JP4803574B2 - Sparrow ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a sparrow ball game machine equipped with means for assisting the progress of a game so that the game can be enjoyed even for a player who has little knowledge of mahjong and a game experience of a sparrow ball game machine, and also for abundant players. It is about.

  In the sparrow ball game machine, a plurality of entrances are provided corresponding to the types of mahjong tiles (hereinafter referred to as samurai) in the game board surface, and the entrances where game balls launched by the players enter Corresponding spear symbols are added to the hand as spears (hereinafter referred to as “self-repressed”). Then, if the combination of the hand is not completed in advance by the operation of the self, the unnecessary combination is selected and discarded from the hand. ”Is performed. In this way, when the player fires up to a predetermined number (for example, 11) of game balls and performs his own operation, and completes the combination of the rising roles for the 14 hands, the ascending is completed. A predetermined number of medals can be obtained as a prize for each combination. Further, when the rising combination is a specific rising combination set for each game, a special game advantageous to the player is performed for the next predetermined number of games as compared with the normal game (normal game). Be able to.

  In an ordinary sparrow ball game machine, two types of special game combinations (bonus game combinations), a big game combination and a chance game combination, are provided. A big game combination is a game that can win a game advantageous to the player for a predetermined number of games from the next time if it is raised in a specific rising combination (for example, Daisangen). Say. In the game that has acquired the right of the big game role, the passage opening (attacker operation opening) on the game board surface becomes effective, and when the game ball passes through the attacker operation opening, the special entry opening (attacker) opens. When a game ball enters the attacker, the player can select a desired basket as his / her own by operating the selection button or the like and interactively. Then, when the player completes the winning combination for the game that has acquired the right of the big game, a plurality of subsequent games can play the game with the right of the big game combination being established.

  The chance game combination is a bonus game combination that can be obtained by completing a specific rising combination set as a chance game combination for each game. When you complete the rising role of the chance game role, the number of points that can be obtained in this game is added from the normal game rising role (for example, 2 times), or only the next one game of the above big game role When the right is established, that is, when a game ball is passed through the attacker operating port, the attacker opens, and each time a game ball is inserted into this attacker, the player can display the screen by operating the selection button etc. It is possible to select a desired bag as a self-restriction in an interactive manner. Therefore, the game that has acquired the right of special game becomes a game that can be easily won (raised) by the player, and more medals can be obtained. The normal game refers to a game that has not acquired the right of the big game role or the chance game role.

  Conventionally, the sparrow ball game machine has a drawback that it is difficult for a player who has little knowledge of mahjong to easily play a game. The reason for this is that there are more than 20 types of combinations of rising roles in the sparrow ball game machine, there are various combinations of kites to complete this rising, and the size of the rising role for each rising role, That is, the number of medals that a player can acquire is different. In particular, for a player who has little knowledge of mahjong, in order to complete the uplifting role more quickly, a player should add one kite to his current thirteen manuals, or the current 14 It is impossible to immediately judge a bag that should be thrown away as an unneeded bag.

  In order to solve such a problem, for example, the following patent document has been proposed as a mahjong gaming machine provided with means (assist means) for assisting a player in progressing a game.

JP 7-155426 A JP 2003-62333 A

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is determined by the hearing determination means and the self-determination determination means whether the game ball is inserted into the entrance corresponding to which basket next and the rising combination is completed. A sparrow ball game machine is described in which, when operated, a lamp at the entrance that can complete the rising role is turned on. However, in Patent Document 1, each time a self-tapping or throwing-in operation is performed, a puddle to be pruned or a plow to be thrown away is determined, and the determined peg is clearly indicated to the player, for example, No means for displaying on the display device is described.

  Patent Document 2 describes means for advising a player's determination of game progress by turning on an advice button for a portable mahjong game device or the like having a plurality of opponents. In Patent Document 2, it is possible to select an advice function using a screen and an interactive method with respect to selection of “emphasis on early agari” or “consideration of transliteration”, selection of “discarding instruction”, etc. in order to determine a goal of a rising role It is described to do. Further, Patent Document 2 also describes that, when “discarding instruction” is selected, a mark is given to a bag to be discarded from the hand symbol displayed on the display device.

  In the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is determined whether or not the current hand is in a hearing state. Is a sparrow ball game machine in which when a help switch is pressed, the entrance corresponding to the basket to be refrained is lit with a lamp. However, in Patent Document 1, each time a self-tapping operation or a throwing-in operation is performed, it is determined which bag should be self-settled or to be discarded, and the determined kite is clearly indicated to the player. There is no description of simple assist means, for example, means for displaying on a display device.

  The invention described in Patent Document 2 above is a mahjong game device having an assist function such as throwing away baskets, but is not a so-called sparrow ball game machine using a game ball. For the sparrow ball game machine, which has a spear with the spear symbol corresponding to the entrance where the game ball has entered, for players who have little knowledge of mahjong and less experience with sparrow ball game machines, It is important to clearly assist and assist the player in the disposal of the throwing pad each time, and before performing the player's own bowling, in order to complete the winning combination as soon as possible. Become. Players with little knowledge of mahjong and game experience with a sparrow ball game machine can complete their rising role by performing self-restraint and abandonment operations according to the explicit instructions of this assist means. The game can be advanced.

Furthermore, in the sparrow ball game machine, there is a difference in the ease of entry of the game ball launched by the player (the difficulty of entering the ball) depending on the position of the entrance of the game board. The reason for this is that the game ball is launched by a game ball launch lever using spring force, and a large number of entrances are arranged in the lateral direction of the lower part of the game board surface. This is due to the fact that it is quite difficult to aim at a game ball at the entrance.
Furthermore, in mahjong games, there is a higher possibility of going up if there is a double-sided waiting combination in the hand. The reason for this is that, for example, if there is a combination of waiting for both sides of “4th and 5th” in the hand, the player will form “Junko” if he / she refrains from the “3rd” or “6th” pattern. Therefore, if a game ball is launched aiming at the entrance of the “three bases” or “six bases”, the probability of going up faster will increase.

  Therefore, when determining and clearly indicating the player's current tricks to be self-removed or thrown away, the combination of the position of the entrance located on the game board surface and the waiting for both sides is specified. If a means for evaluating and judging for each entrance, such as whether or not it is a symbol that can be made, is provided, it will be a sparrow ball game machine equipped with assist means more friendly to the player.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an assist means that can further enhance the interest of game progression for a player who has little knowledge of mahjong or a game experience of a sparrow ball game machine, and a player who has abundant game experience. In particular, there is provided means for determining in consideration of the evaluation value set for each entrance in advance when determining these heels in order to assist the heels to be self-requited or thrown away by the player. It is to provide a sparrow ball game machine.

According to the present invention, a game entrance surface corresponding to a plurality of types of mahjong tiles is arranged, and the design of the mahjong tile corresponding to the entrance of the game ball entered is regarded as self-regulation by the operation of the game. A means for adding a code to the manual data stored in the storage device, a discarding means for discarding an unnecessary symbol code from the manual data as a disposable garbage, and the symbol code is added by the operation of the driver. When the raised hand combination data completes a combination of rising combinations set in advance, means for paying out a predetermined number of medals for each rising combination as a prize and display means for displaying an effect image A sparrow ball game machine provided, wherein the sparrow ball game machine further comprises:
A target rising combination setting means for setting a target rising combination of the manual data based on the manual data before the player performs his own operation and the manual data before performing the discarding operation; ,
Self-judgment judging means for judging a symbol code of a kite to be self-identified in the manual data with respect to a target combination of the hand data before performing the self-manipulation operation set by the target climbing combination setting means ,
Similarly, with respect to a rising role for which the operation of the discard jar is the target of the previous procedure data, a discard 牌 determining means for determining a symbol code of the heel to be discarded from the procedure data;
The player displays the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the bag to be self-destructed before the player performs the operation of the player, and also displays the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the kite to be discarded as the operation of the discard Means for displaying on the means;
Furthermore, each of the self-determination determining unit and the discarding deterrence determining unit includes the manual data when any one of the symbol codes is sequentially added to the manual data as a temporary self-control, and the manual data Means for evaluating the above-mentioned hand data which is sequentially deleted as one temporary design code from the evaluation score based on the combination status of the design code constituting the hand data, Based on the evaluation score of the manual data, determine the symbol code of the kite to be discarded from the temporary kite, and the symbol code of the kite to be discarded from the temporary kite ,
Furthermore, it is a data table stored in the storage device, and the entrance score evaluation score data table in which an evaluation score set in advance for each entrance is associated with a design code corresponding to the design of the entrance With
When any one temporary code code is added to the hand data, the means for evaluating the hand data with an evaluation score includes an inscription, an order, Evaluation of an isolated kite that is a kite that is not involved in the symbols constituting the tower, fitting tower, side tower, and pair is performed with reference to the evaluation score of the entrance shown in the entrance evaluation score data table. A sparrow ball game machine having means .

In the above configuration, the combination status of the symbol codes constituting the manual data is “Konko”, “Junko”, “Tart”, “Kanta” included in the manual data. , “Penter”, “Pair”, and “Isolated Trap”. Of these, “isolated kites” are those of kites that are not involved in the symbols that make up these “knot”, “junko”, “toko”, “fitting tower”, “side tower”, and “opposition”. The symbol code is shown.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the entrance opening arranged in the game board surface portion has an entrance array in which a plurality of entrance openings are arranged adjacent to each other in a lateral direction below the game board surface portion. The sparrow ball game has an array in which the entrances corresponding to the symbols 1 to 9 of the same type of several kinds are adjacent in the ascending order of the symbols 1 to 9. Machine.

The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) The sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention adds a temporary code code of the player's current game data to the player's current game data, or temporarily adds any one code code from the game data. When abandoned symbol code is discarded, the combination of symbol codes included in this manual data is evaluated by the score, and the symbol code to be self-declared and the symbol code to be discarded are determined. The symbol is clearly shown to the player. The method for evaluating the manual data by the score is “face (indicator or order)”, “toko”, “fitting tower”, “pair” formed by the symbol codes that make up the manual data. Evaluation is performed by assigning a preset score to “side tower” and “isolated wall”. The symbol number of the combination status of the symbol codes is set such that “face”>“tower”> “fitting tower” and “counter”> “side tower”> “isolated fence” in order.

  As described above, when the manual data is evaluated by the evaluation score, the larger the evaluation score is, the closer the combination is to the winning combination. The sparrow ball game machine according to the present invention adds a temporary self-declared symbol code to the current manual data, or sequentially adds any one of the symbol codes from the manual data to a temporary discard symbol. Evaluate the manual data when the code is discarded with the above-mentioned evaluation score, and the temporary self-restraint that maximizes this evaluation score, or the temporary discard should be discarded Therefore, it is possible to assist the player who should self-remember and complete the role for the player and that should be discarded.

  (2) When evaluating hand data obtained by adding any one temporary self-hand to the hand data, if this hand data includes an isolated hand, the design of the isolated hand This isolated kite is evaluated by referring to the evaluation score of the entrance that is set in advance for each entrance corresponding to. When such an evaluation means is adopted, a higher entrance score is given to a entrance where a game ball is easier to enter by self-operation. Therefore, even if an “isolated trap” occurs in the hand data, the player can enter. There is a possibility that it is possible to assist the entrance that is easy to ball.

