JP2009261734A - Mahjong game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mahjong game machine not forcing a game player to do troublesome actions and avoiding errors in operation when the player finishes a game currently proceeding and starts a next game. <P>SOLUTION: In the mahjong game machine, a control means, when a game fixation start operating means is operated in the duration of progress of the game, fixes tiles in hand to finish the proceeding game and starts the next game. The control means includes a winning tile determining means for determining a winning-tile absence state in which a combination of images of the tiles in hand cannot complete a winning bonus combination, invalidates the start operating means until the determining means determines the winning-tile absence state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a sparrow ball game machine that performs a self-sufficient operation of launching a game ball onto a game board.

  A conventional sparrow ball game machine has a game board in which a plurality of entrances corresponding to symbols of a plurality of types of mahjong tiles (hereinafter referred to as “coffins”) are arranged, and one game (hereinafter “game”) in the game board. A game ball launching device for launching a predetermined number of game balls, a display device for displaying a game effect image, and a control device for controlling the progress of the game. When the player inserts a predetermined number of medals required for one game into the medal slot, the software installed in the control device of the sparrow ball game machine composed of the microcomputer starts the game, The progress of the game is controlled according to the player's abandonment and self-determination.

In such a sparrow ball game machine, when the player performs a game start operation, software installed in the sparrow ball game machine controls the progress of the game as follows.
First, the symbols of the 14 bags that are necessary for starting the game are determined by lottery using random number generating means and distributed as the player's hands. The 14 handed symbols that are arranged are displayed on the display device as the player's hand.

  Next, in the case where the symbols of the 14 baskets arranged are not consistent with the winning combination, the player throws out the single basket determined to be unnecessary from the 14 manuals. Perform the operation. When this throwing-in operation is performed, the control device performs a process of updating and displaying 13 symbols, which are the current method of the player, on the display device and launching one game ball. Control to supply to the device.

  Subsequently, the player performs a self-control operation of launching one game ball from the game ball launching device into the game board. 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-defeated kite. At this time, the software of the control device performs a process of storing its own symbol code in the manual data storage area of the storage device, and updates the 14 symbols that are the current manual of the player to the display device. Process to display. These operations (operation mechanism) and processes (programs) constitute a self-operating means of the sparrow ball game machine.

  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 the player's own operation matches a preset combination of a winning combination. The process which determines is performed. If the hand tile does not match the winning combination, the player again selects an unnecessary single bowl from the hand basket and performs the discarding operation. This discarding operation is performed by pressing a discarding switch button corresponding to the design of the manual displayed on the display device, and the manual data stored in the storage area is also updated. These throwing operation (operation mechanism) and processing (program) constitute a throwing operation means of the sparrow ball game machine.

In this way, the player performs a self-rotation operation to fire a predetermined number of game balls (for example, 11) within a predetermined number, and the number of the 14 hands is predetermined as the predetermined rising role. When the control is confirmed, the control device performs a process of paying out a predetermined number of medals set for each rising combination as a prize. Even when the automatic arrangement of the 14 baskets ends at the start of the above-described one game, the winning determination means determines whether or not these 14 distributions have already matched the winning combination. .
On the other hand, if the player launches a predetermined number of game balls and the hand is raised and does not match the role, that is, if the game ball is used up and cannot be raised, the control device ends this game (stream) The process is performed.

  The sparrow ball game machine is provided with a BET button for starting a game and a game end button for ending the game. The BET button is described above by pressing the BET button when a predetermined number of medals required for one game are inserted from the medal slot or when the medal is stocked in the gaming machine. The game starts as follows.

  On the other hand, the game end button is used to end a game in progress by pressing the game while the game is in progress. When the game end button is pressed with the hand and the rising hand being matched, the hand is confirmed, the game in progress is terminated, and the number of medals set for each rising hand is obtained. To be paid out. The game end button can be pressed even when the hand and the rising combination do not match. This is because even if the game ball remains and can be operated by itself, there may be a case where the rising combination cannot be completed, that is, there is no rise. Thus, when there is no rise, there is no point in launching the game ball, so the player presses the game end button to end the game.

  Further, the BET button has a function of ending an ongoing game, like the game end button. However, if the BET button is pressed while the game is in progress, the next game is started immediately after the game ends, provided that a predetermined number of medals are stocked in the gaming machine. In this way, the BET button has a function of not only simply starting a game but also ending an ongoing game and starting the next game for the following reason.

In other words, because of its characteristics, it is very difficult for a sparrow ball game machine to squeeze the required kite with high accuracy. Often there is no state. Therefore, the player often ends the game in progress and starts the next game immediately afterward.
At this time, if the BET button has only a function of starting the game, the player presses the game end button to end the game in progress and then presses the BET button. The next game must be started. That is, when starting the next game, the player must continuously repeat the two pressing operations, and must frequently repeat troublesome operations.

  Therefore, in order to eliminate the troublesome operation of the player, the BET button has a function of not only starting a game but also ending an ongoing game and starting the next game. It was.

JP-A-2005-81091

In the sparrow ball game machine, the BET button is always enabled during the progress of the game so that the operation of ending the ongoing game and the operation of starting the next game can be performed at a time.
However, the sparrow ball game machine has many buttons such as a throw-away switch button. Also, during the game, various operations such as abandonment operation and self-operation must be repeated frequently. Therefore, as described above, if the BET button is enabled while the game is in progress, the BET button is accidentally pressed even though the user does not intend to end the game in progress. There was a problem that was terminated on the way.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem, and when the current game is finished and the next game is started, the player is misoperated without forcing a troublesome operation. An object is to provide a sparrow ball game machine that never happens.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game board in which entrances corresponding to a plurality of types of kites are arranged, and a kite design corresponding to the entrances into which the game balls launched on the game board enter. Self-operating means for displaying on the hand display portion of the display device as self-operation by the operation; discarding operation means for throwing away unnecessary symbols from the hand symbols displayed on the hand display portion; In the sparrow ball game machine comprising the game confirmation start operation means for confirming the game and ending the game in progress and starting the next game, and the control means for controlling the progress of the game, the control means Comprises a rising eye determination means for determining a state of no rising eyes in which the combination of the symbols of the hand-claw cannot complete the rising combination, and the game confirmation start operation is performed until the rising eye determination means determines that the state of no rising eyes is present. means Characterized in that it disabled.
When the control means for controlling the progress of the game is composed of ROM, RAM, a program, etc., a ROM that constitutes a winning judgment means or a rising eye judgment means is provided separately from the ROM that constitutes the control means. There is a case. In this case, however, the ROM or the like constituting the winning determination means or the rising eye determination means exchanges electrical signals with the control means. Therefore, the term "control means having a winning determination means or a rising eye determination means" as used in the present invention is used as a concept that broadly includes those in which the control means and the winning determination means or the rising eye determination means exchange some electrical signal. ing.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the control means includes a winning determination means for determining a match state in which the combination of symbols of the hand and the hand matches a predetermined combination of rising symbols, and the winning determination means When the match state is detected, the game determination start operation means is validated.

According to the first and second aspects of the invention, the player can be forced to perform troublesome operations because the game in progress can be ended and the next game can be started simply by operating the game confirmation start operation means. The next game can be started immediately.
In addition, the game confirmation start operation means cannot be operated until there is no rise, so that the game in progress is not ended by mistake.

  In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to operate the game determination start operation means even when the combination of the symbols of the hand matches the combination of the symbols of the winning combination. In this way, in the main case where it is considered necessary to end the game, the game confirmation start operation means can be operated, so that the player's troublesome operation can be further eliminated.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a sparrow game machine according to the present invention will be described. The sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention is a game machine in which a game is played by using 108 spears in total, each of 27 kinds of spears, like the sparrow ball game machine proposed in the past. is there. The 27 types of kites are 9 types of eggplants, “Ichigo” or “Kyuho”, 9 types of “Itsutsu” or “Nine-cylinder”, There are two types of “Roku” and seven types of character “牌”, “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “發”, “Middle”. Therefore, the lion, tube, and cord are several, but the chord is only provided with “Ichigo” and “Juku”, so it is a cocoon that cannot form the “junko”, that is, It can be regarded as the same kind of character.

  In addition, the above-mentioned two kinds of numbers are composed of, for example, nine symbols from “Ichijo” to “Jiu” and nine types from “Ikko” to “Juku”. There are two types of sleeves: “One-cylinder” and “Nine-cylinder”. Characters are “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “、”, “Medium”. It is good also as a sparrow ball game machine which has a spear pattern comprised from. In addition, the sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention is composed of four kinds of spears, ie, three kinds of spears (eg, lion, tube, cord) and a sparrow sphere that uses a total of 136 symbols. It can also be implemented as a gaming machine.

  First, the structure of the front part of a housing | casing is demonstrated about the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on 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 part of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is basically 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 includes an audio output port 7 for outputting audio and sound effects, a lamp device 8, a guide rail 9, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 2 has a first display device 10 made of a liquid crystal display device in the vicinity of the center surrounded by the guide rails 9, and a ball that is placed obliquely below the first display device 10. The mouths 13a and 13b are arranged. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, 25 entrances 13c, 13d,... Are arranged in the lower portion 2a of the game board 2 in the lateral direction. On the right side of the first display device 10, a special entrance (hereinafter referred to as an attacker) 11 is provided, and an attacker operating port 12 through which a game ball can pass is provided above the attacker 11.
Each of the entrances 13 a, 13 b,... Has a spear symbol displayed thereon, and these 27 entrances 13 a, 13 b,. The “Ichigo” entrance 13a, and “Jukuno” entrance 13b is also arranged at the lower right corner. Furthermore, in the lower part 2a of the game board 2 below the first display device 10, as shown in FIG. 3, the “east” entrance 13c is located at the leftmost end, and subsequently the “south”. The entrance 13d, the entrance of the “first base” 13e,..., “North” entrances are arranged in a row in the horizontal direction at the rightmost 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 composed of a dot display or the like is provided above the game board 2. The display device 36 is controlled by a main control board Ka which is a main control means of the sparrow ball game machine 1 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 3 is provided with a second display device 16 composed of a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 17, and various operation buttons (button switches). These various operation buttons are disposed in the horizontal direction corresponding to the symbols of the 13 BET buttons 18 and 13 of the BET button 18 constituting the game confirmation start operation means of the present invention.牌 button switch 19a, 19b, ..., 19m, self-discarding heel button switch 20 for performing an operation of throwing away the rusted heel, reach operation input for applying reach when a hand is heard A reach button 21, a heel selection right shift button 22a, a heel selection left shift button 22b, a selection determination button 23, a game (game) end button 24, a medal payout button 25, and the like. Note that the discard button switch 19a, 19b,..., 19m, and the discard button button 20 serve as a discard operation means for performing an operation of discarding unnecessary bags from the hand.

  When the player operates the above-mentioned various buttons (presses the switch contact to turn on), for example, when the player presses the button switch 19a for discarding, a discarding signal is generated, and this signal is constituted by the microcomputer. Input to the control board. Then, software (hereinafter referred to as a 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 1st display apparatus 10 and the 2nd display apparatus 16 are used in order to display required information and the image for production according to progress of a game with respect to a player. The first display device 10 and the second display device 16 are constituted by a sub control board Kb, a first image control board Kc, and a second image control board Kd, which are sub control means of the sparrow ball game machine 1 described later. Be controlled.
The first display device 10 is mainly used when a player performs an operation of discarding an unnecessary bag from a hand bag and when a player operates a hand bag by itself. It is used as a means for displaying in advance the symbol of the kite that should be self-contained. This makes it possible for beginners with little knowledge of mahjong to enjoy the game easily.
The second display device 16 is mainly composed of the current number of medals stored by the player in the sparrow ball game machine 1, the number of remaining game balls during the game, and the symbol of the kite constituting the player's hand. It is used as a means for displaying the symbol of the bag discarded by the player as the discarded bag.

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, the medal accumulated number display unit 26, the remaining game ball number display unit 27, the front dram display unit 28, the back dram display unit 29, and the effect image display A part 30 and a parting waste display part 33 for displaying the design of the parting waste are provided. The effect image display unit 30 displays an effect image or the like when the rising combination is confirmed. In the upper part of the effect display unit 30, a BB game combination display unit 31a for displaying a rising combination (BB game combination) that can obtain the right of the BB game (big bonus game) among the special game combinations in the game. Is provided. In addition to the BB game combination display unit 31a, an RB game combination display unit 31b for displaying a rising combination (RB game combination) that can obtain the right of an RB game (regular bonus game), and a CB game (chance bonus). There is provided a CB game combination display unit 31c for displaying a rising combination (CB game combination) from which a right of (game) can be obtained.

  The BB game combination is a special game combination determined in advance by a lottery using random number generation means as a BB game combination for each game. When the BB game combination is raised in this BB game combination, a predetermined number of times (for example, 14) The right to play a special game that allows the player to proceed with the game advantageously can be obtained.

  A special game (hereinafter referred to as a BB game) acquired by going up as a BB game role is activated at the beginning of the game by the passing port on the game board (attacker operating port), and the player fires When the game ball passes through the attacker operation port, a special ball entrance (attacker) is opened. When a game ball enters the attacker, the player can select a desired basket as his / her own by operating the basket selection button or the like up to a predetermined number (for example, five times). When the rising combination is confirmed in the BB game, the BB game can be continued in the next game. In other words, once the player goes up in the BB game role, the player can continue to play the BB game up to the predetermined number of times as long as it continues to rise in the next and subsequent BB games.

  The RB game combination is a special game combination set by lottery using a random number generating means in advance as an RB game combination for each game. When the RB game combination is raised, only the next one game is the BB game described above. Is something that can be done.

  The CB game combination is a special game combination set in advance by lottery using a random number generating means as a CB game combination for each game. When the rising combination set as the CB game combination is fixed, Becomes effective. When the player passes the remaining game balls of the game through the activated attacker operating port, the special entrance is opened. Then, when a game ball enters the special entrance, the player can select a desired basket as his / her own by operating a basket selection button or the like. By this operation, when the rising combination is confirmed again in the game, that is, when the second rising combination is confirmed, the increased number of medals by the special game can be obtained.

  Further, in the lower horizontal direction of the second display device 16, there are provided a hand bag display unit 34 for displaying the symbols of 13 hand rods, and a self screen display unit 35 for displaying the symbols of the bag that has been self-trapped by the self-manipulation operation. It has been. In addition, at the bottom of each symbol displayed on the manual display unit 34 and the self-display unit 35, the button switches 19a, 19b for discarding buttons that serve as a discarding operation means for determining an unnecessary discarding card from the manuals. -Button names (A, B, C, D, E,..., M, N) corresponding to 19m and 20 are displayed. The symbol of the cocoon displayed on the hand pallet display unit 34 is displayed in color in a predetermined order, for example, in the sequence of the symbol code of the cocoon described later. Further, each display unit of the second display device 16 displays the symbols, effect images, numerical values, etc. of the kite updated by program processing as the game progresses.

