JP4646023B2 - Sparrow ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a sparrow ball game machine, and more particularly, to a sparrow ball game machine that can be played smoothly regardless of the level of skill of the sparrow ball game.

  Conventionally, a predetermined number of entrances with mahjong tiles are provided at the bottom of the game board on which various game parts are arranged, and game medals (hereinafter simply referred to as “medals”) are inserted into the medal slot. After that, for example, when 14 game balls per game are launched on the surface of the game board and each game ball enters one of the entrances, the pattern of the mahjong tile corresponding to the entrance is There is a sparrow ball game machine that functions to be displayed on a display device arranged on a game board surface (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Also, in recent years, when a game medal inserted in the medal slot is detected based on the detection switch, a function of automatically displaying the mahjong tiles in an appropriate combination on the display device (that is, automatic distribution) is provided. A sparrow ball game machine is also known.

  In the above-described conventional sparrow ball game machine, when unnecessary spears (hereinafter also referred to as unnecessary spears) are discarded from the hand spears displayed on the display device, one game ball can be launched again, These discarding operation (discarding operation) and re-launching operation are repeatedly performed within a predetermined number of times, and when a predetermined rising combination is completed, a score is calculated, and a number of game medals corresponding to the score are paid out.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-39623 (see FIGS. 1, 4 and 7)

  However, in the above-mentioned conventional sparrow ball game machine, knowledge about mahjong is necessary when playing a sparrow ball game, and the level of knowledge about mahjong and the level of experience of sparrow ball game (level of skill) It greatly influenced the winning percentage. In other words, for beginners with low or vague knowledge about mahjong, for example, even if the rising role is completed, the fact that it is not noticed and loses the profits to be obtained, etc. May be damaged.

  Therefore, a sparrow that can provide a fair game to all players regardless of the level of mahjong knowledge by setting a special role in accordance with a special rule set more simply than the mahjong rule in advance and using that special role. A ball game machine is considered by the inventor. However, when realizing such a sparrow game machine, even if the type of special role is determined by lottery or the like, the notification timing is changed, such as whether or not the determined special role is immediately notified to the player. It is desirable.

  Therefore, the present invention realizes a new game using a special role in accordance with a special rule, while determining the special role by lottery and making it usable for game development, at the notification timing of the determined special role. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sparrow ball game machine that is configured to give a change and thus solves the above-described problems.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIG. 1 to FIG. 9) includes a plurality of entrances (11 a, 11 b, 11 c, 11) arranged on the game board surface (2) corresponding to a plurality of types of mahjong tiles. 11d, 11e,...) And special role lottery means (P10) for determining a special role type according to a special rule set separately from the general role according to the mahjong rule by lottery, (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e,...) Because
A display unit (14) for displaying a mahjong tile design corresponding to the pitched part (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e,...) Into which a game ball has entered;
Triggered by the establishment of Tokoro Teijo matter, lottery whether to said display unit a lottery result of the special role types according to a special combination lottery means (P10) (14 of 32, 33) on the display to broadcast Notification lottery means (P11) ,
The notification lottery means (P11) determines that the predetermined number (for example, sixth ball) of the plurality of entrances (for example, 11c, 11d, 11e,...) Whether or not to inform the lottery result,
It is in the sparrow ball game machine (1) characterized by this.

The present invention according to claim 2 further includes a game start operation member (24) to be operated at the start of one game (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, and 4).
The notification lottery means (P11) lotteries whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type, with the operation of the game start operation member (24) being established as the predetermined condition.
It exists in the sparrow ball game machine (1) of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.

The present invention according to claim 3 (see, for example, FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4), the notification lottery means (P11) of the plurality of entrances (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e,...) Whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type as a result of entering the specific condition (for example, 11a, 11b) as the establishment of the predetermined condition,
3. The sparrow ball game machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

  In addition, although the code | symbol in the said parenthesis is for contrast with drawing, this is for convenience for making an understanding of invention easy, and has no influence on the structure of a claim. It is not a thing.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the type of the special role determined by the lottery performed in response to the game start operation or the like can be drawn and notified at the start of the game or during the subsequent game development. The timing of the game can be changed in a timely manner by lottery by the notice lottery means, so that the player expects when the player can know the type of the special role that has been decided in the game (current game) currently in progress. can do. Furthermore, when the type of the special role is notified, the game should be progressed so that special roles according to a simple special rule are arranged, and a fair game development can be enjoyed regardless of the level of mahjong knowledge. Can do. In addition, the notification lottery means lottery whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type by setting a predetermined number of balls for a plurality of entrances as a predetermined condition, so that, for example, a special role at the start of one game Even if the lottery result of the type is not notified, the player can expect whether or not the type of the special role will be notified when the game is in progress, and the interest is enhanced. be able to.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the notification lottery means determines whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type by setting the operation of the game start operation member as a predetermined condition, so that the special lottery is performed at the start of one game. It is possible to make the player expect whether or not the type of the role is notified, and to enhance the interest.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, whether or not the notification lottery means notifies the lottery result of the special role type when a predetermined condition is established for a ball entering a specific one of the plurality of ball slots. Since the lottery is performed, for example, even if the lottery result of the special role type is not notified at the start of one game, it is determined whether or not the special role type is notified when the game is in progress. It can make a player expect and can increase interest.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention, a sparrow ball game machine installed in a playground or the like will be described with reference to FIGS. This sparrow ball game machine will be described with an example of a sparrow ball game machine that plays a game using a total of 108 spears, each of 27 types of spear symbols. For example, the 27 types of cocoon symbols are: 9 types of lions from “Ichigo” to “Jiu”, 9 types of “Ichitsu” to “Nine”, There are 2 types of “Kujo”, and 7 types of character are “Eastern”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Amber”, and “Middle”. Therefore, the eggplant and the tube are several, and the chords “Ichigo” and “Jukuko” are not included in the character font because they cannot form the Junko. Thereby, the cocoon seed | species in this embodiment shows three types of said "lion", "tuber", and "character".

