JP2002102412A - Slot type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enjoy both of a slot game machine using a rotating drum, and a slot game machine of a television feeling using an image displaying device. SOLUTION: The slot type game machine is equipped with a small variably displaying apparatus 9 and the large image displaying device 5 on the front surface. In this case, the small variably displaying apparatus 9 is constituted by arranging a plurality of rotating drums 10 on the outer peripheral surfaces of which, various kinds of symbols are drawn, in the lateral direction. On the large image displaying device 5, the same images as the plurality of rotating drums 10 of the variably displaying apparatus 9 are displayed. The plurality of rotating drums 10 of the variably displaying apparatus 9 are rotated by the operation of a start lever 17. At the same time, the images of the image displaying device 5 are moved, and the symbols on respective rotating drums 10 of the variably displaying apparatus 9 are always made to meet the images on the image displaying device 5 when the images on the image displaying device 5 are stopped.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot type game machine, and more particularly, to a slot type game machine having a small variable display having a plurality of rotating drums and a large image display device for displaying the same image as the variable display. The present invention relates to a slot-type game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional slot-type game machine has a large display window 1 substantially at the center of a front panel 100 as shown in FIG.
01, and three rotating drums 102 on which various symbols are drawn on the outer peripheral surface are disposed on the back surface side, and a part of the outer peripheral surface of each rotating drum 102 is exposed from the display window 101 to the front side. I have. The display window 101 has each rotating drum 1.
A transparent plate 103 having a curved surface shape is fitted so as to cover the surface 02, and a plurality of betting lines 104 are displayed on the transparent plate 103.

[0003] When the start lever 105 is operated, the rotary drums 102 are simultaneously rotated, and all the rotary drums 102 are stopped by operating the stop button 106 or a random timer. When the symbols of the rotating drums 102 are lined up on the betting line 104, a predetermined number of coins or pachinko balls are paid out according to the prize mode.

[0004]

In a conventional pachinko game machine, a part of the outer peripheral surface of each rotating drum 102 is provided so as to be exposed from the display window 101 to the front side. There was a gap between the rotating drum 101 and each of the rotating drums 102, and the depth could be seen from the gap.
For this reason, many undesired acts of stopping each rotary drum 102 in line with the betting line 104 while looking through the symbols on the outer peripheral surface of each rotary drum 102 from the gaps have been performed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and a plurality of rotating drums having various symbols drawn on an outer peripheral surface are arranged in a horizontal direction. A small variable display arranged side by side, and a large image display device that displays the same image as a plurality of rotating drums of the variable display are provided on the front surface, and a plurality of variable displays are provided by operating a start lever. While rotating the rotating drum, the image on the image display device is moved, and the symbol of each rotating drum on the variable display at the time of the stop is always matched with the image on the image display device.

[0006]

According to the above configuration, it is difficult to stop each rotary drum intentionally in accordance with the betting line by reducing the size of the variable display. On the other hand, a large-sized image display device can display a large combination of rotating drums to give the player a sufficient sense of hit. In addition, it is possible to enjoy both a slot game using a rotating drum and a TV-like slot game using an image display device.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slot type game machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof. In the case of the present embodiment, a slot-type game machine that can use both coins and pachinko balls will be described. However, it is needless to say that this is merely an example, and the present invention can be similarly applied to a slot type game machine using only coins or pachinko balls.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a slot-type game machine, which comprises a machine frame 2 and a front panel 3 supported on one side of the machine frame 2 so as to be opened and closed. This front panel 3
A display window (CRT) 6 of an image display device 5 attached to the back surface of the front panel 3 faces the display window 4 at the approximate center thereof. And the like.

An operation panel 8 is provided below the display window 4.
And a small variable display 9 is provided substantially at the center of the operation panel section 8. This variable display 9
Three rotating drums 10 having various symbols on the outer peripheral surface
Are arranged in the horizontal direction.
A part of the peripheral surface is exposed to the front side from the window hole 11 formed in the operation panel section 8. A transparent plate 12 such as a curved glass is fitted into the surface of the window hole 11.