  An example of the screen displayed on the first display means 10 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, on the upper part of the display screen, the number of times of game execution 37a on the current day, the same number of times of increase 37b on the same day, and if the game result executed just before the game is a fluent station, The number of times of self-restraint performed by the player in the game is displayed. Note that the continuous flow station count 38 is the number of times that a flow station including this flow game continues in the past game history when the game result executed immediately before the game is a flow station. For example, “10” is displayed in the case where the flow game is continued ten times.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the center of the display means 10, there are 14 current hand tiles, and the throwing pad determined by the throwing pad support program before the player performs the throwing pad operation from the hand rack. The symbol of the bag to be displayed is displayed. Similarly, in the center of the display means 10, there are 13 player's current manuals, and before the player performs the self-control operation, the design of the self-supported game determined by the self-support program. Is displayed.

  A control board, which is a control means for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention, is mounted at a predetermined position inside the housing of the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the control board includes a main control board Ka that is a main control means for controlling the progress of the game of the sparrow ball game machine 1 and a game controlled by the control of the main control board Ka. It is composed of a sub control board Kb, a first image control board Kc, and a second image control board Kd, which are sub control means for controlling the production according to the progress. 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. Accordingly, 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. The RAMs 42a to 42d of the control boards are preferably made of, for example, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory so that the stored contents are retained even when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned off.

  To the input / output I / F circuit 43a mounted on the main control board Ka, a medal insertion sensor 17a for detecting a medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 17 by the player when the game is executed is connected. Also, a ball sensor for detecting a game ball that has entered the ball entrances 13a, 13b, 13c,..., A sensor provided in the button switch 19a, 19b, 19c,. Alternatively, sensors or the like provided on various button switches are connected.

  The BET button 18 and the game end button 24 are also connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43a, and input signals from the sensors and the like are input to the main control board Ka. Further, the input / output I / F circuit 43a includes a medal payout device for paying out medals to the medal tray 5, a game ball feeding device for sending game balls to the launching device, and an attacker opening / closing device for controlling the opening and closing of the attacker 11. Etc. are connected, and control signals are output to these devices under the control of a program. The display device 36 is also connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43a.

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

  A program for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 is stored (loaded) 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 respective control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, Kd can be appropriately processed. In addition, a CPU having a higher processing capability can be employed. The above-mentioned control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, Kd and the programs stored in the ROMs 41a to 41d serve as control means for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, the program for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention is stored in the ROMs 41a to 41d of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc and Kd. Further, it may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, MO, floppy disk or the like.

(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 gaming machine 1 in an integrated manner. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, these programs include a main control program P1, a medal management program P2, a game ball management program P3, an automatic layout program P4, a special gamer lottery program P5, a dora lottery program P6, and a winning determination. The program P7, the rising eye determination program P8, the medal discharge control program P9, the self-selection support program P10, the game history data recording program P11, the score increase program P12, 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 and a BET button control program P1d are provided.

  The above-described input signal analysis program P1a includes the BET button 18, the discard button switch 19a, etc., the reach button 21, the bag selection right shift button 22a, the bag selection left shift button 22b, the selection determination button 23, the game end button 24, the medal This is a program for performing processing for analyzing these input signals when the input signals are input to the main control board Ka from the payout button 25 or the like.

  The communication control program P1b is a program for performing communication with the sub control board Kb. In this communication, data composed of a control command in which what kind of processing is performed on data to be transmitted and control data transmitted together with the control command is transmitted as communication data.

The main control program P1 mainly performs the following processing.
(1) When the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, processing for initializing the storage area of the RAM 42a is performed. Further, the main control program P1 transmits an initialization control command when the power is turned on to the sub control board Kb. Further, the sub control board Kb performs processing for transmitting the initialization control command to the first image control board Kc and the second image control board Kd. Based on this control command, the sub control board Kb and the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd perform initialization processing when the power is turned on.

  (2) At the start of the game, in the area for storing the remaining number of game balls in the RAM 42a, an initial set value of the number of game balls, that is, a prescribed number that is the number that a player can fire in one game is stored. Process. The prescribed number indicates the number that can be fired in one game based on the specifications of the sparrow ball game machine 1, and stores, for example, 11 pieces. As a result, if the player cannot determine the winning combination even if 11 game balls are fired per game, the game is over and ends.

  (3) Similarly, when the game is started and the automatic layout program P4 is operated to determine 14 layouts, the design code of the layout is used as manual data in the RAM 42a as the layout data at the start of the game. A process for storing the data in the data storage area and a process for transmitting the manual data to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb are performed. In addition, for each symbol arranged, it is assumed that a game ball has entered the entrance 13a or the like corresponding to each design, and the number of entrances for each entrance 13a in the RAM 42a is counted and updated to an area to be stored. And remember.

  (4) When a signal is input from the medal insertion sensor 7a, the ball sensor, the button switches 18, 19a,..., Etc., the signal is analyzed by the input signal analysis program P1a, and processing corresponding to the signal is performed. To control. For example, when a game ball is fired as a player's self-operation, and an incoming signal is input from an incoming sensor such as the entrance 13a into which the game ball has entered, an incoming ball corresponding to the incoming signal is received. The symbol code of the bag such as the mouth 13a is obtained. Then, a process of adding this symbol code as manual data to the manual data storage area of the RAM 42a is performed, and the second code control is performed on the local code via the sub-control board Kb. Processing for transmitting to the substrate Kd is performed.

  (5) In the process of (4) above, when a ball entry signal is input from a ball entrance sensor such as the ball entrance 13a by the player's self-determination operation, the game ball remaining number counting program P1c is activated and the RAM 42a A process of subtracting “1” from an area for counting the number of game balls that can be fired (hereinafter referred to as the remaining number of game balls) set to “1” is performed.

  (6) Similarly, in the process of (4) above, when a signal is input that the player has made a throw-in operation, the design code of the throw-in is analyzed by the input signal analysis program P1a, and the design code is Then, a process of transmitting to the second image control board Kd via the sub control board Kb is performed. Subsequently, the discarding symbol code is deleted from the manual data storage area of the RAM 42a, and the processing of arranging the manual data stored in the manual data storage area in the order of the symbol code is performed. The processing for transmitting the manual data that has become to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb is performed.

The BET button control program P1d is a program for invalidating or validating the BET button 18. The BET button control program P1d controls to start the game with the pressing operation of the BET button 18 as a trigger while the gaming machine is on standby, and confirms the ongoing procedure during the game. Control is performed to end the game and start a new game.
Specifically, when the activated BET button 18 is pressed, the input signal analysis program P1a analyzes the operation signal. Based on this analysis signal, the BET button control program P1d starts a game by operating an automatic layout program P4 described later if it is in standby, and operates each program if the game is in progress. And the next game starts.

  On the other hand, when the disabled BET button 18 is pressed, the BET button control program P1d performs no control as described above. That is, disabling the BET button 18 means that even if the player presses the BET button 18, no control is performed based on the operation.

  In the present embodiment, the BET button control program P1d activates the BET button 18 in the following three cases. The first case is a case where a game is not being performed and a predetermined medal necessary for starting a game has been inserted into the gaming machine or the medal is stocked in the gaming machine. . The second case is a case where the combination of symbols of the hand matches the preset combination of symbols of the rising combination while the game is in progress. In the third case, when the game is in progress, the combination of symbols of the hand cannot complete the preset combination of rising symbols, that is, there is no rise.

  On the other hand, the BET button control program P1d invalidates the BET button 18 in the following case. That is, in a standby state where no game is being performed, a predetermined medal necessary for starting a game is not inserted or stocked in the gaming machine. Also, while the game is in progress, the combination of the hand-drawn symbols does not match the preset combination of the rising combination, and the combination of the rising combination symbols can be completed by the remaining game balls. Is the case.

