Tips - Paperboy - "Easy Week" (Video)

Finally finished Paperboy. I bought the game a good 4 years ago and have been sitting on it ever since getting hung up on the last - and hardest - achievement: Easy Week. Funny thing is, even though I've had the game for 4 years, it's only about 4 hours total that I've spent trying to unlock the achievement. Something about the simplicity of the old-school makes it twice as aggravating - all I have are two stupid buttons to worry about.

Well, my latest self-imposed lull between games eventually led me to plant myself on the couch a couple days ago and resolve to finally unlock the stupid achievement. Day 1 produced the normal sputtering burst of an attempt before rage-quitting at 1AM, but Day 2 ended in success (albeit just as sputtering). Here are the tips:

• Deliver Your Papers! - Not only that, but go for Perfect Delivery for at least 2 days out of the week (Monday/Tuesday are the easiest, obviously, but Wednesday/Thursday are also very possible). This will 1) give you great points and 2) nullify some threats!
• More Points! - Combined with perfect/near perfect deliveries, breaking non-subscriber (red) houses and taking the obstacle course slow enough to hit some hoops and make some jumps will lead to 2 - sometimes 3 - extra lives that you will absolutely need to win.
• Don't Die! - Seriously, if you die on Monday or Tuesday, just restart. In fact, I'd recommend saving all your men until Friday, which is where things really get hard. At that point, choose your battles. If there's a spot that's especially hard for you, and you can't formulate a reusable strategy to avoid the obstacle, just plan to die there - you'll respawn in the clear. Win in part by calculated attrition if you have to!
• Specifics - watch the video.
  

There you have it, Paperbeard out.