JPH08126746A - Image display device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve playfulness by displaying a virtual stereoscopic image with a little data. CONSTITUTION: Corresponding to scroll information from a game machine, a control part 5b extracts a scroll picture 4a from a memory 4 and variably displays a scroll character on a display screen 3a of a liquid crystal color panel 3 and corresponding to a reach information from the game machine, the control part 5b detects the crossing or proximity of an animation character with a final stop picture pattern area. When the animation character crosses or gets proximate with the final stop pattern area, the scroll character to be finally stopped is stopped. The animation character to be flickered, to jump and kick or to be gradually enlarged is expressed in a sprite picture 4c.

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. It will be a huge amount. In addition, in the reach state, the scroll speed of the final stop symbol is slowed or increased to give the player a realistic sensation in the reach state, but there is an inherent problem of lack of playability at that time.

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. When the animation character crosses or comes close to the final stop symbol area of the scroll screen, the last scroll character can be stopped to enhance the playability.

[0007]

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. Variably displayed, and by reaching the reach by aligning the patterns of multiple scroll characters before the final stop, the specific display means intersects or is close to the final stop design area of the scroll screen depending on the reach information. Sometimes the scroll character Those that are configured to instruct the stop of the end stop symbol. It is also possible that the scroll screen has a scroll character and a pseudo-scroll character corresponding to the scroll character, and the animation character moves from the scroll character at the final stop to the symbol area of the pseudo scroll character at the final stop. The scroll screen may have a scroll character and a pseudo scroll character corresponding to the scroll character, and the animation character may move within the symbol area of the pseudo scroll character.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the sprite screen and the middle ground screen are overlapped by the scroll information 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.
Then, according to the reach information, when the animation character on the sprite screen intersects or approaches the final stop symbol area, the last scroll character is stopped or the stop state is entered. Therefore, for example, an animation character is displayed on a sprite screen or a middle ground screen with more transparent areas than a scroll screen, and when this animation character intersects or approaches the final stop symbol area of the scroll character, the last scroll character is stopped, or Or, by making the last scroll character enter the stop state, the animated character creates a trigger for the stop of the scroll character and gives the presence of reach without replacing the scroll screen with a large amount of image data or color data. A highly playable display screen is variably displayed on the liquid crystal color panel. Moreover, by changing the size of the animation character with the passage of time, the above-described realistic screen is configured as a pseudo three-dimensional screen. Further, the scroll information causes the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character associated with the scroll character to be variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel so that the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character are associated with the scroll character at the final stop. By intersecting or approaching the design area of the pseudo-scroll character at the final stop, or by the reach information, the animation character crosses or approaches the design area of the pseudo-scroll character at the final stop from the pseudo-scroll character at the final stop. , Stops the last scroll character. Therefore, a wide range of choices for the motion of the animation character and a highly playable display screen that gives a realistic sensation are variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be explained. 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. 5 is a diagram showing an area structure of a scroll screen in the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a process of changing a display screen in the normal reach of the embodiment, FIG.
Is a diagram showing the initial screen layout in the normal reach,
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen configuration just before the final scroll character stops in the normal reach, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen configuration just before the final scroll character stop in the normal reach, and FIG. 8 is a super reach of the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a process of changing the display screen, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an initial stage screen configuration in super reach, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a screen configuration immediately after the final scroll character is stopped in the super reach, and FIG. 11 is It is a front view showing a pachinko machine of an example.

