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| Cabinet Arcade Game |
1982 |
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| Joust |
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| Atari 2600 |
1983 |
| Atari 5200 |
1983 |
| Atari 8-bit |
1983 |
| IBM PC |
1983 |
| Atari ST |
1986 |
| Atari 7800 |
1987 |
| Lynx |
1992 |
| Macintosh |
1994 |
| NES |
1988 |
| Game Boy |
1995 |
| Game Boy Color |
1999 |
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| Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits |
| Playstation |
1995 |
| SNES |
1995 |
| Sega Genesis |
1995 |
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| Williams Arcade Classics |
| Windows/MS-DOS |
1997 |
| Game.com Handheld |
1997 |
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| Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits |
| Dreamcast |
2000 |
| Nintendo 64 |
2000 |
| Game Boy Advance |
2001 |
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| Midway Arcade Treasures |
| Nintendo GameCube |
2002 |
| Playstation 2 |
2002 |
| Xbox |
2002 |
| Windows |
2002 |
| PSP (as Extended Play) |
2005 |
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Joust
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Online Services for Consoles |
| Xbox Live Arcade |
2005 |
| Playstation Network |
2007 |
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In the 1982 Williams video game Joust, your goal is to "lance" the enemy knights before they "lance" you. In order to kill an enemy knight, your character must collide with the enemy when your character is vertically higher than the enemy (if you are lower, their attack suceeds). In addition, defeated knights drop eggs, which must be collected before they hatch into more enemies (making the game more difficult). There are three types of enemies: Bounder (red, 500 points), Hunter (white, 750 points), and Shadow Lord.
The simplicity of the controls made the game extremely popular for it's time. The user taps the "flap" button, which causes the steads wings to "flap" once and move vertically. Pressing "Flap" in rapid succession will cause a gain in altitude until simulated gravity drags the mount downward. The player also controls the horizontal movement with a joystick.
1983 - Joust-branded, head-to-head pinball machine
1986 - Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest, an arcade sequel to joust (not as successful as the original)
1998 - Tiger Electronics marketed a handheld adaption of Joust as part of their "Extreme Chain Series"
2007 - The movie rights to Joust were optioned by Midway Games to CP Productions
1983 - DragonHawk (Commodore 64)
1983 - Ostron (ZX Spectrum)
1983 - Winged Warlords (ZX Spectrum)
1984 - Baloon Fight (NES) [similar arcade game]
1995 - Glypha III (Macintosh) |
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