Editing Jetpac (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| CVG = ZX: 9/10<ref name=cvg>{{ citation  | journal=[[Computer and Video Games]] | title = Jetpac - Review | date=January 1983 | issue=21 | pages=136 | publisher=[[Future Publishing]] | url=https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-021/CVG021_Jul_1983#page/n135/mode/1up }}</ref><br>
BBC: 9/10<ref name=JetpacCVG_BBC/>
| EuroG = 9/10<ref name=EuroG/>
| CRASH = Highly recommended<ref name="crash03"/>
| rev1 = ''Home Computing Weekly''
| rev1Score = 4/5<ref>{{citation | url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=HomeComputingWeekly/Issue016/Pages/HomeComputingWeekly01600015.jpg | title=Reaction games across the Spectrum - Jet Pac | journal=Home Computing Weekly | date=June 1983 | issue=16 | page=15 }}</ref>
| award1Pub = [[Golden Joystick Awards]]
| award1 = "Game of the Year" (1983)<ref name=goldenjoy>{{cite journal|title=C&VG's Golden Joystick Awards 1983|journal=[[Computer and Video Games]]|date=June 1985|issue=29|url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_029_1984-03_EMAP_Publishing_GB/Computer__Video_Games_Issue_029_1984-03_EMAP_Publishing_GB#page/n14/mode/1up|access-date=13 January 2012|page=15|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]}}</ref>
}}

The game sold over 300,000 copies and generated £1 million in revenue for Ultimate Play the Game, which enabled the Stamper brothers to gain a foothold in the early video gaming market.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nuttall |first1=Nick |title=Nintendo puts British firm on big game map|url=https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1995UKEnglish/Apr%2020%201995%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365246%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n5/mode/2up|page=7|access-date=10 May 2024 |work=The Times |issue=65246 |date=20 April 1995}}</ref><ref name=history>{{cite journal|title=1983: A Spaceman's Odyssey - The History of Jetman|journal=Retro Gamer|date=November 2011|issue=96|page=50|url=http://scans.bytemaniacos.com/en/retro_gamer/Retro_Gamer_Issue_096.pdf|access-date=22 August 2015|publisher=Imagine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927142453/http://scans.bytemaniacos.com/en/retro_gamer/Retro_Gamer_Issue_096.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>

The game was critically acclaimed. ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]'' praised the graphics and presentation, citing that they were of "the highest standard" and added that it was "difficult to find any real faults" with the game.<ref name=crash03>{{cite journal|title=Jetpac review |journal=Crash Magazine|date=April 1984|issue=4|page=65|url=https://archive.org/stream/Crash_No._03_1984-04_Newsfield_GB#page/n63/mode/2up/search/jetpac|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref> ''[[Computer and Video Games|CVG]]'' similarly praised the graphics, stating that the presentation was "superb" and the gameplay was considered addictive.<ref name=cvg/> In a retrospective review, Chris Wilkins of [[Eurogamer]] noted that the colourful graphics and sound effects were advanced for the time, but what truly made for a "faultless" experience was its simple gameplay.<ref name=EuroG>{{cite web|last1=Wilkins|first1=Chris|title=Jetpac review|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/jetpac-review|website=Eurogamer|access-date=3 August 2015|date=25 October 2007}}</ref>

''ZX Computing'' praised the game's playability and replay value, stating that ''Jetpac'' was "a very well put together piece of software".<ref>{{citation | url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ZXComputing/Issue8308/Pages/ZXComputing830800106.jpg | title=The soft touch - Jet Pac | journal=ZX Computing | date=August 1983 | issue=8 | pages=106–107 }}</ref> The game was number one in the first Spectrum sales chart published by ''CVG''.<ref>{{ citation | url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue023/Pages/CVG02300037.jpg | journal=[[C+VG]] | title = Chart Toppers | date=September 1983 | issue=23 | pages=37 | publisher=[[Future Publishing]] }}</ref>
The ZX Spectrum version was voted number 73 in the ''[[Your Sinclair]] Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time'' in 1993<ref>{{citation |url=https://archive.org/stream/your-sinclair-93/YourSinclair_93_Sep_1993#page/n57/mode/1up |title=Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time |publisher=[[Future plc]]|journal=[[Your Sinclair]] | date= September 1993 | issue=93 | page=11}}</ref> and was voted the 14th best game of all time by the readers of ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' for an article that was scheduled to be in a special ''Your Sinclair'' tribute issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/50bestspeccygames94.htm |title=The 50 Best Speccy Games Ever! |publisher=ysrnry.co.uk |date=November 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912235003/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/50bestspeccygames94.htm |archive-date=2015-09-12 }}</ref> The game won the title "Game of the Year" at the 1983 [[Golden Joystick Awards]].<ref name=goldenjoy/>