Joust (1982)

Details

Developers: Williams Electronics
Publishers: Midway Games, Williams Electronics
Genres: Arcade, Fighting, Platform
Themes: Action
Series: Joust

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

Also available on

Joust (1983) · 2600
Joust (1983) · 5200, A800
Joust (1984) · APL2
Joust (1984) · DOS
Joust (1986) · AST
Joust (1986) · 7800
Joust (1987) · famicom, NES
Joust (1992) · LYNX
Joust (1994) · MAC
Joust (1995) · GB
Joust (1998) · Handheld Electronic LCD
Joust (1999) · GBC
Joust (2014) · CVIS

Williams Digital Arcade (Dec 1994) · MAC
Williams Arcade Classics (Dec 1995) · DOS
Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Feb 1996) · GEN, SNES
Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mar 1996) · PS1, SAT
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits: Volume 1 (Jun 2000) · DC
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits: Volume 1 (Nov 2000) · N64

+6 more

Remakes

Joust X · N64

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Rating distribution

5 stars

21

4 stars

57

3 stars

96

2 stars

50

1 star

16

Community All Reviews Statuses

Review LeRaft 5/5 · Mar 11, 2024

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

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Review scoopings 3/5 · Mar 5, 2022

Great Look And Quality Game, But Couldn't Get Into The Solo Mode

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.

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

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.

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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Review giopep 4/5 · Mar 3, 2018

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