JPH11206985A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase interest of a game by applying, for an opening prize hole of a condition device, a variable opening prize hole which is changed from a normal state to two states comprising a middle opening position and a large opening position in an operating state, and making it possible to determine opening state of middle opening or large opening. SOLUTION: A condition device 10 having a variable opening prize hole 11 on an upper part, where balls can flow in from an operating prize hole in the opening position thereof, is arranged directly under a starting gate 7 of a game machine 1. The variable opening prize hole 11 is constructed to be changed and controlled by a solenoid in a shutting position which shuts an operating prize hole 12 by a pair of opening/shutting wings 13 and 13, and a middle opening position and a large opening position, which guide game balls to the operating prize hole 12 by inclining of the pair of opening/shutting wings 13 and 13. The variable opening prize hole 11 is opened and driven when a pattern displaying device 6 displays a winning pattern during a game. And the middle opening operation or the large opening operation is determined by a control device according to the winning pattern displayed on the pattern displaying device 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with a combination display device for producing a predetermined profitable operation by a predetermined combination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A symbol display device for variably displaying symbols on a screen, a symbol starting area provided with ball detection means, and a symbol display device variably displayed based on a ball detection signal from the ball detection means. Afterwards, a symbol control means for confirming and displaying the symbol, and a condition device having an opening role opening and closing the operation winning opening,
When the symbol of the determined symbol display device is in the predetermined winning symbol mode, the opening device is opened by driving the condition device, and the predetermined jackpot operation is executed by the ball flowing into the operating hole from the operating winning opening. Pachinko machines are well known as so-called three pachinko machines. Here, as the symbol starting area, there are a passing gate which does not accompany the prize ball payout and a starting port which flows down to the back of the machine and becomes a winning ball.

[0003]

In the above configuration,
Even if the symbol of the symbol display device is in a predetermined hit symbol mode and the opening device of the condition device is opened, the ball may not flow into the condition device unfortunately, and the player is greatly discouraged.
On the other hand, it is easy to ensure the inflow of the ball when the opening role is opened, but in this case, the fun of the game is impaired. The present invention, while maintaining the interest of the game,
In some cases, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine having a novel and interesting operating mode by improving the probability of a ball flowing into the condition device.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a symbol display device for variably displaying a symbol on a screen, a symbol starting area provided with a ball detection means, and a symbol detection signal from the ball detection means. After the symbol display device is variably displayed, the symbol display device includes a symbol control means for determining and displaying the symbol, and a condition device having an opening role for opening and closing the activated winning opening, and the symbol of the determined symbol display device is a predetermined hit. In the case of the symbol mode, in a pachinko machine that drives a condition device to open an opening accessory and performs a predetermined jackpot operation by inflow of a ball from an operation winning opening to an operation hole, the opening device of the condition device In addition, from the normal state, while applying the variable opening role that is converted into any one of two modes of the middle open position or the large open position in the operating state, the open state of the variable opening role, either the middle open or the large open The decision means The one in which the features.

In such a configuration, when the result of the determination by the determining means is large open, the probability of the ball flowing into the condition device is improved, the accuracy of transition to the big hit operation is increased, and for the player, conventionally, There will be no new forms of gain. Moreover, since the game is greatly opened only in a predetermined case, a change in the game is not spoiled, and the interest of the game is increased.

[0006] According to the content of the hit symbol displayed on the symbol display device, the determination means, the open state of the variable opening role,
It can be configured such that it is determined to be either middle open or large open. With such a configuration, the player is alerted to the content of the hit symbol displayed on the symbol control means, and the usefulness of the symbol control means is improved. In this configuration, there are a case where the opening operation of the variable opening role is determined immediately after the display of the winning symbol is determined, and a case where the opening operation of the variable opening role is determined next time.

The determining means includes a determining symbol display device for displaying a determining symbol on a screen, and a determining symbol control device for driving the determining symbol display device according to predetermined conditions to determine and display the determining symbol. At the same time, it may be configured such that the subsequent opening state of the variable opening accessory is determined to be either the middle opening or the large opening depending on the content of the determination symbol. In this configuration, a determination symbol display device is separately prepared as a determination means, and the operation mode of the variable opening accessory is determined by a new lottery, thereby providing a variety of game modes. Various other deciding means can be proposed.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board 1 of a pachinko machine, and a center case 4 fixed to a front portion of a mounting case (not shown) is provided at the center of the game area 3. A symbol display device 6 such as a liquid crystal display, a CRT display, a dot matrix or a 7-segment indicator is provided in the case 4. The symbol display device 6 displays three ordinary symbols A, B, and C side by side. As the ordinary symbols A, B, and C, symbols such as numbers such as "0" to "9" and alphabets, as well as various pictorial symbols are displayed.

