ScuzzBlog: Diaries July 2025 Entry 23rd July 2025: Post 1: Spectrum 48K - Jet Pac ROM on the Interface 2. Spectrum 48K - Jet Pac ROM on the Interface 2. When I reflect on my very earliest days of computer gaming and playing on the Spectrum there are always a couple of gems that come to mind as classics. Jet Pac was one of them and even now I really would still have a blast playing the game. The concept was simple. Assemble your rocket in stages and avoid the monsters trying to kill you. Then fuel the rocket in four stages avoiding the monsters and launch into space. Your character hovers and scrolls from one side to the other whilst you zap the various creatures. If you scroll off screen you will appear entering on the other side. It really is as simple as that. The game dates from 1983 from Ultimate Play the Game. I recall when I first played the game finding it instantly addictive. The small group of designers soon expanded their operations into a very productive company out of Ashby de la Zouch. Their distinctive label became one that I instantly was drawn to. Interestingly there were only around eleven games ported to the Interface 2 ROM slot. I have around three I believe. The game is instantly loaded via the ROM so no annoying cassette loading. Be aware that there was an Interface 1 also which was a different beast, mainly designed for the ZX Microdrive. So you see we were pretty advanced back in 83/84 and moving swiftly to integrated add-ons that supported ROM cartridges, microdrives and joystick interfaces. And the games were very entertaining in the day. The game in question also worked on 16K machines. Just think about that ... 16K. I was playing it from tape on the 48K. Spectrum 48K - Jet Pac ROM on the Interface 2.

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