Paperboy cover art

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 124 duels settled by the community, Paperboy stands no. 1,871 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,511 ELO points and 51% 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. 4 out of 23 (1984).

World rank

no. 1,871

ELO score

1,511

Wins

51%

Duels played

124

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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 1,511 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Paperboy sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 1,868 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 1,511
  2. 1,869 Wasteland 2 1,511
  3. 1,870 Super Ghouls'n Ghosts 1,511
  4. 1,871 Paperboy 1,511
  5. 1,872 Castlevania: Bloodlines 1,511
  6. 1,873 Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk 1,511
  7. 1,874 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 1,511

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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: 4 out of 23 (1984).

Where Paperboy ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 1,871 5,110
Arcade 7 48
1980s 41 154
1984 4 23

The community

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