JPH08117411A - Image display device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve game enjoybleness by displaying variably a pattern to inform a player of the establishment of pattern combination with simple structure. CONSTITUTION: The setting of a translucent pattern is stored in memory, and after a power source is applied, a control part 5b superimposes by extracting a scroll screen 4a, a middle grand screen 4b and a split screen 4c from the memory 4, and displays variably it on the display screen 3a of a liquid crystal color panel 3. When it goes to ready for winning state after performing scroll display, a ready for winning line pattern along the pattern combination of a scroll character is displayed on the middle grand screen 4b or the split screen 4c arranged before the scroll screen 4a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, which variably displays an image according to a game situation on a liquid crystal color panel provided on the front surface of a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-237234, a display control device is separately configured from a game control device, and when this display control device receives one piece of information indicating a game situation from the game control device, the game information is displayed. Interpret the graphic specifications according to the rules based on the conversion rules stored in the memory of the display controller indicating the display time and the combination of symbols, and extract a plurality of image data from the memory. By variably displaying on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel installed in the center of the front of the, the memory in the game control device is released from the storage of the data necessary for image display, and the data for fraud prevention of the memory in the game control device is released. The memory capacity is secured to increase the degree of freedom of movement of the animated character and the types of background images, while the liquid crystal is awarded by winning the winning start of the game ball. The three scroll characters are variably displayed on the display surface of the color panel so that they rotate in either the vertical or horizontal direction, and they are stopped in order, and the symbols of the two stopped scroll characters are specified in one row direction or diagonal direction. When the player reaches the reach state by aligning in the same direction, an image of the gaming machine is displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel to display a frame figure surrounding the two stopped characters that have triggered the reach state, to inform the player of the reach state. A display device is disclosed.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-45344 discloses that
Numbers as scroll characters are arranged in 3 × 3 9 divisions on the display surface, and a light control plate is disposed on the front of each 9-division frame of this display surface. These light control plates are electrically transparent and semi-transparent. An image display device of a gaming machine is disclosed that displays only a specific column that is closest to the symbol combination establishment of a scroll character by visually setting only the number corresponding to the transparent light control plate set to any one. .

[0004]

The image display device of the gaming machine disclosed in each of the above-mentioned publications has a scroll character, a background image, an animation character, a frame figure, etc. extracted from a memory or a frame memory according to the game information. Since the individual image data are combined in a plane so as to be scattered on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, data for drawing images in a number of frame units and data for replacing them in a short time, etc. Is a huge amount. In addition, in the reach state, the scroll speed of the final stop symbol is slowed or increased to give the player a realistic sensation in the reach state, but there is an inherent problem of lack of playability at that time. Further, the image display device of the gaming machine disclosed in the latter publication has a structure in which a dimming plate is arranged on the front surface of each divided frame of the display surface, which makes the structure complicated and is hard to adopt suddenly. is there.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose thereof is to make it possible to variably display a pseudo three-dimensional screen while reducing the data for variably displaying as much as possible. By displaying the reach line on the screen arranged in front of the scroll screen, it is possible to enhance the game playability with a simple structure that does not use another member such as a light control plate or a filter.

[0006]

An image display device for a gaming machine according to the present invention comprises a memory, a composite display means and a specific display means, and the memory comprises a virtual screen consisting of a scroll screen, a middle ground screen and a sprite screen. The screen data for storing is stored in advance, and the composite display means extracts a scroll screen, a middle ground screen, and a sprite screen from the memory according to the game information, and superimposes them on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel to display a plurality of scroll characters and animations. A character or the like is variably displayed, and the specific display means is configured to draw a pattern showing a reach line on a middle grand screen or a sprite screen which is superposed on the front side of the scroll screen by the reach information.
Further, it is possible to set the reach line design by the above-mentioned specific display means to either transparent hollow or blinking display. Further, the reach line pattern by the specific display means may be rotated around its origin or moved in parallel.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a display screen in which a sprite screen and a middle ground screen are superposed so as to be arranged in front of a scroll screen when the power is turned on is displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, and then the reach information is displayed. A design showing a reach line is drawn on the sprite screen or the middle ground screen. Therefore, with a simple structure of only the liquid crystal color panel of the image display device, the player is informed of the line of the symbol combination establishment of the scroll character. Moreover, by using the sprite screen and displaying the animated character that changes with the passage of time, a screen that gives a sense of presence such as reach or a big hit is configured as a pseudo three-dimensional screen. Further, when the reach line pattern is set to be transparent and hollow, the reach scroll character does not disappear from the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a game control device and an image display device in a pachinko machine as a game machine of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process from a virtual screen to a display screen in the image display device of the embodiment, FIG. Is a diagram showing an area structure of a scroll screen in the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a line structure of a combination of symbols of scroll characters in the embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a front view showing a pachinko machine of the embodiment.

