Jetpack Joyride

Jetpack Joyride
Developer(s)Halfbrick Studios
Publisher(s)Halfbrick Studios
Beatshapers (PSP)
Big Ant Studios (PSV, PS3, PS4)
Storms (KaiOS)
Platform(s)iOS, Flash, Android, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, BlackBerry PlayBook, BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone, Windows, KaiOS
Release
September 1, 2011
  • iOS
    • WW: September 1, 2011[1]
    Web
    • WW: May 11, 2012[2]
    Android
    • WW: September 28, 2012[3]
    PSP[4]
    • NA: November 20, 2012
    • EU: November 21, 2012
    BlackBerry PlayBook
    • WW: December 13, 2012[5]
    PS3 & Vita[6]
    • EU: December 21, 2012
    • NA: December 31, 2012
    BlackBerry 10
    • WW: March 6, 2013[7]
    Windows Phone
    • WW: June 5, 2013[8]
    Windows
    • WW: June 5, 2013[9]
    PS4
    • WW: April 26, 2016[10]
    KaiOS
    • WW: August 26, 2021[11]
Genre(s)endless runner
Mode(s)Single-player

Jetpack Joyride is a side-scrolling endless runner action video game created by Halfbrick Studios. It was released for iOS devices on the App Store on September 1, 2011[1] and has been ported to other systems. It was released online as a Flash version on May 11, 2012;[2] on Android on September 28;[3] on PlayStation Portable (via PlayStation Network, ported by Beatshapers) on November 20 in North America and November 21 in Europe;[4] on BlackBerry PlayBook on December 13, 2012;[5] on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita (via PlayStation Network, ported by Big Ant Studios) on December 21 in Europe and December 31 in North America;[6] on BlackBerry 10 on March 6, 2013;[7] and on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 on June 5.[8][9] It was also released on PlayStation 4 on April 26, 2016.[12] A mobile version using the keypad was released in 2021 for KaiOS devices.

The game features the same protagonist from Age of Zombies and Monster Dash, Barry Steakfries, who the player controls as he steals a bullet-powered jet pack from a top-secret laboratory, being a direct spin-off of the latter game. The game has been met with favourable reviews and has won numerous awards.

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  4. ^ a b "Jetpack Joyride (PSP)". IGN. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Bla1ze (December 13, 2012). "Jetpack Joyride for the BlackBerry PlayBook now available for free!". CrackBerry. Retrieved July 25, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b "Jetpack Joyride (PS3) Release Summary". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Richardson, James (March 9, 2013). "We go hands on with Jetpack Joyride for BlackBerry 10". CrackBerry. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Schultz, James (June 6, 2013). "Jetpack Joyride now available on Windows Phone 8!". Halfbrick Studios. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  9. ^ a b Stroh, Michael (June 5, 2013). "Now in the Store: Jetpack Joyride for Windows Phone 8". Microsoft. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  10. ^ Clements, Ryan (April 24, 2016). "The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 4/26/2016". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  11. ^ "Storms and KaiOS Technologies bring "Fruit Ninja" and "Jetpack Joyride" to 150 million KaiOS-enabled devices". Eletta Leung. August 26, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  12. ^ Clements, Ryan (April 24, 2016). "The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 4/26/2016". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved May 5, 2016.