JP2595455B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a card-type pachinko game machine in which a game such as an electronic card or a magnetic card is inserted and a pachinko ball enclosed in the machine is played to play a game. ， Surely played ball
End of the bullet game after detecting that it has been recovered
It is characterized by having made it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a magnetic storage device stores information on the number of balls held by customers.
So-called playing games using cards such as ki cards
A card-type pachinko gaming machine is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 52-139529.
Proposed by the applicant in the Official Gazette
The number of display balls (number of balls held by the customer) displayed on the display device is
When returning to zero, determine the end of the bullet game within the effective time
Card type pachinko game machine equipped with a timer means
Was filed by the present applicant according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-123334.
More suggested.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, the conventional
In the case of card-type pachinko machines, the end of the bullet game is required.
Provided with only timer means for determining within the effective time
Causes inconvenience when judging the end of the game
Was. For example, in the process of a bullet play,
The dick ball gets stuck on the obstacle nail on the game board
However, when zero is returned in such a state,
It is determined that the game is over due to the expiration of the timer means
In the case of the method, the pachinko ball is stuck on the obstacle nail
At the end of the bullet game, the custom of pachinko game
Pachinko ball caught on obstacle nail by calling a clerk
Problem that I can not get the prize service of
There is. And like this, while being caught on the obstacle nail
Not only can the launch ball not be offered a prize service,
Players are likely to be qualitatively forfeited,
Grievances will remain. In addition, the game ball which was bounced
It is never known that all have been recovered
Not desirable.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and a pachinko ball that has been hit by a ball is provided.
After confirming that the game has been recovered, end the bounce game
An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine. In summary, the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention performs a game by launching a pachinko ball enclosed in the machine on condition that there is information on the number of balls possessed by the player based on the insertion of the card, and Assuming a pachinko gaming machine in which a predetermined numerical value is added to or subtracted from the possessed ball number information based on the result of (1): shot ball accumulation that accumulates and stores the number of hit pachinko balls
Means: Number of pachinko balls that finally flowed into any area
And a collection ball accumulating means that accumulates and stores the number of balls, for example, based on a state in which the bouncing operation is stopped, such as the return of the number of possessed balls, the operation of an end switch, the operation of an interruption switch, or the occurrence of a hit state. A pop-up operation stop control means for stopping a pop-up operation in a pachinko gaming machine: when the pop-up operation stop control means is activated, the count value of the firing ball integrating means
Compared with the counted value of the collecting ball accumulating means, the two coincided
That all the pachinko balls that were bounced off were collected
The above problem is solved by providing a ball collection confirming means for determining and a game ending means for terminating the game based on the output of the ball collection confirming means.

[0005]

In other words, according to the present invention, the number of pachinko balls fired in the process of a ball- playing game using an enclosed ball is determined by the number of shot balls accumulated.
Is stored in the column, and finally the
The number of dick balls is accumulated and stored in the collected ball accumulating means. The bouncing operation stop control means is activated based on the fact that the bouncing operation is stopped, for example, when the number of balls to be returned is zero, the end switch is activated, the interrupt switch is activated, or a hitting state is generated. Although the operation is stopped, there is no guarantee at this point that all the fired pachinko balls have been finally recovered. But
However, in the present invention, the counted value of the firing ball integrating means and the collected ball size are
Since the detection of coincidence of the counting values of the calculation means is a condition for terminating the game, if the shooting ball is caught on an obstacle nail, for example, the attendant can take customary measures such as winning a service. In addition, with respect to the pachinko game machine related to the end of the game, it is possible to guarantee that the outcome of the shooting ball is finally determined.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a pachinko gaming machine using an electronic card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First, FIG. 1 is a front view of a so-called electronic card type pachinko gaming machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the front glass with the front glass removed, 2 is a guide rail,
Reference numeral 3 denotes a game board surface surrounded by the guide rail 2, 4a denotes a hitting ball handle, 4b denotes a hitting punch, and the gaming board surface 3 is appropriately provided with an electric accessory 5, a tulip 6, a winning tool 7, a windmill 8, and the like. You. In the case of the electronic card type pachinko gaming machine 1, the pachinko balls circulate only within a single pachinko gaming machine, and the pachinko balls do not circulate with the outside of the pachinko gaming machine. Therefore, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment has the following configuration in order to make it easier to visually grasp the state of the pachinko gaming machine and to enhance the sense of reality of the pachinko gaming.

