JP2003190499A - Pattern aligning game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the number of pattern rendition types. <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 rendition such as ready-for-winning before pattern establishment is performed, the display means 10 stops and displays a main pattern 15 in a normal pattern display area 3b and also changes and displays an alibi pattern 16 on the spot in an alibi pattern display area 3c. 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 design in which a symbol used in a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine is arranged in a winning pattern, thereby performing a game advantageous to a player. The present invention relates to a combination game device. 2. Description of the Related Art In a pattern matching game machine of a pachinko machine, a display area of a symbol display is divided into a large area and a small area, and an effect such as reach is performed in a large area. What is displayed is known. [0003] However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the design itself used for the effect such as reach is simply reduced, and the reduced design is displayed in a small area by an alibi design (in the display area of the design display). Since the structure is displayed as a symbol which proves that the symbol to be displayed is undecided), there are few types of effects by the alibi symbol, and there is a problem that the game is lacking in game characteristics. [0004] Therefore, the present invention provides a symbol matching game device in which the number of types of effects by symbols can be increased by stopping and displaying symbols in one area and changing the spot in the other area. . According to the present invention, a display area of a symbol display for displaying a symbol is divided into a plurality of areas.
By providing display means for displaying symbols in one area in a stopped state and displaying symbols in the other area on the spot, when performing an effect such as reach before confirmation, the symbols are stopped and displayed in one area. Since the symbols are displayed on the fly in the other area, the type of the effect by the symbol is the sum of the symbol displayed in the one area and the symbol displayed in the other area, and the type of the effect by the symbol is increased. be able to. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 schematically shows a pattern matching game machine of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 shows a main symbol 15, and FIG. Is an alibi 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 a winning start. The display area 3a is divided into a plurality of areas of a large area and a small area, and the large area is a normal symbol display area 3b. The small area is the alibi design display area 3c. 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 the game machine frame (not shown) in which the game board is stored. The control device 7 stores the winning detection means 8, the lottery means 9 and the display means. Reference numeral 10 is 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 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.
Further, when an effect such as a reach before the symbol is determined is performed based on the extracted display pattern, the display means 10
The main symbol 15 is stopped and displayed in the normal symbol display area 3b, and the alibi symbol 16 is displayed on the fly in the alibi symbol display area 3c. The symbol data 12 stored in the control device 7 includes a main symbol 15 displayed in the normal symbol display area 3b and an alibi symbol 16 displayed in the alibi symbol display area 3c.
And the lottery knowledge 1 stored in the control device 7
Numeral 3 is knowledge data defining a relationship between a numerical value and a command, and command knowledge 14 stored in the control device 7 is knowledge data defining a 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, a display pattern is selected from a plurality of different main symbols 15 from a plurality of different main symbols 15 including whether or not the determined symbol passes through a reach during the period from the start of symbol change to the determination of a hit or miss. The main symbol 15 is displayed in the normal symbol display area 3b when performing a reach effect to determine at which symbol from among a plurality of different symbols, including whether to stop at a hit symbol or whether to go through reach, or to perform a reach effect.
To stop and display the alibi symbol 16 in the alibi symbol display area 3c on the spot, or to specify items related to the symbol matching game, such as whether or not to display a hit notice during the symbol variation. The winning symbol of the main symbol 15 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. And
When the winning is determined in the main symbol 15 as a result of the lottery process, the display means 10 stops and displays the determined main symbol 15 as a fixed symbol on the symbol display 3 and displays the alibi symbol 16 and the alibi symbol display area 3c. Display 3
From the display area 3a. Thereafter, the control device 7 executes a jackpot process in step 104. In the big hit process, the control device 7 controls the opening / closing drive source 4 after the confirmed symbol of the symbol display 3 is aligned with the winning symbol of the main symbol 15, and the opening / closing drive source 4 moves the opening / closing body 6 of the variable winning device 5 for a predetermined time or Opens and closes 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 ". The alibi pattern 16 will be described with reference to FIG. The alibi pattern 16 is a character pattern of "sun" in FIG. A, "cloud" in b, and "closed umbrella" in c. According to the structure of the present embodiment, in the reach effect in the symbol matching game accompanying the winning start, the main symbol 15 is stopped and displayed in the large normal symbol display area 3b, and the alibi symbol 16 is displayed in the small alibi symbol display area 3c. Since the on-the-spot variation display is performed, the types of effects by the alibi pattern 16 immediately before confirmation are increased. That is, the number of types of the symbols before the determination is larger than the total number of the main symbols 15 in FIG. 2 and the alibi symbols 16 in FIG. In addition, since the alibi symbol 16 fluctuates in the alibi symbol display area 3c, the data amount of the symbol data 12 is not increased as compared with the case where the alibi symbol 16 is scroll-displayed in one direction in the alibi symbol display area 3c. In both cases, it is possible to diversify the design effects before confirmation. The reason is that, in the case of scroll display, a computer graphic frame moving image display technique is used, whereas in the case of in-place fluctuation display, for example, an alibi pattern 16 having a "sun" shape shown in FIG. By moving the virtual center from the center of the alibi design display area 3c to the surroundings while maintaining the relationship between the virtual center and the alibi design 16, the “sun” becomes the center of the alibi design display area 3c. , Or the virtual center may be stopped at a certain point such as the center of the alibi design display area 3c, and the virtual center may be variably displayed so as to rotate the "sun" about the virtual center. This is because the "sun" whose appearance changes by moving or rotating the virtual center can be expressed without changing the design data of the alibi design 16 as it is. In the above embodiment, the control device 7 is controlled by a single 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, and the selected command is output to the symbol control device in one direction, and the symbol control device determines a display pattern including a hit or miss with a command received from the main control device, 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. Further, the same applies when the main symbol 15 is configured by a character symbol instead of a numerical symbol, and the alibi symbol 16 is configured by a numeric symbol instead of a character symbol. Also, the character design may be a design other than those shown in FIGS. Furthermore, the figures a to c in FIG. 3 may be used as basic character designs, and facial expression changes such as “joy”, “great joy”, and “sadness” may be added to the basic character designs. Further, the main symbol 15 and the sub symbol similar to the alibi symbol 16 may be stopped and displayed in the large normal symbol display area 3b by hidden surface processing.

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 an alibi pattern of the embodiment. [Description of Signs] 2 Sphere Detector 3 Symbol Display 3a Display Area 3b Normal Symbol Display Area 3c Alibi Symbol Display Area 7 Controller 10 Display Means 15 Main Symbol 16 Alibi Symbol

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A symbol display game device that stops after a symbol has fluctuated, and stops when the stopped symbol is aligned with a hit symbol. A symbol matching game device, comprising: a display area of a display device which is divided into a plurality of areas, wherein a symbol is stopped and displayed in one area and a symbol is displayed on the other area in an on-the-fly manner.