JP2007252565A - Game machine, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of diversifying modes of variable display of symbols. <P>SOLUTION: When two of the variably displayed symbols are stopped and a ready-to-win state is displayed, an operation instruction image of an operating ball is displayed in a liquid crystal control board. When the rotation operation of the operating ball is not performed in a prescribed period of time (e.g. 5 seconds), the ready-to-win state is displayed in a pattern A. When the operating ball is rotated/operated in the vertical direction (in the direction of depth of the pachinko machine), the ready-to-win state is displayed in a pattern B. When the operating ball is rotated/operated in the cross direction (in the lateral direction of the pachinko machine), the ready-to-win state is displayed in a pattern C. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, a program, and a recording medium for performing variable display of a plurality of types of symbols based on the result of a winning lottery for determining winning or losing.

  In recent pachinko machines, when a pachinko ball enters the starting prize opening in the game board, a lottery using a random number is performed, and for example, an image display device such as a liquid crystal display variably displays symbols such as numbers and marks. When the winning is determined by the winning lottery, a winning symbol combination such as “777” is stopped and displayed.

  When the winning symbol combination is stopped and displayed in this way, the mode is changed to the winning mode after a predetermined time has elapsed. In the winning mode, an open / close board (attacker) built in the game board surface is opened, and a large winning opening that is normally closed is exposed. When the big prize opening is exposed, most of the pachinko balls flowing down the game board face are in a state where it is easy to win. When the attacker opens and a certain time elapses, or when a certain number of pachinko balls enter the winning prize opening, the attacker temporarily closes (end of the first round). In the second and subsequent rounds, the attacker is similarly controlled to open and close, and for example, it is normal to be able to repeat up to the 15th round.

  The image display device is also used to display effect images for enhancing the interest of the player, and various types of effect images are prepared (for example, Patent Document 1). For example, there is an effect image that changes a pattern variation pattern. Even when winning is determined by winning lottery, it is selected by lottery which of a plurality of types of variation patterns is to be displayed, and the symbols are not necessarily displayed in a uniform variation pattern. .

  On the other hand, even when a lottery is determined in a winning lottery, a lottery is usually performed to determine a variation pattern of a symbol. Ingenuity to enhance interest is made.

In addition, recently, a pachinko machine that can change a variation display mode using a touch panel or a button is also provided. In such a pachinko machine, in addition to the pachinko ball launching operation, it is possible to give the player the pleasure of operating the touch panel and buttons, so that the player's awareness of participation in the game can be increased, which is unprecedented A unique interest can be given to the player.
JP 2000-217986 A

  However, in the above pachinko machine, if a change is made to the variation display mode of a pattern with a touch panel or a button, there are only two choices as to whether or not the variation display mode is changed. It was easy to get bored by the players.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine, a program, and a recording medium that can make various patterns of display modes.

  In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 is a gaming machine comprising an image display device that displays a plurality of types of symbols in a variable manner based on a winning lottery result for determining winning or losing. An operation ball that is rotated by an operator, a rotation direction detecting unit that detects a rotation direction of the operation ball, and a variation direction of the symbol is selected according to the rotation direction of the operation ball, and the symbol is displayed in the selected variation direction. And a fluctuation control means for displaying the fluctuation.

  In addition, it is preferable that a rotation speed detecting means for detecting the rotation speed of the operation ball is provided, and the fluctuation control means changes the fluctuation speed of the symbol in accordance with the rotation speed.

  Further, in the image display device, the variation display of the symbol is performed by the variation pattern set in advance within the variation time set in advance, and the variation control means passes the variation time by the rotation operation of the operation ball. When the symbol variation display by the variation pattern has been completed before, it is preferable to display a preset interrupt image from the image display device until the variation time has elapsed.

  The program of the present invention is a rotation direction detecting means for detecting the rotation direction of the operation ball that is rotated by the player, and selects the variation direction of the symbol in accordance with the rotation direction of the operation ball. A computer of a gaming machine is caused to function as a fluctuation control means for variably displaying symbols.

  Further, the recording medium of the present invention is a rotation direction detecting means for detecting the rotation direction of the operation ball that is rotated by the player, the pattern change direction is selected according to the rotation direction of the operation ball, and the selected change direction The computer-readable recording medium stores a program for causing the computer of the gaming machine to function as a variation control means for variably displaying symbols.

  According to the present invention, the variation direction of the symbol is selected according to the rotation direction of the operation ball rotated by the player, and the symbol is variably displayed in the selected variation direction. It is possible to increase the number of patterns and display modes.

  Also, a rotation speed detecting means for detecting the rotation speed of the operation ball is provided, and the fluctuation control means changes the fluctuation speed of the symbol in accordance with the rotation speed. Can increase the player's awareness of participation in games and prevent boredom in games.

  In addition, the variation display of the symbol is performed by the variation pattern set in advance within the variation time set in advance, and the variation display of the symbol by the variation pattern is finished before the variation time elapses due to the rotation operation of the operation ball. In this case, since a preset interrupt image is displayed from the image display device until the fluctuation time elapses, it becomes possible to secure a preset symbol fluctuation time and increase the number of symbol fluctuations. It is possible to prevent the player from scolding the gambling spirit.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a game board 11 is incorporated in a pachinko machine (game machine) 10, and its front surface is covered with a glass door 12 so as to be freely opened and closed. On the front surface of the game board 11, a liquid crystal display 13 for displaying a change / stop display of symbols and an effect image is provided. The game board 11 further includes a start winning opening (hereinafter referred to as “start opening”) 14 and an out opening 15, and an open / close door-shaped attacker 16. In the state shown in the figure, the attacker 16 is in the closed position, but when it is opened, the big prize opening faces the board surface, and the game balls flowing down the board surface are guided to the big prize opening on the inner surface of the attacker 16 in the opened position. When a pachinko ball enters the start port 14, a winning lottery is performed and either winning or losing is determined.

  On the liquid crystal display 13, symbols represented by numbers “1 to 9” are displayed. On the liquid crystal display 13, when the pachinko ball enters the start port 14, the change display of the symbol displayed in front of the background image is started. A win is given when the symbols that are variably displayed are stopped and a combination of the same symbols is displayed. When winning, the normal mode is changed to the winning mode, and the attacker 16 is released. When the attacker 16 is released, most of the game balls flowing down the board are guided by the inner surface of the attacker 16, and pachinko balls are awarded at the big prize opening to obtain many prize balls. When ten pachinko balls enter the big prize opening or when the opening time of the attacker 16 has passed 30 seconds, the attacker 16 is closed and the first round is completed. Thereafter, the second round is entered, the attacker 16 is opened again, and exactly the same control is repeated up to the 15th round. A saucer 17 is provided on the lower side of the front side of the pachinko machine 10, and when a pachinko ball enters the start opening 14 or the big prize opening, the prize ball is paid out to the saucer 17. On the side of the saucer 17, a trackball 18 is provided for switching the changing direction and changing speed of the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the trackball 18 includes an operation ball 30 that is rotated by a player and a storage box 31 that stores the operation ball 30. The storage box 31 holds the operation ball 30 rotatably. A hole 31 a that is slightly shorter in diameter than the diameter of the operation ball 30 is formed on the upper surface of the storage box 31. A part of the operation ball 30 is exposed from the hole 31a.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of rotation detection devices 32 are attached inside the storage box 31. Each of the rotation detectors 32 includes a shaft 33 that is pivotally supported so that the rotation detectors 32 are along the orthogonal side walls of the storage box 31. A ball contact portion 34 is provided around the shaft 33. An operation ball 30 is placed on the ball contact portion 34. When the operation ball 30 rotates, the shaft 33 rotates due to a frictional force generated between the operation ball 30 and the ball contact portion 34. A rotating plate 35 is integrally attached to one end of the shaft 33. The rotating plate 35 is formed with a plurality of holes 35a arranged along the circumferential direction. On the side wall of the storage box 31, a light emitting diode 36 is attached to one end side of the shaft 33, and a photoelectric transistor 37 is attached to the other end side of the shaft 33. A rotating plate 35 is interposed between the two. The light projected by the light emitting diode 36 is received by the photoelectric transistor 37 through the hole 35a. Then, the rotation amount of the shaft 33, that is, the rotation amount of the operation ball 30 is detected by the time when the photoelectric transistor 37 receives light, and the operation ball 30 is compared by comparing the relative time when the light is received by the two photoelectric transistors 37. The rotation direction is detected. A rotation member 36 that assists the rotation of the operation ball 30 is attached to a corner portion of the storage box 31 that faces a corner portion where the ends of the shaft 33 are close to each other. The shaft 36 a of the rotating member 36 is a side wall orthogonal to the storage box 31, and both ends thereof are pivotally supported.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 is controlled by the main control board 40. The main control board 40 includes a CPU 41. Various sensors are connected to the CPU 41. The CPU 41 refers to the program stored in the working memory 42 in response to signals from each sensor, and controls the entire main control board 40 according to this program. As will be described in detail later, the CPU 41 is provided with a winning lottery unit 43 in addition to the CPU 41 and the working memory 42. The start port sensor 44 detects that a pachinko ball has entered the start port 14 and inputs a detection signal to the CPU 41.

