Patent ID: 8366530

Claim:
An electronic insertion type game system, comprising: an electronic display; computer means in communication with said electronic display programmed to display a three dimensional image of a larger game cube formed of a plurality smaller cubes arranged in a generally cubic center array having six square faces representing scoring cubes, at least one of which has a value and a second plurality of smaller cubes arranged in six generally square side arrays representing non-scoring cubes, each said side array being approximately the same size as said square faces of said center array; at least one input means selected from the group consisting of a mouse, a hand-held controller device, a touch sensitive device, and a voice recognition device in communication with said computer means operated by at least one player for selection of particular cubes of said side arrays, and said computer means programmed to illuminate or darken particular cubes of said side arrays and said center array responsive to said input means to represent inserting a said non-scoring cube in the corresponding location in said side array of said game cube image, resultant relative movement of said scoring cubes in said center array, and ejection of a said scoring cube from an opposed one of said side arrays; wherein said input means is operated by a first player to illuminate a selected said smaller cube of a first one of said side arrays to represent inserting a said non-scoring cube in the corresponding location, and said computer means illuminates or darkens said smaller cubes at locations of said center array and an opposed one of said side arrays to represent movement of said scoring cubes and ejection of a said scoring cube from an opposed one of said side arrays; thereafter, said input means is operated by a second player to illuminate a selected said smaller cube at a location on another one of said side arrays to represent inserting a said non-scoring cube in the corresponding location, and said computer means illuminates or darkens said smaller squares at locations in said center array and an opposed one of said side arrays to represent movement of said scoring cubes and ejection of a said scoring cube from an opposed one of said side arrays; and upon said computer means illuminating or darkening said opposed one of smaller cubes of said side arrays representing ejection of a said scoring cube having a value, the value is added to the score of the player causing ejection of said scoring cube having a value.