JPH0796067B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a game machine, and in particular, it is used for a bingo game machine in which a board surface ball game and a bingo game are combined.

[Conventional technology]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, so-called board ball game machines and bingo game machines are widely known and used for competition and play by like-minded people.
A board ball game machine using a CRT display is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-60-139274 (a video game machine).
The connection between the board ball game machine and the video game machine is shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-77879 (a method and apparatus for combining the board ball game and the video game). The display control system is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-6083 (ball launch device for video games).

On the other hand, a bingo game machine which is a combination of a board ball game machine and a bingo game is also widely known, and a representative one is shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional bingo game machine, which comprises a board ball game section 10 and a bingo game section 30. A plan view of the board ball game section 10 is shown in FIG. Board ball game section 10
Is a board surface 11 slightly inclined toward the front side, a wall 13 surrounding an area on the board surface 11 where the ball 12 moves, and a ball 12 entering 25
The holes 12 and the repulsion member 15 that changes the moving direction of the balls 12 by repulsion, and the balls 12 that did not enter any of the 25 holes 14 numbered from "1" to "25" It has a receiving port 16 for receiving it, and a launching device 17 for launching the ball 12 onto the board 11. In addition, the L key feature button 18L for moving the screen where the hit line is displayed to the left on the front upper plate of the board ball game unit 10
And R key feature button 18R for moving the screen to the right, a coin insertion slot 19 for the player to insert coins by hand, and a medal acquisition button 20 for acquiring medals during or after the game. Has been.
In addition, the front side plate uses the medal insertion button 21 to insert the medals already acquired and accumulated in the game machine for the game, and another ball (extra ball) after the game ends to start the game. An extra ball button 22 is provided to continue.

On the other hand, a bingo display section 31 is provided at the center of the face plate of the bingo game section 30. The physical configuration of the bingo display section 31 is as shown in FIG. 7, for example. That is, the bingo display unit 31 includes a bingo display unit frame plate 32, a screen display plate 34 having a number display frame 33 for demarcating the range of the number display unit, and a number displaying numbers "1" to "25". Display board
It consists of 35. Then, the numbers "1" to "25" can be observed through the number display frame 33 of the screen display plate 34, and "1"
The number "25" and the screen can be observed through the bingo display frame plate 32.

In addition, on the front panel of the bingo game section 30, a key feature display section for displaying the movable range of the screen display panel 34.
41, a big feature display section 42 for displaying a condition for increasing the possibility of winning a medal, a selection feature display section 43 for displaying a moving condition of the screen display plate 34 obtained by the key feature, and a score display section for displaying a score. 44
Is provided. The score display section 44 is, for example, as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the conventional example will be described according to a specific game method.

First, the player inserts the desired number of medals into the medal slot.
Put in from 19. Then, the scores of the score display section 44 are sequentially turned on. Further, the key feature display section 41, the big feature display section 42, and the selection feature display section 43 are turned on according to the condition, and the game condition is set.

Now, assume that the score display section 44 is turned on as shown in FIG. Under these conditions, 8 medals are obtained when 3 balls are entered on the red (R) line, and 4 medals are obtained when 4 balls are entered.
You get 24 medals and you get 96 medals when 5 balls enter. The same applies to the yellow (Y) line and the green (G) line.

Next, the launching device 17 is used to launch the balls 12 one by one onto the board surface 11. The hit ball 12 moves on the board surface 11 and enters the hole 14 while being repelled by the repulsion member 15. For example, when entering the hole 14 of "17", this is detected by a micro switch (not shown) or the like, and in response to this, the number "17" lights up on the bingo display section 31. That is, the numeral "17" on the bingo display portion shown in the plan view of FIG. 9 (a) lights up.

Next, in the same manner, hit the second ball 12, "2.
If you go into the 4 "hole, the number" 24 "in Figure 9 (a).
Lights up. Therefore, if a ball can be put into one of the holes "13", "16", and "25" next time, three balls have entered the green (G) line, and the score in Fig. 8 You will get 16 medals accordingly. Furthermore, if you can put a ball in any two holes of "13", "16", and "25", it means that there are four balls in the green (G) line, depending on the score in Fig. 8. You get 50 medals, "13", "16",
If you enter all "25", you will get 96 medals.

By the way, even if only two balls are on the green (G) line in the score of FIG. 8 (the number of balls is limited to five per game), the big line about the green line in the big feature display section 42 is large. When the feature is lit, 3 balls are considered to have entered the green (G) line and 16 medals are obtained.

Further, when the key feature display section 41 is lit, the screen can be moved according to the conditions displayed in the selection feature display section 43. At this time, the L (left direction) key feature button 18L or the R (right direction) key feature button 18R may be pressed. That is, button 18R
If you press once, the screen in Fig. 9 (a) will be displayed in Fig. 9 (b).
And then press it twice, it will look like Fig. 9 (c).
If you press it three times, it will look like Fig. 9 (d).
As shown in FIG. 9 (e), if pressed five times, it becomes as shown in FIG. 9 (f), and the hit line changes one after another. Therefore, the ninth
Even if all of "13", "17", and "22" are lit in FIG. 9 (a), it is not a hit, but if it is moved to FIG. 9 (d), it will be a hit, as shown in FIG. Green (G)
You will get 16 medals on the line. Similarly, when the key feature button 19L is pressed once, FIG. 9 (a) becomes as shown in FIG. 10 (a), and when pressed twice, it becomes as shown in FIG. 10 (b).

The case where the screen is moved has been described above, but the numbers can be moved. Further, not only the horizontal movement but also the vertical movement can be performed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the above conventional device has the following problems. That is, although it is possible to move the numbers or screens up and down or left and right in sequence with the key features, it is not easy to move other than these. For this reason, the number and variety of the winning combinations are small, and the player's enjoyment is also limited.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine capable of improving amusement by increasing the number and variety of winning combinations in a bingo game.

[Means for solving problems]

A game machine according to the present invention is formed on an inclined board surface, a launching device for shooting a ball on the board surface, a wall for limiting the movement of the ball to a predetermined area on the board surface, and an area surrounded by the wall. With n holes (n is a natural number of 9 or more),
It is a game machine that competes for the arrangement state of holes with balls,
Number 1 to n in the play field, k row l
A CRT display that displays on n number display parts arranged in a matrix of columns (k and l are natural numbers of 3 or more and n = k × l) and displays a hit line connecting these number display parts. And a number lighting control means for detecting that a ball has entered the hole and turning on the number display section for displaying the corresponding number on the CRT display, and for instructing the movement and replacement of the number displayed on the number display section. It operates in response to the instruction means and the instruction from the instruction means, and moves at least one of the numbers displayed in the matrix in the row direction, the column direction, or the diagonal direction, and pushes it out of the play field by the movement. The number that is displayed on the play field is displayed on the same number as the movement control means that does not display the number displayed on the play field. Equipped with a hit judging means for judging the hit based on the number of numeral display parts, the state of arrangement of the holes containing the balls is converted into the arrangement state of the numeral display parts lit in the play field of the CRT display to compete. Characterize.

[Action]

Since the game machine of the present invention is configured as described above, the CRT display works so as to display the bingo game section on the tube surface, and the movement control means makes the line of numbers one line at a time in the row direction, the column direction or the matrix direction. It works to move independently in the diagonal direction.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bingo game machine according to the present invention. Second
The basic configuration of the board ball game unit 10 of the bingo game machine shown in the figure is basically the same as that shown in FIG. The difference is that
The point is that six key feature buttons 181-186 are provided. The bingo game section 30 is different from that shown in FIG. 5 in that the bingo game display section is composed of a bingo display 51 composed of a CRT display, and the feature display section is composed of a CRT display.
It is composed of two.

In FIG. 1, a central processing unit (CPU) 61 is composed of a microprocessor, for example, and is connected to a medal acquisition button 20, a medal insertion button 21, an extra ball button 22, and other devices via a bus 62. The tube surface of the CRT63 constitutes the bingo display 51 shown in FIG. 2, and the tube surface of the CRT64 constitutes the feature display 52.
It is controlled by the CPU 61 via the T control device 65. The control program memory 66 stores a program for controlling the game. Further, the screen image memory 67 stores the image of the screen displayed on the bingo display 51, the number image memory 68 stores the image of the numbers displayed on the bingo display 51, and each of these memories 66 to 68 is, for example, a ROM. Composed.

The lighting number memory 69 stores the numbers that are lit in the bingo display 51, the acquired medal memory 70 stores the number of medals already acquired, and the score memory 71 is shown in FIG. The numbers that are lit in the score are stored, and each is composed of, for example, a RAM. The selection feature memory 72 stores selection features such as after-fifth and before-fifth, the key feature memory 73 stores key features, and the big feature memory 74 stores big features such as red super section and orange section. RAM for example
Composed of.

The inserted medal sensor 75 detects a medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 19, and the ball sensor 76 detects that a ball has entered the hole 14, and each is composed of, for example, a micro switch, an optical sensor, or the like. It Also, key feature buttons 181-186 are key feature control devices.
It is connected to the bus 62 via 77.

Next, the basic operation of the above embodiment will be described according to a specific game method.

