JP2005080924A - Mah jongg pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a new pickup piece advantageous for a player by supporting a selection of the pickup piece by an interactive mode with a display screen in a game where the player obtains a right of a special game. <P>SOLUTION: This Mah Jongg Pachinko game machine displays symbols of a plurality of types of pieces to become a candidate, which the player selects as the new pickup piece, on a display device in the game of obtaining the right of the special game. Four pieces of the same symbol are already instructed on a game field, and this Mah Jongg Pachinko game machine is provived with a means, when the four instructed symbols are displayed as candidate symbols of the pickup piece, displaying the candidate symbol of the pickup piece corresponding to the four instructed symbols discriminatedly from the tone of the other symbols. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a sparrow ball game machine, and in particular, in a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, a sparrow provided with means for supporting the player's choice of self-restraint in a display screen and interactive manner. It relates to a ball game machine.

  In a sparrow ball game machine, a plurality of entrances corresponding to the types of mahjong tiles (hereinafter referred to as “牌”) are provided in the game board surface, and when a game ball enters the entrance, this entrance The symbol of the eyelid corresponding to the mouth is displayed on the display device as self-contained. Then, when the combination of the hands becomes a preset winning combination, a predetermined number of medals set for each winning combination are paid out to the player as a prize. Furthermore, when this winning combination is a specific winning combination set in advance, a special game advantageous to the player as compared with the normal game can be performed as many as the predetermined number of games. Yes.

In an ordinary sparrow ball game machine, there are two types of special games (bonus games), a big game and a chance game. A big game is a game in which a player who can win a game that is advantageous to the player can be acquired for a plurality of times from the next time, including the game, when the game is completed with a specific set-up role (for example, Daisangen). That means. In the game that has acquired the right of the big game, the passage opening (attacker operation opening) on the game board surface becomes effective, and when the game ball passes through the attacker operation opening, the special entry opening (attacker) is opened. Then, when a game ball enters the attacker, the game allows the player to select a desired basket as his / her own by operating a selection button or the like. When the player finishes the game that has acquired the right of the big game, the next and subsequent games can play the game with the right of the big game established.
The chance game is a game that can be played in a state where the right of the big game is established only for the game when it is completed by a winning role that can acquire a predetermined chance game right. . Therefore, the game that has acquired the special game right is a game that can be easily won (completed) by the player. The normal game means a game that has not acquired the right of the big game or the chance game.

  As a sparrow ball game machine equipped with this special game function, for example, the following Patent Document 1 has been proposed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-250938 (Specifications, pages 2 to 5, FIGS. 2 and 3)

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, in a game in which a special game right has been acquired, the player operates the heel selection button corresponding to the heel pattern installed in the operation unit, so that the player can make a desired heel. It is described that it can be selected as self-restraint.

  In the invention described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, when the player acquires the right of special game, the player needs to select his / her own by operating the heel selection button corresponding to the heel pattern installed in the operation unit. It was. For this reason, there is a problem that gives the player a feeling that the operation of the selection button is troublesome. In addition, 27 types of selection buttons need to be installed on the operation panel or the like in order to select the selection. In addition, there was a lack of support and direction for leading players to retirement.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to play a game in which a game that has acquired a special game right that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game is played when the special game is completed. In the game, in the game that has acquired the right of special game, the player displays a plurality of types of symbols that are candidates for self-determination, and uses one of the multiple types of symbols displayed on the screen as self-determination. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sparrow ball game machine that allows a player to select and provide support and effects for leading to retirement.

The present invention is provided with a display device for displaying a game entrance surface corresponding to a plurality of types of mahjong tiles and a display device for displaying the mahjong tile design corresponding to the game entrance into which the game ball has entered. A sparrow ball game machine that performs a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game when it is completed with a specific role.
In the game of the special game, a plurality of types of symbols that are candidates for selection by the player are displayed on the display device, and one of the displayed multiple types of symbols is selected as the selection. Self-display display selection means,
Further, the self-display display selection means is disclosed when the four types of the mahjong tiles of the same design already disclosed in the game place are included in the displayed plural types of symbols. It is a sparrow ball game machine provided with a self-identification identifying display means for distinguishing and displaying a symbol corresponding to the symbol being displayed from the color tone of another symbol.
In the present invention, the special game (bonus game) refers to a game that has acquired the right of a big game or a chance game as described above. The normal game means a game that has not acquired the right of the big game or the chance game.

