JPH06277347A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the effect to promoting fun by installing a dynamic display results reporting means capable of visually displaying dynamic operation to a player on the basis of stop result mode of a variable display device. CONSTITUTION:A robot 21 being a movable body serves as a dynamic display results reporting means is positioned at the center of a mounted base 18 and has a head 21A capable of performing nodding action, body 21B capable of turning right and left direction, an arm 21C capable of rising, and a foot 21D capable of sliding in fore and aft direction. This robot 21 informs a player of a present play condition clearly by making the dynamic action according to the play condition of stop result mode of a variable display unit 22. It is thus possible to inform the player of the present play condition accurately and to give him or her an effect to promote the fun to play.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a specific winning opening, a first state with a small winning probability or no winning probability, and a second state with a large winning probability in a game area surrounded by guide rails. Provided with a convertible special variation winning device and a variable display device capable of sequentially variably displaying a plurality of identification codes, the control device displays the display mode of the variable display device on condition that a specific winning opening is won. The special variable winning device is changed from the first state to the second state when the symbols are changed and made to stand still, and when the signs statically displayed on the variable display device at that time are a predetermined combination.
The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine which is controlled so as to be converted into a state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pachinko gaming machine of this type is provided with, for example, a variable display device composed of three 7-segment digital displays and a special variable winning device called a so-called attacker. On condition that the hit ball is won, the display mode of the variable display device composed of three digital displays changes in rotation, and the rotation change is stopped after a certain period of time or when the stop switch is pressed. When the code statically displayed on the variable display device is a predetermined combination, for example, an odd-numbered doublet, it is determined that a special prize mode has occurred, and the special variable winning device is converted from the first state to the second state. A pachinko game machine configured as described above is known.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine has a drawback that the combination of signs in which special prize modes occur is fixed, which is not interesting. The present invention is
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to provide a pachinko gaming machine in which the combination of signs in which special prize modes occur changes under certain conditions.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a pachinko gaming machine of the type described at the beginning, and a mode display capable of variably displaying the same or different signs as the variable display device in the game area. The mode display is promised with a combination of signs different from the predetermined combination of the signs of the variable display device, and the controller displays the mode display of the mode display by the controller. Change at the same time as before or after the change of the display mode of, and stop,
Even when the combination of the codes statically displayed on the variable display device when the variable display device is stationary matches the combination of the codes promised in advance regarding the mode display of the stopped mode indicator, the special variable winning device is The first state is converted to the second state.

[0005]

The special prize mode can be selected according to two types, that is, when the variable display device is in the display state of a predetermined combination and when it is in the display state promised in advance for the mode displayed on the mode indicator. Occur. Moreover, since the display mode by the mode display changes and stops at the same time as or before and after the change of the display mode of the variable display device, the display state promised in advance for the mode displayed on the mode display is also displayed. It changes as the game progresses, and the conditions under which the special prize mode occurs partially change. Therefore, it is possible to make the player play a more interesting game than before. The first mode of mode display is a plurality of LEs, for example, five LEs.
D is juxtaposed with A, B, C, D, and E, respectively, and in the normal case, the LED that is the mode indicator is lit and moved from A to E, and the pachinko ball has won the specific winning opening. In this case, this movement is configured to stop. Then, for example, if the combination of predetermined display codes of the variable display device in the special prize mode is 111, 333, 555, 777, 999, the combination of codes 222, 44 different from this combination.
4,666,888,000 is displayed in the mode display A, B,
Promise to C, D, E. With such a configuration, when the identification code of the variable display device is changed and then stands still, the combination of the codes statically displayed on the variable display device is the combination of the codes of the special prize mode indicated by the display mode of the mode indicator. If it coincides with the above, the combination of the signs, which has been lost in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, becomes the special prize mode. This is nothing but changing the conditions for the special prize mode depending on the display mode of the mode display. As a second mode of mode display, there is a configuration in which a 7-segment LED capable of displaying the same type of code as the display code of the variable winning device is used for the mode indicator. Normally, the 7-segment LED is first stopped at an arbitrary display sign, and a special prize mode occurs.
It is maintained until the special prize mode ends. The mode display code by the 7-segment LED can be updated each time the special prize mode ends. 7 segment LED
It is also possible to determine the combination of the signs of all the special prize modes by constructing the mode display using the number of digits of the variable display device.

[0006]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1. In the figure, in the game area 4 partitioned by the guide rails 3 of the game board 2, a variable display device 5 capable of sequentially variably displaying a plurality of identification codes, and a winning of a pachinko ball are provided as conditions. Three specific winning openings 6, 7, and 8 which are triggers for changing the display mode of the variable display device 5, and the winning probability which is disadvantageous to the player is small, or the winning state which is advantageous in the first state in which no prize is won is large. A special variable winning device 9 that can be converted into the second state, and a mode display 10 that can variably display different signs from the variable display device 5 are arranged. In addition to these, various general winning devices 11 and obstacle nails 12 are provided in the game area 4.
The windmill 13 and the like are appropriately arranged. In this example,
The mode display 10 includes a variable display device 5 as shown in FIG.
LED lamps A, B, which are integrally assembled to
It consists of C, D and E. In addition, three special winning openings 6, 7, 8
Among them, the first specific winning opening 6 is directly installed on the game board 2, and the second and third special winning openings 7 and 8 are provided in the special variation winning device 9. The operation detectors SW1, SW2, and SW3 for detecting the winning balls belong to the first, second, and third special winning openings 6, 7, and 8. In addition, game machine 1
On the front side, a supply tray 14 for storing the pachinko balls to be fed into the machine and a receiving tray 15 for exclusively storing the pachinko balls.
Are provided on the upper and lower sides, an operation dial 16 for firing a hit ball and adjusting the flight distance thereof is provided on the right side of the saucer 15, and a player changes the display mode of the variable display device 5 on the left side of the supply tray 14. A stop switch 17 for stopping each is arranged. As shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, the variable display device 5 includes a mounting board 18 mounted on the front surface of the game board 2, a control board 19 mounted on the back surface of the game board 2, and the control board 19. A storage frame 20 to be assembled, a robot 21 that is a movable body stored in the storage frame 20, and three digital variable displays 22 (7-segment LED display built in the robot 21) (subscript a, if necessary) (b and c are used for distinction), and the mode indicator 10 composed of five LED lamps A, B, C, D, and E, which are also incorporated in the robot 21, and the rear of the storage frame 20 are attached. The flash device 23 and related equipment.

In FIG. 2, a mounting substrate 18 surrounds the front edge of the variable display device 5 and has a frame edge shape, and is fixed to the game board 2 by a mounting hole 18a. Mounting board 18
A skylight winning opening 24 and right and left skylight winning openings 25 are provided in the upper part of the, and a strobe lighting window 26 is formed under the skylight winning opening 24. Reference numeral 27 denotes an end portion, which prevents a hit ball from flowing down in front of the mounting substrate 18. The robot 21 is located at the center of the mounting board 18. The robot 21 has a head 21A capable of "nodding" movement as shown by a broken line in FIG.
And a body portion 21B that can rotate in the left-right direction, an arm portion 21C that can swing and move, and a leg portion 21 that can slide in the front-back direction.
It is a humanoid with D and. Three variable indicators 22
a, 22b, and 22c are body parts 21 of the robot 21.
They are arranged side by side in B so that they can be seen by the player. Five mode indicators 10 (A, B, C, D, E)
Are horizontally arranged above the digital variable display 22 of the body portion 21B. Digital variable display 22
The four LED lamps 28 arranged below the memory lamp constitute a memory indicator 29 that indicates the number of memory balls that have won a particular prize.

