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• Hi people. I just added a bunch of stuff to this page. If you have any feedback, please give it. I'm still learning some of the rules to wikipedia, but I want to be as useful as I can. Elliotharmon 11:08, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I converted the table over to an infobox designed for arcade games. I didn't fill in the Ports row, feel free to include it. --Pagrashtak 19:21, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• I just came back to Wikipedia after several months away. Just a note about this article. "Unbeatable? Pterodactyl" is not a mistake. That's what the game calls it, in both onscreen and written instructions. I'm not changing it right now, because the entire "gameplay" section needs to be rewritten. Elliotharmon 18:32, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I added a word "a" that was clearly an unintentional ommition in the 1st sentence of the cheats section. Someone might wish to mention that the 2600 joust was pretty faithful for a 2600 game. I think it wa probably considered one of the most successful 2600 ports ever. I think they stretched it as far as it could go to port it so well. --Thaddeus Slamp 22:08, 16 February 2007 (UTC) I should clarify. If all instantiations of the class 2600 games have lousy sound and graphics, then such does not warrent mentioning. Such becomes a liability (that is to say the error is compounded)@ the point when 1, or a few games stand out as better than usual to whatever degree, yet one still mentions the game in terms of all members of a class. @ that point, one is pretty much as close to outright lying as is possible, without lying. The Important thing about the Joust Port, I beleive is that it was better than most 2600 games, not the tautological statement that the graphics and sound were poor (what; you mean to tell me it's a member of the class 2600 games, the knowledgable and logical reader is liable to tend to ask).Thaddeus Slamp 21:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BTW a ref:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060217082644/www.atariage.com/system_reviews.html?SystemID=2600&orderBy=Name&orderByValue=Ascending&recordsPerPage=100&currentPage=3

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Elliotharmon" (who seems to me to be the responsible party.

Alexis Ohanian of Reddit fame has publicly wondered about the player riding a roc instead of an ostrich. I remember seeing the cabinet, as well as reading the operator documentation clearly stating that player 1 is a ostrich, while player 2 rides a stork. Actually, I just double checked KLOV's copy of the docs and confirmed it; I will be making the change since the roc mention isn't cited while KLOV is. --DLWormwood 16:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm no fan of AOL, nor wish to advertise for GameTap, but as it is only the AOL link provides a fully-functional Joust game. It's hard to say one is an ad and the others (like Midway itself, duh?) are not ads. --User:75.185.127.48 08:57, 6 August 2007

Very simple, the GameTap version is an advertisement. Its presented as such, sold as such, and meant to be as such. The Midway and AOL ones are not. Likewise, all external links have to follow policy which is they are meant to illustrate the current entry by providing material not available here. Whether or not they are "full versions" are not the issue, this is not a place to provide game links. In fact, we technically don't need any of the links except for Midway's (which would be the only official one since they own the property). --Marty Goldberg 15:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please understand, the citations you keep trying to add are not valid by WP:Cite or WP:Verify. These include the standards on references coming from established (verifiable) and *published* sources. Personal statements set in a reference tag are *not* valid references, as you've been told before. Likewise, the pterodactyl reference is grey line as Wikipedia also has a policy against referencing itself. I let it stay for now, but it really needs consensus as does the entire section since its bordering on strategy - something also not allowed. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 22:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]