  The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention has the following effects. In other words, in a game that has acquired special game rights, the symbols of the traps that are candidates for self-arrangement are arranged and displayed in a predetermined order on the display screen, and in the displayed symbols of the game. When four symbols already disclosed in the field are included, this bag symbol is displayed separately from the other symbols. Thus, it is possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine that can be used to prevent a player from performing an operation of selecting useless self-restraint when the player selects self-restraint, and supports the progress of a more friendly game. Can do.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a board surface in a sparrow ball game machine of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the front portion of the sparrow ball game machine 1 basically includes a game board surface 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, a medal tray 5, and a speaker 6. , Lamp 7 and the like.

  A special prize-winning device (hereinafter referred to as an attacker) 9 is located at the center of the game board surface 2 surrounded by the guide rails 8. An attacker operating port 10 through which a game ball can pass is located above the attacker 9. Is provided with a plurality of entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,. These plurality of entrances 11a, 11b,... Correspond to the design of the kite except for chords from two ropes to eight cords (designs are not shown), and there are 27 entrances. Is provided. For example, on the left and right sides of the attacker 9, there are a "Ikko" entrance 11a and a "Jukugo" entrance 11b, and in the lower part of the attacker 9, an "East" entrance 11c, "South , The entrance 11d for "Ichigo", and the entrance 11e for. Furthermore, the game board surface 2 is provided with a decoration 12 with a lamp, a windmill 13 and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the operation panel 3 is provided with a display device 14 including a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 15, and various operation buttons. These various operation buttons include a discard button 16a, 16b,..., A self-discard button 17, a reach button 18, a selection-right shift button 19, and a selection-left shift button. 20, a self-determination decision button 21, a payout button 22, a game end button 23, a game start button 24, and a REJECT button 25. When the player operates each of these buttons (presses and turns on the switch), for example, when the player presses the self-determination button 21, a self-determination determination signal is generated, and this signal is constituted by a microcomputer. Input to the control board. And the software (program) mounted on the control board executes a process set in advance to advance the game for each input signal.

Various display units are set on the display surface of the display device 14, and necessary information and images are displayed on the display unit according to the progress of the game for the player. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the upper horizontal direction of the display surface, the medal reserve number display unit 26, the remaining game ball number display unit 27, the wind screen display unit 28, the front drum display unit 29, and the back drum display unit 30. , Kazunori display unit 31, among special games, a big game Kazutoshi display unit 32 showing a Kazutoshi combination that can obtain the right of a big game, and a Kazunori combination that can obtain the right of a chance game A chance recognizing role display unit 33 for displaying the symbol and a discarding symbol display unit 34 for displaying the symbol of the discarding symbol are provided, and the symbol, effect image, numerical value, and the like of the symbol are displayed as the game progresses.
Further, in the lower horizontal direction of the display surface of the display device 14, there are provided a hand bag display unit 35 for displaying 13 hand bag symbols, and a self screen display unit 36 for displaying self-portraited bag designs. It should be noted that the button names (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) corresponding to the throwing away buttons 16a, 16b,... Are displayed below the symbols displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self display unit 36. …) Is displayed. Moreover, the symbol of the cocoon displayed is displayed in color.

  A control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is mounted at a predetermined position inside the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the control board includes a main control board Ka, a sub control board Kb, and an image control board Kc. The main control board Ka, the sub-control board Kb, and the image control board Kc are respectively an interface circuit 43 for inputting / outputting signals to / from various operation buttons such as the CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, various sensors and the discard button 16a, And a microcomputer including a communication interface circuit 44 for communicating with the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc. Various software (programs) for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 or displaying information or images on the display unit of the display device 14 is a ROM 41 mounted on each control board Ka, Kb, Kc. Is remembered. Further, the ROM 41 of the control boards Kb and Kc stores various image data to be displayed on the display device 14, for example, symbol data for displaying symbols of each bag, effect image data, and the like. . The RAM 42 is used as a storage area and a calculation area for reading various data, creating data, and calculating when these programs are operated. The main control board Ka and the sub-control board Kb, and the sub-control board Kb and the image control board Kc are connected by cable lines T1 and T2 so that data communication can be performed.

  Various programs for controlling the overall operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 are stored in the ROM 41 mounted on the main control board Ka. The various programs include information to be displayed on the display device 14, output of sound from the speaker 6, instruction control for performing lighting control of the lamp 12, and the control data on the sub control board Kb. A program for transmitting to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb is also included. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka include a medal management program P1, a game ball management program P2, an operation signal input program P3, an automatic distribution program P4, a special game player lottery. The program P5, a draft lottery program P6 for determining the front and back drums, a winning determination program P7, a self-determination determination program P8, and the like are included.

