JP2000262689A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine in which the circuit constitution of a main control means is simplified, signals to be transmitted from the main control means to a pattern control means is simplified as well and the diversification of the pattern fluctuation of a pattern display means is easily accelerated. SOLUTION: This pachinko game machine is provided with the main control means 29 for mainly performing control relating to the side of a game panel and the pattern control means 39 for fluctuation-controlling the patterns of the pattern display means 24 provided on the game panel and the main control means 29 and the pattern control means 39 are respectively circuit-constituted on different substrates. The pattern control means 39 is provided with a function for deciding the fluctuation display contents of the pattern display means 24 within a specified direction range corresponding to a direction command from the main control means 29.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine, and a play ball game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a game board is provided with a symbol starting means, a symbol displaying means having one or a plurality of (for example, three) symbol display portions, an openable variable winning means and the like. Then, on condition that the symbol starting means detects a game ball, the symbol of each symbol display portion of the symbol display means is high speed, medium speed,
When the scroll pattern fluctuates for a predetermined time in a fluctuation pattern such as a low speed and stops, and when the stopped symbol becomes a predetermined big hit symbol, the variable winning means is opened as a so-called big hit for a predetermined time, thereby providing an advantage that is advantageous to the player. A state is generated.

When a big hit occurs, a predetermined sound effect is generated from a sound generating means such as a speaker, and a big hit display lamp on the upper side of the main body of the gaming machine and a game board provided around the symbol display means. By flashing a display lamp or the like, a jackpot effect is acoustically or optically performed in response to a change in the game situation, to stimulate the interest of the player.

In this type of ball game machine, conventionally, a main control means on one main control board is provided with a main control function mainly relating to control of a game operation on a game board side and a symbol of a symbol display means. It has a symbol control function to control, while the main control means specifies the effect range such as big hits, departures, etc., and within the specified effect range, the type of pattern fluctuation pattern of the symbol display means, combination of stop symbols, other Performs all the decisions and processes related to the control of the symbol, and at each stage from the start of the symbol change to the end of the change of the symbol display means, while constantly sending a signal from the main control means to the symbol display means, changing the symbol of the symbol display means. Controlling.

At the same time, the main control means performs processing relating to the generation of sound such as sound effects, processing relating to the blinking control of the display lamp, and the like. Controlling the lamp.

[0006]

In the conventional control method,
The main control means on one main control board is provided with a main control function relating to the game board side and a symbol control function for controlling the symbol display means, so that a symbol variation pattern and other variable display contents are provided. In the case of diversification, there is a disadvantage that the circuit configuration of the main control means becomes very complicated and the data amount of a control signal transmitted from the main control means to the symbol control means becomes extremely large. For this reason, in the conventional control method, there is naturally a limit in diversifying the contents of the symbol change display of the symbol display means.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem and can simplify the circuit configuration of the main control means, and can simplify the signal transmitted from the main control means to the symbol control means.
Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game machine capable of easily promoting diversification of symbol fluctuation of symbol display means.

[0008]

The present invention mainly relates to a game board 4.
Main control means 29 for performing control on the side, and a symbol control means 39 for variably controlling the symbol of the symbol display means 24 provided on the game board 4, the main control means 29 and the symbol control means 39, Is a ball game machine having a circuit configuration on separate substrates 60 and 61, respectively, wherein the symbol control means 39 comprises the main control means
It has a function of determining the variable display content of the symbol display means 24 within the designated effect range corresponding to the effect command from 29.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a game machine main body, which has a front frame 2 pivotally connected to be freely opened and closed. The front frame 2 has a window hole
Game board 4 is detachably mounted from the back side in response to 3,
On the front side of the game board 4, a glass door 5 and a front plate 6 are arranged to be freely opened and closed. An upper plate 7 for storing game balls for firing is attached to the front plate 6, and a game board is provided on the back side of the upper plate 7.
A sound generating means 8 such as a speaker for generating a sound effect is disposed on a support plate or the like for supporting the device 4.

At the upper end of the front frame 2, a jackpot indicating lamp 9 is provided.
Is provided, and the big hit indicator lamp 9 blinks when a big hit occurs. At the bottom of front frame 2,
Lower plate 10 for storing surplus spheres and firing handle of firing means 11
12 are provided respectively. The firing means 11 is activated when the player grips and operates the firing handle 12, and the upper plate 7
The game balls supplied one by one from the shooting rail are hit by a hitting hammer and fired on the game board 4 side.

