Patent ID: 7862415
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An electronic game device comprising a playfield that is subdivided into a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector includes one or more playing positions, wherein each playing position includes an indicator that provides a plurality of visual indications, and wherein each of said visual indications corresponds to one or a plurality of indicating states, a microprocessor with a non transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, when executed by the microprocessor to control the operation of the device, a plurality of rotation patterns defined on the surface of the playfield, wherein each of said rotation pattern has at least one direction of rotation, and maps a plurality of indicators, a plurality of switches to enable a player to activate the rotation patterns, a computer program segment that, upon the activation of a rotation pattern, causes the indicating states of the indicators associated with said pattern to shift to new indicators along the rotation pattern, and a computer program segment that calculates new visual indications at the indicators affected by the activation of the rotation pattern, and wherein said new visual indications are based on the combination of indicating state and sector.