JP2007195796A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which enables the adjustment of the quantity of light emitted without increasing the drive current of the individual light emitting bodies while smoothly carrying out a light emitting performance by varying the quantity of light emitted of a number of light emitting bodies arrayed on the surface of a game board. <P>SOLUTION: The LEDs 29a, 29c, 29d and 29f as a first light emitting bodies alone are made to emit light to decrease the intensity of emission on the game board 3 or the LEDs 29b and 29e as the second light emitting bodies are caused to emit light together with the first light emitting bodies to increase the intensity of emission on the game board 3 so that the quantity of light emitted from a number of LEDs arrayed on the surface of the game board is varied, thereby smoothly carrying out the light emitting performance. This facilitates the adjustment of the quantity of emission without increasing the drive current of the individual LEDs, thereby avoiding such a failure as accelerating the aging of the LEDs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine that launches and plays a game ball in a gaming area of a gaming board.

  Generally, as a game machine, for example, a pachinko machine, a game ball staying in a ball tray is launched into the game area of the game board according to the operation of the launch handle, and then led to obstacle nails or windmills in the game area. However, it is known that the player is configured to flow down the board surface and enter various winning holes, or flow into the outlets at the lower part of the game area without entering (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In general, in such a pachinko machine, when entering a general winning opening, a corresponding number of game balls are paid out, and when entering a starting chucker, a jackpot lottery is performed based on this and a predetermined number is selected. A number of game balls are paid out, and according to the result of the lottery, a predetermined effect display is performed on the screen of an image display device such as a liquid crystal provided at the center of the game area. When a big hit is generated, a big winning opening called an attacker is opened, and a large amount of game balls are paid out in response to the entry. In the above jackpot lottery, until the next jackpot is drawn in the gaming state in the probability variation mode, the probability variation per probability state (hereinafter also referred to as the probability variation) that can give an advantageous value to the player, and the special A lottery will be held to win one of the normal wins that will not be in a state.

JP 2003-236210 A JP 2002-85648 A

  By the way, in the pachinko machine as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, for example, a configuration in which a large number of light emitting diodes (hereinafter referred to as LEDs) that produce an effect related to the big win lottery is arranged on the game board is conceivable. In that case, it is conceivable to change the number of LEDs that emit light and the intensity at the time of light emission (that is, the amount of emitted light) according to the reliability of winning the big hit. It is necessary to increase the driving current of the LED, and there is a possibility that the deterioration of the LED is accelerated by increasing or decreasing the driving current according to the effect.

  Therefore, the present invention can smoothly perform a light emission effect by changing the light emission amount of a large number of light emitters such as LEDs arranged on the game board surface, but without increasing the drive current of each light emitter. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can be adjusted and solves the above-described problems.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 5) is a gaming machine (1) in which a game ball (Ba) is launched into a game area (3a) of a game board (3) and played.
The game board (3)
A first plate (56) comprising a plurality of light emitters (29a, 29b, 29c, 29d, 29e, 29f) that emit light forward;
The first light (L ₁ ) emitted from the first light emitter (29a, 29c, 29d, 29f) at the opposite position among the light emitters (29a to 29f) is transmitted forward, and the plurality The second emission light (L ₂ ) emitted from the second light emitters (29b, 29e) in the vicinity of the facing position among the light emitters of the first light emission at the light combining surface (57a, 58a, 59a, 60a). A second plate (55) provided with a plurality of optical elements (57, 58, 59, 60) that are combined with the light (L ₁ ) and transmitted forward, and arranged to face the front side of the first plate (56); ,
Said second emitted light (L ₂₎ of said reflecting surface for reflecting the combining surface (57a~60a) of the branches in at least two directions the optical element (57~60) (17a, 17b, 18a, 18b) A third plate (54) disposed opposite to the front side of the second plate (55).
The gaming machine (1) is characterized by this.

  The “front side” and “front side” in the present invention are concepts that mean a side facing a player who plays a game facing the game board.

The present invention according to claim 2 (see, for example, FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 4) is configured such that the second plate (55) is maintained in parallel with the first and third plates (56, 54). Comprising plate actuating means (71) for reciprocal movement;
A gaming machine (1) according to claim 1.

The present invention according to claim 3 (see, for example, FIG. 2) is a pair of right-angle prisms in which the light combining surfaces (57a to 60a) of the optical elements (57 to 60) are formed in a cubic shape by bonding their inclined surfaces. Is a coated laminating surface,
A gaming machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2.

