JP2007089998A - Video type game machine, and medium record information collation device used therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video type game machine capable of confirming the authenticity of a record content in a card which is required for a game and relieving the card when the card record content can not be read, the card is lost, or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The video type game machine reads valuable information recorded in the card 22 so as to provide the game by displaying a game board surface and game balls on an image display apparatus 5, shooting the game ball onto the game board surface which is displayed by image with the use of a shooting operation part 33, and allowing the game ball to enter a prize-winning port and a outlet. The machine includes a settlement processing means 9b which is operated by the operation of a settlement switch 32, converts held ball number information in the case of the operation into the valuable information, records the information in the card 22, and discharges the card 22 to the external part of the machine. The settlement processing means 9b also records information D2 for confirmation such as a present time and game machine specifying information when rewriting and recording the valuable information D1 in the card 22 with the use of the settlement switch 32, and outputs both the information D1, D2 to an external part. The authenticity of the card record content is confirmed by collating the card recording information with the information which is outputted to the external part and recorded. The player who loses the card, etc., is helped by using the external output information as backup information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a launch operation unit similar to a conventional mechanical game machine (actual game machine), and game board surface components such as a prize opening, an out port, and a game nail are similar to the game board surface form of the actual game machine. A video game machine that virtually displays the game board surface and the game balls that are thrown into the game area on the game board surface and flow down on the image display, and the medium recording information collation used therefor It relates to the device.

In this type of gaming machine that virtually plays a game, a winning / non-winning is determined according to the value of a random counter at the time of launching a game ball displayed as an image or from the launch until the game ball reaches the game area. Other items (whether or not to win a prize opening), the route of a game ball, etc., determine items necessary for the game. This is such that the ball route is determined by the value of the random counter on the main control means side at the timing of launch, and the image display control means side displays the game ball along the determined ball route (for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-9785

  In the above prior art, the main control means side determines a game ball route (ball route) at the time of launch, and the image display control means side displays the game ball along the selected ball route. In order to realize the interesting movement of various game balls as in a real game machine, the burden (hardware resources, processing amount, etc.) on the main control means side that controls the overall game machine is significantly increased. There was a problem.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention, on the main control means side, the disappearance position (entrance position) on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit, and until it disappears after being displayed on the same image The survival time (display time) is determined as a sphere attribute. The launch intensity of the game ball according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit at the time of launch may be added as a ball attribute, but the main control means side sends a launch signal including such a ball attribute to each game ball to be launched. The video game machine has been proposed in which selection of the ball route is performed on the image display control means side which has conventionally displayed the game ball along the ball route.
That is, the image display control means receives the firing signal from the main control means, and based on the ball attribute in the firing signal, until the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image and disappears at the winning opening or the out mouth. A ball route representing a route is selected, and each game ball is moved and displayed on the game board surface image along the selected ball route.

According to such a video game machine, there is an advantage that it is possible to display a game ball moving along a route that is interesting as in an actual game machine without increasing the burden on the main control means and without a sense of incongruity. However, there were the following problems.
That is, the video game machine does not use an actual game ball (real ball) made of steel balls or the like, so that the game is played using a card-like recording medium (card). Specifically, the player inserts a pre-purchased card into the card slot of the gaming machine, reads valuable information such as points and money amount information recorded on the card, and holds the number of balls (number of balls held) It was converted into a game.
Although the game can be performed within the range of the number of possessed balls, the number of possessed balls increases and decreases during the game, so that the settlement is required at the end of the game. Therefore, at the end of the game, the information on the number of balls held at the time of the operation is converted into valuable information by the operation of the settlement switch, recorded on the card, and the card is discharged out of the machine.
The valuable information recorded on the card is presented at the time of exchanging the prize etc., for example, by being read out by the information reading display device, and functions as exchange value information with the prize etc.

In this way, in the video game machine, the card that has been settled at the end of the game is brought to a predetermined prize exchange, presenting valuable information recorded on the card, and exchanged for a desired prize. For this reason, during the period from the settlement operation to the exchange of prizes, a blank time is generated in terms of security in which the contents (valuable information) recorded on the card can be falsified. In addition, the card may be damaged before the prize is exchanged, and a part or all of the recorded contents may become unreadable, and the card itself may be lost.
Therefore, the amusement store (hall) side has requested to confirm the authenticity of the recorded contents of the card. Further, the player side has been requested to provide some relief when part or all of the recorded contents of the card becomes unreadable due to carelessness or when the card itself is lost.

The present invention (first invention) has been made in view of the above-mentioned demands. On the game store side, the authenticity of the recorded contents of a portable recording medium (for example, a card) can be confirmed. In addition, on the player side, there is provided a video game machine capable of receiving relief when part or all of the recorded contents of the recording medium becomes unreadable or when the recording medium itself is lost. For the purpose.
In addition, the present invention (second invention) can be used in combination with the video game machine of the first invention to realize the authenticity of the recorded contents of the recording medium on the game store side, and on the player side. Another object of the present invention is to provide a medium recording information collating apparatus that can realize relief when part or all of the recorded contents of a recording medium becomes unreadable or when the recording medium itself is lost.

In order to achieve the above object, a video game machine according to claim 1 is a game board surface including a winning opening, an out port and a game nail, and a game that is fired by operation of a firing operation section and moves on the game board surface. A game in which a ball is displayed on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame, and the game ball is driven onto the surface of the game board by the operation of the launch operation unit, and moved to enter the winning or out port Is performed based on the valuable information recorded on the portable recording medium, and the adjustment processing means is activated by operating the adjustment switch, and the valuable information at the time of the adjustment switch operation is recorded on the recording medium. , A video game machine that discharges the recording medium to the outside of the machine, the main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display, and based on the control of the main control means Image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image, the main control means on the game board surface image, the disappearance position on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the firing operation unit, on the game board surface image And a signal transmission means for transmitting a firing signal including the ball attribute for each game ball to be fired. The control means is a ball route representing a path from when the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image to disappear at the winning port or out port, based on the ball attribute in the shot signal by receiving the launch signal. And a game ball movement display means for moving and displaying each game ball on the game board surface image along the acquired ball route, and the settlement processing means is operated by operating the settlement switch. When the valuable information is recorded on the recording medium, the recording medium is recorded with confirmation information used for confirming the authenticity of the recorded contents and confirmation of the owner of the recording medium. The same information as the recorded valuable information and confirmation information is output to the outside.
The invention according to claim 2 of the claims is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the confirmation information includes at least the current time information and the game when the valuable information is recorded on the recording medium. The game machine specifying information for specifying the machine is included.
The medium recording information collating apparatus according to claim 3 of the claims receives the valuable information and the confirmation information from the settlement processing means of the video game machine according to claim 1 and records them in the storage device, When valuable information and confirmation information recorded on a portable recording medium are read, the information and the information recorded in the storage device are collated and the collation result is notified by the notifying means. Features.
The invention according to claim 4 of the claims is the invention according to claim 3, wherein the notification means comprises a display for displaying the collation result, and the display together with the collation result, Valuable information and confirmation information recorded on a recording medium, and valuable information and confirmation information recorded on the storage device corresponding to information recording on the recording medium are displayed.

In the invention according to claim 1 (first invention), the game board surface and the game ball are displayed on the image display, and the game ball is driven onto the game board surface by the operation of the launch operation unit and moved. And the game to enter the winning or out slot is performed based on valuable information recorded on a portable recording medium, the adjustment processing means is activated by the adjustment switch operation, the value at the time of the adjustment switch operation In a video game machine in which information is recorded on a recording medium and the recording medium is discharged out of the machine, the settlement processing means is configured as follows.
That is, when valuable information is recorded on a recording medium by operating a settlement switch, the recording medium is recorded with information for confirmation used to confirm the authenticity of the recorded contents and confirmation of the owner, and to the recording medium. The same information as the recorded valuable information and confirmation information is output to the outside. According to this, it is possible to confirm the authenticity of the recorded content of the recording medium by collating the recorded content of the recording medium with the content of the information output to the outside, and a part or all of the recorded content of the recording medium. If the recording medium becomes unreadable or the recording medium itself is lost, it can be possible to receive relief.
In the invention according to claim 2, the confirmation information includes at least current time information when valuable information is recorded on the recording medium and gaming machine specifying information for specifying the own gaming machine. I did it. According to this, the video game machine of claim 1 can be realized with a small amount of information as confirmation information.
In the invention described in claim 3 (second invention), the valuable information and the confirmation information from the settlement processing means of the video game machine described in claim 1 are received and recorded in the storage device. When the valuable information and the confirmation information recorded on the recording medium are read, each information can be collated with each information recorded on the storage device, and the collation result can be notified by the notifying means. According to this, in combination with the video game machine of the first invention, it is possible to confirm the authenticity of the recorded content of the recording medium, and part or all of the recorded content of the recording medium becomes unreadable. In this case, it is possible to provide a medium recording information collation apparatus that can realize relief when the recording medium itself is lost.
In the invention according to claim 4 of the claims, in the invention according to claim 3, the notifying means comprises a display for displaying the result of collation, which is recorded on the recording medium together with the result of collation. The valuable information and the confirmation information that are recorded, and the valuable information and the confirmation information that are recorded in the storage device in correspondence with the information recording on the recording medium are displayed. According to this, since the information collation result can be displayed by a message or the like, a more detailed collation result can be conveyed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol shows the same or an equivalent part between each figure.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of a video pachinko machine and a card recording information collating apparatus to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main part in FIG.
First, a video pachinko machine according to the first invention will be described.
In FIG. 1, the gaming machine frame 1 includes a fixed frame 2 for mounting on a so-called island in a pachinko game room. A movable frame 3 is attached to the fixed frame 2 by a hinge 4 located on the left side so as to be able to open one side. An image display 5 is attached inside the movable frame 3 with the screen facing forward. The image display 5 includes a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, an EL display, and the like, and can display an image whose display form can be electrically changed. A main control device 6, an image display control device 7, a card processing device 8, and a holding ball management device 9 are attached to the back side of the movable frame 3.

