JP2003144707A - Game machine, method of presenting dramatic effect of game machine, and server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of increasing a player's anticipation of the development of a game and significantly improving the attraction of the game. SOLUTION: The game machine has a display part and a speaker which can output a sound for bringing the stereophonic effect, and displays an advance notice character image which previously notifying a player of the reliability of generation of a possible ready-to-win state and/or the reliability of generation of a possible jackpot condition. In the game machine, one or at least two advance notice character images among a plurality of advance notice character images are displayed, and before the one or at least two advance notice character images are displayed, the voices of the plurality of advance notice characters and/or the sound connected to the plurality of advance notice characters are outputted in the stereophonic effective sound, implying the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters. In addition, it is previously notified by the stereophonic effective sound that one or at least two advance notice characters will be displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko game machine, a method for expressing the effect of the game machine, and a server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pachinko game machine is provided with a display device having a CRT or a liquid crystal monitor, for example, in order to keep a player playing a pachinko game from getting tired and to grasp the game state. In this display device, normally, in order to attract the player's interest in the game, this variable symbol is variably displayed in the identification information image area in which the identification information image including the variable symbol having a plurality of identification information such as numerical values is displayed. While performing, the effect expression is performed in which a background image such as a moving image having a certain narrative property is displayed in the effect image area in which the effect image is displayed. In general, in a moving image having such a narrative property, the higher the narrative property is, the more important the sound generated during the development of the story and the sound generated by the character become. Therefore, it is devised to output a sound like this from a speaker provided in the gaming machine to make the story more realistic.

Further, in such a pachinko gaming apparatus,
Usually, a so-called jackpot state is obtained in which a payout advantageous to the player is obtained by a combination of symbols of the variable symbols that are stopped and displayed in the identification information image area. For this reason, on the display unit of the pachinko gaming apparatus, an effect of displaying an image of predicting the reliability of the reach that may develop into a big hit or an image of predicting the reliability of the big hit is also performed. With such an effect, the player will be excited about the possibility that a reach state or a big hit state will occur, and the player will be more interested in the game.

As one of such rendering methods, there is a method of temporarily displaying a notice character image for predicting the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot as a part of the story in accordance with the development of the story. . The above-mentioned production method is performed mainly for maniac players, and since they give a notice in a manner that only they can know, they can be immersed in a special sense of superiority, and as a result, You will be more and more absorbed in the game.

Recently, in such an effect, a plurality of types of notice character images for predicting the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot are prepared, and the reliability of the reach and the jackpot are determined by the notice character image to be introduced. The production of different credibility is also performed. According to such a rendering method, the player is curious about which preview character image appears, which further increases his interest in the game.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned production method, since the notice character image temporarily appears, the player may miss the notice character image, resulting in poor reliability. For this reason, the player must always keep an eye on the display part of the pachinko gaming device in order not to miss the notice character image, which makes him tired and difficult to play for a long time. There was a problem.

Further, the more maniac such a notice becomes, the more difficult it is for a beginner to understand, and the notice itself becomes meaningless to a player who cannot recognize it. . In particular, such a problem is likely to occur when performing an effect that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot are different depending on the preview character image to appear.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to notify the fate of a game by notifying the advance notice character image to be displayed by a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect. You can increase the expectation about, and when the game is a big hit, you can increase the player's sense of fulfillment and sense of accomplishment, improve the interest of the player dramatically, and the player will not feel tired. A gaming machine that can enjoy playing for a long time, and even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, the expression expression of the gaming machine It is to provide a method and a server.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, one or more notice character images of a plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area. In addition, before the one or more notice character images are displayed, the sound of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the plurality of notice character images are generated by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect. A sound relating to the notice character is output to imply the presence of the plurality of notice characters, and further, the sound in which the three-dimensional sound effect is produced notifies that the one or more notice character images are displayed in advance. It is characterized by

More specifically, the present invention provides the following. (1) An identification information image area for displaying an identification information image, which is provided on a game board, is displayed in a variable manner, and is displayed in a variable manner and can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, and an effect image for displaying an effect image A display unit that displays a screen image including a region and a speaker that outputs a sound according to a game situation are provided, and the speaker can output a sound that produces a stereoscopic sound effect, and A gaming machine in which a notice character image for notifying reach reliability and / or jackpot reliability is displayed in the effect image area, wherein one of the plurality of notice character images is provided in the effect image area. Alternatively, at least two or more notice character images are displayed, and before the one or more or more notice character images are displayed, a sound that produces the three-dimensional sound causes The voices of the plurality of notice characters shown as a number of notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters are output to imply the presence of the plurality of notice characters, and further, the effect of the three-dimensional sound is generated. It is characterized in that the sound informs in advance that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed.

According to the invention of (1), the fact that one or more advance notice character images are displayed is notified, for example, at the player's ears by a sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound.
It can be announced using a unique and novel method. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to enhance the sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement of people, and to dramatically improve their interest.

Further, since one or two or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound having a three-dimensional sound effect, the player hears the sound having the three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always look at the display unit of the gaming machine in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by a sound having a three-dimensional sound effect. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. The degree of excitement and excitement can be increased.

The present invention further provides the following. (2) A display unit provided on the game board and displaying a screen image composed of a moving image, a still image or a combination of these images, depending on the game situation developed on the game board, depending on the game situation A speaker that outputs a sound, and a control unit that transmits at least electronic data to the display unit and a sound signal to the speaker, and outputs a sound that produces a stereoscopic sound effect by the speaker. It is possible to do, and each of the screen images is variably displayed, and an identification information image area that displays an identification information image that can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, and an effect image area that displays the effect image. Further, in the effect image area, there is provided a game machine in which a notice character image for giving notice of the reach reliability and / or the jackpot reliability is displayed.
In the effect image area, one or more notice character images of the plurality of notice character images are displayed, and the three-dimensional sound is displayed before the one or more notice character images are displayed. The sound that produces the effect
The voices of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters are output to imply the presence of the plurality of notice characters, and the effect of the three-dimensional sound is It is characterized in that the generated sound notifies in advance that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed.

According to the invention of (2), the fact that one or more advance notice character images are displayed is notified, for example, at the player's ears by a sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound.
It can be announced using a unique and novel method. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to enhance the sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement of people, and to dramatically improve their interest.

Further, since one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound producing a three-dimensional sound effect, the player hears the sound producing a three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always look at the display unit of the gaming machine in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are to be displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by the sound having the effect of the three-dimensional sound. Thus, it is possible to give the player a realistic sensation, and to give a throb feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching. Which of the plurality of notice character images is displayed. You can increase the degree of expectation and excitement about what is done.

The present invention further provides the following. (3) In the gaming machine described in (1) or (2) above, the sound in which the effect of the three-dimensional sound is generated is a sound that generates a virtual sound source, and the one or more notice character images are displayed. Before being performed, the sound of the virtual sound source is used to output the sounds of the plurality of advance notice characters shown as the plurality of advance notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of advance notice characters to output the plurality of advance notice characters. To announce that the one or more advance notice character images are displayed in advance by generating the virtual sound source or moving the generated virtual sound source. Is characterized by.

According to the invention of (3), the display of one or more advance notice character images is generated by generating a virtual sound source, or by moving the generated virtual sound source, for example, The sound can be gradually approached to the player's ears, the sound can be swirled around the player, and the like, and the notification can be made using a more unique and novel method. As a result, it is possible to sufficiently give the player a feeling of excitement and presence, and it is possible to further increase the degree of expectation and excitement about the whereabouts of the game.

Further, the player is notified in advance that one or more of the notice character images are displayed by generating a virtual sound source or by moving the generated virtual sound source. If the attention is focused on the display unit after the sound for generating the virtual sound source is heard or the generated virtual sound source moves, the one or more notice character images can be surely recognized. Therefore, the player does not have to constantly look at the display unit of the gaming machine in order not to miss one or more notice character images, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

The present invention further provides the following. (4) In the gaming machine described in any one of (1) to (3) above, sounds of a plurality of advance notice characters shown as the plurality of advance notice character images and / or sounds related to the plurality of advance notice characters. Is characterized by expressing a state in which the plurality of advance notice characters are discussing.

According to the invention of (4), one or more preview character images to be displayed are selected from among the plurality of preview character images by expressing how the plurality of preview characters are discussing. You can direct the process. For example, the notice character X shown as a notice character image for announcing the reliability of the reach is “I am going”.
Or the announcement character image Y shown as an announcement character image for announcing the reliability of the jackpot saying "No, I should go", and the announcement character X and the announcement character Y argue (discuss ),
When the notice character Y wins the quarrel, it is displayed by using a method such as displaying a notice character image for notifying the reliability of the jackpot 1
Alternatively, it is possible to produce a process in which two or more notice character images are selected. With the above-described effects, the player is expected to display a preview character image that predicts that the jackpot is highly reliable, out of the plurality of preview character images, and the excitement and presence of the game can be expected. It can give a feeling.

The present invention further provides the following. (5) In the gaming machine described in (4) above, when the variation pattern is not displayed in the identification information image area, the plurality of notice character images are displayed on the display unit and the speaker is also displayed. Thus, the voices of the plurality of advance notice characters are output.

According to the invention of (5), when the variable pattern is not displayed in the identification information image area, the plurality of notice character images are displayed on the display unit as a demo screen and the speaker is displayed. As a result, the voices of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images are output, and the introduction of the plurality of notice characters is performed. It is possible to recognize in advance whether or not to emit. Therefore, the player can surely predict what kind of notice character image will be displayed before displaying one or more notice character images. As a result, it is possible to give the player more excitement and presence, and it is possible to further increase the degree of expectation regarding the whereabouts of the game.

The present invention further provides the following. (6) The invention according to any one of (1) to (5) above, wherein the speaker is a parametric speaker.

As described above, in the present invention, before the display of one or more advance notice character images, one or more advance notice character images are displayed in advance by the sound that produces the stereophonic effect. To announce. Therefore, in one gaming machine, 1 or 2 depending on the sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound
If it is announced that the above-mentioned notice character image will be displayed, not only the player who is playing the game with the one gaming machine, but also the surrounding players, one or more notice character images are displayed. You can know that big hits will occur in the near future. However, if a big hit or the like does not occur thereafter, the player playing the game with the one gaming machine may be embarrassed by being pointed out by the surroundings.

However, according to the invention of (6), the parametric speaker emits the sound to be heard by the player on ultrasonic waves having a strong directivity and concentrates the sound at a predetermined place like a spotlight. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the sound output from the one gaming machine from being heard by another player. As a result, even if it is announced that one or more notice character images are displayed by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound in the one gaming machine, another game around the one gaming machine is announced. Since the person cannot hear the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound, he / she does not know in advance that one or more notice character images will be displayed on the one game machine. Therefore, even if the reach state does not occur or the jackpot state does not occur after one or more notice character images are displayed, a game in which a game is being played on the one gaming machine. The player can concentrate on the game without an embarrassment.

The present invention further provides the following. (7) A display unit provided on the game board and displaying a screen image composed of a moving image, a static image, or an image obtained by combining these, depending on the game situation developed on the game board, depending on the game situation And a speaker that outputs a sound, and a control method for transmitting electronic data to at least the display unit and a sound signal to the speaker. It is possible to output a sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound, and
Each of the screen images includes an identification information image area that displays an identification information image that is variably displayed and can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, and an effect image area that displays an effect image, and further in the effect image area. , A representation expression method of a gaming machine in which a notice character image for announcing reach reliability and / or jackpot reliability is displayed, wherein one or more of the plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area. While displaying two or more notice character images, before the one or more notice character images are displayed, the sounds of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images are generated by the sound having the effect of the three-dimensional sound. And / or outputting a sound related to the plurality of notice characters to imply the presence of the plurality of notice characters. The sound effect of the stereoscopic sound occurs, and wherein when a notice that is displayed in advance the one or more notice character image.

According to the invention of (7), the fact that one or more of the notice character images are displayed is notified by, for example, the player's ears by a sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound.
It can be announced using a unique and novel method. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to provide a representation expression method for a gaming machine, which can enhance the player's sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement, and can dramatically improve the interest.

Further, since one or two or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound having a three-dimensional sound effect, the player hears the sound having the three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always gaze at the display unit of the terminal device in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. In addition, even a beginner can reliably recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, a method for expressing the effect of the gaming machine that can enjoy the game more It will be possible to provide.

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by the sound having the effect of the stereophonic sound. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. It is possible to provide a representation expression method for a gaming machine that can increase the degree of excitement and excitement.

The present invention further provides the following. (8) A server that displays a game machine image showing a game machine on each terminal and outputs a sound according to the game situation, and outputs a sound that produces a stereoscopic sound effect to each terminal. It is a server that can be controlled, and depending on the situation of the game played on the terminal,
Each is variably displayed, and a screen image including an identification information image area for displaying an identification information image composed of a plurality of variable patterns that can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, and an effect image area for displaying an effect image is further displayed. , The terminal device is controlled to display a notice character image for predicting the reach reliability and / or the jackpot reliability in the effect image area, and the effect image area includes a plurality of the notice character images. One or more of the notice character images are displayed, and a plurality of notice character images are displayed as the plurality of notice character images by the sound that produces the three-dimensional sound effect before the one or more notice character images are displayed. By outputting the voice of the notice character and / or the sound relating to the plurality of notice characters, the presence of the plurality of notice characters is detected. It was implied, further, the sound effect of the stereoscopic sound occurs, and performs a control to notice that to advance displaying the one or more notice character image to the terminal.

According to the invention of (8), the fact that one or more notice character images are displayed is notified, for example, at the player's ear by a sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound.
It can be announced using a unique and novel method. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to provide a server that can enhance the sense of fulfillment and achievement of a person and can dramatically improve the interest.

Further, since one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound producing a three-dimensional sound effect, the player hears the sound producing the three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always gaze at the display unit of the terminal device in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. In addition, even a beginner can certainly recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, it is possible to provide a server in which the game can be more enjoyed. .

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by a sound having a three-dimensional sound effect. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. It is possible to provide a server that can increase the degree of excitement and excitement.

[Definition of Terms, etc.] In the present specification, “identification information” means information visually identifiable such as characters, symbols, pictures or patterns. “Variable display” means that when the identification information sequentially changes, for example, when the design “7” which is one identification information is changed to the design “8” which is another identification information, or the design “9” is changed to another. In addition to the case of changing to the symbol "☆", when one piece of identification information is moved and displayed in the display area where the identification information can be displayed, for example, one piece of symbol " 7 "is a concept including a case where the display area moves while being displayed in the display area.

The "sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound" is a sound that gives the player a sense of depth and breadth. A sound that produces such a stereophonic effect is, for example, a correlation coefficient of the sound pressure of the sound at the entrance of both ears of the player with respect to the sound signal that generates the sound or the sound data that is the sound signal. Can be obtained by performing a process for changing the sound, a process for adding a sound signal for generating a reverberant sound, and the like, and then outputting a sound based on the processed sound signal. Note that in this specification, sound data refers to electronic data stored in a storage medium (eg, a ROM) provided in a game machine or the like, and a sound signal refers to an electric signal input to a speaker. I will say.

Further, when outputting a sound based on the sound signal or sound data which has been subjected to the above-mentioned processing, usually, by using two or three or more speakers (circuits), the effect of three-dimensional sound is obtained. It is possible to output the resulting sound,
The same applies to the gaming machine of the present invention and the terminal controlled by the server of the present invention (hereinafter, also referred to as a terminal, etc.). By using two or three or more speakers (circuits), three-dimensional sound is obtained. The sound that produces the effect of can be output. Further, in the present invention, it is not always necessary to use two or three or more speakers, and one speaker may be used. The position at which the speaker is provided is also not particularly limited. The positions and the number of the above-mentioned speakers can be appropriately set so that the sound output from the speakers can sufficiently obtain a stereoscopic effect.

