Casino Kid

You are Casino Kid, a nameless youth who has $500 in his pocket and is ready to face the best poker and blackjack players in the casino to increase this amount significantly. You move around a large casino room and talk to people. Some people will just chat with you, while others will challenge you to a game: either blackjack or poker. In the beginning, most people won't agree to play with you. You'll have to defeat the opponents in a particular order in order to be able to win all blackjack and poker games and to face the Final Opponent.

Résumé

Casino Kid is a video game on the NES platform released in 1989. It was published and developed by Sofel. In Japan, it was released as 100 Man Dollar Kid: Maboroshi no Teiou Hen. The game takes place in the fictional town of Lost Wages (a pun on the real city of Las Vegas, Nevada) where the object is to earn lots of money and to defeat the evil King of the Casino. Games at the casino include blackjack and five-card draw poker. In the Japanese version, it was possible to travel to other casinos like New York City and Japan for a substantial airfare cost.