JP2016000281A - Game device and game program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game device capable of enhancing an element of surprise of a game result and hence interest in a game.SOLUTION: A game device includes game control means for dynamically displaying a plurality of patterns on display means, displaying one of the plurality of patterns as a plurality of stop patterns, and giving privilege (token) when a combination of a plurality of stop patterns corresponds to a predetermined combination. The game device includes: first lottery means for holding a lottery regarding whether a combination of a plurality of stop patterns is set to be a winning combination or a combination (losing) other than winning (S24); and second lottery means for holding a lottery regarding whether further privilege is given when a lottery result of losing is obtained by the first lottery means (S26: No).

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device having a lottery function by a computer, and a game program for causing the game device to function.

  Conventionally, a slot game apparatus dynamically displays a plurality of patterns by three rotating reels, and a combination of a plurality of stopped patterns arranged on the bet line is a win when the rotation of the three reels is stopped. If it becomes, it is comprised so that the medal as a play medium may be paid out (refer patent document 1). The winning combinations are defined in the lottery table together with the winning probabilities determined for each of the winning combinations, and a lottery is selected based on the winning probabilities as to whether the computer will win or not. The winning combinations include, for example, “7,7,7” and “Bell, Bell, Bell”, a combination of stop patterns that have the same type, as well as “Cherry, *, *” (“*” is an arbitrary pattern) There are combinations that include a specific stop pattern. If the computer is lost due to lottery, a combination of stop pictures not corresponding to the winning combination is displayed, and medals are not paid out.

  However, in the conventional slot game apparatus, the lottery result of the computer is only a hit or miss, and it is always determined whether or not medals are paid out according to the combination of stop pictures for each game. For this reason, the player only expects a combination of stop pictures that will be useful in the game, and the game result cannot be surprising, and the game is not sufficiently interesting.

JP 2005-66217 A

  The present invention has been conceived under such circumstances, a game device capable of enhancing the unexpectedness of the game result and thus enhancing the interest of the game, and for causing the game device to function. The issue is to provide a game program.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.

  The game device provided by the first invention dynamically displays a plurality of patterns by a plurality of reels, and displays a display unit displaying any one of the plurality of patterns as a plurality of stop patterns arranged on a predetermined line. And a storage unit that stores a winning combination as a combination of the plurality of stop patterns, and an image in which the plurality of reels rotate and the plurality of patterns move along the rotation direction is displayed on the display unit. The predetermined line is set in a direction crossing the rotation direction of the reel, and an image in which the plurality of stop pictures are arranged on the predetermined line is displayed on the display unit, and the combination of the plurality of stop pictures A combination of a game control means for giving a predetermined privilege when the number corresponds to a predetermined combination and a plurality of stop pictures on the predetermined line. A special lottery means for performing a lottery on whether to grant a privilege as a combination, do not grant a privilege as a combination other than winning, or grant a privilege even if it is a combination other than winning, As a result of the lottery by the special lottery means, if the bonus is given even in a combination other than the winning, the game control means, in a state where the stop pattern of the combination other than the winning is displayed on the predetermined line, A predetermined privilege is given to at least one of the stop pictures of combinations other than the winning line that are arranged on the predetermined line.

  In the game device provided by the first invention, the game control means sets a plurality of predetermined lines in a direction intersecting with a rotation direction of the reel, and the plurality of the plurality of predetermined lines are set on the plurality of predetermined lines. In the case where the image is displayed on the display unit, and the result of the lottery by the special lottery means is that a combination other than the winning is given, the game control means A lottery of a predetermined line to which a predetermined privilege is to be given to at least one of the above-mentioned stop patterns of a predetermined line, and, as a result of the lottery, a combination of stop pictures other than hitting the predetermined line determined In the displayed state, it is desirable to give a predetermined privilege to at least one stop picture of combinations other than the above-mentioned winning combinations arranged on the predetermined line.

  In the game device provided by the first invention, the privilege is that a medal is given, and the special lottery means is provided for each combination of stop pictures other than the winning line up on the predetermined line. On the other hand, the number of medals to be awarded, which is the number of medals to be awarded, is lottery, and the game control means grants the number of medals awarded based on the result of the lottery by the special lottery means as the predetermined privilege. desirable.

