JP2019216963A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of symbol variation that enhances a player's motivation for playing.SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine 1 in which a plurality of reels 21L, 21C, 21R stop display a combination of a symbol 215 corresponding to a jackpot lottery result includes: outer cylinders 41L, 41R which include outer peripheral side wall parts 415 provided in the way that symbols 215 of the reels 21L, 21C, 21R are visible and entrance holes 410 going through back and forth; and pawl parts 441L, 441R entering the entrance holes 410 from outside the outer periphery outer wall parts 415. A plurality of reels 21L, 21C, 21R can execute special performance that another reel 21C variably displays a symbol 215 in the state that the reels 21L, 21R where the pawl parts 441L, 441R have entered the entrance holes 410 stop display symbols 215.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a gaming machine, various effects have been executed in order to increase the player's willingness to play. For example, Patent Literature 1 below describes that a hold effect for starting the next symbol change is executed in a state where a part of the symbol change is held. Thereby, the pattern of the symbol fluctuation can be diversified.

JP 2015-33449 A

  However, simply holding a part of the symbols is not powerful, and the player's willingness to play may not be increased much. For this reason, there is still room for improvement in increasing the player's willingness to play when performing the symbol change.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a gaming machine capable of executing a symbol change that increases a player's willingness to play.

The gaming machine of the present invention is a gaming machine that performs a lottery in a special gaming state, and a plurality of reels stop and display a combination of symbols corresponding to the lottery result. This gaming machine has a transmission portion including a transmission portion provided so that the symbols on the reel can be visually recognized, a special hole portion penetrating back and forth, and a special accessory that enters the special hole portion from outside the transmission member, It has.
A plurality of reels in this gaming machine can execute a special effect in which a reel in which a special accessory has entered a special hole portion displays a symbol in a stopped state and another reel variably displays the symbol.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible for a player to visually recognize the special accessory as if the reel were fixed. Thereby, when performing the symbol change in a state where a part of the symbols is fixed (held), it is possible to obtain an effect that the player can easily understand that the symbols are fixed and an effect of increasing the force of the fixed symbols. be able to. From these, the effect of increasing the player's willingness to play can be expected.

  As described above, the gaming machine of the present invention is a gaming machine that can execute a symbol change that increases the player's willingness to play.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine. The front view of a center display. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a reel and an outer cylinder. Sectional drawing which shows the installation structure of a reel, an outer cylinder, and a movable member. Explanatory drawing which shows the position of the shielding state of a biting hole. Explanatory drawing which shows the position of the visual recognition state of a biting hole. Explanatory drawing which shows the movable range of a claw part. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a pachinko gaming machine. Explanatory drawing which illustrates a pseudo continuous production.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described using the following examples.
(Example 1)
This example relates to a pachinko gaming machine (an example of a gaming machine) 1 that executes a pseudo-sequence effect with a high effect by using a rotary drum-type reel 21. This content will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 is a gaming machine that is played using pachinko balls (balls) as a game medium. This pachinko gaming machine 1 is a seven machine in which a lottery (big hit determination) of a big hit state (special game state) is executed in accordance with a winning in a specific winning opening, and a symbol change representing a result of the determination of success or failure is executed. . In the pachinko gaming machine 1, as a gaming state other than the jackpot state, in addition to the normal state in which the degree of advantage of the player is low, a time-saving state in which the symbol fluctuation time is short, and a probable state in which the jackpot expectation is high (probability fluctuation state) ) Etc. are set.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a gaming machine having an opening / closing door 13 attached to an underframe (not shown), and having a substantially circular gaming area 130 formed on the inner side of a gaming board surface. A speaker 131 is arranged on the lower right side of the game area 130, and a ball supply tray 135 is provided below the game area 130 so as to project toward the player. An operation handle 15 for firing the balls of the ball supply tray 135 toward the game area 130 is provided at the lower right of the ball supply tray 135, and a lower plate 137 is provided below the ball supply tray 135. I have.

  The opening and closing door 13 is fixed to the underframe in a rotatable state via a hinge 133 located on the left side facing the pachinko gaming machine 1. The opening / closing door 13 is provided with a substantially circular transparent window 139 corresponding to the game area 130, decorative lamps 132 arranged on both sides of the upper portion of the transparent window 139, and the like.

  The ball supply tray 135 is a tray for receiving a prize ball paid out in accordance with a prize, a ball lending, or the like. The balls of the ball supply tray 135 are supplied to the firing device 341 (see FIG. 8) via a supply passage (not shown).

  The game area 130 is an area where a pachinko ball as a game medium flows down. In the gaming area 130, a starting port 12, a passing gate 14, an award winning device 16, etc., which form an example of a prize section in which a ball flowing down the gaming area 130 can enter a prize, centered on a central display 19 that displays symbols in a variable manner. Are located. At the lowermost part of the game area 130, an out hole 138 for collecting a ball that has flowed down without winning is opened.