Further, in the gaming machine or the like of the present invention,
It is not always necessary to output a sound that produces the effect of a stereoscopic sound. For example, when the presence of a plurality of notice characters is implied before the notice character image is displayed, and the notice character image is displayed in advance. It is also possible to output the sound that produces the effect of the stereophonic sound only when the notification is made.

The "reach reliability" means that among the plurality of variable symbols, when the variable symbols other than the variable symbol that is finally stopped and displayed are stopped and displayed, all the symbols of the variable symbols that are stopped and displayed match. Say the possibility. Therefore, the reach state may not occur even when the preview character image for predicting the reliability of the reach is displayed. “Reliability of jackpot” refers to a possibility that a combination of symbols that are displayed in a stopped state of a plurality of variable symbols matches a combination of symbols that are in a jackpot state. Therefore, as with the above-described reach reliability, even when the notice character image for predicting the reliability of the jackpot is displayed, the jackpot may not occur. On the other hand, on the contrary, even when the notice character image for predicting the reach reliability and / or the jackpot reliability is not displayed, the reach state or the jackpot state may occur. . However, if a notice character image that predicts the reach reliability and / or the jackpot reliability is displayed,
Compared with the case where the above notice character image is not displayed,
It is desirable that the reach state and / or the big hit state occur with a high probability. This is because the player expects the notice character image to be displayed, and by expecting the notice character image to be displayed, the player can sufficiently obtain the effect of the present invention. Because you can.

"One or two or more notice character images of a plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area" means a storage medium (for example, ROM) in the gaming machine.
Etc.), a plurality of notice character images are stored,
It means that one or more selected notice character images of the plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area.

The "sound relating to the notice character" is a sound that allows the player to easily imagine the presence of the notice character and / or the notice character by hearing the sound. Examples of such sounds include a narration about the notice character, a sound expressing the action of the notice character (for example, footsteps, etc.), and a notice character such as a clock in the case of a crocodile appearing in the story of Peter Pan. Sounds and the like that are deeply linked to the advance notice character in a story or the like can be cited. Further, as another example, there may be mentioned music or the like, in which listening to the music or the like may trigger the notice character to be reminded. Examples of the music that reminds such a notice character include, for example, a song that is frequently played when a notice character called so-called theme music appears, a TV or movie theme song in which the notice character appears, and a place where the notice character is born. The music etc. which represent etc. are mentioned.

The phrase "implies the presence of a plurality of notice characters" means that a plurality of notice characters exist around the player by using a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect and appealing to the player's hearing. It means giving the player a feeling of being doing so that the player recognizes the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters.

The "virtual sound source" refers to a virtual sound source existing in a position different from the speaker generated in the player's sensation by the sound output from the speaker provided in the gaming machine or the like. Therefore, when the player is located in front of the gaming machine or the like, the speaker provided in the gaming machine or the like outputs a sound for generating a virtual sound source, and when the virtual sound source is generated behind the player, the player Although the sound is output from the speaker provided in the game machine or the like on the front, it feels as if the sound is output from the virtual sound source generated in the rear. In this case, the player senses that the virtual sound source is generated at a position different from the speaker.

In the present invention, the sound in which the effect of the three-dimensional sound is generated is a sound that causes a virtual sound source to be generated, and the sound that causes the virtual sound source to be generated before one or more notice character images is displayed. Outputting voices of a plurality of advance notice characters shown as a plurality of advance notice characters images and / or sounds related to the plurality of advance notice characters to imply the existence of the plurality of advance notice characters and further generating the virtual sound source. It is desirable to announce in advance that one or more of the above-mentioned notice character images will be displayed by, or by moving the generated virtual sound source. For example, one or more advance notice characters may be used by using a more unique and novel method such as gradually approaching the player's ears with sound or rotating the player's surroundings. By notifying that the image will be displayed, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement and presence, and to further increase the degree of expectation and excitement about the whereabouts of the game. Is. The virtual sound source will be described below.

The sound waves from the speaker are affected by, for example, the transmission system of a field such as a game field or space where the player is, and the transmission system due to reflection, diffraction, and resonance of the player's head, ear shells, shoulders, and the like. To reach the eardrum of the player's ears. The transfer function of these transfer systems, that is, the transfer function from the sound source to the ear canal is called the head acoustic transfer function. The head acoustic transfer function can be obtained by a measurement method such as an M-sequence method or a cross spectrum method.

The virtual sound source uses, for example, a head acoustic transfer function obtained from the positional relationship between the player and the speaker provided in the gaming machine, the positional relationship between the player and the virtual sound source generated, and the like. It can be generated by processing the sound data or the sound signal and outputting the sound based on the sound data or the sound signal. Such processing can be performed by, for example, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) which is an arithmetic processing unit, and for example, FIR (Finite)
-duration Impulse Response) filter and IIR (In
It can be realized by using a filter such as finite-duration Impulse Response).

Further, regarding the above virtual sound source, FIGS.
Will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a virtual sound source, that is, a state in which the listener hears the sound output by two speakers arranged in front of the listener, It is explanatory drawing shown in comparison with the state which is hearing the sound output by the virtual sound source which exists in the side.

First, it is assumed that the listener A is listening to the sound output by the virtual sound source 210 existing on the right rear side of the listener A. At this time, the frequency characteristic (eg, sound pressure level, frequency, etc.) of the sound output by the virtual sound source 210 is VS, the head acoustic transfer function from the virtual sound source 210 to the left ear of the listener A is H _L , the virtual sound source When the head related transfer functions to the right ear of the listener a from 210 to H _R, the listener and the frequency characteristic E _L of sound in the ear near the left ear of a, the sound in the vicinity of the outer ear of the right ear frequency characteristic E _R can be represented by the following equations (1) and (2), respectively (see FIG. 1). E _L = VS × H _L ... (1) E _R = VS × H _R ... (2)

Next, the speaker 201 (201a, 201a)
Consider the case of listening to the sound output in b). The speaker 201a is located on the left side in front of the listener A, and the speaker 201b is located on the right side in front of the listener A. The frequency characteristic of the sound output from the speaker 201a is LS, the head acoustic transfer function from the speaker 201a to the left ear of the listener A is LG _L , and the speaker 201b is
The head related transfer functions to the right ear of the listener A and LG _R from, RS frequency characteristic of the sound output by the speaker 201b, the head related transfer function from the speaker 201b to the left ear of the listener A RG _L , speaker 201b to listener A
If the head acoustic transfer function to the right ear of _R is RGR, the frequency characteristic E _L of the sound near the outer ear of the left ear of the listener A and the frequency characteristic E _R of the sound near the outer ear of the right ear are respectively It can be expressed by the following equations (3) and (4) (see FIG. 1). _{E L = LS × LG L +} RS × RG L ··· (3) E R = LS × LG R + RS × RG R ··· (4)

From the equations (1) to (4), the speaker 2
The following equations (5) and (6) can be obtained for the frequency characteristic LS of the sound output by 01a and the frequency characteristic RS of the sound output by the speaker 201b (see FIG. 1). _{LS = VS × (RG L ×} H R -RG R × H L) / XG ··· (5) RS = VS × (-LG L × H R + LG R × H L) / XG ··· (6) _{(However, XG = RG L × LG R} -RG R × LG L)

Further, as shown in FIG.
When (201a, 201b) are arranged symmetrically with respect to the listener A, the head acoustic transfer function from the speaker 201 to the ear closer to the listener A, that is, the head acoustic transfer function LG _L and the head related transfer functions RG _R can be the same head related transfer functions. The same applies to the head acoustic transfer function from the speaker 201 to the listener A's far ear. Therefore, assuming that the head acoustic transfer function from the speaker 201 to the ear closer to the listener A is G _N and the head acoustic transfer function from the speaker 201 to the ear far from the listener A is G _F , the above ( Equations (5) and (6) are respectively represented by the following (7)
And can be expressed as in equation (8). _{LS = VS × (G F ×} H R -G N × H L) / (G F 2 -G N 2) ··· (7) RS = VS × (-G N × H R + G F × H L) / (G _F ² -G _N ² ) ... (8)

That is, the frequency characteristic VS of the sound output by the virtual sound source 210 is set, and for the sound signal or sound data for generating the sound of the frequency characteristic VS, the above equations (5) and (6) (above (7)) are set. And (8)) to obtain sound signals or sound data for generating sounds having frequency characteristics LS and RS, and a speaker based on the obtained sound signals or sound data having frequency characteristics LS and RS, respectively. The virtual sound source 210 can be generated by outputting from the speaker 201a and the speaker 201b.

However, when a virtual sound source is generated by the above-mentioned method, a sound reaching the right ear from the left speaker,
Crosstalk may occur with the sound reaching the left ear from the right speaker. When the crosstalk occurs, the listener may feel discomfort at the position of the virtual sound source. Such crosstalk can be suppressed by applying a process of canceling the crosstalk to a sound signal for generating a sound output from a speaker. Next, a method of outputting the sound for generating the virtual sound source while suppressing the occurrence of the crosstalk will be described.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a virtual sound source, that is, a state in which the listener is listening to the sound output from the headphones is output by the virtual sound source existing on the right rear side of the listener. It is explanatory drawing shown in comparison with the state which is listening to the sound. Listener A uses headphones 301 (3
Consider the case of listening to the sound output by 01a, 301b). The headphone 301a is used by the listener A.
The headphone 301b is located on the right side of the listener A. The frequency characteristic of the sound output by the headphone 301a is set to LP, the headphone 30
If the frequency characteristic of the sound output by 1b is RP and the head acoustic transfer function from the headphones 301 (301a, 301b) to the ear of the listener A is N _B , the sound near the outer ear of the listener A's left ear is The frequency characteristic E _L and the frequency characteristic E _R of the sound in the right ear are as follows (9) and (1
0) can be represented (see FIG. 2). E _L = LP × N _B ... (9) E _R = RP × N _B ... (10)

From the expressions (1) and (2) and the expressions (9) and (10), the frequency characteristic LP of the sound output from the headphone 301a and the headphone 301b.
The following equations (11) and (12) can be obtained for the frequency characteristic RP of the sound output by (see FIG. 2). _{LP = VS × H L / N} B ··· (11) RP = VS × H R / N B ··· (12)

Equations (7) and (8) above and (11) above
And the equation (12), the frequency characteristic LS of the sound output by the speaker 201a and the frequency characteristic RS of the sound output by the speaker 201b will be described below (1
Equations 3) and (14) can be obtained (FIGS. 1 and 2).
reference). LS = [(N _B / G _N ) / {1- (G _F / G _N ) ² }] × {LP− (G _F / G _N ) × RP} ... (13) RS = [(N _B / G _N ) / {1- (G _F / G _N ) ² }] × {RP− (G _F / G _N ) × LP} ... (14)

In this way, the frequency characteristic VS of the sound output by the virtual sound source 210 is set, the sound signal having the frequency characteristic VS is processed using the above equations (11) to (14), and the frequency characteristic LS is obtained. And the sound signals of RS are obtained, and the sounds based on the obtained sound signals of the frequency characteristics LS and RS are output from the speaker 201a and the speaker 201b, respectively, so that the virtual sound source 210 is generated with almost no crosstalk. It will be possible. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a virtual sound source, that is, an explanatory diagram for explaining a process of performing the above-described processing.

A sound signal or sound data that becomes a sound (frequency characteristic: VS) to be output by the virtual sound source 210 is prepared in advance, and the sound is obtained by using the filter 401 obtained by the above equations (11) and (12). By processing the signal, a sound signal or sound data (frequency characteristics: LP, RP) output by the headphones 301 can be obtained.
This process is usually called binaural transformation. next,
Filter 4 obtained by the above equations (13) and (14)
02 and 403, the obtained sound signal or sound data (frequency characteristic: LP, RP) is processed to generate a sound output by the speaker 201. Sound signal or sound data (frequency characteristic: LS, RS) ) Can be obtained.

Based on the sound signal or sound data obtained in this way, the frequency characteristic LS is set by the speaker 201a.
In addition to outputting the sound of the frequency characteristic RS from the speaker 201b, the listener A outputs the sound from the virtual sound source 210 generated on the right rear side despite the sound being output from the speaker 201. It feels like sound is being output. In order to move the virtual sound source, it is sufficient to prepare the filters 401 to 403 corresponding to the movement. Further, in consideration of a slight movement of the listener's head, for example, a filter capable of correcting a change in sound reaching both ears of the listener depending on the movement may be prepared. Good. Further, for example, by setting the frequency characteristics of virtual sound sources other than the virtual sound source 210 shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 and using a method substantially similar to the method of obtaining the above equations (1) to (14), a plurality of It is also possible to prepare a filter capable of generating the virtual sound source of.

In the present invention, the above (5) and (6) are used for the sound data stored in the storage medium (for example, ROM) in the gaming machine or the sound signal input to the speaker. You may decide to perform a process, and the above (1
You may decide to perform the process using 1)-(14).
Further, the sound data that has been subjected to these processes may be stored in advance in a storage medium (for example, ROM) in the gaming machine.

As a speaker that can be used when a virtual sound source is generated by the above-described method, a conventionally known speaker such as a cone speaker,
A horn speaker, a dome speaker, a capacitor speaker, a ribbon type speaker, an ion type speaker, etc. can be mentioned.

"Representing a situation in which a plurality of advance notice characters are discussing" means expressing a state in which a plurality of advance notice characters are discussing, such as a situation in which a plurality of advance notice characters argue or chat. . As described above, as a method of expressing a state in which a plurality of advance notice characters are discussing, a method of directly expressing by the voices of a plurality of characters can be mentioned. A method that uses a method of indirectly expressing the sound of throwing an object at another notice character, a footstep sound of the one notice character running toward another notice character, or the like indirectly by a sound related to a plurality of notice characters Etc. can be mentioned. Further, the contents discussed by the plurality of notice characters are not particularly limited, but the process of selecting one or more notice character images to be displayed among the plurality of notice character images is produced. It should be content. By doing so, it is possible to expect the player to display a preview character image that predicts that the jackpot is highly reliable, out of the plurality of preview character images, as well as the excitement and presence of the game. This is because it is possible to give a feeling. The manner in which the plurality of advance notice characters discuss will be described later with reference to the drawings.

A "parametric speaker" is a speaker that outputs a sound (a sound wave in the audible range) that the player wants to hear by placing it on an ultrasonic wave having a strong directivity, and concentrates the sound at a predetermined place like a spotlight. There is a speaker that generates a sound that the player wants to hear by performing self-detection of the output ultrasonic wave by utilizing the nonlinear interaction of sound waves.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, the speaker is preferably a parametric speaker. As described above, even if the reach state does not occur or the jackpot state does not occur after the notice character image is displayed, do not feel embarrassed and concentrate on the game with peace of mind. Because you can Hereinafter, regarding the above parametric speaker, FIG.
Will be explained.

FIG. 4A is an explanatory diagram of the parametric speaker, and FIG. 4B is a diagram schematically showing a frequency spectrum of nonlinear interaction due to a sine wave. Moreover, (c) is a figure which shows typically the frequency spectrum of the nonlinear interaction by an amplitude modulation wave.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the case where the parametric speaker 500 outputs an ultrasonic wave of frequency f _{1 and} an ultrasonic wave of frequency f ₂ (however, f ₂ > f ₁ ) which are primary sound waves Think The frequency spectrum showing the non-linear interaction between sine waves in such a situation is as shown in FIG. In other words, the non-linear interference between the ultrasonic wave of frequency f _{1 and} the ultrasonic wave of frequency f ₂ that are the primary sound waves causes the frequency (f ₂ +) that is the secondary sound wave.
f ₁₎ sound (the chords), and are produced sound of the frequency _(f 2 -f ₁₎ (difference frequency) (see FIG. 4 (a) and (b)).