On each of the transparent plates 7 and 12, five betting lines 13 are displayed. Three vertically extending betting lines 13 are arranged in rows of symbols, and the betting lines 13 which cross diagonally in the opposite direction are symbols. Diagonal columns are displayed. The transparent plates 7 and 12 are provided with a line symbol 14 corresponding to the bet line 13.

The operation panel section 8 is provided with components necessary for game operations.
0, there are three stop buttons 15 for stopping the rotary drum 10, and a coin slot 1 on the right side thereof.
6, Start lever 17, Credit selection button 18
a, 18b, bet selection button 19, balance display section 20
However, on the left side, a settlement button 22, a settlement selection button 23a,
23c and a receipt outlet 24 are provided.

The credit selection buttons 18a, 18b
Is for selecting whether to receive a payout of coins or pachinko balls or to give credits according to the winning. The bet selection button 19 is for subtracting credited coins or pachinko balls in accordance with the number of bets.

The balance display section 20 displays the minimum unit of the number of credited coins or the number of pachinko balls to be bet.
The balance is calculated and displayed for each unit ball number (for example, 5). The payment selection button 23
“a” is for adjusting the receipt of the credited item, the adjustment selection button 23b is for coins, and the adjustment selection button 23c is for adjusting with a pachinko ball.

On the lower side of the front panel 3, a loading tray 25 for inserting a pachinko ball and a receiving tray 26 for discharging coins are disposed vertically, and a bet selection button 27 is provided on the loading tray 25.
a to 27c, a display unit 28 for displaying the presence or absence of a pachinko ball is provided. The bet selection button 27a is for selecting one unit ball number (for example, 5) which is the minimum unit of the number of balls to be bet, and 27b is for selecting 2 unit ball numbers (10).
27c is for selecting the number of 3 unit spheres (15).

The same image as each rotary drum 10 of the variable display 9 is displayed on the display section 6 of the image display device 5.
That is, three vertically long rectangular figures 29 for displaying the outer periphery of the drum are arranged side by side on the display unit 6, and the rectangular figure 29 has a symbol drawn on the outer peripheral surface of each rotary drum 10 of the variable display 9. Is electrically controlled so that the same item as is displayed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a coin storage tank 30 and a pachinko ball storage tank 31 are provided above the rear surface of the front panel 3. The coin storage tank 30 is connected to a hopper 3 of a coin payout device 33 through a coin passage 32.
4 is connected. The coin payout device 33 includes a known coin ejection mechanism. When a coin ejection command is issued, the coins of the hopper 34 are ejected one by one to the tray 26, and the others are credited.

Below the pachinko ball storage tank 31, there is provided a lead-out gutter 35 for aligning and leading the pachinko balls in the tank 31, and a pachinko ball dispensing device 36 is provided at the lower end of the flow-out gutter 35. ing. The pachinko ball payout device 36 pays out a predetermined number of pachinko balls to the loading tray 25 via the discharge passage 37 every time there is a pachinko ball payout command. When the input tray 25 is filled with the pachinko balls, the ball is overflowed to the receiving tray 26 through the surplus ball passage 38. Numeral 39 denotes a coin coin capturing device, and numeral 40 denotes a pachinko ball capturing device.

The game of the slot type game machine of the present embodiment is performed as follows. First, in the case of playing a game using coins, each time the player plays the game, the coin slot 16
In addition to executing the game by inserting 1 to 3 coins, a large number of coins are inserted in the coin slot 16 in advance.
More credits are put in. Next, the player operates the bet selection button 19 to set the betting rate. For example, when the bet selection button 19 is pressed once, the bet line 13 at the center of each of the transparent plates 7 and 12 of the image display device 5 and the variable display 9 is activated, and the lamp of the line symbol 14 is turned on. When the bet selection button 19 is pressed twice, three upper and lower betting lines 13 are activated. When the bet selection button 19 is pressed three times, five betting lines 13 are activated. Lights up.

When the player presses the start lever 17 after pressing the bet selection button 19 to specify the betting rate, the rotating drums 10 of the variable display 9 rotate simultaneously and the drums of the image display device 5 are simultaneously rotated. Three vertically long rectangular figures 29 indicating the outer peripheral surface move from top to bottom, and are displayed as if the drum is rotating.

