JPH08117413A - Image display device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To heighten game enjoyableness by enabling a false stereoscopic image with small quantity of data to be displayed and displaying an animation character so as to observe a scroll character from a display screen when ready for winning state is obtained. CONSTITUTION: A control part 5b samples a scroll screen 4a from memory corresponding to scroll information from a game machine, and displays variably the scroll character on the display screen 3a of a liquid crystal color panel 3, and the control part 5b superimposes a sprite screen provided with the animation character such as a transparent and skinning 'chance', etc., on the scroll character. Therefore, the scroll character can be visualized through the animation character.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a game machine such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine or the like, and an image according to a game situation is simulated on a liquid crystal color panel provided on the front surface of a game board.
The present invention relates to an image display device that variably displays in three dimensions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the above-mentioned gaming machines, the game performance is enhanced by displaying by sound or light. For example, in an image display device of a pachinko machine, the playability is enhanced by variously changing the pattern and color of the image displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel according to the game situation. Specifically, after the power is turned on, scroll characters are displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel in an arrangement of 9 sections of 3 rows and 3 columns or 6 sections of 3 rows and 2 columns, and scrolled by winning at the winning start opening of the game ball. The characters are variably displayed as if they are rotating vertically, and the scroll characters are sequentially stopped after a predetermined time elapses with a time difference of several seconds between the lines. Then, before the rest of the lines are stopped, the pattern of the scroll character (stop character) that has already stopped is 2 in a specific direction such as a column direction or a diagonal direction.
Reaching is complete when all the items are gathered. In this reach state, depending on the types of the stop characters in the remaining lines, three stop character patterns may be aligned in a specific direction.
For example, a frame figure surrounding the two stopped characters that have triggered the reach state is displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel to inform the player of the reach state. Subsequently, when the scroll character stops on the remaining lines, three stop character patterns are arranged in the specific direction, which is a big hit. In the big hit state, the playability is enhanced by variably displaying the animation on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. That is, the display function appealing to the player visually is an important point in enhancing the playability of the gaming machine.

From such a demand, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-1
No. 61759, No. 5-228245, No. 5-293245, and No. 5-3051.
An image display device for a gaming machine disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 73 is known. In this image display device, the display control device is configured separately from the game control device, and when this display control device receives one piece of information representing the game situation from the game control device, the display control device displays a graphic specification according to the game information. A plurality of image data are extracted from the above memory by interpreting based on the conversion rule indicating the display time and pattern combination stored in the internal memory, and these image data are displayed in the liquid crystal color installed in the center of the front of the game board. By variably displaying on the display surface of the panel, the memory in the game control device is released from the storage of data necessary for image display, the storage capacity for the fraud prevention data in the memory in the game control device is secured, and the animation character It is designed to increase the degree of freedom of movement and the types of background images.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-39111 discloses that
A control device for controlling both the gaming machine and the image display has a plurality of frame memories, and these frame memories have ROs.
A game machine is disclosed in which a background image and image data for each of a plurality of characters are individually stored from M, and these image data are superimposed and variably displayed on a liquid crystal display of a game board.

[0005]

The image display device of the gaming machine disclosed in each of the above-mentioned publications is provided with an individual scroll character, background image, animation character, frame figure, etc. extracted from the memory or the frame memory according to the game information. Since the image data of is combined in a plane so as to be scattered on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, data for drawing images in a large number of frame units and data for replacing it in a short time, etc. There is a huge amount of problem inherent.

Further, in the image display device of the pachinko machine having the probability variation function, it is general to change the color of the probability variation pattern for generating the probability variation so that it can be easily distinguished from other patterns. It has been pointed out that the variable pattern is difficult to understand and affects the playability.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the purpose thereof is to make it possible to variably display a pseudo three-dimensional screen while reducing the data for variably displaying as much as possible. A display screen composed of a scroll screen, middle ground screen, and sprite screen is variably displayed, and at the time of reach, a character like a message is displayed on the sprite screen or middle ground screen so that the scroll character can be seen to enhance the game playability. is there.

[0008]

An image display device for a gaming machine according to the present invention comprises a memory, a composite display means and a specific display means, and the memory comprises a virtual screen consisting of a scroll screen, a middle ground screen and a sprite screen. The screen data for storing is stored in advance, and the composite display means extracts a scroll screen, a middle ground screen, and a sprite screen from the memory according to the scroll information, and a plurality of scroll characters and animation characters are displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. Is displayed, and the symbols of multiple scroll characters are aligned before the final stop, and when the reach is reached, the specific display means is configured to draw a transparent hollow character on the screen located in front of the scroll screen until then. It is a thing. The character may be an animation character, or the screen may be changed in which the animation character is moved in a predetermined direction at a constant speed.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the scroll information allows the sprite screen and the middle ground screen to be superposed so as to be arranged in front of the scroll screen, and the scroll character is variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, and then the reach information. As a result, an animation character such as "chance" is displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel in a transparent hollow state by the sprite screen or the middle ground screen, and the scroll character is visually recognized through the animation character. Therefore, by displaying a character that is transparently hollowed out at the time of reach on a sprite screen or middle ground screen that has more transparent areas than the scroll screen, the reach of the reach can be realized without replacing the scroll screen with a large amount of image data and color data. A highly playable display screen for displaying is variably displayed on the liquid crystal color panel. Moreover, since the character is transparent and hollow, the scroll character does not disappear from the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. Further, when the above character is an animation character or the animation character is moved in a predetermined direction at a constant speed, reach expression has a wide range.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a game control device and an image display device in a pachinko machine as a game machine of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process from a virtual screen to a display screen in the image display device of the embodiment, FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an area structure of a scroll screen in the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a process of changing the display screen from the scroll of the embodiment to the end of high probability variation, and FIG. 5 is a screen at an initial stage in the reach of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen configuration immediately before stop of a final scroll character in the reach, and FIG. 7 is a front view showing a pachinko machine of the embodiment.

In FIG. 7, the pachinko machine is provided with an outer frame 11 for installation on an island of a pachinko parlor, and a front frame 12 is attached to the front surface of the outer frame 11 by a hinge (not shown) so as to be openable and closable. A metal frame 13 is fixed to the inner peripheral edge, a glass frame 14 is attached to the metal frame 13 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge (not shown), and a transparent glass 15 is provided in the glass frame 14.
Is fitted to the bottom of the glass frame 14, an upper plate set 16 is attached to the lower edge of the glass frame 14, and a locking device 17 is attached to one side edge of the front frame 12.
By the unlocking operation, the front frame 12 can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 11, and the glass frame 14 can be opened and closed with respect to the front frame 12. Further, a handle grip 18 and a lower plate set 19 of the ball-striking launcher are attached to the lower edge of the front frame 12,
A game board 20 is mounted inside the front frame 12 so as to face the glass 15. An image display device 2 having a liquid crystal color panel 3 is attached to the center of the game board 20, and a band 21, a game nail 22, a lamp windmill 23, and a windmill 24 are provided in a portion of the game board 20 located around the image display device 2. A start-up winning opening 25, 26, a winning opening 27, a variable winning ball device (attacker) 29 having an opening / closing body 28, an out opening 30 and the like are provided. Therefore, in this pachinko machine, when a game ball (not shown) is placed in the upper plate set 16 and the handle grip 18 is rotated in one direction, a launcher (not shown) separates each game ball into a band 21 from the upper plate set 16. Fire inside. The launched game ball is guided along the band 21 to the upper part of the game area in the band 21, and the upward thrust of the game ball becomes smaller than the gravity of the game ball, so that the game ball moves downward in the game area. To the start winning a prize hole 25, 26 while hitting the game nail 22, the lamp windmill 23 or the windmill 24, etc. on the way to the starting ball for moving the image display device 2, or entering the winning a prize hole 27 to a constant number. The game sphere of becomes a constant supply sphere for hitting the upper plate set 16 as a sphere, or the game sphere that has not entered the starting winning opening 25, 26 or the winning opening 27 enters the out opening 30 and becomes an out sphere. Further, when the image display device 2 is a big hit display due to the combination of the stop symbols after the variable display operation, the opening / closing plate 28 of the variable winning ball device 29 is opened / closed,
The probability of hitting a game ball hit in the game area is high. The opening / closing operation of the variable winning ball device 29, the constant supply operation by winning the prize 27, the blinking of the lamp windmill 23, etc. are controlled by the game control device 1 shown in FIG. 1 mounted on the back surface of the game board.

