JP2012254377A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine that enters a variable probability state by a method different from a conventional method, and to provide a probability variation method and an information storage medium.SOLUTION: A central controller 14, when a Pachinko ball passes through a digital start chucker 21, generates random numbers 0 to 9, displays the number after a first LED display 22 is rotated for a predetermined time. When a predetermined number (e.g., 3 or 7) is displayed, a subroutine is called. The central controller 14 opens a tulip gate 20a for a predetermined time in step S200, and determines whether the Pachinko ball has entered a special winning pocket in step S201. The central controller 14 varies a second LED display 23 in step S203, starts a second variable game, and determines whether the same number has stopped on a line in step S204. When the same number has stopped on a line, a jackpot probability is increased in step S205 to end the game.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine and a probability variation method, and more specifically, starts a variation display game in which symbols such as numbers and pictures vary by winning a normal winning opening, and a predetermined number of the symbols are arranged. It relates to a gaming machine that shifts to a big hit state.

  The present invention is also an information storage medium that records a program for causing a gaming machine to execute a jackpot probability variation processing procedure, which is a semiconductor memory, LD (Laser Disk (registered trademark)), HD (Hard Disk), FD (Floppy ( The present invention relates to an information storage medium comprising a disk-shaped memory such as a (registered trademark) disk, an MD (mini disk), a CD (compact disk) or a DVD (digital video disk) or a tape-shaped memory such as a magnetic tape.

  In conventional pachinko machines, slot machines, video games, and other gaming machines, a wide variety of numbers, symbols, patterns, or pictures are displayed on a variable display such as a drum or a display that is arranged almost at the center of the gaming board. When the symbols are variably displayed and the same symbols (ordinary symbols), such as “1, 1, 1”, which are three identical numbers, are stopped together, a normal big hit is obtained.

  When the big hit occurs, the gaming machine changes to an advantageous state for the player. For example, in the case of a pachinko machine, it is easy to win a game ball by opening a big winning opening, and in the case of a slot machine, the right to pay back a dozen coins or play a predetermined bonus game By giving to the player, the game coins can be easily put out. In addition, if the special symbols are all stopped, such as “7, 7, 7”, which is a lucky seven, the jackpot state is more favorable, and the probability that the symbols are likely to be aligned with higher probability than usual after the jackpot game is over. Be in a fluctuating state or give multiple bonus games.

  In particular, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine, in a variation display game in a probability variation state, a contrivance is made so that the number of possessed balls is not reduced, and substantially one hit per game is guaranteed. In addition, if there are more special symbols in the probability variation state, it will be in the probability variation state again, so it is possible to continue to win big hits in the form of a popular villa, and the player loses no matter how much he loses. Even if there is a rush, the special symbols are continuously arranged and become Dalianso, so you can not only recover the loss at a stretch, but also continue playing with the hope of turning to win.

JP-A-9-122310 JP-A-8-38702 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-177041 JP-A-11-57140 JP 2000-107373 A JP-A 64-56084 JP-A-9-122310 JP-A-7-185082 JP-A-10-71242

  However, in the conventional variable display gaming machine, the probability of jackpot occurrence in the special symbol most expected by the player is determined in advance at the design stage, and the probability is kept very low, so the game is played all day. Even so, it is not easy to change the probability of alignment with special symbols. As a result, the player is frustrated and cannot be satisfied with the game regardless of whether he or she has won or lost.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is not limited to the occurrence of big hits with special symbols, but also a gaming machine that can be shifted to a probability variation state by a method different from the conventional one, probability It is an object of the present invention to provide an information storage medium in which a variation method and a jackpot probability change processing procedure are recorded.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming system of the present invention according to claim 1 is provided in a network server provided on the game management company side, a plurality of information terminals owned by a plurality of players, and a pachinko parlor or game center. In the gaming system constituted by the gaming machines, the network server and the plurality of information terminals are connected via a communication network, and the gaming machine is a jackpot or loser depending on a random value generated in a normal probability state. In addition, after changing the symbol displayed on the display device in the variable display game that was started, the display is stopped in response to the determined big hit or loss, and a big hit is made by the special symbol stop display. In some cases, after playing a big hit game, the game will be in a probability variation state where a big hit will occur with a higher probability than the normal probability state, and within a predetermined range. A random number generator for generating random numbers; a control unit for performing game control of the gaming machine; a data input device for inputting player individual information including ID data of the player to the control unit; and an output device for generating music. And a display for stopping and displaying the special state, and the control unit receives the player individual information obtained from the plurality of information terminals connected to the network server from the data input device, and is a variable display game. When the big hit occurrence probability is changed and the first special state is stopped and displayed by the display, the time or number of games in which the probability change state is set longer than the case where the second special state is stopped and displayed, and the display The device displays that the number of variable display games or the jackpot probability has been improved based on an instruction from the control unit, and the output device is based on an instruction from the control unit, And wherein the generating a variety of music of which is linked to the dynamic display game.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, not only a big win with a special symbol, but also when a special winning opening is won or when the numbers are arranged in the second variation display game, the game is shifted to the probability variation state. It becomes possible to give a new stimulus to a person.

1 is an external view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a display device and its surroundings included in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the basic connection of the pachinko game machine which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic diagram which showed the display part of the pachinko game machine which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic diagram which showed the display part of the pachinko game machine which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic diagram which showed the display part of the pachinko game machine which concerns on this invention. 6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a jackpot probability variation method according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a jackpot probability variation method according to the present invention. It is a basic connection block diagram when the gaming machine according to the present invention is network-connected.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, a pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example of the gaming machine according to the present invention, but the present invention can also be applied to a slot machine or a video game.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

  Reference numeral 1 denotes a pachinko gaming machine provided with a holding frame 2, and a game board 3 is fitted in the upper front portion of the holding frame 2. In addition, a supply tray 4 for supplying pachinko balls and a receiving tray 5 for storing the balls are arranged at the lower front position of the holding frame 2. Further, on the right side of the tray 5 is disposed a launching device 6 that launches pachinko balls. The launching device 6 includes an operation dial 7, and pachinko balls are continuously fired by rotating the operation dial 7 by a predetermined amount or more.

  8 is a variable winning device provided in the lower part of the game board 3 described above, and is configured to open intermittently a predetermined number of times in a predetermined case (for example, when three identical numbers are arranged). ing.

  Reference numeral 9 denotes a display device for displaying a variable display game provided at the center of the game board 3. On both sides of the display device 9, a first normal winning opening 10 is provided. Further, a second normal winning opening 11 is disposed below the display device 9. When a pachinko ball wins the first ordinary winning opening 10 and the second ordinary winning opening 11, a variation display game described in detail below is started, and the transition of the variation display game is displayed on the display device 9. Although not clearly shown in the figure, a special winning opening is provided immediately below the second normal winning opening 11, and details thereof will be described below.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a display device and its periphery included in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

  The display device 9 includes a display unit 12 including a color liquid crystal display (some devices capable of 3D display recently, and a high-definition organic EL display is also available) and the first normal prize. A winning ball display unit 13 for displaying the number of pachinko balls won in the special winning port 20 including the mouth 10, the second normal winning port 11, and the tulip 20a is provided.

  21 is a digital start chucker. When a pachinko ball passes, the number of the first LED indicator 22 (for example, a 7-segment LED indicator) fluctuates in 10 types ranging from 0 to 9, and stops at a specific number. In this case, the tulip 20a is opened for a predetermined time, and the pachinko ball can be awarded in the special winning opening 20. For example, when the first LED indicator 22 stops at the numeral 3, the tulip 20a opens for 0.1 seconds, and when it stops at the numeral 7, the tulip 20a opens for 0.2 seconds.

  When a pachinko ball wins the special winning opening 20, the second LED display 23 starts to fluctuate by the number of winning times and stops at two identical numbers, and the gaming machine has a high probability for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of games. It shifts to a probability fluctuation state where big hits are likely to occur. For example, when stopping at an ordinary number such as “11”, the probability variation state is changed for about 5 minutes or about 10 games for the variable display game. Further, when the game stops at a special number such as “33” or “77”, the probability variation state is changed for about 10 minutes or about 20 games for the variable display game. In the probability variation state, the first LED indicator 22 is likely to stop at a specific number, the opening time of the tulip 20a is improved to about several seconds, the variation display game is played without interruption, and the ball is also reduced. There is no such thing.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing basic connections of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 is controlled by a central control unit 14 including a CPU. The central control unit 14 includes a ROM 14a for storing a control program in addition to the CPU and a plurality of flag areas necessary for control. A RAM 14b for temporarily storing data and the like is used. The central control unit 14 also has a frame memory 16 for outputting various image data such as a variable display game and jackpot occurrence probability variation information to the display unit 12 via the driver 15 and an input device 18 via an interface 17 and an interface 17. An output device 19 is connected.

