JP2670619B2 - Gaming equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a game machine including a ball game machine represented by a pachinko game machine, an arrangement ball, and the like. The present invention relates to a game device that allows a player to play a game by using a recording medium in which the number-of-balls identification information that can specify

[Prior Art] In a gaming device of this type, a recording medium such as a magnetic card is inserted into a conventionally known one, for example, from a recording medium insertion port formed in the gaming device, and There has been a game device that allows a player to play a game by using the number of balls held by the player specified from the number of balls held specified in the recording medium.

If the number of balls held by the player does not become 0 as the game progresses, for example, the hitting ball launcher is disabled to render it inoperable, and the recording medium is immediately collected at that time. Was configured to do.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in this type of conventional gaming device, even if a game is disabled, the ball hit in the game area does not immediately disappear, and the game area The remaining balls remaining inside may win, and the number of balls held due to the winning may be added and may not be 0. However, since the recording medium has already been collected, the number of balls held cannot be updated to a new one after the addition, and there is an inconvenience that the player is dissatisfied.

That is, in the conventional one, the recording medium is unconditionally immediately collected when the number of balls held becomes 0, and therefore it is not possible to cope with the case where the need for updating the number of balls held by the remaining balls thereafter arises. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming device capable of collecting a recording medium without causing the player to feel dissatisfied.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The invention according to claim 1 provides a recording medium insertion port for inserting a recording medium in which the number-of-balls identification information for identifying the number of balls of the player is recorded, and a game board. Based on the game area formed by the formed game area, the hitting ball launching device for shooting a hitting ball toward the game area, and the hitting ball launched toward the game area by the hitting ball launching device, the recording medium insertion A data updating means for updating the ball number data derived from the ball number identification information of the recording medium inserted through the mouth and held at a predetermined position; and the ball number data disappears as a result of the update by the data updating means. Based on the game immobilization means for making the gaming device in the game-disabled state, and after becoming the game-disabled state by the game immobilization means,
Recording medium collecting means for collecting the recording medium held at the predetermined position based on the next recording medium being inserted into the recording medium insertion slot.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium insertion slot for inserting a recording medium having recorded therein the number-of-balls-specific information capable of specifying the number of ball-balls of a player; a game area formed on a game board; A hitting ball launching device for shooting a hitting ball toward an area, a settlement operation means for adjusting the game result, a settlement operation detecting means for detecting that the settlement operation means is operated, and the hitting ball launching device Based on the game result by hitting balls fired toward the game area, the number-of-balls data obtained from the number-of-balls identification information of the recording medium inserted from the recording medium insertion slot and held at a predetermined position is updated. Data updating means for performing the game, game inactivating means for making the gaming device incapable of playing based on the absence of ball number data as a result of the updating by the data updating means, and gaming by the game inactivating means After becoming a capability state,
A recording medium collecting unit that collects the recording medium held at the predetermined position based on the output of the settlement operation detecting unit.

[Operation] In the invention according to claim 1, a hit ball is fired toward the game area by the hit ball firing device, and based on a game result by the hit ball, the data updating means operates.
The held ball number data derived from the held ball number specifying information of the recording medium inserted from the recording medium insertion port and held at a predetermined position is updated. Also, based on the fact that the updated number-of-balls-to-be-obtained is lost, the game immobilizing means causes the gaming device to become inoperable. Further, after the game is disabled, the recording medium collecting means works to collect the recording medium held at the predetermined position based on the insertion of the next recording medium into the recording medium insertion slot. To be done.

In other words, the recording medium is not immediately collected when the ball number data is exhausted, but the next recording medium is inserted into the recording medium insertion slot. The reserved recording medium is collected.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the player operates the settlement operation means to detect that the settlement operation detection means operates the settlement operation means. Further, a hitting ball is emitted toward the game area by the hitting ball launching device, and based on the result of the game by the shot hitting ball, it is held at a predetermined position inserted from the recording medium insertion opening by the function of the data updating means. The possession ball number data derived from the possession ball number specifying information of the recording medium is updated. Then, based on the fact that the updated number-of-balls data is lost, the game device becomes inoperable due to the function of the game inactivating means. Furthermore, after the game is disabled, the recording medium withdrawing means operates to retrieve the recording medium withheld at the predetermined position based on the detection output from the settlement operation detecting means. .

That is, instead of immediately recovering the recording medium when the number of balls held is lost, the recording medium that has been held at a predetermined position by determining that the game has ended with the already inserted recording medium in which the settlement operation means is operated. Is recovered.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a pachinko game machine will be described as an example of a game device, but the present invention includes all game machines that play a game by hitting a ball, such as an arrangement ball.

On the front frame 12 of the pachinko gaming machine 10, a game board 24 is arranged, and the game board 24 forms a game area 26. Further, an operation handle 17 is provided at a lower right corner of the pachinko gaming machine 10, and the operation of the operation handle 17 causes the hitting ball firing device 36 to operate, so that the pachinko balls are sequentially driven into the game area 26. Is configured.

