Atari Playing Cards
date: label: date made
content: ca 2010
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Atari, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada
label: place made
content: China
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3167.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3167.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: playing cards
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 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