JP2002119674A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve amusement of a pachinko game in a pachinko game machine wherein if a predetermined requirement is satisfied and a special game state is created, a big winning port is continuously opened by retaining a feeling of expectancy of a player during the special game state. SOLUTION: The pachinko game machine includes a continuous difficulty degree lottery switch 22, which detects passage of a game ball to output a ball passage detecting signal to provide a chance of a lottery of continuation difficulty degree, a continuation difficulty degree lottery control means to control a continuation difficulty degree variation means according to the continuation difficulty degree determined by a lottery, and a continuation difficulty degree display means. If a game ball gets into a continuation winning port and the lottery switch 22 functions, continuation difficulty degree in succeeding rounds is determined by holding a lottery, and the result is displayed in the continuation difficulty degree display means, whereby succeeding rounds are set to the displayed continuation difficulty degree.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is configured such that when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a special game state occurs, a large winning opening (variable winning device) is continuously opened, and a game ball is easily won. It relates to pachinko gaming machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, the second type of pachinko game machines, which are conventionally called "Hikoki" and "wings", are well known.
A large winning port made up of a pair of blades is provided on the game board, and when a game ball wins at a predetermined starting port, the solenoid is operated to open and close the blade once or twice, thereby causing the game ball to flow down the game board surface. Are captured by the blades so as to easily enter the special winning opening. Further, a continuous winning opening called a V zone is further provided in the big winning opening. When a game ball that has won the big winning opening wins the continuous winning opening, a special game state (big hit) is generated, and the solenoid is activated. As a result, the wings are continuously opened and closed about 18 times (the first round starts), during which time up to 10 game balls can be won in the special winning opening. When at least one of the winning game balls wins the continuous winning opening, the second round is started, the blades are continuously opened and closed, and the situation where the game balls are easy to win continues, and so on. The special game state is continued up to a maximum of 15 rounds on condition that the game ball wins in the continuous winning opening, and a large number of premium balls can be obtained during this period.

In this kind of pachinko gaming machine, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-75519 filed by the present applicant, the pachinko gaming machine serves as an aid or an obstacle for a game ball to win a continuous winning opening. An electric member is provided, and when a special game state occurs, the symbol is fluctuated and displayed on the symbol change display, and the difficulty of winning a continuous winning opening is randomly selected by the stop symbol, and the electric member is movable according to the stop symbol, that is, the lottery result. There is known a configuration in which the degree of difficulty of continuation is changed by performing the setting.

On the other hand, a first-type pachinko gaming machine called a “fever machine” has a color liquid crystal display,
A symbol variation indicator such as RT is provided, and when a ball is hit into the starting winning opening, numerals 1 to 8 and symbols or characters such as ☆☆☆ (hereinafter, symbols) are respectively displayed on the symbol variation indicator. Alternatively, the display is changed in three columns so as to flow to the left and right, and the change in the display stops after a few seconds.
If the same pattern is used for all three rows as in "☆", a jackpot (special gaming state) will be achieved, and the opening and closing door of the variable winning device (big winning opening) will be opened by the operation of the electric opening and closing device. When a predetermined number (usually 10) of hit balls hits the variable winning device in the opened state, or when a predetermined time limit (normally 30 seconds) elapses in the opened state, the so-called first round ends and the variable The winning device is closed once, but if a ball hits the continuous winning opening provided in the variable winning device during the first round, the second round starts immediately and the variable winning device is opened again. A predetermined number of hit balls (usually 1)
0) If a ball is entered or a predetermined time limit (usually 30 seconds) elapses in the open state, the second round is over and the variable winning device is closed again. If the hit ball has hit the ball, the third round starts and the variable prize device is opened immediately again. Thus, the last round (for example, the 16th round) is performed on the condition that the hit ball wins the continuous winning opening during each round. The variable winning device is continuously opened until a round is reached. As described above, during the special gaming state, the opening and closing door of the variable prize device is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of rounds, and the situation where the hit ball is extremely easy to continue continues, so that a large number of prize balls can be obtained and the player It offers many benefits.

