Joust (Atari 2600) Features

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Joust (Atari 2600) Feature

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

Joust (Atari 2600) Overview

How on earth did you fall into this bizarre world? Look around you -- thesky is filled with knights astride enormous armored buzzards. Thesecharacters look mean, and the buzzards they ride don't look very friendlyeither.THE JOUSTThe objective of JOUST is to defend yourself and score points by unseatingopponents in a joust. The winner of a joust is the rider whose mount ishighest at the moment of contact. If the mounts are of equal height, thejoust is a draw.Your opponents are the Buzzard Riders. There are three types, each moredangerous than the last: the Bounders (wearing red), the Hunters (wearinggray), and the Shadow Lords (wearing blue).When you unseat a Buzzard Rider in a joust, he and his mount turn into anegg 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 eggit will eventually hatch into an even more dangerous opponent.When you lose a joust, you'll materialize again on the bottom ledge -- ifyou have any lives remaining. Until you fully materialize, you're protectedfrom attack. Once your bird is moved, however, you become fair game for ajoust.