JP2002113187A - Game device and game information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve playability, to make a device inexpensive and to improve services by providing various kinds of information to a player on that site. SOLUTION: A specified command transferred from a main controller 10 on the side of main board to a picture display device 100 on the side of sub- board is analyzed, new data on various kinds of play are collected, original information on various kinds of play different from the information on the specified command is prepared and that prepared information is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine and a game information display method which can be used in the field of pachinko machines and pachislot machines provided with a symbol display device capable of displaying symbols, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a gaming machine, a pachinko machine will be described as an example.

[0003] In recent years, in a pachinko parlor, a device for summarizing and displaying various data relating to a jackpot or the like for each pachinko machine in order to further expand services to customers, so-called information provision. Equipment is installed.

[0004] In this case, data from each pachinko machine installed in the store is once tabulated in the hall computer of the management room, and the number of jackpots up to the present day for each pachinko machine is calculated from the tabulated data with time. And edit it as historical information.

[0005] Then, the hall computer transmits the history information edited for each pachinko machine up to the current time of the day to the information providing apparatus. Thereby, the customer can know the history information such as the number of big hits of the pachinko machines on which he / she wants to play a game by browsing the information providing device installed in the store.

[0006]

However, when a customer wants to know the number of jackpots on a pachinko machine of the day, the customer must go to the information providing device one by one, which is troublesome.

In some pachinko parlors, a small image display device having the same function as the above information providing device is attached to each pachinko machine to provide history information such as the number of jackpots up to the present day of the day. Some are.

However, even when this small-sized image display device is provided, the provided information content is one-sided edited by the hall computer, and the provided information amount is small and limited. It is the present situation. Further, the provision of such a small device increases the cost, which is not preferable for the manager.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game apparatus and a game system which can provide a variety of information to a player on the spot, thereby improving the game performance, and at the same time, inexpensively improving the service. It is to provide an information display method.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a gaming machine which uses command information sent from a master device to a slave device to create and display unique information on the slave device. The slave-side device analyzes a specific command transferred from the master-side device, and collects new data relating to various games by using a data collection unit and the collected new data. And a game information creating means for creating unique game information on various games different from the information on the specific command.

[0011] The present invention is a gaming machine for creating and displaying unique information on the symbol display device using command information sent from the main board to the symbol display device, wherein the symbol display device comprises: By analyzing a specific command transferred from the board, data collecting means for collecting new data related to various games, using the collected new data,
A game apparatus is provided by including game information creation means for creating unique game information on various games different from the information on the specific command.

[0012] Here, display means for displaying unique game information relating to the various games created above may be further provided.

[0013] The game information creating means, based on the command of the fluctuation pattern or the stop symbol, at least the number of fluctuations, the number of jackpots, the jackpot probability, the number of consecutive jackpots,
Any one of the maximum number of successive jackpots may be created.

The present invention relates to a game information display method for creating and displaying unique information on a slave device using command information sent from a master device to a slave device. Analyzing the specific command transferred from the master device to the device on the master side to collect new data relating to various games, and using the collected new data, A game information display method is provided by including a step of creating unique game information relating to various games different from information and a step of displaying the unique game information relating to the created various games.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(System Configuration) First, the overall configuration of the present system will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the present embodiment, as a gaming machine according to the present invention,
A pachinko machine having a symbol display device will be described as an example.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic configuration of an electric circuit section of the pachinko machine 1.

The pachinko machine 1 has a main controller 10 on the main board that performs overall control of the game of the main body, a power supply circuit 20 for supplying power, and a symbol display device 100 on the sub-board. Separated.

The sub-board-side devices include a lamp display device, a sound effect generator, a prize ball payout device, and the like.
There are an ordinary symbol display device, an ordinary electric accessory actuating device, a special winning opening actuating device, and the like.

The main control device 10 has a CPU 11 for performing overall control of the game, a function of generating a random number based on a predetermined probability set, and a start winning port 200.
(See FIG. 6 to be described later) A function of outputting various information such as the number of winnings, jackpot information in a variable image display game, illegal information, etc. for hole management, and further, transmitting command information to a device on the sub-board side. It has the function to do.

