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Monday, February 12, 2007 12:01 PM by johnporcaro

Paperboy Coming Wednesday

On Wednesday, we'll be releasing the 80's arcade classic "Paperboy," from Digital Eclipse/Midway. 


(more screenshots)

More information in the alert we sent the media.

The coin-op favorite returns but this time it’s enhanced with original content specifically designed for Xbox Live Arcade. A new multiplayer mode will allow gamers to deliver the paper co-operatively together on the same console, or over Xbox Live.  

“Paperboy” will be available worldwide for 400 Microsoft Points.  Rated E for Everyone; Mild Animated Violence.

 

Game Features

·         Seven stages (one for each day of the week) and 3 levels of difficulty – “Easy Street,” “Middle Road” or “Hard Way”

·         New Xbox Live multiplayer: The standard multiplayer mode involves two player co-op play which can take place on the same console or over Xbox Live

·         High scores are tracked on the Xbox Live Leaderboard

·         Earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points


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# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 3:11 PM by Damon Friend
Awesome, I can't wait. I have a feeling that everyone else may not be as happy as I am though. Awesome about the added multiplayer!

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 3:11 PM by Mike
Finally.... the wait is over..... oh.... wait, you said Paperboy? Oh I thought you said worms... or castlevania.... but I guess paperboy is cool too..... sorta.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 3:15 PM by Jaken Bear
OH MY FREAKING GOD!  Awesome news.  GAME OF THE YEAR 2007.  No, I'm being serious.  Paper boy has been the most anticipated game in the Jaken Bear household since last year.  Now I really am never going to get my 360 back from my girlfriend.  GOW, Rainbow and VP we already shared but now this.  THANKS and here is a tip for the game - "look out for that stupid Blonde lady and her evil sisters when you cross the road  - she is drunk and well over the legal limit!".  

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# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 3:31 PM by John
Please can you release worms???

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# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 3:39 PM by NO PULSE
YES!!!!  Thank you!!

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 3:57 PM by RomeoDude
Paperboy is really fun.  I especially liked the Nintendo 64 version that was in 3D (but I'll probably have to look to the Wii Virtual Console for that one).  XBox Live Coop sounds fun!  Looks like a possible 200 points closer to the 1500 challenge!

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 3:58 PM by dpcough
We want Worms! We want Worms! We want Worms!

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 4:00 PM by Shaolin Munkeh
Yey Paperboy! *smashes head repeatedly against brick wall*

I predict next week will be Luxor 2, another game that I would sooner smash my face in with a brick than pay good money for.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 4:29 PM by Paul
Paperboy stole so many quarters.  It'll be nice to relive that one!  I've been waiting for this one since I first saw it months ago.  

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 4:31 PM by altdelete47
Digital Eclipse/Midway has put out nothing but garbage. They should be barred from the arcade.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 4:41 PM by Hsheltonjr
Of the ten games announced, I'm looking forward to 5 of them.  Castlevania, Worms, Catan, Band o' Bugs, and Alien Hominid.

Does this mean I'll have to wait for Luxor, Eets, and minigolf before I get to spend my points.  I hope not.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 4:42 PM by Stoo5150
Any chance of someone either fixing or refunding us for the broken mess that is Assault Heroes online Co Op that flat-out fails to work?

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# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 4:53 PM by Jaken Bear
To all of the PAPER BOY haters out there.  Cease and desist with the hate immediately ;)   PAPER BOY is the greatest game ever made... ever.  You need to learn to appreciate the classics and relax a bit.  I am excited about Worms and SOTN too, but sometimes you need to take a step back, breathe a little, and realize that patience can be a virtue.  See, now you have something to look forward to next week.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 5:00 PM by Feelz
I'm guessing this was ported from the arcade not from a console port.  It'll be interesting to see if the glitch is in there, that would be awesome.

