JPH07124294A - Display method for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the description of a game so as to enable each player to continue his/her game more pleasantly, when the player enjoys the game according to the description shown on a game machine installed at a game center. CONSTITUTION:The CPU of a slot machine 1 displays jackpot picture patterns preliminarily stored in a picture pattern memory 17, and changes the display of ordinary picture patterns to the display of moving jackpot picture patterns, when picture patterns shown on each display zone of a display section 4 become identical for hitting a jackpot. Also, a pressing force, when a start button is pressed, is detected with a pressure sensor 22, and a display period T set in a period setting memory 23 is set in a period data memory 24, depending upon a detected pressing force (weak, medium or strong), thereby changing the rotating display speed of the patterns.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine display method, and more particularly, to a game machine display method for controlling the symbol display on a display screen according to the progress of a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a store dedicated to installing game machines such as slot machines, pachinko machines, and pinballs, a plurality of customers enjoy the game using the game machines.

Among such gaming machines, particularly in a slot machine or the like which expresses a hit by individually stopping a plurality of symbols that change appropriately and aligning the symbols, when a hit occurs, it is hit by sound or light. I am trying to inform the customer.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional gaming machine such as a slot machine, when the hits with a uniform pattern are generated, only the hit is notified to the customer by sound or light, and therefore, the display There was a problem that there was no change in the pattern itself, the display effect as an amusement device was poor, and the effect of making the customer entertaining was small.

Further, in such a gaming machine, since the speed of progress of the game and the like are almost fixed, it becomes impossible for the customer to proceed with the game in a progress mode according to his or her preference. However, there is also a problem that the customer lacks flexibility.

[0006] The present invention provides a display method for a gaming machine, in which, when a customer plays a game in accordance with the game content displayed on a gaming machine installed in a store, each customer can display the game so that the game can be more enjoyably progressed. The purpose is to

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
An electronic game machine that operates based on a predetermined game program, in a plurality of display areas on the display screen arranged on the front surface of this game machine, while changing the symbol display individually in each display area. In accordance with the operation to display and stop the change of the symbol, it is controlled so as to stop the change of the symbol display in each of the display areas in accordance with the operation timing, and each symbol stopped in each of the display areas. When the displays are arranged according to a predetermined rule, each symbol display is changed to another predetermined symbol display.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic game machine which operates based on a predetermined game program, wherein an operating pressure or an operating speed of the electronic game machine is detected in accordance with an operation for starting a game, and this is detected. According to the operation pressure or the operation speed, the variable acceleration of the symbol display displayed in the plurality of display areas on the display screen arranged on the front of the gaming machine is specified, and the display screen is displayed according to the specified change speed. It is characterized in that display switching of each symbol display displayed above is controlled.

[0009]

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, the electronic game machine operates according to a predetermined game program, and the electronic game machine has a plurality of display areas on a display screen arranged in front of the game machine. Display while changing the symbol display in each display area individually, and control to stop the change of the symbol display in each display area in accordance with the operation timing to instruct the stop of this symbol change Then
When the respective symbol displays stopped in the respective display areas are arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule, the respective symbol displays are changed to another predetermined symbol display.

Therefore, when the patterns displayed in the plurality of display areas are aligned and a hit occurs, the pattern display can be changed, and the hit state can be more strongly appealed to the customer. When a hit occurs, it can give more joy to customers.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic game machine which operates based on a predetermined game program, wherein the operation pressure or operation speed is detected according to the operation for starting the game, According to the detected operation pressure or operation speed, specify the variable acceleration of the symbol display displayed in multiple display areas on the display screen arranged on the front of the gaming machine, and according to the specified change speed The display switching of each symbol display displayed on the display screen is controlled.

Therefore, the progress of the game can be changed according to the taste of the customer, and the game quality of the gaming machine can be improved.

[0013]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described below with reference to FIGS.

