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Latest revision as of 17:34, 27 October 2022

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Joust
Joust cover
Developers
Williams Electronics
Mac OS (Classic) Digital Eclipse Software
Publishers
PC booter Atarisoft
Mac OS (Classic) Digital Eclipse Software
Release dates
PC booter 1983
Mac OS (Classic) 1994
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Side view, Flip screen
Genres Action, Arcade
Joust on HowLongToBeat
Joust on IGDB
Joust guide on StrategyWiki
Joust on MobyGames
Joust on Wikipedia
The game runs considerably slower than its arcade counterpart.[1]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
PC booter
Mac OS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
PC booter
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
PC booter
Mac OS (Classic)

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

PC booter
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
Intel 8086
System memory (RAM) 64 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.0.7
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68000
System memory (RAM) 2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References

  1. Joust gameplay (PC Game, 1983) - last accessed on 2021-02-12