A symbol start storage number display device 9 comprising four gate passing storage number display LEDs is provided below the center case 3.

Further, below the center case 3, there is provided a starting gate 7 for passing a ball having a passing ball detecting sensor S ₂ (see FIG. 6) constituted by a photoelectric switch, a limit switch, etc., downward. ing. When this starting gate 7 gaming ball sphere detection signal is generated from the passing ball detection sensor S ₂ and passes through, the symbol display device 6 is driven. The starting gate 7 merely passes the ball downward, and does not generate a winning.

On the other hand, immediately below the starting gate 7, FIG.
As shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 3, a variable opening role 11 is provided at the upper part, and the winning opening 12 of the variable opening role 11 is provided at the open position.
A condition device 10 that allows a ball to flow in from is provided. The variable opening accessory 11 is provided with a pair of open / close wings 13, 13.
A closing position (FIG. 2) for blocking the operation winning opening 12 by
A pair of open / close wings 13, 13 is tilted and converted by a solenoid 19, 20 into a middle open position (solid line in FIG. 3) and a large open position (chain line in FIG. 3) for guiding a game ball to an operating winning opening 12. It is. The variable opening role 11 is driven to open when the symbol display device 6 hits and displays.

As described above, the variable opening role 11 has a great feature that its opening mode can be converted into a middle opening position and a large opening position, and has the following configuration and operation. is there.

As shown in FIG. 4, the open / close wing pieces 13, 13 are pivotally supported by rotating shafts 17, 17, respectively, and tilting rods 15 are provided.
The rod extension drive of the solenoid 19 is performed through the
The drive is converted into the rotational drive of 7,17. That is, when the rear end of the tilting rod 15 is pushed down by the rod of the solenoid 19, the tilting rod 15 tilts about the support shaft 16, and the open / close wing pieces 13, 13 linked to the front end rotate about the rotation shafts 17, 17. Thus, the opening control of the variable opening accessory 11 is performed.

On the other hand, a regulating solenoid 20 for regulating the extension of the rod of the solenoid 19 is provided. With the drive, the maximum extension position is reached, the tilting rod 15 tilts to the maximum, and the open / close wing piece 1
A large opening is provided between the third and third members, whereby the variable opening accessory 11 is held at the large open position shown by the chain line in FIG. FIG.
As shown by b, when the regulating solenoid 20 is driven, the extension of the rod of the solenoid 19 is regulated by the rod of the regulating solenoid 20, whereby the opening / closing blade pieces 13, 13 are opened.
Is restricted, and the variable opening accessory 11 is in the middle open position in the solid line in FIG. Further, in a state where the solenoid 19 is not operated, as shown in FIGS.
Reference numerals 3 and 13 are maintained at positions where the operation winning opening 12 is closed. This closed position is normal.

The operating winning opening 1 in the condition device 10
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a rotation sorting device 25 is disposed below the lower part 2. The turning distribution device 25 has an arc-shaped ball receiving portion 26 at an upper portion thereof, and transfers the ball received by the ball receiving portion 26 at the left turning position in FIG.
In the vertical position shown in FIG. 3, when a ball has already entered the ball receiving portion 26 and the ball further flows, the ball is guided to the hole 28 by the side guide surface 29.

In this configuration, when the symbol display device 6 hits and displays, the opening and closing wing pieces 13, 1 of the variable opening
3 is converted to the middle open or large open position. At this position, the ball receiving portion 26 of the rotation sorting device 25 is in the state shown in FIG. In this open state, when about six seconds elapse or when three winning balls are counted by the count switch S ₃ (see FIG. 2), the variable opening role 11 closes,
At the same time, the rotation sorting device 25 rotates rightward, and FIG.
From the state of FIG. 2 to the state of FIG.
At the same time, and further turns left to guide the ball to the working hole 27. Then, the other game balls are distributed to the holes 28, each of which becomes a winning ball, and the balls are supplied to the operation hole 27,
A sensor (not shown) is turned on to enter a big hit operation state.

On the other hand, an accessory 30 is provided on the right side of the game board as shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. On the upper part of the accessory 30, a rotary chucker 31 having a hole for one ball formed in a peripheral portion is disposed. When the big hit is activated, the ball flows into the hole of the rotary chucker 31, and the rotary chucker 31 is rotated.
With the rotary, the ball is supplied to the chucker passage hole 32, the winning ball detection sensor S _1, the prize is detected. Thus, the opening / closing wing piece 41 of the electric accessory 40 integrally formed with the rotary chucker 31 is opened for 9.6 seconds (solid line position). Winning ball detection sensor S ₄ is disposed a 10 count switch to a specific detection port 42 of the electric combination thereof 40. Then the winning ball detection sensor S _4, flows of about 10 balls to the electric won game 40 when it is detected, even during the opening operation, the opening operation is completed. In addition, when 16 game balls have won the rotating chucker 31, the big hit operation state ends.

