JP4197331B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a light-emitting member is not left in a faulty state and can surely increase the game's big hit state and the like, and in particular, a pachinko machine and a revolving game It is preferably applied to gaming machines such as machines, arrange ball machines, and sparrow ball gaming machines.

  In the pachinko machine, when the game ball wins at the position of the electric tulip, which is the first type starting port, the special symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display starts to change, and after a predetermined time, the special symbol is aligned. When the game stops, a special game called a big hit is started. In this big hit state, an opening / closing plate called an attacker is opened so that a game ball can be won very easily. Therefore, the player proceeds with the game while keeping in mind that it will be a big hit.

  However, since the probability of a big hit by random number lottery is a low probability such as 1 / 317.7, for example, the big hit state is not usually achieved unless the first type start port is won 300 times or more. Therefore, the player will continue to think that even if two of the three symbols are aligned (this state is referred to as reach) is not aligned, the player will be disappointed with a big hit.

  Therefore, the joy when the reach action is completed in a big hit state is remarkable, and there are even players who are happy to jump up. Therefore, in the conventional pachinko machine, the big hit lamp arranged on the upper part of the device, the decoration lamp arranged on the game board, etc. are blinked at various timings to invite the player's interest.

  In this way, in pachinko machines, gaming operations are boosted by flashing big hit lamps and decoration lamps flashingly, but conversely, if the lamps are defective and do not operate normally, the player's interest Will fall and damage the image of the entire pachinko hall.

  For this reason, pachinko manufacturers need to inspect lamps before shipping, but conventional pachinko machines cannot freely call out the reach state or big hit state. could not.

This invention is made | formed in view of this problem, Comprising: It aims at providing the gaming machine which can grasp | ascertain reliably and easily the lamp of a bad state.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a main control board having a lottery function for determining whether or not to generate a state advantageous to a player, and a control command received from the main control board via a command connector. based on, it has a the other control board for executing predetermined game operation, a plurality of lamps which emit light under the control of the other control board, to inspect by the other connected checking device to the control board a constructed gaming machine, the inspection device, which has a single test switch, is configured to be connected to the other control substrate, said single inspection while connected to the other control board When the switch is pressed, control commands for the test to be stored inside the inspection apparatus is output with the interrupt pulse, and in the other control substrate receiving the interrupt pulse, the plurality of lamps All of the plurality of lamps hand blink operation is started whether the test operation emits light normally, the single test switch is configured to the blinking operation is completed to be pressed again. In the present invention , for example, before shipment from a manufacturer, it can be inspected in a short time whether all the lamps have failed, and the game hall can be maintained in a good image every day.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a gaming machine that can reliably and easily grasp a defective lamp.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on a card-type ball game machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a pachinko machine 1 and a ball lending machine 2 installed adjacent to the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the pachinko machine 1.

  The pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a rectangular frame-shaped wooden outer frame 3 that is detachably attached to the island structure, and a hinge 4 that is fixed to the outer frame 3 before being pivotably mounted. It consists of a frame 5. Note that a plurality of pachinko machines 1 are arranged in the length direction of the island structure of the pachinko hall while being electrically connected to the card-type ball lending machine 2.

  All members of the pachinko machine 2 are attached to the front frame 5 pivotally attached to the outer frame 3. FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic configuration of the front frame 5. As shown in the figure, the front frame 5 is composed of an upper frame 5a, side frames 5b and 5c, and a lower frame 5d, and an opening window Win is formed at the center. A game board 6 having game parts is fitted into the opening window Win from the back side.

  The front side of the front frame 5 is covered with left and right side frames 5b and 5c by plastic left and right decorative plates 7 and 8, and the game board 6 fitted to the opening window Win is pivotally attached to the side frame 5b. It is covered with a glass door 9 that can be opened and closed. Below the glass door 9, a front decorative plate 11 with an upper plate 10 attached is pivotally attached to the side frame 5b so as to be opened and closed. The right decorative plate 8 is formed to bulge forward so as to be continuous with the surface of the glass door 9, and the right decorative plate 8 is keyed when the glass door 9 and the front plate 11 are opened. A keyhole 12 for insertion is provided.

  A lower plate 13 for storing game balls overflowing or extracted from the upper plate 10, an ashtray 14, and a launching handle 16 of the launching device 15 are provided below the front decorative plate 11. The lower tray 13 and the ashtray 14 are formed integrally with the left and right decorative plates. The launching device 15 includes a launching handle 16 that can be rotated, a launching motor that launches a game ball with a striking rod 49 with a striking force according to the pivoting angle of the launching handle 16, a control board 48 that operates the launching motor, and the like. It is configured (FIG. 7).

