Paperboy cover art

Paperboy

"Paperboy is a 1985 arcade game by Atari Games originally developed in 1984 ."

Atari Games·Atari Games·Vivid Games·Elite Systems·Mindscape·Elite Systems·Sega Mobile·Digital Eclipse· November 1, 1984· Main Game
76
Critic Score
2 reviews
65
User Score
102 ratings

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.

Released 1 November 1984 for Acorn Electron, Apple IIGS, Amiga and Arcade by Atari Games and Atari Games, published by Elite Systems and Mindscape. Rated 3 by PEGI, E by ESRB. About 2 hours to beat, 5 hours for everything.

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Acorn Electron
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1986
Apple IIGS
Standard
NA
Dec 31, 1988
Amiga
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1989
Arcade
Standard
NA
Nov 1, 1984
Arcade
Standard
JP
Oct 1, 1985
Commodore Plus/4
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EU
Dec 31, 1986
Amstrad CPC
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EU
Dec 31, 1987
Apple II
Standard
NA
Dec 31, 1988
Arcade
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EU
Feb 28, 1985
Atari ST/STE
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EU
Dec 31, 1989
BBC Microcomputer System
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1986
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Standard
NA
Dec 31, 1986
Commodore 16
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1986
DOS
Standard
NA
Dec 31, 1988
iOS
Standard
WW
Dec 18, 2009
Legacy Mobile Device
Standard
WW
May 1, 2006
Xbox 360
Standard
WW
Feb 14, 2007
ZX Spectrum
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EU
Dec 31, 1986
Critic Score
76 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 2 professional reviews
Aggregated from professional game critics and publications.
User Score
65 /100
Mixed or Average
Based on 102 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Comparison
Critics
76
Users
65
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
Critics
50–74
Mixed or Average
Users
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike