JPH0731734A - Japanese pinball game (pachinko) machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the sense of expectation of a game player by displaying a pattern on a display so that a prescribed story advances in order, in accordance with the number of times of continuous opening of a great prize-winning port. CONSTITUTION:When a game is started, image data of a specific title is read in from a ROM and displayed on a display 5. Subsequently, each display element of the display 5 is ignited to image data read in from the ROM and an inversion display is repeated in a prescribed cycle. When prize-winning is executed to a start prize-winning port 8, numerals of 0-9 and each pattern for constituting a title image are displayed horizontally in three lines from the ROM, and also, each line is rotated at random. When the patterns become uniform horizontally at the time of stop after a prescribed time, an image is varied to a great hit display. Next, a great prize-winning port 6 is opened. In accordance with the number of times of continuous opening of this great price-winning port 6, a display image on the display 5 is advanced and varied successively in accordance with a story of the title.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which symbols that progress in a story-like manner are sequentially displayed on the display as the special winning opening continues to open by meeting specific winning conditions. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A display consisting of a large number of display elements such as a liquid crystal panel is provided in the center of a game board, and when a hit ball enters a predetermined starting winning opening, a symbol such as a three-digit number displayed on the display. Fluctuate so that they rotate all at once, and the rotation stops after a predetermined time, and if the symbols are aligned with a certain probability, such as "7, 7, 7", the so-called "big hit becomes on the game board surface". There is known a pachinko machine configured so that a special winning opening is opened by the operation of a solenoid, and a hit ball is in an extremely easy state to enter, which is advantageous to a player.

By the way, the above-mentioned special winning opening is 3 after opening.
A control circuit is built so that it will close when 0 seconds elapses or 10 hits are entered, but there is a specific area called the V zone inside the special winning opening. When the ball hits, the special winning opening closes and opens immediately so that the ball can be easily hit again. A pachinko machine having a control circuit so that the special winning opening can be continuously opened up to 16 times by such a V zone winning has been conventionally known.

While the special winning opening is open, the number of hit balls entering the special winning opening is displayed on the display one after another, and when the hitting ball enters the V zone, a display celebrating that is displayed on the display. I am trying to do it.

[0005]

By the way, although the pachinko machines used today are equipped with a display having a considerable display capability as described above, what is displayed on the display is a numeral or It was nothing more than a simple design, and did not fully meet the expectations of game players.

[0006]

The pachinko machine of the present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems. An electronic display is provided on a game board surface, and when a hit ball enters a predetermined starting winning opening, a variable pattern is displayed on the display. Is displayed, the special winning opening is opened when the variable symbols are aligned with a certain probability, and the number of balls hit into the special winning opening is displayed on the display while the special winning opening is opened. When the number reaches a certain number, the special winning opening is closed, and when the hit ball enters a specific area of the special winning opening while the special winning opening is open, the special winning opening is closed once. Even in a pachinko machine configured to be continuously opened within a predetermined number of times, a pattern that sequentially progresses in a story-like manner according to the number of continuous opening of the special winning opening in a few seconds immediately before the special winning opening is opened. Read the above Characterized in that it was to be displayed on Rei.

[0007]

[Function] The symbols are displayed on the display so that a predetermined story progresses in sequence according to the number of times the special winning opening is continuously opened, so that the player can sense the situation in which the game is progressing more and more advantageously. It is possible to convey and further enhance the real pleasure of pachinko.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a front view of this pachinko machine, in which 1 is a game board, 2 is a handle, and 3 and 4 are ball trays. Game board 1
29 (longitudinal) × with many nails, windmills, winning holes, etc. on the surface
An electronic display 5 such as a liquid crystal display including 49 (horizontal) dot matrices is provided. Further, 6 is a big winning opening in which the movable plate 7 is tilted forward by the operation of the solenoid 9 and opened, which makes it very easy for a ball flowing down on the surface of the game board 1 to win a prize, and 8 is a starting winning entrance described later. Is.

