JP2013252304A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can clearly inform a game player of a game state when an opening and closing blade member enters a state advantageous to the game player.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: a game board 3 with a game region 31 formed on a surface thereof and at least partially transparent; an opening and closing blade member 11 which is arranged forward of the part of the game board 3 and can enter a first state disadvantageous to a game player and a second state advantageous to the player by a drive source; and a decorative blade member 13 which is arranged behind the part of the game board 3, has an operational area larger than that of the opening and closing blade member 11, and can operate so as to inform the game player of the position of the opening and closing blade member 11.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including an opening / closing wing member that can be changed between a state disadvantageous for a player and a state advantageous for a player.

  In particular, in pachinko machine gaming machines, as described in Patent Document 1, the game area formed on the surface of the game board has a large number of game nails and games driven into the game area as main elements. A starting winning opening that allows the ball to win, a display that can display a variety of effects such as numbers and characters, etc., triggered by the winning of a game ball in the starting winning opening, a decorative member that decorates the periphery of the display, and A first state that is swingable along the surface of the game board and that is disadvantageous for the player (a closed state in which a game ball that has been driven into the game area is substantially impossible to win) and a second state that is advantageous for the player An open / close feather member ("open / close member 190" in Patent Document 1) that can be changed to (open state in which a game ball that has been driven into the game area can be won) is installed.

JP 2011-172844 A

  However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, the opening / closing wing member has a shape that forms a part of the decorative member, and the size thereof does not come into contact with the surrounding game nails during the opening / closing operation. Due to the small size of the limited size, the player may not be aware of the state even if the open / close wing member has entered the gaming state changed to the second state advantageous to the player. , There is a possibility that it may be disadvantageous to miss the gaming state advantageous to the player.

  This invention is made in view of this subject, Comprising: When an opening / closing wing member changes to a 2nd state advantageous to a player, a game state is clarified to a player by alerting | reporting the position of an opening / closing wing member. An object is to provide a gaming machine which can be notified to.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming board having a gaming area formed on a surface thereof, at least a part of which is transparent, and a first state that is provided on a front side of the part of the gaming board and is disadvantageous for a player by a driving source. An opening / closing wing member that can be changed to a second state advantageous to the player, and a position of the opening / closing wing member in an operating region that is behind the part of the game board and is larger than the opening / closing wing member. And a decorative wing member operable to notify.

  In a second aspect based on the first aspect, the decorative wing member is provided on the back side of the game board and is operated by a drive source.

  According to a third aspect, in the first aspect, the decorative wing member is an image displayed on a display provided on the back side of the part of the game board.

  According to a fourth aspect, in the second aspect, the opening / closing wing member and the decorative wing member swing on a coaxial line.

  According to a fifth invention, in any one of the first to fourth inventions, the decorative wing member operates in synchronization with the opening / closing wing member.

  According to a sixth invention, in any one of the first to fourth inventions, the decorative wing member operates even when the opening / closing wing member is in the first state.

  According to the present invention, when the opening / closing wing member changes to the second state advantageous to the player or when the opening / closing wing member changes, it is possible to clearly notify the player of the gaming state by notifying the position of the opening / closing wing member. .

  Further, by providing the decorative wing member on the back side of the game board, the decorative wing member does not interfere with the game, and the range of design of the game board can be expanded.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine to which the embodiment in the present invention is applied. Similarly, it is a front view of a game board in the gaming machine. It is an enlarged front view of the characteristic part of this embodiment. Similarly, it is an enlarged front view of a state in which the decorative wing member and the open / close wing member are operatively changed. Similarly, it is an enlarged front view of a state in which only the decorative wing member is operatively changed. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view which follows the VI-VI line in FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external front view of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, a gaming machine 1 includes a short frame-shaped outer frame 2 installed on a gaming island of a game store, and a synthetic resin or pivotally supported by the outer frame 2 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction around a vertical axis. A game board 3 (see FIG. 2), which is detachably fitted in an inner frame (not shown) formed of metal or the like and has a circular game area 31 formed on the surface side (the front side of the drawings in FIGS. 1 to 5); A glass frame unit 4 is provided which is pivotally supported by the inner frame so as to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction around the vertical axis, and is fitted with a glass plate 41 which covers the front side of the game area 31 so as to be seen through from the player side.

