Light actuated shooting arcade game

Claim 1

A shooting arcade game having a plurality of rifles with triggers actuated by game players shooting at a common plurality of targets comprising: a light source adapted to be affixed to each of said rifles and to be actuated by said trigger to produce a light flash; a photo-detector for each of said targets, respectively, for sensing a light flash striking a target, each of the photo-detectors and thereby its respective target being assigned a weighted scoring value at least one value being different from the other values; a score display for each of said rifles, respectively; a common electrical line; means for electrically connecting all of said photo-detectors to said common line, said connecting means including a pulse generator responsive to the sensing of light by said photo-detectors and having output means for providing output pulses corresponding in number to the weighted scoring values of the photo-detectors; time multiplexing means for successively connecting said common line to said score displays for time periods which are unique to respective score displays and for successively enabling said light sources for time periods which are unique to respective guns and which are at least partially concurrent with the time periods of respective score displays.