JPH07222849A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pachinko (Japanese pinball game) machine which can produce a variable pattern configuration by utilizing a characteristic of a pattern combination display unit incorporating a game board surface, and which can stimulate expecting feeling in an advanced condition. CONSTITUTION:When a pattern combination display unit 6 falls into an advanced condition, if a pattern combination indicates a win, a victory game motion picture is selected to be indicated. Meanwhile, if it indicates a blank, a defeat game motion picture is selected to be indicated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine, such as a pachinko machine, provided with a combination display device for producing a predetermined profitable operation by a predetermined combination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various predetermined symbols are variably displayed, and when a game ball passes through a starting opening equipped with a ball detection device, each lottery symbol is generated based on a ball detection signal from the ball detection device. There are various proposals for a game board surface provided with a symbol combination display that starts changing and stops and displays symbols of various combinations.

On the other hand, various game machines having a liquid crystal display on the game board surface have been proposed. For example, JP-A-4-90779
The number is a symbol combination game machine, a liquid crystal panel is arranged on the game board surface, a symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal panel, and a big hit operation is caused when the symbol combination is predetermined. In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-75587 discloses a configuration in which a liquid crystal television is provided in the main body of the game machine.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned symbol combination display, one of the lottery symbols is stopped at the end, and the lottery symbols other than the lottery symbol to be stopped at the end are predetermined. When it becomes a combination design, that is, immediately before the display of the lottery design becomes a predetermined combination (hereinafter, referred to as reach state), the symbol fluctuation speed of the last lottery design is set to be low, and the expected feeling. It has been proposed that the configuration is designed to increase the. Even with such a configuration, however, a monotonous feeling cannot be denied, and a reach state display that is further varied is required.

As a pattern combination display, a 7-segment display has changed from a dot matrix display to a liquid crystal display, but when a liquid crystal display or a dot matrix display is used, the sharpness of the pattern and Although it is superior to 7 segments in terms of expressiveness, it only functions to express the combination of symbols, and it is not the case that the uniqueness of the display is fully utilized.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of producing a pattern variation mode rich in changes utilizing the characteristics of a liquid crystal display or a dot matrix display and further stimulating an expectation in a reach state. To do.

[0007]

The present invention comprises a liquid crystal display or a dot matrix display for the above-described symbol combination display, and a series of winning competition moving images leading to a winning image and a series of losing images. The image memory that stores the image data for displaying multiple competition videos consisting of the defeat competition video and the state where the symbols are aligned except for the lottery symbols where the symbol combination display finally stops (reach state) In that case, if the symbol combination is a winning display, select the winning competition video, if it is a loss display, select the losing competition video, read the selected competition video from the image memory, and play the competition. It is characterized in that it is provided with a symbol control command means for displaying and outputting a moving image on a symbol combination display.

On the other hand, a moving picture display composed of a liquid crystal display or a dot matrix display is provided separately from the symbol combination display for displaying the lottery symbols, and the moving picture is displayed by the moving picture display. A configuration is also proposed.

Here, the plurality of competition moving images include a single winning competition moving image and a single losing competition moving image, as well as a plurality of winning competition moving images and a plurality of losing competition moving images. Etc. are included.

Further, the competition moving image may be composed of a soccer moving image, a golf moving image or the like.

[0011]

[Operation] When the lottery symbol is changed and the reach state is reached, the competition moving image is displayed and executed on the moving image display. The dynamic image that leads to the result of the game in this competition video enhances the expectation of the hit state following the reach state, and can enjoy the change in the image.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention applied to a pachinko machine will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the game board 3 of the pachinko machine 1. At the center of the board surface, fixed to the front part of a mounting case (not shown) as enlarged in FIGS. The center case 4 is arranged, and the symbol combination display 6 is configured in the center case 4.

The symbol combination display 6 is composed of a liquid crystal display as shown in an enlarged manner in FIGS. 2 and 3, and three lottery symbols 7a, 7b, 7c are displayed in the horizontal direction by the display image. . The lottery symbols 7a, 7b, 7c are from "0" to
A pattern composed of numbers and alphabets such as "9" is displayed. The symbol combination display 6 also functions as a display of a competition moving image as described later. As the pattern combination display 6, it is not possible to obtain the image quality of a liquid crystal display, but it is also possible to apply a dot matrix display.

On the window 5 of the center case 4, a standby recording lamp row 8 composed of four pilot lamps is provided.