In FIGS. 3 and 6, the left and right legs 21D of the robot 21 are box-shaped long in the "heels" direction from the "toes", and the rear portion of the legs 21D ("heels"). The “side” is slidably mounted in the back and forth on the base portion 30 which is the robot 21 installation base located behind. On the "heel" side of the leg portion 21D, a pin 3 extending through the slit 31 formed in the upper surface of the base portion 30 and extending to the upper surface of the base portion 30.
2 (FIG. 6) is erected, and the tip of the pin 32 has a base portion 30.
It is fixed to the base end of the tooth receiving portion 33 pivotally attached to the upper surface. Each tooth receiving portion 33 belonging to the left and right legs 21D
Are arranged such that their teeth are spaced apart and face each other. The body 21B of the robot 21 has a box body,
It is supported from behind by a pivot column 34 mounted on the platform 30. The rotary support column 34 is located at a position where a meshing portion 35 formed on the outer circumference of the base of the rotary support column 34 meshes with the left and right tooth engagement receiving parts 33, and a control member 36 extends rearward from the rotary support column 34. . Below the tip of the control member 36, the body portion 21
Motor 3 with decelerator that is an electric drive source for driving B
There is 7. The output shaft of the motor 37 has a cam plate 38,
A pin 39 erected on the cam plate 38 is inserted into the tip of the control member 36. Therefore, when the motor 37 is started, the pin 39 draws an elliptic motion to swing the control member 36 to the left and right, and reciprocally pivots the pivot column 34 in the left-right direction. When the rotation column 34 rotates, the body portion 21B simultaneously reciprocates left and right, and the left and right legs 21D slide in the front-rear direction. The head 21A of the robot 21 also has a box-like shape, and the head of the robot 21 is pivotally supported by a post 40 assembled on the base 30 after that. A head connecting pin 41 extends rearward from the back of the head. The tip of the head connecting pin 41 has a connecting member 4
It is connected to the first electric drive source (solenoid 1) 43 via 2. The first electric drive source 43 is the robot 2
It is fixed behind the storage frame 20 (FIG. 5) of No. 1. First
The electric drive source 43 moves the tip of the head connecting pin 41 up and down to cause the head 21A to "nod". A part of the head 21A corresponding to the face is made of a clear member, and two lamps 44 corresponding to two eyes are built therein. The arm portion 21C of the robot 21 has a body portion 21B.
It is fixed to both ends of the left and right shoulder shafts 45 extending in the shoulder direction (see FIG. 6), and its shape is an L-shape in which an elbow is bent at a substantially right angle. A cam 46 is provided substantially at the center of the arm shaft 45, and an arm connecting pin 47 descends downward from the cam 46. The lower end of the arm connecting pin 47 is connected to a second electric drive source (solenoid 2) 49 via a connecting member 48. This second electric drive source 4
9 is held by a control plate 19 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the robot 21 having the above configuration is housed in the recessed chamber 50 of the storage frame 20 whose front side is largely open. The base portion 30 of the robot 21 is fixed to the installation surface of the concave chamber 50. A connection member 42, which is interposed between the head connection pin 41 and the first electric drive source 43, is pivotally attached to the back surface of the storage frame 20. Further, on the back surface of the storage frame 20, a strobe device 2 is provided via a strobe mounting substrate 51.
3 is attached. As can be seen from FIG. 4 when the variable display device 5 is assembled from the rear side, the storage frame 20 is attached to the control plate 19 for mounting on the rear surface of the game board 2, and further on the rear surface of the storage frame 20. The strobe device 23 is assembled. Light from a flash lamp 52 (see FIG. 5), which is a light emitting source of the strobe device 23, passes over the storage frame 20, passes through a light hole 53 formed in the control plate 19, and is attached from the front side. The strobe lighting window 26 formed at 18 is reached. At the top end of the control plate 19, the winning entrance 24
Also, there are notches 54 for taking in the hit balls from the right and left Tenyoko winning holes 25, and the discharge gutter 55 follows the notches 54.
Is formed on the back surface of the control plate 19. A plurality of lamps 56 for illuminating the concave chamber 50 are mounted on the outer surface of the storage frame 20, the strobe mounting substrate 51, and the like.

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of the special variation winning device 9. The special variation winning device 9 has an attachment board 57 attached to the front side of the game board 2 and a control plate 58 (see FIG. 4) fixed to the back surface of the attachment board 57 as a skeleton. The mounting board 57 has a large opening 59 opened and closed by an opening / closing door 60 provided at the center of the front side thereof, and second and third special winning openings 7 and 8 provided on the left and right sides of the front side of the mounting board 57. However, inside the opening 59, there are three winning openings 61, 62, 63.
Are formed. Of the three winning openings 61, 62, 63, the central winning opening 62 is a continuous winning opening for extending the opening / closing by the opening / closing door 60 under some condition. Below the continuous winning opening 62, when the opening / closing door 60 is opened,
A number indicator 9A is arranged for counting the number of balls won from the winning openings 61, 63 and the continuous winning opening 62.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the center of the rear surface of the mounting substrate 57, a continuation detector SW4 for detecting a ball that has entered the continuation winning opening 62 is arranged.
Below W4, when the opening / closing door 60 is open, the continuous winning opening 6
2 and a winning number detector SW5 for counting the total number of balls won from the right and left winning openings 61 and 63 are arranged. Further, on the right and left sides of the continuation detector SW4, specific winning detection devices SW2 and SW3 for detecting the balls that have won the specific winning openings 7 and 8 are arranged, respectively. Control plate 58
Are provided on the back surface of the mounting substrate 57 at appropriate intervals, and a ball passage 64 that guides the sphere that has flowed in from the first specific winning port 6 is formed in the control plate 58. A specific winning detection device SW1 for detecting a sphere is arranged on the end side.

Control Device The control operation of the pachinko gaming machine will be described below with reference to the circuit diagram of FIG. Digital variable display 22a,
22b and 22c display the count values obtained by decoding the contents of the counters 74, 75 and 76 in decimal by the decoders 77, 78 and 79. The displayed contents are AND gates 71 and 7.
The output pulse from the first oscillator 70 is input to the counters 74, 75, and 76 via 2 and 73, so that the rotation changes. The mode display LED lamps A, B, C, D and E of the mode indicator 10 are connected to the digit output terminals of the ring counter 81 in order from the lower digit. The ring counter 81 receives a pulse from the second oscillator 80 and circulates the counted content, and each time the output of the ring counter 81 carries up, the lighting position of the mode indicator 10 is changed to the mode display LED lamps A to E. Patrol in order. This cycle speed, and thus the repetition period of the output pulse of the second oscillator 80, is longer than that of the first oscillator 70. Although the first and second oscillators are shown as separate oscillators in the figure, they can be configured by dividing the output of the reference clock oscillator. Next, the operation will be described.

Normal game states FF2, FF3, FF4 are variable indicators 22a, 22.
It is a flip-flop that controls the start and stop of rotation of b and 22c, and is normally in a reset state. Therefore, the AND gates 71, 72, 73 connected to the Q output terminals of the flip-flops FF2, FF3, FF4 are closed, and the output pulse from the first oscillator 70 is prohibited. , 22b, 22c have stopped rotating. However, since the ring counter 81 receives the pulse from the second oscillator 80 and circulates the counted content, the lighting positions of the mode display LED lamps A to E relatively slowly circulate.

[0013] When the shot to win a particular winning hole 6, 7, 8 to a particular winning hole to win, the robot of the variable display device 5 head down twice. Further, as described below, the digital variable indicators 22a, 22b, 22c start to rotate, and the patrol of the lighting positions of the LED lamps A to E of the mode indicator 10 is stopped. (A) Rotation start of variable display When one of the specific prize detectors SW is turned on, a pulse is applied to the up / down counter 67 via the waveform shaping circuit 65 and the AND gate 66. The up / down counter 67 is related to the number of memories displayed on the memory display 29, and up counts a specific winning pulse up to a total of 4 and produces an output while the count value is 1 to 4.
When the stored count value is 5 or more, an L level carry is generated, and the AND gate 66 is prohibited. When an output is generated in the up / down counter 67, the start flip-flop FF1 is set via the AND gate 68. Flip-flop FF1
Output terminal X ("X" means output terminal Q-bar in the figure. The same applies hereinafter) is inverted to L level, and AND gate 6
8 is prohibited. Further, the Q output of the flip-flop FF1 is inverted to H level and sent to the flip-flops FF2, FF3, FF4 for the variable display and the flip-flop FF6 for the mode display. Receiving the Q output of the flip-flop FF1, the flip-flops FF2, FF3, FF
4 is set, and the AND gate 7 is set by the set output.
Since 1, 72, 73 are opened, the pulse from the first oscillator 70 is added to the counters 74, 75, 76, and the count contents of these counters 74, 75, 76 are advanced, and the digital variable display 22a is displayed. , 22b and 22c are rotated. (B) Stop of mode display LED lamp On the other hand, the Q output of the flip-flop FF6 is inverted to the H level in response to the Q output of the flip-flop FF1. Therefore, the ring counter 81 is stopped through the OR gate 86, and accordingly, the circulation of the lighting positions of the mode display LED lamps A to E is also stopped, and for example, the mode display LED lamp A is stationary in a lit state.

