Paperboy 2

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143K plays 1991 #Action

Paperboy 2 is an action video game, the sequel to the arcade video game Paperboy. It was released in 1991–1992 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, and ZX Spectrum. While Paperboy debuted in arcades and was subsequently ported to personal computers and consoles, the sequel was only released for home systems.

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Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

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Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

Paperboy 2Game Boy

2.0 Could be better

EGM 6/10, 6/10, 5/10, 6/10 · 1 review

What the reviews talk about

Key wordsannoyingrepetitiveaddictiveoriginal

What the critics said

  • Power Unlimited gave the Game Gear version a score of 78% writing: "One of the most American games ever made, and addictive too. The Game Gear version looks very good. A blunder is the music, which becomes very annoying at a certain point."

    — Power Unlimited, 1993· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Paperboy 2 article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 1992 6/10, 6/10, 5/10, 6/10 (Game Boy)
  • Power Unlimited 1993 78/100 (Game Gear) (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 69/100 · 77 votes

Full reviews

Face key

  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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