Among these, the main control device 6 displays the game board surface as an image on the image display 5 through the control of the image display control device 7, and controls the gaming state and prize ball control in the displayed board image, etc. It is a device that controls the entire system.
Here, the board surface image is an image simulating a game board surface form of a real pachinko machine (a pachinko machine that uses a real ball to play a game). That is, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the guide rail 39, the launch passage 40, the game area 41, the center decoration 42, the symbol display unit 43, the general winning ports 44 to 47, the starting winning port 48, the big winning port (variable winning port) ) 49, an opening / closing body 50 in front of the winning prize opening 49, a windmill 51, a side lamp 52, an out opening 53, and a number of board surface components (parts) such as game nails (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 3, the main controller 6 includes, for example, a CPU 6a, a RAM 6b, a ROM 6c, and an input / output interface 6d. The ROM 6c stores a control program 6c1, a data group 6c2, and a winning rate table 6c3.
In the main controller 6, the CPU 6a executes the control program 6c1 using the RAM 6b as a work area, and controls the gaming state and the like described above while appropriately reading the data group 6c2 and the winning rate table 6c3 in the ROM 6c.

In the winning rate table 6c3, the proportion of game balls that enter each of the winning ports 44 to 49 shown in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as the winning proportion for each winning port) is made to correspond to the launch intensity of the game balls. It is expressed as The launch intensity of the game ball is associated with an operation amount of a launch operation unit described later.
Hereinafter, the winning rate table 6c3 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the winning rate table 6c3. In this figure, the disappearance position refers to the entry position of the game ball. In this example, since only the winning opening is shown as the winning position, the disappearance position indicates the winning opening.
As shown in the figure, the winning rate table 6c3 represents the winning rate for each winning port, that is, the winning rate, according to the launch intensity (value) of the game ball. For example, when the game ball firing strength is within the range of 11 to 20, the winning openings 44 and 45 shown in FIG. 1 are 0.01%, the winning openings 46 and 47 are 0.00%, and the starting winning opening 48 is 4.00. %, The big winning opening 49 enters the ball (wins) at 35.00%. The player enters the out port 53 at the remaining rate.

In this example, the winning percentage according to the above-mentioned launch intensity is 1111 in 10 increments of the launch intensity range, such as 21 to 30 next to the range of 11 to 20 and 31 to 40 next. Up to 1120, a set of winning percentages for each set of winning prizes is set. The winning rate of the big winning port 49 is 0.00% when the opening / closing body 50 is not opened, and the winning rate of the big winning port 49 here is added to the winning rate to the out port 53 as it is. The
The opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 includes continuous opening or intermittent opening that repeats the opening / closing operation at an appropriate time interval. Any of these may be applied, but in this embodiment, continuous opening is applied. I'm.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main controller 6 includes a ball attribute determining unit 6e, an opening / closing body opening / closing signal generating unit 6f, a signal transmitting unit 6g, a big hit lottery unit 6h, and a starting winning ball holding / digesting unit 6i. The main controller 6 also includes a big hit state (special game state) start / completion means 6j, a game stop means 6k, and a settlement execution / game stop release means 6l.
Here, the ball attribute determining means 6e disappears on the board image of the game ball (launched ball) that is fired by the operation of the launching operation section described later according to the winning percentage for each winning mouth shown in the winning percentage table 6c3. The position and the survival time of the game ball from when it is displayed on the board image until it disappears are determined as the ball attributes.

The opening / closing body opening / closing signal generating means 6f generates an opening signal (opening operation start signal) S2 for opening the opening / closing body 50 when a predetermined condition 1 is satisfied, and after the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 is started. Is a predetermined condition 2, that is, a closing operation for closing a predetermined time after the opening of the opening / closing body 50 after entering a predetermined number of game balls into the special winning opening 49 This is means for generating a signal (opening operation end signal) S3.
Here, “predetermined condition 1 is satisfied” means that a plurality of symbols, which will be described later, stop at a big hit symbol, or a big hit state (the big winning opening 50 is opened by the opening / closing body 50 by another winning prize). It means that a special gaming state in which a game ball is easier to enter than the mouths 44 to 48 continues. The “predetermined number” is set to 10 here, and the “predetermined time” is set to 30 seconds here.

The signal transmission unit 6g is a unit that transmits a game ball launch signal (hereinafter abbreviated as a launch signal) S1 including the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determination unit 6e to the image display control device 7 for each shot ball. is there.
The signal transmission means 6g includes an opening signal S2 and a closing signal S3 of the opening / closing body 50 generated by the opening / closing body opening / closing signal generation means 6f, a symbol variation start signal S4 for starting symbol variation display (big hit / losing effect image display), and A symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 for designating the type of symbol variation pattern is also transmitted to the image display control device 7.
The “symbol variation pattern” refers to a symbol variation display form including the variation time, stop order, stop symbol type, and the like for the three symbols (L, C, and R) displayed on the symbol display unit 43. . The three symbols L, C, and R are each composed of a plurality of types of symbols, for example, numerical symbols from 0 to 9, and are cyclically displayed one symbol at a time.

  If the symbol variation pattern designating signal S5 for designating such a symbol variation pattern type is transmitted to the image display control device 7 together with the symbol variation start signal S4, the symbol variation from the time of reception of both signals in the symbol display unit 43. The symbol variation display starts according to the type of symbol variation pattern designated by the pattern designation signal S5. The symbol variation display stops with the type of the stop symbol when the variation time set in the symbol variation pattern expires.

The big hit lottery means 6h is means for performing a big hit lottery. This jackpot lottery is a lottery for determining whether the winning winning ball is a game ball whose extinction position is determined in the starting winning port 48 by the ball attribute determining means 6e with a predetermined jackpot probability. is there.
The result of the jackpot lottery (the jackpot lottery result) is reflected in the contents of the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5. That is, the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 given to the signal transmission means 6g is a signal to stop at a symbol corresponding to the big hit / off of the big hit lottery result, and is given to the signal transmission means 6g, together with the symbol variation start signal S4. It is transmitted to the image display control device 7.
Furthermore, the big hit lottery result is reflected in the gaming state set by the main controller 6. Specifically, the main controller 6 controls each part of the pachinko machine to a gaming state according to the big hit lottery result. For example, if the big hit lottery result is a big hit, the main controller 6 sets the gaming state to the big hit state at the end of the symbol variation display by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5.
The big win lottery is obtained from the big win lottery value acquisition means (not shown) at the time of the determination for the start winning ball, which is the game ball whose annihilation position is determined at the start winning port 48 (start winning winning decision) as described above. The lottery value is checked against the jackpot value.

In the present embodiment, as the lottery value, a count value read at the time of the start winning determination of the jackpot lottery counter (not shown) that repeatedly counts a numerical value from 0 to 1579 is used. The value is collated with a jackpot value set in advance in a lottery table (not shown) to determine whether the jackpot is out or missed. According to this, the jackpot probability can be changed by changing the number of jackpot values.
Here, five types of jackpot values, 157, 479, 787, 1061, 1163, are set.

The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6i is a predetermined number (a certain number) when a new starting winning ball is generated while the symbol related to the starting winning ball is being displayed or during the big hit state, This is means for performing start winning ball holding processing for accumulating and storing up to four new starting winning balls as holding balls.
The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6i displays the symbol change start signal related to the starting winning ball after the starting winning ball or the holding ball as a starting winning ball after the display of variation of the symbol related to the starting winning ball or the holding ball or the end of the big hit state. S4 and the design variation pattern designation signal S5 are transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7.

The number of stored balls is decremented (decremented) one by one each time the symbol variation display for the start winning ball related to the stored balls is performed. The display of the variation of the symbol by the reserved ball and the subtraction of the stored ball memory number are called the reserved ball digestion process. When the number of stored balls is subtracted and becomes less than 4, the accumulated number can be stored again up to 4 from that point.
Reference numerals 54 in FIG. 1 denote lamps (holding ball lamps) each indicating a holding ball, which are turned on one by one in order from the left lamp 54 according to the generation of the holding ball, and according to the digestion of the holding ball, for example, on the right side The lamps 54 are turned off one by one in order, and the number of lamps that are turned on represents the current number of stored balls.

The big hit state activation / completion means 6j is a means having the following functions.
That is, when the result of the big hit lottery is a big hit, the game state is shifted to the big hit state after displaying the pre-selected type of stop symbols, that is, the big win symbol on the symbol display unit 43. Then, the continuation operation of the big hit state, which is started once after the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 of the big winning opening 49 is finished, is set to a predetermined maximum as long as a certain continuation condition is satisfied during the current big hit state period. It is possible up to the number of times. This is a means for completing the big hit state at the time when the maximum number of times has been reached, or during the period of the big hit state less than the maximum number of times, the intermediate times when the continuation condition is not satisfied.
In the present embodiment, the constant continuation condition is that at least one of the game balls won in the big prize opening 49 during the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 wins a specific area set inside the big prize opening 49. To be satisfied. The maximum number of times is set to 16 in this embodiment.
It should be noted that the “current big hit state period” includes the first time (first period of the big hit state), and thus the “intermediate round” includes the first time. That is, the big hit state activation / completion means 6j may not complete the big hit state at the second time but may complete it at the first time.