  The pass gate 14 is a gate for detecting a pass ball, and is disposed on the left side of the central display 19 when viewed from the player side. No payout of prize balls is set in the pass gate 14 that only passes balls. When the ball passes through the passage gate 14, a random number for lottery for normal symbol determination (hereinafter, referred to as general symbol determination) is extracted, and the general symbol determination is executed. The normal figure winning probability is 1/30 in the normal state and 1/1 in the time reduction state.

  The starting opening 12 is a winning opening (three payouts) that serves as a trigger for a jackpot determination. The starting port 12 is arranged below the central indicator 19. When a ball wins in the starting port 12, a random number for lottery for jackpot determination is extracted and jackpot determination is executed. The starting port 12 is configured by an electric chew (electric tulip) provided with a pair of movable blades 121 in the opening 120. The movable blade 121 of the starting port 12 performs the opening operation in accordance with the winning of the above-described general-purpose determination (general-purpose winning).

  In a normal state, the pair of movable blades 121 are in a state of standing up so as to face each other with a gap (a state shown by a dotted line in FIG. 1). In this state, there is a possibility that the ball wins only through a gap for one ball that opens upward. On the other hand, the pair of movable blades 121 rotated so as to be separated from each other (a state shown by a solid line in the drawing) acts as a tray for guiding the flow of the ball into the opening 120. In such an open state, winning in the starting opening 12 easily occurs.

  The special winning device 16 is a variable winning device called an attacker that opens a special winning opening 160. The attacker 16 is arranged below the starting port 12. The attacker 16 has a large winning opening 160 having a horizontally elongated substantially rectangular shape, and a lid member 161 for sealing the large winning opening 160.

  In the attacker 16 in the normal state, the cover member 161 is positioned so as to be substantially flush with the board surface forming the game area 130, and the special winning opening 160 is closed. When the lid member 161 rotates toward the front side, the special winning opening 160 is opened, and the lid member 161 functions as a tray for guiding the balls to the special winning opening 160. The number of payout balls when the player wins the special winning opening 160 is 15.

  The central display 19 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a large-sized display in which a symbol display window 190 is arranged inside the frame 191. The central display 19 has three symbol display areas 195L, C, and R for variably displaying the symbol 215, and notifies the jackpot determination result by a combination of the three symbols 215 stopped and displayed. FIG. 2 illustrates a state in which the big hit symbol is stopped and displayed after a special effect described later in which the rotation of the reels 21L and R is locked by the claw portions 441L and R.

  In the upper frame portion of the symbol display window 190, a general symbol display unit 181 and a general symbol hold display unit 182 are arranged. Further, in the lower frame portion of the symbol display window 190, a special figure suspension display section 192 for displaying the number of suspensions of the special figure suspension as the jackpot determination result is arranged.

  The general-purpose display unit 181 is a display unit for determining whether the general-purpose determination is correct or not. The general figure display unit 181 displays the winning of the general figure determination (general figure winning) by lighting a circle, and displays a loss by lighting a cross. Incidentally, the fluctuation time in the normal drawing is 30 seconds in the normal state and 1 second in the time reduction state. The general-purpose reservation display unit 182 is a display unit in which four LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are provided in series so that the number of reservations stored (reserved) as the general-purpose reservation can be displayed. The general-purpose reservation display unit 182 displays the number of general-purpose reservations to be retained (the maximum number is four) based on the number of lighted LEDs.

  When the universal drawing winning based on the universal drawing determination is displayed, the movable blade 121 of the starting port 12 performs the opening operation as described above. The opening time of the starting port 12 according to the normal drawing win is 0.2 seconds in the normal state and 1.5 seconds × 3 times in the time saving state. There are three payout balls when a ball is won in the starting port 12.

  The special figure reservation display section 192 is configured by four LEDs arranged in the horizontal direction. In the special figure reservation display section 192, the same number of LEDs as the number of reserved special figure reservations (upper limit number of four) is lit, and the number of reserved special figure reservations (maximum number of four) is displayed based on the number of lighted LEDs.

  The center display 19 includes reels 21L, C, R individually corresponding to the symbol display areas 195L, 195, R. As shown in FIG. 3, the reels 21 </ b> L, C, and R are rotating reels on which a plurality of types of symbols 215 are drawn on the outer periphery. A symbol 215 of the numeral 9 is arranged. The center display 19 notifies the jackpot determination result by a combination of the symbols 215 of three numbers stopped and displayed in the symbol display areas 195L, C, and R after the symbols are variably displayed by the rotation of the reels 21L, C, and R. . The symbol 215 of the number of the zigzag is a jackpot symbol for notifying the jackpot, and the odd-numbered symbol of the zigzag is a variable jackpot symbol.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the left, middle, and right reels 21L, 21C, and 21R are independently driven to rotate by reel motors 22L, C, and R that are individually provided stepping motors. Each of the reel motors 22L, 22C, 22R is supported by a stay 211 fixed to a frame 191 of the central display 19. A reference position piece 210 that can be detected by the reference position detection sensors 23L, 23C, 23R is attached to each of the reels 21L, 21C, 21R. The reference position piece 210 is attached to a predetermined position in the rotation direction, and this attachment position is a reference position for each of the reels 21L, C, and R.

