JPH1033751A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a player to operate a screen and not to complicate operation for playing. SOLUTION: A discharge force regulation lever 10 for regulating the discharge force of playing balls is disposed horizontally movably in front of the center of an upper saucer 4. A kick button 11 and a punch button 12 are provided in front of the discharge force regulation lever 10, and an operation lever 13 is provided vertically and horizontally operatably on the right of the upper saucer 4. The discharge force regulation lever 10 is installed with a touch switch 10a for detecting a touch of a player's hand. A ROM cassette 6 is inserted on the left of the upper saucer 4. A liquid crystal screen 15 comprises a picture display 15a as picture display means, and variable display 15b, 13c and 15d as design display means. Four hold memories LED 18a to 18d are disposed right above the liquid crystal screen 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a bullet which is in a special game state advantageous to a player due to a specific pattern being displayed on a screen. It relates to a ball game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as a ball-and-ball game machine, a liquid crystal display or the like is used as a screen, and when the screen is in a specific display mode, a specific game state advantageous to a player is generally used. When the game content of the ball game machine is described in detail, when the game ball fired on the game board enters a specific winning opening or a ball opening, the image on the liquid crystal screen starts to change and stops after a predetermined time elapses. I do. Here, when the stopped symbol displays a predetermined specific symbol, for example, the same three-digit symbol such as "777", the specific game state is set. In the special game state as a big hit, a special winning opening called an attacker is opened for a predetermined time (usually within about 30 seconds) or until a predetermined number (usually 10) of game balls enter, and during this time, the inside of the attacker When the game ball passes through the specific area, the operation of closing and then reopening once is repeated up to 16 times, thus ending the game. Normally, since 15 game balls are paid out to the player as prize balls for one game ball entering, a maximum of 2,400 (10 × 15) balls can be obtained by one big hit.
× 16) You can get about game balls. The image processing of the symbols displayed on the screen is generally configured such that the screen is divided into three parts and the symbols are sequentially displayed in a fluctuating manner in each display window. Some are configured to display and develop the race. Then, as described above, when a specific screen such as a specific symbol is displayed after stopping the fluctuation, a special game state is set. In general, when a value of a random number taken out when a game ball enters a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening is a predetermined value, a specific screen is forcibly displayed. It is configured. Further, the random number is generally configured as a variable that is incremented after a lapse of a minute time and repeatedly generates a value in a certain range. Therefore, the substance of this random number is grasped as the timing at which the game ball enters the specific winning opening or passes through the specific passing opening.

[0003]

