JPH0722618B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine typified by a pachinko game machine and the like, and more specifically, it has a front frame and a game board, and a game area formed on the front surface of the game board. The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a ball is hit to play a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of ball game machine, one generally known in the past has been disclosed in, for example, JP-A-57-57.
There was one described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 195479. In this conventional ball game machine, for example, when a predetermined specific game state occurs, the variable winning ball device is controlled to a first state that is advantageous to the player, and a prize is won in the variable winning ball device. When the predetermined number of winning balls is detected by the winning ball detecting means for detecting the winning balls, the variable winning ball device is configured to be in the second state, which is disadvantageous to the player. Then, display means including a display lamp and the like for indicating that the specific game state has occurred is provided on the curtain plate of the game machine installation island and the central lower part of the game area. Then, the display means provided on the curtain board informs the clerk of the game hall that the specific game state has occurred, and also informs the surrounding players of the game, inspiring the players of the surroundings and giving the player a sense of superiority. In addition, the display means provided in the game area can inform the player that a specific game state has occurred.

[0003]

However, in this type of conventional ball game machine, the ball game machine shipped from the manufacturer is installed on the game machine installation island in the game arcade, and the game machine is installed. The display of the specific game state is not displayed unless it is connected to the ball game machine equipped with the display means for the specific game state attached to the island curtain plate by electric wiring, which is a complicated work of connecting the wiring. Not only is it necessary, but there is a drawback in that a wiring connection error may occur in which an incorrect wiring is connected during the wiring connection work in the game arcade.

Further, in this conventional ball game machine, after a specific game state occurs and the variable winning ball device is controlled to the first state, the winning ball won in the variable winning ball device is a winning ball. Since the variable winning ball detecting device is in the second state when the predetermined number is detected by the detecting means, the detecting operation cannot be performed by, for example, shifting the prize winning ball detecting means to a position where a ball cannot be detected or cutting the wiring. There were cases where fraud was made to change the status. Further, even if the winning ball detecting means fails, the detecting operation cannot be performed. When an abnormal state in which detection operation cannot be performed due to such a failure or fraud occurs, even if a predetermined number of winning balls are won in the variable winning ball apparatus which is in the first state due to the specific game state. Based on the winning, the variable winning ball device does not enter the second state, which causes inconvenience that normal game control cannot be performed. The present invention has been conceived in view of the actual situation, and an object thereof is to perform a wiring work for connecting the display means of the specific game state and the ball game machine side when displaying the specific game state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game machine which does not need to be performed and which can deal with an abnormality of the winning ball detecting means for detecting a winning ball that has won a prize in the variable winning ball device.

[0005]

The present invention is a ball-and-ball game machine having a front frame and a game board, in which a ball is hit in a game area formed on the front surface of the game board to perform a game. There is a variable winning ball device that can be changed between a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player.
The prize winning ball detecting means for detecting the prize winning balls won in the variable winning ball device and the variable winning ball detecting device for controlling the variable winning ball device to the first state when a predetermined specific game state occurs, and the winning ball detecting means. When a predetermined number of winning balls are detected by the control means for setting the variable winning ball device to the second state, and during the occurrence of the specific game state, an abnormal state in which the winning ball detecting means cannot detect is generated. Abnormality determination means for determining that an abnormality has occurred, alarm means for issuing an alarm when the abnormality determination means determines an abnormality, and first display means provided at substantially left and right end positions in the game area. A second display means provided in the front frame portion above the first display means, and a signal emitted from the control means is the first display means and the second display means. Is input to the first display means and By the second display means, characterized in that so as to display the fact that the specific gaming state occurs.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device are detected by the winning ball detecting means. By the operation of the control means, the variable winning ball device is controlled to the first state when a predetermined specific game state occurs, and the variable winning ball is detected when the predetermined number of winning balls is detected by the winning ball detecting means. The ball device is in the second state. During the period of occurrence of the specific game state, it is determined by the abnormality determining means that an abnormal state in which the winning ball detecting means cannot detect is generated, and when the abnormality is determined, the alarm means issues an alarm. . Then, the signal issued from the control means is input to the first display means provided at substantially left and right end positions in the game area and the second display means provided on the front frame portion above the first display means. Then, the fact that the specific game state has occurred is displayed by the first display means and the second display means.