The present invention according to claim 4 (see, for example, FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 4) includes a winning portion (27) for winning a game ball (Ba) launched into the game area (3a),
A jackpot lottery means (83) for performing a jackpot lottery in response to the winning of the winning section (27);
Reliability determination means (93) for determining the reliability indicating the probability of winning the jackpot lottery result, and the light emitters (29a to 29f) according to the reliability determined by the reliability determination means (93) Light emission control means (86, 91) for controlling light emission)
The light emission control means (86, 91) causes the first light emitters (29a, 29c, 29d, 29f) to emit light and the second light emitters (29b, 29e) when the reliability is lower than a predetermined value. When the reliability is higher than the predetermined value, both the first and second light emitters (29a to 29f) are caused to emit light.
A gaming machine (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

  Note that the reference numerals in the parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for convenience to facilitate understanding of the invention and has no influence on the description of the claims. It is not a thing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, only the first light emitter is caused to emit light to weaken the light emission intensity on the game board, or the first light emitter and the second light emitter are caused to emit light on the game board. By increasing the light emission intensity, it is possible to change the light emission amount of a large number of light emitters arranged on the game board surface and smoothly perform the light emission effect, and to adjust the light emission amount without increasing the drive current of each light emitter. It is easy to carry out and avoid problems that accelerate the deterioration of the light emitter. In addition, since the third plate has a reflection surface that divides the second emitted light in at least two directions and reflects it toward the light combining surface of the optical element, the third plate is disposed opposite to the front side of the second plate, so that the first light emitter One of the second light emitters supplementing the amount of emitted light as necessary is branched into at least two directions by the reflecting surface and reflected toward the light combining surface by the second light emitting body. While reducing the actual number, it is possible to satisfy the required number of light emitters on the entire game board surface, and thereby reduce costs. Moreover, since the irradiation light of the 1st and 2nd light-emitting body which light-emits in the back | inner side of the 2nd and 3rd plate is used for an effect, the depth can be given to the way of light on a game board, and an effect can be improved. .

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the plate actuating means reciprocates the second plate while maintaining the parallel state with the first and third plates, so that the second emitted light of the second light emitter is reflected. The light is reflected toward the light combining surface while branching irregularly in at least two directions on the surface, so that the light emitted from the light combining surface can be changed in production such that a star blinks.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the light combining surface of the optical element is a coated bonding surface of a pair of right-angled prisms that are formed into a cubic shape by bonding the inclined surfaces to each other. A light combining surface capable of realizing the illumination structure is obtained.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the light emission control means causes the first light emitter to emit light when the reliability is lower than the predetermined value, the second light emitter is turned off, and when the reliability is higher than the predetermined value. Since both the first and second light emitters emit light, when a reach such as super reach occurs during a normal game, the lighting state by the light emitter according to the reliability determined by the reliability determining means This allows the player to play with a thirst for how much confidence the upcoming reach will be.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention, a pachinko machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view showing an external structure of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a laminated structure of game boards applied to the pachinko machine, and FIG. 3 is a rear structure of the pachinko machine. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the pachinko machine.

  As shown in the figure, the pachinko machine 1 is configured to play a game ball (so-called pachinko ball) toward the game area 3 a of the game board 3 by operating a launch device (not shown) by operating the launch handle 2. The number of game balls corresponding to the game ball Ba that has entered the attacker 5 in a state where a big hit such as a so-called probability fluctuation has occurred is configured to be paid out. Per probability change (per probability change), when the jackpot of the probability variation mode is won as a result of the lottery, at least until the next jackpot is drawn in the gaming state according to the probability variation mode, an advantageous value is added to the player It means a special state that can. On the other hand, there is a “normal hit” as a big hit that does not become the special state.

  The pachinko machine 1 includes a frame-shaped housing 6 having an opening, and a front door 7 that is supported by the housing 6 so as to be openable and closable while supporting the game board 3. A glass frame 10 having a transparent glass 9 is attached to the front face so as to be opened and closed. On the back side of the transparent glass 9, the game board 3 is disposed. Illumination lighting devices 11 are arranged on the left and right sides of the game board 3 in the front door 7, and the upper and left sides of the front door 7 and the left and right sides of the lower plate unit 16 have speakers (not shown). A sound device 12 is provided. An effect lighting device 8 is disposed between the sound emitting devices 12 in the upper part of the front door 7.

