Joust | 1982 | Arcade | Gameplay | HD 720p 60FPS

Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. While not the first game to feature two-player cooperative play, Joust was more successful than its predecessors and popularized the concept. The player uses a button and joystick to control a knight riding a flying ostrich. The object is to progress through levels by defeating groups of enemy knights riding buzzards.
John Newcomer led the development team, which included Bill Pfutzenreuter, Jan Hendricks, Python Anghelo, Tim Murphy, and John Kotlarik. Newcomer aimed to create a flying game with cooperative two-player gameplay, but wanted to avoid a space theme, which was popular at the time. Staff worked within the technical limitations of the hardware (originally developed two years earlier for Williams' first game, Defender), excluding concepts and optimizing the visuals.
The game was well received in arcades and by critics, who praised the gameplay, the mechanics of which influenced titles by other developers. Joust was followed by a sequel four years later, and was ported to numerous home and portable platforms.
This is an emulated arcade version using M.A.M.E.
Captured and played at 60fps.
Played at default arcade difficulty!
Used in this gameplay video:
PC hardware - AMD gpu
Emulator - Mame
Controller - 10 button custom made arcade joystick
Joystick: Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT
Buttons: OBSF-30 with 2 microswitches
Keep it real, keep it retro!!!!

[@danielfreitas9108]

Ready player one page 108 , Parzival vs Lich, Ernest Cline s book

[@jysiffkh]

Thou art ready?

[@metawarp7446]

Yeah boi

[@mr.mediocregamer9653]

When I was a small kid my father would go play racket ball. At the facility there was a place that smelled like old carpet and cigarette smoke and beer. In this place there were two arcade games. the first was Ms. Pac Man and the second was Joust.
I'd ask my dad to take me to his racket ball games just so I could hang out in this lounge and watch the arcade run through its demo screens over and over. I never actually played the game but just seeing this video pulls me back to those early 80's when a glass of sprite and an hour of just watching a video game screen made my whole week feel special.
Oh to be a kid again, oh to feel the wonderment of watching something that captivates you like that game once did...

[@LITTLE1994]

One of my favorite early arcades of all time.

[@TheHUhelps]

Love/hated the sensitive controls. Good times!

[@storbokki371]

I use to lay this all the time back in the early 80s. You can kill the dragon with your lance straight in it's mouth.

[@jcl6100]

Yea if you stand upright he usually kills himself on you
We also called them pterodactyle lol

[@ColonelK0rn1]

The original angry birds game! :)

[@ssweeps]

Thy pocket has more quarters!

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

playin 2 players was more awesome...
I wonder how much money I spent on Joust and Defender... hundreds of dollars mid 80s

[@danielstevenjanerico7461]

✌️🛡️⚔️🔱🥂 Koolistickly KOOL KAPTURE 🍹 Long Time Playing This Back In 80's

[@vapourmile]

IT ISN'T 720p.
Why lie?

[@georgeshelton6281]

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