[0007]

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. Pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG.
Is a so-called typical "fever" (registered trademark owned by the applicant) type variable display member 2 as an example of the specific game state appearance means, and the variable display member 2 thereof.
Variable winning ball device 3 whose opening and closing is controlled based on the display mode of
And are provided in the substantially central portion and the lower portion of the game board 4, respectively. The game board 4 is mounted on a front frame 25 which is openably and closably mounted.

Further, start winning holes 5, 6, 7 are provided on both left and right sides and the lower side of the variable display member 2. On the game board 4, further, safe holes 8, 9, 10, so-called yakmono 11, 12, which are generally called tulips, out holes 13, and other pachinko balls falling along the board surface of the game board 4 are changed. A windmill 14 and a large number of nails (not shown) are provided for giving the power.

The winning areas of these variable winning ball devices 3, starting winning holes 5, 6, 7 and safe holes 8, 9, 10, Yakumono 1
The pachinko balls that have won the prizes 1 and 12 are detected by the prize ball detecting sensors individually provided in the respective prize areas or the prize holes, or the pachinko balls that have won the prize areas or the prize holes are transferred to the back side of the game board 4. The winning of the pachinko ball is detected by a winning ball detection sensor that is commonly provided in a pachinko ball guiding path (not shown) arranged so as to guide the pachinko ball to a predetermined position on the back side. It
Then, the detected output is given to a well-known prize ball discharging mechanism, and is used for controlling the variable display member 2 and the yakmono 11, 12 as described above.

The winning holes such as the starting winning holes 5, 6, 7 and the safe holes 8, 9.10 are not limited to the winning holes for guiding the pachinko ball to the back surface of the game board 4 as described above, but the pachinko balls are used. It may be a passage area through which a sphere can pass. In that case,
A passing ball detection switch or the like for detecting a pachinko ball that has passed through the passing area may be provided, and the output thereof may output a prize ball release command or the like.

The variable display member 2 is composed of three drum display portions 15 arranged side by side and one digital display portion 16 provided above the drum display portions 15. Starting prize holes 5, 6,
When a pachinko ball is won in any one of 7, the display on the drum display section 15 and the digital display section 16 changes. The display is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time, or by pressing a stop button 17 provided at the center left end of the pachinko gaming machine 1. And
As shown in the figure, when the variable display member 2 displays, for example, "7", a so-called "all seven" state, a specific game state appears, a maximum value in the game is given, and the variable value is given. The winning ball device 3 is the longest,
For example, the open state is set for 30 seconds.

The variable winning ball device 3 is provided with a large horizontally long open / close plate 18 at the center thereof. In the second state in which the opening / closing plate 18 is closed, no pachinko balls can be won in the variable winning ball device 3, but in the first state in which the opening / closing plate 18 is open, the variable winning ball device 3 can easily receive a pachinko ball. Win a prize. The reference numerals 19 and 20 provided on the left and right sides of the variable winning ball device 3 are V winning lamps that are turned on when a specific winning hole in the variable winning ball device 3 is won. In the second state of the variable winning ball device 3, the hitting ball may not be impossible to win, but may be difficult to win.

Further, in the figure, within the game area of the game board 4 .
The corner lamps 21 and 22 which are an example of the first display means provided at substantially the left and right ends of the lamp are fever lamps that light up when the variable display member 2 is a so-called "all seven". Further, the reference numeral 24 provided above the stop button 17 is a stop lamp that blinks while the display of the variable display member 2 is changing. Furthermore, the lamp indicated by reference numeral 24 provided in the upper right of the front frame 25 of the pachinko gaming machine 56, the second display of the display of the variable display member 2 flashes when the so-called "all-Seven"
It is a fever lamp as an example of a means .