In FIG. 1, the game control device 1 and the image display device 2 will be described in detail. This game control device 1 is configured by a microcomputer that operates according to a preset program, and outputs various game information such as game start information, scroll information, reach information, jackpot information, and probability variation information to the image display device 2. To do. As for the game start information, the game control device 1 is, for example, the handle grip 1
8 is a signal output by receiving a game start detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that has detected the rotation operation of 8. As for scroll information, the game control device 1 starts the winning a prize holes 25, 2
6 is a signal output by receiving a winning detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that detects that a game ball has won. The reach information is a stop symbol combination determining means that uses a random number (not shown) built in the game control device 1 stops before one of the three scroll characters before the stop of the scroll character described later due to the winning detection signal. This reach information includes normal reach information and super reach information with a higher probability of being a jackpot than this, which is a signal to be output based on the determination of combination stop in which the symbols of the two scroll characters are the same. The jackpot information is a signal output by the stop symbol combination determining means based on the determination of the combination stop which is the same symbol when all three scroll characters are stopped before the scroll character is stopped due to the winning detection signal. . The probability variation information is a signal output by a probability variation determining means (not shown) built in the game control device 1 in the case of a probability variation symbol such as "7" in which the same symbol based on the above jackpot determination is preset. Is. When the game control device 1 outputs the probability variation information, and the probability variation patterns are stopped and displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 of the image display device 2 in a specific direction such as a row direction or an oblique direction. For example, a high-probability state in which a game state advantageous to the player is set for a certain period of time, such as the case where all the symbols of the scroll character are easily aligned.

The image display device 2 shown in FIG. 1 roughly includes a liquid crystal color panel 3, a character generator ROM (hereinafter referred to as CGROM) 4, and a display control device 5. The liquid crystal color panel 3 has a display surface 3a, an X drive circuit 3b, and a Y arranged on the front surface of the game board 20 (see FIG. 6).
A drive circuit 3c and an XY control circuit 3d,
The Y control circuit 3d receives the output from the display control device 5 and controls the X drive circuit 3b and the Y drive circuit 3c, and the X drive circuit 3b and the Y drive circuit 3c display an image on the display surface 3a by the scanning operation. To do.
In the CGROM 4, in addition to screen data for forming a virtual screen composed of a scroll screen 4a, a middle ground screen 4b and a plurality of sprite screens 4c, an address for reading the screen data and a color palette R
An address for designating AM5c is stored in advance. The display control device 5 includes a line RAM 5a, a control unit 5b configured in a one-chip microprocessor and a color palette RAM 5c that operate according to a preset program, and the control unit 5b includes a composite display unit 5d and a specific display unit 5e. However, this control unit 5b from the CGROM 4 according to the game information such as game start information, winning information, reach information, jackpot information and probability variation information from the game control device 1 from A of FIG.
Scroll screen 4a and middle ground screen 4b shown in the figure
And a sprite screen 4c are extracted, and a color palette RAM 5c is provided for each of the extracted scroll screen 4a, middle ground screen 4b, and sprite screen 4c.
In addition to the color signals extracted from the liquid crystal color panel 3, the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 2B in which the scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c to which these color signals are added are overlapped is displayed. The liquid crystal color panel 3 is display-controlled so as to variably display on the display surface 3a. The composite display means 5d displays the display screen 6 having the screen configuration shown in FIG. 4 on the liquid crystal color panel 3 according to the scroll information in the game information sent from the game control device 1 to the control section 5b. Surface 3
Variable display in a. The display screen 6 is a scroll screen 4a extracted from the CGROM 4 according to scroll information,
The middle ground screen 4b and the sprite screen 4c are overlapped. The specific display means 5e constitutes the display screen 6 variably displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 by the composite display means 5d according to the reach information in the game information sent from the game control device 1 to the control section 5b. Draw a transparent hollow animation character on the sprite screen 4c.

