JP2005124648A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine which achieves the excellence in the novelty by enabling the enhancing of the potentialities in the skill-based intervention by the players. <P>SOLUTION: The pachinko game machine 1 is provided with a central prize-winning device 14 to which the game balls winning the electric tulip 12 are guided. The game balls winning the central prize-winning device 14 are distributed to any of a plurality of game ball paths 70-73 formed on a lower stage 32 with a distribution stage 30. Only one horizontally mobile prize-winning gate 65 is provided on the downstream side of the game ball paths 70-73. A shutter 34 for blocking the movement of the game balls is provided on the upstream side of the game ball paths 70-73. It is kept unclear how each game ball winning the central prize-winning device 14 is distributed to the game ball paths (to any thereof) until the shutter 34 is opened. During the period alone, the players can alter the position of the prize-winning gate 65 by operating prize-winning gate shift buttons 20 and 21. During the chance time after the end of the jackpot, an informing processing is carried out with standby position lamps 25-28 to enable the alternative selection of one game ball path which the game balls W should approach. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine.

  Many pachinko gaming machines can be adjusted so that a game ball wins a winning opening provided on the game board. However, aggressive steering operations are rarely required, and many pachinko gaming machines have little skill of the player.

Therefore, a pachinko gaming machine having a configuration that requires aggressive operation by a player has been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a pachinko gaming machine in which a storage device capable of storing balls is provided on a game board and storage can be released by an input operation performed by a player. Also known is a pachinko gaming machine in which the V prize opening moves to the left and right (Patent Document 2 below). Since the V winning opening moves to the left and right, it is necessary for the player to frequently operate the handle so that the game ball is fired to the optimum position.
JP-A-7-194777 JP 2000-334094 A

  As mentioned above, many pachinko machines that require aggressive player operations have been proposed, but all of them have little skill intervention and today they lack novelty. .

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine that can enhance the skill intervention of a player and is excellent in novelty.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a receiving unit that can receive a game ball on a game board that forms a game area in which a game ball is to be fired, and a plurality of waiting for a game ball received by the receiving unit. A distribution structure that distributes to any of the positions, and a winning gate that can be moved to a position corresponding to some of the standby positions among the plurality of standby positions, and that allows the game balls released from the corresponding standby positions to be awarded And an input means for moving the winning gate according to the player's input, and a prize for giving a player a certain prize such as a prize ball or game right when a gaming ball wins the winning gate. Providing means, and notification means for notifying which of the standby positions the game balls distributed by the distribution structure occupy the player can be identified or limited, from the input means To mainly characterized in that the winning probabilities of the game ball to the winning gate is configured to vary in response to the input.

  According to said structure, the game ball which won the receiving part is distributed to a distribution structure, and advances to one of standby positions. A game ball released from one waiting position may or may not win a prize gate depending on the form presented by the prize gate. When a game ball wins a prize gate, a prize such as a prize ball is awarded to the player. In the present invention, the form presented by the winning gate can be switched by the player's input, and notification is made so that the player can identify which standby position the game balls distributed by the distribution structure occupy. An informing means is provided. That is, the input means can be operated based on the notification result. As a result, the necessity of knowing the notification result and the necessity of operating the input means work together to produce high novelty, and also generate room for skill intervention of the player. Contributes to the improvement of the game entertainment.

  In a preferred embodiment, the game mode switching control between the first game mode in which the notification process using the notification means is executed and the second game mode in which the notification process is not executed is performed according to the success or failure of the predetermined condition, and the notification means It is possible to provide game control means for controlling the above. One of the conditions that a pachinko machine should satisfy is a problem regarding equality. It is important that any player plays a game with a certain amount of equality. In other words, it is important to consider the equality as well as improving the skill intervention. However, skill intervention and equality are contradictory and it was difficult to achieve harmony. According to the present invention, the first game mode that is advantageous to the player and the second game mode that is more disadvantageous can be switched. Therefore, it is possible to achieve harmony between the skill intervention and equality while sufficiently securing the skill intervention.

