JP2001327701A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a further improvement in entertaining performance of a pachinko game machine by enhancing expectation for the generation of jackpot. SOLUTION: The pachinko game machine is designed to grant a player with special favors of raising the jackpot probability, facilitating the holding of starting conditions by extending the opening duration of a starting port until the variable display of patterns is accomplished specified times after the end of a jackpot processing when specified conditions are met. A pre-winning display and a super pre-winning display are added to a variable display mode of the patterns when the special favor is left very limited.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a plurality of symbols such as numerals and symbols in a plurality of columns on a symbol variation display such as a color liquid crystal display provided on a game board.
The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine which is configured to perform a jackpot process for continuously opening a variable winning device when the flow of the symbols is stopped and the symbols are aligned to the same symbol, so that the hit ball is very easy to win. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a first-class pachinko game machine called a "fever machine" is provided with a pattern variation display such as a color liquid crystal display and a CRT on a game board, and is hit by a player. When the hit ball enters the tulip-type starting port, a plurality of rows (usually three rows) are displayed on the symbol variation display so that the numbers 1 to 8 and symbols such as ☆ ◆ ◎ or symbols or characters, etc., flow vertically or horizontally. ), The display is stopped in order after a few seconds, and the stopped symbol has a predetermined probability (approximately 1/251) with chance, for example, “22”.
2), "777", "☆☆☆", etc., when the same pattern is displayed in each row, a jackpot is won, and the opening and closing door of the variable winning device (large winning opening) is opened by the operation of the solenoid. The so-called first round ends when a predetermined number (usually 10) of hit balls hits the variable winning device in the opened state or when a predetermined time limit (usually 30 seconds) elapses in the opened state. The variable winning device is closed once, but if a hit ball has been hit into a continuous winning opening (referred to as a V zone) provided in the variable winning device during the first round, the variable winning device is closed. Immediately after the start of the second round, the variable winning device is opened again, and a predetermined number (usually 10) of hit balls are hit into the opened variable winning device, or a predetermined time limit (normally). 30 seconds), the second When the round is over, the variable prize device is closed again. However, if a ball is hit in the continuous prize hole during the second round, the third round starts and the variable prize device is opened again immediately. In this way, the variable winning device is continuously opened until the final round (for example, the 16th round), provided that a hit ball has been won in the continuous winning opening during each round. During such a jackpot process, the variable winning device is opened. In such a situation, it is possible to obtain a large number of prize balls and to bring many benefits to the player since the situation where the ball is extremely easy to hit is continued.

[0003] In this kind of pachinko gaming machine, Japanese Patent No. 2744964 and Japanese Patent No. 276703 of the present applicant have been disclosed.
As shown in No. 1, etc., after the jackpot operation is completed, a lottery is performed, and if the result is Atari, the probability of occurrence of a jackpot is increased, or the opening time of the tulip-type starting port is increased. Is extended to make it easier to satisfy the starting condition, and a situation that is advantageous to the player continues for a certain period of time after the jackpot process is completed. Patent No. 3004594 further discloses that
In this way, the problem caused by increasing the jackpot occurrence probability is eliminated.

[0004]

By the way, in these conventional pachinko gaming machines, the above-mentioned benefits are provided and the jackpot occurrence probability is set to a high probability, and the starting condition is easily satisfied. That is, the player is notified by the lamp or the sound effect. However, such a notification alone does not sufficiently increase the player's expectation of the jackpot. Therefore, the present invention
It is intended to raise the player's expectation of the occurrence of the jackpot during the above-described privilege grant period, and to enhance the entertainment of the pachinko game.