When the big hit state is completed, the game stop means 6k stops the game if at least the game ball cannot be fired by the operation of the launch operation unit, which will be described later, and the symbol display unit 43 displays the symbol in a variable manner. It is means for setting the game stopped state.
In this case, the inability to fire the game ball means that the game ball stops firing. The launch of the game ball is expressed by starting the display of the game ball on the board image, and the stop of the launch of the game ball means that the display of a new game ball is not started.

Specifically, the game stop means 6k sends an image still signal S6 to the image display control device 7 when the big hit state is completed, and moves on the board image displayed on the symbol display unit 43 and on this board image. The game ball (launch ball) is stopped (stopped) in the state at that time. At the same time, the game stop means 6k stops the transmission of the launch inquiry signal S8 to the holding ball management device 9 and sends the firing stop signal S7 to the holding ball management device 9 so as to turn off the firing enable / disable state signal S10. That is, the launch of a new game ball is stopped.
Note that the game stop means 6k may be configured to be stopped when all of the game balls that have already been fired and are on the board surface are extinguished (winning or entering the out port 53) after completion of the big hit state.

  The settlement execution / game stop canceling means 61 is operated by operating the settlement switch during the game stop state, operates the settlement processing means, and cancels the game stop state. The settlement switch and the settlement processing means will be described later.

  In the present embodiment, the functions 6e to 6l described above are performed when the CPU 6a uses the RAM 6b as a work area and executes the control program 6c1 while appropriately reading the data group 6c2 and the winning rate table 6c3 in the ROM 6c. Realized.

The possessed ball management device 9 is a device that performs management of entering and exiting the possessed ball and responds to the launch inquiry signal S8 inquiring whether or not the main control device 6 can launch. The holding ball management device 9 basically outputs a firing availability state signal S10 that maintains the ON state when there is a possession ball (the number of possession balls is not 0). This is performed by referring to whether or not S10 is in the ON state. The ON state of the firing permission / inhibition state signal S10 represents permission for launching.
When the holding ball management device 9 receives the firing stop signal S7 from the game stop means 6k (main control device 6), even if there is a holding ball, the holding ball management device 9 is in an OFF state and does not permit launching.

The above-mentioned management of the possession ball mainly includes the subtraction of the possession ball (-1) processing when the ball launch is permitted with respect to the number of possession balls, and the possession ball when the game ball is awarded to the winning holes 44 to 49. This is done by adding prize balls to numbers. The management result, that is, the number of possessed balls is updated and stored in the possessed ball number memory 9a shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 shows an example of the number of prize balls to be paid out when winning a game ball to each of the winning openings 44 to 49, that is, the number of prize balls to be added to the number of possessed balls, and the main controller 6 for instructing the payout of the prize balls. 14 shows an example of the content of a prize ball payout signal S9 sent to the possession ball management device 9.

The settlement processing unit 9 b shown in FIG. 2 is a unit that performs settlement processing by operating a settlement switch described later, and is provided in the holding ball management device 9.
Here, the checkout process is the conversion of the number of possessed balls at the time of the settlement switch operation (number of possessed balls information) into valuable information corresponding to the number and gives it to the card processing device 8, and the card processing device 8 records the card. A series of processes for recording on a medium and discharging the recording medium outside the apparatus.
In the present embodiment, the settlement processing unit 9b records the confirmation information on the card-shaped recording medium when the valuable information is recorded before being discharged out of the apparatus. The confirmation information is information used for authenticity confirmation of the recording contents of the recording medium and confirmation of the owner of the recording medium.
The valuable information may be the above-mentioned number of possessed balls (number of possessed balls) as it is, or may be an amount or points determined according to the number of possessed balls, or other valuable information.

Next, the image display control device 7 will be described.
The image display control device 7 receives the emission signal S1 from the main control device 6 and other various signals based on the control of the main control device 6, and displays the board image on the image display 5 by these signals. And display control on the displayed board image.
Here, “perform display control on the displayed board image” specifically means that the image display 5 is controlled to display control display of the board image itself, for example, a change display or a figure of a plurality of symbols described later. The moving image display etc. of the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 shown in FIG. 1 or the game ball is moved and displayed on the board image.
These displays under the control of the image display control device 7 are based on the control of the main control device 6. In particular, the control display of the board image itself by the image display controller 7 is based on the control of the gaming state in the board image by the main controller 6.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the image display control device 7 includes, for example, a CPU 7a, a RAM 7b, a ROM 7c, an arithmetic processing unit (GPU: graphics processing unit) 7d, a video RAM 7e, an input interface 7f, and an output interface. 7g is provided.

In the ROM 7c, the control program 7c1, game nail data 7c2 representing the position / shape (including size) of the game nail, and the ball attribute, here, the game ball extinction position / survival time based on the launch intensity A sphere route table 7c3 and other data group 7c4 are stored.
The data group 7c4 includes a guide rail 39 for displaying a board image together with the game nail data 7c2, a center decoration 42, a symbol display unit 43, various winning holes 44 to 49, an opening / closing body 50, a windmill 51, a side lamp 52 and an out. Data for display of board surface components such as the mouth 53, board surface background data, and the like are included.
The display data is data representing the position and shape (including size) of each board surface component to be displayed. From these data, the game ball is moved along the ball route (position coordinate data group). It can be moved and displayed and disappeared at the winning ports 44 to 49 and the out port 53.

  In the image display control device 7, the CPU 7a executes the control program 7c1 using the RAM 7b as a work area, reads out the game nail data 7c2 and the data group 7c4 in the ROM 7c as appropriate, and controls the GPU 7d to transmit drawing data to the video RAM 7e. Let it be written. As a result, the image display control device 7 displays the board image on the image display 5 as described above, and performs display control on the displayed board image.

In the present embodiment, the image display control device 7 includes a game ball movement display means 7h, an opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i, and a symbol display control means 7j.
The game ball movement display means 7h receives the firing signal S1 from the signal transmission means 6g of the main controller 6 shown in FIG. 3, and acquires the ball route of each game ball based on the ball attribute in each firing signal S1 ( Generated or selected), and each game ball is moved and displayed on the board image by the ball route.
The ball route is a position coordinate data group that represents a path from when each game ball is displayed (launched) on the board image until it disappears at the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out opening 53 (see FIG. 1), that is, the path to enter the ball. Become.
Of course, the disappearance of the game ball at the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out mouth 53 which is the end point of the ball route is at the end of the survival time, and each position coordinate data in the position coordinate data group is the elapsed time. Correspondingly, here, it is expressed every unit time = 16 milliseconds.

  The ball route indicates a route at the center position of the game ball. In the video pachinko machine, the game balls, winning holes 44 to 49, and out holes 53 are displayed as images, so the positions of the winning holes 44 to 49 and the out holes 53, that is, the end points of the ball route, When the display is completed and the game ball disappears from the board image, it means that the game ball enters the winning ports 44 to 49 and the out port 53.

The opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i is a means for displaying the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 on the board image by receiving the opening signal S2 or the closing signal S3 from the signal transmission means 6g.
The opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i receives an open signal S2 transmitted from the signal transmitting means 6g when the symbol variation display related to the start winning ball whose winning game lottery result is determined to be a big win is ended, that is, when the symbol is stopped. Then, the opening operation display of the opening / closing body 50 on the board image is performed.

  By receiving the symbol variation start signal S4 and the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5, the symbol display control means 7j includes a start winning ball (holding ball) related to the symbol variation start signal S4 in the symbol display unit 43 on the board image. ) Is started to display the symbol variation. Then, after a predetermined time, it is means for stopping at a stop symbol corresponding to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 related to the start winning ball, that is, the big hit lottery result.

Returning to FIG. 1, the front decorative frame 11 is attached to the front surface of the movable frame 3 by the hinge 4 so that the movable frame 3 can be opened in one side.
The front decorative frame 11 is provided with a round opening 12, and the round opening 12 is closed by an image display protection panel 13 made of colorless transparent glass or synthetic resin provided on the back side of the front decorative frame 11. It is.
A card insertion slot 14, a lending operation mechanism 15, a return operation mechanism 16, a firing operation mechanism 18, a ball count indicator 19, a balance indicator 20, etc. are provided on the front face of the front decorative frame 11 surrounding the round opening 12. Prepare. Further, a settlement operation mechanism 17 is provided on the back surface of the front decorative frame 11.

When playing a game, the card insertion slot 14 is a card-like recording medium in which valuable information such as points and amount information is written, here a prepaid card or the like (hereinafter referred to as a card) 22 in which amount information is written. It is a slit-shaped mouth to be inserted. On the back side of the card insertion slot 14, a card detector 23, a card transport mechanism 24, an information reader 25 and an information rewrite device 26 are positioned in a state where they are attached to the back of the front decorative frame 11.
The lending operation mechanism 15 includes a lending operation unit 27 operated by the player, and a lending switch 28 operated via the lending operation unit 27.
The return operation mechanism 16 includes a return operation unit 29 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11 and a return switch 30 that is operated via the return operation unit 29.

  The settlement operation mechanism 17 includes a settlement operation unit 31 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, and a settlement switch 32 that is operated via the settlement operation unit 31. The settlement switch 32 itself may be arranged on the front side of the front decorative frame 11 so that the player can directly operate the settlement switch 32. In this case, the settlement operation unit 31 can be omitted. In the present embodiment, the settlement switch 32 is a push button type switch. When the settlement switch 32 is pressed once, it is turned on and then automatically returned to the off state.

