JP6680713B2 - Goods discharge system and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an article ejecting system and program, and more particularly, to an article ejecting apparatus for ejecting an article in response to payment of consideration.

  There is a game device that causes a user to play a game in response to payment of consideration and pays out a prize according to the content of the play (Patent Document 1). The game device described in Patent Document 1 accommodates a plurality of types of prizes for payout, and when the number of types of prizes that are out of stock exceeds a predetermined number, a warning relating to the prize replenishment is displayed on the display to notify. It has a function.

JP, 2005-152040, A

Incidentally, the timing at which the prize offer is made by the game apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 Ri variety der, notification in response to the prize replenished during game play is required is made, the game due to該報knowledge Play may be stopped. Stopping the game play due to such a transition to the state where the prize replenishment is necessary during the game play can reduce the interest of the user.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an article discharge system and a program that realize suitable provision of articles.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an article ejection system of the present invention includes a first article ejection device including at least a first ejection device for ejecting a first article, and the first article ejection device. communicatively configured, the first article an article discharge system and a second article discharge device including a second discharge means for discharging the different second article, the first article discharge device, a detecting means for the first discharge means detects the first state can be discharged first article, which of the second state not possible discharge the first article, in the first state, and a control means for controlling so as to discharge the first article to the first discharge means in response to the payment of the consideration, the control means, when it becomes the second Jo on purpose, The second article different from the first article is controlled to be ejected to the second ejection unit.

With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a suitable article .

Block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention The flowchart which illustrated the game process performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the processing at the time of impossible discharge performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. The figure which illustrated the structure of the various data which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention.

[Embodiment]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiment described below is an example of an article sales apparatus, which is a game apparatus that can provide a game once in response to payment of a consideration and can eject an article corresponding to an in-game element in the game play. An example to which the present invention is applied will be described. However, the present invention is applicable to any device capable of discharging an article in response to payment of consideration.

<< Game device configuration >>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game device 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by reading out the operation program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102, loading the program in the memory 103 and executing the program.

  The recording medium 102 is a recording device capable of holding data permanently, such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD. The recording medium 102 stores, in addition to the operation program of each block included in the game device 100, information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block and various graphics data used in the game executed by the game device 100. To do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

  The payment detection unit 104 detects that the payment has been made in the game device 100. The payment of consideration is made, for example, by detecting that a predetermined amount of coins or equivalent coins have been inserted into the coin insertion slot, or detection of completion of settlement processing based on communication with a chip related to predetermined electronic money. It may be done. Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as starting to provide the game play to the user based on the payment of the consideration, the payment of the consideration is not an essential requirement, and the game play is performed based on a predetermined start instruction. May be initiated.

  The acquisition unit 105 acquires information on a character used in the game when playing the game content provided by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment. The acquisition is performed in the same housing as the game device 100 or via the reader 120 detachably connected to the outside of the game device 100, and is converted into a format suitable for use in the game process through a predetermined data conversion process or the like. And is acquired. The reader 120 detects that a game article is placed on a predetermined part and recognizes the article or acquires information from the article by using, for example, an imaging device and predetermined image processing.

  Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that the game device 100 according to the present embodiment uses a card configured as a game article to acquire information (card information) attached to the card. The game article is not limited to the card, and may be any article that can be discharged by the printing unit 140 described later. When the printing unit 140 is a device capable of generating a three-dimensional model such as a so-called 3D printer, the article may be a model such as a figure related to the character, and the printing unit 140 corresponds to the card information. The data may be recorded and output. Further, for example, when the printing unit 140 has a sorter of a plurality of types of toys and is replaced by a device configured to be able to selectively output toys relating to a predetermined character, the article may be the toys, Similarly, the data corresponding to the card information may be recorded on this and output. Further, one card is associated with one of the characters that can be made to appear in the game and will be described as having a pattern (image) of the character. It does not exclude the possibility of being associated with in-game elements. In the present embodiment, the card information will be described as being converted into a one-dimensional or multidimensional pattern (code) and attached to the card by printing. However, the card information is not limited to the information attached to the card in such a visible state, but is attached by printing with invisible ink, or is recorded on a recording medium such as an IC chip included in the card as data. It may be retained.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the card information is associated with a card ID 401 that is identification information that uniquely identifies a card, and a character ID 402 that identifies a character associated with the card It has a parameter 403 that determines a game parameter when the attached character is used in the game.

