JPH0272B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine, and its purpose is to provide a pachinko machine that can be played with either pachinko balls or coins and does not require assembly of a game board. The present invention also concerns the provision of a video-type Pachinko machine in which Pachinko balls are distributed to players as prizes.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In Figures 1 and 2, 1 is a ball detection switch that detects whether or not there are balls in the game machine. The operation signal of the ball firing switch section 10 is input to the CPU 3.
2 is an input/output port that extracts information from the input terminal and controls which output terminal the information is sent to, and an interface that performs input/output data conversion;
processes various information based on specified conditions.
CPU 4 is the microcomputer 23.
During RUN, ROM stores non-rewritable information such as programs, and 5 temporarily stores information or processing results processed by the CPU 3.
RAM 6 is a system controller that controls each element constituting the microcomputer 23, such as the CPU 3, ROM 4, RAM 5, and input/output controller. 7 stores data for displaying an image on the receiver 8, and uses the data processed by the microcomputer 23, synchronization signal, retrace signal, brightness signal, color signal, etc. The video ram 8, which supplies signals for displaying the pixels of This is a receiver that projects a predetermined image.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a ball sending device which sends balls waiting on a ball tray 24 out of the machine one ball at a time according to the operation of a ball shooting switch section 10 and a ball shooting interval adjustment handle 12; a ball firing switch unit that drives the sending device 9, generates an electronic sound for firing the ball, displays the ball on the screen of the receiver 8, and generates a start signal for starting the movement of the ball in a predetermined direction; Reference numeral 11 indicates the winning and out areas of the chuckers 27, 29 and the winning device 35 when the ball is launched, or when the ball makes contact with the nail 25, the windmill 26, the chuckers 27, 29, the rail 28, and the winning device 35 on the screen. This is an electronic sound generating section that generates an electronic sound depending on the type and aspect of the drop.

12 is a ball firing interval adjustment handle that adjusts the operation interval of the ball firing switch 10, that is, the interval at which balls appear on the screen; 13 is a handle that adjusts the moving speed of the ball on the screen, that is, the ball firing interval; 14 is a ball rebound force adjustment handle that changes and adjusts the rebound force of the ball, and when the ball on the screen enters the winning area of the winning device 35 and the chuckers 27 and 29, a predetermined number of winning balls are sent to the player (ball). The prize ball sending device 15 that sends out the prize balls to the receiving tray 24) releases the stop when the number of winnings reaches a predetermined number or more and the ball firing switch 10 becomes inoperable, that is, the stop is stopped, by the release operation of the game hall manager. , a stop stop release unit 16 that sets information related to a stop to the initial state, which is operated when the player wants to end the game when there are still balls on the ball tray 24, and returns the balls in the machine to a state where the player can collect them. This is a reset section that also sets the game to the end state.

17 is a game start switch that clicks information related to the previous game and sets the game machine to play with the initial state of images and information; 18 is a nail adjustment switch; The nail is selected and the positioning switches 18R, 18
The nail position can be adjusted to a desired position on the game board depending on the type and operation of L, 18U, and 18D.

19 detects that coins have been supplied to the gaming machine when the player supplies the gaming machine with coins instead of balls, and enables the microcomputer 23 to fire a predetermined number of balls. A coin insertion detection switch 20, when a game is played on Coinbase, a coin sending device that sends out coins to the player instead of sending out balls when winning a prize; 21, a coin sending device that sends out coins to the player in place of sending out balls when winning a prize; This is an out-of-coin detection switch that disables the game until coins are replenished when the amount of coins decreases or runs out, and displays an out-of-coin display on the screen of the receiver.

30 is an image of the ball, 31 is a ball return, 32 is a ball hole, 33 is a ball collecting tray, 34 is a stop display, 36 is a video screen, 37 is an operation panel, 38 is a coin tray, 3
9 is a coin, 40 is a coin insertion slot, 41 is a coin return slot, and 42 is an end display (END).

Next, its effect will be explained.

First, when a player operates the game start switch 17, the operation signal is sent to the microcomputer.
It is input to the CPU 3 via the interface 2.

According to the information programmed in the ROM 4, the CPU 3 receives the operation signal and at the same time reads the RAM.
The information about the previous game stored in 5 is erased and set to the initial state, and the receiver 8 is
The image of the game board is projected onto the screen of the game board via the video ram 7.

