JP2001231966A - Design combination displaying game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a design combination displaying game machine capable of reducing finalization time by changing the order of designs and sustaining expectation of players and preventing players from getting tired by adding unexpectedness. SOLUTION: In the design combination displaying game machine in which a plurality of rotating drums on which designs of more than one kind are arranged sequentially rotate concentrically side by side, display a plurality of designs on the rotating drums sequentially repeatedly on the screen, when repeating displays stop and all designs displayed side by side are the same, a jackpot results, dispensing many prize walls or prize medals, and a design sequence change means to change the sequence of designs arranged on the rotating drums in a special game state is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a symbol combination display game machine such as a pachinko game machine and a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a game ball enters a winning port, a three-line combination symbol display section on a display screen provided at a predetermined position on a board rotates a torso simultaneously when a game ball enters a winning slot. Is repeated, and then sequentially stopped. If all the stopped combination symbols are the same, a large number of prize balls are paid out at the big hit.

[0003] Usually, a combination symbol is a numeral, for example, FIG.
1 and as shown in FIG. The three torso are displayed as if they were arranged side by side in the left, middle, and right. The numbers are arranged in order on each of the torso and are repeatedly displayed by rotation. It is a big hit if the three symbols arranged at the upper and lower central positions of the display screen 01 are the same.

Now, as shown in FIG. 11, the left turning body and the right turning body are stopped, the stop symbols Fl and Fr are both "7", and the middle symbol is still rotating and repeatedly displayed.
If the player stops at "7", the player reaches a big hit, and the player expects much.

[0005]

However, there is only one hit symbol Fc1 "7" in the center display row, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, when the symbol Fc1 “7” has passed, it is necessary to wait for one round to come around again.

[0006] In the normal reach state, the symbol Fc after two rounds
Since the stop is made at 1 "7" or another lost symbol, the reach time is long, during which the player stops hitting the ball, resulting in loss of the game store.

[0007] Also, the player's sense of expectation increases as the symbol Fc1 "7" approaches, but since the symbol order is fixed, there is no surprise and if the symbol Fc1 "7" passes after two rounds, a big hit will occur. Since there is no possibility, the sense of expectation is lost at once, and the player gets bored.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of such a point,
The purpose thereof is to provide a symbol combination display game machine that can shorten the reach time by changing the order of symbols, add surprisingness, maintain the player's expectation, and do not get bored.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to the first aspect of the present invention is directed to a case in which a plurality of types of symbols are arranged in sequence and a plurality of cylinders are arranged coaxially and rotated. A plurality of symbols of each torso are sequentially and repeatedly displayed on the display screen, and when the repeated display is sequentially stopped at the winning line position and all the symbols displayed side by side are the same, many prize balls or prize medals are paid out at the big hit. In the symbol combination display gaming machine, the symbol combination display gaming machine includes symbol order changing means for changing the order of the symbols arranged on each of the torso in a special gaming state.

Since the order of the symbols arranged on each torso is changed in a special game state, a specific symbol can be displayed and stopped again without waiting for one round, and the reach time can be reduced. By changing the order of the symbols, it is surprising that the player's expectation can be maintained so that the player is not bored.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to the first aspect, the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order after repeated display is stopped.

Since the symbol order is changed after the repeated display is stopped, even if the symbol order is changed to a lost symbol combination, the symbol order may be changed afterwards to become a winning symbol combination, resulting in a big hit. It keeps expectations and does not cause tiredness.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to the second aspect, when the symbol order changing means changes the order of the symbols, the spinning drum having the changed symbol order is repeatedly rotated and displayed. Is restarted.

[0014] By moving the specific symbol past the winning line position to the upstream side of the rotation from the winning line position and changing the order, when the display is restarted again, the time when the specific symbol comes to the winning line position is returned. Faster, shorter reach time, and the player's expectations are maintained.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to the third aspect, the symbol sequence changing means stops the repeated display and then moves the symbol downstream of the winning line position in the rotating direction upstream. It is characterized in that the symbol order is changed by exchanging with the symbol on the side.

