JP5019560B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique for controlling screen display contents in a ball game machine.

Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not only a variable display of multiple symbols, but the time of variable display is usually reduced in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, the player's expectation is enhanced by controlling the specific game such as the probability variation that changes the probability of transition to special games by giving the story to the variation display using characters on the image such as symbols Yes.
JP 2003-230714 A

  However, since the effects on these ball and ball machines are completed in a single fluctuation display, if the fluctuation display stops due to an outlier, the player's expectation can be further increased or maintained. It is difficult to do.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a subject, The objective is to improve gameability by providing the new production method in a ball game machine.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. The winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, triggered by the starting winning opening and the entry of the game ball into the starting winning opening Means, a special symbol display device that variably displays a special symbol indicating the result of the lottery determination, an effect display device that variably displays a decorative symbol that indicates the result of the lottery lottery, and stop from the start of variation of the decorative symbol Variation pattern storage means for storing a plurality of variation patterns in which the production process is defined, pattern determination means for selecting one of the plurality of variation patterns based on the result of the success / failure lottery, and any variation pattern Therefore The decorative pattern on the effect display device provided with effect display control means for varying the display, the. The variation pattern storage means stores, as a plurality of variation patterns, a continuous production variation pattern in which the development of the production is continuous over a plurality of variation displays, and a normal variation pattern that has no continuity in the development of the production, Whether the pattern determining means selects the continuous effect variation pattern again according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability when the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is the continuous effect variation pattern. If the continuous effect variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, the effect display control means variably displays the decorative design on the effect display device according to the selected continuous effect variation pattern.

  According to this aspect, if the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is a continuous production variation pattern, whether the continuous production variation pattern is selected again according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability. You can decide whether or not. For this reason, it is easy to give continuity to the development of the production over a plurality of variable displays without referring to the result of the success / failure lottery after the next time. In addition, when the current performance is performed with a continuous performance variation pattern, the expansion of the performance to be performed has continuity with the expansion of the performance performed last time, so that the player's expectation for the result of the success / failure lottery is increased. Can do. In this way, by providing a new production method with continuous development of production over multiple fluctuation displays, it is possible to continue to arouse the interest of the player for a long time, Can be increased.

  You may further provide the movable accessory effect | action apparatus provided with the movable accessory act | operated for an effect, and the movable accessory control means to operate a movable accessory according to a continuous effect variation pattern. The variation pattern storage means stores a variation pattern including the effect operation pattern of the movable accessory provided in the movable accessory effect device as the continuous effect variation pattern, and the movable accessory control means stores the continuous effect variation as the variation pattern. When the pattern is selected, the movable accessory is operated according to the effect operation pattern included in the selected continuous effect change pattern. Thereby, according to the continuous effect change pattern, it becomes easy to give the continuity to the development of the effect by the movable accessory in addition to or instead of the change display of the decorative symbol.

  The variation pattern storage means has an effect content intended to increase the player's expectation step by step when the effect operation pattern included in the continuous effect variation pattern is continuously selected over a plurality of variation displays. The first effect operation pattern in which the amount of movement or the number of operations of the movable accessory is set to a predetermined value, and the second effect in which the operation amount is larger than the first effect operation pattern or the number of operations is set to be larger. When the variation pattern selected at the previous variation display includes the first representation operation pattern, the pattern determination means stores the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability. In response to determining whether or not to select the second effect operation pattern, the movable accessory control means, when the second effect operation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, 2 Follow the effect operation pattern for operating the movable won game.

  Thereby, when the first effect operation pattern is included in the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display, the first effect operation pattern is selected according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability. The second effect operation pattern in which the operation amount is large or the operation frequency is set to be large can be selected. Therefore, since the amount of movement of the movable accessory set in the second effect operation pattern selected after the first effect operation pattern is large or the number of operations is large, the expectation for the effect result is gradually increased. be able to.

  The pattern determination means, when selecting a continuous effect variation pattern that is positioned as the final effect among the continuous effect variation patterns that have continuity in the development of the effect over a plurality of variable displays, the result of the success / failure lottery wins It may be selected as a condition. As a result, it is possible to produce an effect as if the result of the lottery win was obtained as a result of the production performed by the continuous production variation pattern positioned as the final production among the continuous production variation patterns. In addition, for a player who knows such an effect, when the next effect of the continuous effect variation pattern starts, the expectation for the occurrence of the continuous effect variation pattern that is positioned as the final effect is increased, Furthermore, it is possible to increase the expectation that the result of the success / failure lottery will be a hit.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention may be mutually replaced between methods, apparatuses, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, etc. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the bullet ball gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the gaming machine by providing new gaming properties.

