Arcade machine

An arcade machine comprising:

• a main body that includes
• a cabinet that is disposed on a base, that has an opening and that forms a gaming space,
• a display screen that is disposed on the cabinet to cover the opening, the display screen displaying a playing screen, the playing screen including a virtual object that is related to playing the arcade machine,
• an operating mechanism that is disposed on the cabinet and that is operable by a player,
• a plurality of obstacles that are disposed in the cabinet, and
• a moving object that is driven to move within the gaming space by operation of the player operating the operating mechanism;
• a sensor unit that, when activated, continuously detects a location of the moving object in the gaming space, so as to generate a location signal indicating the location of the moving object;
• and
• a processor that includes a contact detection module connected to the sensor unit, a calculating module connected to the contact detection module, a triggering module connected to the contact detection module and the calculating module, and an operation module connected to the contact detection module, the triggering module and the display screen,
• wherein the processor is configured for:
• generating, by the contact detection module, a contact signal in the case that it is determined based on the location signal that a two-dimensional (2D) location of the moving object in the gaming space corresponds with a 2D location of the virtual object on the display screen;
• in response to receipt of the contact signal, the calculating module to calculate an accumulated score associated with the player;
• in response to receipt of one of the contact signal and the accumulated score, the triggering module to generate and transmit a triggering signal to the operation module in the case that it is determined that a preset triggering condition is met;
• and
• in response to receipt of the triggering signal, the operation module to implement a change operation to change the playing screen into a changed playing screen based on the triggering signal, and control the display screen to display the changed playing screen based on the change operation.