JP2007202744A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To heighten the operability of a presentation switch and to lessen game player's feeling of disappointment after the presentation switch is operated. <P>SOLUTION: When variable presentation pattern is once stopped in a blank array, a presentation switch S is operated within a predetermined time, and also the result of special pattern lottery is winning, the presentation pattern of the once stopped blank array is changed to a winning array using a first help winning presentation. When the presentation switch S is not operated within a predetermined time and also the result of the special pattern lottery is winning, the presentation pattern of the once stopped blank array is changed to a winning array using a second help winning presentation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a slot machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine provided with an effect switch (effect button) operated by a player.

In recent years, an effect switch operated by a player is provided on an upper plate or the like, and the operation of the effect switch increases the player's awareness of participation in the game, and the number of gaming machines is increasing (for example, see Patent Document 1). This type of gaming machine instructs the operation timing of the effect switch by lighting the lamp built in the effect switch or displaying the liquid crystal screen, and if the effect switch is operated according to this instruction, the operation of the effect switch It is configured to perform linked productions. For example, instruct the operation of the effect switch during the change of the effect symbol related to the special symbol lottery, and instruct the reach, super reach, jackpot, etc. according to the switch operation, or instruct the effect switch to be repeatedly hit during the super reach Then, an effect of interlocking the images according to the switch hitting repeatedly is performed.
JP 2004-242748 A

  However, in the conventional gaming machine, there is a small difference in the production contents depending on the presence / absence of the production switch operation. Therefore, if you get tired of the production, there is a problem that the operation rate of the production switch is significantly reduced. In addition, in the conventional gaming machine, the operation of the effect switch is requested during the change of the effect symbol related to the special symbol lottery and the expectation for the big hit is enhanced by the effect linked to the operation of the effect switch. In spite of the operation, if the production symbol stops out of alignment, there is a possibility that the player's disappointment will be amplified.

The present invention was created for the purpose of solving these problems in view of the above circumstances, and an effect symbol display device that variably displays effect symbols related to special symbol lottery, and the effect symbol display device In a gaming machine including an effect symbol display control unit that controls display of an effect and an effect switch operated by a player, the effect symbol display control unit temporarily stops an off-sequence arrangement of the changing effect symbols. Control means, and when the result of the special symbol lottery is out, the off-decision production control means for confirming the production symbol of the out-of-order arrangement which has been stopped once, and the production switch within a predetermined time after the production symbol is temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence. When the special symbol lottery result is a win, the effect of the out-of-order arrangement once stopped is made a hit arrangement using the first relief per production. After the output control means and the production symbol are temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence, there is no operation of the production switch within a predetermined time, and when the result of the special symbol lottery is successful, And second relief per unit effect control means for making a hit arrangement using the second per unit per remedy effect.
In this way, the contents of the effect can be greatly varied depending on whether or not the effect switch is operated, so that the operation rate of the effect switch can be increased. In addition, since the per-relief effect is performed according to the effect switch operation after the effect symbols are stopped in the out-of-sequence, the disappointment feeling of the player is not amplified even if the hit is not a big hit.

  According to the configuration as described above, there are a plurality of types of per-relief effects after the production symbols are stopped in an out-of-sequence, and the type of per-relief effect is switched according to the presence / absence of the effect switch operation. Accordingly, it is possible to greatly vary the contents of the effects and increase the operation rate of the effect switches. In addition, since the per-relief effect is performed according to the effect switch operation after the effect symbols are stopped in the out-of-sequence, the disappointment feeling of the player is not amplified even if the hit is not a big hit.

[Overall configuration of gaming machine]
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, 1 is a pachinko gaming machine (game machine), and the pachinko gaming machine 1 is attached to an outer frame 2 fixed to a pachinko island so as to be freely opened and closed. At the position adjacent to the side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, a ballroom lending machine 3 is provided side by side, and by inserting cash or a prepaid card into this ballroom lending machine 3, a ballroom lending machine 3 or a pachinko machine A game ball is rented from the gaming machine 1 and a pachinko game is possible.

  The front portion of the pachinko gaming machine 1 has a game board 4 on which game balls are launched, an openable and closable glass frame 5 covering the front, an upper plate 6 for storing game balls, and a lower plate for storing excess balls on the upper plate 6. A tray 7, a launch handle 8 for performing a game ball launch operation, a lending operation unit 9 for performing a game ball lending operation, a speaker 10 for outputting sound effects, and an effect switch S operated by a player. The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a back portion of a game ball tank 11 for collecting game balls for payout, a prize ball payout device 12 for paying out game balls in the game ball tank 11 to the upper plate 6, and a game A launch motor 13 that launches a sphere and various substrates described later are provided. As the effect switch S, a push button type operation switch is suitable, but other switches such as a touch switch may be applied.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 4 is provided with a start opening 14, a big prize opening 15, a prize opening (not shown), a gate (not shown), an out opening 16, a game nail 17, and the like. The game balls launched on the game board 4 are guided to the respective mouths 14 to 16 by the game nails 17. The game board 4 is provided with display devices such as a special symbol display device 18, an effect symbol display device 19, and a normal symbol display device 20. The special symbol display device 18 is a display device that displays the special symbols in a formally varying manner, and includes, for example, a 7-segment LED or a plurality of LEDs. The effect symbol display device 19 is a display device that variably displays an effect symbol corresponding to a special symbol. For example, the effect symbol display device 19 includes a liquid crystal panel, a reel unit, and the like. Display, jackpot effect display, etc.

[Basic operation of gaming machines]
When the shooting handle 8 is turned and operated while the game balls are accumulated on the upper plate 6, the game balls are launched toward the game board 4. When the launched game balls win the start opening 14 or the winning opening, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as winning balls. Further, when the game ball passes through the gate, the normal symbol display device 20 displays a variation of the normal symbol, and when the stop symbol is a predetermined winning symbol, the ordinary electric accessory provided at the start port 14 is displayed. 14a is opened for a predetermined time. When the game ball wins the start opening 14, the special symbol display device 18 and the production symbol display device 19 display the special symbols and the variation of the production symbols related to the special symbols, and these symbols are determined in advance. When the player stops at the hit arrangement, the player becomes a big hit mode in which the player can acquire many game balls.
Hereinafter, various game modes of the pachinko gaming machine 1 that are switched in response to the start or end of a big hit will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) Normal game mode In this mode, a low probability (for example, 1/300) is applied among the two-stage jackpot probabilities in the special symbol lottery. In this mode, the normal symbol lottery cycle is long.
(2) Big hit mode This mode is executed when the special symbol (effect symbol) stops in a predetermined hit arrangement, and the special electric accessory 15a provided in the big prize opening 15 is opened. This releasing operation is repeated over a predetermined number of rounds (for example, 15 rounds), with a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number of winnings (for example, 10 balls) as one round.
(3) Probability variation mode This mode is executed with a predetermined probability (for example, ½) after the jackpot mode ends. That is, the special symbol lottery jackpot includes the normal winning in which the winning probability of the special symbol lottery is low after the opening operation of the special winning lot 15 and the winning probability of the special symbol lottery after the opening operation of the special winning lot 15 is performed. There is a probable hit with a high probability. For example, when the stop symbol at the time of big hit is a specific probability variation symbol, the probability variation probability is obtained. In the probability variation mode, the jackpot probability is high (for example, 1/30), the lottery cycle of the normal symbol lottery is short, and the opening time of the normal electric accessory 14a is long. It is possible to generate a big hit again without reducing it.
(4) Time reduction mode This mode is executed after the big hit mode is finished. In the time reduction mode, the jackpot probability of the special symbol lottery is low, but since the lottery cycle of the normal symbol lottery is short and the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 14a is long, the game is hardly reduced. Can continue. However, this mode is terminated when the number of changes in the special symbol reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100 times) after the big hit, and the mode is switched to the normal mode.

[Board configuration of gaming machine]
Next, the substrate configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in this figure, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes at least a main board 21 and a peripheral board 22 that performs an effect process in response to an effect command from the main board 21. The main board 21 of the present embodiment includes a main control board 23, a payout control board 24, and a firing motor control board 25, and the peripheral board 22 is an effect symbol display control board (effect symbol display control unit) 26, an audio control board 27. And a lamp control board 28.

