JP2002315912A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine for allowing a game player to easily understand the content of a unique and show ready-to-win state including a revariation and a trick variation by displaying a ready-to-win developing system image on a liquid crystal image screen. SOLUTION: The game player can easily understand information on its machine model by displaying the ready-to-win developing system image by the liquid crystal image screen. The ready-to-win developing system image can be simultaneously displayed in a part of the image screen by easily understandably displaying the fact of dummy rotation unrelated to ball winning and a random number in a game for the game player not only in a standby image screen (in a demonstrative image screen) but also in an image variation such as big prize time and ready-to-win time. The ready-to-win developing system image having the function of announcing in which stage progress of the ready-to-win exists at present can be simultaneously displayed at ready- to-win time to become devised direction so that the game player can expectantly understand ready-to-win information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine, and more particularly, to a game machine having a screen capable of displaying an image corresponding to the progress or content of a game, and capable of disclosing information on the game machine to a player. Related to ball-and-ball game machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine, for example, a pachinko gaming machine, there have been various inventions for notifying a player of performance of the gaming machine, game state data, and the like. For example, JP-A-9-
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-66144 discloses an invention in which a game setting such as a big hit probability is notified to a player by a variable display is described. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 7-31733 describes an invention in which game state data is variably displayed to notify a player. In the case where the display control means for displaying information related to such various types of gaming machines is provided, the player can select the gaming machine in advance by allowing the player to surely understand the performance of the gaming machine, In addition, by processing the actual game result when the gaming machine is operated and displaying it on the liquid crystal display unit as a game state data with a simple configuration, the player can use the actual operation data of the table while playing the game. You can also get it.
Further, by displaying the handling information of the gaming machine on the gaming machine itself, it is possible to enable easy and reliable handling of the gaming machine on the hall side. By the way, there is a situation called a reach as a feature of the pachinko gaming machine. This is a situation where if one more symbol is aligned during the game, it is a "big hit", and the control that the reach develops from one to the next due to re-variation, trick variation, etc. is executed, and such display processing is It is surprising and entertains the player. Above all, the reach with the jackpot probability higher than usual is referred to as super reach, and at this time, the player is further excited by performing a unique and flashy effect.

[0003]

However, today, with the development of gaming machines, the reach has become diversified.
It is difficult for beginners and those unfamiliar with games to understand how reach reaches the "big hit", and it can be confusing to understand the content. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of allowing a player to easily understand information on reach development.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine in which a game ball fired on a game board surface enters a specific entrance or a specific passage. Determination means for determining whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player due to the timing of passing the game, and determining the type of the success or failure image indicating whether or not to shift to the game content advantageous to the player A pass / fail image determining unit, an image control unit that controls the still image to be displayed as a pass / fail image by the pass / fail image determining unit after variably displaying the image on the screen of the image display device, and the hit / fail image is a hit image. In the case, a reach display means for displaying a reach image that is a prerequisite to display the corresponding image on the screen, and a ball game machine comprising: a display means for displaying a reach development system image on the screen, Information about reach It is characterized in that it provides.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a beginner or a person unfamiliar with the game can easily understand how the reach develops up to the jackpot. There is. In addition, in addition to the various types of gaming machine information (items relating to jackpot probability, gaming value, probability variation, etc. for each gaming machine), when the reach developed system image is displayed together, the performance of the gaming machine can be more reliably determined. People can understand.

[0006] Here, the reach development system image is for making the player understand the development stage of the reach. The types include various types such as a type in which the development pattern is displayed as a moving image or a still image, a combination thereof, a type in which a telop is displayed, a type in a catalog, and a type in a flowchart. The display timing of the reach developed system image is, for example, during a standby screen, during a big hit, during image fluctuation, during reach display, and the like. The display region of the reach development system image includes an appropriate region such as the top and bottom, left and right, and the center of the screen, and the display region of the reach development system image may be displayed alone or together with other images. If
Although it is desirable to be displayed in separate areas, it may be displayed in duplicate. During the standby screen (demonstration
Not only during the image change, but also during image fluctuation, reach display, and jackpot display, by providing a dedicated display area for the reach development system image on the screen and displaying the reach development system image etc. on a liquid crystal screen etc. The player can easily understand the reach information of the model. The standby screen refers to a screen other than the image being changed, for example, a screen showing a demonstration. The image being changed refers to a case where various images are changing, such as a change in the success / failure image, a change in the jackpot image, a change in the reach image, and the like. In addition, the entrance opening includes not only the entry of a ball and a prize, but also all entries without a prize.

[0007] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the reach advanced system image is displayed in a still image or a moving image format. This gives a bird's-eye view of the overall reach development. In particular, it is effective for displaying on the standby screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine according to the first aspect, the reach development system image includes a plurality of pattern images showing individual reach development patterns, and is sequentially displayed as a still image for every one to several types. Things. This makes it possible to surely understand the transition to the next stage. In particular, by comparing with the fluctuation of the success / failure image, it is possible to make the player surely understand how the development to the next step will be on the reach screen.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the reach development system image is displayed in a flowchart format. This makes it easier for the player to grasp the flow of the reach by displaying the reach in chronological order. This is particularly effective for complicated reach.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bullet game machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the means for displaying that the image variation of the reach developed system image is a dummy image variation display which is irrelevant to success or failure is provided. The reach development system image can be displayed even during the fluctuation of the pass / fail image. In particular, during image fluctuations and during a big hit, the player can easily understand that the ball is awarded during the game or a dummy rotation that has nothing to do with the success or failure, so that the reach development image and the reach development system image can be displayed at the same time as the success / failure image fluctuation. Can be displayed.