  The central display 19 of the present example includes outer cylinders 41L, R capable of inserting and storing the left and right reels 21L, R, and a movable member 44 including claw portions 441L, R for producing a rotation lock effect of the left and right reels 21L, R. ,have. According to the central display 19, it is possible to execute a special effect of rotating the other reel 21C while the rotation of the left and right reels 21L, R is locked by the claw portions 441L, R.

  The outer cylinders 41L and R, which are an example of the transmitting member, have a colorless and transparent bottomed cylindrical shape made of polycarbonate, and are fixed to the center of the bottom surface in a state where the rotating shafts of the outer cylinder motors 42L and R as drive motors are penetrated. Shaft hole. The outer cylinders 41L, R are supported by stays 411 fixed to the frame body 191 via the outer cylinder motors 42L, R. The outer cylinders 41L, R are provided so as to overlap outside the left and right reels 21L, R, which are a part of the three reels 21L, C, R. Each of the outer cylinders 41L and 41R has an outer peripheral side wall 415 that is a transparent part provided to allow the design 215 of the reels 21L and R to be visually recognized, and a bite hole 410 that is a special hole penetrating back and forth. (See FIG. 3).

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the bite hole 410 is formed so as to penetrate the outer peripheral side wall 415 that forms the outer peripheral side surface of the outer cylinders 41 </ b> L and 41 </ b> R. The bite holes 410 are formed at two locations in the circumferential direction at an interval of about 45 degrees. The two cut-in holes 410 are simultaneously visible through the symbol display area 195, and are arranged so as to be positioned above and below the symbol 215 that is stopped and displayed. The outer cylinders (transmitting members) 41L and 41R are provided with a border 413 that surrounds the bite hole 410 and forms a contour region having a lower transparency than the outer peripheral side wall 415.

  The outer cylinders 41L and 41R are rotationally driven by the outer cylinder motors 42L and 42R, and the rotation range is regulated to less than 180 degrees by a regulation member (not shown). Both ends of this rotation range are positions where the outer cylinders 41L and 41R are driven. As shown in FIG. 5, the position of one end is a position in a shielded state in which two bite holes 410 go around the back side of the reels 21L and 21R and cannot be visually recognized by the player. As shown in FIG. 6, the position of the other end is such that two cut-in holes 410 appear on the near side (player side) of the reels 21L and 21R, and can be visually recognized by the player in a state where they overlap the reels 21L and 21R. The position of the state. That is, the outer cylinders 41L and 41R are switched from a shielded state in which the bite hole (special hole) 410 cannot be visually recognized by the player to a visually recognized state in which the player can visually recognize the bite hole (special hole) 410 while overlapping the reels 21L and R. 5A and 6A show front views of the reel 21L (21R) and the outer cylinder 41L (41R), and FIGS. 5B and 6B show the reel 21L (21R). ) And a cross-sectional view of the outer cylinder 41L (41R).

  The movable member 44 (FIG. 4) has a special role of entering the bite hole 410 from the outside of the outer cylinder 41L (R) toward the reel 21L (R) when the outer cylinder 41L (R) is switched to the visible state. An L-shaped member as an example of an object. The movable member 44 has an L-shaped vertical rack bar portion 443 provided with the gear blades of the rack gear 444 and a horizontal horizontal bar portion 445 formed with claw portions 441L and R that bite into the bite hole 410. Is formed. The horizontal bar portion 445 is provided with claw portions 441L and R at two locations corresponding to the left and right reels 21L and 21R.

  The movable member 44 in the central display 19 has a position where the rack bar portion 443 is located on the left side of the reels 21L, C, R as viewed from the player side, and the tip of the horizontal bar portion 445 corresponds to the right reel 21R. Assembled to reach. The movable member 44 can advance and retreat in a vertical direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the rack bar portion 443.

  The movable members 44 include a first movable member 44U in which the horizontal bar portion 445 is located above each reel 21 and a second movable member in which the horizontal bar portion 445 is located below each reel 21 in the assembled state. 44D. The first and second movable members 44U and 44D are different on the side of the rack bar portion 443 where the rack gear 444 is formed. In the first and second movable members 44U and D, each rack gear 444 faces the pinion gear 451 rotated by the claw drive motor 45, and both rack gears 444 are screwed to the pinion gear 451. When the pinion gear 451 rotates, both the first and second movable members 44U, D are simultaneously driven.

  The first and second movable members 44U and D having the rack gear 444 facing and sandwiching the pinion gear 451 are displaced in the vertical direction in reverse, and when one is displaced upward, the other is displaced downward. Displaced, one displaces downward and the other displaces upward. For example, if the pinion gear 451 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 4, the first movable member 44U is displaced upward and the second movable member 44D is displaced downward, and the respective claw portions 441L, R Retreats from the reels 21L and 21R. On the other hand, if the pinion gear 451 rotates clockwise in FIG. 4, the first movable member 44U is displaced downward, and the second movable member 44D is displaced upward, so that the respective claw portions 441L, R are displaced. It advances (enters) the reels 21L and R side.

