JP2008029510A - Mahjong pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mahjong pachinko machine capable of determining a tile which should be discarded from hand tiles and automatically execute a tile discarding processing of this discarded tile from the hand tiles. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine includes a discard tile judging means for determining one pattern of a tile to be discarded from the present hand tile data for establishing a target winning combination declared by a player before starting the game, and an automatic discard tile processing means for deleting, from the hand tile data, the pattern of the tile determined to be discarded as a discard tile by the discard tile determining means for establishing the declared target winning combination when the hand tiles after distribution of tiles and drawing of a tile do not establish a win. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  According to the present invention, with respect to the operation of the discarding waste to discard the unnecessary waste from the manual operation, the disposal of the discarding waste is automatically performed by the software means without using the conventional discarding switch or the like. It relates to a sparrow ball game machine that can be used.

  A sparrow ball game machine that has been put into practical use has a game board in which a plurality of entrances are arranged corresponding to a plurality of types of mahjong tiles (hereinafter referred to as a spear), and one game board has 1 A game ball launching device for launching a predetermined number of game balls in a game, a display means such as a liquid crystal display device for displaying a game effect image, a control device for controlling the progress of the game, etc. Yes. When a player inserts a predetermined number of medals required for the execution of one game into the medal slot, software (hereinafter referred to as a program) installed in a control device of a sparrow ball game machine composed of a microcomputer. ) Starts one game, and controls the progress of the game in accordance with the player's abandonment, self-restraint operation, and the like.

In such a sparrow ball game machine, the progress of the game is generally performed as follows under program control.
First, the 14 symbols (layouts) that are necessary for starting the game are determined by lottery using random number generating means. The 14 symbols of the arranged baskets are stored in the table data storage area of the storage device, and the symbols are displayed on the display unit as the player's table.

  Next, when it is determined by the winning determination means that the 14 rooster symbols that have been distributed are not completed, the player has determined that the 14 roosters are unnecessary 1 Use the throwing pad switch etc. to operate the throwing pot. Then, the program of the control device performs a process of updating the handbook data stored in the handbook data storage area of the storage device, and displaying the 13 handbook symbols on the display device. Control is performed to supply one game ball to the game ball launcher.

  Subsequently, the player performs an operation (hereinafter referred to as “self-control operation”) of a spider that launches one game ball into the game board from the game ball launching device. Then, the symbol of the kite corresponding to the entrance into which the launched game ball has entered is added to the hand as a self-defeating kite. At this time, the program of the control device performs a process of adding its own symbol code to the manual data storage area of the storage device, and updates 14 symbols as the player's current manual to the display device. To display.

  Subsequently, the winning determination means provided in the control device determines whether or not the combination of 14 hand-hand symbols that have been made by this self-operation has completed a preset combination of rising (completion) combination. The process which determines is performed. If the hand is raised and the combination of winning combinations has not been completed, the player again selects one unnecessary bag from the hand and performs the discarding operation. The operation of the discarding pad is performed by pressing a discarding switch button corresponding to the hand symbol displayed on the display device.

  In this manner, the player performs a self-control operation of firing a predetermined number of game balls (for example, 11) set in advance, and the rising combination set in advance for the 14 hands is obtained. When the combination is completed, a predetermined number of medals preset for each winning combination (hereinafter referred to as the number of medals associated with winning) can be obtained as a prize.

  As the previously set up winning combinations, 20 or more types of rising winning combinations that are almost the same as those in a normal mahjong game are set. Further, the number of medals that can be obtained when a combination of rising combinations is completed is set to be higher for a combination that is difficult to increase.

  On the other hand, when the player cannot complete the winning combination even if the player has launched a specified number of game balls, the control device performs a process of ending (game) the game.

  Also, in the sparrow ball game machine that has been put into practical use, if the winning combination is a specific rising combination determined by a lottery using random number generating means at the start of one game, the next predetermined number of games Thus, it is possible to play a game that has acquired a special gamer's right that is advantageous to the player as compared to a normal game (normal game).

  This special game combination (bonus game) is generally provided with two types, a big game combination and a chance game combination. A big game combination is a player who plays a certain number of games including the game for the next and subsequent games when a specific rising combination (for example, Daisangen) is set as a big game combination in advance for each game. It means a game that can win a game advantageous to the user.

  In the game that acquired the right of the big game role, the passing hole on the game board (the attacker operating port) becomes effective, and when the game ball launched by the player passes through the attacker operating port, the special entrance port (attacker) Opens. Then, when a game ball enters the attacker, the game allows the player to select a desired basket as his / her own by operating a selection button or the like. Then, when the player completes the winning combination for the game that has acquired the right of the big game, a plurality of subsequent games can play the game with the right of the big game combination being established.

  With a chance game combination, when the game goes up with a specific rising combination set by lottery as a chance game combination for each game, the number of points (number of medals) that can be obtained in this game is added from the normal game up combination (for example, 2 times) or only the next one game can be played with the above-mentioned big game role right. Therefore, the player can obtain more medals when acquiring the right of the special gamer. The normal game refers to a game that has not acquired the right of the big game role or the chance game role.

  In the conventional sparrow ball game machine, as a lift that can acquire the right of a big game role, a plurality of lift roles selected from a plurality of types of lift roles set in the sparrow ball game machine are used. For example, one of the rising roles such as “Daisangyuan”, “Kyuren Baoji”, “Kunishi Musou”, “Jun Zentai Ko”, “Kiyo Otoko”, etc. used random number generating means. It was decided by lottery.

  On the other hand, examples of the winning role that can acquire the right of the chance game role include, for example, “Ippontsu”, “Seven Pairs”, “Three Darks”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, “Tang Yao” The two winning combinations are determined by a lottery using random number generating means.

  In the above-described conventional sparrow ball game machine, when it is determined that the symbol that the player has refrained from is unnecessary, a discard switch corresponding to the symbol that has been refrained from the symbol relating to the hand displayed on the display device. It was necessary to operate and throw away the trash. Such a throwing-in operation may be a troublesome operation for a player who has abundant knowledge of a sparrow ball game machine that advances a game while determining a goal-raising role.

  The following patent document has been proposed as a sparrow ball game machine in which the above-mentioned discarding operation is automated by program processing to take measures to shorten the game time per game.

JP 7-16332 A JP 7-16333 A

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, when it is determined by the rising combination determining means that there is no rising combination with respect to the current manual data, an unnecessary selection unnecessary for completion of the rising combination is automatically selected from the manual data, and automatic A sparrow ball game machine equipped with a means for discarding unnecessary tiles, which is abandoned, has been proposed.

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, when the player's hand data is in a listening state, and the player presses the reach switch to make a reach, the player can complete the rising role by the hand that he / she self-repressed by the subsequent self-operation. A spider ball automatic truncation device for a sparrow ball game machine has been proposed which automatically truncates the self-contained kite if it is not possible.

  In the invention described in Patent Document 1, unnecessary wrinkles determined by the unnecessary wrinkle truncation means are automatically discarded for the current manual. Therefore, although it is possible to shorten the game time of one game, for a player who has abundant knowledge about the sparrow ball game machine, it is not possible to proceed with the game assuming a rising role on his own. Occurs.

  In the invention described in Patent Document 2, in the self-control operation after the player has reached the state of hearing and the player has reached a reach, the self-recognized design is not automatically completed when the self-recognized design is not completed. Treated as abandoned jar. Therefore, the invention described in Patent Document 2 is insufficient as a means for shortening the game time of one game because the throwing away waste is automatically processed only when the player performs a reach operation.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to allow a player to declare a target winning combination of the game based on the game when the game is started after the game is started. If the hand data after performing the action did not complete the winning combination, one unnecessary symbol for the target rising combination is determined from the manual data, and this determined unnecessary symbol is An object of the present invention is to provide a sparrow ball game machine that automatically performs discard processing from hand data.

The present invention shoots a game board in which entrances corresponding to a plurality of types of kites are arranged, and a predetermined number of game balls set in advance on the game board, and the entrance into which the game balls have entered. Self-operating means for adding the symbol code corresponding to the ball mouth to the storage area for storing the manual of the storage device as self-control by the self-control, and the hand corresponding to the symbol constituting the manual And a display device for displaying a symbol related to the manual data stored in the storage device, and the manual operation to which the automatic operation is added by the automatic operation. In the sparrow ball game machine that can acquire the number of medals associated with the winning set for each rising combination when the combination of the rising combination set in advance is completed.
In order to complete the combination of the rising hand for the hand data, the waste hand determining means for determining a symbol code of an unnecessary hand bag from the hand data,
Based on the design of the game displayed on the display device at the start of the game, the player is allowed to designate one rising combination from the preset rising combination as a target rising combination of the game, and the specification A target raising role declaring means for acquiring information related to the raised role and storing it in the storage device;
In order to complete the combination data of the rising combination acquired from the target rising combination reporting means, the hand data which has not completed the rising combination after the player and after the player has performed the self-operation,
A sparrow ball game machine comprising: a throwing pad automatic processing unit that deletes one of the unnecessary throwing pad design codes determined by the discarding pad determining unit with respect to the padding data; is there.

Further, according to the present invention, the goal-raising role reporting means is:
About the preset winning combination, the rising combination list display means for displaying at least a list of names on the display device;
The ascending combination selection that causes the player to select one name from the list of ascending names displayed on the display device and stores the ascending combination selection information associated with the selected ascending combination name in the storage device Means,
It is a sparrow ball game machine composed of

  Furthermore, the present invention is a sparrow ball game machine in which the automatic throwing pad processing unit is capable of stopping its operation in response to an input signal from the dumping pad automatic processing stopping unit.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the goal raising role declaring means is stopped during the game, when the automatic discarding processing means is stopped by the automatic discarding process stopping means, the first after the operation is stopped. It is a sparrow ball game machine which is made to operate after the self-control operation is completed.

The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) If the hand data after the game at the start of the game and the hand data after the player performs the self-manipulation have not been completed, the game will be used as the goal of the game. On the other hand, one unnecessary symbol that should be discarded from the manual data is determined by the automatic discard processing unit, and this one unnecessary symbol is automatically deleted from the manual data. As a result, one unnecessary symbol that should be abandoned is automatically deleted from the manual data after the self-operation without performing the pressing operation of the button for discarding included in the conventional sparrow ball game machine. Therefore, it becomes possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine capable of reducing the game time of one game.

  (2) According to the above (1), it is possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine that can eliminate the need to install a button switch for a throwing pad included in a conventional sparrow ball game machine. As a result, a control circuit related to input / output can be simplified, and a highly reliable sparrow ball game machine in which a failure such as a contact failure of the throwing-in button switch does not occur can be provided.

(Configuration of Sparrow Ball Game Machine)
Then, the structure of the sparrow ball game machine for implementing this invention is demonstrated. The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is a game in which a game is made using 108 spiders in total, each of 27 types of spear symbols, like the sparrow ball game machine proposed conventionally. Machine. There are 9 types of 27 types of kites, “Ichigo” to “Kyuho”, 9 types of “Ichitsu” to “Nine”, and “Ikko” and “Kyu” There are two types of search, seven types of character 牌: “east”, “south”, “west”, “north”, “white”, “發”, “middle”. Therefore, the lion, tube, and cord are several. However, since the cord is only provided with “Ikko” and “Juku”, it can not form the “junko”, that is, the character 牌Can be regarded as the same species.

  In addition, the above-mentioned two kinds of numbers are composed of, for example, nine kinds of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” and nine kinds of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jukugo”. In addition, it has the design of a kite that consists of seven types: “One-cylinder” and “Nine-cylinder” as the sleeves, and “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “發”, and “Middle” It may be a sparrow ball game machine. In addition, the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is composed of four kinds of spears, that is, three kinds of numbers (lion, tube, cord) and 34 kinds of symbols, that is, a total of 136 pieces. It is also possible to implement as a sparrow ball game machine using the design of.

  First, the structure of the front part of a housing | casing is demonstrated about the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a front portion of a housing in a sparrow ball game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the front portion of the sparrow ball game machine 1 basically includes a game board 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, a medal tray 5, and a speaker 6. Are composed of a sound output port 7 for outputting sound and sound effects, a lamp device 8, a guide rail 9, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the configuration of the game board 2 includes a first display device 10 including a liquid crystal display device serving as a display unit in the center of the game board 2 surrounded by the guide rails 9. A special winning device (hereinafter referred to as an attacker) 11 is disposed above, and an attacker operating port 12 through which a game ball can pass is disposed on the right side of the attacker 11. In addition, the entrances 13 a and 13 b are arranged obliquely above the attacker 11. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, 25 entrances 13c, 13d,... Are arranged in the lower part 2a of the game board surface part 2 in the lateral direction.

  Each entrance is displayed with a symbol of a kite. The arrangement of these 27 entrances 13a, 13b,... Is, for example, “Ichigo” entrance 13a at the upper left of the attacker 11 and “Jukugo” entrance at the upper right. 13b is arranged. Further, in the lower part 2a of the game board surface part 2 below the display device 10, as shown in FIG. 3, the "east" entrance 13c is provided in the horizontal direction, and the "south" ”And“ Ichigo ”entrance 13e,...,“ North ”entrance is arranged at the right end.

  The game board 2 is further provided with a decoration device 14 with a lamp, a windmill 15 and the like. The light emitters used for the lamp device 8 and the lamp-equipped decoration device 14 use LEDs that emit various color colors. The game board 2 is provided with a large number of nails for guiding the movement of the launched game balls, but these nails are not shown in FIG. Further, a display device 36 configured by dot display or the like is provided above the game board 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 3 is provided with a second display device 16 composed of a liquid crystal display device as a display means, a medal slot 17, and various operation buttons (button switches). The various operation buttons include a game start (BET) button 18, buttons disposed in the horizontal direction corresponding to the 13 tactile symbols, and a discard button switch 19 a for performing a discard operation. 19b,..., 19m, a self-discarding button switch 20 for performing an operation of disposing of a self-contained trap, and means for reaching when a hand is heard (reach operation input unit) It includes a reach button 21, left and right shift buttons 22a and 22b, upper and lower shift buttons 22c and 22d, a selection determination button 23, a game end button 24, a medal payout button 25, and the like.

  It should be noted that in the present invention, it is possible not to provide the discard button switches 19a, 19b,. FIG. 18 shows a configuration example of the operation panel 3 when the sparrow ball game machine is not provided with the throwing pad button switch 19a and the self throwing pad button 20.

  When the player operates the various buttons described above (presses to turn on the switch contact), a signal based on the contact ON is generated, and this signal is input to a control board constituted by a microcomputer. Then, the program installed in the ROM of the control board analyzes the input signal and executes a process corresponding to the analyzed input signal, so that the game proceeds.

  The first display device 10 and the second display device 16 are used to display information necessary for the player and an effect image as the game progresses.

  The second display device 16 is mainly composed of the current number of medals stored by the player in the sparrow ball game machine, the remaining number of game balls during the execution of the game, and the symbol of the game that constitutes the player's hand. It is used as a means for displaying the symbol of the bowl discarded by the player as the discarded bowl.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example when various images and information are displayed on the second display device 16. As shown in FIG. 5, in the upper horizontal direction of the display surface of the display device 16, a medal storage number display unit 26, a remaining game ball number display unit 27 for displaying the remaining number of game balls, and a table drum pattern. A front dra display unit 28 for displaying a back side, a back dra display unit 29 for displaying a back dra design, an effect display unit 30, and a trash display unit 33 for displaying a trash symbol. When the player presses the reach button 21 to make a reach, a back-dra design is displayed on the back-dra display 29.

  In the upper portion of the effect display unit 30, an area 31 for displaying a rising combination that can acquire the right of a big game combination which is a special game combination determined by lottery in the game, and the right of a chance game combination are acquired. Regions 32a and 32b for displaying a rising combination that can be displayed are provided.

  In the throwing away display section 33, the symbols that the player has thrown away from the hand so far are displayed in the order in which the player has thrown away. In addition, the symbols discarded when the player operates the reach button 21 to reach them are displayed sideways.

  In the lower horizontal direction of the second display device 16, there are provided a hand bag display unit 34 for displaying 13 hand bar symbols, and a self bar display unit 35 for displaying the bar screens that have been pressed by the user. .

  In addition, when the discard button switches 19a, 19b,..., 19m, 20 are provided, the lower part of each symbol displayed on the handbag display unit 34 and the self-portrait display unit 35 is unnecessary from the handcuffs. Button buttons (A, B, C, D, E,..., M, etc.) corresponding to the button switches 19a, 19b,. N) is displayed. The symbols of the cocoon displayed on the hand pallet display unit 34 are displayed in color in a predetermined order, for example, in the order of the symbol code of the cocoon described later. And each display part of the display apparatus 16 is updated and displayed by a program process, such as a spear design, an effect image, a numerical value, etc. according to progress of a game.

  In the present invention, as described above, the 14 symbols distributed at the start of each game are displayed on the hand display unit 34 and the self-display unit 35 of the second display device 16. The first display device 10 interacts with the player from the preset winning combination based on the arrangement symbol displayed on the second display device 16 to one rising combination that is the target of the game. It is also used as a means for making a report in the form. FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen for the player to declare the target winning combination of the game in an interactive manner with the first display device 10.

  6 is necessary to complete each of the rising combinations with respect to the name g1 of the rising combination set in advance in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention and the current manual data. It is an example of a screen displaying the number of symbols (necessary number of bags) g2 of the bag. In FIG. 6, the numerical value displayed in parentheses next to the winning combination g1 indicates the number of medals associated with winning. In consideration of the design of the game displayed on the second display device 16, the player can use the shift buttons 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d and the selection decision button 23 are operated to select and declare the target winning combination of the game. The required number g2 to be displayed on the target uplift declaration screen G1 is to perform processing for obtaining all upcomers from the current manual data, but the g2 value is about the upcomers with a predetermined value or less. You may make it display.

  Further, in the goal-raising role reporting screen G1 shown in FIG. 6, it is not always necessary to display the required number g2 for each rising role g1, but information regarding the required number g2 is the player's goal ascending goal. Therefore, it is desirable to display the necessary number g2 because it is important information for determining and reporting

  In addition, the first display device 10 provides the player with a symbol of a bag that should be self-restrained against the target rising role of the game when the player performs a self-control of a single bag. It is used as display means for assisting. This makes it possible for beginners with little mahjong knowledge to enjoy the game comfortably.

  A control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention is mounted at a predetermined position inside the case of the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the control board includes a main control board Ka, a sub control board Kb, a first image control board Kc, and a second image control board Kd. These control boards Ka, Kb, Kc and Kd are respectively CPUs 40a, 40b, 40c and 40d which are microprocessors, ROMs 41a, 41b, 41c and 41d which are storage devices (ROM), and RAMs 42a which are also storage devices (RAM). 42b, 42c, 42d, input / output interface (I / F) circuits 43a, 43b, 43c, 43d, communication interface (I / F) circuits 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, etc. .

  The main control board Ka and the sub control board Kb, the sub control board Kb and the first image control board Kc, and the sub control board Kb and the second image control board Kd are connected by cable lines T1, T2, and T3. Data communication is possible. Thus, when data is transmitted from the main control board Ka to the first image control board Kc or the second image control board Kd, the data is transmitted via the sub control board Kb. It is desirable that the RAMs 42a to 42d of the control boards retain their stored contents even when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned off.

  The input / output interface circuit 43a mounted on the main control board Ka includes a medal insertion sensor 17a for detecting a medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 17 by the player when the game is executed, and each entrance 13a,. ..., A throw-in button switch 19a,..., And various button switches are connected, and the input signal is input to the main control board Ka. It is like that. Further, the input / output interface circuit 43a is connected with a medal payout device for paying out medals to the player, a game ball feeding device for sending game balls to the launching device, an attacker opening / closing device for controlling the opening / closing of the attacker 11 and the like. Control signals are output to these devices under program control. A display device 36 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43a.

  The lamps 8 and 14 are connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43b mounted on the sub control board Kb, and the first display device 10 is connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43c of the first image control board Kc. The second display device 16 and the speaker 6 are connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43d of the second image control board Kd.

  A program for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is stored (mounted) in the ROMs 41a to 41d of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd. Each of the RAMs 42a to 42d is used as a storage area (work area) for storing and reading various data and creating and calculating data when these programs operate. As the CPUs 40a to 40d, either 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit CPUs are adopted so that the functions required for the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd can be appropriately processed. Like that. The above-described control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, Kd and the programs stored in the ROMs 41a-41d serve as means for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention.

(Program installed on main control board Ka)
Next, the configuration of the program mounted on the main control board Ka will be described. The ROM 41a of the main control board Ka stores various programs for controlling the game progress of the sparrow ball game machine 1 in an integrated manner.

  As shown in FIG. 8, for example, the programs installed in the ROM 41a of the main control board Ka include a main control program P1, a medal management program P2, a game ball management program P3, an automatic distribution program P4, and a special game player lottery program. P5, goal-raising role reporting support program P6, dora lottery program P7, winning determination program P8, medal payout control program P9, special gamer game self-selection support program P10, required number calculation program P11, throwing-out automatic processing program P12, a game history data recording program P13, an additional medal number calculation program P14, and the like.

  Of these programs, the main control program P1 is a main program that controls the overall operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1, and further, as subprograms, the input signal analysis program P1a, the communication control program P1b, and the remaining number of game balls are counted. A program P1c, a self-countering count program P1d, a self-manipulation operation processing program P1e, a throwing away operation processing program P1f, and the like are provided.

  The input signal analysis program P1a includes a game start button 18, a throw-away button switch 19a,..., A reach button 21, left and right shift buttons 22a and 22b, upper and lower shift buttons 22c and 22d, a selection determination button 23, a game When an operation signal is input to the main control board Ka from the end button 24, the medal payout button 25, or the like, it is a program for performing processing for analyzing these input signals.

  The communication control program P1b is a program for communicating with the sub control board Kb. In this communication, data composed of a control command in which what processing is performed on the data to be transmitted and control data transmitted together with the control command is transmitted as communication data. When the main control board Ka transmits data to the first image control board Kc and the second image control board Kd, the data is transmitted via the sub control board Kb.

  As described above, a player can launch a prescribed number (for example, 11) of game balls per game from the game ball launch lever 4 as a self-rotating operation. The remaining game ball count program P1c is a program for performing processing of counting the remaining number of the specified number of game balls and storing it in the RAM 42a. Note that the game ball remaining number counting program P1c performs a process of “-1” for the remaining number of game balls based on the signal of the game balls launched by the player to the entrances 13a and 13b.

  The number-of-self-counting program P1d is a program for performing processing of counting the number of times of self-playing performed by the player after the start of the game, that is, the number of times that the player has fired the game ball by operating the game ball launching lever 4, and storing it in the RAM 42a. It is. The number-of-self-counting program P1d performs a process of “+1” the number of times of self-playing based on a ball entry signal to the entrances 13a, 13b, etc. by the game balls launched by the player.

  The self-control operation processing program P1e is a symbol (self-control) corresponding to the entrance into which the game ball has entered by the self-control, in contrast to the self-control performed by the player when the number of manual controls is thirteen. Processing for determining the code and processing for adding the determined symbol code as a self-inhibition to the manual data storage area stored in the RAM 42a are performed.

The throwing away operation program P1f is a program provided with throwing away button switches 19a, 19b,..., 19m, 20 and activated when the player performs a throwing away operation.
In the throwing-in operation processing program P1f, when the number of symbols in the hand reaches 14 due to the arrangement and the self-manipulation operation, when the hand does not complete the rise, the player uses the throwing-out data for the throwing away This is a program for performing a process of discarding one unnecessary symbol designated by the operation of the button switch 19a,. As described above, this discarding operation processing program P1f stores “0” in the discarding flag when the player's handling is not completed and after the player has stopped himself. When it is executed.

  It should be noted that the player's operation of the throwing pad can be performed by any of the button switches 19a, 19b,..., 19m, 20 for the throwing pad corresponding to the design of the hand pad displayed on the hand pad display unit 34 of the display device 16. Press or Then, based on the discard signal from the discard button switch, the discard operation processing program P1f performs a process of deleting the symbol code that has been discarded from the manual data storage area stored in the RAM 42a. .

  The medal management program P2 counts the number of medals inserted by the player into the medal slot 17 based on a signal from the medal insertion sensor 17a, an input signal from the game end button 24, and an input from the medal payout button 25. This program updates the number of stored medals when a signal or the like is detected.

  The game ball management program P3 is a program that is activated by the main control program P1 at the start of the game and when a throw-in operation signal is input to the main control board Ka from the throw-in button switch 19a,. Then, the game ball feeder is controlled to perform a process of sending one game ball to the game ball launch position (not shown in FIG. 1). Thus, the player can operate the game ball launch lever 4 to launch a game ball, that is, perform a self-sufficient operation.

  The automatic catering program P4 is a program for performing processing for automatically and randomly determining the symbols codes of 14 catering that will be a player's hand at the start of one game. This automatic catering program P4 uses the random numbers generated by the random number generating means to determine 14 catering symbol codes from a total of 108 kites for 27 types used in the sparrow game machine 1. Perform processing.

  As shown in FIG. 9, for each of the 27 types of kites used in the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention, for example, the symbol codes are set for the 27 types of kites from “one base” to “medium”. Each symbol code is assigned four numerical values. The bag symbol code table shown in FIG. 9 is registered in advance in the ROM 41a. The automatic catering program P4 uses the random numbers generated by the random number generating means described above to randomly select the numerical values (0 to 107) assigned to the respective symbol codes, so that the 14 catering symbol codes The process of determining is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the special game combination lottery program P5 is one game from a group of rising combinations consisting of a plurality of types of rising combinations selected from preset rising combinations in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention. A program that performs a process of determining a winning combination that can acquire the right of a special game combination by a lottery using a random number generated by a random number generation means, and can acquire the right of a big game combination A big game combination lottery program P5a for determining a winning combination by lottery and a chance game combination lottery program P5b for determining a rising combination capable of acquiring a chance game combination right by lottery are provided.

  10 is a data table in which the number of medals (m1) associated with winning that can be obtained by the player when the rising combination is completed is set for each of the winning combination codes. Are stored in the ROM 41a in advance. The number of medals (m1) that can be earned for each rising role is 30 for the most difficult rising role such as “Kokushi Musou”, 9 for “Sho Sangen” etc., and 6 for “Ichitsutsutsu” etc. Of the rising roles, “Seven pairs”, “Kankyu”, etc., which are most likely to rise, are set to three with the smallest number of acquired medals.

  The big game role lottery program P5a is a group of rising roles pre-selected as rising roles that can acquire the right of a big game role, for example, “Kokushi Musou”, “Daisangen”, “Kyuren Baoji”, “Junzen One winning combination is determined from among “Obikan” and “Kiyoro” by lottery using a random number generated by the random number generating means as a winning combination capable of acquiring the right of the big game combination of the game. The code of the rising combination that can acquire the right of the big game combination determined by the lottery is stored in the RAM 42a.

  The chance game role lottery program P5b is a rising role group that is pre-selected as a rising role that can acquire the right of the chance game role in the game, for example, “Ippontsu”, “Seven pairs”, “Three dark”, Two types of rising roles will be selected by lottery from the rising roles of "Peace", "Ichiguchi" and "Tan Yao". And the code of the rising combination which can acquire the right of the chance game combination determined by the lottery is stored in the RAM 42a.

  The code of the winning combination that can acquire the right of the special game combination determined by the lottery is transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub control board Kb, and as described above, the special game in the game. It is displayed on the big game combination display part 31 and the chance game combination display parts 32a and 32b of the 2nd display device 16 as a rising combination which can acquire the right of a combination.

  The goal-raising role reporting support program P6 displays the goal-raising role reporting screen G1 shown in FIG. 6 on the first display device 10 based on the 14 symbols distributed at the start of the game. This goal-raising role reporting screen G1 allows the player to select and raise one goal-raising role that is the target of the game from a list of preset hoisting roles in advance, and to report it. This is a program for performing a process of acquiring a combination code.

  The Dora lottery program P7 is a program for determining the front and back dras that are the targets of the scoring means by Dora Samurai. The design codes for each of the front and back dras are 27 types shown in FIG. A process is performed in which each one of the symbol codes of 牌 is determined by lottery using random number generating means.

  The dora lottery program P7 operates at the start of the game, determines the front and back dra design codes, and stores them in the RAM 42a. Then, the main control program P1 performs a process of immediately transmitting the determined symbol code of the front table to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb. On the other hand, the symbol code of the back dora is a sub-control board under the control of the main control program P1 when the player's hand is in a hearing state and the player presses the reach button 21 to reach. It is transmitted to the second image control board Kd via Kb. The symbols corresponding to the symbol codes of the front drum and the symbols of the back drum are displayed on the front drum display unit 28 and the back drum display unit 29 of the second display device 16, respectively.

  The winning determination program P8 is a program for performing overall processing related to determination of whether or not a combination of rising hand data is completed. The winning determination program P8 includes, as subprograms, a rising determination program P8a, a rising combination determination program P8b, a medal number determination program P8c, a special game combination acquisition determination program P8d, and the like.

  The rising determination program P8a is a program for determining whether or not the combination of the symbol codes constituting the 14 manuals is completed when the player's manual data reaches 14 pieces. is there. The rising judgment program P8a is the main control program P1 when the automatic arrangement program P4 determines 14 arrangements at the start of the game, and when the player performs the self-operation and has 14 arrangements. It is executed according to the control.

  The determination as to whether or not the ascending determination program P8a has completed an ascending combination of the 14 hand data of the player stored in the RAM 42a is performed by, for example, the following (Procedure 1) to (Procedure 4). Can be done.

(Rising judgment)
(Procedure 1)
The rising role shown in FIG. 10 is a rising role consisting of a combination of special symbols such as “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven Pairs”, and a total of four sets of “Konko” and “Junko” and one set of “Sparrow” It is composed of “general ascending roles” consisting of a combination of “head (counter)”. Therefore, first, a process is performed to determine whether or not “Kokushi Musou” or “Seven Pair” is up. If it is not raised by “Kokushi Musou” or “Seven Pair”, it is determined whether or not it is raised by “general rising role”.

(Procedure 2)
The program processing for determining whether or not the manual data is “Kokushi Musou” is performed for the symbol codes which are 14 manual data stored in the RAM 42a, “1” and “9” This is possible by having one symbol code for each of the character strings one by one, and determining whether one of the symbol codes constitutes “sparrow head”. If it is determined that “Kokushi Musou” is raised, the rising role code of “Kokushi Musou” is stored in the RAM 42a.

(Procedure 3)
It is determined whether or not the manual data is “seven pairs”. For the symbol codes that are the 14 manual data stored in the RAM 42a, seven combinations of “pairs” are completed, and This is possible by determining whether there is no combination of the same symbol codes in the seven pairs of “pairs” (four identical symbol codes). If it is determined that the “seven pairs” are raised, the rising combination code of “seven pairs” is stored in the RAM 42a.

(Procedure 4)
It is possible to determine whether or not the hand data is “general rising combination” by performing the processes described in the following (1) to (4).

(1) It is determined whether or not the combination of “pairs” is included in the manual data. At this time, since there is a possibility that a plurality of “pairs” combinations are included, all combinations of “pairs” are determined, and the symbols are stored in the RAM 42a.
(2) Delete the symbol codes constituting one set of “pairs” obtained in (1) above from the 14 pieces of manual data stored in the RAM 42a.
(3) For the remaining manual data obtained in (2) above, if there are a total of four combinations of symbol codes that make up “Konko” and “Junko”, the current player's manual data Can determine that the ascending combination is complete.
(4) In the process of (3) above, when it is not possible to determine that the ascending combination is completed and another “pair” combination is included, this other “pair” combination The above processes (2) to (3) are also performed.

  The rising combination determination program P8b is a program that performs processing for determining what rising combination is completed for the hand data that the above-described rising determination program P8b determines to be rising. This determination process can be performed by the following (Procedure 5) to (Procedure 7). It should be noted that “Seven Pairs” and “General Rising Roles” excluding “Kokushi Musou” may have completed a rising role combined with other rising roles due to the combination of the manual data that completed the rising. Therefore, the rising combination determination program P8b also determines whether or not the combined rising combination is complete.

(Determination of rising role)
(Procedure 5)
Since “Kokushi Musou” does not have a combined rising role, if it is determined that “Kokushi Musou” is raised in (Procedure 2), the rising role determination program P8b reads “Seven pairs” and “ It is not necessary to determine the rising combination for “general rising combination”.

(Procedure 6)
“Seven Pairs” can be “Tan Yao”, “Mixed Color”, “Kiichi Color”, “Mixed Elder Head”, and “Character Color” as combined rising roles. Therefore, as a subprogram of the rising combination determination program P8b-1, or in the seven-pair rising determination program for performing the above-described (procedure 3), the rising combination that may be combined with “seven-pair”. By combining a program that determines whether or not “Tang Yao”, “Mixed Color”, “Clear Color”, “Mixed Head”, and “Character Color” have been completed Can be determined. The rising combination code obtained by this determination process and the combined rising combination code are stored in the RAM 42a.

(Procedure 7)
With respect to the “general rising combination”, the determination of the rising combination including the combined rising combination can be performed as follows.

  (1) A program for determining in advance whether or not the current 14 hand data have completed the combination of the rising combinations for each general rising combination in the preset rising combinations shown in FIG. Create. In the program for determining each rising combination, the combination data of the symbol codes that constitute the “raising”, “junko”, and “counter”, which are the characteristics of this rising combination for each rising combination, and other determination logic, Incorporate into the program.

  For example, a large three-way determination program that determines whether or not the hand data is “large three yuan” has a “white / white / white”, “發 發 發” and “ A process for determining whether or not all combinations of “medium” symbol codes are included is performed.

  (2) Further, the program for determining whether or not the manual data has increased by “Tan Yao”, the manual data that has completed the combination of the upwards is “2” to “eight” combinations of symbols “ A process of determining whether or not it is composed of “sparrow head” and “knot” or “junko” is performed.

The rising combination determination program P8b performs the processing described in (Procedure 6) and (Procedure 7), and the combined rising is performed for the hand data that has completed the “seven pairs” or “general rising combination”. The combination (raising combination code) can be determined.
When the rising hand is determined for the hand data that has been lifted by the above-described processing, all the determined winning hand codes are stored in the RAM 42a.

The medal number determination program P8c refers to the award medal number table for each winning combination shown in FIG. 10 described above for the number of medals that can be obtained by the player for the rising due to the rising combination completed by the player, and the medal number m1 accompanying the winning combination It is a program that performs processing for obtaining. This process refers to the winning combination medal number table for each rising combination code determined by the rising combination determination program P8b and stored in the RAM 42a, and is awarded for all rising combinations including the completed combined rising combination. The accompanying medal number m1 is obtained. Then, the medal number determination program P8c performs a process for obtaining the medal number M1 obtained by adding up the medal number m1 associated with the winning.
The maximum number of medals that can be obtained when the player completes the winning combination is set to be, for example, a maximum of 30 per game, including the increased number of games.

  The special game player acquisition determination program P8d is a program for determining whether or not the rising combination completed by the player is a rising combination that can acquire the right of the special game player, and is not shown in FIG. As a program, a big game combination acquisition determination program for determining whether or not a big game combination right can be acquired, and a chance game combination acquisition determination program for determining whether or not a chance game combination right can be acquired.

  Then, the special game combination acquisition determination program P8d first operates the big game combination acquisition determination program. As a result, if it is determined that the big game role right has not been acquired, the chance game role acquisition determination program is activated to determine whether or not the rising role of the game has acquired the chance game role right. To control.

  The process of determining whether the completed winning combination completed by the player has acquired the right of big game role or chance game role is the right of big game role or chance game role in the game stored in the RAM 42a. Can be obtained by determining whether or not the rising combination code that can acquire the above is included in the rising combination code stored in the RAM 42a as determined by the above-described rising combination determination program P8b or the like.

  When it is determined by the special game combination acquisition determination program P8d that the player's rising combination is a rising combination that can acquire the right of the big game combination, for example, "1" is stored in the special game flag set in the RAM 42a. . Further, when it is determined by the chance game combination acquisition determination program that the winning game combination can be acquired, “2” is stored in the special game flag. If it is determined that the winning combination is not a big game combination or a chance game combination, a process of storing “0” in the special game flag is performed.

  The medal payout control program P9 controls the medal payout device of the medal storage hopper installed inside the sparrow ball game machine when the player completes the winning combination, and the number of medals associated with winning (M1) And a program for paying out the increased medal number (M2) obtained by the additional medal number calculation program P12 described later.

  The special gamer game self-selection support program P10, when a game is executed in which the player has acquired the special gamer's right, when a signal indicating that a game ball has entered the attacker 11 is input to the player This is a program for supporting the operation of arbitrarily selecting the symbol of the cocoon to be self-contained by the interactive method with the screen of the second display device 16.

  The required number-of-scores calculation program P11 calculates the number of required number of symbols (symbols) (the number of required numbers) and stores it in the RAM 42a in order to complete each upward combination shown in FIG. It is a program for performing. This required number calculation program P11 calculates the required number of the distributed hand data when 14 games are determined by the automatic layout program P4 at the start of the game. This required number is calculated in order to be displayed in the required number column of the above-described goal raising combination reporting screen G1 (see FIG. 6).

  The method for calculating the required number of hooks by the required number-of-scores calculation program P11 is, for example, the number of hooks (symbols) required to complete the rising hand for each rising hand shown in FIG. A program for calculating (necessary number) is provided. This required number of games also indicates the number of times that the player should further refrain in order to complete this rising combination.

  For example, when the current procedure data is “Kokushi Musou” or “Tan Yao”, the required number of players can be calculated by the following program processing. it can.

  “Kokushi Musou” is composed of a combination of character 牌 and “one” and “nine” of each number, one of which is “song-head”. If the goal of the current manual data is “Kokushi Musou”, the Kokushi Musou Necessary Power Calculation Program calculates the necessary power required to complete “Kokushi Musou” by the following procedure. be able to.

  (1) First of all, it is insufficient to determine whether or not the symbol data and the number of “one” and “nine” are included in the symbol data constituting the current procedure, and to complete “Kokushi Musou” The number “a” of the symbols being performed is obtained.

  (2) Subsequently, when it is determined that the current letter contains “1” and “nine” of the letter “牌” and the number “牌”, the character “牌” and the number “判定” determined to be included. It is determined whether any one of “1” and “9” forms a “pair”. If it is determined that the “pair” is not formed, the required number is calculated as “a + 1”, and if it is determined that the “pair” is formed, the required number is calculated as “a”. it can.

  “Kanko-Kyu” is a combination of “Junko” and “Konko”, which is a combination of only one of “2” to “Eight”, and a pair of “Sparrow Head”. It is a rising role composed of In the case where the target of the current procedure data is “Draft Nine”, the Draft Number Necessary Number Calculation Program calculates the following number of necessary numbers to complete It can be determined by a procedure.

  (1) First, with regard to the symbol data that constitutes the current procedure, the presence or absence of “Junko”, “Konko”, and “Pair” consisting of only one of “two” to “eight” The number of combinations is obtained.

  (2) If any combination of “Junko”, “Konko”, and “Pair” is included in the manual data, the “Junko”, “ The hand data (remaining hand data) from which the symbol codes constituting the “knot” and “pair” are deleted is obtained. Next, for this remaining hand bag data, there are insufficient symbols to make a total of 4 “junko” and “knot” combinations consisting only of “2” to “8”. The number b of codes, or the number c of symbol codes that are insufficient to create a set of “sparrow heads” is obtained. With this processing, the necessary number of hands required to complete the current hand data in order to complete the winning combination “Draft” can be obtained as “b + c”.

  (3) On the other hand, when the manual data does not include “junko”, “knot”, and “counter” consisting of only one of “two” to “eight”, To form 4 sets of “Junko” and “Konko”, which is a combination of only two of “Two” to “Eight”, and one set of “Sparrow Head”. The number of symbols d required for the above is obtained. With this processing, the necessary number of steps required to complete the current procedure data to complete the winning combination “Draft” can be obtained as “d”.

  As described above, the necessary number calculation program P11 includes a program for calculating the number of required numbers for completing the rising combination for the current combination data for each rising combination set in advance. To.

  The throwing-out automatic processing program P12 responds to a target ascending combination declared by the player when 14 pieces of hand-work data after serving or self-operating are not completed. A discard code determining program that determines one symbol code that should be discarded from the manual data, and a discard code automatic cutting process that deletes the symbol code that should be discarded from the manual data determined by the discard code determination program It consists of programs.

  The above-mentioned thrown away judgment program discards the current 14 pieces of hand data with respect to the target winning combination of the game that the player has declared on the goal raising combination reporting screen G1 shown in FIG. This is a program for performing a process of determining one symbol code to be selected. The throwing-up determination program includes a program for performing processing for determining one symbol code to be discarded from the current manual data for completing the rising combination for each rising combination set in advance. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the discarding spear determination program is based on the determination criterion for determining one scissors from the current manual data as a discarding spear in order to complete the rising hand for each rising hand code. The symbol code of one bag is determined. The data related to the determination criteria for each rising hand code shown in FIG. 19 constitutes a discarding judgment unit together with the discarding judgment program, and is coded and stored in advance in the ROM 41a as a discarding judgment data table.

  The throwing spear determination data table serving as the throwing spear determination means shown in FIG. 19 is composed of data relating to a criterion for judging one scissors as a throwing spear from the current hand spear data for each rising combination code. Further, the data relating to the determination criterion is composed of, for example, data of the first criterion, the second criterion, the third criterion,..., And the data relating to the first criterion is the most when performing the determination process. The priority is high, followed by the second standard, then the third standard, and so on.

  For example, when the player declares the target rising role of the game as “Kokushi Musou”, the throwing away judgment program refers to the throwing away judgment data table shown in FIG. 19 and performs the following processing. A symbol code that should be a single discarded item is determined from the manual data.

  (1) First, regarding the “first standard” stored in the thrown away judgment data table shown in FIG. 19, regarding the rising code “01” of “Kokushi Musou” declared as a target rising role by the player To do. That is, it is determined whether or not symbols other than “one”, “nine”, and “character” are included in the current manual data. If it is included, it is determined that any one of the determined symbols other than “one”, “nine”, and “character” is a symbol code to be discarded, and the symbol code Is stored in the RAM 42a.

  (2) If the current manual data does not contain symbols other than “one”, “nine”, and “character” by the process of (1) above, The process for “2 criteria” is performed. That is, it is determined whether or not the current manual data includes “knots” or “cants” composed of “one”, “nine”, and “characters”. If it is included, it is determined that any one of the symbols constituting the “knot” or “kanz” is a symbol code to be discarded, and the symbol code is stored in the RAM 42a.

  (3) If the current procedure data does not include “knot” or “kanz” composed of “one”, “nine”, and “letter” by the process of (2) above, Processing related to the “third standard” shown in FIG. 19 is performed. That is, it is determined whether or not two sets of “pairs” composed of any one of “one”, “nine”, and “letter” are included in the manual data. If it is included, the symbol code of either “pair” of these two pairs is determined as the symbol code to be discarded, and the symbol code is stored in the RAM 42a. To do.

The throwing throw determination program refers to the throwing throw determination data with reference to the throwing throw determination data table shown in FIG. One symbol code to be discarded can be determined according to the data relating to the third standard. The data relating to the first standard, the second standard, the third standard,... Shown in FIG. May be.

  Note that “isolated cocoons” described in the determination criteria of FIG. 19 indicate symbols that are not involved in “Konko”, “Junko”, “Pop”, “Tarts”, “Kanchan”, and “Penchan”. In addition, “evaluate by the score” described in the third criterion column of “Draft Number 9” in FIG. 19 means that when one symbol is sequentially deleted from 14 manuals as a discarded spear. This is an evaluation method for evaluating the combination status of the symbols for the remaining 13 hands and determining the symbol having the lowest score as a discarded bag. In this evaluation, an evaluation score is assigned to each of “Konko”, “Junko”, “Tako”, “Tart”, “Kanchan”, “Penchan”, and “Isolated bag”. Is evaluated by the score.

  The abandoned spear automatic cutting processing program described above is a program that performs a process of deleting the symbol code to be discarded as determined by the discarded spear determination program from the hand data. Note that the discard throw determining program performs a process of storing the determined symbol code to be discarded in the RAM 42a, so the discard kit automatic cutting processing program refers to the symbol code to be discarded to be stored in the RAM 42a. The symbol code to be discarded is searched for and deleted from the hand data stored in the hand data storage area of the RAM 42a. Further, when the symbol code to be discarded is deleted from the procedure data stored in the procedure data storage area, the procedure data is rearranged in the order of the symbol code and stored in the procedure data storage area. .

  As described above, if the 14 hands arranged at the start of the game or the 14 hands after the player performs the self-manipulation operation have not been completed, the throwing away automatic processing program P12 determines one symbol code that should be discarded from the hand data for the target rising combination declared by the player, and further stores the symbol code that should be discarded in the RAM 42a. A process of deleting from the manual data is performed. Accordingly, the present invention can also be a sparrow ball game machine that does not require operation of the button switches 19a, 19b, ..., 19m, 20 for the throwing pad when the player operates the throwing pad. become. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine that does not require the installation of the button switches 19a, 19b,.

  The game history data recording program P13 is a program for performing processing for storing history data of game results for each game executed on the day in the RAM 42a. The game result history data includes the number of times the game has been played on the current day, the number of times that the winning combination has been completed (total number of winnings), the number of times that the big game role and chance game role have been acquired that day, and the same winnings. The name of the uplifting role and the number of medals to be paid out, the number of consecutive fluency that is the number of games played from the previous winning to the next winning, the game executed just before the game in the normal game completes the rising hand When the game is a game, data relating to the number of consecutive continuous winnings indicating the number of consecutive winnings is recorded, and further updated data is recorded.

  Of the game result history data described above, data such as the number of times the game has been executed and the number of times that the game has been executed, the number of consecutive consecutive winnings, the number of continuous affairs, etc. The image is transmitted to the first image control board Kc via the control board Kb.

  The additional medal number calculation program P14 is a program for performing a process of obtaining the increased medal number M2 according to the control of the main control program P1 when the player completes the rising combination. In the present embodiment, as the score increasing means, the score increasing means by the dredger is provided, so the added medal number calculation program P14 includes the score increasing program P14a by the drag for executing the score increasing means. Yes.

  The score increasing program P14a by the dredger is a program for executing the score increasing means by the dredger. When the player determines whether or not it is possible to acquire an increased medal by the drag, Performs processing for obtaining the increased medal. If the score increase program P14a by the dorado includes the front dramas or the symbol code of the back dramas when the player reaches the reach by completing the rising hand, the dora 1 For example, a process of setting three medals to an increased medal number is performed.

  The determination of whether or not the front drum or back drum is included in the hand data that has completed the rising combination and the number thereof are determined by the drum lottery program P7 at the start of the game and stored in the RAM 42a. This is possible by sequentially determining whether or not the symbol code of Dora is included in the 14 manual data.

(Program mounted on sub-control board Kb)
Next, the configuration of the program installed in the ROM 41b of the sub control board Kb will be described based on FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the programs mounted on the sub control board Kb are mainly composed of a main control program P21, a lamp control program P22, and an assist program P23.

  Of these, the main control program P21 decodes various control commands and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka, executes the above-mentioned programs P22 and P23 for each control command, and executes the first and the second by the communication control program P21a. Processing for controlling communication with the second image control boards Kc and Kd is performed.

  The lamp control program P22 is a program for controlling the lighting and extinguishing of the lamps 8 and 14 provided in the game board 2 based on the control command and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka. .

  The assist program P23 sets the symbol code of the bag to be self-resolved by the next self-operation with respect to the target ascending role of the game declared by the player for the 13 manual data after the discarding process. It is a program for judging. Then, the symbol code of the bag to be self-recognized is transmitted to the first image control board Kc, and the first image control board Kc performs a self-operation on the symbol related to the received symbol code of the bag to be self-recognized. 20 is displayed on the first display device 10 as shown in FIG.

(Program mounted on first image control board Kc)
Next, the configuration of the program installed in the ROM 41c of the first image control board Kc will be described with reference to FIG. The program mounted on the first image control board Kc is a program for displaying various images and the like on the first display device 10, and includes a main control program P31, a screen display program P32, and the like. .

  The main control program P31 receives the control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, and performs processing for controlling the operation of each subprogram of the screen display program P32 based on the received data. The screen display program P32 includes a normal game screen display program P32a, a right acquisition effect display program P32b, an assist screen display program P32c, and the like.

  The normal game screen display program P32a is used to display various effect images on the display device 10 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. The normal game screen display program P32a further includes an initial effect display program P32a-1, a game effect display program P32a-2, and a goal-raising role declaration screen display program P32a-3 as subprograms.

  The initial effect display program P32a-1 is a program for displaying an initial screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. The game effect display program P32a-2 displays a screen or the like for assisting the player in operating the game as the game progresses.

  Based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the main control board Ka via the sub-control board Kb, the goal-raising role reporting screen display program P32a-3 is displayed on the above-described goal raising role reporting screen shown in FIG. This is a program for displaying G1. The special game player acquisition effect display program P32b is a program that performs processing for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires the right of the special game player.

  The assist screen display program P32c is composed of a self-displaying program P32c-1. The self-recognition display program P32c-1 uses the first display device to display the symbol of the reed that should be self-determination determined by the self-supporting support program P23a of the sub-control board Kb with respect to the target rising combination declared by the player. 10 is a program for displaying, for example, as shown in FIG.

(Program mounted on second image control board Kd)
Next, the configuration of the program installed in the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kd will be described based on FIG. The programs mounted on the second image control board Kd include a main control program P41, a screen display program P42, a sound / sound effect output program P43, and the like.

  The main control program P41 receives the control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, and activates each subprogram of the screen display program P42 and the sound / sound effect output program P43 in response to the received data. It is a program for performing. The screen display program P42 includes a normal game screen display program P42a and a special game screen display program P42b.

The normal game screen display program P42a includes subprograms such as an initial effect display program P42a-1 and a game effect program P42a-2.
The initial effect display program P42a-1 is a program for displaying an initial screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine is turned on.

  The game effect display program P42a-2 is mainly used when 14 players are determined and whenever the player performs a throwing-in operation, a self-control operation by launching a game ball, or the like as the game progresses. Based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the main control board Ka via the sub-control board Kb, as shown in FIG. It is a program that performs.

  The special game screen display program P42b is a program that performs a process of displaying various screens for effects when the player acquires the right of the special gamer, and as a subprogram, the self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 It has. The self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 selects the 27 types of spider symbols displayed on the second display device 16 when the player executes a game that has acquired the special gamer's right. This is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the kite to be self-contained in an interactive manner while scrolling by operating the shift button 22a or the kite selection left shift button 22b.

  The sound / sound effect output program P43 is for outputting various production 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.

  Note that image data to be displayed on the display devices 10 and 16 is stored as digital image data in the ROM 41c of the first image control board Kc and the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kd, respectively. These data are, for example, an image of the design of each kite, an image relating to a scene or character for production, an image for production when a rising role is completed, and the like.

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

(Game progress control)
Next, a method for controlling the progress of the game by the operation control program installed in the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention will be described. FIGS. 14 to 17 are flowcharts showing a flow in which the main control program P1 mounted on the main control board Ka that controls and controls the progress of a game controls the progress of one game. Hereinafter, the control flow will be described in the order of steps shown in FIGS.

  Although not shown in FIG. 14, the manager of the game hall turns on the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 before starting business on that day. When the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka initializes the storage area of the RAM 42a of the main control board Ka. Subsequently, the main 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 this initialization control command to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd. .

  When the sub-control board Kb, the first and second image control boards Kc, Kd receive this initialization control command, the main program mounted on each control board initializes the storage areas of the RAM 42b, RAM 42c, RAM 42d. Turn into. Also, the main control programs P31 and P41 mounted on the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd operate the initial effect display programs P32a-1 and P42a-1, and the effect screen when the power is turned on. For example, processing such as displaying an image relating to a landscape or a character on the display devices 10 and 16 is performed. As a result, the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 enters a state in which the game can be executed when the player inserts a predetermined number of medals per game into the medal slot 17.

(Step S1)
In order for the player to play a game, it is necessary to insert a predetermined number of game media, for example, three medals, into the medal slot 17 for each game. When a medal insertion signal from the medal insertion sensor is input to the main control board Ka, the main control program P1 activates the medal management program P2. The medal management program P2 performs processing for counting the number of inserted medals and storing the number of medals inserted in the storage area of the RAM 42a for storing the number of stored medal.

  When the main control program P1 determines that the number of medals necessary for the execution of one game has been inserted, a control command for prompting the player to press the game start button 18 is sent via the sub control board Kb. Transmit to the first image control board Kc. When the first image control board Kc receives this control command, the game effect display program P32a-2 performs a process of displaying “Please press the game start button” on the display device 10. At this time, the sound / sound effect output program P43 of the second image control board Kd may be operated to simultaneously output sound from the speaker 6.

(Step S2)
The game player waits until the player presses the game start button 18 and a game start signal is input to the main control board Ka. When the game start button 18 is pressed, the main control program P1 transmits a game start control command to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub control board Kb. Based on this control command, the game effect display programs P32a-2 and P42a-2 of the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd display the effect image at the start of the game on the display devices 10 and 16, respectively. The sound is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P43. In this way, one game of the sparrow ball game machine starts.

  Subsequently, at the start of one game, the main control program P1 performs an initialization process for storing initial values in various storage areas set in the RAM 42a. For example, a predetermined number of “11” is stored as an initial value in an area (the remaining number storage area of game balls) that stores the number of game balls that can be launched by a player for self-control in one game. Then, processing for setting various flags described later to initial values is performed.

(Step S3)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 operates the automatic layout program P4 to perform a process of automatically determining 14 symbols codes required for starting the game. The automatic layout program P4 sequentially stores the 14 symbol codes automatically arranged in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a, and then, in a predetermined order, for example, ascending order of the symbol codes, that is, insulator, tube, cord , Wind tiles, ternary tiles are rearranged in this order and stored in the manual storage area.

  Next, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka transmits the 14 arranged symbol codes together with the control command to the sub control board Kb. When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the 14 assigned code codes, the main control program P21 stores the assigned code codes in the RAM 42b and distributes the 14 assigned code codes to the second image control board Kd. Send the symbol code. When the game effect display program P42a-2 on the second image control board Kd receives the 14 symbols of the design code, the image of the symbol shown in FIG. 5 is used as the current player's manual. The display process is performed on the hand display unit 34 and the self display unit 35 of the display device 16.

(Step S4)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 operates the dra lottery program P7 to perform a process of determining the symbol codes of the front and back dora of the game. The determined front and back side design codes are stored in the RAM 42a and transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb together with the control command.

  When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the design codes of the front and back sides of the game from the main control board Ka, the main control program P21 performs a process of storing these codes in the RAM 42b.

  When the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives the symbol code of the front drum, as shown in FIG. 5, the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the front drum is displayed on the front drum display unit 28. The design code of the back side is stored in the RAM 42d.

(Step S5)
It is determined whether or not “0” is stored in the special game flag set in the RAM 42a. If "0" is stored as a result of this determination, the process proceeds to the next step S7. On the other hand, if “1” or “2” is stored in the special game flag, the process proceeds to step S50 shown in FIG. As described above, the special game flag stores “0” when the control of the game proceeds in the normal game mode, and stores “1” when the game proceeds in the big game mode. “2” is stored when proceeding in this mode.

(Step S6)
Since it is determined in step S5 that the game is to be controlled in the normal game player mode, the main control program P1 operates the special game player lottery program P5. First, the special game combination lottery program P5 activates the big game combination lottery program P5a to determine one up combination that can acquire the right of the big game combination in the game. Then, a rising combination code that can acquire the right of the determined big game combination is stored in the RAM 42a.

  Subsequently, the special game combination lottery program P5 operates the chance game combination lottery program P5b to determine two rising combinations that can acquire the right of the chance game combination in the game. Then, the code of the winning combination that can acquire the right of the determined chance game combination is stored in the RAM 42a.

  The code of the rising combination that can acquire the right of the big game combination and the chance game combination determined by the big game combination lottery program P5a and the chance game combination lottery program P5b is controlled by the main control program P1 together with the control command. The image is transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub control board Kb.

  When the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives the code of the rising role that can acquire the right of the big game role and the chance game role, the effect display unit of the second display device 16 The big game combination display unit 31 and the chance game combination display units 32a and 32b set in the upper part of 30 (see FIG. 5) display a rising combination corresponding to these rising combination codes. From this display content, the player can recognize the winning combination that can acquire the right of the big game combination and the chance game combination of one game to be executed.

  When the above processing is completed, the conditions for executing one game have been prepared. Therefore, the fact that one game will be started is displayed on the first and second display devices 10 and 16, and the speaker 6 Control is performed so as to perform processing to notify by voice.

  If the player's hand is thrown away and the player is in a listening state, the reach button 21 can be pressed to reach the player. When the reach signal is input to the main control board Ka, the main control program P1 transmits a control command indicating that the reach has been applied to the second image control board Kd via the sub control board Kb. To do. Then, when the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives this control command, the game effect display program P42a-2 displays a process corresponding to the design code of the back dora stored in the RAM 42d on the back dra display unit 29. Do.

(Step S7)
The main control program P1 operates a rising determination program P8a, which is a subprogram of the winning determination program P8, to determine whether or not the automatically arranged 14 hand data has completed the rising combination To do. The procedure for determining whether or not the 14 manual data have completed the combination of the rises by the rise determination program P8a is as described in the above (Procedure 1) to (Procedure 4).

If it is determined in step S7 that the ascent has been completed, the process proceeds to step S20 shown in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined that the ascending combination has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S8.

(Step S8)
It is determined whether or not “0” is stored in the self-raising role acquisition flag set in the RAM 42a. If “0” is stored, the process proceeds to the next step S9. If “1” is stored, the process proceeds to step S11.

  As described above, the self-rising winning combination acquisition flag means that when the game is started, the player declares the target rising winning combination of the game by the interactive raising method G1 screen shown in FIG. This flag indicates whether or not this declaration is valid, and if it is valid, “1” is stored. As described later, when this declaration is made but the target rising role is canceled, “0” is stored.

(Step S9)
The main control program P1 activates the goal raising role reporting support program P6 to cause the player to declare the goal raising role of the game, and obtains the code of the declared raising role and stores it in the RAM 42a. Do. In this step S9, the goal-raising role reporting support program P6 controls the operation of the goal-raising role reporting screen display program P32a-3 of the first image control board Kb, and the goal-raising role reporting screen shown in FIG. A process of acquiring the rising combination code related to the target rising combination designated by the player is performed by the interactive method with G1.
In step S9, the goal-raising role reporting support program P6 performs the following processing.

  (1) First, the required number calculation program P11 is operated to obtain the required number of necessary numbers for completing the rising for each of the previously set rising numbers for the current 14 pieces of hand movement data. Then, the required number of required numbers is transmitted to the first image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb together with the rising combination code of the rising combination and the number of medals accompanying the winning.

  (2) When the main control program P31 of the first image control board Kc receives the data described in (1) above from the main control board Ka, the main control program P31 activates the target up combination declaration screen display program P32a-3, 1 is displayed on the display device 10 of FIG. 6. In the initial screen that displays the goal-raising combination declaration screen G1, the top position (upper left position of the screen) of the rising-combination display field g1 is displayed, and in the example shown in FIG. 6, “Kokushi Musou” is displayed. The area is identified and displayed as an area that displays other rising combinations in color. At this time, as described above, the required number g2 may be displayed on the reporting screen G1 for the goal increase combination below a predetermined value set in advance.

  It should be noted that the area displayed in the above-described color on the goal-raising combination reporting screen G1 indicates that the cursor point exists in this area. This means that when the player presses the selection decision button 23, the goal-raising role reporting support program P6 of the main control board Ka is displayed in color with the cursor point on the goal-raising role reporting screen G1. This indicates that the winning combination code related to the rising combination that can be acquired can be acquired.

  In order to acquire the rising combination code corresponding to the target rising combination of the game that the player has declared by the player using the interactive goal declaration screen G1 and the interactive method, the goal raising combination reporting support program P6 is, for example, The following processing is performed.

  (1) A storage area of a two-dimensional arrangement corresponding to the two-dimensional arrangement form of the rising combination displayed on the target rising combination declaration screen G1 is set in the RAM 42a (or ROM 41a) of the main control board Ka. In each storage area of the two-dimensional arrangement, a code for the rising combination (raising combination code) is stored in correspondence with the arrangement of the rising combination displayed on the reporting screen G1 for the target rising combination. It should be noted that the capacity of each storage area may be 1 byte.

  (2) The goal raising role reporting support program P6 is set in the RAM 42a when the player presses one of the left and right shift buttons 22a and 22b and the upper and lower shift buttons 22c and 22d and the contact signal is input. A program for moving the current position of the cursor in the cursor movement range and grasping the current cursor position (memory address) is prepared. At this time, the initial position of the cursor is set to a storage address that stores the rising combination code of the rising combination “Kokushi Musou” displayed on the target rising combination declaration screen G1.

  (3) When the player presses one of the left and right shift buttons 22a and 22b and the upper and lower shift buttons 22c and 22d and the contact signal is input, the goal-raising role reporting support program P6 receives the input signal The control command is transmitted to the first image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. Further, the goal-raising role reporting support program P6 performs processing for updating the current cursor position based on the input signal.

  (4) Upon receiving the control command according to the above (3), the goal-raising role declaration screen display program P32a-3 of the first image control board Kc corresponds to the received control command and the goal-raising role declaration screen G1. The process of updating and displaying the position of the cursor to be displayed on is performed.

  (5) Based on the current design of the hand displayed on the hand display unit 34 and the self-display unit 35, the player determines and decides the target rising combination of the game, By operating the shift buttons 22a and 22b and the up and down shift buttons 22c and 22d, the cursor is moved to the display position of the target lift combination displayed on the target lift combination report screen G1, and then the selection decision is made. Press the button 23.

  (6) When the contact raising signal is input from the selection decision button 23, the target raising role reporting support program P6 displays the raising role code stored at the current cursor position (memory address) stored in the RAM 42a. In the game, a rising combination code related to a target rising combination declared by the player is stored in the RAM 42a, and the rising combination code related to the target rising combination is stored in the first image via the sub-control board Kc. Transmit to the control board Kc.

  (7) When the rising target code display program P32a-3 for the first image control board Kc receives the rising combination code related to the target rising combination according to (6), it responds to the rising combination code. Then, a process for displaying the display column for the name of the winning combination displayed on the target rising combination declaration screen G1 in another color or the like is performed. The player can check the target winning combination declared for the game by viewing this display.

(Step S10)
When the goal-raising combination reporting support program P6 obtains the goal-raising combination code related to the goal-raising role reported by the player, the target-raising role-acquiring flag is stored as “1”.

(Step S11)
One symbol code to be discarded from the current player's hand data is determined for the goal-raising role of the game acquired in step S9 described above. The process of deleting one symbol code from the manual data is performed. The processing in step S9 is executed by the discarding spear determination program and the discarding spear automatic cutting processing program provided in the above-described discarding spear automatic processing program P12. Thereby, the player can automate the processing of the discarding pad by the program processing without performing any operation of the discard button switch 19a, 19b,.

  When the main control program P1 determines one symbol code to be discarded by the discarding automatic processing program P12, the main control program P1 determines that this discarding from the 14 manual data stored in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a. The symbol code that has been deleted is deleted, and then the 13 hand gestures are rearranged in the symbol code order and stored in this symbol storage area. Subsequently, the main control program P1 transmits the symbol code determined to be discarded and the 13 pieces of manual data to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb. When the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives these symbol codes, the symbol corresponding to the discard symbol code is displayed on the discard symbol display unit 33, and the 13 manual data are handled. A process for displaying the symbol to be displayed on the hand display unit 34 is performed.

  On the other hand, when the sub-control board Kb receives the 13 pieces of manual data from the main control board Ka, the self-support program P23a is activated by the control of the main control program P21, and the target increase reported by the player is reached. For the combination, a process for determining an appropriate symbol code to be self-identified in the current 13 manual data is performed. Then, the symbol code of the bag to be self-determined determined by the self-support program P23a is transmitted to the first image control board Kc by the main control program P21.

  When the first image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the bag to be self-recognized from the sub-control board Kb, the first image control board Kc operates the self-displaying program P32c-1 to display the symbol of the symbol code as a bag to be self-recognized. 10 is displayed as shown in FIG. The player can recognize in advance the entrance to which the game ball is to be inserted by the next self-operation by looking at the symbol of the bag to be self-displayed displayed on the display device 10.

  Note that the display screen shown in FIG. 20 shows the number of times the game has been executed 37a on the same day, the same number of times 37b has been raised on the same day, An area is provided for displaying a game winning target 38, the number of times of self-play 39 performed by the player in the game, and the like. The number of continuous flow stations 37c indicates the number of continuous flow station games in the game result executed immediately before the game. For example, when the flow game is 10 times continuous, “10” is displayed.

  In the center portion of the screen display shown in FIG. 20, there are 13 current manuals, and before the player performs the self-control operation, the design of the base to be determined by the player is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 20, the player is assisted that one of the symbols “one glance” and “south” should be refrained.

(Step S12)
The main control program P1 is in a waiting state until the player performs the self-control operation, that is, the player launches one game ball from the game ball launch lever 4, and this game ball is placed in any of the entrances 13a and the like. The player enters the entrance and sets the waiting state until the entrance signal is input from the entrance sensor.

  Then, when a game ball launched by the player's self-operation enters the entrance, and the entrance signal is input from the entrance sensor installed at the entrance, the main control program P1 By analyzing the incoming signal of the game ball, a symbol code corresponding to the entrance into which the game ball has entered is obtained and stored in the RAM 42a as its own symbol code.

  Subsequently, the symbol code serving as the self-restriction is transmitted to the second image control substrate Kd via the sub-control substrate Kb as the symbol code of the reed that the player has reluctant. Next, the main control program P1 performs a process of adding the symbol code that is manually operated by the player to the 13 pieces of manual data stored in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a.

  When the second image control board Kd receives the symbol code of the kite that the player has refrained from, the game effect display program P42a-2 displays the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the kite that has been confused on the second display device 16. Processing to display on the self-displaying portion 35 is performed.

(Step S13)
The game ball remaining number counting program P1c is operated to perform a process of subtracting one remaining game ball stored in the storage area of the RAM 42a, and the remaining number of game balls is passed through the sub-control board Kb. Then, the data is transmitted to the second image control board Kd. When the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives the remaining number of game balls, the game effect display program P42a-2 displays this value on the remaining game ball number display section 27 of the game balls. Further, the self-counting number counting program P1d is operated to perform a process of “+1” the self-counting number after the allocation stored in the storage area of the RAM 42a.

(Step S14)
The rising determination program P8a is operated to perform a process for determining whether or not the 14 pieces of manual data have completed the rising, similarly to step S7 described above. As a result of this determination, if it is determined that the ascent is completed, the process proceeds to step S20 shown in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined that the ascent is not completed, the process proceeds to step S15.

(Step S15)
The main control program P1 determines whether or not the player can further perform a self-control operation, that is, whether or not there is one or more remaining game balls stored in the storage area of the RAM 42a in step S13. Do. If one or more game balls remain as a result of the determination, control is made to return to step S8 described above. On the other hand, if there are no game balls that can be fired, the process proceeds to step S16 to perform a process for game over (game end).

(Step S16)
Since the player could not complete the rise even if the player performed a self-control operation of firing a specified number of game balls, the main control program P1 performs a process of ending the game as a game over (flow station). .

  As the game over process, a game over control command is transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb. When the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive the game end control command, the first and second display devices 10 and 16 display “game over” or the like.

  Further, the main control program P1 operates the game history data recording program P13 to update the history data by adding and recording the history data of the game executed by the player in the history data storage area of the RAM 42a. The process to do is performed. The game result history data stored in the RAM 42a is the data item described in the processing content of the game history data recording program P13.

(Step S20)
Since the player's hand data has completed the ascending combination, the main control program P1 activates the rising hand determination program P8b, and first completes any rising hand for the hand data that the player has completed. The process which determines whether it is doing is performed.

  As described above, the rising combination determination program P8b for executing the rising combination determination process, when the player's hand data has completed the rising combination of “seven pairs” or “general rising combination”. Also, a process for determining whether or not the combined rising combination has been completed is also performed. For the determined rising combination, all of the rising combination codes are stored in the RAM 42a.

(Step S21)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 activates the special game acquisition determination program P8d, and whether or not the rising combination completed by the player is rising as a big game combination or a chance game combination target of the game. The process which determines is performed. As a result of the determination, control is performed to advance to the next step S22 if the player is rising in the rising combination that is the target of the big game combination or the chance game combination, and to step S23 if not rising.

  In the process of step S21, if it is determined that the right of the big game combination is acquired, it is not determined whether the right of the chance game combination is acquired. If it is determined that the right of the big game combination is not acquired, it is determined whether or not the right of the chance game combination is acquired.

(Step S22)
As a result of the determination process in step S21, if it is determined that the rising combination of the player is a rising combination that can acquire the right of the big game combination, for example, “1” is stored in the special game flag set in the RAM 42a. When it is determined that the winning combination can be obtained as a chance game combination, a process of storing “2” is performed.

  The special game flag is a flag for determining whether or not to control the next game progress in the normal game combination mode, the big game combination mode, or the chance game combination mode.

(Step S23)
The main control program P1 operates the medal number determination program P8c to determine the number of medals (m1) that can be acquired by the player with winning for the rising combination determined in step S20, and stores it in the RAM 42a. . The number of medals (m1) is obtained with reference to the winning combination-based winning medal acquisition number table (see FIG. 10) stored in advance in the ROM 41a for the determined winning combination code. In this process, as described above, when a combined winning combination is included, the number m1 of medals associated with winning is also obtained for the combined rising combination. As a result, when the combined winning combination is completed, the number of medals m1 associated with winning is obtained for all these rising combinations, and the total number of m1 is obtained as the number of medals (M1) that can be acquired with winning. Perform the process.

(Step S24)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 first operates the score increase program P12a by the drag, which is a subprogram of the additional medal number calculation program P12 as the score increase means, and the number of medals that can be acquired with the above winning ( In addition to M1), processing for obtaining the number of medals (M2) to be added (increased) is performed. It should be noted that the procedure for obtaining the number of drags and the number of added medals included in the hand data for which the score increase program P12a by the drag has completed the winning combination is as described above.

(Step S25)
The main control program P1 obtains the total number of medals (M1) and additional medals (M2) that can be acquired with the winnings stored in the RAM 42a and stores them in the RAM 42a. This total number (M1 + M2) is the number of medals that the player can acquire.

  Note that the number of medals that can be acquired by a player for one game is set so as not to exceed a preset number, for example, 30 as described above, so if (M1 + M2) exceeds 30, Then, a process of setting the total number of medals that can be acquired by the player to “30” is performed.

(Step S26)
Since the player has completed the ascending, the player transmits data relating to the ascending combination code, the number of acquired medals and the like to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kb together with the ascending control command. When this control command is received, the first image control board Kc is displayed on the display device 10 by the game effect display program P32a-2, and the second image control board Kd is displayed as a game effect. The display program P42a-2 causes the display device 16 to display the effect of completion of the winning combination for a predetermined time (several seconds).

  If the player completes a winning combination that can acquire a special gaming combination, the control command is transmitted to the first image control board Kc. When this control command is received, the first image control board Kc causes the display device 10 to display an effect for acquiring the special game character by the special game character acquisition effect display program P32b.

(Step S27)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 operates the medal payout control program P9 to perform a process of paying out (M1 + M2) medals acquired by the player stored in the RAM 42a.

(Step S28)
The main control program P1 performs a game end process. As the game end processing, the game history data recording program P13 is operated to add or update the game history data related to the completion of the winning combination by the player this time in the history data storage area of the RAM 42a. And processing for recording. Further, as described above, the control command for game end is transmitted to the sub-control board Kb and the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd. Subsequently, control is performed to return to step S1.

(Progress control of games that have acquired special gamer rights)
(Step S50)
Since the player is executing a game that has acquired the special gamer's right, the main control program P1 performs a process of determining the content stored in the special game flag set in the RAM 42a. If “1” is stored in the special game flag, the process proceeds to step S51 for controlling the progress of the game in the mode in which the right of the big game combination is acquired. On the other hand, if “2” is stored in the special game flag, the process proceeds to step S61 in which the progress of the game is controlled in the mode in which the chance game role right is acquired.

(Step S51) (Step S52)
In step S51, the progress of the game is controlled in the game mode in which the right of the big game role is acquired. This game progress control basically follows the flow from step S7 to step S15. However, the self-restricting operation in step S12 is an advantageous operation for the player as follows.

  In other words, in the next game in which the player has acquired the right of the big game role, after 14 arrangements are determined, the attacker operation port 12 of the game board 2 becomes effective. Then, when the game ball launched by the player passes through the attacker operating port, the attacker 11 opens. Subsequently, every time a game ball that has been launched next enters the attacker 11, a desired one is selected from the 27 types of symbols displayed on the display device 16 by operating the selection buttons 22 a and 22 b and the determination button 23. You will be able to choose 牌 as self-restraint. Then, when the player completes the rising by performing the discarding operation and the above-described self-restricting operation advantageous to the player, the process proceeds to step S53.

(Step S53)
“1” is added to the area for counting the number of continuous big games set in the RAM 42a. If the game that has acquired the right of the big game role is continued and raised, the game that has acquired the right of the big game role can be continued up to a preset upper limit number of times, for example, up to 14 times. In step S53, a process for counting the number of big game continuations is performed.

(Step S54) to (Step S57)
The processing from step S54 to step S57 is the same as the processing from step S20 to step S27 except for the above-described steps S21 and S22. That is, in step S54, the rising combination of the hand data that the player has completed is determined by the rising combination determination program P8b. Subsequently, in step S55, processing for obtaining the total number (M1 + M2) of medals acquired by the player is performed.

  In this step S55, the medal number determination program P8c obtains the number M1 of medals that the player can acquire along with the winning combination for the rising combination determined in step S54. A process for obtaining the number M2 is performed to obtain the total number (M1 + M2) of medals acquired by the player.

  Subsequently, in step S56, along with the control command for completing the rising combination, data relating to the rising combination code, the number of acquired medals and the like are transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc, Kb, and the first display device 10 and The second display device 16 is controlled to display the effect of completion of the rising role. Next, in step S57, the main control program P1 operates the medal payout control program P9 to perform a process of paying out (M1 + M2) medals acquired by the player stored in the RAM 42a.

(Step S58)
It is determined whether or not the number of continuations of the big game has exceeded a preset upper limit number. This determination is made by checking the stored contents of the number of times of continuing the big game set in the RAM 42a. If the upper limit number has been exceeded, the process proceeds to step S59. On the other hand, if the upper limit number has not been exceeded, the big game continuation number is set to the first image control board via the sub control board Kb. After performing control to transmit to Kc, the process proceeds to step S60.

(Step S59)
Since the player has lost the right of the big game role, a process for storing “0” in the special game flag and a control command indicating that the right of the big game role has been lost are sent via the sub-control board Kb. Then, control to transmit to the first image control board Kc is performed. Then, the process proceeds to step S60.

(Step S60)
The player performs the process of adding the history data of the game executed this time to the history data storage area of the RAM 42a and recording the history data.

(Step S61) (Step S62)
In steps S61 and S62, progress control of the game that has acquired the right of chance game combination is performed. The control of the game progress is the same as the process in step S51 described above.

(Step S63)
Since the player has completed the winning combination, the processing of steps S54 to S57 described above is performed to determine the total number of medals acquired by the player, and the processing for paying out the medals from the medal payout device to the player. To do.

(Step S64) (Step S65)
When a game that has acquired the right of chance game role is executed, the game can be executed in a mode in which the right of big game is acquired for only one game. Accordingly, in step S64, “0” is stored in the special game flag, and the next game is controlled in the normal game mode. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S65, in which a control command indicating that the chance game has been completed is transmitted to the first image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb. Then, the process proceeds to step S60.

The main control program P1 mounted on the main control board Ka controls the progress of the game by executing the above-described steps.
In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, an input unit for stopping the operation of the automatic disposal program P12, which is a feature of the present invention, during the game may be provided on the panel 3. As this throwing-out automatic process stop input means, a push button switch or the like is used, and this press signal is input to the main control board Ka.

  The main control program P1 of the main control board Ka processes the pressing signal from the discard automatic process stop input means as an interrupt signal. When this interrupt signal is input to the main control board Ka, the main control program P1 performs the process shown in step S70 shown in FIG. 17, that is, the process of storing “0” in the above-described target rising combination acquisition flag. . As described above, when the player presses the throwing-out automatic process stop input means in the middle of the game, the target winning combination acquisition flag is cleared to “0”. For this reason, step S9 is executed after step S8.

  As described above, when the player presses the throwing-out automatic process stop input means, when the first self-stopping operation after the pressing operation is completed, the game target and the target of the game are again displayed from the goal-raising combination declaration screen G1 shown in FIG. As a result, it is possible to perform an operation for reporting the rising role to be performed again.

  In other words, the game ball does not necessarily enter the entrance that the player aimed at as a bowl to be self-defeated. For this reason, as described above, means for stopping the operation of the automatic throwing-away processing program P12 is provided at any time during the game depending on the situation of the manual operation after the self-manipulation operation, so that the goal of the game is increased. By making it possible to re-declare, it is possible to make a sparrow ball game machine more friendly to the player.

  In addition, a process for causing the player to select whether or not to execute the execution of the goal-raising role declaring means and the throwing-up automatic processing means, which is a feature of the present invention, at the start of the game, for example, after step S2 described above. You may make it perform. As this selection means, for example, one of “activate” and “do not actuate” displayed on the display device 10 is selected interactively by operating the right shift button 22a, the left shift button 22b, the selection decision button 23, and the like. Adopt a means to make. As a result, it is possible to select either the automatic processing by the program control described above or the manual operation for operating the discard button switch for the discard from the manual.

In the sparrow ball game machine of this invention, it is a front view which shows the structural example of the front part. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration example of a game board in the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. 1. In the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. 1, it is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the design of the entrance and the cage | basket which are installed in the lower part of a game board. In the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. 1, it is a front view for demonstrating the structural example of an operation panel. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen displayed on the second display device in the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen for making a player report the raising role which is the target of the said game for every game by an interactive system. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the control board which controls the action | operation of the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the main control board shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a structure of the symbol code table of the cage which shows the relationship between the symbol of the mahjong tile used for the sparrow ball game machine of this invention, and the symbol code set to this symbol. A data table set in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, which includes a name of a rising combination and its code, and a winning medal classified by rising combination indicating the number of medals that the player can obtain when the rising combination is completed. It is a figure for demonstrating the structural example of a number table. It is a figure for demonstrating the structural example of the program mounted in the sub control board shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a structure of the program mounted in the 1st image control board shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the structural example of the program mounted in the 2nd image control board shown in FIG. In the sparrow ball game machine of this invention, it is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of control of game progress. Similarly, it is a flowchart for explaining the flow of control of game progress. Similarly, it is a flowchart for explaining the flow of control of game progress. Similarly, it is a flowchart for explaining the flow of control of game progress. In the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. 1, it is a front view which shows the other structural example of an operation panel. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the criteria data for determining the symbol which should be thrown away from the present manual data in order to complete this rising combination for every rising combination. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen which displayed the design of the wrinkle which should be suppressed on the 1st display apparatus shown in FIG.

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1: Sparrow ball game machine 2: Game board 3: Operation panel 10: First display device 11: Attacker 13a, 13b, 13c, ...: Entrance 16: Second display device 18: Game start button 21 : Reach button P6: Goal winning combination reporting support program P8: Winning determination program P11: Necessary number calculation program P12: Abandoned automatic processing program P32a-3: Goal winning combination declaration screen display program G1: Goal winning combination declaration screen

Claims (4)

A game board in which a entrance corresponding to a plurality of types of samurai symbols is arranged, and a predetermined number of game balls set in advance are fired on the game board and corresponds to the entrance where the game ball enters Self-operating means for adding the symbol code to the storage area for storing the manual of the storage device as self-registration by the self-operation, and unnecessary from the manual corresponding to the symbol constituting the manual And a display device for displaying a symbol related to the manual data stored in the storage device, and the manual data to which the automatic data is added by the self-operation In a sparrow ball game machine that can earn the number of medals associated with the winning set for each rising combination when the combination of the rising combination set is completed,
In order to complete the combination of the rising hand for the hand data, the waste hand determining means for determining a symbol code of an unnecessary hand bag from the hand data,
Based on the design of the game displayed on the display device at the start of the game, the player is allowed to designate one rising combination from the preset rising combination as a target rising combination of the game, and the specification A target raising role declaring means for acquiring information related to the raised role and storing it in the storage device;
In order to complete the combination data of the rising combination acquired from the target rising combination reporting means, the hand data which has not completed the rising combination after the player and after the player has performed the self-operation,
The manual data is provided with automatic discard processing processing means for deleting one of the unnecessary design codes of the unnecessary discard determined by the discard determination unit from the manual data. Sparrow ball machine. The goal-raising role reporting means is:
About the preset winning combination, the rising combination list display means for displaying at least a list of names on the display device;
The ascending combination selection that causes the player to select one name from the list of ascending names displayed on the display device, and stores the ascending combination selection information associated with the selected ascending combination name in the storage device Means,
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, comprising:   2. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the throwing pad automatic processing means is capable of stopping its operation in response to an input signal from the throwing pad automatic processing stopping means. The goal-raising role reporting unit is configured such that when the discarding automatic processing unit is stopped by the discarding automatic process stopping unit during the game, the first self-operation is stopped after the operation is stopped. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game machine is operated later.

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