First there was Postman Pat. In Postman Pat 2, the battle continued. Pat 3 sees the final battle against rising postal costs with Pat sporting an Uzi and bandana. [He lives in his own world, y'know - Ed]

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The original Postman Pat sees you on a basic delivery run on a standard sunny day. No aliens, no bad guys, no ramps, jeeps or rocket launchers - just Pat, the cat, and the van. This game is blissfully puerile. The most you will ever have to worry about is getting Miss Hubbard's prescription to the chemist's, and drinking tea with the postmistress. When you're not leading this frantic social life, you're lazily driving around in this funky roadster of a Pat van. If you can't find your way to the doctor's house, don't worry - just keep driving round until you find it. Backwards if you want - nobody cares.

This game is absolutely perfect for its target age group. It doesn't have power-ups, continues, guns, or anything that anyone could possibly object to. It's just plain nice. The one mistake to make would be to restrict this masterpiece to children. Everybody should try to live like this. (Like, wow man!)

If you don't fall in love with this game, something is quite obviously hideously wrong with you.

Overall: 90%

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He's back, he's mean, and he's broken his van. That's why he's on foot, and that's why they haven't bothered with the colour red.

Pat 2 is a lot like Pat 1, but with a little less reliance on the cute factor. In fact, the emphasis seems to be on more lifelike characters that aren't in the least bit cuddly.

Graphically, it's a Speccy port (or a very close conversion), and is distinctly unappealing. The addition of a radar to help you seems a little tacky, as do the moving counters representing other characters. Stylewise, it's a fast version of Tir Na Nog, with the added bonus of being able to tell which way you're facing.

Postman Pat 2 turns a lazy drive round town into a boring trudge round the streets, and the colours give the impression that it's going to rain any minute.

Overall: 51%

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Oh no! Delivery man Dan has broken his leg! Who will deliver all those phone directories? If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you could hire Pat?

Paperboy fans will love this one. It runs in overhead view, a view that sees Pat screaming down a road chucking phone books at houses. That's not all. There are roadworks and other cars to avoid, as well as the police who, however cuddly, probably have a distinctly unsavoury cell waiting for Pat.

You must deliver a set number of directories to specified houses within a certain time limit. It seems logical that the roads get progressively harder through the game, but this is not all that evident. All in all, it's a nice way to round off the collection.

Overall: 84%

Graphics 83%
The emphasis here is definitely on cute, but what's wrong with that, eh?

Sonics 53%
There's only so much you can do with van noises, and these games don't exactly stretch the limits!

Grab Factor 88%
Quite frankly, if this stuff doesn't appeal to you, there has to be something wrong!

Staying Power 85%
They will be played quite a bit, if not just to complete the various tasks throughout the game.

Overall 89%
Never before has the CPC seen such hideously cute releases. We love this stuff!