  The movable range (advancing / retreating range) in which the first and second movable members 44U and 44D are displaced in the vertical direction is regulated by a regulation member (not shown). The limit of the movable range on the side where the claw portions 441L, R are retracted is a position where the claw portions 441L, R cannot be seen from the symbol display areas 195L, R (FIG. 7A). The limit on the opposite side is a position (biting position) where the claw portions 441L and R enter the inside of the biting holes 410 of the outer cylinders 41L and R in the above-mentioned visual recognition state (biting position) (FIG. 7B).

  Next, an electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko gaming machine 1 is configured around a main control board 20B on which a main control circuit 20 is formed. For the main control board 20B, a payout control board 33B for controlling the payout of a ball, a launch control board 34B for controlling the driving of a ball, a sub-control board 35B for controlling a game effect, a detector for a winning or passing ball 312 to 314, an electric tube solenoid 322 for opening the starting port (electric tube) 12, a winning prize solenoid 324 for opening the attacker 16, a power supply circuit unit 328 for power supply, and the like are electrically connected.

  As a detector of a winning ball or a passing ball, a starting winning detector 313 for detecting a winning ball to the starting port 12, a gate passage detector 312 for detecting a passing ball of the passing gate 14, and a winning ball to the attacker 16 are used. There is a special winning detector 314 to detect.

  An amplifier / speaker 131 and a decorative lamp unit 132 are electrically connected to the sub-control board 35B on which the sub-control circuit 35 is formed. In addition, a reel control board 36B for controlling the reels 21L, C, and R, an outer cylinder The effect motor control board 37B for controlling the moving members 41L and 41L and the movable members 44U and 44D is communicably connected.

  An effect lottery table for determining an effect for notifying the jackpot determination result is stored in a storage area (not shown) provided in the sub control circuit 35. As the effect lottery table, a plurality of types are prepared in accordance with the jackpot determination result (win / fail of jackpot, symbol variation time). In each of the effect lottery tables, a winning random number for a reach effect in which the symbols are variably displayed on the middle reel 21C in a state where the same numerical symbols are stopped on the left and right reels 21L and 21R is defined.

  Note that a special reach production that indicates that the jackpot is highly expected is set in the reach production. As a special reach effect, there is a pseudo continuous effect that makes it appear that a plurality of symbol changes have occurred in response to one reading of a random number for lottery for jackpot determination. The details of the pseudo-sequence effect utilizing the outer cylinders 41L and 41L and the movable members 44U and D will be described in detail after an outline of the game.

The payout control circuit 33 is formed on the payout control board 33B. The payout control circuit 33 controls the payout device 331 in response to an instruction from the main control circuit 20 to execute the payout of a predetermined number of balls when a prize is generated.
The emission control circuit 34 is formed on the emission control board 34B. The firing control circuit 34 controls the launching strength of the ball by controlling the firing device 341 according to the operation angle of the operation handle 15.

  The reel control circuit 36 formed on the reel control board 36B is an electric circuit for executing reel control for controlling rotation of three reel motors 22L, 22C, 22R provided individually for the respective reels 21L, 21C, 21R. . Reference position detection sensors 23L, C, and R for detecting the reference positions of the reels 21L, 21C, and 21R are electrically connected to the reel control board 36B. The reference position detection sensors 23L, C, R form an example of reference position detection means for detecting that a predetermined reference position has passed while the corresponding reels 21L, C, R are rotating. , R when the reference position piece 210 (see FIG. 4) attached to the reference position is detected.

  The reel control circuit 36 rotates each of the reels 21L, C, and R while specifying the position of the symbol 215 (the rotation position of the reel 21) based on the detection signals that are the detection results of the reference position detection sensors 23L, 23C, and 23R. . After the symbol 215 is changed and displayed by rotating the reels 21L, C, and R for a predetermined time, the symbol 215 corresponding to the jackpot determination result is stopped.

  The effect motor control circuit 37 formed on the effect motor control board 37B is configured to rotate the outer cylinder motors 42L, R for driving the outer cylinders 41L, R and the claw drive motor 45 for driving the pair of upper and lower movable members 44 forward and backward. Is an electrical circuit that controls The effect motor control circuit 37 can rotate the outer cylinder motors 42L and 42R and the claw drive motor 45 forward and backward. The outer cylinder motors 42L, R stop rotating when the rotation of the outer cylinders 41L, R is restricted at the limit of the movable range (rotation range). The claw drive motor 45 stops rotating when the displacement of the movable member 44 is restricted at the limit of the movable range (retractable range). The effect motor control circuit 37 detects that the outer cylinder 41L, R or the movable member 44 has reached the limit of the movable range by detecting the rotation stop of the motor to be controlled by detecting the overcurrent.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the main control circuit 20 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 28, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 29 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 24, which are storage elements, and a random number generation unit that generates random numbers in a predetermined range. 27, a random number extracting unit 26 for extracting random numbers for lottery, an I / O (Input / Output) 25 serving as an input / output interface, and the like.

  The RAM 24 is a readable and writable storage element used for a work area of the CPU 28 and temporary writing. In the storage area of the RAM 24, a special figure reservation area 241 and a general figure reservation area 243 for four data are allocated. The special figure reservation area 241 is a storage area for special figure reservation such as a jackpot determination result. The public figure holding area 243 is a storage area for the public figure determination result.