  In a preferred embodiment, a game ball passage forming member that forms a standby position and a game ball passage between the standby position and the winning gate can be provided. The winning gate is a game ball passage forming member so that, when a game ball that has moved through one game ball passage can be won, a game ball that has moved through another game ball passage cannot be won. And a single winning gate that can occupy at least the same number of winning positions as the game ball passage, and the input means moves the winning gate and switches the occupied winning position by the operation of the player. It can be configured as a winning gate moving operation means. With such a configuration, it is only necessary to concentrate on a single winning gate, so that the operation can be prevented from becoming extremely complicated. Further, since the winning gate moving operation means can be operated while watching the movement of the winning gate, an improvement in operability can be expected.

  In addition, a game in which the distribution by the distribution structure is confirmed at a standby position between the distribution structure and the game ball passage in order to prevent the player from seeing the game balls being distributed by the distribution structure. A shutter capable of reciprocating between a blocking position for preventing the ball from moving toward the winning opening and an open position for allowing the ball is provided, and the shutter occupies the blocking position, thereby waiting at the standby position. It is configured so that the player can not visually recognize which of the plurality of winning holes the game ball will go to, and the input from the winning gate moving operation means becomes valid during the invisible period and the winning gate can be moved. be able to. According to this configuration, it is possible to reliably determine which game ball path the game ball proceeds to until the shutter is opened.

  The above-described standby position may be provided with detection means for detecting game balls that have been distributed by the distribution structure in a one-to-one correspondence. In this case, the game control means is configured to include an actuator control means for displacing the shutter, and when the game ball detection signal is acquired from the detection means, the notification means is controlled to execute the notification process. In addition, after a certain time has elapsed since the game ball detection signal was acquired, the actuator is controlled to displace the shutter to the open position. According to this, since the shutter is not opened until after the allocation is completed, it is possible to give the player an appropriate preparation period for operating the winning gate moving operation means.

  In a more preferred aspect, the receiving unit described above is a variable winning device that is controlled to open and close when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the distribution structure prevents a game ball that has won the variable winning device from moving straight by its own weight. It can be configured as a sorting stage in which a plurality of protrusions are arranged. The lower stage forming the game ball passage has a two-layer structure arranged vertically below the sorting stage, and the game balls that have won the variable winning device roll on the upper sorting stage and reach the standby position. The game ball waiting at the standby position is guided to the game ball passage of the lower stage according to the displacement of the shutter to the open position, and the game control means has a game mode in the first game mode. In this case, the notification process using the notification unit is executed before the game ball reaches the standby position and the shutter is displaced to the open position. With such a configuration, it is possible to specifically achieve harmony between skill intervention and equality.

  In this specification, the side facing the player in the normal direction of the game board is defined as the front side, and the opposite side is defined as the rear side.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present invention. The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a front glass door 5 attached to the underframe and a game board 3 that is arranged inside the underframe and is covered by the glass door 5. The game board 3 forms a circular game area. Below the game board 3, a ball supply tray 6 is provided. The game balls (pachinko balls) prepared on the ball supply tray 6 are fired toward the game board 3 by a launching device including a handle 7 and the like. The game balls that have reached the game board 3 through the rails jump out of the hitting ball launcher and fall by their own weight while being played by a number of nails drilled in the game board 3.

  In the game board 3, a central winning device 14 (central bonus device) is arranged near the center. An electric tulip 12 (variable winning device) is arranged adjacent to the central winning device 14. Below the central winning device 14, start chuckers 17, 18, and 19 (start winning ports) are provided. Below the start chuckers 17, 18, and 19, there are provided an attacker 16 that opens in response to the occurrence of a jackpot (special prize), and an out ball collection port 15 for collecting out balls. The attacker 16 is configured as a variable winning device whose movable door is opened and closed by a solenoid. In addition, on the left portion of the ball supply tray 6, there are provided winning gate moving buttons 20, 21 that can be operated by the player (details will be described later).

  FIG. 3 is a schematic enlarged front view of the central winning device 14, and FIG. The central winning device 14 is in direct communication with the electric tulip 12 (variable winning device) arranged adjacent to the central winning device 14, and only the game balls W received by the electric tulip 12 can be won. The electric tulip 12 is configured such that the game ball W can be won when the electric tulip 12 is in the open state, and cannot be won when the electric tulip 12 is in the closed state. The electric tulip 12 is configured to be opened and closed by an actuator such as a solenoid. When the game ball is won in the start chuckers 17 and 18, the opening and closing operation is performed once, and the game ball is won in the start chucker 19. In such a case, control is performed so that the opening / closing operation is performed twice.

