JP2017159076A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of suppressing a decline in a performance effect by a background sound.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: sound output means capable of outputting a sound effect correlated with a background sound and various performances; and sound control means that may perform control so as to prevent the sound effect correlated with a performance 30 from being outputted while output of the background sound is maintained in occurrence of the performance 30. When the sound control means performs control so as to prevent the sound effect from being outputted, a player can listen to the background sound without being interrupted by the sound effect.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  In many gaming machines, a predetermined background sound (BGM) is output during a game (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below). When an effect occurs when the background sound is being output and a sound effect corresponding to the effect is output, the sound effect overlaps the background sound, making it difficult to hear the background sound.

JP-A-2015-89380

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing a reduction in the effect produced by the background sound.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, includes a sound output means capable of outputting a background sound and a sound effect associated with various effects, and the background sound when the effect is generated. Sound control means that may be controlled so that the sound effect associated with the effect is not output while maintaining the output, and with a predetermined sound effect while informing one determination of success / failure If the predetermined effect has already occurred at least once, the sound control means may control so that the predetermined sound effect associated with the predetermined effect is not output when the predetermined effect is generated again. Features.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress a decrease in effect due to background sounds.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the kind of background sound. It is the figure which showed the relationship between a continuous notice and a background sound. It is a figure for demonstrating control of a sound effect when an effect with sound generate | occur | produces when the normal music is set as a background sound. It is a figure for demonstrating control of a sound effect when an effect with a sound generate | occur | produces when the specific music is set as a background sound. It is a figure for demonstrating a 1st modification, Comprising: It is a figure for demonstrating control of a sound effect when a normal production | generation produces | generates when the specific music is set as a background sound. It is a figure for demonstrating a 1st modification, Comprising: It is a figure for demonstrating control of a sound effect when a specific production | generation produces | generates when the specific music is set as a background sound. It is a figure for demonstrating a 2nd modification. It is a figure for demonstrating a 3rd modification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a game board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and a guide rail 903 that constitutes a path for guiding a game ball launched by the operation of the launch device 908 (launch handle) to the game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows.

  In the game area 902, a start winning opening 904, a big winning opening 906, an out opening 907, and the like are provided. A display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that is visible through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90. 3 to 9 roughly describe the display area 911, the shape and the like can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the opening 901 and the shape and size of the display device 91 itself can be changed). The shape and the like of the display area 911 can be changed with (

  In addition, the game area 902 is provided with a plurality of game nails as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the flow-down game balls collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes into various modes depending on the condition when it collides with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is launched toward the game area 902 by operating the launching device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning opening such as the start winning opening 904 or the big winning opening 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by the payout device.

  Note that the description of the components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the game balls, is omitted. About these, the thing of the structure similar to a well-known game machine is applicable.

  The jackpot lottery (win / no-go determination) is executed by a winning / non-showing means provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by winning a game ball in the start winning opening 904 (even if there are a plurality of such start winning openings). Good). Specifically, a numerical value is acquired from a random number source when a game ball is won at the start winning opening 904, and when the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot number, It will be out of place. If the jackpot is won, a jackpot game is executed. The jackpot game is a game in which the big winning opening 906 is frequently opened, and the player can acquire a lot of game balls (so-called game balls). Is omitted. A plurality of types of jackpot games having different expected values of game balls that can be acquired may be set.

