JP2787359B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a game in which at least a logic control area, a conversion area, and a connection area are used to control the operation of an electric game machine for performing a required game by a game control circuit. It is about the machine.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, an electric game such as a variable prize device that performs a complicated operation in a gaming section of a gaming machine or a variable display device that converts and displays a plurality of symbols such as numbers. Equipment is provided, and an electric control device is provided as a game control circuit for controlling the operation of these electric game machines. This electric control device is configured by housing a control board, in which a large number of integrated circuits such as a microprocessor and various electric components are arranged on a printed circuit board, in a storage case, and the electric control device is variable. By appropriately controlling the display device and the variable winning device, an auxiliary game state, a special game state, and the like are generated.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, a fixed data storage means (ROM), a variable data storage means (RAM), and an arithmetic control means (CPU) are provided on a control board in an electric control device provided in a pachinko machine. Are individually arranged, and the respective parts are connected by a printed wiring or the like on the substrate, so that a control signal path for reading out a control signal, expression information, and the like from the fixed data storage means is exposed. The storage contents of the fixed data storage means can be easily read from the control signal path.

In addition, when a new gaming machine is introduced (or a gaming board is replaced) in a game store, a third-party organization may inspect the adequacy of the introduced gaming machine. Since the fixed data storage means in which the control data is stored must be easily detachable, the fixed data storage means is mounted on the control board via a socket. That is, if the fixed data storage means is extracted from the socket, the stored contents can be more easily read.

For this reason, some gaming arcades read the control signal flowing through the control data signal path, or pull out the fixed data storage means from the socket and read the storage contents of the fixed data storage means to falsify the storage contents. That is, the game execution procedure (game control program) read from the fixed data storage means is rewritten, and the fixed data storage means storing the rewritten control data is mounted on the control board.

In this way, if the storage contents of the fixed data storage means are falsified, the game machine becomes an unauthorized game machine (for example, a special game is generated with a high probability under a specific condition) that cannot perform a sound game based on the original game control. This increases the player's ambition and increases the player's investment amount, which leads to an increase in the burden on the player.

Accordingly, if such tampering is performed, the player is disadvantageously consequently disadvantaged.

Therefore, in order to prevent tampering performed on the game store side, it is desired that the control data stored in the fixed data storage means at the time of manufacturing the electric control device cannot be read, additionally written, or erased. I have.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and has at least a game control circuit (for example, a game control circuit) having at least a logical area (70), a conversion area (72), and a connection area (74). 2 Electric control device 48)
Depending on the electric gaming device that performs the required game (for example,
In a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko machine 1) for controlling the operation of the variable display device 9 and the variable winning device 10), the logic area is a fixed data storage unit (for example, a control data storage circuit 681) for storing a game execution procedure. And a central processing means for executing the game execution procedure (for example, the arithmetic control circuit 683)
Variable data storage means (for example, a variable data storage circuit 682) capable of storing variable data and temporarily using the work area during the execution of the game execution procedure, and oscillation control for managing the operation speed of the game execution procedure Means (for example, an oscillation control circuit 684), timer means (for example, a clock control circuit 685) for creating a use time in a game execution procedure based on the oscillation control means, and an electric game machine and a signal for performing a required game. Input / output control means (for example, input control circuit 686a, output control circuit 686b) for transmitting and receiving data, and the fixed data storage means, central processing means, variable data storage means, oscillation control means, timer means, input / output control means An internal control signal path (680), and an operation designating means (for example, a selection designating circuit 689) for designating an operation target from among the means communicated by the internal control signal path; And et arrangement, there these as those integrated into a single base in the material.

<Operation> Fixed data storage means in the logical area, central processing means, variable data storage means, oscillation control means, timer means,
By integrating the input / output control means and the operation designating means in a single base material, control data such as a game execution procedure and input / output information are transmitted and received via an internal control signal path formed in the single base material. Will be done.

