The newest version of this game can be purchased on, or. īuy original game or NES console at, or GOG.com. More details about this game can be found on .įind this game on video server or. In some of these versions, the player could assume the role of a papergirl instead of a paperboy. Paperboy was ported to consoles and home computers, starting in 1986. Subscribers and non-subscribers' homes are also easy to discern in the level itself, with subscribers living in brightly colored houses, and non-subscribers living in dark houses. Each day begins by showing an overview of the street indicating subscribers and non-subscribers. The game lasts for seven in-game days, Monday through Sunday.Ĭontrolling the paperboy with the handlebar controls, the player attempts to deliver newspapers to subscribers. The object of the game is to perfectly deliver papers to subscribers for an entire week and avoid crashing (which counts as one of the player's lives) before the week ends. The game begins with a choice of difficulty levels: Easy Street, Middle Road and Hard Way. Subscribers are lost by missing a delivery or damaging a subscriber's house. The player attempts to deliver a week of daily newspapers to subscribing customers, attempts to vandalize non-subscribers' homes and must avoid hazards along the street. The player controls a paperboy on a bicycle delivering newspapers along a suburban street which is displayed in a cabinet perspective (or oblique projection) view. Paperboy was innovative for its theme and novel controls.

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version represented the first NES game developed in the United States and coincidentally, the Sega Master System version represented the first SMS game developed in the United Kingdom. The game was ported to numerous video game consoles and personal computers. The players take the role of a paperboy who delivers newspapers along a suburban street on his bicycle. Paperboy is a 1984 arcade game by Atari Games. Carl Bedard, John Salwitz, Dave Ralston, Russel Dawe

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