For as much Jared didn't like Startropics I actually kind of love how the Shaman has become a continuous character in his playthroughs. Almost a shame she doesn't appear in Startropics II if/when he ever decides to give that a shot.
@@PlayerZeroStart I think that opinion was just misconstrued a bit during his let's play, because he was growing frustrated. And rather than take a break for a while like one normally should when feeling frustrated at a game, his job demanded that he keep pushing through that frustration. Causing the frustration to compound upon itself, and become even worse due to not giving himself time to recharge his batteries when needed.
You mean to tell me they made a Paperboy 2? Thank GOD!! How could the world have POSSIBLY survived without TWO WHOLE GAMES WORTH of gripping Paperboy content on the NES?
For anyone curious - Paperboy 2 was released 1991/1992 and the first Paper Mario was released in 2000. The "8 years later" joke at the beginning is actually a bit of trivia as well.
I never played paper boy 1 and 2, but I do remember watching Peeby and Hammy play this game as one of the first episodes of PB&JEFF in July of 2015. And now 6 1/2 years later, you’re playing this game. Have a hug after all that raging, Jerd. ♥️🤗
"I'm not convinced many people like it or got very far in it though." I'd agree. It's an idea I love; simple but all these crazy things you can have happen. But it's very clunky, angles are poor, and hit boxes are weird. It was a "rent once, never play again" kind of game.
Yes, except I rented this game probably twelve times. My local gas station had a fairly small selection. Yes, I said "gas station." Remember those days? And that's the story of how Paperboy 2 became one of my favorite titles on the NES.
@@dontmindmeonlysauronchecki5346 Glad you enjoyed it! I should have said that it was more of generalized statement, as I'm not surprised a few enjoyed it as a kid. I don't recall a gas station with rentals locally (surprisingly), but every grocery store had rentals it seemed.
@@andreasgrunebaum4375 Even if Statropics had normal controls the game is still full on unfair bullshit, cheap difficulty spikes, beginner traps, and artificial padding. Nostalgia bias can only get you so far to ignore all the bad design choices and without nostalgia bias to sugar coat it the game simply is not good.
Me and a buddy would play this during sleepovers at his house. I hated it at first, but he figured out how to play. Turned into great childhood memories.
I don't know what city this game was set in, but I'm glad I don't live there with demon hands coming out of the sewers and monsters outside the cathedral. This is far too much hazard for a kid just trying to make a little money.
I had the SNES version of this growing up. It was far from my favorite but it was enjoyable every so often. I think I finished the first week once. The route numbers are passwords for later weeks. You have a max of ten subscribers. Any houses that aren’t subscribers at first will never be, but if you have a perfect delivery day you can regain one subscriber you lost previously.
1:55 I didn't even see him as a robber at first. I thought you just foiled a string of murders by knocking out an evil god with a newspaper at the gas station.
You know what would make this game more fun and tolerable for most players including Jared? If when every time you got a game over the shaman lady was there to give you a pep talk!
I had paperboy 2 on the snes and oddly enough, I enjoyed it and understood the goals. The houses with the mailboxes, get a flyer and the ones without dont. If you dont miss a subscriber, some of the other houses with sign up. Miss one and that house will cancel. By the look of it, I think you are on the nes version (I may have missed if you had mentioned it) The graphics on the snes version looks a fair bit different and I've seen a few obstacles that are new for me, but also have yet to see some that I'd always be on the watch for
for as few mechanics that this game actually has, im surprised he didnt realize that he only needed to throw papers at houses with mailboxes. the green doors mean nothing
@@bsg-jay7093right. but still, the subscribers have mailboxes, that was my point. houses with mailboxes do are not subscribers. throwing them a paper doesnt matter
I loved playing the original Paper Boy growing up! I played it through the psx Arcade's Greatest Hits! It took some getting used to, but I was able to go like a week ingame. Also to answer Jerd's question, in the first at least you got new subscribers from not losing old ones, which you did by... delivering all their papers. Definitely easier said than done, but with practice it was doable.
Gotta love all these old school games. The kind that clearly defines the term “Get Good” and it applies. No hand holding, no easy mode, no tutorials… just toss you in the game and says “figure it out yourself.” Lol.
JEPP this is what made us good gamers at the good old days. Nowadays we can google it or watch let´s plays if we cannot get further in a game - when we NES-generation gamers started, most of us had to do it even without nintendo power or club nintendo to look at, because those magazines appeared about the late 80ies to early 90ies so yes, it really was GO IN AND TRY YOURSELF! I don´t know if you´re the same generation, but if, you definitely know about it..
