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Electronic game having intelligent game pieces

  • US 5,190,285 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1991
  • Issued: 03/02/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic game comprising:

  • at least one intelligent game piece providing a three-dimensional representation of at least one participant of an activity to be simulated and containing a re-programmable electronic memory for storing activity characteristics associated with the activity to be simulated;

    a game board for physically supporting each of a plurality of the game pieces and for coupling electrical signals thereto;

    an electronic control unit coupled to the game board for reading the electronic memory in each game piece supported by the game board to obtain the activity characteristics stored in each said game piece and for simulating an activity to be performed by at least one participant, the characteristics of the activity to be simulated being determined, at least in part, in accordance with the activity characteristics electronically stored in the electronic memory for each game piece; and

    at least one operator controller coupled to the control unit for enabling an operator to provide input to the control unit to allow the operator to perform the simulated activity.

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