JPH09140871A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the enjoyability of a game by turning on part of a display if a ball has entered a subsidiary scoring slot, and holding the display in a predetermined 'on' state while initiating a special playing condition, depending on the counted number of balls that have entered the subsidiary scoring slot. SOLUTION: If a ball has entered a starting scoring slot 31 under specific conditions, a special playing condition is initiated, and symbols corresponding to the special playing condition are displayed on a generator display device 3. A subsidiary scoring slot 2 serves as a kind of V-zone 'lucky' hole, part of a display 6 is turned on at the detection of the entrance of balls into the subsidiary scoring slot under the specific conditions, and based on the counted number of balls that meet such requirements as a predetermined time during which tracks are displayed and a predetermined number of times, the display 6 is held in an 'on' state equivalent to a specific playing condition or in a fully on state, and the special playing condition or that similar to the special playing condition is initiated. Thus even if balls easily enter scoring slots other than a central generator, the enjoyability of the game is increased.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine having a special game state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko gaming machine,
As disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-17181, etc., a customer is serviced by placing a ball in a specific winning opening to bring it into a special game state, but in this case, it is located in the center of the game area of the gaming machine. Only when the ball entered a certain so-called accessory, the display on the board was only gorgeous, such as repeated blinking, and was not the one that led the game.

[0003]

In such a pachinko gaming machine, when the central accessory does not have a ball and it is easy for the ball to enter only the surrounding winning holes, the ball gradually increases. Since I couldn't get excited, the customer eventually got tired of playing and sometimes stopped playing games. In addition, even when the ball is often guided to a specific winning opening that does not lead to a special gaming state, the player often does not notice the winning opening that often enters and leaves the gaming table as it is.

[0004]

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a main winning opening, a subordinate winning opening, and a ball locus provided in association with the subordinate winning opening in the play area. It has a display related to, and detects that a ball has entered the winning prize hole and controls the display to partially light up, and enters the winning prize hole that meets the conditions such as a predetermined time and a predetermined number of times. By counting spheres,
The display device is provided with a control means for setting a predetermined lighting state and a special play state.

As a result, even when the ball is often present in the winning opening other than the so-called central role, the winning opening is displayed as the trajectory of the ball, attracts attention, and enters a special game state, so that the game is played. The fun of is increased.

[0006]

1 is an external view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram thereof. In this figure, 1 is a game board, a ball launching device (not shown) and the like are provided below, and a passage 19 is provided along the left side wall surface so that the ball is introduced into the game board. Gaming board 1
The main part of the game area is a game area, and the accessory display device 3 is provided in the center of the game area. Below that is a starting winning opening 31 which is a main winning opening, and two winning openings 2 serving as subordinate winning openings. Are provided on both left and right sides, and a ball collection port 4 is provided below them. Each of the winning opening 2 and the starting winning opening 31 is provided with a large number of injured objects (partly not shown) such as nails and windmills near the surface thereof, and a winning detection for detecting passage of a winning ball on the back surface. A container 5 is provided for each. The accessory display device 3 is provided as a variable display device that displays information (arbitrary symbols such as letters, numbers, symbols, and patterns) related to pachinko games and the like.

[0007] Reference numeral 32 is a special winning device provided between the left and right starting winning openings 31, and when a special game state, a so-called "big hit state" is reached, a predetermined time elapses or a predetermined number of winning balls occur. , Its opening and closing plate is opened. The operation lamp, the V lamp, the big hit lamp, and the like that are turned on according to the special game state are appropriately arranged on the game board 1 and its peripheral portion.

Reference numeral 6 is an indicator relating to a ball locus provided in association with the subordinate winning opening 2. The indicator 6 is provided on the game board 1 and is arranged along a path or passage through which the ball often passes due to an obstacle or the like. It consists of a row of lamps or a linear light source. The trajectory of the sphere may be displayed as one or a plurality of routes along which the sphere passes, or may be displayed as a width, for example, as a region through which the sphere passes.

Numeral 7 is a count of the number of spheres that meet conditions such as a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times when the display 6 is controlled to be partially lit by detecting that a sphere has entered the subordinate winning opening 2. Indicator 6
Is a predetermined lighting state and a special playing state. This control means 7 is a CPU 71 and its CP.
ROM that stores U71 programs and display data
72 and a RAM 73 for storing various states. The CPU 71 is connected to a controller 9 for controlling the entire pachinko gaming machine or a floor computer for managing a large number of pachinko gaming machines via the I / O port 8. At the same time, the prize detector 5 also exchanges information.

According to the present invention, a ball enters the starting winning opening 31 under a specific condition to enter a special game state, and the character display device 3 displays a pattern corresponding to the special game state. In addition to such a special game state by the starting winning hole 31, the subordinate winning hole 2 becomes a kind of V-zone lucky hole, and it is detected that a ball has entered the subordinate winning hole under specific conditions, and the display 6 is gradually displayed. Partial lighting control such as lighting, gradually turning off, or flashing,
By counting the number of spheres that meet conditions such as a predetermined time and a predetermined number of times of displaying the locus, the display 6 is set to a predetermined lighting state such as a lighting state equivalent to the specific game state or a full lighting state. Along with the special play state or a state similar to the special game state, even if the ball is well in the prize hole other than the so-called central character, the prize hole is displayed as the trajectory of the ball, and attention is paid. And since it becomes a special game state, the fun of the game (game) increases.

[0011]

[First Embodiment] First, a pachinko gaming machine has a game board 1 attached to a frame, a glass door is attached to the front surface thereof, and a ball launching device (not shown) is provided below the game board 1 as a pachinko ball as a game ball. An upper plate for supplying the water, and a handle and a lower plate for sphere launching operation are provided below the upper plate.

Inside the game board 1, two subordinate winning openings 2 are provided on both the left and right sides so that the player can observe, and if necessary, the winning opening is held behind. Below the accessory display device 3, three starting winning openings 31 are provided, and below these, the ball collecting opening 4 is provided. In addition to this, many other obstacles consisting of nails and windmills are placed on the board. Each of the winning prize hole 2 and the starting prize hole 31
Winning detectors 5 for detecting the passage of winning balls are respectively provided, and the winning detectors 5 are magnetic sensors or photo interrupters for detecting the proximity or passage of the balls.
It is composed of an optical sensor such as a photo reflector or a mechanical contact type mechanical sensor such as a limit switch having a tongue that comes into contact when a sphere passes. The port 81 supplies data of the detection result to the control means 7 which will be described later.

The special winning device 32 between the start-up winning openings 31 arranged on the left and right is provided with an opening / closing plate which is opened and closed by a predetermined drive mechanism (solenoid etc.), so-called "big hit state".
Then, the opening / closing plate is opened until a predetermined time passes or a predetermined number of winning balls are generated. At this time, the operation lamp, the V lamp, the big hit lamp, etc., which are turned on according to the game state, are appropriately arranged on the game board 1, but it is desirable to arrange them on the secondary winning opening 2 and the starting winning opening 31. And, in the central portion of the game board 1, there is provided an accessory display device 3 as a variable display device for displaying information regarding a specific game state.

The accessory display device 3 provided in the central portion has a screen for displaying information about pachinko games (arbitrary patterns such as letters, numbers, symbols, and patterns) composed of three display units. The display units are each composed of a dot matrix display device using LEDs or a graphic liquid crystal display. The accessory display device 3 is provided with display control means 82, and this display control means 82 directly controls the accessory display device 3 and the accessory display device 3 of each pachinko game machine with a hall computer that controls the entire game center. Alternatively, when the display is controlled by the microcomputer provided for each pachinko gaming machine, it can be omitted. However, in order to reduce the load on the hall computer and the microcomputer or to make the accessory display device 3 and the like applicable to other game machines, it is preferable to mount and integrate the accessory display device 3 on the accessory display device 3. .

The ROM 72 of the control means 7 includes a rewritable ROM or RAM as required, and has programs and data for operating the CPU 71, display data for fixed display, and a display guide lighting program. For example, the display screens of the three display units are used as one display screen to scroll the letters "Welcome", or the number of big hits is stored and the number of big hits on the day and yesterday is displayed in blinking. Can be blinked.

With such a configuration, the winning openings 2, 31 are made by the control means 7 or by an instruction from the controller 9.
Detecting a ball entering the game, the pattern on the screen activated by software such as a game lights up, and when the pattern on the display unit flashes in a certain game state, the ball enters or enters the designated winning opening The detector 5 detects this, and the output thereof causes new development of the game software and changes in the displayed pattern. In this case, it is more preferable that the timing of reading the output of the prize detector 5 responds to the designated timing of the game software. Further, if the player is informed of the timing of reading the reading timing, the game is further enhanced. Heap up.

