![]() ![]() On the 360, Digital Eclipse has delivered the Atari classic in the usual flawless fashion, with a few minor tweaks such as ability to stretch the screen out as you require (yep, even full widescreen if you want) basic score-based versus Xbox Live mode and collaborative (but, again, entirely score-based) Xbox Live co-op mode. ![]() Everyone's a Sun subscriber in Paperboy land. So, if you're one of the unfortunates who shelled out your pocket money haplessly for those travesties back in 1986, here's a chance to right those wrongs and experience an arcade perfect port in your own home for the price of a large beer.Īlternatively, if you loved the game as much as I did, you many well have already spent years tinkering with MAME trying to make Paperboy run without stuttering - in which case you might have nightmarish flashbacks when greeted with the parping intro music that greets this delightful cartoon romp around American suburbia. Of course, like any half decent arcade game it was shovelled lovelessly (mainly by the UK's own shovel-friendly Elite of Commandos, Ghosts n' Goblins and Bomb Jack fame) onto about a dozen different home systems - most which were hopelessly incapable of displaying the colourful, isometric, pin-sharp visuals with any accuracy, never mind the scrolling streets. As a 12 year-old, I recall with rueful clarity that it certainly didn't make it any easier to get around - in all probability, it succeeded in being cool, but not very practical. Paperboy's central novelty was the use of bicycle handlebars as a means to guide the cap-wearing chap around the deadly suburban streets while you attempted to throw your stock of papers at letter boxes. Surprisingly, Paperboy stands up pretty well, despite being over 22 years old, and - predictably - rather tough.Īt the time, of course, it emerged during an era when arcade manufacturers were starting to get more ambitious with control devices and branching out from the traditional cabinets. If, like me, you're in the latter camp, you might be delighted that a genuine all-time arcade favourite has been effectively welcomed into Microsoft's growing hall of fame. While we await for the new blood to course through the Xbox Live Arcade, yet another of the Midway Arcade Treasures set has received a standalone release - which is either really bad news if you're sick to the back teeth of ancient old crud being fostered upon us, or a chance to relish old school gaming at its purest. ![]()
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