JPH0322790B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine, and in particular, a game device is activated to play a game other than a pachinko game based on winning a prize in a specific winning device provided on a game board. Regarding pachinko machines.

As is well known, a pachinko game starts when a player hits a ball, and if the ball flows down the playing area formed on the surface of the game board while hitting an obstacle nail, and enters the winning slot on the way, it becomes safe. A certain number of prize balls are ejected to the player, and if the ball does not enter any of the winning holes, it will be guided to the out hole at the bottom of the game, and as the ball flows down, it will become safe or out. However, in such pachinko machines, it tends to become monotonous with only the expectation of whether or not the individual batted balls will enter the winning hole or the winning device.

Therefore, a pachinko machine has been proposed in which, when a ball hits a specific winning device provided in a gaming section, the game device is activated and a profit is given to the player based on the result of the end of the game.

However, in the past, even if a specific prize winning device in the gaming section wins consecutively, or even if a prize is won while the game is in progress, the gaming device is not activated and is invalidated. In this case, even if a player wins a prize using a specific winning device that is difficult to win, the game device will not work, resulting in a loss for the player. I was letting it go.

Therefore, the present invention stores the number of winning balls of a specific winning device provided in the gaming section in the game device control circuit, and when the game based on the game device ends and the number of balls stored is other than 0, the game device is restarted. By activating the game and being able to play the game, there is the joy of being able to play the game repeatedly as long as the game control device remembers the number of winning balls, the expectation of gaining a special profit state from this game, and the game. The objective is to provide a pachinko machine that greatly increases the interest of pachinko games, in which the probability of obtaining a profit status increases as the number of times the game is increased.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a detailed explanation will be given as an embodiment in which the game device of the present invention is applied to a horse racing game.As shown in FIG. For example, the game device 3 is provided approximately in the center.

The game balls supplied one by one from the game ball supply device 4 are sequentially and continuously fired by the ball firing device 6 whose firing strength is adjusted by the operation dial 5.
It is guided by the guide rail 1 and released above the game device 3. In this embodiment, one specific winning device 1 disposed at the upper part of the gaming section 2 serves as the winning opening.
1, and a plurality of variable prize winning devices 12, 13, 14, 15, for example, four variable prize winning devices arranged below the game device 3.
and an out port 16 provided at the bottom of the gaming section 2.
One variable prize winning device 12,1 arranged on the top of
3, 14, 15, 17 are so-called tulip type winning devices, and solenoid 22 or 23 is used.
Accordingly, it is possible to convert a disadvantageous state to a profitable state for the player.

Note that the solenoid 22 for the variable winning devices 12 to 15 may be one common solenoid that causes the winning devices 12 to 15 to operate simultaneously via a link function. In this case, the solenoid 22 is composed of individual solenoids provided for each winning device 12 to 15, and these individual solenoids are electrically interlocked. Note that this multiplexing is illustrated as a wide band-like line (the same applies to other circuit parts below).

A safe ball gutter 25 is provided on the back side of the gaming section 2, and a specific winning device 11, a variable winning device 12, 1
The game balls containing 3, 14, 15, and 17 are collected as safe balls and sent to a game ball central processing room (not shown) through a game ball collection gutter 26.
A safe ball passage detector 27 is provided at the exit of the safe ball gutter 25 to the game ball collection gutter 26, and the safe ball passage detector 27 confirms the passage of each safe ball and sends a detection pulse to the control device 28 as winning data. . However, at this time, the control device 28 drives the prize ball ejecting device 29 and also drives the built-in data processing device. The data processing device calculates and integrates the number of winning pitches each time a detection pulse arrives, and when this exceeds the expected number of balls hit, the ball stop display unit 30 is operated. On the other hand, supply of game balls from the prize ball discharge device to the game ball supply device 4 is performed as follows. Game balls sent from a game ball central processing room (not shown) through a distribution gutter (not shown) are received in the upper tank 31, and each time a detection pulse is obtained by the safe ball passing detector 27, a prize ball is issued. When the discharge device 29 operates, a scheduled number of game balls, for example 15, are supplied as prize balls from the upper tray on the surface of the pachinko machine to the game ball supply device 4 through the prize ball discharge gutter 32. However, when the upper tray is full, any more game balls fall into the tray 34 through the escape gutter 33.

Further, numeral 35 is a Far ball collecting gutter for collecting the Far balls into the receiving tray 34.

Furthermore, although not shown, the game balls that enter the out port are collected in a collection gutter as out balls.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the game device 3 has
It has a deep structure, and the bottom plate 41 is inclined upward by about 45 degrees for easy viewing by the player. A plurality of rows, for example, three rows of display courses are provided on the bottom plate 41, and each course has a lower part 43 and an upper part 44 each having an equal number of corner windows 42 arranged in series, and both of them provide one counterclockwise rotation. A course is formed, and a selection display lamp 45 is displayed at the left end of the lower part 43.
A, 45B and 45C are provided, and goal lamps 46A, 46B and 46C are provided at the left end of the upper part 44.

Each corner window 42 has a translucent sticker 47 with a picture of a horse affixed to the front, and a lamp 48 is provided behind it, so that when the lamp 48 is lit, a picture of a horse is projected on the corner window 42. is being done.

However, the lamp rows 49A, 49B and 49C of each course and the goal lamps 46A, 46B and 4
6C are the first, second, and third drivers 50 included in the game device control circuit 21 of FIG. 2, respectively.
A, 50B, and 50C, the lights are switched on one by one from the start side toward the goal side, and thus the player can see the pictures of the horses projected on the corner windows 42 of each course as if the horses were in each course. It is designed so that the state running along the road can be read.

The game device control circuit 21 controls the game of the game device 3, etc., and includes a winning storage control section 56, a game enable signal circuit 58, a selection identification circuit 59, a goal determination circuit 57, and a game operation circuit, as shown in FIG. 65 etc. are the main configurations.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a specific winning detector, which is constructed of, for example, a micro switch, which is disposed in the path between the winning game ball in the specific winning device 11 and falling into the safe ball recovery gutter 25, and outputs a detection pulse for each winning signal. It is given as an up count input to the winning storage control section 56 of the game device control circuit 21, which is composed of a down counter, etc., and is stored therein.

In this way, the winning prize storage control signal 56 counts up and stores it every time a game ball enters the specific winning device 11, but as will be described later, the clear output _S1 of the goal judgment circuit 57 representing the game result or other outputs is down. Since the count is subtracted when received as a count input, the player can play the game using the gaming device 3 as many times as the number of winnings of the specific winning device 11.

In other words, when the game device 3 finishes one game, the number stored in the game device control circuit 21 is subtracted, and when the number stored is other than 0, the game device 3 is operated again by the output of the game device control circuit 21. .

The winning storage control section 56 supplies a 4-bit binary coded decimal output _S2 to the game enable signal circuit 58 at its output terminal. The game enable signal circuit 58 is constituted by an OR gate circuit, and provides a game enable signal _S3 to the selection identification circuit 59 when the count content of the winning storage control unit 56 is not "0". Thus, the state in which the game enable signal _S3 is obtained means that the player has acquired the qualification to play a horse racing game, and in order to notify the player of this, the game enable signal _S3 is sent to the game board (first
For example, the game enable display lamp 60 provided on the left side surface of the figure is turned on.

The selection identification circuit 59 includes selection switches 61A, 61
It receives and stores the outputs of B and 61C, and sends the selected output to the corresponding output lines 62A, 62B and 62C on the condition that the game enable signal _S3 has arrived. Selection switch 61A, 61
B and 61C are, for example, game ready display lamps 60
It consists of a push button switch provided on the left side of the surface of the game board, and allows the player to press the first,
It is possible to predict the course number of the horse that will finish first among the horses in the second and third courses, and to input that predicted number.

Line outputs 62A, 62B and 62C of the selection identification circuit 59 are connected to selection display lamps 45A, 45B and 45C (FIG. 3) for presenting selection results to the player.

However, the memory of the selection identification circuit 59 is cleared by the clear output _S1 of the goal judgment circuit 57, which will be described later, and only then are the indicator lights 45A, 45B, and 45C turned off. The selection contents are left displayed.

Outputs 62A, 62B and 6 of selection identification circuit 59
2C is applied to the game operating circuit 65. The game operating circuit 65 has three ring counters 66A, 66B and 66C corresponding to the first, second and third courses, each ring counter consisting of a plurality of line outputs for the lamps arranged in each course. A drive output is sent out, and the corresponding lamps are displayed by the drivers 50A, 50B and 50C according to the drive output. Thus, when the ring counters 66A, 66B and 66C are in the clear state, the first ramp 67A on the corresponding start side of the starting line in each course
67B and 67C (Fig. 3) are lit, and thereafter the counters 66A, 66B, and 66C count "1" at a time, and thereafter, the lighting state of the lamps shifts from one to the next in each course. .

The ring counters 66A, 66B, and 66C have 3 as their count inputs whose repetition period changes randomly based on the oscillation output of the oscillation circuit 68.
The output of a random signal generator 69 is provided which delivers three pulse outputs PA, PB and PC. However, the outputs 62A, 62B and 6 of the selection identification circuit 59
A start signal circuit 70 having a gate circuit configuration that receives 2C is provided, and provides a start signal _S4 to the oscillation circuit 68 when any selected output is obtained. At the same time, the start signal _S4 is given as a clear signal to the ring counters 66A, 66B and 66C, and thus the ring counter 66
A, 66B and 66C are selection outputs 62A, 62B
and 62C, clear the ring counters 66A, 66B and 66C to return the display of the horses of each course on the game device 3 to the starting lines 67A, 67B and 67C,
After that, the outputs PA, PB and
By randomly counting ring counters 66A, 66B, and 66C using a PC, the horses on each course are displayed at random speeds toward the goal.

The goal determination circuit 57 indicates that the counts and contents of the ring counters 66A, 66B, and 66C have reached the goal lamps 46A, 46B, and 46C positions.
It is judged by. The goal determination circuit 57 receives the count outputs KA, KB, and KC from the ring counters 66A, 66B, and 66C, and when the content of any one of them reaches a value corresponding to the goal position, it lights up the goal lamp for that course number, and Stored as actual game results. On the other hand, the goal determination circuit 57 outputs the selection output 62 of the selection identification circuit 59.
After receiving A, 62B and 62C, the selected course number is compared with the course number of the first place obtained as the above-mentioned actual game result, and when they match, a jackpot determination output is output from the linked variable winning device 12-1.
A drive output S ₅ to the solenoid 22 of No. 5 and a drive output S ₆ to the solenoid 23 of the variable winning device 17 of single-shot operation are provided. Thus, the interlocking variable winning devices 12 to 15 and the single-action variable winning device 1
7 converts from a disadvantageous state to a profitable state.

On the other hand, when the course number of the first place as the actual game result and the selected course number do not match, the goal judgment circuit 57 outputs a loss judgment and drives the solenoid 23 of the single-shot variable winning device 17. Gives only output S ₆ . In this way, only one variable winning device converts into a profit state.

In this embodiment, the linked variable prize winning device 12-1
The input S ₅ to the solenoid 22 for the jackpot lamp 71 is applied to the drive circuit 72 of the jackpot lamp 71 to blink it for about 2 seconds, for example. As shown in FIG. 3, the jackpot lamp 71 is the goal lamp 46A, 46B.
and 46C are displayed as a whole.

In the above-mentioned fair, when a game ball enters the specific winning device 11, the winning storage control section 56 performs an up-count operation, and the game-enabled signal circuit 58 generates a game-enabled signal _S3 to turn on the game-enabled display lamp 60. At the same time, the selection identification circuit 59
to enable selective output transmission.

When the player sees that the game ready display lamp 60 is lit, he selects the course number for which he expects first place from among the selection switches 61A to 61C (for example, 61B) and stores it in the selection identification circuit 59.

This selected course number "2" is notified to the player by lighting the selection display lamp 45B of the game device 3, and the start signal circuit 70 triggers the oscillation circuit 68, and the ring counters 66A to 66C Clear all at once.
Therefore, the display of each course on the game device 3 returns to the start line 67A, 67B, and 67C, and then the ring counters 66A, 66B, and 66C count the randomly arriving pulses, so that the display of each course is displayed at a random speed. moving towards the goal.

In this embodiment, goal lamps 46A, 46B
The display of each course goes around twice until reaching 46C.
When any of the displays reaches the goal, the goal determination circuit 57 determines this and compares it with the selection output of the selection identification circuit 59 (in this case, the second course output 62B).

