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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

Paperboy is ranked no. 1,091 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,560 and 49% of duels won.

World rank

no. 1,091

ELO score

1,560

Wins

49%

Duels played

78

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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 1,560 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  1. 1,088 Fable: The Lost Chapters 1,560
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  7. 1,094 Need for Speed: Carbon 1,559

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