JPS60241478A - Game machine system - 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] When playing a game using a gaming machine, the present invention is capable of adding or subtracting game balls corresponding to the winnings that occur on the gaming machine via a host computer every moment when competing for a winning result by increasing or decreasing the number of game balls, etc. This relates to a gaming machine/system that calculates and inputs the balance of quantity into a memory card, and at the same time displays digitally on the gaming machine to clearly indicate the result of the player's current game.

Conventionally, when playing a game with a game ball 1 For example, in the case of a drumstick 73 machine, the game is played using a game ball, so-called a rental ball, and the game is played by holding the rental ball in the palm of the hand or placing it in a storage box. In order to sort the gaming machines in the venue and go back and forth, it is important to be aware that you may be distracted by the game ball storage box at hand and come into contact with other players, causing inconvenience to others, not only when exchanging prizes, but also when exchanging prizes. This also occurs when winning a single gaming machine. Also, during a game, the player may notice that the winning ball bounces off and the game ball remains in the folds of his pants. In addition, game ball storage boxes come into contact with a large number of people and can become a constant source of infection with pathogenic bacteria, posing health and hygiene problems. Also, for the game parlor side, so-called store side, each game machine has an average of 4,000 game balls, and the maintenance and management work requires a great deal of energy, effort, and equipment costs. Polishing game balls is said to be essential, but excessive polishing causes the diameter of the game ball to wear down, and a difference of 0.1 millimeter can lead to an excessive winning rate, so it is inevitable that new balls be replaced. be done.

In addition, in order to prevent the use of balls from one's own store and those under other stores, they are engraved, colored, etc., and monitor the influx of balls from other stores and prevent them from flowing onto their own stores. The current situation is unfortunate. Furthermore, equipment for supplying game balls to game machines requires a large investment in equipment such as supply pipes, reduction control machinery, and large polishing machines.

The present invention is a gaming machine system that takes into consideration the so-called sanitary and cost aspects, which have many practical problems in the prior art as described above. By carrying a memory card that acts as a substitute for owned game balls and using the memory card in any game machine, it is possible to play a game with the same feeling as a conventional game.

To describe the embodiment of the present invention in detail, when you insert money into the money (coins and banknotes) receiving slot of an automatic ball lending machine and specify the desired number of game balls, the machine replaces the conventional J ball (rental balls). The memory card with the entered number is ejected from the automatic ball lending machine. Insert the memory card into the card reader attached to the desired gaming machine. The progress of the game is instructed by pressing a button, which is one of the starting elements.In other words, when a memory card is inserted, only the number of memory cards is displayed on the digital display board on the gaming machine, but when starting By pressing the button, the memory number 1 is subtracted by 1, and in synchronization with each other, the digital display number is also subtracted by 1, and the first ball (game ball) is ejected before the driving spring, and from then on, the normal number is displayed. The digital display number of games to be played is also increased or decreased depending on the outcome of the game. If the player pulls out the memory card from the card reader at the end of any game, the remaining number of game balls at that time will be stored, and the selection and transfer of other game machines can also be done by using the memory card in any game. You can play by inserting the card into the machine's card reader.

It is no longer necessary to carry the game balls each time as in the past.

If the number of game balls reaches 0 (zero), of course the balls will not be ejected, but if you insert coins into the designated coin slot attached to the gaming machine and specify the quantity, they will be sent to you by the card reader via the host controller/viewer. Since the quantity is entered into the memory card and displayed on the digital display board, the player can press the start button as described above to continue and resume the game.

As described above, the present invention is such that when playing a game by inserting a manually-operated ball rental quantity storage card into a predetermined card reader of a gaming machine in an automatic ball lending machine, the game can be played as long as there is no stoppage or other artificial interruption. As a result, the player can decide whether to continue playing or end the game by observing the ever-changing number of balls displayed on the digital display during the game, taking into account the exchange rate of prizes, etc. Waiting.

It becomes possible to enjoy planned mental games without actually playing a game. At the end of the game, the number of game balls at the end of the game is stored on the memory card, so even if you have acquired a large number of game balls, you only need to carry one memory card to the prize exchange place, and you can store a large amount of game balls like before. Of course, there is no need to put it in a box, take it to a prize exchange place, and put it into an automatic weighing machine to check the quantity.

In addition, at the prize exchange place, the number of game balls is naturally reconfirmed using a card reader and prizes are exchanged, but the player can only exchange the prize of his choice, and the remaining number is reserved in the memory card, so the game is closed. There is no confusion at the last minute, there is no need to force exchanges for unnecessary prizes, and since the card is a memory card that can store the remaining number on one memory card for the next game, it is easy for the player to interrupt or cancel the game. It is a game/system that is played at will and is extremely hygienic and rational for players. On the other hand, on the gaming parlor side, so-called store side, as mentioned above, there is no need for a large number of game balls, 4000 game balls per game machine.

The memory carton stem is exclusive to our store, and because it is unique, we do not have to worry about the inflow and outflow of our own balls and other stores' balls.The maintenance work of polishing is only the maintenance work of about 50 game balls inside the game machine. As a result, the overhead costs, including labor, associated with husbandry can be drastically reduced. Similarly, there is no need to return game balls from the prize exchange area. Large, medium, and large for storing game balls.
The small storage box is eliminated, and investment in facilities such as supply vibrator equipment and control equipment is also unnecessary, and therefore, it is possible to improve the service provided to visitors by the corresponding amount for m units.

In addition, even if multiple stores are operated together, using a common memory card will help improve management efficiency.

Patent Applicant: Takashi Sakagami Written Amendment (Voluntary) / Indication of the Case Patent Application No. 098054 of 1982 Title of the Invention Game Machine System 3 Relationship with the Amendment Person Case Patent Applicant

Claims (1)

[Claims] Equipped with a card reader. A numerical value is stored using a card for each gaming machine that is branched from the host computer, and is subtracted via the post computer each time a game is played with a gaming ball, or added when a specific condition occurs. ,
While rewriting the changing numerical value on the memory card, a digital display is made at a predetermined place on the gaming machine, and when the optional game is completed on the gaming machine, the remaining number information is input to the memory card, and the player can check the game balls. A game machine system characterized by using a memory card instead.