As shown in FIG. 2, a guide rail 13 is annularly mounted on the game board 4, and the guide rail 13 is
A plurality of games such as a liquid crystal display means 15, a second symbol starting means 16, a variable winning means 17, a first symbol starting means 18, a normal winning means 19 to 21, and a side decorative body 22, etc. Parts are placed. The game board 4 is provided with display lamps 4a on the left and right sides of the upper outside of the game area 14. One or a plurality of display lamps 15a, 17a, 22a which blink according to the game situation are suitable for the game parts on the game board 4 side such as the liquid crystal display means 15, the variable winning means 17, the side decorations 22, and the like. It is provided in the place. Note that the display lamps 15a, 17a, 22a are constituted by LEDs or the like.

The liquid crystal display means 15 includes second symbol display means 24 constituted by a liquid crystal display unit 23, and the liquid crystal display unit 23
The first symbol display means 25 is arranged on the upper side. The second symbol display means 24 may be one or a plurality (for example, 3
) Symbol display units, and each of the symbol display units has, for example, ten types of numeral symbols from “0” to “9” (second symbol).
Is displayed.

It should be noted that the second symbol display means 24 changes the second symbol for a predetermined time by the control described later on condition that the second symbol starting means 16 detects winning or passing of the game ball, Is stopped after passing through any of the fluctuation patterns.

The first symbol display means 25 has one symbol display portion, and emits and displays ten types of numeral symbols (first symbols) from "0" to "9" on the symbol display portion. Has become. In addition, the first symbol display means 25 is provided with the first symbol starting means 18.
The first symbol fluctuates for a predetermined time by random number control and stops, on condition that the game ball is detected.

The second symbol starting means 16 is constituted by a variable actuation type variable winning port such as an electric tulip having a pair of left and right opening / closing claws 26 which can be freely opened and closed, and stopped after the first symbol display means 25 fluctuates. When the design becomes a hit design, the open / close claw
26 is open for a predetermined time (for example, about 0.5 seconds). The first symbol starting means 18 is constituted by a passage gate through which a game ball passes.

The variable winning means 17 includes an opening / closing plate 27 for opening and closing a winning opening around a lower horizontal axis, and an opening state (first state) advantageous for the player and a closing state disadvantageous (first state) for the player. (2 states). The variable winning means 17 is a second symbol displaying means.
The stop symbol after the change of the second symbol of 24 is "7.7.
When a big hit symbol such as "7" is displayed, the opening / closing plate 27 is opened to the front side. A specific area 28 is provided in the variable winning means 17, and when a game ball passes through the specific area 28, a so-called big hit profit state is continued.

The variable winning means 17 closes the opening / closing plate 27 when a predetermined time has passed since the opening of the opening / closing plate 27 or when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls have been won, and the game ball is moved to a specific area. The opening / closing operation is repeated up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) on condition that the vehicle passes through 28.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control system. Reference numeral 29 denotes a main control means for mainly controlling the game operation on the game board 4 side, which is constituted by a CPU, a ROM, a RAM and the like mounted on a main control board 60 (see FIG. 4). (Not shown) and is provided on the back side of the game board 4 so as to be detachable. The main control means 29 includes a first symbol display means 25 and a first processing system 31 for performing processing related thereto, and a second symbol display means 24 and a second processing system 32 for performing processing related thereto.

The first processing system 31 includes a hit determination processing means 33, a first symbol control means 34, and an opening / closing control means 35.
The hit determination processing means 33 determines whether or not the stop symbol of the first symbol display means 25 displays a hit symbol by random number processing, on condition that the first symbol starting means 18 detects a game ball. Then, when the first symbol starting means 18 detects a game ball, a random number value of a hit random number for hit / miss determination repeatedly generated in a predetermined cycle is extracted, and if it matches the hit determination value, it is determined as a hit. It is supposed to.

The first symbol control means 34 is a first symbol starting means.
First symbol display means, provided that 18 detects a game ball.
Controlling the first symbol of the first symbol display means 25 to stop at the predetermined symbol, on condition that the function of changing the first symbol of the symbol 25 for a predetermined time and the determination of the hit by the hit determination processing means 33. With function.

The opening / closing control means 35 keeps the opening / closing claw 26 of the second symbol starting means 16 for a predetermined time (for example, about 0.5 seconds) on condition that the symbol of the first symbol displaying means 25 hits and the symbol is displayed. It is designed to open.