In the game area 26, a variable winning ball device 27 provided with a pair of opening / closing wing pieces 28a, 28b is provided at the center position thereof. Further, at a position below the game area 26, a start winning opening 32, which is an example of a start passage opening, is formed. Further, the game area 26 is provided with a tulip type winning device 31 and a winning opening 30 which is an example of a normal passage opening. The variable winning ball device 27 and the winning device 31 may be ball passing devices in which pachinko balls that have entered from above pass through as they are and are distributed to the game board from below.

In response to the operation of the handle 17, the hitting ball launching device
The batting rod 38 of 36 is rocked intermittently, so that the batting rod
A pachinko ball is fired by 38, and a batting guide rail 25a
A shooting ball enters the game area 26 through between the and the game area forming rail 25b. Immediately before entering the game area 26, a launch ball is detected by the launch ball detector 41. In the figure,
Reference numeral 37 is a batting ball supply mechanism for supplying the pachinko balls in the batting standby gutter 44 to the batting firing position by the batting rod 38.

Next, if the resilience of the hitting rod 38 is too weak, the pachinko ball rolls in the opposite direction without reaching the gaming area 26 and attempts to return to the original position. A pachinko ball, that is, a foul ball, which tries to return to the original position, falls into the foul ball passage 42 and is returned to the hitting ball waiting gutter 44. In the present embodiment, the launch ball that actually enters the game area 26, that is, the effective launch ball, is configured to be detected by the launch ball detector 41 provided at the end position of the game area forming rail 25b. The invention is not limited to this, and a firing ball detector is provided, for example, on the lower side of the firing ball near the ball firing position, and a foul ball detector for detecting foul balls is provided in the foul ball passage 42. By the value obtained by subtracting the detection output of the foul ball detector from the detection output of
You may comprise so that the effective launch ball which entered into the actual game area 26 may be calculated.

The effective launch ball that has been driven into the game area 26 enters one of the starting winning openings 32 to open and close the wing piece 28.
The a and 28b are controlled to open and close a predetermined number of times (for example, once or twice), during which a pachinko ball is a variable winning ball device.
It is structured to be able to win in 27. In addition, 33 in the figure is an out mouth, in order to collect the fallen out ball when the pachinko ball hit in the game area 26 falls without winning any prize hole or prize ball device. belongs to.

Mounting board 16 provided below the pachinko gaming machine 10
A card insertion / ejection port 19 which is an example of a recording medium insertion port is formed in the left corner of the disk, and a magnetic card 63 (see FIG. 3) which is an example of a recording medium can be inserted / ejected. There is. As will be described later, the magnetic card 63 has information on the number of held balls that can specify the number of balls held by the player, and is directly or indirectly derived from the information on the number of held balls (this embodiment). It is possible to play a pachinko game with as many pachinko balls as the number of balls available. Further, on the right side of the card insertion / ejection port 19, there are provided a settlement button 20 which is an example of a settlement operation means for settlement of a game result and a game possible display 21 for displaying that a game is possible. Has been. Further, on the back side of the mounting board 16, a sound effect is generated in association with the occurrence of a so-called big hit state in which the variable winning ball device 27 is continuously opened and closed, or an alarm sound is generated when an illegal game is played. A speaker 22 is provided for this purpose.

In the figure, 23 and 34 are game effect lamps, which are lit or blinked in a big hit state or the like to improve the game effect. Reference numeral 35 is a ball number data display for displaying the ball number data of the player, which changes momentarily in the course of the game, to inform the player. The location of the ball number data display 35 is not limited to the game board 26, and may be outside the game machine near the game machine such as the front frame 12 or the curtain board.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a door holding frame for holding the glass door frame 14 and the front plate 15, and the material is not limited to metal and may be plastic or the like. Further, in the figure, reference numeral 18 denotes a ball hitting motor stop switch, which is used to temporarily stop the ball hitting motor by pushing operation to stop the bullet firing of the pachinko ball. Also, 11 is a machine frame, 43 is a driving ball discharge port, and since a pachinko ball is discharged from a driving ball discharge communication port 50 (see FIG. 2) described later into the ball discharging standby gutter 44. belongs to.

FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing a partial internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine 10. As shown in FIG.

A front frame 12 is attached to the machine frame 11 of the pachinko gaming machine 10 so as to be freely opened and closed and detachable. This front frame 12 is provided with a game board mounting frame 52, and this game board mounting frame 52
On the other hand, the game board 24 is detachably attached by the game board fixing member 53. That is, the game board fixing member 53 is configured to be rotatable as shown by an arrow in the figure, and the game board 24 is detachable from the game board mounting frame 52 by rotating the game board fixing member 53. doing. As described above, by configuring only the game board 24 to be replaceable, there is an advantage that the cost at the time of replacing the pachinko gaming machine 10 in the game hall can be reduced.

On the back side of the game board, a set of winning ball aggregate cover bodies 57a, 57
b is arranged, and it is configured to be separable from each other, and according to the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10, only one winning ball aggregate cover body is replaced and the other winning ball aggregate cover is used to deal with many models. I am able to do it. By the prize ball collecting cover 57a, 57b, various prize holes 29, 30 formed on the game board 24, and a specific prize hole (V pocket) 54 or a normal prize hole formed in the variable prize ball device. 55a,
It is configured so that the pachinko balls that win the prize 55b are guided to a predetermined path and gathered. Further, the winning ball aggregate cover bodies 57a, 57b include a relay terminal board 58 and various detectors 59,
60 etc. are installed. 56a and 56b are solenoids for driving the opening / closing blades 28a and 28b of the variable winning ball device 27, and are attached to the back side of the variable winning ball device 27.

45 is a prize ball collecting gutter, and the prize ball collecting cover body 57
Winning balls and starting winning openings 32 assembled by a and 57b
The winning balls that have won the prize (see FIG. 1) and the pachinko balls that have won from the winning device 31 are collected and led to the winning ball / out ball confluent gutter (punching ball discharge gutter) 49. The winning balls collected by the winning ball collecting gutter 45 are detected by the winning ball detector 46, and the detection output is used for game control described later. In the present embodiment, all the winning balls gathered by the winning ball gathering gutter 45 are configured to be detected by the one winning ball detector 46, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be provided for each winning port. Furthermore, each prize hole is divided into blocks, and a prize ball detector is provided for each block.
The number of winning balls may be calculated by adding the detection outputs of the respective winning ball detectors. When a prize ball detector is provided for each block, it is possible to make the numerical value added to the player's possession ball number data as a prize ball different for each block. In the winning ball / out ball confluence gutter 49, the out balls that have fallen into the out port 33 pass through the out ball gutter 47, are detected by the out ball detector 48, and then drop in and the winning balls and the out balls merge. Is configured to. Then, it is configured that the hit balls in which the winning balls and the out balls join together are discharged from the hit ball discharge port 43 into the hit ball standby trough 44 through the hit ball discharge communication port 50 (No. (See Figure 1). As described above, in this embodiment, the hit ball launching device 36
The so-called enclosed ball type ball game machine was constructed so that all the pachinko balls that were driven by were circulated inside the game machine without returning to the outside of the machine and returned to the hitting ball standby gutter 44 again. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a ball game machine of a system in which a hit ball is polished and supplied as a hit ball.

Batting ball launcher 36 for driving a slingshot into the game area
Is constituted by a hitting motor 39, a hitting rod 38 intermittently rocked by the hitting motor 39, and an interlocking elevating body 40 which moves up and down in conjunction with the intermittent rocking of the hitting rod 38. The interlocking lifting / lowering body 40 is for operating the hitting ball supply mechanism 37 (see FIG. 1) to supply the pachinko balls to the hitting ball firing positions one by one.

In the variable winning prize ball device 27 (see FIG. 1), a specific winning opening (V pocket) 54 as an example of the specific passing opening and normal winning openings 55a and 55b as an example of the normal passing opening are formed. The specific winning ball detector 59 detects a pachinko ball that has won the specific winning opening 54, and the jackpot control for continuously opening and closing the opening / closing blade pieces 28a, 28b (see FIG. 1) is performed. The opening / closing of the opening / closing blades 28a, 28b in this jackpot control depends on whether the predetermined number (for example, 18 times) is reached or the number of winning pachinko balls in the variable winning ball device reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10). It continues until the earlier condition is met. The pachinko balls that have won in the variable winning ball device 27 are detected by the 10-count detector 60, and it is detected that the number of pachinko balls that have won in the variable winning ball device has reached a predetermined number (for example, 10). . In addition, a pachinko ball that has won the starting winning opening 32 (see FIG. 1) is detected by the starting winning ball detector 61.
The variable winning ball device is opened and closed a predetermined number of times (for example, once or twice) based on the detection output of the starting winning ball detector 61.

A control board box 51 is further attached to the back surface of the game board, and is configured to receive a signal from each of the winning ball detectors and perform game control such as jackpot control.

A card processing device 62, which is an example of a recording medium processing device, is provided on the back surface side of the front frame 12. The card processing device 62 includes a card collection box 80 for collecting a card inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 19 (see FIG. 1),
The card collection box 80 is composed of a handle 80a for collecting the cards and a control unit (microcomputer) 81. Further, in the figure, 34 is a game effect lamp.

In addition, in the case of a passing opening or a ball passing device for discharging the dropped ball to the game board again instead of the winning opening or the winning ball device,
The prize-ball collecting cover bodies 57a and 57b are unnecessary.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view for explaining the operation of the card processing device 62.

