JP2009028236A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which enables the sharing of parts of an illuminating device and can be used as a different illuminating device by exchanging only the parts that are not shared. <P>SOLUTION: A light transmission pattern section 74 provided with a plurality of through holes 74a in a specified shape which allows projected light Li pass through is composed in a way that it is replaceable for a contained lens section 55 and the through holes are shaped in a plurality of types of configurations. Consequently, a lighting device 42 of different shapes that are compatible to each model can be easily achieved by only exchanging the light transmission pattern section of the lighting device 42 on an as-needed basis. Thus, the lighting devices in different shapes in accordance with models with different specifications can be easily developed by only changing a mold when manufacturing the light transmission pattern section to reduce cost for manufacturing different molds anew for cost reduction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine provided with an electric decoration device in a gaming area.

  Generally, as a game machine, for example, a pachinko machine, a game ball staying in a ball tray is launched into the game area of the game board according to the operation of the launch handle, and then led to obstacle nails or windmills in the game area. However, there are known ones configured to flow down the board surface and enter various winning holes, or flow into the out holes at the bottom of the game board without entering.

  In such a pachinko machine, when a player enters a general winning opening, a corresponding number of game balls are paid out, and when a player enters a starting chucker, a jackpot lottery is performed based on this and a predetermined number The game balls are paid out, and according to the result of the lottery, a predetermined effect display is performed on the screen of a symbol display device such as a liquid crystal provided in the center portion of the game board. When a big hit is generated, a big winning opening called an attacker is opened, and a large amount of game balls are paid out in response to the entry.

  By the way, in the pachinko machine as described above, there is known a game area equipped with an illumination device that emits light so as to enhance the effect of the game during the game (see Patent Document 1).

  The pachinko machine provided with the electrical decoration device includes a plurality of light guide bars having a plurality of cut grooves formed on the outer peripheral surface, and upper and lower light emitting unit units disposed so as to face the upper and lower end faces of the light guide bar. And has a rear light-emitting device arranged slightly apart on the back side of each of the light guide rods, and emits light from the front light-emitting device and travels straight inside each of the light guide rods. By mixing the light emitted from each of the cut grooves and the light emitted from the rear light emitting device, a light emission state of a single color or a mixed color is realized.

JP 2003-180950 A

  However, in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1, although the lighting effect can be enhanced by combining the light emission by the front light emitting device and the light emission by the rear light emitting device, even if the same series of pachinko machines, In the case of slightly different designs corresponding to different models with different specifications, the components of different illumination devices must be individually manufactured with different molds. For this reason, there is a concern that the cost for newly producing a different mold increases and the manufacturing cost increases.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a gaming machine that can be used as another electric decoration device by replacing only the parts that are not shared while attempting to share the parts of the electric decoration device, thereby solving the above-described problems. It is intended to do.

According to the first aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 8), at least one of the game area (3a) and the outer shape forming portion (13) (so-called rail decoration) that forms the outer shape of the game area is an electric decoration device. In a gaming machine (1) provided with (42, 24), a game ball (Ba) is launched into the gaming area (3a) and played.
The illumination device (42, 24)
A light emitting unit (72, 62) for light projection;
A plurality of through-holes (74a, 65a, 67a, 34a) having a predetermined shape (for example, a rectangular shape, a circular shape, a star shape, and a parallelogram shape) that allows the projection light (Li) from the light emitting portion (72, 62) to pass therethrough. A light passage pattern portion (74, 65, 67, 34) having,
Projection light (Li) from the light emitting part (72, 62) that has received the light passage pattern part (74, 65, 67, 34) and has passed through the light passage pattern part (74, 65, 67, 34). And an accommodating portion (55, 29) that allows the light to pass forward,
The light passage pattern part (74, 65, 67, 34) is configured to be a plurality of types that are exchangeable with respect to the housing part (55, 29) and have different shapes of the through holes.
The gaming machine (1) is characterized by this.

According to a second aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 2 to 6), the translucent panel in which the accommodating portion (55, 29) is located in front of the light passage pattern portion (74, 65, 67, 34). (55b, 29b) and
The translucent panels (55b, 29b) have decorative seals (44, 66, 68, 33a) having openings (44a, 66a, 68a, 33a) having the same shape as the through holes (74a, 65a, 67a, 34a). 33) are attached to face each other,
A gaming machine (1) according to claim 1.

