JP2555805B2 - Image display card game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card game machine for displaying marks, characters, numbers, etc. of cards such as playing cards on a display screen, and changing the displayed image by the player's button operation to advance the game. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a card game using this type of image display is a card in which a distributed card is held, unnecessary cards within a predetermined number are exchanged to play the game, and a score is given according to the result of the game. Was doing.

[0003]

In many conventional games of this type, the cards are generally distributed based on a random number table, and the cards that have been distributed are used to compete as a card. Cards that were extremely unfavorable to the players were dealt with, and there was a lack of interest in the game because the player was discouraged from the beginning of the game.

Further, when an unnecessary card is designated by the button operation of the player, a new card is replaced and distributed in place of the designated card, but since it is automatically selected inside the machine, it is distrustful to the player. Is also a cause of giving. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new type of card game in which the game is advanced by the player's selection without being influenced by the dealt cards.

[0005]

An object of the present invention is to divide a card used for a game into a plurality of rows at a predetermined card array display position in an image display card game machine, and
In each row, the front and rear cards are arranged in a higher order, so that the cards arranged in the rear order have higher ranks, and the card array display means for displaying the face-down images of the cards and any one of the arranged cards. An image display card characterized by including a card selecting means for selecting a card and a card extracting means for changing the card selected by the card selecting means to a face-up image at that position and moving and displaying the card at the extracted card display position. Achieved by a game console.

Further, the object of the present invention is that the cards array-displayed at the card array display position include a card with the mark side facing upward, in a range not exceeding one in an appropriate row. This is achieved by the image display card game machine according to claim 1.

[0007]

In the image display card game according to the present invention, prior to the start of the game, a plurality of cards displayed in a plurality of columns are extracted and displayed one by one according to the player's selection, and the game is advanced to select the player's selection technique. Depending on the selected luck, the last card can be extracted, and if the game ends in the middle, all the remaining cards are displayed face up.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view showing a card game machine embodying the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a main body, and 2 is a front door panel, which can be freely opened and closed to the main body 1 through a hinge (not shown) on the left side surface for inspecting and maintaining the inside of the main body and collecting and replenishing medals. It is installed. Reference numeral 3 is a display panel on which the name of the machine is written.

Reference numeral 4 is a display screen for displaying a game image C
I am using RT. Reference numeral 5 denotes a control panel on which operation buttons for game progress are arranged. 6 is a medal insertion slot, 7 is a medal payout slot, and 8 is a medal tray for payout medals.

FIG. 2 is a layout view of the operation buttons of the control panel 5 for progressing the game in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, a bet button 10, a deal button 11, a stand and take score button 12, a double up button 13, a small button 14, a big button 15,
Various operation buttons such as a payout button 16, selection buttons 17a to 17e, and a message button 18 are arranged.

FIG. 3 is a system block diagram showing a basic control processing system of the embodiment of the present invention. CPU30 in the figure
Performs various arithmetic processes and processes input signals and output signals. The ROM 31 stores programs for controlling the entire game, characters, various data related to cards such as picture data of cards, programs related to image processing, and the like in respective dedicated areas.

The RAM 32 has a memory for storing the number of medals inserted prior to the start of the game, an area for storing data such as the number of extracted cards, the order of cards, the number of won games in a winning game, and the number of payouts. Areas for several variables are assigned, such as setting the placement position of the card and memory of the position after moving the card.

The CRT controller-35 is a CPU 30.
Among the image data of characters and card patterns stored in the ROM 31 corresponding to the control operation of, the image pattern data of the pattern necessary for displaying an image on the screen of the CRT 39,
While storing in the character generator 33,
In the video RAM 34, an object code of a picture is stored, which picture is displayed at which position on the screen of the CRT 39.

The CRT controller 35 is the CPU 30.
The image pattern data stored in the character generator 33 corresponding to the position data in the video RAM 34 is sent to the priority controller 36 in response to the control operation of. The priority controller 36 determines priorities due to overlapping of images, and sends color position data to a color RAM 37, which sends color data for each bit of the image to a video modulator 38.