  Further, a locking device 13 for locking or releasing the front door 7 on the housing 6 side or locking or releasing the glass frame 10 on the front door 7 side is disposed on the right side of the center of the glass frame 10. Has been. In addition, the code | symbol 14 in FIG. 1 has shown the guide rail which guides the launched game ball Ba to the game board 3 side. The pachinko machine 1 has an out-ball path (not shown) for guiding the game ball Ba that has fallen without winning in the game area 3a during the game and entered the out-port (not shown) to the back side of the pachinko machine 1. Z).

  A dish unit 16 is provided at the lower center of the front door 7, and a ball supply port 17 through which game balls including prize balls and rental balls are supplied is provided at the upper right part of the dish unit 16. A ball lending button 19a and a prepaid card return button 19b are provided on the upper right wall surface of the unit 16. A first ball release button 20a for discharging the game ball on the tray unit 16 downward from the vicinity of the launching device through a ball discharge port (not shown) at the bottom of the tray unit is arranged at the center left portion of the tray unit 16. A second ball release button 20b for discharging the game ball on the plate unit 16 from the vicinity of the ball supply port 17 downward through the ball discharge port is disposed at the lower center of the plate unit 16. Yes.

  In addition, a launching handle 2 for operating the launching device to launch the game ball Ba toward the game board 3 is provided at the lower right side of the dish unit 16 in the front door 7. Further, an ashtray 21 and a player participation button 22 are disposed on the lower left side of the dish unit 16.

  In addition, a center decoration 23 having a stage S is disposed in the central portion of the game area 3a. In the lower left and right sides of the center ornament 23, there are arranged winning holes 25 and 26 for performing general winnings that do not contribute to the jackpot lottery. A starting chucker (winning portion) 27 is disposed immediately below the center ornament 23, and the attacker 5 is disposed immediately below the starting chucker 27. The starter chucker 27 is configured to be able to win a game ball that falls from the ball outlet 49 of the center ornament 23 through the pair of obstacle nails 30 and is opened and closed by a starter chucker opening / closing solenoid 69 (see FIG. 4). It is made to work.

  The attacker 5 is released when the jackpot is generated and wins the game ball Ba that is launched into the game area 3a and rolls and falls. During the jackpot occurrence, for example, nine hits are completed by one release. It is configured to close at the time and repeat the opening / closing operation 15 times. Note that the number of balls entered and the number of opening / closing operations are not limited to nine or fifteen, and can be appropriately set as necessary.

  In the game area 3a, wind turbines 31 are respectively arranged on the upper right and lower sides of the center ornament 23. On the left side of the starter chuck 27, the starter chucker 27 by a normal symbol lottery means 94 (see FIG. 4) to be described later. A normal symbol operation gate 32 is provided in which a ball is entered as a trigger for a normal symbol lottery to determine whether or not to open / close.

  A game ball Ba spilled from the stage S or falls around the stage S without being involved in the stage S around the normal symbol operating gate 32, winning holes 25 and 26, starter chucker 27, etc. in the game area 3a. A number of obstacle nails including the obstacle nail 30 for driving the game ball Ba to be appropriately scattered or guided to enter the ball are driven.

  The center decoration 23 has an opening 36 exposing the screen of the image display device 35 fixed on the game board 3 side in the center, a warp introduction port 37 in the upper left, and a discharge port 54 communicating with the introduction port 37. In the lower left part, the stage S is provided on the lower side of the opening 36, and the ball discharge port 49 is provided in the lower center part of the stage S. In addition, a pair of obstacle nails 39 is driven into a position opposite to the warp introduction port 37. A large number of obstacle nails (not shown) are also driven around the warp introduction port 37 and on the upper side so as to scatter the game balls as appropriate or guide them to the incoming balls.

  It should be noted that the phrase “warp introduction” means that the game ball Ba launched into the game area 3a is not passed through the nail or the like (not shown) positioned relatively below the game area 3a. It is a concept that means to lead up. The “road nail” means a row of a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) driven to the left and right of the starting chucker 27 in the game area 3a. It plays the role which guides the starting chucker 27 direction.

