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Game entry
Paperboy
1984 · Arcade, Racing, Simulation · DOS, Xbox 360, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amiga, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Arcade, iOS, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Legacy Mobile Device, BBC Microcomputer System, Acorn Electron · Atari Games
After 100 duels settled by the community, Paperboy stands no. 1,059 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,576 ELO points and 52% of wins. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against Grand Theft Auto V: 1 wins to 2 across 3 duels. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 1 out of 23 (1984).
World rank
no. 1,059
ELO score
1,576
Wins
52%
Duels played
100
About Paperboy
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. The game was ported to numerous video game consoles and personal computers. Paperboy was innovative for its theme and novel controls.
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. The player attempts 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.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,576 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Grand Theft Auto V 33% 3 duels played · 300 points behind
- against Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 50% 2 duels played · 233 points behind
- against Need for Speed: The Run 50% 2 duels played · 92 points ahead
- against Arkanoid 0% 2 duels played · 23 points ahead
- against Test Drive Unlimited 2 50% 2 duels played · 171 points ahead
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The standing
Where Paperboy ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Paperboy stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 1 out of 23 (1984).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 1,059 | 5,035 |
| Arcade | 3 | 47 |
| 1980s | 19 | 155 |
| 1984 | 1 | 23 |
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