Deteacher Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) You are a knight flying on an ostrich, battling buzzard-mounted enemies. To fly, you repeatedly hit the flap button. To topple the Buzzard-Riders "the highest lance wins." Two-player head-to-head play is excellent. Game Information: Game Name: Joust Manufacturer: Williams/1982 Dipswitches: 5 lives. Bonus life every 20K ROMset: joust.zip Chosen by: mr. toast ROM Location: http://www.romnation...reen-label.html Contest ends on Saturday, July 6th at 11:59 p.m. (EST) High Scores: 1. 155,900 S.BAZ [+15] 2. 90,450 Cynicaster [+14] 3. 81,200 NIKON [+13] 4. 69,900 Fallout_002 [+12] 5. 67,400 M.A.M.E. Offender [+11] 6. 67,150 kane [+10] 7. 44,100 darthkur [+9] 8. 43,350 Darrin9999 [+8] 9. 38,850 roadrunner [+7] 10. 24,200 jblenkle [+6] 11. 21,950 patbb [+5] Points Leaderboard: 1. patbb [334] 2. kane [294] 3. M.A.M.E. Offender [266] 4. Cynicaster [264] 5. bigbee99 [197] 6. Fallout_002 [197] 7. Deteacher [196] 8. darthkur [170] 9. darrin9999 [132] 10. hepcat [132] 11. asponge [117] 12. NIKON [94] 13. onmode-ky [88] 14. roadrunner [84] 15. JohnnyBlaze [79] 16. Jblenkle [74] 17. Mangia-Boy [73] 18. S.BAZ [67] 19. kloverz178 [62] 20. Classicgamer_277330 [46] 21. BillyHW [24] 22. LarcenTyler [24] 23. Vocelli [21] 24. mr. toast [20] 25. Homerwannabe [18] 26. Vaughn [14] 27. racerx [13] 28. NE146 [11] 29. MisterVCS [10] 30. DonPedro [10] 31. Beaver On The Wood [9] 32. retrorussell [9] 33. Wispfollower [8] 34. Mingy Jongo [5] 35. Liduario [5] 36. Wolfman24 [3] Edited July 7, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Is there anyway we might consider going with 5 lives instead of 3? 5 lives is the default configuration and was pretty much standard on any Joust machine back in the day. More importantly, the cabinets weren't equipped with dip switches so changing the number of lives has to be done using the built-in diagnostics, which can be quite tricky to do using an emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Yeah, I was wondering about that same thing. I never realized you had five lives in Joust until I went looking for the dip switch setting in MAME to change it (and it wasn't there). Is there anyway we might consider going with 5 lives instead of 3? 5 lives is the default configuration and was pretty much standard on any Joust machine back in the day. More importantly, the cabinets weren't equipped with dip switches so changing the number of lives has to be done using the built-in diagnostics, which can be quite tricky to do using an emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 You can change the number of lives in Joust but it takes a two controller set up...first you set up controller 2 however you want..(I use the arrow keys). Once that is done...locate the Service key..(mine is default to F2) once pressed this will put you into service mode...press the service key again to advance to the next screen...repeat this until you see a screen like this: You Use controller 1 right left to move the selection...you use controller 2 left right to change the values of the selection Once you are done with your selections press the service key once more to return to the game with your set parameters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) I am not seeing how to set up a second controller...how do you do this in MAME? EDIT: Never mind, I just started pressing buttons and got to the game setup menu by accident. You can change the number of lives in Joust but it takes a two controller set up...first you set up controller 2 however you want..(I use the arrow keys). Once that is done...locate the Service key..(mine is default to F2) once pressed this will put you into service mode...press the service key again to advance to the next screen...repeat this until you see a screen like this: You Use controller 1 right left to move the selection...you use controller 2 left right to change the values of the selection Once you are done with your selections press the service key once more to return to the game with your set parameters Edited July 1, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 21,950 3 lives ...Thanks for the tutorial Nikon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) Let`s vote on the starting men.... First vote *edit* SECOND VOTE ------------- 5 men. 5 MEN ------------------------------------ 2 3 MEN ------------------------------------ 0 Edited July 1, 2013 by M.A.M.E Offender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Joust - 24,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Sure! If 5 lives is the default, then let's go with that. I checked the dipswitch settings and there isn't one. D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 69,900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 38,850 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) 5 lives seems right to me, I remember it that way i have only played on one machine that ever started me with 3, it's in town still it seems like bullcrap to have to start with 3 too. 66,650 Edited July 2, 2013 by S.BAZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Dipswitches: 5 lives. Bonus life after Mission 5. Copy/Paste error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 ok so do I need to adjust dipswitch settings? I have 4 lives but I'm actually getting bonus lives every 20K, just like at the arcade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 ok so do I need to adjust dipswitch settings? I have 4 lives but I'm actually getting bonus lives every 20K, just like at the arcade. By default you should have 5. At the beginning of the game you should see 5 men at the bottom. Then 1 second later your first man will appear on the board and you will have 4 in reserve and one on the play field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 155,900 Thanks patbb, yes I actually have 5 lives I read that wrong. I'm still questioning though: extra lives every 20K, is this correct? the settings at top of this page say "Bonus life after wave 5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 155,900 Thanks patbb, yes I actually have 5 lives I read that wrong. I'm still questioning though: extra lives every 20K, is this correct? the settings at top of this page say "Bonus life after wave 5" Yes every 20k is the right setting. The "after wave 5" is from last week contest ... copy/paste error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) 81,200 I dub this game Bird Ass Edited July 3, 2013 by NIKON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 44,100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Game Information: Game Name: Joust Manufacturer: Williams/1982 Dipswitches: 5 lives. Bonus life after Mission 5. ROMset: joust.zip **************************************************** LOL!!!! I JUST noticed that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Holy shit, do I ever suck at this game!! For the life of me, I cannot control my character with any accuracy at all. I also am having a difficult time trying to understand the enemies algorithm. I was never good at this game. It's fun to an extent, but I have yet to break 100k on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Never been much of a fan of this one. 90,450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 A brutally tough game this one, really needs a lot of finesse. 67,150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 43,350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 67,400 Won't be topping any charts with this one. You have got to have an abundance of patience to play Joust. I wish I knew some tricks. I just crumble anything past the seventh board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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