At this time, the parametric speaker 500 is set so that the frequency (f ₂ −f ₁ ) becomes a frequency in the audible range.
Therefore, by outputting the ultrasonic wave of the frequency f _{1 and} the ultrasonic wave of the frequency f ₂ , it is possible to generate the sound of the frequency (f ₂ −f ₁ ) in the audible range. Further, since the sound of the frequency (f ₂ −f ₁ ) generated as described above has a strong directivity as in the case of the ultrasonic wave, it becomes possible to concentrate the sound at a predetermined place like a spotlight. However, normally, a parametric speaker hardly outputs ultrasonic waves of different frequencies as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), and normally a carrier wave of ultrasonic waves is modulated by a modulation signal in the audible range. The amplitude-modulated wave obtained by the above is output.

Next, the case where the amplitude-modulated wave is output from the parametric speaker will be described with reference to FIG. Usually, an amplitude modulation wave (modulated wave) 501 obtained by modulating a carrier wave with a modulation signal is, as shown in FIG. 4C, a carrier wave 501a and an upper side wave (upper sideband) 501b.
And a lower side wave (lower side band) 501c.

When the amplitude-modulated wave 501 undergoes a nonlinear interaction of sound waves, the carrier wave 501a and the upper side wave 501b cause non-linear interference, and the carrier wave 501a and the lower side wave 5 interfere with each other.
01c causes non-linear interference. As a result, it is possible to generate the modulated wave 502 which is a secondary sound wave corresponding to the above-mentioned modulated signal. That is, the amplitude modulated wave 501 can be self-detected by utilizing the nonlinear interaction of sound waves. In this case, the modulated signal is directly output as the modulated wave 502 which is the secondary sound wave. Therefore, for the modulated signal, for example, a sound signal in an audible range such as voice or sound effect is selected, and the carrier wave is When sound waves are selected, it becomes possible to concentrate the sound on a predetermined place like a spotlight.

In the gaming machine of the present invention equipped with the above-mentioned parametric speaker, the sound output by the parametric speaker undergoes nonlinear interaction of sound waves, and a secondary sound wave is generated, and the secondary sound wave. Only in the region where the sound wave is transmitted, the player can hear the sound output by the parametric speaker. At this time, the place where the secondary sound wave is generated becomes a virtual sound source existing at a position different from that of the parametric speaker, that is, a virtual sound source. The virtual sound source generated in this way can be moved by changing the orientation of the parametric speaker.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that in the following, a game machine of the present invention, which is provided with two speakers (speakers that are not parametric speakers) and is capable of outputting a sound that produces a stereoscopic sound effect, will be described. . It is assumed that the gaming machine previously stores the sound data processed by the method described above. Of course, the game machine of the present invention is not limited to such a game machine.

FIG. 5 is a front view schematically showing the gaming machine of the present invention. In the embodiments described below, the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine as a preferred embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention.

The pachinko game machine 10 has a main body frame 12
And the game board 14 incorporated in the main body frame 12, and the game board 1
4, the window frame 16 of the body frame 12 provided on the front surface of the window frame 4, and the window frame 1
An upper plate 20 and a lower plate 22 provided on the front side of the main body frame 12 on the lower side of 6 and a firing handle 26 provided on the right side of the lower plate 22 are arranged.

A plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) are struck on the front surface of the game board 14. It should be noted that the game board 14 is formed of a resin material without using a structure in which nails are driven, and a metal rod-shaped body is added to the game board 14 of the resin material.
It may be configured to be planted so as to project in the front direction of
The present invention can be applied to the pachinko game machine 10 (pachi-con machine) as described above. In this specification, the pachinko game machine 10 is a concept including a pachinko machine.

Further, the firing handle 26 is rotatably provided with respect to the main body frame 12, and the player can advance the pachinko game by operating the firing handle 26. A firing motor 28 is provided on the back side of the firing handle 26. When the firing handle 26 is rotated clockwise by the player, electric power is supplied to the firing motor 28 and the game balls stored in the upper plate 20 are sequentially fired to the game board 14.

The game ball thus shot is guided by the guide rails 30 provided on the game board 14 to move to the upper part of the game board 14, and then the traveling direction of the game ball is changed by the collision with the plurality of obstacle nails. While changing, it drops toward the bottom of the game board 14. A speaker 46 is provided below the lower plate 22.
(46a, 46b) are arranged, and the pachinko gaming apparatus 10 is configured so that the speaker 46 can output a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view schematically showing the game board 14. The constituent elements corresponding to those shown in FIG. 5 described above are denoted by the same reference numerals. In addition, FIG.
Shows the omitted one of the above-mentioned obstacle nails.

A display device 32, which is a display unit as described later, is provided substantially in the center of the front surface of the game board 14. A display device 52 is provided at the center of the upper portion of the display device 32. The display device 52 is composed of, for example, a 7-segment display, and the normal symbol, which is the display information, is variably displayed so as to repeat fluctuation and stop. Ball passage detectors 55a and 55b are provided on the left and right sides of the display device 32. This ball passage detector 55a or 55b, when detecting that the game sphere has passed in the vicinity thereof, in the above-mentioned display device 52, the variable display of the normal symbol is started, and after a lapse of a predetermined time, the normal symbol Stop changing display. This ordinary pattern is information consisting of numbers and symbols, and is, for example, numbers from "0" to "9" or symbols such as "*". When this normal symbol is displayed as a predetermined symbol, for example, "7", which is stopped and displayed, the solenoid 5 for driving the movable pieces 58a and 58b provided on both left and right sides of the starting port 44 described later.
A current is supplied to 7 (not shown), and the movable pieces 58a and 58b are driven so that the game ball easily enters the starting opening 44, and the starting opening 44 is opened. After the start port 44 is opened, when a predetermined time elapses, the movable piece is driven to close the start port 44,
The game balls are hard to enter.

There are 4 on both left and right sides of the above-mentioned display device 52.
Two holding lamps 34a to 34d are provided. Further, a general winning opening 50 is provided above the display device 52. In addition, at the bottom of the game board 14, a winning opening 38 for gaming balls is provided. A shutter 40 is provided near the winning opening 38 so as to be openable and closable. Shutter 40
Is driven by a solenoid 48 (not shown) so as to be opened when the variable display game is in the big hit state.

General winning openings 54a and 54b are provided on both left and right sides of the above-mentioned display device 32. further,
General winning openings 54c and 54d are provided on the left and right sides of the lower portion of the display device 32. Further, special winning openings 56a and 56b are provided at the left and right ends of the game board 14, and special winning openings 56c and 56 are provided on both left and right sides of the winning opening 38.
d is provided.

Further, a start port having a ball detection sensor 42 that triggers a transition to a variable display state of a plurality of, for example, three pieces of identification information displayed on the display device 32 when a variable display game described later is started. 44 are provided.
The above-mentioned winning opening 38, starting opening 44, general winning opening 54a-
When the game balls are won in 54d and the special winning openings 56a to 56d, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the lower plate 22 in accordance with the type of the winning opening.

Furthermore, rolling guide members 60a and 60b for guiding the path of the game ball in a predetermined direction are provided on both left and right sides of the display device 32. Also, a decorative lamp 36a is provided on the upper left side and the upper right side outside the game board 14.
And 36b are provided.

The portion of the above-described display device 32 for displaying a later-described effect image may be a liquid crystal display panel or a cathode ray tube. In addition, in the example described above, the display device 3
2 is a game board 14 of the pachinko game machine 10, which is a game machine.
In the above, the case where the display device 32 is provided at the substantially center of the front surface is shown, but the display device 32 may be provided at any position of the gaming machine as long as it can be seen by the player.

Further, in recent years, some pachislo gaming devices also have a liquid crystal screen in addition to the symbol display means for displaying symbols. Such a pachislo gaming device has the same liquid crystal screen as the pachinko gaming device. The game effect screen is displayed to improve the taste.
Therefore, the present invention is also applied to a pachi-slot gaming machine having such a liquid crystal screen.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a pachinko gaming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention.

The firing handle 26 described above is used in the control circuit 6
0 interface circuit group 62, and the interface circuit group 62 is connected to the input / output bus 64. An angle signal indicating the rotation angle of the firing handle 26 is converted into a predetermined signal by the interface circuit group 62 and then supplied to the input / output bus 64. I / O bus 64
A data signal or an address signal is input to and output from a central processing circuit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 66. Further, the ball detection sensor 42 is also connected to the interface circuit group 62 described above, and when the game ball passes through the starting opening 44, the ball detection sensor 42 supplies a detection signal to the interface circuit group 62. Further, the interface circuit group 62 includes a sphere passage detector 5
5 is also connected, and the ball passage detector 55 supplies a detection signal to the interface circuit group 62 when it detects that the game ball has passed the vicinity thereof.

The input / output bus 64 described above includes a ROM (read only memory) 68 and a RAM (random
An access memory) 70 is also connected. ROM68
Stores a control program for controlling the flow of the entire game of the pachinko gaming apparatus. Further, the ROM 68 is a plurality of advance notice characters for announcing the image data of the variable symbol that is variable displayed or stopped and the reliability of the reach and / or the reliability of the jackpot when the variable display game is executed on the display device 32. Images, character image data composed of a moving object displayed as an effect screen, background image data forming the background of the display device 32 and moving image video image data are stored, initial data for executing the control program, and the decoration lamp 36. A program for controlling the blinking operation pattern of is stored.

The ROM 68 further includes, for example, BGM,
It stores sound data such as sound effects and voice. The sound data includes sound data for generating sounds of a plurality of advance notice characters shown as a plurality of advance notice character images, and sound data for generating sounds regarding the plurality of advance notice characters. It should be noted that the sound data stored in the ROM 68 does not necessarily have to be sound data that produces a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect, and particularly sound data that produces a sound that does not produce a three-dimensional sound effect is stored. Good. Furthermore, it is desirable that the sound data that generates the sound that produces the stereophonic effect is sound data that is the sound that generates the virtual sound source.

The symbol image data described above is displayed on the display device 32.
In the case where the symbols are variably displayed or when the symbols are stopped and displayed, the image data corresponding to various display modes such as an enlarged image, a reduced image, and a deformed image are included. Further, the character image data, the background image data, and the moving image video image data, which are the above-mentioned moving objects, display a moving image, a still image, or a combination of these images as a screen image on the display device 32 so as to produce a game. It is for. Further, the character image data composed of the above-described moving object includes image data corresponding to each motion so as to display the motion of the character.

The RAM 70 also stores the values of flags and variables used in the above-mentioned programs. For example, it stores new input data, a result of calculation by the CPU 66, cumulative reach data indicating a history of games, a cumulative variation number, and a cumulative jackpot number.

The CPU 66, which is a control unit, executes arithmetic processing by calling and executing a predetermined program,
Based on the result of this arithmetic processing, the character image data composed of a moving object, the background image data, the moving image video image data and the variable pattern image data, and the sound data are transmitted as sound signals and other controls are performed. Although not shown, the DSP and the like described above are included in the CPU 66.

Further, the CPU 66 reads out the image data of the variable design which is the above-mentioned identification information, and displays it on the display device 32.
The control is performed such that the symbols are variably displayed, or the mutual combination state of the symbols that are the plurality of pieces of identification information is stopped and displayed on the display device 32 at a predetermined timing.

An interface circuit group 72 is also connected to the input / output bus 64. The interface circuit group 72 includes a display device 32 and a speaker 46 (46
a, 46b), the firing motor 28, the solenoid 48, the holding lamp 34, and the decoration lamp 36 are connected, and the interface circuit group 72 drives to control each of the above-mentioned devices according to the result of the arithmetic processing in the CPU 66. Supply signals and drive power.

The screen image of the display device 32, which is the display unit, is
It is composed of an identification image in which a variable pattern is displayed and an effect image in which an effect screen is displayed. Under the control of the CPU 66, these two images are superimposed and combined to be displayed as one image.

As described above, by superimposing a plurality of images, for example, a design image and an effect image on each other and synthesizing them, a scene in which the design changes can be produced with the effect image as a background, and various display modes are provided. Is possible.

The solenoid 48 is for opening and closing the shutter 40 as described above, and holds the hold lamp 34.
Indicates the number of times that the combination of symbols displayed on the display device 32 has been activated, and the decoration lamp 36 indicates to the player when the game is a big hit or reach. It blinks or lights up.

The control unit is constituted by the CPU 66, the display unit is constituted by the display device 32, and the gaming machine is constituted by the pachinko gaming device 10.

In the following, it is assumed that the pachinko gaming machine 10 is activated, the variables used in the CPU 66 described above are initialized to predetermined values, and are in steady operation. Further, explanations of sounds other than the sound implying the existence of the plurality of advance notice characters and the sound notifying the advance notice character image display will be omitted, but BGM, sound effects, voices, etc. may be generated depending on the game situation. It is supposed to be output appropriately.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a subroutine for detecting a game ball executed in the control circuit 60 described above. It should be noted that this subroutine is called and executed at a predetermined timing from a control program that controls the pachinko game of the pachinko game device 10 that has been executed in advance.

First, it is detected whether or not a game ball has entered the winning opening (step S11). The winning openings are, for example, the general winning openings 50 and 54a to 54d and the special winning openings 56a to 56d in the example shown in FIG. When it is determined in step S11 that a game ball has entered the winning opening, a process of paying out a predetermined number of playing balls according to the type of the winning opening is executed (step S11).
12).

Next, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the starting opening (step S13). This start is, for example, the start opening 44 in the example shown in FIG. 6 described above. When it is determined in this step S13 that a game ball has entered the starting opening, a first variable display game to be described later is executed (step S14).

Further, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed the ball passage detector (step S15). This sphere passage detector is, for example, the sphere passage detectors 55a and 55b in the example shown in FIG. 6 described above.

In this step S15, when it is determined that the game ball has passed the ball passage detector, as described above, the process of displaying the normal symbols in a variable manner on the display device 52 is executed (step S16). Note that, as described above, when the variable display of the normal symbol becomes a predetermined symbol when stopped, the movable pieces 58a and 58b are driven to open the starting port 44 and the starting port 4 is opened.
It is easy for the game ball to enter 4.

Next, the variable display game of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a subroutine that executes the variable display game process called and executed in step S14 described above.

When this subroutine is called, the fixed screen displayed on the display device 32 is switched to the normal screen, and the variable display game is started. Here, the variable display game is a game imitating a game played in a slot machine, and a plurality of symbols, which are a plurality of identification information, are displayed on the display device 32, and after each of them is displayed so as to change, a predetermined pattern is displayed. These symbols are displayed so as to be stopped sequentially at the timing of, and when the combination of symbols when all the symbols are stopped becomes a predetermined combination, the pachinko game is shifted to a state advantageous to the player. This is a game in which the variable display and the stop display are executed as one stroke.

For example, these 12 symbols are sequentially displayed on the display device 32 as one set of symbols consisting of 12 numbers "1", "2", ..., "12", and the symbols are displayed. While the symbols are displayed to move, the symbols themselves are displayed to change. For example, on the display device 32, the symbol "1" is displayed so as to be scrolled from the top to the bottom of the display device 32, and then the symbol "2" is displayed so as to be scrolled from the top to the bottom. Similarly, "3" is displayed so as to scroll from top to bottom. After the symbols "1" to "12" are displayed in this manner, the symbols "1" are again displayed so as to be scrolled, and the same display is sequentially repeated.

By displaying the symbols on the display device 32 in this manner, the symbols are sequentially changed while scrolling from "1" to "2" and from "2" to "3". Up to 12 "will be displayed, and then" 1 "will be displayed again. In this way, the mode of displaying the symbols so that the symbols themselves are sequentially changed while moving the position of one symbol is called variable display. Further, a mode in which a certain symbol is stopped and displayed is referred to as a stop display.

