The Brief History of.... Paperboy

Atari Games brought us a memorable arcade back in 1985, which had handlebars as a controller and the aim of the game was to.... deliver newspapers. Yes, newspapers were this type of paper media publication years back where we used to get our news about the world, before the internet took over. They still exist, but are increasingly irrelevant. I digress. Paperboy was the game in question and by golly it became a bit of a success. Many of the then current systems received ports of the suicidal newsboy, to various degrees of quality. In my latest episode of Brief History, we look at all 30 of the ported games, including it's underwhelming N64 reboot, and it's home only sequel.

The Videokid - Ride a skateboard in this wicked Paperboy inspired game!

What do you get if you have the original Paperboy, replace his newspapers with pirate video tapes and change his bike to a skateboard? Most likely this voxel based arcade game, ' The Videokid ', which is being developed by Pixel Trip Studios and is now aiming for a Steam Greenlight success for both PC and MAC. In this game you play as the video kid set in a retro 1980's neighbourhood filled with danger, you must deliver your pirate videos to everyone on the street while pulling off manic tricks and slick combos to finally reach your girlfriend in time.

The Videokid - Skateboarding mixes it up with Paperboy shown in new teaser footage!

What do you get if you have the original Paperboy, replace his newspapers with video tapes and change his bike to a skateboard? Most likely this game, ' The Videokid ', which is being developed by Pixel Trip Studios and could be released this year. From what I can tell from the game as it's only just been teased recently with gameplay footage, you play as the videokid and must skate through towns and other areas, while chucking video tapes at people and or houses for an ever increasing score. The graphics are voxel based, with a lot of attention to detail and the charm of the 80s classics!

Aaron White's latest Ausretrogamer's Ultimate C64 Chiptunes album! (Amiga)

Although we are currently waiting for a fantastic album to come from Aaron White, he's still been putting his talent to good use by releasing the latest 'Ausretrogamer's Ultimate C64 Chiptunes album' as a special to Ausretrogamer. Once again a complete conversion from the C64 to the Amiga, this one has such well known tunes as Turbo Outrun, Ocean Loader, Comic Bakery, Giana Sisters, Paperboy, Zamzara and the Operation Wolf Title. What's more this album also features a very good design screen and in mention to Ausretrogamer's Podcast of ' Press Play on Tape'. A worthy chip tune album indeed, but what's to come next from Aaron White will be a very special treat indeed!

Links : 1) Ausretrogamer 2) Download 3) Aaron White's Twitter

Paperboy USA - C64 +3D NTSC fixed release!

You may or may not have read our excellent review of Paperboy, Elite's awesome arcade game from the 1980's. But the C64 release which was originally cracked and released by different groups has now appeared as a USA - NTSC version which hopefully should appeal to our retrogaming American readers. According to the Underground Domain Inc release group, they've added a trainer for cheating, fixed the game to stop the flickering and to stop the crashing while using an NTSC machine.

ZX Spectrum Retro Review - Paperboy

It is an important and popular fact that back in the 1980s I funded my computer gaming time by delivering newspapers. This fact is in some small way commemorated by the fact that, in a time of mid-life crisis, the first game I loaded up on my newly acquired rubber-keyed Spectrum was Paperboy. There was no deep reason for Paperboy; it was never one of my favourites, but, having been bought at some point between packing my old +2 away and acquiring a 'new' Spectrum, it was the first game that came to hand.

Aaron White's Paperboy C64 tribute as a bonus release for your Amiga!

Aaron White is back with another musical compilation for your Amiga, and this time it's none other than the Paperboy C64 tribute which has been given the usual top quality conversion! Unlike the previous release, this one is a bonus disk and features just three tracks from the incredible arcade C64 port of Paperboy which was released in the 80's. Current tracks include Paperboy Main Theme, Paperboy Bonus Stage and Paperboy High Score. Hopefully this is just a taster of what's to come as there hasn't been a single release that I haven't enjoyed.

So head on over to our personal download site and grab that ADF file!