Multi-touchscreen module for amusement device

Abstract

An amusement device includes a display screen having a touchscreen. The touchscreen is configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously. A memory stores a plurality of electronic games for selection and play. A controller is configured to generally simultaneously execute a first game and a second game from the plurality of electronic games. The first game is configured to display at least one first image on a first portion of the display screen, and the second game is configured to display at least one second image on a second portion of the display screen. The first and second games are simultaneously playable

1 . An amusement device comprising:
 (a) a display screen having a touchscreen, the touchscreen being configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously;   (b) a memory that stores a plurality of electronic games for selection and play; and   (c) a controller configured to generally simultaneously execute a first game and a second game from the plurality of electronic games, the first game being configured to display at least one first image on a first portion of the display screen, and the second game being configured to display at least one second image on a second portion of the display screen, the first and second games being simultaneously playable.   
     
     
         2 . The amusement device of  claim 1 , wherein the first game and the second game are the same game selected from the plurality of electronic games. 
     
     
         3 . The amusement device of  claim 2 , wherein the selected game includes a plurality of play scenarios. 
     
     
         4 . The amusement device of  claim 3 , wherein the first game presents a first one of the plurality of play scenarios and the second game presents a second one of the plurality of play scenarios. 
     
     
         5 . The amusement device of  claim 3 , wherein the first game and the second game present the same play scenario selected from the plurality of play scenarios. 
     
     
         6 . The amusement device of  claim 1 , wherein the first game is playable by a first player to attain a first score, and the second game is playable by a second player to attain a second score. 
     
     
         7 . The amusement device of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to compare the first score with the second score. 
     
     
         8 . The amusement device of  claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to determine a winner between the first and second players based on the comparison of the first score and the second score. 
     
     
         9 . The amusement device of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to store one of the first and second scores as a cooperative score for the first and second players. 
     
     
         10 . The amusement device of  claim 9 , wherein the cooperative score is stored by the controller as part of a tournament, the tournament being configured to accept scores from at least one of the first and second games. 
     
     
         11 . The amusement device of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate and store a total sum of the first score and the second score as a cooperative score for the first and second players. 
     
     
         12 . The amusement device of  claim 11 , wherein the cooperative score is stored by the controller as part of a tournament, the tournament being configured to accept scores from at least one of the first and second games. 
     
     
         13 . The amusement device of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to store at least one of the first score and the second score as part of a tournament, the tournament being configured to accept scores from at least one of the first and second games. 
     
     
         14 . The amusement device of  claim 1 , wherein the first game and the second game are different games selected from the plurality of electronic games. 
     
     
         15 . The amusement device of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute at least one additional game generally simultaneously with the first and second games, each at least one additional game being configured to display at least one image on a respective additional portion of the display screen. 
     
     
         16 . An amusement device comprising:
 (a) a display screen having a touchscreen, the touchscreen being configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously;   (b) a memory that stores an electronic game for selection and play, the game being configured to display at least one image; and   (c) a controller configured to execute a first instance of the game for a first player using a first portion of the display screen and generally simultaneously execute a second instance of the game for a second player using a second portion of the display screen, the first and second instances of the game being simultaneously playable.   
     
     
         17 . The amusement device of  claim 16 , wherein the game includes a plurality of play scenarios. 
     
     
         18 . The amusement device of  claim 17 , wherein the game executed for the first player presents a first play scenario selected from the plurality of play scenarios, and the game executed for the second player presents a second play scenario selected from the plurality of play scenarios. 
     
     
         19 . The amusement device of  claim 18 , wherein the first and second play scenarios are the same. 
     
     
         20 . An amusement device comprising:
 (a) a display screen having a touchscreen, the touchscreen being configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously;   (b) a memory that stores an electronic game for selection and play, the game being configured to display at least one image; and   (c) a controller configured to execute an application program, the application program being configured to access a first instance of the game for a first player using a first portion of the display screen and generally simultaneously access a second instance of the game for a second player using a second portion of the display screen, the first and second instances of the game being simultaneously playable.   
     
     
         21 . The amusement device of  claim 20 , wherein the game includes a plurality of play scenarios. 
     
     
         22 . The amusement device of  claim 21 , wherein the game accessed for the first player presents a first play scenario selected from the plurality of play scenarios, and the game accessed for the second player presents a second play scenario selected from the plurality of play scenarios. 
     
     
         23 . The amusement device of  claim 22 , wherein the first and second play scenarios are the same. 
     
     
         24 . A tournament system comprising:
 (a) a plurality of tournament games playable by a plurality of players on at least one amusement device, each of the plurality of tournament games generating a total player score upon completion of play, the player scores being used to determine the tournament winners; and   (b) at least one amusement device including:
 (i) a display screen having a touchscreen, the touchscreen being configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously, and 
 (ii) a controller configured to generally simultaneously execute a first game and a second game from the plurality of tournament games, the first game being configured to display at least one first image on a first portion of the display screen, and the second game being configured to display at least one second image on a second portion of the display screen, the first and second games being simultaneously playable. 
   
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the first game is playable by a first player to attain a first player score, and the second game is playable by a second player to attain a second player score. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the controller is configured to determine a winner between the first and second players based on the comparison of the first player score and the second player score. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein one of the first and second player scores is accepted as a total player score for the first and second players cooperatively. 
     
     
         28 . The amusement device of  claim 25 , wherein a sum of the first and second player scores is accepted as a total player score for the first and second players cooperatively. 
     
     
         29 . An amusement device comprising:
 (a) a display screen having a touchscreen, the touchscreen being configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously;   (b) a memory that stores a plurality of electronic games for selection and play;   (c) a controller configured to generally simultaneously execute a plurality of games selected from the plurality of stored electronic games, each of the plurality of executed games being configured to display at least one image on a respective portion of the display screen, the plurality of executed games being simultaneously playable.   
     
     
         30 . The amusement device of  claim 29 , wherein the plurality of executed games are all the same game selected from the plurality of stored electronic games. 
     
     
         31 . An amusement device comprising:
 (a) a display screen having a touchscreen, the touchscreen being configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously;   (b) a memory storing a plurality of electronic games for selection and play;   (c) a controller configured to execute an application program, the application program being configured to:
 (i) access a first game from the plurality of electronic games, 
 (ii) access a jukebox controller, the jukebox controller being configured to select and play at least one music data set, and 
 (iii) generally simultaneously display at least one first image from the first game on a first portion of the display screen and display at least one second image representing a jukebox control interface on a second portion of the display screen, the first game and the jukebox controller interface being simultaneously accessible. 
   
     
     
         32 . The amusement device of  claim 31 , wherein the music data set includes one of a song and a video. 
     
     
         33 . The amusement device of  claim 31 , wherein the jukebox controller is one of remotely located from the amusement device and located at the amusement device. 
     
     
         34 . The amusement device of  claim 31 , wherein the application program is further configured to display at least one image from a respective at least one additional game generally simultaneously with the at least one first image from the first game and the at least one image representing the jukebox control interface.