  In addition, a large number of LEDs 29 are arranged around the center decoration 23 in the game board 3 with a certain distance from each other. In FIG. 2, these many LEDs 29... Will be described by distinguishing them into LEDs 29 a, 29 c, 29 d, 29 f as first light emitters and LEDs 29 b, 29 e as second light emitters.

Here, a detailed configuration of the game board 3 applied to the pachinko machine 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. That is, as shown in the figure, the game board 3 has a first plate 56 having a plurality of LEDs 29a, 29b, 29c, 29d, 29e, and 29f that emit light forward, and a facing position among the plurality of LEDs 29. in some LED29a, 29c, 29d, passes through the first emitted light L ₁ emitted from 29f forwardly, and a plurality of LED29 ... LED29b among surrounding the opposing position of the second emitted light emitted from 29e A plurality of optical elements 57, 58, 59, and 60 that synthesize L ₂ with the first emission light L ₁ through the light combining surfaces 57 a, 58 a, 59 a, and 60 a and transmit forward are parallel to the front side of the first plate 56. And a second plate 55 disposed to face each other. Furthermore game board 3, first in the state having reflective surface 17a for reflecting the combining surface 57a~60a the second emitted light L ₂ of the optical element 57 to 60 is branched into two directions, 17b, 18a, and 18b The third plate 54 is disposed opposite to and parallel to the front side of the two plates 55 and transmits the light transmitted through the optical elements 57 to 60 to the front of the game board 3 (left side in FIG. 2).

The reflecting surface 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b to front of Figure 2 - by also forming in the depth direction, the second emitted light L _2, not only the upper and lower direction in FIG. 2, FIG. 2 front - rear It is possible to branch in the direction, and by arranging an optical element in the branch direction, branching and synthesis of the emitted light can be expanded more widely. The “front side” and the “front side” in the present embodiment are concepts that mean a side facing a player who plays the game facing the game board 3.

  A well-known support mechanism is provided so that the second plate 55 can be reciprocated in small increments while maintaining a parallel state with the first and second plates 56 and 55 by a plate actuating device (plate actuating means) 71 described later. (Not shown).

The light combining surfaces 57a to 60a of the optical elements 57 to 60 are bonded surfaces coated with a pair of right-angle prisms that are formed into a cubic shape by bonding the inclined surfaces to each other. That is, coating on each combining surface 57a~60a is, LED29a as the first luminous body, transmitted through 29c, 29d, the first almost-side third plate 54 of the emitted light L ₁ from 29f, and, the reflecting surface 17a, a 17b, 18a, LED29b has been reflected by 18b, a second 90 ° reflects all the third plate 54 side of the exit light L ₂ (total reflection) properties from 29e.

  Next, the back structure of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, a prize ball tank 43 is attached to the upper left side of the back of the front door 7 of the pachinko machine 1, and a sub control board 38 and a main control board are located below the prize ball tank 43. 40 and the payout control board 51 are arranged in this order. An external terminal plate 52 is attached to the upper right side of the rear surface of the front door. Below the external terminal plate 52, an alignment standby passage 45, a prize ball device 46, a prize ball discharge passage 47, and a power supply unit 41 are provided. , And a launch control board 53 for the launcher are arranged in this order. A locking device 13 is disposed on the left side of the back surface of the front door of the pachinko machine 1.

  Next, the control system of the pachinko machine 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the present control system includes a game control device 80 and a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 69, an attacker opening / closing solenoid 70, a plate operating device 71, and a sound emitting device electrically connected to the game control device 80. 12, lighting devices 8 and 11 for effects, an image display device 35, and an LED 29.

  The game control device 80 includes the main control board 40 and the sub control board 38 shown in FIG. The main control board 40 manages the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 in an integrated manner, and includes a system program for managing the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 and a semiconductor memory in which a game execution program is stored in advance. And a storage unit (not shown) and a microprocessor (MPU) (not shown) that executes these programs. The sub-control board 38 is mainly configured to perform image display, effects such as sound effects, display control of effect light, etc., or effect operation control of a three-dimensional structure.

  The game control device 80 includes a winning determination means 81, a winning signal output means 82, a jackpot lottery means 83, a normal symbol lottery means 94, a game control means 86, a holding means 87, an operation control means 88, an action determination means 89, and an action determination means. 90, production control means 91, display control means 92, and reliability determination means 93.

