The History of Paperboy - Arcade Console documentary 

The many hours I put into Paperboy from the arcade to the Nintendo. I remember the first time I finally aced the obstacles course. I jumped up and down so hard in the arcade. People applauded me.

This channel continues to grow into one of my favorite gaming history channels.

They had the arcade at our local fair and I got it with my ZX Spectrum for Christmas in 85. I was so excited that Christmas morning!

Played this game the whole summer in 1985 & 86 at Adventure Island in Tampa. Best part of the arcade game was smashing the windows of non customers and the race at the end of each level!

Paperboy had a handlebar controller?! Whaaaaaaaatttt!?!?! That's awesome.

When it comes to unique arcade controllers Paper Boy definitely comes to mind. 🚲

My dentist office growing up was just for kids and they had a small arcade and this was one of my favorites to play when I went

I don't think I've ever seen a Paperboy arcade cabinet in the wild, but I sure had a lot of fun with the NES version. They really came up with a great combination of simplicity and addictive fun.

Born in 1976, so I have a good experience with this game from arcade to console to handheld everything and I’ve never been good at it and I’ve always wanted to be good at this game. It’s always been too difficult and as a gamer it drives me nuts, I stopped spending money on this game as a child in the arcade because I knew that I was only gonna get 10 houses up maybe in each quarter you’re putting in that machine had to last as long as it could! Sprint was a good game, golden glove boxing two of my faves for stretching out that quarter.

There is no purer nostalgia hit then your videos. Outstanding research and wife jokes as usual.

One phrase has always stuck with me throughout life, and I have said it a lot at my various jobs. “What a jerk I am “ I’m glad to finally hear it again

I remember saving 75$ of my paper route money to buy the NES cartridge of this game. The situational irony was lost on me.

I’ve felt like painting my house black and putting tombstones in my front yard over a missing paper from my paperboy.

I first saw this game in 1986 at the Bromley ski resort on our family vacation. It was in the lodge on the outside of one of the lodge bars. After the first day of skiing I decided I’d rather play games than ski for the time we were there. Paperboy took all my money. I remember deep in one game I heard a shriek in the bar from all the patrons. I ran in and saw in the tv the Challenger had exploded. After about two minutes I walked back to paperboy and was like meh. I remember that day like it just happened! After Galaga this is my second favorite game and I’m getting ready to pull the trigger on a full size. $3800-ouch!

Crying here, didn't knew about your health and life history, a huge inspiration, thanks for sharing as always!

I was a real paperboy in the early 90s and loved this game on NES! This and California Games was my favorite.

I had no idea that the arcade protagonist had so many audio recordings. 😮📊

Loved me some paperboy back when I used to be a kid delivering newspapers....man I was overworked lol.....720° was awesome back then too

Brings back memories of the spectrum, ST and Amiga versions. Unfortunately I don’t wasn’t old enough to be allowed to venture to the local arcade so I missed out on the arcade version.

Idk if I was just too young, but I remember the arcade version being very difficult. The NES version was probably the game I rented the most often.

I absolutely loved Video Game Arcades, and would spend all my money playing them. My parents had it with me early on, saying what a 'waste of money' those games were, but they got me an Atari 2600 so that was really nice of them.

I had the NES and even the Tiger Handheld versions of this game. The game as a whole is super simple, but super effective! I would always cheese the game by only delivering to the last house and then just survive the whole week to say I beat it haha

Loved Paperboy . I think this would be a great remake

Thank you for this, this was my favorite NES game of all time, and yes I still play it.

Patman, this is an awesome documentary💪🏆 i have Paperboy for the PS2 and i still can't play it with any skill. I'll focus on it one day and conquer it. It's a well made game fo sho. They should make another Paperboy in a Grand Theft Auto style.

One of the first nes games I had and played endlessly. Good stuff Patman. Ty for the awesome episode. 🤙

Man, just acme across this randomly last night. Great video. Fun game but gets hard as shit depending on the console. A bit repetitve, but one of the better games of its era. You covered versions I didn't know existed too. Props. I subscribed based off this video and saw your introduction when doing so. Good fucking job not letting life destroy you and hanging in there with the adversity you faced. This was a top notch video and I hope you get the credit you deserve.

