Blackjack is a video game simulation of blackjack programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc.
The game was one of the nine launch titles available when the Atari 2600 went on sale in September 1977.
The objective is identical to the card game: to beat the dealer's card total, without going over 21, to win a bet. One to three players play the computer dealer.
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.
Recent Atari Game Additions
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Pitfall!
D : Activision
P: Activision
G: Platform
R: August 20, 1982
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Piraten Schiff
D : Quelle / Spectravideo
P: Quelle / Spectravideo
G: Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
R: 1983
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Pinball
D : Zellers
P: Zellers
G: Arcade - Miscellaneous
R: 1982
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Pigs in Space
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Shoot 'em up
R: 1983
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Piece o’ Cake
D : Patrick King
P: U.S. Games Corporation / Vidtec
G: Arcade - Miscellaneous
R: 1982
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Picnic
D : Tom Sloper, Jeff Corsiglia, David Johnson
P: U.S. Games Corporation / Vidtec
G: Arcade - Catch'em!
R: 1982
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Pick Up
D : Mark Klein
P: 20th Century Fox / Fox Video Games
G: Arcade - Miscellaneous
R: 1983
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Phoenix
D : Mike Feinstein, John Mracek
P: Amstar Electronics
G: Shooter
R: 1980
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Philly Flasher
D : PlayAround
P: Mystique.
G: Adult
R: 1982
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Phaser Patrol
D : Starpath
P: Starpath, Arcadia Systems
G: Action game
R: 1982
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Phantom Tank
D : Bit Corp.
P: Bit Corp.
G: Action
R: 1983
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Pete Rose Baseball
D : Absolute Entertainment
P: Absolute Entertainment
G: Sports
R: 1988
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Pepsi Invaders
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Coca-Cola
G: Fixed shooter
R: 1983
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Pengo
D : Coreland
P: Sega
G: Maze
R: September 26, 1982
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Pelé's Soccer
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Sports
R: 1981
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Peek-A-Boo
D : Atari (USA)
P: Atari (USA)
G: Education - Miscellaneous
R: 1984
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Party Mix
D : Starpath
P: Starpath
G: Party
R: 1983
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Parachute
D : Home Vision/VDI
P: Gem International Corporation
G: Action
R: 1983
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Panda Chase
D : Home Vision / Gem International Corporation
P: Home Vision / Gem International Corporation
G: Arcade - Platformer
R: 1983
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Pac-Man
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Maze
R: March 16, 1982
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Pac-Kong
D : Funvision
P: Quelle
G: Action, Platform
R: 1983
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Outlaw
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Shooter
R: 1978
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Outer Space
D : Sears
P: Sears
G: Shoot'em Up! - 3-D
R: 1978
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Out of Control
D : Jim Jacob / Rebecca Heineman
P: Avalon Hill
G: Arcade - Avoid'em!
R: 1983
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Othello
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Strategy
R: 1980
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Oscar's Trash Race
D : Children's Computer Workshop, Inc.
P: Atari (USA)
G: Racing Video Game
R: 1983
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Omega Race
D : Ron Haliburton
P: CBS Electronics
G: Shoot 'em up
R: 1983
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Oink!
D : Activision
P: Activision
G: Action
R: 1983
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Off the Wall
D : Axlon
P: Atari Corporation
G: Action
R: 1989
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Ocean City Defender
D : Zellers
P: Zellers
G: Shoot'em Up
R: 1983
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Nuts
D : TechnoVision
P: TechnoVision
G: Action, Shooter
R: 1983
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Nova Blast
D : Imagic
P: Imagic
G: Shooter
R: 1983
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No Escape
D : Imagic
P: Imagic, Xänte
G: Action game
R: 1983
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Night Stalker
D : Mattel
P: Telegames
G: Action
R: 1982
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Night Driver
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Racing
R: 1980
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Name This Game
D : James Wickstead Design Associates
P: U.S. Games, Carrere Video
G: Action
R: 1982
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Mystic Castle
D : M-Network
P: Mattel
G: Action
R: Never Released
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Mystery Science Theater 2600
D : Tim Snider
P: Hozer
G: shoot 'em up
R: 1999
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My Golf
D : Imagineering Inc
P: HES Interactive
G: Sports
R: 1990
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Ms. Pac-Man
D : General Computer Corporation
P: Midway
G: Action
R: 1981