JP5099724B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a symbol display on which symbol variations of a plurality of variation patterns are displayed.

For example, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, symbol variations of a plurality of variation patterns are displayed on the symbol display. In particular, various variation patterns are set for the symbol variation that becomes the reach, and whether these symbol variations are interesting or not is one factor that determines the fun of the gaming machine.
In general, the appearance frequency of the pattern variation pattern is determined in conjunction with the expectation of jackpot. That is, the symbol variation related to the pattern with high expectation (for example, symbol variation related to premium reach) has a low appearance frequency, and the symbol variation related to the pattern with a low expectation (for example, symbol variation related to normal reach) has an appearance frequency. Is set high. For this reason, symbol variations with low appearance frequency are not easily displayed, and the player has a strong desire to see such symbol variations.

One method for satisfying such a desire is to allow the player to select a variation pattern and display the symbol variation related to the variation pattern selected by the player when displaying the symbol variation.
However, if the symbol variation related to the variation pattern selected by the player is displayed as it is, the actual expectation may be different from the expected symbol variation displayed. That is, since it is considered that a player often selects a variation pattern with a low appearance frequency, a symbol variation with a high expectation is displayed even though the actual expectation is low. Therefore, even when a symbol variation with a low appearance frequency is displayed by lottery instead of the player's selection, the player thinks that the big hit expectation is low. As a result, the player's sense of expectation for the big hit is lacking in excitement, and the fun of symbol variation is diminished.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a gaming machine that includes a liquid crystal display capable of displaying a plurality of characters and that allows a player to select a character displayed on the liquid crystal display. However, in the gaming machine of Patent Document 1, an appearing character can be selected, but the appearance frequency of the character has not changed. Therefore, when a character with a low appearance frequency is selected, the character may not be displayed, and this does not satisfy the player's desire to see a character (display effect) with a low appearance frequency.

JP 2002-136649 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine that does not diminish the interest of symbol variation even if the symbol variation with low appearance frequency is displayed with high frequency by the player's selection. That is.

  A gaming machine created to solve the above problems is a gaming machine having a symbol display for displaying a symbol variation of a plurality of variation patterns, which is operated by a player to select a variation pattern of the symbol variation in advance. The variation pattern selected by the lottery means and the variation pattern selected by the selection means are selected in a predetermined symbol variation. Means for displaying both the symbol variation relating to the variation pattern and the symbol variation relating to the selected variation pattern on the symbol display (means 1).

(Operation and effect of the gaming machine described in the means 1) In this gaming machine, the symbol variation related to the variation pattern selected by the player and the symbol variation related to the variation pattern drawn based on a predetermined opportunity (actual If the symbol variation is different from the game), the two symbol variations are displayed in accordance with the symbol display. Therefore, even if the symbol variation selected by the player is displayed at a high frequency, the symbol variation based on the actual game result is also displayed, so that the player can recognize the actual expectation. As a result, it is possible to prevent the interest of the symbol variation from decreasing.

  In the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the variation pattern includes a plurality of variation patterns in which the symbol variation reaches reach, and the selection unit selects one of the plurality of variation patterns in which the symbol variation reaches reach. Is preferably selected (means 2).

(Operation and Effect of Gaming Machine described in Means 2) In the gaming machine described in means 2, the player selects one of the variation patterns from among a plurality of variation patterns to be reached. As a result, the player can see the reach production that he / she wanted to see.

  In the gaming machine according to the means 2, the display means is a variation pattern in which the variation pattern lottery by the lottery means reaches, and when the variation pattern selected by the lottery is different from the selected variation pattern, It is preferable to display both the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern and the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern on the symbol display (means 3).

(Operation and effect of the gaming machine described in the means 3) In the gaming machine described in the means 3, when displaying the symbol variation that becomes reach based on the actual game, the symbol variation selected by the player is also displayed. indicate. Since the fluctuation of the symbol variation that is the reach is set to be long, it is possible to display sufficient contents regarding the symbol variation selected by the player. In addition, since the probability that the symbol variation that will be reached based on the actual game is displayed is higher than the probability that the symbol variation (the appearance frequency is low) of the selected variation pattern is displayed, the player selects the variation pattern that is selected. It is possible to see the pattern fluctuations related to.