In FIG. 5, the pachinko machine is provided with an outer frame 11 to be installed on an island of a pachinko parlor, and a front frame 12 is attached to the front surface of the outer frame 11 by a hinge (not shown) so that the front frame 12 can be opened and closed. A metal frame 13 is fixed to the inner peripheral edge, and a glass frame 14 is attached to the metal frame 13 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge (not shown).
Is fitted to the bottom of the glass frame 14, an upper plate set 16 is attached to the lower edge of the glass frame 14, and a locking device 17 is attached to one side edge of the front frame 12.
By the unlocking operation, the front frame 12 can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 11, and the glass frame 14 can be opened and closed with respect to the front frame 12. Further, a handle grip 18 and a lower plate set 19 of the ball-striking launcher are attached to the lower edge of the front frame 12,
A game board 20 is mounted inside the front frame 12 so as to face the glass 15. An image display device 2 having a liquid crystal color panel 3 is attached to the center of the game board 20, and a band 21, a game nail 22, a lamp windmill 23, and a windmill 24 are provided in a portion of the game board 20 located around the image display device 2. A start-up winning opening 25, 26, a winning opening 27, a variable winning ball device (attacker) 29 having an opening / closing body 28, an out opening 30 and the like are provided. Therefore, in this pachinko machine, when a game ball (not shown) is placed in the upper plate set 16 and the handle grip 18 is rotated in one direction, a launcher (not shown) separates each game ball into a band 21 from the upper plate set 16. Fire inside. The launched game ball is guided along the band 21 to the upper part of the game area in the band 21, and the upward thrust of the game ball becomes smaller than the gravity of the game ball, so that the game ball moves downward in the game area. To the start winning a prize hole 25, 26 while hitting the game nail 22, the lamp windmill 23 or the windmill 24, etc. on the way to the starting ball for moving the image display device 2, or entering the winning a prize hole 27 to a constant number. The game sphere of becomes a constant supply sphere for hitting the upper plate set 16 as a sphere, or the game sphere that has not entered the starting winning opening 25, 26 or the winning opening 27 enters the out opening 30 and becomes an out sphere. Further, when the image display device 2 is a big hit display due to the combination of the stop symbols after the variable display operation, the opening / closing plate 28 of the variable winning ball device 29 is opened / closed,
The probability of hitting a game ball hit in the game area is high. The opening / closing operation of the variable winning ball device 29, the constant supply operation by winning the prize 27, the blinking of the lamp windmill 23, etc. are controlled by the game control device 1 shown in FIG. 1 mounted on the back surface of the game board.

In FIG. 1, the game control device 1 and the image display device 2 will be described in detail. This game control device 1 is configured by a microcomputer that operates according to a preset program, and outputs various game information such as game start information, scroll information, reach information, jackpot information, and probability variation information to the image display device 2. To do. As for the game start information, the game control device 1 is, for example, the handle grip 1
8 is a signal output by receiving a game start detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that has detected the rotation operation of 8. As for scroll information, the game control device 1 starts the winning a prize holes 25, 2
6 is a signal output by receiving a winning detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that detects that a game ball has won. The reach information is a stop symbol combination determining means that uses a random number (not shown) built in the game control device 1 stops before one of the three scroll characters before the stop of the scroll character described later due to the winning detection signal. This is a signal to be output based on the determination of the combination stop in which the symbols of the two scroll characters are the same. The big hit information is 3 before the stop of the scroll character due to the winning detection signal by the stop symbol combination determining means.
It is a signal that is output based on the determination of the combination stop that results in the same symbol when all of the two scroll characters stop. The probability variation information is output in the case of a probability variation symbol such as "7" in which the same symbol based on the determination of the above jackpot is preset by the probability variation determining means (not shown) built in the game control device 1. It is a signal and a signal that triggers probability fluctuation. The game control device 1 outputs the probability variation information, and the liquid crystal color panel 3 of the image display device 2
When the probability variation symbols are stopped and displayed on the display surface 3a in a specific direction such as a row direction or an oblique direction, it is easy for the player to arrange all the symbols of the scroll character, which is advantageous for the player. A high probability state of being in a gaming state is set for a certain time.