1 to 9 are views showing an embodiment of a slot machine to which the present invention is applied. First, the configuration will be described.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the slot machine 1. In FIG. 1, a slot machine 1 has a front panel 2 on which a start button 3 for instructing the start of a game and a three-divided display area D1, D2, D3 are formed by a liquid crystal display panel and the like. The display area D1, D
2, a display section 4 for rotating and displaying a plurality of patterns for each D3, and a display section D1, D2, D3 provided on the display section 4 for stopping the rotation display of the display areas D1, D2, D3. Three stop buttons (I, II, III) 5 for instructing, a finish button 6 for designating the end of the game, a coin insertion slot 7 for inserting game coins, and a predetermined winning sound when winning. A speaker 8, an IC card reader slot 9 for inserting an IC card, and a coin tray 10 for receiving coins discharged at the time of winning are arranged.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the inside of the slot machine 1. The same parts as those shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 2, the slot machine 1 is
CPU 11, ROM 12, game program memory 1
3, random number generator 14, IC card reader 15, picture code table 16, picture memory 17, RAM 18, timer 19, time data memory 20, various key buttons 21, pressure sensor 22, cycle setting memory 23, cycle data memory 24 , A coin control unit 25, a coin insertion unit 26, a coin discharge unit 27, a coin stocker 28, and an onomatopoeia generation unit 29, and each unit is connected to a bus 30.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11
Controls each unit in the slot machine 1 according to the game control program stored in the ROM 12. That is, the CPU 11 uses the IC card reader port 9 shown in FIG.
The data stored in the IC card inserted in the
When the card is read by the card reader 15 and a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 8, the game program stored in the game program memory 13 is activated to execute a game control process described later.

A ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 stores a control program and onomatopoeia data corresponding to the picture code data stored in the picture code table 16.

The game program memory 13 stores a game program to be described later, and when the game program is started by the CPU 11, the random number data generated from the random number generator 14 is transferred to the CPU 11 via the bus.

The random number generator 14 generates a random number at a predetermined processing timing when the game program is started by the CPU 11, and outputs the random number data to the game program memory 13. The random number generator 14 of the present embodiment.
Then, it is assumed that 21 kinds of random numbers "0 to 20" are generated in relation to a display position when a pattern described later is rotated and displayed.

The IC card reader 15 is the IC of FIG.
The data (for example, game number setting data) stored in the IC card inserted into the card reader port 9 is read and transferred to the CPU 11 via the bus.

As shown in FIG. 3, the picture code table 16 has display areas D1, D2, D3 of the display section 4 of FIG.
Is stored, and the stored data is a display position setting value for setting a numerical value indicating a pattern display position in correspondence with the random number data “0 to 20” generated by the random number generator 14. G1, G2, G3 (set a value of 0 to 20) and their respective display position set values G1, G2, G3
And the picture code (a to i) corresponding to.

The picture memory 17 stores picture codes (a to i) stored in the picture code table 16 as shown in FIG.
Data of a picture pattern, a hit picture pattern, an onomatopoeia number, and the number of hits are stored in association with each other.

A RAM (Random Access Memory) 18 is
As shown in FIG. 2, a random number storage for storing random number data generated by the random number generator 14 as x, y, z is defined as a memory area for storing data corresponding to the display areas D1, D2, D3. An area, a display position storage area 18b for storing respective display position set values G1, G2, G3 set in the picture code table 16 corresponding to the random number data stored in the random number storage area 18a, and the stop button. A stop flag storage area 18c for storing the stop flags f1, f2 and f3 corresponding to the operation 5 is formed.

The timer 19 measures time at predetermined time intervals according to an instruction from the CPU 11, and sequentially outputs the measured data to the time data memory 20. The time data memory 20 forms a memory area for storing time data measured by the timer 19 according to an instruction from the CPU 11.

The various key button sections 21 are composed of the start button 3, the stop button 5 and the end button 6 shown in FIG. 1, and the instruction data when each of the buttons is operated is sent to the CPU 11 via the bus 30. Output. Further, a pressure sensor 22 is provided in the start button 3 portion of each key button portion 21,
The pressing force when the start button 3 is pressed is detected, and the detection data is output to the CPU 11.

The cycle setting memory 23 sets the pressure level detected by the pressure sensor 22 to "strong", "medium", and "weak", and sets the display cycle of the pattern display corresponding to each pressing force level. The display cycle data T0, T1 and T2 to be stored are stored and the corresponding display cycle data T0, T1 and T2 are output to the cycle data memory 24 in accordance with the detection level of the pressing force detected by the pressure sensor 22. Cycle data memory 2
Reference numeral 4 forms a memory area for storing the display cycle data T0, T1 and T2 output from the cycle setting memory 23.

The coin control unit 25 controls the operation at the time of coin insertion and ejection, and when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 7 of FIG. The coins are transferred to the CPU 11 via the CPU 30, the inserted coins are stored in the coin stocker 28, and the coins stored in the coin stocker 28 are discharged according to the number of winning coins input from the CPU 11. The coin is discharged from the portion 28 and discharged to the coin discharging portion 27 of FIG. The onomatopoeia generation unit 29 causes the speaker 7 to generate an onomatopoeia based on the onomatopoeia data input when the hit occurs from the CPU 11.