  The game content provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment has a so-called nurturing element in which the character can grow and change in different modes depending on the user as the user plays the game related to the competitive game. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the user ejects a new card in a state in which the character registered using the card is reflected in the growth corresponding to the play result of the game so that the character appears in the game play. You can At this time, the information of the grown state is included in the card information as the parameter 403 dynamically changed according to the play result, and the card having the card information is used in the game play from the next time onward, thereby nurturing. Game play that continues the state will be provided. Here, the parameter 403 may include information for identifying the user who has played the game, who is the owner of the card.

  The character DB 106 is a database that manages character information for each of the characters that are predetermined as those that appear in the game content. The character information managed for one character may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 4B, for example. In the example of FIG. 4B, initial values of character-specific ability parameters such as physical strength, offensive power, possession skill, and the like, which are predetermined in association with the character ID 411 for identifying the character and do not consider growth factors, are set. A basic parameter 412 indicating a (reference value), an increase / decrease range according to growth (number of times played, contents played) of various parameters from the basic parameter, and growth information 413 indicating a technique or skill that can be additionally given. , And drawing information 414 including various drawing data necessary for drawing the character on the game screen.

  The display control unit 107 is, for example, a drawing device that performs a drawing process of a GPU or the like and generates a screen related to the game. The display control unit 107 draws a game screen related to the game content. Specifically, the display control unit 107 reads out a necessary drawing object in accordance with information such as an in-game parameter according to the progress of the game and executes an appropriate calculation process during the execution of the game process described later to perform the drawing. To do. The generated game screen is output to the display unit 130, which is a display device that is detachably connected to the inside of the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100, and is displayed in a predetermined display area so that the user can display the game screen. Presented to.

  The ejection control unit 108 controls the ejection of cards for each game play based on the payment of consideration. The ejection control unit 108 generates print data for a card to be printed out, including a code related to card information and a character image for a character for which a card formation (card generation) instruction has been given. When the ejection control unit 108 generates the print data, the ejection control unit 108 transmits the print data together with the print command to the printing unit 140 to instruct the printing of the corresponding card and eject it. The printing unit 140 is a printing device such as a printer that is configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the discharge control unit 108, which is detachably connected to the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or outside the game apparatus 100. When the print unit 140 receives the print data related to the card and the print command related to the data from the discharge control unit 108, the print unit 140 performs the print operation of the print data. The printing may be performed, for example, while conveying the roll paper contained in the printing unit 140, and when the printing unit 140 performs the printing related to the card, the printing roll paper is cut and ejected. The card discharged by the printing unit 140 is provided to the user by being guided to a discharge port (not shown) accessible from the outside of the game device 100 when the configuration is built in the housing of the game device 100. It may be one.

  The operation input unit 109 is, for example, a user interface included in the game device 100, such as an operation member for inputting a direction, an operation member that requires a decision input, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input has been made to the operation member, the operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101. In the present embodiment, the game device 100 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members, but includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor for detecting a touch input made on the screen of the display unit 130. Good.

  The communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game device 100. The communication unit 110 can be connected to an external device via a communication medium such as a communication network such as the Internet or a cable (not shown) such as a cable or the like, and can transmit / receive data.

《Card ejection》
The outline of card ejection performed by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described below.

