Editing Hyperspace Delivery Boy!

{{Short description|2001 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Hyperspace Delivery Boy!
|image = Hyperspace Delivery Boy! cover.jpg
|image_size = 
|caption = 
|developer = [[Monkeystone Games]]
|publisher = Monkeystone Games <br> [[Linux Game Publishing]]
|designer = [[Tom Hall]]
|programmer = [[John Romero]]
|composer = [[Stevie Case]]
|released = December 23, 2001
|genre = [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle]], [[Action game|action]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Pocket PC]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]]
|alt = 
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'''''Hyperspace Delivery Boy!''''' is a [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[action game]] released for the [[Pocket PC]] on December 23, 2001. It was ported to [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Linux]]. The game was the first title released [[Monkeystone Games]], a small developer formed by [[id Software]] and [[Ion Storm]] founders [[John Romero]] and [[Tom Hall]], and Romero's then-girlfriend [[Stevie Case]]. Much of the gameplay involves solving ''[[Sokoban]]''-like puzzles.

==Plot==
[[Image:Hyperspace Delivery Boy Screenshot.png|thumb|Gameplay (Linux)]]
''Hyperspace Delivery Boy!'' follows the story of Guy Carrington, a [[courier]] in training. Guy is sent by Sergeant Filibuster on several dangerous missions in four locations. During the course of the game, Guy discovers a secret organization known as "THEM".

== Reviews ==
{{video game reviews
| GSpot = 7/10<ref name=GS>{{cite web|website=GameSpot|title=Hyperspace Delivery Boy! Review|last=Dulin|first=Ron|date=17 May 2006|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hyperspace-delivery-boy-review/1900-2871876/|accessdate=1 February 2024|archive-date=1 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201074017/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hyperspace-delivery-boy-review/1900-2871876/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| PCG = 61%<ref name=PCG>{{cite web|website=PC Gamer|title=Hyperspace Delivery Boy!|last=Saltzman|first=Marc|accessdate=1 February 2024|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/hyperspace_deli.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315133949/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/hyperspace_deli.html|archivedate=15 March 2006}}</ref>
}}

''Hyperspace Delivery Boy!'' received average reviews from critics. Marc Saltzman of ''PC Gamer'' described the game as a "fun diversion" with "challenging puzzles", but found the game repetitive and featured "sophomoric dialogue" and "embarrassingly cheesy voice acting".<ref name=PCG/> Ron Dulin of ''GameSpot'' found the game to be fun, highlighting the challenge of the puzzle gameplay and "personality" of the game's humor, but faulted the limited story and "minimal" sound effects and music.<ref name=GS/>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{MobyGames|/hyperspace-delivery-boy}}

{{Linux Game Publishing}}

[[Category:2001 video games]]
[[Category:Cancelled Game Boy Advance games]]
[[Category:Linux Game Publishing games]]
[[Category:Linux games]]
[[Category:Lua (programming language)-scripted video games]]
[[Category:MacOS games]]
[[Category:Monkeystone Games games]]
[[Category:Puzzle video games]]
[[Category:ScummVM-supported games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Windows Mobile games]]

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