JP2587303B2 - Card-type gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a card-type gaming machine that performs a game using a card on which information related to a game ball is recorded.

[Prior art]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a card-type gaming machine that performs a game using a card on which information related to a gaming ball is recorded, when a hit ball wins a winning hole or a winning device arranged on a game board, a predetermined number ( For example, a numerical value corresponding to 13 acquired balls is added, subtracted for each shot hit, and a value obtained by adding or subtracting them is stored, and the game can proceed when the stored value is "1" or more. It was like. Further, when the game is stopped, or when the game is to be ended halfway, the player operates a settlement switch provided in the card-type gaming machine, thereby obtaining information corresponding to the acquired ball stored in the stored value. Was recorded and ejected on a card or another receipt, or the acquired ball was directly ejected.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Thus, when the settlement switch is operated, the ejection of the card or receipt or the ejection of the acquired ball is merely performed.For example, when the settlement switch is operated based on the end of the game by hitting, There is a problem that the player has no satisfaction of stopping the gaming machine and cannot enjoy a sense of superiority over other players in the game arcade. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a player with satisfaction when finishing a game with a certain amount of obtained balls, and to give other players a sense of satisfaction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card-type gaming machine capable of giving a sense of superiority.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, a card-type gaming machine according to the present invention comprises: a card device including a card slot for inserting a card;
At least an adjustment switch operated by a player to settle the game at the end of the game, and when the adjustment switch is operated, it is determined whether or not the number of acquired balls obtained in the game is equal to or more than a predetermined number. ,
When it is determined that the number is equal to or more than a predetermined number, a card-type gaming machine or a speaker provided in a game hall notifies the effect by voice.

[Action]

When the player operates the checkout switch, if it is determined that the number of obtained balls obtained in the game at the time of the operation is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, a card-type gaming machine or a speaker provided in the game hall is used to that effect. Is notified by voice. For this reason, the player can be satisfied with his or her game result and can enjoy a sense of superiority over other players.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of obtained balls at the time of operating the settlement switch is equal to or less than the predetermined number, there is no voice display by the speaker.

