JP2002204855A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To play a sub game before a main game in a game machine by which the sub game for giving an added value to the result of the main game. SOLUTION: A game is started from a sub game in which a combination supposed to occur in the main game is predicted and selected from among a plurality of combinations displayed on a monitor display 25. Continually, the main game in which reels 16 to 18 are rotated is played. When the result of the main game is the combination of 2BAR, e.g. and the prediction in the sub game is also the 2BAR, 20 dividend coins to a prize-winning bonus 2BAR in the main game becomes 120 coins being six-fold by the correct guess in the sub game. In a slot machine 11 where the dividends are all decided by the result of the main game, when the reels 16 to 18 are stopped, the player's interest is raised and interest in the main game becomes higher than that in the sub game.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine for performing a sub game in addition to a main game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, for example, there is a slot machine which performs a secondary game as a sub game, following a main game as a main game.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a conventional type slot machine 1 for playing a second game. On the front of the slot machine 1, there is provided a main display section 2 in which a main game is played, above which a payout display section 3 showing a payout for a predetermined combination and a sub-display section 4 in which a second game is played. Is provided.
Various operations such as a spin button 5 for starting a game, a 1-bet button 6 for betting one medal, and a max-bet button 7 for betting up to three medals in one operation are provided below the main display section 2. Buttons are provided.

In this conventional slot machine 1,
First, a main game is played. The main game is 1B
After a medal is bet by the operation of the ET button 6 or the max BET button 7, the symbol is variably displayed on the main display unit 2 by the operation of the spin button 5, and the process is started. The symbols displayed in a fluctuating manner are automatically stopped at a predetermined timing. If the symbol stopped and displayed is a predetermined combination, a prize is won. If the symbol is not the other combination, a prize is lost. When a prize is generated, a predetermined payout shown in the payout display section 3 is paid.

[0005] When a specific prize is generated in the main game, a second game can be further performed. The second game is started by operating the spin button 5 which has been activated due to the occurrence of a specific winning in the main game, whereby the lighted roulette 8 displayed on the sub display unit 4 is rotated. . The roulette 8 is divided into sections in which magnifications such as 2, 3,..., 100 times are displayed, and is rotated by sequentially turning on and off the light sources provided in each section. . The rotation of the roulette 8 is automatically stopped at a predetermined timing, and the payout of the winning generated in the main game is multiplied by the display magnification of the section lit at the time of the stop. Therefore, for example, a payout of a specific winning generated in the main game is a medal 100
If the result of the second game is triple, the final 3
00 (= 100 × 3) payout medals are paid.

In the slot machine 1, the roulette game is played as a second game, but there are also slot machines that play a savings game, a bingo game, and the like as the second game. The savings game is a game in which a level meter is turned on each time a specific prize is generated in the main game, and a bonus payout is obtained when the level meter is turned on to a predetermined height. Also, in the bingo game, symbols arranged and displayed in a matrix on the sub-display unit are lit each time a specific prize is generated in the main game, and any one of the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal columns is lit. Is a game in which a bonus payout is obtained.

As described above, in the gaming machine for playing the second game, the interest of the second game is added to the interest of the main game, and the interest of the game is improved.

[0008]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional gaming machine, the player's attention is focused on the second game which generates a large payout, and the main game is provided with the right acquisition means for playing the second game. They tend to be neglected as just things. If such a tendency is fixed, the gist of the gaming machine having the main game as the main game is impaired.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and in a gaming machine for performing a sub game in which an added value is added to a result of a main game, a sub game is performed as a main game. It is characterized in that the configuration is performed before.

According to such a configuration, since the main game is performed after the sub game is performed, the final result of the game is known at the end of the main game. Therefore, the player's attention is focused on the main game.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the sub game is a game for predicting the result of the main game.

In such a configuration, first, a sub game for predicting the result of the main game is performed, and subsequently, the main game is performed. If the result of the main game is the same as the result expected in the sub game, a special payout that is predictable is added to the normal payout for the result of the main game.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the auxiliary game is a game in which an arbitrary winning combination is selected from a plurality of predetermined winning combinations of the main game and the result of the main game is predicted.