The liquid crystal display 5 and the special winning opening 6
The solenoid 9 and the like are operated by the control circuit composed of the microcomputer shown in FIG. That is, this control circuit is composed of a read-only memory ROM in which game contents, image data, etc. are stored, a central control unit CPU, an input interface I and an output interface O, and whether or not a hit ball at the start winning port 8 is won. , And the number of winning balls of the special winning opening 6 are input to the central control unit CPU via the input interface I.

A special zone called a V zone is formed in the center in the special winning opening 6, and when a hit ball is won in the particular area (called V zone), it is provided in the special winning opening 6. The V-switch 10 is activated and the signal is input to the central control unit CPU via the input interface I. In addition to the display 5 and the solenoid 9, a winning display lamp, a sound effect driver, etc. are connected to the output interface O.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the operation of this pachinko machine. R on the display 5 after the start
Image data of the title as illustrated in FIG. 4 is read from the OM and displayed. (Step a). That is, each display element of the display 5 is fired according to the image data read from the ROM, and the inverted display of "Momotaro" as shown in (a) and (b) is repeated at a constant cycle.

Then, when a hit ball is won in the starting winning opening 8 (step b), the CPU reads each number from 0 to 9 as shown in FIG. 5 and each symbol of monkey, bird, dog, Momotaro and demon from the ROM. , These numbers and patterns are displayed side by side in three rows on the display 5, and the display of each row is randomly updated so that the display rotates, and after a lapse of a fixed time, the rotation is stopped and stopped. When the display at this time has a certain probability, for example, "1, 1, 1", "7, 7, 7", etc., the CPU determines that it is a big hit. (Step d). If it is not determined to be a big hit, the process returns to step b.

When it is judged as a big hit, zero is stored in the algebra R which stores the number of continuous open times (step e), and
The big hit image data is read from the ROM and displayed on the display 5. Image data when this big hit occurs,
As shown in FIG. 6, the pattern of “peach” appears first, and this is changing in order, and “Momotaro” appears from among “peach”, and the display with “big hit” is displayed like a banner. It gives a strong impression that the player has hit the jackpot with something coming down.

When the display of the big hit is finished, subsequently, in step g, image data which changes in accordance with the number of continuous open times R is read from the ROM and displayed on the display 5. Immediately after the big hit, R = O is stored in step e, so that the design of "old man" and "first time" are displayed as shown in the upper left of FIG. When the solenoid 9 is operated, the special winning opening 6 is opened (step h), and at the same time, the algebra V indicating whether or not there is a winning in the V zone is set to zero. (Step i).

In this way, it is very easy for a hit ball to enter the special winning opening 6. Figure 8 shows the number of winning balls
It is displayed on the display 5 as shown in (a), (b) and (c). That is, while the special winning opening 6 is open, the symbol "Momotaro" is displayed on both sides of the display 5, the number of winning balls (8 in the figure) is displayed on the "demon" face in the middle, and both are moving forward. To move your legs up and down as you go (a) →
This display is repeated while the special winning opening 6 is opened as shown in (b) → (c) → (b).

Then, when the number of winning balls to the special winning opening 6 becomes 10 or more (step k), or 29.5 seconds elapses after the special winning opening 6 is opened (step m), the special winning prize is given. The mouth 6 is closed. (Step p).

If the hit ball enters the so-called V zone within the special winning opening 6 while the special winning opening 6 is open, the V switch 1
0 is activated (step l), and the image data of the celebration V zone prize read from the ROM is displayed on the display 5. (Step n). As shown in FIG. 9, the display of this congratulatory V-zone is V-shaped in the center, "Momotaro" and "Oni" are displayed at both ends, and (A) and (B) are displayed alternately to make a banzai. Is making a move. Then, as shown in step O, the algebra V is set to 1 and the process returns to step m.

