JPH0442029B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a mahjong ball game machine, and in particular to a game machine in which the game progress and its end are displayed in an easy-to-understand manner to the player on an image display device such as a cathode ray tube. be.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, regarding this type of mahjong ball game machine, there has been known a final score automatic display/return device that can automatically display the final score at the end of the game on a score display board, etc. For example, JP-A-51-
Publication No. 120840).

In addition, although it is a pachinko machine, there is a pachinko machine with a display device that has a video device placed in the center of the board and allows other games such as boat races to be played using this video device (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 54-68343 Publication No.).

Furthermore, the control unit can automatically determine the winning combination and automatically pay out medals.
Furthermore, fully automatic mahjong gaming machines are known that are equipped with a tile display shutter, a score display, a hand display, a dora and wind tile display, a flower tile display, an out display, and a stop display (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 106540/1982). .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the above-described conventional device has the problem that it is difficult for players who are not accustomed to playing mahjong ball gaming machines to understand the progress of the game, making the game less interesting. Ta.

That is, according to the above-mentioned automatic final score display/return device (e.g., Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 120840/1982) and fully automatic mahjong game machine (e.g., Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 106540/1983), game results such as winning hands and points are displayed. can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner to the player.

However, the real pleasure of playing a mahjong ball game machine lies not only in the game results, but also in enjoying the process of making progress.

Despite this, conventional fully automatic mahjong gaming machines (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 51-106540) only display hand tiles using a tile display shutter.

That is, in the conventional tile display shutter, when a ball is hit into the chucker, the shutters displaying the tiles below are opened one by one.

However, even when the shutter opens, the arrangement of the tiles is far from that of ordinary mahjong, making it difficult for players unfamiliar with mahjong to understand the winning hands, making it difficult to play the game quickly.

That is, since open shutters and unopened shutters coexist, the intervals between open shutters become large, making it difficult to see the arrangement of tiles. Furthermore, in the case of identical tiles, the shutter opened one by one vertically in order as the shutter moved upward, making it difficult to discern the arrangement of the tiles.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the conventional apparatus described above, and its purpose is to display the progress of a mahjong ball game in an easy-to-understand manner even for players who are not familiar with the game. The present invention aims to provide a mahjong game machine that does the following.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is intended to achieve the above-mentioned objects, and the contents thereof will be explained below using embodiments shown in the drawings.

The present invention provides an image display device (for example, a cathode ray tube 1
0), a hand tile display section 16 for displaying the hand tiles and a discard tile display section 30 for displaying the discarded tiles are set, and the hand tile display section is configured to display balls from a ball detection switch (not shown). Based on the detection signal, the CPU 11
The tiles displayed on the chaser 8 are displayed side by side while being rearranged in the order of their types and numbers, and the total number of tiles of the same type displayed on the hand tile display section and the discarded tile display section is 4. The present invention is characterized in that when the number of tiles is reached, the CPU prohibits the output of image information to the image display device based on the ball detection signal from the ball detection switch corresponding to the chucker displaying the same kind of tiles.

[Function] Therefore, according to the present invention, the hand tile display section 16 of the image display device (for example, the cathode ray tube 10) has the following functions:
While rearranging the tiles in hand in order of type and number,
They can be displayed side by side.

Further, when the total number of tiles of the same type displayed on the hand tile display section and the discarded tile display section 30 reaches four, displaying the image by the image display device can be prohibited.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated example.

As shown in Fig. 1, the container frame 1 is provided with a front door 2 that can be opened and closed freely, and on the front side of the front door 2, there is an input port 3 for medals M, an ejection port 4, and a ball launcher. A handle 5 for a bullet, a switch 6 for discarding tiles, a reach switch 7, a board 9 having a plurality of chuckers 8 displaying tiles, etc. are attached.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a cathode ray tube 10 as an image display device is attached approximately in the center of the board 9, and a CPU 11 installed in the device frame 1 displays games on the cathode ray tube 10. It is configured to display progress, game results, etc.

Next, the detailed structure of the present invention will be explained along with the use and operation of the invention.

