JP4562454B2 - Video game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention includes a launch operation unit similar to that of a conventional mechanical game machine (actual game machine), and board components such as a prize-winning port, an out-out port, and a game nail including a variable prize-winning port are games of the real game machine. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game machine that virtually plays a game by displaying a game board surface imitating the form of the board surface, and a game ball that is driven into the game area on the game board surface and flows down on an image display. .

In this type of gaming machine, unlike an actual gaming machine, an actual gaming ball driven into a gaming area on the gaming board surface does not fall by gravity.
Therefore, the ball route of whether the game ball is driven into the game area, flows down, moves and enters the winning entrance (winning), or enters the out entrance is artificially controlled. Generally, it is set as data read by the means. In this case, many types of spherical routes are set in advance, and a specific spherical route is determined from them based on a predetermined condition.
The ball route is formed by a group of game ball position coordinates formed by arranging a large number of game ball position coordinates.

In a video game machine, a game ball (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a sphere) is moved and displayed along the ball route determined as described above on the game board surface image displayed on the image display to play a game. .
Here, the term “ball entry” means that a game ball enters a winning opening or an out opening. However, in a video game machine, the gaming ball, the winning opening and the out opening are displayed as images. This means that the display of the game ball is terminated at the winning port or out port position, that is, the ball route end point, and the game ball disappears from the game board surface image.

For example, in this type of gaming machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 described later, the value of the random counter on the main control side is read at the timing of launching a game ball displayed as an image, and the read count value is used as the read count value. Accordingly, the ball route is determined, and the image display control side moves and displays the game ball along the determined ball route.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-9766

  In the above prior art, the main control side determines the ball route when the ball is launched, and the image display control side displays the game ball along the determined ball route, so the number of ball routes for realizing realistic ball movement display In the increase, the burden on the main control side that controls the entire pachinko machine, that is, the processing amount and data storage capacity on the main control side is increased.

  Further, in a video game machine that determines a ball route at the time of ball launch and displays a game ball along the determined ball route, the game state in the game board surface image at the time of ball launch shows the game ball on the game board surface image. It may change during the period from when it is displayed until it reaches the disappearance position (entrance position).

  For example, it is assumed that when a ball is launched, since the grand prize opening is in an open state, it is determined that it will disappear after 7 seconds, that is, it will be awarded to the big prize opening, and the ball is launched. However, since the opening / closing of the big prize opening is generated by a command generated and transmitted at a timing independent of the ball launch command, the big prize opening may be closed 5 seconds after the ball launch. In such a case, the sphere causes an unnatural sphere behavior in which the ball passes through (permeates) the closed opening / closing body of the large winning opening.

  Conversely, when the ball is launched, the winning prize opening is closed, so after 7 seconds through the ball route passing in front of the closed winning prize opening, it is determined that it will disappear at the out opening, that is, enter the out opening. Suppose the ball is fired. However, the big prize opening may open 5 seconds after the ball launch. In such a case, the ball causes an unnatural sphere behavior in which it passes through the open front of the big winning opening (without entering the big winning opening) and enters the out opening.

In the above prior art, when a change in gaming state that causes such an unnatural ball behavior is predicted, the time at which the state change occurs and the position on the game board surface image that causes the unnatural ball behavior are predicted. The sphere arrival time is compared with the main control side, and the sphere route is searched again before the sphere launch display, and the route is changed to the optimum route.
However, in the above prior art, since the re-search of the spherical route is performed on the main control side, the processing amount and the data storage capacity on the main control side are further increased.

  In actual gaming machines, there are many cases where multiple balls are present on the game board surface at the same time, and collisions between the balls may occur and the balls may move unexpectedly. Can enjoy unexpected sphere behavior). However, in the above prior art, since it is not assumed that such a ball collides with each other, the movement of the sphere is monotonous and not interesting.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can realize a realistic ball movement display without increasing the processing amount and data storage capacity on the main control side that controls the overall pachinko machine, and is particularly movable. It is possible to provide a video game machine that does not cause unnatural ball behavior due to changes in the open / closed state of the body, and on the other hand is capable of displaying a variety of interesting ball movements when the game balls collide with each other.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a variable prize that allows more game balls to be entered while the movable body that can be opened and closed is opened. A game board surface in which a plurality of winning holes including a mouth and a board surface component including an out hole are arranged, and the launch operation unit is fired with a firing strength according to the operation amount, and the winning mouth or the out mouth disappears. A video game machine that displays a game ball that moves on the game board surface as a position on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame and plays a game, and the game board surface image displayed on the image display Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game, and image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means, wherein the main control means is fired by operation of the firing operation section. Said play of game balls to be played Sphere attribute determining means for determining the annihilation position on the board image and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board image until it disappears as a sphere attribute, and a signal including the ball attribute determined by the sphere attribute determining means For each game ball to be fired, and the image display control means includes a route table in which various ball routes are associated according to the ball attribute, and each of the route tables in the route table. A point table in which a large number of game ball position coordinate groups each having a large number of game ball position coordinates are set according to the ball route, and the route based on the ball attribute in the signal from the signal transmission means A specific ball route is selected from the table, and the game ball is moved forward in accordance with the arrangement of the game ball position coordinates and the elapsed time in the point table corresponding to the ball route. Game ball movement display means for moving display on the game board surface image, and reversal between both open and closed states of the movable body for the game ball after the start of movement display of the game ball by the game ball movement display means When there is an action and a predetermined abnormal movement display is predicted with this movable body, or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball, the abnormal movement display can be avoided, or And a ball route re-search means for selecting a new ball route after the collision with another game ball. The ball route re-search means changes the disappearance position of the game ball to the new ball route. And the remaining survival time matches or the closest value is selected from a plurality of types of game ball position coordinate groups set in the point table, and the game ball movement display means Game balls to the new ball route The game ball position image is moved and displayed on the game board surface image according to the arrangement of the game ball position coordinates and the elapsed time.

The invention according to claim 2 of the claims includes a plurality of winning holes including a variable winning opening that allows more game balls to be inserted during opening of the movable body that can be opened and closed. And a game board surface on which a board surface component including an out port is arranged, and is fired at a firing intensity corresponding to the operation amount by operation of the launch operation unit, and moves on the game board surface with the winning port or the out port as an extinction position A video game machine that displays a game ball to be displayed on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame and plays a game, and controls a game state in a game board surface image displayed on the image display Means and image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means, the main control means, the launch intensity of the game ball according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit, Activated by operation of the launch operation unit Sphere attribute determining means for determining the erasure position of the game ball to be played on the game board surface image and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears, and the ball attribute determination means A signal transmission unit that transmits a signal including the ball attribute for each game ball to be launched, and the image display control unit includes: a route table in which various ball routes are associated with each other according to the ball attribute; A point table in which a large number of game ball position coordinate groups each having a large number of game ball position coordinates are set according to each ball route in the route table, and the signal in the signal from the signal transmission means Arrangement and progress of game ball position coordinates forming a group of game ball position coordinates in the point table corresponding to the ball route by selecting a specific ball route from the route table based on the ball attribute The game ball movement display means for moving and displaying the game ball on the game board surface image according to the interval, and after the game ball movement display start by the game ball movement display means, the movable body is opened and closed for the game ball. When an abnormal movement display determined in advance with this movable body is predicted or there is a collision with another game ball, the abnormal movement display is displayed. Ball route re-search means for selecting a new ball route that can be avoided or after a collision with the other game balls, and this ball route re-search means includes the new ball route as the game ball. Without changing the annihilation position, and the remaining survival time and the firing intensity are the same, or the closest value is selected from a large number of game ball position coordinate groups set in the point table, For game ball movement display means The game ball is moved and displayed on the game board surface image according to the arrangement of the game ball position coordinates corresponding to the new ball route and the elapsed time .
The invention according to claim 3 of the claims includes a plurality of winning holes including a variable winning hole that allows more game balls to be inserted during the opening of the movable body that can be opened and closed. And a game board surface on which a board surface component including an out port is arranged, and is fired at a firing intensity corresponding to the operation amount by operation of the launch operation unit, and moves on the game board surface with the winning port or the out port as an extinction position A video game machine that displays a game ball to be displayed on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame and plays a game, and controls a game state in a game board surface image displayed on the image display And image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means, wherein the main control means is the game board surface of the game ball that is launched by the operation of the firing operation unit. The disappearance position on the image, and The ball attribute determining means for setting the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears based on the launch intensity at the time of launching the game ball, and determining the setting result as a ball attribute, and the ball attribute Signal transmitting means for transmitting a signal including the ball attribute determined by the determining means for each game ball to be launched, and the image display control means is associated with various ball routes according to the ball attribute. A route table, a point table in which a large number of game ball position coordinate groups each including a large number of game ball position coordinates are set in accordance with each ball route in the route table, and the signal transmission means Based on the ball attribute in the signal, a specific ball route is selected from the route table, and the game ball position coordinates of the game ball position coordinate group in the point table corresponding to the ball route are selected. A game ball movement display means for moving and displaying the game ball on the game board surface image according to the sequence and the elapsed time, and after the game ball movement display by the game ball movement display means is started, the movable body is released for the game ball. In the case where there is a reversal operation between both closed states and a predetermined abnormal movement display with this movable body is foreseen, or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball, the abnormality A ball route re-searching means for selecting a new ball route after the collision with the other game balls, which can avoid the movement display, and the ball route re-searching means includes the new ball route, The game ball annihilation position is not changed, and the remaining survival time matches or is selected from a plurality of types of game ball position coordinate groups set in the point table with the closest value, and the game For the ball movement display means, The game ball is moved and displayed on the game board surface image according to the arrangement of the game ball position coordinates corresponding to the new ball route and the elapsed time.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 of the claims, it is possible to realize a realistic ball movement display without increasing the processing amount and data storage capacity of the main control means that controls the overall pachinko machine, It is possible to provide a video game machine that does not cause an unnatural ball behavior due to a change in the open / close state of a movable body, and on the other hand is capable of displaying a variety of interesting ball movement displays when a game ball collides.

