JP4646024B2 - 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. In addition, such a beginner has a high degree of difficulty, and therefore it takes more time than necessary for the throwing-in operation, which may impair the speed of game progression.

  Therefore, the present invention adopts a special role that is set more simply than the actual mahjong rule by using different color zones, and assists the player to perform a self-removal operation or a throwing-in operation to be performed next. An object of the present invention is to provide a sparrow ball game machine configured as described above and solving the above-mentioned problems.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIG. 1 to FIG. 11) includes a plurality of entrances (11 a, 11 b, 11 c, 11) arranged corresponding to a plurality of types of mahjong tiles on the game board surface (2). 11d, 11e,..., And a sparrow that can be played so as to establish a winning combination for each game by a combination of mahjong tiles obtained by entering the entrance (11a-11e,...) A ball game machine (1),
The rising combination includes a plurality of general roles according to the mahjong rule and a plurality of color zones (RZ, GZ) corresponding to the mahjong tiles corresponding to the plurality of entrances (11a to 11e,...). , BZ) and a plurality of types of special roles that can be followed according to a special rule simpler than the mahjong rule, and
When proceeding with one special game according to the special combination, according to the entering situation of each of the plurality of color zones (RZ, GZ, BZ), the bag to be thrown away next for the completion of the special combination A zone determination means (P10) for determining a color zone including and / or a color zone including a wrinkle to be operated next,
According to the determination result by the zone determination means (P10), an assist means for assisting by displaying on the display section (31) one of the plurality of color zones that includes a heel to be discarded or a heel to be refrained from. P24, P323),
Switching between the first game mode in which the general combination is used as the rising combination without using the special combination and the second game mode in which the special combination is used as the rising combination without using the general combination Game mode switching means (P11),
A game selection member (37) for sending a command to the game mode switching means (P11) to execute the game in the second game mode when operated at the start of one game;
The number of relay stations in the first and second game modes switched by the game mode switching means (P11) is counted and counted for each game mode. Current count times counting means (P25),
When the game state according to the first game mode is switched to the second game mode by the operation of the game selection member (37), the first game mode counted by the flow number counting means (P25) A color arrangement determining means (P12) for assigning points according to the number of flow stations in the color zone and determining the color arrangement in the color zone (RZ, GZ, BZ) by lottery based on the number of points
A sparrow ball game machine (1) characterized by comprising:
In addition, the present invention according to claim 2 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 11), includes a plurality of entrances (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e,..., And a game is played so that a winning combination is established for each game by a combination of mahjong tiles obtained by entering the entrance (11a-11e,...). A sparrow ball machine (1) to obtain
The rising combination includes a plurality of general roles according to the mahjong rule and a plurality of color zones (RZ, GZ) corresponding to the mahjong tiles corresponding to the plurality of entrances (11a to 11e,...). , BZ) and a plurality of types of special roles that can be followed according to a special rule simpler than the mahjong rule, and
When proceeding with one special game according to the special combination, according to the entering situation of each of the plurality of color zones (RZ, GZ, BZ), the bag to be thrown away next for the completion of the special combination A zone determination means (P10) for determining a color zone including and / or a color zone including a wrinkle to be operated next,
According to the determination result by the zone determination means (P10), an assist means for assisting by displaying on the display section (31) one of the plurality of color zones that includes a heel to be discarded or a heel to be refrained from. P24, P323),
Switching between the first game mode in which the general combination is used as the rising combination without using the special combination and the second game mode in which the special combination is used as the rising combination without using the general combination Game mode switching means (P11),
A game selection member (37) for sending a command to the game mode switching means (P11) to execute the game in the second game mode when operated at the start of one game;
The number of relay stations in the first and second game modes switched by the game mode switching means (P11) is counted and counted for each game mode. Current count times counting means (P25),
A game start operation member (24) operated at the start of one game, and the number of times of flow stations counted by the flow number of times counting means (P25) when the game start operation member (24) is operated are set in advance. Color arrangement determining means (P12) for determining by lottery so that the color arrangement in the color zone (RZ, GZ, BZ) rises and is advantageous for the formation of a winning combination when it is determined that the number of times has been exceeded.
A sparrow ball game machine (1) characterized by comprising:

According to a third aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIG. 2), the plurality of color zones (RZ, GZ, BZ) have the same color in each of the plurality of entrances (11a to 11e,...). The identification pattern is attached in a color-changeable manner and is organized into groups.
The sparrow ball game machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that.

  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, when the rising combination is set to include a plurality of types of general combination and special combination, and the zone determination means advances one game according to the special combination, each color zone The assist means determines a color zone including a basket to be discarded next and / or a basket to be self-operated for the completion of the special role according to the entering situation, and / or an assist means, Since the assist is performed according to the determination result by the zone determination means, it is possible to simplify the game rules by forming the color zone of the rising combination and to construct a system in which the player can easily recognize the game contents. Then, the player only needs to proceed with the game in accordance with the assist so that special roles in accordance with the special rules that are simpler than the mahjong rules are arranged. This makes it possible to play games that are fair to all players regardless of the level of mahjong knowledge. It becomes possible to provide. In addition, it is possible to reduce the time to think especially during the throwing away operation, thereby avoiding a problem that takes more time than necessary and impairs the speed of game progression. In addition, when the game selection member is operated at the start of one game, a command to expand the game in the second game mode using only the special role is transmitted to the game mode switching means, and the game mode switching means Since the game mode is switched to the game mode 2, if a player who is not so high in mahjong knowledge or sparrow ball game skill level plays a game, the sparrow ball game using only the special role can be performed by operating the game selection member at the start of the game. Therefore, it is possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine that can be fully enjoyed according to the skill level, even for a player who has high mahjong knowledge and a player who is not so expensive. Further, the number of bureaus that are counted by the game mode switching means in the first and second game modes are counted together for each game mode. Since the counting means is provided, it is possible to determine a situation where the number of times of flow stations called so-called humming is increased, and the determination content can be utilized for various controls. In addition, when the game state in the first game mode is switched to the second game mode by operating the game selection member, points are awarded according to the number of times in the first game mode counted by the number of times in the first game mode. In addition, since the color arrangement determining means for determining the color arrangement in the color zone by lottery based on the number of points is provided, for example, the player repeatedly plays with the current game in the general role game in the first game mode. In view of this, when the mode is switched to the second game mode, it becomes possible to take remedial measures such that the more the number of times of fluency is, the more so-called humiliation becomes, the more advantageous the development in the next game is. .
According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the rising combination includes a plurality of types of general combinations and special combinations, and the zone determination means advances one game according to the special combination, the color zone In accordance with each entry situation, the color zone including the heel to be thrown away next and / or the color zone including the heel to be operated next for completion of the special role is determined and assist means. However, since the assist is performed according to the determination result by the zone determination means, it is possible to simplify the game rule by forming the color zone of the rising role, and to construct a system in which the player can easily recognize the game content. Then, the player only needs to proceed with the game in accordance with the assist so that special roles in accordance with the special rules that are simpler than the mahjong rules are arranged. This makes it possible to play games that are fair to all players regardless of the level of mahjong knowledge. It becomes possible to provide. In addition, it is possible to reduce the time to think especially during the throwing away operation, thereby avoiding a problem that takes more time than necessary and impairs the speed of game progression. In addition, when the game selection member is operated at the start of one game, a command to expand the game in the second game mode using only the special role is transmitted to the game mode switching means, and the game mode switching means Since the game mode is switched to the game mode 2, if a player who is not so high in mahjong knowledge or sparrow ball game skill level plays a game, the sparrow ball game using only the special role can be performed by operating the game selection member at the start of the game. Therefore, it is possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine that can be fully enjoyed according to the skill level, even for a player who has high mahjong knowledge and a player who is not so expensive. Further, the number of relay stations in the first and second game modes switched by the game mode switching means is counted through the first and second game modes and counted for each game mode. Since the counting means is provided, it is possible to determine a situation where the number of times of flow stations called so-called humming is increased, and the determination content can be utilized for various controls. In addition, when the game start operation member operated at the start of one game and the game start operation member are operated, the number of flow stations counted by the flow station number counting means exceeds a preset number of times. When the determination is made, it is provided with a color arrangement determining means for determining the color arrangement in the color zone by a lottery so that it is advantageous for the formation of a winning combination. A situation where the game development is advantageous due to the fact that the number of stations exceeds the predetermined number is obtained, and so-called relief measures against so-called humiliation are enhanced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the plurality of color zones are configured in a group-by-group manner in which each of the plurality of entrances is provided with an identification pattern of the same color that can be changed in color. It is easy for the player to identify the progress, and the progress of the game can be made very simple, and even when the color group of the entrance is changed, it is possible to respond flexibly to this. it can.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention, a sparrow ball game machine installed in a game hall 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. As shown in FIG. 2, “Ichigo” entrance 11 a and “Jukugo” entrance 11 b are provided on the upper left and right sides of the attacker 9. A "first base" entrance 11c, a "second base" entrance 11d, a "third base" entrance 11e,. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, 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. 2, red circle identification patterns are attached to the bottom of the frame entrances 11 a, 11 b,. , “East” to “Medium” entrance slots 11l, 11m,... Are respectively provided with green circle identification patterns, and further, “One cylinder” to “Nine cylinders” entrance slots 11s, .., 11t,... Are each provided with a blue circle identification pattern as an initial mode. In this initial mode, the red zone RZ is constituted by the entrances 11c, 11b,... Of “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” including the entrance 11a of “Ikko”, and “East” to “Medium”. The green zone GZ is configured by the entrances 11l, 11m,..., And the blue zone BZ is configured by the entrances 11s, 11t,. In addition, the identification pattern of the red circle, the green circle, and the blue circle mentioned above can also be comprised only by painting the lower part or the whole of a corresponding entrance with red, green, and blue.

  A thin film display panel composed of a film-like liquid crystal display panel, an organic EL (Electroluminescence) panel, or the like is attached to each frame Fr provided in the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,. And the display which should become the aspect based on the color arrangement | positioning signal transmitted from this program P12 according to the lottery result by the color arrangement | positioning determination program P12 is made on the said thin film display panel by control of the screen display program P32 mentioned later.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a plurality of the entrances 11a to 11e,... Are provided with identification patterns of the same color and grouped into groups, and a red zone RZ as a color zone, a green zone A GZ and a blue zone BZ are configured. Then, the mahjong tile designs corresponding to each of the plurality of entrances 11a to 11e,... Can be divided into color-specific red zones RZ, green zones GZ, and blue zones BZ so as to follow special rules simpler than the mahjong rules. A plurality of types of special combinations are configured, and the rising combination includes the special combination and a plurality of types of general combinations according to the mahjong rule. In the present embodiment, the number of entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,... Is 25. However, in FIG.

  A plurality of special roles are determined in advance and stored as stored data in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka. Specific examples thereof will be described here.

  In the special role, a special role A having a 1-point winning role and a special role B having a 2-point winning role are set. The special role A, which is the one-point winning combination, is obtained by aligning a total of 12 mm, either 4 mm in the red zone RZ, 4 mm in the green zone GZ, or 4 mm in the blue zone BZ. It shall be completed. That is, for example, in the red zone RZ, “Ichigo”, “Tsubame”, “Five”, “Kyuho”, “East”, “West”, “White”, “Middle” in the green zone GZ, and in the blue zone BZ When a total of 12 cylinders of “two cylinders”, “four cylinders”, “six cylinders”, and “eight cylinders” are prepared, the special role A for the one-point winning role is completed. The pre-setting of the special role A is not limited to these numbers, but it can be designed from 3 to 1 for each color zone, 3 for a total of 2 for a total of 6 for a total of 2 or 3 for a total of 9 for a total of 3 It can be set appropriately at the stage.

  In addition, the special combination B of the two-point winning combination is completed by aligning any 5 tiles in the same color zone. In other words, for example, when a total of 5 tiles of “Ichigo”, “Sanjo”, “Gojo”, “Gojo”, and “Nanachi” in the red zone RZ are prepared, the special role B of 2 points acquisition role is completed. In addition, when the total of 5 south “South”, “South”, “West”, “發”, and “Medium” in the green zone GZ is prepared, the special role B of the two-point winning role is completed. Furthermore, when the total number of “two cylinders”, “four cylinders”, “four cylinders”, “seven cylinders”, and “nine cylinders” in the blue zone BZ is completed, the special role B for the two-point acquisition role is completed. Become. The pre-setting of the special role B is not limited to these numbers, and can be set as appropriate at the design stage, such as when 3 colors in each color zone are aligned or when 4 colors are aligned.

  On the other hand, 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 having 13 buttons arranged in the horizontal direction, 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 that constitutes a game start operation member operated every time a game is started, a game selection button 37, and a REJECT button 25 Has been. 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.

  When the game selection button 37 is operated at the start of one game (that is, prior to the operation of the game start button 24), a command to develop the game in the second game mode is sent to the game mode switching program P11. The game selection member for this is comprised. The second game mode means a game mode in which only a special role according to a special rule simpler than the mahjong rule is used as a rising role, whereas only a general role according to the mahjong rule is used. A first game mode used as a rising role is prepared.

  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.

  In the case of acquiring the right of the big game, a score is obtained that the attacker 9 can be operated a predetermined number of times, for example, 14 times in the next and subsequent games including the currently progressing game (the game). . 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.

  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 a self-recognized bag design. 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 inside the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, 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. 7, 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 allocation program P5, Special gamer lottery program P6, Dora lottery program P7 for determining front and back dras, winning determination program P8, self-selection support program P9, zone determination program P10, game mode switching program P11 and color arrangement determination program P12 Etc.

