JPH0579354B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a pinball game machine, more specifically, a mahjong-style pachinko machine, a combination pachinko machine, etc., in which a certain number of balls are hit, and the This invention relates to a pinball game machine that scores points based on combinations of marks attached to winning holes into which the balls have fallen.

[Prior Art] Various pinball game machines have been provided and used for actual games.

In particular, among these types of pinball game machines, in addition to pinball game machines that can hit any number of balls, such as pachinko machines, there are also pinball game machines that can hit any number of balls, as well as marks attached to the winning holes into which a certain number of balls have fallen. Pinball game machines, such as mahjong-style pachinko machines and combination-type pachinko machines, have also been provided that score points based on combinations of .

Here, the above-described mahjong-style pachinko machine and combination-type pachinko machine will be explained in more detail.

Generally, mahjong-style pachinko machines start playing when the game starts.
This is equivalent to the act of hitting 14 balls, then discarding a tile that does not seem to be related to the winning hole and bringing in the next tile from the winning hole where the hit ball fell. Then, by discarding the ball that won a prize in a specific winning hole and hitting that ball anew, you can "up".
The aim is to In addition, the replay corresponding to a discarded tile can be performed six times, for example.
Furthermore, when the game goes up, medals and the like are paid out according to the winnings at that time.

Furthermore, in order to improve the game performance, such mahjong-style pachinko machines are equipped with, for example, dot tiles or back dots, etc., so that the game can be played.

On the other hand, a combination pachinko machine generally shoots 16 balls at the start of the game, and determines the combination of numbers in the winning holes where the 16 balls hit prizes, or the number of balls that hit consecutive winning holes in adjacent winning holes. A predetermined number of medals, etc. will be refunded.

In addition, this combination type pachinko machine, like a normal pachinko machine, is equipped with accessories such as a chip and a rotating device similar to a slot machine to improve the gameplay.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in these conventional pinball game machines, first, a predetermined number of balls are hit,
The game is played on the assumption that all the balls hit will land in one of the winning holes displaying a specific mark.

Since the game has such a basic structure, even if it were to improve the gameplay, it would only be the addition of special objects on the board, making it difficult to dramatically improve the gameplay. It was hot.

Therefore, in the present invention, when a predetermined number of balls are hit, but the ball that is hit enters a predetermined specific winning hole, the number of balls corresponding to the winning hole is stocked, and the predetermined number of balls are stocked. The purpose is to improve the game performance of the pinball game machine by treating the balls equivalent to the stock as having entered an arbitrary winning hole after the ball has finished hitting the ball.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a system for scoring points based on combinations of marks attached to winning holes into which a certain number of balls hit on the board have fallen. In a pinball game machine, a specific winning hole is provided in the board surface, and by inserting the selection switch provided in the winning hole corresponding to each mark for the number of balls that have entered the specific winning hole, The mark is characterized in that it is treated as if it had fallen into the winning hole corresponding to the selected mark.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below along with illustrated examples.

The drawing shows a mahjong-style pachinko machine as an embodiment of the present invention.

The base frame 1 is provided with a front door 2 that can be opened and closed freely.
This front door 2 has a medal slot 3, a cancel button 15, a cancel port 14, and a settlement button 2.
9, Discharge hole 4, Ball handle 6, Discard tile switch 6, Reach switch 7, Can switch 2
2. The board 9 is equipped with a prize cut switch 20, a board 9, etc., and a winning hole 8 on which tiles are displayed.
A special winning hole 81 and the like are provided. Furthermore, in the center of this board surface 9, there is a display section 10 consisting of a cathode ray tube.
By the CPU which is attached and the illustration is omitted,
This display section 10 is configured to display game progress, game results, and the like.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, when there is a winning ball B in the specific winning hole 81, the discard tile switch 6 is activated.
is formed to function as a selection switch. Of course, it is also possible to attach the selection switch alone to the front plate 2.

Next, the detailed structure of the present invention will be explained along with the use and operation of the pinball game machine according to the invention.

First, to start the game, medals are inserted into the slot 3. Then, the medals are selected by a selector (not shown) provided on the back side of the input slot 3, and only if the medals are genuine medals, a medal input signal is sent to the CPU and the game is started.
If the medal is a defective medal, the selector returns the medal to the cancel port 14. Furthermore, if medals become stuck in the selector, pressing the cancel button 15 returns the stuck medals to the cancel port 14.

When the game starts like this,
In response to a signal from the CPU, a predetermined number of balls B are sequentially sent out to the ball handle 6 side, making it possible to play a ball.

Next, when the balls B are successively flicked onto the board 9 by the handle 6, the balls B enter either a specific winning hole 81 arranged on the board 9 or a winning hole 8 arranged at the bottom of the board 9. Then, the CPU displays on the display unit 10 the tiles corresponding to the winning hole 8 where the ball B fell, and the number of balls B that won the specific winning hole 81 is also displayed on the display unit 10.

