JPH05154236A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pachinko game machine in which the amusement feeling in playing can be improved by varying the number of times of allowable continuiation of a variable prize ball device when a large prize playing state is generated. CONSTITUTION:The allowable number of times of continuation permitting the repetition of the opening/closing operation for a certain period of the ball receiving members 42a and 42b of a variable prize ball device 30 varies from eight times to fifteen times when the display result of 7 segment LEDs 35a and 35b which lead-out the display result on the basis of the prize into a specific scoring area 39 becomes the same as the previously determined display result. In each large prize playing state, the allowable number of times of continuation for allowing the repetition of the opening/closing operation for a cetain period of the ball receiving members 42a and 42b of the variable prize ball device 30 is different, and playing does not become monotonous, and the amusement feeling in playing can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is advantageous to a player when the game state becomes a predetermined specific game state.
The present invention relates to a ball game machine capable of repeating the variable winning ball apparatus that can be changed to the second state, which is disadvantageous to the player, to the first state by repeating the permissible number of times.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is provided a variable winning ball device capable of changing between a first state which is advantageous to a player and a second state which is disadvantageous to a player when a game state reaches a predetermined specific game state. A large number of ball game machines capable of repeating the allowable number of times and returning to the first state have been provided on the market. In such a ball game machine, the allowable number of continuations when the specific game state (hereinafter referred to as the big hit game state) is constant, and they are never changed.

[0003]

Therefore, even in the big hit game state, the game value brought by the first state of the variable winning ball device (in many cases, the number of winning balls and the score).
Are almost the same, there is a drawback that the game is monotonous even if the big hit game state is not impressed. The present invention is
It was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to increase the enjoyment of the game by changing the allowable number of times the variable winning ball device is allowed to continue in the case of a big hit game state. To provide a machine.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, when a game state becomes a predetermined specific game state, a first state advantageous for the player and a player In the ball game machine capable of repeating the variable winning ball apparatus which can be changed to the disadvantageous second state to the first state by repeating the allowable number of times, based on the fact that a predetermined game condition is established, It is characterized in that it comprises an allowable continuation number changing means for changing the allowable continuation number.

[0005]

When the predetermined game condition is established, the allowable number of continuations is changed, so the allowable number of times that the variable winning ball device is in the first state is different for each specific game state, so that the game is monotonous. Not only that, the fun of the game can be enhanced.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the variable winning ball device 30 according to the embodiment
A pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine to which is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a front view of the game board 1 of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 6 is a rear view of the game board 1. In the figure, on a game board 1 of a pachinko game machine, a guide rail 2 is erected in a substantially circular shape, and an area surrounded by the guide rail 2 constitutes a game area 3 in which a hit ball falls. Near the center of the game area 3,
A variable winning ball device 30 which constitutes a main part of the present embodiment is arranged, and a starting winning device 5 made of an electric accessory is arranged below the variable winning ball device 30. The variable winning ball device 30, as will be described later in detail, includes a 7-segment LED 35a as a variable display device,
35b, a pair of ball receiving members 42a, 42b, a winning space 44 in which the winning balls received by the ball receiving members 42a, 42b fall, and a lower ball rolling plate 49 forming the bottom surface of the winning space 44. A plurality of winning areas 39, 40a, 40b including a specific winning area 39 into which the led winning balls are guided
When the ball hits the starting winning device 5, or when a big hit game state described later is reached, the ball receiving members 42a and 42b open and close in the left and right directions so that the ball can be easily received. Has become. The variable winning ball device 30 will be described in detail later.

Further, the gate passing ports 4a and 4b are arranged on the left and right of the starting winning device 5, and the gate passing ports 4a and 4b are provided.
When the ball hits b, the starting winning device 5 composed of the electric accessory performs the opening operation twice for a predetermined time. In order to carry out such an operation, passing ball detectors 18a and 18b are built in the gate passage openings 4a and 4b, and the starting winning device 5 and the starting winning prize detector 19 and the solenoid 20 for driving the opening. (Shown in FIG. 8) are attached. In the illustrated embodiment, the gate passage openings 4a and 4b are configured as passage openings that allow the hitting balls to pass therethrough and to be discharged to the game area 3 again. good.