  In the present embodiment, the player is notified of the result of the success / failure determination by the combination of the identification symbols 10 displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. In the present embodiment, three groups of identification symbols 10 including numbers “1” to “9” are variably displayed. Each group of identification symbols 10 starts to fluctuate simultaneously with the start of an effect to notify a certain determination result, and when the jackpot is won, the identification symbols 10 are finally stopped in a predetermined combination. As the predetermined combination, a triple of the same identification symbols 10 can be exemplified. If it is out of place, the identification symbol 10 stops in a combination other than the combination that is a big hit.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the notification of the result of the success / failure determination is started in the order in which the numerical values for the determination of the success / failure are acquired (the variation of the identification symbol 10 is started), but a certain numerical value is acquired. Sometimes, when the determination result based on the numerical value acquired before that is informed, the acquired numerical value is not shown until the notification of the appropriateness determination result based on the certain numerical value is started. Is remembered. The maximum stored number (maximum number of holds) of a numerical value (hereinafter also referred to as hold information) for which the notification of the determination result is not yet started can be set as appropriate. The maximum number of hold information that can be stored by the storage means in the present embodiment is four per kind of start winning award.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, it will be judged whether the acquired numerical value is a numerical value which becomes a big hit at the time of alerting | reporting of the determination result. That is, it is determined whether or not the target determination result is a big hit or a difference when the effect for notifying the determination result (variable display of the identification symbol 10) is started. The information (hereinafter also referred to as changing information) is a so-called “flag” for internally grasping the success or failure of the jackpot, and is stored in the storage unit together with the hold information (in this embodiment, The storage means for storing the hold information and the changing information is the same, but the information may be stored in different storage means). In addition, when a certain numerical value is acquired, regardless of whether the determination result based on the numerical value acquired before that is notified or not, whether or not the result is determined based on the acquired numerical value, It is good also as a structure which memorize | stores itself. In such a configuration, the stored determination result itself corresponds to the changing information and the hold information. A combination of in-flight information may be regarded as on-hold information. The number of hold information may be displayed so that the player can recognize it. In this embodiment, it is displayed in the display area 911 as a hold mark.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment outputs a background sound 20 (BGM) and a sound effect that is a sound for emphasizing various effects from a speaker 92 (see FIG. 1) that is a sound output means (the background sound 20 And means for controlling sound effects correspond to sound control means in the present invention). The storage means (not shown) stores music and sound effects that are output as the background sound 20. The background sound 20 is continuously output unless a specific end condition occurs. An example of the end condition is a transition to a predetermined effect such as a so-called super reach effect. The background sound 20 may be reset each time notification of one determination result is completed, or may be continuously output. Sound effects enhance the effects of various effects. Any specific form (melody, length, etc.) of the sound effect may be used. It may be a long one such as a song (whether or not a song is present). In addition, sound (vibration sound) generated by vibrating a specific portion is also included in the “sound effect”. Hereinafter, in principle, the effect that should be accompanied by the sound effect may be referred to as a sound effect 30 (not necessarily accompanied by a sound effect, as will be described later). Examples of the effect 30 with sound include an effect in which a sound effect is output together with an image that produces an effect, an effect in which a sound effect is output with the movement of a movable accessory (not shown), and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the music output as the background sound 20 is divided into one or more types of normal music 21 and one or more types of specific music 22. In the present embodiment, the probability that the determination result is a big hit (so-called jackpot reliability) is higher when the specific music 22 is set than when the normal music 21 is set as the background sound 20. It is set to be. Specifically, the specific music 22 is a song with a so-called jackpot reliability that is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, and the normal music 21 is a music with a so-called jackpot reliability that is less than the predetermined threshold.

