JP2007105253A - Mahjong-ball game machine and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Mahjong-ball game machine allowing a player to quickly recognize how many number of waiting tile types he/she has in hand under Tenpai (ready-to-win) state when operating a ready-to-win declaration in completing the Tenpai state. <P>SOLUTION: When a ready-to-win button is operated, a Tenpai pattern determination program determines whether or not the combination of hand symbols is the Tenpai state immediately before completing the combination of a go-out role, when determined to be the Tenpai state, a number of waiting tile types determination program P25 determines the number of waiting tile types having a possibility of retaining the Tenpai state and going out, and a performance control program changes a performance display on a display device according to the number of determined determination waiting tile types. This constitution allows a player to immediately recognize how many number of waiting tile types he/she has in hand under the Tenpai state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a sparrow ball game machine and a game machine, and more particularly to a sparrow ball game machine and a game machine having a configuration in which an effect is displayed after a declaration of reach.

  Conventionally, a predetermined number of entrances with a mahjong tile pattern are provided at the bottom of the game board on which various game parts are arranged, and a game medal (hereinafter also simply referred to as a “medal”) is inserted into a medal (coin) slot. After the game is inserted, for example, when 14 game balls per game are launched on the game board and each game ball enters one of the entrances, the pattern of the mahjong tile corresponding to the entrance However, there is a sparrow ball game machine that functions (manual arrangement function) so as to be displayed on an image display device arranged on the game board.

  In recent years, a function that automatically displays a mahjong tile pattern in an appropriate combination on an image display device after detecting a game medal inserted in a medal (coin) slot based on a detection switch (automatic distribution function) There is also known a sparrow ball game machine equipped with (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this sparrow ball game machine, when unnecessary spears (hereinafter also referred to as “unnecessary spears”) are discarded from the hand spears displayed on the image display device, one game ball can be launched again. The truncation operation (discarding operation) and the 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.

  In general, in such a sparrow ball game machine, if a game ball that can be launched in one game remains in a state of hearing (temper pie), it is determined that the player may quit at that time and is upright ( When the reach button is pressed, the hand-drawn design of the listening state is made unchangeable, and the upright hand is added as a rising hand, until the rising hand (waiting) is drawn or the game ends. The game will continue until you run out of balls and become a rally.

JP-A-7-39620

  However, especially for players who are unfamiliar with mahjong games, although the reach button is operated after listening, it is determined whether the number of types of rising tiles (hereinafter referred to as “waiting numbers”) leading to retirement is large or small. Becomes more difficult as the hearing state becomes more complex. Therefore, in spite of the fact that there are a lot of waits, there is a risk that the game ball will be shot out with the aim of only one kind of kite, and as a result, the game ball was used up and could not be settled. was there.

  Therefore, the present invention is configured so that when a standing declaration operation is performed in a state immediately before standing, such as hearing, etc., the player can quickly recognize how many waits are in that state, and the above-described An object of the present invention is to provide a sparrow ball game machine and a game machine that solve the problem.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIG. 1 to FIG. 10) is a plurality of entrances (11) provided in the game area (2) in correspondence with the design of a mahjong tile comprising a plurality of species. And a display unit (14) for displaying a hand-drawing design or the like that uses the mahjong tile design obtained by entering each entrance (11). In a sparrow ball game machine (1) that can be played so that at least one of a plurality of set rising roles is established and finished,
A vertical declaration operation member (18) for performing a vertical declaration operation;
A hearing state determination means (P241) for determining whether or not the combination of the hand and hand symbols is in a hearing state immediately before completing the combination of the rising combination when the upright declaration operation member (18) is operated;
When the hearing state determination means (P241) determines that the state is the listening state, wait number determination means (P25) that determines the number of waits that can be completed while maintaining the hearing state;
Production control means (P323) for changing the production display on the display unit (14) according to the number of waiting times determined by the waiting number determination means (P25).
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. 8 and 10), the effect control means (P323) stores a plurality of effect data set in advance so as to correspond to the increase in the number of determination waits. Having a table (DT), selecting presentation data corresponding to the number of waiting for determination from the data table (DT), and displaying it on the display unit (14);
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. 8 and 10), the data table (DT) includes a plurality of tables (Tb1, Tb2, Tb3, Tb4) in which the number of determination waits is summarized in stages. And having the plurality of pieces of production data in association with different data in which the degree of production increases corresponding to the stepwise increase in the number of determination waits in each table (DT).
It exists in the sparrow ball game machine (1) of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.

The present invention according to claim 4 (see, for example, FIG. 1 to FIG. 10) includes a plurality of entrances (11) provided in the game area (2), and entrance to each entrance (11). A display unit (14) for displaying the obtained symbol, and a gaming machine capable of playing a game so that at least one of a plurality of rising combinations in which the combination of symbols is set in advance is established and finished ( In 1)
A vertical declaration operation member (18) for performing a vertical declaration operation;
Immediate state determination means (P241) for determining whether or not the combination of symbols is a state immediately before completing the combination of rising combinations when the upright declaration operation member (18) is operated;
Wait time determination means (P25) for determining the number of waits that can be completed by maintaining the immediately preceding state when the immediately preceding state determination means (P241) determines that the state is the immediately preceding state;
Production control means (P323) for changing the production display on the display unit (14) according to the number of waiting times determined by the waiting number determination means (P25).
The gaming machine (1) is characterized by this.

  Note that the reference numerals in the parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for convenience to facilitate understanding of the invention and has no influence on the description of the claims. It is not a thing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the upright declaration operation member is operated, the hearing state determination means determines whether or not the hearing state immediately before the combination of the hand symbol pattern is completed and the combination of the hand is completed. When it is determined that the listening state is established, the waiting number determination means determines the number of waiting times that can be completed while maintaining the listening state, and the effect control means determines whether the determined waiting number is large. Accordingly, the display on the display unit is changed accordingly, so that the player waits for the listening state by watching the display on the display unit that changes when the upright declaration operation is performed in the listening state. You can immediately recognize how many numbers there are. As a result, even if the player is unfamiliar with the mahjong game, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of inconveniences such as being unable to accurately recognize the number of waits for the upright declaration operation and exhausting the game ball and not completing it. become. Furthermore, if the player recognizes that the number of waits is small, even if there is still room in the number of game balls at the time of the declaration of standing, excessive expectation can be suppressed, and that the number of waits is high When the player recognizes, even if there is no room for the number of game balls when he or she declares standing up, it is possible to give a sense of security that one of a plurality of entrances corresponding to a large number of waits can enter.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the effect control means has a data table storing a plurality of effect data corresponding to an increase in the number of determination waits, and selects effect data corresponding to the number of determination waits from the data table Since it is displayed on the display unit, it is possible to speed up the effect display that is performed on the display unit every time the upright declaration operation is performed.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the data table has a multi-stage table in which the number of determination waits is summarized in stages, and a plurality of effect data is increased step by step in the number of determination waits in each table. Since it is associated with different data that increases the degree of presentation correspondingly, the presentation control means calculates the presentation data to be displayed according to the completion probability that increases with the increase in the number of waiting for judgment. It can be made unnecessary.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the upright declaration operation member is operated, the immediately preceding state determining means determines whether or not the symbol combination is in a state immediately before completing the combination of rising symbols. When the state is determined to be in the state, the wait number determination unit determines the number of waits that can be completed while maintaining the previous state, and the effect control unit displays according to the determined number of determination waits Since the effect display on the part changes, by viewing the effect on the display part that changes when the upright state is entered and the upright declaration operation is performed, the player can see how many waits in the previous state Can be recognized immediately. As a result, even if the player is unfamiliar with the game, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of inconveniences such as being unable to accurately recognize the number of waits for the standing declaration operation and exhausting the game ball and completing it. Become. Furthermore, if the player recognizes that the number of waits is small, even if there is still room in the number of game balls at the time of the declaration of standing, excessive expectation can be suppressed, and that the number of waits is high When the player recognizes, even if there is no room for the number of game balls when he or she declares standing up, it is possible to give a sense of security that one of a plurality of entrances corresponding to a large number of waits can enter.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a sparrow ball game machine and a 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. In the present embodiment, an explanation will be given by taking as an example the sparrow ball game machine 1 in which a game is performed using a total of 108 spears, each of 27 kinds 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 sparrow ball gaming machine 1 includes a gaming machine main body 1a, and the gaming machine main body 1a basically includes a gaming board surface portion (game area) 2, an operation panel 3, A game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, a medal tray 5, a speaker 6 that is a sound output device for outputting sound and sound effects (hereinafter also collectively referred to as sound), a lamp device 7, and the like. Has been. In addition, the code | symbol 1b shown in FIG. 1 has shown the front door supported so that opening and closing with respect to the game machine main body 1a was possible.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a liquid crystal 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. A display unit 37 having a dot matrix display 39 (see FIG. 5) and a segment display (not shown) is disposed above the attacker 9, and the game ball distribution device 12 is provided on the left and right sides of the liquid crystal display 38. The distribution members 12a and 12b are arranged, and on the left and right sides of the attacker 9, attacker operation passage ports 10a and 10b are disposed as variable entry port operation ports through which game balls 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 arranged (hereinafter, referred to as a plurality of entrances 11a to 11e,. 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 in which 13 buttons are arranged side by side, a self-discard button 17 and a reach as a vertical declaration operation member for performing a vertical declaration operation. The button 18, the selection selection right shift button 19, the selection selection left shift button 20, the selection selection button 21, the payout button 22, the game end button 23, the game start button 24, and the reject (REJECT) button 25. When the player operates each of these buttons (presses and turns on the switch), for example, when the player presses the self-determination button 21, a self-determination determination signal is generated, and this signal is constituted by a microcomputer. Input to the control board. And the software (program) mounted on the control board executes a process set in advance to advance the game for each input signal.

  Various display units are set on the display surface of the display device 14, and necessary information, 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 big game rising game display unit 32 that indicates a winning game that can obtain the right of a big game among special games, and a chance that indicates a rising game that can acquire the right of a chance game A game winning combination display portion 33 and a throwing-up spear display portion 34 for displaying a throwing spear symbol are provided, and a spear symbol, a rendering image, a numerical value, and the like are displayed as the game progresses.

  The above-mentioned winning combination that can obtain the right of the big game and the rising combination that can acquire the right of the chance game are hereinafter referred to as “special role”, and the rising role other than the special role is referred to as the “normal role”. ".

  Further, in the lower horizontal direction of the display surface of the display device 14, there are provided a hand bag display unit 35 for displaying 13 hand bag symbols, and a self screen display unit 36 for displaying the self-portrait symbols. . 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. 5, 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 performing communication between the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd. 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.

  The dot matrix display 39 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43 of the main control board Ka, the lamp device 7 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43 of the sub control board Kb, and the input / output interface circuit of the image control board Kc. The speaker 6 and the display device 14 are connected to 43, and the liquid crystal display device 38 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43 of the image control board Kd.

  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 power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, and various effects displayed when the player completes the rising role. There is image data. In addition, as various types of audio data, there are audio data for supporting the progress of the game to the player as the game progresses and digital data for outputting a sound effect for production.

  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. The programs installed in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka are, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a main board operation control program P1, a communication control program P2, a medal management program P3, a game ball management program P4, and an automatic distribution program. P5, special role selection program P6, dora lottery program P7, winning determination program P8, operation support program P9, special game control program P10, special game continuation control program P11, special game self-restriction selection program P12, and symbol display program P13 Etc.

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 for 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 to the program which generate | occur | produces this 5-digit random number so that a different random number may be generated each time. 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 role selection program P6 selects a special role (chance role, big role) that can acquire a special game right for each game with reference to a special role data table (not shown), and sends a signal related to the selection. Output. The contents of the selected big combination and chance combination are transmitted to a screen display program P32 described later, and are displayed on the big game rising combination display section 32 and the chance game rising combination display section 33 shown in FIG.

  The dora lottery program P7 is a program for determining the front dora and the back dora by lottery at the start of the game. As a method of determining by lottery, for example, there is a method of generating a random number of a predetermined number of digits by program processing, storing it in the RAM 42, and determining using this random number.

  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 rising 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.

  The operation support program P9 is a program for assisting the player with operations related to the game progress by using the screen of the display device 14 and an interactive method. In particular, the operation support program P9 outputs a signal to the screen display program P32 and displays on the screen of the display device 14 a display such as “please refrain”, “please select abandonment”, etc. Support the operation.

  When the special combination is established, the special game control program P10 turns on the ball sensor (not shown) provided in the attacker operation passage ports 10a and 10b, and the attacker operation passage port 10a that triggers the opening of the attacker 9. , 10b is a program for determining the validity / invalidity of entering the ball. That is, when the special game control program P10 determines that the ball entering the attacker operating passages 10a and 10b is valid, a special game right that allows the attacker 9 to open and freely select himself / herself is generated. As a result, the special game is controlled to start.

  The special game continuation control program P11, when a big role is established, continues for, for example, 13 games (14 games including the game) from the next game onward, and is provided at the attacking operation passage openings 10a and 10b. (Not shown) is a program for turning on. In other words, if the special game continuation control program P11 continues the validity of the ball entering the attacker operation passage openings 10a, 10b for 13 games from the next game onward, the special game is played in the game (the game that is in progress at the time of the winning combination). ) Including the right of a big game that continues for 14 games (that is, 14 rounds).

  The special game self-restraint selection program P12 allows the player to freely select the symbol of the trap to be self-recognized when a signal indicating that a game ball has entered the attacker 9 is input in a game in which a special game right has been acquired. It is a program for performing the operation to do. In other words, in the present sparrow ball game machine 1, the player freely selects and obtains and exchanges the favorite samurai symbols other than the limitation of the number of discarded samurai (up to 4 same samurai), for example. The same can be done.

  The symbol display program P13 relates to information relating to the manual and discarding detected by the main board operation control program P1, information relating to the front dora detected by the dora lottery program P7, and the back dora detected by the dora lottery program P7. The information, the information on the number of game medals stored and the number of game medals acquired by the medal management program P3, and the information on the number of remaining game balls detected by the game ball management program P4 are received. Control is performed to cause the dot matrix display 39 (see FIG. 5) or a segment display (not shown) to perform display.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb are the sub board operation control program P21, the communication control program P22, the lamp control program P23, the rising hail determination program P24, and the waiting number determination program. P25, a rising combination prediction program P26, and the like. Furthermore, the rising eye determination program P24 includes a hearing pattern determination program P241, an upward eyelid determination program P242, and an upward eyelid 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 boards Kc and Kd. When the image control boards Kc and Kd receive these various control commands and their control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, the image control boards Kc and Kd display effects images and information on the display device 14 and the liquid crystal display device 38 by program processing. Further, the sound and sound effects for production are output from the speaker 6 via the sound / sound effect output program P41 (see FIG. 8).

  The lamp control program P23 is a program for controlling light emission (turning on, turning off, blinking) of the lamp 7 and the like based on a control command transmitted from the main control board Ka and its control data.

  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). This rising kite determination program P24 is the presence / absence of a kite (rising kite) that can complete the climbing combination when the player performs one's own manipulation on the current thirteen manual commands and adds one kite. And a process for supporting the wrinkles to be self-recognized in advance (display processing on the liquid crystal display device 38 in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the rising wrinkle display unit 31 in FIG. 4) via a screen display program P32 described later. It is a program to do. Then, when the heel to be self-recognized is extracted in order to complete the rising combination, the rising heel determination program P24 performs control to display the design of the heel through the image control board Kc.

  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 hearing pattern determination program P241 includes a hearing state determination means for determining whether or not the hearing state immediately before the combination of the hand symbol pattern is completed and the combination of the winning combinations is completed when the reach button 18 is operated, and the reach button 18 When the is operated, the immediately preceding state determining means for determining whether or not the symbol combination is in a state immediately before completing the combination of the rising combination is configured. That is, in the hearing pattern determination program P241, when the reach button 18 is pressed, the combination of the hand code symbols displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36 at this time increases. It is determined whether or not it is in the listening state immediately before completion, and the determination result is output, and the hand-drawn pattern in the listening state cannot be changed, and one upright role is added as a rising role.

  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 color is performed, the rising symbol determination program P24 of the sub-control board Kb receives the symbol code of the rising symbol when the screen code is received. Through the P32 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. At this time, sound may be output from the speaker 6. In this case, both the rising wrinkle display unit 31 and the liquid crystal display device 38 are simultaneously displayed on the rising wrinkle assist (support) and the like. In addition to the above display, image display using an effect character is performed.

  When the waiting number determination program (waiting number determination means) P25 is determined to be in the listening state by the listening pattern determination program P241, the waiting number determination program P241 determines the number of waiting that can be completed while maintaining the listening state.

  The rising combination prediction program P26 predicts and determines the type of rising combination that can be completed while maintaining the hearing state when the number of determination waits is determined by the waiting number determination program P25. That is, the rising combination prediction program P26 sets the special combination, the normal combination, and the large medal number winning combination (in the data table of Table 2 “Dai three yuan”) as the types of the rising combination that can be aimed after the reach button 18 is operated. ~ “Qing old head”) is predicted and the result of the determination is used as a part of the display effect on the display device 14 by the effect control program P323 “You can aim for a special role ...” And control to display subtitles such as “I can aim for a player who can win a large number of medals”.

  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, a screen 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 for outputting a production sound, sound effect, or warning sound from the speaker 6 is performed.

  The screen display program P32 is a program for performing processing for displaying an image or the like on the display device 14 based on the control command and the control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb. The normal game screen display program P321, special game A screen display program P322 and an effect control program (effect control means) P323 are provided.

  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 contents as shown in FIG. For example, as the game progresses, each time the player performs a throw-in operation, or in the case of a normal game game, the self-control operation by launching a game ball, etc., the main control board Ka passes through the sub-control board Kb. 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 When a rising combination is completed, the program includes a program including various display means such as a process for displaying the number of points obtained for the rising combination. Further, when the image control boards Kc and Kd receive a control command for performing a screen display for prompting the player to perform an operation of discarding one unnecessary spear from the hand, the game effect display program P3212 The display unit 14 and the liquid crystal display unit 38 display a message for prompting an operation of discarding one unnecessary bag from the inside.

  Further, the special game screen display program P322 displays a screen for various effects upon receiving the special game start control by the special game control program P10 when the winning combination is determined by the winning determination program P8. 14 is a program for performing processing to be displayed on the screen. This special game screen display program P322 further includes a right acquisition effect display program P3221 that displays an effect when the player has completed a winning combination that can acquire the right of a special game, and the special game self-restriction selection. There is provided a self-candidate candidate selection support program P3222 for supporting free selection self-restraint by the program P12.

  The right acquisition effect display program P3221 alternately displays the explanation of the rising role and the display of the chance game right establishment or the big game right establishment at a predetermined time interval on the rising eye display unit 31 of the display device 14. A process for notifying that the right of the chance game or the big game has been established.

  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 effect control program P323 changes the effect display on the display device (display unit) 14 in accordance with the number of determination wait numbers determined by the wait number determination program P25. In other words, the effect control program P323 stores in the ROM 41 a data table DT storing a plurality of (four in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10) effect data set in advance so as to correspond to an increase in the number of determination waits. Control is performed so that presentation data corresponding to the number of determination waits is selected from the data table DT and displayed on the display device 14.

  In the display control on the display device 14, the effect control program P 323 is an area other than the hand display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36 displayed on the display device 14 as shown in FIG. Abandoned spear display section 34, big game rising combination display section 32, chance game rising combination display section 33, rising spear display section 31, game medal stored number display section 26, remaining game ball number display section 27, front dora display section 29, An effect based on the selected effect data is overwritten and displayed on the entire erased area in such a manner that the back side display unit 30 and the wind screen display unit 28 are once deleted for a predetermined time. At this time, a sound effect set in advance so as to correspond to the effect on the display device 14 is output from the speaker 6 by a sound / sound effect output program P41 described later. The overwriting display time (that is, the predetermined time) can be changed as appropriate according to the design. For example, setting a relatively short time of about 10 to 20 seconds makes the entire game progress smoothly. This is preferable. Then, the effect control program P323 stops outputting the effect data when the predetermined time has elapsed, and returns the display of the display device 14 to the state shown in FIG.

  Here, the configuration of the data table DT will be described with reference to FIG. That is, as shown in the figure, the data table DT has a determined waiting number (determination waiting number) ranging from 1 (waiting for a single horse etc.) to 3 (waiting for 3 faces (3 faces)), 4 (4 A three-tiered table that is grouped in stages in ascending order, such as the range of (waiting for faces) to 6 (waiting for 6 faces), the range of 7 (waiting for 7 faces) to 9 (waiting for 9 faces in Kuju Baoji). Tb1, Tb2, and Tb3, and 13 (waiting for 13 faces in Kokushi Musou) and table Tb4 as the next stage of table Tb3 are included. The data table DT associates each piece of effect data as different data that increases the degree of effect corresponding to the stepwise increase in the number of determination waits in the tables Tb1, Tb2, Tb3, and Tb4.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the “effect level” means “flashing display content” that is changed according to the probability of completion that increases as the number of waits increases. That is, according to the production data in the table Tb1 corresponding to the waiting numbers 1 to 3, the display that enhances the player's expectation by operating the character image such as a person or a dragon is a so-called normal production based on blue. Executed. In addition, according to the production data of the table Tb2 corresponding to the determination waiting numbers 4 to 6, the display that enhances the player's expectation by operating the character image of a person or a dragon is a so-called slightly hot production based on yellow. Executed. Furthermore, according to the production data of the table Tb3 corresponding to the judgment waiting numbers 7 to 9, a display that enhances the player's expectation by operating a character image such as a person or a dragon is executed as a so-called hot production based on red. Is done. And according to the production data of the table Tb4 corresponding to the number of waiting for determination 13, the display that increases the player's expectation by operating the character image of a person or a dragon is a so-called intense heat production based on rainbow colors. Executed.

  With the various effects described above, for example, if the player recognizes that the number of waits is small, even if there is still room in the number of game balls at the time of declaring standing, excessive expectation can be suppressed, If the player recognizes that there are many waiting points, it is safe to enter any of the multiple entrances 11 corresponding to a large number of rising poles even if there is no room for the number of game balls when the player declares standing up A feeling can be given.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the effect control program P323 includes the data table DT that stores a plurality of effect data corresponding to the increase in the number of determination waits, and corresponds to the number of determination waits from the data table DT. By selecting the effect data and displaying it on the display device 14, it is possible to speed up the effect display performed on the display device 14 every time the upright declaration is made by operating the reach button 18. In addition, the data table DT has tables Tb1, Tb2, Tb3, and Tb4 that summarize the number of determination waits in a stepwise manner, and a plurality of effect data are stored in the determination wait numbers in the respective tables Tb1, Tb2, Tb3, and Tb4. Declaration of upright performance data that should be displayed according to the completion probability that increases with the increase in the number of waiting for judgment by having it associated as different data that increases the degree of production corresponding to each stepwise increase It is possible to eliminate the need for calculation by the effect control program P323 each time.

  The sound / sound effect output program P41 generates various production sounds, sound effects, or warning sounds as the game progresses based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the communication control program P22 of the sub control board Kb. This is a program for outputting from the speaker 6.

  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 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.

  One 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. Then, the game progresses according to the control of each program that operates based on the input signals and control signals generated from various operation buttons and sensors such as the throw-away buttons 16a, 16b,. Become.

  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 is activated under the control of the main board operation control program P1, and the 14 layout patterns required for starting the game are programmed. Decide automatically. 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.

  Then, in the dra lottery process in step S4, the dora lottery program P7 of the main control board Ka draws the front and back dramas, and the winning determination program P8 and the game effect of the image control board Kc for the symbol code of that bag. It transmits to the display program P3212. The game effect display program P3212 displays images of the front and back side of the back dragon symbol as shown in FIG. The process which displays on the part 29 and the back side display part 30 is performed. In addition, the winning determination program P8 adds a score to the rising combination based on the symbol codes of the front and back drags when the after-mentioned rising combination is established (S9) (see Table 2).

  Subsequently, in the special game role determination display process in step S5, the special role selection program P6 (but operates when a normal game is being played and does not operate in an ongoing game when the big role is established). Operates to select and draw a table (not shown) to select a big combination and a chance combination. Then, each data (encoded data) of the big winning combination and the chance winning combination determined by the processing of the special combination selecting program P6 (encoded data) is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb together with the control command. Is done.

