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.
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DeveloperAtari Games, Vivid Games
PublisherMindscape, Digital Eclipse, Elite Systems, Sega Mobile
ReleasedNovember 1, 1984
StatusReleased
GenresRacingSimulatorArcade
ThemesActionComedy
Platforms Xbox 360DOS DOSCOM Commodore C64/128/MAXAMI AmigaAMS Amstrad CPCZX ZX Spectrum iOSARC ArcadeLEG Legacy Mobile DeviceATA Atari ST/STEBBC BBC Microcomputer SystemAPP Apple IICOM Commodore 16COM Commodore Plus/4APP Apple IIGSACO Acorn Electron