JPH0759924A - Pattern display of pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display patterns on a display board of a pachinko game machine according to the combination of pictures. CONSTITUTION:A display board 20 is of a liquid crystal display type divided into three upper, medium and lower stages of display regions 20a-20c. Pattern elements of 15 pieces are laterally continuously scrolled and displayed in the respective display regions. The respective pattern elements are constituted to be combined with a specified pattern element in the other display regions and provide a completed pattern. When a pachinko ball wins a prize in a first kind starting port 13, the pattern elements in the respective display regions start to be scrolled by a drive device. After a predetermined time, the scroll is stopped sequentially from the lower stage and one pattern element is decided and displayed on the display board. The pattern completed by the respective pattern elements is displayed to show the generation of a so-called big win. Thus, an effect of beauty is improved, compared with the display of the big win by numeral combination so that a player can enjoy the variation of patterns on the display board surface in addition to the game itself.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a symbol display device for a pachinko gaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a symbol display device for a pachinko gaming machine of this type has a display board such as a liquid crystal television provided at the center of the gaming board of the pachinko gaming machine, as shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 124192/1990. It is divided into three display areas in the horizontal direction, and scrolls numbers or symbols containing numbers from the lower side to the upper side of the display board or from the upper side to the lower side, and displays while sequentially stopping the display of each display area. By adopting the method, the method of increasing the expectation until the so-called big hit was adopted. However, the symbol displayed on the symbol display device of the pachinko gaming machine as described above indicates a big hit when the numbers displayed in the three display areas are the same, and the numbers mainly make up the surrounding pictures. Only served as a decoration. Therefore, since the display is monotonous and lacks aesthetic effect, there is a problem that it is lacking in enjoying the change of the display surface in addition to the game.

On the other hand, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-1974.
The symbol display device of the pachinko gaming machine shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 74 has a plurality of rotating drums that are vertically arranged horizontally and on the outer peripheral surface of which a plurality of symbol elements are drawn. Then, the rotating drum rotates in the horizontal direction, and at the time of stopping, a certain symbol is displayed by a combination of the symbol elements drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum, so that the player is informed of the jackpot. There is. Therefore, the display is rich in variation and the aesthetic effect is enhanced, so that the player can enjoy the variation of the display surface of the display plate in addition to the game.

[0004]

However, although the symbol display device of the pachinko gaming machine as described above has the above aesthetic effect, the display device is constituted by the rotating drums separated from each other, and between the rotating drums. There is a problem that the aesthetic effect is impaired by the fact that the integral pattern of the corners is divided by the gap because of the clear division. Further, since the symbol elements are limited to those provided on the rotary drum, there is no room to change the jackpot symbol any further, and there is also a problem that the change of the display plate surface after the jackpot cannot be enjoyed. Further, when the rotating drum is used as the display element, the rotation of the finally determined rotating drum is slowed down, once stopped and then rotated again to be finally stopped, or the rotating drum is returned in the opposite direction. It is not easy to make changes freely, so the process until the big hit occurs is monotonous, and the expectation until the big hit occurs is also low. The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problem, and by making the display contents of the display board a pattern, the change of the board surface can be diversified, and in addition to enjoying the game, it is also possible to enjoy the change of the display board surface. An object is to provide a symbol display device for a game machine.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the structural feature of the invention according to claim 1 is that a plurality of upper and lower parts are provided in the center of a game board of a pachinko gaming machine and horizontally divided. A rectangular display board having a tiered symbol element display area, and a plurality of types of symbol elements displayed in the symbol element display area, where each symbol element displayed in one of the symbol element display areas is A plurality of design elements that are continuously changed and displayed in the design element display area while the design elements that are configured by the combination with the specific design elements displayed in the design element display area to be completed designs are displayed continuously. Display driving means for sequentially stopping and displaying the change of the symbol elements in the symbol element display area, starting and stopping the display driving of the symbol elements by the display driving means, and predetermined when the symbol display is confirmed In providing the display drive control means for controlling to combine the symbol that has been completed by the same symbols elements in each symbol element display area probability.

Further, the structural feature of the invention according to claim 2 is that, in the symbol display device of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, the display drive control means sequentially determines when the symbol display is determined. When the symbol element displays the same content, the final undetermined symbol element is confirmed while delaying the movement of the symbol element, or the movement of the symbol element is temporarily stopped and the movement is restarted and then confirmed. Or, it is to add the symbol element confirmation mode control means for controlling the mode of the determination by making the movement direction the opposite direction to be determined.

