JP2000024194A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine capable of increasing the interest of play contents by avoiding a game state extremely disadvantageous to a player and expanding possibility of obtaining a large amount of prize balls. SOLUTION: This machine is provided with a big prize-winning port 2 arranged on the surface of a game panel and a fixed port provided inside of the port 2. Under a special condition, a so-called big prize-winning state is generated to make the opening/closing lid of the port 2 execute opening/closing operation. In addition, when the game ball enters the port 13 under a fixed condition in the big prize-winning state, the opening/closing operation of the opening/closing lid of the port 2 is updated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine capable of updating the opening / closing operation of an opening / closing lid of a special winning opening when a gaming ball wins a specific opening in a jackpot state. Hereinafter, a description will be given of an example of a second-class continuous role-type pachinko gaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko gaming machines generally have a plurality of winning holes on the surface of a game board, and when a player hits a game ball along the game board and the game ball wins the winning hole, a certain number of winning holes are formed. Prize balls are paid out. In such a pachinko machine, a player puts a purchased game ball in a supply plate,
Since the player simply fires a game ball by operating the hitting handle, the game tends to be monotonous.

[0003] Therefore, in the second-class continuous role-type pachinko gaming machine, a large winning prize port is provided on the game board surface in order to give a change to the game content. Perform the opening and closing operation a predetermined number of times, for example, once or twice. If the game ball wins the special winning opening V winning opening provided inside the winning opening when the opening / closing cover of the winning opening is open, a so-called jackpot state occurs, and the opening / closing of the winning opening 18 times in succession. The right to continue the opening and closing operation of the lid is generated (first round). Then, if the game ball wins the V winning opening in the special winning opening during the 18 consecutive operations, the right to continue the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid in the first round disappears even during the 18 times, and a new one is lost. The renewed rights will be generated in the next 1
The operation shifts to eight continuous opening / closing operations (second round). When the game ball does not win the V winning opening during the 18 consecutive operations, after the 18 continuous operations in the round are completed, or when the number of winning the game ball to the special winning opening is increased. When the number reaches ten, the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid of the special winning opening ends. Note that the 18 consecutive opening / closing operations can be repeated up to a total of 8 rounds, and return to the original initial state when the 8 rounds are repeated.

[0004]

However, the conventional pachinko game machine has a big hit state, and the opening / closing lid is 18 inches.
If the first game ball that wins the special winning opening wins the V winning opening in the special winning opening after the transfer, the right to continue the opening and closing operation of the open / close lid disappears at that point. Then, the process shifts to 18 consecutive opening / closing operations in the next round. Therefore, immediately after shifting to each round from the first round to the seventh round, if the first game ball which has won the special winning opening wins the V winning opening, only a total of seven game balls have won the special winning opening. Then, the game shifts to 8 runwood, and after 8 rounds, the big hit state ends. With this, even if the right to continue opening and closing the opening and closing lid of the big winning opening occurs,
The player cannot effectively use this right, and loses a chance to obtain a large amount of prize balls, which reduces the interest in the game by half. As described above, in this type of conventional pachinko gaming machine, there is a possibility that the player may not be able to fully utilize the right to continue the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid of the special winning opening.

