JP2005342307A - Mahjong pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mahjong Pachinko game machine having an assisting function of game proceeding, which is operated by a button switch operated by a player. <P>SOLUTION: This game machine is provided with a game history data storing means for storing history data of games performed in the past, and a game proceeding assisting means for assisting judgment, or the like, of game proceeding. The game proceeding assisting means is provided with a winning combination occurrence frequency display means for displaying the frequency of occurrences of a winning combination for each winning combination based on the history data of games stored in the game history data storing means, a ball entering mouth lighting means for lighting a ball entering mouth corresponding to a tile which has to be drawn for establishing a winning hand or a ready-to-win hand before the player performs an operation for drawing a tile to the current player's hand and a discarded tile switch lighting means for lighting a discard tile button switch corresponding to a tile which has to be discarded for establishing a ready-to-win hand before the player performs a discarding operation to the current player's hand. The game proceeding assisting means also has a display means for the number of tiles required for establishing a ready-to-win hand so as to count the number of tiles required for the ready-to-win hand for each winning combination based on pattern data of the tiles distributed at the start of a game. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game progress assist means for supporting the progress of a game so that the game can be enjoyed even for a player who has little knowledge of mahjong and a game experience of a sparrow ball game machine, and a player who has abundant game experience. It relates to a sparrow ball game machine equipped with.

  In the sparrow ball game machine, a plurality of entrances are provided corresponding to the types of mahjong tiles (hereinafter referred to as samurai) in the game board surface, and the entrances where game balls launched by the players enter The corresponding design of the kite is added to the handbook as a kite (hereinafter referred to as self-stitch). Then, if the combination of the hand tiles has not completed the preset combination of the rising (completion) combination, an operation of “discard” is performed to select and discard one unnecessary basket from the hand tile. In this way, the player can win a predetermined number of medals for each ascending combination if the combination is raised before the predetermined number (for example, 14 or less) of game balls are fired. can do. Further, when the rising combination is a specific rising combination set in advance, a special game advantageous to the player can be performed for the next predetermined number of games as compared with a normal game (normal game). It can be done.

  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 that can be obtained for a player with an advantageous game for a predetermined number of times from the next time, including the game, when the game is played in a specific rising role (for example, three yuan) set in advance. I mean. 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. Then, when the player completes the winning combination for the game that has acquired the right of the big game, a plurality of games after the next time can play the game with the right of the big game being established.

  The chance game is a game that can be executed in the state where the right of the big game is established only for the next one game when a rising combination that can acquire a predetermined chance game right is completed. Or it is a game in which the number of points that can be obtained only for the game is added from the normal game. Therefore, the game that has acquired the special game right can be easily won (raised) by the player. The normal game means a game that has not acquired the right of the big game or the chance game.

  Conventionally, the sparrow ball game machine has a drawback that it is difficult for a player who has little knowledge of mahjong to easily play a game. The reason for this is that there are more than 20 types of combinations of rising roles in the sparrow ball game machine, there are various combinations of kites to complete this rising, and the size of the rising role for each rising role, That is, the number of medals that a player can acquire is different. Especially for players who have little knowledge of mahjong, in order to complete the uplifting role more quickly, one should add one kite to the current thirteen steps, or the current 14 hands. It is impossible to immediately judge a bag that should be thrown away as an unneeded bag.

  In order to solve such a problem, for example, the following patent documents have been proposed as mahjong gaming machines provided with an assist function (means) for assisting a player in progressing a game.

JP-A-7-155426 (Specification, page 5, FIG. 4, FIG. 5) JP 2003-62333 A (specifications, pages 5 to 10, FIGS. 9 and 13)

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is determined by the hearing determination means and the self-determination determination means whether the game ball is inserted into the entrance corresponding to which basket next and the rising combination is completed. It is described that, when operated, a lamp at the entrance that can complete the rising role is turned on.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a means for advising a player's determination of game progress by turning on an advice button for a portable mahjong game device or the like having a plurality of opponents. In Patent Document 2, it is possible to select an advice function using a screen and an interactive method with respect to selection of “emphasis on early agari” or “consideration of transliteration”, selection of “discarding instruction”, etc. in order to determine a goal of a rising role It is described to do. Further, Patent Document 2 also describes that, when “discarding instruction” is selected, a mark is given to a bag to be discarded from the hand symbol displayed on the display device.

  In the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is determined whether or not the current hand is in a hearing state. This is a sparrow ball game machine in which the entrance corresponding to the basket to be refrained is lit with a lamp when the help switch is pressed. However, when the current hand is in a listening state and the next one is turned up, the assist of the hand to be turned up is the size of the hand when the up hand is completed, that is, the game It is considered that the player's interest in the progress of the game can be enhanced by changing the color of the entrance to light according to the number of medals paid out to the player.

  The invention described in Patent Document 2 above is a mahjong game device having an assist function such as throwing away baskets, but is not a so-called sparrow ball game machine using a game ball. For a sparrow ball game machine that has a spear ball that corresponds to the entrance to which a game ball has entered (hereinafter referred to as “self-reliance”), for those who have little knowledge of mahjong or less experience with a sparrow ball game machine. When assisting the progress of the game, in order to complete the target rising role from the current trick as soon as possible, it is also extremely important to teach the samurai to be self-sufficient along with the abandoned kites.

  Furthermore, the history data of the game executed in the past is stored for each sparrow ball game machine, and when a display request of this history data is generated from the player during the game, the history of the past rising role is always determined. If an assist function for displaying the occurrence frequency (number of times and ratio) is provided, it is possible to grasp the past trend of rising combination occurrence for each sparrow ball game machine. Having such an assist function on a sparrow ball game machine, even for players with abundant gaming experience, use this assist function from the beginning of the game to decide the target uplift and proceed with the game Since it is possible, the interest of the game progress can be made higher.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make a game progress that can further enhance the interest of game progress for a player who has little knowledge of mahjong, a game experience of a sparrow ball game machine, and a player who has abundant game experience. The object is to provide a sparrow ball game machine equipped with assist means.

The present invention provides a game entrance surface corresponding to a mahjong tile design made up of a plurality of types of mausoleum, and the mahjong tile design at the entrance into which the game ball launched by the player enters. When the player has added a self-suppressing mahjong tile to the player's hand, and completes a combination of rising combinations in which the combination of symbols of the hand is preset, the player In the sparrow ball game machine that can obtain a preset number of medals for each of the winning combinations as a prize,
Game history data storage means for storing history data of games executed in the past;
Before performing the player's own operation on the player's current procedure, if he / she decides whether or not there is a mahjong tile to be used in order to make the combination a combination of rising roles, A self-determining means for determining whether or not there is a mahjong tile that should be self-recognized in order to hear the hand, and a game progress assisting means for assisting the player in the progress of the game,
Further, the game progress assist means includes:
A rising occurrence frequency display means for displaying the rising occurrence frequency for each rising combination of the game based on the game history data stored in the game history data storage means;
If it corresponds to the mahjong tile that should be self-contained if it is determined by the self-rising judgment means, or the mahjong tile that should be self-contained if it is self-determined by the hearing judgment means if it is self-identified. There is a entrance entrance lighting means that lights the entry entrance before the player performs the operation of self-restraint,
The game progress assisting means is a sparrow ball game machine that is activated by an input operation of the assist request input means by the player.

Further, in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, the sparrow ball game machine throws away any one mahjong tile from the handclaw before performing a discard spear operation on the current hand of the player. If it is thrown away, a judgment is made if it is thrown away to judge whether or not the hand is heard,
The game progress assisting means is provided with a lighting means for a throwing button switch disposed corresponding to the throwing pot to be listened to when thrown away, when the player performs the throwing pot operation. This is a sparrow ball game machine having a throwing-off switch lighting means that lights up.

Further, the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, when the game's game is determined, listens number calculating means for calculating the number of views for completing the determined game for each rising combination. With
The game progress assisting means has listening number display means for displaying the number of listenings for each rising hand calculated by the listening number calculation means, or the number of listenings for each rising hand and the rising occurrence frequency. It is a sparrow ball game machine.

  Further, in the present invention, the entrance opening lighting means displays the entrance corresponding to the mahjong tile that should be self-recognized, which rises if self-existing, in a color corresponding to the level of the number of medals to be paid out to the ascending combination. It is a sparrow ball game machine having means for lighting in color.

The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) For each sparrow ball game machine, data relating to the frequency of occurrence of each game that has been executed in the past can be displayed as an assist screen at any time as requested by the player. As a result, a player, particularly a player who is familiar with the sparrow ball game machine, can advance the game while judging the target winning combination for each game with reference to past results. Can be more interesting.

  (2) Each means of the game progress assist means which is a feature of the present invention is activated by an input operation of the player's assist request input means. Thereby, the player who is familiar with mahjong knowledge and the sparrow ball game machine can advance the game without operating the game progress assisting means. On the other hand, a player who has little knowledge of mahjong and game experience with a sparrow ball machine will be “rising if he / she self”, “listening if he / she self”, or “listening if he / she discards” when the game progress assist means is activated. Since the entrance corresponding to, and the button switch for throwing away are clearly indicated, it is possible to complete the winning combination faster.

  (3) As one of the game progress assisting means employed in the present invention, when 14 arrangements are confirmed at the start of the game, a pre-set rise based on the 14 arrangement data A means for displaying the number of listening to complete the rising for each combination and the frequency of occurrence of the rising of the game executed in the past for each rising combination is provided. This assist means that both players who are familiar with mahjong knowledge and sparrow ball machines, as well as non-skilled players, can play the game while setting their own goals for the game. The interest of the game progress can be increased.

  The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is characterized in that game progress assist means for assisting the player in the progress of the game is provided. This game progress assist means is composed of means having the functions described in (1) to (4) below. The game progress assist means is executed by the player through an input operation of the assist request input means.

(1) A rising occurrence frequency display means for displaying past game history data such as a rising occurrence probability for each rising role from game history data executed in the past.
(2) When it is assumed that any one of the 14 hands has been thrown away as a throwing bag, it is determined whether or not 13 hands are in a hearing state. If it is determined, the throwing-off switch lighting means that lights up the light-emitting body provided in the throwing-button button corresponding to the throwing pad and makes it explicit to the player before the player performs the throwing pad operation.

(3) Assuming that any one bag is added to the current thirteen hands, whether the fourteen hands will complete the rising role or be in a hearing state judge. Then, if it is determined that a player who completes a rising hand or is in a hearing state, it is installed near the entrance corresponding to the player's own player before performing the player's own operation. Entrance entrance lighting means for lighting the luminous body.
(4) When 14 symbols are determined at the start of the game, the number of listeners for completing this rising role is calculated for each of the rising roles, and the listening for each calculated rising role is calculated. Listening number display means for displaying the number on a display device.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention described below will be described with an example of a sparrow ball game machine in which a game is performed by using a total of 108 spears, each of 27 types of spear symbols. For example, the 27 types of cocoon symbols are: 9 types of lions from “Ichigo” to “Jiu”, 9 types of “Ichitsu” to “Nine”, There are 2 types of “Kujo”, and 7 types of character are “Eastern”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Amber”, and “Middle”. Therefore, the eggplant and the tube are several, and the chords “Ichigo” and “Kujiko” cannot be formed into Junko, so they are included in the letter. As a result, the type of bag of the embodiment described below indicates the above-mentioned three types of “zushi”, “tuber”, and “character box”.

  In addition, the above-mentioned two kinds of numbers are composed of, for example, nine kinds of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” and nine types of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jukugo”. The spider ball is a sparrow ball with a spear pattern consisting of “One-cylinder” and “Nine-cylinder” of Tsutsuko, and “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Tail”, and “Middle” It can also be a gaming machine. In addition, the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is composed of a total of four kinds of three kinds of puppets (three pieces of lions, tsutsuko, cords) and a character bowl, and uses a total of 136 symbols. It is also possible to apply to a sparrow ball game machine.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a game board in a sparrow ball game machine of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the front part of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is basically a game board surface part 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, a medal tray 5, audio. And a sound output device for outputting sound effects, such as a speaker 6, a lamp device 7, and the like.

  In the center of the game board surface portion 2 surrounded by the guide rails 8, a special winning device (hereinafter referred to as an attacker) 9, an attacker operating port 10 through which a game ball can pass above the attacker 9, the left and right sides of the attacker 9, and A plurality of entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,... Are provided below and the like. The plurality of entrances 11a, 11b,... Are provided with 27 entrances corresponding to 27 types of kites except for chords from two ropes to eight ropes. For example, a “white” entrance 11a and a “middle” entrance 11b are located on the left and right sides of the attacker 9, and a “first base” entrance 11c, “2” , Etc. are provided. Further, the game board surface portion 2 is provided with a decoration device 12 with a lamp, a windmill 13 and the like. In addition, the light-emitting body used for the lamp apparatus 7 and the decoration apparatus 12 with a lamp can use a normal light bulb or LED.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation panel 3 is provided with a display device 14 constituted by a liquid crystal display device or the like, a medal slot 15, and various operation buttons (switches). These various operation buttons include a button for discarding buttons 16a, 16b,..., 16m serving as a means for inputting a throwing bag having 13 buttons arranged in the horizontal direction, and an input unit for throwing away the trap. Self-discarding 牌 button switch 17, reach button 18, 牌 selection right shift button 19, 牌 selection left shift button 20, self-decision decision button 21, payout button 22, game end button 23, game start button 24, REJECT button 25.
Further, the operation panel 3 is provided with a history data display button switch SW1, a self-discarding assist button switch SW2, and a number-of-hearing display button switch SW3. These button switches SW1, SW2 and SW3 serve as assist request input means for the player to realize the game progress assist means which is a feature of the present invention.

  The outline of the assist function when the player turns on the history data display button switch SW1, the self-discarding trap assist button switch SW2, and the number-of-hearing display button switch SW3 is as follows.

  When the history data display button switch SW1 is turned on, information related to history data of games executed in the past stored for each sparrow ball game machine 1 is displayed on the display device 14.

  When the self-discarding assist button switch SW2 is turned on, there is a habit of "rising if self-discarding", "listening if self-disturbing", or "listening if discarding" in the player's hand as the game progresses When the player performs the self-removal operation or the retirement operation, the light emission comprising the LEDs provided on the entrances of the reeds to be retired and the retirement button switch corresponding to the reeds to be retired. Illuminate your body and make it clear.

When the number-of-listens-indicating button switch SW3 is turned on, when 14 arrangements are confirmed by the automatic arrangement program at the start of the game, this is determined for each rising combination based on the determined arrangement data. Information on the number of listeners for completing the ascent and information regarding the frequency of occurrence of each ascent in the past is displayed on the display device 14. Note that the number of listeners indicates the number of saddles (the number of times to be self-recognized) necessary to complete a winning combination from 14 pieces of layout data.
Each assist function executed by pressing the history data display button switch SW1, the self-discarding heel assist button switch SW2, and the number-of-hearing display button switch SW3 constitutes a game progress assist means in the present invention.

  When the player operates the above-mentioned various buttons (presses and turns on the switch contact), for example, when the player presses the button 16a for discarding, a discarding signal is generated, and this signal is controlled by a microcomputer. Input to the board. The software (program) mounted on the control board analyzes the input signal and executes a preset process for advancing the game for each input signal.

  It should be noted that the history data display button switch SW1, the self-discarding trap assist button switch SW2, and the number-of-hearing display button switch SW3 are switches that are configured so that an LED indicating that the switch is ON is lit when pressed once. use. Also, even if the history data display button switch SW1 is pressed once and turned on, if the player performs a throwing away or self-repressing operation, the switch is turned off by the program processing and turned off. To control. Further, the self-discarding assist button switch SW2 and the number-of-listenings button switch SW3 are turned on when pressed once, and this ON state continues until the LED is turned off when pressed again. It has become. Accordingly, when the switches SW2 and SW3 are turned on once, the assist function corresponding to the switches SW2 and SW3 can be activated and operated in the next game. The assist function by the history data display button switch SW1, the self-rejecting spear assist button switch SW2, and the number-of-hearing display button switch SW3 is such that after each game, 14 steps are automatically determined by the program processing at the start of the game. It is good to operate when these switches are pressed during one game to the end of one game. Also, the player may press the SW1, SW2, and SW3 at a timing before pressing the throwing away or self-suckering operation. Note that the history data display button switch SW1 can also activate its assist function when it is turned on even when no game is being played.

  Various display units are set on the display surface of the display device 14, and necessary information, images, and effect images are displayed on the display unit as the game progresses. 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. Among the special games, the rising game display unit 31, the big game rising role display unit 32 indicating the rising role capable of obtaining the right of the big game, and the chance game rising character indicating the rising role capable of obtaining the right of the chance game A display unit 33 and a discarded sardine display unit 34 for displaying a discarded sardine symbol are provided, and a sword symbol, an effect image, a numerical value, and the like 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 lower part of each symbol displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36 corresponds to the button switches 16a, 16b,. Button names (A, B, C, D, E,..., M, N) are displayed. The displayed mahjong tiles are displayed in color.

  37 shown in FIG. 1 (or FIG. 6) are LEDs serving as light emitters. The LED 37 has a function of lighting the 27 entrances 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d,..., Or the vicinity thereof to clearly indicate the entrances, and is provided in the vicinity of each entrance. The LED 37 is installed at a position where the vicinity of the entrance such as between the two nails protruding from the entrance of each entrance 11a,... Can be displayed in color. For example, it may be embedded in the game board surface portion 2 so that the surface portion of the game board surface portion 2 is covered with a transparent or translucent resin plate. In the present invention, this LED 37 uses a full color LED to light (emit) a color color that clearly indicates the vicinity of the entrance to a color preset by program control.

  A configuration example of the discard button switch buttons 16a, 16b,..., 16m and the self-destroying button switch 17 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the discard button switches 16a, 16b,..., 16m, and the self-destroying button switch 17 are made of cover members 51a, 51b made of a flexible transparent resin in the lateral direction. ..., outer frame 52 provided with 51m, 51n, pressing member mounting plate 54 provided with pressing members 53a, 53b,. 55, 56, and a switch element mounting plate 58 provided with switch elements 57a, 57b,..., 57m, 57n having thin plate-like or dome-like spring contact members in the lateral direction. The spacers 55 and 56 are made of an opaque synthetic resin or the like, and holes having appropriate sizes are formed at positions corresponding to the switch elements 57a,.

  When the player throws away one unnecessary bag from the 14 hands, the switch cover member 51a of the corresponding switch such as the button switch 16a for the throwing pad corresponding to the pattern of the throwing pad,.・ Press etc. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the cover member 51a is pressed, the pressing member 53a of the switch moves downward, and the movable contact of the switch element 57a made of a spring material is pressed downward to contact the fixed contact. Thus, a discard signal is generated from the switch element 57a. As shown in FIG. 4, LEDs 59a, 59b,..., 59m, 59n serving as light emitters are installed in the vicinity of the switch elements 57a,. In addition, although LED59a, ... etc. may use LED which light-emits any one color of red, blue, and green, in this invention, it is made to use full color LED.

  The full-color LEDs 59a,... Are mounted so as to be embedded in the switch element mounting plate 58 so that the light emitting portion faces upward. For example, when the full color LED 59a emits light (lights on), the emitted color passes through the holes formed in the spacers 56 and 55, and further passes through the transparent pressing member 53a to reach the transparent cover member 51a. Then, this cover member 51a is clearly shown (illuminated) with the emission color of the full color LED 59a. Thus, when the full color LEDs 59a,... Emit light, the player can easily confirm that the cover member 51a is clearly indicated by the emission color of the full color LEDs 59a,. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the full color LEDs 59a,... Are installed on the switch element mounting plate 58, but are embedded in the vicinity of the cover members 51a,. You may make it the structure which carried out.

  The above-described full-color LEDs 37,..., 59a,... Have a configuration in which three LEDs emitting light of the three primary colors red, blue, and green are integrally sealed. By controlling on and off of the current and voltage supplied to the cathode, light can be emitted or blinked in any color, for example, red, yellow, blue, green, purple, white, and the like.

  A control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention is mounted at a predetermined position inside the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, 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 input / output for inputting / outputting signals to / from the CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, various sensors and various operation buttons such as the discard button 16a,. The microcomputer includes an output interface (I / F) circuit 43 and a communication interface circuit 44 for communicating with the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc. The RAM 42 holds the stored contents even when the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned off.

  The input / output interface circuit 43 mounted on the main control board Ka has sensors for detecting game balls that have entered the entrances 11a,. , Etc. are connected, and the detection signal is inputted. Further, the input / output interface circuit 43 outputs a control signal to a game ball feeding device for sending game balls to the launching device, an attacker opening / closing control device for controlling the opening / closing of the attacker 9, and the like.

  The input / output I / F circuit 43 mounted on the sub control board Kb includes lamps 7 and 12, full-color LEDs 37,..., 59a,..., And button switches SW1 and SW2 constituting assist request input means. , SW3 are connected. Although not shown in FIG. 6, a circuit for controlling the emission color of the full color LED (for example, for example, between the full color LEDs 37,..., 59a,... And the input / output I / F circuit 43) IC for driver etc. are provided. Then, when a control signal for controlling the emission color is transmitted to this driver by the programs mounted on the sub-control board Kb (the throwing switch lighting control program P30 and the entrance lighting control program P31 shown in FIG. 8), the full color is obtained. The current supplied to each cathode of R (red), B (blue), and G (green) of the LED, the duty ratio of the voltage value, and the like are controlled, and red from the full-color LEDs 37,. A predetermined color can be emitted from yellow, blue, green, purple, white, and the like.

  Various software (programs) for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 or displaying information and images on the display unit of the display device 14 is stored in the ROM 41 mounted on each control board Ka, Kb, Kc. Has been. Each RAM 42 is used as a storage area (area) for reading various data, creating data, calculating, and the like when these programs operate. 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. As the CPU 40, any of an 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit CPU is adopted corresponding to the processing function of each main control board Ka, sub-control board Kb, and image control board Kc.

  Note that various image data to be displayed on the display device 14 and various audio data to be output from the speaker 6 are stored at a predetermined storage address of the ROM 41 mounted on the sub-control board Kb. The image data includes 27 kinds of spider symbol data, image data to be displayed as an initial screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, image data for supporting the player as the game progresses, This is various image data for presentation that is displayed when the person completes the rising role. The various audio data is digital data for outputting a sound for supporting the progress of the game to the player or a sound effect for the effect as the game progresses.

  The ROM 41 mounted on the main control board Ka stores various programs for controlling the progress of the game of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, the main board operation control program P1, the communication control program P2, the medal management program P3, the game ball management program P4, and the automatic distribution program are installed in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka. P5, a special game player lottery program P6, a dora lottery program P7 for determining the front and back dra, a winning determination program P8, a self-selection support program P9, and the like.

The main board operation control program P1 is a program that controls the overall operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1, and mainly performs the following processing.
(1) Initialization processing when the power of the gaming machine 1 is turned on, for example, an initialization control command when the power is turned on is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb and the sub control board Kb. Process. Based on this control command, the sub control board Kb and the image control board Kc perform initialization processing when the power is turned on. As a result, the image control board Kc can output an effect image or sound when the power is turned on.

  (2) Analyzing signals input from various input / output sensors and button switches, and controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 so as to perform processing corresponding to the signals. For example, when a player launches a game ball, it analyzes the incoming signal from the entrance that entered the ball, and adds the symbol of the kite corresponding to this entrance to the manual data as its own ) Is performed.

  (3) When the automatic arrangement program P5 is activated and the 14 manuals at the start of the game are determined, the process for transmitting the manual data to the sub-control board Kb, and the above (1), Each time the player performs the discarding operation / self-control operation in the process of (2), the current manual data, the discarding data, and the symbol data regarding the self-controlling (hereinafter referred to as symbol code) are transmitted to the sub-control board Kb. To perform processing, etc.

  The communication control program P2 is a program for performing communication with the sub-control board Kb, and the data to be transmitted is composed of a control command in which what processing is to be performed and control data transmitted together with this control command. The When data is transmitted to the image control board Kc, the data is transmitted via the sub control board Kb.

  The medal management program P3 is a program for managing the number of stored medals and payout processing when a medal insertion signal from the medal insertion slot 15, a signal from the game end button 23, and a signal from the payout button 22 are detected. It is.

The game ball management program P4 is a program that performs the following processing based on the control of the main board operation control program P1.
(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 throwing pad operation signal is detected from the throwing pad button switch 16a,..., Etc., control is performed to send one gaming ball to a gaming ball launching 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, etc., 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 automatic laying program P5 is a program for automatically determining 14 laid-out symbols randomly at the start of one game. This automatic catering program P5 uses the random numbers generated by the random number generating means to generate 27 kinds of symbols used in the sparrow ball game machine 1, a total of 108 catering symbols (symbol codes). Perform the decision process. In addition, as shown in FIG. 28, for example, a hexadecimal symbol code is set for each of the 27 types of symbols, and further, four numerical values are assigned to each symbol code, and these data are stored in the ROM 41 in advance. It is registered.

  The special game combination lottery program P6 is a program for determining, by lottery, a combination of winning combinations that can acquire a special game right for each game from among predetermined combinations. For example, the winning combination that can acquire the right of the big game is determined by lottery by selecting one of the three winning combinations of “Daisangyuan”, “Kokushi Musou”, and “Nine consecutive treasures”. In addition, there are six kinds of uplifting points that can acquire chance game rights, for example, “Ippontsu”, “Seven Pairs”, “Three Darks”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, “Tang Yao” Two types from the rising role are decided by lottery. The method of determining the winning combination that can acquire the special game right by lottery can be determined by generating a random number of a predetermined number of digits by program processing and storing it in the RAM 42, and using this random number. The dora lottery program P7 is a program for determining a front dra and a back dora by lottery in the same manner at the start of the game.

  The winning determination program P8 is a combination of rising combinations in which a hand is set in advance when the 14 hands are determined by the automatic layout program P5 described above and when the player performs his own operation. It is a program for judging whether or not. As the winning combination, a data table having a structure as shown in FIG. 29, that is, the code of the rising combination and the score (the number of acquired medals) that can be obtained by the player for the rising combination is a winning determination program P8 or ROM 41 in advance. Is remembered. If the winning determination program P8 determines that the rising combination has been completed for the current 14 manuals, the number of acquired medals is determined, the rising combination completion control command, the code for the rising combination, and acquisition A process of transmitting the number of medals, etc., to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb is performed.

  When a signal indicating that a game ball has entered the attacker 9 is input to the attacker 9 in the game that has acquired the special game right, the self-selection selection support program P9 is self-restrained by the screen of the display device 14 and the interactive method. This is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the frog to be performed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb are a sub board operation control program P21, a communication control program P22, a lamp control program P23, a game history data storage program P24, and a game history data totaling program. P25, listening count calculation program P26, listening judgment program P27 if thrown away, rising judgment program P28 if selfish, hearing judgment program P29 if selfishing, throwing switch lighting control program P30, entrance lighting control program P31, raising It consists of a combination determination program P32 and the like.

  The sub board operation control program P21 is a program that decodes various control commands transmitted from the main control board Ka and controls the execution of the above programs in response to the control commands. Further, when the player presses each button switch SW1, SW2, SW3 constituting the assist request input means, each button switch SW1, SW2, SW3 is turned on (lit) or turned off (dark) based on the interrupt input signal. If the ON / OFF flag storing “1” or “0” is stored in the RAM 42 and “1” is stored in the ON / OFF flag, each button switch SW1, SW2 described later is stored. , Control is performed so as to activate a program for executing the assist function corresponding to SW3.

The communication control program P22 is a program for receiving data from the main control board Ka and performing communication processing with the image control board Kc. Upon receiving these various control commands and their control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, the image control board Kc displays a presentation image and information on the display device 14 by program processing. Outputs sound and sound effects for production.
The lamp control program P23 is a program for controlling lighting and extinguishing of the lamps 7 and 12 based on a control command and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka.

  The game history data storage program P24 is a program for storing history data as a result of the game played by the player using the sparrow ball gaming machine 1, and constitutes a game history data storage means. This history data is the result of the game played by the player for each game, that is, when a preset rising combination can be completed, the rising combination is a game over. The code is sometimes indicated, and for example, the past 100 to 500 game results are stored in the RAM 42. The game result for each game is determined by the main board operation control program P1 and the winning determination program P8 of the main control board Ka. The game result data is transmitted together with the control command from the main control board Ka to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb. Thereby, the game history data storage program P24 sequentially stores the game result data transmitted from the main control board Ka in the RAM 42 of the sub control board Kb, for example, the latest game results for the past 100 to 500 times by the first-in first-out method. Is stored in the RAM 42.

  The game history data totaling program P25 is a program executed under the control of the sub board control program P21 when the player presses the history data display button switch SW1. The game history data totaling program P25 is a program for totalizing past game history data stored in the RAM 42 by the game history data storage program P24. This is a program for calculating the number of occurrences for each combination and the frequency of occurrence (probability occurrence rate (%) with respect to the number of games, etc.).

  The number-of-listenings calculation program P26 determines the 14 pieces of layout data at the start of the game, and when the layout data is transmitted to the sub control board Kb, the sub board control program P21. This program is executed in accordance with the above control and is activated when the number-of-hearing display button switch SW3 is in the ON state. This number-of-listenings calculation program P26 has the number of wrinkles necessary for completing the uplifting for each of the 14 raised data, that is, the number of wrinkles to be self-contained (number of listenings). The content of the process constitutes the number of hearing-aid calculation means.

  If thrown away, the hearing judgment program P27 assumes that when the player's current hand has 14 throws, the player has performed a throw-away operation to throw away any one of the unnecessary throws from the hand. This program is used to determine whether or not the hand that has become a hearing state is activated when the self-throwing-off assist button switch SW2 is in the ON state. Then, if it is discarded, the hearing determination program P27 is a program for performing processing of determining and extracting the presence / absence of the trap to be “listened if discarded” before the player performs the operation of discarding. A determination unit is configured.

  The self-scoring program P28 is 14 when it is assumed that the player's current spear is 13 and any one spear has been added to this hand. The manual is a program for determining whether or not to complete a preset winning combination and is activated when the self-throwing assist button switch SW2 is in the ON state. Then, the self-scoring program is a program for performing a process of determining and extracting the presence or absence of a soot that will be "self-speaking" before the player performs a self-skilling operation. If it is self-contained, it constitutes a rising hail judging means.

  If it is determined that the user himself / herself has the current number of handbooks P13, the hearing determination program P29 assumes that the current number of handbooks has increased to 14 when the current number of handbooks is 13 This is a program for determining whether or not it can be made to be in a hearing state, and is activated when the self-throwing assist button switch SW2 is in an ON state. The self-speaking listening determination program P29 is a program for performing a process of determining and extracting the presence / absence of a “speaking if self-speaking” before the player performs a self-spinning operation. That is, it constitutes a hearing determination means.

  The discard switch lighting control program P30 is a discard switch button 16a corresponding to the discard kit determined by the hearing determination program P27 if it is discarded (the kit that “listens if discarded”). This is a program for controlling the lighting of the full color LEDs 59a provided on the button switch 17, and constitutes a throwing switch lighting means.

  The entrance lighting control program P31 corresponds to the case where the self-elevation judgment program P28 and the self-evaluation program P29 determine the self-elevation, and the case where the self-evaluation program P31 is self-evaluation. This is a program for controlling the lighting of the full color LED 37 installed in the vicinity of the entrance, and constitutes entrance entrance lighting means.

  The rising combination determination program P32 is for determining the rising combination when the rising combination determination program P28 determines that the preset rising combination will be completed for the current thirteen hands. It is a program.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the programs mounted on the ROM 41 of the image control board Kc are composed of an image board operation control program P31, a screen display program P32, a sound / sound effect output program P41, and the like. Furthermore, the screen display program P32 for performing screen display includes a normal game screen display program P321, a special game screen display program P322, and an assist screen display program P323. The screen display program P32 and the sound / sound effect output program P41 are executed according to the control of the image board operation control program P31 based on the control command and the control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb. The outline of the processing contents of each program and its subprogram will be described below.

  The screen display program P32 is a main program for performing control to display an image, numerical information, and the like on the display device 14 based on the control command transmitted from the sub control board Kb and its control data. The normal game screen display program P321 displays various effect images on the display device 14 and various types of support for the player when the player is playing a normal game since the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. It is a program that performs processing for displaying an image. The normal game screen display program P321 further includes an initial effect display program P321a and a game effect display program P321b as subprograms.

  The initial presentation display program P321a is a program for displaying an initial screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine is turned on. The game effect display program P321b is composed of a program for displaying a screen having contents as shown in FIG. For example, as the game progresses, each time the player performs a throw-in operation, or in the case of a normal game game, the self-control operation by launching a game ball, etc., the main control board Ka passes through the sub-control board Kb. Various display means, such as processing to display the current winning hand symbol, the throwing iron symbol, the rising hand and the score obtained when the rising hand is completed based on the control command and control data sent A program with

  The special game screen display program P322 is a program for performing processing for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires the right of special game. The special game screen display program P322 further includes a right acquisition effect display program P322a and a self-candidate candidate selection support program P322b that provide an effect display when the player has completed a winning combination that allows the player to acquire special game rights. ing. The self-candidate candidate selection support program P322b is a program that is activated when the player has acquired the right to a special game. The self-candidate candidate symbol displayed on the display device 14 is selected by the right-selection right shift button 19 or This is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the cocoon to be self-contained in an interactive manner while operating the heel selection left shift button 20 to scroll.

  The game history data display program P323a is calculated by the game history data totaling program P25 and transmitted from the sub control board Kb when the player presses the history data display button switch SW1 and the switch SW1 is ON. This is a program for displaying, on the display device 14, the frequency of occurrence of each rising combination of past game history data, for example, the latest 200 history data in the past. An example of this screen display example is shown in FIG. The screen example G1 shown in FIG. 10 displays the number of times of rising for each rising role and the probability of occurrence (%), etc., as the occurrence frequency, and further displays the current hand symbol design at the bottom of the screen. Note that when the history data display request button switch SW1 is pressed when the game is not being executed, the current manual design shown in Table 10 cannot be displayed. To do. The processing contents of the game history data display program P323a constitute a rising occurrence frequency display means.

  If discarded, the listening display program P323b is determined by the listening determination program P27 if the player presses the discarded discard assist button switch SW2 and the switch SW2 is in the ON state, and the sub control board Kb. This is a program for displaying on the display device 14 a bag that is transmitted from the “listen if discarded”. An example of this screen display is shown in FIG.

  If the player makes a self-recognition, when the player presses the self-rejecting spear assist button switch SW2 and the switch SW2 is in an ON state, the self-returning spear determination program P28 makes a determination. This is a program for displaying on the display device 14 a moth that is transmitted from the sub-control board Kb and goes up if it is self-sufficient. An example of this screen display is shown in FIG.

  Similarly, the listening display program P323d is determined by the listening determination program P29 when the player presses the discarding assist assist button switch SW2 and the switch SW2 is in the ON state. This is a program for displaying on the display device 14 a bag that is transmitted from the control board Kb and that is “listen if it is self”. An example of this screen display is shown in FIG.

  The number-of-rights-by-right listening number display program P323e is based on the distribution data at the start of the game when the player presses the number of listening number display button switch SW3 and the switch SW3 is in the ON state. This is a program for displaying on the display device 14 the number of listens for each rising role and the past rising probability determined by the listening number calculation program P26 and transmitted from the sub-control board Kb. An example of this screen display is as shown in FIG. In the lower part of FIG. 11, 14 symbols at the time of serving are displayed. Note that the processing content of the number-of-rights listening-number display program P323e constitutes the number-of-listenings display means.

  The sound / sound effect output program P41 is for outputting various effect sounds and sound effects from the speaker 6 as the game progresses based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb. It is a program.

  A program for controlling the operation of each of the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc described above is developed using an assembler language, C language, Visual Basic language, or the like, and is a machine language program that can be executed by the CPU 40 of each board. The translated program is stored in the ROM 41 of each control board Ka, Kb, Kc.

  Then, the operation | movement content of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of this invention is demonstrated. First, when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka initializes the storage area of the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka. Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 transmits an initialization control command when the power is turned on to the sub control board Kb, and the sub control board Kb transmits the initialization control command to the image control board Kc. When the sub-control board Kb and the image control board Kc receive this initialization control command, the storage area of the RAM 42 is initialized, and the initial effect display program P321a mounted on the image control board Kc displays the effect when the power is turned on. Processing such as displaying a screen, for example, a landscape screen on the display device 14 is performed.

  When the sub control board Kb receives the initialization control command when the power is turned on, the sub board operation control program P21, as described above, stores the various image data, sound and sound stored in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb. The sound effect data is transmitted to the image control board Kc, and the image board operation control program P31 of the image control board Kc performs a process of storing the received image and sound / sound effect data in the RAM 42.

  When the player inserts a medal into the medal slot 15, and the main board operation control program P1 detects the medal insertion signal, an assist function display command is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb, Further, the medal management program P3 is caused to perform a process of adding “1” to the medal storage number. When the game effect display program P321b of the image control board Kc receives this assist function display command, as shown in FIG. 12, the history data display button switch SW1, the self-discarding trap assist button switch SW2, and the number-of-hearing display button switch Processing for displaying a screen G3 for explaining the function of SW3 on the display device 14 is performed.

  When the player presses the game start button 24 and the main board operation control program P1 detects a game start signal from the game start button 24, a game of one game can be started. Then, the main board operation control program P1 transmits a game start control command to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. Based on this control command, the game effect display program P321b of the image control board Kc 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 / sound effect output program P41. In this way, one game of the sparrow ball game machine starts.

  Subsequently, under the control of the main board operation control program P1, the automatic layout program P5 is activated to automatically determine the 14 layout patterns necessary for starting the game by program processing. The automatic layout program P5 sequentially stores the 14 symbol codes automatically arranged in the manual storage area of the RAM 42, and then, in a predetermined order, for example, ascending order of the symbol codes, that is, insulator, tube, cord , Wind tiles, and ternary tiles are sorted in order (stored) and stored in the manual storage area. Next, the automatic layout program P5 transmits the 14 distributed symbol codes together with the control command to the image control board via the sub-control board Kb. When the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives this distributed symbol code, it stores it in the RAM 42 and transmits these 14 distributed symbol codes to the image control board Kc. When the game effect display program P321b on the image control board Kc receives the 14 design codes, the game design display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit of the display device 14 display the image of the design shown in FIG. The process displayed on 36 is performed. While the 14 automatic arrangements have not been determined, the backside of the cocoon or a non-displayed design is displayed as an initial screen on the manual display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36 that displays the self-displayed design. Process to display.

  Subsequently, each of the special game combination lottery program P6 (which is activated when a normal game is played) and the Dora lottery program P7 are activated, and a winning combination (Big game combination) that can acquire the right of the big game. ) And the winning role (chance game role) that can acquire the right of the chance game, and determination of the front and back dramas. Then, each data (coded data) of the big game rising combination and chance game rising combination, front and back drums determined by the processing of these programs P6 and P7 (encoded data) is sub-control board Kb To the image control board Kc. When the game effect display program P321b on the image control board Kc receives the code of the rising combination that can acquire the big game combination and the chance game combination, and the design code of the front and back dramas, as shown in FIG. A process of displaying the chance game combination on the big game rising combination display unit 32, the chance game rising combination display unit 33, and the front drum on the front drum display unit 29 is performed.

  The main board operation control program P1 starts the game on the display device 14 when the control to display the 14 symbols of the game, the big game combination, the chance game combination, the front drama etc. on the display device 14 is completed. Processing to inform the player that the conditions are complete is displayed on the screen or by voice. Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 operates the winning determination program P8 to perform a process of determining whether or not the 14 hands that have been automatically arranged have already completed the winning combination. The winning determination program P8 is activated every time the player performs a self-repression operation such as firing a game ball.

  If it is determined by the processing of the winning determination program P8 that the 14 automatically distributed rules have completed the preset winning combination, the winning determination program P8 is set to any predetermined rising amount. It is determined with reference to the data shown in FIG. 29 whether or not the player has earned the winning combination and the score (number of acquired medals) that the player can acquire. Subsequently, the winning determination program P8 transmits the winning combination, the score obtained, and the like to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. When the game effect display program P321b of the image control board Kc receives the rising combination and the acquired score, the rising combination, the acquired score, and other effect images are displayed on the rising haze display unit 31 of the display device 14 for a predetermined time. The display process is performed.

  If the combination of symbols for the 14 baskets that have been automatically arranged has not been completed, the main board operation control program P1 gives the player one unnecessary basket from among the manuals. A control command for displaying a screen for prompting the discarding operation is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. When the image control board Kc receives this control command, the game effect display program P321b performs a process of displaying a message on the display device 14 for prompting the user to discard one unnecessary spear from the hand spear, The voice / sound effect output program P41 is operated to perform a process of prompting together with the voice. Subsequently, the player presses the discard button switches 16a, 16b,..., 16m, 17 corresponding to the bags determined to be unnecessary from the 14 hands and discards the bags determined to be unnecessary. I do. Next, the player performs a game ball launch operation. Then, the design of the kite corresponding to the entrance into which the launched game ball entered becomes a kite of self-determination. In this way, the player performs a predetermined number of times of the operation of throwing away the game and the operation of himself / herself for launching the game ball.

  In addition, every time a self-repression operation is performed, it is determined whether or not the winning combination determining program P8 is activated and the combination of the 14 hand-stamps completes the rising combination, and the rising combination is completed. In this case, these winning combinations, acquired scores, etc. are transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb together with the control command. Similarly, if the rising combination cannot be completed even when a predetermined number of game balls are fired, a game over control command is sent to the image control board via the sub control board Kb. Send to Kc. When the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives these control commands, the game result data transmitted from the main control board Ka is sequentially sent to the game history data storage program P24 in the RAM 42 of the sub-control board Kb. The process to memorize is executed. As described above, the game result data to be stored includes a game type code (ordinary game, big game, chance game code) for each game as described above. When it becomes a station, it is history data such as a station code. Then, the game history data storage program P24 performs a process of storing the latest 200 game history data in the RAM 42 by, for example, a first-in first-out method.

  If the player wants to activate the assist function that is a feature of the present invention, the game is started after 14 procedures are automatically determined by the program processing until one game is finished. At any timing, the user can press the desired history data display button switch SW1, the self-discarding assist button switch SW2, and the number-of-hearing display button switch SW3. The history data display button switch SW1 may execute the assist function when the button switch SW1 is pressed even when the game is not being executed.

  When the player presses these button switches SW1, SW2, and SW3, the input signal is input to the sub control board Kb as an interrupt signal. The sub board operation control program P21 stores “ON” and “OFF” flags, which are areas for storing the ON and OFF states of the switches, in the RAM 42 in order to store the signals input from the button switches SW1, SW2, and SW3. A process of storing “1” or “0” is performed. That is, when the button switches SW1, SW2, SW3 are pressed and the lamps of the switches are lit, “1” is stored in each on / off flag as the switch is turned on, and the button switches SW1, SW2, If the button switch lamp is extinguished due to pressing of SW3 or the like, it is determined that the switch has been turned off, and "0" is stored in the on / off flag.

Then, when the history data display button switch SW1 is pressed, the sub board operation control program P21 controls the game history data totaling program P25 to be operated immediately to display the screen G1 shown in FIG.
In addition, the sub-board operation control program P21 is for the symbol data regarding the 14 hands that have not been completed after the automatic arrangement from the main control board Ka and the player has performed his own operation, or the player has When the symbol data relating to the 13 hands after the discarding operation is transmitted, it is determined whether or not “1” is stored in the on / off flag of the switch SW2. If “1” is stored, the sub-board operation control program P21 operates the hearing determination program P27 if it is discarded, the rising eye determination program P28 if it is self-sufficient, and the hearing determination program P29 if it is self-contained. Control is performed to execute the assist function corresponding to the switch SW2.
Further, when the sub-board operation control program P21 receives the symbol data of the kite that is automatically arranged from the main control board Ka (the table that is not in the combination of the rising combination), the sub-board operation control program P21 sets “1” to the on / off flag of the SW3. Whether or not is stored is determined. If “1” is stored, the number-of-hearing-number calculation program P26 is operated to control to execute the assist function corresponding to the switch SW3.
Hereinafter, processing contents for realizing the assist function when the player presses the history data display button switch SW1 and the self-rejecting throw assist button switch SW2 will be described.

(Process for history data display button switch SW1)
When the player presses (turns on) the history data display button switch SW1, the sub board operation control program P21 stores “1” in the on / off flag of the button switch SW1 as described above. Then, the sub board operation control program P21 operates the game history data totaling program P25 to perform a process of totaling the past 200 game history data stored in the RAM 42, for example. In this tabulation process, for example, the number of rises and the rise occurrence probability (%) are calculated for each rise role. Then, the game history data totaling program P25 transmits the totalized data to the image control board Kc. Upon receiving this game history data, the image control board Kc operates the game history data display program P323a, and, for example, as shown in FIG. A process of displaying the probability of occurrence (%) and the current symbol on the display device 14 is performed. The player can look at this screen G1 and check the occurrence frequency for each of the rising roles of the game executed in the past, and can easily determine a role that is easy to rise or difficult to raise. The game can be advanced while taking into account the rising role, and the interest of the game can be further enhanced. The assist function corresponding to the history data display button switch SW1 can also display the screen G1 for a predetermined time interval even when the player is not playing a game. As described above, if the assist function by the history data display button switch SW1 can be realized at any time, an effect that the player can confirm the past game performance of the sparrow game machine before playing the game is produced.

  During the game, while the player presses the history data display button switch SW1, and the game history data is displayed on the display device 14, the progress of the game is interrupted. Therefore, in order to resume the game, the main control board can be used even if a player performs a throw-away or self-removal operation or a predetermined time elapses after the button switch SW1 is pressed, for example, 7 seconds. When a control command relating to abandonment or self-restraint is not transmitted from the sub board operation control program P21, the sub board operation control program P21 transmits a control command for returning the screen display to the image control board Kc. Then, the image control board Kc performs a process of outputting the game resumption sound and restoring the display content on the screen. When the game is resumed by a player throwing away or self-suckering and this control command is received from the main control board Ka, or when the above-mentioned predetermined time has elapsed, the sub board operation control program P21 is Control is performed to store “0” in the on / off flag of the history data display button switch SW1 and to turn off the button switch SW1.

(Processing for self-discarding 牌 assist button switch SW2)
When the player presses the self-discarding paddle assist button switch SW2 to turn it on, the sub board operation control program P21 stores “1” in the on / off flag of the button switch SW2, as described above. Then, the sub-board operation control program P21 is 14 pieces of manual data after the automatic arrangement and the player's own operation, and the manual data that could not complete the rising combination. Is transmitted from the main control board Ka, and when thirteen pieces of hand data are transmitted from the main control board Ka after the player has performed the discarding operation, the listening determination program P27 If it is self-existing, control is performed so that the rising wrinkle determination program P28 performs the following processing.

When the sub-board operation control program P21 receives 14 pieces of manual data from the main control board Ka, it determines whether or not “1” is stored in the on / off flag of the switch SW2, and “1” is stored. If it is present, it is discarded and the hearing determination program P27 is activated. On the other hand, when “0” is stored in the on / off flag of the switch SW2, the hearing determination program P27 is controlled not to operate.
If it is discarded, the hearing determination program P27 determines whether or not to listen to the 13 pieces of the hand data when it is assumed that any one of the 14 hand data is discarded as an unnecessary hand. In other words, it is determined whether or not there is a discarding spear that “listens if discarded”. Then, if it is determined that the throwing away to be “listening if thrown away” is determined, the discarding button switch 16a, 16b,. .. Control is performed to turn on the full color LEDs 59a,... Installed in 16m and 17 before the player performs the throwing away operation. Thereby, the player can know the throwing pot to “listen if throwing away” before performing the discarding pot operation.

Further, the sub-board operation control program P21 stores “1” in the ON / OFF flag of the switch SW2 when 13 pieces of manual data are transmitted from the main control board Ka after the player's discard operation. If “1” is stored, the rising wrinkle determination program P28 is activated. On the other hand, when “0” is stored in the ON / OFF flag of the switch SW2, the control is performed so that the rising wrinkle determination program P28 is not operated if it is self-sufficient.
If it is assumed that the rising wrinkle determination program P28 has added any one wrinkle as its own wrinkle to the 13 pieces of wrestling data, this wrestling that has become 14 completes the rising role. This is a program for determining whether or not there is a wrinkle that will be “up if self-sufficient”. Then, if it is determined that the kite will be “if it is self-raised,” the kite judgment program P28 will be used to start the entrance lighting control program before the player launches the game ball (self-spinning operation). P31 is operated to control to turn on the full-color LEDs 37,. As a result, the player can know which entrance to enter to raise the hand before launching the game ball.

  If it is determined that the wrinkle that will be “raised if self-sufficient” is not determined by the above-described self-increasing program, the hearing determination program P29 is activated. If it is assumed that the self-inspection program P29 has added any one of the self-contained sounds to the current 13 pieces of hand-held data, the number of the 14 pieces of the hand-in-hand becomes a state of hearing. This is a program for determining whether or not there is a wrinkle that becomes “listening if self-sufficient”. Then, if it is determined that the player will be “listen if he / she sings”, the hearing determination program P29 activates the entrance lighting control program P31 before the player launches the game ball. Control is performed to turn on the full color LED 37 provided in the vicinity of the entrance corresponding to the basket. Thus, the player can know which entrance into which the game ball can be put into a hearing state before launching the game ball.

  Subsequently, when it is assumed that any one of the 14 habit data is discarded as an unnecessary habit, whether or not the 13 habits are heard, that is, The processing contents of the hearing determination program P27 will be described.

(Judgment process for deaf if you throw it away)
The main board operation control program P1 sorts the symbol codes in ascending order for the current manual data (13 or 14) stored in the manual storage area of the RAM 42, and transmits it to the sub control board Kb. When the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the symbol codes of the 14 manuals that have not been completed, the received data is stored in the RAM. Then, when “1” is stored in the on / off flag of the assist switch SW2 described above, the sub board operation control program P21 shifts to the hearing determination program P27 if the control is discarded. Then, if it is thrown away, the hearing determination program P27 will sequentially obtain the nineteen-character type calculation program P27a which is a subprogram, if it is thrown away, the seven-pair hearing decision program P27b, if it is thrown away, the Kokushi Muso hearing decision program P27c and the hearing decision program P27d. Operate. Hereinafter, the processing procedure of the hearing determination program P27 will be described in the order of steps S1 to S10 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Step S1)
First, if discarded, the hearing determination program P27 activates the nineteen-character type calculation program P27a. The nineteen-character type number calculation program P27a calculates the number of “1”, “9”, and the number of character-types for the 14 hand-code symbols stored in the RAM 42. In this calculation method, as shown in FIG. 28, a symbol code is set in advance for each of the 27 types of spiders used in the sparrow ball game machine 1, and is included in the hand reference with reference to this symbol code. The number “1”, “9”, and the number of types of characters can be calculated.

  If it is determined in the process of step S1 that the 14 hands are comprised of 9 to 11 types of “1” and “9” and several characters, the current 14 hands If it is determined that there is no possibility of hearing even if one bag is discarded, the processing of the hearing determination program P27 is terminated. This eliminates the need to execute the following processing steps S2 to S10 for the 14 hands that are not likely to be heard at the present time. Therefore, if it is discarded, the processing time of the hearing determination program P27 can be shortened. In addition, if the current 14 procedures include 9 to 11 types of “1”, “9” and character fonts, it is possible to discard any single font from these procedures. The reason why it is not possible to hear is as follows.

  If 9 to 11 types of “1” and “9” numbers and characters are included in the current 14 manuals, any one of these manuals will be removed by the player's next discarding operation. This is because a handclaw that has been thrown away into 13 pieces cannot be put into a hearing state for the following reasons (1) to (4). This determination can also be applied to the determination of the rising role of “Seven Pairs” and “Kokushi Musou”.

(1) General rising roles, excluding “Seven Pairs” and “Kokushi Musou”, are composed of 4 sets of indentations and Junko, and 1 set of sparrow heads. Therefore, the general rising combination may be composed of five types of numbers “1” and “9” and character fonts at most. Examples of this are “Ichigo, Ichigo, Ichigo”, “Jiufen, Jiufen, Jiufen”, “Seven Cylinders, Eight Cylinders, Nine Cylinders”, “East, East, East”, “ This is because the combination of “Ichigo” can be completed.
(2) When the rising role is “7 pairs”, the rising role is composed of 7 types of heels, so there are more than 9 types of “1” and “9” numbers and characters in 14 hands If a kite is included, it cannot be heard if any single kite is discarded from the procedure.
(3) When the rising role is “Kokushi Musou”, the rising is composed of 13 types of heels, so there are 11 types or less of “1” and “9” numbers and characters in the current 14 hands If a habit is included, it can be determined that it cannot be heard even if one habit is discarded from the hand. When there are 12 types of “1” and “9” numbers and characters in 14 hand tiles, a sparrow head composed of numbers “1” and “9” and characters is formed. Because there is a possibility that has been.
(4) Therefore, if the current 14 manuals include 9 to 11 types of numbers “1” and “9” and character fonts, one unnecessary from the 14 manuals Even if you throw away your habit, you will not be able to hear it.

(Step S2)
Subsequently, if discarded, the hearing determination program P27 activates the seven-pair hearing determination program P27b. If thrown away, the seven-pair listening determination program P27b will determine whether or not to listen to “seven-pair” when one unnecessary trap is discarded from the current 14 manuals. If it is determined that the kite can be listened to, the symbol code of the discard kit is regarded as a kit for “listening if discarded”, and a process of temporarily storing it in the RAM 42 is performed in step S8a. If it is determined that the “seven pairs” cannot be heard, the process proceeds to step S3.

If one unnecessary spear is discarded from the current 14 handcuffs, it is possible to determine whether or not the “seven-pair” is in a hearing state by, for example, programming the following processing. .
(1) The 14 hand code symbols stored in the RAM 42 are arranged and stored in ascending order. The number of sets in which about two identical symbol codes are arranged in order from the top of the symbol code of the manual is counted.
(2) If there are six sets of two identical symbol codes in the process of (1) above, the 14 hand picks will be replaced with one unnecessary spear from the remaining two spears. If you throw it away, you can decide to listen with "Seven Pairs". However, when four identical symbol codes are prepared, it is not determined that the user is listening with “seven pairs”.
(3) If it can be determined in the process of (2) above that he / she is listening with “seven pairs”, a pair of two identical symbol codes are prepared from 14 manuals. If any one of the remaining two symbol codes excluding the six pairs of symbols is discarded, it can be determined that the symbol code of the symbol is “listen if discarded”. However, if one of the remaining two symbol codes is included in the six pairs of cocoons constituting the pair, it is determined that the heel is “listen if discarded”.

(Step S3)
Subsequently, if it is discarded, the hearing determination program P27 activates the Kokushi Binaural hearing determination program P27c. If thrown away, the Kokushi Muso Hearing Awareness Determination Program P27c will determine whether or not to listen to “Kokushi Musou” if it throws away one unnecessary habit from the current 14 hands, and decides to listen to “Kokushi Musou” If it is, the symbol code of the discarded bowl is regarded as a “listening if discarded”, and a process of temporarily storing it in the RAM 42 is performed in step S8b. If it is determined that “Kokushi Musou” cannot be heard, the process proceeds to step S4.

  Kokushi Musou is the result of collecting 13 types of “1” and “9” and one of them, forming a sparrow head with one of them. If you throw away one unnecessary spear from 14 handcuffs and you are listening to “Kokushi Musou”, you will collect 13 types of “1” and “9” and the remaining one by one. There are a case of waiting for 13 faces and a case of waiting for one tank with 12 types gathered with sparrow heads formed. Therefore, it is possible to determine a kite that can be heard by “Kokushi Musou” if one kite is discarded by programming the following processing.

(1) Referring to the symbol code shown in FIG. 28, the numbers “1” and “9” and the number A of character fonts included in the 14 hand tiles are calculated.
(2) In the process of (1) above, if the number “1” “9” and the number of characters A are 11 or less, it can be determined that “Kokushi Musou” has not been heard, so it is discarded. The Kokushi Muso Hearing Awareness Determination Program P26 is terminated.
(3) In the process of (1) above, if there are 13 types of “1” and “9” and several types of character fonts, if one unnecessary font is discarded, “1”, “9” and all symbol codes of the character 牌 are listening to “Kokushi Musou”, which is waiting for 13 pages. Therefore, it is possible to determine that the symbol code of this unnecessary one of the 14 handbooks is a “listen if it is discarded”.
(4) In the process of (1) above, when “1” and “9” of several numbers and 12 types of character fonts are included, two of the 12 types of fonts are included. Check whether the sparrow head is formed. Then, when the sparrow head is formed, it can be determined that the symbol code of the remaining one of the fourteen hands is a “listen if discarded”.

(Step S4)
Steps S4 to S10 to be described below are general cases except for “Seven pairs” and “Kokushi Musou” when an operation of discarding one bag from the current 14 hands is performed by the hearing determination program P27d. A process is performed to determine whether or not it is possible to hear with a rising role. In the present invention, when any one of the 14 hands is discarded, and the 13 hands are in the state of hearing, the following technical determination is made. It is based on thought.

In other words, in the sparrow ball game machine using the above-mentioned three kinds of spears (two kinds of spears and character spears), 14 hand spears complete a combination of general rising roles excluding seven pairs and Kokushi Musou In this case, when the number of baskets (total number) included in this procedure is divided by 3, the combination of the number of remainders for each model is the following array pattern formula: It can be represented by (1). The number of remainders indicates an integer remainder value obtained by dividing the number of baskets for each basket type by 3, and the value is one of 0, 1, and 2.
(0, 0, 2) ... (1)

  In the above arrangement pattern formula (1), when 14 combinations are completed, the combination of the order and the indenter is 4 sets in total, and the combination of the sparrow head (pair) is 1 set. It is shown that. In other words, the order and the indenter are composed of three of the same species (multiple of 3). When the number is divided by 3, the remainder becomes 0. At this time, when the number of cocoons contained in the cocoon type is zero, a process is performed in which the number of remainders obtained by dividing the number by three is zero. Moreover, since the sparrow head is composed of two pieces of the same sparrow head, when the total number of spear heads constituting the sparrow head is divided by 3, the remaining number is two. Therefore, when 14 hand tiles constitute a combination of rising roles, when the total number of baskets for each basket is divided by 3, the combination of the remaining numbers for each basket is expressed by the arrangement pattern formula (1). As shown in FIG. 4, the combination is “0”, “0”, and “2”. In this arrangement pattern formula (1), when the total number of cocoons for each type of hand hoe is divided by 3, the remainder for each cocoon type is the remainder of any of the three types. 0 ”, indicating that the remainder of the remaining species is“ 2 ”. In other words, the arrangement order of the remaining numerical values “0”, “0”, and “2” for each of the species constituting the array indicates any order that does not consider the array order of the species. In the present invention, (0, 0, 2) represented by the array pattern formula (1) constitutes an array pattern at ascending time. Further, (0, 0, 2) in the array pattern formula (1) may be expressed as (002) as described above.

From the array pattern formula (1) at the time of ascending above, there is a possibility that one of the 14 hands is thrown away as an unnecessary piece from the current 14 pieces and 13 pieces have been heard. It can be determined whether or not. That is, in the case where 13 hands are listening, when the total number of hooks for each type is divided by 3, the combination of the remaining numbers for each type is expressed by the following array pattern formula (2 ), (3).
(0, 0, 1) ... (2)
(0, 2, 2) ... (3)

The reason why the arrangement pattern formula (2) or the arrangement pattern formula (3) is satisfied when the current thirteen hands are listening is as follows.
If any one kind of cocoon is deleted from the hand of the above-mentioned arrangement pattern (0, 0, 2) indicating the arrangement pattern at the time of the rise of the 14 hands, and the number of the hand is set to 13 This is because the array pattern of the combination of the remaining numbers obtained by dividing the total number of wrinkles by 3 is (0, 0, 1) or (0, 2, 2). From this, if any one kind of cocoon is discarded from the current 14 procedures, the arrangement pattern (0, 0, 1) or (0, 2, 2) when listening is described above. In other words, it is possible to determine the type of thrown away candy that may be “listened if thrown away”. In the present invention, the arrangement pattern formula (2) (0, 0, 1) and the arrangement pattern formula (3) (0, 2, 2) constitute an arrangement pattern during listening.

Based on the same idea as above, the mahjong tile used in the sparrow ball game machine is divided into three numbers, namely, “Isogo” is from 1st to 9th, “Tsuko” is from 1st to 9th, “Ryoko” "Is composed of Ichigo to Kukko, and the character can be applied to a sparrow ball game machine composed of East, South, West, North, White, Rooster, and the inside. Further, the present invention can also be applied to the case where “one rope” and “nine rope” of “song” described with respect to the case where the two types are composed of a number string and a character string are processed as a number string. As described above, in the mahjong game machine using three kinds of numbers and characters, the above-described arrangement pattern at the time of ascending can be expressed by the following arrangement pattern formula (4).
(0, 0, 0, 2) (4)
Moreover, the arrangement pattern at the time of hearing can be expressed by the following arrangement pattern formulas (5) and (6).
(0, 0, 0, 1) (5)
(0, 0, 2, 2) (6)
The reason why the arrangement pattern formulas (4), (5), and (6) are satisfied is that the arrangement pattern formulas (1), (2), (2), This is the same as the reason why (3) holds.

In step S4, first, the number of cocoons for each cocoon type is calculated for the 14 hand-cooked symbol codes stored in the RAM. This calculation can be performed as follows.
(1) As shown in FIG. 28, the symbol code of “牌子”, which is a number, is set to “01” to “09”. Accordingly, it is sequentially determined whether or not the symbol codes of the 14 manuals are included in “01” to “09”. If they are included in this range, the number is stored in the RAM 42 as “1”. By adding, the number of “insulators” can be calculated.
(2) Similarly, the symbol codes for “Tsutsuko” are set to “0A” to “12”, and the symbol codes for “Izuku” and “Juku” are set to “13” to “1B”. Therefore, the number of “cylinders” and “characters” can be calculated by the same process as in (1) above. The number of cocoons for each cocoon type calculated in the above procedure, that is, the numbers of “coconut”, “tube”, and “character” are stored in the RAM 42.

  The process of step S4 described above will be described with reference to the 14 procedure examples a1 shown in FIG. 14. The number a2 of each kind is 5 for the number A of “insulators” and 5 for the number “B”. , The number C of “characters” is calculated as four, and these numbers are stored in the RAM 42.

(Step S5)
As shown in the following array pattern formulas (7), (8), and (9), the hearing determination program P27d calculates the number of cocoons for each cocoon type calculated in step S4, that is, the number A of “coconuts”. Then, an array pattern of the remainder when the number obtained by subtracting one of the number B of “cylinders” and the number C of “characters” is divided by three is obtained. As described above, the number of remainders indicates an integer remainder value obtained by dividing the number of baskets for each basket type by 3, and the value is one of 0, 1, and 2. In the present invention, the arrangement pattern formulas (7), (8), and (9) are referred to as manual arrangement patterns.
((A-1) / 3 remainder, B / 3 remainder, C / 3 remainder) (7)
(A / 3 remainder, (B-1) / 3 remainder, C / 3 remainder) (8)
(The remainder of A / 3, the remainder of B / 3, the remainder of (C-1) / 3) (9)
This example will be described with reference to FIG. 14. As shown in a3, an array pattern expression (7) of the remainder obtained by dividing the number of “insulators” by “−1” by 3 Is (1, 2, 1). Similarly, when the number of “cylinders” is “−1”, the array pattern formula (8) is (2, 1, 1), and the number of “letters” is “−1”. In this case, (2, 2, 0) can be obtained from the array pattern formula (8). Note that, in the process of step S5, when the number of different types of baskets is 0, a process of setting the number of remainders obtained by dividing the number of the same type of baskets by “3” to “0” is performed. Similarly, when the number of seeds is 0, the remainder obtained by dividing the number by “−1” by “3” is set to “0”.

(Step S6)
In the hearing determination program P27d, the arrangement pattern formulas (7), (8), and (9) of the hand obtained in step S5 are the arrangement patterns (2) or (3) at the time of the hearing, that is, (0, 0, 1) or (0, 2, 2) is determined. As described above, when this comparison is performed, the arrangement pattern of the hand tile obtained in step S5, for example, the arrangement pattern (1, 2, 1), (2, 1, 1), (2 2, 0) does not need to consider the arrangement order of the elements “0”, “1”, and “2”, that is, the order of “lion”, “cylinder”, and “letter”. Therefore, it can be determined that the arrangement pattern (2, 2, 0) obtained by the arrangement pattern formula (9) matches the arrangement pattern (0, 2, 2) at the time of listening.
In the process of step S6, the arrangement pattern formulas (7), (8), and (9) of the above-described hand are arranged pattern expressions (2) or (3) at the time of hearing, that is, (0, 0, 1) or If they do not coincide with (0, 2, 2), if discarded, the process of the hearing determination program P27 is terminated. This eliminates the need to execute the processing after step S7. Therefore, if it is discarded, the processing time of the hearing determination program P27 can be shortened.

(Step S7)
By the process of step S6, when the arrangement pattern expression of the hand matches the arrangement pattern (2) or (3) at the time of listening, the type of “1” in the number of types is obtained in the process of step S5. This kind code is stored in the RAM 42. In the example shown in FIG. 14, if the number of character 牌 is “−1” from 14 hand 牌, that is, if the character 牌 is discarded, the arrangement pattern of the 牌 is the arrangement pattern at the time of listening ( 0, 2, 2). In other words, in the example shown in FIG. 14, if any one of the “east” and “south” of the character bowls included in the 14 hand bowls is thrown away as a discard bowl, the 13 hand tiles are in a hearing state. It shows that there is a possibility of becoming. The arrangement pattern (2) or (3) at the time of hearing is registered in advance as constants “001” and “022” in the hearing determination program P27d.

(Step S8)
If the hearing determination program P27d assumes that, in the case of the seeds obtained in step S7, one of these kinds of seeds is discarded in sequence from the current 14 instructions, the remaining 13 instructions are A process of determining whether or not to enter a hearing state is performed. In the example a1 shown in FIG. 14, there are three “east” characters and one “south” character as the character fonts. Then, it is determined whether or not to listen when one “south” is discarded, and when it is determined to listen, this discarded symbol code is stored in the RAM 42. In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, “South” is determined as a habit of “listening if discarded”. The hearing determination program P27d performs a process of storing, in the RAM 42, the symbol code of the bag that has been determined and extracted as a “listen if discarded” by the process of step S8. In the example shown in FIG. 14, the symbol code “16” for “South” is stored in the RAMa4. In step S8, after determining whether or not to discard the first one and listen, the process proceeds to step S9.

When 13 hands are listening, the 13 hands are in any combination of the following patterns a and b.
(Pattern a) Four sets of indenters and Junko are completed, and the sparrow head (opposite) is not completed.
(Pattern b) Three sets of indenters and Junko are completed, and the sparrow head (opposite) is also completed.
As a result, the program processing for determining whether or not the 13 hands are listening is made possible by determining the number of combinations of the indenter, the order child and the sparrow head included in the 13 hands. .

  The program processing for determining whether or not the thirteen hands have been listened to after discarding one hand from the fourteen hands as a throwback can be performed, for example, by the following procedure. it can. The 13 pieces of manual data stored in the RAM 42 of the sub control board Kb are stored side by side in the ascending order of the symbol code.

(Procedure 1)
For the 13 hand code symbols, a separate symbol code number table is created in which the number of symbol codes is totaled for each symbol code.

(Procedure 2)
Referring to the symbol code distinction number table obtained in step 1, with respect to symbol codes that contain two or more pieces, the two symbol codes for symbols having two or more identical symbol codes. Suppose that is forming a sparrowhead. Subsequently, it is assumed that this sparrow head is formed from 13 pieces of manual data stored in the RAM 42 (in the actual program processing, 13 pieces of manual data transferred to another storage area are used). After deleting the symbol code, a process of rearranging the 11 symbol codes in ascending order is performed. If there is no symbol code that includes two or more pieces in the 13 steps, the process proceeds to the following procedure 4.

(Procedure 3)
For the 11 symbol codes obtained in step 2, it is determined whether or not an indent is formed. If an indent is formed, the number of combinations of the indent is obtained. If an indent is formed, the symbol code of this indent is deleted from the manual data stored in the RAM 42, and then the remaining symbol codes are rearranged in ascending order. To determine whether or not an indent has been formed, refer to the symbol code distinction number table, determine that an indented pattern code has been formed for 3 symbols, and that 4 in number It is determined that the incision is formed for three of the existing symbol codes.

(Procedure 4)
For the remaining manual data stored in the RAM 42, a determination is made as to whether or not an order has been formed, and if an order has been formed, the number of combinations is determined. It is possible to determine whether or not an order is formed by adopting one of the following procedure 4a and procedure 4b.

(Procedure 4a)
It is checked whether or not three consecutive symbol codes are prepared for several symbol codes sequentially from the top address of the manual data stored in the RAM 42. Then, when three consecutive symbol codes are prepared, the number of combinations of order elements is incremented by 1, and then the symbol codes forming the order elements are deleted from the manual data stored in the RAM 42. A process of rearranging the symbol codes of this procedure in ascending order is performed. Subsequently, according to the same procedure, it is checked whether or not three consecutive symbol codes are prepared for several symbol codes.

(Procedure 4b)
With respect to the remaining hand data stored in the RAM 42, referring to the engraved / pair / junction unit table shown in FIG. It is sequentially judged whether or not. When the order unit is formed, the number of order combinations is incremented by 1, and then the design code forming the order is deleted from the hand data stored in the RAM 42, and then The process of rearranging the symbol codes in ascending order is performed. Subsequently, in the same procedure, it is checked whether or not an order unit is formed for several symbols. 26 is a data table in which a combination pattern of symbol codes in which a pair, an indenter, and an order are formed is registered in the ROM 41 in advance for 27 kinds of seeds. .

(Procedure 5)
The number of combinations of the indenter, the order child, and the sparrow head (pair) is determined by the processing of the above-described procedure 1 to procedure 4. Then, when the number of combinations is (a) or (b) below, it can be determined that the 13 hands are listening.
(A) When there are a total of four combinations of indenters and junks, it can be determined that the remaining 13 hands are the remaining ones that will be listening to the sparrow head.
(B) If there are a total of 3 combinations of incisors and juniors, and one sparrow head is formed, the remaining two hands will form pairs or remain It is possible to determine that the state is in a hearing state when the two ridges are several halves and form any one of a tower (tarts), a fitting tower (canter), and a side tower (penter). it can.

(Procedure 6)
In the process of the above procedure 2, if there are more than two other identical symbol codes in 13 hand handles, sparrow heads (pairs) are also formed for these two symbol codes. Assuming that the above steps are performed, the above-described procedures 2 to 6 are performed.

  In the process of step S8, even if it is determined that the state is in a hearing state, one is added to the listening hand by self-manipulation, and there are four in the current location. If it is disclosed, it may be determined that the state of hearing does not occur.

(Step S9)
The hearing determination program P27d checks whether or not the processing of step S8 has been performed for all the symbol codes of the kites that are obtained by the processing of step S7 and are included in the manual processing, and has not yet been processed. If the symbol code remains, the process returns to step S8. On the other hand, when the process of step S8 is completed for all symbol codes, the process proceeds to step S10.

(Step S10)
The following processing is performed on the symbol code “listen if discarded” stored in the RAM 42 by the processing of steps S8, S8a, and S8b.
(1) The throwing pad switch lighting control program P30 is a light emitting body provided on the throwing pad button switches 16a, 16b,..., 16m, 17 corresponding to the symbol code of the throwing pot to be “listen if discarded”. Control to turn on certain LEDs 59a, 59b,..., 59n is performed.
(2) The hearing determination program P27d transmits all of the symbol codes for the “listen if discarded” stored in the RAM 42 together with the control command to the image control board Kc. When the image control board Kc receives the symbol code “listen if discarded”, the symbol corresponding to the symbol code “listen if discarded” is displayed on the display device 14 as shown in FIG. 15 by the hearing display program P323b. In addition, a sound indicating that there is a habit of “listening if discarded” is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P41.

  Thus, if the player keeps the self-discarding litter assist button switch SW2 in the ON state, the lighting of the LED 59a,... 17 of the littering button switch 16a,. By looking at the display, it is possible to grasp that there is a habit of “listening if it is thrown away” in the current 14 steps before the operation of the litter. Such a game progress assist means enables a player who has little knowledge of mahjong games to accurately select a habit to “listen if thrown away”, so that it is possible to lead the hand to the state of hearing more quickly. Become. If the process of step S10 is performed, the process of the hearing determination program P27 is terminated if it is discarded.

  When the LED 59a,... 17 of the thrown-in waste button switch 16a,... 17 is turned off, the player presses the throw-away button switch 16a,. When this symbol code is sent from the main control board Ka to the sub-control board Kb together with the control command, it is turned off based on the control of the sub-board operation control program P21.

Next, description will be made on a method for determining a heel and a method for assisting a player that will be “rising if self-recognized” and “listening if self-recognizing” when the player presses the self-rejecting hesitate assist button switch SW2.
As described above, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka is performed by automatically manipulating the player by firing the game ball when the 14 baskets are automatically arranged at the start of the game. When there are 14 habits, it is determined whether or not the winning combination is completed by operating the winning determination program P8. If the player does not complete the rising role, each time the player performs an operation of “discarding” to throw away one unnecessary bag from the 14 cards, the player stores it in the table storage area. The symbol code of the 13 handed handles is transmitted to the sub-control board Kb together with the control command. At this time, the 13 symbol codes are sorted in ascending order and transmitted to the sub control board Kb. When the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the symbol code of the 13 manuals when the button switch SW2 is in the ON state, the received data is stored in the RAM 42, If the control is carried out by itself, the program proceeds to the rising wrinkle determination program P28. If it is determined that the heel which is “up if it is self-determined” is not determined by the self-increasing heel determination program P28, the hearing determination program P29 is operated if it is continually self-contained.

FIG. 16 shows a flow of processing procedures of the rising wrinkle determination program P28 if self-existing and the hearing determination program P29 if self-existing. The outline of this processing procedure is as follows.
(1) In steps Sa to Sb, the numbers “1” and “9” included in the current 13 manuals stored in the RAM 42 and the number A of character types are calculated. When the number of types A is 7 or less, or 12 or more, the process proceeds to Steps Sc to Sd to determine whether or not there is a symbol code of a kite that goes up if it is self-sufficient. On the other hand, if the number of types A is 8 to 11, the process proceeds to step Sf.
(2) In steps Sc to Sd, it is determined whether or not there is a symbol code of a kite that will be “up if self-speaking” for all symbol codes of a kite that are candidates for self-sufficiency. When the symbol code of the kite that is “self-raised” is extracted, the symbol code is stored in the RAM 42 by the process of step Se, and then the vicinity of the entrance corresponding to the kite that becomes “self-raised” A process of lighting the full color LEDs 37,. On the other hand, if the symbol code of the kite that goes up if “self-speaks” is not extracted, the process proceeds to step Sf.

(3) In step Sf, by the hearing determination program P29 if it is self-identified, the numbers “1” and “9” included in the current 13 manuals stored in the RAM 42, and the characters When the number of types A of the cocoons is 8 or less or 11 or more, the process proceeds to steps Sg to Sh to determine whether or not there is a symbol code of the cocoon to be “listen if self”. On the other hand, if the number of types A is 9 to 10, the process of the hearing determination program P29 is terminated if the type number A itself.
(4) In steps Sg to Sh, it is determined whether or not there is a habit of “listening if he / she self”. Then, when the symbol code of the kite that is “listening if you are self-explanatory” is extracted, the symbol code is stored in the RAM 42 by the process of step Si, and then the entrance corresponding to the kite that is “listening if you are self-catering” A process of lighting the full color LEDs 37,... Installed in the vicinity is performed. On the other hand, if the symbol code of the kite to “listen if he / she is self” is not extracted, the processing of the hearing determination program P29 is terminated if he / she is self.
As described above, when the symbol code of the heel that becomes “if it is self-existing” is not determined for the current 13 manuals, if it is self-contained, the ascent-rising determination program P28 is a hearing determination program. P29 will be activated.

  As described above, the rising wrinkle determination program P28 includes eight to eleven types of “1” and “9”, and a character wrinkle (so-called yaochu wrinkle) in the current 13 manuals. If there are 9 to 10 kinds of Yaochu, if this is the case, then the hearing determination program P29 will add any one of these by itself. However, it is determined that the rising role or the state of hearing cannot be completed. This reason can be proved by the same concept as the reason explained in the 19-character type number calculation program P27a (step S1), and the details thereof are omitted.

(Judgment process for wrinkles that go up if you do it yourself)
In the following, in order to make the current thirteen steps “increase if self”, the processing procedure of the self-elevation determination program P28 for self-determination for determining the self-determination will be described with reference to FIG. The processing procedure shown in FIG. 17 includes a nineteen-character character type number determination program P27a, a seven-pair child character determination program P28a, a Kokushi no double upward character determination program P28b, which are subprograms constituting the upward error determination program P28. It is executed by the listening pattern determination program P28c, the rising habit determination program P28d, and the rising habit determination program P28e.

(Step S11)
First, the nineteen-character type number calculation program P27a calculates “1” and “9” of several numbers (eg, eggplant and tube) for the 13 hand-code symbols stored in the RAM 42 of the sub-control board Kb. The number of types A that includes “one glance”, “one cylinder”, “nine cylinders”, “nine cylinders”, and character 牌 is calculated. And when it is determined that the number of types “1”, “9” and the number of types A of character fonts is included in 13 to 13 types, the current 13 types are If there is no possibility that it will rise, the process of the rising haze determination program P28 is terminated. As a result, it is not necessary to execute the above-described steps Sc to Sd (steps S12 to S22 in FIG. 17) for 13 hands that are not likely to rise. The processing time of the determination program P28 can be shortened.

(Step S12)
In step S12, it is determined whether or not “seven pairs” can be achieved by adding one kite to the current thirteen hands by the seven pair kite climbing kit determination program P28a. If it is determined that the kite that can be raised by “Seven Pairs”, the symbol code of the kite to be self-depressed is temporarily stored in the RAM 42 in step S20a as a kite that becomes “if self-contained”. If it is determined that “seven pairs” cannot be raised, the process proceeds to step S13. It should be noted that a method for determining a kite that can be raised by “seven pairs” if one kite is self-identified among the current thirteen procedures is possible in the same way as the procedure described in the above step S2. Details are omitted.

(Step S13)
In step S13, it is determined whether or not “Kokushi Musou” can be raised by adding one kite to the current 13 hands by the Kokushi Musou climbing kit determination program P28b. When it is determined that the kite can be lifted by “Musou”, the symbol code of the kite to be self-recognized is temporarily stored in the RAM 42 in step S20b as a kite that becomes “if self-contained”. If it is determined that “Kokushi Musou” cannot be raised, the process proceeds to step S14. The method of judging a kite that can be raised by “Kokushi Musou” if one of the current thirteen steps is self-sufficient is the same as the procedure described in step S3, and its details are omitted. To do.

  It should be noted that, in the above-described steps S12 and S13, if four heels that have been determined to be “self-raising will be raised” have already been disclosed at the current game site, “self-rising will be raised”. It is necessary to perform processing that is not determined as a trap. A method for determining whether or not the four are disclosed will be described in step S18 described later.

(Step S14)
The processing of steps S14 to S22 described below is processing for a general rising combination excluding “Seven Pairs” and “Kokushi Musou”. In step S14, the number of wrinkles for each type is calculated for the 13 hand code symbols stored in the RAM 42 by the hearing pattern determination program P28c, and the number is calculated for each type in the RAM 42. The process to memorize is performed. The calculation of the number of baskets for each basket type is the same as the procedure of step S4.

  The process of step S14 described above will be described with reference to the thirteen example a11 shown in FIG. 18. The number a12 of cocoons for each cocoon type is 5 for "lion", 5 for "tuber", and 3 for "letter". And the number is stored in the RAM 42.

  Subsequently, the hearing pattern determination program P28c divides the number of wrinkles for each wrinkle type calculated by the above processing by “3”, and the remaining number X (remaining number of levers), Y (remaining number of tube members). ), Z (remaining number of characters). As described above, the number of remainders indicates an integer remainder value obtained by dividing the number of baskets for each basket type by 3, and the value is one of 0, 1, and 2. Subsequently, an array pattern (X, Y, Z) in which the remaining numbers are arrayed is obtained and stored in the RAM 42. Note that the arrangement pattern (X, Y, Z) constitutes an arrangement pattern for the hand. This calculation example will be described with reference to FIG. 18. The number of remainders obtained by dividing the number of baskets for each basket type shown in a12 by “3” is “sushi” is 2, as shown in a13, "Is 2 and" Character "is 0. That is, the arrangement pattern (X, Y, Z) of the handle is (2, 2, 0). When storing the obtained hand arrangement pattern (2, 2, 0) in the RAM 42, it is stored as “220” or “022”. In this process, when the number of the cocoon of the kind is 0, a process of setting the number of the remainder obtained by dividing the number of the cocoon of the kind by “3” to “0” is performed.

(Step S15)
The hearing pattern determination program P28c determines that the arrangement pattern (X, Y, Z) of the handhold obtained in step S14 is the arrangement pattern expression (2) or expression (3) at the time of the hearing, that is, (0, 0, 1). ) Or (0, 2, 2) is determined. As described above, when determining whether or not they match, for example, the arrangement pattern (2, 2, 0) of the handle shown in a13 in FIG. 18 is “2” “2” “ It is not necessary to consider the order of “lion”, “tube”, and “letter” for the arrangement order of “0”. Therefore, it can be determined that the arrangement pattern (2, 2, 0) of the handle shown in a13 in FIG. 18 matches the arrangement pattern formula (3) at the time of hearing, that is, (0, 2, 2).

  In step S15, when the arrangement pattern of the hand tile obtained in step S14 matches the above-described arrangement pattern expression (2) or expression (3) at the time of listening, as described above, 13 hand movements are performed. Since it can be determined that there is a possibility of being in a hearing state, the process proceeds to the next processing step S16. On the other hand, if it is determined that they do not match in the above process, the process of the rising wrinkle determination program P28 is terminated if it is determined by itself. It should be noted that the arrangement pattern formula (2) or formula (3) at the time of hearing is registered in advance as constants “001” and “022” in the hearing pattern determination program P28c.

  If it is determined in the process of step S15 that the current 13 hands have not been listened to, that is, there is no possibility of going up even if one hand is added by the self-operation, the steps after step S16 are performed. The processing is not performed. As a result, if a wrinkle that becomes “if self-raising” is not determined, the processing time of the rising wrinkle determination program P <b> 28 can be shortened if self-inhibiting.

(Step S16)
In step S16, first, in order to change the arrangement pattern of the hand tile obtained in step S14 into the above-described arrangement pattern formula (1), that is, (0, 0, 2), using the ascent type determination program P28d. In addition, a process for obtaining one seed type to be added to the current procedure is performed. The outline of this process will be described with reference to the arrangement pattern (2, 2, 0) of the handle shown in a13 of FIG. In the arrangement pattern (2, 2, 0) of the hand-claw shown in a13, the remainder of the current 13 hand-claws when the number of “insulators” is divided by 3 is 2, which is also “cylinder”. This indicates that the number of remainders is 2, and the number of remainders of “character” is 0. Therefore, in order to add one sow seed to the array pattern (2, 2, 0) shown by a13 in FIG. Or if you add one of the “Tsutsuko” seeds to your hand, the number of remainders after dividing by “3” will be “0”, so it will be the array pattern (0, 0, 2) when going up. I understand. The ascending seed type determination program P28d obtained by programming such a process constitutes an ascending combination of “lion” or “cylinder” in the arrangement pattern (2, 2, 0) of the handle shown in a13 of FIG. It is possible to determine that the seeds that can be used, that is, the seeds that are “raised if they are self-sufficient” are “lions” or “tubers”. The rising pattern pattern formula (1) is registered in advance as a constant “002” in the rising seed determination program 28d.

(Step S17)
The rising wrinkle determination program P28e first selects one wrinkle from the wrinkles constituting this wrinkle type for the wrinkle type obtained in step S16. For example, when the cocoon type is “lion”, a process of selecting from the symbol code “Ichigo” which is the increasing order of the symbol code is performed. This selection process is performed in order to determine whether or not a rising combination can be completed when one heel is added to the current thirteen hands.

(Step S18)
It is necessary to check whether or not the bags selected in the process of step S17 are the four bags already disclosed in the game place at this time. The reason for this is that four kites that have already been disclosed cannot be selected as kites to be self-sufficient. In the current game site, a method for checking whether or not four bags are disclosed can be achieved, for example, by providing a program for performing the following (Process 1) to (Process 3). Note that the four shark designs already disclosed are the same 牌 designs for the current manual, the current trash, the puppet displayed as the front dora, the back dora, and the puppet. Individually disclosed bag designs are shown. Of these, for example, the front and back drums, and the wind kites should be set appropriately, such as by performing processing that does not count as four disclosed bag designs. .

(Process 1) The sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb sets a disclosure number table K for counting the number of disclosures for each symbol code as shown in FIG.
(Processing 2) The sub-board operation control program P21 for the sub-control board Kb is such that when the symbol code of 14 baskets automatically arranged by the automatic arrangement program P5 is transmitted from the main control board Ka, the player plays the game ball Of the disclosure number table K when the symbol code of the self-control is transmitted from the main control board Ka and when the symbol code such as the table driver is received from the main control board Ka. A process of “+1” the storage area for counting the number of disclosures of the corresponding symbol code is performed.

  (Process 3) The rising wrinkle determination program P28e refers to the disclosed number table K with respect to the symbol code selected in the process of step S17 described above, and whether or not four symbol codes of the selected bag have already been disclosed. Determine whether. Then, for the four symbol codes that have already been disclosed, the processing that is not selected as a self-contained trap, that is, the processing of steps S19 to S20 for determining whether or not to constitute a rising combination is not performed, and the disclosed number is Processing for selecting 0 to 3 symbol codes as the traps to be suppressed is performed.

(Step S19)
The rising kite determination program P28e is selected in step S17, and four symbol codes that are not disclosed in the current game are added to the current thirteen hand-tack data stored in the RAM 42, and 14 The process of rearranging the manual data that became is rearranged in the ascending order of the symbol code. Subsequently, a process is performed to determine whether or not these 14 steps have completed a combination of general rising roles excluding “Seven Pairs” and “Kokushi Musou”. In this judgment, the general rising combination is composed of 4 sets of “Konko” and “Junko” and 1 set of “Sparrow”, so the procedure for checking the number of sets of these combinations is programmed. It becomes possible by making it. This check procedure will be described with reference to the example shown in FIG.

(1) In the process of step S16, it is determined that the cocoon seed for completing the rising role is “Isogo” or “Tsutsuko”. It is determined whether or not a rising combination can be completed when one of the previous symbol codes is sequentially added to the current 13 manuals. The determination as to whether or not the rising combination has been completed is because the symbol codes of the hand kite a11, which has become 14 pieces by adding one kite, are sorted in ascending order and stored in the RAM 42. From the first address in order, “Sparrow Head” (two identical symbol codes), “Konko” (three identical symbol codes), “Junko” (three consecutive symbol codes) It is determined whether the combination is complete.
(2) As a result of the processing of (1) above, it is determined that the rising combination has been completed if four combinations of “Konko” and “Junko” and one combination of “Sparrow” have been completed.

(Step S20)
If it is determined in the process of step S19 that the kite that can complete the rising combination is determined, the symbol code that is assumed to have been added is stored in the RAM 42 as a kite that will be "up if self-speaking". . In the example shown in FIG. 18, three symbols “five”, “three-cylinder” and “six-cylinder” become a symbol of “going up if self”, so these symbol codes are stored in the storage area a14 of the RAM 42. Will be remembered.

(Step S21)
Subsequently, the rising wrinkle determination program P28e checks whether or not the determination processing of the wrinkle that will be “up if self-recognized” has been performed for all of the wrinkle symbol codes to be added to the 13 hands. If there is no defect, the process returns to step S17.

(Step S22)
The rising wrinkle determination program P28e checks whether or not the symbol code of the wrinkle that will “go up if self” is stored in the RAM 42 in the processes of steps S20, S20a, and S20b. The ball opening lighting control program P31 is operated to control to turn on the full color LEDs 37,... Installed near the ball opening 11a,. Further, the rising wrinkle determination program P28e transmits all of the symbol codes of the wrinkles that are stored in the RAM 42 and become “if it rises,” together with the control command to the image control board Kc. When the image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the kite that will rise if it is self-sufficient, it displays the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the kite that will be raised if it is self-sufficient by the program to display the kite display program P323c. As shown in FIG. 20, the sound is displayed on the display device 14, and further, a sound indicating that there is a habit of “going up if self” is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P 41.
When the process of step S22 is completed, the process of the rising wrinkle determination program P28 ends if the process proceeds.

  As described above, the rising wrinkle determination program P28 responds to a wrinkle that becomes “raises if it is self-recognized” when the “13 The process of lighting the LEDs 37,..., Which are light emitters installed in the vicinity of the entrance to be performed, is performed, and the process is terminated. On the other hand, when no heel that is “if self-existing” is not extracted, the self-rising determination program P28 executes the hearing determination program P29 if self-explained and performs “listening if self-existing”. The presence or absence of wrinkles will be determined. Then, when it is determined that the kites are “listening if they are self-sufficient”, processing is performed to turn on the full-color LEDs 37,... Installed near the entrance corresponding to the kites.

(Judgment process for the person who listens if he / she speaks)
The self-determination program P29 is based on the symbol codes related to the current 13 manuals stored in the RAM 42, and should be self-contained in order to put the manuals into a hearing state, so-called "listen if self-speaking". The process which determines the presence or absence of a wrinkle to perform is performed. Hereinafter, the processing procedure of the hearing determination program P29 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Step S31)
First, if it is determined by itself, the hearing determination program P29 activates the nineteen-character type calculation program P27a that has executed the process of step S1 described above. The nineteen-character font type number calculation program P27a includes several “1”, “9” fonts, and character fonts for the 13 hand-coded symbol codes stored in the RAM 42 of the sub-control board Kb. The number of types A is calculated.

  Based on the example of character a21 shown in FIG. 22, a calculation example of the number “1”, “9” and the number of characters “A” included in the handbag is calculated by the nineteen-character bowl number calculation program P27a. It is as follows. The thirteen hand tiles a21 include “1”, “9” of several numbers, and “Ichiban”, “East”, “East”, “South” as four characters. The number of types A is calculated as 3 as indicated by a22. Note that the processing in step S31 may use the numbers “1” and “9” and the number A of character fonts included in the hand calculated in the processing in step S11 described above.

  If it is determined in the process of step S31 that the 13 handpieces contain 9 to 10 kinds of “1”, “9”, and character pots, the current 13 handwheels are If it is determined that there is no possibility of being in a hearing state even if the next self-operation is performed, the processing of the hearing determination program P29 is terminated if it is self-existing. As a result, if there is no possibility that the current 13 thirty-one hand spears after adding one spear will be heard, it is necessary to execute the processing of steps S32 to S40 described below. Since it disappears, the processing time of the hearing determination program P29 can be shortened by self-inhibition. If the current 13 manuals contain 9 to 10 types of “1”, “9”, and Chinese characters, add one to the manual. The reason why it is determined that there is no possibility of hearing can be proved by the same idea as the reason described in step S1, and the details thereof are omitted. If the numbers “1” and “9” and the number A of character fonts are 8 or less and 11 or more, the process proceeds to step S32.

(Step S32)
If it is assumed that the hearing determination program P29 operates the seven-pair listening determination program P29a and adds one to the current thirteen hands, it is “seven-pair”. Determine whether to listen. If it is determined to listen with the rising role of “Seven Pairs”, a process of temporarily storing the symbol code of the kite to be self-contained in the RAM 42 in step S37a as “cooking if self-contained” is performed. If it is determined that the “seven pairs” cannot be heard, the process proceeds to step S33. In step S32, a method for determining a kite that can be heard as a “seven pair” ascending if a single kite is added to the current table is a seven-pair hearing test program P27b if it is discarded in step S2. Since it is possible with the same concept as the procedure described in the above process, its details are omitted.

(Step S33)
If it is assumed that the self-speaking judgment program P29 activates the Kokushi Muso Hearing Judgment judgment program P29b and suspects that one of the current 13 hands is self-suspected, whether or not to hear “Kokushi Musou”. Determine whether. If it is determined to listen to “Kokushi Musou”, a process of temporarily storing the symbol code of the kite to be self-contained in the RAM 42 in step S37b as a kit to “listen if self-contained” is performed. If it is determined that “Kokushi Musou” cannot be heard, the process proceeds to step S34. It should be noted that the method for determining whether or not to listen to “Kokushi Musou” by self-determination of one of the 13 current procedures is possible in the same way as the procedure described in step S3. Is omitted.

  In the above-described processing of steps S32 and S33, if four 牌 determined to be “listen if self” are already disclosed at the current game site, they are “listen if self”. It is necessary to perform processing that is not determined. As described above, this determination method is determined with reference to the disclosed number table K shown in FIG.

(Step S34)
The processing in steps S34 to S40 described below is performed by the hearing determination program P29 operating the all-symbol-based hearing determination program P29c if it is self-sufficient. In step S34, in order to determine in advance whether or not the hand will be in a hearing state when it is assumed that one hand has been added to the current 13 hands. Then, a process of selecting this single heel (Xi) to be self-contained is performed. For example, as shown in FIG. 28, the selection process for one cocoon includes 27 kinds of cocoon symbol codes (shown by the symbol data table a23 in FIG. 22) of “one cocoon” to “medium” in advance. This is stored as a data table in the separate hearing determination program P29c, and in order of the symbol codes stored in this data table, that is, from the symbol code “01” of “Ichigo” to the symbol code “1B” of “medium”. A process of selecting one by one is performed.

(Step S35)
For the bag (Xi) selected in step S34, it is necessary not to select the symbols of the four bags that have already been disclosed in the current game place as the bags to be held down. As a countermeasure against this, the same processing as step S18 described above, that is, a processing for checking whether or not four selected cocoons (Xi) are already disclosed with reference to the disclosed number table K shown in FIG. . And the process which selects the symbol code | cord | chord of the number of disclosure of 0-3 pieces as a cage | basket to suppress is performed, and it progresses to step S36. On the other hand, the process proceeds to step S38 without selecting four symbol codes already disclosed as self-contained traps.

(Step S36)
A process of adding the symbol code of 牌 (Xi) selected in the processing of steps S34 to S35 as a self-description to the symbol codes of the 13 hand rules stored in the RAM 42 is performed. At this time, the 14 symbol codes stored in the RAM 42 are sorted and stored in ascending order of symbol codes.

(Step S37)
A process for determining whether or not the 14 handcuffs added by the process of step S36 are to be heard by the all-symbol-use hearing determination program P29c, and obtaining a call for "listening if self-speaking". I do. Then, the symbol code of 牌 (Xi) determined as the 牌 to “listen if self” is stored in the RAM 42. In the procedure example a21 shown in FIG. 22, as shown in a24 as a kite to “listen if self”, “five chords”, “three pipes”, “six pipes”, “east” are determined and extracted. The symbol code is stored in the RAM 42.

The process of step S37 can be performed by the following procedure. Completing the general rising role except “Seven Pairs” and “Kokushi Musou”, the combination of 4 sets of inscriptions and Junko and 1 combination of sparrow heads (pairs) consists of 5 sets in total. Is done. Therefore, if one hand is added to the current 13 handwheels and 14 handwheels are in the state of hearing, the 14 handwheels have an indenter and a junko. A total of four pairs of pairs are formed. These four combinations are either:
(A) There are a total of four sets of indenters and Junko.
(B) There are a total of 3 sets of incisors and Junko, and 1 set of sparrow heads (pairs).

  In the combination (a) above, if any one of the two cocoons excluding the cocoons forming the four sets from the 14 pallets is discarded by the next trashing operation, 13 pallets are discarded. Waits for the remaining sparrow head. Therefore, in the process of step S37, the number of pairs of indentations, order elements, and pairs formed in 14 hands is counted, and when the result of (a) is obtained, 13 hands are obtained. It can be determined that the number of handcuffs that has become 14 has been heard by the heel (Xi) added to the heel.

In the combination of (b) above, the remaining 3 kites excluding the total of 3 pairs of incisors and juniors from the 14 hand kites and the kite forming one pair of pairs are the following (b1) or ( If it is in the state of b2), it can be determined that 14 handcuffs have been heard by the spider (Xi) added to the 13 handcuffs.
(B1) Of the remaining three bags, two are the same symbol (symbol code). In this case, if you remove the remaining 1 bag from the remaining 3 bags and discard the remaining 1 bag by the next discarding operation, the 13 hands will be in a champon (two pairs of pairs) hearing state. Become.
(B2) Any of the tarts (towers), canters (fitting towers), and penters (side towers) for forming the order in the remaining three baskets is included. In this case, if one unnecessary spear is discarded from the remaining three spears by the next throwing spear operation, the 13 hand spears are in a hearing state.

(Step S38) (Step S39)
In step S38, pre-processing (i = i + 1) for selecting the next symbol code as the symbol (Xi) to be self-determined from among the thirteen types of symbols related to the present thirteen types of symbols, Pre-processing is performed to select 27 types of symbol codes “Xi” from symbol codes “1” to “medium” symbol code “1B”. This program processing is made possible by, for example, performing processing for extracting the next symbol code from the 27 types of symbol data table as shown in FIG. 28 stored in the program. Subsequently, the process proceeds to the next step S39, and if the process of selecting all 27 types of cocoons has not been performed, the process returns to the process of step S34 described above.

(Step S40)
With respect to the symbol code of the kite to be “listen if it is stored” in the RAM 42 in the processes of steps S37, S37a, and S37b, the full-color LEDs 37,... Installed near the entrance 11a,. Process to light up. This processing is executed when the all-symbol hearing determination program P29c operates the entrance entrance lighting control program P31.
Further, the all-symbol hearing determination program P29c transmits all the symbol codes of the “study if self-speaking” to the image control board Kc together with the control command. When the image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the kite to “listen if self”, the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the kite to “listen if self” is displayed in FIG. 23 by the auditory display program P323d. In addition, the sound is displayed on the display device 14, and further, a sound indicating that there is a habit of “listening if self” is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P 41. When the process of step S40 is completed, the process of the hearing determination program P29 is terminated if the process is completed.

  The turn-off LED 37,... Is turned off by the processing of the above-described self-increase determination program P28 and self-inspection determination program P29. When a person launches a game ball and the game ball enters the entrance, a control code and a design code of self-control are transmitted from the main control board Ka to the sub-control board Kb. It is turned off under the control of the entrance entrance lighting control program P31.

  As described above, in the present invention, when the player presses the self-discarding heel assist button switch SW2 and the assist button switch SW2 is in the ON state, the player performs the trashing operation. Before the next self-restraint operation is performed, the presence / absence of a spear that is “if self-recognized” or “self-restraint” is determined. Then, if it is determined that the player goes up if he / she is self-sufficient or listens if he / she is self-sufficient, the entrance corresponding to this hee is clearly indicated by the lighting of the full-color LED. With such game progress assist means, a player who has little knowledge of mahjong or game experience with a sparrow ball game machine will be able to enter the game entrance that will be “rising if he / she self” or “listening if he / she self” Since it can be recognized before the ball is launched, the game ball can be launched aiming at the entrance.

  In the above description of the embodiment, the example of determining whether or not there is a wrinkle that becomes “self-rising and listening” is described, but in the present invention, “self-rising and rising”. It is also possible to determine only a kite to be turned on, and when a kite to be “up if self-tested” is determined, an LED provided in the vicinity of the entrance corresponding to the kite may be lit.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the self-discarding trap assist button switch SW2 is turned on, the player's current manual is a discard pad for “listening if discarding”, “rising if self-discarding”, and “self-disturbing”. An example of assisting a habit that should be self-contained in order to “listen if it is heard” has been described. In the present invention, an assist request input switch is added, and each assist of a throw-away kit that “listens if it is thrown away”, “up if it is self-listen”, and a trap that should be self-listened in order to “listen if it is self-listen” It may be arbitrarily executed by selecting a request input switch.

(Processing for Listening Number Display Button Switch SW3)
Next, an outline of processing contents for realizing the assist function when the player presses the number-of-listenings display button switch SW3 will be described. The number-of-listenings button switch SW3 is based on 14 layout data automatically distributed by the automatic layout program P5 at the start of one game when the button switch SW3 is ON. As shown in FIG. 11, for each of the rising combinations set in advance, information on the number of listeners for completing the rising combination, information on the frequency of the past rising, and 14 symbols arranged are displayed. It is an operation button. This assist function is executed by the listening number calculation program P26 when the automatic arrangement program P5 of the main control board Ka determines 14 pieces of arrangement data and this arrangement data is transmitted to the sub-control board Kb. The

  A procedure in which the number-of-listenings calculation program P26 calculates the number of listenings for each rising role based on 14 arrangement data will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 and 25, h indicates 14 examples of arrangement. The method of calculating the number of listeners for completing the combination of “Dai tern” h1 which is a winning combination from this arrangement h can be performed as follows.

  (1) The indentation number / junction / pair unit table shown in FIG. 26 and the rising combination determination rule table shown in FIG. The incisor / junko / counter unit table gives a code number to the combination pattern forming the indenter, the order and the pair for the 27 kinds of kites handled by the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention. This is a data table in which combinations of symbol codes that form an indent, an order, and a pair are registered. For example, “3B” is assigned as the code number for “middle, middle, and middle” that forms an indent, and “1B1B1B”, which is a sequence of three “middle” symbol codes “1B”, is registered as data for the indenter unit. ing. The rising combination determination rule table shown in FIG. 27 is a data table in which necessary condition 1 and necessary condition 2 for completing the configuration of the rising combination are registered for each rising combination. In the necessary condition 1, unit codes such as engraved, ordered, and counter elements, which are absolute necessary conditions for completing the configuration of the rising combination, are registered.

  (2) The procedure for calculating the number of listening to complete the combination of “large ternary” h1 in the arrangement h shown in FIG. 24 is performed as follows, for example. First, with reference to the rising combination determination rule table shown in FIG. 27, the number of listening to satisfy the necessary condition 1 for completing this rising combination is obtained. In order to make the hand data “h” as an example of “Large three yuan” h2, 4 “white”, 2 “發”, 1 “medium”, 4 in total It can be determined that it is necessary to refrain from the trap.

  (3) Subsequently, with reference to the necessary condition 2 of the rising combination determination rule table, the number of listening to satisfy the necessary condition 2 is obtained. According to such a procedure, it is possible to determine that the number of listens for completing “large ternary” h <b> 1 is “5”.

  By the same procedure as described above, the number of listeners for completing the rising combination h2 of the “seven pair” shown in FIG. 25 from the example h of the arrangement can be calculated as “3”.

When the number-of-listenings calculation program P26 calculates the number of listenings for each rising role according to the above-described procedure, the previous number of rising roles calculated by the aforementioned game history data totaling program P25 is added to the data of the number of listenings for each rising role. Data of another rising frequency is added, and these data are transmitted to the image control board Kc. The image control board Kc can display the screen G2 as shown in FIG. 11 by the data for the number of listening for each rising role and the frequency of the rising occurrence, by the program for displaying the number of listening for each rising role P323e. In addition, the display of the number of listening by rising role shown in FIG. 11 is performed so that the number of listening is equal to or less than a predetermined value, for example, “7” or less. If such an assist function is provided in the sparrow ball game machine, the player can set the goal of the rising role for each game and advance the game, so that it is possible to make the game progress more interesting. .
In the example shown in FIG. 11, the number of listening and the past rising probability are displayed for each rising role, but in the present invention, only the number of listening for each rising role may be displayed.

  While the number-of-listenings calculation program P26 is activated and the screen G2 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed, the game progress is interrupted. For example, the player discards the button switch button 16a for throwing away, When any one of 16b,..., 16m, 17 is pressed and a throwing away operation is performed, the screen G2 is erased.

  In the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, when the player presses the self-rejecting spear assist switch SW2, the entrance corresponding to the spear that becomes “up if self-rejected” is lit according to the level of the rising hand. The process of changing the color to be performed can be performed. The level of the rising combination indicates the size of the rising combination, that is, the number of medals to be paid out to the player when the rising combination is completed. In order to perform such a process, it is necessary to perform a process of determining the role of the rising combination that becomes “if it is self-sufficient” after the process of step S21 shown in FIG. Then, in accordance with the determined winning combination, that is, the level of the number of medals to be paid out, control is performed so as to change the color color for lighting the full color LED 37. Next, the outline of the processing procedure of the rising combination determination program P32 for determining the rising combination will be described.

(1) First, a hand number data table is created in which the number of each 14 symbol codes stored in the RAM 42 of the sub control board Kb and arranged in the order of symbol codes is calculated.
(2) The sparrow head is first determined from the combination of rising combinations with reference to the hand count data table created in the process of (1) above. The determination of this sparrow head is performed by selecting two cocoons with the same symbol number from the table number data table. When there is no cocoon having the number of two for the same symbol code, two of the cocoons having the number of the same symbol code having three or four are selected. When the combination of the sparrow heads is determined, the unit code of this sparrow head (pair) is obtained with reference to the notch / junction / pair pair unit code table shown in FIG.

  (3) The symbol codes of the two kites selected as sparrow heads in the process (2) above are deleted from the symbol codes of the hand kit stored in the RAM 42.

  (4) Rearrange the twelve symbol codes in ascending order of symbol codes. Subsequently, referring to the hand number data table, if there is a symbol code that includes three symbols for the same symbol code, it is determined that the three symbol codes form an indenter. can do. Then, with respect to the unit of the symbol code in which this incision is formed, the inscription unit code is obtained with reference to the inscription / junction / pairing unit code table shown in FIG. The symbol code of is deleted from the symbol code of the manual. Furthermore, with reference to the hand number data table, if there is a symbol code that includes three of the same symbol code, it is determined that these three symbol codes also form an indent, With respect to the unit of the symbol code in which this indenter is formed, the indenter unit code is obtained by referring to the indenter / junctor / pair unit code table and stored in the RAM 42, and the three symbol codes are manually stored. Delete from the symbol code. If the number of symbol codes stored in the RAM 42 becomes zero in the process (4), the combination is a combination of rising roles, and the process proceeds to the following process (7).

  (5) The remaining symbol codes of the hand tile are divided into three in the order of arrangement, and it is determined whether or not the three symbol codes form an order of several tiles. Whether or not this order is formed can be determined by determining whether or not three identical symbol codes are consecutive with reference to the symbol codes shown in FIG. . If the remaining symbol code still exists in the hand bag, it is further determined whether or not the remaining bag forms an order. If an order is formed, the code of the design code unit in which the order is formed is obtained with reference to the inscription / order / pair unit code table shown in FIG. At the same time, the symbol codes forming these three orders are deleted from the symbol code of the hand.

  (6) If the combination of 1 sparrow head and 4 combinations of indenter or Junko is formed by the above processes (2) to (5), the combination of rising roles is completed. The rising combination is determined according to (7). On the other hand, if one set of sparrow heads and four sets of indenters and junko are not formed, the processing returns to the above processing (2), and other sparrow heads are selected and the above processing (3) to (5). When the above process is repeated, there are always four sets of combinations of one sparrow head and a combination of indenter and junko.

  (7) The rising combination combination is determined by a program for determining the rising combination for each of the 20 or more types of rising combinations shown in FIG. In this determination processing, the determination is made with reference to the rising combination determination rule table shown in FIG. 27 and the sparrow head symbol code, the indenter and the unit code stored in the RAM. When the rising combination can be determined, the number of medals (acquired number of medals) to be paid out to the player corresponding to the rising combination is obtained with reference to FIG. 29 and stored in the RAM 42.

  (8) In mahjong games, when a rising combination is completed, it is necessary to consider a combination with other rising combinations. Also in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to make a sparrow ball game machine considering the combination with other lift roles by performing the following processing when the lift role is completed. . First, for the rising combination shown in FIG. 29, a rising combination composite data table in which a composite relationship is set is created and registered in the rising combination determination program P32. Then, when the rising combination is determined by the procedure of (7), the rising combination combined data table is referred to for the determined rising combination and it is determined whether or not the rising combination for which the composite relationship is set is completed. judge. If the combined rising combination is completed, the number of payout medals for the rising combination is obtained and stored in the RAM 42.

  (9) Through the above processes (1) to (8), the number of medals to be paid out for a rising combination that will be “raised if self-sufficient” can be obtained. If the rising combination is combined with other rising combinations, the total number of medals to be paid out for the combined rising combination is the number of medals to be paid out to the player. However, an upper limit value, for example, 10 is set for the number of medals to be paid out in one game.

  Subsequently, the RAM 42 stores in the RAM 42 the symbol code of the kite that will be “up if self-declared”, the winning combination code corresponding to this symbol code, and the number of medals to be paid out to the player for this rising combination. Next, the following process (10) is performed on the basis of the data relating to the symbol code of the kite that will be “raised if it is self”, the winning combination code, and the number of medals to be paid out to the player.

  (10) The entrance entrance lighting control program P31 performs control to make the full-color LEDs 37 installed in the vicinity of the entrance entrances 11a, 11b,. . The full color LED 37 can change an arbitrary color color and its luminance by controlling the voltage / current value supplied to the cathodes of R (red), G (green), and B (blue). Therefore, depending on the level of the rising role that becomes “if you raise yourself,” that is, the level of the number of medals to be paid out to the player, etc. The color of the light to be emitted can be made different. For example, as shown in Table 1, the number of medals to be paid out is divided into 4 levels. When the number of medals paid out is 10, it is “red”, when it is 5-9, it is “yellow”, when it is 3-4 Emits light so that it is “blue”, and when it is 1-2, it is “white”.

  In addition, the sub control board Kb stores a rising combination code that can obtain the right of the big game or the chance game from the main control board Ka. As for the winning combination that can acquire the right of the big game or the chance game, it becomes possible to attract the player's attention by controlling the emission color to blink.

  As shown in Tables 1 and 2, the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is a medal that is paid out to the player with a color color indicating the entrance corresponding to the bowl that will be “up if self-defeated” or the vicinity thereof. It can also be changed in consideration of the level of the number of sheets, or the winning combination that can acquire the right of big game or chance game. As a result, the player sees the light emission color of the entrance 11a corresponding to the kite that becomes “if he / she goes up”,..., And the like, and enters the entrance 11a targeted when the game ball is fired. Etc. can be clearly recognized, and since the luminescent color is changed according to the number of medals that the player can acquire, the interest in the game progress can be enhanced. In particular, when a plurality of heels that will be “self-raised” are determined, and the number of medals that can be earned for each of these heels that rise “self-sufficient” is different, it is possible to further enhance the interest in the game progress. It becomes like this. Note that the type of changing the emission color of the full-color LED may be appropriately set in consideration of the number of medals to be paid out for a combined rising combination, a rising combination that can acquire the right of a big game or a chance game, and the like.

Further, in the present invention, by the same control as described above, the entrance for “listening if self” and the button switch for throwing “listening if throwing away” are also increased in the size of the listening role, that is, Depending on the level of the number of medals to be paid out to the player when the hearing is completed and the combination is completed, it is possible to change the color color of the full color LEDs 37,..., 59a,.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, a game history data storage means that is a means for realizing the assist function that is a feature of the present invention; Have described the example of mounting on the sub-control board Kb, but it can also be mounted on the main control board Ka or the image control board Kc.

  Further, the input signals of the history data display button switch SW1, the self-discarding trap assist button switch SW2, and the number-of-hearing display button switch SW3, which are assist request input means for executing the game progress assist means constituting the present invention, are: Although an example of inputting to the sub control board has been described, the main control board Ka inputs to the main control board Ka, the main control board Ka transmits a control command based on this input signal to the sub control board, and when this control command is received, the sub board operation The control program P21 can operate the game history data totaling program P25, the abandonment determination program P27 if it is discarded, the uprising determination program P28 if it is self-contained, the listening determination program P29 and the listening number calculation program P26 if self-contained. It is.

  In the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention described above, the execution of the assist function when the player presses the self-throwing paddle assist button switch SW2 is performed for all combinations of 20 or more rising combinations set. Rather than determining whether to “listen if thrown away”, “gets up if self”, or “listen if self”, the remainder of dividing the number of wrinkles in each hand by 3 The determination is made using the number of arrangement patterns. For this reason, the processing time of the program for determining and extracting the habit of “listening if discarded”, “rising if self”, and “listening if self” is compared with the conventional method of determining all the rising roles. 1/10 to 1/100. Since the processing time of the program can be remarkably shortened in this way, even if such a game progress assist means is provided, various assist functions can be realized in synchronization with various operations of the player on the sparrow ball game machine. In addition, there is also an effect that the effect screen can be displayed on the display device.

  The assist request input means for executing the assist means of the present invention described above includes button switches such as a history data display button switch SW1, a self-rejecting habit assist button switch SW2, a listening number display button switch SW3, and the like. In the present invention, an assist request input means for displaying an assist menu on the display device 14 and operating the shift buttons 19, 20 etc. to select the assist menu in an interactive manner with the display device 14 has been described. It may be adopted.

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 the example of a screen displayed on the display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of each member before an assembly about the button switch for throwaways shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the button switch for the throwing bag shown in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the control board which controls 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 an example of a screen for demonstrating an example of the game progress assistance means employ | adopted as this invention. Similarly, it is a screen example for explaining another example of the game progress assist means employed in the present invention. It is an example screen for demonstrating the function of an assist button switch. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence for determining the habit to listen if thrown away. It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure shown in FIG. 13 based on a procedure example. It is an example of a screen displaying a habit of listening if discarded. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the outline | summary of the process sequence for determining the wrinkles which will go up if it is self-existing and will be heard if self-existing. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence for determining the wrinkles which will go up if self-determination. It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure shown in FIG. 17 based on a procedure example. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a data structure of the disclosure number table for calculating the number of the cocoon disclosed for every symbol code | cord | chord of the cocoon in a game. It is an example of a screen displaying a habit that rises if you say it. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence for determining the habit to listen if self-recognizing. It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure shown in FIG. 21 based on a procedure example. It is an example of a screen displaying a habit of listening if self-sufficient. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the procedure which calculates the number of listening with respect to three ternary from the design data of a layout. Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the procedure which calculates the number of listening with respect to 7 pairs from the design data of a table. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a data structure of an inscription, order, and a pair unit table. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a data structure of a rising combination determination rule table. It is a table | surface which shows the example of a list of the symbol code set beforehand for every symbol about the symbol of 27 kinds of samurai used with the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. It is a table | surface which shows the example of a list which set up the rising combination code | cord | chord for every rising combination, and the number of medals paid out to a player.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sparrow ball machine 2: Game board surface 3: Operation panel 6: Speaker 7: Lamp device 8: Special winning device (Attacker)
11a, 11b, 11c,...: Entrance 14: display device 15: medal slot 16a, 16b, 16c,...: Throwing button switch 17: self throwing button switch 19: basket Selection 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: Full color LED
40: CPU
41: ROM
42: RAM
59a, 59b, ...: Full color LED
P1: Main board operation control program P5: Automatic distribution program P8: Winning determination program P21: Sub board control program P24: Game history data storage program P25: Game history data totaling program P26: Listening count calculation program P27: Listen if discarded Judgment program P28: Raised eye judgment program if self-sufficient P29: Hearing judgment program if self-motivated P30: Discard switch lighting control program P31: Entrance entrance lighting control program P32: Raising role judgment program P31: Image board operation control program P32: Screen display program Ka: Main control board Kb: Sub control board Kc: Image control board SW1: History data display button switch SW2: Self-discarding assist button switch SW3: Listen number display button switch

Claims (4)

The game board surface is provided with a entrance corresponding to a mahjong tile design made up of multiple types, and the mahjong tile design at the entrance where the game ball launched by the player entered When the self-sufficient mahjong tile is added to the player's hand, and the combination of the hand-drawn symbols is completed, the player is given the prize as a prize. In a sparrow ball game machine that can acquire a preset number of medals for each combination,
Game history data storage means for storing history data of games executed in the past;
Before performing the player's own operation on the player's current procedure, if he / she decides whether or not there is a mahjong tile to be used in order to make the combination a combination of rising roles, A self-determining means for determining whether or not there is a mahjong tile that should be self-recognized in order to hear the hand, and a game progress assisting means for assisting the player in the progress of the game,
Further, the game progress assist means includes:
A rising occurrence frequency display means for displaying the rising occurrence frequency for each rising combination of the game based on the game history data stored in the game history data storage means;
Before corresponding to the mahjong tile that should be self-contained if the self-determined as determined by the self-rising judgment means, or the mahjong tile that should be self-contained if the self-determined self-determined as determined by the hearing judgment means. There is a entrance entrance lighting means that lights the entry entrance before the player performs the operation of self-restraint,
The game progress assisting means is operated by an input operation of the assist request input means by the player. If the sparrow ball game machine discards any one mahjong tile as a throwing bowl before performing the throwing bowl operation on the current hand of the player, whether or not the hand will hear If it is thrown away, it will be equipped with a hearing judgment means,
The game progress assist means lights a throw-away button switch arranged corresponding to the throw-away pot that is listened to when thrown away, when the player performs the throw-away action. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a throwing-off switch lighting means. The sparrow ball game machine comprises listening number calculation means for calculating the number of listening to complete the rising for each of the rising roles when the game has been confirmed.
The game progress assisting means has listening number display means for displaying the number of listenings for each rising hand calculated by the listening number calculation means, or the number of hearings for each rising hand and the rising occurrence frequency. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the sparrow ball game machine is provided. The entrance entrance lighting means illuminates the entrance entrance corresponding to the mahjong tile that should be self-suppressed if it is self-excited with a color color corresponding to the level of the number of medals to be paid out for the ascending combination. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, comprising:

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