Chris & Rich Plays Episode 7: Joust

 
Retro Weekends plays and reviews Joust for the Atari 2600. All gameplay footage taken from real hardware.
 
 
 
   
 
 

What we thought

Chris

"I really enjoyed this, as Rich says it really does shine primarily with the 2-player aspect. The graphics just about cover the job, and the sound isn't the best either but the game play is great and it still holds up. I enjoyed playing it today and I'm sure my kids would do too if I showed it to them. "

4/5
rich

"This is a cool game isn't it, especially on 2-player the game really shines, with each player constantly trying to gain control of the top half of the screen to dive bomb his opponent. Physics wise its actually quite advanced, there's definitely more going on here than in a lot of games from the time, such as with the motion of the flying, and the way you skid along the ground and such. Graphically and sonically its not really that impressive, its certainly not up to the standard of Activision games of the time but its functional and I think the ostriches are animated pretty well."

4/5
 
 
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