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MGA Jeopardy DVD Game Base System With Game
 
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MGA Jeopardy DVD Game Base System With Game

by MGA
1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)

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WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Product Features

  • Famous quiz show game system with hand-held buzzers
  • 20 original episodes featuring more than 1,200 clues
  • Easy visual setup guide for system and buzzers
  • Includes DVD game system, DVD, IR set-top transmitter, DVD control wire, podium with 3 buzzers.
  • Easy to see scoring

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 10.2 x 15.8 inches ; 2.6 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B000MPR6V4
  • Item model number: 345275
  • Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
  • Batteries: 6 AAA batteries required.
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,384 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
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Product Description

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With three buzzers and real-time scoring, Jeopardy! now lets you experience the next best thing to being an in-studio contestant on America's favorite quiz show. The Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System is loaded with 20 original, full-length episodes of the game show that you can play whenever you want. Recommended for ages eight and up, this game will have the whole family -- from kids to great-grandparents -- thinking fast for the most dollars.

America's Favorite Quiz Show
Just like the television show, this Jeopardy! game system is hosted by the one-and-only Alex Trebek, who guides players through the three rounds of the game -- Jeopardy, Double Jeopardy, and Final Jeopardy. Designed for one to three players, this fast-paced "answer and question" game provides over 1,200 clues. For the first time ever, this game version of the Jeopardy! even features audio and visual clues presented by the show's "Clue Crew."



The infrared set-top transmitter and buzzers allow for wireless control of the game. View larger.

What We Think


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The Good: Fun game for the whole family

The Bad: Buzzers take awhile to get used to

In a Nutshell: Interactive, stimulating game

At a Glance

Ages: 8 and older
Requires: 6 AAA batteries
Rules Of the Game
A player chooses a category and dollar amount from the interactive game board and Alex reads the clue. The reverse of most other games, Jeopardy! players are given the answer, and must in turn provide the correct question. After the answer is read, an onscreen prompt appears, informing contestants they may buzz in with a response. A correct response earns the player the dollar amount of the question, but that same amount is subtracted from a player's score if their response is incorrect.

In Double Jeopardy, the amounts of the first round are doubled. Hidden in the first two rounds are special Daily Doubles, which are clues given only to the player who selects one. This contestant can wager any amount of money they've earned so far in the game. In Final Jeopardy, all players wager as much or little of their earnings as they wish on a last and difficult clue that often determines the winner of the game.

Using the Buzzers
Instead of saying the question aloud, this home game system allows the first player that presses their hand-held buzzer to choose from three multiple-choice questions. The three durable plastic buzzers rest in a miniature podium -- like the one contestants share on the show.

Each buzzer features four buttons: the red "enter" button buzzes in and selects a category; the three blue buttons scroll through categories and select questions. The game DVD also includes a quick visual setup guide for hooking up the game system to your TV and DVD player and programming the buzzers. An included IR set-top transmitter enables the buzzers to be used as remote controls. Each buzzer requires two AAA batteries.

What's in the Box
DVD game system, DVD, IR set-top transmitter, DVD control wire, podium with three wireless buzzers.

Product Description

Grab the buzzer and get ready to play Jeopardy. You'll feel like an actual contestant on America's favorite quiz show with this entertaining DVD game. Just like the real show, this patented MGA DVD game is hosted by the one and only, Alex Trebek. The DVD game features stunning graphics, real-time scoring and a unique wireless buzzer system.

Game is loaded with more than 1,200 questions read by Alex Trebek throughout 20 playable, full-length episodes featuring real-time scoring, audio/video clues, plus doubles and final jeopardy. Includes game base, podium, control wire, AV cable, DVD and three wireless buzzers. Requires 4 "AA" batteries and 6 "AAA" Batteries, not included. For 1-4 players.


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
137 of 142 people found the following review helpful
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Durability:    Educational:    Fun:   
1. It took 30 minutes to get it out of the box. If you don't want to save the box, you can get it open much quicker. I wanted to save the box for storage, but it's not worth the trouble.

2. I was really disappointed to see that this uses composit video to connect to your TV. The lowest grade connection! And this has to connect between your VCR and TV. After watching "JEOPARDY" in High-Def, its a big downgrade in picture quality.

3. The game starts with the categories being read by Alex Trebec and shown on the big board with the clue values. Then the clue values disappear. The categories are still shown but not which values are available. After you select a category, you are shown the remaining values in that category. Alex Trebek reads the clue and you press your signal button to answer and are given a choice of three answers. A correct answer is rewarded with a green check-mark, a wrong answer with a red X. The interplay with Alex is missing except for reading the question.

