JPH08243257A - Mahjong game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a TV game by which plural players can enjoy a mahjong game, by providing the first and the second display devices to display the hand pieces, the gripping pieces, and the thrown pieces; the first and the second operating means to operate by selecting the sorts of the thrown pieces and the opening pieces; and the third operating means to operate by instructing the gripping. CONSTITUTION: The whole body of a mahjong game machine is composed of pads 1 to 4, a game machine main body 5, and a CRT 10. In the pad 1, a piece selected by carsor moving by a cross key from the hand pieces shown in an LCD 1c is made as a thrown piece. The sorts of the opening piece is selected by carsor moving by the cross key from the sort of the opening pieces shown in the LCD 1c. The gripping is carried out by pressing a grip button. The pads 2 to 4 are composed in the same manner. The data of the scope displayed on the CRT 10 is displayed by reading a corresponding character from a charactor ROM 8. To the CRT 10, the thrown pieces not necessary to be secret, for example, are displayed, but the hand pieces and the gripping pieces necessary to be secret are not displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Mahjong game machine in which a plurality of players play Mahjong using a TV game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a mahjong game using a TV game machine, but the roles of the three players other than the player are T.
The V game machine was acting as a substitute.

For example, a portable mahjong game machine is disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 1-45392 (JP-A-60-21784). This mahjong game machine is a two-person mahjong game machine. Yes, the area that displays the player's tiles and the area that displays the discarded tiles are arranged in two rows,
In the area displaying the discard tiles, the discard tiles of the player and the discard tiles of the opponent are switched and displayed. As for the role of the opponent, the game console is acting on its behalf.

[0004]

However, even when four members are gathered together, three members other than the player can be used.
Since the TV game machine takes the role of a person, there is a drawback that three people other than the player cannot enjoy the mahjong game.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a TV game machine in which a plurality of players can enjoy a mahjong game.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the mahjong game machine of the present invention has a plurality of first display devices for displaying hand tiles and Tsumo tiles, and a second display for displaying discarded tiles. Device, first operating means provided on each first display device for selecting and operating the discard tile, second operating means provided on each first display device for selecting and operating the type of squeaking, and The third display device is provided in the first display device, and has a third operation means for commanding the Tsumo.

[0007]

In the mahjong game machine having the above structure, the plurality of first display devices display the hand tile and the tsumugi tile, and the second display device displays the discarded tile. That is, each player can operate the first operating means to the third operating means while keeping them invisible to the other players and seeing the display of the hand tile and the Tsumo tile on the first display device at hand. Further, since the discard tile which does not require secret is displayed on the second display device different from the first display device, the discard tile can be freely viewed at any time. With this configuration, although it is a Mahjong game on a TV game machine,
All four members can participate in the Mahjong game.

[0008]

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

FIG. 1 is a block connection diagram showing an embodiment of a mahjong game machine according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the entire Mahjong game machine is composed of pads 1 to 4, a game machine body 5 and a CRT 10. Pads 1 to 4 are composed of serial / parallel conversion circuits 1a to 4a, LCD drivers 1b to 4b, and LCDs 1c to 4c, respectively. The serial / parallel conversion circuits 1a to 4a convert serial data transmitted from a parallel / serial conversion circuit 9 (described later) into parallel data, and LCD drivers 1b to 4b.
Supply to each. The LCD drivers 1b to 4b display the data supplied from the serial / parallel conversion circuits 1a to 4a on the LCDs 1c to 4c, respectively.

The appearance of the pad 1 is shown in FIGS.
In the pad 1 shown in FIG. 2, the tiles selected by moving the cursor with the cross key 1d among the tiles shown on the LCD 1c are discarded. The selection of the type of squeaking is also performed by moving the cursor with the cross key 1d from the types of squeaking shown on the LCD 1c. Tsumo is performed by pressing the Tsumo button 1e. In the pad 1 shown in FIG. 3, the LCD
From the tiles shown in 1c, the tile specified by the discard tile button 1g is discarded. The selection of the type of squeal is specified from the squealing button 1f. Tsumo is performed by pressing the Tsumo button 1e. Although not shown, the pads 2 to 4 have the same structure as the pad 1 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

The game machine body 5 includes a CPU circuit 6 and a RAM.
7, a character ROM 8 and a parallel / serial conversion circuit 9. The CPU circuit 6 includes an input / output control unit 6a that controls input / output of the pads 1 to 4, respectively.
~ 6d. Input / output to / from pads 1 to 4 is RAM7
And the parallel / serial conversion circuit 9. The output from the CPU circuit 6 to the pads 1 to 4 is the LCD
It is transmission of data displayed in 1c to 4c. The display data is transmitted by the CPU circuit 6 in the areas 11 to 14 of the RAM 7.
And the parallel / serial conversion circuit 9 performs parallel / serial conversion and transmits the data to pads 1 to 4. The data received by the CPU circuit 6 from the pads 1 to 4 is the cross key 1d to the discard tile button 1g, the cross key 2d to the discard tile button 2g, the cross key 3d to the discard tile button 3g, and the cross key 4d to the discard tile button 4g. It is information about the operation state of.