The command information transmitted to the symbol display device 100 includes, for example, a command for a fluctuation pattern for specifying a jackpot or a loss, a command for specifying various stop symbols, and the like.

(Symbol display device) Next, the symbol display device 10
0 will be described in detail.

The symbol display device 100 is configured to display two-dimensional video data (hereinafter referred to as 2D video data) or three-dimensional video data (hereinafter referred to as 2D video data) based on display data corresponding to command information such as a jackpot output from the main controller 10. (Hereinafter referred to as 3D video data) on a display screen.

The device 100 analyzes command information output from the main controller 10 to collect new data relating to various games, and obtains unique information relating to various games different from the specified command contents. (See FIG. 1 to be described later) and a function to display original information relating to the created various games (see FIG. 2 to be described later).

Reference numeral 101 denotes a data receiving circuit for receiving display data (ie, a control strobe signal, a data command group, and the like) from the main controller 10.

Reference numeral 102 denotes a power supply circuit which is supplied with power from an external power supply circuit 20 and newly generates a power supply for the present symbol display device.

Reference numeral 103 denotes a CPU that generates control data necessary for performing display control based on the received command, and performs overall control of other circuit units.

An image processing LSI (hereinafter referred to as VDP: Video Display Processor) 104 generates 3D video data and the like by arithmetic processing based on control data output from the CPU 103 and outputs the 3D video data and the like to a display screen. ).

Reference numeral 105 denotes a ROM for recording a program describing the operation procedure of the CPU 103, a program relating to 3D symbol variation processing, a control program relating to data creation and data display (see FIGS. 1 and 2 described later) according to the present invention, and the like. is there.

Reference numeral 106 denotes a RAM used as a work area of the CPU 103 and an area for temporarily storing operation data.

A video RAM 107 temporarily stores 3D video data generated by the VDP 104 as image data. Accordingly, the VDP 104 converts the image data stored in the video RAM 107 into a video signal and displays the video signal on the display screen.

A character R 108 stores 3D image data 120 for generating 3D image data and 2D image data 130 for generating 2D image data.
OM.

Here, the 3D image data 120 includes a plurality of texture data (palette data composed of bitmap data and composed of 3 bytes of each of R, G, and B colors) and 1 byte of the color palette number. Data having index data) or a plurality of object data (X, Y, Z
D-shaped data, and data represented as colorless data indicating a 3D-shaped polygon.

An LCD panel interface circuit 109 receives image data temporarily stored in the video RAM 107 as a video signal and outputs the video signal to a display screen.

Reference numeral 110 denotes a 3D based on the video signal output from the LCD panel interface circuit 109.
L as a display screen for displaying images and images of 2D images
It is a CD panel. In this example, the LCD panel 110
Is composed of three symbols (left symbol, middle symbol, right symbol).

FIG. 6 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1 provided with the symbol display device 100 in which three symbols are formed on the display screen.

In the symbol display device 100, three symbols of a left symbol 110a, a middle symbol 110b, and a right symbol 110c are formed on the LCD panel 110. These symbols are formed by a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image, and vary individually.

Reference numeral 200 denotes a start winning port where the game ball 201 wins. The start winning opening 200 is an ordinary electric accessory (electric tulip).

Reference numeral 202 denotes a variable winning ball device (attacker) having a special winning opening 203. In the special winning opening 203, a continuous winning area (V zone) 204 is provided.

Reference numeral 205 denotes a mini-digital format ordinary symbol display device. Reference numeral 206 denotes a normal symbol operation gate (through chucker).

Reference numeral 207 denotes a lamp display device. 208
Is the out mouth.

(System Operation) Next, the operation of the present system will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Overall Processing) First, the overall processing flow of the present system will be described.

FIG. 4 shows a simplified flow of the variable image display game.

When the game is started in the pachinko machine 1, the main controller 10 controls the play ball 201 to start the winning opening 20.
It is checked whether or not a prize has been won (step S1).

