JPH0213487A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase the feeling of expectancy by a prize by a pinball to a specified prize port to improve amusement of a game by controlling action of a playing device under action conditions to apply a relatively large value based on an output from a specified prize ball detecting means after actuation of a predetermined condition detecting means. CONSTITUTION:If a pinball get into a specified prize port to operate a specified prize ball detecting means 35a when a game is started, a playing device 9 acts under action conditions to apply a relatively small value. For example, the playing device 9 acts only once as in conventional devices. If a pinball gets into the specified prize port 19a to operate the specified prize ball detecting means 35a after a predetermined condition is satisfied in the middle of the game, the playing device 9 acts under action conditions to apply a relatively large value. For example, the playing device 9 is acted for a plurality of times of actions, or otherwise the acting time of the playing device 9 is increased to act it to give an advantage to a player. For satisfaction of the predetermined condition, it may be any which is produced in the playing process of a pinball game.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a game machine that is activated when a hit ball enters a specific prize opening provided on a game board, and more specifically, This invention relates to a pinball game machine that provides value advantageous to players. Note that the gaming device may be a variable display device, a variable winning ball device, etc. that constitute a separate gaming device.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, game devices that are activated when a hit ball enters a specific prize opening provided on a game board, such as a variable display device having a plurality of variable display sections or a variable display device having a pair of ball receiving members, have been used. A pinball game machine equipped with a winning ball device has been known. Such a pinball game machine is designed to operate when the variable display device that is the game device enters a predetermined display mode (hereinafter referred to as a specific mode) or during the operation of the variable winning ball device that is the game device. When a hit ball wins a prize in seven winning areas provided in the variable winning ball device, a specific game state is entered, and the variable winning ball device remains open for a relatively long time so as to provide a large value to the player. It has become.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in the conventional pinball game machine described above, the operating mode of the game device that is activated by winning a prize in a specific winning hole is determined in advance. For example, in a game machine that uses a variable display device, the number of times the variable display device is activated is determined to be one when a ball hits a specific winning hole. In addition, in a gaming machine that uses a variable winning ball device, when a ball hits a specific winning hole, the ball receiving member of the variable winning ball device opens and closes once or twice at short fixed time intervals. It was only. For this reason, there was a problem in that the operating mode of the gaming device remained monotonous without changing during a long game, and the player's expectations were not excited when a ball hit a specific winning hole.

This invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to be able to change the operating mode of the gaming machine during long-term gaming, thereby making it possible to change the operating mode of the gaming machine during long-term gaming, thereby making it possible to change the operation mode of the gaming machine during long-term gaming, thereby making it possible to change the operation mode of the gaming machine during long-term gaming To provide a pinball game machine that can increase the excitement of winning a prize and make the game more interesting.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the pinball game machine according to the present invention has a specific winning hole provided on the game board, and a game machine in which a ball hits a prize in the specific winning hole. a gaming device that can present a plurality of operating states with different values to the player; a predetermined condition detecting device that detects that a predetermined condition is satisfied in a pinball game; The operation of the gaming device is controlled in an operating state of relatively low value based on the output of the specific winning ball detection means, and the output of the specific winning ball detection means is generated after the predetermined condition detection means is activated. and gaming device drive control means for controlling the operation of the gaming device in an operating state of relatively high value based on the above.

[Function] When a hit ball enters a specific winning hole and the specific winning ball detecting means is operated at the beginning of the game, the operating mode of the gaming device operates so as to give a relatively small value. For example, the gaming machine is operated only once as in the conventional case.

After a predetermined condition is met during a pinball game, when a hit ball enters a specific winning hole and the specific winning ball detection means is activated, the operating mode of the gaming device is such that it gives a relatively large value. Operate. For example, the number of operations of the gaming device may be increased multiple times, or the operating time of the gaming device may be increased to make the gaming device operate in a manner that is beneficial to the player. In addition, the predetermined condition may be satisfied as long as it is a condition that occurs during the game process of the pinball game, such as the fact that the display mode of the variable display device as a game device becomes a predetermined display mode, or the fact that the game board A special passageway established in
Or, despite the fact that a ball has passed through the winning hole or entered a prize, that the number of out balls or loss pressure (difference between the ball hit and the supply pressure) has reached a certain number, or that the gaming machine has operated a predetermined number of times. What is necessary is to detect that a condition such as not being in a specific gaming state is satisfied.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The first to third embodiments are illustrated as examples of the invention, the first embodiment is shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the second embodiment is shown in FIG. 5, A third embodiment is shown in FIG. Therefore, each embodiment will be explained separately below.

First Embodiment First, a pachinko game machine as an example of a pinball game machine to which this embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine. In the figure, a frame-shaped front frame 2 of a pachinko game machine 1 is surrounded by a glass door holding frame 3, and the glass door holding frame 3 includes a glass m4 having a glass and a front plate 5 on one side. It is supported and attached so that it can be opened and closed freely. A game board holding frame 31 that is behind the glass door 4 and is fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2.
(See FIG. 2) is provided with a game board 6 that can be attached and detached. On the surface of the game board 6, a guide rail 8 is set up in a substantially circular shape for guiding the hit balls guided from a launch rail (not shown).

