JP2908851B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention performs a game by firing a fixed number of hit balls on a game board provided with a plurality of passage holes through which hit balls can pass. The present invention relates to a ball game machine that provides a predetermined game value based on a game result formed by a combination of passing ports through which a fixed number of shot balls have passed.

[Related Art] Conventionally, a certain number of hit balls have been fired on a game board having a plurality of passing holes through which hit balls can pass, and a game has been performed, and at least the fixed number of hit balls has passed. As a ball game machine that gives a predetermined game value based on a game result achieved by a combination of passing ports, for example, 16
The hit ball was hit on the game board, and the hit ball passed through any of a plurality of passage openings arranged in a row in a row at the bottom of the game area of the game board, and the hit ball passed By the combination of the passage openings being a predetermined combination,
There has been proposed a type in which a score is given and a prize ball corresponding to the score is paid out as a game value after the end of the game based on the score. In such a ball game machine, the player simply fires at the lowermost part of the game area aiming at the passing of the ball to the passing openings arranged in a row in a row. there were.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] For this reason, in order for a player to achieve a score, only the passing of hit balls to passing holes arranged in a row in a row at the lowermost part of the game area, the other Even if a ball hits a passing opening or a winning opening, there is hardly anything directly related to the establishment of a score. For this reason, this kind of ball game machine has a problem that a ball game machine having a variety of game contents cannot be provided.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
The purpose is not only the passing of the ball to the passing opening arranged in a row in the lowermost row of the game area, but also the passing of the ball to the other passing opening or winning opening. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game machine that has a possibility of achieving a score and has a variety of game contents.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a certain number of hit balls are fired on a game board provided with a plurality of through holes through which hit balls can pass. A ball game machine that plays a game and provides a predetermined game value based on a game result achieved by a combination of at least the certain number of shot balls that have passed through, wherein the shot ball is shot. A special passage area capable of facilitating the establishment of the combination when passing, a specific game state detecting means for detecting that a predetermined specific game state has been reached, and an output of the specific game state detecting means. And a ball guiding member driven to increase the possibility that the ball is guided to the special passage area continuously over a plurality of predetermined games based on the game. It is.

[Operation] When the specific game state detected by the specific game state detection means is detected, the hit ball in which the hit ball guiding member continuously drops over a plurality of predetermined games is directed to the special passage area. Driven to guide. Then, when the guided hit ball passes through the special passage area, the combination is easily established, and the possibility that a score is given increases. In other words, in the present invention, a score may be established even when a hit ball passes through a passage opening other than the passage openings provided in the lowermost row of the game region in a horizontal row. A ball game machine having more variety of game contents than a ball game machine in which a score is established by passing a ball to a passage opening provided in a row in the lowermost row.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the configuration of the entire ball game machine according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball and ball game machine. In the figure, a door holding frame 3 is provided around a frame-shaped front frame 2 of the ball game machine 1, and the door holding frame 3 has glass doors having glass plates 4a and 4b (see FIG. 4A). The frame 4 and the front door plate 5 are pivotally supported on one side and are attached to be freely opened and closed. A game board 13 is provided on a game board holding frame 48 (see FIG. 2) behind the glass door frame 4 and on the back surface of the front frame 2 so as to be detachable by a plurality of game board attachments 49. . Further, on the surface of the front door plate 5, a hit ball supply tray 6 for storing discharged prize balls and supplying one to a hit ball firing position of the hit ball is fixed. On the upstream side of the hit ball supply tray 6, a prize ball payout exit 7 for opening a prize ball paid out from a prize ball payout device 56 described later is opened,
A speaker 8 for generating a sound effect related to the game is built in an internal space below the prize ball payout opening 7. The front door plate 5 is also provided with a start switch 9 for starting a game in the ball game machine 1. If the first player presses the start switch 9 after turning on the power, there is no need to press the start switch 9 unless the power is turned off thereafter. Then, during the game, it works as an adjustment switch for adjusting the score for each game. In this ball game machine 1, the score of the previous game is automatically settled at the same time as the end of the game and the start of the next game. Therefore, when the start switch 9 is used as a settlement switch, it is only necessary to settle the previous game without proceeding to the next game. Note that the game may be performed immediately after the power is turned on without providing the start switch 9. Further, on the rear surface of the front door plate 5, a hit ball supply device 76 for supplying a hit ball guided from the hit ball supply tray 6 to a hit ball firing position is fixed. The hit ball supply device 76 will be described later in detail.

At the lower part of the front frame 2, there are provided an operation handle 10 constituting a part of the hit ball launching device 61 and an excess ball receiving tray 11 for storing premium balls that could not be stored in the hit ball supply tray 6. ing. A surplus ball discharge port 12 is provided on the rear surface of the surplus ball tray 11, so that the balls flowing out of a prize ball payout passage 60 to be described later are discharged to the surplus ball tray 11. Further, a handle switch (not shown) for rotating and driving a hitting motor 71 described later is provided inside the operation handle 10.

On the surface of the game board 13 detachably attached to the game board holding frame 48 by the game board attachment 49, a guide rail 14 for guiding a ball guided from a firing rail 88 described later has a substantially circular shape. It is planted. And the guide rail
The area surrounded by 14 constitutes the game area 15. Near the center of the game area 15, a plurality of variable indicators 17
A variable display device 16 having a to 17c is provided. Above the variable display device 16, a special passage area 18 is provided, and diagonally above and below the special passage area 18, a ball guiding apparatus having a pair of ball guiding members 20a and 20b is provided. I have. The special passage area 18 does not allow a hit ball to pass through, but is configured as a winning opening for taking in a winning hit ball, and a detection switch 19 (hereinafter, also referred to as a detection switch D hereinafter) for detecting the taken hit ball. Is provided).
When the detection switch 19 is turned on, the attacker solenoid 23 that opens and closes the opening / closing attacker 22 described later is excited, and provides a function equivalent to that of a hit ball passing through a passing opening 32k described later. In addition, a detection switch
When 19 is turned on, it is set so that the acquired score described later is doubled. In the special passage area 18, an obstacle nail 41 is planted above the special passage area 18 so that a hit ball fired during normal times is hard to win. The obstacle nails 41 are provided so that the planting positions thereof are equilateral triangular, and the interval between the obstacle nails 41 is slightly larger than the diameter of the hit ball.

