JP2003251002A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of improving the elaborating property by enhancing the presentation effect of a pattern display device. <P>SOLUTION: A polygonal display screen 28 has a polygon having three substantially rectangular faces of a first face 28a, a second face 28b, and a third face 28c. A base part 28d is provided on the rear side of the three faces of the first face 28a, the second face 28b, and the third face 28c, and the drive shaft 90a of a direction changing motor 90 is connected to the end of the base part 28d. Accordingly, the polygonal display screen 28 is rotatable within a plane vertical to a game board 2 and horizontal to the ground by the drive force of the motor 90. The three faces are provided with electroluminescence displays EL1-EL3, respectively. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a pachi-con machine, etc., in which a position changeable polyhedron is provided in a symbol display device, and a symbol display portion is provided on a plurality of surfaces of the polyhedron. Regarding gaming machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional game machines, such as pachinko machines,
A special symbol display device equipped with a flat liquid crystal display device (LCD) is provided in the game area where the game balls are driven, a background is displayed on the liquid crystal display device, and symbols such as numbers and letters are scrolled on the background. It was changing and displayed. In addition, a character or the like is made to appear on the liquid crystal display device at a predetermined timing.

[0003]

However, in this conventional gaming machine, since the liquid crystal display device constituting the special symbol display device is flat, the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display device are limited to two-dimensional. However, there has been a problem that the player cannot perform an astonishing effect, and the player is likely to get tired of the background displayed on the liquid crystal display device of the gaming machine, the variation of the pattern, the character and the like.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is provided with a position-changeable polyhedron in a symbol display device, and a symbol display part is provided on a plurality of faces of the polyhedron, and the effect of the symbol display part is produced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of enhancing the effect and improving the taste.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine of the invention according to claim 1 is a gaming machine equipped with a symbol display device capable of variably displaying symbols, and the symbol display device is A symbol display device provided with a symbol display unit on a plurality of surfaces of the polyhedron, further position changing means for changing the position of the polyhedron, position change control means for controlling the position changing unit, and the symbol display unit A game machine characterized by comprising a symbol display control means for controlling a symbol which is variably displayed.

In the gaming machine of this configuration, the symbol display device,
It is a symbol display device having a symbol display unit on a plurality of faces of a polyhedron, the position change control unit controls the position change unit to change the position of the polyhedron, and the symbol display control unit is variably displayed on the symbol display unit. Control the design.

Further, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, the symbol display portion is composed of an electroluminescence display.

In the gaming machine of this structure, in addition to the function of the invention described in claim 1, the symbols are variably displayed on the symbol display portion constituted by the electroluminescence display.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second aspect of the invention, the electroluminescent display is composed of an organic electroluminescent display or an inorganic electroluminescent display. Is characterized by.

In the gaming machine of this structure, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 2, the symbols are variably displayed on the symbol display section composed of the organic electroluminescence display or the inorganic electroluminescence display.

Further, in the game machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any of the first to third aspects, the position changing means changes the rotation, movement and angle of the polyhedron. It is characterized by performing.

In the gaming machine of this structure, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the position changing means,
Rotate, move and change the angle of the polyhedron.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an outline of the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 or 2. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the special symbol display device 8. Figure 1
As shown in, a game board 2 is provided in the upper half portion of the front of the pachinko machine 1, and the game board 2 is provided with a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3. Below the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, there is provided an upper plate 5 which supplies a game ball to a launcher (not shown) and receives a prize ball. A plate 6 is provided, and a firing handle 7 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6.

A special symbol display device 8 is provided substantially in the center of the game area 4 of the game board 2 shown in FIG. 1, and the special symbol display device 8 is provided with a polyhedral display screen 28 composed of an electroluminescence display. , A normal symbol display device 24 that is composed of 7-segment LEDs on the upper part thereof and displays a normal symbol composed of numbers or symbols
The special symbol storage number display LED 60 and the normal symbol storage number display LED 59 are provided. The special symbol memory number display LED 60 is composed of four LEDs, and can display the number of so-called reserved balls which are won in the starting winning openings 15 and 17 described later by lighting the LEDs. Also, the normal symbol memory number display LED 59 is four L
Composed of ED, the normal symbol starting gates 11 and 12 described later.
The number of so-called holding balls that have passed through can be displayed by lighting the LED.