The present invention according to claim 3 (see, for example, FIG. 1 and FIG. 5) is a status indicator lamp in which the electrical decoration device (for example, 24) is provided in the outer shell forming portion (13).
A gaming machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2.

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

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the light passage pattern part having a plurality of through holes in a predetermined shape that allows the projection light to pass through is configured to be a plurality of types that are exchangeable with respect to the housing part and have different through hole shapes. Therefore, parts other than the light passage pattern portion in the electric decoration device can be shared, and if only the light passage pattern portion that is not shared is replaced, it can be used as another electric decoration device. In other words, by simply replacing the light passage pattern part of the illumination device with one having a through hole of a different shape, it is possible to easily realize an illumination device with a different shape that can correspond to each model. Thus, it is possible to easily produce an electric decoration device having a different shape according to the method by simply changing the mold used when manufacturing the light passage pattern portion. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost for newly manufacturing different molds and realize cost reduction.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the accommodating portion has the translucent panel positioned in front of the light passage pattern portion, and the decorative seal having the opening having the same shape as the through hole faces the translucent panel. In addition to making the shape of the through hole of the light passage pattern portion different, the difference in shape is further clarified by the decorative seal attached to the accommodating portion so as to face the through hole, and the decorative seal When the color is changed, the decorativeness can be improved.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the electrical decoration device is a status indicator lamp provided in the outer contour forming portion, a part other than the light passage pattern portion in the status indicator lamp, that is, an outer contour forming portion called a rail decoration is provided. Therefore, the cost can be reduced more effectively.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention, a pachinko machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In each embodiment to be described later, the gaming machine of the present invention is described as a so-called one type of pachinko machine, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other types of pachinko machines such as one type. Of course. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external structure of the pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 is configured to play a game ball (so-called pachinko ball) toward a game area 3 a of the game board 3 by operating a launch device (not shown) by operating a launch handle 2. In this state, a number of game balls corresponding to the game balls that have entered the attacker (game parts) 5 in a state where a big hit such as a so-called probability fluctuation has occurred are configured to be paid out. Per probability fluctuation (also referred to as “probability per change”) means that, when the jackpot of the probability change mode is won as a result of the lottery, it is advantageous to the player at least until the next jackpot is drawn in the game state in the probability change mode. It means a special state that can add value. On the other hand, there is a “normal hit” as a big hit that does not become the special state.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 includes a frame-shaped casing 6 having an opening, and a front door 7 that is attached to the casing 6 so as to be openable and closable. A glass frame 10 having a transparent glass 9 is attached to the front face so as to be opened and closed. On the back side of the transparent glass 9, the game board 3 is disposed. An effect lighting device 11 is arranged on the left and right of the game board 3 in the front door 7, and an effect lighting device 8 is arranged in the upper center of the game board 3 in the front door 7. A sound emitting device 12 having a speaker (not shown) is disposed on the front door 7 on the left and right upper and lower left and right sides of the game board 3. A locking device 18 for locking and releasing the front door 7 to the housing 6 side is disposed on the right side of the glass frame 10. The gaming machine main body is composed of the housing 6 and the front door 7.

  A dish unit 16 is provided below the game board 3 in the front door 7, and a ball supply port 17 through which game balls including prize balls and rental balls are supplied is provided in the upper right part of the dish unit 16. A ball lending button 19 a and a prepaid card return button 19 b are provided on the upper right wall surface of the dish unit 16. The dish unit 16 includes a first ball release button 20a for discharging game balls on the dish unit 16 downward from a vicinity of a launching device (not shown) through a ball discharge port (not shown) below the dish unit. A second ball release button 20b is provided for discharging the game ball on the tray unit 16 from the vicinity of the ball supply port 17 downward through the ball discharge port.

  Further, on the right side of the dish unit 16, a firing handle 2 for operating a launching device to launch a game ball toward the game area 3a is disposed. Further, an ashtray 21 and a player participation button (so-called chance button) 22 are disposed on the lower left side of the tray unit 16. In addition, the code | symbol 14 in FIG. 1 has shown the guide rail which guides the game ball launched by operation of the launch handle 2 to the game area | region 3a.

  A center ornament 23 having a warp introduction port 37 for introducing a part of a game ball launched into the game area 3a is arranged at the center of the game area 3a. An opening 36 is formed at the center of the center ornament 23, and a stage s is provided below the opening 36. A game ball guide path 57 that guides the game ball introduced from the warp introduction port 37 to the stage s is formed on the left side of the stage s of the center decoration 23. At the lower center of the stage s, there is formed a discharge port 49 through which the game ball that rolls on the stage s and falls into a drop guide hole (not shown) is dropped toward the starting chucker (game part) 27. Yes.

