JP2003251015A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine never tiring a player or requiring an increased housing space for a pattern display device by forming the pattern display device into a three-dimensional shape. <P>SOLUTION: A semi-cylindrical display screen 28 comprises an electroluminescence display curved and adhered to the semi-cylindrical side surface of a semi- cylindrical resin member 28a, and it is arranged with the axial direction (longitudinal direction) of the semi-cylinder horizontal. Three special pattern display parts are laterally arranged in a row on the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 in the order of a special pattern display part L1, a special pattern display part L3 and a special pattern display part L2 from the left. Patterns such as figures are variably displayed on the special pattern display parts L1-L3 to be scrolled from up to down along the circumferential direction of the semi- cylindrical side surface, and background patterns of the special pattern display parts L1-L3, characters or messages are also displayed on the semi-cylindrical display screen 28. <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., and relates to a gaming machine having a symbol display portion formed by a surface forming a part of a side surface of a cylinder.

[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. Further, there is also known a pachinko machine in which three cylindrical drums having numbers printed on a special symbol display device are used and the cylindrical drums are rotated.

[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.

Further, when the cylindrical drum is used, there is a problem that a space is required to install the cylindrical drum.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a game machine in which the symbol display device is made into a three-dimensional shape so that the player is not bored and the storage space of the symbol display device does not become large. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 1, a game is provided with a symbol display device capable of variably displaying symbols in substantially the center of the game area of the game board. In the machine, the symbol display device includes a symbol display portion formed by a surface forming a part of the side surface of the cylinder, and further, a surface constituting a part of the cylinder side surface of the symbol display portion,
It is provided with a circumferential direction symbol display control means for controlling to display the symbols in a circumferential direction in a variable manner.

In the gaming machine of this structure, the symbol display section formed by the surface forming a part of the side surface of the cylinder provided in the symbol display device at the center of the game area of the game board is used to design the circumferential pattern. The display control means variably displays the symbols in the circumferential direction.

Further, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2,
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 1, a rotation means for rotating the symbol display portion about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the game board is provided.

In the gaming machine of this structure, in addition to the action of the invention described in claim 1, the rotating means can rotate the symbol display section about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the game board.

Further, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in addition to the constitution of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the symbol display portion is constituted by an electroluminescence display.

In the gaming machine of this structure, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, in the symbol display portion constituted by the electroluminescence display, the circumferential direction symbol display control means displays the symbol in the circumferential direction. Change display.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the third 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 construction, in addition to the function of the invention described in claim 3, the symbol display control means is a circle in the circumferential direction in the symbol display portion constituted by the organic electroluminescence display or the inorganic electroluminescence display. The pattern is variably displayed in the circumferential direction.

[0014]

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 semi-cylindrical display screen 28 composed of an electroluminescence display. It is composed of 7-segment LED on its upper part, and is a normal symbol display device 24 for displaying 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.

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. 2 is a front view of the special symbol display device 8, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a semi-cylindrical display screen 28 provided on the surface of the special symbol display device 8. The semi-cylindrical display screen 28
Is an example of a symbol display portion formed by a surface forming a part of a side surface of a cylinder. Further, in the present embodiment, as an example of variable display of the symbols displayed on the cylindrical side surface of the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8, the symbols are scrolled from top to bottom or bottom to top in the circumferential direction. The variable display of the symbols displayed as will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 3, the semi-cylindrical display screen 28
Is a semi-cylindrical resin member 28a having a semi-cylindrical side surface to which an electroluminescence display is bent and adhered. The semi-cylindrical resin member 28a is arranged on the surface of the special symbol display device 8 with the axial direction (longitudinal direction) thereof being horizontal. ing. This electroluminescent display, as is well known,
A display that uses a substance that emits light when a voltage is applied, such as an inorganic electroluminescent display (inorganic EL display) that uses an inorganic substance such as zinc sulfide,
There are two types of organic electroluminescence displays (organic EL displays) that use 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 FIGS. 2 and 3, on the semicylindrical display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8, from the left, the special symbol display portion L1, the special symbol display portion L3, and the special symbol display portion L are displayed.
In the order of 2, the three special symbol display portions are arranged in a horizontal row. In the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, symbols to be described later are variably displayed so as to scroll from the top to the bottom along the circumferential direction of the semicylindrical side surface, and the semicylindrical display screen 2
On the screen 8, background symbols of the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, characters, messages and the like are also displayed.

