Game machine with integrated control of pinball and capsule toy dispenser

Abstract

This invention relates to a game machine integrating the control of a pinball machine and a gashapon machine, comprising a pinball machine module, a gashapon machine module, and a control module. The pinball machine module is used to play the pinball game and generate a game score. The gashapon machine module is located below the pinball machine module and is used to selectively dispense gashapon capsules. The control module is signal-connected to both the pinball machine module and the gashapon machine module and controls the gashapon machine module's output based on the game score. After the game ends, the control module determines the number of times the gashapon machine module dispenses gashapon capsules based on the game score and controls it to dispense the corresponding number of capsules sequentially. By using gashapon capsules with unpredictable contents as a reward output, the rewards corresponding to the game score result vary not only in quantity but also in content, thereby increasing the user's willingness to play.

Claims

1. A game machine integrating pinball and gashapon machine control, comprising: a pinball module for playing a pinball game and generating a game score; a gashapon machine module disposed below the pinball module for selectively dispensing gashapon capsules; and a control module signal-connected to the pinball module and the gashapon machine module, and controlling the output of the gashapon machine module based on the game score; wherein... The control module determines the number of times the gashapon machine module outputs gashapon based on the game score results, and the number of outputs includes zero times or at least one time.

2. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 1, wherein, The control module determines the number of outputs based on the accumulated game score after one of the pinball modules has finished playing.

3. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 2, wherein, The control module, after determining the number of outputs, controls the gashapon machine module to output gashapon capsules a corresponding number of times according to the number of outputs.

4. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 3, wherein, The output of the gashapon machine module is not triggered in real time according to the physical state of the marbles during the game on the pinball machine module.

5. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 1, wherein, The control module maps the game score results to the number of outputs based on a preset score mapping rule.

6. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 1 further includes a display module that is signal-connected to the control module for displaying information related to the game score result or the number of outputs.

7. The game machine with integrated control of pinball and gashapon machines as described in claim 1, further includes a display module disposed above the pinball module for displaying at least one reward item.

8. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 1, wherein, The pinball table module includes a game surface and at least one ball-hitting component for moving a pinball on the game surface and generating the game score result.

9. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 1, wherein, The control module allows the user to input at least one parameter through a setting interface to adjust the correspondence between the game score result and the number of outputs.

10. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 1, wherein, The pinball machine module is rotatable relative to an outer casing to switch between a covered position and an open position.

11. The game machine with integrated control of pinball machine and gashapon machine as described in claim 10, wherein, The pinball machine module is pivotally mounted on the outer casing via a rotating shaft, allowing the pinball machine module to rotate around the rotating shaft.

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