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Joust

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Joust

Jul 16, 1982

Main game

3.08 average rating based on 240 ratings

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Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It is a platform game that features two-dimensional (2D) graphics. The player uses a button and joystick to control a knight riding a flying ostrich. The object is to progress through levels by defeating groups of enemy knights riding buzzards.
Release Dates
Jul 16, 1982 Full Release (North_America)
Arcade
Oct 02, 2005 Full Release (North_America)
Xbox 360
May 24, 2007 Full Release (North_America)
PlayStation 3
Jun 15, 2007 Full Release (Europe)
PlayStation 3
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User Stats
528
In Collection
35
Wish Listed
2
Playing
44
Backlogged
How Long Is Joust?
100% completion: 1.3 hours
Total completions: 1
LeRaft
LeRaft gave Mar 11, 2024
LeRaft gave Mar 11, 2024
LeRaft's review of Joust

Art, civilization, human culture as a whole... It all peaked with Joust.

scoopings
scoopings gave Mar 5, 2022
scoopings gave Mar 5, 2022
Great Look And Quality Game, But Couldn't Get Into The Solo Mode
This review is for the Arcade version

Look: 8/10 Great, oddly futuristic-seeming look with cool platforms and good sprites. It was a struggle getting a screenshot, not many "breaks" in the gameplay except when you clear a screen and one egg just chilling there ha... which wouldn't be much of a screenshot lol. enter image description here

Sound: 7/10 Didn't really notice it tbh, which means at least it wasn't annoying heh.

Edit: oh! On the arcade machine I noticed zomby uses sounds from this for a favorite track of mine!

Play: 7/10 I love that the 2-player game can simultaneously be cooperative and competitive/friendly fire. The only thing you really need to know is the button lets you flap, you can only move horizontally with the joystick, and you want to try to be higher up when you collide with an enemy. Also, be sure to collect the egg that drops when you defeat them, so it doesn't respawn a new enemy. Once I got the hang of the concept, I had fun for a bit. But it got old quickly by the third wave and I stopped playing even tho I still had lives left. I could see this being a lot of fun 2-player, hopefully we can do …

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Look: 8/10 Great, oddly futuristic-seeming look with cool platforms and good sprites. It was a struggle getting a screenshot, not many "breaks" in the gameplay except when you clear a screen and one egg just chilling there ha... which wouldn't be much of a screenshot lol. enter image description here

Sound: 7/10 Didn't really notice it tbh, which means at least it wasn't annoying heh.

Edit: oh! On the arcade machine I noticed zomby uses sounds from this for a favorite track of mine!

Play: 7/10 I love that the 2-player game can simultaneously be cooperative and competitive/friendly fire. The only thing you really need to know is the button lets you flap, you can only move horizontally with the joystick, and you want to try to be higher up when you collide with an enemy. Also, be sure to collect the egg that drops when you defeat them, so it doesn't respawn a new enemy. Once I got the hang of the concept, I had fun for a bit. But it got old quickly by the third wave and I stopped playing even tho I still had lives left. I could see this being a lot of fun 2-player, hopefully we can do that at my family's tonight. But as for now, and in terms of this solo chronology project, it wasn't a favorite. While the controls are tight and all the mechanics are intentional, I don't really love the "skid stop" or the flapping aspect... or the platform collision masks. Gave it a slight boost because I see the potential with the 2-player mode.

Feel: 6/10 I mean, I had fun for a bit. And I love the look, as odd as it is. But I didn't really get into it, which says something about the Feel. Maybe this will change once I get a chance to try the 2-player mode.

Attachment: 7/10 Perhaps it's the look, perhaps it's the description of the 2-player mode that I want to try (which says something), and perhaps it's the unique look/concept/gameplay--but I could see myself potentially returning to this even tho I didn't really like it all that much this time. We shall see...

Completion: 3 waves. On the actual arcade machine score was 20,550 Playtime: 15 mins

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giopep
giopep gave Mar 3, 2018
giopep gave Mar 3, 2018
giopep's review of Joust

Semplicissimo, punitivo e vecchio ma è ancora uno spacco, anche in single player.

Inc
Inc updated their status May 25, 2023
Inc updated their status May 25, 2023

Here's a fun little experiment.

Look through your rated played games and find your favourite game released before you were born.

For me, it's probably Tetris, released mere months before I hatched, but here's a special shout out to Joust, an immensely fun game, especially in multiplayer, released in 1982.

How about yoooooou???

Mixplit
Mixplit updated their status Apr 7, 2022
Mixplit updated their status Apr 7, 2022

Disc copy is on Midway PC Game Bundle disc that came with my X-Arcade. Included PC versions of several Midway Arcade Classics including: Gauntlet, Rampage, Robotron 2084, Joust, Defender, and Smash TV.

lori.cerny
lori.cerny updated their status Apr 7, 2017
lori.cerny updated their status Apr 7, 2017

One of those money-grab titles with a silly premise, poor execution, unmemorable score, and well, nothing to recommend really.