On the other hand, a pair of hitting guide members 20a, 20b arranged diagonally above the special passage area 18 are connected to hitting guide device driving solenoids 21a, 21b arranged behind the game board 13, and the solenoids 21a, 21b are connected. When 21b is in the non-excited state, the leading edge of the ball guiding members 20a, 20b is retracted into the game board 13 so as to be flush with the surface of the game board 13, and the solenoids 21a, 21b Is excited, the ball guiding member 2
0a and 20b protrude from the surface of the game board 13 in an inverted “eight” shape. For this reason, the ball falling in the game area 15 is guided toward the special passage area 18 by the ball guiding members 20a and 20b. The hit ball guided in this manner is more likely to pass between the obstacle nails 41 and win the special passage area 18. However, not all of the guided hit balls pass between the obstacle nails 41, and some of them are obstructed by the obstacle nails 41 and do not pass. In this case, the interval between the lower ends of the hitting guide members 20a and 20b and the obstacle nail 41 is designed to be larger than the diameter of the hitting ball so that the hitting ball that does not pass falls downward. Have been.

By the way, the ball guiding members 20a and 20b of the ball guiding device are
The combination of symbols displayed on the variable displays 17a to 17c of the variable display device 16 is in a predetermined display state (for example, when "odd" numbers are aligned in the horizontal direction; however, the appearance probability of this predetermined display state) Is set to be, for example, between 1/300 and 1/200), a specific game state (hereinafter, referred to as a big hit game state), and protrudes during the big hit game state. The state, that is, the state of inducing a hit ball, is set to be maintained. Here, in this embodiment, the duration of the jackpot game state is a variable display.
This is a period until the game of a predetermined number of times (for example, 14 times) including the game in which the combination of the symbols displayed on 17a to 17c is in the predetermined display state is completed, and the hitting ball guiding member 20a during that period. , 20b protrude from the game board 13. The solenoids 21a and 21b may be excited each time the game starts in the big hit game state, and the operation of turning off the solenoids 21a and 21b at the end of the game may be repeated, or after the game starts for a certain period of time. Only the solenoids 21a and 21b may be excited, or the solenoids 21a and 21b may be excited until one ball hits the special passage area 18.

A rectangular opening / closing attacker 22 is disposed below the variable display device 16. When the detection switch 19 is turned on, the attacker solenoid 23 is excited to open the opening / closing attacker 22. When a ball hits the opening and closing attacker 22 that is open, the hit ball that has won is detected by the detection switch 24 (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as a detection switch E). When the detection switch 24 is turned on, the same function as when a ball is passed through four passing ports 32i, 32j, 32l, 32m including passing ports 32i, 32m, which are passing ports that are difficult to pass a ball to be described later, is provided. Is set to In this embodiment, when the detection switch 24 detects one hit ball, the excitation of the attacker solenoid 23 is released to close the opening / closing attacker 22. Of course, in this case, the opening and closing attacker 22 may be closed when a predetermined time has elapsed after being opened, or the opening and closing attacker 22 may be kept open until the game ends. .

In addition, below the opening and closing attacker 22, the variable indicator
A specific passing area 25 including a passing ball detector 26 (hereinafter, also referred to as a passing ball detector C) for deriving the variable stop signals of 17a to 17c is provided. This specific passage area 25 is
The hitting ball is configured to pass downward, and a nail arrangement (not shown) is arranged above the hitting ball so that the hitting ball can pass relatively easily (not a triangular arrangement but a passing area 25).
It is an arrangement planted at two points on the upper left and right). In the present embodiment, the state in which the variable stop signal is derived and is kept stationary for a certain period of time (for example, 2 seconds) so that the player can recognize the symbols displayed on the variable displays 17a to 17c. However, even if the hit ball passes through the specific passage area 25 during the stationary period, stop control of the variable indicators 17a to 17c based thereon is not performed. That is, the passage of the specific passage area 25 is not stored. In this case, a predetermined number of passes may be stored.

In the game area 15, passing openings 27a and 27b including passing ball detectors 28a and 28b (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as passing ball detectors A and B) are provided on the left and right sides of the variable display device 16. ,
Tulip solenoids on the left and right of the opening and closing attacker 22
Tulip winning opening 29a, 2 opened by 30a, 30b
9b is provided. This tulip winning opening 29a, 29
b includes tulip switches 31a and 31b for detecting the accepted winning balls. Then, when the hit ball passes through one of the passing openings 27a, the tulip-type winning opening 2 below it.
When the ball 9a is opened and the hit ball passes through the other passage opening 27b, the tulip-type winning opening 29b therebelow is opened. Then, when a hit ball wins in the open tulip-type winning opening 29a, 29b, a function equivalent to that when a hit ball passes through a hard-to-pass passage among the passing openings 32a to 32p described later is provided. Is set. Specifically, it is considered that a ball has passed through the passing openings 32d and 32f based on a winning in one tulip-type winning opening 29a, and the other tulip-type winning opening 29b
It is considered that a hit ball has passed through the passage openings 32k and 32m based on the winning of the.

At the bottom of the game area 15, a plurality (16 in the example)
The passage openings 32a to 32p are provided in a row in the horizontal direction, and the decorative plates covering the front surfaces of the passage openings 32a to 32p have respective passage openings 32a to 32p.
Is provided with corresponding passing ball indicators 33a to 33p. In the illustrated embodiment, the passage ports 32a to 32p have "1 to 1".
6 ". Thus, when the hit ball passes through any of the plurality of passing ports 32a to 32p, the corresponding passing ball indicators 33a to 33p light up, and the passing ball indicator 33a
A point becomes one point when four to 33p are lit in succession.
However, the four passage openings 32g to 32j (7,
(Corresponding to 8, 9 and 10), when the hit ball passes and the corresponding passing ball indicators 33g to 33j are turned on, it is set to be 3 points. When five or more lamps are turned on in succession, one point is added each time one lamp is turned on. In addition,
The passing ball indicators 33a to 33p may be turned on or blinked as a demonstration when the power is turned on or after the reset output is derived and before the start switch 9 is pressed. By the way, passage 32
a to 32p have a structure as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B. 4A and 4B are cross-sectional views of one passage port 32a, but the other passage ports 32b to 32p have the same structure, and a description thereof will be omitted. Thus, a drop portion 34a is formed at the rear end of the passage opening 32a, and an operating member 35a pivotally supported by the support shaft 36 faces below the drop portion 34a. The operating member 35a is formed in a disk shape, a weight 37a is buried in a lower portion thereof, and a mounting portion 38a for receiving a hit ball falling from the drop portion 34a is formed in an upper rear portion thereof. Further, the operating member 35a has a weight 37a.
A light-shielding plate 39a is provided between and the mounting portion 38a. Further, below the operating member 35a, a passing ball detection switch 40a of a light emitting / receiving method which is normally ON is disposed.
Therefore, when the hit ball enters the passage opening 32a and falls downward from the drop portion 34a and rides on the placing portion 38a, the operating member 35a rotates against the urging force of the weight 37a as shown in FIG. 4B. Then, when the operating member 35a rotates, the light shielding plate 39a changes the passing ball detection switch 40a from ON to OFF, and detects that there is a passing ball. As a result, the corresponding passing ball indicator 33
a to 33p light up. In addition, since the passing ball detection switch 40a is of the light emitting / receiving type, there is a possibility that the light from the passing ball display 33a may be detected and malfunction may occur.
a is covered by a cylindrical cover. The support shaft 36 is provided commonly to all the operating members 35a to 35p. In addition, when a hit ball wins continuously in the passage opening 32a, as shown in FIG.
It is stopped by the upper part of the mounting part 38a of 35a and the step part of the rear wall, and stands by. Therefore, passing balls are accurately counted.

On the decorative plate provided with the passing ball indicators 33a to 33p, a score indicator 42 and a double indicator 43 are provided. The score display 42 composed of one digital display displays the score obtained in one game.
In the present embodiment, since the upper limit of the score is limited to “10”, when displaying the highest score on the score display 42,
"F" is displayed. Also, the score display 42
At the start of the game, the score established in the previous game blinks, the score display is subtracted every time a prize ball is paid out, and when the score becomes "0", the score is generated in the game. If so, the score may be displayed by lighting, and the score obtained in each game may be distinguished by the display mode. In this case, the distinction may be made by using one digital display that emits two colors. Further, a display for displaying the score generated during the progress of the game and a display for displaying the score to be paid out may be separately provided. The double display 43 lights when the detection switch 19 is turned on.

Further, outside the game area 15 and on one side of the upper part of the game board 13, a game number display 44 for displaying a predetermined number of games that can be continuously performed when the big hitting game state is provided is provided. I have. The number-of-games display 44 is composed of two digital displays. In the case of the present embodiment, the number "14", which is a predetermined number of times, is displayed when the big hitting game state is reached, and each time the game ends. The number subtracted by "1" is displayed. Of course, conversely, add “1” at a time and add
You may be able to play 14 games. On the top of the front frame 2 is a big hit indicator 45 which lights or flashes when a big hit game state is entered to notify the player of the fact.
Is provided. The notification of the jackpot gaming state is performed not only by the jackpot indicator 45 but also by the speaker 8, for example.

In the ball game machine 1 having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG.
At d, 32f, 32i, 32k, 32m (corresponding to 4,6,9,11,13), it is difficult for the ball to pass. Is illuminated, that is, the score is unlikely to be established. Thus, when the shot ball passes through the specific passage area 25 where it is relatively easy to pass, the passing ball detector 26 is turned on and the variable indicators 17a to 17c of the variable display device 16 are stopped. Then, when the symbol displayed on the variable display is in a predetermined display state, a hitting game state is set, and the hit ball guiding members 20a and 20b are projected to the front of the game board 13. In the state where the hitting guide members 20a and 20b are protruded, most of the shots hit are in the special passage area.
Since the ball is guided toward the ball, it is easy for the ball to be hit in the special passage area 18 which is hard to win at normal times. When the ball hits in the special passage area 18 in this way, the detection switch 19 is turned on to open the opening / closing attacker 22, and the ball is regarded as having passed through the passage opening 32k (corresponding to 11), and the ball is hit. The passing ball indicator 33k is turned on and the right to double the acquired score is granted. When a ball hits the opening / closing attacker 22 that is open, the detection switch 24 is turned ON, and the passage openings 32a to 3
Passage 32i, which is relatively hard to pass by obstacle nail 41 in 2p,
It is considered that the hit ball has passed 32i, 32j, 32l, 32m (corresponding to 9, 10, 12, 13) including 32m, and the corresponding passing ball indicators 33i, 33j, 33l, 33m are turned on. Has become. In other words, if the hitting game state is reached and the hitting ball wins in the special passage area 18, the hitting ball easily wins in the opening and closing attacker 22,
Passing ball indicators corresponding to five consecutive passing ports 32i to 32m
33i to 33m light up. In addition, the three passage openings 32 at the left end of the drawing
n, 32o, 32p, since the hit ball is easy to pass from normal, the passing ball indicators 33n to 33p corresponding thereto are easily turned on, and as a result, all passing balls corresponding to the eight passing ports 32i to 32p The possibility that the indicators 33i to 33p are turned on increases. In this case, the score is "5", but since the ball is passing through the special passage area 18, the score is doubled to become the highest "10" point. Therefore, when the big hitting game state is reached, a maximum of 14 games can be continuously performed to obtain the above-mentioned high score, so that a large number of prize balls can be obtained.

Also, even in the case of a normal gaming state that is not a jackpot gaming state, when a hit ball wins one of the passing openings 27a or 27b and the passing ball detector 28a or 28b is turned on, the tulip-type winning opening 29a Or 29b is open and the plurality of passage openings 32
Of the a to 32p, the hit ball is considered to have passed through a passage that is relatively difficult to pass by the obstacle nail 41, for example, 33d, 33f or 33k, 33m (corresponding to 4, 6, 11, 13), and corresponds to it. The passing ball indicators 33d, 33f or 33k, 33m are turned on. And, since the hit ball relatively easily passes through the passage openings except the above-mentioned passage opening which is difficult to pass, it is more likely that a score will be established. However, since the state is not the big hit state, the hit ball does not easily pass through the passage openings 27a and 27b in the next game.