The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a firing operation unit (launching lever) 33 that is turned by a player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, a variable resistor 34 that is operated by the operation of the firing operation unit 33, and a player. A launch stop operating unit 35 operated from the front side of the front decorative frame 11 and a launch stop switch 36 that is turned ON / OFF by the launch stop operating unit 35 are provided. The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a touch sensor (not shown) that detects whether or not the player is touching the firing operation unit 33.
The ball count indicator 19 is attached to the front decorative frame 11 or the movable frame 3 so that the numerical display surface can be seen from the front side of the front decorative frame 11.

Hereinafter, basic operations of the above-described embodiment will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 1, 3, and 6.
First, the main controller 6, the image display controller 7, the card processing device 8, the ball management device 9, etc. are activated by supplying DC power from a power supply device (not shown) provided in the gaming machine frame 1. Then, the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5 based on the control of the main control device 6 to display the board image on the image display 5.
As described above, this board surface image includes various board surface constituting members 39, 42 to 54, and images representing a large number of game nails that are not shown.

Now, when playing a game, when the player inserts the card 22 into the card insertion slot 14 (see the arrow in FIG. 1), the card detector 23 outputs a card detection signal to the card processing device 8, and the card transport mechanism 24 The pull-in control. As a result, the card 22 is transported into the machine (see arrow B in FIG. 1), and the information reader 25 reads the amount information of the card 22 and outputs it to the card processing device 8. The card processing device 8 displays the read amount information on the balance display 20.
Thereafter, when the player inputs an investment amount corresponding to the number of balls to be borrowed by operating the lending operation unit 27, investment amount information corresponding to the input investment amount is sent from the lending switch 28 to the card processing device 8 as a lending signal. Is output. The card processing device 8 calculates investment amount information corresponding to the lending signal from the lending switch 28, and whether the amount information (card reading amount information) read and stored from the card 22 is equal to or greater than the investment amount information. Determine whether or not.

Next, the card processing device 8 holds the investment amount information as it is when the card read amount information is equal to or greater than the investment amount information, and the card read amount information as the investment amount information when it is less than the investment amount information. Output to the ball management device 9.
The possession ball management device 9 outputs the possession ball number information corresponding to the investment amount information output from the card processing device 8 to the possession ball number display 19, and the possession ball number display 19 displays a numerical value as the number of possessions. Is displayed and stored in the possession ball number memory 9a at the same time.

  Specifically, when it is assumed that one lending signal of the lending switch 28 corresponds to 500 yen, the amount information of an integral multiple of 500 yen is written in the card 22. And, for example, when the amount information of 1000 yen is written on the card 22 inserted into the card insertion slot 14 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 once, it is 500 yen. When the operation is performed twice, the equivalent number of balls is displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 and stored for 1000 yen. If the amount information of 500 yen is written on the card 22 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 twice, the ball number indicator has a number of balls equivalent to 500 yen regardless of the two operations. 19 and is stored in the possession ball number memory 9a.

In parallel with the display of the number of balls by the number-of-balls display 19, the card processing device 8 subtracts the investment amount information corresponding to the number-of-balls information as a loan from the card read amount information and uses the information rewriter 26. The amount information of the card 22 is rewritten to the remaining amount information as a result of the subtraction.
When the remaining amount information is “0”, the card processing device 8 controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return. When the player operates the return operation unit 29, the card processing device 8 receives the return signal from the return switch 30 and controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return.
By these return controls, the card transport mechanism 24 transports the card 22 and projects a part of the card 22 from the card insertion slot 14 so that the card 22 can be taken out from the gaming machine frame 1 (discharged outside the machine). .

  When the player operates the firing operation unit 33 in the state where the number-of-balls display 19 displays the number of balls, a touch sensor (not shown) is turned on and the variable resistor 34 corresponds to the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33. The variable resistance value is output to the main controller 6. It is assumed that the firing stop operation unit 35 is not operated and the firing stop switch 36 is OFF.

The main control device 6 determines whether or not to fire depending on whether or not the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds a so-called play range, specifically, whether or not the variable resistance value of the variable resistor 34 is a certain value or more. Do. Further, it sends a launch inquiry signal S8 to the ball management device 9 to inquire whether there is a ball to be held.
When the main controller 6 replies that the result of the determination of whether or not it is possible to launch is possible and the firing availability signal S10 is in the ON state (the number of possessed balls), the main controller 6 generates a firing ON signal and For each ON signal, the variable resistance value at the time of generating the signal, in other words, the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 is acquired.
In addition, the main control device 6 sets the ball attribute which is basic information on what route the game area 41 flows and moves after the game ball drawn as an image is displayed on the image display 5 to be flown and moved. It is determined for each launch ON signal, that is, for each launch ball (game ball launched by the operation of the launch operation unit 33).

The sphere attribute is determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e provided in the main control device 6.
That is, the ball attribute determining means 6e obtains the launch intensity of the game ball according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, and based on this launch intensity, the disappearance position on the board image of the game ball to be fired and the board face image The survival time of the game ball from when it is displayed until it disappears is determined as a ball attribute.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the relationship between the launch intensity of the game ball and the survival time determined based on the launch intensity. Here, an example in which the survival time obtained based on the launch intensity has a certain width is shown. A lottery or the like is used as a method for obtaining a specific survival time from a survival time having a certain width.
The survival time of the game ball is based on the launch intensity of the game ball, but may be obtained directly according to the disappearance position. Further, the launch intensity of the game ball may be included in the ball attribute.

The above-mentioned launch intensity is information indicating the strength of launch of the game ball, and is used as basic information for obtaining the disappearance position and survival time of the game ball as described above.
The disappearance position of the game ball indicates a winning ball (entering a ball) in the winning ports 44 to 49, a winning port when winning, or a winning ball indicating whether or not to enter the out port 53 without winning. It is a sphere attribute related to the position. The display of the game ball ends when winning in the winning openings 44 to 49 or entering the out opening 53, and disappears from the board image.
The survival time of the game ball is a ball attribute related to the elapsed time from when the launch operation unit 33 is operated and the game ball is fired until it disappears, that is, from when the display on the board image is started to when it is finished.

The firing signal S1 including each sphere attribute determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e is transmitted from the signal transmitting means 6g to the image display control device 7.
The image display control device 7 receives the firing signal S1 from the signal transmission means 6g, and acquires (generates or selects) a moving route of each game ball, that is, a ball route, based on the two ball attributes in the firing signal S1. Then, each game ball is moved and displayed on the board image displayed on the image display 5 by the ball route.
The ball route is information representing a route from when a game ball is shot and moved onto the board image to when the ball enters the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out opening 53. Specifically, after the game ball is launched (displayed) and driven into the upper part of the game area 41 along the guide rail 39, it hits the windmill 51 or a game nail (not shown) while flowing down and moving, and the winning holes 44-49. Is information including a group of position coordinate data representing a path from winning a prize to any of the above, or not going to win and entering the out mouth 53. Many types of spherical routes are set according to the firing signal S1.

In the winning, the game balls moving down the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 are the winning holes 44 to 48 (the opening / closing body 50 is closed in the illustrated example, so the large winning hole 49 is not included). ) Is information representing entering a ball.
Non-winning is information indicating that a game ball moving down the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 enters the out port 53 without winning any of the winning ports 44-49. is there.
Note that only when winning at the start winning port 48 is determined as a winning, jackpot / losing information (separate jackpot / losing) is determined.
For the big hit / off information, the main control device 6 acquires the count value of the big win lottery counter (not shown) at the timing when the winning to the start winning opening 48 is determined as a win, and uses this count value as the lottery value. It is determined by collating with the jackpot value (lottery lottery). The lottery value and the jackpot / losing information (lottery result) are stored in the RAM 6b.

When the game ball is moved and displayed on the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 subtracts the ball number information for each of the firing ON signals, and has the subtracted ball number information. Output to the ball number display 19.
The number-of-balls indicator 19 numerically displays the number of balls corresponding to the number-of-balls information subtracted from the main controller 6. That is, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value that is subtracted every time a game ball is launched. The subtracted numerical value is updated and stored in the possession ball number memory 9a.

When the firing signal S1 including the ball attribute is sequentially transmitted to the image display control device 7 for each launch ON signal, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5, the image display 5 can play the game ball moving image. (Game ball images moving along the ball route) are displayed one after another.
This game ball moving image is a moving image in which a game ball is driven into the game area 41 from the launch passage 40 in the board image at a rate of 100 shots per minute, and moves down the game area 41.

When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the general winning openings 44 to 47 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 corresponds to the general winning openings 44 to 47. A constant, in this example, 10 pieces of winning ball number information is added to the holding ball number information at that time, and the holding ball number information is output to the holding ball number display 19, and the holding ball number display 19 displays the holding ball number information. The corresponding number of balls is displayed numerically.
The numerical value (number of held balls) displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is an added value of the number subtracted each time a game ball is launched and the number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning ports 44 to 47. This numerical value is updated and stored in the possession ball number memory 9a. Such addition / subtraction of the number of possessed balls is based on, for example, the presence / absence and reception content of the prize ball payout signal S9 in the possession ball management apparatus 9 and the presence / absence of the firing inquiry signal S8 or the firing permission state signal S10. This is performed based on whether or not there is a response (whether or not the ON / OFF state is referenced in the firing permission / non-permission state signal S10; the same applies hereinafter).

