JP3449423B2 - Game control device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention displays in a plurality of display areas.
Variable table to stop after displaying the displayed identification information variably
The display is connected to a display control circuit for controlling the display.
The control circuit controls the variable display game.
The present invention relates to a game control device including a central processing unit that outputs a command .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine, for example, a pachinko gaming machine, a variable display game enhances the interest of the game. The variable display game is played by a variable display device that variably displays symbols, and is started when a predetermined game condition (for example, winning of a game ball into a winning opening) is achieved, and fluctuates after a lapse of a predetermined time. The symbols are stopped, and the game is won when the stopped symbols are aligned with a specific symbol. In this variable display game, the determination of the hit, the selection of the stop symbol, etc. are performed using a random number for determining the hit, a random number for the selection of the stop symbol, etc. Such a random number is generated by the gaming machine control device through a program including a random number generation instruction.

[0003]

The CPU (central processing unit) that constitutes the above-mentioned gaming machine control device is provided with various registers. If a random number can be generated based on such register data, the program for generating the random number can be reduced and the program capacity can be reduced. However, if the register is initialized at a predetermined interval, the randomness of the data becomes low, so it is inappropriate to use the data value as a random number. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine control device which, when generating a random number based on the value of a register, continuously changes the value of the register and generates a random number with high randomness.

[0004]

To solve the above object, according to an aspect of, the invention is as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the display for controlling the variable display game stopping the identification information displayed in the display area of the multiple number after variably displayed A command connected to the control circuit for causing the display control circuit to control the variable display game.
In a game controller equipped with a central processing unit that outputs
The central processing unit is a game pro that includes various control processes.
It executes the program and each life of the game program.
Refresh that updates the register value each time a command is read
A configuration in which a random number is generated using a register, and the generated random number is used to generate stop data for selecting stop identification information to be stopped in each of the plurality of display areas as a result of the variable display game. did. The invention according to claim 2 is the game control device according to claim 1 , wherein the central processing is performed.
The processing device repeatedly executes the game program based on the reset signal from the reset means, and uses the refresh register at the end of the executed game program .
There stores the random number in the storage means, the earlier in the game program executed on the basis of the next reset signal, and configured to set the random number stored in the storage means to the refresh register.

[0005]

According to the invention described in claim 1, the central processing unit
Is a game program that executes various control processes
And every time each command of the game program is read,
Random number using refresh register to update register value
And generate the variable display using the generated random number.
Stop in each of the plurality of display areas as a result of the game
Generate stop data for selecting stop identification information
Therefore, the program capacity is small. In addition,
Data can be generated. As a result,
The stop identification information can be displayed. Also the riff
It is possible to effectively use the value of the resh register
, You can delete the program for random number generation.
The program capacity can be reduced. In addition,
If the program capacity can be reduced, the reduced
Instead of, add a program that enriches the game content.
It is possible to make the contents of the game more interesting.
According to the invention of claim 2, the refresh register is
It is possible to continuously change the random numbers generated using
It is possible to generate a random number with high randomness.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A game according to the present invention with reference to the drawings.
An example of the machine control device (game control device) will be described. 1 is a front view of a gaming board of a pachinko gaming machine operated by the gaming machine control device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the gaming machine control device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is the present invention. It is a principal part block diagram of the gaming machine control device.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the game area 3 surrounded by the guide rails 2 attached to the front of the game board 1, a special symbol variable for playing a variable display game (hereinafter also referred to as a special figure game) in the center Display device (hereinafter also called special drawing)
Directly underneath it are variable prize winning devices 5 for causing the player to play a special game when a big hit in a variable display game is achieved. The first type starting ports 6, 7 are provided on both sides of the special symbol variable display device 4, the special symbol variable display device 4
The first-type starting ports 8 are provided below each. Further, the game area 3 is provided with lamps 9, 9 and LEDs for informing a player of a game state. The special figure game is started on the condition that a game ball hit in the game area 3 by a hitting ball launching device (not shown) wins at any one of the starting openings of the first type starting openings 6, 7 and 8. Each symbol (each identification information) of the special symbol display portions 4A, 4B, 4C as the display region of the special symbol 4 that has changed after a predetermined time
Is a big hit when those stop symbols stop at a specific symbol. Selection of the stop symbol, determination of a big hit, etc. are performed based on a random number generated by the gaming machine control device 10 according to the present invention.

An example of the configuration of the gaming machine control device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The gaming machine control device 10 is for generating a random number necessary for a game control or a game, a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a ROM 12 as a read-only memory, and an EEPROM 12A for holding the hit probability of the special figure game. A RAM 13 as a storage device that can be read and written at any time, an oscillation circuit 14,
A power supply circuit 15 for supplying driving power to the CPU and the like, a sound generator 16 and an amplifier 17, a buffer gate 18 and a low-pass filter 19 provided on the input side of the CPU 11, an output port 20 provided on the output side of the CPU 11, It is composed of a driver 21 and the like.

The central processing unit 11 performs various controls according to a program stored in the ROM 12, and the CPU 11 performs control processing in sequence units. Here, the sequence means the CPU 1
1 means that the first instruction to the last instruction are sequentially executed to enter the stopped state.

The central processing unit 11 is provided with a change value generating means (not shown), a reset means 23, a sequence execution number counting means (not shown), an address designating means (not shown) and the like. The change value generation means is for generating a value that continuously changes in accordance with the control related to the game, and the CPU 11 is provided with a refresh register 22 as the change value generation means. The refresh register is originally used for refreshing the dynamic memory, and the data held in the refresh register is updated each time the CPU 11 reads each instruction of the program. Since the gaming machine control device according to the present invention uses a value based on the data held in such a refresh register (hereinafter referred to as a register value) as a random number, the reset means 23 is provided.
Thus, the register value is saved in the RAM 13 before the refresh register 22 is initialized, and the register value is restored in the register 22 again after the initialization.
The data in the register is designed to change continuously every time an instruction is read based on the data after the restoration, so that the randomness of the register value can be enhanced. Even if the refresh register 22 is initialized at predetermined intervals by such control processing, the register value will continuously change.
If the refresh register 22 is used as the change value generating means, the function of the refresh register 22 can be effectively utilized.

The reset means 23 sends a reset signal for operation to the CPU 11, and is composed of a counter which divides the clock pulse of the oscillation circuit 14 to generate a reset signal every 2 msec. And the CPU
11 starts the program processing one sequence at a time based on the reset signal. Hereinafter, such processing is referred to as reset interrupt processing.

The sequence execution number counting means counts the number of sequence executions executed by the CPU 11 in a predetermined cycle. For example, a quaternary counter is used as the sequence execution count counting means, the initial state of the counter is "0", and "1" is incremented for each sequence. The count value returns to "0" at the stage of entering the next sequence with the count value "3". That is, the number of times of sequence execution of 4 counts is counted in one cycle, and the control program relating to the game is allocated to 4 sequences according to the count value and executed.

The address designating means designates an address in which an instruction associated with the count value of the sequence execution count counting means is stored, and a series of instructions allocated to four by the designation (hereinafter, 1 program) will be decided. In this embodiment, the count value of the sequence execution frequency counting means is "0".
In the case of, the address of “illegal processing” is designated, in the case of the count value of “1”, the address of “processing of the special figure game” is designated, and in the case of the count value of “SOL”
If the address of the output processing of A, the input information control processing of each of the starting SW1, SW2, and SW3 provided in the first-type starting ports 6, 7, and 8 is designated, and the count value is "3", the "lamp The address of "LED processing" is designated (each processing will be described later). Therefore, if the count value is "0", one program that includes "illegal processing", if the count value is "1", one program that includes "processing of special figure game" is the count value "2". "SOLA output processing, each start SW provided in the first type start ports 6, 7, 8
If one program including "1, SW2, SW3 input information control processing" has a count value of "Lamp / LE"
Each program including "D processing" is set.

As described above, the gaming machine control device 10 according to the present invention executes the program by allocating the control related to the game to a plurality of sequences, so that the program is executed in a time division manner. Therefore, in a program that is premised on the reset interrupt process, the CPU 11 can execute the program by allocating the program to a plurality of sequences even if the program content increases in proportion to the complexity of the game content. In this embodiment, the execution of the program is allocated to four sequences, but it is not limited to four sequences and may be two sequences or six sequences depending on the amount of program contents.

The ROM 12 stores fixed data such as program data for controlling each game device of the game board 1, display patterns of various display lamps, and a generation pattern of sound output from the speaker 17A. Further, the RAM 13 is adapted to temporarily store game-related data.

The low-pass filter 19 includes the first type starting SW1, SW2, SW3, continuous SW4, and count S.
A discharge request signal is input from a discharge control circuit (not shown) for controlling a discharge device (not shown) for discharging a game ball, to which W5, a special figure game hit probability setting switch, and a probability set value display switch are respectively connected. It is supposed to be done. On the other hand, the driver 21 is connected to a special winning opening solenoid A (not shown), an LED, a lamp, a high probability medium clearing LED (not shown), and a probability set value display LED (not shown). ing. In addition, a big hit signal, a special figure rotation signal, and a start opening winning signal are output to the management device on the hall side.
It Further, a display for controlling the special symbol variable display device 4
Data signal line, control code signal to control circuit (not shown)
Line, strobe signal line are respectively connected, game machine control
The device 10 manages the variable display game and stops the game.
Static design data is sent. Further , the transmission clock signal and the prize ball data signal are respectively output to the discharge control circuit.

The gaming machine control device 10 configured as described above controls the pachinko gaming machine as follows by a program according to the count value of the sequence execution number counting means. When power is supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by operating a power switch (not shown), the CPU 11 executes one program including "illegal processing" corresponding to the count value "0" and finishes one sequence of processing and then stops. Then, the next program processing is started after waiting for the reset signal of the reset means 23. When the count value increases to "1" in response to the reset signal, the CPU 11 executes one program including the "special figure game process", completes one sequence of processes, and then stops. Two
"S" corresponding to the count value "2" by the reset signal of the second time
1 program including "OLA output processing, input information control processing of each start SW1, SW2, SW3" is performed by "Lamp L corresponding to count value" 3 "by the third reset signal.
Each of the programs including the ED processing is executed to be in the stopped state, and the control processing of all the programs is performed once. After that, the program is repeatedly executed as described above each time the reset signal is input.

Further, the register value of the refresh register 22 as the change value generating means is updated every time the CPU 11 reads each instruction of the program. Then, the CPU 11 saves the register value of the refresh register 22 in the RAM 13 before the reset interrupt, and restores the register value saved after the reset interrupt in the refresh register 22. The CPU 11 updates the register value of the refresh register 22 based on the restored register value. Then, the updated register value is used as a random number necessary for the game, for example, for selecting a stop symbol of the special drawing game, determining a big hit, and the like.

The pachinko gaming machine and the gaming machine control device are configured as described above, and the gaming ball is driven into the game area 3 by a hitting ball launching device (not shown), and the first type starting ports 6, 7, 8 are provided. When any one of the above is won, the gaming machine control device 10 performs "input processing" such as chattering removal of SW1, SW2, SW3 and logic conversion. Further, the gaming machine control device 10 has the respective SW1, SW2, SW3.
Processing for monitoring the input of "(Special prize operation SW (first type starting SW) winning monitoring processing") is performed, and each SW is
1, SW2, SW3 when the winning of the game ball is detected, the number of stored winnings (reserved number) is updated, and the variation time of each symbol of the special symbol variable display device 4 corresponding to the number of retained is set. Or, it stores a random number that determines the big hit of the special drawing game. The random number that determines the big hit of the special figure game is generated by adding the register value of the refresh register 22 to the value generated by the random number updating process (described later). Therefore, when generating a random number that determines a big hit , the register value is used to enhance the randomness of the random number.

Further, the gaming machine control device 10 carries out a "starting SW input information control process" for setting ON / OFF information of the starting opening winning signal output to the management device of the game store.

The special figure game is started on the basis of the memory of the winning of the game balls to the first type starting ports 6, 7, and 8. In the special figure game process, the gaming machine control device 10 performs a normal operation process, a stop symbol determination process, a symbol determination process, an automatic stop time end monitoring process for setting stop information of the symbol display unit 4A, and the symbol display. A lot of processing such as stop monitoring processing of the section 4A, stop monitoring and reach determination processing of the symbol display section 4B, determination processing of stop symbols, deviating operation processing, big hit operation processing and the like are performed. Then, the gaming machine control device 10 sets a command relating to variable display to be output to the display control circuit of the special symbol variable display device 4 based on the symbol determination process, and responds to each game state based on each process described above. The data of the played game sound is set.

The stop symbol is determined as follows using the register value of the refresh register 22. The RAM 13 of the gaming machine control device 10 is provided with an area for storing the stop symbol data, and the stop symbol storage area corresponding to each of the symbol display portions 4A, 4B, 4C is sequentially updated for each reset interrupt. There is. For example, when updating the data in the storage area corresponding to the symbol display portion 4A, the data at the time of updating and the refresh register 22
Add the register value of and take the remainder of 15 of the added value,
The extra value is written in a storage area corresponding to the symbol display portion 4A. Such processing is sequentially performed for each reset interrupt in the storage areas corresponding to the symbol display portions 4A, 4B, and 4C. Thus the memory area
Stop pattern data as stop data written in the area
, The display control circuit is a special symbol variable display device 4 stop symbol
Used to select display pattern data to be used when displaying
Used. The data of each of the symbols is determined by the CPU 11 whether it is a jackpot symbol or a deviant symbol, and when it is determined to be a jackpot symbol, the RAM.
It is stored in the jackpot storage area 13 and is stored in the out-of-range storage area of the RAM 13 when the symbol is out of sync.
On the other hand, the gaming machine control device 10 determines whether or not to hit based on the random number that determines the big hit generated as described above, and in the case of hitting, stops at the hit symbol stored in the big hit storage area. The symbol is determined, and when the symbol is out, the stop symbol is determined by the out symbol stored in the out loss storage area.

