JP3433316B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine. 2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional example of a game machine such as a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine, there is a pachinko machine configured as follows. This pachinko machine, when the game ball wins the starting port,
In the case where the determination of a hit or a miss is made, the variation display of the symbol is started in the three display areas of the symbol display device, and then the variation display in the three display areas is sequentially stopped, and the determination result is a hit determination. The same symbol (in this case, the number “7”) is displayed in the three display areas (hereinafter, referred to as a hit display), and the display of the three display areas is changed to, for example, “77”.
7 "and make the game contents advantageous to the player such as opening a special winning opening (hereinafter, such an advantageous state is referred to as a jackpot operation for convenience). I have to. When the variable display of the symbol is started and a predetermined identical symbol such as the numeral "7" is stopped and displayed in two of the three display areas, the remaining one of the display areas is displayed. Since the hit display is performed by stopping and displaying the same symbol (for example, the numeral "7"), this display state corresponds to the reach (reach state), and the player has an expectation of the big hit operation. Will be done. Hereinafter, this display is called a reach display. At the time of the reach display, a plurality of types of symbol displays (hereinafter, referred to as reach action) are provided in advance by a control program in order to clearly notify that the reach has been achieved or to improve the effect of rendering. Selectively according to. The reach display is performed not only when the hit determination is performed but also when a departure is determined. Then, when the departure is determined, even if the reach display and the reach action are performed, the hit display and thus the big hit operation are not performed. By the way, the appearance rate indicating the rate at which a plurality of types of reach actions are performed and the expected value indicating the rate at which the jackpot operation is performed when each reach action is displayed are usually different from each other. Each type is set with a certain correspondence.
In the pachinko machine, a plurality of types of reach actions (reach types), appearance rates, and expected values are set, for example, as shown in FIG. In this pachinko machine, A (normal),
B, ... 6 types of reach action of F (reach type)
Is selectively implemented (displayed). And A
(Normal) reach action has an appearance rate of 43% and is likely to be displayed. However, since the expected value is 0%, when the reach action of the A is executed, the big hit operation is not performed. I can't. The reach action of F has an appearance rate of 0.5% and is very unlikely to be displayed, but the expected value is 100%.
When the reach action of E is performed, the big hit operation is necessarily performed. By the way, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, a plurality of types (six types of A, B,... F) of reach actions can be performed. , A, B, C reach actions are performed relatively frequently, but D, E, F reach actions,
In particular, there is very little chance that the F's reach action that leads to the jackpot operation will be performed. [0008] For this reason, it is extremely rare that a player can enjoy the reach action of D, E, F, especially F. The execution of the reach action of A (normal) means that the jackpot operation is not performed (that is, the reach action of A is a reach action that does not hit). For this reason, if the jackpot operation is not performed when the reach action of A is displayed, the player is foreseen and the enjoyment of the reach action is greatly reduced. Furthermore, despite the fact that six types of reach actions can be performed, there is little chance that the player can enjoy the reach action of F as described above. In fact, the pleasure of using the display was not fully utilized. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a gaming machine which allows a player to select and display a plurality of types of reach actions and enjoy all reach actions as desired. With the goal. Means for Solving the Problems The invention according to claim 1 is
Display means having a plurality of display areas for cyclically displaying a plurality of types of symbols, and control means for performing a cyclic display of the symbols on the plurality of display areas when the game medium wins a predetermined starting port. The control means is controllable to perform a jackpot operation in a gaming state advantageous to the player when a predetermined symbol is displayed in a predetermined manner in all of the plurality of display areas, and A gaming machine that selectively performs a plurality of types of reach actions predetermined at the time of a reach in which the predetermined symbol is displayed in a display area one less than the display area of each of the display areas. An appearance rate indicating a display rate of the reach action and an expected value indicating a rate at which the big hit operation is performed when each reach action is displayed are set and set. Storage means for storing an appearance rate and an expected value in association with a plurality of types of reach actions, and a correspondence provided between the plurality of types of reach actions stored in the storage means and the appearance rate and the expected value, which are operable by a player; and a switching means for changing in response to the operation, the display
Means are the type of reach action and the corresponding appearance
The control means displays the reach action at the time of the reach based on the correspondence between the plurality of types of reach actions changed by the switching means and the appearance rate and the expected value. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pachinko machine 1 includes an outer frame 2, an inner frame 4 rotatably supported on one side of the outer frame 2 via a hinge 3, and an opening in the inner frame 4. A game board 6 that is detachably held by the inner frame 4 so as to be fitted into the window 5. The inner frame 4 includes a glass frame 7 fitted with glass (not shown) which covers the front of the game board 6, an upper plate 8 for receiving and storing award balls on the front, and a lower plate 9. Provided. An operation handle 10 is provided adjacent to and on the right side of the lower plate 9. The upper plate 8 is a storage unit 1 for storing game balls.
