1983 - Softek (UK)
by Andrew Glaister
Converted from the arcade coin op with the same name, and later rebaptized 'Ostron' for copyright reasons.
Joust was never one of my favourite games, quite the opposite, I really hated it, always seemed completely nonsensical.
Mainly because of the lack of instructions my version had and later when I got the hang of it, it look so difficult I had to drop it off, and still today I think it is one of the most difficult games ever on the Speccy.
Horrendous game with monotonous gameplay, flickery sprites and almost no sound which in the intentions of who produced such a monstrosity should have been an unofficial Spectrum conversion of the Williams coin-op of the same name. Bland, pointless and frustrating, it pales in comparison of practically everything, even from the same era. Avoid.
