JP2868298B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a variable winning device which is used in a predetermined manner when big hit information is displayed on a symbol display device based on numerical values of a numerical value table which is randomly extracted. The present invention relates to a driven pachinko machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, various combinations of symbol information are displayed on a symbol display device, and when the symbol information combination is the big hit information, the variable winning device is driven for a predetermined time (for example, 25 seconds), or A predetermined number (for example, 10
A number of pachinko machines have been provided in which the open state is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times) when the continuation condition is satisfied during the release.

In such a pachinko machine, the jackpot information and other information are displayed and displayed based on a numerical value of a numerical table taken out as a random number. Also, in order to give the player the impression that many big hits are displayed,
Usually, a plurality of types are set, and the numerical value table is configured so that the plurality of types of jackpot information are displayed evenly.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in a game arcade, when a certain type of jackpot information is displayed among a plurality of types of jackpot information, a game can be played with a prize ball continuously acquired by the pachinko machine. For the convenience of the player in this way, when jackpot information other than the specific jackpot information is displayed, the prize ball once obtained is exchanged for a prize or the like, and when the player wants to continuously play with the pachinko machine, In some cases, a newly borrowed ball may be played. In such a case, the player wants to display specific jackpot information even if jackpot information is displayed. However, in the above-described conventional pachinko machine, a plurality of types of jackpot information are displayed evenly. Therefore, there is a problem that the above-mentioned request of the player cannot be met.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to increase a probability that a specific big hit symbol is displayed when big hit information is displayed to satisfy a player's demand. Can be. To provide pachinko machines.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, when the big hit information is displayed on the symbol display device based on the numerical value of the numerical table taken out as a random number, the variable winning device is set. In a pachinko machine driven in a predetermined manner, a plurality of types of the jackpot information are set, and a numerical value corresponding to a specific jackpot information among the plurality of types of jackpot information corresponds to the jackpot information other than the specific jackpot information. The numerical value table is configured to include more numerical values than the individual numerical values.

[Operation] Since the numerical value table is configured so that the numerical value corresponding to the specific jackpot information among the plurality of types of the jackpot information is larger than the individual numerical values corresponding to the jackpot information other than the specific jackpot information, When the extracted numerical value is the jackpot information, the jackpot information displayed on the symbol display device has a high probability of being specific jackpot information. In this way, in a game hall, if the convenience is given to the player to continuously play the game with the prize ball acquired when the specific big hit information is displayed, the game is continued with the acquired prize ball. It is possible to satisfy a player's desire to play a game in a targeted manner.

Example An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, an overall configuration of a game board 1 of a pachinko machine provided with a symbol display device 25 according to the embodiment will be described. In FIG. 2, as is well known, a guide rail 2 for guiding a hit ball is planted in a substantially circular shape on a game board 1, and a region surrounded by the guide rail 2 defines a game area 3 in which the hit ball falls. Make up.

At the approximate center of the game area 3, a variable winning device 20 including a symbol display device 25 constituting a main part of the present embodiment is arranged.
Below the variable winning device 20, three starting winning ports 4a to 4c are provided in the horizontal direction. In addition, between the variable winning device 20 and the central starting winning port 4a, a passing port 5 through which a hit ball falling from a later-described falling port 35 of the variable winning device 20 passes is disposed. In addition, in the game area 3, in addition to the above-mentioned parts, the winning windmills 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
10a to 10d and big hit lamps 11a and 11b (sometimes referred to as panic lamps) are respectively arranged at symmetrical positions with respect to a vertical center line. Further, the lowermost portion of the game area 3 is provided with the above-described winning opening and an out opening 12 into which a hit ball which does not win a winning device is taken in. Of the above-mentioned components, the winning openings 7a, 7b and the winning openings 8a, 8b have built-in operation lamps 13a, 13b, 14a, 14b which blink and operate when a big hit or the symbol display device 25 changes. The start winning openings 4a to 4c have built-in start winning detection switches 15a to 15c (sometimes simply referred to as winning detection switches). The windmills with lamps 9a and 9b also have the same function as the above-described operation lamp.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the variable winning device 20 provided substantially in the center of the game area 3
Mounting board 21 attached to the surface of the
A normal winning opening 22 is formed at the top of 21. The hit ball that has won the winning opening 22 is guided to the back of the gaming board 1 and is processed as a normal winning ball. In addition, below the winning opening 22, a rectangular hitting ball entrance 23 is opened, and a guiding protrusion 24 protrudes along the lower edge of the hitting ball entrance 23. For this reason, a hit ball flying from the left and right sides of the game area 3 is received by the guide projection piece 24 and is taken into the hit ball entrance 23. The hit ball taken into the hit ball entrance 23 is a floating winning device
The ball 20 is discharged to the front side of the game board 1 again from the hitting hole exit 33 disposed below the variable winning device 20 through the side of the variable winning device 20.