The ROM 29 stores various processing programs to be executed by the CPU 28, and also stores a lottery table for jackpot determination and a lottery table for general map determination (not shown).
The jackpot determination lottery table and the public figure determination lottery table are lottery tables in which the jackpot determination winning random numbers or the general figure winning random numbers are defined. In addition, the lottery table for the jackpot determination of this example includes a table applied to the normal state and the time saving state and a table applied to the probable change state. In the normal (time saving) state, the jackpot probability is 1/300. The winning random number is defined so that the probability becomes 1/60 for the probability variation state. In addition, the probability variation rate of the probability variation of the jackpot is 50%. In addition, there are provided a lottery table for the normal drawing and a table applied to the normal state, and a table applied to the time saving state and the probable change state. A random number is defined, and a winning random number is defined so that the probability becomes 1/1 in the time saving (probable change) state.

The main control circuit 20 shown in FIG. 8 realizes the following functions (1) to (5) by causing the CPU 28 to execute the program read from the ROM 29. Further, the reel control circuit 36 realizes a function as a means of the following (6), the sub control circuit 35 realizes a function as a means of the following (7), and the effect motor control circuit 37 The function as the means of (8) is realized.
(1) Lottery means: a lottery for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot state, which is an example of a special game state advantageous to the player, when a predetermined lottery condition of winning a ball into the starting port 12 is satisfied. Means for performing a jackpot determination. In the jackpot determination, the symbol variation time is determined in addition to the success or failure of the jackpot.
(2) Storage means: means for storing a random number for lottery, which is an example of a lottery result by the lottery means, as a special figure reservation. The storage means stores the special figure reservation in the special figure reservation area 241 up to four, which is an example of the predetermined upper limit reservation number. It should be noted that the general figure determination result is stored in the general figure reservation area 243 as a general figure hold, with the upper limit being four.
(3) Reading means: means for reading out the special figure reservations stored by the storage means one by one and reducing the number of reservations in the storage means (the number of special figure reservations stored) according to the reading of the special figure reservations. When reading out the special figure reservation, the reading means reads out the storage time from the oldest one. It should be noted that the general-purpose reservation in the general-purpose reservation area 243 is also read out.
(4) Appropriate / non-permissible determining means: means for determining whether or not the special figure is read by the reading means (whether or not it is a big hit).
(5) Special game state generating means: means for generating a big hit state (special game state) when the central indicator 19 stops displaying the big hit symbol which is the symbol 215 corresponding to the occurrence of the special game state.
(6) Reel control means: means for controlling the reel 21 so as to stop and display the big hit symbol which is a combination of the symbols 215 according to the big hit determination result on the central display 19.
(7) Effect lottery means: Lottery means for determining an effect for notifying the jackpot determination result and the like. The production lottery means determines the type of production (reach production, special reach production (special production), etc.) using a production lottery table according to the jackpot determination result (win / fail of jackpot, symbol variation time, etc.).
(8) Effect executing means: means for executing a rotation lock effect of the reel 21.

Next, an outline of (1) a game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 having the above-described configuration will be described, and then, details of (2) a pseudo continuous production executed by the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described.
(1) Outline of Game In the pachinko gaming machine 1, a ball can be fired and the game can be started by operating the operation handle 15 in the clockwise direction. The shot ball flows down the game area 130 in which the passage gate 14 and the like are arranged. The ball which has not won is collected from the out hole 138 provided at the lowermost part of the game area 130.

  When detecting a ball passing through the passage gate 14, the main control circuit 20 executes a lottery process of extracting a random number for lottery determination from the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit 27. The main control circuit 20 determines the result of the general figure determination by comparing the random number for the lottery with the lottery table for the general figure determination. When the result of the general figure determination is a winning, the circle of the general figure display section 181 is lit, and when the result is lost, the cross is lit. The main control circuit 20 opens the movable blade 121 of the starting port (electric chew) 12 when the general drawing determination is won.

  When the main control circuit 20 detects a ball that has won the starting opening 12, it extracts a random number for lottery for jackpot determination. If the symbol is not fluctuating by the central display 19 and there is no special figure hold, the main control circuit 20 immediately compares the random number for the jackpot determination with the random number for the jackpot determination lottery table, Decide whether or not it is appropriate. On the other hand, if the symbol is changing, etc., the random number for lottery determination of the jackpot determination is temporarily stored in the special figure holding area 241 as special figure holding. However, when the reserved number of the special figure reservation area 241 is the upper limit number of four, the lottery random number is deleted without being stored in the special figure reservation area 241.

  When the jackpot state is not occurring, the main control circuit 20 reads out the special figure reservation in the special figure reservation area 241 one by one from the oldest stored timing when the variable display of the symbol 215 is stopped. Then, the read random number for special drawing reservation is collated with the random determination table for jackpot determination to determine the success or failure of the jackpot determination.