Also, in the game area 3, a normal winning hole 6
a, 6b, tulip type winning openings 8a, 8b, lamp-equipped windmills 10a, 10b, windmills (no reference numeral), and the like are provided. The winning openings 6a and 6b are the variable winning ball device 30.
Shoulder lamps 7a, 7b are arranged on the left and right sides of the
The tulip-type winning openings 8a, 8b are arranged on the lower side of the variable winning ball device 30, and the sleeve lamps 9a, 9b are built therein. Further, side lamps 11a and 11b are also arranged at both ends of the center of the game area 3. These shoulder lamps 7a, 7b and sleeve lamps 9a, 9
The b and the side lamps 11a and 11b are for turning on or blinking at the time of passing through the gate, at the time of winning the start, at the time of a big hit game state, etc. to notify the player of that fact. In addition,
Although not shown, as a lamp having a similar function, a rail decoration lamp 13 (shown in FIG. 8) provided along the outer circumference of the guide rail 2 and a game effect lamp 14 (shown in FIG. 8) provided on the upper front surface of the pachinko gaming machine. There is). Further, at the lowermost part of the game area 3, there is formed an outlet 12 into which any of the above-mentioned winning openings or the hit balls which have not been won into the variable winning ball device 30 are taken.

Next, the structure of the back surface of the game board 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, a prize ball collecting cover body 15 is fixed to the back surface of the game board 1. This winning ball aggregate cover body 15 is formed with a guide passage for sorting the winning balls won into the various winning holes described above, and a specific winning ball detector 16 and a winning ball detector 1 described later.
7 is fixed. The winning ball detector 17 is provided so as to face a guiding path through which the winning balls received by the variable winning ball device 30 by the ball receiving members 42a and 42b are guided.

The passing ball detector 18 is provided in the gate passage openings 4a, 4b and the starting winning device 5, as described above.
a, 18b and a starting winning ball detector 19 are provided respectively, and the passing winning ball detectors 18a, 18b detect the hitting to open the starting winning device 5, and the starting winning prize detector 19 detects the winning ball. The ball receiving member 42
The opening and closing operations of a and 42b are performed. In addition, a guide plate 21 is provided on the back surface of the gate passage openings 4a, 4b and the starting winning device 5.
Is fastened. The guide plate 21 is formed with guide openings 22a and 22b (which are not used in the present embodiment, 22b) that open rearward on the left and right sides, and the winning balls that have won the starting winning apparatus 5 are the guide openings 22a. Are released from the second prize ball collecting space (not shown). The number of prize balls discharged by the winning balls released to the second winning ball collecting space is determined by the first winning ball collecting space (the variable winning ball device 30 and the winning balls winning the winning holes 6a, 6b, 8a, 8b fall. It is set to a number (for example, 7) smaller than the number of prize balls (for example, 15) discharged by the winning balls discharged into the space (for example).

As described above, the game board 1 is provided with various game devices including the variable winning ball device 30, and the speaker 23 (see FIG. 8) which produces a sound effect in accordance with the game state of these game devices. Display) is provided on the pachinko machine.

Next, the variable winning ball device 30 including the essential parts of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a front view of the variable winning ball device 30. In FIG. 7, the variable winning ball device 30 has a mounting substrate 31 mounted on the surface of the game board 1. A vertically long window opening 37 is formed substantially in the center of the mounting substrate 31, and an inverted “U” -shaped upper frame 32 is provided to project along the upper edge of the window opening 37. The upper side of the upper frame 32 is formed as a guide portion so as to guide a hit ball, and the hit ball received by the guide portion wins a normal winning opening 33 formed on the mounting substrate 31. There is. An upper decorative plate 34 is attached to the front surface of the upper frame 32.
7 segment LEDs 35a, 3 as variable display devices
5b is facing. In addition, 7-segment LED35a,
A plurality of (four) passing memory display LEDs are provided on both sides of 35b.
36 are provided. This passing memory display LED 36
Indicates that the maximum number of passing balls that have passed through the specific winning area 39, which will be described later, is stored in the variable display.
The right to variably display the 7-segment LEDs 35a and 35b is reserved.

