JP2002119748A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate inspection for the quality of a vibration function, in a game machine such as a pachinko game machine whose operation handle for shooting a ball to be shot is vibrated in response to a playing condition. SOLUTION: A vibration means 33 is actuated for a prescribed time in response to feed from an electric power source, in this game machine provided with the vibration means actuated in response to the playing condition.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with vibration means operating in response to a game state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a pachinko game machine, a vibration means is provided inside an operation handle for firing a hit ball, and the handle is vibrated by operating the vibration means when a reach state is reached. 2. Description of the Related Art It has been known that a specific game mode can be more effectively produced by causing a gripping player to sense vibration.

[0003]

By the way, in this pachinko game machine, it is necessary to inspect whether or not the vibrating means operates properly at the time of shipment from the factory. Is set to operate in a situation that occurs only rarely, such as when the inspection is performed, there is a problem that it takes a very long time to display such a situation during an inspection. Therefore, it was assumed that a control board specially made for inspection was connected to a pachinko gaming machine at the time of shipment, and inspection was performed.However, even if the inspection control board worked properly, wiring mistakes and game control circuit boards caused There was a problem that if it was defective, it could not be found.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention is to facilitate the inspection of the vibration function of a gaming machine provided with vibration means.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a gaming machine provided with a vibrating means which operates in response to a game state, wherein the vibrating means is operated for a predetermined time in response to power-on. It is characterized by doing so. Further, the present invention provides a gaming machine provided with a vibrating means which operates in response to a command transmitted from a game control circuit board in accordance with a game state, in response to an initialization command transmitted from the game control circuit board when power is turned on. The vibration means is operated for a predetermined time. Further, the present invention provides a gaming machine provided with a vibrating means operating in response to a gaming state, wherein a switching switch for switching the vibrating means to an ON state or an OFF state is provided, and when the switching switch is switched to an ON state, The vibration means is operated for a predetermined time. Further, the present invention provides a pachinko gaming machine provided with a vibrating means that operates in response to a game state, such that the vibrating means is operated for a predetermined time when a pachinko ball wins a predetermined winning port with relatively few winning opportunities. It is characterized by having done.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of this pachinko gaming machine, 1 is a game board, 2 is an upper plate from which a prize ball is discharged, 3 is a lower plate integrally projecting from a front plate 4, and 5 is a front plate of the front plate 4. It is an operation handle for launching a hit ball provided on the right side.

As shown in a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 2, the operating handle 5 has a half-cloud-shaped mounting base 11 fixed to a mounting portion 10 formed integrally with the front plate 4 with screws 12. A disk-shaped mounting plate 14 is fixed to a support shaft 13 integrally projecting from the inner surface of the mounting base, a rotation angle detector 15 is fixed to the mounting plate, and a rotation shaft 16 of the rotation angle detector is substantially fixed. An annular-shaped rotating operation lever 17 is fixed. Reference numeral 18 denotes a coil spring provided to return the rotation of the rotation operation lever 17 to an initial state. Reference numeral 19 denotes a dome-shaped fixed cover member surrounding the rotation angle detector 15.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a front cover member fixed to a support shaft 31 integrally projecting from the inner surface of the mounting base 11,
The front cover member has a unique shape in which a smooth U-shaped curved recess 32 is formed on the upper surface in a curved surface shape continuous with one end surface of the lower plate 3, and a vibration means 33 is provided on the inner surface thereof. I have.

[0009] The vibrating means 33 connects the electromagnetic coil 34 to the screw 3
The substrate 35 fixed by 6 is fixed to the inner surface of the front cover member 30 by screws 39, and a resilient piece 37 bent in a U-shape from one side of the substrate 35 is cut and raised. 38 is fixed so as to face the electromagnetic coil 34 in a close state.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a hitting ball firing device provided so that a hammer 42 is repeatedly rotated by a rotary solenoid 41. Reference numeral 43 denotes a hitting ball firing rail. The player manually adjusts the rotation angle of the rotation operation lever 17 and detects the rotation angle. The rotary solenoid 41 according to the electric signal converted by the device 15
Is operated so that the flight distance of the hit ball can be freely adjusted as intended by the player.

