JP2012071061A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of changing the appearance rates of various kinds of performances in various situations in one data table in changing the appearance rates of the various kinds of performances according to the situations when selecting a kind of the performance of a game by drawing.SOLUTION: A fixed value is selected on the basis of a prescribed condition from a plurality of stored fixed values. By adding an acquired random number value to the selected fixed value, a comparison value is calculated. One data table in which the plurality of kinds of the performances of the game and the range of the comparison values corresponding to the plurality of kinds of the performance of the game, respectively, are registered is used. On the basis of the data table, the kind of the performance of the game corresponding to the range of the comparison value including the calculated comparison value is selected.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that is installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

As a general pachinko game machine, what is called a digipachi is known.
In a pachinko game machine called a digipachi, a start winning opening is provided in a game area formed on a game board surface into which a game ball is driven and flows down, and the game ball starts and wins at the start winning opening. In the internal control device, a lottery of big hits and misses (which may include small wins) is performed, and when a big hit is made in the lottery, the attacker provided in the game area is released and game balls can be awarded to the attacker A big hit state occurs.

The jackpots generally include a normal jackpot, a probable bonus jackpot, a sudden hit jackpot, a latent jackpot jackpot, and the like, and a lottery for determining the type of jackpot in the case of a jackpot is performed along with a lottery for determining the jackpot and losing.
Further, when a predetermined start condition of the variable display game is satisfied, a lot of types of jackpots and off-site lotteries are performed in the control device, and any one of the types of jackpots is displayed on the special figure display and the effect display device (variable display device). Alternatively, a variable display game for notifying the same lottery result that is out of play is performed simultaneously. Immediately before the end of this variable display game, various jackpots or losses are displayed as one special symbol (hereinafter abbreviated as a special symbol) as identification information or a combination of a plurality of decorative symbols.

  In the above-described probability variation jackpot, sudden probability jackpot, latent probability jackpot, etc., a probability variation state (probability variation state) occurs after the jackpot state, and the probability that the jackpot will be larger than normal is high, and the so-called electric channel ( The normal variation winning device) is in an electric support state (short time state) in which it is easy to open, and the game ball easily flows into the starting winning opening.

  When the variable display game is started, a symbol lottery for selecting a special symbol (special symbol) displayed in a stopped state immediately before the variable display game ends is performed after the jackpot lottery. When the display result of the variable display game is a jackpot, for example, if the special figure displayed in the stopped state is a special figure for a probable change big jackpot, the special big jackpot is a special jackpot for a special jackpot special figure.

In addition, when the variation display game is started, an effect lottery is performed in which a variation pattern as a variation display method of the variation display game is determined by lottery.
For example, since the variation pattern in the case of jackpot is always reach, it is determined whether it is a short normal reach effect or a long super reach effect. Further, in the variation pattern in the case of a loss, it is determined by the effect lottery whether it is a loss production that does not reach, a normal reach production that is out of reach, or a super reach production that is out of reach.

  In this effect lottery, a variation pattern data table in which a plurality of variation patterns is registered is used. In this data table, for example, a variation pattern and a range of determination values for lottery are associated with each other. Using this data table, a variation pattern associated with a range of determination values including the same determination value as the value of the effect random number acquired for effect lottery is selected.

This variation pattern includes the variation time of the variation display game. The variation display game generally includes a state in which the decorative symbols are variably displayed, and a state in which all the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed in order to display the result of the variation display game of winning and losing after the end of the variation display. The variation pattern includes data of the variation display time in which the above-described variation display state is achieved.
For example, a short fluctuation display time is set for a fluctuation pattern that does not reach reach, and a long fluctuation display time is set for a fluctuation pattern that becomes premium reach.

  In addition, in Digipachi, a variable display game cannot be started anew in a state where a variable display game is currently being played or in a jackpot state in which an attacker is released. When a game ball wins a winning opening, the start of the variable display game is put on hold. At this time, the variable display game can be held as many as the upper limit. For example, up to four variable display games can be held.

  Therefore, in a state where the variable display game is held to the upper limit, it is determined that four variable display games that are the upper limit are started after the current variable display game ends. Further, when the game ball is won at the start winning opening while the held variable display game is being digested, the number of hold of the variable display game is increased again. That is, when the game ball wins at the start winning opening, the number of holdings of the variable display game increases by one, and when the variable display game starts, the number of holdings decreases by one.

When the upper limit is set to 4, the number of suspensions of the variable display game varies from 0 to 4. In digipachi, it is a big game element to show the player a variable display game, but the number of holds is 0, and the winning rate per hour of the game ball to the start winning opening is low,
If the state where the game ball does not win at the start winning opening continues, the variable display game is not started, and the game becomes boring for the player. As a method for preventing the occurrence of such a state where the variable display game is not performed, it is conceivable to lengthen the variable display time of the variable display game.

  However, in this case, when the winning rate of the game ball per hour to the start winning opening becomes high due to adjustment of the launching force of the game ball, etc., the upper limit of the variable display game holding number is 4 In this state, the number of game balls won at the start winning opening increases, and even if the game ball wins at the start winning opening, it does not lead to the start of the variable display game, and the player may be dissatisfied. In addition, the display time of the variable display game per hour is reduced by increasing the variable display time of the variable display game, and even with the same jackpot probability, the number of display of the variable display game is reduced so that the jackpot per hour is reduced. The number of occurrences may decrease and the player may be dissatisfied.

  Therefore, the variable display time of the variable display game is changed depending on the number of suspensions when the variable display game is started. That is, the variable display time is lengthened when the number of holds is small, and the variable display time is shortened when the number of holds is large. In addition to changing the change pattern, for example, the change display time is changed by changing the change display time in the change pattern of the change display time that is common in the out of place change display game.

