Arcade Classic Defender/Joust
Game Boy
Developer: Williams Publisher: Nintendo
By: GammaBetaAlpha
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Table of Contents
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Defender [DFND]
Joust [JOUS]
Donations/Amazon [DONT]
Contact Info [CONT]
Credits [CRED]
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Defender
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[DFND]
Defender is a port of a classic shmup game from 1980, developed by
Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar, and Sam Dicker, released by Williams Electronics in
the arcades. It is a 2D scroller with free-range motion, meaning you can go
left, right, up and down throughout the field of play.
Each level of Defender takes place on a planet of sorts, with the
scribbly lines you see near the bottom of each level representing plains and
mountains, and the white triangle-like blobs you see at the bottom are civilians
of the planet. The purpose of your mission in each level is to prevent the alien
ships that come in from kidnapping the civilians. If an alien does manage to
kidnap a person, it will have to rise up to the top of the screen at a slow
pace: during this time period, you can destroy the ship and cause the person to
(safely) fall back to the planet.
While flying around, you can go up, down, left and right, and you can
turn your ship around near instantly to fly and shoot the other way. The left
and right borders roll over into each other, and you can keep track of all the
enemies left in the area by looking at the moving dots in the small box at the
top of the screen.
If all your civilians are captured, then the planet begins to explode,
which can cost your ship a life. You can still finish the level by destroying
all the remaining enemy ships before you lose all your lives, however.
Besides being able to fire regular, unlimited ammunition shots, your
ship also has a Smart Bomb option, which you can use with the B Button. When you
use this, all enemies on the current screen will be instantly obliterated.
However, your Smart Bombs are limited, so you must use them effectively.
Another element of your ship is its ability to teleport, or its
'Hyperspace' function. When you hit the Select button, the ship will instantly
break up into its constituent parts, avoiding any ships or shots aimed at it,
and will teleport to a _RANDOM_ location on the map. Good for avoiding close
jams, but not much use otherwise.
When you encounter the bomber enemies, which vaguely look squid-shaped,
they may drop mines. Avoid these mines - if you run into one of them, your ship
will blow up.
Finally, when you start to encounter the disc-shaped UFO 'Pod' enemies,
leave them until last. Once you shoot them, they will split into several
swarming enemies that will come at you, so better to leave them until later when
possible.
The Game Boy version of Joust has a specific option for colors. Inverse
mode has enemies and your ship in black and the background in white, while
Normal has your ship and enemies in white and the background in the black of
space. Normal mode is not the default, but may be easier to play with.
Controls
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A - Fire your ship's laser
B - Fire Smart Bomb (destroys all on-screen enemies)
D-Pad - Move the ship around
Select - Teleports your ship to a random location
Start - Pauses the game
Scoring
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Lander - 150 points
Mutant (Lander with civilian) - 150 points
Baiter - 200 points
Bomber - 250 points
Pod - 1000 points
Swarmer - 150 points
Rescuing Civilians - 200 points
Options
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2 Player - Play with 2 players who alternate play every time the current player
either completes a level or loses a life. Play is competitive, as
opposed to cooperative - you do not take over from the exact same
spot if the previous player lost a life
Lives - Lets you choose how many lives to start off with (3, 5, or 7)
Level - Determines the difficulty of the game, specifically how many enemies
you will face in a level
Music - Toggles music on and off during games
Sound FX - Toggles sound effects on and off during games
Rapidfire - Lets you hold the A button and repeatedly fire without having to
strike the A button over and over again
Color - Lets you choose between Inverse and Normal color schemes (white
background with black objects and black background with white objects
respectively)
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Joust
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[JOUS]
Joust is a port of a 1982 Arcade game originally designed by John
Newcomer and developed by Bill Pfutzenreuter, and released by Williams
Electronics.
The basic gist of Joust is somewhat similar to the old Mario Bros, in
that you are given a single-screen area with several platforms. On some of the
platforms, there are spawning points, where enemies can spawn from throughout
the duration of a wave of enemies (you can also block off a spawning point by
standing on it).
As far as the gameplay of Joust goes, your character avatar is a knight
riding an ostrich that can flap its wings to hover in the air and slowly go up
and down. Your knight is wielding a lance that can be used to 'attack' other
ostrich-riding knights, by landing on them from above or otherwise coming in
contact with them while your lance is higher than the other knight's.
Once you defeat a knight, the ostrich will turn into an egg, which you
must collect for points: if you neglect to grab the egg, it will spawn into
another knight + ostrich in a few seconds, so it is in your best interest to
grab each egg as it comes around. There are three different knight enemies: the
most common of these is the Bounder, which is the common, slower enemy type. The
light-colored Hunter will track in on your character specifically, while the
Shadow Lord is far darker in color and will go up and down at sharp speeds to
chase after your character.
Very occasionally, if you take too long to clear a level, a pterodactyl
enemy can also come out. To defeat it, you must hit it in the mouth with your
lance.
Besides the regular attack waves, you may also get occasional Survival
Waves, in which Joust throws several foes at you straight at the start, and Eg
Wave, where you need to go around and grab several eggs before they hatch into
enemies.
Lastly, during some of the levels, the ground floors will be partly
lava. Do not fly too close to the lava or a hand will pop out of the lava and
grab at your ostrich.
Controls
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A - Flap wings
B - Rapid Flap wings (when Rapid Flap option is enabled)
Left/Right - Move the ostrich around
Start - Pauses the game
Scoring
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Bounder - 250 points
Hunter - 500 points
Shadow Lord - 750 points
Pterodactyl - 1000 points
Options
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2 Player - Play with 2 players who alternate play every time the current player
either completes a level or loses a life. Play is competitive, as
opposed to cooperative - you do not take over from the exact same
spot if the previous player lost a life
Lives - Lets you choose how many lives to start off with (3, 5, or 7)
Level - Determines the difficulty of the game, specifically how many enemies
you will face in a level
Music - Toggles music on and off during games
Sound FX - Toggles sound effects on and off during games
Game - Lets you choose between the normal static-screen mode, or a larger
dynamic-screen arena
Rapid Flap - Lets you hold the B button for your ostrich to continually flap
its wings without having to repeatedly hit the B button
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Donations/Amazon
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[DONT]
I don't really care too much about donations, but if you are feeling
generous, feel free to send one via PayPal to gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT
com
Alternatively, if you ever order any items from Amazon.com, go to the
link below. You do not have to buy anything right away, but (if you do not clear
browser cookies often) any items you buy within the next 90 days will count as a
'referral order' to me, meaning I get anywhere from 4-6% as a referral/affiliate
payment of what you ordered (ie. order $100 worth of stuff, I get $4-6 from
Amazon.com)
www.amazon.com/?&camp=212361&linkCode=wsw&tag=raofavigafa-20&creative=391881
Other than that, considering this FAQ is for an obscure old game, if you
have any other obscure old games that you do not play anymore, consider sending
them to me (I will even pay the shipping cost!). I write FAQs for plenty of
obscure old games with no FAQs, and having a physical copy of the game (and even
better, a manual) is superior to not. You can email me if interested at
gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
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Contact Info
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[CONT]
Although I believe I have found everything there is to find in this
game, there is occasionally the possibility of some super secret level in an
obscure game that was never found because it was too obscure, or the like. If
you have anything that you feel needs to be includes, feel free to email me at
gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
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Credits
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[CRED]
Wikipedia articles on Defender and Joust:
Editors of articles and sources, et al.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_(video_game)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_(video_game)
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