The data relating to the special symbol variable display device 4 set in the processing of the special figure game is display control.
It is set to be output to the circuit (display control processing). Then, the gaming machine control device 10 stops the operation.
Display system as a design to stop the design (stop design data)
Output to control circuit. Specifically, the game machine control circuit 10 output
Stop symbol data to force, display control circuit special symbol variable
Display design used when displaying a stop design on the display device 4
This is data for selecting data.

When a big hit occurs in the special drawing game, the player is given an opportunity of a special game. In this special game, the movable pieces 50, 50 are opened to give the player many chances of winning prize balls. Therefore, the gaming machine control device 10 performs an editing process of the solenoid A that sets ON / OFF information of the solenoid A that rotates the movable pieces 50 of the variable winning device 5.

At the time of the special game, the game cycle of the special game is started in which the movable pieces 50, 50 continue to be in the open state for a predetermined time and then change to the closed state. When a game ball that has won the special winning opening 51 during each cycle is detected by the continuous SW 4 provided in the special winning opening 51, the next game cycle can be enjoyed. In other words, the game cycle of the special game is continued for a maximum of 16 cycles, for example, on the condition that the game ball flowing into the movable piece 50 while the movable piece 50 is open is detected by the continuous SW4. It has become. There is a count S in the special winning opening 51
W5 is provided, and when a predetermined number of game balls (for example, 10) are won in the special winning opening 51 even before a predetermined time has elapsed after the movable pieces 50, 50 are opened, at that time The movable pieces 50, 50 change to the closed state.

The gaming machine control device 10 has a count SW5.
With respect to the above, etc., processing is performed to monitor whether fraud has been performed and, if it is determined that fraud has been performed, notify the fraud.

Further, the gaming machine control device 10 monitors the winning of the game ball to the count SW 5, "count SW winning monitor process", and the "continuing SW prize monitor process" to monitor the winning of game ball to the continuation SW 4. Have done each.

Further, the gaming machine control device 10 performs lamp / LED processing for setting lighting data of the lamps 9 and 9 according to the gaming state.

FIG. 4 shows a control processing procedure for the pachinko gaming machine, which is performed by the gaming machine control device. When this control process is started, first, initial information is set in step S0. In setting the initial information, the interrupt signal (reset signal) of the reset means 23 is cleared. Then, the process proceeds to step S1, and it is determined whether or not the power is turned on this time. If the power is turned on, the process proceeds to step S2, and the RAM1
3 is initialized and the registers of the CPU 11 are initialized, the process proceeds to step S3, and the output process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S14. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1 that the power is not being turned on, the process proceeds to step S4, and in steps S4 to S8, prize ball control processing for exchanging prize ball data with the discharge control circuit is performed. Probability setting processing for setting the hit probability of the figure game in three stages, output processing for outputting the output data set by various subroutines, random number update processing for updating the random numbers for determining the hit / miss of the special figure game, and input processing , And proceeds to step S9. Steps S9 to S1
In 2, the power failure monitoring process for sequentially monitoring the power supply voltage of the lamp power supply, the solenoid power supply, etc., the count SW5
Prize winning monitoring processing, continuous SW4 winning monitoring processing, special symbol operation SW (first type starting SW) winning monitoring processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, a branching process is performed according to the value of the event counter as the sequence execution number counting means. If the counter value is "0", the illegal process is executed in step S14, and the counter value is "1". "
If the counter value is “2”, the SOLA output process and the first type start SW input information control process are performed in step S16 if the counter value is “2”. In step S17, ramp / L
ED processing is performed respectively.

Each of the above-mentioned processes branched by the value of the event counter has a lot of contents to be processed, and if all of these processes are executed in one sequence, there is a possibility that all the processes cannot be included within the reset interrupt of 2 msec. . Therefore, each processing of step S14 to step S17 is divided for each sequence, and the control processing for the pachinko gaming machine is time-divided in four sequences.
By processing in this way, even programs corresponding to complicated game contents can be easily processed in sequence units.

Next, in step S18, display data is set in the display control circuit, and the process advances to step S19 to save the register value of the refresh register 22 in the memory area (RAM 13). The register value updated by such processing can be held. Then, in step S20, the sound is edited and output processing is performed to stop the processing, and the CPU 11 exits the stopped state based on the reset signal from the reset means 23.

Next, based on FIG. 5, a detailed processing procedure from step S0 to step S6 of the general flow chart shown in FIG. 4 will be described. The initial information setting process of step S0 includes steps S200 to S203, in which the stack pointer is sequentially set, and the RAM 13 is set.
Access is permitted, the interrupt signal of PCT1 is reset, and the register value of the refresh register 22 is restored. That is, in step S19, the register value stored in the RAM 13 is read and written in the refresh register 22. By doing so, the value of the refresh register 22 can be continuously updated. The interrupt signal of PCT1 is a reset signal output by the reset means 23, and the reset signal is cleared in step S202.

The power-on determination in step S1 consists of steps S204 to S206, and step S2
In 04, it is determined whether or not the power is turned on. If not, the process proceeds to step S205, it is determined whether or not the RAM inspection area is normal, and in step S206, it is determined whether or not checking of all RAM areas is completed. Then, in step S204
If it is determined that the power is turned on , or the step S
When it is determined in 205 that the RAM inspection area is not normal, the process proceeds to step S209. If the checking of all RAM areas is not completed in step S206, the process returns to step S205.

Steps S209 to S211
Thus, the initialization process of step S2 is configured. When the process proceeds to step S209, RA is sequentially performed.
The M13 is initialized, the register of the amuse (CPU 11) is initialized, and the delay time at power-on is updated. Then, the process proceeds to step S212, the output process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S14. The delay time when the power is turned on is the time required to confirm the contents stored in the EEPROM 12A.

When it is determined in step S206 that all RAM areas have been checked, the process proceeds to step S207, and communication processing for exchanging prize ball data with the discharge control circuit is performed in step S207. , And proceeds to step S208 to set the probability in step S208.
Display processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S213. In step S213, it is determined whether or not the power-on delay time has expired. If it is determined that the power-on delay time has expired, the process proceeds to step S214, where output processing is performed and the process proceeds to step S7. When it is determined that the delay time at the time of insertion has not ended, the process returns to step S211.

The gaming machine control device according to the present invention is carried out on a pachinko gaming machine among the gaming machines, but the starting rate of other various gaming machines, for example, so-called pachi-slots and variable display games is always kept constant. The game machine control device according to the present invention may be used for controlling a game machine (Pachicon) or the like.
Further, in the above embodiment, the first type of pachinko gaming machine has been described, but the gaming machine control device according to the present invention can be used for the second type, the third type, etc. gaming machines.

[0038]

According to the invention described in claim 1, the central processing
The device executes a game program including various control processes
Each time each command of the game program is read
To use the refresh register to update the register value
Generate a random number by using the generated random number.
Stop in each of the plurality of display areas as a result of the strange display game
Generate stop data for selecting stop identification information
Because it is done, the program capacity is small. Also, the bias
It can generate abundant data. As a result,
The unique stop identification information can be displayed. Well
Also, it is possible to effectively use the value of the refresh register.
It is possible to delete the program for random number generation.
As a result, the program capacity can be reduced. It
In addition, if the program capacity can be reduced, the reduction
Programs that enrich the game content instead of
You can add more fun to the content of the game
it can. According to the invention of claim 2, the refresh record
The random number generated by using the register can be changed continuously.
Can generate random numbers with high randomness.
It

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a gaming machine control device according to the present invention (game control device).
It is a front view of the game board of the game machine using.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a gaming machine control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part configuration of a gaming machine control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a general flowchart showing a control procedure by the gaming machine control device according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart showing a detailed processing procedure from step S0 to step S6 of the general flowchart shown in FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 4A, 4B, 4C Special Symbol Display Unit (Display Area) 10 Gaming Machine Control Device (Game Control Device) 11 Central Processing Unit 13 RAM (Storage Means) 22 Refresh Register (Change Value Generation Means) 23 Reset Means

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] To control the variable display game stopping 1. A identification information displayed in the display area of the multiple number after variably displayed
Is connected to that display control circuit, to the display control circuit,
Output the command to control the variable display game
In a game control device having a central processing unit, the central processing unit is a game program including various control processes.
And executes each command of the game program.
Refresh register that updates the register value each time it is read
Generating a random number using a star, and using the generated random number to generate stop data for selecting stop identification information to stop in each of the plurality of display areas as a result of the variable display game. Characteristic game control device. Wherein said central processing unit repeatedly executes the game program based on the reset signal from the reset means, Near the end of the game program to be the run, the reflation
A random number generated by using the cache register is stored in the storage means, and the random number stored in the storage means is set in the refresh register at the beginning of the game program executed based on the next reset signal. To
The game control device according to claim 1 .