JP2001104562A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine full of interest capable of increasing the expectation of special game state generation and diversifying game contents. SOLUTION: This pachinko game machine 1 is provided with plural winning spaces 20 and 30, winning ports 26 and 36 corresponding to the respective winning spaces, movable members 21 and 31 for opening and closing the winning ports and special area winning ports 28 and 38 respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko gaming machine, based on a prize space having a prize port and a special area prize port (also referred to as a V prize port) in a game board, and a game ball being awarded in a starting port. A variable winning device including a pair of left and right movable members for opening and closing the winning opening by an electric drive source is provided, and a game ball wins in a special area winning opening in the winning space, whereby the movable member is opened. There is a model configured to shift to a special game state (big hit state) in which opening and closing operations are continuously repeated, or to win a special area winning opening during the shift to continue the special game state. .
Note that, in the winning space, a ball storage member such as a character or a mechanism is often provided for the purpose of temporarily storing a game ball won in the space.

[0003] In this type of pachinko gaming machine, a pair of left and right movable members are conventionally provided on a game board, as typified by the one described in JP-A-10-309349. , A special area winning ball detecting means for detecting a winning ball and a special area winning port, and a game ball having won the special area winning port are also provided.

A pachinko gaming machine has also been proposed in which one winning space, a plurality of sets of movable members, and a plurality of sets of winning ports corresponding to the sets of the movable members are provided, such as Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-9381. Also in this pachinko gaming machine, there was only one prize space, special area prize port, and special area prize ball detection means on the game board.

Therefore, in the above two types of conventional machines, there is only one winning space, special area winning opening, and special area winning ball detecting means, so that the game can be more interesting when entering a special game state. It was difficult to try. Therefore, the characteristics of the gaming machine can only be exhibited by the difference in the ball storage member such as the character and the mechanism used in the variable winning device for each model, or the difference in the transportation of the game ball to the special area winning opening, The game contents are standardized, and the amusement of the gaming machine is reduced, which causes the player's willingness to play the game to be reduced. In addition, even when a plurality of sets of a pair of movable members and a prize hole are provided as in the case of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-9381, in a structure having only one special region prize hole, a game ball wins in the prize space. Although it has become easier, it has not yet reached the point where the player has an increased sense of expectation for the occurrence of a special game state (big hit).

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is possible to enhance a sense of expectation for occurrence of a special game state, and to realize diversification of game contents, which is interesting. The purpose is to provide pachinko machines.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a winning space having a winning opening and a special area winning opening, and a movable opening / closing operation of the winning opening based on a game ball winning the starting opening. A special game state in which the opening and closing operation of the winning opening by the movable member is continuously and repeatedly performed when a game ball wins in the special area winning opening of the winning space, or the special game state. A pachinko gaming machine configured so that a special gaming state is continued by a special area winning opening winning during a transition, wherein a plurality of the winning spaces are provided, and a movable member that opens and closes each winning opening is provided. Features.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, each of the plurality of winning spaces is provided with a special area winning ball detecting means for detecting a game ball winning a special area winning port of the winning space. It is characterized by having been done.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, based on the detection of the special area winning ball by any of the plurality of special area winning ball detecting means, the opening and closing operation of the winning opening by all the movable members is linked. It is characterized by performing.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the second aspect, the opening and closing operation of the winning opening is performed by a movable member corresponding to the special area winning ball detecting means for detecting the special area winning ball.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, a plurality of winning spaces are provided adjacent to each other to form an integrated unit.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire pachinko gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a variable winning device of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the variable winning device. 4 is a rear view schematically showing the movement of the movable member of the variable winning device, FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the movement of the ball storage plate of the variable winning device, and FIG. 6 is the movement of the ball storing plate of the variable winning device. FIG.

The pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG.
The outer guide rails 4 and the inner guide rails 5 of the game balls are erected substantially at the edge of the game ball, and a variable winning device 10 is disposed substantially at the center of the game area surface 6 surrounded by the inner guide rails 5. , Below it (three in the example shown)
Are provided, and an out port 54 is further provided therebelow. In addition, on the game area surface 6, the variable winning device 10 and the starting ports 51, 5
Tulip-type winning ports 55 and 56, general winning ports 57 and 58, windmills 59 and 60, and the like are provided in addition to 2, 53. In addition, a detector for detecting a winning (passing) of a game ball is built in each of the various winning ports and starting ports, and when a game ball wins in the winning port and the starting port, a predetermined number of game balls are added. They are paid out as prize balls.

The variable winning device 10 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the game board 3 has a mounting board 11 mounted on the surface thereof.
2 are provided. On the upper end side of the substrate 11, a dot matrix display Dm is provided for notifying a player of the number (number of times) of continuation of the jackpot in the special game state described later. A case body 13 is provided behind the opening 12. In the illustrated example, the case body 13 is formed integrally with the mounting board 11. A first winning space 20 and a second winning space 30 are provided in the case body 13. Symbol P in the figure
Is a game ball, and W is a glass plate.

In the illustrated example, a first ball receiving member 14, a first winning space partitioning member 15, a second ball receiving member 16, and a third ball receiving member are provided in the case body 13 in order from the upper part to the lower part. A member 17 is provided, a space between the case body 13 and the first ball receiving member 14 defines a first winning space 20, and a space between the first second winning space partition member 15 and the third ball receiving member 17 defines a second winning space 30. Respectively. Further, in this example, the respective winning spaces 20, 30 are provided adjacent to each other, and the respective winning spaces 20, 30 are integrally formed by, for example, integrally molding the members 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 with a synthetic resin. It is an integral unit. By doing so, the number of parts can be reduced, and the cost can be prevented from rising. In addition, the mounting operation can be simplified in the manufacturing process, and the manufacturing efficiency is high. Below, each winning space 20,
30 will be described in detail.

