Jet Moto Game Cover
Jet Moto (1996)

Title: Jet Moto

Initial Release Date: October 31, 1996 (North America)

Platform: Sony PlayStation

Developer: SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc.

Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America

Additional Releases:

  • EuropeEurope as Jet Rider – February 1997
  • JapanJapan as Jet Moto – August 7, 1997
  • North AmericaPC port – November 13, 1997
  • North AmericaGreatest Hits re-release – August 1998

Shannara Jackson

#48 • Team Mountain Dew • Medium Bike

Handling: 8
Acceleration: 1
Mass: 4
Lift: 7
Shannara
Bio: Ex-wife of then-champion "Blackjack" Garth Richter, Shannara Jackson rose quickly in the ranks just as Richter himself began to fall (Some say this may have sparked their divorce). Shannara is still impassioned with the sport and to this day races on a modified bike she won in the settlement. The powerful engine, built for someone twice her weight, suits her style well.

Miko

#69 • Team Mountain Dew • Light Bike

Handling: 10
Acceleration: 3
Mass: 1
Lift: 4
Miko
Bio: A renegade racer who quit from a prominent Jet Moto team last year, Miko is a wildcat, a rebel. Her new home is California where she is a Jet Moto jockey on weekends and a surf monster on weekdays. Rumor has it that beneath her wild hair and her high-flying riding techniques is a terrible temper, but all she ever says in interviews is "Well, they say hell hath no fury..."

Dakota Jade

#7 • Team Mountain Dew • Light Bike

Handling: 10
Acceleration: 5
Mass: 1
Lift: 7
Dakota
Bio: Dakota Jade lives life best on the edge, constantly pitting herself against mother nature. She's the most well-rounded racer on the circuit: Moving at breakneck speed on the razor's edge over surf, sand, mud, mountains, snow, stone, or whatever else happens to get under her. Rival racers come and go, but in pitting herself against nature, her battle has become eternal. And she revels in it.

Shane Irons

#9 • Team Mountain Dew • Medium Bike

Handling: 7
Acceleration: 1
Mass: 4
Lift: 7
Irons
Bio: Shane Irons grew up on the road, daughter of a rodeo man. She cut her teeth on bucking broncos. Shane now brings her balance and tenacity (As well as extraordinary natural strength) to Jet Moto. A real wild one, she sometimes ignores conventional strategy by bouncing high and wide. She catches big air whenever possible and loves it, but not as much as she loves winning.

"Wild Ride" Kari Kelley

#13 • Team Mountain Dew • Light Bike

Handling: 7
Acceleration: 8
Mass: 1
Lift: 10
Wild Ride
Bio: Chaotic. Lawless. Reckless. This is Kari Kelley's world, a.k.a. Wild Ride. An unabashed adrenaline junkie, Kari gets her kicks twisting and bounding in breakneck abandonment across the punishing JM courses, not really caring if she crosses the finish line first (But then she wouldn't have any of her legendary victory parties, declared illegal in some states).

Mace

#77 • Team Butterfinger • Heavy Bike

Handling: 1
Acceleration: 9
Mass: 10
Lift: 1
Mace
Bio: Mace is quite possibly the most dangerous (and strangest) man in Jet Moto. A happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care sort of guy, Mace has no clue of the threat he poses with his insanely reckless race style. His powerful bike has bumped more than one competitor off the track and his natural recklessness often inspires many others to clear the way for him - right into the winner's circle.

Macon Arroyo

#8 • Team Butterfinger • Medium Bike

Handling: 5
Acceleration: 3
Mass: 4
Lift: 5
Arroyo
Bio: A true journeyman, young Macon Arroyo made it the hard way, running backwater races until a recruiter finally gave him a shot at the pro-am circuit. His debut year saw a promising championship bid cut short by crippling injuries to his left wrist and leg. Through sheer determination, he made incredible strides in his rehabilitation and now has come back to finish what he started.

"Bomber" Dayna Hogan

#96 • Team Butterfinger • Heavy Bike

Handling: 2
Acceleration: 10
Mass: 10
Lift: 2
Bomber
Bio: Dayna Hogan, master mechanic, Dr. Frankenstein of the motor sports world. She revels in tinkering and modifying her bikes, creating muscle-bound hybrid machines. And of course, Dayna tests her brain children personally. She even dumbfounds her closest friends with the way she mixes and matches, creating massively powerful 'land rockets'.

Masala

#5 • Team Butterfinger • Medium Bike

Handling: 7
Acceleration: 1
Mass: 4
Lift: 7
Masala
Bio: Focused and driven like a man obsessed, they call him 'The Warrior'. The race course is an Armageddon: He battles terrain, opponents, and his own abilities. Masala strives to break the bonds of physical limitation. Wins are simply progress. He holds no malice for fellow racers - they are living obstacles to be ignored, unless they impede his progress.

"Rhino" Andre Makarczyk

#59 • Team Butterfinger • Medium Bike

Handling: 8
Acceleration: 1
Mass: 4
Lift: 7
Rhino
Bio: Andre Makarczyk is looking to follow-up his rookie year. His hard charging style has earned him podium finishes and the nickname 'Rhino'. Unfortunately, that same aggressive riding style also garnered him a plague of DNFs and injuries. An off-season training regiment of competitive swimming, weights, and Zen meditation may be his key to victory.

