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Platform
PlayStation
Player Perspective
First person
Developer Companies
Exact
Publishers
Sony Computer Entertainment
Release date
28 April 1995
Languages
🇯🇵 Japanese

Summary

Jumping Flash! blew many of us away as a first‑person 3D platformer at the dawn of the PlayStation era. You steer Robbit, a sleek robotic rabbit, through six sprawling worlds, using a signature triple‑jump that tilts the camera to keep your shadow in sight. The HUD is a miniature cockpit: a radar tags jet pods, enemies and even projectiles, while side meters track health and lives, and a laser pistol and whimsical fireworks let you blast through oddball foes.

The game’s level design swings from snowy peaks to carnival mazes, each three‑segment world capped by a boss and bound by a ten‑minute clock. Secret doorways open bonus stages packed with balloons that burst into coins or power‑ups. Originally a tech demo called “Spring Man” built on the Geograph Seal engine, Jumping Flash! earned praise for its graphics and daring 3D gameplay, scoring high in magazines and snagging a Guinness record as the first true‑3D platformer. It later resurfaced on the PlayStation Store for PS3, PSP, Vita, and the PS4/5 generation, keeping the rabbit’s high‑jumps alive for new fans.

Storyline

Jumping Flash! launches on Crater Planet, where an unhinged astrophysicist named Baron Aloha hijacks the world’s core. Using gigantic land‑lifting machines, Aloha tears massive chunks of terrain away to fashion private resorts and hides the twelve Jet Pods that keep each sector afloat.
The frantic residents alert Universal City Hall, which dispatches its top agent—a mechanical rabbit called Robbit. Robbit must hop through each floating world, recover every missing Jet Pod, and put an end to Aloha’s scheme before the planet collapses into emptiness.
After a climactic showdown, Aloha retreats to his hidden base on Little Muu, swearing revenge, while the quirky MuuMuus—small white creatures with palm‑tree heads—celebrate their defeat in cut‑scene tavern chats.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Alternative Titles

  • Spring Man Old