JPH05293245A - Game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide real and various display functions capable of thoroughly satisfying a player while meeting the required specification for fraudulency prevention in a game device such as a pachinko board. CONSTITUTION:The MPU 31 of a game board control device 30 grasps the game state of a pachinko game device from various sensors, controls a big-prize drive section 14B and a ball launching motor 26 as well as lamps such as a big-prize lamp 17A and a game action lamp 17B provided on a separate substrate based on the game state, and outputs the display command to a display unit 50 in response to the game state. A sub-CPU 54 on the display unit 50 side gains access to a display ROM 56 based on the inputted display command to read out display control data, the data are outputted to a liquid crystal panel driver 52, and a colorful graphic display is executed on a liquid crystal display panel 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device such as a pachinko machine or an arrangement ball. More specifically, the game situation thereof is displayed by graphics, sound, light, vibration or the like to further improve the game playability. A gaming device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of game machine, the playability is improved by displaying by voice or light.
The degree of freedom of expression has been increased by using an FM sound source or PCM for voice and by using a liquid crystal panel or an LED panel for display. For example, imitating a slot machine, driving a liquid crystal panel or LED as if three drums on which numbers or patterns are drawn are rotating, and by matching the numbers or patterns, a particular situation such as a jackpot can be determined. The playability is further enhanced by creating and playing unique music during a big hit.
That is, enhancing the display function for the player's eyesight or hearing cannot be overlooked in order to enhance the playability of the gaming device.

Therefore, in this type of gaming machine, it is required to have more realistic and various display functions, and not only the function of detecting the gaming situation of the gaming machine but also the display capability. It is improving year by year.

[0004]

However, fraud prevention is another requirement required for developing a game machine, and game control is performed by inputting and monitoring the game situation of the game machine from this requirement. There is a restriction that the data area of each unit cannot be increased infinitely and the control code for driving the display unit must be stored in the limited memory space. In addition, the data that the game control unit can fetch from the outside is also limited, and it is difficult to receive the data related to the display from the display unit side and display the complicated display.

For this reason, in the conventional game apparatus of this type, even if the display unit such as a liquid crystal panel is composed of fine pixels, the display unit is enlarged by setting a plurality of dots as one pixel,
It is customary to display only simple numbers and symbols. In addition, a simple display such as repeating monotonous music and blinking a single color lamp in the same cycle, and a game device having a display function necessary to sufficiently satisfy the player has not yet been provided. Absent.

The game device of the present invention is intended to solve these problems and to have a real and various display function which can satisfy the player sufficiently while satisfying the requirements for prevention of fraud. The following composition was adopted.

[0007]

A game device of the present invention is a game device having a display section for displaying light or the like according to a game situation, and the detection signals of various sensors provided in the game device and the advance detection signals. According to the stored game rules, the game status of the gaming device is grasped, and a game status determination unit that outputs a game status signal indicating the game status and a game status signal output from the game status determination unit are input. And a display control unit for controlling the display unit according to the game situation signal.

When the game situation determination section and the display control section are formed on different boards, a power supply circuit is mounted on one of the boards to supply a game situation signal and power to both boards. A configuration in which a cable is installed between them is preferable. Further, in order to exert the effect of the present invention to a greater extent, the display unit is a liquid crystal capable of display by a dot matrix, L
More preferably, it is an ED or a plasma display.

[0009]

In the gaming machine of the present invention constructed as described above, the gaming situation judging section grasps the gaming situation of the gaming machine, and the result is output to the display control section as a gaming situation signal. On the other hand, the display control unit controls the display unit according to the game situation signal.

That is, the game situation judging section has a function of judging the game situation of the gaming apparatus, and the display control section has a function of controlling the display section according to the judgment result. Information can be displayed in various ways. Here, the division of functions between the game situation determination unit and the display control unit is not simply that one microprocessor realizes both functions by different programs by time-division processing or the like, but rather the game situation determination unit and the display control unit. Is installed separately,
It means a configuration that realizes both functions in parallel by independent processors.