The medal management program P1 is a program for managing the number of stored medals and payout processing as the game progresses. When the following signal is detected, processing corresponding to the signal is performed.
(1) When a medal insertion signal is detected from the medal insertion slot 15, the medal storage number stored in the RAM 42 is incremented by “1”.
(2) When a signal from the game start button 24 is detected, “1” is subtracted from the medal reserve number.
(3) When a signal from the game end button 23 is detected at the end of the game, the number of medals acquired by the completion combination is added to the number of stored medals stored in the RAM 42.
(4) When a signal from the payout button 22 is detected, an instruction command for paying out medals corresponding to the number of stored coins to the medal tray 5 is issued, and every time one medal is paid out to the medal tray 5, the number of stored medal is decremented by “1”. To do.

The game ball management program P2 is a program that performs the following processing.
(1) At the start of the game, the remaining number of game balls stored in the RAM 42 is set to 14.
(2) When a throw-in operation signal is detected from the throw-in button 16a or the like, one game ball is sent to the game ball launch position (not shown in FIG. 1).
(3) When a game ball launched from the game ball launch lever 4 enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,... And the incoming signal is detected, the number of remaining game balls is set to “1”. Subtract and create a symbol code for the bag corresponding to the entrance.

  The operation signal input program P3 decodes the operation signals input when the player operates various operation buttons, the signals of various sensors, the processing set for each signal, and the programs P1, P2,. This is a program for performing the process.

The automatic arrangement program P4 is a program for automatically determining the arrangement of 14 baskets at the start of one game. As this automatic layout program P4, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-308425 filed earlier by the present applicant, a predetermined number of layouts are arranged based on random numbers generated by random number generation means. It is possible to adopt a means for determining a total of 14 arrangements by determining the arrangement pattern for performing the selection and further drawing the remaining arrangements.
The special game combination lottery program P5 is a program for determining, by lottery, a winning combination that can acquire a special game right for each game from preset winning combinations. For example, the winning role that can acquire the right of the big game is determined by lottery by selecting one of the three winning roles of “Daisang Yuan”, “Kokushi Musou”, and “Kyuren Baoji”. In addition, there are six types of recognizable roles that can acquire chance game rights, for example, “Ippontsu”, “Seven Pairs”, “Three Darks”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, and “Tang Yao”. Two types are decided by lottery. The method of determining the winning combination that can acquire the right of the special game by lottery can be determined by generating a random number of a predetermined number of digits by program processing, storing it in the RAM 42, and using this random number.

  The dora lottery program P6 is a program for determining a front dra and a back dra by lottery at the start of the game. The winning determination program P7 determines whether or not the hand is in a preset retirement role or is listening when the automatic arrangement is completed and when the player performs his own operation. It is a program to do. As the winning combination, the winning combination data table as shown in Table 1, that is, the code of the winning combination (the code of the winning combination is not displayed in Table 1) and the granted combination are given to the winning combination The data indicating the relationship with the score (the number of acquired medals) is stored in advance in the winning determination program P7.

  The self-determination determining program P8 is self-reliant to the player by the screen of the display device 14 and the interactive method when a signal indicating that the game ball has entered the attacker 9 is input in the game that has acquired the special game right. It is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the cocoon.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the ROM 41 mounted on the sub control board Kb includes a lamp control program P10, an image board control program P11, and the like. The lamp control program P10 is a program for controlling lighting and extinguishing of the lamps 7 and 12 based on the instruction command transmitted from the main control board Ka and its control data. The image board control program P11, based on the instruction command transmitted from the main control board Ka and its control data, indicates the type of sound to be output from the speaker 6 to the image control board Kc and its output timing, This is a program for instructing various types of images and information to be displayed on the display unit of the display device 14, the data contents, and the like. The ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb stores the audio data output to the speaker 6 and the image data to be displayed on the display device 14 in advance, and these data are stored based on the instruction command transmitted from the main control board Ka. The data is transmitted to the image control board Kc.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the ROM 41 mounted on the image control board Kc is mainly composed of an image control program P20 and a sound control program P30. The image control program P20 includes a program for displaying images and numerical values on the display device 14 based on various instruction commands transmitted from the sub control board Kb and data contents thereof, for example, a normal game screen display program P21, It is composed of a special game screen display program P22 and the like. Further, the special game screen display program P22 includes an effect screen display program P23, a self-sufficiency candidate display program P24, a self-suggestion candidate identification display program P25, and the like. The sound control program P30 is a program for outputting sound from the speaker 6 based on the instruction command transmitted from the sub control board Kb. Note that various image data to be displayed on the display device 14 and audio data to be output from the speaker 6 may be shared and stored in the ROM 41 of the image control board Kc in advance. As a result, it is possible to reduce the load of program processing on the main control board Ka, shorten the communication time between the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, reduce the size of the control boards Kb, Kc, and reduce the load of program processing. it can.