  In the gaming machine according to means 3, the display means is further configured such that when a variation pattern that does not reach a predetermined number of times continuously is selected after the variation pattern is selected by the selection device, the display device is randomly selected after that. It is preferable to display both the symbol variation related to the reach variation pattern and the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern on the symbol display (means 4).

(Operation and effect of the gaming machine described in the means 4) In this gaming machine, when a variation in a pattern that does not become reach after a variation pattern is selected by the player continues for a predetermined number of times, it is selected along with a variation in the symbol that does not become reach The displayed symbol variation (reach symbol variation) is displayed. Therefore, after the variation pattern is selected, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern is not displayed for a long time.

  In the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 4, the display means selects when the display time of the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern is longer than the display time of the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern. It is preferable to display the digest version of the symbol variation related to the variation pattern (means 5).

(Operation and effect of gaming machine described in means 5) In this gaming machine, when the display time of the selected symbol variation is longer than the display time of the symbol variation selected based on the actual game, the selected symbol variation The digest version is displayed. For this reason, the symbol variation selected within the display time of the symbol variation drawn based on the actual game can be terminated.

  In the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 5, the symbol display is provided with a first display area and a second display area, and the display means displays the first symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern. It is preferable to display in the display area, and display the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern in the second display region (means 6).

(Operation and effect of gaming machine described in means 6) In this gaming machine, the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern is displayed in the first display region, and the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern is displayed in the second display region. Therefore, the player can discriminate whether the selected symbol variation or the selected symbol variation is based on which area of the symbol display is displayed.

  In the gaming machine described in means 6, it is preferable that the display means further displays that the symbol variation displayed in the second display area is selected by the player (means 7).

(Operation and effect of the gaming machine described in the means 7) In this gaming machine, further, a display that the symbol variation displayed in the second display area is the symbol variation selected by the player is performed. The player can discriminate between the selected symbol variation and the lottery symbol variation.

  The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 7, comprising a main control unit and a sub-control unit connected to the main control unit, wherein the lottery unit is provided in the main control unit, while the display unit is It is preferable that the selection means is provided in the sub-control unit and is directly connected to the sub-control unit so that the variation pattern selected by the selection unit is directly input to the sub-control unit (means 8).

(Operation and Effect of Gaming Machine described in Means 8) In this gaming machine, the variation pattern selected by the selecting means is directly input to the sub-control unit and not input to the main control unit. For this reason, it is possible to eliminate the possibility of an unauthorized signal being input to the main control unit via the selection means.

The front view of the pachinko machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows typically the fluctuation pattern group set to the pachinko machine of this embodiment. The figure which shows typically the display schedule of the symbol fluctuation (normal reach) of the reach fluctuation pattern n + 1, and the symbol fluctuation (super reach A) of the reach fluctuation pattern n + i. The figure which shows the selection screen which is displayed on the design indicator An example of the screen when the symbol variation selected by the player is displayed An example of the screen when the symbol variation selected by the player is displayed An example of the screen when the symbol variation selected by the player is displayed An example of the screen when the symbol variation selected by the player is displayed An example of the screen when the symbol variation selected by the player is not displayed Block diagram showing configuration of control system of pachinko machine Flow chart showing processing of main control board Flow chart showing processing of display control board

Next, a pachinko machine according to an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described. First, features of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment will be briefly described.
(Purpose) The pachinko machine of the present embodiment makes it possible to see the symbol variation related to the reach effect that the player wants to see by the player's operation. At that time, the expectation level of the actual jackpot lottery matches the expectation given to the player by the symbol variation so that the interest of the symbol variation is not diminished.