Until the game ball 201 wins the winning opening 200, the three symbols displayed on the LCD panel 110 do not change and remain on the initial screen. As the image content displayed on this initial screen, image data for a game stop state or the like stored in advance in the video RAM 107 or the like can be used.

Then, the game ball 201 is set to the starting winning opening 200.
, The main control device 10 detects the winning signal and determines the game content based on a preset probability (step S2).

The game content here means, for example, that a ring-shaped (0 to several hundreds) counter is rotated at a high speed and the value (random number) of the counter when a winning signal is detected is set in a random number counter in advance. When the hit value (random number) matches, a big hit is made.

The data of the lottery result indicating the jackpot or the loss determined in this way is transmitted from the main control device 10 to the symbol display device 100 as a predetermined designation command (variable image display data information) (step). S3).

Thus, the symbol display device 100 executes the 3D symbol variation process, the process of creating new data according to the present invention, and the process of displaying the same based on the transmitted designated command (step S4). .

That is, the game ball 201 is set to the starting winning opening 20
By winning 0, the 3D symbol change process starts, and a plurality of symbols on the LCD panel 110 start to change,
Based on the designated command, a process of finally displaying a jackpot or the like on the screen and a data creation process of FIG. 1 and a data display process of FIG. 2 described later are executed. It is.

After a series of normal processes is completed in this way, a random number updating process is performed using the remaining time, and a hit value of a random number counter or the like is determined (step S5).

Thereafter, it is checked whether or not to continue the process (step S6). If not, the process returns to step S1 to repeat the same process within a predetermined cycle (several msec).

(Data Creation Processing / Data Display Processing) Next, the processing (new data creation processing and data display processing) according to the present invention in the symbol display device 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In a normal process, the CPU 103 of the symbol display device 100 (sub-board side) receives the command indicating the information of the symbol variation and the game state transmitted from the CPU 11 of the main controller 10 (main board side), The display of the symbols displayed on the LCD panel 110 is controlled in accordance with the received content.

Therefore, in this example, the sub-side C
After the command received by the PU 103 is temporarily stored in the RAM 106 or the like, the command is totalized for each type using the stored command, unique information independent of the command content is calculated, and the calculated unique information is displayed. Is controlled as follows. Here, the unique information includes, for example, information such as the number of rotations (the number of fluctuations), the number of jackpots, the number of continuous jackpots, and the jackpot probability after the power is turned on.

FIG. 3 shows display information 300 and a calculation example 310 of the information 300. The display information 300 includes the number of rotations (the number of fluctuations) 301, the number of jackpots 302, the jackpot probability 303, the number of consecutive jackpots 304, the maximum number of consecutive jackpots 305, and the number of rotations 306 after the previous jackpot. .

In this case, the number of rotations (number of fluctuations) 301 is
Number of fluctuations at low probability, number of fluctuations at high probability, total number of fluctuations
Consist of types. The number of jackpots 302 is made up of three types: the number of jackpots at low probability, the number of jackpots at high probability, and the number of jackpots in total. The jackpot probability 303 includes three types: a jackpot probability at low probability, a jackpot probability at high probability, and a total jackpot probability.

The CPU 103 on the sub side executes the above-mentioned calculation example 310 based on a variation pattern designation command for designating various variation patterns and a stop symbol designation command for designating various stop symbols which are received at the start of symbol variation. Each information 300 is calculated. The calculation example 310 will be described in detail with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

It is assumed that there are ten variation pattern designation commands, variation pattern 1 to variation pattern 10. The variation patterns 1 to 5 are variation patterns at the time of a loss. The variation patterns 6 to 10 are variation patterns at the time of a big hit.

The stop symbol designation command is composed of three symbols, a first symbol, a second symbol, and a third symbol.
It is assumed that each of the patterns has ten patterns.

As a display method for displaying the various information 300 calculated as described above, the display may be performed during a customer waiting demonstration in which the symbols do not change, during a big hit, or a display-only touch switch. Such a display may be provided and displayed at an arbitrary timing of the player. A display method for displaying the information 300 will be described in detail with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

Hereinafter, a specific process will be described as an example.

