JP2001137466A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform display more realistic than the display by flat images. SOLUTION: A stereoscopic display part is provided on the front part of a pattern display part, the display of the pattern display part is related to the stereoscopic display part and the display is integrally performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a game machine provided with a display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of a gaming machine, a pachinko machine equipped with a display device is known, and a display device, a symbol starting port, a prize winning device having a large winning port, and the like are installed on a game area. A plurality of symbols can be displayed on the symbol display section of the display device. When a game ball as a game medium wins in the symbol starting port, the symbol displayed on the symbol display section fluctuates and is stopped and displayed after a predetermined time. If the symbol stopped and displayed is a predetermined symbol, it becomes a jackpot and a big win. Mouth open,
A large number of game balls can be obtained. If the displayed symbol is likely to be a big hit, the player performs a reach to increase the expectation of the big hit for the player, and displays a character etc. in the symbol display other than the symbol related to the big hit, It expressed whether or not a big hit would occur due to movement or the like.

[0003]

In the conventional display device, the image is expressed by an image, and the image is a three-dimensional image formed by a plane image or a lenticular lens.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine for performing display which overcomes the above-mentioned problems.

[0005]

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, a three-dimensional display is provided in addition to a conventional symbol display capable of displaying symbols and the like, and the display by the symbol display is associated with the three-dimensional display. By doing so, a display with reality can be performed.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the display mode of the three-dimensional display unit can be changed, so that a more varied and complicated display can be performed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1 according to a first embodiment. An upper plate 2 for storing game balls to be supplied to a launching device (not shown) is provided in front of the pachinko machine 1. A lower plate 3 for storing surplus balls overflowing from the plate, a handle 4 for adjusting the firing intensity of the game balls by the firing device, and an opening for visually recognizing a game area 7 of a game board 6 installed inside the pachinko machine. The opening is provided with a glass frame 5 and the like on which a transparent glass plate is mounted.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a game area 7 of the game board 6, wherein the game area 7 is surrounded by an arc-shaped guide rail 8, and includes a display device 30, a symbol starting port 9, and an ordinary electric accessory 1.
0, a large winning opening 11 and a winning device 13 having a normal symbol display device 12, a normal symbol starting gate 14, a windmill 15, a lamp windmill 16, a winning opening 17, a side lamp 18 and the like, and a large number of games. Nail 19 is planted,
Out holes 2 at the bottom of the game area 7 along the guide rail 8
0 is provided.

When the shooting ball is driven into the game area 7 by the firing device by turning the handle 4 to increase the shooting intensity, the game ball collides with the game nail 19, the windmill 15, the ramp windmill 16 and the like, and flows downward. Flow down while changing. Then, the game balls that did not win any of the winning ports are discharged out of the pachinko machine through the out holes 20.

When a game ball wins one of the winning openings (symbol starting opening 9, ordinary electric accessory 10, large winning opening 11, natural winning opening 41 and other winning openings 17), the winning ball is set for each winning opening. The game balls having the number of prize balls are paid out to the upper plate 2 or the lower plate 3 from a payout device (not shown) installed on the back side of the gaming machine.

Normally, the symbol display device 12 is a 7-segment LE.
D, which consists of one digit “7” and “−”
When a game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 14, a game machine control device (not shown) makes a hit determination and the symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 12 becomes indistinguishable. A fluctuation display is performed, and a stop display is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed. When a game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 14 while the variable symbol display device 12 is in the variable display mode, up to four passing game balls and their hit determination results can be stored.
The number is usually indicated by the number of lighting of the symbol holding lamp 12a. Then, when the symbol stopped and displayed is "-", it is out of range, and if there is a stored value, the next variable display is started. When the symbol stopped and displayed is "7", it is a hit and the ordinary electric accessory 10
The claw 10a is opened in the left-right direction for a predetermined time as shown by the dotted line in FIG.