(Configuration) In the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, when displaying a demonstration screen (or a big hit screen) on the symbol display, a selection screen for selecting (reserving) a reach effect is displayed. When the selection screen is displayed, the player operates a button to select a reach effect. The selected reach effect is directly input to the display control board.
When the pachinko game is performed and the pachinko ball wins the start opening, the main control board performs a big hit lottery, and draws a variation pattern according to the big hit lottery result. The selected variation pattern is sent to the display control board. The display control board is a fluctuation pattern in which the fluctuation pattern sent from the main control board is a reach, and the reach effect performed by the change pattern is different from the reach effect selected by the player, the main control Both the symbol variation related to the variation pattern sent from the board and the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player are displayed on the symbol display.

(Effect) In this pachinko machine, the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is displayed together with the symbol variation to be reached. Since the probability of reaching is higher than the probability that the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is displayed, the player can see the symbol variation related to the reach effect that the player wants to see with high probability. . Further, even if the symbol variation related to the selected reach effect is displayed, the symbol variation actually drawn by the main control board is also displayed, so that the player can know the actual big hit expectation. For this reason, even if the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is displayed at a high frequency, the interest of the symbol variation can be prevented from decreasing.

(Other features of the pachinko machine according to this embodiment)
(1) When the display time of the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is longer than the display time of the symbol variation selected by the lottery, the digest version is displayed for the symbol variation related to the selected reach effect. .
(2) The symbol display is provided with a first display area and a second display area. The second display area is formed at the lower right corner of the screen of the symbol display, and the first display area is a portion other than the second display area. The first display area displays the symbol variation drawn by the main control board, and the second display region displays the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player.

  Hereinafter, the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment will be briefly described. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance of a pachinko machine according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 according to this embodiment includes a game board 14. On the game board 14, a center accessory device 15, a start opening 25, a special winning opening 26 and the like are appropriately arranged.

The center accessory device 15 is assembled substantially at the center of the game board 12. The center accessory device 15 is provided with a symbol display 23 (in the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display). On the symbol display 23, three special symbols (left symbol, middle symbol, right symbol) are variably displayed. When the special symbols that are variably displayed are stopped in a predetermined combination (for example, a 7th, 7th, 7th, etc.), the pachinko machine 10 is shifted to the big hit gaming state.
Inside the start opening 25, there is a start opening sensor 41 that detects the winning of a pachinko ball. When the pachinko ball is detected by the start port sensor 41, the special symbol is variably displayed on the symbol display 23.
The big prize opening 26 has an open / close lid 27, and the open flat lid 27 is driven to open and close by a solenoid 40. The open / close lid 27 is opened when the big hit gaming state is entered. The period during which the open / close lid 27 is opened ends when a predetermined number (generally 10) of pachinko balls enter the grand prize winning opening 26 or until 30 seconds elapse after opening. . When the opening / closing lid 27 is opened, a pachinko ball can be won in the special winning opening 26.

Further, below the game board 14 is provided an upper plate 93 which is a tray for receiving prize balls. A speaker 28 that outputs sound effects is accommodated on the back side of the upper plate 93. A ramp 34 is arranged around the game board 14. As the game progresses, a sound effect is output from the speaker 28 and the lamp 34 is turned on.
Below the upper plate 93, a lower plate 21 for temporarily storing pachinko balls is provided. A launching device is provided on the side of the lower plate 21. The launching device includes a firing handle 20 and a launching motor (not shown). When the player operates the firing handle 20, the firing motor is driven so that a pachinko ball is launched into the game area of the game board 14.

  Further, selection switches 30 a and 30 b and a determination button 32 are provided on the side of the upper plate 93. The selection switches 30a and 30b and the determination button 32 are switches for selecting (reserving) one reach effect from various effects (so-called reach effects) performed during the symbol change that becomes reach. The symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the selection switches 30a and 30b and the decision button 32 is displayed on the symbol display 23 when the symbol variation for normal reach is displayed.

Here, the symbol variation displayed on the symbol display 23 will be described. In the present embodiment, what kind of game effect (including reach effect) is to be performed during symbol variation is determined by the variation pattern.
The variation pattern defines the time from the start of symbol variation to the stop of each symbol (left symbol, right symbol, middle symbol) in addition to the contents of game effects performed during symbol variation. FIG. 2 schematically shows a variation pattern set in the pachinko machine 10. In FIG. 2, “S” indicates the start of symbol variation, “L” indicates the stop timing of the left symbol, “R” indicates the stop timing of the right symbol, and “E” indicates the stop timing of the middle symbol (ie, symbol variation). End timing). For example, in the symbol variation of variation pattern 1, the left symbol stops after “t1” time from the start of symbol variation, the right symbol stops after “t2” time, and the middle symbol stops after “t3” time. It becomes.