First, reference numeral 9 denotes an enclosed ball gutter. The enclosed ball gutter 9 is provided at a position corresponding to a saucer in a normal pachinko game machine, and the enclosed ball gutter 9 is provided with a pachinko ball hit by the hitting ball punch 4b. Collection port 9 for collecting winning balls and out balls inside
a comes and the tip of the enclosed ball gutter 9 reaches the hitting ball punch 4b.
The pachinko balls in the enclosed ball gutter 9 can be visually confirmed from the transmission window 9b.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a status indicator for displaying that the ball has been hit. In the embodiment shown in the figure, the status indicator 10 is constituted by 16 lamps. And
The status indicator 10 is turned off when the popping operation is not performed, but the lamps are turned on from right to left on the drawing due to the popping operation. In a so-called customer waiting state, a pseudo bouncing operation is performed, and each time the bouncing operation is performed, each lamp constituting the status indicator 10 is turned on from right to left on the drawing. Is also good. Reference numeral 11 denotes a safe lamp that lights when a pachinko ball wins any one of the winning regions, and reference numeral 12 denotes a specific mode lamp that lights when the electric accessory 5 is in a specific mode that provides a benefit to a player. . Reference numeral 13 denotes a numerical display of, for example, four digits for displaying the number of balls possessed by the player in a numerical value. Reference numeral 14 denotes an analog display constituted by, for example, nine lamps for displaying the number of balls possessed by the player in a bar graph form. Reference numeral 15 denotes a completion lamp which is turned on when the game is terminated by hitting, and reference numeral 16 denotes a speaker for generating a sound effect. Furthermore, 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a card holding device for inserting an electronic card, 18 denotes an interruption switch which is pressed when a game is interrupted by a meal or the like, 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes an illegal display lamp which is turned on when a counterfeit card is used, for example, and reference numeral 37 denotes an end switch which the player presses when the player voluntarily ends the game.

Next, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the card holding device 17. The card holding device 17 has an insertion groove 17a on the front surface thereof.
A storage room 17b is provided at the back of the storage room 17b.
A slope that rises rearward is formed in 7c. A contactor 17d which is electrically connected to the electronic card 20 is placed on the floor 17c.
Is a through hole 1 formed vertically in the contactor holder 17e.
It is loosely mounted in 7f so as to be able to move up and down. The contactor 17d has the same inclination on the bottom surface as the floor surface 17c, and has a contact 17g electrically connected to the electronic card 20 on the upper surface. The contactor holder 17e is supported by a guide groove (not shown) so as to be movable in the depth direction of the storage chamber 17b, and is constantly urged forward by a spring 17h. still,
Reference numeral 22 denotes a card sensor for detecting that the electronic card 20 has been inserted.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a shutter for blocking the insertion groove 17a when the electronic card 20 cannot be received due to hitting or the like.
Driven electromagnetically. Further, reference numeral 25 denotes a locking piece that locks the contactor holder 17e against the urging force of the spring 17h when the electronic card 20 is inserted to the deepest part. The locking piece 25 is electromagnetically driven by a solenoid 26. You.

Next, in the case of this type of electronic card type pachinko game machine, the pachinko balls are sealed in each pachinko game machine and circulate in each pachinko game machine.
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment, and mainly shows a circulation path of a winning ball and an out ball.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 30 denotes a winning ball collecting gutter for collecting pachinko balls having won all the winning regions, and 31 denotes an out ball collecting gutter for collecting pachinko balls winning in the out hole 32 (see FIG. 2). The pachinko balls collected by the winning ball collecting gutter 30 are detected by the winning ball sensor 33,
The pachinko balls collected by the out ball collection gutter 31 are detected by the out ball sensor 34.

The pachinko balls collected by the winning ball collecting gutter 30 and the pachinko balls collected by the out ball collecting gutter 31 are collected by the enclosed ball gutter 9 shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a rear view of the enclosed gutter 9, and 2 and 9a show the same guide rail and recovery port as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively.
The pachinko balls collected in the winning ball collecting gutter 30 shown in FIG. 4 and the pachinko balls collected in the out ball collecting gutter 31 flow into the collecting port 9a.