  In the lower front portion of the glass frame unit 4, a tray 42 for storing game balls paid out from a ball payout device (not shown) disposed on the back side of the game board 3 (the back side in FIGS. 1 to 5); A launching handle 43 is provided, which is located obliquely below and to the right of the tray 42 and is operated when a predetermined game is played by driving a game ball stored in the tray 42 into the game area 31. Further, an auxiliary lower tray 44 is disposed below the tray 42, and the lower tray 44 receives overflow balls from the tray 42 and temporarily stores game balls.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 3 is formed in a substantially square shape when viewed from the front by a transparent synthetic resin plate such as an acrylic resin, and the surface is circular (including an oval shape) surrounded by guide rails 32 and 32. The game area 31 is formed. The game balls stored in the tray 42 are guided by the guide rails 32 and 32 by being launched from a launching device (not shown) provided on the lower rear side of the game board 3 based on the operation of the launch handle 43. Then, it is driven into the game area 31.

  On the back side of the game board 3, a display 5 made up of, for example, a liquid crystal display capable of changing and stopping display of an effect symbol 100 composed of numbers, characters, etc. on a display screen 51 is arranged. As shown in FIG. 2, the effect symbol 100 is composed of three symbols, left symbol, middle symbol, and right symbol, left, middle, and right.

  In the game area 31 of the game board 3, there is an effect symbol 100 displayed on the display screen 51 on the front side of the game board 3 in the substantially central part of the game area 31, that is, in an area facing the display screen 51 of the display 5. A display window 33 that can be seen through is provided.

  Further, the game area 31 includes, as main elements, a decoration member 6 for decorating the periphery of the display window 33, and the flow direction of the game ball that is in the area other than the display window 33 and is driven into the game area 31. A number of game nails 7 that change the position of the game, a first start winning port 8 in which a game ball driven into the game area 31 can win, and a second start winning port 9 arranged immediately below the first start winning port 8, It is possible to change between a first state that is disadvantageous for the player (a closed state in which the game ball cannot be won) and a second state that is advantageous for the player (an open state in which the game ball can be won), and immediately below the second start winning opening 9 The open / close wing member 11 disposed at the upper left of the prize winning opening 10 and the display window 33, the passing gate 12 through which the game ball flowing down the game area 31 can pass, and the game ball driven into the game area 31 Of these, the first start winning opening 8 and the second starting winning opening 9 Winning opening 10 and the opening and closing blades members 11 out port 34 or the like for discharging the back surface side of the game board 3 one out-spheres did not win also show (described later winning hole 61) are provided.

  Further, the position of the open / close wing member 11 is notified to a position on the back side of the game board 3 and facing the open / close wing member 11 via the game board 3 when a predetermined gaming state is reached. An operating decorative wing member 13 is arranged.

  In addition, the operation area (corresponding to a part of the game board 3 in the present invention) in which the display window 33 and the decorative wing member 13 in the game board 3 operate is transparent, and the area other than the operation area has a pattern and coloring. Etc., so that the back side of the game board 3 cannot be seen from the front side. Therefore, although the decorative wing member 13 is arranged on the back side of the game board 3, it can be seen through the transparent portion from the front side of the game board 3.

  The first start winning opening 8 is a game ball entrance that is always open upward, which is called a so-called umbilicus. The second start winning opening 9 is provided with a pair of left and right swing pieces 91 of an ordinary electric accessory called a so-called electric tulip, and a game ball is drawn at a predetermined probability by passing through the passage gate 12. As a result of the lottery, the pair of left and right swing pieces 91 are opened when a small hit is made, and the second start winning opening 9 is easily won.

