JPH09192327A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an unfair privilege from being acquired and thereby securely maintain the high reliability and the highly enjoyable features of a game machine by providing a means for managing a permit fro awarding a prize which manages the parmit for awarding a prize for a wining game ball and a means for executing the awarding of a privilege which awards the privilege based on the winding game ball under a state for permitting the awarding of a prize. SOLUTION: If a game ball ejected from an ball ejector 18 is hit to an actuating aperture set on an image display device 14 and a win is generated in a pictorial pattern rotary game or 'reach' game is produced to win a bonanza, the openable door 17 of a variable prize awarding device 15 is opened. Under this state, a winning game ball is produced by the variable prize awarding device 15 and a counting sensor is turned ON, and the prize ball (the number of special game balls is added) is awarded. Consequently, if the counting sensor is tampered by introducing a piano wire from outside, or the game ball is manipulated to obtain the awarding of a prize ball by unlawfully opening the openable door 17 of the variable prize awarding device 15 in a coercive manner, no prize ball (the number of special game balls is added) is warded. Thus, the reliability of the game machine is enhanced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A game area is provided with a starting opening, an image display device, a variable winning device, etc., and when a game ball emitted from a launching device wins in the starting opening, the image display device displays a variable display of a plurality of identification information and the like. There is a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine) that generates a gaming state that is advantageous to the player, such as performing the variable winning device based on the result and converting the variable winning device into an open state in which it is easy to win the game ball.

In this case, a card is inserted into the card insertion slot, and within the range of the game value information (the number of balls held, etc.),
The game ball enclosed in the main body of the gaming machine is launched from the launching device into the game area to play the game. While the game value information is updated based on the game, the game ball that has passed through the game area is collected. There is an enclosed ball type game machine that is used by circulating it to a launcher.

[0004]

A game ball detection switch provided in such a variable winning device for a gaming machine is an optical sensor, a proximity sensor, or the like, for example, a piano wire or the like is intruded from the outside to illegally There is a person who inputs a switch and gets a privilege (prize, addition of the number of balls). In addition, there are some people who intrude a piano wire or the like to forcibly open the variable winning apparatus and obtain a privilege by an illegal winning.

On the other hand, when a clerk is called during a game due to a ball jam or the like, in a normal gaming machine, the clerk causes the player to win a game ball at a winning opening or the like as a service, but is a sealed ball type game. In machines, such a service may cause a malfunction.

In the enclosed ball type gaming machine, the number of game balls shot is the same as the number of game balls collected, and when the game is finished, if the game end switch is pushed, the card is not immediately ejected and the number of shot balls is set. After judging whether the number of collected balls is the same, write the number of balls held in the card and eject. For this reason, it is not desirable that the number of fired balls and the number of collected balls are different by performing the service as described above.

An object of the present invention is to prevent unauthorized acquisition of privilege and to secure high reliability and high interest of a gaming machine.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The first invention is to play a game as to whether or not to give a privilege based on a game ball shot in a game area, and to win a variable winning device with a game ball based on the result of the game. In a gaming machine adapted to be converted into an easy-to-play state, winning permission management means for managing winning permission of gaming balls,
And a privilege granting execution unit that grants a privilege based on the game ball won in the prize winning permission state.

A second aspect of the present invention is to enclose a predetermined number of game balls inside a game machine, play a game as to whether or not to give a privilege based on the game balls shot in the game area, and display the result of the game. Based on the variable winning device, the game ball is converted into a state where it is easy to win the game ball, while the game machine that collects the game ball that has passed through the game area, guides it to the launch position and circulates it, manages the game ball winning permission. And a privilege granting execution unit that grants a privilege based on the game ball won when the player is in the winning permission state.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the winning permission management means sets a winning permission state when it is determined that a bonus is given as a result of a game as to whether or not to give a bonus.

A fourth aspect of the present invention comprises image display means for displaying an image of a game as to whether or not to give a privilege.

A fifth aspect of the present invention comprises image display means for displaying an image of a starting means for starting a game of whether or not to give a privilege.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a launch ball detecting means for detecting a game ball shot in the game area, and a video ball switching means for displaying a video ball on the image display section based on the detection of the launch ball detecting means. , A video ball path managing means for managing the path of the video ball, and a video starting means displayed on the image display section for starting a game as to whether or not to give a privilege based on the winning of the video ball Along with this, the winning award permission management means is provided with a variable winning device control means for controlling the conversion operation of the variable winning device.

In a seventh aspect of the invention, a privilege is given to the winning of the image ball to the starting means.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game machine (pachinko machine), and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof.

The outer shape of the game machine is almost entirely round and the lower part is square. Outer frame 1 forming this outer shape
The inner frame 2 is housed in the.

The outer frame 1 is formed so that the round portion is tubular, the front opening surface of the tubular portion 4 is inclined to some extent inward, and the lower portion is box-shaped.

The inner frame 2 is provided with a panel portion 3 on the front surface of a frame body 12 arranged inside the tubular portion 4 of the outer frame 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, a game board 5 is mounted on the panel portion 3, and a cover glass 8 for covering and protecting the game board 5 is provided on the front surface of the panel portion 3 via a glass frame 6 to cover it. The lower part 7 of the panel below the glass 8 is bulged to the front of the machine.