  In addition, an image display device 35 is mounted and fixed to the game board 3 from the back of the game board with the screen 35 a exposed from the opening 36. On the lower left and right sides of the center ornament 23, general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, and 26b for performing general winnings that do not contribute to the jackpot lottery are arranged. Below the center ornament 23, the starter chucker 27 and the attacker 5 are sequentially arranged. 1 is provided in the lower right part of FIG. 1 in the game board 3 so as to form an outline of the game area 3a (so-called rail decoration). A status indicator lamp 24 as a decoration device is arranged. This status indicator lamp 24 indicates various contents indicating the state of the pachinko machine 1 such as a “high probability state” by winning per probability change and a “time shortening (short time) state” by winning per normal. The light emission state (combination of light emission positions, blinking, lighting, extinguishing state) is displayed.

  The start chucker 27 receives a prize that can trigger a big hit lottery execution, and is actuated to open and close between an open position and a close position by a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 70 (see FIG. 8). A pair of obstacle nails 30 as so-called life nails are driven directly above the starting chucker 27.

  The attacker 5 is released when the jackpot is generated and wins a game ball which is launched into the game area 3a and rolls down. For example, when the player completes nine pitches in one release And the opening / closing operation is repeated 15 times. Note that the number of balls entered and the number of opening / closing operations are not limited to nine or fifteen, and can be appropriately set as necessary.

  In the game area 3a, wind turbines 31 are disposed on the left and right of the center ornament 23, and normal symbol operation gates (through gates) 32 are disposed on the left and right of the start chuck 27 under the stage s. The normal symbol operation gate 32 is a accessory through which a game ball is passed as a trigger for a lottery for opening and closing the starter chucker 27. And the lighting apparatus 42 as an electrical decoration apparatus of this invention is arrange | positioned under the center decoration 23 in the game area | region 3a.

  A game ball that spills from the stage s or is not involved in the stage s after being fired around the normal symbol operating gate 32, the general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b, the starting chucker 27, etc. in the game area 3a. Numerous obstacle nails including the obstacle nail 30 for driving the falling game balls to be appropriately scattered or guided to the incoming balls are driven. In addition, a large number of obstacle nails are also driven around the warp introduction port 37 and above the warp introduction port 37 in order to scatter the game balls as appropriate or guide them to the entrance. In such a pachinko machine 1, the game proceeds so that the game ball launched into the game area 3a can enter the starter chucker 27 or the like via the stage s or directly without the stage s. It is done.

  Note that the phrase “warp introduction” in the present embodiment means that the game ball launched into the game area 3a is not started through a notch or the like (not shown) positioned relatively below the game area 3a. It is a concept that means to lead on 27. The “road nail” means a row of a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) driven to the left and right of the starting chucker 27 in the game area 3a. It plays the role which guides the starting chucker 27 direction.

  Next, the illumination device 42 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 is a diagram showing in detail the structure of the lighting device 42, (a) is a front view showing the decorative member 54, (b) is an enlarged plan view showing one illumination portion of the decorative member 54, FIG. 5C is a side sectional view taken along the line cc in FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing one illumination portion of the decorative member 54, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are perspective views showing light passage pattern portions other than the light passage pattern portion 74.

  In other words, the lighting device (lighting device) 42 has a decorative member 54 that is mounted on the game board 3 with the attacker 5 in the center and the shape of the rear portion of the automobile is copied below the starting chucker 27. Yes. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, illumination parts simulating a tail lamp at the rear of the vehicle are arranged on the left and right of the attacker 5 in the decorative member 54, and a license plate at the rear of the vehicle is located at the center of the attacker 5. A decorative member 5a simulating the above is disposed. A pattern 58 including a rear glass and a door mirror is drawn between the starter chucker 27 and the lighting device 42 and imitates the upper side of the rear part of the automobile (see FIG. 1).