In such a configuration, the result of the main game is predicted by, for example, illuminating and displaying an arbitrary winning combination likely to be generated from a plurality of winning combinations of the main game displayed on a part of the gaming machine or the like. This is done by making a selection. Thereafter, when the main game is played and the same prize as the selected prize combination is generated, a special prize is added to the normal prize for the prize as expected.

[0015]

Next, a first embodiment in which a gaming machine according to the present invention is applied to a slot machine will be described.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the slot machine 11 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. On the front panel 12 of the slot machine 11, three display windows 13, 14,
15 and three reels 1 behind it.
6, 17, 18 are provided rotatably. These three
A plurality of types of symbols (hereinafter, referred to as symbols) are drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 16 to 18, and the display window 1 is displayed.
3 to 15 can be observed. These symbols are variably displayed as the reels 16 to 18 rotate, and when the rotation is stopped, they are stopped and displayed on the pay lines L written on the display windows 13 to 15, respectively. The main game, which is the main game of the slot machine 11, is performed by generating a prize according to the type of combination of the symbols stopped and displayed on the prize line L.

Below the display windows 13 to 15, a control section C provided with various buttons operated in a game of the slot machine 11 is formed. The control unit C has a reel 16 to
There is provided a spin button 19 for starting rotation of 18 and variably displaying symbols. The left and right sides of the spin button 19 are depressed by one operation, respectively.
1 BET button 21 to bet one coin and Max BET to bet the maximum bet of 3 coins in one operation
A button 22 is provided. Also, 1 BET button 2
To the left of C1, a C / P (P) for switching between crediting and paying out the inserted medals and payout medals.
An LAY CREDIT / PAY OUT button 23 and a reset button 24 are provided. Further, a sub game start button 26 that is pressed to start a sub game described later is provided to the right of the max BET button 22. The number of credited medals, the number of medals bet in the main game, and the like are collectively displayed on a credit display section D provided on the panel 12 above the control section C.

A monitor display 25 is provided at the upper front of the slot machine 11. The monitor display 25 is provided with a winning combination display section 25a on which a combination of symbols to be won is displayed. On the right side of the winning combination display section 25a, there is provided a payout display section 25b on which a payout for each winning combination is displayed. These payouts indicate how many coins are paid for winnings generated in the main game by the number of coins.

Further, to the right of the payout display portion 25b, an odds display portion 25c is displayed, on the right of the payout display portion 25b, which indicates a multiplication factor of a payout for winning in the main game, based on the result of the sub game as a sub game. Is provided. The gaming operation of the slot machine 11 according to the present embodiment is controlled by an electronic circuit mainly including a microcomputer (hereinafter, referred to as a microcomputer).

In such a configuration, when the 1 BET button 21 or the max BET button 22 is pressed to bet a coin and the spin button 19 is pressed, the reels 16 to 18 start rotating, and the slot machine 11 The main game is started. The rotation of the reels 16 to 18 is automatically stopped by the microcomputer after a predetermined time has elapsed, and a winning or a loss is determined by a combination of the symbols stopped and displayed on the winning line L.
When a prize is generated, a payout displayed on the payout display section 25b is paid out according to each winning combination displayed on the win display section 25a.

In the slot machine 11 according to the present embodiment, in addition to the normal game for performing such a main game,
A sub game for predicting the result of the main game can be performed by the player's selection. When playing a sub game,
The player presses the sub game start button 26 to start the sub game. In addition, a configuration may be adopted in which coins are additionally collected as a game fee for performing the sub game.

When the sub game start button 26 is pressed, a sound such as "BET TIME!" Is output as a guide sound for notifying the start of the sub game. In the sub game, the spin button 19 and the max BE
The function of the T button 22 is switched corresponding to the sub game, and the spin button 19 is a selection decision button, Max BE
The T button 22 functions as a selection button. FIG.
, One of the symbol combinations, for example, “2BAR” on the monitor display 25 is illuminated, and the corresponding payout number “20” and odds “× 6” are also illuminated. Each time the spin button 19 is pressed, the lighting display of a series of items of the symbol combination and the corresponding payout number and odds is cyclically moved downward by one step. Therefore, the player predicts a combination that is likely to occur in the main game to be performed thereafter, and moves the lighting display to the predicted combination level by pressing the spin button 19. If the predicted combination stage is lit and the Max BET button 22 is pressed, the prediction of the sub game is determined by the lit item. At this time, a configuration may be adopted in which a guidance voice such as "Is this selected?"