The end of the enclosed ball gutter 9 reaches the hitting ball position, and the pachinko balls in the enclosed ball gutter 9 are driven one by one by the swinging motion of the ball supply lever 4c interlocked with the hitting ball punch 4b.
, And is driven out along the guide rail 2. Reference numeral 38 denotes a solenoid for restricting the swinging motion of the ball supply lever 4c. The solenoid 38 is retracted from the operating range of the ball supply lever 4c by being excited to allow the ball supply lever 4c to swing.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a launching ball sensor for detecting the launched pachinko ball, and 36 denotes a pachinko ball which has been launched but has not flown into the game board surface 3 but has flowed back through the guide rail 2 and returned into the enclosed ball gutter 9. Shown are foul ball sensors for detecting a ball. As a characteristic feature of the present embodiment, the launching ball sensor 35 has two sensors 35a and 35b,
The direction of the movement of the pachinko ball is detected by the operation sequence of this sensor. If the pachinko ball flows in the forward direction, it can be detected as a shooting ball, and if the pachinko ball flows in the reverse direction, it can be detected as a foul ball. I have.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a system constituted by the pachinko gaming machine and the electronic card 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Elements already described are the same as those shown in FIGS. Signs are attached. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 40 denotes a control device for controlling the entire pachinko gaming machine, 41 denotes a CPU, and 42 denotes an RO storing a program.
M and 43 are RAMs for storing calculation results and various data, 4
Reference numeral 4 denotes a transmission control unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the electronic card 20; 45, an input latch register for storing input signals generated by various information sources of the pachinko gaming machine; and 46, various control targets of the pachinko gaming machine. 4 shows an output latch register for storing an output signal to be sent to the output latch register.

In this embodiment, the CPU 41 calculates the number of balls possessed by the player which fluctuates in the game process in accordance with the detection output of the source of various information, calculates the number of balls released by the pachinko gaming machine, and calculates the number of balls fired. In addition to calculation processing such as the integrated value calculation of the number of collected balls such as out balls, safe balls, foul balls, etc., the card receiving state, firing state, stop state, interrupted state, playable state, game end state The determination operation of various states such as is performed. In addition, in the RAM 43, in addition to an area for storing the number of released balls calculated by the CPU 41, a hit flag for storing a hit state determined by the CPU 41, a game flag for storing a game state determined by the CPU 41, and a CPU 4 flag.
An interruption flag for storing the interrupted state determined by 1; a first sensor flag for storing the operation of the shooting ball sensor 35a; a second sensor flag for storing the operation of the shooting ball sensor 35b; A flag area such as a return-to-zero flag for storing the fact and a stop flag for storing that the pseudo game has been stopped by receiving the electronic card 20 are provided.

Reference numeral 47 denotes an analog-digital converter;
Numeral 8 denotes a digital-analog converter, an analog-digital converter 47 converts the rotation amount of the hitting handle 4a into a numerical value and inputs the numerical value, and a digital-analog converter 48 generates a shot corresponding to the rotation amount of the hitting handle 4a. The drive current of the motor 4d is determined. Reference numeral 50 denotes a level shifter which converts a signal generated by a source of various information into a level suitable for the control device 40 and supplies the converted signal to an input latch register 45, and reference numeral 60 amplifies various control signals supplied from an output latch register 46. Reference numeral 70 denotes a driver for driving various control objects, and reference numeral 70 denotes a voice synthesis IC for generating various sound effects. Further, reference numeral 80 denotes a known electric accessory control device for controlling the electric accessory, 90 a power supply circuit for the electronic card 20, and 91 a CPU 41 periodically generates an interrupt request for performing arithmetic processing. Interval timer 92 indicates a timer for clocking which is used when accepting a card or determining zero return.