  The payout control board 24 is connected to a ball break switch 29, a payout sensor 30, a payout motor 31, and the like, and in addition to paying out game balls in accordance with a payout signal from the main control board 23, lending between balls. In accordance with the rental signal from the machine 3, the game balls are paid out. The firing motor control board 25 is connected to a firing switch (handle angle sensor) 32, a touch sensor 33, a firing motor 13, and the like. When the firing switch 32 and the touch sensor 33 are ON, the firing motor 13 is driven. Let

  The main control board 23 includes a winning port switch SW1 that detects a winning of a game ball with respect to a winning port (not shown), a starting port switch SW2 that detects a winning of a gaming ball with respect to the starting port 14, and a gate (not shown). Sensors such as a gate switch SW3 for detecting the passing of a game ball, a big winning port switch SW4 for detecting a winning of a gaming ball with respect to the big winning port 15, and a solenoid SOL for opening and closing a special electric accessory 15a of the big winning port 15 And other display devices such as the special symbol display device 18 and the normal symbol display device 20 are connected. Then, the main control board 23 performs a special symbol lottery process, a special symbol display process, an effect command transmission process, a big prize opening opening / closing process, and the like according to the detection signals of the switches SW1 to SW4.

  An effect symbol display device 19 and an effect switch S are connected to the effect symbol display control board 26, and the effect symbol display device 19 variably displays the effect symbols in response to an effect command from the main control board 23. In response to the operation of the effect switch S, the effect symbol display device 19 displays a switch-linked effect image. In addition, the speaker 10 is connected to the sound control board 27, and a predetermined effect sound is output from the speaker 10 in response to an effect command from the main control board 23 (or effect symbol display control board 26). In addition, a light emitting display lamp L is connected to the lamp control board 28, and the light emitting display lamp L is turned on in response to an effect command from the main control board 23 (or the effect symbol display control board 26).

[Direction display control]
Next, with respect to the effect display control of the effect symbol display device 19 characterized by the present invention (disengagement temporary stop control, disengagement confirmation effect control, first relief per effect control and second rescue per effect control), FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the above-described effect display control is executed at the end of the super reach effect, but it goes without saying that it may be executed at other timing (for example, at the end of the normal reach effect).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the effect symbol display control board 26 causes the effect symbol display device 19 to display the effect symbols related to the special symbol lottery in accordance with the result of the special symbol lottery. Stop at the hit or miss sequence. In the state where the remaining one symbol is fluctuating, when other effect symbols are stopped in the hit arrangement, so-called reach effect or super reach effect is performed in order to increase the expectation for the big hit. Screen A shown in FIG. 6 shows the end of the super reach production. Here, the production symbols are temporarily stopped in a deviating arrangement (for example, “767”) (disengagement temporary stop control means). Then, when the result of the special symbol lottery is out, the effect symbols of the out-of-order arrangement that has been stopped are confirmed and displayed after a predetermined time (out-of-confirmation effect control means). For example, as shown in screen B of FIG. 6, after the faded-out effect design having been temporarily stopped is faded out, as shown in screen C of FIG. 6, the out-of-sequence effect design is displayed again.

  On the other hand, when the result of the special symbol lottery is a win, a relief hit effect is performed in which the effect symbol temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence is changed to a hit sequence (eg, “777”). A plurality of types of per-relief effects are prepared in advance, and the per-relief effect to be applied is switched according to whether or not the effect switch S is operated. That is, after the production symbol is temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence, the operation of the production switch S is performed within a predetermined time, and when the result of the special symbol lottery is a win, The per-relief per production is used to make a hit arrangement (first per-relief production control means). For example, as shown in screen D of FIG. 6, after a plurality of star symbols are dropped on the screen in accordance with the operation of the effect switch S, the number of star symbols to be poured down as shown in screen E of FIG. After that, as shown in the screen F in FIG. 6, the effect symbol of the hit arrangement is displayed.