If the result is 1st place in the 2nd course, it is a “jackpot”
Then, the solenoids 22 and 23 are operated by the solenoid drivers 22' and 23', and the four interlocking variable winning devices 12 to 15 and the single variable winning device 17 are opened all at once, giving the player a profit state. can be given. Further, this jackpot is notified to the player by lighting the jackpot lamp 71 via the drive circuit 72.

On the other hand, if the first place is other than the second course, it will be a "miss", and only the solenoid 23' will operate, and only the variable prize winning device 17, which operates one by one, will open, and the player will be in a profit state of that amount from then on. He will continue playing pachinko.

In this way, games based on the game can be played. When the goal determination circuit 57 completes the determination operation, it sends out a clear signal S ₁ , thereby causing the win storage control section 56 to count down and clearing the memory in the selection identification circuit 59 . Therefore, if the up count number of the winning storage control unit 56 is "1" (that is, if no game ball enters the specific winning device 11 while the gaming device 3 is operating), the game enable signal circuit 58 When the game enable signal _S3 is no longer obtained, the display lamp 60 goes out, and the selection display lamps 45A to 45C also go out.

On the other hand, if the up count number of the winning storage control unit 56 is "2" or more (that is, if one or more game balls enter the specific winning device 11 while the gaming device 3 is operating), Even if the win memory control unit 56 counts down with the clear signal _S1 due to the end of the game of the game device 3, the content does not become "0", so the game enable signal circuit 58 continues to count down.
A game enable signal _S3 is sent from the controller, and the next game can be started immediately in the same manner as described above. In the above embodiment, the fluctuating prize winning device was described as a tulip type device, but it may be any device that can convert between a profitable state and a disadvantageous state for the player using a solenoid. Further, the lighting lamp may be moved from the start of the game device 3 toward the goal of any structure as long as the start and end of the game device can be distinguished.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the number of winning balls of a specific winning device is stored in the game device control circuit, and even if the game based on the game device ends, if the number of balls stored is other than 0, the game device is restarted. Since the game can be played by activating the game, the player feels the joy of being able to play normal pachinko games and games using a different game device, the expectation that he or she will get special benefits from this game, and the number of games played. By increasing the number of pachinko players, it is possible to increase the chances of gaining a profit and greatly increase the interest in the pachinko game.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a pachinko machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a system diagram showing the game device control circuit, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing the game device of FIG. FIG. 1...Guide rail, 2...Game club, 3...Game device, 4...Game ball supply device, 6...Battered ball launcher, 11...Specific winning device, 12-15,1
7...Variable winning device, 16...Out exit, 21...
...Game device control circuit, 22, 23...Solenoid, 41...Bottom plate, 42...Square window, 45A-45
C...Selection display lamp, 46A-46C...Goal lamp, 48...Lamp, 49A-49C...
Lamp row, 50A to 50C...Driver, 55...
...Specific winning prize detector, 56... winning prize storage control unit, 5
7...Goal determination circuit, 58...Game enable signal circuit, 59...Selection identification circuit, 60...Game enable display lamp, 61A-61C...Selection switch, 65...Game activation circuit, 66A-66C...
...Ring counter, 67A to 67C...Start line, 68...Oscillation circuit, 69...Random signal generator, 70...Start signal circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A specific winning device having a winning detector, a game device, and a drive solenoid in a gaming section surrounded by a guide rail, which can be converted into a disadvantageous state and a profitable state for the player. a variable winning device, and when a ball hits the specific winning device, a winning signal from the specific winning detector is guided to a game device control circuit, and based on the output signal of the game device control circuit,
When the game device is activated and the game on the game device ends, the game device control circuit generates an output according to the result of the end of the game, and supplies this output to the drive solenoid of the variable winning device to operate the variable winning device. Controls the conversion of the profit state and causes a winning signal from the specific winning detector to be recorded in the gaming device control circuit when a ball hits the specific winning device while the gaming device is in operation, and when the game based on the gaming device ends. , subtract the number of memories in the game device control circuit,
A pachinko machine characterized in that when the number of memories is other than 0, the game device is restarted to play the game by an output from a game device control circuit.