The above-mentioned bullet game machine has a special game state when a specific screen is displayed on the screen, so that a large amount of prize balls can be obtained, so that the player's gambling spirit is stimulated. However, there is a problem that the player simply concentrates on entering the game ball into the specific winning opening or passing through the specific passage, and the skill of the player is monotonous without intervention. In order to solve such issues,
An invention has been made in which a so-called trick operation is performed in which a specific screen is displayed after a few seconds by pretending to display a non-specific screen and a non-specific screen is displayed after a few seconds. ing. However, even in such a ball game machine, the factor that causes the special gaming state is the timing at which the gaming ball enters the specific winning opening or passes through the specific passing opening, and the game is monotonous with little intervention of the skill of the player. There is no change. For this reason,
There are many phenomena that players are tired of playing games. This may eventually lead to a situation in which the ball game machine leaves the customer.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, a ball game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a game ball launching means for launching a game ball onto a board, and the game ball launching means. Firing force adjusting means for adjusting the firing force of the game ball, symbol display means for displaying a symbol determined due to the game ball fired by the game ball firing means to enter or pass, the symbol display means And a game control unit that sets a special game state advantageous to the player when the symbol determined by the predetermined symbol is a predetermined symbol, and displays a different image from the symbol display unit. Image display means,
It is characterized by comprising a screen operation means operated by a player, and an image operation control means for changing at least a part of an image displayed by the image display means according to an operation of the screen operation means. A ball game machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is the ball game machine according to the first aspect, further comprising:
A touch detection means for detecting that a player is touching the firing force adjustment means or the screen operation means; and a firing force adjustment means for detecting that a player is touching the touch detection means. And a firing control means for driving the game ball firing means in accordance with the firing force adjusted by (1). A ball game machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is the ball game machine according to the first aspect, further comprising: a touch detection unit that detects that a player is touching the firing force adjustment unit; When the touch detection means does not detect that the player is touching, the image display means or the screen operation means is deactivated. The ball game machine according to claim 4 is the ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
R storing the content of the image displayed on the image display means
OM can be exchanged. Here, the firing force adjusting means may be any one that adjusts the firing force of the game ball firing means by the operation of the player, and is a firing handle that adjusts the firing force by a conventionally used amount of rotation. Alternatively, the configuration may be such that the position of the finger touched by the player corresponds to the firing force. The screen operation means is intended to be operated by a player and output a predetermined signal by being operated in a predetermined direction, and is provided on an upper plate or the like of a ball game machine. Preferably
A so-called joystick or the like used in a so-called TV game machine or the like that moves in four directions in accordance with the operation of the player is preferable.
The image operation control means may be any means that changes at least a part of the image displayed by the image display means according to the operation of the screen operation means, and a part of the image in the direction in which the screen operation means is operated. , And a configuration in which at least a part of the image disappears or is enlarged according to the operation of the screen operation unit. In addition, when at least a part of the image on the screen is changed by the screen operation control means, the configuration may be such that the result obtained by the change is directly or indirectly related to the special game state, or may be a configuration that is not related. It is good.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to a first aspect of the present invention, a game ball launching means launches a game ball onto a board with a launching force adjusted by a launching force adjusting means, and the playing ball enters or exits. When the symbol determined due to passing is a predetermined symbol, the game control means sets a special game state advantageous to the player. On the other hand, at least a part of the image displayed by the image display means is changed by the image operation control means according to the operation of the screen operation means by the player. Thus, the player can enjoy a game such as a so-called TV game by operating the screen operation means while firing a game ball on the board for the purpose of obtaining a special game state.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the player touches the firing force adjusting means or the screen operating means, the touch detecting means detects that the player is touching and adjusts the firing force. The firing control means operates the game ball firing means in accordance with the firing force adjusted by the means to fire the game balls onto the board. Thus, the player simply operates the firing force adjusting means with the left hand or the right hand, and the screen operating means with the right hand or the left hand, and fires a game ball on the board for the purpose of obtaining a special game state while playing a so-called TV game or the like. You can enjoy the game.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the image display means or the screen operation means does not operate unless the touch detection means detects that the player is touching the firing force adjustment means. Cannot play only TV games.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the ROM storing the contents of the image displayed on the image display means can be exchanged, the player can enjoy a TV game or the like according to his / her preference.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball game machine is provided with a game board 1, and a front surface of the game board 1 is covered with a double glass mounted on a glass frame 2 via a glass groove. Thereby, a game area is formed between the game board 1 and the inner glass.

At the upper part of the glass frame 2, a big hit lamp 3 which is turned on when a so-called big hit occurs as a special game state is assembled. The glass frame 2 can be opened and closed by operating a key provided on the right side of the glass frame 2 around a hinge (not shown) mounted on the rear surface of the left side. An upper tray 4 is provided below the glass frame 2, and a lower tray 5 is provided below the upper tray 4. The upper tray 4 and the lower tray 5 are configured to have the same functions as those of the related art.

As shown in FIG. 2, a firing force adjusting lever 10 for adjusting the firing force of a game ball is provided at the front center of the upper tray 4 so as to be movable left and right. A kick button 11 and a punch button 12 are provided in front of the firing force adjustment lever 10, and an operation lever 13 is provided on the right side of the upper tray 4 so as to be operable up, down, left, and right. The firing force adjusting lever 10
Has a built-in touch switch 10a for detecting that the player's hand is touching. On the left side of the upper saucer 4,
The OM cassette 6 is inserted. As shown in FIG. 3, the ROM cassette 6 has a ROM in which game contents and the like described in detail later are stored in a main body, and a connection terminal 6a is provided below the ROM. The connection terminal 6a is inserted into the connection terminal insertion groove 6c in the ROM cassette mounting opening 6b shown in FIG. The connection terminal insertion groove 6c is configured as a connection connector on the receiving side. The firing force adjusting lever 10 as the firing force adjusting means and the kick button 11, punch button 12, and operation lever 13 as the screen operating means will be described later in detail.

