Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1981-12-10
1983-06-21
Hum, Vance Y.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273129V, 273 85G, 273DIG28, 273DIG31, A63F 702, A63F 922
Patent
active
043890482
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for playing a spectator-controlled game including a playfield and an object (e.g. a ball) which is movable over the playfield under the control of an audience of spectators. The playfield described includes selectively controllable means for impelling a ball and means for obstructing the ball, and various non-controllable forms of ball obstructing devices. The spectators have control devices having push-buttons for selecting one of a plurality of output `vote` signals, for obstructing the ball, or impelling it in any one of four specific directions. A programmable controller embodying a decision-making logic system provides control signals for activating the respective impelling and obstructing devices in response to predetermined majorities of vote signals provided by the spectators' control devices, so that the ball is impelled and obstructed in accordance with the majority wishes of the spectators. The spectators play similtaneously, preferably in opposing teams, throughout the games, and in direct competition to control the ball, and have to make their choices rapidly to avoid having their vote signals discounted. The playfield and ball impelling and obstructing devices may comprise discrete physical objects or visual images formed electronically on a screen.
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Hum Vance Y.
Picard Leo P.
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