[0011]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in order to further clarify the constitution and operation of the present invention described above. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 as one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a game part DP thereof.
FIG. 3 is a back view of the pachinko gaming apparatus. As shown in the figure, in this pachinko gaming apparatus 1, a front frame 4 is attached to the front of a machine frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. A glass door frame 6 and a front plate 8 are mounted on the front surface of the front frame 4 so as to be openable and closable.
In addition, the game board 10 is detachably mounted on the back surface of the front frame 4 via a mounting frame (not shown).

A guide rail 11 having a launch position is provided on the surface of the game board 10, and a game section DP surrounded by the guide rail 11 has a plurality of ordinary winning holes 12, a A kind of starting port 13 and a special winning port 14 are provided, and an out port 15 is provided in the lower part of the game board 10. The first-type starting opening 13 is provided with a normal winning sensor 13A for detecting a winning situation of a pachinko ball.
The jackpot 14 is provided with a jackpot drive unit 14B that opens the movable piece when the jackpot condition is satisfied to create a state in which the pachinko ball can easily enter, and when the pachinko ball enters the jackpot situation. A big winning sensor 14C for continuing (so-called V winning) and a ten-count sensor 14A for detecting that 10 pachinko balls enter there and stop the jackpot situation.
Is provided.

A liquid crystal display panel 16 constructed by using a 3-inch color TV liquid crystal display is provided at a substantially central portion of the game board 10. That is, this liquid crystal display panel 16 has the same 2: 2 as a normal TV display.
1 interlaced scan
ng) is adopted, and it has a function of inputting an image signal of 60 frames per second and displaying it. That is, the liquid crystal display panel 16 of the present embodiment uses the unit of a normal liquid crystal television as it is. Therefore, if a signal for one frame is transmitted to the liquid crystal display panel 16 within 16.67 msec, it is possible to dynamically display a clear color image equivalent to a normal TV.

As shown in FIG. 4, the display contents of the liquid crystal display panel 16 of the present embodiment is largely 3 in the normal game state.
It is divided into two areas, and the message line 1 is at the top.
6A, the central portion is a special symbol display portion 16B, and the lower portion is a reserved number display portion 16C. Message line 16 at the top
On A, a message commensurate with the current game situation is displayed in a flowing manner. In addition, the central special symbol display section 16B
, A special symbol representing a game situation such as a jackpot or a miss is displayed in rotation over three digits. Further, in the lower reserved number display section 16C, the number of pachinko balls that have won a prize in the first type starting port 13 and have not yet been used for rotation of the special symbol display section 16B, the so-called reserved number, is left in the rectangular display area. Up to four are displayed by sequentially reversing the display.

In this embodiment, a 3-inch liquid crystal television unit is used as the liquid crystal display panel 16, but in order to replace the liquid crystal display panel 16 with a conventional three-digit display component, it is possible to use it in common. In addition, three 16 × 16 dot matrix display units may be arranged, and a message display unit and a hold number display unit, which are separately configured, may be arranged above and below the display unit.

As other display devices, the pachinko gaming apparatus 1 has a jackpot lamp 17A for displaying a jackpot and a gaming operation lamp 17 for indicating that a game is being played.
B is provided (see FIG. 1).

On the front surface of the front plate 8 is attached a hitting ball supply tray 19 for guiding the inserted pachinko balls one by one to the firing position (not shown) of the guide rail 11. Further, in the lower part of the front frame 4, an operation handle 20 for launching a pachinko ball at a firing position to the game part, and a hit ball supply tray 1
A lower ball tray 21 for accumulating 9 surplus prize balls is provided. The operation handle 20 controls the resilience of the ball hitting motor 26.

