JPH09285631A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give a sufficient instruction about a game to beginners using a notification means in a PACHINKO game machine which gives many bonus balls at a time when a big hit is made. SOLUTION: This game machine is structured so that at the end part of an external rail 7 which is arranged like a circular arc from the bottom to top of the game machine where an appropriate position is extended from the line of a catapult rail, an elastic member 30 is provided to which a ball strongly hit reaches, and an electric bonus device 20 which continuously operates during a big hit is provided at a position under the elastic member 30 on a game machine board 5. A notification means to players composed of a display 12 or a voice generation device and a ball sensor 31 which detects balls hit with the elastic member 30 are provided so that the notification means is activated from when a big hit is made to when the ball sensor 31 detects balls and advises that a player strongly hit balls.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine in which an opportunity to win a large number of prize balls at a time is generated by a big hit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a game board of a pachinko gaming machine is provided with various kinds of winning devices. Liquid crystal display device, C
A display such as RT is provided on the game board, and when the display pattern of the display is aligned with, for example, "777", it becomes a big hit and the electric prize winning device continuously operates, and a lot of prize balls during the big hit period. , Or a structure in which the electric prize winning device is continuously operated by a big hit when a hit ball is won at a specific winning opening.

By the way, in the case where the electric prize winning device which continuously operates as described above is provided on the right side of the game board (a pachinko game machine called a right-of-use object), a player is hit when a big hit occurs. Is set so that the ball is strongly launched by turning the handle for firing the ball greatly clockwise (called "right hitting"), so that the ball is concentrated in the right half of the game board. Then, the player can win the hit ball more advantageously.
However, for those who operate this kind of pachinko gaming machine for the first time, it is not clear whether it is advantageous to operate such a handle even if it is a big hit, so even if it is a big hit, enough prize balls are Sometimes the jackpot period ended without being obtained.

Therefore, there is also known one which can inform the player through a display or a sound generating device that a hit ball should be hit hard (prompt to change to "right hit") when a big hit occurs. .

However, with the conventional notification means, the above-mentioned display or voice guidance disappears within a certain period of time regardless of whether or not the player has actually made a strong change, so it is still sufficient for beginners. The situation was that no advice was given.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention is intended to enable even a beginner to give sufficient advice to the pachinko gaming machine by means of the notification means.

[0007]

To this end, the present invention is directed to the extreme end of an outer rail which is arranged in a clockwise direction so as to extend in an arc shape from a lower portion to an upper portion of a game board which is an appropriate position on an extension line of a launch rail. In a pachinko gaming machine in which an elastic member against which a hit ball is hit is provided, and an electric winning device that continuously operates during the jackpot period is provided on the game board surface below the elastic member, from a display or a sound generating device. In addition to providing a means for notifying the player, a ball hitting sensor for detecting a ball hitting the elastic member is provided, and the notifying means is operated from the time of the right to hit the jackpot until the ball hitting sensor detects the ball hit. The feature is that it is notified that the hit ball should be hit hard. Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the pachinko gaming machine described above, when the jackpot period ends, the notification means notifies the player that there is no need to hit hard.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the pachinko gaming machine from the front, 1 is an operating handle for firing a ball, 2 is an upper plate, 3 is a lower plate, and 4 is a speaker provided in the upper plate 2. 5 is a game board provided in the glass door 6, and the game board 5 is located at an appropriate position on an extension line of a launch rail (not shown) provided in a launching section (not shown) on the game board 5. An outer rail 7 extending in an arc shape from the lower part to the upper part is disposed, an inner rail 8 is disposed inside the outer rail 7, and a large number of nails 9, a windmill 10, a normal winning hole are provided in the inner rail 8. 11, a display 12, a gate 13 for design operation, and a specific winning opening 14 are provided, and on the right side, a rotary chucker 21, a special winning opening 22, and a variable wing type large winning opening device 23 are continuously operated. An electric winning device 20 is provided. Reference numeral 30 denotes an elastic member made of columnar rubber provided at the extreme end of the outer rail 7, and the electric winning device 20 is provided below the elastic member 30. When the player rotates the hit ball firing operation handle 1, the upper plate 2
The game ball inside is delivered to a launch rail (not shown) by a hit ball supply device (not shown), and the game ball is launched along the outer rail 7. As is well known, when the operating handle 1 for firing a ball is greatly rotated in the clockwise direction, the ball is strongly struck, and the ball hitting the elastic member 30 mainly flows toward the electric winning device 20, so-called right hit. Form.

The display 12 is a liquid crystal display device or a CRT.
When the ball hits the symbol operation gate 13, the display of numbers, symbols, etc. fluctuates and the display stops after a certain time, and the display is accidentally aligned with a certain probability such as "777". The solenoid operates to open the specific winning opening 14. Then, a hit ball is won in the specific winning opening 14, and after the elapse of a predetermined time, the specific winning opening 1
4 is closed and at least one of the winning balls is formed in the center of the specific winning hole 14
When the player wins a prize, the ball sensor 16 operates and the electric winning device 20 comes to function, so that a so-called jackpot right is generated.

