Jet Moto (video game)

Jet Moto
North American PlayStation box art
Developer(s)Sony Interactive Studios America
SingleTrac
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Interactive Studios America (Windows)
Composer(s)Big Idea Music Productions[4]
SeriesJet Moto
Platform(s)PlayStation, Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 8, 1996[2]
  • EU: February 1997[1]
  • JP: August 7, 1997
Windows
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Jet Moto (ジェットモト) (known as Jet Rider in Europe) is a 1996 racing video game developed by Sony Interactive Studios America and SingleTrac and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was released in North America on October 31, 1996; in 1997 for Europe in February and Japan on August 7. A Windows version was released only in North America on November 13, 1997 by Sony Interactive Studios America. Jet Moto was made available for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network in February 2007. Developers chose fictional hovering bikes instead of wheeled motorcycles initially to resolve performance concerns. Other performance concerns led the team to develop two different physics systems—one for the player, and one for the 19 computer racers.

Gameplay in Jet Moto revolves around the use of hoverbikes to traverse a race course, similar to modern day motocross, but with the added ability to traverse water. Reviews for the game were generally positive, with the PC version holding 75% and the PlayStation version 78.9% at gaming aggregator GameRankings. Reviewers felt the game had solid gameplay, but criticized its high difficulty. Jet Moto's popularity would earn it a spot in the PlayStation Greatest Hits in August 1998, and it went on to gain two additional sequels, Jet Moto 2 and Jet Moto 3.

  1. ^ "Jet Moto Related Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "Sony Playstation". Archived from the original on December 22, 1996. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Staff (November 13, 1997). "Now Shipping". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
    "Sony Interactive has released Jet Moto and Twisted Metal 2 for the PC. Both are ports of popular PlayStation games."
  4. ^ SingleTrac (October 31, 1996). Jet Moto (PlayStation). Sony Computer Entertainment. Level/area: Credits.

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