Paperboy for the Game Boy brings the frantic 1984 arcade action classic into the palm of your hands. Ported in 1990 and published by Mindscape, this game tasks you with successfully surviving your suburban paper route. Guide your bicycle down neighborhood streets, tossing the daily news to your loyal subscribers while dodging rogue tires, runaway dogs, aggressive breakdancers, and reversing cars.
How to Play
Your objective is to complete a full week of deliveries without losing all your lives or subscribers. Throw papers into mailboxes or onto doormats of the lighter-colored houses, while avoiding the dark houses of non-subscribers.
- Move/Accelerate: Arrow Keys
- Throw Paper: Z or X
- Start/Select: Enter / Shift
Tips
- Landing a paper perfectly inside a mailbox scores more points than just hitting the porch.
- You can score bonus points by breaking the windows of non-subscribers, but keep an eye on your paper count. Restock by riding over the paper bundles found along the street.
- If you lose a subscriber by missing their house or breaking their window, you can win them back later by completing a perfect delivery run for the rest of your route.
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