JP2008228908A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a player to directly experience expectations by his or her own technological interference on the assumption that the player's active operation leads to expectations of jackpot. <P>SOLUTION: In a pachinko machine 10, a photography direction storage means 200 displays an object which continuously changes its form and holds a photography direction video having a video content in which a pseudo-photography angle of view with the object as a subject follows the change of object form. An operation button 82 receives an instruction via operation input by the player. An achievement determining means 202 acquires the operation input by the player with the operation button 82 while the photography direction video is being displayed to determine whether or not pseudo-photography is successful on the basis of whether or not there is an operation input and whether or not a prescribed condition of achievement has been met. A direction display control means 134 displays direction which suggests a favorable state for the player occurs when it is determined that the pseudo-photography is successful. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique for controlling display contents on a screen of a ball game machine.

Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variation display of the symbols in the display area is not just a variation display of multiple symbols, but the time of variation display in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach variation screen. For example, it is designed to increase the player's expectation such as making it longer than usual.
JP 2003-230714 A

  Here, in order to realize an effect that further improves game play, for example, it is usually common to focus on the character or motif content used for the effect. Many of them are techniques that rarely appear scenes and characters and increase the player's expectation due to the unexpectedness of the appearance. However, if the player does not know the fact that such scenes and characters rarely appear, it does not necessarily lead to an increase in expectation. Therefore, the player is required to have some gaming experience and knowledge about the model. If the player's aggressive operation leads to the jackpot expectation, the player can directly obtain the expectation through his technical intervention. As a game machine developer, we are always looking for a configuration with a high level of technical intervention for players, and from this point of view, the Applicant recalls production technology that can be intuitively enhanced by an unprecedented method. It came.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technology for effect display that increases the expectation of jackpot by technical intervention of a player in a ball game machine.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. A winning lottery means for executing a winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting prize port, A symbol display device for variably displaying a plurality of symbols for indicating the result of the lottery determination, and a pattern storage means for holding a plurality of variation patterns in which modes from variation start to stop in the variation display of the plurality of symbols are defined , A pattern determining means for selecting one of a plurality of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery, and an image of a pseudo shoot using the object as a subject while displaying an object whose form continuously changes. According to any one of a plurality of variation patterns, a shooting effect storage unit that holds a shooting effect image having a video content that follows the object shape change, an operation input unit that receives an instruction through an operation input by a player, and the like A display control means for displaying the symbols on the symbol display device while the symbols are variably displayed on the symbol display device, and when the gaming state satisfies a predetermined shooting start condition, and a video in which the object continuously changes its shape is displayed. An achievement determination for acquiring a player's operation input by the operation input means and determining whether or not the pseudo shooting is successful based on the presence / absence of the operation input and whether or not a predetermined achievement condition is satisfied When a plurality of symbols are stopped in a stop combination mode indicating that the means and the result of the lottery result are winning, it is normal game for the player Includes a special game control means for executing a special game is an advantageous game, a. The display control means displays an effect suggesting that a state advantageous to the player occurs when it is determined that the pseudo photographing has been successful.

  As the “viewing angle of view” here, the image of the shooting frame may be explicitly displayed as a picture showing the angle of view, or the entire display area of the display device may be handled as the angle of view. The “shooting start condition” may be a condition that the pattern determining unit selects a variation pattern in which it is determined that display of an object whose form continuously changes should be started. It may be a condition that is a hit. The “achievement condition” may be a condition that there is an operation input and a reach variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, or a condition that an operation input is actually made at a predetermined timing. Here, the “symbol” may be a “decorative symbol” in the specification, and the “symbol display device” may be a “production display device” in the specification. Further, the “pattern determining means” may be “design determining means” or “effect determining means” in the specification, and the “display control means” may be “effect display control means” in the specification. Good.

  In this aspect, an effect that suggests that an advantageous state such as a jackpot can be obtained by the technical intervention of the player via the operation input means is provided. As a result, it is possible to urge the player to actively perform technical intervention, and to improve the gameability. Further, by adopting a novel and original technique of pseudo-photographing as a means for winning a jackpot, it is possible to further improve the playability. Furthermore, by adopting an intuitive and easy-to-understand production technique such as photography, it is possible to encourage active technical intervention by the player.

  The shooting effect storage means further holds a success photo to be displayed when the pseudo shooting is successful and a failure photo to be displayed when the pseudo shooting is unsuccessful, and the display control means is the pseudo shooting. If it is determined that the shooting has succeeded, it is suggested that a state advantageous to the player will be generated by displaying the success photo, and if it is determined that the pseudo shooting has failed, the failure photo is displayed. Also good. The determination of success or failure here may be determined, for example, based on whether or not an operation input has actually been made at a predetermined timing, or may be randomly determined as an effect which determination result should be made. A “successful photograph” is a photograph in which the shooting conditions such as the angle of view, zoom, focus, and shooting timing are all good, and the subject is drawn in such a manner that such goodness can be visually grasped. . On the other hand, the “failed photograph” is a picture in which the above shooting conditions are not good, and is an image in which a subject is drawn in such a manner that it can be visually recognized that the shooting condition is not good. According to this aspect, the result of the technical intervention can be expressed in a visually comprehensible form such as success or failure of the shooting, and the player can be encouraged to actively engage in technical intervention by such intuitive production. Improvements can be made.

  The pattern storage means displays a shooting effect image, and a state advantageous to the player occurs when the pseudo shooting succeeds in the effect of the reach mode that becomes the winning stop combination mode if one more pattern is aligned. The shooting effect reach fluctuation pattern to be displayed as an effect suggesting that is held as the fluctuation pattern, and the display control means assumes that the shooting start condition is satisfied when the shooting effect reach fluctuation pattern is selected by the pattern determining means. May be displayed on the symbol display device. In this mode, there will be a chance of technical intervention through pseudo shooting together with so-called reach production, which can suggest the possibility of winning jackpots through technical intervention more directly to the player. It is possible to improve the playability by promoting the active technical intervention of the person.

  The display control means further displays the number of shootable times when the shooting effect image is displayed, and the achievement determination means obtains operation inputs for the number of times that the shootable number is the upper limit, and those operation inputs satisfy the achievement condition Whether or not the pseudo-imaging has been successful may be determined based on whether or not. According to this aspect, it is possible to produce the opportunity for the technical intervention for winning the jackpot multiple times, and it is possible to suggest the magnitude of the possibility of winning the jackpot by the large number of times. Promote technical intervention and improve game playability.

  The operation input means distinguishes and detects operation inputs by a plurality of different input methods as operation inputs by the player, and the achievement determination means performs pseudo shooting based on which of the different input methods has been input. It may be determined whether or not is successful. Here, “a plurality of different input methods” may be a plurality of input methods that are recognized based on differences in the strength of operation input and the length of operation input time. For example, it is possible to realize a game that is close to real photography, such as focusing by a weak operation input or a long operation input. According to this aspect, since the success or failure of photography is determined by the difference in operation input, the pseudo photography can be brought closer to the actual photography method, so that further active technical intervention of the player is further promoted. It is possible to improve the performance.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention may be mutually replaced between methods, apparatuses, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, etc. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the ball ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to increase the expectation of jackpot due to the technical intervention of the player.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start port 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expanding mechanism of the start port 62. When the expansion mechanism of the start port 62 is expanded, the opening width of the start port 62 is expanded and the ease of entering the ball is improved. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60. The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery for determining whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. The operation button 82 is a button that the player operates to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the decorative pattern 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three patterns are matched. In the special game, the grand prize winning slot 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. Such opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, a variable shortening game (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games is started. In the variation shortening game, the variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is shorter than usual. The variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is returned to the original variation time after the variation display of a predetermined variation number is performed. When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the special game ends Be started. In the probability variation game, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set base 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game execution unit 122, and an opening / closing control. Means 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 accepts a random number value to determine whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the game ball enters the start port 62. Get as a value. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, the determination result of winning or losing is associated with the winning / losing lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to a success / failure table for determination of success / failure based on a normal probability in normal times, and refers to a success / failure table in which the winning probability is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win. The determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The symbol determination unit 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery unit 112. Moreover, the symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 by lottery. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol or a normal symbol stop symbol, or a pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 selects one of a plurality of variation patterns in accordance with the determination result of the success / failure lottery unit 112. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol and variation pattern to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determination means 114 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. Multiple types of variation patterns have various variation times. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  The symbol determining means 114 acquires a lottery random number for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery random number. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a specific symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the normal electric accessory at the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The holding control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol variation display according to the variation pattern determined by the symbol determination unit 114. The main display control means 118 transmits the change start command and the change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol, so that the main display control means 118 and the effect display are displayed. The fluctuation display by the control means 134 is synchronized and interlocked. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