@@andreasgrunebaum4375 I use to play Shadowgate on my old Atari ST, no help, no clues, just click and try to find how if that lever doesn't kill you, light the torch and forget to bring more and stumble in the dark and death... Gotta love these games.
My brother and I would play this all the time. We really enjoyed this game. It's amazing that even after 25 years I still remember all the effects and how to not die constantly...like someone I've seen....
I remember playing the 1st Paperboy on NES was a kid, I didn’t even know they made a Paperboy 2 or Super Paperboy. I knew about the original Paperboy and Paperboy 64. I never made it past the 2nd route.
I used to love playing Paperboy 2. I had it on Super Nintendo, and my friend had it on Genesis and some of the graphics for the characters were different like the robber looked completely different and it blew my mind as a kid.
I can definitely say I loved playing Paperboy 2, but a different version of it than the one you are playing now. Just need to learn to take it slow and know what to look out for and it can be good fun.
Paper Boy IMO encapsulates the Stockholm Syndrome of nostalgia. People remember these games fondly, but uhh... I don't think they've ever been good. XD
I guess he´s still fed up from Star Tropics - kinda traumatized even, I mean look how often Shaman-Lady appears... He´s definitely not over that yet XD
@@andreasgrunebaum4375 Exactly. If we can't make fun without feeling bad then the bad games win. No I have one non-sport game I expect to see him ever play less; and that I believe was called "Monster Party" I(I actually forget the name but I think this was it. based off an old instruction manual for the game). This dumpster fire of a game was a run until you fail game where its also some what grid based and would randomly go tron on you and green lines with black coloring between and your character would pop up so you could use 3D glasses or some crap. mechanically speaking its almost as bad as Star Tropics (control and hit box wise). I think the levels were random gens and once you accumulated enough points or something you would move on... or it really was go til ya drop I never made it to far so I do not know. I have seen it in simulators and was like hell no once I realized which game it was.
I had a genesis version of paperboy, I remember liking the music. But kind of like you said, I was never super into it. The grey houses are the non subscribers, and you even get points for breaking their stuff.
I played Paperboy 2 a lot more than 1, mainly on the SNES and had no idea there was a NES version! Good for a five minute binge of throwing newspapers at cars.
I had this game on Game Gear. I eventually got to the point where I could get through a few stages. Not a big fan, but you take what you can get when you're a kid on an hours-long road trip, it's too dark to see the unlit Game Boy screen, and you've still got a while until you reach the hotel.
I thought I was terrible at paperboy as a kid and it wasn’t until I was an Aston realized almost everyone is terrible at paperboy and the controls are complete crap
I had paperboy 2 as a kid and it brought back some nostalgia to me lol! I personally enjoyed the game but it was extremely frustrating. But it was one of those frustrations where after I calmed down I would play it again. The thing about this game is it takes a lot practice and learning to go at a certain pace. With the course selector you can play the same course over and over until you start doing well with it. The goal is to make it a week and then you “win”. I don’t think I ever made it that long but did make it to Friday or Saturday a few times. It has a steep learning curve and I get the frustration of this game. I just liked the challenge for some reason 😂
This game is like having a crush on someone who is toxic, you love the idea of being with them, but when you start it up you are 3 seconds in and wanna shut it down lol
it's a genuinely intriguing game concept, i'd love to see it done better, with an analog stick to control your turning, and consumable slowdown-time powers to really nail the paper-throws..
I like playing the first Paperboy WITH SOMEONE ELSE you egg each other on and make a competition out of it. But playing it alone is not worth the time investment. I will freely admit that Paperboy is the reason I never biked up curbs or over storm drains.
Ah yes, Paperboy, the game where AVGN taught us that, to make a person subscribe to the newspaper, just throw a newspaper to their house window and BAM! New subscriber!
I think the reason these games are so hard is that you have no time to see what's ahead because of the camera angle. The most important gameplay happens in just the lower corners.
