I can't believe I played this game when I was a kid and never asked any questions about the lore or why the fuck we were riding giant birds or what was coming out of the portal platforms. I just played the game and was entertained.
One of the coolest and most imaginative games ever. I wish I knew that the strategy was to stay low back before I spent a Hundred bucks on this machine
Anyone notice how these old games had purpose? You had to be focused and coordinated. The new games I see kids just pressing buttons but the game is basically doing whatever it wants. Nothing will ever compare to these classics. And don’t get me started on pinball!
hi there! do you own an iPhone? I have been working on making joust for ios devices for about 5 months now and would love for you to be one of the first to beta test it
guy i knew years ago played the arcade version, got a Hunter trapped by the lava hand, and sat on the ledge waiting for pterodactyls. He had it so they were constantly respawning pterodactyls so he just killed one, quickly turned to kill another one, lather rinse repeat in quick succession lol.
Amazing!! Some truly epic moments in there with the Shadow Lords. Eg. at 13:27 ... up until now you'd grab the straggler in the hand, but now that the Shadow Lords are here you're waiting ... it's so cinematic!
Been playing since I was 8 years old. Used to watch this guy play it at stop & go. He never let me play doubles with him until he got tired of me watching him play.
@@batron101 God, I remember the day when arcade games were everywhere... outside random corner stores, inside newsagents and supermarkets, at the airport... Really miss that:(
@@guidadiehl9176 yeah i grew up seeing the games first appear - remember when all you saw was pinball games,then the games came in a torrent and i loved most of them -- space invaders was fun as were the many vector graphics games as well but joust was always my favorite - well that and crazy climber
I would just fly and drift as fast as I could around the screen and off the screen crazily till I flew straight into one of the enemies and was killed and I would just crack up laughing. I remember the weird alarm sound of the pterodactyl would make me laugh to and I would try to fly into him. My brother would get sort of mad and say "Your not supposed to keep dying, play right!" Lol Good times. :D
i had an Atari 400 or 800 XL home computer & had this joust cartridge, it cost 250 $ for the computer, tv monitor exactly like the arcade, DEFENDER was also identical in almost every way.
32:00 I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Male. So, you have an idea about what video games I grew up playing. I was never great at Joust. Maybe, I could get up to the early teen waves, with 2 Egg Waves. Why was THIS seemingly the easiest place to defeat the Pterydachtyl? Slightly over 50% of the time, I'd see people actually defeat the bird. Any other time, it was like forget it. Also, no shock, considering the advanced juncture of the game, killing all 3 PTs, cost him a life. I guess it's an ok tradeoff, if you got an extra life every 20,000 points.
@@EricPetersen2922 For these video games, you were of a great age! When I was 10-11, you were 17-19, and it's amazing how much every year of age, at that juncture in life, makes so much difference in "video games smarts" that we have. You probably got Defender and Robotron down very quickly and well! I never was good at Defender. Maybe, I could get to Wave 4, but I'd have so few humanoids left, and unlike a more skilled player like you, I wasn't good at saving Smart Bombs. At least, in Defender, even I knew that, when some later stages started, and there were like 3 or 4 Pods, to just use the Smart Bomb, and get rid of them (and get the 1000 points). I always wondered why Swarmers were only worth 150 points, as they were hard as heck to kill!
Remember this was one of the first games I played on a pc lost on the internet as a kid, this and a billion other arcade games, wonder what the site was back then
Here's what my wisecrack wasn't about playing this game: You'd better hurry up before the pterodactyl arrives. Did you also notice that MST3K {Mystery Science Theater 3000} never had a video game of its own? Since the Sci-fi series features the deadpan janitor Joel Robinson, his 2 robot buddies: Tom Servo and Crow, fling these wisecracks at the very worst sci-fi flicks ever made. The mad scientist plays these flicks to crush the deadpan janitors soul. In this case: I find that kind of ridiculous of what the mad scientist does.
I f...n loved this game , was 12 when it twas released !! I can remember spending my silver coin collection , including 1 $ - & 50 cent pieces ect lmao , was it worth it? every cent....
@@batron101 Haha, I guess the Lava Troll is a "common enemy" to you, and the other mountees! In the earlier rounds, I do like to defeat enemies, when the Lava Troll is holding them down.
Somehow, at the beginning of kindergarten, age 5, I was able to repeatedly make it to level 99, then it repeats and goes back to level 89 forever. I wish I'd remembered what my score was, I could've gone forever because I'd figured out the precise spots you can stand depending on each platform arrangement. I suppose that might not have been too advanced for a 5 year old to figure out, but my older brothers were perplexed as hell and no one at school ever believed me
I swear I've played an 80s Mac game that was suspiciously similar to this? I remember jumping between three platforms, lava underneath, and pterodactyls diving down at you or maybe dropping bombs on you? I want to say there were pterodactyl eggs too, and maybe some pterodactyl babies? The ostrich rider seems right.
@@Sekusamu Wow! I just looked at a video of Glypha. What the heck? Complete rip-off of Joust. Is it by the company that holds the rights to Joust? To be honest, the original arcade Joust is better.
