multi-game can

multi-game can elektor december 1980 — 12-35 multi This can is so versatile that a number of different games can be played with it and it can also be used as an egg timer. All it involves is a series of switches and some electronics to alter the characteristics of a simple running light display. The circuit also includes a modest sound effects unit to provide extra dimensions to the game being played. All the electronics involved can be squeezed onto a printed circuit board that will fit inside a "standard" can. R. de Boer Nine assorted switches and a potentio- meter provide so many variations that one and the same circuit can be used to play at least six different games: throwing dice, heads-or-tails, snakes and ladders (versus an opponent or against the on board "computer" if desired) and two variations of the well known "skeet". As can be seen from the diagram in figure 1, the heart of the circuit is a ten channel running light: IC1 acts as a clock generator for the divide-by...