At the upper center of the game board 1 described above, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a liquid crystal screen 15 composed of a liquid crystal display body has a large winning opening 16 called a so-called attacker attached below the liquid crystal screen 15. A starting port 17 as a specific winning port is mounted between the liquid crystal screen 15 and the special winning port 16. It should be noted that various accessories, such as obstacle nails, windmills, and windmills, not shown, are provided on the game board. As shown in FIG. 6, the liquid crystal screen 15 is composed of an image display section 15a as image display means and variable display sections 15b, 15c and 15d as symbol display means. Immediately above the liquid crystal screen 15, four hold storage LEDs 18
a to 18d are provided. Variable display units 15b, 15
c and 15d, if there is a ball of the game ball in the starting port 17,
It is configured to stop after fluctuating for a predetermined time (usually about 5 to 15 seconds), and if the stopped symbol displays a predetermined symbol of the same three digits such as "777", a big hit as a special game state is generated. belongs to. If a game ball enters the starting port 17 during the big hit or while the symbols on the variable display portions 15b, 15c and 15d are changing, it is stored that up to four game balls have entered. The reserved storage LEDs 18a to 18d indicate the number, and the lit state indicates that there is a memory. When the symbol changes again, the memory is exhausted and turned off.

On the back side of the ball game machine, an electronic control board 20 for controlling the progress of the game of the game machine is detachably attached to a mechanism panel (also called a back pack). Although the mechanism board is not shown, its configuration is the same as that of a well-known mechanism board, and a game ball fired on the game board surface is passed through a collecting plate provided on the back side of the game board to the back of the game board 1. In this configuration, the game balls in the prize ball tank flow down to the upper tray 4 or the lower tray 5 when the prize ball state occurs.

As shown in FIG. 7, the electronic control board 20 mainly includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, and a RAM 23, and an image processing device 24, an input interface 25, an output interface 26, a counter 27, and the like. It is configured as a connected logical operation circuit. The image processing device 24 includes the liquid crystal screen 15 described above.
The image data is sent to the liquid crystal display as the image data. The counter 27 is incremented at regular intervals and used as a random number, or used for measuring the elapsed time.

In the input interface 25, the firing force adjusting lever 10 provided on the upper tray 4 is an A / D converter 30, the touch switch 10a is a signal generating circuit 31,
The operation lever 13 includes a signal generation circuit 32, the kick button 11 and the punch button 12 include a signal generation circuit 33, and the various opening balls sensors 34 provided in the respective winning ports such as the starting port 17 on the game board surface and the passing ports. The switch detection circuit 35 and the insertion groove 6c of the cassette connection terminal 6a are connected to each other via a relay circuit 36 and the like. The firing force adjusting lever 10 is a variable coil configured to be movable left and right on the upper tray 4 within a certain range, and the moving position thereof is A / D as an analog value.
The signal is input to the converter 30, converted into a digital value, and input to the input interface 25. Since the firing force adjusting lever 10 is configured mainly using a variable coil, when the player moves, the firing force adjusting lever 10 stops at that position. The operation lever 13 is an operation lever called a joystick used in a so-called TV game that can be operated up and down and left and right as described above.
It is configured to output four types of ON signals to the signal generation circuit 32 by being operated downward, left, or right. Thereby, the CPU 21 can detect the operation states of the firing force adjustment lever 10 and the operation lever 13 and the like, the entering state of the game ball on the game board surface, and the like.

The output interface 26 includes a game ball launching device 41 and a game ball supply device 42 via a drive control circuit 40, a speaker 45 via a sound generation circuit 43 and a power amplifier 44, and a game board surface via a drive circuit 46. The various types of solenoids 47 used for opening the upper attacker 16 and the like, the big hit lamp 3 and various kinds of lamps 49 such as the LEDs 18 a to 18 d via a drive circuit 48, and the mechanism via the drive circuit 50. The prize ball payout devices 51 provided on the board are connected to each other.

With the above configuration, the CPU of the electronic control board 20
21 drives the game ball launching device 41 via the drive control circuit 40 with a firing force corresponding to the moving position of the firing force adjusting lever 10 on the upper tray 4 operated by the player to cause the game ball to bounce on the game board surface. Emit. At this time, it is necessary that the player touches the operation lever 13 and the player
, The touch switch 10a is turned on. If the player does not touch the operation lever 13, the game ball will not be bounced. The drive control circuit 40 controls the drive of the game ball launching device 41 and the game ball supply device 42 by taking electrical timing, and controls the game balls on the upper receiving tray 4 one by one by the game ball supply device 41. The game ball is supplied to the ball launching position, and the supplied one game ball is fired by the game ball launching device 41. The well-known sound generating circuit 43 connected to the output interface 26 has a circuit configuration in which a music IC, an operational amplifier, and a mixing circuit are sequentially connected, and the music IC has a built-in SSG sound source and a PCM sound source. Therefore, the CPU 21 controls these sound sources only by sending command data via the output interface 26,
The operational amplifier performs impedance conversion, the mixing circuit mixes the SSG sound and the PCM sound to generate a sound signal, and the sound signal is amplified by the power amplifier 44 and the speaker 45 generates various sound effects according to the game content. Configuration. In addition, as described above, the variable display unit 15b
If the same three-digit symbol is displayed in 15d to 15d, a special jackpot state is established as a special game state. This jackpot processing is the same as in the prior art.
0 seconds) or a predetermined number of balls (usually 10 balls) are released, and during this time, when a game ball passes through a specific area in the special winning opening 16, the ball is closed once and then reopened at a maximum of 16 times. It repeats times. The special winning opening 16 is opened when the solenoid 47 is turned on. The variable display unit 15
The process of displaying the same three-digit symbol in b to 15d is compulsory if the value of the random number extracted when the game ball enters the starting port 17 is a predetermined value (for example, “1”). , A symbol with the same three digits is displayed, and if the value is not a predetermined value, it is processed so as not to be the same with the three digits. This random number is supplied from the counter 27 of the electronic control board 20, and in this specific example, a very short time (for example, 2.048 ms)
It is configured as a variable that is incremented for each elapse and that repeatedly creates a value from 0 to 249. Therefore, the probability value that the same three-digit symbol is displayed when the game ball enters the starting port 17 is 1/250.