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. In addition, the symbol codes shown in Table 1 include symbols such as one to nine cylinders and one to nine cylinders, and identification patterns corresponding to these symbols (see red circle, green circle, and blue circle shown in FIG. 2). Data is added.

  The special game combination lottery program P6 is a program for determining, by lottery, a combination of winning combinations that can acquire a special game right for each game from among predetermined combinations. For example, the winning combination that can acquire the right of the big chance game is determined by lottery by selecting one of the three rising combinations of “Daisangyuan”, “Kokushi Musou”, and “Nine consecutive treasures”. In addition, there are six kinds of uplifting points that can acquire chance game rights, for example, “Ippontsu”, “Seven Pairs”, “Three Darks”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, “Tang Yao” Two types from the rising role are decided by lottery. The method of determining the winning combination that can acquire the special game right by lottery can be determined by generating a random number of a predetermined number of digits by program processing and storing it in the RAM 42, and using this random number.

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

  The winning determination program P8 is a combination in which when the 14 rules are determined by the automatic layout program P5 described above, and when the player performs his / her own operation, the rules increase the general role. It functions to determine whether or not, and whether or not the hand is a combination of a rising combination of special roles. As the rising combination, a data table as shown in Table 2, that is, the code of the rising combination of the general combination (the rising combination code is not displayed in Table 2) and the player for the rising combination The score that can be acquired (the number of acquired medals) is stored in advance in the winning determination program P8 or the ROM 41. In addition, although not shown in Table 2, the code of the rising combination of the special combination consisting of the combination of the identification patterns included in the color zone and the score (the number of acquired medals) that can be obtained by the player for the rising combination, Pre-stored 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.

  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 zone determination program P10 as the zone determination means is used to complete the special combination according to the state of entering the red zone RZ, the green zone GZ, and the blue zone BZ when one game is advanced according to the special combination. Next, at least one of a color zone (one of RZ, GZ, and BZ) that includes a heel to be discarded and a color zone (one of RZ, GZ, and BZ) that includes a heel to be operated next. One is judged.

  As described above, the identification patterns (red circles, green circles, blue circles) in the respective color zones including the entrances corresponding to the symbols 1 to 9 and 1 to 9 in the symbol codes shown in Table 1 respectively. Scores (number of acquired medals) corresponding to combinations of circles (see FIG. 2) are stored in advance in the winning determination program P8 or the ROM 41. Then, when the winning determination program P8 determines that the current 14 hand rules include a special combination consisting of a combination of red, green, and blue circle identification patterns, the special combination is completed. A process of transmitting the control command, the special role code, the acquired score, and the like to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb is performed.

  The game mode switching program P11 as game mode switching means includes a first game mode in which a general role is used as a rising role without using a special role, and a second game in which a special role is used as a rising role without using a general role. Control to switch to either mode. In other words, the game mode switching program P11 is executed when the game selection button 37 is operated prior to the operation of the game start button 24 and a command to expand the game in the second game mode is sent. The mode is controlled so as to switch the mode in (the game) to the second game mode, and after the game in the second game mode is ended, the game start button 24 is operated without operating the game selection button 37 and the next time. When the game is started, control is performed so as to cancel the second game mode and switch to the first game mode.

  The color arrangement determination program P12 as the color arrangement determination means is used when the game state in the first game mode is switched to the second game mode by the operation of the game selection button (game selection member) 37. A lottery in which points are given according to the number of times in the first game mode counted by the program P25, and color arrangement in the color zones RZ, GZ, BZ is performed for each point number range based on the number of points. decide. Then, a color arrangement signal based on the determination is transmitted to the screen display program P32 of the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb are the sub board operation control program P21, the communication control program P22, the lamp control program P23, the rising habit determination program P24, and the current station number count program P25. Etc. 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.

  In the game of the first game mode described above, the rising kite determination program P24 is based on the current thirteen rules transmitted from the main control board Ka after the player has performed the throwing kite operation. It functions to support a required operation performed by the player in order to complete the winning combination (for example, assist a bag to be refrained). The uplifting judgment program P24 is a kite that can complete the upswing of the general role when the player adds one kite to the current thirteen hands by performing his own operation (uprising) This is a program for determining whether or not there is a problem and supporting the wrinkle that should be self-recognized in advance (display processing on the rising wrinkle display unit 31 in FIG. 4) via a screen display program P32 described later. Then, the rising haze determination program P24 performs control so that, when a wrinkle that should be self-recognized in order to complete a rising hand is extracted, the design of this haze is displayed on the rising haze display unit 31.

  The flow station number counting program P25 as the flow station number counting means adds the first and second game modes to the number of flow stations in the first and second game modes switched by the game mode switching program P11. And function to count every game mode. The value counted by the current station count program P25 is stored in the RAM 42 of the sub control board Kb.

  In the first game mode, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka activates the winning determination program P8 when the player fires a game ball and performs a self-control operation to reach 14 hands. Judgment is made as to whether the winning combination has been completed. If the player has not completed the rising role of the general character, each time the player performs an “discarding operation” that throws away one unnecessary bag from the 14 cards, it is stored in the table storage area. The 13 symbol codes stored in memory are 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 code of the rising heel is performed, the rising heel determination program P24 of the sub-control board Kb receives the symbol code of the rising heel. Through the 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 symbol of the general role. At this time, sound may be output from the speaker 6.

  Further, in the game of the second game mode described above, the rising habit determination program P24 determines the result of the determination by the zone determination program P10, that is, the color zone including the habit to be thrown away next to complete the special role ( RZ, GZ, or BZ) and / or a color zone (RZ, GZ, or BZ) that includes a basket to be operated next is played via a ball entry assist program P323 on the image control board Kc. It has a function to assist the person. In other words, the uplifting determination program P24 is a kite that can complete the uplifting role of the special role when the player adds his own scissors to the current thirteen hands (13). A process of determining whether or not there is a color zone including a wrinkle to be thrown away or a wrinkle to be self-displayed on the wrinkle display unit 31 and assisting is performed via the ball entry assist program P323.

  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 has a function of performing processing for displaying an image, numerical information, and the like on the display device 14 based on the control command and the control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, and the normal game screen display program P321. A special role symbol display program P323, a special game screen display program P322, and a ball entry assist program P323. The screen display program P32 further includes each frame Fr provided to the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,... Based on the color arrangement signal sent via the sub control board Kb according to the lottery result by the color arrangement determination program P12. Each thin film display panel is controlled so as to be in a display state corresponding to the lottery result.

  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 When a rising combination is completed, the program includes a program including various display means such as a process for displaying the number of points obtained for the rising combination. Further, when the game effect display program P3212 receives the code of the rising combination that can acquire the big game combination and the chance game combination and the design code of the front and back dramas, as shown in FIG. 4, the game effect display program P3212 displays the big game combination and the chance game combination. A process of displaying the big game rising combination display unit 32, the chance rising combination display unit 33, and the front drum on the front drum display unit 29 is performed.

  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 ball entry assist program P323 constitutes an assist means together with the above-described rising kite determination program P24. During the game of the second game mode switched by the operation of the game selection button 37, one game is played according to the special combination. When proceeding, in response to the signal sent from the kite determination program P24 according to the entering situation of each of the zones RZ, GZ and BZ, the kite to be thrown away next for the completion of the special role A message as shown in FIGS. 5A, 5 </ b> B, and 5 </ b> C that allows the player to recognize at least one of the color zone including the color zone and the color zone including the bag to be operated next is displayed. It is displayed on the display unit 31.

  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 above-described sparrow ball gaming machine 1 and the processing of each program associated with this procedure will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The flowchart shows only the processing related to the special role assist and the like. As an example, it is assumed that the assist corresponds to the special role A of the one-point winning combination described above.

  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.

  When the game selection button 37 is operated prior to the operation of the game start button 24, the game mode switching program P11 responding to the command issued at this time is switched to the second game mode. Control. On the other hand, when the previous game mode is the second game mode, the game mode switching program P11 changes the second game mode when the game start button 24 is operated without operating the game selection button 37. Control to cancel and switch to the first game mode. When the previous game mode is the first game mode and the game start button 24 is operated without operating the game selection button 37, the switching program P12 changes the first game mode to the next game mode. Needless to say, the game is controlled to continue.

  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 operates the game selection button 37, when the player switches from the first game mode to the second game mode by this operation, the color arrangement determination program P12 is counted by the franchise count program P25. In addition, the number of flow stations in the first game mode is read from the RAM 42 of the sub-control board Kb, points are given according to the count value (flow station number value), and the color zones RZ, GZ, BZ are based on the number of points. The color arrangement in is determined by lottery.

  Specifically, for example, when the player who has obtained the point 10 operates the game selection button 37, the following color arrangement is determined by lottery based on the point 10. At that time, of course, 30 and 40 will be drawn more than point 10 so as to be advantageous in the progress of the game. As a result, for example, all of the color zones RZ, GZ, and BZ may be set to the red zone RZ, or all the remaining ones except for one place may be set to the red zone RZ. In this case, the player can complete the desired special role relatively easily even if the game ball launch lever 4 is rough-operated, which is a very advantageous situation. On the other hand, even if the game selection button 37 is operated to change to the second game mode at the point where points have not been accumulated yet because the rising role has continued or soon after the start of the game, An advantageous situation is not selected in the placement lottery, and the player simply switches to the second game mode.

  When the game start button 24 is pressed after the game selection button 37 is operated, the game mode switching program P11 is controlled to switch the current game mode to the second game mode, and the main board operation control program When P1 detects a game start signal from the game start button 24, it becomes possible to start one game in the second game mode. At this time, until the color arrangement is changed according to the lottery result, the color zones RZ, GZ, BZ in the initial form as shown in FIG. 2 are present in the frames Fr of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,. Will be displayed. When one game started by the operation of the game start button 24 finally becomes a flow station, the flow station number count program P25 counts the fact by 1 (increment by 1), and the RAM 42 of the sub control board Kb. Remember me. This process is counted and continued each time a new game is started by operating the game start button 24 while the rising combination is not established and the flow continues.

  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. Then, the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc displays the effect image at the start of the game on the display device 14 based on this control command, and outputs the sound from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P41. To do. 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.

  Then, the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb indicates the disclosed number of bags that are disclosed at the current game place for the 14 game symbols transmitted from the main control board Ka. Process to count to the table. Further, when the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc receives 14 symbols, the image of the tile as 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.

  When the main board operation control program P1 completes the control to display the 14 symbols of the tiles, the table and the like that are automatically arranged on the display device 14, the display device 14 confirms that the game start conditions are satisfied. 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 manually arranged cards have already completed the special combination. If the winning combination is completed in this determination process, the winning determination program P8 determines what special role is set in advance and the number of medals that can be acquired by the player.

  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 that have been automatically arranged have not completed the special role rising role, the main board operation control program P1 will cause the player to select one unnecessary bag from the table. A control command for performing a screen display for prompting an operation of discarding the image is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. In the image control board Kc, when this control command is received via the rising wrinkle determination program P24, a message for prompting the ball entry assist program P323 to perform an operation of discarding one unnecessary wrinkle from the hand bag is illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), a process of displaying and assisting on the rising haze display unit 31 is performed. At this time, the voice / sound effect output program P41 may be operated to perform a process of prompting together with the voice.

  The above-described rising kite determination program P24 is designed to assist the player with a kite to be sung to complete the special role after the player performs a throwing kite operation. Judge whether there is a rising habit that can complete a special role when adding. In step S1, the rising wrinkle determination program P24 determines whether or not all 14 hand wrinkles are the same kind of wrinkles (that is, the wrinkles that belong to the same color zone). In step S2, the process returns to step S2. In this step S2, it is determined whether or not there are four of the same kind in the fourteen hands, and as a result, if there are four, the process proceeds to step S and the “assist notification” subroutine is executed. Otherwise, return.

  Then, when the process starting with the label “Assist notification” in FIG. 11 is started, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the zone to which the same kind of 4 牌 belongs is the red zone RZ. As a result, if it is determined that the zone is the red zone RZ, the process proceeds to step S12, and a message indicating that the red identification pattern jar is discarded, that is, the “red zone jar” shown in FIG. If the user discards and discards, the rise will be faster ”. As a result, the player visually recognizes the message displayed on the uplift display unit 31, and in accordance with the assist information, the red color is selected from the 14 hand displays displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self-display unit 36. The game is advanced so as to complete the special combination A which is a one-point winning combination by throwing away the trap belonging to the zone RZ.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S11 that the zone to which the same type 4 牌 belongs is not the red zone RZ, the process proceeds to step S13, and whether or not the color zone to which the same type 4 牌 belongs is the blue zone BZ. Determine. As a result, if it is determined that the zone is the blue zone BZ, the process proceeds to step S14, and a message indicating that the blue identification pattern is discarded and the operation is performed, that is, “If the blue zone is discarded, the increase is faster. “Masu” is displayed and displayed on the heel display unit 31. As a result, according to the assist information of the rising habit display unit 31, the player throws away the habit belonging to the blue zone BZ of the 14 habits and advances the game to complete the special role A. Become.

  If it is determined in step S13 that the color zone to which the same type of 4 tile belongs is not the blue zone BZ, the process proceeds to step S15, where a message indicating that the green identification pattern must be discarded, that is, a message indicating that the color zone should be operated. “If the green zone is discarded, it will go up faster” and is displayed on the display 31. Accordingly, in accordance with the assist information of the rising habit display unit 31, the player discards the habit belonging to the green zone GZ among the 14 habits and completes the special role A that is a one-point winning combination. The game will progress.

  At the time of the discarding operation, when the player determines the symbol of the discarding rule, the player selects one of the discarding buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,. Turn it on) and 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.

  Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 includes the image control board via the sub-control board Kb and the sub-control board Kb together with the control command of the discarded design code and the 13-hand design code. Processing to transmit to Kc is performed. 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.

  Then, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka operates the game ball management program P4 when the above-described processing relating to the player's throwing-in operation is completed, and moves the game ball to the game ball launch position. Process to send. Then, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to be able to launch a game ball into the game board surface 2.

In this state, the ball entry assist program P323 responds to a signal sent from the uphill determination program P24 according to the entry situation of each of the zones RZ, GZ, and BZ, and then self-restraints for completion of the special combination. In order to allow the player to recognize the color zone that includes the bag to be manipulated, the message “Swim up the blue zone will increase the speed” as shown in FIG. As shown in c), a message prompting the player to move to the special role B of the two-point winning role as “The player who throws away the green zone trap and self-rescue the red zone increases the score of the winning combination” It is displayed on the rising haze display unit 31.

  In this state, when the player recognizes the message and fires a game ball, and this game ball enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., Sensors provided at the entrances respectively. Detects a 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.

  Subsequently, the winning determination program P8 is operated, and it is determined whether or not the 14 hands have completed the special combination rising combination. Then, when the hand is raised and the winning combination is completed, the determination as to which rising role is raised and the score that the player can acquire are obtained, and these data are imaged via the sub-control board Kb. Processing to transmit to the control board Kc is performed. On the other hand, if the rising combination is not completed, the message as described above is displayed on the rising pole display unit 31 in a timely manner, and the player is unnecessary among the 14 manuals while watching this message. A throwing-in operation that throws out a single bag will be performed.

  According to the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, the rising combination is set including a plurality of types of general combination and special combination, and the zone determination program P10 advances one game according to the special combination. When the color zone RZ, GZ, BZ is entered, the color zone including the basket to be thrown away next to complete the special role and / or the basket to be operated next Is determined, and the rising hail determination program P24 and the entry assist program P323 assist in accordance with the determination result by the zone determination program P10. Thereby, it is possible to simplify the game rules by using the color zone of the rising role, and to construct a system in which the player can easily recognize the game contents. Then, the player may advance the game according to the assist so as to arrange special roles according to a special rule that is simpler than the mahjong rule, so that a game that is fair to all players regardless of the level of mahjong knowledge. It becomes possible to provide. In addition, it is possible to reduce the time to think especially during the throwing away operation, thereby avoiding a problem that takes more time than necessary and impairs the speed of game progression.

  Further, the color zones RZ, GZ, and BZ are configured by grouping a plurality of entrances 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e,... Therefore, it is easy for the player to identify when the game progresses, the game progress can be made extremely simple, and when a plurality of color groups of the entrance are changed, this can be flexibly handled. it can.

  Further, when the game selection button 37 is operated at the start of one game, a command for developing the game in the second game mode using only the special role is transmitted to the game mode switching program P11, and the switching program P11 Since the game mode is switched to the second game mode, when a player who is not so high in mahjong knowledge or the sparrow ball game skill level plays a game, the game selection button 37 is operated at the start of the game, and the sparrow using only the special role is used. Therefore, it is possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine that can be sufficiently enjoyed in accordance with the skill level, even for a player who has high mahjong knowledge and who is not so expensive.

  In addition, the number of flow stations in the first and second game modes switched by the game mode switching program P11 is counted together and counted for each game mode. Since the number counting program P25 is provided, it is possible to determine a situation where the number of times of flow stations called so-called humming is increased, and the determination contents can be utilized for various controls.

  Further, when the game state in the first game mode is switched to the second game mode by operating the game selection button 37, the points are determined according to the number of times in the first game mode counted by the number-of-games count program P25. And a color arrangement determination program P12 for determining the color arrangement in the color zones RZ, GZ, and BZ based on the number of points, for example, the player can play a general role game in the first game mode. When the mode is switched to the second game mode in view of the fact that it has become a rave many times, a remedy measure is taken such that the more the number of raffles is, the more so-called humiliation becomes, the more advantageous the development in the next game is. Will be able to. Furthermore, since the color arrangement determination program P12 determines the color arrangement in the color zones RZ, GZ, and BZ by lottery performed for each number range of points, the player is in light of the condition of the first game mode. In addition, the game selection member can be operated to switch to the second game mode while expecting the development in the next game to be more advantageous.

  Note that the function of the color arrangement determination program P12 is replaced with the lottery determination format based on the points described above, and the number of times of flow stations counted in the flow number of times count program P25 is preset when the game start button 24 is operated. When it is determined that the number of times has been exceeded, the color arrangement in the color zones RZ, GZ, and BZ can be set so as to be determined by lottery so that it is advantageous for establishing a winning combination.

