JP4831734B2 - 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 improved so as to be able to support the progress of the game in a state of listening.

  Conventionally, a predetermined number of entrances with a mahjong tile pattern are provided at the bottom of the game board on which various game parts are arranged, and a game medal (hereinafter also simply referred to as a “medal”) is inserted into a medal (coin) slot. After the game is inserted, for example, when 14 game balls per game are launched on the game board and each game ball enters one of the entrances, the pattern of the mahjong tile corresponding to the entrance However, there is a sparrow ball game machine that functions (manual arrangement function) so as to be displayed on an image display device arranged on the game board.

  In recent years, a game medal inserted in a medal (coin) slot is detected based on a detection switch, and a mahjong tile pattern is automatically displayed on the image display device in an appropriate combination (automatic distribution function). A sparrow ball game machine equipped with is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). In this sparrow ball game machine, when unnecessary spears (hereinafter also referred to as “unnecessary spears”) are discarded from the hand spears displayed on the image display device, one game ball can be launched again. The truncation operation (discarding operation) and the 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.

  In the sparrow ball gaming machine as described above, for example, a player who wants to acquire (self-confidence) in a manual according to a desired retirement role (raising role) (hereinafter also referred to as a self-discipline candidate). ), And a player who notifies a player of a player who wants to discard a player's hand (hereinafter also referred to as a hitting candidate or an unnecessary player). In such a sparrow ball game machine, the winning combination that is most likely to be completed is determined from the combination of the hand during the game, and the self-requirement required to approach the completion of the winning combination Candidates and unnecessary hitting candidates are determined. Then, when the player presses a help button or the like, the self-cancellation candidate and the striking candidate are displayed on a liquid crystal display device located at the center of the game area (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP-A-7-39623 JP 7-148310 A

  By the way, in the sparrow ball game machine as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, there is no need for the player to truncate by pressing the help button in a state where the player holds the player in his hand. The bag is visually recognized on the liquid crystal display device, and a truncation operation (discarding operation) is performed. In many cases, since there are a plurality of these unnecessary spiders, the player selects a spear to be discarded from among them and performs a discard spear operation.

  However, in the sparrow ball game machine as described above, it is possible for the player to recognize all unnecessary traps that can be discarded at that time. Since the type of cocoon and the number of waits are not notified, it is difficult for beginners who have little knowledge of mahjong, especially to determine which of the above potatoes should be discarded. It was.

  In addition, in order to determine a discarded trap from the many unnecessary traps displayed, it is possible to maximize the type of waiting queue after waiting for discarding the discarded trap and the number of waiters (that is, It is necessary to have knowledge that can select a game that can be most advantageously advanced toward completion, and even a player who is used to mahjong more than a certain level may fail to select due to carelessness or misunderstanding.

  In particular, if the selection of the throwing pad is mistaken in the state of hearing just before the rising role is completed, the number of waiting points and the number of waiting points will be reduced, so that the rising role is completed. There is a risk of extra effort and labor.

  Therefore, the present invention can smoothly advance the game regardless of the knowledge of mahjong or the sparrow ball game machine by providing fine display support when completing the rising role in the sparrow ball game machine in the hearing state. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that is configured as described above and solves the above-described problems.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIG. 1 to FIG. 8) includes a plurality of entrances (11) provided in the game board surface portion (2) so as to correspond to a pattern of a mahjong tile comprising a plurality of species. ), And the mahjong tile design corresponding to the entrance to each entrance (11) is regarded as self-determination, and released in the process of forming a rising role from the combination of hand-drawn designs including the self-determination. In the sparrow ball game machine (1), in which a game is performed in such a way as to throw away the trap to be thrown away and to establish the combination of the hand and hand symbols as the rising combination,
Hearing state determination means (P10) for determining whether or not a combination of hand symbols is in a listening state immediately before completing the combination of rising roles;
In order it is determined that the聴牌state by the聴牌state determining means, tile pattern detecting means discarded to detect the temporary discard tiles of symbols selected from a state of holding 14 the tile hand and (P1),
A waiting symbol for selecting a waiting symbol required for the combination of the hand symbol except the temporary discard symbol detected by the discard symbol detection means (P1) to complete the combination of rising roles. Selection means (P241);
A waiting symbol display means (31) for displaying the symbol of the waiting queue selected by the waiting symbol selection means (P241) before releasing the temporary disposal bag as a discarding waste;
It is in the sparrow ball game machine (1) characterized by this.

The present invention according to claim 2 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIG. 8) includes a front frame (45) for supporting the game board surface (2), and an operation provided on the front frame (45). A panel (3),
The operation panel (3) is provided with a display device (14) on which a hand symbol design is displayed, and operation buttons (16a to 16m, 17) for selecting and discarding a waste bag at the time of release , and
The waiting tiles symbol display means, navigation display unit (31) arranged in said display device (14) der is,
Detection of the temporary thrown away symbol by the discarded symbol design detecting means (P1) is executed at the time of selecting the operation button (for example, 16a).
It exists in the sparrow ball game machine (1) of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to the third aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 3 and 8), when the operation buttons (16a to 16m, 17) are pressed for the first time, the discarded design detection means ( Detection of the design of the temporary disposal bag by P1) is performed,
When the same operation button (16a to 16m, 17) is pressed twice in succession, the temporary waste bag is released as a waste bag.
It exists in the sparrow ball game machine (1) of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Note that the reference numerals in the parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for convenience to facilitate understanding of the invention and has no influence on the description of the claims. It is not a thing.

According to the present invention according to claim 1,聴牌state determining means determines whether tile hand symbol is聴牌state, discarded tile pattern detecting means, a tile hand in order is determined聴牌state 14 The design of the temporary discard kite selected from the held state is detected, and the standby symbol selection means selects the symbol of the waiting kit that completes the rising role with the combination of the hand symbol design excluding the temporary discard kite design. The selection and waiting symbol display means displays the selected waiting symbol before releasing the temporary discarding symbol as a discarding symbol, so that the player can select the waiting type and waiting time to complete the rising role. After knowing the number and the like in advance, it is possible to select a throwing kite in the listening state and perform a throwing kit operation. As a result, even a player who is unfamiliar with mahjong can recognize the waiting queue required to complete the rising role, and can select and discard the throwing pad. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of an error in the throwing away operation due to the difference in memory and the like.

  In addition, even players who are used to mahjong and sparrow ball machines can perform a littering operation after confirming the expected waiting time. Can be prevented. As described above, the player can perform the selection of the throwing bowl and the discarding operation while visually confirming the throwing bowl, so that the game by the sparrow ball game machine can proceed smoothly without delay and the best in the listening state. The waiting state (that is, the state in which the type of waiting queue and the number of waits are most likely to rise) can be selected and formed.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises a front frame that supports the game board surface portion, and an operation panel provided on the front frame, and the operation panel includes a display device that displays a hand-drawn design. Since the waiting symbol display means is provided as a navigation display unit in the display device, the method of moving the hand toward the rising role while keeping the combination of the waiting rod and the waiting rod at the same time on the operation panel. I can think about it. Thereby, it is possible to reduce misjudgment that tends to occur when deciding a thrown away bag, and it is possible to make the game proceed smoothly by shortening the time required to decide the thrown away jar.

In addition , the operation panel is provided with an operation button for selecting and discarding the discarded sardine at the time of release, and the detection of the discarded sardine symbol by the discarded scent symbol detecting means is executed at the time of selecting the operation button. By a simple method of selecting and operating the bag with the operation button, it is possible to confirm the waiting queue when the discarded bag is temporarily cut off. This makes it possible to reduce the time spent for selecting and determining the throwing bowl and speeding up the game progress.

  Hereinafter, a sparrow ball game machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described as an embodiment of a sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a sparrow ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the configuration of the operation panel shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a screen example displayed on the display device shown in FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine, and FIG. 5 is a configuration example of a program mounted on the main control board shown in FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a program mounted on the sub-control board shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a program mounted on the image control board shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displaying a waiting queue.

  In this sparrow ball game machine, a sparrow ball game machine that performs a game (game) using a total of 108 spears, each of 27 types of spear symbols, will be described as an example. The 27 types of kites include, for example, nine types of “Ichigo” to “Jiu”, nine types of “One” to “Nine”, “Ikko” and “Juku” ”Two types of cords,“ east ”,“ south ”,“ west ”,“ north ”,“ white ”,“ 發 ”, and“ medium ”. Choshi and Tsutsuko are several, and the chords “Ikko” and “Juku” are not included in Junji because they cannot form Junko. 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”. It is also possible to configure the character と し て as “one cylinder” and “nine cylinders” and “east”, “south”, “west”, “north”, “white”, “發”, and “middle”.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the front portion of the sparrow ball game machine 1 includes a front frame portion (front frame) 45, a game board surface portion 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, 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 are provided.

