JPH07100268A - Image display card game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance a sense of expectation and a degree of excitement of a game, while making the best of characteristic traits for working out conception of a role. CONSTITUTION:Whenever a game is started, part of cards selected at random from plural kinds of cards is set to dividend increase cards that the dividend is increased. Also, when this dividend increase card exists in cards of a prescribed number of pieces distributed to a player, its purport is displayed as shown in the figure (b). Moreover, when this dividend increase card is decided definitely as the player's card, the setting of dividend is changed to be doubled.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display card game machine in which a card of playing cards is displayed on a display screen and the display screen is changed by a player's operation to play a card game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional image display card game machine of this type, for example, a poker game is played as follows. On a display screen such as a cathode ray tube or a liquid crystal, each combination (2 pairs, 3 cards, full house, etc.) and its payout are shown. First, five cards (playing cards) are dealt face up. Players can usually exchange unwanted cards only once. When the card to be held is designated by pressing the operation button or the like, the other cards are replaced with new cards. In this way, when the player's five cards are confirmed and the card completes a certain combination, a payout corresponding to that combination is awarded.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional image display card game machine, since the payout amount is determined in advance according to the difficulty level of the winning combination, the viewpoint of the game is concentrated only on making the winning combination. Will be done. Therefore, the game lacks in unexpectedness, and the game tends to be monotonous. As a result, new means for increasing the expectations and excitement of the game are required.

As a countermeasure against this, it is known that when a hand is completed with the joker in the hand, the payout is doubled as usual. That is, in this game machine, the payout increases due to an accidental factor of attracting a joker.

However, the joker in a poker game can be replaced by the most advantageous card in the hand, and the player does not have an unfortunate result because of holding it, and hesitantly when he takes the joker. I will keep it. Therefore, in this game machine, the payout simply increases when the joker is assigned without being influenced by the player's idea, and it is not a measure that makes full use of the characteristic of making a poker hand.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and provides an image display card game machine capable of increasing the sense of expectation and excitement of a game while making the most of the character of making a hand. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the first solution means according to the present invention is to play a predetermined number of cards randomly selected from a plurality of types of cards on a display screen. When an unnecessary card among the predetermined number of cards is designated by the player, the unnecessary card is replaced with a randomly selected new card, and the player's card is given a predetermined number. In the image display card game machine which gives the player a payout according to the difficulty level of the predetermined combination when the combination is set, one of the plurality of types of cards is randomly selected at each start of the game. A dividend increase card setting means for setting a partial card as a dividend increase card for increasing the dividend,
When the payout increase card is present in the predetermined number of cards distributed to the player, the payout increase card display means for displaying that the card is the payout increase card, and the payout increase card And a payout increasing means for increasing the payout when the player's card is confirmed.

A second solution is to arrange a predetermined number of cards randomly selected from the plurality of types of cards on the display screen when the player's cards are in the predetermined combination. , Revealing a part of the predetermined number of cards as a parent card and letting the player select a part of the remaining predetermined cards that have been turned over, and the parent card points from the player's card When the player's card has higher points than the parent card, when the player's card has higher points than the parent card, the image display card game machine capable of selecting the payout increasing game to increase the payout to the player, When the player's card has higher points than the parent card, the payout is increased when the parent card or the player's card is the payout increase card. Characterized in that it comprises a second payout increasing means.

[0009]

In the above solving means, the payout increase card for increasing the payout is randomly set for each game, and the payout is increased when the predetermined combination is completed using the payout increase card. Therefore, when a player wins a payout increase card, the player can make a hand by weighing the degree of increase in the payout and the difficulty level of the hand, thereby making the game more sophisticated and improving the game content. You can increase your expectations and excitement.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an image display card game machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, a poker game will be described. Figure 1
Is an image display card game machine 10 (hereinafter,
It is simply called "game machine 10". ) Is a perspective view showing the external configuration of one embodiment. The game machine 10 includes a monitor 11 for displaying game contents by images, and a medal insertion slot 12 for inserting medals necessary for the player to play the game.
And the operation switch section 13 operated by the player
And a medal payout opening 14 for paying out medals.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the detailed construction of an embodiment of the operation switch section 13. The operation buttons of the operation switch unit 13 include five HOLD buttons 13a to 13e,
DEAL / DRAW button 13f, 1-BET button 1
3g, DUAL-BET button 13h, DOUBLE-
It is composed of an UP button 13i and a PAY-OUT button 13j.

The 1-BET button 13g is a button for designating the bet number of medals in the game. Each time you press the button, 1 bet is placed (1 medal is bet), and the number of times you press the button is BET. Normally, it is set to bet up to 10 BET. The DUAL-BET button 13h is a button used when betting the same number of BETs as the previous game. For example, 5 in the last game
If you have been bet, you will get Dual-B in the next game.
When the ET button 13h is pressed, 5BET is automatically set.

The DEAL / DRAW button 13f is a button to be pressed when starting a game. This DEAL /
When the DRAW button 13f is pressed, the game is started and the cards are dealt. HOLD buttons 13a-13
e is a button used to keep the one of the five distributed cards that one wants to keep. When a player's card is first dealt, everything lights up, and when pressed, it goes off and the card is kept. When you press it again, it lights again and the keep is released.

The DOUBLE-UP button 13i is a button used to shift to the double game by using the payout when a certain combination is completed in a normal game. The PAY-OUT button 13j is a button used when winning in the normal game or when winning in the double game and wanting to stop the subsequent double game. When this button is pressed, the winnings will be transferred to credits. Further, when the button is pressed at any time other than this time, medals for credit are paid out from the medal payout opening 14 from the hopper (medal pool inside the game machine 10). Press again to cancel the payout.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the electrical construction inside the game machine 10. The CPU circuit 21 is
This is a circuit that controls the entire game machine 10. ROM22
Is a storage unit in which a program of game contents, its initial setting values, a test mode, etc. are input. RAM23
Is a storage unit that temporarily stores, for example, the game contents of the game before the last time. The RAM 23 backs up the game contents even when the power is cut off during the game, and at the time of return, the game is restarted from the situation when the power was cut off.

The tone generator circuit 24 is a circuit for generating a predetermined sound when the player wins the game. In this embodiment, different sounds are generated for each winning combination. The input circuit 25 is electrically connected to the operation buttons 13a to 13j, and the operation button 1
When 3a to 13j are pressed, they are transmitted to the CPU circuit 21. The output circuit 26 includes, for example, operation buttons 13a to 1
It is a circuit for controlling lighting or extinguishing of 3j, payout of medals, and the like. The video monitor circuit 27 is a circuit for outputting the game content on the monitor 11 as an image.

Next, regarding the flow of the game, FIG. 4 to FIG.
It will be described based on 1. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing an embodiment of the game flow of the game machine 10 according to the present invention. 6 to 12 show the monitor 1 during the game.
It is a figure which shows one Example of the display on 1.

First, the overall flow of the game will be outlined.
First, a normal game is started, and five cards randomly selected from the 53 playing cards including the joker are distributed to the player on the monitor 11.
The player designates the required card from this card and keeps it. The other cards are replaced with new cards randomly selected from the remaining cards (48 cards). If the player's card at this time completes a certain hand, the player wins, and the player can obtain a payout corresponding to the hand.

The player can also select a double-up game based on this payout. The double-up game is performed according to the following procedure. First, five randomly selected cards are flipped over and distributed, and one of the cards is opened as a parent card.
The player selects one card from the remaining cards. When the player's card number is higher than the parent card number, the above-mentioned payout is doubled. On the other hand, when the number of the player's card is smaller than the number of the parent card, the above-mentioned payout is confiscated.

Next, the flow of the game will be described in detail. First, in FIG. 4, when the power is turned on in step S1, the process proceeds to step S2 and the initial state is set. That is,
An image for demonstration is output on the monitor 11 and the state of waiting for the insertion of medals is entered. When a medal is inserted, it is added to the credit of the game machine 10, and at the same time, it is determined that there is a credit in step S3, and the process proceeds to the next step S4.