The symbols belonging to one set are displayed on the display device 3
When displaying in 2, the symbols to be displayed are not limited to only one symbol belonging to the set, and a plurality of symbols, for example, two to three symbols may be displayed at the same time. For example, when the symbol “5” is variably displayed on the display device 32, a part or the whole of the symbol “4” is variably displayed below the symbol “5”, and the symbol “6” is above the symbol “5”. May be displayed in a variable manner. The above-mentioned symbol group is a concept corresponding to the symbol group displayed on one reel used in the slot machine.

Further, when the variable display game is executed on the display device 32, the symbols belonging to each of the plurality of groups are displayed. For example, when each of the symbols belonging to the three groups is displayed in the horizontal direction, the symbols belonging to one group are displayed on the left side of the display device 32, and the symbols belonging to another group are displayed on the display device 32. The symbols displayed in the center and belonging to the remaining groups are displayed on the right side of the display device 32.

By displaying the symbol which is the identification information in this way, a plurality of identification information is displayed on the display device 32 which is the display unit. For example, in the case of performing variable display so that only one of the symbols belonging to one set is always displayed, the display device 32
Three symbols, that is, one symbol is displayed on the left side, one symbol is displayed on the center, and one symbol is displayed on the right side. Further, the number of sets when the variable display game is executed is not limited to three, and the symbols belonging to a plurality of sets other than three are displayed on the display device 3.
2 may be displayed.

As described above, by displaying the symbols in this manner, a plurality of symbols, that is, a plurality of pieces of identification information, are displayed on the display device 32 which is the display unit. Further, as described above, a plurality of symbols may be displayed for symbols belonging to one group, and for example, two symbols belonging to one group may be displayed so as to be variably displayed at the same time. In the case of displaying the set, a total of 6 symbols are variably displayed on the display device 32.

After variably displaying symbols belonging to a plurality of groups,
When all symbols that have been variably displayed are stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, when the combination of these symbols is stopped and displayed in accordance with the predetermined combination, the pachinko game is considered to have won the jackpot in the variable display game. Transition to a state that is advantageous to the player.

For example, when symbols belonging to three groups are displayed on the display device 32, symbols belonging to one group are stopped and displayed at "7", and symbols belonging to other groups are also stopped and displayed at "7". When the symbols belonging to the remaining groups are also stopped and displayed at "7", the symbol combination matches the predetermined combination "7"-"7"-"7", and the variable display game is won as a jackpot. As a result, the state where the pachinko game is advantageous to the player is shifted. When it shifts to a state where it becomes a big hit and is advantageous to the player,
The current is supplied to the solenoid 48 to open the shutter 40 of the winning opening 38 provided on the front surface of the game board 14 so that the game ball easily enters the winning opening 38.

Further, when the variable display game is being executed, a display screen including a background image, a character image and the like is also displayed on the display device 32. The normal screen described above means that after the variable display game is started on the display device 32 and the symbols displayed on the display device 32 are variably displayed,
It refers to an effect screen displayed on the display device 32 until the variable display game becomes a big hit.

The fixed screen mentioned above means the display device 3
The variable display game executed in 2 is not executed, and is displayed on the display device 32 when only the pachinko game is in progress in the pachinko game device 10 and / or when the pachinko game is not in progress. Screen.

When the variable display game described above is started,
First, the internal lottery process is executed by the calculation process of the CPU 66 (step S200). This internal lottery process is a process of predetermining a symbol combination when all symbols belonging to a plurality of variably displayed groups are stopped and displayed and the symbol is fixed, and the CPU 66, as described later,
The variable display and the stop display of the symbols are performed so that the symbols are stopped and displayed in the combination of the symbols determined by the internal lottery process.

Further, the CPU 66 performs the processing for determining whether or not to display the notice character image by the above-mentioned internal lottery processing, and when it is decided to display the notice character image, further, a plurality of notice character images are displayed. home,
A process of determining which preview character image is displayed is performed, and a process of determining the number of preview character images to be displayed is also performed. For example, a notice character image predicting the reliability of the reach is displayed, a notice character image predicting the reliability of the jackpot is displayed, or a notice character image predicting the reliability of the reach reliability and the jackpot. A process of determining whether or not to display the notice character image for notifying the reliability is performed.

Next, the screen configuration information of the selected background image is generated in the RAM 70 (step S201). That is, after the internal lottery process is executed, the CPU 66 calls a control program for selecting a background image from the ROM 68 and executes it according to the result of the internal lottery process, the progress status of the variable display game, and the like.

Next, based on the result obtained by the CPU 66, the screen configuration information of the selected background image is generated in the RAM 70 by the CPU 66 at any time. The background image is not particularly limited, but examples thereof include an image showing a Japanese-style living room as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. An image like this
It is appropriately selected by the CPU based on the progress status of the variable display game and the result of the internal lottery process.

Next, the screen configuration information of the character image composed of the selected moving object is generated in the RAM 70 (step S202). That is, the screen configuration information of the character image selected by the CPU 66 is generated in the RAM 70 based on the execution result of the control program.

At this time, for example, 1/60 seconds or 1/3
By controlling the head position of the character image to shift by a predetermined movement amount at a constant interval (frame span) such as 0 seconds, it is possible to give a motion to the character image for display. The image showing the character does not always have to be displayed on the display device.

In the present invention, the character image is not particularly limited, and, for example, when an image showing a Japanese-style living room is displayed as the background image, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, An image showing a pig father, a pig mother, a pig child, and the like can be given. The number of character images, that is, the number of characters is not particularly limited, and may be a single number or plural numbers. It can be set according to the story or the like developed in the effect image.

Next, the screen configuration information of the variable pattern, which is the identification information, is based on the execution result of the control program.
It is generated in the RAM 70 by the CPU 66 (step S203).

The screen configuration information of the images which are the respective symbols constituting the variable symbol is, for example, 1/60 seconds or 1/60 by the CPU 66 based on the control program described above.
With a fixed interval cycle (frame span) such as 30 seconds, for images that are variable patterns having the same identification information, the start position of the screen configuration information is shifted by a predetermined movement amount, and each variable pattern is also changed. By controlling such images to be sequentially generated in a predetermined order, it is possible to perform variable display of variable symbols.

Furthermore, since the changing speed of the variable symbol can be controlled by adjusting the frame span, the leading position of reading out the screen configuration information, etc., it is possible to control the changing speed of the variable symbol in the background image in accordance with the developed story. It is also possible to make the fluctuation of the fluctuation pattern smooth and to fuse the background image and the fluctuation pattern.

It should be noted that the ROM 68 stores a plurality of image data having different shapes for the same variable pattern,
By reading out from the CPU 66 and transmitting it to the display device 32 at any time, it is also possible to display the shape of the variable symbol such that the shape of the variable symbol changes with time during variable display.

Next, it is judged whether or not it is the timing to imply the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters (step S20).
4) When it is determined that it is the timing to imply the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters, the sound data that produces a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect and that indicates the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is selected ( Step S205). That is, the CPU 66 selects from the sound data stored in the ROM 68 the sound data used to indicate the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters and reads the selected sound data. Then, a sound signal is generated from the sound data and transmitted to the speaker. As a result, the speaker outputs a sound based on the sound data. The implication of the presence of a plurality of advance notice character images will be described later in detail with reference to the drawings.

Further, it is possible to determine whether or not it is the timing to imply the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters by the means described below. That is, with respect to an effect image (for example, a background image, a character image, etc.) displayed when suggesting the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters, the number of frames until the effect image is displayed, the time, etc. are measured in advance. When the measured number of frames is displayed or when the measured time has elapsed, the control program for determining in step S204 that the timing is a timing that implies the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters is stored in the ROM 68. It can be done by

When it is determined by the internal lottery processing in step S200 that the advance notice character image is not displayed, the CPU does not necessarily execute in step S204.
It is not necessary for 66 to determine that it is not a timing that implies the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters. Even when it is determined not to display the advance notice character image, it may be determined that it is the timing that implies the existence of the plurality of advance notice characters. By doing so, even if the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters is implied, the advance notice character image is not always displayed, and the expectation of the whereabouts of the game is expected from the player. When the notice character image is displayed, the excitement for the game can be increased.

If it is determined in step S204 that it is not the time to imply the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters, or if the process of step S205 is executed, then the display of one or more advance notice character images is announced. It is determined whether or not it is the timing (step S206). The determination as to whether or not it is the time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images can be made by the means described below. That is, with respect to the effect image displayed when announcing the display of one or more advance notice character images in advance, step S204
When the number of frames from the time when the process of step 1 is executed to when the effect image is displayed, the time, and the like are measured and the measured number of frames is displayed, or when the measured time has elapsed, in step S206. This can be performed by storing in ROM 68 a control program for determining that it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images.

When it is determined by the internal lottery processing in step S200 that one or more advance notice character images are not displayed, the CPU 66 notifies the display of one or more advance notice character images in step S206. It is determined that it is not time to do it.

When it is determined in step S206 that it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images, a sound that produces the effect of the stereophonic sound that indicates the display of one or more advance notice character images is generated. The sound data to be played is selected (step S207). That is,
From the sound data stored in the ROM 68, the CPU 66
The sound data used for notifying the display of the one or more notice character images is selected and read. And
A sound signal is generated from the sound data and transmitted to the speaker.
As a result, the speaker outputs a sound based on the sound data.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S206 that it is not time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images, or if the process of step S207 is executed, then one or more advance notice characters are displayed. It is determined whether it is time to display an image (step S208). It should be noted that the determination as to whether or not it is the timing to display the one or more advance notice character images can be made by the means described below. That is, with respect to the effect image immediately before the one or more notice character images are displayed, the number of frames, the time, and the like from the execution of the process of step S206 to the display of the effect image are measured in advance. Every time, when the measured number of frames is displayed, or when the measured time has elapsed, in step S208, the control program for determining that it is the timing to display one or more advance notice character images is stored in the ROM 68. It can be done by leaving. When it is determined in the internal lottery process in step S200 that one or more advance notice character images are not displayed, the CPU 66 determines in step S208 that it is not time to display one or more advance notice character images. to decide.

If it is determined in step S208 that it is time to display one or more advance notice character images, then the screen configuration information of the selected one or more advance notice character images is generated in the RAM 70. (Step S209). That is, 1 selected by the CPU 66 based on the execution result of the control program.
Or, the screen configuration information of two or more notice character images is RA
Generated in M70.

At this time, for example, 1/60 seconds or 1/3
By controlling the head position of the advance notice character image to deviate by a predetermined movement amount at a constant interval (frame span) such as 0 seconds, it is possible to display the advance notice character image with a movement.

The notice character image is not particularly limited, but it is desirable that it is an image different from the above-mentioned character image. This is because the player can be surely recognized that the notice character image is displayed. As the notice character image above,
For example, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, an image showing a Japanese-style living room is displayed as the background image, and as the character image, an image showing the father of the pig, the mother of the pig, the child of the pig, etc. When is displayed, an image showing a pig girl, an apprentice cook pig, or the head chef can be cited. The number of advance notice character images, that is, the number of advance notice characters is not particularly limited, and may be one or may be two or more. It can be set according to the story or the like developed in the effect image.

At the time of displaying the advance notice character image, when the advance notice character image for advance notice of the reliability of the reach is displayed, a sound for advance notice of displaying the advance notice character image is output and then the reach state is reached, or , Is not particularly limited as long as it is in the state of being separated. Further, when displaying a notice character image for announcing the reliability of the jackpot, the jackpot state is set after outputting a sound for announcing the display of the notice character image, or
It is not particularly limited as long as it is in the disengaged state. However, it is desirable to display the advance notice character image immediately after outputting the sound notifying that the advance notice character image is displayed. This is because the player may miss the notice character image when the sound for notifying the display of the notice character image is separated from the time for displaying the notice character image.

Further, the period for displaying the advance notice character image is not particularly limited, and can be set according to the story or the like developed in the effect image. However, according to the present invention, the advance notice character image is displayed in advance to the player by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect, so that the possibility that the player will miss the advance notice character image is low. It is also possible to set the period for displaying the advance notice character image to be shorter than that of the conventional game machine. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to produce a more variety of effect images.

If it is determined in step S208 that it is not time to display one or more advance notice character images, or if the process of step S209 is executed, it is next time to stop and display one variable symbol. It is determined whether or not (step S210). That is, it is determined whether or not it is time to stop and display the symbols belonging to one set of a plurality of sets, for example, three sets. When it is determined that it is time to stop and display the variable symbol, the CPU 66 selects the variable symbol image in a mode of stopping and displaying one variable symbol, and the screen configuration information of the variable symbol image is generated in the RAM 70 (step S211).

Then, steps S201 to S203, S
Based on the screen configuration information generated in S209 and S211, the CPU 66 reads each image data corresponding to the screen configuration information from the ROM 68.
After that, the priority displayed in the screen configuration information,
After the image data is displayed on the display device 32 based on the information on the position and the like, the image data is transmitted to the display device 32 and displayed (step S212).

The processes of steps S201 to S212 described above are repeatedly executed until it is determined in step S213, which will be described later, that all the symbols belonging to the plurality of groups have been stopped and displayed. By repeatedly executing the processing in this manner, the symbols can be displayed in a variable manner so as to scroll in a predetermined manner, and the character image and the notice character image can also be displayed so as to perform a predetermined operation.

After executing the processing of step S212, it is determined whether or not all the symbols belonging to the plurality of groups have been stopped and displayed (step S213). When it is determined that all the symbols belonging to the plurality of sets are not stopped and displayed, the process is returned to step S201. On the other hand, when it is determined that all the symbols are stopped and displayed, this subroutine is finished.

It is desirable that the sound which produces the effect of the stereophonic sound output from the speaker by executing the above-described steps S205 and S207 is a sound which produces a virtual sound source. For example, using multiple more unique and innovative methods, such as making the sound gradually approach the player's ears, or making the sound spin around the player, the presence of multiple notice character images Can be indicated or one or more notice character images can be displayed, so that the player can be sufficiently excited and realistic and the whereabouts of the game can be given. This is because it is possible to further increase the degree of expectation about.

The sound output from the speaker, the voices of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images, and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters are the plurality of notice character images. It is desirable to express the situation in which the parties discuss. By expressing the situation in which the plurality of advance notice characters discuss, the process of selecting one or more advance notice character images to be displayed from among the plurality of advance notice character images can be produced, so that the player can be presented. On the other hand, it is possible to expect to display a preview character image that predicts that the jackpot is highly reliable among the plurality of preview character images, and it is possible to provide a feeling of excitement and presence to the game. Is.

When the variable pattern is not displayed in the identification information image area, a plurality of notice character images are displayed on the display device 32 as a demonstration screen instead of the fixed screen described above, and the plurality of the above-mentioned plurality of characters are displayed by the speaker. It is desirable to output the voice of the notice character. The player is
Since it is possible to recognize in advance what kind of sound the plurality of advance notice characters emit, what kind of advance notice character image is displayed to the player before one or more advance notice character images are displayed. This is because it can be predicted with certainty. By doing so, the player's excitement and presence can be further enhanced, and the expectation about the whereabouts of the game can be further improved. In addition, the above demo screen is
Instead of the fixed screen, it may be always displayed, or may be displayed after the fixed screen has been displayed and a predetermined period has elapsed.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a subroutine for displaying a demo screen for introducing a notice character or the like instead of the fixed screen described above. Note that this subroutine is called and executed at a predetermined timing when the fixed screen is displayed on the display device 32.