(C) Stop rotation of variable display The rotation of the digital display 22a, 22b, 22c is
When an automatic stop pulse is input to the OR gate 82 or a manual stop pulse from the stop switch 17 is input, the OR gate 82 is stopped as follows. The automatic stop pulse is generated about 6 seconds after the timer (not shown) set by setting the start flip-flop FF1. Now, if any of the above stop pulses is input to the OR gate 82, the same OR gate 82
Flip-flop FF for stopping variable display connected to
5 is set. Since the X output of the flip-flop FF5 becomes L level, the reset state of the shift register 84 is released, and the shift register 84 counts with the pulse from the random pulse generation circuit 83.
Output pulses are sequentially generated at the digit output terminals of the shift register 84, and these pulses cause the variable display flip-flops FF2, FF3, and FF4 to be sequentially reset. Therefore, the AND gates 71, 72, 73 are closed,
Since the pulse from the first oscillator 70 is prohibited, the digital variable displays 22a, 22b, 22c sequentially stop rotating. And when you stop, say the displayed number or sound effect. The last rotation of the digital variable display 22c is stopped when an output occurs at the most significant digit of the shift register 84. The most significant digit output of the shift register 84 is sent to the start flip-flop FF1 and the stop flip-flop FF5, and both flip-flops FF1,
At the same time when the FF5 is returned to the reset state, the FF5 is sent to the down input terminal of the up / down counter 67 to down-count the contents of the counter 67. Up Down·
When the content of the counter 67 overflows due to the stored number of 4, the inhibition of the AND gate 66 is released. The shift register 84 also returns to the reset state by resetting the flip-flop FF5.

(D) Selection of Mode When the last rotation of the digital variable display 22c is stopped, as described above, the flip-flop F for starting is used.
The X output of F1 and the flip-flop FF4 for the variable display becomes H level. Therefore, both flip-flops FF
1, an output (stop signal) S0 is generated at the AND gate 69 having two inputs of the X ("X" means the output terminal Q bar in the figure) output of the FF4. The stop signal S0 is sent to the mode instructing circuit 87 and also input to the delay circuit 85. The mode instruction circuit 87 includes an AND gate 8 having one input terminal connected to the digit output terminal of the ring counter 81.
8, 89, 90, 91, 92, AND gates 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 connected to these AND gates, and an OR gate 98.
The stop signal S0 is the AND gate 8 of the mode designating circuit 87.
Applied as the other input of 8, 89, 90, 91, 92. When the mode display LED lamp A is turned on (mode A), the hit numbers "000" and "222" are selected by the AND gates 88 and 93. Mode display LE
AND when the D lamp B is on (mode B)
The numbers "222" and "444" per gate 89 and 94
Is selected. Similarly, in Mode C, the numbers "444" and "666" are hit by the AND gates 90 and 95 in the mode C.
However, in the mode D, the hit numbers "666" and "888" are selected by the AND gates 91 and 96, and in the mode E, the hit numbers "888" and "000" are selected by the AND gates 92 and 97. These AND gates 93, 94, 95, 9
The outputs of 6 and 96 are output from the mode instruction circuit 87 as "mode instruction data" through the OR gate 98.
The mode instruction data output from the mode instruction circuit 87 passes through the OR gate 99 and the special prize mode determination circuit 100.
Entered in. The special prize mode determination circuit 100 has O
Through the R gate 99, fixed data “111”, “333”, “555”, and “7”, which is an original winning number and is an odd-numbered doublet
77 "and" 999 "are also inputted. After all, the special prize mode determination circuit 100 has a total of 7 types of hit data including 5 types of fixed data of odd-numbered squares and 2 types of variable data of even-numbered zeros. Will be entered.

The special prize mode determination circuit 100 uses the reading means (not shown) to display the variable display devices 22a, 2a, 2 which have just stopped.
The displayed numbers 2b and 22c are read, and the values are compared with the above seven hit data in total. Then, when winning, a special prize mode signal is output and sent to the ring counter 81 via the OR gate 86, and the ring counter 81 is held in a stopped state during the special prize mode. That is, the lighting position of the mode display 10 is fixed during the period of the special prize mode. still,
Although the control means is not shown, the special variation winning device 9 is opened when the combination of the special prize modes is displayed. When a special winning ball is generated in the special variation winning device 9 during the opening, the number of the winning balls is displayed in a number on the winning ball number display 9A, and a sound effect for informing the winning sounds. In addition, while the special variation winning device 9 is open, the strobe flashes and the body part 21 of the robot 21 blinks.
A shakes left and right, and the leg 21D moves back and forth. As shown in FIG. 8A, the special variable winning device 9 closes when 29.5 seconds have elapsed after the opening or when 10 special winning balls are won in the special variable winning device 9. After the special variation winning device 9 is closed, it is opened again. The wait time from closing to opening is 3 seconds, at which time the robot 2
1 raises arm 21C three times and says "Banzai" three times. After that, the special variable winning device 9 is opened and closed up to 10 times on condition that there is a winning in the continuous winning opening 62 while it is opened for 29.5 seconds or until a total of 10 winning balls are won. The operation continues. If it is not hit, the special prize mode signal is not output. The delay circuit 85 produces an output after a lapse of time until the determination of the special prize mode determination circuit 100 is completed, and resets the flip-flop FF6. Therefore, when it is not a hit, that is, when the special prize mode signal is not output, the flip-flop F
By resetting F6, the ring counter 81 starts to start again, and the lighting positions of the mode display LED lamps A to E start circulating.

