Joust (Atari 2600)

by Atari

Product Features

• For use with the Atari 2600 series systems and the Sears Video Arcade and Video Arcade II Systems.
• One or Two Players
• Four Difficulty Levels
• Use your Joystick Controllers with this Atari Game Program cartridge
• Catalog no. CX2691

Product Details

• ASIN: B000PZT1YQ
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,862 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

How on earth did you fall into this bizarre world? Look around you -- the sky is filled with knights astride enormous armored buzzards. These characters look mean, and the buzzards they ride don't look very friendly either. THE JOUST The objective of JOUST is to defend yourself and score points by unseating opponents in a joust. The winner of a joust is the rider whose mount is highest at the moment of contact. If the mounts are of equal height, the joust is a draw. Your opponents are the Buzzard Riders. There are three types, each more dangerous than the last: the Bounders (wearing red), the Hunters (wearing gray), and the Shadow Lords (wearing blue). When you unseat a Buzzard Rider in a joust, he and his mount turn into an egg and float ominously around the jousting arena. If you grab the egg, it will disappear and you'll score bonus points. If you don't grab the egg it will eventually hatch into an even more dangerous opponent. When you lose a joust, you'll materialize again on the bottom ledge -- if you have any lives remaining. Until you fully materialize, you're protected from attack. Once your bird is moved, however, you become fair game for a joust.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive should be spelled "joust", March 19, 2011

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GamerGrl1974 "Missy" (Canton,Ny 13617) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Joust (Atari 2600) (Game Cartridge)

This is one of my all time fave Atari games retro acrade style platformers of yesteryear. I absolutely love "bird ass" also as it is sometimes referred to cause thats bascially the gameplay.You squash your enemy with your birds butt collect the eggs etc. one of those fun addictive games that you keep wanting to play over and over to keep challenging yourself to see how high you can get your score each time to beat your own self at it. very fun definite classic.

4.0 out of 5 stars Joust., July 1, 2009

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M. King "The super mario nerd" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Joust (Atari 2600) (Game Cartridge)

The name of it is what it is. U can either battle on multiplayer or against a cpu. U r at a stage with platforms and many floors to stand on and u throw ur arrow at the other player until they lose a life and u get more points. To get on the platforms u fly up. Ur charecter moves very fast and flys fast too so it is hard to beat ur enemy. The colors r plain and dull because there r not that many. The background is just one color. The controls r hard to use since ur charecter moves so fast. The multiplayer mode is very fun. It is a great game becides those features.