"Blackjack" Garth Richter

#21 • Team Axiom • Heavy Bike

Handling: 1
Acceleration: 9
Mass: 10
Lift: 1
Blackjack
Bio: Blackjack, a former champion, gave up his competitive form for a heavy bike and a mercenary attitude. Richter's spirit sank with his ranking, harsh bitterness has reduced him to little more than a hired gun to run opponents off-track. His few supporters believe he still has the skill to make a comeback; whether he can put aside the anger long enough to win still remains to be seen.

Wyatt Stone

#19 • Team Axiom • Heavy Bike

Handling: 3
Acceleration: 9.5
Mass: 10
Lift: 2
Stone
Bio: Originally recruited by a prestigious Japanese team, young Wyatt Stone soon found himself racing alongside the legendary racers, Hibara and Otomo. While fulfilling his role as a heavy blocker, Wyatt learned to apply many of their unique maneuvering techniques to his heavy-class bike. He's recently returned to the U.S. to show off his new abilities.

Shirow

#66 • Team Axiom • Medium Bike

Handling: 5
Acceleration: 3
Mass: 4
Lift: 5
Shirow
Bio: Shirow was the first Japanese female heavy bike rider. Shirow rides a modified heavy-class bike, more powerful and massive than any on the circuit. Rumor has it, the ease with which she maneuvers her bike is due to cybernetic limbs she received after a training accident. As long as her rider-bike weigh-in total is legal, however, there will be no investigation.

Otomo "The Technician"

#3 • Team Axiom • Light Bike

Handling: 9.5
Acceleration: 9
Mass: 1
Lift: 7
Otomo
Bio: Far from the traditional training grounds of his teammate Tetsuo Hibara, Otomo the "Technician" rides in a world of pure electronics. Bio-efficient conditioning routines simulate conditions on an infinite number of virtual training courses. Each session, every aspect of Otomo's technique is analyzed as he prepares to conquer the ultimate Moto obstacle...the human competitor.

"Tetsujin" Tetsuo Hibara

#4 • Team Axiom • Light Bike

Handling: 9.5
Acceleration: 5
Mass: 1
Lift: 7
Tetsujin
Bio: Hired from a prestigious Japanese team, Hibara came by his nickname 'Tetsujin' or the 'Iron Man' by being inhumanly consistent and rarely showing signs of fatigue or frustration. His foes know him as a focused racer, never allowing pure speed to overshadow his incredible maneuvering skills. Following rigid traditional training techniques, he unifies mind, body, and spirit with machine.

Jackson Chien

#99 • Team K2 • Light Bike

Handling: 10
Acceleration: 3
Mass: 1
Lift: 7
Chien
Bio: Jackson Chien debuts on the Jet Moto circuit this year after spending only a half-season in the amateurs. He's a phenomenal racer though, having already had remarkable results in GP, motorcross, snowmobile, and watercraft racing. (If it has an engine, he's probably raced it.) Sure he's cocky, making him unpopular among his rivals, but his skill is undeniable.

"Gunner" Argus

#6 • Team K2 • Light Bike

Handling: 7
Acceleration: 8
Mass: 1
Lift: 10
Gunner
Bio: A true all-terrain racer hailing from the harsh Australian outback, "Gunner" prides himself on his excellent physical conditioning. Recently he was part of the Dakar rally, pitting his hard-hitting, tight suspension riding style against some of the most punishing terrain in Africa. He came out smiling. Now he readies himself to match up against Jet Moto's toughest circuit riders.

Harris

#44 • Team K2 • Light Bike

Handling: 10
Acceleration: 4
Mass: 1
Lift: 2
Harris
Bio: Breakneck speed. Intense physical punishment. Wild terrain. Harris calls it her "weekend hobby". Already involved in skydiving, rock climbing, and full contact karate, she's hoping to add to the short list of things that temporarily sate her adrenaline cravings. With the razor reflexes of a true Jet Moto natural, all she lacks is experience and an instinct for self-preservation.

"Quick Jessie" West

#23 • Team K2 • Light Bike

Handling: 7
Acceleration: 8
Mass: 1
Lift: 10
Quick Jesse
Bio: Jessie West, nicknamed "Quick Jessie" as an amateur, is a rising star on the Jet Moto circuit this year. As the protegé of "The Max" Mark Corri, she is the heiress to the infamous "Max Gee" engine as well as a student of Corri's unique high speed maneuvering techniques. Ironically, the biggest hurdle to an incredible pro debut season may be having to consistently compete against The Max.

"The Max" Mark Corri

#2 • Team K2 • Light Bike

Handling: 9.5
Acceleration: 9
Mass: 1
Lift: 7
The Max
Bio: Mark Corri is one of the true legends of Jet Moto. As an early pioneer, he earned his nickname "The Max" from his now infamous "Maximum Gee" engine. Now in its fourth generation, the trademark "Max" acceleration and Corri's uncanny skills keep him in the top rankings. It is rumored that his biggest threat this year may come from his protégé, Jessie West.