  In addition, since the probability of winning a big hit is low, it is usually a state in which a variable display game that is out of play is being played continuously, and it is out of reach with a variable display game that is out of reach without becoming reach A variable display game is being played, but when the number of holds is small, the occurrence rate of reach where the variable display time is long is increased, while the incidence of reach when the number of holds is large is reduced Yes.

In this case, since the occurrence rate of the reach is changed, it is necessary to change the appearance rate of the fluctuation pattern that becomes reach and the fluctuation pattern that does not reach, and the fluctuation pattern data table for selecting the fluctuation pattern is changed. It must be changed according to the number of holds.
In other words, it is necessary to have as many data tables of variation patterns for outlier variation display games as the number corresponding to the upper limit of the number of holds.

This data table is, for example, as shown in FIG. The production random number used for production lottery takes a value from 0 to 19999. Correspondingly, the determination value of the variation pattern also takes a value from 0 to 19999.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, the variation pattern is divided into a reach variation pattern that reaches reach and a normal variation pattern that does not reach. These data tables are data tables of variation patterns when the results of the variation display game are out of sync.

  In order to change the reach rate due to the difference in the number of holds, in the case of the number of holds 1, 9000 judgment values from 0 to 8999 are assigned to reach fluctuations, and 11000 judgment values from 9000 to 19999 are normal. Assigned to fluctuations. In the holding number 2, 7000 judgment values from 0 to 6999 are assigned to reach fluctuations, and 13000 judgment values from 7000 to 19999 are assigned to normal fluctuations. In the hold number 3, 5000 judgment values from 0 to 4999 are assigned to reach fluctuations, and 15000 judgment values from 5000 to 19999 are assigned to normal fluctuations. In the holding number 4, 3000 judgment values from 0 to 2999 are assigned to reach fluctuations, and 17000 judgment values from 3000 to 19999 are assigned to normal fluctuations.

  The value of the effect random number acquired when the game ball is won at the start winning opening at the start of the variable display game is compared with the data table corresponding to the number of holds at that time. Note that the process of determining the variation pattern is performed immediately before the start of the variation display game. Therefore, the number of holdings assigned to the data table of each variation pattern is the stage before the number of holdings is reduced by 1 at the start of the variation display game. If the number of suspensions is 0, there is no variation display game to be started. is there. When the hold number is 1, there is a variable display game to be started, and when the variable display game is started, the hold number is decreased by 1 and becomes 0. When the number of holds is 2 to 4, there is a variable display game to be started, and when the variable display game is started, each hold number is decremented by 1 to 1 to 3. Therefore, there is no case where the number of holds is 0 in the data table.

In reality, there are a plurality of types of reach variation patterns and normal variation patterns, and the range of determination values of the reach variation pattern and the range of determination values of the normal variation pattern described above are further classified for each type of variation pattern. It is divided into.
There are many types of reach variation patterns, and the reach variation patterns may be classified hierarchically, and lottery may be performed in two or three stages to finally determine the variation pattern.

In addition, it is proposed that when one reach variation pattern is selected from a plurality of reach variation patterns, the range of determination values corresponding to each reach variation pattern type varies depending on the number of variation display games held. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). This makes it possible to change the appearance rate of each type of reach variation pattern depending on the number of holds.
In addition, there may be a case where, for example, a continuous notice effect in which a big hit is announced is performed during a continuously variable display game corresponding to the current number of holds. For example, when the number of holdings is 2, the continuous notice effect is continuously performed twice at the maximum, when the number of holdings is 3, it is continuously performed three times at the maximum, and when the number of holdings is 4. Is performed four times at maximum.

  In this case, when performing using the data table in which the lottery determination value for the number of continuous notification effects corresponding to the number of holdings is registered, the data table in which the number of continuous times selected is equal to or less than the number of holdings depending on the number of holdings. It has been proposed to use (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2009-61222 A JP 2003-340047 A

  By the way, in the lottery of the variation pattern of the variation display game, for example, the same number of determination value data tables as the upper limit of the number of holds is required. Since it is necessary to prepare and store different data tables for each lot in one lottery, there is a problem that the data capacity increases.

  In the main control device of a pachinko gaming machine, the data capacity of a ROM that stores programs and data used in the program is limited, and in the development of a pachinko gaming machine, the data capacity of the ROM may be insufficient. In that case, an increase in the number of data tables may be a problem. In other words, in the development of pachinko machines, the main controller is limited in its hardware configuration, and in particular the ROM data capacity is limited, so new programs and data that were not available in the past in pachinko machine development were added. In such a case, it is often necessary to reduce the data capacity in other parts.

For this reason, a reduction in data capacity is also required for data and programs that are generally used in each pachinko gaming machine.
In the development of the data table of the fluctuation pattern, for example, the period during which the game of the pachinko gaming machine changes and the fluctuation display game is not started depending on the ratio between the reach fluctuation and the normal fluctuation. Whether or not can be shortened is determined to some extent.
In addition, the interest of the player is greatly influenced by the appearance rate of premium reach as the type of reach variation pattern.

  In addition, for example, in a data table that is a list of numbers, if an error occurs at the time of development, there is a possibility that the game will be greatly affected, and it is necessary to check carefully. Therefore, in the development of pachinko machines, it is necessary to consider various factors in creating the data table, which takes time and effort.If the number of data tables increases, the development period becomes longer and the development cost increases. It becomes a factor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when selecting the type of game effect by lottery, when changing the appearance rate of each type of effect depending on the situation, lottery is performed for each situation. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can change the appearance rate of each type of effect in each situation with one data table without creating a data table for determination values.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the gaming machine according to claim 1 selects a type of game effect to be executed by lottery using a random number from a plurality of game effect types, and selects a game effect to be executed. A gaming machine that produces
Random number acquisition means for acquiring a random value that becomes one of the numerical values within a predetermined range;
Fixed value storage means for storing a plurality of fixed values so as to be individually selectable in accordance with a predetermined selection condition relating to the game;
A fixed value is selected from a plurality of the fixed values stored in the fixed value storage means based on the predetermined selection condition, and the random value acquired by the random number acquisition means is added to the selected fixed value A comparison value calculation means for calculating a comparison value by
A data table storage means for storing a data table in which a plurality of types of the game effects and a range of the comparison values associated with the plurality of game effect types are registered;
Game effect selection for selecting a type of game effect corresponding to the range of the comparison value including the comparison value calculated by the comparison value calculation means based on the data table stored in the data table storage means Means and
The game effect selecting means selects the type of game effect using the same data table even if the fixed value added to the comparison value is different.

