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Jackass: The Game for PlayStation 2
Jackass: The Game for PlayStation 2 turns the MTV show into 35 short stunt games. After the regular director is injured, you take charge of producing a new season. Seven episodes each contain five assignments featuring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Wee Man and others. You ride through San Francisco in a rubbish bin, launch a character with a shopping trolley or try to cause as much damage as possible during a failed jump.
Every stunt has its own rules and controls. Some are all about timing and balance, while elsewhere you steer a vehicle or determine the angle and force of a collision. The score rewards completed objectives, destroyed objects and injuries sustained. Challenge lets you replay unlocked stunts with additional conditions. You spend the money earned at Jackass-Mart on characters, clothing, props and classic video clips from the television show.
On PlayStation 2, unlocked stunts can be replayed and up to four participants can compare scores through Round Robin, Tournament or a complete episode. Players use the same console and take over the controller for each stunt or turn; no network connection is needed. The PSP-exclusive Director Mode for editing replays is not in this version. The seven episodes, Challenge and unlockable television clips are included on the disc.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Jackass: The Game for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Jackass: The Game
New Zealand studio Sidhe Interactive developed Jackass: The Game for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Red Mile Entertainment and MTV Games released the PlayStation 2 version in Europe on 23 November 2007. The game did not adapt one film, but was designed as a new virtual television season. Members of the Jackass crew provided voices, likenesses and ideas for stunts that had not previously appeared in the show.
The creators divided 35 stunts among seven episodes and built every assignment as a separate action game. Physics-based movement and an injury report made collisions part of the scoring. Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn and other familiar participants returned. Bam Margera was absent because of existing contractual arrangements involving other games. Unlocking clothing, props and archive footage tied the separate assignments to a longer progression system.
The PlayStation 2 release centred on comparing scores together on one television. Round Robin and Tournament turned the individual stunts into a contest for up to four participants without the PSP’s wireless functions. Sidhe instead gave the handheld Director Mode and online sharing of clips. This disc preserves the turn-based console setup; the portable version’s editing feature is not attributed to PS2.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
The PlayStation Portable version uses the same seven episodes and many of the same stunts, but lets participants play over an ad hoc connection with separate systems. Only that version includes Director Mode, which edits saved replays from different camera angles into a clip. The PlayStation 2 release keeps multiplayer on one console and has participants compare their scores in turns.
MTV Pimp My Ride likewise uses a television programme as its basis, but has you collect, repair and customise cars within a time limit. Jackass: The Game consists of short physical stunts in which pain and destruction earn points. Both feature the presentation and voices of an MTV licence, while one revolves around vehicle customisation and the other around varied action games and replays.
The Simpsons Game turns television characters into continuous platform and action levels with a story and changing abilities for each character. Jackass: The Game divides its content into separate stunts that together form episodes. Both use familiar voices, humour and scenes that refer to the source material; Jackass focuses on scores, injuries and replaying events rather than exploration and story battles.
EyeToy Play 3 also collects short games for several participants on PlayStation 2, but uses the EyeToy camera to track body movements. Jackass: The Game is played with a standard controller and builds its challenges around familiar stunt comedy, collisions and injury scores. Both work as score contests, while only EyeToy needs physical space in front of a camera.
Buzz Junior: Jungle Party lets up to four participants play short challenges directly together on PlayStation 2 with Buzz controllers. Jackass: The Game uses a standard controller and has participants set scores in turns in many stunts. Jungle Party chooses colourful animals and family-oriented challenges; Jackass uses adult stunt humour and rewards the damage suffered by a character.
