Paper Route

Ride your bicycle along a suburban street at dawn and throw the morning paper onto the step of every house. Each block has six houses and you carry six papers, with one in the air at a time. The street scrolls on its own; ride a little slower or faster along the sidewalk to line up your throw, and the paper flies a fixed arc. A paper that lands anywhere but the door's step is a complaint, and every paper still in your bag at the end of the block is a complaint too. The street speeds up block by block. When your complaints reach twelve at the end of a block, you lose the route; your score is the number of blocks delivered.

Controls: Joystick only. Left and right ride slower or faster along the sidewalk; either side button throws a paper. On the title, up and down choose and a button starts.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! No. 47, November 1987, page 48: original Commodore 64 program by Bob Blackmer. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.