JP2001112974A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which gives a player impression as if the probability of big winning got move higher the number of varying times of patterns at the time shortening varying of the patterns is increased, etc., in a game machine having a special pattern display part and a produced pattern display part. SOLUTION: This game machine has a special pattern display part LA, a special pattern starting storing part and a special pattern memory display part LR to start variation of patterns in the part LA based on the value of the special pattern starting storing part, and has a produced pattern display part MA, and a produced pattern starting storing part and a produced pattern memory display part MR to display patterns in the part MR based on the value of the produced pattern starting storing part. Since the patterns are varied in a first state where pattern variation in the part LA and that in the part MA correspond to each other and in a second state where the number of the varying times of the patterns in the part MA is smaller than that in the part LA, it seems as if the appearing rate of big winning were varied to be high.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a special symbol display section and an effect symbol display section, and relates to a display form thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pachinko machine as a gaming machine is provided with a symbol display device having a plurality of (or singular) special symbol display portions capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols. When a prize is won, a special symbol start signal is generated, the symbols of the respective special symbol display units start to change, and after a predetermined time,
The symbols stop sequentially, and the combination of the stopped symbols is, for example,
When all the symbols are the same, a special game state (big hit) that is advantageous to the player may occur.

Further, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-289703, an effect symbol display section is provided separately from a special symbol display section in which a plurality of symbols are variably displayed. There has been proposed a pachinko machine which displays a horse racing scene and appeals to a player. Further, in some pachinko machines, after the end of the big hit, the game ball can easily enter the symbol starting port until the number of symbol changes of the special symbol display portion reaches a predetermined number (for example, 50). In this type of pachinko machine, during this time (when the symbol fluctuation is shortened, in short, when the length is shortened), the fluctuation time is shortened and the number of fluctuations per unit time is increased in order to quickly process special symbol fluctuations. I have.

[0004]

As described above, since the probability of a jackpot at the time of a change is not changed, it is not possible to give an impression that the jackpot is likely to be a jackpot even if the number of symbol changes per unit time increases. . In view of the above, the present invention provides a gaming machine that gives a player the impression that the jackpot probability has changed, for example, when the number of symbol changes at the time of change or the like increases.

[0005]

The gaming machine of the present invention corresponds to a special symbol display section capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols, a special symbol start storage section for storing a special symbol start signal, and the special symbol start storage section. Has a special symbol storage display unit to display
A special game which is advantageous to the player when the symbol of the special symbol display section starts to change based on the value of the special symbol start storage section and a preset symbol is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display section after a predetermined time. A gaming machine that produces a state, provided with an effect symbol display memory and an effect symbol start memory for storing an effect symbol start signal, and an effect symbol memory display for displaying corresponding to the effect symbol start memory. A first state in which the design of the effect symbol display unit can be displayed based on the value of the symbol start storage unit, and the symbol change of the special symbol display unit and the symbol change of the effect symbol display unit are performed in correspondence with each other, and the effect symbol display unit Is performed in the second state in which the number of symbol changes is displayed in a lesser number than the number of symbol changes in the special symbol display section. So, for example,
The number of symbol changes per unit time in the special symbol display is the first
In the second state, which is larger than the state, the number of symbol changes in the effect symbol display section is less than the number of symbol changes in the special symbol display section. It appears that the appearance ratio has changed to a high probability.

[0006]

1 (front view), FIG. 2 (enlarged view of a game board), and FIG. 3 (perspective view of an ordinary electric accessory) show a pachinko machine 10 of a well-known type as a game machine. is there. The pachinko machine 10 forms a pair with a ball lending machine 20, and the ball lending machine 20 has a built-in card reader (not shown). The front panel 21 of the ball lending machine 20 is provided with an indicator lamp and a card insertion slot 22 when the operation of the ball lending machine is effective. On the other hand, on the upper plate 12 attached to the front panel 11 of the pachinko machine, operation buttons and the like of the ball lending machine 20 are provided. Specifically, the operation of the card inserted into the card insertion slot 22 is performed. A display 13a for displaying a balance (frequency), a conversion button 13b for supplying a lending ball to a pachinko machine via a ball lending machine 20 by a player's operation, and a return button 13c for returning a card are provided. A lower plate 17 is provided below the upper plate 12, and stores a prize ball that overflows when the upper plate 12 is full. By operating the handle 18 of the firing device, the game balls supplied from the upper plate 12 for each ball are guided by the guide rails 31 and fired into the game area 19.

