JP2002078883A - Expressing method of display image screen of pachinko and pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give consideration as if a pachinko machine is changed to a wholly different pachinko machine, and improve interest of a game by the consideration by preparing a plurality of modes for an ordinary image screen such as being steadily gazed by a game player for the longest time when playing the game for a long time, and changing display representation of a display image screen to representation different from the other ordinary image screen when switching the modes. SOLUTION: In this expressing method of the display image screen of a pachinko having the plurality of modes of the representation itself expressed as the ordinary image screen in the display image screen, this pachinko machine is characterized by properly wholly replacing variation patterns used with every mode very time when switching the modes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for displaying a display screen of a pachinko machine installed in a pachinko hall or a pachinko game played on a home game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko has been established as an adult game since ancient times, and recently, various effects have been performed using a liquid crystal screen.

[0003] In a pachinko machine, most parts have the same shape and structure because of the fact that the general appearance and operation method are different from those of a home-use game machine and the like, because there are standard ones. Therefore, it is difficult to differentiate from other pachinko machines in appearance, and it is an important element to differentiate from other pachinko machines by producing the display screen.

[0004] Also, in the home game machine, the simulation game of the above-mentioned pachinko machine is stable and popular, and the storage of game software storing a game program capable of executing various kinds of pachinko games and pachislot games is stored. Media is being traded.

[0005]

Various presentations have been made for the production of the above display screens by pachinko machine makers, but in order to keep the players tired, new proposals must be made constantly. Is required.

[0006] For example, as one method for keeping a player who is such a player tired, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-70 is disclosed.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 478 (hereinafter, referred to as Conventional Example A), when a "0009" reach occurs, a different reach character for each symbol appears on the reach screen. A pachinko machine configured as described above has been proposed. Then, in this conventional example, it is possible to recognize what pattern the reach is occurring only by looking at the reach character, and because the reach screen is rich in expression, the atmosphere is excited and the fun of the game is enhanced. I'm aiming for an effect. Prior applications for enlivening the atmosphere during such a reach include, for example, JP-A-7-171251 and JP-A-7-19.
No. 4808 is also known.

[0007] There is also a pachinko machine (hereinafter referred to as a prior art B) in which a main character appearing on a normal screen is appropriately replaced.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-319252 or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H5-131059 (hereinafter referred to as "prior art C") discloses a method of changing the color of the display state of a display screen by switching a color palette. Proposed. Such a color change is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-1310.
In No. 59, the color is switched between the high probability mode and the low probability mode to notify the player.

[0009] However, in the case of the above-mentioned prior art A, a screen rich in non-monotonous expression can be provided at the time of the reach screen, but the effect of reach is not so frequently performed, and the player performing pachinko play is not provided. For the longest time, no attention was paid to the normal screen to be watched. Therefore, since the normal screen that the player gazes at for the longest time is monotonous, a player who plays for a long time may be bored, so there is room for improvement. .

On the other hand, in the prior art b, the effect of the normal screen provided to the player can be changed to some extent by changing the main character displayed on the normal screen, but the pattern fluctuates in the normal screen. And the background image etc. are commonly used by all main characters, so it is not possible to give the player such a difference in the effect on the display screen, and the game on the normal screen There was still room for improvement in the fun.

Further, in the above-mentioned prior art C, the color of the symbol is simply changed, so that it is possible to inform the player that the mode has shifted to the high probability mode. Since the effects on the display screen were not changed, and there was no such intention, it was hard to say that the fun of the game was improved.

In order to play for a long time, the present inventor prepares a plurality of normal screens for the player to watch for the longest time, and changes the display effect on the display screen when switching the mode. The purpose is to make it look as if it was changed to a different pachinko machine by making the effect different from that of the screen, and to improve the fun of the game due to the consideration.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention employs the following configuration (method) for each billing request. In a method of expressing a display screen of a pachinko machine having a plurality of modes in which an effect itself is expressed as a normal screen in a display screen, variable symbols used for the respective modes are appropriately exchanged every time the mode is switched. It is characterized by.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, at the time of the mode switching, the mode is switched via a relay moving image.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the plurality of modes are switched according to the cumulative number of fluctuations of the fluctuation symbol.