First, the screen configuration information of the selected background image is generated in the RAM 70 (step S301). That is, the control program for selecting the image displayed as the demo screen is called from the ROM 68 and executed by the CPU 66. Next, based on the result obtained by the CPU 66, the screen configuration information of the selected background image is read from the RAM 66 by the CPU 66 at any time.
Is generated. The background image is not particularly limited, but is preferably an image different from the background image displayed in the variable display game described above. This is because the player can easily recognize that the demo screen is displayed. As the background image, for example, as shown in FIG. 12C, an image showing a forest or a cottage can be given.

Next, the screen configuration information of the selected character image is generated in the RAM 70 (step S30).
2). That is, the screen configuration information of the character image selected by the CPU 66 is generated in the RAM 70 based on the execution result of the control program. At this time, by performing control in the same manner as in step S202 described above, the character image can be displayed with movement.

The character image displayed on the demo screen is not particularly limited as long as it is a character image showing the same character as the character image displayed in the variable display game. Further, the image showing the character image does not necessarily have to be displayed.

Next, screen configuration information of the selected notice character image is generated in the RAM 70 (step S30).
3). That is, the screen configuration information of the advance notice character image selected by the CPU 66 is generated in the RAM 70 based on the execution result of the control program. At this time,
By performing the same control as in step S303 described above, the advance notice character image can be displayed with movement. The notice character image displayed on the demo screen is not particularly limited as long as it is a notice character image showing the same notice character as the notice character image displayed in the variable display game. Further, it is not always necessary to display all of the plurality of notice character images stored in the ROM 68 on the demo screen.

Then, based on the screen configuration information generated in steps S301 to S303, the CPU 66 reads each image data corresponding to the screen configuration information from the ROM 68. After that, the image data is displayed on the display device 32 according to the information about the displayed priority order and the position in the screen configuration information, and then transmitted to the display device to be displayed (step S30).
4).

Next, it is determined whether or not it is time to output the voice of the character shown as the character image (step S305). When it is determined that it is time to output the voice of the character, the sound data for generating the voice of the character is selected (step S30).
6). That is, the CPU 66 reads out the sound data used for outputting the voice of the character from the sound data stored in the ROM 68, generates a sound signal from the sound data, and transmits the sound signal to the speaker. As a result, the speaker outputs a sound based on the sound data.

The judgment as to whether or not it is time to output the voice of the character can be made by the means described below. That is, for the effect image displayed when the voice of the character is output, the number of frames until the effect image is displayed, the time, and the like are measured in advance, and when the measured number of frames is displayed, Alternatively, when the measured time has elapsed, in step S305, the control program for determining that it is the timing for outputting the voice of the character can be stored in the ROM 68.

When it is determined in step S305 that it is time to output the voice of the character shown as the character image, or when the process of step S306 is executed, the voice of the advance notice character shown as the advance notice character image is output. It is determined whether there is any (step S307). When it is determined that it is time to output the voice of the advance notice character, the sound data for generating the voice of the advance notice character is selected (step S308). That is, the CPU 66 has the ROM 68.
The sound data used for outputting the voice of the advance notice character is read from the sound data stored in, the sound signal is generated from the sound data, and the sound signal is transmitted to the speaker. As a result, the speaker outputs a sound based on the sound data. The determination as to whether or not it is the timing to output the voice of the advance notice character can be performed using the same means as in step S305 described above.

If it is determined in step S307 that it is time to output the voice of the notice character shown as the notice character, or if the process of step S308 is executed, then whether or not a game ball has entered the starting opening is determined. Is determined (step S309). If it is determined that the game ball has not entered the starting opening, the process proceeds to step S3.
Return to 01. The demo screen processing routine may be executed after a predetermined time, for example, 5 minutes has elapsed after the previous demo screen processing routine was executed.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the game ball has entered the starting port, this subroutine is terminated. In addition, step S309 is step S of the above-mentioned game ball detection routine.
This is a process corresponding to 13. Therefore, step S309
In the case where it is determined that the game ball has entered the starting opening, the variable display game processing routine described above is executed.

11A to 11C and 12A to 12C.
13C and FIGS. 13A to 13C are diagrams schematically showing an example of the screen image according to the present invention. Note that FIG.
(A)-(c), FIG. 12 (a)-(c), and FIG.
13A and 13B show an example of a screen image displayed on the display device 32 in the variable display game, and FIG.
(C) shows an example of a screen image displayed on the display device 32 when the variable display game is not executed, that is, a screen image displayed as a demo screen.

11A to 11C and 12A to 12C.
The story developed in the screen images shown in (c) and FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b) is a story in which a pig family asks a Chinese restaurant to serve ramen in a Japanese-style living room.
Here, an image showing a pig father, a pig mother, and a pig child who are a family of pigs, and an image showing a cat in the Japanese style living room are character images.

In FIG. 11 (a), three variable symbols are variably displayed in the identification information image area on the lower side of the screen image, and in the effect image area on the upper side thereof, the Japanese style living room and the background image are used. An image showing the behavior of the pig family in this living room is displayed. In other words, in this living room, the pig's mother calls the Chinese restaurant and asks him to serve ramen for dinner tonight, while the pig's father sitting in front of the table is reading the newspaper. He enjoys talking with pig children, and a cat runs around in the living room.

At this time, from the speaker 46 of the pachinko gaming apparatus 10, for example, a telephone conversation between a pig mother and a clerk of a Chinese restaurant, a conversation between a pig father and a pig child, a voice of a cat crying, etc. Is output to produce a lively atmosphere before dinner.

As described above, after the pig mother asks the Chinese restaurant for the delivery, an image of the pig mother cleaning or the pig child playing with the cat is displayed on the screen image. From the speaker 46, in the Chinese restaurant, a sound representing a situation in which among the plurality of salesclerks making a consultation for deciding who will go to the delivery desk is output as a sound that produces a stereophonic effect. For example, Tonko-chan, a pig girl, said, "You should go!", Ton-chan, a trainer cook, said "No!",
The voice that the chef Ton-chan of pork says, "I will go!" Is output by the sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound.

It should be noted that Tonko-chan is a notice character for predicting the reliability of reach, Ton-chan is a notice character for predicting the reliability of a jackpot, and Ton-chan is a notice character for predicting the reliability of a sudden change jackpot. Is. In addition, the probability variation jackpot is a jackpot in which a jackpot state and a probability of a jackpot after the jackpot state are increased.

Therefore, by performing the effect in the above-described manner, it is as if a plurality of advance notice characters Tonko-chan, Ton-chan, and Ton-chan are present around the player. Can be expressed.
That is, it is possible to imply the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters to the player. As a result, it is possible to give the player a throbbing feeling and a realistic sensation that the reach state, the jackpot state, etc. are approaching, and which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. You can increase your expectations and excitement about things.

As a result of the above-mentioned discussion, when the clerk going to the delivery decides to be a pig girl Tonko-chan, the sound of Tonko-chan "I'm going!" The sound makes it appear that Tonko is near the player's left side. As a result, the player is surprised that the sound "I'm going!" Was suddenly heard in his ears, and he can know in advance that Tonko-chan will appear from the left side of the screen image.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11B, Tonko opens the fusuma displayed on the left side of the screen and appears with Okamochi and ramen. Then, Tonko-chan puts the ramen on the table and opens the fusuma displayed on the right side of the screen to leave. At this time, the fluctuation pattern at the bottom left of the screen is
It is stopped and displayed with the symbol "4".

Then, as shown in FIG. 11C, in the effect image area, an image of the pig family eating ramen is displayed, and in the identification information image area,
The variable symbol at the lower right of the screen which is variably displayed is stopped and displayed as a symbol "4", and the reach state occurs.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 12 (a), the variable symbol at the lower center of the screen which is variably displayed is stopped and displayed as a symbol "6", and the combination of symbols of the variable symbol which is stopped and displayed ""4"-"6"-"4" is set, and the state becomes the detached state. At this time, in the effect image area, Tonko appears again, and an image of a tag with a cross is displayed together with a family of pigs who are not satisfied with the taste of ramen.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), an image of the pig family waiting for the delivery is displayed as a screen image, and a plurality of salesclerks discuss at the Chinese restaurant from the speaker 46. After the voice indicating the situation of being output is output, as a result of the consultation, when the store clerk who goes to the delivery decides to be the apprentice cook's pig Ton-chan, Ton-chan's voice "I'm going!" This is a sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound, and is output as if Ton-chan is near the left side of the player. As a result, the player is surprised at the sudden sound of "I'm going!" In his ears and can know in advance that Ton-chan will appear from the left side of the screen image.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12B, Ton-chan opens the fusuma displayed on the left side of the screen and appears with Okamochi and ramen. Then, Ton-chan places the ramen on the table and opens the fusuma displayed on the right side of the screen to leave. At this time, the variable symbol on the lower left of the screen is "4".
Is stopped and displayed.

Then, in the identification information image area, the variable symbols that are variably displayed are stopped and displayed, and in the effect image area, an image of the pig family eating ramen is displayed. Then, as shown in FIG. 12 (c), the combination of symbols of the variable symbols stopped and displayed matches the predetermined combination “4”-“4”-“4”, and the jackpot state is established, resulting in the effect image area. Then, Ton-chan appears again, and with the pig family satisfied with the taste of ramen, an image of a tag with a circle is displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), an image of the pig family waiting for the delivery is displayed as a screen image, and a plurality of salesclerks discuss at the Chinese restaurant from the speaker 64. After the voice indicating the situation is output, as a result of the consultation, when the clerk going to the delivery decides to be Ton-chan, the head chef, Ton-chan says "I will go!" From the speaker 64. The sound is a sound that produces a stereophonic effect, and is output as if Grandpa Ton was near the left side of the player. As a result, the player is surprised at the sudden sound of "I'm going!" In his ears and can know in advance that Ton-chan appears from the left side of the screen image.

Next, as shown in FIG. 13A, Ton-chan opens the fusuma displayed on the left side of the screen and appears with Okamochi and ramen. Then, Ton-chan places the ramen on the table and opens the fusuma displayed on the right side of the screen to leave. At this time, the fluctuation pattern at the bottom left of the screen is
It is stopped and displayed with the symbol "7".

Thereafter, in the identification information image area, the variable symbols that are variably displayed are stopped and displayed, and in the effect image area, an image of the pig family eating ramen is displayed. Then, as shown in FIG. 13B, the symbol combination of the variable symbols stopped and displayed is a symbol combination "7" -which is a probability variation jackpot.
Matching "7"-"7", it becomes a probability variation big hit state,
In the production image area, Tony-chan appeared again, and with the family of pigs who were very satisfied with the taste of ramen, an image showing a tag with a circle was displayed, and further, a sphere ball hanging on the ceiling was displayed. An image with cracks and falling confetti is displayed.

Next, the screen image displayed as the demo screen will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
In the demo screen shown in (c), an image of Tonko-chan, Ton-chan, Ton-chan, Ton-chan, etc. who are the advance notice characters appearing in the effect image in the variable display game described above is displayed on the cottage in the forest. ing. At this time, only the image showing Ton-chan is enlarged and displayed, and the sentence about Ton-chan is displayed in the upper left of the screen. Also, Ton-chan's voice is output from the speaker. That is, the demo screen shown in FIG. 13C introduces Ton-chan. In addition, on the demo screen, the introduction of Tony-chan and Tonko-chan is also performed by the same method as described above.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, only one notice character image is displayed at the same time, but in the present invention, two or more notice character images may be displayed at the same time. Furthermore, the notice character image need not be displayed every time the variable display game is played.

In the example shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, an image showing Tonko-chan and the like is displayed as the advance notice character image, and an image showing the pig family is displayed as the character image. In the above, it is desirable that the notice character displayed as the notice character image and the character displayed as the character image are well-known characters appearing in animation, movies, and the like. When an image showing a well-known character appearing in an animation or a movie is used as the notice character image or the character image, a sound indicating the presence of the notice character and the display of the notice character image are announced. The sound is preferably the voice of the well-known character. Since the player recognizes what kind of sound the above-mentioned notice character utters, if the sound of the character image shown as the above-mentioned notice character image is output before the above-mentioned notice character image is displayed, This is because the player can easily and surely predict what kind of preview character image will be displayed. By doing so, the player's excitement and presence can be further enhanced, and the expectation about the whereabouts of the game can be further improved.

As shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the sound notifying the display of the notice character image is not limited to the sound of the notice character shown as the notice character image. For example, like the narration, a sound "Tonko-chan appears here" may be output separately from the story developed in the effect image. Further, as in the case of a crocodile that appears in the story of Peter Pan, it may be a sound that is deeply connected to the notice character in a story in which the notice character appears, and listening to the music or the like makes it possible to hear the notice character. It may be a music that can be a reminder of.

Further, the sound notifying the display of the advance notice character image can be a voice as if the gaming machine itself were talking. For example, after outputting the sound "maybe a jackpot ...", a notice character image for notifying the reliability of the jackpot may be displayed. By doing this, for the player,
Since it is possible to make the player feel as if they are interacting with the gaming machine, it is possible to improve the player's interest in the game.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, it is announced that the notice character image is displayed in advance by the sound having the effect of the three-dimensional sound. However, in the present invention, the virtual sound source is generated or generated. It may be announced in advance that the notice character image will be displayed by moving the virtual sound source. For example, in the above-mentioned example, a plurality of salesclerks in a Chinese restaurant output a virtual sound source so that the virtual sound source is generated on the player's left ear side, and then "I go. The voice of Tonko-chan saying "Wow!" May be outputted as a sound for generating a virtual sound source so that the virtual sound source approaches the vicinity of the player's left ear.

As described above, a unique and novel method is used, for example, that one or more notice character images are displayed by a sound that produces a stereophonic effect, for example, at the player's ear. Can be announced. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to enhance the sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement of people, and to dramatically improve their interest.

Further, since one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound producing a three-dimensional sound effect, the player can hear the sound producing the three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always look at the display unit of the gaming machine in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is hinted to by the sound that produces the effect of the stereophonic sound. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. The degree of excitement and excitement can be increased.

In the above-described embodiment, a program for controlling a pachinko game, a program for detecting the game ball shown in FIG. 8, a program for executing the variable display game shown in FIG. 10 ROMs
68 and RAM 70 are shown, but in the case where the operator can play a pachinko game by operating a terminal communicatively connected to the server, the above-mentioned programs and The data used in these programs may be included in the server or the terminal.

When the server and the terminal are configured as described above, the server has a program for controlling a pachinko game, a program for detecting the game ball shown in FIG. 8, and the program shown in FIG. The programs for executing the variable display game are stored in advance, and these programs are transmitted to the terminal at a predetermined timing.

On the other hand, the terminal advances the pachinko game by temporarily storing these transmitted programs and reading and executing the stored programs as appropriate. Further, a program for controlling a pachinko game, a program for detecting the game ball shown in FIG. 8, and FIG.
It is also possible to execute a program for executing the variable display game shown in (1) on the server side and send the command generated according to the execution result to the terminal device as a control signal or control information. In this case, the terminal selects or generates an image for playing a pachinko game according to the transmitted control signal or control information, and displays the image on the display unit.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing an example of a terminal having the above-mentioned structure.

In the example shown in FIG. 14, the terminal 10
Reference numeral 0 is a general-purpose personal computer,
A player's input operation is input from the input device 102 connected to 0, for example, a keyboard. In addition, terminal 1
The control unit 130 of the CPU 00,
The control unit 1 includes a ROM 110 and a RAM 112.
In 30, a program for controlling a pachinko game and a program for controlling a variable display game are executed.

The control unit 130 also has a communication interface circuit 120 (not shown), and the control unit 13
0 communicates with a server to be described later via the communication interface circuit 120, controls a pachinko game based on a control signal or control information transmitted from the server, a program, or data, or a variable display game. You have control. In addition, the control unit 130 includes a speaker 118.
Is connected, and the speaker 118 can output a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect.