Further, a windmill 9 is provided diagonally above and to the right of the special symbol display device 8, and a windmill 10 is provided diagonally above and to the left. Further, a normal symbol starting gate 11 is provided on the right side of the special symbol display device 8, and a normal symbol starting gate 12 is also provided on the left side.

A start winning opening 15 is provided below the special symbol display device 8, and a big winning opening 16 is provided below the starting winning opening 15. Further, below the big winning opening 16, there is provided a starting winning opening 17 which is released in synchronization with a normal symbol hit. Further, below the starting winning opening 17, an out opening 18 is provided for collecting game balls (hereinafter referred to as “out balls”) that have not won any winning openings.

Further, below the normal symbol starting gate 11, a normal winning opening 19 is provided, and the normal symbol starting gate 1
A normal winning opening 20 is provided below 2. Furthermore, a stage 21 is provided at the bottom of the special symbol display device 8 so that a game ball can be temporarily placed from the surface of the game panel 2 toward the back of the game panel 2, and a warp is provided above the special symbol display device 8. Ports 22, 23a, 23b are provided. The game balls that have passed through these warp openings 22, 23a, 23b are designed to appear on the stage 21 through the inside (warp zone) of the special symbol display device 8, and the stage 2
The game ball appearing at 1 is designed to drop toward the starting winning opening 15 provided directly below the stage 21. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various electric lamps, other LEDs, a windmill, and many obstacle nails.

Next, the structure of the special symbol display device 8 and the screen displayed here will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a front view of the special symbol display device 8, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a polyhedral display screen 28 provided in the special symbol display device 8. In the present embodiment, as an example of the variable display of the symbols displayed on each surface 28a to 28c of the polyhedral display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8, the symbols are displayed by scrolling from the top to the bottom or from the bottom to the top. The variable display of symbols will be described as an example.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the polyhedron display screen 28 is composed of a polyhedron having three surfaces, that is, a first surface 28a, a second surface 28b, and a third surface 28c, which are substantially rectangular surfaces. , A first surface 28a, a second surface 28b, and a third surface 28c, a base portion 28d is provided behind the three surfaces, and a drive shaft 90a of the direction changing motor 90 is connected to an end portion of the base portion 28d. There is. Therefore, the polyhedron display screen 28 is rotatable by the driving force of the direction changing motor 90 on a plane which is vertical to the game board 2 and horizontal to the ground.

An electroluminescent display EL1 is provided on the first surface 28a of the polyhedral display screen 28, an electroluminescent display EL2 is provided on the second surface 28b, and an electroluminescent display EL3 is provided on the third surface 28c. Is provided. As is well known, this electroluminescent display is a display that uses a substance that emits light when a voltage is applied, and is an inorganic electroluminescent display (inorganic EL display) that uses an inorganic substance such as zinc sulfide.
There are two types, a display) and an organic electroluminescence display (organic EL display) that uses organic substances such as diamines. These can obtain high brightness with low power, are excellent in visibility, response speed, life, and power consumption, and can be made thin like a liquid crystal display. It is also possible to bend along the semi-cylindrical side surface or the cylindrical side surface.

As shown in FIG. 3, the polyhedron display screen 2
8 electroluminescent displays EL1-E
In L3, three special symbol display portions are arranged in a horizontal row in the order of a special symbol display portion L1, a special symbol display portion L3, and a special symbol display portion L2 from the left. In the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, symbols to be described later are variably displayed so as to scroll downward, and on the electroluminescent displays EL1 to EL3, background symbols, characters, messages and the like are also displayed. It has become so.