  A game program provided by the second invention is a game program for causing a computer to function as a game device including the means according to the first aspect.

  In the present invention, even if a combination of stop pictures other than winning is displayed, if a lottery result indicating that a privilege is given is obtained, for example, a medal as a play medium is given. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation in the lottery result, and it is possible to make the player feel a surprise even when the stop picture other than the winning pattern is given. Can be increased.

  Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description given below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention. It is a top view of the housing | casing shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the game device shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the whole game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a pattern arrangement | sequence table. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a game image. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the control processing of a normal game mode. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the control processing of a special game mode. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the control processing of the special game mode by other embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the control processing of the normal game mode by other embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the control processing of the normal game mode by other embodiment.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 15 show an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game apparatus A of the present embodiment is an arcade game apparatus in which four players can play a slot game. The game apparatus A executes a slot game when each player inserts a medal as a play medium and makes a bet, and grants a medal (privilege) according to the game result, and a medal according to the number of medals awarded Is configured to pay out. The game apparatus A includes various types of hardware (see FIG. 3) including a housing 1, a roof portion 2, an image display unit 3, a plurality of operation units 4, a plurality of speakers 5, electrical decoration 6 (see FIG. 3), and a CPU 10. ). In the following description, the configuration and operation when one player plays a slot game will be described unless otherwise specified.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an image display unit 3 is provided on the top of the housing 1. A plurality of operation units 4 are provided at the upper edge of the housing 1. At each location on the side surface of the housing 1 corresponding to each operation unit 4, a medal payout opening 1A is provided. A control board having various hardware is provided inside the housing 1. Above the housing 1, a roof portion 2 is provided via a support column 2A. Speakers 5 are provided at respective locations below the roof portion 2 corresponding to the operation portions 4. An electrical decoration 6 is provided on the side surface of the roof portion 2 (not shown in FIG. 1).

  The image display unit 3 is composed of a relatively large liquid crystal display panel, for example, and has a screen 30 disposed horizontally above the housing 1. The screen 30 displays a game image (see FIG. 4) of the slot game for each of the areas divided into four so as to correspond to the plurality of operation units 4. That is, the slot game is executed as a so-called video slot. The image display unit 3 can display not only a slot game but also a game image of a roulette game or a shooting game, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each operation unit 4 is provided with a medal insertion slot 40, a medal insertion sensor 41 (see FIG. 3), a bet button 42, a start button 43, a payout button 44, and an operation lever mechanism 45. ing.

  A medal is inserted into the medal slot 40 by the player. The inserted medals are stored in a medal storage unit (not shown).

The medal insertion sensor 41 detects a medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 40 and outputs a signal to that effect to the CPU 10 described later. The number of medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 40 (the number of medals inserted) is processed by the CPU 10 as the number of credits (the number of game play rights). The number of credits includes the number of medals awarded according to the game result.

  The bet button 42 is used when the player instructs a desired medal bet number in the slot game. For example, if the bet button 42 is pressed once, twice, or three times and operated, the number of medal bets becomes 1, 2, and 3 according to the number of button operations. The number of medal bets is transmitted to the CPU 10.

  The start button 43 is used for the player to instruct the start of the slot game.

  The payout button 44 is used for the player to instruct the payout of medals. When the payout button 44 is pressed, a number of medals corresponding to the number of credits are sent from the medal storage unit to the medal payout exit 1A through a medal transport mechanism (not shown) and paid out from the medal payout exit 1A.

  The operation lever mechanism 45 is not used in the slot game, but is used when, for example, a shooting game is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game apparatus A includes a CPU 10, a ROM 11, a RAM 12, a GPU 13, a VRAM 14, a video interface 15, an input interface 16, and an output interface 17 as hardware provided on the control board. The CPU 10, ROM 11, RAM 12, GPU 13, input interface 16, and output interface 17 are connected to each other via a bus 18. The image display unit 3 is connected to the GPU 13 via the VRAM 14 and the video interface 15. Connected to the input interface 16 are a medal insertion sensor 41, a bet button 42, a start button 43, a payout button 44, and an operation lever mechanism 45 of each operation unit 4. The output interface 17 is connected to the speaker 5 and the electrical decoration 6.