  In the present embodiment, by temporarily or temporarily stopping the fluctuating identification symbol 10 (referring to a player's appearance as if it has stopped) and repeating the change one or more times, It is possible to execute a so-called continuous notice (known as a pseudo-continuous notice or a look-ahead continuous notice) that suggests the probability that the result of success / failure judgment will be a big hit, and the number of times from the stop or temporary stop to re-variation It is set so that the probability that the determination result is a big hit increases as the number increases. A combination of specific identification symbols 10 indicating re-variation may be set. In the continuous notice, the fluctuation of the identification symbol 10 until the first stop or temporary stop is the first continuous time, the fluctuation after the identification symbol 10 until the second stop or temporary stop is the second, third stop or temporary Assuming that the variation of the identification symbol 10 until the stop is the third consecutive time, as shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the music that is output as the background sound 20 for the third consecutive time is the specific music 22 as shown in FIG. (See FIG. 3E). The first and second consecutive background sounds 20 are normal music pieces 21 (see FIGS. 3A to 3D), and these normal music pieces 21 have a lower so-called jackpot reliability than the specific music piece 22. It can be said that there is. It should be noted that the music divided into the specific music 22 may be set as the background sound 20 even at times other than such continuous notice occurrence.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when a normal music 21 is set as the background sound 20 and a sound effect 30 is generated, a sound effect corresponding to the effect is output. That is, the sound effect is output so as to be superimposed on the normal music piece 21 set as the background sound 20.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when the specific music 22 is set as the background sound 20 and the sound effect 30 is generated, the sound effect corresponding to the effect is not output. That is, the specific musical piece 22 continues to be output as it is, and the effect components other than the sound effect are expressed (the above-described image display and the movement of the movable accessory are executed). Therefore, even if the effect with sound 30 is generated, the player can continue to listen to the specific music 22 with no sound effect overlapped. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the production effect due to the output of the sound effect (the sound effect overlaps the specific music piece 22).

  In the present embodiment, when the normal music 21 is set as the background sound 20, the sound effect is output when the sound effect 30 is generated, and therefore the frequency of setting the specific music 22 as the background sound 20 ( The shorter the amount of time spent in the game, the fewer cases where sound effects are omitted. That is, by dividing the normal music piece 21 that allows the output of sound effects and the specific music piece 22 that prohibits the output of sound effects, the specific music piece 22 is effective while suppressing the frequency with which the preference of the sound effect 30 is reduced. I try to let the player listen without being disturbed by the sound.

  And since the specific music 22 is what is called a jackpot reliability higher than the normal music 21 (which can be said to be a kind of production), by preventing the specific music 22 from being hindered by the sound effect, It is possible for a player to easily grasp that the situation is expected to be a big hit.

  In addition, the specific music 22 and the normal music 21 may not be divided based on the so-called jackpot reliability. The music that the player wants to listen to may be set as the specific music 22, and other music may be set as the normal music 21. For example, if the occurrence frequency (probability set as the background sound 20) is less than a predetermined threshold, that is, a song with high rarity is designated as the specific song 22, and a song with a frequency exceeding the predetermined threshold, that is, a song with low rarity. By setting the normal music 21, when a specific music 22 having a higher rarity is set as the background sound 20, it is considered that the music can be listened to by the player without being disturbed by the sound effect. It is done.

  Hereinafter, a modified example (improved example) of the above embodiment will be described. In addition, it is good also as a structure to which the modification demonstrated below is applied independently, and good also as a structure to which several are applied.

-1st modification In the said embodiment, when the specific music 22 was set as the background sound 20, although demonstrated that the sound effect of the sound effect 30 was not output, a sound effect may be output. If it exists, it is good also as a structure which may not be output. Specifically, the sound effect 30 is divided into a normal effect 31 and a specific effect 32, and when the specific effect 22 is generated when the specific music 22 is set as the background sound 20, no sound effect is output. (See FIG. 6) When the specific effect 32 is generated, a sound effect corresponding to the specific effect 32 is output (see FIG. 7). That is, the sound effect is output only when the specific effect 32 which is a part of the sound effect 30 is generated. When the normal music 21 is set as the background sound 20, a sound effect is output regardless of whether the normal effect 31 or the specific effect 32.

  There are various possible methods for dividing the sound effect 30 into the specific effect 32 or the normal effect 31. For example, a method in which the so-called jackpot reliability is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold and the specific effect 32 is set, and a method in which the so-called jackpot reliability is lower than the predetermined threshold is set as the normal effect 31. In this way, since a sound effect is always output when a specific effect 32 that can be expected to be a big hit is generated, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the player misses or does not notice the specific effect 32. Is possible. Note that this method is merely an example. The sounded effect 30 may be divided such that the specific effect 32 is a thing that should be noticed by the player that the effect has occurred (a thing that the player wants to notice), and the other effect is a normal effect 31.