I always say that if time travel ever becomes a thing, kickass 80's arcades will be my first stop. Atari truly were masters of creative arcade games, as during this period, every game was so unique(probably my GOAT coin-op maker). They always seemed like the most important thing was to deliver a new way to play games, and they rarely if ever disappointed in this regard. The yolk from Star Wars, the handlebars of Paperboy, the 360 rotating joystick of 720, the trackball for Missle Command, the rotating stick for Xybots, it was never ending. Paperboy also had some killer conversions, with the Master System and the Lynx ports being two of my favorites. As always Patman, thanks for the detailed history lesson, and the walk down memory lane.

Great video! I loved paperboy in the arcade! I had a paper route back in the day since I wanted to buy a NES and all the games I wanted. I always felt a little kinship with the paperboy in the game as I've been chased by angry dogs in the wee hours of the morning as well.

I first played this game in 1985 at Cherryland Mall in Traverse City, Michigan. I totally sucked a$$ at it but it was a lot of fun to play and the sounds and graphics were quite astounding for its time. On a side note, before she dropped me off at the mall’s arcade, my mom had just gotten Tears For Fears’ “Songs from the Big Chair” on cassette and had been playing it nonstop so now whenever I hear any song from that album, I immediately think of Paperboy. Not a bad memory to have.

Amazed at the photos of the original cabinet. Patman, you're the best!

I think I might have played a Paperboy Arcade once at the Funspot in Laconia NH, but most of my memories but come the SNES version of Paperboy 2. The graphics were pleasant and I can still groove to the music with the Seinfeld-esque baseline. Thanks for the road down memory lane, Pat!

I remember playing the arcade one when I was a kid, the control was pretty tight and accurate with that handle. My favorite home version is the Master System one.

I had the NES port back in the day & loved it, then I was so happy when they included it in Midway Arcade Treasures vol 1 (I played it a lot)....I was deeply saddened when then removed it from Midway Arcade Origins (along with removing Road Blasters, Klax, Blaster, Splat! & Vindicators 1 as well)....I always wish Midway Arcade Orgins would have had a DLC/add on that included the previous content but unfortunately they never did (and Xbox and PlayStation never included the arcade version in their plays stores either, such a bummer).

Would love to have seen the runaway piano in the game. There where so many crazy things in the finished game-the mini tornadoes, the guard cat, the drunk, the bee swarm, the fist fight, the break dancer, the burglar, and the remote controlled car to list only a few. Too bad they didn’t do a garage band, where the band members armed with guitars go after you if you mess them up, or (maybe it could be offensive to religious groups), well dressed Mormons knocking on people’s doors.

I think the NES port was the reason DiC featured the character and settings in an episode of Captain N the Game Master in which Mother Brain tried to take over a portion of Videoland with mind control printer's ink. Looking back on the episode, I can understand why they gave Paperboy a backstory where he's an illiterate Hispanic boy trying to earn a living to help his family.

Paperboy would be such an amazing VR game.

I’m going to get my coffee and start watching but I’m pleased to see a new video of Paperboy

18:10 The NES Commercial of Paperboy I never get tired of these funny commercials 😅😂🤣

I seriously doubt many of the viewers caught your joke about using the same vitamins as Lance Armstrong.

Thanks for the awesome video. Happy holiday

Yeah hell yeah!!! I new video was released! I’m getting stoned AF for this game!!!! ❤🎉

Did you mention that attacking the non sub houses can make them subscribe? I think you missed that out? That is the main reason to do it, more so than points, as it can balance out the losses from houses you miss. I think i was about four when i first played this - its one of the earliest gaming memories I have when my Dad showed me the ZXSpectrum.

Another great video Pat! In the UK Paperboy was featured in an 80s teatime kids TV quiz show called First Class. It was so cool seeing it on TV, but I only really got to play it at home on the spectrum.