The video ram 7 uses the generated synchronization signals and the data processed by the microcomputer to
A game board surface rail is displayed on the screen of the receiver 8 by a program that determines which position on the screen of the receiver 8 and what kind of image is projected and is stored in the ROM 4 and determines the pattern of the image to be displayed on the screen. 28,
A nail 25, a windmill 26, a chaser 27, 29, a winning device 35, etc. are displayed.

Next, when balls are replenished onto the ball tray 24 and the ball detection signal from the ball detection switch 1 is input to the microcomputer, the input/output port 2 enables input of the ball firing operation signal from the ball firing switch 10 to the CPU 3. .

Next, when the ball firing switch section 10 is operated, the operation signal is input to the microcomputer, and the CPU activates the electronic sound generating section 11 according to the program in the ROM 4 to generate the electronic sound of the ball firing. An image of the ball 30 is displayed at the starting end of the rail 28 on the screen via the video ram 7.

In the image of the sphere 30, a large number of pixels constituting the screen of the receiver 8 correspond to memory addresses of the video ram 7, and each time the corresponding pixels are scanned according to the contents of the memory address determined by information from the CPU 3. An image of the sphere 30 is constructed by combining a plurality of pixels at different positions when excited and appears on the screen.

The image of the sphere 30 lights up as time passes (scans), the pixels that made up the sphere 30 disappear, and the next adjacent pixel is excited.
The image moves on the rail 28 toward the game board 31 in a predetermined direction at a predetermined speed according to the conditions set in the program.

On the other hand, when the operation signal of the ball firing switch section 10 is input to the computer, the CPU 3 starts up the ball sending device 9 one by one according to the program and
4. Send the ball waiting on top to the outside of the machine through the inside of the machine.

Furthermore, in response to the operation signal from the ball firing switch section 10, the CPU 3 adds and updates the data on the number of balls used (initial state is 0) stored in the RAM 5 in the arithmetic section of the microcomputer, and again.
At the same time as being stored in the RAM 5, the number of pitches used is displayed A on the screen of the receiver 8 via the video ram 7.

If the player supplies the gaming machine with coins instead of balls, the program should be changed to one that allows a predetermined number of balls, for example, 15, to be fired by inserting one coin, and the above-mentioned and It is also preferable to include a device for playing games with coin base, such as a coin insertion detection switch 19, a coin delivery device 20, and a coin outage detection device 21, which will be described later.

Next, when the ball firing interval adjustment handle 12 is operated to the large interval side, the ball is fired at a predetermined interval toward the game board on the screen of the receiver 8 when the ball firing switch section 10 is operated according to the amount of operation. The firing interval of the balls becomes long, and conversely, when the ball is operated to the small interval side, the firing interval becomes short.

As a specific example, the ball firing signal to the microcomputer is transmitted at the rising edge of a pulse wave that is generated at predetermined intervals when the ball firing switch section 10 equipped with a pulse generating circuit is operated, and the ball firing signal is transmitted at the pulse interval at a predetermined interval. This is done by changing the size by operating the spacing adjustment handle 12.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, when the ball is in area A of the game board and the ball force adjustment handle 13 is operated, the operation signal is input to the microcomputer and the CPU 3 indicates the direction in which the movement trajectory of the ball is drawn in a pattern determined by the program for each position A, B, C, etc. of the ball moving toward the game board surface in area A on the rail 28 when the operation signal is received. The image of the ball is moved through the video ram 7 to ', b', c', and so on.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the image of the ball comes into contact with the image of the ball return 31 displayed on the upper right side of the game board, the contact area a between the ball and the ball return 31, Pattern a' determined for each type of b and c,
The CPU 3 moves the balls b' and c' on the screen of the television receiver 8 via the video ram 7 according to the program in the ROM 4.

For example, the ball return 31 stored in ROM4
The area is at the coordinates a (x ₁ y ₁ ) on the screen of the receiver 8 (memory of the video ram 7), and at this time
When the CPU 3 determines that the coordinates on the screen of the sphere that the CPU 3 is currently trying to move (coordinate positions are updated and stored in RAM 5) are a (x ₁ y ₁ ), a program draws a pattern of a'. The routine is executed and the image of the ball moves according to the pattern.