The second processing system 32 includes a jackpot determination processing means 36.
And a command generating means 37 and a profit state generating means 38. The jackpot determination processing means 36 is the second symbol starting means 16
The second symbol display means 24 is provided on condition that the game ball is detected.
It is determined by a random number process whether or not to display a big hit symbol on the stopped symbol. For example, when the probability of occurrence of a jackpot is 1/300, the jackpot determination processing means 36 always generates a jackpot random number of 0 to 299, and when the second symbol starting means 16 detects a game ball, The random number value of the jackpot random number is extracted. If the random number value matches the jackpot determination value, it is determined to be a jackpot, and if it does not match the jackpot determination value, it is determined to be out.

The command generating means 37 generates and transmits an effect command in accordance with the result of the determination by the jackpot determination processing means 36. When the jackpot determination processing means 36 determines that a jackpot has occurred, the command generation means 37 determines that the jackpot effect command has been released. It has a function of generating and transmitting a departure effect command when it is determined.

Each effect command uses an encoded digital signal, and is composed of a jackpot / out-of-bit data portion of upper bits and a fluctuation time data portion of lower bits. The jackpot / missing data section includes jackpot data and jackoff data for instructing a jackpot or miss, and the variation time data section includes variation time data for instructing the variation time of the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24. ing.

The production command is, for example, a second symbol display means.
If the second symbol of 24 has two types of variation time of 5 seconds and 10 seconds, there will be a total of four types of combinations of the two types of variation time, the big hit, and the miss. Then, the command generating means 37 is configured to generate one of the four types of effect commands in accordance with the result of the jackpot determination processing means 36 determining that the jackpot has been lost.

The profit state generating means 38 is a second symbol display means.
This is for generating a profit state advantageous to the player on condition that 24 stop symbols display a big hit symbol such as "7 / 7.7". The profit state generating means 38 has a control function of opening the open / close plate 27 of the variable winning means 17 on condition that a big hit in which the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 stops at the big hit symbol, and opening of the open / close plate 27 When a predetermined time has elapsed from, or when a predetermined number of game balls have been won in the variable winning means 17, the opening and closing plate 27 is closed, and on the condition that the game balls won during the opening pass through the specific area 28, A control function to control the opening and closing operation to be continued up to a maximum predetermined number of times.

Reference numeral 39 denotes a second symbol control means, which is a control content determining unit.
40, display symbol storage unit 41, symbol change control unit 42, and liquid crystal drive unit
43, and is constituted by a CPU, ROM, RAM, and other electric components mounted on a symbol control board 61 (see FIG. 4), and mounted on the back side of the liquid crystal display means 15.

The control content determining section 40 has a function of receiving and storing the effect command from the command generation means 37 of the main control means 29, a function of analyzing the effect command, and a function of the effect command in accordance with the analysis result. By the random number control and other determination methods within the designated effect range, the type of the fluctuation pattern when the second symbol fluctuates, the type of the symbol to be displayed during the fluctuation, the type of the big hit symbol and the off symbol after the stop,
Other functions of the second symbol display means 24 for determining the variable display contents relating to the second symbol, functions for controlling the operation of the voice control means 44 within a designated effect range corresponding to each effect command, and corresponding to each effect command And a function of controlling the operation of the lamp control means 45 within the designated effect range.

That is, when the effect command from the command generating means 37 is a jackpot effect command, for example, the control content determining unit 40 determines whether the designated effect is a jackpot effect with a varying time of seconds, Sometimes the designated effect is analyzed for how many seconds the fluctuation time is a stray effect, and in the former case, the second symbol is finally a big hit symbol,
In the latter case, the second symbol is finally stopped at the departure symbol, and the type of the fluctuation pattern of the second symbol, the symbol being changed, the stop symbol, etc. within the range of the designated effect of the jackpot effect and the departure effect, In addition, the fluctuation time of the second symbol is determined, and the operation of the voice control means 44 and the lamp control means 45 is performed within the range of each of the jackpot effect and the off-state effect according to the analysis results of the jackpot effect command and the off-state effect command. The control is performed in synchronization with the symbol display means 24.

The display symbol storage section 41 has a second symbol display means.
24 pattern data of the fluctuation pattern at the time of the fluctuation of the second symbol, symbol data to be displayed during the fluctuation, symbol data of the big hit symbol after stopping, symbol data of the off symbol,
A plurality of other types of design data relating to the second design are programmed.