Further, on the display device 116 connected to the terminal device 100, a game machine image imitating a pachinko game machine as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed, and a pachinko game is performed on this game machine image. is there. On the gaming machine image, the display unit 132 in which the variable display game described above is executed is displayed as an image. This display unit 13
In 2, the image of the design which is the identification information as described above is displayed.

As will be described later, when the subroutine shown in FIG. 9 or the subroutine shown in FIG. 21, FIG. 23 or FIG. Before the character image is displayed, it is announced in advance that the notice character image will be displayed by the sound produced by the stereophonic sound output from the speaker 118.

FIG. 15 is a front view showing another example of the terminal. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component corresponding to the component shown in FIG. The example of FIG. 15 shows a portable terminal device 140, and an input operation of a player is input from an input device 102 provided in the terminal device 140, for example, a switch. In addition, the control unit 130 (not shown)
Is provided inside the terminal 140, and includes a CPU 108, a ROM 110, a RAM 112, etc., which will be described later, and the control unit 130 executes a program for controlling a pachinko game or a variable display game. Further, a speaker 118 is connected to the control unit 130, and the speaker 118 can output a sound that produces a stereoscopic sound effect.

The control unit 130 also has a communication interface circuit 120 (not shown), and the control unit 130
Communicates with a server, which will be described later, via the communication interface circuit 120, and controls a pachinko game or a variable display game based on a control signal or control information transmitted from the server, a program, or data.

Further, the display device 116 provided on the upper surface of the terminal 140 is composed of a liquid crystal display panel, and as shown in FIG. 15, a gaming machine image imitating a pachinko gaming machine is displayed, and this gaming machine is displayed. The pachinko game is played on the image. On this gaming machine image, the display unit 13 in which the above-described variable display game is executed
2 is displayed as an image. On the display unit 132, the image of the design which is the identification information as described above is displayed.

In addition, the subroutine shown in FIG.
23. When the subroutine shown in FIG. 23 or FIG. 28 is executed by the control unit 130, the effect of the stereo sound output from the speaker 118 is displayed on the display unit 132 before the notice character image is displayed. By the sound that occurs, the notification of the advance notice character image is displayed in advance.

As described above, the terminal 1 shown in FIG.
In 00, the display device 116 is configured separately from the control unit 130, and various control signals or control information such as a display control signal transmitted from the server is transmitted to the terminal device 10.
0, the control unit 130 generates a display signal based on the supplied control signal or control information,
The generated display signal is supplied to the display device 116.

On the other hand, the terminal device 140 shown in FIG. 15 is configured integrally with the display device 116, and the control signal or control information such as the display control signal transmitted from the server is controlled by the control unit of the terminal device 140. And is supplied to the control unit 130.
Generates a display signal based on the supplied control signal or control information and supplies the generated display signal to the display device 116. The embodiments described below can be applied whether the control unit of the terminal and the display device are separate or integrated.

FIG. 16 shows the terminal 100 or 14 described above.
It is a block diagram showing a configuration of 0 (hereinafter, referred to as a pachinko gaming terminal device). FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server 80 which is connected to the pachinko gaming terminal device via a communication line and supplies various control signals or control information and data to the pachinko gaming terminal device.
Note that in the pachinko gaming terminal device shown in FIG. 16, constituent elements corresponding to those shown in FIG. 7 are designated by the same reference numerals.

Input device 1 for inputting a player's operation
02, for example, a keyboard and a switch are connected to the interface circuit 104 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100, and the interface circuit 104 is the input / output bus 10.
Connected to 6. A data signal or an address signal is input / output to / from a central processing circuit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 108 via the input / output bus 106. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 110 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 112 are also connected to the input / output bus 106. ROM110 and RA
M112 is a program as will be described later or the display device 1.
The image data to be displayed on 16 and the sound data output from the speaker 118 are stored. In addition, the sound data includes sound data that generates a sound that produces a stereophonic effect.

An interface circuit group 114 is also connected to the input / output bus 106. The interface circuit group 114 includes a display device 116 and a speaker 11.
8 is connected to the interface circuit group 114.
Supplies a display signal and a sound signal to each of the display device 116 and the speaker 118 according to the result of the arithmetic processing in the CPU 108.

A communication interface circuit 120 is also connected to the input / output bus 106. The communication interface circuit 120 is for communicating with a server 80 described later via a communication line such as a public telephone line network or a local area network (LAN).

On the other hand, the server 80, as shown in FIG. 17, has a hard disk drive 88, a CPU 82, an R
It is composed of an OM 84, a RAM 86, and a communication interface circuit 90. The hard disk drive 88 executes a program for communicating with the pachinko gaming terminal device, a program for receiving information issued from the pachinko gaming terminal device, a program for controlling the pachinko gaming device, and a variable display game. Store the control program. Communication interface circuit 90
Is a public telephone line network or local area network (L
It is for communicating with the above-mentioned pachinko gaming terminal devices 100 and 140 via a communication line such as AN).

In the case of the above-mentioned configuration, the gaming machine image imitating the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 14 or 15 is displayed on the display device 116 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100, and the gaming board surface, An image showing a device such as a hold lamp, a decoration lamp, a display unit 132 for playing a variable display game, a display unit 152 for displaying a normal symbol, or an image showing a game ball is displayed on the display device 116.
In the display unit 132 for executing the variable display game, an image of a symbol which is identification information is displayed when the variable display game is executed.

The subroutines executed by the pachinko gaming terminal device and the server will be described below with reference to FIGS.
8 shows. In the following, the pachinko gaming terminal device 1
00 or 140 and the server 80 have been started in advance and are operating normally. Further, the variables used in the CPU 108 and the CPU 82 described above are assumed to be initialized to predetermined values. Further, each of the devices such as the winning opening, the starting opening, the ball passage detector, etc. and the game balls are displayed as images on the display device 116. It should be noted that description of sounds other than the sound implying the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters and the sound notifying the display of the advance notice character image is omitted, but BGM, sound effects, voice, etc. may be generated depending on the game situation. It is supposed to be output appropriately.

18 and 19, the server 80 causes the pachinko machine to execute various programs stored in the hard disk drive 88 or the like of the server 80 at a predetermined timing such as when the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 is activated. When the program is supplied to the gaming terminal device 100 or 140 and the program supplied in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 is to be executed, it is executed by the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 and the server 80, respectively. 6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine.

FIG. 18 shows a pachinko gaming terminal device 100.
Alternatively, the subroutine is executed at 140, and is called and executed from the main routine at a predetermined timing. It is assumed that this main routine includes in advance a program necessary for communicating with the server 80, such as a program for determining whether communication with the server 80 is possible.

First, a program for executing a pachinko game from the server 80, image data necessary for proceeding a pachinko game in a pachinko game terminal device, and sound data for generating a sound output by the speaker 118. Download (step S31).

Next, the pachinko game is started by the player operating the input device 102, and the game program is executed (step S32). This game program is a game program that controls pachinko games,
The program for executing the variable display game shown in FIG. 7 described above is included, and necessary image data is a game machine image simulating a pachinko game machine, a background image, or an image of a variable pattern. And an image such as a character image are displayed on the display device 116. Further, the sound data for generating the sound output by the speaker 118 is
For example, it is sound data such as BGM, sound effect, and sound, and includes sound data that generates a sound that produces a stereophonic effect.

Further, when the game program is executed in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, it is detected that the player has operated the input device 102. When it is detected that the player has operated the input device 102, as described above, the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 14 is used.
On the display device 116 of 0, a game machine image imitating a pachinko game machine is displayed, and a display unit 132 for displaying a variable display game is also displayed on this game machine image. Furthermore, when the player operates the input device 102 to shoot a game ball, an image of the game ball that can be visually recognized as the game ball moves on the game board surface is displayed on the game machine image.

Next, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the winning opening (step S33). This winning opening is an image portion corresponding to the above-described general winning openings 50 and 54a to 54d and special winning openings 56a to 56d shown in FIG.

When it is determined that the game balls have entered the winning opening, a process of paying out the number of game balls corresponding to the type of the winning opening is executed (step S34). Note that this step S3
The processing of No. 4 is the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140.
In, even if the number of game balls is displayed at any position of the display device 116, the number of game balls is determined by the RAM 11
2 may be stored.

Next, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the starting opening (step S35). This start is, for example, an image portion corresponding to the start opening 44 shown in FIG. 6 described above.

When it is determined in this step S35 that a game ball has entered the starting opening, a variable display game processing routine similar to the subroutine shown in FIG. 9 is called and executed (step S36). When the variable display game processing routine is executed, the background image, the variable pattern image, and the character image are displayed on the display unit 132 shown in FIGS. 14 and 15.

Further, by executing the variable display game processing routine shown in FIG. 9, one or more of the plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area on the display unit 132. In addition, before the one or more notice character images are displayed, the sound of the plurality of notice characters shown as a plurality of notice character images and / or the plurality of notice characters are generated by a sound that produces a stereoscopic sound effect. Is output to imply the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters, and further, one or more advance notice character images are displayed in advance due to the sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound. .

Further, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed the ball passage detector (step S37). This sphere passage detector is, for example, the sphere passage detector 55 shown in FIG. 6 described above.
It is an image portion corresponding to a and 55b. In this step S37, when it is determined that the game ball has passed the ball passage detector, a process of displaying the normal symbol in a variable manner on the display device 52 is executed (step S38).

[0216] As described above, when the variably displayed normal symbol becomes a predetermined symbol when stopped,
The movable pieces 58a and 58b are driven to display a visually recognizable image so that the starting opening 44 is opened, and the starting opening 44 is displayed.
The processing is performed so that the game ball can easily enter.

Next, it is determined whether or not the game is over (step S39). Judgment whether the game is over,
When it is detected that the player has operated the input device 102 to end the game, or when it is determined that a predetermined number of game balls have been shot on the game board surface, it is determined that the game has ended. Of. When it is determined that the game has not ended, the processing is returned to step S32 described above.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the game has ended, a game result indicating the number of game balls shot and the number of game balls refunded, and game end information indicating that the game has ended are transmitted to the server 80. (Step S40), this subroutine is completed.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a subroutine executed by the server 80, corresponding to the terminal side processing routine executed by the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 shown in FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 is activated and is in a communicable state (step S51). If it is determined that the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 has not been activated, the process returns to step S51.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 is activated, various programs, various image data, sound data, etc. are transmitted to the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 (step S).
52). The process of step S52 is the same as that of FIG.
This corresponds to the processing of step S31.

As described above, the program transmitted to the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 in step S52 is a game program for controlling a pachinko game and a program for executing the variable display game shown in FIG. 9 described above. And, and various image data, a game machine image imitating a pachinko gaming device,
This is for displaying a background image, an image of a variable pattern, a character image, etc. on the display device 116. Further, the sound data for generating the sound output by the speaker 118 is
For example, it is sound data such as BGM, sound effect, and sound, and includes sound data that generates a sound that produces a stereophonic effect.

Next, it is determined whether or not information indicating that the game result or the game has ended is transmitted from the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 (step S53). This step S53 corresponds to step S40 of FIG. 18 described above. In step S53, the game result and the game end information are the pachinko game terminal device 100 or 1.
If it is determined that the data has not been transmitted from 40, the process returns to step S53. In the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, the step S shown in FIG.
While the processes of 32 to S39 are being executed, the server 80
In this case, the process of step S53 described above is repeatedly executed.

On the other hand, in step S53, the game result and the game end information are the pachinko game terminal device 100 or 1.
When it is determined that the game result is transmitted from 40, the game result and the game end information are received (step S54), and the present subroutine is ended.

In the case of the above-mentioned structure, the program for executing the pachinko game and various image data are always transmitted from the server 80 before the game is started in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140. Therefore, when the program and the image data are updated in the server 80, the player can always enjoy the latest game.

Further, in the case of such a configuration, in the display unit 132 displayed on the display device 116 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 which is a terminal device, a plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area. One or more of the above notice character images are displayed,
Before one or more notice character images are displayed,
By the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound, the sounds of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the sounds relating to the plurality of notice characters are output to imply the presence of the plurality of notice characters. The hard disk drive 88 or the like of the server 80 stores a program for notifying that one or more advance notice character images will be displayed in advance by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound.

With such a configuration, it is unique and novel that one or two or more notice character images are displayed by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect, for example, at the player's ear. Can be announced using various methods. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to enhance the sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement of people, and to dramatically improve their interest.

Since one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect, the player can hear the sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always gaze at the display unit of the terminal device in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

[0229] Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by the sound that produces the effect of the stereoscopic sound. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. The degree of excitement and excitement can be increased.

Next, the program for controlling the pachinko game and the program for executing the variable display game are stored in the ROM 1 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140.
In the case where it is stored in advance in 10 and various image data and sound data required as the pachinko game progresses is appropriately transmitted from the server 80, the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 and the server 80.
20, 21 and 22 show the subroutines executed in the above.

FIG. 20 shows a pachinko gaming terminal device 100.
Alternatively, it is a subroutine executed in 140, and in the following description, it is assumed that the main routine is read from the ROM 110 at a predetermined timing and executed. It is assumed that this main routine includes in advance a program necessary for communicating with the server 80, such as a program for determining whether communication with the server 80 is possible. Further, the flowchart shown in FIG. 20 is the same as the flowchart shown in FIG. 18 except for step S31, and the steps performing the same processing are designated by the same reference numerals.

First, the pachinko game is started by the operation of the player, and the game program is executed (step S32). This game program includes a game program for controlling a pachinko game and a program for executing a variable display game which will be described later, and also includes a game machine image imitating a pachinko game device, a background image and a variation. Display device 116 for displaying a design image, a character image, etc.
And to output sound from the speaker 118.

When the game program is executed in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, it is detected that the player has operated the input device 102. When it is detected that the player has operated the input device 102, as described above, the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 14 is used.
On the display device 116 of 0, a game machine image imitating a pachinko game machine is displayed, and a display unit 132 for displaying a variable display game is also displayed on this game machine image.

Furthermore, when the player operates the input device 102 to shoot a game ball, an image of the game ball that can be visually recognized as if the game ball moves on the game board surface is displayed on the game machine image.

Next, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the winning opening (step S33). This winning opening is an image portion corresponding to the above-described general winning openings 50 and 54a to 54d and special winning openings 56a to 56d shown in FIG.

When it is determined that a game ball has entered the winning opening, a process of paying out a number of gaming balls corresponding to the type of the winning opening is executed (step S34). Note that this step S3
The processing of No. 4 is the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140.
In the case of displaying the number of game balls at some position of the display device 116, the number of game balls is determined by the RAM 112.
It may be stored in.

Next, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the starting opening (step S35). This starting opening is, for example, an image portion corresponding to the starting opening 44 shown in FIG. 6 described above.

When it is determined in this step S35 that a game ball has entered the starting opening, a variable display game processing routine which will be described later is called and executed (step S3).
6). In this case, when the variable display game processing routine is executed, one or more of the plurality of notice character images among the plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area on the display unit 132 shown in FIGS. 14 and 15. Is displayed and the sound of a plurality of notice characters shown as a plurality of notice character images is generated by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect before one or more notice character images are displayed, and / or the plurality of notice characters are displayed. Of the notice character is output to imply the presence of a plurality of notice characters, and further, one or more notice character images are displayed in advance due to the sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound. It will be.

Further, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed the ball passage detector (step S37). This sphere passage detector is, for example, the sphere passage detector 55 shown in FIG. 6 described above.
It is an image portion corresponding to a and 55b.

In this step S37, when it is judged that the game ball has passed the ball passage detector, the display device 5
In step 2, the normal symbol is displayed in a variable manner (step S38). Note that, as described above, when the variable display ordinary symbol has a predetermined symbol when stopped, the movable pieces 58a and 58b are driven to start the opening 44.
Is displayed so as to be opened so that the game ball can easily enter the starting opening 44.