The frame body 12 is provided together with the panel portion 3 in the outer frame 1 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction via a drive mechanism, and the panel portion 3 is formed so as to be openable / closable as shown in FIG. 4 via the drive mechanism. It

On the surface of the game board 5, as shown in FIG. 5, an image display device 14 for displaying a game image or the like in the center of the game area,
The variable winning device 15 and the like are arranged below it. The CCD camera 10 is fitted directly above the center of the image display device 14.

As the image display device 14, a display device such as a liquid crystal having a large screen is used. The variable winning device 15 is provided with an opening / closing door 17 which is driven to be converted from a closed state to an open state by a solenoid, and a count sensor 11 for detecting a winning ball.

Directly above the image display device 14, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the warp entrance 7 for guiding the game ball to the back side of the game board 5.
0 is formed. The warp entrance 70 is provided in the image display device 14.
The opening is formed over the entire width direction.

On the back side of the game board 5, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, on the back side of the image display device 14, a warp gutter 13 (which is a game area) through which a game ball entered from the warp entrance 70 is passed, and an image. A display device 14, a variable winning device 15, an accessory control device (game control device) 16 for controlling each decorative lamp and the like are provided.

The warp gutter 13 fixes the image display device 14 to the game board 5 and protects the back surface of the game board 5.
A panel-shaped housing frame 72 having a predetermined depth is superposed on and attached to the frame. In the upper part of the warp gutter 13, a plurality of (four) inflow passages are formed by the guide wall 73, and gate sensors 50 to 53 for detecting passage of the game balls are provided in the respective inflow passages. Gate sensor 50-5
The game ball that has passed 3 is formed by the guide wall 74 toward the lower center.

The game ball that has entered the warp trough 13 from the warp entrance 70 is a gate sensor 50 to 53 of any inflow path.
It is detected after passing through and flows down to the lower center.

Immediately below the image display device 14, a warp outlet 75 connected to the lower central portion of the warp gutter 13 is opened. The warp outlet 75 is located above the variable winning device 15, and when the opening / closing door 17 is open, the warp outlet 7 is located.
The game balls flowing out of 5 are formed so as to win the variable winning device 15 through the opening / closing door 17.

An out port 22 into which an out ball flows is formed at the bottom of the game area of the game board 5, and an out ball and a safe after winning a predetermined winning portion (variable winning device 15) are formed in the bottom of the opening 22. An out sensor 19 for detecting passage of these balls (collection balls) is arranged at the collection port of the balls.

The hitting ball launching device 18 is arranged on the panel portion 3 of the inner frame 2 on the back surface of the upper left portion of the game board 5 as shown in FIG. 5, and the launching port 2 is opened in the guide wall 20 surrounding the game area.
A game ball is launched from 1 above the game area.

On the back surface side of the panel portion 3 of the inner frame 2, as shown in FIG.
A circulation path for gaming balls is provided as shown in FIGS.

The circulation path stores a fixed amount of game balls on the upper side and is connected to the flow path of the launching device 18 to store a gutter 25.
Is provided. The storage gutter 25 is formed in an arcuate curved path on the inlet side, and is provided on the launching device 18 side with a downward slope.

A transfer gutter 66 for guiding the game ball launched by the transfer mechanism 24 to the storage gutter 25 is provided on the right side of the circulation path (as viewed from the front of the gaming machine).

At the lower side of the circulation path, as shown in FIG. 7, the return gutter 2 is connected to the recovery gutter 67 downstream of the out sensor 19 of the game board 5 and is also connected to the transfer mechanism 24 while being inclined downward.
3 is provided. At the bottom of the return gutter 23 near the collection gutter 67, a switching mechanism 68 capable of discharging game balls to the outside is provided.

On the left side of the circulation path (as viewed from the front of the gaming machine), the ball discharge port of the storage gutter 25, that is, the launching device 18
There is provided a ball removing gutter 26 for connecting the discharge port of a ball removing lever (not shown) provided in the flow path to the return gutter 23. An inlet 69 for taking in a game ball from the outside is formed in the ball removing trough 26 on the way.

Note that a predetermined number of game balls are sent to the circulation path from an external device via the inlet 69 of the ball drop trough 26 when the game store is opened, etc.

The main body control device 30 controls the launching device 18, each device on the circulation path, the movement control of the frame main body 12 of the inner frame 2 of the gaming machine, the opening / closing control of the panel portion 3, and the like.

The lower panel portion 7 below the panel portion 3 is integrally attached to the panel portion 3, and as shown in FIG. 9, the upper portion is formed on the inclined surfaces 27 and 28 which gradually incline toward the front of the machine at a predetermined angle. It

At the center of the inclined surfaces 27 and 28, first and second operation portions 31 and 32 for playing a game are arranged. The first and second operation units 31 and 32 include a display device 33 such as a liquid crystal display,
34 and touch panels 35 and 36 having coordinate reading switches for detecting the touch position on the display surface. As shown in FIG. 4, an operation display control device 37 is provided on the back side of the first and second operation parts 31 and 32 (inside the lower part 7 of the panel).

