Jeopardy! Junior Edition (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of GameTek's 1989 game show game for the NES, Jeopardy! Junior Edition.
Played against two CPU opponents on difficulty level 3.
Jeopardy! Junior Edition was Rare's third and final Jeopardy! game for the NES, coming out about a year after the first one. At its core, like the 25th Anniversary Edition, Jeopardy! Junior Edition is a essentially the same game as the original: the question banks are new and a few tweaks have been made to the graphics, but the underlying game is virtually identical. Not that it makes much difference if you enjoy the game.
Junior offers up 400 new categories of questions aimed at the kids (ages seven and up) who would've likely found the first two games too difficult. The questions focus on things that are taught in elementary and middle school as well as children's stories, and so long as the player can read reasonably well, the whole package is surprisingly accessible without being insulting or condescending.
It's not going to offer adults any challenge, but the game is just as well made as the adult versions, and it does a really nice job of adhering to the spirit of the show in how it encourages people to learn through fun.
RIP Alex Trebek. The world could use a few more like you.
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[@NintendoComplete]

The Jr. version went along really nicely with the show's drive to make learning fun for everyone. How many of you guys played this as kids in the 80s? :) I know I did!

[@JackoB716]

I played it in early 90's.

[@krokistube4702]

These player sprites scare the absolute shit out of me

[@NintendoComplete]

The eyes really get me. So dead and creepy looking.

[@soulunison20]

I’m glad I’m not the only one. My parents and brother made fun of me for it as a kid.

[@aremafcxboboiboydaun6977]

R.I.P. for Alex Trebek

[@spriteknight9893]

Long live Alex

[@edwardgaines6561]

I'm guessing he doesn't make a cameo in this game? 😥

[@jeremyreynolds465]

Rip Alex

[@zitherq5761]

RIP Alex Trebek

[@daviddavenport1485]

I bet Alex Trebek, Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds are having a crazy time in heaven

[@boisegameshowguy]

I believe the correct name is (What is) Turd Ferguson.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Instead of Alex, you should have named him/her Spaz. Dude's head is going to fly off.

[@Googlesucksballs]

I remember getting this for Christmas cause me and my older brother wanted NES games for Christmas but my folks did not want to buy us anything violent so we got this and Wheel Of Fortune. good times

[@DerivativeWorker]

Beryl looks like she will attack at any second.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Beryl's rocking that blonde weave from the hood.

[@tiger8952]

I own this one...And every time I do a clean sweep of a category when I go to 500 or 1000, I say finish the category

[@danalong1237]

1:18, “This... is... Jeopardy! Now entering the studio are today’s contestants: A video game collector from Chicago, Illinois, Alex Florentine... a wrestling referee from Tampa, Florida, Marty Potter... and our returning champion, a concert promoter from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Beryl Slater, whose 4-day cash winnings total $39,860. And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Alex Trebek!”-Johnny Gilbert. “Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Hello there as we get another exciting half-hour of answers and questions underway here on Jeopardy. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Beryl’s fifth and final day with us and if she wins today, she’ll retire undefeated, and regardless of whether or not she wins her fifth and final game, our concert promoter from my native Toronto will be in our Tournament of Champions. Alex and Marty, you’ll be doing your best to end her undefeated streak. Good luck here today and let’s go to work. Here comes the Jeopardy round.”-Alex Trebek.

[@larrylaffer3246]

God where did they get these contestants the toxic waste dump? Perhaps Dimension X?

[@NintendoComplete]

Right? (*O*_o ) That's a portrait of Beryl.

[@theodorehsu5023]

They put in the classic "Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun Dun Dun " opening originally in the first season of Jeopardy (which also got used the Summer of 1990 for "Super Jeopardy!" for the finals).

[@sebastiancortes6346]

Jeopardy the game will continue without Alex

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

It won't be the same, though. R.I.P. Alex.

[@edwardgaines6561]

@Stab you in the heart with a knife! Barf!

[@johncraw8572]

Awesomeness video please do more thanks

[@Rhabanaarum]

Alex really be: 😀

[@NintendoComplete]

Lol seriously. That's some 🧀ing right there.

[@danielperez7476]

Yooo the middle one do be havin that sans eye

[@Scottwilkie18]

Alex-Thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you Johnny Gilbert hello everyone and welcome to a very special week here on Jeopardy And I hope this turns into a tradition all this week the grown-ups are taking a break while kids ages 10 to 13 repeat against each other to see who knows more and who can win more think about it as all the time in school and in front of the TV watching our program payoff We will find out as we welcome beryl Marty and Alex to our program As we get started with the jeopardy round

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

Jeopardy! Anniversary Edition is next in the NES Jeopardy! games.

