JP2003305177A - Game machine, control method for game machine, server, and game program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine wherein delicate arrangements of nails which are provided on a game panel surface do not affect the drawing for imparting a game state being advantageous to a game player. <P>SOLUTION: The contact of game balls which are shot into the game panel by an operation of the game player with obstacle nails and windmills or the like which are planted in the game panel is detected. Drawing is performed based on the detecting result, and a big jackpot game state being advantageous to the game player is imparted based on the drawing result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,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 method for controlling a gaming machine, a server, and a game program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a pachinko gaming machine, a lottery is carried out when a game ball is won at a starting opening, and in a symbol variable display device such as a liquid crystal provided on a game board surface, for example, three symbols are variably displayed. To be done. Then, in accordance with the lottery result, for example, by displaying a combination of doublet symbols such as “777”, it is notified that the jackpot gaming state, which is a gaming state that is advantageous to the player, will be notified, and The player wins by opening the winning opening for a predetermined time and then winning a game ball.
You can get a lot of prize balls.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine, the lottery is conducted on the condition that the game ball wins the starting opening (lottery trigger). Whether the game ball enters the starting opening It is determined by the manner of a ball flow that falls by touching a nail, a windmill, or the like arranged on the game board surface. For this reason, the ease of entering the starting opening may differ even in a game machine of the same model depending on the positional relationship of the plurality of nails provided on the game board surface in the manufacturing process of the game machine and how to adjust them. The following problems have occurred.

By the way, in a certification test of a new model of a pachinko gaming machine or the like, generally, several gaming machines are selected from a plurality of gaming machines of the same model, and a prize ball ratio within a predetermined time is allowed by a rule. It is tested whether it is within the range. For example, as a test item, it is started in a predetermined prize ball range at a predetermined time, a big hit is generated with a predetermined probability, and the prize balls are paid out in accordance with this big hit, while the prizes are paid to other general winning holes. The total of the award balls and the award balls that accompany is checked whether or not the award balls fall within the award ball range within a predetermined time set by the rule.

In the game machine maker, for example, a skilled nail adjuster sufficiently adjusts a plurality of nails to be planted on the surface of the game board when undergoing this certification test, and the prize ball ratio within a predetermined time is designed. As per the value, it is fully verified that it is within the range allowed by the rules. However, in the actual certification test, it may not be within the award ball range within the prescribed time set by the rule and may not pass the certification due to the influence of temperature, humidity, etc. during transportation to the certification test site. Sometimes. Therefore, a game machine maker designs and adjusts in consideration of such external factors, but it is very difficult to completely eliminate the above inconvenience.

On the other hand, in comparison with a slot machine which is a spinning-type gaming machine, in the case of a slot machine, if a medal is inserted and the spinning-wheel starting operation is performed, the lottery will start uniformly regardless of who goes. Therefore, there is no variation such that the lottery is not performed for each player, or conversely, the lottery is performed. However, as described above, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, winning the start opening is a condition for the lottery, so unless the game ball wins the starting opening, the lottery is not performed. Even if a player plays a game for the same amount of money for the same amount of money, there is a problem in that the number of times of lottery varies.

Further, in the case of the slot machine, since it has a game intervening property such that the winning symbols are aligned by the spinning drum stop operation, the game property is not impaired even in the uniform lottery, but in the pachinko machine, the lottery trigger is obtained by the ball hitting operation. Since it is the main game characteristic and the real pleasure of the game, just by inserting a pachinko ball like a slot machine, it is possible to draw uniformly and eliminate the variation in the number of times of the above lottery, such a real pleasure There is a problem that the playability of the pachinko machine is deteriorated.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a game state which is advantageous to the player without being affected by the delicate arrangement of the nails provided on the game board surface and without lowering the game playability. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine, a gaming machine control method, a server, and a game program capable of stably generating a lottery for giving.

The gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a plurality of attachments such as nails provided in the game area on the surface of the game board, and the game balls are discharged in the game area. A gaming machine that provides a gaming state advantageous to a player based on a drawn lottery result, and detects contact between a gaming ball released into the gaming area and at least a part of the plurality of attachments. A control means for executing a lottery based on the detection result is provided.

In the present invention, for example, it is detected that a game ball released in the game board comes into contact with a nail or the like provided in the game board, and a lottery is executed based on the detection result, so that the game is played. It is possible to apply uniform lottery conditions without being affected by the arrangement state of nails provided on the board surface, and it is possible to solve the problem that the lottery number varies. In particular, for example, even in a game machine qualification test, it is possible to fit within the prize ball range within a predetermined time set by the rules, as designed values based on prior adjustment.

Further, according to the present invention, since the lottery trigger is to detect that the game ball discharged into the game board comes into contact with the obstacle nail provided in the game board, for example, the obstacle nail is detected. The lottery can be performed under the same conditions for all players by simply hitting the ball so that they come into contact, and the inequality due to the arrangement state of the nails can be eliminated. It is possible to realize a pachinko gaming machine that does not cause unfair feeling among the players.

A method of controlling a gaming machine according to a second aspect of the present invention relates to a case where a plurality of attachments such as nails are provided in a game area of a game board surface and a game ball is discharged into the game area. A method of controlling a gaming machine for imparting an advantageous gaming state to a player based on a lottery result carried out by a gaming ball released into the gaming area and at least a part of the plurality of attachments. Is detected, and lottery is executed based on the detection result.

According to the present invention, the above control method for a gaming machine can be applied to, for example, a gaming machine using a display such as a liquid crystal display for the entire gaming area.
It can be applied to, for example, a portable game machine or the like other than a pachinko game machine.

A server as a third aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of terminal devices capable of bidirectionally communicating with the server via a communication network, and a player accesses the server from the terminal device. By doing so, at least the game area portion of the virtual game machine is displayed by the display device of the terminal device, and is used in the communication game system in which the game is executed by the game machine based on the operation of the terminal device by the player. A server provided with a plurality of attachments such as nails in the game area portion, and based on a lottery result performed in association with the release of the game balls into the game area portion, While giving an advantageous game state, it detects the contact between the game ball released in the game area part and at least a part of the plurality of attachments, and executes a lottery based on the detection result. Characterized in that it comprises a control means.

According to the present invention, a player can easily enjoy a game on a terminal device such as a personal computer at home by using the communication game system.

A game program according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is performed in association with a case where a plurality of attachments such as nails are provided in a game area on a game board surface and a game ball is discharged into the game area. A game program that provides a player with an advantageous game state based on a lottery result, and detects contact between a game ball released into the game area and at least a part of the plurality of attachments. A game program is provided, which comprises a control means for executing a lottery based on the detection result.

According to the present invention, the operation of the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention can be realized by the above game program.

In a game program as a fifth aspect of the present invention, at least a game area portion of a virtual game machine is displayed by a display device, and a game by the game machine is executed based on an operation of the terminal device by a player. This is performed in connection with controlling a game game to be executed and providing a plurality of attachments such as nails in a game area portion of the virtual game machine so that a game ball is discharged into the game area. Based on the lottery result, a game program that gives a player a favorable game state, and detects the contact between the game ball released in the game area and at least a part of the plurality of attachments, It is characterized by comprising a control means for executing a lottery based on the detection result.

According to the present invention, the same operational effects as those of the game program according to the fourth aspect of the present invention can be obtained.

Further, as another aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned gaming machine, gaming machine control method, server, or game program, the control means is planted in the gaming area or in the gaming area portion. The game ball is detected to collide with the obstacle nail, and the lottery is executed based on the detection result. In addition, "at least a part of a plurality of attached objects" as a "contact" detection target of the present invention,
The nail is not limited to the above-mentioned obstacle nail, and may be a windmill or a decorative member. Further, the present invention also includes a case where these obstacle nails, a windmill, etc. are attached to a specific detection point on the board surface or a case where they are concentratedly arranged in a predetermined game area section.

The mode of the "contact" according to the present invention is not limited to a large impact such as a case where a game ball collides with an attached object such as an obstacle nail, but it can be detected by a detection sensor. For example, they may simply contact.

In the lottery process and the "advantageous game state" to be given in the present invention, for example, a lottery for determining a big hit is executed, and a big winning opening (attacker) is opened when the big hit is won. When giving a jackpot gaming state, also so-called mini digital (small hit)
When you perform a lottery and open ordinary electric accessories such as electric chu by winning a small hit, execute a medium hit lottery different from the big hit and play a medium hit game with less time to open the big winning opening than when the big hit In the case of giving a state, or including a combination thereof.

Next, at the timing of the lottery process executed in the present invention, when the lottery is performed each time "contact" is detected, or the detection data is stored and stored, and the number of contacts reaches a predetermined number ( For example, there is a case where the lottery is performed once every four times or when the detection data is generated within a predetermined time (for example, 1 to 2 seconds).

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention.