The right part of the inclined surface 28 is cut away from the middle, and an insertion opening 40 into which a predetermined card is inserted is formed at the front end portion 38 as shown in FIG. A reader / writer 41 that reads the information from the inserted card and writes the information to the card is arranged at the back of the insertion opening 40 (on the outer frame 1 side), as shown in FIGS.

On the display device 33 of the first operation unit 31, an operation screen of a game and data for executing the game is displayed. On the display device 34 of the second operation unit 32, an operation screen or the like for entering the image game of the image display device 14 is displayed.
An image sent from the outside is displayed on the display device 34 of the second operation unit 32.

As shown in FIG. 12, the storage equipment 42 for storing the game machine is provided with a game information display unit 43 above the game machine. In the corner of the storage equipment 42, a large amount of money adding machine 39 for adding the amount of money to the card, and on one side of the gaming machine a small amount of money adding machine 4 for adding a small amount of money to the card
4 is arranged, and an optical transmission / reception unit 45 with the management device side is provided above the game information display unit 43 and the large amount of money addition machine 39.

As shown in FIG. 13, the main control device 46 of the game information display unit 43, the accessory control device 16, the operation display control device 37, the main body control device 30, the card reader / writer control device 47, the inter-mounting amount adding machine 44, etc. Are connected by a network using power lines. The optical transmitter / receiver unit 4 is controlled by the main controller 46.
5, information is exchanged with the management device side, and information is exchanged with the accessory control device 16, the operation display control device 37, the main body control device 30, the card reader / writer control device 47 side, etc. via the network. On the CRT 48, information from the game store, game information of the gaming machine, control information, etc. are displayed.

The accessory control device 16 includes a CPU 49, a system ROM, a system RAM, as shown in FIGS.
Sprite image controller (Sprite VDP)
54, back graphic image controller (back graphic VDP) 55, 56, image data RO
M, image data RAM, palette circuit, scan converter, video capture board, LCD interface, image controller (VDP for second operation unit display) 6
3, audio controller, audio data ROM, input port, interface circuit, output port, drive circuit, etc.

Gate sensors 50 to 53 (launch ball detecting means) provided on the warp gutter 13 on the back side of the game board 5, a count sensor 11 provided on the variable winning device 15, and an out sensor 19 for detecting a collected ball. The signal from is input through the interface circuit and the input port, and the main control device 4 of the game information display unit 43.
6, signals are exchanged with the operation display control device 37, the main body control device 30 and the like via a network board.

The output port is connected to each decorative lamp provided on the game board 5 via the drive circuit, the solenoid of the opening / closing door 17 of the variable winning device 15, and the like.

On the image display device (LCD) 14, the image (the image with a lot of movement) data from the sprite VDP 54 and the image (background image) data from the back graphic VDPs 55 and 56 are palette circuit, scan converter, and video capture board. , Sent via the LCD interface and displayed.

The image taken by the CCD camera 10 is
The image is displayed on the image display device 14 at a predetermined time through the video capture board and the LCD interface.

From the speaker 60, the audio data from the audio controller is sent to the amplifier and output.

From the infrared communication device 61, the image data from the second operation section display VDP 63 is transmitted to the infrared communication unit 64 (described later) of the second operation section 32.

Image data RO of sprite VDP 54
The image data ROMs of the M and back graphic VDPs 55 and 56 store image data such as game images, displays, information on games and gaming machines. The image data ROM of the VDP 63 for displaying the second operation unit stores image data for operations such as entering the image game of the image display device 14.

As shown in FIG. 16, the operation display control device 37 includes a CPU 59, a ROM, a RAM, an image controller (first
The operation unit display VDP) 62, image data ROM, image data RAM, touch panel controller, voice controller, voice data ROM, input / output interface circuit, and the like.

The signals (touch position signals) from the touch panels 35 and 36 of the first and second operation sections 31 and 32 are input through the touch panel controller and the input / output interface circuit, and the main control device of the game information display unit 43. Signals are exchanged with the control device 46, the accessory control device 16, the main body control device 30 and the like via a network board (NB).

On the display device 33 of the first operating section 31, the first
Image data is sent from the VDP 62 for displaying the operation unit via the gamma correction circuit and displayed. The infrared communication device 6 of the accessory control device 16 is displayed on the display device 34 of the second operation unit 32.
The image data sent by the infrared communication unit 64 from 1 is sent via the separation circuit and the gamma correction circuit and displayed.

From the speaker 65, the audio data from the audio controller is sent to the amplifier and output.

The image data ROM of the first operation portion display VDP 62 stores image data for operating a game and data for executing a game.

Next, the control operation of the accessory control device 16 will be described with reference to FIG.
The operation display control device 37 is shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.
The control operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 17 is a general flow of the accessory control device 16, in which the CPU mode is set, the RAM is checked, and the peripheral devices are initialized, and then "preparation for opening a store", "normal display", "pachinko game", and "reach game". , The "big hit game" is branched and processed, the sprite data and color command set in each task are written in the system RAM, and the back graphic data is back graphic VDP5.
5, 56, and performs "operation display data control (display control of the second operation unit)" (100.01 to 100.1).
3).