  As described above, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, with respect to the game content that provides the game play, it is possible to eject the card associated with any of the characters provided for the game. On the other hand, since the printing unit 140 uses the roll paper as the print medium in generating the card, the roll paper is naturally consumed by repeating the generation of the card. Therefore, when the roll paper is used up or the length required to generate one card is insufficient, the card cannot be discharged (cannot be discharged), and a new card cannot be discharged. Roll paper needs to be replenished. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the game play is provided in such a non-ejectable state to prevent the card from being ejected to the user, thereby reducing the interest of the user. When the discharge is impossible, the game play is controlled not to be provided.

  However, as described in the subject, the roll paper replenishment is not always performed at an appropriate timing by an employee or the like of the store where the game device 100 is installed, and in particular, a plurality of the same game device 100 is installed. In the store, the users who want to play the game may line up in a stand-by line on another stand, so that the game device 100 in the discharge-disabled state may be left in a state in which the game play is disabled, resulting in a profit. You will miss the opportunity.

  Therefore, the game device 100 of the present embodiment controls the card ejection mode so that the user who notices that the card cannot be ejected can easily report to the employee or the like that the card cannot be ejected. I do. Specifically, it is usually necessary to eliminate the dissatisfaction of the user who could not play the game at the desired timing due to the non-ejectable state, and to give a privilege for contributing to the recovery from the state. The card (special card) different from the card (normal card) ejected in the ejectable state is provided to the user who played the game after the transition from the non-ejectable state to the ejectable state. Here, the special card is, for example, a character different in design from the normal card, associated with a character that is not discharged as a normal card, associated with a character determined to be highly useful in the game, or the same character. However, it is assumed that the card has added value such that the card information includes a parameter in a state in which the game progresses more favorably than the normal card when used in the game. In the present embodiment, for simplicity, the special card will be described as being discharged in a state in which the parameter is changed to a parameter that allows the game to proceed more advantageously than the normal card.

  Although details will be described later, whether or not the condition for ejecting a special card is determined can be determined by, for example, whether or not a logical special card ejection flag stored in the memory 103 is “true”. May be

《Game processing》
Next, with respect to the game process performed by the game device 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, a specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in, for example, the recording medium 102, developing the program in the memory 103, and executing the program. Note that the present game process will be described as being started when the payment detection unit 104 detects that payment for the consideration has been made, for example, in a state where the game device 100 is in the dischargeable state.

  In step S201, the control unit 101 starts an appearance character determination sequence that determines a character to appear in one game play. In the game content of the present embodiment, the user can cause a plurality (specified number) of characters to appear in the game per game play. The registration of the character may be performed by obtaining card information from the card, or may be performed without being based on the card information when the user does not have the card, for example. Good.

  When information is acquired from the card, the control unit 101 stores, in the memory 103, appearance character information related to one character corresponding to the card, based on the card information. Specifically, the control unit 101 first acquires the character information relating to the character ID 402 of the card information from the character DB 106, changes the basic parameter 412 of the character information based on the parameter 403 of the card information, and sets it as registered character information. Store. At this time, information indicating registration based on the card may be included in the registered character information. If the card for which information has been acquired is a ready-made card, the parameter 403 is the same as the basic parameter 412, and thus the changing process may be omitted. When the storage of the registered character information related to the specified number of characters is completed, the control unit 101 ends the appearance character determination sequence and moves the process to S202.

  Note that, as described above, the appearance character registration may be performed without being based on the card information, and the processing of this step is performed, for example, when it is detected that an operation input related to the registration end by the user is made. You may finish. In this case, if the storage of the registered character information related to the specified number of characters is not completed, the control unit 101 determines, for example, a character ID related to the character by performing a lottery process, and stores the character information related to the character ID in the character DB 106. It may be acquired from the memory 103 and stored in the memory 103 as information on one character to appear (appearing character information). In this case, the appearance character information does not include information indicating that the character is registered based on the card.

  In addition, in the main appearance character determination sequence, not only the appearance character is determined based on the registration of the user, but also an opponent character of a predetermined game provided in the game sequence, a main character that appears in the selected scenario, etc. May also be stored. The characters relating to the stored appearance character information may be included in the candidates for cardization in the card generation sequence described later.

