Game apparatus

An action game apparatus comprising:

• a game board having a playing surface for supporting a playing piece for movement thereon, said game board comprising:
• a peripheral railing delimiting said playing surface;
• said playing surface being generally rectangular, having opposite ends and comprising:
• a goal mouth located at each said opposite end of said playing surface;
• a plurality of playing figures for striking and propelling said playing piece on said playing surface, said playing figures being mounted, essentially orthogonally to said playing surface, said playing figures being mounted at predetermined locations on said playing surface;
• the apparatus being further characterized in that:
• one of said playing figures is mounted for linear displacement on said playing surface, in front of each of said goal mouths with said linear displacement having a range corresponding approximately to the width of said goal mouths;
• the remaining playing figures being mounted for pivotal movement relative to said playing surface;
• bidirectional motion generating means connected to each said playing figure for selective movement thereof;
• said apparatus further comprising:
• first and second input means capable of being actuated by a first and a second player respectively, said first and second input means having a plurality of keys adapted to allow said first and second players to sequentially control any one of said plurality of playing figures, each said input means being connected to said bidirectional motion generating means for selectively actuating the bidirectional motion generating means associated with a selected playing figure and for selectively controlling the direction of movement of said bidirectional motion generating means.