JOUST
You don a suit of armor, choose your weapon - a worn but sturdy lance.
You climb onto a cyborg ostrich, grab the reins of your faithful
mount and fly off to wage battle against the enemy.
In the distance you see an enemy vulture appear on a creator pad.
You ready your lance and prepare to do battle. As you draw close to the
enemy Bounder, you rise above him and prepare to defeat him with a quick
swooping attack. You sweep down from the sky and dismount the enemy rider
with a powerful blow. You have defeated the enemy... this time.
Welcome to the medieval arena of Joust.
GETTING STARTED
1. With your Lynx system off, insert the game card as described in
the LYNX OWNER'S MANUAL.
WARNING: Do not touch the game card connector pins. Do not expose
the contacts to static or extreme heat. Do not bend, crush, or attempt
to clean the game card.
2. Press ON. The Joust introduction screen will display, followed
by the Joust title screens.
3. Press A or B to start the game.
GAME CONTROLS AND OPTIONS
Pressing OPTION 2 will activate the GLADIATOR MODE Setup screen.
Please refer to the section on Gladiator mode for instructions on
using Gladiator mode.
Pressing PAUSE and OPTION 2 will flip the screen 180 degrees and
reverse the controls.
Pressing PAUSE and OPTION 1 will reset to the first title screen.
Pressing PAUSE and a DIRECTION ON THE JOYPAD will switch between
the different title screens.
Pressing OPTION 1 will increase the SKILL LEVEL of the game. Each
time you press the OPTION 1 button the skill increases by one to
a maximum of 9. Pressing again will reset the skill to zero. A skill
level message will appear for a short time when you press OPTION 1.
CONTROLLING THE GAME
Pressing PAUSE will pause the game. Pressing PAUSE again will resume
your game.
Pressing OPTION 2 and PAUSE will flip the screen 180 degrees and
reverse the controls.
Pressing OPTION 1 and PAUSE will reset to the first title screen.
Use the JOYPAD to maneuver your bird around the screen.
FLYING YOUR BIRD
You move your bird around the screen by pressing LEFT OR RIGHT ON
THE JOYPAD. This will make your bird face left or right. Holding
the JOYPAD IN A DIRECTION will make your bird walk in that direction.
The longer you hold the button the faster your bird will walk or
run. If you let go of the JOYPAD, your bird will maintain its current
speed. To slow down or stop your bird you must hold the JOYPAD in
the opposite direction to that in which your bird is moving. This
can be accomplished by slowing your bird down gradually or by skidding
your bird to a complete stop.
Pressing the A or B buttons will make your bird flap its wings and
fly. Pressing the button repeatedly will make your bird fly. The
faster you press the buttons the faster and higher your bird will
fly. While flying, use the JOYPAD to control the direction your bird
flies. If you wish to land, just stop flapping and your bird will
land automatically on the platform that it falls onto.
PLAYING THE GAME
Use the A or B button to start the game. Pressing the B button will
select the ostrich as the bird you will control. Pressing the A button
will select the stork as the bird you will control.
The object of the game is to defeat the enemy riders in a joust.
You do this by flying into the enemy and his vulture. If your lance
is higher than the enemy you are jousting the you will win; if not
you will lose one of your birds. If both riders are at the same height,
then it will be a tie and you will bounce off of each other. When
you defeat one of the enemy riders, the rider will turn into an egg
and fall until it lands on an island or disappears into the lava.
Pick up the eggs before they hatch into a more powerful riders and
get picked up by new vultures. You score 250 points for the first
egg you pick up, 500 for the second, 750 for the third and 1000 for
the rest of the eggs you pick up. If you catch the egg in the air
before it touches a platform you get an extra bonus of 500 points. When
an egg hatches it turns into a rider. You can pick up the riders the
same way you would pick up an egg and it counts as an egg toward your score.
You start the game with five birds, and get an extra bird for every
20,000 points that you score. A maximum of five birds will be displayed
at the bottom of the screen next to your score. You can have more
birds than five, but you will not know how many.
After your rider has been dismounted, your bird will fly off the
screen. Your next bird will be created on one of the creator pads.
It will remain safe on the pad until it stops flashing.
If your score is one of the five top scores, you will be able to
enter your name. On the high score entry screen, use the joypad
left and right to select a letter. Use the A or B button to enter
the letter. When you have entered the third letter, the name will
be entered and the high score list will be displayed. Use the LEFT
ARROW to backspace a character.
