Postman Pat

Postman Pat is a 1997 arcade-action shareware title by Garth Shoemaker in which the player controls a cyborganic postal carrier designed to deliver the mail in adverse conditions. With projectile junk mail and a grenade launcher in hand, the rule of thumb is that if something moves, it gets shot.

Decommissioned but Still Delivering

The plot has the postal service trying to retire Pat over public safety concerns. His programming, however, insists that the mail must go through. The player fights through waves of angry public servants on the way to completing each delivery.

Mrs. Goggins and the Round

Each level centres on getting mail to Mrs. Goggins as she walks along the sidewalk. Players advance by tossing junk mail or lobbing grenades, with difficulty climbing as the round progresses.

Graphics and Performance

The minimum configuration calls for a 256-color display at 640x480, 5.5 MB of free RAM, and roughly 1.5 MB of disk space on a 68k Mac. Macintosh Garden's suggested setup steps that up to thousands of colors, 6 MB of RAM, and a 68040 processor for smoother play.

Distribution and Source

The Info-Mac copy ships as postman-pat-11.hqx and points back to a Postman Pat web page that was hosted at qlink.queensu.ca during the shareware era. Macintosh Garden additionally credits Titus Entertainment alongside the author.