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[aku:jiki]

I almost consider it as the best XBLA game out there right now

Someone hasn't run into the invisible enemies yet, I see!

Whats everyone's high score?

1.5 mil or so, don't recall exactly.

This game has a pretty broken difficulty curve. Getting a million in levels 1-20 is really, really hard. Getting a million in levels 25-40 is a huge cakewalk, as the levels actually get a whole lot easier again. There are levels where the game spawns screen-fulls of just the weird clam-with-tentacle-type enemies that pose no threat to you whatsoever. You just stay in one of those levels (until time runs out) with the level 2 weapon and grab like 300k per level.

 

[C4Lukins]

The get to level 10 without dying achievement is killing me. I got to 8 twice and died to those damn robots. Way to stressful.

 

[aku:jiki]

The get to level 10 without dying achievement is killing me. I got to 8 twice and died to those damn robots. Way to stressful.

Nuke your way through level 8. It's possibly the only way to do it without going nuts.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

Someone hasn't run into the invisible enemies yet, I see!

Probably an enemy that spawned on exactly the same position as you. Only happened once to me.

 

[C4Lukins]

Nuke your way through level 8. It's possibly the only way to do it without going nuts.

Finally got it. Used 5 nukes on level 8. Only way to be sure.

 

[aku:jiki]

Probably an enemy that spawned on exactly the same position as you. Only happened once to me.

No, you'll see. There's a variation of the sun-type enemy that's actually, literally invisible.

Spoiler

Ok, they're not literally invisible, but they're so transparent that ANY of the games multiple particle and lighting effects make them completely impossible to see.

 

[Pokeylongo]

I don't know why Rare always pushed this game as a classic, but the remake looks a little better.

 

[goldenpp72]

invisible what? Are you talking about those blue ones? Because they aren't 'invisible' there is a dynamic to them.

 

[Gigglepoo]

Man, I just went on a massive streak. I was stuck at level 18 for a few days and now I am passed level 60. This game is an absolute blast. Every retro conversion should be this good.

Anyone else notice the Rare reference in some of the levels? A few have mentioned Jet Force Gemini and one was called "Solar Jetman Returns" Could that be their next XBLA game?

 

[LittleTokyo]

I happened to have 400 points so I figured what they hey, and got this game. 48 levels later I'm having a blast. Challenging, fun, rewarding... yet simple. I wish there was a win-loss record for online though.

 

[Lighting Gels]

Great, great, fantastic game.
An absolutely unexpected great game.

 

[aku:jiki]

invisible what? Are you talking about those blue ones? Because they aren't 'invisible' there is a dynamic to them.

No, the grey ones. You people need to stop trying to correct me if you're currently at like level 15.

 

[Gigglepoo]

Gah!

Those damn invisible guys are a pain in the ass. I've been stuck on level 93 for the last hour. That's a long time to be stuck somewhere in this game.

Also, a few levels back I unlocked two gamer pictures and a theme. When I went to download them, though, I only got one Gamer Pic and the theme was not able to download. Anyone else have any issues with this?

 

[aku:jiki]

Those damn invisible guys are a pain in the ass. I've been stuck on level 93 for the last hour. That's a long time to be stuck somewhere in this game.

Told you guys.

Worst part isn't even being stuck on 93 alone, but the fact that beating it without losing at least 1-2 lives is crazy hard and unfair, and you really need those extra lives for the following levels. So annoying.

Also, a few levels back I unlocked two gamer pictures and a theme. When I went to download them, though, I only got one Gamer Pic and the theme was not able to download. Anyone else have any issues with this?

Yeah, the theme is broken. You did get two gamerpics, though. You get the helmet guy and the little safari dude on the border in the retro version. No idea who that's supposed to be?

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

Woo!

Didn't grind though. I wanted to get past level 17 - 18, so I started from level 5 so I could have a decent laser by the time I get there. Succeeded and I got 'til level 50 before I ran out of lives (the most I collected at that point was 10).

Anyone else notice the Rare reference in some of the levels? A few have mentioned Jet Force Gemini and one was called "Solar Jetman Returns" Could that be their next XBLA game?

Yup. And 'The Giant Enemy Crab Nebula' at level 45 - 48.

Yeah, the theme is broken. You did get two gamerpics, though. You get the helmet guy and the little safari dude on the border in the retro version. No idea who that's supposed to be?

