JP2008119399A - Game machine, game performance method and game performance program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently display the performance video data of a long performance time length. <P>SOLUTION: In the case that the winning of a big winning is detected, optional performance video data are selected from two or more pieces of performance video data of different performance time lengths. At the time, in the case that the performance time length of the selected performance video data is longer than the prescribed time or the performance time lengths of the other performance video data, video data relating to the advance announcement of opening of a winning port whose opening is controlled corresponding to the winning of the big winning are displayed during the display of the performance video data. Thus, the performance video data of the long performance time length are efficiently displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, a game presentation method, and a game presentation program that display a plurality of presentation video data having different presentation times.

  Conventionally, when a game ball enters a specific starting prize opening in a gaming machine, a series of symbols constituting the three rows of reels displayed on the display screen fluctuate from top to bottom, as if each reel rotates. Appears to be visible. Then, when the same or related symbols are arranged on the active line, it becomes a big hit, a big winning opening is opened, and a big hit game can be performed.

  In such a gaming machine, various ideas are displayed during a jackpot occurrence period and during a reach until the jackpot occurrence, a reach notice, or the like, thereby improving the game playability. In particular, various types of reach effects that occur at the time of reach are prepared in accordance with the jackpot reliability, the gaming state of the gaming machine, and the like (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1 below).

Pachinko victory guide Hakuyo Shobo Co., Ltd. June 19, 2005 4p-13p

  However, in the prior art of Non-Patent Document 1 described above, when a reach effect occurs, the player forcibly watches the reach effect until the effect ends. For this reason, there has been a problem that a player who has seen the same reach production with a long production time is bored during the reach production and consumes useless game time.

  Also, since the next game will not be played until the reach production ends, for players who want to enjoy more games, they will be irritated during the reach production with a long production time, There was a problem that the fun of the game was reduced.

  In addition, during the reach production, the player often stops the game temporarily and enjoys the reach production. Therefore, if a reach production with a long production time occurs frequently, the operating rate of the gaming machine may decrease. There was a problem of being connected.

  In addition, it is possible to use only those with a short production time as the reach production, but within the short production time, the intention of the production may not be sufficiently communicated to the player, and the fun of the game is reduced. There was a problem that.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine, a game presentation method, and a game presentation program capable of efficiently displaying presentation video data having a long presentation time length in order to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a gaming machine according to the present invention displays a winning video when the jackpot winning is detected by the detecting means for detecting the jackpot winning and the detecting means. Display means having a display screen for displaying, and display control means for displaying a series of effects generated in accordance with a change in the gaming state during display of the effect data.

  According to the present invention, when the occurrence of a jackpot is determined, it is not necessary to switch and display a series of effects generated between the determination of reach and the end of the jackpot with dedicated video data for each effect. .

  In addition, the gaming machine according to the present invention includes a detection unit that detects a jackpot winning, and when the jackpot winning is detected by the detecting unit, an arbitrary presentation from a plurality of pieces of presentation video data having different presentation time lengths. Selecting means for selecting video data; determining means for determining whether or not an effect time length of the effect video data selected by the selection means is longer than a predetermined time or an effect time length of other effect video data; and When it is determined that the effect time length of the effect video data selected by the selection means is long by the display means having the display screen for displaying the effect video data selected by the selection means, the effect video data Display control means for displaying video data relating to the advance notice of the winning opening that is controlled in accordance with the winning of the jackpot. And wherein the Rukoto.

  According to the present invention, the winning opening opening control can be started during the display of effect video data having a long effect time length, and an efficient effect utilizing the jackpot occurrence period can be performed.

  Further, in the above invention, the detecting means detects the number of consecutive winnings of the jackpot, and the selecting means has an effect time length of a predetermined time or other effect image data when the consecutive winning number is not more than a predetermined number. It is also possible to select effect video data shorter than the effect time length of the display, and the display control means displays the video data related to the winning opening announcement after the display of the effect video data selected by the selection means. Good.

  According to the present invention, the winning opening opening control can be started during the display of the effect video data only when the number of consecutive big wins is greater than the predetermined number.

  In addition, the game effect method according to the present invention includes a detection step for detecting a jackpot winning, and any of the plurality of effect video data having different effect time lengths when the jackpot winning is detected by the detecting step. A selection step of selecting effect video data; a determination step of determining whether or not the effect time length of the effect video data selected by the selection step is longer than a predetermined time or the effect time length of other effect video data; When it is determined that the effect time length of the effect image data selected by the selection process is long by the first display process for displaying the effect image data selected by the selection process, and the effect image data A second display step of displaying video data relating to the advance notice of the winning opening which is controlled to be opened in response to the winning of the jackpot. It is characterized in.

