JP4448207B2 - Play equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game apparatus comprising a plurality of game machines in which a game is executed by a player's operation and a prize is paid out based on a game result.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are amusement devices (hereinafter referred to as “medal machines”) capable of executing a game by inserting medals (also called tokens) by a player. In this medal machine, control (hereinafter referred to as “payout control”) for paying out medals inserted by a player with a certain probability is performed.
[0003]
Among the medal machines, there is a so-called mass medal machine that controls the execution of a game by a plurality of players and pays out medals to each player. Also in this mass medal machine, the payout control is performed, that is, for each game machine in which the player executes the game, the medal inserted by the player is paid back with a certain probability (for example, 80%). Yes. Therefore, each player, so that the statistically nearly medals the same number are paid out, respectively.
[0004]
Accordingly, the inventors of the present application can stimulate the player's sense of accomplishment and expectation by providing a difference in the number of medals paid out between a specific game machine and another game machine. I thought that.
[0005]
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been conceived under the circumstances described above, and provides a game device that stimulates a sense of achievement and expectation of a game of a player and can further improve the operation rate. Let that be the issue.
[0006]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.
[0007]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, two or more game machines having a plurality of game machines, the same game being executed by at least two game machines, and the number of medals according to the game result being played. A priority game machine selection means for selecting one priority game machine from among two or more game machines in which the game is executed before the start of the game; The game has been performed with distribution means for distributing the number of medals paid out according to the game result at a predetermined ratio so that the number of payouts to the priority game machine is larger than the number of payouts of other game machines. There is provided a game device comprising: medal payout means for paying out the number of medals allocated by the distribution means from at least one part of the above game machine.
[0009]
According to a preferred embodiment, it further comprises distribution rate setting means for setting a predetermined ratio for each game .
[0010]
According to another preferred embodiment, the predetermined ratio is set so that other game machines that are not priority game machines have the same ratio .
[0013]
According to another preferred embodiment, it further comprises display means for displaying which of the selected priority game machines is .
[0014]
According to the present invention, when a game is played, one priority game machine is selected from two or more game machines in which the game is played, and when the game ends, the number of medals paid out according to the result of the game However, it is distributed at a predetermined ratio so that the number of payouts to the priority game machine is larger than the number of payouts of other game machines. Then, the allocated number of medals is paid out from at least one copy of the game machine in which the game is performed.
[0015]
Since the number of medals to be paid out from the channel selection issued the priority game machine is greater than the number of medals to be paid out from the other game machine, the player of the priority game machine, occur and a sense of accomplishment for the game, the expectations in the execution of the next game Can be made. Therefore, the operating rate of the game device can be improved.
[0016]
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description given below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of a game apparatus according to the present invention. This game apparatus is a mass medal machine that is installed in a game center or the like and allows a plurality of players to individually enter medals and execute a game.
[0019]
The game device is composed of a plurality of game machines M for a player to play a game, and the plurality of game machines M are arranged in series. Each game machine M has substantially the same internal configuration, and has a substantially rectangular main body 1, a display unit 2 that is arranged in the center of the upper surface of the main body 1 and displays the progress of the game, and a display unit 2, an operation unit 3 that is operated by the player according to the progress of the game, a medal insertion port 4 that is arranged on the right side of the operation unit 3, and a medal payout port 5 that is paid out according to the game result. And. Moreover, C in the figure indicates a chair.
[0020]
The games that can be played on each game machine M include a card game, a roulette game, and the like. If the game allows the player to pay out medals by satisfying certain conditions in the game, It is not particularly limited.
[0021]
FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of the game apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and the game apparatus has a personal computer P, which is a processor 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and interface 14 connected to each other via a bus. 14 is connected to a hard disk device 15. The personal computer P is installed in any one of the plurality of game machines M.
[0022]
The processor 11 serves as a control center of the present game device, and performs various data processing based on a program stored in the ROM 12 or in response to a control signal sent from the game machine M.
[0023]
The ROM 12 and the hard disk device 15 store program data for selecting a priority game machine and calculating the number of medals to be paid out to each game machine M. Here, the priority game machine is a game machine that is selected from the plurality of game machines M with a certain probability by the processor 11, and the selected game machine has priority over other game machines. Many medals are paid out.
[0024]
The RAM 13 temporarily stores variable data during execution of the program , and provides a working area to the processor 11.
[0025]
Each game machine M is connected to the interface 14, and each game machine M is provided with a control panel 16 as shown in FIG. Connected to the control panel 16 are the display unit 2, the operation unit 3, the inserted medal detector 17, and the payout medal detector 18.
[0026]
The control panel 16 is for assisting operation control by the personal computer P, and includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, and an interface 24 connected to the CPU 21. The CPU 21 executes operation control of each unit in accordance with a control command transmitted from the processor 11 and based on program data stored in the ROM 22 and the hard disk device 15.
