Arcade Longplay [856] Paperboy

[@Ichijopaniponi]

2:55 "Am I great or what?" *Crashes into a wall*

[@a-s-robot4673]

*Oof*

[@AchtungBaby77]

LOL... came here to post the same thing! 🤣

[@eddieagostini450]

....and then right after he crashes a swarm of bees sting him. For good measure.

[@devanhinskey9001]

Spoke too soon! 😂

[@Mr.BlueSun]

He sure is.

[@pferreira1983]

I always felt this guy deserved a raise for the crap he put up with each day of the week.

[@pferreira1983]

@burteriksson They were waiting for him. They knew... 😂

[@blackzach913]

Even the Karen from 1984 was vicious

[@pferreira1983]

@@blackzach913 When you say Karen I'm assuming you mean the dogs as well since they chase him. 😂

[@blackzach913]

@@pferreira1983 the lady in the driveway that tries to kill paper boy

[@pferreira1983]

@@blackzach913 Yeah I was joking obviously because the dogs in both games chase him as well.

[@ggj1987]

I played this game when I was very young. I never understood how it worked or what you had to do. It was so unforgiving, one hit and it’ game-over. It’s cool to finally see a playthrough of this after all these years

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

The graphics, sound, and voice clips are quite impressive for 1985. And Atari was quite humorous with their arcade games back in the 80's.

[@blackzach913]

And when you play it at full volume it's a sick old school hip hop beat

[@Anothy264]

it's actually 1984 cause that's were the game release

[@s-drawk-cab3753]

Another jewel of a game from my childhood. Memories of thinking the amiga is the greatest computer of all times. Well at that time, it was...

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

We all did.

[@Unstoppabull]

Greatest soundtrack to feature the cow bell.

[@tastetherainbow9643]

The handlebars were great- the sound effects and music great - great idea for a video game, loved the dudes fighting was hilarious - I loved going on vacations and walking in an unfamiliar mall and finding a new arcade the smell, the sparkling lights and sounds. Hell Yea!!

[@CM-bk8lo]

This is how i always imagined being a paperboy was like

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Me too, and I was one!

[@koopa283]

@@ChristopherSobieniakdidja have to put up with all the stuff in this game?

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@koopa283 Yes. No obstacle courses, unless they were repaving the road every 5 years.

[@themashugana9440]

me in 2021: hey son. let me show you a cool game i used to pay in the '80s called "paperboy." my son: what's a paperboy?

[@yupazestru5189]

paperboy, is that like sackboy?

[@QuasiELVIS]

This game was far too difficult for me when I was a young kid.

[@SHEARMINATOR]

True it was hard. Jailbreak I found hard as a kid too

[@alejandrodickerson1699]

Bruh thats hard facts. When i was very young, i always thought the guy thats leaning up against the mailbox drinking was Bill from King of the hill.

[@mylifewithautism3958]

This game is far too difficult period, even on the easiest setting it becomes nearly impossible by day 3

[@Dr.ruby7LT]

First time played that on Midway Arcade Treasures.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

For me, the Commodore 64.

[@joeykirkpatrick224]

I played it on Midway Arcade Treasures too

[@xxroyalprincexx6811]

Same here.

[@atranfanatic]

First time for me was the arcade, then NES, then the arcade port on PS1. lol

[@guyincognito7308]

Man this brings back memories...such a simple and fun game!!!

[@AchtungBaby77]

Simple in concept? Yes. Simple in level of difficulty? HELL NO!!

[@g40rc378]

There sure are a lot of Addams family members living on this street.

[@victorianjoku2194]

Tell me about it

[@fredrickcallahan4292]

Whoever created this game is a legend.

[@gsittly]

John Salwitz, Dave Ralston and Russel Dawe

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Despite the 1984 copyright, this game was actually first released in April 1985.

[@gothickingroachjfs5677]

God damn..... This brings back sooooo many memories.

[@Thollis1987]

This takes me back! Thanks mom for buying it for me my siblings!

[@cloudskipa]

This game was brutally tough, and not in a good way. Nice to see someone who can play the game well though.

[@DMETS519]

The slight diagonal aspect always ruined me when I made it to the training course at the end of each level. I could never line up the ramps with the bike. Still loved the game though. Also love those great atari system 2 sounds they used on several of their games in the late 1980's.