  The central winning device 14 includes a casing 140 that is fixedly or detachably attached to the game board 3. In the casing 140, a sorting stage 30 on which the game balls W that won the electric tulip 12 are guided is arranged. Below the sorting stage 30, a lower stage 32 is arranged in a form of a two-layer structure together with the sorting stage 30. On the lower stage 32, a plurality of partition plates 37 to 39 (partition members) are arranged. These partition plates 37 to 39 divide the region on the lower stage 32 in the lateral direction (direction intersecting substantially perpendicular to the distribution direction of the game balls W) to form a plurality of game ball passages 70 to 73. A winning gate 65 is arranged on the front side of the lower stage 32, that is, at the ends (end points) of the game ball passages 70 to 73. Members such as the casing 140, the sorting stage 30, the lower stage 32, the winning gate 65, and the partition plates 37 to 39 are individually manufactured by molding a resin and assembled to each other.

  The winning gate 65 is configured to be movable relative to the lower stage 30 that forms the game ball passages 70 to 73. The movement direction is a direction along the board surface of the game board 3 and is designed to intersect the movement direction of the game balls in the game ball passages 70 to 73 substantially perpendicularly. The winning gate 65 has the same width as each of the game ball passages 70 to 73, and can move individually to the left and right, thereby individually accepting the game balls that have moved through the game ball passages 70 to 73. In the present embodiment, when a game ball that has moved through one game ball passage occupies a position where a prize can be won, the game ball that has moved through another game ball passage cannot be won. .

  As a specific configuration for moving the winning gate 65 in the horizontal direction, a mechanism as shown in FIG. 7 can be shown. That is, if the helical rod 92 and the nut 93 are screwed together and the helical rod 92 is rotated at that position and can be slid without rotating the nut 93, each time the helical rod 92 makes one rotation ( In the case of a single screw thread), the nut 93 moves forward and backward by one pitch. A winning gate 65 is fixed to the nut 93. The power of the motor 123 is transmitted to the spiral rod 92 by the gears 90 and 91. A drive signal is given from the drive circuit 150 to drive the motor 123. The motor 123 is preferably a stepping motor whose rotation amount can be easily controlled. A position detection sensor may be provided to provide feedback so that the movement of the winning gate 65 can be accurately controlled. A drive control signal is input to the drive circuit 150 from the main control board of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

  The drive control signal input to the drive circuit 150 is generated in response to the operation of the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 shown in FIG. The prize gate moving buttons 20 and 21 can be operated by the player. Therefore, the winning gate 65 can be moved to a desired position by an input operation using the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21. However, the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 are not always effective, and in this embodiment, the timing at which the winning gate 65 can be displaced by operating the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 is limited to some extent.

  The length at which the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 are operated (pressed) and the moving amount of the winning gate 65 may be proportional to each other. In such a case, as shown in FIG. There is also a possibility that the winning gate 65 is located in the middle of the two game ball passages 71 and 72. In this case, a game ball guided in either of the game ball passages 71 and 72 may not be able to win the winning gate 65, which is severe for the player. Therefore, when the winning gate movement buttons 20 and 21 are pressed once, the center line in the width direction of each game ball passage 70 to 73 and the central axis line that passes straight through the opening of the winning gate 65 are approximately in a positional relationship. Automatic alignment should be performed. For this reason, it is desirable to adopt a stepping motor as the motor 123, or to take a measure such as providing a sensor for detecting the position of the winning gate 65 and applying feedback.

Next, as can be seen from the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4, the sorting stage 30 is disposed so as to be lowered toward the rear side, and the lower stage 32 is disposed so as to be lowered toward the front side. The lower stage 32 extends rearward so that it can receive the game balls W falling from the sorting stage 30. A plurality of standby positions WP _{0 to} WP ₃ separated by partition plates 37 to 39 are formed on the lower stage 32 on the opposite side (upstream side) of the winning gate 65 across the game ball passages 70 to 73. The game ball W that won the electric tulip 12 rolls backward on the sorting stage 30, falls on the lower stage 32, and reaches one of the standby positions WP _{0 to} WP ₃ . Game ball W having reached the standby position _WP 0 to WP ₃ is rolling one of the game ball passages 70 to 73 shown in FIG. 3 toward the front side. The game ball W that has moved to the end of the game ball passages 70 to 73 passes through the winning gate 65 and is discharged from the central winning device 14 or is discharged from the central winning device 14 without passing through the winning gate 65. The winning gate 65 is provided with a winning gate passage detector 66 (detection sensor). A jackpot is generated in response to the passage of the game ball W being detected by the winning gate passage detection unit 66, and the attacker 16 changes from the closed state to the open state.

