Joust

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Alt-Name	NA
Release Type:	Official Release
Publisher(s):	NA
Developer(s):	NA
Platform:	Atari 2600 [EU]
Also on Platforms:	2600 [EU] 2600 [NA] 7800 [NA] Apple II Arcade Atari 2800 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 [EU] Atari 8-Bit Carts Atari ST [EU] ColecoVision FC [JP] Lynx [NA] Mac [NA] Xbox 360 Digital [EU] Xbox 360 Digital [NA]
Genre:	Platformer
Rating:	NA
Item Number:	NA
Barcode:	NA
Release Date:	July 1982
Description:	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. 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.
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Date	User	Field	Value
08-17-2022	koemo1	Cart/Disc/Media Art	new
02-11-2017	patrickske99	Created

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