JPH06142302A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pachinko machine which does not make the game monotonous and enhance the playing incentive. CONSTITUTION:A variable winning device 15 provided on a pachinko machine is controlled by the indicated result of a variable indicator 25 driven by the remote operation from an external computer 50 managing a hall without any relation with the usual play. An unexpected game condition occurs by the variable indicator 25 actuated without any relation with the usual play and as a result, the variable winning device is opened. Accordigly, amusement for the game can be increased and also the playing incentive can be enhanced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with a variable winning device which is opened and closed by an electric drive source.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many pachinko machines equipped with a variable prize device which is opened and closed by an electric drive source have been proposed. These variable prize devices are included in a control circuit board provided in the pachinko machine. The microcomputer is controlled to perform a predetermined operation.

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional pachinko machine, the drive control is performed only when the operation of the variable winning device is in a predetermined game state, so that an unexpected game state is generated. There was a problem that the game did not appear, the game became monotonous, and the motivation for the game decreased. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of increasing the motivation for the game without the game being monotonous.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a pachinko machine equipped with a variable winning device which is opened and closed by an electric drive source,
On the front surface of the pachinko machine, a variable display device is provided which is driven and controlled by remote operation from the outside, and when the display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined display mode, the variable winning device is in a predetermined mode. It is characterized by being driven open.

[0005]

[Operation] Since the variable winning device provided in the pachinko machine is drive-controlled by the display result of the variable display device which is drive-controlled by an external remote operation without being associated with a normal game, an unexpected game state With the advent of, the variable winning device is driven to open, and the interest in the game can be increased and the motivation for the game can be increased.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 1. In the figure, the pachinko machine 1 is
The front frame 3 is attached to the front of the machine frame 2 which is fixed to the installation island (not shown).
Is provided so as to be openable and closable, and the main components constituting the pachinko machine 1 are collectively provided on the front frame 3. Specifically, the front frame 3 is formed in a frame shape, a metal frame 4 is provided around the frame-shaped opening, and a glass door frame 5 and a front door plate 7 are provided on the one side of the metal frame 4. It is supported so that it can be opened and closed. A glass plate 6 is provided on the glass door frame 5 so that the surface of a game board 11, which will be described in detail later, can be seen through. Further, the front door plate 7 is provided with an upper plate 8 for storing the prize balls to be paid out preferentially and supplying the prize balls one by one to the firing position. Although not shown, the upper plate 8 is provided with an upper plate ball detection switch 51 (shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4) for detecting whether or not there are stored balls on the downstream side thereof. The switch 51 and the hall management computer 50 described later are connected.
Further, at the lower part of the front frame 3, an operation handle 9 for adjusting the launching force of a hit ball and a lower plate 10 for storing prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 8 are provided. It should be noted that although a ball-striking device (not shown) that shoots a ball by a motor is driven by rotating the operation handle 9, a handle ON switch 52 (not shown; 4) (shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4) is provided on the operation handle 9. This handle ON switch 52 is also the hall management computer 5
It is connected to 0.

Next, the structure of the game board 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of the game board 11.
In the figure, a game board 11 is formed by a substantially square plywood, and a guide rail 12 is planted in a substantially circular shape on the surface thereof. The guide rail 12 guides the launched hit ball, and the inside of the guide rail 12 serves as a game area 13 in which the hit ball falls to play a game. A symbol variable display device 14 is provided substantially in the center of the game area 13. The symbol variable display device 14 includes a plurality of symbol variable displays 14a to 14c, and the respective symbol variable displays 14a to 14c are display-controlled so that a plurality of symbols can be variably displayed. Although the variable design indicators 14a to 14c in the present embodiment are composed of 7-segment LEDs, they may be variably displayed on the liquid crystal display or the dot matrix display.

