Jetpac
- “Back again, Donkey? How about another go on my Jetpac game, huh?”
- —Professor Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong 64
Jetpac is a shooter video game released in 1983 for ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 as the first creation of Rare in 1983, which was known as Ultimate Play the Game at the time of its release.
In the game, the player plays as an astronaut trying to repair his spaceship while avoiding aliens. The astronaut has to collect all the pieces for his ship and fuel while blasting aliens with his laser gun. Each part of the ship is worth 100 points when retrieved and each alien is worth 25 points when blasted. Rare remade the game on Xbox Live Arcade as Jetpac Refuelled. They also re-released the game and its remake on Xbox One as part of Rare Replay.
Donkey Kong 64[edit]
The ZX Spectrum version of Jetpac is playable in Donkey Kong 64 as a test by Cranky Kong in his lab after the player gets 15 Banana Medals. In this version of the game, the player must score 5000 points within 3 lives to cause a Rareware Coin to start spawning and then collect the Coins while it spawns. Jetpac can also be played from the Mystery option, where it is unlocked after collecting six Banana Fairies.
Controls[edit]
— Fire jets
— Fire laser gun
or 
— Move left or right
, 
, or 
— Hover
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ジェットパック[?] Jettopakku |
JETPAC | |
| German | JetPac[?] | - | |
| Spanish | Jetpac[?] | - |