In step S4, the 1-BET button 13
g or the dual-bet button 13h is in a waiting state (the 1-bet button 13g and the dual-bet button 13h are lit). When any button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S5, the output of the demonstration screen is ended, and the normal game is started.

The normal game is played with 53 cards consisting of 52 playing cards and 1 joker. First, the CPU circuit 21 randomly selects from the 53 cards each time the game starts.
Set one card as a high odds card. Here, the high-odds card is a card that, when a hand is completed by using this card in the hand, a payout that is double the usual payout is obtained.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a normal card and a high odds card displayed on the monitor 11. Normally, the card is displayed as shown in (a) in the figure, but when it is selected as a high odds card, as shown in (b) in the figure, the number and design of the card can be distinguished. The size of indicates that the card is a high odds card.

Next, the CPU circuit 21 randomly selects 5 cards from the 53 cards and distributes them to the player. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the display on the monitor 11 at this time. As shown in FIG. 7, an odds table is displayed on the monitor 11. Here, the odds table is the type of each role and the BE when the role is completed.
This is a display of the dividend for the number of Ts. The odds table is
The leftmost column displays the current BET number, and the column is displayed in red. Therefore, the odds table changes every time the BET number increases by one. Also, at the bottom of the monitor 11,
The message "BET ORDER" is displayed.

The player's five cards are first shown in FIG.
It is flipped over and distributed. Next, in step S6, the input / await state of the DEAL / DRAW button 13f is entered. When the DEAL / DRAW button 13f is pressed,
Go to step S7, stop accepting coins, B
Determine the number of ETs. Then open each card. On the monitor 11, for example, cards are sequentially opened from the card on the left side in the drawing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the game in steps S7 to S8. When a high-odds card is present among the five cards as shown by the diamond 1 in FIG. 8, the card is displayed as shown in FIG. 6B, and the monitor 11 indicates that the card is a high-odds card. Displayed above.

When the player's card is opened, the process proceeds to step S8, and a state of waiting for input of the HOLD buttons 13a to 13e is entered. Hold button 1 by player
When 3a to 13e are pressed and a card to be kept is designated, "HELD" is displayed on the card (in FIG. 8, spade 2, diamond 1, diamond 2). Further, when the high odds card (diamond 1) is kept as shown in the figure, the odds table is changed because the card is fixed in the player's hand. In the left column, "WITH
The message "HI-ODDS CARD" will be displayed and the current B of the odds table will be displayed regardless of the completion of the winning combination.
Each payout in the 1COIN column, which is the ET number, is doubled. Even if there is a high odds card, if it is not kept, the odds table is not changed. In addition, even if the high odds card is kept once, if the keep is released, the odds table returns to the original payout.

Next, in step S9, DEAL / D
The RAW button 13f waits for input and the DEAL /
When the DRAW button 13f is pressed, the next step S1
Go to 0. In addition, the HOLD button 13 in step S8
DEAL / DR regardless of whether a to 13e are pressed
When the AW button 13f is pressed, the process proceeds to step S10.

In step S10, it is determined whether the card needs to be replaced. If the card needs to be exchanged, the process proceeds to step S11, and the card other than the kept card is exchanged for a new card. Here, out of the 53 cards, the 48 cards excluding the already used 5 cards are replaced with cards randomly selected. On the monitor 11, the display of "HELD" disappears, the unnecessary card disappears, and a new card turned over is displayed. This card will open automatically. If there is a high odds card in the new card, that card will be confirmed as the player's card at that time, so the display that the card is a high odds card and the odds table are the same as the above-mentioned display. Changes are made.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart following FIG. If a new card is opened in step S11, or if it is not necessary to exchange cards in step S10, that is, if a certain hand has already been completed when the first card is dealt and all five cards have been kept. Has
It progresses to step S12 of FIG. In step S12, it is determined whether or not the player's card is lost. That is, it is determined whether or not the five cards have completed any combination on the odds table. If the player's card does not complete a certain role, the player loses and
Go to B in the middle. The final image when the game is over is displayed on the monitor 11.

