Electronic pinball game

Claim 1

In a pinball machine which is controlled by a micro computer including a micro processing unit and which includes a plurality of switches on its playfield which are actuated by the pinball and provide signals to the micro computer, a display means comprising an infinity box including a one-way mirror disposed in the box, a two-way mirror disposed in said box in spaced relation to said one-way mirror, and a plurality of lamps disposed so as to provide repetitive images to the viewer of the display means, said lamps being disposed in the space between the two mirrors, and a plurality of switch means for energizing respective lamps, said micro processing unit being connected to said plurality of switch means so as to repetitively actuate said plurality of switch means in a predetermined sequence in accordance with the actuation of the playfield switches, whereby the lamps are energized in the predetermined sequence to create apparent rotational motion of the repetitive images of the display means, the micro processing unit repetitively actuating said plurality of switch means at different sequential speeds as determined by different play related functions to create apparent rotational motion at different speeds, said play related functions being determined by the actuation of predetermined playfield switches.