The area surrounded by the guide rail 8 constitutes the gaming area 7. Almost in the center of the gaming area 7,
A variable display device 9 is provided as a gaming machine having a plurality of rotating drums 10a to 10c. This variable display device 9 is provided with a normal winning opening 11 at its upper part, and also includes an opening number display 12 that displays the number of times the opening/closing plate 15 is opened and closed, which will be described later, and a memory of winnings in starting winning openings 19a to 19c, which will be described later. A starting winning memory display 13 for displaying the number of winnings (up to 4 winnings) is provided. Further, a plurality of pieces of identification information are drawn on the outer peripheries of the rotating drums 10a to 10c, and the value given to the player differs depending on the combination of pieces of identification information.

An opening/closing door 1 is provided below the variable display device 9 as the gaming device.
A variable winning ball device 14 having 5 is provided. The opening/closing door 15 of the variable winning ball device 14 is configured so that the combination of identification information of the rotating drums 10a to 1Oc of the variable display device 9 is in a specific manner (for example, when "odd" numbers are arranged in a horizontal direction). When this happens, the game enters a specific game state and is set to be open for a predetermined period of time (for example, until 30 seconds pass or until 10 winning prizes are generated). Then, when a player enters the V-winning hole provided in the door 15 and activates the V-winning ball detector 16, the door 15 is opened for a predetermined period of time, and then the above-mentioned open state is repeated again.
This can be repeated up to 10 times each time a winning child appears in the winning slot. For this reason, when a specific gaming state is reached, a large amount of winnings will occur in a short period of time.

Note that up to 10 prize winning children are allowed to occur during one opening of the opening/closing door 15, but this is detected by the 10 count detector 17 (see Figure 2), and the number of winning children is determined by the number of winning children. It is displayed by the number display 18. Further, in this first embodiment, the rotating drum 1 of the variable display device 9
It is set that a predetermined condition is satisfied when the combination of identification information 0a to 10c is in the above-described specific form (odd-numbered zero). Therefore, in this first embodiment, the predetermined condition is satisfied at the same time as the first specific gaming state is entered, and after the specific gaming state ends, the starting winning opening 19 in the center among starting winning openings 19a to 19c, which will be described later,
When a hit ball wins a prize, the number of times the variable display device 9 is operated increases from one time, which had relatively low value before the predetermined condition was satisfied, to two times, which had relatively high value. In this first embodiment, the predetermined condition is canceled when the combination of identification information of the rotating drums IQa to 10c of the variable display device 9 becomes a predetermined cancellation display mode, for example, an even numbered zero. The number of times the variable display device 9 is activated by winning a prize in the starting prize opening 19a is set from two times, which has a high value, to one time, which has a low value. Therefore, once the variable display device 9 enters a specific gaming state, the number of operations of the variable display device 9 will be
The game will be played twice every time a prize is won in the starting winning slot 19a.

In addition, on the upper and lower left and right sides of the variable winning ball device 14, starting winning ports 19a to 19C are provided to allow rotation of the rotating drums 10a to 10c. Among the starting winning holes 19a to 1.9c, the starting winning hole 19a at the upper center is set to constitute a specific winning hole. When a ball hits the starting winning hole 19a to 19c, it is detected by the starting winning ball detector 35a to 35c (see FIG. 2), and the detection signal is sent to the control board 4.
5 (see Fig. 2) and the rotating drums 10a to 10c.
It is designed to rotate. Therefore, the starting winning ball detector 3 corresponding to each starting winning hole 19a to 19c at the normal time
5a to 35c are ONI, but rotating drums 10a to 10c
The number of rotation operations is one time, but as mentioned above, the predetermined condition is satisfied and a ball hits the center starting winning hole 19a among the three starting winning holes 19a to 19c, and the starting winning ball detector When 35a is turned on, the rotating drums 10a to 10C
The control board 4 is rotated so that the number of rotations is 2.
Controlled by 5. Therefore, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the number of times the variable display device 9 is activated can change from a small value to the player (one time of activation) to a large value to the player (two times of activation). Of course, the number of activations of three or more times may be set as the second state of great value.

Note that the rotation of the rotating drums 10a to 10c is stopped when a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) has elapsed from the start of rotation, or when a stop switch 28 provided on the front plate 5 is pressed. Of course, the stop switch 28 may be omitted and the apparatus may be configured to stop only when a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

The variable display device 9 also includes rotating drums 10a to 10c.
A decorative LED 52 (see FIG. 3; however, not shown in FIG. 1) is provided that lights up or blinks while the wheel is rotating to enhance the decorative effect. In addition, during a specific game state, the rotating drums 10a to 1 of the variable display device 9
Since the variable display of 0c is stopped, if there is a starting winning memory, the variable display will be performed after the end of the specific game state.

