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| Developer | Jellyvision Berkeley Systems |
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| Publisher | Sierra On-Line |
| Series | You Don't Know Jack |
| Release date | March 30th, 2000 |
| Release price (USD) | $30 |
| Hosted by | Schmitty |
| Number of players | 1-3 |
| Game duration | 25 Minutes |
| Platforms | Windows (95/98; Pentium or higher) Mac OS (System 7.5.5 or higher; PowerPC only) |
| Languages | English |
| Genre | Trivia |
| Director | Kelli Kaufmann |
| Producer | Marie-Laure Gobbi Lisa Helfer |
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YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Louder! Faster! Funnier! is a trivia video game developed by Jellyvision and Berkeley Systems, and was published by Sierra On-Line on March 30th, 2000.[1]
It is the ninth installment in the You Don't Know Jack series, and the second and final compilation pack containing questions from You Don't Know Jack the netshow.
It is the final game in the series to be co-developed by Berkeley Systems.
Gameplay
The game starts up similar to You Don't Know Jack Offline, however the sign-on host is replaced with Sandy, her first and only appearance.
After choosing the number of players (and their respective names), the player is given an episode selection screen, where they can pick one of six randomly chosen episodes (see "List of Episodes" below for more information) using the up and down arrow keys. (If no episode is chosen after a certain period of time, the player has the option to select another six randomly selected episodes by pressing "M".) To select an episode, simply press the "P" key.
Afterwards, the usual player keyboard assignments and basic instructions are shown, which can be skipped by pressing the Spacebar. If the player decides not to skip the instructions, the usual opening credits play, before being greeted by the host Schmitty.
Each episode of YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Louder! Faster! Funnier! always consist of 15 questions.
Each question goes exactly the same way as the previous entries in the franchise: A player picks one of three categories, which is preceded by a question segue, before the chosen category and amount ($1,000 or $2,000 or $3,000) are shown on-screen. The question and its answers are then shown and read out loud by the host, and the player(s) have at least 10 seconds after the host reads the question to buzz in and find the correct answer. If a player gets the question right, they win that amount. If they answer incorrectly, they lose that amount.
In a multiplayer game, during each multiple-choice question, a player can "screw their neighbor" by pressing the "S" key, then selecting either the player's buzzer key or their number. The "screwed" player is then forced to answer the question, otherwise they lose the given amount. If they answer correctly however, the player who enacted the screw loses that amount.
During each episode, there are special questions that will appear:
- Fill in the Blank: A question is given to the player(s) that requires them to type in the answer. The amount is the same as a standard multiple-choice question.
- Gibberish Question: Players are given a gibberish phrase that rhymes with the real answer. The starting amount for a Gibberish question is $5,000, which slowly counts down to zero the more time they take.
- DisOrDat: A player (either the lowest-scoring or one that answered the previous question correctly) is given two choices, and has to pick which one matches one of seven associated answers. Choice A is assigned to the "1" key, choice B is assigned to the "2" key, and both choices (if applicable) is assigned to the "3" key. A player can skip an answer by pressing the "4" key. Each correct answer nets the player $500, while each wrong answer loses them $500.
- Pissed About a Question: Returning question type from YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Offline. In this question, the host reads a letter from an irritated player, and creates a multiple-choice question around it. The amount is the same as a standard multiple-choice question.
- Wendithap'n: New to YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Louder! Faster! Funnier! is a question type that plays similar to Threeway. In this question, players are given an event that occurred in history (e.g. "Man first walks on the moon"), then the host will list off 7 other events (e.g. Man first walks on AstroTurf™), and for each one, players have to figure out if it happened before or after the given event, or if it never happened at all. When an answer lights up (before, after, never), a player has to buzz in—if they get it right, they win $1,000, otherwise they lose $1,000.
Starting with Question 8, the point values on all questions are doubled, minus the Wendithap'n. Unlike the previous entries, the screws are not refreshed halfway through.
The final question (Question 15) is always a Jack Attack, which uses similar visuals and sounds to Volume 3 and Offline.
After the Jack Attack concludes, the final scores are shown, and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Afterwards, the top 10 high scores are shown, before the credits roll. During the credits, the player has the option to add the episode to their favorites by pressing the "F" key—favorite episodes can then be accessed by pressing "F" on the episode selection screen. (To return to the episodes screen, press the "N" key.)
