JPH04174690A - pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To conduct play continuation permission work without a helping hand, by equipping a striking stop prohibition means which prohibits the output of a striking stop signal during the output period of a play permission signal from a pachinko game machine. CONSTITUTION:When a special prize pattern displayed by means of a display means at a pachinko game machine 1 becomes a previously set play continuation permission pattern, a play continuation permission means 17 outputs a play permission signal. Then, a striking stop controller 18 prohibits the output of a striking stop signal. Accordingly, the pachinko machine is not changed into a striking stop condition, so a player can continue playing, and, when the special prize pattern generated at the machine 1 becomes a previously set play continuation prohibition 32 pattern, or the frequency of special prizes during the output of the play permission signal becomes a predetermined frequency, the means 17 finishes the output of the play permission signal. Accordingly, the controller 18 releases the output of the striking stop signal, so the pachinko machine is changed into a striking stop condition in which playing is prohibited.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a system for detecting information randomly selected from among multiple types of pattern information consisting of characters, pictures, etc. when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A pachinko game machine including a plurality of display means and configured to exhibit a special prize state with an extremely high probability of winning when a combination of symbol information displayed on those display means forms a predetermined special prize pattern, and its game machine. This invention relates to a stop control device.

(Prior Art) This type of pachinko game machine has a plurality of display means consisting of, for example, LED segments or a liquid crystal display approximately in the center of the board, and pachinko balls are placed in a specific winning slot provided on the board. When a prize is won, one piece of symbol information randomly selected from among a plurality of types of symbol information consisting of letters, pictures, etc. is displayed on each display means. Then, when the symbol information displayed on each display means becomes a predetermined special prize pattern, the control device of the slot machine drives the electric accessory, thereby switching to the special prize state where the winning probability is extremely high. It has become.

Therefore, when the special prize state occurs, the player can win a large amount of pachinko balls.

By the way, such a special prize state occurs based on a predetermined probability, so if a player who has won a large amount of pachinko balls due to the occurrence of a special prize continues playing with the acquired pachinko balls, he will receive new pachinko balls. The probability that the special prize state will occur again without doing so increases. For this reason, allowing the player who generated the special prize to continue playing is not a good business idea, as it would bias the distribution of profits to the players. When the game ends, the same player is prohibited from continuing the game, and the pachinko balls that the player has won are exchanged for prizes.

However, for the player, if he wants to continue playing the pachinko game machine after exchanging the pachinko balls he has acquired through the cancellation for a prize as described above, he must rent new pachinko balls. For this reason,
Players will be at a disadvantage compared to if they continued playing with the pachinko balls they have acquired, so they will avoid pachinko halls that are regulated as described above, which will cause a decline in the customer attraction rate of pachinko halls. Therefore, in recent years, pachinko halls have allowed the same player to continue playing under predetermined conditions when a special prize situation occurs. In other words, when the combination of symbol information displayed on each display means becomes a predetermined special prize pattern and a special prize state occurs, the staff in charge determines whether the special prize pattern is a continuation play permission pattern predefined by the pachinko hall. It is confirmed whether or not the same player is allowed to continue playing the game, and if the pattern is such that the continued play is permitted, the same player is allowed to continue playing the game regardless of whether the special prize ends.

Such continued play is allowed until the special prize pattern becomes, for example, a pattern that prohibits continued play, and this allows the player to continue playing with the pachinko balls obtained from the special prize under predetermined conditions. Since games by the same player do not continue for a long time, pachinko halls do not become unduly disadvantageous.

(Question 8 to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when a special prize state occurs, the clerk in charge determines whether the special prize pattern of the pachinko game machine where the special prize has occurred is a pattern that allows continued play or a pattern that prohibits continued play. The problem is that it is necessary to check each time which one of the following is true, and the checking process is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to present a special prize state in which the probability of winning is increased based on the combination of symbol information displayed on a plurality of display means, and also to provide a special prize state in which the probability of winning is increased based on the combination of symbol information displayed on a plurality of display means, and the combination is in a specific pattern. To provide a pachinko game machine and its termination control device capable of permitting the continuation of the game without human intervention when implementing a configuration that permits the continuation of the game by a player when the game occurs.

