07-31-2014, 09:41 PM
As mentioned on the site already and relatively well known, the Donkey Kong arcade game was the result of negotiations with King Features Syndicate, the at-time right holders for Popeye, falling through and resulting in the game having to be reworked into Donkey Kong.
Nearly a year later, after seeing the massive success of Donkey Kong, King Features Syndicate re-established contact with Nintendo with a proposition for a potential Popeye video game. A deal was struck and in December 1982, the Popeye arcade game was released.
http://classicgames.about.com/od/arcadeg...e-Game.htm
http://classicgames.about.com/od/toppick...Arcade.htm
also mentioned in The History Of Nintendo, Vol 1, by Florent Gorges with collaboration with Isao Yamazaki, published by Pix'n Love Publishing. Page 209 (attached)
Nearly a year later, after seeing the massive success of Donkey Kong, King Features Syndicate re-established contact with Nintendo with a proposition for a potential Popeye video game. A deal was struck and in December 1982, the Popeye arcade game was released.
http://classicgames.about.com/od/arcadeg...e-Game.htm
http://classicgames.about.com/od/toppick...Arcade.htm
also mentioned in The History Of Nintendo, Vol 1, by Florent Gorges with collaboration with Isao Yamazaki, published by Pix'n Love Publishing. Page 209 (attached)