Personal review

Possibly the only ostrich jousting game ever made.

One of Williams' three greats, along with Defender and Sinistar. A good example of the better quality games produced in 1982, its sharp sprites and pretty landscapes, as well as excellent gameplay, made it one of the best arcade games of the year.

# 2002-02-02 16:19:41

Official description

- To fly in Joust press repeatedly the 'FLAP' button.
- To survive a joust the highest lance wins in a collision.
- Pick up the eggs before they hatch.
- Meet all enemies and beware of the 'unbeatable?' Pterodactyl.

# 2012-06-17 05:19:31 - official description - mameinfo.dat

Technical specs

software: Emulated on MAME,

hardware: Williams 6809 System,

display: raster

Authors / Staff

Bill Pfutzenreuter
John Newcomer

Tags (20)

video game

historical

sport

other

hardware

software

creatures

activities

game genre

External review - average: 66%

review source		issue	date	score
Tilt 1-38	fr	5	1983-05	4/6	66%

Related games

collected in
Arcade's Greatest Hits (MS-DOS)
Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)
Williams Arcade Classics (Tiger Game.COM)
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits (GBA)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (Windows)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (SNES)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (Saturn)

emulated by
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 (N64)
Midway Arcade Treasures (GameCube)
Midway Arcade Treasures (Xbox)
Midway Arcade Treasures (PS2)
Midway Arcade Treasures (Windows)

has influenced
The Deer God (Linux)
Jouster (Linux)
Bunnies (Linux)

ported to
Joust (Atari 7800)
Joust (Mac OS Classic)
Joust (Apple II E)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (SNES)
Joust (MS-DOS)
Joust (Atari ST)
Joust (Atari 400/800)
Joust (Atari 2600)
Joust (Lynx)
Joust (NES)
Joust (C64)
Joust (Atari 5200)

similar to
Sir Lancelot (ColecoVision)

Contributors (6)

AndreaD
teran01
zerothis
dandyboh
Sanguine
uvlbot-1

Joust

a.k.a. ジャウスト