  The special game control means 120 controls the execution process of the special game when the result of the lottery determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously continued a plurality of times, and is constituted by one or a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. The unit game is repeated up to 15 times, for example, and the grand prize opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. If the number of continuations of the unit game has not reached the upper limit number, the special game control means 120 starts the next unit game after the end of the current unit game. When the upper limit number of unit games is exhausted, the special game is terminated.

  The specific game execution means 122 executes control for shifting the game state from the normal state to the specific game state, and control for returning the specific game state to the normal state. The specific game in the present embodiment has a probability change in which the winning probability of the winning / failing lottery is switched from a normal probability state to a high probability state, and a short time in which the symbol variation time is switched from a normal time to a short time.

  The specific game executing means 122 shifts the gaming state after the special game to the probability changing state when the winning / failing lottery value is a value to be shifted to the probability changing state. The probability variation state is continued until the next jackpot is generated in principle, and during that time, the probability of the hit determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is maintained at a high value. In addition, the specific game executing means 122 shifts the game state to the time-shortened state after the special game regardless of the winning lottery value. The short time is continued until the number of changes in the special symbol after the special game reaches a predetermined number, for example, 100 times.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage unit 130 holds a plurality of variation pattern data in which a variation process from variation start to stop in variation display is defined as a variation pattern of the effect image including the decorative design. The fluctuation pattern displays a pattern for displaying a normal out symbol, a pattern for displaying a symbol out of reach after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a jackpot symbol through a reach state. When the pattern is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Each variation pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 132 selects the variation pattern of the effect image having the same variation time as that of the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols and their arrangement and variation pattern according to the result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, according to the stop symbol of the special symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol. The effect determining unit 132 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a decorative symbol and a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a shift to a special game, three symbols such as “777” and “111” are arranged. A combination is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols are selected as the numbers arranged as the decorative symbols. For example, when the special symbol is “3”, the decorative symbol is “333”. In the case where the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to the special game, and the variation pattern of the special symbol indicating the loss with reach is selected, only one such as “191” or “727” is selected. Select a combination that does not have the same pattern. The effect determining unit 132 sends information about the stop symbol of the decorative symbol and the variation pattern of the effect image to the effect display control unit 134.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image on the effect display device 60 in accordance with the selected variation pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

  In the present embodiment, when the player presses the operation button 82, an effect of taking a pseudo photograph on the screen of the effect display device 60 is executed. Such an effect is executed when the effect determining means 132 selects a predetermined reach fluctuation pattern (hereinafter referred to as “shooting effect reach fluctuation pattern”). The shooting effect reach variation pattern is a variation pattern that displays a shooting effect image and also displays a reach effect that suggests that a jackpot will be generated if pseudo shooting is successful. A plurality of types of patterns are held in the pattern storage unit 130 as shooting effect reach variation patterns. This shooting effect reach variation pattern is a reach variation pattern having a relatively long variation time, and is also a so-called super reach pattern. For example, the shooting effect reach variation pattern is selected at a frequency of about once in 10 out of the design variation with reach.

  The shooting effect storage means 200 holds a shooting effect image that displays an object whose form continuously changes as a subject. The shooting effect video includes video content that allows the pseudo shooting angle of view to follow the change in the shape of the subject object. In the shooting effect video, a subject object whose form always changes is shown in an image frame representing the angle of view. For example, the timing when the subject object takes the optimal posture at the optimal position while the angle of view always moves, or the timing when the zoom or focus of the subject object is optimal while the zoom or focus of the subject object changes constantly It is required to shoot with. The shooting effect storage means 200 further holds a success photo to be displayed when the pseudo shooting is successful and a failure photo to be displayed when the pseudo shooting is unsuccessful. The operation button 82 accepts a shooting instruction by a player's pressing operation. The operation button 82 is a button that can be pressed in two stages of shallow pressing and deep pressing, and detects a plurality of types of pressing operations depending on how the player presses. For example, “half-press”, which is an operation of maintaining a shallow press for a predetermined time or longer, is detected, or “continuous press” in which a short press is repeated in a short time is detected.

