Game Description
No, this is not a video of the YDKJ TV show that aired on ABC in 2001. It’s the YDKJ PC game with trivia all about TV shows! Fans of host Josh "Schmitty" Schmitstinstein will love this walk down boob-tube memory lane.
If you thought all those hours of watching TV were good for nothing, then YOU DON’T KNOW JACK… Television! With more categories than your local cable provider, YOU DON’T KNOW JACK Television spans over 50 years of boob-tube trivia, from Ralph Kramden to the guy on “King of Queens” who looks like Ralph Kramden. So set down the remote and put your recliner in the upright and locked position… it’s YOU DON’T KNOW JACK Television!
No. of Reviews: 20
Review 1
Purchased!
Classic YDKJ title - loved them back in the day, and still love to play them!
Review 2
Purchased!
To celebrate its 20'th birtday, What did Americas greatest hero eat in the 6th
episode?
1. I knew all the answers
2. I ment to click that other one!
3. A reference you've never heard
4. It's never 4
Review 4
Purchased!
This game has a lot of questions about classic TV, not just the 80's and 90's.
My mom, who has a big collection of DVDs of shows from the 50's and 60's,
slaughtered me at this game. It's fun, just be prepared to know all your 20th
century TV inside and out.
Also, this game is completely incompatible with Steam controllers. If you have a
living room setup, I hope you have a wireless keyboard.
Review 5
Purchased!
Wrong. 30Rock - Jack Donaghy. I do know Jack television.
Review 6
Purchased!
Based on the Demo Version of this game from my Tomb Raider 2 PC Gamer Demo Disc,
now in it's full Trinitron Television/Betamovie/FH-7 MK-2/ICF-7600D/CD
Player/APM Speaker Sony State-of-the-Art Format just the way I like my 1980s,
1990s & 2005 TV/VHS/Betamax/DVD & Laserdisc Entertainment.
Review 7
Purchased!
Are you an 80's kid? Can you PRETEND you're an 80's kid? Did you watch a LOT of
tv? Like, old tv shows? You Don't Know Jack Television might be for you. Not a
big fan of television? You won't know a single goddamn thing they ask you.
Definitely a niche game, your enjoyment is directly tied to your hopefully
encyclopedic knowledge of television. So be warned; you better know your
Thursday night NBC lineup for 1986.
Review 8
Purchased!
Old But Fun
Review 9
Purchased!
If you don't know anything about old TV I would not reccomend this game.
Review 10
Purchased!
silly, lame and fun to play. some of the questions are a little tough on some of
us less attached to our t.v.s or are under sixty, and sure some of the dialog's
a little... uh... lame... but it's still fun to play.
Review 11
Purchased!
I would recommend it to a big television fanatic. I do watch a whole lot of
Television, but I've now been recently doing that. Also viewing some 90's and
older nostalgia on the streaming services, only real things I knew at those
times were The Simpsons, Friends, and Seinfeld. And learning about those older
shows more recently. I'm sure that some of the stuff I did when I played just
now would be pretty embarrassing despite making a grand total of $21,500. Final
thoughts, it's more for people like my parents, not really for me. But I still
think it's worth your time, and Schmitty is very funny here too, so that's all
good.
Review 12
Purchased!
https://youtu.be/cOFYtVt3kLU
WHY ARE WE SHOUTING GAME TITLES?
Back when this game was made it was a solid title, however it hasn't aged well
enough to recommend. Also no Cookie!
Review 14
Purchased!
Yikes. Got this one in the pack. If you aren't American and up on your
individual plot lines of episodes of 50s-70s tv. Don't bother.
Review 15
Purchased!
Growing up from the Jack Pack in the 90s, this was my favorite edition next to
Movies! While the content of the questions is dated to me, it's still got charm
to get together and go crazy with. The comedy is still gold too!
Review 16
Purchased!
Loved playing YDKJ back in my youth, but it seems the us versions of it are a
tad too american for me as a German. Hence I don't know a thing, and am reduced
to guessing all the time xD Still nice for its nostalgic feeling and humor. Got
all YDKJ games very cheap during the sale in a bundle, so it isn't worth
complaining about the culture barriere. Overall, it is a nice game for now and
then, but nothing special.
For this game in particular, you better know everything about ass-old tv-shows,
or you will fail as much as I did xD
Review 17
Purchased!
A classic trivia game? Yes please. A classic trivia game full of classic TV
trivia? Also yes please. A classic trivia game full of classic TV trivia
peppered with clever jokes and wordplay (and the occasional fart gag)? Very yes
please.
Review 18
Purchased!
Very entertaining and VERY hard! This is no fluff trivia game. The questions tip
both sides of the scale... I found it quite a challenge!
Review 19
Purchased!
If you are a huge fan of trivia and also greatly knowledgeable in television
then I recommend this. Of course, this was a trivia game made in the 90s so a
lot of it is outdated, but there are a lot of funny moments especially with
Schmitty as the host this time around.
Review 20
Purchased!
Wow... sometimes I feel old. Then I play this game and realise I know very
little about TV older than me.