JP5062892B2 - 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 provided with a display device capable of displaying information on a hand-claw and a throw-in bag during a 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 main control means for controlling the progress of the game, a sub-control means for controlling the effect of the game, etc., and a game effect image and the like controlled by the sub-control means are displayed. A display device or the like is 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 main control means of the sparrow ball game machine constituted by the microcomputer starts the game. And control the progress of the game in accordance with the player's abandonment and self-restraint operation.

  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 the 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 controlled by the sub-control means 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 main control means controls the sub-control means to perform processing for updating and displaying 13 symbols serving as the current trick of the player on the display device. The game ball is controlled to be supplied to the game ball launcher.

  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 main control means performs processing for storing its own symbol code in the manual data storage area of the storage device, and controls the secondary control means to become the current manual of the player. The process of updating and displaying the symbols on the display device is performed. These operations and processing constitute a self-operating means for the sparrow ball game machine. However, when the number of disclosures disclosed in the game place of the symbol of the self-obtained obtained by the self-control operation reaches a preset upper limit number (for example, four), the operation of the self-control Is configured so that the self-operation is performed again.

  The “number of symbols disclosed at the game venue” refers to the symbols of the 14 cages distributed at the start of the game, the symbols obtained by the self-restraint operation, and the symbols discarded by the discarding operation. This is the total number of symbols for each symbol and the number of symbols displayed on the display means. As described above, the sparrow ball game machine configured to invalidate the self-restraint operation when entering the entrance of the symbol whose number of disclosure reaches the predetermined number, and to allow the game ball to be replayed (replayed). For example, it is disclosed by Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 4-212391.

  Subsequently, the winning determination means provided in the main control means is that the combination of 14 hand-hand symbols that have been made by the operation of the player has completed the combination of the up (completion) combination set in advance. Processing to determine whether or not. 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 main control means of the sparrow ball game machine 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 main control means performs a process of ending (game) the game.

  Also, in the conventional sparrow ball game machine, in order to secure an effective game area of the game board, a display device for displaying information on the hand and throwing pad during the game is arranged on the operation panel side on the front side of the game machine. Are known. When configured in this way, in general, when a display device on the operation panel controlled by the sub-control means becomes unable to display for some reason during the game, a situation occurs in which the game is disabled In order to avoid this, the present applicant has proposed a sparrow ball game machine that can facilitate the gauge setting of the game board even if the display device controlled by the main control means is arranged on the game board side (see below). Patent Document 2).

JP-A-4-212391 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-20813

  In the conventional sparrow ball game machine as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, if the four symbols obtained by the player through the self-control are already disclosed in the game place, the self-control is performed. By making the player perform the self-repetition operation again as invalid, the player is prevented from feeling uncomfortable. However, when such a means is adopted, the player has to repeat the self-operation, so there is a problem that the game time of one game may become long.

  In addition, in order to avoid the occurrence of a situation in which the game becomes impossible when the display device on the operation panel controlled by the sub control means becomes impossible to display due to an unexpected situation during the game, When the display device controlled by the main control means is arranged on the game board side, in the display method using the display means as described in Patent Document 2, the number of symbols of a certain bag disclosed in the field is predetermined. If a self-control operation exceeding the number (for example, four) of the game is regarded as an effective self-control operation, and the self-control design is used as a manual design, and the design is invalid, the game is abandoned during one game. There is a problem in that the number of all the symbols of the bag may not be displayed.

  That is, in the invention described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, when the upper limit number of games that can be used in one game is four, for example, three “1” cards are discarded by hand. In the case of one, the three dot light emitting portions from the left of the “one glance” display area composed of four dot light emitting portions are lit in red, and the one dot light emitting portion at the right end is lit in green. Therefore, when all four dot light emitting sections are lit in red or green, when a game ball enters the entrance corresponding to the symbol of “Ichigo” by the next self-operation, the “Ichigo” Although the information that the symbol is an invalid symbol is displayed as a manual, the symbol “Ichigo” is obtained as a self-restraint by the subsequent self-manipulation operation, and when the discarding process is performed, The total number of symbols thrown away in a game cannot be displayed.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and it is possible to shorten the game time of one game, and the display device controlled by the main control means is arranged on the game board side. However, it is possible to easily set the gauge of the game board, and to reliably display information on the number of symbols in one game and the number of symbols discarded as one game in one game. An object is to provide a ball game machine.

