JP2950344B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention jackpot gaming when variable display of a plurality of <br/> view pattern of the symbol display device sequentially stops displaying the combination of jackpot symbol which the changes result is predetermined The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which a variable winning device is driven in a predetermined mode in a state.

[0002]

Conventionally, a plurality of variable display of FIG pattern is sequentially stopped, the variation results vary winning device becomes jackpot gaming state when viewing the combination of big hit symbol a predetermined symbol display device Many pachinko machines driven in a predetermined manner are provided on the market. In such a pachinko machine, when a combination of big hit symbols is formed, a big hit signal is derived and driven to a big hit lamp or an operation lamp provided on a game board of the pachinko machine, and for example, the front face of the pachinko machine is The jackpot signal is derived to a frame lamp provided at the top of the frame, a call lamp and a top lamp provided at the pachinko installation island, a hall computer, and the like. In this way, the jackpot signal is derived to the outside of the pachinko machine other than the game board, so that the jackpot is notified to customers and clerks other than the player, or the jackpot data is collected and collected. I knew the characteristics of a pachinko machine.

[0003]

By the way, it is important for the player or the playground to know the big hit game state, but the reach state, which can be said to be a reserve state of the big hit game state, that is, a when the drawing pattern except FIG patterns that last change stop stops varies, the variations
Combination of FIG patterns stop change the symbol and the last stopping movement there is also a desire to know the state in which there can be a combination of big hit symbol. This is to raise the atmosphere of the game by appealing the reach state of the pachinko machine by notifying the player other than the player that the symbol display device has reached the reach state, of course. Can be
On the other hand, even in a game arcade, the characteristics of the pachinko machine can be known by knowing the appearance frequency and the like of the reach state. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of knowing a reach state in which there is a possibility of a combination of big hit symbols.

[0004]

To achieve the above object SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the present invention, a plurality of FIG Pattern symbol display device
In the pachinko machine in which the fluctuation display is sequentially stopped and the fluctuation result displays a predetermined combination of big hit symbols, a big hit game state is established, and the variable winning device is driven in a predetermined manner. a when the drawing pattern except FIG patterns that last change stop of the handle is stopped varies, the variations
If the combination of FIG patterns stop change the symbol and the last stopping movement is likely to be a combination of the jackpot symbol, the information output terminal for deriving a jackpot preliminary signal to an external pachinko
A child is provided.

[0005]

[Action] A when the drawing pattern except FIG patterns that last change stop stops varies, possibly combined with FIG patterns you stop change the symbol and the last stopping the variation is a combination of the jackpot symbol If there is, a preliminary signal is derived from the information output terminal . Therefore, by transmitting the preliminary signal to a device such as a lamp or a computer provided outside the pachinko machine, the reach state is reported or the characteristics of the pachinko machine are known from the reach state data. be able to.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, in which the pachinko machine 1 is shown.
A metal frame 3 is provided around an opening of the front frame 2 formed in a frame shape. A glass door frame 4 having glass and a front plate 5 are provided on the metal frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. A game board 6 is arranged behind the glass door frame 4, and an upper plate 7 that stores hit balls and supplies the hit balls to a hit ball firing position (not shown) is fixed on the surface of the front plate 5. Further, below the front frame 2, there are provided an operation handle 8, which is a part of the hit ball launching device 40 (see FIG. 5), and a lower plate 9, which stores prize balls that could not be stored in the upper plate 7. I have.

On the front surface of the game board 6, a game area 11 defined by a guide rail 10 provided in a substantially circular shape.
Are formed. At approximately the center of the game area 11, a symbol display device 12 constituting a main part of the present embodiment is arranged. The symbol display device 12 includes a start winning port 18 described later.
It includes a start storage display LED 14 for notifying that the number of winning balls awarded to a to 18c has been stored, and a plurality of (three in this embodiment) symbol indicators 13a to 13c. The start memory display LED 14 is a symbol display 13a-1.
When the hit ball wins the winning prize openings 18a to 18c during the fluctuation display of 3c or during the big hit state, the storage is held,
The start storage display LEDs 14 are turned on by the number of the held, and are turned off one by one every time the symbol displays 13a to 13c start changing. However, the maximum number of the stored memos is four, and a winning prize beyond that is invalidated.