Further, the structural feature of the invention according to claim 3 is that in the symbol display device of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, the display drive control means,
At the time of confirming the symbol display, when the completed symbol is displayed in each symbol element display area, after that, a symbol change control means for changing the display content to a symbol different from the completed symbol is added. is there.

[0008]

In the invention according to claim 1 configured as described above, the individual symbol elements displayed in each symbol element display area are specified to be displayed in the symbol element display areas of other stages. It is configured so as to be a completed symbol by combining with the symbol element, and the symbol completed by the combination of symbol elements is displayed at the time of a big hit by the control of the display drive control means. for that reason,
Since the display by the display board is rich in change and the aesthetic effect is enhanced, the player can enjoy the change in the design of the display board in addition to the interest in the game. Further, since the symbol element display area is continuously provided on the display plate and is not spatially separated from each other, the completed symbols are integrally displayed without a break, and the aesthetic effect is further enhanced.

In addition, in the invention according to claim 2 configured as described above, in addition to the operation described in claim 1,
By the control of the symbol element confirmation mode control means, immediately before the big hit, the moving speed of the finally confirmed symbol element is slowed down, or it is stopped once and then rotated again to be finally stopped, or the moving direction is reversed. Various changes such as returning can be made extremely easily. As a result, the display until the jackpot occurrence is rich in variety, and the expectation until the jackpot occurrence is further enhanced.

In addition, in the invention according to claim 3 configured as described above, in addition to the operation described in claim 1 or claim 2, the symbol after the big hit is further separated by the control of the symbol change control means. It can be displayed on the display board by variously changing the pattern. Therefore, the display on the display plate is more varied and the aesthetic effect is enhanced, so that the player can enjoy the change of the display surface in addition to the game.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 schematically show a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention by a front view and a rear view. This pachinko game machine stores a game board 10 arranged on the front surface of a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped main body, a display board 20 arranged in the center of the game board 10, and a game ball arranged under the game board 10. A storage dish 30, a game ball launching device 40 for launching and supplying the game ball supplied to the launch position from the storage dish 30 into the game area, a prize ball supplying device 50 for supplying the prize ball to the storage plate 30, and a pachinko machine. And an electric control device 60 for controlling the operation of the gaming machine.

The game board 10 is provided with an arc-shaped game ball passage rail 11 that guides the game ball to the center game area from the lower side to the upper left side. The game area of the game board 10 is provided with five winning openings 12 and three first-class starting openings 13 provided in the center. Each type 1 starting port 13 has
A first-class starting opening winning detection switch 14 is provided,
When a game ball enters one of the first type starting ports 13, a winning result is detected. Each winning opening 12 and first-class starting opening 1
As shown in FIG. 2, 3 is connected to a winning ball passage 15 provided on the back surface of the game board 10, and a winning detection switch 16 is provided in the winning ball passage 15. Then, when the game ball enters one of the winning openings 12 and the first type starting opening 13, it is confirmed by the winning detection switch 16 that the winning ball is a winning ball, and based on the confirmation result, the prize ball supplying device 50 wins the prize. A number of prize balls corresponding to the mouth 12 and the first-type starting mouth 13 are supplied to the storage tray 30.

The display plate 20 is a liquid crystal display type display plate and, as shown in FIG. 1, has three display regions 20a to 20c arranged continuously in the upper, lower and middle directions on the display surface. .
In each of the display areas 20a to 20c, one of 15 kinds of symbol elements P1 to P15 corresponding to each display area is displayed, and when the game ball wins the first type starting opening 13, the symbol element is It is designed to be continuously scrolled and displayed in the horizontal direction. The specific one symbol element in each of the display areas 20a to 20c constitutes a completed symbol by combining with the specific one symbol element in the other display areas, and the completed symbol is displayed on the display board 20. The jackpot occurrence is indicated by being displayed in. In addition, when the combination of the symbol elements is incomplete, it is indicated that it is out. As for the designs, 15 types of PA1 to PA15 are prepared in accordance with the design elements, and examples of the designs PA1 to PA3 include those shown in FIG. In addition, in the design element,
Along with the fragment of the design, 1 to 0 and 15 kinds of symbols of playing cards such as diamond, heart, spade, club and joker are supplementarily attached.