Other Embodiments In the embodiments already described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 9, the mode display is performed by using a code different from the content display code (number) of the variable display, and a certain relation is established between the two. However, the same sign can be used. This is a 7-segment LED as shown in Fig. 12 as a mode display LED lamp.
It becomes possible by using the digital display of. That is, the mode display LED lamps are "2", "4", and "6".
It is set so that only "8" and "0" are displayed, the mode display LED lamp is first stopped at an arbitrary sign, a special prize mode occurs during the game, and the special prize mode ends every time. The mode display LED lamps may be sequentially updated. For example, mode display LE first
If the D lamp is displaying "2", a special prize mode is generated, and if the special prize mode is finished, the next "4" can be displayed at that time. Figure 1
0 and FIG. 11, an embodiment based on the variable display device 5 shown in FIG. 12 will be described. The difference between the variable display device 5 of FIG. 12 and that of the first embodiment (FIGS. 2 and 3) is that the mode display LED lamp is not a simple lamp but a 7-segment LED digital display. In the first embodiment, the variable display 22 is provided on the movable body 345, but it does not have such a movable body.
Above the mode display 10, there are a winning entrance 24 and a horizontal winning entrance 25, and below the variable indicator 22, four LEDs are arranged as a memory indicator 29. or,
In this embodiment, when the mode display LED lamp digitally displays one even number, for example, "0" (in the case of mode 0), as a special prize mode, the even number "000" is a big hit. , The most different one, "0
This is an example of handling 01 "and" 009 "as a small hit. Here, the" big hit "means that the special variation winning device 9 is open for 29.5 seconds as shown in FIG. As long as a total of 10 prizes are won, the player is required to win the continuous winning opening 62 of the special variable winning device 9,
This means that a game state in which the opening / closing operation of the special variation winning device 9 is continued up to 10 times is revealed. Further, "small hit" means that the opening / closing operation of the variable winning device 9 is performed only once. However, both big hits and small hits are still special prize modes. Therefore,
There is a difference between the big hit and the small hit, but when the digital display of the mode display LED lamp is "2" (in the case of mode 2), 222, 221, 223, and when the digital display is "4" (in the case of mode 4) ) Is 444, 443, 445, but 66 when the digital display is “6” (in the case of mode 6)
When the digital display of 6, 665 and 667 is “8” (in the case of mode 8), 888, 887 and 889 are treated as special prize modes. In addition, odd-numbered double stitches 111 and 33
It is common that 3, 555, 777, and 999 are special prize modes for jackpots.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a control device using a microcomputer showing such a control example. The microcomputer is basically a central processing unit CPU, R
It is composed of an OM 101 and a RAM 102. ROM
A program for controlling the CPU is written in 101, and the CPU takes in external data required from the input port 103 and the I / O port 104 according to this program, or exchanges data with the RAM 102. Arithmetic processing is performed while giving and receiving, and the processed data is output to the I / O port 104 or the voice IC (voice synthesis circuit) 105 as necessary. FIG. 11 shows a program written in the ROM 101. When the "special prize mode process" is defined and it is determined that the special prize mode is selected, the mode is updated to the next mode of the mode 0, the mode 2, the mode 4, the mode 6, and the mode 8. . That is, when the "update flag" becomes "1" in the "special prize mode processing" subroutine (not shown), the processing mode is updated to the next processing mode (mode update) and the update flag is set to "1". The value is set to "0" and the process returns to the first "input detection process" in FIG. When the program starts, the microcomputer enters "input detection processing" which is described as "stop variable display C" in the figure (step 1.0). Here, first, a port designation signal is given to the I / O port 104, and the variable display 22c having the last stop order is waited for stop. When the variable display 22c is stopped, it is checked whether or not the display contents of the three variable displays 22a, 22b, 22c are aligned with the same number (1.1). If the numbers are the same, it is judged whether or not it is an odd number (1.7). If it is an odd number, it is a big hit, so proceed to step 1.13 to perform special prize mode processing, update the mode and return to detection processing. (1.13, 1.14). If it is determined in step 1.7 that the numbers are the same, but are even numbers, the mode is "0" or "2".
Depending on whether it is "4", "6" or "8", the following processing is performed. That is, when the mode is “0”, the process proceeds from step 1.2 to step 1.8 and the variable indicators 22a, 22b, 2
Check if the display of 2c is "000". If it is "000", it is a big hit, and therefore, it is processed in the same manner as in the case of odd-numbered double stitches. The same applies when the mode is “2”, “4”, “6”, “8”, and proceed to steps 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12.
It is judged whether or not it is the same number as the display of the mode display LED lamp, and if yes, it is treated as a big hit and similarly processed. Next, if the variable display 22a, 22b, 22c does not show a double eye (1.1), steps 1.2, 1.3,
In 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, judge whether it is a small hit.
That is, when the mode is "0", the variable display 22a, 22b, 22c displays 00 at step 1.8.
It is judged whether it is 1,009, and if 009,001, it is processed as a small hit (1.13). The mode is “2” “4”
The same applies to the cases of "6" and "8", and the steps 1.
Proceed to 9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, and it is judged whether it is the first difference between the zeros of the same number as the display of the mode display LED lamp,
If it is the first difference, it is treated similarly as a small hit. When the process of the special prize mode is performed once, the mode is updated. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, one digital display is used as the mode display LED lamp, but the mode display LED lamp is configured by using a plurality of digital displays, and two digits of the variable display or It is also possible to determine a big hit or a small hit by performing a display corresponding to all the digits and comparing it with the display content of the variable display 22. In the case of a mode display LED lamp using the same number of digital displays as the number of digits of the variable display 22, the mode display L
All special prize modes can be defined by the ED lamp.

FIGS. 13 and 14 show a pattern display 110 which can be used as the variable display 22 and the mode display 10. This pattern display 11
0 is a box-shaped frame body 111 whose front and bottom sides are open
And a plurality of acrylic plates 112 housed in the frame 111
A partition frame 198 mounted on the front surface of the frame body 111 and between the acrylic plates 112, a lamp housing member 113 inserted from the bottom surface of the frame body 111, and a lamp substrate 115 inserted into the lamp housing member 113 from below. Etc. The lamp substrate 115 carries the same number of lamps 114 as the acrylic plate 112. In the lamp housing member 113 that abuts on the bottom surface of the acrylic plate 112, acrylic plate housing grooves 116 that relatively closely fit with the lower portion of the acrylic plate 112 are formed independently of each other according to the number of acrylic plates 112. I am doing it. If the acrylic plate 112 has a uniform density,
There is a characteristic that the light incident from the cut goes straight to the cut on the opposite side. The pattern display 110 utilizes the characteristics of the acrylic plate 112. That is, holes or cavities that cause irregular reflection are provided in the traveling direction of light, and the pattern drawn by these holes or cavities is made to appear and displayed. Each acrylic plate accommodating groove 116 communicates with a plurality of lamp holes 117 formed on the bottom surface of the lamp accommodating member 113 in a one-to-one relationship, and the lamp holes 117 are independent of each other and the lamps inserted therein. The light of 114 does not leak to the other lamp holes 117. Since the diameter of the lamp hole 117 is larger than that of the thickness of the acrylic plate 112 and the distance between the acrylic plates 112, the forming positions thereof are staggered to realize a one-to-one relationship with the acrylic plate 112. There is. Each acrylic plate 112 carries different patterns from each other, and this pattern has a large number of thin holes drilled to the back from the front (the surface on the side of the partition frame 113) of the acrylic plate 112 so as not to penetrate. Is drawn by. As the pattern, for example, alphabetic characters and other characters, as well as numbers, symbols, designs, and the like can be drawn, but by setting different patterns for each acrylic plate 112, numbers from 1 to 0 can be drawn. Can be variably displayed, or the design can be changed. Therefore, compared to a digital display using a 7-segment LED that has been conventionally used for variable display, arbitrary patterns such as numbers, characters, and figures can be displayed, and combinations of numbers and other patterns are also possible. Become. Further, compared with the rotary drum, liquid crystal, CRT, etc., there is an advantage that the structure is simple and the size can be reduced. When this pattern display 110 constitutes a decimal 3-digit digital variable display and is used as the variable display 22 shown in FIGS. 2 and 12, 10 acrylic plates 112 and 10 acrylic plates are used. It is sufficient to use three lamps 114 of one set. In this case, the lamp 114 moves and lights when a pachinko ball enters the specific winning opening. When the player presses the stop switch 17 or when a certain time by a timer elapses, the one lamp 114 is lit and stopped. The number on the acrylic plate 112 at the position of the stationary lamp 114 is displayed. In addition, the mode indicator 10 (for example, lamp A
~ E), 5 acrylic plates 112 and 5 lamps 114 are used. Normally, the lamp 114 is turned on and moved, and one lamp is given by winning a pachinko ball to a specific winning opening. Only 115 needs to be turned on and stopped.

[0020]

As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, when the variable display device is in the display state of a predetermined combination, and when the mode displayed on the mode display is promised beforehand. A special prize mode is generated depending on two types, that is, when the display state is set. Moreover, since the display mode by the mode display is changed and stopped simultaneously with or before and after the change of the display mode of the variable display device, the display state promised in advance for the mode displayed on the mode display is also displayed. It changes as the game progresses, and the conditions under which the special prize mode occurs partially change. Therefore, while the combination different from the special prize mode has been fixed in the past, the combination that becomes the special prize mode changes depending on the display mode of the mode indicator, and the number of combinations in which the special prize mode occurs increases. Therefore, it is possible to make the player play a more interesting game than before.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a variable display device of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a movable body installed in the variable display device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the variable display device and the special variation winning device.

FIG. 5 is an exploded cross-sectional view of a variable display device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a drive relationship of a movable body of the variable display device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a special variation winning device.

FIG. 8 is a timing chart for explaining the operations of the special variation winning device and the movable body in the special prize mode and in the case of losing.

FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a controller for a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing another control device example of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing another example of the control device of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another form of the variable display device.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view showing still another form of the variable display device.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing still another form of the variable display device.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a lamp housing member showing still another form of the variable display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko game machine 2 Game board 3 Guide rail 4 Game area 5 Variable display device 6, 7, 8 Specific winning opening 9 Special variable winning device 9A Winning ball number display 10 Mode display 17 Stop switch 18 Mounting board 19 Control plate 20 Storage rod 21 Robot 21A Head portion 21B Body portion 21C Arm portion 21D Leg portion 22 Variable display 23 Strobe device 29 Memory display 31 Slit 32 Pin 33 Teeth receiving portion 34 Rotating prop 35 Teeth portion 36 Control member 37 Motor 38 Cam plate 39 Pin 40 Strut 41 Head connecting pin 42 Connecting member 43 First electric drive source 44 Lamp 45 Arm shaft 46 Cam 47 Arm connecting pin 48 Connecting member 49 Second electric drive source 59 Opening 60 Opening door 61, 62 , 63 Winner 67 Up / Down Counter 70 1st Oscillator 75, 76, 77 Unta 80 2nd oscillator 81 Ring counter 83 Random pulse generation circuit 84 Shift register 85 Delay circuit 87 Mode instruction circuit 110 Pattern display SW1, SW2, SW3 Specific prize detector SW4 Continuation detector SW5 Prize number detector

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[Submission date] December 22, 1993

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[Title of Invention] Amusement machine

[Claims]

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention includes a variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of pieces of identification information in a game area, and when the stop result mode of the variable display device is a predetermined mode, The present invention relates to a gaming machine that can generate a special game state that is advantageous to a player, and more specifically, relates to a rendering means of a display state of a variable display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a variable display device for variably displaying a plurality of pieces of identification information has a stop result mode after being started on the basis of occurrence of a certain condition, that is, a combination state of identification information displayed in a stopped state, As a means for directing when a predetermined state, for example, a special game state (so-called "big hit") is reached, a lamp or LED or an appropriate combination of them is provided and can be blinked appropriately. Met.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, nowadays, in such a combination of lighting such as a lamp or LED or a light-emitting member, it is inevitable to rely on the strange arrangement of them and their blinking change. Because there is no effect, the more you devise to increase the effect, the more you try to improve the effect, rather,
It started to feel obsolete. The present invention aims to solve such a problem.

[0004]

The present invention comprises a variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of pieces of identification information in a game area, and a stop result mode in the variable display device is a predetermined specific mode. In the case of a gaming machine capable of generating a special gaming state advantageous to the player, a dynamic display result notifying means capable of visually displaying to the player by a dynamic operation based on the stop result mode of the variable display device is provided. It has a configuration provided. Further, in the present invention, the stop result mode of the variable display device may be the above-described specific mode or a stop result mode other than the above-described specific mode.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when the stop result mode of the variable display device becomes a predetermined mode, the dynamic display result notifying means takes action based on the dynamic operation based on the stop result mode of the variable display device. play.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below by taking a pachinko gaming machine, which is an example of a gaming machine, as an example. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. In the figure, a variable display device 5 for sequentially variably displaying identification codes as a plurality of identification information is arranged in a play area 4 defined by a guide rail 3 of a game board 2. Further, three specific winning openings 6, 7, and 8 are appropriately provided as starting openings for randomly changing the display mode of the code as the identification information of the variable display device 5 on the condition of winning a pachinko ball. This 3
Of the two specific winning openings 6, 7, and 8, the first specific winning opening 6
Are directly installed on the game board 2, and the second and third specific winning openings 7 and 8 are provided on the specific variation winning apparatus 9. The operation detectors SW1, SW2, and SW3 for detecting the winning balls belong to the first, second, and third special winning openings 6, 7, and 8. Further, a special variable winning apparatus 9 and the like are arranged which can be converted into a first state in which the winning probability unfavorable to the player is small or no winning is won and a second state in which the winning probability is high to the player is large. Further, in the game area 4, various general winning devices 11, obstacle nails 12, wind turbines 13 and the like are appropriately arranged in addition to these.

Further, in this embodiment, a mode display 10 capable of variably displaying different kinds of codes from the variable display device 5 is also arranged. The mode indicator 10 comprises five LED lamps A, B, C, D and E which are integrally assembled with the variable display device 5 as shown in FIG. In addition, on the front of the gaming machine 1,
Supply tray 14 for storing pachinko balls to be sent into the machine
And a saucer 15 for exclusively storing the pachinko balls are provided above and below. Then, on the right side of the booklet 15, there is an operation dial 16 for adjusting the launch of a hit ball and its flight distance.
Stop switches 17 are arranged on the left side of the supply tray 14 for the player to stop the change of the display mode of the variable display device 5.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, the variable display device 5 which sequentially and variably displays the identification code as a plurality of identification information is attached to the front of the game board 2 in the embodiment. A board 18, a control plate 19 attached to the back surface of the game board 2, a storage frame 20 assembled to the control plate 19, a movable body stored in the storage frame 20, that is, a dynamic display result notifying means. ing. Behind the storage frame 20 is a strobe device 2
3 is assembled. The dynamic display result notifying means allows the player to visually confirm the fact based on the stop result mode of the variable display device 5, and in the embodiment, the humanoid robot 21 is used as the dynamic display result notifying means. Is provided. The robot 21 includes three digital variable display devices 22 (7-segment LED display devices built in the robot 21 to distinguish them by adding subscripts a, b, and c as necessary), and the robot 21 as well. Built into 5
A mode indicator 10 including individual LED lamps A, B, C, D and E is provided.

In FIG. 2, the mounting substrate 18 surrounds the front edge of the variable display device 5 and has a frame edge shape.
It is fixed to the game board 2 by the mounting hole 18a. Mounting board 1
A skylight winning opening 24 and right and left skylight winning openings 25 are provided on the upper portion of the 8, and a strobe lighting window 26 is provided under the skylight winning opening 24.
Are formed. Reference numeral 27 in the figure is an end portion,
The hit ball is prevented from flowing down on the front surface of the mounting substrate 18.

The robot 21, which is a movable body as the dynamic display result notifying means, is located at the center of the mounting substrate 18. This robot 21 has a head 21A capable of "nodding" movement, a body portion 21B rotatable leftward and rightward, and an arm portion 21 capable of swinging up as shown by a broken line in FIG.
It is a humanoid type having a C and a leg portion 21D that can slide in the front-rear direction. The above three variable display devices 22a, 2
2b and 22c are arranged side by side in the body portion 21B of the robot 21 so as to be visible to the player. Five mode indicators 10 (A, B, C, D, E)
Are arranged laterally above the digital variable display device 22 of the body portion 21B, and four LED lamps 28 are provided below the digital variable display device 22. A memory indicator 29 showing the number is constructed.

In FIGS. 3 and 6, the left and right leg portions 21D of the robot 21 are box-shaped long in the "heel" direction from the "toes", and the rear portion ("heel") of the leg portion 21D. The “side” is slidably mounted in the back and forth on the base portion 30 which is the robot 21 installation base located behind. On the "heel" side of the leg portion 21D, a pin 3 extending through the slit 31 formed in the upper surface of the base portion 30 and extending to the upper surface of the base portion 30.
2 (FIG. 6) is erected, and the tip of the pin 32 has a base 30.
It is fixed to the base end of the tooth receiving portion 33 pivotally attached to the upper surface. Each tooth receiving portion 33 belonging to the left and right legs 21D
Are arranged such that their teeth are spaced apart and face each other.

The body 21B of the robot 21 has a box-like shape, and is supported from behind by a turning column 34 mounted on the base 30. The rotary support column 34 is located at a position where a meshing portion 35 formed on the outer circumference of the base of the rotary support column 34 meshes with the left and right tooth engagement receiving parts 33, and a control member 36 extends rearward from the rotary support column 34. . Below the tip of the control member 36, there is a motor 37 with a speed reducer which is an electric drive source for driving the body portion 21B. A cam plate 38 is provided on the output shaft of the motor 37, and a pin 39 erected on the cam plate 38 is inserted into the tip of the control member 36. Therefore, when the motor 37 is started, the pin 39 draws an elliptic motion to swing the control member 36 to the left and right, and reciprocally pivots the pivot column 34 in the left-right direction. When the rotation column 34 rotates, at the same time, the body portion 21B
The left and right legs 21D slide left and right, and the left and right legs 21D slide in the front-rear direction, so that a so-called "forward action" can be performed according to the progress state of the game such as occurrence of a specific mode.

The head 21A of the robot 21 also has a box body, and then the head 4 is assembled on the base 30 with the head 4A.
It is pivoted at 0. Also, from the back of the head, head connecting pin 4
1 extends rearward. The tip of the head connecting pin 41 is connected to a first electric drive source (solenoid 1) 43 via a connecting member 42. This first electric drive source 4
3 is fixed behind the storage frame 20 (FIG. 5) of the robot 21. The first electric drive source 43 is a head connecting pin 41.
By moving the tip of the head up and down, the head 21A is made to "nod" and perform according to the progress of the game, such as the occurrence of a specific mode. A part of the head 21A corresponding to the face is made of a clear member, and two lamps 44 corresponding to two eyes are built therein.