  After reading out the special figure reservation as described above, the main control circuit 20 inputs the jackpot determination result to the sub control circuit 35. When receiving the input of the jackpot determination result, the sub control circuit 35 executes the above-described effect lottery. Then, the central display 19 is controlled via the reel control circuit 36 so as to execute the effect according to the effect lottery result, and the symbol variation display is started. The reel control circuit 36 inputs a control pulse to each of the reel motors 22L, C, and R, rotates each of the reels 21L, C, and R by rotating one step for each pulse, and executes a variable display of the symbol 215. I do.

  The reel control circuit 36 counts the number of control pulses input to each of the reel motors 22L, 22C, 22R, that is, the number of steps at which the reel motor 22 has rotated. The number of steps is reset to zero each time a detection signal of the reference position piece 210 of each of the reels 21L, 21C, 21R is taken, and is the number of steps after the latest detection signal is generated. The main control circuit 20 specifies the rotational positions of the reels 21L, 21C, and 21R based on the number of steps, thereby enabling the specification of the symbol 215 being displayed.

  The reel control circuit 36 stops the three reels 21L, C, R in the order of left → right → middle. In the case of a big hit, the big hit symbol in which the symbols 215 of the same number are arranged is stopped and displayed in the symbol display areas 195L, C, and R. Stop display.

When the execution of the reach effect is determined by the effect lottery, the reel control circuit 36 stops and displays the same numeral symbol in the symbol display areas 195L and 195R when the left and right reels 21L and 21R stop, while displaying the middle reel. 21C generates a reach state in which variable display is being performed.
When a big hit occurs, the symbol 215 of the number in the zigzag pattern is stopped and displayed in the symbol display areas 195L, 195C, 195R, and a big hit is notified, and a big hit state occurs. In the jackpot state, the round process in which the special winning opening 160 is opened is repeated 15 times until 30 seconds elapse or 10 balls are won. The number of payouts (difference = payout-drive-in) when such a big hit condition occurs is approximately 1500.

  If the jackpot that triggered the jackpot state is a probability change jackpot, a probability change state in which the jackpot probability increases as the jackpot state ends is generated. Since this probability change state ends in accordance with the occurrence of a new jackpot state, in the case of a probability change jackpot, the state always becomes a villa. On the other hand, in the case of the jackpot state triggered by the normal jackpot, a time-saving state occurs in which the symbol fluctuating time is shortened and the special figure reservation is quickly consumed in accordance with the end. The duration of the time saving state is a maximum of 50 symbol fluctuations. If a jackpot occurs during the continuation of the time-saving state, a new jackpot state occurs and the state is extended. On the other hand, if the jackpot does not occur while the symbol variation is consumed 50 times, the state shifts to the normal state according to the end of the time saving state.

(2) Pseudo continuous production Pseudo continuous production is a kind of special reach production (special production) executed in accordance with the lottery result of the above production lottery. The pseudo continuous production is performed irrespective of the success or failure of the jackpot determination result, but the production suggests that the jackpot is highly expected. The probability of the jackpot when the pseudo continuous production occurs is higher than that when the normal reach production occurs. This pseudo continuous effect is an effect in which a symbol is pseudo-stopped and displayed in one symbol change corresponding to one jackpot determination, so as to make it appear that a plurality of symbol changes have occurred. This pseudo continuous production will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, similarly to the normal reach effect, after the symbol 215 fluctuates for a certain time on the central display 19 (FIG. 9A), a reach state occurs. At this time, the outer cylinders 41L and 41R are in a shielded state in which the player cannot visually recognize the bite hole (special hole portion) 410 as in the case of normal symbol fluctuation. Thereafter, a numeric symbol different from the numeric symbol stopped and displayed in the left and right symbol variation regions 195L and 195R is quasi-stopped and displayed in the symbol variation region 195C. (FIG. 2B).

  In this manner, the left and right outer cylinders 41L and 41R are rotationally driven in a state where the losing symbol is simulated and displayed. In accordance with the rotation of the outer cylinders 41L and 41R, the bite hole 410 appears on the near side so as to overlap the reels 21L and 21R, whereby a visual recognition state in which the player can visually recognize the bite hole 410 is established (FIG. 9C). The position of the bite hole 410 at this time is a position where the symbol 215 that is simulated to be stopped is sandwiched from above and below.

  Subsequently, the claw portions 441L, R protrude from above and below the symbol variation regions 195L, R, and enter the inside of the bite hole 410 (FIG. 4D). As described above, the movable member 44, which is a special accessory, has a claw portion in the biting holes 410 of the outer cylinders 41L and R overlapping with some of the reels 21L and R when the reels 21L, C and R stop displaying symbols. 441L, R enter. When the movable member 44 causes the claw portion 441 to enter the biting hole 410, the claw portion 441 reaches the biting position inside the outer cylinder 41.

  Here, as described above, an edge (contour area) 413 having a lower transparency than the surrounding transparent outer peripheral outer wall portion (transmitting portion) 415 is provided at an edge of the biting hole 410, and the player can visually recognize the biting hole 410. Sex has been enhanced. From the player's side, it looks as if the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 21L and 21R are broken and the biting holes 410 are generated. Then, according to the claw portions 441L and R that have entered the bite holes 410, it is possible to produce an effect as if the reels 21L and R are firmly locked in rotation.