If the player's card has completed a certain hand, the player wins. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the display on the monitor 11 at this time. The new cards exchanged are, for example, Clover 1,
If it is diamond 3 and 2 pairs are completed, "WI
NNER! Message is displayed, and if you have a high odds card, you will see “CONGRA” as shown.
"TURATION" message is displayed, and at the same time,
The card that completed the role will blink in color mode.
Further, in the odds table, the column of the corresponding winning combination is displayed in red or the like.

In the next step S13, DUAL-BE
It is determined whether or not the T button 13h is turned on. When the T button 13h is turned on, the process proceeds to step S14, the payout of the winning combination is added to the credits, the same BET number as in the previous game is set, and in C in FIG. Then, a new normal game is started.

Further, in step S13, the DUAL-BET is set.
Button 13h is not turned on and DUBLE-UP button 1
When the 3i or PAY-OUT button 13j is turned on, the process proceeds from step S15 to step S16 or step S17, respectively. In step S16, the payout of the winning combination is added to the credit, and the process proceeds to B in FIG.
In step S17, the double-up game is started.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the game in steps S17-18. When the double-up game is started in step S17, a message for the double-up game is displayed on the portion of the monitor 11 where the odds table was displayed. In FIG. 10, a message of "NOW YOU GET" indicating the number of coins bet by the player and a message of "TRY YOUR LUCK" indicating the number of coins obtained when winning this game are displayed. In the game, all cards are erased, and five new cards randomly selected from the 53 cards are turned over and distributed. Of these five cards, the leftmost card is the parent card, and "DEALER" is displayed on the card. In the next step S18, this parent card is opened. At the start of the double-up game, high-odds cards may be newly selected from the 53 cards, but in the present embodiment, the high-odds card selected in the normal game is directly applied to the double-up game. It shall be.

Next, in step S19, the player waits for input of the HOLD buttons 13b to 13e from the player, and the monitor 11 displays "SELECT A CAR".
The message "D" is displayed. Player is a HOL
A desired card is selected by pressing the D buttons 13b to 13e. When any of the HOLD buttons 13b to 13e is turned on, the process proceeds to step S20 and the card is opened. In the next step S21, the numbers of the cards selected by the player and the numbers of the parent card are compared. When the player's card number is higher, the player wins, and the process proceeds to step S22.
You can get a double payout.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the display on the monitor 11 at this time. FIG. 11 shows an example in which the player's card is a high odds card.
Thus, when the player's card or the parent card is a high odds card, it is possible to obtain an even more double payout (that is, a fourfold payout). Also, as in the normal game, a message "CONGRATRATION!" Is displayed on the monitor 11 when the player wins in this double-up game, and a message "GREAT! DOUBLE x 2 COINS!" Is displayed. Next, proceeding to step S15, the player can select the double-up game again by pressing the DOBLE-UP button 13i. Alternatively, the PAY-OUT button 13j
By pressing, the payout of the double-up game can be added to the credit, and the normal game can be selected.

In step S21, when the number of the player's card is smaller, the player loses,
At step S23, the payout for the winning in the base game is forfeited, and the process proceeds to B in FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of display on the monitor 11 at this time. On the monitor 11, the message "TRY YOUR LUCK" is erased and the coin number display of "NOW YOU GET" becomes zero. In addition, the remaining cards other than the one selected by the player are sequentially opened. In addition, "GAME
A message such as "OVER" indicating that the game is over is displayed.

Although not shown in the flow chart, when the player's card and the parent card are drawn, a message such as "TRY AGAIN" is displayed and the game is played again.

As described above, the game machine 10 according to the present invention
Then, every time the game starts, high-odds cards that double the payout are randomly selected from the 53 cards, so the game that doubles the payout when the conventional Joker is in your hand is The following two points are greatly different. First, since the high odds card is different each time the game starts, the player does not know which card is the high odds card until he or she actually draws that card, which makes the game surprising. be able to. Second
In addition, unlike the above-mentioned Joker, which doubles the dividend, it is not always advantageous for the player to keep the high odds card, so the difficulty level of the role and the degree of increase in the dividend are weighed. Able to play strategic and thrilling games.