 

[Mar]

This game looks incredible. Why don't I own a 360 yet.

 

[Aaronology]

Woo!

Hehe, good job. My high score is #4 there, and I took a break from the game after I got to #1, which was a few days ago. That was tough as heck, especially thanks to the invisible bastards. I can only imagine how insane it must've been getting to the current record.

In a month's time that leaderboard is going to look insane. :lol

 

[Skilotonn]

You can save/choose levels once you beat them? So you don't have to start all over to make it to level 128 in on go every time? Please tell me that this is true!

I was already sold on this game but held back a bit for this reason since I don't have the time right now to try and last that long, and I was gonna get it after exams, but this would seal the deal for me to get it sooner...

 

[forgeforsaken]

You can save/choose levels once you beat them? So you don't have to start all over to make it to level 128 in on go every time? Please tell me that this is true!

Sort of, you can restart from any rocket construction level, which are about every 5 levels or so (might be 4 or 6) .

 

[binary]

I had never played Jetpac before, but I must say that I'm really enjoying this game. The game never gets too frustrating which is crucial for a game like this. Usually I don't touch the multiplayer aspect of arcade games, but Jetpac online is fantastic. It produces some real back and forth matches with the use of nukes.

 

[Skilotonn]

Sort of, you can restart from any rocket construction level, which are about every 5 levels or so (might be 4 or 6) .

Niiiiiice - thanks for the info!

 

[robot]

I was wondering who got that crazy 23 million score - congrats!

Finally broke the 1million mark for a whopping 1.6 million. Number 68 on the leaderboards!

 

[aku:jiki]

The game never gets too frustrating

Inviiisiiiiiiiiiible eeeeeeeeneeeemiiiiiiies!

Jetpac online is fantastic.

I'll agree with that, though. The multiplayer is actually the best part of the game, I think. Frustrating enemy/camera design doesn't really matter there, since you have infinite lives. Also, multiplayer games where you can mess around with each other and steal your opponent's shit is always good fun.

 

[Gigglepoo]

I finally got past that ridiculous level 93-97 stretch. Just a murderer's row of levels. Invisible enemies FTL.

I can see that it will be slow going the rest of the way. I'm at 109 now. Really great game.

Anyone have Infection yet?

 

[inpHilltr8r]

Anyone else notice the Rare reference in some of the levels?

The dalek/robot mice are from Alien 8, another old Ultimate game.

 

[p3tran]

if other ultimate speccy games from the 80's are transformed a-la jetpac on xboxlive, that would definately be the best batch of arcade games ever.

rare did a great job. excellent game for 5$

PLEASE OVERHAUL UNDERWURLD NEXT!! and atic-atac, knight lore, , alien 8, pssst, sabre wolf etc

 

[Community Forum]

After playing this more and more, I really wish you could set your EMP bomb to the left trigger. I like having the right trigger for boost, but it just feels unnatural to have to press the X button for the bomb, when my finger is right on the unused left trigger the whole time.

Love the game though, please don't think I am nitpicking.

 

[p3tran]

map the thrust on "joypad up" (more natural anyway) and I think you got your emp on the left trigger and fire on the right.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

After playing this more and more, I really wish you could set your EMP bomb to the left trigger. I like having the right trigger for boost, but it just feels unnatural to have to press the X button for the bomb, when my finger is right on the unused left trigger the whole time.

Love the game though, please don't think I am nitpicking.

You can set it to the left trigger. Select 'Phaser' Style as your control method in options. It says X for EMP, but I've been using nothing but the left trigger to activate it. And it appears as if it's the same for every other control method from the looks of it.

 

[Community Forum]

You can set it to the left trigger. Select 'Phaser' Style as your control method in options. It says X for EMP, but I've been using nothing but the left trigger to activate it. And it appears as if it's the same for every other control method from the looks of it.

No.

I like right trigger for boost.

With this option, you can't have the left trigger be the EMP bomb.

Thanks for the suggestions, though.

 

[Gigglepoo]

I may be the only Jetpac Refueled player who has this problem:

I finished all the new levels tonight. All 128 levels of alien killing action. However, I didn't get the million point achievement yet. I have no idea how people are getting so many points. Is there a good strategy? A certain stretch of levels I should hang around in?

 

[goldenpp72]

Getting a spread laser and then going nuts on as many enemies you can is a good way to do it, it's easy to get 1 million in this game, nothing compared to geo wars.

