Product: Popeye (Nintendo, Game & Watch Wide Screen) Simulator - Android version Version: S5/1.02 (Standard 5, minor fixes) Started: 19th December, 2020 First PC release: 28th February, 2021 First Android release: 23rd May, 2021 (Beta) Latest Android release: 3rd January, 2022 (Final) Author: Koby Goldberg Email: kobygold@yahoo.com Website: http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/ Donations: https://www.paypal.me/kobygold CONTENTS -------- 1. INFO and COPYRIGHT NOTICE 2. REQUIREMENTS and INSTALLATION 3. WHAT IS THIS SIMULATOR? 4. WHAT IS SIMULATED 5. HOW TO PLAY 6. CONTROLS 7. KEY FEATURES 8. THANKS TO 9. FINAL WORDS INFO and COPYRIGHT NOTICE ------------------------- This program is a handheld LCD game simulator, coded and compiled with Embarcadero Delphi 10.3. This program is freeware. If you paid for it, you've been ripped off. In such case, please contact the author immediately. You are allowed and encouraged to redistribute it freely, but just in case the ZIP package comes in as follows: PopeyeMobile.apk installer for Android Readme.txt this file LICENSE.TXT license file If you disagree with the above terms, PLEASE DELETE THIS SOFTWARE NOW! The author is in no way affiliated with Nintendo Co. Ltd. "Popeye" (C) Nintendo Co. Ltd., 1981 "Game & Watch" (C) Nintendo Co. Ltd. "Wide Screen" (C) Nintendo Co. Ltd. REQUIREMENTS and INSTALLATION ----------------------------- - Android 4.4 KitKat or newer - 32 or 64 bit CPU Simply unzip the archive into your chosen folder (right-click on the file icon and select the "extract to folder..." option), then copy the .apk file to your Android phone/tablet and install. You may need to enable installation from unknown sources. WHAT IS THIS SIMULATOR? ----------------------- It is a program reproducing an electronic handheld game. For more information on handheld simulators, and download a wide selection of over 60 games, please visit website: http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/ WHAT IS SIMULATED ----------------- All features of the original handheld game, except: 1. setting time: not needed (taken from phone/tablet time); 2. setting alarm: not simulated due to lack of interest HOW TO PLAY ----------- * Press Time button to view current time. * Press Game A button to play game A (easy). * Press Game B button to play game B (hard). * Long Press Time button to view alarm time. * Long Press Game A button to see game A hiscore. * Long Press Game B button to see game B hiscore. * Instructions: - Olive throws food items for Popeye, and has to catch them. - Try to catch the food items. Move Popeye left or right by pressing the corresponding control buttons. - When a food item falls into the ocean he it is a half miss. - Popeye also has to avoid attacks from Bluto. - When Bluto hits Popeye, Popeye will fall into the ocean and this is a miss. - Three misses and the game ends. * Score: - 1 point is scored for each food item caught by Popeye. * Maximum displayed score is 999. * When the score reaches a bonus score (200 or 500 points), any miss marks indicated at that time are erased with a fanfare and game then continues. * Highest scores are saved in the game's internal folder. * 30 sec after game ends, time mode is displayed over a demo animation of the game. CONTROLS -------- Game A Start Game A (hold to view hiscore) Game B Start Game B (hold to view hiscore) Time Time (hold to view alarm time) ACL Reset the game Left button, Left half of screen Move Popeye left Right button, Right half of screen Move Popeye right Long press anywhere Pause the game (in-game only) "PLAY" button Resume game from Pause mode Pinch (Zoom) gesture will zoom the game into the LCD. Any zoom level between entire unit and LCD screen is possible. App Menu (on the top-left corner of the screen): - About the game - Contact the author - Donate to the author - View Tutorial - Reset Hiscore Game A - Reset Hiscore Game B - Exit the game When the game is launched for the first time, it will show a tutorial presenting the features and explaining how to control and play the game. The user can close the tutorial on any stage, and can show it on any time by selecting it from the menu. The games can be played in Portrait or Landscape mode. Landscape is more suited to this widescreen game. KEY FEATURES ------------ 1. The screen can be zoomed in, to maximize the game's LCD screen on the Android screen. 2. Popeye is operated by touching any half side of the screen, and interpreted as Left/Right. 3. The game can be paused and resumed during the play. 4. Hi-res graphics, suitable for low and high resolution screens (including tablets). 5. Buttons press feedback by short vibration. 6. On-screen tutorial 7. Sound effects from the original game 8. App menu for additional functions THANKS TO --------- Luca "MADrigal" Antignano for providing sample sources for other game simulators, which were the base for this game. And also for helping with the graphics, and invaluable help & tips regarding the code. Massimiliano Tili, Julien Foyard, Marie-Benedicte Foyard for providing pictures of the original game unit. FINAL WORDS ----------- The simulator took a lot of effort to be implemented first on PC, and then a lot of work to port it to Android, so if you liked it consider donating. That may encourage me to simulate more handheld games and port them to Android.