JP2008154722A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can increase presentation effect by impressing upon a game player the image presentation which is particularly desired to be shown. <P>SOLUTION: Several game board components which limit and guide the downward flow direction of game balls PB are provided in a game area 101 on the front side which mainly faces a player. A display area 201 of a liquid crystal display device 200 with an area which corresponds to the game area 101 of a transparent game panel 100 as the display area 201 is provided on the back side of the transparent game board 100 formed by a light-permeable material at a prescribed permeation rate at certain intervals. Images associated with each game board component such as shaded images S of each game panel component are displayed at positions that face each of the game board components provided on the transparent game board 100 on a surface normal to indicatively display the positions where pseudo game balls 302 should win by emphatic images 304 when displaying in a way that the pseudo game balls 302 move along the shaded images S. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which, for example, a lottery is performed when a game ball wins at a start opening, and a large number of game balls can be acquired according to the lottery result.

  Conventionally, full-screen pachinko machines equipped with a large display have been proposed. This full-display pachinko machine is a game in which a game board is progressing because the members constituting the game board are transparent, and a display device having substantially the same external shape as the game board is provided on the back side of the transparent game board. From the viewpoint of the player, the entire game board becomes a display screen, and the pachinko balls fall while rebounding to a plurality of game nails and windmills so as to overlap with the display screen.

  In a pachinko machine equipped with such a large display, the scale of effect display is expanded, and a further effect can be expected.

Conventionally, in Patent Document 1, it has been proposed to project an image for performing an operation of associating a character with a winning opening, a nail, a windmill, or a rail.
JP 2004-57706 A

  However, in the above-mentioned patent document, when viewed from the front, it is possible to grasp the correspondence relationship between the winning opening, the nail, the windmill, the rail, etc. However, there is a problem that it is impossible to grasp the correspondence between game board components such as winning holes on the game board, nails, windmills and rails, and characters.

  That is, since there is a gap between the game board and the image display device, it is impossible to grasp which area on the game board corresponds to an arbitrary area on the image display area when viewed from an oblique direction.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can impress a player with an image effect that is particularly desired to be shown and enhance the effect.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a plurality of game board components for limiting and guiding the flow direction of the game ball mainly in the game area on the surface side facing the player. An image display device having a game board formed of a light-transmitting material having a transparency, and a display area disposed on the back side of the game board at a predetermined interval and including an area corresponding to the game area of the game board And display an effect image according to the progress of the game on the image display device, and face each game board component provided on the game board on the surface normal line at a position on the display area of the image display device. The emphasis indicating the position where the pseudo sphere image should be won when displaying the image related to each game board composition and displaying the pseudo sphere image moving along the image related to the game board composition Display control means for displaying images , And a.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the pseudo sphere image indicates the position to be won by the image, the image effect that the player wants to show specially such as the jackpot effect or the reach effect is more impressed by the player. It is possible to further enhance the effect of the image display.

  That is, since there is a gap according to a predetermined interval between the game board and the image display device, depending on the angle at which the image display device is viewed, the game board and the image display device do not appear to overlap, The pseudo sphere image can only be regarded as a simple image. However, since the image related to the game board composition is displayed on the image display device, the correspondence between the display area of the image display device and the game area on the game board can be clearly understood, so the game board and the image display device are Even when the image display device is viewed from a position that does not overlap, it can be captured as an effect image in the entire gaming machine, and the pseudosphere image does not feel unnatural.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the display control means indicates that the emphasized image indicates a display position of an image related to a game ball winning opening provided on the game board as a position where the pseudo-sphere image should win. It is characterized by being displayed on.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, it is easy to understand the correspondence between the effect by the pseudo sphere image and the winning opening.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the pseudo sphere image is an image showing an object or character other than the game sphere, and the pseudo sphere image is displayed so as to make the movement clearly different from the general movement of the game sphere. It is characterized by cases.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, the effect of the effect can be further enhanced by causing the pseudo sphere image to produce an image effect as a substitute for the game ball, and to make the motion unique to the image.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the display control means may control to display the pseudo sphere image in a region different from the actual flow-down region of the game ball.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to enhance the production effect by causing the pseudosphere to move only by an image.

  As described above, according to the present invention, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to enhance the effect by impressing the player with an image effect that is particularly desired to be shown.

