JP2019055117A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of enhancing amusement of a game of a specific performance including a plurality of performance element sections.SOLUTION: In a game machine 1 capable of executing a specific performance 10 as at least a part of a series of notification performances for notifying a player of a win/lose determination result, the specific performance 10 includes a plurality of performance element sections 11 (111 to 115), a normal mode 11n and a special mode 11s are set for each of the plurality of performance element sections 11 (111 to 115), and in the specific performance 10, number information 20 is displayed on the basis of the number of times in which each of the plurality of performance element sections 11 (111 to 115) is the special mode 11s.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  An effect in which characters such as words are sequentially displayed on a display device such as a gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 is known. This type of performance is simple, suggesting that a so-called chance up has occurred due to the character color of the lines.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-077592

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the preference of a specific effect including a plurality of effect elements.

  A gaming machine according to the present invention made to solve the above-described problem is a gaming machine capable of executing a specific effect as at least a part of a series of notification effects for notifying a result of the determination of success or failure, and the specific effect Includes a plurality of effect element parts, and a normal mode and a special mode are set for each of the plurality of effect element units. In the specific effect, each of the plurality of effect element units becomes the special mode. Number of times information based on the number of times is displayed.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the preference of a specific effect including a plurality of effect element parts.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the decoration design displayed on the display area of a display apparatus, and a hold image. (A) is a figure for demonstrating the production | presentation element part of a normal mode and a special mode, (b) is a time chart which shows the rough flow of a specific production. It is the figure which showed an example of specific production. It is a figure for demonstrating the control for determining the aspect of a specific production. It is a figure for demonstrating a 2nd example.

  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 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 that executes various effects 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.

  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 big winning 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 904 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 the present embodiment, as in the case of a known gaming machine, when a big hit is made, the decorative symbol 80 is notified when it becomes a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same symbol), and other combinations are displayed. If it does, it will be out of place.

  In the present embodiment, notification of the success / failure determination results is started in the order in which the numerical values for the determination of success / failure are acquired (the variation of the decorative design 80 is started), but when a certain numerical value is acquired When the determination result based on the numerical value acquired before that is notified, until the notification of the determination result based on the certain numerical value is started, the storage means provided on the control board (not shown) Remembered. The numerical value for which the notification of the determination result (change of the decorative pattern 80) has not yet started (the one corresponding to each numerical value is “hold (information)”. Hold (information) is a subordinate concept of the determination information. The maximum storage number (the maximum number of reservations) 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. In this embodiment, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a big hit at the time when notification of the determination result is started. The determination result itself may be stored. 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.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the hold image 70 that is a mark corresponding to each of the acquired numerical values (whether or not determination information) that has not started notification of the determination result or not stored in the storage unit is displayed. It is displayed in the display area 911 of the device 91 (see FIG. 2). Specifically, the hold image 70 is displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 so that the numerical values for executing the determination are arranged in the order of acquisition. In this embodiment, the numerical values are displayed so that they are arranged from the left in order from the earliest timing at which the numerical values are acquired (from the earlier so-called suspended digest). Although the notification of the determination result is not completed, the reserved image 70 corresponding to the one for which the effect (the variation of the decorative pattern 80) for notifying the determination result has already been started (so-called variation) is displayed. May be. The reserved image 70 may be a still image or a moving image. The reserved image 70 may have a configuration in which a plurality of types having different probability that the corresponding determination result is a big hit is set. In FIG. 3 and subsequent drawings, illustration of the reserved symbol 70 is omitted.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the success / failure determination information is acquired, a series of effects (hereinafter also referred to as notification effects) for notifying the corresponding determination result is executed. The notification effect includes various effects (notice). Hereinafter, the specific effect 10 that can be generated as a part of the notification effect will be described.

  The specific effect 10 includes a plurality of effect element parts 11. The specific effect 10 in the present embodiment is a big hit when the ally character and the enemy character fight and the ally character and the enemy character win (including a so-called reversal pattern in which they win by pretending they are defeated). If you lose, you lose. That is, it can be said that the specific effect 10 is an effect for notifying whether or not the determination result is a jackpot due to the ending. However, this is only an example. If the outcome is favorable to the player, there is a possibility that it will be a big hit ("development" to other productions), and if the outcome is unfavorable to the player, the performance may be off. .

  The effect element unit 11 is an element constituting the specific effect 10 (see FIG. 3B). Any thing may be used as long as it constitutes the specific effect 10. The effect element unit 11 in the present embodiment is a “line” (comment) of a character (regardless of the type of character). That is, it is displayed in the display area 911 as a character so that the “line” can be visually grasped. In the present embodiment, one rendering element unit 11 is a character string composed of a plurality of characters. With a certain character string as one effect element unit 11, new character strings are sequentially displayed as the effect progresses.

  The specific effect 10 in the present embodiment includes five effect element parts 11 (first effect element part 111 to fifth effect element part 115) (see FIG. 3B and the like). For each of the five effect element portions 11, a normal mode 11n (see FIG. 3 (a-1)) and a special mode 11s (see FIG. 3 (a-2)) are set. In the present embodiment, the color of the characters that configure the normal mode 11n is white, and the color of the characters that configure the special mode 11s is red. That is, the difference between the two modes is set according to the character color. In each drawing, the special mode 11s is indicated by a frame (the normal mode 11n does not show such a frame), thereby representing the difference between the modes. The method of setting the difference between the modes is merely an example. If the difference of the aspect is set by an element other than the difference in appearance due to the difference in the words of the words (contents of items indicated by the character strings), the setting method can be appropriately changed. In the present embodiment, one normal mode 11n and one special mode 11s are set for each of the five effect element units 11. However, a plurality of normal effect elements 11 are provided for at least one effect element unit 11. It is good also as a structure by which the aspect 11n and the some special aspect 11s were set. For example, the special mode 11s may have a configuration in which a mode in which the character string is red and a mode in which the character string is gold are set.

  The specific effects 10 are displayed in the order of the first effect element part 111, the second effect element part 112, the third effect element part 113, the fourth effect element part 114, and the fifth effect element part 115 ( (Refer FIG.3 (b) and FIG. 4). That is, from the state in which the first effect element unit 111 is displayed, the second effect element unit 112 is displayed after the first effect element unit 111 is erased. That is, the plurality of effect element portions 11 are not displayed at the same time. Furthermore, it is preferable that each effect element unit 11 is displayed without leaving a space (see FIG. 3B). That is, after the state where the first effect element unit 111 is displayed, the second effect element unit 112 is displayed while the second effect element unit 112 is displayed, and the subsequent effect element is deleted. It is preferable from the standpoint of performance characteristics that the display of the section 11 is generated almost simultaneously.

  The specific effect 10 in the present embodiment is a probability (hereinafter simply referred to as a jackpot) that the result of determining whether or not a target is a big hit depends on how many of the effect element parts 11 that become the special aspects 11s among the plurality of effect element parts 11 occur. ) (Sometimes called reliability). In this embodiment, it sets so that reliability may become high, so that there are many the number of production | presentation element parts 11 used as the special aspect 11s. However, the reliability may be set to be lower as the number of the effect element units 11 to be the special mode 11s is smaller.

  Thus, since the number of the effect element parts 11 which become the special aspect 11s suggests reliability, in this embodiment, during the specific effect 10, the number of the effect element parts 11 which become the special aspect 11s ( The number information 20 based on (number) is displayed (see FIG. 4). The number-of-times information 20 includes at least the number of times the special mode 11s is displayed through the specific effect 10. That is, in the present embodiment, since the five effect element portions 11 are set, a number from 0 to 5 can be displayed as the number-of-times information 20 as a value indicating the number of times of the effect element portion 11 that has become the special mode 11s. . In the present embodiment, the total number of effect element units 11 included in the specific effect 10 (that is, 5 in the present embodiment) is also displayed as the number information 20. For example, the number of times the special mode 11s is displayed is displayed in a mode such as a fraction in which “numerator” is set and the total number of effect element units 11 is “denominator”. That is, “0/5” when the special mode 11s is not displayed, “1/5” when the special mode 11s is displayed once, and “2” when the special mode 11s is displayed twice. Each time the special mode 11s is displayed, the value of the “numerator” is increased by 1 (the value of the “denominator” is maintained). (See FIG. 4). By displaying not only the number of times the special mode 11s is displayed but also the total number of the effect element units 11, the player can grasp the number of opportunities for the special mode 11s to be displayed. It becomes.

  However, the display mode of the frequency information 20 is merely an example. For example, “5/5” when the special mode 11s is not displayed, “4/5” when the special mode 11s is displayed once, and “3” when the special mode 11s is displayed twice. For example, the value may be decreased every time the special mode 11s is displayed. Further, the total number (the “denominator” portion) of the effect element units 11 included in the specific effect 10 may not be displayed.

