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Does No One Love Popeye?
TOK:
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--- Quote from: TOK on June 03, 2008, 12:38:55 pm ---I can get through all the levels, maybe 50k, but never considered it that fun of a game. The whole mechanic frustrates me, constantly going up and down the levels, sometimes struggling to hit the diagonals for the steps and not being able to do just a little jump to get that note or heart thats dropping slowly above me.
I really don't like a lot of Nintendo's Golden Age games. I like DK, but don't care for DK Jr, and think DK3 is awful.
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There are no diagonals on Popeye. It's 4-way. You have to press up or down at the right time when approaching the stairs. I think the game's great, especially the graphics. Looks really good on a PC CRT, too. As well, DKjr is awesome. Different than DK, but just as cool. DK3 is...different...but fun enough once you accept some things. And it actually gets pretty hard. Many things to dodge while you're trying to spray Kong.
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Both KLOV and the Wikipedia entry say its an 8 way.
Always felt like hitting diagonals to climb to me. :dunno
danny_galaga:
i've only played it on mame. and i suck! it feels like i need an ANALOG stick :D
having said that, if i were to pick up a half decent popeye (or ANY original cab for that matter) i i think i'd restore it to its former glory. it would be kinda like restoring a car to me- the joy would be in the work, rather than the end result...
Timstuff:
--- Quote from: abzman2000 on June 03, 2008, 09:21:53 pm ---I'm still worried though, he never said whether or not he was going to do it, he just left. I hope he didn't
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Hmm... Disturbing, but true. I'd like to think the average person wouldn't be so diabolical, but then again, the average person's initial preference for an arcade machine isn't one that's covered in pictures of cotton candy.
Level42:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 04, 2008, 06:36:11 am ---
i've only played it on mame. and i suck! it feels like i need an ANALOG stick :D
having said that, if i were to pick up a half decent popeye (or ANY original cab for that matter) i i think i'd restore it to its former glory. it would be kinda like restoring a car to me- the joy would be in the work, rather than the end result...
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I always thought that too, but I also can really enjoy just looking at my restored cabs (as long as they're in my home). Preferably when turned on of course.
And I love to play them too....it's really bugging me I haven't played my Galaxian for such a long time.
I had never even heared about DK3 until I got into MAME. It's not a bad game at all, but it's just not a platformer of course....I wonder how much Radar Scope code is in DK3 ;)
I never played DK in the 80's, but a _lot_ of Crazy Kong. The one with the bug, you could stand on a ladder on the first screen and never get hit by a barrel. :D
I did play a lot of DKjr. I love(d) it. I may even like it better than DK.
I've never played Popeye or MB on the original hardware, only on MAME.
Popeye's definitely 4 way. I checked the manual for it.
It was even so on the Atari 800. Moving up/down made him climb the ladders. No need for diagonals.
It was only when I played Popeye on Mame for the first time when I realised how good the conversion for the Atari 8-bit series was. DK and DKjr are lovely conversions too, the best there have been on any home system.
CrazyKongFan:
My brother likes Popeye, I think it's about the only game he can usually beat me on ;) He used to play it alot at a campground we stayed at while visiting my grandparents. I was usually playing Tron. I agree with level 42, Popeye definitely was 4-way. I don't know if the joystick on an original would go diagonal, but using the stairs only required up and down. (just verified this in mame, although going diagonal did work, it wasn't needed)