The electronic card 20 used in this embodiment has a card control unit 20a having a microprocessor and a storage unit 20b having a non-volatile IC memory, and the power of the card control unit 20a is supplied from outside. And
In this embodiment, a part of the external connection terminal 20c on the electronic card 20 side connected to the contactor 17d is used for power supply connection. In the storage unit 20b, an area for storing the number of balls possessed by the player, an area for storing an integrated value of fired balls, an area for storing an integrated value of collected balls such as out balls, safe balls, foul balls, and interruption processing At least a stand number area in which the stand number of the pachinko gaming machine which has been played at present is sometimes prepared.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the above items and the flowcharts of FIGS. In this embodiment, each time the interval timer 91 generates an interrupt signal, the CPU 41 of the pachinko game machine determines the number of possessed balls, the cumulative number of fired balls, and the cumulative value of collected balls that increase or decrease with the transition of the game state. The updated numerical data is stored in the RAM 43 and sent to the electronic card 20 side. FIGS. 7 and 8 are basic flowcharts of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. Respectively are shown. 7 and 8
Indicates what should be originally displayed on one sheet, divided by the restriction on the drawing size, and should be understood by connecting the connection points to each other. Further, since data transmission between the pachinko gaming machine and the electronic card 20 is performed via the transmission control unit 44-contactor 17d-external connection terminal 17d, a transmission path will not be described below unless otherwise necessary. Similarly, when the outputs of sensors as sources of various information are input to the CPU 41, the outputs of the sensors are supplied to the input latch register 45 via the level shifter 50, and the corresponding portions of the input latch register 45 are determined. Once set, the CPU 41 extracts the outputs of the sensors and the like by reading them, so that the input path of the detection signal is not specifically described below unless otherwise required. Similarly, when the CPU 41 drives various control targets, the output latch register 4
When data and flags are set at the corresponding locations of 6,
Since the driver 60 amplifies this and drives the control target member, the output paths of various control signals will not be described in detail below unless otherwise required.

First, when the power is turned on, the CPU 41 clears all flag areas prepared in the RAM 43, such as a hit flag, a game flag, and an interruption flag. When the pachinko gaming machine is not in the hitting state, the solenoid 24 for shielding the shutter 23 is demagnetized, so that the insertion groove 17a is open and the electronic card 20 can be inserted. . Before pachinko gaming is performed on the pachinko gaming machine, RAM
Since the flag during the game in 43 has been cleared,
U41 monitors the output of the card sensor 22. And
Before the player inserts the electronic card 20 into the pachinko gaming machine, the output of the card sensor 22 is off.
The PU 41 periodically turns on the status indicator 10 to indicate that the pachinko gaming machine is in a customer waiting state. At the same time, the CPU 41 displays 0 on the numerical value display 13 to indicate that the number of possessed balls is 0.

When the player inserts the electronic card 20 through the insertion groove 17a, the contactor holder 17e is pushed by the electronic card into the storage room 17b, and the card sensor 22 is turned on. Then, the CPU 41 activates the timer 92 to measure the ON time of the card sensor 22. When the ON time elapses a time considered to be valid, it is determined that the electronic card 20 has been inserted, and the solenoid 26 is excited to raise the locking piece 25. Therefore, the contactor holder 17e is locked, and the electronic card 20 is held. At this time, the electronic card 20 has been inserted to the deepest part of the storage chamber 17b, and the contactor holder 17e has also penetrated to the deepest part with the contactor 17d, so that the contactor 17d is connected to the external connection terminal 20c of the electronic card 20. Is in contact with Therefore, the electronic card 20
Has a power supply circuit 90-contactor 17d-external connection terminal 2
A power supply for control is supplied via the control unit 0c, and data transmission with the pachinko gaming machine is enabled via the transmission control unit 44.

When the electronic card 20 is held in this way, the CPU 41 gives a predetermined series of identification signals to the card control unit 20a. On the other hand, the card control unit 20a has started to operate when the power is turned on, and is executing an initial program in the storage unit 20b. This initial program is for monitoring conditions for setting an accessible flag prepared in a predetermined area in the storage unit 20b. When a predetermined series of identification codes is input from outside, the initial program becomes accessible. The flag is set. The setting of the accessible flag is a necessary condition for accessing the data area in the storage unit 20b.

If the predetermined series of identification codes sent from the pachinko gaming machine is satisfactory, the card control unit 20a sets an accessible flag and prepares the card in the data area of the storage unit 20b. The response signal is read out and given to the CPU 41 of the pachinko gaming machine. Then, when the response signal sent from the electronic card 20 matches the predetermined arrangement, the CPU 41
0 is determined to be an appropriate card, and further, it is determined whether or not the electronic card 20 has been subjected to interruption processing. Conversely, if the response signal sent from the electronic card 20 is not in a predetermined arrangement, the CPU 41 demagnetizes the solenoid 26, ejects the electronic card 20, and returns to the customer waiting state.