Imagine if, in the middle of playing this, baiters and mutants suddenly fling into the screen in surprise cameos and ... after dealing with them ... the sound "I am Sinistar. I will pursue you, even across game worlds. Run coward!"
Had to come here and see how hard it was to get that 1st copper key.
That's why I'm here as well.
Lol same
I just find it soothing listening to the sound effects. spent many a quarter on this back in the 80's.
Right?? probably a couple hundred dollars in quarters..
The "womp womp womp" when you regenerate is the best!
:D
I can't believe I played this game when I was a kid and never asked any questions about the lore or why the fuck we were riding giant birds or what was coming out of the portal platforms. I just played the game and was entertained.
I still remember my time as a Little boy playing this at Chuck E. Cheese. Memories! !.
Luckkyyy!
Something so satisfying about watching the shadow lords die at the hand of the lava troll
One of the coolest and most imaginative games ever. I wish I knew that the strategy was to stay low back before I spent a Hundred bucks on this machine
i won first place in a arcade contest at my local video store...25 bucks in free play
Anyone notice how these old games had purpose? You had to be focused and coordinated. The new games I see kids just pressing buttons but the game is basically doing whatever it wants. Nothing will ever compare to these classics. And don’t get me started on pinball!
Competitive pinball is so fun. Just won my first IFPA tournament this weekend!
@@Pelnied congratulations. I didn’t know they still had these tournaments.
@@grazz7865 Now more than ever
From your lips to gods ears
Another great great Williams game.
hi there! do you own an iPhone? I have been working on making joust for ios devices for about 5 months now and would love for you to be one of the first to beta test it
Sorry I do not own an Iphone. I am honored though
36:40 I KNEW that you'd get all 3 of them!! Great job!!
Joust rules! One of the funnest 80s arcade games I thought!
guy i knew years ago played the arcade version, got a Hunter trapped by the lava hand, and sat on the ledge waiting for pterodactyls. He had it so they were constantly respawning pterodactyls so he just killed one, quickly turned to kill another one, lather rinse repeat in quick succession lol.
Amazing!! Some truly epic moments in there with the Shadow Lords. Eg. at 13:27 ... up until now you'd grab the straggler in the hand, but now that the Shadow Lords are here you're waiting ... it's so cinematic!
Been playing since I was 8 years old. Used to watch this guy play it at stop & go. He never let me play doubles with him until he got tired of me watching him play.
@@batron101 God, I remember the day when arcade games were everywhere... outside random corner stores, inside newsagents and supermarkets, at the airport... Really miss that:(
@@guidadiehl9176 Kids have it made these days with PS4 and PC's
@@guidadiehl9176 yeah i grew up seeing the games first appear - remember when all you saw was pinball games,then the games came in a torrent and i loved most of them -- space invaders was fun as were the many vector graphics games as well but joust was always my favorite - well that and crazy climber
@@batron101 Yeah, but the arcade version was ALWAYS harder than the home system version....
I would just fly and drift as fast as I could around the screen and off the screen crazily till I flew straight into one of the enemies and was killed and I would just crack up laughing. I remember the weird alarm sound of the pterodactyl would make me laugh to and I would try to fly into him. My brother would get sort of mad and say "Your not supposed to keep dying, play right!" Lol Good times. :D
This just remember me a Ready Player One Book, the first key
There's strategic spots at the top of the screen that help with those hard waves.
I love this game, and that's the damnest thing I've ever seen. Wow, dude.
Ready player one brought me here.
I remember that because the game was called Joust, I always try to ram them head on like how jousts would work. I ended up dying a lot lol.
I'm going to attempt the same strategy on my Legends Ultimate multicade...you're a boss bro 😎
This game made its appearance in Spiderhead movie!!
This makes me feel something I can't describe
sounds like my first.....nevermind
you can give it a try if you want, this game is now available on the app Store, its called JOUST.
nostalgia?
@@jaxthewolf4572 oh nah, this is from before I was born
Sorry did not see it in the play store.
Man chilhood memories.😔😔😔😔
you can give it a try if you want, this game is now available on the app Store, its called JOUST.
EPIC play - i thought i was good getting to level 36 back in the arcades but i am nothing compared to the master i just watched!!!
you can give it a try if you want, this game is now available on the app Store, its called JOUST.
addicted to this game.
One of the my favorite video games! #Atari2600 #Playstation
i had an Atari 400 or 800 XL home computer & had this joust cartridge, it cost 250 $ for the computer, tv monitor exactly like the arcade, DEFENDER was also identical in almost every way.
little me searched for this game endlessly on pc when my dad told me about it lol was over joyed when i did
32:00 I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Male. So, you have an idea about what video games I grew up playing. I was never great at Joust. Maybe, I could get up to the early teen waves, with 2 Egg Waves. Why was THIS seemingly the easiest place to defeat the Pterydachtyl? Slightly over 50% of the time, I'd see people actually defeat the bird. Any other time, it was like forget it. Also, no shock, considering the advanced juncture of the game, killing all 3 PTs, cost him a life. I guess it's an ok tradeoff, if you got an extra life every 20,000 points.