In this kind of pachinko gaming machine, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-176097 according to the present applicant's patent application, a lottery means which operates when a big hit occurs is provided. It is also known that a plurality of events related to the difficulty of winning a hit ball into a special winning opening are determined by a lottery result of the lottery means.

[0006]

However, in this type of conventional pachinko game machine, the player can have an expectation of being excited because a big hit occurs and the symbol change indicator changes the symbol as described above. This is only a short time during which the lottery is displayed and the lottery is being performed, and this expectation does not last until the special game state. For this reason, the players tended to be only temporarily excited and thereafter bored and bored.

In view of such circumstances, the present invention is intended to maintain the expectation of a player even during a special game state, and to increase the interest in pachinko games.

[0008]

For this purpose, according to the present invention, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a special game state occurs, a special winning opening is opened, and a game ball enters a continuous winning opening in the special winning opening. In a pachinko game machine in which the special winning opening is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of rounds by satisfying the continuation condition, a timing of detecting the passage of a game ball to draw a continuation difficulty level. A continuous difficulty lottery switch that outputs a passing ball detection signal, a continuous difficulty lottery control means that controls the continuous difficulty varying means according to the continuous difficulty determined by the lottery, and a continuous difficulty display means,
When the game ball enters the continuous winning opening and the continuous difficulty level lottery switch is operated, the continuous difficulty level after the next round is drawn, and the result is displayed on the continuous difficulty level display means. The displayed continuous difficulty level is set. Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine, the functions of the continuous difficulty level lottery control means and the continuous difficulty level display means are enabled when the game is in a special game state. Also,
In the present invention, in the pachinko gaming machine, a continuation switch provided for detecting a game ball entering a continuation winning opening also has a function as a continuation difficulty lottery switch, and the continuation switch is first entered into the continuation switch. The continuation difficulty level of the next round is determined by lottery based on a detection signal of a game ball. Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the pachinko gaming machine, the continuous difficulty level lottery control means is activated when a passing ball detection signal is output a predetermined number of times from the continuous difficulty level lottery switch.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a type 2 pachinko game machine will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a game board according to the present invention, on which a normal winning port 1, a passing port 2, starting ports 3a and 3b, and a large winning port (variable winning device) 4 are provided. The big winning opening 4
A pair of blades 5 are provided symmetrically on both upper shoulders and supported on a rotating shaft 6, and the rotating shaft is connected to a solenoid 7 via a crank 8 on the back side of the game board as shown in FIG. And
When the rotary shaft is repeatedly rotated by the operation of the solenoid 7, the blades 5 open and close as shown by the arrows in FIG. 1, so that the game balls flowing down the game board surface at the time of opening the blades 5 are captured and the prize is easily won. It is configured.

A window 10 is opened in front of the internal space 9 of the special winning opening 4 so that a player can see through the inside of the special winning opening 4, and an inclined gutter 11 for flowing down the winning game ball B into the special winning opening 4 is formed in the window. A count switch 12 is provided in the internal space 9 so as to traverse the pitch 10 and a trailing edge of the inclined gutter 11 below the slope is provided to detect the passage of a game ball.
Below the inclined gutter 11, a stage plate 13 for receiving a game ball dropped from the inclined gutter is formed in a forward inclined shape, and five stop ports 14a to 14c are opened at an appropriate interval on the stage plate. Under each stop, stop release pieces 16a to 16c are provided which come into and out of each of the stops 14a to 14c by operating the solenoids 15a to 15c.
Reference numeral 17 denotes a continuous winning opening provided at the center of the front edge of the stage plate 13. The game ball B having won the continuous winning opening is detected by the continuous switch 18 and flows out from the outlet 19. A normal winning opening 20 is opened on both sides of the continuous winning opening 17. The game balls that have flowed down to the normal winning opening 20 flow out without passing through the continuation switch 18 and operate a prize ball payout device (not shown) together with the game balls that have passed through the continuation switch 18. Also, 21a, 21b, and 21c are:
This is a dot-matrix design variation display provided on the game board for lottery display and continuous difficulty display.