  The operations shown in FIGS. 9C and 9D are preferably executed at a very high speed. By executing at a high speed, the claw portions 441L and R can pierce the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 21L and R, and the surface can be broken to make it appear as if a biting hole 410 is generated. Before the claws 441L, R reach the final biting position, the biting holes 410 need to be located above and below the design 215, while the claws 441L, R are positioned earlier than the outer cylinders 41L, R. The driving of R may be started. After making the player visually recognize the effect in which the claw portions 441L and R project, the outer cylinders 41L and R are driven to rotate just before the final bite position is reached, and the bite hole 410 is displaced to a position in the visible state. Good.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9 (d), in a state where the rotation of the reels 21L and 21R is locked, the symbol variation in the central symbol variation area 195C is restarted (FIG. 9 (e)). As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, the outer cylinders 41L and R are switched to the visible state, and the reels 21L and R in which the claw portions 441L and R of the movable member 44 enter the bite hole 410 stop displaying the symbols. In addition, a pseudo continuous effect is executed, which is a special effect in which the other reels 21C variably display the symbols. In this pseudo continuous production, while the reels 21L and R in which the claws 441L and R enter the biting holes 410 of the outer cylinders 41L and R maintain the state in which the symbols are stopped and displayed, the other reels 21C change the symbols. By starting the display, the fluctuating display of the next symbol is started in a pseudo manner.

  Thereafter, if the jackpot determination result is a big hit, the same numeric symbol as the numeric symbol stopped and displayed in the left and right symbol variation regions 195L and 195R is stopped and displayed in the central symbol variation region 195C (FIG. (G)). . As a result, the pseudo-sequence production ends and the big hit is definitely reported, and a big hit state occurs.

  On the other hand, when the lottery result is lost, a numeral symbol different from the numeral symbol stopped and displayed in the left and right symbol variation regions 195L and R is stopped and displayed in the central symbol variation region 195C, and the pseudo continuous production ends. Loss is definitively notified (FIG. 6F). The symbol stop may be repeated two or more times a plurality of times before the jackpot determination result is notified definitely.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above, the transparent outer cylinders 41L and 41L having the bite holes 410 formed therein and the claw portions 441L and R entering the bite holes 410 are provided on the left and right reels 21L. , R are provided with structural features. In this pachinko gaming machine 1, the claw portions 441L, R enter the bite hole 410 to produce an effect as if the left and right reels 21L, R are rotationally locked, while the other reels 21C can perform symbol variation display. It is.

  According to the effect using the claw portions 441L and R, it is possible to enhance the effect of the effect of performing the variable display of another symbol while a part of the symbol is fixed (held). According to the production using the claw portions 441L and R, a production effect that the player can easily understand that some of the symbols are fixed, and a production effect that enhances the power of being fixed are provided. Effect can be improved. According to these staging effects, the player's interest and sense of expectation with respect to the variable display of the symbols can be increased, and the willingness to play can be improved.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present example is a gaming machine having excellent characteristics capable of executing a symbol change that increases a player's willingness to play.

  In particular, in the pseudo continuous production of this example, the claw portions 441L and R enter the bite holes 410 overlapping the left and right reels 21L and R in a state where the symbols are stopped and displayed on the three reels 21L, 21C and 21R. Then, while maintaining the state in which the left and right reels 21L, R in which the claw portions 441L, R have entered the bite hole 410 stop displaying the symbol, the middle reel 21C starts the variable display of the symbol, whereby the next symbol is displayed. Start the variable display of. If the next symbol change is started in a state where some symbols are fixed in this way, the player's expectation of stopping the big hit symbol in the next symbol change can be enhanced.

  The claw portion 441 reaches a position inside the outer cylinder 41 when entering the bite hole 410. In this case, the effect of making the claw portion 441 appear to bite into the outer peripheral surface of the reel 21 is enhanced, whereby it is possible to make the claw portion 441 look as if the rotation of the reel 21 is firmly locked.

  The outer cylinder 41 is formed with a border 413 that is a contour area so as to surround the bite hole 410. According to the border 413, the visibility of the bite hole 410 by the player can be improved. Further, in combination with the claw portion 441, it is possible to improve the effect of rendering the outer peripheral surface of the reel 21 cracked and the claw portion 441 piercing and appearing as if the rotation is locked.

Instead of or in addition to the configuration of this example, the following configuration may be adopted. Further, the following configurations may be appropriately combined and adopted.
In this example, a pachinko gaming machine that pays out a ball that is a game value when a ball fired in the gaming area 130 wins a prize, but may be applied to other gaming machines. For example, the present invention may be applied to an enclosed pachinko gaming machine in which a ball is enclosed and a point is consumed and the ball is fired, or a pachinko gaming machine in which a probable change state in which the probability of a big hit is increased occurs. The mechanism that locks the reel rotation should be applied to slot machines in which the game progresses by drawing lots by consuming medals, and credit-type slot machines in which the game progresses by drawing lots by consuming points. Is also possible. When the present invention is applied to a slot machine, it is preferable that lottery conditions be satisfied when a lever operation for starting a game is performed, and that a bonus game lottery be executed. That is, the lottery conditions and the special game state may be arbitrarily changed according to the game of the gaming machine to which the application is applied.

