JPH02224687A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a pinball machine which reproduces a state that a drum rotates in a real state by a panel, prevents a fluctuation display operation of a picture pattern from becoming monotonous, scarcely loses a player's interest and abounds in enjoyment by providing a display control means for displaying a fluctuation endlessly, while bringing the picture pattern to scroll on the panel, and also, accelerating gradually a scroll speed of the picture pattern at the time of starting the fluctuation, and decelerating gradually its speed at the time of stopping the fluctuation. CONSTITUTION:In a pinball machine 100, when a player operates a hit ball handle 50, a game ball is hit out, and when the game ball wins a prize in one of start-up prize-winning ports 20, a fluctuation of a picture pattern displayed on a panel 10 is started. Also, at the time of starting the fluctuation, in all display parts 10a, 10b and 10c, an address pointer of lighting pattern data is shifted by 1 address at 81msec. Moreover, a scroll speed is accelerated gradually so that the address pointer of the lighting pattern data is shifted by 1 address at 10msec after 1.224sec from the start of the fluctuation. In such a way, at the time of starting the fluctuation, a player can recognize clearly the picture pattern which is scrolled slowly from down to up, and such as impression as a drum on which the picture pattern is drawn starts a rotation slowly is given.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (F# Commercial Application Field) The present invention provides a method for displaying, for example, three slots on a matrix display panel when a game ball enters a predetermined winning slot (hereinafter referred to as a starting winning slot). Symbols such as numbers and symbols are displayed in a fluctuating manner, and if the combination of the fluctuatingly displayed symbols matches a preset combination of symbols (for example, when three of the same symbols line up), the game ball will win a prize. Jackpot mode (e.g. wide attacker open)
Regarding the pachinko machine.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 14, a machine-type pachinko machine is known which is equipped with a symbol display device consisting of three drums (60) on which a plurality of types of symbols are drawn. In this slot machine type pachinko machine, although there is a mechanical movement and an interesting fluctuating display, the drum (60) and the motor (70) that drives this drum (60), etc. Not only does the pattern display M and M become large, but also multiple drums (60)
The disadvantage is that the mechanism for sequentially stopping the symbols and the mechanism for determining whether the displayed combination of symbols matches a predetermined symbol combination are extremely complicated.

Therefore, by using a matrix display panel to scroll and display the symbols on a panel with no mechanical movement, we created a system that gives the player the impression that the drum with the symbols on it is rotating. Matrix type pachinko machines were provided. In this matrix type pachinko machine, one symbol display device can be made more compact than a slot machine type pachinko machine, and the symbols can be stopped in sequence, and the combinations of symbols displayed in a variable manner can be predetermined. It is now possible to easily determine whether or not the combination of symbols matches the pattern combination.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, although such matrix-type pachinko machines scroll the symbols, they do not realistically reproduce the actual rotation of the drum. It wasn't.

When the drum actually rotates, it is gradually accelerated, then rotated at a constant speed, and then gradually decelerated and then stopped. However, in this matrix type pachinko machine, the symbols suddenly start scrolling at a high speed that the player cannot recognize the symbols, and when they stop, they scroll at a constant low speed that allows the player to recognize the symbols. It was designed to scroll and then stop and move up, and only reproduced constant speed rotation in two stages: high speed and low speed. Therefore, compared to a symbol display device in which a drum actually rotates, the fluctuating display operation of symbols tends to be monotonous, making it easy for players to get bored and lack interest.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to more realistically reproduce the rotation of the drum on the panel, so that the fluctuating display operation of one symbol is not monotonous, and the players are not bored. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine that is difficult to play and is full of fun. As shown in , a plurality of symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the matrix display panel (10) by winning an r game ball into a predetermined winning hole (20), and the combination of the symbols displayed in a variable manner is determined in advance. A pachinko machine that enters a jackpot mode in which it is easy to win a game ball when the set combination of symbols matches,
The panel (lO) is provided with a display control means that scrolls the symbols and displays them endlessly in a variable manner, and gradually accelerates the scrolling speed of the symbols when the variation starts and gradually decelerates the scroll speed when the variation stops. This is a pachinko machine (100) J featuring the following.

(Actions of the Invention) By adopting the above-described means, the present invention has the following effects.

By providing a display control means that scrolls the symbols on the panel (10) and displays them endlessly in a variable manner, and gradually accelerates the scrolling speed of one symbol when the variation starts, and gradually decelerates it when the variation stops. , the manner in which the drum rotates, that is, the manner in which the drum begins to rotate, the manner in which it rotates at a constant speed, and the manner in which the rotation ends are more realistically reproduced on the panel (lO).