I'm mostly have nostalgia for paperboy 2 on the snes

Great work as usual! Would love to see a history about Atari Games. I would love to know more about the development of San Francisco Rush

Happy new year. I think it’s time to look at my all time favourite arcade game. The New Zealand story.

Great history on Paperboy the game! Only on the home versions was I able to do really well with this game, finally taking those skills to the arcade version to get to level 2 and 3. Very tough game when the dog chases you, along with the little RC car! Really unique, original game though that could use a new sequel. Thanks Patman!

Another arcade game by Atari that is also similar to Paperboy is 720. It had that unique 360 joystick, same med-res monitor w/ similar graphics, a soundtrack even, multiple character digitized voice samples and sound effects, both of those games had the bees after you, etc.

I just watched the original video. Perfect timing👍

Recall this looking fantastic at the time . Sounded great too

Since I grew up in the boonies I rarely got to play the arcade but I played the crap out of the NES version. My father always referred to the jackhammer guys as "d*ck pumpers" which made us kids laugh although mom didn't think it was so funny. Great memories, thank you for an awesome review!

loved that game on NES, thank you for the video

Maybe it was all that weed they smoked at Atari back in the day, but their coin op ideas were truly some of the best gaming has ever seen.

Love your videos, especially the commentary! Laugh every time ha ha! I just got the Buystuff Arcade upgrade for the Star Wars arcade 1up and was extremely excited that it has paperboy on it and works very well with the flight yoke, the truest version I’ve played since the original

I love how there was a Captain N episode that basically explained that everyone was out to get the Paperboy because they were all brainwashed by subliminal messages in the newspapers. One of my favorite episodes. The original concept for the show had Paperboy as the main hero, so it's good to see they at least had an episode that was a nod to that.

I played this at the arcade, then bought it for Game Boy, though I wasn't that great at it. I was surprised it was conceived in 1982 by Atari Games. I've been saying they should have made E.T. a bicycle chase game in 1982 rather than an adventure game where you fall in pits. I would have watched it a week or two ago, but it's 40 minutes, and even on x2 and skipping ahead it was a long video.

Mannnn!!!! I loved this game. Especially with the bike handle bars for steering. What a time...

To this day I still mention Paperboy as I make my way through the city streets 😂😂😂 weaving in and out of crowds, crazies etc lol But I had the Tiger Paperboy game and got it on NES and Gameboy… I had a love hate relationship with the game. It was my favorite game but always frustrated me when I got hit 😂😂😂 I’ll take a break and pick it up again.

Paperboy was one of the first NES games I had. Loved this game but I was so young I hadn’t experienced it in the arcade until I got older

oh man as soon as i heard the first few notes of the C64 music the entire track came back to me. I must have played it more often then I remembered, but it also could be that I just really liked that song, because I did. Excellent widely ported game to pick, and def. a fond teenage memory. Please do 720 next! Now THERE was a game with a killer soundtrack!

Pat you are a youtube hero. Plus good easter egg jokes. Your wife gets lot of attention from you! You are a badass video producer.

7:44 - It's Carl Brutananadilewski!

Shoutout to Rampage!!! The greatest Monster game ever

Great video. Excellent! I loved Paperboy in the arcade BUT those rubber handle grips STUNK...all sweaty and cruddy. Yuck. I vividly remember that. I actually liked Paperboy on Gameboy and still play it some. Next to the arcade version I like the music in that one best. It really is a great game!

Good stuff my dude. Keep it up

The Master System / GG music sounds more like Moon Patrol than Paperboy.

I remember playing this in the arcade as a kid. I was amazed by the arcade graphics back then and the voice samples. It was way too hard for me and I gave up quickly. I couldn't understand how other people were so good at it. We used to play the Sega Genesis and NES versions of this over and over again at one of my friend's houses. We would take turns and compete with our scores. Good times. 😊

I liked how you said Easy St was where you met your wife. Zing.

I never realized this before, but the paper boy’s voice lines are priceless 😂 especially that Punch-out reference

The girl playing tapper had her record removed for non oem pcb and joystick

My first experience with this is on the Tiger LED (I think Light Emitting Diode) Electronics. I'm impressed that you got the two versions of Amstrad.