The operation display data control is performed by the second operation unit 32.
On the display device 34, a display such as a character is normally displayed, and a game operation screen is displayed during a predetermined game.

In the interrupt processing, when there is an interrupt of the sprite VDP 54 as shown in FIG. 18, the sprite data in the system RAM is set in a predetermined bank of the sprite RAM, and the color command is set in the palette circuit. Subsequently, input monitoring of each sensor, lamp control, network board transmission processing, sound control, etc. are performed (1.0
1-1.11).

When the second operation unit display VDP 63 is interrupted, the image data in the system RAM set by each task is sent to the second operation unit display VDP 63 (1.1.
2, 1.13).

In the case of an interrupt from the network board, the analysis processing of the network board is performed and the data of the dual port RAM of the network board is stored in the memory (1.14, 1.15).

In the network board transmission process, when there is a transmission request to another network terminal as shown in FIG. 19, the transmission data is fetched from the transmission memory and the transmission destination is set. It is confirmed whether the connection state of the in-game machine network is OK or the dual port RAM is empty, the packet is written in the empty block, the write area (block) determination flag is set, and an interrupt is generated (2.0
1-2.09).

The image control of the image display device 14 displays an image for demonstration of the gaming machine, a message, and the like in the normal display (when the game is not being played, etc.).

In the pachinko game, a game board of a pachinko machine is displayed as an image, a game ball emitted from the launching device 18 is virtually displayed in the image, and a game area in the image is rolled, and the virtual game. A predetermined game is played based on the winning of the displayed game ball (image game ball).

FIG. 30 shows an example of image display on the game board. In the center of the game area of the game board, the clune inside (turning device)
A play equipment device 77 having a reference numeral 76 is provided, and a starting opening (starting means) 78 is set below the play equipment device 77. On the left and right of the playground equipment 77, lamp windmills 80a and 80b are provided on the upper side, windmills 81a and 81b are provided on the side, and flippers 82a and 82b are provided on the lower side.
Is set. When the image game ball in the game area enters the play equipment device 77 from above, it turns the clune 76 and falls from the central hole toward the starting opening 78 below. When the image game ball is won in the starting port 78, the symbol rotation game is executed in the clune 76 portion of the play equipment device 77.

In this pachinko game process, as shown in FIG. 20, "ball appearance check", "windmill (left) process", "windmill (right) process", "lamp windmill (left) process", "lamp windmill ( Right) processing "," flipper processing "," starting winning a prize "," starting opening enlargement "," display ramp processing "," reach transition processing "," clune mask processing "," case ramp processing "," symbol rotation " Processing, etc. (3.01-3.
13).

In the ball appearance check, the game ball shot from the launching device 18 to the game area flows into the warp gutter 13 on the back side of the game board 5, and each gate sensor 50 of the warp gutter 13 is supplied.
Every time 53 is turned on, an image game sphere is made to appear, and based on the turn on, the course of the image game sphere is set, and a random number is read to determine whether or not the image game sphere wins the starting opening 78. .

The windmill (left) processing, the windmill (right) processing, the ramp windmill (left) processing, the ramp windmill (right) processing, when the image game ball hits, the corresponding windmill 81a, 81b, 80
Set a and 80b to rotate.

The flipper process is performed by the flippers 82a, 8a.
The operation of the flippers 82a and 82b is set so as to launch the image game ball that has fallen or hits 2b.

When the winning of the image game ball is found in the starting port 78, the starting port winning is stored as a maximum of four as the starting memory, and the winning information of the starting port 78 and the number of winning balls are transmitted to the network board. It is set in the memory and sent to the main control device 46 of the game information display unit 43, the operation display control device 37, etc., and the image game sphere disappears.

The enlargement of the starting opening is set so that the interval between the image of the starting opening 78 and the image of the nail at the entrance is enlarged when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

The display lamp process sets the lamp turn-on / blink process on the image, the tune mask process sets the tune display of the play device 77, and the case ramp process sets the lamp turn-on / blink process of the play device 77.

The symbol rotation processing is performed by the starting opening 78 of the image game ball.
Based on the winning (starting memory) of the play equipment 77
A plurality of symbols are rotated (scrolled) and displayed on the display portion of 6, and a predetermined game is generated based on the symbols when this is stopped.

An example of the plurality of symbols is shown in FIG.
GO of (a)! When the reach pattern is displayed, the game proceeds to the reach game described later. The pattern of (b) is lost. In the case where the other pattern in (c) appears, the rotation display (restart) is performed again. The pattern of (d) is a small hit.

This symbol rotation processing branches to memory confirmation processing, symbol rotation end monitoring processing, symbol stop end monitoring processing, disappointing end monitoring processing, small hit end monitoring processing, reach transfer start processing, as shown in FIG. Start attacker open processing (4.01 to 4.09).

In the memory confirmation process, if there is a starting memory,
The memory is decremented, and a random number that determines whether or not the winning is won is acquired, and the stop symbol is determined based on the random number. After the symbol rotation setting and the rotation end setting (symbol rotation end monitoring process), when the symbol stop end monitoring process is entered, it is determined whether the stop symbol is a small hit, a loss, a restart, or a reach.