As shown in FIG. 3, a game board control device 30 is attached to the center of the back surface of the game board 10. The game board control device 30 generally manages the gaming status of the pachinko gaming device 1 generally. That is, the operating handle 20
Operation status, winning sensor 13A, ten count sensor 1
The game situation of the pachinko game machine 1 is judged from the detection output of 4A, etc., and the jackpot drive unit 14B, according to the judgment result.
It controls the operations of the liquid crystal display panel 16, the jackpot lamp 17A, the game operation lamp 17B, the hitting motor 26, the speaker (not shown), and the like.

In addition to these devices, the pachinko gaming machine 1 conveys a normal winning ball detecting device for collectively detecting the winning pachinko balls in the winning openings 12 and 14 or the starting opening 13, a winning ball and an out ball. Although a general equipment such as a mechanism, various other lamps for notifying the gaming situation, a speaker, or a fraud detecting device is provided, detailed description of these general device configurations will be omitted.

Next, the structure and operation of the game board control device 30 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the game board control device 30 is a one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as MPU) having an arithmetic logic operation unit, a ROM, a RAM and the like built therein.
31, a power supply unit 33, an input / output interface 35
A, 35B, an output interface 35C and the like. The MPU 31 has a crystal oscillator Xtal.
Is attached externally, which makes it possible to measure the elapsed time with high accuracy, and the interrupt control by an interval timer using this is performed.

The power supply unit 33 is a circuit for inputting 24 V AC from the outside to generate three kinds of power supplies VE, VD and VCC. The power supply unit 33 is a diode stack 4 that full-wave rectifies 24 V AC to generate a power supply VE.
1. Electrolytic capacitors C1 and C2 for smoothing the DC high voltage power supply VD and a diode D1, and a regulator 43 for generating a stabilized 5 volt stabilized power supply VCC from the DC high voltage power supply VD. ing. Various voltage sources obtained by the power supply unit 33 are used as electric power for the electric components of the game board of the pachinko game machine 1.

The input / output interfaces 35A and 35B and the output interface 35C are from an ordinary interface circuit for enabling input / output of signals to / from the MPU 31 arranged in the game board control device 30 and various electric components arranged separately. Composed. Therefore, the electric circuit is MPU.
31. A known chattering prevention circuit that is determined in accordance with the electrical characteristics of various electrical components to which a signal is input / output.
It is configured by appropriately combining a waveform shaping circuit, a level shift circuit, a hold circuit, and the like.

In the game board control device 30 having such a configuration, the jacks 17A, the game operation lamps 17B and the like, which are separately provided, are connected, and the jackpot drive unit 14B, the hitting motor 26 and the like are connected. To facilitate this, a connector CN1 is prepared.

Nine bits (P20 to 28) of the output ports of the MPU 31 are connected via an open collector type output interface 35C and a connector CN2,
It is connected to the display unit 50 by a flat cable FC and used for outputting a display command (8 bits of data and 1 bit of strobe) for controlling the liquid crystal display panel 16. In addition, since power is supplied to the display unit 50 side via this connector CN2,
2 is a DC high voltage power supply VD created by the power supply unit 33
And a stabilized power supply VCC of 5 V are connected, and the flat cable FC is also used as a power supply line.

The display unit 50 includes a liquid crystal display panel 1
In addition to the normal liquid crystal panel driver 52 for driving the sub-device 6, a sub CPU 54 and a display ROM 56 for storing information in a nonvolatile manner are arranged. Where sub CPU
54 is a microcomputer for appropriately reading and executing the display control program stored in the 128 Kbyte area of the display ROM and the display control data stored in the 256 Kbyte area, and the game board controller 3
A display command input from 0 in units of a total of 7 bytes is interpreted based on the display control program stored in the display ROM 56, and the display ROM is based on the interpretation result.
The necessary display control data is read from 56 and output to the liquid crystal panel driver 52.