  A front frame portion 45 is attached to the front portion of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 so as to be openable and closable, and the game board surface portion 2 is supported from the rear side. In the center of the game board surface portion 2 surrounded by the guide rails 8, there is a special winning device (hereinafter referred to as an attacker) 9, an attacker operating port 10 through which a game ball can pass above the attacker 9, and an upper portion of the attacker 9. A plurality of entrances 11 a, 11 b, 11 c,... Are respectively provided on the left and right and below (hereinafter, the plurality of entrances are also referred to as “entrance 11”). The plurality of entrances 11 correspond to 27 common symbols (symbols are not shown) of the cage except for cords from two ropes to eight cords. Is provided. For example, on the left and right sides of the attacker 9, there are a "Ikko" entrance 11a and a "Jukugo" entrance 11b, and in the lower part of the attacker 9, an "East" entrance 11c, "South ”And 11” are provided. Further, the game board surface portion 2 provided in the gaming machine main body 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, 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 (game) end button 23, a game start button 24, and a REJECT button 25 are included. When the player operates these buttons (presses the switch to turn on), that is, for example, operates the self-determination button 21, a self-determination determination signal is generated, and this signal is controlled by a microcomputer or the like. Input to the 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 information (characters, numerical data, etc.) necessary for the player according to the progress of the game, images, presentation images, etc. are displayed on the display unit 14. Is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, at the upper part in the left-right width direction of the display surface, a medal stored number display unit 26, a remaining game ball number display unit 27, a wind screen display unit 28, a front drum display unit 29, and a back drum display unit 30, a navigation display unit (waiting symbol display means) 31, a big game rising combination display unit 32 showing a rising combination that can acquire a right of a big game among special games, and further a right of chance game. A chance rising combination display section 33 showing a possible rising combination and a discarded bowl display section 34 for displaying a discarded bowl pattern are provided, and a basket pattern, a production image, characters, numerical data, and the like are displayed as the game progresses. .

  Further, at the lower part in the left-right width direction of the display surface of the display device 14, a hand display unit 35 for displaying 14 hand symbols is provided, including a self-displaying unit 36 for displaying the self-contained symbol. ing. It should be noted that button names (A, B,...) Corresponding to the discard buttons 17a, 16b,. C, D, E,..., N) are displayed. The displayed mahjong tiles are displayed in color.

  A control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention is mounted at a predetermined position inside the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, 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 for inputting / outputting signals to / from the CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, various sensors and various operation buttons such as the discard button 16a, respectively. The microcomputer includes an output interface circuit 43 and a communication interface circuit 44 for communicating with each other between the control boards Ka, Kb, and Kc.

  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, respectively, so that data communication can be performed. As the CPU 40, an appropriate CPU of 8 bits, 16 bits, 32 bits, 64 bits or the like corresponding to the processing function of each main control board Ka, sub control board Kb, and image control board Kc is 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 types of data to be displayed when the player completes the rising role. Production image data is prepared. In addition, as various kinds of audio data, there are prepared digital data for outputting a sound for supporting 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. 5, for example, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka include a main board operation control program (discarded symbol detection means) P1, a communication control program P2, a medal management program P3, and a game ball management. Program P4, automatic distribution program P5, special gamer lottery program P6, Dora lottery program P7 for determining front and back dramas, winning determination program P8, self-selection support program P9, listening pattern determination program (listening state) Judging means) P10, 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 the entrance to the symbol data of the manual ), Or when the player operates the throwing away button 16a or the like, and performs an operation (discarding throwing operation) for discarding unnecessary straws from the hand, any throwing button such as the throwing away button 16a or the like. And processing to delete (release) the symbol of the bag corresponding to each discard button from the manual data.
(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.
(4) When the player's hand is in a listening state (when it is determined to be in a listening state by a hearing pattern determination program P10 described later and the listening flag is on), the player throws it away. Even when the heel button 16a or the like is operated, the first pressing operation does not perform the above-described throwing-away operation, but performs the light emission process of the heel symbol corresponding to the pressing operation (shown in FIG. 8 described later). (Refer to the hand display unit 35 in the display device 14). This light emission process is executed when the main board operation control program P1 transmits a control command to that effect to the game effect display program P3212 on the sub control board Kb described later. In this way, when the heel that has been pressed for the first time is subjected to a light emission process, the player visually recognizes that the heel is in a selected state. Further, at the same time as the light emission process, the main board operation control program P1 performs a process of transmitting the symbol code of the bag associated with the discarded button that has been pressed for the first time to the sub-control board Kb. When performing the littering operation in the listening state as described above, the littering button in the selected state is pressed once again so that it is associated with the littering button. The symbol code of the existing bag is sent to the sub-control board Kb as a discarded bag.

  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 paying out the game as the game progresses. The main board operation control program P1 detects a medal insertion signal or the like from the medal insertion slot 15. Sometimes, the following processing is executed.
(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, “1” 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 a 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 the medal reserve number is set to “1” every time one medal is paid out to the medal tray 5. "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 an operation signal for the throwing bowl is detected from the throwing bowl button 16a or the like, control is performed to send one gaming ball to a gaming ball launch position (not shown).
(C) When a game ball launched from the game ball launch lever 4 enters one of the entrances 11 and the entrance signal is detected, “1” is subtracted from the remaining number of game balls, and the entrance Create a symbol code for the kite corresponding to the entrance.

  The automatic catering program P5 is a program for automatically determining 14 symbols of the catering at the start of one game, and using the random number generated by the random number generating means, A process of determining 14 symbols from 108 mahjong tiles used in machine 1 is performed.

The automatic catering program P5 can determine the symbols of the 14 bags required at the start of the game, for example, by performing the following process.
(A) The spider used in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention has a total of 108 spiders, 27 kinds of spears, excluding cords from two ropes to eight ropes. Therefore, as shown in Table 1, symbol codes (hexadecimal numbers) are assigned to 27 types of spider symbols, and a total of 108 symbols composed of 27 types each have a numerical value from 0 to 107. The assigned data table is registered in the ROM 41 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 the 14 symbols required at the start of the game are determined. In addition, it is necessary to add the program which performs a randomization process to the program which generate | occur | produces this 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.

  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 game is determined by lottery by selecting one of the three winning 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 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. It is a program for judging whether or not. 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. If the winning determination program P8 determines that the current winning combination has been completed, the control command for completing the rising combination, the code for the rising combination, the score obtained, etc. A process of transmitting to the image control board Kc via the 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 hearing pattern determination program P10 is a combination of the rising symbols when the 14 rules are determined by the automatic layout program P5 described above, and when the player performs his own operation. Is a program for determining whether or not the listening state is just before completion. When the hearing pattern determination program P10 determines that it is in the listening state, the hearing flag indicating this is turned on in the RAM 42 mounted on the main control board Ka and the listening state is increased. Data indicating the combination (hereinafter referred to as rising combination data) is transmitted to the sub-control board Kb.

  When the above-mentioned hearing flag is turned on, the throwing-down operation is not performed only by pressing once with the throwing-away button 16a or the like, and the pressing operation is continuously performed twice with the same throwing-in button. When the operation is performed, the discard operation is performed in the main board operation control program P1. When the first pressing operation is performed on the discarding button 16a or the like, the pressed discarding button is selected, and the symbol of the kite associated with the discarding button is a temporary discarding symbol ( Hereinafter, it is set to “temporarily discarded bag design”. The code of the temporary throwing away symbol is transmitted to the sub control board Kb through the control of the communication control program P2. Then, when it is assumed that the above-mentioned temporary throwing bag design has been thrown away from the combination of the current hand-drawn symbols, the kite (hereinafter, referred to as “removal”) required to complete the rising hand from the remaining hand-drawing symbol combinations. The process of selecting (waiting) is performed by various programs mounted on the sub-control board Kb described later. As mentioned above, if the same discard button is not pressed twice when the hearing flag is turned on, the discard operation cannot be executed unless the player is inadvertently in the listening state due to carelessness or misunderstanding. The effect of being able to prevent the throwing away operation is obtained.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the program installed in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb is composed of a sub board operation control program P21, a communication control program P22, a lamp control program P23, a waiting symbol determination program P24, and the like. Has been. Further, the waiting symbol determination program P24 includes a waiting symbol selection program (waiting symbol selection means) P241 and a waiting symbol display program P242.

  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. When the image control board Kc receives various control commands and control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, the image control board Kc displays an image and information for presentation on the display device 14 by program processing, and further, voice / sound effects Production sound and sound effects are output from the speaker 6 via the output program P41 (see FIG. 7). The lamp control program P23 is a program for controlling the lighting and extinguishing of the lamp device 7 and the sorting device with lamp 12 based on the control command transmitted from the main control board Ka and its control data.

  The waiting symbol determination program P24 is constituted by the waiting symbol selection program P241 and the waiting symbol display program P242 as described above, and when a temporary discard symbol is transmitted from the main control board Ka in the listening state. Assuming that this temporary throwing spear symbol has been thrown away from the current hand symbol design combination, the player can determine what kind of scissors can be drawn (self-successfully) to complete the optimal climbing role. Is a program that performs navigation (display support) for (i.e., displays a waiting queue).

  The waiting symbol design selection program P241 assumes that the temporary discard symbol transmitted from the main control board Ka has been released from the combination of symbols at that time, and the rising symbol from the remaining symbol pattern is increased. A waiting symbol selection means for selecting a waiting symbol required for completion is configured. This is because the rising role data when the hearing pattern determination program P10 of the main control board Ka determines that it is in the hearing state is compared with the combination data obtained by excluding the temporary discarded symbol from the current hand symbol pattern. Select the waiting queue.

  The waiting symbol display program P242 displays the waiting symbol code selected by the waiting symbol selection program P241 on the navigation display unit 31 of the display device 14 (see the navigation display unit 31 in FIG. 8). The image control board Kc is transmitted together with a display control command. In this way, when the waiting queue corresponding to the temporarily discarded basket is displayed, the player confirms them and performs the best (that is, the one with the highest score when going up) , And the like, the number of waiting times until it rises, etc.) can be selected and the discarding operation can be performed.

  Further, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka completes the winning combination by operating the winning determination program P8 when the player fires a game ball and performs the self-control operation to reach 14 hands. It is determined whether or not it has been made. When the rising combination has not been completed, the 14 symbol codes stored in the palm storage area are 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 is stored in the RAM 42 in ascending order every time the 14 hand code symbols are received. It is used when selecting a waiting queue as the current manual symbol data of P24.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the image control board Kc are composed of an image board operation control program P31, a screen display program P32, a sound / sound effect output program P41, and the like. The screen display program P32 includes a normal game screen display program P321 and a special game screen display program P322. The screen display program P32 and the sound / sound effect output program P41 include a process of displaying various effect images on the display device 14 based on the control command and control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb. Processing for outputting various production sounds and sound effects from the speaker 6 is performed. 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 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 game screen display program P322.

  The normal game screen display program P321 displays various effect images 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. It is a program that performs processing for displaying an image. The normal game screen display program P321 further includes an initial effect display program P3211 and a game effect display program P3212 as subprograms.

  The initial effect display program P3211 performs a process of displaying an effect screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, for example, a title image or a landscape screen of the sparrow ball game machine 1 on the display device 14.

  The game effect display program P3212 is composed of a program for displaying a screen having contents as shown in FIG. For example, based on a control command and its control data transmitted from the main control board Ka via the sub-control board Kb when the player performs a throwing-in operation or a self-control operation, the current manual design Acquired when processing of displaying abandoned symbols, self-describing symbols, waiting symbols transmitted from the sub-control board Kb (see the navigation display unit 31 in FIG. 8), and the like, or completing a rising role Various displays such as processing for displaying the score obtained are 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 display of this rising role and a display of establishment of the big game right on the navigation display unit 31 of the display device 14 at predetermined time intervals, and gives the player the right of the big game. It is a program that performs processing to notify that is established. 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 design displayed on the display device 14 is selected by the right-selection right shift button 19 or This is a program for supporting the operation of selecting the symbol of the cocoon to be self-contained in an interactive manner while operating the heel selection left shift button 20 to scroll.

  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.

  Each 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 that is a program that can be executed by the CPU 40 of each board. The program translated into the program is stored in the ROM 41 of each control board Ka, Kb, Kc.

  Next, the game progress of the above-described sparrow ball gaming machine 1 and the outline of the processing of each program accompanying this progress will be described. 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 progresses 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 button 16a,.

  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 sets the initialization control command when the power is turned on to the sub control board Kb, and the sub control board Kb takes this initial value. The control command is transmitted to the image control board Kc. When the sub-control board Kb and the image control board Kc receive this initialization control command, the sub-control board Kb and the image control board Kc initialize the storage area of the RAM 42 in the board Kc, and the initial effect display program P3211 mounted on the image control board Kc Processing such as displaying an effect screen at the time of ON, for example, a title image or landscape screen of the sparrow ball game machine 1 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 stores various image data, audio / sound effect data stored in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb. Is transmitted to the image control board Kc, and the image board operation control program P31 of the image control board Kc performs processing of storing the received image and sound / sound effect data in the RAM.