I was never great either, I loved it tho. I I played defender and Robotron like the joust in this video, I was born in 66, perfect age for these games
@@EricPetersen2922 For these video games, you were of a great age! When I was 10-11, you were 17-19, and it's amazing how much every year of age, at that juncture in life, makes so much difference in "video games smarts" that we have. You probably got Defender and Robotron down very quickly and well! I never was good at Defender. Maybe, I could get to Wave 4, but I'd have so few humanoids left, and unlike a more skilled player like you, I wasn't good at saving Smart Bombs. At least, in Defender, even I knew that, when some later stages started, and there were like 3 or 4 Pods, to just use the Smart Bomb, and get rid of them (and get the 1000 points). I always wondered why Swarmers were only worth 150 points, as they were hard as heck to kill!
Remember this was one of the first games I played on a pc lost on the internet as a kid, this and a billion other arcade games, wonder what the site was back then
I use to play this on theWilliams arcade.
Well played.
The book ready player one brought me here
Pretty much Defender with birds and eggs
I had this on nes I remember you could be going forward quickly reverse directional and back again and make bird fly backwards
Here's what my wisecrack wasn't about playing this game: You'd better hurry up before the pterodactyl arrives. Did you also notice that MST3K {Mystery Science Theater 3000} never had a video game of its own? Since the Sci-fi series features the deadpan janitor Joel Robinson, his 2 robot buddies: Tom Servo and Crow, fling these wisecracks at the very worst sci-fi flicks ever made. The mad scientist plays these flicks to crush the deadpan janitors soul. In this case: I find that kind of ridiculous of what the mad scientist does.
I have an original Joust game that I bought from an arcade in the 80's that was making room for new games. Im looking for someone to restore it.
I think joust should be the final Smash bros ultimate character
This game is hard af
Had to come here because of bite of 83'
1:50
wha...you can KILL IT!?!?
I f...n loved this game , was 12 when it twas released !! I can remember spending my silver coin collection , including 1 $ - & 50 cent pieces ect lmao , was it worth it? every cent....
ME TOO!!! LOL
I had no idea you could kill the pterodactyl
Accerak can I play on the left side?
Ahhh the memories!
32:20 What causes your ENEMIES to actually fall into the lava like that?
Once you get high enough in the game, the 'Lava Troll' gets stronger especially if your bird is flying into the lava.
@@batron101 Haha, I guess the Lava Troll is a "common enemy" to you, and the other mountees! In the earlier rounds, I do like to defeat enemies, when the Lava Troll is holding them down.
I had this in 1990 for my Nintendo LOL
you can give it a try if you want, this game is now available on the app Store, its called JOUST.
Game on. Who has seen pixels? Cus I did and it was great
Is this a new Flappy Bird level?
Just see accererak vs parzipal playing this game
Somehow, at the beginning of kindergarten, age 5, I was able to repeatedly make it to level 99, then it repeats and goes back to level 89 forever. I wish I'd remembered what my score was, I could've gone forever because I'd figured out the precise spots you can stand depending on each platform arrangement. I suppose that might not have been too advanced for a 5 year old to figure out, but my older brothers were perplexed as hell and no one at school ever believed me
Ballon Fight?
Hector: "How many quarters did you spenc on this game during the 80s?"
Me: "Thousands. And you, Hector?"
Hector: "One."
I watched a guy named Earnest Herrera play. He taught me all the tricks on Joust. I spent a dollar a week on this game for months at a time.
I swear I've played an 80s Mac game that was suspiciously similar to this?
I remember jumping between three platforms, lava underneath, and pterodactyls diving down at you or maybe dropping bombs on you? I want to say there were pterodactyl eggs too, and maybe some pterodactyl babies?
The ostrich rider seems right.
It's probably Glypha.
@@Sekusamu Wow! I just looked at a video of Glypha. What the heck? Complete rip-off of Joust. Is it by the company that holds the rights to Joust? To be honest, the original arcade Joust is better.
Is this a Joust version 2 because it looks really nice😮
I want to say I am playing the White/Green label on M.A.M.E.
I could play this game forever. But after killing hundreds of shadow lords it got boring. Levels 300+ were fun though..
I thought the shadow riders changed colors and that they could kill each other.
*Thy game is over*
Ready Player One
58:44. PFM!
:D
Shang Tsung wins.
FRIENDSHIP!
Imagine if, in the middle of playing this, baiters and mutants suddenly fling into the screen in surprise cameos and ... after dealing with them ... the sound "I am Sinistar. I will pursue you, even across game worlds. Run coward!"
Nice! You used mame emulator 0.194 or 0.199 right?
You may be surprised but its M.A.M.E .131
I’m so confused lol
10:23 Like a meant to do that, What ever.
Does this game have an ending?
Not to my knowledge. I think either the score pegs out or the waves peg out. I'm not sold out on Joust to play forever.
are you joust king
I do not have time to break the world record. I am not totally sold out to this game.
This got alot of views!! ^^
Did not think people would watch this game play for an hour. I was glad when I finally died.
@@batron101 They liked what they saw!! I don't blame them!!!
@@batron101 I've watched it several times. Super cool game.
DMK