  A display panel 17 connected to the card-type ball lending machine 2 is provided on the right side of the upper plate 10, and the remaining amount of the prepaid card inserted into the ball lending machine 2 is a three-digit number. Are displayed, a ball lending switch 17b for instructing lending of game balls for a predetermined amount, and a return switch 17c for instructing to return the card at the end of the game.

  On the upper part of the glass door 9, first light emitting members 18 a to 18 d for big hits that are formed apart from each other, and second light emitting members 19 for big hits that are formed in rows on the lower side thereof are arranged. . Each of the first light emitting members 18a to 18d is formed in a circular shape by closely arranging LED lamps (see FIG. 4B). The second light emitting member is the same, and is formed by arranging LED lamps in a row.

  Further, on the left and right sides below the first light emitting member, a replenishment LED lamp 50 indicating that the game ball has been replenished and a full LED lamp 51 indicating that the lower tray 13 is full are provided. All of the light emitting members 18, 19, 50, 51 are forcibly blinked in an inspection operation described later.

  FIG. 5 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a schematic configuration of the game board 6. As shown in the figure, the game board 6 is provided with a guide rail 20 made of a metal outer rail and an inner rail in an annular shape, and a game area inside the guide rail 20 includes a color liquid crystal display 21 and a design. A starting means 22, an open / close winning means 23, a total of four normal winning hand pitches 24, and two gates (passage openings) 25 are provided.

  The liquid crystal display 21 functions as a special symbol display means 26 that displays a changing symbol and also displays a background image, animations of various characters, and the like in an animated manner. In this embodiment, the special symbol display hand pitch 26 has three symbol display portions 21 a to 21 c in the left-right direction, and the symbol display portions 21 a to 21 c are provided on the condition that a game ball wins the symbol start hand pitch 22. The display symbol is changed (scrolled) for a predetermined time, and is stopped with a stop symbol pattern based on the lottery result corresponding to the winning timing of the game ball to the symbol start hand pitch 22.

  In this embodiment, the liquid crystal display 21 also has a function of variably displaying normal symbols, and a normal symbol display unit 27 is provided in the upper right corner of the liquid crystal display 21. The normal symbol display unit 27 displays two normal symbols on the left and right. When a game ball that passes through the gate 25 is detected, the normal symbol fluctuates for a predetermined time, and when the game ball passes through the gate 25, the lottery is drawn. The stop symbol determined by the selected lottery value is displayed and stopped. The symbol starting means 22 is an electric tulip having a pair of left and right opening and closing claws that can be freely opened and closed. When the symbols are aligned and stopped in the normal symbol display unit 27, the opening and closing claws are opened for a predetermined time. .

  The open / close winning means 23 includes an opening / closing plate that can be opened forward, and when the special symbol display means 26 has a winning symbol such as “777” after the change, the special game called “big hit” is started. The opening / closing plate is opened to the front side. There is a specific area inside the openable winning means 23, and the special game is continued when the winning ball passes through the specific area.

  After the opening / closing plate of the openable winning means 23 is opened, the opening / closing plate is closed when a predetermined time elapses or when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls wins. At this time, if the game ball does not pass through the specific area, the special game ends, but if it passes through the specific area, the special game is continued up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times), which is advantageous to the player. Controlled by the state.

  The special symbol display means 26 is changed to a big hit state when the stopped symbols after the change are aligned with the special symbols, and when the special symbols are arranged with the selected “specific symbols”, the probability variation type big hit (probability variable big hit) is obtained. Whether or not the probable big hit is determined by random lottery on the condition that the game ball wins the symbol starting hand pitch 22. When the probable big hit is reached, the winning probability in the random number lottery is set high until the next or next big hit or until the symbol changes a predetermined number of times.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a normal symbol storage display unit 60 is formed with four LED lamps arranged in a line immediately above the liquid crystal display 21, and four LED lamps are arranged in a rectangular shape on the normal symbol storage display section 60. Thus, a special symbol memory display unit 61 is formed. The normal symbol memory display unit 60 displays the number of game balls when the game balls pass through the gate 25 continuously. The special symbol memory display unit 61 recognizes the game balls continuously by the symbol starter 22. If it is, the number is displayed.