  When the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion 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 storage 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 starts.

  Subsequently, under the control of the main board operation control program P1, the automatic layout program P5 is activated to automatically determine the 14 layout patterns necessary for starting the game by 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 (sorted) in the order 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 distributed 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 14 symbol codes, the image of the cocoon pattern as shown in FIG. The display process is performed on the heel display unit 36). While the 14 automatic arrangements have not been determined, the backside of the cocoon or a non-displayed design is displayed as an initial screen on the manual display unit 35 and the self-displaying unit 36 that displays the self-displayed design. Process to display.

  Subsequently, the special game combination lottery program P6 (which operates when a normal game is being played) and the Dora lottery program P7 are activated, and the winning combination (big The game role) and the chance game right can be acquired (chance game role), and the front and back dramas are determined. Then, each data (coded data) of the big game rising combination and the chance game rising combination, front and back games determined by the processing of these programs P6 and P7 (coded data) is sub-control board Kb To the image control board Kc.

  When the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc 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. A process for displaying the chance game combination on the big game rising combination display unit 32, the chance increase combination display unit 33, and the front drum on the front drum display unit 29 is performed.

  The main board operation control program P1 starts the game on the display device 14 when the control to display the 14 symbols of the game, the big game combination, the chance game combination, the front drama etc. on the display device 14 is completed. A screen display for notifying the player that the condition has been established is performed (in this case, a process of adding a voice or notifying only by a voice may be performed).

  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 it is determined in this determination process that the winning combination has been completed, the winning determination program P8 determines which rising combination is set in advance and the score that the player can acquire (the number of acquired medals) ) With reference to the data in Table 2 above. Then, the winning determination program P8 transmits the winning combination, the acquired score, 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 displays a message on the navigation display unit 31 of the display device 14 for prompting the user to discard one unnecessary bag from the hand bag. Perform the process. When displaying a message on the navigation display unit 31, the voice / sound effect output program P41 may be activated to perform a process of prompting together with the voice.

  As a result, the player determines a throw-away trash to be released from the symbols of the heel displayed on the hand heel display unit 35 and the self-portrait display unit 36. When the player decides the throwing away symbol, the player selects (turns on) one of the throwing away buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,. Release. Based on this discard selection, the main board operation control program P1 stores the symbol code that has been discarded by performing the discard operation in the discard storage area of the RAM 42 in the main control board Ka. A process is performed in which the symbol code that has been discarded is deleted from the manual stored in the storage area, and the number of manuals is changed to 13.

  Subsequently, the main board operation control program P1 uses the abandoned symbol code and the symbol code of the 13 manual symbols together with the control command as well as the image via the sub control board Kb and the sub control board Kb. Processing to transmit to the control board 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 the 13 hand rules are displayed. When received, a process of displaying the symbols of the cocoons corresponding to these symbol codes on the hand pallet display unit 35 is performed. At this time, for example, the back side of the bag is displayed on the self-displaying unit 36.

  Next, when the above-described processing related to the player's throwing-in operation is completed, the main board operation control program P1 activates the game ball management program P4 and performs a process of sending one game ball to the game ball launch position. Thus, the player can perform a self-control operation to cause the game ball to be launched into the game board surface portion 2 by operating the game ball launch lever 4 and to enter the game ball into the entrance 11. It becomes.

  When a player launches a game ball (self-control operation), and this game ball enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., A sensor (not shown) detects the game ball and enters it. A sphere signal is generated. 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 been raised and the combination is completed. Then, when the hand is raised and the winning combination is completed, as described above, it is determined what kind of rising role is set in advance and the score that the player can obtain is obtained. A process of transmitting to the image control board Kc via the control board Kb is performed. On the other hand, when the rising combination has not been completed, as described above, the player performs a throwing-in operation for throwing away one piece of spear that is considered unnecessary from the 14 hand-picks.

  As described above, when the self-repetition operation and the throwing-in operation are repeatedly performed, the combination of the player's hand-drawing symbols may be in a listening state immediately before the combination of the rising combination is completed (first time) Can also occur at the time of serving). Whether or not it is in the listening state is determined by the listening pattern determination program P10 of the main control board Ka on the combination of symbols at the time when the 14 hands are held.

  Here, when the hearing pattern determination program P10 determines that the combination of the hands is in the hearing state, the hearing flag indicating this is turned on in the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka. The rising combination data that is the rising combination from the listening state is transmitted to and stored in the RAM 42 of the sub-control board Kb. When any one of the discard buttons 16a is pressed by the player while the listening flag is on, the main board operation control is performed at the time of the first pressing operation. In response to a control command from the program P1, the game effect display program P3212 performs a light emission display of the corresponding discard button. For example, when a button F as shown in FIG. 8 is pressed, the button F is displayed in a state where it emits light more brightly than other adjacent ridges, and is selected. It is.

  As a result, the symbol “伍 萬” associated with the button F is selected as the temporary discard symbol, and the symbol code is transmitted to the sub-control substrate Kb by the main substrate operation control program P1 and temporarily discarded to the RAM 42. Stored as symbol data. As described above, when the temporary discard symbol data is transmitted to the sub-control board Kb, the waiting symbol selection program P241 stores data of the combination of the symbols at the time stored in the manual memory area of the RAM 42. From this, data that is a combination of the remaining hand-drawn symbols excluding the symbol data of “伍 萬”, which is temporarily discarded bag-design data (hereinafter referred to as temporary hand-drawn symbol combination data), is temporarily formed.

  Then, the waiting symbol design selection program P241 performs the waiting symbol selection process by comparing the temporary hand symbol design combination data with the aforementioned winning combination data. This is to form the face forming the uplifting data such as the order made by 3 rows of tents and the inscription made by the same 3 pieces of symbols from the temporary hand symbol design combination data. This is a process of selecting the symbol of the waiting kite by virtually combining the sparrow head (so-called “Atama” in mahjong terminology), Junko, Inko, etc. using the remaining kites that could not be made.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the symbol “伍 萬” is temporarily abandoned symbol data, two pairs of “four bases” and “east” remain without forming an indenter. Since each of these is inscribed, a rising role is formed, so the “four foot” or “east” foot is selected as a waiting queue. In addition, in the case of Kokushi Musou or 7-pair, etc. other than the above-mentioned examples, since it is a rising role in which no Junko or indenter is formed, the temporary hand symbol design combination data and the rising character data are individually displayed. Search for the missing kites by comparing each time, and select the waiting kites.

  As described above, when “four corners” and “east” are selected as waiting queues, the waiting symbol display program P242 transmits those symbol codes and control commands related to display to the image control board Kc. Then, by executing the game effect display program P3212 provided in the normal game screen display program P321, a waiting display as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the navigation display unit 31 of the display device 14.

  In addition, in the combination of hands shown in FIG. 8, in addition to the above-mentioned “伍 萬”, “one kite” or “four kites” can be selected as temporary discard kites. When this “first base” is selected as temporary discard symbol data, “three bases” and “six bases” are displayed on the navigation display unit 31 as waiting, and “four bases” are selected as temporary. In the case of the discarded samurai symbol data, “three bases” and “six bases” are displayed on the navigation display unit 31 as waiting queues. In this way, by selecting “one 萬”, “four 萬”, and “伍 萬”, the waiting queues corresponding to these can be displayed in order on the navigation display unit 31, so that the player You will be able to decide the next move (discard) while examining the height of the score when the rising role is completed and the number of waiting times until the rising role is completed.

  On the other hand, when the hearing pattern determination program P10 does not determine that the player's hand symbol at that time is the hearing state, the hearing flag is not rewritten and the off state is maintained. Even if the discard button 16a or the like is pressed, the normal discard operation described above is performed.

  By the way, when the player is in a listening state and performing the waiting display as described above, the player changes the rising role. Since the combination of the hand symbols is not in the listening state, the listening pattern determination program P10 switches the listening flag stored in the RAM 42 of the main control board Ka to the off state. Further, the hearing pattern determination program P10 provides a control command for deleting the rising combination data transmitted to the sub control board Kb when the hearing state is determined immediately before performing the discarding operation from the RAM 42 of the sub control board Kb. The data is transmitted, and the rising combination data stored in the RAM 42 is deleted. As described above, the setting of the hearing flag or the like is rewritten to the setting in the original gaming state from the state of the listening state, so that the discarding button 16a and the like can be thrown away by a single pressing operation. Return to normal operating condition.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the main control board Ka is provided with the hearing pattern determination program P10 as the hearing state determination means has been described. However, this program is stored in either the sub-control board Kb or the image control board Kc. It can also be provided. Moreover, although the example which equips the sub control board | substrate Kb with the waiting symbol design selection program P241 as the waiting symbol selection means and the waiting symbol display program P242 was demonstrated, these programs were demonstrated by the main control board Ka or image control. It may be provided on any one of the substrates Kc.

