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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References

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  2. 1 2 "You Don't Know Jack for PlayStation Reviews". GameRankings . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Baker, Christopher Michael. "You Don't Know Jack (PS) - Review". AllGame . All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ Marrin, John (December 23, 1999). "You Don't Know Jack". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ Hsu, Dan "Shoe"; Boyer, Crispin; Davidson, John; Smith, Shawn (December 1999). "You Don't Know Jack" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 125. Ziff Davis. p. 279. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  6. ↑ Hudak, Chris (November 1, 1999). "You Don't Know Jack (PSX)". The Electric Playground . Greedy Productions. Archived from the original on March 20, 2002. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  7. ↑ Reiner, Andrew (February 2000). "You Don't Know Jack (PS)". Game Informer . No. 82. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on June 4, 2000. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  8. ↑ MacDonald, Ryan (December 7, 1999). "You Don't Know Jack Review [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot . Red Ventures. Archived from the original on February 25, 2005. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  9. ↑ Loro, Robin; Perry, Douglass C. (November 10, 1999). "You Don't Know Jack". IGN . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Charla, Chris (December 1999). "You Don't Know Jack". NextGen . No. 60. Imagine Media. p. 114. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  11. 1 2 Rybicki, Joe (October 1999). "You Don't Know Jack! [sic]". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine . Vol. 3, no. 1. Ziff Davis. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
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