The card processing device 62 has a card insertion / ejection port 19 into which the magnetic card 63 is inserted / ejected. The magnetic card 63 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, but may have a rod shape or the like, and the shape is not limited. Further, the magnetic card 63 records the number-of-balls data of the player, which is an example of the number-of-balls identification information, and the number-of-balls data corresponds to, for example, the fee paid by the player before the game. The number of balls to be rented is recorded on the magnetic card 63. The number-of-balls specifying information is not limited to the number-of-balls data of the player, and may be, for example, information capable of specifying a player. For example, a player is specified through a magnetic card, and A configuration may also be adopted in which the number-of-balls data of the player registered in advance in the host computer is determined based on the player identification information from the magnetic card, and a game can be performed based on the determined number-of-balls data. Good. In addition, the magnetic card 63 also stores game hall identification information for preventing the use of a magnetic card of another store and cryptographic information for determining the authenticity of the card.
Various types of cards are conceivable, such as a card using an IC card or an optical disk memory, a barcode printed or a punched hole formed. The card processing device 62 can be appropriately changed according to the type and shape of the card described above.

Magnetic card 63 inserted in the card insertion / ejection slot 19
Is detected by the first card detector 64 (SW1), the first conveyance motor 70 (M1) starts normal rotation based on the detection output, and the main rotation roller 71 rotates counterclockwise in the figure. Then, the card 63 is conveyed leftward in the drawing by the conveyor belt 73. In the figure, 74 is a freely rotatable guide roller,
By pressing the card 63 toward the conveyor belt 73, the card 63 can be reliably conveyed. While the card 63 is being conveyed by the conveyor belt 73, the data of the card 63 is read by the data reader 67, which is an example of a reading unit, and the data is read by the controller (microcomputer).
81 (see FIG. 4). And the card 63 is the second
When detected by the card detector 65 (SW2), the first transport motor 70 (M1) is stopped, and the second card detector 65
When the card 63 is detected by 65 (SW2), the card 63 is temporarily stopped and waits for the determination result from the control unit 81. Then, as a result of the determination, if it is determined that the card 63 is proper, the first
The transporting motor 70 (M1) of FIG. 6 rotates forward again, the card 63 is further transported to the left in the figure, the second transporting motor 75 (M2) rotates forward, and the main rotation roller 76 rotates counterclockwise in the figure. When the card 63 is rotated in the direction, the card 63 is conveyed leftward in the drawing by the conveyor belt 78, and the card is detected by the third card detector 66 (SW3). Then, the first transfer motor 70 (M1) and the second transfer motor 75 (M2) both stop, and the card 63 is detected by the third card detector 66 (SW3) (predetermined position). ), It is suspended as it is. In the figure, 79 is a guide roller having the same function as the guide roller 74. Further, 72 and 77 are sub-rotating rollers which are attached so as to freely rotate.

In the state where the magnetic card 63 is held at the detection position (predetermined position) of the third card detector 66 (SW3), the pachinko game is possible. Then, when the player performs a pachinko game and presses the settlement button 20 (see FIG. 1), the second transport motor 70 (M2) rotates in the reverse direction, and the card 63 is transported rightward in the figure. During the conveyance, the data on the number of balls held is erased by the data erasure device 69, and the data on the number of balls held by the game is newly written by the data writer 68.
63 is discharged to the player side.

Next, when the player has played the game and the number-of-balls data has become 0, as described later, when a new card is inserted or the settlement button 20 (see FIG. 1) is pressed. By being operated, the card held at the predetermined position is collected in the card collection box 80. The card collection box 80 is provided with a handle 80a, and a staff at the game arcade holds the handle 80a, removes the card collection box 80, and collects the magnetic cards collected in the card collection box 80.
It is configured to take out 63.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the number-of-balls number data can be updated by inserting a new card even during the game. In this embodiment, the magnetic card is collected by the card collection box 80 for each gaming machine. However, a belt conveyor or the like may be provided on the back of the gaming machine and collected at one end of the installation island.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in the present invention.

The control circuit includes a control unit (microcomputer) 81 as a control center. The control unit 81 has a function of controlling the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 as described below. The control unit 81 is composed of, for example, an LSI of several chips, in which an MPU 82 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure and a ROM 83 storing an operation program of the MPU 82,
A RAM 84 capable of writing and reading necessary data is included. Further, an input / output circuit 85 for obtaining signal consistency between the MPU 82 and an external circuit, a power-on reset circuit 86 for supplying a reset pulse to the MPU 82 when power is turned on, a clock generation circuit 87 for supplying a clock signal to the MPU 82, A pulse divider (interrupt pulse generator) 88 for dividing the clock signal from the clock generator 87 and periodically providing an interrupt pulse to the MPU 82; an address decode circuit 89 for decoding address data from the MPU 82; including.

The MPU 82 can execute the operation of the interrupt control routine according to the interrupt pulse periodically given from the pulse frequency dividing circuit 88. Further, the address decoding circuit 89 is MP
Decode the address data from U82, ROM83, RAM84,
A chip select signal is applied to each of the input / output circuits 85.

In this embodiment, a programmable ROM 83 is used as the ROM 83 so that its contents can be rewritten, that is, the program for the MPU 82 stored therein can be changed when necessary. And MPU82 is RO
According to the program stored in M83, and in response to the input of each control signal described below, a control signal is given to the above-described carrying motors 70, 75 and the like.

First, the control unit 81 includes the first to third card detectors.
The detection signal from 64 (SW1) to 66 (SW3) is the card detection circuit.
Given through 90. A read data signal is supplied from the data reader 67 to the control unit 81 via the data read / write circuit 92. When the player presses the settlement button 20 (see FIG. 1), the settlement switch 20 ', which is an example of settlement operation detecting means, is operated.
The ON operation is performed, and the signal is given to the control unit 81 via the adjustment switch circuit 93. The launch detection signal from the launch ball detector 41 is given to the control unit 81 via the launch ball detection circuit 94.
The detection signal from the winning ball detector 46 is given to the control unit 81 via the winning ball detecting circuit 95. Further, the detection signal from the out-ball detector 48 is given to the control section 81 via the out-ball detection circuit 96.

 Next, the control unit 81 gives a control signal to the following devices.

First, the motor circuit 91 is used to drive the first and second transport motors.
A drive motor drive control signal is applied to 70 (M1) and 75 (M2). A data write signal is supplied to the data writer 68 via the data read / write circuit 92, and an erase signal for data erase is supplied to the data eraser 69. Next, a hit ball motor drive control signal is applied to the hit ball motor 39 via the hit ball motor circuit 97. A display control signal is given to the game-permitted display 21 via the lamp circuit 98. Further, a control signal for displaying the number of held balls data is given to the number of held balls data display 35 through the digital display drive circuit 99. A predetermined direct current from the power supply circuit 100 is supplied to each circuit having the above configuration.

5A and 5B are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

First, in FIG. 5A, it is determined in step S1 whether the first card detector SW1 has been turned ON. The player waits until the magnetic card 63 is inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 19 and the first card detector SW1 is turned on. Then, when the player inserts the magnetic card into the card insertion / ejection slot, the first card detector SW1 is switched to ON, so that a YES judgment is made in step S1 and the process proceeds to step S2 for the first transfer. The motor M1 is normally rotated to convey the card to the left in the drawing in FIG. 3, the data recorded on the magnetic card is read by the data reader 67 (see FIG. 3) in step S3, and then in step S4. Then, it is judged whether or not the second card detector SW2 is turned on. The position where the card is not turned on yet, that is, the card is detected by the second card detector 65 (SW2) (see FIG. 3)
If the sheet has not been conveyed to step S2, the process returns to step S2, and the processes of steps S2 and S3 are continued.
Then, when the card is conveyed to the position detected by the second card detector 65 (SW2), by step S4
If YES is determined, the process proceeds to step S5, where the first transport motor M1 is stopped, whereby the card 63 is temporarily stopped at the position of the second card detector 65 (SW2) (see FIG. 3). ).

Next, proceeding to step S6, based on the data read from the magnetic card in step S3, whether the magnetic card is a card that can be used in this game hall, whether it is not a counterfeit card, or the expiration date of the card If it is determined that it is appropriate, it proceeds to step S10,
Both the 1st and 2nd transport motors M1 and M2 are rotated forward, and the card 63
Is conveyed to the left in FIG. Then, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the third card detector SW3 is switched from OFF to ON, and when it is determined that the third card detector SW3 is not switched yet, the process returns to step S10 again. As a result, while the card 63 is being conveyed to the position detected by the third card detector 66 (SW3) shown in FIG. 3, the first and second conveying motors M1 and M2 are normally rotated in step S10. The card is the third card detector 66 (SW3)
The third card detector 66 is conveyed to the detection position by
When (SW3) is switched to ON, YES is determined in step S11 and the process proceeds to the next step S12. In step S12, both the first and second transportation motors M1 and M2 are stopped and the card is held at the detection position (predetermined position) by the third card detector 66 (SW3). Then go to step S13,
A process of adding the number of balls held from the card to the number of balls held by the ball game machine is performed. In the case of the first game, since the ball count data stored in the ball game machine is 0, the ball count read from the card becomes the ball count data of the ball game machine as it is. Next, in step S14,
It is determined whether or not the number-of-balls data is 0, and if it is 0, the process returns to step S1 again, but if it is not 0, a NO determination is made in step S14 and the process proceeds to step S15.