Second Modified Example In this example, as in the first modified example, when the specific music 22 is set as the background sound 20, a sound effect of the sound effect 30 may be output or not output. It is a structure that sometimes. Specifically, when a certain sound effect 30 is generated during the notification of one success / failure determination (from the start to the end of the effect informing one determination of success / failure), the generation of the sound effect 30 is determined to be correct / incorrect. It is determined whether or not it is the first time between notifications of determination, and whether or not to output a sound effect is controlled accordingly. As shown in FIG. 8, when the sound effect 30 is generated for the first time, a sound effect is output even when the specific music 22 is set as the background sound 20 (FIG. 8B). )reference). That is, the sound effect is output regardless of the type of the background sound 20. When the sound effect 30 has already occurred (in the second and subsequent times), no sound effect is output when the specific music 22 is set as the background sound 20 (see FIG. 8C). .

  As described above, when the sound effect 30 with the sound effect has already occurred once during the notification of a single determination, whether the sound effect 30 is generated again needs to output the sound effect. It is good also as a structure which treats that there is no sound and makes a player listen to the specific music 22 without being disturbed by a sound effect. It should be noted that whether or not the same sound effect 30 is determined based on whether or not the sound effects are the same. That is, in order to show a so-called chance up, even if other effect elements such as an image are slightly different (for example, some colors are different), etc., if the corresponding sound effects are the same, the same effect with sound 30 It is judged that.

・ Third modification (an improvement of the second modification)
Although the control of the sound effect in the second modification has been described as being performed when the specific music 22 is set as the background sound 20, it may be irrelevant to the type of the background sound 20. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, no matter what the background sound 20 is, if the sound effect 30 that is generated is the first time while notifying a certain success / failure determination, it corresponds to that. A sound effect is output (see FIG. 9B). On the other hand, if the same effect with sound 30 has already occurred once during the notification of a single determination, the corresponding sound effect is not output (see FIG. 9C).

  Thus, it is good also as control which determines whether a sound effect is output regardless of the kind of the background sound 20 based on whether the sound effect 30 which generate | occur | produces has already appeared.

  The second modification and the third modification are effective when the continuous notice occurs. The continuous notice repeats that the once stopped or temporarily stopped identification symbol 10 starts to fluctuate one or more times, so the same effect may be repeated. In other words, it can be said that the same sounded effect 30 is likely to occur repeatedly while notifying a single determination of success / failure, and it can be said that the application of the second modification or the third modification is effective.

-4th modification In the said embodiment, when the normal music 21 and a special music are set as the background sound 20, it demonstrates that there is a difference in the probability (what is called a jackpot reliability) that a success / failure determination becomes a hit. However, a difference may be set so that a player who listens to the music can clearly distinguish. For example, the normal music 21 may be a music without a song, and the specific music 22 may be a music with a song. You may set so that the difference of a certain music contained in the normal music 21 and the certain music contained in the specific music 22 is only the difference of the presence or absence of "song".

  With this configuration, when the specific music piece 22 is output, the effect sound effect is not output, so that it is possible to listen to the specific music piece 22 with a song without being disturbed by the sound effect. .

-Fifth Modification In the above embodiment, both the background sound 20 and the sound effect are output from the speaker 92, but the sound output means for outputting the background sound 20 and the sound output means for outputting the sound effect are provided. It may be provided separately.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment (and its modification) of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment at all, and various modification | change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. is there.

  For example, the gaming machine 1 according to the above embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but the same technical idea can be applied to other gaming machines such as a rotary gaming machine (slot machine).

