the release, the game was targeted by senator Joe Lieberman, who labeled it as one of the worst things in America, while retail chains CompUSA and Wal-Mart refused to sell the game. In its first week, Postal was sold over 10,000 times in the United States, and sales in Europe (where the game was released by Take-Two Interactive) were expected to reach 100,000. Desi estimated that the game generated roughly in revenue. RWS followed up with Special Delivery, an add-on of four levels released in August 1998 that allowed the player to murder lawyers, homeless people, and American Red Cross workers, among others. A Japan-exclusive version of Postal, titled Super Postal, was released in 2000, and Postal Plus, a bundle composed of Postal and Special Delivery, came out in 2002. Postal 2 and other projects With Postal released, RWS conceived Flesh and Wire, an original three-dimensional sci-fi-themed game in which the player controls a blob-shaped character; Desi described the game as unintentionally funny. However, the game was canceled by Ripcord in 1999 alongside two unannounced games, and RWS turned to focus only on Postal. Consequently, RWS soon picked up development on Postal 2, a sequel to Postal. The company attempted to make its humor more evident than it was in the original game so it would reach a wider audience. When brainstorming ideas for the game, the team considered Gary Coleman, a former child actor known for his role in the show Diff'rent Strokes, as a good fit for the game's theme. Desi called up Coleman, who agreed to his inclusion and performed himself in the game. Postal 2 was released in April 2003 through publisher Whiptail Interactive. Postal 2 was shortly banned in 13 countries; New Zealand banned it in 2004 and Australia in 2005. Desi later struck a deal with the company Softwrap to have the game distributed online, which bypassed the bans. Due to the popularity of Postal 2, Whiptail released Postal: Classic and Uncut, containing the original Postal and Special Delivery, as well as a demo version of Postal 2, in August that year. This was followed by Share the Pain, a version of Postal 2 that introduced online multiplayer to the game. In Europe, this version was published by Greek company Hell-Tech. A separate expansion, Apocalypse Weekend, was released in 2005. The Postal Fudge Pack—a compilation containing the original Postal, Share the Pain, Apocalypse Weekend,