At a substantially central portion of the game area 19, a symbol display device L of a liquid crystal display for performing a variable display game via a plurality of symbols is arranged, and the symbol display device L includes a rendering symbol display section MA. And a special symbol display section LA. The symbols that can be displayed on the special symbol display section LA are ten types of symbols “0 to 9”, and the symbols are changed in order. A special symbol storage display LR (four LEDs) is arranged around the special symbol display LA, and indicates the number of remaining special symbol changes, as described later in detail. In addition, the production design display section MA
In the upper part of the display, the effect design memory display section MR (4 LEDs)
Is arranged, and indicates the number of display times of the remaining effect symbols.
The effect symbol storage and display section MR is provided with a special symbol storage and display section LR.
The display is made larger so that the player can easily recognize it.

A symbol starting port A is provided below the symbol display device L. When a game ball passes through the symbol starting port A, a special symbol starting signal is generated, and the effect is produced by a control method described in detail later. The symbol display section MA and the special symbol display section LA start changing display, and a reach, a jackpot (special game state), or a loss is selected by the determination counter Hc, and the effect symbol display section MA corresponding to them. And the symbols in the special symbol display section LA are stopped and displayed after a predetermined time (8 to 25 seconds after the first state, and 3 to 5 seconds after the second state (when the symbol fluctuation is shortened)).

On the left and right portions of the symbol starting port A, there are provided ordinary symbol starting gates 23a and 23b, and when a game ball passes, a symbol of an ordinary symbol display 56 attached to a large winning port 58 described later is displayed. The fluctuation is started and stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time which will be described in detail later (30 seconds after the first state, and 5 seconds after the second state (symbol fluctuation shortening)), and the stopped symbol is set in advance Hit when the pattern matches the normal
7 is opened for a predetermined time. Around the ordinary symbol display 56, an ordinary symbol memory display 56a (4 LEDs)
Are arranged, and the normal symbol starting gate 23 is used during symbol change.
a, up to four game balls that have passed through 23b can be stored, and the remaining number of symbol fluctuations is shown.

When the door 57a of the ordinary electric accessory 57 is opened, a symbol starting port B (pedestal) capable of receiving one game ball.
The game ball stopped at the symbol starting port B is
When 7a is closed, a special symbol start signal is generated and a prize ball (for example, 7 pieces) is paid out, and similarly to the symbol start port A, the special symbol display section LA and the like are displayed by a control method described later. The symbol starting port B is such that a special symbol starting signal is generated when the door 57a of the ordinary electric accessory 57 is opened for a predetermined time and a game ball is won (single or plural). , A tulip-type winning device or the like. The display method of the special symbol display section LA is
The determination is performed by the determination counter Hc. When a big hit is selected, "7" is displayed, and when it is out of the range, other symbols are displayed.

When the jackpot is selected,
The big hit symbol “7” is displayed on the special symbol display area LA, and the big hit symbol (not shown) is also displayed on the effect symbol display section MA. The opening / closing door 58 a of the big winning opening 58 is kept open for t seconds or the game. When a ball wins, the ball closes. When the game ball passes through a specific area (not shown) provided in the special winning opening 58 while the opening and closing door 58a is opened, the special winning opening 58 is formed.
Are opened again, and this operation is performed up to X times.

Next, a control flow (FIGS. 4 to 6) showing the concept of the control (game contents) of the pachinko machine having the above-described configuration.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (1) When power is turned on When the power is turned on, the normal symbol judgment counter Fc and the judgment counter Hc are initialized. Then, the normal symbol determination counter Fc forms a circulation counter of 0 to 2 which is incremented by 1 every 2 ms, and determines whether or not the normal symbol is hit. The determination counter Hc is incremented by 1 every 2 ms to form a circulation counter of 0 to 249, and determines whether or not a big hit has occurred.

(2) Control in the first state (FIGS. 4 and 5) (a) Occurrence of a hit Although the flow for determining whether or not this hit is not shown in FIGS. When passing through the symbol start gates 23a and 23b, symbol variation starts and the ordinary symbol determination counter Fc (circulation counter of 0 to 2) is set to "2".
Is determined. As a result, when the value of the normal symbol determination counter Fc is “2” (probability 1/3),
"7" is displayed on the ordinary symbol display 56 as a hit, and "-" is displayed after 30 seconds when it comes off. Then, in the case of a hit, the ordinary electric accessory 57 is held for a predetermined time (3
By opening the second, the game ball will almost win the symbol starting port B.