  Each of the above-described programs P1 to P30 is developed using an assembler language, C language, Visual Basic language, or the like, and a program translated into a machine language program that can be executed by each CPU 40 is converted into each control board Ka, Kb, It is stored in the ROM 41 of Kc.

  Next, the game procedure of the above-described sparrow ball game machine and the outline of the processing of each program will be described. One game is based on input signals and control signals generated by the player operating various operation buttons such as the insertion of medals into the medal insertion slot 15, the throwing away button 16a,. The programs P1 to P30 mounted on the control board Kb and the image control board Kc are operated and proceed according to the control of these programs.

  First, when the power of the sparrow ball game machine is turned on, the operation signal input program P3 first initializes the storage area of the RAM 42, and then sends an initial screen display command when the power is turned on from the main control board Ka to the sub control board. The data is transmitted to the image control board Kc via Kb. When receiving the initial screen display command, the normal game screen display program P21 mounted on the image control board Kc displays an effect screen when the power is turned on, for example, a landscape screen on the display device 14.

  When the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion slot 15 and the operation signal input program P3 detects the insertion of the medal, the medal management program P1 adds “1” to the medal storage number. Thereafter, when an operation signal of the game start button 24 is detected, the operation signal input program P3 is activated by this signal, and a game of one game can be started. The operation signal input program P3 transmits a game start instruction command to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. Based on this instruction command, the normal game screen display program P21 displays an effect image at the start of the game on the display device 14 and outputs sound from the speaker 6 by the sound control program P30. In this way, one game of the sparrow ball game machine starts.

Subsequently, under the control of the operation signal input program P3, the automatic distribution program P4, the special gamer lottery program P5 (however, only the normal game is activated), and the dora lottery program P6 are activated, and 14 distributions are made. Automatic determination of a game, determination of a winning role that can acquire the right of a big game (hereinafter referred to as a big game winning role) and a winning role that can acquire a right of chance game (hereinafter referred to as a chance game winning role), a table Dora and back dora are decided. Each of the 14 symbols of the game determined by the processing of the programs P4 to P6, the big game ending role, the chance game ending role, the front dora and the back dora symbol data is coded and indicated. It is transmitted to the image control board Kc together with the command. The automatic layout program P4 temporarily stores the 14 patterns of the automatically distributed baskets in the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka, and then rearranges (sorts) them in a predetermined order and stores them. The transmitted symbol code is transmitted to the image control board Kc. When the normal game screen display program P21 receives these data, the normal game screen display program P21 displays the image of the bag as shown in FIG. 3 on the hand-held display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36 of the display device 14.

  The program process for sorting the symbols of the 14 tiles automatically arranged by the automatic arrangement program P4 can be performed by the following procedure. That is, numbers are assigned to all 27 types of cocoon symbols, for example, hexadecimal numbers 01, 02, 03,..., 1B (as shown in FIG. 10) are assigned, and the arranged cocoon symbols are programmed. It becomes possible by rearranging in ascending order. When 14 symbols are automatically distributed, the winning determination program P7 is activated, and it is also checked whether or not a pre-set combination that has been set in advance is completed.

An outline of an image displayed on the display device 14 by the normal game screen display program P21 when these 14 symbols are determined will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the hand wrinkle display unit 35 and the self wrinkle display unit 36 display according to the order of the wrinkle symbols transmitted from the main control board Ka. For example, from the left side of the hand display unit 35, the display is performed in the order of the symbols of the insulator, the tube, the cord, the wind, and the three elements. It should be noted that while the 14 automatic arrangements are not determined, the back side of each bag or a non-displayed symbol may be displayed as an initial screen on the manual display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36.

  When the symbols of the 14 baskets that have been automatically arranged are displayed on the display device 14, the display device 14 informs the player by screen display or sound that the game operation start conditions have been prepared. When the game start conditions are established, the player first selects a throwing-out basket from the symbols of the kites displayed on the manual display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36. Then, when the design of the discard bag is determined, any one of the discard buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,... throw away. On the basis of this discarding pot selection signal, the operation signal input program P3 transmits information regarding the symbol of the discarding pot to the image control board Kc. Then, the normal game screen display program P21 updates and redisplays the symbol of the bag displayed on the discarded basket display unit 34, the manual basket display unit 35, and the self-portrait display unit 36. At the same time, the game ball management program P2 sends one game ball to the game ball launch position. Then, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to be able to launch a game ball into the game board surface 2.