In addition, according to the invention of claim 4, a liquid crystal panel for variably displaying a plurality of symbols based on predetermined conditions, a storage unit for storing the symbol data of the symbols and a plurality of main character image data, A control unit for controlling display of an image based on the design data and the image data stored in the storage unit on the liquid crystal panel, wherein the control unit displays a main character of the liquid crystal panel based on the main character image data From the first mode in which the main character is displayed to the second mode in which the other main character is displayed on the liquid crystal panel using other main character image data. It is characterized in that control is performed so that the total is appropriately replaced with the symbol data group.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the pachinko machine of the fourth aspect, the storage unit stores the first pachinko machine.
Directing a story changing from the main character in the mode to the other main character in the second mode,
Replacement moving image data in which each main character appears is stored, and is used when the stored replacement moving image data is changed from the first mode to the second mode,
It is characterized by being expressed on the liquid crystal panel.

Further, in the invention according to claim 6, a counter is provided in the control unit, and the first mode is set in accordance with the cumulative number of fluctuations of the plurality of symbols variably displayed on the liquid crystal panel by the counter. From the second mode to the second mode.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The present invention is applicable to a pachinko machine, a home game machine, or an arcade game machine. In the present invention, a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine provided in a pachinko hall will be described.

FIG. 18 is a schematic front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

The pachinko machine includes a main body frame 40, a play board 41 incorporated in the main body frame 40, a window frame 42 of the main body frame 40 on the front side of the play board 41,
2, an upper plate 44 and a lower plate 45 are sequentially provided on the front side of the main body frame 40 below the glass window 42 and the lower side of the lower plate 45. On the right side, a firing handle 46 is arranged.

Although not shown, the play board 41 has a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) punched into a front surface thereof.
These days, such nails are not driven,
The gaming board 41 is made of a resin material, and there is also a game board 41 made of a resin material, in which a metal bar state is planted toward the front side, and a pachinko machine (pachi-con machine) having such a configuration is provided. The present invention is also applicable. In this specification, a pachinko machine is a concept that includes the above-mentioned pachicon machine.

The firing handle 46 is provided so that a player can grip the firing handle 46 and rotate the main body frame 40.
A firing motor 47 is mounted on the back side of 6. Then, when the firing handle 46 is rotated clockwise by the player, power is supplied to the firing motor 47, and the pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 44 are repeatedly fired.

The slapped pachinko ball is played on the game board 4
It is guided by the rail 41A provided on 1 and moves to the upper part of the game board 41, and thereafter falls toward the lower part of the game board 41 while hitting the plurality of obstacle nails.

On the front of the game board 41, there are provided a display screen 54, a 7-segment display section 56, a holding lamp 58, a decorative lamp 59, and a shutter 48 serving as a winning port for pachinko balls.

The winning opening 48 is provided with a shutter 48B which is opened when a big hit state occurs, as described above, and a ball detection which is a trigger for changing the three rows of symbols displayed on the display screen 54 to a changing state. A winning port 48A provided with a means 60 is provided.

(Explanation of Function) Next, the function of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a functional block diagram shown in FIG.

This pachinko machine is provided with a ROM as a storage unit 51 storing a control program of the pachinko machine, a RAM as a temporary storage unit 52, and a CPU as a control unit 53 for executing the control program. ing.

In the storage unit 51, in addition to a control program for controlling the flow of the entire game of the pachinko machine, character image, background image and pattern data appearing in the game displayed on the display screen 54 using liquid crystal, Sound data used for a game, initial data for executing a control program, and the like are stored. In a memory area 51A of the storage unit 51, a control program storing a plurality of blinking operation patterns of a plurality of decorative lamps as the light source is stored.

The symbol data relating to the above-mentioned symbols include image data of variable symbols A to L (FIG. 2) and O to Z (FIG. 14) as shown in FIGS.
Main character 4A in the second mode (night shift mode) and main character 4A in the second mode (night shift mode)
B, etc. are included.

Here, the display screen 5 in the first mode is set.
4, the main character 4A is used and the symbols A to L are used as the variable symbols, while the second character 4A is used.
In the display expression of the display screen 54 in the mode of the mode, the main character 4B is used, symbols O to Z are used as the variable symbols, and the variable symbols A to Z used in the first mode are used.
L is not used.

When the control unit 51 subsequently shifts to the reach, jackpot, or high-probability mode based on a random number or the like prepared in advance, the control unit 51 assigns a predetermined number assigned to the reach, jackpot, or high-probability mode. Is read from the memory area 51A, and the plurality of illumination lights 59... 59 are caused to blink according to the control program.

The illumination light 59 is provided with two types of blue light 59A and red light 59B on the game board 41. The present invention is not limited to the illuminated light having such a configuration, and it is also possible to provide a multi-colored lamp therein so as to provide more various illuminated effects and notices.

The temporary storage unit 52 temporarily stores new input data and the calculation results obtained by the control unit 53, and stores the display screen 54 using sensors such as the ball detection means 60.
Are displayed in a scroll manner in the direction of arrow N.

Then, on the three columns 1, 2, and 3, a variable symbol group is scrolled in the direction of the arrow N for each mode as shown in FIGS. The three rows 1, 2, and 3 are configured so that the change symbols match to be a big hit.

The trigger for changing the changing symbol in each of the rows 6, 7, and 8 is that the ball detecting means 60 detects the winning of the pachinko ball into the winning opening 48A (the changing start opening), and The number of pachinko balls won in the mouth 48A is accumulated and stored under the control of the control unit 53, up to the number of holding lamps 58 described later. Then, the accumulated number of accumulated balls is notified to the player by the number of lighting of the holding lamp 58. The number of wins to the winning opening 48A is counted by a counter of the control unit 53 and is accumulated and stored in the temporary storage unit 52.

The above-described scroll expression of the moving symbol in the arrow direction N is stopped by a control program prepared in advance under the control of the control unit 53. Then, if the number of remaining storages notified by the holding lamp 58 is present, the next variation (the scroll expression) is started, and if the number of storages is zero, the next pachinko machine is sent to the winning port 48A. The next scroll expression is started after the ball has won and the winning is detected by the ball detecting means 60.

In this embodiment, the change from the first mode to the second mode is performed by changing the cumulative winning number (cumulative counting number by the counter) to the winning port 48A in the previous term, in other words, The mode is changed when a predetermined cumulative winning number (cumulative variation number) exceeds a predetermined cumulative winning number (cumulative variation number) according to the cumulative variation number of the symbol (the cumulative number of scroll expressions). In this embodiment, only two modes are switched. However, three or more modes, a main character corresponding to the number of modes, and a variable symbol group used for each mode are prepared. It is also possible to use a pachinko machine that switches between modes.

In this embodiment, as will be described later, the relay moving image data is stored in the storage unit 51 so that the mode can be switched without feeling uncomfortable. By displaying the relayed moving image data on the display screen 54, the mode can be smoothly changed. The details of the mode switching relay flow using the relay moving image data will be described later.

The control unit 53 also functions as a display control unit for various image data on the display screen 54, and particularly functions as a control unit for symbol display, symbol rotation stop, and symbol combination. In addition, the control unit 53 performs control to appropriately reproduce the sound data in the storage unit 51 as music or voice using a speaker as the sound reproducing unit 55.

The pachinko machine has, besides the above functions, a 7-segment display section 56 using LEDs, and a solenoid 5 for driving an openable and closable shutter (to be described later) for winning a bullet.
7, a hold lamp 58 indicating the number of effective symbol rotations, and a decoration lamp 59 which blinks or lights up at the time of a big hit or a reach are controlled by the control unit 53.

(Regarding Image Effects by Display Screen 54) Outline of the plan related to image production In this project, the motif is "Gardman (guard)"
In the display screen 54, the "traffic control" and the "night watch of the building" as the images of the two work contents obtained from As a “night shift mode”, two modes are produced, and furthermore, the display screen 54
There are two types of main characters, which are the main characters of various events caused in the game, guardman characters (male version) and guardwoman characters (female version), which are arranged in the two modes.

2. Normal screen effect in the day shift mode FIG. 1 shows a normal effect screen in the day shift mode. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a first symbol row, reference numeral 2 denotes a second symbol row, indicated by an alternate long and short dash line. Reference numeral 3 indicates a third symbol row. Reference numeral 4 is a guardman character as the main character.

In the first symbol row 1, the second symbol row 2, and the third symbol row 3, twelve symbols A to L shown in FIG. Each column 1, 2, 3
Has independent scroll expression. In other words, in this embodiment, as is apparent from FIG. 2, the main one of the symbols is a motif of a vehicle body running on a road, and in FIG. An effect as if the vehicle is traveling on the road in the direction of the arrow N is performed.

The operation will be described with reference to the functional block diagram described above. The control unit 53 extracts an image from the storage unit 51 as appropriate and obtains the background image 5 representing the streets and roads in FIG. 4, the first to third symbol rows 1, 2, 2,
3 are combined under the control of the control unit 53, the combined image is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 52, and the temporarily stored combined image data is transferred to the display screen 54,
The composite image is displayed on the display screen 54.

Such a synthesizing operation is performed by 1/50 or 1/50.
The first to third symbol columns, which are performed every 60 seconds and are displayed and displayed on the display screen 54, constitute 12
The symbols A to L are visually recognized by the player of the pachinko machine as if they are traveling on the background 5 road. The reason for using the temporary storage unit 52 is to complete the composite image by overwriting the temporary storage unit 52 in pixel units in order from the background surface.
By using a unit that can be combined in real time, the combined image can be displayed on the display screen 54 that is a liquid crystal display without using the temporary storage unit 52.

In the above-described day shift mode, as shown in FIG. 1, a guardman has been described as an example of the main character 4, but a guard woman can be replaced as a main character as appropriate in the reach expression screen described below. Of course.

3. Reach expression in the day shift mode In this embodiment, as the reach expression, "normal reach", "children matrix reach", "dump reach",
Five reach, "black reach" and "limousine reach" are prepared.

3-1 "Normal reach""Normalreach" is the first symbol row 1 in FIG.
After the same symbols are arranged in any one of the three rows 6, 7, and 8 in FIG. 1 among the symbols A to 1 arranged in the third symbol row 3, any particular display screen 54 There is no indication in the display expression of the above, and the same design as the one already arranged in the one line is made to reach the stop effect at the same line in the second symbol column.

In other words, the player of the pachinko machine can enhance the fun by making the player recognize that a big hit will be made even if the reach display expression is not made on the special display screen 54 as described later. it can.

3-2 "Children's Matrix Reach" As shown in FIG. 3, the "children's matrix reach" replaces the background 5 shown in the display screen 54 with a background showing a pedestrian crossing. Appears. Then, on the pedestrian crossing 5A displayed and displayed from the rear to the front in the display screen, the display expression that the plurality of children M who got off the school bus 5B and the teacher M1 from the tail are going to cross is performed. FIG. 4 shows the above-described effect in a storyboard.

From the situation shown in FIG. 4, there is a case where a big hit occurs and a case where a big hit occurs, but the display expression on the display screen 54 in the case of FIG. The display expression on the display screen 54 in the case where FIG. 6 is out of order is described with a storyboard.

3-3 "Dump Reach" In "Dump Reach", as shown in FIG. 7, the guide rod of the guard character, the main character, is changed to a guide whistle, and the truck is displayed on the display screen 54 with the truck up. Performs an effect such as guiding.

In other words, a plurality of symbols are arranged in three rows 1, 2, 3 on the display screen 54, and the symbols in each row are scrolled in the left-right direction (arrow N). , 2, 3 when the symbols in two rows 1 and 3 are aligned with the same symbols C, C, this "dump reach" expression method is performed, and the symbol C in the other one row 2 is used. Is larger than the pattern C of the two rows 1 and 3 already arranged, and the other 2
A high-quality symbol C1 of the same type different from the symbols C in columns 1 and 3 is set, and the high-quality symbol C1 is scroll-expressed.

