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Card Sharks
Developer(s)Accolade
Publisher(s)Accolade
Designer(s)Mike Lorenzen
Platform(s)Commodore 64
Release1988
Genre(s)Cards

Card Sharks is a 1988 game for the Commodore 64 developed and published by Accolade.[1] It was designed by Mike Lorezen.[2]

Gameplay

The player can choose between three card games:

  1. Poker with three different variations: Five card draw, Seven card stud, Texas hold'em.
  2. Hearts
  3. Blackjack

Depending the chosen game the player selects up to three opponents. Besides three fictional characters (Luigi, Lady and Milton), the player can select Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher. The characters comment the game situation in a humorous way.

References

  1. ^ Card Sharks at IGN.com
  2. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
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