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below according to an example shown in one drawing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine (100) of this embodiment
is a symbol display device consisting of a panel (lO) approximately in the center of the game board (30), a wide attacker (40) at the bottom of the game III (:10), and a wide attacker (40) at the bottom of the panel ([mouth]). It is equipped with starting prize openings (20) on both sides.

As shown in Figure 4, the panel (10) has eight pieces vertically.

There are 24 LED elements arranged horizontally, and this panel (
By dividing 10) into three horizontally, there are 8 pieces vertically and 8 pieces horizontally.
Three display sections (10a) and (10
b) (tOc) is configured.

The display control means that scrolls and variably displays the symbols on each display section (10a) (job) (10c) shifts the lighting pattern data for displaying the symbol from bottom to top while displaying the symbols on each display section (10a) ( 10b) (10c). The 1-display control move will be explained in detail below.

The display section (10a) in FIG. 5 has a symbol "l".

Lighting pattern data as shown in the first [%(a)] for displaying is given. In order to display one pattern in wood and electric tone, the display part (ioa) must be
All of the 8 vertical and 8 horizontal LED elements are used. Specifically, line 1 (IA, IB,...
・, consists of IH LED elements) is (0000
0000), line 2 has (0001100 units),
..., the lighting pattern data (01111100) is given to line 8. In addition, rl
The 0 display control means is such that an LED element to which lighting pattern data J is given is lit, and an LED element to which lighting pattern data rOJ is given is not lit.

From this state, as shown in Figure 813(b), the lighting pattern data is shifted one column from the bottom to E and the display section
0a). That is, the lighting pattern data (00011000) given to line 2 in FIG.
The lighting pattern data (001110
00) is given to line 2.

Incidentally, line 8 is given lighting pattern data for the top row for displaying the symbol "2'" to be displayed next.

As a result, the symbols are displayed on the display section (10a) shifted by one column in the -E direction, as shown in FIG. By repeating this display operation, as shown in Figure 8, the displayed symbols will be displayed in a scrolling state where the displayed symbols will be hidden in the F direction and the 5th symbol will gradually appear from below. In addition, in the unimplemented example, one symbol is displayed with eight lines,
Since one line can be expressed with 8 bits, that is, 1 byte data, 8 bytes of font data is sufficient to display one symbol. Therefore, the third
If all the symbols shown in the figure are displayed using 8-byte font data, 8 x 16-byte font data will be required. 1os 4 backgrounds, 109th to 116th increase in font data for displaying the pattern ``2''...
, 221 font data for displaying the pattern “wa”
The font data at the address indicated by the address pointer of the lighting pattern data is stored in consecutive addresses in the ROM such as 22811r, and the font data at the address indicated by the address pointer is placed in line 2.
...If the font data at the address indicated by the address pointer +7 is assigned to line 8 as lighting pattern data and displayed, the address pointer will be set to 1.
By shifting the addresses one by one, the symbols can be scrolled in the order shown in FIG. In addition, after shifting the address pointer to the 228g area, which stores the font data of the bottom row for displaying the symbol "W", the font data of the top row for displaying the symbol "l" is stored. If you return to address 101, the symbols will be displayed endlessly.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the scrolling speed of the symbols displayed on the panel (10) is gradually accelerated when the change starts, and gradually decelerated when the change is stopped.
Specifically, the time required to shift the address pointer of the lighting pattern data by one address is changed. In other words, if the time required to shift the address pointer of the lighting pattern data by one address is gradually shortened, the symbols displayed on the panel (10) will flow faster and the scrolling speed will be accelerated, and vice versa. If you gradually increase the time required to shift the address pointer of the lighting pattern data by one address, the panel (10
) The scrolling speed of the symbols displayed in ) will be in a decelerated state. Note that the address pointer of 2 lighting pattern data is 1.
If the time required to shift the address is made infinitely long, the pattern displayed on the panel (lO) will stop moving up.

Next, the operating state of the pachinko machine (100) according to the present invention will be explained.

When the player hits a free ball by operating the ball-hitting handle (50) and the 1wL game ball enters one of the starting winning slots (2(1)), as shown in FIGS. 5 to 9,
The symbol displayed on the panel (1θ) starts to change.

At the start of fluctuation, all display sections (10a) (10
b) Lighting pattern at 81m5ec at (Inc)
The data address pointer shifts by 11 points, and 1.224 seconds after the start of the change, lO
The scrolling speed is gradually accelerated so that the address pointer of the lighting pattern data shifts by 1# in msec.