When the number of winning balls in the special winning opening 6 becomes 10 or more, or 29.5 seconds have passed, step p
At the same time, the special winning opening 6 is closed, and as shown in step g, 1 is added to the algebra R of the number of times of continuous opening, and whether the numerical value is less than 16 as a result of the addition is checked in step r.
If it is less than 16, it is further determined in step s whether or not the algebra V is 1, and when V = 1, that is, when the last special winning opening 6 is opened, the hit ball wins the V zone. It is determined whether or not there is a winning, and if there is a winning, the process returns to step g.

In step g, the image data in the order of the R number is read from the ROM and displayed on the display 5, so that, for example, in the case of R = 1, the "second grandmother" pattern is displayed together with the "second grandmother" pattern shown in FIG. To be done. Then, the special winning opening 6 is opened again to facilitate the winning of a hit ball, and the display on the display 5 is changed to that shown in FIG. Then, as in the previous time, when 10 prizes have been won or 29.5 seconds have passed, the special winning opening 6 is closed and the presence / absence of a V zone edge prize is detected during that time. After closing the special winning opening 6, 1 is further added to the algebra R in step g, and R ≧ 16? , V = 1 in step s? And R <16 and V = 1
In the case of, it returns to step g again.

At this time, in step g, 1 is added to the previous algebra R, so that, for example, when R = 2, the display of "third time" and "peach" in FIG. After the displayed symbol is displayed, the special winning opening 6 is opened again. And the number of balls in the special winning opening 6 and V
The winning of the zone is checked in the same manner as described above, and the results are sequentially displayed on the display 5.

As described above, if the special winning opening 6 is opened and the hit ball is in the V zone, even if the big winning opening 6 is once closed, it is immediately opened again, that is, an interval of several seconds before the opening, that is, While the special winning opening 6 is closed, the display 5 displays a pattern according to the number of continuous open times R as shown in FIG. This pattern is from the 1st time to the 16th time, and expresses the story of the fairy tale "Momotaro's Oni Taiji" addressed to one frame.

When the 16th consecutive opening is completed, the process moves to step t by step r, and the big hit end image data as shown in FIG. 10 is read and displayed on the display 5. This display is shown on the display 5 in FIG.
The symbols are displayed in order from the left side in the middle, indicating the celebration procession of the group of "Momotaro". When this display ends, the process returns to step a, and it is waited for a hit ball to enter the starting winning opening 8 and the display pattern on the display 5 to rotate and a big hit.

If the hit ball does not enter the V zone while the special winning opening 6 is open, the process shifts from step s to step a on the way to the 16th time and the continuous opening is finished.

[0024]

As described above, in the pachinko machine of the present invention, image data that changes according to the number of continuous opening of the special winning opening is displayed on the display during the interval in which the special winning opening is closed. Since the story can be expressed to the player, it is possible to enjoy the real pleasure that the game progresses more and more advantageously each time the number of consecutive releases is overlapped by one, which has the effect of further increasing the interest of the conventional pachinko.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a display example of a display of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a display example of the display of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a display example of the display of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a display example of the display of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a display example of the display of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a display example of the display of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a display example of the display of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game board 5 Electronic display 6 Big winning hole 8 Starting winning hole 9 Solenoid

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic display is provided on a game board surface, and when a hit ball enters a predetermined starting winning opening, a variable design is displayed on the display, and the large winning opening is opened so that the varying design is aligned with a certain probability, The number of hit balls that entered the special winning opening is displayed on the display while the special winning opening is opened, and when the number of the winning balls reaches a certain number, the special winning opening is closed, and further, the special winning opening In a pachinko machine configured to be continuously opened within a predetermined number of times even if the hit ball enters a specific area of the special winning opening while being opened, A pachinko machine characterized in that, in a few seconds immediately before the special winning opening is opened, symbols that progress in a story-like manner in sequence are read according to the number of times the special winning opening is continuously opened and displayed on the display.