Areas 11 to 14 are provided corresponding to pads 1 to 4, respectively. In areas 11-14,
Each of the pads 1 to 4 includes an area for writing data to be displayed on the LCDs 1c to 4c and an area for writing data to be displayed on the CRT 10. Of the data written in the RAM 7, the data in the area to be displayed on the CRT 10 is displayed on the CRT 10 by reading the corresponding character from the character ROM 8. On the CRT 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 4A, a discard tile that does not require a secret is displayed, and a hand tile and a Tsumo tile that do not require a secret are displayed. On the other hand, as in the conventional case, when the TV game machine takes the role of three players other than the player as in the conventional case and wants to enjoy the mahjong game alone, as shown in FIG. All the tiles are displayed on the CRT 10.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the CPU circuit 6. When the program starts, it is detected that the switches 1h to 4h are turned on (step S1).
In step S2, it is determined whether or not the "JONG YOU" mode is set. The “JONG YOU” mode is a mode in which all four members participate in the mahjong game using the pads 1 to 4. In the case of the "JONG YOU" mode, the tiles are displayed on the LCDs 1c to 4c of the pads 1 to 4 (step S3). If it is not in the "JONG YOU" mode (when one person enjoys the mahjong game), the tiles of one player are displayed (step S4).
The display when not in the "JONG YOU" mode is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), all of the discarded tiles, hand tiles, and Tsumo tiles are displayed on the CRT 10.

In step S5, the counter is initialized. The counter N is the number of players and the counter M is the number of discarded tiles, both of which are initialized to 1.
In step S6, it is determined whether the number of discarded tiles exceeds 70. If it exceeds 70, the winning combination, the score, etc. are displayed in step S19, and the program ends. When it does not exceed 70, the process proceeds to step S7.

In step S7, "JONG YOU"
Judge whether or not the mode. In the "JONG YOU" mode, the Tsumo display is performed only when M = 1 (step S9). If M = 1 is not satisfied, the process directly proceeds to step S12 without displaying the Tsumo. When not in “JONG YOU” mode, when N = 1 and M = 1, or N
If ≠ 1, the spider display is performed (step S11). N =
When 1 and M = 1 or when N ≠ 1 is not established, the process directly proceeds to step S12 without displaying the spider.

In step S12, it is determined whether or not it is rising. In the case of rising, the winning combination, the score, etc. are displayed in step S19, and the program ends. If it is determined that it has not risen, the process proceeds to step S13. In step S13, the processing of discarding tiles is performed, and the result is displayed in areas 11 to 11.
14 (step S14). Thereby, CR
The discarded tiles are displayed at T10. In step S15, the counter M is incremented and the process proceeds to step S16.

In step S16, it is determined whether the counter N is equal to 4. If the counter N is equal to 4, 1 is assigned to the counter N in step S17 to transfer the process to the first player (parent), and then step S6.
Then, the above operation is repeated. If the counter N is not equal to 4, then in order to process the next player,
The counter M is incremented in step S18, the process returns to step S6, and the above-described operation is repeated.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where four members are prepared has been described, but a plurality of members are four members.
Not only people but also two-person mahjong and three-person mahjong can enjoy the mahjong game machine of the present invention by two or three members.

[0020]

As described above, according to the mahjong game machine of the present invention, the plurality of first display devices display the hand tile and the Tsumo tile, and the only second display device displays the discarded tile. . In other words, each player should not be seen by other players, and see the display of the hand tile and Tsumo tile on the first display device at hand,
The first operating means to the third operating means can be operated.
Discarded tiles that do not require confidentiality are displayed on only one secondary display device, so that each player can freely see them at any time. With this configuration, although it is a mahjong game on a TV game machine, all can participate in the mahjong game.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block connection diagram showing an embodiment of a mahjong game machine according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an embodiment of a mahjong game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an embodiment of a mahjong game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a mahjong game machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 to 4 pad 1a to 4a serial / parallel conversion circuit 1b to 4b LCD driver 1c to 4c LCD 1d to 4d cross key 1e to 4e Tsumo button 1f to 4f squeak button 1g to 4g discard tile button 1h to 4h switch 5 game machine main body 6 CPU circuit 7 RAM 8 Character ROM 9 Parallel / serial conversion circuit 10 CRT 11-14 area

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of first display devices for displaying hand tiles and tsumugi tiles, a second display device for displaying discarded tiles, and a plurality of first display devices provided on each of the first display devices for selectively operating the discarded tiles. First operating means, second operating means provided on each of the first display devices for selecting and operating the type of squeaking, and third operating means provided on each of the first display device for commanding a spider And a mahjong game machine. 2. The mahjong game machine according to claim 1, wherein the first display devices are provided by the number of players and are operated by the hands of each player.