Every Graphics at Once: Nintendo's Popeye

Re:Every Graphics at Once: Nintendo's Popeye by shove on Monday February 27, 2023 @08:47PM (#34964654)

We were lucky enough to have one of these at my (now defunct) arcade bar a few years ago. Absolutely gorgeous on a CRT. I never noticed the pixels feeling particularly large — I’ll have to remember to check that out the next time I (hopefully) see one in the wild.

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Re:Every Graphics at Once: Nintendo's Popeye by rnitchy on Monday February 27, 2023 @09:38PM (#34964981)

my uncle bought one an it stayed at my grandmothers house for years. i played with my brothers and cousins a ton. when she passed it went to my aunts house. they may move soon and i said i would come pick it up and keep it in my basement to play with my son.

screen is very dark and has a ton of burn in. it might be a nice project to repair and restore. residual crt voltage scares me to this day. gotta get some rubber gloves or something.

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Re:Every Graphics at Once: Nintendo's Popeye by Stratoscope on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:05PM (#34965172)

It may be as much as 25,000 volts, which could punch right through many rubber gloves.

You need to discharge the CRT. It's easy and fun!

https://www.wikihow.com/Discharge-a-CRT-Monitor

(The photo for step 9 is a bit confusing, as it doesn't show the alligator clip attached to the screwdriver shaft.)

I grew up in the era of tube TVs (not just the CRT, the entire circuit was tubes). One of my earliest memories was being the family TV repairman, which meant pulling out all the tubes, going to the corner grocery with my dad to test them, bringing home the replacement for the bad tube, plugging them back in and the TV worked!

Dad showed me how to discharge the CRT, and we used the same tools and technique described in the WikiHow article. The loud "pop" it makes is really cool.

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Re:Every Graphics at Once: Nintendo's Popeye by raldi on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:33AM (#34966010)

Video (and audio) of a discharge: https://youtu.be/-jbnFuVWTdk?t=136

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Re:Every Graphics at Once: Nintendo's Popeye by waltbosz on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:34AM (#34966015)

I had a chance to trade a 2001 multigame cabinet that I got out of a dumpster for a Popeye cabinet.

I regret not making that trade, the old Nintendo cabinets were beautiful, plus Popeye is a great game.

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