(Configuration of pachinko machine)
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 includes a rectangular outer frame 12 that constitutes the outline of the pachinko machine 10 and is installed in the island facility of the hall. A rectangular frame-shaped inner frame 14 is arranged on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the inner frame 14 can be opened and closed with a left end portion pivotally supported by a pair of hinge portions 16, 18 provided on the outer frame 12. Is attached. A lower decoration 20 serving as a decorative panel is attached to the lower front portion of the outer frame 12.

  A glass frame 26 having a glass frame 24 fitted with a glass plate 22 in a window portion 25 is disposed on the front upper portion of the inner frame 14, and the left end of the glass frame 26 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 to open and close. It is attached as possible. Further, the glass plate 22 mounted on the glass frame 24 has a double structure composed of a pair of glass plates arranged in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval in the depth direction of the paper surface of FIG. A rectangular opening 28 is provided in the upper part of the inner frame 14 on the back side of the glass frame 26. An exchangeable game board 100 (see FIG. 2) is set in the opening 28. The game board 100 is configured such that the glass frame 26 (glass plate 22) is closed with the glass frame 26 closed to the inner frame 14. It is supposed to be covered with.

  On the front surface of the glass frame 26, a lighting effect indicator lamp 142 that turns on, turns off, and flashes according to the progress of the game and produces an effect effect by illumination is arranged so as to surround the glass plate 22. In addition, an error indicator lamp 144 for notifying various errors such as a prize ball payout error and a payout state error is disposed in the upper right corner. In addition, speakers 146L and 146R for outputting game sound effects in stereo are arranged inside each error indicator lamp 144.

  An integrated dish 30 serving as a hitting ball supply dish having functions of a general upper dish and lower dish is disposed at the lower front portion of the inner frame 14. The integrated dish 30 is attached so that the left end of the panel member 32 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 and can be opened and closed, and a ball dish part 34 for storing game balls is formed on the front surface of the panel member 32. A ball tray main body 36 is projected.

  A ball discharge port 46 through which a prize ball discharged from a payout device (not shown) provided in the pachinko machine 10 is discharged is formed on the upper right side of the front surface of the panel member 32. The prize balls discharged from the ball outlet 46 are stored in the ball tray 34, flow down to the left in the ball tray 34, are aligned in a line by the alignment passage, and are sent to the ball feeder.

  Although illustration is omitted, the bottom surface of the ball tray portion 34 is inclined in both directions, one of which is arranged on the front side from the left side to the right side in the front view of FIG. 1, and the other is from the right side to the left side. The slopes are arranged on the back side, and both slopes are smoothly and continuously formed on the right side when viewed from the front.

  The front side tilt accepts a cash game ball lending machine (not shown) provided between the gaming machines from the front side of the ball tray 34, and guides it to roll to the right side, while the back side tilt is a ball. A game ball received in the tray 34, a prize ball, which will be described later, or a rental ball via a card-type lending machine, is received from the ball discharge port 46 and rolled and guided from the right side to the left side.

  This back side inclination is formed so that the width dimension is gradually narrowed along the inclination, whereby a ball feeding device (not shown) in which the game balls in the ball tray portion 34 are arranged on the back surface of the panel member 32. ) Are sent in a line.

  Further, an ashtray 38 is provided at the lower left portion on the front surface of the panel member 32, and a firing handle 39 for adjusting the firing force (flying distance) of the hit ball is attached to the lower right portion.

(Game board configuration)
FIG. 2 shows a game board 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In the game board 100, a transparent flat synthetic resin material is applied as a substrate (hereinafter referred to as the transparent game board 100).

  The surface of the transparent gaming board 100 is a board surface 100A, and an arc-shaped outer rail 102, a backflow prevention valve 103, and an inner rail 104 are attached near the outer peripheral end of the board surface 100A. A circular region surrounded by the outer rail 102, the backflow prevention valve 103 and the inner rail 104 is fired from a launching device (not shown) and jumps out of the discharge port 105 partitioned by the backflow prevention valve 103. The played game ball PB can be moved by its own weight drop, and this area is a game area 101 in which a game is played.

  On the back side of the transparent gaming board 100, a large-sized liquid crystal display device 200 having a display surface facing at least substantially the entire gaming area 101 is disposed. That is, the game area 101 is the display area 201 of the liquid crystal display device 200, and almost the entire field of view of the player is covered.

  In the game area 101, a passing gate (through chucker) 118 is arranged on the left side of FIG. In addition, a special symbol start winning opening (start chucker) 108 is arranged in the lower part of FIG. 2 with respect to the center of the game area 101, and further below the special symbol starting winning opening 108, An attacker 112 is arranged near the lower end of the game area 101.