Below the symbol variable display device 14, when the display result of the symbol variable display device 14 becomes a predetermined big hit symbol and a big hit game state is entered, opening and closing is controlled in a predetermined manner. A device 15 is provided. The variable winning device 15 has an opening / closing plate 16 which is opened and closed by a solenoid 17 and is a winning device which is usually called an attacker. Although not shown, the variable winning device 15 in the present embodiment is divided into three parts, the center of which is a V winning area and the V winning switch 43 is provided.
(Not shown; shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4), and a 10-count switch 42 (not shown; shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4) for detecting all winning balls received by the opening / closing plate 16 during opening. It is provided.

In addition, in the game area 13, between the symbol variable display device 14 and the variable winning device 15, and on the left and right sides of the variable winning device 15 and slightly below the starting winning holes 18a to 18c.
Is provided, the winning prize hole 19 is provided above the variable symbol display device 14, and the tulip-type variable winning prize ports 20a, 20b controlled to be opened and closed by solenoids 21a, 21b are provided on the right and left sides of the variable winning prize device 15 slightly above. Each is arranged. Each of the starting winning openings 18a to 18c has a built-in starting opening winning switch 41 (not shown; shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4) for detecting a hit ball, and when the starting opening winning switch 41 is turned on, the symbols are changed. The variable design indicators 14a to 14c of the display device 14 start variable display and stop after a certain period of time. The above-mentioned winning entrance 19 is a normal winning opening, and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by hitting a hit ball. Furthermore, the tulip type variable winning a prize mouth 20a,
20b is opened for a certain short time (for example, 2 seconds) when the display result of the symbol variable display device 14 becomes a predetermined small hit symbol and becomes a small hit game state.

Further, in the game area 13, the windmill lamps 22a, 2 are provided on the left and right sides of the variable symbol display device 14 and slightly above.
2b is provided, and jackpot lamps 23a and 23b are provided inside the central portion of the guide rail 12. These lamps are display-controlled in different modes when the gaming state becomes the big hit gaming state or the small hit gaming state. Further, at the lowermost part of the game area 13, there is provided an out port 24 for taking in a hit ball that has not been received by any of the winning devices or winning ports.

The structure of the game area 13 of the game board 11 is generally as described above, and the various game devices described above provided in the game area 13 are controlled by a game control circuit 30 which will be described in detail later. Is. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, on the upper outside of the game area 13 of the game board 11, variable display devices 25 and 26 are provided on the left and right sides thereof, and these variable display devices 25 and 26 are the above-mentioned game control circuits. It is driven and controlled by the hall management computer 50 provided in the game hall instead of 30. When the display result of the first variable display device 25 driven and controlled by the hall management computer 50 reaches a predetermined display result, the variable winning device 15 is drive-controlled in a predetermined manner, while When the display result of the variable display device 26 reaches a predetermined display result, the tulip-type variable winning a prize openings 20a and 20b are drive-controlled in a predetermined manner.

The various game devices described above are controlled by the control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a block configuration of the game control circuit 30 for controlling the game operation. This game control circuit 30 is provided on the back surface of each pachinko machine 1 by being housed in a board box, and of various game devices provided in the game area 13 of the game board 11 described above in a normal pachinko game. It controls the operation. Then, in FIG. 4, the game control circuit 30 has a CPU 31 as a control center, and the C
A ROM 32 that stores a program and a RAM 33 that stores various data are connected to the PU 31. Further, the game control circuit 30 includes an address decoding circuit 34 that decodes the address data from the CPU 31,
A chip select signal is given to the ROM 32, the RAM 33, the sound generator 38, and the input / output interface 39. Further, the game control circuit 30 has C when the power is turned on.
A power ON reset circuit 35 for giving a reset signal to the PU 31, a clock generation circuit 36 for giving a clock signal to the CPU 31, a pulse frequency dividing circuit 37 for periodically giving an interrupt signal to the CPU 31, an amplifier 44 receiving a signal from the CPU 31. A sound generator 38 for generating a sound effect from a speaker 45 via an input / output interface 39 for outputting an input / output signal to / from the CPU 31, and signals from various switches to the CPU.
31 and a waveform shaping circuit 40 for transmitting to

The starting port winning switch 41, the 10 count switch 42, and the V winning switch 43 are connected to the waveform shaping circuit 40 included in the game control circuit 30, and each winning signal is given to the CPU 31. Further, a display drive signal is derived from the input / output interface 39 to the variable design display device 14 via the 7-segment drive circuit 46, and the variable winning device 15 and the tulip type variable winning openings 20a, 20b via the solenoid drive circuit 47. Solenoid 1
Drive signals are derived to 7, 21a and 21b, and display drive signals are derived to the windmill lamps 22a and 22b and the big hit lamps 23a and 23b via the lamp drive circuit 48.

Further, the input / output interface 39 includes
Signals are input from variable display devices 25 and 26 (displayed as monitors) provided outside the game area 13 of the game board 11. The monitors 25 and 26 are driven and controlled by the hall management computer 50, so that the monitors 25 and 26 can be connected to the input / output interface 3
The signal input to 9 is a display result signal related to the display result controlled by the hall management computer 50. Further, the hall management computer 50 is connected to an upper dish ball detection switch 51 and a handle ON switch 52 provided in the pachinko machine 1, and the pachinko machine 1
It is determined whether or not a game is being played.

The game operation controlled by the game control circuit 30 will be described. First, in a normal game, the player operates the operation handle 9 to shoot a hit ball, and the hit hit ball is one of the starting winning holes 18a.
~ 18c and turn on the start port winning switch 41, the variable design indicator 14a of the variable design display device 14 ~
The variable display of 14c is started. Then, when a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses, the variable design indicators 14a to 1
4c sequentially stops and displays three stop symbols. Then, when the combination of the stop symbols is a combination of predetermined big hit symbols (for example, doublet of the same number), the big hit game state is entered and the opening / closing plate 16 of the variable winning device 15 is held for a fixed time (for example, 25 seconds). ) Has elapsed, or until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls are received within the fixed time. Then, during this opening, the prize balls are guided to the V prize area and the V prize switch 43 is turned on.
When it does, the continuation right is established, and the opening / closing plate 16 is controlled to repeat the above-described opening mode again. The continuation right is permitted a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) continuously. In this way, when the big hit game state is given, a chance to win a large number of winning balls is given in a short time, but the appearance probability of the big hit game state is kept extremely low (for example, 1/250).

Further, when the combination of the stop symbols is a combination of predetermined small hit symbols (for example, two of the three symbols are the same), the small hit game state is entered and the tulip type variable winning a prize openings 20a, 20b are set. A certain time (eg 2
For 2 seconds). In this way, when the small hitting gaming state is given, a chance to win a winning ball is given, but since the number of winning balls generated is small, the appearance probability of the small hitting gaming state is set relatively high (for example, 1/6
0). In addition, when it is in the small hitting game state, not the tulip type winning openings 20a, 20b, but the variable winning device 1
The open / close plate 16 of 5 may be opened for a certain period of time, or the game content may be such that the small hit game state does not appear. Further, when the combination of the stopped symbols is a combination other than the combination of the predetermined symbols, it is out of place and does not enter into a special game state, and none of the winning devices and winning openings in the game area 13 are activated.

The above is the game operation in the normal game, but the game when the display of the first variable display device 25 or the second variable display device 26 is controlled by the hall management computer 50 will be described. First, a game when the first variation display device 25 is controlled by the hall management computer 50 will be described with reference to FIG. 1. The first variation display device 25 is variably displayed based on a signal from the hall management computer 50. , When the combination of symbols at the time of the stop becomes a predetermined combination (for example, the 7th doublet), a big hit signal is sent to the game control circuit 30, and a big hit game state of the same content as described above appears. , A game state in which the open state of the opening / closing plate 16 of the variable winning device 15 is executed a plurality of times is made to appear. At this time,
The symbol combinations displayed on the first variable display device 25 may be displayed on the variable symbol displays 14a to 14c of the variable symbol display device 14. The first variable display device 2
The probability that 5 is a predetermined combination of symbols is set to be extremely low (for example, 1/500).

