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Okay I have been putting off making this thread for way too long now.
Let's talk about motherfucking
This series was my first PC gaming experience, and still my most memorable.
See, way back when I was a freshman in high school, somebody brought a copy of volume 3 of YDKJ into the gifted kids' room. (Don't ask me how I qualified for such a thing, I'm not entirely sure either) I only got to play a couple quick 7-question rounds before the game was barred from the school for being too offensive, but the damage was done: I needed more.
Cut to a few months later, and my family finally actually had a computer (or at least something that barely qualified to be a computer... some things never change, eh?) and I wandered into a Funcoland (again, this was way back before they seemed to fall off the face of earth round herr) and what do I see?
Why, this thing:
containing the first four volumes and the first of the two netshow collections
I don't remember the exact price but it was hella expensive for the time and my age, but fuck what else was I gonna spend money on, it's not like I had a social life
aaaaaaaaanyway I took that fucker home and played the hell out of it and developed an insatiable hunger for fake gameshows with humor and trivia and also fake commercials when you were done
I craved more Jack like a... something that craves another... thing... a hell of a lot
there is a website
right here:
www.youdontknowjack.com
where you can by XP (and in some cases Vista) - compatable versions of most of the YDKJ games
and can play the online flash-based seven question games and individual dis-or-dats that have periodically appeared for several months now
the site calls it a BETA so I guess they are working toward something?
I hope so, but it's taking a hell of a long time
screenshots, I guess:
if any of you are interested in trying the series, I recommend volume 3 and The Ride
The Ride is the series' highest point, but it's also the wierdest one and may be jarring for newcomers
here is video of a dude playing volume 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDpCCvtNn6w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNUZjC1-LTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AckfYcH_ExA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMfXNdgNwMo
also:
A special moment from YDKJ: Offline
Okay I have been putting off making this thread for way too long now.
Let's talk about motherfucking
This series was my first PC gaming experience, and still my most memorable.
See, way back when I was a freshman in high school, somebody brought a copy of volume 3 of YDKJ into the gifted kids' room. (Don't ask me how I qualified for such a thing, I'm not entirely sure either) I only got to play a couple quick 7-question rounds before the game was barred from the school for being too offensive, but the damage was done: I needed more.
Cut to a few months later, and my family finally actually had a computer (or at least something that barely qualified to be a computer... some things never change, eh?) and I wandered into a Funcoland (again, this was way back before they seemed to fall off the face of earth round herr) and what do I see?
Why, this thing:
containing the first four volumes and the first of the two netshow collections
I don't remember the exact price but it was hella expensive for the time and my age, but fuck what else was I gonna spend money on, it's not like I had a social life
aaaaaaaaanyway I took that fucker home and played the hell out of it and developed an insatiable hunger for fake gameshows with humor and trivia and also fake commercials when you were done
I craved more Jack like a... something that craves another... thing... a hell of a lot
there is a website
right here:
www.youdontknowjack.com
where you can by XP (and in some cases Vista) - compatable versions of most of the YDKJ games
and can play the online flash-based seven question games and individual dis-or-dats that have periodically appeared for several months now
the site calls it a BETA so I guess they are working toward something?
I hope so, but it's taking a hell of a long time
screenshots, I guess:
if any of you are interested in trying the series, I recommend volume 3 and The Ride
The Ride is the series' highest point, but it's also the wierdest one and may be jarring for newcomers
here is video of a dude playing volume 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDpCCvtNn6w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNUZjC1-LTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AckfYcH_ExA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMfXNdgNwMo
also:
A special moment from YDKJ: Offline
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n***** stole my bike!
One of my friends when I was a kid had one of them. We played all the time but I never owned one.
Now I regret that.
edit: jinx
MAN BOOBIES
It's real American food, served by attractive fat guys with big breasts!
You mind lookin' at my eyes when you're talkin' to me?
You can still fax that, you know.
Gifted is a synonym for retarded nowadays, TDOT.
Funny, isn't it?
Yeah, I should probably get on that. I'm a sucker for trivia.
WaM: I totally posted first. 8-)
I never knew he did that when you swear at him
well, it wasn't back then
took the test to be accepted in fourth grade
appearantly did well enough that I would have passed even if I'd been in high school
I don't know what the hell happened between then and now
each volume does something different
I'm pretty sure the ride just boots you back to the desktop (don't so this, since the ride is episodic and you'll miss one)
the first game did this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYvJI7BKuMk
edit nevermind god so bad
He's slower at reading than either of my nieces (one of which is 9, my friend being 24)
Because the announcer would list things off faster than he could read, he always insisted on waiting until the announcer finished reading out loud the question and every single answer before I was allowed to buzz in. Every single time.
Yeah, I stopped playing YDKJ with him very quickly.
if you know the answer, you know the answer
HEY! I WASN'T DONE LISTENING!
because those are the only volumes I haven't played (save for the two PS1 versions, which are fuckass hard to find)
it was only about 6 months ago I found out what they were, and now I regret not playing them when they were popular.
Steam | XBL: Elazual | Last.fm
okay I have done this now
God nothing was better than screwing somebody on a question you knew they couldn't answer.
Conversly being able to answer the question and then screwing them was just as good.
Yes!
I always feel like if a round goes by and at least one screw wasn't used, we've been doing it wrong.
I don't remember this, I thought you just meant pressing someone else's buzzer button. What is it?
It's called "Screw Your Neighbor".
In every game, you get one screw (a literal screw, like we're talking hardware store screw) per round. After you buzz in, if you still have your screw, you can hit the "s" key instead of picking an answer to use your screw. (If there are three players, you then have to pick who you're using the screw on.) It forces them to take a stab at the question. If they get it wrong, they lose the money like normal and you feel good about being a dick. You have to be careful, though, not only because you only get one per round, but also because, if they get the answer right, not only do they get the money for the question, but you lose it.
The Ride had a special version where you mashed the "s" key, shooting screws at the screen, covering up the question and answers, meaning whoever you were screwing had to read quick.
Man my sister used to get sooo pissed
Coran Attack!
but there's little reason not to
I realize that, but if they were to make an online XBLA version with occasional updates, like the old Netshow, that would be awesome.
I won a You Don't Know Jack contest put on by my dorm, my freshman year of college!
Secret Satan
Also, the last round was based around odd sexual facts, so I totally won the respect of my peers.
Secret Satan
it was pretty easy (as you'd expect) but it had some fun stuff going on
while the main YDKJ have generally been pretty plain and straightforward in their visuals, headrush was all crazy and cartoony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-EY2dYrBKU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9RM0u0yo3M
Movies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8EFOg07qbM
Sports
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEpCzk9rhXg
TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhqTcBtW3G8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA14Dq5ZUQs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCWisJTEacw
and, for anyone who doesn't know, what the title is refering to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2pUPwG9DA
The Ride was like a fantastic pancake made with happiness stuffed in a taco of love.
Throwing hosts down elevator shafts? Check.
Drunk hosts bellowing nonsense at you? Check.
Questions that are impossible answer and answers that pick themselves even if you don't? Check.
Questions and answers in baby talk? Check.