The image display device 2 shown in FIG. 1 roughly includes a liquid crystal color panel 3, a character generator ROM (hereinafter referred to as CGROM) 4 and a display control device 5. The liquid crystal color panel 3 is a display surface 3a arranged on the front surface of the game board 20 (see FIG. 5), an X drive circuit 3b, and a Y.
A drive circuit 3c and an XY control circuit 3d,
The Y control circuit 3d receives the output from the display control device 5 and controls the X drive circuit 3b and the Y drive circuit 3c, and the X drive circuit 3b and the Y drive circuit 3c display an image on the display surface 3a by the scanning operation. To do.
In the CGROM 4, in addition to screen data for forming a virtual screen composed of a scroll screen 4a, a middle ground screen 4b and a plurality of sprite screens 4c, an address for reading the screen data and a color palette R
An address for designating AM5c is stored in advance. The display control device 5 includes a line RAM 5a, a control unit 5b configured in a one-chip microprocessor and a color palette RAM 5c that operate according to a preset program, and the control unit 5b includes a composite display unit 5d and a specific display unit 5e. However, this control unit 5b from the CGROM 4 according to the game information such as game start information, winning information, reach information, jackpot information and probability variation information from the game control device 1 from A of FIG.
Scroll screen 4a and middle ground screen 4b shown in the figure
And a sprite screen 4c are extracted, and a color palette RAM 5c is provided for each of the extracted scroll screen 4a, middle ground screen 4b, and sprite screen 4c.
In addition to the color signals extracted from the liquid crystal color panel 3, the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 2B in which the scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c to which these color signals are added are overlapped is displayed. The liquid crystal color panel 3 is display-controlled so as to variably display on the display surface 3a. The composite display means 5d is a scroll screen 4 extracted from the CGROM 4 according to the power-on information sent from the game control device 1 to the control section 5b.
a, middle ground screen 4b and sprite screen 4c
The display screen 6 on which is superimposed is variably displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3. According to the reach information in the game information sent from the game control device 1 to the control section 5b, as shown in FIG. 2A, four specific display means 5e are provided as a plurality to be superposed in front of the scroll screen. Of the existing sprite screens 4c, for each of the three sprite screens 4c-2, 4c-3, 4c-4 located in front,
Reach line design showing reach line 8a, 8b, 8c
Draw individually. Further, the specific display means 5e in this embodiment is a middle ground screen constituting a display screen 6 variably displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 by the composite display means 5d according to the game start information in the game information. Four
2B, specifically, as shown in FIG. 2A,
Two portions 7 corresponding to a second area and an eighth area, which will be described later, located at the upper and lower ends of the center of the middle ground screen 4b.
Set a to a semi-transparent pattern.

