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Developed by
Williams Electronics, Inc.
Released
1983
Also For
Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Lynx, Macintosh, NES, Palm OS, PC Booter, Xbox 360
Published by
Atari, Inc.
Perspective
Side view
Genre
Action
Gameplay
Arcade, Platform
Visual
Fixed / Flip-screen
Description
In Joust, 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 fire, and the dreaded "unbeatable"(?) pterodactyl.
The game was novel for its time for being one of the few two-player simultaneous games in the arcade.
From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
Reviews
Subject: Cant play it
Unfortunally archive.org doesnt provide informations how to control the emulator. I found F1 is used to start the game. With F2 you can set the difficulty level.
But ingame controls are missing. I dont find the keys. It neither works with a standard USB Controller.