The symbol variation control unit 42 includes pattern data of the variation pattern stored in the display symbol storage unit 41 according to the variation display content determined by the control content determination unit 40, symbol data to be displayed during the variation, and a big hit after stopping. The function of reading the symbol data such as the symbol data of the symbol and the symbol data of the off symbol, and controlling the second symbol display means 24 via the liquid crystal drive section 43 so that the second symbol fluctuates for a predetermined time according to each symbol data. Function to perform

The voice control means 44 operates in accordance with the signal of the jackpot effect and the off-state effect determined by the control content determining section 40, and controls the sound generated by the sound generating means 8. The voice control means 44 includes a CPU and a RO mounted on a voice control board 62 (see FIG. 4) in a voice control board case (not shown).
M, RAM, and other electric parts, and are mounted on a support plate or the like on the back side of the front frame 2 in the vicinity of the sound generating means 8.

The voice control means 44 stores voice data including various types of sound effects to be generated in accordance with each situation of the game, such as jackpot onomatopoeia, off-going onomatopoeia, jackpot melody, off-beat melody, words, and the like. Have been. For example, the words may include words that praise the player in the event of a jackpot, words that express the player's satisfaction, words that increase the player's expectation when reaching, and words that indicate the player's disappointment when they miss. The voice data is programmed in the voice storage unit 46.

The voice control means 44 has a function of appropriately reading out the stored voice data in accordance with a signal of a jackpot effect and a departure effect, and generates a predetermined sound effect corresponding to a change in the game situation according to the voice data. And a function of controlling the voice generating means 8.

The lamp control means 45 is operated by the signal of the jackpot effect and the off-state effect determined by the control content determining section 40 to control the blinking of each of the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a. It is composed of electric components mounted on a lamp control board 63 (see FIG. 4) in a board case (not shown), and is mounted on an appropriate place such as a back side of the game board 4 or a back mechanism plate.

The lamp control means 45 is used for a big hit which causes the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a at predetermined locations to blink at a predetermined cycle among the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a when a big hit occurs. Flashing control function and indicator lamps 15a,
A flashing control function for turning off the lamps 17a and 22a at a predetermined cycle.Each of the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a and 22a flashes and emits light according to the game situation by each flashing control function. It is configured to control the lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a.

As shown in FIG. 4, the control boards 60 to 63 are provided separately and independently by a main control means 29, a second symbol control means 39, a voice control means 44, and a lamp control means 45. The main control means 29 is provided on the main control board 60, the second symbol control means 39 is provided on the symbol control board 61, the voice control means 44 is provided on the voice control board 62, and the lamp control means is provided on the lamp control board 63.
Each of the circuits 45 has a circuit configuration and is mutually connected via a lead wire, a connector, and the like. Further, when the profit state is generated by the profit state generating means 38, the voice control means 44 and the lamp control means 45 continue predetermined control until the profit state ends.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned ball game machine will be described. When the firing handle 12 of the firing means 11 is operated with the game ball on the upper plate 7, the game ball on the upper plate 7 is
The game balls are supplied one by one to the firing unit in conjunction with the firing operation of 11, and the game balls are hit with a hitting hammer and sequentially fired along the guide rails 13 toward the game board 4 side.

The game ball fired on the upper side of the game board 4 is
When the game ball falls along the board of the game board 4 and the game ball passes through the first symbol starting means 18, the first symbol control means 34 operates to change the first symbol of the first symbol display means 25 for a predetermined time.
On the other hand, when the first symbol starting means 18 detects a game ball,
The hit judgment processing means 33 makes a hit judgment by random number processing, and if it is a hit, the stop symbol of the first symbol display means 25 displays a predetermined hit symbol. When the stop symbol after the change of the first symbol display means 25 becomes a hit symbol, the opening / closing control means 35
Works to open the pair of opening / closing claws 26 of the second symbol starting means 16.

When a game ball wins in the second symbol starting means 16, the big hit determination processing means 36 performs big hit determination processing, and the command generating means 37 generates and transmits a predetermined effect command according to the result of the determination. As a result, the second symbol control means 39 operates, the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 fluctuates for a predetermined time and stops, and a big hit symbol or a missing symbol is displayed on the second symbol after the stop. In synchronism with these display fluctuation states, the sound generating means 8 generates a sound effect in accordance with the situation of a jackpot or a miss, and the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 2
2a flashes as appropriate.

If the stop symbol of the second symbol display means 24 is a big hit symbol, the profit state generating means 38 works to open the opening / closing plate 27 of the variable winning means 17 and the game ball falling from the upper side of the game board 4. Through the opening and closing plate 27, it is easy to win the variable winning means 17. Then, when the game ball wins the variable winning means 17,
The prize ball payout means operates to pay out a specified number of prize balls, and returns profits to the player.

