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Paperboy
Title:Paperboy
Category:Game/Action
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:16K
Machine:PAL Only
Code Type:Machine code
Distribution:Commercial/TA
Retail Price:£7.95
Game ending type:No end (highscore)
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Released by:Elite Systems Ltd.
Re-released by:Encore
Produced by:Kingsoft
Cracked by:Micro Cracking LTD
Cracked by:Flip-Flop
Code by:Dierks, Jörg
Cracked by:Erich
Notes:AKA Paper Boy. Also copyright to Atari Games Inc 1984, developers of the arcade machine.
  External links:
    C64 release
    ZX Spectrum release
    Amiga release
    Amstrad CPC release
    BBC release
    Atari ST release
    Coin-op
    Atari Lynx release
    Acorn Electron release

User Rating: 6.2/10 (14 votes)
Paperboy Title Screenshot

Paperboy Screenshot


Releases
NameReleased ByRelease DateDistributionProduct CodeRetail PriceFormatPackageRarityNotesOwned
Elite releaseElite Systems Ltd.1986Commercial£7.95CassetteDouble boxUnspecified3
Encore releaseEncore1986Commercial£7.95CassetteUnspecified2
2 found.


Hall Of Fame
1Luca16,950Played using YAPE 1.1.0c, PSX joypad.
2MIK16,810Just to get the ball rolling & made it to Day 3. Played on a real C16.
3ILLSeaBass8,090
4Csabo4,650YAPE 1.0.4, keyboard controls.
5GTi3,250


Derived Software
Newspapers
Paperboy (Armati)
Paperboy+
The Postman
Tommy


Appeared On Compilations
Best of Elite Vol. 2


Publications
Description: 100+4/2 (Book/Hungarian) pg. 101
Review: Commodore Welt C1... 3/88 (Magazine/German) pg. 8
Citation: Retro Gamer 125 (Magazine/English) pg. 26
Previewed: Compute Mit SA 1/87 (Magazine/German) pg. 5
Review: Compute Mit 6/87 (Magazine/German) pg. 7
News: Aktueller Softwar... 1/1987 (Magazine/German) pg. 65
Review: Commodore Welt C1... 2/87 (Magazine/German) pg. 109
Review: H And D's C16 Plu... Volume 2 Issue 1 (Magazine/English) pg. 53
Review: Videogiochi 41 (Magazine/Italian) pg. 17
Review: Commodore Welt 4/87 (Magazine/German) pg. 60


Covers
Cassette Cover
Cassette Cover
Large picture
Instruction Leaflet Side 1
Instruction Leaflet Side 1
Large picture
Instruction Leaflet Side 2
Instruction Leaflet Side 2
Large picture
Cassette Cover (Encore)
Cassette Cover (Encore)
Large picture
Cassette Cover Inlay (Encore)
Cassette Cover Inlay (Encore)
Large picture
Instructions Leaflet
Instructions Leaflet


Physical Media
Cassette (Elite)
Cassette (Elite)
Cassette (Encore)
Cassette (Encore)
Cassette (Encore, White Text)
Cassette (Encore, White Text)


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Double advert with Ghosts 'n Goblins.


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Double advert with Ghosts 'n Goblins (French).


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Double advert with Bomb Jack.


Cheats - How do I use cheats?
Switch on C16/+4
Enter this program

1 FOR I = 320 TO 349:READ A
2 S=S+A:POKE I,A:NEXT
3 IF S <> 3098 THEN PRINT "DATA ERROR"
4 SYS320:LOAD ""
5 DATA 120,169,77,141,18,3,169,1,141,19,3,88,96,169,234,141
6 DATA 64,42,141,65,42,141,237,25,141,238,25,76,66,206

Rewind Paperboy tape
Run the above program
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE
The game will load and start with infinite lives and infinite papers

A cool interrupt driver cheat which I never saw done by anyone else?
Unlimited lives and unlimited papers
>19ED 24Unlimited papers
>2A40 24Unlimited lives
>1D96 2C
>2AA7 2C
>2AB4 2C
>2A2A 60
Invulnerability
>1C12 2CGame doesn't end if no papers were delivered

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