  In the first start winning opening 8 and the second starting winning opening 9, when a game ball driven into the game area 31 wins, the winning is detected by an internal winning detection switch (not shown), and the display screen 51 of the display 5 is displayed. In addition to providing an opportunity for the variable display of the effect symbol 100 displayed on the screen, a jackpot and an effect are randomly selected based on a predetermined probability at the timing of winning detection.

  The opening / closing wing member 11 is pivotally supported on the upper left of the display window 33 so as to be swingable around the axis 11a in the front-rear direction, and is a solenoid 14 (see FIG. 6) serving as a drive source disposed on the back side of the game board 3. 2), the first state (closed state) disadvantageous to the player shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and the second state (open state) advantageous to the player shown in FIG. 4 can be changed.

  When the opening / closing wing member 11 is in the first state, the game ball flowing down the game area 31 wins the prize opening 61 in order to close the opening leading to the prize opening 61 provided inside the decoration member 6. However, when the opening / closing wing member 11 changes to the second state, the opening leading to the winning opening 61 is opened to facilitate the winning of the game ball flowing down the gaming area 31 into the winning opening 61.

  When a game ball flowing down the game area 31 wins at the first start winning opening 8 or the second starting winning opening 9, a win is detected by a win detection switch (not shown) and displayed on the display screen 51. As a result of the lottery executed by the control unit (not shown) arranged on the back side of the game board 3 to give an opportunity to change the effect symbol 100, the effect symbol 100 is displayed on the display screen 51 based on a predetermined variation pattern. Is displayed for a predetermined variation time in a predetermined production mode, and after the passage of the variation time, a combination of predetermined production symbols 100, for example, the same symbols in the left symbol, middle symbol, and right symbol are aligned and stopped and displayed. When displayed, a big hit state is caused to change the big prize opening 10 or the open / close wing member 11 from the first state to the second state. In the big hit state, since the big winning opening 10 or the open / close feather member 11 is in the second state, a large number of game balls can be won in the big winning opening 10 or the winning opening 61, and As a result of a predetermined number of game balls being paid out as winning balls from the ball payout device with respect to the winning balls, a large number of game balls are paid out in a relatively short time.

  There are two types of big hits: a normal big hit with a normal probability (relatively low probability) and a probability variable big hit with a relatively higher probability than the normal probability. For example, when the three symbols of the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol are arranged in an even number of symbols, in this case, the winning prize opening 10 changes to the second state, and the probability variation big hit is For example, when the three symbols of the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol are arranged in odd numbers, in this case, the control unit controls the opening / closing blade member 11 to change to the second state. The

  Since the big prize opening 10 is arranged almost in front of the player and is included in the field of view, the player rarely overlooks that the big prize opening 10 has changed to the second state. Although the opening / closing wing member 11 is arranged in front of the player, the opening / closing wing member 11 has a pattern that is out of sight and forms a part of the decorative member 6. Because of the small size, the player may overlook that the opening / closing wing member 11 has changed to the second state. However, in the present embodiment, the decorative wing member 13 larger than the open / close wing member 11 notifies the change of the open / close wing member 11 to the second state or the change by the operation of the open / close wing member 11. Therefore, it is possible to prevent overlooking the state change of the opening / closing blade member 11 to the second state.

Next, the decorative wing member 13 will be described.
The decorative wing member 13 has a shape larger than that of the opening / closing wing member 11 and the opening / closing wings on the back side of the game board 3 so that the back side of the gaming board 3 can operate in a region wider than the operating range of the opening / closing wing member 11. A first position shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is provided by a solenoid 15 which is pivotally supported by a shaft 13a located on the same axis as the shaft 11a of the member 11 and which is disposed on the back side of the game board 3. 4 and 5 to the second position.

  The operation of the decorative wing member 13 is visible to the player from the front side of the game board 3 because the front portion of the decorative wing member 13 in the game board 3 is transparent. As a result, the decorative wing member 13 is formed larger than the opening / closing wing member 11 on the rear side of the opening / closing wing member 11 and is operated in a wide area. It becomes possible to notify the state change visually.