  In addition, the above-mentioned two kinds of numbers are composed of, for example, nine kinds of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” and nine types of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jukugo”. The spider has a mahjong tile pattern consisting of “One-cylinder” and “Nine-cylinder” of Tsutsuko, and “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Mid”, and “Middle”. It is also possible to make a ball game machine. Also, for example, the chorder is composed of nine types of symbols from “Ichiro” to “Jukuroku”, and the tube is composed of nine types of symbols from “one tube” to “nine tube”. It is also possible to make a sparrow ball game machine having a mahjong tile pattern composed of “Eastern”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “Moon”, and “Middle”.

  FIG. 1 is a front view mainly showing a configuration of a game board of a sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the front part of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is basically a game board surface part (game board surface) 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, It is composed of a medal tray 5, a speaker 6 that is a sound output device that outputs sound and sound effects (hereinafter referred to as sound), a lamp device 7, and the like.

  There is an attacker 9 at the center of the game board surface portion 2 surrounded by the guide rails 8, an attacker operation passage port 10 through which a game ball can pass at the upper part of the attacker 9, Are respectively provided with the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,. These plurality of entrances 11a, 11b,... Correspond to 27 types of kites (designs are not shown) excluding chord rods from two ropes to eight ropes. It has been. For example, on the left and right sides of the attacker 9, the “Ichigo” entrance 11 a and the “Jukugo” entrance 11 b, and on the lower part of the attacker 9, the “Ichigo” entrance 11 c, “ The second entrance 11d, the third entrance 11e, etc. are provided (see FIG. 2). Further, the game board surface 2 is provided with a sorting device 12 with a lamp, a windmill 13 and the like. In addition, the light-emitting body used for the lamp device 7 and the sorting device 12 with a lamp can use a normal light bulb or LED.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 3 is provided with a display device 14 including a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 15, and various operation buttons. These various operation buttons include a discard button 16a, 16b,..., 16m in which 13 buttons are arranged side by side, a self-throw button 17, a reach button 18, a selection right shift button 19, a selection left A shift button 20, a self-determination determination button 21, a payout button 22, a game end button 23, a game start button 24 as a game start operation member, and a REJECT button 25 are configured. When the player operates each of these buttons (presses and turns on the switch), for example, when the player presses the self-determination button 21, a self-determination determination signal is generated, and this signal is constituted by a microcomputer. Input to the control board. And the software (program) mounted on the control board executes a process set in advance to advance the game for each input signal.

  Various display units are set on the display surface of the display device 14, and necessary information, images, and effect images are displayed on the display unit as the game progresses. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the upper horizontal direction of the display surface, the medal reserve number display unit 26, the remaining game ball number display unit 27, the wind screen display unit 28, the front drum display unit 29, and the back drum display unit 30. Among the special games, among the special games, the big game combination display unit 32 indicating a special combination that can obtain the right of the big game, and the chance game combination indicating the special combination that can acquire the right of the chance game. A display unit 33 and a discarded sardine display unit 34 for displaying a discarded sardine symbol are provided, and a sword symbol, an effect image, a numerical value, and the like are displayed as the game progresses.

  Further, in the lower horizontal direction of the display surface of the display device 14, there are provided a hand bag display unit 35 for displaying 13 hand bag symbols, and a self screen display unit 36 for displaying the self-portrait symbols. . It should be noted that button names (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) corresponding to the throwing away buttons 16a, 16b,... Are displayed at the bottom of each symbol displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self display unit 36. ...) is displayed. The displayed mahjong tiles are displayed in color.

  A control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present embodiment is mounted at a predetermined position inside the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the control board includes a main control board Ka, a sub control board Kb, and an image control board Kc. The main control board Ka, the sub-control board Kb, and the image control board Kc are input / output interface circuits for inputting / outputting signals to / from the CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, various sensors, various operation buttons such as the discard button 16a, etc. 43 and a microcomputer provided with a communication interface circuit 44 for communicating with the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc. The “input / output” in the input / output interface circuit 43 of the main control board Ka refers to “input” signals from various operation buttons and the like and “output” signals (commands) based on the input signals. , Meaning a one-way signal flow.

  Various software (programs) for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 or displaying information and images on the display unit of the display device 14 is a ROM 41 mounted on each control board Ka, Kb, Kc. Is remembered. Each RAM 42 is used as a storage area and calculation area for reading various data, creating data, calculating, and the like when these programs operate. The main control board Ka and the sub-control board Kb, and the sub-control board Kb and the image control board Kc are connected by cable lines T1 and T2 so that data communication can be performed. The CPU 40 is an 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit CPU corresponding to the processing function of each main control board Ka, sub-control board Kb, and image control board Kc, or a CPU having a number of bits exceeding these. Either can be adopted.

  Note that various image data to be displayed on the display device 14 and various audio data to be output from the speaker 6 are stored at a predetermined storage address of the ROM 41 mounted on the sub-control board Kb. The image data includes 27 kinds of spider symbol data, image data to be displayed as an initial screen when the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, and various effects to be displayed when the player completes the rising role. There is image data. In addition, as various types of audio data, there are digital data for outputting a sound for assisting the progress of the game to the player or a sound effect for production as the game progresses.

  The ROM 41 mounted on the main control board Ka stores various programs for controlling the progress of the game of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. 6, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka include a main board operation control program P1, a communication control program P2, a medal management program P3, a game ball management program P4, an automatic arrangement program P5, It consists of a dora lottery program P7 for determining the front and back dora, a winning determination program P8, a self-selection support program P9, a special role lottery program P10, a notification lottery program P11, and the like.

The main board operation control program P1 is a program that supervises the overall operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1, and mainly performs the following processing.
(1) Initialization processing when the power of the gaming machine 1 is turned on, for example, an initialization control command when the power is turned on is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb and the sub control board Kb. . Based on this control command, the sub control board Kb and the image control board Kc perform initialization processing when the power is turned on. As a result, the image control board Kc can output an effect image or sound when the power is turned on.
(2) Analyzing signals input from various input / output sensors, and controlling the operation of the sparrow game machine 1 to perform processing corresponding to the signals. For example, when a player launches a game ball, it analyzes the incoming signal from the entrance that entered the ball, and adds the symbol of the kite corresponding to this entrance to the manual data as its own ), Or when the player performs an operation (discarding operation) to cut an unnecessary bag from the manual operation by operating the discarding button 16a, etc. The process of deleting the symbol of the bag corresponding to the discard button from the manual data is performed.
(3) When the automatic arrangement program P5 is activated and 14 manuals at the start of the game are determined, the graphic data of the manuals are stored in the manual storage area as manual data in the RAM 42; Each time the player performs the discard operation or the self-operation in the processing for transmitting the manual data to the sub-control board Kb and the processing in the above (1) and (2), the current manual data, Then, processing for transmitting the symbol data (hereinafter referred to as symbol code) of the bag relating to self-restraint to the sub-control board Kb is performed.

  The communication control program P2 is a program for performing communication with the sub-control board Kb, and data necessary for the control command is transmitted together with a control command in which what processing is performed on the data to be transmitted. When data is transmitted to the image control board Kc, the data is transmitted via the sub control board Kb.

The medal management program P3 is a program for managing the number of stored medals and payout processing as the game progresses. When the main board operation control program P1 detects a medal insertion signal or the like from the medal insertion slot 15, the medal management program P3 performs the following processing.
(A) When a medal insertion signal is detected from the medal insertion slot 15, “1” is added to the medal storage number stored in the RAM 42.
(B) When a signal from the game start button 24 is detected, “3” is subtracted from the number of stored medal.
(C) When a signal from the game end button 23 is detected at the time of going up, the number of medals acquired by the rising combination is added to the number of stored medals stored in the RAM 42.
(D) When the signal of the payout button 22 is detected, a control signal is issued so that medals corresponding to the number of stored coins are paid out to the medal tray 5, and each time one medal is paid out to the medal tray 5, the stored medal number is set to "1". "Subtract.

The game ball management program P4 is a program that performs the following processing based on the control of the main board operation control program P1.
(A) At the start of the game, the remaining number of game balls stored in the RAM 42 is set to 14.
(B) When a throw-in operation signal is detected from the throw-in button 16a or the like, control is performed to send one game ball to a game-ball launch position (not shown in FIG. 1).
(C) When a game ball fired from the game ball launch lever 4 enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,... And the entrance signal is detected, the number of remaining game balls is set to “1”. Subtract and create a symbol code for the bag corresponding to the entrance.

  The automatic laying program P5 is a program for automatically determining 14 laid-out symbols randomly at the start of one game. This automatic catering program P4 uses the random number generated by the random number generating means to perform a process of determining 14 catering symbols from 108 mahjong tiles used in the sparrow ball game machine 1.

For example, the automatic layout program P5 can determine the 14 symbols required at the start of the game by performing the following processing.
(A) The spiders used in this sparrow ball game machine 1 are 27 kinds of spears, excluding chords from two ropes to eight ropes, for a total of 108. As shown in Table 1, to these used kites, symbol codes (hexadecimal numbers) of 01H to 1BH are given to 27 types of kites, and a total of 108 symbols composed of 27 types each. A data table in which four symbols from 0 to 107 are assigned to symbols is registered in the ROM 40 in advance.
(A) The automatic layout program P5 is provided with a random number generation program for generating a 5-digit random number, for example. Then, the automatic distribution program P5 divides the 5-digit random number generated by the random number generation program by 108 and calculates the remainder. Subsequently, with reference to Table 1, the symbol code of the bag corresponding to the remainder value is obtained from 01H to 1BH and determined as the symbol to which this symbol code is arranged.
(C) The above-mentioned process (a) is carried out 14 times in total, and 14 required symbols are determined at the start of the game.