Next, the operation will be described.

In FIG. 1, the IC card reader port 9
When the IC card is inserted into the IC card, the game number setting data stored in the IC card is read by the IC card reader 15, and the game can be played for the number of game times set.

In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when an IC card is inserted into the IC card reader slot 9 and a coin is dropped into the coin slot 8 and the start button 3 is pressed, the CPU 11 causes the ROM 12 to operate. The game processing is started according to the game control program stored in the game processing program.
Hereinafter, this game process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In FIG. 5, first, when an IC card is inserted into the IC card reader port 9, the game number setting data and the like stored in the IC card are stored in the IC card reader 1.
5 and the read data is input (steps S1 and S2), the game program memory 1
The game program stored in 3 is activated (step S3). When this game program is activated, first, the random number generator 14 generates a random number in the range of "0 to 20", and the generated random number data is stored in the random number storage area 18a in the RAM 18 as x, y, z. (Step S4) Furthermore, the random number data x, y, z stored in the random number storage area 18a is stored in the display position storage area 18b in the RAM 18 as display position set values G1, G2, G3 (step S5).

Next, the pattern code data corresponding to the display position set value G1 among the display position set values G1, G2 and G3 stored in the display position storage area 18b is read from the pattern code table 16 and the pattern corresponding to this pattern code is read. The pattern is read from the pattern memory 17 and the initial pattern is displayed in the display area D1 of the display section 4 (step S6). Subsequently, similarly, the picture code data corresponding to the display position set values G2 and G3 stored in the display position storage area 18b is read from the picture code table 16, and the picture pattern corresponding to the picture code is read from the picture memory 17 and displayed. The initial pattern is displayed in the display areas D2 and D3 of the section 4 (steps S7 and S8).

Next, the depression of the start button 3 for instructing the game start is checked (step S9). When the start button 3 is depressed, the pressing force is detected by the pressure sensor 22 (step S10), and the detection is made. Pressing force (weak,
Display cycle data T0, T1 and T2 corresponding to (medium and strong) are read out from the cycle setting memory 23 and the cycle data memory 24
Is set as display cycle data T (step S1
1). The display areas D1 and D are arranged at time intervals based on the display cycle data T set in the cycle data memory 24.
2, the design code following the initial design being displayed in D3 is stored in the design code table 16 and the display position setting values G1 and G are set.
2 and G3 are sequentially read out, the pattern patterns corresponding to the sequentially read out pattern codes are sequentially read out from the pattern memory 17, and the pattern displays in the respective display areas D1, D2 and D3 are rotated and displayed.

Then, the stop flags f1, f2, f3 in the stop flag storage area 18c in the RAM 18 are set to "0" (step S12), and the time data stored in the time data memory 20 is set to "0". Then, the timer 19 is started and the measured data is sequentially stored in the time data memory 20 as the time data t (step S1).
3).

Next, referring to FIG. 6, it is checked whether the stop flag f1 stored in the RAM 18 is "1".
That is, it is checked whether or not the stop button (I) 5 has been pressed in the previous processing (step S14), and the stop button (I) 5 is checked.
When is pressed and the stop flag f1 is "1", the rotation display of the pattern in the display area D1 has been stopped in the previous process, and the process proceeds to step S19 to check the stop flag f2. When the stop button (I) 5 is not pressed in the previous process and the stop flag f1 remains "0", the RAM
It is checked whether the display position set value G1 stored in 18 has become "20" (step S15). That is, at the time of rotating display from the initial pattern, the value of the display position set value G1 that is sequentially read from the pattern code table 16 and stored in the display position storage area 18b in the RAM 18 and updated is checked to set the display position. Value G1 is "2"
When it becomes "0", the display position set value G1 is set to "0" again (step S16), and the display position set value G1 becomes "2".
If it is not "0", "1" is added to the value of the display position set value G1 (step S17), and the picture code corresponding to the display position set value G1 is set to the picture code table 1
6, the picture pattern corresponding to this picture code is read from the picture memory 17 and displayed in the display area D1 of the display unit 4, whereby the rotation display of the picture is continued (step S18).

