Popeye |
Release Date | 1985 |
Original Publisher | DK'Tronics Ltd (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Platform |
Max. Players | 1 |
Original Price | £6.95 |
Features | In-game Mini-game(s) |
Graphical Views | Side-view 2D Graphics |
Controls | Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
Tie-in Licences | Popeye (Cartoon) from King Features Syndicate Inc (USA) |
Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, NES |
Average mag. score | 80.40% (5 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 81.2% (80 votes) |
#1 - ABC Soft (Spain) | (1985) | ||
* Release price: 1950.00 Ptas | |||
#2 - Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | (1987) | ||
* Release price: £2.99 | |||
#3 - EDOS (UK) | |||
#4 - Macmillan Software Ltd (UK) | (1985) | ||
#5 - System 4 (Spain) | (1988) | ||
#6 - Zafi Chip (Spain) | (1986) | ||
#7 - Z Cobra (Spain) | (1987) |
Don Priestley (UK) | - ? |
"Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #20 - 1985/Sep | page 72 | |
"Your Spectrum Dougie's Rave Of The Month" | at Your Spectrum | issue #19 - 1985/Oct | page 47 |
also published by Macmillan in 1986 |
1. | Popeye | (1985) | by DK'Tronics Ltd (UK) | |
2. | Popeye 2 | (1991) | by Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | |
3. | Popeye 3: Wrestle Crazy | (1992) | by Alternative Software Ltd (UK) |
Full version in | Kids Pack 2 | (1993) | by Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | ||
Full version in | Outlet issue 118 | (1997) | by Chezron Software (UK) | ||
Full version in | Popeye - The Collection | (1992) | by Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | ||
Full version in | ZX Files Megatape 1 | (1997) | by Magazine ZXFiles - covertape from issue #4 - 1997 |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
Popeye.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | ||
Popeye.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
Popeye(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
Popeye(MacmillanSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | #4 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
Popeye(System4).tzx.zip | #5 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
Popeye(ZafiChip).tzx.zip | #6 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
Popeye(ZCobra).tzx.zip | #7 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
Popeye.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
Popeye.gif | 6,110 | Original | Running screen | |||
Popeye.jpg | 399,445 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
Popeye_Back.jpg | 219,592 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
Popeye_Media.jpg | 112,772 | Original | Media scan | |||
POPEYE.TXT | 1,816 | Original | Instructions | - Docs (from games database) | ||
Popeye.txt | 1,170 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
Popeye.jpg | 92,561 | Original | Game map | |||
Popeye_2.png | 46,298 | Original | Game map | |||
Popeye.jpg | 175,677 | Original | Advertisement | |||
popeye.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Robert Maines (with rollback) | ||
Popeye (1985)(DK'Tronics).pok | 160 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
Popeye(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).scr | 6,912 | #2 | Loading screen | |||
Popeye(AlternativeSoftware).jpg | 461,550 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
Popeye(AlternativeSoftware)_Back.jpg | 280,664 | #2 | Inlay - Back | |||
Popeye(AlternativeSoftware)_Tape.jpg | 55,775 | #2 | Media scan | |||
Popeye(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).txt | 5,465 | #2 | Instructions | - Multi-language instructions | ||
Popeye(MacmillanSoftwareLtd).jpg | 71,248 | #4 | Inlay - Front | |||
Popeye(MacmillanSoftware)_Tape.jpg | 65,646 | #4 | Media scan | |||
Popeye(ZafiChip).jpg | 175,876 | #6 | Inlay - Front | |||
Popeye(ZafiChip).jpg | 255,265 | #6 | Advertisement | |||
Popeye(ZCobra).jpg | 157,607 | #7 | Inlay - Front | |||
Popeye(ZCobra).pdf | 8,924 | #7 | Instructions | Spanish |
Computer Gamer | issue #6-1985/Sep | page 65 | - Review | |
Crash | issue v.1 #20-1985/Sep | page 72 | - Review: 90% | |
MicroHobby | issue #54-1985/Nov | page 12 | - Review - Nuevo | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #32-1985/Aug/8 special "week#2" | page 10 | - Review | |
Proxima Magazine | issue v.2 #2-1996 | page 38 | - Review | |
Sinclair User | issue #43-1985/Oct | page 23 | - Review: 4/5 | |
Your Sinclair | issue #87-1993/Mar | page 44 | - Review: 87% | |
Your Sinclair | issue #87-1993/Mar | page 46 | - Review: 65% | |
Your Spectrum | issue #19-1985/Oct | page 47 | - Review | |
ZX Computing | issue #21-1985/Oct | page 61 | - Review: 4/5 |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #57-1986/Jul | page 115 | - Full-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #10-1984/Nov | page 47 | - Full-page ad | |
Personal Computer News | issue #83-1984/Oct/20 | page 25 | - Full-page ad | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #40-1984/Oct/4 special "week#1" | page 47 | - Full-page ad | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #42-1984/Oct/18 special "week#3" | page 56 | - Full-page ad | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #45-1984/Nov/8 special "week#2" | page 52 | - Full-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #32-1984/Nov | page 61 | - Full-page ad | |
Your Computer | issue v.4 #11-1984/Nov | page 237 | - Full-page ad | |
ZX Computing | issue #16-1984/Dec | page 164 | - Full-page ad |
Your Sinclair | issue #87-1993/Mar | page 44 | - Review: 83% (Popeye - The Collection) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #87-1993/Mar | page 46 | - Review: 59% (Kids Pack 2) |
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