Next, the "image processing routine" shown in FIG. 8 will be described. This process is periodically executed by a method such as a hardware interrupt. C of electronic control board 20
When the processing executed by the PU 21 shifts to this routine, it is determined whether or not the player's hand is touching the firing force adjustment lever 10 and a game ball is being fired on the game board (steps S100 to S110). . This determination process is performed by C
This is executed by the PU 21 detecting the ON state of the touch switch 10a and the CPU 21 detecting whether the value of the firing force adjustment lever is a value enough to fire the game ball on the board. Here, only when both are determined to be affirmative, the process proceeds to the next step S120, and when either one is determined to be negative, the process goes to “return”.

In the following story development processing, in this specific example, the image shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the hero GD of justice on the left side of the screen of the image display unit 15a of the liquid crystal display 15 fights against the alien BD who plans to conquer the earth. become. Alien B
D moves from the right side of the screen to the left side, and can do 10 damage if hitting the body of Hero GD. The alien BD appears on the screen one after another according to a program stored in the ROM in the cassette 6 in advance. on the other hand,
The hero GD can repel the alien BD by punching or kicking according to the operation of the player. If you repel, you can get a score of 10. Also, Hero GD
Can also jump upward, bend downward, or quickly move left and right on the screen according to the operation of the player to pass the alien BD. Hereinafter, the operation process of the hero GD will be described.

When the player presses the kick button 11 on the upper tray 4, the CPU 21 receives this signal and receives the signal.
And outputs an image in which the hero GD kicks out via the. Similarly, if the player presses the punch button 12, the CP
U21 receives this signal and outputs an image in which the hero GD punches out via the image processing device 24. If these punches and kicks hit the alien BG on the screen at a predetermined timing, a score of 10 is added and a score of SP
The score currently obtained is displayed in the upper left of the screen. On the other hand, if the player operates the operation lever 13 on the upper tray 4 in the upward direction, the hero GD jumps and the operation lever 1
If hero 3 is operated in the downward direction, the hero GD displays an image that bends. Similarly, if the operation lever 13 is operated leftward, the hero GD moves a predetermined distance to the left side of the screen, and if the operation lever 13 is operated rightward, the hero GD moves a predetermined distance to the right side of the screen. Regardless of whether the hero GD has moved or not, if the alien BD hits the body of the hero GD, the damage 10 is added, and the damage currently taken as the damage DP is displayed on the upper right of the screen. Step S
If the score SP obtained by executing the story development processing of 120 exceeds 100, the game proceeds to the next more complicated game.

According to the specific example described in detail above, the joy of acquiring a special game state caused by the launched game ball entering the starting port 17 on the game board surface is increased. The player can enjoy a so-called TV game on the image display section 15a of the liquid crystal display pair 15 without being damaged. This allows the player to simply place the game ball in the starting port 17.
It has an extremely excellent effect that it is released from the monotonousness of simply entering a ball and can play a pachinko while enjoying a TV game. In addition, the pachinko hall manager can provide a predetermined service if the player obtains a certain score SP in the TV game on the image display unit, which further contributes to attracting the player to the hall. It is. Also, in this specific example, the player has the upper saucer 4
Once the firing force of the game ball is once determined by the upper firing force adjustment lever 10 according to the user's preference, the kick button 11 and the punch button 12 can be operated with the left hand, and the operation lever 13 can be operated with the right hand.
Has an extremely excellent effect that the operation of the hero GD on the screen can be controlled only by operating. As a result, the pachinko and the TV game can be performed by a single ball-and-play game machine with a simple operation, and both the gambling feeling of the pachinko machine and the high game property of the TV game can be satisfied. Can be played. Furthermore, in this specific example, the story development process of step S120 is not executed unless the game ball is fired while the player touches the firing force adjustment lever 10, so that the player plays only the TV game. It is not possible to do so, which has the effect of contributing to the sales of pachinko halls and not impairing the profits of the halls. In addition, in this specific example, the TV inserted in the upper pan 4
The ROM cassette 6 storing the contents of the game is configured to be replaceable. As a result, the player can select a game according to his / her preference, and the pachinko hall can further provide services to the player.