The scroll screen 4a is a virtual screen for displaying scroll characters in a scroll area divided into a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns based on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3. Rows in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns are arranged in the vertical direction, and columns are arranged in the horizontal direction. In the pachinko machine, the scroll area is generally set to 3 × 2 6 sections or 3 × 3 9 sections. In this embodiment, 9 sections are taken as an example. For example, the first area shown in FIG. ~ There is a ninth area, and scroll characters are variably displayed in each of these areas. Each of these scroll characters may be, for example, the numbers "0", "1", "2",
"3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8",
"9" and the letters "A", "B",
It is a total of 15 types of symbols, "C", "D", and "E".
In the scroll screen 4a, the composite display means 5d
By the operation of, the first area forming the first row on the left side,
In the fourth area and the seventh area, a series of scroll characters are variably displayed as if they are rotating in the vertical direction, and in the second area, the fifth area, and the eighth area, which form the second line in the middle, different scroll characters are displayed. The series of scroll characters are variably displayed as if they are rotating vertically, and in the third area, the sixth area, and the ninth area, which form the third line on the right side, another series of scroll characters are as if they were vertical. It is variably displayed as if rotating in the direction. The middle ground screen 4b is a virtual screen for displaying a pattern such as a sky or a background covering the entire display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 on the display surface 3a. In the middle ground screen 4b, the scroll is performed. The central upper and lower end portions 7a corresponding to the second area and the eighth area of the screen 4a are set to a semi-transparent pattern as shown in FIG. 2A by the operation of the specific display means 5e. The setting of this semi-transparent pattern is the upper and lower part 7 of the above center
It is performed by adjusting the gradation of the color to be applied to a, and the design may be a design which is associated with, for example, a screen in which opaque parts and transparent or translucent parts are alternately arranged in parallel. It is also possible to make a different pattern. The sprite screen 4c is a plurality of virtual screens for displaying an animation character on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3, and as shown in FIG. 2A, the middlemost of these sprite screens 4c is displayed. Grand screen 4b
On the sprite screen 4c-1 which is arranged closer to the player, an animation character which means a big hit at the time of a big hit is displayed, and on the three sprite screens 4c-2 to 4c-4 which are arranged in front of it, a specific display means is displayed. The reach line symbols 8a to 8c are displayed at the time of reach by 5e. Looking at these reach line symbols 8a to 8c, in this embodiment, the semi-transparent symbols are set in the two upper and lower portions 7a of the center of the middle ground screen 4b, whereby the number of symbol combinations of the scroll character is 5 to 3 lines. Since an example of changing the reach line is shown in the figure, the reach line pattern 8a corresponding to the reach line rising to the right out of the three lines is set to ~ 8c on the sprite screen 4c-2 and corresponds to the reach line descending to the right. The reach line design 8b is set on the sprite screen 4c-3, and the reach line design 8 corresponding to the reach line of the second row in the middle part is set.
The case where c is set in the sprite screen 4c-4 is shown as an example. These reach lines 8a to 8c are transparent and hollow.