  A game effect program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute the game effect method described above.

  According to these inventions, the winning opening opening control can be started during the display of the effect video data having a long effect time length, and an efficient effect using the jackpot occurrence period can be performed.

  According to the gaming machine, the game effect method, and the game effect program according to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to efficiently display effect video data having a long effect time length.

(Embodiment)
Exemplary embodiments of a gaming machine, a game effect method, and a game effect program according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Basic configuration of gaming machine)
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a game board of the gaming machine of the present invention. A game ball launched by driving a launching unit (see FIG. 2) arranged at a lower position of the game board 101 rises between the rails 102a and 102b to reach an upper position of the game board 101, and then the game area 103 Fall inside. A plurality of nails (not shown) are provided in the game area 103, and the game ball is dropped in various directions, and a windmill or a prize opening that changes the fall direction of the game ball is placed in the middle of the fall. Is arranged.

  A display unit 104 is arranged at the center of the game area 103 of the game board 101. As the display unit 104, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used. Below the display unit 104, a start winning opening 105 for starting winning is arranged. Winning gates 106 are arranged on the left and right sides of the display unit 104, respectively.

  The winning gate 106 is provided to detect the passing of the game ball and perform a lottery to open the start winning opening 105 for a predetermined time. A normal winning opening 107 is disposed on the side of the display unit 104 or below. When a game ball wins the normal winning opening 107, the number of winning balls (for example, 10) at the time of the normal winning is paid out. At the bottom of the game area 103, there is provided a collection port 108 for collecting game balls that have not won any winning ports.

  The display unit 104 described above starts changing the display of a plurality of symbols when a game ball wins a specific winning opening (at the time of starting winning), and the symbols stop after a predetermined time. When a specific symbol (for example, “777”) is prepared at the time of the stop, a big hit state is obtained. In the big win state, the large winning opening 109 located below repeats a predetermined period (for example, 15 rounds) of opening for a certain period, and pays out the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning game balls.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the control unit of the gaming machine. The control unit 200 includes a plurality of control units. In the example shown in the figure, a main control unit 201, an effect control unit 202, and a prize ball control unit 203 are included. The main control unit 201 controls basic operations related to gaming of the gaming machine. The production control unit 202 controls the production operation during the game. The prize ball control unit 203 controls the number of prize balls to be paid out.

  The main control unit 201 includes a CPU 211 that executes basic processing according to the progress of game content based on a program stored in the ROM 212, and a RAM 213 that functions as a work area for data during arithmetic processing of the CPU 211. . The main control unit 201 realizes its function by, for example, a main board.

  On the input side of the main control unit 201, a start winning port detection unit 221 that detects a game ball won in the start winning port 105, a gate detection unit 222 that detects a game ball that has passed the winning gate 106, and a normal win A normal winning hole detection unit 223 that detects a game ball won in the mouth 107 and a large winning hole detection unit 224 that detects a game ball won in the big winning port 109 are connected. These detection units can be configured using proximity switches or the like.

  A prize winning opening / closing part 231 is connected to the output side of the main control part 201, and the opening / closing of the prize winning opening / closing part 231 is controlled. The special prize opening / closing unit 231 has a function of opening the special prize opening 109 for a certain period of time when a big hit is made, and is configured using a solenoid or the like. This jackpot is pre-programmed to occur with a predetermined probability based on the generated random number.

  The production control unit 202 performs production control during the game. The effect control unit 202 includes a CPU 241 that executes effect processing, a ROM 242 that stores various image data such as programs, background images, design images, and character images, and a RAM 243 that functions as a data work area during the CPU 241 arithmetic processing. The VRAM 244 for writing image data to be displayed on the display unit 104 is provided.

In the effect control unit 202, the CPU 241 reads a program stored in the ROM 242, executes various image processing such as background image display processing, symbol image display / variation processing, and character image display processing, and reads necessary image data from the ROM 242. Write to the VRAM 244. The background image, the design image, and the character image are superimposed and displayed on the display unit 104 on the display screen. That is, the design image and the character image are displayed so as to be seen in front of the background image.

In this case, when the background image and the design image overlap at the same position, the design image is prioritized by referring to the Z value of the Z buffer of each image data by a known hidden surface removal method such as the Z buffer method.
The data is stored in the RAM 244. The effect control unit 202 realizes its function by an effect board, for example.

  The effect control unit 202 receives various data during the game from the main control unit 201, and performs effect control during the game. The display unit (LCD) 104 and the lamp control unit 251 described above are connected to the output side of the effect control unit 202.

  The production control unit 202 provides the display unit (LCD) 104 with the content of the production during the game, for example, movement display of symbols, reach (a state in which two of the three symbols are arranged), and various kinds of big hits. Generate and output display information. The effect control unit 202 outputs to the lamp control unit 251 data for performing lighting control on various lamps 262 provided on the game board 101, the base frame, and the like.

  The prize ball control unit 203 performs prize ball control based on a program stored in the ROM 282. The prize ball control unit 203 includes a CPU 281 that executes a prize ball control process, a RAM 283 that functions as a data work area during the calculation process of the CPU 281, and the like. The prize ball control unit 203 realizes its function by a prize ball board, for example.

  The winning ball control unit 203 performs control for paying out the number of winning balls at the time of winning a prize to the connected paying unit 291. In addition, an operation of launching a game ball with respect to the launch unit 292 is detected, and the launch of the game ball is controlled. The payout unit 291 includes a motor for paying out a predetermined number from the game ball storage unit. The winning ball control unit 203 controls the paying unit 291 to pay out the number of winning balls corresponding to the game balls won in each winning port (start winning port 105, normal winning port 107, large winning port 109). Do it.

  The launcher 292 launches a game ball for a game, and includes a sensor that detects a game operation by the player, a solenoid that launches the game ball, and the like. When the prize ball control unit 203 detects a game operation by the sensor of the launch unit 292, the prize ball control unit 203 intermittently fires a game ball by driving a solenoid or the like in response to the detected game operation, thereby playing the game area 103 of the game board 101. A game ball is sent out.

  The main control unit 201, the effect control unit 202, and the prize ball control unit 203 configured as described above are provided on different printed circuit boards (main board, effect board, and prize ball board). For example, the prize ball control unit 203 can be provided on the same printed circuit board as the main control unit 201.

(Basic operation of gaming machines)
An example of the basic operation of the gaming machine having the above configuration will be described. Control during the game is performed by the CPU 211 of the main control unit 201, and the winning status of the game balls for each winning opening is output to the winning ball control unit 203. The winning ball control unit 203 has the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning status. Make a withdrawal.

  Each time a game ball wins the start winning opening 105, a corresponding control signal is output to the effect control unit 202, and the effect control unit 202 repeatedly displays and stops the symbols on the display unit 104. When the occurrence of the jackpot is determined, a corresponding control signal is output to the effect control unit 202, and the effect control unit 202 is stopped in alignment with a predetermined symbol.

  At the same time, control for opening the special winning opening 109 is performed. The effect control unit 202 performs various effect displays on the display unit 104 in addition to the symbol variation display during the jackpot occurrence period and during the reach until the jackpot occurrence or at the time of the reach notice. In addition, effects such as performing specific driving for various types of accessories and changing the display state of the lamp 262 are performed.

  When a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 109 is opened a plurality of times. One release is one round, for example, 15 rounds are repeatedly executed. The period of one round is, for example, when 10 game balls are won or for a predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds). At this time, the winning ball control unit 203 pays out with 15 winning balls per winning game ball to the big winning opening 109. After the jackpot is over, the jackpot state is canceled and the normal gaming state is restored.

(Outline of game production)
Next, an outline of the game effect according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. In general, when winning a jackpot, first, reach is determined and a reach effect is displayed. Next, when the jackpot is confirmed, the opening effect is displayed, and then the jackpot effect is displayed.

  That is, the jackpot is determined with the end of the reach effect, the display content is switched from the reach effect to the opening effect, the jackpot is generated with the end of the opening effect, and the display content is switched from the opening effect to the jackpot effect. Specifically, the effect control unit 202 displays an image corresponding to each effect on the display unit 104 according to various data transmitted from the main control unit 201.

  Here, the plurality of effects are displayed as a series of images by one game effect, instead of being switched and displayed according to the determination of the jackpot or the occurrence of the jackpot. That is, one game effect is displayed as a series of images from the reach determination to the end of the jackpot. Thus, by displaying a single game effect using the effect times of a plurality of effects, an effect image with a long effect time length can be efficiently displayed.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of game effects in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the horizontal axis indicated by a bold line represents the time axis. In addition, the occurrence timing of various events such as winning or losing of the big hit and the start of various videos is indicated by arrows with respect to the time axis.

  In FIG. 3, when the jackpot is won, the reach effect, the opening effect, and the jackpot effect are sequentially displayed as a normal pattern, and the reach effect, the opening effect, and the jackpot effect are switched and displayed as one game effect. The pattern is a special pattern. The game effect according to the embodiment of the present invention corresponds to a special pattern.