Now, the interruption processing will be described. The interruption processing is performed when the player during the game temporarily leaves the pachinko gaming machine for a meal or the like and returns to the original pachinko gaming machine after the meal or the like. When this interruption processing is performed, the pachinko gaming machine is reserved for the player, and the pachinko gaming machine cannot be used by the pachinko gaming machine other than the pachinko gaming machine. This is the process of making Although the details of the interruption process during the game will be described later, the interruption process is performed when the player presses the interruption switch 18. When the interruption process is performed, the interruption flag is set in the RAM 43 of the pachinko gaming machine. Then, the electronic card 20 is discharged after the machine number of the pachinko gaming machine is stored in the storage unit 20b.

As described above, when the response signal is appropriate,
It is determined whether or not the electronic card 20 has been subjected to the interruption process. The following four cases can be considered. Case 1: A case where the suspend flag is not set in the RAM 43 and the number of any pachinko gaming machine is not recorded in the storage unit 20b. In this case, the electronic card 20 may be accepted. . Case 2: The suspend flag is not set in the RAM 43,
This is the case where the machine number of any pachinko gaming machine is recorded in the storage unit 20b, and in this case, the electronic card 20 cannot be accepted. Case 3: RAM
43, the suspend flag is set, and the storage unit 20b
In this case, the number of the pachinko gaming machine is recorded. In this case, the electronic card 20 may be accepted. Case 4: An interruption flag is set in the RAM 43, and a number other than the pachinko gaming machine is recorded in the storage unit 20b. In this case, the electronic card 20 cannot be accepted.

Then, after determining that the response signal transmitted from the electronic card 20 is appropriate, the CPU 41 reads the machine number storage area in the storage section 20b of the electronic card 20 and stores the contents in the RAM 43. And RA
If the suspend flag is set in M43,
Only when the machine number read from the electronic card 20 matches the own machine number, the process proceeds to the next step. When the machine numbers do not match, the above-described ejection processing of the electronic card 20 is performed. If the suspend flag is not set in the RAM 43, the process proceeds to the next step only when nothing is stored in the machine number storage area of the electronic card 20, and
If any of the numbers is stored, the electronic card 20 is ejected as described above.

When the comparison between the suspended flag and the machine number is completed in this way, the CPU 41 erases the machine number storage area of the storage unit 20b, clears the suspended flag in the RAM 43, and clears the game flag in the RAM 43. And the integrated value storage area of the firing ball in the storage unit 20b;
The contents of the integrated value storage area of the collected balls are cleared, the reception of the electronic card 20 is terminated, and the game state is established.

When the flag is set to 1 during the game, the CPU 41 reads out the number of balls possessed by the player, the integrated value of shot balls, and the integrated value of collected balls from the storage section 20b of the electronic card 20 and stores them in the RAM 43. And the hitting handle 4a input through the analog-digital converter 47.
Digital-analog converter 4
8 and the digital-analog converter 48 outputs a drive current corresponding to the amount of rotation of the hitting handle 4a to the firing motor 4d.
Give to. Accordingly, the hitting punch 4d performs an elastic operation with an elastic force corresponding to the drive current. Further, the CPU 41 sets the number of balls possessed by the player in the portion of the output latch register 46 allocated to the numerical display 13 and the analog display 14, and the driver 60 displays the number of balls possessed on the numerical display 13 while A bar graph according to the number of balls is displayed on the analog display 14. Further, since the CPU 41 excites the solenoid 38, the solenoid 38 retreats from the operating range of the hitting punch 4b, and every time the hitting punch 4b performs a bouncing operation, the ball supply lever 4 is turned off.
c swings and sends the pachinko ball in the enclosed ball gutter 9 to the hitting position. And, while the game in the flag has been set bullet
The above operation is repeated until the game stop condition or the game interruption condition is satisfied.
, And a bar graph of a length corresponding to the number of balls is displayed on the analog display 14.

The interval timer 91 periodically generates an interrupt signal when the power is turned on.
When the flag is set to 1 during the game, the number of balls held by the player, the integrated value of the number of shot balls, and the integrated value of the collected balls, which change according to the game state each time the interrupt signal is received, are calculated. The obtained numerical data is stored in the storage unit 2 on the electronic card 20 side.
0b and its own RAM 43. The change in the game state is detected as an output of the safe ball sensor 33, the out ball sensor 34, the shooting ball sensor 35a, the shooting ball sensor 35b, and the foul ball sensor 36.