First, to start the game, medals M are inserted into the slot 3 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown in Fig. 2, this medal M is judged to be genuine or false by a selector 12 provided on the back side of the slot 3, and if it is a genuine medal M, it is checked by an appropriate device such as a micro switch or an opto-sensor. Close the coin detection switch 13 and send the medal M input signal to the CPU 1.
I will send it to 1. If the medal M is a fake medal or a defective medal M, the medal M is returned to the cancel port 14 provided at the bottom of the slot 3, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Further, when the medal M becomes stuck in the selector 12, a cancel button 15 provided on the front door 2 is pressed to return the medal M to the cancel port 14.

When the medal M input signal is input to the CPU 11, 14 balls are sent to the ball handle 5 side by the output from the CPU 11, and can be fired.

Next, when the ball is successively hit onto the board 9 using the handle 5, this batted ball B passes through the chuck car 8 displaying various tiles placed on the board 9, as shown in FIG. The ball is detected by a plurality of ball detection switches (not shown) provided. The ball detection signal from the ball detection switch is sent to the CPU 11, and the CPU 11 determines the type of passing tile based on the ball detection signal from the ball detection switch.

Then, based on the image information from CPU 11,
As shown in FIG. 3, the tiles corresponding to the chaser 8 are displayed on the hand tile display section 16 of the cathode ray tube 10 as a game progress display.

When a plurality of balls pass through different chuckers 8 and various kinds of tiles are displayed on the cathode ray tube 10, the CPU 11 rearranges the tiles in the order of type and number, horizontally and horizontally, as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

After hitting 14 balls, 14 will appear on the CRT 10.
A number of tiles will be displayed. On the other hand, apart from these hand tiles, there is a dora tile display section 1 on the cathode ray tube 10.
7 and wind tile display section 18, as shown in FIG. 3, appropriate types of tiles are displayed. Hidden tiles are displayed such that the tile type is displayed only when a winning hand is achieved after playing the game.

Next, an unnecessary tile among the tiles in hand is discarded using a discard tile switch 6 on which tiles of the same type are displayed, and a new hit ball B is ejected onto the board 9 in its place.

When the discard tile switch 6 is operated, the discard tile switch 6 is connected to the CPU 11, and the CPU 1
Based on the image information from No. 1, the discard tiles are sequentially displayed side by side on the discard tile display section 30 on the cathode ray tube 10, as shown in FIG.

In this way, when the discard tile switch 6 is operated a set number of times and the tiles in hand become a winning combination, the corresponding number of medals M are paid out to the ejection port 4. Of course, there are cases, such as Tenwa, where the winning hand is completed the moment all the tiles are in place.

Also, when you have tenpai, by pressing the reach switch 7 provided on the front side of the front door 2, reach is added to the winning hand, and the above-mentioned back draw tile display section 19
becomes effective. Furthermore, after pressing this reach switch 7, the discard tile switch 6 becomes invalid.
When the winning hand cannot be completed due to the remaining batted balls B of the set number of balls hit after reaching, the player can only make a pick-up by pressing the pick-cut switch 20.

In this way, when the winning combination is completed, the corresponding number of medals M is displayed on the score display section 21 provided on the cathode ray tube 10, as shown in FIG.
When the settlement switch 29 provided on the front door 2 is turned on or at the same time as the winning combination is completed, an explanation of the winning combination and the number of payout medals M corresponding to each winning combination are displayed on the screen as a game progress display. .

In the present invention, the hand tiles are displayed on the cathode ray tube 10, making them easy to see.Furthermore, if there is a rising hand at the end of the game, an explanation of the rising hand and the number of payout medals M corresponding to each rising hand are displayed on the brown 10. Therefore, the game results are easy to understand even for beginners.

Furthermore, when a large number of hand tiles are displayed in succession in the horizontal direction on the hand tile display section 16 according to the type and number of the tiles,
Since the tiles are arranged in the same way as in normal mahjong, the game is highly enjoyable and easy to play even for beginners.

Furthermore, even after the reach switch 7 is turned on, the remaining balls of the number set as re-hit balls can be fired by using the pick cut switch 20, so that the game quality is similar to that of ordinary mahjong.

In addition, a chuck car 8 that displays tiles provided on the board 9
If this is a passing chuck car, compared to a conventional mahjong ball machine that stores the hit ball B in the chuck car 8, the mechanism for releasing the hit ball B at the start of the game and sending the ball to the ball handle 5 side is required. It gets easier.