[0016] Even if the symbols that have passed the winning line and reached the downstream side are exchanged for the symbols on the upstream side, the possibility of reaching the winning line due to the resumption of repeated display comes out, and the sense of expectation increases and the image is rich in change. Don't get bored.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the symbol order changing means changes the order of the symbols in the display screen. It is characterized by doing.

By changing the order of the symbols on the display screen, it is possible to easily know that the order of the symbols has been changed, to maintain the expectation, and to make the player feel the change of the image fresh.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order of the specific symbol once. The symbol order is repeatedly changed so that the specific symbol is always displayed on the display screen.

By moving the specific symbol that has passed the pay line position to the upstream side of the rotation from the pay line position in the display screen and changing the order, the specific symbol is always displayed on the display screen. , The expectation of the player will continue more and more.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to the fifth or sixth aspect, a bodily body other than one bobbin repeatedly stops displaying and moves to a winning line position on the display screen. When the same symbol is displayed, the same image is the specific symbol, and the symbol sequence changing means changes the symbol sequence for the repeatedly displayed torso.

When a body other than one body repeatedly stops displaying and displays the same symbol at the winning line position on the display screen, that is, when it is in a reach state, the hit symbol is a specific symbol, and By changing the symbol order for one rotating torso that is still rotating, the expectation of the jackpot is greatly increased and the expectation can be maintained, so that the player is not bored. In addition, the reach time can be reduced.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to the first aspect, the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order when the possibility of a big hit is high. I do.

Since the symbol order is changed when the possibility of a big hit is high, the expectation of the big hit is greatly increased and the expectation can be maintained, so that the player is not bored.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display game machine according to the first aspect, a character is displayed when the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order.

Since the character is displayed when the symbol order is changed, it is possible to easily confirm that the symbol order is changed, and the image is changed and intriguing, so that the player is not bored.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the symbol combination display gaming machine according to the first or ninth aspect, when the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order, the sound generation means provided in the gaming machine is used. At least one of sound emission and light emission by the light emitting means is executed.

When changing the symbol order, there is at least one of sound generation and light emission. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm that the symbol order has been changed, and it is possible to excite a sense of expectation of a big hit.

[0029]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows an overall front view of the present symbol combination display pachinko gaming machine 1. The opening and closing door 3 provided on the front surface of the rectangular outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable,
A glass door 5 framed by a metal frame 4 is stretched substantially in the upper half, a hit ball supply tray 6 is arranged horizontally below the glass door 5, and a surplus ball tray 7 is horizontally arranged below the glass supply tray 6. Have been.

When the ball discharge port 6a on the rear wall of the hit ball supply tray 6 is filled with the discharged balls (game balls, pachinko balls, game medals) 8, surplus balls are guided to the surplus ball discharge port 7a. The surplus ball tray 7 is paid out.
An operation handle 9 is provided on the right side of the surplus ball receiving tray 7.

An outer rail 12 is provided on a substantially square game board 11 extended behind the glass door 5 in a substantially circular shape. The outer rail 12 draws an arc upward from the lower side of the game board 11 along the left side and the upper side, and is then laid downward in an arc shape along the right side, and along the lower side, a further continuous inner rail.
13 is laid upward in parallel with the inside of the outer rail 12 along the left side.

The ball 8 fired by the hitting ball firing mechanism is guided by the outer rail 12 between the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 13 and rolls clockwise in an upwardly arcuate trajectory to play a game. The game area 11a in the outer rail 12 on the board 11 falls. Large rectangular liquid crystal display in the center of the game area 11a
20 are arranged, and a number of nails 14 are hit on the game board 11 outside thereof, and a windmill 15 is arranged.

The liquid crystal display 20 includes a TFT
A display device including an active matrix type LCD or CRT based on a (Thin Film Transistor) method, a display device using a fluorescent display tube or an LED may be used. Furthermore, instead of an active matrix type LCD, DST
It may be an N (Double Super Twisted Nematic) type LCD. PDP (Plasma Display Panel), EL
(Electro Luminescence) or the like.