First, when the ball is punched by the hitting ball punch 4b, a pachinko ball is hit and the number of balls held by the player is reduced by one. This bouncing operation is performed by the launch ball sensors 35a and 35
b. By the way, the launch ball sensor 35a
35b is activated not only when the pachinko ball is hit, but also when the hit pachinko ball flows back to the hitting position without flowing into the game board surface 3. When the firing ball sensors 35a and 35b are activated due to the bouncing action, the number of balls held by the player needs to be decremented by one, but the firing ball sensors 35a and 35b are activated due to the backflow of the pachinko ball. In this case, it is necessary to add 1 to the number of balls held by the player as a foul ball. And, as in the present embodiment, when the firing sphere sensors 35a and 35b are provided in a row adjacent to each other, there is a case where the firing sphere sensor 35a and 35b are operated due to the repulsive operation and a case where the firing sphere sensor 35b is operated due to the backflow of the pachinko ball. , Launch ball sensors 35a and 35b
Operation order is reversed.

First, when the normal ballistic operation is performed, after the firing ball sensor 35a operates, the shooting ball sensor 3
5b operates. When the shooting ball sensor 35a operates, the CPU 41 monitors a flag (= second sensor flag) assigned to the shooting ball sensor 35b in the RAM 43. In the case of a normal bouncing operation, the second sensor flag is cleared at the time when the shooting sphere sensor 35a is activated.
Flag assigned to a (= first sensor flag)
Is set, and then the firing sphere sensor 35b is monitored.

Then, when the bouncing operation is performed, the firing ball sensor 35b operates immediately thereafter. At this point, the first sensor flag is set, so
Assuming that the bouncing operation has been performed, the CPU 41 executes the following bouncing detection processing. First, the first sensor flag in the RAM 43 is cleared to prepare for the next pop-up operation, and the status indicator 10 is blinked to indicate that the pop-up operation has been performed. Further, since the number of possessed balls decreases by one due to the bouncing operation, 1 is subtracted from the number of possessed balls in the RAM 43 to calculate a new possessed ball number. Further, in order to calculate the integrated value of the shooting balls , the RAM 43 acting as firing ball integrating means is used.
Is added to the area for storing the integrated value of the shot balls in the area.

On the other hand, when the pachinko ball flows backward, the firing ball sensor 35a operates after the firing ball sensor 35b operates. The CPU 41 checks the first sensor flag in the RAM 43 when the shooting ball sensor 35b operates, but in the case of a backflow of a pachinko ball, the first sensor flag is cleared when the shooting ball sensor 35b is operated.
The CPU 41 sets the second sensor flag in the RAM 43, and then monitors the shooting ball sensor 35a. Then, when the pachinko ball flows backward, the firing ball sensor 35a is activated immediately thereafter. Since the second sensor flag is set at this point, the CPU 41 executes the following foul detection processing assuming that the pachinko ball has flowed backward.

First, the second sensor flag in the RAM 43 is cleared to prepare for the next rebound operation. Further, since the number of possessed balls increases due to the occurrence of foul balls, the RAM 43
Is added to the number of possessed balls in the above, and a new possessed ball number is calculated.
Further, in order to calculate an integrated value of collected balls such as foul balls, safe balls, out balls, etc., one is added to an area for storing the integrated value of collected balls in the RAM 43 acting as a collected ball integrating means . In addition to the above, there is also a case where the foul ball is generated, in addition to the above, the repelled pachinko ball does not flow into the game board surface 3 but flows back through the guide rail 2 and is collected in the enclosed ball gutter 9. , The foul ball sensor 35 operates. Therefore, the CPU 41 performs a foul detection process in the same manner as above even when the foul ball sensor 35 operates.

Furthermore, the pachinko balls that have been bounced are played on the game board surface 3.
, And a certain number of prize balls are paid, the number of possessed balls increases by the number of prize balls. When any one of the prize areas is won, the prize ball sensor 33 provided at the exit of the prize ball collecting gutter 30 is activated. When the prize ball sensor 33 is activated, the CPU 41 executes the RAM 43 as safe detection processing. A new number of balls is calculated by multiplying the number of balls possessed in the above by a predetermined number of prize balls (for example, 13), and at the same time, one is added to the area for storing the integrated value of the collected balls in the RAM 43.

