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Ultimate Play the Game's 1983 platform shooter for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20, in which Jetman rebuilds his rocket on different planets while defending against hostile aliens. Each screen wraps horizontally and has three platforms. You assemble the rocket in sections, refuel it and take off for the next planet, and items falling from above give bonus points. Every four levels the rocket resets, which gives an extra life, and the enemies change form each level and repeat after eight. It was the first release of Ultimate Play the Game, the company that later became Rare, and it ran on the 16K Spectrum. Even now, rocket parts, fuel and falling bonuses to collect while aliens close in make every screen a short, clear task.
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