  When the player launches a game ball and this game ball enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., The operation signal input program P3 decodes the entrance signal and enters the entered ball. The information on the symbol of the bag corresponding to the mouth and the remaining number of game balls are transmitted to the image control board Kc. Then, the normal game screen display program P21 displays the symbol of this game on the game display unit 36, and displays the value of the remaining number of game balls transmitted on the game game number display unit 27.

  In this way, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to launch the game ball into the game board surface 2 to enter the listening state, and the remaining game ball number display portion 27 has a value of “1” or more. If there is a display, the player can reach by operating the reach button 18 before performing the operation of throwing away the bag. However, when the above condition is not satisfied (when the listening state is not established), the reach button 18 cannot be operated to reach. After operating the reach button 18, one of the discard buttons 16 a, 16 b, 16 c,... When the self-cutting is performed, the design of the discarded trash is displayed sideways on the discarded candy display section 34, and a reach bar is further displayed. Further, the back-dra display unit 30 displays a back-dra design. In the control related to the reach operation, first, an operation signal of the reach button 18 is detected by processing of the operation signal input program P3, and further, an operation signal from the throw-away buttons 16a, 16b, etc. is detected, and then the winning determination program P7 When the hearing determination result is obtained by the hearing determination process, an instruction command indicating that the reach has been applied is transmitted to the image control board Kc, and based on this instruction command, the normal game screen display program P21 is displayed on the throwing away display 34. It is executed by performing a display process of the design of the discarded jar. In addition, when the game place is in the reach state, when the game balls launched by the player do not end the game (self-restraint) corresponding to the symbols entered into the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,. This self-determination is automatically discarded. That is, after the reach operation, an automatic discarding process is performed to eliminate unnecessary operations by the player.

  Each time the game ball is launched and the game ball enters the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., The winning determination program P7 is set in advance as shown in Table 1 based on the symbol information of the entered entrance. It is determined whether or not the combination of the samurai that will be the finished role is completed. When the winning combination is completed, an instruction command for completing the winning combination and the code of the winning combination are transmitted to the image control board Kc, and the normal game screen display program P21 displays this command on the winning completion display unit 31. The name of the winning role, the number of front and back dras, the number of points earned, etc. are displayed.

Further, the maximum number of points that can be obtained in one game under the control of the winning determination program P7 is, for example, up to 10 points, and the upper limit is set. If two or more types of winning combination are established at the same time, a score obtained by adding the points given to each winning combination becomes the score of the game. Similarly, if the handbag contains the same dragon symbol as the front and back dramas, a score is also added to that dorado, for example, one score per dora is added. The One score obtained in the game corresponds to one medal. However, if the total number of points acquired in the game exceeds 10, the total number of medals (scores) that can be acquired is 10.
Note that the winning determination program P7 is executed until one game is completed, that is, when the game end button 23 is pressed or the game start button 24 is pressed when the remaining number of game balls becomes zero. When the predetermined combination of winning combination shown in Table 1 is not completed, a game end instruction command is transmitted to the image control board Kc, and the normal game screen display program P21 is displayed on the display device. 14 displays “game over” to inform the player of the end of the game.

  In addition, even when the combination of the winning combination is completed, if the display of the remaining game ball number display section 27 is “1” or more, the self-discard button 17 or the discard buttons 16a, 16b, 16c ,... Are transmitted under the control of the operation signal input program P3, a game continuation instruction command is transmitted to the image control board Kc, and the normal game screen display program P21 explains and acquires the winning combination displayed on the display device 14. The score display is turned off so that the game can be continued.

  If the game end button 23 or the game start button 24 is operated when the winning combination is completed and the explanation of the winning combination is displayed on the display device 14, the operation signal input program P3 decodes the type of the input signal. Then, the medal management program P1 is operated, the score acquired in this game is added to the medal stored number stored in the RAM 42, and this medal stored number is transmitted to the image control board Kc. Then, the normal game screen display program P21 displays the medal stored number on the medal stored number display unit 26. Then, when the player operates the game start button 24 after operating the game end button 23, the inserted operation of the stored medals is automatically performed, and the operation signal input program P3 can perform the next game. In order to enter the state, an instruction command for initializing the screen display is transmitted to the image control board Kc.