Further, from the symbol C1, the truck driver is displayed and displayed so that his / her face appears, and the conversation and engagement between the driver and the main character 4 can enhance the fun. Such engagement is an effect on the display screen 54 such that the driver gives a canned coffee in the case of a big hit, and a yelling from the driver in the case of a loss. It is preferable that all of these effects are performed mainly on the display expression on the display screen 54 in consideration of the noise of the pachinko hall installed in the pachinko machine.

It is also possible to reduce the symbols C and C of the two rows 1 and 3 arranged as described above to secure the expression area of the symbol C of the other row 2.

3-4 "Black Reach" FIG. 8 shows "Black Reach". In this reach, similarly to the above-described "Dump Reach", the first symbol row 1 which has been prepared earlier is arranged. And a symbol of the same type as the symbol E of the second symbol row 3 (vehicle type is Benz), but a high-quality symbol E1 (same type, but a person comes out of the window of the car and is expressed. ) Is a reach action, and a highly attractive reach action is expressed by the relationship between the character of the symbol E1 in the second figure row 2 and the main character.

3-5 "Limousine Reach" FIG. 9 shows "Limousine Reach" in which the background image on the display screen 54 is already in the first symbol row 1 and the third symbol row 3 in the vertical direction. This is a reach action that occurs when the symbols G, G are aligned in (any of the rows 6, 7, 8). In this reach action, the background 5
The whole character is displayed and represented on the car with the design, and the action of this person character G1 produces a next big hit or a loss.

4. Re-reach expression following the loss in the day shift mode (re-lottery of love) In this embodiment, except for the above-mentioned "normal reach", "children's line reach", "dump reach", "black reach", "limousine reach" In the case where the four reach of "" deviate from each other, a secondary re-reach can be desired by the random number stored in the storage unit 51.
It is set by a control program (game program) stored in the storage unit 51.

The display expression of the re-reach is shown in FIG.
10, 11 and 12. In the reach expression displayed and shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the reach expression such that the symbols are stopped while scrolling is displayed, as shown in FIG. 10 to FIG. In the rightmost row 8, the symbols aligned in the previous reach are displayed, and in the middle row 7, a display similar to the symbols in the rows 6 and 7 is rotated by the lens effect. Such a display expression that the image is rotated by being deformed by the lens effect can be expressed by performing a known filtering process on the symbol by the control unit 53. The symbol C2 in FIG. 10 is a deformed display due to the lens effect. G2 in FIG. 11 and E2 in FIG. 12 are deformed and displayed by the lens effect.

Then, in the upper corner of FIGS. 10 to 12, three symbols which may be aligned will be pushed.
The display area of the display screen 54 is secured, and in this secured display area, the relationship between the various main characters and the sub-characters 9 as shown in FIGS. Can be enhanced.

[0062] 5. Normal Screen Production in Night Shift Mode FIG. 13 shows a normal screen production in the night shift mode. In the figure, configurations denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the same configurations as those in FIG. Is omitted.

In the first symbol row 1, the second symbol row 2, and the third symbol row 3, twelve symbols O to Z shown in FIG. 14 are arranged in the direction of arrow N in FIG. , The columns 1, 2, 3 are independently scroll-expressed.

In this case, the symbols O to Z correspond to the symbols A to
Since the symbol is completely different from L, it is possible to expect an effect that the player can be prevented from getting tired even when playing for a long time. Thus, in this embodiment, the display screen 5
In the pachinko display screen expression method having a plurality of modes of the effect itself expressed as a normal screen in 4, the symbols used for each mode for aligning in a plurality of columns or rows are appropriately replaced as needed. It is characterized by becoming.

By adopting such a display expression method, even a person who plays with the same pachinko machine for a long time,
Although you are hitting with the same pachinko machine, you can hit with a feeling like a different pachinko machine, so you can expect the effect that it is hard to get tired even if you hit with the same pachinko machine it can.