In FIG. 11, 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 that the front frame 12 can be opened and closed. A metal frame 13 is fixed to the inner peripheral edge, and a glass frame 14 is attached to the metal frame 13 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge (not shown).
No. 5 is mounted to be fitted, the upper plate set 16 is attached to the lower edge of the glass frame 14, and the locking device 17 is assembled to one side edge of the front frame 12, and the locking / unlocking of the locking device 17 is performed. By the locking 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 a ball-striking launcher are assembled to the lower edge of the front frame 12, and 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,
A band 21, a game nail 22, a lamp windmill 23, a windmill 24, in a portion of the game board 20 located around the image display device 2,
Variable winning a prize ball device (attacker) 29 having start winning openings 25, 26, winning opening 27, and opening / closing body 28, and out opening 3
0 and the like are provided. Therefore, in this pachinko machine, a game ball (not shown) is placed in the upper plate set 16, and the handle grip 1
When 8 is rotated in one direction, a launcher (not shown) launches game balls one by one into the band 21 from the upper dish set 16. 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. Toward the game, and the game nail 22, lamp windmill 23 or windmill 2 in the middle of the rolling
It becomes a starting ball that moves the image display device 2 by entering the start winning holes 25 and 26 while hitting 4, or becomes a constant supply ball that supplies a constant number of game balls to the upper plate set 16 as a ball to enter the winning hole 27. Or start winning a prize opening 25,26
Gaming balls that did not enter 27 in the winning opening enter the out opening 30 and become out balls. 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 and hits the game ball hit in the game area. The probability of becoming is higher. The opening / closing operation of the variable winning ball device 29, the constant supply operation by the winning to the winning opening 27,
The blinking of the lamp windmill 23 is 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 is a game board 20 (see FIG. 11).
Display surface 3a, X drive circuit 3b,
A Y drive circuit 3c and an XY control circuit 3d,
The XY 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 a scanning operation. indicate. 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 an address for designating a color palette RAM 5c. 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. The control unit 5b controls the CGROM 4 according to game information such as game start information, winning information, reach information, and jackpot information from the game control device 1 to scroll screen 4a, middle ground screen 4b and sprite shown in FIG. 2A. The screen 4c is extracted, the color signals extracted from the color palette RAM 5c are added to the extracted scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c, respectively, and the scroll screen 4a and the screen added with these color signals are added. A display screen 6 shown in B of FIG. 2 superimposed each Le Grand screen 4b and sprite screen 4c controls display of the liquid crystal color panel 3 so as to variably displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3. The composite display means 5d displays a display screen 6 having a screen configuration as shown in FIG. 4 on the liquid crystal color panel 3 according to scroll information in the game information sent from the game control device 1 to the control section 5b. It is variably displayed on the surface 3a. The display screen 6 is CGR according to the scroll information.
The scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c extracted from the OM 4 are superimposed on each other. The specific display means 5e uses the reach information in the game information sent from the game control device 1 to the control section 5b to display the liquid crystal color panel 3 on the composite display means 5d.
Draw an animation character on the sprite screen 4c that constitutes the display screen 6 variably displayed on the display surface 3a of
When this animation character crosses or approaches the final stop symbol area of the scroll screen, it instructs the stop of the final stop symbol of the scroll character. Specifically, the specific display means 5e receives the reach information sent from the game control device 1 to the control section 5b, and obtains the position data of the final stop symbol area from the reach information, and obtains it. The position data of the final stop pattern area is collated with the CGROM 4 to detect the corresponding position group data from the position group data of the animation character, or the radius r is close to the position data of the final stop symbol area obtained above. By calculating the range and matching it to the CGROM 4 to detect the corresponding position group data from the position group data of the animation character, the animation character crosses or approaches the final stop pattern area of the scroll screen. Predict the time and stop scrolling at the end of that time. Instructs Kuta and stop to the pseudo scroll character control section 5b. As a result, the control unit 5b stops the scroll character and the pseudo scroll character at a predetermined position on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3.

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 covering the entire display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3, and the sprite screen 4c is a display surface of the liquid crystal color panel 3. 3a is a virtual screen for displaying an animation character.

The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIGS. 4 to 11, focusing on scroll, normal reach and super reach. When a power source (not shown) is turned on, the image display device 2 shown in FIG. 11 is driven,
Small scroll characters and large pseudo scroll characters are vertically displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3.
It is displayed with the arrangement of rows, and the pachinko machine is ready to start playing. In this state, the player operates the handle grip 18 shown in FIG. 11 to play the game ball with the hitting ball launching device, and the played game ball is the winning start opening 2 shown in FIG.
When entering 5, 26, the game control device 1 shown in FIG. 1 outputs scroll information to the display control device 5. 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.

Here, the process of variable display from the scroll shown in FIG. 4 to the big hit through the normal reach will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7. 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 scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character on the line stop, the reach state in which the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character on the first line and the second line, which have stopped until then, are arranged in twos. That is, as shown in step 101 of FIG. 4, “0” is stopped and displayed on the scroll character on the first line and “personification 0” on the pseudo scroll character, and “0” is displayed on the scroll character on the second line. "0" and "Personification 0" are stopped and displayed on the pseudo scroll character, and the scroll speed of the scroll character "2" located in the upper row and the pseudo scroll character "opaque and vividly colored egg" located in the lower row are displayed. Will be late. Subsequently, in step 102, a blinking lightning strikes from the scroll character "0" located in the upper row which is scrolling slowly to the pseudo scroll character "egg" in the lower row, and the "egg" which is the pseudo scroll character in the lower row. Becomes semitransparent, and [personification 0] can be seen in the translucent egg. Then, in step 103, the pseudo-scroll character on the third line located in the lower row becomes an egg that is semi-transparent to opaque and has a vivid color, and then cracks vertically, and the upper part of the cracked egg moves upwards, The lower part of the broken egg moves downward, and it becomes a small and clear "personification 0" that expresses a big hit from the broken egg. Finally, in step 104, the broken egg disappears, and the third line "Personification 0" located in the lower row
The pseudo scroll character changes its size from a small size to a large size while being clear, and one cycle of variable display from scrolling to a jackpot through normal reach ends.