As shown in FIG. 2, a winning ball collecting cover body 46 is attached to the back surface of the gaming board 13 described above. The winning ball aggregate cover body 46 guides the hitting ball that has won the special passage area 18 and the tulip-type winning opening 29b and the hitting ball that has won the opening / closing attacker 22 and the tulip-type winning opening 29a to both left and right sides. Passages 47a and 47b are formed. A mechanism plate 50 is disposed on the back surface of the ball-and-ball game machine 1. The number of the mechanism plates 50 is a predetermined number (for example, 1) corresponding to the score established when the one game is completed. Various mechanisms for discharging (16 pieces per point) prize balls are provided. Then, the mechanism plate 50
Consists of a mechanism plate body of approximately square shape molded with synthetic resin and various mechanisms assembled on its front side.
A ball game machine 1 that gathers hit balls guided to the back of the game board 13
A ball collecting path for discharging to the outside (recovery gutter of the installation island) is formed. In addition, on the rear side of the mechanism plate 50, various mechanisms for paying out prize balls supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown) of the ball-and-ball game machine installation stand to the player are provided. These mechanisms will be described below. A premium ball tank 51 is fixed to an upper portion of the mechanism plate 50. The prize ball tank 51 is supplied with a large amount of prize balls from the supply mechanism described above.

Below the prize ball tank 51, a guide gutter 52 for aligning the prize balls is provided. The guide gutter 52 is attached so as to be inclined such that the prize balls are arranged in two rows and flow naturally. A ball sensing plate is provided on the bottom surface on the upstream side of the guiding gutter 52.
53 is pivotally supported. Then, the ball sensing plate 53
When the prize ball is placed on the top and is full, the upper end of the ball sensing plate 53 is pressed down against the urging force of a weight (not shown), When the prize ball is short and cannot be placed any more, the upper end of the ball sensing plate 53 jumps up due to the urging force of the weight.

When the ball sensing plate 53 jumps up, the operation switches 55a, 55
b is operated, a ball breaking lamp provided on the front of the game board 13 is lit to notify the fact, and a signal is sent to a management computer installed in a game hall by stopping a ball hitting motor 71 described later. By operating a supply mechanism (not shown), a predetermined number (for example, 400) of prize balls is supplied to the prize ball tank 51.

Downstream of the guide gutter 52, there is provided a prize ball dispensing device 56 for storing a predetermined number (for example, 16) of prize balls, and dispensing the predetermined number of prize balls. The prize ball payout device 56 is linked via a connecting rod 59 to a score processing device 57 having a payout solenoid 58 which is excited corresponding to each score, and is provided with a payout solenoid 58 by the number of points obtained in one game. And pays out a prize ball corresponding to the score.

The prize ball paid out from the prize ball payout device 56 is paid out to the prize ball payout passage 60 and is guided to the hit ball supply tray 6 or the surplus ball tray 11.

Further, a control circuit board 100 for controlling the game content and the operation of a shooting ball to be described later is attached to the back surface of the mechanism plate 50. On the control circuit board 100, a control circuit including a microcomputer (see FIG. 5) is formed.

A ball launching device 61 that launches a ball at one lower side of the front frame is fixed to the back surface of the ball game machine 1.
A control mechanism of a predetermined number (16) of hit balls fired in one game by the hit ball firing device 61 will be described with reference to FIG.

The hit ball control mechanism includes a hit ball firing device 61, a hit ball supply device 76, and a firing rail 88.

Therefore, first, the configuration of the hit ball firing device 61 will be described. The hit ball firing device 61 is a drive device for firing a hit ball at the hit ball firing position of the firing rail 88, and operates by operating the operation handle 10. In FIG. 3, a ball launching device 61 is collectively provided on a rectangular mounting substrate 62, and a ball hitting rod 63 having a hammer tip 64 at its tip is supported by a spindle.
One end of 65 (the rear surface side of the mounting board 62) is rotatably supported by a shaft. The hammer tip 64 faces the hitting ball firing position, and hits a ball at the hitting ball firing position. Although not shown, a winding spring (not shown) that gives resilience to the striking rod 63 is provided around the supporting shaft 65, and one end of the winding spring is locked to an arm 67 that rotates integrally with the supporting shaft 65. The other end of the winding spring is locked to a member which is rotated by a hitting force adjusting member 73 described later.
Further, a light-shielding plate 66 is formed at the lower end of the hitting rod 63, and at a position where the hitting rod 63 is tilted, the light-shielding plate 66 turns a hitting rod operation state detection switch 75, which will be described later, from ON to OFF. Switch from OFF to ON when 63 returns.

The other end of the support shaft 65 (the front side of the mounting board 62) has an arm
The contact roller 68 is rotatably attached to the tip of the arm 67. The contact roller 68 is connected to a motor shaft 70 of a ball striking motor 71 fixed to the rear side of the mounting board 62.
It is designed to engage with the rotating cam 69 fixed to
The rotation of the hitting motor 71 causes the rotating cam 69 and the contact roller 68 to repeatedly engage and disengage, and the support shaft 65 and the hitting rod 63
Is rotated within a predetermined angle range against the urging force of the winding spring. Since the rotating cam 69 is attached to the motor shaft 70 protruding from the opening 72 formed in the mounting board 62, it is located on the front side of the mounting board 62.

The operation handle 10 is provided on the front side of the mounting board 62.
A hitting force adjusting member 73 for turning the winding spring to adjust the resilience of the hitting rod 63 is provided. The hitting force adjusting member 73 can finely adjust the hitting force (spring force) in an initial state (a state in which the operation handle 10 is not turned). On the other hand, abutment rubbers 74a and 74b for regulating the rotation range of the hitting rod 63 are fixed to the rear side of the mounting board 62 in a vertically crossing manner.

Further, on the rear surface side of the mounting board 62, a hitting rod operating state detection switch 75 of a light emitting / receiving type which is turned ON / OFF by the light shielding plate 66 is fixed. The hitting rod operating state detection switch 75 is normally ON, and is turned OFF when the hitting rod 63 tilts and the light shielding plate 66 intervenes. Thus, when the hitting rod 63 returns, it changes from OFF to ON, and when that change occurs, an excitation signal is sent to a ball feeding solenoid 85 of the hitting ball supply device 76 described later.

Next, the structure of the hit ball supply device 76 will be described. Third
In the figure, the ball hitting supply devices 76 are collectively provided on a mounting plate 77 in a box frame shape fixed to the back surface of the front door plate 5.
That is, a side plate portion 79 is provided to face the end of the hit ball guiding path 78 that guides the hit ball in a row continuously to the hit ball supply tray 6, and a feed ball placing portion 80 is formed immediately before the side plate portion 79. . The feed ball mounting portion 80 has an opening formed so as to stop hitting the ball, and the ball feed projecting piece 84 of the ball feed member 83 projects into and out of the opening.

A rectangular ball feed opening 81 is formed in the mounting plate 77 above the feed ball mounting portion 80, and the lower side of the ball feed opening 81 forms a regulating portion. The restricting section 82 includes a feed ball mounting section 80.
This prevents the hit ball that has stopped at the same time from falling to the firing rail 88 side. Therefore, in order to guide the hit ball stopped on the feed ball mounting portion 80 to the firing rail 88 side, the hit ball must be launched to jump over the regulating portion 82. The one that lifts the ball is a ball feeder
83. The ball feed member 83 is pivotally supported about a middle support shaft, and a ball feed protrusion 84 bent upward is formed at the tip end thereof. It is designed to protrude into and out of the feeding ball placement unit 80. On the other hand, a ball feed solenoid 85 is connected to the other end of the ball feed member 83. Therefore, in a state where the ball feed solenoid 85 is not excited, the ball feed projection 84 of the ball feed member 83 is moved by the feed ball mounting portion.
It has been evacuated from 80. On the other hand, when the ball feed solenoid 85 is excited, the ball feed member 83
The ball feed protruding piece 84 enters the feed ball mounting portion 80 and lifts the stopped ball to drop from the ball feed opening 81 to the firing rail 88 side.

By the way, a swinging member 86 that is pivotally supported at one end by a support shaft and is provided to be swingable is disposed above the feeding ball mounting portion 80. Further, a feed ball detection switch 87 is disposed above the swing member 86, and detects a swing operation of the swing member 86. That is, the number of hit balls sent to the firing rail 88 is detected.

Next, the structure of the firing rail 88 will be described. In FIG. 3, a hitting ball firing position is formed at the base of the metal firing rail 88, while a curved portion 89 is formed at the upstream end of the firing rail 88, between the end of the guide rail 14. Constitutes the side wall of the foul ball guiding path 90 formed by.
A foul ball detection switch 91 is arranged at the lower end of the foul ball guide path 90, and detects a foul ball returning from the guide rail 14 without reaching the game area 15 of the game board 13 of the shot ball that has been fired. It is supposed to. The foul ball that has passed through the foul ball detection switch 91 is guided from the surplus ball discharge port 12 to the surplus ball tray 11. The foul ball detection switch 91 may be provided with an operating member that is operated by a ball similarly to the passing ball detection switches 40a to 40p described above, and the foul ball may be detected by a switch that detects the operation of the operating member.

The operation of the hitting ball control mechanism including the hitting ball launching device 61, the hitting ball supply device 76, and the launching rail 88 described above will be described.

First, when the player puts the hit ball into the hit ball supply tray 6, the hit ball reaches the hit ball guiding path 78 from the hit ball supply tray 6, and the first hit ball is placed on the feed ball placing portion 80. It stops in the state (see FIG. 3). When the player turns the operation handle 10 in such a state, a handle switch including a touch switch (not shown) is turned on, and the ball motor 71 of the ball shooting device 61 rotates. When the ball motor 71 is rotated,
The hitting rod 63 is tilted by the engagement between the rotating cam 69 and the contact roller 68, and the light shielding plate 66 turns the hitting rod operating state detection switch 75 from ON to OFF. At this time, the ball feed solenoid 85 of the hit ball supply device 76 has not been excited yet. When the ball motor 71 further rotates, the engagement between the rotating cam 69 and the contact roller 68 is released, and the ball 63 suddenly returns to its original position. Then, at this time, the hitting rod operating state detection switch 75 changes from OFF to ON, and when this change is detected, the ball feed solenoid 85 of the hitting ball supply device 76 is excited. When the ball feed solenoid 85 is excited, the ball feed member 83 swings and lifts the hit ball that has been waiting at the feed ball mounting portion 80, and sends the hit ball from the ball feed opening 81 to the hit ball firing position of the firing rail 88. . At this time, the swing member 86 also swings, and the feed ball detection switch 87 is turned ON.
I do. When the feed ball detection switch 87 is turned on, a count-up signal is derived and added to the value of a fire ball counter 105 described later by "1". The hit ball is not fired by the first operation of the hitting rod 63. That is, the firing operation of the hitting ball and the supplying operation of the hitting ball are performed as follows: after the hammer tip 64 of the hitting rod 63 hits the hitting ball at the hitting ball firing position, the next hitting ball is fired by the hitting ball supply device 76. It is configured to fall. Therefore, the first firing operation of the game is a blank shot. The reason that the supplied ball was not instantaneously fired is that if the hit ball was just hit, the time that the ball was placed at the hit ball firing position would be shorter. This is because the length becomes shorter, and the stability may not be obtained.
It should be noted that if the supply of the hit ball is performed by the supply operation of the hit ball after the firing operation of the hit ball, a separate driving source is used for the hit ball firing device 61 and the hit ball supply device 76 as in the embodiment. Instead, both the hitting ball launching device 61 and the hitting ball supply device 76 may be driven by one drive source.

When the player continuously operates the operation handle 10 as described above, the ball hitting motor 71 rotates continuously, hits the ball, and supplies the ball. By the way, when the shot ball that has been fired returns to the guide rail 14 without reaching the game area 15 of the game board 13, most of the shot ball is guided to the foul ball guide path 90 to set the foul ball detection switch 91. ON
Let it. When the foul ball detection switch 91 is turned on, a countdown signal is derived, and a firing ball counter 10 described later is used.
The value of 5 is subtracted by "1".

One game ends when the value of the above-mentioned shot ball counter 105 becomes “16”. Then, after the value of the shot ball counter 105 becomes “16”, the hit ball supply device 76 for a predetermined time T
The operation of the ball feed solenoid 85 is deactivated. At this time, the hitting motor 71 of the hitting ball firing device 61 is rotating as long as the player operates the operating handle 10, and the hitting rod 63 is reciprocatingly rotated. In the above case, the ball motor 71 of the ball shooting device 61 may be stopped at the same time as the ball feed solenoid 85 within the predetermined time T.