A front plate 26 is provided at the lower portion of the front frame 25 of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and a prize ball discharge port 27 and a hit ball supply plate 28 are provided on the surface thereof. Further, at the lower portion of the front plate 26, the hit ball handle 2
9, a surplus prize ball discharge port 30 and a surplus ball receiving tray 31 are provided. Here, the hitting ball supply tray 28 is used as a storage tray for temporarily storing the prize balls released from the prize ball outlet 27 and the pachinko balls borrowed by the player with a ball lending machine, and also stores the stored pachinko balls. It functions to supply the hit balls one at a time to a hitting ball feeder (not shown). The hitting ball handle 29 adjusts the hitting ball strength by turning the hitting ball handle 29 and hits a pachinko ball on the surface of the game board 4. It should be noted that when a display device that displays that fact when the display of the variable display member 2 is all sevens is also provided on the curtain board above the pachinko gaming machine 1, it is clearer that the specific gaming state has appeared. Is displayed in. Fever lamp 2
4 may be provided in a state of being projected forward from the front frame 25, or may be provided on the upper side portion of the front frame 25.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the variable winning ball device 3 used in the pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. The variable winning ball device 3 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The variable winning sphere device 3 is provided with a large horizontally long open / close plate 18 at the center of the front surface thereof. The opening / closing plate 18 is connected to the solenoid 35 via the operating lever 32, the connecting pin 33 and the connecting rod 34. Therefore, the opening / closing plate 18 opens and closes in response to the energization and deenergization of the solenoid 35. In the state where the opening / closing plate 18 is open, the winning area 36 appears in the variable winning ball device 3. Part of this winning area 36, for example, the central portion thereof, is the specific winning area 3
When the pachinko ball enters the specific winning area 37, the opening / closing plate 18 is once closed, and then the opening / closing plate 18 is opened again, for example, for 30 seconds. The pachinko ball that has won the winning area 36 including the specific winning area 37 rolls in the winning ball passage 38 and drops downward from the exit hole 39.
On the outside of the peripheral surface of the exit hole 39, a winning ball detector 40 is provided as shown by a dotted line. Therefore, all of the pachinko balls that have won the winning area 36 including the specific winning area 37 are detected by the winning ball detector 40.

The structure in the vicinity of the exit hole 39 of the variable winning ball device 3 of this embodiment is relatively crowded, and a passage such as a passage 38 through which a pachinko ball passes or falls, an exit hole 39, or the like is provided with a micro switch or the like. It is difficult to provide a switch with a protruding actuator. Therefore, in this embodiment, the winning ball detector 40 is configured by a so-called proximity switch so that the actuator portion of the detection switch does not protrude into the inside of the exit hole 39 or the like. This proximity switch uses a magnet sensor that detects a magnetic flux that changes due to passage of a pachinko ball in this embodiment. Instead of such a magnet sensor, a photo sensor or the like that detects passage of a pachinko ball by blocking light can be used. Of course, if there is enough space, an actuator such as a micro switch should be installed in the outlet hole 39.
Alternatively, the actuator may be pushed down by the passage of a pachinko ball so that the actuator is pushed down.

Further, the specific winning area 37 is provided with a specific winning ball detector 41, which detects whether or not a pachinko ball is won in the specific winning area 37.
When a pachinko ball is won in the specific winning area 37, the pachinko ball is detected by the specific winning ball detector 41, and then the detected pachinko ball reaches the exit hole 39 through the winning ball passage 38. ing. The specific winning area 37 may be provided in a place other than the winning area of the variable winning ball device 3.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control-related part of this embodiment. In the figure, each output of the variable display member 2 and the variable winning ball device 3 is given to the CPU 44 via a multiplexer 42 and an analog / digital (A / D) converter 43. The multiplexer 42 is a CPU
A switching element controlled by the CPU 44
It is for selecting the input signal to be given to the signal line 4.
The A / D converter 43 is for converting the analog signal given from the multiplexer 42 into a digital signal suitable for the CPU 44.

The CPU 44 is the control center of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and performs all electronic control of the pachinko gaming machine 1. In this embodiment, the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is configured so as to be immobilized in the case of an illegal act, but it is not shown in the figure. In the case of the deactivating structure, the hitting device (not shown) and the CPU 44 may be connected via the I / O interface 45.

The CPU 44 is coupled with a ROM 46 in which an operation program of the CPU 44 is stored and a RAM 47 capable of writing and reading predetermined data, and the CPU 4
The clock from the oscillator 48 is applied to the clock input terminal CK of No. 4. The oscillator 48 is for supplying the CPU 44 with a clock of a CPU cycle which is a reference of operation. The CPU 44 constitutes a so-called soft timer that updates the count value cumulatively stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 47 at predetermined cycles of the clock from the oscillator 48, and measures the remaining time of an arbitrary set time and so on. You can

The output of the CPU 44 is the solenoid 35 provided in the variable winning ball apparatus 3 through the I / O interface 45 for ensuring the signal level matching with the external circuit, which has been described with reference to FIG. The fever lamp 24, the corner lamps 21 and 22, the V winning lamps 19 and 20, and the alarm device 49 are selectively given. The specific game state is generated by the CPU 44.
Drive control of the variable winning ball device to the first state when
The control means is configured to do so. And this control means
The signal emitted from the fever lamp 24,
Input to the inner lamps 21 and 22, and as a result,
By the bar lamp 24 and the corner lamps 21 and 22, the front
The fact that the specific game state has occurred is displayed.

FIG. 5 is an illustrative view showing data stored in the RAM 47. In order to control the variable winning ball apparatus 3 in this embodiment, at least the RAM 84 has a timer area 50 and a first counter area 5 as shown in FIG.
1, V flag area 52 and second counter area 53
Is provided. The timer area 50 is an area in which a predetermined measurement time is stored. The first counter area 51 is an area in which the number of pachinko balls that win the prize area 36 is stored. The V flag area 52 is an area set in response to the specific winning ball detector 41 detecting a pachinko ball. The second counter area 53 is an area for storing the number of times the variable winning ball device 3 has been opened.

FIG. 1 is a view best showing the features of the embodiment of the present invention and shows the timing of the control operation of the variable winning ball device 3. FIG. 1 shows a normal state in which the open / close plate 18 of the variable winning ball device 3 shown by A opens and a pachinko ball wins the variable winning ball device 3 and a variable winning ball device 3 shown by B.
Winning ball detector 40 is removed or winning ball detector 4
The drawing is divided into three cases: an illegal state such as when the wiring of 0 is cut, and a case where the pachinko ball does not win at all in the open / closed state of the variable winning ball device 3 shown by C.

6 and 7 are flow charts showing the control procedure when the variable winning ball device 3 of this embodiment is in the so-called "all seven" state.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Starting prize holes 5, 6, 7
When a pachinko ball wins any of the two, the variable display member 2
Starts to change, and the display of the variable display member 2 stops after the stop button 17 is pressed or after a certain period of time elapses. During this period, the stop lamp 23 blinks to inform the player that the stop button 17 can be pressed.

After the display of the variable display member 2 is stopped, the CP
U44 switches the multiplexer 42 to change the variable display member 2
Signal is read and the display contents of the drum display unit 15 and the digital display unit 16 are determined. Then, when the display of the variable display member 2 is not "all seven", that is, when all the displays of the drum display unit 15 and the digital display unit 16 of the variable display member 2 are not "7", the process proceeds to another process. If "all seven", a specific game state occurs, the timer is started, the elapsed time is updated and stored in the timer area 50 of the RAM 47, and the solenoid 35 is turned on so that the variable winning ball device 3 Opening plate 18
To the first state, and then the fever lamp 24
And the corner lamps 21 and 22 are turned on (steps S1 to S4). In addition, the first of the variable winning ball device 3
In this state, the open / close plate 18 may be alternately opened and closed. Further, the variable winning ball device 3 is opened and closed a predetermined number of times (once or twice) based on the start winning of a ball, and the specific game state is set based on that the ball that has entered during that time has won the specific winning area 37. It may be generated.

Next, it is determined whether or not a pachinko ball has won in the specific winning area 37 of the variable winning ball device 3, that is, whether or not there is a V winning (step S5). If it is not a V winning, it is further determined whether or not a pachinko ball has been won in the winning area 36 (step S6). This distinction is
This is done based on the outputs of the specific winning ball detector 41 and the winning ball detector 40. And when there is a winning ball, RA
+1 is written in the first counter area 51 of M47, and when there is no winning ball, the process proceeds as it is (step S7). In step S8, it is determined whether or not the value stored in the first counter 51 is "10". If the first counter 51 is not "10", then the value of the timer 50 is "30 seconds". It is determined whether or not (step S9). Timer 50
If the value of is also less than “30 seconds”, the process returns to step S5 and the same process is repeated.