As shown in FIG. 2, the variation pattern is set in accordance with whether or not the symbol variation becomes reach. That is, non-reach variation patterns 1, 2,... N are set for symbol variations that do not become reach, and reach variation patterns n + 1, .. n + m (variations that are big hits) for symbol variations that become reach. (Including pattern) is set. Note that which variation pattern to select from among a plurality of variation patterns is determined by a lottery performed by the main control board at the time of starting winning.
As is apparent from the figure, the variation times of reach variation patterns n + 1,... N + m are set longer than the variation times of non-reach variation patterns 1, 2,. This is to increase the expectation that the player may be a big hit by increasing the fluctuation time in the case of the symbol fluctuation that becomes the reach.
Further, even in the same reach variation pattern n + 1,... N + m, the variation time differs for each variation pattern, and a plurality of variations from short to long variation times are set. In this embodiment, the reach variation pattern n + 1 with a short variation time (the variation pattern related to so-called normal reach) has a high lottery probability, and the reach variation pattern with a long variation time (for example, a variation pattern related to premium reach) has a low lottery probability. Has been. Further, in the case of the symbol variation related to the reach variation pattern having a long variation time, various reach effects are performed during the symbol variation. Therefore, when the symbol variation related to the reach variation pattern having a long variation time is displayed, the player's sense of expectation for the big hit is enhanced.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a display schedule of the symbol variation (normal reach) of the reach variation pattern n + 1 and the symbol variation (super reach A) of the reach variation pattern n + i. As shown in FIG. 3, in the symbol variation (normal reach) of the variation pattern n + 1, a special reach effect is not performed between the time when the right symbol stops and the middle symbol stops. On the other hand, in the symbol variation (super reach A) of the variation pattern n + i, the character A appears first and then the character B appears after the right symbol stops and the middle symbol stops. ing.
As is apparent from FIG. 3, the variation time of the symbol variation (normal reach) of the variation pattern n + 1 is shorter than the variation time of the symbol variation (super reach A) of the variation pattern n + i. For this reason, when the super reach A (variation pattern n + i) is selected by the selection switches 30a and 30b and the decision button 32, and the symbol variation of the normal reach (variation pattern n + 1) and the symbol variation of the super reach A are displayed together, The digest version of the design of Super Reach A is displayed. That is, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 3, in the digest version of Super Reach A, only the portion (character A, character B, etc.) where the special reach effect is performed is displayed in the display content after the stop of the right symbol. As a result, the fluctuation time of the normal reach and the fluctuation time of the digest version of the super reach A become the same, and both of them end at the same time.

Here, the display mode when the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the selection switches 30a and 30b and the determination button 32 and the symbol variation of the normal reach determined by the lottery are displayed on the symbol display 23 will be described. To do.
First, a procedure for selecting one reach effect by the selection switches 30a and 30b and the determination button 32 will be described. The symbol display 23 displays a selection screen (FIG. 4) for selecting a reach effect at a predetermined timing (for example, when a predetermined time has elapsed since switching to the demo screen). As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of reach effects 36a, 36b, and 36c (super reach A, super reach B, and super reach C) that can be selected are displayed on the selection screen. The reach effects 36a, 36b, and 36c displayed on the selection screen are reach effects related to variation patterns (other than normal reach) appropriately selected from the reach variation patterns. Of the displayed reach effects 36a, 36b, and 36c, a reach frame that is provisionally selected is provided with a surrounding frame 38 (in FIG. 4, the reach frame 36b is attached to the reach effect 36b (super reach B). , Reach production 36b is provisionally selected).
When the selection screen is displayed, the player operates the selection switches 30a and 30b to move the surrounding frame 38 to the reach effect to be selected. For example, when it is desired to select the reach effect 36a (super reach A), the selection switch 30a is operated to move the surrounding frame 38 from the reach effect 36b to the reach effect 36a. When it is desired to select the reach effect 36c (super reach C), the selection switch 30b is operated to move the surrounding frame 38 from the reach effect 36b to the reach effect 36c.
When the surrounding frame 38 is moved to a desired reach effect, the player operates the determination button 32. When the enter button 32 is operated, the reach effect to which the surrounding frame 38 is attached at the time of the operation is selected. The selected reach effect is directly input and stored in the display control board 78 described later.