  According to the present embodiment described above, when the hearing pattern determination program P10 determines that it is in the hearing state, the main board operation control program P1 discards (in this case, each discard button is assigned to each discard button). When the symbol of the temporary throwing away when it is pressed for the first time is detected, the waiting symbol selection program P241 selects the waiting symbol from the combination of the hand symbols excluding the symbol detected as the temporary throwing away symbol. Since the waiting symbol display program P242 displays the waiting symbols on the navigation display unit 31, the player knows in advance the type and the number of waiting points for completing the rising role, and then throws away the discards in the listening state. You will be able to select and discard. As a result, even an unfamiliar player of mahjong can correctly identify the waiting queue required to complete the rising role, and can select and discard abandoned tiles. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of an error in the discarding operation due to a difference in memory or the like.

  In addition, even players who are familiar with mahjong and sparrow ball game machines 1 can perform the throwing away operation after confirming the expected waiting queue. You can prevent it from happening. In this way, the player can perform the selection by the spear ball game machine 1 smoothly without delay, since the player can perform the selection of the throwing pad and the discarding operation visually. It is possible to select and form the best waiting state (that is, the state in which the waiting queue type and the waiting number are most likely to rise).

  Further, the display device 14 further includes a front frame 45 that supports the game board surface portion 2 and an operation panel 3 provided on the front frame 45, and the operation panel 3 displays a hand symbol design and a waiting screen. Therefore, it is possible to conceive how to advance the hand toward the rising role while keeping the combination of the hand and the waiting line on the operation panel 3 at the same time. As a result, it is possible to reduce misjudgment that tends to occur when deciding a thrown away bag, and it is possible to smoothly advance the game by shortening the time to decide the thrown away jar.

  Further, the operation panel 3 is provided with discard buttons 16a, 16b,..., 16m, and a discard button 17 for selecting and discarding the discard kit at the time of release. When they are operated, they are selected as temporary trash cans, so the trash trash operation is temporarily performed by a simple method of selecting and operating the trash button 16a, 16b,. You will be able to check the waiting time. As a result, the time spent for selection and determination of the thrown away can be shortened, and the game progress can be speeded up.

  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 of this invention. 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 figure which shows the example of a display screen which displayed waiting queue.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sparrow ball game machine 2: Game board surface part 3: Operation panel 11: Entrance 14: Display devices 16a to 16m: Operation buttons (throwing buttons)
17: Operation button (self-discard button)
31: Waiting symbol display means (navigation display part)
45: Front frame (front frame)
P1: Abandoned symbol detection means (main board operation control program)
P10: Hearing state determination means (hearing pattern determination program)
P241: Waiting symbol selection means (waiting symbol selection program)

Claims (3)

It has a plurality of entrances provided in the game board surface corresponding to the mahjong tile design consisting of multiple species, and the mahjong tile design corresponding to the entrance to each entrance is self-sufficient, Sparrows that are played in such a way as to throw away the spears that are released in the process of forming the rising hand from the combination of the hand spear symbols including the self-trapping, and to establish the combination of the hand spear symbols as the rising hand. In a ball game machine,
Hearing state determination means for determining whether or not a combination of hand symbols is in a listening state immediately before completing the combination of rising roles;
In order it is determined that the聴牌state by the聴牌state determining means, a tile pattern detecting means discarded to detect the temporary discard tiles of symbols selected from a state of holding 14 to tile hand,
A waiting symbol design selecting means for selecting a waiting symbol pattern required for completing the combination of the rising combinations as a combination of the hand symbol symbols excluding the temporary discard trap symbol detected by the discard symbol design detecting means; ,
A waiting symbol display means for displaying the symbol of the waiting queue selected by the waiting symbol selection means before releasing the temporary disposal bag as a discarding waste ;
A sparrow ball game machine characterized by that. A front frame that supports the game board surface portion, and an operation panel provided on the front frame;
The operation panel is provided with a display device for displaying a hand symbol design and an operation button for selecting and discarding a throwing bag when discharging , and
The waiting tiles symbol display means, Ri navigation display unit der that arranged on the display device,
Detection of the design of the temporary throwing bag by the discarding symbol design detecting means is performed when the operation button is selected.
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1. When the operation button is pressed for the first time, detection of the temporary throwing-away symbol is performed by the discarding symbol detection means,
When the same operation button is pressed twice in succession, the temporary waste bag is released as a waste bag,
The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 2.

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