Next, an outline of the player's operation and program processing when the winning combination is completed with a winning combination that can acquire the right of a big game, which is one of special games set in advance, will be described.
The winning determination program P7 is a combination of preset winning combination each time a symbol (self-sufficiency) code corresponding to the entrance 11a, 11b,. Check if is completed. When the same winning combination as the big game game winning combination (the combination displayed on the big game winning combination display unit 32) is completed before one game is completed, the big game winning combination is completed. An instruction command indicating this is transmitted to the image control board Kc. Then, the effect screen display program P23 alternately displays the explanation display of the winning combination and the display of establishment of the big game right at a predetermined time interval on the recognizing display unit 31 of the display device 14, and displays the big game to the player. Inform you that your rights have been established. When the right of the big game is established, as described above, the attacker 9 can be operated a predetermined number of times, for example, 14 times in the next and subsequent games including the game. That is, in a game in which the right of the big game is established, after the player has automatically arranged, the player launches the game ball, the game ball passes through the attacker operating port 10, and the signal is input to the main control board Ka. Then, the operation signal input program P3 opens the attacker 9 so that the game ball can easily enter the attacker 9. Then, each time a player enters one game ball in the attacker 9, the player can arbitrarily select self-determination by the display device 14 and the interactive method.

  In a game in which the right of the big game is established, the operation signal input program P3, the winning determination program P7, etc., enter five game balls into the attacker 9, or the number of remaining game balls becomes zero. If the completion is not completed, it is determined that the game is over, and a process of returning the attacker 9 to a normal state, that is, a closed state in which no game ball enters, is performed. In addition, the winning determination program P7, even when the big game right is established, when the player has not completed the pre-set winning combination by the end of the game Big game rights are disabled at that time. Therefore, when the player completes the winning combination shown in Table 1 while the right of the big game is established, the player can continue the advantageous game for operating the attacker 9 a predetermined number of times.

  If the first game ball enters the attacker 9 when the right of the big game is established, the operation signal input program P3 issues an instruction command for displaying the self-sufficient candidate display screen based on this ball-in signal. The image is transmitted to the image control board Kc. Then, as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. 9, the self-candidate candidate display program P24 displays a self-contained candidate display screen 37 on the recognizing display unit 31 of the display device 14. The self-candidate candidate display screen 37 is a screen in which all symbols (27 types of symbols) used in the game are arranged in a predetermined order, and all or some of the symbols are displayed. Then, the player performs an operation of selecting the symbol of the bag to be self-recognized in order to complete the resignation role in an interactive manner with this screen display. In the present invention, in a game where the right of a specific game such as this big game is established, there are already four symbols of the same symbol disclosed, and these four symbols are already disclosed. When the symbol of the fox is displayed on the self-candidate candidate display screen 37, it is displayed by being distinguished from the symbols of other candidates for self-discipline, and the four symbols of the cocoon already disclosed to the player are self-sufficient. It is characterized in that it has a means for directing selection so as not to make a selection, that is, for supporting the game progress of the player. The four symbols of the bag already disclosed are, for example, four symbols of the bag already disclosed in the game table and the discarded baskets.

  The details of the procedure for the player to select the player while operating the player's own candidate display screen 37 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 shows a first screen example of the self-candidate candidate display screen 37. The self-candidate candidate display screen 37 is displayed on the summit display unit 31 which is the upper part of the hand display unit 35 shown in FIG. On this self-candidate candidate display screen 37, 27 kinds of wrinkle symbols that are self-candidate candidates are arranged and displayed in a predetermined order. For the 27 types of spiders, if there are already four spears with the same symbol in the game, this spear symbol is transferred to another spear. It is made to identify and display the symbol. In the example shown in FIG. 8, symbols of the kite are arranged in a predetermined order in the horizontal direction from the display area A that is the origin position, for example, three columns in the order of the cord, the tube, the cord, the wind kite, and the ternary kite. it's shown. And, since four symbols M4 of “Sankei” have already been disclosed in the game place, they are displayed separately from other symbols. The player operates the 摸牌 selection right shift button 19, the 牌 selection left shift button 20, and the self-decision decision button 21 while watching the self-candidate candidate display screen 37, and selects a desired 牌 symbol as his / her own. And can be determined.

  When displaying the initial screen of the self-candidate candidate display screen 37 shown in FIG. 8, the self-candidate candidate display program P24 displays the cursor 39 below the “Ichigo” symbol displayed in the display area A serving as the origin. To do. Then, each time the heel selection right shift button 19 and the heel selection left shift button 20 are operated once, the cursor 39 shifts (moves) left and right by one symbol. Further, when the shift button 19 or 20 is operated while the cursor 39 is positioned at the right end or the left end of the screen, the cursor 39 is shifted down one position or above the symbol arrangement. Then, when the player operates the self-determination determination button 21, the corresponding symbol is determined as self-determination on the position where the cursor 39 is displayed.

