JP2002177526A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a player difficult to learn presentation patterns in a relatively short period at a re-lottery for the shift to a probability fluctuation, to increase the feeling of anticipation of the player for the lottery result of the re-lottery than in a game on a conventional game machine, and allow the player to continuously have the feeling of anticipation for the shift to the probability fluctuation over a relatively long period as a result. SOLUTION: Probability fluctuation patterns and nonprobability fluctuation patterns are determined on a display section 124, visible final patterns are stop-displayed, then a fused animation of the patterns is displayed. The fused animation is displayed in the reverse order, and the patterns are changed when the patterns are again recovered according to the reverse order. The change of the patterns is repeated several times, and the player is given a hint to the shift to the probability fluctuation by the type of the patterns.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a symbol display when the gaming machine shifts to a probability variation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on a game board of a pachinko machine as a game machine, for example, fifteen special designs designed with numerals and characters, in addition to a prize hole, a windmill, and a nail in which a pachinko ball is won. A special symbol display device is provided which is arranged in three columns (left column, middle column, right column) and displays 15 special symbols in each column while sequentially changing them.

[0003] This special symbol display device operates at a high speed when a pachinko ball wins at a starting port provided on a game board (more precisely, when a pachinko ball winning at the starting port is detected by a sensor). Is started (started), and after a predetermined time has elapsed, stopped for each row, and a special symbol is specified (displayed) for each row.

[0004] Here, when the symbols in each row have a predetermined relationship (for example, when the number 7 is aligned), compared with a normal winning opening provided on the game board. A large winning opening is opened, and a process advantageous to the player is performed (big hit).

[0005] In particular, when a specific symbol has the above-mentioned predetermined relationship, the probability that a big hit will occur again after processing advantageous to the player is increased (probability variation), Transition to a state where the state can be changed.

In the case where the game state shifts to a state where a change can be made, there is a model in which the winning symbol is temporarily stopped and then the winning symbol is changed again to determine the true winning symbol. Generally, a model that once fluctuates the non-stochastic fluctuation symbol when stopped once with the non-stochastic fluctuation symbol is dominant. This is called a probability variation re-lottery function, and the re-lottery function includes the following. A model that fluctuates at a high speed invisibly after stopping once, gradually decelerates, and a final hit symbol is determined (hereinafter, referred to as a first prior art). A model that suddenly stops due to high-speed fluctuation (hereinafter, referred to as a second prior art). During the change of the symbol, one of a plurality of types of characters unrelated to the symbol appears on the display for a relatively short period of time, and the transition to the probability variation symbol or the probability variation is fluid according to the type of the character. And a device that can give a surprise to a player when a character appears (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 3). There is.

[0007]

However, in the above, since the degree of deceleration of the variable symbol is constant, the transition of the final stop symbol is easy, and it is determined whether or not the transition to the probability variation before the symbol is determined. The game change is poor because the player understands. In other words, if the transition to the probability change occurs, the desire to play the game increases, but if it is found that the transition to the probability change does not occur early, the desire to play the game may decrease.

[0008] In the above, the player cannot recognize the process of the fluctuation, and it seems that the probability fluctuation symbol is simply re-drawn by lottery.

In the above, since the character is displayed for only a relatively short time, it is easy to overlook the character. Although the appearance of a plurality of types of characters can cause unexpectedness and game change to the player, the character continues to some extent. When playing a game, the type of the character can be easily learned, so that it may be difficult to maintain the unexpectedness due to the appearance of the character. Further, since it is easy to learn that the character type and the transition to the probability variation correspond one-to-one, the probability variation pattern can be easily analogized by the character type.

[0010] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to obtain a gaming machine for re-lotting a probability variation symbol.

[0011]

The invention described in claim 1 is used for a gaming machine which can be a lottery by winning a predetermined starting port and which can be a big hit which is a gaming state advantageous to a player as a result of the lottery. By using a plurality of symbol groups each composed of different symbols in the display frame, by displaying a predetermined symbol in the display frame, a gaming machine having a display unit that notifies the player of the lottery result In the lottery, a lottery means which is set in advance to appear at a predetermined probability in advance and which shifts to a probability variation mode for increasing the jackpot probability by the lottery, and a plurality of types of re-lottery effect patterns are stored. A first storage unit, a second storage unit storing a display pattern corresponding to the re-lottery effect pattern on the display unit, and the first storage unit based on a lottery result by the lottery unit. First selecting means for selecting a re-lottery effect pattern from a row, and displaying a display pattern corresponding to the re-lottery pattern selected by the first selecting means in a display pattern stored in the second storage means. It is characterized by having a second selecting means for selecting from among them, and a display controlling means for displaying the symbol on the display unit based on the display pattern selected by the second selecting means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the lottery means is selected by lottery means to shift to the probability variation mode in which the probability of a big hit is increased. A re-lottery effect pattern corresponding to the lottery result stored in the first storage unit is selected by a first selector. Further, a display pattern corresponding to the re-lottery effect pattern is selected from the second storage means.

