Pinball game with moveable track mechanism

A pinball game comprising:

• a playing surface;
• a ball;
• a plurality of targets defining a first set of pinball targets, said targets disposed on said playing surface;
• at least one player actuated flipper disposed on the playing surface for propelling the ball;
• a track disposed above said playing surface, said track having a first position wherein said ball rolls on said track and a second position wherein said ball rolls off said track;
• means for positioning the ball onto the track;
• at least one track associated target having a representative game attribute, the at least one track associated target disposed below the track;
• a sensor connected to said at least one track associated target to detect engagement of the ball with the at least one track associated target;
• a player actuation button that causes movement of said track from said first position to said second position dropping the ball off the track into detecting engagement with the sensor;
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• memory means for storing a point value for each respective game attribute.

A method for playing a pinball game comprising the steps of:

• providing a track, the track having a first position wherein a ball rolls on said track and a second position wherein said ball rolls off said track;
• rolling a ball across the track;
• providing a row of sensors associated with respective game attributes below said track;
• actuating the track from the first position to the second position as the ball rolls above a selected game attribute;
• storing each selected game attribute associated with each engaged sensor in a memory means;
• combining the stored game attributes associated with each sensor;
• computing points from a particular combination of game attributes;
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• adding the points from the combination to a player's score.

A method for playing a pinball game comprising the steps of:

• playing in a first playing mode and playing in a second playing mode;
• the first playing mode comprising the steps of;
• providing a playing surface;
• providing a ball for the first playing mode;
• providing a plurality of targets for engagement with the ball on said playing surface;
• providing at least one flipper disposed on said playing surface for propelling said ball on the playing surface;
• accumulating a score corresponding to the number of targets engaged;
• the second playing mode comprising the steps of:
• providing a ball for the second playing mode;
• providing a track, said track having a first position wherein said ball rolls on said track and a second position wherein said ball rolls off said track;
• providing at least on target disposed below the track;
• rolling said ball on the track;
• moving said track from said first position to said second position dropping the ball off the track onto said target;
• accumulating a score corresponding to the number of targets engaged in the second playing mode;
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• adding the score accumulated in the second playing mode to the score accumulated in the first playing mode.