| Paperboy came out for the NES in North America in December 1988, with Mindscape as licensee. | inside front cover (PDF p. 3) | Publisher |
| The NES booklet's copyright line reads "Copyright © 1988, 1984 Tengen", with the game licensed to Mindscape, and the booklet was printed in Japan. It names no developer. | inside front cover (PDF p. 3)inside front cover (PDF p. 3) | Manual |
| The NES booklet sets the scene in early morning: the paperboy delivers to loyal customers on a route "through the jungles of suburbia", and at the end of each day a hard-nosed boss reviews his performance. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), Playing the Gameprinted p. 2 (PDF p. 4), Playing the Gameprinted p. 2 (PDF p. 4), Playing the Game | Manual |
| The NES game is for one or two players. When it begins, a screen shows the customers' houses in blue and the non-customers' in red. The paperboy starts with four lives and 10 papers, picks up extra bundles along the way, and loses a life when he crashes. The Training Course after each route gives 45 seconds, and each second left is worth 100 points. On the Daily Report, houses missed or with broken windows flash to show they have cancelled; a day with all deliveries made keeps the subscribers and adds more; a whole week makes the headlines. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), Game Sequenceprinted p. 2 (PDF p. 4), Game Sequenceprinted p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5), The Training Courseprinted p. 3 (PDF p. 5), The Training Courseprinted p. 4 (PDF p. 6), The Daily Reportprinted p. 4 (PDF p. 6), The Daily Reportprinted p. 2 (PDF p. 4), Game Sequenceprinted p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6), The Daily Report | Manual |
| On the NES the control pad's forward and back accelerate and slow the bike, and top speed needs forward held; left and right steer, and either A or B throws a paper. | printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7), Control Functionsprinted p. 5 (PDF p. 7), Control Functionsprinted p. 5 (PDF p. 7), Control Functionsprinted p. 5 (PDF p. 7), Control Functions | Manual |
| The NES booklet's points table gives 750 for a paper in a subscriber's paperbox and 300 for one on the porch, 300 for a non-subscriber's window and for a bush, tombstone, lamp, or garbage can, 200 and 100 for the training course's round and box-shaped targets, and 50 for picking up a bundle of papers. | printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8), Pointsprinted p. 6 (PDF p. 8), Pointsprinted p. 6 (PDF p. 8), Pointsprinted p. 6 (PDF p. 8), Points | Manual |
| The NES booklet lists twenty obstacles, among them skateboard fiends, workmen, tornados, breakdancers, the Grim Reaper, cars, dogs, and lawn mowers. | printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9), Obstaclesprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 9), Obstaclesprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 9), Obstaclesprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 9), Obstaclesprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 9), Obstacles, first columnprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 9), Obstacles, second column | Manual |