POSTAL 1 Beta - 1997 Developer Demonstration

[@rwsstudios]

This was recorded following E3 1997 and the famed CNN report which can be viewed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGqrqIukaqt4Y5I

[@burnt_fuze2281]

the exterior of the building reminds me of those buildings near the entrance of the mall in postal 2. strange

[@PracticeBot13]

90's nostalgia! I love this!

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

@@burnt_fuze2281 yea there might be a reason for that

[@commandantcousteau6874]

And nowadays people are disgusted by Hatred.

[@floppagaming7156]

That guy sounded like mike j

[@sanicfanguy]

“Hi this is Vince Desi of Running With Scissors. And welcome to my crib.”

[@kankeydong2500]

@Rage virus and zombification are 2 diverse concepts that was fucken glorious

[@poolsclosed1787]

Papa dezzi Chief big dick

[@dickbrown3196]

@No More Room in Hell is a great Source modification dude I can’t stop seeing you :D

[@Mario_bland]

Im so happy that vinces voice is as smokey and italian as his name implies

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

Im impressed as a European I knew exactly how his accent sounded like the moment I saw a pic of him with champ

[@jackkingsby116]

It really is incredible how much he looks like his voice as well

[@TheDrLeviathan]

My step dad worked at a post office for many years. He retired back in 2016 or so. This is his favorite game.

[@randomstranger9849]

would you mind signing a fucking petition?

[@Hungyball_]

You've gotta be fucking kidding

[@Saver310]

Hope he sees Postal Redux

[@murphyslaw_1776]

THIS BELONGS IN A MUSEUM

[@georgebaynard4096]

Michael Murphy You belong in a museum Mr Jones!

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

the postal franchise itself should belong in a museum

[@Karmy.]

Wait, the RWS offices from Postal 2 is actually based off of the real life RWS offices?!

[@Griffonki]

O shit

[@edgrdfw]

POG

[@labenvenci1584]

R/woosh

[@Karmy.]

@@labenvenci1584 ??

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

Ofcourse it would be

[@retropirate1]

I never expected the officebuilding in postal 2 to be actually based on the real building

[@GuyOnAChair]

"My name is Vince and welcome to Jackass"

[@noway9320]

"We're proud to say our publisher is Ripcord Games..." edit: was thinking of Whiptail Interactive

[@AstralPhnx]

Man that aged poorly

[@AR15.666]

no way pussy destroyer.

[@handsomebrick]

@@AstralPhnx Did it age poorly?

[@AstralPhnx]

@@handsomebrick Yeah, Ripcord games closed way way back when.

[@lilililiililili6363]

pussy destroyer

[@scoutdy6547]

Vince looks so young, so beautiful Now he just looks beutiful

[@handsomebrick]

The joke goes "Vince used to be so young and sexy, now he's just sexy"

[@zzz6603]

RWS is the best game company ever. Not money hungry, quality content for what they have and they listen to their fans. Perfection

[@Karmy.]

Agreed

[@elijahgarza7906]

100%

[@liloni444]

BaxStarShot R.I.P LIL PEEP

[@FunBoysGaming]

That's quite a stretch.

[@zzz6603]

鬼LiL R.I.P.

[@MildPsychedelic]

I wish more devs shared things like this. Call it cheesy but it's fascinating as historical pieces.

[@askamikaze3936]

You can really hear the joy and excitement from thier voices, so wholesome

[@DGISALWAYS]

Watching this video made me realize we never got a editor for Redux.

[@francessonder]

I honestly thought that RWS was just Mike and Vince and Rick Hunter and some other guys. Didn't know that more than 5 or 8 people worked at RWS. Also look at that delicious 1997 video quality.

[@ctons]

Mike J wasn't even in the company at the time. He joined for the production of Postal 2

[@cankzltan]

- ''Hi i am Vince and this is Running With Scissors'' *STARTS STABBING RANDOM PEOPLE ON THE STREET*

[@Sodaholic6502]

The marching band is playing something different! Interesting piece of history, thanks for sharing it with us.

[@mythos5202]

This one's "Dixie", the one they usually play is "The Stars and Stripes Forever!"