[Structure of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) The pachinko game machine of the present invention displays information randomly selected from among a plurality of types of symbol information consisting of characters, pictures, etc. when a predetermined condition is met. When the combination of symbol information displayed on these display means becomes a predetermined special prize pattern, a special prize state with an extremely high probability of winning is presented, and the game is played when a stop signal is input. is configured to be switched to a prohibited discontinuation state, and when the special prize pattern displayed on the display means is a preset continuation play permission pattern, a game permission signal is output and the output state thereof is The present invention is provided with a continuation game permission means that continues until the special prize pattern becomes a preset continuation game prohibition pattern or until the number of special prizes while outputting the game permission signal reaches a predetermined number.

Further, the stop control device for the pachinko game machine configured as described above outputs a stop signal for switching the pachinko game machine to a stop state based on the number of out balls and the number of safe balls generated in the pachinko game machine. , the above-mentioned pachinko game machine is configured to prohibit the output of the stop signal during the special award period, and the stop signal is prohibited from being output during the output period of the game permission signal from the pachinko game machine. This is a prohibition measure.

(Function) When a predetermined condition is satisfied in the pachinko game machine, symbol information is displayed on each display means. At this time, when the combination of each symbol information becomes a special prize pattern, the winning probability becomes a special prize state where the probability of winning is extremely high, and a large number of safe balls are ejected from the pachinko game machine at once, so the stop control device sends a stop signal. will now be output. However, during the special prize period, the stop control device prohibits the output of the stop signal, so the player can continue playing the game even if a stop occurs during the special prize period.

Now, when the special prize pattern displayed on the display means in the pachinko game machine becomes a preset continuation game permission pattern, the continuation game permission means outputs a game permission signal. Then, the stop control device prohibits the output of the stop signal based on the output of the game permission signal from the pachinko game machine. Therefore, since the pachinko game machine does not switch to the stopped state, the player can continue playing the game.

Then, when the special prize pattern generated in the pachinko game machine becomes a preset continuation play prohibition pattern, or when the number of special prizes while outputting the game permission signal reaches a predetermined number, the continuation game permission means prohibits the game from being played. End output of permission signal. Therefore, the stop control device cancels the output of the stop signal, and the pachinko game machine is switched to the stop state in which playing is prohibited.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 2, which shows the front of the pachinko game machine, a board 2 of the pachinko game machine 1 is provided with first to third display means 3 to 5 made of, for example, an LED dot matrix. When a pachinko ball enters a specific winning hole 6 provided on the board 2, symbol information consisting of letters, pictures, etc. is displayed on the answer display means 3 to 5. Further, an electric accessory 7 is provided at the lower part of the board surface 2.

This electric accessory 7 consists of a grand prize opening 8 closed by an opening/closing member 9, and when the combination displayed on the answer display means 3 to 5 becomes a special prize pattern, the opening/closing member 9 rotates forward and the board surface 2 is designed to catch falling pachinko balls and guide them to the grand prize opening 8. In addition, 10 is an upper ball receiving tray, 11 is an upper ball receiving tray, and 12 is an operation handle for driving a ball launching device.

In FIG. 3, which schematically shows the configuration of the pachinko game machine 1, a safe ball storage container (not shown) is provided on the back side of the pachinko game machine 1, and safe balls are fed into this ball storage container from the ball supply device 13. It is now being supplied. The ball supply device 13 supplies pachinko balls according to the on/off state of a ball detection switch provided in the safe ball storage container, and also outputs a safe ball counting pulse P2 every time, for example, 10 pachinko balls are supplied. is output to the hall management computer 14. Further, an out ball counter 15 is arranged on the back side of the board 2, and every time, for example, 10 pachinko balls are ejected from the out port 16 of the board 2, an out ball counting pulse P is sent to the hall management computer 14. Output to.

