Patrol the skies for alien invaders on a rocket-powered jetboard

Atari VCS
2 min readApr 19, 2021

Jetboard Joust is coming to the Atari VCS!

A fusion of classic arcade shoot-’em-ups and modern roguelikes from publisher Freedom Games and developer BitBull, blasts onto Atari VCS on May 18, 2021.

Jetboard Joust is an absolute joy to play, with fast, frenetic action and incredibly creative boss battles. The game is a visual feast.

Players need to adjust their altitude in order to avoid incoming fire while trading laser blasts with extraterrestrial invaders, including mutated creatures and massive bosses.

As you progress you gather gold coins that you can use to purchase powerful upgrades, such as new armor, an expanded armory, and a range of jetboard tuneups that allow your hero to dominate the skies.

As you advance through the campaign, you can choose branching paths after completing each world before squaring up against massive, multi-stage boss fights on the road to victory.

Jetboard Joust’s debut comes three decades after the release of its predecessor, Skateboard Joust for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC microcomputers

Jetboard Joust debuts on the Atari VCS on May 18th, 2021, for $9.99 USD. It supports English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) language options.

To learn more about Jetboard Joust, please join the BitBull community on Twitter, Instagram, and Discord.

Choose branching paths after completing each world before squaring up against massive, multi-stage bosses.

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