Further, the symbol display 13a in the present embodiment.
Since 13c is composed of 7-segment LEDs, the symbols displayed thereby are the numbers “1” to
There are ten types up to “0”. And this symbol display 1
The numbers 3a to 13c are displayed in such a manner that the above-mentioned numbers fluctuate and display at such a speed that the player cannot discriminate them based on the fact that the hit ball has won the starting winning prize openings 18a to 18c, for a certain period of time (for example, 5 seconds).
When the time has elapsed, first, the fluctuation display of the left symbol display 13a is stopped, and then, after the elapse of a predetermined time, the right symbol display 1a.
The fluctuation display of 3c is stopped, and the control is performed so that the central symbol display 13b stops after a predetermined time has elapsed. When all the symbols displayed on the three symbol indicators 13a to 13c at the time of stop are the same numbers, a big hit game state is established, and as described later, the variable prize winning device 15 is controlled to drive a large number of prize balls in a short time. Is caused to occur.

A variable winning device 15 is arranged below the symbol display device 12 described above. The variable winning device 15 has an opening / closing plate 16, and the opening / closing plate 16 is driven to be opened and closed by an attacker solenoid 17 (not shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1). In addition, the variable winning device 15 includes a winning ball number detection switch 2 for detecting a winning ball received with the opening / closing plate 16 opened.
1 and a V prize ball detection switch 20 (not shown) for detecting a prize ball which has won a V prize hole formed in the opening / closing plate 16;
However, both are shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1). The variable prize winning device 15 configured as described above, until the opening and closing plate 16 passes for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) when the big hitting game state is reached, or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of prize balls. , And such an open state is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) on condition that a winning ball wins the V winning opening. The switch 21 for detecting the number of winning balls,
A switch 20 for counting the number of winning balls accepted during one opening of the opening / closing plate 16
Is used to detect a condition under which the opening / closing plate 16 is repeatedly opened.

In the game area 11, a start winning port 18 is provided.
a to 18c are provided. This starting winning port 18a ~
18c is a symbol display 13a-13 of the symbol display device 12
Therefore, the starting winning ports 18a to 18c are provided with starting winning ball detection switches 19a to 19c (not shown; however, not shown;
(Shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1). In addition, the starting winning port 18a is a symbol display device 12 and a variable winning device 15
The start winning ports 18b and 18c are disposed on the left and right sides of the opening and closing plate 16 of the variable winning device 15, respectively.

Further, in the game area 11, a symbol display device 1 is provided.
2 are provided with tulip-type winning ports 22a and 22b on both sides thereof.
a and 23b are arranged. These winning openings 22a,
The operation lamps 22b, 23a, and 23b are turned on or blinked in accordance with various game states (not shown).
(However, shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1). Also, on each of the left and right sides of the game area 11, big hit lamps 25a and 25b which blink when a big hit game state is entered and notify the player of the fact are arranged. Further, at the lowermost part of the game area 11, there is provided an out opening 26 for collecting hit balls which do not win the above-mentioned winning opening or the like.

The big hit lamps 25a and 25b and the operation lamp 24 blink or light up in a predetermined manner during the big hit game state. In this embodiment, the symbol display device 12 is in the reach state. The display is also controlled in a different manner when it becomes. The big hit lamps 25a and 25b and the operation lamp 24 provided on the game board 6 are mainly used for notifying a player playing with the pachinko machine 1 of the fact or enhancing the atmosphere of the game. The display is driven, and a big hit state or a reach state is notified to another player or a store clerk of the game hall by a frame lamp device 27 provided above the front frame 2 of the pachinko machine 1, and the atmosphere of the state is displayed. Is increasing. A plurality of frame lamps 28 are built in the frame lamp device 27.
9 and is connected to a control circuit board housed in the control board box 33 via the control board 9 for display control when the gaming state becomes a big hit gaming state or a reach state.

