JPH1080543A - Coin-operated pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ease the fatigue of a player's hand by enhancing the controllability of a coin-operated pinball game machine. SOLUTION: A finger support recess 43 that can hold four fingers of the left hand other than the thumb is provided in the vicinity of the left end of the upper surface of the control member 10 of a coin-operated pinball game machine, and a shooting force adjustment switch 44 equipped with a shooting force increasing botton 44a and a shooting force reducing botton 44b is placed on the front of the control member 10 and in a position where it can be controlled easily by the thumb while the four fingers are supported on the finger support recess 43.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin-type ball game machine which allows a predetermined ball game by inserting a predetermined number of coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional coin-type ball-and-ball game machine, there is a coin-type arrangement ball (hereinafter referred to as an arrangement machine) 100 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the arrangement machine 100 is configured such that one game is completed each time a predetermined number (for example, 16) of game balls enclosed in the arrangement machine 100 are hit. The game of the one game is allowed by inserting one predetermined coin into 100. The arrangement machine 100 has a plurality of entrances 101 and a collective display device 103 in which display units 102 corresponding to each of the entrances 101 are arranged in a matrix. In this case, the display unit 102 of the collective display device 103 corresponding to the entrance 101 into which the ball is entered is turned on. If the lighting state constitutes a predetermined arrangement of vertical, horizontal, diagonal lines, etc., the player Will be given a score. Arrange machine 100
Is provided with a game board 104, a coin slot 105, a game ball number display section 106, a payout button 107, a game start button 108, a firing handle 109, a lower tray 110, and the like. Has operated the firing handle 109 with his right hand, and played a game while properly inserting coins into the coin slot 105 with his right hand. Launch handle 1
09 is connected to a well-known game ball launching device (not shown) that rotates a launching punch to launch a game ball, and the axis of the firing handle 109 is connected to a biasing spring of the game ball launching device by a rod or the like. Are connected via mechanical connection parts.
Thus, by adjusting the amount of rotation of the firing handle 109, the urging force of the urging spring for urging the firing punch can be adjusted, and the flight distance of the hit ball can be adjusted to a desired flight distance. The firing handle 109 is provided with a touch switch (not shown) for detecting that the player is touching the firing handle 109, and is turned on when the player touches a predetermined portion of the firing handle 109. It is configured as follows. In recent years, instead of an urging spring, an electric drive source such as a rotary solenoid has been used.
A game ball launching device having a structure for directly biasing a launching punch has been widely used. This game ball launcher changes the resistance of a variable resistor connected to the axis of the launch handle by adjusting the amount of rotation of the launch handle, and adjusts the operating force of the rotary solenoid by changing the resistance. It was configured so that the flight distance of the hit ball could be adjusted.

[0003]

However, in such a coin-type ball game machine, the player adjusts the flight distance of the game ball by turning the firing handle, and when the desired flight distance is reached, the player turns the firing handle. In order to maintain the position, it was necessary to maintain the posture with the wrist unnaturally twisted against the return rotation power of the firing handle. For this reason, there is a possibility that the wrist of the player may be fatigued by continuing the game for a long time. Also, since the coin slot and the operation handle are provided above and below the right side of the coin-type ball game machine, the player must insert a coin with the right hand and operate the firing handle with the right hand. The operability is not always good. For this reason, there is a possibility that one player's hand may be significantly fatigued by a long-time game. The present invention has been made in order to solve these problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a coin-type ball game machine that allows a player to operate with both hands in a well-balanced manner and that relieves the player's hand fatigue. .

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a coin-type ball game machine of the present invention terminates one game every time a predetermined number of enclosed game balls are released, A coin-type ball game machine configured to give a prize coin to a player in the ball mode and allow the one game by inserting a predetermined number of coins. An operation unit disposed on the front side, finger support means provided on the operation unit, for supporting at least one finger of the one hand, and the finger on the operation unit, A firing force operating means provided at a position operable by a finger not supported by the finger supporting means, for instructing the firing of a game ball and the strength of the firing force, and firing in response to an instruction of the firing force operating means Launch control means for launching a game ball by force; Ete constructed. Here, the finger support means may be such that when the finger of the one hand is supported, it is possible to make the one hand hard to slide down from the operation unit. Inserting and supporting the finger is exemplified. Further, it is preferable that the finger supporting means supports four fingers other than the thumb of one hand, but four or less fingers may be supported. The firing instruction means is preferably operated with the thumb with four fingers instructed as described above, but may be operated with other fingers. Further, the position of the firing operation means may be any position in which any one of the fingers of the one hand can be naturally operated by a finger that is not supported by the finger support means among the fingers of the one hand while the finger support means supports the finger. Any position may be used as long as it does not apply an excessive load to each finger.

