Electronic amusement center

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1982-09-27

1984-10-16

Pinkham, Richard C.

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273 85G, 273DIG28, A63J 300

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044770693

ABSTRACT:
An electronic entertainment apparatus for a multiple number of consoles, each of which is operated by one or more participants. A variety of controls at each console enable the participant to regulate his movements within the computer simulated environment, also shared by all other participants. These displays, at all consoles, appear three-dimensional, as if each participant were himself moving through a scene that is particular to his vantage point in this simulated environment. Through such means participants may interact with one another, thus creating a whole new kind of entertainment activity. All consoles are electrically connected to a separately located master computer system, and each game or performance is generated by the program within the master computer system. The program can be easily replaced with another, thereby changing the entertainment in much the same manner as changing a reel of film in a movie theater. This novel concept in electronic theater entertainment is hereafter referred to as ARCADIUM.

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"Playmeter" (Pinball for the TV Generation) Apr., 1979, p. 73.

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