At the front end of the first winning space 20, first movable members 21 and 21 are provided rotatably. The first movable members 21 and 21 in the illustrated example include a pair of left and right rotating wing pieces, and are pivotally mounted on the front surface of the first ball receiving member 14.
In addition, the first movable members 21 and 21 are connected to the first solenoid 25 via a rotation side link member 22 and a slide side link member 23 as can be better understood from FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 22 a denotes a connecting shaft portion provided to the first movable member 21 for connection with the rotating side link member 22, and reference numeral 22 b denotes a connecting shaft portion provided for the rotating side link member 22. The connection protrusion 23a is a connection opening formed so that the connection protrusion 22b is slidably fitted to the slide-side link member 23.

A first winning opening 26 for introducing a game ball into the first winning space 20 is formed in the upper part of the front end of the first winning space 20. Then, when the first solenoid 25 is excited (ON), as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 4, the slide side link member 23 moves upward, thereby turning the first movable members 21 and 21 outward. The first prize opening 26 is opened by moving, and a state in which a game ball can enter the first prize space 20 is enabled. On the other hand, when the first solenoid 25 is demagnetized (OFF), the slide-side link member 23 moves downward, whereby the first movable members 21 and 21 rotate in a direction opposite to the case of the excitation. The first prize opening 26 is closed by moving and standing in a substantially vertical direction, and it becomes impossible for the game balls to enter the first prize space 20. Further, the first winning port 26 is provided with a first winning ball number detector 26a for detecting the number of game balls that have passed through the winning port 26 and entered the first winning space 20.

Furthermore, partition members 27, 27 are provided substantially at the center of the lower front end of the first winning space 20, and a special advantage is provided to the player between the partition members 27, 27 when a winning ball passes. A first special region winning opening (also referred to as a V winning opening) 28 to be provided is formed. On the other hand, the partition member 2
A pair of left and right first ordinary area winning openings 29,2 that do not give a special benefit to the player when the winning ball passes are provided on both sides of the winning balls 7,27.
9 are formed. In addition, the first special area winning opening 2
8 is provided with a first special area winning ball detecting means 28a for detecting a game ball winning the winning opening 28. And the first special area winning ball detecting means 28a
Based on the detection of the special area prize ball, the game machine shifts to a special game state in which the opening and closing operations of the first movable members 21 and 21 are continuously and repeatedly performed (hereinafter, referred to as a big hit state in the description of the embodiment), or The jackpot is configured to continue. The first special area winning ball detection means 28a may be a known detector such as a proximity switch or a photo sensor.

In the illustrated example, the bottom portion 14a of the first ball receiving member 14 is inclined forward and downward, so that the bottom portion 14a of the first ball receiving member 14 from the first winning opening 26 when the first movable members 21 and 21 are opened. The game ball rolls on the upper surface of the bottom portion 14a of the first ball receiving member 14 and the front first special region winning opening 2
8 or the first ordinary area winning openings 29, 29. Further, in the illustrated example, a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) rib-shaped convex portions 14b are provided on the upper surface of the bottom portion 14a of the first ball receiving member 14 to make the rolling of the game balls irregular. Is formed. Thereby, the first special area winning port 28 or the first ordinary area winning port 29 of the game ball,
The flow to 29 can be varied randomly.

Further, the first and second winning space partitioning members 1
Reference numeral 5 is disposed below the partition members 27 and 27 and is inclined rearward and downward. Thereby, the prize sphere that has won the first special area prize port 28 or the first normal area prize port 29, 29 rolls on the upper surface of the first second prize space partition member 15 and is sent out of the variable prize apparatus 10. .

On the other hand, at the front end of the second winning space 30, movable members 31, 31 are provided rotatably. The second movable members 31 and 31 in the illustrated example include a pair of left and right rotating blade pieces, and are pivotally mounted on the front surface of the mounting substrate 11. The second movable members 31, 31 are connected to a second solenoid 35 via a rotation side link member 32 and a slide side link member 33, as can be better understood from FIG. In the drawing, reference numeral 32 a denotes a connecting shaft portion for connecting to the rotating link member 32 provided on the second movable member 31, and 32 b denotes a connecting shaft portion for the sliding side link member 33 provided for the rotating link member 32. The connecting protrusion 33a is a connecting opening formed so that the connecting protrusion 32b is slidably fitted to the slide-side link member 33.

In the upper part of the front end of the second winning space 30, a second winning opening 36 for introducing a game ball into the second winning space 30 is formed. Then, when the second solenoid 35 is excited, as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 4, the slide-side link member 33 moves upward, whereby the second movable members 31, 31 rotate outward. The second winning opening 36 is opened, and a state in which a game ball can win in the second winning space 30 is enabled. On the other hand, when the second solenoid 35 is demagnetized, the slide side link member 33 moves downward, whereby the second movable member 3
The first and third wheels 31 rotate in the opposite direction to the case of the excitation, and stand in a substantially vertical direction to close the second winning port 36, so that it becomes impossible for the gaming ball to enter the second winning space 30. . Further, the second winning port 36 is provided with a second winning ball number detector 36a for detecting the number of game balls that have passed through the winning port 36 and entered the second winning space 30.