  First, at time t0, reach by the number “7” is confirmed and reach production is started. The reach effect is an image displayed on the display unit 104 during the reach occurrence period. Here, a reach effect in which the character that is the main character in both the special pattern and the normal pattern confronts the monster is displayed. This reach production is a big hit when the hero eventually defeats the monster.

  In general, a plurality of reach effects that are displayed when reach is determined are prepared. Here, it is assumed that a game effect with a special pattern occurs when a reach effect having the longest effect time length is selected from among a plurality of reach effects. The reach effect is selectively executed by effect display processing by the CPU 241 of the effect control unit 202.

  Next, at time t1, three numbers “7” are aligned and the jackpot is confirmed. In the normal pattern, the number “777” is displayed on the display unit 104, and the player knows that the jackpot has been confirmed. In other words, the main character wins the confrontation with the monster and the jackpot is confirmed, and the reach production ends.

  On the other hand, in the special pattern, the confrontation between the hero and the monster continues, but since the number “777” is displayed in the lower right area 301 of the screen of the display unit 104, the player is a big hit. I understand that. That is, in the special pattern, the reach effect is continuously displayed although the jackpot is confirmed.

  After the jackpot is confirmed, the opening effect is started at time t2. The opening effect is an image displayed on the display unit 104 immediately before the start of the big hit game, and prompts the game ball to be awarded to the big winning opening 109. By this opening effect, the player knows the start timing of the jackpot game. For example, “Put a game ball in the big prize opening. And the like are displayed on the display unit 104.

  In the normal pattern, the reach production video ends and switches to the opening production video. Specifically, “Please put a game ball into the big prize opening on the display unit 104. ] Is displayed, and the player knows the start timing of the jackpot game.

  On the other hand, in the special pattern, the reach effect is continuously displayed even at this point, but since the telop flows in the area 302 above the screen of the display unit 104 as the opening effect, the player can know the start timing of the jackpot game. . Specifically, the opening direction is “Please put a game ball in the big prize opening. ] And is displayed as a telop so as to flow from the right to the left of the screen during the display of the reach effect.

  The reach effect that is displayed continuously even after the jackpot is confirmed means that the effect after the jackpot is confirmed is displayed as one image without switching from the reach effect image to another image (for example, the opening effect image). This is a game production. That is, the reach effect image displayed in the special pattern is an image including an opening effect and a jackpot effect described later.

  Next, after the opening effect is finished, the jackpot effect is started at time t3. The jackpot effect is an image displayed on the display unit 104 during the jackpot occurrence period. In the big hit state, the special winning opening 109 repeats opening for a predetermined period for a predetermined round, and pays out the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning game balls.

  In the normal pattern, the opening effect is finished and the video is switched to the jackpot effect. The player knows how many rounds the big winning opening 109 is currently open by the number of rounds displayed on the display unit 104 during the jackpot game.

  On the other hand, in the special pattern, the reach effect continues at this point, but the number of rounds (here, “1R” indicating the first round is displayed in the area 303 on the lower right of the screen of the display unit 104). ) Is displayed, the player knows how many rounds the player is currently in. That is, in the special pattern, the reach effect is continuously displayed despite the big hit game.

  Finally, the jackpot ends at time t4. In the normal pattern, the jackpot effect started at time t3 ends here. On the other hand, in the special pattern, the reach effect started at time t1 ends here.

  Here, the production time length of each production will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the production time length of each production shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the abscissa indicated by a bold line represents the effect time length, and each time t0 to t4 corresponds to t0 to t4 in FIG. R1 and R2 each represent a reach effect, O represents an opening effect, and V represents a jackpot effect.

  In the normal pattern, the reach effect R1 is displayed from the time t0 to the time t2 (immediately before the time t2), the opening effect O is displayed from the time t2 to the time t3 (immediately before the time t3), and the big hit effect from the time t3 to the time t4. V is displayed. That is, the production time length of the reach production R1 is (t2-t0), the production time length of the opening production O is (t3-t2), and the production time length of the jackpot production V is (t4-t3).

  On the other hand, in the special pattern, a reach effect R2 that is a series of images from time t0 to time t4 is displayed. For this reason, the production time length of the reach production R2 is (t4-t0). That is, in the special pattern, the time reach effect R2 longer than the normal pattern is displayed for the effect time length (t4-t2) of the opening effect O and the jackpot effect V.

