JP2004267559A - Game machine, program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can increase a hope for a winning. <P>SOLUTION: When a pachinko ball enters a start winning port, a main control unit 20 performs a transition drawing for whether the game state is shifted to a winning state or not, and a winning judgement based on the transfer drawing. A display configuration determining unit 26a determines a pattern combination for drawing which is stop-displayed by a pattern displaying device 12 by using a pattern data table based on the winning judgement result. A pattern display control unit 26 reads the graphic data of respective patterns which are determined by the display configuration determining unit 26a from a pattern data memory 26b, and displays it on a pattern displaying device 12. When patterns for drawing which are displayed on the pattern displaying device 12 become a ready-to-win state, an animation of a configuration wherein a climber who climbs a rocky mountain is observed from various visual points is displayed as a ready-to-win performance depending on a winning reliability. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game machine, a program, and a storage medium which are used by being installed in a game room such as a pachinko parlor.
[0002]
[Prior art]
At present, most of the pachinko machines installed and used in a game arcade such as a pachinko parlor have a one-time entry to the starting winning opening when a pachinko ball enters a special winning opening called a starting winning opening and wins. One transfer lottery (for example, random number extraction) is performed for each winning, and if the transfer lottery is won (for example, coincidence with a predetermined random number), the normal state is changed to a gaming state advantageous to the player. It has been migrated. In addition, each time the transfer lottery is performed once, the lottery symbol is variably displayed on the symbol display device, and a predetermined lottery symbol is stopped and displayed according to the result of the transfer lottery, thereby obtaining the result of the transfer lottery. Is reported.
[0003]
Recently, there is a design display device that displays various character designs as animations in addition to the lottery design. These animations take various display styles with a staging effect between the time when the lottery symbols are displayed in a fluctuating manner and the time when they are stopped and displayed, so that the player is not bored and the pattern of the display styles is changed. Accordingly, the degree of possibility that the lottery result in the transfer lottery is a win (hereinafter, hit reliability) is notified to the player.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional pachinko machine, basically, only a specific character design is animated and displayed so as to take an action in a manner observed from a certain viewpoint. There was a limit to heightening the feeling.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has a variety of display modes, provides an opportunity to play a game with an advantage, and can maintain a sense of expectation for a hit. And a program and a recording medium.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention provides a gaming state that is set in a predetermined gaming area as a condition for a prize to enter a specific prize section, thereby shifting to a gaming state advantageous to a player. A transfer lottery means for determining whether or not the result of the transfer lottery is a hit; and displaying the variable identification information variably and stopping the display at a predetermined timing. A variable display means for notifying the result of the lottery by the lottery means and displaying specific identification information different from the variable identification information before the stop display, and at least one of the variable identification information or the specific identification information Is provided as a plurality of display mode data to be displayed in a manner of observing from a plurality of different viewpoints, and is stored so as to be displayed in accordance with a lottery result by the transfer lottery section. A display mode determining unit that can determine any of the modes to be observed from the different viewpoints, and a mode that allows the user to observe from the different viewpoints, according to the possibility of hitting based on the lottery result in the transfer lottery unit. And determining whether or not the display mode data according to the mode is read from the display mode data storage unit at a predetermined timing, and controlling the display mode data to be displayed by the variable display unit. It is provided. The predetermined timing at which the variable identification information is stopped and displayed is, for example, when a variable display time (process execution time based on display mode data) determined based on the result of the shift lottery has elapsed. In addition, the predetermined timing for reading the display mode data is determined, for example, in accordance with determining whether or not the hit is due to the shift lottery, and is controlled based on the display mode data for performing the variable display within the variable display time. For example, an execution timing programmed to be processed.
