Pinball game with simulated projectile display
CA 1195356 A · Owner: Bally Manufacturing Corporation · Inventors: Clark, Norman R.; Christian, George
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A pinball game in addition to having an aspect, in which a real projectile i.e. a pinball, is, manipulated to strike various targets has a simulated, projectile aspect in which a projectile is simulated by stepwise illumination of lights on an array. Events in, the simulated aspect, such as initiation of the simulated aspect, result from events on the playfield of the real projectile, such as retention of the projectile by a projectile-capture target, and events such as, release of the projectile from the projectile-capture target, result from events in the simulated aspect such, as completion or noncompletion of a maze. The player's total score is reflective of events on both the real and …
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- Granted October 15, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 15, 2002.
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