In addition, according to the invention described in claim 2 of the claims, since the launch intensity of the game ball is added to the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determining means, the selection of the ball route can be set more variously. Become.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol shows the same or an equivalent part between each figure.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of a video pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main controller, image display controller and card controller from FIG. FIG.

  In these drawings, a video game machine frame 1 of a video pachinko machine includes a fixed frame 2 to be attached to a so-called island-equipped game machine installation facility in a pachinko game hall. A movable frame 3 is attached to the fixed frame 2 by a hinge 4 located on the left side so as to be able to open one side. An image display 5 is attached inside the movable frame 3 with the screen facing forward. The image display 5 includes a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, an EL display, and the like, and can display an image whose display form can be electrically changed. A main controller 6, an image display controller 7, and a card controller 8 are attached to the back side of the movable frame 3.

  Of these, the main control device 6 displays a game board surface image (hereinafter abbreviated as a board image) on the image display 5 through the control of the image display control device 7, and the gaming state in the displayed board image is displayed. It is a device that controls the overall pachinko machine, such as control and prize ball control.

  Here, the board image is an image simulating a game board surface form of an actual gaming machine. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the guide rail 39, the launch passage 40, the game area 41, the center decoration 42, the symbol display unit 43, the general winning ports 44 to 47, the starting winning port 48, the big winning port (variable winning port) ) 49, an opening / closing body (movable body) 50 in front of the winning prize opening 49, a windmill 51, a side lamp 52, an out opening 53, and a board surface constituting member such as a number of game nails (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 3, the main controller 6 includes, for example, a CPU 6a, a RAM 6b, a ROM 6c, and an input / output interface 6d. The ROM 6c stores a control program 6c1, a data group 6c2, and a winning rate table 6c3.
In the main controller 6, the CPU 6a executes the control program 6c1 using the RAM 6b as a work area, and performs the above-described control while appropriately reading out the data group 6c2 and the winning rate table 6c3 in the ROM 6c.

  In the winning rate table 6c3, the proportion of game balls that enter each of the winning ports 44 to 49 shown in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as the winning proportion for each winning port) is made to correspond to the launch intensity of the game balls. It is expressed as The launch intensity of the game ball (hereinafter simply referred to as launch intensity) is associated with the operation amount of the launch operation unit described later.

Hereinafter, the winning rate table 6c3 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the winning rate table 6c3. In this figure, the disappearance position refers to the entry position of the game ball. In this example, since only the winning opening is shown as the winning position, the disappearance position indicates the winning opening.

  As shown in the figure, the winning rate table 6c3 represents the winning rate for each winning port, that is, the winning rate according to the firing strength. For example, when the firing strength is within the range of 11 to 20, the winning holes 44 and 45 shown in FIG. 1 are 0.01%, the winning holes 46 and 47 are 0.00%, the start winning hole 48 is 4.00%, and the large. This indicates that the winning opening 49 wins at 35.00%. The player enters the out port 53 at the remaining rate.

  In this example, the winning percentage according to the above-mentioned launch intensity is 1111 in 10 increments of the launch intensity range, such as 21 to 30 next to the range of 11 to 20 and 31 to 40 next. Up to 1120, a set of winning percentages for each set of winning prizes is set. The winning rate of the big winning port 49 is 0.00% when the opening / closing body 50 is not opened, and the winning rate of the big winning port 49 here is added to the winning rate to the out port 53 as it is. The

The opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 includes continuous opening or intermittent opening that repeats the opening / closing operation at an appropriate time interval. Any of these may be applied, but in this embodiment, continuous opening is applied. Hereinafter, this is abbreviated as opening.
It should be noted that a plurality of winning rate tables 6c3 may be prepared with different winning percentages for each winning opening, and one of them may be selected at random.

In FIG. 3, the main control device 6 includes a ball attribute determining means 6e, an opening / closing body opening / closing command (movable body opening / closing signal) generating means 6f, and a command transmission means 6g.
Here, the ball attribute determining means 6e is annihilated after being displayed on the board image, the disappearance position on the board image of the game ball (launching ball) launched by the operation of the launch operation unit described later, and the board surface image. The survival time of the game ball until the game is determined as a ball attribute.

The opening / closing body opening / closing command generating means 6f generates an opening command for opening the opening / closing body 50 when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and after opening the opening / closing body 50, the opening / closing body 50 is predetermined. A means for generating a closing command for closing a predetermined number of times, here, ten game balls (winning balls) or a predetermined time after opening of the opening / closing body 50, here 30 seconds is there. This close command is generated at the earlier time of the winning of the ten game balls or the lapse of 30 seconds.
The predetermined condition indicates that a plurality of symbols to be described later stop at the jackpot symbol or that the jackpot state continues.

  The command transmission unit 6g transmits a game ball launch command (signal) CM including the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determination unit 6e for each shot ball, and the open command generated by the opening / closing body opening / closing command generation unit 6f. Alternatively, it is a means for transmitting various commands such as a close command.

The image display control device 7 receives various commands such as a game ball launch command (hereinafter abbreviated as a launch command) CM from the main control device 6 based on the control of the main control device 6. The above-mentioned board image is displayed on the image display 5 by the above command and the like, and the display control is performed on the displayed board image.
Specifically, “perform display control on the displayed board image” means that the image display 5 is controlled to display a control display of the board image itself, for example, a plurality of symbols variation display described later or FIG. The moving image display or the like of the opening / closing body 50 of the big winning opening 49 shown, or the game ball is moved and displayed on the board image.

  These displays under the control of the image display control device 7 are based on the control of the main control device 6. In particular, the control display of the board image itself by the image display controller 7 is based on the control of the gaming state in the board image by the main controller 6.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the image display control device 7 includes, for example, a CPU 7a, a RAM 7b, a ROM 7c, an arithmetic processing unit (GPU: graphics processing unit) 7d, a video RAM 7e, an input interface 7f, and an output interface. 7g is provided.

The ROM 7c has a control program 7c1, game nail data 7c2 representing the position and shape (including size) of the game nail, a route index table 7c3, a route table 7c4, a point table 7c5, a position table 7c6, a search table 7c7, and The other data group 7c8 is stored.
Details of the tables 7c3 to 7c7 will be described later.

  The data group 7c8 includes a guide rail 39 for displaying a board image together with the game nail data 7c2, a center decoration 42, a symbol display unit 43, various winning holes 44 to 49, an opening / closing body 50, a windmill 51, a side lamp 52, and an out. It includes display data for board surface components such as the mouth 53, game ball display data such as the shape (including size) of the game ball, board background data, and the like.

  The display data is data representing the position and shape (including size) of each board surface component to be displayed. From these data, the game ball is moved along the ball route (game ball position coordinate group). It is possible to move and display and disappear at the winning ports 44 to 49 and the out port 53. Further, in the ball route re-retrieval process described later, it is possible to determine whether or not there is a collision between a game ball and a board surface component.

  In the image display control device 7, the CPU 7a executes the control program 7c1 using the RAM 7b as a work area, appropriately reads out the game nail data 7c2 and the data group 7c8 in the ROM 7c, and controls the GPU 7d to transmit drawing data to the video RAM 7e. Let it be written. As a result, the image display control device 7 displays the board image on the image display 5 as described above, and performs display control on the displayed board image.

In this embodiment, the image display control device 7 includes a game ball movement display means 7h, an opening / closing body (movable body) opening / closing display means 7i, and a ball route re-search means 7j.
The game ball movement display means 7h receives the launch command CM from the command transmission means 6g shown in FIG. 3, selects a specific ball route from the route table 7c4 based on the ball attribute in the command CM, It is means for moving and displaying the game ball on the board surface image according to the arrangement and the elapsed time of the game ball position coordinates forming the game ball position coordinate group in the point table 7c5 according to the ball route.

Here, according to the arrangement of the game ball position coordinates and the elapsed time means to follow the elapsed time associated with the arrangement of the game ball position coordinates and the arrangement order of the game ball position coordinates corresponding to the elapsed time. Each game ball is moved and displayed by sequentially changing the position coordinates to be displayed according to the elapsed time associated with the array of game ball position coordinates.
Specifically, the first position coordinate in the selected specific type of game ball position coordinate group to the final position coordinate, that is, the extinction position is read every unit time, for example, every 16 milliseconds, and read. By changing the display position of the game ball in the order of the position coordinates, the movement display of the game ball along the ball route is performed.

The ball route is a position coordinate data group that represents a path from when each game ball is displayed (launched) on the board image to disappear at the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out opening 53 (see FIG. 1), that is, the path from entering the ball. Consists of.
The disappearance at the winning ports 44 to 49 or the out port 53 that is the end point of the ball route is when the survival time expires. Each position coordinate data in the position coordinate data group is represented for each unit time.
The ball route indicates a route at the center position of the game ball. In the video game machine, the game balls, the winning holes 44 to 49 and the out port 53 are displayed as images, so that the game balls are displayed at the positions of the winning ports 44 to 49 and the out port 53, that is, at the end of the ball route. When the game ball ends and the game ball disappears from the board image, it means that the game ball enters the winning ports 44 to 49 or the out port 53.

The opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i is a means for receiving the opening command or the closing command from the command transmission means 6g and displaying the opening or closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 on the board image.
The ball route re-search means 7j performs the reversal operation between the opening and closing states of the opening / closing body 50 for the game ball after the game ball movement display start by the game ball movement display means 7h. This means is activated when a predetermined abnormal movement display with the body 50 is foreseen or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball.
Here, the abnormal movement display means that the player enters the out port 53 without passing through the opening / closing body 50, that is, through the opening / closing body 50 through the front of the opened large winning port 49, that is, without entering the large winning port 49. For example, a moving display of a game ball that cannot be played by a real gaming machine.

