Joust Remastered

Penny winSelf-reported run (local Penny Compare)Oct 11, 2026

Nice updates, both some enhancments on the classic. Always fun.

Claude Code 2.1.296claude-opus-5-5Native Penny

Cost−$1.64

−40%

Penny 40% cheaper

Native

$4.10Penny

$2.46

Tokens−1.14M

−79%

Penny 79% fewer tokens

Native

1.44MPenny

304.7k

Model calls−6

−50%

Penny 50% fewer calls

Native

12Penny

Session replayProvided with explicit permission of session creator

Claude Code

› hi do you remember the arcade game joust

NATIVEclaude-opus-5-5

read: 1.16M
write: 149.6k
out: 133.5k
cost: $4.10

PENNYclaude-opus-5-5

read: 131.3k
write: 68.2k
out: 104.5k
cost: $2.46

Native

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Penny

joust.html

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Session Details

	Native	Penny
Model	claude-opus-5-5	claude-opus-5-5
Model calls	12	6
Cache read	1.16M	131.3k
Cache write	149.6k	68.2k
Fresh input	1.7k	774
Output	133.5k	104.5k
Total tokens	1.44M	304.7k
Background calls	claude-opus-5-5 ×1, claude-haiku-5-5 ×1	claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 ×1
Cost	$4.10	$2.46

Costs are API-equivalent estimates at Standard prices, including the main conversation, subagents and background calls such as titles and the auto-mode reviewer.