The configuration of the ball game machine 1 and the hit ball control mechanism according to the embodiment have been described above. However, FIGS. 5 and 6A to 6J
The overall operation of the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit for controlling the operation of the ball game machine 1. The control circuit is configured in the control circuit board 100 and includes a microcomputer as a control center. The microcomputer includes an MPU 101 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure,
It includes a ROM 102 for storing operation program data of the MPU 101 and a RAM 103 for writing and reading necessary data. In the RAM 103, a passing determination unit 104 that determines whether or not a hit ball has passed through the passing ball detection switches 40a to 40p, and a signal from the feed ball detection switch 87, which counts up, and the foul ball detection switch It includes a firing ball counter 105 that counts down in response to a signal from 91, and a game counter 106 that calculates the number of games that can be continuously performed when the big hitting game state is entered. Further, the microcomputer includes an input / output interface 107 that receives an input signal, provides input data to the MPU 101, receives output data from the MPU 101, and outputs the data to the outside.

The input / output interface 107 includes various detection switches included in the ball game machine 1, specifically, a hitting rod operation state detection switch 75, a feed ball detection switch 87, a foul ball detection switch 91, a start switch 9, Passing ball detection switches 40a to 4p, passing ball detectors 28a, 28b, 26, detection switches
19 and 24, and signals from the tulip switches 31a and 31b are input, and a display, a solenoid, or the like included in the ball game machine 1, specifically, a big hit display 45, a speaker 8, a ball feed solenoid 85 , Game number display 44, score display
42, 2 times display 43, passing ball displays 33a-33p, variable display device 16, hitting guidance device drive solenoids 21a, 21b, tulip solenoids 30a, 30b, and attacker solenoid 23
The driving signal is output to each of them.

In the above-described control circuit, a circuit for controlling a game and a circuit for controlling a firing mechanism of a hit ball are included in one control circuit, but these may be configured on separate control circuit boards. . In this case, these control circuit boards may be housed in one board box, or may be housed in separate board boxes.

Next, a specific operation of the control circuit will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6A to 6J. FIG. 6A shows a main routine showing the entire operation of the embodiment. First, when the power is turned on, the microcomputer determines whether or not an error has occurred in the RAM 103 (step S1), and if it determines that there is a RAM error, sets the initial data (step S2). ). Since the processing in step S1 is always performed, an error is determined even when the microcomputer runs out of control, and the initial data in step S2 is set.

If no error is determined in step S1, or if initial data is set in step S2,
Various subroutine control processes for controlling the game of the embodiment are performed. First, a game start control subroutine performed at the start of each game is executed (step S3), and thereafter, a score calculation control subroutine is executed (step S4), and a prize ball payout control subroutine (step S5), Ball feed control subroutine (step S6), guide member control subroutine (step S7), attacker control subroutine (step S8), tulip control subroutine (step S9), sound / lamp control subroutine (step S10), score / game number display control Subroutine (step S11), variable display control subroutine (step S12), passing ball check subroutine (step S13), tulip passing ball check subroutine (step S14), foul ball check subroutine (step S15), and feed ball check subroutine (step S11) S16) is performed respectively. After the execution of each subroutine, the data processed in each subroutine is output (step S17), and then a stop symbol determination count-up process is performed (step S18). This stop symbol determination count-up process is for extracting a combination of symbols displayed on the variable display units 17a to 17c of the variable display device 16, for example, 10
The count number is made to correspond to the combination of 00 symbols, and the count number is always counted up and changed, and the combination of the symbols corresponding to the number counted when the ball is hit to the specific passing area 25 is Controlled to be selected. Then, the process of step S18 is performed as the process of counting up, and this process is repeatedly executed until there is a periodic reset signal from a pulse divider circuit included in the microcomputer. . For this reason, since the time for processing steps S1 to S17 in the main routine is always different, the number counted up is always different. That is, the combination of the selected symbols is always randomly performed.

The main routine described above is performed once every time a reset signal generated from the pulse divider circuit is present. In this embodiment, however, the reset signal is generated once every 4 msec. Once. Further, among the subroutines included in the main routine, the game start control in step S3 related to the important game contents of the ball game machine 1 of the present embodiment, the ball feed control in step S6, and the guide member control in step S7 FIG. 6B shows each of the attacker control in step S8, the tulip control in step S9, the variable display control in step S12, the tulip passing ball check in step S14, the foul ball check in step S15, and the feed ball check in step S16. 6 to 6J show the details, but the detailed description of the other subroutines is omitted.

Therefore, the game start control process in step S3 will be described with reference to FIG. 6B. First, it is determined whether or not the start flag set during the game is set (step S19). If the start flag is set, the subroutine ends without executing the following processing. If it is determined that the start flag has not been set, it is determined whether or not a game interval timer for measuring a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds) set between games has expired. If it has been completed (step S20), it is determined whether or not the start operation, that is, the start switch 9 has been operated (step S21). This start switch 9
Is operated at the start of the first game after the power is turned on, and need not be operated every time the game starts thereafter. Then, when it is determined that there is a start operation, the process proceeds to step S30 described below, and a start flag is set. On the other hand, if there is no start operation, the subroutine ends without performing the following processing.

If it is determined in step S20 that the game interval timer has not expired, it is determined whether or not the count of the interval timer is decremented by subtracting "1" (step S22). If the subroutine does not end even after the subtraction, the subroutine ends without performing the following processing. On the other hand, when it is determined that the game is to be ended by subtracting “1”, the process of fixing the score obtained in the game that has been completed and adding the value of the score counter storing the score to the unpaid ball counter is performed. (Step S2
3) Then, the value of the score counter is cleared (step S24). It should be noted that prize ball payout is performed based on the value of the taste payout ball counter, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. Further, all the flags including the passing ball flag set in the game, that is, 1 to 16 passing flags (indicating the passing determination unit 104), double flags, sending ball counter (indicating the firing ball counter 105), and The timers of the tulip solenoids 30a and 30b are cleared (step S25). Then, thereafter, it is determined whether or not the value of the jackpot game number counter (indicating the game counter 106) is “0” (step S26). If the value is not “0”, “1” is determined from the value of the jackpot number counter. Is subtracted (step S27), and the value of the big hit game number counter is again set to “0”.
Is determined (step S28). When the value of the big hit game number counter is "0", the big hit flag is cleared (step S29), and thereafter, a start flag is set (step S30), and the subroutine ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S26 that the value of the big hit game number counter is "0", and if it is determined in step S28 that the value of the big hit game number counter is not "0", the process proceeds to step S30. The advance start flag is set and the subroutine ends.