Furthermore, in the gaming area 7, windmill-equipped winning ports 20a and 20b are provided on the left and right sides of the variable winning ball device 14, and
Normal winning openings 21a, 21 are provided on both the left and right sides of the variable display device 9.
b is provided. Further, windmills 22a to 22d are also provided to change the direction of the balls falling in the game area 7. Among these, the windmills 22a and 22b are so-called windmills with lamps, and are installed on both the left and right sides of the gaming area 7 when the combination of the variable display devices 9 described above becomes a specific mode and a specific gaming state is achieved. The game effect lamps 23a and 23b and the game effect lamps 24a and 24b provided at the upper part of the front frame 2 are turned on or blinked to notify that effect.

At the bottom of the game area 7, there is provided an out port 25 through which balls that have not won in any of the winning areas described above are guided to the rear of the game board 6.

Further, on the surface of the front plate 5, there is a batted ball supply tray 26 that stores the ejected prize balls and supplies them one by one to the firing position of the batted ball.
is fixed. A speaker 27 is installed inside the space on the upstream side of this batted ball supply tray 26, and informs the player when a specific game state is entered or when the variable display device 9 is rotating. It is designed to generate sound effects.

At the lower part of the front frame 2, there is an operation handle 29 that constitutes a part of the batted ball firing device, and a surplus prize ball receiving tray 3 for storing prize balls that cannot be stored in the batted ball supply tray 26.
0 is set.

Next, the structure of the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, a game board holding frame 31 is fixed to the back side of the front frame 2, and the game board holding frame 31
The game board 6 is fastened and fixed by game board fixtures 32a to 32c provided in the game board. Furthermore, a winning ball collection cover 33 is fixed to the back side of the game board 6. This winning ball collecting cover integrated 33 has a guiding path for sorting the winning balls that have entered the various winning openings described above, and a solenoid 34 that controls opening and closing of the opening/closing door 15.
A starting winning ball detector 35a corresponding to the starting winning hole 19a
is installed. In addition, other starting prize openings 19b,
The starting winning ball detectors 35b and 35c corresponding to 19c are as follows:
It is attached directly to the back side of the starting prize openings 19b and 19c. In addition, when the winning ball detector 16 provided in the opening/closing door 15 of the variable winning ball device 14 is turned on,
A V winning display LED 51 (see FIG. 3; however, not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2) is lit to notify the player that the continuation has been established.

Furthermore, a rear protrusion of the variable display device 9 protrudes from the center of the winning element collecting cover 33, and a detection section, a stop control section, etc. of the rotary trams 10a to 10c are provided on this protrusion, and the side surface thereof A motor 36 is provided to rotate the rotating drums 10a to 10c. Note that the detection unit includes a plurality (5) of light receivers 48 (see FIG. 3; however,
(not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2) and a projector 49 (see FIG. 3; however, not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2) corresponding to the light receiver 48, Rotating drum 10a~
The rotating drum 10
The identification information drawn on the outer circumference of a to 10c is determined. In addition, as a stop control section, the rotary tram 1
A drum solenoid 50 (see FIG. 3,
However, it is configured by (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2).

Furthermore, a relay terminal board 37 for relaying wiring from various electrical devices provided on the game board 6 is attached to the back surface of the winning pressure collecting cover unit 33.

This relay terminal board 37 has an external connection line connected to a control board 45 fixed to the back surface of a mechanism board 38, which will be described later.

In addition, a mechanism plate 38 is provided so as to cover the entire back surface of the game board 6.
As is well known, this mechanism plate 38 processes the winning pressure one by one and transfers a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the winning pressure to the hit ball presentation tray 26 or surplus ball tray 30. Various mechanisms for ejecting the liquid are provided. That is, on the front side of the mechanism plate 38, there is formed a winning pressure collecting gutter 39 that collects the winning pressure in one place as shown by the dashed line in FIG. A winning ball processing device 40 is provided that processes pressure for one ball. Further, on the front side of the mechanism plate 38, an out guide channel 41 connected to the out port 25 is also formed.

On the other hand, on the rear side of the mechanism plate 38, there is a prize ball tank 42, a prize ball arrangement gutter 43, a prize ball dispensing device 44, and a prize ball paid out by the prize ball dispensing device 44, which is shown by a dashed line in FIG. A prize ball discharge passage (not shown) is formed for guiding the ball to the batted ball supply tray 26 and the surplus ball receiving tray 30.

Note that a batted ball firing drive section 46, which constitutes a part of the batted ball firing device, is fixed to the lower part of the back surface of the front frame 2. Furthermore, a connection gutter 47 that connects the above-mentioned prize ball discharge passage (not shown) and the surplus ball receiving tray 30 is also fixed to one side of the batted ball firing drive unit 46.

The control of the embodiment described above will be explained based on FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the control circuit configuration. In the figure, the control circuit within the control board 45 includes a microcomputer 53 as a control center. The microcomputer 53 has a function of controlling the overall operation of the pachinko game machine 1 as described below. For this purpose, the microcomputer 53 is composed of, for example, several chips of LSI, and includes an MPU 54 that can execute control operations according to a predetermined procedure, and an
ROM55 that stores operation program data of PU54
and RAM that can write and read the necessary data.
56. Furthermore, the microcomputer 53 includes an input circuit 57 that receives human power signals and provides human power data to the MPU 54, an output circuit 58 that receives output data from the MPU 54 and outputs it to the outside, and a sound generator 59 that receives sound data from the MPU 54. , when the power is turned on, the MPU
a power-on reset circuit 60 that provides a reset pulse to the MPU 54; a clock generation circuit 61 that provides a clock signal to the MPU 54; It includes a circuit 62 and an address decode circuit 63 that decodes address data from the MPU 54.