The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a front frame 2 that can be opened and closed.
A game board 3 covered with a transparent plate such as a glass plate is provided on the front side of the. Below the front frame 2 below the game board 3,
A game ball obtained by winning a game ball in a prize hole and the like described later, and an upper plate 4 for storing a game ball borrowed by a player are provided, and the game ball that has been struck is a game area A. The game ball is launched into the game area A by the rotating operation of the lower plate 5 or the player for storing the foul ball that has returned without reaching or the upper plate 4 is full and the game ball or the like overflowed from the upper plate 4. An operation handle 6 and the like are provided for the operation.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of a game area A provided on the game board 3. The game area A is a region surrounded by an outer rail 20 and an inner rail 21 which are launch rails of a game ball, and is composed of a liquid crystal display at the center of this region.
Liquid crystal pattern variation display device 8 for performing pattern variation display, and four light-emitting lamps L1 to L for notifying the detection of contact between a game ball and a nail
4 and the LED display device 2 including a 7-segment LED that displays the number of times the liquid crystal pattern variation display device 8 is held for variation start.
3 and 3 are arranged. Then, below the liquid crystal symbol variable display device 8, for example, when the variable symbols that are variably displayed are a combination that can be transferred to the big hit game state, the special winning opening opening solenoid 46 (see FIG. 3) opens And, by winning the game ball, there is a big winning hole 9 that can get more game balls than other winning holes.
In addition, a plurality of general winning holes 15 and 18 that allow the payout of a predetermined number of game balls when the game balls are won are provided in appropriate places around the liquid crystal pattern variable display device 8 and a plurality of obstacle nails. (Circle in the figure) is planted, and the windmills 16 and 17, and a decorative lamp 44 that emits light to produce a pachinko gaming machine are also arranged in appropriate places.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of the pachinko gaming machine. This pachinko game machine is CPU30, RO
A main control board portion MC including M31 and RAM 32 is provided,
It is connected to various input units and output units via the interface circuits 33 and 34 of the main control board unit MC.

The general winning opening switch 35, the big winning opening winning ball switch 36, the probability setting device 37, the touch sensor 38, the out opening switch 55, the big winning opening V winning detection switch 56, and the nail according to the present invention are included in the input section. Contact sensor 39
And a contact detection circuit 40, and these switches and sensors are connected to the CPU 30 via the interface circuit 33.
Connected with. The general winning opening switch 35 is for detecting that a ball has entered each of the general winning openings 15 and 18, and the large winning opening winning ball switch 36 detects a game ball that has won in the large winning opening 9 and is large. This is for counting the number of balls entered when the winning opening is opened, and detection signals from these switches are supplied to the CPU 30. Probability setting device 37
Is for gradually changing the setting of the probability of generating a big hit. The touch sensor 38 is installed on the operation handle 6, detects whether the player grips or touches the operation handle, and supplies the detection signal to the CPU 30. The outlet switch 55 is provided in the vicinity of the outlet 10, and is for detecting a game ball that passes through the outlet 10 and is discharged to the outside. The special winning opening V winning detection switch 56 is a specific area passing switch provided in the big winning opening 9 together with the big winning opening winning ball switch 36, and when the big winning opening is opened by the big winning opening opening solenoid 46, the game ball is opened. This is for continuing the opening of the special winning opening 9 again after the special winning opening 9 is closed by winning and passing through a specific area (not shown) in the special winning opening 9.

In the output section, the light emitting lamps L1 to L4, the light emitting lamp control circuit 41 for controlling the lighting drive of various lamps 42 of the decoration lamp 44, and the liquid crystal display device control circuit 43 for performing the display control of the liquid crystal pattern variation display device 8 , A special winning opening drive control circuit 45 of the special winning opening opening solenoid 46, a 7-segment LED display control device 47 of the LED display device 23, a voice driving control circuit 4 of a speaker 50 for outputting a sound such as a sound effect.
9, a launch control circuit 51 of a game ball launching device 52 capable of hitting a ball with the operation handle 6, a predetermined number of prize balls when the ball is won into the general prize hole or when the special prize hole is opened. Alternatively, the game ball discharge control circuit 53 of the ball discharge device 54 for discharging to the lower plate 5 is included, and these are connected to the CPU 30 through the interface circuit 34. Each of these control circuits 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53 is composed of a sub-control board section composed of a sub-CPU, and a control signal from the CPU 20 is supplied to each sub-control board section.

The CPU 30 operates based on a program stored in the ROM 31, generates an output signal in accordance with a detection signal or the like from the input section input via the interface circuit 33, and the interface circuit 34.
It is supplied to various display devices, solenoid drive circuits, and the like via. The ROM 31 has a program for operating the CPU 30, fixed data determined in advance, BG
Audio data such as M and sound effects are stored.

The RAM 32 provides a work area for the CPU 30 and temporarily stores various variable data. Further, the RAM 22 temporarily stores a random number that is generated to determine whether or not a jackpot is hit in the lottery process described later.

The liquid crystal pattern variable display device 8 is controlled by the liquid crystal display device control circuit 43 in response to a control command from the CPU 30, and displays a plurality of symbols on the image display of the liquid crystal display device in a variable display and then stops the display. The present invention can also be applied to a symbol variable display device including a 7-segment LED, a dot matrix, an EL (electroluminescence), a CRT, a reel and the like.