  FIG. 5 shows a top view of the sorting stage 30. The distribution stage 30 is provided with a plurality of projections 31 in a dispersed form that prevent the game balls W that won the electric tulip 12 from moving straight toward the rear side by their own weight. The protrusion 31 may be integrally formed with the sorting stage 30 or may be a part in which another part is fixed using an adhesive or the like. In the present embodiment, the protrusion 31 is integrally formed or fixed to the sorting stage 30. However, the protrusion 31 may be detachable or repositionable. By doing so, it is possible to adjust the so-called habit (trend) of the table. Further, the protrusion 31 may be configured to be constantly displaced by an actuator such as a motor. In addition, it is desirable that the protrusions 31 are arranged so that the game balls W are distributed to the game ball passages 70 to 73 with a substantially equal probability.

Further, standby positions WP _{0 to} WP ₃ are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with standby position detectors 40 to 43 configured as passing gates for the game balls W. As shown in FIG. 4, the partition plates 37, 38, 39 arranged on the lower stage 32 extend directly below the standby position detection units 40 to 43 together with the lower stage 32, and have passed through the standby position detection units 40 to 43. The ball W is prevented from proceeding in a direction intersecting with the direction along the partition plates 37, 38, 39, that is, from traveling to the opposite side across the partition plates 37, 38, 39. As a result, the game balls W are distributed by the distribution stage 30 and the distribution is determined when the game balls W pass through the standby position detection units 40 to 43. In other words, the game balls distributed to one game ball passage are not always confused with the game balls distributed to other game ball passages.

  Further, on the downstream side of the standby position detection units 40 to 43, a blocking position for determining that the sorting by the sorting stage 30 has been confirmed and dropped on the lower stage 31 is prevented from proceeding toward the downstream side, and an allowable There is provided a shutter 34 that can reciprocate between two positions of the open position. When the shutter 34 occupies the blocking position, the game ball W stands by behind the shutter 34. When the shutter 34 occupies the open position, the game ball W advances smoothly through the game ball passages 70 to 73. As shown in FIG. 6, the shutter 34 occupies a blocking position when protruding upward from a groove 32 m formed in the lower stage 34, and the upper end 34 p of the shutter 34 is substantially flush with the upper surface 32 p of the lower stage 32. When it becomes one, the open position is occupied. The shutter 34 is activated by energizing the solenoid 121. The operation control of the solenoid 121 is performed by the CPU 50 of the main control board 100 via the drive circuit 150. It is assumed that the shutter 34 is in a closed state when the blocking position is occupied.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, by arranging the cover 80, the upper surface side of the sorting stage 30 is shielded and cannot be visually recognized from the player side. Further, standby position lamps 25 to 28 and a round number display unit 60 are disposed above the shutter 34. As shown in FIG. 4, in a state where the shutter 34 occupies the blocking position, the standby positions WP _{0 to} WP ₃ are not completely visible from the player side. With such a configuration, the player recognizes completely how the game ball W is distributed to each of the game ball passages 70 to 73 by the action of the distribution stage 30, and the shutter 34 is provided with the shutter 34. Unless it is displaced to the open position, it is made impossible to recognize which game ball passages 70 to 73 the game ball W moves. Only when the game ball W approaches the front side of the shutter 34, the player can visually recognize the game ball W.