FIG. 6 shows the MPU 31 of the game board control device 30.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a data format of a display command sent from the sub CPU 54. As shown in the figure, there are 7 display commands in total.
This is information on the game situation consisting of bytes. The first byte is the start information S indicating the start of the display command.
T is 1 byte (8 bits) of information that is not used in the following 6 bytes of information, for example, a bit string “11111111” in which 8 bits are all “1”.

The second to fourth bytes are symbol 1 information Z1, symbol 2 information Z2, symbol 3 information Z3. Figure 4
As described above, in this embodiment, in the special symbol display portion 16B of the liquid crystal display panel 16, special symbols are spread over three columns (10 kinds of numbers from 0 to 9 and 5 other symbols in total, 15 kinds in total). ) Is displayed as if rotating. The combination information of these three-digit special symbols has the meaning of determining the occurrence of a big hit, and is one of the important game rules of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Therefore, the MPU 31 of the game board control device 30 is responsible for its main management,
The sub CPU 54 employs a configuration that only executes a display faithful to a command from the MPU 31.

Therefore, using 3 bytes from the 2nd byte to the 4th byte, the symbol information of the special symbol to be displayed in each digit of the special symbol display portion 16B in its upper 4 bits, in its lower 4 bits. And send out the offset information of the display position to make it appear as if the special symbol rotates. In the present embodiment, 15 types of special symbols and 16 stages of display as an offset for rotation display are configured so that the upper 4 bits represent 0 to 14 and the lower 4 bits represent 0 to 15 information. To do.

The fifth byte is information representing the big winning information C / R. In the present embodiment, as a game rule of the pachinko gaming apparatus 1, "when there are 10 pachinko balls in the special winning opening 14 at the time of big winning, the jackpot situation is stopped.
However, when a pachinko ball passes a predetermined point (V winning) before the stop condition occurs, the jackpot situation is continued for up to 16 rounds. ". In order to detect such a condition, the ten count sensor 14A and the special winning sensor 14C are provided as described above, and the detection signals thereof are input to the MPU 31. Also,
Since this type of game situation has a great significance to the player, it is preferable to visually display it on the liquid crystal display panel 16. Therefore, the upper 4 bits of the 5th byte are used to transmit the ten count information 0 to 10, which is the detection status of the ten count sensor, and the lower 4 bits, to transmit the round numbers 0 to 15.

The sixth byte is reserved information RZ. This reservation information RZ is any information from 0 to 4 in the game rule, and the amount of information may be small. So the top four
Bits are not used, the number of reservations 0 to 4 using the lower 4 bits
To send.

The last 7th byte is the scene information SC and represents the current game scene. As is apparent from the above description, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment is roughly classified into 2
There are two scenes, a normal game scene and a jackpot scene. In addition, in each of these scenes, there is a game scene at a more detailed level, such as a change in the special symbol, or a so-called V prize in which a big success is promised. The player of the pachinko gaming machine 1 enjoys the game by enjoying such various scenes.
It is preferable that a visual display is made according to each scene. Therefore, the MPU 31 transmits the current game scene judged from the detection signals of various sensors to the sub CPU 54 as the final byte of the display command.

FIG. 7 is a scene information explanatory diagram for explaining the details of the scene information SC transmitted as the information of the seventh byte. As shown in the figure, the upper 4 bits of the scene information SC are information indicating whether it is a normal game scene or a jackpot scene, and the most significant bit is unused and the lower 3 bits are "101". Is a normal game scene,
When it is "010", it represents a jackpot scene.

The lower 4 bits are information for specifying a more detailed game scene of the game scene roughly classified by the upper 4 bits, and when all are "0", the rotation display of the special symbol is displayed. Shows unnecessary wait states. When only the least significant bit is "1", a winning of a pachinko ball occurs in the first type starting opening 13, and a symbol variation state in which the special symbol must be rotated and displayed is shown. When only the second bit is "1", two digits of the special symbol have the same numerical value (for example,
“7”), indicating a state in which a big jackpot is likely to occur (hereinafter referred to as a reach state). When the lower 4 bits are “0011”, it indicates a state during hit determination for determining whether or not the three digits of the special symbol are “7”.