The symbols displayed in the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 of the electroluminescent displays EL1 to EL3 are normally vertically scrolled (scroll from top to bottom), and the special symbol display portion L1 is displayed. The order of the special symbol display portion L2 and the special symbol display portion L3, that is, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol are stopped in this order. The arrangement of the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 and the order of stop display can be arbitrarily changed. Further, the polyhedron display screen 28 does not always display the special symbols in the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, and instead of these displays, a moving image, a message, or the like can be displayed. The special symbol display device 8 has a symbol display board 44 shown in FIG.

Further, the special symbol display portions L1 to L of the electroluminescence displays EL1 to EL3 described above.
As the symbols respectively displayed in No. 3, “0”, “1”, as an example of the numerical symbol pattern in the example of the present embodiment,
"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7",
There are 10 types of "8" and "9", and when the game ball wins the starting winning opening 15 or the starting winning opening 17 and the jackpot is determined, as a general rule, these 10 types of symbols are sequentially displayed in this order. To be done. In the case of a big hit, a state in which three special symbols displayed in one horizontal row are aligned with the same numbers and letters (for example, 3 like "7", "7", "7").
Any of the electroluminescent displays EL1 to EL3 in which a jackpot pattern is configured (when all are aligned)
However, it is rotated by the direction changing motor 90 so as to be in the center of the special symbol display device 8, and the jackpot is notified to the player. Then, a special game state in which the special winning opening 16 is opened occurs, and when a game ball wins a V zone (not shown) provided in the special winning opening 16, the special winning opening 16 is opened again. , A predetermined number of times (eg 15 or 16 times)
Is being repeated until. Also, as other pattern patterns, Chinese numbers, numbers written in shogi, numbers written in mahjong tiles, etc. may be used.

Also, of the 10 designs, "1",
When "3", "5", "7", and "9" are stochastic fluctuation symbols (hereinafter referred to as "specific symbols"), and any of these symbols are aligned in the same pattern in one horizontal row. Is changed to a probability variation plunge, and as a favorable state (specific game state), the probability of pulling the next jackpot is increased. As an example, the jackpot probability is 3 in the normal state (low probability state).
It is 1/15 and is 1/63 in the probability variation state (high probability state or advantageous state), but it is not necessarily limited to this value. In addition, "0", "2", "4",
“6” and “8” are non-probability fluctuation symbols (hereinafter referred to as “non-specific symbols”), and the probability of winning a jackpot thereafter is in a normal state.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1. The control unit 40 of the pachinko machine 1 is provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, a sound board 43, a pattern display board 44, a payout control board 45, an illumination board 46, The main board 41 includes a relay board 47, and a CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. In this CPU unit 50, a CPU 51 that performs various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 that stores a flag, a random number value, data, and the like, a control program, various initial value data, and display contents on the special symbol display device 8 are instructed. ROM 5 that stores command data, etc.
3 are provided, and these are integrally molded as one LSI.

An interrupt reset circuit 57 is connected to the CPU unit 50, and the interrupt reset circuit 57 is
An interrupt signal is given to the CPU 51 every 0.002 seconds (hereinafter, abbreviated as “2 ms”).
1 controls the pachinko machine 1 according to the control program stored in the ROM 53. As an example of the CPU 51, a CPU of 8 bits, 16 bits, 32 bits, 64 bits or the like is used.

Further, the main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54 for transmitting and receiving data signals to and from the sound board 43, the pattern display board 44, the payout control board 45, the illumination board 46, the relay board 47 and the like. There is. To this I / O interface 54, an output port 55 for outputting information of the pachinko machine 1 to a computer for managing a game hall (not shown) and a hard random number circuit 80 for generating a random number used for jackpot determination are connected. ing. The hard random number circuit 80 is composed of a flip-flop circuit and is adapted to generate a random number updated every few nanoseconds. The details of random number generation by the hard random number circuit 80 are well known and are described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 2750808, and therefore the description thereof is omitted here.

