JP2844163B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with a combination display device for producing a predetermined profitable operation by a predetermined combination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a game ball passes through a starting gate provided with a ball detecting device, the symbol is constituted by a symbol display which variably displays various predetermined symbols, and based on a ball detecting signal from the ball detecting device, A symbol combination display device that starts and stops symbol variation and displays symbols of various combinations, and a release operation when each stopped symbol of the symbol combination display device is a predetermined combination. Various types of special prize openings have been proposed.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned symbol combination display device, one of the symbol indicators of the symbol combination display device is finally stopped, and finally the symbol display is stopped. When the symbol display other than the container becomes a predetermined combination symbol, that is, when the display of the symbol display is immediately before the predetermined combination (hereinafter, the following)
(Referred to as "reach state"), a configuration is proposed in which the symbol fluctuation speed of the last symbol display device is set to be low to increase the expectation. However, such a configuration has become obsolete, and a monotonous feeling cannot be denied, and a more expressive reach expression is required.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine capable of generating a design fluctuation mode rich in dynamism in a reach state.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a symbol change speed which is executed by a symbol indicator (hereinafter referred to as a final symbol indicator) which stops last in a reach state, and a symbol variation speed.
Is controlled in such a manner as to be in a symbol variation mode in which the speed is increased stepwise and then stopped . This symbol variation mode may be always executed in the reach state, or may be selectively executed by lottery from a random number sequence.

[0006] Furthermore, a plurality of accelerated symbol fluctuation modes having different final speeds may be provided, and control may be performed such that the higher the final speed, the easier the hit.

[0007]

In the reach state, the final symbol display circulates and fluctuates at an accelerated rate to a predetermined symbol. In this case, unexpectedness is generated, and the sense of speed increases the sense of tension of the player, thereby increasing the sense of expectation.

[0008] In addition, having a plurality of accelerated symbol variation mode,
In a configuration in which the higher the final speed, the easier it is to hit, the higher the speed, the higher the probability of hitting, and the higher the expectation and excitement for the player for high speed It will be even higher.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1, in which a ball tray and a rotary handle for shooting balls are provided at a lower portion (not shown) of the machine frame 2. In the center of the board of the game board 3, FIG.
A center case 4 fixed to the front of a mounting case (not shown) is provided as shown in the enlarged view, and three displays 7a constituting a symbol combination display device 6 are provided in the center case 4. , 7b, 7c are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, and a dot matrix or 7-segment indicator disposed on the surface of the display 7a, 7b, 7c through a window plate 5 formed through the center of the center case 4 through a perforated plate. A symbol display section composed of an LED or a liquid crystal display of a container or the like can be visually recognized.

A standby recording lamp array 11 composed of four pilot lamps is provided below the window hole 5 of the center case 4, and a normal symbol display 10 is provided above the window hole 5.

The symbol indicators 7a, 7b, 7c and the ordinary symbol indicator 10 are constituted by LEDs or liquid crystals, and the symbol indicators 7a, 7b, 7c are composed of numerals and alphabets such as "0" to "9". A symbol that can be expressed by the 7-segment indicator is displayed, and the symbol display 10 normally displays symbols “3”, “5”, and “7” in a variable manner.

Also, on both sides of the center case 4, a starting gate 13 for driving a normal symbol display 10 provided with a ball detecting device (not shown) constituted by a photoelectric switch, a limit switch, etc. by the inflow of a game ball. , 13 are provided, and when a ball detection signal is generated by the ball detection device due to the passing of a game ball, the symbol display 10 usually fluctuates, and if the number of the stopped symbol is “7”, the center case 4 is displayed.
The opening / closing wing pair 16, 16 of the winning opening / closing device 15 disposed immediately below the opening position is opened for about 5.8 seconds.

The winning opening / closing device 15 is provided with the upper portion serving as a starting opening 14 for driving the symbol combination display device 6 to display the symbols 7a, 7b and 7c in a symbol-variable manner. With the pair of open / close wings 16 and 16 standing up, the closed position where only the falling of the game ball from the starting port 14 is effective, and the pair of open / close wings 16 and 16 are tilted in an inverted octagonal shape and the sides thereof Is also used as a starting port, and is controlled to be converted to an open position for guiding a game ball to the inside via an electric driving means.

A ball detection switch composed of a photoelectric switch, a limit switch, and the like is provided in the ball flow path in the winning opening opening / closing device 15, and a symbol combination display is performed in accordance with ball detection by the ball detection switch. When the apparatus 6 is driven and passes continuously, the standby recording lamp array 11 is sequentially turned on and held up to four times. Along with this operation, a predetermined number of prize balls are provided as the game balls pass.

Below the winning opening opening / closing device 15, a winning device 22 having a wide special winning opening 23 is provided. The prize winning device 22 has a known structure in which the lid 24 is opened in the front-rear direction by a solenoid to guide a game ball to the special winning opening 23 by the guiding action of the lid 24. The central portion is defined as a specific area 23a, and when a game ball enters the specific area 23a as described later, a continuous opening operation is performed.

Next, the operation of the symbol combination display device 6 will be described.

When a game ball flows in from the side of the starting opening 14 or the open winning opening opening / closing device 15, the symbol combination display device 6 is driven together with the supply of the prize ball. If the vehicle passes continuously, the standby memory lamp array 1
1 lights sequentially and is held up to four times.

When the symbol combination display device 6 is driven, the symbol indicators 7a, 7b, 7c start changing symbols.
When about 5 seconds have elapsed, the symbol change stops in the order of the symbol indicators 7a, 7b, 7c. At this time, normally, all the symbols fluctuate at a low speed from two frames before the symbol to be stopped.
For example, if "7", "3", and "6" at the time of stop, the symbol display 7a starts at the position "5", the symbol display 7b starts at the position "1", and the symbol display 7c turns "4". Circulating at a low speed from the position of "."

When the symbol displays 7a and 7b are in a so-called reach state, the final symbol display 7c stops in a special symbol variation mode. That is, in the present invention, in the reach state, as described later, the final symbol display 7c displays the symbol changing speed in a stepwise manner.
, The accelerated symbol variation mode that stops at the first time selectively occurs. Such a series of various operation controls is executed by a microcomputer having a central control unit CPU shown in FIG.

An embodiment of the symbol variation mode of the final symbol display 7c will be described.

The final symbol display 7c is a symbol display 7a,
It fluctuates at high speed until 7b stops. Then, when the symbol display 7b is stopped and is not in the reach state, the final symbol display 7c adjusts the symbols so as to have a predetermined symbol determined by lottery of a random number sequence and stops.

On the other hand, when the symbol displays 7a and 7b are in the same symbol and are in the reach state, the final symbol display 7
c , stop after increasing the symbol fluctuation speed step by step
In addition to the accelerated symbol variation mode , various stop modes are selected and executed by a random number sequence.

The control mode will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 3, a memory ROM connected to the central control unit CPU stores a reach random number sequence A, a hit random number sequence B, and acceleration random number sequences C and D. Here, the reach random number sequence A is "0" to "69", the hit fixed random number sequence B is "0" to "2", the acceleration random number sequence C is "0", "1", and the acceleration random number sequence D is "0". , "1" are in an infinite loop. The hit random value of the random number sequences A and B is, for example, “0”. Other storage device R
The OM stores a lost random number sequence E ₁ , E ₂ , E ₃ and a hit display random number sequence F.

When the ball passes through the starting port 14, one of the reach random number sequences A is selected. If this value is "0", the reach state is reached, and the hit fixed random number sequence B is selected. If the value is “0”, it is determined that a big hit has occurred. Therefore, the probability of this big hit is 1/210.
On the other hand, the acceleration random number sequence C does not directly determine the hit or miss, and when this value is “0”, the symbol display 7
After a and 7b circulate, the symbol fluctuation speed is increased stepwise.
It stops after speeding up. In other words, the pattern is circulated to a predetermined symbol in an accelerated manner and stopped (hereinafter, this is referred to as an accelerated symbol variation mode).

The random numbers A and B are selected at the same time as the ball passes through the starting port 14, and the following various operation controls are performed according to the selected values. Further, the symbol displays 7a, 7b and the final symbol display 7c are, for example, from "0" to "9" immediately after passing the ball of the starting port 14 or every time the memory displayed on the standby memory lamp array 11 is exhausted. The symbols in a predetermined order are cyclically changed.

<When A ≠ 0>

In this case, a loss occurs, and the random number sequence B,
Loss random numbers E ₁ and E ₂ irrespective of the value selected from C
, The symbols on the symbol indicators 7a and 7b are sequentially selected, and according to the selection, the symbols are stopped at any one of the symbols “0” to “9” that fluctuate. Then, the symbol indicators 7a, 7b
However, when it happens to be the same symbol, the final symbol indicator 7
c is circulated at a low speed as shown in FIG. 4D so that the symbol can be visually recognized. That is, the reach state of the conventional configuration is set. Then, it extracts the symbol of the final symbol display device 7c from losing random number sequence E _3. At this time, the loss random number sequence E ₃
The content of the symbol is checked each time the selected value advances from one frame, and if the symbol is the same as the symbol display 7a, 7b, the frame is advanced by one frame, and the symbol display 7a, 7b and the final symbol display 7c are always lost. Make it a pattern.

<When A = 0>

In this case, a winning symbol is selected from the winning display random number sequence F, and when B = 0, the same symbol is displayed as it is as the symbol of the symbol indicators 7a and 7b and the final symbol indicator 7c. way, in the case of B = 1, 2 is replaced by extracting the symbols of the last symbol display device 7c from losing random number sequence E _3, always symbol display device 7a as described above,
7b, the final symbol display 7c is set to a lost symbol.

Therefore, when A = 0, the symbol display 7
a and 7b always have the same design and are in a reach state.
Corresponding to this state, when B = 0, a random number sequence of acceleration C is randomly selected, and when the selected value is “0”, FIG.
As shown in (a), the vehicle stops in the accelerated symbol variation mode, and when it is "1", the vehicle temporarily stops in the stopped symbol variation mode as shown in FIG. Also in the case of B = 1, the random number sequence of the acceleration random number C is drawn and stopped in the accelerated symbol variation mode of FIG. 4A or the temporarily stopped symbol variation mode of FIG.

Further, when B = 2, an acceleration random number sequence D is selected by lottery. When the selected value is “0”, the sequence stops in an accelerated symbol change mode as shown in FIG. In this case, as shown in FIG.
Lost.

The variation of FIGS. 4A to 4D will be described.

In the accelerated symbol change mode shown in FIG.
From the high-speed state, the final symbol display 7c is in the low-speed state at the same time as the symbol display 7b is stopped. 97 symbols fluctuate and stop after symbol alignment. As described above, this mode includes a big hit and a loss. In this variation mode, the reach state is long and varies stepwise from a low speed to a high speed, and the sense of acceleration can enhance the expectation of the player.

In the temporary stop symbol variation mode shown in FIG. 4B, the final symbol display 7c is switched from the high-speed state to the symbol display 7c.
At the same time as when b stops, it becomes a low-speed state, and after five symbols fluctuate, it stops once after symbol alignment, and then stops with a predetermined symbol after symbol alignment. In this mode, once stopped, the player can feel discouraged, have new hope, and give an exciting impression. This is also a big hit and a loss.

In the accelerated symbol change mode shown in FIG.
The final symbol display 7c changes from the high-speed state to the low-speed state at the same time as the symbol display 7b stops. Stop before it becomes. In this case, loss occurs.

In the normal stop symbol variation mode shown in FIG. 4, the final symbol display 7c is changed from the high-speed state to the symbol display 7c.
At the same time as b stops, the state becomes a low-speed state, and after five symbols change, the symbols are stopped together.

In each of the above-mentioned stopping modes, FIGS.
In comparison with FIG. 4A, there is a possibility of a big hit, and in FIG. 4A, the vehicle goes to the highest speed, and in FIG. That is, in this configuration, there are a plurality of accelerated symbol variation modes (FIGS. 4A and 4C) having different final speeds.
The higher the final speed, the easier it is to control. Therefore, the player pays attention to the degree of the speed, and expects the speed to be high, and the degree of excitement increases as expected.

In the above-described accelerated symbol change mode , the acceleration
Later, the speed may temporarily become constant, and then further accelerated.

Further, as described above, a plurality of accelerated symbol variation modes are provided, and the selection is selected by a random number sequence. Provision may be made for each mode, and a hit may be determined by each random number sequence to determine a loss. For example, three random number sequences with final speeds of high speed, medium speed, and medium speed are provided, and if high speed is selected, the hit probability is 3
A random number sequence having a different hit probability is prepared for each accelerated symbol variation mode, such as 50 times for medium speed, 100 times for medium speed, and 100 times for medium speed. One of the high speed and the medium speed may be selected, and a hit may be determined by a corresponding random number sequence. In this way, the higher the speed, the higher the probability of hitting, and the higher the expectation and excitement for the player for the high speed.

Each of these controls is performed by the central control unit C shown in FIG.
It can be easily executed by the control command means constituted by the PU.

When the above-described accelerated fluctuation mode occurs, the music is converted, the music is stopped, and an impulsive sound is generated. This is performed by a sound processing device for controlling a speaker connected to the central control unit CPU shown in FIG.

In the above-described embodiment, the accelerated fluctuation mode is selectively executed through the random number sequence in the reach state. However, the accelerated fluctuation mode is always performed in the reach state. It may be executed.

Thus, the final symbol display 7c stops and the symbol displays 7a and 7b and the final symbol display 7c are, for example, "1,1,1", "2,2,2", "3". 3,3 ",
When the symbols consisting of numbers or alphabets such as "4, 4, 4" are the same, a "big hit" is caused to flow the fanfare from the speaker, and the solenoid of the winning device 22 is driven to drive the lid 24. Is tilted forward to open the special winning opening 23, and open until about 10 game balls win or a predetermined time elapses. This special winning opening 23
In this case, when the vehicle passes through the specific area 23a, it is driven continuously, and after the opening operation is completed, the special winning opening 23 is released again. The maximum number of continuous operations is 16 including the initial release.

[0045]

According to the present invention, the symbol circulation variation of the final symbol display 7c and the symbol variation speed are set in steps in the reach state.
After the speed is increased, the accelerated symbol variation mode to stop at the predetermined symbol is generated, so with the acceleration of the speed, the expectation and excitement increase, and a novel reach state with a lively feeling can be realized, There are excellent effects such as increasing the interest in pachinko games.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a machine frame 2 of a pachinko machine 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the symbol combination display device 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram showing a microcomputer.

FIG. 4 is a time chart showing a symbol variation mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 6 Symbol combination display device 7a, 7b Symbol display device 7c Final symbol display device 14 Starting port 15 Winning opening / closing device 22 Winning device 23 Special winning opening

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] When a game ball passes through a starting port provided with a ball detecting device, the symbol is constituted by a symbol display which variably displays various predetermined symbols, and based on a ball detection signal from the ball detecting device. The display symbol of the symbol display starts the cyclic fluctuation, and in the one provided with the symbol combination display device which stops and displays the symbol of various combinations, the symbols are aligned except for the symbol indicator which stops last. in the state, the symbol cycle variation executed by the symbol display device that last stopped, symbol strange
A pachinko machine characterized by comprising control means for controlling so as to be in an accelerated symbol variation mode in which the moving speed is increased stepwise and then stopped . 2. A control means for executing the accelerated symbol variation mode only when a symbol is drawn from a random number sequence when the symbols are aligned except for a symbol indicator stopped last. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine has a plurality of accelerated symbol variation modes having different final speeds, and a control means for controlling so that the higher the final speed is, the easier it is to hit. .