JP2018050779A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of increasing amusement of a game by using a false stop period.SOLUTION: A game machine 1 stops an identification pattern 10 displayed in a varied state, and reports a winning/losing determination result according to the stopped identification pattern 10. The game machine may set a false stop period for causing the identification pattern 10 to stop falsely before the identification pattern 10 for reporting a target winning/losing determination result is finally and completely stopped. The game machine has a possibility that a specific performance not related to the target winning/losing determination result may occur during the false stop period.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  In Patent Document 1 below, after the symbol for notifying the determination result is temporarily stopped with a combination that shows a deviation, a revival effect is generated indicating that the determination result is successful. There are listed gaming machines.

JP 2012-125618 A

  Since such a resurgence effect occurs only when the result of the determination of success / failure is a win, if the period during which the symbol is pseudo-stopped (pseudo-stop period) is fully utilized with a combination indicating a loss It is hard to say, and the degree of player attention is low.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of enhancing the game preference using a pseudo stop period.

  A gaming machine according to the present invention made to solve the above-described problem is a gaming machine that stops an identification symbol displayed in a fluctuating state, and notifies the result of the determination of the success / failure by the stopped identification symbol. A pseudo stop period in which the identification symbol is in a pseudo-stopped state may be set before the identification symbol for notifying the result of the determination is finally completely stopped. During the pseudo stop period after the reach effect that increases the probability that the object's success / failure determination result is a hit, a specific effect that is not related to the object's success / failure determination result may occur.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to enhance the game preference using the pseudo stop period.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. (A) is the figure which showed typically the hold display and the identification symbol (group) which were displayed on the display apparatus (display area | region), (b) is the figure which showed the kind of hold display. It is the figure which showed a series of flows from reach production. It is the figure which showed an example of the reverse effect. It is the figure which showed an example of the pending | holding change effect performed as a production just before confirmation. It is the figure which showed an example of the chance zone transition effect performed as a production just before confirmation. It is the figure which showed an example of a series of effects which a reverse effect produces | generates after the effect just before a decision generate | occur | produces in the pseudo stop period. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure by which the period when the identification symbol is quasi-stopped with "a jackpot combination" is set as a quasi-stop period. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure from which the production | presentation aspect in a pseudo stop period may become different.

  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 forms a path for guiding a game ball launched by operating the launching device 908 (launching handle) to the gaming area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows.

  In the game area 902, a display device 91, a start winning opening 904, a big winning opening 906, an out opening, and the like are provided. The display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that can be viewed through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90. Note that the shape and the like of the display region 911 can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the display region 911 can be changed by changing the shape and size of the opening 901 and the shape and size of the display device 91 itself). .

  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.

  The jackpot lottery is executed by a winning determination means provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by winning a game ball in the start winning opening 904 (a plurality of such starting winning openings may be provided). Specifically, a numerical value (hereinafter also referred to as “hit / failure determination information”) is acquired from a random number source when a game ball is won at the start winning opening 904, and the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot value. If it is, it will be a big hit, otherwise it will be out of place. In this embodiment, notification of the determination result is started in the order in which the numerical values are acquired (so-called fluctuation is started), but when a certain numerical value is acquired, it is acquired before that. When the determination result based on the numerical value is informed, the determination result based on the certain numerical value is stored in a storage unit provided on a control board (not shown) until the determination result is started. The maximum storage number (maximum hold number) of a numerical value for which notification of determination of success / failure has not yet started (hereinafter may be simply referred to as hold (hold information)) can be set as appropriate. The maximum number of reservations that can be stored by the storage unit in the present embodiment is four per kind of start winning prize opening 904. The hold information stored in the storage means is displayed in the display area 911 as the hold display 20 (see FIG. 2A). In this embodiment, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a numerical value that is a big hit at the time when the notification of the determination of correctness is started. The determination result itself may be stored (in this case, the determination result itself corresponds to the determination information). Moreover, the acquired numerical value is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the effect for informing the determination result.

  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.

