Automatic bowling center system

A bowling center system (10) includes a plurality of lane pair control systems (16) each including a pinsetting device (14) for each lane (12), a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station (18) and a pair of overhead display moni­tors (20R, 20L). The game control unit (16) is operable under the control of a game control program stored in a memory for automati­cally operating the pinsetter control units during game play to selectively set a sequence of pin patterns on the lane (12), which patterns may comprise any array of pins. The game control unit (16) responsive to pin fall data received from the gamesetter generates scoring information which is displayed using video graphic displays on the overhead monitors (20R, 20L). The game control program can be any one of a plurality of dif­ferent game programs which may be downloaded to the memory from a memory associated with the manager's control termi­nal. According to the particular game program, the number of bowling frames the game may vary as well as the number of balls and pins utilized in each frame. The manager's con­trol system (26) provides accounting control over the bowling center system (10) and is operable to override operation of a selected game control unit as necessary. A plurality of remote terminals (21) are provided asscciated with selected ones of said lane pair control systems (16). Each remote terminal system includes a keyboard (24) and a display monitor (22). The re­mote terminal (21) operates under the control of the game control unit (16) to allow a user thereof to enter requests for video displays. The video displays include, for example, ball trajectory displays which illustrate the path of the ball on the bowling lane, or dynamic displays, such as for training, generated by video source devices associated with the manag­er's control system (26).