  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. A self-operating means for adding the symbol of the bag corresponding to the entry ball mouth to the symbol of the manual as self-control, and a discarding operation unit for discarding an unnecessary symbol from the symbol of the manual Main display means for displaying the information of the symbol of the kite arranged on the game board and disclosed in the game field by the control of the main control unit, and the combination of the symbols of the hand is preset A sparrow ball game machine that pays out the number of game media set for each rising combination when a combination of rising combination symbols is completed, wherein the main display means has a plurality of dot light emitting portions arranged in a matrix direction. Dot matrix display and dot matrix display A plurality of display areas each including a predetermined number of the dot light emitting units arranged adjacent to each other, and the main control means determines the disclosed number of symbols disclosed at the game site after the game starts. Disclosure number counting means that counts for each symbol, and when the self-sufficient symbol is obtained by the self-operation, the remaining number of the game balls is calculated even if the disclosed number of the symbol exceeds a preset upper limit number K The game ball remaining number counting means for subtracting “1”, and display determining means for determining the light emission mode of the plurality of dot light emitting units, the display determining means comprising one display area of the main display means. Corresponding to the information on the number of symbols of the cocoon that has been discarded, the number of the dot light emitting portions corresponding to the number of symbols in the hand bag is caused to emit light in the first light emission mode. The dot The light part emits light in the second light emitting mode, and the dot light emitting unit that emits light in the first light emitting mode and the dot light emitting unit that emits light in the second light emitting mode are the same in one display area. When the light emitting unit is used, the dot light emitting unit emits light in a third light emitting mode.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the sparrow ball game machine according to the first aspect, the dot light emitting unit includes a light emitting element that can be driven to emit light in at least two types of light emission colors, and the display determining unit includes the display determining unit, As the first light emission mode, the light emitting element is driven to emit light with the one emission color, and as the second light emission mode, the light emitting element is driven to emit light with another emission color, and the light emitting element is driven to the one emission color. And the other emission colors are simultaneously driven to form the third emission mode.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the sparrow ball game machine according to the first or second aspect, the dot light emitting section that emits light in the first light emitting mode and the dot that emits light in the second light emitting mode. One or both of the light emitting units are displayed in binary notation.

  According to the sparrow ball game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the game ball remaining number counting means obtains a symbol of self-determination by self-determination operation, an upper limit number K in which the disclosed number of the symbol is preset. Since the remaining number of game balls is decremented by “1” even if the number exceeds the limit, the player cannot repeat the self-repression operation even if he / she refrains from the symbols exceeding the upper limit number K. The game time can be shortened.

  In addition, the display determining unit causes one display area of the main display unit to correspond to one symbol of the bag, and causes the number of dot light emitting units corresponding to the number of symbols in the hand bag to emit light in the first light emission mode. The dot light emitting unit corresponding to the information on the number of symbols of the discarded wrinkles emits light in the second light emitting mode, and the dot light emitting unit that emits light in the first light emitting mode and the second light emitting in one display region When the dot light emitting portions emitting light in the same mode are the same dot light emitting portions, the dot light emitting portions are caused to emit light in the third light emitting mode, so that the area on the game board occupied by the main display means is increased and the gauge of the game board The main display means can be arranged on the game board side without restricting the setting, and information on the number of symbols in one game in a game and the number of symbols discarded as throwing away Can be displayed.

  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 dot light emitting section emits light in at least two kinds of emission colors. A light emitting element that can be driven, and the display determining means drives the light emitting element to emit light with one emission color as a first light emitting mode, and drives the light emitting element to emit light with another light emitting color as a second light emitting mode to emit light Since the element can be configured to be driven to emit light in one emission color and the other emission color at the same time to be in the third emission mode, the third emission mode is changed to the first and second emission modes. It can be easily obtained by simultaneously driving to emit light, and information regarding the number of symbols in one game in a single game and the number of symbols in a discarded game can be reliably displayed.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, in the sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, the first light emission mode. Since either or both of the dot light-emitting unit that emits light and the dot light-emitting unit that emits light in the second light emission mode can be displayed in binary notation, a limited number of dot light-emitting units can be used. On the other hand, even when the disclosed number exceeds the upper limit number K, the number of symbols in the manual and the number of symbols discarded can be displayed on the main display means.

  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. The first display device 10 is controlled by a sub control board Kb which is a sub control means of the sparrow ball game machine 1 described later.

  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 main display device 36 composed of a dot matrix display or the like is provided above the game board 2. The main display device 36 is controlled by a main control board Ka that is a main control means of the sparrow ball game machine 1 described later.

  Here, the detailed configuration of the main display device 36 shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 20, a dot matrix display 300 comprising a left dot matrix display 300a and a right dot matrix display 300b is disposed in the central portion of the main display device 36. On the left side of the left dot matrix display 300a, 7-segment displays 351 and 352 having two columns of 7 segments are arranged, and on the right side of the right-side dot matrix display 300b, 7 segments of 7 segments are arranged one by one. Segment indicators 353, 354, and 355 are provided.

  Each of the left and right dot matrix displays 300a and 300b includes 64 dot light emitting sections 300d arranged in units of 8 in the matrix direction (row direction and column direction). In the present embodiment, each dot light emitting section 300d is composed of a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as LED) that can emit at least red and green light. In addition, as this dot light emission part 300d, you may use single color LED or full color LED.

  The 7-segment display 351 constitutes the stored game medal number display area, the 7-segment display 352 constitutes the acquired game medal number display area, the 7-segment display 353 constitutes the remaining game ball number display area, and the 7-segment display The indicator 354 constitutes an open condition device continuous operation number display area, and the 7 segment indicator 355 constitutes an attacker remaining number-of-entries number display area.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the display area in the dot matrix display 300 is a hand / discard display area 310 surrounded by a solid line, and 20 are surrounded by a one-dot chain line in the lower right corner of the right dot matrix display 300b. And a display region 340 including (4 × 5) dot light emitting units 300d.

  The display area 340 is configured to function as one display area by the dot light emitting unit 300d arranged in a row direction (vertical direction in FIG. 21) by five (5 dots), and in order from the left side in FIG. The selected symbol display area 341, the front-drag symbol display area 342, the back-drag symbol display area 343, and the opening condition device operation symbol (the rising combination that satisfies the condition for opening the attacker 11) and the condition continuous device It is configured as a display area 344 of an operation symbol (a rising combination that satisfies a condition for opening the attacker 11 once closed in the next game).

  FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram for explaining the hand / discard display area 310 in the left and right dot matrix displays 300a and 300b in more detail, and FIG. 22 (a) is a left dot matrix display 300a and FIG. 22 (b) shows details of a portion related to the hand / discard display area 310 of the right dot matrix display 300b. In the left or right dot matrix displays 300a and 300b, a predetermined number (books) of the hand / discard display area corresponding to a single heel pattern are arranged adjacent to each other in the row direction (left and right direction in FIG. 22). In the embodiment, it is composed of four dot light emitting portions 300d.

  That is, in FIG. 22A, in order from the upper left to the lower side of the left dot matrix display 300a, a “first eye” display area 311, a “second eye” display area 312, a “third eye” display area 313, and a “fourth” It is configured as a “３” display area 314, a “5 萬” display area 315, a “6 萬” display area 316, a “Seven 萬” display area 317, and a “Yawata” display area 318. Similarly, in the order from the upper right to the lower side of the left dot matrix display 300a, a “jyuho” display area 319, a “one cylinder” display area 320, a “two cylinders” display area 321, a “three cylinders” display area 322, A “four-cylinder” display area 323, a “five-cylinder” display area 324, a “six-cylinder” display area 325, and a “seven-cylinder” display area 326 are configured. Further, in FIG. 22B, in order from the upper left to the lower side of the right dot matrix display 300b, an “eight tube” display region 327, a “nine tube” display region 328, an “one-pipe” display region 329, and “nine” “Search” display area 330, “East” display area 331, “South” display area 332, “West” display area 333, and “North” display area 334. Furthermore, a “white” display area 335, a “發” display area 336, and a “medium” display area 337 are configured in order from the upper right to the lower side of the right dot matrix display 300b.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 3 is provided with a second display device 16 constituted by a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 17, and various operation buttons (button switches). The second display device 16 is controlled by a sub control board Kb which is a sub control means of the sparrow ball game machine 1 described later. 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-mentioned various buttons (presses the switch contact to turn on), for example, when the player presses the button switch 19a for discarding, a discarding signal is generated, and this signal is constituted by the microcomputer. Input to the control board. 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 1st display apparatus 10 and the 2nd display apparatus 16 are used in order to display required information and the image for production according to progress of a game with respect to a player. The first display device 10 and the second display device 16 are constituted by a sub control board Kb, a first image control board Kc, and a second image control board Kd, which are sub control means of the sparrow ball game machine 1 described later. Be controlled.

  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 the symbol of the bowl discarded by the player as the discarded bowl.

  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, the medal accumulated number display unit 26, the remaining game ball number display unit 27, the front dram display unit 28, the back dram display unit 29, and the effect image display A part 30 and a parting waste display part 33 for displaying the design of the parting waste are 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) among special game combinations that can be acquired in the game, and a regular An RB game combination display unit 31b that displays a winning combination that can obtain the right of a bonus game (RB game), and a CB game that displays two types of rising combination that can acquire the right of a chance bonus game (CB game) A combination display portion 31c is provided. The effect image or the like is displayed on the effect image display unit 30 when the winning combination is completed.

  In addition, as a special game combination (bonus game combination), a big bonus game (hereinafter referred to as BB game) combination, a regular bonus game (hereinafter referred to as RB game) combination and a chance bonus game (hereinafter referred to as CB game) combination are provided. It has been. The BB game combination is a special game combination determined in advance by lottery using a 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, 13 times) ), The right to play a game advantageous to the player can be acquired.

  In the game that has acquired the right of the BB game role, the attacker operating port 12 on the game board 2 is activated, and when the game ball launched by the player passes through the attacker operating port 12, the attacker 11 opens. Then, when a game ball enters the attacker 11, the game allows the player to select a desired basket as a player by operating the selection buttons 22a and 22b and the selection decision button 23. When the player completes the winning combination for the game that has acquired the right of the BB game, a plurality of games (for example, 13 games) after the next time can play the game with the right of the BB game acquired. .

  The RB game combination is a special game combination determined by lottery using a random number generation means as an RB game combination for each game. When the RB game combination is raised, The game can be played with the right acquired.

  The CB game combination is a special game combination determined by lottery using random number generation means as a CB game combination for each game. When this CB game combination is completed, the attacker operation port 12 is activated in the game. Then, by passing the game ball through the attacker operating port 12, the attacker can be opened, and an advantageous self-operation using the attacker 11 can be performed.

  In the present embodiment, the scoring device is configured to operate on the condition that the above-mentioned special game player is completed or the attacker operating port 12 is activated. The number of points (medal number) that can be acquired in the acquired game is added (for example, doubled) compared to the number of points that can be acquired by the same ascending combination during normal games. It is what is done.

  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 combination, RB game combination, or CB game combination.

  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.

  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 that is a main control means for controlling the progress of the game of the sparrow ball game machine 1 and a game controlled by the control of the main control board Ka. It is composed of a sub control board Kb, a first image control board Kc, and a second image control board Kd, which are sub control means for controlling the production according to the progress. 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. The RAMs 42a to 42d of the control boards are preferably made of, for example, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory so that the stored contents are retained 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. Further, the input / output interface circuit 43a is connected to a main display device 36 for displaying information relating to the game / discard game during the game.

  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, a display determination program P12, 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 and a disclosed number counting program P1d are 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. In addition, by operating the disclosed number counting program P1d, it is assumed that a game ball has entered the entrance 13a or the like corresponding to each symbol for each assigned symbol, and the entrance for each entrance 13a of the RAM 42a. The disclosure number count table (see FIG. 19) that counts and stores the numbers is updated and stored.

  (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 the symbol code as a manual data to the manual data storage area of the RAM 42a is performed, and the disclosed number count program P1d is operated to correspond to the corresponding count in the disclosed number count table shown in FIG. A process of adding “1” to the area is performed, and further, a process for transmitting the self-signed symbol code to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb 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 game result history data includes the number of times the game has been played on the current day, the number of times that the winning combination has been completed (total number of winnings), the number of times that the BB game role has been acquired on the same day, and the number of times that the RB game role has been acquired. And the number of times that the CB game has been won, the name of the winning combination and the number of medals to be paid out at the same time, the number of consecutive fluency that is the number of games played from the previous prize to the next prize, just before the game in the normal game When the game executed in the above is a game in which the winning combination is completed, 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.

  The display determination program P12 includes information related to the hand and thrown away detected by the main control program P1, information related to the currently selected symbol during the actuating operation detected by the self-selection selection support program P9, and the special game player lottery program P5. Information on the opening condition device operation symbol (design consisting of a combination) corresponding to the CB game role selected by the CB game combination, and information on the condition continuous device operation symbol (design consisting of a combination) corresponding to the RB game role. Information on the front and back dras drawn by the dora lottery program P6, information on the number of game medals stored and game medals acquired by the medal management program P2, information on the number of remaining continuous operation of the release condition device, and Number of remaining balls out of 5 that can be entered per opening of the attacker 11 Receiving an information about a display in accordance with the respective information to perform a control to be performed by the dot-matrix display 300 and 7-segment displays 351-355.

(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 discarded kite support program P23b are transmitted to the first image control board Kc, and the symbol is displayed on the first display device 10 as shown in FIG. .

  The process of determining the symbol of the bag to be discarded by the discarded rod support program P23b can be performed as follows, for example.

  When the above-mentioned goal-raising role is “Kokushi Musou”, it is determined that the symbol code other than Yaochu must be discarded. 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 image control board Kc, and the symbol is displayed on the first display device 10.

  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.

(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 and a game effect display program P42a-2. 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 or a self-control operation by launching a game ball 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. This is a program for performing processing.

  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.

  Next, the display mode and the like on the dot matrix display 300 of the main display device 36 executed under the control of the display determination program P12 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 23 shows the display mode in the display areas 311 to 327 related to the hand / discard corresponding to the symbol of one bag composed of the four adjacent dot light emitting units 300d shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating.

  23 is a legend showing the light emission mode notation of each of the dot light emitting units 300d1 to 300d4 in FIG. 23. Hereinafter, the notations in FIGS. 23 (a) and 23 (b) are the light emission of this legend notation. An aspect is shown. That is, in FIG. 23, a white circle indicates that the dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like are turned off, and a circle filled with hatching with an oblique diagonal line lights the dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like in red. A circle filled with a sand spot indicates that the dot light emitting part 300d1 etc. is lit in green, and a double circle filled with a sand spot indicates that the dot light emitting part 300d1 etc. Indicates a blinking green state.

  FIG. 23A shows a display mode of the number of symbols in the hand bag in the display region of the hand / discarded bag information corresponding to one bag pattern in FIG. 22, and FIG. The display mode of the number of the design of the discard basket in the area is shown. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience, the display mode of the display area 311 corresponding to the symbol “one glance” will be described.

  In the present embodiment, in principle, the number of dot light emitting portions 300d1 that are lit in red indicates the number of the corresponding symbols on the hand, and the dot light emitting portions 300d1 that are lit in green or blinking in green The information regarding the number of symbols discarded for the symbol is shown, and the upper limit that can be used for one game of each symbol is set to four.

  FIG. 23A is a diagram illustrating a light emission mode of the dot light emitting unit 300d1 or the like indicating the number of symbols of “one glance” in the hand when the number of discarded symbols of “one glance” is zero. That is, when one symbol “one glance” is present in the hand, the leftmost dot light emitting portion 300d1 of the display area 311 is lit in red. Similarly, when there are two “one glance” symbols in the hand, the two dot light emitting portions 300d1 and 300d2 from the left of the display area 311 are lit red, and “one glance” is displayed in the hand. When there are three symbols, the three dot light emitting portions 300d1 to 300d3 from the left of the display area 311 are lit in red. Then, when there are four “one glance” symbols in the hand, all four dot light emitting portions 300d1 to 300d4 in the display area 311 are lit red.

  FIG. 23A is a diagram illustrating a light emission mode of the dot light emitting unit 300d1 or the like indicating the number of symbols of “Ichigo”, which is discarded when the number of symbols of “Ichijo” is 0. In the present embodiment, in order to display more information with a small number of dot light emitting units 300d1, etc., information relating to the number of symbols discarded is displayed in binary notation. That is, as shown in FIG. 23B, the rightmost dot light emitting portion 300d4 of the display area 311 is the first digit, the second dot light emitting portion 300d3 from the right is the second digit, and the third dot light is emitted from the right. The pattern of the abandoned cocoon is made by causing the portion 300d2 to correspond to the third digit and the leftmost dot light-emitting portion 300d1 to correspond to the fourth digit so that the corresponding dot light-emitting portion 300d1 etc. is lit green or blinks green. Information about the number is displayed.

  According to this display mode, as shown in FIG. 23 (b), when the number of symbols discarded is 1 to 15, information on the number of symbols discarded in the green lighting mode is displayed. Can be displayed. Further, by combining the flashing green light emission mode, FIG. 23 (b) shows the case where the number of symbols of the discarded cocoons is 25, but the maximum number of discarded cocoons is 30. Information on the number of symbols of the cocoon can be displayed. In spite of the sparrow ball game machine currently in practical use, the maximum number of spears to be thrown away is 11, and even in a manual spear sparrow ball game machine that does not have an automatic catering function, it is thrown away. Since the maximum number of wrinkles to be used as a bag is 24, it is possible to display information on the number of symbols of the bag that has been reliably discarded by the above display mode.

  FIG. 24 shows the display in one display area (for example, the display area 311) when one pattern (for example, the symbol “one glance”) is present in both the hand bag and the discarded bag, which is a feature of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an aspect. In FIG. 24, white circles, circles filled with crossed diagonal lines, circles filled with sand spots, and double circles filled with sand spots are respectively the same as in FIG. In the display area 311 and the like, each of the light emission modes of one dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like is turned off, red is lit, green is lit, and green is blinking. In FIG. 24, black circles and black circles indicate light emission modes by lighting in orange and blinking in orange, respectively.

  In this embodiment, in one display area 311 or the like, the dot light emitting unit 300d1 or the like that lights up in red that indicates the number of symbols in the hand and the information on the number of symbols in the trap that has been discarded are green or blinking in green. When the dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like are the same dot light emitting unit, the dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like are configured to generate and display an orange light emission mode by simultaneously driving to emit red light and green light. Yes.

  In this embodiment, the display of the number of symbols in the hand by red lighting of the dot light emitting unit 300d1 etc. shown in FIG. 23A, and the green lighting or green blinking of the dot light emitting unit 300d1 etc. shown in FIG. In combination with the display of information related to the number of symbols of a bag that has been discarded, the dot display portion 300d1 and the like is issued in both red-lit and green-lit or flashing mode. When driven, the dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like are displayed in a light emitting mode that lights in orange or blinks orange. At this time, the total of the number of dot light emitting portions 300d1 etc. that are lit red and the number of dot light emitting portions 300d1 etc. that are lit orange or blinking orange indicates the number of the symbols in the hand, and is lit green or blinking green. A combination of the display of the dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like and the display of the dot light emitting unit 300d1 and the like that are lit in orange or blinking in orange indicates information on the number of symbols of the cocoon that has been discarded.

  FIG. 24A to FIG. 24C are schematic diagrams illustrating specific examples of the display mode of the above-described arrangement and dumping information in one display area.

  FIG. 24A shows a display mode in the case where one symbol, for example, “one glance” symbol display area 311 has two “one glance” symbols in the hand and eight discarded gutters. Show. Also, in the parenthesis on the right side, if there are 2 “Ichigo” symbols in the hand for reference (however, there are 0 discards) and 8 “Ichigo” symbols in the discard cage The display mode (however, 0 in the hand) is shown. At this time, the leftmost dot light-emitting unit 300d1 is driven to emit orange light by simultaneously emitting red light of the hand information and the green light of the discard information, and the second dot light-emitting unit 300d2 from the left is red of the hand information. Is turned on, and the two dot light emitting portions 300d3 and 300d4 from the right side are turned off.

  FIG. 24B shows a display mode in the case where, for example, in the display area 311 for the symbol “Ichigo”, there are three “Ichigo” symbols in the hand bag and 15 in the throwing bag. Similarly to FIG. 24 (a), in the parenthesis on the right side, when there are three symbols of “one glance” in the hand as a reference (however, there are 0 discarded gutters) and “one glance” in the gutters. The display mode when 15 symbols are present (however, 0 in the hand) is shown. At this time, the three dot light emitting units 300d1 to 300d3 from the leftmost side are driven to emit orange light by simultaneously lighting the red light of the hand information and the green light of the discarded light information, and the leftmost dot light emitting unit 300d4 is discarded. The light emission mode is turned on in green.

