Beer pong arcade game method and apparatus
OwnerMichael Lombardiinventor
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Abstract
A beer pong arcade game apparatus and methods of operation are described. Initially, a new round is started and out limit is set. For each shot, it is determined whether the player has successfully made the ball into one of the plurality of cups. If the user makes the ball into one of the cups, a mechanism is used to indicate that the user has made the ball into one of the cups. Alternatively, if the user fails to make the ball into one of the cups, the out limit is decremented. The game ends if the out limit reaches zero before the player manages to make all of the cups. However, if the player manages to make all cups before exceeding the out limit, then a new round is started with a new out limit and a new set of cups.
Claims15
A method for playing a single-player beer pong game, comprising the steps of:
- setting an out limit which represents a maximum number of times a player may unsuccessfully toss or bounce a ball into one of a plurality of cups situated above a surface;
- determining whether the player has successfully made the ball into one of the plurality of cups each time the player tosses or bounces the ball;
- indicating that the player has successfully tossed the ball into one of the plurality of cups;
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- decrementing the out limit each time the player fails to make the ball into one of the plurality of cups.
A beer pong game apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of cups situated atop a surface in a predetermined configuration;
- a first sensing mechanism configured to detect whether a ball has gone into one of the plurality of cups;
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- a second sensing mechanism configured to detect whether the ball has failed to go into one of the plurality of cups;
- in response to said first sensing mechanism, a mechanism for indicating that the ball has gone into one of a plurality of cups;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.