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Jack Bros.

Virtual Boy, 1995

Jack Bros. is Atlus's maze game for the Virtual Boy. It came out in Japan on September 29, 1995 as ジャック・ブラザースの迷路でヒーホー! and in North America later that year. On Halloween night the Jacks play too long in the human world and have to get home before the door to the fairy world shuts. Pixie takes them down a shortcut of 60 floors in 6 stages. On each floor you collect the keys, find the goal on the radar, and jump down to the next floor before the clock runs out. 101Leafy researched the game, and these pages use its own text in both languages along with the two instruction manuals and the magazines that covered it.

From the manuals and magazines

Race against time and terror in Atlus's first Virtual Boy adventure.

Nintendo Power Volume 81, Nintendo of America, 1996, p. 92

Very tough at first. Sharp learning curve.

Nintendo Power Volume 81, Nintendo of America, 1996, p. 92

Ryuusei Yarou's one-point advice

Of all the traps, the one to watch is the boulder. Enemy attacks, shots, and beams cannot pass a boulder, so use it well and it will block enemy attacks.

Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiihoo! instruction manual, Atlus, 1995, p. 23. Translated from the Japanese by 101Leafy.

Official art

Jack Bros. Cover of the Japanese manual: Jack Frost, Jack Lantern, Jack Ripper, Pixie, and fairies over the red maze official art
Cover of the Japanese manual: Jack Frost, Jack Lantern, Jack Ripper, Pixie, and fairies over the red maze Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiihoo! instruction manual, Atlus, 1995, cover
Jack Bros. The three Jacks with Ryuusei Yarou, the Atlus game adviser official art
The three Jacks with Ryuusei Yarou, the Atlus game adviser Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiihoo! instruction manual, Atlus, 1995, p. 2
Jack Bros. Pixie sitting on the Jack Brothers official art
Pixie sitting on the Jack Brothers Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiihoo! instruction manual, Atlus, 1995, p. 9
Jack Bros. Ryuusei Yarou, the Atlus game adviser official art
Ryuusei Yarou, the Atlus game adviser Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiihoo! instruction manual, Atlus, 1995, p. 13
Jack Bros. Jack Frost jumping down to the next floor official art
Jack Frost jumping down to the next floor Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiihoo! instruction manual, Atlus, 1995, p. 18
Jack Bros. Jack Bros. logo over the key art of the three Jacks official art
Jack Bros. logo over the key art of the three Jacks Nintendo Power Volume 80, Nintendo of America, 1996, p. 106
Jack Bros. Jack Bros. CG key art: the Jacks and fairies over the red maze official art
Jack Bros. CG key art: the Jacks and fairies over the red maze Shin Megami Tensei Chronicles, Koei, 1996, p. 43