In the first aspect of the present invention, a data table is used in which a type of game effect and a range of comparison values obtained by adding one selected fixed value from a plurality of fixed values to a random value are used.
Even if the same random number is extracted, the comparison value differs depending on the fixed value to be added. For example, when the random value is 1000, as the fixed value to be added, for example, when the fixed value a is 0, the fixed value b is 1500, and the fixed value c3000, the comparison value is 1000 depending on the fixed value to be added. 2500, 4000.

  Here, when the relationship between the range of the judgment value of the data table and the type of effect corresponds to the effect A from 0 to 3999 and the effect B from 4000 to 7999, even if the same random value, When a or fixed value b is selected, effect A is selected, and when fixed value c is selected, effect B is selected.

If the range of random values is from 0 to 4999, the range of comparison values for the fixed value a is 0 to 4999, which is the same as the random number value, and the range of comparison values for the fixed value b is 1500 to 6499. Thus, the range of the comparison value in the case of the fixed value c is 3000 to 7999.
In this case, since the boundary of the range of the comparison value between effect A and effect B is between 3999 and 4000, the number of comparison values for effect A is 4000 when effect is fixed value a, resulting in effect B. The number of comparison values is 1000, and the ratio between the appearance of production A and the appearance of production B is 4: 1.

In addition, the number of comparison values to be effect A in the case of fixed value b is 2500, the number of comparison values to be effect B is 2500, and the ratio between the appearance of effect A and the appearance of effect B is 1 to 1.
In addition, the number of comparison values to be the effect A in the case of the fixed value c is 1000, the number of comparison values to be the effect B is 4000, and the ratio between the appearance of the effect A and the appearance of the effect B is It becomes 1: 4.
Therefore, the appearance rate of each type of effect can be changed by selecting different fixed values depending on the situation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is the variable display as the game according to the first aspect, in which the symbols are variably displayed and then stopped, and the winning and losing notifications are given according to the stopped and displayed aspects of the symbols. A display device for displaying the game;
Winning lottery means for determining the winning and losing of the variable display game by lottery;
In the case where the variation display game is out of play, there may be a case in which the time during which the variation is displayed in the middle of the variation display game becomes longer and the time during which the symbol variation display is performed is longer than that in the middle of the intermediate display confirmation effect. A variable display game control means for displaying a variable display game on the display device in accordance with any kind of effect such as a reach effect that is likely to be hit before the display of the symbol of the variable display game immediately before stop display; ,
Display condition determining means for enabling display of the variable display game based on establishment of a predetermined display condition of the variable display game;
Start condition determining means for starting the variable display game enabled to be displayed by the display condition determining means based on establishment of a predetermined variable display game start condition;
The display condition determination within the range of a numerical value that is a predetermined upper limit for the number of holdings that is the number of the variable display games that can be displayed by the display condition determination unit and has not yet been started by the start condition determination unit. 1 is added when the variable display game can be displayed by the means, and 1 is subtracted when the variable display game is started by the start condition determining means.
The fixed value storage means sets each value of the hold number calculated by the hold number calculation means as the predetermined selection condition, stores the fixed value corresponding to each value of the hold number, and stores the fixed value. The fixed value to be made larger as the value of the holding number corresponding to the fixed value increases,
The comparison value calculation means calculates the comparison value by selecting the fixed value corresponding to the hold number value using the hold number value calculated by the hold number calculation means as the selection condition,
The data table storage means sets a numerical range as a new upper limit by adding a maximum fixed value to a numerical value that is an upper limit of a numerical range that becomes the random number value, and a numerical range of the entire comparison value, and Compared to the numerical value range of the entire comparison value, the smaller value side of the set threshold is used as a comparison value range corresponding to the reach effect, and the larger value side is a comparison corresponding to the halfway confirmed effect. Store the data table as a range of values,
The game effect selection means determines whether the effect type corresponding to the range of the comparison value in the data table including the comparison value calculated by the comparison value calculation means is the halfway confirmed effect or the reach effect. Select
The variable display game control means displays the variable display game on the display device on the basis of the type of effect selected by the game effect selection means among the midway determination effect and the reach effect. And

In the second aspect of the present invention, the number of on-holds is selected when selecting a midway determination effect and a reach effect by lottery using a random number and a determination value data table of a variation pattern of a variation display game that is out of place. A fixed value to be added to the random value is selected according to the value of. At this time, a larger fixed value is selected as the value of the number of holds increases.
Accordingly, the range taken by the comparison value becomes a larger value range as the number of reservations increases.

  In the data table, the upper limit of the comparison value range is a value obtained by adding the maximum fixed value to the maximum random value. In the data table, the range of comparison values in which the midway determination effect is selected and the range of comparison values in which the reach effect is selected are divided into values that are larger or smaller than one threshold value. That is, when the comparison value is smaller than the threshold value, the reach effect is selected, and when the comparison value is larger than the threshold value, the deviation confirmed effect is selected. When the threshold is set to one integer, the threshold belongs to one of the comparison value ranges divided by the threshold. Also, if the threshold is set between an integer and an integer one higher than that, an integer below the threshold becomes a halfway confirmed effect as described above, and an integer above the threshold becomes a reach effect.