[0005]

For this purpose, the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention displays symbols, such as numbers and symbols, in a plurality of columns on a symbol variation display when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied. When the game is stopped at the same symbol with a predetermined probability, a jackpot process for continuously opening the variable winning device is performed, and if a predetermined condition is satisfied, the symbol variation display is performed a predetermined number of times after the jackpot process is completed. In a pachinko gaming machine in which a bonus in which the jackpot occurrence probability becomes high until the bonus is given, the symbol variation display mode when the jackpot occurrence probability is set to high probability is inevitably limited to the remaining predetermined number of times. It is characterized in that the symbol is stopped after the reach display is made. Also, in the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied, symbols such as numbers and symbols are displayed in a plurality of columns in a symbol variation display, and each column is stopped at the same symbol with a predetermined probability. In this case, a jackpot process for continuously opening the variable winning device is performed, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the starting condition is more likely to be satisfied until the symbol change display is performed a predetermined number of times after the jackpot process is completed. In the pachinko gaming machine in which the privilege is provided, the variation display mode of the symbol when the starting condition is set so as to be easily satisfied is inevitably displayed only for the remaining predetermined number of times. The feature is that the symbol is stopped. Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine, when the remaining number of times of giving the privilege is further reduced, the variable display mode is accompanied by super reach display.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
Shows the front of the gaming board 1 in this pachinko gaming machine,
In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a symbol variation display comprising a color liquid crystal display provided on the game board 1, reference numeral 3 denotes a normal winning opening, and reference numeral 5 denotes a starting opening. Reference numeral 7 denotes a variable winning device comprising a large rectangular winning port provided below the starting port 5. The variable winning device 7 is provided with an opening / closing door 8 which is opened and closed by the operation of a solenoid. In the variable winning device 7, there is a continuous winning opening 9
Is provided. Reference numeral 10 denotes four display lamps provided for storing the number of hit balls in the starting opening 5 and suspending the start when a hit ball is won in the starting port 5 while the symbol change display 2 displays the change.

On the other hand, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of a game control board 20 relating to the present invention of the pachinko game machine, 21 is a start switch for detecting a hit ball winning the starting port 5, and 22 is a start switch. A count switch 23 for counting winning balls to the variable winning device 7, a specific area switch 23 for detecting winning balls to the continuous winning opening 9, and the game control board 20 further includes the symbol change display 2 , The solenoid 24 of the variable winning device 7, the display lamp 10 and the like are connected via input / output devices. The game control board 20 includes a jackpot generating unit, a variable symbol selecting unit, a jackpot processing unit, and a privilege giving unit.

Next, the operation of this pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step a, the privilege setting number N is initialized, and N = 0 is set. Then, in step b, the starting port 5 by the starting switch 21
If the starting condition is satisfied by the detection of the hit ball hitting the ball, N> 0? Is determined, and when the process proceeds to step d, the symbols 1 to 8 and symbols such as ☆ ◆ ◎ or symbols such as characters or characters, etc., are displayed in the symbol variation display 2 in a three-column manner so as to flow from top to bottom, and are displayed. Stops several seconds later in the order of the left, right, and middle rows. (Step k). The stop symbol has a normal probability (1/251) and coincidence with a random pattern, for example, "222", "777", "☆☆☆". If a jackpot occurs, a predetermined jackpot process is performed in step m and the variable winning device 7
The opening and closing door is continuously opened by the operation of the solenoid 24.
By repeatedly opening the variable winning device 7 up to six rounds, a large number of hit balls can be won during this jackpot processing.

When the jackpot process is completed, it is determined in step n whether or not to give a privilege. For this, if the stop symbol that caused the jackpot is, for example, an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), the privilege is given, and if not, the privilege is not given. Or, at step n, a moving image such as a roulette is displayed on the symbol variation display 2 and the drum marked with × is rotated and stopped to obtain ○ (atari), × (loss) May be determined by lottery, and the result may be used to determine whether or not to grant a privilege.

If the privilege has not been granted, 0 is substituted for the privilege setting number N in step p, and if the privilege has been granted, 50 is substituted for the privilege setting number N in step o, and step b Return to For this reason, when the privilege is granted, the process proceeds from step c to step e, and after N-1 is performed, N <10? Is determined and the process proceeds to step g, a normal variation display is made on the symbol variation display 2 so that the symbol flows from top to bottom in three columns, and the variation of the display is made several seconds later in the left column, the right column, and the middle column. , And the stopped symbol becomes the same symbol with a high probability (1/60), so that a big hit easily occurs. The determination is made in step l, and if no big hit occurs, steps b, c, e, f and g are repeated.