Also, as shown in FIG.
Speaker. On one game board, a symbol change comprising a normal winning opening 21, a passing chucker 44, a decorative light emitting diode 45, a glass frame lamp 47, a side lamp 48, a starting winning opening 49, a big winning opening 50, and a color liquid crystal display. A display device 51 and the like are provided. The large winning opening 50 is provided with a rectangular door plate 52 which is opened and closed by the operation of a solenoid 57 described later, and a specific winning opening 53 called a V zone is further provided in the center of the inside of the large winning opening. . A start switch 54 for detecting a hit ball winning the starting winning opening 49, a large winning opening switch 55 for detecting a hit ball winning the special winning opening 50, and a continuation switch 56 for detecting a hit ball winning the specific winning opening 53. It is provided in the game board 1. 22 is the normal winning opening 21
This is a normal winning opening switch for detecting a hit ball winning.

FIG. 5 shows the back of the pachinko gaming machine.
As shown in the block diagram, a game control circuit board 58 including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and an I / O is provided.
The starting switch 54 and the special winning opening switch 5 are mounted on the substrate.
5, a continuation switch 56, a solenoid 57, and a normal winning opening switch 22 are connected, the symbol variation display device 51 is connected via a symbol control board 59, and the decorative light emitting diode is connected via a lamp control board 60. 45, a glass frame lamp 47 and a side lamp 48 are connected, and the speaker 46 and the vibrating means 33 are connected via a voice control board 61.
Is connected to the voice control board 61, and a changeover switch 20 of a vibration unit is connected to the voice control board 61. The voice control board 6
In the ROM 1, vibration data such as waveforms and frequencies are stored in advance together with voice waveform data such as voices and sound effects. Then, the voice, sound effect, and the like stored in the ROM are reproduced from the speaker 46, and a low-frequency current is supplied to the electromagnetic coil 34 based on the vibration data, and the permanent magnet 38 is attracted to and repelled by the electromagnetic coil 34 to vibrate. Let it. The vibration of the permanent magnet 38 causes the front cover member 30 to vibrate.
Is transmitted to the hands of the player operating the.

Next, the operation of the pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, in this pachinko gaming machine, an initialization command is transmitted from a game control circuit board 58 to a symbol control board 59, a lamp control board 60, and a voice control board 61 at the same time as power is turned on. Each control board is set to an initial state, and thereafter the main processing shown in FIG. 5 is executed.

In the main process, the start winning port 49
When the start switch 54 is operated in step a, the jackpot random number and the reach random number are obtained in step b, the variation pattern is determined in step c, and the symbol control board 59 is symbolized in step d. A change command is transmitted, a lamp change command is transmitted to the lamp control board 60 in step e, and the voice control board 6 is transmitted in step f.
1, a voice fluctuation command is transmitted, a symbol fluctuation time is set in step g, and when the symbol fluctuation time elapses in step h, a stop command is transmitted to each board in steps i, j, k. . Therefore, the numbers 0-9 and the symbol of the character are displayed on the symbol variation display device 51.
In a row, the symbols are displayed in a cyclical fashion, flowing from top to bottom, and after a few seconds the symbol stops.

At step l, the stop symbol is "7
It is determined whether or not it is a jackpot that matches the same symbol as in "77". If the jackpot is not a jackpot, the main processing is finished. A big hit command is transmitted to the control board 60 and the voice control board 61, respectively.

In response to the jackpot command, the symbol control board 59 displays a celebration of the occurrence of the jackpot on the symbol variation display device 51, and the lamp control board 60 displays the decorative light emitting diode 4
5, The glass frame lamp 47 and the side lamp 48 blink. Further, the voice control board 61 receives the jackpot command and reproduces voices, sound effects and the like stored in the ROM in advance from the speaker 46. Then, at step p, the solenoid 57 is operated to open the door plate 52 to perform a jackpot process that makes it very easy for a hit ball to enter the special winning opening 50.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 6, when the voice control board 61 receives the initialization command, the change command, the stop command, the jackpot command, and the like in step A, the process proceeds to step B. The voice waveform data and vibration data stored in the ROM in advance for each command are read, and the voice and sound effect are reproduced from the speaker 46 in accordance with the data in step C, and the vibration means 33 is operated in accordance with the data in step D. Let it.