As described above, the range of the comparison value becomes a larger value range as the value of the number of holdings becomes larger. Therefore, when the value of the number of holdings is 1, the number of comparison values smaller than the threshold value increases and the ratio becomes a reach effect. Is the largest.
When the value of the number of holds is the upper limit, the number of comparison values smaller than the threshold value is the smallest, and the ratio of reaching the reach effect is the smallest.

In other words, as in the conventional case where a data table is created for each value of the number of holdings, even if there is only one data table, the higher the number of holdings, the lower the rate at which reach effects appear. .
As a result, the data capacity can be reduced by reducing the number of data tables to one as compared with the case where the number of data tables is conventionally created and stored as many as the number of pending.

As a result, even if the ROM data capacity of the main control unit of the pachinko gaming machine is limited, the reduced data capacity can be transferred to other programs and data by reducing the number of data tables described above. become. Therefore, it becomes easy to create a program and data for the main control unit.
Further, in the development of new models of pachinko machines, the number of data tables can be reduced to shorten the development period and development cost required for data table creation and debugging.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while reducing the data capacity required for selection by the lottery of the kind of production in a pachinko game machine, it can aim at shortening of a development period and reduction of development cost.

It is a front view which shows the game area | region on the game board of the pachinko game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the control person of the said pachinko game machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the data table for determining the fluctuation | variation pattern of the fluctuation | variation display game of the deviation in the said pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the variation pattern determination process performed in the main control part of the said pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the data table for determining the fluctuation | variation pattern of the fluctuation | variation display game of a deviation in the conventional pachinko game machine.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine according to this embodiment has a basic configuration as a so-called “digipachi” type pachinko gaming machine.
In the game area 2 on the board surface of the game board 1, a variable display device (display device) 3 is provided at a substantially central portion thereof. The variable display device 3 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and displays various lottery results of lottery and losing lottery performed by a main controller 14 described later functioning as a winning lottery means. When displaying, a variation display game of decorative symbols is displayed, and the above lottery result is notified by a jackpot and a miss of the variation display game.

In the lower part of the game area 2, a special figure display 4 is provided. The special figure indicator 4 is composed of, for example, a 7-segment LED display device. The special-purpose display device 4 does not have to be a 7-segment display device capable of displaying numbers, for example, it may be one in which segments of an arbitrary shape of about 6 to 8 are arranged at arbitrary positions, It is only necessary that the lighting and extinguishing of each segment can be individually controlled. The special figure display 4 stops and displays the special figure (lottery result display) after the fluctuation display (a part of the segments blinks) for the above-described fluctuation display time.
Here, the special figure variation display game in which the special figure is stopped and displayed after the blinking display of the special figure display 4 is referred to as a special figure game.

Immediately below the variable display device 3, there is provided an ordinary variable winning device 5 called a so-called electric chew provided with a start winning port 52.
The normal variation winning device 5 includes a pair of movable pieces 51 and 51 that can be opened and closed, and the movable pieces 51 and 51 are closed so that it is relatively difficult for a game ball to win a winning prize opening 52 ( The movable pieces 51 and 51 are opened (opened state) so that the game ball is easier to win than the closed state.

  The start winning opening 52 is provided with a start winning ball detection sensor 53 (shown in FIG. 2) for detecting the winning of a game ball, and the start winning ball detection sensor 53 performs a lottery to determine various big wins and deviations. A start winning signal is output to the main control device 14 that functions as a winning lottery means when a game ball wins the start winning opening 52. The main control device 14 performs a lottery to determine each jackpot and miss of the special figure game (variable display game) based on the input of the start winning signal (establishment of predetermined display conditions of the variable display game). That is, it is assumed that the main control device 14 satisfies the display condition as a condition for performing the variable display game by inputting the start winning signal as the display condition determining means.

  The variable display device 3 is provided with a special figure reservation number display area 31 in which a special figure reservation number, which will be described later, is displayed at the peripheral portion of the screen. In the main controller 14, when a start winning signal is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 53, 1 is added to the special figure holding number within a range of an upper limit (for example, 4), and the special control is based on the start winning. When the figure game and the variable display game are started, 1 is subtracted from the special figure holding number. This special figure hold number is displayed in the special figure hold number display area 31 as the number of marks. Here, the main controller 14 functions as a hold number calculating means for calculating the hold number.

  Further, a special variable winning device 6 having a big winning opening 61 is provided below the variable display device 3 and further below the normal variable winning device 5. The special variable winning device 6 has a structure as a so-called attacker, and is provided with a movable door 62 that opens and closes a large winning opening 61. In a normal game state, the movable door 62 wins a game ball. It is in a closed state where it stands and closes so that it does not flow into the mouth 61, and when the result of the special game is a big hit, it is in an open state in which it is tilted forward and opened so that game balls can easily flow. The special variation winning device 6 is provided with a big winning ball detection sensor 63 for detecting a game ball won in the big winning opening 61.

  On the left side of the variable display device 3, a normal symbol (abbreviated as “normal”) starting port (through chucker) 7 is provided. Further, a passing ball detection sensor 71 for detecting a game ball that passes through the inside of the general map start port 7 is provided corresponding to the normal start port 7, and when the passing ball detection sensor 71 detects a game ball, the main control device 14 To output a passing ball detection signal. Based on the input of the passing ball detection signal, the main control device 14 performs a general drawing lottery for drawing the winning when the normal variation winning device 5 is opened and the losing that keeps the normal variation winning device 5 closed. Do. The result of this general map lottery is notified by displaying a general variable display game (hereinafter, general map game) on the general map display device 8. Under the above-mentioned general map display device 8, a general map hold number display lamp 9 is provided, and the required general map hold number is displayed in the same manner as the special map hold number.