On the other hand, a control device 17 is disposed on the back side of the pachinko game machine 1. This control device 17 controls the overall operation of the pachinko game machine 1, such as the generation of winnings, the generation of special prizes, and the generation of sound effects, and when a special prize has occurred, it sends a special prize signal P3 indicating this to the hall management computer 14. Output. Furthermore, the control device 17 is configured to output a game permission signal P4 to the hall management computer 14 based on the symbol information displayed on the answer display means 3 to 5, and its function corresponds to a continuation game permission means. do.

Now, each counting pulse Pl, P from the pachinko game machine 1
2 and the game permission signal P3 are sent to the hall management computer 1.
The signal is supplied via a signal line to a stop control device 18 configured in the stop control device 4, and this stop control device 18 will be described below.

Here, the stop control device 18 is shown in FIG. 1 by a combination of functional blocks. However, the stop control device 18 is actually configured inside the hall management computer 14, and is designed to centrally manage a large number of 1<chinko game machines; For convenience, only functional programs related to one Nokuchinko game machine 1 are shown.

Reference numeral 19 denotes an out ball counting section which receives a counting pulse P1 indicating the number of out balls through an input section 20 and a transfer gate 21, which sequentially adds up the counting pulse P1 inputted after being initialized through the rese/soto terminal R. The addition result is output as a numerical signal N indicating the number of out balls. still,
Transfer gate 21 allows a signal to pass only when the /% clear signal is applied to its gate terminal. 22 is a safe ball counting section which receives the counting pulse P2 indicating the number of safe balls through the input section 20;
2 are sequentially added and the addition result is output as a numerical signal N2 indicating the number of safe balls.

23 is a subtraction unit which subtracts the number of safe balls indicated by the numerical signal N2 from the number of out balls indicated by the numerical signal N1, and outputs the subtraction result as a numerical signal N3 indicating the difference number of balls of the pachinko game machine 1. do.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a discontinuation setting value storage section, which stores a discontinuation setting value Nz (negative value) that can be arbitrarily changed. Reference numeral 25 denotes a comparison section serving as a stop means, which compares the above-mentioned stop setting value Nz and the numerical signal N from the subtraction section 23, and determines that Nz≧N,
When the following relationship is established, that is, when the difference in the number of balls of the pachinko game machine 1 reaches the stop setting value Nz, a high-level stop signal Sz is output. Reference numeral 26 denotes a signal holding unit, which receives the stop signal Sz via the transfer gate 27, and holds the stop signal Sz only during the period from the time it receives the stop signal Sz until it is initialized through the reset terminal R. It outputs a signal Sz-. still,
The transfer gate 27 allows the stop signal Sz to pass while a high level signal is applied to the gate terminal.

In a state where the stop signal Sz- is output from the signal holding section 26 to the pachinko game machine 1 via the output section 28, the new supply of pachinko balls is stopped or the power supply of the pachinko ball firing device is turned off. The pachinko game machine 1 is configured to be switched to a discontinued state in which playing on the pachinko game machine 1 is prohibited by, for example, shutting off the pachinko game machine 1.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a driving setting value storage section in which a driving setting value Na that can be arbitrarily changed is stored, and in this embodiment, the driving setting value Na is set to zero. 30 is a comparison unit for detecting the driving state, which compares the driving setting value Na and the numerical signal N from the subtracting unit 23, and when Na≦N3, that is, the pachinko game machine 1 is in the driving state (the number of out balls is greater than the number of safe balls) and the difference in the number of balls is greater than zero, the driving signal Sa consisting of a high level signal
In other states, a low level signal is output. The output of the comparator 30 is inverted by an inverter 31 and then applied to the gate terminal of the transfer gate 21.