Next, the player stops the rotary drums 10 of the variable display 9 by pressing the stop button 15 in an arbitrary order at an appropriate timing. At the same time, each of the square figures 29 displayed on the display unit 6 of the image display device 5 also stops while gradually reducing the speed at which the image flows. Note that the image display operation of the image display device 5 as described above is all performed in synchronization with each rotary drum 10 of the variable display 9 by a program of the electronic control device. Therefore, the variable display 9
When all the rotating drums 10 are stopped, the same image as the symbol of each rotating drum 10 is displayed on the display unit 6 of the image display device 5.

In this manner, all the rotating drums 10
When the drum graphic 29 of the image display device 5 stops,
The presence or absence of a prize mode is detected by a combination of symbols arranged on the bet line 13 selected by the bet selection button 19, and if established, coins corresponding to the prize mode are credited and displayed on the balance display section 20. The coin is paid out to the tray 26 by the coin payout device 33 each time.

Next, a case where a game is played using a pachinko ball will be described. After inserting a pachinko ball into the insertion tray 25, the player presses one of the bet selection buttons 27a to 27c to set a betting rate. When playing a game with pachinko balls, the minimum number of unit balls required to play one game is set to five. Therefore, for example, when the bet selection button 27a is pressed, five pachinko balls are captured by the capturing device 40, and at the same time, the central betting line 13 is activated. When the bet selection button 27b is pressed, ten pachinko balls are collected. 3 betting lines at the same time
3 becomes effective, and when the bet selection button 27c is further pressed, 15 pachinko balls are taken in and 5 betting lines 1
3 are all valid, and this is indicated by the lighting of the line symbol 14 lamp.

Then, the player selects the bet selection button 27a.
After pressing ~ 27c to specify the betting rate, start lever 1
When the player presses 7, the rotary drums 10 of the variable display 9 rotate at the same time as in the case of the coin-based game described above, and at the same time, a figure 29 displaying the drum outer peripheral surface of the image display device 5 is displayed from above. Move down. Further, the user presses the stop button 15 to turn on each of the rotating drums 10 and the image display device 5.
Stop the image of.

Then, bet selection buttons 27a to 27c
The presence or absence of a prize mode is detected by the combination of the symbols arranged on the bet line 13 selected in the above step. It is discharged to 25. When the credit is selected, the pachinko ball 5 is displayed on the balance display section 20.
It is displayed in units.

Although the image display device 5 of this embodiment has been described as a CRT type display, the invention is not limited to this. For example, a liquid crystal display, electric luminescence, or the like may be used.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a small variable display in which a plurality of rotating drums having various symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface are arranged in a horizontal direction, and the variable display is provided. A large image display device on which the same image is displayed as the plurality of rotating drums is provided on the front surface, and the plurality of rotating drums of the variable display are rotated by operating the start lever, and the image of the image display device is moved, Since the symbols of the rotating drums of the variable display at the time of the stop are always matched with the images of the image display device, a slot game machine using the rotating drum and a TV-like feeling using the image display device are used. You can enjoy both slot game machines.

By increasing the size of the display section of the image display device, it is possible to make the game result easier to see, and it is possible to further increase the fun of the game as compared with the related art.

Also, the slot game machine can be made thinner as compared with a conventional slot game machine using a large rotating drum, and can be installed in almost the same space as a pachinko machine, and can be easily replaced. it can.

Further, since each rotary drum of the variable display is much smaller than that of the conventional slot game machine, each rotary drum is deliberately viewed while looking through the symbols on the outer peripheral surface of each rotary drum from the gap of the display window. Can be completely prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slot-type game machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic rear view of the slot type game machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional slot-type game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Image display device 9 Variable display 10 Rotary drum

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A small variable display in which a plurality of rotary drums having various symbols drawn on an outer peripheral surface are juxtaposed in a horizontal direction, and the same image as the plurality of rotary drums of the variable display is displayed. A large image display device is provided on the front side, and a plurality of rotary drums of the variable display are rotated by operating a start lever, and images on the image display device are moved. Wherein the symbol and the image of the image display device are always matched, wherein the variable display device is provided below and the image display device is provided above. A slot type game machine characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The slot-type game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of stop buttons of the small variable display arranged in parallel with each of the plurality of rotating drums. .