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Jetpack Hints

Introduction
You have Jetpack, right? Please tell me you have Jetpack. You've at least played it, right? Okay, if you have, you rock. If you haven't, click here and get it now!!! (If you have a Mac, you're excused.)
Jetpack is a platform game that runs on DOS but it still plays well if you have Windows. You're this little guy who flies around and uses a laser-thingy to break through brick. In every level, you try to collect all the crystals and then get to the door before the evil robots get to you. The coolest thing is that you can make your own levels and download hundreds more of the internet. It's what I like to call an Infinitely Expandable Game, or an IEG.

Hints
Some of the levels you can get are pretty hard so I've compiled a list of hints that should be very helpful to you.

Trapping Robots - Just because your laser is useless against robots doesn't mean you can't get rid of them. If you open up a square of brick and get a robot to fall into it, they will be trapped there and out of your way.
Flying Horizontally - Sometimes you have to do some pretty tricky flying. If you hold down the jump button, the down button, and the direction you want to go, you will fly in a perfectly strait line.
Speed in Corridors - If you find yourself in a corridor only one square high, and you have no fuel, hold down the dump button and you will go faster.
After You Die - After Jetpack man has been killed, he can still collect points if he goes past them. He can also go through an open door after he is dead - that's very helpful.
To Stop Sliding - If you are on ice or on moving treads, you can stop by using your laser on them. Be careful not to do this if there is brick under the ice or treads as it will open up and you will fall through.

Advantages and Disadvantages of You vs. Robots

Name	Advantages	Disadvantages
1. Trackbots	You are faster than trackbots, and you also have the ability to jump and fly over barriers. If you're smart, you can fake them out to go the wrong way. They cannot chage direction unless they run into something.	They will do their best to get to your location. They will use ladders or jump of cliffs.
2. Steel balls	Steel balls are stupid. They have no idea where you are and they don't care. The path they take can be easily predicted.	They can go faster than you unless you fly.
3. Springs	They only go up and down. It's hard not to miss them.	Tight corridors with springs pose a problem.
4. Missles	Missles are pretty much steel balls that can fly - they are easily predictable.	Even with your jetpack on, you go only a smidgen faster than they do.
5. Spikes	Spikes are missiles that go diagonally instead of horizontally and vertically - easily predictable.	You can be easily overpowered by a large group of spikes.
6. Flitzer	Flitzers are stupid. You are smart.	Very unpredictable. They give you no hints as to which way they will go - and they can fly.
7. Batbot	Botbots are trackbots that fly. If you're smart, you can fake them out and get them out of your hair for a while.	Batbots have been known to change course in midair, making them hard to avoid.
8. Homers	20 homers is as dangerous as one homer. Homers are also slow.	I hate homers. They can go through walls and they will go strait toward you. They cannot be stopped unless you get a freezer.

Have your own hints for Jetpack? E-mail me at jedisquid@earthlink.net