  The CPU 10 executes a system program and a game program stored in the ROM 11 and performs various input / output controls and arithmetic processes. For example, the CPU 10 functions as a digital counter and performs a counting process for the number of credits, the number of medals inserted, the number of medals awarded, the number of medals bet, and the number of medals paid out. The CPU 10 calculates the number of credits with the number of medals inserted and the number of medals awarded as an addition value and the number of medals bet as a subtraction value. The number of medals paid out is the total number of medals to be paid out when the payout button 44 is pressed, and corresponds to the number of credits at that time. The CPU 10 executes the game program of the slot game and sends a command to the GPU 13 to display the game image on the image display unit 3. As the slot game progresses, the CPU 10 functions as a random number generator and executes a predetermined lottery process. In addition to the normal lottery process, the predetermined lottery process includes a first lottery process and a second lottery process. CPU10 operates the speaker 5 and the electrical decoration 6 according to the progress situation of a slot game. The game image and the predetermined lottery process will be described later.

  The ROM 11 is a read-only semiconductor memory. The ROM 11 stores a system program for controlling basic operations of the hardware, a game program in which instructions and procedures for causing the CPU 10 to execute various processes relating to the game are stored. The ROM 11 stores a game image of the slot game, a picture arrangement table (see FIG. 5), a lottery table used when the CPU 10 performs a predetermined lottery process, and the like.

The system program includes a program for causing the CPU 10 to function as a digital counter. The game program includes a program describing the progress procedure of the slot game and a program for causing the CPU 10 to function as a random number generator. As shown in FIG. 6, the game image includes a plurality of pictures P constituting a slot game, bet lines L1 to L3, a character C, a credit display unit D, items S1, S2, and S3 (see FIGS. 11 to 13) and the like. Is included. As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of patterns P are defined in the pattern arrangement table. Types of the pattern P include a number pattern Pn corresponding to a number, special patterns Ps1, Ps2, and a blank pattern Pb. A plurality of lottery tables are prepared according to a plurality of lottery processes. Note that the game program, the game image, the pattern arrangement table, and the lottery table may be recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk, an optical disk, or a flash memory, and the CPU 10 may appropriately read out from the recording medium via a reading device.

  The RAM 12 is a readable / writable semiconductor memory, and is used for temporary storage of a program load and image data by the CPU 10. For example, the RAM 12 stores image data read from the ROM 11 and a lottery table.

  The GPU 13 performs high-speed calculation processing necessary for game image display processing. For example, the GPU 13 generates a game image at a frame rate of 20 fps, and transfers the generated image data frame by frame to the VRAM 14.

  The VRAM 14 is a semiconductor memory dedicated to video display. For example, the VRAM 14 functions as a frame buffer that temporarily holds a game image generated by the GPU 13. A game image is transmitted frame by frame from the VRAM 14 to the image display unit 3 via the video interface 15.

  The slot game flow is as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of patterns P are displayed on the screen 30 so as to be arranged in a 3 × 3 matrix. When a player inserts a medal into the medal insertion slot 40 and presses the bet button 42 1 to 3 times, 1 to 5 bet lines L1 to L5 are activated as a plurality of patterns P arranged in a matrix. Is set. For example, when the number of medal bets is 1, as shown in FIG. 7A, one bet line L1 along the pattern P in the middle in the horizontal direction is displayed as an active line. When the number of medal bets is 2, as shown in FIG. 7B, three bet lines L1 and L2 along the pattern P in the horizontal upper stage, the horizontal middle stage, and the horizontal lower stage are displayed as active lines. When the number of medal bets is 3, as shown in FIG. 7C, in addition to the above three bet lines L1 and L2, two bet lines L3 along the diagonal pattern P are displayed as effective lines. . In the credit display part D, the credit number subtracted by the number corresponding to the medal bet number is displayed.

  Thereafter, when the start button 43 is pressed by the player, as shown in FIG. 8, each of the left-side pattern P, the middle-row pattern P, and the right-row pattern P arranged in the vertical direction is virtually As it is displayed as if it is rotating as a simple reel, it moves vertically. At this time, the pattern P in each column moves in the order defined in the pattern arrangement table shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the left column, the middle column, and the right column include the number patterns Pn of “1” to “9”. Of these number patterns Pn, “Star 7” is defined as a jackpot pattern. The left column and the right column include a special image Ps1 of “egg” that does not exist in the middle column. The middle row includes a special pattern Ps2 of “? Mark” that does not exist in the left and right rows. The special designs Ps1 and PS2 such as “egg” and “? Mark” are defined as designs that produce a production effect on the video. For example, the special pattern Ps1 of “egg” is a pattern that may indicate medal grant, and the special pattern Ps2 of “? Mark” is a pattern that may indicate medal grant or game mode switching.

