History Trivia / JetpackJoyride

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene Event was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While it was playable on Android, Apple did not allow Halfbrick to release it on iOS versions, trying to be DistancedFromCurrentEvents. Because of this, Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events had to be ran in it's place on iOS, and Hygiene Event would not receive any returns until 2023, when it released on both iOS and Android with no issues.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was going to be a small project made in 4 weeks, set to be released as a free gift for Halfbrick fans. It was then delayed and had variety of things changed. Luke Muscat discussed most of these in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdFvJ4mT8M 2012 GDC Postmortem]].
** Each run was originally going to start with Barry breaking through the window, complete with few front-facing sprites. This was replaced with breaking the wall on the left to save pain of drawing front sprites for every single costume and make an entrance more dynamic.
** The game's main theme was going to be a dramatic and futuristic track known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMsc8HDFYw Serious Joyride]]. It's not used anywhere in the game, replaced by now-iconic upbeat theme of the final release.
** For a while, developers couldn't decide on the health system. Before it was decided on making Barry a OneHitPointWonder, 3 Hearts system (like in ''VideoGame/MonsterDash'') or regenerating health over time (Luke mentioned ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as an example of games that use this mechanic, but it also worked similarly in Barry's earlier game, ''VideoGame/AgeOfZombies'') were considered.
** Developers wanted to include regular Power-Ups, including the shield. These were replaced by the vehicles in the final release. However, they would be added to the game 5 years later.
** Bad As Hog was going to retain its red coloration from ''Monster Dash''. It was decided to make it black in the final release.
** The way missions worked in the game could be different as well. At one point, developers considered Optional missions (players were able to choose between two missions and decide which one they would complete) and Daily Missions.
** There were going to be a special pickup items, that would add additional points to the distance score. Additionally, players could earn bonus distance points by getting "Close Calls" with Zappers. The latter mechanic was repurposed for one of the Missions.
** After getting hit by a Zapper or Missile, Barry would pop out of existence, instead of flying additional distance. Something similar would be added in 2023 with Half a Brick gadget, that turns Barry into a brick upon getting KO'd and landing on the ground without additional bounces.
** Original announcements of the game refered to Legitimate Research as Maxtreme Industries.
** When the game was playable during the public events, jetpacks had [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/jetpackjoyride/images/6/5f/BGJPED.png different]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/jetpackjoyride/images/7/8f/SPJPED.png descriptions]], and were planned to have unique stats, so that the speed of rising, dropping and changing directions depended on what jetpack you are using. In the final game, the only significant difference between them is the way they interact with scientists.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://jetpackjoyride.fandom.com/wiki/Jetpack_Joyride_Wiki Jetpack Joyride Wiki]], though it also covers [[VideoGame/BarrySteakfries rest of the series]] as well.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The earliest, and perhaps the most known rumor was that the game is actually not an endless runner, and you could reach the end of the laboratory... which was an unavoidable laser wall at 30 000 meters, that could only be bypassed with S.A.M. There are two factors that made the rumor believable. First one was the glitched leaderboards, which were stuck at 30,000. The second one was the sheer difficulty of getting that far: back when the game was new, getting 30K was quite a task, [[note]]Keep in mind that power-ups like Shield weren't implemented yet and you could only use one Quick Revive (2 if you were lucky to win one from the Final Spin), instead of generous 9 the game allows nowadays + you can use S.A.M. twice, now that you can watch an ad and use the vehicle without having to wait one day for a chance to use it again.[[/note]] which is why a lot of people believed it to be the truth, even if there was no real proof of such unavoidable obstacle existing.

* WorkingTitle: ''Machine Gun Jetpack'', named so after the default jetpack. Luke Muscat claims that the name change was the very last tweak they did before the release and the reason for that was the game presenting itself on the app list as "Machine Gun...", which made it more ominous than intended and not very indicative as to what the game is about. [[https://www.halfbrick.com/blog/halfbrick-15-five-things-you-might-not-know-about-hb Halfbrick's official blog]] states that the title was simply too violent for children to be used. ''Machine Fun Jetpack'' was a known alternate Halfbrick almost went with, but was quickly rejected in favor of the current name.

* ApprovalOfGod: Halfbrick Studios voiced their approval of an [[https://youtu.be/xNw5hDP4LTs Unreal Engine 4 fan remake of their game]] with a comment saying "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This... Is... Awesome...]]".