  The winning determination means 81 is a game ball Ba launched into the game area 3a by a launching device (not shown) that is operated by operating the launching handle 2, and any one of the start chucker 27, winning openings 25 and 26, the attacker 5, etc. When winning a prize, it is determined that the prize has been won.

  The winning signal output means 82 outputs a winning signal indicating that winning has been made to the corresponding starting chucker 27, winning openings 25 and 26, attacker 5, etc., when winning determination is determined by the winning determination means 81.

  The jackpot lottery means 83 executes a jackpot lottery with the winning of the starting chucker 27 as a trigger. In other words, the jackpot lottery means 83 wins the next jackpot when the winning signal corresponding to the starting chucker 27 from the winning signal output means 82 is input, with the winning with less than the maximum number of reserved balls (for example, four). Up to a special state that can give added value that is advantageous to the player, and a winning combination from a lottery memory (not shown) so as to win one of the normal fluctuations that do not become the special state. Get a number and run a big hit lottery.

  The jackpot lottery means 83 is a lottery based on an effect random number stored in an effect memory (not shown) in the case of winning a winning change in the jackpot lottery, and “111” and “333” corresponding to the probability change as a result of fluctuation. Then, a variation pattern that is finally aligned on the jackpot effective line of the image display device 35 such as “777” is determined, and a variation pattern signal to that effect is output. The “big hit effective line” means a position (line) where images should be arranged in a row in order to obtain a big hit. The jackpot lottery means 83 is also a lottery based on a random number value for the effect when the normal win is won in the jackpot lottery. As a result of fluctuation, images such as “222”, “444” and “888” corresponding to the normal hit are jackpots. A variation pattern that is finally aligned on the effective line is determined, and a variation pattern signal to that effect is output. The jackpot lottery means 83 is also a lottery based on the production random number value when the jackpot lottery means is missed. As a result of fluctuation, images such as “252”, “464”, “838” corresponding to the miss are displayed on the jackpot valid line. A variation pattern to be finally aligned is determined, and a variation pattern signal to that effect is output.

  The normal symbol lottery means 94 performs a normal symbol lottery for determining whether or not the start chucker 27 is opened and closed within the range of the number of reserved balls for the normal symbol lottery (for example, four), and enters the normal symbol operation gate 32. Executed when

  The game control means 86 sends to the effect control means 91 a command that triggers the plate operating device 71, the sound emitting device 12, the effect lighting devices 8 and 11, and the LED 29 to produce an effect through operation, sound emission, and light emission. Further, the game control means 86 sends a signal related to the contents of the effects to be displayed on the image display device 35 to the display control means 92 in accordance with the preset effect data and the result of the big win lottery in the big hit lottery means 83. . In addition, the game control means 86 determines whether or not to perform an effect corresponding to the reliability determined by the reliability determination means 93. When it is determined that the effect is to be performed, the game control means 86 gives an instruction to that effect. Send to means 91.

  Note that the game control means 86 and the effect control means 91 in the present embodiment constitute a light emission control means for controlling light emission of the light emitters 29a to 29f in accordance with the reliability determined by the reliability determination means 93. When the reliability is lower than a predetermined value (50%), the LEDs 29a, 29c, 29d, and 29f as the first light emitters are caused to emit light, and the LEDs 29b and 29e as the second light emitters are turned off. When it is higher than the predetermined value (50%), control is performed so that both the LEDs 29a, 29c, 29d, 29f and the LEDs 29b, 29e emit light. Further, the light emission control means also performs control to vibrate the optical elements 57 to 60 up and down in FIG. 2 by reciprocating the second plate 55 in small increments according to the reliability.

  The holding means 87 receives the fluctuation pattern signal output from the big hit lottery means 83 and sequentially stores the fluctuation pattern as a holding ball that is the result of the lottery performed each time the start chuck 27 is won. The storage of the reserved balls is performed so as not to exceed four. In addition, the storage status is lit and displayed as a maximum of four holding balls on a jackpot lottery holding display device (not shown). For example, the holding means 87 always determines whether or not the number of balls to be held is less than four, and the jackpot lottery is not performed regardless of the winning to the starting chucker 27 while the number of balls to be held is four. . Note that the number of reserved balls that are lit and displayed as a reserved ball is not limited to the “maximum of four”, and may be set as appropriate, for example, three or less, or five or more.