By the way, the 7-segment LEDs 35a and 35b as variable display devices are variably displayed when the winning balls pass through the specific winning area 39 during the opening / closing cycle described later after the big hit game state, and the display result at the time of stop is previously set. When the display result is a predetermined display result (for example, a doublet with the same number), it is determined that the condition for changing the allowable number of times of continuation is satisfied. That is, the 7-segment LEDs 35a, 3
5b is a specific winning area 39 in the big hit game state
It is used to establish a condition as to whether or not the allowable number of continuations is increased by winning a prize ball.

Further, a downward U-shaped lower frame 38 is projectingly provided along both side edges and a lower edge of the window opening 37. A specific winning area forming member 39 composed of a pair of projecting pieces is provided at a lower portion of the lower frame 38, a specific winning area 39 is formed in the center of the lower frame 38, and normal winning areas are provided on the left and right sides of the specific winning area 39. 40a and 40b are formed. When a hit ball is won in the specific winning area 39 and the specific winning ball detector 16 is activated, a big hit game state is established, and a large amount of winning balls are generated by opening and closing the ball receiving members 42a and 42b as described in detail later. The game state is such that In addition, the enlarged piece 50 is projected and retracted in the front-rear direction at the upper end of the specific winning area 39. Details of the enlarged piece 50 will be described later. In addition, for the winning balls that have won in the specific winning area 39 and the normal winning areas 40a and 40b, the winning ball detector 17 is activated, and the winning number display LED 5 to be described later.
3, the number of winning prizes is displayed. Further, a lower decorative plate 41 is fixed to the front surfaces of the specific winning area 39 and the normal winning areas 40a and 40b, and the variable winning ball device 30 is provided.
Enhances the decorative effect of the lower part of the.

Between the upper frame 32 and the lower frame 38,
A pair of ball receiving members 42a and 42b are provided so as to be openable and closable in the left-right direction. The ball receiving members 42a, 42b are opened / closed solenoids 43a, 43b (see FIG. 8) via a known link mechanism.
(Shown in the block diagram of FIG.
When 3a and 43b are turned on, the ball receiving member 42a,
42b is opened to form a large gap between the upper frame 32 and both ends of the upper frame 32, through which a ball can pass, which is a first state advantageous for the player. On the other hand, the open / close solenoids 43a, 43
When b is turned off, the ball receiving members 42a, 42b
Is in an upright state and its tip is opposed to both ends of the upper frame 32 so that the hitting ball does not pass therethrough, which is a second state disadvantageous to the player. In the second state, which is disadvantageous to the player, it is difficult to win a prize because there is an interval between the tips of the ball receiving members 42a and 42b and both ends of the upper frame 32 that allows one ball to pass. May be included.

More specifically, the opening / closing solenoids 43a, 43
Explaining the drive control of b, the starting winning device 5
When the hit winning ball is won and the start winning ball detector 19 is turned on, the open / close solenoids 43a and 43b are turned on twice at relatively short time intervals. Therefore, the ball receiving members 42a, 42
b is opened and closed twice. And the ball receiving members 42a, 42
When the winning balls received during the opening and closing operation of b enter the specific winning area 39 and turn on the specific winning ball detector 16,
Big hit game state, open / close solenoids 43a, 43b
Repeats the ON / OFF state at short time intervals. Therefore, the ball receiving members 42a and 42b are also configured to continuously repeat the opening / closing operation. Then, the number of such repetitions is set to a maximum of 18 times, and when 10 winning balls are generated during the operation of 18 times, the ON / OFF operation of the opening / closing solenoids 43a and 43b also ends at that time. (Hereinafter, such opening / closing operation is referred to as an opening / closing cycle). Furthermore, during the opening and closing cycle,
When a winning ball is won in the specific winning area 39 again, the continuation right is established and the opening / closing cycle is immediately interrupted, and after the elapse of the predetermined time interval time, the next opening / closing cycle is started. And, as will be described later in detail, the allowable number of continuous opening / closing cycles is set to 8 or 15 times.