4. This game could have been so much more. I guess I am spoiled by playing the games in the special features in movie DVD sets. It wouldn't have taken that much to have added the rest of the interactive experience to this game. This is not the first product this company has released (MGA is part of SONY) that was crippled by it's software. Hi-Def DVR Sony DHG-HDD500, SONY RM-AX4000 Integrated Remote Commander are great ideas looking for good software.
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60 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Complete waste of money November 21, 2007
By Alex C
Durability:    Educational:    Fun:   
I bought this game at walmart after work this evening and will be returning it first thing in the morning. My list of complaints:

1. Can only connect to a regular dvd player with an IR remote, using composite cables. Those wishing to use a PS3 or a dvd player that doesn't use an IR remote are completely out of luck with this one.

2. Took FOREVER to get set up and requires 13 batteries ( 9 AAA, 4 AA).

3. Gameplay is very very very flakey. If you buzz in before it prompts you to, it messes up. If 2 players buzz in at the same time, it messes up. It locked up on me 3 times the first 3 times I played it.

4. Sometimes while Alex is in the middle of reading one question, it will just up and skip to another question, or sometimes even repeat the same question over and over.

5. Lights in the room can mess with the IR, so you basically have to play in the dark for the controllers to work half good.

6. One controller didn't even work at all.

7. Every time you turn the game on, you have to reconfigure the controllers, which takes forever.

I'm sure there are more things that I'm missing. I literally played it for 20 minutes and was so fed up with it that I unplugged it all, boxed it up and dug my receipt out of the trash so I can take it back tomorrow. I spent more time setting it up than I did playing it.

Words really can't describe how much this entire game system sucks. If it were $15, I'd still feel ripped off. For the $60 I paid for it, I feel EXTREMELY ripped off.

Don't bother with this one. Get a cheap PC version or something.
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90 of 93 people found the following review helpful
Don't bother November 23, 2007
Durability:    Educational:    Fun:   
This game is not very good. The composite video output looks bad and the controllers are junk.

When we first unpacked it only two of the controllers worked. After spending a lot of time try to get the game to work another controller failed to work leaving us with one.

The game play is poor. When looking at the main board none of the dollar amounts show to let you know which answers are left. Only after clicking one does the game inform you that the category has no answers left.

Also it requires an IR emitter to be stuck on the front of the DVD player. Of the two players we connected only one was able to work with the game.

We returned this game the next day and got our money back. I would not recomend this game to anyone.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Love the Game.......
I love the game if you can get the buzzers calibrated, which is very HARD. When I first played I had to call the MFG. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Janice
I'll take crap for $200, Alex!
This game is a HUGE waste of time! Doesnt work right, never has. Controllers or buzzers look cool, if only you could get to use them. Setup takes FOREVER...and still doesnt work. Read more
Published 11 months ago by brimac5477
Unusable
I have thus far been unable to make this game calibrate and therefore cannot use it. I researched some trouble shooting on the web and others say they had the same issues. Read more
Published 13 months ago by creek777
what happened!
my son LOVES jeopardy,
his school had a similar game for their gifted class.
this game is awful, as far as educational, we would'nt know
because we did'nt get it to... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Back where I belong
Non jeopardy
It is really disappointing to be such a loyal follower of TV Jeopardy and get frustrated abd disgusted over this game. Read more
Published on August 8, 2009 by Jack Potenza
sent this back, after much frustration
All the comments about the difficulty in getting this game to work are accurate -- after wasting hours trying to set the thing up, we gave up and returned it.
Published on August 5, 2009 by A Crafty Lawyer
Pain in the A__ __
My wife and I love Jeopard. I saw this advertised, and though it was a no brainer for my wife for Christmas. What a pain. Read more
Published on August 3, 2009 by Kenneth G. Netzel
manufacture defect
We were given a full credit because of a manufacturer's defect. This item would not work. They were great about the refund.
Published on January 26, 2009 by BAP
Can't get it to work!
No matter how many times we tried or on what dvd player, we ould not get the game to sync with the dvd player. We have not played with it...at all! Read more
Published on January 20, 2009 by M. Griffin
Not a user friendly set-up
We spent two days trying to hook up the Jeopardy program with the TV and even bought a new DVD player trying to get it to work but were unsuccessful amd had to return it. Read more
Published on January 14, 2009 by J. Veers
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