Patent ID: 8727848

Claim:
A game having more than one playing level, said game comprising: (a) a housing having an upper surface; (b) a plurality of color buttons on said upper surface of said housing, each of said buttons having an outer color and an inner color from a set of inner colors; (c) an audio output device; (d) processing circuitry in said housing connected to carry out a game program, including receiving presses of said color buttons and generating sounds for said audio output device; (e) said game program containing instructions for carrying out a game method comprising the steps of: (1) randomly selecting a color from the set of inner colors as an announced color; (2) announcing said announced color on said audio output device; (3) setting a timer to a predetermined interval depending on a current playing level; (4) waiting until either said timer expires or a color button is pressed; (5) if said timer expires, terminating said game; (6) if said pressed color button has an inner color that is not the same as said announced color, terminating said game; (7) if said pressed color button has an inner color that is the same as said announced color, determining if the pressed color button is the last for said current playing level; (8) if said pressed color button is the last for said current playing level and there are no more playing levels, terminating said game; (9) if said pressed color button is the last for said current playing level and there is at least one more playing level, change said current playing level and return to randomly selecting an announced color.