JP2006255100A - Control device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a player with further pleasure by reflecting a game content history such as a big winning history to a next game in a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: This control device of the game machine records the history of the game content in the game machine in an external recording medium and, in a next game, imports the game history till the last game obtained from the recording medium into the game machine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

    The present invention relates to a control device for gaming machines such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines.

    As is well known, an image display such as a liquid crystal display is provided at an appropriate position such as a central portion of the game board of the gaming machine, and various kinds of effects for making a game effect are provided on the display surface of the display. The symbols, that is, the patterns are displayed while changing as the game operation progresses. Then, as the game progresses, a special symbol (hereinafter referred to as a “change pattern”) that changes variously is displayed on the display device to produce a so-called effect.

    For example, in the case of a pachinko machine, if a game ball performs a random lottery in response to the winning of a play ball to the special symbol start opening, and the random number to be drawn is a big hit value, the change pattern is displayed by the display It is displayed, and the big winning opening is controlled to be opened and closed so that a big hit gaming state advantageous to the player is achieved.

    On the other hand, even with the same model, the appearance rate of each variation pattern in the jackpot state is different for each gaming machine, the ratio of the number of jackpots to the same variation pattern, that is, the reliability is also different, and the individual player also It is different. And, when a player wants to play a game again with the same model, there is a possibility of comparing with the previous game content or having the desire to experience the continuity of the game content between the previous game and this game .

    Therefore, an information processing system that records a play state at the end of the previous play on a recording medium such as a prepaid card is known (see Patent Document 1).

On the other hand, as a player, in executing the next series of game games after executing a series of game games, the game contents such as the appearance rate of the special symbols of the previous game game and the degree of reliability thereof are taken over. There may be a desire to play with. However, the above-described conventional information processing system simply stores the previous play state in the external medium, and only allows the replay to be started continuously from the previous play state. The contents of the game cannot be reflected.
JP 2000-262725 A

      The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a gaming machine that allows the previous game content to be reflected in the current game content. .

    In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine control device according to the present invention is a control device that controls a gaming operation of a gaming machine having a display unit for displaying a variation pattern, and stores a plurality of different variation patterns. Storage means for displaying, display unit driving means for selectively displaying the plurality of variation patterns on the display unit during operation of the gaming machine to produce a display effect, and each variation pattern displayed by the display unit Calculation storage means for calculating and storing the pattern winning probability, and transfer means for transferring any of the pattern winning probabilities stored in the storage means to an external storage medium in response to a request. Characterize

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    FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention as seen from the front, and a gaming board 2 is provided on the front of the gaming machine 1. A game ball launching device (not shown) is provided below the game board 2, and a handle 3 for controlling the launch device is disposed below the game board 2. A game ball launched from a launching device that operates according to the operation of the handle 3 by the player reaches the upper side of the game board 2 and then passes between a number of nails (not shown) implanted in the game board 2. When it is sewn and dropped, it sometimes enters the start winning opening 4 arranged at a proper position, and sometimes reaches the out opening 5 as it is.

    In addition, a display unit 6 having a game image display area such as a liquid crystal display for displaying a game image is provided in a substantially central part of the game board 2. In the game image display area in the display unit 6, a change pattern that is an image that changes in response to a trigger action by a game ball that has entered the start winning opening 4 is displayed. Next, when a random winning lottery is performed and the big hit is confirmed, the big hit pattern is displayed in a series of moving images of the variation pattern. In parallel with this, the big winning opening 7 is controlled to be opened and closed and a big hit state is obtained.

    By the way, this variation pattern is determined by the model, but instead of one type within the same model, multiple types of variation patterns are prepared, and each time a prize is won, the variation pattern is selected at random, for example. A selected variation pattern, that is, a series of moving images is displayed.

    According to the present invention, game content information data corresponding to a series of operations from selection of such a variation pattern to jackpot lottery operation is recorded on a portable recording medium (not shown) such as a magnetic card or an IC card. In order to make this possible, a command button group 8 is provided in the vicinity of the handle 3 below the gaming board of the gaming machine 1. For example, a start button 8A, a transfer request button 8B, and a stop button 8C.

        Further, in the vicinity of the handle 3, a recording medium insertion port 9 is provided for loading the recording medium into a drive mechanism (not shown) for writing to and reading from the portable recording medium, that is, the memory medium. It has been. Further, an auxiliary display 10 for displaying a jackpot probability for each variation pattern in the recording medium, that is, an operation support image such as a reliability display image and menu information for the operator, is provided above the recording medium insertion slot 9. It has been.

        FIG. 2 shows an example of a so-called sub-control device that is provided inside the gaming machine 1 having the above-described configuration and controls the operation of the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention.

        The CPU 11 that plays the central role of the sub-control device is composed of, for example, a microprocessor, controls the display unit 6 described above, and extracts image data stored in a built-in memory 12 such as a ROM or a RAM. A pattern display control unit 11a for displaying various variation patterns is included.

        On the other hand, the CPU 11 will be described in detail below in response to button commands by the operator using buttons such as the history processing operation start button 8A, the transfer request button 8B, and the history processing operation stop button 8C among the operation button group described above. The game content history processing operation is performed.

        That is, a recording medium such as an IC card, a magnetic card, or a magnetic disk brought by the player, that is, a memory medium 13 is inserted into a memory medium drive 14 provided in the gaming machine via a slot 9 (shown in FIG. 1) and loaded. It is done. The memory media drive 14 drives the loaded memory media 13 to read the information data stored in the memory media 13 and transfers the read information in response to a transfer control command from the transfer control unit 11b in the CPU 11. Transfer to the controller 11b. The transfer control unit 11b writes the transferred information data in the built-in memory 12 for the time being. The mode holding unit 11c always responds to command inputs from the start button 8A, transfer request button 8B, and stop button 8C in the button group 8 and always displays the current record mode, transfer mode, and the like based on operation commands from the player. Holds the contents of the specified mode specified. The sequence control unit 11d receives information such as winning information and jackpot information from the main control device 15, and performs a calculation unit 11e and a character display unit 11f according to a sequence according to the current mode held by the mode holding unit 11c. The pattern display control unit 11a and the transfer control unit 11b are sequentially controlled. The calculation unit 11e performs necessary calculations while extracting necessary information data from the built-in memory 12 in accordance with a command from the sequence control unit 11d, and transfers the calculation results to the built-in memory 12 to store them. The character display control unit 11f controls the attached display 10 in accordance with a command from the sequence control unit 11d. The attached display 10 displays a jackpot history display, a reliability display corresponding to a specific variation pattern, a reliability display for each pattern, a win rate display for each day and time, and a difference display, in addition to a character display that prompts the player to operate a button. , Display the number of revolutions per thousand yen (starting winnings).

        3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the game history update display routine operation according to the present invention executed by the gaming machine including the control device having the above-described configuration, and the operation will be described below.

        That is, for example, when the CPU 11 starts the game operation history routine operation shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 according to an appropriate clock timing, for example, the sequence control unit 11d first determines whether or not the current operation mode is the history processing mode. (Step S1). If it is determined that the current operation mode is the history processing mode, then the sequence control unit 11d determines whether or not the memory medium 13 is loaded in the memory drive 14 via, for example, the transfer control unit 11b (step S2). ). Next, when the transfer control unit 11b confirms that the memory medium 13 is loaded, the memory drive 14 operates the recorded content of the medium 13 and takes the output data of the memory drive 14 and transfers it to the built-in memory 12 to A predetermined area of the memory is overwritten (step S3). Thereby, the game content history in the memory 12 is updated. Here, as game content information data, for example, model name, player name, variation pattern unique identification code assigned to each variation pattern, appearance rate for each variation pattern, reliability, play date and time zone, number of plays , Play time length of each play, consumption amount, winning frequency for consumption amount, jackpot frequency for each variation pattern, consecutive house frequency, probability variation entry rate, daily jackpot probability based on winning frequency and jackpot frequency, probability variation entry rate, difference Jade data, etc. Note that the reliability refers to a percentage of the number of actual winnings with respect to the number of activations of one variation pattern.

        It should be noted that the fetching of the media recording contents and the game contents history update in step S3 are performed by a model matching judgment means or step (not shown) for judging matching between the model name in the information data and the model name on which the control device is installed. ) And the operation after step S3 is continued only when the match is determined, and when it does not match, the player is notified to that effect and the operation after step S3 is not performed. I can do it.

        Next, when winning detection information is received from the main control device 15 (step S4), the sequence control unit 11d selects a variation pattern type which is a so-called special symbol (step S5). Next, the sequence control device 11d reads the selected variation pattern from the built-in memory 12, and drives the pattern display device 6 via the pattern display control unit 11a to display it (step S6). Accordingly, the built-in memory 12 functions as a storage unit that stores a variation pattern, and the pattern display control unit 11a functions as a display control unit.

        While the game operation by the player is proceeding in parallel with the display operation of the variation pattern, the main control device 15 performs a random number lottery operation. As a result, a big hit state occurs, and the big hit information is awaited ( Step S7). When the arrival of the big hit information is detected, the pattern display control unit 11a is driven to display the big hit state display of the selected variation pattern, and the big hit state is produced by the pattern display device 6 (step S8). In parallel with this, the game content data described above for each selected variation pattern type and for each player is generated, written in the corresponding area of the internal memory 12, and updated to the latest data (step S9). ). Further, in parallel, the attached display 10 is driven, and for example, the player is instructed as soon as the above-described game content update history such as the pattern-corresponding reliability display for each player and the winning frequency is displayed. Display the effect image that prompts you. After this display, a game content history display request is waited within a predetermined time (steps S11, S12, S13), and if there is a game content history display request within a predetermined time, a game content history display corresponding to the player is made. Then, the attached display 10 is driven via the attached display controller 11f (step S14). The attached display 10 and the attached display control unit 11f function as an attached display unit. It is also possible to fetch the designated identification code recorded in the memory medium 13 in response to the transfer request and display the variation pattern corresponding to the unique identification code matching the designated identification code on the attached display unit.

        Next, it is determined whether or not a transfer request has been made by the transfer request button 8B (step S15). If no transfer request has been made, the control sequence is terminated as it is. If it is determined that a transfer request is made, it is determined whether or not the memory media 13 is loaded in the memory media drive 14 (step S16). In step S16, after confirming that the memory medium 13 is loaded, the game content data is read from the corresponding area of the internal memory 12 and written to the memory medium 13 via the memory drive 14 by the operation of the transfer control unit 11b ( Step S17). At this time, it is desirable from the viewpoint of generating new game content information data for each play of one player to reset the game content information data in the corresponding area and prepare for the next play.

    The above-described control sequence is repeatedly executed by the sequence control unit 11d, and the latest game content data is always written to the memory medium 13 in parallel with the game operation of the player. Therefore, when the player finishes a series of games, that is, play, the memory media 13 holding the latest game content history data can be taken out from the memory media drive 14 and carried. In this way, in the next play, the player can load the memory media 13 carried in the memory media drive 14 of the same kind of game machine in another store and execute the sequence as described above. It is possible to give relevance to the contents of gaming operations performed by players in different gaming machines and different time zones.

In the above-described embodiment, the CPU 11 is illustrated as having a configuration in which the pattern display control unit, the transfer control unit, the sequence control unit, and the like are individually present therein. A program for executing a sequence according to FIG. 4 is stored in the memory 12, and the CPU 11 sequentially executes each operation of the game operation history routine shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 while extracting each command of the program. is there.
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      According to the gaming machine control device of the present invention, at the start of the next series of game games after executing a series of game games, the appearance rate of the specific change pattern in the previous game game or the same variation pattern Each jackpot probability, that is, the reliability, can be taken over, and the comparison and continuity between the previous game state and the current game state can be obtained, and the enjoyment of replay for the player is enhanced.

It is a front view which shows typically the game machine which the control apparatus by this invention should be mounted. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control apparatus by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Game board 3 Handle 4 Start winning opening 5 Out opening 6 Display part 7 Large winning opening 8 Command button group 9 Recording medium insertion slot 10 Attached indicator

Claims (4)

A control device for controlling a gaming operation of a gaming machine having a display unit for displaying a variation pattern,
Storage means for storing a plurality of different variation patterns;
Display unit driving means for selectively displaying the plurality of variation patterns on the display unit during the operation of the gaming machine to provide a display effect;
A calculation storage means for calculating and storing game content information data for each variation pattern displayed by the display unit;
And a transfer means for transferring at least a part of the game content information data stored in the storage means to an external storage medium in response to a transfer request.     2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the game content information data includes at least data indicating a model name, a reliability for each variation pattern for each model, a player name, the number of times of play, a play time, and a consumption amount.     The control device according to claim 1, further comprising an attached display unit that displays the game content information data in response to a request. Holding means for holding a unique identification code corresponding to each of the plurality of variation patterns;
An extraction means for extracting a variation pattern corresponding to a unique identification code obtained by reading a designated identification code stored in the external storage medium and searching for a unique identification code matching the specified identification code in response to a transfer request; Including
The control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the attached display unit displays the variation pattern extracted by the extraction unit.

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