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147 · Paperboy

November 27, 2020 · 52 min
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Hop on your bike for a free-wheeling ride up the avenues of not-so-typical suburbia. There are papers to be delivered, robbers to be foiled, and fame and fortune to be won as you brave the mean streets. Avoid motorcycles, tricycles, traffic, tires, gratings, curbs, dogs, skateboarders, breakdancers, bad guys, and other hazards as you deliver to your customers. Earn bonus points by hitting targets along the obstacle course at the end of your route. With superb animation and sound effects, Paperboy brings home all the thrills, spills, challenge, and excitement you loved in the arcades. 

SHOW NOTES

Paperboy Longplay

Paperboy Arcade Tour

Paperboy 64

Mike's favorite version of Paperboy

GDC lecture on Paperboy by Co-Creator

Show notes

  • Hop on your bike for a free-wheeling ride up the avenues of not-so typical Suburbia.
  • Introductions
    • This is one of those old school jobs that doesn’t really exist anymore...or am I out of touch?
  • Gameplay
    • Overview
    • The creative world
    • The massive hitbox
    • The obstacle course
    • But it’s just points so it doesn’t hold up for long or repeated playthroughs for most players
  • Arcade
    • The joystick are BIKE HANDLEBARS
      • One button on each side, used to throw papers. The handlebars can be pushed forward to accelerate and pulled back to brake.
    • STEAL THIS CODE AND YOU DIE.. ATARI 1985 J.F.S.
    • GDC on Paperboy development by the co-creator
  • Sequels and Spinoffs
    • Paperboy 2
    • Paperboy 64
    • The paperboy makes a cameo appearance in the 2012 Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph. The paperboy also makes an appearance in the 2015 film Pixels.
  • EGL
    • A great fun game with an OK port, but this exists in the Arcade for a reason and it’s much better there.
  • Next week - Platoon
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