  In the present embodiment, as in the case of a known gaming machine, the player is notified of the determination result of the success / failure by the combination of the identification symbols 10 (see FIG. 2A) displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. Specifically, an identification symbol group 10g including a plurality of types of identification symbols 10 (left identification symbol group 10gL, middle identification symbol group 10gC, right identification symbol group 10gR) starts to change, and finally from each identification symbol group 10g. One identification symbol 10 is selected and stopped. When the jackpot is won, the combination of the identification symbols 10 selected and stopped from each of the identification symbol groups 10g is a predetermined combination (for example, a set of three identical identification symbols 10). If it is out of place, it becomes a combination other than that (other than the combination that is a big hit). In each figure, only “numbers (characters)” constituting the identification symbol 10 are shown, but a symbol in which the numerals and characters are combined can be set as the identification symbol 10.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, various effects for improving the game preference are executed. In the present embodiment, it is possible to execute an effect immediately before finalization (corresponding to a specific effect in the present invention) as a kind of the effect. Hereinafter, the effect immediately before the determination will be described in detail.

  The effect immediately before finalization is an effect that occurs during the pseudo stop period. The pseudo stop period is the following period. As various effects for notifying the determination result, a reach effect is set that increases the probability that the target determination result is a hit. The reach effect in the present embodiment is that the remaining identification symbols that are fluctuating in a state where the identification symbol 10 selected from a part of the plurality of types of identification symbol groups is stopped or pseudo-stopped (details will be described later). Depending on the identification symbol selected from the group, there is a possibility of shifting after reaching the reach, which is a state in which the possibility of a big hit remains. Any specific aspect of the reach production may be used. For example, there is an effect in which an ally character and an enemy character fight (see FIG. 3A). If the ally character wins, it is a big hit, and if it is defeated, the game is lost (except when a reverse effect is described in detail later). In other words, at least an effect that is advantageous to the player (a result that is a big hit) and an effect that is disadvantageous to the player (a result that is out of place unless a reverse effect to be described later occurs) are prepared.

  When the result is advantageous to the player, the identification symbol 10 stops with a combination indicating that the result of the determination of success / failure is a big hit during or after the reach performance (see FIGS. 3B and 3C). On the other hand, if the result is unfavorable to the player, the identification symbol 10 temporarily stops in a pseudo manner with a combination indicating that the result of the determination of the success / failure is out of reach during or after the reach performance (FIGS. 3D and 3E). )reference). Here, the “pseudo stop” refers to a state where the player seems to have stopped although the variation of the identification symbol 10 has not stopped completely. In the case of a configuration in which the determination result is notified by the plurality of identification symbols 10, it is only necessary that the fluctuation of at least one of the plurality of identification symbols 10 is not completely stopped. For example, it refers to a state in which at least one of the identification symbols 10 selected from each of the identification symbol groups 10g is slightly swaying in a combination indicating a dislocation. The state in which the identification symbol 10 is stopped in a pseudo manner is not a state in which the determination result is positively determined, and therefore a state in which a reversal effect to be described later occurs and a room for indicating that the determination result is a big hit is left. You can say that.

  When the determination result is out of order, the fact that the pseudo-stopped identification symbol 10 is stopped as it is is informed that it is out of place (see FIG. 3F). If the result of the determination is a jackpot (if the result of the determination is a jackpot, it is determined to execute a reach effect that results in an unfavorable outcome for the player), a reverse effect occurs ( 4 (a)), it is notified that it is a big hit. That is, the identification symbol 10 stops with a combination indicating that the determination result is a big hit during or after the reverse effect (see FIG. 4B). Any specific aspect of the reverse effect may be used. For example, there is an effect in which an ally character who should have been defeated in the reach effect executed before the reversal effect is revived and the enemy character is won.

  The identification symbol 10 that is set during or after the reach effect that results in an unfavorable ending for the player (the ending that is shown as if the result of the determination is out of place regardless of the actual determination result) The period during which the operation is stopped is the pseudo stop period (see FIGS. 3E and 3F). However, in a configuration capable of executing a plurality of types of reach effects, a pseudo stop period is set for some reach effects, but a pseudo stop period is not set for other reach effects (pseudo). The stop period may not be set, and it may be determined that the deviation is immediately indicated.