[0005]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention;
In the coin-type ball game machine according to claim 3,
In a state in which one of the fingers of one hand is supported by the finger support means, the player operates the firing operation means with the finger of the one hand that is not supported by the finger support means, and controls the firing and firing force of the game ball. Can indicate strength. As a result, the coin-type ball game machine works to reduce the fatigue of the player's hands.

[0006]

A specific example of a coin-type ball game machine of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, a coin-type arrangement ball 1 as a coin-type ball game machine is provided with a game board 2, and a front surface of the game board 2 is mounted on a glass frame 4 via a glass groove 3. Covered with double glasses 5a and 5b. Thereby, a game area 6 is formed between the game board 2 and the inner glass 5a. At the upper part of the glass frame 4, a big hit lamp 7 that is turned on when a so-called big hit occurs is assembled. The glass frame 4 can be opened and closed around a hinge (not shown) mounted on the back surface of the left side by operating a key 8 provided on the right side. An operation member 1 provided with various operation parts described below is provided below the glass frame 4.
0 is disposed, and a lower tray 11 is provided below the operation member 10.
The lower plate member 12 provided with is provided. The lower receiving tray 11 is provided with a coin outlet 13 for discharging coins from the coin-type arrangement ball.

The operating member 10 can be opened and closed via a hinge (not shown) mounted on the rear surface of the left side. However, in normal use, the operating member 10 is pressed by the glass frame 4 to open the upper side. Has been prevented. Therefore, in order to open the operation member 10, it is necessary to open the glass frame 4 and release the lock (not shown) on the right rear side. The glass frame 4 and the operation member 10 are arranged on the front of the front frame 14 via the hinges described above, and the lower plate member 12 is fixed to the front of the front frame 14.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the coin-type arrangement ball 1 from which the glass frame 4 and the operation unit 10 have been removed. The collective display device 20 is provided in the vicinity of the upper center of the game board 2 and in a horizontal line below the game board 2. 16 arranged entrances 21a-21
A 16-ball entrance 21 formed by p is provided. Each of the entrances 21a to 21p is provided with a ball entry sensor 70 (see FIG. 6) for detecting the entry of a game ball, and is configured to detect the entry of a game ball. ing. The collective display device 20 is provided with
16 display units 20a to 20 corresponding one-to-one to 21p
p is arranged in a matrix of four rows and four columns. Each of the entrances 21a to 21p is numbered 1 to 16 (not shown) in order from the left.
0a to 20p have the same numbers as those assigned to the corresponding entrances 21a to 21p. When a game ball enters one of the entrances 21a to 21p, the entry state is displayed on the display units 20a to 20p of the collective display device 20 corresponding to the entrances 21a to 21p. In this specific example, each display unit 20a of the collective display device 20
A blinkable lamp (not shown) is built in to 20p, and when a game ball enters the entrance 21a to 21p, the lamp of the corresponding display unit 20a to 20p is turned on to display the entering state. It is configured to be. Each of the display units 20a to 20p is a CRT or a liquid crystal display panel,
The entering state may be displayed in a different color or lightness between the number and its background. Also, in this case a single CR
The display units 20a to 20p may be formed by dividing the screen of the T or the liquid crystal display panel.