[0007]
Further, before the variable identification information is stopped and displayed by the variable display means, the display mode determination means may determine whether or not a predetermined condition has been achieved. It is preferable to determine whether or not to make an observation mode. Further, in the present invention, any one of modes to be observed from a plurality of different viewpoints may be determined according to the determination result, and display control of the determined mode to be observed may be performed. In addition, the predetermined condition is, for example, when a condition for winning a predetermined number of game balls to a predetermined winning opening is achieved, or when the condition for winning is achieved, a lottery is performed by predetermined lottery means and a winning is performed. , Or when the game history such as predetermined winning information stored in the predetermined storage means is in a predetermined state, or the number of continuations of the hold state related to the control processing after winning in the predetermined winning opening Is a predetermined number of continuations.
[0008]
Further, the program to be used is to perform a shift lottery for shifting to a gaming state advantageous to the player, with one condition that a game medium launched in a predetermined game area wins a specific prize section. The transfer lottery means for determining whether or not the result is a hit, and stop display at a predetermined timing after variably displaying the variable identification information, and the stop display mode notifies the lottery result by the transfer lottery means. And a variable display unit capable of displaying specific identification information different from the variable identification information before the stop display, and causing at least one of the variable identification information and the specific identification information to be observed from a plurality of different viewpoints. A display mode data storage unit that is provided as a plurality of display mode data to be displayed in a mode, and is stored so as to be displayed according to the lottery result of the transfer lottery unit; According to the possibility of hitting based on the lottery result in the above, a display mode determining unit that can determine any of the modes to be observed from the different viewpoints, and one of the modes to be observed from the different viewpoints are determined. In this case, the computer of the gaming machine functions as variable display control means for reading display mode data according to the mode from the display mode data storage unit at a predetermined timing and controlling the display mode data to be displayed on the variable display unit. Program to let you.
[0009]
The storage medium used stores the program described in claim 3 and can read the program by a computer.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a pachinko machine 10 according to the present invention. A symbol display device 12 is incorporated at substantially the center of the game board 11 provided in the pachinko machine 10. In the game area on the game board 11, a start winning port 13 is provided, a normal winning port 14, an attacker (win port with an opening / closing plate) 15, and an out port 16 are provided. Note that structures such as nails and windmills provided in the game area are well-known and will not be described.
[0011]
In the lower part of the front of the pachinko machine 10, a ball tray 17 for supplying a hit ball and an operation handle 18 for adjusting the launching strength of the pachinko ball are provided. The player throws a pachinko ball into the ball tray 17 and operates the operation handle 18 to strike the pachinko ball into the game area. The launched pachinko ball enters one of the starting winning port 13, the normal winning port 14, and the out port 16. Further, when the opening / closing plate provided in the attacker 15 is open, it also enters the attacker 15. When the player enters the starting winning opening 13, the normal winning opening 14, and the attacker 15, a prize is won and a prize ball is paid out. When the player enters the starting winning opening 13, the symbol display device 12 is operated, and as described in detail later, a win is made when a predetermined lottery symbol is stopped and displayed. It should be noted that the number of pachinko balls that have entered the starting winning opening 13 during the period when the symbol display device 12 is in operation is held as a holding ball for holding the control related to the winning at a maximum of about four, and the right related to the winning is stored. (For example, storing lottery information). Then, after the symbol display device 12 has completed one operation, if there is a reserved ball, the symbol display device 12 starts operating based on the right related to the winning.
[0012]
On the symbol display device 12 functioning as a variable display means, three lottery symbols arranged in three rows are displayed. A lottery is performed when a pachinko ball is won in the starting winning opening 13 and the symbol display device 12 is operated based on a result of the lottery, and a plurality of lottery symbols change in order for each row to flow sequentially. After being displayed, the display is stopped and displayed in the order of left, right, and middle (the order may be arbitrary). The stop display mode at this time is the notification of the lottery result. For example, when the same lottery symbol is stopped and displayed on all the left, middle, and right sides, it becomes the hit notification, and when it is not the same, it becomes the loss notification.
