JP2007054170A - Game device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game device capable of improving interest corresponding to game conditions. <P>SOLUTION: In a pusher game device, while an object which falls from a fixed plate can be obtained when the object deposited on the fixed plate is pushed out by a reciprocating movable plate, a sub game capable of specially putting out the plurality of objects onto the fixed plate or the movable plate is provided, and the acquisition possibility of the object is changed by the result of the sub game. The game device is provided with a lottery game execution means 120 for performing a lottery game as the one belonging to the sub game, an object detection means 32a for detecting the object at a prescribed position at the periphery of the fixed plate or the movable plate, a detection number-of-times counting means 130 for counting the number of times of detection by the object detection means 32a, and a probability varying means 140 for varying the probability of generating a winning in the lottery game corresponding to the number of times of the detection. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game apparatus capable of acquiring medals and prizes by dropping them, for example.

  As a conventional game device, for example, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1. The game device disclosed in Patent Document 1 relates to a so-called pusher game device using medals, and a basic for dropping medals such as a fixed plate on which medals are placed and a movable plate that reciprocates to push out medals. A lottery device for specially paying out medals is provided. The lottery device transports a lottery ball that has fallen into the medal drop groove upward, throws the ball into the ball cradle, and wins out of a plurality of storage spaces provided in the ball cradle. A physical lottery game is performed depending on whether or not a ball enters a single storage space (special storage space). When a win occurs in such a lottery game, a large number of medals are paid out on the fixed plate, which is more advantageous than inserting medals one by one.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-210221

  However, in the above-described conventional game device, even if the lottery game is executed, the winning is always generated with a certain probability, so that the game is not so interesting. For example, no matter how many medals or time it takes to run a lottery game, the chances of winning a medal will not increase. Will be offended. In this respect, there is room for contrivance to increase the interest according to the game situation.

  The invention of the present application has been conceived under the circumstances described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a game device that can enhance the fun according to the game situation.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.

  The game device provided by the present invention comprises a main game that can pay out an object and a subgame that can pay out the object in particular, and the object device is provided according to the result of the subgame. A game apparatus having a changeable acquisition possibility, comprising: a lottery game executing means for executing a lottery game belonging to the sub game; an object detecting means for detecting the object at a predetermined position; and the object detecting means. The present invention is characterized by comprising a detection number counting means for counting the number of detections, and a probability changing means for changing the probability of winning in the lottery game based on the number of detections.

  As a preferred embodiment, it is provided with a detection number display means for displaying the number of detection times, and the detection number display means and the detection number counting means each time the lottery game is executed or a win occurs in the lottery game. The above detection times are cleared a predetermined number of times.

  As another preferred embodiment, the detection frequency display means and the detection frequency count means clear the detection frequency by a predetermined number when the detection frequency reaches a predetermined value.

  As another preferred embodiment, for the main game, a fixed plate and a movable plate that reciprocates on the fixed plate are provided. The main game is configured such that the object is pushed onto the movable plate and It is configured so that it falls from the fixed plate and the dropped object is paid out.

  As another preferred embodiment, the lottery game executing means inputs a plurality of color balls that can be distinguished by one or more winning colors and one or more off-colors into a lottery section provided with a winning opening, When the winning color ball enters the winning opening, the next subgame is executed, or the number of objects according to the winning is paid out on the fixed plate or the movable plate.

  As another preferred embodiment, the probability changing means increases the ratio of the number of hit color balls to the total number of color balls to be inserted into the lottery unit as the number of detections increases.

  As another preferred embodiment, the lottery game executing means executes the lottery game according to the result of another subgame.

  According to such a configuration, for example, when applied to a device that performs a pusher game using medals as the main game, the more medals (objects) are inserted to be placed on the fixed plate, the more times the medals are detected. Since (the number of times of detection) increases, the probability of winning in the lottery game is increased accordingly. As a result, even if it takes time until the lottery game as a sub game is executed, the possibility that a medal can be acquired accordingly increases, so the expectation and interest in the lottery game are greatly increased. Depending on the situation, the fun can be enhanced.

  Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description given below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 4 show an embodiment of a game device to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the game apparatus A of the present embodiment is a so-called pusher game apparatus using a medal m, and a cylindrical showcase 11 is provided on a lower housing 10, and the showcase 11 The upper cover 12 is provided on the top. In a space surrounded by the showcase 11, mechanisms G1 to G3 related to a medal game field MF and various sub games described later are provided. A plurality of operation panel portions 13 are provided at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface portion of the lower housing 10, and the same number of persons (for example, six people) as those operation panel portions 13 can play a game simultaneously. Although detailed illustration is omitted, each operation panel unit 13 has a medal storage unit for storing medals, a medal slot, and medals inserted into the medal slot toward the medal game board 2. A changeover switch or the like for switching between firing and stocking is provided. Below the operation panel unit 13 is provided a medal payout port 13A for paying out a medal to the player when a predetermined winning is made.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the medal game field MF is provided with a medal game board 2 and a pusher game mechanism 3. The medal game board 2 stands up substantially vertically, and has a structure in which a space 21 for allowing the medal m to pass is formed between the transparent front cover 20A and the standing wall 20B located behind the transparent front cover 20A. Have. A medal entrance 21a is provided in the upper portion of the space portion 21. When a medal is inserted into the medal slot when the changeover switch of the operation panel 13 shown in FIG. (Not shown) is activated, and the medal m is inserted into the space portion 21 from the medal entrance 21 a of the medal game board 2. The space portion 21 is provided with a plurality of panel chuckers 22 together with a plurality of nails and a plurality of guides for causing the medal m to move irregularly. When the medal m enters the panel chucker 22 and passes downward, this is detected by the chucker sensor 22a, and an electronic game as a sub game (in this embodiment, a slot game or a game) is played accordingly. A display unit 23 such as a liquid crystal display is incorporated in the standing wall 20B so as to be visible through the front cover 20A. On the display unit 23, various electronic games such as a slot game and a game are executed. The display unit 23 also displays a star-shaped level display mark 23a for indicating the probability of winning in a lottery game, which will be described later, at three levels. The level display mark 23a gradually increases in number according to the number of times the medal m is detected in the pusher chucker 32, which will be described later. For example, when the number of times the medal m is detected reaches 25, one level display mark 23a is displayed. Turns on, 2 lights at 50 times, 3 lights at 75 times or more.

  The pusher game mechanism 3 is configured such that a movable plate 31 is superimposed on a fixed plate 30 and the movable plate 31 is always reciprocated with a constant stroke. When the movable plate 31 moves forward and a plurality of medals m placed on the fixed plate 30 press against each other toward the front of the fixed plate 30, the front end edge 30 a of the fixed plate 30 moves downward from the front. The medal m falls. The medal m dropped from the fixed plate 30 is paid out to the player through the medal payout port 13A. A plurality of pusher chucks 32 are provided in front of the front end edge 30 a of the fixed plate 30. When the medal m enters the pusher chucker 32 and passes downward, this is detected by the chucker sensor 32a. Such a pusher chucker 32 is provided mainly for changing the winning probability in a lottery game to be described later. The pusher chucker 32 may be provided so as to reciprocate constantly or intermittently in the direction of the arrow Nc in FIG. 2, for example, or may be fixed at a predetermined position.

  On the side of the medal game field MF, there are a lottery mechanism G1 for performing a sub-game, and a tower mechanism G2 (not shown in FIG. 2) used as a substitute for the dice in the game. A medal payer 40 for paying out a large number of medals m on the movable plate 31 is also installed. The tower mechanism G2 for sugoroku drops the thrown-in balls one step at a time, and finally determines the number corresponding to the dice at the dice when the balls enter one of the holes provided at the bottom. To do. Also, in the upper center above the medal game field MF, whether or not to win is determined according to the place where the thrown-in ball enters, and in the case of winning, a final subgame in which a large number of medals are paid out. A chance game mechanism G3 is provided.

  The lottery mechanism G1 physically performs a lottery game as a sub game, and basically includes, for example, five color spheres 5r including a winning color (for example, red) and a color (for example, blue) that deviates from the winning color. , 5b is used for lottery. Specifically, the lottery mechanism G1 includes a color ball thrower 50 for throwing a red color sphere 5r and a blue color sphere 5b, a lottery board 51 into which the color balls 5r and 5b are thrown, and a central part of the lottery board 51. The color spheres 5r and 5b are rotated when the rotating body 52, which has a winning opening 52a into which the color balls 5r and 5b enter, are partially collected on the side, and the color balls 5r and 5b that enter the winning opening 52a are collected. It has a color identification sensor 53 for identification and the like. The rotating body 52 is also configured to be driven up and down so that the color spheres 5r and 5b can be collected.

  In the lottery game, for example, five color balls 5r and 5b are always input to the lottery board 51. The blue color sphere 5b corresponding to the deviation from the red color sphere 5r corresponding to the hit is, for example, 1 red and 4 blue, 2 red and 3 blue, 3 red and 2 blue, etc. The number of inputs can be changed. This is because the probability of winning is controlled so as to increase according to the number of detections of the medal m detected by the pusher chucker 32. For example, when the number of detections of the medal m is less than 50 and the number of lighting of the level display mark 23a is less than 2, the winning probability is 20% (1 red and 4 blue), and the detection number of the medal m is If the number of level display marks 23a is less than 75 and less than 3 times, the probability of winning is 40% (2 reds and 3 blues), and the level of the medal m detection is 75 times or more. When the number of lighting of the display mark 23a is 3, the winning probability is 60% (3 red and 2 blue).