[0011] A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a bullet-ball game machine according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, further comprising display means for displaying the current progress stage of the reach on the reach development system image. In this way, it is possible to notify at which stage the currently in-progress reach is at, and to realize a careful guidance.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the reach development system image is displayed on a standby screen. This serves as a reference when a player selects a model.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the reach development system image is displayed during a big hit. Thereby, various processes leading to the next jackpot can be specifically imagined, and the expectation for the next jackpot is further increased.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bullet-ball game machine according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the reach development system image is displayed while the pass / fail image changes. Furthermore, during the reach, by displaying a reach development system image or the like having a function of notifying at what stage the progress of the reach is currently at the same time, an elaborate effect can be achieved, and the player can expect Understand reach information.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a largely rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known card reader 13 is provided on the left of the outer frame 11. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by upper and lower left and right hinges 14. An upper plate 15 is provided below the front frame 12, and the lending button 16, the settlement button 17, and the balance display unit 1 are provided on the upper plate 15.
8 are provided. When a prepaid card is inserted into a card slot 19 of a card reader (also called a prepaid card unit) 13, the stored balance is displayed on a balance display section 18.
When the lending button 16 is pressed, the lending of the game ball is executed, and the game ball is discharged from the payout opening of the upper plate 15.

A window-shaped metal frame 20 is removably attached to the front frame 12. A sheet glass 21 is doubly fitted into the metal frame 20. A game board 22 is housed behind the glass sheet 21. Upper plate 1
5, a lower plate 23 is provided below the front frame 12, and the lower plate 2
A firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of 3.
A rotating ring (not shown) is provided on the outer periphery of the firing handle 24, and when rotated clockwise, a game ball can be played on the game board 22.
Can be fired on. The upper plate 15 and the lower plate 23 are connected, and are configured to guide game balls to the lower plate 23 when the upper plate 15 becomes full of game balls.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the back. As shown in the figure, a mechanism board 26 to which the game board 22 described above is detachably attached is housed in the outer frame 11 described above. A ball tank 27, a guide gutter 28, and a payout device 29 are provided on the mechanism panel 26 from above. With this configuration, if there is a winning of a game ball in the winning opening on the game board 22, a predetermined number of game balls are delivered from the ball tank 27 via the guiding gutter 28 by the payout device 29 to the above-mentioned upper plate 15
Can be discharged. The main control board 30 and the prize ball control board 31 are detachably attached to the mechanism board 26.
2, a special symbol display device 32, a firing control board 33 on the lower left portion of the front frame 12, and an external connection terminal board 50 on the left side of the special symbol display device 32 are attached.
The structure related to the payout of game balls and the like centering on the mechanism board 26 is the same as that of the conventional structure, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the game board 22 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 22 has an LCD panel unit (hereinafter, referred to as "LCD") 32a constituting a special symbol display device 32 in the center, and an ordinary electric accessory as a first-type starting port below the LCD panel unit 32a. 36, an ordinary symbol display device 37 above the LCD 32a, left and right ordinary symbol actuation gates 38 and 39 of the LCD 32a used to start changing the symbol displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 37, and a large winning port 40 below the ordinary electric accessory 36. An out port 41 at the bottom of the board, other winning ports, a windmill, a game nail (not shown), and the like are provided. With this configuration, when the above-described rotating ring (not shown) of the firing handle 24 is rotated, the firing motor 33a driven by the firing control board 33 is driven, and the game ball on the upper plate 15 is played via the guide rail. Fired on the board 22. If the launched game ball wins in each winning opening, the game ball is taken in as a safe ball on the back surface of the board, and if not won, it is similarly taken in as an out ball via the out port 41 on the back surface of the board.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Pachinko machine 1
As shown in the figure, the electric circuit of 0 includes the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31, the special symbol display device 32, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35.
And so on. In this circuit diagram, a so-called relay board and a power supply circuit for transferring signals are not described.

The main control board 30 includes a ROM storing a game control program and a RAM serving as a work area for operations and the like.
And an external input / output circuit for inputting / outputting data from / to each board or various switches and various actuators. On the input side of the main control board 30, a first-type starting port switch 36a, ordinary symbol operation switches 38a and 39a, an accessory continuous operation switch (hereinafter, simply referred to as "V switch") 40a, a count switch 40b, a prize ball The payout switch 29a, the full tank switch 43, the replenishment switch 44, the touch switch 24a, and the like are connected. On the output side, a special winning opening solenoid 40c, a V solenoid 40d, and a normal accessory solenoid 3
6b and the external connection terminal board 50 are connected.

The first-type starting port switch 36a is in the ordinary electric accessory 36 on the game board 22, the ordinary symbol operating switches 38a and 39a are in the ordinary symbol operating gates 38 and 39, respectively, and the V switch 40a is a special winning opening. 40, the count switch 40b is also in the special winning opening 40,
The prize ball payout switch 29a is below the ball cutting motor 29b in the payout device 29, and the full tank switch 43 is the lower plate 23.
The replenishment switch 44 is mounted inside the ball tank 27. Here, the V switch 40a is a special winning opening 4
The count switch 40b indicates that all the game balls winning in the special winning opening 40 indicate that the game balls winning in 0 have passed through the special device operation area (hereinafter, referred to as “special area”).
The prize ball payout switch 29a is a game ball discharged to the upper plate 15 by the ball cutting motor 29b, the full tank switch 43 is that the lower plate 23 is full of game balls, and the supply switch 44 is a ball tank. The touch switch 24a is built into the firing handle 24 to detect the presence of a game ball in the player 27 and to detect that the player is touching the firing handle 24, respectively. The special winning opening solenoid 40c connected to the output side is used for opening and closing the special winning opening 40, the V solenoid 40d is used for opening and closing the special winning area in the special winning opening 40, and the ordinary accessory solenoid 36b is used for opening and closing the ordinary electric accessory 36. Things.

