JP4968672B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a sparrow ball gaming machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine including a plurality of image display devices in a gaming machine body.

  In general, a sparrow ball game machine can be cited as an example of a game machine. This sparrow ball game machine has a predetermined number of entrances with a mahjong tile pattern at the bottom of the game area of the game board on which various game parts are arranged, and a game medal (hereinafter simply “medal”) at the medal slot. ”), For example, when 14 game balls per game are launched into the game area and each game ball enters one of the entrances, the mahjong corresponding to the entrance There is a sparrow ball game machine that functions so that the symbol of the kite is displayed on a display device arranged in the game area. A sparrow having a function of automatically displaying a mahjong tile design in an appropriate combination (that is, automatic distribution) when a game medal inserted in the medal slot is detected based on the detection switch. Ball game machines are also known.

  In the above sparrow ball game machine, when an unnecessary switch is thrown away by operating the operation switch from the hands displayed on the display device, one game ball can be launched again. The 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 game machine as described above, there are known special games (bonus games) provided with two types of chance games and big games (see Patent Document 1). With a chance game, for example, when the special role (chance role) selected at the start of the game is completed, the attacker operating port on the game board surface becomes effective in the game (game in progress when the chance role is established) When a game ball passes through the attacker operating port, the attacker opens and a predetermined number of balls (for example, five balls) can be entered. At that time, each time a game ball enters the attacker, the player selects 牌For example, a desired bag can be selected as a self-cut by operating the button. As a result, the player can aim for a role with a higher score, and can acquire many game medals.

  For example, when the big game is completed with one special continuation role (big role) selected from the special roles selected at the start of the game, a plurality of times from the next time will be continued following the chance game state of the game. The game is also a game that continues to be in the same state as the chance game. As a result, the player can aim for a high score continuously, and a large number of game medals can be obtained.

  On the other hand, the following pachinko machines are also known (see Patent Document 2). That is, in this pachinko gaming machine, the display control unit reads at least two types of moving image data used for presentation in each of the first and second channels, and the presentation channel is set as the first channel. In response to this, the moving image data developed in the first work area is read and supplied to the image display device. Thereafter, when an operation button is operated by a player or the like, the effect channel is switched from the first channel to the second channel, and at this time, a switch effect pattern that determines the mode of the switch effect is determined. In the mode of the effect determined in the switching effect pattern determined in this way, the image display device performs the switching effect, and the effect can be switched at any time according to the player's operation. To maintain the people's expectations.

JP 07-250938 A JP 2006-175060 A

  By the way, in recent years, the first display device for displaying the mahjong tile design corresponding to the entrance is arranged in the operation unit at the hand of the player who performs the discarding operation and the like and assists the discarding operation. A sparrow ball game machine having a configuration in which a second display device for displaying is displayed in the game area is also known. According to the technique described in Patent Document 2, surprising effects can be obtained by changing the effect displayed on the display device by the player's operation. For example, the technique is applied to the first and second display devices. When applying to the sparrow ball game machine provided in the operation unit and the game area, the effect is monotonous simply by switching the contents displayed on the first display device or the second display device individually. , You can't improve interests and playability.

  Therefore, in the gaming machine having a plurality of image display devices in the gaming machine body, the present invention provides a novel impression that was not expected by switching control so that the display contents on each image display device are exchanged with each other. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can be given to a player and thus solves the above-described problems.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 8) is a gaming machine (1) having a plurality of image display devices (38, 14) in a gaming machine body (1a)
An operation panel (3) in which the gaming machine body (1a) is provided with a game area (2) for playing with the launched game ball and an operation input unit (for example, 13, 16a to 16m, 17 to 24) relating to the game. And having the image display devices (38, 14) in the game area (2) and the operation panel (3),
Display control means (P32, P321) for controlling the plurality of image display devices (38, 14) to display different contents respectively;
Display switching control means (switching control means for switching the display contents displayed on the plurality of image display devices (38, 14) under the control of the display control means (P32, P321) so as to exchange each other at a predetermined timing. and P51), Bei to give a,
The display switching control means (P51) exchanges display contents of the image display device (38) of the game area (2) and the image display device (14) of the operation panel (3) at the predetermined opportunity. Switching control to
The gaming machine (1) is characterized by the above.

  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 first aspect of the present invention, the display control means controls to display different contents on the plurality of image display devices, and the display switching control means controls the plurality of image display devices under the control of the display control means. Switching control is performed so that the displayed contents are exchanged with each other at a predetermined opportunity, so that the display contents are not simply changed individually in each of the plurality of image display apparatuses, and each image display apparatus is supported. By exchanging display contents to be displayed with each other, it is possible to give a player a new and unexpected impression, thereby enhancing interest and improving game playability.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a gaming 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. 1 to 9, but the present invention is not limited to a sparrow ball game machine. Of course, any gaming machine provided with a plurality of image display devices in the gaming machine body can be applied to a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, or the like.

  In the present embodiment, an explanation will be given by taking as an example the sparrow ball game machine 1 in which a game is performed using a total of 108 spears, each of 27 kinds 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 showing an entire sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 includes a gaming machine main body 1a, and the gaming machine main body 1a basically includes a gaming board surface portion (game area) 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 collectively referred to as sound), a lamp device 7, and the like. The The code | symbol 1b shown in FIG. 1 shows the front door supported so that opening and closing is possible with respect to the game machine main body 1a. The operation panel 3 constitutes an operation unit for operating the launching of the game ball to the game board surface portion 2 where the game ball is played.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an image display device 38 composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like for performing a required effect display is arranged at a substantially central portion of the game board surface portion 2 surrounded by the guide rails 8. An attacker 9 as a variable entrance (also referred to as a special entrance) is disposed above the image display device 38. Further, a display unit 37 having a dot matrix display 39 (see FIG. 5) and a segment display (not shown) is disposed above the attacker 9, and the game ball sorting device 12 is provided on the left and right sides of the image display device 38. The distribution members 12a and 12b are arranged, and on the right side of the attacker 9, an attacker operation passing port 10 as a variable entrance opening operating port through which a game ball can pass is disposed.

  The image display device 38 is disposed so as to recede from the game board surface portion 2 to the back side of the sheet of FIG. In addition, the game ball sorting device 12 does not hinder the movement of the sorting members 12a and 12b continuously reciprocating in the left-right direction from the time when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. The parts other than the sorting members 12a and 12b are configured to recede to the back side of the sheet of FIG. These image display device 38 and the lower part of the game ball sorting device 12 other than the sorting members 12a and 12b are provided with a slight gap above the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,. A stage S extending in the left-right direction is provided so as to cover substantially the entire area of the entrances 11c, 11d, 11e,. Between the entrances 11c to 11e,... And the stage S, a number of obstacle nails for restricting the entrance width of each entrance immediately above the entrances 11c to 11e,. Not shown). The game board surface portion 2 is provided with a windmill (not shown) and an obstacle nail (not shown) different from the above.

  Further, the entrances 11a and 11b are arranged on the left and right between the image display device 38 and the display unit 37. Below the stage S, a plurality (25 in this embodiment) of entrances. Mouth 11c, 11d, 11e,... Are provided (hereinafter, referred to as a plurality of entrances 11a to 11e,. The entrances 11a to 11e are provided with 27 pieces corresponding to 27 kinds of symbols (designs are not shown) except for cord cords from two cords to eight cords. In the entrances 11a and 11b, “Ichiro” and “Kuo” are displayed, respectively, “Ichigo” is in the entrance 11c, “Two” is in the entrance 11d, and entrance In 11e, a required mahjong tile design is sequentially displayed, such as “Three Song”.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel (operation unit) 3 is provided with an image display device 14 including a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 15, and various operation buttons. As these various operation buttons, 13 buttons 13a, 16b,..., 16m arranged side by side, self-throwing button 17, reach button 18, bag selection right shift button 19, bag selection left A shift button 20, a self-determination decision button 21, a payout button 22, a game end button 23, a game start button 24, a reject (REJECT) button 25, and a manual operation button (manual operation member) 13 are arranged. 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.

  In this embodiment, a push button switch is employed as the manual operation button 13 which is a manual operation member. Instead, a transparent thin film (touch panel) is provided at any part of the display area of the image display device 14. And a touch screen that senses an input based on pressure, capacitance, or the like acting on an element embedded in the touch panel.

  Various display units are set on the display surface of the image display device 14, and necessary information, images, and effects 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, a game medal storage 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 rising game display unit 31, a big game rising game display unit 32 that indicates a winning game that can obtain the right of a big game among special games, and a chance that indicates a rising game that can acquire the right of a chance game A game winning combination display portion 33 and a throwing-up spear display portion 34 for displaying a throwing spear symbol are provided, and a spear symbol, a rendering image, a numerical value, and the like are displayed as the game progresses. The above-mentioned winning combination that can obtain the right of the big game and the rising combination that can acquire the right of the chance game are hereinafter referred to as “special role”, and the rising role other than the special role is referred to as the “normal role”. ".

  Further, in the lower horizontal direction of the display surface of the image 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. Yes. 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.

  Next, the control system of the sparrow ball game machine 1 will be described in detail. That is, a control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present embodiment is mounted at a predetermined position inside the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the control board includes a main control board Ka, a sub control board Kb, an image control board Kc, and an image control board Kd. The main control board Ka, the sub control board Kb, the image control board Kc, and the image control board Kd are for inputting / outputting signals to / from the CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, various sensors, various operation buttons such as the discard button 16a, and the like. The microcomputer includes an input / output interface circuit 43 and a communication interface circuit 44 for performing communication between the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd. 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 image display devices 14 and 38 and the display unit 37 are the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, It is stored in the ROM 41 mounted on Kd. 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. In addition, the main control board Ka and the sub control board Kb, the sub control board Kb and the image control board Kc, and the sub control board Kb and the image control board Kd are connected by the cable lines T1 and T2 and can perform data communication. ing. 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, image control board Kc, and image control board Kd, or a bit number exceeding these. Any of the CPUs can be employed.

  The dot matrix display 39 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43 of the main control board Ka, the lamp device 7 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43 of the sub control board Kb, and the input / output interface circuit of the image control board Kc. The speaker 6 and the image display device 14 are connected to 43, and the image display device 38 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43 of the image control board Kd.

  Note that predetermined storage addresses of the ROM 41 mounted on the sub-control board Kb are respectively provided to the image display device 14 and the speaker 6 via the image control board Kc, and to the image display device 38 via the image control board Kd. Various image data and various audio data to be displayed are stored. The image data includes 27 kinds of spider symbol data, image data to be displayed as an initial screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, and various effects displayed when the player completes the rising role. There is image data. In addition, as various types of audio data, there are audio data for supporting the progress of the game to the player as the game progresses and digital data for outputting a sound effect for production.

  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. The programs installed in the ROM 41 of the main control board Ka are, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a main board operation control program P1, a communication control program P2, a medal management program P3, a game ball management program P4, and an automatic distribution program. P5, special role selection program P6, dora lottery program P7, winning determination program P8, operation support program P9, special game control program P10, special game continuation control program P11, special game self-restriction selection program P12, and symbol display program P13 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 sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, for example, an initialization control command when the power is turned on is sent to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb and the sub control board Kb. Send. 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 number of stored game medals stored in the RAM.
(B) When a signal from the game start button 24 is detected, “3” is subtracted from the number of game medals stored.
(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 game 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. 1 ”is subtracted.

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 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. The automatic catering program P5 uses the random number generated by the random number generating means to perform a process of determining 14 catering symbols from the 108 mahjong tiles used in the sparrow ball game machine 1.

The automatic catering program P5, for example, performs the following processing to determine the required 14 symbols of the kite at the start of the game.
(A) The spiders used in the sparrow ball game machine 1 are a total of 108 spiders, 27 kinds of spears, excluding the cords from two ropes to eight ropes. 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 numerical values from 0 to 107 are assigned to symbols 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 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 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 role selection program P6 selects a special role (chance role, big role) that can acquire a special game right for each game with reference to a special role data table (not shown), and sends a signal related to the selection. Output. The contents of the selected big combination and chance combination are transmitted to a screen display program P32 described later, and are displayed on the big game rising combination display section 32 and the chance game rising combination display section 33 shown in FIG.

  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. As a method of determining by lottery, for example, there is a method of generating a random number of a predetermined number of digits by program processing, storing it in the RAM 42, and determining using this random number.

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

  The operation support program P9 is a program for supporting an operation related to the progress of the game by using the screen of the image display device 14 and an interactive method for the player. In particular, the operation support program P9 outputs a signal to the screen display program P32 and displays on the screen of the image display device 14 a display such as “please refrain”, “please select abandonment”, etc. Assist the operation.

  When the special combination is established, the special game control program P10 turns on a ball sensor (not shown) provided in the attacker operation passage port 10 to the attacker operation passage port 10 that triggers the opening of the attacker 9. This is a program for determining the validity / invalidity of the entry. In other words, when the special game control program P10 determines that the ball entering the attacker operating passage 10 is valid, a special game right that allows the attacker 9 to be released and to freely select himself / herself is generated. The special game is controlled to start.

  When the big combination is established, the special game continuation control program P11 continues for, for example, 13 games (14 games including the game) from the next game onward, and a ball-on sensor (see FIG. (Not shown). In other words, if the special game continuation control program P11 continues to make the ball entering the attacker operation passage port 10 valid for 13 games from the next game onward, the special game will play the game (the game that is in progress when the hand is established). The right of big game to continue including 14 games (that is, 14 rounds) is generated.