  After the color balls 5r and 5b are inserted into the lottery board 51, for example, when the red color ball 5r first enters the winning opening 52a, the red color is first identified by the color identification sensor 53. It becomes. If a win occurs in the lottery game, the game proceeds to a chance game using the chance game mechanism G3. On the other hand, when the color first identified by the color identification sensor 53 is blue, the lottery result is lost. Even in the case of a loss, a predetermined number of medals m are paid out from the medal payer 40. After determining whether or not the winning combination has occurred, the color spheres 5r and 5b remaining on the lottery board 51 are collected as the rotating body 52 rises. At that time, since the color identification sensor 53 identifies the colors of the color spheres 5r and 5b one by one, the color spheres 5r and 5b are collected and stocked for each color.

  Electrically, as shown in FIG. 3, a control unit 100 composed of, for example, a microcomputer is provided. To this control unit 100, a chuck sensor 22a of the panel chucker 22, a chucker sensor 32a of the pusher chucker 32, and a medal payout are provided. The device 40, the lottery mechanism G1, the color identification sensor 53, the tower mechanism G2 for sugoroku, the chance game mechanism G3, and the display unit 23 are connected. The control unit 100 includes a slot game execution unit 110 for executing a slot game executed as an electronic game on the display unit 23, a lottery game execution unit 120 for executing a lottery game using the lottery mechanism G1, and a pusher chuck 32. The number-of-detections counting unit 130 that counts the number of times the medal m is detected by the chucker sensor 32a, the probability varying unit 140 that varies the winning probability in the lottery game according to the number of times the medal m is detected, and the display unit 23 As the game is executed, the game execution unit 150 for controlling the game tower mechanism G2 for the game, the chance game execution unit 160 for executing the chance game using the chance game mechanism G3, etc. Such a function is provided.

  Next, how the sub game proceeds will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the sub game. As shown in the figure, when the pusher checker 32 detects a medal m in parallel with the pusher game being performed (S1), the control unit 100 calculates the number of detections stored in a memory or the like for each detection. +1 is added (S2).

  Further, the control unit 100 displays the probability of winning in the lottery game on the display unit 23 with the level display mark 23a based on the number of detections currently stored in the memory or the like (S3). For example, when the number of detections is less than 50, the probability of winning is 20% and the level becomes the minimum level 1, and the number of lighting of the level display marks 23a is less than 2. When the number of detections is 50 times or more and less than 75 times, the hit probability is 40% and the level becomes the intermediate level 2, and the number of lighting level display marks 23a is 2 or more and less than 3. When the number of detections is 75 times or more, the hit probability is 60% and the level becomes the maximum level 3, and the number of lighting of the level display mark 23a is three. Thereby, the player can know at what probability the lottery game will occur according to the number of lighting of the level display marks 23a.

  On the other hand, when the medal m is detected by the panel chucker 22 (S4), the control unit 100 causes the display unit 23 to execute the slot game (S5). In this slot game, when the same pattern stops along a predetermined line, a medal payout operation or a transition to the next super game is performed as an operation corresponding to the pattern. For example, when a medal is paid out as a win in the slot game (S6: YES), the control unit 100 pays out a predetermined number of medals m onto the movable plate 31 by the medal payer 40 (S20).

  When it is determined that the slot game is successful and the game is shifted to the game (S6: NO), the control unit 100 causes the display unit 23 to execute the game (S7). In this sugoroku game, a screen in which the character advances through the plurality of unit sections in order is displayed on the display unit 23, and the number of the character that the character advances through the unit sections is determined by the sugoroku tower mechanism G2. In the unit section, a picture indicating that a medal payout operation or the next lottery game is performed is displayed. When the unit section stops, a medal payout operation or a lottery game is performed as a corresponding operation. . For example, if the medal is paid out as a winning game (S8: YES), the control unit 100 pays out a predetermined number of medals m onto the movable plate 31 by the medal payer 40 (S21).

  When the lottery game is won as a winning game (S8: NO), the control unit 100 causes the lottery mechanism G1 to execute the lottery game (S9).

  At this time, the control unit 100 determines the level of the winning probability in the lottery game according to the number of detections of the pusher chucker 32 stored in the memory or the like at this time (S10).

  In the case of level 1 which is the minimum level (S10: L1), the control unit 100 draws one red color sphere 5r and four blue color spheres 5b so that the winning probability is 20%. (S11).

  In addition, in the case of level 2 which is an intermediate level (S10: L2), the control unit 100 draws two red color spheres 5r and three blue color spheres 5b so that the winning probability is 40%. The mechanism G1 is input (S12).

