Veteran British publisher Elite Systems has spent the last ten years porting its cabal of retro licenses on to an array of handheld platforms, and here's its latest venture - an iPhone version of classic coin-op, Paperboy. Launching on App Store today, the game offers a faithful isometric version, or a 3D update.

Originally released in 1984, Paperboy is one of my favourite arcade games of all time. In its day, it was deceptively innovative, not just in its everyday setting (as opposed to space wars or kung fu tussles), it also had loads of little extras - or 'easter eggs if you will - for players to discover, like knocking over bins with errant paper throws. It was one of the first games where actively flouting the rules and purposefully 'doing the wrong thing', i.e. smashing windows, was pleasurable and rewarding - well, to a teenage boy in a grimy Stockport amusement arcade, anyway.

Elite also holds rights to other old skool faves including Chuckie Egg, Ikari Warriors and Double Dragon, all of which must surely be heading over the platform soon.