A mounting surface 22 is formed on the front frame 4 and below the game board 2. A collecting ball outlet 23 is formed on the left side of the mounting surface 22, and a coin inlet 24 is formed on the right side. I have. A firing rail 25 is disposed below the coin entrance 24 so that the left end thereof is positioned a predetermined distance above the right end, and a firing punch 26 is provided below the right end so as to be freely rotatable. A device 27 is provided. When the game ball launching device 27 is turned on, it rotates the launching punch 26 to launch the game ball supplied to the launch rail 25 via the game ball supply device 53 (see FIGS. 4 and 5). The fired ball is fired by a game ball launch passage 30 formed between the outer guide rail 28 and the inner guide rail 29.
To the game area 6. A foul ball receiving member 31 is provided at a predetermined interval to the left of the left end of the firing rail 25, and a foul ball guiding gutter 32 is formed between the left end and the foul ball receiving member 31. I have. The foul ball guiding gutter 32 allows game balls that have been fired by the game ball firing device 27 and returned without reaching the game area 6 to pass through,
It is configured to guide to a foul ball outlet 33 formed below the foul ball guiding gutter 32. In addition, a game ball concentration gutter 34 is provided below the back surface of the game board 2,
The game balls that have entered the ball entrances 21 a to 21 p of the 16 consecutive ball entrances 21 are collected and guided to the collection ball exit 23.

Next, the operation member will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, a coin storage recess 40 is formed near the right end of the upper surface of the operation member 10, and a coin insertion slot 41 extends through the left end of the coin storage recess 40. Also, on the upper left of the coin storage recess 40,
A coin jam release button 42 is provided. A finger support recess 43 is formed near the left end of the upper surface of the operation member 10, and can accommodate four fingers other than the left thumb. Further, a firing force adjustment switch 44 for adjusting the strength of the shooting force of the game ball is provided on the front of the operation member 10. It is located at the most suitable position for operation with the remaining thumb while being supported. The optimum position here may be any position at which the four fingers can be naturally operated with the thumb in a state where the four fingers are supported by the finger support concave portion 43, and do not impose an unreasonable burden on the thumb and the other four fingers. Any position is acceptable. The firing force adjustment switch 44 includes a firing force increasing button 44a and a firing force weakening button 44b. By operating these buttons, the firing force of the game ball firing device 27 is adjusted. The finger support recess 43 has a built-in touch switch 43a. When a player supports the finger in the finger support recess 43, the touch switch 43a is turned on, and a touch signal is transmitted to the game ball launcher 27.
Allows the launch of the game ball. On the other hand, when the player releases his / her finger from the finger support recess 43, the touch switch 43a is turned off, the touch signal is not transmitted, and the game ball launching device 27 does not launch the game ball.

Further, the coin storage recess 40 of the operation member 10
And a finger support recess 43, a held coin number display section 45 for displaying the stored number of held coins (credits), a held coin return button 46 for instructing payout of the held coins, The number-of-games display unit 47 for displaying the number of games that can be played is provided with a clearing button 48 for clearing the game in the middle of the game. A level meter 49 for displaying the strength is provided. In this specific example, the number-of-games display unit 47
Is a configuration in which only the number of games in which one game can be performed is displayed, but a configuration in which pseudo coins in which one game can be performed may be displayed together.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, on the back side of the operation member 10, a coin passage 50 for guiding coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 41 into the coin-type arrangement ball 1 is provided. In the coin passage 50, a coin jam release mechanism (not shown), a coin detection sensor 73 (FIG. 6)
Etc.) are provided. Also, on the back surface of the operation member 10, a collection ball inlet 51 is disposed at a position corresponding to the collection ball outlet 23 of the front frame 14 and receives game balls flowing out from the collection ball outlet 23, and a foul ball outlet of the front frame 14. 3
There is provided a foul ball entrance 52 for receiving the game balls flowing out of 3 and a game ball supply device 53 which is located immediately above the right end of the firing rail 25 and supplies game balls one by one onto the firing rail 25. . The collecting ball entrance 51, the foul ball entrance 52, and the game ball supply device 53
It is connected by a game ball circulation gutter 54 provided inside,
The game balls that have entered the game ball circulation gutter 54 from the collection ball inlet 51 and the foul ball inlet 52 flow down to the game ball supply device 53. The operation of the game ball supply device 53 is stopped when the game ball launching device 27 is not operated.

The game balls in the game ball circulation trough 54 are launched into the game area 6 by the game ball launching device 27, and the game balls entering the 16 consecutive ball entrances 21 pass through the collection ball entrance 51 and enter the game ball circulation trough. Returning to 54, the game balls that have been fired and become foul balls return to the game ball circulation trough 54 via the foul ball entrance 52. That is, the game balls are enclosed, and if a predetermined game ball is enclosed, the above-described operation is repeated, so that it is not necessary to replenish or discharge the game balls. In addition, the game ball circulation gutter 54
The inside is formed in such a size that only one game ball can pass, and in a state where the game ball supply device 53 is not operated, the game balls stand by in a line in the game ball circulation trough 54. You.