You definitely had to get used to the isometric view back in the days. All we knew until then was either "run from left to right, jump every know and then" or the top-down view and even THAT was kind of strange when you just played Mario games for the first 4 to 5 years after finnaly getting your NES as a kid and all of a sudden you get t know about The Legend of Zelda and Paper Boy and asked yourself: WHAT? HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK? - I was a dumb kid sometimes ;)
When I was 7, I used to play the Super NES version of Paperboy 2 and rarely I was able to won the obstacle course and seeing the best newspaper headlines was satisfying after foiling a robbery.😄😓 Other than that….the game was a pain of my childhood ass.
I actually kinda love playing this game! I had this rather than the original. I never knew how to do subscribers back in the day but just anything and everything with papers! I actually would be happy to see this on Switch NES Online!
I have a lot of nostalgia for Paperboy, it was the only game my grandma had besides Ms. Pac Man. I only got past the first obstacle course a few times as a kid though lol
I remember playing this game so much on the SNES. I was always trying my best with the score and avoiding everything. Sure, it hasn't aged the best, but it's sure a blast to go back and experience what was one of my first games to own
Jerd, I loved Paperboy 2 and clocked over 100 hours on it as a kid! (I got it from a pawn shop and was poor so didn't have other options 😉) never played or saw paperboy 1. You made some amazing mailbox plays! Especially considering your cartridge is fucked six ways from Sunday 😂 the music is running at half speed and there are so many glitches, I bet your controls are wonky too. Some tips for anyone interested: - you get new subscribers when you make a perfect run -you lose subscribers when you damage their property -you get points when you break windows and otherwise trash non subscriber houses 😂 most of the fun of the game was seeing how many papers I could chuck in a single pass of the gargoyle house with 10 windows! -the bullseye targets sitting in that grey liquid at the end can only be hit mid jump, when you throw a paper while catching air it throws the paper behind you and homes in on those (also makes it look like a flipping cool drive by 😎) Thanks for showing this and reigniting some fierce nostalgia! I hope you play it again (with a better cartridge 😲)
Games like Paperboy are like middle school. Might have had bad times, might have had good times. It's perfectly fine to look back and remember, but actually going back is really awkward and weird.
I'm one of the few people that enjoyed the game. Though I do have to say, that paperboy 2 was more...clunky. The sprites were updated and changed, but the hitboxes were really wonky, mostly because in 2 the range to get a paper into the mailbox is actually really forgiving. But they also made hazards far easier to hit you as well. There are a few obstacles that don't appear in 1 that appear in 2 and you can play as a paper girl, that's kind of it. I enjoyed the game because it was a challenge kind of game, all about skill and perseverance. Also, while a high score is the goal, there is actually a real end to the game, as you can gain subscribers. The final day you deliver to all the houses, then there's an actual end, though the game loops with a faster speed and more unforgiving obstacles. I've never managed to get past the first day of the second cycle, it's insanity.
Yeah... i think there was a tiger electronics version of paperboy i used to play.. lol back in day it was just one of those games easy to play portably - but yeah it sucks
I did play paperboy some as a kid. Though all I ever did was try to break all the windows and knock over all the trashcans. It was fun to play for like fifteen minutes, then I wouldn't touch it again for a few months. Never even came close to beating it.
This very much feels like an arcade game and like nearly all arcade games, there's not enough content to really justify playing it for more than 30 minutes at most.
I had Paperboy 2. I put tons of hours into it and managed to beat it. Watching this made me realize that I still remember every house, every obstacle and still possess the muscle memory 30 years later to react properly to all of it. And I'm pretty sure I never liked the game.
I was going to say that at least the skaters are not in this game, they where always the worst enemies in the first game. But then there came the baby carriage.
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Paper boy fired.... I mean if you can recover the freakin' body...
For as much Jared didn't like Startropics I actually kind of love how the Shaman has become a continuous character in his playthroughs. Almost a shame she doesn't appear in Startropics II if/when he ever decides to give that a shot.
What do you mean he didn't like Startropics? Have you seen his review? He enjoyed it plenty, he just had a lot to criticize about it.
@@PlayerZeroStart I think that opinion was just misconstrued a bit during his let's play, because he was growing frustrated. And rather than take a break for a while like one normally should when feeling frustrated at a game, his job demanded that he keep pushing through that frustration. Causing the frustration to compound upon itself, and become even worse due to not giving himself time to recharge his batteries when needed.
You mean to tell me they made a Paperboy 2? Thank GOD!!
How could the world have POSSIBLY survived without TWO WHOLE GAMES WORTH of gripping Paperboy content on the NES?
For anyone curious - Paperboy 2 was released 1991/1992 and the first Paper Mario was released in 2000. The "8 years later" joke at the beginning is actually a bit of trivia as well.
