Paperboy - Comparing The ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad, NES, Amiga And Arcade Versions

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Published on March 13, 2020 3:00:16 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptOntK3rJOQ

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Paperboy (1985)

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Hey there and welcome to 'Let's Compare', the show where I compare various console/home computer versions of the same game. On this episode I will be comparing Paperboy by Atari Games. I'd love it if you would let me know in the comments if you have played these versions of the game, and which one is your favourite.

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

The game was ported to many home systems beginning in 1986.

The player controls a paperboy on a bicycle delivering newspapers along a suburban street which is displayed in a cabinet perspective (or oblique projection) view. You attempt to deliver a week of daily newspapers to subscribing customers, attempts to vandalize non-subscribers' homes and must avoid hazards along the street. Subscribers are lost by missing a delivery or damaging a subscriber's house.

The game begins with a choice of difficulty levels: Easy Street, Middle Road and Hard Way. The object of the game is to perfectly deliver papers to subscribers for an entire week and avoid crashing (which counts as one of the player's lives) before the week ends. The game lasts for seven in-game days, Monday through Sunday.

Controlling the paperboy with the handlebar controls, the player attempts to deliver newspapers to subscribers. Each day begins by showing an overview of the street indicating subscribers and non-subscribers. Subscribers and non-subscribers' homes are also easy to discern in the level itself, with subscribers living in brightly colored houses, and non-subscribers living in dark houses.

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