You Don't Know Jack 5th Dementia

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Y2MQ
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 1, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,845 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #50 in Video Games > PC Games > Trivia
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Welcome to the 5th Dementia, where hilarity is the only law. You Don't Know Jack offers award-winning, lightning-fast, sarcastic trivia mayhem. Witness repeated collisions of high culture and pop culture as you're blasted into the 5th Dementia. Play by yourself, or play against opponents at the same PC or online. The game features 600 all-new questions; themed episodes, such as Clichés; the ability to play against friends at home, find your opponents online, or enjoy the game by yourself; and brand-new question types. Setup and play is easy, making it an excellent party game.

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Jack games get shorter and shorter..., December 3, 2000

By 

J. Cowling (Victoria, BC Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Don't Know Jack 5th Dementia (CD-ROM)

It seems that every time Jellyvision releases a new JACK game, there are fewer questions, and therefore less gameplay.

Jack 5 has 600 questions -- while Jack 4: The Ride had 800 questions. I recall the first Jack having 1000 questions and an expansion pack.

So why the decrease in questions? Likely to clear up disk space for additional features like online play (nearly a pointless exercise given the number of people out there who enjoy cheating), better graphics and animations, new question types, and theme episodes.

And of course, Schmitty's back as host, so the game can't be all bad.

But still -- the previous edition of Jack had 33% more questions and came on 2 CDs for the same price. What gives, Sierra? Yes, I'll keep buying Jack games even if there are only a couple of hundred questions in each box -- and maybe that's the problem.

I, like many trivia fans, enjoy the irreverent humour and off-colour questions in the Jack games -- and make no mistake, there's a good chance you will be offended by this game at some point -- and even with the perception of lower value, I'll still buy these games.

However, if you are new to the Jack series, I would recommend JACK XXXL -- 2400 questions for the same price. And any game you haven't played before is a new game, right?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining But Not Much Else, January 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: You Don't Know Jack 5th Dementia (CD-ROM)

The game its self is fun but th overall quality of the game is not much to be proud of. The questions are whimsical and whitty and the graphics are decent. The one major problem I had with this game was the fact that the things that the host said were so long that you just wanted to strangle him. Also, since there is not a very large volume of questions within the game's library, the game cannot be played very much. You will begin to get repeats with in the first 3 times one plays the game. The original version of You Don't Know Jack is a much better version of this game. The reasons why are because one has the option to play a 7 or 21 question game which is much better than the 15 or so question game of this newer version.
Graphics: 80.1% (B-)
Entertainment Value: 76.7% (C)
Overall: 77.0 % (C)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Windows XP compatible?!?, December 26, 2001

By 

"dconklin15" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Don't Know Jack 5th Dementia (CD-ROM)

I got this game a few days ago and still have not been able to play it. I've been to the YDKJ web page and have read several posts there from people who are having the same problems I'm having. I've contacted Sierra and have yet to hear back from them.

How could is this game???? I wish I could tell you one way or another!!!!

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