* RereleasedForFree: The game was originally $1. For Christmas 2011 the game was made free to download. This change was meant to be temporary, but made the game so successfull, it was never changed back.

** For a while, developers couldn't decide on the health system. Before it was decided on making Barry a OneHitPointWonder, 3 Hearts system (like in ''VideoGame/MonsterDash'') or regenerating health over time (Luke mentioned ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as an example of games that use this mechanic, but it also worked like this in Barry's earlier game, ''VideoGame/AgeOfZombies'') were considered.

** After getting hit by a Zapper or Missile, Barry would pop out of existence, instead of flying additional distance.

** When the game was playable during the public events, jetpacks had [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/jetpackjoyride/images/5/5f/BGJPED.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/800?cb=20210226165358 different]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/jetpackjoyride/images/8/8f/SPJPED.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/800?cb=20210329160723 descriptions]], and were planned to have unique stats, so that the speed of rising, dropping and changing directions depended on what jetpack you are using. In the final game, the only significant difference between them is the way they interact with scientists.

* WorkingTitle: ''Machine Gun Jetpack'', named so after the default jetpack. Luke Muscat claims that the name change was the very last change done to the game before the release and the reason for that was the game presenting itself on the app list as "Machine Gun...", which made it more ominous than intended and not very indicative as to what the game is about. [[https://www.halfbrick.com/blog/halfbrick-15-five-things-you-might-not-know-about-hb Halfbrick's official blog]] states that the title was simply too violent for children to be used. ''Machine Fun Jetpack'' was a known alternate Halfbrick almost went with, but was quickly rejected in favor of the current name.

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene Event was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While it was playable on Android, Apple did not allow Halfbrick to release it on iOS versions, trying to be DistancedFromCurrentEvents. Because of this, Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events had to be ran in it's place on iOS, and Hygiene Event would not return until 2023, when it released on both iOS and Android with no issues.

* WorkingTitle: ''Machine Gun Jetpack'', named so after the default jetpack. Luke Muscat claims this was the very last change done to the game before the release and the reason for that was the game presenting itself on the app list as "Machine Gun...", which made it more ominous than intended. [[https://www.halfbrick.com/blog/halfbrick-15-five-things-you-might-not-know-about-hb Halfbrick's official blog]] states that the title was simply too violent for children instead. ''Machine Fun Jetpack'' was a possible alternate.

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene Event was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While it was playable on Android, Apple did not allow Halfbrick to release it on iOS versions, trying to be DistancedFromCurrentEvents. Because of this, Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events had to be ran in it's place on iOS, and Hygiene Event would not be reruns until 2023, when it released on both iOS and Android with no issues.

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene event is rather an interesting example. It was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While the event was playable on Android, Apple did not allow to release it on iOS versions (Due to their guidelines at the time, which meant to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents distance from current events]]). Because of this, Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events had to be ran in it's place on iOS, and Hygiene has yet to see a rerun, even on Android.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The earliest, and perhaps the most known rumor was that the game is actually not an endless runner, and you could reach the end of the laboratory... which was an unavoidable laser wall at 30 000 meters, that could only be bypassed with S.A.M. There are two factors that made the rumor believable. First one was the glitched leaderboards on Game Center and Goggle Games, which were stuck at 30,000. The second one was the sheer difficulty of getting that far: back when the game was new, getting 30K was quite a task, [[note]]Keep in mind that power-ups like Shield weren't implemented yet and you could only use one Quick Revive (2 if you were lucky to win one from the Final Spin), instead of generous 9 the game allows nowadays + you can use S.A.M. twice, now that you can watch an ad and use the vehicle without having to wait one day for a chance to use it again.[[/note]] which is why a lot of people believed it to be the truth, even if there was no real proof of such unavoidable obstacle existing.

** Each run was originally going to start with Barry breaking through the window, complete with few front-facing sprites. This was replaced with breaking the wall on the left to save pain of drawing front sprites for all costumes and make an entrance more dynamic.

** For a while, developers couldn't decide on the health system. Before it was decided on making Barry a OneHitPointWonder, 3 Hearts system (like in ''Monster Dash'') or regenerating health over time (Luke mentioned ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as an example of games that use this mechanic, but it also worked like this in Barry's earlier game, ''Age of Zombies'') were considered.