Further, partition members 37, 37 are provided substantially at the center of the lower front end of the second winning space 30, and a special advantage is provided to the player between the partition members 37, 37 when a winning ball passes. A second special area winning port 38 to be provided is formed. On the other hand, on both sides of the partition members 37, 37, a pair of left and right second normal area winning ports 39, 39 which do not give a special benefit to the player when the winning ball passes, are formed. Also,
The second special area winning port 38 is provided with a second special area winning ball detecting means 38a for detecting a winning ball. Then, based on the detection of the special area winning ball by the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a, the second movable member 3
It is configured such that the state shifts to a big hit state in which the opening and closing operations of 1, 31 are repeatedly performed continuously, or the big hit state is continued. As the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a, a known detector such as a proximity switch or a photo sensor can be used.

In the illustrated example, the second ball receiving member 16 is disposed above the second winning space 30, and the bottom thereof is inclined rearward and downward. A cylindrical rotating member 40 is disposed behind the second ball receiving member 16. A plurality (5 in this example) of small-grain magnets 41 are spread inside the rotating member 40, whereby the surface of the rotating member 40 has a magnetic force. Also,
A connecting belt 43 is stretched between a shaft portion 40a of the rotating member 40 and a driving portion 42a of a driving device 42 such as a motor.
The operation of the driving device 42 causes the rotating member 40 to rotate (rotate counterclockwise in the figure). With this configuration, the game ball won from the second winning opening 36 rolls backward on the upper surface of the second ball receiving member 16 and falls on the upper surface of the rotating member 40. The dropped game ball is attracted to the surface by the magnetic force of the surface of the rotating member 40 and rotates together with the rotating member 40, and the rear end of the third ball receiving member 17 below the second winning space 30. The third ball receiving member 1 is conveyed upward, and due to its own weight or when the game ball collides with the rear end of the third ball receiving member 17.
7 Move to the upper surface.

Further, in the illustrated example, the second winning space 3
The third ball receiving member 1 is provided between the rotating member 40 of the first special region and the second special region winning opening 38 and the second ordinary region winning opening 39.
7, a ball storage plate 45 is provided. The third ball receiving member 17 is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the front, that is, toward the second special area winning opening 38 and the second ordinary area winning opening 39. The ball storage plate 4
5 is for temporarily storing the winning game balls in the second winning space 30 in the big hit state. The ball storage plate 45 is rotatably mounted on the third ball receiving member 17 via its support shaft 46 as can be better understood from FIGS. 5 and 6. A gear portion 47 made of radial teeth is provided on the outer peripheral surface of one end of the support shaft 46, and the gear portion 47 is engaged with a rack-shaped gear operating portion 49 attached to the ball storage plate solenoid 48. I agree.

The operation of the ball storage plate 45 will be briefly described. When the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is excited as shown in FIGS. 5A and 6A, the gear operation is started. The portion 49 moves downward, whereby the gear portion 47 rotates in one direction, and the ball storage plate 45 rotates upright from the front, so that the game balls can be stored. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6B, when the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is in a demagnetized state, the gear operating portion 49 moves upward, thereby The gear portion 47 rotates in the opposite direction to the front, and the ball storage plate 45 falls forward, and the game balls stored by the ball storage plate 45 are opened forward and the second special area winning opening 38 or One of the two normal area winning ports 39, 39 is awarded at a stretch. By releasing the plurality of stored game balls at once, the probability of any of the released game balls winning the second special area winning opening 38 increases. The winning balls that have won the special area winning opening 38 or the normal area winning opening 39, 39 are, in the illustrated example,
The bottom surface of the case body 13, the gaming board 3 and the case body 13
It is sent out of the variable prize winning device 10 through the passage between them.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing an electric control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The control circuit includes a power supply circuit 71 for supplying power to each component device, a ROM 72 for storing various information, a CPU 73 for executing arithmetic processing in accordance with a control program of the ROM 72,
RAM 74 for temporarily storing the operation result by PU 73
And an input / output interface 75 interposed between the CPU 73 and each component device. In the illustrated example, each detection circuit is further interposed between the input / output interface 75 and each component device. In the figure, reference numeral 76 denotes a start detector, 77 denotes a start winning ball detecting circuit, 78 denotes a special area winning ball detecting circuit, 79 denotes a winning ball number detecting circuit, and 8 denotes a winning ball detecting circuit.
0 is a drive control circuit, 81 is a lamp or LED, 82
Is a lamp / LED circuit, 83 is a speaker, 84 is a sound effect generating circuit, 85 is a continuous round number determining circuit for determining the number of rounds that can be continued in a jackpot state described later, and 86 is a dot matrix display of the number of continuous rounds. This is a circuit for displaying the number of continuous rounds for displaying on the device Dm. Note that the input / output interface 75 and each detection circuit may be omitted as appropriate.

Next, a specific example of operation control of the pachinko gaming machine 1 (operation control when shifting to the big hit state and operation control during the big hit state) will be described.