Here, referring to FIG. 5, the symbol display board 4
The electrical configuration of No. 4 will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the symbol display board 44. As shown in FIG. 5, the symbol display board 44 has an input interface 4 for receiving a command from the main board 41 (see FIG. 4).
4b is provided, the input interface 44b is connected to a CPU 44a that controls the symbol display board 44, and the CPU 44a has a RAM 44c that stores the received command data and the like, and a polyhedral display screen of the special symbol display device 8. 28, the pattern pattern of the variable display,
ROM 44d that stores the background pattern and character data to be displayed, and each electroluminescence display E of the polyhedral display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8.
An EL drive circuit 44e that drives L1 to EL3, and a direction change motor drive circuit 44 that drives a direction change motor 90.
f is connected. In the symbol display board 44, the CPU 44a controls the EL drive circuit 44e based on the base variation command, variation pattern command, stop symbol command, symbol switching command, etc. regarding the symbol variation received from the main substrate 41, and each electroluminescence display. The fluctuation of the symbols displayed in EL1 to EL3 is controlled. The direction-changing motor drive circuit 44f is, for example, a direction-changing motor 90 according to a game state such as reach.
Is driven to rotate the polyhedron display screen 28, and in the case of a big hit, for example, the electroluminescence display displaying "7, 7, 7" is directed to the front of the player.

Further, a CPU (not shown), a RAM (not shown), a ROM (not shown), an input interface (not shown), etc. are also mounted on each of the sound board 43, the payout control board 45, and the illumination board 46. Has been done. The main substrate 4 shown in FIG.
1 controls the main control of the pachinko machine 1, a power supply board 42 supplies a direct current to each board, a sound board 43 controls the generation of sound effects of the pachinko machine 1, and a payout control board 45 is a prize ball payout device 49. Control is performed, the illumination board 46 controls the light emission mode of each illumination of the pachinko machine 1, and the relay board 47 relays the wiring of each sensor.

As shown in FIG. 4, the decorative board 46 has a normal symbol memory number display L composed of four LEDs.
ED59, special symbol memory number display LED60 composed of four LEDs, other LED62 and illumination lamp 6
3 is connected, the electroluminescence displays LE1 to LE3 and the direction changing motor 90 are connected to the symbol display board 44, the speaker 48 is connected to the sound board 43, and the payout control board 45 is connected. ,
The prize ball payout device 49 is connected. Further, on the relay board 47, the normal symbol display device 24, the special winning opening opening solenoid 70, the special symbol starting electric auditors opening solenoid 7
1, a start winning opening 15 and a starting opening switch 72 for detecting a game ball winning the starting winning opening 17, a normal symbol operation switch 73 for detecting a game ball passing through the normal symbol starting gates 11 and 12, a large winning opening 16 V switch 74 for detecting a game ball that has won in the V zone, a count switch 75 for counting the number of game balls that have won in the special winning opening 16, a normal winning opening 19, 20 and a guide passage (not shown) A winning opening switch 76 for detecting the winning balls collected in the winning ball collecting section and an out ball counting switch 77 for counting the number of out balls that have entered the out opening 18 are connected.

As shown in FIG. 4, the power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41, the sound board 43, the pattern display board 44, the payout control board 45, and the decorative board 46 to stabilize the direct current. Power is supplied. still,
24 V AC is supplied to the power supply board 42. The power supply board 42 is provided with a rectifier (not shown) including a silicon diode bridge, a smoothing circuit including an electrolytic capacitor, a stabilizing circuit including a regulator IC, and the like.
It is possible to supply stabilized DC 12V and 5V. Although not particularly shown in FIG. 4, the main substrate 41, the power supply substrate 42, the sound substrate 43, the symbol display substrate 4
4, payout control board 45, illumination board 46, relay board 47
Are all connected by a ground line.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the polyhedral display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8 has the first surface 28a, the second surface 28b, and the third surface 28c which are substantially rectangular surfaces. It is composed of a polyhedron having three surfaces, and the electroluminescence displays EL1 to EL3 are provided on the first surface 28a to the third surface 28c of the polyhedral display screen 28.
Each is provided. In addition, this polyhedron display screen 28
Is rotatable by a driving force of the direction changing motor 90 on a plane which is vertical to the game board 2 and horizontal to the ground, and therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the electroluminescence displays EL1 and EL2 are special. Symbol display part L1
~ L3 is in the reach state, the jackpot symbol is displayed in the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 of the electroluminescent display EL3, and in the special symbol display device 8, any one of the electroluminescent displays EL1 to EL3 is positive in front of the player. By rotating the polyhedron display screen 28 so as to face it, the effect can be enhanced.