[@teeyoungblood7627]

Wish I was able to play this again.. good games long gone

[@yozza4978]

This was hard asf in the arcade with those handlebars...if you made it past 1 level on easy street you felt like you'd done well.

[@ivanorozco9673]

has anyone notice that the music of the training grounds at the 4:40 mark sounded alot like the mega man 2 nes stage select theme which i guess you could say that mega man 2 nes game composer takashi tateishi ripped off the paper boy traning grounds theme am i right or am i wrong

[@daktaklakpak5059]

Back in the olden days, i was so good at Paperboy. I had a hit rate of 90% to get all the papers into the mail boxes. But then, i got old. And so did you!

[@fressfisch]

Susan where's the car keys, that paperboy gonna be here any minute!

[@victorianjoku2194]

Lol

[@caj1119]

Good at getting papers right in the mailboxes but you're way too nice to your non-customers. Need to be more destructive in that regard. So easy to break some of those houses' windows and get some serious points, even on the Hard Way.

[@jamesmoss3424]

Paperboy is an brilliant 80's arcade game. 😀👍🎮

[@addisonfung5009]

Hint for new papers: In the beginning, don't be afraid if you lose a few subscribers. I tend to keep the subscribers close to 5 so it won't be too hard to get the Perfect Bonus. You'll clear the game easier.

[@taskmaster3771]

This game made me cry when I was a child. It was hard as f🤬🤬k!!!!! 😩

[@barmbailey6934]

11:23 I had no idea, a big wheels could go that fast! xD

[@0livia2oo2]

That only happens for one day on hard way. Not even on easy street or middle road

[@thedkm-4894]

haha xD

[@PianoMelodicaDark]

This was the first-ever arcade game I played; it was also one of the most difficult.

[@BennyBenedict95]

Not sure how many people coming to this channel know this, but the kid Atari referenced for the Paperboy sprite has a fairly popular KZbin channel. His name is Scott Christian Sava, he’s an incredible artist and a very sweet man. He’s done art and illustrations for many, many video games and comics, and also produced the animated movie Animal Crackers.

[@georgef551]

Could not help but notice when on the last guy, you went into "Billy Mitchel" mode.

[@virtualgaz]

invincible a couple of times on the training course and a restart on Saturday too lol. Long play? Took nearly 3 mins to put credit in lol.

[@Wolfdragon92584]

I grew up with the Genesis port. It was pretty darn addicting.

[@gaoutlaw]

This neighborhood has a real problem with runaway lawnmowers and deadly RC cars.

[@rafaelc2029]

Wow this looks so much better than the NES version i owned as a kid

[@Angie2343]

It has Genesis quality graphics and music.

[@susanfit47]

In one sense, this game may as well have been called Paperboy's Revenge.

[@kidnamedfinger8428]

Played this game a lot on Snes and Sega

[@solarflare9078]

Paperboy wasn't on the SNES..... unless you're talking about that crappy Mindscape-made Paperboy 2

[@kidnamedfinger8428]

@@solarflare9078 yes I'm talking about Paper boy 2

[@millertime97jm]

Solar Flare [Who likes uploading SSBU replays] oh c'mon, it's not that bad. Well actually, the Genesis version is superior.

[@Jeansowaty]

11:57 - sometimes I hate this job...

[@fitness65]

Played this on the arcade classics on ps1 and played paperboy 2 on the snes could and still can't beat those games as those games are hard as hell and don't play around or hold your hand like games today do.

[@cwing1028]

This music is still amazing

[@ericjay6021]

Amazing bass grooves

[@DrJekyll38]

WELL DONE!

[@ericjay6021]

Awesome Bass grooves

[@franco2142]

7:48 Poor cat

[@frankwhite1895]

Come on, put this on the Switch

[@susanfit47]

This game also came out on the NES with Mindscape as it's publisher.

[@jtomally9681]

I guess the old woman with the rolling pin is only in the NES version.

[@FreeloadingBird2584]

I remember her showing up in either easy street or middle street.

[@Gonzo_Bubb]

5:01 I want this sound as my notification sound

[@ryanroubert2483]

Lembro q aluguei isso quando criança. Fiquei frustradissimo ! Nao conseguia acertar uma, só perdia, quase quebrei o cartucho. Hoje, entendendo a proposta do jogo, acho q desfrutaria mais

[@Bauglir100]

This game needs an Arcade Archives port on Nintendo Switch.

