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4116444 Method for generating a plurality of moving objects on a video display screen  
A method for generating a plurality of moving objects on a video display screen in, for example, a video amusement game which utilizes a system of time shared hardware to provide for a change in...
4112422 Method and apparatus for generating moving objects on a video display screen  
A method and apparatus for generating moving objects for a video game display. Common apparatus including a microprocessor with RAM provides vertical motion for all objects and separate horizontal...
4107737 Synchronization signal powered television transmitter  
Power for an r.f. oscillator/modulator located at the antenna input terminals of a television receiver is derived from synchronization signals generated remotely from the receiver and applied to...
4107665 Apparatus for continuous variation of object size on a raster type video screen  
Apparatus for continuous variation of object size on a raster type video screen in a television game. The input of a voltage controlled oscillator is varied by a game controller. The output of the...
4106008 Method and apparatus for producing a vertical center line and horizontal synchronization signals for television type game machine  
A method and apparatus for producing a vertical center line and horizontal synchronization signals for a television display device having a horizontal oscillator with a square wave output. The...
4104625 Apparatus for providing facial image animation  
An image animation apparatus includes a rotating disk having film negatives mounted around its periphery each film negative having a different facial expression on it. By use of an associated...
4095785 Manually indexed electronic matching game  
An electronic game includes an array of three rows of indicators, one row of which is sequentially actuated by a scanning circuit. The second row aligned with the first row provides indicators...
4093221 Simulated video game  
An electronic game wherein simulated players, a simulated object, a simulated playing field, and so forth, are produced electronically on the image screen of a television receiver by an electronic...
4093223 Electronic game apparatus and method  
An electronic apparatus for simulating athletic contests is disclosed. A specific embodiment of the apparatus is a football game including a simulated playing field, wherein the play execution and...
4089524 Digitally controlled electronic game  
An electronic game in which each player controls his own moving image on a visual display to change the direction of movement of the image as it advanced on the display. As each player's image...
4088321 Circuitry for controlling location of a racket in a television game apparatus  
In a television game apparatus, a vertical control circuit responsive to a 60Hz vertical sweep voltage and a second variable voltage generates a constant width vertical racket control pulse timed...
4068847 Chroma and luminance signal generator for video games  
Apparatus is described for generating simultaneously luminance and chroma signals in a video game for use with a standard NTSC television receiver. Game object color can be changed on the...
4054919 Video image positioning control system  
For controlling the direction and rate of movement of an image on a raster scan display, a first set of counters is arranged to generate digital pulses for use as horizontal and vertical sync...
4053740 Video game system  
A self-contained operator responsive video game system is disclosed. The system is capable of generating a virtually unlimited number of games where a player responds to and controls high...
4045789 Animated video image display system and method  
System and method for producing an animated image of a moving object on a video display screen wherein digital data for a plurality of progressively different images of the object is stored in a...
4035841 Television picture centering control  
A control circuit is provided for centering a display on a cathode ray tube by manual adjustment. A reference signal is received corresponding to a fixed point on the display. A shift circuit...
4034990 Interactive television gaming system  
Apparatus for playing games on the cathode ray tube screen of a television receiver or monitor is disclosed comprising a viewer/participant game control box of conventional design and having...
4034983 Electronic games  
An electronic game wherein an electronic controller, connected to introduce RF signals through the antenna circuit of a television receiver, introduces to the receiver electric signals that produce...
4027148 Vector generator  
A vector generator having a digital input and a cathode ray tube (CRT) display output is disclosed. Digital values specifying the initial point of the line segment in Cartesian coordinates are...
4026555 Television display control apparatus  
Keyboard-controlled apparatus for producing video signals for standard television receivers includes a random access memory having a multiplicity of storage positions each of which corresponds to a...
4020501 Apparatus for visualizing on a kinescope screen video signals which are either picked up by an antenna or generated in the apparatus itself  
To enable a TV set to be used for the so-called TV-games, that is the visualization of the several phases of a game, the improvement consists in providing a bistable switching means which, when it...
4017081 Electronic random selection device and amusement application therefor  
An electronic random selection device includes integrated circuits connected to receive a signal from a power source, to generate a first oscillating signal when an associated switch is in a first...
3929338 Gaming apparatus  
An apparatus of the type having a display panel with game feature carriers and other indicating devices is provided in which the display panel is formed as a liquid crystal display. Circuit means...
3921161 Preprogrammed television gaming system  
Apparatus for playing games on the cathode ray tube screen of a television receiver is disclosed comprising a gaming device having components for providing location controllable spots on the...
3838858 RANDOM-LIGHTING PUBLICITY OR GAME APPARATUS  
This publicity or game apparatus adapted to illuminate a series of tell-tales on surface portions of a screen, said combination being constantly randomly modified at a very fast rate during the...
3829095 METHOD OF EMPLOYING A TELEVISION RECEIVER FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION  
The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method, in conjunction with standard monochrome and color television receivers, for the generation, display, manipulation, and use of symbols or...
3793483 VIDEO IMAGE POSITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICE  
For controlling the location of an image and to cause the image to move variously with respect to perpendicular coordinates, such as X, Y coordinates, on a video display tube, a first set of...
3777410 INTERACTIVE DISPLAY AND VIEWER RESPONSE APPARATUS AND METHOD  
An interactive display and viewer response method utilizing several types of apparatus. A program image and a control image are displayed on a screen, the program image being addressable by the...
3659285 TELEVISION GAMING APPARATUS AND METHOD  
Apparatus and methods are herein disclosed for use in conjunction with standard monochrome and color television receivers, for the generation, display and manipulation of symbols upon the screen of...
3459427 ELECTRONIC CHANCE INDICATOR DEVICE  
3357703 Combined clock and chance device