  The attacker 112 is provided with an opening / closing door 116, which opens or closes when the opening / closing door 116 is opened or closed. When the open / close door 116 is opened, the game ball dropped on the open / close door 116 is guided by the open / close door 116 and wins the attacker 112.

  Further, the game area 101 is provided with a windmill 122 and a number of game nails 123 (see FIG. 4) for guiding a game ball that falls by itself in the game area 101 to a predetermined route.

  Further, below the center of the transparent gaming board 100, a stage 124 is provided in which a path for the game ball PB is provided in the back side passage and the front side passage of the transparent gaming board 100. The game ball PB is a windmill 122. It is guided on the stage 124 by the game nail 123 or the like. The game ball PB guided on the stage 124 can easily win the special symbol start winning opening 108.

  In addition, an out port 124 through which the dislodged ball is discharged to the back side of the transparent game board 100 is provided at the lowest position of the transparent game board 100.

(Control system configuration)
Next, the control system of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the control system of the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment is configured around a main control unit 150. The main control unit 150 stores a basic program relating to games, and the operation of each unit is controlled based on a command signal from the main control unit 150.

  The main control unit 150 detects a start winning sensor 180 that detects a winning ball to the special symbol starting winning opening 108, a passing gate winning sensor 184 that detects a winning ball to the passing gate 118, and a winning ball to the attacker 112. Each of the big winning sensors 186 is connected, and each of these sensors outputs a detection signal to the main control unit 150 when a winning ball is detected. It should be noted that a V zone is provided in the attacker 112 as an opportunity to continue the big hit processing round as necessary. When a V zone is provided in the attacker 112, a V zone sensor 228 for detecting the passage through the V zone is provided.

  Furthermore, a solenoid 175 and a holding lamp 176 that open / close the opening / closing door 116 of the attacker 112 are connected to the main control unit 150.

  Further, when the game ball PB wins the special symbol start winning opening 108, the main control unit 150 performs a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “special symbol lottery”) of special symbol win / loss by detecting this with the start winning sensor 180. When the result of the special drawing lottery is a win (big hit), the main control unit 150 controls the game state so as to shift from the normal game state to the special game state. As for the jackpot, there are cases where a normal hit and a probability change mode in which the next hit probability is increased after the end of the special gaming state, or a time reduction mode in which the symbol variation pattern time is shortened may be added.

  Also, information (start winning signal, jackpot signal, symbol determination number signal) indicating the progress of the game is transmitted from the main control unit 150 to the hall computer via the board external terminal 190.

  Further, the payout control unit 154 is connected to the payout device 160 and the launch control unit 164, and the launch control unit 164 is connected to the launch device 40. The payout control unit 154 operates the payout device 160 provided in the pachinko machine 10 to control the payout and lending ball payout and stop operations and the number of payouts. Further, the launch control unit 164 activates the launch device 40 by operating the launch handle 39 (see FIG. 1) by the player to start launching the game ball PB and launch force according to the operation amount of the launch handle 39. To control.

  Further, the payout control unit 154 transmits payout information to the hall computer installed in the hall via the frame external terminal 191.

  The main control unit 150 is connected to an effect control unit 152 and a payout control unit 154, and these control units are controlled by command transmission from the main control unit 150.

  The effect control unit 152 is connected to the liquid crystal display device 200 via the symbol control unit 156. In addition, the effect control unit 152 is a light-emitting element 126 for lighting effects provided in various game parts of the transparent gaming board 100, a display lamp 142 for lighting effects and an error indicator lamp provided in the glass frame 26. The lighting, extinguishing and blinking of 144 are controlled, and further, the outputs of sound effects and the like are controlled by operating the speakers 146L and 146R provided on the front surface of the glass frame 26.

  On the liquid crystal display device 200 controlled by the effect control unit 152, an effect image of the symbol variation pattern for informing the result of the special symbol lottery is displayed, and BGM at the time of the symbol variation pattern effect is displayed from the speakers 146L and 146R. Is output. Thereby, the player can enjoy the production | presentation by the design symbol corresponding to the result of special drawing lottery through vision and hearing. The content displayed by the hold lamp 176 may be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 200.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a part of the effect image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 200 when the symbol variation pattern effect is executed. In the example shown in the figure, a plurality of types of demo symbols 210 are displayed so as to scroll in the direction indicated by the arrow M, and then the demo symbols 210 corresponding to the result of the special drawing lottery are stopped and displayed to notify the result. .