On the other hand, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a portion related to the present invention of a game control board of this pachinko gaming machine.
2 is the count switch, and 18 is the continuation switch. Reference numeral 22 denotes a continuous difficulty lottery switch that outputs a passing ball detection signal that triggers a lottery of the continuous difficulty level by detecting a game ball that has passed through the passage opening 2, 23a, 2
Reference numeral 3b denotes a start switch for detecting a hit ball which has won the start ports 3a and 3b. The game control board includes a continuation difficulty lottery control unit that controls the continuation difficulty level varying unit according to the continuation difficulty level determined by the lottery, and a continuation difficulty display unit. The solenoid 7 of the special winning opening 4, the solenoids 15a to 15c of the stationary device, and the symbol change indicators 21a, 21b, 21c are each driven by the game control board via a driver.

Next, the operation of the pachinko gaming machine will be described. In the second-type pachinko gaming machine, when a ball hits the starting opening 3a or 3b, the blade 5 of the special winning opening 4 opens and closes once or twice, and at that time the game ball is caught by the blade and the gaming ball is closed. When the game ball enters, the game ball is detected by the count switch 12 and then flows down on the stage plate 13 to continue the winning opening 17.
Or, the player wins the regular winning opening 20. And continuous winning opening 1
When the player wins No. 7, the game ball is detected by the continuation switch 18 and a special game state (big hit) is generated.

When the special game state occurs in this way, FIG.
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, the process proceeds from step a to step b, the continuation difficulty level lottery switch 22 and the continuation difficulty level lottery control means are enabled, and the game ball passes through the passage 2 in step c and continues. Difficulty lottery switch 2
When it is detected that 2 has been operated, the continuation difficulty level lottery control means is activated, and the continuation difficulty level is selected in step e. That is, after the symbols ◎, ☆, and 変 動 are displayed in a variable manner on the symbol variation indicators 21a, 21b, and 21c, the variation stops at any of the symbols, and when the stopped symbol is ◎, the step is performed. At f and g, the continuous difficulty level is set to “easy”, the difficulty level is displayed on the symbol variation display, and the solenoids 15a to 15c are actuated to play the game balls at the respective stops 14a to 14c. It is possible to stop, so that the game balls temporarily stopped at the respective stop openings 14a to 14c can easily win the continuous winning opening 17. When the stop symbol is "☆", the difficulty level is set to "normal" in steps h and i, the difficulty level is displayed on the symbol variation display, and the stop is performed by operating only the solenoid 15c. The game balls can be stopped only at the mouth 14c, and the game balls can be temporarily stopped at the stop 14c so that the game balls can be relatively easily won at the continuous winning opening 17. When the stop symbol is △, the difficulty level is set to “difficult” in steps j and k, and the difficulty level is displayed on the symbol variation display, and the solenoids 15 a to 15 a are displayed.
The game balls are not allowed to stop at the respective stop ports 14a to 14c without operating the 5c, so that it is not easy to win the game balls at the continuous winning port 17.

In step 1, the operation of the solenoid 7 causes the blades 5 to be continuously opened and closed about 18 times (the first round is started), and the number of game balls which have won the special winning opening is counted by the count switch 12. When the closing condition of step m is satisfied, the blade 5 is closed at step n. Then, in step o, it is determined whether or not at least one of the game balls that have won the special winning opening during the first round has won the continuous winning opening, and if not winning, continues through step q. If the difficulty lottery switch 22 and the continuous difficulty lottery control means are invalidated and this routine is completed, and if a prize has been won, it is further determined in step p whether or not the number of rounds has not reached 16 times. If not, the process returns to step c and the second round is started. Thereafter, the special game state continues up to a maximum of 15 rounds on condition that the game ball wins in the continuous winning opening. Prize ball can be obtained.

