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Play Midway Presents Arcade Hits - Joust & Defender (US edition · English) Online
Arcade Hits - Joust & Defender
Play Midway Presents Arcade Hits - Joust & Defender online on Game Boy Color. Two arcade survival challenges share this collection. Joust puts a lance-bearing rider on a flying bird, where height decides a collision; Defender sends a ship across a threatened landscape to rescue people and shoot alien attackers. Each game needs its own movement rhythm and awareness of nearby danger.
Browser play
Game Boy Color (GBC) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Midway Presents Arcade Hits - Joust & Defender
Quick start
At game selection press A for Joust or B for Defender. In Joust, practise flapping before approaching a rider. In Defender, practise direction and A firing, then look for a resident who needs rescue.
Controls
Joust: Left/Right steers, A or B flaps, START pauses. Defender: D-pad moves, A fires, B uses a smart bomb, SELECT activates hyperspace and START pauses. The selection-screen A/B game choices differ from their in-game actions.
Midway Presents Arcade Hits - Joust & Defender — About this game
In Joust, practise gaining height and meet a rival from above, then collect the fallen egg before it becomes another threat. In Defender, watch endangered people as well as targets, and save limited smart bombs for a useful moment. Learning survival first makes score improvement easier to understand.
Midway Presents Arcade Hits - Joust & Defender Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · gb
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
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