The arm 21C of the robot 21 has a body 21
It is fixed to both ends of the left and right shoulder shafts 45 supported by B (see FIG. 6), and its shape is an L-shape in which the elbow is bent at a substantially right angle. A cam 46 is provided substantially at the center of the arm shaft 45, and an arm connecting pin 47 descends downward from the cam 46. The lower end of the arm connecting pin 47 is connected to a second electric drive source (solenoid 2) 49 via a connecting member 48. This second electric drive source 4
9 is held by a control plate 19 as shown in FIG. The arm portion 21C can also be caused to perform, for example, a "arm swinging motion" or the like according to the progress state of the game such as the occurrence of a specific mode by the mechanism.

The robot 21 functioning as the dynamic display result notifying means configured as described above is in a stop result mode of the variable display device 22 described later, for example, in a specific mode in which the game development is advantageous for the player. Occurrence or other prize mode occurrence, loss, etc.
Now, it is possible to notify that such a gaming state. For this reason, it is desirable that the dynamic display result notifying means is provided at a position within the player's field of view even when the player is enthusiastic about the game. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, it is housed in the recessed chamber 50 of the storage frame 20 whose front side is largely open, and is positioned right in front of the player. The base portion 30 of the robot 21 is fixed to the installation surface of the concave chamber 50. A connection member 42, which is interposed between the head connection pin 41 and the first electric drive source 43, is pivotally attached to the back surface of the storage frame 20. A strobe device 23 is attached to the back surface of the storage frame 20 via a strobe attachment board 51.

As can be seen from FIG. 4 which is a rear view of the assembled variable display device 5, a storage frame 20 is assembled to a control plate 19 to be mounted on the back surface of the game board 2, and the storage frame 20 A strobe device 23 is further attached to the back surface. Light from the flash lamp 52 (see FIG. 5), which is the light emission source of the strobe device 23, passes over the housing frame 20, passes through the light hole 53 formed in the control plate 19, and is attached from the front side. Strobe lighting window 2 formed on the substrate 18
Reach 6 At the uppermost end of the control plate 19, there is a notch 54 for taking in a hit ball that has been won from the top winning opening 24 and the right and left top horizontal winning openings 25, and a discharge gutter 55 following the notch 54 of the control plate 19. It is formed on the back side. A plurality of lamps 56 for illuminating the concave chamber 50 are mounted on the outer surface of the storage frame 20, the strobe mounting substrate 51, and the like.

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of the special variation winning device 9. The special variation winning device 9 has an attachment board 57 attached to the front side of the game board 2 and a control plate 58 (see FIG. 4) fixed to the back surface of the attachment board 57 as a skeleton. The mounting board 57 has a large opening 59 opened and closed by an opening / closing door 60 provided at the center of the front side thereof, and second and third special winning openings 7 and 8 provided on the left and right sides of the front side of the mounting board 57. However, inside the opening 59, there are three winning openings 61, 62, 63.
Are formed. These three winning holes 61, 62, 6
Of the three, the central winning opening 62 is a continuous winning opening for extending the opening / closing by the opening / closing door 60 under some condition. Below this continuous winning opening 62, a number indicator 9A is arranged for counting the number of balls won through the winning openings 61, 63 and the continuous winning opening 62 when the opening / closing door 60 is opened.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the center of the back surface of the mounting substrate 57, a continuation detector SW4 for detecting a ball that has won the continuous winning opening 62 is arranged. This continuous detector S
Below W4, when the opening / closing door 60 is open, the continuous winning opening 6
2 and a winning number detector SW5 for counting the total number of balls won from the right and left winning openings 61 and 63 are arranged. Further, on the right and left sides of the continuation detector SW4, specific winning detection devices SW2 and SW3 for detecting the balls that have won the specific winning openings 7 and 8 are arranged, respectively. Further, a control plate 58 is provided on the back surface of the mounting substrate 57 at appropriate intervals, and a ball passage 64 for guiding the ball flowing in from the first specific winning port 6 is formed in the control plate 58. A specific winning detection device SW1 for detecting a sphere is arranged on the lower end side of the sphere passage 64.

Control Device The control operation of the pachinko gaming machine will be described below with reference to the circuit diagram of FIG. Digital variable display device 22a,
22b and 22c display the count values obtained by decoding the contents of the counters 74, 75 and 76 in decimal by the decoders 77, 78 and 79. The displayed contents are AND gates 71 and 7.
The output pulse from the first oscillator 70 is input to the counters 74, 75, and 76 via 2 and 73, so that the rotation changes. The mode display LED lamps A, B, C, D and E of the mode indicator 10 are connected to the digit output terminals of the ring counter 81 in order from the lower digit. The ring counter 81 receives a pulse from the second oscillator 80 and circulates the counted content, and each time the output of the ring counter 81 carries up, the lighting position of the mode indicator 10 is changed to the mode display LED lamps A to E. Patrol in order. This cycle speed, and thus the repetition period of the output pulse of the second oscillator 80, is longer than that of the first oscillator 70. Although the first and second oscillators are shown as separate oscillators in the figure, they can be configured by dividing the output of the reference clock oscillator.

Next, the operation will be described. Normal gaming state FF2, FF3, FF4, variable display device 22a, 22
It is a flip-flop that controls the start and stop of rotation of b and 22c, and is normally in a reset state. Therefore, the AND gates 71, 72, 73 connected to the Q output terminals of the flip-flops FF2, FF3, FF4 are closed, and the output pulse from the first oscillator 70 is prohibited. , 22b, 22c have stopped rotating. However, the ring counter 81 has a second
Since the counting contents are circulated in response to the pulse from the oscillator 80, the lighting positions of the mode display LED lamps A to E circulate relatively slowly.

When the hit ball is won in the specific winning opening 6, 7, 8 in this embodiment, it is not the stop result mode of the variable display device 5, but there is a winning in the starting opening. In order to reliably notify the player of the above, a "nod" operation of descending the head of the robot, which is a dynamic display result notifying means, twice is performed. Further, as described below, the digital variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c start to rotate, and the patrol of the lighting positions of the LED lamps A to E of the mode display 10 is stopped. (A) Rotation start of variable display device When one of the specific winning detectors SW is turned on, a pulse is applied to the up / down counter 67 via the waveform shaping circuit 65 and the AND gate 66. The up / down counter 67 is related to the number of memories displayed on the memory display 29, and up counts a specific winning pulse up to a total of 4 and produces an output while the count value is 1 to 4.
When the stored count value is 5 or more, an L level carry is generated, and the AND gate 66 is prohibited. When an output is generated in the up / down counter 67, the start flip-flop FF1 is set via the AND gate 68. Flip-flop FF1
Output terminal X ("X" means output terminal Q bar in the figure. The same applies hereinafter) is inverted to L level, and AND gate 6
8 is prohibited. Further, the Q output of the flip-flop FF1 is inverted to the H level and sent to the flip-flops FF2, FF3, FF4 for the variable display device and the flip-flop FF6 for the mode indicator. Flip-flop FF1
Of the flip-flops FF2, FF3, F
Since F4 is set and the output of the set opens the AND gates 71, 72, 73, the pulse from the first oscillator 70 is added to the counters 74, 75, 76, and the count contents of these counters 74, 75, 76 are added. The display contents of the digital variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c rotate in steps.

(B) Stop of the mode indicating LED lamp On the other hand, the Q output of the flip-flop FF6 is inverted to the H level in response to the Q output of the flip-flop FF1. Therefore, the ring counter 81 is stopped through the OR gate 86, and accordingly, the circulation of the lighting positions of the mode display LED lamps A to E is also stopped, and for example, the mode display LED lamp A is stationary in a lit state.

(C) Stopping rotation of variable display device For rotation of the digital variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c, an automatic stop pulse is input to the OR gate 82, or a manual stop pulse from the stop switch 17 is input. When stopped, it is stopped as follows. The automatic stop pulse is generated by the start flip-flop FF1.
Is generated about 6 seconds after a timer (not shown) is set by the setting of. Now, when one of the stop pulses is input to the OR gate 82, the flip-flop FF5 for stopping the variable display device connected to the OR gate 82 is set. Since the X output of the flip-flop FF5 becomes L level, the reset state of the shift register 84 is released, and the shift register 84 counts with the pulse from the random pulse generation circuit 83. Output pulses are sequentially generated at the digit output terminals of the shift register 84, and these pulses sequentially reset the flip-flops FF2, FF3, and FF4 for the variable display device. Therefore, AND gates 71, 72, 73
Is closed and the pulse from the first oscillator 70 is prohibited, so that the digital variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c sequentially stop rotating. And when you stop, say the displayed number or sound effect. The last rotation of the digital variable display device 22c is stopped when an output occurs in the most significant digit of the shift register 84. The most significant digit output of the shift register 84 is sent to the start flip-flop FF1 and the stop flip-flop FF5 to return both flip-flops FF1 and FF5 to the reset state, and at the same time, the down input terminal of the up / down counter 67. And the contents of the counter 67 are down-counted. When the content of the up / down counter 67 has overflowed due to the stored number of 4, the prohibition of the AND gate 66 is released by this. The flip-flop FF5
Is reset, the shift register 84 also returns to the reset state.

