JPH0728953B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, and in particular, a player sets a set of identification information by causing a player to emit light in response to a change in identification information, which is a winning condition. The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine that predicts a transition of the combination.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed by an identification information display, and the variable display is automatically stopped after a player's operation or after a certain period of time, and among a plurality of types of identification information. Display one of the stops. When the stopped and displayed identification information is specific identification information, there is a pachinko game machine in which a winning device commonly called an accessory is operated to increase the winning probability of a pachinko ball on a game board to easily win a prize. .

As a pachinko machine of this type, there is a pachinko machine of Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-27543. Since the game operation other than hitting is added, the interest of the game is doubled, and depending on the type of identification information, it makes it easier for the pachinko ball to win the prize, so the pachinko game for the player. Apart from the winning of the ball, it is possible to give a different pleasure.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in this type of pachinko machine, even if the winning state of the identification information is predicted and stopped, the variable display speed of the identification information is too fast. To
It is not possible to aim, the game is poor, and if the variable display speed is slowed down, it is possible to easily aim for the winning state, so that it is not effective yet.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by emitting light which is intermittently synchronized with the moving speed of the variable display of identification information, the periodic display It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine that motivates the player to play, because the player can predict the winning state by the change.

(Means for Solving Problems) A feature of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is to arrange a winning hole into which a pachinko ball jumps on a game board of a pachinko machine, and to respond to the jumping of the pachinko ball into the winning hole. And, a prize winning device that creates a state that gives a prize opportunity under a predetermined prize condition is arranged, and further, a plurality of types of identification information is created, and an identification information display that variably displays this at a predetermined speed at all times is arranged, The identification information display device is provided with a light emitting means for generating light intermittently synchronized with a predetermined variable display speed toward the identification information display device, and the light emission means is provided according to the variably displayed visible identification information. Stop the variable display, display the stopped identification information on the identification information display, and also provide stop instruction means for generating a stop instruction signal for setting the winning condition according to the stopped identification information. And.

(Operation) According to the pachinko gaming machine having the above configuration, the player launches a pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball jumps into the winning opening.
At this time, at the same time, by intermittently emitting light in synchronization with the variable display speed, the player can instantly visually check the identification information that is variably displayed. From this, the player predicts the transition of the combination of the identification information which is the winning condition, and the player
The variable display can be stopped, and the winning condition obtained by stopping the variable display can be predicted, so that the player can be motivated to play.

(Example) Below, the Example of this invention is described based on drawing. First, FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The game board 2 is provided with a winning prize device 3 on the upper part and an opening and closing prize device 4 on the lower part, each of which has a winning hole 5 and a big winning hole 6 so that a pachinko ball jumps in. Is. In addition to this, on the game board 2, there are three winning ball detection switches 19 (not shown) and a winning opening 7 and another winning opening 9 called a chirip. On the lower left side of the pachinko machine 1, a stop command switch 8 for stopping a display mode variable state of an electric variable display, which will be described later, is attached, and in the vicinity thereof, a strobe discharge lamp 10, which will also be described later, is provided. A volume 11 that can change the light emission speed is attached.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 2 and 3, the winning prize apparatus 3 has a main body 12 whose surface is a decorative plate 13, a transparent colored plate 14 spaced apart from the decorative plate 13, and a container behind the transparent colored plate 14. It is in a shape. This container-shaped rear wall 15
As shown in FIG. 4, a variable display 20 having three display panels 16, 17, and 18 each having seven segments, which are well-known LEDs, is attached to the display unit, and a plurality of display units are provided according to an electrical display mode. Representing identification information of a type, by making it variable, a predetermined number of types of identification information can be displayed sequentially and periodically, and the intensity of the display can be switched. ing. At the bottom of the variable display 20, a start memory number indicator light 21 that blinks according to the number of pachinko balls that have jumped into the winning opening 7 is attached, and at the top of the variable display 20, a winning state (described later) ( There is a hit confirmation indicator light 22 which is lit by means of a medium hit or a big hit so as to correspond to each of the display panels 16, 17, 18 and informs the player. A partition wall 23 is formed on the transparent colored plate 14 from the rear wall 15 above the hit confirmation indicator light 22, and the substantially central portion is
A colored diamond cut portion 24 is formed for the diffusion of light. The strobe discharge lamp 10 mounted on the substrate 25 projects above the diamond cut portion 24 and above the main body 12. The strobe discharge lamp 10 is well known, and is the same as that used for a camera, and emits light by discharge by a resistor and a capacitor.

