Jet Run
Hold to fire your jetpack and fly a scientist through an endless neon lab. Dodge crackling zappers and homing missiles, grab coins and spend them on gadgets.
Jet Run is a one-button endless flyer set in a glowing night-time laboratory. Your scientist sprints along the floor with a jetpack strapped on: hold to thrust upward, let go to drop, and feather the button to hover. The lab scrolls ever faster while electric zappers, spinning beams and homing missiles try to end the run, and coins arranged in hearts, stars and smiley faces tempt you into risky lines.
The opening seconds only throw simple horizontal and vertical zappers at you. As the distance grows you pass through five zones, from the Lobby to the Core, and the lab adds diagonal and rotating beams, narrow gaps between two zappers and missiles that flash a warning on the right edge, track your height and then launch. Flying very close to a zapper without touching it earns a close call bonus, and a blue shield bubble occasionally appears to absorb one hit. Your score is distance in metres plus five points per coin.
Coins are banked after every run and buy three gadgets on the title screen: a coin magnet with three levels, a shield you start every run with, and a head start that skips the easy early stretch. It suits fans of quick, twitchy arcade runs that build up over many sessions. Tip: when a missile warning blinks, wait for it to stop tracking, then change height.
How to play
Hold to fire the jetpack and rise, release to fall. Avoid electric zappers and missiles; a single hit ends the run unless you carry a shield. Collect coins for points; your score is distance in metres plus five per coin, and passing very close to a zapper earns a bonus. Missiles are announced by a blinking warning on the right edge. Coins are saved between runs and buy gadgets on the title screen.
Controls
- Hold Space / Up / W / mouse: Thrust upward, release to fall
- Hold anywhere on the screen: Thrust on touch screens
- 1 / 2 / 3 or tap a card: Buy a gadget on the title screen
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R / Space: Restart after game over
Category: Arcade games
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