This version of Jeopardy features the digitized look and voice of the TV show's host, Alex Trebek and even the announcer, Johnny Gilbert, as well. There are 650 different categories to choose from as well as 4,000 new answers. The player answers questions by selecting letters by using the analog or D-pad and will be given suggestion words to help them along. The same rules apply to the game as they do in the TV show, the game is divided into three different rounds: Regular, Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy and has three different contestants.
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Similar to Wheel of Fortune, this got a scathing review from N64 Magazine and, once again, this is just fine. There’s not much too it, but it gets the job done. That said, it does have a few problems not present in Wheel of Fortune.
One odd thing I noticed (which isn’t really a problem) is that the menu music is a remix of “I’m a little teapot”, which is a bit random.
Jeopardy is a trivia game where everything is worded awkwardly so that the answers start with “what is” and the questions don’t have question marks. It doesn’t change the nature of the questions in any way, it’s just a pointless novelty to make them seem more interesting than they are. You pick from a list of categories and difficulties – if you don’t know much about one of the chosen categories, tough.
Typing out on the N64 is particularly awkward. It helps you by filling in the “what is/are” part so you just put in the answer (making it more obvious that it’s just a regular quiz show). You can set it to accept incorrect spellings or to show you potential answers. On the flip side, computer players type so fast you can’t see what they’re doing.
It’s a basic trivia game – but that’s all it’s trying to be.
One odd thing I noticed (which isn’t really a problem) is that the menu music is a remix of “I’m a little teapot”, which is a bit random.
Jeopardy is a trivia game where everything is worded awkwardly so that the answers start with “what is” and the questions don’t have question marks. It doesn’t change the nature of the questions in any way, it’s just a pointless novelty to make them seem more interesting than they are. You pick from a list of categories and difficulties – if you don’t know much about one of the chosen categories, tough.
Typing out on the N64 is particularly awkward. It helps you by filling in the “what is/are” part so you just put in the answer (making it more obvious that it’s just a regular quiz show). You can set it to accept incorrect spellings or to show you potential answers. On the flip side, computer players type so fast you can’t see what they’re doing.
It’s a basic trivia game – but that’s all it’s trying to be.
Played this on a lark about 10 years ago just to see what it was like. It was Jeopardy... on the N64... from the 90s. It's a working game, that's for sure.
This is a real Jeopardy game, unlike the modern ones where you don't have to type out an answer on the controller. I was gonna give it three stars for the amount of times I've seen the Opera category, but then I remembered Trebek's sweet FMV stache.
The 2D sprites of human beings in this game are still the weirdest-looking people I've seen in a game