# Gamer News Wire » Blog Archive » Paperboy wrecking the XBLA neighborhood this Wednesday

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# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 5:34 PM by Mike
here's the thing - paperboy is a great game. There's no question that it's a classic..... there's also no question that classics have been ruined when ported to the XBLA. Buggy controls and design flaws ruin many of the arcade ports that have made their way to the XBLA. I expect no less from paperboy.

I would love nothing more than to see some more original content, or even some of the more high profile ports (worms, castlevania) come to the xbla. I'd also love to see a week where there is more than one release.... .It's pretty clear that MS is holding back on releases - sonic was announced for the arcade around the launch of the 360.... do you really expect me to believe it's taken this long to bring a 16bit genesis game to the xbla? It's time to start expanding the arcade... hell, even try a week with multiple releases... you'll be happy with the results.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 5:37 PM by Wiseguy
NICE!!! Now just send me some codes for some marketplace points and we can play!!!  ;)

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 7:32 PM by No Points
No Points for you Microsoft stop releaseing this boring garbage leave ports of 20 year old games to nintends vc

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 7:41 PM by DevsterC
Hey guys, maybe stop releasing old 8-bit ports (no offense, Midway) and port something newer.

If you want retro stuff, get creative and bring games from underappreciated systems like the Jaguar or the Lynx (Blue Lightning?) or the TG-16 (Bonk's Adventure) or even some NeoGeo action (Fatal Fury, King of the Monsters, Ghost Pilots)...

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 7:55 PM by Cudentallane
Gee, another gay port.  How fabulous.  How about some original content?  Oh well, another week you won't be seeing any of my money.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2007 8:28 PM by FR3SH JIV3
I won't lie, I will be buying this....but two classics in a row?! Not the Valentines day love I was hoping for :(

Current Paperboy goal:
Get past that second stunt course!
Lets hope it was only harder because I was younger then ;)

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# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:05 AM by Alex Atkin UK
As said above, good game but 2 classic ports in a row when theres more interesting content in the pipeline?  A bit disappointing to say the least.

I really hope Worms hasnt been delayed right until March as people have guessed on the Team17 forums.

Oh and Microsoft, how about releasing a DECENT Arcade controller before releasing all these ports.  Arcade games are useless when you are stuck using that poor excuse for a D-pad on the 360 controller.  It lets down the whole XBLA experience in my opinion.  I have bought PacMan but I will not truly enjoy it until I can get an arcade joystick for the 360.  At the very lease improve the D-pad and release a new version of the 360 pad including it, like you improved the old Xbox pad.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:35 AM by Whatever
for those of you grumbling over the release of Paperboy, vote w/ your wallet peeps...

if you don't want it, don't buy it...

if there is something on the released list you want - it will come eventually...

have some patience - can't wait to play me some Paperboy...

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:30 PM by UNSCleric
I’ll be buying it first thing when I wake up Wednesday morning.  Thanks.

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:52 PM by NO PULSE
When are the winners going to be announced for the trivia contest?

# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:32 PM by PupaBoy
Freaking PaperBoy? The previous week it was Beer Tapper and now PaperBoy. I hate to say it but these games were lame even back in the day.  When are you going to start releasing some new games again??

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# re: Paperboy Coming Wednesday

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:19 PM by drewjube
Mr. Porcaro, could you please explain why Korea has been excluded from so many XBOX Live Arcade releases?  Do you guys have marketing surveys that show Koreans don't like rootbeer, or don't know what a paperboy is when deciding not to release games here?  I don't think it should be Midway or Digital Entertainment's fault, since XBOX Live Arcade titles of both have been previously released in Korea.  Similarly, neither Rootbeer Tapper or Paperboy were submitted to (and rejected by) Korea's game ratings board.

Why do you keep so much content withheld from Korea?

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About John Porcaro

John is Director of Customer and Community Relationship Management, Microsoft's IEB Global Marketing Team. His team is responsible for Online Community for Xbox and Games for Windows, and CRM/customer communications. He's been at Microsoft since 1990, where he's been a Product Manager, Channel Marketing Manager, Communications Manager, and Events Manager, mostly working in our Consumer Division (currently called Entertainment & Devices Division).