  FIG. 9 shows a second screen example of the self-candidate candidate display screen 37. FIG. 9 shows a state in which some of the 27 spider symbols handled by the sparrow ball game machine are arranged and displayed in a ring shape in a predetermined order. In the example shown in FIG. 9, a “medium” symbol M 1, a “first base” symbol M 2, a “two base” symbol M 3, a “three bases” symbol M 4,... Are displayed in a ring shape. Among the symbols displayed in the ring shape, the symbol M2 that is displayed in the region A that is the origin at the bottom of the screen, in the example shown in FIG. 9, is displayed larger than the other symbols. The symbols displayed in the display area A can be selected as self-determination by operating the self-determination button 21. Similarly to FIG. 8, since four symbols M3 of “Sankei” have already been disclosed in the game place, an example is shown in which they are distinguished from other symbols and displayed. As a method of displaying the design of the cocoon distinguishing it from other symbols, the brightness of the entire symbol can be displayed darkly, or a portion other than characters can be displayed darker than other symbols, etc. Can be executed by changing the brightness, color tone, etc. of the instruction word for the screen display program when the self-candidate candidate identification display program P25 displays the symbol.

  The self-candidate candidate display screen 37 can be displayed by the following program processing. For example, in the self-determination determination program P8, as shown in FIG. 10, the cocoon array table in which the symbol codes are arranged in a predetermined order (in ascending order of hexadecimal numbers) for the 27 cocoon symbols handled by the sparrow ball game machine. 38 is stored. This kite array table 38 is a data table in which 27 types of kites are arranged in the order of chord, tube, cord, wind kite, and ternary kite, and hexadecimal values are given in ascending order. is there. When the attacker 9 opens and the self-decision determining program P8 is activated, the data of the kite arrangement table 38 is read into the RAM 42, and the symbol code of the read out kite arrangement is transmitted to the image control board Kc. Then, the self-sufficiency candidate display program P24 and the self-sufficiency identification display program P25 can display a self-sufficiency candidate display screen 37 as shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. 9 as an initial screen.

  When the player operates the bag selection right shift button 19 once, the operation signal input program P3 decodes the operation signal, and the self-determination program P8 is activated. The self-decision determining program P8 shifts (rotates) the data of the eyelid array table 38 read to the RAM 42 once in a ring shape in the right direction, and transmits the shifted data of the eyelid array table 38 to the image control board Kc. Then, the self-candidate candidate display program P24 displays an image in a state where the cursor 39 is moved by one symbol to the right in the screen example shown in FIG. 8, and in the screen example shown in FIG. A self-candidate candidate display screen 37 in which each symbol is scrolled by one symbol in the direction) can be displayed. On the other hand, when the player operates the heel selection left shift button 20 once, the data of the heel arrangement table 38 stored in the RAM 42 is shifted once in the left direction in a ring shape by the self-decision determination program P8. Thereafter, by the program processing similar to the above, the cursor 39 shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. 9 or the self-candidate candidate display screen 37 in which the symbol is scrolled by one symbol in the left direction (L direction) can be displayed.

  Subsequently, when the player operates the self-decision determination button 21, this operation signal is input to the main control board Ka, and the operation signal input program P3 is a position where the cursor 39 is stopped in the screen example shown in FIG. In the screen example shown in FIG. 9, the symbol of the symbol displayed in the area A (“one glance” in the example shown in FIG. 9) is determined as the symbol. When the self-design symbol is determined in this way, the self-design symbol code is transmitted to the image control board Kc. Further, the winning determination program P7 determines whether or not the winning combination is completed by this self-restraint. When the own symbol code is transmitted to the image control board Kc, the ordinary game screen display program P21 displays the own symbol on the own display unit 36.

Means for determining the symbol of self-independence by the self-inhibition candidate display screen 37 and the interactive method can be realized by providing the self-independence determination program P8 with a program for executing the following functions. First, in the arrangement of the basket arrangement table 38 stored in the RAM 42, the rightmost arrangement (one table) is displayed in the display position area A in the example shown in FIG. 8, and in the area A in the example shown in FIG. Display as initial screen. Then, each time an operation signal for the selection-right shift button 19 or selection-left shift button 20 is input, the position of the cursor 39 in the example shown in FIG. . In the example shown in FIG. 9, the data stored in the kite arrangement table 38 is shifted by one symbol to the right or left, and the symbol located at the right end of the kite arrangement table 38 shown in FIG. To be displayed. Then, when the operation signal of the self-determination button 21 is input, the self-determination determination program P8 receives the symbol corresponding to the position of the cursor 39 in the example shown in FIG. 8, and the right end of the wrinkle arrangement table 38 in the example shown in FIG. The symbol located at can be a self-sufficient symbol.

