JP2003033515A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance interests of players without making them feel bored by renewing the display of an electronic display uniquely, for example, allowing the players to enjoy the progresses of stories according to the frequency of the generation of big wins in a pachinko game machine in which stopped figures line up on a figure variable display device to generate big wins, causing a variable scoring device to be opened continuously. SOLUTION: An electronic display 2 is provided on a playing board surface 1 and shot balls enter a starter port 5 to get various figures such as numbers and symbols variably displayed as running in an animation. When the flow of the figures is stopped and the same figures line up, big wins are generated, causing the variable scoring device 7 to be opened continuously. In the pachinko game machine thus arranged, a number of figure stopping patterns are stored in an image memory 13. The figure stopping patterns stored in the image memory are read according to the frequency of the generation of big wins and shown on the display during the variable display of the figures.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is provided with an electronic display such as a color liquid crystal display on a game board surface, and after a plurality of symbols such as numbers and symbols are displayed in a plurality of rows on the display, The flow of the symbols is stopped, and when the same symbols are aligned, a big hit occurs and a special game state is entered, the special winning opening is continuously opened, and the ball is very easy to hit. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a first-class pachinko game machine called a "fever machine" has a color liquid crystal display, an electronic display such as a CRT, etc. provided on a game board and waits for customers. A predetermined demo display screen in which titles, characters and the like move is displayed on the display. Then, when the ball hit by the player enters the starting opening (start opening), symbols 1 to 8 and symbols such as ☆ ◆ ◎ or characters (hereinafter referred to as a design) flow vertically or horizontally on the display. It is displayed in multiple columns like this,
The fluctuation of the display stops after a few seconds in order, and the stop pattern has a certain probability with a certain probability, for example, "777", "☆☆".
When each row has the same pattern as in "☆", it is a big hit (special game state), and the opening / closing door of the variable winning device (big winning opening) is opened by the operation of the electric opening / closing device. , When a predetermined number (usually 10) of hit balls enter the variable winning device in the open state, or when a predetermined time limit (usually 30 seconds) elapses in the open state, the so-called first round ends and the variable The prize winning device is temporarily closed, but if a hit ball enters a continuous winning opening (called V zone) provided in the variable prize winning device during the first round, the second round starts immediately. When the variable winning device is opened and a predetermined number (usually 10) of hit balls enter the variable winning device that is in the open state, or when a predetermined time limit (usually 30 seconds) elapses in the open state. , The second round is over The variable winning device also close but Te,
During the second round, if a hit ball enters a continuous winning opening (referred to as V zone) provided in the variable winning device, the third round begins and the variable winning device is opened again. , The final round (for example, the 16th round) on condition that the hit ball is won in the continuous winning opening during each round.
The variable winning device is continuously opened until the round). In this way, during the period of the special game state, the opening / closing door of the variable winning device is continuously opened up to the predetermined number of rounds and the situation where the hit ball is extremely easy to enter is continued, so that a lot of prize balls can be obtained and many players can win. It brings benefits.

Further, the variable display of the above-mentioned symbol variable display is
Normally, the left row, the right row, and the middle row are stopped in that order, but if the left row and the right row are stopped with the same design, even if the middle row is temporarily stopped with a different design, it will flow in the opposite direction, etc. Are all displayed with the same symbol and a big hit, or are displayed only with different symbols (generally called "reach display"). In other words, by providing various variation modes such as the reach display, the expectation for the big hit occurrence is increased and the player is entertained.

However, these conventional display displays are gradually getting tired and tired.

In addition, in a large number of pachinko gaming machines provided in a pachinko gaming arcade, the number of jackpots (the number of jackpots) that occurred within the day for each pachinko gaming machine and the number of times the design fluctuated (the number of starts) ) Etc. are displayed on the segment display etc. to know the current status of the pachinko gaming machine and provide information that can be a reference element for the player to select a pachinko machine, thereby facilitating the player's convenience. Although it has been done from the past, since it was just a list of numbers,
It was not interesting.

