Simon Game Patent

The 1970s game, Simon*, is one of those cultural icons that all kids — and most adults! — instantly recognize when they see it. The gameplay is fairly basic: The machine plays a sequence of sounds and then you must duplicate the sequence exactly. The toy even makes an appearance in the Always Sunny Christmas special, and just watching the clip will immediately tell you how Simon works if you truly are unfamiliar with it.

And now, here we have the patent for a microcomputer controlled game: Simon! Have you ever wanted to get into the technical details of how Simon operates? Here’s your chance!

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