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Joust (NES)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Action/Fixed Screen Platform

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

PUBLISHER

HAL America, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Arcade, Atari ST, PlayStation 3, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Texas Instruments TI-99, Xbox 360, Atari Video Computer System, Hybrid Windows/Mac, Atari 7800, Mobile, Atari 400/800/XL/XE, Atari Lynx, Xbox, Commodore 64/128

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

Fantasy 5

PLAYING AS #USES

Knight 6

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

evil knights 3

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

Arcade game 6
Flying through the air 5

GENERAL TONE #USES

Arcade Air Combat 3

DESCRIPTION

Joust has you controlling a lance-equipped knight in a quest to knock rival knights off their mounts. The twist? Instead of galloping along the ground on a horse, your knight rides an ostrich with the ability to fly. Basic movement is initiated with the directional pad, while flapping the ostrich's wings involves repeatedly tapping a button. To win each joust, your lance must be positioned above those of your opponents. Should two lances meet at the same height, both riders will bounce back unharmed.

After losing a joust, the opponent will turn into an egg, which will either disappear into the lava at the bottom of the screen or land on one of the suspended platforms on the playing field. If the egg falls on land, you must quickly grab it before it hatches into a new, more powerful rider. Three types of opponents are as follows: Bounders, red riders worth 500 points apiece; Hunters, gray riders worth 750 points apiece; and Shadow Lords, blue riders worth 1,500 points apiece.

While you begin the game with five lives, extra riders are earned for every 20,000 points scored. Play continues until all riders on the screen are defeated, at which point a new wave of enemies will appear. Future waves feature pterodactyls flying across the screen, disappearing platforms, and the appearance of a lava troll, who will gleefully grab any rider flying too close to the lava's surface. Two players can also compete simultaneously on the same screen, with the second knight appearing on a stork instead of an ostrich. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Joust (NES)

GENRE/STYLE:

Action/Fixed Screen Platform
TOP TRAITS:

Knight, Arcade game, Fantasy
DESCRIPTION:

Joust has you controlling a lance-equipped knight in a quest to knock rival knights off their mounts. The twist? Inst... more

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Old Arcade Propaganda Posters by: rawkr

“I couldn't help but share this. Check out these posters! Here is the link: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2010/04/arcade_game_propaganda_posters.php”

created 14/APR/2010

Jwallwalrus was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“YES!!!!!!!!”

BofusTeefus was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Three words. Full of win.”

HighSimSim was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I personally like the Frogger one :^)”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Donate your quarters!”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“damn straight”

Thunder87122 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Thats awsome.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I don't know why, but the Dig Dug poster reminds me of Speed Racer. ”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“That's really odd, because he's wearing Luke Skywalker's helmet.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I must have the Dig Dug poster!!! ”

Tullioladulce was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Really great looking prints! Might have to snag one.”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Nice!”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@dowekeller I'd rather have the Joust poster.”

CrazyPhish was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“freakin' awesome.”

Svoboda was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I like the Frogger one.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“now if you can just find one for Galaxia...”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“There's a LOT of classic games which would have made great posters. It's too bad he had to stop at 4. I'd like to have seen what he'd have done with Pac Man, Defender, Missile Command or Asteroids.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I even thought of one for Pong.

"The ball is in your court!"”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Pac Man the first game ever to have a "sequel"?”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Probably not, but it may have been the first game to have been surpassed by its sequel.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“ah yes Ms. Pacman. ”

BofusTeefus was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@wastelander75 Yeah. Until Chun Lee, she was the hottest VG character EVAR.

.............

Um....did I just say that out loud....or type it and hit "add comment?" Rats.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“now wait a minute, are you telling me that Samus Aran wasn't sexaaaay?”

BofusTeefus was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“No compared to Ms. Pacman. Incidentally, I currently live in a city where most people have the Pacman physique. It's a bit disturbing.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“that's a fad that's disturbingly trendy around here as well. ”

MoogleNinja was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“OMG it's Joust”

GarrulusVaccuus was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Those games are so old, I can barely even remember them, much less remember playing them.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Google it then...”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Now, now, rawkr. We accept young people around here. Not everyone is old enough to remember these games. You can learn to win at any age.

On the other hand, anyone who isn't old enough to remember Megaman is also not old enough to use the internet without parental supervision. We do have SOME standards.”