Regarding the ball return 31, a of the ball return 31,
When a ball hits the area b or c, the image of the ball is erased, and the data regarding the number of balls used stored in the RAM 5 is subtracted so that one ball can be fired again. Good too.

Next, as shown in Fig. 4, when the ball enters area B of the game board, the image of the ball moves in area C of the game board in a straight line with a straight line connecting the last two pixels that moved in area B. will be moved.

That is, the CPU 3 searches the video RAM 7 and RAM 5 for the coordinate positions before and after the ball on area B, determines the tilt angle of the ball movement via the RAM 5, etc., and then calculates the progress of the ball on the coordinates having the same tilt angle. The operation of projecting the image of the ball at a position in the direction is performed while being scanned, and the image of the ball continues to move linearly on the game board until it comes into contact with the images of the nail 25, windmill 26, etc.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the ball 30 comes into contact with an image of a large number of nails 25 projected on the screen, the ball 30 moves in a direction determined for each area of the nail 25.
Move according to the program stored in ROM4.

That is, the area of the nail 25 arranged on the game board surface of the screen (the screen of the receiver 8, that is, the coordinate position of the nail 25 corresponding to the memory address of the video ram 7;
The coordinate positions of the areas d, e, f, g, h, i) are
Data related to the current position of the ball 30 on the screen is stored in the ROM 4 and RAM 5, and is sequentially stored and updated in the RAM 5 as the ball moves.
Every time the pixels that make up the image of 0 change on the screen, the CPU 3 searches for a correlation with other images, such as the image of the nail 25 in this case, for example, whether or not the other area matches. The coordinate position D (x ₂ y ₂ ) of 30 and the coordinate position D (x ₂ y ₂ ) of the d area of the nail
When CPU3 determines that they match, CPU3
The moving direction of the ball is determined based on the program in the ROM 4, and the image of the ball 30 on the screen is directed in the d' direction.

Thereafter, the ball 30 repeats the linear movement as described above until it becomes in a state of correlation with the images of obstacles such as the nail 25 and the windmill 26.

Similarly, the movement direction e' of the ball programmed for each area e, f, g, h, and i is
The direction of movement of the ball 30 at f', g', h', and i' is determined and changed depending on the type of contact area between the ball 30 and the nail 25.

Incidentally, the placement positions of the nails 25 on the game board surface are semi-fixedly determined by the program written in the ROM 4, but the placement positions of the nails 25 at predetermined locations can be adjusted by operating the nail adjustment switch 18. A data storage area regarding the nail position that can be updated and changed is provided in the RAM 5 so that the data can be updated and changed, and the CPU 3 compares and processes the selection operation signal of the nail adjustment switch 18 with the data regarding the nail position stored in the RAM 5 and sends the data to the receiver 8. The placement position of the nail 25 on the screen is changed via the video ram 7.

A specific example of the nail adjustment switch 18 is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 1, a specific nail is selected depending on the number of times the nail selection switch 18a is operated. For example, if the number of operations is 2, the No. 2 nail 25a is selected, and then the positioning switches 18 ^R , 18 ^L , 18 ^U , 18 ^D are selected.
Nail selection switch 18 ^a depending on the type and number of operations.
The amount of movement of the selected nail 25 in the left, right, up and down directions on the game board surface is determined.

For example, if 18 ^R is operated twice, the position of the nail 25 is moved by two pixels toward the R side. Also, 18 ^L once,
18 If you press ^U twice, nail 25 will move 1 point to the left on the screen.
The pixel is moved upward by two pixels.

Note that the nail adjustment switch 18 cannot be operated until the key switch ^18b , which can only be operated by the administrator, is operated, but it can be made operable by the player in order to enhance the gameplay.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, when the image of the ball 30 comes into contact with the windmill 26, the ball 30 and nail 26
Similarly to the contact with the ball 30, the movement direction of the ball 30 is determined by the type of each of the areas j and k of the windmill 26 that the ball 30 contacts, and the pattern follows the program.
The ball 30 moves by drawing j' and k'.

Regarding the several ball movement patterns mentioned above, if multiple program routines are prepared that draw similar patterns depending on the operation of the ball force adjustment handle 13, the movement directions of the ball can be made even more diverse. becomes.