The scroll screen 4a is a virtual screen for displaying scroll characters in a scroll area divided into a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns based on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3. Rows in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns are arranged in the vertical direction, and columns are arranged in the horizontal direction. In the pachinko machine, the scroll area is generally set to 6 sections of 3 × 2 or 9 sections of 3 × 3. In this embodiment, 9 sections are taken as an example. For example, as shown in FIG. The scroll screen 4a has scroll characters in the upper 1/3 area and pseudo scroll characters in the lower 2/3 area. That is, on the scroll screen 4a, scroll characters are variably displayed in each of the three scroll areas (first area, second area, and third area) forming the upper first column. Each of the scroll characters variably displayed in these three first area, second area and third area is, for example, the number "0",
"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",
It is a total of 15 kinds of symbols of "7", "8", "9" and alphabets "A", "B", "C", "D", "E". Further, in the scroll screen 4a, pseudo scroll characters are variably displayed in each of the six scroll areas forming the two columns of the second middle column and the third lower column. Since the pseudo-scroll character is a pattern vertically associated with the scroll character, a set of the fourth area and the seventh area, a set of the fifth area and the eighth area, and a sixth of the six scroll areas. The area and the ninth area are variably displayed. Among the pseudo scroll characters, "0" in the scroll character design ~
The pseudo-scroll character corresponding to each "9" has a design in which the same number as the scroll character and a large outer shape is added to the figure, with legs, ears, and hands added, and "A" in the design of the scroll character. ~
The pseudo scroll character corresponding to each "E" has a pattern in which monsters having different motion expressions are designed.
The middle ground screen 4b is a virtual screen for displaying a pattern such as a sky or a background which covers the entire display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 on the display surface 3a. The sprite screen 4c is a virtual screen for displaying an animation character on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3.

The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4 to 7. When a power source (not shown) is turned on, the image display device 2 shown in FIG. 7 is driven, and a small scroll character and a large pseudo scroll character are displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 in a two-row arrangement. The pachinko machine is ready to start playing. In this state, the player grips the handle grip 18 shown in FIG.
Is operated to play the game ball with the hitting ball launching device, and when the played game ball enters the winning start openings 25 and 26 shown in FIG. 7, the game control device 1 shown in FIG. Output. Then, the display control device 5 extracts the image data of the scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c from the CGROM 4, and extracts the color data of the scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c from the color palette RAM 5c. To do. The color data for the sprite screen 4c at this time is transparent data. Then, the display control device 5 outputs the image data and the color data to the XY control circuit 3d of the liquid crystal color panel 3, and the XY control circuit 3d causes the display screen 3a to display the scroll screen 4a, the middle grand screen 4b, and the like. The sprite screen 4c is superimposed and variably displayed. On the display surface 3a immediately after winning the game ball into the starting opening, the scroll character and the pseudo scroll character of the scroll screen 4a are variably displayed as if they are rotating.

Now, the process of variable display from the scroll shown in FIG. 4 to the jackpot through the reach will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. First, in the scrolling state, for each of the first to third lines, the scroll character consisting of the numbers "0" to "9" and the alphabets "A" to "E" located in the upper row and the lower row The pseudo-scroll character consisting of "an opaque and vividly colored egg" located at is variably displayed as if it were rotating. After that, when a predetermined time elapses, the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character sequentially stop in the direction from the first line to the third line with a time difference of about several seconds between the lines, and the third line as the remaining line. Before the eye scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character stop, the reach state in which the two symbols of the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character on the first line and the second line, which have been stopped until then, are arranged two by two. That is, as shown in step 101 of FIG.
"0" is stopped and displayed on the scroll character on the first line and "Personification 0" on the pseudo scroll character, "0" is displayed on the scroll character on the second line, and "Personification" on the pseudo scroll character. Conversion 0 "
And the scrolling speed of the scroll character "2" located in the upper row of the third line becomes slower. Subsequently, at step 102, an animation character "transparent hollow chance and two exclamation marks" appears in front of (above) the pseudo scroll character. Next, step 103 and step 104
Then, the animation character flows from left to right, and one cycle of variable display from the scroll to the jackpot through the reach ends.