A gate 26 for opening and closing the special winning opening 6 is attached to the opening and closing winning device 4 located at the lower part of the game board 2, and a big winning ball display portion 6a lit according to the number of pachinko balls for winning is attached to the surface thereof. It is installed. By being connected to a solenoid (not shown), it can be opened and closed. Further, although not shown, a continuous ball detection switch for detecting passage of a pachinko ball is provided inside the special winning opening 6.
A 40 is attached, and a 10-count switch 62 for counting the passage of a pachinko ball is attached to the bottom of the 40.

In the present embodiment, the variable display 20 is replaced by each display panel 16, 17, 18.
Therefore, the variable display of the numbers is made, but as shown in FIG. 5, even if the winning position is determined by making a roulette type and setting the stop position in advance and constantly turning on the LED 27. Alternatively, the winning may be determined by a combination of three concentric circles.

Next, a circuit configuration for operating the pachinko machine 1 having the above configuration will be described. This circuit configuration is mainly composed of a microcomputer. As shown in FIG. 6, 43 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU), and 44 is a memory in which programs and data for operating the CPU are stored. (Hereinafter referred to as PROM), 45 is a clock circuit, 46 is a power reset circuit, 47 is a frequency divider circuit, 48 is a reset circuit, 49 is an input / output control device, 50 is an LED decoder circuit, 51 is an LED drive circuit,
52 is an LED display digit selection circuit, 53 is an LED connection circuit, 54 is a start winning switch circuit, 55 is a touch circuit, 56 is a solenoid drive circuit, 57 is an electronic sound generation circuit, 58 is a speaker, 59 is a lamp drive circuit, 60 Is a lamp group, 61 is a continuous winning switch circuit, 62 is a 10-count switch circuit, and 63 is a 10-count switch circuit.

The CPU 43, the PROM 44, the clock circuit 45, the power-on reset circuit 46, the frequency dividing circuit 47, the reset circuit 48 and the input / output control circuit 49 constitute a microcomputer system. CP
The U43 includes a RAM (not shown), is stored in the PROM 44, and performs processing according to a program shown as a flow chart in FIG. The clock circuit 45 outputs a clock signal having a 4 MHz pulse waveform. This clock signal is input to the CPU 43. The power-on reset circuit 46 outputs a reset signal having a pulse waveform to reset the CPU 43 when the power is turned on. The frequency dividing circuit 47 receives the clock signal from the clock circuit 45 via the CPU 43, divides the frequency of the clock signal, and outputs a reset signal having a pulse waveform for applying an interrupt reset described later. The power-on reset signal and the interrupt reset signal are input to the reset circuit 48.
Reference numeral 48 is for inputting a reset signal to the CPU 43 when at least one of these reset signals is input, and is composed of an OR circuit. I / O control circuit 49
Functions as an interface between the CPU 43 and peripheral circuits not included in the above microcomputer system.

The LED decoder circuit 50, the LED drive circuit 51, the LED display digit selection circuit 52, and the LED connection circuit 53 together with the CPU 43 drive and control the electrically variable display 20. LED decoder circuit 50 is a CPU
4 bit BCD for display panel 16,17,18 issued from 43
The signal is received and converted into a decoder signal corresponding to each segment on the display boards 16, 17, and 18 (a signal indicating whether or not each segment is lit), and this decoder signal is input to the LED drive circuit 51. The LED drive circuit 51 performs current amplification or the like on the decoder signal sufficiently to light the segment and supplies it to the LED connection circuit 53. LED display digit selection circuit
52 receives the display digit selection signal output from the CPU 43 at a constant cycle, and based on this display digit selection signal, the LED drive circuit 5
Outputs a signal for instructing selection from the display panels 16, 17, 18 that should receive the supply of the amplified decoder signal from 1. Display digit selection for each display panel 16, 17, 18 The intensity of the segment is determined at the same time by the ratio of the output time of the signal (duty).

The starting prize switch circuit 54 is adapted to receive the detection signal from the starting ball detection switch 19, and the starting prize switch circuit 54 receives the starting ball detection signal.
It outputs a lightness / darkness switching signal for switching the lightness / darkness of the display on the display boards 16, 17, 18 to be bright. The brightness switching signal is input to the CPU 43.

A stop command detection signal from the stop command switch 8 is input to the touch circuit 55.
When the 55 receives this stop command detection signal, the display boards 16, 17,
A stop command signal for stopping the variable display at 18 is output. This stop command signal is input to the CPU 43.

The solenoid drive circuit 56 excites the solenoid 32 by outputting an excitation signal when an excitation command signal is output from the CPU 43.

The electronic sound generating circuit 57 and the speaker 58 are for outputting various effect sounds according to the game state.
57 supplies a sound effect generation power signal to a speaker 58 based on a sound effect generation command signal corresponding to each sound effect from the CPU 43, and drives the speaker 58.

The lamp drive circuit 59 drives the lamp group 60 by supplying a lighting power signal. The lamp group 60 is a general term for various lamps on the game board 2. The lamp drive circuit 59 is adapted to receive from the CPU 43 a lighting state command signal for turning on the lamp group 60 in accordance with the gaming state of the gaming machine. The lamp group 60 is driven based on the command signal.

The detection signal from the continuous ball detection switch 40 is input to the continuous winning switch circuit 61, and the continuous winning switch circuit 61 outputs a continuation command signal when receiving the continuous ball detection signal. The continuation command signal is input to the CPU 43. The 10-count switch 62 detects a pachinko ball that has won a prize in the special winning opening 6, and the 10-count detection signal is input to the 10-count switch circuit 63. When the 10-count switch circuit 63 receives the 10-count detection signal, it waveform-shapes it and inputs it to the CPU 43.

The A / D conversion circuit 28 sets the resistance value of the volume 11 that can be freely changed by the player to a predetermined value with respect to the discharge circuit 29 connected via the input / output control device 49. . The discharge circuit 29 has a connection from the A / D conversion circuit 28 and a connection of the output of the high voltage generation circuit 30 including a plurality of capacitors, and the output per unit time of the output is changed according to the resistance value of the volume 11 described above. The speed is different. Discharge circuit 29
Has a switching function, and when the start ball detection switch 19 is closed, the start winning switch circuit 54 is activated to release the operation of the discharge circuit 29. Then, the current from the high voltage generation circuit 30 is made to flow to the strobe discharge lamp 10. Therefore, the strobe discharge lamp 10 repeats instantaneous light emission at a speed per unit time according to the change of the volume 11.

The light emission speed of the strobe discharge lamp 10 is an integral multiple of the speed at which the display of each display panel 16, 17, 18 of the variable display 20 changes. Therefore, when the flash discharge lamp 10 emits light,
The display on each display panel 16, 17, 18 is visible.

Next, the operation of the CPU 43 will be described for the flow chart shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows the main routine. In this figure, the main routine consists of steps (1) to (4). Here, the processing is returned to the step every 4.096 ms by the interrupt reset signal. Step ~
The process of is repeated. That is, even if the CPU 43 runs out of control for some reason (a wrong operation different from the intended operation due to the program being broken, etc.), it can be returned to the normal state by the next interrupt reset. Of. The step ~ is designed so that a predetermined process is completed within 4.096 ms, and the step is executed in the extra time.

By the way, first, check the power ON in step. That is, it is determined whether the current power-on state is due to the initial power-on or is the power-on state.

As a result of the judgment in this step, if it is already input, the process shifts to step, and if it is initial input, the step is executed and then the process proceeds to step.

In the step, the RAM is cleared to the initial state.

At the step, a switch fraud prevention process is performed.
That is, the switches 8, 19, 40, 62 and other various switches are judged whether or not they normally operate by their connection state,
As a result, if there is no abnormality, the operation of the gaming machine is allowed to continue normally, and if there is an abnormality, the gaming machine is placed in the unplayable state.

Next, the input switch processing is performed in step. In this input switch processing, it is confirmed whether or not the various switches are turned on to output a signal, and when the signal is output, data indicating that is set in the RAM for each switch.

Then, in step, display processing is performed. This display processing controls the display such as the electrically variable display 20 and the lamp group 60.

Variable display, stop display, etc. are controlled for the display panels 16, 17, 18 in the electrically variable display 20. First, it is confirmed by the RAM whether or not the signal of the starting ball detection switch 19 is output, and when it is not output, the variable display processing is performed. That is,
When there is a command to increment a sequence of decimal numbers "0 to 9" for each of the display panels 16, 17, 18, the display panel 16, 17, 18
For each of the above, the sequence is advanced by one, and each time it is set as variable display data in the display data storage area of the RAM, the BCD code is output and displayed on each of the display panels 16, 17, and 18. If the signal of the starting ball detection switch 1 is output, the stop display is controlled. That is, when it is confirmed by the RAM that an instruction indicating that it is time to stop or a signal of the stop command switch 8 is output, when the stop display data created by the stop display data creation process described later is displayed. decide. After that decision, by RAM,
When the data replacement command for each of the display panels 16, 17, and 18 is confirmed, the display panel 1 in the stop display data is displayed.
The number for each of 6, 17, 18 is replaced with the variable display data in the display data storage area, and the BCD code is issued to display on each of the display panels 16, 17, 18, and RAM
If the variable start command is confirmed by, display panel 16,17,
At the same time, stop display is ended and variable display is started for 18.

The lamp group 60, which is not shown in FIG. 1 with a particular reference numeral, is arranged on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 and is set to the gaming state of the gaming machine by various data of the RAM showing the gaming state. According to the instruction, the presence or absence of lighting is instructed.

Next, after the processing of this step is completed, the winning combination processing is performed in step. That is, the stop display data is a specific combination representing a big hit, and here, 3 of the display panels 16, 17, 18 are used.
When the digits are the same number, and after that, when it is confirmed that the signal of the continuous ball detection switch 40 is output, the excitation command signal is output to excite the solenoid 32, and the signal of the continuous ball detection switch 40 is changed. Each time it goes up, it counts up by one, sets the data representing the number of times the gate 26 has been opened in RAM, and when the number of times reaches 10, the gate 26 will be set to 10
Even if a signal is output from the continuous ball detection switch 40 at the time of the opening of the second time, the excitation signal of the solenoid 32 is not output and the data indicating the end of the winning combination is set in the RAM. Furthermore, the RAM counts up one by one each time it confirms that the signals of the 10 count switch 62 and the continuous ball detection switch 40 are output.
While setting the data representing the count value in RAM,
When the 10 count value becomes 10 or when another stop command (described in the explanation of the timer processing) is issued, an excitation stop signal is issued to stop the excitation of the solenoid 32.

Next, a timer process is performed in step. This timer processing measures the time by counting the number of executions of this step, and controls the operation time of various processing operations to a predetermined time.