When it is determined in step S6 that the data read from the card is not proper, the process proceeds to step S7, the first transport motor M1 is rotated in the reverse direction, and in step S8, the first card detector SW1 is turned on. It is determined whether or not it has been switched to OFF, and the processing in step S7 is continued until it is switched. Then, the first card detector SW1 is switched from ON to OFF by being conveyed from the card insertion / ejection port 19 to a state where the magnetic card 63 partially projects, and in that state, a YES determination is made in step S8. Then, the process proceeds to step S9, and the first carrying motor M1 is stopped. Then, the process returns to step S1 again. In addition, when it is determined in step S6 that the read card data is not appropriate, and in step S14, the number of balls held is 0.
When an unsuitable cause is found, such as when it is determined that, the unsuitable cause may be displayed on the player.

Next, in step S15 shown in FIG. 5B, the hitting motor power source is controlled to be ON and the pachinko ball can be ejected, and the process proceeds to step S16 and the game enable indicator is lit and the game is possible. Is displayed. Next, in step S17, it is determined whether or not the launch ball detector is turned on.If it is determined that it is not turned on yet, the process proceeds to step S18, in which the prize ball detector is turned on. If it is determined that it is not turned on yet, the process proceeds to step S19, where the out-ball detector is O
It is judged whether or not it is N, and when it is judged that it is not yet ON, the process proceeds to step S20, and it is judged whether or not a valid card is inserted. If a NO determination is made in step S20, the process proceeds to step S26.If a YES determination is made, the process proceeds to step S25, in which the number of possessed balls according to the card is added to the possessed ball number data. After that, the process proceeds to step S26. This step S20
The specific processing content of step S25 is the same as the processing of steps S1 to S13 shown in FIG. 5A. Then, in step S26, it is determined whether or not the number-of-balls data is 0. If the player's possession ball number data is not 0, a NO determination is made in step S26 and the process proceeds to step S27 to determine whether or not the settlement switch is ON. If the player does not press the settlement button 20 (see FIG. 1), it is determined to be ON in step S27 and the process proceeds to step S28.
(Value of winning ball counter x n) + (value of driving ball counter)
A determination of ≧ m is made. This m is the set stop number,
For example, a number of about 3000 or 4000. If (the value of the prize ball counter × n) − (the value of the hit ball counter) is less than m, the hit is not stopped yet and the determination of NO is made in step S28, and the process returns to step S15 again.

Next, the pachinko ball is fired and the fired ball detector is turned on.
If so, a YES determination is made in step S17, the process proceeds to step S21, a process of decrementing the number of balls held by one is performed, and the process proceeds to step S26. Then, if a pachinko ball that is driven into the game area wins, the winning ball detector turns on.
Then, a YES determination is made in step S18, the process proceeds to step S22, and n is added to the number-of-balls data. This n is a number corresponding to the number of prize balls given along with the winning of a pachinko ball, and is a predetermined number such as 13, for example. By the steps S17, S18, S21 and step S22, the number-of-balls data obtained from the number-of-balls identifying information of the number of balls of the recording medium which is inserted from the recording medium insertion opening by the hitting ball launching device and held at a predetermined position is updated. The data updating means is configured. Next, in step S23, the winning ball counter is incremented by 1, and in step S24, the hit ball counter is incremented by 1 in step S2.
Proceed to 6. In addition, as an addition condition to the possessed ball number data, instead of or in addition to the winning of the pachinko ball, for example, establishment of a specific game state may be selected, and a predetermined number is added based on the specific game state. May be controlled as follows. In addition, the steps S23 and S24
The values of the prize winning ball counter and the hit ball counter in are used for determining whether or not the hit is achieved in step S28.

Next, if the pachinko ball that has been driven into the game area falls into the out mouth, it is detected by the out ball detector and YES is determined in step S19, and the process proceeds to step S24.
After incrementing the driven-in ball counter by 1, step S2
Proceed to 6. That is, the process of incrementing the driven ball counter by 1 in step S24 is performed in both the case where the winning ball detector is turned on and the case where the out ball detector is turned on. The number of hit balls, which is a collection of winning and out balls, is counted by the hit ball counter. Instead of counting the sum of the winning ball and the out ball as in the present embodiment, for example, a driving ball detector is provided at the winning ball / out ball merging gutter 49 shown in FIG. It is also possible to control so that the hit ball counter is incremented by 1 each time the ball detector is turned on.

