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Jeopardy!

Based on the TV quiz show of the same name. This CD game features full motion video sprites of the host, Alex Trebek, and the contestants as well as digital track of the theme song and the host's voice. You…

31 December 1994

Jeopardy! is a quiz/trivia developed by Absolute Entertainment, released 31 December 1994 on Sega CD.

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What Jeopardy! is

Jeopardy! is a quiz/trivia game developed by Absolute Entertainment and released in 1994. It was published by Sony Imagesoft. It is available on Sega CD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Based on the TV quiz show of the same name. This CD game features full motion video sprites of the host, Alex Trebek, and the contestants as well as digital track of the theme song and the host's voice. You can play in a multiplayer game or against the computer and can select the number of contestants and the gender and appearance of your own contestant. There is a larger database of questions than any of the cartridge versions due to the increased capacity of the CD media versus cartridge media of the time.
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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 13th of 48 entries we hold in the Jeopardy series. The next entry was Jeopardy! Sports Edition in 1994.

See all 48 Jeopardy games in release order →

What it launched against

Jeopardy! launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Mario Andretti Racing.

Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Mario Andretti Racing.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Jeopardy! come out?
Jeopardy! was released on 31 December 1994 for Sega CD.

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