The special symbol display device 32 is the aforementioned LCD
32a, a symbol display device control board (hereinafter simply referred to as a "symbol control board") 32b for driving and controlling the LCD 32a, and an auxiliary unit 32c such as a backlight and an inverter board. Have been. The symbol control board 32b is configured as a logic operation circuit centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer similarly to the main control board 30 described above.

The prize ball control board 31 drives and controls the ball cutting motor 29b in accordance with a command command from the main control board 30, and pays out a game ball as a prize ball to a player when a prize is won. Prepaid card unit 1
3 and the CR settlement display board 42, etc.
It may be configured as a logical operation circuit using a microcomputer, or may be configured as a discrete circuit. The CR settlement display board 42 includes the above-described lending button 16 of the upper plate 15, the settlement button 17, the balance display section 18, and the like. The prize ball control board 31 pays out game balls in accordance with a command from the main control board 30. The main control board 30 detects whether or not game balls corresponding to winning are paid out.

The firing control board 33 drives and controls the firing motor 33a in accordance with the amount of rotation of the firing handle 24 operated by the player, and stops the firing when the player presses the firing stop switch 24b. Or to turn on the touch lamp 45 when the touch switch 24a built in the firing handle 24 is in the ON state.

The lamp control board 34 is configured as a logic operation circuit centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer similarly to the main control board 30 described above, and receives a command from the main control board 30 to form a normal symbol display device 37. , Lamps such as a jackpot lamp and an error lamp, and various known lamps such as an LED.

The sound control board 35 includes the main control board 3 described above.
Like 0, it is configured as a logic operation circuit centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer, includes a sound source IC, an amplifier, and the like, and drives and controls the speaker 46 in response to a command from the main control board 30.

Transmission to the special symbol display device 32, the prize ball control board 31, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35 is performed in one direction so that transmission can be performed only from the main control board 30. It is configured as a communication circuit.

The processing executed by the 8-bit one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter simply referred to as "microcomputer") in the main control board 30 of the pachinko machine 10 having the circuit configuration described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. To The flowchart shown in FIG.
Represents the main processing executed by the microcomputer, and is a processing periodically executed by a hard interrupt every about 2 ms. In this embodiment, steps S100 to S100
Each process up to 200 is a process executed only once in the interrupt process, and is referred to as “main process”, and steps S210 and S220 are repeatedly executed as long as time permits within the extra time after executing the main process. Is referred to as “residual processing”.

When a hardware interrupt is executed by the microcomputer, it is first determined whether or not the interrupt is a normal interrupt (step S100). This determination process is performed by using R
This is performed by determining whether the value of the predetermined area of the AM is a predetermined value. When the processing executed by the microcomputer shifts to this processing, it is determined whether the normal processing may be performed. It is for. If it is determined that the symbol is not normal, a predetermined value is written to a predetermined area of the memory, and each initial value is written to a work area of the memory such as a special symbol and a normal symbol as an initial symbol. (Step S110), the process proceeds to a residual process.

When an affirmative determination is made that the operation is normal, first, an initial random number updating process is executed (step S120). This process is an increment process in which the value of the initial random number is incremented by one each time this process is executed. The value of the initial random number before this process is executed is incremented by one, but the random number value before executing this process is the maximum value. In the case of a certain “249”, it returns to “0” which is the initial value in the next processing, and 250 from “0” to “249”
Create integers repeatedly in ascending order. Step S120
The update random number update process (step S130) is an increment process that increments by +1 each time the process is executed, similar to the initial random number update process. However, when the maximum value of “249” is reached, The initial random number value is set as an initial value (hereinafter, referred to as an “update initial value”), and the process of adding +1 to each interrupt is continued, and “1” is set from the update initial value
When the value reaches a small value (hereinafter, referred to as “update maximum value”), in the next processing, 250 integer values from “0” to “249” are repeatedly created with the value of the initial random number at that time as an initial value. I do.

That is, the value of +1 is incremented every time an interrupt is processed, and the elements constituting the random numbers are set to integer values from “0” to “249”, which are not different from the initial random numbers at all. Then, in the next interrupt processing, the update initial value at that time is used as an initial value, and +1 is added for each interrupt until the update maximum value is reached, and the next update initial value is used as the initial value.

Big hit symbol random number update processing (step S1)
40) is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 15 integers from “0” to “14”, and is incremented by 1 every time this processing is performed, and returns to the initial value “0” when exceeding the maximum value. The fifteen random numbers “0” to “14” are the same three digits “000”, “111”, “222”, “33” displayed on the screen.
3 "," 444 "," 555 "," 666 "," 77 "
7 "," 888 "," 999 ", [AAA]," BB
B "," CCC "," DDD ", and" EEE ". The out-of-design symbol random number update process (step S150)
It is composed of a random number for the left symbol, a random number for the middle symbol, and a random number for the right symbol, and is used as a missing symbol when the jackpot is not a big hit. The left symbol random number is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates fifteen integers from “0” to “14”, and is incremented by one every time this processing is performed, and returns to the initial value “0” when exceeding the maximum value. The medium symbol random number is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates fifteen integers from "0" to "14". When the left symbol random number returns to "0", it is incremented by +1 in this process and when the left symbol exceeds the maximum value, " Return to "0". The random number for the right symbol is "0" to "1".
It is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 15 integers of "4". When the medium symbol random number returns to "0", it is incremented by 1 every time this processing is performed, and when the random number exceeds the maximum value, it returns to "0". The normal symbol random number update process (step S160) is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates seven integers of “0” to “6”, and is incremented by +1 in this process to return to the initial value “0” when exceeding the maximum value. Return.