If the pachinko ball that has flowed into the game board 3 does not win any of the winning regions, the pachinko ball will eventually flow into the out hole 32 and the out ball sensor 34 will operate. In this case, the number of possessed balls does not increase or decrease.
41 adds 1 to the area for storing the integrated value of the collected balls in the RAM 43 as an out detection process.

The new number of balls, the integrated value of shot balls, and the integrated value of collected balls calculated in this manner are stored in the RAM 43.
And is given to the electronic card 20 and stored in the data area of the storage unit 20b. And
While the flag is set during the game,
The above-described operation is repeated until the condition for stopping the ball-shot game or the condition for suspending the game is satisfied.
And the analog display 14.

The conditions for stopping the bullet game are as follows: when the player presses the game end switch 37 on the front of the pachinko gaming machine 1; when the number of hits reaches a predetermined number; is there.

First, when the end switch 37 is depressed, the CPU 41 clears the in-game flag in the RAM 43 and demagnetizes the solenoids 26 and 38 as end processing. When the solenoid 26 is demagnetized, the locking piece 25 descends, so that the electronic card 20 is
When the ball is ejected from the card insertion groove 17a and the solenoid 38 is demagnetized, the swing of the ball supply lever 4c is restricted, and the supply of the pachinko ball to the hitting position is stopped.
The reset of the flag during game in AM43 puts the entire game in a customer waiting state.

When the number of hits reaches the expected number of hits in the game process, the CPU 41 sets the hitting flag in the RAM 43 and performs the above-described end processing. When the hit flag is set, the solenoid 24 is excited, so that the electronic card 20 cannot be inserted thereafter.
In addition, the completion lamp 15 is lit to indicate that the pachinko gaming machine is in a hit completion state.

Further, even when the number of balls possessed by the player becomes 0, the condition for stopping the bouncing game is satisfied. By the way, if the bouncing operation is performed when the number of balls held by the player is 1, the number of balls held becomes 0 in response to the output of the shooting ball sensor 35, but at this time, the pachinko ball which has been hit last is released. The final fate of the ball is unknown, and may be won in any prize area, or
It may be reduced as a foul sphere. Therefore, it cannot be immediately determined that the player has no right to continue the game when the number of possessed balls becomes zero.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the final zero determination is performed as follows. That is, when the number of balls possessed by the player becomes 0, the CPU 41 sets a flag during return to zero in the RAM 43 and deactivates the solenoid 38 after activating the timer 92. With the demagnetization of the solenoid 38, the ball supply lever 4
Since the swing of c stops, the bouncing operation is stopped, but at this time, the flag during the game remains set.
Now, in the case of this kind of pachinko game machine, since the total number of pachinko balls enclosed in the pachinko game machine is constant, all the bouncing pachinko balls are finally recovered and the number of bouncing pachinko balls is obtained. If the number of balls possessed is equal to zero when the number of pachinko balls and the number of recovered pachinko balls match, there is no possibility that the number of balls possessed by the player will increase thereafter. As described above, in the present embodiment, the integrated value of the shot ball is stored in the RAM 43, and the integrated value of the out ball, the safe ball, and the foul ball (that is, the integrated value of the collected ball) is stored in the RAM 43. ing.
Therefore, when the flag during the return to zero is set in the RAM 43, the CPU 41 compares the integrated value of the launched balls with the integrated value of the collected balls until the timer 92 counts over. The end processing already explained that the number is 0 is performed, and a customer wait state is set. In addition, when the pachinko ball that last fired wins or becomes a foul ball, the number of balls held by the player becomes 1 or more when the integrated value of the launched ball and the integrated value of the collected ball match. For example, RAM
The flag during the return to zero in 43 is reset, and the popping operation is restarted. Therefore, the integrated value and the number of shot balls in the RAM 43 are calculated.
An area for storing the integrated value of collected balls, and an integrated value for both areas
The logic means in the CPU 41 for comparing
The game is terminated based on confirmation of ball recovery.
The logic means in the CPU 41 for ending the game is
Act.