【Example】

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an overall configuration of a card-type gaming machine 1 according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. The card-type gaming machine 1 includes an outer frame 2 fixed to an installation table, and a front frame 3 pivotally supported by the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable.
The front frame 3 is formed in a frame shape, and a metal frame 4 is provided around the frame-shaped opening, and a glass door 5 and a front door 6 are supported on one side of the metal frame 4. It is provided so that it can be opened and closed freely. A game board 7 is located behind the glass door 5, and the game board 7 is attached to a support frame 8 fixed to the back surface of the front frame 3 by fixtures 10a to 10c as shown in FIG. It is designed to be removable. The lower part of the support frame 8 is a support plate 9, and the support frame 8 and the support plate 9 are integrally formed of synthetic resin.
When the game board 7 is attached to the support frame 8, the surface of the game board 7 and the surface of the support plate 9 are flush with each other. Further, on the surface of the game board 7, a guide rail 11 for guiding the shot ball to the game area is provided. In the game area surrounded by the guide rail 11, a combination display device 12, a variable winning device 13 , And a plurality of well-known parts such as winning ports (no sign) are arranged so that a game can be played. On the other hand, the front door 6 covers the front surface of a later-described firing rail 15 fixed to the surface of the support plate 9, and is located on the opposite side of the firing rail 15 and on the back surface of the front door 6. Is a speaker 14 that generates sound effects according to the gaming state.
Is provided. The speaker 14 generates the number of acquired balls or the like by voice on condition that the number of acquired balls acquired when the player operates a settlement button 25 described later is equal to or more than a predetermined number. Further, the firing rail 15 is inclined and fixed to the surface of the support plate 9, and the lower end of the angle is a firing position, and a through hole 16 is formed slightly upstream of the firing position to supply a hit ball. I have. The through hole 16 is formed to penetrate the support plate 9 and the mounting board to which the firing rail 15 is fixed, and supplies the hit balls collected on the back side of the game board 7. Further, at the inclined upper end of the firing rail 15, a foul ball inlet 17 for taking in a foul ball returning without reaching the game area is formed. The foul balls taken into the foul ball inlet 17 are collected on the back side of the game board 7 after being detected by a foul ball detection switch 18 (not shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3). The detection signal of the foul ball detection switch 18 is sent to a control circuit described later as an addition signal. Further, a shooting ball detection switch 19 for detecting a hit ball fired from the firing position is provided with a shooting rail 15.
It is provided in the middle upper part of. This launch ball detection switch
The 19 detection signal is sent to a control circuit described later as a subtraction signal. On the lower front surface of the front frame 3, there is provided an operation handle 20 for firing a hit ball and adjusting the resilience of the hit ball, and a magnetic card or the like on which ball information is recorded beside the operation handle 20 , A payment button 25 operated at the end of the game, an acquisition ball display 26 for displaying the number of obtained prize balls, and a remaining amount relating to possessed ball information recorded on a magnetic card or acquired at the time of settlement. An amount conversion indicator 27 for displaying the acquired amount of money related to the number of prize balls is provided, and an ashtray 28 is provided beside them. Inside the card slot 21, a card device including a card presence / absence switch 22, a card reader / writer 23, a card transport motor 24 (both shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3) and the like are incorporated. Read the recorded information,
The information related to the number of prize balls acquired when the settlement button 25 is operated is written, and the magnetic card is returned from the card slot 21 again. The payment button 25 includes a payment switch 25a. The acquired ball display 26 displays the number of prize balls acquired as described above. This is because a predetermined number of balls are won even if the hit balls in the card-type gaming machine 1 enter the variable winning device 13 or the winning opening. Instead of discharging (for example, 13) prize balls, only a number is added assuming that a predetermined number of prize balls have been paid out, and the number is subtracted every time one hit ball is fired. The numerical value obtained by the addition or subtraction is displayed on the acquired sphere display 26. By the way, the variable prize device 13 provided on the surface of the game board 7 or the winning ball that has won the winning opening, or the hit ball that has entered the out port 32 provided at the lowermost part of the game board 7 is placed on the back side of the game board 7. Although guided, the hit balls that have won the variable winning device 13 and the winning opening are gathered in one place by a collecting gutter 29 covering them, as shown in FIG. It is arranged in a line and flows downward. A prize ball detection switch 31 is interposed at the connection between the collecting gutter 29 and the ball collecting passage 30, and detects passing prize balls one by one. The detection signal of the prize ball detection switch 31 is sent as an addition signal to a control circuit to be described later.
It communicates with 17 so that a foul ball can be introduced into the ball collecting passage 30. In addition, this foul ball intake
The 17 is connected to an out ball passage 33 for guiding the out ball that has entered the out port 32 so that the out ball is guided into the ball collecting passage 30. As described above, in the ball collecting passage 30, all hit balls shot, such as winning balls, out balls, and foul balls, are collected. Further, a ball supply member 34 is disposed at an end of the ball collecting passage 30. The ball supply member 34 operates in conjunction with the reciprocating operation of the ball rod 36 of the ball launching device 35 attached to the lower portion of the rear surface of the front frame 3, and is used to control the ball flowing down the ball collecting passage 30. It is supplied to the firing position of one firing rail 15 through the through hole 16. The card-type gaming machine 1 configured as described above is controlled by a control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the control circuit. The control circuit has an MPU 37 as a control center.
AM39 is connected. An acquisition ball counter 40 is set in the external RAM 39, and stores the number of acquisition balls calculated based on the detection signals of the foul ball detection switch 18, the launch ball detection switch 19, and the winning ball detection switch 31. ing. In addition, the MPU 37 includes the various detectors described above, that is, the launch ball detection switch 19, the winning ball detection switch 31,
Input signals from the foul sphere detection switch 18 and the settlement switch 25a are input via the waveform shaping circuit 41, and input signals from the card presence / absence switch 22 included in the card device are also input via the waveform shaping circuit 42. Further, information such as possessed ball information and acquired ball information is exchanged between the information reader / writer 23 and the MPU 37 included in the card device. Also, a drive signal is output from the MPU 37 to the card transport motor 24 included in the card device via the driver 43,