  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 is a program for updating the number of stored medals when a signal 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 feeding device is controlled to perform a process of feeding 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 a process of automatically and randomly determining the 14 chord symbol codes that will become 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. Process.
As shown in FIG. 9, for example, 27 types of “1” or “medium” 27 types of hex codes (symbol codes) are used for each of these 27 types used in the present sparrow ball game machine 1. In addition, four numerical values are assigned to each symbol code. The bag symbol code table shown in FIG. 9 is registered in the ROM 41a in advance. 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.
These processes constitute an arrangement determining means.

The special game combination lottery program P5 is a process for determining a winning combination that can acquire a special game right for each game from among predetermined rising combinations by lottery using random numbers generated by the random number generating means. It is a program to be performed.
For example, the special game combination lottery program P5 is a combination of “Kokushi Musou”, “Daisangen”, “Kyuren Baoji”, “Ipponkan”, “ One type is selected by lottery from the five types of rising characters of “Character Color”. In the same way, as an uplifting role that can acquire the right of RB game, the uplifting roles of “Ichitsutsunuki”, “Daishiki”, “Kiyo head”, “Niiguchi”, “Three colors same time” 1 type is decided by lottery. Similarly, the winning role that can acquire the right of CB game is, for example, from the rising role of “Mixed Elder Head”, “Seven Pairs”, “Three Dark”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, “Tan Yao” Two types are determined by lottery. The code of the winning combination that can acquire the determined special game right is stored in the RAM 42a and transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb.

  The Dora lottery program P6 includes a front Dora lottery program and a back Dora lottery program. The front-draft lottery program is a program for determining one front-draft using a random number generated by the random number generation means by lottery at the start of the game. The back-draft lottery program determines one back-dra by the same lottery according to the control of the main control program P1 when the player's hand is in a listening state and the player presses the reach button 21. It is a program to do. The front and back symbol codes determined by the Dora lottery program P6 are stored in the RAM 42a and transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb.

The winning determination program P7 determines whether or not the hand data matches the data of the winning combination (rising determination program). Further, when the hand is determined in a state that matches the rising combination, that is, when the rising combination is determined, processing is performed for obtaining the number of medals that can be acquired by the rising combination (the number of acquired medals associated with winning). This winning determination program P7 is the main control program 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 a program executed according to the control of P1.
The winning determination program P7 constitutes the winning determination means of the present invention.

  FIG. 10 shows the name and code of the rising combination set in advance in the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention, and the number of medals earned for winning that can be acquired by the player when the rising combination is confirmed. . The winning combination medal number table with the data structure shown in FIG. 10 is stored in advance in the ROM 41a of the main control board Ka. Then, when the winning determination program P7 is determined in a state where the hand data matches the data of the winning combination, the winning combination medal number table shown in FIG. The number of medals that can be obtained for the winning combination won by the player can be obtained.

  Also, if the hand data is determined in accordance with the data of the winning combination, according to the control of the main control program P1, along with the rising combination determination control command, the code of the rising combination, the number of medals acquired with winning, and the increase described later The number of medals and the like are transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub control board Kb.

  When the player's hand data is confirmed in a state that matches the rising combination data, the winning determination program P7 determines which rising combination is determined from the rising combination codes shown in FIG. Is made possible by performing the program processing described in (1) to (4) below.

  (1) The general rising role excluding “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven Pairs” is composed of four sets of “Konko” and “Junko” and one set of “Jonggo (Pop)”. The Therefore, the winning determination program P7 performs a process of determining the number of combinations of “knot” and “junko” and the number of “sparrow head” with respect to the current 14 manual data stored in the RAM 42a. Thus, it is possible to determine whether the hand is in a rising role or in a hearing state.

  (2) When the current hand is confirmed in a state that matches the general rising combination, the winning determination program P7 executes a program for determining what rising combination the player is moving up. The program for determining the rising combination registers the determination data for determining the rising combination in advance in the ROM 41a as a data table for each general rising combination, and determines the rising combination by referring to the rising combination determination table. To do. In the rising combination determination table, for each rising combination, a combination of symbol codes constituting “character”, “junko”, and “sparrow head”, which are the characteristics, are registered.

  (3) “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven Pairs” are the rising roles that come up with a special combination of kites. Accordingly, the winning determination program P7 determines whether or not the current skill is consistent with the rising role for each of “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven Pairs”, or whether or not one of the kites is in a listening state. A program for judging whether or not

  (4) The winning determination program P7 sequentially operates the above-described programs for determining each rising combination, so that if the current hand matches the rising combination or if it matches the rising combination, It is determined whether or not a rising role is achieved and if a single piece is discarded, a hearing state is reached. At this time, a plurality of rising combinations may be determined. When the rising combination is determined, the rising combination code is stored in the RAM 42a.

  The rising eye determination program P8 is a program for determining whether or not the current hand movement data can match any of the rising combination data. This determination processing is performed by the same processing as the determination processing (the above (1) to (4)) of the winning determination program P7, and when it is determined that the rising combination cannot be completed with the remaining number of game balls, The ascending eye determination program P8 stores the fact that there is no ascending eye in the RAM 42a.

  The medal discharge control program P9 controls the medal payout device of the medal storage hopper installed inside the sparrow ball game machine 1 when the player confirms the rising role, This is a program for performing a process of paying out an increased medal number obtained by a score increase program described later.

  The self-selection selection support program P10, when a game in which a player has acquired the special gamer's right, is executed, 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 screen of the display device 10 and the interactive method.

  The game history data recording program P11 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 history data of this game result includes the number of times the game has been executed on the day and the number of times that the winning combination has been determined (total number of winnings), and the number of times that the BB game has been played on the same day (number of BB game rights acquired) RB game acquisition count and CB game acquisition count, the name of the winning combination and the number of medals to be paid out at the same time, the number of games played from the previous win to the next win, When the game executed immediately before the game is a game in which the winning combination is determined, data relating to the number of consecutive continuous winnings indicating the number of consecutive winnings 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. are controlled by the main control program P1 every time one game is completed. The image is transmitted to the first image control board Kc via the control board Kb.

The score increase program P12 includes two subprograms: a score increase program P12a by special game and a score increase program P12b by drag.
The score increase program P12a by special game is shown in FIG. 10 when the player acquires a special game right and the player determines the rising role after the attacker operating port 12 is activated. The medal of the acquired medal number accompanying the winning set in the winning medal number medal table shown in FIG. In other words, when the player determines the winning combination in a game that has acquired the special game right, the number of medals earned for winning a prize excluding the increased number by the drag is doubled.

The score increasing means by the dredger is executed by the score increasing program P12b by the dredger.
Although not shown in FIG. 8, the score increase program P12b based on the dredger includes a score increase program based on the front drum and a score increase program based on the back drum.

  The score increase program by the table dora determines how many symbol codes of the table dora stored in the RAM 42a are included in the hand data stored in the RAM 42a. Is included, a process of increasing a predetermined number of medals, for example, three medals, for each front drum. Note that, as described above, in the front dora, at the start of one game, the symbol of one bag is determined by lottery by the dora lottery program P6.

  The score increase program by the back dora determines how many symbol codes of the back dora stored in the RAM 42a are included in the hand data that has confirmed the rising combination stored in the RAM 42a. Is included, a process of increasing a predetermined number of medals, for example, three medals, is performed for each back drum. Note that, as described above, the back dora is determined by lottery by the dora lottery program P6 at the start of one game, but the player's hand is in a listening state. When a person presses the reach button 21 to make a reach, it is displayed on the back drum display portion 29 of the second display device 16 under the control of the main program P1.

(Program mounted on sub-control board Kb)
Next, the configuration of the program mounted on the ROM 41b of the sub control board Kb will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the sub-control board Kb is mainly loaded with programs composed of a main control program P21, a lamp control program P22, an assist program P23, and a special game effect program P24.

