Instructions
Postmark Panic
Sort the mail before the belt carries it past the deadline. Personal, newsletter, spam, and eventually viruses.
- Year
- 2001
- Era
- Early Web
- Genre
- Reflex / Sorting
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Left personal, Down newsletter, Right spam, Up virus.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Tap the bin that matches the front letter.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Maker’s note
An early-web inbox crisis. The belt speeds up with every letter you sort, streaks raise the multiplier, and a fourth bin unlocks after sixteen letters. Three mistakes and the mailbox is full.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 1200
- 2500
- 3900
- 41,500
- 52,200
- 63,000
- 74,000
- 85,200
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Early Web era, 1997–2004
Beige towers, bevelled buttons and games that loaded one modem squeal at a time.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked run, so clearing site data clears the table.