When a small hit is set, a small hit is set and a small hit end monitoring process for monitoring the control operation is set, a disappointing end monitoring process is set for a loss, and a symbol rotation restart is set for a restart. Then, the memory confirmation process (the memory for starting memory is not reduced) is set again, and the reach transition start process is set in the case of reach.

The attacker open process is performed by the attacker (the open / close door 1 of the variable winning device 15 of the game board 5 as shown in FIG.
Set the solenoid of 7) to OFF and see if it is a small hit in this case (5.01, 5.02).

When it is not a small hit, the off information of the attacker solenoid is output (the attacker is closed), and the process returns (5.05, 5.06).

In the case of a small hit, the on solenoid of the attacker is set to ON, the ON information of the solenoid of the attacker is output (the attacker is opened), and the subsequent steps are performed (5.
04-5.06).

During the opening of the attacker for this small hit (outputting ON information of the solenoid of the attacker), each time the game ball wins the variable winning device 15 and the count sensor 11 of the variable winning device 15 turns on, the small hit Award ball information (the number of award balls, for example, 15) is set, the award ball information is set in the transmission memory of the network board, and the main control device 46 of the game information display unit 43,
Send to the operation display controller 37, etc. (5.06 to 5.08,
5.13).

In the case of a small hit, the attacker open processing is ended (a small hit end monitoring processing) when a predetermined time elapses and a predetermined number of winnings occur.

In the case of reach, after the process for starting reach transition,
Go to the reach game.

When the reach game is advanced, the second operation unit 3
A game operation screen as shown in FIG. 32 is displayed and set in FIG. 2 (operation display data control), while an action game or the like is displayed as an image instead of the image of the game board of the pachinko machine of the image display device 14. This image game is controlled by a touch operation on the operation screen of the second operation unit 32 to perform a game for scoring.

If the determination of this game is a big hit, a big hit game is generated.

When the jackpot game occurs, a fanfare display for celebrating the jackpot occurrence is performed on the image display device 14, and after the image taken by the CCD camera 10, that is, the face image of the player is superimposed on the fanfare image. Enter a roulette game etc. that determines the maximum number of balls (3000 or 2000) that can be won in the jackpot game. The operation screen of the image game is displayed and set on the second operation unit 32 (operation display data control).

When the maximum number of acquired balls is determined, the character changing process for displaying the game character image, the round process, and the interval process are repeated every predetermined cycle.

During these processes, the attacker open process shown in FIG. 22 is performed. This is the attacker (variable winning device 1 of the game board 5 when the jackpot round process is not in progress.
The OFF information of the solenoid of the opening / closing door 17 of No. 5 is output (the attacker is closed) (5.01, 5.05).

During the jackpot round processing, the on information of the attacker solenoid is output (the attacker is opened) (5.03 to 5.05).

While the jackpot attacker is open (outputting ON information of the attacker's solenoid), each time the game ball wins the variable prize device 15 and the count sensor 11 of the variable prize device 15 is turned on, the above-mentioned maximum is reached. 30 balls won
In the case of 00 shots, 30 pieces of award ball information are set, in the case of 2000 shots, 20 pieces of award ball information are set, and the award ball information is set in the transmission memory of the network board. Main control device 46,
Send to the operation display controller 37 (5.06, 5.07,
5.10-5.13).

In the jackpot attacker open process, one cycle of the process is completed when a predetermined time elapses and a predetermined number of prizes are generated.

The gate sensor 50 of the warp gutter 13
The ON information of 53 and the ON information of the collected ball out sensor 19 are sent to the main control device 46 and the operation display control device 37 of the game information display unit 43.

FIG. 23 is a general flow of the operation display control device 37. After the CPU mode is set, the RAM is checked, and the peripheral devices are initialized, "game machine status determination" is performed.
"Line test", "Opening preparation", "Call 1", "Call 2", "Playing", "Stop", "Sleep"
Process to the network board transmission process,
Network board analysis processing, "image control", "touch panel control", "error monitoring" is executed (200.0
1-200.16).

The interrupt processing is performed by the VDP for the first operation unit display.
When there is an interrupt of 62, the image data set in each task is sent to the first operation unit display VDP 62 as shown in FIG. 24 (11.01, 11.02).

When the touch panel 35 of the first operation section 31 is interrupted, the reception process is performed as shown in FIG. 25 (1
2.01). When there is an interrupt on the touch panel 36 of the second operation unit 32, the reception process is performed as shown in FIG. 26 (1
3.01). If there is an interrupt on the network board,
As shown in Figure 27, dual port R of network board
The AM data is stored in the memory (14.01).

Call-in 1 and call-in 2 respectively set the call-in display. This displays a video or the like that invites the customer.