  In S202, the control unit 101 starts a game sequence for executing a predetermined game related to game play. The game sequence executes a predetermined game based on the stored appearance character information, and provides the user with a game experience related to the game in which the character related to the appearance character information appears. The progress of the game may be controlled based on the parameters stored in the appearing character information, and may be controlled in consideration of the operation input made by the other user.

  In S203, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the game sequence has reached the card generation sequence. As described above, in the game content related to the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, when the user finishes a part of the game related to one game play, the user acquires the card related to the game play. You can Here, the fact that the cards can be acquired at the end of some games is based on the consideration of the possibility of using the cards acquired during the game play during the game play. It does not exclude the mode in which the card can be obtained at the end of the game. When determining that the game sequence has reached the card generation sequence, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S204, and when it determines that the game sequence has not reached the card generation sequence, repeats the processing of this step.

  In step S204, the control unit 101 presents a candidate for cardification as a game screen to the user based on the stored appearance character information, and accepts selection of a cardification target. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the candidates for cardization are the characters corresponding to each of the stored appearance character information, that is, the characters that appeared in the game based on the payment of consideration. The control unit 101 waits for the processing in this step until the selection of the carding target is received, and when the selection is received, moves the processing to S205.

  In step S205, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the special card ejection condition is met. The determination in this step may be made based on the value of the special card ejection flag stored in the memory 103 as described above. If the control unit 101 determines that the condition for ejecting the special card is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S206; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S208.

  In S206, the control unit 101 configures card information of the special card to be generated. The composition of the card information is performed based on the appearance character information corresponding to the character to be carded. Specifically, the control unit 101, for example, acquires the card ID of the card to be generated, and then acquires the character ID and the parameter included in the corresponding appearance character information to configure the card information. At this time, when the appearing character information includes information indicating that the character is registered based on the card, the control unit 101 changes the parameter by a value corresponding to “two stages” of growth based on the growth information of the character. (Grow) and configure card information for special cards. Further, even when the appearance character information does not include information indicating that the character is registered based on the card, the control unit 101 uses the value corresponding to the "one stage" of growth based on the growth information of the character. The parameter 412 is changed to configure the card information of the special card.

  In step S207, the control unit 101 changes the value of the special card ejection flag stored in the memory 103 to “false” and moves the process to step S209.

  On the other hand, when determining in S205 that the condition for ejecting the special card is not satisfied, the control unit 101 configures the card information of the generated normal card in S208. The composition of the card information is performed based on the appearance character information corresponding to the character to be carded. Specifically, the control unit 101, for example, acquires the card ID of the card to be generated, and then acquires the character ID and the parameter included in the corresponding appearance character information to configure the card information. At this time, when the appearing character information includes information indicating that the character is registered based on the card, the control unit 101 changes the parameter with a value corresponding to “one stage” of growth based on the growth information of the character. , Configure card information for regular cards. If the appearance character information does not include information indicating that the character is registered based on the card, the control unit 101 sets the parameter to the basic parameter 412 and configures the card information of the normal card.

  In step S209, the control unit 101 transmits the configured card information to the ejection control unit 108, and causes the printing unit 140 to generate and eject the card with the corresponding character image and costume image.

  In S210, the control unit 101 determines whether the game sequence ends. The control unit 101 moves the process to S211 when it determines that the game sequence ends, and repeats the process of this step when it determines that the game sequence has not ended yet.

  In step S211, the control unit 101 determines whether the printing unit 140 is in a state in which the next card can be ejected. In the present embodiment, the control unit 101 determines in this step whether or not the remaining amount of roll paper that the printing unit 140 has is greater than the length required to generate one card. To do. In this embodiment, the length required for generating one card to be ejected is the same for both the normal card and the special card. When it is determined that the next card can be ejected, the control unit 101 completes the present game process while maintaining the state of the game apparatus 100 in the ejectable state. If the control unit 101 determines that the next card is not in a dischargeable state, the process proceeds to S212, the state of the game apparatus 100 is changed from the dischargeable state to the non-dischargeable state, and the present game process is completed. To do.

  In the present embodiment, the state detection is performed after the end of the game sequence. However, the timing of state detection is not limited to this, and if the state is detected after the card is generated and before the game processing is completed, It may be performed at a timing.

<< Disposal when it cannot be discharged >>
Next, with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 3, a detailed description will be given of the non-ejectable time process that is executed when the game device 100 is in the non-ejectable state and reaches the standby state waiting for the start of game play. To do. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in, for example, the recording medium 102, developing the program in the memory 103, and executing the program. It should be noted that the present non-ejectable process will be described as being started when the game process is completed after transition to the non-ejectable state, for example.

  In step S301, the control unit 101 starts a play suppression process that brings the game play into a non-provided state. The play inhibiting process may be a process of controlling so that the game process is not started even if the consideration is paid. For example, when the consideration is paid, the control unit 101 may perform a process of refunding the consideration (returning the consideration and not starting the electronic money settlement process).

  In S302, the control unit 101 executes a notification process for notifying that the discharge is impossible. In the notification processing, for example, the display control unit 107 is caused to generate a game screen indicating that the game device 100 is in a state in which cards cannot be ejected or a game screen indicating that card paper needs to be replenished, and the display unit 130 It may be performed by displaying. Further, the notification mode of the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, such a game screen is accompanied by a display notifying that the special card will be ejected if the state where the card cannot be ejected is restored. May be. With such a display, the user can be more actively guided to the recovery work, and it is possible to reduce that the game apparatus 100 is left unplayable. In the present embodiment, the notification is given in this step. However, the notification timing is, for example, a configuration in which the notification is made when the payment of the consideration is detected when the discharge is impossible. May be

  In step S <b> 303, the control unit 101 determines whether the roll paper has been replenished and the non-ejection state has transitioned to the ejection possible state. If the control unit 101 determines that the discharge-disabled state has transitioned to the discharge-enabled state, the control unit 101 moves the process to S304, and if it determines that the discharge-disabled state is maintained, the process of this step is repeated.

  In step S304, the control unit 101 changes the value of the special card ejection flag stored in the memory 103 to “true”, and completes the non-ejection impossible processing. At this time, the control unit 101 also ends the play inhibiting process.

  As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, even when the discharge impossible state is reached, it is possible to expect an earlier recovery to the discharge possible state, and to improve the operating rate in a suitable state. Can be increased.

  In the present embodiment, the game device 100 has been described as a device corresponding to so-called on-demand printing, which prints on a print medium and ejects an article (card). However, for example, an article stored in a storage unit. It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied even to a mode in which the above is discharged without printing. In this case, different types of articles may be ejected at the time of recovery from the non-ejectable state, and the number of articles ejected at the time of recovery may be set to be larger than that in the normal ejectable state. It may be configured.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been given on the assumption that the normal card and the special card have the same print size for one sheet, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, since the roll paper has a sufficient length when the paper cannot be ejected, the special card may have a larger size than the normal card.

[Embodiment 2]
In the above-mentioned embodiment, the aspect in which the added value given to the special card does not change has been described, but from the viewpoint of increasing the operating rate in a suitable state, the recovery from the non-ejectable state is earlier. Is preferred. Therefore, the time required to reach the discharge possible state after reaching the discharge impossible state is measured, and as the time is shorter, for example, the card corresponding to the character set to have higher usefulness in the game is discharged, or It may be configured such that a card with a parameter that allows the game to proceed more favorably goes out.