Next, similarly, it is checked whether or not the stop flag f2 stored in the RAM 18 is "1", that is, whether or not the stop button (II) 5 is pressed in the previous processing ( In step S19), when the stop button (II) 5 is pressed and the stop flag f2 is "1", the rotation display of the pattern in the display area D2 is stopped in the previous process, and the stop of step S24 is performed. The process proceeds to check the flag f3. If the stop button (II) 5 is not pressed in the previous process and the stop flag f2 remains "0", whether the display position set value G2 stored in the RAM 18 has become "20" or not. Is checked (step S20). That is, at the time of rotating display from the initial pattern, the display position set value G is sequentially read from the pattern code table 16 and stored and updated in the display position storage area 18b in the RAM 18.
Check the value of 2 and when the display position set value G2 becomes "20", set the display position set value G2 to "0" again (step S21) and set the display position set value G2 to "20". If not, "1" is added to the display position set value G2 (step S22), and the display position set value G2 is added.
The picture code corresponding to the picture code is read from the picture code table 16, the picture pattern corresponding to the picture code is read from the picture memory 17 and is displayed in the display area D2 of the display unit 4 to continue the rotation display of the picture (step). S23).

Next, similarly, it is checked whether or not the stop flag f3 stored in the RAM 18 is "1", that is, whether or not the stop button (III) 5 is pressed in the previous process ( In step S24), when the stop button (III) 5 is pressed and the stop flag f3 is "1",
The rotation display of the picture in the display area D3 has been stopped in the previous processing, and the operation shifts to the operation check of the stop button 5 in step S29. When the stop button (III) 5 is not pressed in the previous process and the stop flag f3 remains "0", the RAM 18
It is checked whether or not the display position set value G3 stored therein is "20" (step S25). That is,
At the time of rotating display from the initial pattern, the value of the display position set value G3 that is sequentially read from the pattern code table 16 and stored in the display position storage area 18b in the RAM 18 and updated is checked, and the display position set value G3 is checked. Is “20”
When it becomes, the display position set value G3 is set to "0" again (step S26), and the display position set value G3 is set to "20".
If it is not, the display position setting value G2 is "1".
Is added (step S27), and the display position set value G is added.
The pattern code corresponding to 3 is read from the pattern code table 16, the pattern pattern corresponding to this pattern code is read from the pattern memory 17 and is displayed in the display area D3 of the display unit 4 to continue the rotation display of the pattern ( Step S28).

Next, referring to FIG. 7, stop buttons (I, II,
III) Check if 5 is pressed (step S
29) When the stop button 5 is pressed, it is checked whether the pressed stop button 5 is the stop buttons (I), (II), (III) 5 (steps S30, 31). When the stop button (I) 5 is pressed, the stop flag f1 in the RAM 18 is set to "1" (step S32), and when the stop button (II) 5 is pressed, the stop flag f2 in the RAM 18 is set. Is set to "1" (step S33), and when the stop button (III) 5 is pressed, the stop flag f3 in the RAM 18 is set to "1" (step S34).

Next, all stop flags f1, f2, f
It is checked whether 3 is set to "1" (step S35), and when all the stop flags f1, f2 and f3 are not set to "1", that is, when the stop buttons 5 are not all pressed, the above is performed. It is determined whether or not the time data t stored in the time data memory 20 matches the display cycle data T stored in the cycle data memory 24 (step S36). If the time data t and the display cycle data T do not match, the process returns to the step S29 of determining whether or not the stop button 5 has been pressed. If the time data t and the display cycle data T match, the processing in step S14 of FIG. Stop flag f1
Return to the check processing of.

When it is confirmed in step S35 that all the stop flags f1, f2, f3 are set to "1", the timing for setting the stop flags f1, f2, f3 to "1" Each display area D1,
After stopping the pattern which is being rotated and displayed in D2 and D3, the process proceeds to step S37. Then, the respective display areas D1 and D
2, the picture codes of the picture displayed after being stopped at D3 are stored in the RAM 18 as "A", "B" and "C" respectively, and the stop picture codes "A", "B" and "C" are stored. It is determined whether they match (step S38). When the stop patterns coincide with each other, the hit pattern corresponding to the pattern code is read from the pattern memory 16 and displayed in each of the display areas D1, D2,
D3 is displayed (step S39), and the onomatopoeia data corresponding to the picture code is read from the picture memory 16 and the onomatopoeia generation unit 29 causes the speaker 8 to sound (step S40). The number of hits is read from the pattern memory 16 and the coin control unit 2
5, the winning coin is discharged from the coin stocker 28 to the coin discharging portion 27 (step S41).

