Paperboy gets tossed this week

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Feb 12, 2007 2:47 pm PT

Atari classic featuring paper-peddling protagonist will be available this Wednesday for 400 Microsoft points ($5).

Hey paperboy, there's a tip in my pocket. Why don't you just reach inside?

Following last week's release of Root Beer Tapper on Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft is releasing another arcade classic revolving around an unsung profession this Wednesday--Paperboy.

The game, originally released in 1984, featured a bicycle-handlebar-shaped controller that was used to control a neighborhood newspaper-delivery boy. As gamers tried to keep customers happy with well-placed newspapers, they could also earn points by preventing thieves from breaking into homes, knocking over tombstones, or breaking the windows of nonsubscribing houses.

The Xbox 360 version will be updated with a new cooperative multiplayer mode, as well as "modernized" audio and "new artwork." Paperboy will be available February 14 at 1 a.m. PST for 400 Microsoft Points ($5). For more information, read GameSpot's previous coverage.

130 Comments

  • videogamr49

    Posted Mar 2, 2007 10:59 pm PT

    Lol, the best picture and comment for ANY Gamespot news story.

    I plan on purchasing this game. The game was excellent on the NES and it will be even better on the 360 with Online.

  • thomas10soa

    Posted Feb 14, 2007 1:54 pm PT

    Paperboy was awesome and its another gr8 classic to hit live

    this and mk3 are gr8

  • HandsomeDead

    Posted Feb 14, 2007 7:49 am PT

    Ooh. Root Beer Tapper followed by Paperboy. Where will the quality end...?

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Feb 14, 2007 5:20 am PT

    dang.....hopefullly this comes to the virtual console too. i always tried to play it in the arcade but the stupid bike handlebars "controller" was impossible to use.

  • Scammeleon

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 5:57 pm PT

    This sort of thing would be far happier on the Wii VC.

  • Zumafire

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 5:02 pm PT

    Fomr day one of XBLA I've been waiting for this game...... HOt damn!! I will destroy this and you and..AHHHH!!!!!!

  • Crimson-_-Tears

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 4:39 pm PT

    Sweet I really did like the old Paper Boy games there were cool.

  • jumblue

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 4:21 pm PT

    I'm surprised no one's made a GTA-style version of Paperboy. Just think of how fun that could be.

    Breaking other Paperboys' legs, bullying customers into subscribing...

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 3:46 pm PT

    NIceness. I may check this one out.

    BTW nice picture

  • Purvis11

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 2:12 pm PT

    I never noticed the headline till Dkg pointed it out...than I laughed my ass off. ..How did that one slip by?

  • Dkg

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 10:57 am PT

    That headline....how did that one slip by the censors?

  • anarchicgoth

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 10:43 am PT

    I used to play paperboy all the time! This should be fun

  • b00003243

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 10:36 am PT

    Bladefist
    They need to do either TMNT, Xmen, or the Simpsons arcade games! **** it! I am emailing them now!

    Yeah, turtles games nad the simpsons arcade games where fantastic!, but still, paperboy is my old arcade game, only mario kart can ever outlive it

  • theKSMM

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 9:42 am PT

    Ah, Paperboy...good times, good times...

    The people at XBOX Live! Arcade aren't stupid. They're not going to give you five games in one week so you can buy the top two while the other three don't sell at all. Even the movie and music industries stagger release dates, so it's sensible that XBLA does the same.

    Sony has a pretty good library of older games, so I'm sure they'll get in the mix eventually too. In the meantime, I hope that the games on XBLA and Virtual Console aren't mutually exclusive. Just because a game like Paperboy appears on one system doesn't mean it shouldn't come up on the other. (But if I have to choose between Microsoft's port of the original arcade game and Nintendo's port of the 8-bit console game, my choice is clear.)

  • yermomsboxx

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 9:24 am PT

    When the hell is SotN coming out? It was supposed to be out in January.

  • blackadder89

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 8:56 am PT

    ......I want WORMS!!!

  • Benny_is_here

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 8:06 am PT

    "modernized" audio and "new artwork."

    I think "added half a pixel and 2 kbps" is more accurate

    Seriously, they should do more with the "modernizing" than they have so far. Still looks 1980 to me... But then again, I'm sure many like it that way.

  • The_Weekend

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 8:00 am PT

    hahahaha, good memories about this one!

  • dj_b02us

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 7:51 am PT

    so it wont be on the virtual console then? yknow with xbox live and the virtual console kinda drawing a line in the sand, will ps3 even bother to offer the same kind of system or will there be any classic games left by the time nintendo and microsoft pick thru them all?

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