[Third Embodiment]
In the above-described Embodiments 1 and 2, the size of the ejected card has been described as being constant, but it is configured so that the size of the ejected card changes depending on the content of the game play, for example. May be. In this case, the size of the card to be ejected is determined in the card generation sequence of the game process, and therefore, at the time when it is determined, it is detected whether the printing unit 140 can eject the card of that size. There is a need. Therefore, even if it is not in the standby state, for example, when the cardification target is selected in S204, the state in which the card cannot be ejected can be changed. At this time, the control unit 101 may control the processing related to the game sequence being executed so as to be stopped until it is restored, and may perform the notification processing. Then, when the non-ejectable state is resolved, the special card ejection flag is set to "true", the stopped game process is restarted, and the special card is ejected.

[Modification]
In particular, stopping the game play due to the transition to the non-dischargeable state during the game play as described in the third embodiment can reduce the interest of the user. Therefore, in the game process, it may be configured such that only the card generation is not performed and the game sequence is not stopped. In this case, since it is preferable to provide the card that has not been generated to the user without waiting for the roll paper to be replenished, after the game sequence ends, for example, in the same store connected via the communication unit 110. It may be controlled so that the special card is ejected from the other game device 100 by notifying the user of moving to another game device 100 in the ejectable state, which is operated in. Of course, if the game play is being performed by another user on the other game device 100 that substitutes the discharge, the discharge is not performed by interruption, and after the game play by the other user is completed, the special game is performed. It may be controlled to eject and provide the card.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Further, the article selling apparatus according to the present invention can be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the article selling apparatus. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

  100: game device, 101: control unit, 102: recording medium, 103: memory, 104: payment detection unit, 105: acquisition unit, 106: character DB, 107: display control unit, 108: discharge control unit, 109: operation Input unit, 110: communication unit, 120: reader, 130: display unit, 140: printing unit

Claims (12)

At least a first article ejecting device having a first ejecting means for ejecting the first article, and a second article ejecting device that is communicable with the first article ejecting device and is different from the first article ejecting device. And a second article ejecting device having a second ejecting means for ejecting an article , the article ejecting system comprising :
The first article discharging device is
A first state in the first discharge means is capable of discharging the first article, and detecting means for detecting which of the second state not be discharged to the first article,
Prior Symbol first state, and a control means for controlling so as to discharge the first article in the first discharge means in response to payment of consideration, and
Said control means, said when became second Jo on purpose, the first article discharge system for controlling so as to discharge the different second article to the second discharge means to the article. At least the second article discharging device is a game device for providing game play,
  The control means controls the second discharging means to discharge the second article on condition that the second article discharging device is not playing the game.
The article discharge system according to claim 1. At least the second article discharging device is a game device for providing game play,
  The control means controls the second discharging means to discharge the second article when the second article discharging device is playing a game, on condition that the game play is completed. Do
The article discharge system according to claim 1. The article discharging system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first article discharging apparatus and the second article discharging apparatus are installed in the same store. The first article discharging device further includes a storage section for storing the first article discharged by the first discharging means,
The detection means detects the first state when the first article is present in the accommodation section, and detects the second state when the first article is not present in the accommodation section. The article discharge system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . Said first article discharge device, if it becomes the second state, any one of claims 1 to 5 further comprising informing means for informing that it is not possible discharge the first article Item discharge system according to . The notification means includes displaying at least one of the second state and the fact that the first article needs to be replenished on the display means of the first article ejection device. Item discharge system according to item 6 . The article ejecting system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the notifying unit informs that the second article is ejected from the second article ejecting device when the second state is achieved. The second article, any one of claims 1 to 8 number the greater than the first article, or the size is different articles from the first article to be discharged in accordance with the payment of consideration Item discharge system according to . The first article ejecting device further includes an executing means for executing a game in response to payment of consideration.
Said first discharge means and said second discharge means, at a time of game play based on the payment of the consideration, any one of claims 1 to 9 for discharging the articles corresponding to the game element of the game Item discharge system according to . In-game elements corresponding to the article, the usefulness in the game is defined,
11. The article ejection system according to claim 10 , wherein the in-game element corresponding to the second item is more useful in the game than the in-game element corresponding to the first item. A program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the article discharge system according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

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