<Embodiment> Next, a pachinko machine as an embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a ball supply tray 3 and the like on a frame-shaped front frame 2 and a game board 4 so as to close a window of the front frame 2 from behind.

The game board 4 has a game section 6 surrounded by guide rails 5 on its surface.
, And prize-winning tools 7 are arranged in the gaming section 6.
A variable display device 9 having a variable display device 8 is provided substantially in the center, and for example, a variable winning device is provided below the variable display device 9 as appropriate.
A start port 12 internally having a start switch 11 is provided between the left and right of the variable winning device 10 and the variable display device 9, and an out port 13 is provided at the lower center.

As shown in FIG. 3, the variable display device 9 is provided with three 7s at approximately the center of the front surface of the board 14 attached to the game board 4.
A variable display 8 composed of segments is provided,
An armor portion 15 protrudes from an upper portion of the variable display device 8, and a suitable number of storage display devices 16 are provided below the variable display device.

The variable winning device 10 described above, as shown in FIGS.
A horizontally long ball passage opening 18 is opened substantially at the center of a first substrate 17 attached to the game board 4, and the ball passage opening 18 is opened and closed by a first drive source 19, which is disadvantageous for a player in a first state and a game. The ball receiving door 20 which can be converted to the second state which is advantageous to the user is rotatably mounted on the shaft, and a window 21 made of a horizontally long transparent member or the like is opened below the ball passage opening 18 so that the ball passing On the left and right sides of the mouth 18, there are rotatably mounted ball receiving pieces 23 which can be opened and closed by a second drive source 22 and can be converted into a first state disadvantageous to the player and a second state advantageous to the player. It is.

In addition, on the left and right of the front surface of the first substrate 17, a winning number display 24 for displaying the winning number to the variable winning device 10 is provided,
A second substrate 26 having a light emitting display member 25 is mounted on the back side of the first substrate 17, and a second drive source 22 for driving a crank 27 to open and close the ball receiving piece 23 is mounted from behind the second substrate 26. is there.

On the front surface of the ball receiving door 20, a fan-shaped member 28 serving as a weight and a stopper is provided, and a first drive source 19 for opening and closing the ball receiving door 20 via a lever 29 is connected to the game board 4 capable of being connected to the lever 29. It is attached to the back of the right place.

Further, one end of a lever 29 rotatably mounted on the second substrate 26 is brought into contact with the upper surface of a contact piece 20a provided below the ball receiving door 20, and the lever 29 is provided with a first drive. The plunger 31 of the solenoid 30 constituting the source 19 is configured to abut from above.

Therefore, at the time of demagnetization, the plunger 31 of the solenoid 30 protruding downward by the bias of the spring presses the lever 29 downward, so that the lever 29 abuts on the contact piece 20 of the ball receiving door 20.
A pressing force capable of depressing a is applied to hold the ball receiving door 20 at a position (first state) at which the ball passage opening 18 is closed. When the first drive source 19 is driven, that is, when the solenoid 30 is excited, the pressing force on the lever 29 disappears, and the pressing force from the lever 29 disappears. The lever 29 is rotated while being pushed up by its own weight, and the ball passage opening 18 is opened to change to the second state.

An operating piece 34 is attached to a plunger 33 of a solenoid 32 constituting the second drive source 22 attached to the second substrate 26, and a horizontally long crank receiving hole provided at an appropriate position of the operating piece 34.
The rear end of the crank 27 is loosely fitted to 35, and the front side of the crank 27 is connected to the shaft 36 of the ball receiving piece 23.

Therefore, at all times when the second drive source 22 is not driven,
The operating piece 34 is held in a depressed state by the plunger 33 of the solenoid 32 biased by a spring, so that the ball receiving piece 23 can be kept in the first state, and when the variable winning device 10 is driven, By driving the second drive source 22, the plunger 33 of the solenoid 32 pulls up the operating piece 34, and rotates the crank 27 connected to the shaft 36 by a predetermined angle to open the ball receiving piece 23 left and right. Second
It is transformed into a state.

