Yes, it's true. Popeye merited his own home video game in 1983, produced by Parker Brothers. Have to assume that even though they'd stopped making Popeye cartoons a year earlier, Hanna-Barbera might've been involved in the production of this ad. John Bartholomew Tucker is heard as the announcer at the end of the clip.
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Trivia Time: Nintendo's arcade classic Donkey Kong was originally planned as a Popeye game, but there was red tape which prevented it. Something like Nintendo was unable to secure the character license from King Features Syndicate, IIRC.
I did not know that. I wonder why KFS wouldn't grant a license to Nintendo.
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