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Joust / IPD No. 1316 / April, 1983 / 2 Players

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Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

April, 1983

Model Number:

519

MPU:

Williams System 7

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

402 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Specialty:

Head-to-Head Play

Notable Features:

Flippers (4), Kick-out holes (2), 3-bank drop targets (4), 2-in-line drop targets (2), Spinning targets (2). After both players have drained all balls, each has 30 seconds to play an unlimited number of balls.

This is a head-to-head game where two players at opposite ends of the playfield compete in simultaneous play. Each player has flipper buttons which control only those flippers facing the opponent. Play begins by one player pressing the flipper buttons.

Design by:

Barry Oursler

Art by:

Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell

Software by:

Cary Kolker

Notes:

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

The game pictured in the flyer has an apron colored blue and red. The ends of its legs are squared off. We do not know how many games left the factory with these features, as most of the games we see have black and red aprons, with legs rounded at the ends.

Pictured in this listing is an Early Production game with serial number XP0223. It has the blue/red apron and squared legs.

Also included in this listing is a pictorial comparison of two games from Quebec, Canada having several production differences between them. For ease of comparison, we have arbitrarily assigned them as Game 'A' and Game 'B' without trying to suggest which game was made first. Game play is slightly different from each other: Just before the last 30-second unlimited ball mode starts, one game has all lights go out (including GI's), while the other game has only the insert lights going out for about 5 seconds before the unlimited ball mode starts.

We have labeled the images that accompany this list to correspond with each item listed.

Game 'A' has blue/red aprons with squared leg ends. Serial number 625510.
1a) Certain inserts are clear and faceted.
2a) The metal mini-post next to the spinning target has a different size of screw thread and does not fit Game 'B'.
3a) Egg Multiplier uses four plastic posts.
4a) Lock-down hasps have wide handles.
5a) Three fuses inside front door.
6a) Sound board has unused connector pins.
7a) Power supply board has a fourth fuse.
8a) Screw heads are visible on the wood-grain area of cabinet.
9a) The square bar under the lockdown bar attaches to notches cut into the inside wall of the cabinet. The outside wall of the cabinet is undisturbed.

Game 'B' has blue/red aprons with rounded leg ends. Serial number 623689.
1b) Certain inserts are opaque and not faceted.
2b) The metal mini-post next to the spinning target has a different size of screw thread and does not fit Game 'A'. (image not shown)
3b) Egg Multiplier uses three plastic posts and one metal one.
4b) Lock-down hasps have narrow handles.
5b) No fuses inside front door.
6b) Sound board does not have unused connector pins.
7b) Power supply board has a soldered wire, instead of a fourth fuse, that seems factory-original.
8b) Screw heads are visible on the inside of cabinet, not on the outside.
9b) The square bar under the lockdown bar attaches to notches cut into the inside wall of the cabinet. However, the picture shows the notches were originally cut completely through the cabinet wall then pieces of the cut-out cabinet were glued back in place to be flush with the outside cabinet wall. Almost as if they goofed and never meant to cut completely through the cabinet. This suggests experimentation.

There was suggestion that two production runs of Joust had occurred and with the same number of games produced in each run. We asked designer Barry Oursler about that. He replies:

There was NEVER a second Joust game. There would have been another Joust-type game if it had sold well enough. But as you know, nothing sold well between 1983-1985. We may have made some rule changes to the game after it was on test for a while, but I don’t recall any physical changes, other that the colors, like you mentioned.

Photos in:

Cash Box, Jul-2-1983, part 3 page 3
Arcade Treasures External Link

, page 129
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R

ROMs:

60 KB

ZIP

Game ROM L-2

[Williams Electronics]

Documentation:

7 MB

PDF

English Manual

[Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Overall view 521x600	Flyer, Front and Back 758x500	Flyer, Inside 760x500	Flyer, Front 879x1141	Flyer, Page 2 879x1141
Flyer, Page 3 879x1141	Flyer, Back 879x1141	Playfield - Player 1 800x535 [Chauvin Family]	Playfield - Player 2 800x535 [Chauvin Family]	Cabinet 800x535 [Chauvin Family]
Cabinet 800x535 [Chauvin Family]	Full View 800x535 [Chauvin Family]	Playfield* 1024x1076 [Vincent Giovannone]	Playfield - Player 1* 1024x599 [Vincent Giovannone]	Playfield - Player 1* 1024x556 [Vincent Giovannone]
Lockdown Bar Removed* 1200x800 [Chris Hibler]	Playfield Support Bar 1200x1800 [Chris Hibler]	Inside Player 1 Door Panel 1067x1200 [Chris Hibler]	Inside Player 2 Door Panel 1200x788 [Chris Hibler]	Inside Cabinet* 1200x1800 [Chris Hibler]
Transformer Board* 1200x800 [Chris Hibler]	Transformer Board* 1200x800 [Chris Hibler]	Early Production - Player 1 Playfield* 886x1101 [Steve Charland]	Early Production - Player 2 Playfield* 901x1126 [Steve Charland]	Early Production - Player 1 Apron* 1200x900 [Steve Charland]
Early Production - Player 2 Apron* 1200x900 [Steve Charland]	Early Production - Jewel Inserts* 1200x900 [Steve Charland]	Early Production - Jewel Inserts* 1200x900 [Steve Charland]	Early Production - Jewel Inserts* 1200x900 [Steve Charland]	Early Production - Spinner* 1200x900 [Steve Charland]
Early Production Cabinet - Full View* 1005x834 [Steve Charland]	Early Production Cabinet - Coin Door* 960x1280 [Steve Charland]	Early Production Cabinet - End Art* 1200x785 [Steve Charland]	Early Production Cabinet - Squared Leg* 984x816 [Steve Charland]	Comparison 1a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]
Comparison 1b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 2a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 3a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 3b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 4a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]
Comparison 4b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 5a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 5b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 6a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 6b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]
Comparison 7a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 7b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 8a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 8b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Comparison 9a* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]
Comparison 9b* 1200x900 [Claude Veilleux]	Playfield 1200x1565 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Apron 1600x1069 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet Side 1200x757 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Original Apron Artwork* 1200x1724 [Constantino Mitchell]

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