A display drive signal is output to the acquired sphere display 26 and the money amount display 27 via the display drive circuit 49 and the display selection circuit 50, and an audio signal is output to the speaker 14 via the audio synthesis circuit 51. The MPU 37 includes a clock generation circuit 45, a frequency divider 44 for dividing the frequency of the pulse from the clock generation circuit 45,
A reset signal generating circuit 46 for generating a reset signal by turning on a reset switch 47 and a power supply circuit 48 for supplying power to the MPU 37 are connected to each other. Next, the processing procedure of the above-described control circuit will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, after power-on, initialization not shown in the flowchart is performed, and thereafter, whether or not the player has inserted a predetermined card into the card slot 21 is determined by the card presence / absence switch 22 and the information read / write unit 23. If it is determined (step S10) that it is determined that a predetermined card has been inserted, a part of the value of the possessed ball information recorded on the card is added to the acquired ball counter 40 (not described in detail) (step S20). . Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the shooting ball detection switch 19 is turned on (step S30). If it is turned on, “1” is subtracted from the value of the acquired ball counter 40 (step S40). It is determined whether or not the winning ball detection switch 31 has been turned ON without subtraction (step S50). When the winning ball detection switch 31 is turned ON, the value of the acquired ball counter 40 is set to "13".
Is added (step S60), and if it is not turned on, it is determined whether or not the foul sphere detection switch 18 is turned on without adding (step S70). "1" is added (step S80), and if not turned on, the value of the acquired ball counter 40 is displayed on the acquired ball display 26 without addition (step S90). In step S90, the process of displaying only the acquired ball display 26 is shown, but the process of displaying the converted amount on the amount conversion display 27 is omitted. When the processing in step S90 ends, the settlement switch 25a is
It is determined whether or not the game has been turned on (step S100). If the game is not turned on, it means that the player continues playing without ending the game, so the process returns to step S30 and returns to steps S30 to S30.
Step S100 is repeated. On the other hand, when the settlement switch 25a is turned on, it is determined whether or not the value of the acquired ball counter 40 is equal to or more than a predetermined number “2000” (step S110), and it is determined that the value is equal to or more than “2000”. In this case, the number of obtained balls, which is the value of the obtained ball counter 40, is generated by voice from the speaker 14, and an effective sound effect is also generated together (step S120). Of course, a sound other than the above (for example, a sound such as “congratulations”) may be generated. By generating the number of balls acquired from the speaker 14 at the end of the game by voice, the player can be satisfied with the game, and can also be superior to other players in the game space. You can feel the feeling. By the way, the usual number of hits is "3000-4000",
If the value of the acquired ball counter 40 is less than "2000",
The process is not performed in step S120 because the satisfaction of winning the game is moderate and the player does not feel the superiority to other players. Thus, when the settlement switch 25a is turned on, whether the value of the acquired ball counter 40 is "2000" or more or less than "2000", the value of the acquired ball counter 40 is recorded as possessed ball information on the first inserted card (step (S130) Then, the card transport motor 24 is driven to return the card from the card slot 21 (step S140), and all the processing ends. As described above, the configuration and operation of the card-type gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment have been described. However, according to the embodiment, when the player operates the settlement switch 25a, the number of obtained balls obtained in the game at the time of the operation is adjusted. When it is determined that the number is equal to or more than the predetermined number, the speaker 14 provided in the card-type gaming machine 1 informs the fact by voice, so that the player feels satisfied with his own game result, You can enjoy a sense of superiority over other players. In the embodiment described above, the acquisition ball counter 40
Although the sound is generated from the speaker 14 when the value of is equal to or more than “2000”, the set value may be freely set to an arbitrary value. Further, in the above embodiment, the speaker 14 is provided in the gaming machine 1, but an in-store broadcast speaker provided in the game hall may be used. Furthermore, if the central control computer in the game arcade monitors the payout of the gaming machine, the card management switch 25a and the settlement switch 25a provided in the card-type gaming machine 1 are connected to the central management computer. By connecting the data, the data of the individual card presence / absence switch 22 and the settlement switch 25a may be monitored and controlled by the central management computer using the same logic as in the above embodiment. In the above-described embodiment, as a card-type gaming machine,
Although the type in which the hit ball circulates in the gaming machine is shown, any gaming machine that plays using a card may be used, such as a type in which a prize ball is actually ejected. It may be a card-type gaming machine. In addition, even before the settlement switch 25a is operated (for example, during a game), the speaker is set every time the number of obtained balls exceeds a predetermined number.
A sound related to the number of acquired balls may be generated from 14 so that the player can enjoy a sense of satisfaction and a sense of superiority.

【The invention's effect】

As is clear from the above description, in the card-type gaming machine according to the present invention, when the player operates the checkout switch, the number of acquired balls obtained in the game at the time of the operation is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. When it is determined that, because it is configured to notify by voice from a speaker provided in a card-type gaming machine or a game hall, the player, while feeling satisfied with his own game results, You can enjoy a sense of superiority over other players.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a card-type gaming machine according to an embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is a schematic rear view of the card-type gaming machine, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit for controlling the card-type gaming machine, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation controlled by a control circuit. 1 Card game machine 14 Speaker 21 Card slot 25 Payment button 25a Payment switch 37 MPU

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] At least a card device including a card slot for inserting a card in which information related to a game ball is recorded, and a settlement switch operated by a player to settle the game at the end of the game, In a card-type gaming machine that performs a game using the card, when the settlement switch is operated, it is determined whether or not the number of obtained balls obtained in the game is equal to or more than a predetermined number, A card-type gaming machine characterized in that when determined, a card-type gaming machine or a speaker provided in a game arcade notifies the effect by voice.