  As described above, the time when the operation of the winning gate moving operation buttons 20 and 21 is effective is limited. Specifically, in the present embodiment, when the game ball W wins the central winning device 14 and the passage position is detected by the standby position detection units 40 to 43, the winning gate moving operation buttons 20 and 21 are effective. On the other hand, the winning gate moving operation buttons 20 and 21 are invalidated when the shutter 34 is controlled to be opened. The remaining time for which the winning gate moving operation buttons 20 and 21 are valid is displayed on the movable time display section 60. Therefore, the player moves the winning gate 65 while selecting one of the four game ball paths 70 to 73 during a period in which the winning gate moving operation buttons 20 and 21 are valid. If the shutter 34 is displaced to the open position and the game ball W passes through the winning gate 65 through one game ball passage, the jackpot is generated.

  By the way, even if the shutter 34 occupies the blocking position, the game ball W is detected to be passed by the standby position detection units 40 to 43, and the game ball path to be advanced is determined. Therefore, based on the detection signals from the standby position detection units 40 to 43, it is possible to notify the game ball path that the game ball W should travel. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the standby position lamps 25 to 28 are turned on and off to notify which of the game ball paths 70 to 73 the game balls W have been distributed. However, if 100% is fully notified, it will be very easy to win a jackpot. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, there are more standby position lamps than the number of game balls W that have passed through the standby position detectors 40-43. Is turned on, and notification is made in such a manner that the choices of positions where the winning gate 65 should be moved are reduced. That is, when not notified, the jackpot probability is ¼, and when notified, the jackpot probability is ½. In this way, the pachinko gaming machine 1 tries to balance the skill intervention and equality of the player. Note that the standby position lamps 25 to 28 appeal to the eye and are excellent in distinguishability. However, the notification means is not limited to this, and it is possible to notify by voice or image.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The game control device 300 is arranged on the rear side of the game board 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 100 (main control part), a display control board 105 (display control part), a voice control board 106 (voice control part), and lamp control. It is configured to include a substrate 107 (lamp control unit), a payout control substrate 108 (prize ball control unit), and a firing control substrate 109 (launch control unit). A configuration in which each substrate individually includes a CPU and a memory is common, but is omitted in FIG. Each substrate is supplied with a predetermined voltage of power generated by the power supply circuit unit 110.

  The display control board 105 executes processing for displaying an image on the round number display unit 60 in accordance with the display control signal input from the main control board 100. The sound control board 106 outputs sound from the speaker 116 according to the input sound control signal. The lamp control board 107 controls blinking of the lamps such as the standby position lamps 25 to 28 according to the input lamp control signal. The payout control board 108 controls the payout device 118 according to the input prize signal. Thereby, a predetermined amount of prize balls are paid out to the player. The launch control board 109 activates the launch device 119 provided corresponding to the handle 7 in response to the player operating the handle 7 (operation unit). Depending on the amount of operation of the handle 7, it is possible to adjust the launch strength of the game balls (the flight distance of the game balls). The main control board 100 includes a CPU 50, a ROM 51 for storing a program, a RAM 52 to which a work area and various counters are assigned, and an input / output port 53, which communicate with each other via a bus. It has become.

The main control board 100 has start winning detection units 170, 180, 190 attached to the start chuckers 17, 18, 19, an attacker winning detection unit 160 attached to the attacker 16, and an electric tulip winning attached to the electric tulip 12. A detection unit 120; standby position detection units 40 to 43 provided at standby positions WP _{0 to} WP ₃ in the central winning device 14; a winning gate passage detection unit 66 attached to the winning gate 65; The winning gate movement button operation detection units 85 and 86 provided individually in each of the 21 are electrically connected via a switch circuit (not shown). Each detector includes a contact type or non-contact type sensor (switch). The opening and closing of the attacker 16 and the electric tulip 12 configured as a variable winning device is performed by switching between the excitation solenoid 161 and the electric tulip solenoid 122. Each solenoid 161, 122 is connected to the main control board 100 via a drive circuit or the like, and the operation is controlled by the CPU 50.

  Each detection unit detects a winning or passing game ball W or a button operation, and generates a detection signal. The CPU 50 of the main control board 100 acquires these detection signals and executes predetermined electrical processing according to the signal acquisition timing (input timing). The electrical processing when the start winning detection signal is acquired from the start winning detection units 170, 180, 190 includes drive control processing of the solenoid 122 for opening and closing the electric tulip 12 once or twice for a predetermined time. A drive control signal is input to the drive circuit of the solenoid 122, the energization of the solenoid 122 is performed, and the electric tulip 12 opens and closes. A program for performing such control is stored in the ROM 51 of the main control board 100 or the ROM (not shown) of each control board. The CPU 50 of the main control board 100 uses a counter / timer circuit unit or the like (not shown) to create an interrupt program for controlling the pachinko gaming machine 1 triggered by a timer interrupt that occurs approximately every 2 msec, for example. Can be activated.

  Hereinafter, the control procedure of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described together with the operation of the central winning device 14. The description will be made with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The process shown in each figure can be set as a subroutine of an interrupt process executed by the main control board 100. As described above, the interrupt process can be started based on the occurrence of a timer interrupt in the CPU 50. In addition to the processing shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the interrupt processing includes known subroutines (not shown) such as error check processing, winning switch processing, winning gate moving button processing, data output processing, solenoid processing, winning ball processing, and voice processing. Including. In the winning gate moving button process, when the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 are operated, it is determined whether or not the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 are valid. Is a process of switching the position of the winning gate 65 by driving. Other processes are omitted in this specification for simplicity.

  FIG. 9 shows a flow of the electric tulip opening process executed on condition that the game balls win the start chuckers 17 and 18. The start chucker 19 that is opened twice is omitted. When the winning of the game ball W to the start chuckers 17 and 18 is detected by the start winning detection units 170 and 180, the electric tulip 12 is opened for a certain time (for example, 0.5 seconds). Whether or not the big hit counter is 1 or more is determined according to the winning to the start chuckers 17 and 18. In the present embodiment, the notification process using the standby position lamps 25 to 28 is executed from immediately after the big hit until a predetermined number of wins (for example, 5 times) are awarded to the start chuckers 17, 18, and 19. A period in which the notification process is to be performed is a chance time. The chance time is managed by a jackpot counter and a chance time flag.

  Considering the above-mentioned chance time mode, there are three types of game modes that the pachinko gaming machine 1 shows: a jackpot mode, a chance time mode (first game mode), and a normal mode (second game mode). The CPU 50 functions as a game control means for executing game mode switching control by turning on / off the chance time flag. In S4, when the big hit counter is 1 or more, the counter is decremented.

  Next, FIG. 10 shows a flow of the central winning device process. When the game balls W are detected by the standby position detectors 40 to 43, the winning gate moving time measuring timer is started and the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 are activated (S10 to S12). The winning gate moveable time measuring timer is, for example, a timer set in a predetermined area of the RAM 52, and inputs from the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 are accepted until the timer expires.

  Next, in S13, it is determined by the chance time flag stored in the storage means such as the RAM 52 whether or not the current game mode is the chance time mode. When the chance time flag is ON, the game mode at that time is the chance time mode. When it is determined that the game mode at that time is the chance time mode, processing (notification processing) of lighting the standby position lamp is executed based on the detection results of the standby position detection units 40 to 43. Note that the standby position lamps that are turned on include a standby position lamp corresponding to the game ball path along which the game ball W travels and other standby position lamps. Of these, the former can be determined directly from the detection results of the standby position detectors 40-43. The latter may be determined indirectly by a lottery process or the like.

  Next, in S15, it is determined whether or not the winning gate moving time measuring timer is operating. In S16, the winning gate moveable time measurement timer is incremented, and it is determined in S17 whether or not the time is up. Based on the value indicated by the winning gate moveable time measuring timer, display processing of the moveable time display unit 60 is performed as shown in FIG. When the winning gate moving time measuring timer expires, the winning gate moving buttons 20 and 21 are invalidated in S18. Along with this, it is determined whether or not the big hit counter = 0, and the chance time flag is turned OFF according to the result (S19, S20). Thereby, the game mode is switched from the chance time mode to the normal mode. In S21, the shutter 34 is displaced to the open position.

  Proceeding to FIG. 11, it is confirmed in S22 that the shutter 34 is being opened. If the shutter 34 is open, it is determined whether or not the game ball W has passed through the winning gate 65 (S23). When the game ball W passes through the winning gate 65, the jackpot flag is turned ON, the jackpot after counter is set to “5”, and the shutter 34 is closed. Even if the shutter opening time (for example, 3 seconds) elapses without the game ball W passing through the winning gate 65, the shutter 34 is closed (S24 to S27).