[@adamp9553]

Demon eyes! Demon eyes! :O lol

[@FlyingDuckMan360]

Contestant #1 is Alex, and contestant #2 is Marty... Were the animals from Madagascar (the movie, not the country) playing this game?

[@VahanNisanian]

Jeopardy before the kids' version JEP!, and before the regular show did kids' weeks.

[@DezPez93]

Fun game, but omg those character sprites are terrifying... o_o Beryl looks like she's gonna bite me.

[@markheying2830]

RIP Alex Trebek.

[@Scottwilkie18]

1:24 as always there is one daily double on the board hear are the categories Fruits and nuts Going buggy Rock ‘n’ roll Mother Goose antonyms Animal houses And finally colors A little note about rock ‘n’ roll each correct response will have rock or roll in the answer Since all this week will not have a returning champion before the show with your numbers Alex you came out on top you will select first please

[@markheying2830]

My guess for the Writers Final Jeopardy Clue would have been 1 of the following 3. 1: Edgar Allen Poe 2: Ray Bradbury 3: Truman Capote

[@somerandomgameranimator4481]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD *YOU ARE NOT A GENIUS, STOP ACTING LIKE ONE*

[@rodolfovargas7952]

Huh, I guess "Allan" also works in Edgar Allen Poe's name.

[@XiaoFury]

All the contestants on this game are high

[@Scottwilkie18]

This is jeopardy jr Now entering the studio are today’s contestants First when she’s not playing Barbies she competes with her gymnastics team and is looking to follow in the footsteps of MaryLou Renner from Raleigh North Carolina please welcome beryl Hudson He’s a future Lawyer because he always states his case at home in the classroom and on the schools debate team From Olympia Washington welcome Marty van Polson And he is a game show watcher since birth and Says it’s a life long dream of appearing today From Chicago Illinois Alex Jacoby And now here is the host of Jeopardy Alex Trebek

[@zitherq5761]

Responses I didn't know, in first half here: 6:03 BUGGY $300, guessed lightning bug. Rock and roll $300 Mother goose, $300, $400, $500. Bugs $500, It's not Queen Bee? Huh Rock and roll $500 I've heard it but couldn't think of lol

[@mattsgamingcorner3058]

This is one of a few versions of Jeopardy I got recently, and the other two versions I want to get are Jeopardy: Teen Tournament on Game Boy and Jeopardy: 2nd Edition on PS1.

[@Scottwilkie18]

22:21 And look at this Alex is taking this to a major one away today Beryl still very much in it with 4000 But unfortunately for Marty it was tough can you finish in the red and because of that you cannot stick around for final Jeopardy but you are gonna be going home with a third place prize and I thanks for being with us Right now let’s take a moment to find out more about the prizes Johnny For today’s third place contestant they will receive Texas Instruments full functioning calculator to add subtract multiply and much more from Texas Instruments The second place contestant will receive the Apple to computer with software to make it your own personal computer and no one else’s the Apple to home computer Today’s first Place contestant will win a trip for four to Walt Disney World resort in Orlando Florida experience hospitality and fine dining as well as visit the magic kingdom the Epcot center and the new MGM studios and you will spend six nights and seven days at the Buena Vista resort in the heart of the Magic Kingdom airfare provided by United Airlines And all contestants will receive the latest additions will Fortune and Jeopardy including the new Junior edition and 25th anniversary edition of Jeopardy and the new junior edition of wheel of fortune and golden edition in their home computer or Nintendo entertainment system And now once again here’s Alex Alex-thanks Johnny Final Jeopardy category is Writers Clue in a moment

[@khlothostonney5760]

yeah as kids a game like this, is what we really wanted, because mario was just too much jumping and not enough smarts!

[@Scottwilkie18]

If you ever took a trip to the library and read some of his work you could possibly find the right answer Beryl we go to you you’re in second place What did you come up with Who is bram Stoker Unfortunately that is incorrect but a very good guess We were looking for someone earlier than him and how much will it cost you 2000 which cuts your score and a half to 2000 and that’s what you’ll keep Alex put on quite a show for us today masked 20,200 Let’s take a look at what he thought Who is Edgar Allan Poe Quoth the raven You are right You bet a bundle Helllo You double your score 40,400 today For the young man from Chicago Way to go What a way to start the week and we will meet three new juniors tomorrow join us again next time so long

[@joeydamiani86]

I'm pretty good at this game.

[@Scottwilkie18]

22:57 A reminder that the cash accumulated by our players will turn into a trust fund that is theirs to keep to further their education We could have a big payday to start the week off The category for this final is writers and here’s the clue This American author invented the horror story 30 seconds good luck