During the game, an operation screen for operating the game and data for executing the game is displayed. As shown in FIG. 33, “ball lending amount”, “automatic ball lending”, “ball amount accumulated”, “10”
0 yen, 500 yen, 1000 yen, ball rental amount
“XXXXXXX Yen”, “Amount of stored coins XXXXXX Yen”, “Number of balls held XXXXXXXX”, “Interrupt”, “End”, “Fire”,
"Weak-strong", "stop", etc. are displayed. In the central part,
The game, operation guide, game information, various messages, etc. are displayed. "Ball lending amount", "automatic ball lending", "accumulated ball amount", "100 yen", "500 yen", "1000"
"Circle", "Interrupt", "End", "Launch", "Weak-strong",
"Stop" functions as a switch by touching the display portion.

For stopping, the display of stopping is set.
This displays an image that represents a stop.

Sleep sets the display of interruption of the game. This displays an image showing that the game is suspended.

Display of call-in 1, call-in 2, playing, stopping, and sleeping is performed by the display device 33 of the first operation unit 31.
To do.

The image control monitors whether there is a game end signal or a stop signal from the main control device 46 of the game information display unit 43 as shown in FIG. 28 (15.01, 15.02), and the first Background display of the display device 33 of the operation unit 31, "card data display sprite control", "input key sprite control", "automatic mode amount display sprite control", "firing level meter display sprite control", "interruption elapsed time display sprite"control"
Is performed (15.03 to 15.10).

The card data display sprite control is performed on the operation screen of the first operation unit 31 in accordance with the data (ball lending amount, accumulated ball amount, number of balls held) of the card inserted into the card insertion slot 40 and increase / decrease of the data. "Ball loan amount XXXX
"X Yen", "Amount of balls saved XXXXXX Yen", "Number of balls held XX"
It controls the display of "XXXX".

As shown in FIG. 29, the hex data (hexadecimal data) of the current ball lending amount of the card is converted into decimal data by designating the display position of the ball lending amount and the palette, and the data is set in the memory. Then, it is displayed in the “ball lending amount XXXXXX yen” (16.01 to 16.03).

Designate the display position and pallet of the accumulated coin amount,
Converts the hexadecimal data (hexadecimal data) of the current amount of coins stored in the card into decimal data, sets the data in memory, and displays it in the "coin deposit amount XXXXXX yen" (1
6.04 to 16.06).

The data of the current ball lending amount and accumulated ball amount of the card are obtained by subtracting the set amount of the ball lending so far from the data at the time of inserting the card, and this is written in the card each time (main control device 46, The card reader / writer control device 47 performs this).

The number of balls held is calculated by adding the number of balls lent and the number of prize balls to the number of balls held when the card is inserted, and subtracting the number of shots to calculate the current number of balls held, and designating its display position and palette. Hexadecimal data (hexadecimal data) of the number of dice is converted to decimal data, and that data is set in the memory, and "Number of dice XXX
It is displayed on XX Co "(16.07 to 16.10).

Input key sprite control is performed by "ball lending amount", "automatic ball lending", "ball amount accumulated", "100 yen",
"500 yen", "1000 yen", "interruption", "end",
Touch "Fire", "Weak-strong", "Stop" to switch the color of the display or temporarily.

In the automatic ball lending mode, the automatic mode amount of money display sprite control is set (touched) in advance ("100 yen", "500" each time the number of balls held is exhausted.
The number of balls according to "yen", "1000 yen")
In addition to displaying it on the XXX card, the set amount is subtracted from the data of the ball lending amount or the stored amount.

The firing level meter display sprite control is
During "weak-strong" for setting the firing speed of the game ball of the launching device 18, the level of the firing speed based on the touch operation of weak and strong is displayed.

Suspended elapsed time display sprite control, the first operation unit 3 when the "interrupt" is touched to suspend the game
The elapsed time and the interruptible time are displayed in 1.

The touch panel control is performed by the first and second operation units 3
When a signal is received from the touch panels 35 and 36 of 1, 32, the received code is analyzed and the information from the first operation section 31 and the second operation section 32 is set in the transmission memory of the network board to control the accessory. It is sent to the main control device 46 of the operation unit 16 and the game information display unit 43.

Insert the card into the card insertion slot 40,
When the number of balls held is displayed, or "ball lending amount", "saving amount", "automatic ball lending", "100 yen", "500 yen",
When the number of balls held is displayed based on the touch operation of "1000 yen", it is possible to shoot a game ball from the shooting device 18.

When "launch" is touched in a state where the game ball can be launched, the launching device 18 operates to launch the game ball to the game area. When "Stop" is touched, the shooting of the game ball is stopped.

When "interrupt" is touched, the game is held at that time and the amount of ball lending, the amount of accumulated balls, the number of balls held, and the state of "interrupted" are written in the card. When "End" is touched, the game is ended, and the data of the ball lending amount, the accumulated amount of coins, and the number of balls held at that time are written in the card, and the card is sent out from the insertion port 40 and returned (main control This is performed by the device 46 and the card reader / writer control device 47).

Therefore, before the player plays the game or when there is no player, the image is normally displayed on the image display device 14 in the game area.

When the card is inserted into the card insertion slot 40 of the gaming machine and the game ball is launched from the launching device 18 by the operation of the first operating portion 31, the game is started and the image display device 14 shown in FIG. A game board of such a pachinko machine is displayed as an image, and an image game ball appears in the image.

