PINBALL GAME MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine capable of performing an unified operation with game machines using other game media while using game balls as the game media. SOLUTION: The pinball game machine is provided with a hitting means 15 for hitting the stipulated hitting number of the game balls for each unit game, a putout means 57a for putting out the game balls on the basis of the establishment of a winning role, a game ball fetch means 97 for fetching the game balls from an upper tray 7 to the side of a recovery standby path 80, a hitting ball supply means 57b for supplying the game balls from a supply route side to the hitting means 15, a game start means 128a for starting the unit game on condition that the stipulated feed number of the game balls are fetched, and a game ball recovery means 109 for recovering the game balls inside the recovery standby path 80 to the outside of the machine after the unit game is started. A fetch operation for the next unit game can be started after the unit game before that is started and recovery by the game ball recovery means 109 is performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI