JP2014124470A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine capable of enhancing the performance effect by the movement of a movable performance member and improving the amusement of a game highly.SOLUTION: A movable performance member 32 is movably disposed on the front face side of a game board, and a plane wave speaker system is constructed to include: a panel portion 34 mounted at a portion or all over the front face of the movable performance member 32; a vibration member 35 fixed on the back face of the panel portion 34; and performance sound control means for controlling the vibration of the vibration member 35. According to such construction, the hearing easiness of the performance sound generated from the panel portion 34 is made different by the movement of the movable performance member 32, and the performance effect by the movement of the movable performance member 32 can be enhanced to drastically improve the amusement of the game.

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine that produces an effect according to the progress of a game by a movable effect member disposed on the front side of the game board.

  In pachinko machines, the fun of the game can be enhanced by blinking decorative lamps according to the progress of the game, generating effect sounds from the speakers, and displaying effect images on the image display. Conventionally, the structure which made it raise is common. Such general production means such as decorative lamps and speakers have a simple structure and are inexpensive, but the production content tends to be monotonous, so there is a limit to effectively enhancing the fun of the game.

  On the other hand, a pachinko gaming machine in which a movable effect member is disposed on the front side of the game board is also known (for example, Patent Document 1). This is intended to enhance the fun of the game by moving the movable effect member that reciprocates substantially parallel to the game board surface according to the progress of the game. In addition, a plurality of LEDs are disposed inside the movable effect member, and the effect of the movable effect member is further enhanced by the light emission control of the LEDs.

JP 2007-252446 A

  By the way, in the conventional configuration provided with the above-described movable effect member, an effect effect by reciprocating the movable effect member and an effect effect by causing the LED disposed on the movable effect member to emit light are exhibited. However, the former only performs a relatively monotonous movement such as a reciprocating movement, while the latter only performs a relatively monotonous display such as LED emission. Furthermore, even if the reciprocating movement of the movable effect member and the light emission of the LED are interlocked, the light emission position only changes, and the light emission mode, for example, sequentially displays a plurality of LEDs arranged at a predetermined position. Since it can be easily substituted by the construction to be performed, the impact property is lacking. Therefore, the synergistic effect by the combination of both is low, and there is a limit to the effect of improving the fun of the game.

  The present invention proposes a pachinko gaming machine that can effectively enhance the effect of moving the movable effect member and greatly improve the fun of the game.

  The present invention provides a movable effect member disposed on the front side of a game board so as to be movable within a predetermined range, a drive device that moves the movable effect member, and drive control of the drive device. In the pachinko gaming machine provided with the movement effect control means for performing a predetermined effect movement mode according to the progress of the game by the movable effect member, the movable effect member is provided on a part of the front surface or the entire front surface. A panel unit, and a main body unit that holds the panel unit and is coupled to the driving device, the panel unit, and a vibrating body that is fixed to the back surface of the panel unit and vibrates the panel unit. A pachinko gaming machine comprising a plane wave speaker system comprising production sound control means for generating predetermined production sound from the panel unit by controlling vibration of the vibrating body .

  Here, the plane wave speaker system generates a plane wave by vibrating the panel portion of the movable effect member and transmits sound by the plane wave, and the panel portion is used as a speaker. Since the plane wave generated from the panel portion has high directivity, the effect sound is mainly transmitted in the front direction of the panel portion, and the effect sound is hardly transmitted except in the front direction. Therefore, there is a relatively large difference in the strength of the effect sound that the player can know depending on the moving position of the movable effect member, and the player can hear the effect sound clearly or hardly. This is an effect produced by the movement of the movable effect member, and is also exhibited as an effect that highlights the effect of movement of the movable effect member. And the synergistic effect of these two brings out a new gameability that has never existed before, and can greatly enhance the fun of the game.

  Even if a general cone type speaker is arranged on the movable effect member, sound waves are diffused on the speaker, so that the effect sound is almost the same regardless of the movement position of the movable effect member. Can be heard. Therefore, the cone-type speaker cannot exhibit the above-described effects of the present invention. In addition, a cone-type speaker requires a certain amount of space at an arrangement location, so that it is difficult to arrange the cone-type speaker directly on the movable effect member, which is not practical. On the other hand, in the conventional configuration in which the LED is arranged on the movable effect member as described above, the light emission of the LED is also diffused, so that the player can view the same regardless of the movement position of the movable effect member. As in the case of the type speaker, the above-described effects of the present invention cannot be exhibited.

  In the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention described above, the movable effect member has a panel portion formed in a flat plate shape substantially parallel to the game board surface, and the panel portion is moved substantially parallel to the game board surface by the driving device. A configuration is proposed that is arranged in this manner.

  In such a configuration, the relative positional relationship between the player in front of the game board surface and the front position of the panel portion is clearly changed by the movement of the movable effect member, so that the effect sound perceived by the player is changed. It is easier to make a clearer difference in strength.

  In the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention described above, the effect sound control means generates a prediction effect sound for predicting the occurrence of a gain advantageous to the player when the movable effect member moves to a predetermined position within the movement range. A configuration is provided that includes a preview notification process for controlling the vibration of the vibrating body so as to be generated from the panel portion of the movable effect member.

  Here, the advantages advantageous to the player include the occurrence of a special symbol hit, execution of a reach effect that makes it easy for a special symbol to hit, and the transition to a probabilistic gaming state or a short-time gaming state that makes a special symbol easy to hit. Etc. can be suitably used, and any one or more of these can be set as appropriate. In the case of a configuration in which a plurality of gains are generated, a foreseeing effect sound may be generated so as to predict any one of the gains, or a prediction effect for predicting each of the plurality of gains. A sound may be generated. Further, the predetermined position of the movable effect member that generates the foreseeing effect sound may always be the same position, or the position may be changed.

  According to such a configuration, since the foreseeing effect sound is generated when the movable effect member moves to the predetermined position, the player's interest in the movement of the movable effect member can be increased, and the effect effect by the movement of the movable effect member Can be effectively increased. Further, as described above, since the plane wave that conveys the preview effect sound has high directivity, the player perceives the relative position relationship between the predetermined position where the preview effect sound is generated and the player. There is a big difference in the strength of the foreseeing directing sound that can be done. Therefore, in order to hear the foreseeing effect sound, the player is likely to be always highly interested in the movement of the movable effect member. Therefore, the above-described operational effects of the present invention can be improved more effectively.

  As described above, the present invention provides a panel portion of a movable effect member movably disposed on the front side of the game board, a vibrating body fixed to the back surface of the panel portion, and vibration control of the vibrating body. Since it has a plane wave speaker system composed of effect sound control means, the movement of the movable effect member may cause a relatively large difference in the strength of the effect sound that the player can know. The effect of changing the ease of listening to the production sound can be achieved. Further, along with this, it is possible to make the effect of moving the movable effect member stand out. Due to these operational effects, a new gameability that has never existed before can be expressed, and the fun of the game can be greatly enhanced.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present invention. 1 is a front view of a game board 10 of a pachinko gaming machine 1. FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram of a control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine 1. FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing reciprocal movement of a movable effect member 32. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a drive device 40 for a movable effect member 32. It is a flowchart which shows a special symbol process.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an outer frame 2 fixed to a game island facility (not shown) and a gaming machine main body 3 that covers a front opening of the outer frame 2. The gaming machine main body 3 includes a front frame 5 in which a game board 10 (see FIG. 2) is attached to a substantially circular opening at the upper center, and one side edge of the front frame 5 is connected to the outer frame via the hinge member 4. It is pivotally connected to the door. Further, the front frame 5 is provided with a transparent glass plate 6 that shields the opening in the previous period, and the game area 12 (see FIG. 2) of the game board 10 can be visually recognized through the glass plate 6. In addition, an upper tray 7 and a lower tray 8 are arranged vertically on the front lower portion of the front frame 5, and a launching handle 9 projects from the right side of the lower tray 8.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 10. A substantially circular game area 12 is defined by a guide rail 11 on the front surface of the game board 10. In the center of the game area 12, a center case 13 incorporating various game members is disposed. An image display 14 is assembled to the center case 13. The image display 14 includes a liquid crystal display or a CRT display, and various display images are displayed on the display screen.

  In the center case 13, eight LEDs are arranged side by side immediately below the image display unit 14. Of these, the central two are normal symbol display devices 16, and the left and right six are special symbol displays. Device 15. Here, as will be described later, the special symbol display device 15 changes each special symbol by blinking each LED according to a predetermined opportunity, and then a special symbol mode (stop symbol) in which any LED is lit. Stop). Then, according to the stop pattern mode of the special symbol, the winning or losing is determined, and in the case of winning, the special game operation described later is executed. On the other hand, the normal symbol display device 16 changes the normal symbol by blinking each LED by passing a game ball through a normal start gate 19 provided on the left side of the center case 13, and the LED that is turned on thereafter Determine the hit or loss of normal symbols. Then, when the normal symbol is a hit, the later-described normal electric accessory 23 is expanded.

  Below the image display 14, a special start memory number display device 17 that includes four LEDs and displays the start memory number of the special symbol according to the number of lighting of the LEDs is provided. Further, at the lower left and upper position of the image display 14, there is provided a normal start memory number display device 18 that includes four LEDs and displays the start memory number of the normal symbol according to the number of lighting of the LEDs.

  Further, in the game board 10, a normal electric combination 23 and a special electric combination 26 are arranged vertically below the center case 13, and an out port 30 is disposed further below the special electric combination 26. Has been. Furthermore, a plurality of winning devices 29 are also arranged on both the left and right sides of the ordinary electric accessory 23 and the special electric accessory 26.

  Here, the ordinary electric accessory 23 includes a starting port 20 and a pair of left and right opening / closing blades (not shown) for opening and closing the starting port 20, and the normal symbol display device 16 described above hits and determines the normal symbol. In this case, the opening / closing blade piece is expanded from the closed position for a predetermined time to open the start port 20. Furthermore, the normal electric accessory 23 has a built-in switch for detecting a game ball flowing in from the start port 20, and when the switch detects a game ball, it outputs a ball detection signal, based on the detection signal. The LED of the special symbol display device 15 starts blinking. The special symbol display device 15 constitutes a symbol display device according to the present invention, and the switch built in the special symbol display device 15 constitutes a sphere detection means according to the present invention.

  The special electric accessory 26 includes a large winning opening 25 and a horizontally-long rectangular opening / closing piece (not shown), closes the large winning opening 25 with the opening / closing piece as an upright position, and tilts the opening / closing piece forward. Then, the special winning opening 25 is opened. This special electric accessory 26 is a special game that repeats a predetermined number of rounds of opening and closing to open the prize winning opening 25 by opening and closing the opening and closing piece when the special symbol is confirmed by the special symbol display device 15 described above. Perform the operation. Further, the special electric accessory 26 has a built-in switch for detecting a game ball flowing in from the special winning opening 25, and when the switch detects the game ball, it outputs a ball detection signal and follows the ball detection signal. A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out.

  The winning device 29 has a built-in switch for detecting an inflowing game ball, and a predetermined number of award balls are paid out according to the detection of the game ball by the switch.

Next, a control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The main control board 60 constituting the microcomputer is provided with a board circuit for controlling the game operation and the like of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The main control board 60 performs overall control of the game. On the substrate circuit, a central control CPU for main control is arranged. In this central control CPU for main control, a storage device ROM that stores an operation program used for arithmetic processing and a storage device RAM that can read and write necessary data at any time are unilaterally provided with information specifying addresses for reading and writing data. Are connected via an address bus (not shown) for transmitting data to and from a data bus (not shown) for exchanging data, and constitute a board circuit of the main control board 60. The storage device ROM stores various tables for determining the winning of the symbol generation process, the symbol variation / stop mode, the rendering mode, etc. with reference to the control program and the lottery data.

  On the other hand, the storage device RAM has a storage area in which sphere detection signals from various sphere detection switches are temporarily stored, a register area that forms various timers and counters (random number counter, count counter), and a work area. Etc. are provided.

  The board circuit of the main control board 60 is provided with a clock device (not shown) for outputting a predetermined clock pulse, and is connected to the main control central control unit CPU. The main control central processing unit CPU performs arithmetic processing in a time series by clock pulses at regular intervals, and sequentially executes a series of processing operations. A timer TM is also connected for counting time by counting clock pulses output from the clock device.

  The central control unit CPU for main control and each central control unit CPU installed on each control board 62 to 68, which will be described later, include an arithmetic unit coupled with an arithmetic unit (ALU) for processing predetermined data, and the arithmetic unit It consists of a register for storing data input / output to / from the apparatus and a read instruction, a decoder for decoding the instruction, and the like. The main control central control unit CPU outputs data signals or command signals generated in a predetermined format to the four control boards 62, 63, 64, 68, and these control boards 62, 63, 64, 68. The central control unit CPU executes predetermined control according to this data and the like.

  The board circuit of the main control board 60 is provided with an input port (not shown) and an output port (not shown) through which the main control central control unit CPU performs data communication with peripheral devices. The control command signal from the main control board 60 is connected to the input ports of the effect control board 62, the symbol control board 63, the payout control board 64, and the launch control board 68 via one way. Has been. In addition, various switches and sensors provided in the normal start gate 19, the ordinary electric accessory 23, the special electric accessory 26, the winning device 29, etc. are connected to the input port of the main control board 60 through the panel relay board 61. Is connected. Then, every 2 ms, the main control board 60 checks the game ball detection state of each switch incorporated therein, and when there is a game ball detection, the ball detection signal is waveform-shaped by the waveform shaping circuit, and the main control center The information is input to the control device CPU and the information is stored in the storage device RAM. The main control board 60 is connected to a solenoid or a motor incorporated in the ordinary electric accessory 23, the special electric accessory 26, or the like via a panel relay board 61. When the CPU selects a predetermined condition, these solenoids and motors are driven.

  The effect control board 62 is provided with a board circuit for controlling the overall effects executed in the pachinko gaming machine 1. This circuit board includes a storage device ROM in which fixed data relating to a variety of effects is stored, a storage device RAM in which necessary data can be read and written, an input port and an output in a central control device CPU for effect control that controls the effects The port is connected and configured. An output port of the effect control board 62 is connected to an image control board 65 for controlling the image display 14, a sound source control board 66 for controlling sound effects, and a light source control board 67 for controlling effects by LED lamps. Then, when the command signal from the main control board 60 is input to the input port, the effect control board 62 performs calculation processing in the effect control central control unit CPU and executes the effect mode instructed by the command signal. The command signal is transmitted to the image control board 65, the sound source control board 66, and the light source control board 67.

  The image control board 65 is provided with a board circuit for controlling the display mode of the image display 14. The image control board 65 performs an arithmetic process on the data signal or command signal input from the effect control board 62, and displays the effect image of the predetermined mode on the image display 14 by the display driver according to the data for displaying the predetermined display mode. Let it come out.

  The sound source control board 66 is provided with a board circuit for controlling sound effects generated from a cone type speaker (not shown). The sound source control board 66 performs arithmetic processing on the data signal or command signal input from the effect control board 62, and causes the sound generator to output sound effects with a cone type speaker according to predetermined sound data.

  The light source control board 67 is provided with a board circuit for controlling an effect lamp arranged in the gaming machine main body 3. The light source control board 67 performs arithmetic processing on the data signal or command signal input from the effect control board 62, and lights and blinks various effect lamps by the light source operation board in accordance with predetermined light data.

  The symbol control board 63 is provided with a board circuit for controlling the special symbol display device 15, the normal symbol display device 16, the special start memory number display device 17, and the normal start memory number display device 18. The symbol control board 63 computes a data signal or a command signal input from the main control board 60 via the input port, and lights the LEDs of each device by the symbol operation board according to predetermined light data. Blink.

  The payout control board 64 is provided with a board circuit for controlling payout of game balls such as rental balls and prize balls. The payout control board 64 performs arithmetic processing on the data signal or command signal input from the main control board 60 and operates various solenoids such as a ball rental unit and a prize ball unit in accordance with predetermined data. Execute payout of prize balls. The payout control board 64 is connected to a prepaid card unit for reading and writing a prepaid card via a CR connection board, and exchanges remaining ball data and the like of game balls.

  The launch control board 68 is provided with a board circuit for controlling a ball launcher (not shown). The launch control board 68 drives the ball launcher with a voltage intensity corresponding to the input signal from the launch handle 9 to hit the game ball with a strength corresponding to the rotation angle of the launch handle 9.

Next, the basic operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. Note that the basic operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the existing pachinko gaming machine, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.
When a game ball launched by the player operating the launch handle 9 flows into the starting port 20 of the above-described ordinary electric accessory 23, each random counter (special hit counter) for special symbols is obtained by a winning detection process (not shown). Etc.), and a start memory for a special symbol is generated by collecting the extracted counter values together. Then, when the previous symbol start memory is digested by the special symbol processing of FIG. 6, the special symbol display device 15 blinks the LED and the special symbol starts to fluctuate. The special symbol fluctuates and stops and the stop symbol mode is displayed and confirmed. In this way, a series of symbol generation processes from the start of the variation of the special symbol to the fixed stop is executed by digesting the start memory. If the stop symbol form of the special symbol determined in this symbol generation process is a predetermined hit stop symbol aspect, the winning is determined and a special game operation for opening and closing the big prize opening 25 is executed. The special game operation is an operation of executing a predetermined number of open / close rounds in which the special winning opening 25 is opened and closed, and the player can acquire a large amount of prize balls. In addition, about this special game operation | movement, since the conventionally well-known operation | movement aspect and operation control can be applied, the detail is abbreviate | omitted.

  Here, in the above-described special symbol processing (FIG. 6), when undigested start memory is stored, start memory is digested, and the jackpot counter value constituting the start memory is determined to win (win determination) Processing), and the effect image pattern to be displayed and executed during the symbol generation process by the image display 14 based on the other counter values (effect image pattern processing). Then, in accordance with the selected effect image pattern, the effect image is displayed on the image display 14. Then, when a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the symbol generation process, if the winning determination of the jackpot counter value is a hit (hit flag = 1), the special symbol display device 15 is stopped indicating the hit as described above. Stops in the design mode. On the other hand, when the winning determination is a loss (a big hit flag = 0), the stop symbol pattern indicating a loss is stopped.

  In addition, the main process and the big prize opening process other than the above-described winning detection process and special symbol process. Conventional symbol processing and the like can be applied to those used in the past, and details thereof are omitted.

Next, the main part of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, a movable effect member 32 that reciprocates is disposed in the center case 13 disposed on the front surface of the game board 10. As shown in FIG. 4, the movable effect member 32 includes a main body 33 that forms a “cane and a hand that holds the cane”, and a disk-like panel portion disposed at the right end of the main body 33. 34, and is controlled to reciprocate substantially parallel to the game board surface by the drive device 40. The drive device 40 includes a drive motor 41 that is a stepping motor, a substantially circular drive gear 42 that is rotationally driven by the drive motor 41, a substantially circular first driven gear 43 that meshes with the drive gear 42, and the first drive gear 43. A substantially circular second driven gear 44 that rotates integrally with one driven gear 43 and an arc-shaped third driven gear 45 meshed with the second driven gear 44 are provided. The position is kept immovable. Here, the first driven gear 43 and the second driven gear 44 are fixed to the rotating shaft 46 at the respective centers and are arranged in the front and rear directions, and rotate integrally. The first driven gear 43 has a larger diameter and a larger number of teeth than the drive gear 42, and the second driven gear 44 has a smaller diameter and a smaller number of teeth than the first driven gear 43. Further, the third driven gear 45 is formed with teeth on one side of the curved side where the second driven gear 44 is engaged, and is supported by an arcuate guide hole 47 formed along the one side of the curved side. The shaft 48 is inserted. The third driven gear 45 is formed such that the radius of curvature forming one side of the third driven gear 45 is larger than the radius of the second driven gear 44 and has a larger number of teeth than the second driven gear 44. .

  With such a gear mechanism, when the drive gear 42 is rotationally driven in one direction by the drive motor 41, the first driven gear 43 and the second driven gear 44 rotate integrally, and the third driven gear 44 is rotated via the second driven gear 44. The gear 45 moves in a curved line. On the other hand, when the driving gear 41 is rotated in the reverse direction by rotating the driving motor 41 in the reverse direction, the third driven gear 45 moves in a curved shape in the reverse direction. By controlling the drive motor 41 in this way, the third driven gear 45 can be reciprocated. The respective gear ratios of the drive gears 42 and the first to third driven gears 43 to 45 are set as appropriate, and the third driven gear 45 reciprocates relatively gently in a curved shape by the rotation of the drive motor 41. I have to.

  The body portion 33 of the movable effect member 32 is fixed to the third driven gear 45 at a portion near the left end thereof, and the movable effect member 32 moves in the vertical direction as the third driven gear 45 moves. To do. The movable effect member 32 controls the drive motor 41 to drive, so that the panel unit 34 is positioned above the image display 14 (FIG. 4A), and the panel unit 34 is connected to the image display 14. It reciprocates substantially parallel to the game board surface between the lower limit position (FIG. 4B) located at the lower part of the game board.

  The drive motor 41 is connected to the main control board 60 via the above-described panel relay board 61 and is driven by a signal current supplied from the main control board 60. The main control board 60 performs rotation control and rotation direction conversion control by controlling a signal current supplied to the drive motor 41. Further, the drive motor 41 is provided with a position sensor (not shown) such as a rotary encoder that detects a rotation angle of a motor shaft (not shown), and the movable effect member 32 based on the rotation angle of the motor shaft by the position sensor. The movement position is detected, and the detection signal is output to the effect control board 62. Then, the above-described signal current is controlled by this detection signal.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the movable effect member 32 is provided substantially parallel to the game board surface so that the flat panel portion 34 is exposed on the front surface, and the vibrating body 35 is provided on the back surface of the panel portion 34. It is fixed (see FIG. 5). The vibrating body 35 includes a vibrator (not shown) that vibrates in response to an audio signal input from the sound source control board 66 via a sound generator, and a diaphragm (not shown) that transmits vibrations from the vibrator. The vibration plate is brought into close contact with and fixed to the panel portion 34 to vibrate the panel portion 34. The vibrating body 35 is connected to the effect control board 62 via the sound source control board 66 and vibrates based on a command signal output from the effect control board 62. And the panel part 34 vibrates by the vibration transmitted from the vibrating body 35, and a predetermined effect sound is produced by the plane wave which generate | occur | produces from the panel part 34 in connection with this. In this way, the flat panel portion 34 functions as a speaker that generates a production sound, and the plane portion speaker system is configured by the panel portion 34, the vibrating body 35, and the production control board 62 (and the sound source control board 66 and the like). Has been. In addition, since the thing of the structure used conventionally can be applied as the vibrating body 35 which vibrates the flat panel part 34, and the control means which controls vibration of the vibrating body 35, the detail is abbreviate | omitted here.

  The vibrating body 35 is disposed in a box-shaped storage housing (not shown) that stores the vibrating body 35, and the storage housing is attached to the main body 33 of the movable effect member 32. Since the housing case is provided with the vibrating body 35 via a cushioning material (not shown), the vibration generated by the vibrating body 35 is suppressed as much as possible from being transmitted to the main body portion 33 of the movable effect member 32. doing. Further, the panel portion 34 of the movable effect member 32 is supported by the main body portion 33 so that vibration transmitted from the vibrating body 35 can be suppressed as much as possible from being interfered with the main body portion 33.

  In such a plane wave speaker system, the presentation control board 62 controls the output of the audio signal to the vibrating body 35, thereby controlling the amplitude and frequency of vibration generated in the vibrating body 35, and the desired noise from the panel unit 34. A control process for generating a production sound is performed. Further, as described above, the effect control board 62 inputs the position information of the movable effect member 32 detected by the position sensor installed in the drive motor 41 from the main control board 60 as needed, thereby the position of the movable effect member 32 In response to this, it is possible to perform control to generate a predetermined effect sound.

  The effect sound generated by vibrating the flat panel portion 34 is due to a plane wave, and the plane wave has high directivity mainly transmitted in the front direction of the panel portion 34. Depending on the position of the panel unit 34 to be generated, there is a great difference in the strength of the production sound that can be perceived by the player. That is, as described above, the effect sound generated from the panel unit 34 that reciprocates between the normal position (FIG. 4A) and the lower limit position (FIG. 4B) Depending on the relative positional relationship, the player can clearly hear or hardly hear.

  On the other hand, the reciprocating movement of the movable effect member 32 and the generation of the effect sound from the panel unit 34 are executed in a special symbol generation process in this embodiment. The control processing of the reciprocating movement and the production of the effect sound is executed according to a movable counter value, an effect sound counter value, etc. set as a random number counter constituting the above-described special symbol start-up memory. Specifically, similar to the big hit counter value constituting the start memory, when the game ball wins the start opening 20, the movable counter value and the effect sound counter value are extracted and started together with the big hit counter value and the like. Generate memory. When the start memory is digested by the special symbol process of FIG. 6, the movement pattern of the movable effect member 32 is determined by the movement effect pattern process according to the movable counter value and the effect sound counter value, and the effect by the effect sound pattern process. Determine the sound generation pattern of the sound. A reciprocating process is executed in accordance with this moving pattern to control the reciprocating movement of the movable effect member 32, and an effect sound generating process is executed in accordance with the sound generating pattern to control the vibration of the vibrating body 35. A production sound including sound is generated.

Here, in the movement effect pattern process and the effect sound pattern process, the patterns determined by the movable counter value and the effect sound counter value are different depending on the determination result by the winning determination process for determining the big hit counter value. Is set to For example, when the big hit counter value is determined to be a hit, the movement effect pattern process is performed so that the movable effect member 32 is reciprocated from the normal position to the lower limit position a plurality of times according to the movable counter value. decide. Then, by the effect sound pattern process, the sound generation pattern of the effect sound to be executed in accordance with each reciprocal movement is determined according to the effect sound counter value. In particular, in the sound generation pattern of the effect sound, the sound generation pattern in which a specific foreseeing effect sound foreseeing a hit is generated at the lower limit position (FIG. 4B) of the movable effect member 32 is determined. In the sound generation pattern including the foreseeing effect sound, it is determined to generate the foreseeing effect sound at the timing when the movable effect member 32 moves to the lower limit position a specific number of times during the reciprocating movement executed a plurality of times. The timing for generating the foreseeing effect sound is determined by the sound generation pattern according to the effect sound counter value, and the foreseeing effect sound is generated by the above-described effect sound generation process at this timing.
On the other hand, when the big hit counter value is judged to be lost, the movement effect pattern process makes it easier to determine a movement pattern that performs a smaller number of reciprocating movements according to the movable counter value than when the hit judgment is made. It may be decided not to move. Further, when the execution of the reciprocating movement is determined by the movable counter value, the sound generation pattern of the effect sound is determined by the effect sound pattern process according to the effect sound counter value. However, since it is the loss determination, a sound generation pattern that does not generate the foreseeing effect sound is determined.

  In this embodiment, the main control board 60 and the effect control board 62 (and the sound source control board 66) realize the movement effect control means and the effect sound control means according to the present invention. And the prediction notification process concerning this invention is implement | achieved by the reciprocating movement process and effect sound generation process which are performed based on the movement effect pattern process and effect sound pattern process of the above-mentioned special symbol process. The drive motor 41, the drive gear 42, and the first to third driven gears 43 to 45 constitute the drive device 40 according to the present invention. Moreover, the movement range according to the present invention is realized by the range in which the movable effect member 32 reciprocates between the normal position and the lower limit position. In addition, the reciprocating movement of the movable effect member 32 realizes the effect movement mode according to the present invention.

A mode of controlling the movement of the movable effect member 32 will be described according to the progress of the pachinko gaming machine 1.
When the special symbol start memory generated with the game ball winning at the start port 20 is digested by the special symbol processing of FIG. 6, the big hit counter value is determined by the winning determination processing, and the result is the winning determination. In this case, the movement effect pattern process determines a movement pattern for performing five reciprocating movements according to the movable counter value, and the effect sound pattern process includes an effect sound including the generation timing of the foreseeable effect sound according to the effect sound counter value Determine the sound generation pattern.

  Here, for example, as the movement pattern, a pattern in which the movable effect member 32 is reciprocated five times at a predetermined movement timing in accordance with the effect image pattern of the effect image displayed on the image display 14 is determined. To do. Furthermore, as the sound generation pattern of the effect sound, the movable effect member 32 has moved from the normal position (FIG. 4 (A)) to the lower limit position (FIG. 4 (B)) for the first time. It is assumed that a pattern having a timing and a timing of moving to the lower limit position at the fifth time is determined.

  When the special symbol display device 15 is changed and the symbol generation process is started, an effect image is displayed and executed on the image display 14 accordingly. Then, the effect control board 62 drives and controls the drive device 40 at a predetermined movement timing by the reciprocating process, and moves the movable effect member 32 from the normal position to the lower limit position. When the lower limit position is reached, the sound signal is output and controlled to the vibrating body 35 by the effect sound generation process at that timing to cause the vibrating body 35 to vibrate and generate the foreseeing effect sound from the panel unit 34. Thereafter, the movable effect member 32 is moved from the lower limit position to the normal position. Furthermore, when the movable effect member 32 repeatedly executes the reciprocating movement three times by the reciprocating movement process, and the fifth reciprocating movement is executed, the vibration is again generated at the timing when the lower limit position is reached by the effect sound generating process. A sound signal is output to the body 35 and the vibrating body 35 is vibrated to generate a preview effect sound from the panel unit 34. Thereafter, the movable effect member 32 is moved to the normal position, and the five reciprocating movements executed in the symbol generation process are completed. After that, when the special symbol display device 15 is confirmed and the symbol generation process is completed, the special game operation described above is executed.

  If the player can hear the foreseeing effect sound generated at such a lower limit position, the player's sense of expectation for the hit can be raised, and the interest of the game can be enhanced. However, the foreseeing effect sound is transmitted by a plane wave generated from the panel unit 34 and has high directivity, so that the relative position between the position of the panel unit 34 and the position of the player (ear) is relative. Depending on the positional relationship, there is a great difference in the strength of the production sound that the player can know. Therefore, although the foreseeing effect sound can be clearly heard at the front of the panel portion 34 at the lower limit position, it is difficult to hear the sound other than the front, and the player may miss the foreseeing effect sound. For this reason, the player is required to make an effort to listen to the foreseeing effect sound at his / her own will. In order to hear the foreseeing effect sound clearly, when the movable effect member 32 moves to the lower limit position, the lower limit position The operation | movement which takes its ear in the front of the panel part 34 of this is required. In order to perform such an operation, it is necessary to always pay attention to the reciprocating movement of the movable effect member 32.