Then, after these hitting processes are completed, or when there is no coincidence of the stop patterns in the above step S38, the coin insertion slot 7 to the coin insertion slot 2 is inserted.
It is checked whether or not a coin has been inserted into 6 (step S42), and when coin insertion is detected, the process returns to the pattern initial display process of step S6 of FIG. 5 described above, and the processes of step S6 and subsequent steps are repeatedly executed.

If the end button 6 is pressed when it is desired to end the game halfway, the game is ended before the number of games set by the IC card is reached, and the IC card inserted in the IC card reader slot 9 Is discharged.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show a concrete example of the change of the display pattern when the stop patterns displayed in the display areas D1, D2 and D3 of the display section 4 are aligned and hit. FIG. 8A shows a normal display when the rocket patterns are complete, and FIG. 8B shows a state in which the normal display of FIG. 8A is changed to a hit pattern display when the rocket is launched or exploded. ing.

Further, FIG. 9 (a) shows a normal display when the buds of plants are aligned, and FIG. 9 (b) shows the normal display of (a) in which the flower is in bloom. It shows how it changes. Further, FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b)
Shows a case where the normal display of "7" is changed so that "7" starts to sing after a hit occurs.

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when the patterns displayed in the respective display areas D1, D2, D3 of the display section 4 are aligned and hit, the patterns are stored in the pattern memory 17 in advance. By displaying the winning pattern that is hitting and changing the normal pattern from a moving pattern to a moving pattern, it is possible to appeal the state of hitting to the customer more strongly and to give more pleasure to the customer. Can be given.

Further, the pressing force when the start button 3 is pressed is detected by the pressure sensor 22, and the display cycle T set in the cycle setting memory 23 according to the detected pressing force (weak, medium, strong). Since it is set in the cycle data memory 24 to change the rotational display speed of the pattern, unlike the conventional simple game progress, it is possible to change the game progress state according to the taste of the customer, and the game property is improved. Can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the pressing force when the start button 3 is pressed is detected to set the display cycle T. However, the pressing speed when the start button 3 is pressed is detected. Alternatively, the display cycle T may be set.

[0050]

According to the present invention, when the patterns to be displayed in a plurality of display areas are aligned and a hit occurs, a preset winning pattern pattern is displayed to display a moving winning pattern from the normal pattern. Can be changed to, and the hit occurrence state can be more strongly appealing to the customer, and more happiness can be given to the customer when the hit occurs.

Further, since the progress of the game is changed according to the pressing force of the key operated at the time of starting the game, the progress state of the game can be changed according to the taste of the customer, and the game property of the gaming machine is improved. Can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front external view of a slot machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the slot machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a pattern code table of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of design data stored in the design memory of FIG.

5 is a flowchart of a part of a game control process executed by the CPU of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of game control processing continued from FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of game control processing continued from FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a pattern change displayed in each display area of the display unit of FIG.

9A and 9B are diagrams showing another example of a change in a picture displayed in each display area of the display section of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 slot machine 2 front panel 3 start button 4 display section 5 stop button 6 end button 7 coin insertion slot 8 speaker 9 IC card reader slot 10 coin tray 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 game program memory 14 random number generation section 15 IC card reader 16 pattern Code table 17 Design memory 18 RAM 18a Random number storage area 18b Display position storage area 18c Stop flag storage area 19 Timer 20 time data memory 21 Various key button parts 22 Pressure sensor 23 Cycle setting memory 24 Cycle data memory 25 Coin control section 26 Coin insertion Part 27 Coin ejecting part 28 Coin stocker 29 Artificial sound generating part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electronic game machine that operates according to a predetermined game program, wherein a plurality of display areas on a display screen arranged on the front surface of the game machine individually have symbols in each display area. It is displayed while changing the display, and in response to an operation to instruct the stop of this symbol change, it is controlled so as to stop the change of the symbol display in each of the above display areas in accordance with the operation timing, and stopped in each display area. A display method in a game machine, wherein when each of the displayed symbol displays is arranged according to a predetermined rule, each of the symbol displays is changed to another predetermined symbol display. 2. An electronic game machine that operates based on a predetermined game program, wherein the operating pressure or operating speed is detected according to an operation for starting a game, and the detected operating pressure or operating speed is detected. The variable acceleration of the symbol display displayed in the plurality of display areas on the display screen arranged on the front surface of the gaming machine is designated according to, and each displayed on the display screen according to the designated changing speed. The display method in the gaming machine is characterized in that the display switching of the symbol display is controlled.