  Alternatively, in the case of level 3 which is the maximum level (S10: L3), the control unit 100 draws three red color spheres 5r and two blue color spheres 5b so that the winning probability is 60%. The mechanism G1 is input (S13).

  Then, the control unit 100 clears the number of detections stored in the memory or the like and the number of lighting level display marks 23a displayed on the display unit 23 (S14). At this time, it is preferable that the number of detections and the number of lightings are cleared only corresponding to each level, and an extra fraction is left. Note that the number of detections and the number of lighting may be reset and completely cleared every time the lottery game is executed. In addition, the number of detections and the number of lightings may be cleared (including a case of complete reset) only when a win occurs in the lottery game.

  Thereafter, when the first color detected by the color identification sensor 53 is red (S15: YES), the control unit 100 finally causes the chance game mechanism G3 to execute a chance game (S16). Even when the first color detected by the color identification sensor 53 is blue (S15: NO), the control unit 100 pays out a predetermined number of medals m onto the movable plate 31 by the medal payer 40. (S22).

  When a jackpot occurs in the chance game, the control unit 100 pays out a predetermined number of medals m corresponding to the jackpot onto the movable plate 31 by the medal payer 40 (S17). Note that even if a gap occurs in the chance game, more medals m are paid out by the medal payer 40 than the number paid out in the case of a gap in the lottery game.

  That is, as the number of times the medal m is detected by the pusher chucker 32 until the chance game is finally reached, the probability of winning in the lottery game increases. Therefore, even if the appearance frequency of the lottery game is less than when the player inserts medals m, the possibility of acquiring a large number of medals m is increased.

  Therefore, according to the pusher game apparatus A of the present embodiment, even if a lot of medals m and time are spent before the lottery game is executed, the probability of winning the lottery game increases accordingly, and eventually Since it is easy to shift to a chance game, the possibility of acquiring many medals m is increased, and the expectation and interest of the entire game are greatly increased, and the interest can be enhanced according to the game situation.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment.

Although the above embodiment is applied to a pusher game device for medals, for example, the object may be a prize such as a confectionery.

  As a lottery game, a lottery mechanism may be used in which a plurality of lottery holes are provided on a lottery board and a specific hole is used as a winning opening without using a color ball. In this case, in order to increase the probability of winning, it is only necessary to simply increase the number of lottery balls to be inserted into the lottery board or increase the number of winning prizes allocated. The lottery game may be a kind of electronic game executed on the display unit, for example.

  The color sphere used in the lottery game may be three or more colors. For example, red and yellow may be the winning colors, and red and yellow may change the aspect of the subsequent sub-game. Also, blue and green may be out of color, and out of blue and green The number of medals paid out may be different.

  When a win occurs in the lottery game, a predetermined number of medals corresponding to the win may be paid out.

1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention. It is a principal part perspective view of the game device shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the game device shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the subgame in the game device shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

A game machine m medal 23 display section (detection count display means)
30 fixed plate 31 movable plate 32 pusher chucker 32a chucker sensor (object detection means)
G1 lottery mechanism (lottery game execution means)
51 Lottery board 52 Rotating body 52a Prize opening 120 Lottery game execution unit (lottery game execution means)
130 Number of Detection Counting Unit (Detection Number Counting Unit)
140 Stochastic variation part (probability variation means)

Claims (7)

A game device comprising a main game capable of paying out a target object and a sub game capable of specially paying out the target object, wherein the possibility of acquiring the target object changes according to the result of the sub game. And
Lottery game execution means for executing a lottery game belonging to the sub-game;
Object detection means for detecting the object at a predetermined position;
A detection frequency counting means for counting the number of detections by the object detection means;
Probability changing means for changing the probability of winning in the lottery game based on the number of times of detection;
A game apparatus comprising:   A detection frequency display means for displaying the detection frequency is provided, and the detection frequency display means and the detection frequency counting means set the detection frequency a predetermined number of times each time the lottery game is executed or a win occurs in the lottery game. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is cleared.   The game device according to claim 2, wherein when the number of detection times reaches a predetermined value, the detection number display unit and the detection number counting unit clear the detection number by a predetermined number.   For the main game, a fixed plate and a movable plate that reciprocates on the fixed plate are provided. In the main game, the object is pushed out of the movable plate, falls from the fixed plate, and falls. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is configured to pay out an object.   The lottery game executing means inputs a plurality of color balls that can be distinguished by one or more winning colors and one or more off-colors into a lottery section provided with a winning opening, and the winning color ball enters the winning opening. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the next subgame is executed, or a target object corresponding to the number of hits is paid out on the fixed plate or the movable plate.   6. The game apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the probability changing means increases the ratio of the number of hit color spheres to the total number of color spheres input to the lottery unit as the number of detections increases.   The game device according to claim 1, wherein the lottery game executing means executes the lottery game in accordance with a result of another sub game.

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