When the prediction or determination as described above is made, the ball route re-search means 7j can avoid the abnormal movement display, or a new ball route after the collision with another game ball can be obtained. The extinction position is not changed and the remaining survival time (survival time of survival time) matches or is selected from among a plurality of types of game ball position coordinate groups set in the point table 7c5 with the closest value. .
Then, the ball route re-search means 7j gives the game ball movement display means 7h the game ball position coordinate of the game ball position coordinate group in the point table 7c5 corresponding to the new ball route. The display is moved and displayed on the board image according to the arrangement and the elapsed time.

Returning to FIG. 1, the front decorative frame 11 is attached to the front surface of the movable frame 3 by the hinge 4 so that the movable frame 3 can be opened in one side.
The front decorative frame 11 is provided with a round opening 12, and the round opening 12 is closed by an image display protection panel 13 made of colorless transparent glass or synthetic resin provided on the back side of the front decorative frame 11. It is.
A card insertion slot 14, a lending operation mechanism 15, a return operation mechanism 16, a settlement operation mechanism 17, a firing operation mechanism 18, a ball count indicator 19 and the like are provided on the front surface of the front decorative frame 11 surrounding the round opening 12. Prepare.

  The card insertion slot 14 is a slit-like slot into which a player inserts a game medium (hereinafter referred to as a card) 22 such as a prepaid card. On the back side of the card insertion slot 14, a card detector 23, a card transport mechanism 24, an information reader 25 and an information rewrite device 26 are positioned in a state where they are attached to the back of the front decorative frame 11. The lending operation mechanism 15 includes a lending operation unit 27 operated by a player, and a lending switch 28 that is turned ON / OFF by the lending operation unit 27.

  The return operation mechanism 16 includes a return operation unit 29 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, and a return switch 30 that is turned ON / OFF by the return operation unit 29. The settlement operation mechanism 17 includes a settlement operation unit 31 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, and a settlement switch 32 that is turned on and off by the settlement operation unit 31.

The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a firing operation unit (launching lever) 33 that is turned by a player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, a variable resistor 34 that is operated by the operation of the firing operation unit 33, and a player. A launch stop operating unit 35 operated from the front side of the front decorative frame 11 and a launch stop switch 36 that is turned ON / OFF by the launch stop operating unit 35 are provided. The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a touch sensor (not shown) that detects whether or not the player is touching the firing operation unit 33.
The ball count indicator 19 is attached to the front decorative frame 11 or the movable frame 3 so that the numerical display surface can be seen from the front side of the front decorative frame 11.

Next, the basic operation of the above-described embodiment will be described with reference mainly to FIG. 1, FIG. 3, and FIG.
First, when the main control device 6, the image display control device 7, and the card control device 8 are activated by supplying DC power from a power supply device (not shown) provided in the gaming machine frame 1, Based on the control, the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5 to display a board image on the image display 5.
As described above, this board surface image includes various board surface constituting members 39, 42 to 53, and a large number of game nails that are not shown.

  Now, when the player inserts the card 22 in which the money amount information is written into the card insertion slot 14, the card detector 23 outputs a card detection signal to the card control device 8 and controls the card transport mechanism 24 to be pulled in. Thereby, the card 22 is conveyed, and the information reader 25 reads the amount information of the card 22 and outputs it to the card control device 8.

  Thereafter, when the player inputs an investment amount corresponding to the number of balls to be borrowed by operating the lending operation unit 27, investment amount information corresponding to the input investment amount is sent from the lending switch 28 to the card control device 8 as a lending signal. Is output. The card control device 8 calculates investment amount information corresponding to the lending signal from the lending switch 28, and whether the amount information (card reading amount information) read and stored from the card 22 is equal to or greater than the investment amount information. Determine whether or not.

  Next, the card control device 8 uses the investment amount information as it is when the card read amount information is equal to or greater than the investment amount information, and the card read amount information as the investment amount information when it is less than the investment amount information. Output to the control device 6. The main control device 6 outputs the ball number information corresponding to the investment amount information output from the card control device 8 to the ball count display 19, and the ball count display 19 corresponds to the ball count information. Is displayed numerically.

Specifically, when it is assumed that one lending signal of the lending switch 28 corresponds to 500 yen, the amount information of an integral multiple of 500 yen is written in the card 22. And, for example, when the amount information of 1000 yen is written on the card 22 inserted into the card insertion slot 14 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 once, it is 500 yen. When the operation is performed twice, the number of balls corresponding to 1000 yen is displayed on the ball number display 19. If the amount information of 500 yen is written on the card 22 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 twice, the ball number indicator has a number of balls equivalent to 500 yen regardless of the two operations. 19 is displayed.
Note that the card read amount information may be displayed as frequency information on a frequency display (not shown) connected to the card control device 8.

In parallel with the display of the number of balls by the number-of-balls display 19, the card control device 8 controls the information rewriter 26 by subtracting the investment amount information corresponding to the number of balls as a loan from the card read amount information. Then, the amount information of the card 22 is rewritten to the remaining amount information as a result of the subtraction.
When the remaining amount information is “0”, the card control device 8 controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return. When the player operates the return operation unit 29, the card control device 8 receives the return signal from the return switch 30 and controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return.
With these return controls, the card transport mechanism 24 transports the card 22 and projects a part of the card 22 from the card insertion slot 14 so that the card 22 can be taken out from the gaming machine frame 1.

  When the player operates the firing operation unit 33 in the state where the number-of-balls display 19 displays the number of balls, a touch sensor (not shown) is turned on and the variable resistor 34 corresponds to the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33. The variable resistance value is output to the main controller 6. It is assumed that the firing stop operation unit 35 is not operated and the firing stop switch 36 is OFF.

  The main control device 6 determines whether or not to fire depending on whether or not the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds a so-called play range, specifically, whether or not the variable resistance value of the variable resistor 34 is a certain value or more. Do. When the determination result indicates that the firing is possible, the main control device 6 generates a firing ON signal at a rate of, for example, 100 per minute, and the variable resistance value at the time of the signal generation for each firing ON signal. In other words, the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33 is acquired.

  In addition, the main control device 6 sets the ball attribute which is basic information on what route the game area 41 flows and moves after the game ball drawn as an image is displayed on the image display 5 to be flown and moved. It is determined for each launch ON signal, that is, for each launch ball (game ball launched by the operation of the launch operation unit 33).

  The ball attribute determining means 6e provided in the main control device 6 includes a launch intensity determined according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, a disappearance position on the board image of the game ball to be fired based on the launch intensity, The survival time of the game ball from when it is displayed on the image until it disappears is determined as the ball attribute.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the relationship between the launch intensity and the survival time determined based on the launch intensity. Here, an example in which the survival time obtained based on the launch intensity has a certain width is shown. Although the survival time of the game ball is based on the firing strength, it may be directly determined according to the disappearance position.

  The launch intensity is information indicating the intensity of game ball launch, and as described above, it is used as basic information for determining the disappearance position and survival time of the game ball on the main controller 6 side, and image display control. It is also included in the sphere attribute transmitted to the device 7.

The annihilation position is a ball entry position indicating whether to win (win) in the winning openings 44 to 49, which winning opening when winning, or whether to enter the out opening 53 without winning. This is the sphere attribute. The display of the game ball ends when winning in the winning openings 44 to 49 or entering the out opening 53, and disappears from the board image.
This annihilation position is determined based on the firing intensity. For example, an annihilation position determination counter (not shown) that repeatedly counts a numerical value from 0 to 9999 in an endless manner is used. It is determined based on the count value of the hour and the firing intensity.

Now, it is assumed that the launch intensity value 505 is acquired by the ball attribute determining means 6e, and the count value when the firing ON signal is generated by the disappearance position determining counter is 250.
In such a case, the ball attribute determining means 6e searches for the winning rate in the column of the firing strengths 501 to 510 of the winning rate table 6c3 shown in FIG. 4, and the extinction position is determined therefrom. Specifically, numerical values 1, 2, 2, 1, 450... Are sequentially obtained by multiplying the winning ratios of the winning ports 44 to 49 in this column by 10,000 respectively in order from the winning port 44 side toward the large winning port 49 side. Add. Then, a total value of 6 is obtained at the position of the winning prize opening 47 and a total value 456 is obtained at the position of the start winning prize opening 48. The count value of the annihilation position determination counter is 250, and this value exceeds the total value 6 of the position of the winning opening 47 and is within the range of the total value 456 of the position of the starting winning opening 48. The mouth 48 is determined as the disappearance position of the game ball.

  The survival time is a ball attribute related to the elapsed time from when the launch operation unit 33 is operated and the game ball is fired until it disappears, that is, from when the display on the board image starts to when it ends. The survival time has a certain width as shown in FIG. 6, but a specific survival time within the width is determined according to the disappearance position.

Each sphere attribute determined in this way by the sphere attribute determining means 6e is included in the firing command CM, and here is transmitted from the command transmitting means 6g of the main control device 6 to the image display control device 7 as the firing command CM. Is done.
The image display control device 7 receives the launch command CM from the command transmission means 6g, selects the moving path of each game ball, that is, the ball route based on the above three ball attributes in the command CM, and uses the ball route. Each game ball is moved and displayed on the board image displayed on the image display 5.
As will be described in detail later, in this embodiment, the open / close state of the special winning opening 49 (opening / closing body 50) is also an element of which ball route to select.

  In the ball route, after the game ball is launched (displayed) and driven into the upper part of the game area 41 along the guide rail 39, the ball hits the windmill 51 or a game nail (not shown) while flowing down and moving, This is information consisting of a game ball position coordinate group (an array of a large number of game ball position coordinates) representing a path from winning a prize or not winning to enter the out mouth 53.

In the winning, the game balls that flow down and move through the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 are winning holes 44 to 48 (in the illustrated example, the opening / closing body 50 is closed, so the big winning hole 49 is not included). ) Is information representing entering a ball.
Non-winning is information indicating that a game ball moving down and moving through the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 enters the out port 53 without winning any of the winning ports 44-49. is there.
The winning / losing information is determined only at the time of entering the starting winning opening 48, that is, when starting winning information is determined as winning.

For the winning / losing information, the main control device 6 obtains a count value from a jackpot lottery counter (not shown) at the timing when the start winning information is determined as a winning, and this count value is combined with all count values of the counter and the jackpot / It is determined by collating (lottery lottery) with a lottery table that associates outliers.
The determined hit / miss information (lottery result) is stored in the RAM 6b. As a result, the lottery result stored in the RAM 6b is either a big hit or a miss.

The main controller 6 subtracts the ball number information for each launch ON signal and outputs the subtracted ball number information to the ball number display 19 and, as described above, the launch command CM including each ball attribute. Every time the firing ON signal is transmitted to the image display control device 7, the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a game ball moving image (game ball image moving along the ball route).
This game ball moving image is a moving image in which a game ball is driven into the game area 41 from the launch passage 40 in the board image at a rate of 100 shots per minute, and moves down the game area 41.

The number-of-balls display 19 displays numerically the number of balls corresponding to the subtracted ball number information from the main controller 6. That is, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value that is subtracted every time a game ball is launched.
When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the general prize opening 44 to 47 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main control device 6 moves to the general prize opening 44 to 47. The added ball number information obtained by adding the corresponding constant prize ball number information to the current ball number information is output to the possessed ball number display 19, and the held ball number display 19 is the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information. Is displayed numerically.
Thereby, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value obtained by adding the numerical value subtracted each time a game ball is fired and the constant number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning openings 44 to 47. .

When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the start winning opening 48 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 is determined by the symbol variation start command and the jackpot lottery. A command containing the hit information or the miss information is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5 (performs display control on the board image).
With this control, the image display 5 starts displaying a plurality of symbols on the symbol display unit 43, and after a predetermined time, the image display 5 is determined by the jackpot lottery transmitted from the main control device 6 to the image display control device 7. In order to reflect the winning information or the missed information, the variable display of a plurality of symbols in the symbol display unit 43 is terminated, and the symbols are stopped.

  The symbols displayed on the symbol display unit 43 due to the symbol stop are the same numerical values such as “333” and “777” arranged in a line when the information determined in the big hit lottery is winning information. When the information determined in the big hit lottery is out-of-band information, for example, “133” and “767” are displayed with different numerical values arranged in a line.

  When the display mode in which the symbol is stopped in the symbol display unit 43 is a winning configuration, that is, when the stopped symbol is a jackpot symbol, a command containing the opening information for the main controller 6 to open the opening / closing body 50 is displayed as an image. The image display control device 7 that has transmitted to the display control device 7 and has received it controls the image display 5. By this control, the image display 5 displays an operation image of the special winning opening 49.

  The action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image that opens obliquely forward from a state in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 is vertically closed with the lower side as a fulcrum. When the opening / closing body 50 is opened in this way, a larger number of game balls can be won in the grand prize winning opening 49 than in other general winning opening 44 to 47.

  When the opening / closing body 50 is opened, when the game ball wins from the game area 41 to the big prize opening 49 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 corresponds to the big prize opening 49. The added ball number information obtained by adding the constant prize ball number information to the current ball number information is output to the possessed ball number display 19, and the possessed ball number display 19 displays the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information as a numerical value. indicate. In other words, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a value obtained by adding the numerical value at the time of winning to the big winning opening 49 and the constant number of winning balls corresponding to the big winning opening 49.

  A game ball won from the game area 41 to the big prize opening 49 wins in a normal area or a specific area called V zone (both not shown) set in the big prize opening 49. . Further, the main control device 6 counts up the elapsed time from the start of opening of the opening / closing body 50 and counts up the number of game balls won in the special winning opening 49.

Either the elapsed time counted up reaches the set opening time or the number of winning prizes in the counted up large winning opening 49 reaches a predetermined number of winnings such as 10, for example, is satisfied. Then, the main control device 6 transmits a command containing the closing information for closing the opening / closing body 50 to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5.
By this control, the image display 5 displays an operation image of the special winning opening 49. The action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 closes in the vertical state shown in FIG.

When the game ball wins in a specific area of the big winning opening 49 from when the opening / closing body 50 is opened to when it closes, that is, when it is open, the main controller 6 counts that the specific area has been won. Increase (+1). Even if there are a plurality of winning numbers in the specific area while the opening / closing body 50 is opened once (a big win state), the number is not counted up after the first +1 count up (it remains +1).
When this count-up occurs, the main control device 6 contains the opening information for opening the opening / closing body 50 again after the image display control device 7 completes the opening of the opening / closing body 50 once. The command is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display 5 is controlled again.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a moving image in a form in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 opens obliquely forward with the lower side as a fulcrum.

  The jackpot continuation in which the opening / closing body 50 is opened again may be performed until the number of winnings in the specific area that has been counted up reaches a preset number of times such as 16, for example. If there is no winning in the specific area during one opening of the opening / closing body 50, the continuation of the jackpot state ends at that time, so the number of times the opening / closing body 50 continues to open is only possible.

When the player ends the game, the player operates the settlement operation unit 31. As a result, the settlement switch 32 outputs a settlement signal to the card control device 8, and the card control device 8 outputs a settlement signal to the main control device 6.
As a result, the main control device 6 outputs the ball number information corresponding to the number of balls displayed on the held ball number display 19 to the card control device 8 and sets the numerical value of the held ball number display 19 to “0”. The number-of-balls display 19 is controlled so that
The card control device 8 adds the amount information corresponding to the number-of-balls information input from the main control device 6 to the amount information of the card 22 taken into the inside of the gaming machine frame 1, and then uses the information rewriter 26. Control. By this control, the information rewriter 26 rewrites the amount information of the card 22 taken into the inside of the gaming machine frame 1 to the amount information added above.
Thereafter, the card control device 8 controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return, and the card 22 with the amount information rewritten is ejected from the card insertion slot 14 to the front side.

  Hereinafter, the route index table 7c3, the route table 7c4, the point table 7c5, the position table 7c6, and the search table 7c7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 7 to 11. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a part of the contents of the route index table 7c3.
The route index table 7c3 includes a route table 7c4 according to a combination of where the game ball disappears and whether the open / close body 50 of the big prize opening 49 is open or closed when the ball attribute of the game ball is received. It is a table for giving a head index number, and is used when determining a ball route when displaying a game ball.
In the route index table 7c3, the top index number on the route table 7c4 of the route data (game ball position coordinate group) to be processed according to the disappearance position and the open / close state of the open / close body 50 of the special winning opening 49 are stored. The target number is retained.
In the following description, opening and closing of the winning prize opening 49 also means opening and closing of the opening / closing body 50, and opening and closing of the opening / closing body 50 means opening and closing of the winning opening 49. Also means.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a part of the contents of the route table 7c4.
The route table 7c4 is a comparison table between the launch strength and survival time of the game ball and the travel route of the game ball displayed on the board image by the image display control device 7 (game ball movement display means 7h), that is, the ball route. Used when determining the ball route and re-searching the ball route.
This route table 7c4 gives a specific point table head index number in accordance with the combination of the launch strength and survival time of the game ball, thereby enabling selection (search) of the ball route from the ball attribute.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a part of the contents of the point table 7c5.
The point table 7c5 is a table in which a large number of game ball position coordinate groups each having a large number of game ball position coordinates arranged according to each ball route in the route table 7c4 are set. Used when re-searching the sphere route.
A game ball position coordinate group from the game ball position coordinate selected (searched) by the point table head index number given in the route table 7c4 to the game ball position coordinate indicated by the index number for which the route end flag is 1 is It becomes a ball route in which the game ball is moved and displayed on the board image. At the time of re-searching the ball route, a part of the game ball position coordinate group representing the entire ball route is used.

Here, the ball route is specifically an array of a large number of game ball position coordinates for each unit time from when the game ball is displayed on the board image until it disappears, for example, every 16 milliseconds, that is, the game ball position coordinates. A group.
Here, the game ball position coordinates are the X and Y planes of the image display surface (two-dimensional plane) of the image display 5 including the game board surface, and the X axis is taken in the horizontal direction in FIG. The upper left corner in FIG. 1 of the image display surface is the reference position, that is, X = 0, Y = 0, and the maximum values are, for example, X = 80, Y = 90 (0, 0) to (80, 90). ) In two-dimensional coordinates (X, Y coordinates) set in the range.
The Z-axis may be taken in the direction of the front side (player side) of the game board surface orthogonal to the game board surface, and the game ball position coordinates may be represented by three-dimensional coordinates of X, Y, and Z.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a part of the contents of the position table 7c6.
The position table 7c6 is used at the time of re-searching for the ball route, and the combination of where the game ball disappears and whether the big winning opening 49 is open or closed at the time of re-searching the ball route of the game ball. This is a table for giving the leading index number of the search table 7c7.
In the position table 7c6, the head index number and the number of objects on the search table 7c7 of the route data (game ball position coordinate group) to be targeted are held according to the disappearance position and the open / closed state of the special winning opening 49. ing.
At the time of re-searching for the ball route, the game ball position coordinates (X, Y) that is the starting point of the ball route after re-searching for the ball route (new ball route) is also given which index number on the search table 7c7. It becomes a selection condition.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a part of the contents of the search table 7c7.
The search table 7c7 is used at the time of re-searching the ball route, and holds the moving direction x, the moving speed, and the remaining survival time of the game ball at the time of re-searching the ball route.

  Next, in the present embodiment, the game ball is displayed on the board image after the launch operation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 is operated, and then disappears from the board image, that is, a series of processing operations until the display ends. Will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, FIG. 12 will be used in conjunction with FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 to describe the game ball launching process (launching process for each game ball) in the main controller 6. Judge whether it is ready to fire.
That is, it is determined whether or not the touch sensor (not shown) of the firing operation unit 33 is ON, the firing stop switch is OFF, and the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds the range of play. This is to determine whether or not the player is actually operating the launch operation unit 33 to launch the game ball. If the determination result in step 101 is No (negative), the firing process is terminated, and if Yes (positive), the process proceeds to the next step 102.

  In step 102, it is determined whether or not a fixed time has elapsed since the previous launch. This is in order not to fire more than 100 shots per minute, for example, and the fixed time is 0.6 seconds here. If it is determined in step 102 that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the launching process is terminated. That is, the main controller 6 does not perform any processing regarding the launch of the game ball. If it is determined that a certain time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 103.

  In step 103, it is determined whether or not there is a number of balls held (whether the number of balls displayed on the ball holding number display 19 is 1 or more). A command to be generated is transmitted to the voice control device (step 104).

  If the determination result in Step 103 is Yes, the sphere attribute is determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e (Step 105). Here, the firing intensity is determined according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, the extinction position of the game ball is obtained based on the launch intensity, and the survival time of the game ball is based on the extinction position and the launch intensity. The launch intensity, the extinction position, and the survival time are determined as spherical attributes.

When the sphere attribute is determined, the process proceeds to step 106, and the launch command CM including the determined sphere attribute is transmitted from the command transmission means 6f to the image display control device 7, and the launch process is terminated.
The above processing is performed for each game ball that is launched by the operation of the launch operation unit 33.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining display processing by the image display control device 7 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the display processing by the image display control device 7 will be described with reference to FIG. 13 together with FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 7 to 9.

First, in step 201, the image display control device 7 receives various commands from the main control device 6. In this command, in addition to the launch command CM including the ball attribute transmitted in step 106 in FIG. 12, the symbol variation start command, the hit information or the miss information, and the information for opening or closing the opening / closing body 50 are included. There is an effect display control command such as
The launch command CM is received by the image display control device 7 for each launch ball (game ball launched by the operation of the launch operation unit 33), and other effect display control commands are in the gaming state controlled by the main control device 6. Received when sent in response.

In step 202, a sphere route based on a sphere attribute in the received launch command CM (hereinafter abbreviated as a received sphere attribute) is selected with reference to the route index table 7c3 → route table 7c4 in this order. Then, the game ball is displayed on the image display 5 every unit time, for example, every 16 milliseconds, according to the game ball position coordinates in the point table 7c5 corresponding to the selected ball route.
Specifically, based on the ball route selected by the CPU 7a shown in FIG. 5 from the route table 7c4, the GPU 7d reads out the position coordinates (game ball position coordinates) of the game sphere that moves when the next frame is updated from the point table 7c5. The data is written in the RAM 7e, and the game ball is displayed on the image display 5.

Here, a specific example of the selection of the ball route in step 202 and the game ball movement display along the selected ball route will be described.
Now, the contents of the route index table 7c3, the route table 7c4, and the point table 7c5 in FIG. 5 are set and held as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9, and the received sphere attribute is the launch intensity = A case where 213, survival time = 5800 ms (milliseconds) and disappearance position = out port 53 will be described as an example.

First, the CPU of the image display control device 7 confirms the open / closed state of the special winning opening 49 when the ball attribute is received.
At this time, if the special winning opening 49 is in a closed state, since the disappearance position is the out opening 53 as described above, it is determined that the index number of the route index table 7c3 is 1 (in FIG. 7, an arrow) A), the route table head index number is 0, and the number of target cases is 1100.
That is, the data of the route table 7c4 shown in FIG. 8 having the index numbers from 0 to 1100 (up to the index number 1099: route table reference range a) is a candidate for the spherical route selection.

  From the 1100 candidates, data closest to the received sphere attribute (launch strength = 213, survival time = 5800 ms) is searched. As a result, the same data as the launch intensity = 213 and the survival time = 5800 ms are obtained at the index number 200 (see the column indicated by the arrow c), and the sphere route with the index number 200 is selected as the optimum sphere route. .

Since this spherical route is given by the point table head index number in FIG. 8, the head index number 35000 is obtained.
That is, the game ball position coordinate array (game ball position coordinate group) data from the index number 35000 in the point table 7c5 shown in FIG. 9 to the index number 35125 in which the route end flag changes from 0 to 1 (range d) is obtained. Store in the RAM 7b.
The stored data is read one by one in the arrangement order (index numbers in ascending order) every unit time, and the game ball movement display is performed by displaying the game ball at that position on the image display 5.

  When selecting a sphere route, that is, a point table head index number with reference to the route table 7c4 of FIG. 8, the launch intensity and survival time completely matching the received sphere attributes (launch strength and survival time). 7c4 may not be found. In such a case, data closest to the value of the received sphere attribute is searched, and the sphere route at the index number from which the data was obtained is selected as the optimum sphere route.

Returning to FIG. 13, in step 203, it is determined whether or not the processing in step 202 has ended, that is, whether or not the current frame has been moved. If not completed, step 203 is repeated, and if completed, step 204 is executed.
When a plurality of game balls are displayed on the board image, the above-described display processing is performed in parallel. In such a case, the determination in step 203 is a determination as to whether or not the processing in step 202 has been completed for all positions of the plurality of game balls, and if it has been completed, step 204 is executed.

In step 204, effect display control to a gaming state that can invite a special gaming state or a special gaming state, such as opening / closing movement of the opening / closing body 50 (combination) of the special winning opening 49 in the board image or symbol variation, is performed.
In step 205, other than the display control performed in step 204, for example, the side lamp 52 in the board image, or the lighting on / off control of the front decoration of the front decorative frame 11 (not shown), etc. (general effect control processing) I do.
In step 206, the processing (control) results of steps 202, 204, and 205 are combined and rendered on the image display 5, that is, displayed.

  Since steps 201 to 206 are repeated at a constant cycle, the image display 5 displays on the board image on which various effects are displayed such as opening / closing movement of the opening / closing body 50, symbol variation, blinking of the side lamp 52, etc. A game ball (image) is superimposed and displayed.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the image display control device 7 includes a spherical route re-search unit 7j. The ball route re-search means 7j has a reversal operation between the open and closed states of the opening / closing body 50 for the game ball after the game ball movement display start by the game ball movement display means 7h. It is activated when a predetermined abnormal movement display with the opening / closing body 50 is foreseen or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball. The prediction and determination may be performed at any location in the image display control device 7.

The abnormal movement display indicates that the game ball crosses the front of the open big winning opening 49 and passes through (opens) the opening / closing body 50, that is, does not enter the big winning opening 49 and enters the out opening 53. It refers to a moving display of a gaming ball that cannot be a real gaming machine, such as a ball.
The ball route re-search means 7j has a new ball route that can avoid such abnormal movement display, or a new ball route after a collision with another game ball in the point table 7c5. Select from among the sphere routes. In this case, a new ball route is selected without changing the position at which the game ball disappears and with the remaining survival time matching or closest.
Then, the ball route re-search means 7j gives the game ball position indicating the game ball position coordinate group in the point table 7c5 to the game ball movement display means 7h according to the selected new ball route. The display is moved according to the coordinate arrangement and the elapsed time.

  In the example described below, the prediction of the abnormal movement display is not strictly performed so as to narrow down the number of game balls to be searched again by pre-reading the position coordinates of each game ball in the point table 7c5. . In other words, the range of the game balls to be moved and displayed in a new ball route that can be searched again for the ball route and avoid the abnormal movement display is changed during the reversal operation from the closed state of the opening / closing body 50 to the open state (the opening / closing body 50 All of the game balls existing on the game board surface when the open command is received).

Details of the ball movement processing (ball movement processing up to a specified time) including the ball route re-retrieval processing of the game ball by such a ball route re-search means 7j are shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5, FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG.
Also in the flowchart shown in FIG. 14, the point where the ball route is selected using the route index table 7c3 and the route table 7c4 and the game ball is displayed according to the game ball position coordinates in the point table 7c5 corresponding to the ball route is shown in FIG. This is the same as the case of 13.

First, in step 301, whether or not the display of the game ball has progressed until the designated time, in other words, whether or not the display of the game ball at the game ball position coordinates (X, Y) of the index number to be executed in the point table 7c5 has ended. judge. If the game ball launch time + the elapsed time up to the present (within the survival time) has not reached the specified time, it is determined that the display of the game ball has not progressed to the specified time.
If this determination result is Yes, the process jumps to Step 304, and if No, the next Step 302 is executed.

In step 302, display of the game ball is advanced until a designated time.
In step 303, it is determined whether or not the display of the game ball has been advanced to the disappearance position, that is, whether or not it has moved. If this determination result is Yes, the main ball moving process is terminated, and if it is No, the next step 304 is executed.
In step 304, a determination is made as to whether or not the game balls collide with each other, and a process (ball collision process) according to the determination result is executed. Details of the processing in step 304 will be described later.

In step 305, it is determined whether or not the spherical route re-search reservation is valid. If this determination result is Yes, step 306 is executed, and if it is No, the process returns to step 301.
The re-search reservation for the sphere route becomes effective when an open command of the opening / closing body 50 is received in the reception process of step 201 in FIG. This is because an abnormal movement display can occur when the prize winning opening 49 (opening / closing body 50) is reversed from the closed state to the open state.

  In step 306, it is determined whether or not there is a collision between a game ball being processed and a board surface component such as a game nail or a windmill 51 (see FIG. 1). If this determination result is Yes, Step 307 is executed, and if No, the process returns to Step 301.

In step 307, the movement vector after the collision of the game ball after the collision with the board surface component is obtained by the following method, for example.
First, the position coordinates of a board surface component determined to have a game ball collision in step 306, for example, a game nail (this position coordinate is the position coordinate on the original ball route) are held. Next, the game ball position coordinate to be moved next to the position coordinate of the game nail before the ball route re-search, that is, on the original ball route (in the point table 7c5) is read. The direction from the position coordinate of the game nail to the next game ball position coordinate to be moved and the length between the position coordinates when these position coordinates are connected (movement speed = movement amount per unit time) ) Is obtained, and this is used as the movement vector after the collision.
In step 308, a spherical route re-search process is executed. Details of the processing in step 308 will be described later.

The spherical route re-retrieval process is executed when there is a collision with the board component for the following reason. That is, the change of the movement direction at a position on the game board surface that is freely moving so that the game ball does not collide with a board surface component such as a game nail causes an unnatural ball behavior, and thus this is avoided. .
In step 309, the spherical route re-search reservation is canceled (invalidated), and the process returns to step 301.
The processing from step 301 to step 309 is repeated until all the game balls are not moved.

  Each determination in steps 301, 303, 305, and 306 is based on the fact that the image display control device 7 itself performs the moving display control of the game ball and the ball route re-search reservation, and the board surface component in the image display control device 7. Since the display data (data representing the position, shape, etc. of each panel surface component) is, etc., the image display control device 7 can easily do this.

The ball route re-retrieval process in step 308 in FIG. 14 is a process of searching for and selecting a new ball route for avoiding abnormal movement display in which a game ball passes through the front of the winning prize opening 49 in the open state. is there.
Hereinafter, details of the spherical route re-retrieval process in such a case will be described with reference to FIG. 15 in combination with FIG. 1, FIG. 5, FIG. 10, and FIG.

First, when the image display control device 7 predicts the abnormal movement display, here, when the image display control device 7 receives an open command of the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49, the device 7 is connected to all the game boards. Place a re-search reservation for the ball route on the game ball.
Therefore, in this case, the result of determination in step 305 in FIG. 14 is Yes for all game balls, and step 306 is executed. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a collision between a game ball being moved and a board surface component such as a game nail or a windmill 51 (see FIG. 1). If this determination result is Yes, step 307 is executed, and after obtaining the movement vector of the game ball after the collision with the board component, the ball route re-retrieval process of step 308 is executed.

The sphere route re-search process is performed as shown in FIG.
In step 401, the index number of the position table 7c6 necessary for the execution of the re-search process is obtained by using the open / closed state of the special winning opening 49 (opening / closing body 50), the disappearance position of the game ball, and the position coordinates (X, Y) at the time of collision. Ask from. Here, the time of collision refers to the time of collision with the board component of the game ball after the reservation for re-searching for the ball route.

In step 402, from the index number of the position table 7c6 obtained in step 401, the starting index number of the search table 7c7 and the number of objects, that is, the range of the search table 7c7 to be referred to in the spherical route re-search (hereinafter referred to as the search table reference range). To get.
In step 403, preparation for re-searching for a spherical route is performed. Here, the movement vector obtained in step 307 in FIG. 14 is used, and the movement vector obtained in step 506 in FIG. The data is decomposed into the moving direction x (X-axis angle) and the moving speed (vector length), and the data is held.

In step 404, the remaining survival time within a certain allowable range is acquired from the remaining survival times within the search table reference range. If there is no remaining survival time within a certain allowable range, the closest remaining survival time within the certain allowable range is acquired.
In step 405, in the search table 7c7, from the moving direction x and moving speed of the game ball corresponding to each remaining survival time acquired in step 404, the moving direction x and the closest to the data held in step 403 are stored. The moving speed is selected, the index number of the route table 7c4 corresponding to this is acquired, that is, a new spherical route is selected.

In step 406, the point table head index number is acquired from the index number of the route table 7c4 acquired in step 405. Then, from the specific game ball position coordinate group (ball root) obtained in this way, the game ball position coordinate group for the same remaining survival time as the remaining survival time acquired in step 404, that is, the remaining survival time same as above from the disappearance position. The game ball position coordinate group part after the game ball position coordinate that goes back for the same amount of time is extracted and stored in the RAM 7b as a new ball route (ball route part).
The stored data is read out in order of arrangement (index numbers in ascending order) every unit time after the collision, and a game ball is displayed at that position on the image display 5. That is, the game ball is moved and displayed.

Hereinafter, the ball route re-retrieval operation for avoiding the above-described abnormal movement display will be described focusing on a specific game ball.
Here, the ball route at the time of receiving the ball attribute (the ball route selected at the start of the game ball display) and the new ball route re-searched by the operation related to avoiding the abnormal movement display are schematically shown on the board. FIG. 16 will be described using FIG. 1, FIG. 5, and FIGS.

Now, it is assumed that the image display control device 7 has received a firing command CM including a ball attribute whose extinguishing position is the out mouth 53 and the survival time is 5800 ms (the firing strength is omitted).
When receiving such a sphere attribute, the image display control device 7 selects a specific sphere route according to the selection procedure described above.
At this time, since the state of the special prize opening 49 temporarily stored in the image display control device 7 was closed, the selected ball route 61 (the ball route portion 61a indicated by the solid line in FIG. 16 and the broken line) It is assumed that the ball route formed by the ball route portion 61b indicated by (1) passes through the front of the special winning opening 49 in the closed state.

  The game ball movement display means 7h of the image display control device 7 moves and displays the game ball on the board image according to the contents of the point table 7c5 corresponding to the ball route 61. According to this point table 7c5, the closed state Passing through the front of the grand prize winning port 49 at 4800 ms after the game ball is fired (displayed).

Here, when the image display control device 7 receives an open command from the main control device 6 that opens and displays the big prize opening 49 at the position coordinate p11 after 2266 ms has elapsed since the game ball was fired, the opening / closing body thereof. The open / close display means 7i displays the special winning opening 49 (opening / closing body 50) in an open manner. At the same time, the image display control device 7 predicts an abnormal movement display, and the device 7 places a re-search reservation for the ball route on all game balls existing on the game board surface.
When the special winning opening 49 reverses from the closed state to the open state as described above, the game ball movement display means 7h continues to move and display the game ball as it is according to the point table 7c5 corresponding to the ball route 61. Then, after 4800 ms have passed since the launch, an abnormal movement display is displayed in which the game ball passes through the front of the winning prize opening 49 in the open state.

When the ball route re-search means 7j predicts the abnormal movement display, a new ball route (ball route portion) that does not pass through the front of the big winning opening 49 is received in the route table 7c4 from the time when the opening command of the big winning opening 49 is received. Search from many set sphere routes.
In this case, since the annihilation position managed by the main controller 6 cannot be changed, a new ball route whose annihilation position is the out port 53 is searched.
Regarding the survival time, since 2266 ms has elapsed since the game ball was launched, this is the ball route for the remaining survival time 3534 (= 5800-2266) ms.
However, in this embodiment, the game ball does not collide with a board surface component such as a game nail, and the change of the movement direction at a position on the freely moving game board surface causes an unnatural ball behavior. A search is performed as follows.

  That is, after passing through the position coordinate p11 on the game board surface, a board surface component such as a game nail with which the game ball first collides, here, the position coordinate p12 (X, Y) = (29, 31) of the game nail is set as the starting point. Then, a new sphere route (sphere route portion) in which the elapsed time from the position coordinate p11 to the position coordinate p12 is further subtracted from the remaining survival time, that is, 3500 ms in this case, is searched.

The search for a new ball route is performed by the ball route re-search means selecting from among a variety of game ball position coordinate groups set in the point table 7c5.
Specifically, this is performed as follows.
First, referring to the position table 7c6, in the table 7c6, the special winning opening 49 shows an open state (= 1), the disappearance position does not change, that is, a new sphere that is an out opening and becomes a ball route changing position. Extracts the search table head index number and the number of objects when the start position of the route matches.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, the special winning opening 49 is in the open state (= 1), the disappearance position is the out opening 53, and the starting position of the new ball route = position coordinates p12 (X, Y) = (29, 31). ) Also matches the index number 124909 (see the column indicated by the arrow o in FIG. 10), so the first index number of the search table 7c7 is from 6719959 to 10 (index number 6719968: search table reference range column). ) Is a candidate for selecting a new sphere route.

Then, from the ten selection candidates, the remaining survival time within a predetermined allowable range with respect to the remaining survival time (= 3500 ms) is acquired.
Further, in the search table 7c7, from the movement direction x and movement speed of the game ball corresponding to each acquired remaining survival time, the movement vector of the game ball is decomposed and held in step 403 in FIG. The movement direction x and the movement speed closest to the data are selected, and the corresponding index number 24064 of the route table 7c4 is acquired (see the column indicated by the arrow in FIG. 11), that is, a new spherical route is selected.

Since this new spherical route is given by the point table head index number in FIG. 8, the head index number 39509 is obtained (see the column indicated by the arrow in FIG. 8).
That is, in the game ball position coordinate array (game ball position coordinate group) data from the index number 39509 in the point table 7c5 shown in FIG. 9 to the index number 41599 where the route end flag changes from 0 to 1 (range). The data for the remaining survival time (= 3500 ms) is stored in the RAM 7b.
The stored data is read one by one in the arrangement order (index numbers in ascending order) every unit time, and the game ball movement display is performed by displaying the game ball at that position on the image display 5.
Since this new ball route is a ball route that leads to the out port 53 when the grand prize winning port 49 is in the open state (see the column indicated by the arrow in FIG. 10), the big winning port 49 in the open state is opened. The abnormal movement display that the game ball passes through the front does not occur.

As described above, the ball route re-retrieval means 7j does not change the annihilation position to the out port 53, and the ball route has the same or almost the same survival time. A new ball route that does not pass (ball route portion 62) is selected. The selected new ball route is given to the game ball movement display means 7h.
Thereby, the game ball movement display means 7h moves and displays the game ball according to the point table 7c5 corresponding to the new ball route, and can avoid the abnormal movement display.

