JP4572014B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a pachinko machine configured such that when a symbol variation scene or a competition scene is displayed on an image display device and a big hit occurs, a variable winning device is continuously opened and a hitting ball is easily won by winning. It is about.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Type 1 pachinko machines, generally called “fever machines”, are equipped with an image display device such as a color liquid crystal display or CRT on the game board. Symbols, characters, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “designs”) are displayed on the image display device in three rows so that they flow from top to bottom. The display changes in the order of left column, right column, and middle column after a few seconds. If the game stops and the stop symbol has the same probability, such as “777” and “☆☆☆”, the winning symbol (special game state) will result in a big win (various prize device) The opening / closing door of the mouth is opened by the operation of the electric opening / closing device, and a predetermined number (usually 10) of hitting balls enter the variable winning device in the opened state or predetermined in the opened state. Time limit (usually 3 When the second round has passed, the so-called first round is over and the variable winning device is temporarily closed, but in the continuous winning opening (referred to as V zone) provided in the variable winning device during the first round. When a hit ball enters, the second round is started and the variable winning device is opened again, and a predetermined number (usually 10) of hit balls enter the variable winning device that has been opened, or When a predetermined time limit (usually 30 seconds) elapses in the open state, the second round is over and the variable prize-winning device is closed again, but the continuous prize opening provided in the variable prize-winning device during the second round ( When a ball hits the zone (referred to as V zone), the third round begins and the variable prize-winning device is opened again. Thus, the final round is made on condition that the ball hits the continuous winning slot during each round. round( If the example until the 16th round) so that the variable winning device is continuously opened. In this way, the open / close door of the variable prize-winning device is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of rounds during the special game state, and the situation where it is very easy to hit the ball continues, so it is possible to acquire a large number of prize balls and Benefits are brought.
[0003]
By the way, with this kind of conventional pachinko machine, it is only possible to detect whether the two display columns have already stopped at the same symbol, and the last column that has been changed still stops at the same symbol. As a result, it has a sense of amusement, so it has a unique variation of the pattern, such as a reach state, or flashes the screen at the same time, or makes a character appear, etc. However, even if various ideas are applied to the display mode, it is unavoidable that the display mode is inevitable, and the player's interest cannot be sufficiently secured.
[0004]
Also, there are pachinko machines that display various competition scenes such as horse racing scenes and character aerial races on the image display device, and as a result it is a big hit and the variable prize winning device is continuously opened as described above It was traditional. However, there is a problem that even if only the competition scene is displayed, it is easy to get bored immediately because it is simple.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when a hit ball enters the starting opening, a symbol variation scene or a competition scene is displayed on the image display device, and it is intended to increase the entertainment of pachinko games in an unprecedented form. is there.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To that end, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a start port, an image display device, and a variable winning device on the game board, and based on a command signal sent from the game control board, images of a variable symbol display, a character display, and a background display are displayed. In a pachinko machine provided with an image control board that is displayed as a single composite image on the image display device by superposition, when a variable symbol display is selected by a random value read by hitting a ball at the start port Is a big win when a variety of symbols such as numbers, symbols, etc. are displayed on the image display device so as to flow like a movie in a plurality of display rows and then stop at the same symbol, and the variable winning device is continuously opened, depending said random value, competition by the composite image display of the image display device immediately after FIG pattern variation start superimposed image of the character display and background display Switched to the scene, characterized in that the desired competition results in 該競 technique scene is achieved jackpot and becomes variable winning device is set to be continuously open state.