So I see the Mystery Hand in Toilet from Zelda games got early work in Paperboy before it(?) moved up to a speaking role. How heartwarming!
Still looking for paper to get out.
The hand was a she in Skyward Sword, but I don't think the other ones were all later (in-universe) versions of the exact same person.
I never played paper boy 1 and 2, but I do remember watching Peeby and Hammy play this game as one of the first episodes of PB&JEFF in July of 2015. And now 6 1/2 years later, you’re playing this game. Have a hug after all that raging, Jerd. ♥️🤗
That Paper Mario joke at the beginning legit got a laugh out of me lol
"I'm not convinced many people like it or got very far in it though." I'd agree. It's an idea I love; simple but all these crazy things you can have happen. But it's very clunky, angles are poor, and hit boxes are weird. It was a "rent once, never play again" kind of game.
Yes, except I rented this game probably twelve times. My local gas station had a fairly small selection. Yes, I said "gas station." Remember those days? And that's the story of how Paperboy 2 became one of my favorite titles on the NES.
@@dontmindmeonlysauronchecki5346 Glad you enjoyed it! I should have said that it was more of generalized statement, as I'm not surprised a few enjoyed it as a kid.
I don't recall a gas station with rentals locally (surprisingly), but every grocery store had rentals it seemed.
Because Startropics didn't piss him off enough.
The difference is, StarTropics is a *good* game.
@@renatocorvaro6924 Not really when looked without rose tinted nostalgia goggles.
@@elin111 OOOH C`MON!
@@andreasgrunebaum4375 Even if Statropics had normal controls the game is still full on unfair bullshit, cheap difficulty spikes, beginner traps, and artificial padding. Nostalgia bias can only get you so far to ignore all the bad design choices and without nostalgia bias to sugar coat it the game simply is not good.
Dude, in the SNES remaster or whatever... I loved the ghost because (I think) it actually went, "Ooooooohhh~" lol
I don't think anyone liked these games, they just liked the isometric graphics. Unusual for the time.
Any neighborhood that has fortresses with cannons, living gargoyles and spit-roasting pigs in a front yard is a neighborhood I want to live in.
on the other hand this is a place where you can get fired for getting hit by a car. that's fuckin harsh.
Live in, yes, work in, no.
@@KairuHakubi Worth the risk to have sunbathing babes in the front yards.
jesus as someone who grew up with this and my stubborn nature, this game was one of my personal demons sent from hell
Me and a buddy would play this during sleepovers at his house. I hated it at first, but he figured out how to play. Turned into great childhood memories.
That was, without a doubt, the most successful run of any Paperboy game I've ever seen.
I don't know what city this game was set in, but I'm glad I don't live there with demon hands coming out of the sewers and monsters outside the cathedral. This is far too much hazard for a kid just trying to make a little money.
Unless the newspaper company had REALLY GOOD workers' insurance to cover it.
@@matthewelliott7294 And hazard pay. Bonuses too.
@@whatusaymark true
It's obviously Sunnydale.
I rode a bike a LOT through my middle school & high school years. I was never good at popping up my front wheel to hop onto the curb, though. 🤕
I had the SNES version of this growing up. It was far from my favorite but it was enjoyable every so often. I think I finished the first week once. The route numbers are passwords for later weeks. You have a max of ten subscribers. Any houses that aren’t subscribers at first will never be, but if you have a perfect delivery day you can regain one subscriber you lost previously.
1:55 I didn't even see him as a robber at first. I thought you just foiled a string of murders by knocking out an evil god with a newspaper at the gas station.
I only ever played the GameBoy version of PaperBoy, I hated it and somehow still remember it very vividly
Jared, the routes are a password system, if you know the password you can try medium street and hard street
You know what would make this game more fun and tolerable for most players including Jared? If when every time you got a game over the shaman lady was there to give you a pep talk!
I had paperboy 2 on the snes and oddly enough, I enjoyed it and understood the goals. The houses with the mailboxes, get a flyer and the ones without dont. If you dont miss a subscriber, some of the other houses with sign up. Miss one and that house will cancel. By the look of it, I think you are on the nes version (I may have missed if you had mentioned it) The graphics on the snes version looks a fair bit different and I've seen a few obstacles that are new for me, but also have yet to see some that I'd always be on the watch for
for as few mechanics that this game actually has, im surprised he didnt realize that he only needed to throw papers at houses with mailboxes. the green doors mean nothing
Hitting the doors of subscribers counts as a delivery. But you get less points
@@bsg-jay7093right. but still, the subscribers have mailboxes, that was my point. houses with mailboxes do are not subscribers. throwing them a paper doesnt matter
I think it was fantastic when you got run over by a car and then were immediately fired. "Oh, you got run over? Well you're fired for that."