** The way missions worked in the game could be different as well. At one point, developers considered Optional missions (As in players were able to choose between two missions and decide which one they would complete) and Daily Missions.

* ApprovalOfGod:
** Halfbrick Studios voiced their approval of an [[https://youtu.be/xNw5hDP4LTs Unreal Engine 4 fan remake of their game]] with a comment saying "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This... Is... Awesome...]]".
** They similarly approved the ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsAC-icejyQ remix of the game's theme]] by Saruky.
* BannedEpisode: Hygiene event is rather an intresting example. It was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While the event was released on the Android, Apple has rejected it from iOS versions (Due to their guidelines at the time, which meant to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents distance from current events]]). [[https://www.reddit.com/r/JetpackJoyride/comments/go7ais/important_news_about_new_event_on_ios/ Because of this, iOS versions had reruns of Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events in it's place]]. Hygiene event and it's items are still planned to be released in the near future.

** To celebrate ''VideoGame/FruitNinja'''s 5th anniversary, many Halfbrick games have recived Fruit Ninja-themed content, including ''Jetpack Joyride''. In this case, Cut & Run event was added.
** To celebrate 30th anniversary of ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' franchise, a brand new event was added. It also included Marty, Doc and Biff's outfits, Hoverboard and Delorean Time Michine as new vehicles, 2015 Hill Valley from ''Part II'' as a background and 1985 gutar jetpack.

** Few months after the tenth anniversary of the game, an Anniversary event was released, alongside a [[https://youtu.be/w7yJ3T1GL0M special video released to celebrate the milestone]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNzsmdFzHz8 The game was playable at several events before the official release]]. Barry had to break through the window to steal the jetpack instead of smashing the wall and Bad As Hog was colored red instead of black, like it was in ''Monster Dash''. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMsc8HDFYw gameplay theme]] used to be dramatic and futuristic, rather than upbeat theme of the final release. In addition, Legitimate Research was going to be called Maxtreme Industries.
** Luke Muscat discussed the development of the game during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdFvJ4mT8M 2012 GDC Postmortem]]. Highlights include:
*** The game was going to be a small project made in 4 weeks, released as a free gift for Halfbrick fans.
*** For a while, developers couldn't decide on the health system. Before it was decided to make Barry a OneHitPointWonder, 3 Hearts system (Like in ''Monster Dash'') or regenerating health over time (Luke used ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as an example of games that use this mechanic, but it also worked like this in Barry's earlier game, ''Age of Zombies'') were considered.
*** Before the idea of Vehicles came in, developers considered including more simplistic Power-Ups, including the shield. These would eventually be added to the game 5 years later.
*** The way missions worked in the game could be different as well. At one point, developers considered Optional missions (As in players were able to choose between two missions and decide which one they would complete) and Daily Missions.
*** There were going to be a special pickup items, that would reward players with additional distance. Additionaly, players could get them by getting "Close Calls" with Zappers. The latter would be included as one of the possible Missions.
*** After getting hit by a Zapper or Missile, Barry would pop out of existence, instead of flying additional distance.

* WorkingTitle: ''Machine Gun Jetpack'', named so after the default jetpack. Luke Muscat claims this was last change done to the game before release and the reason for that was the game presenting itself on the app list as "Machine Gun...", which made it more ominous than it should have been. [[https://www.halfbrick.com/blog/halfbrick-15-five-things-you-might-not-know-about-hb Halfbrick's official blog]] states that the title was simply too violent for children instead. ''Machine Fun Jetpack'' was a possible alternate.

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* ApprovalOfGod: Halfbrick Studios voiced their approval of an [[https://youtu.be/xNw5hDP4LTs Unreal Engine 4 fan remake of their game]] with a comment saying "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This... Is... Awesome...]]".

** To celebrate VideoGame/FruitNinja's 5th anniversary, many Halfbrick games have recived Fruit Ninja-themed content, including Jetpack Joyride. In this case, Cut & Run event was added.
** To celebrate 30th anniversary of Franchise/BackToTheFuture franchise, a brand new event was added. It also included Marty, Doc and Biff's outfits, Hoverboard and Delorean Time Michine as new vehicles, 2015 Hill Valley from ''Part II'' as a background and 1985 gutar jetpack.

