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Electronic baseball game

  • US 4,372,557 A
  • Filed: 01/02/1981
  • Issued: 02/08/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic baseball game comprising a display having indicia representing a ball, a pitcher pitching the ball, and a batter swinging a bat;

  • first input means responsive to operator control for assigning predetermined pitcher characteristics and for causing the pitcher to pitch the ball;

    second input means responsive to operator control for causing the batter to swing at the ball; and

    control means responsive to the first and second input means and including means for controlling the display indicia to simulate pitching, batting and movement of the ball, contact determining means for determining if the batter'"'"'s swing causes the bat to contact the pitched ball, pitcher control means responsive to the contact determining means for altering one of the predetermined pitcher characteristics if the ball is contacted by the bat said characteristic including pitcher arm strength, and hit control means for determining the probability that the contacted ball is a successful hit as a function of the altered pitcher characteristic.

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