The operation of the timer 92 in this case is as follows.
Player exits with pachinko ball stuck on obstacle nail
Or move to another pachinko machine
The pachinko gaming machine cannot finish the game.
This is to prevent it from being left.
Also, the number of balls in the electronic card 20 is 0 from the beginning of the game.
Also in the case of, the timer 92 times out without performing the pop-up operation, so that the electronic card is ejected without performing the pachinko game.

Next, the case where the game interruption condition is satisfied is a case where the player presses the game interruption switch 18. When the game interruption switch 18 is pressed, the CPU 41
In addition to setting the interruption flag in 3 and writing its own machine number in the storage section 20b of the electronic card 20, the above-described termination processing is performed. As described above, when the interruption process is performed in this manner, the electronic card 20 is accepted only when the matching process of the machine number at the time of accepting the card is satisfied.

Next, FIG. 10 shows a pseudo play in a customer waiting state .
It is a modified flowchart for performing a technique. FIG.
In the flowchart of FIG. 0, basically the same steps as those in the flowchart of FIG. 7 (for example, a card collation process, a process during a game, and the like) are simplified. Explaining the characteristic operation, when the power is turned on, the flag in the RAM 43 is cleared, and then the firing operation is immediately started to start the pseudo game. Needless to say, this firing operation means supply of a drive current to the motor 4d for firing and excitation of the solenoid 38.

Thereafter, the electronic card 20 is inserted, and when the electronic card 20 is determined to be appropriate, the RAM 43
After the stop flag is set, the operation of the electric accessory and the operation of the firing device are stopped to eliminate the internal state generated during the pseudo game. When a certain time has elapsed since the stop flag was set in the RAM 43, the RAM 4
The stop flag in 3 is cleared, the flag during game is set, and thereafter, the processing operation during game is executed.

In the above description, an example has been shown in which the resilient operation is temporarily stopped at the time of return to zero by demagnetizing the solenoid 38. However, the resilient operation may be disabled.
The current for driving the motor may be stopped. In the above description, the basic software for the pachinko gaming machine is prepared in the ROM 42 of each pachinko gaming machine. However, in the ROM 42 of each pachinko gaming machine, the software for receiving an electronic card is provided. Only the basic software for the pachinko game and the software for controlling the electric accessory may be transmitted from the electronic card when the electronic card is received. And in this case,
When the number of prize balls fluctuates or the control content of the electric accessory is changed, it is only necessary to adjust the card issuing machine, and it is not necessary to adjust the software for each pachinko gaming machine. In the above description, the lamps are arranged linearly as the status display 10 and the analog display 14, but they may be arranged circularly or spirally.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, the elasticity
Even if a state that stops the operation occurs, for example,
When the accumulated value matches the accumulated value of the collected balls,
After confirming that the ball has been finally recovered,
Since the game is over, the final confirmation of the firing ball is ensured.
And the fired pachinko ball can be compared
If the game board is caught on an obstacle nail,
The traditional prize-winning services, etc.
And cause complaints to the player
No more.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine with a front glass removed.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a card holding device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the sealed ball gutter.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a control operation example of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation example of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a control operation example of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a control operation example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko gaming machine 4a Hitting handle 4b Hitting punch 10 Status display 13 Numerical display 14 Analog display 17d Contactor 20 Electronic card 20a Card control unit 20b Storage unit 20c External connection terminal 33 Safe ball sensor 35 Fire ball sensor 36 Far ball sensor

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game is played by popping a pachinko ball enclosed in a plane on condition that there is information on the number of balls possessed by a player based on insertion of a card, and based on the result of the ballistic game. In a pachinko game machine in which a predetermined numerical value is added to or subtracted from the ball number information, a firing ball accumulating means for accumulating and storing the number of pachinko balls hit.
And the total number of pachinko balls that finally flowed into any area
The collected ball accumulating means, the popping operation stop control means for stopping the popping operation in the pachinko gaming machine based on the state in which the popping operation is stopped, and the popping operation stop control means When activated, the firing ball
The count value of the integrating means is compared with the count value of the collected ball integrating means.
Pachinko that was bombarded by the agreement between the two
A pachinko game machine comprising: a ball collection confirming means for determining that all balls have been collected; and a game ending means for terminating the game based on the output of the ball collection confirming means. 2. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the bouncing operation stop control means terminates the bouncing operation in the pachinko gaming machine based on the fact that the information on the number of balls possessed by the player has returned to zero. pachinko game machine which is characterized and Turkey.