In addition, the ball passage opening 18 of the variable winning device 10 is divided into a continuous winning opening 37 and a general winning opening 38, and a continuous detector 39 is provided only inside the continuous winning opening 37, and the continuous winning opening 37 is won. The distinguished ball can be distinguished from the ball that has won another general winning opening 38.

A winning number detector 41 is provided in the winning ball flow path 40 communicating with the above-mentioned continuous winning opening 37 and the general winning opening 38, and the number of winning balls detected by the winning number detector 41 is determined by the number of winning balls. It is displayed on the display 24.

A ball storage tank 43, a ball outlet gutter 44, a prize ball discharge device 45, and the like are arranged at required positions on a back mechanism board 42 provided on the back of the pachinko machine 1, and a prize tool 7 of the game board 4 is awarded. Then, the prize balls supplied from the prize ball aggregate cover 4a are appropriately processed, and a predetermined number of prize balls are discharged according to the number of the prize balls.

Further, for example, a power supply terminal unit 46 for supplying power to an electric device such as a hit ball launching device or a winning ball processing device is provided on the upper rear surface of the pachinko machine 1, and a first electric terminal 46 is provided adjacent to the power supply terminal unit 46. The control device 47 is disposed on the back of the winning ball collecting cover 4a disposed on the back side of the game board 4 with the second electric control device 48, and the first electric control device 47 and the second By functionally connecting the electric control device 48, an electric control device for controlling electric game machines such as various detectors and the variable display device 9 can be provided. That is, the first electric control device 47 which can be used permanently is attached to the main body side of the pachinko machine 1, and the second electric control device 48 which needs to be replaced every time the game board 4 is replaced is attached to the game board side.

The first electric control device 47 is a device in which a first control board 50 having various electric components is housed in a first storage case 53 formed by a box-shaped upper cover member 51 and a bottom cover member 52. The radiator 53 has a radiating hole 54 for releasing heat generated from the electric components of the first control board 50 to the outside. Also, spaces are formed between one side surface of the first control board 50 and the inner surface of the upper cover member 51 and between the other side surface of the first control board 50 and the inner surface of the bottom cover member 52, respectively. The first control board 50 is stored in the first storage case 53. Reference numeral 52a denotes a cushioning material formed of urethane or the like, which prevents the back surface of the first control board 50 from contacting the bottom cover member 52 and causing a short circuit.

The first control board 50 includes a power amplifier 55a and a constant voltage generator 55
b, a power supply area 58 composed of a radiator 55c, a large-capacity capacitor 56, a coil 57, etc., and an amplifier 5 that emits a predetermined sound.
9. An audio area 61 and the like including a capacitor 60 and the like are provided, and various electric components are functionally connected by printed wiring on the back surface.

An outlet plug 53a is provided on the back surface of the bottom lid member 52, and the first electrical control device 47 is connected to the power supply outlet provided in the main body of the pachinko machine 1 by the outlet plug 53a. It is designed to be fixed to the machine 1. Further, a speaker 2a is provided on the front side of the disposition position of the first electric control device 47, and the first electric control device 47 having the sound area 61 and the speaker 2a are brought close to each other.

The second electric control device 48 is a device in which a second control board 62 having various electric components is housed in a second storage case 65 formed by a box-shaped upper cover member 63 and a bottom cover member 64. A shield plate 66 is interposed between the bottom cover member 64 and the bottom cover member 64, and is shielded by a contact piece 66 a projecting from the plate surface of the shield plate 66 toward the second control board 62 and abutting against one side of the second control board 62. A space is formed between the plate 66 and the second control board 62.

A space is also formed between the second control board 62 and the inner surface of the upper lid member 63, as in the case of the first electric control device 47, and a shield plate 66 is provided on the second control board 62 side. Is provided with a buffer material 66b to protect the second control board 62 from impact and to prevent the second control board 62 from contacting the shield plate 66 and short-circuiting.

