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 Disclaimer
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 Table of Contents

Welcome ! ..............................................................1
Your Quest:................................................................... 1

Installing Jetpack ...................................................2

Starting Jetpack......................................................4

The Jetpack ...........................................................6

Features .................................................................7
Other features to note .................................................... 9

Scoring.................................................................10

Main Menu ..........................................................11

While Playing.......................................................13
Main Controls ............................................................. 13

Other Special Keyboard Keys ....................................... 14

THE MONSTERS ..............................................15

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MORE JETPACK STUFF!...................................16

Jetpack Level Editor.............................................18

How Do I Use It? ........................................................ 19

THE MONSTERS ...................................................... 20

Editor Controls............................................................ 21

Editor Hints................................................................ 23
Having Trouble Getting Started? .............................. 23
The Block Function (Cut & Paste) ........................... 23

Testing & Saving Your Level................................24

TROUBLESHOOTING......................................25

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 Welcome !

Jetpack is a fast-paced game of brave exploration, grave

danger and dazzling treasure!

You are a daring adventurer in search of precious emerald gems!

With your trusty jetpack strapped to your back, enter the dungeon
and explore a hundred levels full of treasures and peril.

Your Quest:
Pick up all of the gems in each level - without getting killed.
When you have collected all the gems for any level, the portal to
the next level will open, allowing for your safe passage. Along
your journey, collect treasure to earn extra lives.

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 Installing Jetpack

·
Approximate time:
5 minutes or less

1. Insert the Jetpack disk into the floppy disk drive.

2. At the C:\> prompt, type: a:install

3. You will be prompted with the question, “Do you want to

continue installation [Y]?”.

To answer Yes, press the [↵ENTER] key.

4. The installation program will tell you the current drive and
available disk space. You will then be asked, “Drive to install
JETPACK on [C:]?

To accept C: as the target drive, press

the [↵ENTER] key.

or

To install Jetpack on a drive other than the C: drive, type a

new drive letter and colon key
(i.e., D:) , then press the [↵ENTER] key.

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Installation (continued)
5. The next question asks you which directory you wish to store
Jetpack under. “Path to install JETPACK in [\JETPACK]?”

To accept this directory, press the [↵ENTER] key.

or

If you want to install Jetpack to a customized directory,

type the name of your special directory and press the
[↵ENTER] key.

6. Sit back and watch the Install program go to it!

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 Starting Jetpack

1. At the C:\> prompt, type: CD JETPACK and press the

[↵ENTER] key.

2. At the C:\JETPACK> prompt, type: JETPACK and

press the [↵ENTER] key.

NOTE:
If you installed JETPACK to a customized directory, in step
#1, type the path and the name of your special directory
instead of “JETPACK”.

3. After a moment, Jetpack will be loaded onto your screen and

you can choose from a menu of options.

To see a demonstration of Jetpack, press [D] for Demo.

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Starting Jetpack, (continued)

At the bottom of the screen there is a list of player

options. Press [F2] for one player and [F3] for two
players, etc.

4. Once you have selected the number of players for your game,
you will see a screen verifying your choice and telling you that
player #1 is up.

Press any key to start the action!

or

To quit out of Jetpack, press [Q] for Quit. You will be

prompted by a message asking if you would like to save
your game. [Alt] + [S] will save your game, otherwise,
press the [↵ENTER] key.

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 The Jetpack

The jetpack model L1069-E is specially designed for human flight

with great power, but unfortunately it consumes a large quantity
of fuel. You must find fuel for your jetpack before you can fly
around the dungeons. Press down while flying to maintain
constant altitude. Some levels contain no fuel, so you must rely
on ladders and be careful not to encounter any monsters on the
ground.

There is also a Phase Shifter built in to your jetpack which tunnels

through bricks. Some bricks are denser than others and require
more time to break through. Gray stone is solid and cannot be
phased. There are also other items that can be affected by the
Phase Shifter. You'll have to experiment to discover what they
are.

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 Features

Feature What It Does /

What You Should Know
Teleporters Invisibly transport you around the
level in safety. Activate Teleporters by
pressing down while touching it.
Buttons Deactivate barriers of the same color.
Activate buttons by pressing down while
touching them.
Barriers Block your progress. Barriers are
deactivated by pressing buttons of the
same color.
Monsters Can kill you and can turn barriers on
and off by moving over like-colored
floor switches.
Moving platforms Can help or hinder you.

Ladders Can help or hinder you. Moving

ladders are tricky and take more skill to
maneuver in.
Icy bricks Make it hard to walk and slow your
progress.
Sludgy bricks Make it hard to walk and slow your
progress.

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Features, (continued)

Feature What It Does /

What You Should Know
Monster Stunners Paralyze monsters momentarily and
make them harmless during that
time. They appear randomly for a quick
player to retrieve.
Shields Protect you from monsters, Spinning
Spikes, and all other hazards. They
appear randomly for a quick player to
retrieve.
Fuel Tanks Juice up your jetpack with power!
Pick up fuel tanks to recharge your
jetpack. They appear randomly in single
or double tanks.