  Among these, the main control program P21 decodes various control commands and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka, executes the programs P22 and P23, and first and second image controls for each control command. Processing for controlling communication with the substrates Kc and Kd is performed. The main control program P21 includes a communication control program P21a for performing this communication.

  The lamp control program P22 is a program for controlling lighting and extinguishing of the lamps 8 and 14 based on a control command and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka. The lamp control program P22 controls lighting or blinking of the BET button 18 in a state where the BET button control program P1d is activated.

  The assist program P23 is a program for assisting the player in the progress of the game (game operation support), and includes a goal-raising combination setting program P23a, a throwing-away support program P23b, and a self-supporting support program P23c. .

  The goal-raising combination setting program P23a is the player's current hand data stored in the RAM 42b, that is, 13 hand data before performing the self-handling operation, and 14 before the discarding hand operation. This is a program for performing a process of determining the rising combination that is the target of the current procedure based on the procedure data.

  The process of determining the rising combination by the target rising combination setting program P23a can be performed as follows, for example. That is, the data for determining the winning combination by the winning determination program P7 of the main control board Ka described above is registered in advance as a data table in the ROM 41b of the sub control board Kb. Then, the goal raising combination setting program P23a refers to this table in the order of the raising combination shown in FIG. 10 and performs a process of setting the raising combination having the smallest number of listening as the target raising combination.

  The discarding support program P23b, when there are 14 current instructions, throws away from this instruction as a disposal before the player performs the operation of the disposal based on the instruction data stored in the RAM 42b. This is a program for assisting the player to determine the power and decide to discard the symbol. The symbol code and priority data of the kite determined by the discarded kite support program P23b are transmitted to the first image control board Kc, and the symbol is displayed on the first display device 10 as shown in FIG. .

The process of determining the symbol of the bag to be discarded by the discarded rod support program P23b can be performed as follows, for example.
When the above-mentioned goal-raising role is “Kokushi Musou”, it is determined that the symbol code other than Yaochu must be discarded. Next, discard one of the symbol codes that form the “knot” (including the same four ridges), and then one of the symbol codes that form two or more pairs. It is determined that it should be a trap.

  When the goal of the hand tile is “seven pairs”, it is determined that the symbol code of the kites that do not form “pairs” should be discarded. At this time, the priority order when there are a plurality of symbol codes of the kite that does not form the “pair” is, for example, that the symbol codes other than “1” and “9” of the numbers are given first priority, The symbol codes “1” and “9” of several characters are used, and then the symbol code of the character character “X”. The reason for this is that the character that has left the character in the manual data has a higher probability of confirming the rising combination that can earn more medals when the rising combination of “Seven Pairs” is confirmed. .

  When the goal of the hand is a “general climbing role”, that is, a climbing role consisting of four sets of “face (junko or junko)” and one set of “sparrow head (opposite)” For example, “face (indicator, junko)” regarding the configuration of the design code of 13 hand-printed data when one design code is sequentially discarded from 14 hand-printed data. 4 points, “Toko (both towers)” 3 points, “Fitting tower”, “Pair” 2 points, “Side tower” 1 point, Isolated fence 0 points, etc. A process is performed in which the symbol code that has the largest total score of the individual pieces of hand data is set to be the first priority waste. Hereinafter, priorities are set in descending order of the total score. The reason for this is that, for the current manual data, the large total score indicates that the manual contains more combinations of “knot”, “junko”, and “toko”. .

  In the self-supporting support program P23c, when the current number of hands is 13, the player performs a self-control operation on the target upward combination determined by the above-described target upward combination setting program P23a. Before, it is a program for determining the symbol of self-restraint to be added to this procedure. The symbol code of the bag to be self-determined determined by the self-supporting program P23c is transmitted to the first image control board Kc, and the symbol is displayed on the first display device 10.

The self-supporting program P23c can perform the process of determining the symbol of the heel to be self-contained as follows, for example.
From the goal-raising role of the hand before the self-restraint, there is a shortage of symbols for the combination of the symbols that make up the “sparrow head”, “knot”, “junko”, etc. judge.
Then, it becomes possible by programming a process for determining a symbol to be self-recognized according to this priority, by setting a priority to be self-contained for the insufficient symbol.

The special game effect program P24 is a program for executing effects during special games. This program controls the image displayed on the first display device 10 and the second display device 16, the sound from the speaker 6, the release of sound effects, the lighting of the lamp device 8 and the like, and the effect by blinking.
For example, when the BB game is started, the special game effect program P24 displays a control command for causing the first display device 10 to display information such as various effects specific to the BB game and the number of times of self-restraint. Processing to transmit to the control board Kc is performed. In addition, the special game effect program P24 displays, on the second image control board Kd, a control command for displaying the total number of game balls that can be fired during the BB game on the remaining game ball number display unit 27 of the second display device 16. Process to send.

(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. These programs are mainly programs for displaying various images and the like on the first display device 10, and include 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 is a program for performing control for displaying an image, numerical information, and the like on the first display device 10 based on a control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb. The game screen display program P32a, the special game screen display program P32b, the assist screen display program P32c, and the like are included.

  The normal game screen display program P32a is displayed on the first display device 10 for various effect images and players when the player is playing a normal game since the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. It is a program for performing processing for displaying various images to be supported. The normal game screen display program P32a further includes an initial effect display program P32a-1 and a game effect display program P32a-2 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 for assisting the player in operating the game as the game progresses, a screen for suggesting a special gamer, and the like. Further, the game effect display program P32a-2 performs a process of displaying, on the first display device 10, the effect image of the special gamer's simulation lottery, the special gamer selected at the start of the game, and the like after the game result is confirmed. Do.

  The special game screen display program P32b includes a right acquisition effect display program P32b-1 that performs processing for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires a special game right. Further, the special game screen display program P32b includes a special game progress effect display program P32b-2 for performing processing for displaying various effect screens and necessary information when the player progresses the special game. .

  The assist screen display program P32c is composed of a self-display display program P32c-1 and a discard display program P32c-2. The self-recognition display program P32c-1 is a program for displaying on the first display device 10 the symbol of the reed that should be self-reliant with respect to the above-described target rising combination. Similarly, the discarded jar display program P32c-2 is a program for displaying the above-mentioned symbol of the trash to be discarded on the first display device 10 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. These programs 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 operates 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 process to make. 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 display program P42a-2. The initial effect display program P42a-1 is a program for displaying an initial screen when the sparrow ball game machine 1 is powered 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 or a self-control operation by launching a game ball 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. This is a program for performing processing.

  The special game screen display program P42b is a program for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires the right of special game, and includes a self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 as a subprogram. . The self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 displays the 27 kinds of spider symbols displayed on the first display device 10 when the player has acquired the special gamer's right as a spear selection right shift button 22a, Or it is a program for supporting the operation which selects the symbol of the heel which should be self-recognized by an interactive system, operating the heel selection left shift button 22b and scrolling.

  The special game screen display program P42b includes a special game progress effect program P42b-2 as a subprogram. The special game progress effect program P42b-2 performs processing for displaying the remaining number of game balls that can be fired during the BB game, that is, the number of remaining balls on the remaining game ball number display unit 27 of the second display device 16 and the like. .

  The sound / sound effect output program P43 is for outputting various effect sounds and sound effects from the speaker 6 as the game progresses based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb. It is a program.

  Note that image data to be displayed on the first and second 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, a design image of each kite, an image related to the background and characters for presentation and other productions, an image for production when the rising combination is determined, and the like.

  A program for controlling the operation of the game mounted on each of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd is developed using an assembler language, C language, Visual Basic language, or the like, and the CPUs 40a to 40d of each board are used. Programs translated into machine language programs that are executable programs are stored in the ROMs 41a to 41d of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd.

(Game progress control)
Next, a flow in which the game operation control program installed in the sparrow ball game machine 1 controls the progress of the game when the player executes the game will be described. FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 are flowcharts showing the flow of control of the main control program P1 mounted on the main control board Ka that controls and controls the progress of the game. Hereinafter, based on FIG. 14 and FIG. 15, the flow of control of one game will be described in the order of steps.

(Step S1)
First, the manager of the game store 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. At this time, “0” indicating a normal game is stored as an initial value in a special game flag described later. 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 and the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive this initialization control command, the main program mounted on each control board initializes the storage areas of the RAM 42b, RAM 42c and RAM 42d. To do. Further, the main 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 related to the background or character on the first and second 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 S2)
In order for a 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 per game. When the medal insertion signal from the medal insertion sensor 17a 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 storing the number of inserted medals.

(Step S3)
When the main control program P1 determines that the number of medals necessary for executing one game has been inserted, the main control program P1 activates the BET button 18 by operating the BET button control program P1d. Then, the main control program P1 transmits a control command for prompting the player to press the BET button 18 to the first image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. 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 BET button” on the first 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, or the BET button 18 may be lit or blinked.

(Step S4)
When the player presses the BET button 18 and a game start signal is input to the main control board Ka, the main control program P1 sends a game start control command to the first and first via the sub control board Kb. 2 to the image control boards Kc and Kd. Based on this control command, the game effect display programs P32a-2 and P42a-2 for the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd display the effect images at the start of the game on the first and second display devices 10, respectively. 16 and 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 1 starts.

(Step S5)
In step S5, the main control program P1 performs a process of storing initial values in various storage areas set in the RAM 42a at the start of one game. For example, a prescribed number “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. To do.

(Step S6)
The main control program P1 of the main control board Ka operates the automatic layout program P4 to perform a process of automatically determining 14 layout codes necessary for starting the game. The automatic layout program P4 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, The process of rearranging in the order of wind and Sangen is performed 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 arranged symbol codes, the main control program P21 stores the symbol codes in the RAM 42b, and stores the 14 arranged symbol codes in the second control code P21. Transmit to the image control board Kd. When the game effect display program P42a-2 on the second image control board Kd receives the 14 design codes, the game design display program P42a-2 displays the image of the design shown in FIG. The display process is performed on the hand display unit 34 and the self display unit 35 of the second display device 16.

(Step S7) (Step S8)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka activates the special game combination lottery program P5 (which is activated when a normal game is played) and the dora lottery program P6, and operates the BB game combination, RB The game combination, the CB game combination, and the design codes of the front and back dramas are determined, and a process of storing these design codes in the RAM 42a is performed.

  Further, the main program P1 performs a process of transmitting these symbol codes together with the control commands to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb. The symbol code of the back side is transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub control board Kb under the control of the main control program P1 when the player presses the reach button 21.

  When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives from the main control board Ka the code of the rising role determined as the BB game role, RB game role and CB game role of the game, the front and back dora symbol codes, These codes are stored in the RAM 42b. Subsequently, the main control programs P31 and P41 of the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd display that the game start conditions are ready on the first and second display devices 10 and 16, and the speakers. 6 is controlled so as to perform the process of notifying by voice.

  In addition, when the game effect display program P42a-2 for the second image control board Kd receives the symbol codes for the front and back drums, the front drum is displayed on the front drum display unit 28 as shown in FIG. The design code of the back side is stored in the RAM 42d.

  Note that the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the back side received by the second image control board Kd and stored in the RAM 42d has a control command indicating that the reach has been applied from the main control board Ka via the sub control board Kb. When the image is transmitted to the second image control board Kd, the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd displays it on the back-dora display unit 29.

(Step S9)
The main control program P1 operates the winning determination program P7, and whether or not the 14 hand data automatically distributed and stored in the RAM 42a already match the winning combination data, that is, whether it is in a matching state. Determine whether or not. If it is determined in the process of step S9 that the hand data does not match the rising combination data, the process proceeds to step S10.

(Step S10)
If the winning determination program P7 determines in step S9 that the hand data and the winning combination data do not match, the BET button control program P1d invalidates the BET button 18. Therefore, the BET button 18 is disabled at the time when the player performs the first throwing-out operation or the like, that is, at the start of the game, except when the game is matched with the winning combination.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S9 that the hand data and the winning combination data match, the process of steps S30 to S36 shown in FIG. 15 is performed, and then the process proceeds to step S11. move on.

(Step S30)
That is, as shown in FIG. 15, in steps S30 to S36, preprocessing for paying out medals is performed. That is, in step S30, the winning determination program P7 operated by the main control program P1 determines what rising combination has been determined, and stores the code of the rising combination in the RAM 42a. At this time, it is stored in the RAM 42a which of the BET button 18 and the game end button 24 has confirmed the hand.

(Step S31)
In the main control program P1, the code of the hand which is determined by the player is used as a target of the BB game combination, RB game combination or CB game combination determined by the special game combination lottery program P5 at the start of the game. Processing for determining whether or not the code matches is performed. If the result of this determination is that the code of the hand that has been determined by the player matches the code of the rising combination that is the target of the BB game combination, RB game combination or CB game combination, the process proceeds to step S37.

(Step S37)
In step S37, a special game process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S32.

(Step S32)
On the other hand, in the above step S31, when the hand determined by the player is a general rising combination that does not correspond to any of the special game combinations, the process proceeds to step S32.
The main control program P1 refers to the winning combination medals number table shown in FIG. 10, and the number of winning medals corresponding to the code of the rising combination determined by the player, that is, the player responds to this rising combination. A process for obtaining the number of acquired medals (M) accompanying the winning winning is performed.

(Step S33) to (Step S36)
Subsequently, in step S33 to step S36, the rising condition when the player confirms the rising combination is determined, and whether or not an additional medal number can be acquired in addition to the acquired medal number (M) associated with the winning. Processing to determine is performed. When it is determined that the increased medal number can be acquired, a process for obtaining the increased medal number is performed. Thus, the player can further acquire this increased medal number based on the acquired medal number (M) accompanying the winning and the rising condition when the rising combination is determined.

(Step S33)
In step S33, when the winning combination is determined by the special game after the activation of the attacker operating port 12, the number of increased medals (in accordance with the code of the rising combination (P11a by the special game) a) is obtained, and the increased medal number (a) is stored in the RAM 42a.

(Step S34)
In step S34, when the front side is included in the determined hand and when the back side is included only when the player is reaching, the front side and the back side are included. The number of increased medals (b) corresponding to the number of medals is calculated, and the increased number of medals (b) is stored in the RAM 42a.

  In this step S34, the main control program P1 operates the score increase program P11b by dragging. Then, the score increase program P11b by Dora first determines the number of symbol codes of the table Dora included in the hand data that has confirmed the rise stored in the RAM 42a, and stores the number in the RAM 42a. .

  Next, the setting contents of the reach flag set in the RAM 42a are checked. As a result, assuming that “1” is stored, the player has reached the reach, and determines the number of back code symbols included in the manual data and stores the number in the RAM 42a. Do. Then, the total number of the front and back drums is obtained, and the number of medals to be increased for each one of the front and back drums, for example, three, is added to obtain the increased medal number (b) by the dredger. be able to.

  It should be noted that the process of determining the number of drags included in the manual data is performed by the 14 code codes of the game data stored in the front and back drums of the game stored in the RAM 42a. It is possible by sequentially determining whether or not they are included.

(Step S35)
The main control program P1 performs processing for obtaining the total number (S) of medals that can be acquired by the player. The total number of medals (S) is (the number of medals acquired with winning (M) + the increased number of medals by special game (a) + the increased number of medals by dredging (b)).

(Step S36)
The total number of medals (S) obtained as described above and various information relating to the above-mentioned rising combination are stored in the RAM 42a by the main control program P1.

