Jeopardy! Second Edition

The questions are like that of "Teen Challenge Jeopardy", so the stupifyingly hard ones are left out of this game. Many are word-hint questions with catagories like "Starts and ends with 'L'" and "3-letter words". Some of the more difficult catagories usually have slightly out-of-place phrases in them which hint at their answers.

The options also help to adapt the game to match your knowledge level. You can control the computer contestants difficulty level anywhere from idiots who only correctly answer 3 or 4 questions, medium average joe level, to super hard competitive challenges. You can also set the amount of time you have to "buzz-in" and the amount of time you have to type in your answer. Another optional feature is the very helpful "Answer Auto Complete". With this feature turned on, as you type, options appear that match the letters you are typing. You can select it to automatically type the answer that pops up, so you don't have to peck at each letter.

The game also includes some neat other features. Not only is there interesting questions or "Video Daily Doubles" which have video footage, there are also special features on the game disc, almost like it's a DVD. These "special features" are interviews with cast of the show, and there are even hidden Alex Trebek interviews. You also have the option to scribble your name on your contestant screen, which is fun, and there is a sample "Contestant Exam" with a list of 50 questions [which are much harder then the ones on the video game itself] of random catagories which are meant to give you an idea as to whether or not you have what it takes to be a contestant on the show.

With the memory card in, Jeopardy saves all the catagories you have already had, and with over 4000 questions, you can play 75 complete games without seeing a single reapeat question.

Every aspect of this game is great, and with the price tag on it, no one should pass on it.

This game is somewhat difficult and I would only recommend it for adults and teenagers. Let's say that on a scale of 1 thru 10 (10 being the hardest) that the TV gameshow questions have a difficulty rating of 10. The questions on the video game would then have a difficulty rating of about 7.5. My wife knows more trivia then I do, but I am better at guessing (often the way the answers are written help significantly in guessing the correct response) and we manage to play very close games. We've played about 50 games. We've each won about 20 games and the computer player has won about 10.

The auto-complete feature makes the game much more playable. The game maintains an "internal dictionary" of words that make up all of the correct answers. When you type in one or more letters of a word that it recognizes, it will display the first word in the dictionary that matches this pattern (which may not be part of the correct response) and will allow you to choose that word if you want. This really helps those of us who can't spell long words. The game can be somewhat picky as to what it will accept as a correct answer. For example, if your response is plural (i.e. has an S at the end) and it expects singular, it may (or may not) tell you that you're incorrect. During play, Alex's comments are kept to a minimum and he doesn't become very annoying. We have had very few repeat questions in the Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy rounds. However, about one out of every three Final Jeopardy questions is a repeat. This is the only aspect of the game that I find somewhat annoying. Still...this game is great! It is our most favorite game that we have for our Playstation 2. This game, along with Wheel of Fortune 2 and You Don't Know Jack are great games for adult owners/players of the Playstation.