0 for each predetermined time for each of the display panels 16, 17, 18
The data representing the command to advance the sequence of 9
Set to RAM. Here, the numbers 0-9 are displayed on the display panel 1
For 6 every 20.5 msec (5 times said execution), display panel 17
About 28.7 msec (7 times of the above-mentioned executions), the display board 18
Is moved every 24.6 msec (the number of times of execution is 6 times). Further, when the stop command switch 8 is not operated after the signal of the starting ball detection switch 19 is output (that is, when it is not confirmed that the signal is output from the switch 8), the stop display data is determined after a predetermined time has elapsed. The data representing the instruction to do so is set in RAM. Here, the stop display data is determined 5.5 seconds after the signal of the starting ball detection switch 19 is issued. Further, after the elapse of 5.5 seconds, a number for each of the display panels 16, 17, 18 in the stop display data after the elapse of a predetermined time for each of the display panels 16, 17, 18 is displayed on the display data. Data representing a command for exchanging the variable display data with the storage area is set in the RAM. Here, this replacement is 0.5 for the display board 16.
After the lapse of seconds, for display panel 17, after 1.5 seconds, display panel 18
About 2.5 seconds, it will be done after each. It should be noted that this data exchange requires 0.0 to 0.3 seconds, although it is slightly different for each display panel 16, 17, 18. Then, after the display stop of each of the display panels 16, 17, and 18 is completed, data representing a command for ending the stop display at the same time and starting the variable display is set in the RAM. Further, here, when a big hit comes out, after the end of the winning combination is confirmed, the variable start command data is set in the RAM, and after confirmation of the big hit, each time the solenoid 32 is started. After a lapse of a predetermined time after starting, command data for displaying continuation on the display board 17 is set in the RAM.

When the solenoid 32 in the opening / closing device 4 is started and a predetermined time has elapsed, data representing a command to stop the excitation of the solenoid 32 is set in the RAM.

In addition, the lighting time of the lamp group 60 and the like are also controlled here.

Next, sound processing is performed in step. In this sound processing, for example, when it is confirmed that a big hit has come out, a speaker drive command is issued to generate a fanfare sound in the speaker 58 arranged in the pachinko machine 1, and a sound effect according to each game state is selected. However, the speaker 58 is controlled to generate it.

Then, in the step, display brightness processing is performed, and the duty ratio of the BCD code is converted from when the signal of the starting ball detection switch 19 is output to when the variable start command is issued, and in other cases, and the display board is displayed. The brightness of the display at 16, 17, and 18 is controlled, and a current is instantaneously supplied from the discharge circuit 29 to the strobe discharge lamp 10 according to the resistance value of the volume 11 to emit light.

In step, the stop display data is created. In this processing, the stop display data is updated by updating the stop display data by advancing the term of a 3-digit arithmetic sequence in which the term difference is set to 3. Then, 4000 combinations of three-digit numbers are obtained from the three-digit arithmetic sequence, and from this, in the case of "big hit", about 20 specific combinations are to be obtained.

After execution of this step, the process moves to the step,
The loop is formed by returning to the step again, and the execution speed of the step is about 40 data / sec. This loop is for 4.096 msec, after the process of step ~ is completed. The time required to execute step ~ varies depending on the game state and the remaining time varies accordingly. Therefore, every 4.096 ms, it is advanced in the 3-digit arithmetic sequence. The number of terms is different.

In this way, when a pachinko ball is won in any of the winning openings 7, the pachinko ball is detected by the starting ball detection switch 19, the variable display of the electric variable display 20 continues, and at the same time, The strobe flashlight 10 repeats discharge light emission depending on the resistance value set by the player. The timing of this discharge light emission is an integer multiple of the variable display speed of the display panels 16, 17 and 18, so that it is synchronized, and since the volume 11 can shift to an integer multiple emission speed. , The numbers on the display panels 16, 17, and 18 can be visually observed for each discharge emission. This allows the player to predict the timing of pushing the stop command switch 8 and gives the player a chance to hit the middle or big hit when the variable display of the display boards 16, 17, 18 is stopped. The light emission speed of the strobe discharge lamp 10 may be changed depending on the positions of the plurality of winning openings 7 into which the pachinko ball jumps. During this time, when another pachinko ball enters the winning opening 7, the winning is stored up to a predetermined number (here, four times).