The video modulator 38 is the color RAM.
The parallel digital color data sent from 37
The data is converted into serial data and analog signals, synchronized with the video signals and sent to the CRT 39 to display a predetermined image on the display screen 4.

An input medal detector 41 for detecting inserted medals and a control panel 5 are provided in the input port 40.
Game progress operation buttons 10 to 18 arranged in
Also, a medal payout detector 46 for detecting medals paid out from the hopper 45 is connected.

At the output port 42, game progress operation buttons 10 to 18 arranged on the control panel 5 are provided.
Lamp drive circuit 43 for performing the operation of lighting
Hopper 4 for paying out medals stored in credits
5, a hopper drive circuit 44 that drives 5, a counter drive circuit 47 that drives a counter 48 that records the total number of paid-out medals, etc., and a speaker 50 that emits different melody during a game or when a game is won, and a sound drive circuit 49. Connected through. The above configuration is the description of the functional unit of the image display card game machine.

Next, before entering the description of the operation flow of the present image display card game machine, the basic rules of the card game of the present invention will be described by the way of playing shown in FIG. In the game of the present invention, there are 13 cards from A to K with 2 different characters.
A game is constructed using a total of 15 cards, incorporating the joker cards.

The way of playing 1a in FIG. 4 shows a rule in which 15 cards arranged and displayed on the display screen are sequentially extracted and arranged in ascending order. How to play 1b shows that even if the player skips from A to 9, even though he / she flies in the interval, the cards are extracted so that they are ranked high in the extraction order, but the next extracted card is 7 which is smaller than the previous card 9 and loses. .

The way 2 to play shows how to win, and FIG.
, As shown in the payout table display portion r on the display screen 4.
It shows that there are two types of game ending modes, TAND and K END, and playing method 2a shows the game ending mode in the case of STAND. If the number of extracted cards is 7 or more, it is arbitrary. , STAND indicates that the game can be ended.

The way of playing 2b shows a game end form of K END, and if there are 5 or more cards, the game automatically ends when "K" is extracted, and the medal of the payout table corresponding to the number of extracted cards. Indicates that you can earn

The way of playing 3 is a rule about two jokers that are put in order to give a change to the game progress of this card game.
J. PASS, and J. There are two different types of BUST, and the playing method 3a indicates that neither of the two jokers is added to the card extraction number of the game. PASS, and J. The effect of the extraction order of BUST is shown. BUST
This is an example of losing due to the first extraction.

For playing 3d, refer to J. Since PASS was extracted first, J. It shows an example in which BUST is invalidated and the game is continued. The way of playing 4 shows the order relation before and after the cards related to the card array display in this card game. The cards are arranged in smaller numbers on the front side, which means that all cards from A to K can be extracted. In the figure, B indicates “BIG (large)”, M indicates “MEDIUM (medium)”, and S indicates “SMALL (small)”. The above is the basic rules of how to play the image display card game machine.

FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 are flow charts of the operations carried out in the present embodiment in accordance with the above configuration diagram and game rules. The operation flow will be described below by appropriately using the card array display explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 1 to 4 and 8 and the plan views showing specific examples of the image display contents of FIGS. 9 to 14 described above.

In the flow of FIG. 5, when a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 6 of FIG.
ES ”, the process proceeds to step 52, and in FIG. 9, 1 is displayed on the BET number display of the number display portion v on the display screen 4, the BET number is set in the dedicated area of the RAM 32, and further, on the display screen 4. S in the payout table display area r
The number of payouts of TAND and K END is displayed.

Then, the process proceeds to step 53, without starting (NO in step 53), the process proceeds to step 54, and when one additional medal is inserted, step 54 is executed.
Becomes "YES" and the process proceeds to step 55, in which 1 is added to the BET number display and the number displayed on the payout table display section r is also increased (not shown in the figure). Then, the process proceeds to step 56, and it is checked whether 5 medals have already been inserted. If the number has not reached 5, step 5
6 is NO, and the process returns to step 53.