The above-described random number updating processing (step S12)
0 to S160), the initial random number, the success / failure random number, the jackpot symbol random number, the off symbol random number, and the normal symbol random number are updated, respectively. Input processing of each switch is performed. In this embodiment, the full tank switch 43, the refill switch 44, the touch switch 24a, the first-type starting port switch 36a, the V switch 40
a, count switch 40b, normal symbol operation switch 3
Processing for checking the operating status of each switch such as 8a and 39a and other not-shown prize detection switches provided in the prize port is executed. By this input processing, the first
When there is an input to the seed starting port switch 36a, it means that the game ball has won the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the starting port, and the value of the random number at the time of this interrupt processing is extracted and compared with the determined value. Is performed (step S180).

The pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment is configured as a probability varying machine, and the judgment value is "1" at the time of normal probability, and "1", "3", "5", "7" at the time of high probability. "
"9". As described above, the appearance rate of each of the 250 integer values "0" to "249" constituting the random number is uniform, and is extracted at the timing when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port. The value of the random number is randomly extracted since the winning timing cannot be adjusted in minute time units when compared with the hard interrupt minute time of 2 ms, and the random number functions as a complete random number. Therefore, the probability that the value of the extracted pass / fail random number coincides with the pass / fail judgment value and becomes a jackpot is 1/250 at the time of the normal probability, and 1/50 (= 5/2) at the time of the high probability.
50). Details are omitted. When the success / failure determination process (step S180) ends, an image output process (step S190) is subsequently performed. This image output processing will be described later in detail.

The subsequent output processing (step S200)
In accordance with the progress of the game, the main control board 30 includes a special symbol display device 32, a prize ball control board 31, a launch control board 33, a lamp control board 34, a sound control board 35, and a special winning opening solenoid 4.
Output processing is performed for each of various solenoids such as 0c. That is, when it is detected by each of the input processes (step S170) that a game ball has been won at each of the winning ports on the game board 22, the prize ball control board 31 pays out the game ball as a prize ball. The process of outputting ball data, the process of outputting sound data corresponding to the game state to the sound control board 35, and the error signal being sent to the symbol control board 32b to notify that the pachinko machine 10 is in error when there is an abnormality. Is output, and if a jackpot occurs, the jackpot process is executed to shift to the remaining process.

The remaining process subsequent to the above-described process includes an out-of-design symbol random number updating process (step S210) and an initial random number updating process (step S220). The remaining processes are exactly the same as the above-described steps S150 and S120, respectively. is there. These two processes form an infinite loop and are repeatedly executed as long as time permits until the next interrupt is executed.

Here, the above-described image output process (step S190) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7. The command code is transmitted from the main control board 30 to the special symbol display device 32.
Are transmitted to the symbol control board 32b. FIG.
As shown in (1), transmission command codes of the main control board 30 and the symbol control board 32b of this embodiment are as follows. At power on,
2. 2. Customer waiting demo; 3. While the design is changing. 4. At the start of the jackpot During the jackpot, 6. At the end of the jackpot, 7. At the time of abnormal operation, it can be roughly classified into seven types.

1. The power-on command is a command code transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b when the pachinko machine 10 is powered on.
Is composed of a two-byte instruction having an identification number of When the symbol control board 32b receives this command, a demo screen at power-on is displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a in accordance with the control program written in the ROM.

2. Here, there is a case where a reach developed system image is displayed on all or a part of the screen of the LCD 32a. The command for the customer waiting demonstration is issued after the power-on demonstration screen is completed, when it is determined that the player has not touched the firing handle 24 for a predetermined time (usually about 3 minutes), or when a specific entrance or This command is transmitted when the ball does not enter the passage for a predetermined time, and is composed of a 2-byte instruction of an operation number of 20H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b receives this command, it displays a customer waiting demonstration screen on the screen of the LCD 32a in accordance with the control program written in the ROM. For example, the special symbol display areas 50a to 50 shown in FIG.
All the variation patterns of the special symbols which are variably displayed on 0c are sequentially displayed, and the hold storage display sections 51a to 51d are sequentially lit and displayed. At this time, a background image and a character corresponding to each variation pattern are displayed on the background screen 52, but the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c move as appropriate according to the variation pattern of the reach development system diagram. In this customer waiting demonstration screen, the reach development system diagram is displayed in whole or in part on the screen until the player operates the firing handle 24 or when he does not enter the specific entrance or passage for a predetermined time. Are displayed so as to develop sequentially, and after one cycle, they are repeatedly displayed. Note that whether or not the player is touching the firing handle 24 can be detected by the input of the touch switch 24a. In this embodiment, the touch switch 24a
Is input to the main control board 30, so that the detection can be performed while the communication between the main control board 30 and the emission control board 33 is one-way communication from the main control board 30. Of course, on / off information of the touch switch 24 a is transmitted from the main control board 30 to the emission control board 33. The input of the touch switch 24a is transmitted to the firing control board 3
3 or no winning at any or all winning ports for a predetermined time, or a switch is provided at the out port 41 of the game board 22 and this switch is not turned on for a predetermined time, so that the player May be determined not to be executed.

3. During symbol change Here, the reach developed system image may be displayed on all or part of the screen of the LCD 32a. The symbol changing command is a command transmitted when the special symbol is changed, and is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), basic variation pattern code, (2) left still symbol design code, (3) middle still symbol design code,
(4) Right static symbol designating code, which is classified into four types of command codes (hereinafter, these four command codes may be collectively referred to as "image display commands").