The bottom of the storage tray 30 is a game ball standby gutter (not shown), a prize ball supply port 31 is opened on the front wall at the left position of the game ball standby gutter, and the right side is a game. It is connected to a game ball feeding device (not shown) that supplies the balls one by one to the firing position described later. Further, at the right end portion of the storage dish 30, a ball punching lever 32 for moving the game balls in the storage dish 30 to the lower dish 33 is provided. Further, the game ball feeding device continues to the game ball passing rail 11, and at the boundary between the lower end portion of the game ball passing rail 11 and the game ball feeding device, as shown in FIG. A game ball launching device 40 for launching and supplying 10 is provided.

The game ball launching device 40 includes a launching motor 41.
And a hitting ball (not shown) that swings intermittently by the rotation of the firing motor 41, and an operation handle 42 for starting the operation of the firing motor 41 and adjusting the number of rotations thereof. The game ball supplied to the launch position at the lower end of the game ball passing rail 11 by the game ball feeding device is elastically fired by the hit ball striking unit, and the game board 10 is provided along the game ball passing rail 11.
Sent to the center of.

As shown in FIG. 2, the prize ball supply device 50 is interposed in the prize ball supply trough 52 at the right end of the back surface of the gaming machine in the substantially vertical center. The prize ball supply device 50 is
The rotation of the claw wheel (not shown) is controlled by exciting or deactivating the prize ball supply solenoid 51 to allow or prevent the game ball from passing. The upper end of the prize ball supply gutter 52 is connected to a game ball tank 53 provided on the upper part of the back surface of the game machine by a tank rail 54, and the lower end is connected to the storage tray 30 via the prize ball supply port 31. ing.

Next, the electric control device for the display board will be described with reference to FIG. The electric control unit 60 includes a ROM,
It has a control circuit 61 composed of a microcomputer having a CPU, a RAM, a probability counter, an I / O and the like. The control circuit 61 executes a winning process program and a display process program corresponding to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. For example, the probability counter is 0
Numbers within a certain range such as ~ 939 are continuously counted up, and whether the jackpot or the jackpot is determined by the number of the probability counter when the game ball enters the first type starting opening 13. To the input side of the control circuit 61, the first type starting opening winning sensor 14 and the winning detecting sensor 16 are connected. In addition, the display board 2 is provided on the output side of the control circuit 61.
0, the prize ball supply solenoid 51 has each drive circuit 20d, 5
It is connected via 1a. Prize ball supply solenoid 5
1 is excited or demagnetized by driving the driving circuit 51a, and the display board 20 displays a predetermined combination of symbols by driving the driving circuit 20d.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. The game is started by turning on a power switch (not shown), the player inserting a game ball into the storage tray 30 and operating the operation handle 42. The control circuit 61 starts executing the winning ball processing program shown in FIG. 7 in step 100, initializes various variables in step 101, and determines whether the game ball has entered the winning opening 12 in step 102. Determine whether or not. Then, when the game ball has not entered the winning opening 12, the program proceeds to step 104 under the judgment of "NO" at step 102.
And the following steps are executed. When the game ball enters the winning opening 12, at step 102, "YE
If it is determined to be "S", the program proceeds to step 103, the winning signal is output, the prize ball supply solenoid 51 is excited by the driving of the drive circuit 51a, and the ratchet wheel is rotated to store a predetermined number of prize balls. Supply to 30. Then, in step 104, it is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the first type starting opening 13. When the game ball has not entered the first type starting opening 13, the program shifts to step 102 under the judgment of "NO" in step 104, and then steps 102 to 104 are executed. When the game ball enters the first type starting opening 13, at step 104, "Y
Under the judgment of "ES", the program proceeds to step 105, and a winning signal is output. Upon receipt of the winning signal, the drive circuit 51a is driven to excite the prize ball supply solenoid 51 to rotate the ratchet wheel to supply a predetermined number of prize balls to the storage tray 30 through the prize ball supply trough 52.