As described above, the variable winning ball device 30 of this embodiment has a structure in which a large number of winning balls are generated in a short time when the big hit game state is reached, but the big hit game state is revealed. In order to do so, the ball receiving members 42a, 42b
It is necessary to cause the winning balls guided to the above-mentioned winning prize to be won in the specific winning area 39 among the plurality of winning areas. Thus, in the illustrated embodiment, the winning balls are the window openings 37.
The lower ball rolling plate 49 finally flows down through the winning space 44 formed at the rear of the plurality of winning regions 39, 40a, 4
It will reach 0b. Therefore, the structure of the winning space 44 will be described below.

The winning balls received by the above-mentioned ball receiving members 42a and 42b reach the upper and lower partition plates 45 lying on the center of the window opening 37. The upper and lower partition plates 45 are inclined rearward so as to guide the winning balls received by the ball receiving members 42a and 42b rearward. A lower ball rolling plate 49 is arranged below the upper and lower partition plates 45. The lower ball rolling plate 49 constitutes the bottom surface of the winning space 44, and is provided so as to incline downward from the rear of the winning space 44 toward the front. Then, the plurality of winning regions 39, 40 are provided at the lower end of the lower ball rolling plate 49.
a and 40b face.

A storage member 46 is arranged at the center of the winning space 44, and the upper and lower partition plates 45 are provided during the opening / closing cycle.
Part of the winning balls that fall from the rear end is stored and then opened in the latter half of the opening / closing cycle. The storage member 46 is driven by a drive motor 47 (not shown).
A stop position detector 48 is attached to the drive motor 47 in order to detect the storage state and the open state of the drive motor 47 (shown in the block diagram of FIG. 8). When the winning balls stored in the storage member 46 are opened, the enlarged piece 50 described below is projected forward by the solenoid 51, so that the specific winning area 39 is easily won.

Enlarged piece 5 configured to project from the lower part of the lower ball rolling plate 49 to the upper end of the specific winning area 39.
Since 0 is tapered so that its upper surface inclines inward, when the solenoid 51 is driven, the winning balls rolling on the lower ball rolling plate 49 come out of the specific winning area 39. Specific winning area 39
Will be more likely to be induced to. That is, the size of the specific winning area 39 is expanded.

The main structure of the variable winning ball device 30 has been described above. In addition to the above structure, a display for displaying numerical values related to a game, a decorative LED for decorating the variable winning ball device 30 with light, and the like. A lamp and the like are also provided. Specifically, as an indicator, the number-of-opening-displays LE that displays the number of continuous executions of the opening / closing cycle during the big hit game state on the left and right of the center of the mounting substrate 31 of the variable winning ball device 30.
D52 and a winning number display LED 53 for displaying the number of winning balls received during one opening / closing cycle are provided. Further, as decoration LEDs and lamps, decoration LEDs 54 provided on both sides of the rear surface of the movable decoration member 50, accessory lamps 55 for illuminating the lower rear surface of the winning space 44, and the like are provided. Since the number-of-opening display LED 52 is composed of one 7-segment LED, when displaying a two-digit numerical value, the digit of ones digit is blinked or the color is changed when the two-digit numerical value is reached. indicate.
However, the decoration LED 54 also has the function of the number-of-opening display LED when the allowable number of continuations increases. In this case, when the allowable number of times is increased, all the decorative LEDs 54 are turned on or blinked to notify that effect, and then the LED is temporarily turned off to display the number of continuous executions, and then 1 It is sufficient to turn on the lights one by one. Alternatively, the state of lighting is maintained and the decoration LED 54 corresponding to the open / close cycle being executed is blinked, or the allowable number of times of continuation and the number of times of continuation of execution are displayed in different colors to notify that effect. You can

