 Image Number 6 for United States Patent #5501455.
A racing game machine includes an endless plate member formed with running lanes on a top surface thereof, the endless plate member having a grade-separated intersection portion; endless transporting chains provided below the endless plate member, each endless transporting chain having a magnetic portion; guide members provided below the endless plate member, each guide member being operable to hold one of the endless transporting chains within respective courses corresponding to the running lanes; a moving mechanism operable to move the endless transporting chains independently of one another along the respective guide members; running objects each having a magnetic portion; and a controller operable to control the moving mechanism in accordance with a predetermined game program.
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