In this way, the symbol change with the jackpot occurrence probability set to the high probability is repeated about 40 times, and eventually N <1
When it becomes 0, the process proceeds from step h to step i, and the reach display is selected as the symbol variation display mode of the symbol variation indicator 2. Here, the reach display will be described in the case where the symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the symbol variation display 2 in three columns.
As shown in FIG. 4 (a), two of the three rows are stopped at the same symbol ("7" in the figure) and the remaining one row is shown in (b) via a display mode in which it is still fluctuating. In this manner, the third row may stop at the same symbol, or may be irregular as shown in (c). In other words, a state is displayed in which two or more rows are already stopped at the same symbol and the last one row of symbols is still undecided, and in such a situation, the player is given a sense of expectation for the jackpot. . Such a variable display accompanied by the reach display is repeated about seven times when N <10 and no big hit occurs. For this reason, as the high-probability state approaches the end, a very regrettable state accompanied by the reach display continues from the player's point of view.

When N <3 is satisfied in step h, the process proceeds to step j, and the variable display mode involves super reach display. Here, the super reach display means that a sign such as a character appearing in the reach display as described above or a background color changing from usual is additionally displayed on the symbol change display, and the sign is displayed by the player. Is recognized as a precursor to the occurrence of a big hit, and the last row is stopped at the same symbol with a higher probability to generate a big hit. In addition, after the reach is displayed and the symbols in the last column are not aligned and stopped, some signs such as characters are additionally displayed on the symbol variation indicator, and the symbols that were irregular in the work are forcibly aligned and the jackpot. Is also called super reach display. It should be noted that even if such a super-reach display is provided, the display may end up being irregular. Thus, the super reach display is
Some unusual signs are displayed on the symbol fluctuation display, which means that the expectation for the jackpot is further enhanced. Such reach display and super reach display are inevitably performed at the time of symbol change display as the high probability state approaches the end. Then, after the symbol variation display with high probability is performed about 50 times, if no big hit occurs, N = 0, and the privilege is lost and the normal probability is returned.

In the above-described embodiment, the bonus to be given has been described in which the probability of occurrence of the jackpot is higher than the normal probability. Next, the starting condition as the privilege described in claim 2 and claim 3 is described. Embodiments that are set to be easily established will be described with reference to FIGS. The game board 1 shown in FIG. 5 is provided with a passing gate 4 in addition to the symbol change indicator 2 and the normal winning opening 3 shown in FIG. 1, and the starting opening 5 is opened and closed by a pair of blades 6 by a solenoid. It is of the tulip type provided to obtain. Reference numeral 11 denotes a normal symbol variation display (7-segment digital display), which starts to vary when a hit ball passes through the passage gate 4.
Reference numeral 12 denotes four display lamps provided to store the number of hits when the hitting ball 4 passes through the passing gate 4 during the fluctuation display of the ordinary symbol fluctuation display 11 and suspend the fluctuation display.
In addition, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the same parts.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a main part of a game control board 20 relating to the present invention of this pachinko gaming machine, and the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 denote the same parts. Reference numeral 30 denotes a passage detection switch that detects a hit ball that has passed through the passage gate 4, and reference numeral 31 denotes a solenoid that opens and closes the blade 6 of the starting port 5.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step a, the privilege setting number N is initialized, and N = 0 is set. When the passage of the hit ball to the passage gate 4 by the passage detection switch 30 is detected in step b, N> 0? Is determined, and the process proceeds to step d.
The numbers 1 to 9 are variably displayed on 1 for 30 seconds and stop. If the stop symbol is an odd number, the solenoid 31 opens the blade 6 of the starting port 5 for 0.5 second. When the process proceeds to step g, the numbers 1 to 9 are fluctuated and displayed for 5 seconds on the ordinary symbol variation display 11 for 5 seconds and stopped, and if the stopped symbol is an odd number, the blade 31 of the starting port 5 is set to 3. 0
Open for a second. For this reason, when the number of privilege setting times N> 0, it is easy to hit a ball to the starting opening 5.