The structure of the game board 1 of the ball game machine including the variable winning ball device 30 has been described above, but these game devices are controlled by the game control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram showing the game control circuit in a block configuration, which is controlled by a basic control circuit 60 including an MPU, a ROM, a RAM, and an input / output circuit. Basic control circuit 60
A determination circuit 61 for determining whether or not a condition for changing the allowable continuation number is satisfied is included therein, and a counter 62 for counting the execution continuation number and the allowable continuation number is included therein.

The basic control circuit 60 also includes a detection circuit 63.
Specific winning ball detector 16 and starting winning ball detector 1
9, winning ball detector 17, passing ball detector 18a, 18b,
And a detection signal from the stop position detector 48, and a chip select signal is given from the address decoding circuit 64 to the basic control circuit 60 and the detection circuit 63. Also, when the power is turned on, the initial reset circuit 65 to the basic control circuit 60
To the basic control circuit 60 from the regular reset circuit 66 at predetermined time intervals.

On the other hand, the basic control circuit 60 gives control signals to the following devices and circuits. That is, an audio signal is applied to the speaker 23 via the speaker control circuit 67, and a drive signal is applied to the drive motor 47 via the motor drive circuit 68. Also, via the LED control circuit 69, the winning number display LED 53, the number of times of opening display LED 52, the passing memory display LED 36 (not shown), 7 segment L.
A display control signal is given to the EDs 35a, 35b and the decoration LEDs 54, B, and the windmill lamps 10a, 10b, the game effect lamp 14, the rail decoration lamp 13, the accessory lamp 55, the side lamps 11a, 1 are supplied via the lamp control circuit 70.
A display control signal is sent to the 1b, the shoulder lamps 7a and 7b, and the sleeve lamps 9a and 9b. The lamps surrounded by the same frame in the figure are synchronously driven and displayed. Further, the opening / closing solenoid 4 is connected via the solenoid drive circuit 71.
Drive signals are given to the solenoids 3a and 43b, the solenoid 20 for the starting winning device 5, and the solenoid 51. In addition, the basic control circuit 60 outputs a drive signal to a big hit information output circuit 72 which outputs a big hit signal to the outside. Electric power having various voltages is supplied from the power supply circuit 73 to the above-mentioned devices and circuits.

