JPS5892380A - Method and apparatus for controlling game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Today, computers have become smaller due to the high density integration of semiconductor integrated circuits in the electronics industry, and devices using one-board or one-chip micro combinators have become extremely popular. In the industry, attempts have been made to digitize the conventional mechanical mechanisms of gaming machines using microcomputers, etc., and ICs are being used to control some of the control mechanisms of gaming machines, especially various electric devices called super electric Yakumono. ,L
Electronic control devices using SI etc. are becoming indispensable.

Conventionally, such electronically controlled gaming machines have been manufactured and sold by incorporating a unique sequential electronic control device into the gaming machine according to the game content of each gaming machine, and are quite expensive. It has become. In the gaming industry, for example, it is customary to replace pachinko machines with new game content two to three times a year in order to attract customers. Replacing pachinko machines places a huge economic burden on pachinko halls.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is an extremely effective and suitable method for players that can change the game content without adding or modifying hardware, and can apply it to different game content. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control method and a device thereof.

Present invention 1'! , In order to achieve the above objectives, the basic functions of the gaming machine are expressed in a program, the specific control contents of the gaming machine are expressed and stored as constants, and when controlling the gaming machine, the contents of the read constants are used in the basic program. The feature is that execution is controlled by

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 1, a safe ball detection device 1, an out ball detection device 2, an electric Yakumono 3, and a prize ball display lamp 4 of a pachinko machine are shown.
, the stop indicator lamp 5, the prize ball sending device 6, the stop device 7, and other terminals of the game machine are connected to a GPU (central processing unit) 10 via an input/output control device 9 in an electronic control device 8. The CPU 10 has a ROM (read, t71
J-me%) 11, FROM (programmable read only memory) 12, RAM (random access memory) 13, and program write operation unit 14 are connected to each other.

The basic function of a pachinko machine is that when a hit pachinko ball enters a prize as a safe ball, it awards a predetermined number of pachinko balls as prize balls, and also treats the hit pachinko ball as a winning ball.
When the difference between the number of pitched pachinko balls and the number of balls played by a player reaches the set number of balls to be batted, the ball is stopped.This basic function is used as a basic program to control the electronic control device 8. Store it in ROM11.

Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 2, the specific control of the pachinko machine based on this basic program includes, for example, moving the electric Yakumono by the safe ball, the time to operate the electric Yakumono, the prize ball by the safe ball, Activate the delivery device, count the number of prize pitches per safe pitch, count the number of pitches by out balls and safe pitches, count the number of balls pitched by prize balls, and calculate the number of pitches pitched and the number of pitches pitched by pitches. Calculating the difference in number of pitches, comparing the number of balls at bat set, the number of difference pitches and the number of balls at bat, and activating the batting device when the number of difference pitches reaches the number of balls at bat. In addition, the stop indicator lamp 5 is turned on at the same time as the stop device 7 shown in Fig. 1 is activated, the n stop indicator lamp 50 is lit, and the prize ball indicator lamp 4 is turned on at the same time as a prize is awarded. , the lighting time of the prize ball display lamp 4, etc., and these specific control contents are expressed as constants and sent from the program writing operation section 14 to P.
The data is stored in the ROM 12.

When changing the game content of a pachinko machine to a different game content, the basic functions of the pachinko machine do not change even in different game content, so the basic program can be applied to any game content and represents the specific control content. It is sufficient to change only each constant.

In the illustrated embodiment, constants representing different game contents are written into the PROM 12 from the program writing operation section 14 of the electronic control device 8. As means for writing constants from the program writing operation section 14 to the PROM 12, appropriate means such as address operation keys, magnetic cards, perforated cards, magnetic tapes, etc. can be used. In addition to changing the game content by changing the memory contents of the FROM 12 as in the illustrated embodiment, it is also possible to use a ROM and store each ROM.
It is also possible to store constants representing different game contents in the ROM, and change the game contents by replacing the ROM with a ROM storing the desired game contents. Also,
The present invention can be applied to other game machines other than pachinko machines. For example, in an arrangement ball machine and a mahjong ball game machine, a basic program dedicated to the arrangement ball machine that represents the basic functions of the arrangement ball machine, and a mahjong ball game machine are used. A basic program dedicated to the mahjong ball game machine that represents the basic functions of the machine is prepared and stored in ROM.
In addition to storing this in the ROM 11 in FIG. 1, it is sufficient to store constants representing the control contents of the arrangement ball machine or the mahjong ball game machine in the FROM 12. Or, as other gaming machines, the common basic functions of various gaming machines such as arranged ball machines and mahjong ball gaming machines are expressed in a basic program and stored, and the game contents of various gaming machines such as arranged ball machines and mahjong ball gaming machines are stored as constants. It may be expressed as

For example, in a pachinko machine, changes in the game content of a gaming machine are displayed as a constant, and the number of prizes per ball ranges from safe ball to pachinko machine that awards 15J pachinko balls per safe ball. is called an all-15 pachinko machine, and one that awards 13 pachinko balls per safe ball is called an all-16 pachinko machine, and a pachinko machine with an all-13 game content is called an all-15 pachinko machine. To convert it into a pachinko machine, it is sufficient to express and store the number of prize balls (15) per FROM 12 VC safe ball as a constant.