American labour laws in action.
2:06 "Why do you hate the paperboy so much?" *breaks neighbor's window* I think you just got your answer XD
I loved playing the original Paper Boy growing up! I played it through the psx Arcade's Greatest Hits! It took some getting used to, but I was able to go like a week ingame. Also to answer Jerd's question, in the first at least you got new subscribers from not losing old ones, which you did by... delivering all their papers. Definitely easier said than done, but with practice it was doable.
That Paper Mario Joke Hurt... but in a good way xD
I’d love to see the Completionist try this. Jirard going insane trying to beat 10000 levels
actually its a password system, theres only 3 "weeks" of stages in this game and every final dsy you gotta input yhe next password
I remember how ridiculous the later stages in Paperboy 1 were. Like a fricking twister would chase you and the Grim Reaper would show up.
Gotta love all these old school games. The kind that clearly defines the term “Get Good” and it applies. No hand holding, no easy mode, no tutorials… just toss you in the game and says “figure it out yourself.” Lol.
JEPP this is what made us good gamers at the good old days. Nowadays we can google it or watch let´s plays if we cannot get further in a game - when we NES-generation gamers started, most of us had to do it even without nintendo power or club nintendo to look at, because those magazines appeared about the late 80ies to early 90ies so yes, it really was GO IN AND TRY YOURSELF! I don´t know if you´re the same generation, but if, you definitely know about it..
@@andreasgrunebaum4375 I use to play Shadowgate on my old Atari ST, no help, no clues, just click and try to find how if that lever doesn't kill you, light the torch and forget to bring more and stumble in the dark and death... Gotta love these games.
3:13 to 3:17 "And then! At his funeral! Theyyyy FIRED him!"
My brother and I would play this all the time. We really enjoyed this game. It's amazing that even after 25 years I still remember all the effects and how to not die constantly...like someone I've seen....
So good to see Jared playing this piece of my childhood. I never made it past week one and yet it's still one of my favorite SNES games.
Of course, Jared's last run is probably how most of us play Paper Boy ^_^
Loving the nes and old school rpgs. You’re the man.
I remember playing the 1st Paperboy on NES was a kid, I didn’t even know they made a Paperboy 2 or Super Paperboy. I knew about the original Paperboy and Paperboy 64. I never made it past the 2nd route.
I've never played paperboy 2
I only had the 1st one on a ps1 arcade collection disk.
But this is cool how you deliver papers on both sides of the road
I used to love playing Paperboy 2. I had it on Super Nintendo, and my friend had it on Genesis and some of the graphics for the characters were different like the robber looked completely different and it blew my mind as a kid.
I can definitely say I loved playing Paperboy 2, but a different version of it than the one you are playing now. Just need to learn to take it slow and know what to look out for and it can be good fun.
Paper Boy IMO encapsulates the Stockholm Syndrome of nostalgia. People remember these games fondly, but uhh... I don't think they've ever been good. XD
The PTSD watching this game brings up... I can't even enjoy the Jared breakdowns.
Come on Jared prove this game can be won.
I guess he´s still fed up from Star Tropics - kinda traumatized even, I mean look how often Shaman-Lady appears... He´s definitely not over that yet XD
@@andreasgrunebaum4375 Exactly. If we can't make fun without feeling bad then the bad games win.
No I have one non-sport game I expect to see him ever play less; and that I believe was called "Monster Party" I(I actually forget the name but I think this was it. based off an old instruction manual for the game). This dumpster fire of a game was a run until you fail game where its also some what grid based and would randomly go tron on you and green lines with black coloring between and your character would pop up so you could use 3D glasses or some crap.
mechanically speaking its almost as bad as Star Tropics (control and hit box wise). I think the levels were random gens and once you accumulated enough points or something you would move on... or it really was go til ya drop I never made it to far so I do not know.
I have seen it in simulators and was like hell no once I realized which game it was.
I had a genesis version of paperboy, I remember liking the music. But kind of like you said, I was never super into it. The grey houses are the non subscribers, and you even get points for breaking their stuff.