For example, the numbers on the first five cards are "1,
2, 2, 3, 3 ”, of which“ 1 ”is a high-odds card and“ 1, 2, 3 ”are the same pattern. Here, leaving "1, 2, 3" of the same pattern as "2,
By exchanging "3", you can aim for a straight with a high odds card (double payout) or even a straight flash. On the other hand, if you replace "1" which is a high odds card leaving "2, 2, 3, 3", you will get a normal dividend, but 2 pairs have already been completed, and further aim for full house be able to.

The embodiment of the image display card game machine according to the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Is. For example, the high odds card is a card in which the payout is doubled. However, the high odds card is not limited to this, and may be a card in which the payout is tripled, five times, ... Further, only one of the 53 cards is selected as the high odds card, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of cards may be selected, and the payout rate may be changed.

The appearance of the high odds card is based on the spontaneous occurrence, but the appearance rate may be set. For example, compare the appearance rate of high odds cards during a certain number of games with the appearance rate of set high odds cards, and if the set appearance rate has not been reached, intentionally set the high odds card to the player. It is also possible to send it to the cards to be dealt, while intentionally removing the high odds card from the cards to be dealt to the player when the set appearance rate is exceeded.

It is also possible to change the probability of appearance of high odds cards by probability. For example, the appearance rate of the first high odds card is set to be lower than the appearance rate at the time of spontaneous occurrence, and the appearance rate of the high odds card becomes high after the appearance once, for example, in a plurality of games. You may do it.

[0044]

According to the image display card game machine of the present invention, since the payout increasing card for increasing the payout is set in the card, when the player allocates the payout increasing card, the payout is increased accordingly. It is possible to make a winning combination by weighing the degree of difficulty and the difficulty level of the winning combination. As a result, a strategic orientation is added to the game content, the game content becomes more sophisticated, and the expectation and excitement of the game can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an embodiment of an image display card game machine 10 according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a detailed configuration of an embodiment of an operation switch section 13.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration inside the game machine 10.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a game flow of the game machine 10 according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart following FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a normal card and a high odds card displayed on the monitor 11.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display on the monitor 11 in step S5.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a game flow in steps S7 to S8.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display on the monitor 11 when a player wins a normal game.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a game flow in steps S17 to S18.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of display on the monitor 11 in step S22.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of display on the monitor 11 in step S23.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 image display card game machine 11 monitor 12 medal slot 13 operation switch section 14 medal payout slot

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A predetermined number of cards randomly selected from a plurality of types of cards are dealt to a player on a display screen, and an unnecessary card is designated by the player from the predetermined number of cards. When the player's card is a predetermined combination, the unnecessary card is exchanged for a randomly selected new card, and when the player's card is a predetermined combination, a payout according to the difficulty of the predetermined combination is given to the player. In the image display card game machine to be given, payout increase card setting means for setting a part of cards randomly selected from the plurality of types of cards as a payout increase card for increasing a payout at each start of the game, A payout indicating that the card is the payout increase card when the payout increase card is present in the predetermined number of cards distributed to the player A pressurizing card display unit, when the payout increasing card is established as the player's cards, the image display card game machine characterized by comprising a payout increasing means for increasing the payout. 2. When the player's cards are in the predetermined combination, a predetermined number of cards randomly selected from the plurality of types of cards are arranged on the display screen, and the predetermined number of cards are arranged. Some of the cards are revealed as parent cards, and the player is allowed to select some of the remaining predetermined cards that have been flipped over. When the parent card has higher points than the player's card, the payout is made. When the player's card has higher points than the parent card, the image display card game machine capable of selecting the payout increasing game to increase the payout and give the player, When the points are higher than the parent card, and the parent card or the player's card is the payout increasing card, the payout is increased.
The image display card game machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a payout increasing means.