  (3) In the present invention, the entrance corresponding to the symbols “1” to “9” made up of several identical symbols in the lateral direction below the game board surface portion is the symbols “1” to “9”. ”Are arranged in the ascending order adjacent to each other in ascending order. With such an arrangement of entrances, when a player performs a self-control operation of firing a game ball, “Junko”, which is a combination of symbols, or “(Toko)” before making a combination of “Junko”, It is possible to provide a sparrow ball game machine that makes it easy to make “(Fitting Tower)” and “(Hot Tower)”.

  Hereinafter, the form of the sparrow ball game machine for carrying out the present invention will be described. The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is, for example, a game machine in which a game is played using a total of 108 spears, each of 27 kinds of spear symbols. There are 9 types of 27 types of kites, “Ichigo” to “Kyuho”, 9 types of “Ichitsu” to “Nine”, and “Ikko” and “Kyu” There are two types of search, seven types of character 牌: “east”, “south”, “west”, “north”, “white”, “發”, “middle”. Therefore, the insulator, the tube and the cord are several. However, since the cord is provided with only “Ikko” and “Juku”, the “junko” cannot be formed.

  In addition, the above-mentioned two kinds of numbers are composed of, for example, nine kinds of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” and nine types of symbols from “Ichigo” to “Jukugo”. A sparrow ball game with a spear pattern consisting of “one-cylinder” and “nine-cylinder” for the tube, and “east”, “south”, “west”, “north”, “white”, “發” and “middle” It is also possible to make a machine. In addition, the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is composed of a total of four kinds of spears, three kinds of spears (lion, tube, cord) and a spider ball game using a total of 136 symbols. It is also possible to implement as a machine.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of the configuration of the game board in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the front part of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is basically a game board surface part 2, an operation panel 3, a game ball launch lever 4 provided below the operation panel 3, a medal tray 5, and a speaker. 6 includes an audio output port 7 for outputting audio and sound effects, a lamp device 8, a guide rail 9, and the like. In addition, the structure of the game board surface part 2 is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the center of the game board surface portion 2 surrounded by the guide rails 9, there is a first display device 10 made of a liquid crystal display device, and a special winning device (hereinafter referred to as an attacker) above the display device 10. 11. On the right side of the attacker 11, an attacker operating port 12 through which a game ball can pass is provided. The entrances 13 a and 13 b are arranged obliquely above the attacker 11. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the lower part 2a of the game board surface part 2 is provided with an entrance arrangement in which 25 entrances 13c, 13d,... Yes. And each of these entrances is displayed with a symbol of a kite.

  These 27 entrances 13a, 13b,... Are arranged with an "Ichigo" entrance 13a in the upper left corner of the attacker 11 and a "Jujo" entrance 13b in the upper right corner. Further, in the lower part 2a of the game board surface 2 below the display device 10, as shown in FIG. 3, in the horizontal direction, the leftmost end has an “East” entrance 13c, followed by Next, the “South” entrance 13d, followed by the entrances 13e,... is doing. In addition, on the right side of the entrance array that the symbols from “Ichigo” to “Kyuho” are arranged in ascending order, this symbol corresponds to the “white”, “發”, and “medium” designs of the three-way kite. The symbols to be placed are arranged in this order. Furthermore, on the right side of the entrance corresponding to the symbol of the ternary basket, the entrances 13q corresponding to the symbols “one cylinder” to “nine cylinders” of several cylinders are arranged in ascending order. Are arranged consecutively. And the entrance arrangement of the entrances 13e,... Corresponding to the symbols “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” of these lions is the central part in the lower part 2a of the left half of the game board surface 2 It is arranged to be located in. Similarly, the entrance arrangement of the entrances 13q,... Corresponding to the symbols "1 cylinder" to "9 cylinders" of the sleeve is arranged at the central portion of the lower portion 2a of the right half of the game board surface portion 2. It arranges so that it may be located.

  As described above, in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, the entrances corresponding to the symbols of several lions and tube children are adjacent to each other in the ascending order from “1” to “9”. Furthermore, the several entrances are arranged in the central portion of the lower half 2a of the left half of the game board surface portion 2 and the central portion of the lower portion 2a of the right half of the game board surface portion 2. . When the player performs self-restraint operation to manually release the game ball by adjusting the spring force of the game ball launch lever 4, the lower half 2a of the left half of the game board surface 2, particularly the center of the lower half 2a of the left half It becomes easiest to launch a game ball aiming at the direction of the club. Thereby, the probability that the game ball launched by the player will enter the entrance of any one of the symbols “Ichigo” to “Jiufen” of Choshi increases. Therefore, the present invention has an effect that it becomes easy to form a combination of “junko” of the levers by the self-operation, and that it is possible for the player to provide a sparrow ball game machine that can easily complete the combination of rising roles. Yes.

  The game board surface 2 is further provided with a decoration device 14 with a lamp, a windmill 15 and the like. Note that the light emitters used in the lamp device 8 and the lamp-equipped decoration device 14 use LEDs that emit various color colors. Note that a large number of nails are arranged on the game board surface portion 2 to guide the movement of the launched game balls, but these nails are not shown in FIG. A display device 36 composed of dot display or the like is provided above the game board surface 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 3 is provided with a second display device 16 constituted by a liquid crystal display device, a medal slot 17, and various operation buttons (button switches). The various operation buttons include a game start (BED) button 18, a button disposed in the horizontal direction corresponding to the design of the 13 handbags, and a button switch 19a for the throwing pad, which serves as a means for performing the paddle operation. 19b,..., 19m, a self-destroying litter button switch 20, a reach button 21, a right shift button 22a, a left shift button 22b, a selection decision button 23, which are means for performing an operation of discarding the self-resolving litter, The game is composed of a game end button 24, a medal payout button 25, and the like. The discard button switches 19a, 19b,..., 19m and the discard button switch 20 constitute a discard operation unit.

  When the player operates the above-described various buttons (presses the switch contact to turn on), for example, when the player presses the button 19a for discarding, a discarding signal is generated, and this signal is controlled by a microcomputer. Input to the board. The software (program) mounted on the control board analyzes the input signal and executes a preset process for advancing the game for each input signal.

The first display device 10 and the second display device 16 are used to display information necessary for the player and an effect image as the game progresses. The first display device 10 mainly displays an interactive screen for allowing a player to select one policy from a plurality of types of game advance policies set in advance before the game is executed. Is used as a device for displaying the design of the bag for assisting the player and the effect image when the rising combination is completed.
The second display device 16 is mainly used as a device for displaying the symbol of the bag that constitutes the player's hand, the symbol of the bag discarded by the player, and the like.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example when various images and information are displayed on the second display device 16. As shown in FIG. 5, in the upper horizontal direction of the display surface of the display device 16, a medal stored number display unit 26, a remaining game ball number display unit 27, a front drum display unit 28, a wind screen display unit 29, and an effect image display A part 30 and a parting waste display part 33 for displaying the design of the parting waste are provided.

  In the upper part of the effect display unit 30, among the special games, a big game rising combination display unit 31 showing a rising combination that can obtain the right of a big game combination, and two types of chance games can be acquired. Chance game rising combination display portions 32a and 32b showing the rising combination are provided. It should be noted that the effect display unit 30 displays a design of a kite that rises if the user himself / herself, an effect image, etc., when the rising combination is completed. In the thrown away display portion 33, symbols that the player has thrown away until now are displayed in the order in which the thrown away throws are made.

  Further, in the lower horizontal direction of the second display device 16, there are provided a hand bag display unit 34 for displaying 13 hand bag symbols, and a self screen display unit 35 for displaying self-portraited bag designs. In addition, at the lower part of each symbol displayed on the hand display unit 34 and the self-display unit 35, the button switches 19a, 19b,. Button names (A, B, C, D, E,..., M, N) corresponding to 19m and 20 are displayed. The symbols of the cocoon displayed on the hand pallet display unit 34 are displayed in color in a predetermined order, for example, in the sequence of symbol codes described later. Furthermore, each display unit of the display device 16 displays the spider symbol, effect image, numerical value, and the like updated by program processing as the game progresses.

  A control board for controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 of the present invention is mounted at a predetermined position inside the case of the sparrow ball game machine 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the control board includes a main control board Ka, a sub control board Kb, a first image control board Kc, and a second image control board Kd. The control boards Ka, Kb, Kc and Kd are respectively CPUs 40a, 40b, 40c and 40d which are arithmetic devices, ROMs 41a, 41b, 41c and 41d which are storage devices (ROM), and RAMs 42a which are also storage devices (RAM). 42b, 42c, 42d, input / output interface (I / F) circuits 43a, 43b, 43c, 44d, communication interface (I / F) circuits 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, etc. .

  The main control board Ka and the sub-control board Kb, the sub-control board Kb, the first image control board Kc, and the second image control board Kd are connected by cable lines T1, T2, and T3 to enable data communication. ing. It is desirable that the RAM 42 of each control board retains the stored contents even when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned off.

  The input / output interface circuit 43a mounted on the main control board Ka has a medal insertion sensor for detecting a medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 17 by the player when the game is executed, each entrance 13a,. Are connected to a sensor for detecting a game ball that has entered a ball, a button switch 19a for throwing away, and various button switches, and an input signal thereof is input to the main control board Ka. ing. Further, the input / output interface circuit 43a includes a medal payout device for paying out medals to the player, a game ball feeding device for sending game balls to the launching device, an attacker opening / closing control device for controlling the opening / closing of the attacker 11, and the like. Connected, and control signals are output to these devices under the control of a program. A display device 36 is connected to the input / output interface circuit 43a.

  The lamps 8, 14 and the like are connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43b mounted on the sub control board Kb. The first display device 10 is connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43c of the first image control board Kc, and the second display is connected to the input / output I / F circuit 43d of the second image control board Kd. The device 16 and the speaker 6 are connected.

  Various software (programs) such as controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 or displaying information and images on the first display device 10 and the second display device 16 are used for each control board Ka, Kb, Kc. , Stored in ROMs 41a to 41d mounted on Kd. Each of the RAMs 42a to 42d is used as a storage area (work area) for reading various data, creating data, calculating, and the like when these programs operate. As the CPUs 40a to 40d of each control board, either 8-bit, 16-bit or 32-bit CPU is adopted so that the functions required for the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, Kd can be appropriately processed. To do.

  The ROM 41a mounted on the main control board Ka stores various programs for controlling the game progress of the sparrow ball game machine 1 in an integrated manner. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, the programs installed in the ROM 41a of the main control board Ka include a main control program P1, a communication control program P2, a medal management program P3, a game ball management program P4, an automatic allocation program P5, It is composed of a special game combination lottery program P6, a dora lottery program P7, a winning determination program P8, a self-selection selection support program P9, and the like.

  The main control program P1 on the main control board Ka is a program that controls the overall operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 and mainly performs the following processing.

  (1) An initialization process when the power of the gaming machine 1 is turned on, and an initialization control command when the power is turned on are sent to the first image control board Kc and the sub-control board Kb via the sub-control board Kb. A process of transmitting to the second image control board Kd is performed. Based on this control command, the sub-control board Kb and the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd perform initialization processing when the power is turned on.

  (2) Analyzing signals input from various sensors and button switches, and controlling the operation of the sparrow ball game machine 1 so as to perform processing corresponding to the signals. For example, when an incoming signal is input from the entrance sensor of the entrance that entered when the player fired a game ball, the symbol code of the entrance cage corresponding to this entrance signal is obtained, A process of adding this symbol code as the user's hand to the hand data stored in the hand memory area of the RAM 42a is performed.

