Blackjack
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Item Description
Blackjack was there on day one. When the Atari Video Computer System launched in 1977, this paddle-controlled card game was one of the first cartridges available alongside Combat and Indy 500, and it showed early buyers that the new console could handle more than tanks and race cars.
Each player starts with 200 chips and uses a paddle controller to set a bet of up to 25 before the deal. You see the dealer's up card, decide whether to hit or stand and try to beat the house without going bust, and up to three players can sit at the table at once. Reach 1,000 chips and you break the bank; lose everything and you're out.
Fair warning: this dealer plays rough. Atari's rules don't allow splitting pairs, and ties go to the house, which gives the dealer an edge no real casino would dare offer. That makes winning a run feel like an accomplishment, and gives every hand a little extra drama. There's even a quirk where nudging the paddle while choosing your move can quietly change your next bet, so careful players double-check their wager every hand.
For collectors, Blackjack is a piece of launch-day history from one of the most important consoles ever made, and for players it is a surprisingly tense way to spend a few rounds at a virtual table on original hardware.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1977
- Publisher
- Atari
- Genre
- Card & Board
- Players
- Single player, Multiplayer
About the game
Atari's Blackjack employs a variant of blackjack rules that is so extremely unfavorable to the player, that it would almost certainly never be seen in a real casino because no one would play with them. Splitting pairs is not allowed, and even more substantially, draws are won by the dealer (your bet is not returned to you if you and the dealer get the same card total and neither busts). This represents over a 10% house advantage. The player uses the paddle controller to enter a bet of up to 25 chips from an initial pot of 200. An up card is then presented, and the player decides whether to "hit" (accept another card) or stand. The player breaks the bank by obtaining a score of 1,000 chips, or is "busted" upon losing everything. Due to a glitch in the program, while a player is selecting among the options of what to do with the current hand by pressing left or right with the paddle controller, the amount of the player's next bet is modified even though it is defined by a variable that will not be visible until the end of the hand, requiring the player to carefully re-enter it at the start of every hand without pressing the button carelessly or risk wagering an unintended amount.
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplayBlackjack on Atari 2600
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Atari 2600
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