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alao did you know that the Legitimate Research laboratory in Jetpack Joyride was originally going to be called "Maxtreme Industries"!? fucking!! Maxtreme Industries!! what a name!!! i literally just found this out today and it is the CHEESIEST THING EVER I LOVE IT
![[image id] A screenshot of a section of text from Halfbrick's blog announcing the release of a game called "Machine Gun Jetpack", which is the working title for 'Jetpack Joyride'. The text reads: "The lovable hero Barry Steakfries returns to commandeer the experimental MGJP from a Maxtreme Industries laboratory and blast his..." The text is cut off at the end but the main point here is that absolutely bonkers lab name. Holy moly. [end id]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a1e0056665808d7a472665fe9df8e383/ba665d58d70204d8-cc/s500x750/84fd0249f5a1a065b6338445dc4e56a648549346.jpg)
this is the page it's from by the way. it's the early announcement page when Jetpack Joyride was still known as "Machine Gun Jetpack" in its prototype stages. it's got a few other slight changes, such as calling the motorbike the "Badass Hog" instead of the 'Bad As Hog' as it was likely originally intended before it was toned down. and there's a mention of a "double shield" type of item too, which is probably something like the upgradable shield power up that wouldn't be introduced until many years later. it's like looking into a parallel dimension finding early stuff like this! imagine if they actually took this more "Maxtreme" direction and JJ ended up having a teen rating or something. i just cannot get over that name though. Maxtreme Industries. wow, that is something XD