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Jetpack

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Adept Software has released their game, Jetpack as freeware. It is an 2D arcade game, where you use a jetpack to fly around in a vast amount of levels, to collect gold. It works fine in Windows XP's own DOS emulator.

On the Jetpack site there is also a downloadable manual, and a guide for every single level in the game. It also contains a lot of other files related to Jetpack.:)

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Jetpack was an immediate hit when it was released in 1993, and a cult following grew internationally. I received a ton of mail and submissions by people creating their own jetpack levels. The built in level editor is one of the most popular features - over 1000 levels have been created. Some teachers bought Jetpack because they considered the editor to be educational, encouraging their students' creativity.

Jetpack was the top selling game for both publishers that carried it (Software Creations and Impulse Games). Jetpack runs fine on an 8086, and surprisingly well on today's computers!
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Cool! Games with jetpacks are always fun.
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I think we have some Jetpack clone on site - or maybe it's still on forums only - but I dont remember the name. So many games, so little memory... :P
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No. Actually Ive found it.

http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=230

And it's Jetpac, not Jetpack. Funny.
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No, it's neither Jetpac nor Jetpack. It's Jetpak! :blahblah:
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Oh... Indeed.

Now I wait for some nice clones of Jethpack, Jetpuck and Djatpakh. They havent been remade so far afaik. :P
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Post by Drasir-Vel »

They have begun remaking the original Jetpack engine. You can play an early demo of Jetpack 2 in your browser.
http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2010/01/18/control-me/
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