Object Details
- depicted (sitter)
- Atari, Inc.
- Description
- A standard 52 playing card deck. Each of the suits are represented by a classic Atari game and the numbers feature the number of objects on the screen. Hearts = Asteroids, Spades = Centipede, Diamonds = Breakout, Clubs = Millipede. For the face cards, Jacks have a picture of the Atari Logo with the word "Atari Legend" below it. Queens have the words, "Innovative Leisure" with a picture of an Atari 2600 console and the Atari name in rainbow colors. Kings have a generic arcade console in a vector style graphic with the words "2600 video computer system". Aces have an Atari 2600 joystick in blue with the words "Atari Age" below it. Jokers have a heart in pixels with the words "Game Lover". The cards were made and distributed under license by Aquarius Records.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 2010
- ID Number
- 2015.3167.01
- catalog number
- 2015.3167.01
- nonaccession number
- 2015.3167
- Object Name
- playing cards
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 1.905 cm
- place made
- Canada
- China
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1800581
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-c976-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