  In addition, it is necessary to add the program which performs a randomization process to the program which generate | occur | produces the said 5-digit random number so that a different random number may be generated each time. The 14 symbol codes determined by such processing are stored in the manual storage area of the RAM 42. The 14 pieces of layout data stored in the manual storage area are sorted and stored in ascending order of symbol codes. Further, the symbol codes shown in Table 1 are given symbols (see FIG. 2) corresponding to these symbols together with symbols such as 1st to 9th and 1st to 9th.

  The dora lottery program P7 is a program for determining the front and back dora by lottery in the same manner at the start of the game.

  The winning determination program P8 is a combination of rising combinations in which a hand is set in advance when 14 hands are determined by the automatic layout program P5 described above, and when the player performs his own operation. And a program for determining whether or not the hand is a combination of special winning combinations determined by lottery. The rising combination includes a data table as shown in Table 2, that is, the rising combination code (the rising combination code is not displayed in Table 2) and the score that the player can acquire for the rising combination. (Number of acquired medals) is stored in advance in the winning determination program P8 or the ROM 41. Then, when the winning determination program P8 determines that the rising combination is completed for the current 14 manuals, the main control board Ka obtains the control command for completing the rising combination, the code of the rising combination, and the acquisition. The process of transmitting the obtained score etc. to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb is performed.

  In addition, as a special role, the score that a player can obtain for each combination of numbers (see FIG. 2) corresponding to symbols such as 1st to 9th and 1st to 9th in the symbol codes shown in Table 1 (Number of acquired medals) is stored in advance in the winning determination program P8 or the ROM 41. Then, when the winning combination determination program P8 determines that a special combination is included in the current 14 rules, the control command for completion of the special combination and the code of the special combination, the score obtained, etc. A process of transmitting to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb is performed.

  When a signal indicating that a game ball has entered the attacker 9 is input to the attacker 9 in the game that has acquired the special game right, the self-selection selection support program P9 is self-restrained by the screen of the display device 14 and the interactive method. This is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the frog to be performed.

  The special role lottery program P10 as the special role lottery means is operated under the control of the main board operation control program P1 based on the operation of the game start button 24, and a plurality of special types preset in accordance with a special rule simpler than the mahjong rule. One of the roles is determined by lottery at the time when one game is started (that is, triggered by the establishment of a certain condition (first condition)), and a special role control signal to that effect is output. . In the special role lottery, the special data lottery program P10 is used to store stored data that is obtained by combining a predetermined number (three in this embodiment) of numbers assigned to the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,. To be executed.

  That is, the special combination lottery program P10 displays the special combination as a big game combination to be displayed on the big game combination display unit 32 and the chance game combination display unit 33 at the start of one game by pressing the game start button 24. Each of them is determined as a chance game combination to be displayed on the screen, and is transmitted together with the control command as the above-mentioned special combination control signal. As described above, when the special role control signal related to the special role type is transmitted to the sub control board Kb together with the control command, the sub board operation control program P21 of the sub control board Kb responds to this special role control. The signal is transmitted to the special role symbol display program P323 of the image control board Kc. Then, when the special combination symbol display program P323 receives a notification control signal from the notification lottery program P11 described later, the special combination type included in the special combination control signal already received at this point is described below. In this way, the big game combination display unit 32 and the chance game combination display unit 33 are displayed.

  The special roles are “1-4-5” and “1” shown in the big game role display unit 32 and the chance game role display unit 33 of FIG. 9-12-24 ", or other than these, for example," 3-13-22 "," 10-15-25 "," 7-17-23 ", etc. It is predetermined as a special role of a kind and stored in advance as stored data in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka. Note that a method for determining the special combination by lottery can be determined by generating a random number of a predetermined number of digits by program processing, storing it in the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka, and using this random number.

  When the right of the big game is acquired as described above, the attacker 9 can be operated for a predetermined number of times, for example, 14 times in the next and subsequent games including the currently ongoing game (the game). A score is obtained. Further, when the chance game right is acquired, only the next game has the advantage that the same game as the state in which the big game right is established can be obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the numbers forming each special combination are horizontally aligned at the bottom of each of the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,... Extending in the left-right direction of the game board surface 2. As shown in the ascending order. Further, at the upper part of the numbers in the frames Fr of the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,..., “Ichigo” to “Kyuho” “East” “South” “West” “North” “White” “A” “Medium”, “One cylinder” to “Nine cylinders” are assigned in order. In the present embodiment, the number of entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,... Is 25. However, in FIG.

  Then, “Ichigo” and “Kyuugo” are displayed at the entrances 11a and 11b located on the left and right sides of the attacker operation passage opening 10, respectively. These entrances 11a and 11b are used as entrances for obtaining the “Ikko” and “Juku” mahjong tile designs, and whether or not to notify the special role determined in the special role lottery program P10. The two obstacle nails (not shown) close to the upper part are arranged in a relatively tightened (narrowed) form so as to function as a entrance for the lottery of the notice lottery program P11 for determining In order to form a special combination, the numbers displayed at the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,.

  In this embodiment, the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,... Are described with “numerals” added. For example, instead of “numbers”, consecutively added alphabets, hiragana, katakana, etc. Or other “marks” such as ☆, ○, ◎, ◇, □, △, ▽, etc. When these are employed, the big game combination display unit 32 and the chance game combination display unit 33 in FIG. 4 include, for example, “A-F-K”, “I-Honu”, “Ne-Hale”, It will be displayed as “☆-◇-▽”. In addition, when “numbers” are adopted for the special role, the number is not limited to the ascending order in which the numbers increase in order from the left to the right in FIG. 2, but from the left to the right. Of course, it is possible to arrange in descending order in which the number decreases sequentially.

  The notice lottery program P11 is determined by lottery by the special role lottery program P10 at the start of one game or at a certain point in the game (that is, triggered by the establishment of a certain condition (second condition)). It is a program that determines whether or not to notify the type of special role by lottery and outputs a notification control signal to that effect. More specifically, the notification lottery program P11 transmits the notification control signal together with the control command to the sub-control board Kb, and in response thereto, the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb sets the special role type. The data is stored in the RAM 42 of the sub-control board Kb and transmitted to the special role symbol display program P323 of the image control board Kc.

  The lottery start by the notification lottery program P11 is the input when the game start button 24 is pressed in the present embodiment and the notification to be notified at the start of the game is not made. Set as a ball entering the ball opening 11a or 11b and a predetermined number (for example, six) of balls entering the ball opening 11c, 11d, 11e... When no notification is made at the start of the game. can do.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb are composed of a sub board operation control program P21, a communication control program P22, a lamp control program P23, a rising haze determination program P24, and the like. . Further, the rising wrinkle determination program P24 includes a hearing pattern determination program P241, a rising wrinkle type determination program P242, and a rising wrinkle determination extraction program P243.

  The sub board operation control program P21 is a program that decodes various control commands transmitted from the main control board Ka, and controls the execution of the above programs in response to the control commands.

  The communication control program P22 is a program for receiving data from the main control board Ka and performing communication processing with the image control board Kc. Upon receiving these various control commands and their control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, the image control board Kc displays an effect image and information on the display device 14 by program processing, and further from the speaker 6. Outputs sound and sound effects for production.

  The lamp control program P23 is a program for controlling lighting and extinguishing of the lamps 7 and 12 based on a control command and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka.

  The rising kit determining program P24 is a game for completing a preset rising combination based on the current thirteen moves transmitted from the main control board Ka after the player performs a throwing kit operation. This is a program for supporting a required operation performed by a person (for example, assisting a bag to be self-sufficient). This rising kite determination program P24 is the presence / absence of a kite (up kite) that can complete the climbing combination when the player performs one's own operation on the current thirteen hands and adds one kite. And a process for supporting the wrinkle that should be self-recognized in advance (display process on the rising wrinkle display unit 31 in FIG. 4) via a screen display program P32 described later. Then, when the heel to be self-recognized is extracted in order to complete the rising combination, the rising heel determination program P24 performs control to display the design of the heel on the image control board Kc.

  The main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka has executed the winning determination program P8 to complete the rising combination when the player fires a game ball and performs self-control and the number of hands is 14 Determine whether or not. If the player does not complete the winning combination, each time the player performs an operation of discarding one unnecessary piece from the 14 pieces, it is stored in the table storage area. The symbol code of the 13 handed handles is transmitted to the sub-control board Kb together with the control command. At this time, the 13 symbol codes are sorted in ascending order and transmitted to the sub control board Kb. When the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the 13 hand code symbols, the sub-board operation control program P21 stores the received data in the RAM 42 and then proceeds to control the wrinkle determination program P24. Then, the rising eye determination program P24 sequentially operates the hearing pattern determination program P241, the rising eye type determination program P242, and the rising eye determination extraction program P243.

  The rising haze determination extraction program P243 determines and extracts by a predetermined process, transmits all of the rising haze symbol codes stored in the RAM 42 to the image control board Kc together with the control command, and sends it to the image control board Kc. When the control for displaying the symbol corresponding to the symbol of the rising cocoon is performed, the sub-control board Kb (the rising cocoon determination program P24) receives the symbol code of the rising cocoon when the screen code is received. Through the P32 game effect display program P3212, the received symbol of the rising salmon symbol code is displayed on the rising salmon display unit 31 as a candidate for the rising salmon. At this time, sound may be output from the speaker 6. A player who is eager to play mahjong can look at the display of the rising kite display unit 31 and launch a game ball aiming at the entrance corresponding to the kite that can complete the rising role.

  Next, a program installed in the ROM 41 of the image control board Kc will be described with reference to FIG. This program includes an image board operation control program P31, an image display program P32, a sound / sound effect output program P41, and the like. The outline of the processing contents of these programs will be described below.

  The image board operation control program P31 is a program that decodes various control commands transmitted from the sub control board Kb and controls the execution of the above programs in response to these control commands.

  The screen display program P32 and the sound / sound effect output program P41 are a process for displaying various effect images on the display device 14 based on the control command and control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, A process of outputting production sound and sound effects from the speaker 6 is performed.

  The screen display program P32 is a program for performing processing for displaying an image, numerical information, and the like on the display device 14 based on the control command transmitted from the sub-control board Kb and its control data, and the normal game screen display program P321. And a special role symbol display program P323 and a special game screen display program P322.

  The normal game screen display program P321 is a variety of effect images displayed on the display device 14 and various types of support for the player when the player is playing a normal game since the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. The program for performing the process of displaying the image is provided with an initial effect display program P3211 and a game effect display program P3212 as subprograms.

  The initial effect display program P3211 performs processing such as displaying an effect screen when the power is turned on, for example, a landscape screen on the display device 14.

  The game effect display program P3212 includes a program for displaying a screen having contents as shown in FIG. For example, as the game progresses, each time the player performs a throw-in operation, or in the case of a normal game game, the self-control operation by launching a game ball, etc., the main control board Ka passes through the sub-control board Kb. A process for displaying the current design of the hand tile, the design of the discarded kite, and the design of the kite determined to be the rising kite transmitted from the sub-control board Kb based on the control command and its control data transmitted It is composed of a program having various display means such as a process for displaying the number of points obtained for the rising combination when the rising combination is completed.

  The special role symbol display program P323 as the special role symbol display means sub-controls the special role control signal determined by the lottery in the special role lottery program P10 and the notification control signal by the lottery determination in the notification lottery program P11. Each is received via the substrate Kb. When the special role symbol display program P323 receives the notification control signal, the special role symbol display program 32 and the chance display the special role type included in the special role control signal already received at this time. Control is performed so as to display each on the game combination display unit 33 (see FIG. 4).

  The special game screen display program P322 is a program for performing processing for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires the right of special game. The special game screen display program P322 further includes a right acquisition effect display program P3221 and a self-candidate candidate selection support program P3222 for effect display when the player has completed a winning combination that allows the player to acquire special game rights. ing.

  The right acquisition effect display program P3221 alternately displays an explanation of the rising role and a display of establishment of the right of the big game or chance game on the rising eye display unit 31 of the display device 14 at predetermined time intervals. Processing to notify that the right of the game has been established is performed. Further, the self-candidate candidate selection support program P3222 is a program that is activated when the player has acquired the right to a special game. The self-candidate candidate symbol displayed on the display device 14 is selected by the right-selection right shift button 19. Or, it is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the cocoon to be self-contained by the interactive method while scrolling by operating the heel selection left shift button 20.

  The sound / sound effect output program P41 is for outputting various effect sounds and sound effects from the speaker 6 as the game progresses based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb. It is a program.

  A program for controlling the operation of each of the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc is developed using an assembler language, C language, Visual Basic language, or the like, and is a machine language program that can be executed by the CPU 40 of each board. The translated program is stored in the ROM 41 of each control board Ka, Kb, Kc.

  Next, an outline of the game procedure of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 and the processing of each program associated with this procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This flow chart shows only the processes related to lottery and display of special roles.

  One game (game) starts when a player inserts a medal into the medal slot 15, presses the game start button 24, and the automatic layout program P5 distributes 14 hands. . Then, one game (one game) proceeds in accordance with the control of each program that operates based on input signals and control signals generated from various operation buttons and sensors such as the throw-away buttons 16a, 16b,. Will go.

  First, when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka initializes the storage area of the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka. Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 transmits an initialization control command when the power is turned on to the sub control board Kb, and the sub control board Kb transmits the initialization control command to the image control board Kc. When the sub-control board Kb and the image control board Kc receive this initialization control command, the storage area of the RAM 42 is initialized, and the initial effect display program P3211 mounted on the image control board Kc generates an effect when the power is turned on. Processing such as displaying a screen, for example, a landscape screen on the display device 14 is performed.

  When the sub control board Kb receives the initialization control command when the power is turned on, the sub board operation control program P21, as described above, stores the various image data, audio / audio data stored in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb. The sound effect data is transmitted to the image control board Kc, and the image board operation control program P31 of the image control board Kc performs a process of storing the received image and sound / sound effect data in the RAM 42.

  Then, when the player inserts a medal into the medal slot 15, and the main board operation control program P1 detects the medal insertion signal, the medal management program P3 performs a process of adding “1” to the medal reserve number.

  Subsequently, when the player presses the game start button 24 and the main board operation control program P1 detects a game start signal from the game start button 24, a game of one game can be started. Then, the main board operation control program P1 transmits a game start control command to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. Based on this control command, the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc displays an effect image at the start of the game on the display device 14 and outputs sound from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P41. In this way, one game of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is started.

  Subsequently, under the control of the main board operation control program P1, the automatic layout program P5 is operated, and the 14 symbols required for starting the game are automatically determined by the program processing. The automatic layout program P5 sequentially stores the 14 symbol codes automatically arranged in the manual storage area of the RAM 42, and then, in a predetermined order, for example, ascending order of the symbol codes, that is, insulator, tube, cord , Wind tiles, and ternary tiles are sorted in order (stored) and stored in the manual storage area.

  Subsequently, the automatic layout program P5 transmits the 14 distributed symbol codes together with the control command to the sub-control board Kb. When the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives this distributed symbol code, it stores it in the RAM 42 and transmits these 14 allocated symbol codes to the image control board Kc.

  The sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb uses the disclosed number table to display the number of bags disclosed at the current game place for the 14 game symbols transmitted from the main control board Ka. Process to count. Further, when the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc receives the 14 design codes, the game design display program P3212 displays the image of the design shown in FIG. Processing to display on the display unit 36 is performed. While the 14 automatic arrangements are not decided, the back side of the bag or the non-displayed pattern is displayed as the initial screen on the manual display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36 that displays the self-displayed symbol. Process to display.

  Further, in step S1 of FIG. 9, the special combination lottery program P10 is activated by the control of the main board operation control program P1 based on the operation of the game start button 24, and the special combination is made a big game combination and a chance game combination. As a special role control signal and transmitted together with the control command. Then, in response to this, the sub board operation control program P21 of the sub control board Kb transmits the special role control signal to the special role symbol display program P323.

  In parallel with this, the notification lottery program P11 notifies the special combination determined by the lottery of the special combination lottery program P10 triggered by the operation of the game start button 24 (based on the control of the main board operation control program P1). In other words, whether or not to display on the big game combination display unit 32 and the chance game combination display unit 33 is selected (step S2). As a result, if it is not decided to notify, the process of step S2 is repeated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the notification is to be made, the process proceeds to step S3, and the special combination symbol display program P323 is included in the special combination control signal already received when the notification control signal from the notification lottery program P11 is received. The special combination types are displayed on the big game combination display unit 32 and the chance game combination display unit 33 as a big game combination and a chance game combination, respectively.

  Further, the draw lottery program P7 is operated under the control of the main board operation control program P1, and the front and back drums are determined. At this time, each data of the front drum and the back drum is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb together with the control command. Then, when the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc receives the front and back dra design codes, the front dra display unit 29 and the like are displayed.

  When the main board operation control program P1 completes the control of displaying the 14 symbols of the tiles, the front dora, etc. that are automatically arranged on the display device 14, the display device 14 confirms that the game start conditions are in place. Processing to inform the player by screen display or voice. Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 operates the winning determination program P8 to perform a process of determining whether or not the 14 hands that have been automatically arranged have already completed the winning combination. If the winning combination is completed in this determination process, the winning determination program P8 determines the predetermined rising combination and the score (number of acquired medals) that the player can acquire (Table 2). Determine with reference to the data.

  Subsequently, the winning determination program P8 transmits the winning combination, the score obtained, and the like to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. When the image control board Kc receives the winning combination and the acquired score, the game effect display program P3212 displays the rising combination, the acquired score, and other effect images on the display device 14 for a predetermined time. Perform the process.

  On the other hand, if the 14 symbols of the automatically arranged baskets are not completed and the winning combination is not completed, the main board operation control program P1 is an operation of throwing away one unnecessary basket from the manuals to the player. A control command for performing screen display for prompting is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb. When the image control board Kc receives this control command, the game effect display program P3212 performs a process of displaying a message on the display device 14 for prompting an operation of discarding one unnecessary bag from the table. At this time, the voice / sound effect output program P41 may be operated to perform a process of prompting together with the voice.

  Subsequently, the player performs an operation of selecting a throwing-in trash from the symbols of the cocoon displayed on the hand-held display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36. Then, when the player decides on the design of the throwing bag, the player selects (turns on) one of the throwing buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,. Discard this bag. On the basis of this discarding pot selection signal, the main board operation control program P1 stores the symbol code of the discarding pot by performing the discarding operation in the RAM 42, and further stores it in the manual storage area of the RAM 42. The symbol code that was discarded from the handbag is deleted, and the process of making 13 handbags is performed.

  At this time, the notification determination by the notification lottery program P11 is made, and “1-4-5” as the big game combination is displayed on the big game combination display unit 32 and the chance game combination display unit 33, for example, as shown in FIG. In addition, when “9-12-24” is displayed as the chance game combination, the player can play the hand game displayed on the hand game display unit 35 (see FIG. 4) and the game board surface unit 2 Compared with the numbers (see FIG. 2) attached to the lower portions of the mouths 11c, 11d, 11e,..., Align them with the big game role “1-4-5” or the chance game role “9-12-24”. For this reason, the discarding operation is performed while taking into account currently insufficient numbers.

  The main board operation control program P1 sends the symbol code that has been thrown away and the symbol code of 13 manual instructions to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb and the sub control board Kb together with the control command. Process to send. When the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc receives the symbol code that has been discarded, the symbol code corresponding to the symbol code is displayed on the discard symbol display unit 34, and the symbol codes of 13 manual symbols are received. Then, the process of displaying the symbol of the coral corresponding to these symbol codes on the hand symbol display unit 35 is performed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the back side of the bag is displayed on the self-displaying portion 36.

  On the other hand, when the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the above 13 hand code symbols, the hearing pattern determination program P241, the rising-knot determination program P242 constituting the rising-hook determination program P24, and the rising By operating the wrinkle determination extraction program P243, as described above, it is determined whether or not there is a wrinkle to be self-recognized next in order to complete the rising hand for the current 13 hands, and the rising hand is completed. When the cocoon is extracted, the display device 14 is caused to perform processing for displaying the design of the cocoon.

  Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka finishes the above-described processing related to the player's disposal operation, and activates the game ball management program P4 to bring the game ball into the game ball launch position. Processing to send a ball. Then, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to be able to launch a game ball into the game board surface 2.

  When a player launches a game ball and this game ball enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., A sensor provided for each detects the game ball and generates an incoming signal. . The game ball management program P4 decodes the incoming signal and performs a process of storing the symbol code of the kite (self-sucker) corresponding to the entered entrance into the manual storage area.

  Here, when the notification determination by the notification lottery program P11 has not been made yet, the lottery by the notification lottery program P11 is performed again when entering the entrance 11a or 11b, and as a result, it is determined to notify. In response to the notification control signal output together with the control command, the big game combination and the chance game combination are displayed on the big game combination display unit 32 and the chance game combination display unit 33 by the special combination symbol display program P323, respectively. . At this time, it is also possible to perform a back-dra display on the back-dra display unit 30 at the same time.