Next, it is determined whether or not the game is over (step S39). Judgment whether the game is over,
The game is judged to have ended when it is detected that the player has operated the input device 102 to end the game, or when it has been judged that a predetermined number of game balls have been launched onto the game board surface. Of. When it is determined that the game has not ended, the processing is returned to step S32 described above.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the game has ended, a game result indicating the number of game balls shot and the number of game balls refunded, and game end information indicating that the game has ended are transmitted to the server 80. (Step S40), this subroutine is completed.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart showing a subroutine for processing the variable display game called and executed in the above-mentioned step S36. Note that FIG.
In the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, steps that perform the same processing as the steps in the flowchart shown in FIG.

[0244] First, the information indicating that the variable display game is started by calling this subroutine is sent to the server 8.
0 (step S61).

Next, the image data of the variable pattern which is the identification information image required in the variable display game, the background image, the character image and the notice character image,
BGM, sound data for generating sound effects and voice, a control program, and the like are received from the server 80 (step S62).

Next, the internal lottery process is executed by the arithmetic process of the CPU 108 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 (step S200). This internal lottery process is a process of predetermining a symbol combination when all symbols belonging to a plurality of variably displayed groups are stopped and displayed and the symbol is fixed, and the CPU 108 executes the internal lottery process as described later. The variable display and the stop display of the symbols are performed so that the symbols are stopped and displayed on the display unit 132 by the combination of the determined symbols.

Next, the CPU 108 executes the above control program, and based on the result, selects the background image, generates the screen configuration information of the background image (step S201), and selects the character image. The screen configuration information of the character image is generated (step S202), and the screen configuration information of the variable symbol that is the identification information is generated (step S203).

Next, it is judged whether or not it is the timing to imply the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters (step S20).
4) If it is determined that it is the timing to imply the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters, the sound data for generating the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound that implies the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is selected (step S205). As a result, the speaker 118 outputs a sound based on the sound data.

Next, it is judged whether or not it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images (step S206), and it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images. If it is determined that the sound data that generates the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound that indicates the display of the one or more notice character images is selected (step S207). As a result, the speaker 118
Thus, the sound based on the sound data is output.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S206 that it is not time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images, or if the process of step S207 is executed, then one or more advance notice characters are displayed. If it is time to display an image (step S208), and if it is time to display one or more advance notice character images, the CPU 1
The screen configuration information of the advance notice character image selected in 08 is generated in the RAM 112 (step S209).

If it is determined in step S208 that it is not time to display one or more advance notice character images, or if the process in step S209 is executed, then at the timing when one variable symbol is stopped and displayed. It is determined whether there is any (step S210). When it is determined that it is time to stop and display the variable symbol, the CPU 108 selects the variable symbol image in a mode of stopping and displaying one variable symbol, and the screen configuration information of the variable symbol image is generated in the RAM 112 ( Step S211).

Next, based on the generated screen configuration information, necessary image data is read out from the above-mentioned image data received in S62 and made into image data to be displayed on the display unit 132, and then the display unit Is displayed (step S212).

Step S mentioned above Step S2 mentioned above
The processing of 01 to S212 is repeatedly executed until it is determined in step S213 described later that all the symbols belonging to the plurality of groups are stopped and displayed. By repeatedly executing the processing in this manner, the symbols can be displayed in a variable manner so as to scroll in a predetermined manner, and the character image and the notice character image can also be displayed so as to perform a predetermined operation.

After executing the processing of step S212, it is determined whether or not all the symbols belonging to the plurality of groups have been stopped and displayed (step S213). When it is determined that all the symbols belonging to the plurality of sets are not stopped and displayed, the process is returned to step S201. On the other hand, when it is determined that all the symbols are stopped and displayed, the information indicating that the variable display game is finished and the variable display game result information are transmitted to the server 80 (step S64), and this subroutine is finished.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a subroutine executed by the server 80, corresponding to the terminal side processing routine executed by the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the server 80 has been started in advance, and the subroutine shown in FIG. 22 is called and executed from a main routine that has been executed in advance.

First, it is determined whether or not the information indicating that the variable display game is started is received in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 (step S71).
When it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game has started is not received, this subroutine is immediately ended.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game is started is received, the image of the variable pattern which is the identification information image required in the variable display game, the background image, the character image, and the like. , The image data to be the notice character image, the BGM, the sound data for generating the sound effect and the sound, the control program, and the like are transmitted to the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 (step S72). This step S72 corresponds to the above-mentioned FIG.
This corresponds to the process of step S62 shown in FIG.

Next, it is determined whether or not the information indicating that the variable display game is finished is received (step S75).
The process of step S75 is a process corresponding to the process of step S64 of FIG. 21 described above. Step S75
When it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game is finished is not received in step S7, the processing is performed in step S7.
Return to 5. On the other hand, when it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game is finished is received, this subroutine is finished.

In the case of the above-mentioned configuration, in the display unit 132 displayed on the display device 116 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 which is a terminal device, in the effect image area, among the plurality of notice character images. 1 or 2 or more notice character images are displayed, and 1 or 2
Before the above-mentioned notice character image is displayed, the sound of the plurality of notice characters shown as a plurality of notice character images and / or the sound related to the plurality of notice characters is output by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound. , Indicating the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters, and further, by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound, to notify that one or more advance notice character images are displayed in advance, the change pattern of the identification information image Images, background images, character images,
The server 80 transmits the image data to be the notice character image, the sound data for generating the sound that produces the stereophonic effect, the control program, etc. to the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, and the server 80 is a terminal device. It controls a certain pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140.

With such a structure, it is unique and novel that one or two or more notice character images are displayed by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect, for example, at the player's ears. Can be announced using various methods. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to enhance the sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement of people, and to dramatically improve their interest.

Further, since one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound producing a three-dimensional sound effect, the player can hear the sound producing the three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always gaze at the display unit of the terminal device in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by the sound having the effect of the stereoscopic sound. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. The degree of excitement and excitement can be increased.

When the variable pattern image, the background image, the character image and the display method thereof are updated in the server 80, the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 1 is displayed.
40 is always new image data, control program, etc.
It will be transmitted from the server 80. Therefore, the player can enjoy the latest effect screen on the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140.

Further, only the game program for controlling the pachinko game and the program for executing the variable display game are transmitted from the server, and the data of the variable symbol image, the background image, and the character image are the pachinko gaming terminal device 100. Alternatively, when the necessary image data stored in the ROM 110 of 140 is read out from the ROM 110 as appropriate, the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 may be used.
Or 140 and the subroutine executed in the server 80 are shown in FIGS.

FIG. 23 shows a subroutine executed in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 in the case of the above-mentioned configuration. It should be noted that the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 has been started in advance, the above-described subroutine shown in FIG. 20 is read from the ROM 110 from the main routine at a predetermined timing and executed, and the subroutine shown in FIG. It is assumed that the program is read from the ROM 110 and executed in step S36 of FIG. Further, in the subroutine shown in FIG. 23, the same reference numerals are given to steps in which the same processing as the processing of the subroutine shown in FIG. 21 is performed.

First, the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 transmits information indicating that the variable display game has started to the server 80 (step S61).

Next, a control program such as a game program for controlling a pachinko game or a program for executing a variable display game is received from the server 80, and the received control program is executed (step S81).

Next, the internal lottery process is executed by the arithmetic process of the CPU 108 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 (step S200). This internal lottery process is a process of predetermining a symbol combination when all symbols belonging to a plurality of variably displayed groups are stopped and displayed and the symbol is fixed, and the CPU 108 executes the internal lottery process as described later. The variable display and the stop display of the symbols are performed so that the symbols are stopped and displayed on the display unit 132 by the combination of the determined symbols.

Next, the CPU 108 executes the control program, and based on the result, selects the background image, generates the screen configuration information of the background image (step S201), and selects the character image. The screen configuration information of the character image is generated (step S202), and the screen configuration information of the variable symbol that is the identification information is generated (step S203).

Next, it is judged whether or not it is the timing to imply the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters (step S20).
4) If it is determined that it is the timing to imply the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters, the sound data for generating the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound that implies the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is selected (step S205). As a result, the speaker 118 outputs a sound based on the sound data.

Next, it is judged whether or not it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images (step S206), and it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images. If it is determined that the sound data that generates the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound that indicates the display of the one or more notice character images is selected (step S207). As a result, the speaker 118
Thus, the sound based on the sound data is output.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S206 that it is not time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images, or if the process of step S207 is executed, then one or more advance notice characters are displayed. If it is time to display an image (step S208), and if it is time to display one or more advance notice character images, the CPU 1
The screen configuration information of the advance notice character image selected in 08 is generated in the RAM 112 (step S209).

If it is determined in step S208 that it is not time to display one or more advance notice character images, or if the process of step S209 is executed, then at the timing when one variable symbol is stopped and displayed. It is determined whether there is any (step S210). When it is determined that it is time to stop and display the variable symbol, the CPU 108 selects the variable symbol image in a mode of stopping and displaying one variable symbol, and the screen configuration information of the variable symbol image is generated in the RAM 112 ( Step S211).

Next, based on the generated screen configuration information, necessary image data is read out from the above-mentioned image data received in S62 and made into image data to be displayed on the display unit 132, and then the display unit 132 Is displayed (step S212).

Step S mentioned above Step S2 mentioned above
The processing of 01 to S212 is repeatedly executed until it is determined in step S213 described later that all the symbols belonging to the plurality of groups are stopped and displayed. By repeatedly executing the processing in this manner, the symbols can be displayed in a variable manner so as to scroll in a predetermined manner, and the character image and the notice character image can also be displayed so as to perform a predetermined operation.

After executing the process of step S212, it is determined whether or not all the symbols belonging to the plurality of groups have been stopped and displayed (step S213). When it is determined that all the symbols belonging to the plurality of sets are not stopped and displayed, the process is returned to step S201. On the other hand, when it is determined that all the symbols are stopped and displayed, the information indicating that the variable display game is finished and the variable display game result information are transmitted to the server 80 (step S64), and this subroutine is finished.

FIG. 24 is a subroutine executed by the server 80 corresponding to the variable display game processing routine executed by the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 shown in FIG. It is assumed that the server 80 has been started in advance, and the subroutine shown in FIG. 24 is called and executed from the main routine that has been executed in advance. Note that, in the subroutine shown in FIG. 24, steps that perform the same processing as the processing of the subroutine shown in FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not the information indicating that the variable display game has started is received in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 (step S71).
The process of step S71 is a process corresponding to step S61 shown in FIG. 23 described above. When it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game has started is not received, this subroutine is immediately ended.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game is started is received, the control program such as the game program for controlling the pachinko game or the program for executing the variable display game is used for the pachinko game. It is transmitted to the terminal device 100 or 140 (step S9).
1). This step S91 corresponds to the process of step S81 shown in FIG. 23 described above.

Next, it is determined whether or not the information indicating that the variable display game is finished is received (step S75).
The process of step S75 is a process corresponding to the process of step S64 of FIG. 23 described above. Step S75
When it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game is finished is not received in step S7, the processing is performed in step S7.
Return to 5. On the other hand, when it is determined that the information indicating that the variable display game is finished is received, this subroutine is finished.

In the case of the above-mentioned configuration, in the display unit 132 displayed on the display device 116 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, which is a terminal, a plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area. One or more of the advance notice character images are displayed and
Alternatively, before the two or more notice character images are displayed, the sounds of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters are output by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound. Then, a program that implies the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters and further notifies that one or more advance notice character images are displayed in advance by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound is a hard disk drive 88 of the server 80. Etc.

With such a configuration, it is unique and novel that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect, for example, at the player's ears. Can be announced using various methods. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to enhance the sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement of people, and to dramatically improve their interest.

Further, since one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound producing a three-dimensional sound effect, the player can hear the sound producing the three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always gaze at the display unit of the terminal device in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

[0284] Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. The degree of excitement and excitement can be increased.

Also, when the variable display game is started, the control program for executing the variable display game is always downloaded, so that the player can enjoy the latest variable display game and the image of the variable symbol, Since it is not necessary to download the data of the background image and the character image, the pachinko gaming terminal device 10
The effect image can be promptly displayed on the display device 116 of 0 or 140.

Next, the server stores programs such as a program for controlling a pachinko game and a program for executing a variable display game, and the image data required for the pachinko game or the variable display game is used for the pachinko game. The case where the ROM 110 of the terminal device 100 or 140 stores the data will be described below.

In the case of such a configuration, the pachinko game progress is performed by the server 80, and the pachinko game terminal device 100 or 140 transmits the control signal or the control signal transmitted in accordance with the progress of the pachinko game performed in the server 80. The image is selected according to the control information, and the selected image is displayed on the display device 116.

25, 26, and 2 show subroutines executed in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 and the server 80 in the case of such a configuration.
7 and FIG. 28.

FIG. 25 shows a pachinko gaming terminal device 100.
Or 140 is a flowchart showing a subroutine executed. In the following description, a main routine (not shown) is executed when the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 is activated, and communication with the server 80 is performed in this main routine. This subroutine should be called and executed after confirming that it is in a state where

First, the image data and sound data transmitted from the server 80 are received (step S101). The image data in this case is not only data relating to a variable display game described later but also data relating to a pachinko game such as a game board or a game ball. In addition, the sound data is sound data such as BGM, sound effect, and sound, and includes sound data that generates a sound that produces a stereophonic effect. It should be noted that the ROM of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140
When the image data and the sound data are stored in advance in 110, the process of step S101 may be omitted.

Next, it is determined whether or not the player has operated the input device 102 (step S102). When it is determined that the player has operated the input device 102, operation information corresponding to the operation of the player is transmitted to the server 80 (step S103).

After executing the processing of step S103 or when it is determined that the player is not operating the input device 102, it is determined whether or not the command information is issued from the server 80 (step S104).

When it is determined that the command information is issued from the server 80, the command information is received and it is determined whether or not the command information is the end command information (step S10).
5).

When it is determined that the command information is not the end command information, the image corresponding to the received command information is selected and the selected image is displayed on the display device 116 (step S1).
06). After this processing, the processing is returned to step S102 described above. Further, in step S104, the server 8
Even when it is determined that the command information is not issued from 0, the process is returned to step S102 described above.

When it is determined in the above-mentioned step S105 that the received command information is the end command information, this subroutine is ended.

The command information received in the above step S104 is the same as the command information in steps S122 and S in FIG.
Information such as screen configuration information generated in 124, S126, S128, S130, S132, and S134. The pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 selects desired image data from the ROM 110 according to the information. Read-out and read-out image data
It is displayed on 16 as an image.

FIG. 26 is a flow chart showing a subroutine executed by the server 80 corresponding to the above-mentioned subroutine of FIG. It is assumed that the server 80 has been started in advance, and the subroutine shown in FIG. 26 is called and executed from a main routine that has been executed in advance.

First, image data and sound data are transmitted to the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 which is a terminal device (step S111). This step corresponds to step S101 described above, and as described above,
This image data is image data including not only the variable display game but also the pachinko game such as the game board and the game ball. The sound data is BG
The sound data includes M, sound effects, voices, and the like, and includes sound data that generates a sound that produces the effect of a stereoscopic sound.

Next, the operation information issued from the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 is received (step S).
112). This step corresponds to step S103 described above.
Is a process corresponding to.

Pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140
When the operation information issued from is received, it is determined whether the received operation information is game ball launching operation information (step S113).

When it is determined that the operation information is the game ball launching operation information, a pachinko game process described later is executed (step S114). In step S112 described above, when the operation information issued from the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 is not received, the process of step S114 is immediately executed.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S113 that the operation information is not the game ball launch operation information, or when the processing of step S114 is executed, step S1
Command information generated by the pachinko game processing executed in 14 is used for the pachinko game terminal device 100 or 14
0 (step S115). This step S1
The process of 15 is a process corresponding to step S104 described above.

