PINBALL GAME MACHINE

• Main Author: KANEKO RYOTA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 05.09.2016
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine having a hand-operation lever, in which whether or not the feed speed of a game ball into a game area is proper is detected at a timing as soon as possible, so that the detection output is used for the performance of a light.SOLUTION: The passage of a game ball is detected in the vicinity of a launching position of the game ball. It is decided whether or not a game ball hitting speed calculated on the basis of a detection signal is proper or not for the feed speed of the game ball to a game area, so that notification means such as display means is controlled on the basis of the decision result. In the case of the display control, the display is made by separating three steps in dependence upon whether or not the inserting speed is optimum or not, so that the operation state of a hand-operation control lever can be displayed in response to the operation lever.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】手打ち用操作レバーを有する遊技機において、遊技領域への遊技球の投入速度が適切であるかどうかを、できるだけ早いタイミングに検出し、その検出出力を光などの演出に活かす。【解決手段】遊技球の通過を、遊技球の打ち出し位置の近傍で検知し、この検知信号に基づいて算出した遊技球の打ち出し速度が遊技領域への遊技球の投入速度として適切か否かを判定し、判定結果に基づいて表示手段などの報知手段が制御される。表示制御の場合、最適投入速度か否かによって３段階に分けて表示することで、手打ち用操作レバーの操作状態を、レバー操作に即応して表示できる。【選択図】図１