Further, in the pachinko game machine of Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-73627, which has already been filed and published by the applicant of the present invention, when the hit ball is won in the continuous winning hole and the large winning hole is continuously opened, the round. It is designed to display on the display a pattern that progresses in a narrative manner in sequence according to the number.
There was no change in that the same pattern was displayed no matter how many times the jackpot was repeated, and there was a risk of getting bored.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention aims to improve the entertainment of this type of pachinko gaming machine by constantly making the display on the display novel.

[0008]

For that purpose, the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention is provided with an electronic display on the game board surface, and a hit ball enters the starting opening and various patterns such as numbers and symbols are displayed in a moving image on the display. It is displayed as if it changed,
In the pachinko gaming machine where a big hit occurs when the flow of the symbols is stopped and the same symbols are aligned and the variable winning device is continuously opened, a large number of symbol stop patterns are stored in the image memory, The symbol stop pattern stored in the image memory is read according to the number of occurrences, and the symbol stop pattern is displayed on the display during the symbol variable display. Further, in the pachinko game machine according to the present invention, a continuous symbol stop pattern that progresses in a narrative manner according to the number of big hits is sequentially read from the image memory, and the symbol stop pattern is displayed on the electronic display during the symbol variation display. It is characterized by doing so. Further, in the pachinko game machine according to the present invention, an electronic display is provided on the game board surface, and a ball is entered into the starting port and various patterns such as numbers and symbols are variably displayed on the display so as to flow in a moving image. In the pachinko gaming machine where a big hit occurs when the flow of symbols stops and the same symbols are aligned and the variable winning device is continuously opened, a large number of images are stored in the image memory and according to the number of occurrences of the jackpot. The image stored in the image memory is read, and the image is displayed on the display during the customer waiting demonstration display, the symbol variation display, or the jackpot round number display. Further, in the pachinko game machine according to the present invention, continuous images that progress in a story-like manner according to the number of big hits are sequentially read from the image memory and displayed during a customer waiting demo display, symbol fluctuation display, or big hit round number display. It is characterized in that the image is displayed on the display.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the front of a game board 1 in this pachinko gaming machine. In the figure, 2 is an electronic display consisting of a color liquid crystal display provided on the game board 1, 3 is a normal winning opening, 4 is a passage gate, 5 is a start opening (start opening)
Is. A pair of blades 6 are provided in the starting port 5, and when a hit ball passes through the passage gate 4, the number of the 7-segment display device (digital display) 10 fluctuates and the number is a predetermined number. When stopped at, the blades 6 are opened and closed by the solenoid, and there are many opportunities to hit a ball. Further, 7 is a variable winning device which is a large rectangular winning hole provided below the starting port 5, and the variable winning device 7 is provided with an opening / closing door 8 which is opened and closed by the operation of a solenoid. . In addition, 9 is a continuous winning opening formed in the central portion of the variable winning device 7.

On the other hand, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of a game control board 100 relating to the present invention of the pachinko gaming machine, 10 is a start switch for detecting a hit ball hitting the start opening 5, and 11 is a start switch. A switch for counting winning balls to the variable winning device 7 and a switch 12 for detecting winning balls to the continuous winning port 9. In the game control board 100,
An image memory 13 in which a large number of images are stored, a game control means 14 including a symbol control means and a jackpot control means.
The symbol display drive means 15 for driving the electronic display 2 and the drive control means 16 for driving the solenoid of the variable winning device 7 are provided.

In the image memory 13, for example, in the case of a "race horse breeding" simulation in which a race horse is raised and participates in a famous race, an image of a horse under grazing breeding as shown in FIG. The image during training as shown in 4,
Images during the race as shown in FIG. 5 and other images showing many scenes of the growing process of the horse are stored as a moving image or a still image.

Table 1 shows an example of images read from the image memory 13 at each time as the number of jackpots increases from 0 to 20 in this "race horse training", "customer waiting demo display" and "design variation display". The table also shows "big hit round number display". 20
After that, it will be repeated. In this way, images are prepared that allow the horse to gradually enter the famous race according to the age and season of the horse, which gradually grows as the number of jackpots increases.

