It exists in my mind amongst floating toasters from the After Dark screensavers and the full motion video journal entries from Myst. I have a bit of a personal history with You Don’t Know Jack. Once you’re ready to start the party game fun, here’s what you’ll find: A Dis or Dat question from Screenshot: Jackbox Party Pack 5.
The best part is, you don’t even need the game to do that–just a web browser. If you don’t have a house full of friends to play with you though, you can join streamers playing JackBox Party Pack 5 on streaming services like Twitch and join in on the action. You can play You Don’t Know Jack and and Zeeple Dome solo, but the rest of the games require a minimum of three players to start. Being a party game, you might not understand why someone might want to play solo, but if you do want to play by yourself, solo players are almost totally SOL. Up to eight players can play JackBox Party Pack 5 locally. All you have to do to connect to your desired game is to enter the room code that is prominently displayed on screen, enter a moniker, and you’re set to go. I say smartphones because that’s what the icon represents, but you can use any modern web browser that can navigate to. JackBox Party Pack 5 is a set of five unique party games that can use smartphones as controllers. We were even present at C2E2 this year when Jackbox announced the return of You Don’t know Jack as part of Jackbox Party Pack 5– and it has certainly returned, in all its glory, just as we remembered it. The Jackbox Party Pack has been a staple for many house parties, and even a sought after activity at various pop-up arcades and conventions we’ve attended over the years. Chicago-based Jackbox games has been the premier party game go-to since they were making games as Jellyvision.