(1) Basic Variation Pattern Code The basic variation pattern code is configured as nine types of two-byte instructions including a one-byte instruction of 30H as an operation number and nine types of one-byte instructions of 01H to 09H as identification numbers. ing. (2) Left stationary symbol designating code The left stationary symbol designating code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 31H and 15 types of identification numbers from 01H to 0FH. ”, 02H is“ 1 ”, 03H is“ 2 ”, 04H is“ 3 ”, 05
"4" for H, "5" for 06H, "6" for 07H, "7" for 08H, "8" for 09H, 0AH
Is "9" for 0BH, "A" for 0CH, "B" for 0CH, "C" for 0DH, "D" for 0EH, 0FH
In this case, the character "E" is displayed in the special symbol display area 50a as a special symbol. (3) Middle stationary design designation code The middle stationary design designation code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 32H and 15 types of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH, and the identification number is the same as the identification number of the left still design designation code. It has the same meaning, and is for displaying a character designated by each as a special symbol in the special symbol display area 50b. (4) Right stationary design designation code The right stationary design designation code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 33H and 15 types of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH. It has the same meaning, and is for displaying the character designated by each in the special symbol display area 50c as a special symbol. The basic variation pattern code, the left, middle, and right stationary symbol designating codes are used when the game ball fired on the game board 22 wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port or when the holding is consumed. This is a command code transmitted almost simultaneously byte by byte, and its content is determined as follows.

As described above, the game ball is usually an electric accessory 3.
When the player wins No. 6, the value of the random number at the time, the value of the jackpot symbol random number, the value of the off symbol random number, and the value of the ordinary symbol random number are extracted. The extracted random number value is compared with the determination value “1” at the time of the normal probability, and is determined at the time of the high probability.
If a match is found, a jackpot is generated, and if not, it is missed. When a big hit occurs, the extracted random number value of the big hit symbol is incremented by one, and this value is used as the identification number of the left, middle, and right still symbol designating code. That is, the identification numbers of the left, middle and right stationary symbol designating codes are the same. If they do not match and are out, the left, middle, and right static symbols are specified by adding +1 to each of the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol random value of the extracted symbol random numbers. Code identification number. At this time, if the three identification numbers coincide with each other by accident, a process is performed in which the value of the identification number of the right stationary symbol designating code differs by a value “1”.

4. Jackpot start The jackpot start demonstration command code is used for the jackpot operation after the left, middle and right special symbols displayed in the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c shown in FIG. This is a command used when displaying an image that appeals to the player that the game has occurred, and is composed of an operation number of 40H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board receives this instruction code, it performs processing such as displaying characters such as "big hit" on the screen of the LCD 32a and displaying an image that makes the character happy, and processing for outputting a sound effect by the sound control board 35. Done.

5. Jackpot Medium The jackpot medium command is a code before opening, a code during opening,
It is classified into five commands of a 10 count winning code, a V passing code, and a round display code. Here LCD
There is a case where the reach development system image is displayed on all or a part of the screen 32a. (1) The pre-opening code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, an image notifying the player that the special winning opening 40 will be opened is displayed on the background screen. The processing displayed on 52 is executed. (2) The open code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 02H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this instruction code, an image that informs the player that the special winning opening 40 is open is displayed. Execute the process to be displayed. (3) 10-count prize code is 50H operation number and 0
The main control board 30 is provided with a count switch 40b for detecting that a game ball has entered the special winning opening 40.
Alternatively, this command code is transmitted each time the signal is detected by the V switch 40a. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the value is incremented each time the command code is input,
A process of displaying the value on the background screen 52 is performed. Thereby, the number display from zero to ten pieces is made on the screen every time a game ball wins in the special winning opening 40.

(4) The V pass code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 04H. The main control board 30 detects by the V switch 40a that a game ball has passed through a special area in the special winning opening 40. Then, this instruction code is transmitted. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, a large letter "V" is displayed on the screen to inform the player that the special winning opening 40 is closed and then opened again. (5) The round display code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 05H.
Transmits this command code each time the device is opened again after the completion of the opening operation. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the value is incremented each time the command code is input, and a process of displaying the value on the background screen 52 is performed. Thereby, the player is notified of the number of times the large winning opening 40 has been opened.

6. Jackpot end The jackpot end command consists of a jackpot end demo command code and a high probability shift command code. The jackpot end demonstration command code indicates that the game ball does not pass through the special area when the jackpot operation is finished, that is, when the big winning port 40 finishes the opening operation 16 times, or when the opening does not continue up to 16 times. This is an instruction code transmitted when an error occurs and is composed of an operation number of 60H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, a message is displayed to inform the player that the jackpot has ended. The high-probability transition command code includes an operation number of 61H and identification numbers of 01H to 02H. When the identification number is 01H, the high probability state continues, and when the identification number is 02H, the high probability does not continue. This high-probability transition command code may be configured to be transmitted from the main control board 30 as in the present embodiment, or may be configured to be determined by the symbol control board 32b from the value of the image display command described above.

7. The abnormal operation command is an instruction command transmitted when an abnormality occurs in the pachinko machine 10. In the first specific example, the E1 error code of 70H01H, the E2 error code of 70H02H, and the E3 error of 70H03H are provided. It consists of code. In the first specific example, the E1 error code is a ten-count abnormal error and is output when no game ball is detected when the special winning opening 40 is opened, and the E2 error code is full when the lower plate 23 is full. The E3 error code is output when the refill switch 44 is turned on. The error message displayed by transmitting these abnormal-time commands is erased by the 70H04H error release code transmitted when the abnormality is cleared.

The configuration of the pachinko machine 10 including the special symbol display device 32 has been described above. In this embodiment, the reach development system image is displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a on the game board 22 of the pachinko machine 10 by using the reach development system image. An introduction or commentary is displayed on a standby demonstration screen, during image fluctuation, during a reach, during a jackpot, or the like, so that a player can easily understand the information of the model. The details will be described below.