Further, directly below the center case 4,
A starting port 13 having a starting port winning switch S ₁ (ball detecting device) shown in FIG. 8 configured by a photoelectric switch, a limit switch and the like is provided, and with the ball passing detection by the starting port winning switch S ₁ , Symbol combination display 6 (Fig. 5
When the liquid crystal display device (1) is driven continuously, and the recording medium passes continuously, the standby recording lamp row 8 is sequentially turned on and is held up to four times. With this operation, a predetermined number of prize balls are provided as the game balls pass.

Below the starting opening 13, a winning device 22 having a special winning opening 23 is arranged. This winning device 22 is configured to rotate the left and right wing pieces 24, 24 by the guiding action of the wing pieces 24, 24.
The game ball is guided to the special winning opening 23, and when the game ball enters a specific area in the special winning opening 23, a continuous opening operation is generated.

Next, the operation of the symbol combination display 6 will be described.

With the inflow of game balls into the starting port 13, when the symbol combination display 6 is driven, as shown in FIG. 2, the lottery symbols 7a and 7b are displayed in a large line in the center thereof. , 7c starts symbol fluctuation, and after about 5 seconds, the symbol fluctuation stops in the order of the lottery symbols 7a, 7b.

In the present invention, the lottery symbols 7a,
In the reach state where 7b is the same symbol, the lottery symbols 7a and 7b and the lottery symbol 7c in which the variation state is maintained
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, it is reprinted on the upper left of the symbol combination display 6 and is reduced and displayed like lottery symbols 7a ′, 7b ′, 7c ′, and the main surface of the symbol combination display 6 is shown. Is used as the moving image display area f. Note that, in FIG. 2, for convenience of explanation, the case of displaying one line in the center and the case of displaying in the upper left are both shown, but in reality, after the reach is confirmed in the center, it is reprinted in the upper left. Therefore, only one of them is displayed. This lottery symbol 7
The transposition positions of a ′, 7b ′, and 7c ′ may be positions that do not interfere with the scenario progress of the competition movies x and y described later, and the positions may be changed as the movie progresses. Further, the left and right single lines are displayed in the central portion of the symbol combination display 6, and the sizes are made the same with the occurrence of the reach, and they are slid downward, and the upper portion thereof is set as the moving image display area f. Is also good.

Further, in a display mode in which vertical and horizontal three columns are displayed, and three horizontal lines and two diagonal lines are effectively combined like a display of a so-called throttle machine, when any of the five lines is reach. Alternatively, this may be extracted and reprinted in the upper left or the like to secure the moving image display area f.

When the symbol combination display 6 functions as the moving image display area f in this way, the competition moving images x and y are displayed and output as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

Here, FIG. 4 is a view in which the competition moving images x and y are composed of soccer moving images. In this soccer video, images a to e or images a, b, and f that are representatively displayed are continuously and dynamically displayed in the arrow direction.
In the figure, a representative image is displayed one by one in time series, but in reality, it is a screen in which continuous scenes are developed like a movie.

Then, as the images a to e progress, a winning competition moving image x is formed in which the player shoots and uses the images c to e as a winning image to reach the goal. On the other hand, the images a, b, f
As a result, the defeat competition moving image y, which leads to failure, is formed by using the image f as a defeated image. In addition, as for this defeat image,
In addition to being caught by the goalkeeper, there are various proposals such as flying outside the goal. In addition, the winning image can also be varied as a whole by giving rise to various goal forms such as changing the entering direction.

In the competition videos x and y, the overall scenario setting is based on the theme of penalty kick, but the heading shot and volley shot from the corner kick may be dynamically displayed. Also, a plurality of left and right scenes can be set. Further, in this scene setting, as will be described later, the competition moving images x and y having the scene setting of the optimum length can be set in correspondence with the reach time.

In addition, FIG. 5 shows the competition moving images x and y composed of golf moving images. In this golf moving image, representative images m to q or images m, n, o, and r are continuously and dynamically displayed in the arrow direction.

Then, as the images m to q progress, a winning competition moving image x is formed, which is shot and the images p and q are used as winning images to reach the cup-in. On the other hand, the image m,
By the progress of n, o, and r, the defeat competition moving image y which is a failure is configured with the image r as a defeated image. As this defeat image, there is proposed a mode of hitting the OB area, being kicked by the edge of the cup, and becoming an out ball. Also,
In addition to the straight cup-in, the winning image may have various forms, such as stopping immediately before and after a while, or after returning too much and returning on the slope to cup-in.

In response to such a change, the image data for displaying a plurality of images in the competition moving images x and y are stored in the storage device ROM 36 (image memory) as described later. .