  As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C and FIG. 3, the lighting device 42 includes a light emitting unit 72 that is arranged on the inner side of the game board 3 and projects light, a decorative member 54, and a housing lens unit 55. A light passage pattern portion 74 having a plurality of (18 in this embodiment) through-holes 74a in a predetermined shape (rectangular in the present embodiment) that is received in the projection light Li from the light emitting portion 72, and An accommodation lens portion (accommodation portion) 55 that receives the light passage pattern portion 74 while being fixed to the decorative member 54 and transmits the projection light Li from the light emitting portion 72 that has passed through the light passage pattern portion 74 forward. ,have.

  The light emitting unit 72 has a rectangular substrate 72a and a plurality (12 in this embodiment) of LEDs 73 mounted on the substrate 72a. The number of the LEDs 73 is smaller than the number of the through holes 74a (see FIG. 3), because the lighting device 42 does not use the difference in the light emission state of each of the through holes 74a. On the other hand, since the status indicator lamp 24 displays the status according to the light emission state of each through hole 34a, the same number of LEDs 63 as the through holes 34a are provided (see FIG. 6).

  The light passage pattern portion 74 has a rectangular shape as a whole, and has a plurality of (18 in this embodiment) through-holes 74a formed in a lattice shape.

  The accommodation lens portion 55 receives and accommodates the light passage pattern portion 74 and transmits the projection light Li (see FIG. 2C) from the light emitting portion 72 that has passed through the light passage pattern portion 74 forward. It is configured as follows. That is, the accommodation lens portion 55 is disposed on the left and right sides of the attacker 5 in the decorative member 54 as shown in FIG. 2A, and the light passing pattern as shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C. The housing portion 55 a is formed in a rectangular concave shape for housing the portion 74, and the translucent panel 55 b is located in front of the light passage pattern portion 74. The decorative member 54 has a rectangular concave through-opening 54a that is located on the rear side of the housing lens portion 55 and matches the housing portion 55a. The game board 3 has a rectangular concave through-opening 3c that is located on the rear side of the decorative member 54 and matches the through-opening 54a. The translucent state of the translucent panel 55b and the translucent panel 29b described later includes not only a completely transparent state without turbidity but also a translucent state and a colored translucent state.

  In addition, a decorative seal 44 having an opening 44a having the same shape as the through-hole 74a is attached to the surface of the translucent panel 55b so as to face each other.

  Next, the state indicator lamp 24 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing in detail the structure of the status indicator lamp, (a) is a front view showing the decorative member, (b) is a status display portion of the decorative member on the line bb of (a). It is a sectional side view taken along the line. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the state display unit in FIG.

  That is, the state indicator lamp (lighting device) 24 has a decorative member 28 provided in the outer shell forming portion 13 of the game board 3, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, And a light emitting unit 62 that projects light and is housed in the decorative member 28 and the housing lens unit 29 and has a predetermined shape (parallelogram shape in the present embodiment) that allows the projection light Li from the light emitting unit 62 to pass therethrough. The light passage pattern portion 34 having a plurality of (18 in this embodiment) through-holes 34a and the light passage pattern portion 34 while being fixed to the decorative member 28 are received and passed through the light passage pattern portion 34. And an accommodation lens portion (accommodation portion) 29 that transmits the projection light Li from the light emitting portion 62 forward.

  The light emitting unit 62 includes a parallelogram-shaped substrate 62a and a plurality (18 in this embodiment) of LEDs 63 mounted on the substrate 62a.

  The light passage pattern portion 34 has a parallelogram shape as a whole and has a plurality of parallelogram-shaped through holes 34a (18 in this embodiment) formed in a lattice shape.

  The accommodation lens portion 29 is configured to receive and accommodate the light passage pattern portion 34 and to transmit the projection light Li from the light emitting portion 62 that has passed through the light passage pattern portion 34 forward. In other words, the accommodation lens portion 29 is fixed to the decorative member 28, and the accommodation portion 29 a that is formed in a parallelogram concave shape that accommodates the light passage pattern portion 34, and the translucent light positioned in front of the light passage pattern portion 34. A panel 29b. The decorative member 28 has a parallelogram-shaped concave through-opening 28a that is located on the rear side of the housing lens portion 29 and matches the housing portion 29a. The game board 3 has a parallelogram-shaped concave through-opening 3d that is located on the rear side of the decorative member 28 and matches the through-opening 28a.

  In addition, a decorative seal 33 having an opening 33a having the same shape as the through-hole 34a is attached to the surface of the translucent panel 29b so as to face each other.