[0005] The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, avoids a gaming state that is extremely disadvantageous to the player, expands the possibility of obtaining a large amount of prize balls, and makes the game more interesting. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko gaming machine capable of increasing the number of pachinko machines.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a special winning opening arranged on a game board, a special opening provided inside the special winning opening, and special conditions. In a so-called jackpot state, the opening and closing lid of the special winning opening is opened, and when a predetermined period has elapsed or when the number of winnings to the special winning opening has reached a predetermined number, whichever is earlier, the special winning opening is opened. Means for opening and closing the opening / closing lid, means for updating the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid of the special winning opening when a game ball wins in the specific opening under a certain condition in the big hit state, and A total number detecting means for detecting the winning of the game ball, a determining means for counting a signal from the total number detecting means and issuing a signal when the total number of winnings to the special winning opening reaches a predetermined constant value; and The total number of winning prizes to the grand prize mouth issued The pachinko game machine having a control means for stopping the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid of the special winning opening and ending the update of the jackpot state upon receiving the signal indicating that the winning amount has become the constant value, sets the total winning number. Setting means for performing the setting.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when a big hit state is reached by the above means, the winning of the game ball to the big winning opening in the big hit state is detected by the total number detecting means and a signal is sent to the judging means. The judging means counts the signal and issues a signal to the control means when the total number of winnings in the special winning opening reaches a predetermined constant value. Upon receiving this signal, the control means stops the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing cover of the special winning opening, and ends the big hit state. Therefore,
Once the jackpot is reached, if the game ball wins a specific opening under certain conditions, there is no restriction by the number of rounds as in the conventional pachinko machine, so the game state that is extremely disadvantageous for the player Can be avoided.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko game machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a game board detachably mounted on an openable front frame of a pachinko game machine. A so-called central accessory 10 provided at the center of the gaming board 1 has a special winning opening 2, movable blades 11 a and 11 b which are opening / closing lids of the special winning opening 2, and movable blades 11 a and 11.
b) a round display 3 for displaying the number of occurrences of the right to continue the opening / closing operation of b. Further, the game board 1 is provided with second type starting ports 4a, 4b, 4c, so-called tulip winning ports 6a, 6b, an out port 7 for collecting out balls, and the like. Although not shown, a hitting handle for firing a game ball, a supply tray for receiving a prize ball, and the like are arranged on a front frame of the pachinko gaming machine.

In this embodiment, the second type starting ports 4a, 4b
4c are arranged three, and the center one 4b of the three second type starting ports is a movable blade 11a when a game ball wins.
11b is a 2nd opening / closing type 2 opening opening / closing operation which performs two opening / closing operations, and two left / right 4a / 4c are second opening / closing operations where the movable blades 11a / 11b perform one opening / closing operation when a game ball wins.
It is a seed starting port.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the central accessory. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 12 denotes a first solenoid for rotating the movable blades 11a and 11b. The movable blades 11a and 11b are driven by the first solenoid 12, and rotate about 90 degrees to form the open state and the closed state of the special winning opening 2. 1
Reference numeral 3 denotes a special winning opening which is a specific opening provided in the special winning opening 2 in which the right to open and close the movable blades 11a and 11b is continued, and 14a and 14b are normal winning openings.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram relating to a central accessory provided in a pachinko gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, S1, S2, and S3 represent the second
An N detector that detects a game ball that has won the seed starting ports 4a, 4b, and 4c, a V detector that detects a game ball that has won a V winning port 13 in the special winning port 2, and S5 is a special winning port 2 This is a 10-count switch that detects a winning ball and emits a signal. 50 excites the first solenoid 12 via the first drive unit 51 in response to signals from the N detectors S1, S2, S3, the V detector S4, and the like, and moves the movable blades 11a.
This is a movable blade control unit that controls the rotation of b. 54 is a first counting unit that counts the number of times the movable blades 11a and 11b perform opening and closing operations continuously by the movable blade control unit 50, and 55 is a predetermined value in which the count value of the first counting unit 54 is a predetermined value. A first judging unit for issuing a signal to the gate G1 when the signal becomes, a second counting unit 56 for counting the signal from the ten-count switch S5, and 57 a count value of the second counting unit 56 of 1
A second determining unit that emits a signal to the gate G1 when the number becomes zero;
58 is a third counting section for accumulatively counting the signal from the 10-count switch S5, and 59 is a third counting section that issues a signal to the movable blade control section 50 when the count value of the third counting section 58 reaches a predetermined constant value, for example, 100. 3 is a judgment unit.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
When the power is turned on to the pachinko gaming machine, the pachinko gaming machine is initialized and then enters a game-ready state. Now, it is assumed that the game ball fired by the player has won the second-type starting port 4b in which, for example, the movable blades 11a and 11b open and close twice. Then, N detector S
2 detects this and sends a signal to the movable blade control unit 50, which excites the first solenoid 12 via the first drive unit 51, and thereby the movable blade 11a
11b opens and closes twice, and the special winning opening 2 is opened twice. Winner 2 with movable blades 11a and 11b
When the game ball emitted by the player wins in the special winning opening 2 when is in the open state, the winning winning ball is placed in any of the three winning openings 13, 14 a, and 14 b arranged below the special winning opening 2. Wins a crab. When the winning holes 14a and 14b are won, a predetermined game ball is simply ejected as a prize ball. When the game ball wins the V winning hole 13, the V detector S4 detects this and outputs a signal. To the movable blade control unit 50.

When the movable blade controller 50 receives the output signal of the V detector S4, it excites the first solenoid 12 and controls the movable blades 11a and 11b to perform the opening and closing operations continuously. The mouth 2 shifts to the jackpot state. Also, the round display 3 displays "1" to indicate that the right to continue the opening and closing operation of the movable blades 11a and 11b has been generated, that is, that the big hit state has been reached.
The first counting section 54 receives a signal from the movable blade control section 50 and counts the number of continuous opening / closing operations of the movable blades 11a and 11b. When the number of continuous opening / closing operations of the movable blades 11a and 11b reaches a predetermined value of 18, the first determining unit 55 issues a signal to the gate G1. The movable blades 11a and 11b
Is performing the continuous opening / closing operation, the 10-count switch S5 detects the winning number of the game ball which has won the special winning opening 2, and outputs the output signal thereof to the second counting section 56 and the third counting section 58.
And send to The second counting section 56 counts the output signal, and the second judging section 57 issues a signal to the gate G1 when the number of winning game balls in the special winning opening 2 reaches ten. Gate G1
Is a logical OR gate, and when receiving a signal from the first judgment unit 55 or the second judgment unit 57, it sends a signal to the movable blade control unit 50. Upon receiving the signal from the gate G1, the movable blade control unit 50 stops the opening / closing operation of the movable blades 11a and 11b and resets the first counting unit 54 and the second counting unit 56. In other words, the continuous opening / closing operation of the movable blades 11a and 11b is performed after the continuous opening / closing operation is repeated 18 times or the large winning opening 2 if the game ball does not win the V winning opening 13 during the 18 continuous operations. The process ends when ten game balls are won.

FIG. 4 is a time chart showing the opening and closing operation of the movable blade. FIG. 4 (a) shows a case where the game ball has won the second opening / closing opening 4a / 4c for opening / closing the movable ball 11a / 11b only once, and the large winning opening. 2 is opened once. FIG. 6B shows a case where the game ball has won the second opening / closing second type opening 4b, and in this case, the special winning opening 2 is opened twice. FIG. 3 (c) shows that the game balls are the second type starting ports 4a, 4b.
4C, the winning ball 2 is opened when the winning hole 2 is opened, and the game ball wins the winning hole 2 and the gaming ball wins the V winning hole 13. . That is, when a game ball wins in the open special winning opening 2 and the game ball wins a V winning opening 13 provided in the lower portion of the special winning opening 2, the V detector S4 sends a detection signal to the movable blade control unit. 50
And the right to continue the opening and closing operation of the movable blades 11a and 11b is generated, and the round display 3
Displays “1”. The jackpot state is the movable blade 11a
If 11b repeats the continuous opening / closing operation 18 times, or if the game ball does not win again in the V winning opening 13 in the special winning opening 2 until 10 gaming balls win in the special winning opening 2, the processing ends. Then, the game returns to the normal game state. However, during this time, the game ball that has won the special winning opening 2 wins the V winning opening 13 again, and the V detector S4 sends a signal to the movable blade control unit 50, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 (c). Movable blades 11a and 11b
When the game ball wins the V winning opening 13 of the special winning opening 2 during the 14th opening / closing operation, the right to continue the opening / closing operation of the movable blades 11a and 11b at the time A is thereby provided. Disappears. Then, the right to continue the jackpot state from the point A is newly generated, whereby the round display 3 displays "2". Then, as described above, if the movable blades 11a and 11b repeat the opening / closing operation 18 times, or if the game ball wins the V winning opening 13 until ten game balls win the large winning opening 2, Further, the right to continue the jackpot state is updated, and thereafter, the above-described operation is repeated.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of the control in the big hit state. When you hit the jackpot,
In a step, the first counting section 54 and the second counting section 56 are reset (the third counting section 58 is reset before the big hit state is reached), and 1 is added to the round display 3 in the step. As a result, the round display 3 displays “1”, notifies the player that the state has shifted to the big hit state, and proceeds to the step. Movable blade 11a in steps
11b starts a continuous opening / closing operation. Next, the process proceeds to a step, and it is determined whether or not the game ball has won the V winning opening 13. If there is a winning in the V winning opening 13, the process returns to the step, the first counting section 54 and the second counting section 56 are cleared as described above, 1 is added to the round display 3 and "2" is displayed. Continue open / close operation (step ~). If there is no winning in the V winning opening 13, the process proceeds to step 3
It is determined whether or not the count number of the counting unit 58, that is, whether or not the total number of winning game balls to the special winning opening 2 in the jackpot state is 100 pieces. If the number is 100, the process proceeds to step to end the continuous opening / closing operation, the first counting section 54, the second counting section 56, the third counting section 58, and the round display 3 are cleared to end the big hit state ( Steps). If the number is not 100, the process proceeds to the step, and it is determined whether or not the number of winning the game balls to the special winning opening 2 is 10. If there are ten, the continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 2 is finished (step), and the counting units 54, 56, 58 and the round display 3 are cleared (step) as described above, and the big hit state is ended. In addition, the winning number of game balls in the special winning opening 2 is 10
If the number is less than the number of the moving blades 11a
It is determined whether or not the number of opening / closing operations of 11b is 18 times. 1
If it is eight times, the process shifts to the step and ends the big hit state. The number of times the movable blades 11a and 11b are opened and closed is 1
If it is less than eight times, the process shifts to the step and the above-described steps from step to step are repeated.

