JPH0928876A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To excellently hold a desire for a game of a player by previously notifying a change in a future picture pattern to a certain degree. CONSTITUTION: When a pachinko ball enters a starting prize winning port, figures displayed on display parts 40a to 40c are changed, and when figures after being changed become complete, a large prize winning port is opened. Figures to be displayed on the display parts 40a and 40c when a ball enters the starting prize winning port next time are previously displayed on display parts 40d and 40f. In an illustrated example, when a ball enters the starting prize winning port next time, that '3' is displayed on both the display parts 40a and 40c can be recognized. Therefore, figures to be displayed on the display parts 40a to 40c next time become complete ail with '3', and a player can anticipate that there is the possibility of opening a large prize winning port. Therefore, a desire for a game of the player can be agitated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine, and more particularly, a pachinko machine which sequentially displays a plurality of symbols on a symbol display means and, when the symbols become special symbols, executes a special game advantageous to a player. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a pachinko machine of this type,
A symbol display means for displaying a plurality of types of symbols, an order storage means for storing the display order of the symbols by the symbol display means, and a display stored in the order storage means when a game ball is won in the starting winning opening. Based on the order, a symbol changing means for changing the symbol displayed by the symbol displaying means, and a special game executing means for executing a special game advantageous to the player when the symbol displayed by the symbol displaying means becomes a special symbol. It is known to have

For example, a plurality of types of symbols are displayed in a number sequence, and each time the game ball is won in the starting winning port, the symbols in each column are individually changed, and when the symbols in each column match, the large winning port is opened. Pachinko machines are known. This type of pachinko machine is a mixture of the traditional pachinko machine with the fun of a slot machine, and many models have been developed in recent years.

[0004]

However, with this type of pachinko machine, it is impossible to predict when the symbols will coincide and the special winning opening will open. For this reason, even though the player has won the starting winning a prize many times, if the symbols never match and the state where the special winning a prize does not open continues for a long time, the player is disgusted and stops the game. There was something that happened.

Therefore, the present invention has been made for the purpose of providing a pachinko machine capable of preliminarily predicting a future change in the design and keeping the player's willingness to play.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 made in order to achieve the above object stores a symbol display means for displaying a plurality of types of symbols, and a display order of the symbols by the symbol display means. When the game ball wins or passes through the order storage means and the symbol variation starting mouth, based on the display order stored in the order storage means, the symbol changing means for changing the symbol displayed by the symbol display means, and the symbol When the symbol displayed by the display means becomes a special symbol, in the pachinko machine provided with the special game executing means for executing the special game advantageous to the player, in association with the order after a predetermined number of times from that point in time. The gist of a pachinko machine is characterized in that a notice display means for displaying at least a part of the symbols stored in the order storage means is provided.

The invention according to claim 2 is based on the pachinko machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the notice display means displays only a part of the symbol and does not display the other part. The invention according to claim 3, the special game execution means, when the symbol displayed by the symbol display means is the special symbol, compared to other winning holes, the large winning opening of the game ball is easier to win The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
The pachinko machine described is the main point.

[0008]

In the invention according to claim 1 configured as described above, the symbol changing means is the display order stored in the order storing means when the game ball wins or passes through the symbol variation starting opening. Based on, the symbol displayed by the symbol display means is changed, and when the symbol displayed by the symbol display means becomes a special symbol, the special game execution means executes the special game advantageous to the player.

Further, the notice display means displays at least a part of the symbols stored in the order storage means in association with the order after a predetermined number of times from the time point. Therefore, when at least a part of the symbols displayed after the predetermined number of times matches the special symbol, the player may display the special symbol after the predetermined number of times based on the display of the notice display means. Can be predicted. Therefore, it is possible to fuel the player's willingness to play the game, who wants to continue playing until the predetermined number of times of winning or passing through the symbol variation start port.

As described above, in the pachinko machine of the present invention, the game can be made more interesting by giving some notice of future changes in the symbols. For this reason, even if the special symbol is not displayed for a long time despite winning or passing the symbol variation start opening many times, it aims to increase the sales of pachinko parlors by fueling the player's willingness to play. be able to.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the notice display means displays only a part of the symbol and does not display the other part. Therefore, only by matching the symbol of the displayed portion with the special symbol, the player's willingness to play can be fueled. Further, by causing the player to imagine the design of the part which is not displayed, and causing an urge to see the design of the part which is not displayed, the player's willingness to play can be further strongly fueled.