  The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display a shooting effect image when the shooting start condition is satisfied. In this embodiment, the shooting start condition is that the shooting effect reach variation pattern is selected by the effect determining unit 132. The player gives a shooting instruction by pressing the operation button 82 while the shooting effect image is displayed. For each of the shooting effect reach fluctuation patterns, a possible number of times of shooting, which is the maximum number of times that a shooting instruction can be given when shooting effects are performed based on the fluctuation pattern, is determined. The number of shootable times is displayed on the screen of the effect display device 60 together with the photographic effect image by the effect display control means 134, and as the number of times increases, the possibility of successful shooting for the player, that is, the expectation of jackpot is higher. Can suggest. The achievement determination unit 202 acquires a shooting instruction for the number of times up to the number of possible shootings determined in the selected shooting effect reach variation pattern. For example, a plurality of automatic continuous shootings may be realized by keeping the player pressing the operation button 82.

  The achievement determining unit 202 acquires a player's shooting instruction input by pressing the operation button 82 while a shooting effect image in which the subject object continuously changes its shape, It is determined whether or not the pseudo imaging has been successful based on whether or not the achievement condition is satisfied. As achievement conditions, for example, it is a condition that a shooting instruction is given at a predetermined optimal shooting timing included in a period during which a shooting effect image is displayed, and that the winning lottery is won. Therefore, if the winning / losing lottery is missed, even if a shooting instruction is given at the optimal shooting timing, it is determined that the pseudo-shooting is unsuccessful. In other words, it is determined that the pseudo shooting is a failure.

  The time length of the optimal shooting timing may be variably set according to the result of the lottery. For example, if the lottery is out of the lottery, the optimal shooting timing is set to a short period so that optimal shooting is difficult, and if the winner is a lottery, the optimal shooting timing is set to a long period so that shooting is easy to succeed. Is done. The shooting effect video is configured to be linked to the setting of the optimal shooting timing, and the video changes before and after the optimal shooting timing is set so that the video content substantially matches the content of the successful photograph. For example, the position of the subject object is changed so that the composition of the subject object fits within the angle of view at the optimal shooting timing, or the perspective and blur are changed so that the zoom and focus on the target object are optimized at the optimal timing of shooting. Become.

  The achievement determination unit 202 not only determines based on whether or not the shooting instruction is given at the optimal shooting timing when determining whether or not the pseudo shooting is successful, but also how the shooting instruction using the operation button 82 is given. Judgment is also made based on whether the input method was correct. For example, the achievement condition may be that the operation button 82 is half-pressed after being pressed halfway, that is, that the button is pressed deeply after being pressed for a certain time or longer. In this case, the full press of the operation button 82 needs to be performed at the optimal shooting timing, but the half-press may be performed before the optimal shooting timing. The content of the achievement condition differs for each shooting effect reach variation pattern, and is defined so that the content of the achievement condition and the content of the shooting effect image are linked. For example, in the shooting effect reach variation pattern in which the half-press is an achievement condition, it is defined that an image in which the focus changes in accordance with the presence or absence of the half-press in the shooting effect image.

  The effect display control means 134 suggests that a state advantageous to the player is generated by displaying the success photo when it is determined that the pseudo shooting has been successful, and that the pseudo shooting has failed. If it is determined, the failed photo is displayed. In the present embodiment, the success photo is displayed only when the winning / losing lottery is won. In this way, the game performance can be improved by encouraging the player's active technical intervention through the effect using the pseudo shooting as a motif.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the start state of the shooting effect image. When the shooting effect reach variation pattern is selected, the effect display control means 134 initially displays the symbol variation of the normal decorative symbol 190 on the screen of the effect display device 60. When the symbol variation reaches the reach mode, the screen is switched to the shooting effect image screen 210. In the shooting effect image screen 210, the symbol variation display of the decorative symbol 190 that has been displayed in the substantially central region is reduced and moved to the symbol display region 212 at the upper left of the screen, and instead the angle of view region 214 is displayed at the center of the screen. Is displayed. A shooting suggestion mark 216 is displayed at the lower left of the screen, and a shooting possible number display 218 is displayed at the lower right of the screen. In the symbol display area 212, the remaining one symbol variation is continued during the production in the reach state. The view angle area 214 is a video area of a pseudo shooting angle of view that schematically represents the shooting range of the camera. An image in which the shape of the subject object 215 changes within the frame of the field angle area 214 is displayed. The state of this figure is an image in which the subject object 215 is located at the right end of the angle of view area 214 and the right side portion of the subject object 215 is missing from the angle of view area 214. Therefore, even if shooting is performed at the timing of this state, it means that shooting fails because the subject is not in the optimum position.