[@Username_999]

That's delightful to hear this excitement, passion, fun in the voice and explaining, feels like something is missing in current bigger gamedev companies now. This video is a lovely piece of history, great you showed it to us, best luck on updating and polishing Postal 4 guys.

[@KeemScarce]

Thank god you guy's are archiving these early demos and betas, its amazing to see the early progress of a game.

[@Newsted17]

"This is the code of Postal..." ONE PAGE OF CODE

[@AverageDoggo]

I don't think you understand what you're looking at..

[@Lackingx]

Are you trolling or legitimately disabled

[@Deadener]

But that one page is so dense. Every line has so much going on.

[@Newsted17]

@@Lackingx I'm just quoting the video lol

[@Lackingx]

@@Newsted17 Cringe

[@TheSolidMidgetOfficial]

Man I really want that classic Postal shirt.

[@t0rm3n78]

This is the ripcord, great publisher. *quiet laugh in the background*

[@Blue-jy4rf]

Comparing this to current vince, he has not aged at all.

[@soundclock2939]

Its great to see Postal 1 content again on the channel. I really wish I was around back in the day to play it multiplayer and use the editor.

[@MXOY99]

I've always wanted to get my hands on them alpha and beta builds of Postal 2. E3 demo etc etc... Sadly never will.

[@MXOY99]

@Jesse's Cool Reviews: Randy is gonna be holding Duke Nukem hostage for some time.

[@brokenm8950]

More of this please. Any archival stuff is appreciated.

[@PuppetMasteronVHS]

Wait the voice was his alter ego talking and not himself? Damn the more you know... I would love for my Id to be voiced by Rick Hunter, maybe then I would be more convinced to commit a felony.

[@iceyhurricane3586]

Puppet Master on VHS the voice was originally was suppose to be the dudes alter ego or a demon encouraging him to kill more iirc but it just became his voice at one point

[@runninglate9672]

It's hard to believe that this game went so back at a time where petitions and pidgeon missions didn't even make an appearance.

[@krychur4956]

the game that re-wrote violence in video games forever.

[@krychur4956]

@TheVoiceOfTruth actually, GTA 1 came out in 1997 as well, only a month or so before POSTAL.

[@DinosaurSatan]

Damage : The Sadistic Butch... aw fuck it, nobody else had an Amiga. But no Postal is not the first game to explicitly put the player in the tole spree killer. Damage probably isn’t either.

[@cambreaKer]

@@krychur4956 Well actually actually, GTA 1 came out after POSTAL 1 GTA 1 came out in october 1997 and postal came out in september 1997

[@krychur4956]

@@cambreaKer oh shit! I meant to say POSTAL 1, but I said GTA 1 instead. ah well. anyway, it's a beautiful game, first game to let you kill innocent people or not.

[@arevalo8117]

watching a 1997 recording in 1080p is just epic

[@pauliesnuts8886]

interesting, ive always wanted to know how it was back then.

[@TheFighterdoken]

I think "the Old One" is meant to be the demon talking in his head.

[@CRONDITIONALBRUST]

Real blessed content right here.

Devs: **set the paraders on fire and giggle** me: am I watching my self

[@capam15]

who knew in pre-alpha he was simply known as..."the guy"

[@digitaladdiction8970]

Amazing footage! RWS is really a company that lives on it's cult status, and the interaction with it's fanbase is a must, the disclosure of historical works like this are always welcomed!

[@Nikola7.62]

Oh wow, I never thought I'd see this gem of a video. Feels like discovering an artifact.

[@Cyann33andaThird]

Lmaoo y'all didn't even change the main menu since the alpha Absolutely god tier

[@handsomebrick]

*beta

[@Cyann33andaThird]

@@handsomebrick still

[@olzhas1one755]

Why fix it if it's not broke?

[@Cyann33andaThird]

@@olzhas1one755 it isn't broken, per say, it just looks like it was thrown together in 2 minutes and they never bothered to change it

[@cambreaKer]

it was changed a bit, like for example the high score menu was removed from the final game

[@rennegaddefoxxe]

Ah, glorious analog video. No complaints, watched every second. This game was my first forray into the darkness. Postal and San Andreas are a couple of my favorites.

[@999thenewman]

Rick Hunter has unforgettable one-liners.

[@jonjon4634]

The backgrounds were hand painted? Holy shit, I didn’t know that...