The display screen 6 shown in step 101 is
The screen configuration is shown in FIG. That is, A in FIG.
The display screen 6 shown in the figure is the same as the display screen 6 shown in step 101 of FIG. 4, and the display screen 6 shown in FIG.
Shows that the sprite screen 4c in which the entire area of the screen is transparent is located in front, the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B is located next to it, and the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 5C is located below it. The scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c are configured to overlap each other so as to be positioned. In FIG. 5, the sprite screen 4c is not shown because the entire screen area of the sprite screen 4c is transparent and can be easily understood without showing the sprite screen 4c. In the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B, the lower 6/9 area 7a corresponding to the fourth to ninth areas representing the pseudo scroll character in FIG. 5C is transparent, and the first area to the third area. A portion 7b corresponding to the three scroll characters in FIG. 5C in the upper 3/9 area corresponding to the area is transparent, and the other portions are, for example, a plurality of blue with different gradations. The screen configuration of the middle ground screen 4b in FIG. 5B is commonly used in the process of changing the display screen 6 of the normal reach of FIG. 4 and the super reach of FIG. The scroll screen 4a in FIG. 5C shows the scroll characters (“0”, “0”) on the first and second lines of the upper scroll character and the first line of the lower pseudo-scroll character. And the pseudo-scroll characters on the second line (“personification 0”, “personification 0”) are stopped,
The scroll character "2" on the third line of the upper scroll character and the pseudo scroll character ("opaque and clear egg") on the third line of the lower pseudo scroll character are variable as if they are rotating. This is one aspect in the process of being displayed. In the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 5C, the lower part 7c of the first to third areas representing the scroll character and the part 7d surrounding the scroll character are transparent. Then, the middle ground screen 4 shown in FIG. 5B.
By overlapping b with the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 5C, the scroll character shown in FIG. 5A becomes the display screen 6 in the scrolling operation.

The display screen 6 shown in step 102 has the screen structure shown in FIG. That is, FIG.
The display screen 6 shown in FIG. 6A is the same as the display screen 6 shown in step 102 of FIG. 4, and the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 6A is displayed in front of the sprite screen 4c shown in FIG. 6C. The scroll screen 4a, the middle grand screen 4b, and the sprite are positioned so that the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B is positioned next to the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 6B. The screen 4c is formed by overlapping. The sprite screen 4c in FIG. 6C has a screen configuration having an animation character of, for example, "flashing lightning with a red border," in the transparent portion 7e.

The display screen 6 shown in step 103 has the screen structure shown in FIG. That is, FIG.
7 is the same as the display screen 6 shown in step 103 of FIG. 4, and the first sprite screen 4c-1 shown in FIG. 7C and the second sprite screen shown in FIG. 7D. Each of the screens 4c-2 is located in front, the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B is located next to the screen 4c-2, and the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 7B is located below the screen 4c-2. 4a, middle ground screen 4b,
The 1st sprite screen 4c-1 and the 2nd sprite screen 4c-2 are overlapped and comprised. The first sprite screen 4c-1 in FIG. 7C has a transparent portion 7
e is a screen configuration having an animation character of, for example, "the upper part of an opaque and vividly colored broken egg" in the second sprite screen 4c- in Fig. 7D.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a screen configuration having an animation character, for example, "a lower part of a broken egg drawn in an opaque and clear color" in the transparent portion 7e. As a result, step 10
In the display screen 6 of No. 3, the lower part of the scroll character "0" on the third line is hidden by "the upper part of the broken egg" which is the animation character, but the pseudo-scroll character is small and clear, instead of this scroll character. Since "0" is expressed, while the legal regulation in the case of expressing the hit of the game by the combination of the symbols is satisfied, the big hit by the normal reach is expressed.

