You Don't Know Jack (franchise)

You Don't Know Jack
Genre(s)Party
Developer(s)Berkeley Systems, Jackbox Games, Starsphere Interactive, Iron Galaxy Studios, Webfoot Technologies, Flipside.com
Publisher(s)Sierra On-Line, THQ, Jackbox Games, Berkeley Systems, SPELGRIM.Com, Majesco Entertainment, TopWare Interactive, Warner Bros. Games, Tsukuda Original, Telltale Publishing
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS, Apple TV, Android, Roku, OUYA, Nintendo Switch, WebTV
First releaseYou Don't Know Jack
October 22, 1995
Latest releaseYou Don't Know Jack: Full Stream
October 17, 2018

You Don't Know Jack is a series of video games developed by Jackbox Games (formerly known as Jellyvision Games[1]) and Berkeley Systems, as well as the title of the first You Don't Know Jack game in the series. You Don't Know Jack, framed as a game show "where high culture and pop culture collide", combines trivia with comedy.

While it is primarily a PC and Mac-based franchise with over two dozen releases and compilations for those platforms, there have been a few entries released for consoles: two for the original PlayStation, and the 2011 release which had versions for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS and Wii. In 2012, Jackbox Games developed and published a social version of the game on Facebook[2] with cross-platform versions subsequently released for iOS,[3] Android[4] and Kindle. On November 5, 2013, the majority of the franchise's many volumes and spinoffs were reissued onto Steam[5] by Jackbox Games.

On November 18, 2014, You Don’t Know Jack 2015 was released as part of The Jackbox Party Pack on Windows, macOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and later Nintendo Switch, iPad, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Nvidia Shield, Apple TV, and Xfinity X1. On October 17, 2018, You Don't Know Jack: Full Stream was released as part of The Jackbox Party Pack 5 for the same platforms as You Don't Know Jack 2015, with the exception of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

  1. ^ "Jellyvision changes name to Jackbox Games". GamesIndustry.biz. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  2. ^ "'You Don't Know Jack' Returns as Facebook Game". Mashable.com. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  3. ^ "You Don't Know Jack Hops from Facebook to Mobile, and It's So Much Better For It". Kotaku.com. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  4. ^ "Apps of the Week: You Don't Know Jack, Dashlane Password Manager, reClock and more!". AndroidCentral.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  5. ^ "You Don't Know Jack series arrives on Steam". Destructoid.com. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-22.