(D) Selection of Mode When the rotation of the last digital variable display device 22c is stopped, as described above, the flip-flop F for starting is used.
F1 and X of the flip-flop FF4 for the variable display device
The output goes high. Therefore, both flip-flops F
An output (stop signal) S0 is generated in the AND gate 69 having two inputs of X (“X” means an output terminal Q bar in the figure) outputs of F1 and FF4. The stop signal S0 is sent to the mode instructing circuit 87 and also input to the delay circuit 85. The mode instruction circuit 87 includes an AND gate 8 having one input terminal connected to the digit output terminal of the ring counter 81.
8, 89, 90, 91, 92, AND gates 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 connected to these AND gates, and an OR gate 98.
AND gate 88 of stop signal S0 mode instruction circuit 87,
Applied as the other input of 89, 90, 91, 92. When the mode display LED lamp A is turned on (mode A), the hit numbers "000" and "222" are selected by the AND gates 88 and 93. Mode display LED
In the state where the lamp B is on (mode B), the hit numbers "222" and "444" are selected by the AND gates 89 and 94. Similarly, in Mode C, the numbers "444" and "666" are hit by the AND gates 90 and 95 in the mode C,
In mode D, the AND gates 91 and 96 are the winning numbers "666" and "888", and in mode E, the AND gate 9
The numbers "888" and "000" are selected by 2, 97. These AND gates 93, 94, 95, 96,
The output of 96 is output from the mode instruction circuit 87 as “mode instruction data” through the OR gate 98. The mode instruction data output from the mode instruction circuit 87 is O
It is input to the special prize mode determination circuit 100 through the R gate 99. Through the OR gate 99, the fixed prize data “111” “333” “555” “777” of the odd-numbered doublet, which is the original winning number, is input to the special prize mode determination circuit 100.
"999" is also input. After all, the special prize mode determination circuit 1
In 00, a total of 7 types of hit data consisting of 5 types of fixed data of odd-numbered doublet and 2 types of variable data of even-numbered doublet are input.

The special prize mode determination circuit 100 is provided with a variable display device 22a, which has just stopped, by a reading means (not shown).
Read the numbers displayed on 22b and 22c and read the value
Compare with seed hit data. Then, when winning, a special prize mode signal is output and sent to the ring counter 81 via the OR gate 86, and the ring counter 81 is held in a stopped state during the special prize mode. That is, the lighting position of the mode display 10 is fixed during the period of the special prize mode.
Although the control means is not shown, the special variation winning device 9 is opened when the combination of the special prize modes is displayed. When a special winning ball is generated in the special variation winning device 9 during the opening, the number of the winning balls is displayed in a number on the winning ball number display 9A, and a sound effect for informing the winning sounds. Also, the special variation winning device 9 is open,
The strobe flashes and the body part 2 of the robot 21 blinks.
1A sways left and right, and legs 21D move back and forth.

As shown in FIG. 8 (a), the special variable winning device 9 has a special variable winning amount of 29.5 seconds after being opened or if the special variable winning device 9 wins 10 winning balls. The device 9 closes. After the special variation winning device 9 is closed, it is opened again. Wait time from closing to opening is 3
It is a second, and at this time, the robot 21 raises the arm 21C three times and says "Banzai" three times. After that, the special variation winning device 9
Is open for 29.5 seconds or a total of 10 winning balls
Until the individual prize is won, the opening / closing operation is continued up to 10 times on condition that there is a prize in the continuous winning opening 62. If not, the special prize mode signal is not output. The delay circuit 85 produces an output after a lapse of time until the determination of the special prize mode determination circuit 100 is completed, and resets the flip-flop FF6. Therefore,
When it is not hit, that is, when the special prize mode signal is not output, the reset of the flip-flop FF6 causes the ring counter 81 to start again, and the lighting positions of the mode display LED lamps A to E start circulating.

Other Embodiments In the examples already described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 9, the mode display is performed by using a code different from the content display code (numeral) which is the identification information of the variable display device, and both of them have a certain relation. But the same sign can be used. This is possible by using a 7-segment LED digital display as shown in FIG. 12 as the mode display LED lamp. In other words, the mode display LED lamp is "2"
It is set so that only "4", "6", "8" and "0" are displayed, first the mode display LED lamp is stopped at an arbitrary sign, and a special prize mode occurs during the game, and the special prize mode is generated. The mode display LED lamps may be sequentially updated each time the prize mode ends. For example, if the mode display LED lamp displayed "2" at the beginning,
When a special prize mode is generated and the special prize mode ends, the next "4" can be displayed at that time.

An embodiment based on the variable display device 5 shown in FIG. 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. The difference between the variable display device 5 of FIG. 12 and that of the first embodiment (FIGS. 2 and 3) is that the mode display LED lamp is not a simple lamp but a 7-segment LED digital display. In the first embodiment, the variable display device 22 is provided on the movable body 345, whereas it does not have such a movable body. Above the mode display 10, there are a winning entrance 24 and a horizontal winning entrance 25.
Below the unit 2, four LEDs are arranged as a memory indicator 29. Further, in this embodiment, when the mode display LED lamp is digitally displaying one even number, for example, "0" (in the case of mode 0), the even number "000" of the even number is used as the special prize mode. Jackpot and this one
In this example, the odd numbers “001” and “009” are treated as a small hit.

Here, the "big hit" means that the special variable winning device 9 is open for 29.5 seconds as shown in FIG. 8 or until a total of 10 winning balls are won in the special variable winning device 9. In the meantime, it means that a game state in which the opening / closing operation of the special variation winning device 9 is continued up to 10 times is displayed on condition that the continuous winning opening 62 of the special variation winning device 9 is won. Further, "small hit" means that the opening / closing operation of the variable winning device 9 is performed only once. However,
Both the big hit and the small hit are still special prize modes. Therefore, although there is a difference between the big hit and the small hit,
When the digital display of the mode display LED lamp is "2" (in the case of mode 2), 222, 221, and 223 are displayed. When the digital display is "4" (in the case of mode 4,) 444,
When the digital display of 443, 445 is “6” (in the case of mode 6), 666, 665, 667, and 888, 88 in the case of digital display of “8” (in the case of mode 8).
7,889 is treated as a special prize mode. In addition, it is common that odd-numbered ditches 111, 333, 555, 777, and 999 are the special prize mode of the big hit.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a control device using a microcomputer showing such a control example. The microcomputer is basically a central processing unit CPU, R
It is composed of an OM 101 and a RAM 102. ROM
A program for controlling the CPU is written in 101, and the CPU takes in external data required from the input port 103 and the I / O port 104 according to this program, or exchanges data with the RAM 102. Arithmetic processing is performed while giving and receiving, and the processed data is output to the I / O port 104 or the voice IC (voice synthesis circuit) 105 as necessary. FIG. 11 shows a program written in the ROM 101. In this program, "special prize mode processing" is defined. When it is determined that the special prize mode is selected, mode 0,
The mode is updated to a mode next to the mode among the mode 2, the mode 4, the mode 6, and the mode 8. That is, in the subroutine of "special prize mode processing" (not shown), "update flag"
Becomes "1", the processing mode is updated to the next processing mode (mode update), the update flag is set to "0", and the processing is returned to the first "input detection processing" in FIG.

