JP2003305199A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine making a player know beforehand which occurs out of a plurality of states of added values different in the degree of advantage. <P>SOLUTION: The pachinko machine 10 has a starting prize-winning opening 13, a variable display means 20 which can display patterns and a variable prize- winning opening 30 in the surface of a game board and has a control means 50 which is so set that it draws lots on the basis of the entry of a pachinko ball in the starting prize-winning opening 13 and makes the variable display means 20 alter the display of the pattern and that it makes the variable prize- winning opening 30 operate thereafter when the result of the lottery shows winning, so as to bring about the state of added value corresponding to the prescribed winning. In the control means 50 the different states of added values are set and it makes the variable display means 20 display the state of the added value brought about, in the case when the winning is gained in the subsequent lottery while one state of the added value occurs. <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 starting winning opening on a game board, a variable display means capable of displaying various patterns, a variable winning opening, and a lottery based on winning of a pachinko ball to the starting winning opening. If the lottery result is successful after the variable display means performs the display change operation of the pattern, the variable winning opening is operated to give the player an advantageous value-added state corresponding to the predetermined winning. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with a control means set to generate the pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional pachinko machine of this type, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a variable display device 3 is provided as an accessory near the center of a game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, and a handle 6 is operated. When the pachinko ball launched on the game board 2 wins the starting winning opening 4, the variable display device 3 operates and when the display symbol becomes a specific combination, the variable winning opening 5 opens and the winning can be performed with a higher probability than usual. There are various so-called fever machines that generate a value-added state that is advantageous to the player.

That is, the variable display device 3 rotates and displays, for example, three display patterns, and when the three display patterns match, a value-added state occurs. For example, the variable winning a prize opening 5 is opened and closed. This is repeated 16 times so that 10 prizes can be recognized for each opening of the variable winning port 5.

[0004]

However, although there are various types of conventional pachinko machines, it is only possible to give a story to the change in the pattern until the result of the lottery is displayed or to make various efforts. However, since the basic playability is the same as the one described above, there is a problem that there is not much difference in interest.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such conventional problems. When the lottery result is "win", any one of a plurality of value-added states having different advantages for the player is obtained. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine which allows the player to know in advance which value-added state will occur.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The gist of achieving the above object lies in the following items. 1. A starting winning opening (13) on the game board surface (12), a variable display means (20) capable of displaying various patterns, a variable winning opening (30), and a winning of the pachinko ball to the starting winning opening (13). After performing a lottery based on the variable display means (20) to change the display of the pattern, when the result of the lottery is successful, the variable winning a prize mouth (30) is operated to give the player the predetermined amount. In a pachinko machine (10) provided with a control means (50) set to generate an advantageous value-added state corresponding to a hit, the control means (50) has a plurality of added-values having different advantages for a player. The state is set, and the variable display means which one of the plurality of value-added states the value-added state that occurs when one of the value-added states is hit next time the lottery is won. Display in (20) Cormorants pachinko machine, characterized in that the set (10).

2. The control means (50) makes the probability of winning in the next lottery constant regardless of the value-added state to be generated next, and the most advantageous degree in the next hit when the value-added state having the smallest advantage is generated. The pachinko machine (10) according to Item 1, wherein the pachinko machine (10) is set so as to generate a large value-added state.

3. Item 2. The pachinko machine (10) according to Item 1, wherein the control means (50) sets the probability of winning in the next lottery to a different value depending on the degree of advantage of the value-added state to be generated next. .

4. The variable display means (20) is provided with a portion (22) for displaying the value-added state to be generated next, separately from a portion for displaying the lottery result by performing the display change operation of the design. Item 2. The pachinko machine (10) according to Item 1, 2 or 3.

Next, the operation will be described. Pachinko machine (10)
When a pachinko ball that has been hit on the game board surface (12) by operating the handle (11) of the game enters the starting winning opening (13), a winning detection signal is sent to the control means (50). The control means (50) that has received the winning detection signal performs a lottery and causes the variable display means (20) to display a pattern.

When the lottery result is “win”, the variable display means (2) provides information on which state among a plurality of value-added states having different advantages set is generated.
It is displayed in 0).

After the display operation of the picture for a predetermined time by the variable display means (20), when the result of the lottery is a hit, a display meaning "win" is displayed and the display operation is stopped.
The variable winning a prize mouth (3) in order to generate a value-added state corresponding to the "win" displayed on the variable display means (20) in advance.
0) performs a predetermined opening / closing operation.

When the value-added state occurs, the variable display means (20) displays an indication of which value-added state will occur when there is a next "win" in the lottery. After confirming this, it can be used as a material for determining whether or not to continue playing the game with the same model.

In particular, when the "winning" is selected in the lottery next time, by indicating which value-added state will occur during the occurrence of the value-added state, the player can preliminarily select the pachinko machine. Since the next hit type cannot be known, it is possible to prevent the pachinko machine selected by the player depending on the next hit type from being biased.

Further, the setting of the control means (50) is set to be constant regardless of the value-added state to be generated next time in the lottery, and the value-added state having the smallest advantage is generated. If a value-added state with the greatest advantage is generated in the next hit, even if the value-added state that occurs next is the one with the lowest advantage, the player will have the value-added state that occurs next. Can always know that it will be the most advantageous, so it will be difficult to decide whether or not to continue the game with the pachinko machine (10) in the game, and it will be a more interesting pachinko machine. .

On the other hand, by setting the control means (50) so that the probability of winning in the next lottery is different depending on the degree of advantage of the value-added state that will be generated next, the player can add next. Depending on the balance between the value state and the probability of occurrence, it becomes difficult to determine whether or not the pachinko machine (10) in the game should continue the game, and the pachinko machine becomes more exciting.

Further, the variable display means (20) has a portion (22) for displaying the value-added state that will occur next.
It may be provided separately from the portion for displaying the lottery result by performing the display change operation of the design.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, a player rotates a handle 11 to launch a pachinko ball on the game board surface 12, and the prize balls paid out by winning the hit ball. Pachinko machine to win 1
It is 0.

The illustrated pachinko machine 10 has a game board surface 12
The variable display means 20 based on the winning in the above-mentioned starting winning opening 13
This is a model that operates according to the program of the control means 50 so that the operation of the variable winning a prize opening 30 causes a value-added state advantageous to the player when the combination of the symbols displayed by is predetermined.

As shown in FIG. 1, a starting winning opening 13 is arranged at the substantially central portion of the game board surface 12, and a variable display means 20 for variably displaying a pattern is arranged above the starting winning opening 13, and the starting winning opening 13 is A variable winning port 30 is arranged below. In addition, a large number of nails for flipping a pachinko ball, various winning holes, out holes, etc. are arranged at appropriate places on the game board surface 12.

Further, on the lower side of the game board surface 12, a hitting ball launching device (not shown) is built in the pachinko machine 10 and hits the pachinko ball on the game board surface 12 in synchronization with the operation of the handle 11. Pachinko balls are supplied, and pachinko machines 10
The front plate 18 that receives the prize balls paid out from, and the prize balls that are paid out when the front plate 18 is full are stored,
A lower plate 19 for transferring and receiving the pachinko balls remaining on the front plate 18 when the game is finished is provided. Lower plate 1
The bottom of 9 is provided with a pachinko ball drop opening (not shown) for opening and closing the stored pachinko balls into a ball box placed below.

The control means 50 shown in FIG. 2 for controlling the pachinko machine 10 is attached to the inside of the machine body such as the back side of the game board surface 12. As will be described later, the control means 50 is set with a plurality of value-added states having different degrees of advantage for the player, that is, a plurality of types of "winning".

The variable display means 20 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
Has three divided parts whose display can be changed separately, and changes the display of the pattern based on the winning of the pachinko ball to the starting winning opening 13, and the winning of the pachinko ball to the starting winning opening 13. When the result of the lottery by the control means 50 based on is a "winning", it is a central accessory that stops the display change of the design at the winning design. In addition, the type of "winning" that occurs when a winning is won in the next lottery is also displayed.

The variable display means 20 is composed of a color liquid crystal display, and a typical type thereof is STN.
Examples include a (simple matrix) method and a TFT (active matrix) method. The STN method is cheaper than the TFT method, but the contrast is weak and it is difficult to see unless viewed from the front. On the other hand, in the TFT method, a sharp image with less image bleeding can be obtained and the response is excellent, but it is expensive.

Any of the above-mentioned methods may be used for the variable display means 20 in this embodiment. Also, the variable display means 2
0 is not limited to a color liquid crystal display, and may be a monochrome liquid crystal display or a fluorescent display tube or a cathode ray tube (CRT).

FIG. 4 shows the variable display means 20 in which a portion 22 for displaying a value-added state to be generated next is provided separately from a portion for displaying the lottery result by performing the display change operation of the design. There is.

The starting winning opening 13 is a so-called chucker, and has a winning detection switch 14 (see FIG. 2) for detecting a winning of a pachinko ball. The winning detection switch 14 is connected to the control means 50 to output the winning signal to the control means 50 when the winning ball is detected and turned on. The winning detection switch 14 may be composed of various sensors such as an optical sensor, a proximity sensor, or a magnetic sensor.

The variable winning a prize opening 30 is opened and closed a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time when the lottery result by the control means 50 indicates "winning". The variable winning port 30 includes an attacker 31 that can be opened and closed and a solenoid 32 (see FIG. 2) that is a driving means thereof. The variable winning opening 30 is, for example, only for a short time (for example, 2 to 3 seconds) after the attacker 31 has been opened for a predetermined time (for example, 29 seconds) based on the added value generation signal according to the lottery result from the control means 50. A so-called fever state “big hit” that continues the value-adding operation such as closing up to a predetermined number of rounds (eg, 16 times), “round hits” of 6 rounds, “small hits” of 2 rounds, for example And so on.

A hold display means 40 is provided immediately above the variable display means 20. This hold display means 40 holds the right to perform a lottery based on the winning when a ball newly wins the starting winning opening 13 while the variable display means 20 is changing the display of the picture. It displays the number of times, and may be configured by an LED or the like. The suspension display means 40 is set to display the number of rights suspension stored in the control means 50 based on a suspension display signal from the control means 50 described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hold display means 40 specifically has four display lamps 41, 41 ... In this case, the right to perform the lottery can be held up to four times. That is, the number of display lamps 41 corresponding to the right reservation number is controlled to be turned on. When the held right to perform the lottery is executed, the execution count is subtracted from the right reservation count and updated and stored in the control means 50, and the number is newly displayed on the hold display means 40. Has become. Further, in a state in which the maximum four rights are reserved, even if a pachinko ball enters the starting winning opening 13 again, the rights that should be generated by this winning are set to be abandoned.

The control means 50 shown in FIG. 2 is a display control section 50a which mainly controls the display contents of the variable display means 20 and the like.
And a game control unit 50b which mainly controls the hold display means 40, a lottery, the hold of the right to perform the lottery, the operation of the variable winning a prize mouth 30, and the like. The display control unit 50a includes the CPU 5
1, a ROM 52, a RAM 53, etc., and a microcomputer including at least a game controller 50b.
Also includes a microcomputer including at least a CPU 61, a ROM 62, a RAM 63, and the like. In addition, the display control unit 50a and the game control unit 50b are
They are connected to each other via a bus or the like.

The CPU 51 of the display controller 50a is a ROM
According to the display control program data stored in 52,
The display contents of the variable display means 20 are controlled. The ROM 52 stores fixed data such as display control program data for controlling the display contents of the variable display means 20.

The RAM 53 temporarily stores the data relating to the picture display generated by the CPU 51 and other various data. Various data in the RAM 53 are set so as to be read out based on a command from the CPU 62 or the CPU 51 described below and output to the variable display means 20.

On the other hand, the CPU 61 of the game control unit 50b,
According to the game control program data stored in the ROM 62, the operation control of various winning components including the variable winning a prize port 30 is performed. Further, the CPU 61 is connected to the winning detection switch 14 described above, and when a winning signal from the switch 14 is input, a random number is generated, and a random selection is made based on the random number to win or lose. And means for generating the information in.

The winning ball counter 33 and the like are also connected to the CPU 61. The ROM 62 stores fixed data such as game control program data for controlling the variable winning a prize opening 30 and the like, lighting patterns of decorative lamps for producing prizes for various types of characters, sound generation patterns of speakers, and the like. In addition, the RAM 63 temporarily stores various data regarding the game including signals from the winning detection switch 14 and the winning ball counter 33.

In the game control program stored in the ROM 62, when a "hit" is given, the probability of winning in the next lottery is set to be constant regardless of the value-added state to be generated next, which is most advantageous to the player. It is also set to generate the most advantageous value-added state at the next hit after a small hit.

Further, it may be set such that the higher the above-mentioned advantage of the value-added state in which the probability of winning the lottery next time is generated, the smaller the probability.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 1, when the handle 11 of the pachinko machine 10 is operated, the pachinko balls stored in the front plate 18 are sequentially struck on the game board surface 12 by the batted ball launching device. When the launched pachinko balls win each winning opening, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the front plate 18 for each winning ball. When the front plate 18 is full, it is dispensed to the lower plate below.

When the pachinko ball wins the starting winning opening 13, the winning detection switch 14 detects and sends a winning detection signal to the game controller 50b. CPU that received the winning detection signal
61 performs a lottery and at the same time sends a signal to the display control unit 50a, and the CPU 51 causes the variable display means 20 to perform a pattern display operation and a lottery result.