Since the electroluminescent displays EL1 to EL3 use an organic electroluminescent display or an inorganic electroluminescent display, a wide control of the viewing angle of the organic electroluminescent display or the inorganic electroluminescent display is possible with a simple control circuit. By utilizing this, it is possible to enhance the effect of the display and improve the taste. The polyhedron may be formed of a prism or a part of the prism.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a polyhedron display screen 128 provided in the special symbol display device 8 of the pachinko machine 1 of the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a position changing mechanism of the polyhedron display screen 128. is there.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the second embodiment, the polyhedral display screen 1 provided in the special symbol display device 8 is shown.
28 is the first surface 12 which is the surface of three adjacent squares.
8a, the 2nd surface 128b, and the 3rd surface 128c, and comprises 3 surfaces out of 6 surfaces of a cube. As shown in FIG. 7, a triangular frame 129 having apexes C1, C2 and C3 is formed of equilateral triangular plates on the back side of the three surfaces of the first surface 128a, the second surface 128b and the third surface 128c.
Is fixed. This triangular frame 129 has a vertex C
The side connecting 1 and the apex C2 abuts the diagonal position on the back surface of the first surface 128a, and the side connecting the apex C2 and the apex C3 abuts the diagonal position on the back surface of the second surface 128b. The polyhedron display screen 128 is arranged so that the side connecting C1 and the apex C3 comes into contact with the position of the diagonal line on the back surface of the third surface 128c.
It is fixed to. A drive shaft 190a of the direction changing motor 190 is fixed to the center of the triangular frame 129. The direction changing motor 190 is fixed to a frame (not shown) and is fixed to the pachinko machine 1.

The drive shaft 190a is the direction change motor 1
90 allows rotation in the direction of arrow A. Therefore, the polyhedron display screen 128 can be rotated in the arrow A direction by the driving force of the direction changing motor 190.
The direction changing motor 190 is controlled by the direction changing motor drive circuit 44f of the symbol display board 44 as in the first embodiment. Therefore, the polyhedron display screen 128 can face any one of the first surface 128a, the second surface 128b, and the third surface 128c toward the player by driving the direction changing motor 190. Therefore, the polyhedron display screen 128 can be rotated, moved, and changed in angle by driving the direction changing motor 190.

The first surface 128 of this polyhedron display screen 128
a has an electroluminescent display EL1
1 is provided, the electroluminescence display EL12 is provided on the second surface 128b, and the third surface 12 is provided.
8c has an electroluminescence display EL
13 are provided. This electroluminescent display is an inorganic electroluminescent display (inorganic EL display) that uses an inorganic substance such as zinc sulfide, or an organic electroluminescent display (organic EL display) that uses an organic substance such as a diamine, as in the first embodiment. It consists of

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the electroluminescence displays EL11 to EL13 of the polyhedral display screen 128, the special symbol display portion L1, the special symbol display portion L3, and the special symbol display portion L2 are arranged from the left, respectively. In this order, the three special symbol display portions are arranged in a horizontal row. In the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, numbers and symbols are variably displayed so as to scroll from top to bottom, and electroluminescence displays EL11 to EL1.
The background pattern, characters, messages, etc. are also displayed on the screen 3.

The symbols displayed in the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 of the electroluminescence displays EL11 to EL13 are normally vertically scrolled (scroll from top to bottom), and the special symbol display portion L is displayed.
1, the order of the special symbol display portion L2, the special symbol display portion L3, that is, the left symbol, the right symbol, the middle symbol is stopped in this order. The arrangement of the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 and the order of stop display can be arbitrarily changed. In addition, the polyhedron display screen 128 is the special symbol display portions L1 to L described above.
The special symbols are not always displayed on 3, and moving images, messages and the like can be displayed instead of these displays.

Further, the special symbol display portion L1 of each of the electroluminescence displays EL11 to EL13 described above.
As symbols to be displayed on each of L3 to L3, “0” is given as an example of a numerical symbol pattern in the example of the present embodiment,
"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",
There are 10 types of "7", "8", and "9", and when a game ball wins the starting winning opening 15 or the starting winning opening 17 and the jackpot is determined, as a general rule, these 10 types of symbols are Displayed in order.

In the case of a big hit, a state in which three special symbols displayed in one horizontal row are arranged with the same numbers and letters (for example, 3 like "7", "7", "7"). Any of the electroluminescent displays EL11 to EL13 on which the jackpot pattern is displayed when
At the center of the special symbol display device 8, the player is informed of the big hit by being rotated by the direction changing motor 190 so as to face the player. Then, a special game state in which the special winning opening 16 is opened occurs, and when a game ball wins a V zone (not shown) provided in the special winning opening 16, the special winning opening 16 is opened again. , Is repeated up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 or 16 times).

The present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, but can be applied to various game machines provided with a pattern display portion, for example, slot machines, pachi-slot machines and pachi-lot machines.

[0043]

As described above, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 1, the symbol display device is a symbol display device having symbol display portions on a plurality of faces of the polyhedron, and the position change control means is Control the position changing means to change the position of the polyhedron,
The symbol display control means can control the symbols variably displayed on the symbol display section. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the effect of the symbol display portion, improve the taste, and increase the player's willingness to play.

Further, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2 can variably display the symbol on the symbol display portion composed of the electroluminescence display. Therefore, by utilizing the wide viewing angle of the electroluminescence display, it is possible to enhance the effect of the design display portion, improve the taste, and increase the player's willingness to play.

Further, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 3 has a variation in the symbol in the symbol display portion composed of an organic electroluminescence display or an inorganic electroluminescence display. Can be displayed. Therefore, by utilizing the wide viewing angle of the organic electroluminescence display or the inorganic electroluminescence display, it is possible to enhance the effect of the design display portion, improve the taste, and increase the player's willingness to play. it can.

Further, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the game machine of the invention according to claim 4 has a position changing means for rotating, moving and changing the angle of the polyhedron. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine 1.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a special symbol display device 8.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a polyhedron display screen 28.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a symbol display board 44.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a polyhedral display screen 128 provided in the special symbol display device 8 of the pachinko machine 1 according to the second embodiment.

7 is a perspective view showing a position changing mechanism of the polyhedron display screen 128. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine 4 game areas 8 Special symbol display device 28 Polyhedron display screen LE1 electroluminescent display LE2 electroluminescent display LE3 electroluminescent display L1 special symbol display section L2 special symbol display section L3 special symbol display section 15 Starting prize hole 41 Main board 42 Power board 43 sound board 44 Design display board 44a CPU 44b input interface 44c RAM 44d ROM 44e EL drive circuit 44f direction change motor drive circuit 45 payout control board 78 Switching condition setting device 80 Hard random number circuit 90 direction change motor 128 polyhedron display screen LE11 electroluminescent display LE12 electroluminescent display LE13 electroluminescent display 190 direction change motor

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine provided with a symbol display device capable of variably displaying symbols, wherein the symbol display device is a symbol display device having symbol display portions on a plurality of surfaces of a polyhedron, and further, It is characterized by comprising position changing means for changing the position of the polyhedron, position changing control means for controlling the position changing means, and symbol display control means for controlling the symbols variably displayed on the symbol display section. Amusement machine. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the symbol display portion is composed of an electroluminescence display. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the electroluminescent display is composed of an organic electroluminescent display or an inorganic electroluminescent display. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the position changing means performs rotation, movement, and angle change of the polyhedron.