The decoration lamp 44 is composed of a large number of light emitting diodes (not shown), and is controlled by the CPU 30 to be turned on and off to produce a light emission effect. Game ball launching device 52
Is controlled by the CPU 30 and causes a game ball to be launched into the game area A based on the player rotating the operation handle 6. The ball discharging device 54 is the CPU 3
Controlled by 0, general winning holes 15 and 18 and big winning holes 9
A plurality of prize balls are paid out to the upper plate 4 or the lower plate 5 by winning the game balls in. When the pachinko machine is connected to a ball lending machine, the ball discharging device 54 is driven by a ball lending signal input from the ball lending machine to discharge a predetermined number of lending balls to the upper plate 4. It can also be used for things.

Next, the structure of the lottery process according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 shows a circuit block of a game ball contact detector for detecting contact of the game ball. Nail contact sensor 39 is 5
It is provided on a book top nail 11 and an obstacle nail 12 provided below the center top nail. The nail contact sensor 39 is provided also on the obstacle nail 12 so that even if the game nail is deviated from the top nail 11 and flows downward, the one that flows in from the center is relieved as an effective hit ball. FIG. 5 shows the installation state of the nail contact sensor 39. These nails penetrate the cell plate 72 and the board substrate 74 of the game board 3, and the piezoelectric sensor 70 as the nail contact sensor 39 and its sensor holding member 71 are arranged at the nail end portion penetrating the game board 3. There is. Further, when the game ball PB falling on the board surface collides with the nail 11 or 12, the center portion of the nail is supported by a shock absorbing member 73 made of rubber or synthetic resin that can be slightly rocked by the impact. When the game ball PB collides with the nail projecting on the board surface, the end of the nail vibrates and is displaced, whereby pressure is applied to the piezoelectric sensor 70 to detect the contact of the game ball PB with the nail.

As shown in FIG. 4, the output voltage of the nail contact sensor 39 (piezoelectric sensor 70) is applied to the contact detection circuit 40. The contact detection circuit 40 includes a filter circuit 40a, an amplification circuit 40b, a comparison circuit 40c, and a reference value setting circuit 40d, and outputs a nail contact detection signal to the CPU 30. In this embodiment, it is determined that the nail contact is made only once when the nail contact sensor 39 has a strength such that the game ball emitted by the game ball emitting device 52 directly collides with the nails 11 and 12. As described above, the small change in the sensor voltage caused by the weak fluctuation is removed by the filter circuit 40a.
The sensor detection level can be finely adjusted by changing the filter constant of the filter circuit 40a. Then, the output voltage of the nail contact sensor 39 detected through the filter circuit 40a is introduced into the comparison circuit 40c through the amplification circuit 40b and compared with the reference voltage value set in advance in the reference value setting circuit 40d. When the comparison circuit 40c determines that the output of the amplification circuit 40b exceeds the set reference value, the output of the comparison circuit 40c is C as the nail contact detection signal.
It is supplied to the PU 30. Furthermore, as will be described later, CP
U30 receives the nail contact detection signal, and in order to visually notify the player of the nail contact detection, that is, to notify that the nail contact has been detected once, the light emitting lamps L1 to L4.
One of them is sequentially turned on from L1. The nail contact sensor 39 is not limited to the piezoelectric sensor described above, and a fine displacement detection sensor such as a magnetic sensor or a capacitance detection sensor may be used.

Next, with reference to the flow chart of the lottery process of FIG. 7, the lottery process in the present embodiment will be specifically described together with the outline of the game operation in the pachinko gaming machine.

First, when the player holds the operation handle 6 and rotates it in a predetermined direction by a predetermined angle or more, an operation signal is supplied from the game ball launching device 52 to the CPU 30. And
A control signal is supplied from the CPU 30 to the launch control circuit 51, and the game ball launching device 52 is driven by the launch control circuit 51 to launch the game ball into the game area A. The game ball that has reached the inside of the game area A falls by gravity while colliding with a nail, a windmill, or the like, and wins the general winning opening 15, 18 or the like, or the out opening 10 without winning.
Will be collected.

In the nail contact detection processing described below, the touch sensor 38 is turned on in order to eliminate the case where an external force acts on the nail contact sensor 39 regardless of the ball hitting operation, such as at the time of inspection or an illegal purpose. It is determined whether or not the touch sensor 38 is on, that is, the touch sensor 38 is valid when it is determined that the ball is in a normal hitting state (step S1).