[0013]

[Table 1]

Next, the operation of this pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the power is turned on, first, the number of jackpots N is set to 0 in step a, and in step b, a customer waiting demo display image corresponding to that N, that is, a customer waiting demo display in the first row of Table 1 is displayed. The image of the horse grazing is read, and the read image is displayed on the electronic display 2 in step c. And
When the entry by the start switch 10 is detected in step d, a pattern variation display image corresponding to N in step e, that is, the image on the ranch of a 2-year-old horse which is the pattern variation display in the first row of Table 1 is displayed. Is read, and in step f, the read image is used as a background on the electronic display 2 and the numbers 1 to 8 and ☆ are displayed.
◆ Symbols such as ◎ or characters (hereinafter referred to as “design”) are displayed in multiple columns so that they flow vertically or horizontally. Then, the fluctuation of the display is stopped in sequence after a few seconds, and when the stopped symbols have the same probability in each row with a certain probability by chance, for example, "777", "☆☆☆", a big hit (special game State), and in step i, the variable display image corresponding to N, that is, the moving image from the ranch of the 2-year-old horse to the stable, which is the jackpot round display on the first line of Table 1, is read, and step j At the electronic display 2, the jackpot round display is performed with the read image as a background, the variable winning device 7 is opened in step k, and in step l, 10 hit balls are won in the variable winning device 7 by the switch 11. When it is detected that the variable winning device 7 is closed in step m, the number of times the variable winning device 7 is opened is 16 times (16
It is determined whether or not the number of rounds is equal to or more than that, and it is returned to step i on condition that the winning ball to the continuous winning opening 9 by the switch 12 is detected in step o, the jackpot state continues up to 16 rounds, During that time, the variable prize winning device 7 is repeatedly opened so that the player can easily win the prize, and a lot of prize balls are paid out to the player.

The variable display of symbols can be accompanied by various symbol stop patterns generally called "reach display". For example, the symbol stop according to each situation as shown in Table 2 can be stopped. By adopting a pattern, it is possible to make a player entertain by increasing a sense of expectation for a big hit by always providing a novel variation mode that has never been seen.

[0016]

[Table 2]

When the jackpot state ends, 1 is added to the jackpot count N in step p, and the process returns to step b. Therefore, in step b, the number of jackpots N is newly added.
The customer waiting demo display image corresponding to is read and the demo image is displayed on the electronic display 2 (3 for N = 1 or 21).
Autumn of year horse) is displayed. Similarly, in steps e and i, a new image is read and displayed.

Therefore, as the number of jackpots increases, the horse displayed on the electronic display 2 gradually grows and gradually shows the brave appearance of participating in a famous race and playing an active part. Therefore, the player can continue playing the game while looking forward to the growth of the horse. In addition, when a pachinko game machine is not used by a player, the number of jackpots per day can be known by watching the customer waiting demonstration display according to the growth rate of the horse. Can be used as a guide.

The present invention is such "race horse breeding".
Not only the simulation but also a sport such as baseball or soccer can be used as a subject for any other story with continuous images such as adventure travel or the life of a popular character.

[0020]

As described above, the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention is
A large number of symbol stop patterns are stored in the image memory, the symbol stop patterns stored in the image memory are read according to the number of times of a big hit, and the symbol stop patterns are displayed on the electronic display during the symbol variable display. Therefore, it is possible to enjoy the transition of the story according to the number of times of the big hits, so that the display on the electronic display becomes innovative, and the entertainment of the pachinko game is enhanced, which is a beneficial effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a display image on an electronic display.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a display image on an electronic display.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a display image on an electronic display.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game board 2 electronic display 4 passage gates 5 Starting port 7 Variable winning device 13 Image memory 14 Game control means 15 Symbol display drive means 100 game control board

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electronic display is provided on a game board surface, a hit ball enters a starting opening, and various symbols such as numbers and symbols are variably displayed on the display so that they flow in a moving image.
In the pachinko gaming machine where a big hit occurs when the flow of the symbols is stopped and the same symbols are aligned and the variable winning device is continuously opened, a large number of symbol stop patterns are stored in the image memory, A pachinko gaming machine characterized in that the symbol stop pattern stored in the image memory is read according to the number of times of occurrence, and the symbol stop pattern is displayed on the display during symbol variable display. 2. A continuous symbol stop pattern that progresses in a story-like manner according to the number of big hits is sequentially read from the image memory, and the symbol stop pattern is displayed on the electronic display during symbol variable display. The pachinko gaming machine according to Item 1.