  In this case, for example, when the player starts the game by operating the game start button 24, if the so-called humiliation is deep due to the fact that the number of times of the flow has exceeded a predetermined number (for example, 7 times or 8 times). The deeper the game (the bigger the game), the more advantageous the game development will be, and the better the relief measures for Hamari. As a situation where the game development is advantageous, for example, when the game content is set so that the highest score is obtained when all of them are arranged in the red zone, and so-called humming continues 7 times (or 8 times) The red zone RZ can be set at a place where the entrance is easy among the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,.

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that the lottery advantageous to the player is performed according to the determination format according to the number of points or the determination format according to the so-called number of humiliations, but the lottery is triggered by the establishment of other conditions. It is also possible to configure so that

  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. An example of assist display on the rising eyelid display unit in the present embodiment is shown, and FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C are schematic diagrams respectively showing specific examples. 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 assist for demonstrating the effect | action in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which extracts and shows the process regarding assist 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 24: Game start button (game start operation member)
37: Game selection button (game selection member)
BZ: Blue zone GZ: Green zone P10: Zone determination program (zone determination means)
P11: Game mode switching program (game mode switching means)
P12: Color arrangement determination program (color arrangement determination means)
P24: Climb judgment program (assist means)
P25: Flow station number counting program (flow station number counting means)
P323: Entry assist program (assist means)
RZ: Red zone

Claims (3)

The game board surface has a plurality of entrances arranged corresponding to a plurality of types of mahjong tiles, and a combination of the mahjong tiles obtained by entering the entrances is used for each game. A sparrow ball game machine that can be played to establish
The rising role is divided into a plurality of general roles according to the mahjong rule, and a mahjong tile pattern corresponding to each of the plurality of entrances is divided into a plurality of color zones according to colors, and a special simpler than the mahjong rule. It is set including multiple special roles that can be followed according to the rules, and
When one game is progressed according to the special role, depending on the entering situation of each of the plurality of color zones, a color zone and / or next containing a bag to be thrown away for completion of the special role A zone determination means for determining a color zone including a wrinkle to be operated by itself;
According to the determination result by the zone determination means, an assist means for assisting by displaying on the display section a one containing the heel to be discarded or to be refrained from among the plurality of color zones ;
Switching between the first game mode in which the general combination is used as the rising combination without using the special combination and the second game mode in which the special combination is used as the rising combination without using the general combination Game mode switching means;
A game selection member for sending a command to the game mode switching means to play a game in the second game mode when operated at the start of one game;
The number of streaming stations that counts the number of streaming stations in the first and second game modes that are switched by the game mode switching means, in addition to the first and second game modes, and also counts for each game mode. Counting means;
When switching from the gaming state in the first game mode to the second game mode by operating the game selection member, according to the number of times of streaming in the first game mode counted by the number of times of streaming count A color arrangement determining means for assigning points and determining a color arrangement in the color zone by lottery based on the number of points;
A sparrow ball game machine characterized by comprising:   The game board surface has a plurality of entrances arranged corresponding to a plurality of types of mahjong tiles, and a combination of the mahjong tiles obtained by entering the entrances is used for each game. A sparrow ball game machine that can be played to establish
  The rising role is divided into a plurality of general roles according to the mahjong rule, and the mahjong tile design corresponding to each of the plurality of entrances is divided into a plurality of color zones according to colors, and a special simpler than the mahjong rule. It is set including multiple special roles that can be followed according to the rules, and
  When one game is progressed according to the special role, depending on the entering situation of each of the plurality of color zones, a color zone and / or next containing a bag to be thrown away for completion of the special role A zone determination means for determining a color zone including a wrinkle to be operated by itself;
  According to the determination result by the zone determination means, an assist means for assisting by displaying on the display section a one containing the heel to be discarded or to be refrained from among the plurality of color zones;
  Switching between the first game mode in which the general combination is used as the rising combination without using the special combination and the second game mode in which the special combination is used as the rising combination without using the general combination Game mode switching means;
  A game selection member for sending a command to the game mode switching means to play a game in the second game mode when operated at the start of one game;
  The number of streaming stations that counts the number of streaming stations in the first and second game modes that are switched by the game mode switching means, in addition to the first and second game modes, and also counts for each game mode. Counting means;
  It is determined that the game start operation member operated at the start of one game and the number of flow stations counted by the flow station number counting means exceeds a preset number when the game start operation member is operated. Color arrangement determination means for determining by lottery so that the color arrangement in the color zone rises and is advantageous for the formation of a combination,
  A sparrow ball game machine characterized by comprising: The plurality of color zones are configured in groups for each of the plurality of entrances, each of which has an identification pattern of the same color that can be changed in color.
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that.

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