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Jetpack

Jetpack is a platform game available as freeware, originally published as shareware by Software Creations in 1993. The object of the levels is to collect all of the green emeralds scattered around the level…

31 December 1993

Jetpack is an arcade developed by Adept Software, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.

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What Jetpack is

Jetpack is an arcade game developed by Adept Software and released in 1993. It was published by Software Creations. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jetpack is a platform game available as freeware, originally published as shareware by Software Creations in 1993. The object of the levels is to collect all of the green emeralds scattered around the level while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Once accomplished, a door opens which the player must go through in order to advance to the next level. There is a single player, and a local multiplayer mode. The multiplayer mode supports up to eight players, where players take turns on the same machine. The player is aided in his quest by a jetpack and a phase shifter, which allows tunnelling through certain walls. The environments, which usually consist of mazes of bricks, also feature vines…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Jetpack launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Jetpack come out?
Jetpack was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS.

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