Patent ID: 8714550

Claim:
A pinball machine, comprising: a cabinet including a pair of opposing side walls, a front wall and a rear wall, wherein a playfield is mounted within the cabinet, further wherein the playfield supports a rolling ball and a plurality of play features thereon, wherein the playfield and the plurality of play features are covered with a first translucent panel; a substantially vertical backbox on top of the rear wall of the cabinet mounted above the first translucent panel, wherein the backbox comprises a substantially vertical front side facing a user of the pinball machine; an electronics system including a game control unit with means to interface a plurality of input/output elements mounted to the playfield, further wherein the game control unit comprises a software program that monitors game operation and monitors game play; a first dot matrix graphics display assembly mounted in front of the backbox at the bottom of the front side above the first translucent panel of the playfield; the first dot matrix graphics display assembly comprising a first plurality of display modules that display images to a user of the pinball machine and at least one first control board, wherein the first control board comprises a first means for interfacing the first plurality of display modules and a first means to interface the game control unit, further wherein the first plurality of display modules are covered by a second translucent panel; and a power supply and a first means to connect the first dot matrix graphics display assembly to the power supply.