[0013]
In the symbol display device 12, when the symbol for the lottery in the middle is in the variable display, when the symbols for the left and right lottery are stopped and displayed, the state just before the step where the same lottery symbol is hit is notified. In other words, when it reaches the reach, the character design etc. different from the lottery symbol are displayed as animation in various modes, and due to the difference of this mode, the center is stopped and displayed with the same left and right lottery symbol and The player is allowed to predict upper and lower degrees of possibility (hereinafter, hit reliability).
[0014]
When the lottery symbol is stopped and displayed at, for example, "7" on both the left and right sides and reaches the reach, the lottery symbol that has reached the reach while the variable lottery symbol is being displayed while being fluctuated is displayed from the center of the screen (reduced display at the left end) At the same time, a display is displayed in which the climber (character pattern) 19 that goes around the rock mountain and climbs the rock wall from behind is approached so that the viewpoint for observing the rock mountain (symbol) on the screen changes one after another. 2-4). In addition, the animation so far in this embodiment is common to all the reach effects. Thereafter, by displaying the viewpoint at which the climber 19 is observed in various manners, the player can at least suggest the hit reliability to the player. For example, when the hit reliability is high, the climber is overhead (FIG. 5), when the hit reliability is medium, the lateral direction (FIG. 6), and when the hit reliability is low, the climber is obliquely backward (FIG. 7). The display is performed so as to observe 19.
[0015]
In each of the patterns, the climber 19 climbs the rock wall aiming at the top, reaches the top, and the same lottery symbol is stopped and displayed (FIG. 8), and the hit is notified. Also, when the climber 19 falls off the rock wall (FIG. 9), the non-identical lottery symbols are stopped and displayed as a loss notification, but a bird appears and assists (FIG. 10). Is performed, and the climber 19 is moved to the rock wall near the top, and the display aims at the top again with the aim of hitting again and notifying.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 11, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 is basically controlled by a microcomputer in the main control unit 20. The main control unit 20 includes a CPU 20a, a ROM 20b, and a RAM 20c. The CPU 20a controls the game state of the pachinko machine 10 based on a game control program stored in the ROM 20b. In the ROM 20b, a game control program, a random number generation processing program, a random number table, and the like are stored in predetermined areas, and these are appropriately used by the CPU 20a and the like. The RAM 20c is a working area, and includes information on a right to perform a transfer lottery to determine whether or not to shift to a hit state, a result of the transfer lottery determination, and data used for each game performed based on the supply of the pachinko ball. It is used for temporary storage, rewriting, etc.
[0017]
Signals from the starting winning ball detecting sensor 21, the normal winning ball detecting sensor 22, and the attacker winning ball detecting sensor 23 are input to the main controller 20 via the input interface 24. An information (command) signal controlled and processed by the main control unit 20 is output to the symbol display control unit 26, the lamp control unit 27, the voice control unit 28, and the payout control unit 29 via the output interface 25. You.
[0018]
The start winning ball detection sensor 21 detects whether or not a pachinko ball has been won in the starting winning opening 13, the normal winning ball detection sensor 22, the normal winning opening 14, and the attacker winning ball detection sensor 23 in the attacker 15. When a winning of a pachinko ball is detected by the starting winning ball detection sensor 21, a start signal is input to the main control unit 20.
[0019]
When a start signal is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 21 to the main control unit 20, the main control unit 20 outputs a signal to the payout control unit 29 to pay out a predetermined number of winning balls according to the winning. At the same time, an electronic lottery using the random number generation processing program and the random number table stored in the ROM 20b is performed, and a shift lottery (random number extraction) as to whether or not to shift to the hit state is performed. Hit judgment (collation between the extracted random number and the comparison random number) is performed. As described above, the main control unit 20 functions as a shift lottery unit.
[0020]
The symbol display control unit 26 receives the output of the determination result signal obtained by the hit determination from the main control unit 20, and activates the display mode determination unit 26a. The display mode determining unit 26a functions as a display mode determining unit, and includes a random number generator, a random number sampling circuit, and a symbol data table.
