- Racing, Simulator, Arcade, Action
Paperboy is a 1985 arcade game by Atari Games originally developed in 1984 . The players take the role of a paperboy who delivers newspapers along a suburban street on his bicycle.
RacingSimulatorArcadeActionComedyconstructiondeathbicyclingbikingdog8-bitdigital distributionrhinocerosplatform exclusiveyoung protagonistdigital rights managementtraining modeArcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, cool and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Platforms
- Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, iOS, Commodore 16, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Xbox 360, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Plus/4, Legacy Mobile Device
- Developer
- Atari Games, Atari Games, Vivid Games
- Publisher
- Atari Games, Elite Systems, Mindscape, Elite Systems, Sega Mobile, Digital Eclipse
- Released
- November 1, 1984
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 1 h rushed · 2 h main story · 5 h completionist
IGDB rating 6.6/10 from 102 ratings.
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