If the ball 30 comes into contact with the windmill 26, the CPU 3 determines that the ball 30 and the windmill 26 have come into contact, and if the image of the windmill 26 comes into contact with the ball 30 in the j area, then If the contact occurs counterclockwise in the k area, the contact is rotated clockwise for a certain period of time.

That is, at the same time as the judgment is made, a program routine is executed to move each pixel constituting the image of the windmill 26 to an adjacent pixel within the concentric circle of the windmill.
The image of the windmill 26 is rotated by the CPU 3.

Next, as shown in FIG.
When it comes into contact with areas n, o, p, q, the eighth
As shown in the figure and FIG. 9, the sides m, n, o,
The sphere moves in the direction of reflection with the same angle as the angle of incidence α with respect to p and q.

In other words, the side m forms on the screen, and the ROM
4. The trajectory of the ball 30 incident on the side m forms the data related to the inclination angle stored in the RAM 5, and the relative angle data between the data related to the inclination angle stored in the RAM 5 is used to calculate the relative angle of the ball 30. The angle of incidence α with respect to side m is obtained, and the CPU 3 moves the sphere 30 to the reflection side at the same angle as the angle of incidence α with respect to side m.

The moving direction of the ball 30, which has been changed by this operation, continues to move in the same direction until it reaches a correlation with the next obstacle, as described above.

As stated by the CPU 3, the ball 30 hit the area l in the image of the tube chucker 29.
If you interpret and judge the information in ROM4 and RAM5,
The CPU 3 causes the ball 30 to disappear on the screen according to the program, and at the same time activates the electronic sound generator 11 via the input/output interface 2 to notify the player of the winning ball by electronic sound.

On the other hand, the calculation unit of CPU3 adds the number of winning balls and the number of prize balls stored in RAM5, and
At the same time, the number of winning balls and the number of prize balls are displayed above the game board on the screen via the video ram 7.
and do A.

Furthermore, when winning a prize, the CPU 3 drives the prize ball sending device 14 via the interface 2, and releases a predetermined number of prize balls into a ball tray 24 provided at the front of the gaming machine.

In this case, the prize ball sending device 1 is activated each time a winning occurs.
4, the number of prize balls is sequentially added and stored in the RAM 5, and the prize ball sending device 1 is used to collectively release the prize balls released in one game at the end of the game.
The program may be changed to one that drives 4.

Furthermore, there is also a program that converts a certain number of balls into coins and sends them out all at once when winning a prize or when the game ends, a coin sending device 20, a coin number storage area, a coin outage detection switch 21, a conversion calculation section,
A configuration may also be provided in which a coin insertion detection switch 19 is provided. In this case, it is convenient to design the system so that the coin control mechanism is controlled by a microcomputer to utilize the mechanism of a well-known vertical coin game machine.

Furthermore, when the ball comes into contact with the L area of the tulip type chucker 29 and a winning state occurs, the chucker 29
The video is determined by the program, and the CPU 3 sends the video to the video ram 7 according to the conditions stored in the ROM 4.
When the previously described image of the windmill 26 is converted into an expanded image as shown in FIG.

In the state of FIG. 10 where the image has been converted, the ball 30 is
If the ball makes contact with the area, it will be considered as a winning event, just like when the ball makes contact with the l area, and the ball will disappear, the winning notification will be announced,
The prize balls and the number of winning balls are added, displayed, and the prize balls are released, and the image of the chucker 29 is again converted to the initial state shown in FIG. 7.

Therefore, in the state where the winning area has been converted to the t area, the probability of the ball 30 winning a prize in the corresponding chucker 29 is increased, and the ball 30 is in contact with the side r and s areas of the chucker 29. in case of,
By moving the image of the sphere to the opposite side at the same angle as the angle of incidence of the sphere with respect to the m side, etc., the manner in which the sphere 30 is reflected by the chucker 29 is partially changed.

In this example, for convenience of explanation, when the ball 30 comes into contact with the l area of the chucker 29, the chucker 2
9 to the state shown in FIG. 10,
Depending on the program, this may be a mode in which the video of the particular chuck car 29 is not converted but the video of other chuck cars 29 arranged on the game board is converted into an expanded state, or a mode in which the video images of multiple chuck cars 29 are converted simultaneously. You can also use it as

In addition to the opening and closing operations of the tulip-type chucker 29 as in this example, the winning device may be configured to make complicated changes in the winning area by the contact of the ball 30 with the winning area. This is possible.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, when the ball 30 comes into contact with the rail 28 arranged in area C on the game board, the same process as when the ball 30 comes into contact with the outer side of the chucker 29 occurs. The image of the ball 30 is moved to the reflection side at an angle substantially equal to the incident angle α of the ball 30 with respect to the rail 28.

