Electronic backgammon game
OwnerElinor Fox, William Rubinstein +1inventors
InventorsElinor Fox, William Rubinstein, William Hamilton
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Abstract
An electronic backgammon game is disclosed. A memory stores m unique sets of dice rolls, each of the m sets of dice rolls includes n sequential rolls and defines a unique game to be played. A game select input is provided for enabling a player to select a desired one of the m sets of dice rolls and thereby to select a unique game to be played. A human actuatable dice roll switch controls the operation of the game. Each time the dice roll switch is reactivated, the next sequential roll in the selected set of dice rolls is displayed on a display board.
Claims13
An electronic backgammon game, comprising:
- memory means for storing m unique sets of dice rolls, each of said m sets of dice rolls including n sequential rolls and defining a unique game to be played;
- game select means for selecting a desired one of said m sets of dice rolls and thereby selecting a unique game to be played;
- a human actuatable dice roll switch;
- dice roll display means for sequentially displaying each of said n sequential rolls in said selected set of dice rolls, said control means to display the next sequential roll in said selected set of dice rolls each time said dice roll switch is reactived.
An electronic backgammon game, comprising:
- a memory means for storing m unique sets of dice rolls, each of said m unique sets of dice rolls including n sequential rolls and defining a unique game to be played;
- human operable game select means for generating a first signal indicative of a selected one of said m sets of dice rolls and therefor a selected game to be played;
- a human actuatable dice roll switch;
- dice roll display means for displaying each of said n sequential rolls in said selected set of rolls, said dice roll display means to display the next sequential roll in said selected set of rolls each time said dice roll switch is reactivated;
- game display means for indicating the unique game selected;
- toss number display means for indicating which of said n rolls of said selected set of rolls is displayed by said dice roll display means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.