Next, the back structure of the pachinko machine will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, a mechanism plate 30 is provided on the back surface of the pachinko machine 1. At the substantially center of the mechanism plate 30, a square opening 31 is opened, and the winning ball set cover 32 fixed to the back surface of the game board 6 faces the opening 31. This winning ball set cover 32
Is for covering the back surface of the plurality of prize devices and the prize holes provided on the game board 6, and guiding downward the prize balls which have won the prize devices and the prize holes. A control board box 33 for accommodating a control circuit board on which a control circuit including a microcomputer 50 to be described later is formed is fixed to the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover 32.

On the other hand, the mechanism plate 30 is, as is well known,
Various mechanisms are provided for processing the generated winning balls one by one and discharging a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the processed winning balls. For this reason, on the front side of the mechanism plate 30, there is formed a winning ball collecting gutter that collects generated winning balls in one place and sends them to the winning ball processing device 38.
On the rear side, various mechanisms for discharging the prize ball are provided. To explain these mechanisms, a prize ball tank 34 for storing a large number of prize balls supplied from a prize ball supply mechanism (not shown) is provided at the uppermost portion of the mechanism plate 30, and a prize ball tank 34 is provided below the prize ball tank 34. A prize ball guiding gutter 35 for arranging the balls is provided at an angle. The prize ball guiding gutter 35 is arranged so that the prize balls are arranged in two rows. Also connected to the prize ball guiding gutter 35 and connected to the curve gutter 3
6 is provided to reduce the ball pressure of the prize balls stored in the prize ball guiding gutter 35. The prize balls arranged in two rows by the prize ball guiding gutter 35 and flowing down are supplied to a prize ball discharge device 37. Premium ball discharging device 37
As is well known, there is provided a stopper member which alternately opens and closes a storage cylinder for storing a predetermined number (for example, 15) of prize balls, and processes the prize balls one by one with the stopper member. When driven by the device 38, a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to one winning ball are paid out. Then, the prize ball discharged from the prize ball discharging device 37 passes through the prize ball discharge passage to the upper plate 7 or the lower plate 9.
Is to be led to.

On one side of the upper part of the mechanism plate 30, there is provided a terminal terminal board 39 formed integrally with terminals for supplying power to the pachinko machine 1 and terminals for connecting the pachinko machine 1 to a hall computer (not shown). Is provided. The terminal terminal board 39 is also provided with a terminal for connecting the control circuit board housed in the control board box 33 and the frame lamp 28 of the frame lamp device 27. It is needless to say that power is supplied to the hit ball launching device 40 provided at one lower side of the back surface of the pachinko machine 1 through the terminal board 39.

The various configurations provided in the pachinko machine 1 and the game board 6 have been described above. The above-described symbol display device 12, the variable winning device 15 and the like are controlled by the control circuit shown in FIG. This control circuit is formed on a control circuit board housed in the control board box 33, and includes a microcomputer 50 as a control center. The microcomputer 50 has an external ROM 5
1. The external RAM 52 is connected. External ROM 51
Stores program data indicating the processing procedure,
The external RAM 52 is adapted to write and call necessary data. The start winning detection switches 19a to 19c, the winning ball detection switch 21, and the V winning ball detection switch 20 are connected to the microcomputer 50 via a waveform shaping circuit 53 composed of a flip-flop for preventing chattering.

The clock generating circuit 55 outputs an external interrupt signal via the frequency dividing circuit 54 to the IN of the microcomputer 50.
Output to T terminal. Then, in synchronization with the external interrupt signal, the microcomputer 50
Execute the main program stored in. Also,
When power is supplied to the power supply circuit 57, a reset signal is output from the reset signal generation circuit 56 to the microcomputer 50, and the reset signal activates an initial program.

A display driving circuit 58, a display selection circuit 59, a first
The flash circuit 60, the second flash circuit 61, the information output terminal 62, and the driver 63 are connected. The display drive circuit 58 and the display selection circuit 59 include the symbol display 1
3a to 13c and the start storage display LED 14 are connected. These displays are dynamically driven by outputting selected data and display data from the microcomputer 50 at regular intervals.

The frame lamp 28 is connected to the first flash circuit 60 and the second flash circuit 61, and when the big hitting game state is set, the first flash circuit 60 is driven by the big hit signal and when the reach state is reached. Then, the second flash circuit 61 is driven by the reach signal to drive the display of the frame lamp 28 in each mode. The information output terminal 62 outputs a reach signal indicating a reach state. Therefore, the information output terminal 6
By connecting the device 2 to an external device other than the frame lamp 28, reach information can be derived to devices other than the frame lamp 28.

The driver 50 is a microcomputer 5
In response to the signal from 0, the attacker solenoid 17 is driven to control lighting or blinking of the big hit lamps 25a and 25b and the operation lamp 24.

Among the operations controlled by the control circuit described above, a variable display subroutine showing the procedure of the variable display of the symbol indicators 13a to 13c, and a drive when the reach state is determined by the variable display subroutine. A frame lamp driving subroutine showing a processing procedure for driving the frame lamp 28 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the variable display subroutine is shown in FIG.
In the big hit game state, the symbol indicators 13a to 13c are normally held in a state of displaying the symbol that has become the big hit, so it is determined in step 100 that the big hit flag is set. If so,
The following variable display subroutine processing is not executed.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the big hit flag is not set, the state of the symbol displays 13a to 13c is determined in steps 102 to 108. Specifically, in step 102, all the symbol display devices 13a to 13a to
It is determined whether or not 13c is in a fluctuating state (state flag F = 1).
It is determined whether or not only 3a is in the state where the fluctuation is stopped (state flag F = 2). In step 106, the left and right symbol indicators 13a and 13c are in the state where the fluctuation is stopped (state flag F =
It is determined whether or not 3), and in step 108, it is determined whether or not the combination of the symbols displayed on the left and right symbol indicators 13a and 13c is in the reach state (state flag F = 4).

When none of the above-mentioned states is present (when the state is not fluctuating), the state flag F is 0. At this time, in step 110, the start storage for storing the winning of the hit ball into the start winning holes 18a to 18c. It is determined whether or not the value of the counter C is 1 or more. If there is no stored value in the start storage counter C, the process ends without executing the following processing of the variable display subroutine.

When the value of the start storage counter C is 1 or more, the timers t1, t2, and t3 are set in step 112, and in step 114, all the symbol displays 13a to 13a-1 are set.
3c is started, and the value of the state flag F is set to “1”. The timers t1, t2, and t3 regulate the fluctuation time of each of the symbol displays 13a to 13c, and have a relationship of t1 <t2 <t3; t2-t1２−t3-t2. Then, it is determined in step 116 that the timer t1 has expired. If the timer has not expired, step 116 → the end of the variable display subroutine...
Step 102 → Step 116 →... Are repeated.

When it is determined that the timer t1 has expired, the variable display on the left symbol display 13a is stopped in step 118 and the value of the state flag F is set to "2". Hereinafter, similarly, step 120
It is determined whether or not the time of the timer t2 has expired, and if it is determined that the time has expired, the process proceeds to step 122.
Then, the variable display of the right symbol display 13c is stopped, and the value of the state flag F is set to "3". Then, when the variable display of the left and right symbol displays 13a and 13c is stopped, it is determined in step 124 whether the display is a reach display.

If it is not reach display, step 12
At 6, it is determined whether or not the timer t3 has expired.
Until the timer t3 times out, step 126 → variation display subroutine end ... variation display subroutine start → step 106 → step 124 → step 126
If the time is up, the process proceeds to step 134.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the reach display is made, it is determined in step 128 whether or not the reach flag has already been set. If not, the reach flag is set in step 130 and the timer t
4 is newly set, and “4” is set as the value of the status flag F. Here, the timer t4 is used to extend the fluctuation time of the central symbol display 13b which stops changing at the end in the reach state, and is selected to be a value satisfying a relationship of t4> (t3-t2). Then, it is determined in step 132 whether or not the timer t4 has timed out.
Step 132 → variation display subroutine end ... variation display subroutine start → step 108 → step 132 →...

