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Retrospective: Rocket Jockey for the PC

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2008-08-25 00:59:59 by TideGear Adam Milecki in Retro Thing
...Rocket Jockey for the PC isn't very retro but the games setting, obscurity and cult following sure add volumes to it's retro "cred". I spent many hours, as a kid, playing this with friends. It's bizarre concept and amazing music made it the kind of game that seemed to fascinate even my parents I'll start by quoting the beginning of the...
 
Tags: rocket, rocket jockey, jockey, rocket science games, game, third-person action game, fantastic, fantastic rocket sled, yield fairly realistic
 
 
 
 
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Rocket Pen with Launch Pad

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2008-02-12 18:38:54 by jk in Gadgets Club
Rocket Pen with Launch Pad If youre under pressure at work, this rocket pen desktop toy could be just the item you need to bring a smile back to your weary face. Press the button on the launch control pad to release the rocket skywards, extra brownie points (whatever they are?!) if you manage to catch it on its descent. The rocket has rubber...
 
Tags: rocket, rocket skywards, launch pad, launch control pad, nasa style count, soft foam tip, technorati tags, check price, extra brownie
 
 
 
 
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Oh Hell Yes: The Personal Rocket-Copter

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2008-05-01 17:32:47 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...Rocket Belt (Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana) comes the Libelula (named after a part of a woman's nether-region if I'm not mistaken) Rocket Helicopter. It's currently just conceptual, but they actually sold the Rocket Belts, so this may become a reality as well (oh hell yes, please). "By using tiny rocket motors at the tips of the rotor...
 
Tags: rocket, rocket-copter, tiny rocket motors, rocket belts, rocket helicopter, helicopter, fun, rocket belt, faulty fuel gauge
 
 
 
 
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King Of The Rocket Men Designs Personal Helicopter

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2008-05-02 05:29:26 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...Rocket Belts we brought you last year? Now the same company, Technologia Aeroespacial Mexicana (TAM) is planning a possibly even more dangerous personal flying machine: The Rocket Helicopter We don't know what's more scary: the rotor blades whirling inches above your head or the rockets stuck to the end of those blades to drive them. The...
 
Tags: rocket, pulse jet, single pulse jet, rocket belts, rocket helicopter, jet, tam, product page tam, rocket belt
 
 
 
 
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Rocket Racers: Like Crazier NASCAR In the Sky [Madness]

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2008-07-29 21:40:00 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...Rocket Racing League. Think NASCAR, but in the air, using planes powered by solid-state rockets flying simultaneously. The racers take off in pairs, separated by minutes, competing against the clock at the same time. That means that they will have to maneuver around the competition, following a 3D track projected in their head-up displays....
 
Tags: rocket, racers, league features, league, nascar, flight global, air venture, air, million racers
 
 
 
 
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NASA might bring plasma rocket to ISS for testing

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2008-08-08 15:07:00 by Paul Miller in Engadget
...rocket is about ready for testing, only problem is it requires the vacuum of space to do it in. NASA is now considering taking the rocket up to the International Space Station , clipping it on and firing her up -- perhaps even using it to reposition the station. Formerly of NASA, Franklin Chang Diaz left to form Ad Astra and perfect his...
 
Tags: rocket, plasma, vasimr plasma rocket, plasma rocket, international space station, space, nasa, space shuttle, space vehicles
 
 
 
 
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Rocket powered helicopter belt gives users fresh ways to kill themselves

2008-05-03 18:28:53 by James in Coolest Gadgets
 
...rocket powered flight. Fresh off their James Bond-esque rocket jet pack design , TAM has announced the design of a rocket powered helicopter backpack which will enable rotor driven Rocketeers to jump into the sky and head anywhere in total freedom. Or kill themselves in a spectacular event only director John Landis could appreciate Dubiously...
 
Tags: rocket, tiny rocket motors, rocket pack cousin, conceptual design phase, phase, tiny, helicopter backpack, pack, design
 
 
 
 
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Lift Off With the Rocket-Powered Chair

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2008-05-07 19:55:13 by Bryan Gardiner in Gadget Lab
...Rocketman ," stumbled upon a simple, yet profound truth early in his life: There is no item that can't be made infinitely better by strapping rockets to it. Indeed, Michaelson has made a career out of proving this fact over and over and over again . One of his latest creations, the aptly named Rocket Chair , is capable of launching you into...
 
Tags: rocket, rocket belts, rocket chairs, peroxide rocket motor, michaelson, airplane races, rough landings, all-metal chair, 500-pound thrust
 
 
 
 
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Rocket Alarm Clock

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2008-08-08 20:16:59 by scooter in GadgetGrid
...Rocket Alarm Clock sounds a countdown starts and if not switched off in time, the rocket will fire into the air. I guess the goal is to get the kids out of bed to prevent the rocket from launching, but we all know what will really happen. They will wake and watch, but not fall back to sleep because the only way to turn it off is to retrieve...
 
Tags: rocket, rocket alarm clock, scoreboard alarm clock, chime alarm clock, 7-day alarm clock, countdown starts, kids, bed, time
 
 
 
 
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Adventure Kids - Air Jet Rocket

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2008-02-13 20:59:16 by jk in Gadgets Club