  In the present embodiment, the light passage pattern portion including the light passage pattern portion 74 and the light passage pattern portion 34 can be exchanged for the accommodation lens portion 55 and the accommodation lens portion 29 and can be exchanged with the through-hole 74a and the penetration port 34a. It is composed of multiple types with different shapes. That is, except for the light passage pattern portion 74 having the rectangular through-hole 74a and the light passage pattern portion 34 having the parallelogram-shaped through-hole 34a, the light passage pattern portion 74 and the light passage pattern portion 34 are entirely the same. A light passage pattern portion 65 having a circular shape and having a circular through-hole 65a and a light passage pattern portion 67 having a star-shaped through-hole 67a shown in FIG. 4 are prepared. In these cases, a circular opening 66a corresponding to the circular through-hole 65a is formed in the decorative seal 66 that is attached to the translucent panel 55b so as to face the light passage pattern portion 65, and the light passage A star-shaped opening 68a corresponding to the star-shaped through-hole 67a is formed in the decorative seal 68 attached to the translucent panel 55b so as to face the pattern portion 67. Note that the light passage pattern portions 65 and 67 and the decorative seals 66 and 68 in FIG. 4 are all drawn in a rectangular shape, but the light passage pattern portions 65 and 67 and the decorative seals 66 and 68 are shown in FIG. When the light passing pattern and the decorative seal exchangeable with the parallelogram shaped light passing pattern portion 34 and the decorative seal 33 shown in FIG. 6 are used, they are regarded as a parallelogram shaped one.

  Next, the back structure of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the rear structure of the pachinko machine 1.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7, a prize ball tank 43 is attached to the upper left side of the back of the front door of the pachinko machine 1, and the sub control board 38 and the main control board are located below the prize ball tank 43. 40 and the payout control board 51 are arranged in this order. An external terminal plate 52 is attached to the upper right side of the rear surface of the front door. Below the external terminal plate 52, an alignment standby passage 45, a prize ball device 46, a prize ball discharge passage 47, and a power supply unit 41 are provided. , And a launch control board 53 for a launcher (not shown) are arranged in this order. A locking device 18 is disposed on the left side of the back surface of the front door of the pachinko machine 1.

  Next, the control system of the pachinko machine 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The figure is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine.

  That is, the present control system includes a game control device 80, a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 70, an attacker opening / closing solenoid 71, a sound emitting device 12, and a lighting device for effects 8, 11, which are electrically connected to the game control device 80. The image display device 35, the LED 63 in the illumination device 42, and the LED 73 in the status indicator lamp 24 are provided.

  The game control device 80 includes the main control board 40 and the sub control board 38 shown in FIG. The main control board 40 manages the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 in an integrated manner, and includes a system program for managing the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 and a semiconductor memory in which a game execution program is stored in advance. And a storage unit (not shown) and a microprocessor (MPU) (not shown) that executes these programs. The sub-control board 38 is mainly configured to perform display control of image display, effects such as sound effects, and effect light.

  The game control device 80 includes a winning determination unit 81, a winning signal output unit 82, a lottery unit 83, a normal symbol lottery unit 94, a game control unit 86, a holding unit 87, an operation control unit 88, an operation determination unit 89, and an operation determination unit 90. , Production control means 91 and display control means 92 are provided.

  The winning determination means 81 includes a starting chucker 27, general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b, an attacker 5 and the like that are launched into the game area 3a by a launching device (not shown) operated by operating the launching handle 2. When any of the above is won, it is determined that there has been a win.

  The winning signal output means 82 outputs a winning signal indicating that winning has been made to the corresponding start chucker 27, general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b, the attacker 5, etc., when winning determination is determined by the winning determination means 81.

  The lottery means 83 executes a jackpot lottery (that is, a lottery to determine whether or not to shift to the special game state) in response to a winning of a game ball launched into the game area 3a. In other words, the lottery means 83 is advantageous to the player until the next jackpot is won when the winning signal corresponding to the starting chucker 27 from the winning signal output means 82 is input, with the winning with less than the maximum number of reserved balls. A jackpot random number is acquired and a jackpot lottery is executed so as to win either one of the probability fluctuation that becomes a special state that can add value and the normal hit that does not become the special state.