Therefore, according to the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the player's willingness to play is more frequently and strongly encouraged, and the "imagination" element is incorporated in the game to make the game more interesting. The effect of being able to do occurs. In the invention according to claim 3, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the special game execution means, when the symbol displayed by the symbol display means is a special symbol, compared to other winning holes It is characterized by opening a big winning opening that is easy to win. Therefore, a large number of game balls can be won by opening the special winning opening, and the game can be continued for a longer time. And during that game,
When the notice display means displays a design that suggests a special design,
The player's willingness to play can be fueled again.

Therefore, in the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the effect that the player's motivation for playing the game can be more favorably produced.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the configuration of the game board 16 of the pachinko machine of the embodiment to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 2, on the surface of the game board 16, an introduction path 36 is formed for guiding a pachinko ball as a game ball, which is launched by a launching device (not shown), to the upper side, and a large number of nails 38 are planted. It is set up. In addition, a liquid crystal display device 40 is fitted in almost the center of the surface of the game board 16. The configuration of the liquid crystal display device 40 will be described later in detail.

Further, on the surface of the game board 16, there are a pair of small winning holes 42 on both sides of the liquid crystal display device 40.
There is a starting winning opening 44 as a symbol variation starting opening above 0.
Each is arranged. The small winning opening 42 and the starting winning opening 44 are well-known ones each having a switch for detecting a pachinko ball inside, and individually output a predetermined electric signal when the pachinko ball wins. Further, below the liquid crystal display device 40, a special winning opening 46 that opens and closes is provided, and a solenoid 48 (see FIG. 3) that opens and closes the special winning opening 46 is attached to the back surface of the game board 16. Furthermore, the frame 16a of the game board 16 is provided with a setting switch 49 for initial setting when the power is turned on. The operation of the setting switch 49 will be described later in detail.

Next, the liquid crystal display device 40 is a well-known LCD for matrix display capable of displaying characters and patterns on the entire surface, but in a normal state (except immediately after power-on as described later).
As shown in FIG. 1, the display is divided into six display portions 40a to 40f arranged in three rows in two rows above and below. Display unit 40a
The symbols 40 to 40f can individually display the numbers 0 to 9 as symbols, but in the present embodiment, the display unit 40e is controlled (so-called mask) so as to always display the numbers without displaying any numbers. ing. The numbers displayed on the display units 40a to 40f are changed each time a pachinko ball is won in the starting winning opening 44, and the lower display units 40a to 40c display the numbers related to the operation of the pachinko machine at that time in the upper stage. Display 4
The numbers 0d and 40f respectively display the numbers related to the operation of the pachinko machine when a prize is won in the starting winning opening 44 next time. When the three numbers displayed on the display units 40a to 40c match, the solenoid 48 is driven to control to open the special winning opening 46.

Next, the control of the liquid crystal display device 40 will be described in detail. Behind the game board 16, an electronic control circuit 50 for controlling the liquid crystal display device 40 and the like is arranged. This electronic control circuit 50, as shown in FIG.
a, a ROM 50b, a RAM 50c, which is a macro computer as a main part, and the liquid crystal display device 40 is based on the electric signal input from the starting winning opening 44 at the time of winning a pachinko ball and the operating state of the setting switch 49.
The solenoid 48 is drive-controlled.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a main routine of control executed by the electronic control circuit 50. In addition,
The electronic control circuit 50 starts this process when the power of the pachinko machine is turned on. When the process starts, first, step 1
At 00, the next data setting process is executed. That is, first, a comment "Set switch is open" is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 40, and 3-digit random numbers are generated one after another. Then, each time the setting switch 49 is operated, the random number generated at that time is set to DATA1, D
ATA2, ... Are sequentially substituted, and a map as shown in Table 1 is formed in the RAM 50c. Then, when up to DATA6 is created, the data setting process of this step is ended.

As shown in Table 1, in this map, the numbers to be displayed on the display units 40a, 40b, 40c are the first
The columns are arranged in the columns of the second column, the third column, and the first displayed item is DATA1, DATA2, DATA3 ,.

[0020]

[Table 1]

Upon completion of step 100, step 1
The process proceeds to 03 and sets the counter n to 1. In the following step 105, the data DATA1,
Read DATA2. In other words, in step 105, DATA1 displayed first and D displayed for the second time (when the player has won the starting winning opening 44 for the first time after turning on the power).
It reads ATA2.