The operation mode and operation timing of the decorative wing member 13 are as follows.
(Operating form)
The decorative wing member 13 operates from the first position to the second position, stops at the second position for a predetermined time, and then returns to the first position.
The decorative wing member 13 reciprocates between the first position and the second position for a predetermined time and a predetermined number of times.
(Operation time)
When it is determined in advance that the opening / closing wing member 11 changes from the first state to the second state, before the opening / closing wing member 11 changes from the first state to the second state, that is, the opening / closing wing member 11 is in the first state. Only the decorative wing member 13 is activated in the state where it has been stopped. In this case, it is possible to notify the player in advance through sight that the opening / closing wing member 11 changes from the first state to the second state (see FIG. 5).
When there is a high possibility that the opening / closing wing member 11 changes from the first state to the second state, only the decorative wing member 13 operates in a state where the opening / closing wing member 11 is stopped in the first state. Also in this case, it is possible to notify the player in advance through sight that the opening / closing wing member 11 changes from the first state to the second state (see FIG. 5).
The decorative wing member 13 operates from the first position to the second position and vice versa in synchronization with the state change of the open / close wing member 11 from the first state to the second state and vice versa. In this case, it is possible to notify the player through vision that the open / close feather member 11 has changed from the first state to the second state.

  As described above, when the big hit occurs and the opening / closing wing member 11 changes to or changes to the second state, the decorative wing member 13 operates widely in a form larger than the opening / closing wing member 11, so that the player It is possible to eliminate the risk of overlooking the position and state change of the opening / closing wing member 11.

  In addition, since the decorative wing member 13 is disposed on the rear side of the transparent portion of the game board 3, the decorative wing member 13 has a shape larger than the opening / closing wing member 11 and can operate in a region wider than the operating range of the opening / closing wing member 11. However, it does not come into contact with the game nail 7, the decorative member 6, or the like.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiment within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.
(A) The decorative wing member 13 may be an image using the display screen 51 of the display 5 provided on the back surface of the game board 3, and a notification for suggesting the position of the opening / closing wing member 11 may be performed on the image. is there.
(B) The decorative wing member 13 itself is lit, flashed, etc., so that the player can be more surely notified of the big hit state.
(C) In accordance with the operation of the decorative wing member 13, the lighting and flashing light-emitting elements provided on the decorative member 6 are operated synchronously so that the big hit state can be more reliably notified to the player.
(D) The decorative wing member 13 is pivotally supported coaxially with the open / close wing member 11 so as to be swingable, and the open / close wing member 11 and the decorative wing member 13 are operated synchronously by using the same solenoid as a drive source. This simplifies the configuration.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Outer frame 3 Game board 4 Glass frame unit 5 Display 6 Decoration member 7 Game nail 8 1st start winning opening 9 2nd starting winning opening 10 Large winning opening 11 Opening / closing wing member 11a Shaft 12 Passing gate 13 Decorative feather Member 13a Axis 14 Solenoid 15 Solenoid 31 Game area 32 Guide rail 33 Display window 34 Out port 41 Glass plate 42 Receptacle 43 Launch handle 44 Lower plate 51 Display screen 61 Winning port 100 Production design

Claims (6)

A game board having a gaming area formed on the surface and transparent at least partially;
An opening / closing wing member that is provided on the front side of the part of the game board and can be changed by a drive source between a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player;
And a decorative wing member operable to notify the position of the opening / closing wing member in an operating region larger than the opening / closing wing member, on the rear side of the part of the game board. To play.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the decorative wing member is provided on a back side of the gaming board and is operated by a driving source.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the decorative wing member is an image displayed on a display provided on a back side of the part of the gaming board.   The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the opening / closing wing member and the decorative wing member are oscillated on a coaxial line.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the decorative wing member operates in synchronization with the opening / closing wing member.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the decorative wing member operates even when the opening / closing wing member is in the first state.

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