  For example, time t0 is the reference time, time t2 is 30 seconds later, time t3 is 40 seconds later, and time t4 is 100 seconds later. In this case, the effect time length of the opening effect O is 10 seconds (t3-t2 = 10), and the effect time length of the jackpot effect V is 60 seconds (t4-t3 = 60). That is, in the special pattern, it is possible to display a reach reach effect R2 that is longer than the normal pattern by 70 seconds, which is the effect time length of the opening effect O and the jackpot effect V.

  Thus, when displaying a reach effect with a long effect time length, it is possible to display the reach effect using the effect time length of the opening effect and the jackpot effect, so that an efficient game effect can be performed. it can.

  Specifically, by starting the opening control of the special winning opening 109 during the display of the reach effect, it is possible to make a big hit game of the player during the reach effect and to play the game efficiently. That is, it is possible to reduce the time required for the jackpot game by allowing the player to play the jackpot game by using a part of the reach time of the reach effect.

  Furthermore, when the winning prize opening 109 is controlled to be opened while the reach effect is displayed, a character image corresponding to the opening effect and the jackpot effect is displayed in accordance with the start timing of the jackpot game or the timing when the winning prize opening 109 is opened. Superimposed display is possible. The player can digest the jackpot like a normal jackpot by playing the jackpot game according to the displayed character image.

  In addition, by making it possible to efficiently display a reach effect with a long effect time length, the degree of freedom of the effect image that can be adopted as the reach effect is expanded, and the fun of the game can be improved. For example, when the production time length of reach production becomes longer, famous scenes such as movies and animations can be reproduced more faithfully, and the production contents can be enhanced.

  In this example, the reach effect is continuously displayed using all the effect times of the opening effect and the jackpot effect. However, when the reach effect ends, the reach effect is automatically switched to the opening effect and the jackpot effect. It may be.

  Specifically, for example, the jackpot effect may be displayed according to the number of rounds of the open control of the big prize opening 109 performed during the display of the reach effect. For example, it is assumed that the jackpot game is started during the display of the reach effect, and that the opening control of the big winning opening 109 is completed for three rounds at the end of the reach effect. In this case, with the end of the reach effect, the jackpot effect after the fourth round is automatically displayed.

  In addition, here, when the reach effect having the longest effect time length is selected from among the plurality of reach effects, the game effect by the special pattern is generated. However, the condition for generating the game effect by the special pattern is arbitrarily set. Is possible.

  For example, when a reach effect having an effect duration longer than a predetermined time set in advance is selected, a game effect with a special pattern may be generated. In addition, it is possible to set so that the game effect by the special pattern is generated only when the number of consecutive wins in the jackpot exceeds a predetermined number.

  That is, it is possible to set so that a reach effect with a long effect time length is not selected unless the number of consecutive wins in the jackpot exceeds a predetermined number. If the number of consecutive big wins exceeds a predetermined number, a special pattern is selected probabilistically, and a game effect is generated by the special pattern.

  Note that the number of consecutive wins for the jackpot may be the number of wins that have been consecutively won by so-called probability fluctuations occurring continuously. It may be included in the number of wins. Furthermore, regardless of the occurrence of probability fluctuation and time reduction, for example, when a big hit is made within 100 revolutions after the end of the big win, the big win may be included in the number of consecutive winnings.

  Furthermore, a game effect with a special pattern may be generated based on the number of rounds in which the big winning opening 109 is controlled to open during the jackpot generation period. Specifically, it is assumed that a plurality of types (for example, 1 round, 3 rounds, and 15 rounds) are prepared for the number of rounds in which the big winning opening 109 is controlled to open when a big hit occurs. At this time, for example, when the number of rounds selected with a predetermined probability at the time of winning the jackpot is the maximum (here, 15 rounds), a game effect with a special pattern may be generated.

  In this way, by making it possible to generate a game effect with a special pattern only when a specific condition (for example, the above-mentioned number of consecutive big wins exceeds a predetermined number) is satisfied, by generating a special pattern The player's sense of accomplishment when the jackpot is achieved can be further enhanced.

(Functional configuration of gaming machine)
Next, a functional configuration of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 5, the gaming machine 500 includes a detection unit 501, a selection unit 502, a determination unit 503, a display unit 504, and a display control unit 505. The detection unit 501, the selection unit 502, the determination unit 503, and the display control unit 505 constitute the effect control unit 202 shown in FIG.

  The detection unit 501 has a function of detecting a big win. Specifically, for example, when the game ball enters the start winning opening 105, the main control unit 201 draws a lottery whether it is a big hit or miss with a probability preset in the main control unit 201.

  In the case of a big hit, a lottery of the probability variation and reach type is drawn. In the case of losing, a lottery of the occurrence of reach and the type of reach is made. Such a lottery result is transmitted from the main control unit 201 to the effect control unit 202. The detection unit 501 detects a lottery result indicating a big win from the lottery results transmitted from the main control unit 201.