1 to form a front wall portion (front wall portion) 12 protruding toward the front side. A selection switch 13 (switching means) and a decision switch 14 (switching means), which will be described later, are provided in the left and right substantially central portions of the front wall portion 12. The selection switch 13 and the decision switch 14 are provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 so that the player can easily operate it. As shown in FIG. 2, a symbol display device (display means) 15 is provided at the center of the front surface of the game board 6. A start port 16 is provided below the symbol display device 15 in the game board 6, and further below the symbol display device 15, a special winning opening 1 is provided.
7 is provided. The symbol display device 15 is a symbol (in this embodiment, ten numbers 0, 1,... 9).
Display areas 20, 21, 22 for performing variable display, etc.
Is provided. Hereinafter, of the display areas 20, 21, and 22, the one on the left side of FIG. 1 is referred to as a left display area 20, the center is referred to as a center display area 21, and the right one is referred to as a right display area 23. The display unit 23 also displays a reach action described later. The symbol display device 15 has a symbol variation display function as described above, and displays the type of reach action (reach type) and the corresponding appearance rate and expected value on the display unit 23 during the stoppage of the game. It has the function of displaying. By displaying the reach type, the appearance rate, and the expected value on the symbol display device 15, the player can easily change the appearance rate and the expected value for the desired reach action, and can suppress an operation error. When a game ball wins in the starting port 16, a main control unit 30, which will be described later, determines whether or not a hit has occurred, and starts displaying symbols in the left, center, and right display areas 20, 21, and 22. Thereafter, based on a predetermined control program, the left, center and right display areas 20 and 2 are displayed.
After the display of the fluctuations in steps 1 and 22 is stopped in sequence and the symbols are displayed in a stopped state in the left, center and right display areas 20, 21 and 22, the display of the fluctuations associated with the winning is terminated. When the result of the determination is a hit determination,
As described later, the left, center, and right display areas 20,
A predetermined symbol (the number “7” in the present embodiment) is displayed in a stopped state (hereinafter, this display is referred to as a hit display as appropriate) on 21 and 22, and is provided in the special winning opening 17 of the special winning device 18. The big win port 31 is opened to perform a process (hereinafter, referred to as a "big hit operation") for making the game content advantageous to the player. The special winning opening door 31 closes when the number of game balls reaching the special winning opening 17 reaches 10 or when 30 seconds elapse after the winning, and until the special winning opening door 31 closes. When a game ball wins a V zone (special winning opening) (not shown) provided inside the special winning opening 17, it is opened again. The count switch 32 provided in the vicinity of the special winning opening 17 measures the number of game balls won to the special winning opening 17 described above. In addition, the continuation switch 33 provided near the V zone detects the winning of the game ball in the V zone described above. As described above, when the variable display of symbols is started and the numeral "7" is stopped and displayed in two of the left, center, and right display areas 20, 21, and 22,
Further, the number "7" is stopped and displayed in the remaining one display area, so that the hit display (and the big hit operation).
Is displayed, this display state is reach (reach state)
, Which gives the player the expectation of the jackpot operation. Hereinafter, this display is called a reach display. At the time of the reach display, a plurality of types of symbol displays (hereinafter referred to as reach action) are displayed in order to clearly inform the user that the player has reached the reach or to improve the effect of the effect. I have. Which of a plurality of types of reach actions is displayed is determined based on the corresponding data selected by the selection switch 13 and the determination switch 14 described later. The starting port 16 has a symbol start switch 34.