  An LED lamp for causing the decorative windmill 62 to emit light from the inside is built in the upper part of the game board, and a left side light emitter 63 and a right side light emitter 64 made of LED lamps are built in the left and right sides of the game board. Each of the four normal winning hand pitches 24 also has a built-in LED lamp, and the left and right LED lamps 65 and 66 and the left and right light-emitting lamps 67 and 68 correspond to the big winning opening at the lower part of the game board. And are provided. For these light emitting members, LED lamps and light emitting lamps that emit light in appropriate colors are selected so as to match the player's psychology as the game progresses, and all of the light emitting members flash in the inspection operation described later. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 7, on the back side of the front frame 5, a back mechanism plate 30 for holding the game board 6 from the back side is detachably mounted, and the back mechanism plate 30 has an opening 30a formed on the upper side thereof. A prize ball tank 33 and a tank rail 34 extending from the prize ball tank 33 are provided. Dispensing means (motor) 35 connected to the tank rail 34 is provided on the side of the back mechanism plate 30. A passage unit 36 connected to the dispensing means 35 is provided. The game balls paid out from the payout means 35 are paid out to the upper plate 10 shown in FIG.

  The opening 30a of the back mechanism plate 30 is fitted with a back cover 37 mounted on the back side of the game board 6 and a winning ball discharge basket (not shown) for discharging the winning game balls to the winning means 22-24. Are combined. A main control board 39 is disposed inside a case 38 attached to the back cover 37, and a symbol control board 40 is disposed on the front side thereof (FIG. 2). Below the main control board 39, a lamp control board 42 is provided in a case 41a attached to the back cover 37, and a sound control board 43 is provided in a case 41b adjacent to the case 41a.

  The lamp control board 42 emits an LED lamp or a light-emitting lamp provided in the upper part of the device or in the game board according to a control command from the main control board 39, but the case 41a is connected to the lamp control board 42. An inspection connector 52 is provided. In addition, a power supply board 45 and a payout control board 46 are provided inside the case 44 mounted on the back mechanism plate 30 below the cases 41a and 41b.

  A launch control board 48 is provided inside the case 47 attached to the rear side of the launching means 15. These control boards 39 to 40, 42 to 43, 45 to 46, and 48 are independent boards, and the control boards 39, 40, 42, 43, and 46 excluding the power supply board 45 and the launch control board 48 are connected to the CPU. A computer circuit including a ROM, a RAM, and the like is mounted, and the main control board 39 and the other control boards 40, 42, 43, 46 are electrically connected via a connector with a plurality of signal lines. .

  The main control board 39 and the other control boards 40, 42, 43, 46 are electrically connected via a connector with a plurality of signal lines, and each control board 40, 42, 43, 46 is connected from the main control board 39. In addition, various control commands for executing a predetermined game operation can be transmitted by one-way communication. By adopting the one-way communication of the control command, it is possible to surely prevent fraud related to symbol stop, to remarkably reduce the control load on the main control board 39, and to simplify the transmission control.

  FIG. 8 schematically shows the relationship among the main control board 39, the symbol control board 40, the lamp control board 42, the sound control board 43, the payout control board 46, and the launch control board 48. FIG. 9 illustrates the relationship among the main control board 39, the lamp control board 42, the inspection connector 52, and the inspection device 53.

  As shown in FIG. 9, an 8-bit control command (command data) is output from the main control board 39 to the lamp control board 42, and an interrupt signal INT is output. On the other hand, the lamp control board 42 that has received the interrupt signal INT receives the command data in the interrupt processing program, and drives the LED lamp and the light-emitting lamp according to the contents of the command data.

  However, actually, the jackpot light emitting members 18 and 19 provided on the upper part of the apparatus, the abnormality notifying light emitting members 50 and 51, and the light emitting members 60 to 68 provided on the game board 6 are dedicated to each. Each circuit board for driving receives a control signal from the lamp control board 40 via the relay boards 69 and 70 (FIG. 8). The LED lamp and the light-emitting lamp realize each operation such as lighting / extinguishing / flashing as appropriate based on a control signal from the lamp control board 42.

  By the way, the control commands output from the main control board 39 to the lamp control board 42 include special symbol fluctuation standby operation (01H), special symbol fluctuation operation (02 to 0CH), and jackpot operation (30H). , Action during jackpot (31-32H), Action at the end of jackpot (33H), Jackpot display (40-43H), Special symbol memory (50-54H), Normal symbol memory (60-64H), Lower plate full LED Command data such as lighting (70H), lower pan full LED extinguishing (71H), replenishment LED lighting (80H), replenishment LED extinguishing (81H), full flashing (FFH), and the like are prepared. The hexadecimal numbers in parentheses are command data.

