EP0333338A3 - Improvements in and relating to video game machines - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to video game machines Download PDF

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EP0333338A3
EP0333338A3 EP89301813A EP89301813A EP0333338A3 EP 0333338 A3 EP0333338 A3 EP 0333338A3 EP 89301813 A EP89301813 A EP 89301813A EP 89301813 A EP89301813 A EP 89301813A EP 0333338 A3 EP0333338 A3 EP 0333338A3
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James Phillips Mc Cann
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3244—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3267—Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00—Card games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00—Card games
    • A63F2001/008—Card games adapted for being playable on a screen
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/18—Question-and-answer games
    • A63F2009/186—Guessing games

Abstract

A video game machine wherein a user plays a card game on payment of money. It is not possible to win money by playing the card game as the return from the machine has a maximum value of the user payment to play the game. In the card game, a number of cards are displayed and a score is given for the combination according to the rules of poker. If a sufficiently good "hand" is achieved the game is continued in the form of a card value game where a user guesses the value of a comparison card displayed face down relative to an initial card displayed face up.
EP89301813A 1988-02-23 1989-02-23 Improvements in and relating to video game machines Withdrawn EP0333338A3 (en)

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IE47788A IE55050B1 (en) 1988-02-23 1988-02-23 A method and apparatus for playing video games
IE47788 1988-02-23
IE186688 1988-06-21
IE186688 1988-06-21

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EP0333338A2 EP0333338A2 (en) 1989-09-20
EP0333338A3 true EP0333338A3 (en) 1990-03-14

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CA (1) CA1307589C (en)
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IE (1) IE55050B1 (en)

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IE880477L (en) 1989-08-23
CA1307589C (en) 1992-09-15
EP0333338A2 (en) 1989-09-20
GB8904164D0 (en) 1989-04-05
IE55050B1 (en) 1990-05-09
GB2216322A (en) 1989-10-04
GB2216322B (en) 1992-10-07

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