  There are two types of symbol variation patterns: special symbol variation patterns and production symbol variation patterns, both of which notify the result of special symbol lottery, but the special symbol variation pattern performs a predetermined variation and stop and special symbol lottery While the result of the form is officially notified after a lapse of a predetermined time, the directing pattern variation pattern takes effect into the process of notifying the result of the special drawing lottery, and makes it awkward whether it is a hit or miss. However, it is of the nature to notify.

  Here, when the result of the special drawing lottery becomes “big hit” and the fact is notified by the symbol variation pattern effect on the liquid crystal display device 200 and the BGM output from the speakers 146L and 146R, the big hit processing in the special gaming state is completed. Executed.

  In this jackpot process, the attacker 112 opens a predetermined number of times (rounds), and the opening time of one round is about 30 seconds, and a maximum of 10 gaming balls PB can be won during this time. That is, when either one of 30 seconds which is a time limit or 10 which is a number limit is satisfied first, the round is ended and the next round is started.

  For this reason, in the special gaming state, more winnings are expected in a shorter period than in the normal gaming state, and a gaming state advantageous to the player can be achieved.

  In addition, as described above, in the liquid crystal display device 200, when a special symbol start winning port 108 is newly won during execution of the symbol variation pattern effect, and when a special symbol start winning port 108 is won during the jackpot process, The number of lighting of the holding lamp 176 increases to a maximum of four according to the number of winnings.

  On the other hand, when the previous symbol variation pattern effect ends or the jackpot process ends, the liquid crystal display device 200 starts a new symbol variation pattern effect to notify the reserved special symbol lottery result. Along with this, one hold lamp 176 is extinguished, and the player is informed of the digestion of the hold.

  By the way, in the pachinko machine 100 according to the present embodiment, a reduced character image or an image of the game ball PB is displayed at a position corresponding to the arrangement position of the nail 123 or the stage 124 provided on the transparent game board 100. By displaying as the pseudo game ball 302, an effect that makes it appear as if the pseudo game ball 302 is rolling between the nails 123 or on the stage 124 is executed (see FIGS. 6 and 7).

  However, as shown in FIG. 5, a path for the game ball PB of the stage 124 is provided between the transparent game board 100 and the liquid crystal display device 200, so that the transparent game board 100 and the liquid crystal display device 200 are connected to each other. It is difficult to place them close to each other.

  For this reason, when the effect of displaying the pseudo game ball 302 as described above is executed, the nails on the transparent game board 100 can be confirmed when viewed from the front, so that it is possible to grasp the pseudo game ball 302, but the gaming machine 10 , The overlapping positions of the liquid crystal display device 200 and the nail 123, the stage 124, etc. on the transparent game board 100 appear to be shifted, and the pseudo game ball 302 displayed on the liquid crystal display device 200 is simply It only appears to float in the background image.

  Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the present embodiment, in the display area of the liquid crystal display device 200, the outer rail 102, the backflow prevention valve 103, the inner rail 104, and the passage provided on the transparent game board 100 are passed. The shadow image S of the game board components such as the gate 118, the windmill 122, the nail 123, and the stage 124 is displayed at a position facing each game board component as indicated by a two-dot chain line 250 in FIG. Thus, even when viewed from an oblique direction, it is possible to grasp that the effect is the use of the pseudo game ball 302. That is, by displaying the shadow image S of each game board component provided on the transparent game board 100, there is a correspondence between the game board composition on the transparent game board 100 and the image displayed in the display area. Become clear.

  Further, in order to make the shadow image stand out more easily, the display image of the entire display area of the liquid crystal display device 200 is displayed darker than usual. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player of the start of a special effect, and it is possible to perform an effect that further increases the expectation.

  Note that the image related to the game board component displayed in the display area of the liquid crystal display device 200 is not necessarily a shadow image as described above, and may be an image such as a nail itself.

  In addition, the pseudo game ball 302 stands by at the discharge port 105 outside the game area 101 at the start of the production, and is also smaller than the area of the display area 201 of the liquid crystal display device 200. Since it is smaller than the size of the symbol 210 displayed as “”, an effect using the pseudo game ball 302 may be overlooked. In particular, in the present embodiment, since most of the game area 101 is the display area 201, there is a possibility that the presence of the pseudo game ball 302 may not be noticed.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, when an effect using the pseudo game ball 302 is executed, an emphasis image 304 in the shape of an arrow that points and highlights the part where the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed is displayed in the game area 101. Before the display effect is started, it is displayed toward the pseudo game ball 302 displayed at the discharge port 105 to notify that some effect image is displayed on the part.

