Paperboy 2 is an adventure game developed by Tengen in 1991. If you experience the first version of Paperboy, you will never forget the picture. The newspaper seller on the bike with strange and dangerous actions. Following the success of the previous version along with changes in content, the game will bring players moments of relaxation and fun.
Players will control the character of a newspaper seller moving in a city. He takes on the task of delivering the subscriptions to the subscriber all week and avoids dropping the newspaper. At the beginning of the game, players can choose the difficulty level including Easy Street, Middle Road and Hard Way. Players start the journey to all the buildings in the city. Here, they will throw newspaper folders into the mailboxes of pre-booked houses and throw them directly at the door of unregistered houses. When each newspaper hits the house, it destroys some household appliances like glass doors and light bulbs. However, they need to be careful of the animals that are placed in front of each house. It will constantly fire bullets if a vandal is detected. To ensure safety on the road, players also need to move flexibly to avoid collisions with cars, people moving on the road, dogs and bees. A dog that appears in a block of houses will chase them for newspaper throwing. In this situation, the player needs to move to the emergency exit next to the house to escape. Each building on the street also contains certain hazards for newspaper sellers such as fire hydrants, fences and signposts. Players must redo the game if they encounter obstacles on the road or are attacked by enemies. Upon successful delivery of the newspaper to the subscriber’s inbox, the player will receive 250 points. If the paper is delivered to the applicant’s door, the player will receive 100 points. In addition, points can be gained when destroying trees, running through flowers or throwing paper at windows of unregistered houses. Points will be doubled when playing Middle Road and tripled when playing Hard Way.
Players will receive a lot of bonus points for delivering newspapers titled “Paperboy Foils Armed Robbery” and also lose points and face the dismissal of the wrong delivery of a newspaper titled “Boy Saves Breakway Baby”. After finishing the mission, they will receive many bonus points in the game.