[0013] Thus, for example, an effect image of re-lottery to transition to probability fluctuation is displayed in a manner different from normal fluctuation display, and a plurality of types of stories along the flow of time are displayed using the effect image. By configuring so as to be ambiguous with subtle differences in nuances, it is possible to prevent the player from learning the re-lottery effect pattern for transition to the probability variation easily, and the player can quickly execute the re-lottery effect pattern. It can be difficult to learn.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, in the display control means, the re-lottery is repeated n times, and the lottery symbol up to (n-1) times is the n-th lottery symbol. It is characterized by being used for prediction of

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the re-lottery is repeated n times, and the player selects the lottery symbol up to n-1 times to predict the n-th lottery symbol. By repeating the re-lottery in this manner, the player's expectation for the probability change transition can be increased, and the player can be attracted to the game.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the appearance degree of the last stop symbol is changed based on the stop symbol at the time of the first lottery by the display control means. And

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is made difficult for the player to learn the re-lottery effect pattern at an early stage by changing the appearance degree of the final stop symbol to the transition to the probability change. Can be.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a game board 111 of a pachinko machine 110 according to the present embodiment. This game board 11
The area surrounded by the arc-shaped rail 112 in 1 is a gauge section 114 which is a game area. Gauge section 11
4 is driven by a plurality of nails over the entire surface,
The pachinko ball hit through the ball 12 hits the nail 116 and jumps, or falls while being guided by the guide path formed by the nail 116. In addition to the nail 116, a windmill 118 is attached at a position symmetrical to the gauge portion 114,
The pachinko ball is turned in an unexpected direction.

Further, winning holes 120 are provided at a plurality of positions in the gauge section 114, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out to the player by inserting the pachinko balls into the winning holes 120.

The gauge section 114 is substantially symmetrical with respect to the left and right.
22 are arranged, and the display section 124 is exposed.

Further, below the display section 124, a special symbol starting winning port 126 is provided as a first starting port for starting the special symbol changing device 122.

A special winning opening 128 is disposed below the special symbol starting winning opening 126, and is opened for a predetermined time in a so-called winning display state on the special symbol changing device 122,
A large number of pachinko balls can be awarded.

It should be noted that a maximum of four pachinko balls that have won the special symbol start winning opening 126 are reserved, and when the guidance of the lottery result by the special symbol variation device 122 is finished, the retained components are used up. It has become. The number of the reserved balls is reported by lighting / unlit states of four special symbol holding lamps (not shown) provided in a part of the gauge unit 114 (lighting is suspended).

The gauge section 114 is provided with a normal symbol starting area 130 as a second starting port and an ordinary symbol display section 132 capable of displaying a single digit from 0 to 9; When a pachinko ball wins in the ordinary symbol starting area 130, the display of the ordinary symbol display section 132 fluctuates, and when a predetermined winning number is reached, the electric tulip 134 as a movable section provided in the special symbol starting winning port 126 is activated. The time is open. By opening the electric tulip 134, the probability of winning in the special symbol starting winning opening 126 is physically increased. It should be noted that the pachinko balls that have won the ordinary symbol starting area 130 are retained for a maximum of four balls, and when a series of operations of the electric tulip 134 are completed, the retained parts are consumed.

Below the gauge section 114, a panel 14 is provided.
A handle 136 for firing a pachinko ball and a receiving tray 138 for receiving the pachinko ball are provided on the front side of the panel 140. The handle 136 is attached to a rotation shaft protruding from the inside of the panel 140, and is rotatable about this rotation shaft. That is, the player grips and rotates the handle 136 to rotate the firing device 300 (see FIG. 2).
Is activated, and the firing intensity is set based on the rotation angle of the handle 136. In addition,
An urging force is applied to this rotation, and when the player releases his / her hand, the rotation automatically returns to the original rotation position.

FIG. 2A schematically shows a launching device 300 provided inside the panel 140 for launching a pachinko ball into the gauge portion 114. Note that FIG.
(B) shows the launching device 3 seen from the direction of arrow A in FIG.
00 is shown schematically.

The launching device 300 has a driving unit 302. A driving unit 304 is provided at one end (base side) of the rail 112 in which the guide surface of the pachinko ball is formed in a substantially V shape.

