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On Your Mark
THE BASIC RULES OF BLACKJACK
Blackjack is a card game played against 'The House' or a 'deal
er.' The ob ject is to get card s totaling as close to 21 as poss ible
without go ing over 21. Card values are:
2 thro ugh 9-each card count s face value
10 through King -each counts 10 points
Ace -counts 1 or 11 po ints, whichever give s the best hand .
PLAY- Play begins by plac ing bets against the house. After all
bets are in, the 'dealer ' deal s each player and the house two
cards . The dealer 's second card is face dow n.
The dea ler will then ask you if you want a 'hit: or another card .
You can take as many hits as you want to try to get as c lose to 21
as po ssib le withou t going over. If you go over 21 on a hit, you
have 'busted' and lose your bet. If you do not want another card ,
you 'stay: and the next player gets asked for hits.
After ask ing all players for hits, the dealer will take hits depend
ing on his card count. The dealer will 'hit ' unti l his point tota l is
over 16. The dea ler has to take a hit on 16or a 'soft 17' (a 17 made
with an Ace valued at 11 points). The dea ler has to stay on a
'hard 17.'
After the dea ler has taken enoug h ca rds, a comparison is mad e
of the point total of the de aler 's hand and of the player s that
stood . If the dea ler busts or if the stand ing playe r has more
point s than the dealer, the player wins. If the dea ler has not
busted and he has more points than the playe r, the p layer loses
his bet. If both the dealer 's and player 's po int tota l is the same ,
the hand is a tie. If a playe r busted earlier when taking hits and
then later the dea ler busts, the player still loses.
If you get a 'b lack jack ' (two ca rds totaling 21 poin ts -an Ace
and a 10 point ca rd) and the dealer does not, you automa tica lly
win 1V2 times the amo unt of you r bet. If the dea ler gets a
blackjack and neither player does , the players automatically
lose. If both the dea ler and a player get a blackjack, it is a tie.

Think your system's unbeatab le? Wait'11 you see ours!

Deal yourself into Video Blackjack for some fast action
before you hit the big time.
Takethe Videocart ?" cartridge and , with edge label fac
ing you and top label fac ing up, insert it in the chut e
marked INSERT CARTRIDGE until it 'clicks' into place .
To remove the cartridge, press the PRESS TO EJECT
bar, then slide the cartridg e out of the game console .

Get Set
Once the cartr idg e is in place , press the RESET button.
The screen will show a G? The cartridge is asking you if
you want to playa gam e. Always press the RESET button
before selecting a gam e.

Go
Press button 1 for Video Blackjack.

Playing Video Blackjack

After selecting Video Blackjack from the con sole, the
ga me defaults to 2-player black jack . To manually select
the number of players, press the MODE button (button 2)
and an M? will appear on the screen. Note that in Video
Blac kjack the MODE option is used to select the number
of blackjack players. After the M? appears on the screen ,
the options are:
Button 1- left player only
Button 2- both players
Button 3- right player only.
VIDEOCART is a trade mark of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corpo rat ion

Initial Stake in the Game. Above the playing tabl e are

two scores of 0500 . This is your 'stake' in the gam e
$500. The 0500 in the upper right co rner is the rig ht
playe r's stake . The 0500 in the upper left corner is the left
players stake. Winnings and losses are tota led up here.
Cutting the Cards. The CUT? message means that the
dealer is shuff ling the ca rds . The length of time the cards
are shuffled de pends on how long the CUT? messag e
stays on the sc reen. To stop the shuffling and cut the
cards, pull up on either hand controller.
Placing Your Bet. After pu lling up on the hand co ntroller,
the scr een will now show BET? An initial bet of 05 ap
pears in eac h player 's lower corner.
To c hange your bet, rotate the hand contro ller right to
change the units digit (the right hand digit). Rotate the
hand co ntro ller left to change the 10's digit (the left hand
digit). To place your bet,push down on your hand control
ler. The minimum bet is 01. Your bet will be changed to 01
if you try to place a 00 bet. The dea ler will cha nge your bet
to your remaini ng total if your bet is greate r than your total
remaining points. House or maximum bet is 99 . A dash
will app ear when your bet has been placed . If there are
two players, both must place their bets before the dea ler
w ill go on to dealin g cards .
PlfiY. Two cards will now be dealt to each player and to
the dealer. The second dealer card wi ll be face dow n. At
this point you may have a blac kjac k. If you do and the
dea ler doesn 't, then a + will flash near your ca rds and
your total will be inc reased by 1V2 times your bet. If the
dea ler has blac kjac k, the hand is over. Players without
blackjack will lose the amount of their bet. Players with
black jack wi ll not lose anything .

Taking a Hit or Staying. The message HIT? will app ear

and eac h player in turn w ill be offered a chance to get
more ca rds, sta rting with the right player. A flash ing dot
nea r you r bet indicates whose turn it is to take a hit.
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE:

Hit -Push DOWN on hand co ntroller knob for eac h hit.

