JPH10272245A - Game center display controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit game players to easily recognize that a special prize state occurs in another game machine in an island where the many game machines are arranged. SOLUTION: When one (the k-th one) of the game machines becomes a big hit state, a big hit display lamp 21k is turned on. At the same time, a special prize reporting control circuit 40 outputs the turning on/off display command of a big hit recognizing display lamp 22k for the k-th game machine and the turning-on display command of the big hit recognizing display lamps 221-22n (except 22k) for the other game machines. According to it, the big hit recognizing display lamps of the respective game machines are turned on/off so as to report the conditions of big hit state occurrence to the game players. The game players can instantaneously recognize the occurrence of the special prize state in another game machine in the same island in a place where they are so that the information is utilized for selecting the game machine and judging the continuity, etc., of the game.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display control device for a game arcade provided for a plurality of gaming machines such as pachinko machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, for a game player who plays a game on a island where a large number of pachinko machines are arranged, a large number of prizes called so-called jackpots can be played on other game machines on the same island. Whether or not a special prize state in which a ball is given has occurred is of interest, and it has also become a guide when making a decision on selection of a gaming machine, continuation of a game, and the like. Conventionally, however, the recognition of the jackpot of other gaming machines is not limited to visually recognizing the display of the jackpot display lamp provided for each gaming machine, and the game has to be interrupted for that purpose. In particular, the confirmation of the jackpot display lamp at a remote place is very complicated, for example, it is necessary to leave the seat.

On the other hand, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-48984
There is known a display device for a game arcade as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H10-26095.
In this display device, when a certain gaming machine enters the special prize state, the drive signal is sequentially transmitted to the display devices of the gaming machines arranged on both sides, and the special prize state is notified. By watching the display device that the state has occurred, it is possible to easily recognize the state even during the game. However, in the case of this display device, the prize state generated by another gaming machine and the prize state generated by the player's own stand are displayed on the same display device. There is a problem in that it is not possible to distinguish and recognize whether or not a special prize state has occurred in the machine. The present invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a display control device for a game arcade that can easily recognize that a special prize state has occurred in another game machine on a island where a plurality of game machines are arranged. Aim.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display control device for a game arcade provided for a plurality of gaming machines. For each of the gaming machines, a special prize recognition display unit is provided for displaying that a special prize state in which a privilege is given to another gaming machine is generated separately from that of the other gaming machine. When a prize state occurs, a prize state recognition control means for detecting the occurrence of the prize state, outputting a display command to a game machine other than the gaming machine in which the prize state has occurred, and displaying the occurrence of the prize state on the prize recognition display means is provided. It is in.

[0005] By configuring the invention according to claim 1 as described above, when any of the gaming machines enters the special prize state,
A display command is output to another gaming machine by the special prize state recognition control means, and a special prize state occurrence is displayed on the special prize recognition display means of the other game machine, which is different from the occurrence of the special prize state. Therefore, a player who plays a game on the island where a large number of gaming machines are arranged can immediately recognize that a special prize state has occurred on another game machine on the same island even if the game is being played by the special prize recognition display means. You can know.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the display control device for a game arcade according to the first aspect, when a prize state occurs, the prize state recognition control means controls the prize state. The display command is also output to the gaming machine in which the prize has occurred, and the prize recognition display means performs the display of the prize state occurrence in a mode different from the above display.
By configuring the invention according to claim 2 as described above, the special prize recognition display means of the gaming machine in which the prize state has occurred also has a display different from the display of the special prize recognition display means of the other gaming machines. Done.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the display control device for a game arcade according to the first or second aspect, the special state recognition display means is constituted by a light emitting device. It is in. Claim 3 as described above.
With this configuration, occurrence of a special prize state in another gaming machine can be easily recognized visually.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows that a large number (n) of pachinko gaming machines are arranged in a horizontal line in a game arcade to which the embodiment is applied. FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing the state of Taishima, and FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko machine has a main body 10k (k = 1
To n), the game board 11 is supported by the frame 10a on the front upper side, and the front side of the game board 11 is closed by a glass door 10b which is openably and closably supported on the left inside of the frame 10a. An arc-shaped passing rail 12a is provided around the game board 11 from a substantially lower center to an upper right end, and is disposed concentrically from the upper left of the game board 11 slightly inside the passing rail 12a. There is provided a partition rail 12b connected to the passing rail 12a. And
A substantially circular game area 11a is provided at the center of the game board 11, surrounded by the passing rail 12a and the partition rail 12b.

