History of Joust Considered one of the top 10 hits of the early 80’s gaming titles, Joust was a classic standalone arcade game machine that took the industry by storm. Released onto the market in 1982 by ‘Williams Electronics,’ a company that was just getting into video games after successfully dominating the pinball machine field. At first sight Joust had a similar look and feel to many other platform games of the time, including Donkey Kong, Berzerk and the first Mario Brothers, but it was its unique game-play that won over the majority of gaming enthusiasts. Taking a risk the developers of Joust decided to go against the popular trend of the time and create a title that didn’t include space ship styled shoot-em-ups or anything to do with killing robots. They chose to focus on giving players top quality graphics and a never before seen medieval theme that saw knights riding around on an ostriches. Jousts background was made up of several carefully positioned rock platforms on-top of a pitch black backdrop.

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