  FIG. 24C shows a display body in the case where, for example, in the display area 311 for the symbol “Ichigo”, there are two “Ichigo” symbols in the hand bag and 20 in the throwing bag. Similarly to FIG. 24 (a) and FIG. 24 (b), when there are two symbols of “one glance” in the parenthesis in the parenthesis on the right side (provided that there are no discarded tiles) and discarded. The display mode is shown when there are 20 “one glance” symbols in the bag (however, 0 in the hand). At this time, the leftmost dot light emitting unit 300d1 is lit in red in the hand information, and the second dot light emitting unit 300d2 from the left turns red light in the hand information in red and is synchronized with the green blink in the discarded information. At the same time, the light emission is driven to blink orange, the third dot light emitting portion 300d3 from the left side is turned off, and the rightmost dot light emitting portion 300d4 is turned to the light emission mode blinking green in the discarded information.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the display determination program P12 that is the display determination means sets one display area (311 or the like) of the dot matrix display 300 of the main display device 36 that is the main display means as one. Corresponding to the above-mentioned symbol of the bag (for example, “one glance” etc.), the number of dot light emitting portions (300d1, etc.) corresponding to the number of symbols in the hand bag are made to emit light in the first emission mode (for example, red lighting). The dot light emitting unit (300d1, etc.) corresponding to the information on the number of symbols of the discarded cocoon is caused to emit light in the second light emission mode (for example, green lighting or green flashing). When the dot light-emitting unit that emits light in the light-emission mode and the dot light-emitting unit that emits light in the second light-emission mode are the same dot light-emitting unit, the dot light-emitting unit emits light in the third light-emission mode (for example, orange lighting or orange flashing) Let Therefore, it is possible to arrange the main display means on the game board side without restricting the gauge setting of the game board by enlarging the area on the game board occupied by the main display means, and one game in one game It is possible to reliably display information on the number of symbols in the hand of the kite and the number of symbols that have been discarded.

  The dot light emitting unit includes a light emitting element (such as an LED) that can be driven to emit light in at least two types of red and green light emission, and the display determining unit uses the red light emitting color as the first light emitting mode. As a second light emission mode, a light emitting element is driven to emit light in a green color, and the light emitting element is driven to emit light in red and green colors simultaneously to emit orange light. Therefore, the third light-emitting mode can be easily obtained by simultaneously driving the first and second light-emitting modes to emit light. It is possible to reliably display information on the number of items in the hand and the number of symbols discarded.

  Either or both of the dot light-emitting unit that emits light in the first light-emitting mode and the dot light-emitting unit that emits light in the second light-emitting mode (in the above-described embodiment, the second light-emitting mode corresponding to the information on the number of symbols of the throwing away ) Can be displayed in binary notation, and even when a limited number of dot light emitting units are used and the disclosed number exceeds the upper limit number K (for example, four), The number of symbols in the middle and the number of symbols discarded can be displayed on the main display means.

(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. 18 are flowcharts showing the flow of control of the main control program P1 mounted on the main control board Ka for controlling and controlling the progress of the game. Hereinafter, based on FIG. 14 thru | or FIG. 18, the flow of control of 1 game is demonstrated in order of a step.

(Step S1)
First, the manager of the game store 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 predetermined 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 fired by a player for self-control in one game. . Further, the disclosed number count program P1d is operated to store “0” as an initial value in the disclosed number count area corresponding to all symbol codes of the disclosed number count table shown in FIG. 19 stored in the RAM 42a.

(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 automatically allocated in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a, and counts corresponding to each symbol code in the count area of the disclosed number count table by the processing of the disclosed number count program P1d. After storing the values, a predetermined order, for example, the ascending order of the symbol code, that is, rearrangement in the order of eggplant, tube, cord, wind kite, and ternary kite, is stored in the manual storage area. . In addition, the main control program P1 operates the display determination program P12 to display information about the instructions distributed on the dot matrix display 300 of the main display device 36 based on the count value of the disclosed number count table. .

  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 operates the special gamer lottery program P5 (which is activated when a normal game is played) and the dora lottery program P6 to activate the BB game and the RB game. Each CB game role, RB game role, and CB game role code, front and back dramas are determined. Is stored in the RAM 42a. Further, the main program P1 includes the first and second image control boards via the sub-control board Kb together with the control commands, the code of the winning combination that can acquire the special game right of the game, and the design code of the front drum. Processing to transmit to Kc and Kd is performed. 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 from the main control board Ka the code of the rising role determined as the BB game role, RB game role and CB game role of the game, the front and back dora symbol codes, These codes are stored in the RAM 42b. 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.

  Further, when the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives the front code and the back code code, as shown in FIG. The symbol code of the back side is stored in the RAM 42d.

  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 P42a-2 for 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 has been 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 saddle to be discarded is determined, the symbol code is transmitted to the first image control board Kc together with the discard assist 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.

(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-operation does not complete the role, the self-control is automatically performed by the main control program P1 without pressing the throw-away button switch 19a or the like. Abandonment processing 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. The display determination program P12 performs a process of updating and displaying the information regarding the design of the discarded tile on the dot matrix display 300 of the main display device 36 as necessary.

  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-supporting program P23c is transmitted to the first image control board Kc 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-display display program P32c-1 and sets the symbol of the symbol code as the bag to be self-declared. 1 is displayed. The player can recognize in advance the entrance to enter the game ball by the next self-operation by looking at the design of the game to be displayed on the first display device 10. become.

(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 operate the game ball launch lever 4 to fire one game ball. Enters a ball entrance 13a or the like and waits until a ball signal is input from the ball sensor.

(Step S13)
The main control program P1 performs a process of completion of the self-determination operation when the self-determination operation is performed by the player. The self-completion operation completion process in step S13 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Step S13a)
When a game ball launched by a player enters one of the entrances 13a or the like, an entrance signal is transmitted from the entrance sensor provided at each entrance 13a or the like to the main control board Ka. The main control program P1 operates the input signal analysis program P1a to analyze the input ball signal and obtain the symbol code of the base of the entrance where the game ball has entered, and the calculated symbol code is stored in the RAM 42a. The process which memorize | stores in the self-storage area | region is performed. For example, the analysis processing is performed by using the main control board Ka to input one predetermined address (memory address) in which the incoming signals from 27 incoming sensors corresponding to the 27 entrances of the symbols are preset in the RAM 42a. This is made possible by analyzing the input signal to which address of the 27 addresses is input by the input signal analysis program P1a.

(Step S13b)
The main control program operates the disclosed number count program P1d, and discloses the symbol code corresponding to this self stored in the disclosed number count table set in the RAM 42a for the self symbol code obtained in step S13a. A process of adding “1” to the count area and storing it is performed. This process is a process for determining that the self-determination obtained in step S13a is a self-determination acquired by an effective self-determination operation in the game, and adding “1” to the number of disclosures. Accordingly, there is no upper limit to the disclosed number value stored in the disclosed number count area.

(Step S13c)
The main control program P1 operates the game ball remaining count program P1c to perform a process of subtracting “1” from the value of the remaining number of game balls stored in the storage area of the RAM 42a. In the process of step S13b, it is determined that the player's self-operation performed in step S12 is an effective self-operation, and the remaining number of game balls that can be used by the player in the game, that is, the remaining This indicates that the process of subtracting “1” from the number of times of self-operation is performed.

(Step S13d)
Subsequently, the main control program P1 refers to the disclosed number count table stored in the RAM 42a, and in one game in which the disclosed number of self-signed symbols obtained by the current self-sufficient operation is preset. A process of determining whether or not the upper limit number K that can be used (4 in the present embodiment) has been exceeded is performed. If the number of self-disclosed symbols is K or less, the process proceeds to step S13e. When the disclosed number of symbols exceeds K, the process proceeds to step S13i.

(Step S13e)
In step S13e, the main control program P1 performs a process of transmitting a control command indicating that the current self-restraint is valid and the symbol code of the self-restraint to the sub-control board Kb, and proceeds to step S13f.

(Step S13f)
The main control program P1 performs a process of adding the self-design symbol to the manual data stored in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a, and rearranging and storing the codes. The display determination program P12 performs a process of updating and displaying the information regarding the design of the discarded tile on the dot matrix display 300 of the main display device 36 as necessary.

(Step S13g)
In step S13g, the main control program P1 waits for a predetermined time to elapse, and proceeds to step S13h when the predetermined time elapses.

(Step S13h)
The main control program P1 performs a process of transmitting the manual data updated in the process of step S13f described above to the sub control board Kb together with the control command, and proceeds to step S14 of FIG.

(Step S13i)
In step S13i, the main control program P1 performs a process of transmitting a control command indicating that the current self-restraint is invalid and a symbol code of the self-restraint to the sub-control board Kb, and discards the invalid self-restraint symbol. The process proceeds to step S13j. The main control program P1 operates the display determination program P12 to update the display mode of the display area 311 of the symbol on the main display device 36.

(Step S13j)
In step S13j, the main control program P1 determines whether or not the player can further perform a self-control operation, that is, whether or not there are one or more playable game balls stored in the RAM 42a. Do. If one or more game balls remain as a result of this determination, the process returns to step S12. 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 S16.

(Step S14)
In step S14, 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 S15.

(Step S15)
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 S16.

(Step S16)
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 S17)
In step S17, since the game could not be lifted even if one game was completed, that is, a self-sufficient 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 is performed in which initial data is stored in a data area such as the number of remaining game balls, the reach flag, and the disclosed number count area set in the RAM 42a. 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. In addition, when the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive the control command to end the game, the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd perform processing to display that 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, the RB game combination or the CB game, 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 the determination, if the code matches the winning combination code that can acquire the right of the CB game, 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, the process proceeds to step S41.

(Step S41)
In step S41, if 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 the RB game combination is set. 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 that the winning combination is completed 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 steps S33 to S36, 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 S34, 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 discharge 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 S17, and control is returned to step S2.

(Step S50)
FIG. 17 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 S14 excluding step S6 in FIG. 14 described above. However, the self-determination 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 is equal to 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 is equal to 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 reached, the process proceeds to step S59, where the history data of the game executed by the player is added to the history data storage area of the RAM 42a and recorded, 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. 18 is a flowchart showing the progress process of the game that has acquired the right of the CB game. 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. 16) 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 increased medal number (a) by the special game (step S33 in FIG. 16) 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 attacked. 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 button switches 19a and the like, the attacker operating port 12 is validated by the processing of the main control program P1, and the process proceeds to step S74. move on.

(Step S74) to (Step S78)
In steps S74 to S78, the same processing as in steps S11 to S14 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 this step S79, a process of 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 in the same manner as in step S17, and control is returned 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 present embodiment, the display determination program P12, which is the display determination means, displays one display area (display areas 311 to 327) of the dot matrix display 300 of the main display device 36, which is the main display means. The number of dot light emitting portions (300d1, etc.) corresponding to the number of symbols in the hand bag is caused to emit light in the first light emitting mode (for example, red lighting), and was discarded. Dots that emit light in the second light emission mode (for example, green lighting or green flashing) corresponding to information on the number of symbols of the cocoon, and emit light in the first light emission mode in one display area When the dot light emitting unit and the dot light emitting unit that emits light in the second light emitting mode are the same dot light emitting unit, the dot light emitting unit emits light in the third light emitting mode (for example, orange lighting or orange flashing), The main display means can be arranged on the game board side without restricting the gauge setting of the game board by enlarging the area on the game board occupied by the display means, and the design of one bag in one game It is possible to reliably display information on the number of items in the hand and the number of symbols discarded.

  The dot light emitting unit includes a light emitting element (such as an LED) that can be driven to emit light in at least two types of red and green light emission, and the display determining unit uses the red light emitting color as the first light emitting mode. As a second light emission mode, a light emitting element is driven to emit light in a green color, and the light emitting element is driven to emit light in red and green colors simultaneously to emit orange light. Therefore, the third light-emitting mode can be easily obtained by simultaneously driving the first and second light-emitting modes to emit light. It is possible to reliably display information on the number of items in the hand and the number of symbols discarded. Note that the third light emission mode may be configured to be individually driven to emit light with a light emission color different from any of the light emission colors of the first and second issue modes.

  Either or both of the dot light-emitting unit that emits light in the first light-emitting mode and the dot light-emitting unit that emits light in the second light-emitting mode (in the above-described embodiment, the second light-emitting mode corresponding to the information on the number of symbols of the throwing away ) Can be displayed in binary notation, and even when a limited number of dot light emitting units are used and the disclosed number exceeds the upper limit number K (for example, four), The number of symbols in the middle and the number of symbols discarded can be displayed on the main display means.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described sparrow ball game machine, but, for example, a combination of a six-six type in which a entrance corresponding to the eye of the cocoon is arranged, a card type in which an entrance corresponding to a card of cards or cards is arranged It can also be applied to game machines and the like.

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. The winning 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 winning the winning combination. 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 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 which shows the structural example of the disclosed number count table which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a structure of the main display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a structure of the dot matrix display which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a structure of the hand / discard display area of the dot matrix display which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating an example of the display mode in one hand / discard display area of the dot matrix display which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating an example of the display mode in one hand / discard display area of the dot matrix display which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sparrow ball game machine 2 ... Game board 3 ... Operation panel 4 ... Game ball launch lever 10 ... 1st display apparatus (notification means)
11 ... Attacker (special entrance)
12 ... Attacker operation port 13a, 13b, 13c, ... Entrance hole 16 ... Second display device (notification means)
18 ... Game start button 19a, 19b, 19c, ..., 19m ... Disposal button switch 21 ... Reach button 34 ... Hand display unit 35 ... Self-display unit 36 ... Main display device (main display means)
300 ... dot matrix display device 300d ... dot light emitting section 311 to 327 ... display area Ka ... main control board (main control means)
Kb: Sub control board (sub control means)
Kc: first image control board (sub-control means)
Kd: second image control board (sub-control means)
40a, 40b, 40c, 40d ... CPU
41a, 41b, 41c, 41d ... ROM
42a, 42b, 42c, 42d ... RAM
P1c: Remaining game ball number counting program (remaining game ball number counting means)
P1d ... Disclosed number counting program (disclosed number counting means)
P12 ... Display determination program (display determination means)

Claims (3)

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 adding to a hand symbol, discarding means for discarding an unnecessary symbol from the hand symbol, and a disposition provided on the game board. Main display means for displaying the symbol information of the hand by the control of the main control means, and the combination of the symbols of the hand is set for each of the rising combinations when the combination of the rising combination symbols set in advance is completed. A sparrow ball game machine that pays out a certain number of game media,
The main display means is
A dot matrix display in which a plurality of dot light emitting sections are arranged in a matrix direction;
A plurality of display areas consisting of a predetermined number of the dot light emitting sections arranged adjacent to each other in the dot matrix display,
The main control means includes
Disclosure number counting means for counting the number of symbols disclosed for each symbol after the start of the game,
When the symbol of the self-obtained is obtained by the self-sufficient operation, the remaining number of game balls counting means for subtracting “1” from the remaining number of the game balls even if the disclosed number of the symbols exceeds a preset upper limit number K When,
Display determining means for determining a light emission mode of the plurality of dot light emitting units,
The display determining means includes
One display area of the main display means is made to correspond to the design of one bag,
The number of the dot light emitting portions corresponding to the number of symbols in the handpiece is caused to emit light in the first light emission mode,
Causing the dot light-emitting portion corresponding to the information on the number of symbols of the discarded cocoon to emit light in the second light emission mode;
When the dot light emitting section emitting light in the first light emitting mode and the dot light emitting section emitting light in the second light emitting mode are the same dot light emitting section in one display area, A sparrow ball game machine characterized in that it emits light in the light emission mode. The dot light emitting unit includes a light emitting element that can be driven to emit light in at least two kinds of light emission colors,
The display determination means includes
As the first light emission mode, the light emitting element is driven to emit light with the one emission color, and as the second light emission mode, the light emitting element is driven to emit light with another emission color, and the light emitting element is driven to emit the one light emission. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the third light emission mode is obtained by simultaneously driving light emission to a color and the other light emission colors.   The one or both of the dot light emitting section that emits light in the first light emitting mode and the dot light emitting section that emits light in the second light emitting mode are displayed in binary notation. The sparrow ball game machine according to claim 2.

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