32 is an AND circuit which is a stop prohibition means, which receives the special prize signal P3 input from the control device 17 through the input section 33 in an inverted state by the inverter circuit 34, and also controls the game input from the control device 17 through the input section 35. The permission signal P4 is received in an inverted state by an inverter circuit 36.

Also, the output terminal of AND32 is the transfer gate 27
is connected to the gate terminal of.

Reference numeral 37 is an opening means that outputs a reset pulse RP when the opening operation is performed, and by the reset pulse RP,
Out ball counting section 19. The safe ball counting section 22 and the signal holding section 26 are initialized via the reset terminal R. Further, the reset pulse R from the opening means 37
P is given to the control device 17 through the output section 38.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained.

When a game is being played on the pachinko game machine 1,
Out ball counting unit 1 which outputs counting pulses P and P2 from the pachinko game machine 1 and adds counting pulse P1.
A numerical signal N1 indicating the number of out balls is outputted from the safe ball counting section 22 which adds a counting pulse P2, and a numerical signal N2 indicating the number of safe balls is outputted from the safe ball counting section 22 which adds the counting pulse P2. As a result, the subtraction unit 23 performs an operation of subtracting the number of safe balls indicated by the numerical signal N2 from the number of out balls indicated by the numerical signal N1, and transfers the operation result to the pachinko game machine 1.
It is output as a numerical signal N indicating the difference in the number of balls.

In this case, when the numerical signal N3 from the subtraction unit 23 is greater than or equal to zero, that is, when the pachinko game machine 1 is in the input state, the input signal Sa (high level signal) is output from the comparison unit 3o.
The input signal Sa is inverted to a low level signal by the inverter 31 and applied to the gate terminal of the transfer gate 21. For this reason, the transfer gate 21 comes to prevent the counting pulse P1 from passing, and therefore, during the period when the pachinko game machine 1 is in the hitting state, the counting pulse P1 by the out ball counting section 19 is
The addition operation of Pachinko game machine 1 is stopped.
Regarding the number of pachinko balls entered into the hitting state by the player, this will not be reflected in the calculation result of the difference number of balls in the subtraction unit 23. As a result, pachinko game machine 1
When the game is stopped after being played by two or more players, a situation in which the number of pachinko balls acquired by a player becomes greater than a set stop value Nz is prevented.

Now, when the numerical signal N3 is at a negative value, that is, when the player has acquired a pachinko ball, the input signal Sa is not output from the comparator 30. 21 allows the counting pulse P1 to pass through. In this state, when a pachinko ball enters the specific winning hole 6 provided on the board 2, each display means 3
When the symbol information displayed in 5 to 5 becomes a special prize pattern,
A special prize state in which the electric accessory 7 is driven and the grand prize opening 8 is opened occurs, and the winning probability becomes extremely high. As a result, the number of pachinko balls acquired by the player increases at once, and
When the difference number of balls calculated by 3 increases in the negative direction and the numerical signal N3 reaches the stop setting value Nz, the comparator 25 outputs the stop signal Sz.

On the other hand, a control device 17 provided in the pachinko game machine 1 controls the operation of the entire pachinko game machine 1, and generates light for the special prize by sending a special prize signal P3 based on the symbol information displayed on each display means 3 to 5. and controls the output of the game permission signal P4. That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 4 showing the operation contents of the control device 17, the control device 17 waits until the special prize occurs (step AI), and when the special prize occurs, it outputs the special prize signal P3 and ( Step A2), it is determined whether the game permission signal P4 is being outputted (Step A3). Then, the game permission signal P4
If not, it is determined whether the special prize pattern is a continuation game permission pattern or a continuation game prohibition pattern (steps A4 and A5). At this time, if the special prize pattern is neither a continuation game permission pattern nor a continuation game prohibition pattern, the control device 17 waits until the special prize ends (step 86), and when the special prize ends, the special prize signal P, After stopping the output of (step A7)
, return to step A1. Through the above operations, when a special prize is generated, the special prize signal P,
is being output. As a result, since the signal level of one input terminal of the AND circuit 32 in the stop control device 18 is at a low level, the output of the AND circuit 32 is at a low level. Therefore, the stop signal Sz from the comparator 25 cannot pass through the transfer gate 27.
The stop signal Sz- is never output from the signal holding section 26 to the pachinko game machine 1.゛When the special prize ends, the stop signal Sz from the comparison section 25 is held in the signal holding section 26 at that timing, so the signal holding section 26 outputs the stop signal Sz-, and the pachinko game ends. Machine 1 is switched to a discontinued state in which no games can be played.