FIG. 7 illustrates various commands received by the voice control board 61 and the operations of the speaker 46 and the vibration means 33 when the commands are received.
As shown in the figure, the voice control board 61 first activates the vibration means 33 for about 5 seconds upon receiving an initialization command transmitted when the power is turned on. For this reason, if the power is turned on at the time of inspection and the operation handle 5 is touched, the quality of the vibration function can be easily confirmed by the presence or absence of the vibration.

There are various types of commands received by the voice control board 61 as exemplified by the variation commands 1 to 32 in the figure, and the symbol variation sound A, the symbol variation sound B, the reach sound A, and the reach sound A ', Reach sound B, reach sound C, reach sound C' and the like are reproduced from the speaker 46 in various combinations according to the contents of the command, and the operation timing and the number of times of the vibration means 33 are also variously controlled according to the contents of the command. When the voice control board 61 receives the stop command 1,
When the stop sound is reproduced and the stop command 2 which results in a big hit is received, the stop sound is reproduced and the vibration means 33 is activated at the same time, thereby making the player sense the big hit.
When the voice control board 61 receives the jackpot command, the fan means, the winning opening opening sound, and the end sound are reproduced, and at the same time, the vibration means 33 is operated again.

On the other hand, the flowchart of the audio control board 61 shown in FIG. 8 shows the embodiment of the invention described in claim 3, and the changeover switch 20 is switched from the off state to the on state in step A. When the vibration is detected, the process proceeds to step B, and the vibration means 33 operates for a predetermined time. For this reason, at the time of inspection such as at the time of factory shipment, the switch 20 is switched from the off state to the on state, and
, The quality of the vibration function can be easily confirmed by the presence or absence of the vibration. Then, in step C, the vibration generation flag is turned on. When the changeover switch 20 is switched from the on state to the off state, the vibration generation flag is turned off in steps D and E. When the command is received in step F, the voice and the sound effect are reproduced according to the contents of the command through steps G and H as described above, and it is determined in step I that the vibration generation flag is on. And a vibration is generated in step J, and the process ends.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a main routine of the pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the main routine shown in FIG. The operation of the winning opening switch 22 is detected, and when it is detected that the hit ball has hit the ordinary winning opening 21, a vibration generation command is transmitted to the voice control board 61, and the vibration means 33 is operated for a predetermined time. is there. For this reason, in this embodiment, the vibration function can be easily inspected by making the normal winning opening 44 receive a hit ball at the time of shipment or the like. The winning port for this inspection may not be the ordinary winning port 21 as long as a winning port having relatively few winning opportunities is appropriately selected. Further, by setting the vibrating port to vibrate for the first time by hitting two or more hit balls in the winning port, unnecessary vibration during a normal game can be eliminated.

Although the embodiment of the pachinko game machine in which the operating handle vibrates in response to the game state has been described above, the present invention can be applied to other game machines having vibration means. This makes it very easy to inspect the vibration function of the gaming machine.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a gaming machine provided with a vibrating means that vibrates in response to a game state, the vibrating means is operated for a predetermined time in response to turning on of a power supply. There is a beneficial effect that the inspection of the vibration function is facilitated at the time of shipment or even after being installed in a game arcade.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of an operation handle for launching a ball of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a main routine of the pachinko gaming machine showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a pachinko game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a pachinko gaming machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of correspondence between commands and operations of a speaker and a vibration means in the gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a pachinko game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a main routine of the pachinko gaming machine showing the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5 operation handle 20 changeover switch 21 normal winning opening 22 normal winning opening switch 33 vibrating means 34 electromagnetic coil 38 permanent magnet 58 game control circuit board 60 lamp control board 61 voice control board

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A game machine provided with vibration means operating in response to a game state, wherein said vibration means is operated for a predetermined time in response to power-on. 2. A game machine provided with a vibrating means operating in response to a command transmitted from a game control circuit board in accordance with a game state, in response to an initialization command transmitted from the game control circuit board when power is turned on. A game machine wherein the vibration means is operated for a predetermined time. 3. A gaming machine provided with a vibrating means that operates in response to a gaming state, wherein a changeover switch for switching the vibrating means between an on state and an off state is provided, and when the changeover switch is switched to an on state. A gaming machine wherein the vibration means operates for a predetermined time. 4. In a pachinko gaming machine provided with a vibration means operating in response to a game state, the vibration means is operated for a predetermined time when a pachinko ball wins at a predetermined winning port with relatively few winning opportunities. A gaming machine characterized by the following.