Further, in the display screen 6 shown in step 106, the animation characters in the first and second sprite screens 4c-1 and 4c-2 in FIGS. 7C and 7D disappear, and the first sprite screen 4c- 1 and 2
While the entire area of the sprite screen 4c-4 is transparent, the pseudo-scrolling character "Personification 0" on the third line located in the lower part of FIG. 7B is clearly enlarged from small to large. It has a different screen configuration.

In short, according to the process of variable display from the scroll shown in FIG. 4 to the jackpot through the normal reach, blinking lightning as an animation character causes the flashing lightning to turn from the scroll character on the third line to the pseudo scroll character on the third line. When the animation character intersects or approaches the final stop area of the pseudo-scroll character that stops last from the scroll character that stops last, the scroll character on the third line and the pseudo-scroll character on the same line stop, and The pseudo-scroll character becomes an pseudo-scroll character in which the "personified 0" is seen from the opaque and vividly colored egg in the translucent egg corresponding to the scroll character, and the translucent egg is opaque. Vivid colors Cracking changes the decorated eggs, "anthropomorphic 0" appears clearly from the egg, finally, since a variable display structure that clear "anthropomorphic 0" becomes large,
The animation character blinks and the pseudo-scroll character changes from a small size to a large size to give a sense of perspective, which makes the player feel the unexpectedness of what is about to start and enhances the playability. In addition, in the display screen 6 from step 101 to step 102 in FIG. 4, the player is quickly informed that the figure and color of the pseudo-scroll character on the third line suddenly change and become a jackpot after normal reach. , Its playability is enhanced.

Next, the process of variable display from scrolling to jackpot through super reach will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. Since the super-reach has a higher probability of a big hit than the normal reach, the action shown in FIG. 8 is variably displayed. That is, FIG.
In step 201, a boy as an animation character rides on the cloud and appears from between the scroll character on the second line and the scroll character on the third line, and in step 202, the figure of the cloud and the boy gradually become larger. Appearing at the pseudo-scroll character on the first line, the cloud disappears in step 203 and the boy is in a position to start something, and in step 204 the boy jumps up and moves to the second pseudo-scroll character. While crossing or close to the final stop pattern area of the pseudo scroll character to be stopped, kicking and breaking the pseudo scroll character of "the egg painted in opaque and clear colors" on the third line, and scrolling on the first line. And the pseudo-scroll character on the first line, And the two exclamation marks "appear, and in step 205, the above" two exclamation marks "disappear, and the boy who is good at it is a pseudo-scroll character on the first line and a pseudo-scroll character on the second line. Between the scroll character on the second line and the pseudo-scroll character on the second line, and an animation character "Yattaze" that expresses a good face is displayed between the scroll character and the super scroll character. One cycle of variable display up to the jackpot after reaching is completed.

The display screen 6 shown in step 201 has the screen structure shown in FIG. That is, the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 9A is the same as the display screen 6 shown in step 201 of FIG. 8, and the first sprite screen 4c-3 shown in FIG. 9B and the display screen C shown in FIG. Each of the second sprite screens 4c-4 shown in the figure is located in the front, and then B in FIG.
The middle grand screen 4b shown in the figure is located, and the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 9D is located below the middle grand screen 4b.
Scroll screen 4a, middle ground screen 4b, first sprite screen 4c-3 and second sprite screen 4c-
3 are superposed on each other. That is, B in FIG.
The first sprite screen 4c-3 in the figure has, for example, "an opaque and brightly colored boy" in the transparent portion 7e.
Is a screen configuration with the animated characters of
The second sprite screen 4c-4 in FIG. 9C has a screen configuration having an animation character of, for example, "opaque and vividly colored cloud bordered by pale yellow" in the transparent portion 7e.

The display screen 6 shown in step 204 has the screen structure shown in FIG. That is, the display screen 6 shown in FIG.
10 is the same as the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 10, the first sprite screen 4c-5 shown in FIG. 10B, the second sprite screen 4c-6 shown in FIG. 10C, and the third sprite shown in FIG. 10D. Each of the screens 4c-7 is located at the front, and then the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B is located,
A scroll screen 4a, a middle ground screen 4b, and first to third sprite screens 4c-5 to 4a-7 are superposed so that the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 10E is located thereunder. . That is, the first sprite screen 4c-5 in FIG.
e is a screen configuration having an animation character of, for example, "a boy who has performed karate jump kick with opaque and clear colors", and the second sprite screen 4c-6 in FIG. 10C is a transparent part. 7e has a screen configuration having an animation character of, for example, "a crushed egg with an opaque and vivid color," and the third sprite screen 4c-7 in FIG. 10D is, for example, a transparent part 7e. It is a screen configuration having an animation character of "opaque and vividly colored paint and two exclamation marks".

