Description
Joust was a popular arcade game that was created and released by Williams Electronics in 1982.
In the game, players take control of a knight with a lance who rides their flying ostrich (or stork, for Player 2) to do battle against computer-controlled evil knights who ride atop vultures. Players must flap their steed's wings to hit the enemy from a higher jousting point to destroy the vulture and its rider. Once the enemy has been hit, an egg falls to one of the platforms below. The heroic knights must destroy the eggs before they hatch and release new and increasingly more difficult knights. The three strengths of enemy knights are Bounder (red knight), Hunter (white knight) and Shadow Lord (blue knight)
These enemy knights are not the only challenge to be found in the game. Players must also contend with crumbling platforms, lava trolls who attempt to pull knights into the firey, and the dreaded "unbeatable"(?) pterodactyl.
Joust was novel for its time for being one of the few two-player simultaneous games in the arcade.
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| IGN |
Lynx |
Jul 06, 1999 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| The Video Game Critic |
Atari 8-bit |
Dec 28, 2002 |
A |
100 |
| Micro 7 |
Atari 8-bit |
Apr, 1984 |
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80 |
| Abandonia |
PC Booter |
Feb 07, 2009 |
4 out of 5 |
80 |
| Game Freaks 365 |
Atari 2600 |
Jul 03, 2007 |
7.2 out of 10 |
72 |
| TeamXbox |
Xbox 360 |
Dec 08, 2005 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| Games Radar |
Xbox 360 |
Apr 18, 2006 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| XBox Evolved |
Xbox 360 |
Dec 12, 2005 |
6.9 out of 10 |
69 |
| Lawrence |
Xbox 360 |
Aug 15, 2006 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
| Extreme Gamer |
Xbox 360 |
Jan 30, 2006 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
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Trivia
Joust was one of the "Fabulous Eleven" launch games for the Atari 7800.