  The number-of-times information 20 is not displayed when the specific effect 10 ends, but is also displayed during the effect. That is, when the specific effect 10 is being executed, it changes in real time depending on whether the already-shown effect element unit 11 has become the normal mode 11n or the special mode 11s (FIG. 4, particularly FIG. 4). (B) (d) (see e)). Furthermore, when a certain production element unit 11 is executed, if it is the normal mode 11n, the value of the “numerator” is maintained, but if it is the special mode 11s, the value of the “numerator” is set. Increase by one. Since it is configured in this way, the player can accurately grasp the current situation by looking at the frequency information 20.

  Determination (control) of a specific aspect of the specific effect 10 is performed as follows. When execution of the specific effect 10 is determined, the number of times the special mode 11s is displayed based on whether or not the determination result (target determination result) corresponding to the notification effect including the specific effect 10 is a big hit. Is determined by lottery (number lottery table) (see FIG. 5A). The lottery aspect may be such that the number of times is likely to increase if the target determination result is a big hit, and the number tends to decrease if the target is wrong. That is, the lottery mode may be such that the greater the number of times the special mode 11s is displayed, the higher the jackpot reliability.

  After the number of times of displaying the special aspect 11s is determined, it is determined by lottery (special aspect position determination table) which of the first effect element part 111 to the fifth effect element part 115 is the special aspect 11s. In the present embodiment, regardless of the number of times (except for the case of 0), any one of the first effect element unit 111 to the fifth effect element unit 115 is set so as to be likely to be the special mode 11s. (See FIG. 5 (b)). For example, when the number of times is determined to be “2”, the specific effects 10 of the respective combination patterns obtained by extracting two from the first effect element part 111 to the fifth effect element part 115 may occur. .

  It may be a lottery aspect that is determined without bias as to which effect element unit 11 is to be the special aspect 11s. For example, when the number of times is determined as “1”, the probability that each of the first effect element unit 111 to the fifth effect element unit 115 becomes the special aspect 11s may be 20% (1/5). It is preferable (see FIG. 5 (b-2)). Although not shown, when the number of times is determined as “2”, the probability is 40% (2/5), and when it is determined as “3”, the probability is 60% (3/5), “ When determined to be “4”, the probability is preferably 80% (4/5), and when determined to be “5”, the probability is preferably set to 100% (5/5). Since the specific effect 10 in the present embodiment is the one in which the reliability is suggested by the number of times the special aspect 11s is displayed, which of the effect elements 11 becomes the special aspect 11s affects the reliability. It is preferable that the player can come in contact with the specific effects 10 of many patterns. However, there is no denying that the lottery is biased.

  Since the effect element unit 11 to be the special aspect 11s is determined in this way, there is a possibility that after the effect element part 11 becomes the special aspect 11s, the next effect element part 11 becomes the normal aspect 11n. become. In the example shown in FIG. 4, in the transition from FIG. 4B to FIG. 4C and FIG. 4E to FIG. There is a scene where the effect element unit 11 is in the normal mode 11n. The fact that the production element unit 11 is in the special mode 11s leads to an increase in reliability, and can be regarded as a so-called “chance up” from the player's viewpoint. In this embodiment, After the “chance up” mode is displayed, the normal (no chance up) mode can be displayed. In a general gaming machine, once a chance up that a line becomes a red letter occurs, a mode showing the chance up is maintained as it is through the effect (the red letter is continuously displayed). However, in this embodiment, after the special mode 11s is displayed, it is possible that the normal mode 11n may be displayed. . In addition, the above-described chance-up control mode in the conventional gaming machine is to prevent a decrease in preference due to the discouragement of the player by eliminating the chance-up once generated (returning to normal). It is assumed that this is done for the purpose. In the present embodiment, the player may conclude that the “number” that has become the special mode 11s suggests the reliability by displaying the number information 20 described above. Therefore, even if a case in which the normal mode 11n is displayed after the special mode 11s is displayed, it can be said that there is a low possibility of causing a decrease in preference.

  As described above, the specific effect 10 of the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is not a simple one as to whether or not the effect element unit 11 changes from the normal mode 11n to the special mode 11s, but from the normal mode 11n to the special mode. Since the frequency information 20 based on the number of times of 11s is displayed and the reliability is suggested thereby, it is possible to improve the preference of the performance as compared with the conventional case.