  (3) At the time of game disclosure, when the automatic layout program P5 is activated and 14 hand data are determined, a process for transmitting the hand code symbol code to the sub-control board Kb, and ( 1) In the process of (2), the player performs a discarding operation and a self-restricting operation each time the current manual data, the process of transmitting the symbol code related to the abandoning and self-restriction to the sub-control board Kb, Etc.

  (4) Before the player executes the game, the first display screen 10 and the interactive method are interlocked with the processing of the game up policy selection program P323a mounted on the first image control board Kc described later. Then, a process for causing the player to select a game rising policy from a plurality of types of game rising policies set in advance is performed.

  The communication control program P2 is a program for communicating with the sub control board Kb. This communication data includes a control command in which what kind of processing is performed on the data to be transmitted, and control data transmitted together with this control command. When data is transmitted to the first image control board Kc or the second image control board Kd, the data is transmitted via the sub control board Kb.

  When the medal management program P3 detects a medal insertion signal from the medal insertion slot 17, an input signal from the game end button 24, an input signal from the medal payout button 25, etc., the medal storage number update management and payout processing It is a program for performing.

  The game ball management program P4 is a program that performs the following processing based on the control of the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka.

  (1) At the start of the game, the remaining number of game balls stored in the RAM 42 is set to an initial set value, for example, 11. As a result, if the player cannot complete the winning combination by firing 11 game balls, the game is game over.

  (2) When an operation signal for the throwing-in basket is detected from the throwing-in button switch 19a,..., Etc., control is performed to send one gaming ball to the gaming ball launching position (not shown in FIG. 1).

  (3) When a game ball launched from the game ball launch lever 4 enters any of the entrances 13a, 13b, 13c, etc., and the entrance signal is detected, the number of remaining game balls is set to “1”. Subtract.

  The automatic layout program P5 is a program for performing a process of automatically determining 14 symbols codes of the layout at random at the start of one game. This automatic catering program P5 uses the random numbers generated by the random number generating means, and uses 14 kinds of symbols (symbol codes) from 27 types used in the sparrow ball game machine 1, a total of 108 rods. The process of determining is performed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, hexadecimal codes from “one glance” to “medium” are set for each of these 27 types of symbols, and four symbols are assigned to each symbol code. These data are registered in advance in the ROM 41 as a symbol code data table. The automatic layout program P5 performs a process of determining 14 symbols for the symbols by randomly selecting a numerical value assigned to each symbol code using the random numbers described above.

  The special game combination lottery program P6 is a program for determining, by lottery, a combination of winning combinations that can acquire a special game right for each game from among predetermined combinations. For example, the rising role that can acquire the right of the big game role is 1 out of 5 types of rising roles: “Kokushi Musou”, “Daisangyuan”, “Kyuren Baoji”, “Ichitsutsukan”, “Character Unicolor” The seed is determined by lottery. In addition, the winning role that can acquire the right of chance game role is, for example, “Ippontsu”, “Seven Pairs”, “Three Darks”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, “Tang Yao”, ...・ Determine two types of winning combinations such as by lottery. The method of determining the winning combination that can acquire the special game right by lottery is determined by lottery using a random number of a predetermined number of digits generated by the program processing. The Dora lottery program P7 is a program for determining a front Dora by lottery in the same manner at the start of the game.

  The winning determination program P8 is a combination of rising combinations that are set in advance when the 14 rules are determined by the automatic allocation program P5 described above and when the player performs his own operation. It is a program for judging whether or not. As the winning combination, a data table having a structure as shown in FIG. 9, that is, a winning combination code and a score (the number of acquired medals) that can be obtained by the player for the rising combination is a winning determination program P8 or ROM 41 in advance. Is remembered. Then, when the winning determination program P8 determines that the up hand combination has been completed for the current 14 pieces of hand data, the number of acquired medals is obtained with reference to the up hand combination acquired medal number data table shown in FIG. Then, a process of transmitting the control command for completing the rising combination, the code of the rising combination, the number of acquired medals, and the like to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb is performed.

In addition, when 14 manual data completes a rising combination, the combination of the manual data of the upward combination includes any of “frontal”, “white”, “發”, and “medium”. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, three medals are added to the number of medals acquired by the rising combination.
In addition, when the player's hand data completes the combination of the winning combination, the winning determination program P8 determines which rising combination is completed from the rising combination code shown in FIG. The determination of the rising combination code is performed by previously registering a rising combination determination data table composed of the combination data of the kites for determining the rising combination for each rising combination code in the winning determination program P8. It becomes possible.

  The self-restriction selection support program P9 interacts with the screen of the first display device 10 when a signal indicating that a game ball has entered the attacker 11 is input in a game in which a special game right has been acquired. This is a program for supporting an operation of arbitrarily selecting a symbol of a kite to be self-reliant according to a method.

  Next, the configuration of the program installed in the ROM 41b of the sub control board Kb will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, the sub-control board Kb mainly includes a main control program P21, a communication control program P22, a lamp control program P23, and an assist program P24.

  The main control program P21 of the sub control board Kb is a program for decoding various control commands and control data transmitted from the main control board Ka and controlling the execution of the above programs.

The communication control program P22 is a program for receiving data from the main control board Ka and communicating with the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd. When the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive these various control commands and their control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb, the first image control board Kc is changed to the first image control board Kc by program processing. On the first display device 10, the second image control board Kd displays an effect image and information on the second display device 16, and further outputs an effect sound and sound effect from the speaker 6.
The lamp control program P23 is a program for controlling the lighting and extinguishing of the lamps 8 and 14 based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the main control board Ka.

  The assist program P24 is a program for executing the game progress assist means for the player. The processing content of the assist program P24 is a feature of the present invention. In the following description, a sparrow ball game machine having the following means will be described as an example.

  (1) The game up policy for each game for each player, that is, before the game is executed, the up policy of the game such as “advance target policy”, “major player target policy”, “safety target policy”, etc. Means for selecting one of them.

  (2) Based on the game rising policy selected by the player, the player sets the target rising role for the previous hand data for the previous hand data for the self-handling operation and the discarding hand operation each time. Means.

  (3) In order to complete the goal-raising role set in (2) above, the player determines the symbol code of the kite to be self-recognized and the kite to be discarded from the current manual data. For example, a means for assisting the player by clearly (displaying) the symbol corresponding to the symbol code on the first display device 10 is provided.

  In addition, the above-mentioned “advanced aiming policy” is that the game progress policy is to go up in the shortest number of times of self-restraint from the current procedure, that is, to go up with a rising role that is judged to have the least number of listening. . In addition, the “major role aiming policy” is a game progress policy in which a player moves up with a rising role that can acquire more medals. Furthermore, “Safety Aiming Policy” refers to an intermediate game progression policy between these “Rapid Aiming Aiming Policy” and “Large Aiming Aiming Policy”, and the target rising role is determined more precisely from the current manual data. The determined goal-raising role is used as a game progression policy.

  Further, in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, at least the “advanced aim policy” and “advanced actor” among the above-mentioned three game advance policies “advanced aiming policy”, “advanced aiming policy”, and “safety aiming policy”. If one can be selected from the `` target policy '', it will be possible to increase the interest of the game progress for the player, but the interest of the game progress will be given to the player, especially a player who has little knowledge of mahjong. It is desirable to make it possible to select one policy from among the three game-up policies, “Aiming for quick advancement”, “Positive aiming policy”, and “Safety aiming policy” as described above. .

  As shown in FIG. 10, the assist program P24 includes a rapid aiming target setting program P241, a safety aiming target setting program P242, and a major player aiming target setting program P243.

  The early rise target setting program P241 is a program for selecting a goal riser that can complete a riser with the shortest number of times of self-intention (number of listening) for the current manual data. The goal-raising role set by the goal setting program P241 aiming for early ascent is three types of “general ascending roles” excluding “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven pairs” and “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven pairs”. . The above-mentioned “general rising combination” is not a rising combination consisting of a special combination of frogs such as “Kokushi Musou” or “Seven Pairs”, and 14 hand-roll data are one set of sparrow head. This indicates a rising combination composed of a combination of a total of four “Konko” and “Junko”, and does not indicate a specific name of a rising combination such as “Tan Yao” or “San-Dan”.

  In addition, the rapid rise target setting program P241 determines whether it is possible to set a goal rising combination in the order of “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven pairs”, and “general rising combination”, for example. Then, a process of setting a rising combination that can be raised with the least number of listening is set as a target rising combination.

With regard to the “Advance Aiming Policy”, the Kokushi Musou Raising Role Setting Program P2411 shown in FIG. 10 is necessary for raising the number of listens to go up with “Kokushi Musou” for the current manual data, that is, “Kokushi Musou” It is a program that calculates the number of self-restraints.
Similarly, the seven-pair rising role setting program P2412 obtains the number of listens to go up with “seven-pair” with respect to the current manual data, that is, the number of self-determination required to go up with “seven-pair”. It is a program.

  Similarly, the general rising combination setting program P2413 is a program for obtaining the number of listening to go up with the “general rising combination” with respect to the current manual data, that is, the number of times of self-determination required to go up with the “general rising combination”. is there. It should be noted that the general rising combination setting program P2413 can also perform processing for setting each of the 20 types of general rising combinations as a target rising combination. Depending on the combination of symbols that make up the program, the processing time of the program may become longer. Therefore, as described above, do not perform the process of setting the individual rising combination names of general rising combinations as the target rising combination. ing.

  In addition, as described above, the target setting program P241 aiming at ascending is operated in the order of, for example, the Kokushi no Sobo rising setting program P2411, the seven-pair child rising setting program P2412, and the general rising combination setting program P2413 in order. Raises the target before performing a self-restraint or abandonment operation for a rising role that is determined to be able to be raised by the number of listening, that is, “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven Pair”, “General Lifting Role” Processing to set as a role is performed. These Kokushi Musou-raising combination setting program P2411, seven-child rising combination setting program P2412, and general rising combination setting program P2413 constitute a target rising combination setting means.

  The safety aim target setting program P242 determines whether or not it is possible to set a rising combination in the order of “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven pairs” for the current manual data, and the previously determined rising combination is determined. Is a program that performs a process of setting a self-rejection or abandonment operation as a previous goal booster. Then, when “Kokushi Musou” or “Seven Pair” cannot be set as the goal-raising role, a process of setting “Generally-raising role” as the goal-raising role is performed.

In order to determine whether or not “Kokushi Musou” should be set as a goal rising role regarding the “safety role aiming policy” based on the “Kokushi Musou no rising role setting data”, the Kokushi Musou climbing role setting program P2421 shown in FIG. It is a program.
Similarly, the seven-pair child rising combination setting program P2422 determines whether or not “seven-pair child” should be set as the target rising combination regarding “safety role aiming policy” based on the “seven-pair rising combination setting data”. It is a program for.

Similarly, the general rising combination setting program P2423 sets the “general rising combination” as the target when the “Kokushi Musou” and “Seven pairs” cannot be set as the target rising combination regarding the “safety role aim policy”. Processing to set as a rising role.
The processing contents of the Kokushi Musou-raising combination setting program P2421, the 7-child rising combination setting program P2422, and the general rising combination setting program P2423 constitute a target rising combination setting means.

  The major player aiming target setting program P243 sets the “handbook setting data” set in advance in the order of the rising combination that can acquire more medals when the player completes the rising combination for the current manual data. Based on this, it is determined whether or not it is possible to set a goal rising combination, and a process for setting the previously determined rising combination as a target rising combination before performing a self-restraint or abandonment operation is performed. It is a program. The processing content of the major player aiming target setting program P243 constitutes a goal-raising role setting means.