Also, when a special prize occurs, the combination of symbol information displayed on each display means 3 to 5 is r333J or r77.
If it is the continuation game permission pattern of 7J, the control device 17 proceeds from step 84 to step A8, outputs the game permission signal P4, and adds 1 to the number of special prizes (step A9). Next, the control device 174: Proceeds to step A6, and when the special prize is finished, the special prize signal P is activated.
Finish outputting step 3. With the above operation, the control device 17
Since the game permission signal P4 is outputted from the terminal, one input terminal of the AND circuit 33 in the stop control device 18 remains at a low level. Therefore, since the stop signal Sz cannot pass through the transfer gate 27, the pachinko game machine 1 will not be switched to the stop state regardless of the end of the special prize state, and the player will not be able to finish the special prize. You can continue playing regardless.

On the other hand, when a special prize occurs in a state where continued gaming is permitted as described above, the control device 17 proceeds from step 83 to step AID, adds 1 to the number of special prizes, and sets the number of special prizes to the set value. (Step A)
11). If the number of special prizes has not reached the set value, the control device 17 proceeds to step A5 and ends output of the special prize signal when the special prize ends. When a special prize is generated, for example, 10 times in a state where continued gaming is permitted, the control device 17 proceeds from step All to step A12 and waits until the special prize ends, and when the special prize ends, a special prize signal is sent. The output of P is ended (step A13). Subsequently, the control device 17 stops outputting the game permission signal P4 (step A14).
), the number of special prizes is set to zero (step A15), and the process returns to step A1.

As a result, both input terminals of the AND circuit 32 in the stop control device 18 become high level and the transfer gate 27 is turned on. passes through the transfer gate 27 and is applied to the signal holding section 26. Therefore, the stop signal Sz- is output from the signal holding unit 26 to the pachinko game machine 1, whereby the pachinko game machine 1 is switched to the stop state and the player is prohibited from playing.

Then, as the game progresses, when the combination of symbol information displayed by the display means 3 to 5 becomes r222J or "888", a pattern that prohibits continued play, the control device 17 proceeds from step A5 to step AlB, and the special prize is awarded. It waits until the end of the special prize, and when the special prize ends, the output of the special prize signal P and the game permission signal P4 is ended (step A17 and step A18). Subsequently, the control device 17
After setting the number of special prizes to zero (step A19)
Return to step AI. Through the above-described operations, the pachinko game machine 1 is switched to the stop state when the special prize ends.

Incidentally, in order to release the pachinko game machine 1 that has been discontinued, the release means 37 is operated. That is, when the release means 37 is operated, the signal holding section 26 is reset, so the output of the stop signal Sz- that was being outputted from the signal holding section 26 to the pachinko game machine 1 is stopped, and the pachinko game by the player is stopped. It becomes possible to play games on the game machine 1. Further, the opening means 37 is also operated when the player changes while the continued game is permitted. In this case, when the opening means 37 is operated, the control device 17 is interrupted and starts from the initial state, so that the control bag M17 is operated in the pachinko game machine with the number of special prizes set to zero. It comes to control the operation of 1.