A first embodiment of the operation control of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 7 and the flowcharts of FIGS. In this first embodiment,
First, when a game ball fired on the game area surface 6 of the game board 3 wins the starting port 51, 52 or 53, the winning ball is detected by the starting detector 76 inside the starting port (S1).
The detection signal is transmitted to the CPU 73 via the starting winning ball detection circuit 77 and the input / output interface 75,
After the processing in the CPU 73, a control signal is transmitted from the CPU 73 to the drive control circuit 80, and based on the signal, the first solenoid 25 and the second solenoid 35 of the variable winning device 10 are excited and demagnetized. When the solenoids 25, 35 are excited, the first movable member 21,
21 and the second movable member 31, 31 are rotated outward, and the first winning opening 26 and the second winning opening 36 are changed from the closed state to the open state, whereas the solenoids 25, 35
The first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable members 31 and 31 rotate inward due to the demagnetization of the first winning opening 26.
A series of opening and closing operations are performed such that the second winning port 36 returns to the closed state again.

In the first embodiment, upon detection by the start detector 76, it is further determined whether or not the game ball has won the start ports 51, 53 on both the left and right sides (S).
2) When the starting ports 51 and 53 are won, the first solenoid 25 and the second solenoid 35 are excited once (S3), and the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable members 31 and 31 are excited. Is performed once, and when the game ball has won the central starting port 52 (S4), the first solenoid 25 and the second solenoid 35 are excited twice (S4).
5), first movable member 21, 21 and second movable member 3
The opening and closing operations of 1, 31 are performed twice.

Further, in this embodiment, while the first solenoid 25 and the second solenoid 35 perform opening and closing operations,
When it is detected by the winning ball number detectors 26a and 36a that a game ball has won the first winning space 20 above the variable winning device 10 or the second winning space 30 below (S6),
The detection signal is transmitted to the CPU 73 via the winning ball number detection circuit 79 and the input / output interface 75, and a control signal is transmitted from the CPU 73 to the sound effect generation circuit 84. The player is notified of the winning (S7).

Next, a game ball which has won the first prize space 20 or the second prize space 30 is provided with a first special region prize opening 28 or a second special region provided at the lower center of the respective prize spaces 20, 30. When a winning is made to the winning opening 38 and the special area winning ball is detected by the first special area winning ball detecting means 28a or the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a (S8), the detection signal is sent to the special area winning ball. CP via the detection circuit 78 and the input / output interface 75
U73, a control signal is transmitted from the CPU 73 to the lamp / LED circuit 82 and the sound effect generation circuit 84, and a sound effect or the like is emitted from the speaker 83, and the lamp or the LED 81 is turned on or off. The occurrence of the jackpot is notified (S9).

In this embodiment, when the first special area winning ball detecting means 28a or the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a detects a special area winning ball, the number of rounds in which the big hit can be continued (lottery) is determined. Is performed as follows,
The result of the determination (the selected number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued) is displayed on the dot matrix display Dm through the continuous round number display circuit 86. The above-mentioned determination method includes a first special area winning ball detecting means 28a or a second special area winning ball detecting means 38a for a special area winning ball.
At the time of the detection,
Extract the value of the random counter stored in AM74,
This is performed by determining the extracted value. The random counter starts from "0" when the power of the gaming machine is turned on, and is incremented by one every predetermined interruption time (for example, 2.731 ms). When the random counter reaches "2", it returns to "0" again and repeats the addition. The value is repeated every moment, and the value is stored in the RAM 74.

More specifically, the determination of the number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued will be described in more detail. When the extracted value of the random counter is "0" or "1", "x" is temporarily displayed on the dot matrix display Dm. After that, "8" is displayed and the player is notified that the number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued is eight rounds. In contrast, when the extracted value of the random counter is "2", "O" is displayed.
Is displayed once on the dot matrix display Dm and then “16” is displayed, and the number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued is 16
The player is notified of the round (S10).

When the big hit occurs, that is, when the first special area winning ball detecting means 28a or the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a detects a special area winning ball,
In preparation for the jackpot control, the CPU 73 executing the game program clears the count value of the 10-counter for counting the number of winning balls in each of the winning spaces 20 and 30 in the RAM 74, and sets the selected number of rounds for which the jackpot can be continued. The octal or hexadecimal round counter corresponding to is selected, the count value is cleared to 0, and a plus one process of adding 1 to the count value by entering the first round is performed. In addition, in the big hit state in this embodiment, it is considered that the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable members 31 and 31 continuously open and close 18 times per round as described later. 18
The count value of the opening / closing processing counter is also cleared to 0 (S
11).

Further, the first special area winning ball detecting means 28
a or a special area prize ball is detected by the second special area prize ball detecting means 38a, a control signal is transmitted from the CPU 73 to the drive control circuit 80 in the second prize space 30, and the sphere storage is performed based on the control signal. The plate solenoid 48 is excited (S12). The excitation of the solenoid 48 causes the ball storage plate 45 to rotate upright from the front, thereby enabling the storage of game balls. After the above series of preparation operations are performed, the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable member 3
The state shifts to a big hit state in which the opening and closing operations of the first and the 31st are started.

In the big hit state, the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable members 31 and 31
Performs a movable member opening / closing process that continuously repeats the opening / closing operation (S13), and then the game balls in the winning spaces 20, 30 are moved to either the first special region winning opening 28 or the second special region winning opening 38. It is determined whether or not a prize is won and the special area prize ball is detected by the first special area prize ball detection means 28a or the second special area prize ball detection means 38a (S
14).

Then, a special area winning ball which has won the first special area winning opening 28 or the second special area winning opening 38 (the ball storing plate 45 is provided to the second special area winning opening 38).
Game balls that have not been stored due to, for example, getting over will win. ), The detection signal is transmitted to the CPU 73 via the special area prize ball detection circuit 78. At this time, in the second winning space 30, a control signal from the CPU 73 is transmitted to the drive control circuit 80, and the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is demagnetized based on the control signal (S15). The ball storage plate 45 falls forward, and the stored game balls are released (S1).
6).

Then, after waiting three seconds after the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is demagnetized, the CPU 73 clears the count value of the 10-counter to 0, and executes an octal corresponding to the number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued. Or 1
A plus one process for adding one to the count value of the hexadecimal round counter and a clear process for setting the count value of the eighteenth open / close process counter to zero are performed (S17). Further, the value of the octal or hexadecimal round counter processed by the plus one is "9" for octal, and "17" for hexadecimal.
It is determined whether or not the value is “9” or “17” (S18).
If so, special area detection invalidation processing for invalidating the big hit continuation processing is performed (S19), and the big hit state is ended. On the other hand, if the value of the octal or hexadecimal round counter processed by the plus one is octal, the value is from '1' to
If the value is '8' or '1' to '16' in hexadecimal, the jackpot state does not end and the dot matrix display Dm displays the next round number, that is, the value obtained by performing the plus 1 processing, The display is performed via the continuous round number display circuit 86, and after the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is again excited, the movable member is opened and closed (S13).

In this embodiment, the opening / closing operation of the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable members 31 and 31 in each round is performed 18 times or the number-of-winning-balls detectors 26a and 36a. Is terminated when any one of the total number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 or the second winning space 30 detected by the game reaches 10 or earlier. When the first special area winning ball detecting means 28a or the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a detects a special area winning ball as in
The first movable members 21, 21 and the second movable member 31,
Even if the opening / closing operation of 31 is not performed 18 times, or the total number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 or the second winning space 30 is not 10, the ball storage plate 45 is The player is depressed forward and immediately shifts to the next round, or ends the jackpot state when the number of rounds has reached a predetermined number.

On the other hand, the first special area winning ball detecting means 28a or the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a
Is not detected, the number of opening / closing operations of the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable members 31 and 31 is a predetermined number (14 times in the embodiment), or the number of winning balls. It is determined whether the total number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 or the second winning space 30 detected by the detectors 26a and 36a reaches a predetermined number (six in the embodiment) (S20). And the number of times of the opening and closing operation is 14 times, or the first winning space 20 or the second winning space 3
When the total number of winning balls to 0 is six, a control signal from the CPU 73 is transmitted to the drive control circuit 80,
Based on the control signal, the ball storage plate solenoid 48
Is demagnetized (S21), the ball storage plate 45 falls forward, and the stored game balls are opened at a stretch toward the second special area winning opening 38 or the second ordinary area winning opening 39, 39 (S22). ).

After the stored game balls are released, the first special area prize ball detecting means 28a or the second special area prize ball detecting means 38a again generates the first special area prize port 28 or the second special area prize port 38. It is determined whether or not any of the special area winning balls is detected (S23). When the special area winning ball is detected, as described above, 18
Clearing of the opening / closing processing counter, clearing of the 10-count counter, plus one processing of the octal or hexadecimal round counter (S17), confirmation of the value of the plus one processed octal or hexadecimal round counter (S18), special An area detection invalidation process (S19) is performed. Also, as described above, the first special area winning opening 28 or the second special area winning opening 3
8, if the special area winning ball is detected in any one of the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable members 31,
Even if the opening and closing operation of the ball 31 is not performed 18 times, or the total number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 or the second winning space 30 is not 10, the ball storage plate 45 is tilted forward. Then, the process immediately shifts to the next round or, if the number of rounds has reached a predetermined number, ends the jackpot state.

On the other hand, if no special area winning ball is detected in either the first special area winning opening 28 or the second special area winning opening 38, the first movable members 21 and 21 and the second movable The number of times that the members 31, 31 have been opened and closed reaches the maximum number (18 times in the embodiment), or the number of times the member 31, 31 has entered the first winning space 20 or the second winning space 30 detected by the winning ball number detectors 26a, 36a. The first movable member 21 until the total number of winning balls reaches the maximum (10 in the embodiment).
The opening and closing operations of the 21 and the second movable members 31, 31 are continued (S24, S25). And the number of times of the opening / closing operation is 1
When reaching eight times or when the total number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 or the second winning space 30 becomes ten,
The first movable members 21, 21 and the second movable member 31,
The opening and closing operation of 31 is ended.

Further, when a predetermined time (3 seconds in the embodiment) elapses after the end of the opening / closing operation, a special area prize ball in either the first special area prize port 28 or the second special area prize port 38 is removed. It is determined whether or not it has been detected (S26). If the detection has been made, a clearing process of the 18-time opening / closing process counter, a clearing process of the 10-count counter, and a plus one process of the octal or hexadecimal round counter (S17). ,
Check the value of the octal or hexadecimal round counter processed by plus 1 (S18), and then proceed to the next round (S1).
2) or special area detection invalidation processing (S19), and if there is no such detection, the big hit state is terminated even if the number of rounds in which the big hit can be continued remains.

