Jeopardy

by Playstation

Product Features

• playstation

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00001QHY8
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: July 20, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,829 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Editorial Review

This game captures all of the essential elements of the classic TV show Jeopardy. There's the blue monitor wall filled with mind-busting questions, the addictive theme song, and--heck--even Alex Trebek!

Solo players can compete against computer contestants, who will occasionally miss and sometimes supply clues. Another option is speed Jeopardy, which allows the solo gamer to play one entire Jeopardy board alone. And with a multiplayer adapter, you can play against up to two other human contestants. If you know the rules of the TV show, then you are already prepared for the home version. The host will give you an answer, and you must correctly identify the right question. You've got four seconds to offer your response to one of numerous trivia and question challenges spanning several categories. Because there is no keyboard, you must choose your response letter by letter, using the left and right arrows of your controller. This can get tedious, but you can use the "answer completion" mode to have the computer fill in the word after a few letters. And don't worry about framing your answer as a question, the computer automatically does that for you.

The game boasts 3,500 questions. However, we found that some category repetition will begin after two or three games. If you have a memory card, the repetition is less likely to occur. As for getting the correct answer, that's between you and your brain. --Kasty Thomas

Pros:

• Faithful to original game
• Multiplayer support

Cons:

• Category repetition begins after 2 or 3 games
• Jeopardy still humbles the soul

Product Description

Jeopardy! is a Trivia / Game Show game, developed by Artech Studios and published by Hasbro Interactive, which was released in 1998.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Slowest Interface in Gaming, January 16, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Jeopardy (Video Game)

Sure, you think it's cool to play Jeopardy on the PlayStation. And it would be, if the interface for you, the player, were faster than molasses running uphill in the ice age.

The "wheel of death" for entering the answers is the most hideous application of player-game interaction we've ever seen. You must scroll through the "wheel of death" to select the letters one by one; and then the game will eventually fill in the rest of the answer for you. But if it's a long answer, and the game contains other words that begin with the same letters, you're toast.

On the plus side, you don't really have to know how to spell; since the game will finish the answer for you. However, if you can't spell the first part of the answer (even if you REALLY know it) you're toast again.

If you were brave enough to suffer through the "wheel of death" and the idiotic repition of Alex Trebek "Why yes!" responses when you managed to get something right, you will be confronted with the evilest of all portions of the game: Final Jeopardy!

This game was so well thought out for the multi-player mode, that you must look away from the screen while your competitor answers the question. So if your friends cheat, you'll always lose.

Oh, yes, and we can't forget how horrible the pen interface is to write your name as the contestant. You have to hold down the "X" button while using the d-pad to draw. It would've been a bit easier to use the "wheel of death" (the only time we'd thought that, that was for sure).

The categories are also poorly color schemed, so they are difficult to read.

Our advice... Wait for "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" to figure out how you can phone a friend on a cd-rom game and buy that one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Jeopardy! Second Edition is much better., July 24, 2001

By 

S. Handley (Danville, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jeopardy (Video Game)

I bought Jeopady! Second Edition and my wife and I play it almost every day (please see my review for that game--five stars). Worried about running out of questions, I decided to buy this edition of Jeopardy. While the gameplay is the almost the same, this edition is not up to par with the second edition. In fact, if I had bought this edition first, I'm not so sure if my wife and I would be as hooked on playing Jeopardy as we are today. The differences between the two games are:

1. The questions seem to be more difficult in this edition (I say this only having played a couple of games). The difficulty level is about the same as what it is on regular Jeopardy on TV, while the difficulty level in the second edition is about the same as the Jeopardy teen/college tournaments on TV (which in my opinion is much better since most of us playing the game wouldn't qualify to go on the TV gameshow).

2. The sound quality is poor in this edition. Both Alex and the announcer sound like they're talking through a pipe.

3. The video quality is somewhat poor. It is much easier to read the category board in the second edition. The video is somewhat dark as well--it can be difficult to determine what category and dollar value is highlighted. When Alex speaks, he is shown in a small box and the video is choppy. When he speaks in the second edition, he appears in full screen at better resolution.

4. The computer players don't talk like they do in the second edition.

Considering these differences and the fact that the second edition typically sells for ($) less, I think it should be a easy choice as to which one to buy. Don't get me wrong...this is a good game. It's just that the improvements in the second edition make it much more enjoyable to play. Buy this one if you start to run out of questions in the other one. By then, however, Jeopardy 3 may have already been released (which I'm hoping is real soon).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Contains the best and worst of the TV version., December 27, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Jeopardy (Video Game)

Jeopardy! the electronic game has all of the elements of the TV show: Alex Trebek, the sound effects, and the typical questions we've come to expect from it. While it adapts very well for Nintendo 64, it does have some drawbacks. As the Amazon.com review stated, the categories and questions start to repeat themselves after only a few games, even though there are supposed be thousands of questions. As a habitual player, I find it very frustrating to keep encountering the same questions as many as three times within two hours of play. The Jeopardy! format lends itself very well to the Nintendo 64 system. You use the controller to write your answers on the screen. However, you can specify the degree of difficulty for your questions, and the levels of intelligence of your computer opponents. The best feature is one that allows you to prompt the game to finish the answers. For example, if you know the answer is Alexander Hamilton, you can type as much as Alexander H and then the game will ask you if you want to enter "Alexander Hamiliton." This cuts down on time and takes into account you may not spell very well. You can also specify how precise in spelling you need to be. You can set the game to only give credit for exact spelling, or close to the word.

On a personal note, I don't care much for Alex Trebek, and unfortunately, this game has managed to capture the smugness and false superiority I find so irritating on the TV show. The game contains some imagery of Mr. Trebek and his voice guides the players through the game. I usually turn the volume off, so I can deal with it.

Other than what I mentioned above, the game is fun.