(Data Creation Processing) First, an example of the data creation processing (calculation example 310 in FIG. 3) will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

Here, the command information output from the main controller 10 is analyzed to collect new data relating to various games, and the unique display information 300 relating to various games different from the designated command contents is collected. Perform the process of creating.

In FIG. 1, in a step S11, it is checked whether or not the received command is a variation pattern designation command. If the command is a variation pattern designation command, the process proceeds to step S12; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S12, since the command is a variation pattern designation command, the post-big hit rotation speed counter is incremented by one. As a result, the number of revolutions after the previous jackpot was 30
A value of 6 is calculated.

In step S13, it is checked whether or not the time is low. When the probability is low, the process proceeds to step S13-5; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S17.

In the step S13-5, the big hit continuous number counter is cleared.

In step S14, since it is the time of low probability, the rotation speed (variation number) counter at low probability is incremented by one. As a result, the value of the rotation speed at the low probability of the rotation speed (the number of fluctuations) 301 is calculated.

In step S15, it is checked whether the variation pattern is 6 or more (big hit). If it is 6 or more, the process proceeds to step S16, and if it is other than (1 to 5), the process proceeds to step S22.

In step S16, since the variation pattern is 6 or more (big hit), 1 is added to the low probability big hit number counter. As a result, the value of the number of jackpots at low probability of the number of jackpots 302 is calculated.

In step S16-5, the large hit continuous number counter is incremented by one. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S20.

On the other hand, in step S17, since the high probability is reached, the high frequency rotation speed (variation frequency) counter is incremented by one. Thus, the value of the high-probability rotation speed of the rotation speed (the number of fluctuations) 301 is calculated.

In step S18, it is checked whether the variation pattern is 6 or more (big hit). If it is 6 or more, the process proceeds to step S19, and if otherwise (1 to 5), the process proceeds to step S22.

In step S19, since the variation pattern is 6 or more (big hit), 1 is added to the high probability big hit number counter. As a result, the value of the number of jackpots at the high probability of the number of jackpots 302 is calculated.

In the step S19-2, the succession number counter of big hits is incremented by one.

At step S19-4, it is checked whether or not the value of the jackpot continuous number counter is larger than the value of the maximum jackpot continuous number. If larger, step S19-6.
The process proceeds to step S20 if smaller.

In step S19-6, the value of the continuous big hit number counter is input to the maximum continuous big hit number counter.

In step S20, the post-big hit rotation speed counter is cleared.

In step S21, a value obtained by adding the value of the low-probability jackpot counter and the value of the high-probability jackpot counter is input to the total jackpot counter. Thus, the value of the total number of jackpots of the number of jackpots 302 is calculated.

In step S22, a value obtained by adding the value of the low-probability-time rotation speed counter and the value of the high-probability-time rotation speed counter to the total rotation speed counter is input. Thereby, the value of the total number of rotations of the number of rotations 301 is calculated.

In step S23, a value obtained by dividing the value of the total jackpot frequency counter by the value of the total rotation speed counter is set as the value of the total jackpot probability of the jackpot probability 303.

In step S24, the value obtained by dividing the value of the low-probability-time jackpot counter by the value of the low-probability-time rotation number counter is set as the value of the low-probability-time jackpot probability of the large-hit probability 303.

In step S25, the value obtained by dividing the value of the high-probability-time jackpot count by the value of the high-probability-speed rotation counter is set as the value of the high-probability jackpot probability of the jackpot probability 303.

In step S26, the maximum value of the number of continuous jackpots 304 determined in step S2 is stored.
Thereby, the value of the maximum number of consecutive big hits 305 is calculated.

The judgment at the time of the low probability and the time of the high probability is performed by the stop pattern at the time of the previous big hit or by transmitting the low probability specifying command and the high probability specifying command from the main board at the end of the big hit. It is possible.