  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 combination and the chance combination, the big combination and the chance combination are displayed in the big game rising combination display unit 32 and the chance increase combination display unit 33, respectively. Process to display.

  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.

  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 boards Kc and Kd via the sub control board Kb. When the image control boards Kc and Kd receive this control command, the game effect display program P3212 displays a message for prompting the user to discard one unnecessary bag from the display table 14 and the liquid crystal display unit 38. 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.

  If the winning combination is completed in this determination process, the winning determination program P8 determines the rising combination that has been set in advance and the score that the player can acquire (the number of acquired medals). Is determined with reference to the data in Table 2. 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.

  Further, in the case where the rising combination is completed, when the selected big combination and chance combination are established, the chance game or the big game special game is controlled to start.

  As described above, in the case where the symbols of the 14 baskets that have been automatically arranged have not been raised and the winning combination has not been completed, in the discarding / self-resolving process in step S7, the player can use the manual display unit 35 and self-restricting. An operation of selecting a discarded candy from the candy symbol displayed on the heel display unit 36 is performed. 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. 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 symbol code that was discarded from the handbag is deleted, and the process of making 13 handbags is performed.

  Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 includes the image control board via the sub-control board Kb and the sub-control board Kb together with the control command of the discarded design code and the 13-hand design code. Processing to transmit to 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-rotating) that should be self-recognized next in order to complete the rising combination 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.

  Subsequently, in the game ball launching process of step S8, 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. As a result, the player can operate the game ball launch lever 4 to launch the game ball into the game board surface 2.

  When the player launches a game ball and this game ball enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., The corresponding sensor provided at each entrance 11 detects the game ball. As a result, a ball entry signal is generated. 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 S9, 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 portion 27 has a value of “1” or more. If there is a display, the player can reach by operating the reach button 18 before performing the operation of throwing away the bag. However, when the above condition is not satisfied (when the listening state is not established), the reach button 18 cannot be operated to reach. After operating the reach button 18, one of the discard buttons 16 a, 16 b, 16 c,... 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.

  In 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 from the discard buttons 16a, 16b, etc., and determines that the current hand is in the hearing state by the hearing determination process of the hearing pattern determination program P241. When the operation signal of the reach button 18 is detected after the result 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, and a verticality confirmation signal is transmitted. When receiving the control command, the game effect display program P3212 on the image control board Kc performs a process of displaying the design of the design code of the throwing trash that is transmitted immediately after this 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, if the main board control program P1 automatically treats the player as a thrower, the player does not need to operate the thrower button 16a, etc. after the reach operation.

  By the way, when it is determined that the listening pattern determination program P241 is in the listening state in response to the operation of the reach button 18, the waiting number determination program P25 maintains the listening state and can be completed (the number of waiting determinations). ). Then, the effect control program P323 selects corresponding effect data from the tables Tb1, Tb2, Tb3, and Tb4 of the data table DT according to the number of determination wait numbers determined by the wait number determination program P25, and the display device 14 The display of the effect level corresponding to the number of waiting for determination is executed for a predetermined time in the form of deleting and overwriting the other areas except the manual display section 35 and the self-display section 36.

  As a result, the player can be a character such as a person or a dragon whose stage of stage of performance is based on a preset color on the display device 14 that changes when he / she is in a hearing state and performs an upright declaration operation. By visually recognizing the effect in which the image operates, it is possible to immediately recognize how many waits are in the listening state. For this reason, even if the player is unfamiliar with mahjong game, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of inconveniences, such as being unable to recognize the waiting number of things that have been declared upright and exhausting the game ball and not completing become. The effect control program P323 stops outputting the effect data when the predetermined time has elapsed, and returns the display on the display device 14 to the state shown in FIG.

  Further, the rising combination prediction program P26, when the number of waits for determination is determined by the waiting number determination program P25, as the types of rising combination that can be aimed after the reach button 18 is operated, is a special combination, a normal combination, and a large number of medals in the normal combination Predictive judgment as to which of the number-acquisition roles is to be made, and the judgment result is used as a part of the display effect on the display device 14 by the effect control program P323. The subtitles such as “I can aim for the medal number acquisition role” are controlled to be displayed. The player will further expand the sense of expectation for retirement by reading the contents of the subtitles together with the effect display corresponding to the number of determination waits.

  By the way, by the control of the winning determination program P8, the score 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.

  Next, in the game end process of step S10, the winning determination program P8 is executed until the game ends, that is, when the number of remaining game balls becomes zero and the game end button 23 is pressed, or the game start button. When the combination of the rising combination shown in Table 2 is not completed when 24 is pressed, a game end control command is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb. Then, the game effect display program P3212 on the image control board Kc displays “game over” on the display device 14 and notifies the player of the end of the game.

  Further, in the above game end processing, even when the combination of rising combinations is completed, if the display (remaining ball number) of the remaining game ball number display unit 27 is “1” or more, the self-throwing button 17 or When the discard button 16a, 16b, 16c,... Is operated, a game continuation control command is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb under the control of the main board operation control program P1. As a result, the game effect display program P3212 on the image control board Kc erases the explanation of the winning combination displayed on the display device 14 and the display of the acquired score so that the game can be continued.

  When the player has operated the game end button 23 or the game start button 24 when the rising combination is completed and the explanation of the rising combination is displayed on the display device 14, the main board operation control program P1 is executed. The type of the input signal is decoded, the medal management program P3 is activated, the score acquired in this game is added to the medal storage number stored in the RAM 42, and this medal storage number is passed through the sub-control board Kb. To the image control board Kc. Then, the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc displays the medal stored number on the medal stored number display unit 26. When the player operates the game start button 24 after operating the game end button 23, the stored medal insertion operation is automatically performed, and the main board operation control program P1 executes the next game. In order to be in a state where it can be performed, a control command for initializing the screen display is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the sparrow ball game machine and game machine of this invention are not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, From the structure of the said embodiment. A sparrow ball game machine and a game machine with various modifications and changes are 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. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the control board which controls 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 in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of an effect data table.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sparrow ball game machine, game machine (sparrow ball game machine)
2: Game area (game board surface)
11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e: Entrance 14: Display unit (display device)
18: Upright declaration operation member (reach button)
P25: Wait number determination means (wait number determination program)
P241: Hearing state determination means, previous state determination means (hearing pattern determination program)
P323: Production control means (production control program)
DT: Data table
Tb1, Tb2, Tb3, Tb4: Table

Claims (4)

Corresponding to the mahjong tile design made up of multiple varieties, a plurality of entrances provided in the game area and the mahjong tile design obtained by entering each entrance entrance In a sparrow ball game machine that can be played so as to be settled by establishing at least one of a plurality of rising combinations in which the combination of the hand and the hand symbols is set in advance.
Upright declaration operation member for performing upright declaration operation,
When the upright declaration operation member is operated, a hearing state determination means for determining whether or not the combination of the hand symbol pattern is in a listening state immediately before completing the combination of the rising combination,
When the hearing state determination means determines that the state is in the listening state, wait number determination means for determining the number of waits that can be completed while maintaining the hearing state;
Effect control means for changing the effect display on the display unit according to the number of determination wait numbers determined by the wait number determination means,
A sparrow ball game machine characterized by that. The effect control means has a data table storing a plurality of effect data set in advance so as to correspond to the increase in the number of determination waits, and selects effect data corresponding to the number of determination waits from the data table. Displayed on the display unit,
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1. The data table includes a plurality of stages in which the number of determination waits is summarized step by step, and the plurality of effect data are respectively represented in stages corresponding to the stepwise increase in the number of determination waits in each table. Have different data associated with each other,
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 2. A plurality of entrances provided in the game area, and a display unit for displaying symbols obtained by entering the entrances, and a plurality of ascending roles in which combinations of the symbols are set in advance. In a gaming machine that can be played so that at least one of them is established and settled,
Upright declaration operation member for performing upright declaration operation,
Immediate state determination means for determining whether or not the combination of symbols is a state immediately before completing the combination of rising combinations when the upright declaration operation member is operated;
When it is determined by the immediately preceding state determining means that it is the immediately preceding state, a waiting number determining means that determines the number of waits that can be completed while maintaining the immediately preceding state;
Effect control means for changing the effect display on the display unit according to the number of determination wait numbers determined by the wait number determination means,
A gaming machine characterized by that.

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