  Then, when the processing of step S30 to step S36 is performed, or when the BET button 18 is invalidated in step S10, the processing of step S11 shown in FIG. 14 is performed.

(Step S11)
The main control program P1 sends a throwing assist control command to the sub-control board Kb. When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives this throwing assist control command, it activates the target raising combination setting program P23a of the assist program P23 and performs the current 14 procedures stored in the RAM 42b. A process for setting the target rising combination for the data is performed.

  Subsequently, the discard control program P23b for the sub-control board Kb should be discarded from the 14 procedures for the target increase combination of the current manual data set by the target increase combination setting program P23a. The process which determines is performed.

  Then, when the saddle to be discarded is determined, the symbol code is transmitted to the first image control board Kc together with the discard assist command. When the first image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the bag to be discarded, the first image control board Kc activates the discarded symbol display program P32c-2, and the symbol of the symbol code as shown in FIG. The process which displays on the 1st display apparatus 10 as a symbol which should be performed is performed.

  In step S12, under the control of the main control program P1, the player waits for an input as to whether or not the player has turned on any of the discard button switches 19a, 19b,. That is, it is set in a waiting state until the discarding operation is performed.

  Note that if the player performs a throwing-in operation and the hand is in a listening state, and there are one or more remaining game balls, the reach button 21 is operated before the unnecessary throwing-out operation is performed. And reach. When the reach is applied, if the hand is raised and does not match the role even after the next self-operation, the main control program P1 automatically performs the waste disposal process without pressing the disposal button switch 19a or the like. Is called.

(Step S12)
Then, the main control program P1 analyzes the discarded distribution signal from the discard button switch 19a and the like, and performs a process of determining the symbol code of the symbol that the player has discarded. Next, the main control program P1 performs a process of deleting the symbol code of the discarded bag from the hand data stored in the hand memory area of the RAM 42a.

  On the other hand, when the sub control board Kb receives 13 pieces of manual data from the main control board Ka, the target raising combination setting program P23a is operated by the control of the main control program P21 of the sub control board Kb. A process for setting a goal-raising role for each hand is performed. Subsequently, the self-supporting support program P23c is operated to perform a process of determining an appropriate design of the self-contained to be self-contained with respect to this goal-raising combination. Then, the symbol code of the bag to be self-determined determined by the self-supporting program P23c 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-display display program P32c-1 and sets the symbol of the symbol code as the bag to be self-declared. 1 is displayed. The player can recognize in advance the entrance to enter the game ball by the next self-operation by looking at the design of the game to be displayed on the first display device 10. become.

(Step S13)
When the hand is updated in step S12, the main control program P1 erases the information regarding the total number of medals and the rising combination stored in the RAM 42a in step S36.
However, in the above-described step S9, when the 14 arrangements have not been completed and the winning combination has not been completed, no information is stored in the RAM 42a, so the process of step S13 is not performed and the process proceeds to step S14. Even when the rising combination is not completed even by the self-described operation described later, the process of step S13 is not performed, and the process proceeds to step S14.

(Step S14)
The main control program P1 operates the rising eye determination program P8. The rising eye determination program P8 determines whether or not the updated hand can complete the rising hand with the remaining game balls. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that there is no upward eye, the process proceeds to step S15, and if it is determined that there is an upward eye, the process proceeds to step S16.

(Step S15)
If it is determined in step S14 that there is no rise, the main control program P1 activates the BET button control program P1d to invalidate the BET button 18. As a matter of course, the BET button 18 may already be invalidated. In this case, the BET button 18 is maintained in a deactivated state.

(Step S16)
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S14 that there is a rising eye, the main control program P1 activates the BET button control program P1d to activate the BET button 18. As a matter of course, the BET button 18 may already be activated. In this case, the BET button 18 is maintained in an activated state.
In step S16, once the BET button 18 is activated, the BET button 18 is not invalidated thereafter during the game. In other words, if it is determined in step S13 that there is no rise, the BET button 18 is always kept valid during the game. This is because once the rising eyes are lost, there is no case in which the rising combination can be completed thereafter (when the rising eyes are restored) in the game. As a result, the BET button 18 is always enabled in a state where there is no rise.

(Step S17)
Step S17 is a waiting state until the player performs a self-sufficient operation, that is, the main control program P1 fires one game ball by the player operating the game ball launch lever 4, and this game ball Enters a ball entrance 13a or the like and waits until a ball signal is input from the ball sensor.

(Step S18)
The main control program P1 activates the game ball remaining number counting program P1c and stores it in the storage area of the RAM 42a when an incoming signal is inputted from the entrance sensor of the entrance where the game ball has entered. A process of subtracting the remaining number of game balls is performed. In addition, when the number of entrances to the entrance, etc. has already reached the maximum number of entrances (4), the process returns to step S14.

(Step S19)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 performs processing for analyzing the incoming signal of the game ball and obtaining the symbol code of the bowl at the entrance where the game ball has entered. Then, this symbol code is transmitted to the second image control substrate Kd via the sub-control substrate Kb as a symbol symbol of the bag that the player has refrained from. 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 refrained by the self-display unit 35. Process to be displayed.

(Step S20)
In this step S20, similarly to the above-described step S9, the winning determination program P7 determines whether the 14 hand data matches the data of the winning combination, that is, whether it is in a matching state. . When it is determined in step S20 that the hand data and the winning combination data match, the process proceeds from step S30 to step S36 shown in FIG. 15 and then proceeds to step S21.

(Step S21)
In step S20, when it is determined that the winning determination program P7 is in a matched state, the BET button control program P1d activates the BET button 18. At the same time, the lamp control program P22 of the sub control board Kb controls lighting or blinking of the BET button 18 based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the BET button control program P1d of the main control board Ka. I do. At this time, the main control program P1 controls each program and displays on the first display device 10 or the second display device that the hand is raised and matches the winning combination.

(Step S22)
As described above, when the BET button 18 is validated, or when the winning determination program P7 determines in the step S20 that the 14 hand data does not match the winning combination data. Advances to step S22.
As described above, if it is determined in step S14 that there is no rising edge, the winning determination program P7 determines in step S20 that the hand data and the winning combination data match. There is no. Therefore, when the BET button 18 is validated in step S16, the process always proceeds from step S20 to step S22.

  In step S22, the main control program P1 determines whether or not the player can further perform a self-control operation, that is, whether or not one or more game balls that can be launched stored in the RAM 42a remain. The process which determines is performed. If one or more game balls remain as a result of this determination, the process returns to step S11. On the other hand, when there are no game balls that can be launched, (D), that is, the processing shown in FIG. 16 is performed.

  The processes in steps S40 to S47 in FIG. 16 are performed when the BET button 18 or the game end button 24 is pressed, or when the game ball becomes 0 in step S22. In other words, when one game is completed by the player's intention or when the game ball becomes 0 and the game cannot be continued, the following processing is performed.

(Step S40)
First, in step S40, information stored in the RAM 42a is read into a predetermined processing area. In step S9 or step S20, when the BET button 18 or the game end button 24 is pressed in a state where the 14 arrangements or the hand is raised and the combination is completed, the RAM 42a is stored in step S36. Information regarding the total number of medals to be paid out and the winning combination is stored.

  On the other hand, in the above step S22, when the remaining number of game balls becomes 0, or when the game end button 24 is pressed in a state where 14 arrangements or hands are not raised and the combination is not completed Since the information regarding the total number of medals and the rising combination is not stored in the RAM 42a, the above information is not read out to the processing area, and the process proceeds to step S41.