(B) Display modes of special symbol display section LA and effect symbol display section MR Display modes of special symbol storage display section LR and special symbol display section LA
Will be described with reference to FIG. It is detected whether the game ball has won the symbol starting port A or the symbol starting port B (S1). The symbol opening A is provided below the symbol display device L, and if the game ball passes, a prize is won. However, since the symbol opening B is usually provided inside the electric accessory 57, a hit occurs. The player wins by opening the door 57a. When the game ball has won either the symbol starting port A or the symbol starting port B, it is determined whether or not the value of the determination counter Hc is “7” (probability 1/250), that is, whether or not it is a big hit ( S2).

Next, a special symbol start storage unit (0 th
(4 areas) are checked (S3). In this special symbol start storage unit (0th area), the current state of the symbol change is stored, and in the first to fourth areas, the symbol start port A or the symbol start opening A during the symbol change of the special symbol display unit LA. When the player wins B, the result of the determination as to whether or not it is a jackpot can be stored up to four times. Therefore, the special symbol start storage unit can store the determination results of five times including the currently changing one, and when the five areas have already been stored, the determination results are ignored and the process proceeds to step S7. On the other hand, when the storage area of the special symbol start storage unit is less than 5 areas, the judgment result is additionally stored (S4), and one special symbol storage display unit LR is used.
The additional lighting is performed (S5). That is, the special symbol storage display section LR
Is the number stored in the special symbol start storage unit, that is, the remaining number of special symbol fluctuations. On the other hand, when the winning in the symbol starting openings A and B is not performed in the step 1, it is verified whether or not there is a judgment result in each area of the special symbol starting storage unit (S6). If there is, go to step 7.

In step 7, it is determined whether or not the symbol in the special symbol display section LA is changing. When the symbol is changing, the process returns to the main routine to continue the change. The symbols in the special symbol display section LA are started to change, one special symbol storage display section LR is turned off to indicate the number of remaining symbol changes, and the value in the special symbol start storage section (0th to 4th areas) is shifted. (The value of the first area is set to the 0th area, the value of the second area is set to the first area,...). In the above process, the symbol variation process of the special symbol display section LA is started, and the remaining number of processes are sequentially performed.

(C) Display modes of effect symbol display section MA and effect symbol storage display section MR Control of these display modes will be described with reference to FIG. As is apparent from FIG. 5, in FIG. 4, the special symbol start storage unit is used as the effect symbol start storage unit, and the special symbol storage display unit LR is used as the effect symbol storage display unit MR without performing the jackpot determination (S2). And control is performed. As a result, the special symbol start storage unit (0th to 4th area) and the effect symbol start storage unit (0th to 4th area) have the same contents.
The effect symbol storage display section MR and the special symbol storage display section LR have the same display mode. Also, the start and stop of the symbol change of the special symbol display section LA and the effect symbol display section MA are performed almost simultaneously,
It is a correspondence.

Therefore, the player is the same regardless of the special symbol display section LA and the effect symbol display section MA,
The remaining number of symbol fluctuations can be known by looking at either the special symbol storage display LR or the effect symbol storage display MR.
What is displayed on the effect symbol display section MA is, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a horse racing scene or the like corresponding to the start of the symbol change of the special symbol display section LA, and the horse number of the first goal. Correspond to the stop symbol of the special symbol display section LA. According to this display mode, the player can know the result by paying attention to the effect symbol display part MA of a large screen display from the special symbol display part LA, to determine whether or not a big hit occurs.

(3) Control in the second state (FIGS. 4 and 6) This second state is set after the end of the big hit, and the symbol change time of the ordinary symbol display 56 is 5 seconds, and the special symbol is changed. The difference is that the symbol change time of the display section LA is changed to 3 to 5 seconds (symbol change is shortened), but the control of the special symbol storage display section LR and the special symbol display section LA employs the same process as in FIG. I do. As a result, the symbol variation time of the ordinary symbol display 56 is
The probability of hitting (1/3) is the same as in the first state because the hit determination is performed promptly by shortening the time from 30 seconds to 5 seconds, but usually the probability of passing through the symbol start gates 23a and 23b is large. Is determined as to whether or not the game ball hits,
The number of occurrences per unit time increases. And
When the ordinary electric accessory 57 is opened frequently, the game ball wins the symbol starting port B and a prize ball (for example, seven).
And a special symbol start signal is generated, so that the fluctuation time of the special symbol display section LA is shortened to cope with the problem.

