Jeopardy! Sports Edition

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Jeopardy! Sports Edition
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: GameTek
Developer:
Licensor: Merv Griffin Enterprises
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
GEMS
Genre: Table

















Number of players:
Sega Mega Drive
1-3
Sega Game Gear
1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9559.95[2] T-83126
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Sega Channel)
SUBsub
Sega Mega Drive
CA
(Sega Channel)
SUBsub
Sega Game Gear
US
T-83078
Videogame Rating Council: GA
ExpandNon-Sega versions

Jeopardy! Sports Edition is a 1993 game by Park Place Productions and GameTek. It is a version of Jeopardy! that replaces the categories and clues with sports trivia.

Gameplay

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Host and category board

The game is a sports-themed trivia challenge based on the American quiz show Jeopardy! It replaces the usual Jeopardy! categories, such as art, literature, history, and science, with sports-related categories and clues. Each game consists of three rounds: Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, and Final Jeopardy!

The Mega Drive version supports up to three contestants, and players can choose how many contestants are computer-controlled (which may be all of them if players want to watch the computer play a game). In two-player games, players can share the same control pad or use separate control pads. In three-player games, player one uses the first control pad and players two and three share the second control pad. Players can choose from five personas (three male and two female) with Left or Right at the start of the game. After entering a name, each player chooses a button to use for "buzzing in" (A, B, or C), which must be a different button for players sharing the same control pad. When entering an answer, the D-Pad highlights a character, A selects it, B deletes the last character, and C submits the answer. This version of the game claims to have over 3,500 clues and 700 categories.

The Game Gear version is always played with two contestants. One contestant is always human-controlled, and the other contestant can be computer-controlled or another human sharing the same Game Gear. Players can choose from six personas (three male and three female) with Up or Down at the start of the game. In one-player games, the player buzzes in by pressing any direction on the D-Pad, 1, or 2. In two-player games, player one buzzes in by pressing any direction on the D-Pad and player two buzzes in by pressing 1. When entering an answer, the D-Pad highlights a character, 1 selects it, and 2 deletes the last character. This version of the game claims to have over 1,700 clues and 300 categories.

Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy!

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Clue and response

The first two rounds feature a large game board consisting of six categories with five clues each (for a total of 30 clues per round) covering various sports such as baseball, basketball, football, hockey, tennis, horse racing, and auto racing. Clues are valued by dollar amounts from lowest to highest, roughly increasing in difficulty. At the start of every round, players are given the opportunity to randomly select different categories after they are revealed by pressing C when prompted in the Mega Drive version or by pressing 1 before selecting the first clue in the Game Gear version.

The player in control of the board (initially the first player but subsequently whichever contestant last successfully answered a question) can choose any clue from any category. The D-Pad highlights a clue and A selects it in the Mega Drive version or 1 selects it in the Game Gear version. The contestants are then presented with a trivia clue phrased as an answer. After a brief delay to give players time to read the clue, players are given 10 seconds to "buzz in." Any contestant can buzz in, regardless of which player chose the clue.

When a contestant buzzes in, that player is given 60 seconds to respond to the clue by typing an answer. It is not necessary to state the answer in the form of a question, as in the television program. The game has some tolerance for misspellings and multiple names for things (for example, it will accept both "Barry Bonds" and "Bonds" or "Catcher's Mask" or "Mask," and numbers can be spelled out or typed directly), and spaces are optional. Answering correctly awards the player the value of the clue and allows the player to select the next clue. Answering incorrectly (or not answering at all within the time limit) costs the player the value of the clue (potentially giving the player a negative score) and gives the other players an opportunity to buzz in. A contestant cannot buzz in on a question again after giving a wrong response. Computer players have a chance of buzzing in for each question. When they do buzz in, they may answer correctly or may give a nonsense wrong response. If nobody answers correctly, the host shows the correct response.

The Double Jeopardy! round plays the same as the first round, but the categories are different and the values of the clues are doubled.

The first two rounds end when every clue has been chosen.

Daily Double

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Daily Double

A "Daily Double" clue is hidden behind one clue in the Jeopardy! round and two clues in Double Jeopardy! Before the clue is revealed, the contestant who has selected the Daily Double must declare a wager, from a minimum of $5 to a maximum of their entire score or the highest clue value available in the round, whichever is greater. Only the contestant who chooses the Daily Double can answer the clue.

A correct response adds the value of the wager to the contestant's score while an incorrect response (or failure to respond) deducts the same value. Whether or not the contestant responds correctly, they choose the next clue.

Final Jeopardy!

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Final Jeopardy!

The Final Jeopardy! round features a single clue, chosen at random. Only contestants with at least $1 in winnings continue to this round. Players are given the category of the clue in advance. Each player chooses a wager as low as nothing or as high as their total winnings. The contestants are then given the clue and must answer individually.

In the television program, each contestant's wager and response is hidden until they have all finished responding. The game suggests that the other players not watch the screen while another player is responding to preserve the same surprise. Computer players have their wagers and responses obscured.

After the Final Jeopardy! round concludes, the player with the most money won wins the game.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Developed by: Gary W Lindquist
  • Published by: GameTek, Inc.
  • Project Design: Rod Humble and Gary W Lindquist
  • Program Coding: Gary W Lindquist
  • Graphic Artist: Curt Toumanian
  • Music and Sound Effects: Michelle Simon
  • Photography: D. Banditson
  • Database: Neil Plakcy
  • Producer: Rod Humble (GameTek, Inc.)
  • Exec Producer: Liz Curran (GameTek, Inc.)
Source:
In-game credits[3]


Game Gear version

  • Executive Producer: Elizabeth Curran
  • Product Manager: Rod Humble
  • Assistant Producer: Michael A. Merson
  • Art: Andie Gilmour and Dave Hall
  • Game Programing: Michael V. Pierone
Source:
In-game credits
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Magazine articles

Main article: Jeopardy! Sports Edition/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

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Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
56
[6]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
71
[2]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
50
[7]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
50
[8]
Sega Mega Drive
55
Based on
5 reviews

Jeopardy! Sports Edition

Mega Drive, US
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Game Gear version

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Publication Score Source
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0 review
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Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
60
[9]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[8]
Sega Game Gear
65
Based on
2 reviews

Jeopardy! Sports Edition

Game Gear, US
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Technical information

Main article: Jeopardy! Sports Edition/Technical information.

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