Stay-Pull UP on the hand contro ller knob to stay.
Double- Rotate LEFTor RIGHT on hand controller knob
to do uble. You can 't double if you have more than two
ca rds or your stake total is less than twice your bet.
THE RESULTS ARE:
Hit -The new ca rd appears. If you have busted , a B ap
pears near your bet and your total will decrease by the
amo unt of your bet. Othe rwise the bet dot will contin ue
flashing to indic ate that it is still your turn .
Stay- A das h app ears by your bet and it becomes the
other player 's turn -or the game progresses to the deal
er 's turn if all players are finished .
Double - Double means to do uble the amount of your
bet with the unders tanding that you will take ONE more
hit, then stay. Double requ ests are ignored when you
have three or more cards or whe n twice your bet is more
than your point total. When you double, an X wi ll appear
near your card s to indicate that you have doubled, your
third c ard will be dealt and , dependi ng on your new car d
count , eithe r a dash (-) to stay or a B for bust will ap pea r
by your bet and your turn will be over. The disp lay of your
bet will not c hang e, but after it's dec ided if you have won
or lost, your total stake will incre ase or decrease by twice
the amount of your origi nal bet.

Video Blackjack Game Rules in a Nutshell

Screen Says:
G?
M?

CUT?
BET?

HIT?

You Can:
Push button 1 to select Video Blac kjac k.
Push button 1 for left player only.
Push button 2 for both players.

Push button 3 for right player only, or . .

Reinstate a broke player with a new sta ke

of 0100, or .
Force the dea ler to reshuffle.
Pull up on eithe r hand co ntroller to cu t
the shuffled dec k.
Rotate the hand controller right to c hange
the units dig it (numb er on the right).
Rotate the hand controller left to ch ange
the 10's dig it (numb er on the left).
Push hand con tro ller down to place your bet.
Push the hand co ntroller down to take
another card.
Pull the hand contro ller up to stay.
Rotate the hand controller left or rig ht
to do uble (only if you have 2 cards).

Symbols Used in Video Blackjack

M?
W
L
T
B
X

Bet place d or stand

Mode c hange

Won the hand

Lost the hand

Tied - same as dealer

Busted - over 21

You have do ubled

You got a black jac k

Note : To get the M? on the screen, push button 2 while the CUT? or BET? messages
appear on the screen .

Winning and Losing. After both players are finished , the

dealer 's hidden card is turned over. If both players have
busted or have blac kjack , the hand is over. If not, the
dealer will take cards until his point total is over 16. The
dealer must hit on a soft 17 and stay on a hard 17. After the
de aler has taken enough ca rds, a compari son is made of
the point total of the dea ler 's hand and the players that
stood . Winners get a W by their bet, losers get an L and
tied players get a T. The totals are then adjusted . Notice
that if a player busted earlier and then later the dea ler
busts, the player still loses. If you go broke , you are out of
the game (see Borrowing from the House).
After the totals are adjusted , the hand is over. A CUT?
message may appear if the deck need s to be shuffled be
fore the next hand . The BET? message will be displayed
and you ca n begin placing bets for the next hand . For the
benefi t of us who add slow or don't trust the dealer, the
old ca rds will not be picked up until after the new betting
session is over.
Entering and Leaving the Game. During the betti ng
session, or while the CUT? message is being displayed,
a player may leave or enter the game. To do this, press
the MODE button (button 2) and enter the new player
choice (Button 1- left player, Button 2-both players,
Button 3-right player). A player that leaves the game
and later returns will find that his total as well as his last
bet is still intact.
Borrowing from the House. If you go broke during any
hand , you are out of the game. The dealer will proceed to
play the next hand with the remaining player only. If you
would like to re-enter the game with a new stake of 0100,
press the MODE button (button 2) during a betti ng ses
sion or when the CUT? message is being displayed. An

M? will appear on the screen and you c an re-enter

play ers as explained in the sect ion Entering and Leaving
the Game. The playe r who went broke will be reinstated
with a new stake of 0100. The othe r playe r's total will not
be affec ted .

Shuffling the Cards.'The Video Blackjac k dealer uses a

truly random dec k of 52 ca rds with 13 sets of 4 ca rds
eac h-Ace through King. The dealer will reshuffle the
cards and ask for a CUT? if he senses that there are 16
or less cards left to deal.
You c an forc e the dealer to shuffle any time du ring a bet
ting session by pressi ng the MODE button (butt on 2).
After an M? app ears on the screen, select the left player,
both playe rs, right player optio ns expl ained in the secti on
Ente ring and Leaving the Game . The CUT? message will
then appear indic ating that the dea ler is now reshuffling
the card s. Pulling up on either hand co ntroller stop s the
shuffle and the ga me proc eeds with a newly shuffled
dec k. Neither your po int total nor your bet is affect ed
when you forc e the dealer to reshuffle.

Have Fun
If you have q uestions about this Videocart''" ca rtridge
or your Video Ente rtainment System, ca ll the Toll Free
numbers in the back of your co nsole instruction booklet.
Other exc iting Videoca rt?" ca rtridge s are available from
Fairchild Consumer Products. See them at your Fairchild
de aler 's or, for more infor mation, write:
Fairchild Consumer Products

4001 Miranda Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94304

' VIDEOCART is a tradem ark of Fairc hild Camer a and Instrument Corporation
Copyri ght 1976
Printed in U.S.A.