JPH09285633A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable to securely show 'in play' when a player leaves a game machine, by stopping a game when an operation means is operated to stop, releasing the stopped game when a releasing means is operated to release, and displaying 'in play' when the stop means is operated to stop. SOLUTION: In a condition an operation switch set at hand on a game machine is not operated, a discharge means is in a condition enabled to discharge. During a game, an LC display 24 functions as a variable pattern display means 37 and have tree pattern displaying parts to variable-display linking to detection of game balls by a starting means 29 in a screen of the LC display 24. When a player presses an operation switch for leaving a Pachinko machine in the midway of a game, the discharge means is stopped by a stop and release control means to bring ball discharging into a stopped condition and to read out image data in a display data memory means to display a letter image of 'in play'.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine and a throttle machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ball game machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with a game board on the upper side of the game machine main body, and an upper plate, a lower plate and a launching means on the lower side thereof to supply game balls supplied from the upper plate. A game is played by launching one by one onto the game board by the launching means, and during this game, if the game balls shot on the game board win the winning means of the game board, etc., depending on the conditions at the time of winning. The ball payout means pays out a predetermined number of game balls as prize balls to the upper plate, and when the game balls on the upper plate are full, the game balls overflow to the lower plate.

[0003]

In the conventional ball-playing machine, when the player leaves the ball-playing machine, the fact that the player is playing the game is not displayed. For this reason, when the player leaves the ball game machine, various items are placed on the upper plate or the lower plate of the ball game machine so that another person can know that the ball game machine is playing. I have to.

Therefore, a player who is likely to leave the ball-playing machine during a game must always prepare some kind of article, and temporarily put various articles in the upper plate or the lower plate. Even if you put it, there is also a problem that other players may mistakenly put the game ball in the upper plate etc. of the ball game machine, and the game store side has troubles between players. There is a strong demand for measures to prevent and manage each ball game machine easily.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a game machine that reliably displays that a game is in progress when the player leaves the game machine, prevents troubles from occurring between players, and can be easily managed even at a game store. And

[0006]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, an operating means 35 is provided in each of the gaming machine main bodies 3 and 4, and the operating means 35 is provided.
The game is stopped when 35 is stopped and the operation means
The stop / release control means 44 for releasing the stop of the game when the release operation of 35 and the game in progress are displayed when the operation means 35 is stopped and the display of the play is released when the operation means 35 is released. The game display means 38 is provided.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, in a ball-ball type gaming machine for launching a game ball onto the game board 5 by the launching means 10, the operating means 35 is provided on the gaming machine main bodies 3 and 4. When the operating means 35 is stopped, the firing means 10 is stopped, and when the operating means 35 is released, the firing means 10 is provided.
Stop / release control means 44 for releasing the stop of the
The game display means 38 is provided when the game is displayed when the player stops the game, and the display during the game is released when the operation means 35 is released.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first or second aspect, an operating means 35 is provided in a lower portion on the front side of the gaming machine main body 3, 4, and the operating means 35 is operated by an operating switch 36.
It is what it was.

The present invention according to claim 4 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
In any one of the inventions described above, the in-game display means 38 is an electric type, and the in-game display means 38 is provided on the game board 5.

The present invention according to claim 5 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
In any one of the inventions described above, the operation means 35 and the in-game display means 38 are mechanical.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a pachinko machine, 2 is a card-type ball lending machine, and the pachinko machine 1 and the ball lending machine 2 are alternately arranged on the left and right and are mounted in a horizontal line on an island structure (not shown). ing.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 1 has an outer frame 3 and a front frame pivotally connected to the outer frame 3 so as to be openable and closable.
And 4. On the front frame 4, a glass door 6 corresponding to the game board 5 and an opening / closing plate 8 supporting the upper plate 7 are arranged vertically, and these glass door 6 and the opening / closing plate 8 are rotatable on the front frame 4. Being pivoted. A lower plate 9 is provided below the upper plate 7 at the lower portion of the front frame 4, and a firing handle 11 of a firing means 10 is provided on one side of the lower plate 9. Outer frame 3 and front frame 4
And form the main body of the pachinko machine.