  In this example, only one person becomes the subject object 215, but there may be a plurality of subject objects 215. In that case, all of the subject objects 215 are required to be photographed in an optimal state. The subject object 215 may be not only a person but also a moving object such as an animal, a car, or an aircraft.

  The number of shootable times display 218 is the number of shootable times in this shooting effect reach fluctuation pattern, and means that three times of shootings are allowed in the example of this figure. The shooting suggestion mark 216 is a mark for suggesting that the currently displayed variation pattern is a shooting effect reach variation pattern and prompting the player to press the operation button 82 to instruct shooting. In the example of this figure, the shooting suggestion mark 216 is displayed while the shooting effect image is displayed regardless of whether or not the current timing is the shooting optimum timing. In the modification, a method of displaying the shooting suggestion mark 216 only when the optimal shooting timing is reached may be employed. In that case, the player may press the operation button 82 in anticipation of the timing when the shooting suggestion mark 216 is displayed.

  FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of a shooting effect image at the shooting optimal timing. In the state of this figure, a video in which the face of the subject object 215 is located at the approximate center of the angle-of-view area 214 is displayed as the video content at the moment when the optimal shooting timing is reached. If the player presses the operation button 82 at this timing, it means that the shooting is instructed at least at the optimal shooting timing, and it is determined that shooting is successful depending on the result of the lottery. When the player presses the operation button 82 once, the remaining number of shootable times displayed in the shootable number display 218 is decreased by one.

  FIG. 6 schematically shows an example of a screen on which a success photo is displayed. When the operation button 82 is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 5 to give a shooting instruction, and the winning lottery is won, the screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. On the shooting effect image screen 210, the success photograph 220 is displayed together with the characters “success!”. The success photograph 220 is an image of a photograph in which the subject object 215 in the state shown in FIG. 5 is contained in a single sheet with optimal shooting conditions such as composition, posture, zoom, and focus. When the success photo 220 is displayed, since the winning / losing lottery is a win, the symbol combination of the decorative symbols 190 is stopped and displayed in the symbol display area 212 in a stop symbol form indicating a win.

