Postal (video game)

Postal
Developer(s)Running with Scissors
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Mike Riedel
Producer(s)Vince Desi
Designer(s)
  • David De Gasperies
  • Steve Macomber
  • Steve Wik
Composer(s)Christian Salyer
SeriesPostal
Platform(s)Mac OS, Windows, Linux, Android, Dreamcast
Release
  • Mac OS, Windows
  • September 24, 1997[1][2]
  • Linux
  • October 29, 2001[3]
  • Android
  • April 10, 2015[4]
  • Dreamcast
  • June 3, 2022[5]
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Postal is a 1997 isometric top-down shooter video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Ripcord Games. Players assume the role of the Postal Dude, a man who commits mass murder throughout the fictional town of Paradise, Arizona to cure what he believes to be a "hate plague" released by the United States Air Force.

A March 2001 re-release of the game, called Postal Plus, included a "Special Delivery" add-on. A sequel to the game, Postal 2, was released in 2003. Two additional sequels, Postal III and Postal 4: No Regerts, were released in 2011 and 2022, respectively. German film director Uwe Boll bought the movie rights for the series and produced a film of the same name. A remake of the game, Postal Redux, was released for Microsoft Windows on May 20, 2016, and was later released for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch digital stores. At the end of 2016, the game's source code was released under the GNU GPL-2.0-only.[6] At the end of 2019, Running with Scissors released the game as freeware.[7]

  1. ^ "Now Shipping". PC Gamer. September 24, 1997. Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Now Shipping: ... Postal (Ripcord)
  2. ^ "News for September 24, 1997". Online Gaming Review. September 24, 1997. Archived from the original on February 10, 1998. Retrieved September 11, 2024. Another big day for releases: ... Postal and Forced Alliance from Ripcord ... should all be found in stores today.
  3. ^ "LokiNews". Loki Entertainment. 2001. Archived from the original on December 1, 2001. 10.29.01 Postal Plus is now shipping!
  4. ^ Running with Scissors [@RWSstudios] (April 10, 2015). "Thank you @amazonappstore for reversing the rejection on POSTAL. It is now available for purchase here" (Tweet). Retrieved November 26, 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "News". Running with Scissors. 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022. POSTAL For Dreamcast – OUT NOW!
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference opensourced was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "In Development: POSTAL 4: No Regerts + POSTAL 2 giveaway". GOG.com. CD Projekt. December 16, 2019. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020. From now on you can also get the first part of the POSTAL series for free on GOG.COM, this time permanently.