Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Electrical
Patent
1975-11-11
1980-09-23
Hum, Vance Y.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Electrical
273138A, A63F 302
Patent
active
042238935
ABSTRACT:
An electronic backgammon game includes an illuminated display which is energized utilizing a microprocessor programmed according to the rules of the game of backgammon. The display includes pictorial representations of pips of a backgammon board, and first, second, and third sets of electrically responsive visual indicators. The first set of visual indicators manifest a substantially randomly determined chance value, the second set of visual indicators indicates the occupancy of a given pip during the play of the game, and the third set of indicators indicates which contestant is to enter the next in sequence play instruction. The microprocessor energizes the third set of indicators according to a value given by the first set of indicators to indicate which contestant is to enter the first instruction. The microprocessor utilizes memory for storing the previous occupancy states of the pips during the entry of subsequent play instructions and selectively energizes the second set of visual indicators to indicate the previous occupancy state of at least one of the pips when so commanded during subsequent play instructions.
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O'Hara Gary J.
Shane Tim A.
Hum Vance Y.
Tryom, Inc.
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