Nintendo's has always dominated the handheld games market, with it's smash hit today, and generations of GameBoy before that. But back before the Game Boy was the Game and Watch series, starting with Ball in 1980. Small LCD games based around some of the classic Nintendo characters that we know and love.

The Game and Watch evolved into various formats (e.g. Widescreen, Tabletop, Micro Vs) and in 1985 they released Blackjack as a multi screen game (BJ-60). The Nintendo of today is still trying to reach out to non game players and maybe choosing Blackjack was an early sign of their efforts in this direction.

I'm not a big fan of the game, but like any Game and Watch games, if you have one, it's worth looking after and holding on to as they remain very popular.

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