After that, when a predetermined time elapses or the stop command switch 8 is touched, the variable display is stopped while the brightness of the electrically variable display 20 remains unchanged. If the numbers displayed at the time of stop are not a specific combination, nothing happens, the bright stop display is continued for a few seconds and the dark variable display is started again, or the winning of the winning opening 7 is stored. If so, the variable brightness is displayed again while maintaining the brightness level. On the other hand, when the numbers stopped and displayed are a specific combination, the fanfare sounds, the stop display of the electrically variable display 20 remains the same, and the opening and closing winning apparatus 4 enters the winning action.

That is, the solenoid 32 is excited and the gate 26 is opened,
Pachinko balls come into the inside. Then, in this state, the excitation of the solenoid 32 is stopped and the gate 26 is closed until a predetermined time (about 30 seconds) or the number of winning pachinko balls in the inside reaches 10. This is gate 26
1 time of continuous opening (that is, 1 excitation of solenoid 32)
Is.

During this time, the continuous ball detection switch 40 causes the pachinko ball to move to 1
When the degree is not detected, the winning action ends here.

On the other hand, when the pachinko ball is detected by the continuous ball detection switch 40 even once, the continuous opening of the gate 26 is restarted and the winning combination operation is continued.

The gate 26 can be continuously opened up to 10 times,
At the end of the 10th time, the hand action ends here.

(Effects of the Invention) From the above, according to the present invention, when a player wins a winning opportunity with respect to identification information that is variably displayed,
By emitting light at a speed that is synchronized with the variable display speed, the light becomes visible and the winning condition can be predicted by the combination of the identification information. According to this prediction, it is possible to give a timely opportunity to issue a stop command for stopping a combination of specific identification information which is a winning condition on the identification information display, and moreover, the light emission speed by the light emitting means is variable. Since it is possible to shift at an integral multiple of the display speed,
It was possible to realize a pachinko gaming machine that can expand the motivation to play, eliminating the problem of poor playability that has prevented players from aiming for winning conditions as in the past.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a winning a prize winning device among winning prize devices, and FIG. 3 is an arrow A-A in FIG. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view, FIG. 4 is a front view showing a variable display, FIG. 5 is a front view showing another example of the variable display, and FIG. 6 is a circuit configuration for operating a pachinko gaming machine. Configuration diagram, FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the microcomputer in the circuit configuration. 1: Pachinko machine 2: Game board 3, 4: Winning device (Winning winning device, opening and closing winning device) 7: Winning mouth 8: Stop command means (stop command switch) 10: Light emitting means (strobe discharge lamp) 16,17, 18,20: Identification information display (display panel, variable display)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A winning device is provided on a game board of a pachinko machine, in which a pachinko ball jumps, and a winning device is provided which creates a state in which a winning opportunity is given under a predetermined winning condition according to the jumping of the pachinko ball in the winning hole. In addition, a plurality of types of identification information are created, and an identification information display that constantly variably displays the identification information at a predetermined speed is provided, and the light that is intermittently synchronized with the predetermined speed of the variable display is displayed as the identification information. A light emitting means that is generated toward the display device, stops the variable display of the identification information display device according to the variably displayed visible identification information, and displays the stopped identification information on the identification information display device. In addition, the pachinko game machine is provided with a stop command means for generating a stop command signal for setting the winning condition according to the stopped identification information. 2. The light emitting speed of the light emitting means is an integral multiple of a predetermined speed of variable display by the identification information display, and the speed is variable. Pachinko machine described in.