As shown in the longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 2, the electric winning apparatus 20 will be described. Reference numeral 21 is a rotary chucker, and a disk-shaped rotating body 25 is provided in the circular case 24 so as to rotate at a low speed (about 6 rpm) by an operation of a stepping motor 26, and an opening 27 is provided at an upper portion and a lower portion of the circular case 24, respectively. , 28 are formed, and a ball inlet 29 is cut out in a part of the outer circumference of the rotating body 25. The special winning opening 22 is provided so as to face the opening 28, and the special winning opening 22 is provided with a ball sensor 40 for detecting a hit ball. Variable wing type winning a prize device 23
Is a pair of variable wings 42, 42 operated by the solenoid 41.
This is a so-called tulip-type winning device configured to open and close. Reference numeral 43 is a ball sensor that detects and counts the hit balls that have entered the variable-blade type special winning opening device 23.

On the other hand, reference numeral 31 is a ball hitting sensor consisting of a reflection type optical sensor embedded immediately before the elastic member 30 of the game board 5 as shown in FIG. 3 in order to detect a hit ball hitting the elastic member 30. Each of the electric devices provided on the operation handle 1 for launching a hit ball has a CP as shown in the block diagram of FIG.
It is connected to a microcomputer composed of U, RAM, ROM, I / O, etc., and operates according to the command.
That is, this microcomputer controls the microcomputer so as to open the specific winning opening 14 when the design variation of the display 12 starts due to the hitting of the ball in the symbol operating gate 13 and the predetermined symbols are aligned. When the ball sensor 16 provided in the right-defining winning opening 15 detects that a hit ball has hit the right-defining winning opening 15, the jackpot right is fixed, and the display 12 says "Please hit right". The display is switched to such a display, the same wording is voice-synthesized by the voice generation device 17, the speaker 4 utters the voice, and the player further turns the ball-hitting ball-hitting operation handle 1 in the clockwise direction. Notify that you should hit the ball hard. Then, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the operation of the display 12 and the sound generating device 17 is continued until the hit ball sensor 31 detects the hit ball and the player actually hits the hit ball. Therefore, the necessary advice is surely given even to a beginner. Then, the operation of the notification means is stopped by actually hitting, and the voice guidance is switched to another sound effect or the like, and the display on the display 12 is switched to the demo screen or the like. Accurate game progress is possible.

When the ball is hit hard, it easily enters the ball entrance 29 of the rotary chucker 21, and the ball hits the ball entrance 29 enters the special winning opening 22 by the rotation of the rotor 25. To be detected. When the ball sensor 40 detects a hit ball, the solenoid 41 is excited to open the variable wings 42, 42 in an inverted octagonal shape to facilitate entry into the variable blade type special winning opening device 23. When approximately 10 hit balls enter the variable wing type special winning opening device 23 or when 9.5 seconds have passed, the solenoid 41 is demagnetized and the operation of the variable wing type special winning opening device 23 ends. And again entrance 2
The ball hitting 9 enters the special prize hole 2 due to the rotation of the rotating body 25.
2. When the ball entry sensor 40 detects the entry ball 2, the variable wing type special winning opening device 23 again receives about 10 hit balls or 9.
Operates until 5 seconds have passed. By repeating the same process 16 times, the player can obtain a large number of prize balls during this jackpot period. Then, when such a jackpot period ends, as shown in FIG. 6, the notification means by the display 12 and the voice generation device 17 is activated again, and a display such as "Please return the steering wheel" and voice guidance are predetermined by the timer. After the time has been played, the original normal game state display and the sound effect are restored.

In the above embodiment, an optical sensor is used as the hitting ball sensor 31 for detecting the hitting of the hitting ball.
As shown in FIG. 8, a lever type micro switch 33 that operates by hitting a ball may be used at the end of the outer rail 7, or as shown in FIG. 8, a piezo sensor 34 is embedded in the elastic member 30, The vibration when the ball is hit may be detected by the electromotive force of the piezo sensor 34.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the player can be surely advised that the hit ball should be struck (changed to "right hit") according to the occurrence of the right due to the jackpot. Even beginners who do not know can fully enjoy pachinko without being disadvantaged,
There is an advantage that a continuous big hit mode game can be certainly played during the big hit period.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of an electric winning device for a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a hitting ball sensor mounting portion of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a hitting ball sensor mounting portion of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a hitting ball sensor mounting portion of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Operation handle for launching a ball 4 Speaker 5 Game board 7 Outer rail 12 Display 17 Sound generator 20 Electric prize device 21 Rotating chucker 22 Special prize hole 23 Variable wing type large prize hole device 30 Elastic member 31 Ball sensor 41 Solenoid 42 Variable wing

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An elastic member for hitting a struck ball to the extreme end of an outer rail arranged clockwise so as to extend in an arc shape from a lower portion to an upper portion of a game board which is an appropriate position on an extension line of a launch rail. In the pachinko gaming machine provided with the electric winning device that continuously operates during the jackpot period on the game board surface below the elastic member, a player or a sound generator is provided as a means for notifying the player. A hitting sensor for detecting a hitting ball hitting the elastic member is provided, and the notification means is operated to notify that the hitting ball should be hit hard from the time when the right to hit the jackpot until the hitting sensor detects the hitting ball. Pachinko gaming machine characterized by doing so. 2. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein when the jackpot period ends, the notification means notifies the player that there is no need to hit hard.