8 Video Games Released After Their Consoles DIED

One of the best ways to describe Super Jetpak DX is as being a "labor of love" because this game has been to the moon and back when it comes to its development story.

Originally beginning as a homebrew port of 1983's ZX Spectrum title Jetpac, Quang Nguyen worked with other like-minded tech heads to bring the game to the Nintendo Game Boy in 1999 where it received modest praise within the community. Normally this would be where the story ends; a passionate fan wants to make a game. Makes game. In fact, the only surprising detail so far is that Nintendo didn't sue them. Yet the story had a second chapter, which came about in 2020 aka the longest year ever, ever.

During this period Quang was forced into unemployment due to the pandemic, and so returned to his Jetpac project with the idea of updating it further and releasing it as a standalone physical release for the Game Boy and Game Boy Colour. What this resulted in was essentially perfection in cartridge form as Super Jetpac DX is so wonderfully addictive that the fake Nintendo Seal of Approval stamp on the box should be changed to a warning for your soon-to-be-blistered thumbs.

The concept is simple, repair and refuel your space rocket and kill everything that stands in your way, but thanks to the fact that enemies are numerous and endless and that you can walk off one side of the map and appear on the other, means you have to enter a zen-like state of perfect accuracy and positioning.

It's a glorious game and is so beloved that even on its third printing run still sold out entirely!