strange thing with joust

[inextremis staple]

ive never heard of this happening before but here goes

im playing a little bit of joust just to get atari out of my system and i start getting chased by the dactyl

well i dodge him and what not but all of a sudden he appears on the top level and as he starts flying out another appears

2 dactyls!?!?!?

does this happen often

ive never seen it before

 

is

[A2600]

you probably have found a "GLITCH"

[Xot]

ive never heard of this happening before but here goes

im playing a little bit of joust just to get atari out of my system and i start getting chased by the dactyl

well i dodge him and what not but all of a sudden he appears on the top level and as he starts flying out another appears

2 dactyls!?!?!?

 

does this happen often

ive never seen it before

 

is

 

If you manage to survive the pteryodactyl long enough, yes, a second one does appear. At least, it does in the arcade game, and the 5200 and 7800 versions. I haven't played the 2600 version very much.

[StanJr]

Its no glitch. If you dally too long on ANY level, a pterydactyl will appear and give you trouble. You get two if you are already playing a pterydactyl level.

 

Makes the game more fun!

[A2600]

hehehe Silly me

[inextremis staple]

thanks fellas

didnt know if it was a glitch or what but it certainly seemed odd to me

guess i mustve been on the dactyl level as stan suggested

ill test it again here in a bit

 

is

[NE146]

in the arcade game, you'd get a couple of pterry's, and if you kept killing them, they'd start coming out ultra fast (if you did the ledge trick, you'd kill one about every 1-2 seconds I believe)

[Joey Kay]

The ledge trick???

 

What is that... and will it work on the 2600 or 7800 versions?

 

Cheers!

 

Joey

[WyldKard]

Ive yet to come across a version of Joust (ROM or Cart) that will work for me. Maybe another day.

[Xot]

The ledge trick???

 

What is that... and will it work on the 2600 or 7800 versions?

 

Cheers!

 

Joey

 

I don't rememeber the exact specifics of it, but there's a trick where you can position yourself a certain way on a certain ledge facing the edge of the screen, and if you're in the "sweet spot," the Pterodactyl will *always* come out in the same spot and impale itself on your lance. 1000 points every time.

 

No, this doesn't work on the 26, 52, or 7800.

 

Clearing the wave after doing this for a while can be a royal pain, since aftyer the first, oh, dozen or so, the Ptery's get really, really vicious.