JP5004179B2 - Sparrow ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a sparrow ball game machine using a game ball, and more particularly to a sparrow ball game machine having a game operation support (assist) function that supports a player's operation according to the progress of the game.

  A conventional sparrow ball game machine has a game board in which a plurality of entrances corresponding to symbols of a plurality of types of mahjong tiles (hereinafter referred to as a samurai) are arranged, and a predetermined number of games per game in the game board. A game ball launching device for launching a game ball, a display device for displaying a game effect image, a control device for controlling the progress of the game, and the like are provided. When the player inserts a predetermined number of medals necessary for a game of the game into the medal slot, the software installed in the control device of the sparrow ball game machine constituted by the microcomputer starts the game. The progress of the game is controlled in accordance with the player's abandonment and self-control operations.

  In such a sparrow ball game machine, when a player performs a game start operation, software installed in the sparrow ball game machine controls the progress of the game as follows.

  First, the symbols of 14 bags that are necessary for starting the game are determined by lottery using random number generating means and distributed as the player's hands. The 14 handed symbols that are arranged are displayed on the display device as the player's hand.

  Next, in the case where the symbols of the 14 tiles that have been arranged have not been raised and the role has not been completed, the player throws away the single tile that is determined to be unnecessary from these 14 manuals. Perform the operation. When this throwing-in operation is performed, the control device performs a process of updating and displaying 13 symbols which are the current trick of the player on the display device, and at the same time, a single game ball launching device. Control to supply to.

  Subsequently, the player performs a self-control operation of launching one game ball from the game ball launching device into the game board. The symbol of the kite corresponding to the entrance into which the launched game ball has entered is added to the hand as a self-defeated kite. At this time, the software of the control device performs a process of storing its own symbol code in the manual data storage area of the storage device, and updates the 14 symbols that are the current manual of the player to the display device. Process to display. These operations and processing constitute a self-operating means for the sparrow ball game machine.

  Subsequently, the winning determination means provided in the control device determines whether or not the combination of the 14 hand-hand symbols that have been set by the self-operation has completed a preset combination of rising (completion) combination. The process which determines is performed. Then, when the hand tile is raised and the combination of the winning combinations is not completed, the player again selects one unnecessary basket from the hand basket and performs the discarding operation. This discarding operation is performed by pressing a discarding switch button corresponding to the design of the manual displayed on the display device, and the manual data stored in the storage area is also updated. These throwing-in operations and processing constitute the throwing-out operation means of the sparrow ball game machine.

In this way, the player performs a self-rotation operation to fire a predetermined number of game balls (for example, 11) within a predetermined number, and the number of the 14 hands is predetermined as the predetermined rising role. When the combination is completed, the control device performs a process of paying out a predetermined number of medals set for each rising combination as a prize. Even when the automatic arrangement of the 14 baskets ends at the start of the above-described one game, the winning determination means determines whether or not the 14 combinations have already completed the winning combination.
On the other hand, if the player cannot complete the winning combination even if a predetermined number of game balls are fired, the control device performs processing for ending this game (flow station).

  In the case of a sparrow ball game machine that has been put to practical use, if the winning combination is a specific rising combination determined by a lottery using random number generating means at the start of one game, the game or the next game With respect to the predetermined number of games thereafter, it is possible to play a game that has a special game right advantageous to the player as compared to a normal game (normal game).

  As this special game role (bonus game role), generally, a big bonus game (hereinafter referred to as BB game) role, a regular bonus game (hereinafter referred to as RB game) role, a chance bonus game (hereinafter referred to as CB game) role, Etc. are provided.

  The BB game combination is a special game combination determined in advance by a lottery using random number generating means as a BB game combination for each game. When the BB game combination is raised in the BB game combination, a predetermined number of times (for example, 14 times) from the next time onward. The right to play a game advantageous to the player can be acquired.

  When a game that has acquired the right of the BB game is finished at the beginning of the game, the passing port (attacker operating port) on the game board becomes valid, and the game ball fired by the player passes through the attacker operating port. The special entrance (attacker) opens. Then, when a game ball enters the attacker, the game allows the player to select a desired basket as his / her own by operating a selection button or the like. Then, when the player completes the winning combination for the game that has acquired the right of the BB game, a plurality of subsequent games can play the game with the right of the BB game established.

  The RB game combination is a special game combination set by lottery using a random number generating means in advance as an RB game combination for each game. When the RB game combination is raised, only the next one game is the BB game described above. The game can be performed in a state where the role right is established.

  The CB game combination is a special game combination set by lottery using a random number generating means in advance as a CB game combination for each game. When the CB game combination is raised in this CB game combination, the number of points ( A merit that is advantageous to the player is given such that the number of medals) is added (for example, doubled) than that of the normal game.

  Therefore, the player can acquire more medals when the special game right is obtained. In addition, a normal game means the game which has not acquired the right of the said BB game, RB game, or CB game.

  As described above, a sparrow ball game machine that gives a special game right more advantageous to the player than the normal game when a plurality of special game players are set and the player completes these special game players. Is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-250938 (see paragraph numbers “0020” and “0021” of FIG. 3).

  In addition, in the sparrow ball game machine that has been put into practical use, with regard to the player's self-operation and throw-in operation, the player can display a display on the display device that is advantageous when self-operation before self-operation. There has been proposed a display device that has a function of supporting a player's game operation by displaying on the display device a bag that can be advantageously deployed if it is thrown away before the discard rod operation.

  For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-314540, when a player selects a rising policy such as “Aiming for early advancement”, “Aiming for rising role”, “Aiming for safety”, etc. A sparrow ball game having means for supporting the player's game operation by displaying the heel to be self-displayed on the display device, and displaying the heel to be discarded before each throw-in operation on the display device The invention of the machine is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-250938 JP 2006-314540 A

  However, for example, in the conventional sparrow ball game machine described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, the kite that should be refrained before performing the refraining operation, or the throwing spear before performing the displacing operation Even when there are many cocoons, since the size of the heel symbol data displayed on the display device is determined, only a few (4 to 6) items can be displayed due to the size of the display screen of the display device. There was a problem. In addition, for example, when a plurality of symbols are displayed as a symbol to be self-declared or a symbol to be discarded, it is the player who chooses which symbol is most advantageous for the player. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult for a player who has little knowledge and experience of the mahjong game and the sparrow ball game machine to select the game.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and provides a sparrow ball game machine capable of comprehensively displaying a basket to be self-contained and / or a bowl to be discarded. For the purpose.

In order to solve such a problem, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a game board in which a ball entrance corresponding to a plurality of types of baskets is arranged, and before a game ball launched into the game board enters the game board. Self-operating means for displaying the symbol of the bag corresponding to the entry ball mouth on the manual display unit of the display device as self-directed self-control, and an unnecessary symbol from the graphic of the manual displayed on the manual display unit And a game operation support means for determining a bag to be discarded before the self-operation and / or a game to be discarded before the operation. Image display means for displaying, on a display device, a symbol of the bag determined as the bag to be self-resolved and / or the bag to be discarded by the game operation support means, When the combination of symbols is completed, A sparrow ball game machine that pays out a set number of game media for each garbage combination, wherein the image display means displays the display according to the number of spears to be refrained and / or the spear to be discarded. e Bei display tiles symbol arrangement determining means for determining the arrangement of symbols of tiles that display device further, the image display unit, the number of tiles to be a self-Moss should tile and / or the discarded tiles are all When the number of types of symbols exceeds half, the display device is regarded as a bag that should not be used for self-determination and / or a bag that should not be used as a non-removable bag. It is characterized by being displayed .

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the sparrow ball game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the image display means is to be heard if it is self-regarded with respect to the specific rising role, and to be raised if it is self-sufficient. Alternatively, when there is a habit that becomes a hearing if discarded, the display device displays the habit to be self-recognized and / or the habit to be discarded.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the sparrow ball game machine according to the first aspect, the game operation support means attaches priority information to the spear to be self-requited and / or the spear to be discarded. And the image display means displays, on the display device, the heel to be self-contained and / or the heel to be discarded.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the sparrow ball game machine according to the third aspect of the invention, the game operation support means is configured to perform the game according to the amount of profit given to the player when the rising combination is completed. It is characterized by setting priority information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the sparrow ball game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the display basket symbol arrangement determining means includes display layout data corresponding to the number of basket symbols to be displayed. And