When the reach effect is selected, the symbol change related to the selected reach effect is displayed together with the symbol display 23 when the symbol change of the normal reach is displayed by the lottery based on the start winning prize. 5 to 8, the player selects Super Reach A (see FIG. 3), and the symbol variation (digest version) related to the selected Super Reach A and the symbol variation of the normal reach are displayed on the symbol display. Shows the display screen.
As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the display screen of the symbol display 23 displays a first display area 23 a on which the symbol variation (normal reach) determined by the lottery is displayed, and the selected symbol variation (super reach A digest). The second display area 23b is provided for displaying the version. The second display area 23b is formed small in the lower right corner of the screen of the symbol display 23, and the first display area 23a is an area other than the second display area 23b. As is apparent from the figure, the second display area 23b is smaller than the first display area 23a. For this reason, the symbol variation displayed on the first display area 23a is the symbol variation based on the lottery (the symbol variation based on the actual game), and the symbol variation displayed on the second display region 23b is selected by the player. It can be recognized that this is a fluctuation.
Further, a display indicating that the symbol variation displayed in the second display area 23b is the symbol variation selected by the player (for example, “displaying the selected reach effect” or the like) is further performed. Also good. This display can be provided in a part of the second display area 23b (for example, near the lower side of the second display area 23b). Further, by changing the symbol used for symbol variation displayed in the second display area 23b to a symbol of a different type from the special symbol (pseudo symbol), the symbol variation displayed in the second display region 23b is It may be possible to determine that it is related to selection.

As shown in FIG. 5, immediately after the start of symbol variation, the special symbols 42, 43, 44 are variably displayed in the first display area 23a, and the special symbols 45, 46, 47 are also varied in the second display region 23. Is displayed. In the figure, the arrows indicate a state in which the special symbols 42, 43, 44 (45, 46, 47) are scrolled at a high speed downward. When the left symbol 43 and the right symbol 44 in the first display area 23a stop at “7” and reach, the left symbol 46 and the right symbol 47 in the second display area 23b also stop and reach.
Here, as is clear from FIG. 3, special game effects are not performed after reaching in the case of normal reach symbol variation, while in the reach of Super Reach A (digest version), reach effects such as the appearance of character A and the appearance of character B are performed. The middle symbol stops after being done. Therefore, in the second display area 23b, first, an image (see FIG. 6) in which the character A (48a, 48b, 48c) appears is displayed, and then the character B (49) appears and all the symbols 45, 46 are displayed. 47 are displayed again (see FIG. 7), and finally, all symbols 45, 46, 47 are stopped and displayed (see FIG. 8). On the other hand, as is apparent from FIGS. 6 to 8, the middle symbol 42 is simply displayed in the first display area 23a even when the character A (48a, 48b, 48c) or the character B (49) appears in the second display area 23b. Is variably displayed, and the middle symbol 42 stops substantially simultaneously with the timing at which the symbols 45, 46, 47 in the second display area 23b stop.
When the variation pattern determined by the lottery is a variation pattern other than normal reach (that is, non-reach symbol variation or super-reach symbol variation), as shown in FIG. 9, the symbol variation related to the selected reach production. It is preferable that only the symbol variation determined in the lottery is displayed. For non-reach symbol variation, the variation time is short, and even if the symbol variation (reach variation) selected by the player when displaying non-reach symbol variation is displayed, the contents of reach effect of the selected symbol variation are displayed. This is because it cannot be displayed sufficiently. Also, when the Super Reach symbol variation is displayed based on the actual game, the player's interest is concentrated on the symbol variation, so that even if the selected symbol variation is displayed, the effect can be sufficiently achieved. This is because they cannot.