  As described above, when the normal game is won, the normal variation winning device 5 is opened, and the winning rate of the game balls to the normal variation winning device 5 (start winning prize opening) is increased, and the special game is started. Opportunities are increasing. In addition, on the left side of the game area 2, a plurality of general winning ports 10, 10 are provided. Further, a general winning ball detection sensor 11 for detecting a game ball won in the general winning ports 10, 10 is provided corresponding to the general winning ports 10, 10, respectively.

  In addition, at the lowermost end portion of the game area 2 below the special variable prize winning device 6, an out port 12 that discharges a game ball that has not won any prize port to the back of the game board 1 outside the game area 2. Is provided. Further, on the front surface of the game board 1, there are provided flow-down regulation changing members such as a game nail 81 (only part of which is shown) and a windmill (not shown) which regulate the flow-down direction of the game ball and change the flow-down direction. .

  Next, the control system of the pachinko gaming machine of this example will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. The control system of the pachinko gaming machine is roughly divided into a main control unit (main board) 15, a sub control unit (sub board) 16, and a power supply device 82 that supplies power to the main control unit 15 and the sub control unit 16. It consists of and. The main control unit 15 includes a main control device 14 composed of, for example, a one-chip microcomputer for a gaming machine. The main control device 14 includes a CPU 14a that executes a program, a program and data used in the program. A ROM 14b that is stored, a RAM 14c that stores data generated based on a program, various data read from the ROM 14b, and a frequency generation circuit unit 14d are provided.

  Signals from various sensors provided in the pachinko gaming machine can be input to the main control device 14 (CPU 14a), and the above-mentioned starting winning ball detection sensor 53, large winning ball detection sensor 63, passing ball detection sensor 71, a general winning ball detection sensor 11 is connected, and a gaming ball payout detection sensor 18 for detecting a winning ball paid out from a gaming ball payout device 17 that pays out a winning ball in response to winning of a gaming ball, pachinko An error detection sensor 19 for detecting an error in the gaming machine is connected.

  The main controller 14 outputs various signals for operating various devices of the pachinko gaming machine. For example, a central control device 20 for collecting and managing data of each gaming machine installed in a game store is connected to the main control device 14 so that data can be input from the main control device 14. The main control device 14 is connected to a payout control device 22, a symbol control device 23, a lamp control device 24, and a voice control device 25 as sub-control devices, and commands (control commands) are sent to these sub-control devices. Output is possible.

  Here, since the payout control device 22 performs the main control of the game in the pachinko gaming machine for substantially paying out the winning ball, it is included in the main control unit 15, and the symbol control related to the effect of the game The device 23, the lamp control device 24, and the sound control device 25 are included in the sub-control unit 16.

Further, the special controller 4 is connected to the main controller 14, and the main controller 14 performs display control of the special figure on the special indicator 4.
Further, the main control device 14 is connected with a normal variation solenoid 54 for driving the movable pieces 51, 51 of the above-mentioned normal variation prize-winning device 5 and a special variation solenoid for driving the movable door 62 of the special variation prize-winning device 6. 64 is connected.

  In addition, the payout control device 22 is connected to a game ball payout device 17 which is controlled by the payout control device 22 and pays out award balls and rental balls, and reads the data of the prepaid card (recording medium) 26 to play the game. A CR unit 27 for performing ball lending control is connected via a ball lending signal control device 28. The payout control device 22 pays out a prize ball based on a command from the main control device 14 and pays out a ball based on a ball lending signal input from the CR unit 27 via a ball lending signal control device 28. Take control.

  The main controller 15 is not directly connected to the main controller 14, but includes a launch control device 29 a that controls a launch drive device 29 of a hitting ball launcher (not shown) that launches a game ball into the game area 2. A rotary operation handle 29b, a firing stop button 29c, and a touch sensor 29d for operating the launching of the game ball are connected to the launch control device 29a.

  The main control unit 14 of the main control unit 15 controls the progress of the game in the pachinko gaming machine, and a game ball detection signal from the start winning ball detection sensor 53, the big winning ball detection sensor 63, and the general winning ball detection sensor 11. Is input, that is, when a game ball is won at each winning opening, a command is output to the payout control device 22 so that the game ball is discharged as a prize ball.

  In addition, when the detection signal of the game ball is input from the passing ball detection sensor 71, the main control device 14 performs the above-described process for adding the number of the usual figure hold and the lottery process for determining the hit of the usual figure game The various random numbers used in the above are acquired, and when the number of reserved drawings is less than the upper limit, the random number is stored. In addition, as a predetermined start condition, the normal game is started at the end of the previous normal game, or at the end of the opening / closing operation of the normal variable winning device 5 after the win, and the normal figure holding number is decremented by one. At this time, the winning game is determined by lottery processing, and a command is output to the symbol control device 23, the lamp control device 24, and the voice control device 25 for display of the general game, notification of the result, and production. .

  Further, the main control device 14 performs the above-described special figure holding number processing based on the input of the start winning signal from the start winning ball detection sensor 53 and the start of the special figure game as the hold number calculating means. In addition, the main control device 14 acquires various random numbers (hit determination random numbers, symbol random numbers, production random numbers) used in the lottery process for determining the jackpot loss of the special figure game as a random number acquisition means, and the special figure holding number is the upper limit. If it is less than the random number, the random number is stored in the RAM (lottery result storage device) 14c. Note that the lottery process determines the jackpot and loss of the special figure game based on the jackpot determination random number, controls the special figure display 4 to display the special figure game, and changes the decorative symbols in the variable display device 3. A command is output to the symbol control device 23, the lamp control device 24, the voice control device 25, etc. for display of the display game, notification of the result, and production. Note that the start condition of the special figure game (variable display game) starts when the previous special figure game is finished or when the special figure game is a big hit, and is a big hit that opens and closes the special variable winning device 6 When the state is finished, the special figure holding number is 1 or more, or a start winning signal is inputted. When the special figure game is started, the lottery determination using the jackpot determination random number, the design random number, and the production random number is performed, and the start condition of the above-described variable display game is determined by the lottery determination. This is the starting condition. Here, the main control device 14 functions as start condition determination means for determining whether the start condition is satisfied and starting the variable display game.