  Finally, in the present specification and claims, it should be noted that even when “winning” is described, the case where no prize is paid out is included.

The front schematic diagram of the pachinko game machine of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. The enlarged front view of a center winning apparatus. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the central winning device shown in FIG. 3 taken along the line AA. The top view of a distribution stage. Explanatory drawing of an effect | action of a shutter. The schematic diagram which shows the structure for moving a winning gate to a horizontal direction. The schematic diagram which shows execution of the alerting | reporting process using a stand-by position lamp. The flowchart of an electric tulip opening process. The flowchart of a center winning apparatus process. The flowchart following FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 3 Game board 12 Electric tulip (receiving part)
14 Central winning device 20, 21 Winning gate moving button (input means)
30 Sorting stage (sorting structure)
31 Protrusion 32 Lower stage (game ball passage forming member)
34 Shutter 37, 38, 39 Partition plate (game ball passage forming member)
40, 41, 42, 43 Standby position detection unit (detection means)
50 CPU (game control means, drive control means)
52 RAM (storage means)
65 winning gates 70, 71, 72, 73 game ball passage 80 cover (shield)
85,86 Winning gate movement button operation detection part (input means)
121 Solenoid for shutter (actuator)
WP ₀ , WP ₁ , WP ₂ , WP ₃ standby position

Claims (6)

A distribution structure in which a receiving portion capable of receiving the game ball is provided on a game board forming a game area where the game ball is to be fired, and the game ball received by the receiving portion is distributed to any of a plurality of standby positions Body,
A winning gate provided so as to be movable to a position corresponding to a part of the standby positions among the plurality of standby positions, wherein a game ball released from the corresponding standby position can be won;
Input means for moving the winning gate according to the player's input;
A prize granting means for granting a player a certain prize, such as a prize ball or a game right, when the game ball wins the prize gate;
An informing means for informing the player that the game ball distributed by the distribution structure occupies any of the standby positions so that the player can be identified or limited;
A pachinko gaming machine configured to change a winning probability of the game ball to the winning gate in accordance with an input from the input means.   The game mode switching control between the first game mode in which the notification process using the notification means is executed and the second game mode in which the notification process is not executed is performed according to the success or failure of a predetermined condition, and the control of the notification means The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a game control means for performing a game. A game ball passage forming member that forms a game ball passage between the standby position and the standby position and the winning gate;
The game gate is configured so that, when the game ball that has moved through the one game ball passage can be won, the game ball that has moved through the other game ball passage cannot be won. A single winning gate that can move relative to the ball path forming member and occupy at least the same number of winning positions as the game ball path;
The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the input means is a winning gate moving operation means for moving the winning gate and switching the winning position occupied by the player by an operation of a player. A shield for making the game balls distributed by the distribution structure invisible from the player side,
The standby position includes a shutter that can reciprocate between two positions, a blocking position that prevents the game ball that has been allocated by the distribution structure from moving toward the winning opening and an open position that allows the gaming ball. Is provided,
Since the shutter occupies the blocking position, it is impossible for the player to visually recognize which of the plurality of winning holes the game ball waiting in the standby position is directed to,
4. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein an input from the winning gate moving operation means becomes valid during the invisible period and the winning gate can be moved. The standby position is provided with one-to-one detection means for detecting the game balls that have been sorted by the sorting structure.
The game control means includes an actuator control means for displacing the shutter, executes the notification process by controlling the notification means triggered by acquiring a game ball detection signal from the detection means, The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein after a predetermined time has elapsed since the game ball detection signal was acquired, the actuator is controlled to displace the shutter to the open position. The receiving unit is a variable winning device that is controlled to open and close when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the distribution structure includes a plurality of protrusions that prevent the game balls that have won the variable winning device from moving straight due to their own weight. Configured as an arranged sorting stage,
The lower stage forming the game ball passage has a two-layer structure arranged vertically below the sorting stage,
The game ball that has won the variable winning device rolls on the upper sorting stage and reaches the standby position, and the standby position is changed to the open position in response to the shutter being displaced to the open position. The game ball is guided to the game ball passage of the lower stage,
When the game mode is the first game mode, the game control means uses the notification means before the game ball reaches the standby position and the shutter is displaced to the open position. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the game machine is executed.

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