  The holding means 87 sequentially outputs signals related to the fluctuation pattern that is held (stored), and an image for preventing the next fluctuation pattern signal from being output until the effect display based on the fluctuation pattern signal ends. A fluctuation prohibition flag is set (turned on), and an image fluctuation timer (not shown) for measuring the time for releasing the turned-on image fluctuation prohibition flag is set, and the number of held balls according to the output of the fluctuation pattern signal Is decremented by 1. The holding means 87 stores the result of the big hit lottery in response to the winning to the starting chucker 27 performed by the big hit lottery means 83 as the reserved ball when the number of held balls becomes less than four according to the consumption of the reserved balls. And the number of reserved balls is incremented by one.

  The operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the start chucker opening / closing solenoid 69 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 70 based on a signal to the effect that the operation determining means 90 determines the operation start, thereby operating the solenoids 69, 70 respectively.

  The operation determination unit 89 determines whether or not a condition for operating the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 69 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 70 is satisfied. That is, in the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 69, when “the condition is satisfied” for opening / closing the starter chucker 27, it is a case where the normal symbol lottery performed by the normal symbol lottery means 94 is won. In the attacker open / close solenoid 70, when the “condition” for opening the attacker 5 is satisfied, three big symbols from the state of so-called reach (including so-called super reach and normal reach) are aligned on the jackpot effective line and the jackpot is hit. This is a case where it occurs, and the time when “the condition is satisfied” of the blockage of the attacker 5 is the case where the winning in all rounds when the jackpot occurs is completed.

  In response to the determination signal from the operation determination unit 89, the operation determination unit 90 determines the start of operation of the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 69 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 70, respectively.

  In response to the command from the game control means 86, the effect control means 91 emits the sound emitting device 12 and emits the effect lighting devices 8, 11 to produce an effect appealing to the player's hearing and vision. . In addition, in response to the command from the game control means 86, the effect control means 91 causes the LED 29 and the plate operating device 71 to display a reliability effect (that is, a number of reliability effects corresponding to the reliability determined by the reliability determination means 93). The LED 29 is driven to emit light, or the optical elements 57 to 60 are vibrated up and down in FIG.

  The display control unit 92 drives the image display device 35 in accordance with the signal from the game control unit 86, and displays the effect such as the contents centering on the big win lottery result so as to appeal to the player's vision.

  The reliability determination means 93 determines the reliability indicating the probability of winning a jackpot with respect to the result of the jackpot lottery. The reliability is prepared in advance as table data separately from the result of the jackpot lottery in the jackpot lottery means 83. A numerical value such as 10%, 20%,..., 80%, 90%, etc., representing the apparent probability that the jackpot will be won by lottery from random numbers, that is, the probability that the jackpot lottery will result in the jackpot Determine as. The reliability determination means 93 determines whether or not to perform a lottery from the reliability random number by a lottery performed separately after winning the starting chucker 27. The degree of probability determined by the reliability determination means 93 is sent as a signal to the game control means 86.

  The start chucker opening / closing solenoid 69 opens and closes the starter chucker 27 by moving a plunger (not shown) in response to a drive signal from the operation control means 88. The attacker opening / closing solenoid 70 moves the plunger (not shown) forward / backward in response to a drive signal from the operation control means 88 to open / close the attacker 5.

  The plate operating device 71 is operated by the control of the effect control means 91 based on the command from the game control means 86, and the second plate 55 is maintained in a parallel state with the first and third plates 56 and 54. Reciprocate (ie, vibrate) in small increments.

  The sound emitting device 12 drives a speaker (not shown) according to the control of the effect control means 91 and emits a sound effect corresponding to the effect, and emits a sound related to the jackpot lottery result by the jackpot lottery means 83. In the present embodiment, the “speech” means a broad concept including various sounds such as musical timbre, simple imitation sound / sound effect, and voice instructing the player. In addition, the lighting devices for effects 8 and 11 perform lighting according to the effect by driving (lighting and blinking) an electric lamp (not shown) incorporated therein according to the control of the effect control means 91. The image display device 35 mainly performs an effect display related to the jackpot lottery result by the jackpot lottery means 83, and operates according to the control of the display control means 92 to display various effects.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, when a player seated facing the pachinko machine 1 grasps the launch handle 2 and rotates it to an appropriate angle, the launch ball is operated and the game ball is continuously directed toward the game area 3a at predetermined time intervals. Fired. Then, a large number of game balls that are launched into the game area 3a and rolling and falling are awarded to the starting chucker 27, the winning holes 25 and 26, etc. in a timely manner, or roll and fall without being involved in the game area. 3a is discharged from the lowermost outlet (not shown) to the back side of the game board 3. That is, a large number of game balls launched toward the game area 3a are partly introduced from the warp introduction port 37 and discharged onto the stage S through a route (not shown), and a part thereof is a ball discharge port. It is discharged from 49 and falls toward the starting chucker 27 and wins the starting chucker 27 with a high probability. At this time, depending on the state of contact with the obstacle nail 30, the starter chucker 27 may not be awarded.