  In this example, the left and right claws 441L and R are always driven in conjunction with each other. However, the left and right claws 441L and R are independent movable members, and the left and right claws 441L and R are separately driven. It is good also as a structure which does. In this case, for example, after the random number symbols are stopped and displayed without going through the reach effect, an effect of first fixing only the left reel 21L and variably displaying the remaining reels 21C and R becomes possible. In the case of this effect, the same symbol as the left reel 21L is stopped and displayed on the right reel 21R, while a different symbol is stopped and displayed on the middle reel 21C to cause a reach loss, and then the middle reel 21C with the right reel 21R fixed. It is possible to effect such as starting the symbol change. Also, an effect of fixing the middle reel 21C by providing the outer cylinder 41 and the claw portion 441 in the central symbol variation area 195C may be performed.

  Further, in this example, after the symbol change caused by the reels 21L, R is pseudo stop-displayed, the outer cylinders 41L, R are switched from the shielded state to the visible state, and the claws 441L, R enter the bite hole 410. However, the outer cylinders 41L and 41R may be switched to the visual recognition state while the symbols on the reels 21L and R are changing. Further, after the outer cylinders 41L and R are switched to the visual recognition state, after the claws 441L and R enter the bite hole 410, or at the same time, the symbol variation of the reels 21L and R may be stopped and displayed. In this case, instead of the effect that the claw portion 441 locks the symbol that has been fluctuated, an effect that the claw portion 441 stops rotating and locks the symbol that is fluctuating can be generated.

  Further, for the reel 21 in which the rotation of the claw portion 441 is once locked, a happening effect in which the claw portion 441 comes off in the middle of the pseudo continuous effect and the reach state is eliminated may be set. In this case, the effect becomes more versatile, and the feeling of harshness and throbbing felt by the player can be further enhanced.

In this example, the border 413 of the edge of the biting hole 410 of the outer cylinder 41L, R is configured to have a lower transparency than the surrounding colorless and transparent outer peripheral wall 415. 413 may be employed. The border 413 may have a transparency close to zero that transmits little light.
Further, the outer cylinder 41 without the border 413 may be employed.

  As described above, specific examples of the present invention have been described in detail as in the embodiments, but these specific examples only disclose examples of the technology included in the claims. Needless to say, the scope of the claims should not be interpreted in a limited manner by the configuration, numerical values, and the like of the specific examples. The scope of the claims encompasses a technique in which the above-described specific examples are variously modified, changed, or appropriately combined using known techniques or knowledge of those skilled in the art.

1 Pachinko machines (game machines)
12 Starting port (winning section)
130 Game Area 15 Operation Handle 16 Big Winning Device (Attacker)
19 central display 190 symbol display window 195 symbol display area 20 main control circuit (lottery means, storage means, reading means, hit / fail judgment means, special game state generating means)
21 reel 215 symbol 22 reel motor 35 sub-control circuit (production lottery means)
36 Reel control circuit (reel control means)
37 Effect motor control circuit (effect effect means)
41 outer cylinder (transmission member)
410 bite hole (special hole)
413 Border (contour area)
415 Outer side wall (transmission part)
42 outer cylinder motor 44 movable member (special accessory)
441 Claw part 45 Claw drive motor

Claims (4)

A prize section in which balls flowing down the game area can be awarded,
Lottery means for executing a lottery in a special game state advantageous to the player when a ball wins in the winning section,
A plurality of symbols are drawn on the outer periphery, and after a symbol is variably displayed by rotation, a plurality of reels for stopping and displaying a combination of symbols corresponding to a lottery result by the lottery means,
When the plurality of reels stop displaying a combination of symbols corresponding to the occurrence of the special game state, a special game state generating means for generating the special game state,
Among the plurality of reels, at least a part of the reels is provided so as to overlap with the outside of the reels, and has a transmission portion provided so that the design of the reels can be visually recognized, and a special hole portion penetrating back and forth, and A transparent member that switches from a shielded state in which the hole is not visible to the player to a visible state in which the player can visually recognize the hole while overlapping the reel;
In a situation where the transmission member is switched to the visual recognition state, a special accessory that enters the special hole portion from the outside of the transmission member toward the reel,
The plurality of reels are configured such that, among the plurality of reels, the transmission member is switched to the visual recognition state, and the reel in which the special accessory enters the special hole portion stops displaying a symbol, and the other reels are displayed. A special effect in which a symbol is displayed in a variable manner. In the special accessory, in a state where the plurality of reels stop and display the symbol, enter the special hole portion of the transmission member overlapping some reels,
Among the plurality of reels, among the plurality of reels, while the reel in which the special accessory has entered the special hole portion of the transparent member maintains the state in which the symbols are stopped and displayed, the other reels change in symbol. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the start of the display starts the change display of the next symbol.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the special accessory reaches the inside of the transmission member when entering the special hole of the transmission member.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the transparent member is provided with a contour region having lower transparency than the transparent portion so as to surround the special hole.

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