When the program starts, the microcomputer enters the "input detection process" described as "stop variable display device C" in the figure (step 1.
0). Here, first, a port designation signal is given to the I / O port 104, and the variable display device 22 having the last stop order is
Wait for c to stop. When the variable display device 22c is stopped, whether or not the stop result mode of the display contents (numerals of reference numerals) that are the identification information of the three variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c matches one of the predetermined specific modes, that is, , In this example, it is an odd-numbered pattern, so check first whether it is the same number (1.1), and if it is the same number, then determine whether it is an odd number ( 1.7) And, if it is an odd number, it is a big hit that is in a special game state, so step 1.
The process proceeds to 13 to perform special prize mode processing, updates the mode, and returns to the detection processing (1.13, 1.14).

In step 1.7, when it is determined that the stop result modes are the same numbers but are even numbers, the mode is "0""2""4""6"". Depending on whether it is 8 ″, the following processing is performed. That is, when the mode is "0", the process proceeds from step 1.2 to 1.8, and it is checked whether the display of the variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c is "000". If it is "000", it is a big hit, and therefore, it is processed in the same manner as in the case of odd-numbered doublet. The same applies when the mode is “2”, “4”, “6”, and “8”, and the process proceeds to steps 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, and 1.12, respectively, and is the same as the display of the mode display LED lamp. It is judged whether it is a doublet of numbers, and if yes, it is treated as a big hit and similarly processed. Next, if the stop result mode of the variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c is not a double stitch (1.1), in steps 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6. Then, it is determined whether it is a small hit as one form of the specific mode. That is, when the mode is "0", the display of the variable display devices 22a, 22b, 22c is 00 in step 1.8.
It is determined whether or not 1,009, and if 009,001, it is processed as a small hit (1.13). The mode is “2”
The same applies to the cases of "4", "6", and "8", and the process proceeds to steps 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, and 1.12, respectively, and the 1st doublet of the same number as the display of the mode display LED lamp. It is judged whether or not it is a wrong number, and if it is the first, it is treated as a small hit. When the process of the special prize mode, that is, the specific mode is performed once, the mode is updated.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, one digital display is used as the mode display LED lamp, but a mode display LED lamp is constructed by using a plurality of digital displays to provide a variable display device. It is also possible to determine a specific mode such as a big hit or a small hit by performing a display corresponding to a digit or all digits and comparing it with the display content of the variable display device 22. When the mode display LED lamp uses the same number of digital displays as the number of digits of the variable display device 22, all special prize modes (specific modes) can be determined by the mode display LED lamps.

FIGS. 13 and 14 show a pattern display device 110 which can be used as the variable display device 22 and the mode display device 10. This pattern display 1
10 is a box-shaped frame body 111 whose front and bottom sides are open.
And a plurality of acrylic plates 112 housed in the frame 111
A partition frame 198 mounted on the front surface of the frame body 111 and between the acrylic plates 112, a lamp housing member 113 inserted from the bottom surface of the frame body 111, and a lamp substrate 115 inserted into the lamp housing member 113 from below. Etc. The lamp substrate 115 carries the same number of lamps 114 as the acrylic plate 112. In the lamp housing member 113 that abuts on the bottom surface of the acrylic plate 112, acrylic plate housing grooves 116 that relatively closely fit with the lower portion of the acrylic plate 112 are formed independently of each other according to the number of acrylic plates 112. I am doing it. If the acrylic plate 112 has a uniform density,
There is a characteristic that the light incident from the cut goes straight to the cut on the opposite side.

The pattern display 110 uses the characteristics of the acrylic plate 112. That is, holes or cavities that cause irregular reflection are provided in the traveling direction of light, and the pattern drawn by these holes or cavities is made to appear and displayed. Each acrylic plate storage groove 116 communicates with a plurality of lamp holes 117 formed on the bottom surface of the lamp storage member 113 in a one-to-one relationship.
The lamps 17 are independent of each other so that the light of the lamp 114 inserted therein does not leak to the other lamp holes 117.
Since the lamp hole 117 has a diameter larger than that of the thickness of the acrylic plate 112 and the distance between the acrylic plates 112, the forming positions of the lamp holes 117 are staggered, and the acrylic plate 112 is formed.
Has a one-to-one relationship with.

Each acrylic plate 112 carries different patterns, and this pattern has a large number of thin holes drilled to a depth that does not penetrate from the front (the surface on the side of the partition frame 113) of the acrylic plate 112 to the back. It is drawn by setting. As the pattern, for example, alphabetic characters and other characters, as well as numbers, symbols, designs, and the like can be drawn, but by setting different patterns for each acrylic plate 112, numbers from 1 to 0 can be drawn. Can be variably displayed, or the design can be changed.
Therefore, compared to a digital display using a 7-segment LED that has been conventionally used for variable display, arbitrary patterns such as numbers, characters, and figures can be displayed, and combinations of numbers and other patterns are also possible. Become. Also, a rotating drum,
Compared with liquid crystal, CRT, etc., there are also advantages that the structure is simple and the size can be reduced.

The pattern display 110 displays decimal 3
When the digit variable display device is configured and used as the variable display device 22 shown in FIGS.
One acrylic plate 112 and ten lamps 114 may be used as one set and three lamps 114 may be used. In this case, the lamp 114 moves and lights when a pachinko ball enters the specific winning opening. When the player presses the stop switch 17 or when a certain time by the timer elapses,
It stands still with one lamp 114 lit. The number on the acrylic plate 112 at the position of the stationary lamp 114 is displayed. Further, when it is desired to use as the mode indicator 10 (for example, the lamps A to E) of FIG. 2, five acrylic plates 112 and five lamps 114 are used, and normally, the lamp 114 is lit and moved. Only one lamp 115 needs to be turned on and stopped by the winning of the pachinko ball to the specific winning opening.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example of the gaming machine, but the present invention is only for the pachinko gaming machine and other gaming machines such as an arrangement type pachinko gaming machine and a slot type gaming machine. Can also be applied to.

[0039]

According to the present invention, based on the stop result mode of the variable display device, the illumination and the light emitting member such as the lamp and the LED, which are appropriately combined and arranged as in the prior art, are appropriate at that position. Unlike the blinking, the dynamic display result notification means has a new structure in which the action by the dynamic operation is performed in the game area, so that the player can be appropriately informed of the game development at that time. At the same time, it is possible to perform various effects that were not possible in the past, and it is possible to double the enjoyment of the game. Furthermore, by activating the dynamic display result notifying means based on various stop result modes of the variable display device, the player can grasp the enemy's vision result at a glance and also recognize the progress state of the game. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine that is a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a variable display device of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a movable body installed in the variable display device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the variable display device and the special variation winning device.

FIG. 5 is an exploded cross-sectional view of a variable display device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a drive relationship of a movable body of the variable display device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a special variation winning device.

FIG. 8 is a timing chart for explaining the operations of the special variation winning device and the movable body in the special prize mode and in the case of losing.

FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a controller for a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing another control device example of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing another example of the control device of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another form of the variable display device.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view showing still another form of the variable display device.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing still another form of the variable display device.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a lamp housing member showing still another form of the variable display device.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 Pachinko gaming machine 2 Gaming board 3 Guide rail 4 Gaming area 5 Variable display device 6, 7, 8 Specific winning opening 9 Special variation winning device 9A Winning ball number display 10 Mode display 21 Robot (dynamic Display result informing means) 21A Head 21B Body 21C Arm 21D Leg 22 Variable display device 60 Open / close door 61, 62, 63 Winning hole SW1, SW2, SW3 Specific winning detector SW4 Continuation detector SW5 Winning number detector

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A special variation winning prize which can be converted into a specific winning opening, a first state with a small winning probability or no winning probability and a second state with a large winning probability in a game area surrounded by a guide rail. A device and a variable display device capable of sequentially variably displaying a plurality of identification codes are provided, and the control device changes the display mode of the variable display device on condition that a specific winning opening is won, and makes it stationary. At this time, when the code statically displayed on the variable display device is a predetermined combination, the special variation winning device is controlled so as to be converted from the first state to the second state. A mode indicator capable of variably displaying the same or different code as that of the variable display device is provided therein, and the mode indicator has a sign different from the predetermined combination of the signs of the variable display device with respect to the mode display. In advance, the control device stops the mode display of the mode display device by changing the mode display of the mode display device simultaneously with or before and after the change of the display mode of the variable display device. Even when the combination of the codes statically displayed on the variable display device when stationary is matched with the combination of the codes promised in advance regarding the mode display of the stopped mode indicator, the special variation winning device is set to the first state. The pachinko gaming machine is characterized in that it is adapted to be converted from the second state to the second state.