Joust

Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. While not the first game to feature two-player cooperative play, Joust was more successful than its predecessors and popularized the concept. The player uses a button and joystick to control a knight riding a flying ostrich. The object is to progress through levels by defeating groups of enemy knights riding buzzards. The mechanics of this game influenced titles by other developers. Joust was followed by a sequel four years later, and was ported to numerous home and portable platforms. The NES port was developed and published by HAL Labs in 1988.

The NES version has bigger, more detailed sprites, slightly different sounds and two modes of play. The difficulty seems to increase slower in the NES version.

This game is endless, so I kill myself after showing everything.