When the big hit determination processing means 36 determines that a big hit has occurred, the command generating means 37 generates a big hit effect command and transmits the effect command to the control content determination section 40 of the second symbol control means 39. The control content determination unit 40 receives and analyzes the effect command, and determines the variable display content of the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 within the designated effect range corresponding to the effect command.

That is, in this case, the effect command from the command generating means 37 is a jackpot effect command including the fluctuation time data of 5 seconds or 10 seconds.
40 is a jackpot effect, and how many seconds the fluctuation time at that time is analyzed, and the fluctuation pattern and fluctuation of the second symbol within the specified effect range (big hit effect and fluctuation time) designated by this production command The type of the middle symbol, the type of the stopped symbol after the change, and the like are determined.

When the control content determination unit 40 determines the effect content (variable display content) of the second symbol, the symbol variation control unit
42 reads out the symbol data stored in the display symbol storage unit 41, and the liquid crystal drive unit 43 drives the second symbol display means 24 according to the symbol data, and the second symbol finally stops at any of the big hit symbols. To control. For this reason, the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 fluctuates for a predetermined time in a predetermined fluctuation pattern, symbol, or the like within a designated effect range specified by the jackpot effect command, and then stops at a predetermined jackpot symbol. .

When the control content determination section 40 determines the effect content, the voice control means 4 is synchronized with the game progress state of the second symbol display means 24, such as the start or stop timing of the change of the second symbol.
4. A jackpot effect signal is sent to the lamp control means 45, and the operation of the voice control means 44 and the lamp control means 45 is controlled by this signal.

The voice control means 44 starts operating in accordance with the jackpot effect signal determined by the control content determination section 40, reads out the stored voice data such as onomatopoeia, melodies, words, etc., and controls the voice generation means 8. For this reason, voice generation means 8
Generates a sound effect according to the occurrence of the jackpot, and produces the occurrence of the jackpot acoustically and audibly.

The lamp control means 45 starts operating in accordance with the jackpot effect signal determined by the control content determination section 40,
The jackpot indicator lamp 9 flashes, and the indicator lamps 4a, 1 on the periphery of the liquid crystal display means 15 and the other game board 4 side.
5a, 17a, 22a blinks and these indicator lamps 4a, 9, 15
The flashing of a, 17a, and 22a produces a jackpot optically and visually.

If it is determined that the jackpot determination processing means 36 of the main control means 29 is off, the command generation means 37 generates a release effect command, and the effect command is transmitted to the control content determination section 40 of the second symbol control means 39. Send to. Then, the control content determination unit 40 analyzes the production command in the same manner as described above,
The second symbol display means 24 determines the variation display content of the second symbol, and controls the variation and display of the second symbol within the designated effect range so that the second symbol comes off and stops at the symbol. Voice control means 44, lamp control means according to the production signal
Control the operation of 45.

In this embodiment, the main control means 29 for mainly controlling the game board 4 is provided on the main control board 60, and the second symbol control means for variably controlling the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24. 39 on a symbol control board 61, voice control means 44 for controlling the voice generating means 8 on a voice control board 62, display lamps 4a,
Since the lamp control means 45 for controlling 9, 15, 15a, 17a, and 22a are separately provided on the lamp control board 63, each control board 60
~ 63 can be promoted into a single function, and it can be easily dealt with by exchanging control boards 60-63 with different control functions, for example, when manufacturing multiple types of ball game machines with some control functions different .

An effect command is transmitted from the command generation means 37 of the main control means 29 to the second symbol control means 39, and the second symbol control means 39 is set within the designated effect range corresponding to the effect command from the main control means 29. Has a function of determining the variable display content of the second symbol display means 24, so that the circuit configuration of the main control means 29 can be simplified and the main control means 29 can transmit the information to the second symbol control means 39. Signal can be simplified, and furthermore, diversification of symbol fluctuation of the second symbol display means 24 can be easily promoted.

The voice generating means 8 and the voice generating means
8 and the indicator lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 1
7a, 22a and lamp control means 45 for controlling the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a. The second symbol control means 39 controls the operation of the voice control means 44 and the lamp control means 45. With such a circuit configuration, the circuit configuration of the main control unit 29 can be simplified as compared with the case where the operation of the voice control unit 44 and the lamp control unit 45 is controlled by a signal from the main control unit 29.

FIG. 5 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention,
In the control content determining section 40 of the second symbol control means 39, all of the symbol effect contents (symbol fluctuation contents), the sound effect contents (voice fluctuation contents) and the lamp effect contents (flashing fluctuation contents) within the specified effect range of the effect command. And the second symbol display means 24, the sound generation means 8 and the display lamp 4
a, 9, 15a, 17a, and 22a are controlled.