The driving section 302 has a solenoid 306 covered with a rectangular parallelepiped cover member 304. A plunger 308 is fitted into the solenoid 306, and is movable along the axial direction of the solenoid 306. A substantially trapezoidal conical punch tip 308A is provided at one end of the plunger 308, and a flange is provided along the outer periphery at the other end.

The punch tip 308A protrudes outside the cover member 304, and the movement of the plunger 308 is restricted by the lower bottom end surface of the punch tip 308A contacting the outer wall surface of the cover member 304. Also, plunger 308
The central portion of the cover member 304 has an enlarged diameter, and the end surface of the enlarged portion is configured to contact the inner wall surface of the cover member 304. Accordingly, instead of the above-described configuration in which the movement of the plunger 308 is restricted by the contact between the punch tip 308A and the cover member 304, the end surface of the enlarged diameter portion of the plunger 308 is formed on the inner wall surface of the cover member 304. , The movement of the plunger 308 may be restricted. One end of the plunger 308 having a flange projects outside the cover member 304, and the flange of the plunger 308 and the cover member 304.
A compression coil spring 310 is wound around the plunger 308 between one end of the plunger and the outer wall surface. Thereby, the moved plunger 308 returns to a predetermined position before the movement by the urging force of the compression coil spring 310.

Thus, the energized state and the non-energized state of the solenoid 306 are selectively switched to change the plunger 30.
8 is transmitted to the pachinko ball via the upper bottom end face of the punch tip 308A of the plunger 308, and can hit the pachinko ball.

FIG. 3 shows a display unit 124 when a jackpot occurs.
The lottery result of the symbol which becomes the probability fluctuation indicated by is shown.

The display unit 124 can display an effect image of a re-lottery in which the transition to the probability fluctuation is performed in a manner different from the usual manner.

The display mode is set so that a plurality of types of stories along the flow of time are vaguely expressed with subtle nuances. In this way, we include ambiguity in the progress of the re-lottery image of the probability fluctuation transition,
The effect pattern is set so that it is difficult for the player to easily learn the effect pattern, and it becomes difficult to learn the effect pattern early.

Further, the probability variation transition symbol is represented by the numerals 3, 5,
7, 10, 11, and 12 and the non-stochastic fluctuation symbol is 1,
2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and the pattern are set, and after the appearance of the final hit symbol is stopped and displayed, the melting animation of the symbol is displayed. When the symbol is returned and displayed again in the reverse order, the symbol is changed to another symbol. The change is repeated five times in total, and the true final hit symbol is stopped and displayed.

[0036]

[Table 1]

In this embodiment, the re-lottery effect pattern is determined according to Table 1.

FIG. 4 schematically shows a control system for controlling the pachinko machine 110. The control system mainly includes the main control board 150, the payout control board 152, the voice control board 154, the lamp control board 156, and the emission control board 15.
8, the display control board 160 and the like are classified by function (hereinafter, when these are collectively referred to, the sub-control board 151
).

CPU 320, R
An OM 322, a RAM 324 and a look-up table LUT 326 for a plurality of types of re-lottery effect patterns shown in Table 1 are provided. The ROM 322 stores a basic program related to a game such as a display pattern corresponding to the re-lottery effect pattern.
The RAM 324 stores data such as a lottery result during a game. The CPU 320 is the ROM 32
2 and an operation is performed by referring to the data of the LUT 326 based on the data stored in the RAM 324,
A display pattern of the probability variation symbol is obtained. Based on an instruction signal (command) from the main control board 150 that performs a control process corresponding to the obtained display pattern or the like,
The other sub-control boards 151 execute independently.

The payout control board 152 controls the number of pachinko balls to be paid out, and the voice control board 154 controls output of sound effects and the like from a speaker 162 provided in the pachinko machine 110. Also, the lamp control board 156
Controls the lighting and extinguishing of an electric decoration member (game board status display lamp) 164 attached to the pachinko machine 110 and a special symbol holding lamp and a normal symbol holding lamp (not shown).

When the handle 136 is operated, a signal for operating the handle is transmitted to the firing control board 158 via the main control board 150, and the firing control board 158 is operated.
Controls the launch of the pachinko ball by the player.

The display control board 160 includes the display section 124.
Are connected via a display driver 166, and execute a display that provides a predetermined effect based on a command signal from the main control board 150. Also, the display control board 160
Also controls the normal symbol display section 132.

On the main control board 150, a special symbol winning sensor 168 provided in the special symbol starting winning port 126, an ordinary symbol winning sensor 170 provided in the ordinary symbol starting area 130, and each winning port 120 are provided. Winning sensor 172 is connected. The main control board 1
A solenoid 174 for opening and closing the electric tulip 134 is connected to 50.