  This input device 18 is a device for generating a signal indicating that a pachinko ball has won a prize in the first ordinary winning opening 10, the second ordinary winning opening 11, and the special winning opening 20, or data input for inputting individual information of a player. Such as a device. As an example of a player inputting individual information from a data input device, reading an ID number such as a cash card or an IC card for purchasing a rental ball, or transmitting a player's ID data using communication To do. Further, the output device 19 generates various types of music linked to the variable display game, displays the number of variable display games, and displays that the jackpot probability has been improved based on an instruction from the central control unit 14. It is a device to do.

  The central control unit 14 controls the occurrence of a big hit or a probability of generating a big hit with a loss, a reach, a normal symbol or a special symbol (for example, a normal state with a low probability or a probability fluctuation state with a high probability) in each variation display game. To do.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

  For the sake of simplifying the explanation, a variable display game in which a big hit is generated by rotating three drums and aligning three identical numbers in a horizontal row will be described as an example. However, recently, a variable display game has also appeared that gives various stimuli to the player by simultaneously displaying various images in addition to predetermined numbers and pictures, but the present invention can also be applied to this type of game. It is. In addition, the change display game in which the three drums rotate is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, there are various variations such as a game in which the symbols change sequentially as the playing cards rotate.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a display unit of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

  The display unit 12 is divided into three vertical parts, and each of the divided parts is displayed with a rotating drum numbered from 0 to 9, and the direction of the arrow shown in the figure (that is, in the figure). Rotate from top to bottom. Further, in this figure, the left drum display portion 12a, the middle drum display portion 12b, and the right drum display portion 12c are assigned in order from the left, but the other drawings showing the display portion 12 have no doubt. In some cases, these symbols are not attached.

  5A to 5D in FIG. 5 are schematic views showing the display unit 12 of the pachinko gaming machine, and the rotating drum stops after a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the variable display game. Up to chronologically.

  In FIG. 5A, the three rotating drums rotate from the top to the bottom of the figure, and immediately after the start of the variable display game, they rotate at a high speed that is not discernable by the player. When a predetermined time has elapsed, the central control unit 14 firstly displays the left drum display unit 12a (see FIG. 5B), then the middle drum display unit 12b (see FIG. 5C), and finally the right drum. The rotational speed is gradually decreased in the order of the display unit 12c (see FIG. 5D), and finally the rotation of all the drums is stopped, whereby the numbers are displayed side by side in a central horizontal line. In this case, the aligned number is “725”, and the reach state is not reached, and the same number is not aligned in three horizontal rows, which is a so-called complete loss state.

  6A to 6F in FIG. 6 are schematic diagrams showing the display unit 12 of the pachinko gaming machine, and show the transition of the variable display game in time series.

  6 (A) and 6 (B) follow the same process as FIG. 5 (A) and FIG. 5 (B) in FIG. (E), after the left drum display section 12a stops, the rotation gradually slows when the middle drum display section 12b is “2” (see FIG. 6C), and “3” to “4” are displayed. After that (see FIG. 6D), it finally reaches the reach state stopped at “7” (see FIG. 6E). In FIG. 6 (F), the right drum display 12c stops at the number “7” from the reach state of FIG. 6 (E), and all the numbers are aligned with the special symbol “7, 7, 7”. The special jackpot state is shown, and the pachinko gaming machine 1 shifts to a probability fluctuation state in which a jackpot is generated with high probability after the jackpot game ends. For example, in the case of a normal big hit with regular symbols such as “1, 1, 1”, the normal probability state is restored after the big hit game ends.

  As a first method of changing the jackpot probability, a value (1000 types) from 0 to 999 is generated by a random number, and when the value is 0 or 10, it is a normal jackpot, and when it is 5 or 15, a probability variation jackpot If this is the case, the normal jackpot probability and the probability variation jackpot probability are each 1/500, resulting in a jackpot probability of a total of 1/250. In this state, if the number of generated random numbers is set to 100 types from 0 to 99, the normal jackpot probability and the probability variation jackpot probability are each 1/50, and the jackpot probability is changed to a total of 1/25. Also, if the random number generated in the former state is 10, if the probability variation jackpot is assumed, the normal jackpot probability is changed to 1/1000 and the probability variation jackpot probability is changed to 3/1000. In the latter state, The normal jackpot probability is changed to 1/100 and the probability variation jackpot probability is changed to 3/100.

  As a second method, it is detected that a pachinko ball has entered the first ordinary winning opening 10 or the second ordinary winning opening 11 at a predetermined timing and time width, and a normal big hit or a probability variation big hit is determined. . For example, if it is detected whether or not a pachinko ball has entered the specific winning opening with a time width of 0.01 seconds every second, and if it is a big hit, the big hit probability will be 1/100. Of course, it is possible to freely control the occurrence probability of the normal jackpot or the probability variation jackpot by changing the timing and the time width in the same manner.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the jackpot probability variation method according to the present invention.

  The central control unit 14 enters this subroutine after the end of the variable display game in the normal probability state, determines whether or not a special winning opening has been won in step S100, and if it has not won, the normal hit probability is normalized in step S101. The process ends in the state, but if the prize has been won, in step S102, the jackpot probability is increased and the process ends (for example, the process ends in a probability fluctuation state). When the jackpot probability is increased, information indicating that the jackpot occurrence probability is improved may be displayed to the player by causing a special character (for example, Goddess or Mito Komon) to appear.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the jackpot probability variation method according to the present invention.

  When the pachinko ball passes through the digital start chucker 21, the central control unit 14 generates 10 types of numbers from 0 to 9 by random numbers, rotates the first LED indicator 22 for a predetermined time, and then generates the generated numbers. If the generated number is a predetermined number (for example, 3 or 7), this subroutine is called.

  The central control unit 14 opens the tulip 20a for a time corresponding to the number generated in step S200, and proceeds to step S201. Then, in step S201, it is determined whether or not the pachinko ball has won a special winning opening. If it has not been won, the process ends in step S202 with the jackpot probability remaining in the normal state, but if it has been won, the process proceeds to step S203. Transition.

  The central control unit 14 causes the second LED indicator 23 to fluctuate in step S203 and starts the second variation game. In step S204, the central control unit 14 determines whether or not the same numbers are aligned. The process ends in the state, but if it is complete, the jackpot probability is increased in step S205 and the process ends (for example, the process ends in a probability fluctuation state). When the jackpot probability is increased, information indicating that the jackpot occurrence probability is improved may be displayed to the player by causing a special character (for example, Goddess or Mito Komon) to appear.

  FIG. 9 is a basic connection configuration diagram when gaming machines according to the present invention are connected to a network.

  31 is a network server provided on the game manager side, and is provided in the pachinko parlors 32-1 to 32-N or game centers 34-1 to 34-N via the communication network 30 (for example, the Internet communication network). The gaming machine 1 (not shown) and the information terminals 33-1 to 33-N owned by individual players are connected to enable remote gaming. During this remote game, the gaming machine 1 obtains player individual information (for example, a player ID) from the information terminals 33-1 to 33-N, and varies the jackpot occurrence probability by the method described above. Note that the gaming machine 1 used for remote gaming may be a general mechanical gaming machine, but normally the game software stored in the main frame of a pachinko store or game center is activated from the information terminal. It has come to take the method.

  The information storage medium according to the present invention stores the above probability variation method as a series of jackpot probability change processing procedures and stores them as a program for causing a gaming machine to execute the processing procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 3 Game board 8 Fluctuation winning apparatus 9 Display apparatus 10 1st normal winning slot 11 2nd normal winning slot 12 Display part 12a Left drum display part 12b Middle drum display part 12c Right drum display part 14 Central control part 14a ROM
14b RAM
15 Driver 16 Frame memory 17 Interface 18 Input device 19 Output device 20 Special prize opening 20a Tulip 21 Digital start chuck 22 First LED indicator 23 Second LED indicator 30 Communication network 31 Network server 32 Pachinko parlor 33 Information terminal 34 Game center

Claims (1)

In a gaming system comprising a network server provided on the game management side, a plurality of information terminals owned by a plurality of players, and a gaming machine provided in a pachinko store or game center,
The network server and the plurality of information terminals are connected via a communication network,
The gaming machine determines a big hit or a loss based on a random number value generated in a normal probability state, and after changing the symbol displayed on the display device in the started variable display game, the determined big hit or If you stop display in response to a loss and you win a big hit by a special symbol stop display, after playing the big hit game, it will be in a probability fluctuation state where a big hit will occur with a higher probability than the normal probability state,
A random number generator for generating random numbers within a predetermined range;
A control unit for performing game control of the gaming machine;
A data input device for inputting player individual information consisting of player ID data to the control unit;
An output device for generating music;
An indicator for stopping and displaying the special state,
The control unit receives player individual information obtained from the plurality of information terminals connected to the network server from a data input device, fluctuates a jackpot occurrence probability in a variable display game, and uses the display device to change a first special occurrence probability. When the state is stopped and displayed, the time or the number of games for which the probability change state is set longer than when the second special state is stopped and displayed,
The display device displays that the number of variable display games or the probability of jackpot has improved based on an instruction from the control unit,
The output device generates various music linked to a variable display game based on an instruction from the control unit;
A gaming system characterized by

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