In this embodiment, the odds of the odds display section 25c are fixed, but the odds display section 2c is not fixed.
A display device such as a liquid crystal display screen capable of changing display may be applied to 5c, and odds may be changed for each game. In this case, the fluctuation value can be controlled by analyzing the fluctuation state of the odds or the like so that a possible combination can be specified. For example, simply
The odds can be controlled based on the idea that a combination with lower displayed odds is more likely to occur than a combination with higher odds, or that a particular combination is more likely to occur if a particular combination is significantly lower than normal odds. .

To change the predicted item once confirmed, the reset button 24 is pressed and the light emission display on the monitor display 25 is moved again by pressing the spin button 19, and the predicted item is selected again. .

When the Max BET button 22 is pressed to confirm the prediction, the function of the spin button 19 returns to the function of starting the main game. Therefore, if there is no change in the prediction, the spin button 19 continues. 19 is pressed. When the spin button 19 is pressed, the main game in which the result is expected in the sub game is started at the same time as the end of the sub game. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, when the result of the main game is completed in a combination of 2 BARs as shown in FIG. . If the combination predicted in the sub game is 2 BAR and the result of the main game is 3 BAR
When the combination is completed, the prediction of the sub game is lost, but 40 payout coins for the winning of the combination of 3BAR are paid as usual.

According to the slot machine 11 of the present embodiment, the main game is executed after the sub game for predicting the result of the main game is executed. The result is determined at the end of the main game.
Therefore, the player's interest is strongly focused on stopping the reels 16 to 18 in the main game. As a result, interest in the main game is higher than interest in the sub game, and the original purpose of the game of the slot machine 11 is completed. In addition, a new game mode in which a sub game for predicting the result of the main game is performed before the main game is played is provided, and the interest of the slot machine game is improved.

Next, a second embodiment in which the gaming machine according to the present invention is applied to a poker game machine will be described.

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view schematically showing the poker game machine 31 according to the present embodiment. A liquid crystal display screen 33 is provided on a front panel 32 of the poker game machine 31, and five playing card cards are variably displayed on the screen. In addition, instead of the liquid crystal display screen 33,
A display device such as a CRT may be used. The main game of the poker game machine 31 is a so-called poker game, and is performed aiming at a winning combination generated by a combination of five cards displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 33.

Below the liquid crystal display screen 33, a control section C provided with various buttons and the like operated in accordance with the progress of the game is formed. The control section C is provided with a deal and draw button 34 for distributing five cards when pressed.
Hold buttons 36 and 3 are provided at lower positions corresponding to the five cards displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 33, respectively.
7, 38, 39 and 40 are provided. These hold buttons 36 to 40 are pressed when corresponding cards are held out of the five cards dealt. The deal and draw button 34 is pressed again when an unnecessary card is cut off and a new card is drawn instead. A notice button 35 for starting the sub game is provided to the right of the deal and draw button 34, and a selection button 45 and a decision button 46 are provided above the notice button 35.

On the left side of the control unit C, there are provided a call button 41 for calling a hall employee when a trouble occurs in the machine, and a C / P button 42 for switching between crediting and paying out payout coins. Have been. Also, the front panel 32 above the liquid crystal display screen 33
Above, a payout display section 43 and a sub game display section 44 are provided. The payout display section 43 displays the winning combination of the poker game and the payout for the winning combination. The sub game display section 44 displays a winning combination of a poker game. The game operation of the poker game machine 31 according to the present embodiment is controlled by an electronic circuit mainly including a microcomputer.

In such a configuration, when the deal and draw button 34 is pressed, five playing cards are distributed and displayed face up on the liquid crystal display screen 33. The player puts a card deemed necessary for establishing the target role by holding the corresponding hold button 36-4.
0 is pressed and held. When the deal and draw button 34 is pressed again after the hold, unnecessary cards are cut off and new cards are dealt. Such card redrawing is performed once, and the final card held by the player is determined. When any winning combination is established by the determined hands, the payout displayed on the payout display unit 43 is given according to each winning combination.