In addition, the tile corresponding to ball B that entered prize hole 8 is
The CPU displays the types and numbers horizontally in order for the convenience of the players.

When the 14 balls B have been hit in this way, the ball B that fell into the winning hole 8 at the bottom of the board 9 and the specific winning hole 81 in the board 9 among the balls B that were hit.
There is a ball B that won a prize.

Here, the balls B that have fallen into the winning hole 8 at the bottom of the board 9 are displayed on the display section 10 by the CPU, arranging them horizontally in the order of type and number.

Further, the number of balls B that won a prize in the specific winning hole 81 will be displayed on the display unit 10.

Further, when there is a winning ball B in the specific winning hole 81, 14 tiles are not displayed on the display section 10, so there is a shortage of tiles. Therefore, at this time, the same number of tiles as the number of balls won in the specific winning hole 81 whose number is displayed on the display section 10 will be newly selected. This selection can be made by turning on a discard tile switch 6 provided corresponding to each tile.

That is, in the present invention, since the player can freely select the same number of tiles as those entered into the specific winning hole 81, the game quality is significantly improved compared to the conventional mahjong-style pachinko machine.

After all 14 tiles are displayed on the display section 10 in this way, the dot tile and the wind tile are displayed on the display section 10, and the tile that will be the back doll when a reach is made is turned face down. displayed.

Also, when 14 tiles are displayed on the display unit 10, if it continues to go up, the settlement button 29
The game ends when the user inserts a coin or a medal for the next game. On the other hand, if it is not "up", operate the discard tile switch 6 to discard unnecessary tiles, make a new bullet the number of times equivalent to the number of discarded tiles, and create a new tile that has entered the winning hole 8. is displayed on the display unit 10. In addition, when the ball B enters the special winning hole 81 at the time of such a bullet, the player who selects a predetermined tile and wins the prize in the winning hole 8 displaying that tile, as described above. It can be treated as

Further, in such a series of games, when the player is at tenpai, by pressing the reach switch 7, the reach hand is added to the winning hand and the back side display tile becomes valid. However, after the reach switch 7 is pressed, the only options available are "Agari" or cutting off the thread using the thread cutting switch 20. Also, if there are 4 tiles of the same type,
Can be performed by inserting the can switch 22,
New bullets can also be used at the same time.

Furthermore, when the rising hand is completed, the display section 10
The explanation of the winning combination and the number of payout medals corresponding to each winning combination are displayed, and the settlement switch 2 is displayed.
9, a predetermined number of medals are paid out.

That is, in the present invention, when a player wins a prize in the special winning hole 81 during a normal game, he or she can freely select the same number of tiles as the number of times he or she wins, so compared to conventional mahjong-style pachinko machines, The gameplay will be significantly improved.

In addition, during normal games, the special winning hole 81
It is also possible to form the special winning hole 81 so that the ball B does not win the prize, and to make the special winning hole 81 effective only when certain conditions are met. For example, a display similar to that of a slot machine may be displayed on the display section 10 so that the specific winning hole 81 becomes valid only when a specific combination is completed in that slot machine. Alternatively, a specific chucker or the like may be attached to the board surface 9, and the specific winning hole 81 may be activated only when the ball B passes through this specific chucker.

In the above explanation, a mahjong-style pachinko machine was explained as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to a combination-type pachinko machine.

When applied to this combination type pachinko machine,
After hitting 16 balls B, by treating the number of balls that entered the special winning hole 81 as if they had won a prize at an arbitrarily selected place, the probability of winning a prize is improved, and the game quality is improved. A significant improvement can be achieved.

[Effect of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention allows a predetermined number of balls to be hit, but when the hit ball enters a predetermined specific winning hole, the number of balls corresponding to the winning hole is The game performance of the pinball game machine can be improved by stocking the ball for the number of balls and treating it as if the balls corresponding to the number of balls entered the prize hole have entered a prize hole after a predetermined number of balls have been played. It is a diagram.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention. B... Ball, 1... Base frame, 2... Front door, 3... Inlet, 4... Outlet, 5... Handle, 6... Discard tile switch, 7... Reach switch, 8... …
Winning hole, 9... board, 10... display section, 14...
Cancel port, 15... Cancel button, 20
... Tsumo cut switch, 22 ... Can switch, 2
9... Clearing switch, 81... Specific winning hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a pinball game machine in which points are scored based on combinations of marks attached to prize holes into which a certain number of balls hit on the board have fallen, specific prize holes are provided in the board. By turning on the selection switch provided in the winning hole corresponding to each mark, the number of balls corresponding to the number of balls that entered this specific winning hole will be treated as having fallen into the winning hole corresponding to the selected mark. A pinball game machine characterized by having the following features: