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Five Card Draw Poker

The crowd couldn't make it over for the regular weekly game? Relax, your personal computer will play 5 card DRAW POKER and bring the crowd with it. COMPUTER DRAW POKER sets you up with four other players…

31 December 1982

Five Card Draw Poker is a card & board game developed by Microcomputer Games, Inc., released 31 December 1982 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore PET.

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What Five Card Draw Poker is

Five Card Draw Poker is a card & board game game developed by Microcomputer Games, Inc. and released in 1982. It was published by The Avalon Hill Game Company. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET, DOS and TRS-80 Color Computer.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The crowd couldn't make it over for the regular weekly game? Relax, your personal computer will play 5 card DRAW POKER and bring the crowd with it. COMPUTER DRAW POKER sets you up with four other players controlled by the computer. Lucky, Shifty, Ace, and Slim are their names and they play a smart game, each in their own personal way. Players betting strategy is based on their hand and the betting behavior of the other players.
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What it launched against

Five Card Draw Poker launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Xevious and Grand Prix.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Xevious, Grand Prix.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Quick answers

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When did Five Card Draw Poker come out?
Five Card Draw Poker was released on 31 December 1982 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET, DOS and TRS-80 Color Computer.

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