Joshua & the Battle of Jericho

Joshua & the Battle of Jericho
Cover of the NES version
DeveloperWisdom Tree
PublisherWisdom Tree
Programmers
  • Vance Kozik
  • Jim Treadway
PlatformsMS-DOS, Game Boy, NES, Genesis
ReleaseNES
Game Boy
DOS, Genesis
GenresPuzzle, Christian
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Joshua & the Battle of Jericho is a 1992 Christian video game developed and published by Wisdom Tree. The game is themed on the Battle of Jericho described in the Book of Joshua, in which the Israelites topple the defensive wall of the city of Jericho by encircling it and blowing their trumpets.

As a tile-based action puzzle game, Joshua & the Battle of Jericho was one of the few Christian video games of its day that did not adhere strictly to a Bible quiz format. However, the player is asked five multiple choice questions about the Book of Joshua between levels.

In 1992, Wisdom Tree published the game in the United States for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and later ported it to Game Boy (1993), MS-DOS (1994), and Sega Genesis (1994).