  Next, the configuration of the control system of the pachinko machine 10 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG. 10, the pachinko machine of this embodiment is provided with a main control board 62, a sub control board 70, a display control board 78, a payout control board 52, and a launch control board 88.

The main control board 62 is a control device that comprehensively controls the pachinko game. The main control board 62 includes a main CPU 64 as processing execution means for performing overall control related to pachinko games. The main CPU 64 includes a ROM 66 and a RAM 68. The ROM 66 stores a game control program related to the entire pachinko game and preset data necessary for executing the game control program. The RAM 68 is a storage means that can be read and written as needed, and stores various data and input / output signals when the main CPU 64 executes the game control program.
Detection signals output from various detectors (for example, the start port sensor 41) are input to the main control board 62 via an input / output interface circuit (not shown). Further, the main CPU 64 performs control output to various driving devices (for example, the solenoid 40) via the input / output interface circuit. Further, the main control board 62 is connected to the sub control board 70 and the payout control board 52 and performs data communication with these control boards 70 and 52.

The sub control board 70 controls the lighting of the lamp 34 based on the command transmitted from the main control board 62, the voice control for outputting the sound effect from the speaker 28, the reception of the command transmitted from the main control board 62, and the display control board. 78 is a control device that transmits a command to 78.
The sub control board 70 is equipped with a sub CPU 72 as a process execution means. The sub CPU 72 is also provided with a ROM 74 and a RAM 76. The ROM 74 stores a control program for the sub CPU 72 to execute the various controls described above, and data necessary for executing these control programs. The RAM 76 is a storage means that can be read and written at any time, and stores various data and input / output signals when the sub CPU 72 executes the control program. The lamp 34 and the speaker 28 are connected to the sub CPU 72 via an output interface circuit (not shown). The sub control board 70 is connected to the main control board 62 and the display control board 78 so as to be able to perform data communication.

The display control board 78 is a control device that receives a command transmitted from the sub-control board 70 and displays a game image (for example, symbol variation of a special symbol) on the symbol display 23. The display control board 78 is also equipped with a display CPU 80 and a VDP 86 (video display processor) as processing execution means.
The display CPU 80 includes a ROM 82 and a RAM 84. The ROM 82 stores a control program for displaying a game image on the symbol display 23, display data, and the like. The RAM 84 is a storage unit that can be read and written as needed, and stores various data and input / output signals when the display CPU 80 executes the control program. The symbol display 23 is connected to the VDP 86. The VDP 86 generates image data according to the control output of the display CPU 80, and performs processing for outputting the generated image data to the symbol display 23. The display control board 78 is connected to selection switches 30a and 30b and a determination button 32 via an interface circuit (not shown). Information related to the reach effect selected by the selection switches 30 a and 30 b and the determination button 32 is stored in the RAM 84.
The display data stored in the ROM 82 includes scheduler data created for each variation pattern. The scheduler data is data for embodying display contents (variation and stop of each symbol and character effect) determined by the variation pattern. Note that, for the variation pattern related to the reach effect that can be selected by the selection switches 30a and 30b and the determination button 32, scheduler data for displaying the digest version is also stored in the ROM 82.

  The payout control board 52 is a control device that controls the payout device 90 based on a command (prize ball command) transmitted from the main control board 62. The payout control board 52 includes a payout CPU 56 as processing execution means. The payout CPU 56 also includes a ROM 58 and a RAM 60. The ROM 58 stores a control program for paying out a prize ball based on a prize ball command from the main control board 70. The RAM 60 is a storage means that can be read and written as needed, and stores various data and input / output signals when the payout CPU 56 executes the control program. Further, the payout control board 52 and the launch control board 88 are connected via an interface circuit provided on each board. The launch control board 88 is a control device that controls a launch motor of a launch device that launches a pachinko ball toward the game board 14.