The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5. When a power source (not shown) is turned on, the image display device 2 shown in FIG. 5 is driven, and the initial setting of the screen display device 2 makes the middle upper and lower end portions 7a of the middle ground screen 4b semitransparent, and Scroll screen 4
The scroll character is displayed in the first to ninth areas divided into nine areas a, and the entire area of the sprite screen 4c becomes transparent. As a result, the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 displays the display shown in FIG. The screen 6 is displayed. The screen configuration of the display screen 6 is such that the scroll characters "5" and "7" displayed in the second and eighth areas at the upper and lower ends of the center of the scroll screen 4a are the upper and lower ends of the center of the middle ground screen 4b. It is in a state of being covered with the semi-transparent portion 7a. That is, in the case where the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 is configured to display the scroll characters of the scroll screen 4a for every 9 divisions of 3 × 3, the plurality of scroll characters are variably displayed so as to rotate and then stop. However, the three scroll characters are aligned when stopped, as shown by virtual lines L1, L2, L3, L4, and L5 in FIG. 4, in the first row in the upper part and the second row in the middle part. There are a total of 5 lines of the eye, the third row at the bottom, and two diagonal rows on the diagonal. In the image display device 2 configured as described above, when the upper and lower end portions 7a of the center of the middle ground screen 4b are set to be semi-transparent by the initial setting of the image display device 2 when the power is turned on, this becomes semi-transparent. The portion 7a blinds a plurality of scroll characters "5" and "7" displayed in the second area and the eighth area, and stops after the plurality of scroll characters are variably displayed so as to rotate in the vertical direction, The three scroll characters are aligned when the robot is stopped because the virtual lines L2 and L in FIG.
There are a total of 3 lines of the second column in the middle part of 4 and L5 and two diagonal columns on the diagonal line. In the state where these three lines are set, the player operates the handle grip 18 shown in FIG. 5 to play the game ball with the hitting ball launching device, and the played game ball becomes the winning start openings 25 and 26 shown in FIG. When you enter
The game control device 1 shown in FIG. 1 outputs scroll information to the display control device 5. Then, the display control device 5 causes the CGRO
Scroll screen 4a from M4, middle ground screen 4b
And the image data of the sprite screen 4c is extracted and the scroll screen 4 is displayed from the color palette RAM 5c.
a, middle ground screen 4b and sprite screen 4c
Extract color data for each. The color data for the sprite screen 4c at this time is transparent data. Then, the display control device 5 outputs the image data and the color data to the XY control circuit 3d of the liquid crystal color panel 3, and X
The Y control circuit 3d causes the display screen 3a to display the scroll screen 4
a, middle ground screen 4b and sprite screen 4c
Are superimposed and variably displayed. That is, on the display surface 3a immediately after winning the game ball into the starting opening, the scroll characters are variably displayed as if they are rotating in the three lines from the first line to the third line of the scroll screen 4a. . In this case, the first area, the third area, the fourth area
The area-sixth area, the seventh area, and the ninth area scroll characters are clearly visible through the transparent areas of the middle ground screen 4b and the sprite screen 4c, and the scroll characters of the second area and the eighth area are
It is obscured by the semi-transparent portion 7a of the middle ground screen 4b so as to be entirely blurred and slightly visible, or a part of it can be seen through the transparent portion or the transparent portion of the blind. After that, when a predetermined time elapses, the scroll character is stopped last with a time difference of several seconds between the lines, for example, the second stop.
Before the line scroll character stops, the symbols of the scroll characters on the first line and the third line that have stopped until then are the second column in the middle part and two diagonal columns on the diagonal line (the virtual line in FIG. 4). Total 3 of lines L2, L4, L5)
A reach state will be reached in which two of the lines are aligned.
For example, as shown in FIG. 2B, assuming that the scroll characters in the first area and the ninth area are stopped at “7” and two are aligned, the sprite screen 4c-3 shown in FIG. A reach line pattern 8b is displayed on the right, and as a result, a reach line pattern 8b that connects two scroll characters "7" in the first area and the ninth area is displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3. It is displayed so as to pass over (in front of) the scroll character "6" in the fifth area located on the second line. In this case, since the reach line design 8b is transparent and hollow, the scroll character displayed in the fifth area can be seen without being hidden by the reach line design 8b. Therefore, of the plurality of symbol combination lines, which line has become the reach can be accurately notified to the player, and the playability can be improved.

In short, according to this embodiment, based on the reach information, the sprite screens 4c-2 to 4c-4 arranged in front of the scroll screen 4a are used, and the reach line patterns 8a to 8c are reached. The reach line pattern along the pattern combination line of the actual scroll character by the information is displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3.
By displaying in, it is possible to accurately and clearly announce the establishment of the symbol combination of the scroll characters without providing another member such as a light control plate or a filter, and to enhance the game play at that time.

Further, according to this embodiment, the reach action can be expressed on the pseudo three-dimensional screen by combining the sprite screen 4c, the middle ground screen 4b and the scroll screen 4a. In other words, as in the above-mentioned conventional example, in the method of constructing a large number of frames in which the screen data extracted from the memory are combined in a plane, and replacing a large number of frames one by one like a picture-story show or day-to-day operation, the animation character It is necessary to replace the scroll characters on the scroll screen when expressing characters or characters. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the reach line pattern 8a can be obtained by replacing only the sprite screen 4c which requires only a small amount of image data and color data without replacing the scroll screen 4a having a large amount of image data and color data. ~ 8c and animation characters and characters can be freely expressed. Therefore, the pseudo three-dimensional screen can be variably displayed while reducing the amount of data for variably displaying. The sprite screen 4c and the middle ground screen 4b have a smaller amount of image data and color data for variable display than the scroll screen 4a because the sprite screen 4c and the middle ground screen 4b are arranged in front of the scroll screen 4a. Since there are many transparent areas, the amount of image data and color data decreases accordingly.

