Tomb Raider and Worms are among nine classic video games celebrated in the latest stamp collection by the British postal service Royal Mail.
The set of 12 stamps charts the evolution of British games design and technology ? from the pixelated images of the open-world space shooter Elite in the early 1980s to Tomb Raider in the late 1990s.

Each game has a dedicated stamp, while Lara Croft as perhaps the most well-known name on the list is honoured with a dedicated miniature-sheet of four stamps exploring her changing design throughout the years.
The shortlist of games was curated to represent major milestones in the gaming industry, and includes the first civilisation-building game Populous, FIFA predecessor Sensible Soccer and the puzzle-platformer Lemmings. Also featured are the racing games Micro Machines and Wipeout, Dizzy's adventuring egg and the tongue-in-cheek war game Worms.

The games were selected from a long list of options by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie) and independent video game experts.
The stamps themselves were designed by Bath-based Supple Studio and retro gaming book publisher Bitmap, with each based on freeze frames from the actual gameplay.

"The aim was to capture an iconic screenshot that sums up the game and will bring back memories for people who played them many years ago," creative director of Bitmap Books Sam Dyer told Dezeen.
The Sensible Soccer graphic, for example, shows th...