Next, the details of the ball feed control in step S6 will be described with reference to FIG. 6C. First, it is determined whether or not the timer for exciting the ball feed solenoid 85 has expired (step S31). If not, the process proceeds to step S35 to be described later and the ball feed solenoid 85 is kept on. If the timer has expired, it is determined whether the start flag has been set (step S3).
2). If the start flag has been set, it is determined whether or not the hitting rod operating state detection switch 75 has changed from OFF to ON, that is, whether or not the rising has been detected (step S33). If detected, a timer for exciting the ball feed solenoid 85 is set (step S34), and then the ball feed solenoid 85 is turned on (step S35), and the subroutine ends. Thus, one hit ball is supplied to the hit ball firing position. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S32 that the start flag is not set, and when it is determined that the rising of the hitting rod operation state detection switch 75 has not been detected,
The ball feeding solenoid 85 is turned off (step S36), and the subroutine ends.

Next, the ball guiding members 20a, 20 operated during the game
b, opening and closing attacker 22, tulip winning opening 29a, 29b,
The control of the variable display device 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6D to 6G. First, the guide member control of the hit ball guide members 20a and 20b will be described with reference to FIG. 6D. It is determined whether or not the big hit flag is set (step S1).
S37) If set, the ball guide guiding member drive solenoids 21a and 21b (abbreviated as guide member solenoids) are turned on (step S38). If not set, the guide member solenoid is turned off (step S39). End the subroutine. In other words, while the big hit continues, the ball guiding members 20a and 20b continuously maintain a state of protruding from the front surface of the game board 13. In this case, as described above, the hitting guide members 20a, 20b
May be evacuated and projected each time the game is started.

Next, the attacker control of the opening / closing attacker 22 will be described with reference to FIG. 6E. First, it is determined whether or not a hit ball has won (passed) in the attacker (step S40),
When passing, the passage openings 32i, 32j, 32l, 32m (9, 10, 1
9, 10, 1 assuming that the ball has passed
The pass flags of Steps 2 and 13 are set (Step S42), and then the attacker opening flag is cleared (Step S4).
2).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S40 that there is no passing ball in the attacker, or if the process in step S42 is completed, it is determined whether the ball has passed the attacker opening passage, that is, the special passage area 18. (Step S4
3) If the ball has not passed, the process proceeds to step S45 described later. If the ball has passed, it is considered that a shot has passed through the passage opening 32k (corresponding to 11), and the 11 passing flag is set, and the double flag is set. After setting the attacker opening flag (step S44), the process proceeds to step S45.

In step S45, it is determined whether or not the attacker opening flag is set. If the flag is set, the attacker solenoid 23 is turned on (step S4).
6) If not set, attacker solenoid 2
3 is turned off (step S47), and the subroutine ends.

Next, the tulip control of the tulip winning ports 29a and 29b will be described with reference to FIG. 6F. First, it is determined whether or not the tulip A solenoid timer that regulates the opening time of one tulip winning port 29a has expired (step S48). If it is determined that the timer has ended, the tulip solenoid 30a is turned off. It is turned OFF (step S49), and thereafter, it is determined whether or not a hit ball has passed through the passage opening 27a (step S50). If the ball has passed through the passage 27a, the tulip A solenoid timer is set (step S51), and the process proceeds to step S53. If the hit ball has not passed through the passage 27a, the process proceeds to step S53 without setting the tulip A solenoid timer. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S48 that the tulip A solenoid timer has not expired, the tulip solenoid 30a is turned ON (step S52), and the process proceeds to step S53.

Steps S53 to S57 correspond to the other tulip winning port 29b, and the same processing as the above steps S48 to S56 is executed, and the subroutine ends. In other words, the tulip winning ports 29a, 29b are opened for a certain period of time, respectively, by the passing of the ball through the passing ports 27a, 27b. However, when one game is over, the tulip solenoid timer is cleared and closed in step S25 described above, even during the timer.

Next, variable display control of the variable display device 16 will be described with reference to FIG. 6G. First, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is set (step S58). If the big hit flag is set, the variable display control subroutine ends because the big hit game is already in progress. On the other hand, when the big hit flag is not set, it is determined whether or not the previous variable display stop result is the interval time in the miss display, that is, whether the miss display interval timer has expired (step S59). ). When the missed display interval timer has not expired, the variable display control subroutine ends. When the missed display interval timer has expired, it is determined whether or not there is a passing ball in the variable stop passage port, that is, the specific passage area 25. (Step
S60). If there is no passing ball in the specific passing area 25, the variable display is continued (step S61, but details are omitted) and the subroutine ends. On the other hand, if there is a passing ball in the specific passing area 25, the stop symbol is displayed. The variable displays 17a to 17c are stopped with the display corresponding to the current value of the determination counter (step S62). Then, it is determined whether or not the combination of symbols stopped and displayed is in a predetermined display mode, that is, whether or not it is a big hit (step S63). If it is not a big hit, a miss display interval timer is set. Then (step S64), the subroutine ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that a big hit has occurred, a big hit flag is set (step S65), and thereafter, the value “14” is set in the big hit game number counter 106 (step S66), and the subroutine ends. In this embodiment, the specific passage area
The stop symbol is determined at the timing when the ball passes through 25, but the value content (hit or miss) is first determined at the timing when the ball passes through the specific passing area 25, and the stop symbol is determined based on the determination. It may be.

Next, a tulip passing ball check process when a hit ball is awarded at the tulip winning ports 29a, 29b operated by the tulip control shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. First, it is determined whether or not there is a passing ball in one tulip winning port 29a, that is, whether or not the tulip switch 31a has been turned on (step S6).
7) When turned ON, passage openings 32d and 32f (corresponding to 4 and 6)
Is determined to have passed the ball, and a passing flag is set (step S68). If it is not turned on, or if step S68 is completed, it is determined whether there is a passing ball in the other tulip winning port 29b, that is, whether the tulip switch 31b is turned on (step S69). ), If it is turned on, it is considered that a hit ball has passed through the passage openings 32k and 32m (corresponding to 11 and 13), and the 11 and 13 passage flags are set (step S70). If it is not turned on, or if step S70 is completed, the subroutine ends.

