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Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! is a turn-based puzzle game developed by Sharedata and released by Sharedata in 1987. Jeopardy! runs on MS-DOS. This version of Jeopardy! was the first release based on the TV game show of the same…

31 December 1987

Jeopardy! is a quiz/trivia developed by ShareData, Inc., released 31 December 1987 on DOS.

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What Jeopardy! is

Jeopardy! is a quiz/trivia game developed by ShareData, Inc. and released in 1987. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jeopardy! is a turn-based puzzle game developed by Sharedata and released by Sharedata in 1987. Jeopardy! runs on MS-DOS. This version of Jeopardy! was the first release based on the TV game show of the same name.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Jeopardy series

Jeopardy! is the first of 48 entries we hold in the Jeopardy series. The next entry was Jeopardy! New Sports Edition in 1988.

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What it launched against

Jeopardy! launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did Jeopardy! come out?
Jeopardy! was released on 31 December 1987 for DOS.

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