I played Paperboy 2 a lot more than 1, mainly on the SNES and had no idea there was a NES version! Good for a five minute binge of throwing newspapers at cars.
I have had good rounds of Paperboy, and I always appreciate the chance to get better at the game, because it’s a challenge of skill.
I had this game on Game Gear. I eventually got to the point where I could get through a few stages. Not a big fan, but you take what you can get when you're a kid on an hours-long road trip, it's too dark to see the unlit Game Boy screen, and you've still got a while until you reach the hotel.
I thought I was terrible at paperboy as a kid and it wasn’t until I was an Aston realized almost everyone is terrible at paperboy and the controls are complete crap
I had paperboy on gameboy. one of the few games I had orginally. Got to Tuesday once when I was older!
If there was a neighborhood like this in real life, wouldn't the Paperboy or Papergirl have work insurance that covers this?
I've never beaten any paper boy but I loved the challenge. Even in the arcade, do it Jared!
the sound of those houses appearing on the map reminds me of Pylot
This game was equal parts infuriating and equal parts fun. Granted I never beat it myself, it was a fun "rage game".
I’ve never played this game… yet I perfectly recall seeing it played before… it’s such an odd feeling.
I feel like Paperboy’s setting is the SCP universe. Would make the chaos make sense.
I had paperboy 2 as a kid and it brought back some nostalgia to me lol! I personally enjoyed the game but it was extremely frustrating. But it was one of those frustrations where after I calmed down I would play it again. The thing about this game is it takes a lot practice and learning to go at a certain pace. With the course selector you can play the same course over and over until you start doing well with it. The goal is to make it a week and then you “win”. I don’t think I ever made it that long but did make it to Friday or Saturday a few times. It has a steep learning curve and I get the frustration of this game. I just liked the challenge for some reason 😂
Played paperboy at my local Hardee's. I would beg my parents to eat there so I could play 10-15min of paperboy
This game is like having a crush on someone who is toxic, you love the idea of being with them, but when you start it up you are 3 seconds in and wanna shut it down lol
I think Paperboy (2) was that kind of game that people knew but didn't find it important enough to talk about it, good or negative.
i never enjoyed the Paperboy games, and i think this video shows why, great video though Jared!!
it's a genuinely intriguing game concept, i'd love to see it done better, with an analog stick to control your turning, and consumable slowdown-time powers to really nail the paper-throws..
So more like Paperboy 64?
@@endymallorn from what i've heard, no? but maybe.
I like playing the first Paperboy WITH SOMEONE ELSE you egg each other on and make a competition out of it. But playing it alone is not worth the time investment.
I will freely admit that Paperboy is the reason I never biked up curbs or over storm drains.
I heard a lot about the original Paperboy game when I was growing up, but I never actually played it.
Never been happier about missing out.
The premise of this game must be so confusing to anyone born after 2000.
Come on, Jared. That's not just a scarecrow, that's Jum Jum Jr, found after his daddy
Ah yes, Paperboy, the game where AVGN taught us that, to make a person subscribe to the newspaper, just throw a newspaper to their house window and BAM! New subscriber!
I once played this game, but it was on the SNES, it's almost identical, saving for improved graphics and new photos added on newspapers.
I remember the graphics being better, but obviously they weren't. Also, I love that the voodoo priestess from Star Tropics has become a recurring gag!
I had paperboy 64, I hated it, I still hate it.
I love this game. I remember playing with my sister when I was younger. Our best was 4 routes in.
I think the reason these games are so hard is that you have no time to see what's ahead because of the camera angle. The most important gameplay happens in just the lower corners.
You definitely had to get used to the isometric view back in the days. All we knew until then was either "run from left to right, jump every know and then" or the top-down view and even THAT was kind of strange when you just played Mario games for the first 4 to 5 years after finnaly getting your NES as a kid and all of a sudden you get t know about The Legend of Zelda and Paper Boy and asked yourself: WHAT? HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK? - I was a dumb kid sometimes ;)
When I was 7, I used to play the Super NES version of Paperboy 2 and rarely I was able to won the obstacle course and seeing the best newspaper headlines was satisfying after foiling a robbery.😄😓 Other than that….the game was a pain of my childhood ass.
i never liked Paperboy as a kid but i pretended to because everyone else liked it
now i kinda wonder if we were all lying to each other for clout
Ah yes, Paperboy. What a perfect way to crush a man's soul.