  The effect immediately before confirmation is set as an effect that may occur during the pseudo stop period. That is, the effect immediately before finalization is common in that it may occur (begin) during the pseudo stop period, similarly to the reverse effect. On the other hand, the reversal effect is an effect on the target determination result (the determination result notified by the identification symbol 10 displayed at the time point. The determination result corresponding to the so-called “variation”). The effect immediately before the decision is different in that the effect is not related to the target determination result.

  The effect immediately before finalization in the present embodiment relates to a result of the determination as to whether or not the information corresponds to the hold information. That is, the probability that the success / failure determination result is a big hit is suggested for the case where the success / failure determination result is notified after the target determination result. In the present embodiment, when the notification of the target success / failure determination result is started (when the identification symbol 10 that notifies the target's success / failure determination result starts to fluctuate), the reservation information is stored. There is a case where an effect immediately before the determination regarding the result of the determination of success / failure corresponding to is generated.

  There are various possible effects that can be executed as an effect immediately before finalization. In the present embodiment, the hold change effect is executed as the effect immediately before confirmation. The hold change effect is to change the mode of the hold display 20 indicating the presence of the hold information. As the mode of the hold display 20, a plurality of types having different probabilities (so-called jackpot expectation degree, which may be simply referred to as an expectation level hereinafter) in which the determination result is a jackpot are set. In this embodiment, the normal mode 20n, the first special mode 21s, the second special mode 22s, and the third special mode 23s are set in order from the lowest expectation (see FIG. 2B). In this embodiment, the difference of each aspect is differentiated by the color of the hold display 20. However, how to set the difference between the modes, the number of types of modes, and the like can be changed as appropriate.

  The hold change effect is an effect indicating that the mode of the hold display 20 may change. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the hold change effect may occur during the pseudo stop period. In the present embodiment, it is set so that the pending change occurs only in the direction in which the degree of expectation increases, but it may be set so that the reverse may occur. That is, in the pseudo stop period (a part of the period in which the target determination result is notified) in the present embodiment, the effect of notifying the determination result after the notification of the target determination result (change of the identification symbol 10) is started. That is, there is a possibility that an effect indicating that the degree of expectation of the jackpot has increased is generated for the result of the determination as to whether or not the hold information is to be held. It can also be said that the effect is a kind of so-called known prefetching effect.

  The hold change effect may be configured to reach a ending (successful ending) in which the mode of the hold display 20 changes whenever it occurs, and if there is a possibility of a successful ending, it is assumed that the mode of the hold display 20 changes. It is good also as a structure which may reach the ending (failure ending) which does not change. In other words, it may be set so that the ending of the performance immediately before the decision is always advantageous to the player, or it may be advantageous to the player, or it may be disadvantageous to the player. Good. In the present embodiment, an effect of the same type as the effect immediately before the confirmation is generated even during a period other than the pseudo stop period, and the end of the effect is not always an advantageous end (successful end) for the player. On the other hand, the effect immediately before finalization that occurs during the pseudo stop period is set so as to always have a favorable outcome (successful outcome) for the player. Specifically, the setting is such that the hold change effect is generated even during a period other than during the pseudo stop period, and the hold change effect that occurs during a period other than during the pseudo stop period may result in failure. Although it does not necessarily result in a successful ending, the on-hold change effect that occurs during the pseudo stop period is always set to reach a successful ending. With such a configuration, the value of the pseudo stop period can be increased.

  In the present embodiment, after the effect immediately before the decision is generated, it is notified that the result of determining whether or not the target is appropriate has been lost. That is, the identification symbol 10 is completely stopped by a combination indicating that the determination result is out of order (see FIG. 5C). Then, the effect which alert | reports the next determination result (corresponding to pending | holding information) is started (refer FIG.5 (d)). For the hold information in which the hold change effect is generated during the pseudo stop period and the mode of the hold display 20 is changed, the effect of notifying the result of the determination of the success / failure will be started.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, only the reverse effect related to the target success / failure determination result during the pseudo stop period that may be set as a part of a series of effects informing the target's success / failure determination result. In other words, an effect immediately before finalization that is not related to the target determination result can occur. In other words, the game is expected to produce an effect other than the “reverse effect” (not a game that waits for only the “reverse effect”), so the game is more attractive than before. It becomes possible.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the effect determination result corresponding to the hold information in which the effect of informing the result of the determination of the success / failure is started after the result of the determination of the result of the determination of the target is notified as the effect immediately before the confirmation (in the present embodiment Hold change effect) is executed. Since the pseudo stop period is a period that is set when the reach production has an unfavorable outcome for the player, the possibility of the production immediately before the final decision during the pseudo stop period is set. It can be said that it will realize a new gameability that will give a new expectation to a player who is disappointed at the end.

