ELECTRONIC GAME
First Claim
1. A game for providing gameplay on a display device, the game apparatus comprising:
- a game controller that communicates with the display device, the game controller comprising;
a receiving area having at least one game piece slot that receives at least one game piece, the at least one game piece slot being associated with a reading device that reads a data record retained by the at least one game piece when placed on the at least one game piece slot and that generates at least one game piece signal based upon the data record of the at least one game piece on the game piece slot; and
a game processor that provides a game having a current game activity that is based on the at least one game piece signal and that transmits output signals representing the at least one game piece and the current game activity to the display device.
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Abstract
A game for providing gameplay on a display device is provided. The game apparatus includes a game controller that communicates with the display device. The game controller includes a receiving area having one or more game piece slots that receive one or more game pieces, where each game piece slot is associated with a reading device that reads data records retained by the one or more game pieces placed on the one or more game piece slots and that generates game piece input signals. A game processor provides a game having a current game activity that is based on the game piece input signals and transmits output signals to display a representation of the current game activity by the display device.
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20 Claims
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1. A game for providing gameplay on a display device, the game apparatus comprising:
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a game controller that communicates with the display device, the game controller comprising; a receiving area having at least one game piece slot that receives at least one game piece, the at least one game piece slot being associated with a reading device that reads a data record retained by the at least one game piece when placed on the at least one game piece slot and that generates at least one game piece signal based upon the data record of the at least one game piece on the game piece slot; and a game processor that provides a game having a current game activity that is based on the at least one game piece signal and that transmits output signals representing the at least one game piece and the current game activity to the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A game for providing gameplay on a display device, the game comprising:
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a plurality of game pieces that each retain a data record associated with a written character of a predefined character distribution; a receiving area that includes at least one game piece slot that receives at least one game piece of the plurality of game pieces, and that has at least one reading component that reads the data record of the at least one game piece and generates at least one game piece signal; a controller area that includes at least one input device, the at least one input device providing a plurality of input signals including at least one actuator signal and at least one directional signal; and a control unit that receives at least one game piece signal from the receiving area and that receives the plurality of input signals from the controller area, and that includes a game processor that provides a word game having a current game activity that is based on the at least one game piece signal and the plurality of input signals, and the game processor transmits at least one output signal to represent the current game activity on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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