In the following step 110, all of DATA1, that is, "4", "5", and "6" are displayed in the lower display section 40.
a, 40b, 40c, and a part of DATA2, that is, "3" and "3" in the first and third columns are displayed in the upper display sections 40d, 40f. By this processing, the liquid crystal display device 40 displays the same display as that illustrated in FIG. In addition, by this display, the starting winning opening 4
It is understood that when a pachinko ball is won in 4, "3" and "3" are displayed on the display units 40a and 40c.

Returning to FIG. 4, in the following step 115,
It is determined whether or not a pachinko ball has been won in the starting winning opening 44. If no prize has been won (step 115: NO), the process of step 115 is repeated as it is, and if a prize has been won (step 115: YES), the process proceeds to step 125. In step 125, the counter n is incremented by one, and in the following step 127, DATAn + 5 is created in the same manner as in step 100, using the random number generated when the pachinko ball is won in the starting winning opening 44.
In the following step 130, the DAT that has already been read
The three numbers An are displayed on the lower display units 40a to 40c, respectively. Further, in the following step 135, DATAn
+1 is read from the RAM 50c, and in step 140, the numbers in the first and third columns are displayed on the display units 40d and 40.
Display each in f.

Subsequently, when the process proceeds to step 145, D
It is determined whether ATAn is a hit. That is, it is determined whether or not all three numbers displayed on the display units 40a to 40c match. If it is a hit (step 145: YES), the solenoid 48 is driven for a predetermined time in a step 150 and then the process returns to the step 115. If it is not a hit (step 145: NO), the process directly returns to the step 115. Then, it waits again until the pachinko ball is won in the starting winning opening 44 (step 1
15) Then, when a prize is won (step 115: YES), the processing of the above-mentioned step 125 and thereafter is executed.

By this processing, when a pachinko ball is won in the starting winning opening 44 (step 115: YES), the numbers displayed on the display portions 40a to 40c are changed (step 130), and the changed numbers are gathered. If (step 14
5: YES) The special winning opening 46 can be opened for a predetermined time (step 150). Further, by this processing, it is possible to previously display on the display units 40d and 40f, the numbers to be displayed on the display units 40a and 40c when the winning prize 44 is won next time (steps 135 and 140).
Therefore, the player's willingness to play can be stimulated as follows.

For example, in the example of FIG. 1, when a pachinko ball is won at the start winning port 44 next time, the display portions 40a, 40 are displayed.
It can be seen that both "3" are displayed in c. For this reason,
Next time, when the start winning a prize hole 44 is won, the display units 40a to 4a
The numbers displayed on 0c are all "3", and you can win 4
It is possible to let the player predict that 6 may open. Therefore, it is possible to fuel the player's willingness to continue playing the game until the start winning port 44 is won again. For this reason, even if the player does not win the prize for a long time despite having won the start winning port 44 many times, it is possible to increase the sales of pachinko parlors by fueling the player's willingness to play.

Further, in the present embodiment, next time, the starting winning opening 4
The number displayed on the display unit 40b when the fourth prize is won is not displayed in advance. Therefore, as in DATA 2 in Table 1, even if the hit is not actually made, the player's willingness to play can be fueled only by matching the numbers in the first and third columns. Further, by causing the player to imagine the number to be displayed next time on the display unit 40b and causing an urge to see the number, the player's motivation for the game can be further strongly fueled. Therefore, in this embodiment, the player's willingness to play can be more frequently and strongly encouraged, and the element of "imagination" can be incorporated into the game to make the game more interesting.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, when a hit occurs, a large number of pachinko balls can be won by opening the special winning opening 46. Therefore, the game can be continued for a longer time, and when the numbers displayed on the display units 40d and 40f coincide with each other during the game, the player's motivation for the game can be agitated again.

In the above embodiment, the display section 40a
˜40c in the symbol display means, the area for storing the map of Table 1 of the RAM 50c in the order storage means, the electronic control circuit 50
The processing of steps 125 and 130 executed by the symbol changing means, the processing of step 150 executed by the electronic control circuit 50 and the solenoid 48, the special winning opening 46 are special game executing means, and the display units 40d and 40f are advance notice displaying means. , Respectively.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be carried out in various modes without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the next number is displayed on the display units 40d and 40f, but the number in the farther future such as after 5 times or 10 times may be displayed. Further, although the display unit 40e is masked in the above embodiment, all the numbers displayed on the future display units 40a, 40b, 40c are displayed on the display units 40d, 40e, 40.
You may display each in f. However, in this case, the display unit 40
For the numbers displayed in d to 40f, it is more interesting to display numbers in the future that are somewhat farther than the next number (for example, numbers after 100 times, such as after 10 times). Also, when the numbers after 10 times are displayed, the RAM 50c is correspondingly displayed.
It is also necessary to increase the number of DATA stored in (1) to the number displayed (for example, 10 or more).