  FIG. 7 schematically shows an example of a screen on which a failure photo is displayed. For example, when the player fails to press the operation button 82 in the state of FIG. 5 and gives a shooting instruction with a delay in timing, a failure photo 222 as shown in this figure is displayed together with the characters “failure !!”. The The failure photograph 222 is a photograph in which the subject object 215 has already moved significantly and protrudes to the left side of the angle-of-view area 214 and only a part of the right side of the subject object 215 is accommodated. When the winning / losing lottery is missed, the symbol combination of the decorative symbols 190 is stopped and displayed in the symbol pattern showing the disengagement in the symbol display area 212. With this failure photo 222, the player can intuitively grasp that the shooting has failed and that he has also missed the jackpot. Even if the winning lottery is a win, if the player does not press the operation button 82 at the optimum shooting timing, the failure photo 222 is displayed as in the case of this figure because the shooting has failed. However, in this case, the symbol display area 212 is temporarily stopped in the off-stop symbol form, and then the symbol is changed through the effect of changing the symbol again and displaying the winning stop symbol form. May be. Further, in this figure, the photograph in which the subject protrudes from the angle of view is illustrated as the failed photograph 222, but a photograph with an unfavorable zoom or focus may be displayed as another failed photograph.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when the game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (N in S12), control processing for normal games such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if a special game is in progress (Y in S12), control processing for special game is executed (S16), from S10 to S16 In step S18, prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In this success / failure determination process, any variation pattern is selected from a plurality of variation patterns including the shooting effect reach variation pattern. In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives this command changes the effect image according to the change pattern data. Display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the symbol variation display process in S40 of FIG. If the selected variation pattern is a shooting effect reach variation pattern, the process proceeds to S46 (Y in S42), and if it is any other variation pattern (N in S42), the normal symbol variation process is executed. All remaining flows are skipped (S44). Details of S44 are omitted. When the shooting effect reach variation pattern is selected, an image of design variation is first displayed (S45), and when the reach display timing is reached (Y of S46), the screen is switched to the screen of FIG. At the same time, the display of the shooting effect image screen 210 is started (S48). When it is not reach timing, S48 is skipped (N of S46). After the display of the shooting effect image screen 210 is started (S50), the shooting effect image is displayed (S52), and if there is a shooting instruction by the player pressing the operation button 82 (Y of S54), the shooting instruction is displayed. As an aspect, the instruction timing, whether shallow pressing or deep pressing is recorded (S56), and if there is no shooting instruction, S56 is skipped (N in S54). When the predetermined shooting determination timing is reached after the optimal shooting timing (Y in S58), the achievement determination unit 202 refers to the recording of the shooting instruction mode and determines whether the achievement condition is satisfied based on the result of the lottery determination. Determine (S60). If it is not the timing of the achievement determination, S60 is skipped (N in S58). When the symbol variation stop timing is reached (Y in S62), when the achievement condition is satisfied (Y in S64), the success photograph 220 is displayed (S66), and when the achievement condition is not satisfied (in S64) N) The failure photo 222 is displayed (S68). If the symbol variation stop timing has not been reached (N in S62), the processing of S64 to S68 is skipped. Further, in S50, if the display of the shooting effect image screen 210 is not started, the processing after S52 is skipped (N in S50).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail S16 in FIG. First, if the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special prize opening 66 (S74). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). When the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

  If the number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after closing the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). If the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S90).

(Second embodiment)
In the first embodiment, the configuration, processing, and operation related to the effect of pseudo shooting are described. However, in order to adopt the same effect in the second embodiment, the basic configuration, processing, and operation are the same as those in the first embodiment. Common. However, in contrast to the first embodiment, in the first embodiment, the pseudo shooting effect is adopted as the effect in the symbol variation display, whereas in this embodiment, the pseudo shooting effect is adopted as the jackpot effect. . Hereinafter, the difference from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the description of the common points will be omitted.

  In the present embodiment, a pseudo shooting effect is executed in the jackpot effect during the special game, and it is suggested whether or not to shift to the probability variation state. If the pseudo shooting is successful, a success photo 220 is displayed as shown in FIG. 6, and the process shifts to probability fluctuation after the end of the special game. The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of shooting effect patterns in which the effect process during the special game is defined. In the shooting effect pattern, a shooting effect image screen 210 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is displayed as a jackpot effect, and an effect process for encouraging the player to perform pseudo shooting is defined. While viewing the shooting effect image, the player presses the operation button 82 to instruct the shooting at the optimal shooting timing. The achievement condition in the present embodiment is that there is a photographing instruction by pressing the operation button 82 at the optimum photographing timing, and that the lottery value for success / failure is a value that should be shifted to a certain change state. Also in the present embodiment, the playability can be improved by encouraging player's active technical intervention through the effect of using pseudo-shooting as a motif. It should be noted that the effect of pseudo shooting may be executed during a unit game included in the special game, or may be executed in a demonstration screen display displayed before and after the special game.

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine has been mainly described as an example, but it is naturally not limited to such a model, and a plurality of first type pachinko gaming machines are combined. It is realized by the symbol variation display in other types of pachinko gaming machines with display devices and operation buttons, such as a model that combines the first kind pachinko gaming machine and the second kind pachinko gaming machine. Also good.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration in which the result is displayed by displaying the success photograph 220 or the failure photograph 222 as a result of the pseudo photographing has been described. In the modification, the result of shooting may be suggested in a format that does not use the success photo 220 or the failure photo 222, or the success photo 220 or the failure photo 222 is displayed in a format such as a photo album or a slide show. The results may be suggested. If there are multiple shooting instructions, all the photos may be displayed side by side in an album format. In that case, the player may select one from a plurality of displayed photos, and may execute an effect of determining whether the shooting is correct or not based on the quality of the selected photos.