The image game balls appear one after another based on the game balls launched from the launching device 18 flowing into the warp gutter 13 on the back side of the game board 5 and the gate sensors 50 to 53 being turned on. It is rolled in the game area inside. Windmill 80
When the image game ball hits a, 80b, 81a, 81b,
The windmills 80a, 80b, 81a, 81b rotate, and when the image game balls come to the flippers 82a, 82b, the flippers 82a, 82b are operated and launched. When the image game ball enters the playground equipment 77 in the center, turns the klune 76, falls from the center hole toward the starting opening 78 below, and wins the starting opening 78, a predetermined symbol rotation game is executed. Whether or not to win the starting opening 78 is determined based on a random number.

At the same time that the game ball shot from the launcher 18 disappears from the surface of the game board 5, an image game ball appears, and a pachinko game rolling in the game area in the image is performed and the image game ball is displayed as an image. Whether or not to win the upper starting opening 78 is set by a random number.

Therefore, it is possible to play the real ball and the image ball with a lot of interest, and it is possible to easily set the winning rate of the starting opening 78.

Each time a game ball is fired, the first operating section 31
"The number of balls held XXXXXXX" is subtracted, while when the image game ball wins the starting port 78 on the image, a predetermined number of prize balls is added to the number of balls held XXXXXXX.

In this case, when the start opening 78 is won, a symbol rotating game of a plurality of symbols as shown in FIG. 31 is played in the clune 76 portion of the play equipment 77.

With this symbol rotation game, when the reach symbol comes out, the game proceeds to the reach game, and when the lost symbol comes out, it becomes lost.

When the small hit symbol appears, the opening / closing door 17 of the variable prize device 15 of the game board 5 is opened for a predetermined period, and the game balls flowing out from the warp gutter 13 on the back side of the game board 5 enter the variable prize device 15. By doing so, a prize ball is performed.

That is, the opening and closing door 17 of the variable prize device 15 is opened due to the occurrence of a small hit, and during this control, when a game ball is won in the variable prize device 15, each prize is won (every time the count sensor 11 is turned on). The predetermined number of prize balls is added to the “ball number XXXXXX coins” of the first operation unit 31.

When the restart symbol appears, the symbol is rotated again, which makes the game more entertaining and gives a high expectation to the reach game and the big hit.

On the other hand, when proceeding to the reach game, an action game or the like is displayed as an image on the image display device 14, and a score is obtained by operating the image game with the second operation section 32.

If the determination of this image game is a big hit, the opening / closing door 17 of the variable winning device 15 is opened for a predetermined period every predetermined cycle, and a big hit game in which a large number of balls are obtained is generated.

That is, when the big hit occurs, the opening / closing door 17 of the variable winning device 15 is opened every predetermined cycle, and a large amount of game balls flowing out from the warp gutter 13 on the back side of the game board 5 is supplied to the variable winning device 15. While winning the prize, a predetermined number of prize balls are awarded for each winning of the game ball (every time the count sensor 11 is turned on) during the control thereof.
It will be added to "Ko" and a large number of balls will be acquired.

With such a structure, it is possible to prevent the privilege from being illegally obtained. In addition, it is possible to minimize the influence of noise and the like.

That is, when a small hit is generated by the symbol rotation game, and when a reach game is generated and a big hit is generated by the reach game, the opening / closing door 17 of the variable winning device 15 is opened, and at this time, the variable winning device 15 is opened. When a game ball wins and the count sensor 11 is turned on, a prize ball (ball number addition) is given to the prize.

Therefore, even if a piano wire or the like is intruded from the outside to illegally turn on the count sensor 11 of the variable prize device 15, or forcibly open the opening / closing door 17 of the variable prize device 15 to illegally play a game. Even if a ball is won, a prize ball (additional number of balls) will not be awarded.

Further, when the starting opening 78 is set on the image and the gaming ball on the image that appears based on the detection of the gaming ball emitted from the launching device 18 to the starting opening 78 wins the prize, the symbol rotation game is executed. At the same time, the prize ball (addition of the number of balls) is awarded.

Therefore, there is no illegal prize winning in the starting opening 78, and the symbol rotation game is not illegally played and a prize ball (addition of the number of balls) is not given.

Therefore, amusement of a high game is secured, fraud is surely prevented, and high reliability is secured.

In addition, except when the predetermined condition is met, even if the game ball is won, the prize ball (addition of the number of balls) is not awarded.
When a store clerk is called due to a ball jam or the like, for example, the store clerk does not perform the act of causing the player to win a game ball at a winning opening or the like as a service. For this reason, it is possible to avoid that the number of shot balls is different from the number of collected balls, and that the game machine affects the control.

Although a general winning hole may be provided in the game board 5, the general winning holes 84, 85 are provided outside the starting opening 78 on the game board on the image of the image display device 14 as shown in FIG. Can be provided.

In addition, the game machine of the enclosed ball type has been described,
Of course, it can also be applied to ordinary game machines.

[0139]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the privilege is not given even if there is a winning of the game ball when the prize winning is not permitted, it is possible to surely prevent an illegal act of illegally obtaining the privilege. . In the case of the enclosed ball type gaming machine, it is possible to avoid the service action of the clerk and eliminate the influence on the control based on the number of shot balls and the number of collected balls.

