发明名称 Method and kit for retrofitting a pinball machine
摘要 A pinball machine has been designed with several novel mechanical and electrical features such that it is easily retrofittable or convertible between a first pinball game and a second pinball game. The pinball machine includes a cabinet, a playfield, a panel, an electronics system, and a video display. The playfield is mounted in the cabinet with the panel mounted to the cabinet and overlaying at least a portion of the playfield. The video display is mounted generally above the cabinet and is disposed to project video images onto the panel for viewing by the player. The electronics system includes a control unit and a plurality of input/output elements which are mounted to the playfield. The control unit, which includes a controller and memory for storing game instructions and video images, is coupled to the plurality of input/output elements. The controller executes the game instructions to cause the video images to be displayed upon the video display. A retrofitting kit for the pinball machine provides a replacement memory that stores second game instructions and second game video images therein for operation in is the pinball machine. Thus, the types of video images of displayed by the pinball machine, the times the video images are displayed, and the manner in which they are displayed can be entirely modified. The kit may also include a new playfield to alter the physical environment which the rolling ball of the machine interacts to complement the new video images.
申请公布号 AU2510100(A) 申请公布日期 2000.08.01
申请号 AU20000025101 申请日期 2000.01.14
申请人 WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES, INC. 发明人 GEORGE A. GOMEZ;CHARLES R. BLEICH;BRADLEY D. CORNELL;ANDREW W. ELOFF;BRADLEY A. HUME;JOHN R. KRUTSCH;JAMES M. L. SHIRD;THOMAS W. UBAN
分类号 A63D13/00;A63F7/00;A63F7/02;A63F9/06 主分类号 A63D13/00
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