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Joust
Console icon NES

Game icon

Developer

HAL Laboratory

Publisher

HAL Laboratory

Genre

2D Platforming, Arcade

Released

1987

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In-game screenshot
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Achievements

Author: Kasumariii (10)
There are 10 achievements worth 100 (410) points.

  • Earn 10.000 points

    557 (353) of 583 – 95.54%

    60.55% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    95.54% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Nice score

    (3) (3)

    Earn 25.000 points

    363 (236) of 583 – 62.26%

    40.48% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    62.26% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Earn 50.000 points

    233 (149) of 583 – 39.97%

    25.56% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    39.97% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Best score

    (10) (25)

    Earn 100.000 points

    147 (81) of 583 – 25.21%

    13.89% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    25.21% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Eggs Master !

    (25) (98)

    Earn 200.000 points

    109 (50) of 583 – 18.70%

    8.58% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    18.70% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Wave 5

    (5) (6)

    Reach the wave 5

    347 (244) of 583 – 59.52%

    41.85% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    59.52% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Wave 10

    (5) (9)

    Reach the wave 10

    160 (113) of 583 – 27.44%

    19.38% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
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  • Wave 15

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    Reach the wave 15

    86 (47) of 583 – 14.75%

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  • Wave 20

    (25) (157)

    Reach the wave 20

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    5.15% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.66% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Get 9 lives

    92 (33) of 583 – 15.78%

    5.66% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    15.78% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
💬Official Forum Topic
Recent Players:
UserWhenActivity
0strich2023-09-17 02:48:38Jousting on Wave 7 with Score 28500
Rotarran2023-08-31 19:18:12Jousting on Wave 2 with Score 4250
jfaneuf2023-07-19 20:27:26Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 3000
JadePerardua2023-07-19 01:04:39Jousting on Wave 8 with Score 40250
freesolo2023-05-02 04:28:45Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 1500
Comments:
Kasumariii 17 Nov 2014 03:53
Use Joust (U) [!]
MyPawnsEatPpl 6 Apr 2018 04:29
This is one of the all-time worst arcade ports. Up there with Atari 2600 Pac-man. The bird controls like a freight train with wings. What were they thinking!? And it was programmed by Iwata! Unbelievable.
MyPawnsEatPpl 6 Apr 2018 04:52
I'm reading that it was beloved game developer and former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata's first commercially published game. "He traveled to Kyoto himself to request permission to work on games for the NES, to which Nintendo obliged."
MyPawnsEatPpl 6 Apr 2018 04:53
It's strange because everything else Iwata worked on was gold, even in his early days with HAL. Every other version of Joust is a joy to play.
LordKuddy 29 Jan 2020 01:59
Maybe he pulled a Coleco and made it mediocre on purpose so Balloon Fight would sell better?
JaySobieski 29 Nov 2020 18:01
Just loaded the Japanese NES Version (via Retroarch) and got all five point related cheevos on the title sceen.
Hexadigital 11 Sep 2023 20:49
I think this is my least favourite port of Joust, it's even more slippery than usual and I think the hitbox on the pterodactyls is off.