Immediately after reaching the game area A, the game ball deviates from the top nail 11 or the top nail 11 and the obstacle nail 12 therebelow.
When it strongly collides with the nail, it is determined that the contact is detected once by the nail contact sensor 39 being turned on (step S2), and the data for one time is stored in the ball collision number memory area M in the RAM 32 (step S3) and the nail contact is detected. Any of the light-emitting lamps L1 to L4 for displaying the number of times is turned on (step S
4). That is, these lamp lighting number selections are performed according to the number of times of storage in the ball collision number memory area M. For example, lighting of the fourth lamp L4 stores four nail contacts in the ball collision number memory area M. It will be. When such nail contact detection is repeated and the number of times of storage in the ball collision number memory area M reaches the lottery opportunity acquisition valid number m, a lottery opportunity for one lottery is generated (step S5). And
In the present embodiment, once the nail contact is detected five times, the lottery is triggered once (m = 5), and at the time of the fifth nail contact detection, the four lamps L1 to L4 that are already lit are turned off. Then, the player can know that one lottery opportunity has been obtained (step S6).

Further, in order to clearly inform the player that the chance of the lottery has occurred once, the count display of the lottery number display LED display device 23 is incremented by 1 similarly to the conventional start hold lamp (step). S7). Then, the random number lottery for the jackpot lottery is performed by the occurrence of this lottery trigger, and after the random number value is fetched and temporarily stored in the RAM 32 (steps S8 to S9), the count display of the lottery number display LED display device 23 is performed. Is decremented by 1 (step S10). The random number lottery can be obtained, for example, by software processing or by sampling a random number generated by a random number generator (not shown).

Next, the game processing performed by the control of the CPU 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, based on the lottery process, it is confirmed whether or not there is random number value data temporarily stored in the RAM 32, and if there is stored data, the data is read and the liquid crystal symbol variation display device 8 is driven to start symbol variation display. (Steps S20 to S21). Then, based on the read random number value, it is determined whether or not it is a big hit by a known method using probability (step S22). That is, the read random number value is compared with the content of the hit determination table stored in the ROM 21 to determine whether or not it is a big hit. Based on the determination result, the big hit variation display and effect processing are executed in the case of a big hit (step S23), and the loss variation display and effect processing are executed in the case of a loss (step S2).
4).

In the above-mentioned big hit or loss variation display and effect processing, in the image display of the liquid crystal symbol variation display device 8, for example, a big hit or loss is displayed depending on whether or not a combination of three symbols that are variably displayed is complete. The effect at this time is selected by lottery from the effect pattern table stored in advance by the liquid crystal display device control circuit 43, and a series of moving images with various effects are displayed on the display screen. In these series of moving images, for example,
When the two stop symbols are the same and the jackpot is determined by the final variation symbol, such as in the reach state, an animation character or the like appears, and the character changes or moves the symbol, and various various effects are included. There is.
The symbols variably displayed on the liquid crystal symbol variable display device 8 are composed of numerical symbols such as “0” to “9”, other figures, and character symbols, and these symbols are displayed during variable display. As if scrolling vertically at high speed.

In the case of a big hit, the variable symbol displayed on the display screen of the liquid crystal symbol variable display device 8 is stopped in a state where three identical symbols (for example, a doublet of "777") are aligned after the reach state, for example. . As a result, the player is notified of the big hit (step S25). When this big hit occurs, the special winning opening opening solenoid 46 is controlled via the special winning opening drive control circuit 45 to open the special winning opening 9. When the game ball wins the special winning opening 9, the special winning opening winning ball switch 36 detects the game ball and outputs a detection signal C.
Supply to the PU 30. Thereby, the game ball discharging device 54
Is controlled, and 15 game balls are paid out to the upper plate 4 or the lower plate 5, for example. Further, the timer function of the CPU 30 measures, for example, 30 seconds from the time when the special winning opening 9 is opened, or the number of game balls winning the big winning opening 9 is, for example, 1
When the number reaches 0, the special winning opening opening solenoid 46 is controlled via the special winning opening drive control circuit 45 to close the special winning opening 9. Further, when the game ball that has won the special winning opening 9 passes through the specific area, the special winning opening V winning switch 56 detects the game ball and supplies a detection signal to the CPU 30. As a result, the CPU 30 opens the special winning opening 9 again after the special winning opening 9 is closed. By repeating opening and closing of the special winning opening 9 as described above, the player can obtain a large amount of game balls. However, the re-opening of the special winning opening 9 is not performed indefinitely, but is limited to 15 times, for example. That is, the player can play the big hit game under the open state for a maximum of 15 rounds, when one round from the opening of the special winning opening 9 to the closing thereof is one round.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when it is detected that the game ball has collided with the ceiling nail 11 or the obstacle nail 12, a big hit lottery is carried out. Compared with the case of executing the lottery, the lottery execution is not affected by the arrangement state of the nails provided on the game board surface, and by simply hitting the ball and aiming at the top nail etc., for all players The lottery is conducted under the same conditions, and it is possible to provide the game results obtained by this lottery almost equally. That is, since it is possible to eliminate the inequality due to the arrangement state of the nails for each gaming machine, the number of times the lottery is made varies depending on the skill of the player and the arrangement of the nails, even if the number of shots of the same game ball occurs. It is possible to solve the problem that each person feels unfair. Further, in the conventional pachinko machine that requires winning in the starting opening, a situation in which the game ball does not easily enter the starting opening may give the player a feeling of frustration, but in the present embodiment, the player plays the game ball. It is possible to carry out a lottery simply by firing the game board 3 toward the game board 3, and it is possible to obtain a prize ball by the lottery, which enables continuous play without deteriorating the player's willingness to play, and the pachinko machine operating rate. It can contribute to improvement.