  The winning lottery unit 43 is operated in response to a detection signal from the start port sensor 44. The winning lottery unit 43 receives a command, performs a winning lottery using random numbers, and determines either winning or losing. If the winning lottery is won, a winning flag is written in the working memory 42.

  The liquid crystal control board 45 performs display control of an image to be displayed from the liquid crystal display 13. The liquid crystal control board 45 includes a graphic data memory 46 and a CPU (variation control means, rotation direction detection means, and rotation speed detection means) 47. The operation of the liquid crystal control board 45 is controlled by the CPU 47.

  In the graphic data memory 46, in addition to the symbol data for displaying symbols from the liquid crystal display 13, for example, the display data of the operation instruction image for instructing the rotation operation of the operation ball 30, the display data of the background image, and the variation time of the symbols Stored is display data of various images to be displayed from the liquid crystal display 13, such as interrupt image display data to be displayed when the symbol variation pattern ends before reaching a certain time.

  The symbol data is given a leading address for each symbol type, and the symbol type displayed from the liquid crystal display 13 is identified by identifying the leading address. The CPU 47 performs symbol variation display by reading the symbol data from the graphic data memory 46 while identifying the head address in accordance with a predetermined reading order, and a certain time has elapsed since the symbol variation display was started (for example, 30). Seconds), the symbols are stopped in a predetermined order.

  And, for example, when “7 ↓ 7” (“↓” indicates that the variable display is being performed), the symbol that is stopped last is the variable display, the remaining symbols are stopped, and the symbol is changing When a state that can be hit when it stops is a so-called reach state, the symbols are displayed in a variation pattern of any one of the three types of patterns A to C. The A pattern is displayed in a variable manner so that the symbols are overwritten in order. The B pattern is variably displayed so that the symbols flow in the vertical direction (vertical direction). The C pattern is variably displayed so that the symbols flow in the horizontal direction (left-right direction). The CPU 47 receives a light reception signal of the photoelectric transistor 37 when the operation ball 30 is rotated by the trackball 18. Thereby, the CPU 47 detects the rotation speed and the rotation direction of the operation ball 30. Then, the CPU 47 determines a symbol variation pattern depending on whether or not the operation ball 30 is operated and its rotation direction, and also determines a symbol variation speed.

  The CPU 47 includes a stop symbol lottery unit 48. In the stop symbol lottery section 48, the type of stop symbol is determined by lottery according to the result of the winning lottery. The stop symbol lottery section 48 includes a winning table and a lose table. In the winning table, combinations of the same symbols “1 to 9” are assigned to the random numbers to be selected, and in the winning table, it is determined which combination is to be displayed. In the table for losing, combinations other than the combination of the same symbols of “1-9” are assigned to random numbers to be selected, and in the table for losing, it is determined in which combination the losing is displayed.

  Next, the flow of processing when the trackball 18 is used will be described with reference to FIG. When a pachinko ball is launched on the board surface of the game board 11 and the pachinko ball enters the start opening 14, a winning lottery is performed. When winning in the winning lottery, a winning flag is written in the working memory 42. When the winning lottery is performed, the stop symbol lottery unit 48 determines the combination of stop symbols. Thereafter, the liquid crystal display 13 starts displaying the symbols in a variable manner.

  When two of the symbols displayed in a variable manner are stopped and the reach state is displayed, the CPU 47 reads the display data of the operation instruction image of the operation ball 30 from the graphic data memory 46 and displays it. .

  If the rotation operation of the operation ball 30 is not performed within a certain time (for example, 5 seconds), the CPU 47 displays the reach state in the A pattern. When the operation ball 30 is rotated in the vertical direction (the depth direction of the pachinko machine 10), the CPU 47 displays the reach state with the B pattern. Further, when the operation ball 30 is rotated in the horizontal direction (the width direction of the pachinko machine 10), the CPU 47 displays the reach state in the C pattern.

  When the reach state is displayed in the B pattern or the C pattern, the CPU 47 further detects the rotation speed of the operation ball 30. When the rotation speed of the operation ball 30 exceeds a preset constant speed (for example, 10 rotations / second), the CPU 47 increases the symbol data reading speed to increase the symbol fluctuation speed. Thereafter, the operation instruction image of the operation ball 30 is displayed again, and any one of the A to C patterns is selected in the same manner as described above, and the symbol variation display is performed.