Next, a process of controlling the number of shots in one game of a ball game will be described with reference to FIGS. 6I and 6J. First, the foul ball check processing will be described with reference to FIG. 6I. First, it is determined whether or not there is a foul ball (step S71), and if so, it is determined whether or not the value of the feed ball counter is "0" (step S72).
That the value of this sending ball counter is "0" means that
No ball has been fired yet or step S2
It means that the game has been cleared in 5 and the game has shifted to the next game. Therefore, when the value of the feed ball counter is not "0", "1" is subtracted from the value of the feed ball counter (step S73), and then it is determined whether or not the start flag is set (step S74). .
If the start flag has not been set, the start flag is set (step S75), the hit ball can be fired, and the subroutine ends. Also, the step
When it is determined that there is no foul ball in S71, when the value of the feed ball counter is determined to be “0” in step S72, and when it is determined that the start flag is set in step S74, Also ends the foul ball check subroutine.

Next, the feed ball check process will be described with reference to FIG. 6J. First, it is determined whether or not there is a feed ball, that is, whether or not the feed ball detection switch 87 has detected a feed ball (step S76). If there is a feed ball, "1" is added to the value of the feed ball counter (step S77), and thereafter, it is determined whether or not the value of the feed ball counter is "16" (step S77). Step S78). If it is determined in step S76 that there is no feed ball, or if it is determined in step S78 that the value of the feed ball counter is less than "16", the subroutine ends. Is determined to be "16", the game is over, the start flag is cleared, and
The game interval timer is set (step S7
9), end the subroutine.

The operation related to the game content among the operations of the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment has been described above. However, in the present embodiment, the specific passing area 25 through which the shot ball is relatively easy to pass is described. When passing, the variable display device 16 is activated, and if the display result matches a predetermined display result, the ball guiding members 20a and 20b drop continuously during a predetermined number of times (14 times) of the game. Since the ball is guided toward the special game area 18 that is difficult to pass normally, the possibility that the ball will pass through the special game area 18 increases. When the hit ball passes through the special game area 18, the opening and closing attacker 22 that facilitates the combination of the passing ports is opened, so that the possibility of a score being established increases, and the lowermost of the game area 14 as in the related art. A ball game machine having more variety of game contents than a ball game machine in which a score is established by passing a ball through one of the passage openings 32a to 32p provided in a horizontal row.

In the above-described embodiment, as the hitting ball guiding device, the one in which the pair of hitting ball guiding members 20a, 20b are driven by the hitting ball guiding device driving solenoids 21a, 21b is shown, but this is driven by an electric drive source. Open and close. A so-called electric tulip may be used. In this case, after the hit ball once received by the electric tulip is detected, the hit ball may be discharged again to the surface of the game board 13.

In the above-described embodiment, the trigger for driving the hit ball guiding members 20a and 20b (detection means for detecting a specific game state)
As described above, it was detected that the display state of the variable display device 16 became a predetermined display state, but for example, a prize device having a plurality of prize holes therein, and the prize device was won The hit ball guiding members 20a and 20b may be driven when detecting a hit ball that hits a predetermined specific winning opening among a plurality of winning openings.

Further, variable display devices 17a to 17c constituting the variable display device 16 are provided.
Also, without being limited to the illustrated 7-segment LED,
For example, a variable display including an LED, a dot matrix display, a rotating drum, or the like may be used, and the number of the variable display may be at least one. In addition, as for the variable operation of the variable indicators 17a to 17c, not only the operation of always changing as in the embodiment but also the operation of stopping when the ball hits the specific passage area 25, for example, the normal operation Not being performed, the variable operation may be started when a ball has passed through the specific passage area 25, and may be stopped after a certain time.

In the above-described embodiment, the ball is closed when one ball hits the opening / closing attacker 22. However, if a ball hitting the opening / closing attacker 22 does not win in one game, the ball is not closed. If this continues,
For example, a predetermined number of games (for example, at the end of the third game)
May be forcibly closed.

In the above-described embodiment, the period in which the hit ball guiding members 20a and 20b are activated when a big hit occurs is set to be up to the end of the 14 games, but the number of times may be set arbitrarily. In addition, as a criterion for one game at the time of a big hit, a game of 16 shots was played 14 times.
The game in which the opening and closing attacker 22 has opened at least once may be performed 14 times, or the game in which the opening and closing attacker 22 is opened and the opening and closing attacker 22 has hit the ball at least once may be performed. The game in which one prize is won may be played 14 times.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, as the game value provided in accordance with the score, the prize ball corresponding to the score is provided in the same manner as in the past, but the medal corresponding to the score or the information corresponding to the score is provided. It may be a recorded card or the like.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the ball game machine according to the present invention guides a ball to a special passage area by a ball guiding member driven when a specific game state is set. When a ball hits the special passage area, a score may be established, so that it is possible to provide a ball game machine having more variety of game contents.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a front view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine, and FIG. 3 is a device for supplying and firing a ball of the ball game machine. 4A and 4B are cross-sectional views of a ball passing hole, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit for controlling the operation of a ball game, and FIGS. 6A to 6J are FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a specific example of an operation controlled by the control circuit shown in FIG. 5; 1 ... ball and ball game machine 13 ... game board 16 ... variable display device (device for displaying a specific game state) 18 ... special passage area 20a, 20b ... hitting ball guiding members 32a to 32p ... passage openings

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game of one game is performed by firing a fixed number of hit balls on a game board having a plurality of passing holes through which the hit balls can pass, and at least the fixed number of shot balls are passed. In a ball game machine that provides a predetermined game value based on a game result achieved by a combination of passing openings, a special passage that can facilitate the establishment of the combination when a shot ball fired passes An area, a specific game state detecting means for detecting that a predetermined specific game state has been reached, and the special passage continuously over a plurality of predetermined games based on an output of the specific game state detecting means. A ball-guiding machine, comprising: a ball-guiding member driven to increase the possibility that a ball is guided to an area.