In addition to the ball games such as baseball, basketball, tennis, and rugby, the competition animations include various games such as archery, rivalry, playing cards, and Hanafuda. Then, for example, in baseball, the win or loss can be determined by using a thrilling scene for each competition, such as whether or not a hit ball is a home run, out of a home base touch play, and safe.

In such a structure, when the reach state is reached by the control described later, the winning competition moving image x is selected when the symbol combination is a winning display, and the losing competition moving image y is selected when the winning combination is displayed. The content of the competition moving image is finally matched with the finalized content of the lottery symbols 7a ′, 7b ′, 7c ′.

A series of operation controls rich in such changes are executed by the computer 30 shown in FIG.

In the computer 30, the central control unit MPU 31 is connected to a storage device ROM 32 and a storage device RAM 33 capable of reading and writing necessary data at any time.

In the storage device ROM 32, a control program, a random number table, a big hit game pattern and a lamp,
Fixed data such as LED display pattern and competition video x, y
A random number for designating a moving image for specifying is stored.

Further, in the storage device RAM33, a game is started from a starting opening winning switch S ₁ of the starting opening 13, an attacker count switch S ₂ in the special winning opening 23, and a V winning switch S ₃ provided in a specific area. A register area that stores information and configures a soft timer, a work area of the microcomputer 30, and the like are provided.

The storage device RAM33 has an address bus for unilaterally transmitting information designating an address for reading and writing data to and from the memory, and a data bus for exchanging data with the central control unit MPU and the storage device ROM32, RAM33. Connected.

Further, the central control unit MPU31 includes a power supply circuit, a voltage detection circuit which sends a reset signal through an OR gate when the power supply voltage deviates from an allowable voltage value, an oscillation circuit which generates a clock pulse, and a clock of the oscillation circuit. A frequency divider or the like that divides the pulse and sends a reset signal to the reset terminal via the OR gate is connected.

On the input side of the central control unit MPU, a starting opening winning switch S ₁ provided in the starting opening 13 via a waveform shaping circuit for preventing chattering, a count switch S ₂ in the special winning opening 23 and a specific area. The V winning switch S _{3 and the} like provided in 25 are connected, and the signal sent from each switch is shaped by the waveform shaping circuit to be transmitted as input data to the central control unit MPU31.

An I / O circuit is connected to the other input / output side of the central control unit MPU, and the I / O circuit has a second microcomputer 34 which functions as a second control means.
In addition, a solenoid (attacker solenoid) of the winning device 22 and a memory number display L constituting the standby recording lamp row 8
The ED, the windmill lamps A and B, and the side lamps A and B are connected. A storage ROM 37 for voice synthesis is further connected to the I / O circuit. This storage device RO
M36 stores data for synthesizing and outputting various messages and complicated sound effects to the amplifier side.

Further, a sound generator which receives sound data and outputs it to an amplifier is connected to the central control unit MPU31 via a data bus. As the sound data, as described above, the sound effects corresponding to the competition moving images x and y are output.

The second microcomputer 34 connected to the I / O circuit is provided with an LCD variable display MPU 35 and a driver, and the pattern combination display 6 composed of a liquid crystal display is connected to the driver. ing. Storage device ROM3 of the second microcomputer 34
6, the image data for displaying the competition moving images x, y output and displayed on the symbol combination display 6, the lottery symbols 7a,
Fixed data such as a display pattern of 7b, 7c (7a ', 7b', 7c ') and a jackpot display mode are stored, and constitute the image memory of the present invention.

Thus, the first microcomputer 30 and the second microcomputer 34 constitute the symbol control command means which is a constituent element of the present invention.

The control mode will be described in detail. In the storage device ROM 32 shown in FIG. 8, "0" to "199" are stored.
The winning random number sequence K, for example, a winning random number sequence L with “60” as a winning, a winning symbol random number sequence O,
, The defeat video random number sequence P, and lottery symbols 7a, 7b, 7c (7
The internal lost random number sequences M ₁ , M ₂ and M ₃ corresponding to a ′, 7b ′ and 7c ′) are stored in advance.

Then, at the same time when the ball passes through the starting port 13, the random number sequence K is selected. At this time, in the case of K = 60, the lottery symbols 7a, 7b, 7c fluctuate, and at the same time, a value is selected from the winning symbol random number sequence L, and the lottery symbols 7a, 7
The winning symbol displayed on b and 7c is fixed, and the winning video random number sequence O is randomly selected. Then, the lottery symbols 7a and 7b which are displayed large on the entire surface of the symbol combination display 6
Match, and the reach state, the lottery symbol 7
a, 7b is reprinted in the upper left small, and 7c is a lottery symbol 7
It is changed at the positions aligned with a and 7b. In synchronization with this, the main surface of the symbol combination display 6 is switched to the moving image display area f,
The winning competition moving picture x specified by the value of the randomly selected winning moving picture random number sequence O is displayed, and, for example, the winning competition moving picture x from the image a to the image e shown in FIG. 4 is continuously displayed. Then, a big hit is shown by the continuous display of the winning images c to e, and the lottery symbol 7c stops at the upper left in synchronization with the determination.

If the value of the random number sequence K is other than 60, the internal lost random number sequences M ₁ , M ₂ and M ₃ are selected by lottery and the display of the lottery symbols 7a, 7b and 7c is determined. At this time, if the symbol selected from the internal lost random number sequence M ₃ happens to be the same as the lottery symbols 7a and 7b,
The lottery symbol 7c is displayed one frame ahead, and the lottery symbol 7 is displayed.
Make sure that a, 7b, and 7c are lost. Then, in this process, if M ₁ = M ₂ , the defeat video random number sequence P
Lottery. Then, similarly to the above, the lottery symbols 7a and 7b displayed in large size on the entire surface of the symbol combination display device 6 coincide with each other, and the reach state is reached, and the lottery symbols 7a and 7b.
b is reprinted to the upper left small, the pattern combination display 6 is switched to the moving image display area f, and the defeat competition moving image y specified by the value of the randomly selected defeating moving image random number sequence P is displayed.
A series of defeat competition videos y including images a, b and f are continuously displayed. Then, the defeat image f is displayed to show the loss. Then, in synchronization with this, the fluctuation of the lottery symbol 7c is stopped and the display is confirmed.

In place of the defeat video random number sequence P, the defeat competition video y is selected based on the deviation between the symbols selected from the internal loss random number sequence M ₃ and the internal loss random number sequences M ₁ and M _2. It may be done. For example, lottery symbols 7a, 7
If b and 7c are confirmed as "7, 7, 6", then "7, 7"
Compared to the case of confirming with "7, 2", the video will be in a more regrettable mode. That is, taking a golf moving image as an example, the former is a mode in which the ball stops at the edge of the hole, and the latter is a mode in which the ball stops further away from the hole.

By doing so, it becomes possible to approximate the player's psychology to the determined symbol and the moving image content.

If the music is converted at the time of executing the above-mentioned competition moving images x and y, the feeling of uplifting is further enhanced. This is carried out by the sound processor which controls the speakers connected to the central control unit MPU shown in FIG.

Then, the display execution of the winning competition moving image x is completed, the lottery symbol 7c stops and the lottery symbols 7a, 7b,
7c is, for example, “1,1,1”, “2,2,2”, “3,”
When the symbols consisting of numbers or alphabets such as "3, 3", "4, 4, 4" are the same and the execution of the winning competition movie x is completed, it becomes a "big hit" and the notification device issues a fanfare. At the same time, the solenoid of the winning device 22 is driven to rotate the left and right wing pieces 24, 24, and the special winning opening 23 is formed by the guiding action of the wing pieces 24, 24.
The game ball is guided to.

In the above-mentioned configuration, a configuration is proposed in which the time from the reach to its determination is previously determined to have various lengths by a lottery value from random numbers. In such a configuration, the selection of the competition videos x and y is specified by the relationship with the random numbers, and the competition videos that are displayed at the same time are completed corresponding to the case of so-called long reach where the reach state is long. Select x and y.

As described above, the reach time is set such that the lottery symbols 7c stop changing at the same time that the competition moving images x and y designated by the winning moving image random number sequence O and the losing moving image random number sequence P are completely displayed. May be.

Further, with the confirmation of the lottery symbol 7c, a large re-display may be performed in the center again as shown in FIG. 2 to clearly show the confirmation content.

In the above-mentioned structure, the competition animations x and y have different data although the symbols a and b or the symbols m, n and o are common as shown in FIGS. It is composed by. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the common image group consisting of the symbols a and b or the symbols m, n, and o is used as common data, and the winning video random number sequence O and the losing video random number sequence P are set.
Of the winning images c to e or the images p, q, etc., or the defeating image group of the winning images f, r, etc., is joined to the tail of the common image group, thereby competing. The moving images x and y may be configured. That is, the competition moving images x and y refer to a series of actually displayed moving images and are not limitedly interpreted by the data processing means.

Further, as described above, in the configuration in which the time from the reach to the confirmation is set to various lengths, the common image group is prepared for a plurality of scenarios with different execution times, The common image group may be selected according to the reach state time.

Further, in the above-mentioned configuration, the moving picture display area f is secured in the symbol combination display and the competition moving pictures x and y are displayed and executed. However, the moving picture display area f is separately provided by the liquid crystal display or You may make it display by the moving image display which consists of a dot matrix display.

Although the above-described structure is applied to a pachinko machine, the present invention can be applied to a game machine having other structures such as a drum type throttle machine and an electronic game machine using a liquid crystal display screen. In this drum type throttle machine, the symbol combination display is constructed by the slot portion, and the moving image display for displaying the moving image display area f is separately arranged.

Further, in the above configuration, the lottery symbol 7
Although a, 7b, and 7c are set to be displayed and confirmed in synchronization with the completion of the competition video, for example, only the lottery symbols 7a and 7b are first variably displayed on the symbol combination display 6, and this becomes the same symbol. When the reach is reached, the lottery symbols 7a and 7b may be erased, only the competition moving image may be displayed on the screen, and the hit may be determined based on only the result to determine the loss.

According to the present invention, when the symbol combination display is in the reach state, the winning competition video is selected when the symbol combination is a hit display, and the defeat competition video is selected when the symbol combination is displayed. Since the competition video is selected to be displayed and executed in the video display area f, the dynamic image leading to the result of the competition of this competition video provides a new mode of expectation for the hit state following the reach state. Can be created in. In addition, it is possible to enjoy an auxiliary game using a liquid crystal screen or a dot matrix screen, and to fully utilize the function of this type of display device. Furthermore, the hit,
The determination of loss can be easily recognized from the game result. Thus, there is an excellent effect that the interest of the game can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a machine frame 2 of a pachinko machine 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the symbol combination display device 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the symbol combination display 6 in a state where a moving image display area f is secured.

FIG. 4 is a pictorial diagram showing a display example of competition moving images x and y which are soccer moving images.

FIG. 5 is a pattern diagram showing a display example of competition moving images x and y formed by golf moving images.

FIG. 6 is a pattern diagram showing a display example of competition moving images x and y which are soccer moving images having other configurations.

FIG. 7 is a competition movie x, which is a golf movie of another configuration.
It is a design diagram showing a display example of y.

FIG. 8 is a block circuit diagram showing a symbol control command means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Gaming machine 6 Design combination display 7a, 7b, 7c Lottery design 13 Starting port 22 Winning device 23 Special winning port x Victory competition video y Defeat competition video

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A variety of preset lottery symbols are variably displayed, and when a game ball passes through a starting opening equipped with a ball detection device, each lottery is based on a ball detection signal from the ball detection device. The pattern starts to change, and stops, and in the game board surface equipped with a symbol combination display that displays various combinations of symbols, the symbol combination display is composed of a liquid crystal display or a dot matrix display. Along with this, an image memory that stores image data for displaying a plurality of competition videos including a series of victory competition videos leading to victory images and a series of defeat competition videos leading to defeat images, and a pattern combination display device When the symbols are aligned (reach state) except for the lottery symbols that stop at the end, select the winning competition video if the symbol combination is a winning display, and lose if the symbol is lost. Select the north competition video,
A game machine characterized by comprising a design control command means for reading out the selected competition moving image from the image memory and displaying and outputting the competition moving image on the symbol combination display. 2. A variety of predetermined symbols are variably displayed, and when a game ball passes through a starting opening equipped with a ball detection device, each lottery symbol is based on a ball detection signal from the ball detection device. In the game board surface equipped with a symbol combination display that starts and stops changing and displays various combinations of symbols, with a moving image display composed of a liquid crystal display or a dot matrix display, The image memory that stores the image data for displaying multiple competition videos consisting of a series of winning competition videos leading to the winning images and a series of losing competition videos leading to the losing images, and the final design combination display When the symbols are aligned except for the lottery symbols that stop at (reach state), the winning competition video is selected when the symbol combination is a hit display, and the defeat competition video is displayed when the symbol display is lost. Select
A game machine characterized by comprising a design control command means for reading out the selected competition moving image from the image memory and displaying and outputting the competition moving image on a moving image display. 3. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the competition video is a soccer video, and the winning image is a goal image. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning / losing video is a golf video, and the winning image is a cup-in image.