Play Paperboy (USA, Europe) Online

Dodge dogs and breakdancers while chucking newspapers at porches—sounds simple until you realize how weirdly tense it gets when subscribers start canceling. The bike physics feel janky at first, but you’ll keep retrying just to nail that perfect run.

Developer: Atari Games

Genre: Arcade

Released: 1991

File size: 242 bytes

Game Overview

Paperboy on the Genesis is basically the same chaotic paper-tossing madness as the arcade original, just with slightly chunkier sprites. You ride your bike down suburban streets, trying to nail newspaper deliveries onto porches while dodging runaway shopping carts, angry dogs, and those weird breakdancers who pop out of nowhere.

At first it seems easy—just throw papers at the right houses, right? But then you realize some porches are tiny, people randomly walk into your path, and if you miss too many deliveries, your subscribers get pissed. The Genesis version keeps that arcade feel, though the controls take a minute to get used to (why is braking so awkward?).

It’s one of those games where you’ll restart immediately after crashing just to beat your last score. Delivering papers shouldn’t be this stressful, but here we are.