<s>
Postal	B-Application
is	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
top-down	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Running	O
with	O
Scissors	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ripcord	O
Games	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Postal	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
additional	O
sequels	O
,	O
Postal	B-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
Postal	B-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
No	I-Application
Regerts	I-Application
,	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
2022	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
March	O
2001	O
re-release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
called	O
Postal	B-Application
Plus	O
,	O
included	O
a	O
"	O
Special	O
Delivery	O
"	O
add-on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Postal	B-Application
Redux	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
digital	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-only	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
Running	O
With	O
Scissors	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Postal	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
shooter	O
with	O
mainly	O
isometric	B-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
some	O
top-down	O
levels	O
featuring	O
hand-painted	O
backgrounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movement	O
is	O
always	O
relative	O
to	O
the	O
orientation	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
(	O
named	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Postal	I-Application
Dude	I-Application
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
,	O
therefore	O
,	O
must	O
always	O
be	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
direction	O
the	O
character	O
is	O
facing	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
difficult	O
to	O
some	O
players	O
on	O
the	O
isometric	B-Application
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
man	O
referred	O
to	O
simply	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Postal	B-Application
Dude	I-Application
"	O
has	O
been	O
evicted	O
from	O
his	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
disembodied	O
voice	O
,	O
possibly	O
a	O
psychologist	O
,	O
gives	O
a	O
report	O
on	O
the	O
protagonist	O
's	O
mental	O
state	O
:	O
He	O
suggests	O
that	O
the	O
stress	O
of	O
urban	O
life	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
root	O
cause	O
of	O
his	O
rampage	O
,	O
prompting	O
him	O
to	O
"	O
go	O
postal	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
any	O
mentions	O
of	O
military	O
interference	O
with	O
the	O
civilian	O
population	O
strongly	O
implies	O
that	O
the	B-Application
Postal	I-Application
Dude	I-Application
's	O
murders	O
were	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
paranoid	O
delusions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Postal	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Running	O
with	O
Scissors	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ripcord	O
Games	O
in	O
1997	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Postal	B-Application
:	I-Application
Special	I-Application
Delivery	I-Application
,	O
an	O
expansion	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Postal	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
1998	O
and	O
featured	O
four	O
new	O
levels	O
and	O
various	O
new	O
characters	O
and	O
voices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
level	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
was	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
Wal-Mart	O
and	O
began	O
with	O
the	O
Dude	O
's	O
demon	O
chastising	O
the	O
store	O
for	O
not	O
selling	O
Postal	B-Application
,	O
which	O
foreshadows	O
the	O
off-kilter	O
humor	O
seen	O
in	O
Postal	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
a	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
Postal	B-Application
called	O
Super	O
Postal	B-Application
was	O
released	O
featuring	O
Japanese	O
voices	O
and	O
two	O
exclusive	O
levels	O
,	O
"	O
Tokyo	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Osaka	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
levels	O
remained	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Super	O
Postal	B-Application
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Postal	B-Application
Redux	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
March	O
2001	O
re-release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
called	O
Postal	B-Application
Plus	O
,	O
included	O
the	O
"	O
Special	O
Delivery	O
"	O
add-on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
by	O
Loki	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Postal	B-Application
Plus	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
Postal	B-Application
:	O
Classic	O
and	O
Uncut	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
bundled	O
Postal	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Special	O
Delivery	O
expansion	O
,	O
with	O
retail	O
copies	O
also	O
including	O
a	O
demo	O
for	O
Postal	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Postal	B-Application
Plus	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
digital	O
distributor	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2009	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
on	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
updated	O
with	O
full	O
Xbox	B-Device
360	I-Device
controller	I-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
release	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
if	O
someone	O
promises	O
to	O
port	O
it	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
the	O
developers	O
gave	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
a	O
community	O
developer	O
who	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
for	O
the	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
handheld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-only	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
14	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
independent	O
publisher	O
Wave	O
Game	O
Studios	O
announced	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
was	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
2	O
,	O
officially	O
licensed	O
by	O
Running	O
with	O
Scissors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NPD	O
Techworld	O
,	O
a	O
firm	O
that	O
tracked	O
sales	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
reported	O
49,036	O
units	O
sold	O
of	O
Postal	B-Application
by	O
December	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Overall	O
,	O
Postal	B-Application
is	O
a	O
title	O
that	O
breaks	O
absolutely	O
no	O
new	O
ground	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
tongue-in-cheek	O
shooting	O
action	O
comes	O
together	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
well-above-average	O
shooter	O
that	O
adds	O
to	O
the	O
genre.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Postal	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
Mark	O
East	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
6.6/10	O
score	O
and	O
commented	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
lack	O
of	O
longevity	O
in	O
the	O
single-player	O
mode	O
and	O
the	O
simplistic	O
multiplayer	O
options	O
make	O
Postal	B-Application
a	O
moderately	O
fun	O
ride	O
,	O
at	O
best.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
regards	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Postal	I-Application
Dude	I-Application
's	O
aggressive	O
personality	O
East	O
comments	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Postal	I-Application
Dude	I-Application
's	O
phrases	O
from	O
his	O
diary	O
,	O
which	O
indicate	O
"	O
something	O
's	O
not	O
quite	O
right	O
in	O
Postal	B-Application
Dude	I-Application
's	O
noggin	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
,	O
GamingOnLinux	O
reviewer	O
Hamish	O
Paul	O
Wilson	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
7/10	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
denying	O
that	O
Postal	B-Application
has	O
some	O
faults	O
even	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
released	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
time	O
has	O
definitely	O
not	O
been	O
very	O
kind	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Postal	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
additional	O
sequels	O
,	O
Postal	B-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
Postal	B-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
No	I-Application
Regerts	I-Application
,	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
2022	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
with	O
Scissors	O
developed	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
Postal	B-Application
,	O
titled	O
Postal	B-Application
Redux	O
,	O
using	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
Postal	B-Application
:	O
Redux	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
then	O
targeting	O
a	O
2015	O
release	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
these	O
platforms	O
,	O
Running	O
with	O
Scissors	O
announced	O
Postal	B-Application
Redux	O
as	O
coming	O
to	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
February	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
while	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
scheduled	O
for	O
a	O
later	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
canceled	O
by	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
with	O
Jaret	O
Schachter	O
of	O
Running	O
with	O
Scissors	O
blaming	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MD	O
Games	O
ported	O
Postal	B-Application
Redux	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
releasing	O
it	O
via	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
produced	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