JOUST WAVES
To complete a Joust wave you must defeat all the riders that are
created on the wave. You must also pick up all the eggs and riders
to complete the wave.
WAVE TWO and every fifth wave is a SURVIVAL WAVE. If you complete
the wave without losing a bird you will get a 3000 POINT BONUS. In
a two player game, this wave is a TEAM WAVE. If you solve the wave
without dismounting the other player you get a 3000 POINT BONUS.
On the THIRD WAVE the safety barrier above the lava at the bottom
of the screen will burn away and the LAVA TROLL will be able to reach
up and grab your bird if you get too close. Enemy birds will also
get caught by the LAVA TROLL. You can escape the LAVE TROLL by flapping
quickly before it pulls you under the lava. If you fly into the
lava you will lose one bird.
WAVE FOUR and every fifth wave is a GLADIATOR WAVE in a two player
game. In a one player game this is a normal wave. The first player
to dismount the other player in a two player game will get a 3000
POINT BONUS.
WAVE FIVE is an EGG WAVE. You must pick up all the eggs quickly to
avoid enemy birds from coming out and picking up the riders when
the eggs hatch. Every fifth level is an EGG WAVE and they are good
for scoring easy points if the eggs are picked up quickly.
WAVE EIGHT and every fifth wave is a PTERODACTYL WAVE. Pterodactyls
will come on the screen and try to dismount you. On the first PTERODACTYL
WAVE you will only encounter one pterodactyl but on later waves you
will encounter more pterodactyls. Pterodactyls can be killed but
it is very difficult.
If you take too long completing any wave, pterodactyls will come
out and try to dismount you. If you die after one of these pterodactyls
comes out, it will leave the screen.
On certain waves islands will disappear. Any islands that have disappeared
will reappear on the next EGG WAVE.
TWO PLAYER COMLYNX
If you wish to play a two player COMLYNX game, plug in your COMLYNX
cables and turn both machines on at the same time. When the Joust
title screens appear a `2 PLAYERS' message will be displayed at the
bottom of the screen. If it does not appear check the connection
of the COMLYNX cable.
When starting a two player game, the first person to hit the A or
B button will start the game. This will select which bird the player
who started the game will be. The second player will be the other
bird. The skill level for the game will be set to the higher of the
two skill levels if both machines do not have the same skill level setting.
In a TWO PLAYER game, all of the messages for the OSTRICH will be printed
in YELLOW and all of the messages for the STORK will be printed in BLUE.
AFTER A TWO PLAYER GAME HAS FINISHED YOU MUST WAIT ON THE TITLE SCREENS
FOR THE `2 PLAYERS' MESSAGE TO REAPPEAR BEFORE STARTING A NEW TWO
PLAYER GAME. IF YOU DO NOT WAIT, A ONE PLAYER GAME WILL START. YOU
CAN GET BACK TO THE TITLE SCREEN BY PRESSING OPTION 1 AND PAUSE TO RESET.
AT ANY TIME ON THE TITLE SCREENS YOU CAN REMOVE THE COMLYNX CABLE
TO PLAY A ONE PLAYER GAME.
GLADIATOR MODE
GLADIATOR MODE is a two player head to head contest with no enemy
birds. The last player left with birds is the winner. You score points
the same way as if it were a normal gladiator wave - 2000 for dismounting
the other player and 3000 gladiator points. When one player runs
out of birds a message will appear announcing the winner.
Pressing OPTION 2 from the title screens when COMLYNXED will activate
the GLADIATOR MODE SETUP SCREEN. Use the JOYPAD to select the island
configuration you desire. All four directions on the JOYPAD control
different islands. When you have selected the island configuration you
desire start the game the same way as you would a normal two player game.
THE INHABITANTS OF JOUST
BOUNDER: A vulture with a Red rider. These are generally the least
intelligent of the enemy birds. 500 POINTS
HUNTER: A vulture with a Gray rider. These are more intelligent than
the Bounders. 750 POINTS
SHADOWLORD: A vulture with a Blue rider. These are the most intelligent
enemy birds. They will fly very quickly when they are close to you
and will drop from above you if they get the chance. 1500 POINTS
PTERODACTYL: Pterodactyls move very quickly and erratically making
them very difficult to kill. 1000 POINTS
LAVA TROLL: The Lava Troll will reach out of the lava and grab any
bird within its reach. Avoid the Lava Troll if you can, but try to
lure enemy birds into its clutches.
OSTRICH AND STORK: The two main birds in the game. Although it is
beat to work as a team, you can dismount the second player. 2000 POINTS
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