  The special symbol change standby operation means an operation in which the special symbol is changing, and turns off the lamps 24, 62, 63 to 68 on the game board. On the other hand, in the operation during the special symbol change, the lamps 24, 62, 63 to 68 on the game board are blinked or turned off. The operation at the time of big hit is the operation at the interval before the big hit starts, and the lamps 24, 62, 63 to 68 on the game board are blinked. In addition, the special symbol memory and the normal symbol memory are related to the symbol memory display units 60 and 61, and the number of balls on which the operation is suspended is indicated by a lighted LED lamp. The lower plate full LED lighting / extinguishing and the replenishment LED lighting / extinguishing are related to the light emitting members 50 and 51 for abnormality notification.

  One of the major features of the present embodiment is that a control command (FFH) for flashing all LED lamps and light emitting lamps simultaneously is prepared in the control command. However, in this embodiment, the control command (FFH) for full blinking is not output from the main control board 39, but only through the inspection connector 52 attached to the case 41a of the lamp control board 42. 42 is output.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 9, in this embodiment, an inspection device 53 corresponding to the inspection connector 52 is prepared, and command data FFH is supplied only through the inspection device 53. The inspection device 53 incorporates a battery and has an inspection switch SW. When the inspection switch SW is pressed, the inspection device 53 outputs the 8-bit data FFH and the interrupt pulse INT. For this reason, if an inspector or the like attaches the inspection device 53 to the inspection connector 52 and presses the inspection switch SW before shipment by the manufacturer, an interruption is applied to the lamp control board 42.

  Then, the lamp control board 42 that has received the interrupt analyzes the command data FFH in the interrupt processing program in the same manner as in the case of a normal control command, and first recognizes that this is a command for all blinking. Then, all blinking data stored in the memory is read, and each LED lamp or light emitting lamp is driven directly or via the relay boards 69 and 70. Therefore, in this pachinko machine, inspection of all the lamps can be completed immediately, and the light emitting member is not shipped in a failed state.

  When the inspection switch SW is pressed again to interrupt again, the blinking operation ends. When the inspection switch SW is pressed again to interrupt, the blinking operation is repeated again. Therefore, the confirmation of the lamp after completion of the repair can be completed with certainty.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, the content described concretely does not specifically limit this invention. That is, in the embodiment, the command data for inspection is set to FFH, and all the lamps are flashed all at once, but it is needless to say that these can be changed as appropriate. Further, the command data for inspection may be supplied from the main control board instead of only from the inspection device.

  Although the inspection device and the inspection connector are made detachable, the inspection operation may be performed only by pressing the inspection switch SW while both are fixed. Furthermore, in the case of the embodiment, the dedicated inspection connector 52 is provided, but without providing the inspection connector 52, the cable for connecting the hand control board 39 and the lamp control board 42 is connected from the connector of the lamp control board. You may make it remove | detach and attach the inspection apparatus 53 to the connector.

It is a perspective view which shows the pachinko machine which is one Example of this invention. It is a side view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is the schematic for demonstrating the structure of a front frame. It is drawing explaining the structure of a LED lamp and the structure of a light emitting member. It is a front view which shows the game board of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating the game board shown in FIG. 5 in more detail. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is drawing which shows the relationship between a lamp | ramp control board | substrate and another board | substrate. It is drawing which shows the relationship between a main control board, a lamp control board, and an inspection apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachislot machines (pachinko machines)
18, 19 lamp (first light emitting member, second light emitting member)
21 Variable display device (liquid crystal display)

Claims (4)

A main control board having a lottery function for determining whether or not to generate a state advantageous to the player, and a predetermined game operation based on a control command received from the main control board via a command connector have a control board, a plurality of lamps which emit light under the control of the other control board, a gaming machine configured to check by the other control board to the connected inspection device,
The inspection device has a single inspection switch and is configured to be connectable to the other control board.
When the single inspection switch is pressed while connected to the other control board, an inspection control command stored in the inspection apparatus is output together with an interrupt pulse ,
Said interrupt by said other control substrate receiving a pulse, said plurality of test operation whether or not all emit light normally of the plurality of lamps all blink operation of the lamp is started, said single inspection A gaming machine configured to end the blinking operation when the switch is pressed again . The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the inspection device is configured to incorporate a battery therein. Control commands for the test for monkey blinking all of the plurality of lamps, the main control without being supplied from the substrate, only to claim 1 or 2 is configured to be supplied through the checking device The gaming machine described. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection device is connected to the other control board in a state where the connection between the other control board and the main control board is maintained .

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