Is provided, and it is detected that a game ball has won the starting opening 16, and the left, center, and right display areas 20, 21, and
A symbol start signal for starting the symbol variation display at 22 is output. The main control unit 30 (CPU) that inputs a symbol start signal via an input circuit 35 is connected to the symbol start switch 34. As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol display device 15 and the special winning device 18 are connected to the main control unit 30 via an output circuit 36. In addition, the main control unit 30 includes:
The selection switch 13, the determination switch 14, the count switch 32, the continuation switch 33, and the symbol start switch 34 are connected via an input circuit 35. The main control unit 30 has a ROM 37 for storing a game control program, and performs arithmetic control in accordance with the control program to cause each unit to perform a game operation. The main control unit 30 further includes a RAM 38 used as a work area during the arithmetic control. R
The AM 38 is associated with the plurality of types of reach actions, their appearance rates and expected values as shown in FIG. 5 (data associated in this manner is hereinafter referred to for convenience.
It is called correspondence data. ) Is stored. In the present embodiment, the RAM 38 constitutes a storage unit of the present invention. The reach actions include six types of reach actions A (normal), B,... F. The appearance rate and expected value are set such that when one value is determined, the other value is determined. For example, in FIG. 5, an expected value of 20 corresponds to an appearance rate of 4%.
% Is set. In addition, an appearance rate and an expected value [hereinafter, appropriately referred to as an appearance rate (expected value). ] Correspond to the number of reach actions A, B,... F (6 in the present embodiment), (1), (2),.
Six types (6) are set. In the present embodiment,
Reach action A, B, ... F and appearance rate (expected value)
(1), (2),... (6)
As shown in FIG. 5, A- (1), B- (2), C-
(3), D- (4), E- (5), and F- (6) are set in advance. As described above, the main control unit 30 receives the selection switch 13 and the decision switch 1 through the input circuit 35.
4 are connected to input a selection signal from the selection switch 13 and a determination signal from the determination switch 14. The selection switch 13 and the decision switch 1
4 can be operated only while the game is stopped. When the selection switch 13 is operated, the correspondence between the reach actions A, B,... F and the appearance rates (expected values) (1), (2),. It outputs a signal. For example,
The contents shown in FIG. 4 [A- (6), B- (4), C-
(5), D- (2), E- (3), and F- (1)]. The decision switch 14 outputs a decision signal when operated. When the main control unit 30 receives the determination signal, it performs a reach action based on the content of the selection signal input at that time, for example, as shown in FIG. In the pachinko machine configured as described above, the reach reach actions A, B,... F and the appearance rate (expected value) are operated by operating the selection switch 13 and the decision switch 14 while the game is stopped (1). , (2), ...
It can be changed so that the correspondence with (6) is exchanged. For example, the content [A- (6), B-
(4), C- (5), D- (2), E- (3), F-
(1)], or can be replaced so as to have another correspondence (not shown). When the correspondence between the plurality of types of reach actions and the appearance rate (expected value) in the correspondence data is changed as shown in FIG. 4, reach action F-appearance rate (expected value) (1) [appearance rate 43 %], The chance of displaying the reach action F increases in each stage. Regarding the reach action F, the appearance rate is 0.5% in a preset state, and the probability of being displayed is small, so that the player has little chance to enjoy. However, in the present embodiment, there is little chance to enjoy the game as it is. In some cases, the reach action F, which could not be enjoyed, can be enjoyed with a high probability. The same can be said for the reach actions D and E (appearance rates of 4% and 3.5%, respectively) whose appearance rates are small if they are set in advance, as shown in FIG. By exchanging the data, the appearance rates become 36% and 13%, respectively, and the chance of enjoying the reach actions D and E increases. In the preset state, since the expected value at the appearance rate (expected value) (1) corresponding to the reach action A is 0%, when the reach action A is performed, the reach action A is displayed. If the big hit operation is not performed at that point, the player is foreseen and the enjoyment of the reach action is greatly reduced. On the other hand, the correspondence between the reach action and the appearance rate (expected value) is changed as shown in FIG. 4, and the reach action A-appearance rate (expected value) (6) [expected value 100%]
When the reach action A is displayed, the jackpot operation is performed, so that it is possible to avoid unnecessary inconvenience that the reach action A is a reach action that does not hit, thereby improving the enjoyment of the reach action. Condition can be maintained. In the example of the replacement change shown in FIG. 4, the reach action F-appearance rate (expected value) (1) is used.