In step S5, the CPU 44 determines whether or not there is a V winning, and the V winning, that is, the specific winning area 3
When it is determined that a pachinko ball has won in 7, RAM4
7 V flag area 52 is set (step S1
4) Then, it is determined whether or not there is a winning ball for 30 seconds, that is, whether or not the winning ball detector 40 detects a pachinko ball (steps S15 and S16). In this way, the determination as to whether or not there is a winning ball for a maximum of 30 seconds is repeated because the output of the specific winning ball detector 41 is the CPU 44.
The output of the winning ball detector 40 is given to the CPU 4
This is because it takes a certain amount of time before inputting into 4. That is, the pachinko ball passes through the specific winning area 37, is detected by the specific winning ball detector 41, and then passes through the winning ball passage 38, falls through the exit hole 39, and is detected by the winning ball detector 40. This is because the rolling time of the ball must be taken into consideration, or the ball of a pachinko ball can be clogged. Even if a ball clogging occurs, the ball clogging is often resolved by the next winning ball, such as a pachinko ball. Therefore, it seems that there is no problem if a 30-second margin is provided for detecting and determining the winning ball. . Normally, a winning ball is detected a few seconds or 1-2 seconds after a V winning is detected.

When a winning ball is detected, +1 is written in the first counter area 51 in step S7, and the first counter 5
Increment 1 by +1. Next, the CPU 44 determines whether the value of the second counter area 52 is "10". As shown in FIG. 1A, in a normal state, it is easy to win 10 pachinko balls within 30 seconds if the opening / closing plate 18 of the variable winning ball device 3 is open. The value of the first counter area 51 often becomes 10 by 30 seconds. For example, FIG.
As shown in, 10 pachinko balls are won in 26 seconds.

Then, in step S10, the CPU
Reference numeral 44 determines whether or not the V flag area 52 is set. The V flag area 52 is set if one pachinko ball wins the specific winning area 37 while the pachinko ball wins the winning area 36 or while the variable winning ball device 3 is open for 30 seconds, whichever is shorter. (Step S14), if the V flag area 52 is set, CP
The operation of U44 proceeds to step S17. And CP
U44 resets the timer 50, resets the first counter 51, and temporarily turns off the solenoid 35 (steps S17 to S19). As a result, the plate of the variable winning ball device 3 is once closed. Then, the CPU 44 uses the second counter 5
It is determined whether or not the value of 3 is "10". The second counter 53 stores the number of times the variable winning ball device 3 is opened, and when the value of the second counter 53 is "10", the opening of the variable winning ball device 3 is completed, so-called "big hit" state. Ends. When the value of the second counter 53 is not "10", the CPU 44 turns on the solenoid 35 and increments the second counter 53 by +1 (steps S20 to S).
22), and the operation from step S5 is repeated again. That is, this causes the open / close plate 18 of the variable winning ball device 3 to be opened again for a maximum of 30 seconds, and the so-called "big hit" state is repeatedly repeated.

If there is one pachinko ball in the variable winning ball device 3,
If no pachinko ball wins in the specific winning area 37 while 0 winnings or while the timer 50 counts 30 seconds,
Since the V flag area 52 is not set, the CPU 44
Control proceeds from step S10 to step S11.
Then, the CPU 44 turns off the solenoid 35 to close the opening / closing plate 18, further turns off the fever lamp 24 and the corner lamps 21 and 22, and clears the timer area 50, the first counter area 51 and the second counter area 53 of the RAM 47. So-called "all seven"
The control state of (3) is terminated and the control returns to the normal control.

Even when the pachinko balls are successively won in the specific winning area 37 and the open state of the variable winning ball device 3 for 30 seconds is repeated one after another, the number of times of repetition is " When the number of times reaches 10 ", the so-called" all seven "state ends, and the control returns to the normal control state (step S20). In this way, the repetition of the open state of the variable winning ball device 3 is controlled so that the maximum is 10 times in a row at most. In addition, this repeated continuation control is performed at the time when the specific winning ball detector 41 detects the output.
It is also possible to end the first state of the variable winning ball apparatus at that time in the middle, once set the variable winning ball apparatus 3 to the second state, and then again set it to the first state and continue to repeat.