  In order to advance the time for predicting the abnormal movement display, the main controller 6 reverses the large winning opening 49 (opening / closing body 50) from the closed state to the open state (both opening and closing of the movable body). Immediately when the reversal operation between states) is determined, transmission advance notice data of a command representing the reversal operation may be generated and transmitted to the image display control device 7.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating the details of the ball collision processing (game ball collision detection and ball route re-retrieval processing) in step 304 in FIG. 14, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. I will explain.

First, in step 501, the position coordinates of the current game ball (game ball I) are acquired. Next, in step 502, whether or not the game ball I has reached the extinction position, in other words, the elapsed time is the survival time. It is determined whether it has been exceeded.
If the determination result in step 502 is Yes, the main ball collision process is terminated, and if it is No, the next step 503 is executed. This is because only game balls whose elapsed time does not exceed the survival time can collide with other game balls.
In step 503, the current position coordinates of the game ball II are acquired, and in step 504, the distance between the game balls I and II is calculated. The distance between the game balls I and II is obtained by squaring a value obtained by adding the square of the difference between the X coordinates of the game balls I and II and the square of the difference between the Y coordinates.

In step 505, it is determined whether or not the obtained distance between the players is less than the diameter of the game ball.
Since the processes in steps 501 to 505 are performed instantaneously, that is, at the same time, if it is determined in step 505 that the distance between the game balls I and II is less than the diameter of the game balls, the same time It means that the game balls I and II overlap at the same position coordinates, that is, a collision occurs.
Therefore, in such a case, the ball route is re-searched in step 507 through step 506.
If it is not determined in step 505 that the distance between the game balls I and II is less than the diameter of the game balls, no collision has occurred between the game balls I and II. finish.

In step 506, for one of the game balls I and II that have collided, here, for the game ball I, the movement vector after the collision is obtained by the following method, for example.
In FIG. 18, first, the incident vector V1 of the game ball I is obtained by connecting the collision position coordinate P1 and the position coordinate P2 immediately before the collision position coordinate P1. Next, the planar shape in the state of being laid down on the position of the straight line L2 orthogonal to the straight line L1 connecting the game balls I and II centers P1 and P3 at the time of collision and passing through both contact points (collision positions) P5 of the game balls I and II. The reflection surface F1 is assumed.
Then, the straight line L1 is extended to the game ball I side, and this is assumed to be the normal line L3 of the surface of the reflection surface F1 on the game ball I side, and the incident vector when centered on the normal line L3. A reflection vector V2 directed in the direction of reflection (incidence angle = reflection angle) by the reflection surface F1 of V1 is set as a movement vector after the collision of the game ball I.
The vector length of the movement vector V2 (movement speed = movement amount per unit time) is the same as the vector length of the incident vector V1, or an appropriate value is calculated taking into account the incident vector V3 of the opponent game ball II. For example, various methods can be considered.
After obtaining the movement vector V2 after the collision of the game ball I, the movement vector V4 after the collision for the game ball II is obtained by the same method.
Note that the vertical relationship in FIG. 18 does not necessarily represent the vertical relationship on the game board surface (board image).

In step 507, a sphere route re-search process is executed. Details of the processing in step 507 are as shown in FIG.
In step 508, the spherical route re-search reservation is canceled (invalidated), and the process returns to step 503.
The processing from step 503 to step 508 is repeated until all the game balls are not moved.
Each determination in steps 502 and 505 is that the image display control device 7 itself performs the moving display control of the game ball, and that the image display control device 7 has game ball display data and the like. Therefore, the image display control device 7 can easily do this.

When such a collision between game balls occurs, a ball route re-retrieval operation for searching for a new ball route after the collision will be described focusing on a specific game ball.
Here, the ball route selected at the beginning of the reception of the ball attribute of the image display control device 7 and the new ball route re-searched by the search operation of a new ball route after the collision between game balls are placed on the board. FIG. 19, which is schematically shown, will be described in combination with FIG. 1, FIG. 5, and FIG.

Now, it is assumed that the image display control device 7 has received a firing command CM including a ball attribute whose extinguishing position is the out mouth 53 and the survival time is 5800 ms (the firing strength is omitted).
When receiving such a sphere attribute, the image display control device 7 selects a specific sphere route according to the selection procedure described above.

The game ball movement display means 7h of the image display control device 7 is a point corresponding to the selected ball route 71 (in FIG. 19, a ball route including a ball route portion 71a indicated by a solid line and a ball route portion 71b indicated by a broken line). The game ball is moved and displayed on the board image according to the table 7c5.
Here, a plurality of game balls including the game ball (hereinafter referred to as one game ball) are moved and displayed on the board image, and the ball route 71 of the one game ball is transferred to another game ball (hereinafter referred to as a game ball). The other game ball may cross the ball route 73, that is, pass the same position coordinates at the same time.

  For example, according to the ball route 71 of one game ball, it overlaps with the other game ball at the position coordinate p21 (X, Y) = (29, 31) when 2300 ms elapses after the game ball is launched. May be displayed with the same position coordinate p21 as the game ball. In such a case, if no action is taken, one game ball will pass through (transparent) the other game ball without changing its direction. The other game ball also slips through the other game ball in the same manner.

  The spherical route re-search means 7j determines the intersection of the spherical routes as described above, that is, the presence of a collision from the point table 7c5 (spherical routes 71 and 73). Since the other game ball is not specified from the beginning, in reality, it is a determination target of whether or not all of the game balls currently moving and displayed on the game board surface collide.

The image display control device 7 stores a position coordinate group of each game ball to be moved and displayed in the point table 7c5, and the ball route re-search means 7j has a position coordinate in the point table 7c5 of each game ball to be moved and displayed. Are displayed in the order of the index numbers, and display is executed. Therefore, the above determination can be made by comparing the position coordinates of each other (see steps 501 and 503 to 505 in FIG. 14).
When the ball route re-search means 7j determines that there is a collision as described above, it selects a new ball route (ball route portions 72 and 74) after the collision for both game balls as follows. .

As described above, since the annihilation position and the survival time (sphere attribute) managed by the main controller 6 cannot be changed, the sphere route re-search means 7j has an annihilation position of the out port 53 and a survival time of 5800 ms. Search for a new sphere route that meets the conditions.
Here, as for the survival time, since 2300 ms has elapsed since the game ball was launched, a new ball route (ball route portion) having a remaining survival time of 3500 (= 5800-2300) ms is searched.

The search for a new ball route is performed by the ball route re-search means selecting from among a variety of game ball position coordinate groups set in the point table 7c5. Specifically, this is performed as follows.
First, referring to the position table 7c6, in the table 7c6, the special winning opening 49 shows an open state (= 1), the disappearance position does not change, that is, a new sphere that is an out opening and becomes a ball route changing position. Extracts the search table head index number and the number of objects when the start position of the route matches.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, the special winning opening 49 is in the open state (= 1), the disappearance position is the out opening 53, and the starting position of the new ball route = position coordinates p21 (X, Y) = (29, 31). ) Also matches the index number 124909 (see the column indicated by the arrow o in FIG. 10), so the first index number of the search table 7c7 is from 6719959 to 10 (index number 6719968: search table reference range column). ) Is a candidate for selecting a new sphere route.

Then, from the ten selection candidates, the remaining survival time within a predetermined allowable range with respect to the remaining survival time (= 3500 ms) is acquired.
Further, in the search table 7c7, from the movement direction x and movement speed of the game ball corresponding to each acquired remaining survival time, the movement vector of the game ball is decomposed and held in step 403 in FIG. The moving direction x and moving speed closest to the data are selected, the index number of the route table 7c4 corresponding to this is acquired, that is, a new spherical route is selected.

Thereafter, the remaining survival time (game ball position coordinate group) data in the game ball position coordinate array data for the new ball route in the same procedure as in the case of avoiding the abnormal movement display described with reference to FIG. = 3500 ms) is stored in the RAM 7 b, and the data is read one by one in the order of arrangement every unit time, and the game ball is displayed at that position on the image display 5 to display the game ball movement display. .
Since this new ball route is a ball route that leads to the out port 53 when the grand prize winning port 49 is in the open state (see the column indicated by the arrow in FIG. 10), the big winning port 49 in the open state is opened. The abnormal movement display that the game ball passes through the front does not occur.
Of course, at the time of the collision, the two game balls that collide pass through each other (transmission), that is, an unnatural ball that moves in the original ball route without changing the direction in spite of the collision. No behavior occurs.

As described above, the ball route re-retrieval means 7j does not change the annihilation position to the out mouth 53, and is a ball route whose survival time matches or substantially matches, but the same game ball as in an actual gaming machine It becomes possible to select a new sphere route (sphere route portion 72) after the collision. The selected new ball route is given to the game ball movement display means 7h.
Thereby, the game ball movement display means 7h moves and displays the one game ball in accordance with the point table 7c5 corresponding to the new ball route, does not cause the slipping movement, and changes the direction due to the collision. The game ball is moved and displayed on the route entering 53.

