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Joust (Japan)

NES / Famicom
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1988
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Joust ports the iconic Williams arcade on HAL Laboratory NES with its ostrich mounted knight facing flying opponents through collisions. The representation offers fixed pattern levels with altitude management and aerial duels in an original founding arcade formula. Honest for classic NES arcade fans, curiosity of the 8 bit ported HAL catalog.

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Category
Arcade 1 player 3+
Description
Port of the arcade classic where ostrich-mounted knights joust above bottomless pits. Published by HAL Laboratory, released in 1988 in Japan. Pure competitive arcade multiplayer on one screen.

Joust review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,01 MB 📅01/05/1988
Published by HAL Laboratory

Joust (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $22 Q6 complete
 $80 Q10 new
 $256 !
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Other versions
Joust
USA
01/05/1988
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Collector interest

This Famicom edition of Joust, handled by HAL Laboratory in 1988, is less common than the Western NES port and draws interest through its link to the studio that became known for Kirby. The game stays a pure local competitive arcade piece without much depth, so the collector angle is mainly documentary: seeing HAL adapt a Williams classic on Famicom. The moderate value reflects a real territorial exclusivity but demand confined to a niche of platform historians.

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