[@ghoulhellbilly2528]

holy shit, it's from the times RWS had an actual office

[@ultimatecorgi3392]

I was four years old. And to think, I didn't know what Postal was until Postal 2 went on sale on Steam for like $1 in like 2016... It was a fever dream. I stayed up until about 3am (we were at an overnight video game club/convention on campus in the student union), and made it to about Wednesday. I have never played something so alien and surreal in my life. I don't really like Postal 1 or 2, but I am very glad they exist, and I ought to buy the third game (the 2019 game, not that OTHER one.) Cheers!

[@Kaedevirus]

Vince's lookin' as good as ever.

[@mjennings875]

God this is beautiful I clicked so fast expecting another stream but no....I got this beautiful piece of nostalgia.

[@jesusbear7367]

You guys are awesome. Still supporting these awesome classic games and being so open to your fans. Also all this historical content is great to see after all these years.

[@almaelma11]

This is incredible! Now if you got the alpha builds themselves I, and many others, would love to see that preserved online too!

[@Kilo-fr4sh]

Good to see papa vice again.. despite it being a old video, its still good to see him.

[@xAndrzej42]

Remember playing postal 2 and then add on. That video on mission with pigeons, pure love and good memories. Especially that ending with throwing a phone.

[@edgythehedgy364]

This game is my stress-reliever (Also if I ever became a game dev in the future, I would die to be hired by RWS)

[@debbyclowner]

3 people didn’t sign the Postal Dude’s petition.

[@tomyxx64]

Absolutely beautiful. If you guys by any chance have any videos or documentaries about Postal 2's development, that'd be great!

[@Indians-dl3to]

At 0:15 Is this the same guy who says "nothing personal man, but you are fired" in Postal 2 ?

[@georgebushnapalmgaming6964]

Yes

[@Madhijz]

there is always something enjoyable and enticing about these kinds of timecapsules

[@milestailsprower6574]

It's so interesting seeing Postal 1 in its Beta stage. Seeing that this is one of my favorite games that came out in the 90's

[@MasterCrumble]

This was a fun blast back to the past. I keep thinking that's Mike J, but nope. I would love to see some dev diary videos on Postal 2 as well. Anything behind the scenes from your games, really. I love to see the boys excited about upcoming games.

[@user-yq9ed5ts9b]

Vince looking and sounding as good as ever

[@teamatfort444]

looks good, can't wait for it to be released!

[@ThisShitIsDumbAndYouKnow]

The birth of the marching band, still funny till this day Would love to see more of this kind of stuff

[@ROTSECHSMAN]

It's kinda funny. Papa Desi here looks like a character straight from Scorsese's movie. A Goodfella maybe? Btw, this is historical footage. THX for sharing, RWS. You guys are the friggin' best.

[@TheTrue_KeyTex]

Quite informative, especially footage with the pre-alpha game-play and demonstration of editor. So i have interesting questions for you: 1) Will you upload some type of this stuff? I think the POSTAL community will be proud to see more old, cool stuff about the early version of Postal 1 and maybe the second one. 2)Do you know what happened with Mike Riedel? I was trying to find the information about him, but some databases says he was working until the 2004, when the development of AW was begin. So i wonder, where he did go after the POSTAL series?

[@returnofthespacecowgurl]

Holy shit literally like less than an hour away this was filmed 22 years ago.

[@PlaidDin]

Mad respect for transferring in 720p 60FPS!! You guys rule.

[@NigerianPrince0]

Who else remembers the ear rape when you started the Postal 1

[@plmkoo6772]

Very cool! Do you guys have a similar video for postal 2?

[@ITRIEDEL]

Thank you for sharing this. This is a nice glimpse into the glory days of PC gaming. Where gaming companies were pushing boundaries

[@marko-gj1uj]

Make a side mission in POSTAL 4 where you meat P.Dude from POSTAL 1.

[@marko-gj1uj]

Now I feel like my comment aged well.

[@Slaughtered-Lamb]

No way....

[@tomasz3875]

i like how the url of this vid just says Nut

[@SaintKuro]

This is how a legend is born

[@theshadowl4]

Hmmm ive seen this place somewhere...

[@theshadowl4]

@Heavy Guy ain't this a small place ehh ?

