Paperboy cover
SeriesPaperboy

Paperboy

Critic score2 critics
First release
Nov 01, 1984
Developer
Vivid Games
Genres
Simulator, Arcade, Racing · Action, Comedy

Paperboy is a 1985 arcade game by Atari Games originally developed in 1984 . The players take the role of a paperboy who delivers newspapers along a suburban street on his bicycle. The game was ported to numerous video game consoles and personal computers. Paperboy was innovative for its theme and novel controls. 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. 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. Subscribers are lost by missing a delivery or damaging a subscriber's house.

Also known as Paper Boy

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Release dates
Arcade
Nov 01, 1984
Arcade
Feb 28, 1985
Arcade
Oct 01, 1985
All 18 release dates
ZX Spectrum
1986
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1986
Acorn Electron
1986
BBC Microcomputer System
1986
Commodore 16
1986
Commodore Plus/4
1986
Amstrad CPC
1987
DOS
1988
Apple II
1988
Apple IIGS
1988
Amiga
1989
Atari ST/STE
1989
Legacy Mobile Device
May 2006
Xbox 360
Feb 14, 2007
iOS
Dec 18, 2009
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
1h
Main + Extras
2h
Completionist
5h
Age ratings
PEGI 3ESRB E
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
construction, death, bicycling, biking, dog
… All 16, 8-bit, digital distribution, rhinoceros, platform exclusive, young protagonist, digital rights management, training mode, breaking through windows, removed from xbla, cars with no drivers, male protagonist

At a Glance

Critic Score
77
Main Story (IGDB)
1h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
2h
Completionist (IGDB)
5h