If you choose to play with the same players, you will be prompted to pick a new episode every time.
List of Episodes
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Louder! Faster! Funnier! consists of 46 episodes, with each one having 15 questions.
| Title | Description | Gibberish? | DisOrDat? | Fill in the Blank? | Pissed About a Question? | Wendithap'n? |
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| All Nude! | The naked body is nothing to be ashamed of—yeah, right! Sleaze bag or prude, there's something here for everybody. More for the sleaze bags, though. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Babies | If you take away the loud screaming, the 3 a.m. feedings and the fact that they all look the same, babies are beautiful things—until they turn on you. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Back to School | The aroma of freshly sharpened pencils, sweaty gym socks and cafeteria "turkey" is once again filing the air. It's back to school time, kids! Don't forget your cell phone. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Barrel of Funnies | We're rolling out a barrel filled with Chippendale™ dancers, cartoon politics, Al Bundy and wet butts. And, finally, Generation X is defned! | Yes | Yes | -- | -- | -- |
| Big Mess of Trivia | This isn't just the same old trivia. It may seem to be the same, but only the freshest, hand-picked trivia is used. And it has been tested on monkeys. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Birthday! | Cake, clowns and hurt feelings for everyone. And remember: frosting on the fingers plus the spanking machine means someone's stuck with sticky buns. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Breakfast | Cockle-doodle-do? Cockle-doodle-DON'T miss this! It contains more cholesterol than a three-egg omelet. Trivia: it's not just for for lunch and dinner anymore. | Yes | Yes | -- | -- | -- |
| Bunch O' Facts | It's nothing, really. Just a batch of well-crafted, funny questions we worked and slaved over night and day for you people. No big whoop. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- |
| Chicago | An homage to the streets, the sports and the sausages of Chicago. Correct answers are available for purchase from the local alderman. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Clown Car of Trivia | We stuffed 300,000 bits of trivia into a small car, added as many clowns and ended up with 300,000 dead clowns. The trivia's alive and well, though. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Colorized | It's an homage to all those wonderful colors that occur in nature ... and all those freaky hybrid colors that come from dumping toxic waste into lakes. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Crime & Punishment | Tips on how to make crime pay ... and pay well. And for Pete's sake, if you're going to launder that money, remember: rinse cold and tumble dry. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Eclectic | It's trivia that would be ELECTRIC, but it's missing an R. And the L is in the wrong place. There's an extra C, too, but who's checking? | Yes | -- | -- | Yes | Yes |
| Facts to Shake a Stick At | Find out what Doug Henning and the Frugal Gourmet have in common and learn how to oil up those chicken breasts real nice. Moooooo! | Yes | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fluids | Get ready because this one will make your pants wet. It's fine if you want to be a drip, just don't bring a dry sense of humor. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Food | In honor of Thanksgiving, we offer delicious trivia that's low in fat and sodium but high in sacrilege, stinky celebrities and tasty grandmas. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Foolin' Around | Hey, who's horny? We'll cover everything from heavy breathing to heavy petting. "Light" petting version available for the diet conscious. | -- | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Grandparents | Plenty of chewing gum, blue hair and stories about walking to school through 12 feet of snow. And you know you should visit more often. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Green | Kiss me, I'm Green! Remember your salad days and get fashion tips from the Hulk™. Oh, and watch out for those leprechauns (nasty little buggers). | -- | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Guilty Pleasures | Pom-pom girls! Chocolate! Chocolatey pom-pom girls! PlayStation™! PlayStation" with chocolatey pom-pom girls! Be ashamed. Be very ashamed. | Yes | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Halloween | Hey, are those zombies underage? Get some candy AND a little love in your trick-or-treat bag. Special feature: Dancing historical corpses! | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Homecoming | Murderous floats, skunky buffets and slutty baseball players—this one goes out to all the pathetic alumni who refuse to get on with their lives. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Honkin' Buttload of Knowledge | We're talking big trivia here. Questions in letters as big as your head. Written by giants. On stilts. We're talking huge. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Jazz | Yeah, man. It's hip. No, really. It's cool. Don't sweat it, cat. You look good. Take it home. Skoobly-doo. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Junk Mail | Credit card deals, sweepstakes entries and carpet steaming coupons. Hey, why feed starving children for the price of a cup of coffee when you can play this game for free? | Yes | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