  After a while after the pictures in each row are dynamically displayed, for example, the picture P in the left column stops first, then the picture P in the right row stops, and finally the picture P in the middle row stops. Is displayed. As shown in FIG. 9, for example, when the effective line is a bet line of the symbol L1, in a state where the patterns P in all the columns are stopped and displayed, a plurality of patterns P arranged on the effective line L1 are stopped patterns P. 'Become. It should be noted that the combination of the stop pattern P ′ is determined in advance internally by the CPU 10 executing a predetermined lottery process before the stop of the pattern P in each row.

  In the normal game mode (the mode in which the processes of S1 to S12, S14, and S15 in FIG. 14 to be described later) are performed, the combination of the stop pattern P ′ is not only a general winning combination but also “egg” or “? Mark”. Special patterns Ps1, Ps2 may be included. The winning combinations including the cases where these special pictures Ps1 and Ps2 appear are defined in the lottery table, but the combinations other than the winning combinations (hereinafter referred to as “out”) are particularly defined in the lottery table. It has not been. As shown in FIG. 10, the general winning combination is a combination in which the same type of number picture patterns Pn such as “8, 8, 8” are arranged. As shown in FIG. 11 as an example, in the case of a special hit in which the special pattern Ps2 is included in the stop pattern P ′, a medal item S1 for notifying that a predetermined number of medals are awarded appears from the special pattern Ps2. The number displayed in the medal item S1 is the number of medals awarded. The number of medals awarded corresponding to a general winning is determined in advance, and the number of medals awarded corresponding to a special winning is determined in a predetermined lottery process. In any winning case, the number of medals awarded according to each winning is added to the number of credits.

  In the normal game mode, in the case of losing, it becomes a combination of a stop pattern P ′ in which the number pattern Pn is not aligned, or a combination of a stop pattern P ′ that does not include the special symbols Ps1 and Ps2 of “egg” and “? Mark”. (See FIG. 9). In addition, even if the special designs Ps1 and Ps2 such as “egg” and “? Mark” are displayed, nothing may appear. Note that the appearance of the medal item S1 from the special designs Ps1 and Ps2 and the number of medals awarded are also predetermined in advance by the CPU 10 executing a predetermined lottery process. In the normal game mode, a normal lottery process using a normal lottery table is executed as a predetermined lottery process. Although not particularly illustrated, the normal lottery table defines a winning probability determined for each general winning combination (combination) and a winning probability that wins when the special designs Ps1 and Ps2 appear.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, in the normal game mode, a “star mark” notification item S2 indicating game mode switching may appear from the special pattern Ps2 of “? Mark” displayed as the stop pattern P ′. . When the notification item S2 of “Star Mark” appears, the normal game mode is shifted to the special game mode. In the special game mode, the slot game proceeds in accordance with the player's operation as in the normal game mode, but differs from the normal game mode in the following points.

  In the special game mode, when the CPU 10 executes the first lottery process using the first lottery table, the combination of the stop patterns P ′ corresponding to the hit / miss is displayed. And as shown in FIG. 9, even if the combination of the stop picture P ′ is displayed as out of place, the CPU 10 executes the second lottery process using the second lottery table as to whether or not a medal is given. . When a lottery result indicating that a medal is to be awarded is obtained by the second lottery process, a combination of disengaged stop pictures P ′ is displayed, and then an effect image as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. In this effect image, the character C runs along the pattern P1 displayed in the lower row in the horizontal direction, the character C flips the pattern P1, and a medal item S3 indicating that a predetermined number of medals are given in place of the disappeared pattern P1. Appear. At this time, the medal item S3 appears within a range of 1 to 3 according to the lottery result of the second lottery process. The number indicated in the medal item S3 is added to the credit number as the medal grant number. Thereafter, the character C returns to the original position, and the lower horizontal pattern P1 is restored, and an image as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Note that the appearance number and the medal grant number of the medal item S3 are determined by the second lottery process. When the lottery result indicating that no medal is given is obtained by the second lottery process, the effect image is not displayed.

