Popeye for the NES

Popeye is a classic arcade game by Nintendo and was released in the arcades in 1982 and was one of the first game release for the NES in 1983.
It's based on the popular spinach eating sailor with the same name.
In the game you should avoid Popeye's arch nemesis Brutus and try to rescue Popeye's love Olive Oyl.

At the start screen you get 4 options.
1 player game A, 1 player game B, 2 player game A and 2 player game B.
Game B is just a harder setting of the game.

The game consists of only three different levels and after you beat all three you start over from level 1 but the difficulty rises and you can continue as many rounds you can stay alive and collect points.

The first round your at the docks. Olive is throwing heart that you should collect, and when you collected 24 hearts you advance to next round.
You also have to avoid Brutus who are trying to get you. You can't hit him but you can hit the objects he's throwing or get the spinach and then you can run into him and he flies across the screen and you get points. But the spinach only last a few seconds.
You can also hit the punching-bag so the bucket falls and with right timing it lands on Brutus for more points. The further down he is on the screen the more points you'll get.

Second round Olive is throwing musical notes. 16 of them and you advance to round three.
Here you can get extra points by going on the seesaw and hit the floating platform where Swee'Pee is sitting.
And as the first round look out for Brutus.
You will have spinach to help you deal with him in this round too.

The third round Popeye's on a boat. Olive is this time throwing letters that spells H E L P.
Each letter caught will start building a ladder up to Olive Oyl.
24 letters and Popeye's love is rescued.
Other than Brutus you also have to look out for a vulture. But one hit in the beak and you earn 1000 points.

Fourth round you'll back at level one but now you an evil hag will throw skulls at you as well as you have to avoid Brutus for each new round. If you start game B she will be there for round one. First two skulls, then if you manage to complete all levels again she will throw one more skull.

At first this game seem a little boring but after a while you want to do better and better, and is quite fun. Not super great but still enjoyable.

My record so far is round 8 with a score of 77110.