In addition, the game content changes depending on the type of electric Yakumono 3. For example, a drum symbol combination game of a slot machine may be incorporated into a pachinko machine. In this case, the control content representing the game content is the combination of winning symbols, the winning symbol Comparing the combinations with the drum symbols of the pachinko machine, and when the drum symbols match the combination of winning symbols, operating the electric winning device and its operating time, each of which is expressed as a constant and stored in FROM 12. It will be a good thing if you let it.

Depending on the type of gaming machine, the electronic control device 8 may be fixedly or detachably incorporated into the gaming machine main body, or may be provided separately from the gaming machine main body, for example, on the mounting base frame of the gaming machine. The electronic control device 8 is connected to one or more terminals of the gaming machine to one connector, and the connector of the gaming machine is detachably connected to the other connector connected to the electronic control device 80 input/output control device 9. This can be done by connecting to.

Depending on the type of gaming machine, there is a so-called separate type that allows you to change the game content by replacing only the gaming board. It is provided on a base or the like, and electrical connection between the game board and the electronic control device 8 can be made by connecting a connector provided on the back side of the game board and a connector of the electronic control device 8. The game content to be controlled differs depending on the game board being replaced, but for example, the basic functions of pachinko machines are the same, so the game content depending on each game board can be set to each constant. P of electronic control unit 8
If the ROM 12 is stored for each game board, it can be controlled as a nokuchinko machine that represents the game content of the replaced game board.

It is also possible to change only the game content of one game board without replacing the game machine itself. In that case, for example, in a pachinko machine, the number of prize balls per safe ball can be changed from 15 to 15. All 13 are changed, and the combination of related operations of each winning device and its operating time are changed. Furthermore, in order to create a different game content by changing the combination of the winning symbols on the drum of the slot machine, the main game content is expressed in each constant, and the FR of the electronic control unit 8 is changed.
All you have to do is store it in the OM 12. In addition, the common functions of various gaming machines such as Nokuchinko machines, arranged ball machines, and mahjong ball gaming machines are represented in the basic program, and the game contents of various gaming machines such as pachinko machines and arranged ball machines are stored in the ROM 11. A device 8 is provided in the ROM 12 to represent it as a constant,
If you connect it to the gaming machine main body with a detachable connector,
When replacing various gaming machines such as nokuchinko machines and arrangement ball machines, it is convenient because the connector can be removed and connected to a different type of gaming machine.

Furthermore, if the control device 8 provided for each gaming machine is electrically connected to a general management machine placed in a control room, all information representing the operating details of each gaming machine can be accessed. In addition to being able to process information with the general management machine, the general management machine can also control each gaming machine, such as releasing a compulsory lock or lock. In addition, when changing the game content of each gaming machine, the general management machine sends an electric signal indicating constants representing the game content to the FROM 12 via the program writing operation unit 14 of the electronic control device 8 provided in each gaming machine. A signal may also be sent to cause the FROM 12 to store constants representing the game content.

Next, the operation of the illustrated embodiment will be explained. - When a pachinko ball enters the winning device by hitting the ball into the kuchinko machine, the safe ball detection device 1 detects this and sends an electric signal to the electronic city control device 8. . This electric signal number is sent to the CPU 10 via the input/output control device 9, and the CPU 10 receives the basic code of the nokuchinko machine stored in the ROM 11.

The detection information of the safe ball is stored in RAM by the program.
At the same time, each constant stored in FROM 12K is read out by the basic program, and safe ball detection is performed by taking into account this constant information and the safe ball detection information temporarily stored in RAM 13. Each constant corresponding to the information, such as moving an electric Yakumono with a safe ball or operating a prize ball delivery device with a safe ball, is executed and controlled.

If you want to change the game content, you can write and store constants representing different game content in FROMi2 (, ROM1
There is no need to change the first basic program, so there is no need to create new programs for different games.
You can change the game content in an extremely short time.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, 1. the game content of the gaming machine can be changed by changing only the constants representing the control content without changing the basic program; This has the remarkable effect of making it possible to change the contents extremely easily.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing various control examples incorporated in the basic program of the present invention. 8... Electronic control device, 9... Input/output control device, 10
...CPU, 11 ・ROM, 12-PROMl
13-RAM, 14--Program writing operation unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The basic functions of the gaming machine are expressed in a basic program and stored, the control contents of the gaming machine are expressed and stored as predetermined constants,
A method for controlling a gaming machine, which is characterized in that when controlling the gaming machine, each constant is read out by a basic program, and the contents of the read constants are executed and controlled by the basic program. 2. It has a storage section that stores the basic functions of the gaming machine expressed as a basic program and a constant storage section that stores the control contents of the gaming machine that are executed and controlled by the basic program expressed as constants. A control device for a gaming machine, characterized in that it is configured such that game content can be changed by changing constants in a storage section.