First, the processing of reach advanced system image display 1 and 2 will be described. The processing shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is repeatedly executed by the symbol control board 32b during operation of the pachinko machine 10 by a hardware interrupt at a preset timing. Reach determination control is performed by updating and extracting the reach determination random number by the symbol control board 32b. In the case of occurrence of a jackpot, a reach always occurs before the jackpot, on the other hand, if it is not a jackpot, a case where a reach occurs and a case where it does not occur There is. It is the reach determination random number that determines whether or not to generate a reach, and the presence or absence of the reach is determined based on the reach determination random number.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the processing of the reach development system image display 1, when the processing is started, it is determined whether or not the screen is a demonstration screen (step S310). Alternatively, it is partially displayed (step S320), and the process returns to the return. If a negative determination is made in step S310, it is determined whether or not the symbol (for example, a special symbol or the like) is changing (step S330). If an affirmative determination is made, the reach developed system image is displayed on all or a part of the screen (step S330).
320), the process exits from the return (step S320). If a negative determination is made in step S330, it is determined whether or not a jackpot is in progress (step S340), and if an affirmative determination is made, the reach developed system image is displayed on all or a part of the screen (step S32).
0), the process returns to the return (step S320). In this way, the reach development system image is displayed during the demo screen, during the symbol change, and during the jackpot, and the player can easily understand the contents of the reach.

In the process of the reach advanced system image display 2, as shown in FIG. 9, when the process is first started, the reach determination random numbers 1 to 30 are read from the counter (Step S).
410), it is determined whether or not the reach determination random number is equal to the aforementioned determination value (step S420). Step S4
If an affirmative determination is made in step 20, a reach command is generated and a reach display is instructed on the LCD 32a (step S430).
An instruction is given to display the information on the screen of the CD 32a (step S440). If a negative determination is made in step S420, a non-reach command is generated and an instruction for non-reach display is given to the LCD 32a (step S450). In this way, the reach development system image is updated and displayed during the reach with the development of the reach, so that the player can easily understand the contents of the reach. In addition, although not shown, after the reach is determined, a random number for pattern determination for the reach developed system image may be extracted. The reach-developed system image pattern determining random number determines a pattern in accordance with, for example, the type of the reach-developed system image described below.
The random number may be extracted after the reach is determined, or may be extracted in advance at the time of winning.

Next, the following three forms can be expected as specific means for expressing the reach developed system image. First, display means in video format, second, pamphlet (catalog)
Display means in the form of a flowchart, and thirdly, display means in the form of a flowchart. It is displayed together with the reach development system image, alone or together with the reach development system image, together with text and / or audio description. In this way, by introducing the reach at various timings by the image or the effect in harmony with the image or the sound, it is possible to attract the player's interest in the reach. In addition, the first to third
It is also possible to implement means combining the above display means. Further, examples of the reach development system image include a still image, a moving image, and a combination of a still image and a moving image.

First, as shown in FIG. 10, the telop format is a video-like format that introduces the reach, and includes a telop, an annotation, etc. to notify the development of the reach. The pattern is introduced as a moving image or a still image, if necessary, along with characters and voices, and also plays a role as a promotional video to introduce the reach of new models. Fig. 10 is a screen LC that introduces the reach development by video.
This is an example of how the image displayed on D32a changes. In the upper left of the screen LCD 32a, the stage and name of each reach are shown, and the degree of rare appearance of the reach screen (hereinafter, abbreviated as "rare degree") is indicated by the number of stars, telops, etc. Explains the reach.

An image 101 in FIG. 10 is an image when the game ball has won the ordinary electric accessory 36 and the three left middle right symbols have started to change on the screen. At the start of the pattern rotation, two types of notices appear. One type has a low expectation when the number of birds that are characters is small (for example, one bird), and the other type has many birds (for example, a group of birds). When it appears, it means that the degree of expectation is high. In the example of the image 101, since only one bird flies, it can be understood that the degree of expectation is small. Image 1
The image 102 at the final stage that evolves from 01 indicates that the “big hit” may be determined as the full rotation reach while all three symbols rotate as they are. In this example, all three symbols in the middle left and right are aligned at 7. The message "Big hit is fixed!" Is displayed in a telop so that it is easy to understand for the player, and the player is notified by voice. In addition, it can be seen that the number of star marks indicating the degree of rarity displayed on the upper left of the screen is as large as five, so that it rarely occurs. Image 1 evolving from image 101
03 is a stage of normal reach, in this stage, the left and right two symbols are already stopped at 7, the middle symbol is still rotating, and the rest is to wait for the middle symbol to stand still. Also, at the bottom of the screen, a telop saying "From normal reach will develop to various super reach" is displayed,
From the explanation, it is expected to develop into various super reach in the future.

As an example, the image 104 at the second stage which evolves from the image 103 is a case where the image reaches a long reach. At the bottom of the screen, "If you develop into long reach
! ", And it can be understood from the description that the expectation increases when the game reaches a long reach. Here, the player's expectation increases as the symbol in the middle of the normal reach continues to rotate for a longer time. The rarity is two stars. The image 105 is a case where the image 105 has further developed to a reduced reach. Here, the middle symbol becomes smaller and rotates. At the bottom of the screen, a telop indicating that "expected degree is greatly increased when further developing into a reduced reach" is displayed, indicating that the expected degree is greatly increased at the reduced reach. The number of rare stars will be reduced to four at once.

In other cases, the reach from the normal reach of the image 103 to the reach of the swarm of the image 106 in the second stage may occur. When this bird group reach is developed, a group of character birds appears on the screen while the middle symbol is rotating. The number of birds appearing here is not constant, and the degree of rarity varies from one star to three stars depending on the size of the bird group. At the bottom of the screen, a telop indicating "Developed to reach birds! The more birds there are, the higher the expectation is!" Is displayed. From the description, it can be seen that the greater the number of birds, the higher the expectation.

According to the reach development system image as described above,
It introduces what the reach is currently in, or what each reach means. As the display means, the individual screens in FIG. 10 are displayed one by one or several screens in order on the whole or a part of the screen LCD 32a in the reaching or standby state (two screens in FIG. 13). As an aggregate of each screen on the screen LCD 32a, FIG.
By displaying the entire developed system diagram as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to introduce what route to reach the "big hit" of the image 107. This allows the player to enjoy the specific flow of reach while understanding. It should be noted that a specific example in the case of simultaneously displaying the reach development system image during the reach will be described later.