The display device 30 comprises a decorative member 31 and a display unit 32. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the decorative member 31 and the display unit 32, FIG. 4 is a front view, and FIG. The member 31 is configured by assembling the front member 40, the middle member 50, and the rear member 60, respectively, and the front member 40 is configured to protrude forward from the game board 6; Passage entrance 4
2. A holding lamp 43 and the like are provided. The middle member 50 is a mounting portion 51 for mounting the decorative member 31 to the game board 6,
A guide path 52, a warp path 53, a stage 54, and the like are provided to guide the game balls that have won the winning prize port 41 backward. The rear member 60 wins the prize-winning entrance 41 and the guide passage 52
There is provided a guide portion 61 for guiding the game ball guided by the player to a winning ball passage (not shown), and an opening portion 62 is provided so that the symbol display portion 70 of the display unit 32 can be visually recognized. 62 is covered with a transparent protective plate 63. In front of the protection plate 63, two three-dimensional display units 64 having inclined surfaces whose tops are lowered from the inside to the outside are integrally formed at intervals of about one game ball.

A game ball that has entered the decorative member 31 through the warp passage entrance 42 is guided to the stage 54 through one of the left and right warp passages 53. The stage 54 allows a game ball to move in the left-right direction, and a discharge unit 55 to the game area 7 is provided at the center. Discharge unit 5
Since 5 is located above the symbol starting port 9 and the ordinary electric accessory 10, the game balls discharged from the stage 54 can easily enter the symbol starting port 9 or the ordinary electric accessory 10.

The display unit 32 is composed of a liquid crystal panel 33 and a display control board (not shown). A symbol display section 70 of the liquid crystal panel 33 can display a plurality of symbols, backgrounds, and the like. A ROM that stores image data such as images and backgrounds, a CPU that controls symbol display, and the like are mounted.

The symbol display section 70 has a plurality of symbol display areas (L1, L2, L3) as shown in FIG. 5A, and the symbols (for example, "1") stored in each symbol display area in a predetermined order. To “15”) can be displayed one by one.

When a game ball wins in the symbol starting port 9 or the ordinary electric accessory 10, a jackpot determination, a reach determination, a stop symbol determination, and the like are performed by the game control device, and the symbols displayed in each symbol display area become indistinguishable. Start variable display. When a game ball newly wins in the symbol starting port 9 or the ordinary electric accessory 10 during the symbol change display, up to four winnings are stored together with the result of the jackpot determination and the information of the determined stop symbol. Is notified by lighting of the hold display lamp 43. In addition, despite the fact that it is determined that the jackpot has been shifted, a combination of jackpot symbols as stop symbols (for example, three identical numbers such as 1-1-1).
When the same combination of symbols as described above is determined, one of the stopped symbols is changed so that the big hit symbol is controlled so as not to be displayed as the stopped symbol. And
After a lapse of a predetermined time after the start of the variable display, the stop symbols determined at the time of winning the symbol starting port 9 or the ordinary electric accessory 10 in the order of L1 and L2 are stopped and displayed.

It is determined by the jackpot determination that it is out of place,
When the reach is not determined by the reach determination, different symbols are stopped and displayed on L1 and L2, and there is no possibility that any symbol is stopped and displayed on L3, so the symbol is stopped and displayed on L3. .

When the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot or the reach is determined by the reach determination, the same symbol is stopped and displayed on L1 and L2, and there is a possibility that a combination of the jackpot symbols is formed. Reach for expectations.

When the reach is reached, the symbol display area is reduced and moves to the upper right portion of the display section, and an image 71 of a game nail is displayed, and an image 72 of a game ball is displayed from the upper portion of the display section (FIG. 5 (b)). )). The image 72 of the game ball flows down in the symbol display unit 70 while showing a state of collision with the image 71 of the game nail (FIG. 5C). If it is determined by the jackpot determination that the game ball is out of position, an image in which the game ball flows down to any outside of the three-dimensional display portion 64 is displayed, and L1 and L1 are displayed on L3.
A symbol different from 2 is stopped and displayed (FIG. 5D).

If the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot, an image of the game ball flowing down is displayed between the three-dimensional display portions 64, and the same symbols as L1 and L2 are stopped and displayed on L3 (FIG. 5 ( e)).

When a big hit occurs, the door 11a closing the big winning opening 11 of the winning device 13 is tilted forward to open the big winning opening 11, and a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls are won. The open state is maintained until a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses. When the winning game ball passes through a specific area (not shown) in the special winning opening 11, the operation of opening the special winning opening 11 again is repeated a set number of times (for example, 16 times).