The control content determining unit 40 includes a symbol variation content determining unit 50, a voice variation content determining unit 51, and a lamp variation content determining unit.
52, and the voice fluctuation content deciding unit 51 is a voice generating means.
8 has a function of deciding the details of the change in the generated sound such as the sound effect.
It has a function to determine the details of the fluctuations related to the blinking of a, 17a and 22a. The symbol variation content determination unit 50 has a function of determining variation content related to the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24, as in the first embodiment. Further, the point that the control content determining unit 40 has other functions is the same as in the first embodiment.

The voice fluctuation content determining unit 51 appropriately determines the type of sound effect and the stop effect when the second symbol fluctuates within a designated production range corresponding to the production command from the command generation unit 37 of the main control unit 29. It has a function of determining the type of sound effect when a big hit occurs, the type of sound effect when it comes off, and any other sound effect contents (sound fluctuation contents) related to the sound generated by the sound generating means 8.

The ramp change content determining section 52 is a main control unit 29.
The flashing type of the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a when the second symbol fluctuates, and when a big hit occurs after the stoppage, by appropriately determining the specified effect range within the designated effect range corresponding to the effect command from the command generating means 37 Indicator lamps 4a, 9,15a, 17a, 2 in
Determine the blinking type of 2a, the blinking type of the indicator lamps 4a, 15a, 17a, 22a at the time of detachment, and all lamp effect contents (blinking fluctuation contents) related to the blinking of other indicator lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a. Has functions.

In this embodiment, the control content determination section 40 of the second symbol control means 39 includes the symbol variation content determination section 5
0, voice fluctuation content determination unit 51 and lamp fluctuation content determination unit 52
Then, all the effect contents of the symbol effect contents (symbol fluctuation contents), the sound effect contents (voice fluctuation contents) and the lamp effect contents (flashing fluctuation contents) are determined within the specified effect range of the effect command. Then, the symbol variation controller 42 controls the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 with the symbol effect content determined by the symbol variation content determiner 50, and performs voice control with the voice effect content determined by the voice variation content determiner 51. The means 44 controls the sound generated by the sound generating means 8 such as the sound effect, and the lamp control means 45 controls the display lamps 4a, 9 and 1 based on the lamp effect contents determined by the lamp fluctuation content determining section 52.
5a, 17a and 22a are controlled to blink. Therefore, also in this embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

FIG. 6 illustrates a third embodiment of the present invention,
The second symbol control means 39 controls the operation of the voice control means 44, and the voice control means 44 controls the operation of the lamp control means 45.

In this embodiment, the control content determining section 40 of the second symbol control means 39 has a function of controlling the operation of the voice control means 44, and the voice control means 44 has a function of controlling the operation of the lamp control means 45. I have each one. In this case, the circuit configuration on the second symbol control means 39 side can be simplified at the same time as the main control means 29 is simplified.

FIG. 7 illustrates a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
The control content determination unit 40 of the second symbol control means 39 includes a symbol variation content determination unit 50, and the voice control means 44 includes a voice variation content determination unit.
51 and a lamp fluctuation content determination unit 52.

In this embodiment, the design effect content is determined within the effect range specified by the effect command in the design variation content determination section 50 of the second symbol control means 39, and the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 is displayed. Control. In addition, the sound effect contents are determined by the sound change contents determining unit 51 of the sound control means 44, and the lamp effect contents are determined by the lamp change contents determining unit 52, and the sound effect of the sound generating means 8 and the display lamp 4 are determined according to the determination.
The blinking of a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a and the like are controlled respectively. In this embodiment, the same effect as in the fourth embodiment can be obtained.

FIG. 8 illustrates a fifth embodiment of the present invention,
The second symbol control means 39 controls the operation of the lamp control means 45, and the lamp control means 45 controls the operation of the voice control means 44.

In this embodiment, the control content determining section 40 of the second symbol control means 39 has a function of controlling the operation of the lamp control means 45, and the lamp control means 45 has a function of controlling the operation of the voice control means 44. I have it. Also in this case, the circuit configuration on the second symbol control means 39 side can be simplified.

FIG. 9 illustrates a sixth embodiment of the present invention,
The control content determination section 40 of the second symbol control means 39 includes a symbol variation content determination section 50, and the lamp control means 45 includes a ramp variation content determination section 52 and a voice variation content determination section 51.