As described above, the second hit frequency increases.
In the state of, since a lot of prize balls are paid out, it is possible to stop the decrease in the consumption of game balls,
The control of the special symbol display section LA and the special symbol storage display section LR
The special symbol fluctuation time is shortened from 8 to 25 seconds to 3 to 5 seconds, and is performed according to the control flow shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the control of the effect symbol display section MA and the effect symbol storage display section MR in the second state is shown in FIG. It is detected whether or not the symbol starting opening A has been won (S21). When the winning has been achieved, the storage state of the effect symbol starting storage unit (0th to 4th areas) is verified (S22). That is, when all the effect symbol start storage units (0th to 4th areas) are stored, the process proceeds to step 28. On the other hand, when it is in the storable state, it is stored in the effect symbol start storage unit (0th to 4th areas) (S23), and the effect symbol memory display unit MR is set to 1
It is turned on individually (S24).

Next, it is detected whether or not the symbol start opening B has been won (S25), and if no winning has been made, the storage state of the effect symbol start storage section (0th to 4th areas) is verified (S2).
6). In this test, when there is no memory in the effect symbol start storage unit (0th to 4th areas), that is, the symbol change of the effect symbol display unit MA is not performed, and the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, if there is a memory, the process proceeds to step 28 in order to make the symbol variable. As described above, even if the game ball wins the symbol starting port B, in principle, the symbol is not stored in the effect symbol starting storage section (0th to 4th areas), and the symbol of the effect symbol display section MA is changed. Absent. However, step 25
Then, when the game ball has won the symbol starting port B, and the storage state of the effect symbol start storage unit (0th to 4th areas) is tested (S27), the effect symbol start storage unit When there is no memory, the process proceeds to step 23, where the exception symbol is stored in the effect symbol start storage unit, and an exception that allows the symbol change of the effect symbol display unit MA is provided. The processing for this exception is for avoiding the effect symbol display section MA not being displayed for a long time.

In step 28, it is determined whether or not the symbol of the effect symbol display section MA is changing. If the symbol is changing, the state is maintained and the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, when the symbol on the effect symbol display section MA is stopped, the symbol on the effect symbol display section MA starts to change (S2).
9), one of the effect symbol storage display portions MR is turned off to indicate the remaining symbol change times (S30), and the value of the effect symbol start storage portion (0th to 4th areas) is shifted (the value of the first area is changed). In the 0th area, the value of the second area is set in the first area,...).

As described above, in the second state, the display mode of the special symbol storage display section LR is added and displayed each time a game ball wins the symbol starting port A or the symbol starting port B. Correspondingly, the symbol of the special symbol display section LA is changed. On the other hand, the effect symbol storage and display unit MR, in principle,
Only when the game ball wins the symbol starting port A is added and displayed, and the effect symbol display section MA is variably displayed in accordance with the addition. As a result, the display mode (L
The number of ED lightings) is larger than the display mode (the number of LED lightings) of the effect symbol storage display part MR, and the number of times of each symbol change is also different.

This means that the number of symbol fluctuations in the effect symbol display section MA which the player pays attention to is smaller than the number of symbol fluctuations in the special symbol display section LA, and the appearance ratio of the big hit to the number of symbol fluctuations is increased. Looks like. That is, when the player pays attention to the special symbol storage display section LR,
Although the number of symbol fluctuations of the special symbol display section LA per unit time is large, it does not look as if the appearance ratio of the jackpot has changed in the first state (the same jackpot probability),
Paying attention to the effect symbol storage and display portion MR, the effect symbol display portion MA has a small number of symbol changes, so that it appears as if the appearance rate of the jackpot has increased.

In addition, even in the second state (when the symbols are shortened), the effect symbol display section MA has a small number of symbol changes per unit time. And display contents can be enhanced. In the above description, the special symbol is configured by a special symbol display section LA and a special symbol storage display section LR, and the effect symbol is configured by an effect symbol display section MA and an effect symbol storage display section MR. It is not always necessary to provide both, and the special symbol storage display LR and the effect symbol memory display MR are other display modes such as using a part of the effect symbol display MA in addition to the LED. Is also good. Although the second state is selected when the symbol fluctuation is reduced, the second state may be set at an appropriate time, after a continuous big hit, or the like in consideration of the type of the pachinko machine.

[0027]

According to the present invention, a special symbol display section (special symbol storage display section) and an effect symbol display section (effect symbol storage display section) are provided, and the number of fluctuations per unit time of the special symbol display section increases. In the state of 2, the player pays attention to the symbol change of the effect symbol display unit by reducing the number of symbol change per unit time of the effect symbol display unit compared to the number of symbol change per unit time of the special symbol display unit. Then, there is an effect that an impression can be given as if the rate of occurrence of the jackpot increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the game board.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an ordinary electric accessory.

FIG. 4 is a control flowchart of a special symbol display unit and a special symbol storage display unit in a first state and a second state.

FIG. 5 is a control flowchart of an effect symbol display unit and an effect symbol storage / display unit in a first state.

FIG. 6 is a control flowchart of an effect symbol display unit and an effect symbol storage display unit in a second state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 23a, 23b Ordinary symbol starting gate 57 Ordinary electric accessory 58 Large winning opening A Symbol opening B Symbol opening L Symbol display LA Special symbol display LR Special symbol storage display MA Directed symbol display MR Directed symbol storage display

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] October 27, 2000 (2000.10.
27)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

[Correction method] Change

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[Claims]

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0005

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0005]

The gaming machine of the present invention has a special symbol display section LA capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols and a special symbol start storage section for storing a special symbol start signal.
Then, the symbol of the special symbol display section LA starts to change based on the storage of the special symbol start storage section, and it is advantageous for the player if the preset symbol is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display section LA after a predetermined time. It is a gaming machine that creates a special gaming state. Further, an effect symbol display section MA and an effect symbol start storage section for storing an effect symbol start signal are provided, and the symbol of the effect symbol display section MA starts to change based on the storage of the effect symbol start storage section. In this gaming machine, the number of symbol changes in the special symbol display section LA and the number of symbol changes in the effect symbol display section MA are the same, and the display mode of the special symbol memory display section LR and the number of symbol changes in the effect symbol memory display section MR are different. The first state in which the display mode is the same, the number of symbol changes in the effect symbol display section MA is smaller than the number of symbol changes in the special symbol display section LA, and the display mode of the special symbol storage display section LR and the effect symbol storage display The section MR has a second state in which the display mode is different. Therefore, in the second state, the number of symbol changes in the effect symbol display section MA is smaller than the number of symbol changes in the special symbol display section LA, and the display mode of the special symbol storage display section LR and the number of symbol changes in the effect symbol storage display section MR. Since the display mode is different, when the player looks at the symbol variation of the effect symbol display section MA and the display mode of the effect symbol storage display section MR, the appearance rate of the jackpot has been changed to a higher probability than the actual. Get an impression.

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0027

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0027]

The gaming machine of the present invention has a special symbol display section (special symbol storage display section) and an effect symbol display section (effect symbol storage display section). In the second state, the effect symbol display section M is provided.
The symbol change number of A is smaller than the symbol change number of the special symbol display section LA, and the display mode of the special symbol storage display section LR and the display mode of the effect symbol storage display section MR are different. Looking at the variation of the symbol of MA and the display mode of the effect symbol storage and display section MR, an impression is felt that the appearance rate of the jackpot has been changed to a higher probability than it actually is.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A special symbol display section for variably displaying a plurality of symbols, a special symbol start storage section for storing a special symbol start signal, and a special symbol storage display section for displaying corresponding to the special symbol start storage section. Then, the symbol of the special symbol display section starts to change based on the value of the special symbol start storage section, and it is advantageous for the player if a preset symbol is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display section after a predetermined time. A gaming machine that causes a special gaming state, provided with an effect symbol display unit and an effect symbol start storage unit that stores an effect symbol start signal, and an effect symbol storage display unit that displays the effect symbol corresponding to the effect symbol start storage unit. A first state in which the design of the effect symbol display unit can be displayed based on the value of the effect symbol start storage unit, and the symbol change of the special symbol display unit and the symbol change of the effect symbol display unit are performed in a corresponding manner. Display pattern change Gaming machine and performing number in a second state to display varies less than symbol variable number of special symbol display section.