In addition, if a can switch 22 is provided on the front door 2 to enable a can when there are four tiles of the same type, and if the CPU 11 is configured to display a candla on the candola display section 23 of the cathode ray tube 10, it is possible to play mahjong in real life. This approximates the rules of , which further improves gameplay.

Furthermore, when the total number of tiles of the same type, such as hand tiles, discarded tiles, and drive tiles, reaches 4, even if the batted ball B passes through the chuck car 8 displaying that type of tile, it will not be detected. , so that this ball can be hit again
When the CPU 11 is formed, it approximates an actual mahjong game in which there are only four tiles of the same type, and there is no sense of strangeness as a mahjong game.

In addition, if the CPU 11 is provided with an input medal storage section 24 and an ejected medal storage section 25, and the number of stored medals is displayed on the cathode ray tube 10 using the input means 26 as appropriate, it is possible to display the stored number of medals on the CRT 10. The operating status of each mahjong ball game machine on that day can be easily grasped. Furthermore, if the difference in the number of medals M stored in the inserted medal storage section 24 and the discharged medal storage section 25 is also displayed at this time, the work for grasping the operating state will be improved.

Furthermore, if the CPU 11 is provided with a result storage section 27 for storing the previous game result until the start of the next game, and the previous game result is displayed on the cathode ray tube 10 using the input means 28 as appropriate, the winning result can be improved. or the number of paid-out medals M can be easily performed, and troubles between players and game parlors do not occur.

In the above description, the image display device has been described using the cathode ray tube 10 as an example, but other means such as a liquid crystal screen may also be used.

[Effects of the Invention] Therefore, according to the present invention, the hand tiles can be displayed side by side while being rearranged in the order of their type and number on the hand tile display section of the image display device, so that the mahjong ball game can be improved. The progress of the mahjong ball game can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner even for players who are not familiar with the mahjong ball game, and a speedy and interesting mahjong ball game machine can be provided.

Furthermore, when the total number of tiles of the same type displayed in the hand tile display section and the discarded tile display section reaches 4, displaying the image on the image display device can be prohibited, so that the actual mahjong game can be stopped. To provide a mahjong ball game machine that even experienced players can enjoy without feeling strange.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the invention,
Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2 is a system diagram, Figures 3 and 4.
The figure is a front view of a cathode ray tube. M... Medal, B... Ball, 1... Vessel frame, 2...
Front door, 3... Input port, 4... Output port, 5... Handle for bullets as a ball launcher, 6... Switch for discarding tiles, 7... Reach switch, 8... Chucker, 9... ... Board surface, 10 ... Braun tube as an image display device, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... Selector, 13 ... Switch, 14 ... Cancel port, 15 ... Cancel button, 16 ... Hand tile display section, 17 ... ... Dora tile display section, 18 ... Wind tile display section, 19 ... Back dora tile display section, 20 ... Tsumo cut switch, 21 ... Score display section, 22 ... Can switch, 23 ... Kandora display section, 24 ...Inserted medal storage section, 25...Discharged medal display section, 2
6... Input means, 27... Input means, 28... Input means, 29... Settlement switch, 30... Hand tile display section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A medal slot, a batted ball launcher capable of firing a predetermined number of batted balls based on the insertion of medals from the slot, and a ball launcher through which the batted balls fired from the batted ball launcher pass. Multiple chuckers displaying various types of tiles, multiple ball detection switches that correspond to each chucker and can individually detect the ball that has passed through each chucker, and a ball detection signal from each ball detection switch. Based on the CPU, the game progresses while determining the type of tile displayed on the chuck car that each batted ball passed, and based on the image information from this CPU, as the game progresses, the CPU
In a mahjong ball game machine equipped with an image display device capable of displaying game progress display such as discarded tiles and dora tiles, and game end display such as winning combination and score depending on the tiles in hand at the end of the game, the above-mentioned image The display device is set with a hand tile display section that displays the hand tiles and a discard tile display section that displays the discarded tiles. The CPU displays the tiles displayed on the chaser horizontally while rearranging them in the order of their types and numbers, and also displays the tiles of the same type displayed in the hand tile display section and the discarded tile display section as 4. When it becomes one,
A mahjong ball game machine characterized in that a CPU prohibits the output of image information to an image display device based on a ball detection signal from a ball detection switch corresponding to a player displaying tiles of the same type.