** At the same time, ''WebAnimation/DanTheMan'' held a Jetpack Joyride event, which added 4 costumes, 2 icons and 3 emotes for Multiplayer mode. In turn, when ''Dan The Man'' game celebrated its 5th anniversary, ''Jetpack Joyride'' added Dan as a playable character

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The earliest, and perhaps the most known rumor was that the game is actually not an endless runner, and you could reach the end of the laboratory... which was an unavoidable laser wall at 30 000 meters, that could only be bypassed with S.A.M. There are two factors that made the rumor believable. First one was the glitched leaderboards on Game Center and Goggle Games, which were stuck at 30,000. The second one was the sheer difficulty of getting that far: back when the game was new, getting 30K was quite a task, [[note]]Keep in mind that power-ups like Shield weren't implemented yet and you could only use one Quick Revive (2 if you were lucky to win one from the Final Spin), instead of generous 9 the game allows nowadays + you can use S.A.M. twice, now that you can watch an ad and use the vehicle without having to wait one day for a chance to use it again.[[/note]] which is why a lot of people believed it to be the truth, even though there was no real proof of such unavoidable obstacle existing. For a while, sites like ''Jetpack Joyride Wiki'' and even Wiki/ThisVeryWiki used to state it on several pages as if it was a fact. As the game was being updated and tweaked, it became much easier to get higher scores, [[https://youtu.be/gCUSSKmr2t8 so it is more than possible to get thrice as far as the distance where the presumed unavoidable obstacle was believed to be]].

* TheOtherDarrin: While none were actually credited, Barry had several different voice actors. Originally, he had nothing but two grunts reused from ''VideoGame/AgeOfZombies'' and ''VideoGame/MonsterDash'', but would recieve a proper voice for Rock Opera Music Videos. Then he was revoiced for his guest appearence in ''Dan The Man'', where he has lower pitched, manlier voice. Those voice clips would be reused for his appearences in other Halfbrick games, like ''VideoGame/BattleRacingStars'' and even the official sequel. Then came Barry Vlog, where he recieved new voice actor, with much more noticable Australian accent, less manlier and noticably higher pitched voice. This hasn't gone unnoticed and recieved some criticism early on. When the same VA returned to voice Barry for Level 2 short, he sounds much closer to Barry's voice in DTM and Rock Operas, then drops it in the next ''Jetpack Joyride Shorts'' episodes and sounds like he was in Vlogs again.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://jetpackjoyride.fandom.com/wiki/Jetpack_Joyride_Wiki Jetpack Joyride Wiki]].
* WorkingTitle: ''Machine Gun Jetpack'', named so after the default jetpack. Luke Muscat claims this was last change done to the game before release and the reason for that was the game presenting itself on the app list as "Machine Gun...", which made it more ominous than it should have been. ''Machine Fun Jetpack'' was a possible alternate.

** At the same time, ''WebOriginal/DanTheMan'' held a Jetpack Joyride event, which added 4 costumes, 2 icons and 3 emotes for Multiplayer mode. In turn, when ''Dan The Man'' game celebrated its 5th anniversary, ''Jetpack Joyride'' added Dan as a playable character

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene event is rather an intresting example. This event was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While Android version was sucessfully released, Apple has rejected the event for iOS versions (Due to their guidelines at the time, which meant to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents distance from current events]]). [[https://www.reddit.com/r/JetpackJoyride/comments/go7ais/important_news_about_new_event_on_ios/ Because of this, iOS versions had reruns of Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events in it's place]]. Hygiene event and it's items are still planned to be released in the near future.
* FanNickname: Sometimes people reffer to the game simply as "Jetpack".
* LineToGod: You can talk to developers through Jetpack Joyride's official [[https://www.reddit.com/r/JetpackJoyride/ subreddit]] or [[http://discord.gg/jetpackjoyride Discord server]].

