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Shipments in the United States alone rose to nearly 1 million by February 1998. [13] By 2001, the You Don't Know Jack series had totaled sales of 3.5 million copies. [14] YDKJ sold above 4.5 million copies and drew revenues above $100 million by 2008. [15] Inside Mac Games named You Don't Know Jack 2 the best puzzle game of 1996.
You Don't Know Jack was developed by Chicago-based company Jellyvision. The You Don't Know Jack (YDKJ) series, though popular in the 1990s during the rise of gaming on personal computers, had not had an official full release since 1998 with You Don't Know Jack: The Ride. [4]
Prior to developing You Don't Know Jack, Learn Television was a company focused on children's educational films.The company had begun experimenting with interactive media experiences for education, including their game That's a Fact, Jack!, a quiz game on young adult literature, [4] which garnered attention from Berkeley Systems who later reached out to Learn Television.
The franchise of You Don't Know Jack began with popular CD-ROM-based trivia games for computers in 1996.Development had begun in 1997, but was halted for several years as Paul Reubens, whom the developers selected as host, was uncertain about accepting a role outside his most well-known character Pee-Wee Herman.
The Facebook version of You Don't Know Jack follows from the success of the 2011 video game for consoles and personal computers. The You Don't Know Jack brand had been on hiatus for about eight years, as Jellyvision, Jackbox Games' parent company, could not see a way to make their game work on gaming consoles.
You Don't Know Jack, derived from the phrase "you don't know jack shit", may refer to: . You Don't Know Jack, a media franchise based on the trivia video game introduced in 1995
A private server is a reimplementation in online game servers, typically as clones of proprietary commercial software by a third party of the game community. The private server is often not made or sanctioned by the original company. Private servers often host MMORPG genre games such as World of Warcraft, Runescape, and MapleStory. These ...
Genocide, an LPMud launched in 1992, was a pioneer in PvP conflict as the first "pure PK" MUD, [4] removing all non-PvP gameplay and discarding the RPG-style character development normally found in MUDs in favor of placing characters on an even footing, with only player skill providing an advantage. [5]