The MPU 54 can execute the operation of the interrupt control routine in response to interrupt pulses periodically given from the pulse frequency dividing circuit 62. Also, the address decoding circuit 63
decodes the address data from MPU54 and sends it to RO
Chip select signals are given to M55, RAM 56, input circuit 57, output circuit 58, and sound generator 59, respectively. In this embodiment, the ROM 55 is a programmable ROM so that its contents can be rewritten, that is, the program data for the MPU 54 stored therein can be changed if the need arises. . Then, the MPU 54 provides control signals to the variable display device 9, the variable winning ball device 14, etc. as a gaming device in accordance with the program data stored in the ROM 55 and in response to the input of each control signal described below.

The following signals are given to the microcomputer 53 as human input signals. First, starting prize openings 19a-1
The detection signals of the starting winning ball detectors 35a to 35c provided corresponding to each of the starting winning balls 9c are given to the starting winning ball detection circuit 64, and the starting winning ball detection signal is given to the microcomputer 53. However, in FIGS. 3 and 4, the starting winning ball detector 35a corresponding to the specific winning hole is indicated as starting winning ball detector A, and the other starting winning ball detectors 35
b, 35c are indicated as starting winning ball detector B. The detection signal detected by the stop switch 28 is given to a stop switch circuit 65, and then given to the microcomputer 53 as a stop signal. (2) The detection signal detected by the winning ball detector 16 is given to the V winning ball detection circuit 66, and is then given to the microcomputer 53 as a repeated signal. The detection signal detected by the 10 count detector 17 is 1
It is given to the 0 count detection circuit 67 and is sent to the microcomputer 531. :Given. The detection signal detected by the light receiver 48 is given to the light receiver circuit 68, and is given to the microcomputer 53 as a combination determination signal for the rotating drums 10a to 10c.

The microcomputer 53 also provides control signals to the following circuits and devices. First, a lighting signal is given to the projector 49 via the projector circuit 69. A drive signal is applied via the motor circuit 70 to the motors 36 of the rotating drums 10a to 10c. Rotating drum 10a through solenoid circuit 71
A tram drive signal is given to the three drum solenoids 50 of 10c. Solenoid 34 via solenoid circuit 72
A drive signal is given to the opening/closing door 15 to open/close the opening/closing door 15. Via the lamp circuit 73, the game effect lamp 23a.

A control signal is given to turn on or blink 23b, 24a, and 24b. Via the LED circuit 74, a V winning display LED 51 and a decorative LED 5 are used to notify of repetition.
A control signal for lighting or blinking is given to 2.

A control signal is provided via the LED circuit 75 to light up the starting winning memory display 13 which displays the number of times the variable display device 9 is activated. To drive, via the digital display drive circuit 76, the number of openings display 12 that displays the number of openings of the opening/closing door 15, and the number of winnings display 18 that displays the number of winnings detected by the 10 count detector 17. gives the control signal. Furthermore, sound effects are announced from the speaker 27 via the amplifier 77. Note that a predetermined DC voltage is supplied from the power supply circuit 78 to each circuit of the above configuration.

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 3.

Next, the specific operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. First, FIG. 4(a) shows a main routine showing the entire operation of the embodiment. first,
When the power is turned on, the microcomputer 53
Step S1) to determine whether an error has occurred in the AM56, and if it is determined that there is a RAM error,
Initial data is set (step S2). Note that since the process of step S+ is always performed, an error determination is made even when the microcomputer program runs out of control, and the initial data of step s2 is set. Further, if no error is determined in step s1 or if initial data is set in step s2, various subroutine control processes are performed to control the game of this embodiment (step S3). Next, after outputting the data processed in each subroutine (step S4), a periodic reset signal from the pulse frequency dividing circuit 62 is waited for, and if there is a reset signal, the processing from step s1 described above is repeated. repeat. therefore,
The main routine is executed once every time there is a reset signal generated from the pulse frequency divider circuit 62. Since the pulse frequency divider circuit 62 generally generates a reset signal once every 4 msec, the main routine
This will be done once every m5ec.