  As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the emphasized image 304 is an arrow of a prominent color that is larger than the game ball PB and different from the surrounding images. Note that the highlighted image 304 is not limited to an arrow, and a balloon or a human hand can be applied.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a message 306 and an emphasized image 304 are displayed in order to inform the player of the content of notification by the pseudo game ball 302.

  Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the tone of an image other than the image to be noticed, such as the pseudo game ball 302, the shadow image S, the arrow 304, and the message 306, is darkened and displayed. .

  The operation of this embodiment will be described below.

  In the game using the pachinko machine 10, when the player operates the launch handle 39, the game balls stored in the ball tray portion 34 of the integrated dish 30 are supplied to the launch device 40 one by one by the ball feeding device. Is fired upward. The launched game ball PB is driven into the game area 101 of the transparent game board 100 along the outer rail 102 and falls in the game area 101 while changing the direction by hitting the game nail. Then, the game ball that has reached the lower end of the game area 101 without winning a prize is collected into the pachinko machine 10 from the out port 124.

  When the game ball PB wins the special symbol start winning slot 108, a special symbol winning / losing lottery process is executed, and the lottery result is obtained in two areas in the lower part of the liquid crystal display device 200. The special symbol is changed in a predetermined pattern, and the special symbol is displayed by a combination of stop symbols that have passed through the changed pattern. Further, along with this display, in almost the entire area of the liquid crystal display device 200, the effect design fluctuates in a predetermined pattern and is stopped and displayed through the variation pattern. In the production image of this production pattern variation pattern, for example, a number of patterns that take various productions and tastes into consideration are prepared, such as display of a winning design after reach, display of a missed design, or display of a missed design without reach. The player receives these effects and observes the lottery result of the special symbol with expectation.

  Here, when the notification of the result of the special drawing lottery is finished, in the case of a big win, a big hit process which is a special gaming state is executed.

  The jackpot process is opened by the attacker 112 for a predetermined number of times (rounds) for a predetermined time. In general, the opening time of one round is about 30 seconds, and during this period, up to 10 game balls are won, or 30 seconds have passed, either of which is satisfied first, the round ends and the next round Migrate to Since this is continued for about 15 rounds, in the special game state, more wins are expected in a shorter period than in the normal game state, and a game state advantageous to the player can be achieved.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the effects of the special symbol lottery and the image display effects performed during the majority of the games such as the jackpot game, the probability variation game, the short-time game, etc. Although there is no shadow image of an object, it is displayed in a display effect mode with a bright display pattern. Apart from the control according to the basic game specifications as described above, the effect control unit 152 provides an effect according to the progress of the game. As one of them, there is a case where an image effect is executed in a display effect mode by displaying the pseudo game ball 302 (see FIG. 6).

  Therefore, in the effect control unit 152, when the image of the pattern shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, the game board constituents generated in advance according to the positions of the game board constituents arranged on the transparent gaming board 100. The shadow image S is displayed on the foreground so as to overlap the background image and the effect image.

  In addition, the tone of an image other than the image to be noticed, such as the pseudo game ball 302, the shadow image S, and the emphasized image 304, is darkened and displayed.

  Further, the effect control unit 152 immediately displays an emphasized image 304 indicating the position at which the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed in order to give a notice that the effect using the pseudo game ball 302 is to be executed before the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed. indicate. The emphasized image 304 is displayed until the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed.

  The effect accompanied with the pseudo sphere effect is performed as a notice before a specific reach effect or a jackpot effect.

  It is also effective to further display an image indicating a message such as “Look at here!” In the vicinity of the display position of the emphasized image 304.

  Further, when the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed thereafter, an emphasized image 304 and a message 306 are displayed in order to inform the player of the content of notification by the pseudo game ball 302 (see FIG. 7). That is, in FIG. 7, the emphasized image 304 indicates the shadow image S of the winning opening 108 as the position where the pseudo game ball 302 should win. A message 306 shown in the figure indicates that the pseudo game ball 302 is a screen for notifying that a big hit has been won if the prize is placed at the position indicated by the arrow-like emphasized image 304.

  Also at this time, the tone of the image other than the image to be noticed such as the pseudo game ball 302, the shadow image S, the arrow 304, and the message 306 is darkened and displayed.

  In addition, as a method of displaying a dark tone, it is possible to prepare background data with a dark tone and display an image based on the background data with a dark tone when the simulated game ball 302 is displayed.