In the "night shift mode",
Like the day shift mode described above, "Nomal Reach"
The four programs of “explosion release reach”, “tour reach (light)”, and “tour reach (tracking)” are prepared by the control program.

6. Night Shift Mode Hidden System (Reach Notice) In this embodiment, the act of shifting to reach (occurrence of reach) as in the conventional pachinko machine does not depend only on the random number of the pachinko machine, but a certain reach notice. After the player has performed a given action,
Arbitrary reach can occur.

FIG. 15 shows such a reach announcement action.
As shown in FIG. 17, when the conversation of the main character 4 displayed on the display screen 54 (single word / FIG. 15A) is triggered, the winning opening 48A in FIG. By reaching a predetermined number (for example, seven) at 60 seconds), the above-described reach is generated. The count of the predetermined time is:
This is achieved by incorporating timer means such as a crystal oscillator into the control unit 53.

Next, the above-described reach action notice flow will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

First, the main character 4 displayed on the display screen 54 performs a special action that is not performed on the normal screen. In this case, the main character 4 appearing on the display screen 54 is changed as shown in FIG. , "... scary"
I muttered. This display is equivalent to "expressing a sign for notifying the player of the reach notice by the display means of the pachinko machine". Of course, the indication may be notified by other display means (for example, blinking of an illuminated light). Step 1 Next, when the aforementioned sign is displayed, the winning opening 48A is displayed.
The counting of the number of winnings is started, and the elapsed time after the counting is started is counted by the control unit 53 in the first half. Step 2 As described above, the counting of the number of winnings in the winning opening 48A and the counting of the elapsed time are performed in this embodiment. In this case, the condition that the reach is established after the reach notice is set as a condition that “a predetermined number of pachinko balls are made to win in the winning opening 48A within a predetermined time, thereby setting a rule program in which a reach is generated in advance in the control program. We are preparing as a department. "
According to other rules, it is of course possible to make a reach when the player has performed a predetermined action after the reach is announced in advance.

Next, the control section 53 continuously counts the number of wins of the pachinko balls which win the winning opening 48A by the sensor 60. Step 3 The number of pachinko balls to be awarded in the prize port 48A is determined by the number of the storage lamps 58, that is, the maximum number of storages that triggers the start of the symbol (four in FIG. 18). Further, there is a reason that the condition given to the player for obtaining the reach is set to a large number (seven) of winnings. The reason is that a player who has sufficiently studied the pachinko machine can finally reach the player. That is, since the storage exceeding the maximum storage number becomes invalid, it is predicted that the general player will stop hitting the pachinko ball once the maximum storage number is reached.

Further, when a predetermined number of winnings are made within a predetermined time (within 60 seconds), the control section 53 displays a success display (FIG. 15B), for example, "Yeah! This is performed on the display screen 54. ...
.. Step 4 If the time is over, the control unit 53
Finishes counting the number of winnings and returns to the normal state.・
・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Step 5 For players who do not understand the meaning of the advance notice,
You will feel something weird and offer the pleasure of trying to find out what it means. In some cases, it is preferable to provide a display notifying the player of the failure when step 5 is reached. Without such a display,
This is because a player who understands the meaning of the reach announcement will keep hitting the winning opening forever.

After the display of step 4 is obtained, the state shifts to the reach state.

Step 6 That is, the method of Steps 1 to 6 described above is
In brief, "the step of performing a reach announcement on the display screen 54, the step of determining whether or not the player has achieved a predetermined action after the reach announcement, and the step of achieving the predetermined action In this case, the method is a method of notifying the reach of the pachinko machine that includes the step of shifting to the reach state.

7. Announcement of the jackpot probability by improving the level of the main character In recent years, in pachinko halls, a display panel is provided at the top of the pachinko machine, and the display panel displays the number of jackpots on the day and the number of jackpots in the past several days,
It is often possible to display how many times the symbol represented on the display screen 54 has changed since the previous jackpot. This is one barometer for the player to decide whether to play with the pachinko machine.