At the center of the game area 11a, a symbol display device 13 is provided. A winning opening is provided in the upper part of the symbol display device 13, the left and right sides, and the lower left and right sides. Also,
A central starting opening 15a is provided directly below the symbol display device 13, a large winning opening 15b is provided below the central starting opening 15b, and a pair of left and right starting openings 15c are provided on the left and right of the large winning opening 15b. Grand Prize Winner 15
Immediately below b is an out port 16 for collecting a lost ball. Each starting opening is provided with a starting opening sensor 15xk (k = 1 to n) for detecting winning of a game ball to the starting opening.

The frame portion 10a is provided with a large number of prize balls when the same symbols are displayed on the display screen as a result of the fluctuation of the symbol display device 13 due to winning of one of the starting ports 15a, 15c on the front upper portion. The big hit display lamp 21k (k
= 1 to n). On the right side of the front of the frame portion 10a, a big hit recognition indicator lamp 22k (k = k) for displaying when another pachinko gaming machine is in a big hit state.
1 to n) are provided. That is, a lighting display is performed on the big hit recognition display lamp 22k, and a blinking display is made on the big hit recognition lamp 22k of the gaming machine having the big hit. However, the blinking display of the jackpot recognition display lamp 22k of the gaming machine having the jackpot can be omitted.

Next, an electrical configuration of the display control device for a game arcade according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the display control device for the amusement arcade includes a k-th control circuit 30k (k = 1) provided in each of the pachinko gaming machines as the special state recognition control means.
To n) and a special prize notification control circuit 4 for centrally managing each gaming machine.
0. The control circuit 30k includes a CPU, RO
It is constituted by a microcomputer having M, RAM, I / O, etc., and continuously executes the “k-th lamp control program” shown in the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the starting port sensor 15xk is connected to the input side of the control circuit 30k, and the big hit indicator lamp 21k is connected to the output side.

The special prize notification control circuit 40 includes a CPU, an RO
It is constituted by a microcomputer having M, RAM, I / O, etc., and continues to execute the "big hit notification control program" shown in the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, an input line from each control circuit 30k is connected to the special prize notification control circuit 40, and the big hit recognition display lamp 22k is connected to an output side.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment configured as described above will be described. With the start of the game, the control circuit 30k of each pachinko gaming machine starts executing the “k-th ramp control program” at step 50 shown in FIG. 4 and initializes various variables at step 51, The big hit flag OFk is set to “0”. Here, the big hit flag OFk is set to “1” when the k-th gaming machine is in the big hit state, and is set to “0” when the k-th gaming machine is not in the big hit state.

On the other hand, the special prize notification control circuit 40 executes the "big hit notification control program" at the start of the game, as shown in FIG.
In step 60, initialization of various variables is performed in step 61, and in step 62, the big hit flag OFk is read. Subsequently, each big hit flag OFk
Is determined to be "0", that is, whether or not any of the gaming machines has reached the big hit state (steps 631 to 631).
n). Normally, in any of the gaming machines, the jackpot is not in the state of the big hit, so the program is shifted to the step 65 based on the determination of "NO" in each of the steps 631 to 63n, and the one with the big hit flag OFk = 1 is set. It is read from the memory, and it is determined whether the big hit flag OFk = 1 is present (steps 65 and 66). Since none of the gaming machines have a big hit, a command to stop the blinking and lighting of the big hit recognition display lamp 22k is output to the corresponding gaming machine (steps 67 and 68). As a result, the big hit recognition display lamp display 22k of each gaming machine is not turned on or off.

When any of the gaming machines, for example, the k-th gaming machine is in a big hit state, a "k-th ramp control program"
, The big hit flag OFk is set to "1" and the big hit display lamp 21k is turned on (steps 52-5).
4). On the other hand, the special prize notification control circuit 40 determines in step 63k
Based on the determination of "YES" at step 64k, the program stores in step 64k that the big hit flag OFk is set to "1". Further, at step 65, the big hit flag O
Fk is read from the memory, and in step 66, in accordance with the jackpot flag OFk = 1, based on the determination of "YES", the program proceeds to step 69, in which the jackpot recognition indicator lamp 22k for the k-th gaming machine is turned on. Flashing display command and big hit recognition display lamp 221 for other gaming machines
Lighting display commands of .about.22n (excluding 22k) are output (steps 69 and 70). In response, the jackpot recognition display lamps 221 to 22n of the respective gaming machines are turned on and blinked to notify the player of the occurrence of the jackpot status of other gaming machines. Further, even if a big hit occurs in a gaming machine other than the k-th gaming machine, the same processing is performed as described above.

