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You wont find Jumping Jack mentioned in many articles on classic Spectrum games. There is nothing really remarkable about it, it's just a simple, fun game from the early days of the Spectrum. More importantly to me, it was the first game I got for my Spectrum, and it was the first game I bought with my own money (well, my own pocket money)

It's a very simple game, but not an easy one. The object is to get Jack from the bottom of the screen to the top by jumping though holes in the floor of a series of moving platforms. Sounds easy? Well there are two problems in Jacks world. If he misses the hole and hits the side of the platform, he loses a life. Also, on each level, a creature appears, who's only aim is to stop Jack in his progress up the screen. The higher the level, the more creatures appear on screen, and the faster the platforms move. 

The ultimate aim of the games is to get to the top of all the screens. As each screen is finished, a verse of the Jumping Jack life story limerick is revealed. I never did get to read the whole limerick!

 

 

 

 

Jumping Jack Keys


Because of the age of the game, the keys are a bit awkward

Right - Space
Left - Right Shift
Jump - Left Shift
Pause - Z

By Albert Ball and Steve Blower
Published By Imagine
Year 1983

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