I personallly have never played Joust (although I might in class). From the description I read, it seemed to be hard to play. With that aside, I would find it kind of funny to be able to see a movie with men riding ostriches poking at people. Yes I know that jousting is an ancient sport and highly viewed in history with only knights playing, but I could have sworn they were on horses. Viewing it as a video game, I could see how ostriches would be much more interesting than horses because they could only go side to side opposed to flying. I really don't know how that would work with a movie. It definately could be done but how? Would they go the way of the movie 300, making it partially digitized and partially with real actors. That would work if done properly. Or maybe they'll go full out animated movie. That could work too.
The player takes the role of a knight with a lance, mounted on either an ostrich (player 1) or an emu (player 2), battling waves of computer-controlled enemy knights. The enemy knights have three different speed and agility levels and are mounted on giant buzzards. The game screen is static; its only features are five platforms hanging in mid-air (some wrapping around the screen), the ground, and a pit of lava below.
The game's incredibly simple controls are a factor in its wide appeal. A joystick moves left and right, and a "Flap" button flaps the mount's wings once. Pressing "Flap" in rapid succession will cause a gain in altitude until gravity drags the player downward.