Paperboy was released in 1984 as a coin operated arcade game by Atari.
As the Paperboy, you, the player, must deliver "The Daily Sun" newspaper to all of your subscribers in Centreville.The Player starts with some subscribers and a sack of papers. If he continues to consistently deliver the papers to the customers, they will continue to subscribe.
The paperboy begins his route at the start of the street (bottom of the screen) and progresses towards the end. The player can control the paperboy's speed: faster delivery earns a higher score. But the paperboy is in constant movement and cannot stop moving forward until the level (day of the week) has ended.
Pushing the handlebars forward accelerates.
Pulling back results in a radical skid
Paperboy is awarded points for hitting nuisances with papers and vandalizing the homes of the non-subscribers.
This in turn gives the non-subscribers incentive to subscribe and have Paperboy deliver their "Daily Sun" to them as new subscribers.
Game play proceeds by days of the week, Monday thru Sunday. To keep the game going, the player must ride over bundles of papers to restock supply.
SCORING
Delivery: 100 or 240
Breakage: 100-250
Jumps: 200
A band of housewives, break dancers, lawn jockeys, and more unite to stop the paperboy, especially if he failed to deliver to them. As he pedals down the sidewalk at top speed, they set their lawnmowers on auto-pilot, unleash their dogs, and even find more ways to keep him from delivering the papers. Don't be surprised if Paperboy finds himself dodging obstacles such as traffic, tires, motorcycles, tricycles, boomboxes, storm drains, curbs, bees, fire hydrants, skateboarders, kids playing with radio controlled toys, tornadoes, oversized house cats, and even the Grim Reaper himself, hiding behind shrubs.