When any one of the upper bits of the third and higher bits of the lower 4 bits is "1", it is used as information for specifying the jackpot game scene in which the upper 4 bits are "X010" in more detail. used. When the lower 4 bits are “0100”, the fanfare is flowing from the speaker (not shown) immediately after the big hit occurs. When the lower 4 bits are “0101”, it indicates that the big winning opening is being executed. When the lower 4 bits are "0110", it indicates a state in which a V prize is generated in which the jackpot is continuously executed. Lower 4 bits are "0"
In the case of "111", it is stored that the V winning has occurred, and the state in which the next big winning opening is reserved is shown. Bottom 4
When the bit is “1000”, it indicates an interval state between the big prize opening and the next round big prize opening. When the lower bit is "1001", it indicates a state where the special winning opening is finished, in particular, a state in which all the special winning opening rounds are executed, that is, a so-called normal end (called final production 1).
When the lower 4 is "1010", it is the end state of the special winning opening, but indicates a so-called puncture ending (called final production 2) in which all the special winning opening rounds have not been executed.

Incidentally, stop information (so-called stop bit) indicating the end of communication information is provided for normal communication between computers, but in this embodiment, start information S is used.
It is possible to clearly determine the end of the display command information from the code system expressed by T and the information of the second byte to the seventh byte following it, and such special stop information is omitted.

Next, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 configured as described above, a game status reading program, a display command transmitting program and a display controlling program which are processed by the MPU 31 and the sub CPU 54 will be described. 8 and 9 are flowcharts of the game status reading program and the display command transmitting program executed by the MPU 31. When the power supply is started, the MPU 31 performs a predetermined hard check, performs initial setting such as setting predetermined information in a storage area described later, and then starts processing of various programs described here. ..

First, the game situation reading program will be described with reference to FIG. This program is 1msec
It is an interrupt program that is repeatedly executed by each MPU 31. When the MPU 31 enters the processing of this program, the detection signals of various sensors such as the winning sensor 13A and the big winning sensor 14C are read, and further, from the current jackpot situation etc. Recognize the game situation PJ of (step 10
0). Then, this game situation PJ is stored in the game situation storage area of the built-in RAM (step 110), and this program ends. By this program, internal RAM
The stored content of the gaming status storage area, that is, the latest gaming status PJ of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is updated prior to the transmission of a series of data to the display unit 50.

At the time of starting the MPU 31, the game status PJ0 indicating that there is no special change such as winning or big hit in the game status storage area of the internal RAM by the above-mentioned initial setting process. Is set.

The display command transmission program whose flow chart is shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the internal RAM by the processing shown in FIG.
This is for creating the above-mentioned display command from the game situation PJ stored in the game situation storage area and transmitting it to the sub CPU 54, which is processed by the MPU 31 every 2 msec. When entering the processing of this program, MPU31
Increments the transmission byte counter CB (step 200) and determines whether the value of the transmission byte counter CB is 7 or less (step 210). This is because the display command consisting of a total of 7 bytes is transmitted by 1 byte every 2 msec.
If the affirmative judgment is made in step S21, the CBth information of the display command instructed by the contents of the transmission byte counter CB is transmitted to the sub CPU 54 (step 22).
0), this program ends.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step 210, that is, when it is determined that the transmission of the display command of all 7 bytes has already been completed, the game situation storage area is accessed and stored therein. The latest game status PJ is read (step 240), and this game status PJ is read.
6 to 7, the latest display command is created based on the rules described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 (step 250). And
Since the transmission timing of the display command this time is the first transmission timing of the newly created display command, the start information ST which is the information of the first byte of the display command is output to the sub CPU 54 (step 260),
The content of the transmission byte counter CB is set to "1" (step 270), and this program ends.