Next, a game when the second variation display device 26 is controlled by the hall management computer 50 will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and the second variation display device 26 will be described based on a signal from the hall management computer 50. Is variably displayed, and when the combination of symbols at the time of the stop becomes a predetermined combination (for example, a doublet of spades), a medium hit signal is sent to the game control circuit 30, and either or both tulips. Fluctuating prize winning openings 20a, 2
0b is opened for a fixed time (for example, 5 seconds). In this case, the probability that the second variable display device 26 will be a combination of the medium hit symbols is set to be relatively high (for example, 1/10).

By the way, the above-mentioned first variable display device 25
Alternatively, the timing at which the second variable display device 26 is operated and controlled, that is, the timing at which the operation signal from the hall management computer 50 is derived, is relatively short time unit ( For example, 10
Second) by the calculation result of the payout rate of the pachinko machine 1 calculated by the hall management computer 50 at intervals.
The operation signal of the variable display device 26 is automatically or manually derived, and on the other hand, the payout rate of the pachinko machine 1 calculated by the hall management computer 50 at relatively long unit (for example, 2 hours) intervals. The operation signal of the first variable display device 25 is automatically or manually derived according to the calculation result. For example, when the payout rate in a short time unit is lower than a predetermined payout rate, a signal for variably displaying the second variable display device 26 is automatically derived,
On the other hand, when the payout rate in the long-time unit is lower than the predetermined payout rate, the signal variably displayed by the first variable display device 25 is automatically or manually derived.

Incidentally, the above-mentioned first variation display device 25 and second variation display device 26, when the pachinko machine 1 is not in operation, specifically, either the upper dish detection switch 51 or the handle ON switch 52. When one or both of them are OFF, as shown in FIG. 3, the data accumulated in the hall management computer 50 (in the case of FIG. 3, the number of big hits yesterday) is displayed. As this data, any kind of data may be displayed as long as it is data accumulated in the hall management computer 50.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the variable winning device 15, 20 provided in the pachinko machine 1 is used.
Since the a and 20b are not related to the normal game and are driven and controlled by the display results of the variable display devices 25 and 26 which are driven and controlled by the remote operation from the external hall management computer 50, an unexpected game state. With the appearance of, the variable winning device 15, 20a, 20b is driven to open,
The interest in the game can be increased and the motivation for the game can be increased.

In the above embodiment, the hall management computer 50 determines the timing for deriving the operation signal to the variable display devices 25 and 26 based on the payout rate, but the game is irrespective of the payout rate. In order to effectively raise the atmosphere of the place, it may be voluntarily led out depending on the game situation, or may be led out only during a certain period of time (called a morning service) at the start of business. good. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment,
Two variable display devices 25, 26 are provided on the game board 11, but one or more may be provided, and in some cases,
The variable pattern display device 14 arranged in the center of the game board 11 may be used also, or one variable display device is provided on the installation island, and the display result of the one variable display device is set on the installation island. It may be reflected on all installed pachinko machines. Further, the hall management computer 50 is shown as an external control device for deriving operation signals to the variable display devices 25, 26, but other external control devices (for example, a management computer provided for each installation island or a centralized computer installed at the head office). The variable display device may be driven and controlled based on a signal from a management computer).

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the variable display device provided in the pachinko machine is driven and controlled by the remote operation from the outside without being related to the normal game. Since the drive control is also performed according to the display result of, the variable winning device is driven to open due to the appearance of an unexpected game state, so that the interest in the game can be increased and the motivation for the game can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial view of the upper part of the game board.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a game control circuit that controls a game operation.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 11 Gaming board 15 Fluctuation prize device 16 Opening / closing plate 17 Solenoids 20a, 20b Tulip type fluctuation winning hole 21a, 21b Solenoid 25 First fluctuation display device 26 Second fluctuation display device 30 Game control circuit 50 Hall management computer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine equipped with a variation winning device that is driven to open and close by an electric drive source. A variation display device that is driven and controlled by an external remote operation is provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine, and the variation display device is provided. A pachinko machine, wherein the variable winning device is opened and driven in a predetermined manner when the display result of the display device is in a predetermined display manner.