Jeopardy

by Atari

Product Features

• The ultimate Jeopardy!experience featuring unique answer and question format!
• Over 5200 challenging answers!
• Take a sample contestant exam!
• Play classic, solo or Tournament of Champions!
• Wager on challenging new Daily Doubles!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006ZLOX
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,286 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

It's a game show paradise with Jeopardy!

Interact with Alex Trebek, buzz in, and build up incredible winnings in the fast-paced competition that has made Jeopardy! so popular on TV. It’s the closest thing to being on the show!

Product Description

In Jeopardy! 2003 you'll get a complete recreation of the popular game show -- complete with a peek backstage!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "From Sony studios in Burbank, California....it's JEOPARDY!", November 8, 2003

By 

Kyle Tolle (Phoenix, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jeopardy (Video Game)

Offering the most realistic adaptation of Jeopardy you can get, Atari faithfully re-creates the game in complete detail. Besides the fact that you can play alone and with others (much more fun this way), some other mildly interesting options were thrown in the mix.

Players can take sample exams that are given to prospective contestants vying to be on the show. Although not connected to game play, it will surely test your basic knowledge. During your progress through the game, your statistics will be recorded to include wins and losses, total earnings, best and worst game scores, and your totals of correct and incorrect answers. After achieving a specific amount of winnings, you qualify to participate in Tournament of Champions contests.

Although Jeopardy doesn't have difficulty settings as to the trivia questions, they're not really needed. There is a nice mix of questions that range from relatively easy to moderately challenging. For those looking to gain an outright advantage from the start, you can adjust the buzz-in time, response time, and computer I.Q. in the options area.

The game designers appeared to have a good plan in mind when they put this game together and it all flows pretty smoothly. Aside from a couple of slow load screens and a mildly annoying full motion video clip of Alex Trebek jumping in and out between question selection screens, game play is straightforward and fun. My only reservation with Jeopardy is the listed 5,200 or so answers. If you play for long, consistent periods of time, you're bound to see repeats of the same categories sooner than you'd like. So far, I'm happy to report that after playing the game with my wife for many hours (we're trivia hounds), we have yet to see any repeated categories or answers.

Jeopardy is quite entertaining and is recommended to anyone who likes trivia and thinking games and, of course, to those who are fans of the game show itself.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Character selection and misspellings, January 5, 2004

By 

Megan B. Callaghan (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jeopardy (Video Game)

I have enjoyed Atari's version of Jeopardy for years and was excited when they came out with a version for PS2. I purchased it and was dismayed with two aspects of the game.
The first and biggest problem, in my book, is that with all the technological capabilities of PS2, there is no character selection. Other versions have you, the player, choose to be male or female and sometimes different races and clothing options. There was nothing like this with PS2's version. You can either choose a cheesy symbol or draw your own.
The other problem is the spelling accuracy aspect is inconsistent. You can accidentally, or on purpose, put "ton" instead on "tion" in words like action or constitution and have it be incorrect but blatantly misspell other things and have them be correct.
Also, be careful when typing in an answer. I had a problem where the answer asked for a type of "tape" and I typed the question to be "what is duct?" but it was marked incorrect, so answer each question completely, no matter how tedious (e.g. duct tape).
Good luck but I would not pay the $30 for it if I had known, so wait until you can get it cheaper or at a used dealer.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, January 4, 2004

By 

Jake's mom "chardae50" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jeopardy (Video Game)

In my opinion, this game is badly designed. Atari have put no effort into this. There are too many "glitches." I don't know how a previous reviewer can state that he has "yet to see any repeated categories or answers." My husband and I encounter repeated categories/answers every time we play, which is definitely getting less frequent!

Another problem is a question being judged "incorrect" when it is obviously correct. This happens nearly every game.

The game is worth about $10.

Sorry, Alex.