| The Famicom booklet (HVC-PP) is copyright 1983 and prints no release date; the title screen pictured in it carries 1982 copyright lines for King Features Syndicate and Nintendo. | back cover (PDF p. 12)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5), title screenfirst page (PDF p. 2) | Manual |
| The Famicom booklet's story: Popeye picks up the hearts Olive throws, musical notes in the second stage and the letters H, E, L, P in the third, while dodging attacks from Brutus, the Sea Hag and Bernard, and has to catch them all before they sink into the water. | printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7) | Manual |
| The control pad walks Popeye left and right and takes him up and down stairs and ladders. The A button is the punch button, used on bottles, skulls, Bernard and the spinach among others, and the B button isn't used. Game A is set for beginners and Game B for advanced players, and a second player uses controller II. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4)printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), A buttonprinted p. 2 (PDF p. 4), A buttonprinted p. 2 (PDF p. 4), B buttonprinted p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5) | Manual |
| Popeye climbs ladders, and where there is a plate below he can pass through the edge of the TV screen. Punching the spinach powers him up for a while. In the second stage a springboard helps him dodge Brutus and the others. | printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8) | Manual |
| Hearts, notes and letters score according to the floor where they are caught, and double while Popeye is powered up by spinach. Powered up, he can knock out Brutus for 3,000 points; punching a bottle or a skull scores 100, and Bernard 1,000. Past 20,000 points a fanfare sounds and Popeye gains a life. | printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 8 (PDF p. 10)printed p. 8 (PDF p. 10) | Manual |
| Popeye loses a life when Brutus or Bernard runs into him, when Brutus attacks him from above or below, when Brutus's bottle or the Sea Hag's skull hits him, or when a heart, note or letter sinks into the water. Each stage cleared advances a round, and the enemies attack more as the rounds go on. | printed p. 9 (PDF p. 11)printed p. 9 (PDF p. 11)printed p. 9 (PDF p. 11)printed p. 9 (PDF p. 11)printed p. 9 (PDF p. 11)printed p. 9 (PDF p. 11) | Manual |