  The selection unit 502 has a function of selecting arbitrary effect video data from a plurality of effect video data having different effect times when the winning unit is detected by the detection unit 501. The production time length is the length of production time taken from the start to the end of the production video data. A plurality of effect video data may be prepared for each effect time, or a plurality of the same effect time may be prepared.

  The determination unit 503 has a function of determining whether or not the production time length of the production video data selected by the selection unit 502 is longer than a predetermined time or the production time length of other production video data. The predetermined time can be arbitrarily changed and set, and can be set to 60 seconds or 120 seconds, for example.

  More specifically, for example, the predetermined time may be set in accordance with the timing at which the main control unit 201 starts the opening control of the special winning opening 109. The other effect video data is effect video data different from the effect video data selected by the selection unit 502 among the plurality of effect video data.

  Moreover, the determination part 503 is good also as determining whether it is longer than predetermined time or the production time length of other production video data from the data regarding the production time length attached | subjected to each production video data. Moreover, the determination part 503 may determine whether predetermined time passed from the display start by counting the elapsed time from the display start of effect video data.

  The display unit 504 has a display screen that displays the effect video data selected by the selection unit 502. Specifically, for example, the effect video data is displayed by superimposing a background image, a design image, or the like.

  When it is determined by the determination unit 503 that the effect video data selected by the selection unit 502 has a long effect time length, the display control unit 505 is controlled to open according to the winning of the jackpot while the effect video data is being displayed. It has a function to display video data related to the advance notice of the winning opening.

  In the gaming machine 500, when a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 109 is opened a plurality of times, and the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning game ball is paid out. One release is one round, for example, 15 rounds are repeatedly executed. Specifically, a prize winning opening / closing part 231 is connected to the output side of the main control unit 201, and the opening / closing of the prize winning opening / closing part 231 is controlled. Then, the main winning portion 109 is controlled to be opened according to the winning of the jackpot.

  In other words, when the effect video data has a long effect time length, the display control unit 505 displays the image data related to the advance notice of the special winning opening 109 controlled to be released by the main control unit 201 during the display of the effect image data. . Here, the video data relating to the opening notice is, for example, video data for notifying the determination of the jackpot, and is the video data relating to the opening effect and the jackpot effect described above.

  More specifically, it may be a set of three symbols (for example, “777”) indicating that the jackpot is confirmed, and immediately before the jackpot game is started, that is, immediately before the start of the opening control of the jackpot 109. "Please put the game ball in the big prize exit". May be a character image that prompts a game ball to enter the big prize opening 109. Further, it may be a character image or the like indicating the number of rounds in which the big winning opening 109 is opened during the jackpot game.

  The display timing of the video data relating to these release notices is determined by the CPU 241 of the effect control unit 202 according to various data transmitted from the main control unit 201. Then, the display control unit 505 displays video data related to the release notice according to the determination result of the CPU 241 of the effect control unit 202.

  Further, the display control unit 505 may display the video data related to the advance notice of the special winning opening 109 superimposed on the video data selected by the selection unit 502. Alternatively, the display control unit 505 may display the video data related to the release notice in a display area different from the display area of the video data selected by the selection unit 502.

  Specifically, the video data related to the release notice may be displayed in another display area different from the display area where the video data selected by the selection unit 502 is displayed on the display screen. Although illustration is omitted here, if the display unit 504 has a plurality of display screens, the display unit 504 will give an opening notice on a display screen different from the display screen on which the video data selected by the selection unit 502 is displayed. May be displayed.

  In addition, when displaying it superimposed on the video data selected by the selection unit 502, video data related to the release notice is displayed so as not to affect the display of the effect video data. For example, the video data relating to the release notice is displayed with a display area that is small enough to be recognized by the player and does not affect the video content of the video data selected by the selection unit 502.

  More specifically, the video data related to the release notice may be displayed in the upper area 302 or the lower right areas 301 and 303 of the display unit 104 shown in FIG. At this time, the video data relating to the release notice may be displayed in a telop so as to flow from right to left, left to right, top to bottom, or bottom to top on the screen of the display unit 104 (in FIG. 3, region 302). The opening effect is displayed as a telop from right to left).

  The detection unit 501 also has a function of detecting the number of consecutive wins for the jackpot. The number of consecutive wins in the jackpot may be the number of wins that have been consecutively won by probability fluctuations occurring continuously, and the number of consecutive wins includes the jackpot during the time reduction period. It is good as well.