  By the way, as described above, when the game ball Ba wins either the start chucker 27 or the winning openings 25 and 26, the winning determination means 81 determines the winning and the winning signal output means 82 outputs a winning signal. (Step S2). At this time, the holding unit 87 sequentially transmits a signal related to the variation pattern being held to the display control unit 92 via the game control unit 86, and decrements the number of held balls by 1 in accordance with the transmission of the variation pattern signal. . Further, the holding means 87 stores the result of the big hit lottery corresponding to the winning to the starting chucker 27 performed by the big hit lottery means 83 as the reserved ball according to the consumption of the reserved ball, and increments the number of held balls by one.

  In step S3, when winning the big hit lottery, when the big hit lottery means 83 turns on the winning flag, the big hit lottery means 83, that is, the big hit type, that is, the probability variation per win or the normal win is determined by the lottery based on the random number value stored in the effect memory To do. In step S4, a symbol to be displayed on the image display device 35 is set.

  As described above, based on the fact that the game control means 86 transmits to the display control means 92 a signal relating to the contents of effects to be displayed on the image display apparatus 35, the display control means 92 drives the image display apparatus 35, The contents related to the jackpot lottery result are displayed so as to appeal to the player's vision (step S5).

  If the game control means 86 sends a command that triggers the LED 29 and the plate operating device 71 to produce a reliability notification effect during the effect display as described above, the effect control means 91. Is triggered by the command to cause the LED 29 on the game board surface to emit light and vibrate the second plate 55 via the plate operating device 71.

  That is, when the reliability by the reliability determination means 93 is lower than 50%, the production control means 91 is used for the reliability notification of the jackpot winning of the reach that occurred during the game in response to the above instruction. The LEDs 29a, 29c, 29d, and 29f as the body emit light, and the LEDs 29b and 29e as the second light emitter are turned off. For this reason, a player who is playing while watching the game board 3 recognizes that the reliability of the current reach is not so high from the state of the game board 3 that is illuminated relatively darkly. On the other hand, when the reliability is higher than 50%, the effect control unit 91 controls the LEDs 29a, 29c, 29d, 29f and the LEDs 29b, 29e to emit light with the instruction as a trigger. In addition, the second plate 55 may be reciprocated in small increments to control the optical elements 57-60 up and down in FIG.

  While looking at the above-mentioned game board surface, the player expects a big hit decision and continues the game. When the lottery result displayed on the screen of the symbol display device 35 is a jackpot decision, the operation control means 88 is based on a signal indicating the action start decision of the action decision means 90 at a predetermined timing. A drive signal is sent to actuate the solenoid 70 to release the attacker 5, and the operation of closing every predetermined number of winnings (or a predetermined time elapses) is repeated a predetermined number of times (predetermined rounds). Thereby, a large amount of game balls corresponding to the game balls won in the attacker 5 are paid out from the ball supply port 17 to the dish unit 16 (step S6).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, only the LEDs 29a, 29c, 29d, and 29f as the first light emitters are caused to emit light to weaken the light emission intensity on the game board 3, or the second light emission is performed together with the first light emitters. By increasing the light emission intensity on the game board 3 by causing the LEDs 29b and 29e as the body to emit light, the light emission effect can be smoothly performed by changing the light emission amounts of a large number of LEDs arranged on the game board surface. As a result, it is possible to easily adjust the light emission amount without increasing the drive current of each LED, and to avoid a problem that accelerates the deterioration of the LED.