  The order of the winning combination that can acquire more medals as described above is, for example, “Big Game Role”, “Chance Game Role”, “Upward Role that can acquire 30 medals”, “Mixed Color or Clean Color”, “ The order is “Seven pairs” and “General rising”. The “big game combination” and the “chance game combination” indicate the rising combination determined by lottery at the start of each game, as described above. Further, the “raising role where 30 medals can be acquired” means, for example, “Kokushi Musou”, “Keisei head”, “Dai Sangen”, “Dai Shiki”, “Ko Shiki” as shown in FIG. , “Character Color” and “Kuren Baoji”.

  Each of the above-described target setting program P241, target setting program P242, and major target setting program P243 is set in advance to complete the set target increasing role for the current manual data. Based on the “self-determination determination data” and “discarding determination data”, as shown in FIG. 10, self-determination determination programs P2411a and P2412a for performing processing for determining self-determination and deconception ,..., And a discarded waste determination program P2411b, P2412b,.

  In addition, in the assist program P24 or the ROM 41b of the sub-control board Kb, a entrance evaluation score data table having a data structure as shown in FIG. 11 is stored. The entrance evaluation score data table is a data table in which, for each of the 27 entrances arranged on the game board surface portion 2, evaluation scores are set for determining the saddle to be self-requited and the spear to be discarded. is there. Each data (symbol code and evaluation score) of the entrance evaluation data table is stored in advance in the assist program P24.

  In the entrance evaluation score data table shown in FIG. 11, the evaluation scores given to the 27 entrances are mainly the ease of entering the game ball according to the placement position of the entrance and “Junko”. In consideration of the ease of formation of etc., the evaluation scores “1” to “4” are set based on the following (1) and (2). Further, the higher the evaluation score, that is, the closer to “4”, the easier the ball enters.

  (1) Since the entrances 13a and 13b of “Ichiro” and “Jukuo” arranged in the upper part of the game board surface part 2 are relatively easy to aim at, the evaluation score Is set to “4”.

  (2) The following evaluation points are set for the 25 entrances arranged in the lateral direction of the lower portion 2a of the game board surface portion 2 shown in FIG.

    (2-1) The leftmost entrance “East” and the rightmost entrance “North” are relatively difficult to aim at, so the evaluation value is set to “1”. is doing.

    (2-2) The entrances corresponding to the symbols of “1st base” to “9th base” of several bases so as to be located at the center of the lower left part 2a of the game board surface part 2 are “first base” — They are arranged in the order of “Jiufen”. Among these entrances, the entrances of “Four bases”, “Five bases” and “Six bases”, which are located at the center of the lower left part 2a of the game board surface part 2, aim for the game balls. It is relatively easy to enter the ball, and from this ease, it is relatively easy to form a combination of “junko”, “pair”, “knot” and “double-sided waiting” Therefore, the evaluation value is set to “4”.

    (2-3) The entrance corresponding to the symbols of “one cylinder” to “nine cylinders” is set to “one cylinder” to be positioned at the center of the lower right portion 2a of the game board surface 2 They are arranged in the order of “9 cylinders”. For these entrances as well, for the same reason as in (2-2) above, “four cylinders”, “five cylinders”, “six cylinders”, which are located at the approximate center of the lower right part 2a of the game board surface portion 2, The evaluation value of the entrance is set to “4”.

    (2-4) Between the entrances of “Reiko” and “Tsutsuko”, that is, in the central part of the lower part 2a of the game board surface 2 to the “white”, “reel”, “middle” of the ternary reed Corresponding symbol entrances are arranged in this order. These entrances may have a relatively high probability that the game ball hits a nail or the like when the game ball is launched aiming at the lower left or lower right entrance of the game board surface 2. Therefore, the evaluation value of the entrance for the symbols corresponding to “white”, “發”, and “medium” is set to “3”.

  As described above, in the present invention, the entrance corresponding to the symbols of “1st base” to “9th base” of several bases is placed so as to be positioned at the center of the lower left part 2a of the game board surface part 2. Similarly, the entrance corresponding to the symbols of “one cylinder” to “nine cylinders” in the order of “one cylinder” to “nine cylinders” is placed in the center of the lower right portion 2a. They are arranged in the order of “one cylinder” to “nine cylinders”. This makes it easier for the player to fire a game ball to form a “junko” combination, and to further enhance the effect of assisting the spear to be refrained.

The program mounted on the ROM 41c of the first image control board Kc is a program for displaying various images and the like on the first display device 10, and as shown in FIG. 12, the main control program P31, It consists of a screen display program P32 and the like.
The main control program P31 of the first image control board Kc receives the control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, and controls the operation of the subprogram of the screen display program P32 based on the received data. To do.

  The screen display program P32 includes subprograms such as a normal game screen display program P32a, a special game screen display program P32b, and an assist screen display program P32c.

  The screen display program P32 is a program for performing control to display an image, numerical information, or the like on the first display device 10 based on the control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb. The game screen display program P32a, the special game screen display program P32b, the assist screen display program P32c, and the like are included.

  The normal game screen display program P32a is used to display various effect images on the display device 10 and various types of support for the player when the player is playing a normal game since the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on. This is a program for performing processing for displaying an image. The normal game screen display program P32a further includes an initial effect display program P32a-1 and a game effect display program P32a-2 as subprograms.

  The initial presentation display program P32a-1 is a program for displaying an initial screen when the sparrow ball game machine is turned on. The game effect display program P32a-2 displays a screen that advises the player on the operation of the game as the game progresses.

  The special game screen display program P32b is a program for performing processing for displaying various effect screens when the player acquires the right of special game. The special game screen display program P32b further includes a right acquisition effect display program P32b-1 for effect display when the player has completed a winning combination that can acquire a special game right.

The assist screen display program P32c includes a self-display display program P32c-1, a throw-away display program P32c-2, and a game up policy setting screen display program P32c-3.
The game rising policy setting screen display program P32c-3 executes the game according to any one of the policies for "rising quickly", "policy aiming for big role", and "policy aiming for safety" which are game rising policies for each game. Before, it is a program that assists the player to select with the first display device 10 in an interactive manner, and operates in conjunction with the main control program P1 mounted on the main control board Ka described above.

The self-recognition display program P32c-1 is the first display of the symbol of the wrinkle to be self-determined determined by the subprograms of the target setting program P241 for early ascent, the target setting program P242 for the safety role, and the target setting program P243 for the major role It is a program for displaying on the display device 10.
Similarly, the discarded spear display program P32c-2 shows the symbol of the spear that should be discarded as determined by the subprograms of the target setting program P241 for aiming early rise, the target setting program P242 for the safety role, and the target setting program P243 for the major role. 1 is a program for displaying on one display device 10.

  The programs installed in the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kd are a program for displaying various images on the second display device 16, and a program for outputting sound and sound effects to the speaker 6. It is configured. As shown in FIG. 13, these programs include a main control program P41, a screen display program P42, a sound / sound effect output program P43, and the like.

  The main control program P41 of the second image control board Kd receives the control command and control data transmitted from the sub control board Kb, and each subprogram of the screen display program P42, sound / effect corresponding to the received data. It is a program for performing the process which operates the sound output program P43. The screen display program P42 is composed of a normal game screen display program P42a, a special game screen display program P42b, and, if it is self-explanatory, a uplift display program P42c.

The normal game screen display program P42a includes subprograms such as an initial effect display program P42a-1 and a game effect program P42a-2.
The initial effect display program P42a-1 is a program for displaying an initial screen when the power of the sparrow ball game machine is turned on. The game effect display program P42a-2 is sent from the main control board Ka via the sub-control board Kb each time the player performs a throw-in operation or a self-control operation by launching a game ball as the game progresses. As shown in FIG. 5, the program is for executing a process for displaying a current hand symbol, abandon symbol, and the like based on the control command and its control data transmitted in this manner.

  The special game screen display program P42b is a program that is activated when the player acquires the right of special game, and the symbol of the candidate to be displayed displayed on the first display device 10 is selected by the right selection button 22a. Alternatively, a self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 is provided to support the operation of selecting the symbol of the bag to be self-recognized by the interactive method while operating and scrolling the cell selection left shift button 22b.

For example, when the self-evaluation program P2411a, P2412a,..., P243a installed on the sub-control board Kb determines that the elevating wrinkle display program P42c is self-elevated, If it is, it is a program for displaying the design of the rising candy.
The sound / sound effect output program P43 is for outputting various production sounds and sound effects from the speaker 6 as the game progresses based on the control command and its control data transmitted from the sub-control board Kb. It is a program.

Note that image data to be displayed on the display devices 10 and 16 is stored in the ROM 41c of the first image control board Kc and the ROM 41d of the second image control board Kc, respectively.
A program for controlling the operation of each of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd is developed using an assembler language, C language, Visual Basic language, or the like, and is executed by the CPUs 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d of the control boards. Programs translated into machine language programs, which are possible programs, are stored in the ROMs 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d of the control boards Ka, Kb, Kc.

  Next, the game control details of the game machine 1 of the present invention will be described. First, when the power of the sparrow ball game machine 1 is turned on, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka initializes the storage area of the RAM 42a of the main control board Ka. Subsequently, the main control program P1 transmits an initialization control command when the power is turned on to the sub control board Kb, and the sub control board Kb transmits the initialization control command to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd. . When the sub-control board Kb and the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive this initialization control command, they initialize the storage areas of the RAMs 42b, 42c and 42d. Further, the main control programs P31 and 41 mounted on the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd operate the initial effect display programs P32a-1 and P42a-1, and the effect screen when the power is turned on. For example, processing such as displaying an image relating to a landscape or a character on the display devices 10 and 16 is performed.

  In order for the player to play the game, it is necessary to insert a predetermined number of medals per game, for example, three into the medal slot 17. When the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka detects the medal insertion signal, the medal management program P3 is activated. The medal management program P3 performs a process of counting the number of inserted medals, and performs a process of storing the number of medals inserted in the area of the RAM 42 that stores the number of stored medal. When a medal necessary for the execution of one game is inserted, the game can be executed. Therefore, the main control program P1 issues a control command for prompting the player to press the game start button 18. The image is transmitted to the first image control board Kc via the sub control board Kb. When the first image control board Kc receives this control command, the game effect display program P32a-2 performs a process of displaying “Please press the game start button” on the display device 10. At this time, the sound / sound effect output program P43 of the second image control board Kd may be operated to output sound from the speaker 6.

  When the player presses the game start button 18 and the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka detects a game start signal from the game start button 18, a game of one game can be started. Then, the main control program P1 transmits a game start control command to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb. Based on this control command, the game effect display programs P32a-2 and P42a-2 of the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd display the effect image at the start of the game on the display devices 10 and 16, respectively. The sound is output from the speaker 6 by the sound / sound effect output program P43. In this way, one game of the sparrow ball game machine starts.

  After the game start policy selection screen display program P32c-3 on the first image control board Kc receives the game start control command and displays the effect image at the start of the game, as shown in FIG. A screen is displayed to allow the player to select one of the following policies: “advanced aiming policy”, “advanced aiming policy”, and “safety aiming policy” by the interactive method with the first display device 10.