  Further, when the normal game is won, the main control device 14 controls the normal variation solenoid 54 that drives the movable pieces 51 and 51 of the normal variation winning device 5 to close the normal variation winning device 5. Control to make the open state from. The main control device 14 controls the special variation solenoid 64 of the movable door 62 of the special variation winning device 6 and controls the special variation winning device 6 based on a predetermined condition when the special game is a big hit. Is controlled from the closed state to the open state to generate a big hit state.

  Further, the main control device 14 performs a lottery process for determining whether the special figure game is a big hit or not based on the start winning signal. Further, when the main control device 14 sequentially displays special figure games indicating either of the big hits or the big hits as the lottery probability control means, the special figure game is a big hit by the lottery process based on the occurrence of a probable big hit or the like. The probability of becoming a high probability state higher than the low probability state is controlled, and the probability that the special figure game is a big hit by the lottery process based on the occurrence of a big jackpot or the like is controlled to be a low probability state lower than the high probability state. In addition, the main control device 14 serving as a time-shortening control means, based on the occurrence of a predetermined jackpot, a time-shortening state (electrical support state) in which the opening time (number of times of opening) per unit time of the normally variable prize-winning device is larger than the normal state. ) Is performed.

  The symbol control device 23 as a display control means of the sub-control unit 16 controls the variable display device 3 and the universal display device (LED display device) 8. The variable display device 3 is a video display processor. 35 is connected. The display on the variable display device 3 of the decorative symbol variable display game is controlled by the symbol control device 23 based on each jackpot and loss determined by the main controller 14 and the variable display time as the variation pattern. . In addition, the symbol control device 23 controls the display of the special figure reservation number mark in the special figure reservation number display area 31 of the variable display device 3 based on the calculated special figure reservation number in the main control device 14.

  The lamp control device 24 of the sub-control unit 16 is provided on the front frame that supports the board-related electrical decoration (light source such as LED) 24a provided on the board surface of the game board 1 and the game board 1 of the pachinko gaming machine, A frame door-related electrical decoration (light source such as an LED) 24b such as a glass frame covering the front surface of the game board 1 is connected to control an effect produced by an LED, a lamp, or the like. The lamp control device 24 is connected with a general-purpose hold number display lamp 9.

  The sound control device 25 is connected to a sound generation device 25a including a sound processor, an amplifier, a speaker, and the like, and the sound control device 25 controls output of effect sound, sound, music, and the like for production.

  In this embodiment, at the start of the special figure game, the main controller 14 has three random numbers (a jackpot determination random number, a design random number, an effect random number) acquired based on the start winning signal from the start winning ball detection sensor 53. A lottery process for displaying a special figure game is performed. In the lottery process, the jackpot determination random number is compared with the set jackpot determination value (data table). The jackpot determination value is a numerical value determined in advance from among the numerical values that become jackpot determination random numbers, and the jackpot probability is the number of jackpot determination values / number of numerical values that becomes jackpot determination random numbers. In addition, the jackpot determination value includes a normal jackpot determination value at a low probability and a jackpot determination value at a high probability after a probability variation jackpot, for example, for the number of normal jackpot determination values, The number of jackpot determination values at high probability is about 10 times. Thereby, the jackpot probability at the time of high probability is about 10 times that at the time of low probability.

If the acquired jackpot determination random number and the jackpot determination value match, it will be a jackpot, and if it does not match, there will be a shift.
The symbol random number determines the type of the special figure displayed on the special figure display 4, but when the special figure game is out of place, for example, it becomes one type of special figure, A plurality of special figures are set for each jackpot type, for example, a normal jackpot and a probable jackpot, and a special figure associated with the design random number is selected.

Therefore, in the case of a jackpot, it is determined whether it is a normal jackpot (with a short time) or a probabilistic jackpot by the design random number.
In addition, the production random number determines the fluctuation pattern including the fluctuation display time of the special figure game. In the case of a loss, the reach will be reached. It decides whether to reach super reach or premium reach with a long display time. In the case of a big hit, the direction of reach such as normal reach or super reach is determined. Here, the main control device 14 functions as a game effect selection means for selecting the effect of the variable display game using the effect random number.

  Reach is a state in which some decorative symbols that are displayed in a stopped state are confirmed and some are still displayed in a variable state in a variable display game. In the case where three decorative symbols are displayed, two decorative symbols are stopped and displayed, and there is a possibility of a big hit at the stage where one decorative symbol is still variably displayed.

In the lottery of the variation pattern of the variation display game that will be out of play using this production random number, the reach production variation pattern that will be reached as described above, and the deviation that is determined in the middle of the variation display game without reaching reach A lottery with a definite effect (normal effect) variation pattern is performed.
In this lottery, the probability that the reach effect variation pattern is selected becomes lower and the probability that the normal effect variation pattern is selected becomes higher as the number of holds increases as in the conventional case.

  Therefore, in the past, lottery was performed by replacing the data table for lottery for each number of holdings, but in this embodiment, lottery of variation patterns is performed using one data table regardless of the number of holdings. Yes.

  The ROM 14b (fixed value storage means) of the main controller 14 stores a fixed value that is used in the lottery of the variation pattern of the variation display game that is lost. The fixed value is associated with the holding number and stored in the ROM 14b. For example, when the holding number is 1, the fixed value is 0, when the holding number is 2, the fixed value is 2000, and the holding number is 3. The fixed value in the case is 4000, and the fixed value in the case where the number of holds is 4 is 6000.

