System and method for an arcade game machine

A method of conducting a coin-operated arcade game system comprising:

• providing a physical see-through game box, an internal color game display, a hopper for ball dropping coupled with a hopper sensor for detecting said ball dropping, a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), a memory component, a circuit board, an audio output device;
• providing an external game control panel that further comprises a coin input device operable to accept a coin from a player at said game box;
• providing a gameplay, that comprises a graphical interface that in turn comprises a left virtual wheel and a right virtual wheel, a left virtual X sign and a right virtual X sign, a prize drop progress bar, a prize ticket counter, a ball counter, a coin counter;
• wherein said microprocessor, said GPU, and said circuit board, together, control said gameplay;
• providing a prize package dispenser and a rack thereof;
• receiving a coin via said coin input device;
• initiating said gameplay, wherein said gameplay includes spinning said left and right virtual wheels;
• causing an internal ball purveyor to release a preconfigured number of balls per said coin into a ball storage;
• detecting that said ball release control button is pressed and releasing a ball down said hopper from said ball storage;
• detecting said ball drop via said hopper sensor and sending a ball drop signal to said microprocessor;
• commanding said left and right virtual X signs to blink in response to said ball drop signal;
• animating a virtual ball drop of a virtual ball on said graphical interface;
• commanding said left and right virtual wheels to send their sectors' data, including relative position to said left and right virtual X signs, respectively, in response to said ball drop signal;
• causing a prize win response in response to a prize win event when said virtual ball meets a sector of said left virtual wheel, said right virtual wheel, or both;
• providing a flat tray to catch a ball after its exiting said hopper and a prize package after it drops off said rack of said prize dispenser;
• providing a sweeper to push said ball outward toward said game box's front;
• providing a ball funnel to catch said ball after it drops off said flat tray;
• providing an internal ball purveyor to transport said ball to said ball storage;
• providing a prize pickup bin to catch said prize package after it drops off said flat tray;
• and further comprising, in response to a bonus spin prize win event of said left or right virtual wheel, superimposing a corresponding bonus spin virtual wheel over said virtual wheel, wherein all sectors of said bonus spin virtual wheel reward a prize.