JP2001353354A - Game system and information storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system which is full of interest and has the characteristics of a game, while a player can consent to the result of a lottery. SOLUTION: The game system includes a lottery means 54 to hold a lottery with respect to targets 34a-34c, a lottery display means 40 to display the result of the lottery held by the means 54, and medal detecting means 56a-56c to detect a medal 28 having hit the targets 34a-34c while the lottery is being held. When the medal detecting means 56a-56c detect the medal 28, the lottery means 54 judges the lottery to display the result of the judgment on the means 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a game system and an information storage medium, and more particularly to a game system and an information storage medium for a medal game.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In general,
In games, a medal game using medals is known.

When a lottery is performed in such a medal game, for example, when a medal is shot and the medal passes a target, a lottery is started, or a player presses a button with a hand like a slot machine. It is known that a lottery is determined by the following.

However, when the lottery is started when the medal passes through the target as in the former case, it is possible to provide the fun of inserting the medal aiming at the target, but the player intervenes in the determination of the lottery result. There is a problem that the player cannot be satisfied with the result of the lottery.

[0005] When the player decides a lottery by manually pressing a button, as in the latter case, the player decides the lottery result directly, so that the player has a feeling that the player can understand the lottery result. However, there is a problem in that the player simply presses a button, so that little gameplay can be provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game system and an information storage medium which are highly entertaining and entertaining while maintaining a feeling that the player can understand the lottery results.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a game system according to the present invention comprises: a lottery means for performing a lottery on a target; a lottery display means for displaying a lottery result by the lottery means; And a medal detecting means for detecting a medal hit when the target is hit, wherein the lottery means performs a lottery determination when the medal detecting means detects the medal, and determines the result of the lottery. It is characterized in that it is displayed on a display means.

Similarly, the information storage medium of the present invention is a computer-readable information storage medium storing information for playing a game, wherein the information is a lottery means for performing a lottery on a target, and a lottery means. Means for displaying the result of the lottery on the lottery display means, and means for detecting the medal hit by the medal detection means when the medal hits the target during the lottery, the lottery means Is characterized in that when the medal detecting means detects the medal, a lottery determination is performed, and the determination result is displayed on the lottery display means.

According to the present invention, the player can enjoy the game by hitting the medal with the target, and can improve the playability unlike simply pressing the button to determine the lottery result. Yes, it is possible to make the game interesting, and when the medal hits the target, the lottery judgment is made and the judgment result is displayed, so that the player can determine the lottery result by hitting the medal with the target. Can be involved, so that the player can have a feeling that the lottery result can be understood.

In another game system of the present invention, a lottery means for performing a lottery on a target, a lottery display means for displaying a lottery result by the lottery means, and a medal hit when a medal hits a target being selected. And the lottery means stops the lottery when the medal detection means detects the medal.

Similarly, another information storage medium of the present invention is a computer-readable information storage medium storing information for playing a game, wherein the information is a lottery means for performing a lottery for a target; Means for displaying a lottery result by the lottery means on the lottery display means, and means for detecting the medal hit by the medal detection means when the medal hits the target during the lottery, The lottery means includes information for stopping the lottery when the medal detection means detects the medal.

According to the present invention, the player can enjoy the game by hitting the medal with the target, and can improve the playability unlike simply pressing the button to determine the lottery result. Yes, the game can be interesting, and when the medal hits the target, the lottery is stopped, so that the player can directly participate in the determination of the lottery result. Can have a convincing feeling.

[0013] In the game system of the present invention, the game system may include a medal shooting means for shooting the medal toward the target.

With this configuration, it is possible to enjoy a game in which medals are fired from the medal firing means to hit a target, and the game is more playable.

In this case, the medal shooting means may jump up and shoot the medal toward the target.

With this configuration, it is possible to enjoy a game in which medals are jumped up and fired from the medal shooting means to hit a target, and the game can be played more easily.

Further, the medal shooting means may shoot the medal toward the target so as to be vertically rollable.

With this configuration, it is possible to enjoy a game in which the medal is rolled by the firing means, fired, and hits the target, and the game characteristics are enhanced.

Further, in the game system according to the present invention, the target has a medal slot for receiving the medal, and an opening / closing means for opening and closing the medal slot, and the opening / closing means ends the lottery. It is preferable that the medal receiving port of the target can be closed.

Similarly, in the information storage medium of the present invention, the target is configured such that a medal receiving opening for receiving the medal can be opened / closed by opening / closing means, and the medal receiving opening of the target for which lottery has been completed is connected to the target. It is preferable to include information for implementing means for closing by the opening / closing means.