Then, when a ball is hit into the starting port 5, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
<10? Is determined, and the symbol is variably displayed on the symbol variance display 2 in the same manner as described above. If N <10, the reach display is selected as the variance display mode. When N <3 is satisfied in step l, super reach display is accompanied. Note that the jackpot occurrence probability at the time of these displays may be increased in conjunction therewith, or may be kept at the normal time. If the stop symbol becomes the same symbol in each row, a big hit occurs. If a big hit occurs, a predetermined big hit process is performed in step r, and the opening and closing door of the variable winning device 7 is continuously opened by the operation of the solenoid 24. The variable winning device 7 is repeatedly opened up to the 16th round on condition that a winning in the continuous winning opening 9 is achieved.

Here, when the jackpot process is completed, the number that caused this jackpot is determined in steps s and u, and if it is 3 or 7, 200 is substituted for the privilege setting number N in step t. If it is 1 or 5 or 9, 100 is substituted for N in step v, and 50 is substituted for N for other symbols. For this reason, after that, the symbol variation display 2 is displayed 200 times, 10 times, respectively.
The opening time of the blade 6 of the starting port 5 becomes longer until the fluctuation display is performed 0 times and 50 times, and the winning in the starting port 5 becomes easy. Is more likely to occur, and a prize ball is obtained by winning in the starting port 5, so that a decrease in the hit ball possessed by the player can be suppressed.

[0018]

As described above, the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention is
If the predetermined conditions are satisfied, bonuses such as increasing the probability of occurrence of the jackpot or extending the opening time of the start opening to make it easier to satisfy the start condition until the symbol change display is performed a predetermined number of times after the jackpot process is completed. In the pachinko gaming machine that has been given, when the remaining privilege is reduced, the variation display mode of the symbol accompanies the reach display and the super reach display, so the player's expectation of the occurrence of a big hit at that time is more It is uplifted and has a remarkable effect of improving the entertainment of pachinko games.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a gaming board of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a display image of a symbol change display showing the embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing another embodiment of the gaming board of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board 2 Symbol change display 5 Starting port 7 Variable winning device 20 Game control board

Claims (3)

[Claims] When a predetermined starting condition is satisfied, symbols such as numbers and symbols are variably displayed in a plurality of columns on a symbol variation display, and are variable when each column stops at the same symbol with a predetermined probability. A jackpot process for continuously opening the winning device is performed, and if a predetermined condition is satisfied, a bonus in which the jackpot occurrence probability becomes a high probability is given until the symbol change display is performed a predetermined number of times after the jackpot process is completed. In such a pachinko gaming machine, the symbol variation display mode when the jackpot occurrence probability is set to a high probability is limited to the remaining predetermined number of times, and the symbol is inevitably displayed after the reach display is performed. A pachinko game machine characterized by the following. 2. When a predetermined starting condition is satisfied, symbols such as numbers and symbols are variably displayed on a symbol variation display in a plurality of columns, and each column is variable when the same symbol is stopped at a predetermined probability. A jackpot process for continuously setting the winning device to the open state is performed, and if a predetermined condition is satisfied, a privilege is provided that the starting condition is easily satisfied until the symbol change display is performed a predetermined number of times after the jackpot process is completed. In the pachinko gaming machine configured as described above, when the starting condition is set so as to be easily satisfied, the symbol is inevitably displayed only for the remaining predetermined number of times and then the symbol is stopped after the reach display is inevitably performed. A pachinko game machine characterized in that: 3. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein when the remaining number of the awarding of the privilege is further reduced, the variable display mode is accompanied by a super reach display.