Moreover, the third plate 54, the provided reflective surface 17a for reflecting the combining surface 57a~60a the second emitted light L ₂ of the optical element 57 to 60 is branched into two directions, 17b, 18a, and 18b Since the two plates 55 are opposed to each other on the front side, one of the second light emitters that supplements the amount of light emitted from the first light emitter, as necessary, reflects the second emitted light L ₂ on the reflecting surfaces 17a and 17b. , 18a, 18b branch in two directions and reflected toward the light combining surfaces 57a-60a, thereby reducing the actual number of the second light emitters while satisfying the required number of LEDs on the entire game board surface. Thus, cost reduction can be expected. In addition, since the irradiation light of the first and second light emitters that emit light on the back side of the second and third plates 55 and 54 is used for the production, the depth of light on the game board 3 is increased and the production performance is improved. Can be improved.

Further, since the plate actuating device 71 reciprocates the second plate 55 while maintaining the parallel state with the first and third plates 56 and 54, the second emitted light of the LEDs 29b and 29e as the second light emitters. L ₂ is reflected toward the light combining surface while bifurcating in two directions at the reflecting surfaces 17a, 17b, 18a, and 18b, and a star flickers in the emitted light emitted from the light combining surface. Changes in production can be given.

  Furthermore, the light combining surfaces 57a to 60a of the optical elements 57 to 60a are bonded surfaces coated with a pair of right-angled prisms that are formed into a cubic shape by bonding the inclined surfaces to each other. A light combining surface capable of realizing an illumination structure is obtained. Further, when the game control means 86 and the effect control means 91 have a reliability lower than a predetermined value, the LEDs 29a, 29c, 29d, 29f as the first light emitters emit light and the LEDs 29b, 29e as the second light emitters are emitted. When the light is turned off and both the first and second light emitters emit light when the reliability is higher than a predetermined value, the reliability determination means 93 determines when a reach such as super reach occurs during a normal game. The lighting state by the illuminant can be changed according to the degree of reliability, so that the player can play the game with a thirst for the degree of reliability of the next reach.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the game machine of this invention is not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, A various correction and change from the structure of the said embodiment. The gaming machine which has been subjected to is also included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a front view which shows the external structure of the pachinko machine in embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a side view which shows the laminated structure of the game board applied to this pachinko machine. It is a rear view which shows the back structure of this pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of this pachinko machine. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action of this pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachislot machines (pachinko machines)
3 game board 3a game area 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b reflective surface 27 winning part (starting chucker)
29a, 29c, 29d, 29f First light emitter (LED)
29b, 29e Second light emitter (LED)
54 3rd plate 55 2nd plate 56 1st plates 57, 58, 59, 60 Optical element 57a, 58a, 59a, 60a Photosynthesis surface 71 Plate actuating means (plate actuating device)
83 jackpot lottery means 86, 91 Light emission control means (game control means, effect control means)
93 Reliability Determining Unit Ba Game Ball L ₁ First Emission Light L ₂ Second Emission Light

Claims (4)

In a gaming machine in which a game ball is launched into the game area of the game board and played,
The game board
A first plate comprising a plurality of light emitters emitting light forward;
The first light emitted from the first light emitter at the opposite position among the plurality of light emitters is transmitted forward, and is emitted from the second light emitter around the opposite position among the plurality of light emitters. A second plate that includes a plurality of optical elements that synthesize the second emitted light with the first emitted light at a light combining surface and transmit forward, and is opposed to the front side of the first plate;
A third plate that includes a reflecting surface that diverges the second emitted light in at least two directions and reflects the light toward the light combining surface of the optical element, and is disposed opposite to the front side of the second plate. Become,
A gaming machine characterized by that. Plate operating means for reciprocating the second plate while maintaining a parallel state with the first and third plates;
The gaming machine according to claim 1. The photosynthetic surface of the optical element is a coated bonding surface of a pair of right-angled prisms that are formed into a cubic shape by bonding the inclined surfaces to each other.
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2. A winning section for winning game balls launched in the gaming area;
A jackpot lottery means for performing a jackpot lottery in response to a winning in the winning section;
A reliability determination means for determining a reliability indicating a probability of a jackpot on the result of the jackpot lottery;
A light emission control means for controlling light emission of the light emitter according to the reliability determined by the reliability determination means,
The light emission control means causes the first light emitter to emit light and turns off the second light emitter when the reliability is lower than a predetermined value, and turns off the second light emitter when the reliability is higher than the predetermined value. And emitting both of the second light emitters,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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