Jump rope play feature for a pinball game

Details Jump rope play feature for a pinball game Jump rope play feature for a pinball game

1998-02-02

1999-06-29

Chiu, Raleigh W.

Amusement devices: games

Surface projectile game; game element

Projectors

273121A, A63F 730

Patent

active

059156937

ABSTRACT:
A game ball cradle is positioned upon the playfield of a pinball game. A player-controlled solenoid plunger mechanism "pops" a ball positioned within the cradle into the air. A wire form jump rope is rotatably connected to an electric motor. The jump rope is positioned so that when it is rotated, it will pass under a game ball that has been properly "popped" by the player. A switch indicates to the game microprocessor that the jump rope has completed a revolution. Optical detectors indicate to the game microprocessor that the game ball is within the cradle so that the electric motor may be activated and, upon completion of a successful "jump", the player's score incremented and the speed of the jump rope rotation increased.

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