The contents of the subroutine control process in step S3 are as shown in FIG. 4(b). Figure 4 (b
) shows subroutine control processing. This subroutine control process first starts with the speaker 27 and game effect lamp 23a according to the progress of the game.
Sound/lamp/LED control processing is performed to control 23b, 24a, 24b, decorative LED 52, etc.
Step $5), then ① a winning number display control process for controlling the winning number display 12 in response to a signal from the winning ball detector 16 is performed (step S6);
In response to the signal from the 0 count detector 17, winning number display control processing is performed to control the winning number display 18 (step S7). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the game prohibition flag ■ or ■ is set (step S8). Here, the game prohibition flag ■ or ■ is
This is to monitor whether the count detector 17 is operating normally or not, and is set when the 10 count detector 17 becomes abnormal due to fraud or an accident. In other words, the game prohibition flag■
The detector 1 counts 10 counts during one opening of the opening/closing door 15.
7 is set when not even one winning pressure is detected. In this case, it is based on the reason that it is unreasonable that there is no winning pressure at all during a certain period of time (for example, 30 seconds) of opening and closing 5'1li5. By the way, when the 10 count detector 17 returns to the ON state, the game prohibition flag (2) is cleared, and the game returns to the original game state when the abnormal state occurred. In addition, the game prohibition flag ■ is detected by the 10 count detector 17.
Disconnection (for normally closed switches; for normally open switches,
10 count detector 17 remains ON for a certain period of time (for example, 3
seconds) is reached. Is this the winning pressure?
This is based on the reason that the signal passes through the 0 count detector 17 in an extremely short period of time. By the way, when the 10 count detector 17 returns to the OFF state, the game prohibition flag (2) is cleared, and the game returns to the original game state when the abnormal state occurred.

Therefore, in step S8, the game prohibition flag ■
Or, if it is determined that ■ is set, skip the next steps 89 to SI3 and proceed to step S14 10.
A 10 count detector check process is performed to control the signal from the count detector 17. On the other hand, if it is determined that the game prohibition flag ■ or ■ is not set, a variable display device control process is performed to perform rotation, stop, detection, and determination control of the rotating drums 10a to 10c (step S9); Solenoid control processing is performed to control the opening and closing of the solenoid 34 of the opening/closing door 15 of the variable winning ball device 14 based on the display mode of the variable display device 9 (step 518), and signals from the starting winning ball detectors 35a to 35c are performed. In response, a starting winning prize memory display control process is performed to control the starting winning winning memory display 13 (step S++).
), a starting winning ball detector check process is performed to check the starting winning ball detectors 35a to 35b (step 51).
2), a V winning ball detector check IA process is performed to check the V winning ball detector 16 (step SI3), and then step S14 is performed and the subroutine control IA3. I am supposed to finish I.

By the way, the starting prize ball detector 3 which is the main part of this embodiment
The specific processing of the starting winning ball detector check processing of step S12, which is the operation of steps 5a to 35c, is shown in FIG. 4(C). To explain this, first, it is determined whether or not the starting winning ball detector A corresponding to the starting winning ball detector 35a provided in the starting winning hole 19a as a specific winning hole is turned on (step S, 5). . ONt, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition satisfaction flag is set (step 516). This predetermined condition fulfillment flag is set when the combination of identification information of the rotating drums 10a to 10c of the variable display device 9 is an odd number. Also, if the combination is an even number of zeros, the set is canceled.

When it is determined that the predetermined condition fulfillment flag is set, that is, when the variable display device 9 is in the second state, it is determined whether the value of the starting winning memory counter is "4" or not. (Step 517), if it is not "4", "1" is first added to the starting winning memory counter (
Step S+a). After that, it is further determined whether or not the value of the starting winning memory counter is "4" (step S+9).
If the number is still less than "4", "1" is further added to the starting prize winning memory counter (step 520), and then the starting winning ball check process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in the step S16 that the predetermined condition satisfaction flag is not set, the process jumps to step S19, and it is determined whether the value of the starting prize memory counter is "4" (
Step S1. ), if it is not "4", "1" is first added to the starting winning memory counter (step 528).
, After that, the starting winning ball check process is finished.

That is, by turning on the starting prize winning ball detector A once, the value of the starting winning memory counter is added by "2" if the predetermined condition is satisfied, and the value of the starting winning prize memory counter is increased by "2" if the predetermined condition is not satisfied. 1" is added. Therefore, since the value of the starting winning memory counter is the number of rotations of the rotating drums 1°a to 10c of the variable display device 9, the variable display device 9 can be changed by the operation of the starting winning ball detector A before and after the predetermined condition is satisfied. The number of display operations changes, so that the game does not become monotonous, and expectations can be raised for the winning of a ball hit into the starting winning hole 19a, which is a specific winning hole.

On the other hand, in step SI8, the starting winning ball detector A
If it is determined that is not ON+, the starting winning ball detector 35b provided in the starting winning openings 19b and 19c,
It is determined whether or not the starting prize winning ball detector B corresponding to 35c has been turned on (step S2+), and if it is determined that it has been turned on, the process proceeds to step SI9 and the value of the starting winning prize memory counter is "4J". If the number is less than "4", the process proceeds to step S20, where "1" is added to the starting winning memory counter. That is, in this case,
Regardless of whether the predetermined conditions are met, the starting winning ball detector B is O once.
By doing N, the value of the starting winning memory counter becomes "1".
It should be noted that the above-mentioned step S
If it is determined in step I7 and step SI9 that the value of the starting prize memory counter is already "4", and if it is determined in step S21 that the starting winning ball detector B is not ON, Finishes the starting winning ball detector check process.