When the DEAL button 11 is pressed to start, step 53 becomes YES and step 58
Proceeding to, the cards are arrayed at the card array display position u on the display screen 4, but if the additional medals are to be inserted without starting at the step 53, the steps 54, 55, 56, and 53 are performed as described above. , This routine is repeated until the number of medals reaches 5. When the number of inserted medals reaches 5, step 56 is YES.
Then, the process goes to step 57 to start automatically, and the process goes to step 58 to arrange the cards at the card arrangement display position u on the display screen 4 as described above.

In the above description of the operation flow, the operation is performed by inserting a medal. However, when the medal is stored in the credit, the same operation is performed by pressing the bet button 10 instead of inserting the medal. Be seen. In step 58, as shown in FIG. 9, the card arrangement is completed at the card arrangement display position u on the display screen 4.

Then, in steps 59 and 60, the RAM 3
By resetting the memory of the extraction card number counter and the extraction card order memory at a predetermined position in 2 to "0", the player operates the selection buttons 17a to 17e arranged on the control panel 5 of FIG. , The game progresses.

Here, the arrangement display of the cards which is the gist of the present invention will be described with an example shown in FIG. Figure 4 above
In the explanation of how to play, as mentioned at the beginning,
Two Joker cards with different personalities are incorporated into 13 cards from A to K, and the game is composed of a total of 15 cards. 8 to 1 as shown in FIG. 8a
The three cards are arranged in the order of K to A, that is, from the highest rank to the lowest rank, and the two jokers are randomly selected and inserted.

(In this case, if the J.BUST card is J.P.
The card arranged in the order higher than the ASS card is inserted), and the cards arranged in this order according to the order are placed in the horizontal direction 5 as shown in the card arrangement display position u on the display screen 4 in FIG. Arrange so that there are three rows and three columns.

One of the shaded positions 1 to 5 in the last row shown in FIG. 8b is randomly extracted, and "K" is first placed at that position. FIG. 8c shows randomly placed positions, that is, "K" is placed at 3-3, and next, because the card "Q" of the next rank is placed, the front row position of "K" is placed. Randomly extract one of the five positions indicated by hatching with 3-2 added, and place "Q" at that position. 8d, 1-3 positions,
In addition to showing that "Q" is placed,
In order to extract the placement position of the next-ranked card “J”,
Positions 1-2 in the front row of "Q" are newly added and extracted from the five positions indicated by diagonal lines.

In this way, "J" is shown to have been placed at the positions shown in FIGS. 8e and 1-2, and the position 1-1 in the front row of "J" has been added to the position 1 of the five positions. One will be extracted and the cards of the next rank will be arranged one after another.

Thus, as shown in FIGS. 8f, g, h, i, j,
All one of the five positions is extracted and the cards are placed, and in FIG. BUST
When arranged at the position 4-1 in the front row, the next arranged card "5" will extract one position from the four positions indicated by the diagonal lines in FIG. 8k. In this way, in FIG.
When one of the three positions is extracted, one of the three positions is extracted in FIG. 8n, and one of the two positions is extracted in FIG. 8o, and the final card is arranged, Figure 8p
The card array shown in can be created. The back side image of this card is displayed at the card array display position u.

In the card game machine of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8q, an array display including face-up cards, one for each column, is performed. One example of the card arrangement has been described above. However, even if the card is not arranged in this way, 15 cards are separated into one row and one row.
The rows may also be appropriately distributed and arranged so that the result is horizontal 5 rows and vertical 3 rows, and the rows may be rearranged by the computer so that the cards in the back have higher ranks.

In FIG. 9, it can be seen that the card display shown in FIG. 8q is displayed at the card array display position u on the display screen 4. Below, according to the operation flowcharts shown in FIGS.
4, an example of the game progress will be described. In FIG. 9, the plower sees the card display at the card array display position u and sees the face-up card “A” in row 1, column 1, ie 1-1. Become.

In operation, the five selection buttons 17a to 17e arranged on the control panel 5 in FIG. 2 correspond to the columns 1 to 5 of the image display at the card array display position u. Button 17 is used to select this card "A".
The operation is performed by pressing a. If this button is pressed, step 61 in FIG. 6 becomes YES, and step 6
Since the extracted card is collated and it is not a joker in step 2, step 62 is NO, and the process proceeds to step 63, in which 1 is added to the number counter in the RAM 32.

