JOUST Pinball

JOUST (the Pinball)
02/13/01

Dawn got this for Mike for his birthday this year. She figured it would go well with the other Joust stuff in the gameroom. We picked it up on Labor Day weekend 1999. It is #191. It needs both player 1 and player 2 large playfield plastics, ours are cracked.

One of the really cool things about this game is that you can play either a one or two player game. In one player mode, you operate both flippers on the right side of the plyfield (as seen from the right end). In two player mode, at least 2 balls are on the playfield at all times. You can win extra balls as well as a 30 second multi-ball. 4 balls are on the playfield during multiball.

Here is a picture of the front of the game...

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The plastic on the front of the game is backlit...

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And a picture one of the ends (they are identical)...

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Here is a playfield picture once we shopped it...

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Here are some with the lights off...

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Machine name:

Joust

Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics, Inc.

Release date:

April 1983

Production run:

402

Number of players:

Game toys:

Two players could play simultaneously from each end of the machine.

Barry Oursler

Artwork by:

Constantino Mitchell

Notes:

Originally named `Conflict'. The `Joust' name was used for a video game released in 1981

This game required the following repairs:

Removal and Cleaning all of the metal pieces above and below the playfield
Removal and Cleaning of all of the plastic pieces on the game
Replaced many of the SCRs and transistors on the driver board - they had been repaired by a "professional". Most were just the wrong parts.
Replaced several burned out coils
Rebuilt the flippers
Replaced display
Some of the switches that did not register all of the time

This game has been sold.

Thank you Matt for the link and image info on this game.

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