Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Paperboy

Title	Paperboy
First release	1985
Developer	Atari Games
Publisher	Atari Games
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Dreamcast, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, NES / Famicom, Nintendo 64, ZX Spectrum, Arcade ADB
Genre	action game
Also known as	Paperboy Encore
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	ZX Spectrum: 1986-01-01 (Other) Commodore 64: 1986-01-01 (PAL), 1986-05-01 Amiga: 1987-01-01 Amstrad CPC: 1987-10-01 DOS: 1988-01-01 NES / Famicom: 1988-12-01 Atari ST: 1989-01-01 (PAL) Game Boy: 1990-12-12
Wikidata ID	Q1330205

Suburban streets serve as the obstacle course for a paperboy on a bicycle. Players must accurately throw newspapers to customers while navigating around rogue tires, skateboarders, dogs, and cars. To maximize scoring, you can deliberately aim papers to inflict damage on the houses of non-customers while avoiding hazards like construction workers or tornadoes.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1330205) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (atarist/paperboy) · last updated 2026-10-02 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/paperboy) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/paperboy) · last updated 2026-09-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/paperboy) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/paperboy) · last updated 2026-10-07 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/paperboy) · last updated 2026-10-21 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/paperboy-3) · last updated 2026-10-21 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (72546) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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TheGamesDB (89985) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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TheGamesDB (6424,86805) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (paperboy) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`paperboy`
Title at ADB	Paperboy (rev 3)
Manufacturer	Atari Games
Year	1984
Genre	Maze / Driving
Players	1
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Atari Games); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 04:58 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Atari Games · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (30): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Atari Games · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Atari Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Atari Games · internal use only.

Image: Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Cpc464.computer.750pix.jpg”)

Sprites

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Videos

Commodore 64 Longplay [214] Paperboy (EU)

World-of-Longplays · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 19:46auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

PAPERBOY (AMIGA - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Amiga version · longplay · 35:28auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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