  In the screen shown in FIG. 14, these “advanced aiming policy”, “leader aiming policy”, and “safety aiming policy” are respectively associated with three types of characters. For example, as the initial screen, a character “aim for early rise” is displayed in the display area A1, a character “aim for safety aim” is displayed in the display area A2, and a character “aim for big role” is displayed in the display area A3. The central display area A2 is displayed brightly, and the other display areas A1 and A3 are displayed darkly.

  The game up policy selection screen display program P32c-3 scrolls the characters corresponding to these three types of game up policies to the display areas A1, A2, A3 sequentially in the right direction at predetermined time intervals, for example, every 5 seconds. To display. Then, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka reads the code of the character (game rising policy) displayed in the central display area A2 in synchronization with the operation of the game rising policy selection screen display program P32c-3. A process of updating and storing in the RAM 42a at predetermined time intervals is performed.

  The main control program P1 of the main control board Ka receives the character displayed in the display area A2, that is, the game set in this character, when a signal indicating that the player presses the selection decision button 23 is input. It is determined that the rising policy is determined as the rising policy of the game, and a process of storing the code of the game rising policy in the RAM 42a is performed.

  Subsequently, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka transmits the code of the selected game rising policy to the sub control board Kb. When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the game up policy code, the main control program P21 performs a process of storing the received code in the RAM 42b. In this way, the player is made to select one policy from a plurality of game advance policies set in advance.

  If a player does not perform an operation of selecting a game rising policy after a predetermined time has elapsed after displaying a screen for allowing the player to select a game rising policy (screen shown in FIG. 14), (1) and (2) are adopted.

  (1) When the game is executed for the first time on the game day, the game rising policy corresponding to the character displayed in the central display area A2 is set as the game rising policy.

  (2) A game rising policy corresponding to the character selected by the player in the previous game is set as the game rising policy. This processing is made possible by storing data relating to the game rising policy selected by the player in the previous game in the RAMs 42a and 42b of the main control board Ka and the sub control board Kb.

  Subsequently, under the control of the main control program P1 on the main control board Ka, the automatic layout program P5 is activated, and the 14 symbols codes required for starting the game are automatically determined by the program processing. . The automatic layout program P5 sequentially stores the 14 symbol codes that have been automatically allocated in the manual storage area of the RAM 42a, and then in a predetermined order, for example, ascending order of the symbol codes, that is, insulator, tube, cord , Wind tiles, and ternary tiles are stored in the hand memory area.

  Next, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka transmits the 14 arranged symbol codes together with the control command to the sub control board Kb. When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives the 14 arranged code codes, it stores them in the RAM 42b and transmits the 14 arranged code codes to the second image control board Kd. To do. When the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives the 14 design codes, the hand display unit 34 of the display device 16 displays an image of the design as shown in FIG. A process of displaying on the self-displaying unit 35 is performed.

  Subsequently, each of the special game combination lottery program P6 (which is sometimes activated during normal game play) and the Dora lottery program P7 operates, and a winning combination that can acquire the right of the big game (big game combination) Then, the winning role (chance game role) that can acquire the right of the chance game and the determination of the front draft are made. Then, each data (coded data) of the big game winning combination, chance game rising combination, and front game symbol determined by the processing of these programs P6 and P7 (encoded data) passes through the sub-control board Kb together with the control command. And transmitted to the second image control board Kd. When the game effect display program P42a-2 of the second image control board Kd receives the code of the rising combination that can acquire the big game combination and the chance game combination and the symbol code of the front dora, as shown in FIG. A process of displaying the winning combination and the chance game combination on the big game rising combination display section 31, the chance game rising combination display sections 32a and 32b, and the front dora on the front dora display section 28 is performed. Similarly, the wind symbol code is transmitted to the second image control substrate Kd via the sub control substrate Kb together with the control command, and the symbol is displayed on the wind symbol display unit 29.

  When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives from the main control board Ka the code of the rising combination determined as the big game combination and the chance game combination of the game, and the symbol code of the front side of the table, these codes Is stored in the RAM 42b.

  Subsequently, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka displays on the first and second display devices 10 and 16 that the game start condition has been prepared, and performs processing for notifying the speaker 6 by voice. . Next, the main control program P1 operates the winning determination program P8 to perform a process of determining whether or not the 14 hand-paid data that have been automatically arranged have already completed a winning combination. The winning determination program P8 is activated every time the player performs a self-repression operation such as firing a game ball.

  If it is determined by the processing of the winning determination program P8 that the 14 automatically distributed rules have completed the preset winning combination, the winning determination program P8 is set to any predetermined rising amount. A process for determining whether or not the player has a winning combination and a process for determining a score (number of acquired medals) that can be acquired by the player with reference to the data shown in FIG. Subsequently, the winning determination program P8 transmits the winning combination code, the number of acquired medals, and the like to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub control board Kb. When the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd receive these data, the game effect display programs P32a-2 and P42a-2 first display the winning combination, the score obtained, and other effect images. The display processing is performed for a predetermined time on the device 10 and the rising eye display unit 30 of the second display device 16 or the like.

  On the other hand, if the combination of 14 baskets that are automatically arranged does not complete the winning combination, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka transmits a control command for throwing-off assistance to the sub-control board Kb. . When the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Kb receives this throwing assist control command, it activates the assist program P24. In accordance with the following procedure, the assist program P24 first performs a process of setting a rising combination that is the target of the hand for the current hand data stored in the RAM 42b.

(Procedure 1)
First, a process for determining the value of the game upward policy code stored in the RAM 42b is performed. As a result of this determination, the policies described in the following (1) to (3) corresponding to the “game early aiming policy”, “safety aiming policy”, and “big actor aiming policy” which are set in advance as a result of this determination. Based on this, processing for setting a target rising combination is performed.

(1) “Aiming for early rise”
If the code for the game rising policy is “Raise early aiming policy”, it is set as a hoisting role (target hoisting role) that targets one hoisting role from among the hoisting roles set in advance for the “Raising early aiming policy” The process to do is performed. In addition, with respect to the “early rising aim policy”, the preset rising roles indicate three types of “Kunishi Musou”, “Seven pairs”, and “General rising roles”. The setting method of the target rising combination is as described in (Procedure 2) below.

(2) “Safety policy”
If the code of the game rising policy is “safety aim policy”, a process of setting one rising combination as a target rising combination from among the rising combinations set in advance for the “safe aiming policy” is performed. For the “safety aiming policy”, the preset rising roles indicate three types of “Kunishi Musou”, “Seven pairs”, and “General rising role”. The setting method of the target rising combination is as described in (Procedure 3) below.

(3) “Principal policy”
If the code of the game rising policy is “big actor aiming policy”, a process of setting one rising combination as a target rising combination from the rising combinations set in advance for the “big actor aiming policy” is performed. Note that the pre-set rising roles for the “Big Actor Aim Policy” are “Big Game Role”, “Chance Game Role”, “30 Point Role”, “Mixed Color” and “Seiichi Color”, “Seven Pairs” ”,“ General rising role ”. The setting method of the target rising combination is as described in (Procedure 4) below.

(Procedure 2)
If the game climbing policy is the “Aiming for early climbing” policy, the target climbing role for the current manual data is from “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven Pairs” and “General Raising Role” as described above. The rising combination that can be raised in the shortest time is set as the target rising combination. As mentioned above, “general rising role” means a rising consisting of a total of 4 sets of indentations and Junko and 1 set of sparrow heads. It does not indicate a specific uplifting such as “Three Dark”. The role that can be ascended in the shortest is the number of traps that are insufficient to complete the “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven Pairs”, and “General Lifting Roles” for the current manual data, that is, self-restraint. The number of times (number of listening) is shown.
The determination method of the rising combination that can be raised in the shortest among “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven pairs”, and “General rising combination” can be performed by the following (Procedure 2-1) to (Procedure 2-4).

(Procedure 2-1)
The Kokushi Musou rising role setting program P2411 calculates the number of kites that are insufficient to complete the “Kokushi Musou”, that is, the number of symbol codes of the kites that should be self-contained. To do. This calculation is lacking by comparing each symbol code of the current manual data stored in the RAM 42b with the symbol code of the kite formed by the rising role "Kokushi Musou". The number of cocoons can be obtained.

(Procedure 2-2)
The seven-pair child-raising combination setting program P2412 calculates the number of kites that are insufficient to complete the “seven-pair” in the current manual data, that is, the number of symbol codes of the kites that should be self-contained. This calculation is not enough to complete the “seven pairs” by obtaining the number of pairs in which the “pairs” have been completed for the symbol code of the current table stored in the RAM 42b. (The number of baskets to be self-contained) can be determined. In this process, when four pieces of the same heel symbol code are included in the hand heel data, a process is performed in which the number of pairs in which the “pair” is completed is “1”.

(Procedure 2-3)
The general rising combination setting program P2413 calculates the number of symbol codes of the kite that are insufficient to complete the “general rising combination” of the current hand, that is, the number of kites that should be self-contained. Since the “general climbing role” is composed of a total of four sets of “kikko” and “junko” and one set of “sparrow head”, first of all, for the current manual data, “kikko”, “junko” , And the number of pairs in which “Sparrow” is completed, and the number of pairs in which “Tart”, “Canter”, and “Pent” are formed. Ask. When we calculate the number of these sets for the current manual data, in order to complete a total of 4 sets of “Konko” and “Junko” and 1 set of “Sparrow Head”, which are the composition of the “General Uprising” bag. It is possible to determine the number of shortage of wrinkles (the number of wrinkles to be self-contained).

(Procedure 2-4)
The early climbing target setting program P241 is insufficient to complete each ascending combination obtained in (Procedure 2-1), (Procedure 2-2), and (Procedure 2-3) for the current procedure. The rising role with the least number of traps (the number of listeners or the number of traps to be refrained from) is one of “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven Pairs”, and “General Lifter”. Set as a goal-raising role in the “target policy”. At this time, if the number of listening is the same, a process of setting a target rising combination in the order of “general rising combination”, “seven pairs”, “Kokushi Musou” is performed. This is because, in consideration of the arrangement of entrances corresponding to the 27 kinds of baskets shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the combination of rising combinations included in the “general rising combination” including “Junko” and “Konko” It is because it is the easiest to complete.

(Procedure 3)
When the game rising policy is set to “safety aiming policy”, the goal rising combination for the current procedure is referred to as “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven”. A process of setting one of the rising combinations from “pair” and “general rising combination” is performed.
In the process of the procedure 3, first, it is determined whether or not “Kokushi Musou” can be set as a goal rising combination by the Kokushi Musou rising combination setting program P24 21. If “Kokushi Musou” cannot be set as the goal-raising role, it is determined whether or not “Seven pairs” can be set as the goal-raising role by the seven-pair child-raising role setting program P2422. Perform processing. If “Seven Pairs” cannot be set as the goal-raising role, a process of setting “General Raising Role” as the goal-raising role is performed. In this manner, the previously determined rising combination is set as the target rising combination for “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven pairs”, and “General rising combination”.

  Note that the “target rising combination setting data” for setting “Kokushi Musou”, “Seven pairs”, and “general rising combination” as the target rising combination is preset as follows, for example.

(Procedure 3-1)
“Kokushi Musou” is a rising role with 13 types of Yaochu candy, one of which is a sparrow head. Therefore, the goal-raising role setting data for setting “Kokushi Musou” as the goal-raising role includes more than a predetermined number of Yao Choi species in the current manual data, and further, “Kokushi Musou” is completed. It is a necessary condition that there are more game balls than the number of saddles that are lacking.

  In the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, since the player can launch 11 game balls, as “target rising combination setting data” for setting “Kokushi Musou” as a target rising combination, For example, “8 types” or more of Yaochu rice seeds are included in the current procedure as a constant value in the Kokushi Musou Rising Set Program P2421. And, the Kokushi Musou climbing role setting program P2421 includes more than “eight kinds” of Yaochu candy species in the current manual data, and more than the number of cocoons that are insufficient to complete “Kokushi Musou”. When there are remaining game balls, a process of setting “Kokushi Musou” as a goal-raising role is performed.

(Procedure 3-2)
“Seven pairs” is a rising role composed of seven pairs of “pairs”. Therefore, in order to set “Seven Pairs” as a goal booster, the current manual data includes at least a predetermined number of “pairs” in order to complete “Seven Pairs”. It is a necessary condition that there are more games than the number of shorts. In addition, if the current manual data includes “knots”, there is a possibility that four symbol codes of the same bag will be prepared by the operation of the player. “Target raising combination setting data” for setting as a goal raising combination is, for example, a constant value in the seven pair raising combination setting program P2422 that five or more pairs of “pairs” are included in the current procedure. Register as Further, the seven-pair child rising combination setting program P2422 processes that the current manual data does not include “cut” as a condition for setting “7-pair” as a target rising combination. May be.

  Then, the 7-pair rising role setting program P2422 includes 5 pairs or more of “pairs” in the current procedure, does not include “cuts”, and further completes “seven pairs”. For this reason, when there are more game balls than the number of baskets that are insufficient, a process of setting “seven pairs” as a goal-raising role is performed.

(Procedure 3-3)
In the case of the current manual data, if “Kokushi Musou” or “Seven Pair” cannot be set as the goal-raising role by the above-mentioned Kokushi Musou Rising Role Setting Program P2421, Seven Pair Rising Role Setting Program P2422, The general rising combination setting program P2423 performs processing for setting “general rising combination” as the target rising combination.

(Procedure 4)
When the game rising policy is set to the “big role aiming policy”, the big role aiming target setting program P243 refers to the “goal rising point setting data” decided in advance, and sets the target rising role for the current manual data. Are processed in the order of “big game combination”, “chance game combination”, “30-point combination”, “mixed color or clear color”, “seven pairs”, and “general rising combination”.
In addition, “big game role” means, for example, “Kokushi Musou”, “Daisangen”, “Kyuren Bao”, “Ichitsutsukan”, “Character” One is determined from the "one color". In addition, “chance game role” refers to, for example, “Ippon”, “Seven pairs”, “Three darks”, “Peace”, “Ichiguchi”, “Tang Yao”, etc. Two types of winning combinations are determined by lottery. Further, “30 point combination” indicates an upward combination having 30 acquired medals in the data table showing the relationship between the name of the increased combination and the number of acquired medals shown in FIG.

  In the “Aim for Major Roles” policy, “Kunishi Musou”, “Daisangen”, “Kuren Baoji”, “Ippontsu”, and “Character Color” are set as goal boosters. FIG. 15 shows an example of “target raising combination setting data” for making a determination to do this. This “target rising combination setting data” indicates that it is composed of a necessary condition (1) and a necessary condition (2) for setting a rising combination. Necessary condition (1) for setting up a rising combination is the number of necessary pieces for setting up a rising combination with a goal of a rising combination such as “Kokushi Musou” for the current manual data, Or the number of combinations of characters such as “pairs” or the number of characters.

  In addition, the necessary condition (2) for setting up the rising combination is that the current number of hand data is the number of kites that are insufficient to complete the rising combination such as “Kokushi Musou” and the remaining number of game balls. Shows the relationship. In the example shown in FIG. 15, it is set on condition that there are more game balls than the number of baskets that are insufficient to complete this rising combination. Note that the remaining number of game balls does not always enter the target entrance, so allow a surplus and have a game ball that is equal to or greater than the value of +1 for the number of deficient balls. The remaining number may be set as a necessary condition.

  As shown in FIG. 15, “target raising combination setting data” for determining to set “Kokushi Musou” as a goal raising combination is, as a necessary condition (1), the Yao Choi species in the current procedure. Nine or more types are included, and it is further required that there are more game balls than the number of kites that are insufficient to complete “Kokushi Musou” as necessary condition (2). As game balls do not necessarily enter the target entrance, the number of remaining game balls is the number of kites that are insufficient to complete the Kokushi Musou as described above. The number may be “+1”.

  Similarly, the goal-raising combination setting data for determining that “large ternary” is set as the goal-raising role is, as a necessary condition (1), more than a predetermined number of ternary baskets (“發” ”,“ White ”,“ Medium ”), for example, 5 or more symbols are included, and more than the number of bags that are insufficient to complete“ Daisangyuan ”as necessary condition (2) The condition is that there are remaining game balls. In the same manner, the necessary conditions (1) and (2) for setting “Kyuren Bao-an”, “Ippontsu”, and “Character-color” as the goal booster are as shown in FIG. .

  The procedure for setting the goal-raising combination described in (Procedure 1) to (Procedure 4) is as follows. The current manual data is 14 and the player performs the discard operation and the current Before the self-manipulation operation is performed for 13 pieces of hand movement data, it is executed by any one of the rapid advance aim setting program P241, the safety aim target setting program P242, and the major player aim target setting program P243.

Subsequently, when the player operates the throwing paddle and the current handbook data becomes 13, before performing the operation of self-stopping one paddle in this handboard, that is, before firing the game ball A processing procedure for determining the design of the entrance to be aimed at will be described.
The determination of the symbol code of the bag to be self-recognized is as described above with respect to any one of the “rising target policy”, “safety target policy”, and “big player target policy” which are the game rising policies selected by the player. With reference to the goal raising combination set in advance, refer to the self-determination determination data for each goal raising combination set in advance, or based on the processing rules, the self-judgment corresponding to the set goal raising combination It is determined by any one of the programs P2411a, P2412a, P2413a, P2421a, P2422a, P2423a, and P243a.

  The procedure for determining the symbol code of the heel to be self-recognized for the current 13 pieces of heel data and assisting the player with the heel can be performed by the following (Procedure 5) to (Procedure 6).

(Procedure 5)
First, it is assumed that each self-determination program described above sequentially adds one symbol code from the 27 types of symbol code data table shown in FIG. Then, a process of evaluating the situation of the combination of the manual data that has become 14 is performed. At this time, in accordance with the mahjong rule, a process in which four symbols of the same symbol code are included in the current manual data and discarded spider data stored in the RAM 42b is not selected as a temporary trap. Then, when “Kokushi Musou” or “Seven Pair” is set as the goal-raising role, (Procedure 5-1) or (Procedure 5-2) below, and when “General Raising Role” is set, (Procedure) According to 5-3), the process of determining the symbol code of the bag to be self-repressed is performed.

(Procedure 5-1)
“Kokushi Musou” is a rising role with 13 types of Yaochu candy, one of which is a sparrow head. Therefore, when “Kokushi Musou” is set as the goal-raising role, the symbol codes of these 13 kinds of Yaochu candy are registered in advance in the self-determination determination program P2411a as “self-determination determination data”. The symbol code of the kite that is insufficient to complete “Kokushi Musou” can be determined by the self-determination determination program P2411a or the like. In this case, since there are cases where a plurality of symbols for the bag to be self-determined are determined, a process for making all the determined code codes to be self-determined is performed. When “Kokushi Musou” is set as a goal-raising role by this (Procedure 5-1), the judgment process of the trap to be self-reliant is “Safety Aim Policy” and “Large Aim Policy”. Even when it is set as a winning combination, it can be adopted in the self-determination determination programs P2421a and P243a for determining the wrinkles to be self-recognized.

(Procedure 5-2)
“Seven pairs” is a rising role composed of seven pairs of pairs. Therefore, when “Seven Pairs” is set as the goal booster, the symbol code of the kite that is insufficient to complete the “Seven Pairs” with respect to the current hand symbol design code, ie, An isolated wrinkle that does not form a “pair” can be determined by the self-determination determination program P2412a or the like as a wrinkle to be self-recognized. In this case, since a plurality of symbol codes for the bag to be self-determined may be determined, a process for making all the determined symbols to be self-determined is performed.

  The determination process of the symbol code of the bag to be self-resolved by (procedure 5-2) described above is performed even when “Seven pairs” is set as the goal booster in the “safety aim policy” and the “major role aim policy”. These can be employed in the self-determination determination programs P242a and P243a, respectively.

(Procedure 5-3)
As described above, the “general rising role” is composed of a total of four sets of “Konko” and “Junko” and one set of “Sparrow”. Therefore, the determination of the wrinkle that should be self-resolved in order to complete the “general rising combination” more securely with the current 13 hand-held data can be performed, for example, according to the following (Process 1) to (Process 4). it can.
In addition, (Process 1) to (Process 4) described below are the goal-raising roles among “Raise Aiming Policy”, “Safety Aiming Policy”, and “Large Aiming Policy” which are the game rising policies selected by the player. This can be applied in common when “general rising role” is set.

(Process 1)
First of all, the symbol codes that make up the hand tile data show the arrangement and combination status of “face”, “tower (tarts)”, “fitting tower (canter)”, “pair”, “side tower (penter)” ”And“ Isolated Trap ”are set in advance. Of these, “face” means “knot” or “junko”, and “isolated 牌” means “face”, “toko”, “fitting tower”, “opposite”, “side tower” Shows a spear that is not involved in. FIG. 16 shows an example of the points given to “face”, “tower”, “fitting tower”, “pair”, “side tower”, and “isolated cage”. 16 is registered in advance in the general winning combination setting program P2413 or the like.

  In the combination score data table of the heel shown in FIG. 16, “0” is set as the score of “isolated cocoon”. For this “isolated cocoon”, the evaluation score is set as follows, for example. can do. That is, with reference to the entrance evaluation score data table shown in FIG. 11, the evaluation score of the entrance corresponding to the symbol code of the corresponding “isolated bag” is obtained. The process of setting as “牌” is performed.

  In addition, when a score is set for the above-mentioned “isolated kite”, the results of entering the entrances may be reflected in the games executed in the past. For example, the actual number of times of self-playing by design code (the number of balls entered) is grasped by the main control program P21 of the sub-control board Ka, and the number of balls entered is reflected in the score of “isolated kites”. In addition, in the game executed in the past, “one point” is added to “isolated kites” corresponding to the symbol codes of the kites corresponding to the top five entrances with the highest number of entrances. . The game executed in the past is appropriately set such as a game executed on the previous day and today, or 100 games executed up to the game. In the game, when the “isolated bag” is a front drum or a wind kite, a predetermined score, for example, “1 point” may be added.

(Process 2)
Subsequently, for the 14 pieces of manual data added as a temporary self-containment to the current 13 pieces of manual data, “face”, “toko”, “fitting tower”, “pair”, Find the number or number of “side towers” and “isolated fences”. It can be determined as follows whether or not “face”, tower, “fitting tower”, “pair”, “side tower”, and “isolated fence” are included in the manual data.
First, a data table in which the number of pieces of the 14 pieces of manual data temporarily stored and stored in the RAM 42b is obtained in the order of symbol codes is stored in the RAM 42b. Then, by determining the number of this data table for each symbol code, the number of “cuts” and “pairs” can be obtained. Subsequently, by referring to the symbol code data table shown in FIG. 8 for the arrangement of symbol codes with respect to the data table in which the symbols of “indented” and “counter” are deleted from the manual, the “toko”, “fitting tower” ”,“ Pair ”,“ side tower ”, and“ isolated cage ”can be obtained.