As is clear from the above explanation, in this first embodiment, one hit ball is placed in all the starting winning holes 19a to 19c including the starting winning hole 19a, which is a specific winning hole, before the predetermined condition is satisfied. When a prize is won, the variable display device 9 performs only one variable display operation with a relatively small value, but if a predetermined condition is met, a one-time display is displayed in the starting prize opening 19a, which is a specific winning opening. If one hit ball wins,
2. Where the variable display device 9 is of relatively great value
It is designed to display variable times. For this reason,
Since the operating mode of the variable display bag tray 9 changes as the game progresses, the game does not become monotonous, and the sense of anticipation can be increased by winning a prize with a ball hitting a specific prize opening.

In addition, in the first embodiment described above, only one of the three starting winning holes was set as the specific winning hole, but all the starting winning holes 35a to 35c may be set as the specific winning hole. The number of activations when a prize is won in a specific winning opening after the is established may be set to two or more times, and furthermore, a different number of activations may be set for each specific winning opening.

Further, the variable display device 9 in the first embodiment described above is
Although shown as having rotating drums 10a-10c, electrically variable display devices such as a 7 segment I, ED, liquid crystal display (LCD), dot display (LED), etc. may also be used. In addition, instead of displaying the variable display device 9 variably by winning the starting winning openings 35a to 35c, the variable display device 9 is always displayed variably, and the starting winning openings 35a to 35c
The stop switch 28 may be pressed when winning 5C or after winning, or the game may be stopped after a certain period of time. Furthermore, when a specific gaming state is entered, the operation of the variable display device 9 remains stopped, but even if the variable display device 9 is in a specific gaming state, a variable display is performed, and when the mode changes to a specific mode. may be stored and set as the specific gaming state again after the specific gaming state ends.

Second Embodiment Next, FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment different from the above-described embodiment. FIG. 5 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 1. To explain this, a variable winning ball device 80 is arranged approximately in the center of the gaming area 7 of the gaming board 6 (components that are the same as those shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals). This variable winning ball device 80 is provided with four 7-segment LEDs 81 to 84, and is provided with an opening/closing door 85 in its lower part. The center one among the four 7-segment LEDs is a variable display LED 81 as a gaming device, and the one on the negative side is an opening number display LED.
D82, and the other side has a winning number display LED83.
The one at the top center is the start winning number display LED 8
It is 4. Then, the variable display LED 81 displays "0" to "
Numbers (identification information) up to 9 are always displayed variably.

In addition, below the variable winning ball device 80, a specific winning opening 86
is arranged, and the hit ball that enters the specific winning hole 86 activates the specific winning ball detector 88. Furthermore, on both sides of the lower part of the specific winning opening 86, there is a starting winning opening 87a,
87b is arranged, and the balls that win in the starting winning holes 87a and 87b actuate starting winning ball detectors 89a and 89b.

To explain the operation of the variable winning ball device 80 described above, when a ball hit by a player falls down the gaming area 7 and enters the specific winning hole 86 and activates the specific winning ball detector 88, the variable winning ball device 80 is always variable. The variable display of the variable display LED 81 that is being displayed stops (in this case, it may be stopped when a predetermined time passes after winning or when a stop switch (not shown) is pressed). Then, when it is determined that the display mode of the stopped variable display LED 81 displays "7", a right generation state occurs (of course, a plurality of pieces of identification information other than "7" may be used). In addition, when it is determined that the display mode of the stopped variable display LED 81 displays "6" or "8", a predetermined condition is satisfied, and when a ball hits the specific winning hole 86, the variable display LED 81 changes to 2. Stops working. That is, before the predetermined condition is met, even if the ball hits the specific winning hole 86, the variable display LED 81 only stops once, but after the predetermined condition is met, the ball hits the specific winning hole. 86
When a ball hits a prize, a variable display is displayed and the ED81 stops twice. Note that the predetermined condition is resolved when the display mode of the variable display LED 81 displays "7".

Therefore, when a ball hits the specific winning hole 86 after a predetermined condition is established, the variable display LED 81 stops the variable operation, and after determining the display, displays the variable again and stops the operation after a predetermined time. Then, if either of the two display results is "7", the right occurs and the predetermined condition is canceled. In this way, when a ball hits the specific winning hole 86, the number of operations of the variable display LED 81 (in the case of this embodiment, the number of stop operations) is performed only once before the predetermined condition is established, but the number of operations of the variable display LED 81 is only one time, After the condition is satisfied, the variable display LED 81 is operated twice, and the operating mode of the variable display LED 81 changes as the game progresses.

Furthermore, even if "7" is displayed by the first variable display stop operation and the predetermined condition is resolved, the variable display LED 81 will automatically stop after a predetermined period of time (for example, after 2 seconds). The variable display is started at , and the variable display is stopped for the second time. When "7" is displayed again by the second stop operation, the right generation state disappears.