In the present embodiment, the lamp effect content is determined by the lamp change content determining unit 52 of the lamp control means 45 and the sound effect content is determined by the sound change content determining unit 51 within the specified effect range of the effect command. Indicator lamp 4a according to the decision,
9, 15a, 17a, 22a, the sound effect of the sound generation means 8 and the like are respectively controlled. In this embodiment, the same effect as in the fifth embodiment can be obtained.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above.
The present invention is not limited to these. For example, the production command generated and transmitted by the command generation means 37 of the main control means 29 is a jackpot, a jackpot data for instructing the separation, the separation data, and other necessary data and the like, the fluctuation time data It may be excluded. In addition, other effect data such as stop symbol data may be added to the jackpot / missing data and the fluctuation time data to the effect command.

The control content determining section 40 of the second symbol control means 39
May simply determine the variable display contents of the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24. Therefore, the control content determination unit
Voice control means 44 and / or lamp control means via 40
There is no need to control the operation of 45, and these can be controlled by other control methods. Further, the operation of one of the voice control means 44 and the lamp control means 45 may be controlled by the control content determination unit 40, and the other may be controlled by other means.

The main control means 29 designates an effect range by an effect command, and the second symbol control means 39 is configured to effect the variable display of the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 within the specified effect range. Is sufficient, and the contents of the effect can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, various expressions can be freely adopted for the second symbol.

In the embodiment, since the first symbol display means 25 is provided in addition to the second symbol display means 24, the second symbol display means is provided.
Although the control of 24 is illustrated, the symbol display means is the second control.
The same can be applied to the case of only one symbol display means 24 side. When the second symbol display means 24 displays a complicated symbol, the liquid crystal display means 15 is appropriate in terms of shape, etc., but other display elements may be used. In addition, the present invention can be similarly applied to various ball game machines such as a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, a sparrow ball game machine, and the like.

[0069]

According to the present invention, the main control means 29 for mainly controlling the game board 4 side and the symbol control means 39 for variably controlling the symbols of the symbol display means 24 provided on the game board 4 are provided. , The main control means 29 and the symbol control means 39 are each provided on separate substrates.
A ball game machine having a circuit configuration on 60, 61, wherein the symbol control means 39 determines a variable display content of the symbol display means 24 within a designated effect range corresponding to an effect command from the main control means 29. , The circuit configuration of the main control means 29 can be simplified, and the symbol control means 39
There is an advantage that the signal to be transmitted to the symbol display unit 24 can be simplified, and the symbol variation of the symbol display means 24 can be easily diversified.

The voice generating means 8 and the voice generating means 8
And a voice control means 44 for controlling the operation of the voice control means 44, and the symbol control means 39 controls the operation of the voice control means 44, so that the operation of the voice control means 44 is controlled by a signal from the main control means 29. The circuit configuration on the main control unit 29 side can be simplified as compared with the case of controlling.

Further, the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a and 22a and the lamp control means 45 for controlling the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a and 22a
Since the symbol control means 39 is configured to control the operation of the lamp control means 45, the main control means 29
The circuit configuration of the main control unit 29 can be simplified as compared with the case where the operation of the lamp control unit 45 is controlled by a signal from the main control unit 29.

The voice generating means 8 and the voice generating means 8
Sound control means 44 for controlling the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17
a, 22a, and lamp control means 45 for controlling the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a.The symbol control means 39 controls the operation of the voice control means 44, and the voice control means 44 Thus, the circuit configuration for controlling the operation of the lamp control unit 45 can simplify the circuit configuration on the main control unit 29 side and the symbol control unit 39 side.

Further, the voice generating means 8 and the voice generating means
8 and the indicator lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 1
7a, 22a, and lamp control means 45 for controlling the display lamps 4a, 9, 15, 15a, 17a, 22a.The operation of the lamp control means 45 is controlled by the symbol control means 39, and the lamp control means 45 Therefore, the circuit configuration on the main control unit 29 side and the symbol control unit 39 side can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control system showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control system showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control system showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a control system showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a control system showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Game board 4a, 9,15a, 17a, 22a Indication lamp 8 Sound generation means 24 Second symbol display means 29 Main control means 39 Second symbol control means 44 Voice control means 45 Lamp control means 60 Main control board 61 Symbol control board 62 Voice control board 63 Lamp control board

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] December 15, 1999 (1999.12.
15)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Claims]

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0008

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0008]

The present invention mainly relates to a game board 4.
A main control means 29 for controlling the side, a symbol control means 39 for variably controlling the symbols of the symbol display means 24 provided on the game board 4, a voice control means 44 for controlling the voice generation means 8,
Lamp control means for controlling the display lamps 4a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a
45, the main control means 29, the symbol control means 39, the voice control means 44, and the lamp control means 45 are respectively configured on separate boards 60 to 63, and the symbol control means 39 is provided from the main control means 29. Symbol display means within the designated effect range corresponding to the effect command
It has a function to determine 24 variable display contents.

