You Don't Know Jack (1999 video game)

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You Don't Know Jack
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Developer(s) Starsphere
Publisher(s)
Series You Don't Know Jack
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: November 1999
  • DE: April 21, 2001
Genre(s) Party video game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

You Don't Know Jack is a video game developed by Starsphere and published by Sierra Attractions for the PlayStation in 1999. A European release followed under Take-Two Interactive's Rockstar Games subsidiary in 2001, which was released exclusively in Germany. [1]

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Reception

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [2] Chris Charla of NextGen said, "With support for three players (the multi-tap is supported, but three can play with two controllers) and two discs of questions, this game should rival PaRappa as one of the best PlayStation party games around." [10] Some other magazines gave it favorable reviews months before the game was released Stateside. [11] [12]

Notes

  1. In Electronic Gaming Monthly 's review of the game, one critic gave it 9.5/10, another gave it 8.5/10, and the rest gave it each a score of a perfect 10/10.

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