The upper plate 7 is an upper plate cover fixed to the opening / closing plate 8.
It is covered from the front side by 33, and the upper plate cover 33 is provided with an operating means 35 in addition to a ball removing lever 34 for extracting the game ball in the upper plate 7 to the lower plate 9. Operating means 35
Is for a stop operation and a release operation for operating when the player leaves the pachinko machine 1 by interrupting the game, and is configured by a push button type operation switch 36 with a holding function. The operation switch 36 is arranged on the upper side of the firing handle 11 of the firing means and on the front side of the upper plate cover 33 so that the player can easily operate it from the front side with the right hand.

The game board 5 is detachably attached to the front frame 4 from the back side, and the front mechanism 4 has a back mechanism plate 12 for holding the game board 5 from the back side as shown in FIG. It is detachably attached. An opening 13 is formed in the back mechanism plate 12, a prize ball tank 14 and a prize ball tank rail 15 are provided on the upper side, a ball payout means 16 is provided on one side, and a passage unit 17 and the like are provided on the lower side. Have been.

In the opening 13, a back cover 18 and a winning ball tank 19, which are mounted on the back side of the game board 5 vertically close to each other, are fitted. A control box 20 is detachably attached to the back cover 18 from the back side, and the control box 20 houses a control board. As shown in FIG. 3, a guide rail 22 is annularly attached to the game board 5, and inside the guide rail 22, a top winning opening 23, a liquid crystal display 24, a drop guide means 25, a sleeve winning opening. 26, a big winning means 27, a medium winning opening 28, a starting means 29, a lower winning opening 30 and the like are provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the liquid crystal display 24 is provided with a circular display case 31 and a liquid crystal display section 32 arranged in the center of the display case 31. The top prize hole 23 is provided.

The liquid crystal display section 32 is used as a variable symbol display means 37 as shown in FIG. 3 during an actual game, and is used as an in-game display means 38 as shown in FIG. 4 when leaving the pachinko machine 1. It is for doing. The variable symbol display means 37 is provided with three symbol display parts 37a in the left-right direction, and when the starting means 29 detects a game ball, the symbol of each symbol display part 37a is changed by a random number process for a predetermined time. ing. In addition, each symbol display portion 37a, for example, 0 ~
The symbols 9 and A to F are variably displayed in that order.

The starting means 29 and the big winning means 27 are liquid crystal displays.
Below the 24, they are vertically arranged on the left and right central portions of the mounting base 39 mounted on the game board 5, and on the left and right sides of the big winning means 27, the lower winning holes 30 are provided in the mounting base 39. FIG. 5 shows a control system, and 40 is a random number generation means, for example, the probability of a big hit of the variable symbol display means 37 being 1/256.
In this case, the random number from 0 to 255 is repeatedly generated. Among all the generated random numbers generated by the random number generation means 40, jackpot random numbers, reach random numbers, and other outlying random numbers are set.

Reference numeral 41 is a random number determination means for randomly selecting a random number generated by the random number generation means 40 when the starting means 29 detects a game ball and determining whether or not the random number is a random number. . 42 is a fluctuation processing means, when the starting means 29 detects a game ball, each symbol display portion 37 of the fluctuation symbol display means 37
While varying the symbol of a for a predetermined time, for example, when the determination result by the random number generation means 40 is a jackpot random number, the symbol of each symbol display unit 37a is a jackpot random number of "7,7,7". The display data, which will be described later, is read out in accordance with the reach random number, the out-of-range random number, etc., and the symbols of the symbol display portions 37a are controlled.

In the case of the reach random number, among the display symbols of the three symbol display portions 37a, the reach symbol different only in the display symbol of the right symbol display portion 37a is displayed, and in the case of other outlying random numbers, 3 The display symbols of the individual symbol display portions 37a are all designed to display different deviating symbols.

Reference numeral 43 is a right generating means, which is used when the random number judging means 41 judges that the jackpot is a random number, that is, for example, "7/7/7".
As described above, the three symbol display portions 37a of the variable symbol display means 37
When a big hit random number that becomes a big hit symbol that all of the symbols match, is drawn, the big winning means 27 is opened and closed a predetermined number of times in order to generate a right advantageous to the player. The right generation means 43 controls the big winning means 27 to repeat the opening / closing operation up to 16 times, and also closes the big winning means 27 when 10 game balls are won in one opening. ing.