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Features, (continued)

Other features to note

Looks Like Name
ENERGY CHARGER - Generates fuel

ENERGY DRAIN - Absorbs fuel - avoid!

STEEL BARRIER - Phase these

(regardless of color)
HIDDEN SPEAR - Very dangerous -
don’t touch!
STATIONARY SPIKES - Very
dangerous - don’t touch!

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 Scoring

Special Items Looks Like Points

Single Tank of Fuel 10

Double Tank of Fuel 20

Monster Stunner 25

Shield 25

Treasures Looks like Points

Emerald Gem 5

Gold Coin 10

Pile o' Gold 25

Golden Vase 50

Extra Life 100

NOTE:
EXTRA LIVES are also awarded every 1,000 points.

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 Main Menu

Key What It Does

[S] START the action!
[E] ENTER the Level Editor.
[Q] QUIT the game.
[I] Graphical INFORMATION on the game.
[D] Watch a DEMO of the game.
[H] View the top 15 HIGH SCORES for both standard
and homemade levels.
[B] Info on the Software Creations BBS.
[F1] Graphical INFORMATION on the game.
[F2] Adjust the number of PLAYERS from 1 to 8.

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Key What It Does
[F3] Change the starting LEVEL or select random levels.
[F4] SELECT WHICH LEVELS TO PLAY: the
standard levels, your own homemade levels or
continue a saved game.
[F5] ENABLE OR DISABLE JOYSTICKS. Normally
'AUTO' should work, or 'DISABLED' to just use
the keyboard, but on some computers joysticks are
detected incorrectly. If movement is erratic select
'FORCE ON' to use only port 1.

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 While Playing

Main Controls

Joystick Button Controls Your...

[button A] Jetpack

[button B] Phase Shifter

Keyboard Key Controls Your...

[ARROWS] Movement

[ALT] or Jetpack

[0] (zero on keypad) or (thrust)

[INSERT]

[CTRL] or Phase Shifter

[↵ENTER] or

[DELETE]

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 Other Special Keyboard Keys

Key What It Does

[+] Make your game Faster
(9 is the fastest).
[-] Make your game Slower (0 is the slowest).
[SPACE] Toggle status bar.
[F1] Quick help on controls.
[F10] Pause/Boss key.
[ESC] Kill this life.
[Q] Quit the game.
[J] Adjust the joysticks. (Press at any point in the
game.)
[PAUSE] Pause the game. (Press at any point in the game.)
[ALT]+[S] Save the game. (Press when prompted before
each level).

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 THE MONSTERS

There are eight monsters that make the levels more challenging.

Looks Like Name Action

Trackbot Tracks you down

Steel Ball Rolls around crushing

everything in its path
Spring Bounces up and down

Missile The fastest enemy, flies

in a set pattern

Spikes Bounces in a diagonal

(spinning) path of destruction

Flitzer Flitzes around randomly

Batbot Uses radar to hunt you

down

Homer Travels through bricks

straight toward you

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 MORE JETPACK STUFF!

If you are a hard-core Jetpack fan, or just need some help with
any (or all!) of the 100 Jetpack levels, ask Impulse Games
about THE OFFICIAL JETPACK HINT BOOK! (See below
for details!) It comes printed with pictures of all 100 levels,
instructions through the best route, and a humorous solution for
each level. It also reveals the ULTRA-SECRET cheat keys for
Unlimited Lives, and 2000 Shield Invincibility! (These keys were
used by the programmer for debugging and they remain hidden in
the program!)

How do I get my copy of

THE OFFICIAL JETPACK HINT BOOK?

It’s easy! Just send $9.95 + $3.00 S&H to:

Impulse Games
P.O. 31199
Indianapolis, IN 46234

Orders: (800) 6-IMPULSE

Fax: (317) 247-1009
BBS: (508) 368-7139

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More Jetpack Stuff (continued)
We appreciate your support of all the time and effort that went in
to making this game. At Impulse Games, we are constantly
striving to make games that are creative and exciting, and most of
all, fun! By registering this shareware game, you are promoting
the creation of the highest quality shareware products, from a
leader in software publishing. Look for more quality games from
Adam Pedersen, and Impulse Games!

By the way, don't forget that secret cheat key that helps you
through tricky levels. In any level, hold down the
[BACKSPACE] key, and ['] (apostrophe). This will skip to the
next level. Use it wisely, because this magic combination can only
be used twice in a game for each player!

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 Jetpack Level Editor
Jetpack contains a full-featured level editor. This exciting feature
allows you to create and share thousands of customized levels.

To play these levels in a full game from the Main Menu, just press
the [F4] key and select 'customized'.

NOTE:
You can find lots of homemade levels to add to your
collection on national Bulletin Board Systems, and the
Software Creations BBS. You can test levels in the editor
with the [F2] key.

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 How Do I Use It?

1. Press the [↵ENTER] key to see a layout of all 120 tiles

available for level construction.