  In addition, after the effect symbol is temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence, if there is no operation of the effect switch S within a predetermined time and the result of the special symbol lottery is successful, Using the per-relief per effect, a hit arrangement is made (second per-relief effect control means). For example, as shown in the screen G of FIG. 6, after fading out the effect symbols of the out-of-order arrangement that has been paused, the effect symbols of the out-of-sequence are redisplayed as shown in the screen H of FIG. In the effected design of the out-of-order arrangement, the middle design is changed again, and as shown in the screen I of FIG. 6, the effect design of the hit arrangement is displayed. If it does in this way, since the contents of production can be greatly changed according to the presence or absence of operation of production switch S, the operation rate of production switch S can be raised. In addition, since the per-relief effect is performed according to the operation of the effect switch S after the effect symbols are stopped in an out-of-sequence, the player's disappointment will not be amplified even if the hit is not a big hit.

  Next, a control procedure for realizing the effect display as described above will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in this figure, the effect symbol display control board 26 determines the end of the effect of the specific super reach (S1). If the determination result is YES, the effect symbols that are fluctuating are temporarily stopped in an out-of-sequence arrangement. (S2: Disengagement temporary stop control means). Next, the result of the special symbol lottery is determined (S3), and if the determination result is out, the effect symbol of the out-of-line arrangement that has been stopped is confirmed and displayed (S4: out-of-confirmation effect control means). On the other hand, when the result of the special symbol lottery is a win, it is determined whether the time T has elapsed and the operation of the effect switch S (S5, S6). Then, when the production switch S is operated within the time T, the production pattern of the temporarily disengaged arrangement is made into a winning arrangement using the first relief per production (S7: first relief per production control means). If there is no operation of the production switch S within the time T, the production pattern of the temporarily disengaged arrangement is made into a winning arrangement using the second relief per production (S8: second relief per production control). means).

  According to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the effect symbol display device 19 that variably displays the effect symbols related to the special symbol lottery, and the effect symbol display control board 26 that controls the display of the effect symbol display device 19 In the pachinko gaming machine 1 provided with the effect switch S operated by the player, the effect symbol display control board 26 is a temporary stop control means for temporarily stopping the changing effect symbols in a deviating arrangement, and a special symbol lottery. When the result is out, the off-decision production control means for confirming the production symbol of the out-of-sequence that has been temporarily stopped, and the production switch S is operated within a predetermined time after the production symbol is temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence, and When the result of the special symbol lottery is a win, the first relief per unit control means for making the stop symbol that has been temporarily stopped into a hit sequence using the first per unit relief After the pattern is temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence, if there is no operation of the effect switch S within a predetermined time and the result of the special symbol lottery is a win, the effect of the out-of-order arrangement that has been temporarily stopped And the second relief per effect control means for making a hit arrangement with the use of, the content of the effect can be greatly varied depending on the presence or absence of the operation of the effect switch S. As a result, the operation rate of the effect switch S can be increased. Can be increased. In addition, since the per-relief effect is performed according to the operation of the effect switch S after the effect symbols are stopped in an out-of-sequence, the player's disappointment will not be amplified even if the hit is not a big hit.

  Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in, for example, a gaming machine (such as a slot machine) other than a pachinko gaming machine.

It is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a rear view of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a front view of a game board. It is a flowchart which shows the game mode of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the board | substrate structure of a pachinko gaming machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transition of the screen in an effect symbol display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the effect | action process per relief.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 4 Game board 14 Start opening 15 Big prize opening 18 Special symbol display device 19 Effect symbol display device 23 Main control board 26 Effect symbol display control board S Effect switch

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine provided with an effect symbol display device that variably displays an effect symbol related to a special symbol lottery, an effect symbol display control unit that controls display of the effect symbol display device, and an effect switch operated by the player,
The production symbol display control unit,
Off-temporarily stop control means for temporarily stopping the fluctuating production symbols in the off-sequence,
When the result of the special symbol lottery is off, the off-decision production control means for confirming the production symbol of the out-of-order arrangement that has been stopped,
After the effect symbol is temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence, the operation of the effect switch is performed within a predetermined time, and when the result of the special symbol lottery is a hit, the effect symbol of the out-of-order array temporarily stopped is A first relief per stage control means for making a hit arrangement using the stage;
After the production symbol is temporarily stopped in the out-of-sequence, the operation switch is not operated within a predetermined time, and when the result of the special symbol lottery is a win, the production symbol of the out-of-order arrangement temporarily stopped is A game machine, comprising: a second relief hit effect control means for making a hit arrangement using an effect.

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