  Further, regardless of the occurrence of probability fluctuation and time reduction, the number of consecutive winnings may include a jackpot within a predetermined time or a predetermined number of revolutions. Specifically, for example, in the case of “big hit → probability fluctuation → big hit → probability fluctuation → big hit → probability fluctuation → big hit”, the number of consecutive wins for the big hit is four.

  In addition, when the number of consecutive winnings detected by the detection unit 501 is equal to or less than the predetermined number, the selection unit 502 selects the effect video data whose effect time length is shorter than the predetermined time or the effect time length of other effect image data. It also has a function. The predetermined number of consecutive winning times can be arbitrarily changed and set, and can be set to 10 times or 20 times, for example.

  That is, when the predetermined number of consecutive winning times is 10 and the number of consecutive winning times detected by the detecting unit 501 is 9, the selecting unit 502 sets the effect time length to a predetermined time or other effect video data. Production video data shorter than the production time length is selected.

  In addition, the display control unit 505 also has a function of displaying video data related to a winning opening announcement after the end of displaying the effect video data selected by the selection unit 502 when the number of consecutive winnings is equal to or less than a predetermined number. Specifically, the display of the effect video data is finished before the opening control of the special winning opening 109 is started, and then the video data related to the advance notice of the special winning opening 109 according to the opening control of the special winning opening 109. Will be displayed.

  Even when it is determined by the determination unit 503 that the presentation time length of the video data selected by the selection unit 502 is shorter than the predetermined time or the presentation time length of the other presentation video data, the display of the selected presentation video data is displayed. After the completion, video data relating to the advance notice of the winning opening will be displayed.

  Here, the determination unit 503 is configured to determine whether the presentation time length of the video data selected by the selection unit 502 is longer than a predetermined time or the presentation time length of other presentation video data. When various data from 202 can be received by the main control unit 201, the following configuration may be adopted.

  Specifically, for example, in accordance with various data from the effect control unit 202, the CPU 211 of the main control unit 201 determines whether the effect time length of the video data is longer than a predetermined time or the effect time length of other effect video data. It is good also as a structure which judges these.

  In this case, when the main control unit 201 determines that the production time length of the production video data selected by the selection unit 502 is long, the main control unit 201 controls the opening of the winning opening according to the winning of the jackpot while the production video data is displayed. To do. At this time, the display control unit 504 may display video data related to the advance notice of the winning opening during display of the effect video data selected by the selection unit 502.

  Further, the display control unit 505 may have a function of displaying a series of effects that are generated according to a change in the gaming state during the display of the effect data when the winning unit is detected by the detection unit 501. Good. That is, the display control unit 505 always displays a series of effects that occur in response to changes in the gaming state when the winning unit is detected by the detection unit 501.

  Here, the change in the gaming state is, for example, the determination of reach, the determination of a jackpot with the end of the reach effect, or the occurrence of a jackpot. The above-mentioned advance notice of the special winning opening 109 is included in a series of effects generated in response to changes in the gaming state.

  Thereby, the gaming machine 500 can display a series of effects such as a reach effect, an opening effect, and a jackpot effect that occur in accordance with a change in the gaming state, for example, while displaying any effect video data.

  Note that the detection unit 501, the selection unit 502, the determination unit 503, and the display control unit 505 described above, specifically, function when the CPU 241 illustrated in FIG. 2 executes a program recorded in the ROM 242, for example. Is realized. Further, specifically, the display unit 504 realizes its function by, for example, the display unit 104 shown in FIG.

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Next, a game effect processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a game effect processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the flowchart of FIG. 6, first, the detection unit 501 determines whether or not a big win is detected (step S601).

  Here, after waiting for the detection of the jackpot winning (step S601: No), if the winning of the jackpot is detected (step S601: Yes), the selection unit 502 causes a plurality of effect video data having different effect time lengths. Arbitrary effect video data is selected from the list (step S602).

  Next, the determination unit 503 determines whether or not the effect time length of the effect video data selected in step S602 is longer than a predetermined time or the effect time length of other effect image data (step S603).

  Here, when it is determined that the production time length of the production video data is longer than the predetermined time or the production time length of the other production video data (step S603: Yes), the production video data is displayed (step S604) and displayed. During the display of the effect video data, the control unit 505 displays video data relating to the opening notice of the winning opening that is controlled to open according to the winning of the jackpot (step S605).

  Finally, when the display of the effect video data selected in step S602 is completed (step S606), a series of processes according to this flowchart is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S603 that the effect time length of the effect video data is shorter than the effect time length of the predetermined time or other effect image data (step S603: No), the effect image data is displayed (step S607). ) After the display of the effect video data, the display control unit 505 displays video data related to a winning opening announcement that is controlled to open according to the winning of the jackpot (step S608).