Then, it is determined whether the transmitted command information is end command information (step S116). When it is judged that the transmitted command information is not the end command information,
The process is returned to step S112 described above.

FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing the subroutine of the pachinko game process called in step S114 described above.

First, it is determined whether or not the image of the game sphere is moved and displayed (step S121). When it is determined that the image of the game ball is to be moved and displayed, in order to display the image of the game ball so that the game ball can be visually recognized as moving, the position of the destination of the game ball in the image is calculated and the position is calculated. Generate as position information (step S12)
2).

Next, it is judged whether or not the ball game ball has entered the winning opening, that is, whether the position of the image of the game ball calculated in step S121 is near the position of the image showing the winning opening ( Step S123). The winning openings are the general winning openings 50 and 54a to 54d shown in FIG. 6 described above.
In addition, it is an image portion corresponding to the special winning openings 56a to 56d.

When it is determined that the calculated position is in the vicinity of the position of the winning opening, processing for paying out game balls is executed (step S124). In addition, in the process of paying out the game balls, the number of game balls predetermined according to the type of the winning hole is stored in the RAM 86, and the game ball number information indicating the number of the game balls is used for the pachinko game terminal device 100. Alternatively, it is a process to generate to be transmitted to 140.

Then, whether or not a game ball has entered the starting opening,
That is, it is determined whether or not the position of the image of the game ball calculated in step S121 is near the position of the image showing the starting opening (step S125). The starting opening is, for example, an image portion corresponding to the starting opening 44 shown in FIG. 6 described above.

When it is determined that the calculated position is near the position of the starting port, the process for starting the variable display game described later is executed (step S126). In the process of starting the variable display game, an internal lottery process for determining the combination of the identification information displayed on the display unit 132 when the symbol as the identification information is confirmed is executed, and will be described later.
The variable display game process shown in is executed.

Next, it is determined whether the game ball has passed the ball passage detector, that is, whether the position of the image of the game ball calculated in step S121 is near the position of the image showing the ball passage detector. (Step S127). In addition,
This sphere passage detector is, for example, an image portion corresponding to the sphere passage detectors 55a and 55b shown in FIG. 6 described above.

In this step S127, when it is determined that the game ball has passed in the vicinity of the ball passage detector, the display device 152 displayed on the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 displays an image of a normal symbol to be variably displayed. Selection is performed, and selected image information indicating the selected image is generated (step S128).

Next, on the display unit 152 displayed on the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, it is determined whether or not the displayed normal symbol has stopped at a predetermined symbol (step S129).

When it is determined that the normal symbol has stopped at the predetermined symbol, the image of the movable piece is selected so that the above-mentioned image in which the opening is opened is displayed, and the selected image information indicating the selected image is displayed. Is generated (step S130).
When the selected image information is issued to the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, the visually recognizable image is displayed on the display device 116 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 as if the movable piece is in an open state. Is done. The movable piece may be, for example, the one shown in FIG.
It is an image portion corresponding to the movable pieces 58a and 58b shown in FIG.

Next, it is determined whether the decoration lamp is displayed in the on state or the off state (step S131). When it is determined that the decorative lamp is to be lit or unlit, an image corresponding to each state is selected, and selected image information indicating the selected image is generated (step S13).
2). This decoration lamp is, for example, an image portion corresponding to the decoration lamps 36a and 36b shown in FIG. 6 described above. The selected image information described above is the pachinko game terminal device 1
00 or 140, the display device 116
In the image portions of the decoration lamps 36a and 36b displayed in, an image that can be visually recognized as being lit or an image that can be visually recognized as being off is displayed.

Next, it is determined whether or not the game is over (step S133). When it is determined that the game has ended, game end information is generated (step S134), and this subroutine is ended. Whether or not the game has ended is determined when the player operating the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 performs an operation to end the game, or when the number of game balls shot on the game board surface is a predetermined number or more. When
It is determined that the game is over.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for processing the variable display game called and executed in step S126 described above.

First, the background image to be displayed on the display unit 132 of the display device 116 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, the variable pattern image, and the character image are selected (steps S141, S142 and S143). .

Next, it is judged whether or not it is a timing to imply the existence of a plurality of advance notice characters (step S14).
4) If it is determined that it is the timing to imply the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters, the sound data that generates the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound that indicates the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is selected (step S145).

Next, it is judged whether or not it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images (step S146), and it is time to announce the display of one or more advance notice character images. If it is determined that the sound data that generates a sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound notifying the display of one or more advance notice character images is selected (step S147). Next, it is determined whether or not it is time to display one or more advance notice character images (step S148), and when it is determined that it is time to display one or more advance notice character images,
One or more of the above-mentioned notice character images are selected (step S149).

Next, it is judged whether or not it is time to stop and display one variable symbol (step S150),
When it is determined that it is the time to stop display,
A variable symbol image is selected in a mode in which the variable symbol is stopped and displayed (step S151).

Next, steps S141 to S14 described above.
3, selected image information of the image selected in S149 and S151, and selected sound data information indicating the selected sound data are generated (step S152). The server 80 uses the selected image information and the selected sound data information generated in step S152 described above as command information in step S115 of FIG. 26 described above, which is the terminal device 1 for pachinko gaming.
00 or 140.

On the other hand, the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 receives the command information transmitted from the server 80 in step S104 of FIG. 25 described above, and then, in step S106, changes to the screen configuration information indicated by the received command information. Based on the image data, the ROM 110 or R
The display unit 13 of the display device 116 is read from the AM 112.
2 displays the read image. Also, based on the selected sound data information indicated by the received command information, the sound data is R
The sound signal is read out from the OM 110 or the RAM 112, a sound signal is generated, and based on the sound signal, a sound that produces a stereophonic effect is output from the speaker 118.

By doing so, the display unit 13 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 which is a terminal device.
2, the server 80 displays one or two or more notice character images of the plurality of notice character images in the effect image area, and the stereoscopic image before the one or more notice character images are displayed. By the sound that produces the sound effect, the voices of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters are output to imply the presence of the plurality of notice characters. The sound that produces the effect of three-dimensional sound,
The screen can be controlled and the sound output can be controlled so as to notify in advance that one or more advance notice character images will be displayed.

Next, it is determined whether or not all the symbols have stopped (step S153). When it is determined that all the symbols have stopped, variable display game end information is generated (step S154), and this subroutine is ended.

The subroutine shown in FIG. 28 is not only called when the variable display game start process of step S126 shown in FIG. 27 is executed, but also the variable display game is started and ended. In the meantime, it is called and executed at a predetermined timing.

In the case of the above-mentioned configuration, in the display unit 132 displayed on the display device 116 of the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140, which is a terminal device, a plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area. One or more of the advance notice character images are displayed and
Alternatively, before the two or more notice character images are displayed, the sounds of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters are output by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound. Then, the server 8 notifies the presence of a plurality of advance notice characters and further notifies that one or more advance notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound that produces a stereophonic effect.
0 controls the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140.

With such a configuration, it is unique and novel that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed by a sound that produces a stereoscopic effect, for example, at the player's ear. Can be announced using various methods. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of excitement as well as to give a sense of presence with a three-dimensional sound, which raises expectations and excitement about the whereabouts of the game, and when the game becomes a jackpot, It is possible to enhance the sense of fulfillment and sense of achievement of people, and to dramatically improve their interest.

Further, since the announcement of one or more advance notice character images is given in advance by the sound producing the three-dimensional sound effect, the player can hear the sound producing the three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always gaze at the display unit of the terminal device in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is implied by the sound having the effect of the three-dimensional sound. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. The degree of excitement and excitement can be increased.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 18 to FIG. 28 described above, only in the display section 132 displayed on the image of the gaming machine simulating the pachinko gaming machine displayed on the display apparatus 116, the variable symbol is displayed. The display device 1 has shown the case where an image, a background image, a character image, etc. are displayed.
It is also possible to display a variable pattern image, a background image, a character image, etc. on the entire surface of 16.

Whether or not the above-described production expression method according to the present invention is provided to the player can be judged by confirming that the entertainment property in the pachinko game is enhanced. . For example, an economic phenomenon such as the prosperity of a store that employs a pachinko gaming device as described above, or a phenomenon in which information permeates through media such as being popular by being published in a magazine. Will appear as.

[0332]

According to the present invention, it is unique and novel that one or more notice character images are displayed by, for example, a player's ear to notify by a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect. It can be announced using the method. As a result, it is possible to give a feeling of excitement to the player, and also to give a sense of realism with a stereoscopic sound,
The expectation and excitement about the whereabouts of the game can be increased, and when the game becomes a big hit, the player's sense of fulfillment and sense of accomplishment can be enhanced, and the interest can be dramatically improved.

[0333] Also, since one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect, the player can hear the sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect before the display section. If the attention is focused on, it is possible to surely recognize the one or more notice character images.
Therefore, the player does not need to always look at the display unit of the gaming machine in order not to miss the notice character image, and can enjoy the game for a long time without feeling tired. Further, even a beginner can surely recognize that the reliability of the reach and the reliability of the jackpot have been announced, and as a result, the game can be more enjoyed.

Further, before announcing that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed, the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters is hinted to by the sound having the effect of the three-dimensional sound. It is possible to give a sense of presence, and to give a thrilling feeling that the reach state or the jackpot state is approaching, and expectation of which notice character image is displayed among the plurality of notice character images. The degree of excitement and excitement can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a virtual sound source.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a virtual sound source.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a virtual sound source.

4A is an explanatory diagram of a parametric speaker, FIG. 4B is a diagram schematically showing a frequency spectrum of non-linear interaction due to a sine wave, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a frequency spectrum of nonlinear interaction due to an amplitude modulation wave.

FIG. 5 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko gaming apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view schematically showing the gaming board surface of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a pachinko gaming machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a process of detecting a game ball executed in a pachinko gaming device.

FIG. 9 is a step S1 of the flowchart shown in FIG.
11 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of variable display game processing called and executed in No. 4.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a reach screen display processing routine in a variable display game processing subroutine.

FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a screen image according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a screen image according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a screen image according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing an example of a terminal for pachinko game.

FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing another example of a pachinko gaming terminal.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a pachinko gaming terminal device which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a server which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a subroutine executed in the pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a subroutine that is executed by the server 80 that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20: Pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140
3 is a flowchart showing a subroutine executed in.

FIG. 21: Pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140
11 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for performing a variable display game process executed in FIG.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a subroutine that is executed in the server 80 that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23: Pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140
11 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for performing a variable display game process executed in FIG.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a subroutine that is executed by the server 80 that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 25: Pachinko gaming terminal device 100 or 140
3 is a flowchart showing a subroutine executed in.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a subroutine that is executed by the server 80 that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a step S11 of the flowchart of FIG.
4 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a pachinko game process called in 4.

FIG. 28 is a step S12 in the flowchart of FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a pachinko game process called in 6.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Pachinko gaming device (gaming machine) 32 Display device (display unit) 48 (48a, 48b) speaker 60 control circuit 66 CPU (control unit) 64 I / O bus 68 ROM 70 RAM 80 servers 100 Pachinko gaming terminal device (terminal) 132 display 140 Pachinko game terminal device (terminal) 201 (201a, 201b) speaker 500 parametric speaker

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An identification information image area for displaying an identification information image, which is provided on a game board, and each of which is variably displayed and can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, and an effect image are displayed. It is possible to output a sound that produces a three-dimensional sound effect by a display unit that displays a screen image including an effect image area, and a speaker that outputs a sound according to a game situation. A gaming machine in which a notice character image for predicting the reach reliability and / or the jackpot reliability is displayed in the effect image area, wherein the effect image area includes a plurality of the notice character images. 1 or 2 or more of the notice character images are displayed, and before the 1 or 2 or more notice character images are displayed, a sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound is generated. , Outputting the voices of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters to imply the existence of the plurality of notice characters, and further, the effect of the three-dimensional sound. A game machine characterized by notifying that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound that occurs. 2. A display unit provided on a game board and displaying a screen image composed of a moving image, a still image or a combination thereof, as appropriate according to the game situation developed on the game board, and a game situation. A speaker that outputs a sound corresponding to the above, and a control unit that transmits at least electronic data to the display unit and a sound signal to the speaker, and a sound that produces a stereoscopic sound effect by the speaker. It is possible to output, and the screen image, each of which is variably displayed, an identification information image area for displaying an identification information image that can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, and an effect image area for displaying the effect image. Further, in the effect image area, a notice character image for predicting the reliability of the reach and / or the reliability of the jackpot is displayed. In the area, one or more of the notice character images of the plurality of notice character images are displayed, and the effect of the three-dimensional sound is generated before the one or more notice character images are displayed. The sound is used to output the voices of the plurality of advance notice characters shown as the plurality of advance notice characters and / or the sounds related to the plurality of advance notice characters to indicate the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters, and further, the three-dimensional sound A game machine characterized by notifying that one or more of the advance notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound that produces the effect. 3. The sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound is a sound that generates a virtual sound source, and the sound that generates the virtual sound source causes the virtual sound source to be generated before the one or more notice character images are displayed. Outputting voices of a plurality of advance notice characters shown as a plurality of advance notice character images and / or sounds related to the plurality of advance notice characters to imply the presence of the plurality of advance notice characters, and further generating the virtual sound source. Or by moving the generated virtual sound source, it is announced in advance that the one or more advance notice character images are displayed.
Gaming machine described in. 4. The voices of the plurality of advance notice characters shown as the plurality of advance notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of advance notice characters represent a state in which the plurality of advance notice characters discuss. One of
Gaming machine described in. 5. When the variable pattern is not displayed in the identification information image area, the plurality of advance notice character images are displayed on the display unit, and the speakers output the voices of the plurality of advance notice characters. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the speaker is a parametric speaker. 7. A display unit provided on a game board and displaying a screen image consisting of a moving image, a still image or a combination thereof, as appropriate according to the game situation developed on the game board, and a game situation. A speaker that outputs a sound according to, and at least an electronic data transmission to the display unit, and a representation expression method of a gaming machine that includes a control unit that transmits a sound signal to the speaker, and An identification information image that can output a sound in which a stereoscopic sound effect is produced by the speaker, and that displays an identification information image in which each of the screen images is variably displayed and can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing. An area and an effect image area for displaying an effect image, and further, in the effect image area, a notice character image for notifying the reach reliability and / or the jackpot reliability is displayed. In the effect representation method for a gaming machine, one or more of the notice character images of the plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area, and the one or more notice character images are displayed. Before displaying, the sounds of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the sounds related to the plurality of notice characters are output by the sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound to output the plurality of notices. A representation expression method for a gaming machine, which is characterized by imposing the presence of a character and further notifying that the one or more advance notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound. 8. A server that displays a game machine image showing a game machine on each terminal and outputs a sound according to a game situation, and a sound that produces a stereophonic effect for each terminal. It is a server capable of controlling to output, and identification information composed of a plurality of variable symbols that are displayed in a variable manner and can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing according to the situation of the game played on the terminal. A notice for displaying a screen image including an identification information image area for displaying an image and a performance image area for displaying a performance image, and further foretelling the reach reliability and / or the jackpot reliability in the performance image area. The terminal device is controlled to display a character image, and one or more of the plurality of notice character images are displayed in the effect image area. In addition to displaying the one or more notice character images, the sound of the plurality of notice characters shown as the plurality of notice character images and / or the plurality of notice character images are generated by the sound having the effect of the three-dimensional sound. A control for outputting a sound related to the notice character to imply the presence of the plurality of notice characters, and further for notifying that the one or more notice character images are displayed in advance by a sound that produces the effect of the three-dimensional sound. A server characterized in that it is performed for a terminal.