Furthermore, when the other ball 30 comes into contact with the rail 28 in the game board D area, the image of the ball 30 is moved toward the out ball opening 32 and guided by the rail 28.

In other words, in this case as well, the information on the screen of the receiver 8 (video RAM 7) changes one by one and is updated and stored in the RAM 5.
The position coordinate H ₍ x ₃ y ₃ ) data of the ball 30 at the memory address _of
It is compared point by point by CPU3 according to the program order,
When the conditions are satisfied, the CPU 3 sequentially scans and projects images of the sphere 30 via the video ram 7 onto predetermined positions on the screen determined by the program in the ROM 4.

The image of the ball 30 moves to the out ball mouth 32 as this operation is repeated.

Next, when the image of the ball 30 comes into contact with the image of the out ball mouth 32, the image of the ball 30 disappears from the screen, and at the same time, the CPU 3 uses the calculation unit to add up the number of out balls stored in the RAM 5. and the result again
The number of pitches is stored in the RAM 5 and displayed via the video ram 7 on the number of out pitches display D provided above the game board on the screen.

At this time, the CPU 3 activates the electronic sound generating section 11 via the interface 2 so as to generate an electronic sound different from the ball firing sound, winning sound, etc.

The information regarding the balls 30 that are successively fired next is:
Each ball 30 is updated and stored in the RAM 5 as time changes, while the CPU 3 records the correlation between the balls 30 each time the balls 30 move on the screen.
Comparison is made based on the data of RAM 5, and if it is determined that there is a contact state, a tulip type chucker 29,
In the case of contact with the ball 30, almost the same process goes through,
A program is set up to move the spheres 30 in the reflection direction at the same angle as the incident angle of the spheres 30 with respect to a perpendicular line formed by the contact surfaces of the two spheres 30.

As described above, the game start switch 17, the ball detection switch 1 (or the coin insertion detection switch 19),
Ball firing switch section 10, ball firing interval adjustment handle 12, ball firing force adjustment handle 13, operation of nail adjustment switch 18, microcomputer, video ram 7, receiver 8, electronic sound generator 11, ball feeding device 9, By the operation of the prize ball sending device 14 (or the coin sending device 20), an image of the ball 30 is shot toward the game board of the receiver 8, the number of used balls is added and displayed B, and the ball moves, and the ball 30 moves to the nail 25. , the moving direction is changed depending on the image of obstacles such as the rail 26, and the image of the ball 30 comes into contact with the winning area of the winning device such as the chuck car 29, resulting in a winning state, and a predetermined number of prize balls (or a predetermined number of coins) ) is discharged into the saucer 24, the number of winning balls and the number of prize balls (or the number of coins) are added and displayed C and A, and depending on the conditions such as the occurrence of winning, etc.
The winning level moves as the image of the winning device changes, and when the ball becomes out, the number of out balls is added and displayed D, and the game progresses.

As the game progresses and there are no more balls on the ball tray 24, the ball detection switch 1 is activated and the microcomputer receives a cut-off signal. Resilience adjustment handle 1
3 cannot be input to the microcomputer through the input/output port 2, and a game end display 42 (END) is displayed through the video ram 7.

On the other hand, if you want to interrupt the game when there are still balls on the ball tray 24, operate the reset switch ^16a . This operation signal is input to the microcomputer, and the CPU 3 controls the recovery solenoid 44.
All the balls waiting in front of the ball feeding device 9 are led out to the ball collecting tray 33 through a ball collecting path 45 opened by the operation of the collecting solenoid 44. For this reason, ball detection switch 1 operates to the non-detection side.
Based on this no-ball signal, the CPU 3 displays a game end display 42 (END) on the screen of the receiver 8.