In the conventional pachinko gaming machine, a jackpot state is reached, the round indicator 3 displays "8", and when the eighth round is completed, the jackpot state ends regardless of the number of winnings in the special winning opening 2. . Therefore, even if the game goes into the jackpot state and shifts to the 8th round, the game immediately shifts to the 8th round from the 1st round to the 7th round only after seven game balls have been won to the special winning opening 2. After the 8th round, the jackpot is reached. The state may end. As described above, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, even if it is in a big hit state,
On the contrary, the player sometimes felt unpleasant. However, according to the present embodiment, even if the state shifts to the jackpot state and the number of rounds exceeds eight, if the total number of winning game balls in the special winning opening 2 is 100 or less, the jackpot state is changed. As it continues, the player will more effectively utilize the jackpot state and increase the likelihood of winning a large number of prize balls.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, there is no limitation due to the number of rounds in the jackpot state.
A player can utilize the jackpot state more effectively than a conventional pachinko gaming machine, and the possibility of acquiring a large amount of prize balls increases.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the jackpot state ends when the total number of wins in the jackpot in the jackpot state reaches 100 has been described. However, the total number of wins may be 100 or less. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the total number of winnings to the special winning opening in the open state is set in advance by the manufacturer of the pachinko gaming machine, but the setting means for setting the total number of winnings is provided on the back of the pachinko gaming machine. May be provided. Thereby, even in a game arcade, it is possible to easily adjust the pitching of the pachinko gaming machine by using this setting means.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the jackpot state can be updated irrespective of the number of rounds of the jackpot state if the total number of winnings at the jackpot is less than a predetermined value. It is possible to avoid a game state that is extremely disadvantageous for the player, to increase the possibility of acquiring a large amount of prize balls, to increase the interest in the game content, and to easily adjust the pitch. And a pachinko gaming machine capable of doing so.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a central accessory.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram relating to a central accessory provided in the pachinko gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a time chart showing an opening and closing operation of a movable blade.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of control in a big hit state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 gaming board 2 large winning opening 3 round indicator 4 second type starting opening 6 tulip winning opening 7 out opening 10 central role 11 movable blade, 12 first solenoid 13 V winning opening, 50 movable blade control unit, 51 1st drive part 54 1st counting part, 55 1st judgment part 56 2nd counting part 57 2nd judgment part 58 3rd counting part, 59 3rd judgment part, S1, S2, S3 N detector S4 V detector S5 10 count switch G1 gate

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A special winning opening arranged on a game board surface, a specific opening provided inside the special winning opening, and under special conditions,
Opening and closing of the special winning opening in a so-called jackpot state, opening and closing the special winning opening when a predetermined period has elapsed or when the number of winnings to the special winning opening has reached a predetermined number, whichever is earlier. Means for opening and closing the lid, means for updating the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing lid of the special winning opening when a game ball wins in the specific opening under a certain condition in the big hit state, and Total number detecting means for detecting a prize of a game ball, determining means for counting a signal from the total number detecting means and issuing a signal when the total number of winnings to the special winning opening reaches a predetermined constant value, and the determining means emits the signal. Control means for stopping the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid of the special winning opening and ending the updating of the big hit state when receiving a signal indicating that the total number of winnings to the special winning opening has reached the predetermined value. For gaming machines Te, pachinko machines, characterized in that a setting means for setting the winning total.