When the timer t3 when the reach display is not performed has timed out, the timer t4 when the reach display is performed.
When the time is up, the variable display of the central symbol display 13b is stopped in step 134, and thereafter, it is determined in step 136 whether or not the combination of the big hit symbols.
At 8, the reach flag is reset and the status flag is set to 0.
Set to end the variable display subroutine.

On the other hand, if it is determined that a big hit has occurred, the reach flag is reset at step 140, the status flag is set to 0, and the big hit flag is set, and the variable display subroutine is terminated. When the timer t3 has timed out in step 126, it is not necessary to determine the big hit, so the central symbol display 13b
May be stopped, and only the status flag may be reset to end the variable display subroutine.

Next, a driving subroutine of the frame lamp 28 which is driven when it is determined that the hit display or the reach display is performed in the above-described variable display subroutine will be described with reference to FIG. First, at step 200, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is set. If it is set, at step 202, the first flash circuit 6 is set.
0 is driven, and the frame lamp 28 is driven and displayed in a predetermined manner.

On the other hand, if the big hit flag is not set, it is determined in step 204 whether the reach flag is set. If the reach flag is set, the second flash circuit 61 is driven in step 206, and the frame lamp 28 is driven and displayed in a predetermined manner. The driving mode of the frame lamp 28 is different between the first flash circuit 60 and the second flash driving circuit 61. If neither the big hit flag nor the reach flag is set, the frame lamp driving subroutine ends without driving any of the flash circuits 60 and 61.

Although the configuration and operation of the pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment have been described above, according to this embodiment, the symbol display device 13 except for the symbol display device 13b which stops changing at the end is described.
When the symbols a and 13c stop changing, the combination of the symbol displayed on the symbol indicators 13a and 13c and the symbol displayed on the symbol indicator 13b that finally stops shifting can be a big hit symbol combination. If there is a possibility, the reach signal is derived and the frame lamp 28 is blinked and displayed, so that the pachinko machine 1 may enter a big hit game state with respect to other players who saw the frame lamp 28. It is possible to show that the pachinko machine 1 is in a gaming state, and to observe the blinking frequency of the frame lamp 28 to display the characteristic of the pachinko machine 1 in the reach state. It is possible to attract the player's interest in the same model. Although not described in the above operation, the information output terminal 62 is connected to, for example, a wiring from a hall computer, thereby accumulating data in a reach state to know the characteristics of the pachinko machine, and It can also be used as basic data.

In the above-described embodiment, the circuit for driving the frame lamp 28 based on the reach signal is the flash circuit 61, but may be a display drive circuit for continuously lighting. Also, the frame lamp 28 and the control board box 33
Are connected via the terminal board 39, but they may be connected directly.

[0035]

Effect of the Invention] Thus, as it is apparent from the description, FIG. In the present invention, finally <br/> view pattern except FIG pattern to stop change effected even if you stop change, stopping the change If the combination of <br/> pattern and finally you stop fluctuations FIG pattern may become a combination of big hit symbol, from the information output terminal since the preliminary signal is derived, the pachinko machine the preliminary signal
By transmitting the unit of the lamp or a computer or the like provided in the external, it is possible or notifying reach state, or by data reach state knowing the characteristics of the pachinko machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit for controlling a game operation of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a driving procedure of a symbol display device among operations controlled by the control circuit.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a driving procedure of a frame lamp.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 6 Game board 12 Symbol display device 13a-13c Symbol indicator (symbol) 15 Variable winning device 28 Frame lamp 62 Information output terminal

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A stop varying display sequentially a plurality of FIG Pattern pattern display apparatus, the variation result jackpot gaming state is to change the winning device is a predetermined when viewing combination of big hit symbol a predetermined in a pachinko machine to be driven in the manner, shown except to FIG patterns that last change stop of the plurality of drawing patterns
A when the handle is stopped varies, when there is a possibility that a combination of a FIG pattern on the symbol and the last stopping the change to Suspend variation is a combination of the big hit symbol, big hit spare external pachinko A pachinko machine having an information output terminal for deriving a signal.