On the other hand, if the game machine is set with coins instead of balls, it is programmed to fire a predetermined number of balls per coin, and the microcomputer uses the data stored in ROM4 and RAM5. When the CPU 3 detects that the number of ball launches has reached a predetermined number based on this, the CPU 3 disables input of operating signals from the ball launch switch 10, etc. to the microcomputer via the input/output port, and then displays a game end display 42.
(END).

In other words, when the player operates the ball firing switch and the fired ball enters the prize winning area of the tulip type chucker 29 and a winning occurs, the number of balls that can be fired for one coin has already been exceeded. When a winning ball occurs, the number of prize balls is added to the value obtained by subtracting the number of balls fired by the player, and the number of balls held by the player, which is updated and stored in the RAM 5, is reduced to zero due to the winning of this ball. Then, CPO3 sends operation signals such as ball firing switch 10 to input/output port 2.
input to the microcomputer via the computer will be disabled and the continuation of the game will be prevented. Also, CPO3 is receiver 8
A game end display (END) is displayed on the screen via the video ram 7.

Also, when playing on Coinbase,
When the reset switch ^16a is operated, the number of balls that can be fired corresponds to the number of balls that can be fired by inserting a coin, and the number of balls that can be fired is added by the prize balls that are awarded by winning the number of ball firing operations with the ball firing switch section 10. The number obtained by dividing the number of balls held by adding and subtracting them by the predetermined number of balls that can be fired with one coin, CPU3
calculates the data in the RAM 5 and drives the coin sending device 20 to send out the corresponding number of coins to the player.

It should be noted that it is possible for the player to fire a ball the number of times corresponding to the remainder generated by dividing the above data, and if a winning occurs by firing a ball due to the remainder..., the ball due to the remainder... The total number of balls that can be fired with one coin is divided by the total value of the number of firing operations subtracted and the number of prize balls obtained by winning, and the resulting number of coins is calculated by the CPU 3.
The coins are sent out to the player via the coin sending device 20.

When the arithmetic processing of the microcomputer and the ejection operation with the coin sending device 20 are repeated and the number of operations that allow ball shooting becomes zero, the CPU 3 sends the operation signal of the ball shooting switch 10 to the microcomputer through the input/output port 2. input is disabled, and a game end display (END) is displayed on the screen of the receiver 8 via the video ram 7.

However, it is not desirable for the business management of a gaming hall if the number of prize balls awarded by the gaming machine to the player based on winnings is unlimited. For this reason, when the number of prize balls reaches a predetermined number, in order to disable the continuation of the game on the gaming machine, data for stopping the game (for example, number of prize balls = 3000) and data that indicates that the number of prize balls reaches 3000 are set. When the CPU 3 determines that the operation signal of the ball firing switch unit 10 has been reached, it is impossible to input the operation signal of the ball firing switch unit 10 to the microcomputer (for example, the input/output port 2) is used to prevent the transmission of the signal of the ball firing switch unit 10 to the CPU 3). is set in ROM4, and as the game progresses, RAM5
When the data of the number of prize balls that is continuously updated and stored in the CPU meets the pre-programmed data in ROM4 (predetermined number of prize balls = 3000), the CPU
3, the CPU 3 disables the input of the operation signal of the ball firing switch section 10 to the microcomputer via the input/output port 2 according to the program, and disables the firing of the image of the ball toward the game board. Stop state.

Also, at the same time as the CPU 3 determines whether to stop or not, a stop display 34 is displayed on the screen of the receiver 8 via the video ram 7.
(STOP), the electronic sound generator 11 is activated via the input/output port, and the speaker 43 is activated.
A procedure is set in the program to notify the occurrence of a stoppage by an electronic sound, so that the player and the administrator are notified of the occurrence of a stoppage.

Next, the cancellation release switch 15, which is a key switch or the like that can only be operated by the gaming hall manager, is operated.
When the CPU 3 receives this information, the CPU 3 enables input of an operation signal for the ball firing switch section 10 through the input/output port 2 according to the program.
The data related to the inning of batting that was stored in the RAM, ie, the number of balls used, the number of prize balls, the number of winning balls, etc., is clicked and set to the initial state.

