Question for the Popeye Owners out there

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I've played about 3 or 4 of these with the true, dedicated PCBs. On every one I've played there appear to be issues with sprite overlaps. For example, if Popeye touches Brutus on level one, you'll see a blocky black boarder around Popeye. You'll also get some of this with hearts that float over the punching bag or bucket.

I've used MAME for a cross reference and this doesn't happen on MAME.

Another notable difference is that, on MAME, you get more of the left side of the picture. On level two, for example, the entire word "thru" is visible on the left sign. On the real PCBs I've played, you just see "hru." Although I've seen some variation on the just how much of the left side of the screen shows.

Anybody have a Popeye PCB that doesn't exhibit these things?
 
Pretty sure mine did that.

I am pretty sure the "Thru/hru" thing is just monitor adjustment though.
 
I know mine shows 'thru' in it's entirety and not 100% sure on the overlaps. I'll have to play a few games tomorrow and get back to you. :)
 
You'll see "thru" in it's entirety on stage one, but in stage two it gets partially cut off (on the ones I've played.) I don't think it's an issue with the picture going beyond the edge of the screen.
 
I have a Popeye and I have the same sprite issue. I bought another board set to hopefully fix it but it had the same issue. The new board also has the wrong colors in some areas and I don't know how to fix them.

I look forward to feedback on this thread.
 
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i bought a minty popeye in december. it plays no sound. tried pumping up the volume but no good. any ideas? is there a sound board?? sorry for hijack! mine does the same thing when characters overlap.
 
I didn't notice the sprites last night but you are right about thru. I thought for sure on the second board it was all visible on the left side but I was wrong.
 
I checked mine,My Thru sign shows 100%, as for the sprites I get a little bit of black border around Popeye when he touches Brutus but I didn't see any borders around the hearts. I wonder if it's just a matter of reseating the chips?
 
Sounds like it's just the way the game is? It seems odd that you'd have some sort of PCB error in that many boards. None of these symptoms are present in MAME but then again MAME isn't 100% accurate all the time.
 
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