Joust
Console icon NES/Famicom

Game icon

Developer

HAL Laboratory

Publisher

HAL Laboratory

Released

1987

Achievements

Author: Kasumariii (10)

There are 10 achievements worth 100 (434) points.

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  • Earn 10.000 points

    803 (505) of 853 – 94.14%

    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

    504 (336) of 853 – 59.09%

    39.39% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    59.09% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Earn 50.000 points

    306 (200) of 853 – 35.87%

    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

    180 (97) of 853 – 21.10%

    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

    121 (49) of 853 – 14.19%

    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)

    Reach the wave 5

    498 (350) of 853 – 58.38%

    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)

    Reach the wave 10

    232 (163) of 853 – 27.20%

    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)

    Reach the wave 15

    125 (68) of 853 – 14.65%

    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)

    Reach the wave 20

    95 (40) of 853 – 11.14%

    4.69% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.14% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Get 9 lives

    104 (31) of 853 – 12.19%

    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 phalnx

18 May 2025, 3:52am

Jousting on Wave 12 with Score 69000

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17 May 2025, 10:34pm

Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 3000

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14 May 2025, 6:42am

Playing Joust

KBLO KBLO

14 May 2025, 4:42am

Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 1000

slipslip slipslip

13 May 2025, 11:59pm

Jousting on Wave 1 with Score 2500

Amafy Amafy

12 May 2025, 11:23pm

Playing Joust

Jrasecure Jrasecure

12 May 2025, 6:44pm

Playing Joust

LordFlux LordFlux

12 May 2025, 1:14am

Jousting on Wave 2 with Score 3250

queenoftheswarm queenoftheswarm

11 May 2025, 11:22pm

Jousting on Wave 3 with Score 11750

Ymesketek 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