In the poker game machine 31 according to the present embodiment, in addition to such a main game, a sub game in which a winning combination aimed at being established in the main game is specified in advance can be played by the player. When playing the sub game, the player presses the notice button 35 before starting the main game to start the sub game.

When the notice button 35 is pressed, the notice button 35 shown in FIG.
, One of the combinations displayed on the sub game display unit 44, for example, "full house" is lit on. The lighting display of such a hand is cyclically moved downward by one stage each time the selection button 45 is pressed. Therefore,
The player determines the role to be aimed at in the main game to be performed thereafter, moves the lighting display to the stage of the role by pressing the selection button 45, and clearly specifies the role to be aimed in the main game. Then, the user presses the determination button 46 to determine the advance notice. When the notice once determined is changed, the notice button 35 is pressed again to perform the same operation.

If there is no change in the notice, the deal
By pressing the AND Draw button 34, the main game in which the result is expected in the sub game is started. When the result of the main game is the same as the notice of the sub game, the payout of the sub game is added to the payout of the main game. For example, as shown in the liquid crystal display screen 33 of FIG.
If the winning combination achieved in the main game is “4 cards” of the ace and the advance notice in the sub game shown in the sub game display section 44 is also “4 cards”, a payout for the “4 card” role, for example, coin 200 A bonus payout for notice fulfillment, for example, 500 coins, is added to the
00 coins are given. At this time, the front panel 3
An arrangement may be made in which a light source incorporated in the second or the like emits light, BGM or the like is output, and an effect to congratulate that the notice has been given is performed.

In the case where the combination as announced in the sub game has not been established in the main game, but another combination has been established in the main game, a payout as usual for the combination established in the main game is given. Is given. For example, as shown in FIG. 3B, if the notice in the sub game is “4 cards” and the winning combination in the main game is “3 cards” of Ace, the “3 card” role , For example, only 50 coins are awarded.

In the poker game machine 31 according to the present embodiment as well, the sub game is played before the main game, and it is not known whether or not a notice in the sub game has been won until the main game ends. Therefore, the interest of the player is the moment when the card held in the main game is determined, that is, the redrawn card is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 33.
Focus on the moment shown above. As a result, the player's interest in the main game is much higher than in the sub game, and the main game is more enjoyable than the sub game.

In the first and second embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the slot machine 11 and the poker game machine 31 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to these. For example, the present invention can be applied to any game machine such as a mahjong game machine and a flower card game machine. In this case, the same operation and effect as those of the above embodiments can be obtained.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, the main game is performed after the sub game is performed, so that the final result of the game is known at the end of the main game. Therefore, the player's attention is focused on the main game. As a result, interest in the main game becomes higher than interest in the sub game, and the original purpose of the gaming machine is fulfilled. In addition, an unprecedented new game mode in which the sub game is played before the main game is provided, and the interest of the game is improved.

When the sub game is configured as a game for predicting the result of the main game, first, a sub game for predicting the result of the main game is performed, and subsequently, the main game is performed.
If the result of the main game is the same as the result expected in the sub game, a special payout that is predictable is added to the normal payout for the result of the main game. Therefore, the player's attention is paid at the end of the main game, which determines whether or not a special payout can be obtained, and the main game is enjoyed more than the sub game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a conventional slot machine.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the slot machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged front view showing an example of a result of a main game and a sub game of the slot machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a poker game machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a partially enlarged front view showing an example of a result of a main game and a sub game of a poker game machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5B is an example of another game result. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Slot machine 16, 17, 18 Reel C Control part 19 Spin button 21 1 BET button 22 Max BET button 25 Monitor display 31 Poker game machine 33 Liquid crystal display screen 34 Deal and draw button 36 37, 38, 39, 40 ... hold button 43 ... payout display section 44 ... sub game display section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine for performing a sub game which provides an added value to a result of a main game, wherein the sub game is performed before the main game is performed. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the sub game is a game for predicting a result of the main game. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the prediction is made by selecting an arbitrary winning combination from a plurality of predetermined winning combinations of the main game.