Solar Wind

About this game

JimJams games are a small, indie development team with a love for the retro games of the '80's and 90's. We only develop games that embrace that era, aiming to provide true classicly styled gaming, with a massive retro feel, maybe with a slight hint of what these games would have been with a little more processing power.

We don't aim to develop AAA games, but simply to bring our passion for a time gone by to those who love truly classic themed and inspired games. If this is a genre and era that you love, then our games are for you.



Solar Wind is our take on the classic sidescrolling shoot 'em ups of the past. Fight your way through deep space, penetrate asteriod belts, swoop low across alien moons, and weave through narrow caverns, and alien complexes as you take the fight to an unknown enemy.

Solar Wind encompasses many elements of the classic side scrolling, shoot 'em ups. Blast asteroids, take on alien ships, upgrade your ship with numerous add-ons, and navigate the unknown in the retro-themed blaster. We've taken our love of such games as Scramble, R-Type, Gradius, Vanguard, and a load more and combined our favourite features of each.... And we haven't stopped yet!

• 20 challenging, themed, retro blasting stages.
  
  
• A new big boss at the end of every stage.
  
  
• Over 90 different aliens, enemy weapons and defences..
  
  
• Destroy radar stations and ground bases to interrupt the alien responses.
  
  
• Fight challenging and varied mid-stage boss ships.
  
  
• Upgrade your ship with over 80 weapons, equipment, armour and add-ons.
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• Battle to the thundering, original, Astro rock soundtrack.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·29 Apr 2020Official

  Ramming Speed!

  Hi SHUMP fans, It's been awhile since we've revisited any of our older games, but here we are again with a small, but important update which improves the performance of Solar Wind on lower-end machines, and those with internal cards. Enjoy, The JimJams Games Team.
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• Announcements·19 Dec 2018Official

  It's Christmas time, let's blast everything in sight!

  Hi All, In keeping with our commitment to update our games to keep them fresh and challenging, we've released the latest update to our side-scrolling shooter, Solar Wind. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31384554/92c326bfaed24929a5628fce33242634b28aa1f3.png So, what's new? Added 3 new stages, to bring the total to 20 Added 3 new end of level bosses, each with unique behaviours. Upgraded player weapons to increase damage Added 40 new player weapon upgrades. Increased Steam Achievements to reflect additional levels Improved explosions and visuals Tweaked many areas for improved performance. Updated media and added additional alien landscapes. Tweaked laser gates to slice through player armour. Localised high score feature. Many smaller tweaks and updates for improved game-play. That's it for now, we may have another smaller update in a few days, but we were keen to get you this impressive new build in time for Christmas. Enjoy, The JimJams Games team.
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• Announcements·29 Aug 2018Official

  New build, new look, new ways to die!

  Hi All, We've been working on an update for Solar Wind for a few weeks now, and we're very pleased with the results. Not only have we added 4 new levels, we've added 4 new bosses to go with them, tweaked 5 other bosses, added 10 new alien ships, nearly 20 new alien features and behaviours, and a host of new defences and turrets. We've also taken the time to improve the look of just about everything. Here's a full list of what's new. 4 completely new and challanging levels. 4 new end of level bosses, including the death spinner, the tarntula, the evil eye and the behemoth. Increased the alien defences, you'll now encounter concealed turrets, homing missiles, mine droppers, crushers, and loads more. 10 new alien ships, with improved movement, including the razor and blade ships, bombers, missile ships, drop ships and a load more. Added a new player loadout screen, so you can tailor your launch ship. Added new player weapons, including the electro cannon, new shields, wave cannon and a couple more tweaks. Taking the total number of weapons, equipment and defence variations to well over 50. Player ship now reflects 90% of upgrades, so you can see your ship grow as you play. Improved the media, with the addition of paralax backgrounds, and better starfields. Updated and improved almost all of the explosions, for a more immersive battle experience. Improved stability by addressing a couple of minor bugs, and improved performance on lower end machines. We hope that you love the latest update. We've lots more planned, so be sure to keep an eye out for new features in the near future. Thanks for reading and enjoy. The JimJams Games team.
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• Announcements·4 May 2018Official

  Happy Star Wars Day!

  Hi All, In celebration of Star Wars day, it felt right here at JimJams towers that we should launch an update for Solar Wind. Along with the usual tweaks and peaks we've added some more content, and improved the continue function to allow the replaying of any stage previously completed. Here's what's new. 1) Added 2 new levels. 2) Added 2 new achievements 3) Updated the Continue. 4) Added 2 new concealed turrets 5) Fixed pathfinding issue in level 2 6) Tweaks to alien behaviour across the board. That's it for now. May the 4th be with you. The JimJams games team.
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• Patch Notes·2 May 2018Official

  Quick update.

  Hi All, We've launched a small update today which fixes a few small issues, adds some additional soundtracks to various stages, as well as some internal changes paving the way for future stages. Enjoy, The JimJams Games team.
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