(Process 3)
For the number or number of sets of “face”, “tower”, “fitting tower”, “pair”, “side tower”, and “isolated fence” obtained in the above (Process 2), Points are given with reference to the combination score data table. For example, if there are 2 sets of “faces”, 4 points × 2 sets = 8 points, and if there is 1 set of “towers”, 3 points × 1 set = 3 points. With regard to “isolated kites”, a score set based on the ease of entering the game balls is given to the twenty-seven entrances corresponding to the 27 types of kites described above. Then, for the manual data that has been temporarily reduced to 14 pieces, the assigned points are summed up to obtain a total score of the evaluation points of the hand data that has been temporarily reduced to 14 pieces.

(Process 4)
The above (Processing 2) to (Processing 3) are performed for each of the 27 types of symbol codes for the tentative self-studging. Then, with regard to the total score of the hand data that has been tentatively reduced to 14 pieces, the symbol code of the trap that has been temporarily stopped when the score is the largest is determined as the symbol of the trap to be stopped. At this time, since there is a possibility that a plurality of symbol codes for the bag to be self-determined, all the determined symbol codes are determined as the symbol of the bag to be self-determined, and the symbol codes are stored in the RAM 42b.

(Procedure 6)
The assist program P24 includes the first image control board together with the control command of the symbol code of the bag to be self-determined determined by any one of (Procedure 5-1), (Procedure 5-2), and (Procedure 5-3). Send to Kc. When the first image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the bag to be self-recognized, it corresponds to the symbol code of the bag to be suppressed by the first display device 10 by the self-displaying program P32c-1 as shown in FIG. The symbol to be displayed is displayed. As a result, before the player performs the self-restricting operation every time, the design of the entrance to which the player should launch and enter the game ball, that is, the reed to be self-reliant can be assisted. Become.

  As described above, when determining the heel to be self-resolved for the “general rising role”, if “isolated cocoon” is generated in the hand data, a score is also given to this “isolated heel”.牌 The data is evaluated by the evaluation score. As a result, even if a “self-contained” occurs in the hand data by performing temporary self-spotting, the player may be able to assist the entrance that is easy to enter in consideration of the two-handed self-spotting operation. Occurs.

  Then, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to perform the self-control operation of launching the game ball into the game board surface 2, and the design corresponding to the entrance into which the game ball enters is self-contained. become. The main control program P1 of the main control board Ka performs a process for obtaining a symbol code of the self-contained kite based on a signal that the game ball enters the entrance. Then, the self-sufficient symbol code and the 13 pieces of manual data are transmitted together with the control command to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb. Further, the main control program P1 performs a process of adding this self-signed symbol code to the signature data stored in the signature storage area of the RAM 42a, sorting the symbols in the order of the symbol codes, and storing them again in the signature storage area of the RAM 42a. Do. As a result, the hand data stored in the hand memory area of the RAM 42a is composed of 14 symbol codes.

  When the player's own maneuvering operation has become 14 pieces of hand tile data, the combination of rising combinations cannot be completed, and it is necessary to perform an operation of discarding one unnecessary piece from the hand row data. is there. The sparrow ball game machine of the present invention is provided with assist means for clearly indicating the symbol of the basket to be discarded before the player discards an unnecessary basket from the manual basket.

  The assist of the symbol that should be abandoned is based on any one of the “advance early aim policy”, “safety aim policy”, and “big player aim policy” which are the game up policies selected by the player. FIG. 10 shows, based on the previously set throw-away determination data for each goal-raising combination, or the throw-away determination rule for determining the throw-in for the goal-raising combination set as described above. It is determined by any one of the throwing away determination programs P2411b, P2412b, P2413b, P2421b, P2422b, P2423b, and P243b corresponding to the goal-raising combination. Hereinafter, a procedure for carrying out the discarding assist means will be described.

  In the present invention, the process of assisting the player by determining the symbol code of the bag to be discarded from the current 14 manual data is performed by the following (Procedure 7) to (Procedure 8). it can.

(Procedure 7)
First, in each of the above-mentioned thrown-up litter determination programs, determination of a lint that should be discarded from the current 14 pieces of hand-lump data is based on the discard litter determination rules described in the following (Process 1) to (Process 4). Can be done.

(Process 1)
Of the symbol codes included in the 14 pieces of manual data, the “isolated customs” is determined as a standard to be discarded. This “isolated kite” refers to a kite other than Yaochu when the goal-raising role is “Kokushi Musou”. “Isolated kite” when the goal-raising role is “general climbing role” forms “face”, “toko”, “fitting tower”, “opposite”, “side tower” in 14 hand tile data Indicates a trap that has not been done. When “Seven pairs” is set as the goal-raising role, there is no “isolated trap”.

  In the above (Process 1), when “general rising combination” is set as the goal increasing combination, a plurality of “isolated selections” are included in the hand movement data, and one of these “isolated selections” is played as a game. In the case of assisting as a bag to be thrown away by a person, the following processing is performed.

That is, for the 27 entrances corresponding to the 27 kinds of basket symbols described above, the evaluation score is the smallest with reference to the entrance evaluation score data table shown in FIG. A process of determining that the design code is discarded is performed. When such a determination process is performed, the probability of forming a combination such as “twin” or “notch” is reduced for the design of the entrance where it is difficult for a game ball to enter. If you give priority to throwing it away, you will be able to give more kind assistance to the player. In addition, when there are a plurality of “isolated bags” and these entrance entrance evaluation scores are the same, an appropriate determination rule for determining any one of the plurality of “isolated bags” as a discarded bag. Is set to perform the process of determining the throwing away waste.
In the above (Process 1), when the “isolated bag” is not included in the hand, the following (Process 2) to (Process 4) are performed.

(Process 2)
When the goal-raising role is “Kokushi Musou”, the hand data is composed of Yaochu coffee, so the “knot” (including 4 identical cards) is formed from this hand data. When one or two pairs of “tanglers” are formed, the symbol code of any one of them is determined to be discarded and the symbol code is stored in the RAM 42b.

(Process 3)
When the goal of the hand tile is “seven pairs”, it is determined that the symbol code of the kites that do not form “pairs” should be discarded. At this time, when there are a plurality of symbol codes of the kite that do not form the “pair”, the priority order for determining as a discarded kit is, for example, a symbol code other than “1” and “9” of several numbers. The first priority is given, followed by the symbol codes “1” and “9” of several characters, and then the symbol code of character characters.
The reason for this is that if you keep the character from the manual data, you will be more likely to complete a rising role that can earn more medals when you complete the rising role of "Seven Pairs". It is.

  In addition, the priority order for determining that the symbol code of a kite that does not form a “pair” as a discarded kit is shown in FIG. 11 in which points are given from the viewpoint of ease of entering the 27 entrances. It is also possible to refer to the entrance evaluation data table shown and to determine that a basket that does not form a pair is abandoned based on this score. For example, when determining a cocoon that does not form a “pair” as a discarded cocoon, a process of determining the symbol code having the lowest score as a trashed cocoon is performed.

(Process 4)
When the goal rising combination is “general rising combination”, when one symbol code is sequentially discarded from 14 manual data, the design of the manual data becomes 13 A score is given with reference to the heel combination score data table shown in FIG. 16, and the heel having the largest total score of 13 hand heel data is determined as a trash and the symbol code is stored in the RAM 42b. Remember.

(Procedure 8)
The assist program P24 transmits, to the first image control board Kc, the symbol code of the bag to be discarded determined by the process of (Procedure 7) together with the control command. When the first image control board Kc receives the symbol code of the bag to be discarded, as shown in FIG. 18, the first image control board Kc should be discarded to the first display device 10 by the discarder display program P32c-2. Display the symbol of strawberry. This makes it possible to assist the player with the symbol of the bag to be thrown away from the current hand before the player performs the operation of the throwing bag every time.

  When the player presses any of the throwing button switches 19a, 19b, 19c,... And performs the throwing operation, the main control program P1 on the main control board Ka is discarded by the player. The symbol code is transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd via the sub-control board Kb together with the control command. Further, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka deletes the discarded symbol codes from the manual data stored in the manual memory area of the RAM 42b, and then sorts the symbols in the order of the symbol codes and again sorts them into the RAM 42. Store in the manual storage area. Thus, the hand data stored in the hand memory area of the RAM 42b is composed of 13 symbol codes. Next, the main control program P1 performs control to transmit the 13 manual data together with the control command to the second image control board Kd via the sub-control board Kb.

  In this way, the player operates the game ball launch lever 4 to fire the game ball into the game board surface 2, and the hand data becomes a hearing state, and “1” is displayed in the remaining game ball number display section 27. If there is a display of a numerical value greater than or equal to, the player can reach by operating the reach button 21 before performing the operation of throwing away the bag. However, when the listening state is not established, the reach button 21 cannot be operated to reach.

  After operating the reach button 21, one of the discard buttons 19 a, 19 b, 19 c,. When the self-cutting is performed by operating, the throwing-up symbol display unit 33 displays the discarding symbol sideways and a reach bar. In the control relating to the reach operation, first, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka detects an operation signal of the reach button 21, and further detects an operation signal from the throw-away buttons 19a, 19b, etc., and then a winning determination program P8 When a hearing determination result is obtained by the hearing determination process, a control command indicating that the reach has been applied is transmitted to the second image control board Kd. When the game effect display program P42a-2 on the second image control board Kd receives the control command, the game effect display program P42a-2 performs a display process of the discarded trash symbol on the discarded trash display 33.

  In this way, the game place is reached, and the player completes the rising role by self-responding to any of the entrances 13a, 13b,. If this is not possible, the self-contained bag is automatically processed as a discarded bag under the control of the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka. That is, the player does not need to operate the self-destroying button switch 20 for discarding.

Next, the operation of the game in which the player has acquired the right of the big game role and the outline of the program processing will be described.
Each time the symbol code corresponding to the entrances 13a, 13b,... Into which the launched game balls have entered is added to the hand in the base game, the winning determination program P8 of the main control board Ka It is checked whether or not the combination of rising combinations set in advance has been completed. When it is determined that the rising combination determined as the rising combination of the big game combination in the game is completed until one game is completed, a control command indicating that the rising combination of the big game combination is completed. Are transmitted to the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd. Then, the right acquisition effect display program P32b-1 and the special game screen display program P42b for the first and second image control boards Kc and Kd are displayed on the first and second display devices 10 and 16, respectively, with the explanation display of the rising role. A display of the big game right establishment or the like is displayed for a predetermined time to inform the player that the right of the big game role has been established.

  When the right of the big game role is established, as described above, in the next and subsequent game games, a game that allows the attacker 11 to open and arbitrarily select self-determination is performed a predetermined number of times, for example, about 15 games. It becomes possible. That is, in a game in which the right of the big game role is established, after the player has automatically arranged, the player launches a game ball, the game ball passes through the attacker operation port 12, and the signal is sent to the main control board Ka. When input, the main control program P1 opens the attacker 11 and makes it easy for the game ball to enter the attacker 11. Then, each time a player enters one game ball in the attacker 11, the player can arbitrarily select himself / herself by the interactive method with the first display device 10.

  In a game in which the right of the big game combination is established, the main control program P1 determines that the right of the big game combination at that point in time when the number of remaining game balls becomes “0” and the rising combination is not completed. The game is invalidated, and the normal game is started from the next game.