In the above embodiment, the lottery trigger acquisition effective number m is set to 5 times, but it may be a minimum of 1 time, that is, the lottery may be performed once every time any ball contact is detected. . Of course, in that case, the jackpot probability will be set to a small value, and symbol fluctuations will also occur frequently, so you can shorten the fluctuation time by displaying several lottery results almost simultaneously with one fluctuation result. Good. In addition, in order to eliminate the possibility of fraud in the occurrence of lottery triggers,
For example, a ball passing sensor (not shown) is provided at or near the return ball prevention piece installed on the exit side of the launch rail,
When the launched game ball passes through the return ball prevention piece, that is, the timer is monitored from the passage detection of the ball passage sensor, and the game ball released into the game area A within a certain time, for example, 0.5 to 1 second, A limitation may be set so that only the contact with the top nail 11 or the obstacle nail 12 is effective spherical contact.

Also, a pachinko game in which the set value of the lottery trigger acquisition effective number m is variable is possible. For example, m = 6 during a normal game, and when the jackpot pattern is an odd number such as “7”, when it is a jackpot, it is changed to m = 3 after the jackpot is over, the next jackpot can be obtained quickly, and the game ball consumption can be suppressed. As described above, the special game mode having a high lottery generation efficiency is entered. Then, if the next big hit symbol is an even number such as "4", after the big hit, m = 6 is set again, and the mode is switched to the normal game mode in which the lottery generation efficiency is low.

Further, in the present invention, the conventional combination of the starting winning port and the passage gate is not hindered. For example, the winning opening 15 below the ball dropping stage 19 located at the bottom of the liquid crystal pattern variable display device 8 may be used as the starting winning opening. The reserved ball memory generated in this case is displayed on the LED display device 23 in addition to the number of ball contact lottery. In addition to the lottery trigger based on the detection of a ball contact with the top nail 11 or the obstacle nail 12 described above, the occurrence rate of the lottery trigger can be increased by providing such a lottery trigger with a start winning.

In the above embodiment, the ball contact sensor is provided on the ceiling nail 11 and the obstacle nail 12, but as shown in FIG. 6, the ball contact detection sensor is provided on the equipment attached to the board surface such as the wind turbines 16 and 17. May be installed. The wind turbines 16 and 17 are rotatably mounted by bearings 78 embedded in the cell plate 72 and the board base plate 74 of the game board 3. At the end of the wind turbine shaft that penetrates the game board 3, a light-shielding piece 76 that is arranged so as to pass through the detection portion of the photo interrupter 75 is formed upright.
Then, the game ball PB falling on the board surface comes into contact with the blades 77 of the wind turbines 16 and 17 and rotates the blades, whereby the wind turbine shaft rotates. At this time, the light blocking piece 76 turns the photo interrupter 75.
It is detected that the game ball has come into contact with the wind turbine by passing through the detection unit of 2 times or more, for example. Also in this case, contact detection may be performed when the detection portion of the photo interrupter 75 of the light shielding piece 76 has passed three times or more so that a contact such that the flow ball is weak and touches the blade is not erroneously detected. The number of times the light blocking piece 76 has passed is detected by a detection circuit unit (not shown) that monitors how many times the ON signal of the photo interrupter 75 occurs within a predetermined time (for example, 1 to 2 seconds). With such a ball contact detection by a windmill, normally,
Since the balls are arranged in the windmill on the game board so that the balls can easily flow, the lottery trigger can be obtained very easily as long as the player normally operates the ball.