When the result of the lottery by the CPU 61 is "winning", the "winning" is displayed when the display operation is stopped. Various other displays are performed when the lottery result is "miss".

In the case of "winning", the variable display means 20
After the "hit" is displayed by the CPU, the CPU 61 drives the solenoid 32 of the variable winning port 30, and the attacker 31 performs an operation of generating a value-added state according to the kind of "hit".

For example, if it is assumed that there are three types of "hit", "big hit", "medium hit" and "small hit", in the case of "big hit", the attacker 31 opens for 29 seconds. Or after
If a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls enter the variable winning port 30 before 29 seconds have passed, the value-adding operation of closing for 2 to 3 seconds is continued, for example, 16 times. The opening / closing operation is continued, for example, six times, and in the case of "small hit", the opening / closing operation is performed twice, for example. For a winning of a pachinko ball to the variable winning port 30, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out for each winning ball.

When a value-added state due to a "hit" occurs, information of which state will occur when the "hit" next occurs out of a plurality of value-added states with different set advantages is variable. It is displayed by the display means 20. Therefore, the player can confirm it and use it as a material for determining whether or not to continue the game with the same model.

In particular, when the "winning" is selected in the lottery next time, by displaying which value-added state will occur during the occurrence of the value-added state, the player can preliminarily select a pachinko machine. Since the next hit type cannot be known, it is possible to prevent the pachinko machine selected by the player from being biased depending on the next hit type.

As described above, the setting of the control means 50 is set to a constant value (for example, 1/200) regardless of the value-added state in which the probability of winning in the next lottery is generated next. If a value-added state with the greatest advantage is generated in the next hit after the state occurs, the player will generate the next value-added state even if the next value-added state has the lowest advantage. Since it is possible to know that the value-added state to be played is always the one with the greatest advantage, it becomes a difficult decision as to whether or not to continue the game with the pachinko machine 10 during the game, and the pachinko machine with such a high degree of interest Become an opportunity.

On the other hand, the setting of the control means 50 may be set to a different value depending on the above-mentioned degree of advantage of the value-added state in which the probability of winning the lottery next time is generated as described above. For example, "big hit" is 1/280, "medium hit" is 1/1
70, if the "small hit" is set to 1/60, the player can judge whether or not to continue the game with the pachinko machine 10 during the game in consideration of the value-added state to come next and the probability of the occurrence. Sometimes it is difficult, and it becomes a pachinko machine with a high degree of interest.

In the above embodiment, three types of "winning" states for generating the value-added state are shown, but two types or three or more types may be used.

Further, the operation of the attacker 31 for generating the probability of "big hit", "medium hit", "small hit" and the value-added state has been described with specific numbers, but the numbers are only examples. , Other values may be used.

[0050]

According to the pachinko machine of the present invention, since the next hit type can be known after the "hit", the player continues the game with the same pachinko machine after the "hit". Although it is possible to obtain information on whether it is better or better to move to another pachinko machine and play the game, it is difficult to make the judgment and the interest can be increased.

In particular, when the "winning" is selected in the next lottery, by displaying which value-added state will occur during the occurrence of the value-added state, the player can preliminarily select a pachinko machine. Since the next hit type cannot be known, it is possible to prevent the pachinko machine selected by the player depending on the next hit type from being biased.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a variable display unit of a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing another example of the variable display portion of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a conventional pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Pachinko machine 12 ... Game board surface 13 ... Starting prize hole 20 ... Variable display means 30 ... Variable winning hole 50 ... Control means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A starting winning opening on a game board, variable display means capable of displaying various patterns, a variable winning opening, and lottery based on winning of a pachinko ball at the starting winning opening, and the variable display means. When the lottery result is a win after the display change operation of the pattern is performed, the variable winning a prize is operated to set the advantageous added value state corresponding to the predetermined win to the player. In the pachinko machine including means, the control means is set to a plurality of value-added states having different degrees of advantage for the player, and while one value-added state has occurred, the player has won the lottery next time. A pachinko machine characterized in that the variable display means is configured to display which of the plurality of value-added states the value-added state that occurs in this case is. 2. The control means keeps the probability of winning in the next lottery regardless of the value-added state to be generated next, and is the most effective in the next hit when the value-added state having the smallest advantage is generated. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is set so as to generate a value-added state having a great advantage. 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the control means sets the probability of winning in the next lottery to a different value depending on the degree of advantage of the value-added state to be generated next. . 4. The variable display means is provided with a portion for displaying the value-added state to be generated next, separately from a portion for displaying a lottery result by performing a display change operation of the design. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3.