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the three-dimensional display unit is represented as a winning opening with respect to the game ball image and the game nail image displayed on the symbol display unit. And the three-dimensional display unit can be integrally displayed.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a decorative member 80 of a display device of a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment, and shows a display device of the pachinko machine of the first embodiment. Parts having the same shape as the decorative member 31 will be described with the same reference numerals. The three-dimensional display unit 81 is not formed integrally with the protection plate 64, but is installed on an upper stage 83 to be described later so that the display direction can be changed by a drive source (not shown). Further, a warp passage (rear warp passage 82) and a stage (upper stage 83) are formed in the rear member 60, and a game ball that has entered the decoration member from the warp passage entrance 42 is a middle member 50.
The game balls flowing down from the rear warp passage 82 as well as from the warp passage 53 formed on the upper stage 83 are guided to the upper stage 83. Upper stage 83
The game ball guided to the stage collides with the three-dimensional display body 81, falls from the falling portions 84 provided on the left and right to the stage 54, and is discharged onto the game area 8 from the discharge portion 55 of the stage 54.

When the reach is reached in the second embodiment, the symbol display area is reduced and moves to the upper right as in the case of the reach of the first embodiment, and images (71, 72) of a game ball and a game nail are displayed. Is displayed.

By changing the display direction, the three-dimensional display unit 81 can display the interval between the vertices in three stages. That is, depending on the mode, it is expected whether or not the image of the game ball passes between the three-dimensional display units. The degree can be notified to the player. FIG. 7A shows a state in which the interval between the vertices of the three-dimensional display unit 81 is narrow, and the image 72 of the game ball is displayed on the three-dimensional display unit 81.
It is unlikely that you will pass between. In FIG. 7B, the interval between the apexes of the three-dimensional display unit 81 is slightly wider, and the possibility that the image 72 of the game ball passes between the three-dimensional display units 81 is higher than in the mode shown in FIG. 7A. FIG. 7C shows an image 72 of a game ball between the three-dimensional display units 81 in which the interval between the vertices of the three-dimensional display unit 81 is wide.
Is most likely to pass.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the image displayed on the symbol display unit and the mode of the three-dimensional display unit can be integrally displayed.
Furthermore, the player can also recognize the degree of expectation of the jackpot depending on the mode of the three-dimensional display unit.

The image display at the time of the reach is performed, for example, by referring to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8A, images of two game balls are made to appear, or as shown in FIG. 8B, images of game nails are arranged so that the images of game balls are easily guided between the three-dimensional display units. Or by making changes.

Further, the image display is stereoscopically displayed by using, for example, a lenticular lens as a protective member, so that the integration with the stereoscopic display unit can be further improved.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described with a mode in which an image of a game ball is displayed at the time of a reach and a three-dimensional display body is regarded as a winning opening, any form of display such as displaying a character may be used. Alternatively, the display may be a combination of a big hit or a hit pattern and a three-dimensional display unit. Other than at the time of the reach, for example, it may be used for a display for determining whether or not a special game state such as a high probability state in which the probability of a big hit becomes high occurs. Further, the symbol display unit and the three-dimensional display unit are not limited to the embodiments, and may be, for example, a dot matrix type display device as the symbol display unit. Furthermore, the present invention can be effectively used for pachinko machines other than those described in the embodiments and gaming machines other than pachinko machines.

[0031]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the display with the unprecedented reality can be performed by performing the display by the symbol display unit in association with the three-dimensional display unit. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the display mode of the stereoscopic display unit can be changed, so that a more varied and complicated display can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a game area.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a decorative member of the display device in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a display device in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a display unit in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a decorative member of a display device in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a display unit in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a display unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 30 Display device 64 Stereoscopic display unit 70 Symbol display unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game machine having a display device capable of displaying a game in a game area in which a game medium can flow down, wherein the display device includes a symbol display unit, and a symbol display unit. A gaming machine characterized by providing a three-dimensional display portion in front of the game device and performing display by the symbol display portion in association with the three-dimensional display portion. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the display mode of the three-dimensional display unit can be changed by a driving source.