[0027]
In addition to the game execution program data, the ROM 22 stores various display data displayed on the display unit 2 and sound data such as sound effects output through a speaker (not shown). These display data and acoustic data are output to the display unit 2 and the speaker at any time according to instructions from the CPU 21.
[0028]
The operation unit 3 includes a plurality of buttons for proceeding with the game. When each button is pressed by the player, a detection signal is sent to the CPU 21 via the interface 24.
[0029]
The inserted medal detector 17 has a function of detecting medals inserted from the medal slot 4 and counting the number of medals inserted. A detection signal detected by the inserted medal detector 17 is given to the CPU 21 via the interface 24.
[0030]
The payout medal detector 18 is provided in the middle of a passage connecting a medal storage box (not shown) for storing payout medals and the payout port 5, and detects a medal supplied from the medal storage box. Count that number. Then, medals with a predetermined count number or more are not supplied to the payout opening 5. The payout medal detector 18 is controlled based on a command sent from the CPU 21 via the interface 24.
[0031]
Next, the control operation of the processor 11 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that there are a plurality of players instead of one, and each player executes the game at almost the same timing.
[0032]
First, it is determined whether or not a medal has been inserted in each game machine M (S1). Specifically, when a medal is inserted by each player, the inserted medal detector 17 of each game machine M counts the number of medals and sends a detection signal to the CPU 21. The CPU 21 outputs a signal to that effect to the processor 11.
[0033]
Upon receiving this signal from the plurality of CPUs 21, the processor 11 determines that a medal has been inserted in each game machine M (YES in S1), and performs priority game machine selection processing (S2, details will be described later).
[0034]
In the priority game machine selection process, one game machine M is selected from the plurality of game machines M as the priority game machine, and the result is temporarily stored in the RAM 13. The processor 11 sends a signal indicating the selection to the game machine M selected as the priority game machine (S3).
[0035]
Upon receiving this signal, the CPU 21 of the game machine M displays on the display unit 2 that it has been selected as the priority game machine. As a result, the player who executes the game with the game machine M knows that more medals will be paid out than usual depending on the game result, so that the player has a sense of expectation.
[0036]
Next, the processor 11 sends a game execution command signal to each game machine M (S4). When this signal is sent from the processor 11, each game machine M starts a game.
[0037]
When the game is over, each game machine M sends a signal to the processor 11 that the game is over (including the game result). The processor 11 determines whether or not the game end signal has been received from all the game machines M (S5). If it is determined that the game end signal has been received (YES in S5), a payout calculation process (S6, details will be described later) for determining the number of medals to be paid out for each game machine M is performed.
[0038]
When the number of medals to be paid out for each game machine M is determined in the calculation process of the payout, the processor 11 instructs each game machine M to pay out medals and the number of medals to be paid out at that time (respectively) ( S7).
[0039]
The CPU 21 of each game machine M outputs a payout command to the payout medal detector 18 based on the instruction sent from the processor 11. Upon receiving the payout command, the payout medal detector 18 detects medals supplied from the medal storage box by the number of instructed medals. As a result, the number of medals calculated by the processor 11 is paid out from the payout opening 5 of each game machine M.
[0040]
Here, the priority game machine selection process in step S2 will be described with reference to FIG. 5. First, the processor 11 determines whether or not a priority game machine has already been determined (S11).
[0041]
This determination process is a process that is performed because the priority game machine is not determined in an initial state such as when the game apparatus is powered on. For example, in the initial state, it is determined that the priority game machine is inevitably not determined (NO in S11), and one game machine M is randomly selected from the plurality of game machines M in which the player is playing the game. Selected (S12).
[0042]
On the other hand, if it is already performed or the game many times, since the priority game machine has already been determined (YES in S11), the process proceeds to step S13.
[0043]
In step S13, it is determined whether or not the priority game machine is selected as the priority game machine again in the next game. That is, in this process, it is determined again whether or not a priority game machine is selected with a probability of 50%, for example. Specifically, a random number generator that randomly generates any number from 0 to 99 is used to determine whether the generated number is less than 50 or greater than 50.
[0044]
If the generated number is less than 50 (YES in S13), the game machine M is selected again as a priority game machine (S14). In this case, the selected result is temporarily stored in the RAM 13.
[0045]
On the other hand, when the generated number is 50 or more (NO in S13), one of all the game machines M is selected as the priority game machine without being selected as the priority game machine (S12). In this process, the priority game machine may be determined at random, or may be selected in order from the game machine M that has not yet been selected as the priority game machine or that has been selected a small number of times.
[0046]
In this way, a game machine that has been selected as a priority game machine once again has a higher possibility of being selected as a priority game machine in the next game as compared to other game machines M. For this reason, the player is more likely to obtain more medals and continuously. Therefore, the player who has played the game on the priority game machine tries to continue the game so that the game machine M being executed is selected again as the priority game machine, so that the operating rate of the game apparatus is improved.
[0047]
On the other hand, the player of the game machine M that has not been selected as the priority game machine is likely to be selected as the priority game machine because another game machine may be newly selected as the priority game machine in the next game. Try to continue the game. Therefore, the willingness to execute the game is increased, and the operation rate of the game device is improved.
[0048]
The probability value is not limited to 50%. In this case, the higher the probability value is set, the higher the possibility that it will be successively selected as the priority game machine, that is, the player is more likely to acquire more medals. Also, if the probability value is set low, there is a high possibility that another game machine M will be selected as the priority game machine.
[0049]
Further, the determination process in step S13 of FIG. 5, that is, the determination process of whether or not the priority game machine is selected as the priority game machine again in the next game is deleted, and all the game machines M are newly added for each game. You may make it select a priority game machine from among.
[0050]
Next, the payout calculation process in step S6 will be described with reference to FIG. For convenience of explanation, the number of game machines M on which the player is executing the game is four, and the number of game machines M to be distributed to each game machine M as a result of the game (because this game device share is included, (It is different from the number of payouts).
[0051]
When the processor 11 receives the game result from each game machine M, the processor 11 obtains the total number of medals distributed to each game machine M (S21). Then, the total number of medals to be actually paid out is calculated from the total number to be distributed (S22).
[0052]
Usually, the total number of medals to be paid out is determined by the ratio to the total number to be distributed, for example, the ratio is determined to be 80%. Specifically, since the distribution number of each game machine M is 25 and there are four players, the total number of distribution is 100, and the total number of medals actually paid out is 80. Therefore, the difference between the total number to be distributed and the total number of medals actually paid out (in this case, 20) is the share of the present game device. Note that the above ratio is not limited to 80%. For example, if it is desired to increase the share of the present game apparatus, the above ratio may be set low.
[0053]
Next, the number of medals actually paid out to each game machine M is calculated (S23). In the past, the number of medals to be paid out to each player was evenly distributed, that is, 80 pieces were divided into four equal parts, and 20 pieces were paid out. In this embodiment, the priority game machine described above is used. More medals are allocated to the priority game machines selected in the selection process (S2) than the other game machines M.
[0054]
Specifically, it recognizes which game machine is the priority game machine from the data stored in the RAM 13, and allocates the number of medals ½ of the total number of medals to be paid out to the priority game machine. Then, the remaining number of medals is evenly distributed to the other game machines M. For example, if the total number of medals to be paid out is 80, the priority game machine is assigned half of the 40, and the other three game machines M are further reduced to 1/3 of 1/2, ie, 13 I'll fill it up.
[0055]
Then, for each game machine M, the calculated medal number is temporarily stored in the RAM 13 (S24).
[0056]
In this way, since a higher payout is given to the priority game machine compared to the other game machines M, the player who is executing the game on the priority game machine has a sense of satisfaction, achievement, or superiority to other users. A feeling can be given. As a result, the player's willingness to execute the game increases, and the operating rate of the game device can be improved.
[0057]
In the description of the control process of the processor 11, the process in one game has been described. However, the ratio of the medals to be paid out to the priority game machine and the number of medals to be paid out were executed several times. As a result, you may control so that it may become said value.
[0058]
Further, the ratio of medals paid out to the priority game machine with respect to the total distribution number is not limited to the above-mentioned value (1/2), and can be changed to an arbitrary value by storing this value in a flash memory, for example. You may do it. Alternatively, this value may be changed for each game, and in this case, there may be a chance that more medals are paid out in any game, which causes a great sense of expectation to the player. be able to.
[0059]
Further, the ratio of distribution to other players may not be equalized, and a difference may be provided in stages.
[0060]
Of course, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, in the above embodiment, the medal payout method in the game machine has been described. However, the payout method may be applied to, for example, a horse racing game or a bingo game in which a plurality of players play one common game.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a game device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of the game apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of the game machine.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a processor.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a processor.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a processor.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Display 5 Discharge port 11 Processor 13 RAM
16 Control panel M Game machine

Claims (4)

A plurality of game machines are provided, the same game is executed on at least two game machines, and the number of medals according to the result of the game is paid out from at least one part of the two or more game machines on which the game is executed In the game device,
Priority game machine selection means for selecting one priority game machine from the two or more game machines in which the game is executed before the start of the game;
A distribution means for allocating the number of medals paid out according to the result of the game at a predetermined ratio so that the number of payouts to the priority game machine is larger than the number of payouts of other game machines;
Medal payout means for paying out the number of medals allocated by the distribution means from at least one part of the two or more game machines in which the game is performed;
An amusement device comprising:   2. The game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising distribution ratio setting means for setting the predetermined ratio for each game.   The game device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the predetermined ratio is set so that other game machines that are not the priority game machines have the same ratio. 4. The game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying which of the selected priority game machines is .

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