(Data Display Processing) Next, the data display processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Here, unique display information 300 relating to various games created in the processing of FIG. 1 (that is, FIG. 3)
Are performed on the LCD panel 110 of the symbol display device 100.

In FIG. 2, in a step S31, it is checked whether or not a customer waiting demonstration is being performed. Step S3 during demonstration
Go to 2 and return if not in demonstration.

In step S32, since the demonstration is being performed, the value of the total jackpot probability of the jackpot probability 303 is displayed using a part of the display screen.

In step S33, the jackpot probability 303
The value of the jackpot probability at low probability is displayed.

In step S34, the jackpot probability 303
The value of the high probability jackpot probability is displayed.

In step S35, the number of jackpots 302
The value of the total number of jackpots is displayed. If necessary, the number of jackpots at low probability and the number of jackpots at high probability may be displayed.

In step S36, the value of the total number of revolutions is displayed as the number of revolutions 301 from the previous jackpot. Also,
If necessary, the rotation speed at low probability and the rotation speed at high probability may be displayed.

In the step S37, the continuous number of jackpots is 3
The value of 04 (the value of the big hit continuous number counter) is displayed. It should be noted that the value of the number of consecutive big hits 304 is represented as the number of first hits and the number of hits at the time of high probability (however, cleared at the time of low probability).

In step S38, the value of the maximum number of successive jackpots 305 (the value of the maximum number of successive jackpots counter) is displayed.

In the above example, a pachinko machine has been described as an example of a game machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the game machine can be applied to other game machines such as pachislot machines and parrot machines.

The present invention can also be realized by supplying a control program stored in a storage medium (eg, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) to an apparatus or a system and executing the control program by a computer. The effect can be enjoyed.

[0102]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Analyzes specific commands transferred from the main board side device to the sub-board side symbol display device, collects new data on various games, and has unique information on various games different from information on specific commands. Since the information is created and displayed, it is possible to provide a variety of unprecedented information to the player on the spot, thereby further improving the playability, and at the same time, using a cheap configuration. Thus, the service can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a data creation process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a data display process.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing display information and an example of its calculation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a variable image display game process.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the present system.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a game section of the pachinko machine.

[Description of Signs] 1 Pachinko machine 10 Main control device 11 CPU 20 Power supply circuit 100 Symbol display device 101 Data receiving circuit 102 Power supply circuit 103 CPU 104 VDP 105 Program ROM 106 RAM 107 Video RAM 108 Character ROM 109 LCD panel interface circuit 110 LCD panel 110a Left symbol 110b Middle symbol 110c Right symbol 120 3D image data 130 2D image data 300 Display information 301 Number of rotations (number of fluctuations) 302 Number of jackpots 303 Jackpot probability 304 Number of consecutive jackpots 305 Maximum number of consecutive jackpots 310 Calculation example

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine for creating and displaying unique information on a slave device using command information sent from a master device to a slave device, wherein the slave device is A data collection unit that analyzes a specific command transferred from the master-side device and collects new data relating to various games; and, using the collected new data, information on the specific command. A game device comprising: game information creating means for creating unique game information relating to various different games. 2. A game machine that creates and displays unique information on the symbol display device using command information sent from the main substrate to the symbol display device, wherein the symbol display device comprises: Parsing the specific command being transferred,
A data collection unit that collects new data relating to various games; and a game information creation unit that creates unique game information relating to various games different from the information related to the specific command, using the collected new data. A gaming device comprising: 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying unique game information relating to the created various games. 4. The game information creating means, based on a command of a change pattern or a stop symbol, at least one of a change number, a jackpot number, a jackpot probability, a jackpot continuation number, and a maximum jackpot continuation number. The gaming device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is created. 5. A game information display method for creating and displaying unique information on a slave device using command information sent from a master device to a slave device, wherein the slave device has The device, analyzing a specific command transferred from the master device, collecting new data related to various games, using the collected new data, information on the specific command, A game information display method, comprising: a step of creating unique game information relating to various different games; and a step of displaying unique game information relating to the created various games.