Then, the process proceeds to step 64, where the extraction card is larger than the previous card or is compared with the extraction card rank memory in the RAM 32.
Since the memory in the AM 32 has already been reset to "0", step 64 becomes YES and step 6
The process proceeds to step 5, and the extraction order memory in the RAM 32 is rewritten to "1". Since the card "A" at the position 1-1 of the card array display position u is a face-up display, in this case, the card is moved to the extracted card display position S as it is and is reduced and displayed at the left end. Then, the process proceeds to step 66, where it is compared with the memory of the number counter in the RAM 32 and it is 5 or less, so step 66 becomes NO and the process proceeds to step 74.
Whether or not the extracted card is “K” is collated and NO.
Therefore, the process returns to step 61 again.

In this way, the operation for selecting the next card is started, but naturally, the card of "2" at the position 5-1 of the card array display position u is extracted. As mentioned above,
In step 61, press the select button and the result is YES,
Since the card is not a joker in step 62, the result is NO, the process proceeds to step 63, 1 is further added to the number counter in the RAM 32, the process proceeds to step 64, the extracted card is compared with the previous card, and the previous card Since it is larger, step 64 becomes YES and step 6
5, the same as the previous time, the order memory of the extraction card in the RAM 32 is rewritten, and since the card is the face-up display like the previous time, it is moved to the extraction card display position s and reduced, and the extraction display card “A” of the previous time is displayed. Display on top with about half covered.

Then, the process proceeds to step 66 and the RAM 32
Since it is NO as compared with the memory of the number counter, the process proceeds to step 74, and it is checked whether or not the extracted card is “K” as in the previous time. Since it is NO, the process returns to step 61 again. In this way, two cards are extracted and the card array display shown at the card array display position u in FIG. 10 is obtained.

In FIG. 10, the display image of the card shown at the card array display position u is the card 5 which can be extracted.
All of them are face down cards,
It is necessary to consider which card to select, but the positions 2-2 and 4-2 of the card array display position u
You can see "5" and "6" cards respectively. As mentioned in the explanation of how to play the game and the card arrangement display, the cards with lower ranks are always placed in the front row, and the cards in the front row of cards "5" and "6" are always , "3", "4", or a joker. Player is "5",
"6" Which of the previous cards is selected depends on the luck of the player.

Here, it is assumed that the player selects the position 2-1 of the card array display position u (the front row of the card "5"). The result of step 61 in FIG. 6 is YES, and in step 62 it is checked whether the extraction card is a joker. Since the extraction card is a Joker, step 62 is YE
If it becomes S, proceed to step 71, turn over the extraction card,
The extracted joker card is reduced and displayed at the display position t. Then, in step 72, the joker card is J. PA
Fortunately, J. Since the card is a PASS card, step 72 becomes YES and the process returns to step 61 to select the next card.

If the joker card checked in step 72 is J. If the card is a BUST card, step 72 will be NO, and the process will proceed to step 73. PAS
Whether or not the S card has already been removed is checked against the memory in the RAM 32. Since the answer is NO, all the remaining cards at the card arrangement display position u are turned over and the game is over. By this processing, the player can later confirm the contents of the card array.

Now, the next step is, of course,
The card before the "6" (position 4- of the card array display position u)
Extracting 1) is the least risky, as described above, YES in step 61, and proceeds to step 62. Since the extracted card is a joker again, proceed to step 71 and display the extracted card. In return, the extracted joker card display position t is covered with about half of the previously extracted and displayed joker card, and the reduced display is performed.

Then, in step 72, the joker card is the J. Whether or not it is a PASS card is checked, but this time, J. It is a BUST card, and step 72 is NO.
, And proceed to step 73. Since the PASS card has already been taken out, step 73 becomes YES and the process returns to step 61 again.