  Also, dark background data can be generated and displayed by changing the gradation value of the pixel data of the normal brightness background data.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of game board components that restrict and guide the flow direction of the game ball PB are provided mainly in the game area 101 on the surface side facing the player, A liquid crystal display device 200 that is arranged at a predetermined interval on the back side of the transparent gaming board 100 made of a light-transmitting material having a transmittance and uses a display area 201 as an area corresponding to the gaming area 101 of the transparent gaming board 100. When the simulated game ball 302 is displayed on the display area 201, the shadow image S of each game board component is displayed at a position facing the game board components provided on the transparent game board 100 on the surface normal. Since the images related to the game board components are displayed, the correspondence between the image display position of the liquid crystal display device 200 and the game board components on the transparent game board 100 can be clearly understood.

  That is, since there is a gap between the transparent game board 100 and the liquid crystal display device 200, the transparent game board 100 and the liquid crystal display device 200 do not appear to overlap each other depending on the angle at which the liquid crystal display device 200 is viewed. It can only be seen as an image. However, by displaying a shadow image of the game board composition on the liquid crystal display device 200, the correspondence relationship between the display area 201 of the liquid crystal display device 200 and the position of the game board composition on the transparent game board 100 is clear. Since it can be grasped, even when an image displayed on the liquid crystal display device is viewed from a position where the transparent gaming board 100 and the liquid crystal display device 200 do not overlap, it can be grasped as an effect image in the entire gaming machine 10, which is unnatural. I don't feel it.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the pseudo game ball 302 moves so that the game ball flows down along the shadow image of the game board composition, in which the positional relationship between the game board composition and the effect image is important. Since the shadow image S is displayed when displaying the image, a natural effect can be realized by clearly grasping the positional relationship when necessary.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, immediately before the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed, the enhanced image 304 for notifying that the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed is displayed. You can prevent it from being overlooked.

  In the present embodiment, the pseudo game ball 302 is an image in which a character appearing in the effect of the gaming machine is made smaller. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, an image of the game ball PB may be used. Good.

  In addition, the notification for giving notice of the execution of the effect using the pseudo game ball 302 is not only the notification based on the display of the emphasized image 304 applied in the present embodiment, but also the reproduction of the sound using the speaker and the notification based on the lighting state of the lamp. In addition to this, display of a notification image, a message, or the like on the image display device can be applied. Furthermore, you may alert | report combining these.

  The configuration of the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment (see FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5) and the effect image (see FIGS. 4, 6, and 7) are examples, and do not depart from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, the range can be changed as appropriate.

It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine concerning an embodiment. It is a front view which shows the transparent game board which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state as which the effect image was displayed on the liquid crystal display device which concerns on embodiment. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 2 which shows the positional relationship of the glass plate, transparent game board, and liquid crystal display device which comprise the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the display state of the liquid crystal display device at the time of the production | presentation execution using the pseudo | simulation game ball which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the display state of the liquid crystal display device at the time of the production | presentation execution using the pseudo | simulation game ball which concerns on embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

PB Game Ball 10 Pachinko Machine 100 Transparent Game Board (Game Board)
101 gaming area 152 effect control unit (display control means)
200 Liquid crystal display device (image display device)
S shadow image 302 pseudo game ball (pseudo sphere image)
304 Enhanced image

Claims (4)

A plurality of game board components for limiting and guiding the flow direction of the game ball mainly in the game area on the surface side facing the player, a game board formed of a light-transmitting material having a predetermined transmittance;
An image display device having a display area disposed on the back side of the game board at a predetermined interval and including an area corresponding to the game area of the game board;
An effect image corresponding to the progress of the game is displayed on the image display device, and the position on the display area of the image display device facing each game board component provided on the game board on the surface normal line, When displaying an image relating to each game board component and displaying the pseudo sphere image moving along the image relating to the game board component, an emphasis image indicating a position where the pseudo sphere image should be won is displayed. Display control means for displaying;
A gaming machine equipped with.   The display control means displays the emphasized image so as to indicate a display position of an image related to a winning opening of a game ball provided on the game board as a position where the pseudo ball image should win. The gaming machine according to claim 1.   The pseudo sphere image is an image showing an object or character other than a game sphere, and the pseudo sphere image may be displayed to cause a motion that is clearly different from the general motion of the game sphere. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or claim 2.   4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the display control means may control to display the pseudo sphere image in a region different from a flow-down region of an actual game ball.

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