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has mechanisms such as storage of game balls, delivery of game balls to the launch rail, and extraction of game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start opening 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the normal electric accessory at the start opening. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The inside of the special winning opening 66 is divided into a specific area (so-called V zone) and a general area. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects passage of a game ball through a specific area and a sensor that detects passage of a general area.

  The special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60 provided substantially in the center of the game area 52 display the variation of the special symbol 192 and the variation of the effect image including the decorative symbol 190 linked to the special symbol 192 on each screen. (Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192.

  The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passing of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers a lottery for expanding the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a symbol called a normal symbol is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 for a predetermined time. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. The center decoration 64 is provided with a lottery holding lamp 20 at the upper part thereof, an operation holding lamp 22 is provided at the left side thereof, and a movable accessory effect including a boxing glove-like movable accessory operated at the lower right part for an effect. A device 126 is provided. The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. In addition, a game effect lamp 90 is provided in the game area 52 and plays a role of production by blinking or the like. The operation button 82 is a button operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction on the gaming machine side. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the decorative pattern 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three patterns are matched. In the special game, the grand prize winning slot 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. Such opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times.

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop symbol at that time is in a specific mode, the probability variation game and the variation shortening game are started as the specific game after the special game is finished. In the probability variation game, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early. During the execution of the fluctuation shortening game, the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol is shortened, and the time during which the start port 62 is opened is set relatively long.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes a liquid crystal unit 42, controls display contents on the effect display device 60, and changes display contents according to a lottery result by the main board 102 in particular. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set base 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18 and the game effect lamp 90 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game, but also staging operations such as symbol variation display and electrical decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game execution unit 122, and an opening / closing control. Means 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134 and a movable accessory control unit 138. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 accepts a random number value to determine whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the game ball enters the start port 62. Get as a value. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, the determination result of winning or losing is associated with the winning / losing lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to a success / failure table for determination of success / failure based on a normal probability in normal times, and refers to a success / failure table in which the winning probability is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win. The determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The symbol determining unit 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery unit 112. Moreover, the symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 by lottery. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol or a normal symbol stop symbol, or a pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 selects one of a plurality of variation patterns in accordance with the determination result of the success / failure lottery unit 112. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol and variation pattern to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determination means 114 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. Multiple types of variation patterns have various variation times. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  The symbol determining means 114 acquires a lottery random number for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery random number. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a specific symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the normal electric accessory at the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The hold control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol variation display according to the variation pattern determined by the symbol determination unit 114. The main display control means 118 transmits the change start command and the change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol, so that the main display control means 118 and the effect display are displayed. The fluctuation display by the control means 134 is synchronized and interlocked. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

  The special game control means 120 controls the execution process of the special game when the result of the lottery determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously continued a plurality of times, and is constituted by one or a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. The unit game is repeated up to 15 times, for example, and the grand prize opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 determines whether or not to continue the unit game, that is, whether or not to start the next unit game, based on the number of continuations of the unit game and the presence / absence of the passage detection of the special winning opening 66 to the specific area. Determine. If the continuation condition for starting the next unit game is not satisfied, or if the upper limit number of unit games is exhausted, the special game is terminated.

  The specific game execution means 122 controls the game in the probability variation state. The specific game executing means 122 shifts the game state after the special game to the probability variation state when the winning / failing lottery value is a value to be transferred to the specific game. In principle, the probability variation state is continued until the next jackpot occurs, and during that time, the probability of the hit determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is maintained at a high value.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage unit 130 holds a plurality of variation pattern data as a variation pattern of the effect image including the effect process from the start to stop of the decoration symbol change. The pattern storage unit 130 stores, as a plurality of variation patterns, a continuous production variation pattern in which the development of the production is continuous over a plurality of variation displays, and a normal variation pattern having no continuity in the development of the production. Here, the continuous effect variation pattern is an effect that can make the player think that the development of the effect is continuous from the beginning if it is continuously selected and executed in multiple variations display. It is a variation pattern including. For example, in an effect during variation display by a plurality of continuous effect variation patterns, the development of the effect can be made continuous by repeating a specific effect that is not in the normal variation pattern every time in the continuous effect variation pattern.