The above-mentioned guide projection piece 24 projects in a substantially rectangular shape except for the lower part, and a symbol display device 25 is provided so as to be surrounded by the guide projection piece 24. In the present embodiment, the symbol display device 25 is constituted by three dot matrix displays, and a plurality of symbols (for example, three symbols) are displayed on the symbol display device 25 so as to be variably displayed. Has become. That is, when a hit ball is won in any of the start winning prize openings 4a to 4c, a large number of symbol scroll displays (the scroll speed is a speed at which the player cannot recognize the symbol) displayed on the symbol display device 25 are performed for a predetermined time ( For example, 5
Seconds), or a stop switch 16 (not shown: operated by the player)
(Displayed in the block diagram in the drawing) is operated, the scroll display is stopped, and three symbols are stopped and displayed. When the combination of symbols stopped and displayed is a predetermined combination of big hit symbols, a big hit state is set.

When the big hit state is reached, the opening / closing members 26a and 26b which are pivotally supported at substantially the center left and right of the mounting board 21 are kept for a certain time (for example, 25 seconds).
Be released. However, if the number of winning balls received by the opening / closing members 26a, 26b becomes ten during the opening, the opening / closing members 26a, 26b are closed even before a certain time has elapsed. The opening and closing members 26a and 26b are linked to the link members 27a and 27b.
(However, 27a is not shown) through the solenoid 28
a, 28b (note that 28a is not shown) so that the open / close members 26a, 26b are opened when the solenoids 28a, 28b are excited.

The hit ball received by the opening / closing members 26a, 26b is
It rolls rearward in the winning space 29 formed substantially at the center of 1. Behind the prize space 29, there are formed three falling holes where the winning ball falls downward, and the center thereof is a V winning hole 30. The V winning opening 30 has a V winning detection switch 31
, And the hit ball that has won the V winning opening 30 is detected. When the V winning detection switch 31 is turned on, the open state of the opening / closing members 26a and 26b for a predetermined time is repeated. That is, when the big hit state is reached, the open / close members 26a and 26b are opened for a certain period of time,
Since the repetition is performed every time the winning opening 30 is won, a large amount of winning balls are generated in a short time. However, the above-mentioned number of repetitions is set to a maximum of 16 times on condition that a ball is hit into the V winning opening 30. Also, the opening and closing members 26a,
In order to count the number of hit balls accepted in 26b, a 10-count detection switch is provided below the V winning detection switch 31.
32 (sometimes referred to as a special winning opening winning detection switch). The 10-count detection switch 32 controls not only a winning ball guided to the winning space 29 and a winning ball won in the V winning opening 30 but also a drop opening (not shown) formed on the left and right of the V winning opening 30. It is arranged at a position where a falling winning prize ball can also be detected. Then, the winning ball that has passed through the 10-count detection switch 32 flows down along the back surface of the game board 1 and is processed as a winning ball. When the hit ball turns on the V winning detection switch 31, a V lamp 37 for notifying that the next open state has been established is provided on the back side of the back of the winning space 29.

In addition, below the winning space 29 of the mounting board 21,
33 have been established. From the hitting ball exit 33, the hitting ball that has entered the hitting ball inlet 23 is discharged. Hitting ball exit
A decorative member 34 is arranged in front of 33. Decorative material
Numeral 34 is attached to the tip of the resilient vibrating reed, and when the hit ball discharged from the hitting ball exit 33 collides with the decorative member 34, the decorative member 34 is vibrated for a relatively long time by the elastic force of the vibrating reed. It has become. The hit ball which vibrated the decorative member 34 is discharged to the game area 3 again from the falling port 35 formed below the decorative member 34, and is more likely to be guided to the passing port 5.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the variable winning device 20 has the above-described starting winning opening at the time of a big hit or when the symbol display device 25 displays a variable.
A start memory lamp 36 (located below the symbol display device 25) is provided for notifying that a hit ball won in 4a to 4c has been stored.

Various devices provided on the game board 1 are controlled by a control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit. The control circuit uses a microcomputer 40 as a control center. An external ROM 41 and an external RAM 44 are connected to the microcomputer 40. In the ROM 41, an outlier numerical value table 42 for determining a symbol to be displayed on the symbol display device 25 in the outlier mode shown in FIG. Hit value table for determining the value to be displayed on the symbol display device in hit mode
43 and are formed. In this hit numerical table 43,
Among the combinations of the identification information of the zigzag eyes to be a big hit, a number of numerical values corresponding to the combination of the zigzag eyes of the specific identification information “7” are set. Specifically, the specific identification information “7”
Since there are 15 numerical values corresponding to the combination of the identification information of the zoro-eye which becomes all the big hits, the specific identification information "7"
Is displayed on the symbol display device 25 is 6/15 = 2/5. That is, in the hit mode, the specific identification information is displayed with a probability of 40%, so that the game is continuously performed with the prize ball acquired when the specific big hit information is displayed in the game hall. When convenience is given to the player, it is possible to satisfy the player's desire to continuously play the game with the acquired prize balls.

The RAM 44 is formed with a mode determination counter 45, an outlier numerical memory 46 and a hit numerical memory 47 in which numerical values that change every moment are stored by the outlier numerical table 42 and the hit numerical table 43, respectively. A decision memory 48 for storing the decided numerical value is formed. The determined memory 48 has a memory for the number of the starting storage balls of the starting winning port + 1. The numerical value for mode determination for each starting memory ball is determined at the time of winning, and the numerical value is stored in each determination memory 48. However, the symbol display device 25
When the stop switch 16 is depressed within a predetermined period of time after the start of the fluctuation, the numerical value generated when the stop switch 16 is depressed within a predetermined time after the start of the fluctuation is determined by the mode. Determined as a numerical value for determination. The dip switch 55 is for setting the probability of occurrence of the hit mode.

On the other hand, start detection switches 15a to 15c for detecting winning balls in the start winning ports 4a to 4c, a 10 count detection switch 32 for detecting a winning ball received by the opening / closing members 26a, 26b, V
V winning detection switch for detecting a winning ball in the winning opening 30
31, and the stop switch 16 for detecting the stop of the symbol change,
The microcomputer 40 is connected to a microcomputer 40 via a waveform shaping circuit 49 including a flip-flop for preventing chattering. The clock generation circuit 51 outputs an external interrupt signal to the INT terminal of the microcomputer 40 via the frequency divider 50. Then, the microcomputer 40 executes the main program of FIG. 5 in synchronization with the external interrupt signal. The timing signal output from the timing signal generation circuit 52 is input to the RST1 terminal of the microcomputer 40, and the numerical value generation program shown in FIG. 6 is started in synchronization with the timing signal.

When power is supplied to the power supply circuit 54, the reset signal generation circuit 53 outputs a reset signal. The reset signal is input to the RST2 terminal of the microcomputer 40, whereby the initial program shown in FIG. 4 is started.