Next, the image of the pamphlet / catalog or the like as it is on the screen is a form in which the image of the reach development system as described in the pamphlet / catalog or the like is displayed as a still image together with the description in text and audio. is there. In the case of the video format, a moving image is displayed. In this case, the switching is performed not with a moving image but with a still image.

The development system diagram in the form of a flowchart refers to the development system diagram in the form of a flowchart as shown in FIGS. It will be introduced together with the explanation. FIG. 11 shows the history of the development in a flow chart format on the LCD 32a as a still image for easy understanding. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the reach development system image on the LCD 32a screen in the form of a flowchart. As described above, the symbol starts to fluctuate on the screen when the normal electric accessory 36 is won, and when the left and right symbols match, the game enters a normal reach. The reach is departed therefrom, or the reach is diverged from the normal reach to a plurality of paths, and each of them develops into a frame-feed reach system, a slow reach system, or a high-speed reach system. Occasionally, a "big hit" may be displayed suddenly even in the middle of the development system. As described above, it is characteristic that the "big hit" is displayed even in the middle of the development system. The frame-by-frame reach system includes an enlarged frame-by-frame reach and a reduced frame-by-frame reach, both of which mean that the “big hit” probability has been improved. Although it may deviate from the enlarged frame-by-frame reach, it must be a "big hit" from the reduced frame-by-frame reach
You can see that it will develop into Similarly, a slow-reach system may become a hit or a hit after a slow-long reach, and may evolve from a slow-long reach to a slow reverse rotation reach or a super-slow reach. Although it may be out of the slow reverse rotation reach, it can be seen that it will always develop into a "big hit" from the super slow reach. The high-speed reach system develops into a high-speed sudden stop rolling reach and a sudden stop restart reach, and may be deviated or a big hit on the way or eventually a big hit. Also, a "demo screen" is displayed in an appropriate area such as the upper right of the screen so that a player can understand that the screen in FIG. 11 is a demo screen. In this way, as the reach evolves, the player will be delighted,
Various patterns increase the excitement of the player before it becomes clear whether a "jackpot" or an outlier has occurred. FIG. 12 is also a reach development system image in a flowchart format, which will be described in detail later.

Next, there are three cases in which the reach advanced system image is displayed. First, when the game ball is displayed on the demonstration screen in the standby screen in a state where no prize has been won (see FIG. 11), and second, when the game ball is simultaneously displayed using a part of the screen during rotation or reach ( FIG. 12, FIG.
3), and the third case is a case of displaying "during big hit" (see FIG. 12). First, when the game is displayed on the standby demonstration screen, when it is determined that the player has not touched the firing handle 24 for a predetermined time (usually about 3 minutes), or when there is no prize at the start of a predetermined time, the game is automatically performed. To start with
The reach development system image is displayed on the entire screen or a part of the LCD 32a. Of course, the screen may be always displayed, a screen may be switched at any time by providing a selection switch (not shown), or the screen type of the reach development system image may be switched at predetermined time intervals. good. At this time, for example, when a reach example is introduced as a moving image on the LCD 32a, a rotation for becoming a reach or a dummy rotation irrelevant to the jackpot random number is displayed on the demo screen,
Or, a reach display accompanying it is a dummy rotation irrelevant to the progress of the game, and characters such as “demo screen” indicating that it is a completely different demo from winning are displayed in an appropriate area. It can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner so that the player does not misunderstand the true reach during the game.

In the description of FIGS. 10 and 11, the reach developed system image is displayed on the entire screen.
As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the image may be displayed simultaneously using a part of the screen while the image of the LCD 32a is changing, reaching, or hitting the jackpot. As shown in FIG. 13, even during image fluctuation and reach, that is, during a game, apart from the area in which the symbol in the actual game fluctuates (hereinafter, referred to as “main screen”), the lower and upper screens of the LCD 32a are displayed. Dedicated display parts are provided on the left, right, center, etc., and in accordance with the progress of the symbol in the actual game, the reach development system image is displayed to inform the progress stage of the reach at present It is possible.

FIG. 12 shows the progress of the game in which the symbol is being fully rotated in the actual game in an appropriate area such as the left side of the screen of the LCD 32a, and indicates that the situation is just before the big hit or "big hit". On the other hand, in an appropriate area such as the right side of the screen, the reach development system image is displayed at the same time, and is displayed in correspondence with the current game progress state on the left side, and the route that this reach has passed is introduced. According to the reach development system image on the right side of FIG. 12, when the normal electric accessory 36 is won during the game and the digital rotation is started, a reach announcement, a jackpot announcement, or a premium announcement may occur. Reach announcement may also occur after the jackpot announcement. When the reach announcement or the jackpot announcement occurs, the reach occurs after that, and when the probability fluctuation occurs, there is a case where the vehicle enters various reach after the probability change announcement occurs. Of course, there is a possibility that even if it reaches the reach, it may deviate, and a probability variation may occur even if the probability change notice does not occur.

There are roughly two types of reach: Nara-type reach and Kyoto-type reach. Nara-type reach includes Kasuga Taisha Reach and Horyu-ji Reach, and sometimes develops to Shotoku Taishi Reach through Horyu-ji Reach. On the other hand, the Kyoto Reach has Kiyomizu-dera Reach, Kinkaku-ji Reach, or Ginkaku-ji Reach, and when it develops into Kiyomizu-dera Reach, it is further divided into probable full-rotation reach and full-rotation reach.
If a premium notice occurs, it will suddenly develop into Kiyomizu-dera Reach. In the display example of the reach developed system image of FIG. 12, the progress of the reach is notified by changing the arrow of the progressed portion from a thin line to a thick line (or from white to black). .
Therefore, it can be seen from FIG. 12 that, after the start of the digital rotation, the jackpot notice, the reach, and the probable change notice occur, the process moves to the Kyoto reach, and reaches the probable full rotation reach via the Kiyomizu Temple reach. An appropriate area such as the lower part of the reach development system image indicates that the current reach is the probable full rotation reach and the expectation is 5 stars.

