Steve-O, one of the members of Jackass, mentioned that whilst filming the motion capture scenes for the game, he was high on drugs and hadn't slept a lot. Because of this, it wasn't until around 2014 that he remembered that a video game based-off the series had existed.

The PlayStation 2 version was one of four PlayStation 2 titles released that could support 1080i HD, through the use of component cables.