As described above, 2 m from the MPU 21
A display command is transmitted in 1-byte units every sec.
The sub CPU 54, which inputs the transmitted display command,
By executing the display control program whose flow chart is shown in FIG. 10, the drive control of the liquid crystal display panel 16 is executed according to the game situation PJ of the pachinko gaming machine 1 which is grasped by the display command.

When the display command divided into bytes is input from the MPU 31, the sub CPU 54 enters the processing of the display control program and stores the received display command (step 300). Then, it is judged whether or not all the 7-byte display commands starting from the start information ST have been prepared (step 310), and when the input of all the display commands is not completed yet, the processing of this program is ended. ..

On the other hand, if the start information ST is input, all 7
Since it can be determined that the byte display command has been input, when it is determined in step 310 that the input of all 7-byte display commands has been completed, the display control data corresponding to the display command is subsequently displayed. ROM5
6 is read (step 320), and the display control data is output to the liquid crystal panel driver 52 (step 33).
0), the display command that has been stored is erased (step 340), and the processing of this program ends. That is, the sub CPU 54 reads the display control data stored in the display control data storage area of the display ROM 56 specified by the display command and outputs it to the liquid crystal panel driver 52.
The contents displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 16 can be changed in any way by replacing. In the display ROM 56 of the present embodiment, for example, when the display command indicates the game situation PJ indicating that it is in the normal standby state, the display control of "the dog walks the character string" Welcome "" to the message line 16A. Data is read out. In addition, the game situation PJ that the game has started
Is designated by the display command, the display control data "a dog walks around the character string" Gambattene "" is read out to the message line 16A. Similarly,
If the game situation PJ is reach, the display control data "a dog walks the character string" lucky chance "" is read out.

According to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, the MPU 31 outputs a display command divided into 1 byte every 2 msec to display a complicated color moving image on the liquid crystal display panel 16. be able to. That is, MPU, which is the required specification from fraud prevention
It is possible to develop a realistic and diverse display on the liquid crystal display panel 16 that can satisfy the player sufficiently while satisfying the limitation of the memory space of 31. The liquid crystal display panel 16 has the same specifications as a normal liquid crystal television, and can display the same dynamic screen as a television. The image information of 60 frames per second required for displaying the same moving image as that of the television is transmitted from the game board control device 30 to the liquid crystal display panel 1.
Although it is impossible to directly output to 6, the structure of this embodiment in which image information is generated by the display unit 50 limits the memory space of the game board control device 30,
It is possible to eliminate the restriction of data transfer between the game board control device 30 and the display unit 50 and realize dynamic image display.

Moreover, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, various data can be displayed from the game board control device 30 to the display unit 50 only by outputting data without mutual interaction. There is. Further, since the data for display is repeatedly transmitted from the game board control device 30 to the display unit 50, the game state recognized by the game board control device 30 may differ from the display of the display unit 50. Absent.

Display control data stored in the display ROM 56 determines the actual display pattern, display contents such as movement and rotation. Therefore, the MPU 31 is commonly used for a plurality of types of pachinko game machines, and by replacing only the display ROM 56, it becomes possible to cause the liquid crystal display panel 16 to execute a completely different graphic expression. In other words, it is possible to easily separate the highly functional user interface graphic display part and the basic functional parts required for a pachinko gaming device, thus shortening the development period of a new pachinko gaming device. The effect can also be exhibited.

When a simple 7-byte display command is output from the MPU 31, a graphic display corresponding to the display command is displayed on the sub CPU 54 and the display ROM.
Since it is executed by 56, the load for graphic display of the MPU 31 is significantly reduced. Therefore, MPU
It is possible to allocate a large amount of time 31 to other program processing, or to employ an inexpensive microcomputer as the MPU 31.