Therefore, during the right generation state, the ball starts winning hole 87a,
87b and activates the starting winning ball detectors 89a and 89b, the opening/closing door 85 is closed for a predetermined period of time (for example, 1
0 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10
Develop until the winning pressure of 1) wins the prize. Then, such an open state can be repeated a number of times (8 times) corresponding to the winning pressure of a predetermined number (for example, 8) of winnings in the starting winning openings 87a, 87b. In addition, if a hit ball wins in the starting winning hole 87a or 87b while the opening/closing door 85 is open, for example, if there is a fourth winning in the starting winning hole 87a while the opening/closing door 85 is opened for the third time, the start The winning of the ball hit into the winning opening 87a is memorized, and the opening/closing door 8
After the opening/closing door 85 is closed, the opening/closing door 85 is opened again. However, if the above-mentioned right generation state disappears during this repetition, or the above-mentioned opening/closing Jji! 85 is opened continuously in a state where the number of openings is less than the predetermined number of times, the winning opening 87a,
When a predetermined number of winning pressures are won in 87b, the normal gaming state is returned to when the opening state for that time ends. In addition, during the rights generation state, the starting prize opening 87
a, 87b, the number of winning balls won is displayed on the start winning number display LED 84, the number of repetitions of the open state of the opening/closing door 85 is displayed on the opening number display LED 82,
As is clear from the above explanation, the number of winning balls won by one opening state of the opening/closing door 85 is displayed on the entered prize number display LED 83, also in this second embodiment.
When one hit ball enters the specific winning hole 86, the variable display LED 81 as a gaming device operates only once before the predetermined condition is met, but after the predetermined condition is met, the variable display is displayed and the ED81 is activated. The operation is performed twice, and the operating mode of the variable display LED 81 changes according to the progress of the game. Therefore, the game does not become monotonous, and the anticipation of winning a prize by hitting the ball into the specific winning hole 86 can be increased.

In addition, in the second embodiment described above, the variable display LED
81 shows a single one, but a plurality of variable display LEDs (
The number of openings display LED 82 and the number of winnings display LED 83 may also be used), and the status of rights generation may be determined based on the display mode of the combination. The variable display may start when a ball hits a prize, and stop when a predetermined time elapses or a stop switch (not shown) is pressed. In addition, when the variable display LED 81 displays r7J again in the middle of the - degree rights generation state, the state is memorized without extinguishing the rights, and the rights are generated again after the end of the predetermined game. It may also be a state.

In addition, in the second embodiment, the variable display LED
81 is designed to be displayed variably, but while the right is being generated, the operation of the variable display LED 810 is stopped and, for example, the second variable display is displayed only when the first variable display stops at a display other than "7". Then, in the first variable display, "7"
” is displayed, the second variable display may be performed after a predetermined game is completed due to the generation of rights.

Third Embodiment Next, FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment different from the above two embodiments.
An example is shown. FIG. 6 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 1. To explain this, a variable winning ball device 90 as a gaming device is arranged approximately in the center of the gaming area 7 of the gaming board 6 (components that are the same as those shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals). ing. This variable winning ball device 90 is provided with a pair of ball receiving members 91a, 91b that can be opened and closed freely. A winning opening 92 and regular winning openings 93a and 93b on both left and right sides are provided. ■The winning hole 92 is provided with a 7 winning ball detector 94,
In addition, a 10 count detector 95 detects all the winning pressures of the V winning opening 92 and the normal winning openings 93a and 93b.
is provided.

Further, three winning holes are arranged below the variable winning ball device 90, and the setting is such that when a ball hits the central winning hole 96 and the condition detector 98 is activated, a predetermined condition is satisfied. There is. In addition, when a ball hits the left and right starting winning holes 97a, 97b and the starting winning ball detectors 99a, 99b are operated, the ball receiving members 91a, 91b are opened and closed at relatively short time intervals. However, before the above-mentioned predetermined conditions are satisfied, the opening/closing operation is performed only once,
After the predetermined conditions are met, the opening/closing operation is
It is set as times. Therefore, in this third embodiment, the starting winning openings 97a and 97b constitute a specific winning opening.

To explain the operation of the third embodiment configured as described above, when a ball hit by a player falls down the gaming area 7 and enters the starting prize openings 97a and 97b, the ball receiving member 91
a and 91b perform an opening/closing operation once. When the ball received by the ball receiving members 91a and 91b during the opening/closing operation enters the winning hole 92, a specific game state is entered and the ball receiving member 91
The opening and closing operations continue until a and 91b open and close 18 times or until there is 10 winning pressures. During this opening/closing operation, if the ball received by the ball receiving members 91a, 91b enters the winning hole 92 again, the opening/closing operation is temporarily stopped and the above opening/closing operation is restarted from the beginning. (
The opening/closing operation is repeated 18 times (or 10 winnings), and this repeated operation is performed by the ball receiving members 91a and 91.
As long as the hit ball accepted in b enters the V-winning slot 92, the game will be played a maximum of 8 times.

By the way, when a hit ball falling in the game area 7 enters the winning hole 96 and activates the condition detector 98, a predetermined condition is established, and therefore, the hit ball enters the starting winning hole 97a, 97b. If you win, soil receiving members 91a, 91
b performs opening and closing operations twice at short time intervals. For this reason, the ball that falls down the game area 7 hits the ball receiver member 91a more than in one opening/closing operation before the above-mentioned predetermined condition is satisfied.