  In addition, since the number information 20 changes so as to indicate the current situation sequentially in real time in the middle of the specific effect 10, the player can easily grasp the current situation and understand the effect. It will be easy.

  Moreover, even if the production element part 11 becomes the special aspect 11s, the specific production 10 is not maintained as it is, and the production element part 11 after that can become the normal aspect 11n. It is possible to produce an effect that attracts the player's interest.

  In addition, based on the determination result, after determining the number of times that the effect element unit 11 becomes the special mode 11s, it is determined which of the plurality of effect element units 11 is set to the special mode 11s. Therefore, even if the above-mentioned number of times is the same, the effect element part 11 which is set to the special aspect 11s can change each time. That is, various performance patterns having the same number of times (having the same reliability) can be generated, so that the player is prevented from getting bored with the specific performance 10.

  Moreover, in the specific effect 10, since it is controlled so that a certain effect element part 11 and the next effect element part 11 are not displayed at once, the time of switching of the effect element part 11 becomes clear, and the effect is easy to understand. It becomes.

  Hereinafter, specific examples in which the gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment is improved, modified, or embodied will be described. In addition, it is good also as a structure which applied the matter demonstrated using each following specific example.

First Specific Example Although it has been described that the specific effect 10 in the above embodiment includes five effect element parts 11, the number of effect element parts 11 included in one specific effect 10 can be changed as appropriate. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which can change the number of production | presentation element parts 11 whenever the specific production | generation 10 generate | occur | produces.

Second Specific Example It is assumed that the character string constituting the normal mode 11n is different from the character string (contents of items indicated by the character string) constituting the special mode 11s. As described above, the difference between the normal mode 11n and the special mode 11s is set by an element other than the character string (color in the above embodiment). In addition, the normal mode 11n and the special mode 11s Let's assume that the strings are also different.

  When setting it as such a structure, about the some production | presentation element part 11 (The 1st production element part 111-5th production element part 115 according to the said embodiment) which the specific production | presentation 10 contains, normal mode 11n and a special mode Regardless of the combination of 11s displayed, the normal mode 11n and the special mode 11s of each effect element unit 11 are set so that the story is formed (there is no sense of incongruity in the flow of effects).

In order to make the explanation easy to understand, only the first effect element part 111 to the third effect element part 113 are extracted and the configuration will be described. It is assumed that the first performance element unit 111 is a speech generated by a teammate character, the second performance element unit 112 is a speech generated by an enemy character, and the third performance element unit 113 is a speech generated by a teammate character. The specific mode of each line is as follows.
・ First stage element part Normal mode “I won't lose” / Special mode “Good condition”
-Second stage element part Normal mode "So ..." / Special mode "Don't get in the way"
・ Third stage element part Normal mode “Go from here” / Special mode “There is a gap!”

  For example, in the case of transition from normal mode 11n to special mode 11s to normal mode 11n, an ally character and an enemy character such as “Do not lose” → “Do not get on” → “Go from here” (See FIGS. 6A-1 to 6A-3). In addition, when the transition is made as normal mode 11n → special mode 11s → special mode 11s, “I will not lose” → “Do not get on” → “There is a gap!” (FIG. 6 (b-1) to (b -3)), the conversation between the ally character and the enemy character is established. In other words, no matter what the combination of the normal mode 11n and the special mode 11s is, a sense of incongruity does not occur in the production flow. This example (above embodiment) is not configured such that the normal mode 11n or the special mode 11s is maintained through the production, and once the special mode 11s is reached, it is not configured as in this example. When a character string corresponding to the aspect 11n or the special aspect 11s is set, each effect element section is set so that no matter what the combination of the normal aspect 11n and the special aspect 11s is, the sense of incongruity does not occur. Eleven specific aspects are determined.

○ Third specific example The specific effect 10 in the above-described embodiment may also occur when all of the plurality of effect element portions 11 are in the normal mode 11n (the case where the display count of the special mode 11s is “0”). As described above, it is assumed that at least one effect element unit 11 among the plurality of effect element units 11 is set to be in the special mode 11s. In other words, the player who is in contact with the specific effect 10 always sees one special mode 11s (red characters according to the above embodiment).

  With such a configuration, a player who has contacted the specific effect 10 once can roughly understand what kind of content the specific effect 10 is. When it is in contact with the specific effect 10 even once, it can be understood what the special aspect 11s is, and that the specific effect 10 is an effect in which the frequency information 20 changes due to the display of the special aspect 11s. . If it is a player with good intuition, there is a possibility that it can be understood that the specific effect 10 suggests the reliability by the number of special modes 11s.