  The special game mode is ended when the number pattern Pn of “Star 7, Star 7, Star 7”, which is a big hit, is aligned. After the end of the special game mode, for example, a jackpot lottery game (JP lottery game) is executed. Although not shown in the drawings, the first lottery table defines a winning probability for each combination of winning stop pictures P ′. The winning probability defined in the first lottery table is set higher than the winning probability of the normal lottery table used in the normal game mode. In the second lottery table, a winning probability as to whether or not to give a medal is defined. That is, in the special game mode, more medals are given probabilistically than in the normal game mode. Thereby, the player can feel unexpectedness and expectation in the game result.

  Next, the control process of the game apparatus A will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15.

  As shown in FIG. 14, when the player performs a betting operation (pressing the bet button 42) in the normal game mode (S1: YES), the CPU 10 subtracts the medal bet number corresponding to the number of operations from the credit number. (S2). At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, valid lines L1 to L3 corresponding to the number of medal bets are displayed on the game image. The number of bet operations is limited to 1 to 3 within the range of the number of credits, and bet operations exceeding the number of credits and four or more bet operations are invalid.

  Next, when the player performs a start operation (pressing the start button 43) (S3: YES), the CPU 10 executes a normal lottery process based on the normal lottery table (S4). In this normal lottery process, one of win, miss, and game mode switching is obtained as the lottery result. In the case of winning, a lottery result indicating that all stop pictures P ′ are the same type of number pictures Pn, or special pictures Ps1 and Ps2 of “egg” and “? Mark” are displayed as stop pictures P ′. A lottery result indicating that the medal item S1 appears from the special patterns Ps1, Ps2. In the case of switching the game mode, a special symbol Ps2 of “? Mark” is displayed as the stop symbol P ′, and a lottery result indicating that the notification item S2 of “star mark” appears from the special symbol Ps2. In the case of losing, the lottery result that the same kind of number picture Pn is not prepared as the stop picture P ′, or that the medal item S1 does not appear from the special designs Ps1 and Ps2 of “egg” and “? Mark” Results are obtained. The winning probability for obtaining the winning lottery result in such a normal lottery process is defined in the normal lottery table as 1/10, for example.

  If the lottery result of the normal lottery process is a win (S5: YES), the CPU 10 determines whether the winning pattern is a general stop pattern P 'or special patterns Ps1, Ps2 (S6).

  When the winning pattern is a general stop pattern P ′ such as “8, 8, 8” (S6: YES), the CPU 10 dynamically displays the pattern P as a game image as shown in FIG. Later (S7), the winning stop pattern P 'is displayed (S8). At this time, for example, a game image as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

  Thereafter, the CPU 10 adds the number of medals awarded according to the winning to the number of credits (S9), and ends the control process of the normal game mode. Thereafter, when the player performs a payout operation (pressing the payout button 44), medals corresponding to the number of credits displayed on the credit display portion D in the game image are paid out to the medal payout opening 1A.

  In S6, when the winning design is a special design Ps2 such as “? Mark” (S6: NO), the CPU 10 dynamically displays the design P as in S7 (S10), and then stops the design P. The special pattern Ps2 of “? Mark” is displayed as “(S11). At this time, for example, a game image as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 12, the CPU 10 displays an effect image for causing the “star mark” notification item S2 to appear from the special symbol Ps2 of “? Mark” (S12), and changes from the normal game mode to the special game mode. Switch to the control process (S13). Note that the normal lottery process may be either a lottery or a lottery process, and then another type of lottery process may be performed regarding which type of item appears from the “? Mark”. In this case, the special symbol “? Mark” is displayed according to the lottery result of the normal lottery process, and immediately after that, a special lottery process is performed regarding which type of item is to appear from the “? Mark”.

  In S5, when the lottery result of the normal lottery process is out of place such as “6, 3, 8” (S5: NO), the CPU 10 dynamically displays the pattern P in the same manner as in S6 (S14). For example, an outlier stop pattern P ′ as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed (S15), and the control process of the normal game mode is terminated.

  In S3, when the start operation is not performed by the player (S3: NO), the CPU 10 continues to monitor the start operation and does not execute the next process of S4.

