Paperboy (video game)

Paperboy
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)Atari Games
Eastridge Technology (NES)
Midway Games
Publisher(s)Arcade
Ports
Elite Systems
Mindscape
Tengen
Midway
Designer(s)John Salwitz
Dave Ralston
Russel Dawe
Carl Bedard
Composer(s)Hal Canon
Earl Vickers
Platform(s)
List
Release
February 1985
  • Arcade:
    BBC Micro, Electron, Amstrad, Apple II, Color Computer:
    ZX Spectrum:
    Commodore 64:
    C16, Plus/4:
    Apple IIGS:
    NES/Famicom:
    • NA: December 1988
    • UK: 1991
    Amiga, Atari ST, MW-EOW:
    • UK: October 1989
    Game Boy:
    • UK: October/November 1990
    Master System:
    • NA: 1990
    • UK: November 1990
    Lynx:
    Game Boy Color:
    • NA: May 30, 1999
    Nintendo 64:
    Mobile:
    • NA: May 2006
    Xbox 360:
    • NA: February 14, 2007
    • UK: February 14, 2007
    iPhone/iPod Touch:
    • WW: December 18, 2009
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemAtari System 2

Paperboy is an action game developed and published by Atari Games[7] and released as an arcade video game in 1985.[1] The player takes the role of a paperboy who delivers a fictional newspaper called The Daily Sun along a street on his bicycle.[8] The arcade version of the game featured bike handlebars as the controller.[9]

The game was ported to many home systems beginning in 1986. A sequel for home computers and consoles, Paperboy 2, was released in 1991.

  1. ^ a b c "Production Numbers" (PDF). Atari. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  2. ^ "Paperboy advert (bottom left)". Cash Box Newspaper 8th June '85. Cash Box Pub. Co. 8 June 1985. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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  4. ^ a b Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 52. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  5. ^ "Paperboy Advertisement". Crash. No. 33. Newsfield. October 1986. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Game Informer Magazine - News Story". Game Informer. 2000-07-09. Archived from the original on 2000-07-09. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
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  8. ^ "Paperboy". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 5 Oct 2013.
  9. ^ Mike Bevan (6 February 2014), "The Ultimate Guide to Paperboy", Retro Gamer (125), Imagine Publishing: 21–29