As described above, in the normal state, as shown in FIG. 1A, when the variable winning ball device 3 is in the open state, the pachinko ball is very easily won in the variable winning ball device 3. Also, some of the pachinko balls that enter the prize area 36 of the variable prize ball device 3 enter the specific prize area 37. FIG. 1A shows that when the opening / closing plate 18 of the variable winning ball device 3 is opened for the first time, that is, the first state which is advantageous to the player for the first time, the winning area 36 is 10 times in 26 seconds.
Since one of the pachinko balls has won the prize and one of the balls has won the specific prize area 37, the first state that is advantageous to the player is updated by the signal. In the second state of the first time, 10 pachinko balls enter the winning area 36 within 18 seconds when the opening / closing board 18 is opened, and one of them enters the specific winning area 37, so that the opening / closing board 18 is further opened. In the first state for the third time after the restart, the winning area 36
Timing chart when 10 hepatin balls are won, and in this case, no pinballs are won in the specific winning area 37, so the first state advantageous to the player, that is, the so-called "big hit" state is finished. Is. In any case, the prize winning area 36 is within a time period shorter than 30 seconds which is the reference time for the variable winning ball device 3 to keep the open state.
In the figure, 10 pachinko balls are won and one open state ends. In addition, the first state of the variable winning ball device 3 is the number of winning hits (1
It is also possible to complete the process with only 0) and remove the restriction on the opening time (30 seconds).

Next, in the state as shown in FIG. 1C, that is, when no pachinko ball is won in the variable winning ball device 3, it is regarded as normal and no alarm is output. In this case, the player does not intentionally hit the ball,
It is conceivable that the pachinko ball does not accidentally win the variable winning ball device 3.

Next, the control operation when a fraud is made will be described. The timing diagram for this case is shown in FIG. 1B. When a fraud is made, for example, the wiring of the prize-winning ball detector 40 is left as it is, and the prize-winning ball detector 40 is physically detached to be in a dangling state or the like, and the detection of the pachinko ball winning the prize-winning area 36 is detected. This is to put the detector 40 in a non-operational state. Moreover, it is to cut off the electrical connection of the winning ball detector 40. Alternatively, it is to destroy the winning ball detector 40 itself.

In such a case, in FIG. 7, the V winning in the specific winning area 37 is detected by the specific winning ball detector 41 (step S5, see FIG. 6), and there is no winning ball within 30 seconds after that. (Steps S15 and S16). In this case, first, the CPU 11 turns off the solenoid 35 and resets the timer area 50 and the first counter area 51 of the RAM 47 (steps S23 and S2).
5). Further, the second counter 53 is incremented by +1 (step S25), the solenoid 35 is turned on again (step S26), and the opening / closing plate 18 of the variable winning ball device 3 is opened.

Then, it is determined whether or not there is a winning ball for 5 seconds thereafter (steps S27 and S28). As described above, even if the variable winning ball device 3 does not detect the winning ball due to the V winning in the specific winning area 37 within 30 seconds when the variable winning ball device 3 is opened once, the variable winning ball device 3 is set to 5 again.
The reason for opening only for a second and determining whether there is a winning ball during that time is based on the following reasons.

