JP2006230520A - Mah-jongg ball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mah-jongg ball game machine constituted so as to give assist to smoothly advance a game in a mah-jongg ball game established by generally complicated game rules. <P>SOLUTION: The mah-jongg ball game machine is provided with: an automatic tile allocation program for automatically determining tile allocation at the time of playing one game; a touch panel with which a desired one of winning roles selected by a winning role selection program can be freely selected on the basis of the tile allocation; and a winning tile judgement program for instructing a player by displaying a picking operation for a tile that he/she is waiting for and/or a tile discarding operation for a tile to be discarded on a liquid crystal display device so as to advance the game toward the completion of the selected winning role further. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a sparrow ball game machine, and more particularly, to a sparrow ball game machine improved in a sparrow ball game machine with complex game rules so that the game progress can be assisted smoothly.

  Conventionally, a predetermined number of entrances with mahjong tiles are provided at the bottom of the game board on which various game parts are arranged, and game medals (hereinafter simply referred to as “medals”) are inserted into the medal slot. After that, for example, when 14 game balls per game are launched on the surface of the game board and each game ball enters one of the entrances, the pattern of the mahjong tile corresponding to the entrance is There is a sparrow ball game machine that functions to be displayed on a display device arranged on a game board surface (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Also, in recent years, when a game medal inserted in the medal slot is detected based on the detection switch, a function of automatically displaying the mahjong tiles in an appropriate combination on the display device (that is, automatic distribution) is provided. A sparrow ball game machine is also known.

  In the above-described conventional sparrow ball game machine, when unnecessary spears (hereinafter also referred to as unnecessary spears) are discarded from the hand spears displayed on the display device, one game ball can be launched again, These discarding operation (discarding operation) and re-launching operation are repeatedly performed within a predetermined number of times, and when a predetermined rising combination is completed, a score is calculated, and a number of game medals corresponding to the score are paid out.

JP-A-7-39623

  By the way, the sparrow ball game machine as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is a game machine such as a pachinko machine in that the game ball is thrown into the game area and entered into a desired winning opening or the like. It takes almost the same form, but when deciding the final victory or defeat, knowledge about mahjong whose game rules are generally complicated is required. As a result, for beginners of sparrow ball machines and those who are unfamiliar with mah-jongg, there is a possibility that the sparrow ball machine is an difficult and difficult game, and a wide range of players It cannot be denied that it is an obstacle to the acquisition of

  In addition, when it finally rises in mah-jongg, it must complete a rising-up form called a role that satisfies certain conditions and rules, and the player's type depends on the type of the role at the time of rising. The points you can get will be different. These pre-requisite mahjong game rules are also imposed on sparrow ball game machines, and at the same time, the process rules for completing these rising roles and the game rules such as the score determined by each rising role are understood in advance. It has been difficult for non-players to feel the fun of sparrowball machines, and it has been difficult to improve their willingness to repeat.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a sparrow ball game machine which is configured to be able to assist the progress of a game smoothly in a sparrow ball game which is generally established by complicated game rules, and thus solves the above-described problems. It is intended.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIG. 1 to FIG. 11) includes a plurality of entrances (11 a) provided in the game board surface portion (2) so as to correspond to a mahjong tile pattern comprising a plurality of species. , 11b, 11c, 11d,...) And a display device (14, 38) for displaying various game information, and the game balls to the respective entrances (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d,...) A sparrow ball game machine (1) capable of playing so as to establish a winning combination by a combination of mahjong tiles obtained by entering a ball,
At the start of one game, a layout design determining means (P5) for determining a predetermined number of mahjong tile designs to be displayed as a layout on the display device (for example, 14);
After the serving display on the display device (for example, 14) according to the serving symbol determining means (P5), the winning combination selecting means (TP, P14) for selecting a desired rising combination from a plurality of rising combinations. , 55a-59a),
An instructing instruction for waiting for the player to perform a self-removal operation and / or a throwing-in operation for the throwing-in so that the game can be advanced toward completion of the rising combination selected by the rising combination selecting means (TP, P14, 55a to 59a). Combination instruction means (P24, P32, P3212, P41),
The raising combination instructing means (for example, P24, P32, P3212) displays a character on the screen of the display device (38) and instructs the self-operation and / or the throwing-in operation by the operation of the character (61). To be controlled,
It is in the sparrow ball game machine (1) characterized by this.

According to the second aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 6, 8, and 9), the ascending combination instructing means (P24, P32, P3212, P41) performs the self-rotation operation and / or the discarding operation as the character. (61) The voice is controlled to be instructed.
It exists in the sparrow ball game machine (1) of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to the third aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 5, 8, and 9), the rising combination instruction means (for example, P24, P32, P3212) selects the rising combination on the screen of the display device (38). Control is performed so as to display the number of baskets necessary for completing the rising combination selected by the means (TP, P14, 55a to 59a).
The sparrow ball game machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 4 and 11), the ascending combination selecting means (TP, P14, 55a to 59a) includes an ascending combination selecting operation unit (55a to 59a) and the ascending combination selecting unit (55a to 59a). Each time the combination selection operation section (55a to 59a) is operated, the selected rising combination is controlled to be changeable at any time during the progress of one started game.
It exists in the sparrow ball game machine (1) of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Further, the reference numerals in parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for the sake of convenience for facilitating the understanding of the invention and has no influence on the structure of the claims. It is not a thing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sparrow ball game machine determines a predetermined number of mahjong tile designs to be displayed on the display device at the start of one game, and the layout design determining means. After the display on the display device according to the symbol determining means, the rising combination selection means for selecting a desired rising combination from a plurality of rising combinations, and the game for the completion of the selected rising combination And a rising combination instructing means for instructing the waiting player's own operation and / or discarding operation so that the player can proceed, so that the player selects a desired one from a plurality of rising combinations. In order to complete the rising combination, it is possible to obtain an instruction to advance the game from the rising combination instruction means. As a result, even beginners who are not familiar with mahjong will be able to fully enjoy the sparrow ball game machine, and by reducing the threshold for inexperienced sparrow ball game machines, The width of the player layer of the machine can be widened.

  In addition, a target rising combination is selected from a plurality of rising combinations, and instructions for self-removal operation and / or discarding operation are received from the rising combination instructing means to complete the game, and the game proceeds while referring to them. Will be able to. As a result, regardless of the level of proficiency of the sparrow ball game machine or mahjong, the player can advance the game while developing a strategy while always aiming for a high score in the game. You will be able to enjoy it.

  In addition, when an operation instruction such as a self-operation or a throw-in operation is issued to the display device that is always visible to the player, the operation instruction is less likely to be overlooked, and the instruction is effectively transmitted to the player. Will be able to. Also, depending on the scene and situation in progress of the game, not only mere operation information, but also instructions can be given by image display such as character movement and character display such as dialogue, so that the display effect is prevented from becoming monotonous, It can be easily understood by the player.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the raising combination instructing unit controls the self-operation and / or the discarding operation with the voice of the character, the operation such as the self-operation and the discarding operation is performed. When the instruction is instructed by voice, the player is warned, and an operation mistake or forgetting to operate can be suppressed. Moreover, it cannot be overemphasized that it can take an auxiliary role with respect to the player with a visual impairment.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the rising combination instructing means controls the display device to display a number necessary for completing the rising combination selected by the rising combination selecting means. The player will be able to visually recognize the number of baskets required to complete the rising role at that time. As a result, the game can be advanced while taking into consideration the balance between the number of cards that can be drawn (self-recognized) before they are raised and the number of seeds that are necessary until the completion of the rising role. Therefore, it becomes a confirmation function to prevent mistakes for those who are familiar with the game rules. For beginners, the thought load required to complete the desired rising role is reduced. Can be prevented, the game time can be shortened, and the operation of the game store side can be improved.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the rising combination selection means includes the rising combination selection operation unit, and is selected during the progress of one game started each time the rising combination selection operation unit is operated. Since the rising combination is controlled so that it can be changed at any time, the player needs to complete the rising combination at that time, and the number of points that can be raised before it rises. It becomes possible to instruct the operation of the desired rising combination such as whether to aim for another rising combination aiming at the score, or to aim for a combination that can be raised earlier. As a result, not only skilled players who are familiar with game rules but also beginners who are unfamiliar with mahjong and sparrow ball game machines will be able to make high-level operations and improve gameplay. become.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention, a sparrow ball game machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described with reference to FIGS. This sparrow ball game machine will be described with an example of a sparrow ball game machine that plays a game 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 “Jukuko” are not included in the character font because they cannot form the Junko. Thereby, the cocoon seed | species in this embodiment shows three types of said "lion", "tuber", and "character".

  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 has a mahjong tile pattern consisting of “One-cylinder” and “Nine-cylinder” of Tsutsuko, and “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Mid”, and “Middle”. It is also possible to make a ball game machine. Also, for example, the chorder is composed of nine types of symbols from “Ichiro” to “Jukuroku”, and the tube is composed of nine types of symbols from “one tube” to “nine tube”. It is also possible to make a sparrow ball game machine having a mahjong tile pattern composed of “Eastern”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Moon”, and “Middle”.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the front part of the sparrow ball game machine 1 basically includes 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, The speaker 6 is a sound output device that outputs sound and sound effects (hereinafter referred to as sound), a lamp device 7, and the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a liquid crystal display device (display device) 38 for performing a required effect display is disposed at a substantially central portion of the game board surface portion 2 surrounded by the guide rails 8. An attacker 9 as a variable entrance (also referred to as a special entrance) is disposed above the display device 38. Further, a display unit 37 is disposed above the attacker 9, distribution members 12 a and 12 b of the game ball distribution device 12 are disposed on the left and right sides of the liquid crystal display device 38, and game balls are disposed on the left and right sides of the attacker 9. Attacker operation passage ports 10a and 10b are arranged as variable entrance operation ports that can pass.

  The liquid crystal display device 38 is disposed so as to recede from the game board surface portion 2 to the back side of FIG. In addition, the game ball sorting device 12 does not hinder the movement of the sorting members 12a and 12b continuously reciprocating in the left-right direction from the time when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. The parts other than the sorting members 12a and 12b are configured to recede to the back side of the sheet of FIG. These liquid crystal display device 38 and the lower part of the game ball sorting device 12 other than the sorting members 12a and 12b are provided with a slight gap above the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,. A game ball stage S extending in the left-right direction is provided so as to cover substantially the entire area of the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,. Between the entrances 11c to 11e,... And the game ball stage S, a number of obstacle nails for restricting the entrance width of each entrance just above the entrances 11c to 11e,. (Not shown) has been driven. The game board surface portion 2 is provided with a number of windmills (not shown) and obstacle nails (not shown) different from the above.

  Further, the entrances 11a and 11b are arranged on the left and right between the liquid crystal display device 38 and the display unit 37, and a plurality (25 in this embodiment) of the game ball stage S are provided below the game ball stage S. The entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,... Are provided. The entrances 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, and so on are provided in 27 pieces corresponding to 27 kinds of designs (not shown) of the kites excluding the cord cords from two cords to eight cords. It has been. In the entrances 11a and 11b, “Ichiro” and “Kuo” are displayed, respectively, “Ichigo” is in the entrance 11c, “Two” is in the entrance 11d, and entrance In 11e, a required mahjong tile design is sequentially displayed, such as “Three Song”.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 3 is provided with a display device 14 including a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 15, and various operation buttons. These various operation buttons include a discard button 16a, 16b,..., 16m having 13 buttons arranged in the horizontal direction, a self-throw button 17, a reach button 18, a selection right shift button 19, a selection left A shift button 20, a self-determination decision button 21, a payout button 22, a game end button 23, a game start button 24, and a REJECT button 25 are included. When the player operates each of these buttons (presses and turns on the switch), for example, when the player presses the self-determination button 21, a self-determination determination signal is generated, and this signal is constituted by a microcomputer. Input to the control board. And the software (program) mounted on the control board executes a process set in advance to advance the game for each input signal.

  Various display units are set on the display surface of the display device 14, and necessary information, images, and effect images are displayed on the display unit as the game progresses. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the upper horizontal direction of the display surface, a game medal storage number display unit 26, a remaining game ball number display unit 27, a wind screen display unit 28, a front drum display unit 29, and a back drum display unit. 30, a rising game display unit 31, a rising game selection display unit 54, a big game rising game display unit 32 showing a rising game that can obtain the right of a big game among special games, and further a right of chance game A chance game winning combination display section 33 showing a rising combination that can be played, and a discarding bowl display section 34 for displaying a discard basket pattern are provided, and a basket pattern, effect image, numerical value, etc. are displayed as the game progresses.

  Here, the rising combination selection display unit 54 arranged on the display device 14 will be described in more detail. That is, the rising combination selection display section 54 has a display area divided into a plurality of stages (in this embodiment, five stages) in the vertical direction, and each display area has a rising combination display section (raising combination selection operation section). ) 55a, 56a, 57a, 58a, 59a and predicted score display sections 55b, 56b, 57b, 58b, 59b.

  In each of the rising hand display portions 55a to 59a, a game medal (not shown) is inserted into the medal insertion slot 15, and a predetermined number (this implementation) automatically determined by an automatic layout program (layout symbol determination means) P5 described later. 14 mahjong tiles in the form) are displayed on the manual display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36 as a game and when one game is started, the possibility of completion based on the game (ie, giving) The names of a plurality of (in this embodiment, five) climbing roles are displayed in descending order of the possibility of completion of a role when proceeding with the creation of a role using the served arrangement. In addition, touch panels TP are provided in the rising combination display portions 55a to 59a, respectively. These touch panels (touch sensors) TP select a rising combination for selecting a desired rising combination from a plurality of types of rising combinations displayed on the rising combination display sections 55a to 59a by a rising combination selection program P14 described later. Means.

  The predicted score display sections 55b to 59b display the predicted scores calculated by the predicted score calculation program P15, which will be described later, in a form corresponding to the rising role, under the control of the display control program P323, which will be described later.

  On the other hand, 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 a self-portrait symbol. . It should be noted that button names (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) corresponding to the throwing away buttons 16a, 16b,... Are displayed at the bottom of each symbol displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self display unit 36. ...) is displayed. The displayed mahjong tiles are displayed in color.

  Next, the control system of the sparrow ball game machine 1 will be described in detail. That is, a control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present embodiment 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, an image control board Kc, and an image control board Kd. The main control board Ka, the sub control board Kb, the image control board Kc, and the image control board Kd are for inputting / outputting signals to / from the CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, various sensors, various operation buttons such as the discard button 16a, and the like. The microcomputer includes an input / output interface circuit 43 and a communication interface circuit 44 for communicating with the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc. The “input / output” in the input / output interface circuit 43 of the main control board Ka refers to “input” signals from various operation buttons and the like and “output” signals (commands) based on the input signals. , Meaning a one-way signal flow.

  Various software (programs) for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 or displaying information and images on the display device 14, the liquid crystal display device 38, and the display unit 37 include control boards Ka, Kb, It is stored in the ROM 41 mounted on Kc and Kd. Each RAM 42 is used as a storage area and calculation area for reading various data, creating data, calculating, and the like when these programs operate. In addition, the main control board Ka and the sub control board Kb, the sub control board Kb and the image control board Kc, and the sub control board Kb and the image control board Kd are connected by the cable lines T1 and T2 and can perform data communication. ing. The CPU 40 is an 8-bit, 16-bit or 32-bit CPU corresponding to the processing function of each main control board Ka, sub-control board Kb, image control board Kc, and image control board Kd, or a bit number exceeding these. Any of the CPUs can be employed.

  Note that predetermined storage addresses of the ROM 41 mounted on the sub-control board Kb are displayed on the display device 14 and the speaker 6 through the image control board Kc and on the liquid crystal display device 38 through the image control board Kd, respectively. Various kinds of image data and various kinds of audio data are stored. The image data includes 27 kinds of spider symbol data, image data to be displayed as an initial screen when the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, and various effects to be displayed when the player completes the rising role. There is image data. In addition, as various types of audio data, there are digital data for outputting a sound for assisting the progress of the game to the player or a sound effect for production 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. (Rating design determining means) P5, special gamer lottery program P6, Dora lottery program P7 for determining front and back dras, winning determination program P8, self-selection selection support program P9, release condition determination program P10, conditions The program includes a continuous determination program P11, a selected symbol lottery program P12, a symbol display program P13, a rising combination selection program P14, an expected score calculation program P15, a game ball number detection program P16, and the like.

The main board operation control program P1 is a program that supervises 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. . 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 controlling the operation of the sparrow game machine 1 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 ), Or when the player performs an operation (discarding operation) to cut an unnecessary bag from the manual operation by operating the discarding button 16a, etc. The process of deleting the symbol of the bag corresponding to the discard button from the manual data is performed.
(3) When the automatic arrangement program P5 is activated and 14 manuals at the start of the game are determined, the graphic data of the manuals are stored in the manual storage area as manual data in the RAM 42; Each time the player performs the discard operation or the self-operation in the processing for transmitting the manual data to the sub-control board Kb and the processing in the above (1) and (2), the current manual data, Then, processing for transmitting the symbol data (hereinafter referred to as symbol code) of the bag relating to self-restraint to the sub-control board Kb is performed.

  The communication control program P2 is a program for performing communication with the sub-control board Kb, and data necessary for the control command is transmitted together with a control command in which what processing is performed on the data to be transmitted. 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 as the game progresses. When the main board operation control program P1 detects a medal insertion signal or the like from the medal insertion slot 15, the medal management program P3 performs the following processing.
(A) When a medal insertion signal is detected from the medal insertion slot 15, “1” is added to the number of stored game medals stored in the RAM.
(B) When a signal from the game start button 24 is detected, “3” is subtracted from the number of game medals stored.
(C) When a signal from the game end button 23 is detected at the time of going up, the number of medals acquired by the rising combination is added to the number of game medals stored in the RAM 42.
(D) When a signal of the payout button 22 is detected, a control signal is issued so that medals corresponding to the number of stored coins are paid out to the medal tray 5, and the number of game medals stored is increased every time one medal is paid out to the medal tray 5. 1 ”is subtracted.

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.
(A) At the start of the game, the remaining number of game balls stored in the RAM 42 is set to 14.
(B) When an operation signal of the throwing bowl is detected from the throwing bowl button 16a or the like, control is performed to send one gaming ball to a gaming ball launch position (not shown).
(C) When a game ball fired from the game ball launch lever 4 enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,... And the entrance 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 number generated by the random number generator to perform a process of determining 14 catering symbols from 108 mahjong tiles used in the sparrow ball game machine 1.

For example, the automatic layout program P5 can determine the 14 symbols required at the start of the game by performing the following processing.
(A) The spiders used in this sparrow ball game machine 1 are 27 kinds of spears, excluding chords from two ropes to eight ropes, for a total of 108. As shown in Table 1, to these used kites, symbol codes (hexadecimal numbers) of 01H to 1BH are given to 27 types of kites, and a total of 108 symbols composed of 27 types each. A data table in which four symbols from 0 to 107 are assigned to symbols is registered in the ROM 40 in advance.
(A) The automatic layout program P5 is provided with a random number generation program for generating a 5-digit random number, for example. Then, the automatic distribution program P5 divides the 5-digit random number generated by the random number generation program by 108 and calculates the remainder. Subsequently, with reference to Table 1, the symbol code of the bag corresponding to the remainder value is obtained from 01H to 1BH and determined as the symbol to which this symbol code is arranged.
(C) The above-mentioned process (a) is carried out 14 times in total, and 14 required symbols are determined at the start of the game. In addition, it is necessary to add the program which performs a randomization process so that a different random number may be generated each time to the program which generates this 5-digit random number. The 14 symbol codes determined by such processing are stored in the manual storage area of the RAM 42. The 14 pieces of layout data stored in the manual storage area are sorted and stored in ascending order of symbol codes.

  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. The special game includes a winning combination that can acquire the right of a big game and a rising combination that can acquire the right of a chance game (also called a regular game). 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 the front and back dora by lottery in the same manner at the start of the game.

  In the winning determination program P8, when the 14 rules are determined by the automatic allocation program P5, and when the player performs his own operation, is the combination of the winning combinations set in advance? It is a program for determining whether or not. As the winning combination, the data table shown in Table 2, that is, the rising winning code (the rising winning code is not displayed in Table 2) and the score that the player can obtain for the rising winning combination (Number of acquired medals) is stored in advance in the winning determination program P8 or the ROM 41. Then, when the winning determination program P8 determines that the rising combination is completed for the current 14 manuals, the main control board Ka obtains the control command for completing the rising combination, the code of the rising combination, and the acquisition. The process of transmitting the obtained score 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.

  The opening condition determination program P10 receives an incoming signal from an incoming sensor (not shown) provided in the attacker operation passage openings 10a and 10b, and the attacker operation passage openings 10a and 10b that trigger the opening of the attacker 9. It is the program which comprises the open condition apparatus which determines the validity / invalidity of the entrance into a ball. When the big game combination is established, the release condition determination program P10, for example, allows the attacker 9 that performs the release operation 3 times (3 rounds) to enter the remaining number of times of release of the attacker 9 (5 releases) The condition device remaining continuous operation count) is detected and a signal to that effect is output. In addition, the “entrance ball” to the attacker operation passage openings 10a and 10b in the present embodiment is a concept including not only “entrance ball” having a general meaning but also simply passing through the gate.

  The condition continuous determination program P11 determines a condition for releasing the opened attacker 9 again after closing the ball according to the ball entry determination by the release condition determination program P10.

  When the selected symbol lottery program P12 is established as a chance game role (regular game role) that allows five attackers to enter the throwing operation and throw away any mahjong tile symbol when performing the opening operation only once, When the regular game combination is acquired, the selected symbol during action of the actor, which is a mahjong tile design that can be transferred to the big game combination, is determined by lottery and a signal to that effect is output.

  The symbol display program P13 includes information related to the hand and discard thrown away detected by the main board operation control program P1, information related to the symbol selected during the operation of the accessory, and information related to the front drum detected by the drag lottery program P7. , Information on the back dora detected by the dora lottery program P7, the open condition device operation symbol (a symbol consisting of a combination) and a big game corresponding to the regular game selected by the special gamer lottery program P6 Information on the condition continuous device operation symbol (a symbol composed of combinations) as a combination, information on the number of game medals stored and the number of game medals acquired by the medal management program P3, and the remaining game detected by the game ball management program P4 Information on the number of balls and open condition judgment program Information on the number of remaining continuous operation times of the opening condition device detected by P10, and the remaining number of balls out of 5 balls that can be entered per opening of the attacker 9 that performs the opening operation a plurality of times (for example, 3 times) (variable entry) In response to the information regarding the number of remaining balls (the number of balls remaining in the mouth), control is performed to cause the dot matrix display 39 (see FIG. 6) or a segment display (not shown) to perform display corresponding to each information.

  In accordance with the insertion of medals into the medal insertion slot 15, the 14th mahjong tile design automatically determined by the automatic layout program P5 is distributed to the hand display unit 35 and the self display unit 36 as the rising combination selection program P14. At the time when one game is displayed and displayed, the names of the five types of rising combination are displayed in the descending order of the possibility of completion of the combination based on the arrangement, through the display control program P323, through the rising combination display units 55a and 56a. , 57a, 58a, 59a. Also, the rising combination selection program P14 is displayed on the rising combination display sections 55a to 59a based on a signal generated when any one of the touch panels (touch sensors) TP corresponding to the rising combination display sections 55a to 59a is touched. From among the plurality of types of displayed winning combinations, a rising combination (hereinafter also referred to as “selected rising combination”) corresponding to the contact operation is selected and determined. The rising combination selection program P14 constitutes a rising combination selection means by the touch panel TP and the rising combination display portions 55a to 59a.

  The expected score calculation program P15 sequentially calculates the expected score when the selected winning combination selected by the rising combination selection program P14 responding to the operation of the touch panel TP is completed according to the change in the symbol combination of the hand. The predicted score calculation program P15 further confirms the number of game balls detected by the game ball number detection program P16 when the selected rising combination selected by the rising combination selection program P14 responding to the operation of the touch panel TP is completed. Then, it is calculated how many additional winning combinations that can obtain a score exceeding the selected rising combination by the end of one game started (that is, the number required for completion of the rising combination).

  Based on the detection signal from the game ball management program P4, the game ball number detection program P16 detects the number of game balls that can be launched toward the game board surface portion 2 within one started game.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb are composed of a sub board operation control program P21, a communication control program P22, a lamp control program P23, a rising haze determination program P24, and the like. ing. Further, the rising wrinkle determination program P24 includes a hearing pattern determination program P241, a rising wrinkle type determination program P242, and a rising wrinkle determination extraction program P243.

  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.

  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 production image and information on the display device 14 and the liquid crystal display device 38 by program processing. Further, sound for production and sound effects are output from the speaker 6.

  The lamp control program P23 is a program for controlling lighting and extinguishing of the lamp 7 and the like based on a control command and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka.

  The rising kit determining program P24 is a game for completing a preset rising combination based on the current thirteen moves transmitted from the main control board Ka after the player performs a throwing kit operation. This is a program for supporting a required operation performed by a person (for example, assisting a bag to be self-sufficient).

  For example, the uplift determination program P24 completes the uplift (selected uplift) when the player performs a self-operating operation on the current thirteen hands to add one base. A process for determining whether or not there is a wrinkle that can be generated and for extracting and supporting a wrinkle to be discarded at this time (to the liquid crystal display device 38 in FIGS. 1 and 2 or the rising wrinkle display unit 31 in FIG. 4). Display processing) is controlled via a screen display program P32 described later with reference to FIG. Further, when the player performs the operation of throwing out of the 14 hands to make 13 hands, the rising edge determination program P24 self-restraints in order to complete the preset rising combination. The process for extracting and supporting the wrinkles to be operated (display processing on the liquid crystal display device 38 in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the rising wrinkle display unit 31 in FIG. 4) is controlled via the screen display program P32. Further, when the calculation result by the predicted score calculation program P15 indicating how much the rising combination will be completed (the number required for completion of the rising combination) is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 38 via the screen display program P32 described later. Control.

  The main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka has executed the winning determination program P8 to complete the rising combination when the player fires a game ball and performs self-control and the number of hands is 14 Determine whether or not. If the player does not complete the winning combination, each time the player performs an operation of discarding one unnecessary piece from the 14 pieces, it is stored 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 13 hand code symbols, the sub-board operation control program P21 stores the received data in the RAM 42 and then proceeds to control the wrinkle determination program P24. Then, the rising eye determination program P24 sequentially operates the hearing pattern determination program P241, the rising eye type determination program P242, and the rising eye determination extraction program P243.

  The rising haze determination extraction program P243 determines and extracts by a predetermined process, and transmits all of the rising haze symbol codes stored in the RAM 42 to the image control boards Kc and Kd together with the control command to obtain the image control board Kc. When the control for displaying the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the rising salmon is performed, the ascent symbol determining program P24 of the sub-control board Kb receives the symbol code of the rising symbol when the screen symbol is displayed. Through the game effect display program P3212 and the like, the received symbol of the rising salmon code is displayed on the rising salmon display unit 31 and the liquid crystal display device 38 as a candidate for the rising salmon.

  Further, when the above-described rising kite extraction program P243 extracts the rising kite through a predetermined process, the symbol code of the discarded kite that is unnecessary for the player when the rising kite is targeted is also displayed in the rising kite determination program P24. It is extracted and stored in the RAM 42 in the same manner as the symbol code of the rising ridge. Then, the symbol code of the discarded jar is also transmitted to the image control boards Kc and Kd together with the control command, and the symbol of the trash symbol code is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 38 as a candidate for the discarded jar. In addition, when performing each display process mentioned above, you may make it output audio | voices, such as description and a sound effect, from the speaker 6. FIG.

  Note that the above-described rising habit determination program P24 constitutes a rising combination instruction means by the screen display program P32, the game effect display program P3212, and the sound / sound effect output program P41 shown in FIG.

  The above-described operation display related to the rising and discarding tiles is not only displayed and displayed as information data, but also the effect character 61 (see FIG. 5) is displayed by the rising combination instruction means. It is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 38 as the used picture or image. The effect character 61 plays a role of a staff or advisor who appropriately assists (supports) a self-determination operation and a throw-in operation for a predetermined rising combination simultaneously with the game.

  Here, the image display using the effect character will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the effect character 61 displayed in the liquid crystal display device 38. 5A to 5C indicate the display range in the liquid crystal display device 38, respectively.

  First, for example, it is assumed that there is a scene in which the player must self-recognize (and acquire) the “Ichigo, Jiufen, and Naka” in order to complete the target rising combination. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 5A, an effect character (hereinafter also simply referred to as a character) 61 appears on the liquid crystal display device 38, and the self-extraction extracted by the rising eye determination program P24. An action of self-recognizing a candidate “Ichigo, Nine-thousand, Medium” is shown with a picture, an image, and the like. By visually recognizing this, the player can immediately understand the traps to be pulled (self-reduced), and launch the game ball toward the appropriate position on the game board surface part 2 in order to acquire these traps. Will be able to.

  Also, in order to complete the target ascending role after the player performs self-restraint at a certain point, for example, there is a scene in which “2nd, East” must be thrown out of the manual. And In such a case, as shown in FIG. 5B, the character 61 appears on the liquid crystal display device 38, and is a discarded candy candidate extracted by the rising heel determination program P24. The action of raising the signboard with the “牌” drawn is shown with a picture or image. The signboard corresponds to the discarding throw candidate among the button names (A, B, C, D, E,...) Displayed on the manual display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36 together with the discarding throw candidate. What to do is displayed. By visually recognizing this, the player can immediately understand the basket to be discarded next, and can perform the discarding operation with the discard button 16a or the like. FIG. 5B shows a scene in which “D” is displayed in correspondence with “Two” and “N” is displayed in correspondence with “East”. These are examples shown here. Therefore, it does not correspond to the display content of the hand display unit 35 or the self display unit 36 shown in FIG.

  In addition, when the player has to refrain from, for example, “one glance” in order to complete the target rising role at a certain point in time, the dialogue by the character 61 as shown in FIG. Is displayed as a character image by a speech bubble together with the image display of the character 61, so that the self-operation is supported. Thereby, as in the case of FIG. 5 (a), the player can immediately understand the heel that needs to be struck next, and place the game ball in the appropriate position on the game board surface portion 2 in order to obtain the heel. Can be fired towards.

  As described above, the player can easily recognize a trap or abandoned trap by himself / herself by displaying the image of the character 61 on the liquid crystal display device 38 shown in FIGS. Then, you will be able to determine the next strategy and aim. Thus, the player can smoothly advance the game while enjoying various display effects.

  Note that the action and character display by the effect character 61 described above may be not only a still image but also a video image. Of course, voice sound effects, narration, and the like may be output synchronously or asynchronously together with the character 61 action and dialogue display.

  In addition, although the above-described operation and character display by the character 61 have been described as being performed on the liquid crystal display device 38, other display devices such as the rising eye display unit 31 and the display unit 37 of the display device 14 are respectively or simultaneously. It is also possible to display it.

  Next, a program installed in the ROM 41 of the image control board Kc will be described with reference to FIG. This program includes an image board operation control program P31, an image display program P32, a sound / sound effect output program P41, and the like. The outline of the processing contents of these programs will be described below.

  The image board operation control program P31 is a program that decodes various control commands transmitted from the sub control board Kb and controls the execution of the above programs in response to these control commands.

  The screen display program P32 and the sound / sound effect output program P41 are a process for displaying various effect images on the display device 14 based on the control command and control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, A process of outputting production sound and sound effects from the speaker 6 is performed.

  The screen display program P32 is a program for performing processing for displaying 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, and the normal game screen display program P321. And a special game screen display program P322 and a display control program P323.

  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. This is a program for performing processing for displaying an image, and includes an initial effect display program P3211 and a game effect display program P3212 as subprograms.

  The initial effect display program P3211 performs processing such as displaying an effect screen when the power is turned on, for example, a landscape screen on the display device 14.

  The game effect display program P3212 is configured to have a function of displaying a screen having the contents as shown in FIG. 4 on the display device 14 or displaying an image as shown in FIG. 5 on the liquid crystal display device 38. The 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. A process for displaying the current design of the hand tile, the design of the discarded kite, and the design of the kite determined to be the rising kite transmitted from the sub-control board Kb based on the control command and its control data transmitted Various display means are provided, such as a process for displaying the number of points that have gained the rising combination when the rising combination is completed, a process for displaying a self-operating operation or a discarding operation that has been transmitted from the sub-control board Kb in advance. It is composed of programs.

  The special game screen display program P322 is a program for performing a process of displaying various effect screens on the display device 14 when the player acquires the right of special game. The special game screen display program P322 further includes a right acquisition effect display program P3221 and a self-candidate candidate selection support program P3222 for effect display when the player has completed a winning combination that allows the player to acquire special game rights. ing.

  The right acquisition effect display program P3221 alternately displays an explanation of the rising role and a display of establishment of the big game right on the rising eye display unit 31 of the display device 14 at predetermined time intervals, and the right of the big game is given to the player. Processing to notify that it has been established is performed.

  The self-candidate candidate selection support program P3222 is a program that is activated when the player has acquired the right to a special game. The self-candidate candidate design displayed on the display device 14 is selected by the right-selection right shift button 19 or The operation of selecting the symbol of the kite to be self-supported by the interactive method while operating the screen selection left shift button 20 and scrolling is supported.

  The display control program P323 may be completed as a result of checking against the arrangement by the automatic arrangement program P5 in the one game started this time (also referred to as the game) selected in the rising combination selection program P14. Are displayed in the descending order of possibility on the rising combination display portions 55a, 56a, 57a, 58a, 59a based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb via the screen display program P32. To do. That is, the most probable display is displayed on the rising combination display portion 55a, and the ones with the low possibility are displayed in order from the rising combination display portion 55a toward the display unit 59a.

  Further, the display control program P323 further changes the predicted score at the time of completion of the selected selected winning combination according to the state of the hand that changes sequentially during the progress of the started game, and the predicted score display section It controls to display on the corresponding thing of 55b-59b.

  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.

  Although not shown, the ROM 41 of the image control board Kd is loaded with programs having the same functions as the image board operation control program P31 and the screen display program P32 described for the image control board Kc. According to the program having the same function as the screen display program P32 mounted on the ROM 41 of the image control board Kd, for example, the screen display program P32 displays on the display device 14 the effects at the time of assist related to the rising habit. The content different from the assist effect image to be displayed is displayed.

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

  Next, an outline of the game procedure of the above-described sparrow ball gaming machine 1 and the processing of each program associated with this procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the sparrow ball game machine.

  One game (game) starts when a player inserts a medal into the medal slot 15, presses the game start button 24, and the automatic layout program P5 distributes 14 hands. And one game progresses according to the control of each program which operates based on the input button and control signal which a player pushes down various operation buttons, such as the discard buttons 16a, 16b,. Will go.

  First, in the initial setting process of step S1, 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 boards Kc and Kd. Upon receiving this initialization control command, the sub control board Kb and the image control boards Kc and Kd initialize the storage area of the RAM 42 and the initial effect display program P3211 mounted on the image control board Kc The display screen 14 is displayed, for example, a landscape screen is displayed on the display device 14.

  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, audio / audio data 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.

  Then, in the game progress process of step S2, when the player inserts a medal into the medal slot 15, the main board operation control program P1 detects the medal insertion signal, and the medal management program P3 accompanies the game medal storage number. Is added to “1”. Subsequently, 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 P3212 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 1 is started.

  Subsequently, in the layout process of step S3, the automatic layout program P5, which is the layout design determining means, operates under the control of the main board operation control program P1, and the 14 layouts required for starting the game are operated. The design of the kite is automatically determined by the 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.

  Subsequently, the automatic layout program P5 transmits the 14 distributed symbol codes together with the control command to 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 allocated symbol codes to the image control board Kc.

  The sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb uses the disclosed number table to display the number of bags disclosed at the current game place for the 14 game symbols transmitted from the main control board Ka. Process to count. Further, when the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc receives the 14 design codes, the game design display program P3212 displays the image of the design shown in FIG. Processing to display on the display unit 36 is performed. While the 14 automatic arrangements are not decided, the back side of the bag or the non-displayed pattern is displayed as the initial screen on the manual display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36 that displays the self-displayed symbol. Process to display.

  In the rising combination selection process in step S4, the 14 mahjong tile patterns automatically determined by the automatic layout program P5 in accordance with the insertion of medals into the medal insertion slot 15 are displayed in the manual display section 35 and the self-display section 36. The display control program P323 displays the names of the five winning combinations that are most likely to be completed, selected by the rising combination selection program P14 in light of the distribution, when one game is started. They are displayed in order on the rising combination display portions 55a to 59a.

  Subsequently, in the special game player determination display process in step S5, the special game player lottery program P6 (which operates when a normal game is played) and the dora lottery program P7 are activated. Then, the rising role (big game role) that can acquire the right of the big game and the rising role (chance game role) that can acquire the right of the chance game are determined, and the front and back dramas are determined. Then, each data (coded data) of the big game rising combination and the chance game rising combination, front and back games determined by the processing of these programs P6 and P7 (coded data) is sub-control board Kb To the image control board Kc.

  When the game effect display program P3212 of 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 dora, the big game combination and the chance game combination are respectively displayed as the big game. A process of displaying the winning combination display unit 32, the chance increasing combination display unit 33, and the front drum on the front drum display unit 29 or the like is performed.

  Then, in the game start process of step S6, the main board operation control program P1 performs control to display on the display device 14 the 14 symbols of the game that have been automatically arranged, the big game combination, the chance game combination, the front dora, etc. When completed, the display device 14 is controlled so as to notify the player that the game start condition has been established by screen display or 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. If the winning combination is completed in this determination process, the winning determination program P8 determines the predetermined rising combination and the score (number of acquired medals) that the player can acquire (Table 2). Determine with reference to the data. Further, the winning determination program P8 transmits the winning combination, the acquired score, and the like to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. When the image control board Kc receives the winning combination and the acquired score, the game effect display program P3212 displays the rising combination, the acquired score, and other effect images on the display device 14 for a predetermined time. Perform the process.

  When the automatically arranged 14 candy symbols have not been completed and the winning combination has not been completed, the main board operation control program P1 prompts the player to discard an unnecessary candy from the hand. A control command for performing screen display 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 P3212 displays a message or an image for prompting an operation of discarding one unnecessary bag out of the hands, the display device 14, the liquid crystal display device 38, etc. Process to be displayed. At this time, the voice / sound effect output program P41 may be operated to perform a process of prompting together with the voice.

  Then, in the selected winning combination selection process of step S7, the player should consider the rising combination displayed on the rising combination display parts 55a to 59a while visually recognizing it and should aim at the game that is easy to play for himself / herself. Select a rising role (selected rising role). Here, with reference to FIG. 11, a screen example of the rising combination selection display unit in the display device in FIG. 4 will be described in detail.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, “peace”, “chanta”, “mixed color”, “simply consistent”, “junchan” are displayed in order of the completion possibility based on the arrangement in each of the rising role display portions 55a to 59a. ”Is displayed, when the player touches and operates the rising combination display portion 56a to aim at the chant, the corresponding touch panel TP operates to generate a signal, so that the rising combination selection program P14 displays the rising combination display portion Based on the signal corresponding to 56a, the “chanter” that is the rising combination displayed on the rising combination display portion 56a is selected and determined. At this time, the display control program P323 performs display control so that the screen display of the rising combination display portion 56a is lit brighter.

  In the predicted score display process in step S8, when one game is started with the target selected winning combination as “chanter”, the predicted score calculation program P15 calculates the expected score when the selected rising combination is completed. The display control program P323 is calculated in accordance with the change in the symbol combination of the kite, and is calculated by the expected score calculation program P15 based on the control command and the control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb via the screen display program P32. The predicted score thus obtained is displayed on any one of the predicted score display portions 55b to 59b (in this case, the predicted score display portion 56b corresponding to the rising winning portion display portion 56a) in a form corresponding to the rising winning portion.

  Further, in the throwing away / self-resolving process in step S9, the player performs an operation of selecting a throwing away waste from the designs of the saddles displayed on the hand playing display unit 35 and the self-eating display unit 36. At this time, based on the 14 hands, the rising eye determination program P24 extracts the waste that is not necessary for the completion of the selected rising hand, and transmits the symbol code and the control command to the image control board Kc. When the image control board Kc receives the symbol code and the control command, the game effect display program P3212 displays, for example, an image that supports the throwing-out operation by the action of the character 61 as shown in FIG. Processing to display on the display device 38 is performed. At this time, the voice / sound effect output program P41 may be operated to perform a process of outputting voices synchronously or asynchronously.

  Then, when the player decides on the design of the throwing bag, the player selects (turns on) one of the throwing buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,. Discard this bag. Then, on the basis of this discarding pot selection signal, the main board operation control program P1 stores the symbol code of the discarding pot by performing the discarding operation in the RAM 42, and further stores it in the manual storage area of the RAM 42. The process deletes the symbol code that was abandoned from the handbags that are present, and performs processing to make 13 handbags.

  Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 performs image control via the sub-control board Kb and the sub-control board Kb together with the control command of the discarded design code and 13 design codes. Processing to transmit to the substrate Kc is performed. When the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc receives the symbol code that has been discarded, the symbol code corresponding to the symbol code is displayed on the discard symbol display unit 34, and the symbol codes of 13 manual symbols are received. Then, the process of displaying the symbol of the coral corresponding to these symbol codes on the hand symbol display unit 35 is performed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the back side of the bag is displayed on the self-displaying portion 36.

  On the other hand, when the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the above 13 hand code symbols, the hearing pattern determination program P241, the rising-knot determination program P242 constituting the rising-hook determination program P24, and the rising By operating the wrinkle determination extraction program P243, as described above, it is determined whether or not there is a wrinkle (self-rotation) that should be self-recognized next to complete the rising hand for the current 13 hands. When a bag that completes the combination is extracted, a process of displaying the pattern of the bag on the display device 14 is performed. Further, when the rising wrinkle determination program P24 extracts the wrinkles that should be self-recognized, it transmits those symbol codes and control commands to the image control board Kc. When receiving these codes and commands, the image control board Kc supports the self-operation by the action of the character 61 as shown in FIG. 5A or 5C, for example, under the control of the game effect display program P3212. A process of displaying an image on the liquid crystal display device 38 is performed. At this time, the voice / sound effect output program P41 may be operated to perform a process of outputting voices synchronously or asynchronously.

  Subsequently, in the game ball launching process of step S10, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka operates the game ball management program P4 when the above-described process related to the abandonment / self-control operation by the player is completed. Then, a process of sending a game ball to the game ball launch position is performed. Then, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to be able to launch a game ball into the game board surface 2.

  When a player launches a game ball and this game ball enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., A sensor provided for each detects the game ball and generates an incoming signal. . The game ball management program P4 decodes the incoming signal and performs a process of storing the symbol code of the kite (self-sucker) corresponding to the entered entrance into the manual storage area.

  Subsequently, in the hand determination process of step S11, the winning determination program P8 is operated, and it is determined whether or not the 14 hands have been raised and the combination is completed. Then, when the hand is raised and the winning combination is completed, as described above, it is determined what kind of rising role is set in advance and the score that the player can obtain is obtained. A process of transmitting to the image control board Kc via the control board Kb is performed. On the other hand, when the rising combination has not been completed, as described above, the player performs a discarding operation of throwing out one of the 14 hands that is considered unnecessary.

  In this way, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to launch the game ball into the game board surface 2 to enter the listening state, and the remaining game ball number display section 27 has a value of “1” or more. If there is a display, the player can reach by operating the reach button 18 before performing the operation of throwing away the bag. However, when the above condition is not satisfied (when the listening state is not established), the reach button 18 cannot be operated to reach. After operating the reach button 18, one of the discard buttons 16 a, 16 b, 16 c,... Is operated to discard one of the basket patterns, or the self-discard button 17 is operated. When the self-cutting is performed, the design of the discarded candy is displayed on the discarded candy display unit 34 in the horizontal direction. In addition, the back-draft display unit 30 also displays the back-draft design.

  For the control related to the reach operation, for example, the following processing is performed. First, the main board operation control program P1 detects an operation signal of the reach button 18, and further detects an operation signal from the discard button 16a, 16b, etc., and then performs the current procedure by the listening determination process of the winning determination program P8. When the determination result that the device is in the hearing state is obtained, a control command indicating that the reach has been applied is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb. When receiving the control command, the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc performs a process of displaying the design of the design code of the throwing trash that is transmitted immediately thereafter on the throwing trash display portion 34 in a horizontal direction.

  In addition, when the game field is in a reach state, the game balls launched by the player do not become a kite that completes the rise of the kite (self-suspecting) corresponding to the symbols entered into the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,. In some cases, the main board control program P1 automatically processes this self-discard as a waste. This eliminates the need for the player to operate the discard button 16a,... After the reach operation.

  Under the control of the winning determination program P8, the maximum number of points that can be obtained in one game is, for example, up to 10 points, and the upper limit is set. When two or more types of rising combinations are established at the same time, the score obtained by adding the points given to each of the rising combinations is the score of the game. Similarly, if the handbag contains the same dragon pattern as the front and back dramas, a score is also added to that dorado, for example, one score per dora is added. The One score obtained in the game corresponds to one medal. However, if the total number of points acquired in the game exceeds 10, the total number of medals (scores) that can be acquired is 10.

  Then, when the rising combination selected by the player at the start of one game is completed in the rising combination completion process in step S12, the predicted score calculation program P15 is based on the detection result by the game ball number detection program P16. While confirming the number of game balls that can be fired in the game, it is calculated how much the winning combination that can obtain the score exceeding the selected rising combination by the end of one game is completed.

  Further, in the rising combination selection display section 54, the rising combination display section 56 a that displays the “chanter” of the selected rising combination completed in the game based on the number of games until the completion is left as it is. In the rising combination display portions 55a, 57a, 58a, and 59a, the rising combination that can obtain a score exceeding the completed selected rising combination is displayed.

  Here, the player considers the new rising combination displayed on the other rising combination display portions 55a, 57a, 58a, and 59a while visually recognizing, and has a higher score than the completed selected rising combination “Chanta”. When interested in another rising combination, any of the rising combination display portions 55a, 57a, 58a and 59a displaying the newly selected rising combination is touched. As a result, any of the raised winning combination display portions 55a, 57a, 58a, 59a that has been touched is displayed brightly instead of the rising winning combination display portion 56a that has brightly displayed the selected rising winning combination “chanta”. While the number of game balls detected by the number-of-balls detection program P16 is maintained, a game aimed at the newly selected rising combination will be developed.

  According to the present embodiment described above, the sparrow ball game machine 1 automatically determines a game when a game is played, and among the selected winning combinations based on the game And a touch panel TP that can freely select a desired one, and further, a self-operating operation for waiting and / or a littering operation for littering so that the game can proceed toward completion of the selected rising role There is provided an ascending combination instructing means having an upward haze determining program P24, a screen display program P32, a game effect display program P3212, and a sound / sound effect output program P41 which are displayed and instructed on the liquid crystal display device 38. As a result, the player selects a desired rising combination from a plurality of rising combinations during the game, and displays an image display such as self-restraint and / or discarding operation by the character 61 for supporting the completion of the rising combination. By visually recognizing it, it is possible to obtain an instruction for game progress. For this reason, even beginners who are not familiar with mahjong's rising role can enjoy the sparrow ball game machine, and by reducing the threshold for inexperienced sparrow ball game players, The width of the player layer can be expanded.

  In addition, the player selects a desired rising combination from a plurality of rising combinations in the game, receives instructions such as self-restraint and / or discarding operations by the character 61 for the completion of the rising combination, The game can be advanced while referring to it. As a result, regardless of the level of proficiency of the sparrow ball game or mahjong, the player can advance the game while developing a strategy while always aiming for a high score in the game, and fully enjoy the sparrow ball game. Will be able to.

  In addition, when a player gives an operation instruction such as self-operation or abandonment operation to the liquid crystal display device 38 which is always visible, it is difficult for the player to overlook the operation instruction, and these instructions are effectively transmitted. Will be able to. Also, depending on the scene and situation in progress of the game, it is possible to give an instruction not only by mere operation information but also by an image display such as the action of the effecting character 61 and a character display such as a dialogue, so that the display effect becomes monotonous. While preventing, it can make it easy for a player to understand.

  In addition, since the instruction of the self-determination operation and / or the throwing-in operation of the ascent determination program P24 is instructed by the sound of the character 61 by the sound / sound effect output program P41 as well as the image display, the player should be careful. Is promoted, and it becomes possible to suppress operation mistakes and forgetting to perform operations. Moreover, it goes without saying that it plays an auxiliary role for players with impaired visual acuity.

  In addition, since the uphill determination program P24 controls the screen of the liquid crystal display device 38 so as to display the number of baseballs necessary for completing the uphill combination selected by the player, the player can You will be able to visually recognize the number of feet required to complete the rising role. As a result, the game can be progressed while taking into consideration the balance between the number of cards that can be drawn (self-recognized) until completion of the winning combination and the type of basket required for completion. Therefore, it becomes a confirmation function for preventing mistakes for those who are familiar with the game rules. In addition, for beginners, the load of thought required to complete a desired rising combination is reduced, and long-term consideration can prevent the progress of the game from being delayed and shorten the time required for the game. .

  The touch panel TP is provided with the rising combination display portions 55a, 56a, 57a, 58a, 59a, and is selected during the progress of one game started each time the rising combination display portions 55a to 59a are operated. Since the winning combination is controlled so that it can be changed at any time, for example, a higher score can be obtained by combining the number of players required to complete the rising combination at that time with the number of players that can be raised before rising. For example, it is possible to change the desired rising combination, such as switching to another rising combination. As a result, not only skilled players who are familiar with game rules but also beginners unfamiliar with mahjong and sparrow ball games can make high-level operations and improve game playability. Become.

  In the present embodiment, the rising combination display portions 55a, 56a, 57a, 58a, and 59a display five items in the descending order of the possibility of completion of the combination when proceeding with the combination based on the given arrangement. However, by using the scroll function, which is one of the general GUI (graphical user interface) functions by software such as a personal computer, all effective boosting functions in the sparrow ball game machine can be achieved. It is good also as a specification which enables display by scrolling and these can be selected by the player.

  In addition, every time a new winning combination is displayed on the rising combination display portions 55a, 57a, 58a, 59a by the display control program P323 during the game, the number of points required to complete these rising combinations is predicted score calculation program It may be calculated by P15, and the calculation result may be appropriately displayed at a location corresponding to each of the display portions 55a, 57a, 58a, 59a in the rising combination selection display portion 54.

  The present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiment, but the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made from the configuration of the above embodiment. And the sparrow ball game machine which gave the change is also included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a front view which shows the sparrow ball game machine in embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which extracts and shows the game board surface part in FIG. It is a front view which shows the structure of the operation panel in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the display apparatus in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a production character displayed on the liquid crystal display device in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the control board for controlling operation | movement of this sparrow ball game machine. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the main control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the sub control board | substrate shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the image control board shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of this sparrow ball game machine. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen of a rising combination selection display unit in the display device in FIG. 4.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sparrow ball game machine 2: Game board surface portions 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d,...: Entrance 14: Display device 38: Liquid crystal display device (display device)
55a, 56a, 57a, 58a, 59a: rising combination display section (raising combination selection operation section)
P5: Automatic catering program (meal design determining means)
P14: Raising combination selection program (raising combination selection means)
P24: Climbing judgment program (raising combination instruction means)
P32: Screen display program (raising combination instruction means)
P3212: Game effect display program (raising combination instruction means)
TP: Touch panel (rising role selection means)

Claims (4)

A plurality of entrances provided in the game board surface corresponding to a mahjong tile pattern made up of a plurality of species, and a display device for displaying various game information, and a game ball to each entrance A sparrow ball game machine that can be played so as to establish a rising role by a combination of mahjong tiles obtained by entering
A layout design determining means for determining a predetermined number of mahjong tile designs to be displayed on the display device as a layout at the start of one game;
After the layout display on the display device according to the layout design determining means, a rising combination selection means for selecting a desired rising combination from a plurality of rising combinations,
A rising hand instructing means for instructing a self-operating operation for waiting and / or a throwing-in operation for throwing away so that the game can proceed toward completion of the rising hand selected by the rising hand selecting means,
The rising combination instructing means displays a character on the screen of the display device, and controls to instruct the self-destructing operation and / or the discarding operation by the action of the character.
A sparrow ball game machine characterized by that. The rising hand instruction means controls the self-operation and / or the throw-in operation to be instructed by the voice of the character.
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1. The rising combination instructing unit is controlled to display a number necessary for completion of the rising combination selected by the rising combination selecting unit on the screen of the display device.
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. The rising combination selection means includes a rising combination selection operation unit, and each time the rising combination selection operation unit is operated, the selected rising combination is controlled so that it can be changed at any time during one game started. Become
The sparrow ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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