Thus, the image configuration shown on the card array display position u in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display screen 4. Now, from this display screen 4, position 1-of the card array display position u
It is inferred that the card "3" always exists in 2, 3-1, 5-2. The probability of extracting "3" is 1/3, and if "4" is included, the probability of extracting either one is 2/3, so the intention is to avoid position 3-1.
Select. The guess was spectacular, and he picked up the "3" card.

Next is the card of "4", but the probability is 1
It will not be better than / 3, so I will choose cards "5" and "6". In this way, the three cards are extracted and displayed in a reduced size at the extracted card display position S as shown in FIG. The flow of this series of selection operations is first performed by selecting the card of "3" in step 6
If 1 is YES, the process proceeds to step 62.

Since both joker cards have already come out, the answer is NO, and in step 63, 1 is further added to the number counter in the RAM 32, and the process proceeds to step 64, in which the size of the extracted card is checked, and the previous card is checked. Since it is larger than the card, the result is YES, the process proceeds to step 65, the order memory in the RAM 32 is rewritten, the card is turned upside down, and the reduced card is displayed in the extracted card display position t, and the process proceeds to step 66. 7
If the card is "K" or is not collated and is not "K", the result is NO and the process returns to step 61.

Although the selection / extraction step of the card of "3" has been described above, the same steps as the selection / extraction step of the card "3" are also performed in the subsequent selection / extraction steps of the cards "5" and "6". The process repeatedly returns to step 61. Thus, the game has the image structure shown on the display screen 4 in FIG.

At the extracted card display position S on the display screen 4, five cards from "A" to "6" are arranged except for the card of "4". At the card array display position u,
All five cards are face down, with a "K" in the center last row
Can be seen. In the game method of FIG. 4 described above, the game method 2
In 2a, the form of winning is shown, or if you take 7 or more cards and use the STAND button to win a medal on the paytable,
Or, if you take "K" with 5 or more pieces of 2b, you can win medals on the paytable with KEND.

In the image structure shown on the display screen 4,
At the extracted card display position s, five cards have already been arrayed and displayed, and the cards arrayed at the card array display position u include the card "4" out of five. It can be inferred that each of these cards has a higher rank than the extracted and displayed card “6” or is a card. Select the card before "K" and if it is not "4",
Then you can win by winning K END by selecting K ”.

After thought, select the card before "K". The card was "9", as described above, step 6
If 1 is YES, the process proceeds to step 62, and since it is not a joker, it is NO, and 1 is added to the number counter in the RAM 32 in step 63. And step 6
The size of the card is checked in step 4, and since it is large, step 64 becomes YES and the process proceeds to step 65 to return the rewriting card to the extraction card ranking memory in the ROM 32 and display it in a reduced size at the extraction card display position s.

At the next step 66, the number counter is 6, so that the result is YES and the routine proceeds to step 67.
The card is checked for "K". Since it is not "K", the determination is NO and the routine proceeds to step 68, where it is checked whether the number of sheets counter is 7 or more. "And, Figure 13, display screen 4
The configuration screen shown above is displayed.

In FIG. 13, at the card array display position u, the card "K" is arranged face up, the other four cards are face down, and the card "9" was extracted last time. , This face down card has "4", "7",
It is presumed that "8" is arranged. Dare to take risks here, select the card "K", and play the game K
End with END. In the same steps as when extracting the above-mentioned card "9", the process proceeds from steps 61 to 66. In step 67, the extracted card is "K", so YES is obtained and in step 75, the display screen 4 of FIGS. v The number of wins is displayed on the WIN of the number display section, and the process proceeds to the double-up game or the medal acquisition stage of step 76.

Then, as shown in FIG. 14 and display screen 4, the remaining array cards are returned face up to end the game. Next, a stage of a double-up game or a medal acquisition is entered, but as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, in step 77, it is checked whether or not the number of wins reaches the upper limit. If it has not reached, it becomes NO and the process proceeds to step 78 to start or select the double-up game.

In FIG. 2, the double-up button 13 and the stand and take score button 12 arranged on the control panel 5 become effective, and if the game is ended, the stand and take score button 12 are pushed. , Step 78 is NO
Then, in step 83, the winning number of medals displayed in WIN is added to the credit, and the game is over.