91b is more likely to be accepted, and as this possibility increases, the possibility of the above-mentioned specific gaming state also increases. Note that the predetermined condition is resolved by hitting the ball into the winning hole 96 again and activating the condition detector 98.

Therefore, in this third embodiment, if one hit ball wins in the starting winning holes 97a, 97b before the predetermined condition is satisfied, the variable winning ball device 9o will receive one shot of relatively small value. Although it only operates to open and close,
When a hit ball enters the winning hole 96 and a predetermined condition is met, and one hit ball enters the starting winning hole 97a or 97b, which is a specific winning hole, two opening and closing times, which have a relatively large value, are performed. It is designed to work. For this reason, as the game progresses, the operating mode of the variable winning ball device 90 changes, so the game does not become monotonous, and it is possible to increase the sense of anticipation when the ball hits a specific winning hole.

In addition, in the third embodiment described above, the ball receiving member 91a
, 91b is shown as one that opens and closes parallel to the surface of the game board 6, but one that slides laterally, one that opens and closes perpendicularly to the surface of the game board 6, or one that rotates on the surface of the game board 6. It may also be something that allows you to catch the ball.

In addition, after the predetermined condition is established, the number of opening and closing times of the ball receiving members 91a and 91b of the variable winning ball device 90 as a gaming device is set to 1.
The number of openings and closings may be increased from 3 times to 2 times, but the number of openings and closings may be increased to 3 times or more, or even if the number of openings and closings is 1 time, the opening and closing time may be set longer than before the condition was met to make it relatively larger. It can also be used as a value. Furthermore, the variable winning ball device 90 is
(2) It may not have a continuation function by winning a prize in the winning hole 92.

Furthermore, in the first to third embodiments described above, an example of a pinball game machine in which a player borrows pachinko balls and plays games with the pachinko balls has been exemplified, but for example, magnetic cards, etc. There may also be a pinball game machine that allows games to be played using a storage medium that stores ball rental data.

Furthermore, in the first to third embodiments, the variable display LED 81 indicates that the variable display device 9 has entered a predetermined display mode in the first embodiment as the predetermined condition is satisfied. In the third embodiment, the predetermined display mode is determined by detecting that a prize has been won in each of the winning holes 96, but the present invention is not limited to this, and in the game process of the pinball game. Conditions for occurrence, for example, the number of out balls has reached a predetermined number, the number of lost balls, which is the difference between balls hit and balls supplied, has reached a predetermined number, the variable display device 9
, or the specific gaming state has not been reached even though the variable display LED 81 has been activated a predetermined number of times, and the specific gaming state has not been entered even though the variable winning ball device 90 as a gaming device has been activated a predetermined value. The establishment of the predetermined condition may be recognized by detecting that the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

In addition, in the first to third embodiments, after the predetermined condition is satisfied, when a ball is hit into a specific winning slot, the gaming machine is controlled to enter a high-value operating state, but after the predetermined condition is satisfied, , furthermore, as other predetermined conditions are satisfied,
The gaming machine may be controlled so as to be able to operate in a state with greater value than the control described above.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above explanation, the pinball game machine according to the present invention includes a specific winning ball detecting means for detecting that a ball hit into a specific winning hole has won a grand prize, and a predetermined condition detection means for detecting that a condition has been met; and an output from the specific winning ball detection means; the gaming machine is operated in an operating state with relatively low value; and the predetermined condition detection means is activated. and a game device drive control means that controls the operation of the game device in an operating state with relatively high value based on the output of the specific winning ball detection means after the pinball game progresses. The operating mode of the gaming device has changed, and as a result, the pinball game is no longer monotonous.
The excitement of the game can be gained by increasing the sense of anticipation due to the grand prize of a ball hit into a specific prize opening.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine as an example of a pinball game machine equipped with a variable display device as a game device, FIG. 2 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko game machine, and FIG. 3 is a variable display FIG. 4 is a control circuit diagram of a block configuration showing control of the device and the variable winning ball device, and FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, and is a front view of a pachinko game machine equipped with a variable display LED as a game device. FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, and is a front view of a pachinko game machine equipped with a variable winning ball device as a game device. 1. Pachinko game machine (pinball game machine) 6. Game board 9. Variable display device (gaming device) 198
'... Starting winning hole (specific winning hole) 35a... Starting winning ball detector (specific winning ball detecting means) 53... Microcomputer 81... Variable display LED (gaming device) 86... Specific winning hole 88... Specific person prize ball detector (specific winning ball detection means) 9
0...Variable winning ball device (gaming device) 97a, 97b...
Starting winning hole (specific winning hole) 99a, 99b... Starting winning ball detector (specific winning ball detecting means) 98... Condition detector (predetermined condition detecting means) Patent applicant Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A specific winning hole provided on a game board, specific winning ball detection means for detecting that a ball has won in the specific winning hole, and a plurality of operating states that have different values for the player. a game device capable of exhibiting the following: a predetermined condition detecting means for detecting that a predetermined condition is satisfied in a pinball game; A game device drive that controls the operation of the game device, and controls the operation of the game device in an operating state with a relatively high value based on the output of the specific winning ball detection means after the predetermined condition detection means is activated. A pinball game machine comprising a control means.