Of course, it is also possible to use the windmills 16 and 17 together with the top nail 11 and the obstacle nail 12 for ball contact detection, and it is also possible to use together with the above-mentioned start winning port. Further, not only the top nail 11, the obstacle nail 12, and the windmills 16 and 17, but all or almost half of the obstacle nails or the like in the game area A, such as the nails 13 and 14 below the ball drop stage 19, are detected by ball contact. It may be a part. In the case of setting a large number of sphere contact detection parts in this way, as described above, for example, a limit is set such that only the contact detection that first occurs within a certain time after passing the return sphere prevention piece is enabled. If so, the determination process of the lottery opportunity can be stably performed.

The pachinko gaming machine of the present invention may be a so-called liquid crystal pachinko gaming machine in which the entire game area A is displayed on the screen by, for example, a liquid crystal display device. In this liquid crystal pachinko machine, a pseudo game ball is shot in a virtual game area A, and a game similar to that of a real machine can be executed.

Specifically, the virtual game ball in the portion corresponding to the game area A is based on the strength of the game ball shot set by the turning operation of the operation handle 6 by the player, for example. The movement is randomly determined by the CPU 30. Then, the CPU 30 detects the movement of the virtual game ball based on the coordinates set in the portion corresponding to the game area A, and determines that it has collided or contacted with the top nail 11, for example. By using this liquid crystal pachinko machine, the pachinko game is executed in the virtual game surface image display, so that it is possible to avoid problems due to nails,
The above-mentioned arrangement of nails does not have any effect, and moreover, the player can easily be given a lottery opportunity simply by performing a game operation toward the coordinates of the top nail 11 on the screen. When the liquid crystal pachinko machine is installed in a game arcade, game balls may be lent out or paid out, for example, by a valuable medium such as a card. Also,
The display device for the virtual game screen is not limited to the liquid crystal display,
Plasma display, EL display or CRT
It may be a game machine such as.

The control regarding the big hit is, by using the range designation table shown in FIG. 9, the big hit probability with respect to the number of game balls shot per unit time does not exceed the range of the numerical value stipulated by law on the design value. So that the CPU 20
You may manage by. For example, if there is a possibility of exceeding the range, even if the big hit flag is established,
By carrying it over, you can prevent a big hit at all or a big hit.

By using such a range designation table, the number of big hits per unit time is 5 at maximum,
Since the number of ball hits is at least once, the payout rate does not exceed the design value. Also, the average number of big hits can be easily calculated, which is convenient in designing the winning rate and the like. That is, the average number of jackpots P per hour is calculated as follows by the range designation table.

P = 5 × (4/64) + 3 × (8/64) + 2 × (16 /
64) + 1 × (36/64) = 1.75 (times / hour)

Therefore, for example, when the number of big hits per one time is about 2100, the number of game balls K obtained by the continuous winning effect for one hour is obtained as follows.

[0057] K = 2100 × 1.75 = 3675 (pieces / hour)

FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram of the communication game system in one embodiment of the present invention. The communication game system includes a management server 60 and a plurality of terminal devices 62a to 62n connected to the management server 60 via a communication network 61 so as to be capable of bidirectional communication. The management server 60 is managed by a management company of the communication game system or a management company contracted by the management company, and is provided with a large-capacity storage system or the like. Each of the terminal devices 62a to 62n is, for example, a player's personal computer, a home game device, a portable game device, a portable telephone device, or the like, and can access the management server 60 via the communication network 61. There is. The communication network 61 is configured by an aggregate such as a wired or wireless public communication line network or the Internet. Of course, each of the terminal devices 62a to 62n may be connected to the communication network 61 via a LAN.

In this communication game system, for example, a player distributes a storage medium such as a CD-ROM in which a program for carrying out a communication game is stored in advance from the operating business operator or the management business operator, and executes the program by himself. It becomes a game playable state by being installed in the terminal devices 62a to 62n. In addition to the above program, the storage medium includes image data to be displayed on the display screen,
Audio data to be output to the speakers of the terminal devices 62a to 62n, a program for communicating with the management server 60, and the like are stored. After installing the above program on its own terminal device, the player accesses the management server 60. The management server 60 uses the terminal device 6
An activation signal is sent in response to the access from 2a to 62n. As a result, the program in each of the terminal devices 62a to 62n is activated, and the player can enjoy a virtual pachinko game by performing a predetermined operation.

For example, on the display screens of the terminal devices 62a to 62n, an image of a portion including at least the game area A of the pachinko gaming machine in the above embodiment is displayed.
A virtual pachinko gaming machine or the like will be created on the display screen of the player terminal. Then, this virtual pachinko gaming machine or the like performs the same operation as the pachinko gaming machine or the like in the above-described embodiment by the installed program.

In this case, after the player presses a key switch such as a mouse or keyboard of the terminal device in place of the operation handle 6 to set a virtual game ball firing strength, the key switch is pressed. A virtual game ball may be launched without continuing. Further, a virtual game ball may be launched on condition that the player keeps pressing the key switch.