In the invention according to claim 2, the game board is provided with a start port, an image display device, and a variable winning device, and the character display image and the background display image are superimposed on the basis of a command signal sent from the game control board. In a pachinko machine provided with an image control board that can be displayed as a single composite image on the image display device, when a variable symbol display is selected by a random value that is read by hitting a starting ball, When various symbols such as numbers and symbols are variably displayed on the display device so as to flow in a moving image, and then stop at the same symbol, a big hit is made and the variable winning device is continuously opened, and the random value Depending on the situation, the display of the image display device is switched to a competition scene by a composite image in which the image of the character display and the background display are superimposed immediately after the start of the pattern change. Wherein the the desired competition results in該競technique scene is achieved jackpot and becomes variable winning device is set to be continuously open state.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the front of a game board 1 in this pachinko machine, in which 2 is an image display device comprising a color liquid crystal display provided on the game board 1, 3 is a normal winning opening, 4 is a pass gate, Is the starting point. The starting port 5 is provided with a pair of blades 6 so that when predetermined conditions are satisfied, the blades 6 are opened and closed to make it easier for a hit ball to win. Reference numeral 7 denotes a variable winning device comprising a large rectangular large winning opening provided below the starting opening 5, and the variable winning device 7 is provided with an opening / closing door 8 that opens and closes by the operation of a solenoid. . Reference numeral 9 denotes a continuous winning opening formed in the center of the variable winning device 7.
[0008]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of the pachinko machine related to the present invention. This pachinko machine opens and closes a start opening switch 11 for detecting a hit ball winning in the start opening 5 and the variable winning apparatus 7 on a game control board 10 comprising a main control CPU, main control RAM, and main control ROM. A solenoid 12, a display lamp 13, a sound output unit 14, and the like are connected, and an image control board 15 is connected via an I / O port, and the image display apparatus 2 is connected to the image control board. The image control board 15 controls an image display ROM storing a large number of image data, an image display RAM, a video display processor (VDP) capable of synthesizing two or more screens, and the entire image processing. It comprises an image display CPU.
[0009]
Then, the image control board 15 synthesizes images according to command signals called intelligent commands sent from the game control board 10 and displays the synthesized images on the image display device 2. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of this image composition. The variable symbol display plane (1), the character display plane (2), and the background display plane (3) can be overlapped to form one composite image. Fluctuation symbol display plane (1) is a graphic number of “1-9” as shown in FIG. 4 and 14 symbols such as moon dumpling, fox, etc. are flowed in a moving picture from top to bottom in three rows in this order. The display is changed as follows. The character display plane {circle over (2)} displays a competition scene in which the success or failure of things such as a tightrope of a kite is competing, and the background display plane {circle over (3)} displays a blue sky in which clouds are floating.
[0010]
However, in this pachinko machine, when a hit ball enters the starting port 5, according to a random value read at Step 8 in the flowchart of FIG. 7 to be described later, a symbol variation scene as illustrated in FIG. The competition scene illustrated in FIG. 6 is displayed.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 5, the symbol change scene shown in FIG. 4 is a graphic number of “1-9” and the symbols such as moon dumpling, fox, etc. in this order as shown in FIG. Fluctuation is displayed so as to flow like a movie from top to bottom in the row, and after a few seconds, the variation first stops from the left column (b) (c), then the variation in the right column stops (d) (e), Finally, the middle row stops. Then, as shown in (f), when each display row stops at the same symbol, a big win is displayed as shown in (g), and the variable winning device 7 is continuously opened to hit the ball. It becomes very easy to win a prize and a large number of prize balls can be obtained. Further, as shown in (h), when the same symbol is not stopped, “displaced” is displayed as shown in (i), and it is waited for the ball to enter the starting port 5 again.
[0012]
In the competition scene shown in FIG. 6, first, a character's trap appears as shown in (a), and as shown in (b), this character starts a tightrope in an image with a cloud background. After starting to move smoothly as shown in (c), when it seems to fall as shown in (d) (e), and then recovers and crosses over as shown in (f) (d) As a result of the achievement of the expected competition, a “hit” display is made as shown in (H), the variable winning device 7 is continuously opened, and the hitting ball is very easy to win. You can get a prize ball. Further, when the player falls off the rope as shown in (i) and (nu), a “disconnect” display is made as shown in (le), and it is awaited that a ball hits the start opening 5 again. This competition scene is made by combining the character display plane (2) and the background display plane (3).
