Game having illustration-bearing projectile

A game apparatus, comprising:

• means defining a projectile receiving station including a plurality of adjacent projectile receiving compartments disposed behind a front playing surface wall, said front playing surface wall bearing an incomplete illustration having a plurality of missing portions of said illustration each missing portion of said illustration disposed at each projectile receiving compartment;
• a plurality of projectiles each bearing an illustration capable of completing a missing portion of the illustration on said playing surface wall when the projectile is propelled into a proper one of said projectile receiving compartments;
• orienting means on each projectile for orienting the illustration thereon with respect to the illustration on the front playing surface wall;
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• launching means for launching said illustration bearing projectiles into said projectile receiving compartments.

A game apparatus, comprising:

• means defining a projectile receiving station disposed behind a front playing surface wall, said front playing surface wall bearing an incomplete illustration;
• a projectile bearing an illustration capable of completing the missing portion of the illustration on said front playing surface wall when projected into said projectile receiving station, said projectile being eccentrically weighted to be heavier at the bottom of said projectile when said illustration is in the upright position;
• and
• launching means for launching said illustration bearing projectile into said projectile receiving station.

A game apparatus, comprising:

• means defining a projectile receiving station disposed behind a front playing surface wall, said front playing surface wall bearing an incomplete illustration;
• a projectile bearing an illustration capable of completing the missing portion of the illustration on said front playing surface wall when projected into said projectile receiving station;
• and
• launching means including an air bellows means in fluid communication with a projectile engaging member and further including an hydraulically movable object contained within a channel, said channel being in fluid communication with said air bellows means such that activation of the air bellows means causes said movable object to move through said channel to strike said projectile engaging member to cause said projectile to be propelled upwardly toward a projectile receiving station.

A game apparatus, comprising:

• a housing having a rear wall and a front playing surface wall wherein said front playing surface wall is transparent at an area defined by an incomplete portion of an illustration thereon;
• means defining a projectile receiving station behind said front playing surface wall adjacent said transparent area;
• a projectile bearing an illustration capable of completing the illustration on said front playing surface wall when projected into said projectile receiving station so that the illustration on the projectile can be seen through the transparent area of said front playing surface wall;
• a projectile releasing means including a stop means removably disposed between said rear wall and said front playing surface wall below said projectile receiving station to hold a propelled projectile in said projectile receiving station until said stop means is removed from between said rear and front playing surface walls;
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• launching means for launching said illustration bearing projectile into said projectile receiving station.

A game apparatus, comprising:

• means defining a projectile receiving station including a plurality of adjacent projectile
• receiving compartments disposed behind a front playing surface wall, said front playing surface wall bearing an incomplete illustration having a plurality of missing portions of said illustration, each missing portion of said illustration disposed at each projectile receiving compartment;
• a plurality of projectiles, each bearing an illustration capable of completing a missing portion of the illustration on said playing surface wall when the projectile is propelled into a proper one of said projectile receiving compartments, said projectiles being eccentrically weighted to be heavier at the bottom of each projectile when the projectiles are in the upright position, said upright position defined as a position such that when seated in a projectile receiving compartment, the projectile properly completes a portion of the illustration on the front playing surface wall;
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• launching means including a hinged projectile contacting hammer means adapted to rotate about an axis to strike an undersurface of a projectile to provide an upward force to said projectile for launching said illustration bearing projectiles into said projectile receiving compartments.