  The effect that can be set as the effect immediately before the determination that suggests the result of the determination of the validity corresponding to the hold information is not limited to the hold change effect. For example, a chance zone (for example, executing a change that can be grasped by the player, such as changing the display or background mode such as the XX zone) is set to indicate that the probability that the result of the determination will be a big hit has increased. However, during the pseudo stop period, a change (chance zone transition effect) that shifts to the chance zone is generated (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). The chance zone is continued even after the notification of the target success / failure determination result is completed (see FIGS. 6C and 6D). Thereby, it becomes possible for the player to grasp that he or she can expect that the determination result corresponding to the hold information will be a big hit. Further, only one kind of effect set as the effect immediately before finalization may be set, or a plurality of types may be set.

  In the present embodiment, the effect immediately before the confirmation and the reverse effect are set so that only one of them occurs during one pseudo stop period, but both may occur. For example, during the pseudo stop period (see FIG. 7 (a)), the reverse effect is generated after the pseudo stop period (see FIGS. 7 (b) and 7 (c)) in which the effect immediately before finalization has occurred first (see FIG. 7 (c)). d) (see e)). In this case, the effect immediately before the confirmation that occurs first may be an effect that indicates that the probability that the result of the determination of whether or not to correspond to certain hold information is a big hit has increased, and corresponds to certain hold information. It may be an effect that makes it appear as if the probability that the determination result is a big hit is increased (a series of effects that cause a reverse effect to appear as if it was an effect immediately before confirmation). The latter setting can be said to cause the occurrence of the production immediately before the decision to function as an element that suggests that the reverse production is likely to occur.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, it has been explained that there is a possibility that the effect immediately before the determination occurs during the pseudo stop period after the reach effect. However, the effect immediately before the determination is also performed during the pseudo stop period set without such reach effect. It is good also as a setting which may generate | occur | produce.

  In the above embodiment, it has been explained that the period during which the identification symbol 10 is quasi-stopped in the “combination of outliers”, which is an unfavorable outcome for the player, is the quasi-stop period. The period during which the identification symbol 10 is quasi-stopped may also be set as the quasi-stop period. For example, when the target determination result is a jackpot, the combination of the identification symbols 10 indicating the jackpot is pseudo-stopped (see FIG. 8A), and is completely stopped after a predetermined period of time (FIG. 8). (See (c)). A period from such a pseudo stop to a complete stop may be set as a pseudo stop period, and an effect immediately before finalization may occur during that period (see FIG. 8B). With such a configuration, not only the success / failure determination result of the target becomes a big hit, but also the probability that the success / failure determination result corresponding to the hold information becomes a big hit may increase when an effect immediately before the decision occurs. As described above, it is possible to realize a gameability in which an event that is pleasing to the player can occur twice. The notification of the success / failure determination result that is the target of the effect immediately before the confirmation is started after the jackpot game corresponding to the target determination result is completed (see FIG. 8D).

  The length of the pseudo stop period described in the above embodiment may not be constant. One of a plurality of types of pseudo stop periods having different lengths may be set. In this case, it is good also as a setting from which the probability that an effect just before a determination generate | occur | produces changes with the length of a pseudo | simulation stop period. For example, when the pseudo stop period is equal to or longer than a predetermined time, the generation of the effect immediately before the determination may be determined. In addition, when the effect immediately before the determination occurs when the pseudo stop period is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, it may be set to determine that the end is advantageous to the player. If constituted in this way, it is possible to realize the playability that the player desires for the pseudo stop period to become longer.