The reach action F among the reach actions A, B,... F has the highest probability of being displayed, but when the player prefers to enjoy other reach actions preferentially, the reach action and the appearance rate with the highest appearance rate are displayed. The exchange of the corresponding data may be performed so that (expected value) (1) corresponds. By changing the correspondence data in this manner, all the reach actions A, B,... F can be enjoyed as desired by the player. In the prior art in which various types of reach actions are set to be executable, a predetermined reach action has very few chances to be displayed from the viewpoint of an appearance rate. Reach actions that can be enjoyed by the player are restricted, and the fun of the reach action display has not been fully utilized. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, as described above, all the reach actions A,
The display of B,... F can be sufficiently enjoyed, and the above-mentioned problems caused by the conventional technology can be avoided. As described above, all the reach actions A,
The display of B,... F can be enjoyed, but the change of the correspondence data can be achieved by the selection switch 13 and the decision switch 14 operated by the player, so that it can be directly requested by the player. I can respond. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 11-235425 discloses a pachinko machine provided with a reliability changing means for changing and setting the reliability of the reach action, but this pachinko machine cannot be operated by a player. The setting switch is used to change the reliability and set the probability, and does not directly reflect the intention of the player, and may not be able to sufficiently respond to the request of the player. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the exchange of the corresponding data [reach action-appearance rate (expected value)] is changed by the player operating the selection switch 13 and the determination switch 14 as described above, Can respond directly and sufficiently adequately to the needs of the person. In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine is taken as an example of a gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to other gaming machines such as pachislot machines. According to the present invention, the switching means changes the correspondence between the plurality of types of reach actions and the appearance rate and expected value, and the control means changes the display of the reach action at the time of the reach by the switching means. Performed based on the correspondence between the plurality of types of reach actions and the appearance rate and the expected value, it is possible to set the appearance rate to be high for all the reach actions, and thereby, a value in which the appearance probability is small in advance , The display chance of the set reach action can be increased, and all the reach actions can be enjoyed. In addition, the type of reach action and appearance on the display means
By displaying the rate and expected value, the player can
Change the appearance rate and expected value for reach action
It is possible to reduce the size and suppress operation errors.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a game board of the pachinko machine of FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main control unit of the pachinko machine of FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing, in a table form, reach type-appearance rate and expected value selected by operating the selection switch of FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing reach types—appearance rates and expected values stored in advance in the RAM of FIG. 3 in a table format. FIG. 6 shows reach types in an example of a conventional pachinko machine;
It is a figure which shows an appearance rate and an expected value in a table form. [Description of Signs] 13 Selection switch ( switching means ) 14 Decision switch ( switching means ) 15 Symbol display device (display means) 23 Display unit 30 Main control unit (control means)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A display means having a plurality of display areas for cyclically displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols, and a plurality of display areas when a game medium wins a predetermined starting port. Control means for performing a cyclic display of the symbol, the control means,
When a predetermined symbol is displayed in all of the plurality of display areas, control can be performed so as to perform a jackpot operation that is a gaming state advantageous to the player, and compared to all display areas. A predetermined number of reach actions when the predetermined symbol is displayed in the display area that is one less than the predetermined reach, and indicates a display ratio of each reach action to the display of the plurality of types of reach actions. Storage means for setting an expected value indicating an appearance rate and a rate at which the jackpot operation is performed when each reach action is displayed, and storing the set appearance rate and expected value in association with a plurality of types of reach actions; That can be operated by the user, and which correspond to the plurality of types of reach actions stored in the storage means and the appearance rates and expected values. The a switching means for changing in response to the operation, the display means corresponds to the type of reach action
The appearance rate and the expected value are displayed, and the control means displays the reach action at the time of the reach based on the correspondence between the plurality of types of reach actions changed by the switching means and the appearance rate and the expected value. Gaming machine.