Ridiculous, inventive party pack Sportsfriends is now free on PC and PlayStation

Couch co-op collection lets you compete on the screen and in each other's face.

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[AmorImpermissus]

"Do not play under the influence of alcohol"

I bought a gnarly psychedelic glass pipe in the early 2000s from a shop. It came with a card that said it was only meant to be used with tobacco.

Just saying.

 

[rcduke]

Is Sony going to require a PSN login on PC even though the game is no longer supported?

 

[BobbyBobberson]

Why won't they show gameplay?

 

[mattCCC]

Am I the only person who thought, "hey that looks like Sarah and Amir from the old Collegehumor days" when first seeing the photo on the homepage?

 

[GeminiCB]

3. Supporting JS Joust is especially tricky given operating system limitations. Together with Sportsfriends programmer Jonathan Whiting, we will be open sourcing a version of JS Joust, for Linux. We've been meaning to do this for years, and so this is a good excuse to finally get it done. Stay tuned for link and details - soon.

It would be pretty cool to get that running on a Raspberry Pi for easy portable use with a battery-powered speaker.

 

[EightFlyingCars]

Easily some of the best party games ever made, and now there's no reason not to get them.

Hopefully they can get JS Joust to work with DualSense controllers or Joy-Cons for the Steam version.

 

[Fatesrider]

Why won't they show gameplay?

I think the selling point here isn't the games but the fun you have playing them with friends. But some of those pictures looks more like "Keepaway", which was never a fun game, especially when it was your stuff they were keeping away from you.

I do wonder how many screens are going to be casualties due to slippery controllers and rapid movements, though. I have to admit, those videos were a source of amusement when the Wii was huge, and grips were just as iffy.

 

[MilkyBarKid]

My family played JSJoust a lot at PAX Aus until they stopped running it in favour of switch games a couple of years ago. Don't know exactly why they stopped; hopefully this re-release might open the door to them bringing it back. Here's a video of people playing it at PAX Prime:
View: https://youtu.be/sMMBi9gmupw?si=gT_Qz0OCdA8wsi-F

 

[reallynotnick]

JS Joust doesn't require a Move controller, I played with dual shock 4 controllers many years ago. Mind you they didn't seem ideal for the game being a bit weird to hold one handed, but it was plenty of fun.

 

[patel21]

I learned a whole new framework stack for my new job, was daunting and intimidating but I persevered. When will I get my article.
Wrong article

 

[Dposcorp]

any wii controller support?

 

[KLF]

Last time I played JS Joust was December 2011 Festivus @ Nottingham Hackspace.
Deceptively simple, but fun to play!

Shortly after I left, Tom Scott (yes, he off the internet) got a bloodied nose via a mistimed move from a friend of mine, she was mortified and rather apologetic, he was very graceful and understanding apparently.

I believe there is a photo somewhere of Tom stood in from of the X dats since last accident counter, before he reset the count, but I can't find currently - will update if I do!.