In this specific example, 16 game balls are enclosed in the metal type arrangement ball 1, and when three coins are inserted from the coin insertion slot 41, a game of one game is permitted. . In one game, all 16 enclosed game balls are fired in the game area 6 or the clearing button 48
It ends when is pressed. In addition, each of the launched game balls enters the entrances 21a to 21p of the 16 consecutive entrances 21 and the collective display device 20 corresponding to the entrances 21a to 21p.
When the lighting states of the display units 20a to 20p are arranged in a line in a vertical / horizontal / diagonal line, a score is given to the player.
Prize coins are paid out according to the points. The coin of the coin-type arrangement ball 1 uses a common coin with a well-known slot machine, so that the coin can be used in common by both gaming machines.

Next, the electrical configuration of the coin-type arrangement ball 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the electronic control board 60 includes a well-known CPU 61, a ROM 6
2. With the RAM 63 as the center, the input interface 64, the output interface 65, the counter 66
And a logic operation circuit in which a timer 67 and the like are mutually connected by a bus 68. In the input interface 64, each ball entry sensor 70 of the 16 consecutive entry ports 21,
Each of them is connected via a corresponding switch detection circuit 71, and is configured so that an incoming ball signal is input to the CPU 61. Further, the output interface 65 is connected to display units 20a to 20p constituting the collective display device 20 via display control circuits 72 corresponding to the display units 20a to 20p, respectively. Then CP
The display control signal is output from U61.

A coin detection sensor 73 provided in the coin passage 50 of the coin insertion slot 41 is connected to an input interface 64 via a switch detection circuit 74 so that a coin detection signal is input to the CPU 61. It is configured. When the CPU 61 receives the detection signals of the three coins, the game of one game, that is, the game ball launching device 2
7. Allows 16 game balls to be fired. Further, a coin payout mechanism 75 for receiving coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 41 and paying out coins to the coin outlet 13 is connected to the output interface 65 via a payout control circuit 76. A payout command signal is output. This coin payout command signal is
The display state of the entering state of the game balls into the entrances 21a to 21p is displayed on the display unit 2.
This is output when the lighting state of 0a to 20p is set to the specific arrangement of the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, and the coin payout mechanism 75 is provided with a predetermined number of coins according to the score given by the number of the specific arrangement. Let them pay out. The clearing button 48 is connected to the input interface 64 via a signal generating circuit 78, and is configured to input a clearing signal to the CPU 61. By pressing the settlement button 48, even if one game is not ended, the game can be forcibly ended.

The touch switch 43a built in the finger support recess 43 of the operation unit 10 is connected to the input interface 64 via a signal generation circuit 79. When a player touches the touch switch 43a, a touch signal is sent to the CPU.
61 is input. In addition, the firing force increasing button 44a and the firing force weakening button 44b of the firing force adjustment switch 44 are
Each of them is connected to the input interface 64 via the corresponding signal generation circuits 80 and 81, and a firing power increasing signal or a firing power weakening signal is input to the CPU 61 in accordance with the operation of the firing force adjustment switch 44. Game ball supply device 53
The game ball launching device 27 is connected to the output interface 65 via the drive control circuit 82, and the CPU 6
1 is configured to output a drive command signal. The drive command signal is such that the touch signal is
By operating the firing force adjustment switch 44 in the state of being input to the game ball supplying device 53 and the game ball launching device 27, the game ball supplying device 53 and the game ball launching device 27 are driven.

The number-of-coins display unit 45 and the number-of-possible-games display unit 47 include a display control circuit 83,
The CPU 61 is connected to the output interface 65 via the output interface 84 so that the CPU 61 outputs a command signal for displaying the number of coins to be held and a command signal for displaying the number of possible games. That is, when more than the number of coins required for one game (three) are inserted, the number of coins is calculated from the fourth coin, the number of coins is displayed on the coin number display part 45, and the number of coins is displayed. Is calculated and displayed on the game count display unit 47.

