My Joust childhood discovery.

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I wanted to share this after seeing the excellent @Charles Kline deal for working Joust boards.

The year had to be 1984-5. I have no idea what I told my mom, but friends of mine and I rode our bikes to a town that had to be 10-15 miles away, to go play arcade games, escape, whatever. It was all downhill the way there.

We went up to the arcade door, and I instantly saw the ostrich that we all know. These same friends and I were all playing D and D at the time, and that game just imprinted. We also went to a store called the Days of Knights, that sold D and D dice and accessories. I can't tell you today what other games were in there, but I still clearly see the Joust in my head.

The ride back, now all UPHILL, was pure Hell. If any of my kids asked to do that today, I'd say no way for MANY reasons. But alas, it's one of my best arcade memories, ever. Thanks to that day, I now own a Joust..
 
That's how I feel about Mario Bros. and Space Ace. Both are in my arcade.

Scott C.
 
Great memory.

Joust was my first arcade game that I bought somewhere around 1998. It was listed with a bunch of other games including Stargate and Ms. Pac. My buddy got the Stargate and I wanted the Joust because I remembered playing it with my sister in the arcade and thought it would be awesome to have for that reason.

Games were listed for $150 each and I made a point to have the dude have the game working before I bought it. LOL Those were the days. I have since traded that Joust for a Mappy, but have acquired another Joust since then. Such a great game.
 
Joust was one of the first games I picked up when I got into the hobby. Mainly because my grandparents would take my brothers and I on Sunday afternoons to the local drug store to pick up their medications and supplies for the week, so we could "play the machines," as my grandparents would call it :). Drug stores were one of the few businesses allowed to be open on Sundays back then, when Louisiana had what was called "blue laws" in place.
 
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