Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

I used to spend huge amounts of money on this game at the arcade in my younger days.

http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/joust

You need Shockwave to play it. It's the exact same code as the original, same sounds, action, etc, all the way down to having to put a "coin" in the slot.

Even if you've never played it before, it's a blast. Much more fun than a certain helicopter game I've heard of. ;-)

They've got a few other arcade classics here:
http://www.shockwave.com/sw/games/arcade/

but Joust seems to be the easiest to play with only a keyboard. You can change the keys you use by clicking the "Options" button. Best for me is A = left, D = right, Enter = flap.

My best score so far is 98,300. Those purple guys are brutal! And don't let those eggs hatch!

RE: Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

I was a centipede girl myself, back in the day. ;-)

RE: Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

Centipedes? I had crabs once...

RE: Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

Look into MAME32 (or various versions)

Multiple
Arcade
Machine
Emulator

its a program you install, then you load game files allowing you to play hundreds or thousands of differnet, original arcade games. You name it, theres a MAME file for it. it uses actual binary images form teh real boards in the old games, so they play very identical to the original (depending on controls, mostly)

and its all free...

RE: Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

Yeah, I've got that too David. I just happen to like this one because it's easy to start up whenever I'm bored.

Have you seen those cabinets people are building with MAME built into them? They basically put a PC inside, with a monitor, with a control panel filled with every conceivable arcade-quality control (buttons, trackballs, joysticks). You boot it up, and you've got an arcade machine that plays everything ever made.

I've seen a few on ebay selling for upwards of $2000. Some are sophisticated enough that you don't even need the keyboard to start the software or to choose games. It's all done from the control panel.

I'd love to be able to play Tempest with a REAL spinner. The PC versions where you have to use your mouse or a joystick just plain suck.

RE: Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

Do they have Sinistar? }>

RE: Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

Do they have Sinistar? }>

Click to expand...

http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/sinistar

The screen's too tiny though, the sound is kind of sucky (the voice is hard to hear), and you absolutely need a gamepad or joystick to play it.

It's on MAME too.

RE: Prepare to Joust, Buzzard Bait!

I work with a guy who built one of those cabinets!
http://members.cox.net/nebrunner/default.htm


Here's a link to a list of all the games known supported by MAME
http://gamebase.retrogames.com/mame.htm

and here is the link to MAME
http://www.mame.net/