The display screen 6 shown in step 101 of FIG. 4 has the screen structure shown in FIG. That is, FIG.
The display screen 6 shown in FIG. 5A is the same as the display screen 6 shown in step 101 of FIG. 4, and a sprite screen 4c in which the entire area of the screen, which is not shown in FIG. Next, the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B.
Is positioned below the scroll screen 4 shown in FIG. 5C.
A scroll screen 4a, a middle ground screen 4b, and a sprite screen 4c are superposed so that a is positioned. That is, in the middle ground screen 4b in FIG. 5B, the lower 6/9 area 7a corresponding to the fourth to ninth areas representing the pseudo scroll character in FIG. 3 in FIG. 5C in the upper 3/9 area corresponding to 3 areas
A portion 7b corresponding to one scroll character is transparent, and the other portions 7c are, for example, a plurality of blues having different gradations. Scroll screen 4 in FIG. 5C
a is a scroll character (“0”, “0”) on the first and second lines of the upper scroll character and a pseudo scroll on the first and second lines of the lower pseudo scroll character. Character ("Personification 0",
"Personification 0" is stopped, and the scroll character ("2") on the third line of the upper scroll characters and the pseudo scroll character ("opaque This is one aspect in the process of variably displaying as if the egg of clear color ") is rotating. In the scroll screen 4a in FIG. 5C, the portion 7d surrounding the scroll character in the first area to the third area, which represents the scroll character, is transparent. These B of FIG.
The screen configuration of the middle ground screen 4b and the scroll screen 4a in FIGS.
~ Commonly used in the process of changing the display screen 6 from the scroll in step 104 to the end of the jackpot. Then, the sprite screen 4c (not shown), the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B and the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG.
The display screen 6 in which the scroll character shown in FIG.

The display screen 6 shown in step 102 of FIG. 4 has the screen structure shown in FIG. That is, the display screen 6 shown in FIG.
The display screen 6 shown in FIG. 02 is the same as the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 02. The sprite screen 4c shown in FIG.
The middle grand screen 4b shown in the figure is located, and the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 6D is located below it.
A scroll screen 4a, a middle ground screen 4b, and a sprite screen 4c are superposed on each other. That is, the sprite screen 4c in FIG. 6B has a screen configuration having an animation character of, for example, “a chance other than the outline being transparent and two exclamation marks” in the transparent portion 7e. The middle ground screen 4b in FIG. C is the same as that in FIG. 5B, and the scroll screen 4a in FIG. 6D is the same as that in FIG. 5C.

In short, according to the process of variable display from the scroll to the jackpot through the reach shown in FIG. 4, when the reach is achieved by the stochastic fluctuation pattern, an animation character consisting of a chance of transparent hollow and two exclamation marks is simulated. Since the animation character appears on the scroll character and then flows at a constant speed from left to right, the animation character does not erase the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character by the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3, and the low probability is high after the jackpot. It is possible to increase the game playability by telling the player the joy of becoming a probability change probability that changes to probability.

