You may remember a few months ago when there was initial chatter about the classic PC title ‘Postal’ getting ported over to the Dreamcast, progress was good and the game was seemingly a decent fit for the console, with plenty of work going on in the background it now looks like the game has near enough wrapped up the process of being fully playable on the system and is readying a June 2nd release date which was revealed today by Wave Game Studios.
This is absolutely fantastic news, with the original developers asking back in 2016 if anyone would undertake the port and the code being open source, Dan Redfield took up the challenge of pinning it all together. Things really began to take pace when an Alpha build was shown in 2021 with a Beta later that year, but this year being as busy as it is for Dreamcast stuff, fate would land it nearer than we could have ever thought. Considering Dan’s home commitments with having a small child ( we know what that is like!) it’s all the more impressive that we’re at this junction point, ready for release. The game aims to keep as much content as possible with even mods a possibility down the line, aiming for 60FPS as well as VMU support.
For those that don’t know what Postal is, it was a violent 1990’s PC title that tasked the player with pretty much massacring a whole village from a isometric perspective, we kind of feel that subject matter aside, games like this are a great match for the Dreamcast that should have had more exclusive games ported from the PC to carve it’s own niche.
Wave Game Studios will be handling a physical release in PAL land, these chaps have also been re-releasing plenty of other Dreamcast software in recent months too which includes the recently added Xenocider too! Check out the pre-order page now and show your support to all those involved, we’re in for good things Dreamcast fans!
What’s your views? Is this the sort of game you’ve been waiting to get for your Dreamcast? Will you be purchasing it? One thing is for sure, with Wave Game Studio’s new found tradition of offering a Japanese / USA and PAL style of artwork in addition to a full-blown 100 copy limited PAL blue case variant, there’s going to be something for everyone – we personally love that Wave have stuck with using the blue Dreamcast banner which is correct for all software after 2000, it’s a small thing but JoshProd removed it for no real reason and their packaging just doesn’t look the same without it.
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