  The operation instruction image is displayed twice, and when the control associated therewith ends, the symbol is stopped and displayed. If the player does not rotate the operation ball 30 at all, and if the rotation speed of the operation ball 30 is 10 rotations / second even if the operation ball 30 is rotated, the symbol will change for 30 seconds from the start of fluctuation. It will be stopped later.

  Further, when the player performs a rotation operation of the operation ball 30 after the operation instruction image is displayed and the rotation speed exceeds 10 rotations / second, the process is performed before 30 seconds elapses from the start of the display of the variation display. The variation display of the symbol by the variation pattern selected in is finished, and the symbol is stopped and displayed. In this case, the CPU 47 reads the interrupt image display data from the graphic data memory 47 and displays the interrupt image until 30 seconds have elapsed from the start of the change of the symbol. The interrupt image may be a separate image from the image displayed during the symbol display, or may be the image of the symbol that is stopped and displayed as it is.

  As a result of the stop display of the symbol, if it is a win, the mode shifts to a hit mode. If the symbol is lost as a result of the stop display, when the player rotates the operation ball 30, the symbol variation display is performed again. If the winning symbol is displayed as a result of the symbol being changed again, the winning mode is switched to, and when the loss is displayed, one symbol changing display is ended.

  FIG. 6 shows an example in which a recording medium (CD, flexible disk, IC memory, MO, etc.) 60 is installed in the slot machine 10, and the means shown in the flowchart of FIG. A program to be realized by the computer 61 including the memory 42 is stored. In this case, for example, a rotation direction detecting means for detecting the rotation direction of the operation ball that is rotated by the player, the symbol change direction is selected according to the rotation direction of the operation ball, and the symbol is displayed in a variable manner in the selected change direction. A program for causing the computer 61 to function as fluctuation control means is recorded on the recording medium 60. Then, the recording medium 60 is loaded into the reading device 62 and the program is installed in the slot machine 10.

  The program can be distributed to the slot machine 10 using the Internet instead of being installed via the recording medium 60. It is also possible to install the distributed program of the present invention or the program of the present invention read from the recording medium 60 in a personal computer and play a slot machine game on a monitor.

  In the above-described embodiment, the symbol variation speed is changed in accordance with the rotation speed of the operation ball 30. However, the background image may be displayed in a variable manner. Thereby, it can display clearly that the fluctuation speed of the symbol changed.

  In the above embodiment, the change direction and speed of the symbol are changed by the rotation operation of the operation ball 30. However, for example, a change is made to the background image, a change is made to the movement of the character displayed by the effect, and the pattern mode itself is changed. When the operation ball 30 is rotated, such as a change, the image may be changed in addition to the rotation direction and the rotation speed of the symbol.

  The present invention is not only a pachinko machine, but if it is a gaming machine that is shifted to a winning mode when winning a small hit with a small number of rounds per winning round and is shifted to a probability variation mode after the winning mode is finished, Equally applicable.

It is an external view of the pachinko machine using the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of a trackball. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a trackball. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is a flowchart which shows a process when an operation ball is rotationally operated. It is explanatory drawing in the case of installing the recording medium in which the program was stored in the pachinko machine.

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10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
18 track ball 30 operation ball 47 CPU (variation control means, rotation direction detection means and rotation speed detection means)
60 recording medium 61 computer

Claims (5)

In a gaming machine equipped with an image display device that performs a variable display of a plurality of types of symbols based on the result of a winning lottery that determines a winning or a lose,
An operation ball that is rotated by a player;
Rotation direction detecting means for detecting the rotation direction of the operation ball;
A gaming machine comprising: a variation control means for selecting a variation direction of the symbol in accordance with a rotation direction of the operation ball and variably displaying the symbol in the selected variation direction. A rotation speed detecting means for detecting the rotation speed of the operation ball is provided;
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the fluctuation control means changes the fluctuation speed of the symbol in accordance with the rotation speed. In the image display device, the variation display of the symbol is performed by the variation pattern set in advance within the variation time set in advance,
The variation control means is configured to display an interrupt image set in advance until the variation time elapses when the symbol variation display by the variation pattern ends before the variation time elapses due to the rotation operation of the operation ball. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein display is performed from a display device. Rotation direction detection means for detecting the rotation direction of the operation ball rotated by the player,
A program for causing a computer of a gaming machine to function as variation control means for selecting a variation direction of a symbol in accordance with the rotation direction of the operation ball and variably displaying the symbol in the selected variation direction.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 4 is recorded.

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