[0013]
Next, an outline of the operation of the game control board 10 of this pachinko machine will be described according to the flowchart of FIG.
Step1
1. The initialization process starts when the power is turned on.
After the memory clear process, set the initial value to the work area that requires the initial setting value. (Example) Save the command to be displayed on the special symbol display device such as continuous pattern check, normal stop symbol, normal display symbol, special symbol during stop, etc. in the buffer memory for display output.
2. In the state after power-on, various game information for developing a game with a symbol combination by variable symbol display is displayed and waiting for the game to start.
Step2
1. Perform random number processing.
Random value update When the power is turned on, the random value is reset to 0 and initialized, but after that, it is counted up every 2 milliseconds, and when it reaches a predetermined value (for example, 277), it is reset again to 0.
2. Set random value for winning judgment, set random value for normal winning symbol, set random value for big hit determination, set random value for reach selection, set random value for big hit special symbol, set random value for temporary stop symbol The random value setting for the left special symbol, the random value setting for the special right symbol setting, the random value setting for the special symbol during losing, and the update process of these nine types of random values are performed.
Step3
If it is detected whether the game ball has won the start opening and it has won the starting opening,
Step4
The big hit random value at that time is temporarily stored,
Step5
The big hit random value temporarily stored in Step 4 is compared with the predetermined big hit value to determine whether the big hit or not.
Step6
When the big hit is confirmed at Step 5, one of the special big hit symbol random values of the special symbol is selected and the big hit symbol information is set and the big hit determination flag is set.
Step7
If the removal is confirmed at Step 5, the symbol is set out of the special symbol random value (left, right, middle) and is reset if the big hit flag is set.
Step8
After winning the starting opening, determine whether it is a random value that erases the fluctuating special symbol,
Step9
If it is the random value, a command for erasing the symbol is transmitted to the display control unit before the start of the change or immediately after the start of the change at the time of winning the start opening.
Step10
If it is not a random value for erasing the symbol from the middle in Step 8, the symbol variation pattern table set for each condition is selected, and the contents of the selected pattern table are sequentially read out.
Step11
Determine whether reading of the pattern table is complete,
Step12
Each time the command is not finished, each command is transmitted to the display unit, and the display unit displays the symbols in accordance with the command.
Step13
When reading of the pattern table is completed at Step 11, the stop symbol information after confirmation is set based on the symbol information that is set whether the big hit or miss is set at Step 6 or Step 7,
Step14
Determine if the jackpot flag is set or reset,
Step15
When the big hit flag is set, the display control unit is commanded to display the big hit symbol,
Step16
Various jackpot game processing, such as the drive operation of the big prize opening, the generation of the jackpot sound effect, the lighting of the display lamp, etc. will be developed.
Step17
When the big hit flag is in the reset state (in the case of detachment) in Step 14, the display control unit is instructed to display the detachment stop symbol on the display unit, and the process returns to Step 2.
Step18
When the big hit processing ends, a big hit end command is instructed to each control unit to end the series of processing, and then the process returns to Step 2.
[0014]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the image control board 15. Each step in the figure is as follows.
Step1
Command acceptance status.
Step2
Determine whether the command from the main control unit is a command related to an image such as a background image, a character image, a design image,
Step3
In Step 3, it is determined whether or not the command is related to a symbol. If the command is related to a symbol, it is determined whether or not the command is a stop command determined by jumping to Step 5.
Step4
If it is determined in Step 3 that the command is not a symbol-related command, it is known that the command is an image command in Step 2. Therefore, in order to display the background image and the character image on the liquid crystal display unit, the background image data and the character image data are converted to VDP (video). (Data processor) and display these images on the liquid crystal, then return to Step1.
Step5
Judge whether the command is a command of fixed stop design,
Step 6
If it is not a confirmed symbol command, it is a variable symbol command, so that the process branches to Step 6, and it is determined whether or not the command is a variable symbol deletion, and if YES, it branches to Step 7. If No, the process branches to Step 9.