A game control means 45 is constituted by the launching means 10, the starting means 29, the variable symbol display means 37, the random number generating means 40, the random number determining means 41, the variation processing means 42, the right generating means 43 and the like. Reference numeral 44 is a stop / release control means for stopping or releasing the stop of the game control means 45. The stop / release control means 44 is operatively associated with the stop operation and release operation of the operation switch 36 of the operation means 35 to stop the firing means 10 when the operation switch 36 is stopped and to release the firing means when the release operation is performed.
It is designed to release 10 stops.

Reference numeral 46 is a display data storage means, in addition to various display data such as display data for the variable symbol displayed by the variable symbol display means 37, display data for the demonstration image, etc. Image data for displaying the character image of "medium" is stored. Reference numeral 47 is a display control means, which reads out image data from the display data storage means 46 when the operation switch 36 is stopped to display the in-game display means 38.
The character image "in game" is displayed on the screen, and the in-game display means 38 is controlled so as to cancel the display when the cancel operation is performed.

Reference numeral 47 denotes an external terminal, which is used to provide stop information and release information when the operation switch 36 of the operation means 35 is operated, to the pachinko machine 1.
It is also designed to be used as management information when managing each pachinko machine 1 by using a personal computer etc.
Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the game, if the operation switch 36 of the operation means 35 is not operated, the stop / release control means 44 determines that the operation switch 36 is off (step S1), and the firing means.
10 can be fired (steps S2 and S3). Therefore,
When the firing handle 11 of the launching means 10 is operated while the game balls are placed in the upper plate 7, the launch motor of the launching device 10 is activated, and the game balls of the upper plate 7 are supplied to the launch positions of the launch rails one by one. The guide rail that hits the game ball with a hammer
Fire along the top 22 of the game board 5 in sequence.

The game ball launched on the upper side of the game board 5,
While falling along the board surface of the game board 5, it wins at the upper winning opening 23 or the like, or drops to the bottom of the game board 5 to enter the out opening and passes behind the game board 5. At this time, when the game ball enters the starting means 29 (step S4), the random number determination means 41 randomly selects a random number generated from the random number generation means 43 at that time, and it is determined whether or not the random number is a random number. Game processing such as performing is performed (step S5).

That is, at the time when the starting means 29 detects a game ball, the random number judging means 41 draws a random number generated by the random number generating means 43 and judges whether or not the drawn random number is a jackpot random number. Then, according to the determination result, the fluctuation processing means
42 works, and performs a variation process of varying the symbols of the symbol display portions 37a of the variable symbol display means 37 for a fixed time.

If the determination result in the random number determination means 41 is a big hit random number, the symbols in the respective symbol display portions 37a of the variable symbol display means 37 are stopped at a jackpot symbol such as "7/7/7" and the right is generated. The means 43 works, the opening / closing plate of the big winning means 27 is intermittently opened and closed 16 times, and the ball paying-out means 16 pays out the game balls to the upper plate 7 in accordance with the game balls winning the big winning means 27. Return huge profits to.

During such an actual game, a liquid crystal display
24 functions as the variable symbol display means 37, and this liquid crystal display
On the screen of 24, three symbol display portions 37a in which the symbols fluctuate in association with the detection of the game balls of the starting means 29 are displayed.

When the player leaves the pachinko machine 1 in the middle of the game, the operation switch 36 of the operation means 35 is pushed. Then, the stop / release control means 44 operates to determine that the operation switch 36 is turned on (step S6), and the launching means 10 is stopped to make it impossible to launch the game ball (step S6).
7), the display control means 47 reads out the image data from the display data storage means 46, and the character image "in game" is displayed on the liquid crystal display 24 (step S8). Therefore, even if the player temporarily leaves the pachinko machine 1 by interrupting the game, the player does not need to put the articles in the upper plate 7, the lower plate 9, etc. thereof.