I do actually like playing Paperboy 2 every now and again. I've never gotten very far, but it's a good bit of quick fun once in a while.
I actually kinda love playing this game! I had this rather than the original. I never knew how to do subscribers back in the day but just anything and everything with papers! I actually would be happy to see this on Switch NES Online!
I have a lot of nostalgia for Paperboy, it was the only game my grandma had besides Ms. Pac Man. I only got past the first obstacle course a few times as a kid though lol
I remember playing this game so much on the SNES. I was always trying my best with the score and avoiding everything. Sure, it hasn't aged the best, but it's sure a blast to go back and experience what was one of my first games to own
Gets hit by a car, PAPERBOY FIRED!
Jerd, I loved Paperboy 2 and clocked over 100 hours on it as a kid! (I got it from a pawn shop and was poor so didn't have other options 😉) never played or saw paperboy 1.
You made some amazing mailbox plays! Especially considering your cartridge is fucked six ways from Sunday 😂 the music is running at half speed and there are so many glitches, I bet your controls are wonky too.
Some tips for anyone interested:
- you get new subscribers when you make a perfect run
-you lose subscribers when you damage their property
-you get points when you break windows and otherwise trash non subscriber houses 😂 most of the fun of the game was seeing how many papers I could chuck in a single pass of the gargoyle house with 10 windows!
-the bullseye targets sitting in that grey liquid at the end can only be hit mid jump, when you throw a paper while catching air it throws the paper behind you and homes in on those (also makes it look like a flipping cool drive by 😎)
Thanks for showing this and reigniting some fierce nostalgia! I hope you play it again (with a better cartridge 😲)
I remember playing this back in the day, and hating it. Good to see I'm not alone
I'm just going to be happy to see you beat a level in this game lol
Games like Paperboy are like middle school. Might have had bad times, might have had good times. It's perfectly fine to look back and remember, but actually going back is really awkward and weird.
I played the super nintendo version way too much as a kid. The memories are real.
Yep that pretty much sums up every attempt at Paperboy.
I was hoping this was Super Paperboy. That game was great with a soundtrack that slapped.
retro achievements made this game fun again like many old nes games, so yeah I like it
I had this on the snes and I loved it. Although that version had a crap ton of more bs going down the side walks
The Super Nintendo versions sound was, for some reason, louder than any other SNES game i have, and scared the 💩 out of me when i started the game up
I'm one of the few people that enjoyed the game. Though I do have to say, that paperboy 2 was more...clunky. The sprites were updated and changed, but the hitboxes were really wonky, mostly because in 2 the range to get a paper into the mailbox is actually really forgiving. But they also made hazards far easier to hit you as well. There are a few obstacles that don't appear in 1 that appear in 2 and you can play as a paper girl, that's kind of it.
I enjoyed the game because it was a challenge kind of game, all about skill and perseverance. Also, while a high score is the goal, there is actually a real end to the game, as you can gain subscribers. The final day you deliver to all the houses, then there's an actual end, though the game loops with a faster speed and more unforgiving obstacles. I've never managed to get past the first day of the second cycle, it's insanity.
Yeah... i think there was a tiger electronics version of paperboy i used to play.. lol back in day it was just one of those games easy to play portably - but yeah it sucks
I did play paperboy some as a kid. Though all I ever did was try to break all the windows and knock over all the trashcans. It was fun to play for like fifteen minutes, then I wouldn't touch it again for a few months. Never even came close to beating it.
i have had the SNES version for 30yrs and made it to Medium St legitimately less than 20 times. it's brutal
This very much feels like an arcade game and like nearly all arcade games, there's not enough content to really justify playing it for more than 30 minutes at most.
I I don't think I ever played paperboy, and yet it seems weirdly familiar to me.
PaperJared: fired!
Man, that intro kicks all asses available to kick
I had Paperboy 2. I put tons of hours into it and managed to beat it. Watching this made me realize that I still remember every house, every obstacle and still possess the muscle memory 30 years later to react properly to all of it. And I'm pretty sure I never liked the game.
I think I heard KAngel scream right after one of those papers flew threw the window... man haven't you stressed her out enough?
I was going to say that at least the skaters are not in this game, they where always the worst enemies in the first game. But then there came the baby carriage.
The arcade cabinet sounded cool. I'm sure it made this hard game soo much 'easier'😉