  In S1, when the bet operation is not performed by the player (S1: NO), the CPU 10 continues to monitor the bet operation and does not execute the next process of S2.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when the control process is switched to the special game mode, the CPU 10 monitors the betting operation by the player as in the normal game mode (S21).

  When a bet operation is performed by the player (S21: YES), the CPU 10 subtracts the medal bet number from the credit number (S22) and then monitors the start operation (S23).

  When the start operation is performed by the player (S23: YES), the CPU 10 executes the first lottery process based on the first lottery table (S24), and then executes the second lottery process (S25).

  In the first lottery process of S24, either winning or losing is obtained as the first lottery result. The content of the first lottery result that is won or lost is temporarily stored, for example, by the CPU 10. The winning probability for obtaining the winning lottery result in the first lottery process is defined in the first lottery table as 1/8, for example. In other words, the winning probability of the first lottery process is higher than the winning probability of the normal lottery process, and a win is likely to occur in the special game mode. On the other hand, in the second lottery process of S25, whether or not a medal is awarded or a failure to give a medal is obtained as the second lottery result. The contents of the second lottery result are also temporarily stored by the CPU 10, for example. Note that the second lottery process may not be performed when the first lottery result is a win.

When the first lottery result is a win (S26: YES), the CPU 10 dynamically displays the picture P as a game image as shown in FIG. 8 (S27), and then displays the winning stop picture P ′ (see FIG. 8). S28). In the case of winning, a game image as shown in FIG. 10, for example, is displayed as in the case of the normal game mode.

  Next, the CPU 10 determines whether the winning combination is “Star 7, Star 7, Star 7” corresponding to the jackpot or other winning combinations (S29).

  When the winning combination is a jackpot (S29: YES), the CPU 10 adds the number of medals awarded according to the jackpot to the number of credits (S30), and then shifts to a JP lottery game control process (S31). The mode control process ends. In addition, after the process of S30, you may transfer to the control process of a normal game mode again, without performing a JP lottery game.

  In S29, when it is a winning combination other than the big win (S29: NO), the CPU 10 adds the number of medals awarded according to the winning to the credit number (S32), and returns to S21. That is, the control process in the special game mode is continued until a big hit is made (S29: YES). When a winning combination other than the big hit comes out, for example, a shooting game may be executed as a mini game.

  In S26, when the first lottery result is out (S26: NO), after the pattern P is dynamically displayed in the same manner as in S27 (S33), for example, a stop pattern P ′ that is out as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. It is displayed (S34).

  After that, the CPU 10 determines whether the second lottery result is a win or a miss (S35).

  When the second lottery result is a win (S35: YES), the CPU 10 displays an effect image as shown in FIG. 13 (S36). In this effect image, the pattern P1 along the lower bet line L2 is changed by the character C to the medal item S3. The number of medals given in the medal item S3 is randomly determined by the second lottery process.

  Then, the CPU 10 adds the number of medals awarded according to the medal item S3 to the number of credits (S37), and returns to S21.

  In S35, when the second lottery result is out (S35: NO), the CPU 10 returns to S21. In this case, as a result of the first lottery process and the second lottery process, the game is completely out of control, and the special game mode control process is continued.

  In S23, when the start operation is not performed by the player (S23: NO), the CPU 10 continues to monitor the start operation and does not execute the next process of S24.

  If the bet operation is not performed by the player in S21 (S21: NO), the CPU 10 continues to monitor the bet operation and does not execute the next process of S22.

  Therefore, according to the game apparatus A of the present embodiment, even if the combination of the stop picture P ′ that is to be removed in the special game mode is displayed, if the winning picture is won internally in the second lottery process, After displaying “”, an effect image indicating the provision of medals is displayed, and a predetermined number of medals are awarded. Thus, the player can have a sense of expectation that even if a combination of the stop picture P ′ that is out of the display is displayed, the player may have a sense of expectation. be able to.

  Next, processing according to another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same or similar processes as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted as appropriate.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart when a lottery process (special lottery process) different from the first and second lottery processes is executed in the special game mode.

