GETTING STARTED
Make sure the POWER switch is in the OFF position.
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Insert the Nintendo GAME BOY Game Pak into the slot on the back of the Game Boy body, label facing AWAY from play side.
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Slide the POWER switch to the ON position to turn ON the power.
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Follow gameplay instructions throughout this manual.
IT'S A TOUGH JOB...
First jobs are rough...but not like this! You are the neighborhood paperboy. Your job is to deliver your newspapers to all of your customers. Sounds easy right? Wrong. Along your route you'll encounter every problem you can think of.
Try to avoid the cars, kids, animals and other hazards to deliver your papers and keep your customers happy. If you don't, they'll cancel their subscriptions and put you out of a job!
But what about the people who didn't want you to deliver their paper? You'll get points if you throw papers at their houses and do some damage. These points are called your Breakage Bonus. These points are earned after breaking windows, statues, etc.
After you complete your route for each day of your work week (Monday through Sunday), you will take a run on the Training Course. The Training Course tests your skills. Ride your bike through an obstacle course and throw papers at targets scattered throughout the course. Your point total is tallied at the end of your run.
If you successfully deliver all of your papers to your customers, new subscriptions will have to be filled, which means more houses to deliver to. Every day you finish your route, the harder it becomes for the next day's deliveries. So bundle up those papers and get on that bike, 'cause you've got work to do!
PAPERBOY OPTIONS
To access the Options Menu, you must first press Select at the Difficulty Selection screen. From there you'll have four options to choose from. Use these options to customize your game.
To change an option press Up or Down on the Control Pad until you reach that option. Once there, press Left or Right on your Control Pad to change the option. When you are finished, press Select to exit back to the Difficulty Selection screen to begin your game.
MUSIC
This option turns the background music On or Off.
SFX
You can turn the game's Sound Effects On or Off with this option.
LIVES
Choose the number of lives you'd like to start with. You can choose from 1 to 5.
KEY A & KEY B
This option allows you to change your button configuration.
When you begin a game, the first screen you will see is the Difficulty Select screen. There are three difficulty levels (routes) in Paperboy. Easy Street, Middle Road and Hard Way are your different delivery routes you can choose from. Your point totals will be different for each route you choose.
At the end of each day's delivery, you will have access to the Training Course at the end of your delivery. Each Training Course is different depending on what street you delivered on. Each of these routes has their own dangers and hazards that you'll encounter. Get to know them well as it will certainly help you keep your job!
SCORING
In order to make the most out of your deliveries, there are many ways to score points in the game. Remember that the higher the difficulty of the game, the more points you earn. Here are some examples of points on Easy Street:
CUSTOMER HOUSES
Always try to land the paper in the mailbox. This will allow you to earn the most points (250 points). If not, you must make sure the paper lands on the porch of the house (100 points).
NON-CUSTOMER HOUSES
Try to damage as much as possible to raise your Breakage Bonus. Throwing the paper through windows, at statues or knocking over trash cans will give you 100 points.
PEOPLE AND OBJECTS
In addition to windows and statues, you can hit people and objects such as lawnmowers and trash cans. People are worth 250 points while objects are worth 100 points.
TRAINING COURSE
Try to complete the course as fast as you can. The faster you complete it, the higher your score. Every time you hit a target or go off of a jump, your score will increase by 25 points.
HINTS
Well, it's time to go to work! But before you hop on your bike and hit the streets, here's a couple of things to remember:
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Remember to pick up the bundles of newspapers you see. These will help replenish your supply and help you to make your deliveries.
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Throw your newspapers with caution. Sure you can rack up some points, but if you don't deliver to a customer's house, they'll cancel their subscription!
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Watch out for moving objects. These are sometimes difficult to avoid.
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Slow down when approaching an intersection. Make sure you know how fast the cars are going before you try to cross the street!
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Stay away from storm drains in the street.
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