Also, for example, a mounting piece 64 provided at an appropriate position on the side surface of the bottom lid member 64
a is provided with a locking member 67, and by providing a locking portion that is detachable from the locking member 67 on the back surface of the winning ball aggregate cover body 4a provided on the back side of the game board 4, The electric control device 48 can be detachably attached to the winning ball collecting cover 4a of the game board 4 (FIG. 7).

The second control board 62 has a logic area 70 including a one-chip microcomputer 68, a crystal oscillator 69 for supplying a clock as a basic pulse signal to the one-chip microcomputer 68, drive control and input signal conversion, etc. A conversion area 72 composed of power amplifiers 71a, 71b and the like so as to enable the connection, and a connector pin 73 detachable from a connector provided at an end of a cable for connecting to each electric game machine
.. Are arranged, and various electric components are functionally connected by printed wiring on the back surface.

The one-chip computer 68 includes a control data storage circuit (ROM) 681 as fixed data storage means for fixedly storing control data such as a game execution procedure, and a fluctuation data storage circuit as fluctuation data storage means capable of storing fluctuation data. (RA
M) 682, an arithmetic control circuit (CPU) 683 as a central processing means for executing the game execution procedure, an oscillation control circuit 684 as an oscillation control means for managing the operation speed of the game execution procedure, and a game based on the oscillation control circuit 684. A timer control circuit (timer) 685 as a timer means for creating a use time in the execution procedure, and an input control circuit 686a and an output control circuit 686b as input / output control means for transmitting and receiving signals to and from various electric game machines.
It is provided in a single base material such as a wafer. In addition,
The variation data storage circuit 682 is temporarily used as a work area during the execution of the game execution procedure.

The control data storage circuit 681 fixedly stores control data such as control commands and expression information to the electric game machine,
The arithmetic control circuit 683 reads out the control data from the control data storage circuit 681 as appropriate, executes the arithmetic processing based on the control command, and outputs the execution result, whereby the variable display device 9 provided on the game board 4 is provided. And an electric game machine such as the variable winning device 10 performs a predetermined operation to generate an auxiliary game state or a special game state.

The variation data storage circuit 682 stores game process data as variation data each time game process data such as the number of prize balls or the operating state of the variation prize device 10 is input from various electric gaming machines. The arithmetic control circuit 683 reads out appropriate control data from the control data storage circuit 681 based on this.

The oscillation control circuit 684 outputs an oscillation pulse input from the crystal oscillator 69 via the oscillator connection terminal as a clock having a predetermined time width, and the execution speed of the arithmetic control circuit 683 is determined by the clock.

The clock output from the oscillation control circuit 684 is also input to the clock control circuit 685, and the clock control circuit 685 measures the elapsed time by counting the number of input clocks,
Based on the elapsed time, the arithmetic and control circuit 683 outputs a control command for driving or stopping various electric game machines.

The input control circuit 686a temporarily stores an output signal output from the output terminal of the one-chip microcomputer 68 to the electric control device or the like via the connection line 75, and adjusts the output signal according to the processing speed of each electric game machine. The output control circuit 686b outputs the signal to a corresponding electric game machine, and temporarily stores an input signal input from the electric game machine or the like into the one-chip microcomputer 68 via the connection line 75, According to the processing speed of the variation data storage circuit 682 or the arithmetic control circuit 683, the signal is stored in the variation data storage circuit 682 or the arithmetic control circuit 683.
Output to

An audio signal generation circuit 687 is provided in the one-chip microcomputer 68, and the control data storage circuit 6
The expression information in the control data stored in 81 is converted into an audio signal, and the audio signal is output from the audio signal output terminal to the first through a connection line 75.
A sound signal is supplied to a sound area 61 of the electric control device 47, and the sound area 61 outputs a sound corresponding to the sound signal from the speaker 2a to notify a player of an occurrence of an auxiliary game state or a special game state.

Further, the one-chip microcomputer 68 is provided with a runaway monitoring control circuit 688 which is a runaway monitoring control means for monitoring the runaway of the arithmetic control circuit 683, and a selection designating circuit 689 as an operation designating means for designating a circuit to be operated. In addition, an internal control signal path 680 for transmitting and receiving various data signals and control signals in the one-chip microcomputer 68 is formed between the circuits.

As described above, if the logic area 70 is formed by the one-chip microcomputer 68 in which the respective circuits are integrated and the crystal oscillator 69, various data signals and the like are transmitted between the control data storage circuit 681, the fluctuation data storage circuit 682, and the arithmetic control circuit 683. All internal control signal paths 680 for transmitting and receiving control signals are closed by the one-chip microcomputer 68 and are not exposed outside the one-chip microcomputer 68.

Therefore, the control data fixedly stored in the control data storage circuit 681 cannot be read from the outside via the internal control signal path 680, and the control data of the control data storage circuit 681 is erased or additional writing is performed. It is possible to prevent the game store from independently falsifying such as falsification.

Further, since the arithmetic control circuit 683 is provided in an integrated state inside the one-chip microcomputer 68, the model number and the like of the arithmetic control circuit 683 cannot be specified, and the machine language prepared for the arithmetic control circuit 683 is not used. Since it is not easy to know, the falsification of the game store can be prevented from this point as well.

Further, by integrating most of the logic area in a single base material to form a one-chip microcomputer 68, the second control board 62 is made compact, and the second control board 62 is
The second electric control device 48 itself housed in the housing case 65 can be reduced in weight and size.

Therefore, unlike the conventional electric control device in which the mounting position is limited to the back surface of the back mechanism board 42 or the like due to its size and own weight, the second electric control device 48 is provided on the back side of the game board 4. It can be removably attached to the back of the winning ball set cover 4a, and can be connected to various electric game machines of the game board 4 via the connection lines 75 (FIG. 14).

In this manner, by attaching the second electric control device 48 to the back surface of the winning ball aggregate cover body 4a provided on the back surface side of the game board 4, the electric game machine such as the variable winning device 10 and the
The length of the connection line 75 connecting the electric control device 48 can be shortened, and the connection line 75 is prevented from becoming complicated and the connection lines 75 from being entangled with each other. Further, since the second electric control device 48 is provided on the winning ball collecting cover body 4a, as in the case where the electric control device is provided on the back of the back mechanism board 42, various mechanisms installed on the back mechanism board 42 are provided. The connection line 75 does not become entangled with the device. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of accidents such as the connection connector falling off from the connector pin 73 and the broken line in the middle of the connection line 75.

Further, by shortening the connection line 75, a signal line for transmitting an electric signal can be shortened, so that external noise is less likely to be mixed into an electric signal flowing in the connection line 75, and an integrated circuit Various electrical components can be prevented from malfunctioning as much as possible.

Therefore, due to the above two synergistic effects obtained by shortening the connection line 75, the electric control by the electric control device configured by functionally connecting the first electric control device 47 and the second electric control device 48 is performed. It is possible to stabilize the operation of the target gaming machine and make the pachinko machine 1 extremely reliable.

In addition, if the game board 4 to be replaced is delivered with the second electric control device 48 compatible with the game board 4 attached, the replacement work in the pachinko parlor can be simplified. Furthermore, if the game board 4 and the second electric control device 48 are delivered to the pachinko parlor in an integrated state, the delivery cost can be reduced and the second electric board that is not compatible with the replacement game board 4 can be obtained. It is also possible to prevent a delivery mistake such as the control device 48 being delivered to a pachinko parlor by mistake.

In the above-described embodiment, the connection region 74 is exposed from the second storage case 65 by appropriately determining the shape of the upper lid member 63.
The connector can be easily attached to and detached from the connector 73, and daily maintenance and repair work can be performed efficiently.

Also, a connection area 74 in which a large number of connector pins 73 are arranged.
The arrangement position is not limited to the second control board 62. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a connection region 74 is provided directly on the back surface of the upper lid member 63 of the second electric control device 48, and the second control board 62 is Storage case 65
It may be completely stored inside.

Further, if the electric control device for controlling various electric game machines is divided into the first electric control device 47 and the second electric control device 48 as in the above embodiment, the winning ball set cover 4a In addition, the weight load when the second electric control device 48 is disposed can be further reduced.

In addition, a versatile power supply area for various game boards5
8. The second electrical unit having a logical area 70 and the like which can be used only for a specific game board by continuously using the first electric control device 47 having the audio area 61 and the like fixed to the back side of the front frame 2 of the pachinko machine 1 Only the electric control device 48 can be replaced together with the game board, thereby reducing the cost associated with the replacement of the game board 4 and the electric control device created according to the game board 4 to be replaced is the second electric board. Since only the electrical control device 48 is used, the wiring of the control board of the electrical control device is simplified, design errors at the design stage can be prevented as much as possible, and the assembling work in the production process can be made more efficient.

Moreover, the first electric control device 47 and the second electric control device
The first electrical control device 47 having a power supply region 58 having a relatively high heat generation amount is provided by appropriately disposing the 48.
As a result, it is possible to minimize the occurrence of inconvenience such as malfunction or breakage of the second electric control device 48 due to the heat generated from the electric device, thereby stabilizing the operation of the electric game machine by the electric control device, and improving reliability. The pachinko machine 1 having an extremely high pachinko machine can be obtained.

Further, the first electric control device 47 and the second
The electric control device 48 includes a first control board 50 and a second control board.
A space is formed between both sides of the storage case 62 and the inner surfaces of the first storage case 53 and the second storage case 65, and both spaces in the case are communicated with each other. The natural convection causes the electric components provided on the first control board 50 and the second control board 62 to effectively dissipate heat, and discharges the heated air from the heat dissipation holes 54 to the outside of the case. This can prevent the temperature inside the case from rising as much as possible. In addition, since the shield plate 66 is interposed between the second control board 62 and the winning ball collecting cover 4a, static electricity generated by friction between the winning ball collecting cover 4a made of plastic or the like and an iron ball is formed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the second control board 62 from being affected as much as possible.

The method of attaching the second electric control device 48 to the winning ball set cover 4a of the game board 4 is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. The device 48 is provided with a locking projection 76, and the locking projection 76 is provided.
A locking hole 77 that can be engaged and disengaged is set at an appropriate position on the back of the winning ball collecting cover body 4a, and after the locking projection 76 is inserted into the locking hole 77, the second electric control device 48 is substantially 90 It is also possible for the flange portion of the locking projection 76 to be locked and locked to the edge of the locking hole 77.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16, a plate-like magnet 78 is attached to the back of the winning ball collecting cover body 4a, and a bottom wall member is formed of a synthetic resin material mixed with an iron magnetic material or a magnetic powder. The electric control device 48 may be attached to the winning ball aggregate cover 4a by the magnetic force of the plate magnet 78.

Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the second electric control device 48
A locking hole 79 is provided in the bottom cover member 64, and a locking claw 80 having an L-shaped cross section is protruded at an appropriate position of the winning ball collecting cover body 4a, and the locking claw 80 is provided in the locking hole 79. By locking, the second electric control device 48 may be attached to the winning ball aggregate cover 4a. In the embodiment shown in the drawings,
The lower portion of the second electric control device 48 is held by the holding member 81 formed of an elastic material, and the second electric control device 48 is pressed against the rear surface of the winning ball aggregate cover body 4a by the elastic force of the holding member 81, The second electric control device 48 is fixed to the rear surface of the winning ball aggregate cover 4a in a good condition.

Further, the mounting position of the second electric control device 48 is not limited to the rear surface of the winning ball aggregate cover body 4a, but may be directly mounted on the rear surface of the game board 4 as shown in FIG. Absent.