Among the game operations controlled by the above-mentioned basic control circuit 60, the continuous number upper limit control operation constituting the essential part of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. 1 and 3 show an example of a pair of continuous number upper limit control operations (hereinafter, referred to as a first embodiment), and FIGS. 2 and 4 show another example of a pair of continuous number upper limit control operations ( Less than,
(Referred to as a second embodiment). First, the operation according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In step 10, it is judged whether or not there is a valid V winning. Here, the effective V winning means that the winning ball received during the opening operation of the ball receiving members 42a and 42b based on the winning of the starting winning device 5 has won the specific winning area 39, or during the opening / closing cycle. Within the reception waiting time period when the accepted winning balls have won the specific winning area 39, or the winning in the specific winning area 39 after the opening / closing by the start winning or the opening / closing by the opening / closing cycle is considered effective It shows that the winning is in the specific winning area 39 that the winning is achieved and the value of the execution continuation number counter C1 that counts the actually executed execution continuation number is 7 or less. When it is determined in step 10 that the V-win is not a valid win, the subroutine is terminated without performing the following processing. In addition, under the condition that the value of the execution continuation number counter C1 is 7 or less,
When the value is 8 or more, it means that the increase of the allowable continuation number as described later is not performed.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 10 that the V winning is valid, it is determined in step 20 whether or not the execution continuation number counter C1 is 15 which is the maximum upper limit value.
If it is 15, then the subroutine is ended, and if it is not 15,
In step 30, 1 is added to the value of the execution continuation number counter C1. Next, in step 40, it is judged whether or not the value of the execution continuation number counter C1 is 1, that is, whether or not it is a V winning for a big hit, and if so, step 50
Then, the value of the allowable continuation number counter C2 is set to 8 and the subroutine is finished. In this way, if it becomes a big hit, it becomes possible to automatically execute the opening / closing cycle eight times.
In this case, the set value of the allowable continuous number counter C2 may be set arbitrarily.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 40 that the value of the execution continuation number counter C1 is not 1, it is determined in step 60 whether the value of the allowable continuation number counter C2 has already become 15, and the value of 15 is obtained. If so, the subroutine is terminated, and if not, one value is extracted from random A in step 70. As shown in FIG. 3, in the random A, 100 ways from 0 to 99 are changing every moment, and one value is extracted at the time when the winning ball hits the specific winning area 39, and the extracted value is extracted. If the value is a doublet of the same number, it is determined to be a hit, and if it is any other number, it is determined to be out. Therefore, the winning probability in this embodiment is 1/10.

In step 80, it is determined whether or not the value extracted from the random A as described above is a hit. When it is determined that it is not a hit, the variable display operation of the 7-segment LEDs 35a and 35b is controlled in step 90. The outlier value corresponding to the extracted value is displayed and the subroutine ends. On the other hand, when it is determined in step 80 that the player has won, in step 100 the 7-segment LED 35a,
After the variable display operation of 35b is controlled and the hit numerical value corresponding to the extracted value is displayed, the value of the allowable continuation number counter C2 is set to 15 in step 110, and the subroutine is ended.

As described above, in the first embodiment,
In the first to seventh opening / closing cycles, 7-segment LEDs 35a, 35b each time the specific winning area 39 is won.
Is variably displayed, and the allowable number of continuations is increased and changed when the display result reaches a predetermined value, so the number of allowable opening and closing cycles in which the ball receiving members 42a and 42b are opened and closed is different for each jackpot gaming state. Therefore, the game is not monotonous, and the interest of the game can be enhanced. However, in the present embodiment, when the hit comes in any of the first to seventh opening / closing cycles, the variable display of the 7-segment LEDs 35a, 35b is not performed in the subsequent opening / closing cycles.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the second embodiment, 7-segment LEDs 35a, 3 are provided for each opening / closing cycle.
This is an example in which the display result of 5b is derived, and the allowable number of continuations is increased by one each time the display result is a hit. Since steps 200 to 250 in this subroutine are almost the same as steps 10 to 60 in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted. However, the requirement that the value of the execution continuation number counter C1 that counts the actual execution continuation number is 7 or less in the valid V winning in step 200 may or may not be present.

However, if the value of the allowable continuation number counter C2 is not 15 in step 250, one value is extracted from random B in step 260. As shown in FIG. 4, in the random number B, two numbers 0 to 1 are changing every moment, and one value is extracted at the time when the winning ball hits the specific winning area 39, and is extracted. When the value is 0, it is determined to be a hit, and when the value is 1, it is determined to be a miss. Therefore, the probability of winning in this embodiment is
It is 1/2.

In step 270, it is determined whether or not the value extracted from the random B as described above is a hit. When it is determined that it is not a hit, the variable display operation of the 7-segment LEDs 35a and 35b is controlled in step 280. The outlier value (1.1) corresponding to the extracted value is displayed, and the subroutine ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 270 that the hit is successful, the variable display operation of the 7-segment LEDs 35a and 35b is controlled in step 290 to display the hit value (0.0) corresponding to the extracted value, and then step 300 Then, 1 is added to the value of the allowable continuation number counter C2, and the subroutine is ended.