If the double-up game is to be started, pressing the double-up button 13 results in YES at step 78 and advances to step 79 to display screen 4
The screen is changed to a double-up game, the card side on the computer side is displayed face up on the screen, and the card side on the player side is displayed on the back side. The player (not shown in the figure) looks at the ranking of the cards on the computer side and bets whether the card on the player side is larger or smaller than that.

The small button 14 and the big button 15 are activated, and the process proceeds to step 80 where the player selects the small button 14 or the big button 1.
By the selection operation of 5, the process proceeds to step 81 and it is checked whether the player wins or loses. In the case of winning, the determination is YES and the process proceeds to step 82 to double the number of won plates and the process returns to step 77. In step 81, if it is not a win, the decision is NO, and it is judged whether the game is a draw or a loss. In the case of a loss, it is NO and the bet number is lost in step 85, and the game is over. Step 84
If the result of the determination is that the draw is a draw, the number of bets is left unchanged, and this step becomes YES, and the process returns to step 77.

Then, in step 77, it is checked again whether or not the number of wins reaches the upper limit. If it is determined in step 77 that the winning number has reached the upper limit, this step becomes YES and the process proceeds to step 83 to add the winning number of medals displayed in WIN to the credit and the game is over. In this embodiment, the upper limit of the number of wins is not specified, but it can be arbitrarily set depending on the location of each.

[0060]

As is apparent from the above description, the card game according to the present invention has the following effects. Prior to the start of the game, multiple cards displayed in multiple rows are displayed one by one by the player's own selection.
Since the game is advanced by extracting and displaying it, the final card can be extracted depending on the player's selection technique and selection luck.

At the end of the game, all the remaining cards are displayed face up, so the player can confirm the contents of the array card afterwards, and select the card displayed face up in the array card. While making it a milestone of the game, you can play the game, you can further increase the interest of the game and remove the distrust related to the extraction of cards in the card game, and you can enjoy a fun game with a different taste from the conventional card game. It has an excellent effect of achieving the object of the invention that it can be enjoyed.

[0062]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a card game machine embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a layout view of operation buttons on a control panel 5 for progressing the game in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system block diagram showing a basic control processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of how to play.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart diagram of an operation performed in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the operation performed in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the operation performed in this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a card array display.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a specific example of image display contents.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a specific example of image display contents.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a specific example of image display contents.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a specific example of image display contents.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a specific example of image display contents.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a specific example of image display contents.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Main body, 2 ... Front door, 3 ... Display panel, 4 ...
Display screen, 5 ... control panel, 6 ... medal insertion slot, 7 ... medal payout slot, 8 ... medal tray, 10 ... bet button, 11 ... deal button, 12 ... stand and take score button, 13 ... double up button,
14 ... Small button, 15 ... Big button, 16 ... Payout button, 17a to 17e ... Selection button, 18 ...
Message button, 30 ... CPU, 31, ROM, 32
... RAM, 33 ... Character generator, 34 ...
VRAM, 35 ... CRT controller, 36 ... Priority controller, 37 ... Color RAM, 38 ...
Video modulator, 39 ... CRT, 40 ... Input port, 41
... input medal detector, 42 ... output port, 43 ... lamp drive circuit, 44 ... hopper drive circuit, 45 ... hopper,
46 ... Medal payout detector, 47 ... Counter drive circuit, 48 ... Counter, 49 ... Sound drive circuit, 50
… SP (speaker)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image display card game machine, wherein cards to be used for a game are divided into a plurality of rows at a predetermined card array display position, and the ranking relationship of the front and rear cards in each row is higher in the later card. Card arrangement display means for arranging and displaying the face-down images of the cards, card selecting means for selecting any one of the arranged cards, and the card selected by the card selecting means. An image display card game machine, which is provided with card extracting means for changing the image to a face-up image at that position and moving and displaying the image at the extracted card display position. 2. The cards array-displayed at the card array display position include front-facing cards displaying the mark side in a range not exceeding one in an appropriate row. An image display card game machine according to item 1.