Popeye - February 2013

[Tails]

Clear these games to gain their respective points!

Popeye » Coin Op 15 points
Popeye » Nintendo 15 points
Popeye » ColecoVision 15 points
Popeye » Atari 2600 15 points
Popeye » Atari 5200 15 points

The object of the game is for Popeye to collect a certain number of items, depending on the level—24 hearts, 16 musical [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note"]notes[/ame], or the letters in the word "help"—while avoiding the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Hag"]Sea Hag[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluto"]Brutus (originally Bluto)[/ame] and other dangers. The player can make Popeye walk back and forth and up and down [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairs"]stairs[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder"]ladders[/ame] with an 8-way joystick. There is an attack button, but unlike similar games of the period, no jump button. Conversely, Brutus can jump down a level and also jump up to hit Popeye if he is directly above.

To obtain mastery, you must clear 3 stages and get back to this level:

[CKF]

What do we do if we already have a score for this game (I have the top score for the coin-op version)

[Tails]

You have to resubmit completing one loop to have it count for this month.

[CKF]

Is dying allowed? (it doesn't specifically say so)...I accidentally died once on one of the games (coin op), but submitted it anyway. If it's not, I can resubmit.

[CrispyChicken]

@CKF- Did you use any continues or die once? If you died just once, it's fine. If you used 1 continue, it is also fine. For scores, if you get a continue, your score won't be accepted. I believe it is fine for Clears though.

[Kong]

Dieing ok.
No continues for high scores.
Up to 5 continues allowed in console games for just clearing - no score.
No continues allowed in coin-op games even when just going for a clear and not a score.

[CKF]

just died. I didn't even think about continues I died 3 or 4 times on the Atari 2600 one, I forgot how badly that one sucked.