Since the winning permission management means can manage the winning permission of the variable winning device, it is possible to accurately prevent the fraudulent act on the variable winning device in which a large number of game balls are won.

Also, since the game of whether or not to give a privilege and the starting means of the game are displayed as an image, the game sphere is very interesting and the game sphere is displayed on the image, and the image sphere is won to the starting means. Since the game is performed as to whether or not the privilege is given, the winning rate to the starting means can be easily set, and the game can be performed with the unexpectedness and interest of the real ball and the image ball.

It is possible to prevent the act of fraudulent act on the starting device, and to give a privilege by winning the image ball to the starting device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the gaming machine with a cover glass frame opened.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a state in which a panel portion of an inner frame of the gaming machine is opened.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway front view of the game board.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a game board.

FIG 7 is a cross-sectional view of a game machine.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the warp gutter.

FIG. 9 is a surface view of an inclined surface portion of a lower portion of the panel.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a system diagram of a circulation route of a game ball.

FIG. 12 is a partial perspective view of a gaming machine storage facility.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a control system.

FIG. 14 is a partial block diagram of the accessory control device.

FIG. 15 is a partial block diagram of the accessory control device.

FIG. 16 is a block configuration diagram of an operation display control device.

FIG. 17 is a control flowchart of the accessory control device.

FIG. 18 is a control flowchart of the accessory control device.

FIG. 19 is a control flowchart of the accessory control device.

FIG. 20 is a control flowchart of the accessory control device.

FIG. 21 is a control flowchart of the accessory control device.

FIG. 22 is a control flowchart of the accessory control device.

FIG. 23 is a control flowchart of the operation display control device.

FIG. 24 is a control flowchart of the operation display control device.

FIG. 25 is a control flowchart of the operation display control device.

FIG. 26 is a control flowchart of the operation display control device.

FIG. 27 is a control flowchart of the operation display control device.

FIG. 28 is a control flowchart of the operation display control device.

FIG. 29 is a control flowchart of the operation display control device.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of image display on a game board.

FIG. 31 is a view showing an example of a symbol of the symbol rotation game.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a display example of the operation unit.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a display example of the operation unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Outer frame 2 Inner frame 3 Panel section 5 Game board 6 Glass frame 7 Lower panel 8 Cover glass 10 CCD camera 11 Count sensor 13 Warp gutter 14 Image display device 15 Variable prize winning device 16 Role control device 18 Launching device 19 Out sensor 21 Launch port 22 Out port 23 Return gutter 24 Transfer mechanism 25 Storage gutter 26 Ball removal gutter 27, 28 Inclined surface 30 Main body control device 31 First operation unit 32 Second operation unit 33, 34 Display device 35, 36 Touch panel 37 Operation display control Device 40 Insertion port 41 Reader / writer 46 Main control device 47 Card reader / writer control device 49 CPU 50 to 53 Gate sensor 54 Sprite image control controller 55, 56 Back graphic image control controller 61 Infrared communication device 62 First operation unit display VD 63 VDP for second operation unit 64 Infrared communication unit 66 Transfer gutter 67 Collection gutter 68 Switching mechanism 69 Inlet 70 Warp inlet 73, 74 Guide wall 75 Warp outlet 76 Crane 77 Play equipment device 80 Starter 80a, 80b Lamp windmill 81a, 81b Windmill 82a, 82b Flipper 84, 85 General winning a prize mouth

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A game in which a privilege is awarded based on a game ball shot in a game area, and based on the result of the game, the variable winning apparatus is configured to convert the game ball into a state in which it is easy to win a game ball. A gaming machine, comprising: a winning permission management means for managing winning permission of a gaming ball; and a privilege granting executing means for granting a privilege based on the winning gaming ball in the winning permission state. 2. A predetermined number of game balls are enclosed in a game machine, and a game as to whether or not to grant a privilege is performed based on the game balls shot in the game area, and a variable winning device based on the result of the game. While converting the game ball into a state where it is easy to win, in a gaming machine that collects the game ball that has passed through the game area, guides it to the launch position and circulates it, a winning permission management means for managing the winning permission of the gaming ball, and a winning A gaming machine, comprising: privilege granting execution means for granting a privilege based on a game ball won when in a permitted state. 3. The prize winning permission management means sets a prize winning permitting state when it is determined that a bonus is given as a result of a game as to whether or not to give a bonus. Amusement machine. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising image display means for displaying an image of a game as to whether or not to grant a privilege. 5. An image display means for displaying an image of a starting means for starting a game of whether or not to grant a privilege is provided.
The gaming machine according to any one of 4 to 4. 6. A launch ball detecting means for detecting a game ball shot in a game area, a video ball switching means for displaying a video ball on an image display section based on the detection of the launch ball detecting means, and this video ball. Includes a video ball path management means for managing the path of, and a video starting means displayed on the image display section for starting a game as to whether or not to grant a privilege based on the winning of the video ball, and winning permission The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the management means includes a variable winning device control means for controlling a conversion operation of the variable winning device. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein a privilege is given to the winning of the image ball to the starting means.