Meet Your Favourite
'Spec-Chum':
Meet: "JETMAN"
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Appearances:
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2
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First Game:
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"JetPac"
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Genre:
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Shooter/Platform
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Full
Name:
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JETMAN
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Height:
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25 pixels
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Width:
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15 pixels
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First Appeared:
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12/04/1983
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Moves:
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Left/Right/Jump/Fire
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JetPac
1983 Ultimate
Jetman's
first introduction to the speccy 
was
Jetpac - first published in 1983. Addictive and richly
coloured with a game play to match, proving to be
an instant hit.
So endearing was our jet-packed friend
that CRASH magazine featured a monthly cartoon strip
based on the character. His second outting was Lunar
Jetman; trickier, faster and with the addition of
a lunar buggy. This game proved a lot more difficult
and involved than the simplicity of it's predecessor
Jet Pac, but proved just as fun.
Appearances:
Jetpac
Lunar Jetman
JetPac
The object of our hero (Jetman) is to
assemble the three pieces of his rocket amid the various
comets and metorites that are a constant threat throughout
each level. Once the three pieces are assembled, he
then has to fill the rocket with fuel before jumping
in and taking off- thus completing the stage.
The three pieces of the rocket must
be assembled before you can refuel the rocket and
leave. This gets trickier when jetman progresses to
the further stages and has to assemble new rockets
and encounters faster and more cunning nasties!
Lunar
Jetman
This was the sequel to JetPac - and
it was tough! The control keys follow the pattern
of Jetpac, with alternating left/right keys on the
bottom row, laser-fire on second row, thrust on third
row, and hover on the top row. The game was quick
and extremely difficult, but with some patience (and
a lot of skill) you could eventually progress. You
had the bonus of a buggy that could be driven over
the moonscape and could be use to avoid nasties- not
muh benefit though, as you had to exit the buggy and
fill in the holes created by meteorites!
Pressing Z or Symbol Shift will allow
Jetman to pick up or drop any piece of the buggy's
contents and Caps Shift Break will let him get in
and out of the machine.