  The effect determining unit 132 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the decorative symbol in accordance with the result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery unit 112 and the special symbol stop symbol and the special symbol variation pattern. The effect determining unit 132 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a decorative symbol and a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a shift to a special game, three symbols such as “777” and “111” are arranged. A combination is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols are selected as the numbers arranged as the decorative symbols. For example, when the special symbol is “3”, the decorative symbol is “333”. In the case where the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to a special game, and a variation pattern of a special symbol indicating a loss with reach is selected, only one such as “191” or “727” is selected. Select a combination that does not have the same pattern. The effect determining unit 132 sends information about the stop symbol of the decorative symbol and the variation pattern of the effect image to the effect display control unit 134.

  The variation pattern of the effect image defines the variation display mode of the effect image, that is, the effect process from the start of variation of the effect image to the stop of variation. In the fluctuation pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out symbol, a pattern for displaying a symbol out of reach after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a jackpot symbol through a reach state are displayed. When the pattern is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Each variation pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 132 selects the variation pattern of the effect image having the same variation time as that of the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The pattern determining unit 136 selects any one of a plurality of variation patterns in which the production process from the start to the end of the variation of the decorative symbols is defined based on the result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery unit 112. In addition, when the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is a continuous production variation pattern, the pattern determination unit 136 again determines the continuous production variation pattern according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability. Decide whether to select.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image on the effect display device 60 in accordance with the selected variation pattern data based on the result of the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18. When the continuous effect variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, the effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the decorative design according to the selected continuous effect variation pattern.

  The above-mentioned continuous effect variation pattern will be described in detail. The pattern storage means 130 in the present embodiment stores a variation pattern including the effect operation pattern of the movable accessory provided in the movable accessory effect device 126 as the continuous effect variation pattern. In addition, the pattern storage unit 130 includes a first effect operation pattern in which the amount of movement or the number of operations of the movable accessory is set to a predetermined value as the effect operation pattern included in the continuous effect change pattern, and the first effect. The second effect operation pattern in which the operation amount is larger than the operation pattern or the operation frequency is set larger is stored. In the first effect operation pattern and the second effect operation pattern, the contents of the effect intended to increase the player's expectation step by step when selected continuously over a plurality of variable displays are defined. . When the continuous effect variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, the movable accessory control means 138 operates the movable accessory in the movable accessory effect device 126 according to the effect operation pattern included in the selected continuous effect variation pattern. .

The pachinko gaming machine 10 in the present embodiment stores a plurality of continuous effect change patterns having different effects as follows in the pattern storage unit 130 as the continuous effect change patterns.
Continuous production variation pattern A: As a production operation pattern of the movable combination in the movable combination production device 126, an operation is performed once with a predetermined movement amount.
Continuous effect variation pattern B: As the effect operation pattern of the movable accessory in the movable accessory effect device 126, the operation is performed twice with a predetermined operation amount.
Continuous effect variation pattern C: After a motion is performed twice with a predetermined motion amount as a motion effect pattern of the movable accessory in the movable accessory effect device 126, the motion amount is larger than the previous two motion amounts. The second operation is performed.
Continuous effect variation pattern D: After the same effect as the continuous effect variation pattern C is performed, the effect display device 60 displays an effect based on a decorative pattern that is not normally displayed.

  When the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is the continuous production variation pattern, the pachinko gaming machine 10 generates the continuous production variation pattern according to the result of the lottery determination or the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability. Whether or not to select again is determined by the pattern determining unit 136, so that it is easy to provide continuity in the development of the production.

  For example, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, when the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is the continuous effect variation pattern A, when the result of the lottery wins or when the result of the lottery is wrong However, when the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability is continuous, the pattern determining means 136 determines to select the continuous effect variation pattern B which is one of the continuous effect variation patterns. Similarly, when the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is the continuous production variation pattern B, when the result of the lottery is a win, or the result of the lottery is wrong, the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability When the result is that the continuous effect is possible, the pattern determining means 136 determines to select the continuous effect change pattern C which is one of the continuous effect change patterns. Similarly, when the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is the continuous production variation pattern C, the continuous production variation pattern D, which is one of the continuous production variation patterns, is selected when the result of the lottery is successful. Is determined by the pattern determining means 136. As a result, the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment has a continuous effect by the continuous effect change pattern A to the continuous effect change pattern D as the effect by the continuous effect change pattern that is performed while the change display is performed four times. Can be easily developed as compared with the case where a continuous production variation pattern is randomly selected.

  Moreover, the pattern determination means 136 is provided with the continuous determination table which varied the probability that the continuous production | presentation variation pattern can be selected by continuous determination lottery by what number of continuous determination lotteries. When the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is a continuous production variation pattern, the pattern determination unit 136 determines the continuous production variation pattern according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery referring to the continuous determination table. Decide whether to select.