  In the first embodiment, an example has been described in which a pseudo shooting effect is displayed after reaching the reach mode, and the symbol is stopped in a mode that indicates a jackpot when shooting is successful. In a modified example, the configuration may be a reach mode only when the pseudo-imaging is successful. The achievement condition in that case may be a condition that a photographing instruction is given at the optimum photographing timing and that it is determined that a reach should be displayed by lottery.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. An example of a start state of a shooting effect image is schematically shown. An example of a shooting effect image at the shooting optimal timing is schematically shown. An example of a screen on which a success photo is displayed is schematically shown. An example of a screen on which a failed photo is displayed is schematically shown. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the fluctuation | variation display process in S40 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows S16 in FIG. 8 in detail.

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  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 effect display devices, 82 operation buttons, 100 game control devices, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 190 decorative symbols, 200 shooting effects Storage means, 202 achievement determination means, 210 shooting effect video screen, 212 symbol display area, 214 angle of view area, 215 subject object, 216 shooting suggestion mark, 218 possible number of shots displayed, 220 successful photograph, 222 failed photograph.

Claims (5)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A special prize which is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area and is advantageous to a player over a normal game, with a starting prize opening for entering a game ball as a trigger for a lottery, and entering into the starting prize opening A success / failure lottery means for executing a success / failure lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a game;
A symbol display device for variably displaying a plurality of symbols for indicating the result of the success / failure lottery;
Pattern storage means for holding a plurality of variation patterns in which modes from variation start to stop in the variation display of the plurality of symbols are defined;
Pattern determining means for selecting one of the plurality of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery;
A shooting effect storage means for displaying a shooting effect video having a video content that displays an object whose form continuously changes and makes the object subject to a pseudo shooting angle of view follow the change in the shape of the object;
An operation input means for receiving an instruction via an operation input by a player;
Display control for displaying the symbols on the symbol display device according to any of the plurality of variation patterns, and for displaying the shooting effect image on the symbol display device when the gaming state satisfies a predetermined shooting start condition. Means,
While the video in which the object continuously changes its shape is displayed, the player's operation input by the operation input means is acquired, and the simulation is performed based on the presence / absence of the operation input and whether a predetermined achievement condition is satisfied. An achievement determination means for determining whether or not a successful shooting is successful,
Special game control means for executing a special game which is a game advantageous to a player over a normal game when the plurality of symbols are stopped in a stop combination mode indicating that the result of the winning / failing lottery is a win With
The bullet ball game machine characterized in that the display control means displays an effect suggesting that a state advantageous to the player occurs when it is determined that the pseudo shooting is successful. The shooting effect storage means further holds a success photo to be displayed when the pseudo shooting is successful and a failure photo to be displayed when the pseudo shooting has failed,
If it is determined that the pseudo shooting is successful, the display control means suggests that a state advantageous to the player is generated by displaying the success photo, and the pseudo shooting has failed. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the failure photo is displayed when it is determined that the failure has occurred. The pattern storage means displays the shooting effect image and is advantageous for the player when the pseudo shooting is successful in the reach mode which is a combination of stop combinations when another pattern is aligned. A shooting effect reach variation pattern to be displayed as an effect suggesting that the
The display control means causes the symbol display device to display the shooting effect video on the assumption that the shooting start condition is satisfied when the shooting effect reach variation pattern is selected by the pattern determination unit. A bullet ball game machine according to 1 or 2. The display control means further displays the number of possible shots when displaying the shooting effect image,
The achievement determination means obtains the number of operation inputs up to the maximum number of times that the image can be taken, and whether or not the pseudo image acquisition has succeeded based on whether or not those operation inputs satisfy the achievement condition. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is determined. The operation input means distinguishes and detects an operation input by a plurality of different input methods as an operation input by a player,
The said achievement determination means determines whether the said pseudo | simulation imaging | photography succeeded based on which operation input was among the different input methods, The one in any one of Claim 1 to 4 characterized by the above-mentioned. Ball game machine.

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