The above-mentioned symbol display device 6, variable opening role 1
The control of one of the solenoids 19, 20, the rotary chuck 31, the electric accessory 40, and the like is executed by a game control device including a microcomputer including a central control device CPU and the like shown in FIG. That is, the central control device C
The PU constitutes a symbol control means for confirming and displaying the symbol.

The central control unit CPU is connected to a storage device ROM for storing an operation program and a storage device RAM for reading and writing necessary data as needed. The storage device ROM includes a control program, a random number table,
Fixed data such as a big hit game pattern, a lamp, an LED display pattern, and a voice generation pattern from a speaker are stored.

The storage device RAM has symbol display units A, B,
There are provided a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like for determining the stop display mode of C, a register area forming a soft timer, a work area of a microcomputer, and the like. The storage device RAM also has a winning ball detection sensor S
₁ detection signals from the to S _4, etc. are stored accumulated. Therefore,
The storage RAM, the start memory device configured to store a sphere detection signal from the detection sensor S ₂ a predetermined number as a limit.

The above-mentioned storage device ROM has a predetermined number of frames, the content of which is, for example, a special jackpot random number K whose big hit is "7", and a special jackpot special symbol random number determined by the result of the special jackpot random number K. L, a lost special symbol random number Ma, Mb, Mc and a reach random number N are stored. The reach random number N is to determine which reach variation mode the reach operation is performed when a plurality of types of reach variation modes different from those in the non-reach state are provided. As the reach fluctuation mode, there are various fluctuation modes such as low-speed scrolling, reverse running, acceleration stop from low-speed running, and reversal of symbols. In other words, when the special big hit random number K is not the hit value “7”, the special lot random numbers Ma, Mb, Mc are drawn by lottery to determine the style of the lost symbol. If A = B = C at this time,
Re-draw lots of Mc to make sure you lose. When the losing symbol mode is A = B, a predetermined reach mode is executed by the reach random number N. In this way, the display mode of the symbol display device 6 is determined.

Next, the control operation of this embodiment will be described.
And game ball is struck on the game board 1, through the starting gate 7, the ball detection signal from passing ball detection sensor S ₂ is generated, and drives the symbol display device 6, the symbol display section A~C is
The display is sequentially changed and displayed according to a series of cyclic symbol sequences. Then, as described above, the lottery is determined from the internal random numbers stored in the storage device ROM connected to the central control unit CPU, and a hit or a loss is determined, and the hit or loss is determined and stored in the storage device ROM. Inside design symbol random number,
Alternatively, a value at each time point is selected from the internal loss symbol random numbers, and the symbols to be stopped in the symbol display portions A, B, and C are determined based on the contents. And in the case of a hit, the symbol display section C
, The same symbols as the symbol display sections A and B will appear,
In this case, the condition device 10 is used as described above.
However, the rod 19 of the solenoid 19 is driven to extend, and the opening / closing wings 13, 13 are rotated about the rotation shafts 17, 17, thereby opening the variable opening accessory 11. When the ball is guided to the operation hole 27, the accessory 30
Is driven, and the above-described hit operation is executed.

As described above, as a condition for starting the big hit operation, a ball must enter the operating hole 27 when the condition device 10 performs a predetermined opening operation. That is, a right is generated by winning three in the open state. For this reason, when bad luck occurs, even if the symbol display device 6 has hit and stopped in the symbol mode, unless a ball enters the operation hole 27, the big hit operation is not started.

Therefore, in the present invention, as described above, the opening position of the variable opening role 11 of the conditioner 10 is set to a large opening position where a ball easily enters the working hole 27 and a middle opening position where the ball is relatively difficult to enter. The position is determined to make the game more interesting. Here, in the case of the middle open position, only about one prize is won on average in the open state, and if lucky, the big hit operation accompanying three prizes is started. On the other hand, in the large open position, in the open state, the probability of inflow into the condition device 10 is improved, almost three winnings can be achieved, and the big hit operation occurs frequently.

When the variable opening role 11 is actuated, the selection of the wide open position or the middle open position in the widening mode is determined by the content of the hit symbol displayed on the symbol control means. You. For example, in the case of "7 / 7,7", the widening mode of the variable opening role 11 by this contact is set to the large opening position. For this reason, the player's expectation for the specific winning symbol mode is enhanced. As described above, even if the symbol control means has a predetermined winning combination, a difference occurs in the result, and the player's attention to the winning symbol mode is increased, which can stimulate a mental change of the player. In such a configuration, the hit symbol usually determines the opening operation of the variable opening accessory 11 immediately after the display is determined. However, the opening operation of the variable opening accessory 11 after the next time is determined. You may do it.