When the game is restarted, when the operation switch 36 of the operation means 35 is released, the stop / release control means is released.
44 works and releases the stop of the firing means 10 (step S2), the display control means 47 works and returns the liquid crystal display 24 from the in-game display means 38 to the variable symbol display means 37, and the firing means
The game ball can be fired by 10 and the game can be restarted (step S3).

According to this embodiment, the liquid crystal display can be operated only by stopping or releasing the operation switch 36.
24 is switched to the in-game display means 38 and the variable symbol display means 37, the character image of "in game" can be displayed on the in-game display means 38 during the stop operation, and the display can be released during the release operation.

Therefore, when the player interrupts the game and leaves the pachinko machine 1 temporarily, if the operation switch 36 is operated, the game display means 38 displays the character image of "playing". It is possible to easily and surely display that it is in progress. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the trouble of putting the article in the upper plate 7 or the like.

The in-game display means 38 is located in the center of the game board 5, and the character image of "in game" is displayed on the in-game display means 38. Therefore, another game in which the pachinko machine 1 is selected is displayed. If you look at the center of the game board 5, the pachinko machine
It is obvious that 1 is playing, and it is possible to minimize the possibility that another player accidentally inserts a game ball into the pachinko machine 1 that is playing.

Moreover, when the "in game" display is displayed on the in-game display means 38, the launching means 10 is stopped by the stop / release control means 44, and the game ball is operated even if the launch handle 11 is operated. I can't fire. Therefore, even if another player inserts a game ball into the pachinko machine 1 without confirming the display of "playing", the launching means 10 does not operate and the game may be started. Since there is no such problem, troubles and confusion between the players or between the game store and the player can be minimized, and the pachinko machine 1 on the game store side can be easily managed.

Further, since the liquid crystal display 24 is used by switching between the in-game display means 38 and the variable symbol display means 37, the structure can be simplified as compared with the case where each display means is individually provided. At the same time, the display area can be increased and the display itself can be easily understood even though the in-game display means 38 is provided at the center of the game board 5.

Further, the operation means 35 is constituted by the operation switch 36, and the liquid crystal display 24 is used as the in-game display means 38 to electrically display the in-game display means 38 in conjunction with the operation of the operation switch 36. Therefore, the operation switch 36 can be easily arranged at a position where it is easy to operate, and the in-game display means 38 can be easily arranged at a position where it is easy to see.

When the operation switch 36 of the operation means 35 is operated, stop information and release information are output from the external terminal 48 to the outside of the pachinko machine 1 according to the stop operation and the release operation. Therefore, the gaming shop side can input the stop information and release information from each pachinko machine 1 into a management machine such as a personal computer to manage the operation rate of each pachinko machine 1. Therefore, when judging the operating rate of the pachinko machine 1,
It can be distinguished whether it is due to the presence or absence of a player.

FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate the second embodiment of the present invention, in which the operating means 35 and the displaying means 38 are mechanically constructed and provided on the front side of the upper plate cover 33. . The in-game display means 38 is provided with a rotating body 50 provided on the outer periphery of the rotating body 50 with a "playing" display portion indicating that a game is in progress and a non-display portion without the display. . Further, in this rotating body 50, the display portion and the non-display portion are the upper plate cover.
It is incorporated inside the upper plate cover 33 so as to intermittently correspond to the display window 51 of 33 and rotate intermittently around the support shaft 52.

The operation means 35 is provided with an operation button 53 projecting from the upper plate cover 33 to the front side, and every time the operation button 53 is operated in the pushing direction from the front side, the rotating body 50 intermittently rotates around the support shaft 52. Then, the display portion and the non-display portion of "playing" correspond to the display window 51 alternately.
The operation button 53 is connected to the stop / release control means 44 via a switch.

In this embodiment, mechanical means are used as the operating means 35 and the displaying means 38, but in this case, the same operation as in the first embodiment can be performed. Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in the case of the first embodiment that employs electrical means, the operation switch 36 is
The position and configuration of the in-game display means 38 are merely examples, and positions and configurations other than those shown in the figure may be used.

Also in the case of the second embodiment which adopts mechanical means, the operation buttons 53 and the in-game display means are also provided.
The position and configuration of 38 are also the same. The display by the in-game display means 38 may be directly displayed by the character "in game" or may be displayed by a symbol or the like. However, in view of the nature of the display content, it is desirable that the display content is clear at first glance.