By doing this, at the start of the fluctuation, the player can clearly aRa the symbols that slowly scroll from the bottom to the top, giving the impression that the drum on which the symbols are drawn has begun to rotate slowly. It is designed to give. Note that the scrolling speed at the start of the fluctuation is not particularly limited as long as it can give the player the impression that the drum on which the symbols are drawn begins to rotate slowly.

Then, after the address pointer of the lighting pattern data is accelerated to shift by one address in romsec, it continues to scroll at a high speed. During this time, the scrolling pattern cannot be clearly recognized, and the situation is similar to that of a drum on which the pattern is drawn rotating at a high speed.

When the fluctuation stops, that is, in this embodiment, the stop d11.4
When it reaches 52sec*J, the center display (amount Ob), 1
．． When it reaches 450secIiJ, the display on the right will appear! (10
c), when it reaches 1.202sec#, the display on the left (
In 10a), from the state where the address pointer of the lighting pattern data was shifted after 10m5ec, 6
The scrolling speed is gradually reduced until the address pointer of the lighting pattern data shifts by one address in 1m5ec. Then, 6 from the start of fluctuation
．． The display on the left after 363 seconds? B (10a), 6
．． After 541 seconds, the display section on the right (10c), 6.
The central display section (10b) is designed to stop after 655 seconds. By doing this, when the fluctuation is stopped, the player can clearly recognize the symbol that is slowly scrolling from the bottom to -hi and stopping, as if the drum on which the symbol is drawn slowly stops rotating. It is designed to give the impression that It should be noted that the scrolling speed when the fluctuation is stopped is not particularly limited as long as it can give the player the impression that the drum on which the symbol is drawn slowly stops rotating.

In addition, after the fluctuation stops, each display section (10a) (job)
(Inc) is determined by changing the address pointer with the font data of the symbol corresponding to the random number value stored in the memory after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

As shown in FIG. 10, each display section (1Qa) (1(l
When the same symbol is displayed in both b) and (10c), it becomes a jackpot remote mode, and the wide attacker (40) opens, making it easy to win the game ball. Wide attacker (40)
is due to the elapse of 24.999 seconds.

Alternatively, it closes when 10 game balls enter the wide attacker 7 car (40), but during this time, a game ball enters the V prize opening in the wide attacker (40), and the wide attacker (48) ) will open again, and ■As long as a game ball enters the winning slot, the wide attacker (40) will open and close up to 10 times. In addition, each display section (LOa) (10b) (
If the same pattern is not displayed on both l[lc], the wide attacker (40) remains closed.

In this embodiment, the display control means is a panel drive circuit (1
1) is realized by programming c p ty (tz) in advance so that a command signal to drive the panel (10) is sent out as described in 1).

(Effects of the Invention) As described in 4 above, according to the present invention, the symbols are displayed on the panel in an endlessly variable manner while scrolling, and the scrolling speed of the symbols is gradually accelerated when the variation starts, and when the variation stops. By being equipped with a display control means that gradually decelerates the speed, it is possible to give the player the impression that the drum on which the symbols are drawn is rotating, and the fluctuating display operation of the symbols is not monotonous. It is possible to create a pachinko machine that is full of fun and that makes it difficult for customers to get bored. In addition, compared to slot machine-type pachinko machines in which the drum actually rotates, the symbol display device can be made more compact, and each symbol can be stopped in sequence, or a combination of fluctuating symbols or a predetermined symbol can be displayed. It is possible to easily determine whether the combination matches.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to the present invention. 18
2 is a block diagram schematically showing the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the symbols displayed on the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 to 12 are front views showing the panel. FIGS. 13(a) to (C) are front views showing lighting pattern data;
FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a symbol display device of a conventional slot machine type pachinko machine. Board, 40--Wide attacker 50--Handle the ball. that's all

Claims (1)

[Claims] When a game ball enters a predetermined winning slot, a plurality of symbols are displayed in a variable manner on a matrix display panel, and the combination of the symbols displayed in a variable manner matches a preset combination of symbols. This is a pachinko machine that has a jackpot mode that makes it easy to win game balls when playing games, and displays the symbols on the panel in an endlessly variable manner while scrolling them, and gradually accelerates the scrolling speed of the symbols at the beginning of the variation. , and a pachinko machine characterized by comprising display control means that gradually decelerates the speed when the fluctuation is stopped.