초록 ▼

A novel game is disclosed featuring a playing field having at least three lanes and divided into at least six rungs. A gamepiece representing the player may be positioned in any one of the three lanes and is free to move in a first direction from one rung to the next; randomly generated obstacles ad

A novel game is disclosed featuring a playing field having at least three lanes and divided into at least six rungs. A gamepiece representing the player may be positioned in any one of the three lanes and is free to move in a first direction from one rung to the next; randomly generated obstacles advance in the opposite direction from rung to rung; the object of the game is for the player to avoid collision with the obstacle or obstacles. Two embodiments of the game are disclosed, the first simulating an automobile race course wherein the player\s playing piece represents an automobile in motion and the obstacles represent competitors\cars being passed, in which case the object of the game is to pass a predetermined number of obstacles; and a second embodiment simulating a football playing field, wherein the player\s piece represents the running back of the offensive team and the obstacles represent defensive tackles advancing towards the running back, in which case the object is to advance the ball the greatest possible number of yards and eventually score the maximum number of touchdowns. On account of the nature of the present invention, it is possible to implement it electronically with an inexpensive digital display having a relatively low number of discrete display elements.

대표청구항 ▼

An electronic game comprising: a display having segments operable within a playing field of at least three lanes and at least six rungs per lane, each of said segments being illuminatable for displaying indicia representative of the location of a player\s piece and also that of obstacles; means for

An electronic game comprising: a display having segments operable within a playing field of at least three lanes and at least six rungs per lane, each of said segments being illuminatable for displaying indicia representative of the location of a player\s piece and also that of obstacles; means for moving the player\s piece indicium from one lane of the field to another lane of the field in response to a manual input; means internal to the game for automatically advancing the obstacle indicia on the playing field towards the player\s piece indicium; means for providing a predetermined algorithm; and means for automatically determining whether or not the player\s piece indicium and an obstacle indicia have collided, and, if a collision has occurred, for then automatically moving said player\s piece indicium back one rung in response to the collision in accordance with said predetermined algorithm.