| Late Night | Last call! It's our homage to leftover salami sandwiches, insomnia and hour-long infomercials. This episode doubles as a muffin slicer! Call now! | -- | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Love | Finally, an internet experience all about love, not just sex. OK, there's some sex, too, but that's only because everybody LOVES sex. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Marriage | The wedding. The honeymoon. The baby. The other lover. The constant fighting. The restraining order. Two ruined lives. Time to fall in love again. | Yes | Yes | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Ages | Ignored as a child—they weren't as cute as the Roman Empire or as smart as the Renaissance—they're grown now and ready for the love they deserve. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Oodles of Trivia | Here you will find no questions about noodles. Or poodles. And there definitely are no doodles. But what you will find is oodles. Oodles of trivia. Oodles of comedy. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Pets | It all ends the same: flushed down the toilet, put down at the vet or drowned in a sack in the river. But before that you have years of cuddly love. | Yes | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Playin' Hooky | Scary nuns, gym class and bad food? Good excuses for hooky! And, hey, if Epstein's mother isn't writing the excuse notes, God might help you out. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Random Facts of Kindness | In a world crying out for compassion, we give you Jon Secada, faky skin and some trivia. But don't worry—we included the receipt. | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sampler Plate of Trivia | Do you have trouble making a commitment to anything? This episode's perfect for wafflers like yourself. Besides, you're just gonna fill up on bread. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Smoke | Comedy so smokin', you'll stop, drop and roll on the floor with laughter. You might not get burned, but you'll definitely choke, so take a deep breath. | -- | Yes | -- | -- | Yes |
| Super Ultimate Trivia | Fossilized candy, several naked men and a disembodied nose—you'll find it all here. It's not just super. It's not just ultimate. It's Super Ultimate! | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Technical Difficulties | Buckle up because this episode's bound to crash. It has more bugs than a flea circus and ant farm combined. Whatever you do, don't hit the P key. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Things That Come in Pairs | Find out what happens to lost socks! Learn which animals get double the lovin'! It takes two to tango ... unless you don't mind looking silly. | Yes | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Things That Get Stepped On | An episode dedicated to bubble gum, dog poo and menial workers. And don't forget the ants. The poor, defenseless ants. Try not to weep. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| Toilet Humor | An episode full of bathroom humor, fart jokes and all sorts of disgusting sound effects. In other words, the usual. | -- | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Toys | Stop playing with yourself and play the game! Or play with toys! Or play our episode about toys! When you're done, you can play with yourself again. | -- | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Travel | Columbus was a stud? Charo's historical value? What's Ozzy doing in here? Bonus: Find out how to make your travel AND digestion smooth as silk! | -- | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Trivia Explosion | Hints on the best cyber sex chatrooms! More crazy antics by those "Hogan's Heroes" guys and actual military uses for the Swiss Army™ Knife! | Yes | Yes | -- | -- | -- |
| Trivia Pot Pie | Delicious, succulent bits of sex, geography, math and hockey in a faky trivia crust. Just like Mom didn't used to make. | -- | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Trivia with Bleach Alternative | An episode more fun than ironing, less fun than leaning up against the washer during the spin cycle. | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- |
| When I Grow Up | Some kids want to be dysfuntional fireman. Some want to be neglectful parents. And some just want to stop wetting the bed. Ah, ambition. | Yes | Yes | -- | -- | -- |
Development
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Trivia
- Louder! Faster! Funnier! is the final You Don't Know Jack game released in North America to be compatible with the Classic Mac OS.
Gallery
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The episode picker screen. -
The opening title before the game starts. -
A Gibberish Question from the Birthday! episode. -
The intro to DisOrDat. -
A DisOrDat question from the Breakfast episode. -
The intro to Wendithap'n. -
A Wendithap'n question from the Food episode. -
The intro to the Jack Attack.
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Promo Art
References
- ↑ Sierra On-Line, "BERKELEY SYSTEMS ASKS JACK FANS "WENDITHAP'N"?" (March 30th, 2000) https://web.archive.org/web/20010305034015/http://www.sierra.com/corp/mr/release/0,2760,412,00.html