  Thereby, for example, the continuous effect variation pattern is continuous twice by setting the probability in the second consecutive determination lottery to a value close to 1 and setting the probability in the third consecutive determination lottery to a value close to 0. However, it is possible to provide a pachinko gaming machine 10 that hardly continues three or more times. Alternatively, providing the pachinko gaming machine 10 in which the probability in the third consecutive determination lottery is set to a value close to 1 so that when the continuous production variation pattern is continued twice, it is continued approximately three times. You can also. Thereby, the pachinko gaming machine 10 that can easily design the continuity of the continuous production variation pattern can be provided.

  In addition, when the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is the continuous production variation pattern, the pattern determination unit 136 selects the continuous production variation pattern again when the result of the lottery determination is successful. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine 10, the probability that the continuous effect variation pattern is performed prior to the hit is higher than the case where the continuous effect variation pattern is randomly selected. Can increase the player's expectation of

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (N in S12), control processing for normal games such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if a special game is in progress (Y in S12), control processing for special game is executed (S16), from S10 to S16 In step S18, prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). Next, the pattern determination means 136 executes a continuous effect determination process according to the result of the determination of success / failure and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability (S35). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change pattern data. The fluctuation display is started (S36). At this time, if the continuous effect change pattern is selected as the change pattern, the decorative symbol change display is started or the operation of the movable accessory effect device 126 is started according to the selected continuous effect change pattern data. Start. If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value held by the hold control means 116 (S42), determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win (S44), and depending on the determination result The determination unit 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol (S46), and the effect determination unit 132 displays the variation pattern of the decoration symbol as a result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery unit 112 as a result of the special symbol stop symbol and the special symbol. Selection is made according to the variation pattern (S48).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing in detail the continuous performance determination process of S35 in FIG. First, the pattern determining unit 136 determines whether or not the variation pattern is a continuous effect variation pattern. If the variation effect pattern is a continuous effect variation pattern (Y in S100), how many times the continuous effect variation pattern has been selected so far. It is determined whether the continuous counter indicating 0 is 0 (S102). When the continuous counter is 0 (Y in S102), it is determined whether or not the continuous production is possible according to the result of the lottery determination and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability, and the continuous production is possible (Y in S104). Then, the continuous effect variation pattern A is selected (S106), and 1 is added to the continuous counter (S108). Next, it is determined whether or not the result of the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win, and if it is a win (Y in S110), the continuous counter is cleared (S112), and if it is out (S110). N), the process of S112 is skipped and the flow of S35 is terminated. When continuous production is impossible (N in S104), the processing of S106 to S110 is skipped, the continuous counter is cleared (S112), and the flow of S35 is ended.

  If the continuous counter is not 0 (N in S102), it is determined whether or not the continuous counter is 1 (S114). When the continuous counter is 1 (Y in S114), it is determined whether or not a continuous effect is possible according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability, and when the continuous effect is possible (Y in S116). The continuous effect variation pattern B is selected (S118), and 1 is added to the continuous counter (S120). Next, it is determined whether or not the result of the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win, and if it is a win (Y in S122), the continuous counter is cleared (S124), and if it is out (S122). N), the process of S124 is skipped and the flow of S35 is terminated. When continuous production is impossible (N in S116), the processing of S118 to S122 is skipped, the continuous counter is cleared (S124), and the flow of S35 is ended.

  If the continuous counter is not 1 (N in S114), it is determined whether or not the continuous counter is 2 (S126). When the continuous counter is 2 (Y of S126), it is determined whether or not a continuous effect is possible according to the result of the lottery determination and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability, and when the continuous effect is possible (Y of S128). The continuous effect variation pattern C is selected (S130), and 1 is added to the continuous counter (S132). Next, it is determined whether or not the result of the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win, and if it is a win (Y in S134), the continuous counter is cleared (S136), and if it is out (S134). N), the process of S136 is skipped and the flow of S35 is terminated. When continuous production is not possible (N in S128), the processing of S130 to S134 is skipped, the continuous counter is cleared (S136), and the flow of S35 is ended.

  If the continuous counter is not 2 (N in S126), it is determined whether or not the result of the winning / failing lottery is successful (S138). If it is a win (Y in S138), the continuous effect variation pattern D is selected (S140), the continuous counter is cleared (S142), and the flow of S35 is terminated. If it is off (N in S138), the process of S140 is skipped, the continuous counter is cleared (S142), and the flow of S35 is terminated. If the variation pattern is not a continuous effect variation pattern (N in S100), the processing from S102 onward is skipped and the flow of S35 is terminated.