  As shown in FIG. 16, when the player performs a start operation through the processes of S21 to S23 (S23: YES), the CPU 10 executes a special lottery process (S24 '). In this special lottery process, whether to win (a), complete out (b), or after displaying out, whether an effect image as shown in FIG. It is determined by one lottery, and one of these is obtained as a special lottery result. In such a special lottery process, the winning probability for obtaining a winning lottery result is also defined in the lottery table as a higher probability than the winning probability of the normal lottery process.

  When the special lottery result is (a) (S25 ': a), the CPU 10 executes the processes of S27 to S32. That is, in this case, for example, a stop pattern P ′ that is a winning combination as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, and the number of medals awarded according to that is added to the number of credits.

  When the special lottery result is (b) (S25 ': b), the CPU 10 executes the processes of S33 and S34. In this case, for example, an outlier stop pattern P ′ as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed, and no medal is awarded.

  On the other hand, when the special lottery result is (c) (S25 ′: c), the CPU 10 dynamically displays the pattern P in the same manner as S33 (S33 ′), and then stops stoppage as shown in FIG. The pattern P ′ is displayed (S34 ′), and then an effect image as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed (S36). The medal item S3 is also displayed in this effect image.

  Then, the CPU 10 adds the number of medals awarded according to the medal item S3 to the number of credits (S37), and returns to S21.

  Therefore, even by the special game mode processing shown in FIG. 16, the player can have a sense of expectation that even if a combination of stop pictures P ′ that are out of place may be displayed, the player may have a sense of expectation. The same effect as the form can be obtained.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart for executing a special lottery process instead of the normal lottery process in the normal game mode.

  As shown in FIG. 17, when the player performs a start operation through the processes of S1 to S3 (S3: YES), the CPU 10 executes a special lottery process (S4 '). This special lottery process is also the same as the special lottery process shown in S24 'of FIG. 16, and whether to win (a), complete out (b), or display of out, as shown in FIG. Whether the effect image is displayed and whether or not to win is determined by one lottery, and any of these is obtained as a special lottery result.

  When the special lottery result is (a) (S5 ': a), the CPU 10 executes the processes of S27, S28, and S30. That is, in this case, for example, a stop pattern P ′ that is a winning combination as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, and the number of medals awarded according to that is added to the number of credits.

  When the special lottery result is (b) (S5 ': b), the CPU 10 executes the processes of S33 and S34. In this case, for example, an outlier stop pattern P ′ as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed, and no medal is awarded.

  On the other hand, when the result of the special lottery is (c) (S5 ′: c), the CPU 10 dynamically displays the pattern P as in S33 (S33 ′), and then stops stoppage as shown in FIG. Although the pattern P ′ is displayed (S34 ′), an effect image as shown in FIG. 13 is then displayed (S36), and the number of medals awarded according to the medal item S3 is added to the number of credits (S37). The game mode control process ends.

  Therefore, according to the processing of the normal game mode shown in FIG. 17, even if it is not the special game mode in which the winning probability is high, there is a possibility that it may be a hit after the display of disappointment, and the expectation that this may be the case The player can have the same effects as the above-described embodiment.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart when the first and second lottery processes are executed instead of the normal lottery process in the normal game mode.

  As shown in FIG. 18, when the start operation is performed by the player through the processes of S1 to S3 (S3: YES), the CPU 10 executes the first lottery process (S24), and subsequently executes the second lottery process. (S25).

  Also in the first lottery process of S24, as in the above-described embodiment, either winning or losing is obtained as the first lottery result. In the second lottery process of S25, as in the above-described embodiment, whether the medal is awarded or whether the medal is not given is obtained as the second lottery result.

  When the first lottery result is a win (S26: YES), the CPU 10 executes the processes of S27, S28, and S30, and finishes the normal game mode control process. That is, in this case, for example, a stop pattern P ′ that is a winning combination as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, and the number of medals awarded according to that is added to the number of credits.

  On the other hand, in S26, when the first lottery result is out (S26: NO), the CPU 10 executes the processing of S33 to S37) and finishes the normal game mode control processing. In this case, an outage stop pattern P ′ as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed (S 34), but after that, an effect image as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed (S 36), according to the medal item S 3. The number of medals awarded may be added to the number of credits (S37).

  Therefore, even in the normal game mode processing shown in FIG. 18, there is a possibility that the player may win after the display of disappointment, and the player can have the expectation that this may be the case, and the same effect as the above-described embodiment. Can be obtained.

