Joust

NES/Famicom

Developer

HAL Laboratory

Publisher

HAL Laboratory

Genre

2D Platforming, Arcade

Released

1987

Title screenshot Ingame screenshot

Achievements

• 
  Little score

  (2) (2)

  Earn 10.000 points

  94.14% unlock rate

  803 (505) of 853 – 94.14% unlock rate

  59.20% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  94.14% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Nice score

  (3) (3)

  Earn 25.000 points

  59.09% unlock rate

  504 (336) of 853 – 59.09% unlock rate

  39.39% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  59.09% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Very good score

  (5) (8)

  Earn 50.000 points

  35.87% unlock rate

  306 (200) of 853 – 35.87% unlock rate

  23.45% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  35.87% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Best score

  (10) (27)

  Earn 100.000 points

  21.10% unlock rate

  180 (97) of 853 – 21.10% unlock rate

  11.37% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  21.10% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Eggs Master !

  (25) (122)

  Earn 200.000 points

  14.19% unlock rate

  121 (49) of 853 – 14.19% unlock rate

  5.74% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  14.19% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Wave 5

  (5) (6)

  Progression

  Reach the wave 5

  Progression

  58.38% unlock rate

  498 (350) of 853 – 58.38% unlock rate

  41.03% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  58.38% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Wave 10

  (5) (9)

  Progression

  Reach the wave 10

  Progression

  27.20% unlock rate

  232 (163) of 853 – 27.20% unlock rate

  19.11% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  27.20% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Wave 15

  (10) (37)

  Progression

  Reach the wave 15

  Progression

  14.65% unlock rate

  125 (68) of 853 – 14.65% unlock rate

  7.97% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  14.65% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Wave 20

  (25) (146)

  Win Condition

  Reach the wave 20

  Win Condition

  11.14% unlock rate

  95 (40) of 853 – 11.14% unlock rate

  4.69% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  11.14% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
• 
  Too Many Ostriches !

  (10) (74)

  Get 9 lives

  12.19% unlock rate

  104 (31) of 853 – 12.19% unlock rate

  3.63% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode

  12.19% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

Recent Players

phalnx

18 May 2025, 3:52am

Jousting on Wave 12 with Score 69000

aLemoneer

17 May 2025, 10:34pm

Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 3000

WinDelyatoRRR

14 May 2025, 6:42am

Playing Joust

KBLO

14 May 2025, 4:42am

Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 1000

slipslip

13 May 2025, 11:59pm

Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 2500

Amafy

12 May 2025, 11:23pm

Playing Joust

Jrasecure

12 May 2025, 6:44pm

Playing Joust

LordFlux

12 May 2025, 1:14am

Jousting on Wave 2 with Score 3250

queenoftheswarm

11 May 2025, 11:22pm

Jousting on Wave 3 with Score 11750

Ymesketek

11 May 2025, 3:44pm

Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 750

Player	When	Progress	Activity
phalnx	18 May 2025, 3:52am		Jousting on Wave 12 with Score 69000
aLemoneer	17 May 2025, 10:34pm		Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 3000
WinDelyatoRRR	14 May 2025, 6:42am		Playing Joust
KBLO	14 May 2025, 4:42am		Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 1000
slipslip	13 May 2025, 11:59pm		Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 2500
Amafy	12 May 2025, 11:23pm		Playing Joust
Jrasecure	12 May 2025, 6:44pm		Playing Joust
LordFlux	12 May 2025, 1:14am		Jousting on Wave 2 with Score 3250
queenoftheswarm	11 May 2025, 11:22pm		Jousting on Wave 3 with Score 11750
Ymesketek	11 May 2025, 3:44pm		Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 750

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.
	ScruteyBaybeh 10 Nov 2023 12:21 Lordy, feels less like Joust and more like side-scrolling pinball.
	Ignaramus 30 Aug 2024 12:56 I grew up playing Joust on Shockwave.com in the early 00's. Back then it was mostly emulated arcade games. Earlier comments are true and I still love this port. It controls like freight train pinball and it is so fun.
	Jaydee03 29 Dec 2024 23:43 fuuuuuuck those Hunters to hell and back dude
	Jaydee03 30 Dec 2024 02:34 GOT IT, complaining does work