According to the sparrow ball game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, a game board on which entrances corresponding to a plurality of types of basket symbols are arranged, a self-tapping means, a throwing-out type tampering means, and a self-tapping A game operation support means for determining a spear that should be discarded before the 牌 operation and / or a spear that should be discarded before the slap operation, and a 操作 that should be determined and / or abandoned Image display means for displaying on the display device the displayed symbol of the kite, and the combination of the symbol of the handle is set for each of the climbing combinations when the combination of the symbols of the rising combination is preset. A sparrow ball game machine that pays out a number of game media, wherein the image display means displays the arrangement of the symbols displayed on the display device according to the number of the traps to be self-recognized and / or to be discarded. Since there is a display 牌 symbol arrangement determining means for determining, Appropriate symbol arrangement (layout) is determined according to the number of traps to be displayed and / or discarded, and determined to be determined by the game operation support means. It is possible to display all the powers on the display device.
In addition, when the image display means has more than half of the number of types of all kinds of symbols when the number of the folds to be self-recognized and / or discarded is more than half the number of types of all the symbols, Since it can be configured to display on the display device as a bag that should not be discarded and / or should not be discarded, the game operation support means should be able to use the game operation support means. If the number of remaining folds is less than the number of folds determined to be to be taken, the smaller one is displayed on the display device as folds that should not be refrained and / or should not be discarded. Thereby, a player's recognition can be made easy.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, in the sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, the image display means is self-restraint with respect to a specific rising role. In the case where there is a habit that becomes a hearing if it is self-accompanied, or a habit that becomes a hearing if it is thrown away, information that relates to the particular game player and / or a habit that should be discarded are displayed on the display device. For example, when there is a self-determination or abandonment that may be raised in a special game combination (bonus game combination), for example, a defect to be self-recognized along with information to that effect and / or By displaying the bags that should be discarded, it is possible to easily recognize the bags that are advantageous to beginners.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, in the sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, the game operation support means is configured such that Priority information is attached to the heel to be discarded, and the image display means is configured to display the heel to be discarded and / or the heel to be discarded together with the priority information on the display device. Therefore, even if there are a large number of traps that should be refrained and / or abandoned, referencing the priority information displayed with the symbol of the trap makes it easier for beginners. Can be recognized.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 3, the game operation support means corresponds to the amount of profit given to the player when the rising combination is completed. Can be configured to set priority information, so even if there are a lot of traps that should be self-contained and / or abandoned traps, the most profit can be gained by selecting which symbol of the kite The player can easily recognize whether he can aim for a rising role. For example, a BB game combination, an RB game combination, a CB game combination, a payout game medium number, and the like can be set as priority information in descending order of priority.

According to the invention described in claim 5 , in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 above, the display basket design arrangement determining means comprises display layout data corresponding to the number of baskets to be displayed. Therefore, by selecting a display layout corresponding to the number of wrinkles to be displayed and pasting the wrinkle symbol data at the position of the layout, it is possible to easily generate a good-looking image.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a sparrow game machine according to the present invention will be described. The sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention is a game machine in which a game is played by using 108 spears in total, each of 27 kinds of spears, like the sparrow ball game machine proposed in the past. is there. The 27 types of kites are 9 types of eggplants, “Ichigo” or “Kyuho”, 9 types of “Itsutsu” or “Nine-cylinder”, There are two types of “Roku” and seven types of character “牌”, “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “發”, “Middle”. Therefore, the lion, tube, and cord are several, but since the cord is only provided with “Ikko” and “Juku”, the species that cannot form the “junko”, that is, It can be regarded as the same kind of character.

  In addition, the above-mentioned two kinds of numbers are composed of, for example, nine symbols from “Ichijo” to “Jiu” and nine types from “Ikko” to “Juku”. There are two types of sleeves: “One-cylinder” and “Nine-cylinder”. Characters are “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “、”, “Medium”. It is good also as a sparrow ball game machine which has a spear pattern comprised from. In addition, the sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention is composed of four kinds of spears, ie, three kinds of spears (eg, lion, tube, cord) and a sparrow sphere that uses a total of 136 symbols. It can also be implemented as a gaming machine.

  First, the structure of the front part of a housing | casing is demonstrated about the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on this invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a front portion of a housing in a sparrow ball game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the front part of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is basically a game board 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, a medal tray 5, and a speaker. 6 includes an audio output port 7 for outputting audio and sound effects, a lamp device 8, a guide rail 9, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the configuration of the game board 2 is in the center of the game board 2 surrounded by the guide rails 9, a first display device 10 made of a liquid crystal display device, and an obliquely lower side of the first display device 10. Are provided with entrances 13a and 13b. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, 25 entrances 13c, 13d,... Are arranged in the lower part 2a of the game board 2 in the lateral direction. On the right side of the first display device 10, a special entrance (hereinafter referred to as an attacker) 11 is provided, and an attacker operating port 12 through which a game ball can pass is provided above the attacker 11.

  Each of the entrances 13 a, 13 b,... Has a spear symbol displayed thereon, and the arrangement of the 27 entrances 13 a, 13 b,. In the lower left, there is a “Ikko” entrance 13a, and in the lower right, there is a “Jukuno” entrance 13b. Further, on the lower side 2a of the game board 2 below the first display device 10, as shown in FIG. 3, the "east" entrance 13c is placed on the leftmost side in the horizontal direction, followed by " The “South” entrance 13d, the “Ichigo” entrance 13e,...

  The game board 2 is further provided with a decoration device 14 with a lamp, a windmill 15 and the like. The light emitters used for the lamp device 8 and the lamp-equipped decoration device 14 use LEDs that emit various color colors. The game board 2 is provided with a large number of nails for guiding the movement of the launched game balls, but these nails are not shown in FIG. Further, a display device 36 composed of a dot display or the like is provided above the game board 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 3 is provided with a second display device 16 composed of a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 17, and various operation buttons (button switches). These various operation buttons include a game start (BET) button 18, buttons corresponding to the 13 handbag symbols, which are disposed in the horizontal direction and are used for abandonment button switches 19 a and 19 b. , ..., 19m, self-throwing button switch 20 for performing the operation of throwing away the self-trapping pad, reach button serving as a reach operation input means for reaching when a hand is heard 21, a right shift button 22a, a left shift button 22b, a selection determination button 23, a game (game) end button 24, a medal payout button 25, and the like. Note that the discard button switch 19a, 19b,..., 19m, and the discard button button 20 serve as a discard operation means for performing an operation of discarding unnecessary bags from the hand.

  When the player operates the above-described various buttons (presses and turns on the switch contact), for example, a throwing-out signal is generated, and this signal is input to a control board constituted by a microcomputer. Then, software (hereinafter referred to as a program) installed in the ROM of the control board analyzes the input signal, and executes a process corresponding to the analyzed input signal, so that the game proceeds.

  The first display device 10 and the second display device 16 are used to display information necessary for the player and an effect image as the game progresses.

  The first display device 10 is mainly used when a player performs an operation of discarding an unnecessary bag from a hand bag and when a player operates a hand bag by itself. It is used as a means for displaying in advance the symbol of the kite to be self-sufficient. This makes it possible for beginners with little knowledge of mahjong to enjoy the game easily.

  The second display device 16 is mainly composed of the current number of medals stored by the player in the sparrow ball game machine 1, the number of remaining game balls during the game, and the symbol of the kite constituting the player's hand. It is used as a means for displaying a symbol of a kite thrown away as a discarded kite by a player, a symbol of a kite to be listened if the player manually listens to it when listening.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example when various images and information are displayed on the second display device 16. As shown in FIG. 5, in the upper horizontal direction of the display surface of the display device 16, a medal stored number display unit 26, a remaining game ball number display unit 27, a front dram display unit 28, a back dram display unit 29, and an effect display unit 30, a discarded jar display section 33 for displaying a discarded trash symbol is provided.

  In the upper part of the effect display unit 30, a BB game combination display unit 31a for displaying a rising combination that can obtain the right of a big bonus game (BB game), which is a special game combination that can be obtained in the game, and a regular bonus An RB game combination display unit 31b that displays a rising combination that can obtain the right of the game (RB game), and a CB game combination that displays two types of rising combination that can acquire the right of the chance bonus game (CB game) A display unit 31c is provided. On the effect display unit 30, an effect image or the like is displayed when the rising combination is completed.

  Further, in the lower horizontal direction of the second display device 16, there are provided a hand bag display unit 34 for displaying the symbols of 13 hand rods, and a self screen display unit 35 for displaying the symbols of the bottles that have been self-trapped by the self-operation. It has been. In addition, at the bottom of each symbol displayed on the manual display unit 34 and the self-display unit 35, the button switches 19a, 19b for discarding buttons that serve as a discarding operation means for determining an unnecessary discarding card from the manuals. -Button names (A, B, C, D, E,..., M, N) corresponding to 19m and 20 are displayed. The symbol of the cocoon displayed on the hand pallet display unit 34 is displayed in color in a predetermined order, for example, in the sequence of the symbol code of the cocoon described later. Further, each display unit of the second display device 16 displays the symbols, effect images, numerical values, etc. of the kite updated by program processing as the game progresses.

  An example of the screen displayed on the first display means 10 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, on the upper part of the display screen, the number of times of game execution 37a on the current day, the same number of times of increase 37b on the same day, and if the game result executed just before the game is a fluent station, The number of times of self-restraint performed by the player in the game is displayed. Note that the continuous flow station count 38 is the number of times that a flow station including this flow game continues in the past game history when the game result executed immediately before the game is a flow station. For example, “10” is displayed in the case where the flow game is continued ten times.

  In the central portion of the screen display shown in FIG. 6, there are 14 current handbags, and the player should use the thrower as determined by the dumper support program before the player performs the thrower operation from the handbag. The symbol of is displayed. Similarly, before the player's current maneuver is 13 and the player performs a self-determination operation, the symbol of the decoy to be self-determined determined by the self-determination support program is displayed at the center of the screen display. These discard support program and self-support program serve as game operation support means in the present embodiment.

  A control board, which is a control means for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention, is mounted at a predetermined position inside the housing of the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the control board includes a main control board Ka, a sub control board Kb, a first image control board Kc, and a second image control board Kd. These control boards Ka, Kb, Kc and Kd are respectively CPUs 40a, 40b, 40c and 40d which are microprocessors, ROMs 41a, 41b, 41c and 41d which are storage devices (ROM), and RAMs 42a, which are also storage devices (RAM). 42b, 42c, 42d, input / output interface (I / F) circuits 43a, 43b, 43c, 43d, communication interface (I / F) circuits 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, etc. .

  The main control board Ka and the sub control board Kb, the sub control board Kb and the first image control board Kc, and the sub control board Kb and the second image control board Kd are connected by cable lines T1, T2, and T3. Data communication is possible. Accordingly, when data is transmitted from the main control board Ka to the first image control board Kc or the second image control board Kd, the data is transmitted via the sub control board Kb. It is desirable that the RAMs 42a to 42d of each control board retain their stored contents even when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned off.

  The input / output interface circuit 43a mounted on the main control board Ka has a medal insertion sensor 17a for detecting a medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 17 by the player when the game is executed, and each of the entrances 13a, 13b, 13c,..., Etc. are connected to the ball sensor, the throwing button switches 19a, 19b, 19c,..., And various button switches. It is input to the main control board Ka. Further, the input / output interface circuit 43a is connected with a medal payout device for paying out medals to the player, a game ball feeding device for sending game balls to the launching device, an attacker opening / closing device for controlling the opening / closing of the attacker 11 and the like. Control signals are output to these devices under program control. A display device 36 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43a.

  The lamps 8, 14 and the like are connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43b mounted on the sub control board Kb. The first display device 10 is connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43c of the first image control board Kc, and the second display is connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43d of the second image control board Kd. The device 16 and the speaker 6 are connected.

  A program for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 is stored (loaded) in the ROMs 41a to 41d of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd. Each of the RAMs 42a to 42d is used as a storage area (work area) for storing and reading various data and creating and calculating data when these programs operate. As the CPUs 40a to 40d, either 8-bit, 16-bit or 32-bit CPUs are adopted so that the functions required for the respective control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, Kd can be appropriately processed. be able to. Furthermore, it is possible to employ a CPU having excellent processing capability. The above-described control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, Kd and the programs stored in the ROMs 41a to 41d serve as control means for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, the program for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention is stored in the ROMs 41a to 41d of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd. Further, it may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, MO, floppy disk or the like.

(Program installed on main control board Ka)
Next, the configuration of the program mounted on the main control board Ka will be described. The ROM 41a of the main control board Ka stores various programs for controlling the game progress of the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 in an integrated manner. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, these programs include a main control program P1, a medal management program P2, a game ball management program P3, an automatic layout program P4, a special gamer lottery program P5, a dora lottery program P6, and a winning determination. The program P7 includes a medal discharge control program P8, a self-selection support program P9, a game history data recording program P10, a score increase program P11, and the like.

  Of these programs, the main control program P1 is a main program that controls the overall operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1, and further, as subprograms, the input signal analysis program P1a, the communication control program P1b, and the remaining number of game balls are counted. A program P1c is provided.

  The input signal analysis program P1a described above includes a game start button 18, a throw-away button switch 19a, a reach button 21, a right shift button 22a, a left shift button 22b, a selection determination button 23, a game end button 24, and a medal payout button 25. When the input signal is input to the main control board Ka from the above, a program for performing processing for analyzing these input signals.

  The communication control program P1b is a program for performing communication with the sub control board Kb. In this communication, data composed of a control command in which what kind of processing is performed on data to be transmitted and control data transmitted together with the control command is transmitted as communication data.

The main control program P1 mainly performs the following processing.
(1) When the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, processing for initializing the storage area of the RAM 42a is performed. Further, the main control program P1 transmits an initialization control command when the power is turned on to the sub control board Kb. Further, the sub control board Kb performs processing for transmitting the initialization control command to the first image control board Kc and the second image control board Kd. Based on this control command, the sub control board Kb and the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd perform initialization processing when the power is turned on.

  (2) At the start of the game, a process for storing an initialization setting value for the number of game balls, that is, a specified number that can be fired by a player in one game, in an area for storing the remaining number of game balls in the RAM 42a. I do. The prescribed number indicates the number that can be fired in one game based on the specifications of the sparrow ball game machine 1, and stores, for example, 11 pieces. As a result, if the player cannot complete the rising combination even if 11 game balls are fired per game, the game is over and ends.

  (3) Similarly, when the game is started and the automatic layout program P4 is operated to determine 14 layouts, the design code of the layout is used as manual data in the RAM 42a as the layout data at the start of the game. A process for storing the data in the data storage area and a process for transmitting the manual data to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb are performed.

  (4) When a signal is input from the medal insertion sensor 7a, the ball sensor, the button switches 18, 19a,..., Etc., the signal is analyzed by the input signal analysis program P1a, and processing corresponding to the signal is performed. To control. For example, when a game ball is fired as a player's self-operation, and an incoming signal is input from an incoming sensor such as the entrance 13a into which the game ball has entered, an incoming ball corresponding to the incoming signal is received. The symbol code of the bag such as the mouth 13a is obtained. Then, a process of adding this symbol code as manual data to the manual data storage area of the RAM 42a is performed, and the second code control is performed on the local code via the sub-control board Kb. Processing for transmitting to the substrate Kd is performed.

  (5) In the process of (4) above, when a ball entry signal is input from a ball entrance sensor such as the ball entrance 13a by the player's self-determination operation, the game ball remaining number counting program P1c is activated and the RAM 42a A process of subtracting “1” from an area for counting the number of game balls that can be fired (hereinafter referred to as the remaining number of game balls) set to “1” is performed.

  (6) Similarly, in the process of (4) above, when a signal is input that the player has made a throw-in operation, the design code of the throw-in is analyzed by the input signal analysis program P1a, and the design code is Then, a process of transmitting to the second image control board Kd via the sub control board Kb is performed. Subsequently, the discarding symbol code is deleted from the manual data storage area of the RAM 42a, and the processing of arranging the manual data stored in the manual data storage area in the order of the symbol code is performed. The processing for transmitting the manual data that has become to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb is performed.

  The medal management program P2 counts the number of medals inserted by the player into the medal slot 17 based on a signal from the medal insertion sensor 17a, an input signal from the game end button 24, and an input from the medal payout button 25. This is a program for updating the number of stored medals when a signal is detected.

  The game ball management program P3 is a program that is activated by the main control program P1 at the start of the game and when a throw-in operation signal is input to the main control board Ka from the throw-in button switch 19a,. Then, the game ball feeding device is controlled to perform a process of feeding one game ball to the game ball launch position (not shown in FIG. 1). Thereby, the player can operate the game ball launch lever 4 to launch a game ball, that is, perform a self-sufficient operation.

  The automatic catering program P4 is a program for performing a process of automatically and randomly determining the 14 chord symbol codes that will become a player's hand at the start of one game. This automatic catering program P4 uses the random numbers generated by the random number generating means to determine 14 catering symbol codes from a total of 108 kites for 27 types used in the sparrow game machine 1. Process.

  As shown in FIG. 9, for example, 27 types of “1” or “medium” 27 types of hex codes (symbol codes) are used for each of these 27 types used in the present sparrow ball game machine 1. In addition, four numerical values are assigned to each symbol code. The bag symbol code table shown in FIG. 9 is registered in the ROM 41a in advance. The automatic catering program P4 uses the random numbers generated by the random number generating means described above to randomly select the numerical values (0 to 107) assigned to the respective symbol codes, so that the 14 catering symbol codes The process of determining is performed. These processes constitute an arrangement determining means.

  The special game combination lottery program P5 is a process for determining a winning combination that can acquire a special game right for each game from among predetermined rising combinations by lottery using random numbers generated by the random number generating means. It is a program to be performed.

  For example, in the special game combination lottery program P5, “Kokushi Musou”, “Dai Sangen”, “Kyuren Baoji”, “Ippontsu”, One type is selected by lottery from the five types of “Character Color”. Similarly, as an uplifting role that can acquire the right of the RB game role, the rise of the pre-set “Ichitsunuki”, “Dai Shiki”, “Kiyo head”, “Niiguchi”, “Three colors same time” One type is determined by lottery. Similarly, the rising role that can acquire the right of the CB game role is, for example, the rising role of “Mixed Elder Head”, “Seven Pairs”, “Three Dark”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, “Tan Yao” 2 types are determined by lottery. The code of the winning combination that can acquire the determined special game right is stored in the RAM 42a and transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb.

  The Dora lottery program P6 includes a front Dora lottery program and a back Dora lottery program. The front-draft lottery program is a program for determining one front-draft using a random number generated by the random number generation means by lottery at the start of the game. In the back-draft lottery program, when the player's hand is in a hearing state and the player presses the reach button 21, one back-dra is determined by lottery according to the control of the main control program P1. It is a program for. The front and back symbol codes determined by the Dora lottery program P6 are stored in the RAM 42a and transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb.

  The winning determination program P7 determines whether or not a combination of rising hand data is completed (rising determination program), and when determining that the rising is completed, this winning combination determination (raising combination determining program) This is a program for performing a process for obtaining the number of medals (the number of medals obtained with winning) that the player can acquire by this winning combination. This winning determination program P7 is the main control program when the automatic arrangement program P4 determines 14 arrangements at the start of the game, and when the player performs the self-operation and has 14 arrangements. It is a program executed according to the control of P1.

  FIG. 10 shows the name and code of the rising combination set in advance in the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention, and the number of medals obtained with winning that can be acquired by the player when the rising combination is completed. . The winning combination medal number table with the data structure shown in FIG. 10 is stored in advance in the ROM 41a of the main control board Ka. Then, when the winning combination is completed, the winning determination program P7 performs a process of determining the rising combination and refers to the winning combination medals number table shown in FIG. 10 from the rising combination code. Thus, the number of medals that can be obtained for the winning combination won by the player can be obtained.

  Further, when the combination of the winning combination is completed, the combination of the rising combination completion, the code of the rising combination, the number of medals acquired with winning a prize, the number of increased medals described later, etc. according to the control of the main control program P1. The first and second image control boards Kc and Kd are transmitted via the sub control board Kb.

  When the player's hand data completes the combination of the rising combination, the determination process as to which rising combination is completed by the winning determination program P7 from the rising combination codes shown in FIG. It is possible by performing the program processing described in (4) to (4).

  (1) The general rising role excluding “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven Pairs” is composed of four sets of “Konko” and “Junko” and one set of “Jonggo (Pop)”. The Therefore, the winning determination program P7 performs a process of determining the number of combinations of “knot” or “junko” and the number of “sparrow heads” for the current 14 hand-held data stored in the RAM 42a. Thus, it is possible to determine whether this procedure has been completed or is in a hearing state.

  (2) When it is determined that the current hand has completed a general winning combination, the winning determination program P7 executes a program for determining what rising combination the player has raised. The program for determining the rising combination registers determination data for determining the rising combination for each general rising combination in advance as a data table in the ROM 41a, and determines the rising combination by referring to the rising combination determination table. It becomes possible. In the rising combination determination table, for each rising combination, a combination of symbol codes constituting “character”, “junko”, and “sparrow head”, which are the characteristics, are registered.

  (3) “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven Pairs” are the rising roles that come up with a special combination of kites. Accordingly, the winning determination program P7 determines whether or not the current hand has been raised for each of “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven Pairs”, or whether or not the player will be in a state of hearing if a single kite is discarded. A program for judging whether or not

  (4) The winning determination program P7 operates the above-described programs for determining each rising combination in sequence, and if the current hand has completed the rising combination or has completed the rising combination, It is determined whether or not a rising role is achieved and if a single piece is discarded, a hearing state is reached. At this time, a plurality of rising combinations may be determined. When the rising combination is determined, the rising combination code is stored in the RAM 42a.

  The medal discharge control program P8 controls the medal payout device of the medal storage hopper installed inside the sparrow ball game machine 1 when the player completes the rising role, This is a program for performing a process of paying out an increased medal number obtained by a score increase program described later.

  The self-selection selection support program P9 is configured such that when a signal that a game ball has entered the attacker 11 is input to the player when the player has acquired a special gamer's right, This is a program for supporting the operation of arbitrarily selecting the symbol of the cocoon to be self-contained by the screen of the display device 10 and the interactive method.

  The game history data recording program P10 is a program for performing processing of storing history data of game results for each game executed on the day in the RAM 42a. The history data of the game results includes the number of times the game has been executed on the current day, the number of times that the rising role has been completed (total number of winnings), the number of times the BB game, RB game and CB game have been acquired on the same day, The name of the winning combination and the number of medals to be paid out, the number of consecutive fluency that is the number of games played from the previous winning to the next winning, the game executed just before the game in the normal game completes the rising When the game is played, data relating to the number of consecutive continuous winnings indicating the number of consecutive winnings is recorded.

  Of the game result history data described above, data such as the number of times the game has been executed and the number of times that the game has been executed, the number of consecutive consecutive winnings, the number of continuous affairs, etc. The image is transmitted to the first image control board Kc via the control board Kb.

The score increase program P11 includes two subprograms, a score increase program P11a by special game and a score increase program P11b by drag.
The score increase program P11a by special game is obtained when the player acquires the right of special game and the player completes the rising role after the attacker operating port 12 is activated. The medal of the acquired medal number accompanying the winning set in the winning medal number medal table shown in FIG. In other words, when a player completes a winning combination in a game that has acquired a special game right, the number of medals earned for winning a prize excluding the increased number by the drag is doubled.

  The score increase means by the dredger is executed by the score increase program P11b by the drag. Although not shown in FIG. 8, the score increase program P11b based on the dredger includes a score increase program based on the front drum and a score increase program based on the back drum.

  The score increase program by the table dora determines how many symbol codes of the table dora stored in the RAM 42a are included in the hand data completed in the rising combination stored in the RAM 42a. Is included, a process of increasing a predetermined number of medals, for example, three medals, for each front drum. Note that, as described above, in the front dora, at the start of one game, the symbol of one bag is determined by lottery by the dora lottery program P6.

  The score increase program by the back side drum determines how many back side symbol codes stored in the RAM 42a are included in the hand data that has completed the rising combination stored in the RAM 42a. Is included, a process of increasing a predetermined number of medals, for example, three medals, is performed for each back drum. Note that, as described above, the back dora is determined by lottery by the dora lottery program P6 at the start of one game, but the player's hand is in a listening state. When a person presses the reach button 21 to make a reach, it is displayed on the back drum display portion 29 of the second display device 16 under the control of the main program P1.

(Program mounted on sub-control board Kb)
Next, the configuration of the program mounted on the ROM 41b of the sub control board Kb will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the sub-control board Kb is mainly loaded with a program composed of a main control program P21, a lamp control program P22, and an assist program P23.

  Among these, the main control program P21 decodes various control commands and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka, executes the programs P22 and P23, and first and second image controls for each control command. Processing for controlling communication with the substrates Kc and Kd is performed. The main control program P21 includes a communication control program P21a for performing this communication.

  The lamp control program P22 is a program for controlling lighting and extinguishing of the lamps 8 and 14 based on a control command and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka.

  The assist program P23 is a program for assisting the player in the progress of the game (game operation support), and includes a goal-raising combination setting program P23a, a throwing-away support program P23b, and a self-supporting support program P23c. .

  The goal-raising combination setting program P23a is the player's current hand data stored in the RAM 42b, that is, the 13 hand data before the self-operating operation and the 14 hand-operating data before the discarding operation. This is a program for performing a process of determining the rising combination that is the target of the current procedure based on the procedure data.

  The process of determining the rising combination by the target rising combination setting program P23a can be performed as follows, for example. That is, the data for determining the winning combination by the winning determination program P7 of the main control board Ka described above is registered in advance as a data table in the ROM 41b of the sub control board Kb. Then, the goal raising combination setting program P23a refers to this table in the order of the raising combination shown in FIG. 10 and performs a process of setting the raising combination having the smallest number of listening as the target raising combination.

  The discarding support program P23b, when there are 14 current instructions, throws away from this instruction as a disposal before the player performs the operation of the disposal based on the instruction data stored in the RAM 42b. This is a program for assisting the player to determine the power and decide to discard the symbol. The symbol code and priority data of the kite determined by the discard kit support program P23b are transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd.

For example, the process of determining the design of the bag to be discarded and the priority when there are a plurality of them can be performed by the discarded bag support program P23b as follows.
When the above-mentioned goal-raising role is “Kokushi Musou”, it is determined that the symbol code other than the Yaochu Samurai should be the highest priority samurai. Next, discard one of the symbol codes that form the “knot” (including the same four ridges), and then one of the symbol codes that form two or more pairs. It is determined that it should be a trap.

  When the goal of the hand tile is “seven pairs”, it is determined that the symbol code of the kites that do not form “pairs” should be discarded. At this time, the priority order when there are a plurality of symbol codes of the kite that does not form the “pair” is, for example, that the symbol codes other than “1” and “9” of the numbers are given first priority, The symbol codes “1” and “9” of several characters are used, and then the symbol code of the character character “X”. The reason for this is that if you have left the character in the manual data, you have a higher probability of completing a rising combination that can earn more medals when you complete the rising pair of "Seven Pairs". .

  When the goal of the hand is a “general climbing role”, that is, a climbing role consisting of four sets of “face (junko or junko)” and one set of “sparrow head (opposite)” For example, “face (indicator, junko)” regarding the configuration of the design code of 13 hand-printed data when one design code is sequentially discarded from 14 hand-printed data. 4 points, “Toko (both towers)” 3 points, “Fitting tower”, “Pair” 2 points, “Side tower” 1 point, Isolated fence 0 points, etc. A process is performed in which the symbol code that has the largest total score of the individual pieces of hand data is set to be the first priority waste. Hereinafter, priorities are set in descending order of the total score. The reason for this is that, for the current manual data, the large total score indicates that the manual contains more combinations of “knot”, “junko”, and “toko”. .

  In the self-supporting support program P23c, when the current number of hands is 13, the player performs a self-control operation on the target upward combination determined by the above-described target upward combination setting program P23a. Before, it is a program for determining the symbol of self-restraint to be added to this procedure. The symbol code of the bag to be self-determined determined by the self-supporting program P23c is transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd.

The self-supporting program P23c can perform the process of determining the symbol of the heel to be self-contained as follows, for example.
From the goal-raising role of the hand before the self-restraint, there is a shortage of symbols for the combination of the symbols that make up the “sparrow head”, “knot”, “junko”, etc. judge. Then, it is possible to program a process for determining a symbol to be self-contained in accordance with this priority order by setting a priority to be self-contained for the insufficient symbol. For example, if there are multiple traps that can be listened to when the player has listened to it once, the trap that contains the special gamer's rising role is given the highest priority, and the number of medals obtained is the second highest. It can be set to give priority to the symbol code of a kite that includes a rising role and a kite that has the next highest number of kites.

  In the present embodiment, when the hand is used for two-way listening, the hand that is to be discarded and the hand that is to be self-displayed are displayed on the first display device 10, and the hand is heard once and the effective hand is displayed. When it is in a state of hearing when it is self-sufficient, it is configured to display on the second display device 16 a design of a coffin that becomes a hearing when self-sufficient. The subprograms P23a, P23b, and P23c of the assist program P23 described above are game operation support means in this embodiment.

(Program mounted on first image control board Kc)
Next, the configuration of the program installed in the ROM 41c of the first image control board Kc will be described with reference to FIG. These programs are mainly programs for displaying various images and the like on the first display device 10, and include a main control program P31, a screen display program P32, and the like.

  The main control program P31 receives the control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, and performs processing for controlling the operation of each subprogram of the screen display program P32 based on the received data.

  The screen display program P32 is a program for performing control for displaying an image, numerical information, and the like on the first display device 10 based on a control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb. The game screen display program P32a, the special game screen display program P32b, the assist screen display program P32c, and the like are included.

  The normal game screen display program P32a supports various effect images and players on the first display device 10 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 various images. The normal game screen display program P32a further includes an initial effect display program P32a-1 and a game effect display program P32a-2 as subprograms.

  The initial effect display program P32a-1 is a program for displaying an initial screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. The game effect display program P32a-2 displays a screen or the like for assisting the player in operating the game as the game progresses.

  The special game screen display program P32b is a program that performs processing for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires the right of special game, and includes a right acquisition effect display program P32b-1.

  The assist screen display program P32c is composed of a self-display display program P32c-1 and a throw-away display program P32c-2. The self-recognition display program P32c-1 is a program for displaying on the first display device 10 the symbol of the reed that should be self-reliant with respect to the above-described target rising combination. Similarly, the discarded jar display program P32c-2 is a program for displaying the above-mentioned symbol of the trash to be discarded on the first display device 10 as shown in FIG.

(Program mounted on second image control board Kd)
Next, the configuration of the program installed in the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kd will be described based on FIG. These programs include a main control program P41, a screen display program P42, a sound / sound effect output program P43, and the like.

  The main control program P41 receives the control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, and activates each subprogram of the screen display program P42 and the sound / sound effect output program P43 in response to the received data. It is a program to do. The screen display program P42 includes a normal game screen display program P42a and a special game screen display program P42b.

  The normal game screen display program P42a includes subprograms such as an initial effect display program P42a-1, a game effect display program P42a-2, a self-display display program P42a-3, and a throw-away display program P42a-4. The initial effect display program P42a-1 is a program for displaying an initial screen when the sparrow ball game machine 1 is powered on.

  The game effect display program P42a-2 is mainly used when 14 players are determined and whenever the player performs a throwing-in operation, a self-control operation by launching a game ball, or the like as the game progresses. Based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the main control board Ka via the sub-control board Kb, as shown in FIG. It is a program to do.

  The self-displaying program P42a-3, when the hand is in a listening state or a one-way listening state, based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, It is a program that performs processing for displaying on the second display device 16 a symbol of a kite that becomes a hearing if it is self-sufficient. FIG. 18 to FIG. 22 are diagrams showing an example of a screen on which a design of a habit that becomes a hearing is displayed on the effect display unit 30 of the second display device 16. The same applies when displaying the symbol of a kite that rises if it is self-sufficient.

  FIG. 18 shows a display example in the case where the number of habits that will be heard by oneself is 1 to 4, and FIG. 18A shows one of the habits 511 in which the habit of hearing is “one glance”. FIG. 18B shows the case of two ridges 521 and 522 of “first base” and “second base”, and FIG. 18C shows “first base” to “three bases”. ”In FIG. 18D, and FIG. 18D shows a display layout for four ridges 541, 542, 543, and 544 from“ first base ”to“ four bases ”( Symbol arrangement). In addition, a text 50 “Temporary if it ’s a spider” is displayed at the upper center of the effect display section 30 of the second display device 16.

  FIG. 19 shows a display example in the case where the number of wrinkles to be listened to by himself is 5 to 7, and FIG. 19 (a) shows the five wrinkles 551 to 555 of "Ichigo" to "Five". FIG. 19 (b) shows the time of six ridges 561 to 566 from “one base” to “six bases”, and FIG. 19 (c) shows seven parts from “one base” to “seven bases”. The display layout at the time of 牌 571 to 577 is shown.

  FIG. 20 shows a display example in the case where the number of buds to be listened to is 8 to 15 by itself, and FIG. 20 (a) shows “first base” to “four bases” and “east”, “south”, FIG. 20B shows the case of eight ridges 581 to 588 of “west” and “north”, and FIG. 20B shows “first” to “fifth” and “east”, “south”, “west” and “north”. "9" is shown for the nine ridges 591 to 599, and FIG. 20 (c) shows "one ridge" to "five ridges" and "east", "south", "west", "north", and "white". FIG. 20 (d) shows the case of ten ridges 601 to 60a. FIG. 20 (d) shows 11 pieces of "one ridge" to "six ridges" and "east", "south", "west", "north", and "white". FIG. 20 (e) shows “Ichigo” through “Rokugo” and “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, and “、”. Shows the time of 12 ridges 621 to 62c FIG. 20 (f) shows the case of 13 ridges 631 to 63d of “one ridge” to “seven ridges” and “east”, “south”, “west”, “north”, “white”, and “發”. FIG. 20 (g) shows 14 pieces of “first base” to “seven bases” and “east”, “south”, “west”, “north”, “white”, “發”, “middle”. FIG. 20 (h) shows “Ichigo” through “Yawata” and “East”, “South”, “West”, “North”, “White”, “發”, “ The display layout of 15 牌 651 to 65 f of “medium” is shown. 18 (a) to (d), FIGS. 19 (a) to (c) and FIGS. 20 (a) to (h) are stored in the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kd. Has been. Although not shown, the present embodiment is configured to display a maximum of 16 candy symbols.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, in this embodiment, image data of three types of large, medium, and small symbols are stored in advance in the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kd for all 27 types of bags. Has been. That is, the largest image data is used when the number of songs to be heard is 1 to 4 by itself, the middle image data is used when 5 to 7, and the number is 8 to 16. The smallest image data is used. Then, the self-displaying program P42a-3 selects the above-described display display data of the cocoon based on the symbol code data and the number data of the cocoon that will be a hearing if it is transmitted from the sub-control board Kb. Process to display. At this time, on the basis of the priority data of the tiles to be discarded and discarded, transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, for example, the symbol of the basket having a high priority is displayed from the left side of the display layout. It can also be configured.

  FIG. 21 shows a screen displayed on the effect display section 30 of the second display device 16 when the hand is in the one-way listening state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 21, in the case of the hand trap shown in FIG. 5, the heels that will be heard by the next self-swing operation are “second base” 661, “third base” 662, “four bases” 663, “ Since there are seven of “Five” “664”, “Six”, “665”, “Kyujo” 666, and “Ikko” 667, the self-display display program P42a-3 refers to the display layout shown in FIG. Then, the process of displaying the symbol of the middle image data is performed. At this time, if the “Gojo” 664 or the “Kyujo” 666 is self-recognized, the BB game role “Kyuren Bao” will be used as an uplifting form. The special game combination information (information regarding a specific game combination) 671 and 672 is displayed. In addition, when “Ichiro” 667 is refrained, it becomes a hearing form including “Ichitsutsun”, which is an RB game role, and the special game information “REG” is displayed below the symbol of “Ichiro” 667. 673 is displayed. By comprising in this way, the beginner with little knowledge and experience of the mahjong game and the sparrow ball game machine 1 can easily recognize the symbol of the kite aimed by the next self-operation.

  FIG. 22 shows that the second display device 16 in the case where the number of symbols of the bag that will be a hearing by itself exceeds half the number of all 27 types of symbols used in the game, that is, 14 or more. The screen display example of the effect display unit 30 is shown. For example, when it becomes a one-sided listening hand for “Seven Pairs” shown in FIG. 22 (a), the design of the earpiece to be heard by oneself is “1st base”, “four bases”, There are 21 types of symbols excluding the 6 types of symbols “Gojo”, “Kyujo”, “Santsu”, and “East”. In this way, if the number of spider symbols (21 types) that will be a hearing is over half of the total number of 27 types of symbols used in the game, the self-display program P42a-3 is displayed in FIG. As shown to (b), it can comprise so that the process which displays the design of the bag which should not be self-resolved on the production | presentation display part 30 of a 2nd display apparatus may be performed. That is, the text 51 “Tempai if other than this is displayed” is displayed in the upper center of the effect display section 30, and “Ichigo” 681, “Fourth” 682, “Five” Six types of symbols are displayed: 683, “Jiufen” 684, “Three cylinders” 685, and “East” 686. By this process, it is possible to make it easier to see the symbol of the wrinkles displayed on the effect display unit 30. Therefore, in the case of such a configuration, it is only necessary to display a maximum of thirteen spider symbols on the effect display unit 30. Therefore, display layout data up to FIG. 20 (f) may be stored in the ROM 41d.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the design of the kites that are to be heard by the user is displayed on the second display device 16 has been described. However, the self-display program P32c- mounted on the first image control board Kc- 1 may be configured to be displayed on the first display device 10. Further, the first and second display devices 10 and 16 may be configured to display images in conjunction with each other. Alternatively, all the symbols may be displayed on one display device, and only the symbol with a high priority may be displayed on the other display device.

  The discarding display program P42a-4 discards any one of the traps from the hand, and when it is put into a listening state, if it is discarded, the listening is performed based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb. This is a program for performing a process of displaying on the second display device 16 the symbol of the moth that becomes the same as the above-described symbol of the heel of hearing.

  The special game screen display program P42b is a program for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires the right of special game, and includes a self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 as a subprogram. . The self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 displays the 27 kinds of spider symbols displayed on the first display device 10 when the player has acquired the special gamer's right as a spear selection right shift button 22a, Or it is a program for supporting the operation which selects the symbol of the heel which should be self-recognized by an interactive system, operating the heel selection left shift button 22b and scrolling.

  The sound / sound effect output program P43 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.

  Note that image data to be displayed on the first and second display devices 10 and 16 is stored as digital image data in the ROM 41c of the first image control board Kc and the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kd, respectively. . These data are, for example, an image of the design of each kite, an image related to the background and character for the announcement of the arrangement and other effects, an image for the effect when the rising combination is completed, and the like.

  A program for controlling the operation of the game mounted on 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 the CPUs 40a to 40d of each board are used. Programs translated into machine language programs that are executable programs are stored in the ROMs 41a to 41d of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd.

(Game progress control)
Next, a flow in which the game operation control program installed in the sparrow ball game machine 1 controls the progress of the game when the player executes the game will be described. FIG. 14 to FIG. 17 are flowcharts showing the flow of control of the main control program P1 mounted on the main control board Ka that controls and controls the progress of the game. Hereinafter, based on FIG. 14 thru | or FIG. 17, the flow of control of 1 game is demonstrated in order of a step.

(Step S1)
First, the manager of the game hall turns on the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 before starting business on that day. When the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka initializes the storage area of the RAM 42a of the main control board Ka. At this time, “0” indicating a normal game is stored as an initial value in a special game flag described later. Subsequently, the main 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 this initialization control command to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd. .

  When the sub control board Kb and the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive this initialization control command, the main program mounted on each control board initializes the storage areas of the RAM 42b, RAM 42c and RAM 42d. Turn into. Further, the main programs P31 and P41 mounted on the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd operate the initial effect display programs P32a-1 and P42a-1, and the effect screen when the power is turned on, For example, processing such as displaying an image related to the background or character on the first and second display devices 10 and 16 is performed. As a result, the sparrow ball gaming machine 1 enters a state in which the game can be executed when the player inserts a predetermined number of medals per game into the medal slot 17.

(Step S2)
In order for a player to play a game, it is necessary to insert a predetermined number of game media, for example, three medals, into the medal slot 17 per game. When the medal insertion signal from the medal insertion sensor 17a is input to the main control board Ka, the main control program P1 activates the medal management program P2. The medal management program P2 performs processing for storing the number of inserted medals.

  When the main control program P1 determines that the number of medals necessary for the execution of one game has been inserted, the main control program P1 sends a control command for prompting the player to press the start button 18 via the sub-control board Kb. 1 to the image control board Kc. When the first image control board Kc receives this control command, the game effect display program P32a-2 performs a process of displaying “Please press the game start button” on the first display device 10. At this time, the sound / sound effect output program P43 of the second image control board Kd may be operated to simultaneously output sound from the speaker 6.

(Step S3)
When the player presses the game start button 18 and a game start signal is input to the main control board Ka, the main control program P1 sends a game start control command to the first and second control boards Kb via the sub control board Kb. It transmits to the second image control board Kc, Kd. Based on this control command, the game effect display programs P32a-2 and P42a-2 for the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd display the effect images at the start of the game on the first and second display devices 10, respectively. 16 and the sound is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P43. In this way, one game of the sparrow ball game machine 1 starts.

(Step S4)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 performs a process of storing initial values in various storage areas set in the RAM 42a at the start of one game. For example, a prescribed number of “11” is stored as an initial value in an area (the remaining number storage area of game balls) that stores the number of game balls that can be launched by a player for self-control in one game.

(Step S5)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka operates the automatic layout program P4 to perform a process of automatically determining 14 layout codes required for starting the game. The automatic layout program P4 stores the 14 symbol codes that have been automatically allocated in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a, and then, in a predetermined order, for example, ascending order of symbol codes, ie, insulator, tube, cord, The process of rearranging in the order of wind and Sangen is performed and stored in the manual storage area.

  Next, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka transmits the 14 arranged symbol codes together with the control command to the sub control board Kb. When the main control program P21 of the sub control board Kb receives the 14 arranged symbol codes, the main control program P21 stores the symbol codes in the RAM 42b, and stores the 14 arranged symbol codes in the second control code P21. Transmit to the image control board Kd. When the game effect display program P42a-2 on the second image control board Kd receives the 14 design codes, the game design display program P42a-2 displays the image of the design shown in FIG. The display process is performed on the hand display unit 34 and the self display unit 35 of the second display device 16.

(Step S6) (Step S7)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka activates the special game combination lottery program P5 (which is activated when a normal game is played) and the dora lottery program P6, and operates the BB game combination, RB The combination of each rising combination that can acquire the right of the game combination and the CB game combination, and the design codes of the front and back dramas are determined, and the combination code of the rising combination of these BB game combination, RB game combination and CB game combination Then, a process of storing the front and back drum code codes in the RAM 42a is performed. Further, the main program P1 uses the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb through the sub-control board Kb together with the control code of the combination code of the rising combination that can acquire the special gamer's right of the game and the design code of the table Process to send to. The symbol code of the back side is transmitted to the second image control board Kd via the sub control board Kb under the control of the main control program P1 when the player presses the reach button 21.

  When the main control program P21 of the sub control board Kb receives the combination code of the rising combination determined as the BB game combination, the RB game combination and the CB game combination of the game, and the front and back drum design codes from the main control board Ka. These codes are stored in the RAM 42b.

  Further, when the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives the combination code of the BB game role, the RB game role and the CB game role, and the front and back dora symbol codes, 5, the BB game combination, the RB game combination, and the CB game combination are displayed on the BB game combination display unit 31a, the RB game combination display unit 31b, and the CB game combination display unit 31c, respectively. The symbol code of the back side is displayed and stored in the RAM 42d. Subsequently, the main control programs P31 and P41 of the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd display that the game start conditions are ready on the first and second display devices 10 and 16, and the speakers. 6 is controlled so as to perform the process of notifying by voice.

  Note that the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the back side received by the second image control board Kd and stored in the RAM 42d has a control command indicating that the reach has been applied from the main control board Ka via the sub control board Kb. When the image is transmitted to the second image control board Kd, the game effect display program P42b-2 of the second image control board Kd displays it on the back-dora display unit 29.

(Step S8)
The main control program P1 performs processing for checking the data stored in the special game flag set in the RAM 42a. If “0” is stored in the special game flag, the process proceeds to step S9. If “1” or “2” is stored, the process proceeds to step S50 shown in FIG.

  The special game flag is “0” when the game to be executed is a normal game, “1” when the game has acquired the right of the BB game described later, and “0” when the game has acquired the right of the RB game. 2 "is stored.

(Step S9)
The main control program P1 operates the winning determination program P7 to determine whether or not the 14 hand movement data automatically distributed and stored in the RAM 42a have already completed the winning combination. If it is determined in step S9 that the value is raised, the process proceeds to step S30 shown in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined that it has not risen, the main control program P1 transmits a control command for discarding assistance to the sub-control board Kb, and proceeds to step S10.

  When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives this throwing assist control command, it activates the target raising combination setting program P23a of the assist program P23 and performs the current 14 procedures stored in the RAM 42b. A process for setting the target rising combination for the data is performed.

  Subsequently, the discard control program P23b for the sub-control board Kb should be discarded from the 14 procedures for the target increase combination of the current manual data set by the target increase combination setting program P23a. The process which determines is performed.

  Then, when the heel to be discarded is determined, the symbol code is transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd together with the trash assist control command. When the first image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the bag to be discarded, the first image control board Kc activates the discarded symbol display program P32c-2, and the symbol of the symbol code as shown in FIG. The process which displays on the 1st display apparatus 10 as a symbol which should be performed is performed. When the second image control board Kd receives the symbol code that becomes a hearing if it is discarded in the cage to be discarded, the discarding symbol display program P42a-4 is activated and the symbol of the symbol code is discarded. The process which displays on the 2nd display device 16 as a symbol which becomes is performed.

(Step S10)
In step S10, under the control of the main control program P1, the player waits for an input as to whether or not the player has turned on any of the discard button switches 19a, 19b,. That is, it is set in a waiting state until the discarding operation is performed.

  Note that when the player performs a throwing-in operation and the hand is in a hearing state, and there are one or more remaining game balls, the reach button 21 is operated before the unnecessary throwing-out operation is performed. Then, when the reach is applied and the kite that has been self-sufficient in the next self-operating operation does not complete and completes the role, the self-control is automatically thrown away by the main control program P1 without pressing the throw-away button switch 19a or the like. The cocoon process is performed.

(Step S11)
When the player performs a throwing-in operation and a throwing-in signal is input from any of the throwing button switches 19a, etc., the main control program P1 analyzes the input signal, and the player selects The process which determines the symbol code of the symbol which performed is performed. Next, the main control program P1 performs a process of deleting the symbol code of the discarded bag from the hand data stored in the hand memory area of the RAM 42a.

  On the other hand, when the sub control board Kb receives 13 pieces of manual data from the main control board Ka, the target raising combination setting program P23a is operated by the control of the main control program P21 of the sub control board Kb. A process for setting a goal-raising role for each hand is performed. Subsequently, the self-supporting support program P23c is operated to perform a process of determining an appropriate design of the self-contained to be self-contained with respect to the goal increasing combination. Then, the symbol code of the bag to be self-determined determined by the self-support program P23c is transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd by the main control program P21.

  When the first image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the bag to be self-recognized from the sub-control board Kb, the first image control board Kc operates the self-displaying program P32c-1 and sets the symbol of this symbol code as the bag to be self-recognized. The display is performed on the display device 10. Note that when the finger is listening one-way, the second display device 16 displays a wrinkle to be self-recognized by the self-display display program P42a-3 of the second image control board Kd. The player recognizes in advance the entrance to enter the game ball by the next self-operation by looking at the design of the self-contained kite displayed on the first or second display device 10, 16. Will be able to.

(Step S12)
Step S12 is a waiting state until the player performs a self-sufficient operation, that is, the main control program P1 causes the player to fire one game ball from the game ball launch lever 4, and this game ball enters the ball. A ball enters any of the mouths 13a and the like, and a waiting state is set until a ball signal is input from the ball sensor.

(Step S13)
The main control program P1 activates the game ball remaining number counting program P1c and stores it in the storage area of the RAM 42a when an incoming signal is inputted from the entrance sensor of the entrance where the game ball has entered. A process of subtracting the remaining number of game balls is performed.

(Step S14)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 performs processing for analyzing the incoming signal of the game ball and obtaining the symbol code of the bowl at the entrance where the game ball has entered. Then, this symbol code is transmitted to the second image control substrate Kd via the sub-control substrate Kb as a symbol symbol of the bag that the player has refrained from. Next, the main control program P1 performs a process of adding the symbol code that is manually operated by the player to the 13 pieces of manual data stored in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a. In addition, when the second image control board Kd receives the symbol code of the kite that the player has refrained from, the game effect display program P42a-2 displays the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the kite that has been refrained by the self-display unit 35. Process to be displayed.

(Step S15)
In step S15, similarly to step S9 described above, the winning determination program P7 performs a process of determining whether or not the 14 pieces of hand data have completed the winning combination. If it is determined that the winning combination has been completed, the process proceeds to step S30 shown in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined that the rising combination has not been completed, the process proceeds to the next step S16.

(Step S16)
The main control program P1 performs a process of determining whether or not the player can further perform a self-control operation, that is, whether or not one or more playable game balls stored in the RAM 42a remain. If one or more game balls remain as a result of this determination, the process returns to step S10. On the other hand, when the number of game balls that can be fired is zero, the game ends as a fluency, and the process proceeds to the next step S17.

(Step S17)
The game history data recording program P10 performs processing for adding the history data of the game executed by the player this time to the history data area of the RAM 42a and for updating the history data. The game result history data stored in the RAM 42a is the data item described in the processing contents of the game history data recording program P10.

(Step S18)
In step S18, since the game could not be lifted even if one game was completed, that is, the self-repression operation corresponding to the specified number of game balls was performed, processing for the current station is performed. As this process, for example, an initialization process for storing initial data in a data area such as the number of remaining game balls set in the RAM 42a, a reach flag, and the like is performed. Further, a process of transmitting a game end control command to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb is performed. When the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive the game end control command, the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd perform a process of displaying the fact on the first and second display devices 10 and 16.

(Step S30)
The main control program P1 operates the winning determination program P7 to determine what rising combination the hand data has completed, and stores the code of the rising combination in the RAM 42a.

(Step S31)
The main control program P1 is the target of the BB game combination, RB game combination or CB game combination whose special combination is determined by the special game combination lottery program P5 at the start of the game. A process is performed to determine whether or not it coincides with a rising combination code. As a result of the determination, if the code matches the code of the rising combination that is the target of the BB game combination, RB game combination or CB game combination, the process proceeds to step S40. On the other hand, if the rising combination is not a rising combination that can acquire the right of the BB game combination, the RB game combination, or the CB game combination, the process proceeds to step S32.

(Step S40)
In step S40, it is determined whether or not the special game combination completed by the player is a CB game combination. As a result of this determination, if the code matches the winning combination code that can acquire the right of the CB game combination, the process proceeds to step S70 in FIG. On the other hand, if the rising combination is not a rising combination that can acquire the right of the CB game combination, the process proceeds to step S41.

(Step S41)
In step S41, when the rising combination completed by the player is a rising combination that can acquire the right of the BB game combination, "1" is stored in the special game flag set in the RAM 42a, and the right of about the RB game is acquired. If the winning combination can be acquired, “2” is stored, and the process proceeds to step S32. The process in step S41 is a pre-process for causing the next game progress control to proceed in the BB game combination or RB game combination mode. In the present embodiment, the game in which the BB game combination or the RB game combination is established is configured to end as it is. However, after the BB game combination or the RB game combination is established, the discarding operation and the self-control operation are performed. It may be configured to be able to go and aim for other rising roles. Further, the attacker operating port 12 may be activated after the BB game combination or RB game combination is established, and the self-operation using the attacker 11 may be performed.

(Step S32)
First, the main control program P1 transmits a control command for performing the effect display of the rising combination completion to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd. When this control command is received, the first image control board Kc displays an effect indicating the completion of the rising role on the first display device 10 by the game effect display program P32a-2 or the right acquisition effect display program P32b-1. . Similarly, the second image control board Kd performs an effect display of the completed combination on the second display device 16 by the game effect display program P42a-2.

  Next, with reference to the winning medal number medal number table shown in FIG. 10, the number of winning medals corresponding to the code of the rising combination completed by the player, that is, the winning that the player can win for this rising combination. A process for obtaining the number of acquired medals (M) associated with is performed.

  Subsequently, in step S33 to step S39, the rising condition when the player completes the rising combination is determined, and the player further increases the number of medals to the number of acquired medals (M) associated with the winning. A process of determining whether or not it can be acquired is performed. When it is determined that the increased medal number can be acquired, a process for obtaining the increased medal number is performed. Thus, the player can further acquire this increased medal number based on the acquired medal number (M) accompanying the winning and the rising condition when the rising combination is completed.

(Step S33)
In step S33, as a rising condition when the rising combination is completed, a special game is performed when the point increasing means by the special game, that is, when the rising combination is completed by the special game after the attacker operating port 12 is activated. The increased medal number (a) corresponding to the winning combination code is obtained by the score increasing program P11a, and the increased medal number (a) is stored in the RAM 42a.

(Step S34)
In step S34, as the rising condition when the rising combination is completed, the means for increasing the score by the drool, that is, the hand when the player is reaching the table dora to the manual that completed the rising combination. If the back drum is included in the bag, the increased medal number (b) corresponding to the number of the front and back drums is obtained, and the increased medal number (b) is stored in the RAM 42a.

  In this step S33, the main control program P1 operates the score increase program P11b by dragging. Then, the score increase program P11b by the drager first determines the number of symbol codes of the table drum included in the hand data that has completed the ascent stored in the RAM 42a, and stores the number in the RAM 42a. .

  Next, the setting contents of the reach flag set in the RAM 42a are checked. As a result, when “1” is stored, the player was reaching, so the number of symbol codes of the back dora included in the hand data that completed the rising hand was determined, and the number was determined. Processing to be stored in the RAM 42a is performed. Then, the total number of the front and back drums is obtained, and the number of medals to be increased for each one of the front and back drums, for example, three, is multiplied to obtain the increased number of medals (b) by the dredger. be able to.

  The process of determining the number of drags included in the hand data by the above-described score increase program P11b by the drag is based on the symbol code of the front and back drums of the game stored in the RAM 42a. This can be done by sequentially determining whether or not it is included in the manual data composed of 14 completed symbol codes.

(Step S35)
The main control program P1 performs a process for obtaining the total number (S) of medals that can be acquired by the player completing the rising combination. The total number of medals (S) is (the number of medals acquired with winning (M) + the increased number of medals by special game (a) + the increased number of medals by dredging (b)). The calculated total number of medals (S) is stored in the RAM 42a.

(Step S36)
The main control program P1 of the main control board Ka includes the control command for completing the rising combination, the code of the rising combination, the total number of medals acquired by the player (S), the breakdown of the number of winning medals (M), and the number of increased medals The data regarding is transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb. When the game effect display programs P32a-2 and P42a-2 of the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive these pieces of information, they are displayed on the first and second display devices 10 and 16 to complete the winning combination. Display.

(Step S37)
The main control program P1 operates the medal payout control program P8 to perform a process of paying out the total medal number (S) from the medal payout device to the player.

(Step S38) (Step S39)
The main control program P1 operates the game history data recording program P10 to perform processing for adding and updating the history data of the game that the player has executed this time in the history data storage area of the RAM 42a (step S38). . Subsequently, a game end process (step S39) is performed in the same manner as in step S18, and control is returned to step S2.

(Step S50)
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the progress process of the game that has acquired the right of the BB game combination or the RB game combination. Since the player is executing a game that has acquired the right of the BB game combination or the RB game combination, the main control program P1 determines the stored contents of the special game flag set in the RAM 42a. If “1” is stored in the special game flag, the game is a game in which the right of the BB game role has been acquired, and the process proceeds to step S51. On the other hand, if “2” is stored, since the game is a game that has acquired the right of RB game role, the process proceeds to step S60.