* TheOtherDarrin: While none were actually credited, Barry had several different voice actors. Originally, he had nothing but two grunts reused from ''Age of Zombies'' and ''Monster Dash'', but would recieve a proper voice for Rock Opera Music Videos. Then he was revoiced for his guest appearence in ''WebOriginal/DanTheMan'', where he has lower pitched, manlier voice. Those voice clips would be reused for his appearences in other Halfbrick games, like ''VideoGame/BattleRacingStars''. Then came Barry Vlog, where he recieved new voice actor, with much more noticable Australian accent, less manlier and noticably higher pitched voice. This hasn't gone unnoticed and recieved some criticism early on. Intrestingly, when the same VA returned to voice Barry for Level 2 short, he sounds much closer to Barry's voice in DTM and Rock Operas.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda:
** The fact, that the game is actually not an endless runner, and you could reach the end of the laboratory... which was unavoidable lazer wall at 30 000 meters, that could only be bypassed with S.A.M. [[https://youtu.be/gCUSSKmr2t8 Current runs can last much longer than that]].
** There was also a rumor, that Golden Vehicles slightly increase coin frequency, which is also false.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNzsmdFzHz8 Early versions]] had Barry break through the window to steal the jetpack, different music and red colors for Bad As Hog.

*** 3 Hearts system (Like in ''Monster Dash'') or regenerating health over time (Similar to Call Of Duty games, but was also used in ''Age of Zombies'') were considered at some point.
*** Before the idea of Vehicles came in, developers considered including more simplistic Power-Ups, including the shield. These would be added to the game 5 years later.

*** Special pickup items, that reward players with additional disstance. Additionaly, players could get them by getting "Close Calls" with Zappers. The latter would be included as one of the possible Missions.

* WorkingTitle: Machine Gun Jetpack.

* ApprovalOfGod: Halfbrick Studios voiced their approval of an [[https://youtu.be/xNw5hDP4LTs Unreal Engine 4 Remake of their game]] with a comment saying "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This... Is... Awesome...]]".

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene event is rather an intresting example. This event was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While Android version was sucessfully released, Apple has rejected the event for iOS versions (Due to their guidelines at the time, which meant to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents distance from current events]]). [[https://www.reddit.com/r/JetpackJoyride/comments/go7ais/important_news_about_new_event_on_ios/ iOS versions had reruns of Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events in it's place]]. Hygiene event and it's items are planned to be released on iOS in the near future.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdFvJ4mT8M Among many other things]], 3 Hearts system and Daily Missions were considered at some point.
** There were also planned special pickup items, that reward players with additional disstance. Additionaly, players could get them by getting "Close Calls" with Zappers. The latter would be included as one of the possible Missions.
** After getting hit by a Zapper or Missile, Barry would pop out of existence, instead of flying additional distance.
* TheWikiRule: [[https://jetpackjoyride.fandom.com/wiki/Jetpack_Joyride_Wiki Jetpack Joyride Wiki]], though keep in mind that it wasn't properly updated for a while.

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene event is rather an intresting example. This event was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While Android version was sucessfully released, Apple has rejected the event for iOS versions (Due to their guidelines at the time, which meant to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents distance from current events]]). [[https://www.reddit.com/r/JetpackJoyride/comments/go7ais/important_news_about_new_event_on_ios/ iOS versions had reruns of Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events in it's place]]. Hygiene event and it's items are planned to be released on iOS in the near future.

* BannedEpisode: Hygiene event is rather an intresting example. This event was released on May 2020 and meant to be a TakeThat towards UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. While Android version was sucessfully released, Apple has rejected the event for iOS versions (Due to their guidelines at the time, which meant to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents distance from current events]]). [[https://www.reddit.com/r/JetpackJoyride/comments/go7ais/important_news_about_new_event_on_ios/ iOS versions had reruns of Zappy Bird and Cut & Run events in it's lace]. Hygiene event and it's items are planned to be released on iOS in the near future.

* TheOtherDarrin: While none were actually credited, Barry had several different voice actors. Originally, he had nothing but two grunts reused from Age of Zombies and Monster Dash, but would recieve a proper voice for Rock Opera Music Videos. Then he was revoiced for his guest appearence in WebOriginal/DanTheMan, where he has lower pitched, manlier voice. Those voice clips would be reused for his appearences in other Halfbrick games, like VideoGame/BattleRacingStars. Then there's Barry Vlog, where he recieved new voice actor, with much more noticable Australian accent. This hasn't gone unnoticed and recieved some criticism early on. Intrestingly, when the same VA returned to voice Barry for Level 2 short, he sounds much closer to Barry's voice in DTM and Rock Operas.
* RereleasedForFree: The game was originally $1. For Christmas 2011 the game was made free to download. This was meant to be temporary, but made the game so successfull, it was never changed back.