  Power is supplied from the power supply board 50 to each of the control boards 52, 62, 70, 78, 88 and various devices (the symbol display 23, the speaker 28, the lamp 34, etc.) described above. The power supply board 50 is connected to an external AC power supply, converts electric power supplied from the external AC power supply into operating voltages (+ 5V, + 12V, + 34V) of each control board and various devices, and supplies them to each control board and various devices.

Finally, a process executed on the main control board 62 and the display control board 78 in order to display the symbol variation on the symbol display 23 will be described. First, processing executed on the main control board 62 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 11, the main control board 62 first determines whether or not a start winning signal from the start port sensor 41 has been received (S10). If the start winning signal has not been received (NO in step S10), the processing of the main control board 62 is terminated as it is.
When the start winning signal is received (YES in step S10), a big hit random number is drawn (S12), a big hit symbol random number is drawn (S12), and a reach determination random number is drawn (S16). The jackpot random number is a random number that determines whether or not the symbol variation is a jackpot. The jackpot symbol random number is a random number that determines which symbol is a jackpot when the symbol variation is a jackpot. The reach determination random number is a random number that determines whether or not the symbol variation becomes reach.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the jackpot is based on the jackpot random number selected in step S12 (S18). When it is a big hit [in the case of YES at step S18], a big hit symbol is determined from the big hit symbol random number drawn at step S14 (S20). If it is not a big hit (NO in step S18), it is determined whether or not a reach is reached based on the reach determination random number selected in step S16 (S22). In the case of reaching (in the case of YES in step S22), a losing symbol [losing symbol in which the left symbol is the same as the right symbol and the middle symbol is different) that is lost in the reach is determined (S24). If the reach is not reached (NO in step S22), a lost symbol that is not reachable (a lost symbol in which the left symbol is different from the right symbol) is determined (S26).

If the stop symbol that is finally stopped and displayed in the above-described step S20, S24, or S26 is determined, next, a variation pattern corresponding to the stop symbol is determined (S27). Specifically, if the stop symbol is a big hit, draw one fluctuation pattern from the fluctuation pattern group that is a big hit, and if the loss is reach, lose one change from the fluctuation pattern group that is a reach loss If a pattern is selected by lottery and loses without reaching reach, one change pattern is selected from the non-reach change pattern group.
When the variation pattern is determined, the main control board 62 outputs a command for designating a special symbol stop symbol and a command for designating the variation pattern of the symbol variation to the display control board 78 via the sub-control board 70 (S28). ).
When the command is output, the symbol variation timer for measuring the variation time of the symbol variation is started (S30). Next, it is determined whether or not the symbol variation timer started in step S30 has expired (that is, the variation time defined by the variation pattern determined in step S27 has elapsed) (S32), and the symbol variation timer expires. If not (NO in step S32), the process waits until the symbol variation timer expires. If the symbol variation timer has expired (YES in step S32), a stop command is output to the display control board 78 via the sub control board 70 (S34). Therefore, when the variation time defined by the variation pattern has elapsed, a stop command is output from the main control board 62 toward the display control board 78.

Next, processing in the display control board 78 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, the display control board 78 first determines whether or not a command group (commands related to stop symbols and variation patterns) transmitted from the main control board 62 has been received (S40).
If the command group from the main control board 62 has not been received (NO in step S40), whether or not it is the timing for displaying the selection screen (that is, when a predetermined time has elapsed since switching to the demo screen). Is determined (S42). If the selection screen is not displayed (NO in step S42), the process is terminated. If the selection screen is displayed (YES in step S42), the selection screen (see FIG. 4) is displayed on the symbol display 23 (S44). .
When the selection screen is displayed, it is then determined whether or not a reach effect has been selected by the player (S46). If the reach effect is not selected by the player (NO in step S46), the process is terminated, and if the reach effect is selected (YES in step S46), the selected reach effect is stored (S48). ), The process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if YES in step S40 (if a command group is received from the main control board 62), it is determined whether or not the symbol variation designated by the command group is a symbol variation of normal reach (S50). If it is not a normal reach symbol variation [NO in step S50], a symbol change designated by the command group (that is, a non-reach symbol variation or a super reach symbol variation, etc.) is received from the main control board 62. Display until it is done (S58, S60). When a stop command output from the main control board 62 is received (YES in step S60), the symbol is confirmed and displayed on the symbol display 23 (S62), and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, if YES in step S50 (if the symbol variation specified in the command group is normal reach), whether or not the reach effect selected by the player is stored (that is, the processing cycle prior to the processing cycle). It is determined whether there is a reach effect stored in the process of step S48) (S52). If the reach effect is not stored [NO in step S52], the process proceeds to steps S58 and S60, and the symbol variation designated by the command group is displayed on the symbol display 23.
On the contrary, if the reach effect is stored [YES in step S52], the symbol variation designated by the command group and the symbol related to the stored reach effect are received until a stop command is received from the main control board 62. The variation (that is, the digest version of the selected reach effect) is synthesized and displayed on the symbol display 23 (S54, S60). As a result, the symbol variation designated by the command group is displayed in the first display area 23a of the symbol display 23, and the symbol variation related to the stored reach effect is displayed in the second display region 23b of the symbol display 23. (See FIGS. 5-8). When the stop command output from the main control board 62 is received (YES in step S56), the symbol is confirmed and displayed on the symbol display 23 (S62), and the process is terminated.