Step7 ~ Step8
Fluctuating symbol erasure data is transmitted to the VDP, and the image display section is in a state where the symbol is actually erased.
Step9 ~ Step10
If it is determined that the command received in Step 6 is not a variable symbol deletion command, the symbol is a variable display symbol command, and symbol variation display image data is transmitted to the VDP according to the symbol variation display instructed from Step 12 on the main control side. After displaying the changing symbol, the process returns to Step 1 and waits for the next command.
Step11-Step12
On the other hand, in Step 5, it is determined whether or not the command is a confirmed symbol, and if it is determined to be a confirmed stop symbol, each of the image information data of each confirmed stop symbol information of the big hit / out is sent to the VDP, After displaying the symbol, the display of a series of symbols, images, etc. is terminated, and the process returns to Step 1.
[0015]
In this embodiment, the “tuna tightrope” is exemplified as a competition scene for competing for success or failure, but other competition scenes such as “game of sumo wrestling” “game of wrestling” “game of poker game” “dice eyes” It can be a competition scene that attracts the player's interests such as “Large and small”, “Home run success / failure”, “Strike success / failure”. By displaying such a competition scene, it is possible to make it different from the conventional pachinko game.
[0016]
Further, in this embodiment, either a symbol variation scene or a competition scene is displayed on the image display device by hitting a ball at the start opening, but it is switched to a competition scene in the middle of the symbol variation scene, It is also possible to switch to a symbol change scene in the middle of the scene, or to mix a symbol change scene and a competition scene.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, in the pachinko machine in which the game board is provided with the start port, the image display device, and the variable winning device, when the hit ball enters the start port, the image change scene or the competition scene is displayed. When a symbol variation scene is displayed, various symbols such as numbers and symbols are displayed in a variable manner so that they flow like a moving image in multiple display columns, and then a bonus game is continued when the same symbol is stopped. When the competition situation is displayed and the competition scene is displayed, if the desired competition result is achieved, the variable winning device is continuously opened, so the image display device is unprecedented. This provides an effect of increasing the amusement of pachinko games.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a game board of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of image composition displayed on the image display device of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a display transition diagram of the image display device of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a variation diagram of symbols displayed on the image display device of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a display transition diagram of the image display device of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the game control board of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the image control board of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board 2 Image display apparatus 5 Start opening 7 Variable prize-winning apparatus 10 Game control board 15 Image control board

Claims (2)

The game board is provided with a start port, an image display device, and a variable winning device, and the image display device 1 is superposed on the image of the variable symbol display, the character display, and the background display based on a command signal sent from the game control board. In a pachinko machine provided with an image control board to display as two composite images,
When variable symbol display is selected by a random value read by hitting a starting ball, various symbols such as numbers, symbols, etc. flow in a moving image in a plurality of display rows on the image display device. variation after displaying at the same symbols becomes jackpot stopping variable winning devices continually become open state, depending on the random value, the display image of the character displayed and the background display of the image display device immediately after FIG pattern change start The pachinko machine is characterized in that it switches to a competition scene by the superimposed composite image, and when the desired competition result is achieved in the competition scene, the variable winning device is continuously opened. . Game board in starting opening the image display device and the variable winning device is provided, one of the composite image to the image display device by superimposing images of keys Yarakuta display and the background display in accordance with a command signal sent from the gaming control board in pachinko machine image control board it is provided that obtained displayed as,
When variable symbol display is selected by a random value read by hitting a starting ball, various symbols such as numbers, symbols, etc. flow in a moving image in a plurality of display rows on the image display device. variation after displaying at the same symbols becomes jackpot stopping variable winning devices continually become open state, depending on the random value, the display image of the character displayed and the background display of the image display device immediately after FIG pattern change start The pachinko machine is characterized in that it switches to a competition scene by the superimposed composite image, and when the desired competition result is achieved in the competition scene, the variable winning device is continuously opened. .

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