OCS no. 1
OCS no. 2

Paperboy

General info

1989
Not Amiga Original

Relationships

Paperboy 2

WHDLoad

StingRay, JOTD, Ralf Huvendiek
2020-03-21
WHDLoad Site

Stats

5,480

Genre

Racing
Racing - Avoid Obstacles
2D
Angle
Scrolling - Diagonal
Transport - Bicycle

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Apple IIGS
Arcade
Atari Lynx
Atari ST/E
BBC Electron (Acorn)
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Commodore C16/Plus 4
Commodore C64/128
Mobile/Cell Phone
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
PC (DOS)
Sega Game Gear
Sega Master System
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1
Unknown

Features

Credits

Martin W. Ward
Amiga conversion
Elite
Richard Frankish (Rick Frankish)
Mark Cooksey
A. G. Williams
Original code

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Finale

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Paperboy
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
Encore (Elite)
English
1
Rare
1989
Paperboy
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
Elite
English
1
Rare
1989
Paperboy
Commercial
Full Price
USA
Mindscape
English
1
Rare

Notes

Distributed in France by Ubi Soft.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1984 Atari Games coin-op. PC versions: CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr

Screen info

OCS
Screenshot OCS no. 3

Screenshot OCS no. 4

Screenshot OCS no. 5

Screenshot OCS no. 6

Screenshot OCS no. 7

Screenshot OCS no. 8

Screenshot OCS no. 9

Screenshot OCS no. 10

Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

UK Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

UK Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

U.S. Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 5

Budget Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 6

Budget Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Disk scan OCS no. 2

Disk scan OCS no. 3

Disk scan OCS no. 4

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

French Pre-release Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

OCS no. 2

German Pre-release Advert (ASM 10/1989, Page 27)

Manual info

OCS
OCS no. 1

Manual (English)

OCS no. 2

Reference Card (English)

OCS no. 3

Instructions (English/French/German/Italian)

OCS

No cheats found.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Apple IIGS
Conversion Apple IIGS

Conversion Apple IIGS

Arcade
Conversion Arcade

Conversion Arcade

Atari Lynx
Conversion Atari Lynx

Conversion Atari Lynx

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

BBC Electron (Acorn)
No conversion screens found.
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C16/Plus 4
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Mobile/Cell Phone
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo Game Boy
Conversion Nintendo Game Boy

Conversion Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Color
Conversion Nintendo Game Boy Color

Conversion Nintendo Game Boy Color

Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sega Game Gear
Conversion Sega Game Gear

Conversion Sega Game Gear

Sega Master System
Conversion Sega Master System

Conversion Sega Master System

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
ACE 25 (Oct 1989)
878/1000
View
1
Amiga Action
1 (Oct 1989)
75%
Doug Johns
Steve Merrett
View
1
Amiga Format
4 (Nov 1989)
41%
Mike Dunn
View
1
Amiga Joker
Dec 1989
80%
Michael Labiner
View
1
Amiga Magazine (It)
14 (Jul 1990)
View
0
Amiga Point of View
3 (Nov 2008)
60%
Philippe Bareges
View
0
Amiga Resource
Vol 2 No 1 (Feb 1990)
11/20
Scott May
View
0
Computer + Video Games
95 (Oct 1989)
69%
Gordon Houghton
View
0
CU Amiga
Sep 1989
83%
Tony Dillon
View
2
Datormagazin
No 15 (Nov 1989)
7/10
Pekka Hedqvist
View
1
Génération 4
15 (Oct 1989)
81%
View
0
The Games Machine
23 (Oct 1989)
68%
Mark Caswell
View
1
The One
12 (Sep 1989)
80%
Gary Whitta
View
3
User
25 (May 1992)
66%
View
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
The Games Machine
14 (Jan 1989)
Preview
View
1
Zzap
44 (Dec 1988)
Maff Evans
Preview
View
0

OCS

Lore Score: 67%

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