As described above, in the second embodiment,
7 segment LED3 each time you win in the specific winning area 39
5a, 35b are variably displayed, and when the display result reaches a predetermined value, the allowable number of continuations is increased by 1 so that the ball receiving members 42a, 42 can be changed for each jackpot gaming state.
Since the allowable number of opening / closing cycles for opening and closing b is different, the game is not monotonous and the interest of the game can be enhanced. Particularly, in the second embodiment, the allowable number of continuation times is 1 based on the variable display result executed for each opening / closing cycle.
Since the player's attention is concentrated on each opening / closing cycle, the interest of the game can be further enhanced.

Although the two embodiments have been described above, in the above embodiment, the basic allowable number of times of continuation is 8 due to the hitting of the hitting ball in the specific winning area 39 during the first opening / closing cycle in the big hit game state. Although the number of times set is shown, it may be set once or more. Further, in the above-described embodiment, only the case where the allowable continuation number increases when the condition for changing the allowable continuation number is satisfied is shown. However, when two conditions are set and one condition is satisfied. May be increased and the other condition is decreased when the other condition is satisfied.

In the above-described embodiment, the condition for changing the allowable number of continuations is set based on the display results of the 7-segment LEDs 35a and 35b as variable display devices. In this case, however, the specific winning area 39 Instead of deriving the display result based on the winning of the prize, the display result may be derived for each detection signal of the winning ball detector 17, or the variable winning ball device 3 other than the specific winning area 39.
The display result may be derived when the batting ball passes or wins the area within 0, and further, the display result is derived when the batting ball passes through a predetermined passage port or winning port on the game board 1. It may be done.

Further, the condition for changing the allowable number of continuous times may be satisfied without using the variable display device. For example, a predetermined number of winning balls have been won in the specific winning area 39, the winning ball detector 17 has detected a predetermined number of winning balls, and an area other than the specific winning area 39 in the variable winning ball device 30 is hit. Has passed or won, that a batting ball has passed through a predetermined passage port or a winning port on the game board 1, the number of balls difference between the number of balls driven in and the number of replenished balls, and the rate of ball ejection have reached a predetermined value. That is, the permissible number of continuations may be changed when conditions such as the fact that the jackpot gaming state has not been established for a predetermined period of time are satisfied.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, as the game contents, the winning balls received during the opening / closing operation of the ball receiving members 42a, 42b based on the starting winning prize are the specific winning area 39.
When the player wins the prize, it shows a big hit game state and then continues, but other game contents, for example, a big hit game state when the display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined display result. It may be a game content that repeatedly opens the variable winning ball device including the specific winning area, or a right generation game state based on the fact that the ball is guided to a special area provided in the special device The game contents may be such that the variable winning ball device is repeatedly opened each time a hit ball is won in the starting winning port on the condition that the right generation game state is continued. Further, as a ball game machine to which those game contents are applied, not only a pachinko game machine but also an arrangement type pachinko game machine may be used.

[0039]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, when the predetermined game condition is satisfied, the allowable number of continuations is changed, so that the variable winning ball device is set for each specific game state. The allowable number of times in the first state is different, so that the game is not monotonous and the interest of the game can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation of changing an allowable continuous number of times.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing another operation of changing the allowable number of continuations.

3 is an explanatory diagram showing a hit extraction method executed in the flow chart shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a hit extraction method executed in the flow chart shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the game board.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a variable winning ball device provided on a game board.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a control circuit that controls a game operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game board 30 Variable winning ball device 35a, 35b 7 segment LED (variable display device) 39 Specific winning area 42a, 42b Ball receiving member 60 Basic control circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When a game state reaches a predetermined specific game state, a variable winning ball device that can be changed to a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player is continued. In a ball game machine capable of repeating the number of times to the first state, an allowable continuation number changing means for changing the allowable continuation number based on satisfaction of a predetermined game condition is provided. Ball game machine to do.