In the above-described embodiment, the main control device 6 sets the ball attribute indicating the firing strength, the disappearance position on the board image, and the survival time from when it is displayed on the board image until it disappears. The image is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 is configured to select a ball route for each game ball. According to this, a realistic ball movement display can be realized without increasing the processing amount and data storage capacity of the main control device 6 that controls the overall pachinko machine.
In the above-described embodiment, since the launch strength is included in the selection condition of the ball route in the route table 7c4, it is configured to include the launch strength in the ball attribute. However, based on the disappearance position and the survival time of the game ball, A simple sphere route may be selected, and the launch intensity may be excluded from the sphere attribute.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the ball route re-search means 7j is provided so that abnormal movement display can be avoided when abnormal movement display is foreseen or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball, or other A new ball route after the collision with the game ball is selected with the closest value whether the remaining survival time is the same without changing the extinction position of the game ball, and the game ball movement display means 7h is selected. The game ball is moved and displayed along a new ball route.
According to this, an unnatural ball behavior due to a change in the open / close state of the opening / closing body 50 (large winning opening 49) does not occur, and on the other hand, a variety of interesting ball movement displays that are interesting when a game ball collides with each other. Is possible.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the image display control device 7 receives the open command of the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 for the avoiding operation of the abnormal movement display, the game route re-search reservation is made to all the game balls existing on the game board surface. I tried to call it, but it is not limited to this. For example, the position coordinates in the point table 7c5 of each game ball existing on the game board surface are prefetched to narrow down the number of game balls for which the ball route re-search is performed, and the ball route is re-read only for the game balls that are actually abnormally displayed. You may make it make a search reservation.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the variable prize opening is the big prize opening 49 and the movable body is the opening / closing body 50 of the big prize opening is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the variable winning opening may be a starting winning opening incorporating a so-called electric tulip that electrically opens and closes the left and right sides of the ball portion. In this case, the electric tulip portion corresponds to the movable body.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a video game machine in which a game ball is moved and displayed on a game board surface represented by a two-dimensional plane is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, the board surface components on the game board surface are represented in a three-dimensional form in a three-dimensional space formed between the game board surface and a front glass (not shown) assumed to cover the game board surface. The present invention may be applied to a video game machine configured such that a game ball represented in a three-dimensional form is moved and displayed in the three-dimensional space.

The board image displayed on the image display 5 is not limited to the mode shown in FIG. For example, by adding a gate to the board image and drawing a game ball through the gate, a lottery is performed, and if the lottery is hit, a board image is displayed in which the electric tulip incorporated in the start winning opening is opened. It may be.
Although the above-described embodiment is roughly imitating a first type pachinko machine, the present invention can be applied to other pachinko machines and other ball game machines.

  1 shows the case where the main control device 6 includes only the image display control device 7 as its control target, but actually, in addition to the image display control device 7, a voice control device, for example, a front surface A lamp control device that controls electrical decorations (not shown) attached to the decorative frame 11 is also provided. That is, the main control device 6 can perform not only display of the board image and control of the gaming state in the displayed board image, but also effect control by voice or lamp.

The gaming state controlled by the main controller 6 shown in FIG. 1 includes, for example, a special gaming state in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 is opened and more prize balls can be obtained, and other than this special gaming state. There is a basic game state in which the game state, that is, the normal game state, for example, a game ball is fired and enters the general winning ports 44 to 47 and the out port 53. Even in the normal gaming state, there is a gaming state in which the special gaming state can be caused, such as a gaming state in which the symbol display unit 43 displays the variation of the symbol.
The main control device 6 makes such a gaming state appear by the effect display control on the board image by the image display control device 7, and at the same time, the effect control by the sound and the lamp is added to entertain the player. The game state control includes the start, continuation, and end control of the state.

It is a principal part block diagram of one Embodiment of the image | video type pachinko machine to which this invention was applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main control device, an image display control device, and a card control device in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the main controller in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the winning rate table in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the image display control apparatus in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the survival time of a game ball determined as a ball attribute by the ball attribute determination means in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a route index table. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a route table. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a point table. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a position table. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a search table. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the game ball | bowl discharge | release process in the main controller in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the game ball display process in the image display control apparatus in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the ball | bowl movement process including the ball | bowl route re-search process by the ball | bowl route re-search means in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the spherical route re-search process in step 308 in FIG. It is a board figure which shows typically the new sphere route re-searched by the operation | movement which concerns on the avoidance of an abnormal movement display, and the sphere route at the time of sphere attribute reception. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the process at the time of a ball collision in step 304 in FIG. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of how to obtain a movement vector after a game ball collision in step 506 in FIG. 17. It is a board figure which shows typically the new sphere route re-searched by the operation | movement which concerns at the time of collision occurrence, and the sphere route at the time of a sphere attribute reception.

Explanation of symbols

1: gaming machine frame, 5: image display, 6: main control device (main control means), 6e: ball attribute determination means, 6f: command transmission means (signal transmission means), 7: image display control device (image display) Control means), 7c4: route table, 7c5: point table, 7h: game ball movement display means, 7j: ball route re-search means, 33: launch operation unit, 39, 42 to 43, 50 to 53: board surface components, 44 to 49: winning opening, 49: extra winning opening, 50: opening and closing body (movable body), 53: out opening, CM: launch command (signal).

Claims (3)

A game board surface on which a plurality of winning holes including a variable winning opening that allows more game balls to enter during opening of a movable body that can be opened and closed and a board surface component member including an out opening are arranged. And a game ball that is fired at a launch intensity according to the amount of operation by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the surface of the game board with the winning opening or the exit opening as an extinguishing position. A video game machine that displays a display and plays a game,
Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display;
Image display control means for performing display control in the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means includes
Sphere attribute determining means for determining the extinction position on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears as the ball attribute; ,
A signal transmission means for transmitting a signal including the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determination means for each game ball to be launched,
The image display control means includes
A route table in which various sphere routes are associated according to the sphere attribute;
In accordance with each ball route in the route table, a point table in which a large number of game ball position coordinate groups each formed by arranging a large number of game ball position coordinates are set,
Based on the ball attribute in the signal from the signal transmission means, a specific ball route is selected from the route table, and the game ball position coordinates of the game ball position coordinate group in the point table corresponding to the ball route are selected. A game ball movement display means for moving and displaying the game ball on the game board surface image according to the arrangement and the elapsed time;
After the game ball movement display by the game ball movement display means is started, the game ball has a reversing operation between the open state and the close state of the movable body, and is determined in advance with the movable body. When an abnormal movement display is foreseen or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball, a new ball route that can avoid the abnormal movement display or after the collision with the other game ball is displayed. And a sphere route re-search means to select,
The ball route re-retrieval means sets the new ball route in the point table so that the remaining position of the game ball does not change and the remaining survival time matches or is the closest value. The game board surface is selected according to an array of game ball position coordinates corresponding to the new ball route and the elapsed time. A video game machine characterized by being moved and displayed on an image. A game board surface on which a plurality of winning holes including a variable winning opening that allows more game balls to enter during opening of a movable body that can be opened and closed and a board surface component member including an out opening are arranged. And a game ball that is fired at a launch intensity according to the amount of operation by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the surface of the game board with the winning opening or the exit opening as an extinguishing position. A video game machine that displays a display and plays a game,
Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display;
Image display control means for performing display control in the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means includes
The launch intensity of the game ball according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit, the disappearance position of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit on the game board surface image, and disappearance after being displayed on the game board surface image Sphere attribute determining means for determining the survival time until the sphere attribute,
A signal transmission means for transmitting a signal including the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determination means for each game ball to be launched,
The image display control means includes
A route table in which various sphere routes are associated according to the sphere attribute;
According to each ball route in this route table, a point table in which a large number of game ball position coordinate groups each having a large number of game ball position coordinates are set,
Based on the ball attribute in the signal from the signal transmission means, a specific ball route is selected from the route table, and the game ball position coordinates of the game ball position coordinate group in the point table corresponding to the ball route are selected. A game ball movement display means for moving and displaying the game ball on the game board surface image according to the arrangement and the elapsed time;
After the game ball movement display by the game ball movement display means is started, the game ball has a reversing operation between the open state and the close state of the movable body, and is determined in advance with the movable body. When an abnormal movement display is foreseen or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball, a new ball route that can avoid the abnormal movement display or after the collision with the other game ball is displayed. And a sphere route re-search means to select,
This ball route re-search means sets the new ball route in the point table without changing the annihilation position of the game ball, and the remaining survival time and the firing strength are the same or closest. The game ball position is selected from a large number of game ball position coordinate groups, and the game ball is displayed on the game ball movement display means by arranging the game ball position coordinates according to the new ball route and the elapsed time. video type gaming machine, characterized in that moving displayed on the game board image according. A game board surface on which a plurality of winning holes including a variable winning opening that allows more game balls to enter during opening of a movable body that can be opened and closed and a board surface component member including an out opening are arranged. And a game ball that is fired at a launch intensity according to the amount of operation by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the surface of the game board with the winning opening or the exit opening as an extinguishing position. A video game machine that displays a display and plays a game,
Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display;
Image display control means for performing display control in the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means includes
The disappearance position on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit, and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears, the launch intensity at the time of launching the game ball Sphere attribute determining means for setting based on and determining the setting result as a sphere attribute;
A signal transmission means for transmitting a signal including the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determination means for each game ball to be launched,
The image display control means includes
A route table in which various sphere routes are associated according to the sphere attribute;
In accordance with each ball route in the route table, a point table in which a large number of game ball position coordinate groups each formed by arranging a large number of game ball position coordinates are set,
Based on the ball attribute in the signal from the signal transmission means, a specific ball route is selected from the route table, and the game ball position coordinates of the game ball position coordinate group in the point table corresponding to the ball route are selected. A game ball movement display means for moving and displaying the game ball on the game board surface image according to the arrangement and the elapsed time;
After the game ball movement display by the game ball movement display means is started, the game ball has a reversing operation between the open state and the close state of the movable body, and is determined in advance with the movable body. When an abnormal movement display is foreseen or when it is determined that there is a collision with another game ball, a new ball route that can avoid the abnormal movement display or after the collision with the other game ball is displayed. And a sphere route re-search means to select,
The ball route re-retrieval means sets the new ball route in the point table so that the remaining position of the game ball does not change and the remaining survival time matches or is the closest value. The game board surface is selected according to an array of game ball position coordinates corresponding to the new ball route and the elapsed time. A video game machine characterized by being moved and displayed on an image.

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