  The lottery means 83 is a lottery based on the production random number value in the case of winning the winning hit in the jackpot lottery. As a result of the change, the symbol such as “111” corresponding to the winning change is displayed on the jackpot active line of the image display device 35. A variation pattern to be finally aligned is determined, and a variation pattern signal to that effect is output. The “big hit effective line” means a position (line) where symbols should be arranged in a row in order to obtain a big hit. In addition, the lottery means 83 determines a variation pattern in which a symbol such as “222” corresponding to the normal hit is finally aligned on the jackpot active line as a result of the change when the normal win is won by the big hit lottery, A fluctuation pattern signal is output. Further, when the lottery means 83 is out of the big hit lottery, as a result of the fluctuation, the lottery means 83 determines a fluctuation pattern that the symbols such as “252” corresponding to the loss are finally aligned on the big hit effective line, and the fluctuation pattern to that effect Output a signal.

  The normal symbol lottery means 94 performs the normal symbol lottery for opening and closing the start chuck 27 with the game ball passing to the normal symbol operation gate 32 as an opportunity.

  The game control means 86 sends to the effect control means 91 a command that triggers the sound emitting device 12, the effect lighting devices 8, 11 and the lighting device 42 to emit sound and emit light. In addition, the game control means 86 sends to the display control means 92 a signal relating to the contents of the effect related to the jackpot lottery to be displayed on the image display device 35 in accordance with the preset effect data and the lottery result of the lottery means 83. .

  The holding unit 87 receives the variation pattern signal output from the lottery unit 83 and sequentially stores the variation pattern as a holding ball that is a result of the lottery performed each time the winning is made to the starting chucker 27. The storage status is lit and displayed on a jackpot lottery hold display device (not shown) so that there are a maximum of four hold balls. The holding means 87 always determines whether or not the number of held balls is, for example, four. While the number of held balls is four, the lottery lottery is not performed regardless of winning the starting chucker 27. . Note that the number of reserved balls that are lit and displayed as the reserved balls is not limited to the “maximum of four”, but may be set as appropriate, for example, three or less, or five or more.

  The operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the start chucker opening / closing solenoid 70 based on a signal indicating the start of operation of the operation determination means 90 to actuate the solenoid 70 to open or close the start chucker 27. Further, the operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71 to actuate the solenoid 71, and when a big hit occurs due to the lottery in the lottery means 83, the attacker 5 is opened and a predetermined number of winnings are completed (or a predetermined time). Control is performed so that the closing operation is repeated a predetermined number of times (predetermined rounds) every time the

  The operation determination unit 89 determines whether or not a condition for operating the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 70 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71 is satisfied. That is, in the starter chucker opening / closing solenoid 70, when the “satisfaction” of the opening / closing of the starter chucker 27 is satisfied, the normal symbol lottery means 94 wins in the normal symbol lottery performed separately from the big win lottery of the lottery means 83 It is. In the attacker open / close solenoid 71, when the "conditions" for the opening of the attacker 5 are satisfied, three big symbols from the state of so-called reach (including so-called super reach and normal reach) are aligned on the big hit effective line and the big hit This is a case where it occurs, and the time when “the condition is satisfied” of the blockage of the attacker 5 is the case where winning in all rounds when the jackpot occurs is completed.

  In response to the determination signal from the operation determination unit 89, the operation determination unit 90 determines the start of operation of the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 70 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71, respectively.

  In response to the command from the game control means 86, the effect control means 91 drives the sound emitting device 12 to emit sound, drives the effect lighting devices 8, 11 to emit light, and drives the LED 73 of the illumination device 42 to emit light, Produce appeal to the player's hearing and vision.

  The display control unit 92 drives the image display device 35 in accordance with the signal from the game control unit 86, and displays the effect such as the contents centering on the big win lottery result so as to appeal to the player's vision. At that time, the display control unit 92 displays each lottery result by the lottery unit 83 on the screen 35a of the image display device 35 in time series. Moreover, the display control means 92 gives a drive signal to each of the plurality of LEDs 63 of the status indicator lamp 24 and controls to display a gaming state corresponding to the progress of the game.

  Next, the effect | action by this pachinko machine 1 is demonstrated, referring also the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, when a player who is seated facing the pachinko machine 1 holds the launch handle 2 and rotates it to an appropriate angle (step S1), the game ball 3 is played at predetermined time intervals by the operation of the launch device. Fired continuously towards Then, a large number of game balls that are launched into the game area 3a and roll and fall are timely awarded to the starter chucker 27 and the general winning holes 25a, 25b, 26a, and 26b, or roll and fall without being involved in these. Then, the game area 3a is discharged to the back side of the game board 3 from the lowermost outlet (not shown).

  When a part of the game ball launched into the game area 3 a enters the warp introduction port 37, the game ball is released to the stage s via the game ball guide path 57. The released game ball rolls on the stage s, and the game ball that has successfully dropped into the drop guide hole (not shown) has a high winning probability (approximately 100%) to the starting chucker 27 via the discharge port 49. ).

  The game ball released from the discharge port 49 wins the starting chucker 27 with a high probability as described above, but may not win depending on the contact state with the obstacle nail 30. On the other hand, most of the game balls that are not introduced into the drop guide hole are released below the stage s and fall in a direction different from the starter chucker 27. The so-called jump nail (not shown) driven to the left and right of the obstacle nail 30 or the road nail (not shown) arranged in the left-right direction from the jump nail is rebounded, Some of them fall and win the starting chucker 27.

  By the way, when a game ball wins any of the starting chucker 27 and the general winning openings 25a, 25b, 26a, and 26b, the winning determining means 81 determines the winning and the winning signal output means 82 outputs a winning signal. Output (step S2).

  Then, when winning the lottery lottery (step S3), when the lottery means 83 turns on the winning flag, the lottery based on the production random number value determines the type of jackpot, that is, the variation pattern corresponding to the probability variation or the normal variation. .

  Thereby, in step S4, the winning symbol to be displayed on the image display device 35 is set, and the lottery means 83 outputs the fluctuation pattern signal to that effect and until the effect display based on the fluctuation pattern signal is completed. Turns on the symbol variation prohibition flag to prevent transmission of the next variation pattern signal, sets a symbol variation timer for measuring the time to release the turned on symbol variation prohibition flag, and transmits the variation pattern signal. In response to this, the number of reserved balls is decremented by one. On the other hand, if the lottery is lost in the lottery, a variation pattern is determined by the lottery based on the production random number value so that the symbols corresponding to the loss are finally obtained as a result of the variation. As a result, the off symbol displayed on the image display device 35 is set, and the lottery means 83 outputs a variation pattern signal to that effect, turns on the symbol variation prohibition flag, sets the symbol variation timer, and sets the variation pattern. The number of reserved balls is decremented by 1 in response to the signal transmission.

  Then, based on the fact that the game control means 86 transmits to the display control means 92 a signal relating to the contents of the effect to be displayed on the screen 35a of the image display device 35, the display control means 92 drives the image display device 35, The contents related to the jackpot lottery result are displayed so as to appeal to the player's vision (step S5). At this time, if a command is issued from the game control means 86, the effect control means 91 drives the sound emission device 12 to emit sound according to the effect on the screen 35 a, or the effect lighting devices 8, 11, The lighting device 42 is driven to emit light, and the operation is controlled so as to enhance the effect.

  In the above production, the production control means 91 drives the sound emission device 12 to emit sound or drives the LED 73 of the illumination device 42 to emit light in order to enhance the expectation, for example, when it develops to super reach. Here, the production control means 91 controls whether or not the LED 73 emits light in a simple lighting state or a slow blinking state, or makes the light emission of the LED 73 blink quickly or not to determine whether or not the winning lottery has been won. Enliven expectations more effectively.

  If the lottery result displayed on the screen 35a is a big hit decision, the operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the attacker opening / closing solenoid 71 at a predetermined timing based on the signal indicating the operation start decision of the operation decision means 90. Then, the solenoid 71 is operated to open the attacker 5, and the operation of closing every time a predetermined number of winnings are completed (or a predetermined time elapses) is repeated a predetermined number of times (predetermined rounds). Thereby, a large amount of game balls corresponding to the game balls won in the attacker 5 are paid out from the ball supply port 17 to the dish unit 16 (step S6).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the light passage pattern portions 74, 65, 67, and 34 having a plurality of through-holes 74a, 65a, 67a, and 34a having a predetermined shape that allows the projection light Li to pass therethrough are the housing lens portion 55 and the housing. A plurality of types (four types in the present embodiment) that are interchangeable with respect to the lens portion 29 and have different through-hole shapes are configured. That is, a lamp house is formed by the accommodating portion 55a and the through-opening 54a, or the accommodating portion 29a and the through-opening 28a, and components other than the light passage pattern portions 74, 65, 67, and 34 in the illumination device 42 and the status indicator lamp 24 are provided. In addition to being able to be shared, if only the light passage pattern portion that is not shared is replaced, it can be used as another illumination device 42 or status indicator lamp 24.