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.
The gaming machine according to means 1 has a sound output means capable of outputting a background sound and a sound effect associated with various effects, and the output of the background sound while maintaining the output of the background sound when a certain effect occurs. Sound control means that may be controlled so that the associated sound effects are not output.
According to the gaming machine according to means 1, the sound control means may not output a sound effect associated with the effect when a certain effect occurs. In this way, the background sound can be heard by the player (without being disturbed by the sound effect), so that it is possible to suppress a reduction in the effect of the effect due to the background sound.
The gaming machine according to means 2 is the gaming machine according to means 1, wherein one or more types of specific music that may be output as the background sound and other one or more types of normal music are set, When the normal music is output as the background sound, the sound control means performs control so that the sound effect associated with the effect is output when an effect occurs, while the specific music is output as the background sound. When a certain effect is generated, control may be performed so that the sound effect associated with the effect is not output.
With such a configuration, it is possible to make a player listen to a specific music as a background sound (without being disturbed by sound effects). In other words, the music that the player wants to listen to may be set as the specific music. On the other hand, when a normal music piece is output as a background sound, a sound effect is generated when a certain effect occurs. That is, when a normal music piece is output, it can be emphasized that the certain effect has occurred.
In the gaming machine according to means 3, in the gaming machine according to means 2, the probability that the success / failure determination at the time of output of the specific music is higher than the probability that the determination of success / failure at the time of output of the normal music is true. It is characterized by that.
In this way, if a specific song is set as a song that is expected to win more than a normal song, that is, if the specific song itself is set as a notice that suggests a determination of success or failure, the specific song is heard with a sound effect. It is suppressed that it becomes difficult.
The gaming machine according to means 4 is the gaming machine according to means 2 or 3, wherein the various effects are divided into one or more types of specific effects and other normal effects, and the sound control means When the specific music is output as sound, the sound effect associated with the specific effect is output so that the sound effect associated with the specific effect is output, while the sound effect associated with the normal effect is generated when the normal effect occurs. Is controlled so as not to be output.
In this way, even when a specific music piece is output as a background sound, an effect that is to be emphasized by a sound effect (a sound effect is desired to be heard by the player) may be set as the specific effect. That is, an effect in which a sound effect is important can be an effect in which the sound effect is always output.
In the gaming machine according to means 4, in the gaming machine according to means 4, the probability of success / failure determination at the occurrence of the specific effect is higher than the probability of success / failure determination at the occurrence of the normal effect. It is characterized by being.
As described above, it is preferable that a sound effect is always output by using a specific effect as an effect that can be expected.
In the gaming machine according to means 1, in the gaming machine according to means 1, when a predetermined effect with a predetermined sound effect has already occurred at least once while notifying one determination of success / failure, the sound control means Is characterized in that when the predetermined effect is generated again, the predetermined sound effect associated with the predetermined effect may be controlled so as not to be output.
In the gaming machine according to means 2, in the gaming machine according to means 2, when the predetermined effect with the predetermined sound effect has already occurred at least once while notifying one determination of success / failure, the sound control means When the specific music is output as the background sound, control is performed so that the predetermined sound effect associated with the specific music is not output when the predetermined effect is generated again.
In this way, when a predetermined effect with a sound effect has already occurred once while a certain success / failure determination is notified, it is not necessary to output a sound effect when the predetermined effect occurs again. You may make it handle with a thing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 10 Identification pattern 20 Background sound 21 Normal music 22 Specific music 30 Sound effect 31 Normal effect 32 Specific effect 92 Speaker (sound output means)

Claims (1)

Sound output means capable of outputting sound effects associated with background sounds and various effects;
Sound control means that may be controlled so that the sound effect associated with the effect is not output while maintaining the output of the background sound when a certain effect occurs;
With
If a predetermined effect with a predetermined sound effect has already occurred at least once while notifying one success / failure determination,
The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the sound control means may control so that the predetermined sound effect associated therewith is not output when the predetermined effect is generated again.

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