When the operating means 35 is operated once, "playing" is displayed, when operating twice, "resting", when operating three times, "meal", when operating four times, "stopping" May be displayed respectively, and when the operation is performed 5 times, it may be returned to the beginning.

A signal from the switch of the operation button 53 may be taken out of the pachinko machine 1 and used as management information when managing each pachinko machine 1 with a personal computer or the like. In the embodiment, when the game is stopped, the firing operation of the firing means 10 is stopped, but the control of other parts may be stopped. Further, in addition to the pachinko machine 1, it can be similarly implemented in a ball game machine such as an arrangement ball machine and a game machine such as a throttle machine.

[0045]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, operation means 35 is provided in the gaming machine main bodies 3 and 4, and when the operation means 35 is stopped, the game is stopped and the operation means 35 is released. A stop / release control means 44 for releasing the stop of the game when operated, and a game in progress display for displaying the game in progress when the operation means 35 is stopped and for releasing the display during the game when the operation means 35 is released. Since the means 38 is provided, it is possible to reliably display that the player is in the game when the player leaves the gaming machine, prevent troubles between the players from occurring, and easily at the game store. Can be managed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the ball-ball type gaming machine for launching a game ball onto the game board 5 by the launching means 10, the operating means is provided on the gaming machine main bodies 3 and 4. 35
Is provided, and when the operation means 35 is stopped, the firing means 10
Stop / release control means 44 for releasing the stop of the launching means 10 when the operation means 35 is released and the operation means 35 is released, and the game is displayed when the operation means 35 is operated for stop and the operation means
Since the game display means 38 for canceling the display during the game when the release operation of 35 is provided, it is possible to reliably display that the game is in progress when the player leaves the gaming machine, and It is possible to prevent troubles from occurring in advance, and it is possible to easily manage even at a game shop.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 3, in the invention as set forth in claim 1 or 2, the operating means 35 is provided in the lower portion on the front side of the gaming machine main body 3, 4, and the operating means 35 is used as an operating switch. Since it is 36, the operation means 35 can be easily operated,
Moreover, since the switch operation is sufficient, the operation is easy.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the in-game display means is provided.
Since 38 is an electric type and the in-game display means 38 is provided on the game board 5, the display of the in-game display means 38 can be easily confirmed.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 5, in the invention as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 3, the operating means 35 and the in-game display means 38 are mechanical, and other than the game board 5. It is convenient when it is installed in the part.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko machine and a card-type ball lending machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the back side of the pachinko machine and the card-type ball lending machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the liquid crystal display showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of a pachinko machine and a card type ball lending machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an in-game display means showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Outer frame (gaming machine main body) 4 Front frame (gaming machine main body) 5 Gaming board 10 Launching means 35 Operation means 36 Operation switch 38 In-game display means 44 Stop / release control means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game machine main body (3) (4) is provided with an operating means (35), when the operating means (35) is stopped, the game is stopped and when the operating means (35) is released. Stop / release control means (44) for releasing the stop of the game, and operation means (35)
When the game is stopped, the game is displayed and the operation means (35)
A gaming machine comprising: a gaming display means (38) for canceling the display during the game when the cancel operation is performed. 2. A game board (5) for playing game balls by means of launching means (10).
In a ball-type game machine that shoots upwards to play a game, the game machine main body (3) (4) is provided with operation means (35), and this operation means (3
(5) Stopping and releasing control means (44) that stops the firing means (10) when the stop operation is performed and releases the stop of the firing means (10) when the operation means (35) is released, and an operating means ( (35) is displayed when the game is stopped and the operating means (35) is released to cancel the display during the game (3)
8) A game machine characterized by having and. 3. The game machine main body (3) (4) is provided with an operating means (35) at a lower portion on the front side, and the operating means (35) is used as an operating switch (36). The gaming machine described in 2. 4. The in-game display means (38) is of an electric type, and the in-game display means (38) is provided on a game board (5). Amusement machine. 5. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the operating means (35) and the in-game display means (38) are mechanical.