In the above-described configuration, the mode of the opening operation of the variable opening role 11 is determined by the big hit symbol mode of the symbol display device 6. However, the determination symbol shown in FIG. Using the display device 50, the determination symbol display device 50
May be determined in accordance with the contents of the determination symbol D displayed in the following. As the determination symbol D of the determination symbol display device 50,
Either “O” or “X” is displayed, or a pattern or a number is displayed in a variable manner, and a specific pattern or a number is hit. In the case of a hit, the variable opening role 11 is operated thereafter. In this case, it may be opened at the large open position shown in FIG. The determination symbol display device 50 can be configured using a part of the screen of the symbol display device 6, as shown in FIG. Of course, it may be provided separately. In this configuration,
The central control unit CPU in FIG. 6 has a function as a judgment symbol control unit that drives the judgment symbol display device 50 to definitely display the judgment symbol.

The lottery operation of the judgment symbol display device 50 is as follows.
The process may be performed each time the jackpot operation is completed, and the lottery result may be validated when the condition apparatus 10 is opened next time.

In each of the above-described configurations, the determining means for determining the open state of the variable opening accessory 11 to be either the middle opening or the wide opening is used, the content of the hit symbol displayed on the normal symbol control means, or the like. Although the judgment symbol display device 50 is separately prepared, various other deciding means can be proposed. Further, the large open position selection may be continued thereafter until a certain condition expires, or may be performed only once.

[0029]

According to the present invention, when the symbol of the symbol display device 6 is in a predetermined hit symbol mode, the variable opening role 11 provided on the condition device 10 is moved to the middle open position or the middle opening position via the determination means. Since it is converted into any one of the two modes of the large open position, the determining means causes a difference in the probability of the sphere flowing into the condition device 10 to perform a variable operation, and the result of the determination is changed. In the case of large opening, condition device 1
The inflow probability of the ball to 0 is improved, the accuracy of the transition to the big hit operation is increased, and a new form of gain is generated for the player, which has not been provided before. Moreover, since the game is greatly opened only in a predetermined case, a change in the game is not spoiled, and the interest of the game is increased.

When the content of the hit symbol displayed on the symbol display device 6 is used as the determination means, the player's interest in the content of the hit symbol is improved.

Further, as the determining means, the open state of the variable opening role 11 is determined to be either middle open or large open based on the contents of the determination symbol display device 50 for displaying the determination symbol on the screen. In such a configuration, the judgment symbol display device 50 is separately prepared, and the operation mode of the variable opening role is determined by a new lottery,
It will be a varied game style.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board 1 of a pachinko machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a closed position of the variable opening accessory 11;

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an open position of the variable opening accessory 11, in which a solid open line indicates a middle open position and a chain line indicates a large open position.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a drive mechanism of the variable opening accessory 11, wherein a indicates a closed position, B indicates a middle open position, and C indicates a large open position.

5 is a front view showing the accessory 30. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block circuit diagram showing a game control device (microcomputer).

[Explanation of symbols]

6 symbol display device 10 conditions unit 11 variable aperture won game 13, 13 closing wing 19 solenoid 20 regulating solenoid 27 operation hole 30 roles material 40 electric won game 50 determines symbol display device A, B, C normal symbol D determined symbols S ₁ ~S ₄ sensor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A symbol display device for variably displaying symbols on a screen, a symbol starting area provided with ball detection means, and a symbol display device variably displayed due to a ball detection signal from the ball detection means. After that, a symbol control means for confirming and displaying the symbol, and a condition device having an opening accessory for opening and closing the operation winning opening are provided, and when the symbol of the determined symbol display device is in a predetermined hit symbol mode, a condition is set. In a pachinko machine that drives a device to open an opening role and executes a predetermined jackpot operation by flowing a ball into an operation hole from an operation winning opening, the opening device of the condition device is operated from a normal state to an operating state. A variable opening role that is converted into one of two modes of the middle opening position or the large opening position is applied, and a determination unit that determines the open state of the variable opening role to either the middle opening or the wide opening is provided. Slingshot characterized by the fact that . 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining means determines whether or not the variable opening accessory is open according to the content of the hit symbol displayed on the symbol display device.
The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is configured to determine one of a middle open state and a large open state. 3. The determination means includes a determination symbol display device for displaying a determination symbol on a screen, and a determination symbol control device for driving the determination symbol display device according to a predetermined condition to determine and display the determination symbol. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the opening state of the variable opening accessory is determined to be one of a middle opening state and a large opening state based on the contents of the judgment symbol.