In this pachinko gaming machine, the continuous difficulty lottery switch 22 outputs a passing ball detection signal, so that the continuous difficulty lottery control means operates in each round, and the continuous difficulty level is determined by lottery. Solenoid 15a
Since the difficulty level of continuation can be changed by setting the operation to 15c to be inactive or inactive, the player can have a new expectation every time the round is updated, and the impressive game is continued.

On the other hand, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, the continuation switch 18 also has a function as a continuation difficulty lottery switch, and the continuation switch 18 uses the detection signal of the game ball which has entered first to continue the next round. The difficulty level is selected by lottery. In this case, the continuation difficulty level lottery control means is activated when the game ball is won in the continuous winning opening 17 (step C), and the symbol variation display 2
The lottery results are displayed on 1a, 21b and 21c as described above. Then, the continuation difficulty level of the next round is set by operating the stopping device according to the lottery result.
Therefore, the player always progresses the game of the current round while expecting the superiority of the next round.

It is to be noted that the continuation difficulty is selected when two or more game balls are won in the passage 2 and the continuous winning opening 17 or the continuous difficulty is determined when the game balls are won in other prize openings. May be selected by lot. Further, the lottery of the continuous difficulty level does not necessarily have to be performed each time in each round, but may be performed in a timely manner during the special game state.

In this embodiment, the difficulty level of the continuation is varied by providing the stopping device. However, the size of the continuation winning opening can be changed by a solenoid, or the continuation condition can be changed to the continuation winning opening. It can be set freely, for example, according to the number of played balls.

The present invention is not limited to the second-type pachinko gaming machine shown in this embodiment, but may be a first-type pachinko gaming machine, or a third-type pachinko gaming machine commonly called "rights".
The present invention can be applied to various types of pachinko gaming machines that cause a special gaming state.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a special game state occurs, the special winning opening is opened, and the game ball enters the continuous winning opening in the special winning opening and continues. In a pachinko gaming machine in which the special winning opening is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of rounds by satisfying the condition, the passage of the game ball is detected to trigger the lottery of the continuous difficulty level. A continuation difficulty lottery switch that outputs a passing ball detection signal, a continuation difficulty lottery control means that controls the continuation difficulty variation means in accordance with the continuation difficulty determined by the lottery, and a continuation difficulty display means. When the game ball enters the winning opening and the continuous difficulty level lottery switch is operated, the continuous difficulty level after the next round is drawn, and the result is displayed on the continuous difficulty level display means. So was to be set in the displayed continued degree of difficulty, the player's expectation is sustained during the period of the special game state, there is an effect of increasing the interest of the pachinko game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the special winning opening of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Passage Port 4 Winning Port 5 Blade 7 Solenoid 12 Count Switch 14a-14c Stop Port 15a-15c Solenoid 17 Continuation Winning Port 18 Continuation Switch 21a-21c Symbol Variation Display 22 Continuous Difficulty Lottery Switch

Claims (4)

[Claims] When a predetermined condition is satisfied, a special game state occurs, a special winning opening is opened, and a game ball enters a continuous winning opening in the special winning opening, and the continuation condition is satisfied. In a pachinko game machine whose mouth is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of rounds, a continuous difficulty that outputs a passing ball detection signal that triggers a lottery of continuous difficulty by detecting the passage of a game ball A degree lottery switch, a continuation difficulty level lottery control means for controlling the continuation difficulty level varying means in accordance with the continuation difficulty level determined by the lottery, and a continuation difficulty level display means. When the continuous difficulty lottery switch is operated, the continuous difficulty in the subsequent round is drawn by lottery, and the result is displayed on the continuous difficulty display means. Pachinko game machine which is characterized in that so as to be constant. 2. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the function of the continuous difficulty level lottery control means and the continuous difficulty level display means is enabled when in a special game state. 3. A continuation switch provided for detecting a game ball entering a continuation winning opening is also used as a continuation difficulty level lottery switch, and detection of a game ball first entering the continuation switch is performed. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the difficulty level of the next round is randomly selected by a signal. 4. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the continuous difficulty lottery control means is activated when a passing ball detection signal is output a predetermined number of times from the continuous difficulty lottery switch.