○ Fourth Specific Example The frequency information 20 may not be displayed. A player who is in contact with a considerable number of specific effects 10 thinks that the number of special modes 11s displayed in the specific effects 10 can indicate that the jackpot reliability of the target success / failure determination result is suggested, and dares to count It is good also as an effect aspect which makes a player imagine how the specific effect 10 suggests the reliability, without displaying the information 20.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment at all, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the above embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but if it is a gaming machine equipped with a display device, the same technical idea can be applied to other gaming machines such as a rotary gaming machine. Is possible.

  Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.

・ Means 1
A gaming machine capable of executing a specific effect as at least a part of a series of notification effects for informing the determination result.
The specific effect includes a plurality of effect element units, and a normal mode and a special mode are set for each of the plurality of effect element units,
In the specific effect, a number of times information based on the number of times each of the plurality of effect element units has become the special mode is displayed.
The specific effect in the gaming machine is not simply whether the effect element part changes from the normal mode to the special mode, but the number of times information based on the number of times the normal mode changes from the normal mode to the special mode is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to improve the preference of the production as compared with the conventional case.

・ Means 2
The gaming machine according to means 1, wherein the number-of-times information is displayed for the already-shown effect element part in the middle of the specific effect.
As described above, if the number-of-times information is displayed in the middle stage of the specific effect, the current state can be easily grasped, and the effect can be easily understood.

・ Means 3
The means 1 or the means 2 according to the means 1 or 2, wherein the specific effect is set such that the next effect element part can be the normal aspect after a certain effect element part becomes the special aspect. Gaming machine.
In this way, the specific effect can be an effect that attracts the player's interest to the end, even if a certain effect element part has a special aspect, but the subsequent effect element part can be a normal aspect. It is.

・ Means 4
When the execution of the specific effect is determined, the effect control means is configured to determine whether the determination result corresponding to the notification effect including the specific effect is win or not, through the specific effect, the effect element unit. 4. The method according to any one of means 1 to means 3, wherein after determining the total number of times to become the special mode, it is determined which of the plurality of effect element units is to be the special mode. Game machines.
Thus, based on the determination result, after determining the number of times that the effect element portion is in a special mode, by determining which of the multiple effect element units is in a special mode, Even if the above-mentioned number of times is the same, the effect element portion in the special mode can change each time, so that the variation of the effect increases.

・ Means 5
In the specific effect, the effect element part is displayed on a display device,
After the certain effect element part is erased from the state where the certain effect element part is displayed on the display device, the next effect element part is configured to transition to the state displayed on the display device. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to means 4, characterized in that:
Thus, by preventing the display of a certain effect element part and the next effect element part at a time, the point in time when the effect element part is switched becomes clear, and the effect becomes easy to understand.

・ Means 6
The specific effect is a character string displayed on the display device as the effect element part,
The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 5, wherein the normal form and the special form are different in the form of the character string.
Thus, the specific effect in which a character string is displayed can be illustrated as an effect element part.

1 gaming machine 10 specific effect 11 effect element part (111-115 1st effect element part-5th effect element part)
11n Normal mode 11s Special mode 20 Count information 91 Display device 911 Display area

Claims (6)

A gaming machine capable of executing a specific effect as at least a part of a series of notification effects for informing the determination result.
The specific effect includes a plurality of effect element units, and a normal mode and a special mode are set for each of the plurality of effect element units,
In the specific effect, a number of times information based on the number of times each of the plurality of effect element units has become the special mode is displayed.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the number-of-times information is displayed for the already-shown effect element part in the middle of the specific effect.   The said specific effect is set so that the said next effect element part can become the said normal aspect after a certain said effect element part becomes the said special aspect, The Claim 1 or Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. The gaming machine described.   When the execution of the specific effect is determined, the effect control means is configured to determine whether the determination result corresponding to the notification effect including the specific effect is win or not, through the specific effect, the effect element unit. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after determining the total number of times that becomes the special mode, it is determined which of the plurality of effect element units is set as the special mode. The gaming machine according to one item. In the specific effect, the effect element part is displayed on a display device,
After the certain effect element part is erased from the state where the certain effect element part is displayed on the display device, the next effect element part is configured to transition to the state displayed on the display device. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The specific effect is a character string displayed on the display device as the effect element part,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the normal mode and the special mode have different character string modes.

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