[0021]
When the determination result signal is input to the symbol display control unit 26, the symbol display control unit 26 causes the display mode determination unit 26a to sample a random value, and causes the sampled random value to be compared with the symbol data table. The symbol data table includes a loss data and a hit data, and the sampled random number value is collated with the symbol data table corresponding to the hit determination result in the main control unit 20. In each of the symbol data tables, a combination of lottery symbols to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device 12 in the numerical range divided into groups and an animation pattern to be displayed as a reach effect are assigned as data, and are sampled. The combination of the lottery symbols to be stopped and displayed and the animation to be displayed as the reach effect are determined depending on which numerical range the random number value belongs to.
[0022]
The animation data to be displayed as the reach effect has a different degree of numerical value assigned between the hit table and the loss table, so that the possibility of a big hit when the animation pattern to be displayed is determined is determined. Hit reliability is determined. The lottery symbol combination and animation data determined by the display mode determination unit 26a are fed back to the symbol display control unit 26.
[0023]
Graphic data of various symbols is stored in the symbol data memory 26b, and the graphic data is read out by the symbol display control unit 26, is display-controlled, and is displayed as a symbol that is variably displayed on the symbol display device 12, or an animation. You. Thus, the symbol data memory 26b functions as a display mode data storage unit.
[0024]
The lamp control unit 27 receives an output signal from the main control unit 20 and performs lighting control of a lamp 30 provided on an outer frame of the game board 11 or the pachinko machine 10. The sound control unit 28 receives an output signal from the main control unit 20 and controls output of a sound generated from a sound generation device 31 provided in the pachinko machine 10. The payout control unit 29 receives the output signal from the main control unit 20, and controls the payout of the prize balls by the payout device 32. Further, the payout control unit 29 sends a firing stop signal to the firing control unit 34 which controls the launching of the pachinko ball by the launching device 33 when an error occurs or the like, to stop the launch of the pachinko ball.
[0025]
Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When a pachinko ball wins in the start winning port 14, a start signal is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 21 to the main control unit 20. The main control unit 20 uses a random number generation processing program and a random number table stored in the ROM 20b in response to the start signal, and determines whether or not to shift to the hit state (extraction of random numbers based on winning timing) and shift lottery. Is determined based on the above (determination of coincidence between the extracted random number and a predetermined numerical value).
[0026]
The symbol display control unit 26 receives the input of the determination result signal relating to the hit determination from the main control unit 20 and activates the display mode determination unit 26a. The display mode determination unit 26a uses a symbol data table corresponding to the determination result signal related to the success or failure to determine a combination of a lottery symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device 12 and a predetermined animation including, for example, an animation displayed as a reach effect. The display mode data to be displayed during the time fluctuation is determined.
[0027]
The symbol display control unit 26 reads out each symbol determined by the display mode determination unit 26a and the graphic data of the predetermined display mode from the symbol data memory 26b, variably displays the symbols on the symbol display device 12, and then stops the display. For example, when the lottery symbol displayed on the symbol display device 12 becomes reach, the climber climbing the rocky mountain can be observed from various viewpoints according to the hit reliability including the jackpot transition ratio as the reach effect in this display mode. Is displayed (FIGS. 4 to 6). In this way, a novel display is performed so as to change the viewpoint, so that a sense of expectation for a hit is enhanced, and a variety of display modes can be provided. Further, the player can recognize the hit reliability before the lottery symbol is stopped and displayed, and can predict the possibility of shifting to the big hit, so that the operation preparation for the next game can be performed early. become.
