Paperboy (video game)

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

Paperboy
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)Atari Games
Eastridge Technology (NES)
Midway Games
Publisher(s)Arcade
Ports
Elite Systems
Mindscape
Midway Games
Designer(s)John Salwitz
Dave Ralston
Russel Dawe
Carl Bedard
Composer(s)Hal Canon
Earl Vickers
Platform(s)
List
Release
February 1985
  • Arcade:
    • EU: February 1985
    • NA: April 1985
    • JP: October 1985
    BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, TRS-80 Color Computer:
    ZX Spectrum:
    • UK: 15 September 1986
    Commodore 64:
    Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4:
    Apple IIGS:
    NES/Famicom:
    • NA: December 1988
    • UK: 1991
    Amiga, Atari ST, PC:
    • UK: October 1989
    Game Boy:
    • UK: October/November 1990
    Master System:
    • UK: November 1990
    Atari Lynx:
    Game Boy Color:
    • NA: May 30, 1999
    Nintendo 64:
    • NA: November 4, 1999
    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

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

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