  Further, the ROM 14b of the main control device 14 stores the above-described one data table used as a data table storage means when lottery of the variation pattern of the variation display game to be out of place. As shown in FIG. 3, this data table associates a comparison value obtained by adding the above-mentioned fixed value to the random value acquired for the lottery, and one of the reach effect variation pattern and the normal effect variation pattern. Is. Here, the main control device 14 adds a fixed value to the acquired effect random number as a comparison value as a comparison value calculation means at the time of effect lottery.

  In this embodiment, the random number is a value from 0 to 19999. Therefore, the range of the comparison value has an upper limit of 25999 obtained by adding the maximum fixed value 6000 to 19999 which is the upper limit of the range of the random value described above. That is, the range of the comparison value is 0 to 25999. In this data table, since the comparison value is divided into a value corresponding to the reach effect variation pattern and a value corresponding to the normal effect variation pattern, the numerical value range of the comparison value may be divided into two by the threshold value. become.

In this embodiment, the threshold value is set between 8999 and 9000, for example, 8999 or less corresponds to the reach effect change pattern, and 9000 or more corresponds to the normal effect change pattern.
As described above, when the game ball is won at the start winning opening (ordinary variable winning device 5) and the holding number is incremented by 1, the main control device 14 produces the random number used in the dynamic pattern drawing lottery. A random number is acquired. This effect random number is stored in, for example, the RAM 14c, and when the variable display game corresponding to the winning of the game ball to the start winning opening is started, the effect lottery for selecting the change pattern is performed.

This effect random number is a numerical value in the range of 0 to 19999.
Therefore, the range of the comparison value obtained by adding the above-described fixed value to the effect random number is in the range of 0 to 19999 when the number of holdings at which the fixed value is 0 is 1. In addition, the range of comparison values when the number of holdings with a fixed value of 2000 is 2 is in the range of 2000 to 21999, and the range of comparison values when the number of holdings with a fixed value of 4000 is 3 is It is in the range of 4000 to 23999. In addition, the range of the comparison value when the number of holdings at which the fixed value is 6000 is 4 is in the range of 6000 to 25999.

  Therefore, if the threshold value of the comparison value is between 8999 and 9000, when the number of holdings is 1, the number of comparison values of the reach effect variation pattern is 9000, and the number of comparison values of the normal effect variation pattern is 11000. Become a piece. When the number of holds is 2, the number of comparison values of the reach effect variation pattern is 7000, and the number of comparison values of the normal effect variation pattern is 13000. When the number of holds is 3, the number of reach effect variation pattern comparison values is 5000, and the number of normal effect variation pattern comparison values is 15000. When the number of holdings is 4, the number of comparison values of the reach effect variation pattern is 3000, and the number of comparison values of the normal effect variation pattern is 17000.

In this case, the occurrence ratio of the reach production variation pattern with respect to all the variation patterns is 45% when the number of reservations is 1, 35% when the number of reservations is 2, 25% when the number of reservations is 3, and the number of reservations is In the case of 4, it becomes 15%.
Next, the type of effect as a variation pattern when the variation display game of the deviation using the fixed value and data table stored in the ROM 14b as described above and the acquired random number value is started is determined by lottery. The variation pattern determination processing method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
This process is a process repeatedly performed at short intervals.

First, it is determined whether or not the variable display game is started (step S1).
If it is not the start of the variable display game based on the establishment of the predetermined start condition of the above-described variable display game, the process ends.
That is, it is determined whether or not the above-described start condition of the variable display game is satisfied.

When the start condition for the variable display game is satisfied, a lottery is made for the big win and the loss, and it is determined whether or not the lottery is lost (step S2).
If the variable display game that is a big hit is started, the process ends.
When the winning lottery is off, the effect random number for effect lottery acquired when the game ball is won at the start winning opening is read (step S3).
Next, the value of the number of holdings (the number of holdings immediately before the start of the variable display game) calculated by the main control device 14 as described above is read. (Step S4).

It is determined whether or not the number of holds is 1 (step S5).
If the number of holds is 1, 0 is read as a fixed value corresponding to the number of holds 1 from the fixed value stored in the ROM 14b (step S6).
If the number of holds is not 1, it is determined whether or not the number of holds is 2 (step S7).
If the number of holds is 2, 2000 is read as a fixed value corresponding to the number of holds 2 from the fixed value stored in the ROM 14b (step S8).

If the hold number is not 2, it is determined whether or not the hold number is 3 (step S9).
When the number of holds is 3, 4000 is read out as a fixed value corresponding to the number of holds 3 from the fixed value stored in the ROM 14b (step S10).
If the number of holds is not 3, the number of holds is the upper limit of 4, and 6000 is read as a fixed value corresponding to the number of holds 4 from the fixed value stored in the ROM 14b (step S11).
When the fixed value is read, the fixed value is added to the effect random number to obtain the comparison value (step S12).

  Next, referring to the data table based on the comparison value (step S13), it is determined whether the comparison value in the data table is a reach effect variation pattern range or a normal effect pattern range (step S14). Corresponding to the determination result, it is determined whether it is a normal effect pattern (step S15) or a normal effect pattern (step S16), and the process is terminated.

In this gaming machine, when the reach effect change pattern and the normal effect change pattern are selected as the change patterns of the change display game to be out of place, the reach effect pattern (normal effect pattern) appears according to the number of holds. Even if the rate is changed, it is possible to cope with one data table, and the required data capacity can be reduced.
Further, since the number of data tables can be reduced with respect to the number of data tables corresponding to the conventional upper limit of the number of reservations, it is possible to reduce the labor and cost for manufacturing the data table.

