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Inventor
Lowe Danny D
Wilson Gordon G
Baker Michael E
Gamer Abram


Assignee
Wilson Gordon
Lowe Danny D


Attorney
Burke-Robertson


IPC Codes
A63F 13/00
A63F 13/10
A63F 09/24
G06F 19/00
A63F 03/00
A63F 09/00


Patent Office: United States of America Patent and Trademark Office. Granted Patents (USPTO)   

Title: Player interactive live action football game


Application No: 07/811,226

Publication No: 5462275

Application Date: 1991-12-20

Publication Date: 1995-10-31

 

Abstract
A player interactive live action football game which may be played for example on a television screen. A player interactive live action football game is provided which comprises a random access storage and retrieval device and a plurality of individual, pre-recorded action football plays illustrating interaction of players of opposite teams. This information is stored in random access storage and retrieval device and accessible according to type of play. The invention further comprises a microprocessor and microprocessor control device electronically associated with the random access storage and retrieval device. The microprocessor is programmed to enable one or more users to select in sequence, through the control device, different football plays according to play type. A display device is electronically associated with the microprocessor to enable the selected plays to be viewed by the users. The microprocessor is further programmed to evaluate and cumulate play results and report them to the users in a meaningful way. It is an object of the present invention to provide an interactive, live action football game that can be played by one or more persons in a home, bar or the like. It is a further object of the present invention to provide such a television game which permits players to select full motion video images, as opposed to computer graphics, to play such game and determine the outcome.


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