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{{Infobox video game
| title = Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship
| image = Solarjetmancover.jpg
| caption = European cover art with the subtitle misspelled as "Warship"
| developer = Zippo Games<br>[[Rare (company)|Rare]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|[[Tradewest]]|EU|[[Nintendo]]}}
| designer = [[Ste and John Pickford]]
| artist = Lyndon Brooke <br /> Ste Pickford
| composer = [[David Wise (composer)|David Wise]]
| released = '''NES'''{{vgrelease|NA|September 1990<ref name="NintendoList">{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf |publisher=Nintendo of America |access-date=August 9, 2015 |title=NES Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611225644/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2014 }}</ref>|EU|26 September 1991<ref name=gamefaqs>{{cite web|title=Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship Release Information for NES|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/587633-solar-jetman-hunt-for-the-golden-warpship/data|website=[[GameFAQs]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>}}'''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|NA|1990}}
| genre = [[Multidirectional shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Arcade video game|Arcade]]
| arcade system = [[PlayChoice-10]]
}}

'''''Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship''''' is a [[multidirectional shooter]] [[video game]] developed by Zippo Games and [[Rare (company)|Rare]] and published by [[Tradewest]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It was released in North America in September 1990 and in Europe by [[Nintendo]] on 26 September 1991. The game is the third installment of the ''Jetman'' series and was later re-released by [[Nintendo]] for their NES-based [[PlayChoice-10]] arcade system in the United States in 1990.<ref name=pickford/>

In the game, series protagonist Jetman must manoeuvre his small craft through caverns of various planets whilst searching for pieces of the Golden Warpship. The game is presented in a horizontal side-view environment and has ranging gravitational pulls for each planet, which subjects Jetman's craft to various forms of [[inertia]]. Similar to its predecessors, Jetman must keep his craft topped up with fuel in order to progress through levels.

The game was developed mostly by [[Manchester|Mancunian]] developer Zippo Games under the name of ''Iota'' before being ordered to change the game into a ''Jetman'' title by Rare. Ports of the game for the Amiga, [[Commodore 64]] and [[Atari ST]] were completed but not released due to poor sales of the NES version. The game received mostly positive reviews upon release, with critics praising the game's presentation and graphics, however criticism was directed at the game's difficulty. It is included in Rare's 2015 ''[[Rare Replay]]'' compilation for [[Xbox One]], and was re-released on the [[Nintendo Classics]] service on July 4, 2024.