First, the player inserts a desired number of medals from the medal insertion slot shown in FIG. Then, the throw-in medal sensor 75 of FIG. 1 detects this and sends a detection signal to the CPU 6 via the bus 62.
Send to 1. Then, the contents of the score memory 71, the selection feature memory 72, the key feature memory 73, and the big feature memory 74 are rewritten according to the number of inserted medals and other predetermined conditions. This content is then displayed on the feature display 52.

Next, the ball is shot on the board surface 11 by the launching device 17 shown in FIG. 2 and put into one of the holes. The ball sensor 76 shown in FIG. 1 detects that a ball has entered the hole, and a signal indicating the hole number "1" to "25" is sent to the CPU 61 via the bus 62. As a result, the corresponding number is displayed brightly on the bingo display 51.

Such ball launching is repeated, and for example, in the bingo display of FIG. 3 (a), "4", "5",
Suppose that "15" lights up. In this case, it is not a win, but if the numbers are moved to the right side and as shown in FIG. 3 (b), it can be seen that the three numbers are lined up on the green (G) line to make a win. Therefore, if the key feature button 181 for moving the number to the right is pressed once when the key feature is given, a predetermined number of medals can be obtained. Further, in FIG. 3 (a), for example, when the numbers "18", "23", "25" are lit,
By pressing the button 181 twice, the state shown in FIG. 3 (b) can be followed as shown in FIG. 3 (c), and a medal can be obtained. Furthermore, in FIG. 3 (a), for example, "5", "1"
When "5" and "25" are lit, press the button 181 once to bring it to the state shown in Fig. 3 (b), and then press the key feature button 183 for changing the line as shown in Fig. 3 (d). You can, and therefore you can get medals.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, the fourth
You can also move the numbers as shown. That is, the fourth
In the state of Fig. (A), the third row indicated by the arrow is moved to the right to be in the state of Fig. 4 (b), and then the third column indicated by the arrow is moved to the lower side of Fig. 4 (c). To the state of. By doing so, for example, in FIG. 4 (a), "6", "16", "2"
When "3" is lit, this can be hit in Fig. 4 (c). Further, the fourth row may be moved to the right as shown in FIG. 4 (d), and the fourth column may be moved downward as shown in FIG. 4 (e). You may move diagonally like g). Moreover, you may make it jump and move like FIG.4 (h).

The combinations of the movements of the above numbers can be various.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, in the present invention, the display part of the bingo game is composed of the CRT display, and the movement control means moves the number sequence (line) line by line independently in the row direction, the column direction or the diagonal direction of the matrix. The number and variety of combinations per hit can be significantly increased,
Also, players can choose these,
This has the effect of increasing the entertainment value.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bingo game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are implementations shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional bingo game machine, FIG. 6 is a plan view of a board surface ball game part, and FIG. 7 is a mechanical view of a conventional bingo display part for explaining the operation of the example. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the structure, FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of the score, FIG. 9 and FIG.
The figure is a plan view of the bingo display section for explaining the bingo game. 10 …… Board ball game section, 11 …… Board surface, 12 …… Ball, 13 …… Wall, 14 …… Hole, 15 …… Repulsion member, 17 …… Launcher, 19L, 19R, 191-196 …… Key Feature button, 19
…… Coin slot, 30 …… Bingo game section, 31 …… Bingo display section, 32 …… Bingo display frame plate, 33 …… Number display frame,
34 …… Screen display board, 35 …… Numerical display board, 41 …… Key feature display area, 42 …… Big feature display area,
43 …… Selection feature display, 44 …… Score display.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tilted board surface, a launching device for firing a ball on the board surface, a wall for limiting the movement of the ball to a predetermined area on the board surface, and a region surrounded by the wall. A game machine having n holes (n is a natural number of 9 or more) and competing for the state of arrangement of the holes in which the balls are placed.
A CRT display that displays on n number display units arranged in a matrix of rows (k and l are natural numbers of 3 or more and n = k × l), and also displays a hit line connecting these number display units. A number lighting control means for detecting that a ball has entered the hole and for turning on the number display section for displaying the corresponding number on the CRT display; and moving and replacing the number displayed on the number display section. Operating in response to an instruction from the instructing means, and moving at least one of the numbers displayed in the matrix in the row direction, the column direction or the diagonal direction, and The movement control means for displaying the number extruded from the play field on the number display portion on which the number appearing in the play field by the movement is not displayed, A hit determination means for determining a hit based on the number of the number display parts that are lit on the hit line, and the number display part that lights the array state of the holes with the balls in the play field of the CRT display. A game machine characterized in that it is converted into an array state and played. 2. A game machine according to claim 1, wherein 25 holes are provided and the numeral display portions are arranged in a matrix of 5 rows and 5 columns.