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0060

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

In this embodiment, the design effect content is determined within the effect range specified by the effect command in the design variation content determination section 50 of the second symbol control means 39, and the second symbol of the second symbol display means 24 is displayed. Control. In addition, the sound effect contents are determined by the sound change contents determining unit 51 of the sound control means 44, and the lamp effect contents are determined by the lamp change contents determining unit 52, and the sound effect of the sound generating means 8 and the display lamp 4 are determined according to the determination.
The blinking of a, 9, 15a, 17a, 22a and the like are controlled respectively. In this embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0069

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0069]

According to the present invention, the main control means 29 for mainly controlling the game board 4 side, the symbol control means 39 for variably controlling the symbols of the symbol display means 24 provided on the game board 4, and the voice Voice control means 44 for controlling the generation means 8;
a, 9, 15a, 17a, and 22a, and a lamp control means 45 for controlling the main control means 29, the symbol control means 39, the voice control means 44, and the lamp control means 45 on separate substrates 60 to 63, respectively. Since the circuit configuration and the symbol control means 39 have a function of determining the variable display contents of the symbol display means 24 within the designated effect range corresponding to the effect command from the main control means 29, the main control means
There is an advantage that the circuit configuration of the symbol 29 can be simplified, the signal transmitted from the main control unit 29 to the symbol control unit 39 can be simplified, and the symbol variation of the symbol display unit 24 can be easily promoted.

[Procedure amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0070

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Since the symbol control means 39 is configured to control the operation of the voice control means 44, the signal is compared with the case where the operation of the voice control means 44 is controlled by a signal from the main control means 29. In addition, the circuit configuration of the main control unit 29 can be simplified.

[Procedure amendment 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0071

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Further, the symbol control means 39 controls the lamp control means 45.
Since the circuit is configured to control the operation of the lamp controller 45, the circuit configuration of the main controller 29 can be simplified as compared with the case where the operation of the lamp controller 45 is controlled by a signal from the main controller 29.

[Procedure amendment 7]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0072

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The operation of the voice control means 44 is controlled by the symbol control means 39, and the lamp control means 45 is controlled by the voice control means 44.
, The circuit configuration on the main control unit 29 side and the symbol control unit 39 side can be simplified.

[Procedure amendment 8]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0073

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Further, the symbol control means 39 controls the lamp control means.
Since the circuit is configured to control the operation of the sound control means 45 by controlling the operation of the lamp control means 45, the circuit configuration of the main control means 29 and the symbol control means 39 can be simplified. .

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main control means (29) for controlling mainly a game board (4) side, and a symbol control for variably controlling a symbol on a symbol display means (24) provided on the game board (4). Means (39), a ball game machine in which the main control means (29) and the symbol control means (39) are circuit-configured on separate substrates (60) and (61), respectively. The control means (39) has a function of determining a variable display content of the symbol display means (24) within a designated effect range corresponding to an effect command from the main control means (29). Ball game machine. 2. Voice generating means (8), said voice generating means
And a voice control means (44) for controlling the operation of the voice control means (44), wherein the symbol control means (39) controls the operation of the voice control means (44). The ball-and-ball game machine described in 1. 3. Indicator lamps (4a) (9) (15a) (17a) (22a);
Lamp control means (45) for controlling the display lamps (4a) (9) (15a) (17a) (22a), and the symbol control means (39) controls the operation of the lamp control means (45). The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a circuit is configured to control the ball game machine. 4. Voice generating means (8), said voice generating means
(8) voice control means (44) for controlling the display lamp (4a)
(9) (15a) (17a) (22a) and the indicator lamps (4a) (9) (15a) (17
a) lamp control means (45) for controlling (22a), the symbol control means (39) controls the operation of the voice control means (44), and the voice control means (44) Lamp control means (45)
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a circuit is configured to control an operation of the ball game machine. 5. Sound generating means (8), said sound generating means
(8) voice control means (44) for controlling the display lamp (4a)
(9) (15a) (17a) (22a) and the indicator lamps (4a) (9) (15a) (17
a) a lamp control means (45) for controlling (22a), wherein the symbol control means (39) controls the operation of the lamp control means (45), and the lamp control means (45) controls the operation of the lamp control means (45). Voice control means (4
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a circuit is configured to control the operation of (4).