In this embodiment, reach line patterns 8a-8
Although the case where c is set to transparent hollow is illustrated and described, the present invention sets the reach line designs 8a to 8c on the middle ground screen 4 or reaches the middle ground screen 4b or the sprite screen 4c. In the case of setting a symbol, the reach line symbol can be formed into a symbol that is scatteredly arranged for each part corresponding to each area of the scroll screen 4a, or can be a blinking symbol so that the reach line symbol can be changed. It is also possible to enhance the playability by changing the display. Further, the reach line pattern is rotated around its origin or is moved in parallel, so that one sprite screen 4c is formed.
Or, on the middle ground screen 4b, move one reach line symbol to a position along the symbol combination line of the actual scroll character according to the reach information at that time,
It is also possible to variably display on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3. Further, although the case where the number of lines is set to 3 lines has been described as an example, the middle ground screen 4 of the above-described embodiment is used.
By setting the two portions 7a in b to be transparent, it is possible to change to 5 lines. In the case of 5 lines, the reach line pattern corresponding to the lines shown in L1 and L2 shown in FIG. 4 is increased. By doing so, it becomes feasible.

In this embodiment, the pachinko machine is illustrated and described, but the present invention is also applicable to gaming machines such as slot machines other than the pachinko machine. When applied to the slot machine, the game start information and the scroll information in the above embodiment are replaced with the information that detects the insertion of medals into the slot machine, and the stop of scroll characters in each of a plurality of lines is stopped on the front of the slot machine. It will be easily understood that the present invention can be applied to a gaming machine such as a slot machine by replacing the operation with a button operation.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, the reach line pattern is actually scrolled by the reach information at each time on the screen arranged in front of the scroll screen by the specific display means capable of constructing software. By setting along the symbol combination line of the character, a simple structure that does not use a separate member such as a light control plate or a filter is used to accurately and clearly announce the establishment of the symbol combination of the scroll character, and the playability at that time. Can be increased. Moreover, the display screen configured by superimposing the animation characters of the sprite screen, the colors or patterns of the middle ground screen, and the scroll characters of the scroll screen is variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. There is a new effect that allows you to express reach action with unprecedented realism on the pseudo-stereoscopic screen while replacing the scroll screen with a large amount of data and color data with a minimum amount of data for variable display. is there. Also, by setting the reach line pattern to be transparent and hollow, there is a new effect that the scroll character displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel can be seen without erasing the reach line. In addition, by setting the reach line design to blink display, there is a novel effect that can express a variety of games by blinking the reach line design. Furthermore, by rotating the reach line design around its origin or moving it in parallel, it is possible to minimize the number of screens required to draw the reach line design by one, so that the reach line design is displayed. At the same time, it becomes possible to display the animation character club on other sprite screens, which has the new effect of expressing a realistic reach action on a pseudo-stereo screen.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a game control device and an image display device in a pachinko machine of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process from a virtual screen to a display screen in the image display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an area structure of a scroll screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a line configuration of a symbol combination of scroll characters according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols] 2 screen display device 3 liquid crystal color panel 3a display surface of liquid crystal color panel 4 CGROM (character generator ROM) 4a scroll screen 4b middle ground screen 4c sprite screen 5 display control device 5b control unit 5d composite display means 5e specific Display means 8a to 8c Reach line design

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An image display device for a gaming machine, which variably displays image data extracted from a memory according to game information on the gaming machine on a liquid crystal color panel provided on a gaming board, wherein a plurality of image data are displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. A scroll screen for displaying scroll characters in each scroll area divided into multiple rows and a display screen of the liquid crystal color panel, a middle ground screen for displaying a pattern covering the entire display screen, and a display screen of the liquid crystal color panel A screen memory for pre-configuring a virtual screen consisting of a sprite screen for displaying animation characters and a scroll screen / middle ground screen / sprite screen are extracted from the memory according to game information and overlapped. Combined display means for variably displaying on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, and An image display device for a gaming machine, comprising: a specific display means for drawing a pattern showing a reach line on a middle grand screen or a sprite screen which is superposed in front of a scroll screen in accordance with reach information. 2. The image display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting a symbol indicating a reach line to be transparent and hollow. 3. The image display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting a symbol indicating a reach line to blink display. 4. The image display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for rotating a pattern indicating a reach line around its origin. 5. The image display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for translating a symbol indicating a reach line in parallel.