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Jet Moto is notable for is overt use of product placement, simulating the wash of posters and billboards plastered all over everything at major racing competitions in real life.
Jet Moto is notable for is overt use of product placement, simulating the wash of posters and billboards plastered all over everything at major racing competitions in real life.


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=== This game provides examples of: ===
* [[The Ace]]: The Max
* [[The Ace]]: The Max
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: Planet X.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: Planet X.
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* [[Scenery Porn]]: These games looked pretty beautiful for their time.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: These games looked pretty beautiful for their time.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Ytic Tsol, Uhccip Uhcam, and Krapyks are later tracks in ''3''. Bonus points for being reversed versions of the tracks they take their names from.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Ytic Tsol, Uhccip Uhcam, and Krapyks are later tracks in ''3''. Bonus points for being reversed versions of the tracks they take their names from.
* [[Self Imposed Challenge]]: Just TRY Cliffdiver with a character with low turning stats, like Blackjack or Mace... Then try it [[Up to Eleven|without using grapples on Master difficulty]].
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Just TRY Cliffdiver with a character with low turning stats, like Blackjack or Mace... Then try it [[Up to Eleven|without using grapples on Master difficulty]].
* [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]]: All the games have at least one:
* [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]]: All the games have at least one:
** Ice Crusher, Snow Blind, and Willpower in the first.
** Ice Crusher, Snow Blind, and Willpower in the first.
** Arctic Blast and Mach Schnell in the second.
** Arctic Blast and Mach Schnell in the second.
** Khumbu Ice Falls in the third.
** Khumbu Ice Falls in the third.
* [[Spell My Name With a The]]: The Max, The Hun
* [[Spell My Name With a "The"]]: The Max, The Hun
* [[Temple of Doom]]: Machu Picchu
* [[Temple of Doom]]: Machu Picchu
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]

Revision as of 18:49, 9 January 2014

Jet Moto. Racing on the edge, and sometimes off.
—Magazine ad for Jet Moto

Jet Moto is a racing video game series spanning 3 games that was developed for the Sony Playstation in the late 90s. Racers use a diverse array of hover bikes varying in mass, maneuverability, lift, and acceleration to compete against each other at high speeds over a variety of race courses that are intricately linked to their environmental settings. The complexity of successful strategies is increased by the inclusion of limited turbo boosts and magnetic poles at sharp turns to which the rider may 'grapple' while turning in order to slingshot around the corner. Many of the courses themselves present a significant challenge as well, requiring racers to navigate across bottomless pits on awkwardly placed platforms, monitor speed at jumps to avoid overshooting the landing, and slip through groups of oncoming racers to get to the next checkpoint (these are called suicide tracks).

Competitions are organized as single race events, multi-race championships, and solo practice.

Jet Moto is notable for is overt use of product placement, simulating the wash of posters and billboards plastered all over everything at major racing competitions in real life.

Tropes used in Jet Moto include: