JP2008253572A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further enhance game performance through acoustic sense by making it possible to change the musical sound output from a sound generating section by the technical interference of a player. <P>SOLUTION: A pinball game machine has a game area into which game balls are shot, a plurality of prize winning holes into which the game balls can enter, a detecting sensor 23 capable of detecting that the game balls enter the respective prize winning holes, and a performance control section 26 capable of outputting musical sound source information. The performance control section 26 includes a memory 261a stored with the musical sound source information corresponding to the respective prize winning holes 23 and carries out the control outputting the musical sound source information corresponding to the prize winning hole into which the game balls enter to a speaker 10 triggered by that the detecting sensor 23 that the game balls enter. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine provided with a plurality of winning holes in which game balls can enter each game area.

Conventionally, in a ball game machine, when a game ball enters a prize opening provided in the game area, a musical sound (BGM) corresponding to the game state is output from a speaker and sound sources such as musical instruments are sequentially superimposed. By doing so, there is one in which the production through sound is improved by gradually expanding the expansion (sound range and volume) of the musical sound (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2006-6737 A

  However, in the above-mentioned ball game machines, the number of sound sources such as musical instruments output from the speakers is determined by the control of the control unit provided in the game machine. Even if there is a timbre or the like of the musical instrument to be played, it is impossible to change the musical tone by the player's technical intervention, and there is a possibility that the game effect through hearing will be bored early.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and it is possible to change the musical sound output from the sound generation unit by the player's technical intervention, and to further improve the game performance through hearing. The object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine that can be used.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) a game area into which game balls are to be driven, a plurality of winning holes through which game balls can be inserted, a detection sensor capable of detecting that a game ball has entered each of the winning holes, and music source information In a ball game machine comprising a control unit capable of output, the control unit includes a memory storing music source information corresponding to each winning opening, and the detection sensor detects the entry of a game ball As a trigger, control is performed to output or stop the music sound source information corresponding to the winning opening into which a game ball has entered a sound generating unit capable of outputting as a sound.

(2) A game area where game balls can be thrown in, a plurality of winning holes through which game balls can enter, a detection sensor that can detect that a game ball has entered each of the winning holes, and image information can be displayed. And a control unit capable of outputting music source information and image information, the control unit has a memory storing music source information and image information corresponding to each winning opening. In addition, when the detection sensor detects the entrance of a game ball, the musical sound source information corresponding to the winning port into which the game ball has entered is output or stopped to a sound generator capable of outputting as a sound. At the same time, control is performed to output or stop the image information to the display device.

(3) In the above item (1) or (2), the control unit changes the volume of the music sound source information output corresponding to the winning opening into which a game ball has entered.

(4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), the winning opening is a disadvantageous one by a player when a game ball has entered a specific winning opening provided in the gaming area. The state changes from an advantageous second state.

(5) In the above item (4), the control unit is triggered by the game ball having entered the winning port that has changed to the second state as the game ball enters the specific winning port. The musical sound source information corresponding to the winning opening where the game ball has entered is output.

(6) In the above item (4), the control unit is triggered by a game ball having entered the winning port that has changed to the second state as the gaming ball enters the specific winning port. Then, the output of the music source information corresponding to the winning opening where the game ball has entered is stopped.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the musical sound source information corresponding to the winning opening into which the game ball has entered is output or stopped, the musical sound output from the sound generator is changed by the technical intervention of the player. It is possible to improve game production through hearing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the musical sound source information and the image information corresponding to the winning entrance into which the game ball has entered is output or stopped, the musical sound output from the sound generation unit by the technical intervention of the player In addition, the image information displayed on the display device can be changed, and game effects through hearing and vision can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to improve the game effect through hearing by changing the volume of the musical sound corresponding to the winning opening into which the game ball has entered.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a game ball enters the specific winning opening, and the musical sound output from the sound generating unit is changed by causing the gaming ball to enter the winning opening changed to the second state. be able to.

According to the invention described in claim 5, when the game ball has entered the winning opening changed to the second state, by outputting the musical sound source information corresponding to the winning opening where the game ball has entered, It is possible to determine which winning opening is in the first state based on the musical sound that is output at the time, and to determine the game situation through hearing.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the game ball has entered the winning opening changed to the second state, the output of the musical sound source information corresponding to the winning opening where the game ball has entered is stopped. Based on the musical sound output at that time, it can be determined which winning opening is in the second state, and the gaming situation can be determined through hearing.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine to which the present invention is applied. In the following description, the front side of the drawing in FIG. 1 is “front or front”, the back of the drawing is “back or back”, the left is “left”, and the right is “right”.

  A pachinko machine 1 that forms a ball game machine is a circular game area that is fixed in the outer frame 2 and is surrounded by an outer guide rail 3 and an inner guide rail 4 on the surface. 5 and a frame-shaped front door 7 supported by the outer frame 2 so that the surface of the game board 6 can be opened and closed.

The front door 7 is a window portion in which a glass 8 is fitted in the center, and a plurality of lamps 9 and a speaker 10 forming a sound generating portion are provided around the window portion.

  Below the front door 7, there are provided a ball storage tray 11 capable of storing game balls, and a launching handle 12 that is operated when driving the game balls stored in the ball storage tray 11 into the game area 5.

  In the game area 5, a large number of nails 5 a, a windmill 5 b, a center accessory 13, and a plurality (six in this embodiment) of open / close prize winning openings 14 a to 14 f are arranged. Further, at the lowermost part of the game area 5, there is provided an out port 17 through which game balls that have been driven into the game area 5 are discharged to the back side of the gaming machine 1.

The game balls stored in the ball storage tray 11 are launched from the launching device 29 (see FIG. 2) provided on the back side of the front door 7 by rotating the launching handle 12, and the outer guide rail 3 And it is guided by the inner guide rail 4 and driven into the game area 5, and flows down while contacting the game nail 5a and the windmill 5b.

  Each of the open / close winning ports 14a to 14f is in a closed state in which a game ball driven into the game area 5 cannot enter or is difficult to enter, that is, a first state that is disadvantageous for the player, and an open state in which the game ball is easy to enter. That is, it is possible to change to the second state that is advantageous to the player. When the game balls enter the open / close prize winning openings 14a to 14f, a predetermined number of game balls as prize balls from the payout device 27 (see FIG. 2) provided on the back side of the gaming machine 1 are used as the ball storage tray 11. To be paid out.

The left and right sides of the center accessory 13 are provided with approach paths 13a and 13a that allow a game ball driven into the game area 5 to enter the center accessory 13, and a lower center in the center accessory 13 The section is provided with a V winning opening 18 which forms a specific winning opening.

When a game ball that has been driven into the game area 5 enters the center accessory 13 through the approach path 13a and enters the V winning opening 18, all open / close winning openings 14a to 14f are opened. A gaming state occurs.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system for controlling the pachinko machine 1. The control system stores a basic program related to a game and is configured around the main control unit 20, and the operation of each unit is controlled based on a command signal from the main control unit 20.

In the input interface of the main control unit 20, a V winning detection sensor 21 that detects that a game ball has entered the V winning opening 18, and a game ball entering corresponding to each of the open / close winning openings 14a to 14f is detected. A group of possible winning detection sensors 23 are connected to each other, and a solenoid computer for opening and closing each of the open / close winning ports 14a to 14f and a hall computer for centrally managing the progress of the game are also connected to the output interface. 25, an effect control unit 26 that is a control unit that controls the lamp 9 and the speaker 10 in accordance with the gaming state, and a payout control unit 28 that controls the payout device 27 are connected to each other. A discharge control unit 30 that controls the discharge device 29 is connected to the payout control unit 28.

When the main control unit 20 receives the V winning signal from the V winning detection sensor 21, the main control unit 20 outputs an opening drive signal to the solenoid 24 to open all the open / close winning ports 14a to 14f, and also outputs the V winning to the effect control unit 26. Send a signal.

As shown in FIG. 3, the production control unit 26 performs sound control when a specific gaming state occurs, and includes a sound source control unit 261 for sound control and a sound source generation unit 262, and includes the main control unit 20. Specific music source information is output based on the V winning signal output from.

The sound source control unit 261 has a memory 261a that stores a plurality of pieces of music sound source information corresponding to the respective open / close prize winning openings 14a to 14f, that is, a plurality of pieces of music sound source information assigned so as to correspond to detection signals of the respective prize detection sensors 23. In addition, when each open / close prize opening 14a-14f changes to the open state, the musical sound source information assigned to the open / close prize opening 14a-14f changed to the open state is read from the memory 261ab, and the read musical sound source information is generated as a sound source To the unit 262.

The sound source generation unit 262 includes a sound source ROM that stores a plurality of music data and a plurality of sound sources, and a plurality of sequencers that perform sound generation, start and stop of musical performance, music setting, and the like. When the sound source information is input, the sequencer corresponding to the music sound source information operates.

The sequencer of the sound source generation unit 262 records guitar, bass, piano, trumpet, drum and other musical instruments, and singing sound source information so as to correspond to the open / close prize winning openings 14a to 14f. For example, guitars, basses, pianos, trumpets, drums, and singing voices are assigned to the open / close winning ports 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, and 14f, respectively.

Next, the operation of the ball game machine 1 and the musical sound source output control by the effect control unit 26 will be described.
When a game ball that has been driven into the game area 5 enters the V winning opening 18 of the center accessory 13, a specific gaming state occurs in which all the open / close winning openings 14a to 14f are opened. In addition, the effect control unit 26 reads out and outputs a plurality of pieces of musical sound source information corresponding to the opened / closed prize winning openings 14a to 14f from the memory 261a. The speaker 10 superimposes and outputs a plurality of pieces of music source information output from the effect control unit 26 to notify the player that the player is in a specific gaming state.

In the specific gaming state, for example, when a game ball is entered into the opening / closing prize opening 14a, the opening / closing prize opening 14a is closed, and the effect control unit 26 stops outputting the musical sound source information corresponding to the opening / closing prize opening 14a. . Further, in this state, when a game ball enters the open / close prize opening 14b, the open / close prize opening 14b is closed and the output of the music source information corresponding to the open / close prize opening 14b is stopped. Furthermore, when a game ball is entered into the open / close winning opening 14c, the open / close winning opening 14c is closed and the output of the music source information corresponding to the open / close winning opening 14c is stopped. And finally, when all the opening / closing prize winning openings are closed, the production control unit 26 stops outputting all the musical sound source information. In this manner, the number of pieces of musical sound source information output from the effect control unit 26 can be changed every time a game ball is inserted into the opened open / close prize winning openings 14a to 14f.

As described above, when the detection sensor 23 detects the entry of a game ball, the opening / closing prize winning is stopped by stopping the output of the music source information corresponding to the opening / closing prize opening 14a to 14f into which the game ball has entered. Each time the balls 14a to 14f are entered, that is, with the player's technical intervention, it is possible to stop the output of the musical sound not desired by the player and output only the desired musical sound from the speaker 10, so that the game effect through hearing Can be improved.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following various modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
(I) Change the sound source of the music sound source information as appropriate.
(Ii) Change the number of winning awards as appropriate.
(Iii) When a game ball has entered the specific winning opening 18, the plurality of opening / closing winning openings 14a to 14f are opened, and the opening / closing winning openings 14a to 14f are opened without outputting a musical sound at first. Every time a player enters the game, the music source information corresponding to the opened / closed prize opening is sequentially superimposed and output.
(Iv) Without providing the specific winning opening 18, only the open / close winning opening where the game ball has entered is opened, and a musical sound source corresponding to the opened opening / closing winning opening is output.
(V) The volume of the musical sound source information output corresponding to the entered opening / closing prize opening is changed when the game ball enters the opening / closing prize opening 14a-14f.
(Vi) The musical sound source assigned to each of the open / close prize winning openings 14a to 14f is appropriately changed.
(Vii) A display device including a liquid crystal screen or the like capable of displaying image information based on a command from the effect control unit 26 is provided in the game area in accordance with the game situation. And the production | generation control part 26 memorize | stores the musical sound source information and image information corresponding to each opening / closing prize-winning opening 14a-14f in the memory 261a, and triggered by having detected each game sensor ball's entrance with each detection sensor 23, Control is performed to output or stop the musical sound source information corresponding to the winning openings 14a to 14f into which the game balls have entered, and to output or stop the image information to the display device.
(Viii) When a game ball enters the V winning opening 18, a part of the open / close winning openings 14a to 14f is opened.
(Ix) When a game ball enters the V prize opening 18, instead of the game where all of the open / close prize openings 14 a to 14 f are opened, the game ball goes to the V prize opening 18 or a start opening provided separately in the game area 5. When a lottery is executed in the main control unit 20 and the number or symbol displayed on the display device described in (vii) becomes a predetermined display mode as a result of the lottery. All of the open / close prize winning openings 14a to 14f are opened or some of them are opened.

It is a front view of a ball game machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a block diagram of a control system for controlling a ball game machine. It is a block diagram of an effect control unit.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine (ball game machine)
2 outer frame 3 outer guide rail 4 inner guide rail 5 game area 5a game nail 5b windmill 6 game board 7 front door 8 glass 9 lamp 10 speaker (sound generating section)
11 ball storage tray 12 firing handle 13 center accessory 13a access path 14a-14f opening and closing winning opening 17 out opening 18 V winning opening (specific winning opening)
20 main control unit 21 V winning detection sensor 23 winning detection sensor group 24 solenoid 25 hall computer 26 effect control unit (control unit)
27 Dispensing device 28 Dispensing control unit 29 Firing device 30 Firing control unit 261 Sound source control unit 261a Memory 262 Sound source generating unit

Claims (6)

A game area into which a game ball is thrown in, a plurality of winning holes through which game balls can enter, a detection sensor that can detect that a game ball has entered each of the winning holes, and music source information can be output In a ball game machine equipped with a control unit,
The control unit includes a memory that stores music source information corresponding to each winning opening, and corresponds to the winning opening where the game ball has entered when the detection sensor detects the entering of the gaming ball A ball game machine characterized by performing control to output or stop the musical sound source information to a sound generating unit capable of outputting as sound. A game area into which game balls are to be driven, a plurality of winning holes through which game balls can be inserted, a detection sensor capable of detecting that a game ball has entered each of the winning holes, and a display device capable of displaying image information And a ball game machine equipped with a control unit capable of outputting music source information and image information,
The control unit includes a memory that stores music source information and image information corresponding to each winning opening, and when the detection sensor detects the entry of a game ball, the prize that the game ball has entered is received. A bullet ball game machine, wherein the music sound source information corresponding to the mouth is output to or stopped from a sound generating unit capable of outputting as sound, and image information is output to or stopped from the display device. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the control unit changes a volume of the music sound source information output corresponding to the winning opening into which the game ball has entered. 2. The winning opening is changed from a disadvantageous first state to an advantageous second state by a player when a game ball has entered a specific winning opening provided in the gaming area. The ball game machine in any one of 1-3. The control unit is configured to receive the game ball that has entered the game ball when the game ball has entered the game port that has changed to the second state as the game ball enters the specific game port. 5. The ball game machine according to claim 4, wherein the music sound source information corresponding to is output. The control unit is configured to receive the game ball that has entered the game ball when the game ball has entered the game port that has changed to the second state as the game ball enters the specific game port. 5. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 4, wherein the output of the music source information corresponding to is stopped.

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