JP2007244410A - Game machine and simulation program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine with a higher attractiveness which facilitates the devotion to games even among beginners with no knowledge of the rule of the mahjong and inexperienced persons in mahjong. <P>SOLUTION: A special game continuation control program judges whether a special game should be continued or not at the proper moment. During the continuation of the special game, a special game object representing 'sushi' modeled and special objects as the combination of pattern display objects corresponding to respective symbols of hand tile or the like are displayed while during the continuation of the special game, tile shaped objects representing mahjongg tiles modeled and tile objects as the combination of the pattern display objects corresponding to respective symbols of hand tile or the like are displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that has been improved so as to be able to assist the progress of the game in a gaming machine having a complicated game rule.

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

  In the above-described conventional sparrow ball game machine, it is possible to launch a new game ball (self-operating operation) by performing a throwing-in operation, and these throwing-in and self-control operations are repeatedly performed within a predetermined number of times. When a predetermined rising combination is completed, a score is calculated, and a number of game medals corresponding to the score are paid out.

JP-A-7-39623

  By the way, the sparrow ball game machine as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is a game machine such as a pachinko machine in that the game ball is thrown into the game area and entered into a desired winning opening or the like. It takes almost the same form, but when deciding the final victory or defeat, knowledge about mahjong whose game rules are generally complicated is required. For example, in order to complete a given ascending role, it is necessary to listen as soon as possible (one more state until it rises), but for beginners who are unfamiliar with mahjong rules and those who are not familiar with mahjong, the best self-restraint It is difficult to select a spear or a discarded spear, and there is a possibility that a game ball is wasted.

  In order to solve such problems, a method of notifying the selection of the optimum self-determination or selection of abandonment by text message etc. has been proposed, but simply selecting self-discipline or abandonment as announced For beginners and those unfamiliar with mahjong, the game was not interesting and it was difficult to improve the willingness to repeat.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and by giving interests other than mahjong, even beginners who do not know the rules of mahjong and those who are unfamiliar with mahjong can easily be engrossed in the game. The purpose is to provide highly interesting gaming machines.

  In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention includes a plurality of entrances provided in a game board surface corresponding to a mahjong tile pattern comprising a plurality of species, and a display device for displaying game information. A game machine capable of performing a normal game or a special game advantageous to the player by a combination of mahjong tiles obtained by entering the game ball into the entrance, and the special game is continued. Determination means for determining whether or not a game machine, selection means for selecting either a mahjong tile object or a special game object based on the determination result, and determination means for determining a mahjong tile pattern to be displayed on the display device; And a display control means for displaying the selected mahjong tile object or special game object in combination with the determined mahjong tile pattern on the display device.

  According to such a configuration, depending on whether or not the special game is continued, a special object obtained by combining a special game object and a symbol display object corresponding to each symbol such as a hand ruler is displayed, or a mahjong tile is modeled. Even if you are a beginner or a person unfamiliar with mahjong, you are interested in the display mode of hand tiles, etc. to change whether to display a spear object that is a combination of shape objects and symbol display objects corresponding to each pattern such as You can get fun other than mahjong.

  Here, in the above configuration, it is preferable that the attribute of the special game object corresponds to the attribute of the mahjong tile design.

  In this case, the attribute of the special game object depends on the attribute of each symbol display object such as “hand” (“lion”, “corb”, “tsutsuko”, “kaze”, “sangen”, etc.) Therefore, even a beginner or a person unfamiliar with mahjong can intuitively grasp the type of cocoon to be discarded.

  Further, in the above configuration, it is more preferable that the display control unit displays a character corresponding to the special game object on the display device when the special game object is selected by the selection unit.

  The game according to the present invention may be realized by a computer. For this purpose, the simulation program is installed in various kinds of media such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, and a communication network in a memory in an information processing apparatus such as a business or home video game machine or a personal computer. Can be loaded.

  According to the present invention, by providing fun other than mahjong, it is possible to easily enthusiastically play games even for beginners who do not know mahjong rules and those who are not familiar with mahjong.

A. The present embodiment (A-1. Configuration of the embodiment)
Hereinafter, a sparrow ball game machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described as an embodiment of a sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention with reference to FIGS.
This sparrow ball game machine will be described with an example of a sparrow ball game machine that plays a game using a total of 108 spears, each of 27 types of spear symbols. For example, the 27 types of cocoon symbols are: 9 types of lions from “Ichigo” to “Jiu”, 9 types of “Ichitsu” to “Nine”, There are 2 types of “Kujo”, and 7 types of character are “Eastern”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Amber”, and “Middle”. Therefore, the eggplant and the tube are several, and the chords “Ichigo” and “Jukuko” are not included in the character font because they cannot form the Junko. Thereby, the cocoon seed | species in this embodiment shows three types of said "lion", "tuber", and "character".

  In addition, the above-mentioned two kinds of numbers are composed of, for example, nine kinds of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” and nine types of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jukugo”. The spider has a mahjong tile pattern consisting of “One-cylinder” and “Nine-cylinder” of Tsutsuko, and “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Mid”, and “Middle”. It is also possible to make a ball game machine. Also, for example, the chorder is composed of nine types of symbols from “Ichiro” to “Jukuroku”, and the tube is composed of nine types of symbols from “one tube” to “nine tube”. It is also possible to make a sparrow ball game machine having a mahjong tile pattern composed of “Eastern”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Moon”, and “Middle”.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the front part of the sparrow ball game machine 1 basically includes a game board surface part 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, a medal tray 5, The speaker 6 and the lamp device 7 are voice output devices that output voice and sound effects (hereinafter referred to as voice).

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

  The display device 38 is disposed so as to recede from the game board surface portion 2 to the back side of the sheet 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. In the lower portion of the display device 38 and the game ball sorting device 12 other than the sorting members 12a and 12b, the entry is made 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 ball openings 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 display device 38 and the display unit 37, and a plurality (25 in this embodiment) of entrances are provided below the game ball stage S. Ball openings 11c, 11d, 11e,... Are provided. The entrances 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, and so on are provided in 27 pieces corresponding to 27 kinds of designs (not shown) of the kites excluding the cord cords from two cords to eight cords. It has been. In the entrances 11a and 11b, “Ichiro” and “Kuo” are displayed, respectively, “Ichigo” is in the entrance 11c, “Two” is in the entrance 11d, and entrance In 11e, a required mahjong tile design is sequentially displayed, such as “Three Song”.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 3 is provided with a display device 14 including a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 15, and various operation buttons. These various operation buttons include a discard button 16a, 16b,..., 16m, in which 13 buttons are arranged in the horizontal direction, a discard button 17, a reach button 18, a selection right shift button 19, a selection button A selection left shift button 20, a self-determination determination button 21, a payout button 22, a game end button 23, a game start button 24, and a REJECT button 25 are configured. 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.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the display device 14 during a normal game, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the display device 14 during a special game. Here, “normal game” refers to a game in which a special role is not established, and “special game” refers to a game in which a special role is established and is advantageous to the player.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the display screen during the normal game includes 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, a back drum display unit 30, A rising spear display unit 31, a special part display unit 32 indicating a special part, and a discarded spear display part 34 for displaying a spear symbol are provided, and a spear symbol, a rendering image, a numerical value, and the like are displayed as the game progresses. The Among these, in the special combination display section 32, a rising game (big combination) that can obtain a right of a big game in which a special game can be continued N1 times, and a chance game in which a special game can be continued N2 (<N1) times. The winning combination (chance combination) from which the right can be obtained is displayed, and each special combination is determined by lottery or the like.

In addition, the handbag display unit 35 and the self-portrait display unit 36 provided at the lower part of the display surface display a spider object indicating 13 handbags and a wrinkle object indicating one self-portrait.
Each kite object is constituted by a combination of a kite shape object (mahjong tile object) that models the shape of a mahjong tile and a symbol display object (mahjong tile pattern) for mapping the pattern texture data of the mahjong tile. In the present embodiment, each polygon data of the saddle shape object and the symbol display object is stored and managed separately.

Saddle shape polygon data is not a simple cuboid object, but a polygon of an object having 7 or more faces in order to more realistically represent the actual curved shape of mahjong tiles (back curve, rounded corners, etc.) It is desirable to use data.
On the other hand, the symbol display polygon data is used to map the mahjong tile's symbol texture data, so it is not necessary to be able to express a complicated shape. In particular, in the present embodiment, the symbol texture data is mapped using transparency mapping, and therefore the symbol display object itself is not visualized (only the symbol is visualized). Therefore, the symbol display polygon data has four flat vertices. The polygon data (so-called plate polygon) data is sufficient.
As described above, in this embodiment, the cocoon object is configured by the combination of the cocoon-shaped object and the symbol display object. However, the combination of the cocoon-shaped object (the mahjong tile object) and the pattern texture (the mahjong tile pattern), in other words, The wrinkle object may be configured by pasting a design texture to the shape object.

  The displayed spear object (Mahjong tile) is displayed in color, and buttons corresponding to the discarded spider buttons 16a, 16b,... Are displayed below the symbols displayed on the hand spear display section 35 and the self-spear display section 36. Names (A, B, C, D, E,...) Are displayed. From the traps displayed on the hand trap display unit 35 and the self-portrait display unit 36, candidates for traps (that is, discard traps) that are not necessary for completing the target rising combination are selected, and the selected discard traps are selected. The candidate is displayed in a blinking manner (or the color of the basket is changed), and the player is notified of the discarded bowl candidate.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, on the display screen during the special game, a special combination continuation informing unit 32 ′ representing the type of special combination and the number of rounds continuing is displayed instead of the special combination display unit 32. .
Further, a special object indicating 13 manuals and a special object indicating one automatic display are displayed on the manual display unit 35 and the automatic display unit 36 provided at the lower part of the display surface. In the center, a character CH related to the “special game object” (in FIG. 5, “a character in front of the board” imitating the board in front of the sushi) is displayed.

Each special object is composed of a combination of a special game object (special game object) modeling “sushi” and a symbol display object (mahjong tile symbol) for mapping the pattern texture data of the mahjong tile. In the present embodiment, each polygon data of the special game object and the symbol display object is stored and managed separately.
Here, a plurality of special game polygon data are prepared in accordance with the actual type of “sushi” (for example, “nigiri” or “roll”) or material (for example, “tuna”).
On the other hand, the symbol display polygon data is used to map the mahjong tile's symbol texture data, so it is not necessary to be able to express a complicated shape. In particular, in the present embodiment, the symbol texture data is mapped using transparency mapping, and therefore the symbol display object itself is not visualized (only the symbol is visualized). Therefore, the symbol display polygon data has four flat vertices. The polygon data (so-called plate polygon) data is sufficient.
As described above, in this embodiment, the special object is configured by the combination of the special game object and the symbol display object, but the combination of the special game object (special game object) and the symbol texture (Mahjong tile symbol), in other words, the special object. You may comprise a special object by affixing the design texture with respect to a game object.

  In this embodiment, the “sushi object” is exemplified as the special game object, but it may be a “vehicle object”, a “biological object”, or the like. The attributes of each special game object are the attributes of each symbol display object to be combined (such as “lion”, “corb”, “tsutsuko”, “kaze”, “sangen”) Etc.), etc.). The details of the relationship between each symbol display object to be determined and the special game object will be described later.

  Next, the control system of the sparrow ball game machine 1 will be described in detail. That is, a control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present embodiment is mounted at a predetermined position inside the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the control board includes a main control board Ka, a sub control board Kb, an image control board Kc, and an image control board Kd. The main control board Ka, the sub control board Kb, the image control board Kc, and the image control board Kd are for inputting / outputting signals to / from the CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, various sensors, various operation buttons such as the discard button 16a, and the like. The microcomputer includes an input / output interface circuit 43 and a communication interface circuit 44 for communicating with the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc. The “input / output” in the input / output interface circuit 43 of the main control board Ka refers to “input” signals from various operation buttons and the like and “output” signals (commands) based on the input signals. , Meaning a one-way signal flow.

  Various software (programs) for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 or displaying information and images on the display device 14, the display device 38, and the display unit 37 are control boards Ka, Kb, Kc. , Kd is stored in the ROM 41. 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 predetermined storage address of the ROM 41 mounted on the sub control board Kb is displayed on the display device 14 and the speaker 6 via the image control board Kc and on the display device 38 via the image control board Kd. For this purpose, various image data and various audio data are stored. The image data includes 27 kinds of spider symbol data, image data to be displayed as an initial screen when the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, and various effects to be displayed when the player completes the rising role. There is image data. In addition, as various types of audio data, there are digital data for outputting a sound for assisting the progress of the game to the player or a sound effect for production as the game progresses.

(A-1-1. Configuration of the main control board Ka)
The ROM 41 mounted on the main control board Ka stores various programs for controlling the progress of the game of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, the main board operation control program P1, the communication control program P2, the medal management program P3, the game ball management program P4, and the automatic distribution program are installed in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka. P5, display mode determination program P6, dora lottery program P7 for determining the front and back drums, winning determination program P8, self-selection support program P9, special game control program P10, special game continuation control program P11, special game It consists of a center selection program P12, a symbol display program P13, and the like.

  The main board operation control program (determining means) 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, analyze the incoming signal from the entrance that entered when the player launched the game ball, and add the symbol of the kite corresponding to this entrance to the manual data as self-restraint (self-control operation) Processing, or when the player performs an operation to cut an unnecessary bag from the hand bag by operating the button (16a), etc. A 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 layout program (determination means) P5 is a program for automatically determining 14 symbols of the layout at random 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 dora lottery program P7 is a program for determining the front and back dora by lottery in the same manner at the start of the game.

  In the winning determination program P8, when the 14 rules are determined by the automatic allocation program P5, and when the player performs his own operation, is the combination of the winning combinations set in advance? It is a program for determining whether or not. As the winning combination, a data table configured as shown in Table 2, that is, the type of rising combination and the score (the number of acquired medals) that the player can acquire for the rising combination is a winning determination program P8 or ROM 41 in advance. Is remembered. Then, when the winning determination program P8 determines that the rising combination is completed for the current 14 manuals, the main control board Ka obtains the control command for completing the rising combination, the code of the rising combination, and the acquisition. The process of transmitting the obtained score etc. to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb is performed.

  When a signal indicating that a game ball has entered the attacker 9 is input to the attacker 9 in the game that has acquired the special game right, the self-selection selection support program P9 is self-restrained by the screen of the display device 14 and the interactive method. This is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the frog to be performed. In particular, the operation support program P9 outputs a signal to the screen display program P32, and displays, for example, “Please do it yourself”, “Please select the throwing away” on the screen of the display device 14, etc. Assisting the user.

  When the special combination is established, the special game control program P10 turns on a 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 into 10b. 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 (determination means) P11 determines whether or not the special game is continued, and when the special combination is established and the special game is started, the special combination (that is, the big game) Depending on the role or chance role), it is continuously provided for a predetermined number of games (13 games for the big role, 3 games for the chance role, etc.) from the next game onward, and provided at the attacker operation passage openings 10a, 10b. This is a program for turning on an incoming ball sensor (not shown). In other words, if the special game continuation control program P11 continues the validity of the ball entering the attacker operation passage openings 10a and 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 or a chance game that continues for a predetermined number of games. In addition, the “entrance ball” to the attacker operation passage openings 10a and 10b in the present embodiment is a concept including not only “entrance ball” having a general meaning but also simply passing through the gate.

  The special game self-restraint selection program P12 freely selects the symbol of the trap to be restrained with respect to the player when a signal indicating that the game ball has entered the attacker 9 is input in the game that has acquired the right of special game. This is a program for performing operations. 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.

<A-1-2. Configuration of Sub Control Board Kb>
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, 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 special role selection program. P25, a special game theme determination program P26, and a symbol / object combination determination program P27.

  The sub board operation control program P21 is a program that decodes various control commands transmitted from the main control board Ka, and controls the execution of the above programs in response to the control commands.

  The communication control program P22 is a program for receiving data from the main control board Ka and performing communication processing with the image control board Kc. Upon receiving these various control commands and their control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, the image control board Kc displays a production image and information on the display device 14 and the display device 38 by program processing. The sound and sound effects for production are output from the speaker 6.

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

  The softening judgment program P24 is for completing a preset softening role based on the current thirteen manuals transmitted from the main control board Ka after the player has performed the throwing-in operation. This is a program for supporting a necessary operation performed by the player (for example, assisting a spear to be discarded or a spear to be refrained).

The main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka completes the winning combination by operating the winning determination program P8 when the player fires a game ball and performs a self-control operation to reach 14 hands It is determined whether or not. If the player does not complete the softening role, each time the player performs a “scraping operation” that throws away one unnecessary spear out of the 14 handcuffs, it is stored in the hand 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 shifts the control to the wrinkle determination program P24. Then, the Japanese koji determination program P24 sequentially operates the hearing pattern determination program P241, the self-selection selection support program P242a, the discarded selection selection support program P242b, and the Japanese koji determination extraction program P243.

The hearing pattern determination program P241 immediately before the player completes the combination of hand-warming symbols when the player performs one's own operation on the current thirteen hands and adds one hand. It is determined whether or not it is in a hearing state. That is, the hearing pattern determination program P241 determines whether or not the combination of the hand symbol symbols displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36 is in the listening state immediately before the combination is completed. Then, the determination result is output.
Furthermore, the hearing pattern determination program P241 determines whether or not the combination of the hand and hand symbols is in a hearing state immediately before the combination of the softening when the reach button 18 is operated, and outputs a determination result. Makes the hand-drawn symbol unchangeable and adds a straight-up role as a softening role.

  The self-selection selection support program P242a performs a self-control operation to complete a preset softening role when the player performs a throw-in operation from among 14 manual operations to make 13 manual operations. Performs processing to extract and support powers (self-candidate candidates). Specifically, the selection of the self-determination candidate is supported by displaying the self-determination candidate in a window or the like (not shown) displayed at the bottom of the display device 38.

  The throwing-in selection support program P242b performs a process of extracting and supporting a basket to be discarded (candidate selection) at this time when one basket is added to the 13 manuals by performing the self-depression operation. Do. Specifically, from the hand and the self displayed on the display device 14, a candidate for abandoned waste that is not necessary for completing a relaxing role such as a target is extracted, and the extracted candidate for abandoned blinking is displayed. Helping to select abandonment candidates.

  It is to be noted that the Japanese koji determination and extraction program P243 determines and extracts by a predetermined process, and transmits all of the Japanese koji design codes stored in the RAM 42 together with the control commands to the image control boards Kc and Kd for image control. The screen display program P32 of the image control board Kc performs the control for displaying the design corresponding to the symbol code of the Japanese rice cake on the board Kc, while the screen display program P32 of the image control board Kc softens the received design code of the Japanese rice cake. It is displayed on the mild candy display unit 31 and the display device 38 as a candy candidate.

  The special role selection program P25 follows a special role selection instruction sent from the main control board Ka (instructed only during normal games) and can acquire special game rights for each game (chance role and big role) ) Is selected. For example, when the special combination selection program P25 receives a selection instruction from the main control board Ka, one of the multiple combination combinations registered in the machine (for example, “Daizo”). “Original”) and two chance roles (for example, “Ichiguchi” and “Peace”) are selected by lottery or the like and transferred to the image control board Kc.

  The special game theme determination program P26 is a program for determining the effect theme of the special game. When the special game theme determination program P26 receives an instruction to start a special game from the main control board Ka, the theme management table TA in which a plurality of effect themes such as “sushi”, “vehicle”, and “animal” are registered (see FIG. 10), one production theme is determined by lottery or the like.

  The symbol / object combination determination program P27 is a program for determining a combination of a symbol display object and a special game object according to the effect theme determined by the special game theme determination program P26.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the symbol attribute management table TB, and FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the symbol type management table TC. 11 and 12 both assume a case where the effect theme is “sushi”.

As shown in FIG. 11, the symbol attribute management table TB includes attributes of symbol display objects (such as “萬 子”, “筒子”, “子 子”, “風 牌”, “三元 牌”) and special Combinations of game object attributes (such as “nigiri (fish)”, “gunkan”, “roll”, “nigiri (shellfish)”) are registered.
On the other hand, in the symbol type management table TC shown in FIG. 12, the types of symbol display objects (“Ichigo”, “New Year”, etc.) and the corresponding special game objects (“Tuna”, “Shinji”), "Buri" ... etc.) are registered.

  When the symbol / object combination determination program P27 refers to these tables and determines the combination of each symbol and special game object, it outputs the determined combination to the image control board Kc.

(A-1-3. Configuration of Image Control Board Kc)
Next, a program installed in the ROM 41 of the image control board Kc will be described with reference to FIG. This program includes an image board operation control program P31, an image display program P32, a sound / sound effect output program P41, and the like. The outline of the processing contents of these programs will be described below.

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

  The screen display program P32 is a program for performing processing for displaying an image, numerical information, and the like on the display device 14 based on the control command transmitted from the sub control board Kb and its control data, and the normal game screen display program P321. And a special game screen display program P322 and an effect control program P323.

  The normal game screen display program P321 displays various effect images on the display device 14 and various types of support for the player when the player is playing a normal game since the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. This is a program for performing processing for displaying an image, and includes an initial effect display program P3211 and a game effect display program P3212 as subprograms.

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

  The game effect display program P3212 is a program for performing processing for displaying the screen having the contents shown in FIG. 4 and the like on the display device 14 and the display device 38. More specifically, when the game effect display program (selection means, display control means) P3212 determines that the normal game should be started based on a control command transmitted from the main control board Ka, the object memory (not shown) ) To extract (select) the heel shape object and the symbol display object corresponding to each of the 14 hand heel symbols, and display the heel object combining these on the display device 14 (see FIG. 4).

  Furthermore, the game effect display program P3212 includes a control command transmitted from the main control board Ka via the sub-control board Kb and its control each time the player performs a throwing-in operation, a self-rotation operation, etc. as the game progresses. Based on the control data, display a spear object that is a combination of a spear shape object and a symbol display object that indicates the current hand, or display a spear object that is a combination of a spear shape object and a symbol display object that indicates a discarded spear Various kinds of processing, such as processing for displaying the number of points that acquired the winning combination when the winning combination has been completed, processing for displaying a self-operating operation that has been sent from the sub-control board Kb and should be discarded in advance, etc. It is comprised from the program provided with the display means.

The special game screen display program P322 determines whether the big combination or chance combination is established by the winning determination program P8, receives special game start control by the special game control program P10, and displays various effect screens on the display device 14. It is a program that performs processing to display.
The special game screen display program P322 displays on the display device 14 a special object obtained by combining a special game object in which “sushi” is modeled in a special game, and a symbol display object corresponding to each symbol of the 14 hands. Special game object display program P3220 to be displayed, right acquisition effect display program P3221 for effect display when the player has completed a softening role that allows the player to acquire special game rights, and the above-mentioned special game self-restriction selection program A self-candidate candidate selection support program P3222 for supporting free selection self-restraint by P12 is provided.

  The special game object display program P3220 is a program for performing processing for displaying the screen having the contents shown in FIG. 5 on the display device 14 or the display device 38. More specifically, when the special game object display program (selection means, display control means) P3220 determines that the special game should be started based on a control command transmitted from the main control board Ka, the object memory (illustrated) A special game object in which “sushi” is modeled from (abbreviated) and a symbol display object corresponding to each symbol of the 14 hands are extracted (selected) and displayed on the display device 14 ( (See FIG. 5).

  Further, the special game object display program P3220 includes a control command transmitted from the main control board Ka via the sub-control board Kb each time the player performs a throwing-in operation, a self-determination operation, etc. as the game progresses. Based on the control data, a spear object that combines a special game object and a symbol display object that indicates the current game is displayed, or a spear object that combines a special game object and a symbol display object that indicates a discarded spear is displayed. Processing to display the number of points that have acquired the winning combination when the winning combination is completed.

  The right acquisition effect display program P3221 alternately displays the explanation of the role combination and the display of the establishment of the big game right at a predetermined time interval on the Japanese candy display unit 31 of the display device 14, and displays the big game to the player. A process for notifying that the right has been established is performed.

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

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

  Although not shown, the ROM 41 of the image control board Kd is loaded with programs having the same functions as the image board operation control program P31 and the screen display program P32 described for the image control board Kc. According to the program having the same function as the screen display program P32 installed in the ROM 41 of the image control board Kd, for example, the screen display program P32 causes the display device 14 to provide an effect at the time of assist related to the Japanese style. The contents different from the displayed assist effect image are 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.

2. Operation of Embodiment Next, an outline of the game procedure of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 described above and the processing of each program associated with this procedure will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIG. 13 and FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the sparrow ball game machine.

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

  First, in the initial setting process of step S1, when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka initializes the storage area of the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka. Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 transmits an initialization control command when the power is turned on to the sub control board Kb, and the sub control board Kb transmits the initialization control command to the image control boards Kc and Kd. Upon receiving this initialization control command, the sub control board Kb and the image control boards Kc and Kd initialize the storage area of the RAM 42 and the initial effect display program P3211 mounted on the image control board Kc The display screen 14 is displayed, for example, a landscape screen is displayed on the display device 14.

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

  Then, in the game progress process of step S2, when the player inserts a medal into the medal slot 15, the main board operation control program P1 detects the medal insertion signal, and the medal management program P3 accompanies the game medal storage number. When the process of adding “1” is performed, the process proceeds to step S3, and the layout process is executed. 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.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the serving process according to the present embodiment.
When the catering process is started, the automatic catering program P5, which is the catering symbol determining means, is activated under the control of the main board operation control program P1, and the 14 catering necessary for starting the game A symbol is automatically determined by program processing (step S31).
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.

When the 14 symbols of the arrangement are determined in this way, the special game continuation control program P11 determines whether or not the special game is continued at the time (step S32).
If it is determined that the special game is not continued, the special game continuation control program P11 proceeds to step S33 and transmits a control command to start the normal game to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. To do.
Based on this control command, the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc displays a bag object in which a bag display object is combined with a pattern display object indicating each of the 14 hand-held symbols (step S33). Then, the sound is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P41, and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S32 that the special game is continuing, the special game continuation control program P11 proceeds to step S34, and sends a control command to start the special game to the sub control board Kb and the image control board. Transmit to Kc. When receiving the control command, the special game theme determination program P26 of the sub control board Kb refers to the theme management table TA (FIG. 10) and determines one effect theme (hereinafter, “sushi” is assumed) by lottery or the like. To do. Once the special game is started, the effect theme may be fixed until the continuation of the game ends (for example, 14 rounds).

  When the effect theme is determined by the special game theme determination program P26, the symbol / object combination determination program P27, according to the determined effect theme, the symbol attribute management table TB (FIG. 11) or the symbol type management table TC (FIG. 12). ), The combination of each symbol and “special game object” is determined (step S35) and transmitted to the image control board Kc.

  The special game object display program P3220 on the image control board Kc models "sushi" based on the control command transmitted from the main control board Ka, the combination of each symbol and object transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, etc. The special game object and the special object obtained by combining the symbol display objects corresponding to the symbols of the 14 hands are displayed (step S36), and the sound is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P41. The process ends.

  When the catering process is completed, the Dora lottery program P7 of the main control board ka performs the Dora lottery process (Step S4). Specifically, the dora lottery program P7 draws a front dra and a back dora and sends the symbol code of the bag to the winning determination program P8 and the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc. 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. Further, the winning determination program P8 adds a score to the winning combination based on the symbol codes of the front and back drags when a later-described relaxing combination is established (step S9) (Table 2). reference).

  Subsequently, in the special game combination determination display process in step S5, when a normal game is performed, a program such as the game effect display program P3212 is activated to obtain a big game right (big game combination). And a process for determining and displaying a softening role (chance game role) that can acquire the right of the chance game.

  Further, 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 activates the winning determination program P8 to determine whether or not the 14 manually arranged hands have already completed the combination (such as Tenwa). Process. If the winning combination has been completed in this determination process, the winning determination program P8 determines the preset winning combination and the score (number of acquired medals) that the player can acquire. The determination is made with reference to the data in Table 2. Further, the winning determination program P8 transmits the softening role, the score obtained, and the like to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. When the image control board Kc receives the softening role and the acquired score, the game effect display program P3212 displays the softening role, the acquired score, and other effect images on the display device 14 for a predetermined time. The display process is performed.

  In the case where the symbols of the 14 baskets that have been automatically arranged have not been completed, the main circuit board operation control program P1 is an operation of discarding one unnecessary basket from the manuals to the player ( A control command for performing a screen display for prompting a discarding operation) is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb.

  Here, in the case of displaying a screen for prompting the discarding operation during the normal game, the game effect display program P3212 prompts an operation for discarding an unnecessary one of the traps (the trap object) A process of displaying an image on the display device 14 or the display device 38 is performed.

  On the other hand, in the case of displaying a screen for prompting a throwing-away operation during a special game, the special game object display program P3220 may prompt a message for prompting an operation of throwing away an unnecessary piece of spear from a hand (special object). A process of displaying an image on the display device 14 or the display device 38 is performed.

  In accordance with such a message, the player performs an operation of selecting a discarded basket from the symbols displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36. 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 image control board Kc receives the discarded symbol code, the symbol display object corresponding to the symbol is displayed on the discarded symbol display unit 34. Further, when the image control board Kc receives the symbol codes of the 13 handbags, the image control board Kc is an object in which the symbol display objects corresponding to these symbols are combined (“牌 object” in the case of a normal game, or “special game”). “Special object”) is displayed on the hand display unit 35. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4 and the like, 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 13 hand code symbols, the hearing pattern determination program P241 and the mildness type determination program P242 constituting the softening determination program P24. As described above, the presence / absence of the wrinkle (self-restriction) to be self-resolved in order to complete the softening combination is activated as described above by operating the softening reed determination / extraction program P243. If a determination is made and a cocoon (self-contained) that completes the relaxing combination is extracted, a process of displaying the design of the heel 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 softened. Then, if the hand has completed the combination, as described above, it is determined what kind of combination is set in advance and the score that the player can obtain is obtained. Then, a process of transmitting to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb is performed. On the other hand, when the softening combination has not been completed, as described above, the player performs the discarding operation of throwing out one of the 14 traps 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. When the game field reaches a reach state, the game balls launched by the player corresponding to the symbols entered in the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,... If not, the main board control program P1 automatically treats the player as a thrower, so that the player does not need to operate the thrower button 16a, etc. after the reach operation.

  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. Further, when two or more types of softening combinations are established at the same time, the score obtained by adding the points given to the respective softening 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 24 of the 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 the winning combination is completed, if the display of the remaining game ball number display unit 27 (the number of remaining balls) is “1” or more, the self-reject button 17, Alternatively, when the discard buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,... Are 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 softening combination displayed on the display device 14 and the display of the acquired score so that the game can be continued.

  Further, when the player has operated the game end button 23 or the game start button 24 when the softening role is completed and the explanation of the softening role is displayed on the display device 14, the main board operation control program P1 decodes the type of the input signal, operates the medal management program P3, adds the score acquired in this game to the medal storage number stored in the RAM 42, and uses this medal storage number as 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 described above, according to the present embodiment, the display mode of the handbook or the like is changed depending on whether or not the special game is continued. Specifically, while the special game continues, a special object that combines a special game object that models “sushi” and a symbol display object corresponding to each symbol such as a handbag is displayed. While the game is not continuing, a spear object that combines a spear shape object that models a mahjong tile and a symbol display object corresponding to each symbol such as a hand spear is displayed.
According to such a configuration, even a beginner or a person unfamiliar with mahjong can be interested in a display mode such as a hand-claw, and can obtain an interest other than mahjong.

  In addition, “special game objects” are attributes (such as “lion”, “corb”, “tsutsuko”, “kaze”, “three-way 牌”) and types (such as “Ichigo”). ”,“ Two ”, etc.), so even a beginner or a person unfamiliar with mahjong can intuitively grasp the type of cocoon to be discarded.

  In the above-described embodiment, the big combination and the chance combination are illustrated as the special combination, but other special combinations such as a regular combination may be set. In this case, the number of rounds in which the special game can be continued (such as 14 rounds for a big combination) can be set as appropriate.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the special game is continued, the character (“front character” in FIG. 5) CH related to the special game object is displayed at the center of the screen, but what character is displayed. Is optional. For example, when “vehicle” is selected as the special game effect theme, “driver character” may be displayed as a character related to “vehicle”.

  Moreover, you may alert | report to a player using these characters about a throwing-away candidate and a self-decision candidate. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, notification may be made by a character message from a character (such as “How about a customer, eating tuna (Tsubaki)?”).

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, depending on whether or not a special game is ongoing, an object that is a combination target of a symbol display object (“牌 shape object” for a normal game, “special game object for a special game”). However, instead of changing the object, for example, the color tone may be changed as shown in FIG.

  Further, in the present embodiment described above, when the special game is ongoing, the production theme is determined by lottery or the like. For example, the special role selected during the normal game (for example, “Big Three” as the big role, A directing theme may be determined according to “peace” as a chance role.

B. Modified Example In the above-described embodiment, the sparrow ball game machine (dedicated machine) has been described as an example. However, the present invention can be realized with other hardware.
FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a simulation apparatus capable of executing the same game as the sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention on the screen (pseudo game).
The simulation device 500 is, for example, a personal computer, a game machine, a mobile phone, or a PDA, and includes a control device 510, a display device 520, and an input device 530.

The control device 510 includes a CPU 510a, a ROM 510b, a RAM 510c, and the like, and centrally controls each part of the simulation device 500 by executing various control programs stored in a memory such as the ROM 510b. The memory of the control device 510 stores a simulation program for performing a pseudo game on the screen of the display device 520. Such a simulation program is installed through various storage media such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, and a semiconductor memory, and from a server equipped with the simulation program via a network (such as the Internet or an intranet) or a communication interface (not shown). Can be downloaded.
The display device 520 is composed of a CRT, a liquid crystal panel, and the like, and is an image representing each element constituting the sparrow ball game machine 1 shown in FIG. Etc. are displayed.

The input device 530 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and realizes functions such as a game ball launch lever 4 that constitutes the sparrow ball game machine 1. Specifically, by operating the input device 530 by the player, a game ball is fired or an effective line is moved in the pseudo game.
According to the simulation program described above, since the same game as the gaming machine according to the present invention can be realized by a simulation device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone, the player can enjoy a pseudo game by using the simulation device. it can.

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 which shows the example of a screen displayed on a display apparatus at the time of a normal game. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed on a display apparatus at the time of a special game. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the control board for controlling operation | movement of this sparrow ball game machine. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the main control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the sub control board | substrate shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the image control board shown in FIG. It is the figure which illustrated the theme management table. It is the figure which illustrated the symbol attribute management table. It is the figure which illustrated the symbol kind management table. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process until a softening role completion. It is a flowchart for demonstrating a layout process. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed on a display apparatus at the time of a special game. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed on a display apparatus at the time of a special game. It is a figure which shows the structure of the simulation apparatus which concerns on a modification.

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1: Sparrow ball game machine 2: Game board surface portions 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d,...: Entrance 14: Display device (display device)
P1: Main board operation control program (decision means)
P5: Automatic catering program (determination means)
P12: Special game self-restraint selection program (determination means)
P3212: Game effect display program (selection means, display control means)
P3220: Special game object display program (selection means, display control means)

Claims (4)

A plurality of entrances provided in the game board surface corresponding to the mahjong tiles made up of a plurality of species and a display device for displaying game information, and the entrance of the game balls into the entrances A game machine capable of performing a special game advantageous to a normal game or a player by a combination of mahjong tiles obtained by
A determination means for determining whether or not the special game is continued;
Selection means for selecting either the mahjong tile object or the special game object based on the determination result;
Determining means for determining a mahjong tile design to be displayed on the display device;
A game machine comprising: display control means for combining the determined mahjong tile design with the selected mahjong tile object or special game object and displaying the combination on the display device.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the attribute of the special game object corresponds to the attribute of the mahjong tile symbol.   3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein when the special game object is selected by the selection unit, the display control unit displays a character corresponding to the special game object on the display device. . A plurality of entrances provided in the game board surface corresponding to the mahjong tiles made up of a plurality of species and a display device for displaying game information are provided. A simulation program for causing a computer to execute a game capable of performing a normal game or a special game advantageous to a player by a combination of mahjong tiles obtained by a ball,
In the computer,
Determining whether the special game is continuing;
Selecting either the mahjong tile object or the special game object based on the determination result;
Determining a mahjong tile pattern to be displayed on the display device;
A simulation program characterized by causing the selected mahjong tile object or special game object to display a combination of the determined mahjong tile design on the display device.

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