When the big hit state of the k-th gaming machine ends, step 5 of the "k-th ramp control program"
The program proceeds to step 56 based on the determination of "YES" in step 5, the big hit flag OFk is set to "0", and the big hit display lamp 21k is turned off (steps 56 and 5).
7). On the other hand, in the "big hit notification control program", the program proceeds to step 65 based on the determination of "NO" in step 63k, but the big hit flag OF
Since the value of k = 1 is not stored, the program proceeds to step 67, and a command to stop the blinking and lighting of the big hit recognition display lamp 22k is output to the corresponding gaming machine (steps 67 and 68). . As a result, the lighting and blinking of the jackpot recognition display lamp 22k of each gaming machine is stopped.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a player who plays a game on a island where a large number of pachinko gaming machines are arranged can play the game when a big hit occurs on another game machine on the same island. Is immediately displayed on the jackpot recognition display lamp 22k of the gaming machine which is performing the game, so that it is possible to immediately know on the spot that a jackpot has occurred in any of the other gaming machines. By checking the jackpot display lamp 21k of another gaming machine, it is possible to confirm which gaming machine has a jackpot. For this reason, this information can be used for selection of a gaming machine, determination of continuation of a game, and the like, which is convenient for a player.

In the above-described embodiment, the jackpot recognition display lamp is used as a means for notifying the jackpot state of another gaming machine.
A light emitting device such as an LCD may be used. At that time, brightness,
By changing the light emission mode such as color, it is also possible to distinguish the occurrence of big hits of the own and other gaming machines. Further, other sound means such as a buzzer and a speaker may be used as the notification means, and the manner of generation may be variously changed. Further, in the above embodiment, the big hit recognition display lamp is provided on the front surface of the frame of the gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this position, and it may be provided on a island other than the gaming machine.

In the above embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example of a gaming machine, but the present invention can be applied to other gaming machines that display a prize state, such as slot machines.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a gamer can immediately know that a special prize state has occurred in another game machine on the same island in the same island, so that this information can be obtained from the game machine. This is useful for the selection of a game and for determining the continuation of a game. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the occurrence of the special prize state is displayed in a different manner on the special prize recognition display means, so that the occurrence of the own prize state can be identified, and the special prize recognition display means can be identified. Can be effectively utilized. Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the special prize recognition display means is constituted by the light emitting device, the occurrence of the special prize of another gaming machine can be easily and reliably recognized visually.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a state of Taishima where a large number (n) of pachinko gaming machines are arranged in a horizontal row in a game arcade to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a game hall display control device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a “k-th lamp control program” executed by a k-th control circuit in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a “big hit notification control program” executed by the special prize notification control circuit of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... body, 11 ... game board, 13 ... symbol display device, 15
a, 15c: starting port, 15xk: starting port sensor, 21k
… Big hit indicator lamp, 22k… big hit recognition indicator lamp,
30k ... k-th control circuit, 40 ... special prize notification control circuit.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display control device for a game arcade provided for a plurality of gaming machines, wherein each of the gaming machines indicates that a special prize state in which a privilege is given has occurred in another gaming machine. In addition to providing a prize recognition display means for displaying separately from the occurrence of a prize in a gaming machine, when the prize state occurs in any of the gaming machines, this is detected and a game other than the gaming machine in which the prize state has occurred is detected. A display control device for a game arcade, comprising a prize state recognition control means for outputting a display command to the machine and displaying the occurrence of a prize state on the prize recognition display means. 2. The display control device for a game arcade according to claim 1, wherein when the prize state occurs, a display command is output by the prize state recognition control means to the gaming machine in which the prize state has occurred. A display control device for a game arcade, wherein the special prize recognition display means displays a special prize state occurrence in a mode different from the display. 3. The display control device for a game arcade according to claim 1, wherein said special prize recognition display means comprises a light emitting device.