[0028]
If a winning is achieved after the reach effect, the lottery symbol is stopped and displayed in a combination of winning symbols (for example, “7-7-7”). Thereby, the state shifts from the normal state to the hit state. When the hit state is reached, the opening / closing plate provided in the attacker 15 is opened, and the pachinko ball is more likely to win. The attacker 15 is closed once a predetermined number of pachinko balls have won or a predetermined time has elapsed. During one opening operation of the attacker 15, when a pachinko ball wins a V zone (continuous role operating port) (not shown) provided inside the attacker 15, the attacker 15 opens again. The jackpot game in the present embodiment refers to a game state that is advantageous to the player from when the opening and closing operation of the attacker 15 is started to when the opening and closing operation reaches a predetermined number of times and ends. This makes it possible to obtain many prize balls in the hit state.
[0029]
As described above, in the above-described embodiment, before the symbol for lottery is stopped and displayed on the symbol display device 11, the character symbol is displayed in order to notify the reliability of hit notification that the same symbol for lottery is stopped and displayed. Although the display is performed in such a manner as to be observed from various viewpoints, the display may be performed for other purposes. For example, when a character pattern is displayed from a predetermined viewpoint in accordance with a predetermined number of wins of pachinko balls in the start winning opening 13 from the time of turning on the power and the end of the hit state, a game time, and the like, the game is presented to the player. By notifying the history information, it is possible to provide information for determining the game. In this case, the main control unit 20 measures the number of wins of pachinko balls into the start winning opening 13 and the game time from the time of power-on and the end of the hit state, and counts the predetermined number of wins and the predetermined game time. Is realized by outputting a determination result as a signal to the symbol display control unit 26, and reading the graphic data based on the determination result from the symbol data memory 26b and displaying the graphic data on the symbol display device 12. Can be.
[0030]
FIG. 13 shows an example in which a storage medium (CD, flexible disk, IC memory, MO, etc.) 40 is installed in the pachinko machine 41. The storage medium 40 includes means as shown in the flowchart of FIG. And a program for realizing the pachinko machine 41 including the program 43. In this case, for example, a program for implementing the shift lottery means, the variable display means, the display mode data storage means, the display mode determination means, and the variable display control means in the pachinko machine 41 is stored in the storage medium 40. Then, the storage medium 40 is loaded in the reading device 44, and the program is installed in the pachinko machine 41.
[0031]
In addition, instead of installing the program using the storage medium 40, the program can be distributed to the pachinko machine 41 using the Internet. Further, by adding a program for executing the basic operation of the pachinko machine 41 to the above program, the program can be installed on a personal computer and a pachinko game can be played on a monitor.
[0032]
In the above embodiment, a character symbol different from the lottery symbol is displayed in a manner of being observed from a plurality of different viewpoints, but may be a lottery symbol. Further, both the lottery symbol and the character symbol may be used. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the display of the character symbol (specific identification information) is performed by the symbol variable display device. However, for example, a drum rotary display device is provided separately from the symbol display device, and the rotation position is changed. Alternatively, the specific identification information provided on the drum surface may be displayed in such a manner as to be observed from a plurality of different viewpoints.
[0033]
In the above embodiment, the display mode related to the viewpoint of the animation is changed after the lottery symbol on the symbol display device 11 has reached the reach based on the result of the shift lottery. However, any other timing may be used. For example, it is possible to increase the degree of attention to the initial variation by changing the start of the variation display of the lottery symbol, or to change the random variation at random timing during the variation display, thereby giving unexpectedness to inspire the interest of the player. .
[0034]
In the above embodiment, the variable identification information (lottery symbol) or the specific identification information (character symbol) is changed from a plurality of different viewpoints based on the execution of the display mode data related to the variable display determined based on the result of the shift lottery. Although it was displayed in the mode of observation, a prize port for displaying in the mode of observation is provided, and when the player can make a prize to this prize port, a display for notifying the hit reliability is provided. The mode may be changed.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, at least one of the variable identification information and the specific identification information is provided as a plurality of display mode data to be displayed in a mode in which the information can be observed from a plurality of different viewpoints. In the display mode data storage means for storing so as to be displayed according to the lottery result in, and according to the possibility of hitting based on the lottery result in the shift lottery means, one of the modes of observing from the different viewpoints Display mode determining means that can be determined, and when one of the modes for observation from different viewpoints is determined, display mode data relating to the mode is read from the display mode data storage module at a predetermined timing, and the read display is read out. Since the variable display control means for controlling the display of the aspect data by the variable display means is provided, there is a possibility that a game state advantageous to the player will be obtained or not. Change in the display mode for informing a per confidence to the prediction becomes colorful, it is possible to increase the expectation for per.