As explained above, the present invention includes a rail, a nail, a winning opening, an exit opening, a windmill, a winning device, and an image receiver that projects images of pachinko balls, and a ball detection switch that detects each pachinko ball thrown in by a player. , a coin insertion detection switch that detects coins inserted by a player, an operation section that can be operated by the player, a control section that includes a microcomputer, and a coin that dispenses prize coins to the player according to winning status. a prize ball delivery device, a prize ball delivery device that delivers a predetermined number of pachinko balls to a player according to a winning state, and a prize ball delivery device that delivers a predetermined number of pachinko balls to a player in accordance with a winning state, and a prize ball delivery device that delivers a predetermined number of pachinko balls to a player in accordance with a winning state; A stop means that disables input of the operation signal of the time ball firing switch section to the control section and displays this on the screen, and a stop means that cancels the stop state by operation of the game hall manager (resets the pachinko machine function to the initial state) a discontinuation release switch that performs
A reset switch that forcibly interrupts the game in the middle of a game where balls can be fired, allows pachinko balls or coins corresponding to the winning state at that time to be dispensed to the player, and resets the pachinko machine function to its initial state. Since this video pachinko machine is characterized by the following, it has the effect that pachinko can be played by holding either pachinko balls or coins.

While we used images of pachinko balls to actually roll on the game board surface during the game, we also used pachinko balls or coins as the valuable items that players throw in as a condition for starting the game, so the nails installed on the game board surface,
The manufacturing and assembly process of game boards and pachinko machine bodies eliminates the need for a large number of parts such as rails, windmills, winning devices, detection and control of safe balls out of balls, and pachinko ball projectile devices. In addition, since the pachinko ball is actually delivered to the player from the pachinko machine, there is no need to manipulate the taste of the pachinko game.

The settings of the image on the receiver screen can be easily changed using software by changing the program, so there is no need to redesign and manufacture a new winning device and game board for pachinko machines that undergo many model changes, making it quick and easy. This has the effect of being able to provide the market with pachinko machines equipped with game board surfaces that correspond to the latest trends.

Due to the presence of a reset switch that allows pachinko balls or coins to be dispensed to the player in accordance with the winning status at that time during the game, the player may involuntarily continue playing the game. This has the effect of eliminating any disadvantages that may arise.

Regardless of whether you are playing with pachinko balls or coins, when the pachinko machine reaches a predetermined winning level, you will be unable to continue playing and the game hall manager will not be disadvantaged. At the same time, there is an effect that the stopped state can be immediately canceled and the game can be reset to the initial state where the game can be played by the operation of the game hall manager.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same as above, FIG. 3 is a first video explanatory diagram of the same as above, FIG. 4 is a second video explanatory diagram of same as above, The figure is the third video explanatory diagram of the same as above, FIG. 6 is the fourth video explanatory diagram of the same as above, FIG. 7 is the fifth video explanatory diagram of same as above,
Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram of another state of Fig. 7, Fig. 9 is an explanatory diagram of another state of Fig. 8, Fig. 10 is an explanatory diagram of yet another state of Fig. 7, and Fig. 11 is an explanatory diagram of another state of Fig. 7. The sixth video explanatory diagram of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 12, is an explanatory diagram of the ball feeding and ball collecting mechanism when balls are set in the gaming machine. 25...Nail, 26...Windmill, 27...Chat car, 29...Thuritsupchat car, 30...
Ball, 36... Screen, 46... Ball outlet, 47...
...Coin ejection port, 48...Collection path opening/closing plate, 49...
...Bad coin tray, 50...Ball feed solenoid,
51... External guideway.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An image receiver that projects images of the rail, nails, winning opening, exit opening, windmill, winning device, and pachinko balls, a ball detection switch that detects each pachinko ball thrown in by a player, and a ball detection switch that detects every pachinko ball thrown in by a player. A coin insertion detection switch that detects coins;
An operation unit that can be operated by a player, a control unit that includes a microcomputer, a coin dispensing device that dispenses prize coins to the player according to the winning status, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls that are delivered to the game according to the winning status. When the number of prize balls given to a player due to the occurrence of a prize reaches a predetermined value, the operation signal of the ball firing switch section cannot be input to the control section. A stop means that displays this on the screen, a stop release switch that cancels the stop state by the operation of the game hall manager, and a stop release switch that forcibly interrupts the game in the middle of a game where balls can be fired and wins at that point. A video pachinko machine that is capable of dispensing pachinko balls or coins corresponding to the state to a player and is equipped with a reset switch that resets the pachinko machine function to its initial state.