The virtual game balls in the portion corresponding to the game area A are CPs mounted on the terminal devices 62a to 62n.
The movement of the pseudo game ball is randomly determined by U, for example, based on the strength of the game ball shot set by the player. Then, this terminal side CPU detects the movement of the virtual game ball based on the coordinates set in the portion corresponding to the game area A, and determines, for example, that the game ball has won the general winning opening. Together with the above embodiment, a lottery trigger is generated by detecting that the pseudo game ball that has been fired contacts a virtual obstacle nail, a windmill, or the like based on the coordinate data on the screen.

Further, for example, when a reach state occurs in a pachinko game, the management server 60 is accessed from each of the terminal devices 62a to 62n, the jackpot lottery is executed in the management server 60, and the result is transmitted to each terminal device. It In addition, the number of game balls acquired by the player is
For example, the management server 60 and the terminal devices 62a to 62n.
Is stored in a storage device such as a hard disk of
It is displayed on the display screen of each terminal device.

Of course, a program for playing a pachinko game may be held in the management server 60, and a program in the management server 60 may allow each terminal device 62a-62n to play a game. Further, the program may be transmitted from the management server 60 to each terminal device via the communication network 61. Furthermore, the management server 60 transmits a part of a program for playing a pachinko game to each terminal device via the communication network 61, and the management server 60 and each terminal device 62a to 62n cooperate to perform a pachinko game. You may make it execute the program for.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

2 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a game board of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of main components of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

4 is a circuit block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a contact detection circuit 40 of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an installation configuration of a nail contact sensor 39 of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing another installation configuration of the nail contact sensor of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a lottery process in the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of game control processing in the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

9 is a diagram showing a range designation table used in the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

A game area 3 game board 6 operation handle 11 Tenge 12 obstacle nails 16 windmill 30 CPU 39 Nail contact sensor 60 Management server 61 Communication network 62a to 62n terminal devices

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of attachments such as nails are provided in a game area on a game board surface, and it is advantageous to a player based on a lottery result performed in connection with the release of a game ball into the game area. A gaming machine that imparts a different gaming state, detects the contact between the game ball released into the game area and at least a part of the plurality of attachments, and executes a lottery based on the detection result. A game machine comprising a control means. 2. A plurality of attachments such as nails are provided in the game area of the game board surface, which is advantageous to the player based on a lottery result associated with the release of the game balls into the game area. A method for controlling a gaming machine that imparts various gaming states, wherein the contact between a gaming ball released in the gaming area and at least a part of the plurality of attachments is detected, and a lottery is performed based on the detection result. A method for controlling a gaming machine, characterized by executing. 3. A terminal, comprising: a server; and a plurality of terminal devices capable of bidirectionally communicating with the server via a communication network, wherein a player accesses the server from the terminal device, whereby the terminal A server used in a communication game system in which at least a game area portion of a virtual game machine is displayed by a display device of the device, and a game is executed by the game machine based on an operation of the terminal device by a player, A plurality of attachments such as nails are provided in the game area portion, and a game state advantageous to the player is given based on a lottery result associated with the release of the game balls into the game area portion. At the same time, a control means is provided for detecting contact between the game ball released in the game area portion and at least a part of the plurality of attached objects, and executing lottery based on the detection result. And wherein the server. 4. A plurality of attachments such as nails are provided in the game area of the game board surface, which is advantageous to the player based on the result of the lottery performed in association with the release of the game balls into the game area. Is a game program for imparting a different game state, detects the contact between the game ball released in the game area and at least a part of the plurality of attachments, and executes a lottery based on the detection result. A game program comprising control means. 5. A game for controlling a game game in which at least a game area portion of a virtual game machine is displayed by a display device, and a game is executed by the game machine based on an operation of the terminal device by a player. In the program, a plurality of attachments such as nails are provided in the game area portion, and it is advantageous to the player based on a lottery result associated with the release of the game balls into the game area portion. A game state is provided, and a control means is provided for detecting contact between the game ball released in the game area portion and at least a part of the plurality of attached objects, and executing lottery based on the detection result. A game program characterized by the following. 6. The control means detects that a game ball collides with an obstacle nail planted in the game area, and executes a lottery based on the detection result. The game machine described. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the gaming ball is detected to collide with an obstacle nail planted in the game area, and a lottery is executed based on the detection result. Control method. 8. The control means detects that a game ball collides with an obstacle nail planted in the game area portion, and executes a lottery based on the detection result.
The server according to claim 3. 9. The control means detects that a game ball collides with an obstacle nail planted in the game area or in the game area portion, and executes a lottery based on the detection result. The game program according to claim 4 or 5.