In short, according to the process of variable display from the scroll shown in FIG. 8 to the jackpot through the super reach, the boy rides on the cloud and descends from the sky to the ground, and the boy becomes enthusiastic in the symbol area of the pseudo scroll character. When the animation character crosses or approaches the final stop area of the pseudo-scroll character that stops at the end from the pseudo-scroll character's area by performing a jump kick of a karate, the animation character becomes the pseudo-scroll character on the third line. The opaque and clear egg is broken, and finally, the boy has a prominent face with wording and posture, so it has a story-like variable display, so the animated character kicks and breaks the pseudo-scroll character while scrolling. Same suspicion as character By expressing the scrolling characters, high probability of the jackpot than normal reach of super reach, communicated to the player a carboxy, it is possible to enhance the game property.

As a result, according to this embodiment, at the time of reach, 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. 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, only the sprite screen 4c, which requires a small amount of image data and color data, is replaced without replacing the scroll screen 4a having a large amount of image data and color data. Can be expressed freely. 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, an animation character is added to the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character, and the animation character crosses or approaches the final stop design area of the pseudo-scroll character that stops last from the scroll character that stops last, or Or, when the animation character intersects or approaches the final stop symbol area of the pseudo-scroll character that stops last in the symbol area of the pseudo-scroll character, the scroll character and pseudo-scroll character that stop at the end are stopped, and the unexpectedness at that time or Expressing will, etc.,
The playability can be improved. The sprite screen 4c or the middle ground screen 4b has a smaller amount of image data and color data for variable display than the scroll screen 4a is because the sprite screen 4c or the middle ground screen 4b is arranged in front of the scroll screen 4a. This is because there are many transparent areas and the amount of image data and color data decreases accordingly.

In this embodiment, the scroll character stopped at the end is illustrated and described as the scroll character on the third line, but in the present invention, if there are three scroll characters, the scroll character stopped at the end is the first scroll character. It may be the scroll character on the first line or the second line.

In this embodiment, the example in which the animation character is drawn on the sprite screen 4c has been shown and described, but the present invention has the same effect even when the animation character is drawn on the middle ground screen 4b.

In this embodiment, a pachinko machine is illustrated and described, but the present invention can be applied to a gaming machine such as a slot machine other than a pachinko machine. 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.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the display screen in which the sprite screen, the middle ground screen and the scroll screen are superposed by the scroll information is variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. By doing so, while reducing the amount of data for variable display as much as possible, it is possible to express unprecedented reach actions on a pseudo-stereoscopic screen, and finally reach when the animation character crosses or approaches the final stop design area with reach information. By instructing to stop the scroll character, a novel effect can be obtained in which the game playability of giving a realistic sensation of reach can be enhanced without replacing the scroll screen having a large amount of image data or color data. Also,
According to the scroll information, the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll characters associated with it are variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, for example, in two rows, upper and lower, and then the reach information causes the animation character to stop from the final stop to the final stop. Of the pseudo-scroll character crossing or approaching, or by the above reach information, the animation character crosses or approaches the design area of the pseudo-scroll character from the final stop to the pseudo-scroll character of the final stop. By giving an instruction to stop the scroll character, the range of choices for the motion of the animation character is widened, and a highly playable display screen that gives a sense of reality can be variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. There are regulations effect.

[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 a display screen in normal reach according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen configuration in an initial stage in normal reach according to the embodiment.

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

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen configuration immediately before stop of a final scroll character in normal reach according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a process of changing a display screen in super reach of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen configuration at an initial stage in the super reach of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a screen configuration immediately after the final scroll character is stopped in the super reach of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 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 the design and the sprite screen animation character on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, and the sprite screen animation character intersects the final stop design area of the scroll screen according to the reach information in the game information. Alternatively, an image display device for a gaming machine, comprising: a specific display means for instructing stop of a final stop pattern of a scroll character when approaching. 2. A means for having a scroll character and a pseudo-scroll character corresponding to the scroll character on a scroll screen, and a means for moving an animation character from a scroll character at the final stop to a symbol area of the pseudo scroll character at the final stop. The image display device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the image display device is provided. 3. The scroll screen includes means for having a scroll character and a pseudo-scroll character corresponding to the scroll character, and means for specifying an animation character as a symbol area of the pseudo-scroll character. 1. An image display device for a game machine described in 1.