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* CrossDressingVoices: It's pretty obvious that the Paperboy in the Genesis version of the sequel is voiced by a woman.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Paperboys are a rather uncommon sight in contemporary times, when newspapers are usually delivered by people in cars and vans - or [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile read online]]. It doesn't hurt the experience of the gameplay at all, but its premise can come off as rather dated nowadays.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Nintendo 64 remake was also supposed to come out for the Playstation, as mentioned in some trailers for the game, but was shelved.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Paperboys are a rather uncommon sight in contemporary times, when newspapers are usually delivered by people in cars and vans - or [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile read online]]. It doesn't hurt the experience of the gameplay at all, but its premise can come off as rather dated nowadays.
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The Nintendo 64 remake was also supposed to come out for the Playstation, as mentioned in some trailers for the game, but was shelved.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Paperboys are a rather uncommon sight in contemporary times, when newspapers are usually delivered by people in cars and vans - or [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile read online]]. It doesn't hurt the experience of the gameplay at all, but its premise can come off as rather dated nowadays.

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* SleeperHit: When the game originally debuted in arcades, it did good, but not amazing numbers. However, a few years later the game started becoming more popular, especially thanks to the home console ports, with the NES version in particular reportedly selling over a million units.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Paperboys are a rather uncommon sight in contemporary times, when newspapers are usually delivered by people in cars and vans - or [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile read online]]. It doesn't hurt the experience of the gameplay at all, but its premise can come off as rather dated nowadays.nowadays.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Nintendo 64 remake was also supposed to come out for the Playstation, as mentioned in some trailers for the game, but was shelved.
** The original design for the arcade game had much more bizarre enemies, such as giant snails and ducks in business suits, however focus group testers found some of these elements "too childish" and it was kept a bit more realistic. Some leftovers of these enemies, such as Death and the wolfman, were still kept in the final game.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Paperboys are a rather uncommon sight in contemporary times, when newspapers are usually delivered by people in cars and vans. It doesn't hurt the experience of the gameplay at all, but its premise can come off as rather dated nowadays.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Paperboys are a rather uncommon sight in contemporary times, when newspapers are usually delivered by people in cars and vans.vans - or [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile read online]]. It doesn't hurt the experience of the gameplay at all, but its premise can come off as rather dated nowadays.
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* PortOverdosed: Up there with the most widely-ported games of all time. There is almost no platform, be it console, computer, or handheld, that cannot play ''Paperboy''.

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* PortOverdosed: Up there with the most widely-ported games of all time. There is almost no platform, be it console, computer, or handheld, that cannot play ''Paperboy''.''Paperboy''.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Paperboys are a rather uncommon sight in contemporary times, when newspapers are usually delivered by people in cars and vans. It doesn't hurt the experience of the gameplay at all, but its premise can come off as rather dated nowadays.
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* PortOverdosed: Up there with the most widely-ported games of all time. There is almost no platform, be it console, computer, or handheld, that cannot play ''Paperboy''.

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