However, local pachinko halls and the like do not have the above-mentioned display panel in order to reduce costs, so that it is difficult to say that the display panel has been widely used, and that the display panel has a number. Because it was only displayed, it was not frightening.

In the pachinko machine of this embodiment,
The level of the main character is changed as shown in FIG. 16 so that the display of the main character 4 itself is replaced with the character data stored in the storage unit 51 to determine whether the probability of the jackpot of the pachinko machine being raised is high. Can be grasped only by visually recognizing the main character.

That is, the design of the main character 4 is changed by the number of rotations in which the pachinko ball wins the winning opening 48A and the symbols in the three rows 1, 2, and 3 displayed on the display screen 54 are scrolled. In addition to directing the level up, according to this level up,
It is characterized in that the jackpot or the reach occurrence probability value is changed.

FIG. 17 is a reach action flow showing the flow of the game of the pachinko machine in the described embodiment.

The control program and character image data stored in the storage unit 51 are stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM.

8. Reach notice with light source FIG. 20 shows the light sources 59, 59, 59, 59 provided at the four corners of the game board 43 of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.
It is explanatory drawing which performs reach notification using. In other words, the present invention is characterized in that, by blinking a plurality of light sources provided in the pachinko machine, it is forewarned that a reach will come soon.

The reach announcement by such a light source is described in 6. As with the reach announcement, only the player who studied the pachinko machine will know what the flashing means, that is, the next picture replacement (digital rotation) or the digital rotation a few times later will reach it. Recognition allows the player to enjoy the pleasure of studying the pachinko machine even outside of playing pachinko machines, and the fun of actually using the results of the research with the pachinko machine. can do.
Such pleasure is very similar to the study of strategy books in video games and liquid crystal games.

Next, a reach notice using the illuminated lights 59... 59 will be described with reference to FIGS. 20, 21 and 22. The present invention is based on the reach notice described below. Needless to say, various kinds of prior notices conventionally performed on the display screen, such as a jackpot notice and a notice of a high probability mode, are possible. In addition to the previous notice on the display screen, if the notice by blinking the illuminated light is used together, more various kinds of notices can be made, so the fun of pachinko machines can be further enhanced Becomes

FIG. 20 shows two modes of the reach announcement that occurs when the symbol displayed on the next display screen 54 fluctuates as a result of the winning of the pachinko ball in the winning opening 48.

In one embodiment, a reach is announced in advance (see FIG. 21), in which the next reach occurs, and there is a small possibility of a jackpot following the reach (see FIG. 21).
This is a reach announcement (see FIG. 22) with a high degree of reliability in which a jackpot is likely to occur following the reach.

In any of the reach announcements, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 22, the notice for each of the above-described modes is composed of a combination of two blinking operation patterns, and it is possible to produce an effect that the reach notice is terminated halfway.
That is, as in this embodiment, by configuring one reach notice by a combination of a plurality of blinking operation patterns, the player may think that the reach notice has started or may end in the middle. Therefore, it can be expected to have an effect of becoming more interesting.

Further, in the reach announcement of FIGS. 21 and 22, the image displayed on the display screen is maintained on the normal screen until the end of the reach announcement by the illumination light 59. For the player playing the pachinko machine, it is possible to enjoy an effect that unexpectedness can be provided that does not know what is going to happen.

(Mode Switching Relay Flow) Next, FIG.
The mode change flow from the day shift mode to the night shift mode will be described based on 1, 22, and 23.

First, as described above, the number of cumulative fluctuations is counted by the counter of the control section 53, and the control section 53 compares it with a predetermined number stored in the storage section 51 (S1).

Next, when the control unit 53 detects that the accumulated number of times exceeds a predetermined number, the control unit 53 prepares for mode switching (S2).

Then, the control section 53 performs the processing from S3 to S1.
0 is appropriately extracted from the storage unit 51, and the display screen 54 is changed from the main character 4A in the first mode to another main character 4B in the second mode on the display screen 54 based on the extracted image data. Incoming video S
A moving image display of 3 to S10 is performed.

After the moving image expression is completed, the mode is shifted to the second mode under the control of the control section 53 (S11).

[0093] The effect images of the moving image display pictures in S3 to S10 will be described below.

S3, S4: The guard (4A) lowers the level to prevent a big hit and slurs on the display screen 54.

S4, S5: A call comes in from somewhere.

S5, S6: The guard (4A) answers the telephone.

S7: Another main character 4B from the telephone
S8: The guard (4A) sheds tears, and the face of the guard (4A) is zoomed up.

S9: The guard (4A) shakes his tears away and disappears in the depth direction of the display screen 54 (gradual and continuous reduction of the guard).

S10: The main character 4B having decided the pause action from the back of the display screen 54 cuts in.

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According to the present invention described above, it is possible to make the play of the pachinko machine so far more interesting.
In detail, the mode switching completely changes the changing symbols and the main character, not the color of the normal screen displayed on the display screen, so that the player plays in a new mood as if moving to a new pachinko machine There is fun to be able to do. Furthermore, by changing the reach effect for each mode, it is possible to provide a taste that does not get tired even when playing for a long time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a normal effect screen in a day shift mode.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating symbols used in a day shift mode.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating “children matrix reach”.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating “children matrix reach”.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating “children matrix reach”.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating “children matrix reach”.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining “dump reach”.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating “black reach”.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating “limousine reach”.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display expression of re-reach.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display expression of re-reach.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display expression of re-reach.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a normal effect screen in the night shift mode.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating symbols used in the night shift mode.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a reach announcement action.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the level-up of a character.

FIG. 17 is a reach action flowchart showing a game flow of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 18 is a schematic front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

19 is a functional block diagram of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating reach announcement by a light source.

FIGS. 21A and 21B show an operation flow of reach notification by an illuminated light and a display flow of a display screen corresponding to the flow, (A) showing a display screen display flow, and (B) showing an operation flow of reach notification.

22A and 22B show an operation flow of another reach announcement by an illuminated light and a display flow of a display screen corresponding to the flow, (A) showing a display screen display flow, and (B) showing an operation flow of the reach announcement. is there.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart for explaining a reach announcement flow.

FIG. 24: Mode switching relay flow

FIG. 25 is “Mode switching relay flow” following FIG. 21;

FIG. 26 is a “mode switching relay flow” following FIG. 22;

[Explanation of symbols]

54: display screen, 59: light source, A to L: design (day shift mode), O to Z: design (night shift mode),
C1, E1... Are high-quality designs.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko display screen representation method having a plurality of modes of a rendering itself represented as a normal screen in the display screen, wherein a variable symbol used for each mode is appropriately replaced every time the mode is switched. A method of expressing a pachinko display screen, wherein 2. The method for displaying a pachinko display screen according to claim 1, wherein the switching is performed via a relay moving image when the mode is switched. 3. The method of displaying a pachinko display screen according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of modes are switched in accordance with the number of cumulative variations of the variation symbol. 4. A liquid crystal panel for variably displaying a plurality of symbols based on predetermined conditions, a storage unit for storing symbol data of the symbols and a plurality of main character image data,
A control unit for controlling display of an image on the liquid crystal panel based on design data and image data stored in the storage unit, wherein the control unit displays a main character of the liquid crystal panel based on the main character image data From the first mode in which the main character is displayed to the second mode in which the other main character is displayed on the liquid crystal panel using other main character image data. A pachinko machine characterized in that control is performed so that the total is appropriately replaced with a symbol data group. 5. The storage section directs a story for changing the main character in the first mode to the other main character in the second mode, and stores the relay moving image data in which each main character appears. 5. The pachinko machine according to claim 4, wherein the stored relay moving image data is used when changing from the first mode to the second mode, and is displayed on the liquid crystal panel. 6. A controller is provided with a counter,
6. The mode is changed from the first mode to the second mode in accordance with the cumulative number of fluctuations of the plurality of symbols variably displayed on the liquid crystal panel by the counter. A pachinko machine according to the claim.