FIGS. 19 and 20 show an integrated electrical control unit 82.
The integrated electric control device 82 includes a power supply area 58, a sound area 61, a logic area 70, a conversion area 72, and a connection area 74, which are integrally provided on a single board. The integrated control board 83 is housed in an integrated control board storage case 86 formed by an upper cover member 84 and a bottom cover member 85.
A shield plate 87 is interposed between the bottom cover member 85 and the abutment piece 87a that protrudes from the plate surface of the shield plate 87 toward the integrated control board 83 and abuts one side of the integrated control board 83,
A space is formed between the shield plate 87 and the integrated control board 83.

Further, similarly to the second electric control device 48, the control data storage circuit 681 as storage means for fixed data, the fluctuation data storage circuit 682 as fluctuation data storage means, the operation control circuit 683 as central processing means, the oscillation control One-chip microcomputer provided with an oscillation control circuit 684 as a means, a timing control circuit 685 as a timer means, an input control circuit 686a and an output control circuit 686b as input / output control means in a single base material
Since the logic area 70 is configured by the crystal oscillator 68 and the crystal oscillator 69, the control data storage circuit 681 cannot read the control data stored fixedly from the outside, and cannot perform tampering such as rewriting the control data. By making the integrated control board 83 lightweight and small,
The entirety of the integrated electric control device 82 is reduced in weight and size, the weight load of the integrated electric control device 82 is reduced, and the integrated electric control device is integrated into the winning ball collecting cover 4a made of plastic or the like. 82 can be made attachable.

In addition, similarly to the first and second electric control devices 47 and 48, a space is formed between the integral control board 83 and the inner surface of the upper lid member 84, and the integral control of the shield plate 87. A buffer material 87b is provided on the substrate 83 side to protect the integrated control substrate 83 from impact, and the integrated control substrate 83 is a shield plate.
The contact with 87 prevents short-circuit.

FIG. 21 shows another embodiment of the integrated electric control device, in which a winning ball set cover body disposed on the back side of the game board is provided.
On the back side of 4a, a one-sided open lid 88 is provided so as to be openable and closable by a hinge 89, and when the lid 88 is appropriately rotated to close the open portion of the lid 88 on the back of the winning ball aggregate cover 4a, A locking piece 90 provided on the side surface of the lid 88 is held in this state by being locked to, for example, a claw piece (not shown) of a locking member 91 so that a substrate storage space is formed inside. It is.

In addition, a pair of board receptions 92, 92 are disposed at appropriate places on the back of the winning ball aggregate cover body 4a, and a slide mechanism 93 provided opposite to both board receiving members 92 is integrated with an integrated control board 83. The integrated control board 83 is held in the board storage space with the lower edge of the integrated control board 83 in contact with the contact portion 94 of the board receiving member 92. Therefore, the integrated control board 83 is an electric control device housed in a housing case composed of the lid 88 and the back surface of the winning ball aggregate cover 4a.
Since the slide groove 93 is provided at an appropriate distance from the rear surface of the winning ball aggregate cover 4a, a space is formed between the integrated control board 83 and the rear surface of the winning ball aggregate cover 4a. .

Note that, as in the other embodiment shown in FIG.
If the integrated control board 83 is detachably attached to the winning ball collecting cover 4a with the shield plate 87 having As with the device 82, the integrated control board 83
Shock-absorbing effect, short-circuit prevention, and shielding effect against static electricity.

If a space for accommodating the control board is formed directly on the back of the winning ball collecting cover body 4a as described above and the control board is accommodated in the space, the second electric control device 48 or the integrated electric As in the embodiment in which the dynamic control device 82 is attached to the back of the winning ball aggregate cover body 4a, the length of the connection line 75 for connecting the electric game machine such as the variable winning device 10 and the integrated electric control device 82 is reduced. It can be shortened to prevent accidents such as disconnection of the connector from the connector pin 73 or disconnection in the middle of the connection line 75, and integrated control by external noise mixed in the electric signal flowing in the connection line 75. The integrated circuit and various electric components on the substrate 83 are prevented from malfunctioning as much as possible, and the operation of the electric game machine by the integrated electric control device 82 is stabilized, so that the pachinko machine 1 with extremely high reliability can be obtained. .

