Jetpack Joyride

Barry Steakfries sneaks into a secret laboratory. His goal is the experimental jetpacks held by villainous scientists.

Barry is known from the game Monster Dash: he is the same hero, only now he acts in a laboratory and controls a jetpack.

Jetpack Joyride is an arcade endless runner and flyer from Halfbrick Studios. It first came out on September 1, 2011 on iOS devices and later reached many other systems. The idea's author is Luke Muscat, Halfbrick's chief creative officer. The setup fits in one sentence. Barry Steakfries, the same hero as in Monster Dash, sneaks into a secret laboratory to take experimental jetpacks from villainous scientists. You control Barry himself, and the story is more of a pretext here: this is a light, fast arcade game with short runs, where there is no plot to keep in mind. The game was on phone and console screens for many years. In 2011-2016 it came out on iOS, Android, in a browser, on PC for Windows, and on PlayStation consoles: PS3, PS Vita and PS4, as well as on PlayStation Portable, Windows Phone and BlackBerry. Some of these versions are now gone: the PSP, browser, Windows Phone and BlackBerry versions are no longer sold. The developer is Halfbrick Studios. The PlayStation versions were ported by Beatshapers (PSP) and Big Ant Studios (PS3, PS Vita, PS4), and the companies that published the game also included Perpetuum Media and Digital Games. The game received very warm reviews and many awards. It suits those who want a round of a couple of minutes without a long learning period: the goal is clear from the first second.