The possession coin return button 46 is connected to the input interface 64 via a signal generation circuit 85, and is configured to output a coin return signal to the CPU 61. The coin return mechanism 86 is connected to the output interface 65 via a return control circuit 87, and is configured to output a coin return command signal from the CPU 61. Thus, when the owned coin return button 46 is pressed, the coin return mechanism 86 is operated, and the owned coin is returned.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ROM 62 stores a game control program 62a, an inserted coin number management program 62b, a display control program 62c, a payout control program 62d, and a game ball launch control program 62e. The RAM 63 has a coin count memory 63a for temporarily storing the current coin count value, and a game count memory for temporarily storing the number of games that can be played with respect to the current coin count. 63b, a remaining coin count memory 63c for temporarily storing the current remaining coin count, the collective display device 20
Ball entry table 63 for temporarily storing the ball entry status
d, a firing force adjustment memory 63e is formed.
The counter 66 is provided with a game ball number counter 66a for counting the current game ball number, and a inserted coin number counter 66b for counting the inserted coin number.

Next, the game ball launch control process of the coin type arrangement ball 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
Is a flowchart of a process for launching a game ball and adjusting a launching force. The electronic control board 60 initializes the counter 66, the timer 67, and the like, and executes a main routine (not shown), and executes the processing of FIG. 8 by a hardware interrupt based on the game ball launch control program 62e every minute time. Start up and run. The initial value of the firing force V is U0
When this process is started, first, it is determined whether or not a touch signal has been transmitted from the touch switch 43a, that is, whether or not the player has supported the finger in the finger support recess 43 (Step 200, hereinafter Step). Is abbreviated as S). If a negative determination is made in S200, the process is not performed and the process returns to the return, and the drive command signal for the game ball firing device 27 is not output. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in S200, it is determined whether or not the firing power increasing button 44a has been pressed (S210). If an affirmative determination is made here, a firing force addition process is performed. That is, the current firing force V is read out from the firing force adjustment memory 63e, and every time the firing force enhancement button 44a is pressed once, the unit amount U is changed to the current firing force V.
(Step 220), the increased firing force V is stored in the firing force adjustment memory 63e, and based on the new firing force V, the game ball firing device 2 is set to a strength corresponding to the new firing force V.
7 and instruct the level meter 49 to display (S250). If a negative determination is made in S210, it is determined whether the firing force weakening button 44b has been pressed (S230). Here, if a positive judgment is made,
A firing force subtraction process is performed. That is, the current firing force V is read from the firing force adjustment memory 63e, and the firing force weakening button 4
4b, the unit amount U is subtracted from the current firing force V (S240), and the reduced firing force V is stored in the firing force adjustment memory 63e. , The game ball launching device 27 is driven with the corresponding strength, and the level meter 49 is instructed to display (S250). On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in S230, neither the firing power increasing button 44a nor the firing power weakening button 44b is pressed, so that the current firing power is maintained. That is, the current firing force V is read from the firing force adjustment memory 63e, and based on the firing force V, the game ball firing device 27 is driven with the corresponding strength and the current display of the level meter 49 is maintained. (S250). In this way, the player can continue to press the firing power increase button 44a until the appropriate strength is obtained if the firing power is desired to be increased, or press the firing power weakening button 44b appropriately if the shooting power is desired to be reduced. Keep pushing until it becomes If the firing force is to be maintained at the current strength, the firing force increase button 44a and the firing force weakness button 44b need not be pressed.

As described in detail above, according to the coin-type arrangement ball 1 of the present embodiment, when operating the firing force adjustment switch 44, the player places four fingers other than the left thumb on the finger support recess 43. , The firing adjustment switch 44 can be easily operated with the thumb. As a result, there is an excellent effect that the fatigue of the player's hand due to the long-time game can be reduced. In addition, since the operation can be performed with both hands in a well-balanced manner, there is an effect that operability is improved. In the coin-type arrangement ball 1 of this specific example, the firing force can be adjusted with the left hand and the insertion of coins can be operated with the right hand, but the left and right sides may be reversed. Further, the present invention is not limited to such specific examples, and it goes without saying that various embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0023]

According to the coin-type ball game machine of the present invention,
When operating the firing force operating means, the player can easily operate the firing force with one of the fingers of the one hand, which is not supported by the finger supporting means, while supporting one of the fingers of the one hand on the finger supporting means. The means can be operated. As a result, there is an excellent effect that the operability of the coin-type ball game machine can be improved and the hand fatigue of the player due to the long-time game can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a coin-type arrangement ball of a specific example.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the coin-type arrangement ball of the specific example, in which a glass frame and an operation member are removed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an operation member of the specific example.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing an operation member of the specific example.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which an operation member of the coin-type arrangement ball of the specific example is opened.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic control board according to this specific example.