As described above, in the operation control of the gaming machine of the first embodiment, a plurality of special area winning ball detecting means 28
a, 38a, based on the detection of the special area prize ball, all the prize openings 26, 36 in the respective prize spaces 20, 30.
The opening and closing operations of the movable members 21 and 31 are performed in conjunction with each other, so that the special area
8 or 38, each movable member 21, 31
, A big hit state in which all the opening / closing operations are performed or the big hit state continues, so that the player's expectation of the big hit occurrence is greatly increased. When the operation control in each of the winning spaces 20 and 30 is performed in conjunction with each other as in this embodiment, the passage from the first special region winning opening 28 and the passage from the second special region winning opening 38 merge. One special area prize ball detecting means is provided after the merging point, and the special area prize ball detecting means detects a special area prize ball in both the first special area prize port 28 and the second special area prize port 38. May be performed.

FIGS. 10 to 13 are flowcharts relating to a second embodiment of the operation control of the pachinko gaming machine 1.
This second embodiment is based on the detection of a special area prize ball by one of the plurality of special area prize ball detection means 28a, 38a, and a prize port corresponding to the special area prize ball detection means detecting the special area prize ball. The opening / closing operation by the movable member 21 or 31 of 26 or 36, that is, each winning space 2
The opening and closing are controlled independently for each of the winning ports 0 and 30. Hereinafter, the operation control in each of the winning spaces 20 and 30 will be described in detail.

In the operation control in the first winning space 20,
First, it is determined whether or not there is a detection signal of a winning ball to the starting ports 51, 53 on the left and right sides provided on the lower portion of the game area 6 (S31).
The first solenoid 25 is excited once (S32), and the opening and closing operation of the first movable members 21 and 21 is performed once.

Next, it is confirmed whether or not a winning ball has been detected in the first winning space 20 (S33). When the winning ball is detected, a sound effect or the like is output to the speaker as in the first embodiment. From 83, the player is notified that the game ball has won the first winning space 20 (S34). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a special area winning ball that has won the first special area winning port 28 in the first winning space 20 is detected (S3).
5) When the detection is made, a sound effect or the like is emitted from the speaker 83, and the lamp or the LED 81 blinks or lights to notify the player of the occurrence of the jackpot (S36). Further, upon detecting the special area winning ball,
In the same manner as in the first embodiment, the determination of the number of continuation rounds of the jackpot (5 or 10 rounds in this embodiment) is performed, and the determination result (the selected number of continuation rounds of the jackpot) is displayed on the dot matrix display D.
m (S37).

Further, when the occurrence of the jackpot is determined, the CPU 73 prepares a RAM for the jackpot control.
The count value of the 10-counter that counts the number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 in 74 is cleared, and quinary or 1 corresponding to the selected jackpot continuation round number is cleared.
A zero-round counter is selected, the count value is cleared to 0, and a 1st round is performed to add 1 to the count value by entering the first round, and in addition,
In consideration of the fact that the first movable members 21 and 21 repeat the opening / closing operation at a maximum of 18 times per round, the count value of the 18-times opening / closing processing counter is also cleared to 0 (S3).
8) Shift to the jackpot state.

In the big hit state, the first movable members 21 and 21 perform a movable member opening / closing process in which the opening / closing operation is continuously repeated in each round (S39). Then, during the opening / closing operation of the first movable members 21 and 21, the game ball that has won the first prize space 20 from the first prize port 26 wins the first special area prize port 28, and the special area prize. It is determined whether a ball has been detected by the first special area winning ball detection means 28a (S40).

When the special area prize ball is detected, a clearing process for setting the count value of the 10 count counter to 0, and a count of the quinary or decimal round counter corresponding to the number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued are performed. A plus one process of adding 1 to the value and a clear process of setting the count value of the 18-times opening / closing process counter to 0 are performed (S4)
1). Further, if the value of the quinary or decimal round counter processed by the plus one is quinary, it is '6', 10
If the value is "11", it is determined whether the value is "11" (S42). If the value is "6" or "11", special area detection invalidation processing for invalidating the jackpot continuation processing is performed (S4).
3) End the jackpot state. On the other hand, if the value of the quinary or decimal round counter processed by the plus one is "1" to "5" in the case of quinary, "1" to "5" in the case of decimal
If it is "10", the big hit state does not end and the movable member opening / closing process is performed again (S39).

In this embodiment, the opening / closing operation of the first movable members 21 and 21 in each round is performed when the number of the opening / closing operations reaches 18 times or when the winning ball number detector 26 is used.
The number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 detected by a is 1
The processing is terminated when any of the zeros is satisfied earlier, but when the special area prize ball is detected by the first special area prize ball detection means 28a as described above. Even if the number of opening / closing operations of the first movable members 21 and 21 does not reach 18 times or the number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 has not reached 10, the next If the number of rounds has reached the predetermined number, the jackpot state is terminated.

When the special area winning ball is not detected, the opening and closing operation of the first movable members 21 and 21 is further performed by one.
It is determined whether or not the game has been performed eight times or the number of winning balls in the first winning space 20 detected by the winning ball number detector 26a has reached 10 (S44), and any of those conditions has been satisfied. In this case, the special area detection invalidation processing is performed to end the big hit state, and if none of the above conditions is satisfied, the opening / closing operation of the first movable members 21 and 21 is continued.

On the other hand, in the operation control in the second winning space 30, first, it is determined whether or not there is a detection signal of a winning ball to the central starting port 52 provided at the lower portion of the game area surface 6 (see FIG. 1). S51) When there is the detection signal, the second solenoid 35 is excited once (S52), and the opening and closing operation of the second movable members 31, 31 is performed once.