In addition, in the control device 17, in order to invalidate the function of prohibiting continued gaming depending on the number of special prizes generated while allowing continued gaming, the set value is set to zero or to an extremely large value. Furthermore, in order to disable the function that prohibits continued gaming due to the occurrence of a continued gaming prohibited pattern, do not set the continued gaming prohibited pattern6.
In short, according to the above embodiment, when the combination of symbol information displayed on each of the display means 3 to 5 is a continuation game permission pattern indicating permission for continuation game, the control device 17 controls the discontinuation control. At the same time as outputting the game permission signal P4 to the device 18, the stop control device 18 prohibits the output of the stop signal Sz- to the pachinko game machine 1 based on the output of the game permission signal P4 from the control device 17. Unlike the conventional example, in which it is necessary to instruct the hall management computer to permit continued play based on symbol information when this occurs, the pachinko game machine 1 can be switched to a state in which continued play is permitted without requiring any human intervention. .

In addition, when the special prize has occurred a set number of times while continuation play is permitted, or when the symbol information displayed on the answer display means 3 to 5 is a pattern that prohibits continuation play, a stop signal 82 is sent to the pachinko game machine 1. Since the output prohibition state of ' is automatically canceled, the pachinko game machine 1 in which continuation game is permitted can be switched to the continuation game prohibition condition without performing any troublesome operations.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above explanation, according to the pachinko game machine of the present invention, the continuation game permission means allows the special prize pattern displayed on the plurality of display means to be a preset continuation game permission pattern. If the game permission signal is output, a game permission signal is output to permit continued play, and the output state is changed until the special prize pattern becomes a preset continued game prohibition pattern or the number of special prizes while the game permission signal is being output reaches a predetermined number of times. Since the game continues until the game is played, it is possible to automatically output a game permission signal to the outside that indicates the permission status of the continued game.

Further, according to the stop control device for a pachinko game machine of the present invention, the stop prohibiting means generates a stop signal for switching the pachinko game machine to the stop state during the period in which the pachinko game machine outputs the game permission signal. Since the output of the pachinko game machine is prohibited, it is possible to automatically permit the pachinko game machine to continue playing.

Therefore, according to the pachinko game machine and its stopping control device configured as described above, a special prize state is achieved in which the winning probability is increased based on the combination of symbol information displayed on a plurality of display means, and the combination To achieve the excellent effect of permitting continued play without human intervention when implementing a configuration that permits a player to continue playing when the pattern is a specific pattern.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Drawing 14 shows one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the functions of the main parts, Fig. 2 is a front view of the pachinko game machine, and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the pachinko game machine. The figure shown in FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the control device. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko game machine, 3 to 5 are display means, 1
4 is a hole management computer, 17 is a control device (continuation game permission means), 25 is a comparison section (stopping means), 18 is a stopping control device, and 32 is an AND circuit (stopping prohibition means). Agent Patent Attorney Tsuyoshi SatoFigure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. It has a plurality of display means for displaying information randomly selected from among a plurality of types of pattern information consisting of characters, pictures, etc. when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and displays the information on these display means. When the combination of the symbol information obtained becomes a predetermined special prize pattern, a special prize state with an extremely high probability of winning a prize is presented, and when a stop signal is input, the game is switched to a stopped state in which the game is prohibited. In a pachinko game machine, when the special prize pattern displayed on the display means is a preset continuation game permission pattern, a game permission signal is output and the output state is changed to a continuation game in which the special prize pattern is preset. A pachinko game machine characterized by comprising a continuation game permission means that continues until a prohibited pattern is reached or until the number of special prizes while outputting the game permission signal reaches a predetermined number of times. 2. Output a stop signal to switch the pachinko game machine to a stop state based on the number of out balls and the number of safe balls generated in the pachinko game machine, and output the stop signal when the pachinko game machine is winning a special prize. The stop control device is configured to prohibit the output of the pachinko game machine, characterized by comprising a stop prohibition means for prohibiting the output of the stop signal during the output period of the game permission signal from the pachinko game machine. Pachinko game machine stop control device.