On the other hand, the control circuit 61 starts executing the display program shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 at step 110,
In step 111, the stored value Ao of the probability counter is set to "0".
Is initialized, and in step 112, a symbol display signal is output. As shown in FIG. 4A, the display board 20 is driven by the drive circuit 20d to display three display areas 20a to 20c.
Starting symbols P1, P2, P3 are displayed in order from the top. However, the start symbol may be an arbitrary combination of symbol elements, or a completely different completed symbol may be used. Next, in step 113, the probability counter starts counting up the numbers 0 to 939, and counts up by “1” at regular time intervals. Then, when the count value reaches 939, the probability counter again returns to 0 and starts counting up. Next, at step 114, the game ball is the first
It is determined whether or not the seed starting port 13 is won. When the game ball wins the first-class start opening 13, the control circuit 61 displays "YE
Based on the judgment of "S", the program shifts to step 115, and at step 115, the count value A of the probability counter is read at the same time. Then, in step 116, the control circuit 61 stores the count value A in the RAM as Ao. Then, in step 117, a symbol variation start signal is output, and in response to this, the drive circuit 20d drives the symbol elements P1 to P15 to be continuously scrolled in the horizontal direction and displayed on the display plate 20.

Then, after t1 seconds have elapsed after the game ball entered the first-class start opening 13, it is determined to be "YES" in step 118, and the program shifts to step 119 to set A.
It is determined whether or not o corresponds to a jackpot. The jackpot numbers are predetermined and stored in the RAM, and the jackpot probability for winning the game ball into the first-type starting opening 13 is 1/225, for example. When the winning to the first-type starting opening 13 does not correspond to the jackpot, the control circuit 61 shifts the program to step 120 based on the determination of “NO” in step 119, and the program is stored in the RAM in step 120. An outlier symbol selection area, which is a combination of symbols indicating a predetermined outlier, is selected. And the control circuit 6
In step 121, 1 selects a predetermined combination of stop symbols (lower symbol element Pa, middle symbol element Pb, upper symbol element Pc) from the outlying symbol selection area. Here, as a combination of symbols (lower symbol element P3, middle symbol element P
2, the upper design element P1) is selected.

Further, the control circuit 61 causes the step 122.
In the selected symbols, the lower symbol element P1 is confirmed and displayed after t2 seconds after the determination of whether or not it is a big hit. Next, in step 123, the control circuit 61 displays the variation pattern for the middle symbol element P2 of the selected symbols in the same manner as the lower symbol element during t2 seconds, and finally the symbol P2. indicate. Next, the control circuit 6
In step 124, among the symbols selected in step 124, the variation pattern is displayed for the upper symbol element P1 within t2 seconds, and finally P1 is displayed. Then, the outlying patterns (P3, P2, P1) are erased in step 125 after being displayed on the display plate 20 for a predetermined time. Then, in step 133, the stored value Ao based on the probability counter is erased. Then the program returns to step 114,
Thereafter, the processes of steps 114 to 125 and step 133 are repeated.

When the winning of the game ball to the first type starting opening 13 corresponds to the big hit, the control circuit 61 makes a step 119.
Step 1 of the program based on the judgment of "YES"
In step 126, the jackpot symbol selection area, which is a combination of symbol elements indicating a predetermined jackpot stored in the RAM, is selected. And the control circuit 6
In step 127, 1 selects a predetermined symbol combination (lower symbol element Ps, middle symbol element Ps, upper symbol element Ps) from the jackpot symbol selection area. Here, as a combination of symbols (lower symbol element P2, middle symbol element P2
, The upper pattern element P2) is selected.

Further, the control circuit 61 controls the step 128.
In the selected symbols, first, the variation pattern is displayed for the lower symbol element P2 during t2 seconds, and finally P2 is displayed. Next, the control circuit 61 performs step 1
At 29, for the medium symbol element P2 of the selected symbols, the variation pattern is displayed for t2 seconds like the lower symbol element, and finally P2 is displayed. Next, in step 130, the control circuit 61 displays the variation pattern for the upper symbol element P2 of the selected symbols during t2 seconds. Here, for the upper design element, the final P2
Before displaying, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), after passing to P3 which is a subsequent design element, it is returned to P2. As a result, there is a large variation in the sense of expectation until the jackpot is confirmed, and the game is thrilled. Then, in a succeeding step 131, a predetermined jackpot processing routine is performed.

