JP2003190490A - Pattern aligning game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the number of types for winning and losing without increasing a pattern data amount. <P>SOLUTION: A ball detector 2 detecting a prize-winning ball at a start prize- winning device 1 inputs a start prize-winning detecting signal to a controller 7, a prize-winning detecting means 8 detects the input of the start prize-winning detecting signal and a lottery means 9 extracts a numerical value from a random number counter by the input timing of the start prize-winning signal. The extracted numerical value is collated with lottery knowledge 13 and a command corresponding to the extracted numerical value is extracted from the lottery knowledge 13 and stored. A display means 10 collates a drawn command with the command knowledge 14, extracts a display pattern comprising winning and losing corresponding to the drawn command from the command knowledge 14 and stores it. Pattern display equipment 3 is display-controlled. When winning is decided in the main pattern 15 or the sub-pattern 16 as a result of a lottery processing, an establishing means 11 stops and displays the decided one between the main pattern 15 and the sub-pattern 16 in pattern display equipment 3 as an establishment pattern. Then the controller 7 conducts a big hit processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game in which a symbol consisting of a main symbol and a sub symbol used in a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine is arranged in a hit pattern. The present invention relates to a symbol matching game device for performing a game advantageous to a player. 2. Description of the Related Art A symbol matching game device of a pachinko machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-202104 has a design in which a symbol display is composed of a main symbol and a sub symbol when a prize in a starting prize device is triggered. When the symbols are stopped after the start of the fluctuation and the stopped fixed symbols are arranged in a winning pattern, a game advantageous to a player who has opened a variable prize device called an attacker or a large prize device is played. [0003] However, since the conventional example has a configuration in which a hit is determined by a combination of a main symbol and a sub symbol, it is composed of a combination of a main symbol and a sub symbol. Only the type of symbols can make the number of hits and hits, and if you try to increase the number of hits and hits, the amount of design data will increase, and if the amount of design data increases, it will be like a memory that stores design data. However, there is a problem that such hardware becomes expensive and lacks practicality. [0004] Therefore, the present invention is a symbol matching game that can increase the number of types of hits without increasing the amount of symbol data by determining the hit or miss of one of the main symbol or the sub symbol constituting the symbol. An apparatus is provided. [0005] In the present invention, in a symbol matching game machine for variably displaying a symbol composed of a main symbol and a sub symbol, a fixed symbol is performed as one of the main symbol and the sub symbol. By providing the determination means, it is possible to determine the hit or miss in the symbol matching game associated with the start winning prize with only one of the main symbol and the sub symbol, so the number of types of the hit symbol is the number of types of the main symbol and the sub symbol The total number of types and the number of types can be increased, and the number of hits and misses can be increased without increasing the amount of symbol data compared to the number of types of symbols consisting of a combination of the main symbol and sub symbol when confirmed. . 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 schematically shows a symbol matching game machine in a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 shows a main symbol 15, and FIG. Is sub-pattern 1
6 is shown. Referring to FIG. 1, a description will be given of a symbol matching game machine of a pachinko machine. The symbol matching game device includes a start winning device 1, a ball detector 2, a symbol display 3, an opening / closing drive source 4, a variable winning device 5, and a control device 7. The start winning device 1, the symbol display device 3, and the variable winning device 5 are provided in an inside game area surrounded by guide rails on a design board surface, which is a front face of a game board (not shown). The ball detector 2 is an input device for the control device 7, and outputs a start winning signal that detects a ball that has won the start winning device 1 to the control device 7. The symbol display 3 and the opening / closing drive source 4 are output devices for the control device 7. The symbol display device 3 displays a symbol matching game accompanying the start winning. The opening / closing drive source 4 opens and closes the opening / closing body 6 of the variable winning device 5 that performs a jackpot game as a game advantageous to the player accompanying the symbol matching game. The control device 7 is provided on the back side of the game board or on the back side of a game machine frame (not shown) in which the game board is stored. The winning detection means 8, the lottery means 9, and the display means stored in the control device 7 are provided. 10 and the determination means 11 are embodied by a microcomputer incorporated in the control device 7 executing a control process according to a program. The prize detection means 8 determines whether or not a start prize has been made based on the presence or absence of a start prize detection signal from the ball detector 2, and the lottery means 9 determines the input timing of the start prize signal based on the result of the start prize presence determination from the prize detection means 8. , A command corresponding to a symbol display pattern including a hit or miss is randomly selected, and the result of the random determination is stored. The display means 10 fluctuates and displays the symbols on the symbol display 3 according to the start winning determination result from the winning detection means 8 and the command drawn by the lottery means 9 and stops, and the stopped fixed symbols are aligned with the hit symbols. Then, an open / close drive signal is output to the open / close drive source 4. The symbol data 12 stored in the control device 7 is divided into a main symbol 15 and a sub symbol 16 and the lottery knowledge 13 stored in the control device 7 is knowledge data defining a relationship between a numerical value and a command. The command knowledge 14 stored in the device 7 is knowledge data that defines the relationship between a command and a hit or miss or a display pattern. The operation of this embodiment will be described. In the state where the control device 7 is activated, the ball shot in the game area of the game board wins the start winning device 1, a start winning detection signal is input from the ball detector 2 to the control device 7, and the winning detection means 8 Since the input of the start winning detection signal is detected, if step 101 is YES, the lottery means 9 executes step 102
The lottery is executed according to the input timing of the start winning signal,
The result of the lottery is stored. Specifically, a numerical value is extracted from a random number counter such as a cyclic counter at the input timing of the start winning signal, the extracted numerical value is collated with the lottery knowledge 13, and a command corresponding to the extracted numerical value is sent to the lottery knowledge 13.