As a result, according to this embodiment, the reach action can be expressed on the pseudo three-dimensional screen by combining the sprite screen 4c, the middle ground screen 4b and the scroll screen 4a during scrolling. In other words, as in the above-mentioned conventional example, in the method of constructing a large number of frames in which the screen data extracted from the memory are combined in a plane, and replacing a large number of frames one by one like a picture-story show or day-to-day operation, the animation character It is necessary to replace the scroll characters on the scroll screen when expressing characters or characters. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the sprite screen 4c that does not require a large amount of image data and color data without replacing the scroll screen 4a having a large amount of image data and color data.
It is possible to accurately inform the player of the reach state by only changing the reach. Therefore, the pseudo three-dimensional screen can be variably displayed while reducing the amount of data for variably displaying. In addition, at the time of reach by a probability fluctuation pattern that becomes a probability fluctuation, a transparent hollow animation character showing a chance is expressed as large as possible on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 to accurately express the will and mercy at that time. However, the playability can be improved.
In addition, the middle grand screen 4b and the sprite screen 4
c (4c-1 to 4c-5) has a smaller image data amount and color data amount for variable display than the scroll screen 4a because the middle ground screen 4b and the sprite screen 4c are arranged in front of the scroll screen 4a. As a result, there are many transparent areas, and the amount of image data and color data decreases accordingly.

In this embodiment, the case where a transparent hollow animation character is moved to the sprite screen 4c at a constant speed in a predetermined direction at the time of reaching the probability fluctuation is illustrated and described. The present invention is also applicable to a configuration in which the character is a static character without transparency, or the animation character is freely moved around, or the character or the animation character is represented on the middle ground screen.

In this embodiment, a pachinko machine is shown and described, but the present invention is also applicable to gaming machines such as slot machines other than pachinko machines. When applied to the slot machine, the game start information and the scroll information in the above embodiment are replaced with the information that detects the insertion of medals into the slot machine, and the stop of scroll characters in each of a plurality of lines is stopped on the front of the slot machine. It will be easily understood that the present invention can be applied to a gaming machine such as a slot machine by replacing the operation with a button operation.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, a display screen configured by superimposing an animation character of a sprite screen, a color or a pattern of a middle ground screen, and a scroll character of a scroll screen by scroll information is used. By displaying variable on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, it is possible to express unprecedented reach action on the pseudo three-dimensional screen while minimizing the data for variable display. In the screen located in front of the scroll that constitutes the display screen that is variably displayed in, with reach information, by drawing a transparent hollow character, without replacing the scroll screen with a large amount of image data or color data,
A display screen that accurately conveys the reach state to the player can be variably displayed on the liquid crystal color panel, and there is a new effect that the playability at that time can be improved. Also, by changing the character to an animation character or moving the animation character at a constant speed in a predetermined direction, the reach expression has a wide range, and the reach state can be more accurately transmitted to the player. There is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a game control device and an image display device in a pachinko machine of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process from a virtual screen to a display screen in the image display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an area structure of a scroll screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a process of changing the display screen from scrolling to jackpot in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen configuration at an initial stage in the reach of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen configuration immediately before stop of the final scroll character in the reach of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 screen display device 3 liquid crystal color panel 3a display surface of liquid crystal color panel 4 CGROM (character generator ROM) 4a scroll screen 4b middle ground screen 4c sprite screen 5 display control device 5b control unit 5d composite display means 5e specific display means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image display device for a gaming machine, which variably displays image data extracted from a memory according to game information on the gaming machine on a liquid crystal color panel provided on a gaming board, wherein a plurality of image data are displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. A scroll screen for displaying scroll characters in each scroll area divided into multiple rows and a display screen of the liquid crystal color panel, a middle ground screen for displaying a pattern covering the entire display screen, and a display screen of the liquid crystal color panel A screen memory for pre-configuring a virtual screen consisting of a sprite screen for displaying an animation character, and a scroll screen / middle grand screen / sprite screen are extracted from the memory according to the scroll information in the game information. Scroll screen scroll character and middle ground image The composite display means for variably displaying on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel by superimposing the symbols and the animation characters on the sprite screen, and the display screen variably displayed on the display surface of this liquid crystal color panel is positioned in front of the scroll screen. An image display device for a gaming machine, comprising: a specific display means for drawing a transparent hollow character on the screen according to the reach information in the game information. 2. The image display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for making the character an animated character. 3. The image display device for a gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising means for moving the animation character at a constant speed in a predetermined direction.