In addition, when the game board 4 to be replaced is delivered to the pachinko parlor with the integrated control board 83 having compatibility with the game board 4 attached thereto, the exchanging operation at the pachinko parlor can be simplified. In addition, by delivering the game board 4 and the integrated control board 83 to the pachinko parlor in an integrated state, the delivery cost can be reduced, and the integrated control board 83 that is not compatible with the replacement game board 4 is provided. Can be delivered to pachinko parlors by mistake.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, a fixed data storage unit storing a game execution procedure, a central processing unit, a variable data storage unit, an oscillation control unit, a timer unit, an input / output control unit, and an operation. Since it is a pachinko machine having an electrical control device having a logic area in which the designation means is integrated in a single base material, an internal control signal path for transmitting and receiving various data signals and control signals between each means in the logic area Is closed in a single base material, and it becomes difficult to externally read out the game execution procedure and the like fixedly stored in the fixed data storage means as in a conventional gaming machine, and the data stored in the fixed data storage means is illegal. It is possible to prevent the game store or the like from independently performing tampering to rewrite the information.

Further, the fixed data storage means, the central processing means, the variable data storage means, the oscillation control means, the timer means, the input / output control means and the operation designating means are integrated and provided in a single base material so that the control board can be made compact. Therefore, there is also an effect that the electric control device itself can be reduced in weight and size.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Drawings show an embodiment of a pachinko machine as a gaming machine according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a front view of a game board, FIG. 3 is a front view of a variable display device, 4 is a perspective view of the variable prize apparatus, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the variable prize apparatus, FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the variable prize apparatus mounted on a game board, and FIG. 7 is a rear view of the pachinko machine. , And FIG.
FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the first electric control device, FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the first electric control device, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the second control substrate, FIG. FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the second electric control device, FIG. 13 is a block diagram schematically showing the inside of the one-chip microcomputer, and FIG. 14 shows a state where the second electric control device is attached to the back of the winning ball collecting gutter. The back view of the game board shown in FIG. 15 to FIG.
FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing a method of mounting the electric control device, and FIG.
FIG. 19 is a rear view of the game board showing a state where the electric control device is attached to the back of the game board, FIG. 19 is a perspective view of an integrated control board, and FIG.
FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of an integrated electric control device. FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment in which an electric control device is formed on the back of a winning ball collecting gutter by a cover that can be opened and closed and a control board. twenty two
The figure is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment in which a shield plate is interposed between the control board and the rear surface of the winning ball collecting gutter in FIG. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine, 9 is a variable display device, 10 is a variable winning device, 48 is a second electric control device, 70 is a logical region, 72 is a conversion region, 74 is a connection region, and 680 is an internal control signal path. 681 is control data storage means, 682 is fluctuation data storage means, 683 is arithmetic control means, 684 is oscillation control means, 685 is timekeeping control means, 686a is input control means, 686b is output control means, and 689 is a selection designating circuit. It is.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game machine for controlling the operation of an electric game machine for performing a required game by a game control circuit having at least a logic area, a conversion area, and a connection area, wherein the logic area stores a game execution procedure. Fixed data storage means for executing a game execution procedure; central processing means for executing a game execution procedure; variable data storage means capable of storing variation data and temporarily used as an operation area during the execution of the game execution procedure; Oscillation control means for managing the operation speed of the game, timer means for creating a use time in a game execution procedure based on the oscillation control means, and input / output control means for exchanging signals with an electric game machine for performing a required game And an internal control signal for communicating the fixed data storage means, central processing means, variable data storage means, oscillation control means, timer means, and input / output control means. When the the operation specifying means for specifying the operation target from among the means which is contacted by the internal control signal paths, and consists, gaming machine, characterized in that integrated them into a single substrate.