Bonemane was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon

Megaman STEALS YOUR SOUL.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Snide response removed. That Megaman avatar is total WIN.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Agreed.”

GarrulusVaccuus was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“The Flying V - the only guitar so cool, even Brian May had to set aside his Red Special and use one for a video.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“For a guitar that epic it is only proper.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I hate to disapploint you, but Brian May didn't really play a Flying V for the Princes of the Universe video. There was a problem of some sort with the Red Special, so someone loaned him the Flying V for the video, but that was just pluck-syncing. When the song was actually recorded, he used the Red Special.

That's all cool, though. The Red Special is even cooler than a Flying V. How many people have a home-made guitar which set new standards for all guitars to come?”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon There you go with that wisdom again... I figured he would have stuck with his favorite for the recording.”

GarrulusVaccuus was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“All true, but even so, he still used a Flying V for the video.

As I heard it, the "problem" with the Red Special was that it hadn't arrived on time. He still chose the Flying V over other guitars present.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Granted, for the purpose of emoting in front of a camera for the video, he did use a Flying V.”

TamaraLane was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I always had a soft spot for Randy Rhoads and his polka dotted
Flying V, Talk about epic!

”

Svoboda was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Last time I went by Milano's Musicland, they had them in canary yellow, hot pink, black and flames, and leopard spots. I wanted the leopard spot one, but it was way too expensive.”

iDigit was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“They didn't have any normal Flying V's? o.O”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“My dad used to have this Neon Purple Jackson V-style. Not the same thing but it looked epic and its edges were sharp enough to kill a man. It sounded great too. I cried when he sold that guitar...”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@iDigit Nobody would buy a guitar-colored Flying V. If you're going to buy a fancy guitar, you buy a FANCY guitar. If you want a "normal" guitar, you just get a stratocaster.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Seriously, the Dig-Dug poster makes me want to start humming the Speed Racer theme......

Here he comes!
Here comes Speed Racer
He's a demon on wheels!

Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer

Go Speed Racer Gooooooooooo!!!”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon Nothing wrong with a Stratocaster.”

TamaraLane was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Just that SGs r way better =P”

CrazyPhish was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@wastelander75 lol, that was my first thought when I saw it too.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@rawkr Most popular model in history.”

TamaraLane was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon I still like the sound a Gibson SG or a Les Paul better...”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@TamaraLane Sorry the Les Paul was always outside of my price range.”

SH4D0WZ0MB1E was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“These are pretty cool, nice find”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“You know, in this day and age, I've yet to see a game where you can ride around on an armored ostrich lancing outlaw knights while you flutter from one platform to the next.

I think today's gaming companies are ostrich bias.

Except for THQ. Red Faction Guerrilla <3”

TamaraLane was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@wastelander75 Don't say that too loud... I can see it now JOUST 2010”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“that wouldn't be bad. Or hell, just having an Ostrich mount would suit me just fine. ”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“There's no bias. Ostriches simply evolved into chocobos.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“It'd be nice to have more than one game where you can yell "BIRD FUCKED!" for the shear oddity of it.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“

”

TamaraLane was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@rawkr OMG! and i was restraining myself from making a comment about mounting ostriches.....”

bananafanafo was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“It can be any bird? I thought it was just telling people to mount ducks, specifically. ”

Svoboda was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“You don't mount ducks, silly! You eat them!”

Svoboda was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@iDigit What do you mean, "normal Flying V?" There is no such thing as "Normal" for a guitar that cool. It has to be unique!”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@TamaraLane Well there is that and the fact that Red Faction Guerrella's ostrich hammer came with the April Fool's tag line of "Bird Fucked" as a term for pwnage but yeah, the mounting of ostriches as a sexual innuendo is also funny. LoL”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I've heard of some people wanting to have sex with ducks myself.

In fact there are several people I know that just shout out "Oh Fuck a Duck!"

But they usually say that when they're mad. ”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“That's probably what bananafanafo was trying to refer to.”

SH4D0WZ0MB1E was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@rawkr Nice Achievement XD”

iDigit was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Oh, broil a duck!”

Svoboda was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Yum!”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“It doesn't work so well when you say "broil," does it? Broil just isn't a four letter word.”

Svoboda was the last to comment - over 2 years ago... show previous hide previous

“Bake a duck.”