Paperboy
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Paperboy is a 1985 action video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades. The player takes the role of a paperboy who delivers a fictional newspaper called The Daily Sun to houses on a street while riding his bicycle. The arcade version featured bike handlebars as the controller.
The game was widely ported to home systems beginning in 1986, and was followed by the computer and console-exclusive sequel Paperboy 2 in 1991.
From Wikipedia's article Paperboy (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Keyboard controls
| Lynx | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ |
| B | Z |
| A | X |
| Option 1 | A |
| Option 2 | S |
| Pause | Enter |
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
| Lynx | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ |
| B | Z |
| A | X |
| Option 1 | A |
| Option 2 | S |
| Pause | Enter |
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).
3.0 Good job
Players 74 · 663 votes
No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.
Review scorecard
- Graphics 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Players 74 · 663 votes. The same 74/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.
What the reviews talk about
Key wordsrepetitiveoriginalcolourfulfunuglyslick
What the critics said
For the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions, ACE gave the game a rating of 5 out of 5, noting the "extremely well executed" graphics and referring to the game as a "budget classic".
— ACE, 1989· about another version
UK magazine Computer and Video Games (CVG) gave the Commodore 64 version a 52 percent rating, criticizing its music and "blocky and ill-proportioned" sprites; the magazine gave the ZX Spectrum version an 83 percent rating.
— Computer and Video Games, 1989· about another version
Raze offered praise for the clear and colorful graphics of the Lynx version, but stated that the game "is too old and tired for the exciting and new Lynx."
— Raze, 1991· about another version
Mean Machines was critical of the NES version for its graphics, sound, and controls, and concluded that it was, "A highly offensive product which weighs in as a sadly derisive conversion of a classic coin-op."
— Mean Machines, 1991· about another version
The One gave the Amiga version 80% stating that "it's an almost flawless conversion" of the arcade game.
— The One, 1989· about another version
IGN's Craig Harris reviewed a Game Boy Color version and stated that it "is definitely the worst rendition of the game, even beating out the Atari Lynx's waterdown port of the arcade game."
— IGN (Craig Harris)· about another version
Scott Alan Marriott of AllGame praised the Game Boy Color version for its colorful graphics, but noted that the game did not introduce any new changes from the original arcade version, writing, "Those expecting a lot of changes or additions will be disappointed."
— AllGame (Scott Alan Marriott)· about another version
Robert Amsbury of GameRevolution praised the sound effects in the Nintendo 64 version, but considered the music to be repetitive, while noting the game "isn't really all that fun."
— GameRevolution, 2000 (Robert Amsbury)· about another version
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Paperboy (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.
Scores
- Giant Bomb true
- AllGame 2.5/5; 2.5/5; 3/5; 1.5/5 (other versions)
- ACE 1989 816/1000; 800/1000 (other versions)
- Computer and Video Games 1991 67%; 88% (other versions)
- GamePro 1990 17/25 (other versions)
- IGN 1999 4/10; 7/10; 7/10; 8/10; 6.7/10 (other versions)
- Raze 1990 89%; 78%; 76% (other versions)
- Zero 1989 79/100 ; (other versions)
- N64 Magazine true
- Eurogamer 2007 7/10 (other versions)
- GamesRadar+ 2007 3.5/5 (other versions)
- GameRevolution 2000 C− (other versions)
- GameSpot 1999 5.4/10; 6.8/10 (other versions)
- Official Xbox Magazine (US) 2007 7/10 (other versions)
- TeamXbox 2007 8.2/10 ; (other versions)
From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' 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.
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