In the above-described data table, the comparison value is divided into the reach effect and the normal effect. However, the range of the comparison value that becomes the reach effect may be divided according to the types of the reach effects. The range of comparison values that are normal effects may be divided corresponding to a plurality of types of normal effects.
In this case, for example, the reach production range of 0 to 8999 is set as the comparison value range, for example, 0 to 2999 is the reach production A, 3000 to 5999 is the reach production B, 6000 to 8900 is the production C, and 8900. To 8999 may be the reach production D.

  In this case, when the number of holds increases, the reach effect corresponding to the small comparison value has a lower appearance rate or does not appear. If the number of types of reach does not decrease even if the number of holds increases, it is necessary to provide a plurality of comparison value ranges corresponding to one type of reach effect. .

For example, in FIG. 4, when the number of holdings at which the comparison value from which the reach effect variation pattern is selected is the smallest is 4, the reach effect variation pattern corresponds to 6000 to 8999, so this 6000 to 8999 If a range of comparison values is set corresponding to all reach effects A to D in the range, it is possible to prevent a type of reach effect that does not appear depending on the number of holds.
In addition, each time the number of holds increases, the comparison value corresponding to the reach effect decreases, and a range of comparison values is set corresponding to all reach effects A to D in the decreasing portion. If so, it is possible to prevent the appearance rate of each type of reach effects A to D from changing.

  Also in the symbol control device 23, a process of selecting the type of effect (for example, the type of the notice effect) displayed on the display device by lottery is performed. In this case as well, the appearance rate of each type of effect may be changed depending on the number of reservations, and it is possible to cope with one data table without providing a data table for each number of reservations as in the above-described embodiment. is there. In addition, in the symbol control device 23, the appearance rate of each type of effect may be changed under conditions other than the number of reservations. In this case, a single data table can be used instead of a plurality of data tables. Is possible. For example, when changing the appearance rate of various display contents of the variable display game for each type of notice effect, a fixed value is set for each type of notice effect without providing a data table for each type of notice effect. Thus, one data table may be used.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which applied the invention made by this inventor was described, this invention is not limited by the description and drawing which make a part of indication of this invention by this embodiment. That is, it should be added that other embodiments, examples, operation techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on this embodiment are all included in the scope of the present invention.

3. Variable display device (display device)
14 Main controller (random number acquisition means, fixed value storage means, comparison value calculation means, data table storage means, game effect selection means, winning lottery means, display condition determination means, start condition determination means, hold number calculation means)
23 design control device (fluctuation display game control means)

Claims (2)

A game machine that selects a type of game production to be executed by lottery using a random number from a plurality of game production types, and performs the selected type of production in the game,
Random number acquisition means for acquiring a random value that becomes one of the numerical values within a predetermined range;
Fixed value storage means for storing a plurality of fixed values so as to be individually selectable in accordance with a predetermined selection condition relating to the game;
A fixed value is selected from a plurality of the fixed values stored in the fixed value storage means based on the predetermined selection condition, and the random value acquired by the random number acquisition means is added to the selected fixed value A comparison value calculation means for calculating a comparison value by
A data table storage means for storing a data table in which a plurality of types of the game effects and a range of the comparison values associated with the plurality of game effect types are registered;
Game effect selection for selecting a type of game effect corresponding to the range of the comparison value including the comparison value calculated by the comparison value calculation means based on the data table stored in the data table storage means Means and
The gaming machine is characterized in that the game effect selecting means selects the type of game effect using the same data table even if the fixed value added to the comparison value is different. A display device for displaying the variable display game as the game that displays the symbols after the symbols are variably displayed and stops and displays the symbols according to the symbols displayed in a stopped manner.
Winning lottery means for determining the winning and losing of the variable display game by lottery;
In the case where the variation display game is out of play, there may be a case in which the time during which the variation is displayed in the middle of the variation display game becomes longer and the time during which the symbol variation display is performed is longer than that in the middle of the intermediate display confirmation effect. A variable display game control means for displaying a variable display game on the display device in accordance with any kind of effect such as a reach effect that is likely to be hit before the display of the symbol of the variable display game immediately before stop display; ,
Display condition determining means for enabling display of the variable display game based on establishment of a predetermined display condition of the variable display game;
Start condition determining means for starting the variable display game enabled to be displayed by the display condition determining means based on establishment of a predetermined variable display game start condition;
The display condition determination within the range of a numerical value that is a predetermined upper limit for the number of holdings that is the number of the variable display games that can be displayed by the display condition determination unit and has not yet been started by the start condition determination unit. 1 is added when the variable display game can be displayed by the means, and 1 is subtracted when the variable display game is started by the start condition determining means.
The fixed value storage means sets each value of the hold number calculated by the hold number calculation means as the predetermined selection condition, stores the fixed value corresponding to each value of the hold number, and stores the fixed value. The fixed value to be made larger as the value of the holding number corresponding to the fixed value increases,
The comparison value calculation means calculates the comparison value by selecting the fixed value corresponding to the hold number value using the hold number value calculated by the hold number calculation means as the selection condition,
The data table storage means sets a numerical range as a new upper limit by adding a maximum fixed value to a numerical value that is an upper limit of a numerical range that becomes the random number value, and a numerical range of the entire comparison value, and Compared to the numerical value range of the entire comparison value, the smaller value side of the set threshold is used as a comparison value range corresponding to the reach effect, and the larger value side is a comparison corresponding to the halfway confirmed effect. Store the data table as a range of values,
The game effect selection means determines whether the effect type corresponding to the range of the comparison value in the data table including the comparison value calculated by the comparison value calculation means is the halfway confirmed effect or the reach effect. Select
The variable display game control means displays the variable display game on the display device on the basis of the type of effect selected by the game effect selection means among the midway determination effect and the reach effect. The gaming machine according to claim 1.

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