Blackjack (Atari 2600)

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Description

Blackjack is based on the casino card game of the same name. You can play alone or with up to 2 other players against the computer that takes the role of the dealer.

The game follows the same basic rules as its casino counterpart. Each player starts the game with 200 chips and each can bet from 1 to 25 chips to get a hand. A player breaks the bank when he reaches 1000 chips and loses when he has no more chips to bet. In both cases, he is removed from the game. At any time, a player may quit or resume the game by using the game select switch. A player who went broke or who reached 1000 chips may also stay on the game using the same switch. He will then start with 200 chips.

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Alternate Titles

• "51 Blackjack" -- Title on end label of original release

Part of the Following Group

• Genre: Card / Tile game - Blackjack

User Reviews

A disappointment for the first console implementation	Sandor Swartz (7)
This must be the first console card game ever published.	RobinHud (73)
Rudimentary Blackjack	eratik (123)

Critic Reviews

Game Freaks 365	2002	7.4 out of 10	74
All Game Guide	1998		70
Woodgrain Wonderland	Oct 06, 2016	C+	58
The Video Game Critic	Jul 07, 2004	C-	42
The Game Hoard	Jun 27, 2018	2 out of 7	29

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Trivia

Launch game

Blackjack was one of the nine games available for the Atari 2600 launch in 1977.