When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the start winning opening 48 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 responds to the symbol variation start signal S4 and the big hit lottery result. The symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5 (performs display control on the board image).
By this control, the image display unit 5 causes the symbol display unit 43 to start the variation display of the three symbols (L, C, R), and the big hit lottery result (the big hit / out of the big hit) designated by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5. In other words, after a predetermined time, it is stopped at a stop symbol corresponding to the big hit lottery result relating to the start winning ball.

  The symbols (stop symbols “L, C, R”) displayed on the symbol display unit 43 by the symbol stop are, for example, “2, 2, 2”, “3” when the result of the big hit big hit lottery is a big hit. , 3, 3 ”,...,“ 7, 7, 7 ”,...,“ 9, 9, 9 ”, all display the same number in a line (big hit symbol). Further, when the result of the big hit big hit lottery is out of place, for example, “1, 3, 3”, “5, 9, 1”, “7, 6, 7” are all the same. It becomes a display form in which no numbers are arranged in a line.

When the stop symbol in the symbol display unit 43 is a jackpot symbol, the main control device 6 transmits an open signal S2 for displaying the opening / closing body 50 to the image display control device 7 and receives the image. The display control device 7 controls the image display 5. By this control, the image display 5 displays an opening operation image of the special winning opening 49.
The opening action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image that opens obliquely forward from a state in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 is vertically closed with the lower side as a fulcrum. When the opening / closing body 50 is opened as described above, the special winning opening 49 becomes easier to enter the game ball than the other winning openings (general winning openings) 44 to 47. It is possible to win more game balls than the winning openings 44 to 47.

If the game ball wins the big prize opening 49 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5 while the big hit state is continuing, the main controller 6 determines a constant corresponding to the big prize opening 49, in this example. The number-of-balls information obtained by adding the information on the number of 15 prize balls to the number-of-balls information at that time is output to the number-of-balls display 19, and the number of balls corresponding to the number-of-balls information is Is displayed numerically.
The numerical value (number of possessed balls) displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is an addition value of a numerical value subtracted every time a game ball is fired and a constant number of winning balls corresponding to the special winning opening 49. This numerical value is updated and stored in the possession ball number memory 9a. Such addition / subtraction of the number of possessed balls is based on, for example, the presence / absence and reception content of the prize ball payout signal S9 in the possession ball management apparatus 9 and the presence / absence of the firing inquiry signal S8 or the firing permission state signal S10. This is based on the presence or absence of a response.

  A game ball that is driven into the game area 41 and wins the big prize opening 49 wins in a normal area or a specific area called a V zone (both not shown) set in the big prize opening 49. It has become. Further, the main control device 6 counts up the elapsed time from the start of the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 and counts up the number of game balls won in the special winning opening 49.

When the elapsed time counted up reaches a specified time, here 30 seconds, or when the number of winning prizes in the counted up large winning opening 49 reaches the specified winning number, here 10, the main controller 6 opens and closes. A closing signal S3 for displaying the body 50 in a closing operation is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a closing operation image of the special winning opening 49. The closing action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 closes in the vertical state shown in FIG.

If the game ball wins in the specific area of the big winning opening 49 during the opening and closing operation of the opening / closing body 50, that is, during the opening operation, the main controller 6 makes a winning in the specific area. Count up (+1) what happened. Even if there are a plurality of winning numbers in the specific area during one opening operation (big hit state) of the opening / closing body 50, the number is not counted up after the first +1 count up (it remains +1).
When this count-up occurs, the main control device 6 contains the opening information for opening the opening / closing body 50 again after the image display control device 7 completes the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 once. Is transmitted to the image display control device 7 to control the image display 5 again.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a moving image in a form in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 opens obliquely forward with the lower side as a fulcrum.

The continuation of the big hit state (so-called round) in which the opening / closing body 50 opens again may be performed until the number of winnings in the specific area that has been counted up reaches a preset maximum number of times, for example, 16 times (expiration times). is there. If there is no winning in a specific area during one opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 before reaching the expiration time, that is, if the continuation condition is not satisfied, the big hit state is continued at that time (halfway) Therefore, it is only possible that the big hit state will continue until the 16th time.
Control of the start and completion of the big hit state (referring to the end at the expiration time or the end at the middle) is performed by the big hit state activation / completion means 6j.

When the big hit state described above is completed by the big hit state activation / completion means 6j, the game stop means 6k generates a firing stop signal S7 and transmits it to the holding ball management device 9, and launches the game ball by operating the firing operation unit 33. If it is not possible and the symbol display unit 43 is variably displayed, a game stop process including a process of stopping the symbol is performed.
Disabling the launch of a game ball refers to stopping the launch of the game ball as described above. Specifically, the transmission of the firing inquiry signal S8 from the main control device 6 to the holding ball management device 9 is stopped, and the reply of the firing permission state signal S10 from the holding ball management device 9 to the main control device 6 is stopped. (To set the firing permission / prohibition state signal S10 to the OFF state).

The time chart of FIG. 8 illustrates such an operating state. In the big hit state in the figure, ON means that it is in a big hit state, and OFF means that it is not in a big hit state. In addition, regarding the game stop state, OFF means that the game is stopped, and ON means that the game is not stopped, that is, the game is ready.
In the illustrated example, the game stop state is reached from the time t1 when the big hit state is completed, that is, from the time when the firing stop signal S7 is sent and received. Specifically, when the big hit state is completed, the signals S8 and S10 are suppressed and the launch of a new game ball is stopped (the launch state is set to the launch stop state). At this time, if the symbol is being displayed in the symbol display section 43 or if the game ball (launch ball) is moving on the board image, in addition to stopping the launch of the game ball, the variation of the symbol or the game ball The movement of is stopped. In addition, if there is a partial image that fluctuates or moves on the board image, the partial image is also stopped.

In FIG. 8, the launch state refers to the state of the signals S8 and S10 related to the generation of the launch ON signal, and the state where the signals S8 and S10 are suppressed and the launch of a new game ball is stopped is the launch stop state. That's it. The board image state refers to the state of the display image by the image display 5, that is, the state of the change of the pattern and the movement of the game ball, the other part of the change of the partial image on the board surface image, and the movement. The movement of the game ball or the game ball is stopped, and the other part of the moving or moving partial image on the board image is stopped. The game stop state refers to a state in which such a firing stop state is set and a board image stop state is set. The same applies to the time charts described later.
In this example, the game stop means 6k sets the game stop state at the time of completion of the big hit state, that is, the launch state to the launch stop state and the board image state to the board image stop state.

When the stop symbol in the symbol display unit 43 is not a big hit symbol (is a dismissal symbol), the main control device 6 does not transmit an open signal S2 for displaying the opening / closing body 50 to the image display control device 7. And the gaming state will not be a big hit.
Note that the main controller 6 also corresponds to the start winning opening 48 even when the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the starting winning opening 48 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5. The number-of-balls information obtained by adding the constant number-of-balls information to the number-of-balls information at that time is output to the ball-number display 19, and the ball-number display 19 displays the number of balls corresponding to the number-of-balls information. Display numerical values.
The numerical value (number of possessed balls) displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is an added value of the number subtracted each time a game ball is fired and a constant number of prize balls corresponding to the start winning opening 48. This numerical value is updated and stored in the possession ball number memory 9a. Such addition / subtraction of the number of possessed balls is based on, for example, the presence / absence and reception content of the prize ball payout signal S9 in the possession ball management apparatus 9 and the presence / absence of the firing inquiry signal S8 or the firing permission state signal S10. This is based on the presence or absence of a response.

The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6i holds up to four new starting winning balls when a new starting winning ball is generated during the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 or the display of the change of the symbol as described above. The accumulated balls are stored as spheres, and the number of holding sphere lamps 54 corresponding to the number is turned on.
Then, the starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6i starts the symbol variation related to the starting winning ball after the display of variation or display of the symbol related to the preceding starting winning ball or the holding ball or after the end of the big hit state. The signal S4 and the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 are transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7. The image display control device 7 that has received the signals S4 and S5, specifically, the symbol display control means 7j, causes the symbol display unit 43 to start the variable display of the three symbols (L, C, R), and after a predetermined time. Then, it stops at the stop symbol corresponding to the big hit lottery result related to the starting winning ball. The main controller 6 performs control according to the stop symbol.
The number of stored balls is decremented by one each time the start or end of the variable display of symbols for the starting winning ball related to the stored balls, that is, every time the balls are digested, Accordingly, the holding ball lamps 54 are also turned off one by one.
In the present embodiment, when the above-described big hit state is completed, the turning-on / off operation of the holding ball lamp 54 is also stopped.

  When the big hit state is completed, the game stop means 6k is activated to enter the game stop state. When the player operates the settlement operation unit 31 (the settlement switch 32) at this time, that is, during the game stop state, the settlement execution / game stop release means 6l is activated, and the settlement processing means 9b is activated and the game is stopped. The state is released, details of which will be described below.

The settlement processing means 9b (see FIG. 2) converts the number of balls held at the time of the settlement switch operation into valuable information such as points and amount information according to the number, in this case, amount information, and is left on the card 22 It is rewritten and recorded in addition to the amount information.
Specifically, when the settlement switch 32 is operated, a settlement signal is output from the settlement switch 32 to the ball management device 9. As a result, the holding ball management device 9 outputs the holding ball number information corresponding to the number of balls displayed on the holding ball number display 19 to the card processing device 8 and sets the numerical value of the holding ball display 19 to “0”. The number-of-balls display 19 is controlled to clear the number of balls held.
The card processing device 8 adds the money amount information corresponding to the number-of-balls information input from the ball management device 9 to the money amount information of the card 22 taken into the inside of the gaming machine frame 1, and then the information rewriter 26 is controlled. By this control, the information rewriter 26 rewrites the amount information of the card 22 taken into the inside of the gaming machine frame 1 to the amount information (settled amount information) D1 added above.