With this configuration, the opening / closing means closes the medal reception slot of the target for which the lottery has been completed, so that the player can determine whether the target is being selected by lottery.
This makes it easy to determine whether the target is the end of the lottery.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 8 show a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a medal game device using the game system according to the present embodiment.

This medal game device 10 performs a medal pusher game. As shown in FIG. 1, the medal game device 10 has six stations 12, and each station 12 has a medal firing device 14 as two medal firing means. At the same time, 12 players can enjoy the medal pusher game.

The medal shooting device 14 jumps and shoots the inserted medals.

Each of the stations 12 is provided with a stepped medal storage section 16 for temporarily storing winning medals at an upper portion on the rear side which does not affect the game, and a pusher plate 18 is provided below the medal storage section 16. Is provided, and a target unit 22 is provided between the medal storage unit 16 and the game field 20.

The medal storing section 16 has a plurality of, for example, in the present embodiment, six steps 30a to 30f, and each step from the payout port 26 of the hopper 24 provided above the uppermost step 30a. The medals 28 are supplied on the medal mounting surfaces of the units 30a to 30f.

The steps 30a to 30f gradually increase in width from above to below so that the top step 30a has the narrowest width and the bottom step 30f has the widest width. Has been.

The steps 30a to 30e and the steps 30f
Are rotatable separately from each other, and the step portions 30a
The medals 28 stored in the steps 30a to 30e
The payout can be made by the rotation of the step portion 30f.

In the game field 20, the medals 28 paid out from the medal storing section 16 are pushed out by the pusher plate 18 and discharged to the medal take-out port 32.

The target section 22 has a plurality of targets, in this embodiment, for example, three targets 34a to 34c.
Each of the targets 34a to 34c has a medal receiving opening 36a to
36c is provided.

Then, the medals 28 are jumped up and fired by the medal shooting means 14 at the medal receiving openings 36a to 36c, and the medals 28 are inserted into the medal receiving openings 36a to 36c.

Each of the medal receiving openings 36a-36c is provided with opening / closing means 38a-38c, respectively. The medal receiving openings 36a-36c are provided by the opening / closing means 38a-38c.
c can be opened and closed.

In this way, which target 3
It is possible to easily determine whether to aim at 4a to 34c.

The target section 22 is provided with a lottery display means 40 so that a lottery can be performed on the targets 34a to 34c.

This lottery display means 40 displays each target 3
Liquid crystal display units 42a-4 provided on the upper portions of 4a-34c
2c, the lottery starts when the game starts, a lottery selection mark is displayed on the appropriate liquid crystal display units 42a to 42c, and the medal 28 is displayed on each of the targets 34a to 34c.
When entering the medal receiving openings 36a to 36c of c, the medal 28 is detected, and the lottery is stopped.

Below the targets 34a to 34c, game process display sections 44a to 44c are provided.
Each of these game process display sections 44a to 44c includes three display blocks 46a to 46c, respectively.
The LEDs provided in each of the display blocks 46a to 46c are turned on in accordance with the lottery result to display the progress of the game.

Then, the medals 28 are supplied from the hopper 24 to the medal storing unit 16 according to the lottery result, or the medals 28 stored in the medal storing unit 16 are supplied to the game field 20.
Or to be supplied.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the game system.

This game system includes a target 34a
To 34c, lottery display means 40, game process display section 4
4a to 44c, a medal shooting device 14, a hopper 24, and a medal storage unit 16, a processing unit 48, a storage unit 50, and an information storage medium 52.

Each of the targets 34a to 34c has
In addition to the opening / closing means 38a to 38c, a medal detecting means 56a
Medals detecting means 56a to 56c.
The c detects the medals 28 inserted into the medal receiving openings 36a to 36c.

The processing unit 48 performs various processes such as control of the entire apparatus, instruction of instructions to each block in the apparatus, and game calculation. The function of the processing unit 48 is a CPU (CISC type,
(RISC type), DSP, ASIC (gate array or the like), or a given program (game program).

The processing section 48 also functions as lottery means 54.

The lottery means 54 starts the lottery at the start of the game, and the predetermined liquid crystal display section 4 of the lottery display means 40
An instruction to display the lottery state is given to 2a to 42c.

Then, the target 34 for which the lottery is being performed
The opening / closing means 38a to 38c open the medal receiving openings 36a to 36c for the a to 34c, and the opening / closing means 38a to 34c for the targets 34a to 34c for which no lottery is performed.
38c instructs to close the medal receiving openings 36a to 36c.

The lottery means 54 includes a medal receiving port 36a-36 of the target 34a-34c performing the lottery.
When a medal is inserted in c and the medal is detected by the medal detecting means 56a to 56c, the lottery is stopped or a lottery determination is performed, and the determination result is displayed on the liquid crystal display units 42a to 42c. Alternatively, an instruction is given to display the progress of the game on the game process display units 44a to 44c.