Although a specific example of the ball-and-ball game machine of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this specific example at all, and may be implemented in any mode within the scope of the present invention. Needless to say, this is possible. For example, in this specific example, the touch switch 10a is
Although it is configured to be built in the operation lever 13, it may be configured to be built in the operation lever 13. Further, in this specific example, the TV game is executed by the electronic control board 20 that controls the game contents of the pachinko machine. However, there is no problem if the electronic control boards 20 are configured by different electronic control devices. Further, it is conceivable that the players who play the TV game are concentrated on the image display section 15a of the liquid crystal display 15, so that the variable display sections 15b to 15
When the big hit display of the same three digits is displayed on d, the image display unit 15a may be configured to display that the big hit state has been reached. In the big hit state, the progress of the TV game is stopped as a so-called pause state. Alternatively, it may be configured to restart after the end of the big hit. Further, in this specific example, the configuration is such that the image displayed on the image display section 15a of the liquid crystal display and the symbols displayed on the symbol display sections 15b to 15d are completely unrelated. For example, if the image display unit 15 can obtain a predetermined score SP, the probability value supplied by the counter 27 of the electronic control board 20 is configured to be a high probability (for example, 1/25 of 10). Is also good.

[0023]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the pachinko machine is released from the monotonicity of the pachinko machine and can be easily operated with a single bullet machine by a simple operation. An extremely excellent effect that both the mind and the so-called high game quality of a TV game can be satisfied can be achieved. The ball game machine according to the second aspect of the invention has the effect of further improving the simplicity of the operability achieved by the first aspect of the invention. According to the third aspect of the present invention,
Since the player cannot play the TV game unless he / she touches the firing force adjusting lever, the effect of further contributing to the sales of the pachinko hall is achieved. In the ball-ball game machine according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the player can select a game according to his / her preference, and the pachinko hall can further provide services to the player. Play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a ball game machine employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an upper tray 4 of the first specific example.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a ROM cassette 6 of the first specific example.

FIG. 4 is a top view showing the configuration of the upper receiving tray 4 of the first specific example.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the ball game machine of the first specific example.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing the configuration of the liquid crystal display 15 of the first specific example.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the electronic control board 20.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process executed in an “image processing routine”.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Game board 4 ... Upper tray 6 ... ROM cassette 10 ... Launching force adjustment lever 10a ... Touch switch 11 ... Kick button 12 ... Punch Button 13 Operation lever 15 Liquid crystal display unit 15a Image display unit 15b, 15c, 15d Symbol display unit 16 ... Winning opening 17 ... Start Mouth 20 ...... Electronic control board 34 ...... Ball entry sensor 41 ...... Game ball launching device 47 ...... Solenoid 51 ...... Prize ball payout device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A game ball launching means for launching a game ball onto a board, a launching force adjusting means for adjusting a launching force of the game ball launching means, and a game ball launched by the game ball launching means enters. Or a symbol display means for displaying a symbol determined due to passing, and a game control for setting a special game state advantageous to the player when the symbol determined by the symbol display means is a predetermined symbol. Means for displaying a different image from the symbol display means; screen operation means for allowing a player to operate; and the image display means in accordance with the operation of the screen operation means. And an image operation control means for changing at least a part of an image displayed by: (a) a ball game machine. 2. A touch detecting means for detecting that a player is touching said firing force adjusting means or said screen operating means, and a touch detecting means for detecting that a player is touching said touch detecting means. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a launch control unit that drives the game ball launch unit in accordance with the launch force adjusted by the launch force adjustment unit. 3. 3. A touch detecting means for detecting that a player is touching said firing force adjusting means, and said image displaying means or said image displaying means when no touch is detected by said touch detecting means. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the screen operation means is deactivated. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a ROM storing contents of an image displayed on said image display means can be exchanged.