Next, if (the value of the prize ball counter × n) − (the value of the hit ball counter) is equal to or larger than m and the stop is established, YES is determined in step S28 and the process proceeds to step S35. If the player presses the settlement button 20 (see FIG. 1) to turn on the settlement switch, YES is determined in step S27 and the process proceeds to step S35.
The power of the ball striking motor is controlled to OFF and the game is disabled. As another method for making the game inoperable, the supply of hit balls to the hitting ball launching device 36 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) may be stopped, or a shield plate or the like may appear in the way of the launching ball to shoot balls. It is conceivable to forcibly make all foul balls. Next, the process proceeds to step S36, and the game enable display 21 (see FIG. 1) is turned off. Next, in step S37, the first and second transport motors 70 (M1) and 75 (M2) (see FIG. 3) are reversed to transport the magnetic card rightward in FIG. Next, in step S38, the data writer 68 (see FIG. 3) is added to the conveyed magnetic card.
Is used to write the number-of-balls-obtained data obtained by the game, and then the process proceeds to step S39. Step S39
Then, it is judged whether the first card detection switch 64 (SW1) (see FIG. 3) is switched from ON to OFF,
If it has not been switched yet, the process returns to step S37 and the processes of steps S37 and S38 are continued. Then, if the magnetic card 63 is conveyed to the state where the magnetic card 63 partially protrudes outward from the card insertion / ejection port 19,
The first card detection switch SW1 switches from ON to OFF,
A YES determination is made in step S39, and the flow advances to step S40 to stop and control the first and second transport motors M1 and M2. In this state, the player can pull out the magnetic card 63 on which the number-of-balls data acquired by himself / herself is written from the card insertion / ejection port 19. Next, the process proceeds to step S41, where it is determined whether or not the stop is established. If the stop is established, the game control ends at that point in time. Return to step S1.

Next, if the number-of-balls data becomes 0, step S2
If YES is determined by 6, the process proceeds to step S29, the power of the hitting motor is controlled to be OFF, and the game is disabled.
By this step S29, the game immobilization means for making the game machine inoperable on the basis of the fact that the number-of-balls data has disappeared is configured. As a method of disabling the game, as described above, in addition to the stop control of the ball striking motor,
Various methods are conceivable, such as stopping the supply of the hitting ball to the launching position and causing a shielding plate to appear in the course of the launching ball. Next, the process proceeds to step S30, the game enable indicator is turned off, and step S
Proceeding to 31, it is judged whether or not the settlement switch is ON. Then, if the player has not yet pressed the settlement button 20 (see FIG. 1), the above step is repeated.
Return to S18. Then, again, the steps S20 and S2 are performed.
The process of 5, specifically, the processes of steps S1 to S13 shown in FIG. 5A are performed. At that time,
If a valid card is inserted and YES is determined in step S6, the card transport motor M2 is normally rotated until the third card detector SW3 is switched from OFF to ON, and the card is returned to the card collection box 80. Will be collected inside. In other words, even if the number-of-balls data becomes 0 and YES is determined in the step S26, and the gaming machine is controlled in the inoperable state,
Rather than immediately proceeding to the card collection control of step S10 and subsequent steps, the flow shifts to the card collection control only after the player inserts the next valid recording medium, and this is due to the player's action for continuing the game. The recording medium held at the predetermined position will be collected, and the recording medium will be collected until all the remaining balls still remaining in the game area after the game is disabled until the game result is confirmed. It can be controlled so that it is not performed based on the player's intention, which is advantageous for the player. Next, if the player presses the settlement button 20 (see FIG. 1), a determination of YES is made in step S31, and the process proceeds to step S32, where the second transport motor 75 (M2) (see FIG. 3). Is rotated in the normal direction, and the magnetic card 63 is conveyed to the left in the drawing in FIG. Then, in step S33, it is determined whether or not the third card detector 66 (SW3) (see FIG. 3) is turned on, and the magnetic card is moved from the position detected by the third card detector. If the magnetic card has been conveyed to the other side, that is, if the magnetic card has been conveyed into the card collection box 80, a NO determination is made in step S33 and the process proceeds to step S34, the second transfer motor M2 is stopped and controlled again, and
Return to S1. That is, even if the number-of-balls data becomes 0 and the game machine is controlled to be in the game-disabled state, immediately the step S32
Instead of moving to the subsequent card collection control, it waits for the player to press the settlement button, and then shifts to the card collection control, which is caused by the action of the player to finish the game, that is, the pushing operation of the settlement operation means. Then, the recording medium held at the predetermined position is collected. As a result, all the remaining balls still remaining in the game area after the game is disabled cannot be collected from the recording medium until the game result is confirmed, and if there is a prize due to the remaining balls,
In step S22, the process of adding n to the number-of-balls data is performed so that it is advantageous to the player. By this step S31, a recovery condition for detecting that a predetermined condition for recovering the recording medium held at the predetermined position is satisfied after the game is disabled by the game immobilization means. A detection means is configured. Further, the second conveyor motor 75 (M2), the conveyor belt 78, the sub-rotation roller 77, the guide roller 79 and the third roller which are controlled by the steps S32 to S34.
The card detector 66 (SW3) of FIG. 3 (see FIG. 3) constitutes recording medium collecting means for collecting the recording medium held at the predetermined position based on the detection output of the collecting condition detecting means. . In other words, by the second transfer motor 75 (M2), the transfer belt 78, the driven roller 77, the guide roller 79 and the third card detector 66 (SW3) (see FIG. 3), the game cannot be played. A recording medium recovery unit is configured to recover the recording medium held at the predetermined position based on the detection output of the settlement operation detection unit after the game is disabled by the mobilization unit.

