Showcasing gaming achievement was important for many game fans. Home computer fans had no public leader boards like those enjoyed in the arcades but magazines once more came to the rescue of Australian micro computer gamers. Each month with the pages of the Australian edition of PC Games, gamers were invited to send their high scores in ‘Challenge Chamber’.
The Microbee was an Australian computer designed, built, and marketed by Applied Technology, in Gosford, N.S.W. Originally released in February 1982, it was intended for the schools market but also had a wide and deep following amongst home users. A considerable amount of software was published locally for the Microbee, through Honeysoft. Many titles were games.
Nothing is known about the authors of Emu Joust. The game was originally released by Mytek but when that company collapsed it was snapped up by Microbee.
Nothing is known about the authors of Emu Joust. The game was originally released by Mytek but when that company collapsed, it was snapped up by Microbee. Was it the work of a budding coders teaching themselves to program? Or made by two school boys who played Joust in the arcades and wanted a version they could play any time?
Honeysoft was the Publishing division of Applied Technology/Microbee Systems and known as Honeysoft Publishing Company, Waitara, N.S.W. They issued all manuals and software for the Microbee. This was the original office that Applied Technology started from until Applied Technology moved to bigger premises at Gosford.