The jackpot processing routine, after displaying the jackpot display symbol PA2 (see FIG. 4 (c)) indicated by the combination of symbol elements (P2 P2 P2), then the symbol PA2
Erase the numbers from to make the girls wink (not shown),
Further, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), by opening the special winning opening,
It changes into a big winning mouth opening design in which a heart jumps out from a girl. Then, when the game ball further wins a V in the special winning opening, the display changes to a V winning symbol with a new V mark as shown in FIG. 5B. After that, the display board 20 repeatedly displays the jackpot display symbol, the jackpot opening symbol, and the V winning symbol until the jackpot state ends. When the jackpot state is over, the program proceeds to step 132, and the jackpot symbol displayed on the display board 20 is erased. Then, in step 133, the stored value Ao based on the probability counter is erased. After that, the program is returned to step 114, and the processing of steps 114 to 133 is repeated thereafter.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the so-called big hit is dealt with when the design completed by the combination of the design elements displayed in the upper, middle and lower display areas appears on the display board. By further enriching the display after the jackpot, the display is much more varied and aesthetically superior to the conventional jackpot display that simply combines numbers, so players can add to the game itself. You can enjoy the display results on the display board. Furthermore, by adopting a liquid crystal type display board, the pattern element display area is continuously provided on the display board and there is no spatial separation between each other, so the completed design is seamless and integrated. Since it is displayed on the screen, the aesthetic effect of the display is further enhanced.

Regarding the types of symbols, the ones described in the above embodiment are merely examples, and other types of symbols can be freely adopted. Further, in the above embodiment,
About the above design element, before displaying the final P2, once after passing through to the subsequent design element P3, P
By returning to 2, the fluctuation of expectation until the jackpot confirmation is large, giving the game a thrill, but in addition,
It may be possible to increase the expectation until the jackpot is confirmed by using a method such as slowing down the fluctuation speed of the symbol element, or temporarily stopping the fluctuation of the symbol element and further fluctuating and then finalizing it. Alternatively, these symbol determination methods may be randomly selected and used. Further, the order of determining the upper, middle, and lower symbol elements is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be freely changed.

In the above embodiment, the liquid crystal type is used as the display plate, but other similar display devices such as a fluorescent display tube may be used. Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine with the first type accessory continuous operation device has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to a display board of another type of pachinko gaming machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a front surface side of a pachinko gaming machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a back view showing the back side of the same pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view schematically showing PA1 to PA3 of the completed symbols displayed on the display board of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view schematically showing a scroll of symbol elements displayed on the display plate, immediately before the start of scrolling, immediately before stop of scrolling, and a big hit display.

FIG. 5 is a front view schematically showing a variation mode of a jackpot pattern.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a winning process program executed by the control circuit of FIG.

8 is a part of a flowchart of a display program executed by the control circuit of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a part of a flowchart of the display program.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: gaming area, 11: gaming ball passage rail, 12: winning opening, 13: first-class starting opening, 14: winning detection sensor, 1
5: First-class starting mouth winning sensor, 20; Display board, 20a-
20c; display area, 30; storage dish, 40; game ball launching device, 41; launching motor, 42; operating handle, 50; prize ball supplying device, 51; prize ball supplying solenoid, 60; electric control device, 61; control Circuits, P1 to P3; Design elements,
PA1-PA3; design.

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] December 2, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Fig. 4

[Correction method] Change

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[Figure 4]

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rectangular display board which is provided in the center of a game board of a pachinko gaming machine and which has a plurality of vertically divided upper and lower stages of symbol element display areas, and a plurality of types displayed in the symbol element display areas. It is a design element, so that each design element displayed in any of the design element display areas becomes a design completed by combining with a particular design element displayed in another design element display area. Display drive means for displaying the symbol elements that have been continuously changed and displayed in the symbol element display area and sequentially stopping and displaying the change of the symbol elements in the symbol element display areas of the previous plural stages when the symbol display is confirmed, The display drive of the symbol element by the display drive means is started and stopped, and the symbol element in each of the symbol element display areas is completed with a predetermined probability when the symbol display is confirmed. Pattern display apparatus of the pachinko gaming machine, characterized in that a display drive control means for controlling to combine the handle. 2. The symbol display device of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the display drive control means displays the same contents of the symbol elements that are sequentially determined when the symbol display is determined, The undetermined symbol element of
Confirm while slowing down the movement of the symbol element, temporarily stopping the movement of the symbol element and starting the movement again, or by confirming by moving the movement direction in the opposite direction. A symbol display device for a pachinko gaming machine, characterized in that a symbol element confirmation mode control means for controlling the mode is added. 3. The symbol display device for a pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display drive control means, when the symbol display is confirmed, the completed symbol in each of the symbol element display areas. When is displayed, then a symbol display control device for a pachinko gaming machine, characterized in that a symbol change control means for changing the display content to a symbol having a different content from the completed symbol is added.