As another example of the recovery condition detecting means, it is possible to detect that the next recording medium has been inserted into the recording medium insertion port and shift to recovery control of the recording medium after step S32. In that case, instead of determining whether or not the settlement switch shown in step S31 has been turned ON, a step of determining whether or not the first card detector SW1 has been turned ON is performed. If the first recording medium is inserted and the first card detector SW1 is turned on, the process proceeds to step S32. If the first card detector SW1 is not turned on yet, the above step S32 is performed.
You may control to return to 18. By controlling in this way, the number of balls held becomes zero and the recording medium is not immediately collected, but instead the player inserts the next recording medium into the recording medium insertion slot to keep the player from playing the game. As a result, the recording medium held at the predetermined position is collected, and the collection of the recording medium can be delayed by the player's intention until all the remaining balls have determined the game result.

Further, the step of determining whether or not the first card detector SW1 is turned on is the same as the step N31 in step S31.
If the payment switch is not turned on and the first card detector SW1 is not turned on, the process returns to step S18 only when the payment switch is turned on and the payment switch is turned on. If either condition is satisfied or the first card detector SW1 is turned on, the process proceeds to step S32 and the recovery control of the recording medium is performed thereafter. Good.

As still another example, the timer is set immediately after turning off the power of the hitting motor, and the set time by the timer is set in advance to a time sufficient for the game results of all the remaining balls to be set, The card collection control in step S32 and subsequent steps may be started only after the set time has elapsed.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention having the above configuration has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the game on the already inserted recording medium, in which the next recording medium is inserted into the recording medium insertion slot, instead of immediately recovering the recording medium when the number-of-balls data is lost, has been completed. As a result, the recording medium held at the predetermined position is recovered, so that the recovery of the number of balls due to the remaining balls can be dealt with by delaying the recovery of the recording medium based on the player's intention. It has become possible to provide a game device in which a recording medium can be collected without making the person dissatisfied.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the predetermined position is determined by determining that the game on the already inserted recording medium has been completed by operating the settlement operation means, instead of immediately recovering the recording medium when the ball number data is lost. Since the recording medium that has been held in is collected, delaying the collection of the recording medium based on the player's intention can deal with the update of the number of balls held by the remaining balls, which makes the player feel dissatisfied. It has become possible to provide a game device in which a recording medium can be collected without any trouble.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a pachinko gaming machine which is an example of a game device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing a partial internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine. FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view for explaining the operation of the card processing device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control circuit for controlling the pachinko gaming machine. 5A and 5B are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. In the figure, 19 is a card insertion / ejection port as an example of a recording medium insertion slot, 63 is a magnetic card as an example of a recording medium, 24 is a game board, 26 is a game area, 36 is a hit ball launching device, and 10 is a game A pachinko gaming machine as an example of a device, 20 is a payment button as an example of payment operation means, 20 'is a payment switch as an example of payment operation detection means, 75 is a second transport motor, 78 is a transport belt, 77 Is a follower roller, 79 is a guide roller, and 66 is a third roller.
Card detector.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A recording medium insertion slot for inserting a recording medium on which a number of balls held by a player can be specified, and a game area formed on a game board; A hitting ball launching device for shooting a hitting ball, and a recording medium inserted from the recording medium inserting port and held at a predetermined position based on a game result of the hitting ball launched toward the game area by the hitting ball launching device. A data updating means for updating the ball count data derived from the ball count specifying information, and a state in which the gaming device cannot be played based on the absence of ball count data as a result of the update by the data updating means. After the game is disabled by the game inactivating means, the next recording medium is held in the predetermined position based on the fact that the next recording medium is inserted into the recording medium insertion slot. recoding media Characterized in that it and a recording medium collecting means for collecting apparatus for a game. 2. A recording medium insertion slot for inserting a recording medium on which the number of balls held by a player can be specified, a game area formed on a game board, and A ball launching device for launching a ball, a settlement operation means for settlement of a game result, a settlement operation detecting means for detecting that the settlement operation means has been operated, and a ball launching device for directing the game area. Data updating means for updating the number-of-balls data derived from the number-of-balls identification information of the recording medium inserted from the recording medium insertion slot and held at a predetermined position, based on the game result of the hit ball fired by And, as a result of the update by the data updating means, the game disabling means for disabling the gaming device based on the lack of the number-of-balls data, and the disabling state by the disabling means for gaming. After that, based on the output of the settlement operation detecting means, a recording medium collecting means for collecting the recording medium held at the predetermined position, and a gaming machine.