Jet Pack

Jet Pack is a video game object that appears in 115 games

A Jet pack is a backpack with rocket boosters built in that usually allows the wearer to hover or fly.

Overview

A device, usually in the form of a backpack, which enables player characters to fly or hover. Usually included as a power-up or special equipment that a player can find or purchase while playing, jet packs tend to add new dimensions of gameplay or access to areas that otherwise wouldn't be available.  Games that are based on the use of a jet pack can allow a greater sense of freedom and provide a more open world to explore and interact with than games without jet packs.

Video Games


Despite the concept of a jet pack being discarded by the military in the late 1960s, jet packs are often staples in most Sci-fi or post modern military themed games. Jet packs allow the player to reach previously unreachable areas or simply gain an excellent height and maneuverability advantage over their opponents. Jet packs are usually difficult to obtain due to their usefulness and slightly overpowered combat advantages. Some video games like Perfect Dark:Zero had jet packs with mounted machine guns which gives the user a massive advantage over their slower and less powerful foot slogging foes.

Due to their usually uncontrlable and jerky movememnts, the most popular weapons to use with jet packs are sub-machine guns and other such fast firing weapons. Common weaknesses of the jet pack are an exposed fuel source, lack of cover, or limited fuel. A common tactic in some games is to simply shoot the fuel tank of the jet pack which renders it into nothing more then a falling explosive with a human strapped on.

Jet Pack games Edit

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Name Platforms Developer
Jetpack Brontosaurus
PC Flashbang Studios
Duke Nukem Forever
PC 3D Realms Entertainment
Section 8
PC, PS3, X360 TimeGate Studios, Inc.
Battletoads (Arcade)
ARC Rare, Ltd.
Just Cause 2
PC, PS3, X360 Avalanche Studios
Global Agenda
PC Hi-Rez Studios
Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
GEN Konami Corporation
Fallen Empire: Legions
PC GarageGames, Inc.
Jetpack Cat
PC
Dark Void
PC, PS3, X360 Airtight Games
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
PC Relic Entertainment
Blockland Retail
PC
Red Faction: Guerrilla
PC, PS3, X360 Volition Incorporated, Reactor Zero
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
released on Nov. 11, 2008
DS 1st Playable Productions, LLC
LittleBigPlanet
released on Oct. 27, 2008
PS3 Media Molecule
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
released on March 9, 2008
WII Game Arts Co., Ltd., Sora
Bionic Commando
PC, PS3, X360 GRIN
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
released on Nov. 27, 2007
PS2, PS3, DS, WII, X360 Traveller's Tales Ltd.
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
released on Oct. 23, 2007
PS3 Insomniac Games
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
released on Oct. 9, 2007
PSP Rebellion
Star Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack
released on Sept. 14, 2007
PC Petroglyph Games Inc.
Worms: Open Warfare 2
released on Aug. 31, 2007
PSP, DS Team17 Software Limited, Two Tribes B.V.
Warhawk
released on Aug. 28, 2007
PS3, PSN Incognito Entertainment, SCE Studio Santa Monica
Jetpac Refuelled
released on March 28, 2007
XBLM Rare, Ltd.
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
released on March 24, 2007
PC, MAC, X360 EA Los Angeles
Armored Core 4
released on March 20, 2007
PS3, X360 FromSoftware, Inc.
Worms
released on March 7, 2007
XBLM Team17 Software Limited
Elite Beat Agents
released on Nov. 6, 2006
DS iNiS Corp.
Metal Slug Anthology
released on Oct. 31, 2006
PSP, PS2, WII SNK Playmore
Killzone: Liberation
released on Oct. 31, 2006
PSP Guerrilla Games
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
released on Oct. 24, 2006
PSP, PS2, PC, XBOX, GBA, PS3, WII, X360 Vicarious Visions, Raven Software, Barking Lizards Technologies, Beenox Studios
Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption
released on Oct. 24, 2006
PC Petroglyph Games Inc.
Destroy All Humans! 2
released on Oct. 17, 2006
PS2, XBOX Pandemic Studios
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
PC Relic Entertainment
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
released on Sept. 12, 2006
GC, PSP, PS2, PC, XBOX, MAC, GBA, DS, X360 Traveller's Tales Ltd., Amaze Entertainment, Inc.
Worms 2 / Worms Armageddon
PC Team17 Software Limited
Worms: Open Warfare
PSP, DS Team17 Software Limited
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
released on March 14, 2006
PS2 Aspect Co. Ltd., Kojima Productions
Perfect Dark Zero
released on Nov. 18, 2005
X360 Rare, Ltd.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
released on Nov. 5, 2005
PS2, XBOX Rockstar North
Star Wars: Battlefront II
released on Nov. 1, 2005
PSP, PS2, PC, XBOX Pandemic Studios
007: From Russia with Love
released on Nov. 1, 2005
GC, PSP, PS2, XBOX Electronic Arts, Rebellion
Destroy All Humans!
released on June 21, 2005
PS2, XBOX, XBLM Pandemic Studios
Metal Slug 5
PS2, PC, XBOX, NEO, ARC Noise Factory, SNK Playmore
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
released on April 5, 2005
GC, PS2, PC, XBOX, MAC, GBA Traveller's Tales Ltd., Griptonite Games
Star Fox Assault
released on Feb. 15, 2005
GC, WII NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
released on Nov. 17, 2004
PS2 Kojima Productions, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
released on Nov. 16, 2004
GC, WII Retro Studios
Mario Power Tennis
released on Nov. 8, 2004
GC, WII Camelot Software Planning
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
released on Oct. 26, 2004
PS2, PC, XBOX, XBLM Rockstar North
Tribes: Vengeance
released on Oct. 12, 2004
PC 2K Boston
Star Wars: Battlefront
PS2, PC, XBOX, MAC Pandemic Studios
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
released on Sept. 20, 2004
PC Relic Entertainment
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
released on Aug. 18, 2004
GBA Treasure, Hitmaker
Worms 3D
GC, PS2, PC, XBOX, MAC Team17 Software Limited
Gotcha Force
GC Capcom
Armed & Dangerous
released on Dec. 2, 2003
PC, XBOX Planet Moon Studios
Beyond Good & Evil
released on Nov. 11, 2003
GC, PS2, PC, XBOX Ubisoft Montpellier Studios
Dino Crisis 3
XBOX Capcom Production Studio 3
Second Life
released on June 23, 2003
PC Linden Lab
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
released on Nov. 19, 2002
GC, PS2 LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Ratchet & Clank
released on Nov. 7, 2002
PS2 Insomniac Games
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
released on Oct. 23, 2002
ZOD, GC, PS1, PS2, PC, XBOX, MAC, GBA Vicarious Visions, Neversoft Entertainment
Tribes: Aerial Assault
PS2 Midway Studios Austin
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
released on Oct. 9, 2001
PC Westwood Studios, Inc.
Heavy Metal Geomatrix
released on Sept. 22, 2001
DC, ARC Capcom
Worms World Party
PS1, PC, DC, GBA, NGE Team17 Software Limited
Tribes 2
released on March 21, 2001
PC Dynamix, Inc.