Extract and store. In parallel with this lottery process, the display means 10 checks the lottered command against the command knowledge 14, extracts and stores a display pattern including a hit or miss from the command knowledge 14 corresponding to the lottered command, and in step 103, The symbol display 3 is changed. [0010] For example, the display pattern includes a plurality of different main symbols 15 and sub symbols 16 between the symbol change start and the decision of winning or losing. Which main symbol 15 or sub-symbol 16 is to be stopped at the hit symbol, what symbol variation effect is performed in the reach, whether or not to go through the reach, and which one of a plurality of different symbols is included. This specifies items related to the symbol matching game, such as whether to stop the game or to display a notice during a symbol change. The winning symbol of the main symbol 15 or the sub symbol 16 includes a symbol for performing a re-lottery game, a probability varying symbol for increasing the probability of winning the next symbol matching, a time-saving symbol for shortening the next symbol varying time, and the like. Then, when one of the main symbol 15 or the sub symbol 16 is determined as a result of the lottery process, the determining means 11 determines one of the determined main symbol 15 or sub symbol 16 as the determined symbol in step 104 as a symbol display. 3 is stopped and displayed. Thereafter, the control device 7 executes a jackpot process in step 105. In the jackpot process, the control device 7 controls the opening / closing drive source 4 after the confirmed symbol of the symbol display 3 is aligned with one of the main symbol 15 or the sub symbol 16 and the opening / closing drive source 4 opens / closes the variable prize device 5. The body 6 is opened and closed for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times. The main symbol 15 will be described with reference to FIG. The main symbols 15 are “0” to “1” shown in FIGS.
4 ". Referring to FIG. 3, sub-pattern 1
6 will be described. The sub-design 16 is "sun" in Fig. A, e
Basic characters consisting of "clouds" in the figure, "closed umbrellas" in the i figure, "frogs" in the n figure, "tetteru shabu" in the p figure, "thunder" in the q figure, and "snowmen" in the r figure, Each expression is added to the basic character that expresses the expression of "the sun is delighted" in Fig. b, expresses the expression of "the sun is delighted" in c, and expresses the expression of "the sun is sad" in d. A basic character that expresses the expression of "cloud is delighted" in Figure f, the expression of "cloud is delighted" in Figure g, and the expression of "cloud is sad" in Figure h The expression character to which each expression is added, the expression of “open umbrella is delighted” in the j figure, the expression of “open umbrella is delighted” in the k figure, and the “open umbrella” in the m figure are shown. It is an expression character that adds each expression to the basic character expressing the expression of “sadness”. According to the structure of this embodiment, the main symbol 1 determines whether or not a hit has occurred in the symbol matching game accompanying the start winning.
Since it can be performed with only one of the 5 and the sub-designs 16, the number of hit / miss designs is increased to a total of 31 types of the 15 main designs 15 in FIG. 2 and the 16 sub-designs 16 in FIG. That is, in the symbol matching game in which the symbol composed of the main symbol 15 and the sub symbol 16 is variably displayed, it is possible to increase the number of hit / miss types without increasing the data amount of the symbol data 12 as compared with the number of types of combinations. it can. Also, for example, in a state where “sun” shown in FIG.
If the stop display is performed with the "happy sun" shown in Fig. B, a developed effect of the determined sub-symbol 16 can be performed to improve the playability appealing to the player's vision. Further, if the main symbol 15 and the sub symbol 16 are divided into groups in which they are associated with each other, or if the variation / determination grouping is performed, the effect by the symbol can be changed. In addition, the main symbol 15 and the sub symbol 16 are displayed immediately before the confirmation, and the main symbol 15
If the size of one of the symbol and the sub symbol 16 is changed and displayed, the visibility of the confirmed symbol can be improved. In addition, the main symbol 15 and the sub symbol 16 are displayed immediately before the confirmation, and a shape such as putting out a limb on the symbol to be decided when one of the main symbol 15 and the sub symbol 16 is changed and displayed at the time of the confirmation. If a change is given, a lively animation display at the time of confirmation can be performed from the expressionlessness immediately before the confirmation, and the playability appealing to the player's vision can be further improved. In the above-described embodiment, the control device 7 is controlled by one computer. However, the control device 7 is divided into a main control device having a computer and a symbol control device having a computer, and the main control device is divided. At the input timing of the start winning signal, a command is randomly selected, the selected command is output to the symbol controller in one direction, and the symbol controller determines a display pattern including a hit or miss with a command received from the main controller, The display of the symbol display 3 may be controlled based on the determined display pattern including the hit or miss. In this case, a buffer may be provided in the main control device so that the command transmission from the symbol control device to the main control device is not received by the main control device. Also,
In the embodiment, the pachinko machine has been exemplified, but the present invention is also applicable to a slot machine. In this case, the start winning detection signal may be replaced with a game start signal generated by the operation of the player, while the symbol determination process may be started by a symbol stop signal generated by the operation of the player.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a symbol matching game device according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a table showing main symbols according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a table showing sub-designs of the embodiment. [Description of Signs] 2 Ball detector 3 Symbol display 7 Control device 11 Determination means 12 Symbol data 15 Main symbol 16 Secondary symbol

Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Naoya Sawada             8-302-1, Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma             Heiwanai Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2C088 AA17 AA35 AA36 AA42 AA53                       BC22 CA19 CA27 EA10

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A symbol matching game in which a game composed of a main symbol and a sub symbol is stopped after fluctuating, and the stopped fixed symbols are aligned with a hit symbol, thereby performing a game advantageous to the player. A symbol matching game device, characterized in that the device comprises a determining means for performing a determined symbol as one of a main symbol and a sub symbol.