For example, the accessory display device 3 is used as a variable symbol display section for displaying symbols consisting of numbers 0 to 9, and the numbers are sequentially changed and displayed, and the control means 7 is connected to the controller 9 of the pachinko gaming machine. It has been done. Therefore, the control means 7 causes the accessory display device 3 to display "Welcome to you" or the like at the beginning of the game, or to demonstrate how to play the game. By detecting that the numbers are set, an appropriate random number is selected by random numbers and displayed on the accessory display device 3.

When the game starts and the ball passes through the starting winning opening 31, the CPU 7 which receives a signal from the controller 9
No. 1 reads out image information from the ROM so that the displayed contents of the accessory display device 3 are random and makes the display look like something unknown, while generating three numbers by random number generation. In this way, the controller 9 causes the accessory display device 3 to be driven by triggering the control means 7 and supplies a predetermined number of prize balls.

After a few seconds have passed, the accessory display device 3 stops the fluctuations in the order of the left display, the right display and the central display, and displays the symbol numbers based on the generated numbers. At this time, when the left and right symbol numbers are, for example, "7, 7", the so-called "reach state" is set, and the symbol displayed subsequently is also "7", and all symbols are "7, 7, 7". When it comes to "," it becomes a so-called "big hit state". The controllers 9 that have received the selected number will judge the reach state, the big hit state, and the like, respectively.

Then, conventionally, after the above-mentioned "reach state", if the remaining symbol numbers are not aligned, "off-state"
Whether the "big hit state" or the "out-of-range state" depends on the probability preliminarily incorporated in the random number generation program, and even if the ball enters the prize hole 2 at the side, the player will Of course, the “big hit state” was not interesting because he could not be involved in other preferential treatment states.

In view of this point, in this embodiment, the CPU 71
Generates a new random number when it receives a signal from the controller 9 that the three selected numbers correspond to the above-mentioned "reach state", the right winning opening 2 if the number is even, and the left side if the number is odd. If both winning holes 2 are designated, if both winning holes 2 are specified, it is detected that a ball has entered the specified winning holes and the display 6 is sequentially turned on. For example, it informs that it will be in a special game state. For example, when the symbol number in the central portion becomes “4” and is out of alignment, a predetermined number of balls are present in the secondary winning opening 2 within a certain period of time during this sequential lighting, which is detected by the winning detection device 5. , By this detection input, for example, every time two enter, the CPU 71 adds 1 to "4" of the three numbers "7, 4, 7" selected by the random number, and the symbol number is displayed on the central display unit. "5" is displayed, "6" is displayed when a predetermined number of balls are entered, and when the sequential display is finished and the display number on the central display unit is "7", it becomes a "big hit state". This information is sent to the controller 9 via the I / O port 8.
Tell Further, the control means 7 replaces the display 6 of the designated winning prize port, which has been partially controlled for lighting, with full lighting high speed flushing, and notifies that it is in the special play state.

The controller 9 which receives this information from the control means 7 carries out a big hit process. The accessory display device 3 may display a gorgeous display related to the big hit. When the "big hit state" is reached, the controller 9 of the pachinko gaming device turns on a lamp indicating the "big hit state" and sounds a buzzer to inform the "big hit state" to the surroundings, and the opening / closing plate of the special winning device 32 is opened. Fall forward and open the special prize hole. The special winning opening is opened a predetermined number of times, and the number of times can be displayed on the accessory display device 3, for example.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the specific game state can be obtained even if the special winning opening is located aside, and since it is displayed which subordinate winning opening is better, even if it is difficult to enter the central winning opening, the display is versatile and diverse. You can also help and enjoy the game enthusiastically.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game board 2 Winning prize (subordinate winning prize) 31 Starting winning prize (main winning prize) 6 Display 7 Control means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main winning opening and a subordinate winning opening provided in the play area, and a ball trajectory display provided in association with the subordinate winning opening, and a ball entered the subordinate winning opening. Is detected, the display is controlled to be partially turned on, and the display is turned to a predetermined lighting state by counting the number of spheres that meet a predetermined condition that has entered the winning prize hole that is performing the lighting control. A pachinko game machine characterized in that it is also provided with a control means for setting a special play state.