  In addition, the said embodiment is an example to the last, and the technical scope of this invention is not limited to this. Various modifications can be made to the specific configuration of the game apparatus according to the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention.

  For example, the second lottery process of S25 shown in FIG. 15 or FIG. 18 may be executed by the CPU after the stop picture out of S34 is displayed. In this case, after the process of S34, the player can perform a certain operation, for example, an operation of repeatedly pressing a button or an operation related to a mini game, and the winning probability can be increased according to the operation result. Further, after the lottery of the first lottery process, the second lottery process may be executed while the pattern is dynamically displayed.

  In the embodiment described above, a slot game of 3 bets × 5 bet lines proceeds. However, for example, a slot game of 5 bets × 5 bets lines may be used. Also, in the case of a slot game in which each of the patterns P arranged in a 3 × 3 matrix is dynamically displayed independently, for example, three lines along the vertical direction of the screen are also bet lines, and 3 bets × 8 bets It may be a line.

  In the above embodiment, if the lottery result of the second lottery process is a win, the pattern along the predetermined lower bet line can be changed to a medal item, but an item of a type different from the medal item should appear. Also good. For example, an item that notifies the probability variation that the first lottery process is executed by switching to a lottery table with higher probability may appear. In addition, the pattern to be changed to the medal item may be along the middle or upper bet line, and it may be determined each time by the internal lottery which position the pattern is changed to the medal item. Furthermore, only when a specific pattern, for example, “egg” is displayed, only the “egg” pattern may be changed to a medal item.

  The medal item may always indicate a fixed number of medals, or the number indicated in the pattern before changing to a medal item may be the number of medals.

  The privilege to be granted is not always a medal, and may be an item such as a right to play a JP lottery game or a weapon used in a shooting game.

  The game device may be a so-called slot machine having a plurality of mechanically rotating reels.

A Game device P Picture P 'Stop picture L1-L3 Bet line 1 Case 2 Roof part 3 Image display part (display means)
4 operation unit 5 speaker 6 illumination 10 CPU (game control means, first lottery means, second lottery means, normal lottery means, special lottery means)
11 ROM
12 RAM
13 GPU
14 VRAM

Claims (4)

A display unit that dynamically displays a plurality of patterns by a plurality of reels, and displays any of the plurality of patterns as a plurality of stop patterns arranged on a predetermined line;
A storage unit for storing a winning combination as a combination of the plurality of stop patterns;
An image in which the plurality of reels rotate and the plurality of patterns move along the rotation direction is displayed on the display unit, and the predetermined line is set in a direction intersecting with the rotation direction of the reels. A game control means for displaying an image in which the plurality of stop pictures are arranged on the predetermined line on the display unit, and giving a predetermined privilege when the combination of the plurality of stop pictures corresponds to the predetermined combination;
A lottery on whether a combination of a plurality of stop pictures on the predetermined line is given as a winning combination, a bonus is not given as a combination other than a winning combination, or a bonus is given even in a combination other than a winning combination A special lottery means for performing
As a result of the lottery by the special lottery means, when the bonus is given even if the combination is other than the winning combination, the game control means displays the stop pattern of the combination other than the winning combination on the predetermined line. A game device, wherein a predetermined privilege is given to at least one of the stop pictures of combinations other than the winning combinations arranged on the predetermined line. The game control means sets a plurality of predetermined lines in a direction crossing the rotation direction of the reel, and causes the display unit to display an image in which the plurality of stop pictures are arranged on the plurality of predetermined lines. ,
As a result of the lottery by the special lottery means, when the bonus is given even if the combination is other than the winning combination, the game control means at least of the stop picture of any of the plurality of predetermined lines Whether or not to give a predetermined privilege to one, as a result of the lottery, in a state where the stop picture of the combination other than the hit is displayed on the predetermined line determined, the line up on the predetermined line The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined privilege is given to at least one of the stop patterns other than the winning combination. The privilege is to give a medal, and the special lottery means gives a medal that is the number of the medal to be given to each of the stop patterns other than the winning combinations arranged on the predetermined line. Lottery numbers
The game device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game control means gives the number of medals given based on the result of the lottery by the special lottery means as the predetermined privilege. The game program for functioning a computer as a game device provided with each means as described in any one of Claims 1-3.

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