Next, it is confirmed whether or not a prize ball is detected in the second prize space 30 (S53). When the prize ball is detected, a sound effect or the like is emitted from the speaker 83 so that the second prize space is detected. It notifies the player that the game ball has won within 30 (S54). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a special area prize ball that has won the second special area prize port 38 is detected (S55). When the detection is made, a sound effect or the like is emitted from the speaker 83 and a lamp or LED is emitted.
81 is blinked or lit to notify the player of the occurrence of the big hit (S56). Further, when the special area winning ball is detected, the number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued (8 rounds or 1 round in this embodiment) as in the first embodiment.
(6 rounds), and the result of the determination (the selected number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued) is displayed on the dot matrix display Dm (S57).

When the occurrence of the big hit is determined, the CPU 73
In preparation for the jackpot control, the count value of the 10-counter that counts the number of winning balls in the second winning space 30 in the RAM 74 is cleared, and the octal or hexadecimal round corresponding to the selected jackpot continuable round number is cleared. Select a counter to clear the count value to 0 and 1
By entering the round, the count value becomes 1
A plus one process is performed for addition, and the count value of the eighteenth opening / closing process counter is also cleared to 0 (S58).

Further, by exciting the ball storage plate solenoid 48 and rotating and standing the ball storage plate 45 (S59), it is possible to store the winning game balls in the second winning space 30 in the big hit state. After that, the state shifts to the jackpot state.

In the state of the big hit, in each round, a movable member opening / closing process of repeating the opening / closing operation of the second movable members 31, 31 is performed (S60). The game ball is the ball storage plate 4
5 and is won in the second special area winning opening 38, and the special area winning ball is the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a.
Is determined (S61). When the special area winning ball is detected, the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is demagnetized (S62), the ball storage plate 45 falls forward, and the stored game ball is released. (S63).

Thereafter, three seconds after the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is demagnetized, the CPU 73 clears the count value of the 10-counter to 0, and executes an octal corresponding to the number of rounds in which the big hit can be continued. Or 1
A plus one process of adding one to the count value of the hexadecimal round counter and a clear process of setting the count value of the eighteenth open / close process counter to zero are performed (S64). Further, the value of the octal or hexadecimal round counter processed by the plus one is "9" for octal, and "17" for hexadecimal.
It is determined whether the value is “9” or 17 ”(S65).
If it is, special area detection invalidation processing for invalidating the big hit continuation processing is performed (S66), and the big hit state is ended. On the other hand, if the value of the octal or hexadecimal round counter processed by the plus one is octal, the value is from “1” to “1”.
If it is '8' or '1' to '16' in hexadecimal, the jackpot state does not end, and the dot matrix display Dm displays the next round number, that is, the value obtained by performing the plus 1 processing, After displaying through the continuous round number display circuit 86 and exciting the ball storage plate solenoid 48 again, the movable member is opened and closed.

In this embodiment, the opening / closing operation of the second movable members 31, 31 in each round is performed when the number of the opening / closing operations reaches 18 or the second prize space detected by the winning ball number detector 36a. When the number of prize balls reaching 30 reaches 10 or any of the prize balls is soon satisfied, the process is terminated. However, as described above, the second special area prize port 3 is used.
8 is detected by the second special area winning ball detecting means 38a, the second movable member 3
Even when the number of times of opening and closing operations of 1, 31 does not reach 18 times or the number of winning balls in the second winning space 30 is not 10, the ball storage plate 45 is tilted forward, Immediately proceed to the next round or, if the number of rounds has reached a predetermined number, end the jackpot state.

On the other hand, when the special area prize ball is not detected by the second special area prize ball detecting means 38a, the number of opening / closing operations of the second movable members 31, 31 is a predetermined number (14 in this embodiment). Is determined, or whether the number of winning balls in the second winning space 30 detected by the winning ball number detector 36a reaches a predetermined number (six in the embodiment) (S67). If the number of opening / closing operations is 14 or the number of winning balls in the second winning space 30 is 6, the ball storage plate solenoid 48 is demagnetized (S68), and the ball storage is performed. The board 45 falls forward, and the stored game balls are opened at a stretch toward the second special area winning opening 38 or the second ordinary area winning opening 39, 39 (S
69).

After the stored game balls are released, it is again determined whether or not the second special area prize ball detecting means 38a detects the special area prize ball that has won the second special area prize opening 38 (S70). ). When the special area prize ball is detected, the clearing processing of the 18-time open / close processing counter is performed,
Clear processing of the 10-count counter, plus one processing of the octal or hexadecimal round counter (S64), confirmation of the value of the octal or hexadecimal round counter subjected to the plus one processing (S65), and special area detection invalidation processing (S66) ) Is performed. Further, when the special area winning ball is detected in the second special area winning opening 38 in this manner, the opening and closing operation of the second movable members 31 and 31 is not performed 18 times, or the second movable member 31 is moved to the second winning space 30. Even if the number of winning balls is not 10
The ball storage plate 45 is tilted forward and immediately shifts to the next round, or ends the big hit state if the number of rounds has reached a predetermined number.

On the other hand, when the special area prize ball is not detected, the number of times the second movable members 31 and 31 are opened and closed reaches the maximum number (18 times in the embodiment) or the prize is won. The number of winning balls in the second winning space 30 detected by the ball number detector 36a is the largest (10 in this embodiment).
), The opening and closing operation of the second movable members 31, 31 is continued (S71, S72). When the number of opening / closing operations reaches 18 or the number of winning balls in the second winning space 30 becomes 10, the second movable members 31 and 31
The opening and closing operation of is ended.

