses a different arrangement of platforms, stairs, ladders, ledges, and other devices. Popeye must gather every required item while avoiding Brutus and the other dangers moving through the playfield.
Popeye can walk, climb, descend, and drop through specially marked ledges, but cannot jump normally. His only direct action is a punch, which destroys bottles, skulls, vultures, and certain other projectiles. Brutus continually pursues him and can reach between adjacent platforms by jumping upward or leaning downward. Popeye normally cannot harm him and loses a life if struck by Brutus, one of the Sea Hag’s projectiles, or another hostile object.