  For this reason, the illumination device 42 and the status indicator lamp 24 having different shapes that can correspond to each model can be handled by simply replacing the light passage pattern portions of the illumination device 42 and the status indicator lamp 24 with those having through holes of different shapes. Can be realized easily. Thereby, the illumination device 42 and the status indicator lamp 24 having different shapes according to models having different specifications can be easily produced simply by changing the mold used when the light passage pattern portion is manufactured. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost for newly manufacturing different molds and realize cost reduction.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the through-holes 74a, 65a, 67a, 34a of the light passage pattern portions 74, 65, 67, 34 are formed in a rectangular shape, a circular shape, a star shape, and a parallelogram shape, the pachinko machine 1 It is possible to select the optimal shape of the light passage pattern portion according to the theme given to the above.

  In the present embodiment, the accommodation lens portion 55 has a light transmitting panel 55b positioned in front of the light passage pattern portions 74, 65, and 67, and the accommodation lens portion 29 is located in front of the light passage pattern portion 34. A decorative panel 44, 66, 68, 33 having a transparent panel 29b and having openings 44a, 66a, 68a, 33a having the same shape as the through-holes 74a, 65a, 67a, 34a in the transparent panels 55b, 29b. Are attached to face each other. For this reason, in addition to making the shapes of the through holes 74a, 65a, 67a, and 34a of the light passage pattern parts 74, 65, 67, and 34 different, the accommodating lens unit is opposed to the through holes 74a, 65a, 67a, and 34a. 55 and the decorative seals 44, 66, 68, 33 attached to the housing lens portion 29 can further clarify the difference in shape. Furthermore, when the decorative seals 44, 66, 68, and 33 are colored, the decorativeness can be improved.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the electrical decoration device of the present invention is also applied to the status indicator lamp 24, parts other than the light passage pattern portion 34 in the status indicator lamp 24, that is, the outer shape forming portion 13 called a rail decoration are shared. Therefore, more effective cost reduction is possible.

  In the present embodiment, the electric decoration device of the present invention has been described with reference to an example in which the illumination device 42 provided in the pachinko machine 1 is applied to both the state indicator lamp 24 and the lighting device 42. Of course, the present invention may be applied to any one of the status indicator lamps 24.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the game machine of this invention is not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, A various correction and change are carried out from the structure of the said embodiment. The gaming machines that have been applied are also included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a front view which shows the external structure of the pachinko machine based on this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of an illuminating device in detail, (a) is a front view which shows a decorative member, (b) is a top view which expands and shows one illumination part in a decorative member, (c) is (b). FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view taken along the line cc. It is a perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows one illumination part in a decoration member. (A), (b) is a perspective view which shows another light passage pattern part. It is a figure which shows the structure of a status indicator in detail, (a) is a front view which shows a decoration member, (b) is the side which cut the status display part in a decoration member along the bb line of (a). It is sectional drawing. It is a perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the state display part in FIG. It is a rear view which shows the back structure of this pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of this pachinko machine. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action by this pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachislot machines (pachinko machines)
3 gaming board 3a gaming area 13 outline forming part 24 lighting device (status indicator lamp)
29,55 housing part (housing lens part)
29b, 55b Translucent panels 33, 44, 66, 68 Decorative seals 33a, 44a, 66a, 68a Openings 34, 65, 67, 74 Light passage pattern portions 34a, 65a, 67a, 74a Through-hole 42 Illumination device (illumination apparatus)
62,72 Light-emitting part Ba Game ball Li Projection light

Claims (3)

In a gaming machine comprising an electrical decoration device in at least one of a game area and an outer shell forming part that forms an outer shell of the game area, and a game ball that is played by launching a game ball in the game area,
The illumination device is
A light emitting unit for light projection;
A light passage pattern portion having a plurality of through-holes in a predetermined shape for allowing the projection light from the light emitting portion to pass through;
A receiving portion that receives the light passage pattern portion and transmits the projection light from the light emitting portion that has passed through the light passage pattern portion forward;
The light passage pattern part is configured to be a plurality of types that are exchangeable with respect to the housing part and have different shapes of the through holes.
A gaming machine characterized by that. The accommodating portion has a light transmissive panel located in front of the light passage pattern portion, and
The translucent panel is affixed with a decorative seal having an opening having the same shape as the through-opening.
The gaming machine according to claim 1. The electrical decoration device is a status indicator lamp provided in the outer shell forming portion,
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2.

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