2. Use the arrow keys to choose a tile.

3. Place the tile in the location you desire by pressing the

[SPACEBAR].

Use the joystick to select tiles if you prefer!

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How Do I Use It ? (continued)

A quick way to choose a tile is to move the cursor on to one that

is already on the level screen and press the [INSERT] key to pick
it up.

A shortcut key for putting down background tiles (erasing) is the

[DELETE] key.

NOTE:
The [DELETE] key is also used to erase monsters and
other objects.

THE MONSTERS
There are eight types of monsters that you can use to make your
levels more challenging. Place up to 20 monsters in each level,
just by pressing numbers [1] to [8] for the monster type. See
Editor Controls (in the next section) for which monster
corresponds to each number.

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 Editor Controls

Joysticks Action
[button A] Draw
[button B] Select Tiles

Keyboard
[ARROWS] Movement
[ALT] or Draw
[SPACE]
[CTRL] or Select Tiles
[↵ENTER]

Example of a Level

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Editor Controls (continued)
Other
Keyboard Action
Controls
[F1] Get Help Information
[F2] Play test this level
[TAB] FILE OPTIONS
[↵ENTER View level
] Load level
[L] Save level
[S] Delete level
[D]
[Q] Quit the editor
[DELETE] Erase tile
[INSERT] Pick up tile
[R] Scatter random tiles
[C] Clear level
[B] Block on/off
[P] Paste
[F] Fill
[S] Set starting position
[D] Set door
[1] to [8] PLACE ENEMIES
[1] Bad Guy
[2] Steel Ball
[3] Spring
[4] Missile
[5] Spikes
[6] Flitzer
[7] Bat
[8] Homer

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 Editor Hints

Having Trouble Getting Started?

If you're having trouble getting started on a level, press [R] to

randomly scatter your selected tile. This will give you a
foundation around which to create a level.

The Block Function (Cut & Paste)

The Block function can help you in level construction. “Block”

works like the Block option in most word processors. To use:

1. Mark the starting point of your block by placing the cursor

where you want the starting point to be, and press [B] .

2. Mark the endpoint of the block by moving the cursor to

where you want the endpoint to be, and press [B] again.

The rectagonal area you have just selected is now saved in

memory.

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The Block Function (continued)
3. Place your cursor on the level screen where you want the top-
left corner of the block to reside.

4. Press [P] to paste it.

To fill the entire blocked area with your

pre-selected tile, press [F].

Press [C] to clear the entire level.

Testing & Saving Your Level

Before testing your level, you must set the starting location with
[S] and the location of the door with [D]. Test your level by
pressing the [F2] key.

For the File Options menu, press the [TAB] key. From here you
can choose to [S]ave your level, [L]oad a level, [D]elete a level
from disk, or view a level with the [↵ENTER] key. Press the
[ESC] key to return to the editor.

If you need help recalling these commands, press the [F1] key for
help.

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 TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEM:

Not Enough Memory

SOLUTION:

Try removing TSR's (such as mouse drivers) from your

CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. If you have
DOS version 5 or above, include the line:
DOS=high
in your CONFIG.SYS file after "HIMEM.SYS" or
another memory manager has been loaded. As a last
resort, try disabling Sound Blaster support so the digitized
samples will not be loaded (see command-line sound
overrides).

PROBLEM:

Movement is erratic, or there is no movement

SOLUTION:

Press [J] to adjust your joystick(s). Most systems should work

with joysticks set to 'AUTO' in the main menu. If movement is
still erratic, try either setting joysticks to 'FORCE ON' which will
scan only port 1, or disabling joysticks.

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Troubleshooting, (continued)

PROBLEM:

Sound isn't working correctly, or the game locks up.

SOLUTION:

Use the command-line sound card override. Load Jetpack with

one of the following command-line options:

Jetpack /S0.............................. No Sound

Jetpack /S1.............................. PC Speaker
Jetpack /S2.............................. Adlib (or compatible)
Jetpack /S3.............................. Sound Blaster (or
compatible)

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SOUND BLASTER HELP:

If your Sound Blaster or compatible card is not working in

Jetpack, try setting the environmental variable BLASTER by
typing:

SET BLASTER=Axxx Ix Dx

Axxx represents the address of the Sound Blaster/SB Pro. For

the SB, it's either A210, A220, A230, A240, A250 or A260. For
the SB Pro, it's either A220 or A240. The default is A220.

Ix represents the IRQ number used by the SB/SB Pro. For the
SB, it's either I2, I5, or I7. The default is I7.

Dx represents the DMA channel used by the SB/SB Pro.

Acceptable values are D0, D1, or D3. The default is D1.

If the game continually locks up and you have a Sound Blaster, as

a last resort try disabling the digitized Sound Blaster samples by
using the Adlib command-line override (Jetpack /S2).

Last Resort:

If you can't solve the problems you are having, try erasing the file
“JETPACK.CFG". Jetpack will create a new configuration file
based on your system.

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