In the main control board 150, a special symbol or a normal symbol is selected by lottery, the display content on the display unit 124 is selected based on the result of the lottery, and an instruction signal is output to the display control unit 160. That is, the display control unit 160 stores data of different display contents based on a plurality of command signals in advance, and selects and starts data based on the command signals. Also, the main control board 15
0 and the sub-control board 151 are connected to the management control board 200 by a signal line 202. This management control board 20
No. 0 outputs various data processed by the management control board 200 to the hall computer 206 via the signal line 208. This allows the shop to grasp the status of each pachinko machine 110.

The solenoid 306 included in the above-described firing device 300 is connected to the firing control board 158.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

In the operation of the present embodiment, a description will be given assuming that odd-numbered symbols and symbols are used as probability-varying transition symbols and that even-numbered symbols are used as non-stochastic symbols.

A game ball wins in the special symbol starting winning opening 126, and a lottery is started on the main control board 150. As a result of the lottery, when a big hit occurs, the main control board 150 A lottery of probability variation symbols is performed.

By the above-mentioned lottery, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not the probability change will be performed in the next game.

The result of the lottery is stored in the RAM 324.

The lottery effect patterns corresponding to the lottery results stored in the RAM are stored in a look-up table LUT 32.
6 is selected.

A display pattern corresponding to the selected effect pattern of the LUT 326 is selected from the ROM 322.

The main control board 150 transmits a control signal corresponding to the selected display pattern to the display control board 160.

The display control board 160 transmits a display instruction signal to the display driver 166 based on the control signal received from the main control board 150.

The display driver 166 controls the display of the display unit 124 according to the display instruction signal.

In the display unit 124, the probability-variable symbol and the non-probability-variable symbol are determined, and the final symbol of the appearance is stopped and displayed, and then a fused moving image of the symbol is displayed.

The melting moving image is displayed in the reverse order, and when the symbol is restored again in the reverse order, the symbol is changed.

The change of the symbol as described above is repeated a total of five times, and the player is implied to shift to the probability variation depending on the type of the symbol.

In the present embodiment, the probability variation symbol and the non-probability variation symbol are configured as described above. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the setting may be changed according to the convenience of the hall.

In addition, the above-described symbol change is made a total of five times, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the symbol change may be made a plurality of times based on the number of times that the player's expectation is expected to be maintained. .

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to change the displayed symbol a plurality of times to imply that the player shifts to the probability variation depending on the type of the symbol. For example, when the probability variation symbol is displayed four times in a row, the remaining one can remind the player that the final stop symbol is the probability variation symbol.

When the non-probability-variable symbol is displayed four times in a row, the player is reminded that the remaining one-time display symbol is also a non-probability-variable symbol. In the case of a probability variation symbol, it is possible to give the player a surprising effect on the progress of the game.

Further, by changing the look-up table LUT 326 for determining the final stop symbol, it is possible to easily change the setting of the symbol pattern which shifts to the probability variation.

[0064]

As described above, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the effect of the re-lottery of the transition to the probability fluctuation is expressed vaguely through the visual sense, so that the player can perform the re-lottery in a relatively short period of time. This makes it difficult to learn the pattern, and the player has a higher expectation of the result of the re-lottery than a game played on a conventional gaming machine, and as a result, has a greater expectation of shifting to the probability fluctuation over a relatively long period of time. You can keep earning.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a launching device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 110 Pachinko machine (gaming machine) 124 Display unit 150 Main control board 168 Special symbol winning sensor 320 CPU 322 ROM 324 RAM 326 LUT

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game machine which is selected by winning at a predetermined starting opening and is used for a gaming machine which can be a big hit which is a gaming state advantageous to a player as a result of the lottery, and a plurality of display frames each having a different symbol. A gaming machine having a display unit that notifies a player of a lottery result by displaying a predetermined symbol on the display frame by using a type of symbol group, and appears at a predetermined probability in the lottery in advance. Lottery means for selecting a symbol which is set so as to shift to a probability variation mode for increasing the jackpot probability by the lottery; first storage means for storing a plurality of types of re-lottery effect patterns; A second storage unit in which a display pattern corresponding to the display unit is stored, and a re-lottery effect pattern is selected from the first storage unit based on a lottery result by the lottery unit. 1 selecting means; and 2nd selecting means for selecting a display pattern corresponding to the re-lottery pattern selected by the first selecting means from the display patterns stored in the second storage means. And a display control means for displaying the symbol on the display unit based on the display pattern selected by the second selection means. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein in the display control means, the re-lottery is repeated n times, and the lottery symbols up to n-1 times are used for predicting the n-th lottery symbol. . 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a degree of appearance of a final stop symbol is changed based on a stop symbol at the time of the first lottery by the display control means.