JP2015165855A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine enabled to have a three-dimensional performance effect.SOLUTION: A central accessory unit 23 comprises: first motors 331L and 331R; slide performance accessories 37L and 37R enabled to move along a display screen 121 by the first motors 331L and 331R; second motors 341L and 341R; and three-dimensional performance accessories 38L and 38R supported by the slide performance accessories 37L and 37R and capable of moving along the display screen 121 by the second motors 341L and 341R, while surfaces 383L and 383R being at a first position substantially normal to the display screen 121, and enabled to change from the first position to a second position, at which the surfaces 383L and 383R face forward, when they rotate in the moving process around shafts 381L and 381R parallel to the display screen 121.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly, to a gaming machine provided with a director that can be operated as the game progresses.

  Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, an effect design such as a character or a number is displayed on a display screen of a display device arranged on the back side of the game board, and a plurality of fronts of the display screen according to the progress of the game. The appearance of the movable effect character brings out a surprise effect (unexpectedness) during the game, and the game is enhanced (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-120620 A

  However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, since a plurality of movable effect actors only move planarly along the display screen as the game progresses, there are some that are poor in effect and surprise.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of enhancing the effect of the game and improving the interest of the game.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the first invention is a display that can change / stop display of a game-related effect symbol through a game board having a game area in which a game ball can flow down and a display window provided in the game board. In a gaming machine comprising a display device having a screen and an accessory unit that is on the front side of the display screen and can be operated in accordance with the progress of the game, the accessory unit has a motor and a surface of the accessory unit by the motor. It is possible to move along the display screen in a first posture substantially perpendicular to the display screen, and by rotating around an axis parallel to the display screen in the movement process, the first posture It is characterized by having a three-dimensional director that can change to a second posture whose surface faces the front side.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game board having a game area in which game balls can flow down, and a display device having a display screen capable of changing / stopping display of an effect symbol related to the game through a display window provided in the game board, In the gaming machine, which is provided on the front side of the display screen and includes an accessory unit operable according to the progress of the game, the accessory unit is moved along the display screen by a first motor and the first motor. A movable slide effect character, a second motor, and a surface that is supported by the slide effect character and can be moved along the display screen in a first posture substantially perpendicular to the display screen by the second motor. And a three-dimensional director that can change from the first posture to the second posture in which the surface faces the front side by rotating around an axis parallel to the display screen in the process of movement. It is characterized by .

  According to a third aspect, in the second aspect, the slide effect combination appears on the front side of the display screen from a standby position hidden behind the game board by moving along the display screen. It moves to a position.

  In a fourth aspect of the present invention based on any one of the first to third aspects, the stereoscopic effect object is centered on a virtual axis orthogonal to the display screen when moving along the display screen in the first posture. It is characterized by moving in a circular arc.

  According to a fifth invention, in any one of the first to fourth inventions, the accessory unit further moves along a guide path formed along a moving direction of the three-dimensional effect accessory, and the guide path. And a slider coupled to the three-dimensional effect agent, the three-dimensional effect agent being moved from the first posture by moving the slider along the guide path. It changes to the said 2nd attitude | position, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to the present invention, in addition to the planar movement along the display screen, the stereoscopic effect actor performs a three-dimensional movement that rotates around an axis parallel to the display screen, so that the effect effect during the game is enhanced. This makes it possible to improve the fun of gaming.

It is a perspective view of the gaming machine according to the present invention. It is a perspective view of a game board. It is a front view of a game board when it is in an initial state. It is a disassembled perspective view of a center accessory unit. It is a front view of a game board when it exists in the 1st operation state. It is a front view of a game board when it exists in the 2nd operation state. It is a front view of a game board when it exists in the 3rd operation state. It is a front view of a game board when it exists in the 4th operation state. It is a reverse view of a central actor unit when it is in an initial state. It is a reverse view of a center accessory unit in a 1st operation state. It is a back view of a central accessory unit when it is in a 2nd operation state. It is a reverse view of a center accessory unit in the 3rd operation state. It is a reverse view of a center accessory unit in the 4th operation state. It is an AA line expanded sectional view in FIG. It is the BB line expanded sectional view in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims of the present application, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention. .

  In the following description, the horizontal direction of each part of the gaming machine 1 will be described according to the horizontal direction for a person facing the front of the gaming machine 1.

(Overall structure of gaming machine 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 can be opened and closed around a vertical axis by a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 installed in an island facility of a game hall and a left frame portion of the outer frame 2 by a hinge not shown. The inner frame 3 attached to the inner frame 3, the game board 4 shown in FIG. 2 attached to the inner frame 3 and assembled with various elements, and the front side of the game board 4. A glass frame 6 fitted with a glass plate 61 that can be opened and closed around a vertical axis by hinges 5 and 5 so that the player can see through the front of the game board 4, and a prize ball provided on the rear side of the game board 4 A payout device (not shown) capable of paying out game balls such as a ball and a rental ball, an upper tray part 7 for storing game balls to be paid out from the payout device, and a lower portion of the glass frame 6 A game ball formed on the front surface of the game board 4 by introducing a game ball provided on the back side and stored in the upper tray part 7 An unillustrated launching device for launching toward the region 41, a lower saucer portion 8 into which an overflow ball can be introduced when the game ball is full in the upper saucer portion 7, and a lower right front portion of the glass frame 6 A launching handle 9 which is provided when the game ball stored in the upper tray 7 is launched into the game area 41, and speakers 10L, 10R which are provided on the upper part of the glass frame 6 and output sound effects according to the game situation. And an illumination device 11 provided on the glass frame 6 for lighting effects that are turned on / off and flashing according to the game situation, and a display device 12 installed on the rear side of the game board 4 (displayed by a dotted line in FIG. 3). And a control device (not shown) configured by a microcomputer that is installed on the back side of the game board 1 and controls game progress and game effects.

  The display device 12 shown in FIG. 3 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays various characters, left columns, middle lines, and the like that are information related to the game on a display screen 121 that is visible to the player through the glass plate 61 of the glass frame 6. A not-illustrated effect symbol composed of three rows and numbers in the right column is displayed in a variable manner and stopped, and a moving effect according to the progress of the game is displayed.

(Game board 4 and related structure)
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game board 4 is formed in a substantially square shape when viewed from the front by a transparent synthetic resin plate such as acrylic resin, and the front (circular oval) is surrounded by guide rails 13 and 14 inside and outside. A game area 41 (including a shape). The game balls stored in the upper tray 7 are launched from the launching device when the launching handle 9 is rotated, and guided to the upper left by the inner and outer guide rails 13, 14. It is introduced into the game area 41 from the upper left and flows down.

  A display window 151 that is open so as to be able to visually recognize the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 of the display device 12 installed on the rear side of the game board 4 is formed at a substantially central portion of the game area 41. A frame-shaped decorative frame 15 is fixed to the periphery of 151 in a front view with various patterns on the surface.

  Further, the game area 41 includes a number of nails and a single windmill 16 (not shown) that change the flow direction of the game balls driven into the game area 41, and a display window 151 below the game area 41. Among the game balls flowing down the left region (the region on the left side of the decorative frame 15), a warp ball that has entered a warp hole 152 provided in the left part of the decorative frame 15 is introduced, and the warp ball is moved left and right and back and forth. A stage 153 that can be moved, a game ball that flows under the game area 41 and a warp ball that has dropped from the front side of the stage 153, and a right side of the start prize port 17 Then, an illumination unit 18 that performs an illumination effect according to the gaming state, a through chucker 19 that is in the right area of the gaming area 41 (the area on the right side of the decorative frame 15) and through which a game ball can pass, Game area Out of the game balls that have been struck into 1, out balls 20 that are not won are discharged to the back side of the game board 4, and directly below the start winning port 17 and on the left side of the lighting unit 18, display There are provided, for example, four holding lamps 21 having a light source and a lens (not shown) that are turned on and off in synchronization with the number of holding balls displayed on the screen 121.

  On the back side of the game board 4, there is a lower accessory unit 22 that performs a direct action of “reach action” or “hit action” when the game state becomes a predetermined special game state, for example, “reach” or “hit”. The accessory unit 23 and the upper accessory unit 24 are assembled. Since the upper accessory unit 24 is not related to the present invention, the description thereof is omitted. Further, the lower accessory unit 22 is not directly related to the present invention, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The decoration frame 15 is fixed to the game board 4 so that the game balls launched from the launching device are placed between the upper surface and the right outer peripheral surface of the decoration frame 15 and the outer guide rails 14 located outside thereof. A right-handed passage 411 for guiding to the right region of 41 is formed.

  Note that the decoration unit 15, the through chucker 19, and the stage 153 are assembled to the decoration frame 15 in advance before the decoration frame 15 is fixed to the game board 4. Thereby, especially in the electrical decoration unit 18 which has many components, the unitization of the form which used the decoration frame 18 as a base member and assembled | attached the various components to the said base member can be formed.

  On the rear side of the stage 153 in the decorative frame 15, a transparent protective plate 25 for preventing a warp ball led through the warp hole 152 and led to the stage 153 from dropping to the rear side of the stage 153, and a transparent protective plate A transparent light guide plate 26 that is installed in a stacked manner on the back surface of the game board 25 and is parallel to the board surface of the game board 4 is provided.

  The transparent protective plate 25 has a substantially inverted L shape in a side view, rises so as to close the rear side of the stage 153, a shielding wall 251 parallel to the board surface of the game board 4, and the stage 153 from the upper end of the shielding wall 251. Is integrally formed with a flange 252 extending forward so as to cover from above.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the lighting unit 18 has a plurality of unillustrated lamps composed of a lens and a light source for performing lighting decoration according to the gaming state, and the gaming state is advantageous to the player because the gaming state is “normal gaming”. When the game shifts to “hit”, the right-handed game ball flowing down the right area of the game area 41 can change from a closed state in which a winning can not be won to an open state in which a winning is possible, and the gaming state is “specific game” (for example, In the case of shifting to “probability fluctuation” or “short time”), the right-handed game ball is detected from the closed state where the prize can not be won to the open state where the prize can be won, and the game ball won in the attacker 27 is detected. It is configured to include various elements such as an unillustrated attacker sensor and an unillustrated electric chew sensor for detecting a game ball won in the electric chew 28.

  A detection signal when a game ball wins the start winning opening 17 and the electric chew 28 is transmitted to the control device. The control device makes a determination such as “reach”, “big hit”, “probability fluctuation”, “miss”, etc. according to a random number generated internally based on the detection signal, and also performs a lottery executed with a predetermined probability Based on the result of the above, the variation display of the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 of the display device 12 is controlled.

  Note that “reach” used in the present specification means, for example, that two of the left, middle, and right three-stage effect symbols displayed on the display screen 121 are stopped first, and are already stopped and displayed. In other words, the display results of the two rows are the same symbol combination, and the final stop symbol is expected to be stopped. “Reach action” is a series of performances during “reach”. “Probability fluctuation” means that the electric chew 28 is released a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time as a result of a lottery executed when the game ball passes through the through chucker 19, and the electric chew 28 is opened. While increasing the probability of winning a game ball, the variable display time of the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 is shorter than “normal game”, and the probability of being a big hit is higher than “normal game” (for example, “normal game” "Is a jackpot probability 1/350, and" probability fluctuation "is a jackpot probability 1/60).

  In addition, the “short time” means that the electric chew 28 is released a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time as a result of a lottery executed when the game ball passes to the through chucker 19, and the electric chew 28 is opened. The probability of winning a game ball is raised, and the variable display time of the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 is shorter than “normal game”, and the probability of winning a big hit indicates the same state as “normal game”. Note that “normal game” refers to an initial game state different from games such as “hit”, “probability fluctuation”, “reach”, and “short time”.

(Outline of the game)
When the game state is “normal game”, the firing force of the launching device is adjusted by rotating the launching handle 9 so that the game ball stored in the upper tray 7 flows down to the left area of the game area 41. .

  When a game ball led out to the left area of the game area 41 flows down the left side of the decorative frame 15 and wins the start winning opening 17, a lottery executed by the control device as a result of a lottery is executed as a result. Based on the variation pattern, the effect symbol is displayed on the display screen 121 of the display device 12 in a predetermined effect mode for a predetermined time. When the “reach” occurs, the slide effect actors 37L and 37R and the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R described later of the central actor unit 23 and the fireball of the lower actor unit 22 are simulated. The “reach action” is performed such that the side movable effect character 221 is activated and appears on the front side of the display screen 121, that is, in the display window 151.

  Immediately after the “reach action” develops and the lower actor unit 22 and the central actor unit 23 execute a “hit action” that is more powerful than the “reach action”, the production symbols are the same in the left, middle, and right columns When all the symbols are confirmed and displayed, the control device controls to shift the gaming state to “big hit”.

  When the gaming state shifts to “big hit”, the firing handle 9 is rotated and adjusted so that the firing force of the launching device becomes the maximum force so that the game ball is right-handed.

  The right-handed game ball passes through the right-handed passage 411 and is led to the right area of the game area 41, and easily wins the attacker 27 in the open state. The winning ball won in the attacker 27 is discharged to the rear side of the game board 4 through a guide path (not shown) provided in the interior of the illumination unit 18.

  The attacker 27 detects that an unillustrated attacker sensor provided inside has won 10 game balls, or closes when 30 seconds have elapsed since opening, and opens again after closing. Repeat this up to 15 times. As a result, when a “hit” occurs, a large number of game balls can be awarded to the attacker 27, and a large number of game balls are paid out to the upper tray portion 7 as award balls from a prize ball payout device (not shown). It is.

  Note that the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a display device as a result of a lottery executed with a relatively low probability by the control device in response to detection of a winning of a game ball at the start winning port 17 during “normal game”. When a specific combination of effect symbols fixedly displayed on twelve display screens 121, for example, the same number of identical non-probable symbols of 0 to 9 in the left column, middle column, and right column are stopped and displayed together. When the game state is controlled so as to shift to “big hit”, and after “big hit” is finished, it is controlled to be “short time”, and when odd odd-numbered identical probability variation symbols are aligned and displayed The gaming state is controlled so as to shift to “big hit”, and is controlled so as to shift to “probability fluctuation” after completion of “big hit”.

(Structure of the central bonus unit 23)
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the central actor unit 23, and FIGS. FIG. 9 to FIG. 13 are rear views of the respective operation states of the central accessory unit 23 in a form in which the rear movable plates 30L and 30R described later are removed, and FIG. FIG. 15 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line A-B in FIG. 11.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the central accessory unit 23 has a left-right symmetric configuration, and is set with a set plate 29 (see FIG. 2) fixed to the rear side of the game board 4 and the back side of the game board 4. The left and right rear movable plates 30L and 30R and the rear movable plates 30L and 30R fixed to the front surfaces of the left and right rear movable plates 30L and 30R. The front and rear movable plates 31L and 31R that can move in the left and right directions together with 30L and 30R, and the front and rear of the rear movable plates 30L and 30R and the rear surfaces of the front movable plates 31L and 31R are orthogonal to the display screen 121. Left and right sector gears 32L, 32R that can move in the vertical direction about the imaginary axis of the direction, and first left and right that output power to move the front movable plates 31L, 31R and the rear movable plates 30L, 30R in the left-right direction, respectively. Driving The mechanisms 33L and 33R are fixed to the front surfaces of the second drive mechanisms 34L and 34R that output the power that moves the sector gears 32L and 32R in the vertical direction, and the front movable plates 31L and 31R. Left and right support plates 35L and 35R, left and right electrical boards 36L and 36R fixed to the front surfaces of the support plates 35L and 35R and mounted with a plurality of light sources 361L and 361R such as LEDs on the front surface, and support plates 35L and 35R And the left and right slide effect members 37L and 37R imitating the shape of flames fixed to the front surfaces of the front movable plates 31L and 31R across the electric decoration boards 36L and 36R, and the sector gears 32L and 32R are movably connected. It has left and right three-dimensional directors imitating human hands 38L and 38R.

The rear movable plates 30L and 30R are supported on the rear side of the game board 4 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and as shown in FIGS. 9 to 13, arc-shaped inner sides centering on a virtual axis facing the front-rear direction. Ends of the outer arc guide paths 302L and 302R and the outer arc guide paths 302L and 302R which are outside the arc guide paths 301L and 301R and the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R and are concentric with the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R. Bending guide that is continuously formed at the upper portion (the upper end portion in the case of the left outer arc guide passage 302L and the lower end portion in the case of the right outer arc guide passage 302R) and is bent so as to approach the inner arc guide passages 301L and 301R. There are paths 303L and 303R.
9 to 13, the rear movable plates 30L and 30R are omitted, and therefore the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R, the outer arc guide paths 302L and 302R, and the bent guide paths 303L and 303R are two-dot chain lines. Is shown.

  The front movable plates 31L and 31R are fixed to the rear movable plates 30L and 30R, so that the front movable plates 31L and 31R are integrally supported with the rear movable plates 30L and 30R and supported on the rear side of the game board 4 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The arcuate guide paths 311L and 311R that are opposed to the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R of the rear movable plates 30L and 30R and are concentric with the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R are formed. The left and right racks 312L and 312R meshing with the gears 332L and 332R of the first drive mechanisms 33L and 33R are provided on the upper portion 31L and on the lower front movable plate 31R.

  The first drive mechanisms 33L and 33R are attached in the vicinity of the front movable plates 31L and 31R (near the upper end in the left front movable plate 31L and in the vicinity of the lower end in the right front movable plate 31R). The first motors 331L and 331R are engaged with the racks 312L and 312R of the front movable plates 31L and 31R, respectively, thereby converting the rotation of the first motors 331L and 331R into a linear motion and sliding through the front movable plates 31L and 31R. Gears 332L and 332R that can be transmitted to the directors 37L and 37R.

  The slide effects actors 37L and 37R are integrated with the front movable plates 31L and 31R, the rear movable plates 30L and 30R, the support plates 35L and 35R, and the illumination boards 36L and 36R as the first motors 331L and 331R rotate. 3 and 9 which are moved in the left-right direction and are largely separated from each other in the left-right direction, and directions approaching each other from the stand-by position (on the left front movable plates 31L and 31R, the right side and the right side). The front movable plate 31R can move to the appearance position shown in FIGS.

  The support plates 35L and 35R are fixed to the front surfaces of the front movable plates 31L and 31R, and rotatably support the gears 342L and 342R and other gears of the second drive mechanisms 34L and 34R.

  The electrical decoration boards 36L and 36R are fixed to the front movable plates 31L and 31R so as to face the back surfaces of the slide effect actors 37L and 37R, and are patterned in red on the slide effect actors 37L and 37R. When the light sources 361L and 361R such as LEDs facing each other are mounted and the gaming state becomes a predetermined gaming state, the light source 361L and 361R emit light, so that the red pattern portion of the slide effect actors 37L and 37R Enables production as if the flames are burning.

In the sector gears 32L and 32R, the external teeth 321L and 321R mesh with the gears 342L and 342R of the second drive mechanisms 34L and 34R, respectively, and a plurality of rear rollers 322L provided on the back surface as shown in FIGS. 322R is slidably engaged with the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R of the rear movable plates 30L and 30R, and front rollers 323L and 323R provided on the front surface are arc guide paths 311L of the front movable plates 31L and 31R, 311R is slidably engaged with each other so that the arc moves along the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R between the rear movable plates 30L and 30R and the front movable plates 31L and 31R.
14 and 15 show only the left side component of the central bonus unit 23 and not the right side component, but the right side component is attached after each number. "L" is replaced with "R" for interpretation.

  The second drive mechanisms 34L and 34R are engaged with the second motors 341L and 341R assembled on the front surfaces of the front movable plates 31L and 31R and the external teeth 321L and 321R of the sector gears 32L and 32R, so that the second motors 341L and 341R are engaged. Gears 342L and 342R capable of transmitting the rotation of the motor to the sector gears 32L and 32R.

  The three-dimensional directors 38L and 38R have shapes imitating human hands and have axes 381L and 381R (particularly see FIGS. 14 and 15) parallel to the display screen 121 of the display device 12, and sector gears 32L and 32R. Are pivotally supported by pivots 324L and 324R (see FIG. 4) provided at the predetermined angle so that the sector gears 32L and 32R are moved by arc movement of the sector gears 32L and 32R by the rotation of the second motors 341L and 341R. 3 and 9, the intermediate position shown in FIGS. 5, 7, 10, and 12 rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle from the standby position in FIG. 3, and further rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle from the intermediate position. It can move to the operation position shown to FIG. 6, 8, 11, 13 which moved, and can stop.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, one end portions of sliders 39L and 39R are movable in spherical connecting portions 382L and 382R positioned rearward of the shafts 381L and 381R in the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R. Connected as possible.

  The sliders 39L and 39R engage with elongated holes 393L and 393R formed in the substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction so that projecting portions 313L and 313R projecting from the back surface of the front movable plates 31L and 31R are slidable in the left-right direction. In this way, the sector gears 32L and 32R are coupled to the sector gears 32L and 32R so as to be movable along the inner arc guide paths 301L and 301R and to the sector gears 32L and 32R so as to be movable in the left-right direction. Also, one end of each of the sliders 39L and 39R is a recess 391L and 391R that is movably connected to the connecting portions 382L and 382R of the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R. Sliding portions 392L and 392R slidably engaged with the outer arc guide paths 302L and 302R and the bent guide paths 303L and 303R of 30L and 30R are formed, respectively.

  The sliding portions 392L and 392R of the sliders 39L and 39R are arranged so that the outer arc guide path 302L, as shown in FIGS. 9, 10, 12, and 14 when the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R are in the standby position and the intermediate position. When engaged with 302R and moved to the operating position, it engages with the bending guide paths 303L and 303R as shown in FIGS. As a result, when the sliders 39L and 39R move to the operating position, as can be understood mainly from FIGS. 14 and 15, the sliders 39L and 39R move closer to the center of the display screen 121 than when they are at the standby position and the intermediate position. The target directors 38L and 38R can be rotated by a predetermined angle about the axes 381L and 381R.

  When the three-dimensional directors 38L and 38R are at the standby position and the intermediate position due to the linear movement of the sliders 30L and 30R in the left-right direction accompanying the circular movement of the sector gears 32L and 32R, the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R are shown in FIGS. As shown, the palm-like surfaces 383L and 383R are held in a first posture (in particular, see FIG. 14) in a form that is substantially perpendicular to the display screen 121 and opposed to each other, and in the operating position. When it moves, it rotates by a predetermined angle about the shafts 381L and 381R, and as shown in FIGS. 6, 8, and 15, the surfaces 383L and 383R face obliquely forward or forward, and the player moves the surfaces 383L and 383R. It changes to the 2nd posture of the form which can be clearly seen.

(Operation of the central accessory unit 23 and the lower accessory unit 22 related thereto)
When the game state is “normal game”, in the initial state shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, the slide effect actors 37 </ b> L and 37 </ b> R in the central agent unit 23 are in the standby position, and most of them are The part is hidden behind the game board 4. The three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R are each in the standby position and in the first posture, and are positioned diagonally on the display window 151 or the display screen 121 (the three-dimensional effect actor 38L on the left is located at the lower left corner position, The right stereoscopic effect actor 38R is located in the upper right corner), front portions 384L and 384R imitating the fingers of the hand are directed forward, and surfaces 383L and 383R imitating the palm are approximately with respect to the display screen 121. They are facing each other in a right angle direction. Further, the lower movable effect accessory 221 of the lower accessory unit 22 is hidden behind the transparent light guide plate 26. In this state, all of the effect symbols displayed on the display screen 121 are visible to the player.

  When the gaming state shifts to “reach”, first, the first motors 331L and 331R in the central bonus unit 23 are rotated forward, so that the slide effects bonuses 37L and 37R are moved to the rear movable plates 30L and 30R. The front movable plates 31L and 31R, the sector gears 32L and 32R, the second drive mechanisms 34L and 34R, the support plates 35L and 35R, and the illumination boards 36L and 36R appear linearly from the standby position toward the center of the display screen 121. Stop in position. The three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R also move toward the center of the display screen 121 together with the slide effect actors 37L and 38R. Subsequently, as the second motors 341L and 341R rotate forward, the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R move to the appearance positions together with the sector gears 32L and 32R, and the inner circular arc guide paths 301L of the rear movable plates 30L and 30R, The arc moves along 301R, moves to the intermediate position shown in FIG. 5, and stops. In the first operating state shown in FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. 10, the sliding portions 392L, 392R of the sliders 39L, 39R are located in front of the bending guide paths 303L, 303R in the outer arc guide paths 302L, 302R. Has stopped at.

  In the first operating state shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, among the three rows of symbols displayed on the display screen 121 of the display device 12 between the surfaces 383 </ b> L and 383 </ b> R of the three-dimensional effect actors 38 </ b> L and 38 </ b> R, the illustration is omitted. When the middle symbol is displayed, a “reach action” effect is performed such that the three-dimensional directors 38L and 38R grab the middle symbol.

  Further, when the “reach action” is developed, the second motors 341L, 341R rotate forward, and the sector gears 32L, 32R are guided from the intermediate position to the inner arc guide paths 301L, 301R to the operating position shown in FIG. Moving. Accordingly, the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R and the sliders 39L and 39R also move from the intermediate position to the operating position. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the sector gears 32L and 32R move to the operating position, and the sliding portions 392L and 392R of the sliders 39L and 39R shift from the outer arc guide paths 302L and 302R to the bent guide paths 303L and 303R. Thus, the sliders 39L and 39R are pushed toward the center of the display screen 121. As a result, in the second operation state shown in FIGS. 6, 11, and 15, the three-dimensional effect actors 38 </ b> L and 38 </ b> R are rotated forward by a predetermined angle about the shafts 381 </ b> L and 381 </ b> R. Surfaces 382L and 382R simulating palms that are oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface change to a second posture that faces diagonally forward or forward, so that the heel also simulates the palms of the three-dimensional directors 38L and 38R. A “reach action” is produced in which the middle symbol displayed on the display screen 121 is fired forward from between 383L and 383R. When the “reach action” does not develop, the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R do not operate, and the slide effect actors 37L and 37R return to the standby position.

  Further, when the “reach action” is developed, the second motors 341L and 341R are reversed, and the sector gears 32L and 32R are again returned to the intermediate positions and stopped. As a result, the sliding portions 392L and 392R of the sliders 39L and 39R move from the bending guide paths 303L and 303R to the outer arc guide paths 302L and 302R, so that the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R are slid effect actors 37L. , 37R stops at the appearance position, and moves about the shaft 381L, 381R while moving to the intermediate position to return from the second posture to the first posture. Following this operation, this time, the lower movable director 221 simulating a fireball rises from the standby position hidden behind the transparent light guide plate 26 and stops between the three-dimensional directors 38L and 38R. . Thus, in the third operating state shown in FIGS. 7 and 12, the “reach action” effect is performed such that the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R are holding the fireball (lower movable effect agent 221).

  Further, when the “reach action” is developed, the second motors 341L and 341R are rotated forward again, and the sector gears 32L and 32R are moved from the intermediate position to the operating position, so that the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R are operated. While moving to a position and changing to a 2nd attitude | position, the lower side movable production | presentation actor 221 rotates and the production which a fire burns up is performed. Thus, in the fourth operating state shown in FIGS. 8 and 13, the kite also produces an effect such that fireballs that burn from the surfaces 383 </ b> L and 383 </ b> R of the three-dimensional effect actors 38 </ b> L and 38 </ b> R are fired. In addition, when this effect is performed, it means a sign of a big hit.

  When the “reach action” with a big hit is completed, the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R return to the standby position by the reversal of the second motors 341L and 341R, and the slide effect actors 37L and 37R The first movable motors 331L and 331R are reversed to return from the appearance position to the standby position, and the lower movable effect accessory 221 returns to the standby position. Subsequently, the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 is confirmed and displayed as a “hit”.

  As described above, in the embodiment according to the present invention, the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R in the central accessory unit 23 are movably supported by the slide effect actors 37L and 37R, so that the slide effect actor 37L. , 38R, in addition to the planar movement in the direction along the display screen 121 when moving from the standby position to the appearance position and vice versa, when the slide effect actors 37L, 38R are moved to the appearance position, the slide A first posture in which the surfaces 383L and 383R are substantially perpendicular to the display screen 121 by rotating around the axes 381L and 381R parallel to the display screen 121 while performing a planar movement with respect to the directors 37L and 38R. By making a three-dimensional movement that changes from the first to the second posture diagonally forward or forward, it is possible to create a powerful game with unprecedented three-dimensional movement. Stage effects can be done the effect can be increased.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following various modifications and changes can be made to the present embodiment without departing from the gist of the present invention.
(A) The movement trajectory when the three-dimensional effect actors 38L and 38R move from the standby position to the operating position is a linear movement instead of the arc movement.
(B) Instead of the three-dimensional directors 38L and 38R movably supported by the slide directors 37L and 37R, which are movable elements, the three-dimensional directors 38L and 38R are fixed elements (for example, game boards). , The set plate or the first effect movable element is fixedly supported).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 4 Game board 41 Game area | region 411 Right-handed channel | path 5 Hinge 6 Glass frame 61 Glass plate 7 Upper saucer part 8 Lower saucer part 9 Launching handle 10L, 10R Speaker 11 Lighting device 12 Display apparatus 121 Display screens 13 and 14 Guide rail 15 Decoration frame 151 Display window 152 Warp hole 153 Stage 16 Windmill 17 Start prize opening 18 Electric decoration unit 19 Through chucker 20 Out port 21 Reservation lamp 22 Lower accessory unit 221 Lower movable effect accessory 23 Central accessory unit 24 Upper accessory unit 25 Transparent protective plate 251 Shielding wall 252 Gutter 26 Transparent light guide plate 27 Attacker 28 Electric Chu 29 Set plate 30L, 30R Rear movable plate 301L, 301R Inner circular guide path 302L, 302R Outside Arc guide path 303L, 303R Bending guide path 1L, 31R Front movable plate 311L, 311R Arc guide path 312L, 312R Rack 313L, 313R Protrusion 32L, 32R Sector gear 321L, 321R External teeth 322L, 322R Rear roller 323L, 323R Front roller 324L, 324R Pivot 33L, 33R First 1 drive mechanism 331L, 331R first motor 332L, 332R gear 34L, 34R second drive mechanism 341L, 341R second motor 342L, 342R gear 35L, 35R support plate 36L, 36R electrical board 361L, 361R light source 37L, 37R slide effect Actors 38L, 38R Three-dimensional effects Actors 381L, 381R Axes 382L, 382R Connecting portions 383L, 383R Surfaces 384L, 384R Front portions 39L, 39R Sliders 391L, 391R Concavities 39 L, 392R sliding portion 393L, 393R slot

Claims (5)

A game board having a game area in which game balls can flow down, a display device having a display screen capable of changing / stopping display of an effect symbol related to the game through a display window provided on the game board, and a front side of the display screen In a gaming machine equipped with an accessory unit operable according to the progress of the game,
The accessory unit is movable along the display screen in a first posture substantially perpendicular to the display screen by the motor and in parallel with the display screen in the process of the movement. A gaming machine comprising: a three-dimensional effect object that can change from the first posture to a second posture in which the surface faces the front side by rotating about an axis. A game board having a game area in which game balls can flow down, a display device having a display screen capable of changing / stopping display of an effect symbol related to the game through a display window provided on the game board, and a front side of the display screen In a gaming machine equipped with an accessory unit operable according to the progress of the game,
The accessory unit is supported by the first motor, a slide effect agent that can be moved along the display screen by the first motor, a second motor, and the slide effect agent, and is surfaced by the second motor. Is movable along the display screen in a first posture substantially perpendicular to the display screen, and is rotated about an axis parallel to the display screen in the course of the movement. And a three-dimensional effect object that can be changed to a second posture in which the surface faces the front side.   The said slide production | presentation thing moves to the appearance position located in the front side of the said display screen from the standby position hidden behind the said game board by moving along the said display screen. The gaming machine described.   4. The three-dimensional effect object moves in an arc around a virtual axis orthogonal to the display screen when moving along the display screen in the first posture. The gaming machine described in 1. The accessory unit is further engaged with a guide path formed along a moving direction of the three-dimensional effect agent, and is movably engaged along the guide path, and is connected to the three-dimensional effect agent. A slider,
5. The three-dimensional effect actor changes from the first posture to the second posture as the slider moves along the guide path. Gaming machine.

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