Further, the medals 28 are supplied from the hopper 24 to the medal storing section 16 in accordance with the lottery result, or the medals 28 stored in the medal storing section 16 are supplied to the game field 20.
Instructions to be supplied to the user.

The storage unit 50 serves as a work area for the processing unit 48 and the like, and its function can be realized by hardware such as a RAM.

The information storage medium 52 is a computer-readable information storage medium for storing information such as programs and data.

In the present embodiment, information for performing a medal pusher game in which a lottery is performed by using the medal shooting device 14 and a medal is paid out is stored in the information storage medium 52.

The information for executing the medal pusher game includes at least a lottery means for performing a lottery on the target, a means for displaying the lottery result by the lottery means on the lottery display means, and a medal hitting the target during the lottery. When the medal detection means detects a medal, the lottery means makes a lottery determination and displays the result of the lottery display. Contains information to be displayed on the means.

The lottery means includes information for stopping the lottery when the medal detecting means detects a medal.

The functions of such an information storage medium 52 include an optical disk (CD, DVD), a magneto-optical disk (MO),
It can be realized by hardware such as a magnetic disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape, and a semiconductor memory (ROM).

The processing section 38 performs various processes based on information such as programs and data stored in the information storage medium 52.

A part or all of the information stored in the information storage medium 52 is stored in the storage unit 50 when the apparatus is powered on.
Will be forwarded to

FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operating state of the game system.

First, in FIG. 7, when the player inserts a medal 28 into the medal shooting device 14 from the attract mode (S1), a sensor (not shown) incorporated in the medal shooting device 14 detects the medal insertion. Do (S
2).

If the medal 28 is not detected, the state of the attract mode (S1) is maintained.

When the medal 28 is detected, the game mode is set and the lottery by the lottery means 54 is started (S).
3).

In this case, for example, three targets 34
a to 34c, two targets 34a and 3
Only the medal entrances 36a and 36c of 4c are the opening / closing means 3
Opened by 8a and 38c, the central target 3
The medal receiving slot 36b of 4b is closed by the opening / closing means 38b.

In the liquid crystal display units 42a and 42c corresponding to the targets 34a and 34c having the medal receiving openings 36a and 36b opened, for example, the lottery selection marks for the lottery are lit sequentially in the order of the star, the moon, and the sun. State.

In this state, when the player turns on the liquid crystal display units 42a and 42c and the corresponding target 34a
The medals 28 are fired at the medals 28a and 34c, and the medals 28 are inserted into the medal receiving openings 36a and 36c.

The medal 28 hits the target 34a or 34c during the lottery, and the medal entrance 36a or 36d.
When a medal enters c, the medal detecting means 56a or 56
c detects a medal (S4).

If the medal 28 is not detected, the lottery state (S3) is maintained.

When the medal detecting means 56a or 56c detects the medal 28, the lottery stops at that timing,
The corresponding lottery selection mark is displayed as a lottery result on the liquid crystal display section 42.
a or 42c, and at the same time, the medal receiving slot 36a or 36c of the corresponding target 34a or 34c.
Is closed by the opening / closing means 38a or 38c (S
5).

Similarly, for the other target 34a or 34c remaining on either the left or right, the medal 28 is driven in and the lottery is stopped.

As a result, when the display marks of the left and right liquid crystal display portions 42a and 42c are aligned (S6), a reach is achieved,
The medal receiving slot 36b of the central target 34b is opened by the opening / closing means 38b, and the lottery selection mark of the liquid crystal display section 42b is turned on at high speed, for example, by repeating a star, a moon, and the sun (S7).

The left and right liquid crystal display units 42a and 42c
When the lottery selection marks are not aligned, the lottery is restarted as a lottery departure (S3).

In this state, the medal 28 is shot into the medal receiving slot 36b of the center target 34b,
When a medal 28 is inserted into the medal receiving slot 36b, the medal detecting means 56b detects the medal 28 (S8).

When the medal 28 is not detected, the driving of the medal 28 to the center target 34b is continued (S7).

When the medal 28 is detected by the medal detecting means 56b in the center target 34b, the corresponding lottery selection mark is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 42b, and the medal receiving opening 36b is closed by the opening / closing means 38b. (S9).

In this case, the three liquid crystal display sections 42a to 42
It is determined whether or not the display marks c are aligned (S1).
0), if they are not aligned, it will be restarted from the state of lottery start (S3).

When the display marks of the three liquid crystal display units 42a to 42c are aligned, it is determined that the small hit is the first or second time (S11), and the first or second time is determined. If it is, a small hit payout operation is executed as a small hit (S12).