The game board 11 is provided with a plurality of normal winning ports 16 at the processing place, and has a starting winning port 1 in the center of the lower half.
7, a big winning opening 18 is provided below it. Grand Prize Winner 1
8 is opened and closed by the swing of the opening and closing door driven by the special winning opening solenoid 39. In addition to the normal winning opening 16, the starting winning opening 17 and the large winning opening 18 are provided with switches 36 for detecting a ball.

When the ball 8 enters the winning opening, the payout of the prize ball is in the hitting supply tray 6 from the ball payout opening 6a, and the non-winning ball 8 is the out ball entrance provided at the lower center of the game area 11a. Entered 25 and confiscated.

The big hit control and the image display control by the liquid crystal display 20 will be described below. FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of the control system. Game control C for big hit control
The PU 30 processes data using the RAM 32 as needed in accordance with the control program written in the ROM 31, and outputs a control signal.

The game control CPU 30 is connected to the ROM 31 and the RAM 32 via a bus line 33 for exchanging data, and is connected to a buffer gate 34, an output port 37, a sound generator 41 and the like via the bus line 33. Then, data and signals are exchanged with the game control CPU 30.

The buffer gate 34 is supplied with a detection signal from a switch for detecting a ball at the starting winning opening 17 and other winning openings and other switches 36 via a low-pass filter 35. The data is input from the buffer gate 34 to the game control CPU 30 via the bus line 33.

The output port 37 outputs a control signal from the game control CPU 30 to the driver 38. Based on the control signal, the driver 38 controls the special winning opening solenoid 39, the lamp and the L
It drives various lamps 40 such as ED. The sound generator 41 generates a sound effect according to an instruction from the game control CPU 30, and the sound generation signal is amplified by the amplifier 42 and
Drives 43 to generate sound effects.

A display CPU 45 for inputting data and signals directly from the game control CPU 30 to perform image control is provided. The display CPU 45 stores a control program and a ROM 46 for storing display data and the like, and stores data as needed. A display driver via a bus line 48.
A display control signal is output to 49, and a display driver 49 drives the liquid crystal display 20 to display an image based on the display control signal.

The liquid crystal display 20 displays each of the left, middle, and right symbols independently on a horizontally long rectangular liquid crystal screen. The symbols are arranged as if the rotating body with the symbols arranged on the outer peripheral surface is rotating. Is displayed repeatedly.

In the present embodiment, ten numbers 0 to 9 are arranged in order in the display column corresponding to each torso, and three columns are displayed when the display column is repeatedly stopped. The case where two stop symbols are the same is regarded as a big hit.

The control operation of image control based on the big hit control in the above control system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the image examples of the liquid crystal display 20 of FIGS.

The three reels are repeatedly displayed simultaneously (rotation display) and stopped sequentially with a time lag. However, the three reels may be stopped from any of the left, middle, and right reels. In this order.

First, it is determined in step 1 whether or not a ball has entered the start winning opening, that is, whether or not the start winning opening switch has been turned on. In step 2, the three rotating drums are simultaneously rotated and displayed.

Next, in step 3, a lottery of a big hit is performed. This lottery is a lottery that determines either a big hit or a loss, and the lottery is performed by obtaining a random number so as to be a big hit with a certain probability.

Then, in the next step 4, it is determined whether or not the result of the lottery is a big hit. If it is a big hit, the flow proceeds to step 5, and if it is a loss, the flow jumps to step 14. When the process proceeds to step 5 with the big hit, a symbol combination of the big hit is selected. A symbol in the big hit where all the symbols in the three displayed columns are the same is selected, and a symbol combination of the big hit is selected, for example, 3-3-3, 7-7-7.

When the big hit symbol combination is selected, the process proceeds to step 6, the left symbol is stopped, and the right symbol is stopped in the next step 7, and the left and right stopped symbols Fl, Fr as shown in FIG.
(The symbol stopped on the winning line) is the same symbol (the number “7” in FIG. 4), and the middle symbol is not stopped yet and is in the reach state in which it is rotated and repeatedly displayed.