The symbols displayed in the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 are usually vertically scrolled (scroll from top to bottom) along the circumferential direction of the side surface of the cylinder, and the special symbol display portion is displayed. The order of L1, the special symbol display portion L2, 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 semi-cylindrical display screen 28 does not always display the special symbols in the above-mentioned 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.

As the symbols respectively displayed on the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, "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").
(When they are aligned), a jackpot pattern is configured and displayed,
The player is notified of the big hit. And big winning mouth 16
When a special game state in which is opened and a game ball is won in a V zone (not shown) provided in the special winning opening 16, the special winning opening 16 is opened again and a predetermined number of times (for example, It can be repeated up to 15 times, 16 times, etc.). 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 the 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 semi-cylindrical display of the special symbol display device 8. On the screen 28, the pattern pattern of the variable displayed,
ROM 44d that stores the background pattern and character data to be displayed, the EL drive circuit 44e that drives the electroluminescence display of the semicylindrical display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8, and the direction that drives the direction change motor 90 described later. The conversion motor drive circuit 44f 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 board 41, and the semi-cylindrical display screen. Controls the fluctuation of the symbols displayed on the 28 electroluminescence display.

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 semi-cylindrical display screen 28 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 ordinary symbol display device 2
4, big winning opening opening solenoid 70, special symbol starting electric auditors opening solenoid 71, starting winning opening 15 and starting opening switch 72 for detecting the game ball winning the winning opening 17
Ordinary symbol actuation switch 73 to detect the game ball that passed the normal symbol start gates 11, 12, V switch 74 to detect the game ball that has won the V zone in the big winning opening 16, the game ball that has won the big winning opening 16 The count switch 75 for counting the number, the normal winning openings 19 and 20, and the winning opening switch 76 for detecting the winning balls collected in the winning ball collecting section by a guide passage (not shown) and the out opening 18 are entered. An out-ball counting switch 77 for counting the number of out-balls is 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 semicylindrical display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8 has an organic electroluminescence display or an inorganic electroluminescence display on the semicylindrical side surface of the semicylindrical resin member 28a. Since the display is bent and adhered, a pseudo drum display can be realized by utilizing the wide viewing angle of the organic electroluminescent display or the inorganic electroluminescent display. Therefore, the special symbol display device 8 that appears to rotate the cylindrical drum can be realized by using the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 without providing the rotating cylindrical drum, and it is not necessary to secure a space for installing the cylindrical drum.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 is a front view showing the special symbol display device 8 of the pachinko machine 1 of the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a semi-cylindrical display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8.
FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the second embodiment, the semicylindrical display screen 28 of the special symbol display device 8 is displayed.
Is an organic electroluminescence display or an inorganic organic electroluminescence display bent and adhered to the side surface of a semi-cylindrical resin member 28a, and the axial direction (longitudinal direction) of the semi-cylindrical direction is the vertical direction (gravitational direction). It is arranged toward. Further, on the semi-cylindrical display screen 28, three special symbol display portions are arranged vertically in a line from the upper row to the lower row in the order of the special symbol display portion L1, the special symbol display portion L3, and the special symbol display portion L2. There is.
In the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, numbers and symbols are variably displayed so as to scroll in the left-right direction along the circumferential direction of the side surface of the cylinder, and on the semi-cylindrical display screen 28, the special symbol display portion is displayed. Background patterns L1 to L3, characters, messages, etc. are also displayed.

The symbols displayed in the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 are normally scrolled horizontally (scrolling from left to right) along the circumferential direction of the side surface of the semi-cylindrical column to display the special symbol. The order of the part L1, the special symbol display portion L2, and the special symbol display portion L3, that is, the upper symbol, the lower 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 semi-cylindrical display screen 28 does not always display the special symbols in the above-mentioned special symbol display portions L1 to L3, and instead of these displays, a moving image, a message or the like can be displayed.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 is used to make the cylindrical drum appear to rotate in the horizontal direction without providing the cylindrical drum that rotates in the horizontal direction. The pattern display device 8 can be realized, and it is not necessary to secure a space for installing the cylindrical drum.

Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views showing the structures of the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 and the direction changing motor 90 used in the special symbol display device 8 of the third embodiment. The semi-cylindrical display screen 28 is formed by bending and adhering an organic electroluminescence display or an inorganic organic electroluminescence display to the semi-cylindrical side surface of the semi-cylindrical resin member 28a as in the first and second embodiments. It is a thing.

Further, in the third embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a direction change motor 90 composed of a pulse motor is provided on the back side of the semi-cylindrical display screen 28, and this direction change motor 90 is used. Drive shaft 90a of the semi-cylindrical display screen 2
By fixing to the back surface of 8, the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 can be rotated in the horizontal plane with respect to the special symbol display device 8. That is, the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 can be rotated about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the game board 2. The direction changing motor 90 is fixed to a frame (not shown) of the pachinko machine 1. The direction change motor 90 is a direction change motor drive circuit 44 provided on the symbol display board 44.
By controlling f, the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 is displayed between the horizontal direction shown in FIGS. 2 and 8 and the vertical direction shown in FIGS. 6 and 9.
It can be rotated 0 degrees. This rotation is performed by the direction changing motor 90 via the direction changing motor drive circuit 44f by the control of the symbol display board 44 according to the game state in the pachinko machine 1.

When the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 is rotated, the direction and fluctuation direction of the symbol are adjusted by controlling the symbol display board 44.

As described above, in the third embodiment, since the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 is used, it is not necessary to secure the space for installing the drum. Further, according to the game state, since the semi-cylindrical display screen 28 can be rotated between the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, the direction of the drum can be changed, and the display of the special symbol display device 8 has a change. It is possible to increase the player's motivation to play the game.

The present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, but can be applied to various game machines having a pattern display portion, for example, a slot machine, a pachi-slot machine, and a pachi-lot machine. Further, the symbol display portion formed by the side surface forming a part of the cylindrical side surface which is the configuration of the present invention is not limited to the semi-cylindrical side surface as in the above embodiment, and the modification shown in FIG. As in the example, it may be formed by a surface forming a part of the side surface of the cylinder. That is, it may be shaped like an upper surface (side surface) of a kamaboko shape.

[0042]

As described above, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 1, it is formed by a surface forming a part of the side surface of the cylinder provided in the symbol display device substantially in the center of the game area of the game board. Using the symbol display section, the circumferential direction symbol display control means can variably display the symbols in the circumferential direction. Therefore, it is possible to display the same display as if the cylindrical drum is rotating in a pseudo manner without providing the cylindrical drum, and no extra space is needed.

Further, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2,
In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the rotating means can rotate the symbol display portion about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the game board. Therefore, the position of the symbol display portion can be changed, and the player's willingness to play the game can be increased.

In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 3 has a circumferential direction symbol display control means in a symbol display portion constituted by an electroluminescence display. It is possible to variably display the symbols in the circumferential direction. Therefore, since the electroluminescence display having a wide viewing angle is used, it is possible to make the cylindrical drum appear to rotate.

Further, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 3, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 4 has a pattern display portion composed of an organic electroluminescent display or an inorganic electroluminescent display, in a circumferential direction. The symbol display control means can variably display the symbols in the circumferential direction.

[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 semi-cylindrical 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 front view showing a special symbol display device 8 of the pachinko machine 1 of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a special symbol display device 8 according to the second embodiment.
3 is a perspective view showing a semi-cylindrical display screen 28 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a special symbol display device 8 according to the third embodiment.
Semi-cylindrical display screen 28 and direction changing motor 9 used for
It is a perspective view which shows the structure of 0.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a structure of a semi-cylindrical display screen 28 and a direction changing motor 90 used in the special symbol display device 8 of the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a modification of the semi-cylindrical display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine 4 game areas 8 Special symbol display device 28 Semi-cylindrical display screen 28a Semi-cylindrical resin member 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

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A game machine comprising a symbol display device capable of displaying a variable pattern in the approximate center of a game area of a game board, wherein the symbol display device is formed by a surface forming a part of a side surface of a cylinder. It is provided with a symbol display section, further, in the surface constituting a part of the cylindrical side surface of the symbol display section, a circumferential direction symbol display control means for performing variable display of symbols in the circumferential direction, Characteristic gaming machine. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising rotating means for rotating the symbol display portion about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the game board. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the symbol display portion is composed of an electroluminescence display. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the electroluminescent display is composed of an organic electroluminescent display or an inorganic electroluminescent display.