That is, while the variable winning ball device 3 is open for 30 seconds, the pachinko ball may be blocked immediately before the winning ball detector 40 and stopped. Also,
The pachinko ball just before the variable winning ball device 3 is closed may win the variable winning ball device 3. In such a case, the pachinko ball that is caught by the next winning pachinko ball may start rolling. In addition, the pachinko ball that has won the prize immediately before is detected when the next state becomes the first state. Therefore, in such a case, the CPU 4
The variable winning ball apparatus 3 is again opened for 5 seconds so that the determination result of No. 4 is not erroneously determined. If there are still no winning balls, as shown in steps S29 to S31, the solenoid 35 is turned off to close the opening / closing plate 18 of the variable winning ball device 3, and the fever lamps and the corner lamps 21 and 22 are turned off. And R
AM47 timer area 50, first counter area 51
After clearing the second counter area 53, a signal is given to an alarm device 49 having at least one of an alarm sound output unit and an alarm display unit to perform alarm processing. The alarm process in this case is, for example, a process of issuing an alarm or turning on an illegal lamp or the like. Then, the pachinko gaming machine 1 stops the control of the variable winning ball device 3 and the variable winning ball device 3 is disabled and the second state is maintained. Therefore, the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is substantially immobilized. The second state of the variable winning ball device may be maintained even if the hitting ball later starts and wins. Further, as another example of immobilization, power supply to an electric / electronic circuit board of an example of electric / electronic control means of a pachinko gaming machine is stopped, a ball-striking device for firing a ball is immobilized, The supply of hit balls to the hitting device may be stopped. Steps S5 and S14
By S16 and S23 to S28, abnormality determination means for determining that an abnormal state in which the winning ball detection means cannot perform the detection operation is formed during the occurrence of the specific game state. The S31 and the alarm device 49 constitute alarm means for issuing an alarm when the abnormality determining means determines an abnormality.

The present invention is not applicable only to a pachinko gaming machine of the type used in the description of the above embodiment, but a pachinko machine having a variable winning ball device having a configuration other than that used in the description of this embodiment. Even a gaming machine can be similarly applied by a simple design change.

[0042]

According to the present invention, the signal emitted from the control means provided in the ball game machine is the first display means provided in the game area and the second display means provided in the front frame. By inputting to the display means, the fact that the specific game state has occurred is displayed by the first display means and the second display means, so that the manufacturer displays the first and second display means. It becomes possible to ship to the game hall with the wiring connection work required to display and, and at the game hall, after the received ball game machine is placed in the predetermined position, the ball game Even if the wiring connection work between the machine and the first and second display means is not performed, it is possible to display that the specific game state has occurred. Further, because the first display means is provided in the game area, there is a possibility that the portion where the first display means is provided may interfere with the installation of obstacle nails or the like. Since the first display means are provided at the substantially left and right end positions in which the hit balls do not fly very much, the inconvenience can be minimized as much as possible. Moreover, since the second display means is provided in the front frame portion above the substantially left and right end positions in the game area in which the first display means is provided, the display of the second display means The position is relatively high, so that the staff at the game hall can easily see it, and the surrounding players can see it easily, which can effectively inspire the nearby players. Furthermore, during an occurrence period of the specific game state, an alarm is issued when an abnormal state in which the winning ball detection means cannot detect the operation occurs, so that it is possible to inform the staff of the game hall, etc. that the abnormality has occurred. , It is possible to prevent the inconvenience of continuing the game with the abnormality occurring as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a timing chart showing a characteristic of a control operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a variable winning ball device.

FIG. 4 is a configuration block diagram of a control device used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 5 is an illustrative view showing a memory map of a RAM included in the control device.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining a control operation procedure of this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining a control operation procedure of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a pachinko gaming machine, 2 is a variable display device, 3 is a variable winning ball device, 5, 6 and 7 are start winning holes, 37 is a specific winning area, 38 is a winning ball passage, 39 is an exit hole, and 40 is a winning ball. A detector, 41 is a specific winning ball detector, 44 is a CPU, 47 is RAM, 49 is an alarm device, and 24 is a fever lamp.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball-and-ball game machine having a front frame and a game board, in which a ball is hit in a game area formed on the front surface of the game board to play a game, which is advantageous for a player. The variable winning ball device that can be changed between the first state and the second state that is disadvantageous to the player, and the winning ball detecting means that detects the winning ball that has won the variable winning ball device, are predetermined. When the specific game state occurs, the variable winning ball device is controlled to the first state, and when the predetermined number of winning balls is detected by the winning ball detecting means, the variable winning ball device is set to the second state.
Of the control means, an abnormality determination means for determining that an abnormal state in which the winning ball detection means cannot detect during the occurrence of the specific game state, and the abnormality determination means An alarm means for issuing an alarm when determined, a first display means provided at substantially left and right end positions in the game area, and a first display means provided on the front frame portion above the first display means. And a second display means, wherein the signal emitted from the control means is the first display means and the second display means.
And a display means that the specific game state has been generated by the first display means and the second display means.