  The special game self-restraint selection program P12 allows the player to freely select the symbol of the trap to be self-recognized when a signal indicating that a game ball has entered the attacker 9 is input in a game in which a special game right has been acquired. It is a program for performing the operation to do. In other words, in the present sparrow ball game machine 1, the player freely selects and obtains and exchanges the favorite samurai symbols other than the limitation of the number of discarded samurai (up to 4 same samurai), for example. The same can be done.

  The symbol display program P13 relates to information relating to the manual and discarding detected by the main board operation control program P1, information relating to the front dora detected by the dora lottery program P7, and the back dora detected by the dora lottery program P7. The information, the information on the number of game medals stored and the number of game medals acquired by the medal management program P3, and the information on the number of remaining game balls detected by the game ball management program P4 are received. Control is performed to cause the dot matrix display 39 (see FIG. 5) or a segment display (not shown) to perform display.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the programs installed in the ROM 41 of the sub control board Kb are composed of a sub board operation control program P21, a communication control program P22, a lamp control program P23, a rising haze determination program P24, and the like. ing. 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 boards Kc and Kd. When the image control boards Kc and Kd receive these various control commands and their control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, the image control boards Kc and Kd send the rendering images and information to the image display device 14 and the image display device 38 by program processing. Further, the sound and sound effects are output from the speaker 6 via the sound / sound effect output program P41 (see FIG. 8).

  The lamp control program P23 is a program for controlling light emission (turning on, turning off, blinking) of the lamp 7 and the like based on a control command transmitted from the main control board Ka and its control data.

  The rising kit determining program P24 is a game for completing a preset rising combination based on the current thirteen moves transmitted from the main control board Ka after the player performs a throwing kit operation. This is a program for supporting a required operation performed by a person (for example, assisting a bag to be self-sufficient). This rising kite determination program P24 is the presence / absence of a kite (rising kite) that can complete the climbing combination when the player performs one's own manipulation on the current thirteen manual commands and adds one kite. And a process for supporting the wrinkles to be self-recognized in advance (display processing on the image display device 38 in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the rising wrinkle display unit 31 in FIG. 4) via a screen display program P32 described later. It is a program to do. Then, when the heel to be self-recognized is extracted in order to complete the rising combination, the rising heel determination program P24 performs control to display the design of the heel through the image control board Kc.

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

  When the reach button 18 is operated, the hearing pattern determination program P241 immediately before the combination of the hand code symbols displayed on the hand display unit 35 and the self display unit 36 at this time is completed. It is determined whether or not the user is in the listening state, and the determination result is output, and the hand-drawn design in the listening state is made unchangeable, and one upright role is added as a rising combination.

  The rising haze determination and extraction program P243 determines and extracts by a predetermined process, transmits all of the rising haze symbol codes stored in the RAM 42 together with the control commands to the image control boards Kc and Kd, and sends them to the image control board Kc. When the control for displaying the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the lifted kite is performed, the program for determining the lifted kite P24 receives the symbol code of the kite kite and displays the game effect display program P3212 of the screen display program P32. The symbol of the received rising haze symbol code is displayed on the rising haze display unit 31 and the image display device 38 as a rising haze candidate. At this time, sound may be output from the speaker 6. In this case, both the rising haze display unit 31 and the image display device 38 are simultaneously displayed with respect to the assist (support) of the rising haze. At this time, the display on the image display device 38 is the rising haze etc. In addition to the above display, image display using an effect character is performed.

  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, a screen display program P32, a sound / sound effect output program P41, a display switching control program P51, and the like.

  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 image display device 14 based on the control command and control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, and various processes. And the process of outputting the sound, sound effect, or warning sound from the speaker 6 respectively. The contents displayed under the control of the screen display program P32 are mainly image display such as the above-described rising habits and image display using an effect character.

  The screen display program P32 is a program for performing a process of displaying an image or the like on the image display device 14 based on the control command and the control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb. The normal game screen display program P321, and A special game screen display program P322 is provided.

  The normal game screen display program P321 is a variety of effect images displayed on the image 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 image display device 14.

  The game effect display program P3212 is configured to have a function of displaying a screen having contents as shown in FIG. 4 on the image display device 14. 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 image control boards Kc and Kd receive a control command for performing a screen display for prompting the player to perform an operation of discarding one unnecessary spear from the hand, the game effect display program P3212 A process for displaying on the image display device 14 and the image display device 38 a message for prompting an operation of discarding one unnecessary bag from among the images is performed.

  The screen display program P32 and the normal game screen display program P321 constitute display control means for controlling to display different contents on a plurality (two in this embodiment) of the image display devices 38 and 14, respectively. .

  The special game screen display program P322 determines whether the chance combination or big combination is established by the winning determination program P8, and receives the special game start control by the special game control program P10, and displays various effect screens on the image display device 14. It is a program that performs processing to be displayed on the screen. This special game screen display program P322 is further provided with a right acquisition effect display program P3221 for effect display when the player has completed a winning combination that allows the player to acquire special game rights, and the special game self-restriction selection program P12. Is provided with a self-candidate candidate selection support program P3222 for supporting free selection self-restraint.

  The right acquisition effect display program P3221 alternately displays the explanation of the rising role and the display of the chance game right establishment or the big game right establishment on the rising eye display unit 31 of the image display device 14 at predetermined time intervals. Processing to inform the person that the right of chance game or big game has been 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 image display device 14 is selected by the right-selection right shift button 19, Alternatively, an operation of selecting the symbol of the cocoon to be self-contained by the interactive method while operating the heel selection left shift button 20 to scroll is supported.

  The sound / sound effect output program P41 generates various production sounds, sound effects, or warning sounds as the game progresses based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the communication control program P22 of the sub control board Kb. This is a program for outputting from the speaker 6.

  The display switching control program (display switching control means) P51 displays the display contents displayed on the image display devices 38 and 14 under the control of the screen display program P32 and the normal game screen display program P321 constituting the display control means. Then, switching control is performed so as to exchange at a predetermined opportunity. That is, when the manual operation switch 13 is operated, the display switching control program P51 exchanges display contents of the image display device 38 on the game board surface portion 2 and the image display device 14 on the operation panel 3 with this as a predetermined trigger. Switching control is performed as follows.

  It should be noted that the display switching control program P51 causes the image display device 38 on the game board surface portion 2 and the image on the operation panel 3 to have a predetermined opportunity that a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of one game (that is, one game). It can also be configured to perform switching control so that the display content of the display device 14 is exchanged. In that case, the display content is switched during the game, so that the player can be given a fresh impression together with unexpectedness. As described later, the above-mentioned one game is started when a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 15 and the game start button 24 is pressed and 14 hands are arranged.

  Although not shown, the ROM 41 of the image control board Kd is loaded with programs having the same functions as the image board operation control program P31 and the screen display program P32 described for the image control board Kc. According to the program having the same function as the screen display program P32 installed in the ROM 41 of the image control board Kd, for example, the screen display program P32 causes the image display device 14 to provide an effect at the time of assist related to the rising habit. The contents different from the displayed assist effect image are displayed.

  A program for controlling the operation of each of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd 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 programs translated into programs are stored in the ROM 41 of each control board Ka, Kb, Kc, Kd.

  Next, an outline of the game procedure of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 and the processing of each program associated with this procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  One 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, the game progresses according to the control of each program that operates based on the input signals and control signals generated from various operation buttons and sensors such as the throw-away buttons 16a, 16b,. Become.

  First, in step S1, when the sparrow ball game machine 1 is powered 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 boards Kc and Kd. Upon receiving this initialization control command, the sub control board Kb and the image control boards Kc and Kd initialize the storage area of the RAM 42 and the initial effect display program P3211 mounted on the image control board Kc Processing such as displaying an effect screen such as a landscape screen on the image 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.

  In step S2, when the player inserts a medal into the medal slot 15, the main board operation control program P1 detects the medal insertion signal, and the medal management program P3 sets the game medal storage number to “1”. Perform the addition process. 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 on the image control board Kc displays an effect image at the start of the game on the image display device 14 and outputs sound from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P41. . In this way, one game of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is started.

  Subsequently, in step S3, the automatic layout program P5 is operated under the control of the main board operation control program P1, and the 14 symbols required for starting the game are automatically determined by the program processing. . The automatic layout program P5 sequentially stores the 14 symbol codes automatically arranged in the manual storage area of the RAM 42, and then, in a predetermined order, for example, ascending order of the symbol codes, that is, insulator, tube, cord , Wind tiles, and ternary tiles are sorted in order (stored) and stored in the manual storage area.

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

  The sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb uses the disclosed number table to display the number of bags disclosed at the current game place for the 14 game symbols transmitted from the main control board Ka. Process to count. Further, when the game effect display program P3212 on the image control board Kc receives the 14 design codes, the game design display program P3212 displays an image of the design shown in FIG. Processing to display on the heel 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.

  Then, in step S4, the main control board Ka's Dora lottery program P7 draws the front and back Dora, and the winning design code P8 and the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc for the symbol code of that bag. Send. The game effect display program P3212 displays images of the front and back jars as shown in FIG. 4 based on the transmitted front and back jar design codes. Processing for displaying on the display unit 29 and the back side display unit 30 is performed. In addition, the winning determination program P8 adds a score to the rising combination based on the symbol codes of the front and back drags when the after-mentioned rising combination is established (S9) (see Table 2).

  Subsequently, in step S5, the special combination selection program P6 (which operates when a normal game is played but does not operate in the ongoing game when the big combination is established) operates and is not shown. Select and draw a table to select big and chance roles. Then, each data (encoded data) of the big winning combination and the chance winning combination determined by the processing of the special combination selecting program P6 (encoded data) is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb together with the control command. Is done.

  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 combination and the chance combination, the big combination and the chance combination are displayed in the big game rising combination display unit 32 and the chance increase combination display unit 33, respectively. Process to display.

  In step S6, when the main board operation control program P1 completes the control for displaying the automatically arranged 14 bag symbols, big game combination, chance game combination, front drama, etc. on the image display device 14, Control is performed so as to notify the player by screen display or sound that the game display start condition has been prepared in the image display device 14. 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.

  When the automatically arranged 14 candy symbols have not been completed and the winning combination has not been completed, the main board operation control program P1 prompts the player to discard an unnecessary candy from the hand. A control command for performing screen display is transmitted to the image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub control board Kb. When the image control boards Kc and Kd receive this control command, the game effect display program P3212 displays a message for prompting an operation of discarding one unnecessary bag out of the hand bag and the image display device 14 and the image display device. The process which displays on 38 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.

  If the winning combination is completed in this determination process, the winning determination program P8 determines the rising combination that has been set in advance and the score that the player can acquire (the number of acquired medals). Is determined with reference to the data in Table 2. Further, 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 image display device 14 for a predetermined time. The display process is performed.

  In addition, when the rising combination is completed and the selected big combination and chance combination are established, the chance game or the big game special game is controlled to start.

  As described above, in the case where the symbols of the 14 baskets that have been automatically arranged are not completed and the winning combination has not been completed, the player is displayed on the hand display section 35 and the self-display section 36 in step S7. The operation of selecting the discarded cocoon from the design of the cocoon is performed. Then, when the player decides on the design of the throwing bag, the player selects (turns on) one of the throwing buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,. Discard this bag. On the basis of this discarding pot selection signal, the main board operation control program P1 stores the symbol code of the discarding pot by performing the discarding operation in the RAM 42, and further stores it in the manual storage area of the RAM 42. The symbol code that was discarded from the handbag is deleted, and the process of making 13 handbags is performed.

  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 commands 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. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the back side of the bag is displayed on the self-displaying portion 36.

  On the other hand, when the sub-board operation control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the above 13 hand code symbols, the sub-board operation control program P21 activates the hearing pattern determination program P241, the rising hail kind determination program P242, and the rising hail determination extraction program P243. Then, as described above, for the current thirteen hands, it is determined whether or not there is a next hand to be self-sufficient in order to complete the uplifting role (self-selfishing), and the first hand to complete the rising hand (self-starting) ) Is extracted, the image display device 14 is displayed.

  Subsequently, in step S8, the main board operation control program P1 of the main control board Ka finishes the above-described processing related to the operation of the throwing away / self-retreating by the player, operates the game ball management program P4, and plays the game ball Is sent to the game ball launch position. As a result, the player can operate the game ball launch lever 4 to launch the game ball into the game board surface 2.

  When the player launches a game ball and this game ball enters any of the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,..., The corresponding sensor provided at each entrance 11 detects the game ball. As a result, a ball entry 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.

  For example, when the player operates the manual operation switch 13 while performing the throwing-in operation, the self-control operation, and the game ball launching operation in this way, the image display device 38 on the game board surface portion 2 is controlled by the display switching control program P51. And the display contents of the image display device 14 on the operation panel 3 are switched so as to be exchanged. Alternatively, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of one game (that is, the minimum time necessary for shifting from the start of the game to the throwing away operation, the self-suckering operation, and the game ball launching operation), The display contents of the image display device 38 and the image display device 14 can be switched under the control of the display switching control program P51.

  Subsequently, in step S9, the winning determination program P8 is activated, 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, if the rising combination has not been completed, the player will perform a discarding operation to throw away one of the 14 traps that is considered unnecessary.

  In this way, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to launch the game ball into the game board surface 2 to enter the listening state, and the remaining game ball number display portion 27 has a value of “1” or more. If there is a display, the player can reach by operating the reach button 18 before performing the operation of throwing away the bag. However, if the above condition is not satisfied, the reach button 18 cannot be operated to reach. After operating the reach button 18, one of the discard buttons 16 a, 16 b, 16 c,... Is operated to discard one of the basket patterns, or the self-discard button 17 is operated. When the self-cutting is performed, the design of the discarded candy is displayed on the discarded candy display unit 34 in the horizontal direction. In addition, the back-draft display unit 30 also displays the back-draft design.

  In the control related to the reach operation, for example, the following processing is performed. First, the main board operation control program P1 detects an operation signal from the discard buttons 16a, 16b, etc., and determines that the current hand is in the hearing state by the hearing determination process of the hearing pattern determination program P241. When the operation signal of the reach button 18 is detected after the result is obtained, a control command indicating that the reach has been applied is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb, and a verticality confirmation signal is transmitted. When receiving the control command, the game effect display program P3212 on the image control board Kc performs a process of displaying the design of the design code of the throwing trash that is transmitted immediately after this on the throwing trash display portion 34 in a horizontal direction.

  In addition, when the game field is in a reach state, the game balls launched by the player do not become a kite that completes the rise of the kite (self-suspecting) corresponding to the symbols entered into the entrances 11a, 11b, 11c,. In some cases, if the main board operation control program P1 automatically treats the player as a thrower, the player need not operate the thrower button 16a, etc. after the reach operation.

  When two or more types of winning combinations are established at the same time, the score obtained by adding the points given to each rising combination is the score of the game. Similarly, if the handbag contains the same dragon pattern as the front and back dramas, a score is also added to that dorado, for example, one score per dora is added. The One score obtained in the game corresponds to one medal.

  Here, in step S9, the player recognizes that the hand has been raised and has completed the winning combination, and the rising combination is a chance role or a big role, and is a winning role that can acquire a special game right. A case will be described.

  That is, in the normal game, the winning determination program P8 completes the combination of the winning combination set in advance each time a symbol (self-sucker) corresponding to the entrance 11a, 11b,. Check whether or not When the same winning combination as the chance combination or the big combination is completed by the time one game is finished, the right acquisition effect display program P3221 is displayed on the rising display unit 31 of the image display device 14 to explain the rising combination. The display and the chance game right establishment or the big game right establishment display are alternately displayed at predetermined time intervals to notify the player that the chance game or big game right has been established.

  For example, when the right of the big game is established, the player can operate the attacker 9 in the game between the next and subsequent games including the game (the game when the right is established). That is, in a game in which the right of the big game is established, after being automatically arranged, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 with respect to the attacker 9 and the attacker operation passage port 10 to A game ball is launched along the guide rail 8 from the left side. At this time, when the game ball Ba passes through the attacker operation passage port 10 in which the detection of the entry of the game ball Ba is enabled due to the formation of the big game, the attacker 9 is released according to the ball entry determination by the special game control program P10. To do. For this reason, the player can select a free self-restraint by an interactive method with the image display device 14 corresponding to each one of the game balls Ba entering the attacker 9, and the possibility or preference of completion. Assemble the rising role according to the etc. In the sparrow ball gaming machine 1, a chance combination is established, and when the attacker 9 wins one game ball, a process of doubling the score is performed. It is structured so that a player who aims at a rising score by playing a game can aim for a high score.

  Next, in step S10, the winning determination program P8 is displayed until the game ends, that is, when the remaining game balls number becomes 0 and the game end button 23 is pressed, or the game start button 24 is pressed. If the combination of rising combinations in Table 2 is not completed, a game end control command is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb. Then, the game effect display program P3212 on the image control board Kc displays “game over” on the image display device 14 and notifies the player of the end of the game.

  In step S10, even if the combination of rising combinations is completed, if the display of the remaining game ball number display unit 27 (the number of remaining balls) is “1” or more, the self-discard button 17 or the discard button is discarded. When the 牌 buttons 16a, 16b, 16c,... Are operated, a game continuation control command is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb under the control of the main board operation control program P1. As a result, the game effect display program P3212 on the image control board Kc erases the explanation of the winning combination displayed on the image display device 14 and the display of the acquired score so that the game can be continued.

  Further, when the player has operated the game end button 23 or the game start button 24 when the rising combination is completed and the explanation of the rising combination is displayed on the image display device 14, the main board operation control program P1. However, the type of the input signal is decoded, the medal management program P3 is operated, the score obtained in this game is added to the medal storage number stored in the RAM 42, and the sub control board Kb is added to the medal storage number. Via the image control board Kc. Then, the game effect display program P3212 of the image control board Kc displays the medal stored number on the medal stored number display unit 26. When the player operates the game start button 24 after operating the game end button 23, the stored medal insertion operation is automatically performed, and the main board operation control program P1 executes the next game. In order to be in a state where it can be performed, a control command for initializing the screen display is transmitted to the image control board Kc via the sub-control board Kb.

  According to the present embodiment described above, the screen display program P32 and the normal game screen display program P321 are controlled to display different contents on the image display devices 38 and 14, respectively. Under the control of P32 and P321, switching control is performed so that the display contents displayed on the image display devices 38 and 14 are exchanged with each other at a predetermined timing. Therefore, instead of simply changing the display contents individually in each of the image display devices 38 and 14, the display contents to be displayed corresponding to the image display devices 38 and 14 are exchanged with each other. It is possible to give the player a new and unexpected impression, thereby enhancing the interest and improving the game playability.

  Further, the display switching control program P51 performs switching control so as to exchange the display contents of the image display device 38 of the game board surface portion 2 and the image display device 14 of the operation panel 3 at a predetermined opportunity. The contents displayed on the image display device 14 for operation at the hand and the image display device 38 for effect display on the game board surface 2 can be exchanged. As a result, the player can proceed with the game while watching the operation contents displayed on the image display device 38 of the game board surface portion 2, and when he wants to see the production, the player can easily drop his gaze on the image display device 14 at hand. It can be visually recognized. Since the display switching control program P51 performs switching control so that the display contents of the image display devices 38 and 14 are exchanged when the manual operation button 13 is operated, the player operates the manual operation button 13. By doing so, it is possible to freely switch the display at your own will.

  Further, in the sparrow ball gaming machine 1, various effects are usually displayed on the image display device 38 of the game board surface 2, and the mahjong tile design or the like is normally displayed on the image display device 14 of the operation panel 3. The player usually plays while visually recognizing the image display device 14 on the operation panel 3 and may not notice the effects displayed on the image display device 38 on the game board surface 2. However, the present invention is applied to the sparrow ball game machine 1, and the display switching control program P51 can change the display contents of the image display devices 38 and 14 at a predetermined opportunity, so that the player can enjoy various effects. I can do it.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the display contents of the image display device 14 and the image display device 38 are switched, all the display contents of the image display device before the switching are erased after the display contents are displayed on the switching destination image display device. In this case, the image is displayed only on the image display device after switching, but this can be configured as follows. That is, when the display content is switched at a predetermined opportunity by the display switching control program P51, the display content in any one of the image display devices 14 and 38 is displayed on the switching destination image display device and the image display device before switching. In other words, the display is controlled so as to be displayed in a small size and mixed with the newly displayed display content.

  With such a control, for example, when a game is played while viewing the display content of the image display device 38, even if the display content is switched to the image display device 14, the same content is reduced to the image display device 38. By remaining, the player can smoothly advance the game without being upset by switching while visually recognizing the original display content displayed in a small mixed display together with the new display content.

  In addition, the display content that has been displayed on the image display device 14 or 38 before switching is reduced by the display switching control program P51 is erased after a lapse of a predetermined time from the display, and the newly displayed display content is displayed in the image display device. It is also possible to control to display in the entire area of 14 or 38. With such control, for example, it is possible to switch without difficulty when the player who is playing the game by visually recognizing the original display content displayed in a small and mixed manner together with the new display content is used to the display mode after switching. It becomes like this.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the game machine and sparrow ball game machine of this invention are not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, From the structure of the said embodiment. A game machine and a sparrow ball game machine with various modifications and changes are 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 extracts and shows the game board surface part in FIG. It is a front view which shows the structure of the operation panel in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the image display apparatus in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the control board which controls 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 shows the effect | action in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 gaming machine (sparrow ball gaming machine)
1a Game machine body 2 Game area (game board surface)
3 Operation unit (operation panel)
11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e Entrance 13 Manual operation member (manual operation button)
14, 38 Image display device P32, P321 Display control means (screen display program, normal game screen display program)
P51 Display switching control means (display switching control program)

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine equipped with a plurality of image display devices in the gaming machine body,
The gaming machine main body is provided with a game area for playing with the launched game ball, and an operation panel provided with an operation input unit related to the game, and each of the game area and the operation panel includes the image display device. ,
Display control means for controlling to display different contents on the plurality of image display devices;
E Bei and a display switching control means for switching control so as to display contents displayed respectively on the plurality of image display device, which mutually exchange a predetermined trigger by the control of said display control means,
The display switching control means is configured to perform switching control so as to exchange display contents of the image display device of the game area and the image display device of the operation panel at the predetermined opportunity.
A gaming machine characterized by that.

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