If you can find a common bond between these words, naturally it would be this: Joust for the NES. Simply put, Joust offers more ostrich-riding, more egg-collecting, and more Unbeatable Pteropactyl-Beating than any other game to ever make it's way from the arcade to the Nintendo Entertainment System. And yes, I did put two "p's" in the word Pteropactyl.
It's true, the girls of Phase 2's 3rd floor (circa 2004-2005 academic year) knew exactly what to do when they didn't feel like going to class, studying, or hoeing it up for an Expo 5 party. That, my friends, was to engage in two-player Joust. We played it while eating Rotel cheese dip, we played it while listening to Yellowcard, and we played it while Amy was at her computer trying to actually get some work done for the newspaper.
You think I'm exaggerating? Scope it:
Yeah, that really happened.
Since there were usually 3 or 4 of us gathered around a 2 player game, it was often customary for those not playing to act as a commentator for the current game, adopting a cliche vernacular worthy of ESPN or The Golf Channel. Commentary breeds one-liners, and from the one-liners came:
THE JOUST SLOGANS!
Bear in mind, there were far more than what is listed below. But do know that each one was uttered with as much honesty, integrity, and graveness as the next.
"If Jousting is Wrong, I don't want to be Right" - Cara Wilson
"Tis a far better thing to have Jousted and Lost, then to never have Jousted at all" - Charity Bass
"Wave 30 or Bust!!" - Emily Musterman (and it is what became the standard creed of any self-respecting Jouster)
"Joust the Shadow Lord! Full Speed Ahead." -Lexi Bass
"Joust: Perfecting the Off-the-Ceiling bounce since 1982" -Charity Bass
"To Joust is human; to make it to Wave 30, divine." - unknown
"I picked the wrong pod to stand over that day." - Lexi Bass
"Joust: Separating the men, from the men who ride birds." - unknown
"Et tu, Bounder?" - William Shakespeare
"Don't Put all your Eggs Wave Eggs in one basket" - unknown
"You've only got one life (every 20,000 points)...Use it!" - unknown
"Blessed are the Jousters, for they shall inherit the Eggs." - Pretty sure that was God.
and now, the #1 Joust slogan of all time, as quoted by Amy Sadler:
"Live by the Gun, Die by the Stab Wound"
I will leave you with this piece of notebook paper artwork by the talented Lexi Bass:
Labels: Bounder, Eggs Wave, Hunter, Joust, NES, Nintendo, Pteropactyl, Shadow Lord
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