[@Kacchi90]

my childhood is back :p

[@votpavel]

interesting game

[@blackzach913]

Congratulations in beating paperboy on hard mode, I could just make it to Thursday, thanks for the tips I didn't know when the bonus stages you were supposed to hit the target to the left this is going to really change my game

[@VinyLoser]

I just want the paper, that part.

[@alexlozven]

05:10 The Marble Madness Harp

[@Phinal_Flash]

7:07 Street Fight!

[@victorianjoku2194]

I thought they were hitting themswlves with lasers

[@jigga2jones]

Great game play man Master Level

[@alejandrodickerson1699]

Anyone see the swarm of bees chasing him and thought back to the skateboard game "720"?

[@jamesbartee6184]

I can say this was on the Midway Legacy arcade cabinet

[@a-s-robot4673]

I remember playing this in the Lego dimensions.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

Anybody else think how weird it is for a bunch of bleachers being set up so people could wait for a kid on a bike tossing newspapers to arrive?

[@littleglay7328]

これ、近所のボーリングセンターに昔置いてあったヤツだ。 誰もプレイしてなかったから今までどんなゲームか解らんかったが。

[@dumbcat]

i used to spend my paper route money to play paperboy!

[@eddieagostini450]

Each of those Sunday papers weigh 55 pounds. 55 pounds each!

[@doohtoou9514]

😍😍😍 love it

[@maverickhuntermeta4954]

2:55 - "Am I great or what?" *crashes*

[@rjc199]

This game is really high resolution

[@mnewby82]

This game was way too hard for me when I was a kid

[@girthbrooks-lk9cq]

Was never good always trying to hit peoples windows

[@proximacentaur1654]

grim reaper at house 303. yay

[@jasontodd8071]

He loves the obituaries!

[@lakmeister]

Got this on PS1 in 98 and played my nephew who did Easy st..I now play my kids on this lock down and can do Midway..and 60% on hardway....the training course is hard to steer on PS1 controller....he seems to have better controls ? It's a hard game for sure and I bet 80 % never completed it???

[@GXSFLogan8581]

2:57 XD

[@MasterThrasher]

WB Games need to re-release it.

[@karenglenton1867]

I played This game at arcade club

[@richallenxbox1976]

I had this on the Spectrum, never did clear more than about the first 5 levels.

[@richallenxbox1976]

@burteriksson Oh yeah, light blue monochrome, even by mid to late 80s standards it looked crap, the gameplay was good though.

[@richallenxbox1976]

@burteriksson An old pal of mine from school had a C64, arguably the PS of the 80s, better graphics than the Speccy but considerably harder to program, even the BASIC 10 Print "Boris Johnson's a berk" 20 Goto 10 didn't work!

[@kidnamedfinger8428]

Hi

[@xxxx-bo6ux]

I LUV U PAPERBOY!!!

[@Gxhbro]

I cant belive the news papers say blah blah blah blah

[@jeck898]

I Play on it a Black&white monitor

[@jakejoselitoramirez5988]

badass!

[@JimboJammy]

Great game! Although I'm most familiar with the nes version.

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

Lol that is the worst attract mode I have ever seen. The font to advertise how to play and the demo gameplay makes it look too hard already lol!

[@peanutparker9501]

12-15 looks like they are wearing facemasks.

[@omanimoves6312]

2:32-2:56-5:38

[@wizardmix]

Just the right amount of cowbell.

[@celinesenden4142]

👍🏻💘👍🏻

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

👏👏‼️®™️ 🔥🔥🔥

[@BrentsBistro]

Needs more cowbell

[@ShadowBanned0]

res

[@j.r.demobogenie8090]

I have Paperboy cartrigde Atari 2600.!!

[@tigerbalm20000]

Wow this might be the worst player I’ve ever seen! Lol! That being said, love the video for the nostalgia!

[@LeeEricsson]

Hated this game

[@Enhle_Nompilo_Mbatha]

Mame32 introduced me to this game😍

[@samuelgiles7571]

AVGN reviewed this game

[@Infomaniac_Moment]

What the hell is going on in Friday with the tricycles?

[@xxxx-bo6ux]

GET LOST!!!!

[@breadfan262]

Needs more cowbell.

[@peternolan5632]

We didnt have bmx years ago it was a kart

[@SoloDoloToker]

I forgot bill from king of the hill was in this game

[@m.k.b.3880]

Georgie fix that description, your not in kindergarten

[@pyramidhead138]

who wants to deliver papers that have "blah blah blah" all over them?