When the middle symbol has been advanced by one frame in step 8, it is determined in step 9 whether or not the middle symbol has been stopped. Until the middle symbol is stopped, the process returns to step 8 and the middle symbol is rotated. Proceeding to step 10, it is determined from the symbol combination actually displayed on the display screen whether or not the combination of the symbols stopped side by side on the winning line is a big hit, that is, all the same symbols. Big hits such as payout of big hit prize balls.

If it is not a big hit, that is, if the stopped middle symbol is different from the left and right symbols, the process proceeds to step 11, and it is determined whether or not the middle symbol is temporarily stopped. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, if it is not a temporary stop when stopping at 7-8-7, the process jumps to step 20 to perform a losing process. If it is a temporary stop, the process proceeds to step 12 to enter a character action process.

As shown in FIG. 5, the symbol Fc1 "7" which is a hit symbol in the middle symbol passes the winning line,
When the image is temporarily stopped at "8", the image is zoomed out and the character C appears and moves as shown in FIG. 6, and the symbol Fc1 "7", which has already passed the winning line downstream in step 13, is displayed as follows. A process of replacing the symbol Fc2 “9” on the upstream side is performed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the hit symbol F
c1 "7" is located on the upstream side of the winning line, and the process returns to step 8 to restart the rotation of the middle symbol by one frame. If not stopped (step 9), the symbol "7" per corner is won. Despite the position on the line, the process returns to step 8 and advances one frame, and a lost symbol combination is formed as shown in FIG.

However, when the game is stopped in the losing symbol state of 7-0-7 shown in FIG. 8 (step 9), since it is not a big hit in step 10, the process proceeds to step 11, and if the stop of the middle symbol is a temporary stop (step 11). ), The character C appears again (step 12), and as shown in FIG. 9, the character C moves, and Fc1 "7" has already passed the winning line downstream.
Is replaced with Fc3 “1” on the upstream side (step 13),
As shown in FIG. 10, the hit symbol Fc1 "7" moves to the upstream side again and the order is changed, and in step 8, the middle symbol moves one frame to move "7" to the winning line.

If the symbol stop at step 9 is not a temporary stop while the symbol order is changed several times by replacing the symbols by repeating steps 8 to 13 as described above, a big hit may occur. For example, the process goes from step 10 to step 21 to perform the big hit processing.

After the left and right symbols Fl and Fr stop at the same symbol and reach, the hit symbol Fc1 "7" stops at the middle symbol after passing the winning line and the player is disappointed. , The character C appears, and the hit symbol Fc1 “7” is replaced on the upstream side of the pay line to make the player think unexpectedly, and then is moved to the pay line, so that the expectation of the big hit is increased again.

The change of the symbol order by the exchange of the hit symbols is repeated, and the hit symbol Fc1 is always displayed on the display screen to leave the possibility of the big hit, so that the player's expectation of the big hit is maintained, It doesn't get tired of playing. Since the change of the symbol order is performed by the appearance of the character and the exchange of symbols in the display screen, the images are varied and the player feels fresh, and the player is not tired of this point.

Also, one symbol per passing the winning line
It is possible to display again without waiting for the tour and stop at the winning line, thereby shortening the reach time and suppressing loss at the game store.

If it is determined in step 4 that the player has lost the game, and the program jumps to step 14, a symbol combination of the loss is selected. The combination of lost symbols includes, for example, a case in which all the symbols are different as in 3-4-8, and a case in which two symbols are the same as in 3-3-8 and 3-5-3.

In the next step 15, it is determined whether or not the left and right symbols are the same among the selected symbols. If they are the same, the process proceeds to step 16, where it is determined whether or not the symbols are to be exchanged as a change in the symbol order. If it is determined that the symbols are to be exchanged, the process jumps to step S6.

In other words, if the left and right symbols are the same even in the loss, the symbols are exchanged with a certain probability.
Therefore, when a symbol exchange is performed, a jackpot is not always obtained, but it is indicated that the possibility of a jackpot is high, and the player is likely to have a jackpot due to a clear change in the image of the symbol exchange. It's easy to know, and it's kind to the player.