(Step S51)
In step S51, the progress control of the game that has acquired the BB game role right is performed. The control of the game progress is a flow from step S2 to step S15 excluding the above-described step S6. However, the self-repressing operation in step S12 is an advantageous operation for the player as follows.

  In other words, in the next game in which the player has acquired the right to play the BB game, the attacker operating port 12 of the game board 2 becomes effective after 14 hands are determined. Then, when the game ball launched by the player passes through the attacker operating port 12, the attacker 11 opens. Subsequently, every time a game ball that has been launched next enters the attacker 11, an operation of the selection buttons 22 a, 22 b and the determination button 23 from the 27 types of symbols displayed on the second display device 16 is performed. It becomes possible to select a desired bag as a lock. Then, when the player completes the rising combination, the process proceeds to step S52, and when the player becomes a master station, the process proceeds to step S58.

(Step S52)
If the game that has acquired the right of the BB game role is continued and goes up, the game that has acquired the right of the big game role can be continued up to a preset upper limit number of times, for example, 14 times. In step S52, “1” is added to the area for counting the number of continuations of the big game set in the RAM 42a.

(Step S53) to (Step S56)
The processing contents of steps S53 to S56 are the same as the processes of steps S30 to S37 except for step S31.

(Step S57) to (Step S59)
It is determined whether or not the number of continuations of the player's BB game exceeds a preset upper limit number (step S57). This determination is performed by comparing the number of BB game continuations counted in step S52 and stored in the RAM 42a with the upper limit number stored in advance in the ROM 41a, for example, “14”. If the BB game continuation count exceeds the upper limit count, the process proceeds to step S58. In step S58, as a BB game end process, a process of storing “0” in the special game flag is performed, and the process proceeds to step S59. On the other hand, if the upper limit number has not been exceeded, the process proceeds to step S59, where the history data of the game executed by the player is added and recorded in the history data storage area of the RAM 42a, and the history data is updated. I do.

(Step S60)
In step S60, the progress control of the game that has acquired the RB game role right is performed. This game progress control is the same process as the process of step S51 described above.

(Step S61)
The processing from step S53 to step S56 described above is performed to determine the total number (S) of medals acquired by the player, and processing for paying out the medal from the medal payout device to the player is performed.

(Step S62) (Step S63)
When the RB game role right is acquired, the game for which the BB game role right is acquired can be executed only for the next one game. Therefore, in step S62, “0” is stored in the special game flag, and the next game is a normal game. To control the progress of the game. Then, it progresses to step S63, performs the completion | finish process of RB game, and progresses to step S59.

(Step S70)
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the progress process of the game that has acquired the right of the CB game combination. When the player completes the winning combination of the CB game combination, in step S70, the remaining game ball count program P1c on the main control board Ka is operated to determine whether or not the remaining number of game balls is zero. Do. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the remaining number of game balls is 0, the process proceeds to step S32. At this time, when the operating condition of the score increase program P11a by special game is set to “CB game combination is established”, the score increase program P11a by special game is operated and the number of medals (a ) (Step S33 of FIG. 15) is performed, but the operating condition of the score increase program P11a by special game is “After the CB game combination is established, the game ball is passed through the attacker operating port and the attacker is opened. "Or" Opening the attacker and letting the game ball enter the attacker "is set to expire the CB game right of the game. If it is determined that the remaining number of game balls is not 0, the process proceeds to step S71.

(Step S71)
In step S71, processing for determining whether or not the player has performed an operation for ending the game (such as pressing operation of the game end button 24, the medal payout button 25, or the game start button 18) is performed. As a result of this determination, if it is determined that the player has performed some operation to end the game, the process proceeds to step S32. Also in step S71, as in step S70, if the operating condition of the special game scoring increase program P11a is set to "achieve CB game combination", the special game scoring increase program P11a operates. Then, a process for obtaining the number of medals (a) by the special game (step S33 in FIG. 15) is performed, but the operating condition of the score increasing program P11a by the special game is “After the CB game combination is established, the game ball is operated by the attacker. If it is set to “pass the mouth and open the attacker” or “open the attacker and allow the game ball to enter the attacker”, the right of the CB game of the game expires. If it is determined that the player has not performed an operation to end the game, the process proceeds to step S72.

(Step S72)
In step S72, the same processing as in step S10 of FIG. 14 described above is performed.

(Step S73)
When the player performs a throwing-in operation and a throwing-in signal is input from any of the throwing-in button switches 19a or the like, the attacker operation port 12 is validated and the process proceeds to step S74.

(Step S74) to (Step S78)
In steps S74 to S78, the same processing as in steps S11 to S15 of FIG. 14 is performed. If it is determined in step S78 that 14 hand-claws have been raised and the combination is completed, the process proceeds to step S79. . If it is determined in step S78 that the 14 hands have not been raised and the combination has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S80.

(Step S79)
In step S79, a process for determining a rising combination completed by the player is performed, and the process proceeds to step S32 in FIG.

(Step S80)
In this step S80, it is determined whether or not the remaining number of game balls is 0. If the remaining number of game balls is 0, the process proceeds to step S81, and the remaining number of game balls is not 0. Returns to step S72.

(Step S81) (Step S82)
The main control program P1 operates the game history data recording program P10 to perform processing for adding and updating the history data of the game executed by the player this time in the history data storage area of the RAM 42a (step S81). . Subsequently, a game end process (step S82) is performed as in step S18, and control is performed to return to step S2.

  The game control program installed in the sparrow ball game machine 1 according to the present invention executes the steps described above to control the progress of one game.

  As described above, according to the sparrow ball game machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, a sparrow ball game machine capable of covering and displaying the spear that should be self-contained and / or the spear that should be discarded. can do. Also, even when a plurality of traps to be self-recognized and / or to be thrown away are displayed, a player who has little knowledge or experience about mahjong games or sparrow balls can easily gain priority. A recognizable sparrow ball game machine can be provided.

It is a front view which shows the structural example of the front part of the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structural example of the game board in the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the design of the entrance and the cage | basket installed in the lower part of the game board shown in FIG. It is a front view for demonstrating the structural example of the operation panel in the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the 2nd display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen which displayed the symbol which should be thrown away on the 1st display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of the control board which controls operation | movement of the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 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 for demonstrating the structural example of the symbol code table of the cocoon which shows the relationship between the symbol of the mahjong tile used for the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and the symbol code set to this symbol. is there. In the prize medal number table for each winning combination indicating the name and code of the rising combination set in the sparrow ball game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the number of medals acquired when the winning combination is completed. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure. 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 1st image control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the 2nd image control board shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control of the game progress in the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control of the game progress in the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control of the game progress in the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control of the game progress in the sparrow ball game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the 2nd display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the 2nd display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the 2nd display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the 2nd display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the 2nd display apparatus shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sparrow ball game machine 2 ... Game board 3 ... Operation panel 4 ... Game ball launch lever 10 ... First display device 11 ... Attacker (special entrance)
12 ... Attacker operation port 13a, 13b, 13c, ... Entrance hole 16 ... Second display device 18 ... Game start button 19a, 19b, 19c, ..., 19m ... Disc switch button 21 ... Reach Button 30 ... Production display unit 31a ... BB game combination display unit 31b ... RB game combination display unit 31c ... CB game combination display unit 34 ... Manual display unit 35 ... Self display unit 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d ... CPU
41a, 41b, 41c, 41d ... ROM
42a, 42b, 42c, 42d ... RAM
P23 Assist program (game operation support means)
P32, P42 ... Screen display program (image display means)
P42a-3 ... Self-displaying program (displaying screen symbol arrangement determining means)
P42a-4 ... Abandonment display program (display display pattern arrangement determining means)

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A game board in which a entrance corresponding to a plurality of types of kites is arranged, and a design of a kite corresponding to the entrance into which the game balls launched on the game board enter are regarded as self-determination by self-operation. Self-operating means for displaying on the hand display section of the display device, discarding means for discarding unnecessary symbols from the hand symbols displayed on the hand display section, and the self-operation A game operation support means for determining a spear to be refrained before and / or a spear to be abandoned before the abandonment operation, and a spear to be refrained by the game operation support means and / or the abandonment Image display means for displaying on the display device the symbol of the kite determined to be the kite, and when the combination of the symbols of the hand is set in advance, Sparrow ball game that pays out a set number of game media for each rising combination A machine,
The image display means, e Bei display tiles symbol arrangement determining means for determining the arrangement of symbols of tiles to be displayed on said display device in accordance with the number of tiles the should be self Moss should tile and / or the discarded tiles,
Further, the image display means, when the number of folds to be refrained and / or the number of folds to be discarded is more than half of the number of types of all symbols, A sparrow ball game machine characterized in that a symbol of a kite other than a kite to be displayed is displayed on the display device as a kite that should not be self-contained and / or a kite that should not be discarded .   The image display means, together with information on the specific game player, when there is a habit that will be heard if it is self-regarded with respect to the specific rising role, or a habit that will be raised if it is discarded. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a spear to be discarded and / or a spear to be discarded is displayed on the display device. The game operation support means determines priority by attaching priority information to the heel to be refrained and / or the heel to be discarded.
2. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the image display means displays, on the display device, the heel to be self-recognized and / or the heel to be discarded as well as the priority information. .   4. The sparrow ball according to claim 3, wherein the game operation support means sets the priority information according to the amount of profit given to the player when the rising combination is completed. Gaming machine.   2. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the display basket symbol arrangement determining means includes display layout data corresponding to the number of basket symbols to be displayed.

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