The settlement processing unit 9b records the confirmation information D2 on the card 22 when the amount information is rewritten as described above (when the settlement amount information D1 is recorded).
Further, the settlement processing means 9b outputs the same information D1 and D2 as the settled amount information (valuable information) D1 and confirmation information D2 recorded on the card 22 to the outside. The settled money amount information D1 and the confirmation information D2 that have been output are given to the card recording information collating apparatus 100, which will be described in detail later.
The confirmation information D2 is information used for authenticity confirmation of the recorded contents of the card 22 and confirmation of the owner of the card 22. Here, the time information (current time information) D2a at the time of the settlement switch operation, and the pachinko machine related to the settlement switch operation, that is, the gaming machine identification information D2b called a machine number for identifying the own pachinko machine are included. It is used as confirmation information D2.
The confirmation information D2 is not limited to the current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b as long as the information can be used for confirmation as described above. Instead of the current time information D2a, current date information may be used. If the password set by the player can be written to the card 22, the password can be used as the confirmation information D2, and the owner can be more strongly confirmed.

As described above, the current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b are recorded on the card 22 in addition to the settled money amount information D1, and the same settled money amount information D1 and current time as the information recorded on the card 22 are recorded. The reason why the information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b are output to the outside is to allow the game store to confirm the authenticity of the recorded contents of the card 22 and, in particular, whether or not the adjusted amount information D1 has been tampered with. In addition, the player side can make relief when part or all of the recorded contents of the card 22 becomes unreadable or when the card 22 itself is lost.
Such convenience on the game store side and the player side is realized by the cooperative action of the checkout processing means 9b and the card record information collating apparatus 100, and details thereof will be described later.

  The valuable information D1 that is rewritten and recorded on the card 22 at the time of settlement is converted to the amount information (accounted amount information) in the above-described embodiment. The number of possessed balls, that is, the number of possessed balls may be used as it is.

After the settlement amount information D1 and the confirmation information D2 (current time information D2a and gaming machine specifying information D2b) are recorded on the card 22 as described above, the settlement processing unit 9b causes the card processing device 8 to perform the card transport mechanism. 24 is returned and the card 22 is discharged out of the apparatus.
That is, the card 22 in which the adjusted amount information D1, the current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b are recorded is transported by the transport mechanism 24, and a part of the card 22 is protruded from the card insertion slot 14 so that the card 22 is 1 can be taken out (the card 22 is ejected outside the apparatus), and the settlement process is completed.

The settlement execution / game stop canceling means 6l operates the settlement processing means 9b as described above to perform the settlement process and cancels the game stop state as follows.
Specifically, this release is performed by sending an image stillness release signal (not shown) to the image display control device 7, canceling the transmission stop of the launch inquiry signal S 8, and sending the launch stop release signal ( This is done by sending a not-shown) and returning the firing permission signal S10 to the ON state. As a result, the game is returned to a state where it can be played.

The time chart of FIG. 9 exemplifies the operation of the settlement execution / game stop release means 6l. In this figure, the meanings of the same words and symbols as in FIG. 8 are the same as in FIG.
As shown in the figure, it is assumed that the game is stopped at the big hit state completion time t1. After the game is stopped, when the player turns on the settlement switch 32 at time t2, the settlement processing unit 9b starts to operate, that is, rewrites the money amount information to the card 22.
At time t3, this rewriting (recording of the settled money amount information D1), the recording of the current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b on the card 22, and the same information D1, D2a as the information recorded on the card 22 are recorded. When the output of D2b to the outside is completed and the card 22 is sent to the out-of-machine discharge process, the settlement execution / game stop cancellation means 6l cancels the game stop state at the same time t3 (at the end of the settlement process). In other words, the game is ready for play. Specifically, an image stillness cancellation signal (not shown) is sent to the image display control device 7, the transmission stop of the firing inquiry signal S <b> 8 is released, and a firing stop release signal (not shown) is sent to the holding ball management device 9. ) Is sent to return the fireable state signal S10 to the ON state. As a result, the game is returned to a game-ready state (game-ready state).
As described above, after the game is stopped, that is, during the game stop state, when the adjustment switch 32 is turned ON, the adjustment execution / game stop cancellation means 6l operates the adjustment processing means 9b to execute the adjustment processing. At the same time, the game stop state is cancelled, and the game is returned to a game-ready state.

In the following, FIG. 10 is used in combination with FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIG. 6, and the ball strength table of the above-mentioned game balls, the ball attributes (game ball disappearance position, survival time), the fire signal S1, and the ball attributes. The relationship 7c3 will be described.
Among the ball attributes, the extinction position of the game ball is determined by the ball attribute determination means 6e of the main controller 6 based on the launch strength of the game ball. Here, a disappearance position determination counter (not shown) that counts numerical values from 0 to 9999 in an endless manner is used as the disappearance position of the game ball, and the count value of the counter when the firing ON signal is generated and the game It is determined based on the launch intensity of the sphere.

Now, it is assumed that the launch intensity value 505 is acquired by the ball attribute determining means 6e, and the count value when the firing ON signal is generated by the disappearance position determining counter is 250. In such a case, the ball attribute determining means 6e searches for the winning rate in the column of the firing strengths 501 to 510 of the winning rate table 6c3 shown in FIG. 4, and determines the extinction position of the game ball therefrom.
Specifically, numerical values 1, 2, 2, 1, 450... Are sequentially obtained by multiplying the winning ratios of the winning ports 44 to 49 in this column by 10,000 respectively in order from the winning port 44 side toward the large winning port 49 side. Add. Then, a total value of 6 is obtained at the position of the winning prize opening 47 and a total value 456 is obtained at the position of the start winning prize opening 48.
The count value of the annihilation position determination counter is 250, and this value exceeds the total value 6 of the position of the winning opening 47 and is within the range of the total value 456 of the position of the starting winning opening 48. The mouth 48 is determined as the disappearance position of the game ball.

  Thereby, the extinction position of the game ball is determined based on the launch strength of the game ball and according to the win rate set in the win rate table 6c3, but based on the launch strength of the game ball and in accordance with the win rate. If there is, the disappearance position of the game ball may be determined by a method other than the above-described method.

Among the ball attributes, the survival time of the game ball has a certain width as shown in FIG. 7, but a specific survival time within the width is determined according to the disappearance position of the game ball. As shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of different survival times may be set in the same extinction position, but in this case, a plurality of randomly determined random lots using an extinction position determination counter are used. A specific survival time is determined according to one type of annihilation position.
The ball attribute determined in this way is included in the firing signal S1 and transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6 to the image display control device 7. In the example shown in FIG. 10, the four-digit numbers with the initial “S1” represent the firing signal S1 including the ball attribute.

The sphere route table 7c3 for each sphere attribute is stored in the ROM 7c of the image display control device 7. The ball route table 7c3 includes a firing signal S1 transmitted from the signal transmission unit 6g of the main control unit 6, in other words, a ball attribute, and the image display control unit 7 (game ball movement display unit 7h) on the board image. It is the comparison table | surface with the movement path | route of the game ball to display, ie, a ball | bowl route.
In the example shown in FIG. 10, a specific sphere route, that is, one type of sphere route corresponds to a specific launch signal (a set of sphere attributes: extinction position and survival time). It may be set so that a plurality of types of sphere routes correspond to a specific launch signal (sphere attribute).

In the example shown in FIG. 10, the ball route is represented by a four-digit number with an initial “RT”. Specifically, the game route is displayed on the board image and disappears. This is a set of position coordinate data (position coordinate data group) every unit time, for example, every 16 milliseconds.
The position coordinate data is, for example, the image display surface (two-dimensional plane) of the image display 5 including the game board surface as the X and Y planes, taking the X axis in the horizontal direction and the Y axis in the vertical direction in FIG. The lower left corner of the display surface in FIG. 1 is represented as a reference position, that is, X = 0, Y = 0.
The Z-axis may be taken in the direction of the front side (player side) of the game board surface orthogonal to the game board surface, and the position coordinate data may be represented by three-dimensional coordinates of X, Y, and Z.
FIG. 10 illustrates a part of the sphere attribute. A part of the sphere route table 7c3 for each sphere attribute is also exemplified.

When the player operates the firing operation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 at a certain operation amount, for example, a rotation angle θx between 35 ° and 45 °, the main controller 6 sets a value corresponding to the rotation angle θx. The ball attribute determining means 6e in the apparatus 6 obtains the launch intensity Fx of the game ball according to the launch operation quantity.
The ball attribute determining means 6e obtains the game ball extinction position Px corresponding to the calculated launch strength Fx by lottery using the winning rate table 6c3 and the extinction position determination counter, and subsequently, this extinction position Px (specifically, From the firing intensity Fx and the extinction position Px), the game ball survival time Tx to each extinction position is obtained.

The signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6 transmits to the image display control device 7 a firing signal S1 including a ball attribute comprising the game ball extinction position Px, the survival time Tx, and the firing strength Fx determined by the ball attribute determination means 6e. To do.
The firing signal S1 is transmitted to the image display control device 7 for each game ball to be launched. The game ball movement display means 7h, specifically, the ball route selection means 7h1 of the control device 7 sends the launch signal S1. Each time it is received, the ball route corresponding to the ball attribute in each firing signal S1 is read out (selected) from the ball route table 7c3 by game ball extinction position / survival time.
As described above, when the ball route table 7c3 is set so that a plurality of types of ball routes correspond to a specific launch signal (a set of the ball attribute: disappearance position and survival time), the ball route selection unit 7h1 Selects one of the sphere routes from the sphere route table 7c3 sequentially or randomly, or using a normal distribution random number or the like.
The image display control device 7 controls the display of the image display 5 and moves and displays the game ball along the ball route selected from the ball route table 7c3.
In the above example, the sphere route (position coordinate data group) is set in advance. However, when the sphere attribute is received, the image display control device 7 may generate a sphere route according to the received sphere attribute. . A part of one type of sphere route may be generated when a sphere attribute is received, and the remaining part may be selected from a preset sphere route part.

  Next, in the present embodiment, a series of processing operations from when the launch operation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 is operated until the game ball is displayed on the board image and then disappears (display ends) from the board image. 11 and FIG. 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 6, and 10. FIG.

First, FIG. 11 will be used in conjunction with FIGS. 1 and 3 to describe the game ball firing process in the main controller 6.
In FIG. 11, in step 301, it is determined whether or not the launch operation mechanism 18 is ready to launch a game ball.
That is, it is determined whether or not the touch sensor (not shown) of the firing operation unit 33 is ON, the firing stop switch is OFF, and the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds the range of play. This is to determine whether or not the player is actually operating the launch operation unit 33 to launch the game ball. If the determination result in step 301 is No (negative), the firing process is terminated, and if Yes (positive), the process proceeds to the next step 302.

In step 302, it is determined whether or not a fixed time has elapsed since the previous launch. This is in order not to fire more than 100 shots per minute, for example, and the fixed time is 0.6 seconds here. If it is determined in step 302 that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the firing process is terminated. That is, the main controller 6 does not perform any processing regarding the launch of the game ball. If it is determined that a certain time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 303.
In step 303, it is determined whether or not there is a number of balls held (whether the number of balls displayed by the ball holding number display 19 is 1 or more). An idle sound generation signal for generation is transmitted to the voice control device (step 304).

If the determination result in step 303 is Yes, the process proceeds to step 305.
In step 305, it is determined whether or not the game stop means 6k has generated (transmitted) the firing stop signal S7, that is, whether or not the game is stopped. If the determination result is No, the launching process is terminated.
If the determination result in step 305 is No, the sphere attribute is determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e (step 306). Here, the launch intensity of the game ball is obtained according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, and the survival time is obtained based on the launch intensity and the extinction position of the game ball. Is done.

When the sphere attribute is determined, the process proceeds to step 307, and the firing signal S1 including the determined sphere attribute is transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7, and the firing process is terminated.
The above processing is performed for each shot ball.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining display processing by the image display control device 7 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the display processing by the image display control device 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 6, and 10 in FIG. 12.

First, in step 501, the image display control device 7 receives various signals from the main control device 6. In addition to the firing signal S1 transmitted in step 307 in FIG. 11, the signal includes a symbol variation start signal S4, a symbol variation pattern designation signal S5, an opening signal S2 of the opening / closing body 50, and a closing signal S3 transmitted in a timely manner. There are signals for effect display control.
The firing signal S1 is received by the image display control device 7 for each launch ball, and the other signals are received every time they are transmitted according to the gaming state controlled by the main control device 6.

In step 502, the game ball movement display means 7h acquires a ball route based on the ball attribute in the received launch signal S1, and here selects the ball route RT from the ball route table 7c3 (see FIG. 9), and the ball A game ball is displayed on the image display 5 at position coordinates corresponding to the route RT.
Specifically, based on the ball route RT selected by the CPU 7a shown in FIG. 5 from the ball route table 7c3, the GPU 7d reads out the position coordinate data of the game ball that moves when the next frame is updated, and writes it into the video RAM 7e.

In step 503, it is determined whether or not the processing in step 502 has been completed, that is, whether or not the current frame has been moved. If not completed, the processing in step 503 is repeated, and if completed, step 504 is executed.
When a plurality of game balls are displayed on the board image, the above-described display processing is performed in parallel. In such a case, the determination in step 503 is a determination as to whether or not the processing in step 502 has been completed for all the positions of the plurality of game balls, and if completed, step 504 is executed.

In step 504, effect display control to a gaming state that can cause a big hit state or a big hit state, such as a symbol change / stop in the symbol display unit 43 on the board image, an opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 of the big prize opening 49, is performed.
In step 505, other than the display control performed in step 504, for example, the side lamp 52 in the board image, and lighting / extinguishing control such as electric decoration attached to the front face of the front decorative frame 11 (not shown) (general effect control processing) I do.
In step 506, the processing (control) results of steps 502, 504, and 505 are combined and drawn on the image display 5, that is, displayed.

  Since steps 501 to 506 are repeated at a constant cycle, the image display 5 displays various effects such as opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 of the prize winning opening 49, symbol variation, blinking of the side lamp 52, and the like. A game ball (image) is superimposed and displayed on the image.

In the present embodiment, the image still signal S6 may be included in the signal received by the image display control device 7 in step 501.
When the image display control device 7 receives the image still signal S6, the image display control device 7 sets the board image to the game stop state. Specifically, if the symbols are being displayed in a varying manner on the symbol display unit 43, or if the game ball is moving on the board image, the variations in the symbols and the movement of the game ball are stopped (still). The turning on / off operation of the holding ball lamp 54 is also stopped. When the windmill 51 is rotating or the side lamp 52 is blinking, these operations are also stopped simultaneously. In short, the entire display image of the image display 5 is stopped.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment according to the first aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the settlement processing means 9b provided in the holding ball management device 9 performs the rewriting recording of the settled amount information D1 to the card 22. The current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b are also recorded on the card 22. Further, the settlement processing unit 9b is configured to output the same information as the information recorded on the card 22, that is, the settled money amount information D1, the current time information D2a, and the gaming machine specifying information D2b.
According to this, in cooperation with an external device, that is, each information D1, D2a, D2b output from the settlement processing unit 9b is given to the card recording information collating device 100 described later, and this device 100 is cooperated. As a result, the authenticity of the recorded contents of the card 22 can be confirmed on the game store side. In particular, it is possible to confirm (determine) whether or not the adjusted amount information D1 has been tampered with. In addition, when a part or all of the recorded contents of the card 22 becomes unreadable or when the card 22 itself is lost, the owner of the card 22 can be confirmed (determined), and the player can be rescued. The effect of becoming can be demonstrated.

  In addition, the board surface image displayed on the image display 5 is not limited to the aspect shown in FIG. The pachinko machine of the present invention can be applied to a pachinko machine other than the example shown in FIG. 1 and other ball game machines. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the holding ball management device 9 is separated from the main control device 6. However, the holding ball management device 9 is configured without being separated, that is, the holding ball management device 9 is built in the main control device 6. May be. It is not limited to providing the settlement processing means 9b in the ball management device 9.

  Further, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the main control device 6 has been shown to include only the image display control device 7 as its control target, but actually, in addition to the image display control device 7, the audio control device. In addition, for example, a lamp control device that controls electrical decorations (not shown) attached to the front decorative frame 11 is also provided. That is, the main control device 6 can perform not only display of the board image and control of the gaming state in the displayed board image, but also effect control by voice or lamp.

In the gaming state controlled by the main controller 6 shown in FIG. 1, for example, the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 opens a special form that makes it easier for the gaming balls to enter than the other winning openings 44 to 48. There is a basic game state in which a game state (a big hit state), a normal game state other than the special game state, for example, a game ball is fired and enters the general winning ports 44 to 47 and the out port 53. In addition, even in the normal gaming state, there is a gaming state in which the above-described special gaming state can be invited, such as a gaming state in which a symbol variation display (big hit / losing effect image display) is performed by the symbol display unit 43.
The main control device 6 makes such a gaming state appear by the effect display control on the board image by the image display control device 7, and at the same time, the effect control by the sound and the lamp is added to entertain the player. The game state control includes the start, continuation, and end control of the state.

Next, details of the card record information collating apparatus 100 according to the second invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.
The card record information collation apparatus 100 receives the valuable information D1 and the confirmation information D2 from the settlement processing means 9b in the holding ball management apparatus 9 of the video pachinko machine described above, and stores it in a collation storage device (not shown). It is configured to be recordable.
Further, the card record information collation apparatus 100 inserts the card 22 into a card insertion slot (not shown) and reads the valuable information D1 and the confirmation information D2 recorded on the card 22, and this information D1, D2, The valuable information D1 and the confirmation information D2 recorded in the verification storage device are verified, and the verification result is notified by the notification means. Here, the display device 101 is used as a notification means, and the collation result is notified by being displayed on the display device 101.

In the present embodiment, the display unit 101 displays the above collation result, specifically whether it is coincidence or non-coincidence, as well as the collation object, that is, valuable information D1 and confirmation information D2 recorded on the card 22, and the card 22 The valuable information D1 and the confirmation information D2 recorded in the verification storage device corresponding to the information recording are displayed, and the contents of the verification can be visually confirmed together with the results.
The card record information collation apparatus 100 and the display device 101 are usually installed in a prize exchange, and are used when presenting valuable information D1 recorded on the card 22 and exchanging it for a prize or the like.
Since the valuable information D1 is presented by passing the card 22 through an information reading display device (not shown) and reading and displaying the valuable information recorded on the card 22, the card information is recorded on the information reading display device. It is preferable that the information matching device 100 and the display device 101 are built in. Alternatively, the information reading and display device may be built in the card record information collating device 100 and the display device 101. In any case, if there is a component that can be shared between both devices, one of them is omitted and the cost is reduced. And installation space can be reduced.

The information collation operation and effect of such a card record information collation apparatus 100 will be described below. Here, a case will be described in which the valuable information is the already owned ball number information (hereinafter referred to as the held ball number information) and the confirmation information is current time information and gaming machine specifying information.
Now, when the settlement processing means 9b outputs the number-of-balls information D1, the current time information D2a, and the gaming machine specifying information D2b, the card recording information collation apparatus 100 collates each of the information D1, D2a, D2b. Record in a storage device (not shown).
The information D1, D2a, D2b is the same information (contents) as the information recorded on the card 22 (the recorded content of the card 22) by the player operating the checkout switch 32 at a specific time in a specific pachinko machine. is there.

Accordingly, the player brings the card 22 and presents it at the prize exchange, that is, the number-of-ball information D1 and the current time information D2a recorded on the card 22 read by the card record information matching device 100, the gaming machine The specific information D2b and the information D1, D2a, and D2b recorded in the collation storage device are basically completely matched.
As a basic rule, when they completely match, the collation result by the card recording information collating apparatus 100 is “match”, and the display unit 101 displays this with a message or the like (notifies “match”). Therefore, the game store side determines that the possession ball number information D1 recorded on the card 22 is authentic, and exchanges prizes or the like according to the possession ball number information D1.

  If they do not match completely, that is, if any one of the pieces of information D1, D2a, and D2b to be matched does not match, the matching result by the card recording information matching device 100 becomes “mismatch”, and the display 101 Is displayed as a message or the like (notification indicating “mismatch”). In such a case, it is determined that any of the number-of-balls information D1, the current time information D2a, and the gaming machine identification information D2b recorded on the card 22 may be falsified, and the exchange of prizes etc. is suspended. The cause is investigated from the information D1, D2a, D2b on the card 22 side and the verification storage device side displayed on the display 101.

In the case where the collation result is “mismatch”, the current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b recorded in the card 22 and the information D2a and D2b recorded in the collation storage device match. The number-of-ball information D1 may not match. Among these, in particular, when the number-of-balls information D1 recorded on the card 22 is larger (larger amount) than the number-of-balls information D1 recorded in the verification storage device, it is recorded on the card 22. It is determined that there is a strong suspicion that the number of possessed balls information D1 has been altered. In such a case, the exchange of the prize or the like is stopped, and the cause of the “mismatch” is determined from other information displayed on the display device 101, that is, the current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b.
The current time information D2a and the gaming machine identification information D2b are information recorded on the card 22 when the player operates the settlement switch 32 at a particular time in a particular pachinko machine, and the settlement switch 32 is operated. Shows time, pachinko machine (the only pachinko machine in the hall). Accordingly, the pachinko machine that has output the number-of-balls information D1 recorded on the card 22 from the current time information D2a and the gaming machine identification information D2b recorded on the card 22, and the adjustment switch operating time of the pachinko machine, that is, the game The end time can be specified, and it can be used for investigating the cause of the above “mismatch”.

Further, the fact that the pachinko machine that has output the number-of-balls information D1 recorded on the card 22 and the game end time on the pachinko machine can be specified is that part or all of the recorded contents of the card 22 cannot be read. If this happens, or if the card 22 itself is lost, it can be remedied.
That is, the information recorded in the verification storage device of the card recording information verification device 100 can also be used as backup information for the ball number information D1, the current time information D2a, and the gaming machine identification information D2b for a certain card 22. . Therefore, after hearing from the player the pachinko machine (game machine identification information D2b) and the game end time (current time information D2a) in the pachinko machine, etc., if the content is determined not to be false, the card 22 or the number-of-balls information D1 corresponding to the set of the current time information D2a and the gaming machine specifying information D2b can be read, and relief such as responding to a prize exchange can be realized according to the judgment on the hall side.

1 and 2 show an example in which one pachinko machine is connected to the card recording information collating apparatus 100, but a plurality of pachinko machines are connected to the card recording information collating apparatus 100, and the connection is made. The present invention may be applied to each of the plurality of pachinko machines.
In this case, the card recording information collation apparatus 100 can accumulate information from a plurality of pachinko machines so that the information collation operation described above can be performed for each pachinko machine, and can search each information for each pachinko machine, An internal collation storage device and the like are configured so that collation with the information recorded in each card 22 is possible, and a processing procedure is set.

In the above-described configuration, the card record information matching device 100 may be built in a hall computer (not shown). That is, as described above, a plurality of pachinko machines are connected, and the function of the card recording information verification device 100 that enables the information verification operation described above for each connected pachinko machine is the same as part of the function of the hall computer. The apparatus of the present invention may be built in a hall computer. In this case, the hall computer can be operated by a terminal device equipped with an information reading display device or the like installed at the prize exchange, and the information collating operation described above can be performed. In this case, the display of the information reading display device is substituted for the display 101.
According to this, valuable information (settlement amount information; number of possession information) D1, current time information D2a and gaming machine specific information D2b for each card 22 sent from the settlement processing means 9b of each pachinko machine is unified. It can be managed and used as management information together with other various information, and can be used for hall management.

  The card recording information matching device 100 may be configured to simply notify the obtained matching result (matching or mismatching between the matched information). For example, in the case of coincidence, a blue lamp may be lit to notify the fact, and in the case of inconsistency, the red lamp may be lit to inform the fact. Is extremely easy.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where a card-like recording medium such as a magnetic recording card or a PC card is used as a medium (recording medium) for reading and writing valuable information such as points and money amount information has been described. There is no limit. Even if the recording medium is portable, preferably any recording medium having characteristics such as small, light, thin, etc., for example, a recording medium to which the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard is applied, the above valuable information is stored. It can be used as a recording medium for reading and writing. In this case, a configuration for reading and writing valuable information with respect to the recording medium, particularly a mechanical configuration (the card insertion slot 14, the card detector 23, the card transport mechanism 24, the information reader 25 and the information rewriter 26). The configuration corresponding to the portion is changed according to the recording medium to be used.

It is a principal part block diagram of one Embodiment of the pachinko machine and card record information collation apparatus to which this invention was applied. It is a block diagram which takes out and shows the principal part in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the main controller in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the winning rate table in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the number of prize balls to each winning opening in FIG. 1, and the prize ball payout signal. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the image display control apparatus in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the launch intensity | strength of a game ball determined as a ball attribute by the ball attribute determination means in FIG. 3, and survival time. It is a time chart which illustrates the operation state at the time of the game stop process in the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a time chart which illustrates operation | movement of the payment execution and game stop cancellation | release means of a pachinko machine same as the above. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the relationship of the ball | bowl route table according to the launch intensity | strength of a game ball | bowl, a ball | bowl attribute, a launch signal, and a ball | bowl attribute for determining a ball | bowl route in a pachinko machine same as the above. It is a flowchart which illustrates the detail of the launching process of the game ball in the main controller shown in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the display process by the image display control apparatus shown in FIG.

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  1: gaming machine frame, 5: image display, 6: main control device (main control means), 6e: ball attribute determination means, 7: image display control device (image display control means), 7c3: ball route table, 7h : Game ball movement display means, 8: card processing device, 9: possession ball management device, 9b: settlement processing means, 22: card (portable recording medium), 32: settlement switch, 33: launch operation section, 44 ˜47: winning prize port, 48: starting prize winning opening, 49: large winning prize opening, 53: out opening, 100: card recording information verification device (medium recording information verification device), 101: display, S1: game ball firing signal, D1: Settlement amount information (number of possessed balls information; valuable information), D2: confirmation information, D2a: current time information, D2b: gaming machine specifying information.

Claims (4)

A game board surface including a winning opening, an out mouth and a game nail, and a game ball that is launched by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the game board surface are displayed on an image display mounted on the gaming machine frame,
A game in which the game ball is driven onto the game board surface by the operation of the launch operation unit, moved, and entered into the winning opening or the out slot is performed based on valuable information recorded on a portable recording medium. In the video game machine, the settlement processing means is operated by operating the settlement switch, the valuable information at the time of the settlement switch operation is recorded on the recording medium, and the recording medium is discharged out of the machine,
Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display;
Image display control means for performing display control in the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means includes
Sphere attribute determining means for determining the extinction position on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears as the ball attribute; A signal transmitting means for transmitting a firing signal including the ball attribute for each game ball to be launched,
The image display control means includes
By receiving the launch signal, based on the ball attribute in the launch signal, obtain a ball route representing a route from the game ball displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning opening or the outlet, A game ball movement display means for moving and displaying each game ball on the game board surface image along the acquired ball route;
The settlement processing means includes
When the valuable information is recorded on the recording medium by the operation of the settlement switch, the information for confirmation used to confirm the authenticity of the recorded contents and the owner of the recording medium is recorded on the recording medium. The video game machine is configured to output the same information as the valuable information and the confirmation information recorded on the recording medium to the outside.   2. The confirmation information includes at least current time information when the valuable information is recorded on the recording medium and gaming machine specifying information for specifying the own gaming machine. A video game machine.   The valuable information and the confirmation information from the settlement processing means of the video game machine according to claim 1 are received and recorded in the storage device, and the valuable information and the confirmation information recorded on the portable recording medium are read. At this time, the information recorded in the storage device is collated with each information, and the collation result is notified by a notifying means. The informing means includes a display for displaying the collation result, and the display corresponds to the collation result, valuable information and confirmation information recorded on the recording medium, and information recording on the recording medium. 4. The medium recording information collating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the valuable information and the confirmation information recorded in the storage device are displayed.

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