  Alternatively, when the notification determination by the notification lottery program P11 has not yet been made, the notification lottery program P11 executes when the number of balls entering the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,. When a lottery is performed and, as a result, it is determined to notify, a big game combination and a chance game combination are displayed in response to the notification control signal output together with the control command.

  In addition, the winning determination program P8 is activated, and it is determined whether or not the 14 hands have completed a rising combination as a general combination or a special combination (step S4). If the hand has completed these ups and specials, as described above, it is determined what kind of ups and specials are set in advance, and the score that can be obtained by the player is obtained. Then, processing for transmitting these data to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb is performed. On the other hand, if the rising combination or special combination is not completed, as described above, the player performs the discarding operation of discarding one unnecessary combination from the 14 procedures. Become.

  When the rising combination or special combination is completed, when the medal management program P3 under the control of the main board operation control program P1 detects a signal from the game end button 23 operated by the player, the rising combination or The number of medals acquired as a special combination is added to the number of stored medals stored in the RAM 42 (step S5). Further, when the medal management program P3 detects a signal based on the operation of the payout button 22 by the player, the medal management program P3 issues a control signal so as to pay out the stored number of medals to the medal tray 5. Every time an individual is paid out, a process of subtracting “1” from the number of stored medal is performed (S5). Note that the number of medals corresponding to the set front and back drums is also added to the completed special combination.

  In the present embodiment, the lottery start by the notification lottery program P11 is triggered when one game is started by operating the game start button 24, when entering the entrance 11a or 11b, and when entering the entrances 11c, 11d. , 11e... Has been described as the predetermined number of balls entering, but other than this, for example, a lottery may be performed when a rising combination as a general combination is established. In this case, when the special combination is notified as a result of the lottery, it is determined whether all the numbers forming the special combination are included in the rising combination at the time of notification. . In addition, when the completed general rising role is, for example, peace (Pinghu) or Tan Yao, or when the final rising role is not established, in the hand, for example, "East" "South" It can also be configured such that a lottery is performed for each case where the characters “West” and “North” are included.

  According to the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, the type of the special role determined by the lottery performed at the start of the game operation or the like is drawn at the start of the game or during the subsequent game development. In addition to being able to notify, the timing of the notification can be changed at any time by a lottery by the notification lottery program P11, so that the player can know at any time the type of the special role that is determined to be lottery in the currently ongoing game (the game) You can play games with high expectations. Furthermore, when the type of the special role is notified, the game should be progressed so that special roles according to simple special rules are arranged, and the game development can be enjoyed regardless of the level of mahjong knowledge. Can do.

  Further, the notification lottery program P11 draws whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type by setting the operation of the game start button 24 as a predetermined condition, so that the special role type is notified at the start of one game. It can make a player expect whether or not, and can enhance interest.

  Further, the notice lottery program P11 determines that the entry to the specific entrance 11a, 11b among the plurality of entrances 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e,... Whether or not the lottery result is notified is determined by lottery. For example, even if the lottery result of the special role type is not notified at the start of one game, It is possible to make the player expect whether or not the type is notified, and to enhance the interest. Whether or not the notification lottery program P11 notifies the lottery result of the special role type with the predetermined condition (sixth ball) entering the plurality of entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,. For example, even if the lottery result of the special role type is not notified at the start of one game, whether or not the special role type is notified when the game is in progress Can be expected from the player, and the interest can be enhanced.

  The present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiment, but the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made from the configuration of the above embodiment. And the sparrow ball game machine which gave the change is also included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a front view which shows the sparrow ball game machine in embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows the specific structure of the game board surface part in this embodiment. It is a front view which shows the structure of the operation panel shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the control board for controlling operation | movement of this sparrow ball game machine. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the main control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the sub control board | substrate shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the image control board shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which extracts and shows the process regarding a special role for demonstrating the effect | action in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sparrow ball machine 2: Game board surface (game board surface)
11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e ...: Entrance 14: Display device (display unit)
24: Game start button (game start operation member)
32: Big game role display unit 33: Chance game role display unit P10: Special role lottery program (Special role lottery means)
P11: Notification lottery program (notification lottery means)

Claims (3)

Lottery determines the types of special roles according to the special rules set apart from the multiple entrances arranged on the game board corresponding to the patterns of multiple types of mahjong tiles and general roles according to the mahjong rules A sparrow ball game machine comprising a special role lottery means and capable of playing the game so as to establish the general role or the special role for each game by a combination of symbols obtained by entering the entrance. ,
A display unit for displaying a mahjong tile design corresponding to the entrance part into which a game ball has entered,
Triggered by the establishment of a predetermined condition, the lottery result lottery means by the special role lottery means, the lottery result of the special role type is displayed on the display unit, the lottery means for lottery ,
The notification lottery means lottery whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type with the predetermined number of balls entering the plurality of entrances as the establishment of the predetermined condition,
A sparrow ball game machine characterized by that. A game start operation member to be operated at the start of one game;
The notification lottery means lottery whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type, with the operation of the game start operation member being established as the predetermined condition.
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1. The notification lottery means lottery whether or not to notify the lottery result of the special role type with the entry to a specific one of the plurality of entrances as the establishment of the predetermined condition,
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.

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