  In this embodiment, control processing is performed so that not only the foreseeing effect sound but also the effect sound different from the foreseeing effect sound is generated by the above-described effect sound pattern process and effect sound generating process. This effect sound is generated by controlling the output of the audio signal to the vibrating body 35 by the effect sound generation process according to the sound generation pattern determined by the effect sound pattern process. As a specific example, a predetermined effect sound is generated by outputting the audio signal continuously or intermittently from the normal position of the movable effect member 32 to the lower limit position. Further, a predetermined effect sound is similarly generated while returning from the lower limit position to the normal position.

  As described above, in the configuration of the present embodiment, the production sound transmitted by the high directivity plane wave is generated from the panel portion 34 of the movable production member 32 that reciprocates between the normal position and the lower limit position. Since there is a large difference in the strength of the production sound that can be perceived by the player depending on the relative positional relationship between the movement position of the panel unit 34 and the player, the effect of causing a change in the intelligibility of the production sound There is an effect. Furthermore, the player's interest in the reciprocating movement of the movable effect member 32 can be effectively enhanced by this effect that changes in the ease of hearing the effect sound. This is exhibited by a synergistic effect of the production effect by the movement of the movable production member 32 and the production effect by the change in the intensity of the production sound accompanying the movement. The sex can be greatly improved. Further, in this embodiment, since the foreseeing effect sound is generated from the panel unit 34 when the movable effect member 32 moves to the lower limit position, the player's interest in the movement of the movable effect member 32 is further increased. The effect which raises the interest property of an above-described game can further be improved.

  In the configuration of the present embodiment described above, when the movable effect member 32 moves to the lower limit position, the foreseeing effect sound is generated from the panel portion 34, but the timing for generating the foreseeing effect sound is generated. Can be set to a predetermined movement position other than the lower limit position. Furthermore, it is possible to perform control processing so as to change the position where the foreseeing effect sound is generated according to the number of times the movable effect member 32 reciprocates. As such a foreseeing effect sound, various sound qualities, pitches, and volumes can be set, and preset music and melodies can be set.

  In addition, in this embodiment, when the hit is determined in the symbol generating process of the special symbol, the foreseeing effect sound is generated to predict the hitting effect. It can also be set to predict the occurrence. It is also possible to set a plurality of different foreseeing effect sounds and to predict each of a plurality of gain occurrences, such as foreseeing prediction or foreseeing the occurrence of reach.

  Further, in the configuration of the present embodiment, the movable rendering member 32 has a configuration in which a part of the front surface thereof is the panel portion 34. However, as another configuration, the movable rendering effect has a shape in which the entire front surface is provided with the panel portion. It can also be set as the structure which provided the member.

  In this invention, it is not limited to the Example mentioned above, About another structure, it can change suitably within the range of the meaning of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 10 Game board 32 Movable production member 33 Main-body part 34 Panel part 35 Vibrating body 40 Drive apparatus

Claims (3)

A movable effect member disposed on the front side of the game board so as to be movable within a predetermined range;
A driving device for moving the movable effect member;
In a pachinko gaming machine provided with movement effect control means for performing a predetermined effect movement mode according to the progress of the game by the movable effect member by controlling the driving device,
The movable effect member comprises a panel portion provided on a part of the front surface or the entire front surface, and a main body portion that holds the panel portion and is connected to the driving device,
The panel unit, a vibration body that is fixed to the back surface of the panel unit and vibrates the panel unit, and a production sound control unit that generates a predetermined production sound from the panel unit by controlling the vibration of the vibration body. A pachinko gaming machine comprising a plane wave speaker system.   The movable effect member is characterized in that the panel portion is formed in a flat plate shape substantially parallel to the game board surface, and is arranged so that the panel portion is moved substantially parallel to the game board surface by the driving device. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1.   The effect sound control means generates a foreseeable effect sound for predicting the generation of a gain advantageous for the player from the panel portion of the movable effect member when the movable effect member moves to a predetermined position within the moving range. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a prediction notification process for controlling vibration of the vibrating body.

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