  In order to create the self-candidate candidate display screen 37 shown in FIG. 8, it is necessary to grasp the current position of the cursor 39. For this purpose, a cursor position table having almost the same data configuration as that of the basket arrangement table 38 is created and stored in the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka. The self-determination program P8 is added with a program for shifting the position of the cursor 39 in the cursor position table every time an operation signal of the heel selection right shift button 19 or the heel selection left shift button 20 is input. Good.

  In the game place, the determination of the presence or absence of four wrinkles already disclosed can be executed by the following program processing, for example. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, for each of the 27 types of symbols used in the game, a font disclosure number table 50 for accumulating the number of symbol codes disclosed by arrangement and discarding symbols is stored on the main control board. Created in the RAM 42 and stored. Then, processing for adding “1” to the number of pieces disclosed in the table of number of pieces disclosed in the table of the number of pieces disclosed in the table of the number of pieces disclosed in the table is performed with respect to the symbol code of the kites decoded by each program such as the operation signal input program P3, the automatic layout program P4, and the self-determining program P8. It becomes possible by having a program. Then, the self-determination determining program P8 refers to the wrinkle disclosure number table 50 when transmitting the data of the wrinkle arrangement table 38 to the image control board Kc. As shown in FIG. 12, a flag “1” is stored in bit 7 of the corresponding symbol code for the bag arrangement table 38. FIG. 12 shows that four symbols of “Sankei” have already been disclosed. The self-recognition candidate display program P24 checks this flag for each symbol data of the transmitted reed array table 38, and each self-recognition candidate identification display program P25 performs processing as shown in FIGS. It is possible to distinguish and display the color tone for displaying the symbol from other symbols.

  Self-determination determination program P8, self-determination candidate display program P24, self-determination candidate identification display program P25, signal generated by operation of heel selection right shift button 19 and heel selection left shift button 20, operation of self-determination determination button 21 The self-determination determination signal generated by the above-mentioned constitutes the self-display display selection means of the present invention. In addition, the self-determination determining program P8, the self-determination candidate identification display program P25, etc. constitute self-determination identification display means of the present invention.

  In the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, when a chance game right is generated among specific games, only the game can play the same game as the above-described big game. The player's operation procedure when the chance game right is generated and the processing contents of the program are almost the same as those of the big game described above.

  In the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, the program stored in each ROM 41 may be equipped with a program having the above-described functions, and the structure of the program is a structure in which programs created in units of processing functions are combined. It is good to use a computerized program

It is a front view which shows an example of the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structure of the operation panel shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the example of a screen displayed on the display surface of the display apparatus shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structural example of the control board for controlling operation | movement of the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the main control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the sub control board | substrate shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the image control board shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st screen example of the self-determination candidate display screen displayed on a display apparatus in the game of a special game. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd example of a self-studying candidate display screen displayed on a display device in the game of a special game. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the cocoon arrangement | sequence table which shows the list of the code | symbol provided to the design of the mahjong tile handled with the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a data structure of the 牌 disclosure number table. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data memorize | stored in the cocoon arrangement | sequence table shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sparrow ball machine 2: Game board surface 3: Operation panel 9: Special prize-winning device (Attacker)
10: Attacker operation port 11a, 11b, 11c,...: Entrance port 14: Display device 15: Medal insertion port 16a, 16b, 16c,... Right shift button 20: 牌 selection left shift button 21: Self-decision decision button 22: Disbursement button 23: Game end button 24: Game start button 37: Self-containment candidate display screen 38: 牌 arrangement table 40: CPU
41: ROM
42: RAM
P3: Operation signal input program P4: Automatic distribution program P5: Special gamer lottery program P6: Dora lottery program P7: Winning determination program P8: Self-determination determination program P11: Image board control program P21: Normal game screen display program P24: Self-candidate candidate display program P25: Self-candidate candidate identification display program Ka: Main control board Kb: Sub control board Kc: Image control board

Claims (1)

The game board is provided with a display device that displays a entrance corresponding to a plurality of kinds of mahjong tiles and a mahjong tile corresponding to the entrance where the game balls have entered, and has a specific set in advance. A sparrow ball game machine that, when finished with a role, performs a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game,
In the game of the special game, a plurality of types of symbols that are candidates for selection by the player are displayed on the display device, and one of the displayed multiple types of symbols is selected as the selection. Self-display display selection means,
Further, the self-display display selection means is disclosed when the four types of the mahjong tiles of the same design already disclosed in the game place are included in the displayed plural types of symbols. A sparrow ball game machine comprising self-identification identifying display means for distinguishing and displaying a symbol corresponding to the symbol being displayed from a color tone of another symbol.

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