Jeopardy

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

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

Pros:

1. Awsome sound
2. Awsome graphix
3. Awsome Music
4. Exactly like the show

Cons:

1. Can't skip cinema scenes

This game is awsome, and I reccomend buying it. For any Jeopardy fan, this game is for you!!!


Jeopardy! Second Edition is much better.   July 25, 2001
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

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).


Great Game... BUT>>>   April 11, 2001
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I really liked this game compared to earlier video game versions. I dont like the write you own name feature... Im not at all fond of how dark the board is.. and how much we have to adjust the color and brightness on our screen to see the board, then adjust it back when we are finished. The questions are difficult and exactly what we hoped. Answering is rather difficult at first, and the auto complete is nice, except you have to be really careful... learned that the hard way... I would have given it 5 stars, but the dark screen and S---L----O----w loading of the game decided against that...


Great GAme   March 12, 2000
 0 out of 3 found this review helpful

I liked this game very much. It makes you think, and peruses the mind just like the TV show. I like the fact that a person can sit in front of their TV for hours and learn different subjects every time they play Jeopardy. I have to say that this is a very addictive game.


The Slowest Interface in Gaming   January 16, 2000
 14 out of 15 found this review helpful

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.