Mature
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
72
MobyRank
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2.8
MobyScore
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Trivia

Many people think that the game characters are sprites, but they are, in fact, flat-textured polygon models put into hand-drawn landscape. This becomes obvious if try to repaint them in the editor.

Contributed by Chentzilla (141) on Mar 11, 2007.

On June 30, 1998, Postal was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

Contributed by Xoleras (66998) on Dec 11, 2005.

The European release is censored. But you can ripp it with a patch made by Running With Scissors himself, available on her website under the name "Euro Violence" : http://www.gopostal.com/

Contributed by Blood (1708) on Dec 13, 2004.

In an advertising video for the game, as the main character throws a molotov cocktail into the middle of a marching band, a voice-over says; "They're out to get you... or are they? It doesn't matter!"

Contributed by Jason Musgrave (75) on Jul 19, 2003.

This game was banned in over 10 countries.

Contributed by Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe (1536) on Apr 25, 2001.

This game received a lot of free publicity since it was released at the height of the media's crusades on violence in gaming.

Contributed by Adam Baratz (1362) on Jan 31, 2001.

The game's developer was alleged sued by the US Postal Service for misappropriating the term "postal", and was banned in Australia.

Contributed by Kasey Chang (3695) on Jan 05, 2001.

 

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