 

[Gigglepoo]

Rareware posted a fix for those who have gotten far enough in Jetpac Refueled to download 2 Gamer Pics and a Theme but were met with a sad error. I tried this already and can verify that it not only works but you won't actually lose your Jetpac progress either.

"Instructions:
* Navigate to the 'System' blade in the 360 dashboard
* Select the 'Memory' menu option
* Select the storage device on which Jetpac Refuelled is saved
* Select the 'Games' menu option
* Navigate to the Jetpac entry in the menu and select it
* When you select the Jetpac entry, highlight 'Jetpac Xbox Live Arcade Game'
* Select and confirm the 'Delete' option
* FINAL STEP: Re-download from the Arcade downloads section of the dashboard to obtain the updated game package."

 

[Dante]

Can't beleive I played the same game as some of you going by the impressions :/

 

[Matrix]

Rareware posted a fix for those who have gotten far enough in Jetpac Refueled to download 2 Gamer Pics and a Theme but were met with a sad error.

How far into the game are you rewarded those?

 

[Sysgen]

I finally got past that ridiculous level 93-97 stretch. Just a murderer's row of levels. Invisible enemies FTL.

I can see that it will be slow going the rest of the way. I'm at 109 now. Really great game.

Anyone have Infection yet?

How do you get infected?

 

[Sean]

How far into the game are you rewarded those?

level 64 i think (halfway)

How do you get infected?

you have to play with someone who's infected....

the developers of the game will be the only ones who start off with the achievement and then they'll spread it to other gamers and then it goes from there. it doesn't seem like anyone has it yet though =/

 

[Sean]

I'm infected now, so if anyone needs the achievement just send me a message or friend request (gamertag is Shadow540).

You get the achievement as soon as the game starts so you can quit 2 seconds after....

 

[Sysgen]

I'm infected now, so if anyone needs the achievement just send me a message or friend request (gamertag is Shadow540).

You get the achievement as soon as the game starts so you can quit 2 seconds after....

Thanks to Sean I'm infected also but if I had known it was a 0 point achievement I may not of been so eager.

 

[Gigglepoo]

Infected achievements remind me of virtual GRID. Seems kind of scary...

 

[joaomgcd]

Wohoo!

Those levels with invisible guys are not THAT hard. There's a trick to make them much easier:

Get the 3 laser weapon upgrade and just hover at the very top of the level all the time while shooting down. Then you just have to get the falling fuel as soon as possible and hover above the ship to let it fall. But those transparent guys can't do anything to you as long as you're hovering at the top, moving from side to side and shooting down.

 

[Gigglepoo]

Rareware was running a mini contest to get the Infected Achievement. If you email them your Gamertag, they might add you as a friend. Then you can play against them super early Wednesday morning to get the Achievement.

I won! Shame I live on the West Coast now. Gotta get up at 8am just to play some Jetpac. I'm quite excited, though. It's Rare! Weee!

 

[SickBoy]

I'm still enjoying this game in spurts. It makes it a little easier once you realize you can take a free hit while holding a fuel canister... I'm still pretty weak, though. Have a lot of achievements to unlock yet ....looks like at least a few more of them are within my abilities, though!

 

[Stat Flow]

Holy hell, do I love this game, I didn't know there was a thread for it!

It's so fun, one of the best XBLA games out there. I want gamerpics and themes.

I've only made it to level 18 though, 425k high score. 50% achivements, I just need the score and level specific achievements and also the Retro achievement. I actually did the get from level 1 to 10 without dying achievement on my first try.

What's the significance of the Infected achievement? Do you get a gamerpic to use for it? Because I don't see the point of going for it for 0 GS points.

Also, one question:

WHen you play multiplayer, are you playing against that person on a level or are the two of you working together like co-op?

 

[Gigglepoo]

What's the significance of the Infected achievement? Do you get a gamerpic to use for it? Because I don't see the point of going for it for 0 GS points.

There are a few games with Infected Achievements. I know Small Arms has one as well. There isn't actually a point. It's an incentive to play the multiplayer, though. If you want a Gamer Pic, you should just keep playing the game...

WHen you play multiplayer, are you playing against that person on a level or are the two of you working together like co-op?

It's competitive. You race to build and fuel your spaceship before your buddy.

 

[Sean]

I've been stuck on level 81 for days now... so frustrating.