Further, at the point in time when a predetermined time (3 seconds in the embodiment) elapses after the end of the opening / closing operation, it is determined whether or not a special area winning ball to the second special area winning opening 38 is detected (S73). If the detection is detected, the opening / closing processing counter is cleared 18 times, the 10-count counter is cleared, the octal or hexadecimal round counter is incremented by one (S64), and the octal or hexadecimal round is incremented by one. Confirmation of the counter value (S65), and then transition to the next round (S59, etc.) or special area detection invalidation processing (S66) are performed. If the detection is not performed, the number of rounds in which the jackpot can be continued remains. Even if the jackpot situation is terminated.

As described above, in the operation control of the gaming machine of the second embodiment, when a special area prize ball detecting means 28a, 38a in each of the prize spaces 20, 30 detects a special area prize ball, the special area prize ball is detected. Only the prize space in which the area prize ball is detected shifts to the jackpot state, and each of the prize spaces has a different operation mode (the maximum number of openable / closable movable members, the opening / closing speed of the movable member, the number of continuous rounds of jackpot, one round Jackpot operation is performed with the number of winning balls in the winning space in the game). Therefore, the game characteristics (game characteristics, characteristics) can be made different for each of the winning spaces, and the game characteristics of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be broadened, thereby increasing the excitement of interest of the player. it can. In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment,
The dot matrix display Dm for displaying the number of continuation rounds in the jackpot state and the random counter for determining the number of continuation rounds for the jackpot are commonly used in each winning space. May be provided separately for each winning space.

[0066]

As shown and described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention has a plurality of prize spaces having a prize port and a special area prize port, and is movable to the prize port of each prize space. Since members are provided and a special area winning opening is provided for each winning space, it is possible to increase a player's expectation of the occurrence of a special game state (big hit), thereby increasing the player's willingness to play. I do.

Further, as in the second aspect of the present invention, each of the plurality of prize spaces is provided with a special region prize ball detecting means for detecting a game ball prize in a special region prize port of the prize space. Then, based on the detection of the special area winning ball by any one of the plurality of special area winning ball detecting means as in the invention of claim 3, the opening and closing operation of the winning opening by all the movable members is performed in conjunction with each other, and The special game state can be executed in the winning space, or as in the invention of claim 4,
Based on the detection of the special area winning ball by any of the plurality of special area winning ball detecting means, the opening / closing operation of the winning opening by the movable member corresponding to the special area winning ball detecting means detecting the special area winning ball is independently performed. It is also possible to execute a special game state individually in each winning space. As a result, the content of the game can be diversified, and the interest of the gaming machine is improved. In particular, as described above, when the execution of the special game state in each of the prize spaces is performed independently and the operation mode in the special game state is made different for each of the prize spaces, the player is required A game sense can be enjoyed, and two or more game senses can be simultaneously enjoyed by one type of gaming machine, thereby greatly improving the fun of the game.

Further, if a plurality of winning spaces are provided adjacent to each other to form an integrated unit, the number of parts can be reduced, so that the cost of parts can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Also in the process, the mounting operation can be simplified and the production efficiency is good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an entire pachinko gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a variable winning device of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the variable winning device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view schematically showing movement of a movable member of the variable winning device.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the movement of a ball storage plate of the variable winning device.

FIG. 6 is a rear view showing the movement of the ball storage plate of the variable winning device.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing an electric circuit of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 8 is a first diagram illustrating an example of operation control of a pachinko gaming machine.
It is a flowchart.

FIG. 9 is a second flowchart relating to the operation control in the same example.

FIG. 10 is a first flowchart relating to operation control of a first winning space in another example.

FIG. 11 is a second flowchart relating to the operation control of the first winning space in the same example.

FIG. 12 is a first flowchart relating to operation control of a second winning space in the same example.

FIG. 13 is a second flowchart relating to the operation control of the second winning space in the same example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko gaming machine 3 Game board 6 Game area surface 10 Variable prize device 20 First prize space 21 First movable member 26 First prize port 28 First special area prize port 28a First special area prize ball detecting means 30 Second prize Space 31 Second movable member 36 Second prize port 38 Second special area prize port 38 a Second special area prize ball detecting means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A prize space having a prize port and a special area prize port, and a movable member for opening and closing the prize port based on a game ball prize at a starting port, wherein the special area of the prize space is provided. When the game ball wins the winning opening, the movable member shifts to the special game state in which the opening and closing operation of the winning opening is continuously and repeatedly performed, or the special game is executed by the special area winning opening winning the special game state. A pachinko gaming machine configured to maintain a state, wherein a plurality of the winning spaces are provided, and a movable member that opens and closes a winning opening of each of the winning spaces is provided. 2. A special area prize ball detecting means for detecting a game ball which has won a special area prize port of the special prize space in each of the plurality of prize spaces. 2. The pachinko gaming machine according to 1. 3. The operation of opening and closing a winning opening by all movable members based on detection of a special area winning ball by any one of a plurality of special area winning ball detecting means. The described pachinko gaming machine. 4. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the opening / closing operation of the winning opening is performed by a movable member corresponding to the special area winning ball detecting means for detecting the special area winning ball. 5. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of winning spaces are provided adjacent to each other to form an integrated unit.