Blackjack is a minigame in Final Fantasy IX based on the real-world Blackjack card game. The game can be accessed at the end of the game, once The End screen is displayed and the "Prelude" plays.
In the PlayStation version, the following sequence must be entered to play:
In subsequent versions, it can be accessed directly from the title screen once the game has been beaten.
The dealer deals out of two decks and stands on 17, and the game begins with a bankroll of 1,000. Once the match is over, the player will be taken back to the "The End" screen, and must execute the code again to play.
The joker, jack, queen and king use images of Final Fantasy IX characters, such as Shiva and Fat Chocobo.
Launching the game and playing at least one hand of blackjack in the latest versions earns the achievement/trophy Taking the Black.
As Final Fantasy IX has numerous allusions to the early series's games, having blackjack as a hidden minigame may be a reference to the 15 Puzzle hidden minigame from the original Final Fantasy'. Final Fantasy II also has a hidden minigame, Memory Game, though it was not present in the original version.
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