If it is determined in step 16 that the symbols are not to be exchanged, or if it is determined in step 15 that the left and right symbols are not the same, the process proceeds to step 17, the left symbol is stopped, and the right symbol is changed in step 18. Stop, stop the middle symbol in step 19, and jump to step 10.

When step 10 is entered from step 19, the game is stopped in a lost symbol combination, and the process proceeds to step 11, in which the middle symbol is not temporarily stopped, so that the process jumps to step 20 to perform a loss process.

When the characters appear in step 12 and step 13 and the symbols are exchanged, the lamps provided in the gaming machine are specially lit or flashed, or special sound effects are generated by the speakers. You can also enjoy the exciting play by increasing the expectation of the big hit.

In the above-described embodiment, the symbol order is changed so that the specific symbol on the downstream side of the winning line is replaced with the symbol on the upstream side. However, the specific symbol on the downstream side is replaced with an appropriate symbol on the upstream side. The symbol order may be changed so as to be inserted between the symbols.

Although the above embodiment has been applied to a pachinko gaming machine, the present invention is applicable to all gaming machines that display symbol combinations such as slot machines.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a symbol combination display pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a control system of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure by the control system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an image on a liquid crystal display.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in a next state.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in a next state.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in a next state.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in the next state.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in a next state.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in a next state.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an image on a conventional display screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in a conventional next state.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko gaming machine, 2 ... Outer frame, 3 ... Opening / closing door, 4 ... Gold frame, 5 ... Glass door, 6 ... Hitting ball supply tray, 7 ... Surplus ball tray,
8 ... ball, 9 ... operation handle, 11 ... game board, 12 ... outer rail, 13 ... inner rail, 14 ... nail, 15 ... windmill, 16 ... normal winning opening, 17 ... starting winning opening, 18 ... big winning opening, 20 ... liquid crystal display, 25 ... out ball entrance, 30 ... game control CPU, 31 ...
ROM, 32 RAM, 33 bus line, 34 buffer gate, 35 low-pass filter, 36 switches, 37 output port, 38 driver, 39 big win opening solenoid,
40 lamps, 41 sound generator, 42 amplifier, 43 speaker, 45 CPU for display, 46 ROM, 47
... RAM, 48 ... Bus line, 49 ... Display driver, C ...
charactor.

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of patterns in which a plurality of types of symbols are arranged in order are rotated in a coaxial manner and a plurality of symbols of each number of symbols are sequentially and repeatedly displayed on a display screen. In a symbol combination display game machine in which a large number of prize balls or prize medals are paid out at a big hit if all the symbols displayed side by side are the same, the order of the symbols arranged on each of the aforementioned torso in a special gaming state is changed. A symbol combination display game machine characterized by a symbol sequence changing means. 2. The symbol combination display game machine according to claim 1, wherein said symbol sequence changing means changes the symbol sequence after the repeated display is stopped. 3. The symbol combination display game machine according to claim 2, wherein when the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order, the display unit is rotated and rotated repeatedly to restart the display. . 4. The symbol order changing means changes the symbol order by changing the symbol on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the winning line position with the symbol on the upstream side after stopping the repeated display. The symbol combination display game machine according to claim 3. 5. The symbol combination display game machine according to claim 1, wherein said symbol order changing means changes the order of symbols in said display screen. 6. The symbol order changing means, wherein once the symbol order of the specific symbol is changed, the symbol order is repeatedly changed so that the specific symbol is always displayed on the display screen. Item 5. A symbol combination display game machine according to any one of items 5 to 5. 7. The specific symbol is the specific symbol when a symbol other than one is repeatedly stopped and the same image is displayed at a winning line position on the display screen. The symbol combination display game machine according to claim 5, wherein a symbol order is changed for the repeatedly displayed torso. 8. The symbol combination display game machine according to claim 1, wherein the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order when the possibility of a big hit is high. 9. The symbol combination display game machine according to claim 1, wherein a character is displayed when the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the symbol order changing means changes the symbol order, at least one of sound emission by sound emitting means and light emission by light emitting means provided in the gaming machine is executed. A symbol combination display game machine according to claim 9.