  When the fluctuating identification symbol 10 is temporarily stopped and the fluctuating unit effect is repeated once or a plurality of times, it is suggested that the determination result is likely to be a big hit (in general, the number of occurrences of the unit effect is increased). When the pseudo-continuous production is known), the period in which the identification symbol 10 is pseudo-stopped in the pseudo-continuous production is set as the pseudo-stop period. Good. That is, it is good also as a structure which may produce | generate the effect which suggests the success / failure determination result corresponding to hold information, such as a holding | maintenance change effect, in the false stop period generate | occur | produced between the unit effects which comprise a pseudo | simulation continuous effect.

  A plurality of types of effect elements (images, sounds, etc.) output during the pseudo stop period may be set. That is, it is good also as a setting from which the production | presentation aspect during a pseudo | simulation stop period may differ. For example, a configuration in which a plurality of types of background images are set as a background image displayed on the background of the identification symbol 10 that is stopped in a pseudo manner (for example, a white background image (see FIG. 9A)) and black It is assumed that a background image of one color (see FIG. 9B) is set). It is assumed that the probability that an effect immediately before finalization occurs differs according to the background image. In addition, when an effect immediately before finalization occurs, the probability that the end will be advantageous to the player may be different. If comprised in this way, it will become possible to implement | achieve the game nature which attracts a player's attention to what kind of effect element is output during a false stop period.

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.
・ Means 1
A gaming machine that stops the identification symbol displayed in a fluctuating state and notifies the result of the determination based on the stopped identification symbol, and the identification symbol for notifying the target determination result is finally completely There is a case where a pseudo stop period in which the identification symbol is in a pseudo stop state is set before the stop, and during the pseudo stop period, a specific effect unrelated to the target determination result is generated. A gaming machine characterized by the possibility.
According to the above gaming machine, there is a case where a specific effect that is not related to the target determination result is generated during the pseudo stop period, so that it is possible to improve the preference during the pseudo stop period.

・ Means 2
Storage means for storing, as a hold information, a predetermined number of hit determination information for which an effect for informing the determination result has not yet been started is provided, and the specific effect relates to a check result corresponding to the hold information. The gaming machine according to means 1, wherein the gaming machine is a thing.
Examples of the specific effects include those related to the pending determination information (the determination result is notified later than the target determination result). That is, it is possible to use the pseudo stop period for suggesting a result of the determination of the validity corresponding to the information on the determination of the validity.

・ Means 3
As the hold display indicating the presence of the hold information, a plurality of types having different probabilities that the corresponding determination result is a hit is set, and the specific effect is to change the mode of the hold display. A gaming machine according to means 2, characterized by:
Thus, what is called a holding | maintenance change effect can be illustrated as an effect regarding the determination result information currently held.

・ Means 4
It is possible to execute a reach effect that increases the probability that the result of the determination of whether or not the target is successful, and the specific effect may be generated in the pseudo stop period after the reach effect. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to means 3, characterized in that:
When the reach effect occurs, the player expects that the target determination result will be a hit. In such a pseudo stop period after the occurrence of the reach effect, a player who was expected to win the target's success / failure determination result by generating a specific effect that is not related to the target's success / failure determination result Can be surprised.

・ Means 5
In the pseudo stop period, it is set so that there is a possibility that a reversal effect is generated that indicates that the target's success / failure determination result shown as if it is once out is a hit. A gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to means 4.
Thus, in the pseudo stop period, a reverse effect that is an effect related to the target's success / failure determination result may occur, or a specific effect that is not related to the target's success / failure determination result may occur. It is possible to further improve the preference during the pseudo stop period.

1 gaming machine 10 identification symbol 20 hold display 20n normal mode 21s first special mode 22s second special mode 23s third special mode 91 display device 911 display area

Claims (1)

A gaming machine that stops an identification symbol that is displayed in a fluctuating state, and notifies the result of the determination by the stopped identification symbol,
A pseudo stop period may be set in which the identification symbol is in a state of being pseudo-stopped before the identification symbol for notifying the target determination result finally stops completely,
It is possible that a specific effect that is not related to the target determination result may occur during the pseudo stop period after the reach effect that increases the probability that the target determination result will be a hit. Gaming machine.

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