Jetbus is a retro-tastic physics game, with a bus
Once upon a time, there used to be a DOS game with a caveman and a human powered helicopter. The caveman would shuttle around the screen, madly trying to get customers to where they wanted to go.
Jetbus is not that game, but it's obviously inspired by it. You're driving a yellow school bus which has jets. I guess the jet engine takes quite a bit of space inside the bus, because you can only pick up one person at a time.
There are several doors on the screen, each with its own number. As you pick up a person, the status bar at the bottom of the screen shows you which number door you have to take them to.
You must fly your bus carefully, because if it gets bumped around too much, you lose. You earn money on each level, and can visit the garage to buy better jets and damping, power-ups, or even a whole new vehicle.
So while this game isn't made as well as the original that inspired it, it does provide a few minutes of fun. And now, which one of you guys remembers the original and feels like pointing to it in the comments?
Jetbus is not that game, but it's obviously inspired by it. You're driving a yellow school bus which has jets. I guess the jet engine takes quite a bit of space inside the bus, because you can only pick up one person at a time.
There are several doors on the screen, each with its own number. As you pick up a person, the status bar at the bottom of the screen shows you which number door you have to take them to.
You must fly your bus carefully, because if it gets bumped around too much, you lose. You earn money on each level, and can visit the garage to buy better jets and damping, power-ups, or even a whole new vehicle.
So while this game isn't made as well as the original that inspired it, it does provide a few minutes of fun. And now, which one of you guys remembers the original and feels like pointing to it in the comments?













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Subscribe to commentsFilip NavaraFeb 15th 2011 8:03PM
I believe the original game you mean is Ugh! See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YthG41fs2zg
Erez ZukermanFeb 16th 2011 2:52AM
@Filip Navara SCORE! That's exactly right! Thank you!! :)
m0r1artyFeb 16th 2011 2:39AM
And that game was inspired by SpaceTaxi - you know there are still a few of us young uns' that were into computers when He-Man was a boy ;)
GuillermoFeb 16th 2011 5:09AM
@m0r1arty
Ah SpaceCab! Brilliant game. Countless of hours spent playing it.
Here's a link to it (much better than JetBus)..
http://www.sporkle.com/games/spacecab/play.php
JoeFeb 16th 2011 7:34AM
It goes back further than the caveman game mentioned. This is a clone of an old commodore 64 game called Space Taxi (which was awesome!)