A display drive circuit 56, a display selection circuit 57, and a driver 58 are connected to each output port of the microcomputer 40. The symbol display device 25 and the starting memory lamp 36 are connected to the display drive circuit 56 and the display selection circuit 57. These displays are dynamically driven by outputting selected data and display data from the microcomputer 40 at a fixed period. That is, each display unit is selected by the display selecting circuit 57, and the display is performed according to the output signal of the display driving circuit 56 at that time. Driver 58
In accordance with the signal from the microcomputer 40, the lighting operation of the solenoids 28a, 28b, the panic lamps 11a, 11b, the V lamp 37, and the operation lamps 9a, 9b, 13a, 13b, 14a, 14b is controlled.

Next, a game operation controlled by the above-described control circuit will be described based on a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the microcomputer 40.

(1) Initial setting at power-on When the power switch is turned on, the microcomputer 40
(Hereinafter, referred to as CPU 40), and the reset signal generation circuit 53 outputs a reset signal S4 to the RST2 terminal. Then, the CPU 40 executes the processing shown in FIG.
That is, the three-digit numerical registers X1, X2, X3 displayed on the symbol display device 25 are set to the initial value, and the continuation number counter L for counting the continuation number is set to the initial value. Further, the winning ball counter C for counting the number of held winning balls that have been won in the starting winning ports 4a to 4c and held is set to zero, and the opening / closing members 26a,
The value of the special winning opening winning counter G for counting the number of winning balls to 26b (hereinafter referred to as a special winning opening) is set to zero, and the V winning opening is set.
V winning ball counter A that stores the presence or absence of a winning ball at 30
Is initially set to zero. The state register F storing the control state is initialized to zero, the mode register R storing the mode is initialized to zero, and the timers T1, T2 and T3 are initialized to zero. Then, the numerical value I of the mode determination counter 45 is set to the initial value of 1. Further, the address J of the outlier numerical value table 42 and the address K of the hit numerical value table 43 are each set to an initial value of 1.

(2) Increment of the mode determination counter and rotation of the numerical value table In parallel with the processing of the main program of FIG. 5, the numerical value generating program shown in FIG. 6 is started in synchronization with the timing signal input from the RST1 terminal. You. That is, step 20
When the value is 0, the value set in the dip switch 55 of the probability setting device is read out as the final value of the value incremented by the mode determination counter 45. In the next step S202, it is determined whether or not the value of the numerical value I of the mode determination counter 45 is equal to or greater than the final value read in step 200. If not, the numerical value I of the mode determination counter 45 is determined in step S204. 1
Only be advanced. If it is determined in step 202 that the value I of the mode determination counter 45 is equal to or greater than the final value, the process proceeds to step 206, where the value I of the mode determination counter 45 is set to 1 as an initial value. In this way, the mode determination counter 45 has a mode determination numerical value that is sequentially incremented in the range from the initial value 1 to the final value at an arbitrary time after the pachinko machine is reset. .
The generation speed of the numerical value at this time depends on the timing signal generation circuit 52.
Is determined by the timing signal output from.

Similarly, in step 208, the numerical value stored in the address J is read from the numerical value table 31 for display in the deviating mode, and the numerical value is stored in each of three digits of the deviating numerical value memory 46. Then, in the next step S210, it is determined whether or not the value of the address J is out of the final value of the numerical value table 42.
Is updated by one. In step 210, the address J
Is determined to be the final value, the process proceeds to step 214, where the address J is set to the initial value of 1.

Further, similarly, in steps 216 to 222,
The value stored in the address K of the hit numerical value table 43 for display in the hit mode is stored in the hit numerical value memory 47 as a hit mode determining numerical value, and when the address K is updated and the final address of the hit numerical value table 43 is exceeded. Processing for setting the initial value 1 is performed.

Thus, every time a timing signal is input,
The outlier value memory 46 stores display values in the out-of-off mode, and the hit value memory 47 stores display values in the hit mode. Each memory may store the address of the table, and the numerical value of the table at the address may be read at the time of display.

(3) Main Program After the initial setting, each time an external interrupt signal output from the frequency divider 50 is input, the CPU 40 executes the main program shown in FIG. In step 100, the timer is updated, and in step 102, the state signals S1, S2, S3 of the switch group are set.
Is read. These status signals are configured by negative logic, and indicate that the switch is in the ON state when the signal is at a low level, and that a winning ball is detected. Therefore,
At steps 104, 110, and 114, the falling of each signal state is detected, and only at that time, each of the counters C, G, and A is updated by one. However, the number of prize balls held is determined by Step 10
6 is used to count only up to 4.

Then, when a winning in the starting winning openings 4a to 4c is detected, the determination in step 104 is YES, and when the number of pending winning balls is smaller than 4 in step 106, the winning ball counter C is set to 1 in step 108. Is updated, and the value of the mode determination counter 45 at that time is determined in step 109.
Stored at 48. That is, when a winning in the starting winning openings 4a to 4c is detected in a state where there is no pending winning ball, the winning ball counter C is detected.
Becomes 1, and the value of the mode determination counter 45 at that time is stored in the determination memory M (1). In addition, winning ball counter C
Is greater than or equal to 1 and the winning prize holes 4a to 4c are further won, the winning balls become reserved winning balls, and the winning ball counter C is incremented by one. Then, the value of the mode determination counter 45 at the time of winning is stored in the determination memory M (C) corresponding to the reserved winning ball. In this way, the starting winning opening
When the player wins 4a to 4c, a primary numerical value for determining the hit mode is determined.

The following steps 118 to 166 are processing steps according to each state.

(A) Processing when there is no winning ball When there is no winning ball, that is, when the counter C is 0, the processing of steps 100 to 124 and 170 is performed. , A numerical display), a lamp display, and each lamp group perform a predetermined display.

(B) Combination operation processing In step 124, the value of the counter C is determined, and when a winning is detected, the value of the counter C is decremented by 1, the register F is set to 1 to indicate the combination operation state, and the timer T is set to a predetermined value. A value is set (steps 124 to 128). And step
As the winning ball counter C is decremented at 129, the contents of the determined memory M (C) 48 are incremented by one and updated.

Next, in step 130, it is determined whether or not the timer T1 has timed up.If it is determined that the time has not expired, it is determined in step 131 whether or not the stop switch 16 has been depressed. If it is depressed, the process proceeds to step 132, in which the value of the mode determination counter 45 at that time is stored in the determination memory M (0), and the value temporarily determined in the determination memory M (0) is It is rewritten with the finally determined numerical value.

If it is determined in step 130 that the timer T1 has expired, the process proceeds to step 134, where the determination memory M
The primary numerical value stored in (0) is determined as a final mode determination numerical value.

Then, at step 134, which is executed when the predetermined time has elapsed or when the stop switch 16 is pressed, the finalized memory M
By determining whether the value of (0) is a hit value,
The hit or miss mode is determined, and the mode is set in the mode register R. Next, the routine proceeds to step 135, where it is determined whether or not the mode is the out-of-mode from the contents of the mode register R.
Going to 6, the value of each digit of the outlier value memory 46 that stores the display value in the outlier mode is stored in the numeric display registers X1, X2, X3.
Is set, the numerical value display 25 displays the numerical value for display in the out-of-off mode, which is stored in the out-of-office memory 46. If it is determined that the mode is not the out-of-off mode, the process proceeds to step 137, and the value of each digit of the hit value memory 47 storing the display value in the hit mode is set in the value display registers X1, X2, X3. As a result, the numerical value display 25 displays the display numerical value in the hit mode stored in the hit numerical value memory 47. In the case of the hit mode, a specific hit value “7” is stored in the hit value table 43.
Is set higher than the other individual hitting numerical values, so that the possibility that the specific hitting numerical value “7” is displayed on the numerical value display 25 increases.

In this way, the numerical value display 25 displays the display numerical value generated by the out-of-display numerical value table 42 and the hit numerical value table 43, which are different from the numerical value generating means for determining the mode. Become.

Until the stop switch 16 is pressed or the time is up, the processing of steps 100 to 118, 130, 131, and 170 is repeated.

The value set in the mode register R is 0, 1 is a small hit, 2 is a medium hit, and 3 is a big hit. At the time of departure, the register F is set to 0, and the process shifts to a cycle for determining the next winning ball. In the case of the present embodiment, the numerical table for the big hit is shown in FIG. 8, but the numerical table for the small hit and the middle hit is not shown, but the value of the mode determination counter 45 becomes a predetermined value. , A numerical value corresponding to a small hit or a medium hit is taken out from each numerical table.

(C) Hit Processing When the result of the determination in step 139 is a hit, the time is set in the timer T2 in step 144 according to the mode.
Then, the above-described processing is performed until the timer T2 determines that the time is up in step 146. As a result, the special winning opening is opened for a predetermined time, and the lamp group is displayed to indicate a panic state. At this time, if it is determined in step 148 that the number of winning balls in the special winning opening is 10, the same processing as the time-up is performed even before the time-up. That is,
At step 150, the counter G is set to 0 and the register R is set to 0.

(D) Processing when a V Win Ball Exists If the V win ball is present when the special winning opening is in the open state, that is, if the counter A is 1 (step 156), step 158 indicates the generation of a continuation right. Therefore, the value of register F is set to 3
Set to. Then, in a step 162, the timer T3 is set to a predetermined time, and in a step 164, time-up is determined.
This process is for giving a certain delay until the special winning opening is subsequently opened. After this, step
At step 166, the register R is set to the value 3 indicating the big hit, and the routine goes to step 142 to perform the above-mentioned hit processing. However, the continuation right is adjusted in step 152 so that it does not occur more than 16 times.

In the above embodiment, when changing the occurrence probability in the hit mode, the numerical value set in the dip switch 55 may be changed. For example, dip switch
If 55 is set to 200 and the hit value is one of 99, the probability of hit mode is 1/200. Also, in this case,
When the dip switch 55 is operated, the relationship between the hit mode occurrence probability P and the continuation right upper limit number Q is expressed as “P × Q ≦ a
(A = constant value; for example, 0.08), the upper limit number of continuation rights may be automatically set.

Instead of manually setting the probabilities with the dip switch 55 as described above, an external terminal may be provided to remotely control a plurality of pachinko machines with one common probability setting device.

Although the embodiment has been described above, in the above embodiment, the identification information displayed on the symbol display device 25 is a numerical value, but may be a symbol or the like. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the probability of the hit mode can be changed by the dip switch. However, the probability of the hit mode may be fixed. Further, in the above embodiment, the symbol displayed on the symbol display device 25 is determined by the winning numerical value table, the outlier numerical value table, and the hitting / decreasing mode determination counter, but from the numerical value table in which the winning numerical value and the outlier numerical value are mixed. A numerical value taken out as a random number may be displayed on the symbol display device 25. Further, the symbol displayed on the symbol display device 25 may be determined based on the hit numerical value table, the out-of-value numerical table, and the hit / miss determining table.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, in the present invention, in the present invention, a numerical value corresponding to specific jackpot information among a plurality of types of jackpot information is individually associated with jackpot information other than the specific jackpot information. Since the numerical value table is configured so as to include more than the numerical value, if the numerical value taken out in a random manner is the big hit information, the big hit information displayed on the symbol display device has a high probability of being the specific big hit information. In a game hall, if the convenience is given to the player so that the player can continuously play with the prize ball acquired when the specific jackpot information is displayed, the acquired prize ball continuously It is possible to satisfy a player's desire to play a game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view of a game board provided with a symbol display device, and FIG. 3 is a variable prize including a symbol display device. FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG.
A flowchart showing the processing procedure of the microcomputer used in the pachinko machine of the embodiment, FIG.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an outlier numerical value table, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a hit numerical value table. 20: Variable winning device, 25: Symbol display device 43: Numerical table per hit (numerical table)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a variable winning device is driven in a predetermined manner when big hit information is displayed on a symbol display device based on a numerical value of a numerical table taken out as a random number. Set and the numerical value table is configured to include more numerical values corresponding to specific jackpot information among the plurality of types of jackpot information than individual numerical values corresponding to jackpot information other than the specific jackpot information. Characterized pachinko machine.