Paperboy

"Everybody hates the PaperBoy!"

Introduction
Well, apparently they do. Seems like everything in this game is out to hurt you. Maybe there is a conspiracy against the paperboy, that leads all the way to the White House? OR, maybe the game is just messed up.

Story N/A
You are the paper boy, and you have to deliver the paper. No story.

GamePlay 10/10
What’s that?! A 10 out of 10? Mike, you must be crazy! Well, I think I am. You ride your bike along the street, deliver papers to the White houses and not delivering to the Red houses. If you don’t make a delivery, they cancel their subscription. So you basically have to keep your job the longest. As you travel along, many things will try to kill you. I will name a few: angry mother, angry dog, guy in a go-cart, guy on a skateboard, guy with a jackhammer, the Grim Reaper, guy with a remote control car, guy with a garbage bag, and many others. They will try to knock you off your bike for some weird reason. I guess they don’t like it when you throw their paper through their window (another amazingly fun feature of the game). And usually, after they knock you off your bike, you get run over by a car, so that you feel more pain. You must be pretty bad at your job. At the end of every street, there is a bonus Training Course, where you have to throw papers at targets and stuff of the sort. At the end of the stage, the game will count up how many houses you actually delivered to, and then you have to deliver to them for the next stage. Every one you miss will cancel their subscription. If you are bored, I suggest you jump go through the level throwing papers through windows.

Graphics 6/10
The graphics are pretty bad. The sprites have very low detail, and sometimes it’s hard to tell what killed you. The street looks horrible, and the backgrounds hardly look like backgrounds.

Sound 2/10
One annoying track, played over and over again...I felt like stabbing myself.

Replay Value: High
It may be a terrible game, but it’s fun to play, so chances are that you will. Like I said, pass time by throwing papers through windows!

To buy or to rent
Buy it! You’ll probably be playing it non-stop for a long time!

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 03/03/02, Updated 03/03/02