In the case of a flow chart type reach developed system image which is simultaneously displayed during the reach, a function is provided to notify the current stage of the reach. For example,
The reach development system image is displayed on the right side of the moving main screen as one screen, and the arrow of the progressed part is changed from white to black, shown with a thick line (see FIG. 12),
The player is notified that the reach at the current stage shines, the place that has not passed becomes darker, or the place that may develop in the future becomes brighter. In this way, the reach developed system image can not only display the figure as it is, but also indicate which route has passed.

FIG. 13 (a) shows an image on the LCD 32a screen.
During the actual game, a screen developed to the second stage of long reach (see image 104 in FIG. 10) is displayed, and a dedicated screen of the reach developed system image is displayed on the upper, lower, or left and right (here, lower side) of the main screen. It is a figure which provided a display part and displays a reach development system image simultaneously with a main screen. The left and right symbols on the main screen are stationary at 7, and only the middle symbol is swingingly displayed. In this state, the corresponding reach developed system image is displayed on the lower side where the symbol is changing, and the reach is explained. The left window indicates that the current reach stage is long reach, and the right window indicates that the next stage of the destination is contracted reach. Explain that it will rise significantly. This allows the player to easily understand the current reach status even during the game, and at the same time to understand how the reach will develop in the future, thereby increasing expectations. Further, FIG. 13B is a diagram in which a screen that has developed from the long reach stage to the reduced reach in the actual game is displayed on the LCD 32a. The symbols on the left and right of the main screen are stationary at 7, and the symbol in the middle is smaller and continues to fluctuate. As in FIG. 13 (a), a dedicated portion is provided at the bottom of the screen, and the window on the left side indicates that the current stage is the reduction reach, and at the same time, its characteristics are explained.
The window on the right shows that the next destination is the "big hit". Thereby, the player can recognize that he is one step closer to the "big hit", and the excitement increases. In the case where there are a plurality of development destinations (for example, two locations), the next stage of the development destination may be alternately displayed in the right window, and FIG.
As illustrated in (a), a plurality of windows (for example, three places) are provided in a dedicated portion below the screen (the bottom of the screen may be left or right), and the next stage of the development destination is displayed in two places in the right window and displayed simultaneously. May be. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 14B, a configuration may be adopted in which the status of the current reach stage is displayed in the center window, and the next stage of the development destination is displayed in the left and right windows.

As described above, when the main symbol variation display and the jackpot display are performed on the LCD 32a, the reach development system image is displayed at the same time, so that the player can expect the symbol variation display and the jackpot display while performing the symbol variation display and the jackpot display. In the excitement, you can get information about the reach of the platform. In particular, during the jackpot, a dedicated display portion is provided in an appropriate area, for example, at the bottom of the screen, separately from the area displaying the "big hit", and different patterns are displayed one by one in each round. Up to 16
It is also possible to introduce various types of reach development system images.

As is apparent from the above description, the present embodiment displays the reach development system image and the like on a liquid crystal display or the like, so that the player can start information related to the reach and the game settings such as game settings. Information can be easily understood. Thus, by touching and understanding a wide variety of reach, beginners and those who are unfamiliar with the game can be given a sense of security and further interest. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments at all, and it goes without saying that various forms can be adopted as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

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FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a pachinko machine 10 employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine viewed from the back.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a game board 22 of the pachinko machine 10;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing of a “main routine” executed by a main control board 30.

FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating an image on a screen of an LCD panel unit 32a.

FIG. 7 is a chart showing command codes transmitted from the main control board 30.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of “reach development system image display 1” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of “reach development system image display 2” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing transition of a screen on which a reach development system image is displayed on the screen of the LCD panel unit 32a.

FIG. 11 is a front view in a case where a reach development system image is illustrated on the screen of the LCD panel unit 32a.

FIG. 12 is a front view in a case where a reach developed system image is exemplified by being arranged on the right side of the LCD panel unit 32a during a screen change.

13A and 13B are LCD panel units 32.
It is a front view at the time of illustrating the reach development system image on the lower side during screen change of a.

14A and 14B are LCD panel units 32.
It is a front view at the time of illustrating the reach development system image on the lower side during screen change of a.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] The present invention determines whether or not a game ball fired on a game board has a game content advantageous to a player due to a timing at which the game ball enters a specific entrance or passes through a specific passage. Means for determining whether or not to shift to the game content advantageous to the player, and a means for determining the type of the image for determining whether or not to shift to a game content advantageous to the player, Image control means for controlling the image to be displayed in a still image with the hit image by the image determining means; and a reach display for displaying, on the screen, a reach image which is a prerequisite for displaying the corresponding image when the type of the hit image is a hit image. A ball game machine comprising: a display device for displaying a reach development system image on the screen to provide information about the reach. 2. The ball and ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein said reach development system image is displayed in a still image or a moving image format. 3. The ball game according to claim 1, wherein the reach development system image includes a plurality of stage images indicating individual reach development stages, and one or more types of progressive images are sequentially displayed as still images. Machine. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the reach development system image is displayed in a flowchart format. 5. A means for displaying that an image change in the reach development system image is a dummy image change display irrelevant to success / failure, wherein the reach development system image is displayed even during the change of the success / failure image. 5. A display which can be displayed.
The ball game machine according to any one of the above. 6. The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a current progress stage of the reach on the reach development system image. 7. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the reach development system image is displayed on a standby screen. 8. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the reach development system image is displayed during a big hit. 9. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the reach development system image is displayed while the pass / fail image is changing.