  Finally, when the display of the video data relating to the opening notice of the winning opening that is controlled to open according to the winning of the jackpot is finished (step S609), the series of processes according to this flowchart is finished.

  Note that the processing executed in step S603 may be performed after the display of the effect video data is started. That is, after the display of the production video data is started in step S604 and step S607 in FIG. 6 and before the display of the production video data is finished, the production time length of the production video data is a predetermined time or another production video. It is determined whether or not it is longer than the data presentation time length.

  Then, when it is determined that the production time length of the production video data is longer than the production time length of the predetermined time or other production video data, the process proceeds to step S605, where the production time length of the production video data is the predetermined time or other. When it is determined that it is shorter than the production time length of the production video data, the process proceeds to step S608.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, in the case of displaying effect video data having a long effect time length, it is possible to display video data related to a winning opening announcement while displaying the effect video data. Thereby, during the display of the effect video data, the player can play the jackpot game, and an efficient game effect can be performed.

  Specifically, by starting the opening control of the winning opening during the display of the effect video data, the player can play a big hit game during the display of the effect video data, and can play the game efficiently. In other words, prior to the end of the production of the production video data, the player can play the jackpot game, so that the time spent on the jackpot game can be reduced without consuming unnecessary game time.

  Furthermore, when the winning opening is controlled while the effect video data is being displayed, the video data relating to the opening notice of the winning opening can be displayed. For this reason, the player can digest the jackpot in the same manner as a normal jackpot by playing the jackpot game according to the displayed video data relating to the opening notice of the winning opening.

  In addition, by making it possible to efficiently display effect video data having a long effect time length, the degree of freedom of effect video that can be adopted as a game effect is expanded, and the fun of the game can be improved.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine, the game effect method, and the game effect program, it is possible to efficiently display effect video data having a long effect time length.

  The game presentation method described in the present embodiment can be realized by executing a program prepared in advance on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. This program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, and a DVD, and is executed by being read from the recording medium by the computer. The program may be a transmission medium that can be distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  As described above, the gaming machine, gaming presentation method, and gaming presentation program according to the present invention are useful for pachinko gaming machines, slot gaming machines, and other various gaming machines, and in particular, pachinko halls, game centers (playland), homes, and the like. Suitable for installation and use on game consoles.

It is a front view which shows an example of the game board of the game machine of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the control part of a game machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the game effect in the game machine concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the production time length of each production shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the game machine concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the game effect process sequence concerning embodiment of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 104 Display part 200 Control part 201 Main control part 202 Production control part 500 Game machine 501 Detection part 502 Selection part 503 Determination part 504 Display part 505 Display control part

Claims (5)

A detection means for detecting the jackpot winning,
Display means having a display screen for displaying effect video data when the winning means is detected by the detection means;
Display control means for displaying a series of effects generated in response to a change in the gaming state during the display of the effect data;
A gaming machine comprising: A detection means for detecting the jackpot winning,
A selection means for selecting any effect video data from a plurality of effect video data having different effect time lengths when the jackpot winning is detected by the detection means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the effect time length of the effect video data selected by the selection means is longer than a predetermined time or the effect time length of other effect image data;
Display means having a display screen for displaying effect video data selected by the selection means;
When it is determined by the determining means that the effect time length of the effect video data selected by the selection means is long, the winning opening that is controlled to open according to the jackpot winning is displayed during the display of the effect image data. Display control means for displaying video data relating to the notice;
A gaming machine comprising: The detection means includes
Detect the number of consecutive winnings of the jackpot,
The selection means includes
When the continuous winning number is equal to or less than the predetermined number of times, the effect time length is selected for a predetermined time or the effect time length of other effect image data,
The display control means includes
3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein after the display of the effect video data selected by the selection means is finished, video data relating to the opening notice of the winning opening is displayed. A detection process to detect the winning of the jackpot;
When the jackpot winning is detected by the detection step, a selection step of selecting any production video data from a plurality of production video data having different production time lengths;
A determination step of determining whether or not the production time length of the production video data selected by the selection step is longer than a predetermined time or the production time length of other production video data;
A first display step of displaying effect video data selected by the selection step;
When it is determined by the determining step that the effect time length of the effect image data selected by the selection step is long, the winning opening that is controlled to open according to the jackpot winning is displayed during the display of the effect image data. A second display step for displaying video data relating to the notice;
A game production method characterized by including a game.   A game effect program for causing a computer to execute the game effect method according to claim 4.

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