[0036]
Further, before the variable identification information is stopped and displayed by the variable display means, the display mode determination means may determine whether or not a predetermined condition has been achieved. By deciding whether or not to make the mode of observation, for example, it is possible to inform the player of various game history information, it is possible to provide a lot of judgment material for the game, and also, If a winning port is provided as an opportunity to notify the winning port, and if the winning port can be awarded, the winning degree based on the lottery result of the shift lottery performed when the variable display is performed is determined. A display mode can be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a pachinko machine embodying the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 3 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 4 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 5 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 6 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 7 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 8 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 9 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 10 shows an example of an animation.
FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a game flow.
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram when a storage medium storing a program is installed in a pachinko machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
10, 41 Pachinko machine 12 Symbol display device 13 Starting winning port 19 Climber (character pattern)
20 Main controller 20a, 42 CPU
20b ROM
20c RAM
26 symbol display control unit 26a display mode determination unit 26b symbol data memory 40 storage medium 43 memory 44 reader

Claims (4)

The transfer lottery for shifting to a gaming state advantageous to the player is performed under one condition that the game medium launched in the predetermined game area wins the specific winning section, and the result of the transfer lottery is a hit. Transfer lottery means for determining whether or not
After the variable identification information is variably displayed, the variable identification information is stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing, the stop display mode notifies the lottery result by the shift lottery means, and the identification different from the variable identification information is performed before the stop display is performed. In a gaming machine provided with variable display means capable of displaying identification information,
At least one of the variable identification information and the specific identification information is provided as a plurality of display mode data to be displayed in such a manner as to be observed from a plurality of different viewpoints, and is stored so as to be displayed according to the lottery result by the shift lottery means. Display mode data storage means,
A display mode determining unit that can determine any of the modes to be observed from the different viewpoints, depending on the possibility of being a hit based on the lottery result in the transfer lottery unit,
When any of the modes to be observed from the different viewpoints is determined, the display mode data according to the mode is read from the display mode data storage unit at a predetermined timing, and the read display mode data is read by the variable display unit. A gaming machine comprising variable display control means for performing display control. Before the variable identification information is stopped and displayed by the variable display means, the display mode determination means allows the user to observe from the different viewpoint according to the result of the determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined condition has been achieved. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the mode is set. The transfer lottery for shifting to a game state advantageous to the player is performed under one condition that the game medium launched in the predetermined game area wins the specific winning section, and the result of the transfer lottery is a hit. The transfer lottery means for determining whether or not, the variable identification information is variably displayed and then stop-displayed at a predetermined timing, and the stop display mode informs the result of the lottery by the transfer lottery means and the display is stopped. Variable display means capable of displaying specific identification information different from the variable identification information previously, and a plurality of variable display means for displaying at least one of the variable identification information and the specific identification information in a manner to allow observation from a plurality of different viewpoints. A display mode data storage unit that is provided as display mode data and is stored so as to be displayed in accordance with the lottery result of the transfer lottery unit; and a hit based on the lottery result of the transfer lottery unit. A display mode determining unit that can determine any of the modes to be observed from the different viewpoints according to the degree of possibility, and a predetermined timing when any of the modes to be observed from the different viewpoints is determined. A program for causing a computer of a gaming machine to function as variable display control means for reading display mode data according to a mode from the display mode data storage unit and causing the variable display unit to control the display of the read display mode data. A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 3.

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