(Step S41)
In step S41, the winning determination program P7 that is operated by the main control program P1 determines whether or not information on the total number of medals and the winning combination is stored in the processing area. Here, the fact that the information regarding the total number of medals and the winning combination is stored in the RAM 42a means that the rising is finally confirmed. Therefore, in this step S41, it is determined whether or not the final rise has been finalized.

(Step S42)
In the above step S41, if a code for the rising combination is stored in the RAM 42a, the main control program P1 sends a control command for performing the effect display for determining the rising combination to the first and second image control boards Kc, Send to Kd. When this control command is received, the first image control board Kc performs an effect display for determining the winning combination on the first display device 10 by the game effect display program P32a-2 or the right acquisition effect display program P32b-1. Similarly, the second image control board Kd performs an effect display for determining the winning combination on the second display device 16 by the game effect display program P42a-2.

  Further, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka, together with the determined rising combination control command, the rising combination code, the total number of medals (S) acquired by the player, the number of winning medals (M), and the number of increased medals A process of transmitting data relating to the breakdown of (a) to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb is performed. When the game effect display programs P32a-2 and P42a-2 of the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive these pieces of information, the first and second display devices 10 and 16 determine the rising combination. Display.

(Step S43)
In step S43, the main control program P1 operates the medal discharge control program P8 to perform a process of paying out the total medal number (S) from the medal payout device to the player.

(Step S44)
When the medal is paid out to the player in step S43, or when it is determined in step S41 that the rising combination is not completed, the main control program P1 sets the game history data recording program P10. Operate. Then, the game history data recording program P10 performs processing of adding, updating, and recording history data of the game executed by the player this time in the history data storage area of the RAM 42a.

(Step S45)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 performs an end of one game, that is, a process for a current station. As this process, for example, an initialization process is performed in which initial data is stored in a data area such as the number of times of self-repression after reach, the number of remaining game balls, the reach flag set in the RAM 42a. Further, a process of transmitting a game end control command to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb is performed. Upon receiving the game end control command, the first image control board Kc operates the game effect display program P32a-1 to display the effect image of the special gamer's simulated lottery on the first display device 10. Then, a process for displaying the special game combination drawn at the start of the game is performed. In addition, when the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive the control command to end the game, the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd perform processing to display that on the first and second display devices 10 and 16.
At this time, the information regarding the total number of medals and the winning combination is deleted from the RAM 42a and the processing area.

(Step S46)
In step S <b> 46, the main control program P <b> 1 determines whether or not a signal for finalizing the hand is input from the BET button 18. In other words, it is determined whether a confirmation signal is input from the game end button 24 or a confirmation signal is input from the BET button 18. Note that the button from which the confirmation signal is input is stored in the RAM 42a, and the main control program P1 performs control based on the signal stored in the RAM 42a.
Then, when the game end button 24 is pressed and the hand is confirmed, the main control program P1 performs control to return to step S2.
On the other hand, if the BET button 18 is pressed and the hand is confirmed, the process proceeds to step S47.
When the rising combination is completed with the last game ball, since neither of the buttons 18 and 24 is operated, the main control program P1 is controlled to return to step S2.

(Step S47)
In step S47, the main control program P1 determines whether or not the required number of medals for starting the game are stocked in the gaming machine. If the required number of medals is stocked, step S5 is performed. Control to return to.
On the other hand, when the required number of medals is not stocked in the gaming machine, the main control program P1 performs control so as to return to step S2. Therefore, when the BET button 18 is pressed and the hand is confirmed, the game is finished. At this time, the next game is quickly started on condition that a necessary number of medals are stocked. The Rukoto.

  As described above, according to the sparrow ball game machine of this embodiment, the player can finish the ongoing game and start the next game simply by pressing the BET button 18. The next game can be started immediately without being forced to perform any operation. In addition, since the BET button 18 can be operated in the main case where it is considered necessary to end the game, it is possible to further eliminate the troublesome operation of the player.

In the above-described embodiment, the game confirmation start operation means of the present invention is configured by the BET button 18, but the game confirmation start operation means may be provided separately from the BET button 18. In other words, the function for starting a game when operated during standby is also provided on the BET button 18, and a game determination start operating means provided separately from the BET button 18 is used to confirm the game and start the next game. It may have a function.
In the above-described embodiment, the game confirmation start operation means is a BET button and is pressed. However, the game confirmation start operation means may be a lever. In any case, as long as a player's operation can be detected as a signal, the configuration is not particularly limited.

  In the above-described embodiment, the conditions for activating the BET button 18 during the game are that the arrangement or the hand matches the rising role, and the hand moves up and is in an unbroken state. It is said. These two conditions are the main reasons why the player finishes the game, but in order to achieve the object of the present invention, the conditions for activating the BET button 18 are those two conditions. Any one may be provided. Accordingly, the BET button 18 may be validated only when the hand is raised and is in an unbroken state.

  In the above-described embodiment, if it is determined in step S9 that the layout does not match the winning combination, the presence / absence of the rising eye is not determined. In other words, in the above-described embodiment, the number of game balls is set to 11, so that any rising combination can be completed without fail, regardless of the arrangement. ing. However, depending on the number of game balls set, it can be considered that there is already no rise when the arrangement is completed. In such a case, it is desirable to determine the presence or absence of rising eyes even when the arrangement is completed.

It is a front view which shows the structural example of the front part of the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structural example of the game board in the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. 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 the game board shown in FIG. It is a front view for demonstrating the structural example of the operation panel in the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the 2nd display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen which displayed the symbol which should be thrown away on the 1st display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of the control board which controls operation | movement of the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment 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 structural example of the symbol code table of the cocoon which shows the relationship between the symbol of the mahjong tile used for the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and the symbol code set to this symbol. is there. The winning medal number table for each winning combination indicating the name and code of the rising combination set in the sparrow ball game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the number of medals acquired when winning the winning combination. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the sub control board | substrate shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the 1st image control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the 2nd image control board shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows control of the game progress in the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the pre-processing at the time of paying out a medal. It is a flowchart which shows the control which complete | finishes one game, and the control which starts the next game.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sparrow ball game machine 2 ... Game board 3 ... Operation panel 4 ... Game ball launch lever 10 ... First display device 11 ... Attacker (special entrance)
12 ... Attacker operation opening 13a, 13b, 13c, ... Entrance hole 16 ... Second display device 18 ... BET button 19a, 19b, 19c, ..., 19m ... Disposal button switch 21 ... Reach button 24 ... Game end button 34 ... Hand display unit 35 ... Self display unit Ka ... Main control board (main control means)
Kb: Sub control board (sub control means)
Kc: First image control board (sub control means)
Kd: second image control board (sub-control means)
P1 ... Main control program P1d ... BET button control program P7 ... Winning determination program P8 ... Upward eye determination program 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d ... CPU
41a, 41b, 41c, 41d ... ROM
42a, 42b, 42c, 42d ... RAM

Claims (2)

  A game board in which entrances corresponding to multiple types of samurai symbols are arranged, and a samurai symbol corresponding to the entrance into which the game balls launched on the game board enter are displayed as self-restraint A self-operating means for displaying on the hand display section of the apparatus, a throw-away operation means for throwing away unnecessary symbols from the hand symbols displayed on the hand display section, and confirming the hand. In the sparrow ball game machine comprising a game confirmation start operation means for ending the game in progress and starting the next game, and a control means for controlling the progress of the game, the control means includes: The game combination start means for determining the state of no rising where the combination of symbols cannot complete the winning combination is determined, and the game determination start operation means is invalidated until the rising eye determination means determines that the state of no rising is present. Suzumedama game machine and said.   The control means includes a winning determination means for determining a matching state in which the combination of symbols of the hand and the hand matches a predetermined combination of rising symbols, and the winning determination means detects the matching state. 2. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game confirmation start operation means is validated when the game is in progress.

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