  When a game ball enters the attacker 11 when the right of the big game role is established, the main control program P1 of the main control board Ka issues a control command for displaying a self-sufficient candidate based on the incoming signal. Transmit to the first image control board Kc. Then, the self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 for the second image control board Kd displays a self-candidate candidate selection screen for arbitrarily selecting self-containment on the display device 16. An example of the self-candidate candidate selection screen is shown in FIG.

  The self-candidate selection screen shown in FIG. 19 arranges 27 kinds of symbols used in the game in a predetermined order, for example, “first base”, “second base”, “third base”,. It is a screen displaying all or part of the symbols in the order of “medium”. The screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed by scrolling the symbol of the heel by one symbol in the right direction or the left direction each time the player presses the right shift button 22a or the left shift button 22b once. When the button is pressed, control is performed by program processing so that a symbol displayed in a specific display area T set in advance is selected as a self-determination. Then, the symbol of the cocoon to be determined determined by the above procedure is displayed brighter than the other symbols on the candidate selection screen.

  In addition, the initial screen for displaying the self-candidate candidate selection screen by the self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 displays the symbol “one glance” in the specific display area T that is the origin, and the player can use the right shift button. Each time the 22a or the left shift button 22b is operated once, the symbols are scrolled and displayed by one symbol in the right direction or the left direction in the order of the symbol codes.

  According to the mahjong game rules, even if four symbols with the same symbol are already disclosed, the winning combination cannot be completed. As a countermeasure against this, when displaying the self-candidate candidate selection screen shown in FIG. 19, it is preferable to display the four already-disclosed symbols darker than other symbols so that the player can identify them.

The display of the self-candidate candidate selection screen shown in FIG. 19 can be executed by the following program processing.
For example, in the self-selection support program P9 of the main control board Ka, a spider array table in which 27 kinds of spider symbol codes handled by the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. 8 are arranged in the symbol code order is registered. In the registered symbol data table of the kite arrangement table, a predetermined arrangement position (memory address) is set in advance, and when the selection determination button 23 is pressed, the predetermined arrangement position is stored in the predetermined arrangement position. It is processed so that the symbol code is selected as self-determination. FIG. 19 shows that the symbol code “Ichigo” is stored at a predetermined array position.

  Then, when the attacker 11 opens and the self selection selection program P9 is activated, the data of the kite arrangement table is read into the RAM 42, and the symbol code of the read out kite arrangement is transmitted to the second image control board Kd. . The self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 of the second image control board Kd displays the initial screen of the self-candidate candidate selection screen shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, when the player operates the right shift button 22a once, the main control program P1 on the main control board Ka decodes the operation signal and activates the self-selection support program P9. The self-selection support program P9 shifts (rotates) the data of the wrinkle arrangement table read out to the RAM 42 once in a ring shape in the right direction. Then, the data of the shifted soot arrangement table is transmitted to the second image control board Kd. Then, the self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 for the second image control board Kd scrolls the screen shown in FIG. 19 to the right and redisplays the symbols by one symbol.

  On the other hand, when the player operates the left shift button 22b once, the self-selection support program P9 shifts the data of the spider array table stored in the RAM 42 once in the left direction in a ring shape, In the same manner as described above, the self-candidate candidate selection support program P42b-1 can display a self-candidate candidate display screen in which the symbol is scrolled by one symbol to the left.

  Subsequently, when the player presses the selection decision button 23 and this operation signal is input to the main control board Ka, the main control program P1 is stored in a predetermined arrangement position of the RAM 42a, that is, In the screen example shown in FIG. 19, a process of determining “one glance” displayed in the region T as a self-contained gutter is performed.

When the player performs such an operation and determines the symbol of his / her own, the main control program P1 transmits the symbol code of his / herself to the second image control substrate Kd via the sub-control substrate Kb. The second image control board Kd displays the symbol corresponding to the received symbol code on the self-displaying unit 35.
Further, the winning determination program P8 of the main control board Ka performs a process of determining whether or not one hand added by this self-raising has been completed and the winning combination has been completed.

  The above-described self-selection support program P9 for the main control board Ka, self-candidate selection support program P42b-1 for the second image control board Kd, the right shift button 22a, the left shift button 22b, the selection determination button 23, etc. In the game that has acquired the gamer's right, it becomes a self-operating means when the player performs self-control.

When the self-design symbol is determined in this manner, the main control program P1 adds the self-design symbol to the manual data storage area of the RAM 42a, and the second image control board via the sub-control board Kb. Send to Kd. The second image control board Kd displays the symbol corresponding to the received symbol code on the self-displaying unit 35.
Further, the winning determination program P8 of the main control board Ka performs a process of determining whether or not the hand data which has been added by the self-control and becomes 14 has completed the rising combination.

  In addition, the self-operating means of the game that has acquired the special gamer's right described above displays the symbols that are candidates for self-discipline on the self-candidate selection screen in a ring shape and self-contains while scrolling to the right or left. In the present invention, the wrinkle symbols are arranged and displayed in the horizontal direction, vertical direction, or diagonal direction on the screen of the display device 16, and these symbols are displayed in the horizontal direction, vertical direction, or diagonal direction. You may employ | adopt the means to select the symbol located in the specific display area T as a self-restraint, scrolling in a direction.

  In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the assist indication means for assisting the player who should self-dispose to the player and the player who should be discarded has been described as an example of displaying the symbol of the bag on the first display device 10. However, in the present invention, it is also included to employ the following assist indication means (1) and (2).

  (1) A light emitting means such as an LED is provided in the game board surface 2 and in the vicinity of each entrance. When it is determined that the kite to be self-recognized, the self-display display program P323b of the first image control board Kc causes the player to light the LED at the entrance corresponding to the design of the kite to be self-sufficient. Clearly indicate the entrance that should be aimed.

  (2) Disposal button switches 19a, 19b, 19c,..., Light emitting means such as LEDs are provided in the vicinity of the self-discard disposal button switch 20 or inside these switches. Then, when it is determined that the bag to be discarded, the discarded image display program P323c of the first image control board Kc discards the button switch 19a, 19b for the discarded bag corresponding to the symbol of the bag to be discarded. 19c,..., The LED corresponding to the self-destroying button switch 20 is caused to emit light so that the player can clearly indicate the switch for performing the disposing operation as a waste.

  Further, in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention, the assist means for the player is executed by installing an assist push button on the operation panel 3, and when the player presses the assist push button, the player should stop and throw it away. You may make it assist the heel which should be a heel.

It is a front view which shows an example of the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. It is a front view which shows an example of the game board surface part of the sparrow ball game machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the entrance and the symbol of a bowl installed in the lower part of the game board surface part shown in FIG. It is a front view for demonstrating the structural example of the operation panel shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on the display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the control board which controls operation | movement of the sparrow ball game machine of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the main control board shown in FIG. It is a structural example of the symbol code data table which shows the relationship between the symbol of the mahjong tile used for the sparrow ball game machine of this invention, and the code | symbol set to this symbol. 6 is a data table showing names of rising roles and the number of medals that a player can obtain when completing the rising roles in the sparrow ball game machine of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the sub control board | substrate shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a data structure of a entrance evaluation data table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the 1st image control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the program mounted in the 2nd image control board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen when one of the game rising policies is selected by a screen and an interactive system at the time of the start of 1 game. To explain an example of the necessary conditions for setting up as a goal-raising role for each of the winning roles that can be a big game role set as a goal-raising role in this policy when the policy of the game is a “big-game aiming policy” FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the combination score data table of the cocoon which set the score about the combination of the inscription | indentation, order, etc. which comprise handbag data. It is a figure which shows an example of the assist screen which clearly shows the symbol of the bag which should be kept to the player. It is a figure which shows an example of the assist screen which clearly shows the symbol of the bag which should be thrown away to the player. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen for scrolling the arrangement | sequence of the pattern used as a candidate for self-determination, and selecting the self-determination coffin when implementing the game which acquired the right of the big game combination.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Sparrow ball game machine 2: Game board surface part 3: Operation panel 10: Display device 11: Attacker 13a, 13b, 13c, ...: Entrance 16: Display device 18: Game start button 19a, 19b, 19c, ...: Discard button switch 20: Discard button switch 24: Game end button 40: CPU
41: ROM
42: RAM
P241: Early rising role target setting program P2411a, P2412a, P2413a: Self-determination determination program P2411b, P2412b, P2413b: Abandonment sputum determination program P242: Safety aim target setting program P2421a, P2422a, P2423a: Self-determination determination program P2421b, P2422b, P2423b : Abandonment spear determination program P243: Target setting program aiming for major role P243a: Self-inhibition display program P243b: Abandonment disposition display program P323b: Game-up policy selection program P323b: Self-inhibition display program P323c: Disposal disposition display program

Claims (2)

The game board surface portion is provided with entrances corresponding to multiple types of mahjong tiles, and the mahjong tiles corresponding to the entrances into which the game balls entered are self-regulated by the operation of the own, and the symbol code is stored in the storage device Means for adding to the hand data stored in the hand data, operating means for throwing away the unnecessary symbol code from the hand data, and the hand having the symbol code added by the operation of the driver When the combination of the rising combination in which the heel data is set in advance is completed, a sparrow ball having means for paying out a predetermined number of medals for each rising combination as a prize and display means for displaying the effect image A gaming machine,
The sparrow ball machine is
A target rising combination setting means for setting a target rising combination of the manual data based on the manual data before the player performs his own operation and the manual data before performing the discarding operation; ,
Self-judgment judging means for judging a symbol code of a kite to be self-identified in the manual data with respect to a target combination of the hand data before performing the self-manipulation operation set by the target climbing combination setting means ,
Similarly, with respect to a rising role for which the operation of the discard jar is the target of the previous procedure data, a discard 牌 determining means for determining a symbol code of the heel to be discarded from the procedure data;
The player displays the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the bag to be self-destructed before the player performs the operation of the player, and also displays the symbol corresponding to the symbol code of the kite to be discarded as the operation of the discard Means for displaying on the means;
Furthermore, each of the self-determination determining unit and the discarding deterrence determining unit includes the manual data when any one of the symbol codes is sequentially added to the manual data as a temporary self-control, and the manual data Means for evaluating the above-mentioned hand data which is sequentially deleted as one temporary design code from the evaluation score based on the combination status of the design code constituting the hand data,
Based on the evaluation score of the manual data, determine the symbol code of the kite to be discarded from the temporary kite, and the symbol code of the kite to be discarded from the temporary kite ,
Furthermore, it is a data table stored in the storage device, and the entrance score evaluation score data table in which an evaluation score set in advance for each entrance is associated with a design code corresponding to the design of the entrance With
When any one temporary code code is added to the hand data, the means for evaluating the hand data with an evaluation score includes an inscription, an order, Evaluation of an isolated kite that is a kite that is not involved in the symbols constituting the tower, fitting tower, side tower, and pair is performed with reference to the evaluation score of the entrance shown in the entrance evaluation score data table. A sparrow ball game machine characterized by having means . The entrance opening arranged in the game board surface portion includes an entrance array in which a plurality of entrance openings are arranged adjacent to each other in a lateral direction below the game board surface portion, and the entrance opening array is claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it has a sequence entry spheres port corresponding to the first symbol of the same tiles species having tiles 9 is adjacent to the ascending order of 9 symbols from the 1 Sparrow ball machine.

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