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the map of Table 1 is created based on the timing at which the setting switch 49 is operated in the data setting process (step 100). Various modes other than the embodiment are possible. For example, when the power is turned on, pulsation occurs in the supplied current. Therefore, the current value is A / D
You may create the map similar to Table 1 by converting. Alternatively, the map stored in the RAM 50c may be stored in the backup RAM or the like as it is when the power is turned off the previous time (the day before in a general pachinko parlor), and the map may be read when the power is turned on next time.

Further, in the liquid crystal display device 40 of the above-mentioned embodiment, three rows of display parts 40a to 40f are arranged in the upper and lower two stages, but liquid crystal display devices of other forms may be applied. For example, in the liquid crystal display device 80 shown in FIG. 5, three columns of display units 80a to 80i are arranged in three rows of upper, middle, and lower.
Then, the display units 80h, 80 in the second row in the upper and middle rows
e is masked, and the display portions 80d, 80f, 8 on both sides thereof are masked.
0g, 80i after 5 or 10 times the display unit 80
The numbers displayed on a and 80c are displayed. in this case,
The range of imagination of the player can be expanded to further enhance the fun.

In the liquid crystal display device 90 shown in FIG. 6, similar to the liquid crystal display device 80, the display parts 90a to 90a of three rows are arranged in three rows of upper, middle, lower.
Although the 90i is provided, the second display portion 91b further displays how many times the upper and middle rows are displaying numbers.
And 91a. Also, this second display unit 91
The display of a and 91b is changed every time a pachinko ball is won in the starting winning opening 44. This change can be made, for example, by the electronic control circuit 50 sequentially reading a preset random number table. In this case, the number of times the number is displayed in advance changes depending on the winning of the starting winning opening 44, so that the game is more interesting.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the numbers are arranged in three columns, but they may be arranged in four or more columns. Also, in this case,
You may mask future numbers by masking two or more columns. Further, the present invention is not limited to those that display numbers as the design, but also to those that display a design such as fruit, and not only those that arrange the designs horizontally but also those that can be arranged diagonally, respectively. Can be applied.

Further, in the above embodiment, DATA7 and subsequent data are created each time a pachinko ball wins the starting winning opening 44 (step 127), but the ROM 50b stores a very large amount of data DATA1, DATA2, DATA3, .... If possible, the process of creating DATA can be omitted. In this case, the data stored in the ROM 50b may be sequentially read. On the contrary, only DATA1 and DATA2 may be created when the power is turned on, and DATA3 and the following may be created when the start winning opening 44 is won.

Furthermore, when the display portions are provided in three or more stages as in the liquid crystal display devices 80 and 90 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
The future numbers that are masked, that is,
The numbers to be displayed on the display unit 80e (90e) or 80h (90h) are displayed on the display unit 80e, 80h (90e, 9).
You may scroll between 0h). In this case, it becomes easier to predict the numbers to be displayed on the future display units 80a to 80c (90a to 90e). Further, instead of the starting winning opening 44, a so-called gate that drives the liquid crystal display device when a pachinko ball passes may be applied as the symbol variation starting opening.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration of a game board of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main routine of processing executed by the control system.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a modified example of the liquid crystal display device.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing another modification of the liquid crystal display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

16 ... Game board 40 ... Liquid crystal display device 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d, 40e, 40f ... Display part 44 ... Start winning hole 46 ... Large winning hole 48 ... Solenoid 50 ... Electronic control circuit 50a ... CPU 50b ... ROM 50c ... RAM

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A symbol display means for displaying a plurality of types of symbols, an order storage means for storing a display order of the symbols by the symbol display means, and a game ball winning or passing through a symbol variation starting opening, Based on the display order stored in the order storage means, a symbol changing means for changing the symbol displayed by the symbol display means, and a special symbol advantageous to the player when the symbol displayed by the symbol display means becomes a special symbol. In a pachinko machine equipped with a special game execution means for executing a game, a notice display means for displaying at least a part of the symbols stored in the order storage means in association with the order after a predetermined number of times from the time point. Pachinko machine characterized by the provision of. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the notice display means displays only a part of the symbol and does not display the other part. 3. The special game execution means, when the symbol displayed by the symbol display means becomes the special symbol, opens a big winning opening in which a game ball is easier to win than other winning openings. The pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2, which is characterized.