Paperboy (1984 Atari)

A newspaper delivering game where you play a role of paperboy delivering newspaper to subscribers Monday through Sunday The Game starts out as 10 customers and 10 non-customers. Customers are bright houses and non-customers are dark houses. You must deliver to newspaper to customers by throwing them to their mailbox or front porch. If you fail to deliver customers newspaper damage their property, you will lose customers. If you lose all 10 customers, then paperboy will get fired and the game is over. Non-customers' dark houses are loaded with targets where you throw papers at doors, windows, etc. Hitting these targets earns you breakage bonus points displayed in the center of the top screen. If paperboy loses a customer, the house will turn from bright to dark showing a target paperboy throws to earn breakage points. The map will show which customers are lost or remained before the start of the game. Paperboy can only carry a maximum of 10 papers but can be stocked when you pick up a stack of newspapers lying either on grasses, sidewalks, or roads. While making deliveries, paperboy must avoid obstacles causing collisions by either riding on sidewalks, front yards, or roads your will result in a loss of life. If all lives are lost, paperboy quits and the game is over. Non-subscribers are also hostile and attack paperboy whenever they see him. If cusotmers property are damaged, they will also attack paperboy. At the end of each delivery, a bonus round occurs giving players have a chance to sharpen their skills by guiding paperboy to the training course. Obstacles are filled with targets and ramps to jump. No lives are lost when failing to reach the finish line.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Arcade Game
• Newspaper
• bicycle
• paperboy
• newspaper delivery
• neighbors
• houses
• vandalism
• break-ins
• theif
• stakeboard
• breakdance
• scooter
• Atar
• 1984

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

My question is here what cheats did you use cause you don't crash in some of the most obvious obstacles?

[oldclassicgame]

@OldSchoolNYCGamer

This game was played on mame. I used the invincibility cheat to avoid crashing. I tried using save states many times but the emulator just keeps crashing when I used them as the game progresses. So I have no choice to use the invincibility cheat. I prefer using save states over cheats though.

[bigcheese2001]

@oldclassicgame lol@running out of time on the training course tho when being invincible hehe :-)

[bigcheese2001]

I could never understand why perfectly delivering a paper to "non customers" would not make them become customers!

[Crazcompart]

What I really liked about the original arcade version were the non-customers' homes from the start of the game...Dark, evil, Gothic looking...complete with headstones in the front yard and wrought iron trim...like something out of the Munsters or Addams Family...

[ReverendSyn]

This game went over a LOT better than Atari's other game, Raper Boy.

[ReverendSyn]

I LUV U PAPERBOY

[nickantibarney]

it would be funny if atari changed the music to "there are 7 days".

[Paulywint]

I played this game when it was brand new! IT was a lot of fun to play.

[PortalJumper98]

thats what happened to paperboy when he lost his last life