1982 the year I was born

Great choice for a documentary PatMan!

I actually think the Gameboy version controls very well, it definitely has some hit detection issues, but for a portable NES version of the game, you can't go wrong.

I always broke the windows, the sound of breaking glass was funny.

Possibly one of the first videogames I ever played. I would have been around 3 or 4 years old at the time, I can still remember being at my sister's house and they had a SEGA Gamegear with Paperboy. It's such an easy game, at least in terms of gameplay mechanics, to pick up and play. Cut to many years later, and I was fortunate enough to play the original arcade version at a gaming convention. Whether you're a toddler or almost pushing 40, Paperboy is just so much fun to play, and challenging enough to keep you interested without becoming so annoying that you don't enjoy it anymore. Modern Games Developers could learn a lot from these simplistic, older games.

Ah, good old times. I used to knock everything possible and have a good laugh. Probably my first stress reliever, well, electronically. I just don't care; I'm going to hit everything.

Thanks for giving the ZX Spectrum version a decent shake, yeah it's lacking in colour and music but that goes with the territory, but the gameplay is still decent, in fact I find it easier to play than the Arcade. Also I have the nostalgia when my dad brought it home with a joystick. And playing it all the time back in the day. Till I finally started memorizing the hazards and managed to complete it this year.

LET ME REMIND YOU THAT PAPERBOY WAS ONLY POPULAR IN THE US, BECAUSE ALL AROUND THE WORLD EVERYONE WAS PLAYING JAPANESE ARCADE GAMES AND CONSOLES, ALSO THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED PAPERBOY I WAS LIKE: BORING!

Great job with the video, well done. Happy New Year to you, looking forward to more great content from you.

Played this game for the very first time in the early 90s on a Tiger Electronics handheld. Not bad, by Tiger standards.

Great videonas always! Happy New Year!

In the BBC Micro version looks like the Paperboy turns into an old man having a sit when he crashes lol.

I actually prefer the C=64 music over all others. That's the version I knew the best. The Commodore unfortunately often seemed to have blocky graphics since multi color mode was technically only 160X200. Plus I always wished the Commodore would have had a minimum of 32 colors.

That acrcade machine with handlebars was about as cool a thing as I had ever seen. I was about 7 but still lol

Enjoying your channel (and the nostalgia that comes with it). Not sure if you take requests but would love to see history videos for the following games: * Hang-on/Super Hang-On * Virtua Fighter Series * Soul Blade/Soul Calibur series * Rush N Attack * Shinobi series

I played Paper Boy in 1985 while on vacation with my grandmother and mother in Antibes (south of France). I also played Marble Madness and Crossbow. I found Paper Boy difficult because of its isometric 3D view. My grandmother played an old electromechanical game called Wild Gunman 😱

I played this first on Commodore64. It was very hard but I loved the music so much. TBH when I first heard the arcade tune I was kind of dissapointed. C64 version was very chill and melodic. But nostalgia is a b.....h :) It is a definitely a clasic game. Great retrospective

I never got on with this game. Although I do like the way it looks.

I lost your channel from switching accounts. Thank god I found you again!

The swarm of bees was also implimented in 720º for the same reason. Going too slow.

I loved this game , it brings back memories of playing games with my brothers

The voices are synthesized. It is the common speech engine we all know from various devices such as the Speak n Spell. They did a great job programming the inflexions, they sound like Marty Mc Fly.

I definitely played this game, mainly for the NES not so much in the arcade or the Genesis, I never played the sequel, by then I was into other types of games

Man why does zaxxon map layouts remind me of a circuit board

I played this game in Guatemala 🇬🇹😍 I was 10 years old 💖

I don’t remember the exact year I got it but I know it was right before winter break.. I think I had it on Amiga and somehow wound up with a 2nd copy I never bothered to return.. Now I have it digitally on PSP which is a really nice version

Great game Patman

That swarm of bees are a bunch of haters