[@theshadowl4]

@Heavy Guy you know I wasn't trying to be an asshole I just hate when people talk without giving you any proof ..

[@theshadowl4]

@Heavy Guy thanks

[@dustydog1039]

if i worked at rws i’d wake up with morning wood everyday

[@TheShovelGuy2003]

Postal probably has the best art style than the games i know.Dark and griddy but also atmospheric i mean it's photocopies the mind of a psychologically unstable man and thats what i'm loving this type of games i hope we can see more big projects from Running With Scissors team.

[@JasperTedVidalTale]

Its a shame that Hatred didnt use the horror game aspect of Postal

[@TheShovelGuy2003]

@@JasperTedVidalTale Hatred is just trying to be edgy,yeah Postal is edgy too but The Dude not killing for hating people he controlled by devil or something but we don't clearly know the real reason yet just a teory.Hatred just trying to be edgy and bad boy style and thats why people making fun of that game.To be honest i loved that game but killing innocents for hate is cliché now.

[@JasperTedVidalTale]

@@TheShovelGuy2003 Okay

[@Ryanska_u]

11:20 the first battle royale game

[@misterdrxwzee]

VINCE! Haha What's up, buddy? So glad to see this, what a throwback!

[@splintergectornathan9045]

Thanks for showing a history, thank you Modern RWS!

[@mansiselyn]

this just proves that Vince has been an italian mob boss ever since the beginning

[@ZatohRondohoon3227]

6:22 Wish This Was In The Final Beta In Original, But In Case Of Hostiles, Too. :O

[@lissanderknight6567]

1997 was the year of the release of the most cruel and politically incorrect games - Postal, GTA, Carmageddon, Fallout ...

[@milesboustead2826]

I love how much changed. Such as the Truckstop art being the Junkyard art

[@maxluigi2569]

I would’ve though you’d be too busy firing people to demonstrate beta.

[@kain201]

Auto subtitles are hilarious! 'Running With Scissors' becomes 'Running with Disease' and so on.

[@ppaofe2385]

*EVERYBODY I'M VINCE DESI FROM RUNNING WITH DISEASE*

[@omarhelmy1626]

The making of a legendary game

[@c_Lutch]

I’m surprised you guys still keep up on the original Postal

[@Jake_Ro_X]

I need to keep this on my archive, it's for the kids. 😂❤️

[@NDF12-wtw]

I remember I died from a rpg and he keep on flipping my body

[@VampiricNightmare]

Those shirts are badass

[@Zombiez_eatz_brainz]

The editor mide sounds fun asf ngl

[@guardianofthefourthwall]

Holy shit this is incredible! Any chance you guys actually still have this build? I feel like this would be an interesting piece of history to look into!

[@pedrohenriquebaretta5693]

Thanks for sharing this! Can tou tell us how the video got distributed? For what audience was this intended?

[@Cherdenk0-_-]

0:00 what a beautiful view! 0:14 Young and Cheerful Vince 0:18 okay! Let's go! 0:43 What a perfect office! A want to work in similar! 0:52 Nice too meet you! 0:56 Why you distract him? 1:11 Very Interesting! 1:23 My mind can't perceive this 1:28 😂😂 1:39 where's gone this logo in final version of game? 2:00 High scores? 2:51 Junk Yard with different photocard! Interesting! 3:22 😮 5:24 Music is different 5:33 FIRE IN THE HOLE! 6:07 Dude's walking... It's feels like a car. 8:18 It can be seen better 11:27 classic 12:30 I don't remember. Editor was been in final game, or not?

[@OptiJams]

And on that day, history was made

[@1funeral2many9]

back before vince went full on grandpa mode

[@blade8271]

97 год. Да, классное было время

[@marakalos3838]

It was a golden era before I was born. Now, it looks to be that ruins are under reconstruction. The gold is dusted off and thrones will be filled once more.

[@KryptKicker5]

That dev environment makes me smile :) Gotta love it!

[@olzhas1one755]

I hope Postal 4 will be as controversial and fun as this was

[@pspdan553]

About dispenser thing, there was a demon in things that you can put in dispenser, is that a child from ending?

[@Illutorium]

Finally 60FPS review.

[@simone2059]

I'm glad to find this kind of stuff on youtube =)