Paperboy

The original Paperboy game was originally a coin operated game before being made for the Amiga by Atari games, and has since been made for several other computer systems. Game play You play as a paperboy and have to deliver papers on your bike along streets, whilst avoiding objects in your path and cars. The game lasts for seven days one paper for each day, Monday to Sunday. You have to deliver papers to subscribers house and you lose subscribers by failing to deliver the papers or damaging their houses and you gain them by delivering papers perfectly, you get bonus points for getting them through the letterbox or post box and lose points for ...

However simplistic, cheap-looking and frustrating to play, Tengen’s ‘Paperboy’ remains one of the more memorable Amiga games I struggled through as a child. Devoid of a plot or any kind of versatility in gameplay from the onset, Paperboy sees a young boy attempting to deliver newspapers to an American suburban community that seems bent on destroying him and his little bike. GAMEPLAY & CONTROLS Paperboy is played from an aerial view that begins looking down from the left, becomes a central birdseye view in the middle of the stage and shifts to the right for the third part. The Amiga joystick moves Paperboy’s bike left or right, and ...

The general jist of Paperboy was that the paperboy went round the world killing all mortal enemies, saving hostages, blowing buildings up and doing various death-defying stunts......no hang on....that would mean that the game was good. The sad truth was that the paperboy delivered papers. You had to deliver a certain amount of papers to the right house before you could get to the final stage.......delivering papers on to targets....and jumping over ramps. Enthralling stuff. I don't know who's bright idea this game was, but to be honest it wasn't most most imaginative game that I have ever seen/played. To be honest the graphics weren't even that ...