  As described above, when selecting the continuous effect variation pattern D that is positioned as the final effect among the continuous effect variation patterns in which the development of the effect is made continuous over a plurality of variable displays, the result of the lottery result is determined. As a condition, the pachinko gaming machine 10 can produce the result as if the result of the lottery was won as a result of the production by the continuous production variation pattern D positioned as the final production. it can.

  As a modified example, the conditions for determining that the continuous production is possible in the above-described S104, S116, and S128, for example, in S104, the result of the continuous determination lottery is win regardless of the result of the lottery. In S116, the result of the continuous determination lottery is a win, and the result is a variation pattern with reach production as a result of the success / failure lottery. In S128, the result of the continuous determination lottery is a win and the result of the pass / fail lottery As a result, it may be a condition that the variation pattern has a reach effect with a variation time longer than the previous variation pattern. As a result, the pachinko gaming machine 10 can gradually increase the player's sense of expectation for jackpot.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. First, if the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special prize opening 66 (S74). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). When the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

  If the number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after closing the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). If the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S90).

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 5. It is a flowchart which shows the continuous production | presentation determination process of S35 in FIG. 5 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 4 in detail.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 effect display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start ports, 100 game control devices, 112 winning / losing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 116 holding control means, 118 main Display control means, 120 special game control means, 126 movable accessory effect device, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 136 pattern determination means, 138 movable accessory control means

Claims (4)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a game ball entering is a lottery opportunity;
A winning / failing lottery means for executing a winning / closure lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by the entry of the game ball into the starting winning opening;
A special symbol display device in which a special symbol indicating the result of the success / failure lottery is variably displayed;
An effect display device in which a decorative symbol showing the result of the winning / failing lottery is displayed variably,
Variation pattern storage means for storing a plurality of variation patterns in which a production process from variation start to stop of the decorative symbol is defined;
Pattern determining means for selecting one of the plurality of variation patterns based on the result of the success / failure lottery;
Effect display control means for variably displaying decorative symbols on the effect display device according to any of the variation patterns,
The variation pattern storage means stores, as the plurality of variation patterns, a continuous production variation pattern in which the development of the production is continuous over a plurality of variation displays, and a normal variation pattern having no continuity in the development of the production. And
The pattern determining means includes
Holds a continuous determination table in which the probability that a continuous production variation pattern can be selected by continuous determination lottery is different depending on how many consecutive determination lotteries,
When deciding whether or not to select the continuous effect variation pattern, if the variation pattern selected at the time of the previous variation display is not the continuous effect variation pattern, the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery depending newly selects said continuous effect variation pattern, referring to the continuous determination table when the case is change pattern selected in the previous variable display was the continuous effect variation pattern, the spruce lottery results out Then, it is determined whether to select the continuous effect variation pattern again according to the result of the continuous determination lottery, and when the result of the success / failure lottery is successful, the continuous effect variation pattern is selected again.
The production display control means, when the continuous production variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, the decorative display is variably displayed on the production display device according to the selected continuous production variation pattern,
A ball game machine characterized by that. A movable accessory directing device provided with a movable accessory that can be operated for production;
Movable accessory control means for operating the movable accessory according to the continuous effect variation pattern;
Further comprising
The variation pattern storage means stores a variation pattern including an effect operation pattern of a movable accessory provided in the movable accessory effect device as the continuous effect variation pattern,
When the continuous effect variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, the movable accessory control means operates the movable accessory according to an effect operation pattern included in the selected continuous effect variation pattern.
The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein: The variation pattern storage means is intended to enhance the player's expectation step by step when the variation operation storage pattern is selected continuously as a performance operation pattern included in the continuous performance variation pattern over a plurality of variation displays. And a first effect operation pattern in which the amount of movement or the number of operations of the movable accessory is set to a predetermined value, and an amount of operation or a larger number of operations is set than the first effect operation pattern. And storing the second production operation pattern
The pattern determining means, when the variation effect selected at the previous variation display includes the first effect operation pattern, according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the result of the continuous determination lottery with a predetermined probability. Decide whether or not to select 2 production action patterns,
When the second effect operation pattern is selected as the variation pattern, the movable accessory control means operates the movable accessory according to the second effect operation pattern.
The bullet ball game machine according to claim 2, wherein:   When the pattern determining means selects a continuous effect variation pattern positioned as a final effect among continuous effect variation patterns having continuity in the development of effects over a plurality of variation displays, the result of the success / failure lottery 4. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is selected on the condition that the winning is a win.

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