FIG. 7 is a memory map showing the contents of a ROM and a RAM of the electronic control board of this example.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of game ball launch control of this specific example.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a conventional coin-type ball game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Coin type arrangement ball (coin type ball game machine) 2 ... Game board 3 ... Glass groove 4 ...
・ Glass frame 5a, 5b ・ ・ ・ Glass 6 ・ ・ ・ Game area 7 ・ ・ ・ Large hit lamp 8 ・ ・ ・ Key 10 ・ ・ ・ Operation member (operation part) 11 ・ ・ ・ Lower tray 12 ・ ・ ・ Lower plate member 13 ... Coin outlet 14 ・
..Front frame 20: collective display device 20a to 20p
..Display part 21 ... 16 consecutive entrances 21a-21p.
・ ・ Ball entrance 22 ・ ・ ・ Mounting surface 23 ・ ・ ・ Recovery ball exit 24 ・
..Coin entrance 25 ... Launching rail 26 ... Launching punch 27 ... Gaming machine launching device 28 ... Outer guide rail 29 ... Inner guide rail 30 ... Game ball launch path 31 ... Foul ball receiving member 32 Foul ball guiding gutter 33 Foul ball outlet 34 Gaming ball concentrating gutter 40 Coin storage recess 41 Coin slot 42 Coin jam release button 43 ... finger support concave part (finger support means) 43a ... touch switch 44 ... firing force adjustment switch (firing force operation means) 44a ... firing force strengthening button 44b ... firing force weakening button 45 ...・ Number of coins display part 46 ・ ・ ・ Coin return button 47 ・ ・ ・ Number of possible games display part 48 ・ ・ ・ Settlement button 49 ・ ・ ・ Level meter 50 ・ ・ ・ Coin passage 51 ・ ・ ・ Time Collecting ball inlet 52 ... Foul ball inlet 53 ... Game ball supply device 54 ... Game ball circulation gutter 60 ... Electronic control board (firing control means) 61 ... CPU 62 ... ROM 62a. ··· Game control program 62b ··· Number of coins to be inserted management program 62c ··· Display control program 62d ··· Payout control program 62e ··· Gaming ball launch control program (fire launch control means) 63 ··· RAM 63a・ Number of coins memory 63b ・ ・ ・ Number of games that can be played 63c ・ ・ ・ Remaining number of coins memory 63d ・ ・ ・ Entrance table 63e ・ ・ ・ Ejection force adjustment memory 64 ・ ・ ・ Input interface 65 ・ ・ ・ Output interface 66 ・..Counter 66a: Number of game balls counter 66b: Number of inserted coins 7: Timer 68: Bus 70: Ball entry sensor 71: Switch detection circuit 72, 83, 84: Display control circuit 73: Coin detection sensor 74: Switch detection circuit 75 ... Coin payout mechanism 76 ... Payout control circuit 78,79,80,81,85 ... Signal generation circuit 82 ... Drive control circuit 86 ... Coin return mechanism 87 ... Return control circuit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game is ended each time a predetermined number of enclosed game balls are hit, and a prize coin is awarded to a player in a predetermined ball entry mode, and the one game inserts a predetermined number of coins. A coin-operated ball game machine configured to be allowed by: an operation unit disposed on the front side of the coin-type ball game machine; provided at the operation unit, at least one of fingers of one hand Finger support means for supporting a finger other than one; and a game ball provided on the operation unit at a position operable by a finger of the one hand which is not supported by the finger support means. A coin-operated type comprising: a firing force operating means for instructing the launch and the strength of the shooting force; and a firing control means for firing a game ball with a firing force according to the instruction of the firing force operating means. Ball game machine. 2. The coin-type ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a touch switch is provided on said finger support means. 3. The coin-type ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a touch switch is provided in said firing operation means.