In this embodiment, the liquid crystal display panel 16
As for, the unit for 3 inch LCD TV is used as it is. Therefore, a tuner for TV is provided separately,
If the connection with the display unit 50 is switched, or the signal from the TV tuner is once input by the MPU 54 and then output to the liquid crystal display panel 16 via the liquid crystal panel driver 52, the liquid crystal is displayed as necessary. It is also possible to display a television program on the display panel 16.
In this case, when a pachinko ball is won in the first type starting opening 13 and it is necessary to rotate the display of the numbers on the special symbol display portion 16B of the liquid crystal display panel 16, the display of the TV program is rotated 3 Configuration for switching to digit display of digits, configuration for inserting a rotating three-digit number display in a superimpose form, etc. for a television program, giving priority to display of a television program, and displaying a rotating three-digit number Various variations such as a configuration in which only the hits are displayed can be considered. Liquid crystal display panel 1 for TV
By using 6, it is possible to combine the dynamic video display for games and the display of TV programs, and it is possible to enhance not only the playability but also the convenience such as watching a night game relay while enjoying pachinko. ..

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and the present invention can be applied not only to a pachinko game machine but also to a slot machine or other game machines, or to a conventional game machine. It goes without saying that the configuration is such that the rotational display of the digit number and the simple pattern is also performed, and it can be embodied in various modes without departing from the gist thereof.

For example, in the above embodiment, the graphic display visually appealing to the player was taken up as a mode of various displays required for the game machine, but in addition to this, the game machine has various lamps. , A large number of visual or auditory display devices such as speakers are incorporated, and the gaming device of the present invention is extremely useful in order to enhance the display capability of these display devices and execute more precise display. is there. For example, the lamps can be multicolored and the brightness can be changed to enhance the decorative effect of the gaming device, and speakers can be placed on both sides of the gaming device to provide various fanfares and music in stereo according to the gaming situation. It can be output. In that case, if the present invention is applied not only to any one of the display devices but also to the plurality of display devices, the present invention can be freely applied depending on the design needs. Good.

[0051]

As described above, in the game device of the present invention, the display control unit executes the display according to the game situation determined by the game situation determination unit. That is, the functions of game determination and display are shared, and it is possible to satisfy both the restriction on fraud prevention required of the game status determination unit and the request for enabling various types of display. Further, it is possible to flexibly deal with a request for display change, such that the display unit can be caused to perform a completely different display by changing only the display control unit. Therefore, while fully satisfying the restrictions on the memory space imposed to prevent fraud, the display section provided in the game machine can perform realistic and complicated display and develop various product series. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the game section DP of the same.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a liquid crystal display panel 16.

FIG. 5 is an electric circuit diagram of the game device centering on the game board control device 30.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a data format of a display command.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a code system of the scene information.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a game situation reading program executed by the MPU 31.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a display command transmission program executed by the MPU 31.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a display control program executed by the sub CPU 54.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko gaming device 10 Gaming board 12 Normal winning opening 13 First type starting opening 14 Big winning opening 13A Winning sensor 14A Ten count sensor 14B Big hit drive 14C Big winning sensor 16 Liquid crystal display panel 30 Game board control device 31 MPU 35A, 35B Input / output interface 35C Output interface 50 Display unit 52 Liquid crystal panel driver 54 Sub CPU 56 Display ROM

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game device having a display section for displaying a game situation according to a game situation, wherein the game situation of the game device is displayed in accordance with detection signals of various sensors provided in the game device and a game rule stored in advance. A display that controls the display unit according to the game situation signal input from the game situation determination unit that grasps and outputs the game situation signal that indicates the game situation and the game situation signal output from the game situation determination unit A gaming machine comprising: a controller. 2. A game situation determination unit and a display control unit are configured on separate boards, and a power supply circuit is mounted on one of the boards, and a game situation signal and power supply are provided between both boards. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game is performed by using the cable. 3. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is a liquid crystal, LED or plasma display capable of displaying by a dot matrix.