In this small hit, the specified number of medals 28
Is dispensed from the hopper 24 onto the medal storage section 16, and thereafter, the lowermost step section 30 f is operated so as to drop onto the game field 20.

After the small hit payout operation, the lottery is started again (S3), and the same process as described above is performed up to the second small hit.

Then, when the small hit is the third time, as shown in FIG. 8, it is a middle hit, and it is determined whether the middle hit is the first time, the second time, or the third time (S13). If it is the first or second time, the chance game is executed as a middle hit (S14).

In the middle hit, for example, a chance game of how many medals 28 can be hit on targets 34a to 34c which are randomly opened and closed within a time limit is performed.

In this case, the three targets 34a-34
One of C has a random opening, and a medal 28 is launched aiming at it, and one medal 28 is a target 34
a to 34c, a predetermined number of medals 28 are paid out from the hopper 24 to the medal storage unit 16, and the lowermost stepped portion 30f is rotated along with the time-up to enter the game field 20. To make it fall.

After the middle win chance game ends, the lottery starts again (S3), and the middle hit is performed twice.

In this case, for example, when the lottery selection mark has three small hits and the medium hit, and the lottery is reunited, the stars of the lottery selection mark are replaced with dots, and the dot and month The lottery selection mark of the sun is repeatedly turned on, and if a dot appears as a result of the lottery, the dot is immediately shifted.

If it is determined that the third middle hit is a big hit (S15), the medal storing unit 16
Are rotated so that all the medals 28 stored in the medal storage unit 16 are dropped onto the game field 20.

After the payout of the jackpot, the state returns to the state of the lottery start (S3).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified into various forms within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the game system of the present invention is applied to the medal pusher game has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. It is also possible to apply to a medal game.

Further, the medal firing means is not limited to the one for jumping up and firing medals as in the above-mentioned embodiment, but may be one capable of vertically rolling a medal toward a target. You can also.

Further, the case where the liquid crystal display section is used as the lottery display means has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, it is possible to use an LED or display on a monitor.

It is also possible to display a target on a monitor, project the monitor screen on a half mirror, and detect a medal passing below the half mirror by a sensor at a predetermined position to set a hit state on the target. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of a game device using a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the game system according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 medal game device 14 medal firing device 22 target portion 28 medal 34a-34c target 36a-36c medal receiving opening 38a-38c opening / closing means 40 lottery display means 42a-42c liquid crystal display section 52 information storage medium 54 lottery means 56a-56c medal detection means

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A lottery means for performing a lottery on a target, a lottery display means for displaying a lottery result by the lottery means, and a medal detection means for detecting a medal hit when a medal hits a target during the lottery. The game system, wherein the lottery means performs a lottery determination when the medal detection means detects the medal, and displays the determination result on the lottery display means. 2. Lottery means for performing a lottery on a target, lottery display means for displaying a result of the lottery by the lottery means, and medal detecting means for detecting a medal hit when a medal hits a target during the lottery. The game system, wherein the lottery means stops the lottery when the medal detection means detects the medal. 3. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising: a medal launching unit that launches the medal toward the target. 4. The game system according to claim 3, wherein the medal shooting means jumps up and shoots the medal toward the target. 5. The game system according to claim 3, wherein the medal launching unit launches the medal toward the target so as to roll vertically. 6. The target according to claim 1, wherein the target has a medal receiving slot for receiving the medal, and an opening / closing means for opening and closing the medal receiving opening. A game system, wherein the medal receiving opening of the target for which the game has been completed is closed. 7. A computer-readable information storage medium storing information for playing a game, wherein the information includes: a lottery means for performing a lottery on a target; and a lottery result by the lottery means displayed on a lottery display means. Means to cause
Means for detecting the medal hit by the medal detecting means when the medal is hit by the target during the lottery, and the lottery means detects when the medal detecting means detects the medal. An information storage medium, further comprising information for performing a lottery determination and displaying the determination result on the lottery display means. 8. A computer-readable information storage medium storing information for playing a game, the information comprising: a lottery means for performing a lottery on a target; and a lottery result by the lottery means displayed on a lottery display means. Means to cause
Means for detecting the medal hit by the medal detecting means when the medal is hit by the target during the lottery, and the lottery means detects when the medal detecting means detects the medal. An information storage medium comprising information for stopping a lottery. 9. The target according to claim 7, wherein the target is configured such that a medal receiving opening for receiving the medal can be opened and closed by an opening and closing means, and the medal receiving opening of the target for which lottery has been completed is opened and closed by the opening and closing means. An information storage medium including information for realizing a closing unit.