As described above, in the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is combined with the symbol variation that becomes normal reach based on the lottery of the main control board 62. Displayed. The probability that a normal reach will be drawn is higher than the probability that a player will select a reach effect (super reach, etc.) selected by the player. Can be viewed with high probability.
Further, the symbol variation drawn by the main control board 62 is displayed in the first display area 23a of the symbol display 23, and the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is displayed in the second display area 23b of the symbol display 23. Is displayed. For this reason, the player can know the expected degree of the actual big hit lottery from the symbol variation displayed in the first display area 23a. Therefore, even if the symbol variation related to super reach is displayed in the second display area 23b and the game is lost, there is no impression that the big hit expectation is low with respect to the symbol variation related to super reach. Thus, when a symbol variation such as super reach is displayed by lottery of the main control board 62, the player can have a big big hit expectation with respect to the symbol variation.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described in detail, this is only an illustration and does not limit a claim. The technology described in the claims includes various modifications and changes of the specific examples illustrated above. For example, it can be suitably implemented in the form described below.

(1) In the above-described embodiment, the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is displayed together with the symbol variation of the normal reach displayed by lottery of the main control board. However, the symbol variation related to the player's selection may be displayed together with symbol variations other than the normal reach.
For example, a symbol variation related to the player's selection may be displayed together with a symbol variation that is not reachable. Since the probability that the symbol variation that does not become reach is drawn is higher than the probability that the symbol variation that becomes normal reach is drawn, the symbol variation related to the player's selection can be displayed with higher probability.
Further, the symbol variation related to the player's selection may be displayed together with both the normal reach symbol variation and the non-reach symbol variation. In this case, it is preferable to wait until the symbol variation of normal reach is displayed until the symbol variation is performed a predetermined number of times after the reach effect is selected by the player. Then, if the symbol variation of normal reach is displayed while the symbol variation is performed a predetermined number of times after the player selects the reach effect, the symbol variation related to the player's selection is displayed along with the symbol variation of the normal reach. To do. On the other hand, if the player does not draw lots of normal reach symbols for a predetermined number of consecutive times after the player selects a reach effect, the symbol variations related to the player's selection will be combined with the non-reach symbol variations displayed thereafter. indicate. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is not displayed for a long time after the reach effect is selected.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the symbol variation related to the reach effect selected by the player is terminated during the symbol variation of the normal reach by displaying the digest version. However, for the symbol variation selected by the player, the complete version may be displayed instead of the digest version. For example, when a symbol variation is held and a plurality of symbol variations are continuously displayed, a symbol variation (complete version) related to the player's selection may be displayed over a plurality of symbol variations.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, as for the symbol variation selected by the player, only a necessary portion (portion to be shown) is extracted from the symbol variation and displayed as a digest version. However, the method of displaying the symbol variation as a digest version is not limited to the above-described method, and various methods can be adopted. For example, it is possible to display a digest version by displaying a portion of the symbol variation that is desired to be displayed at a standard speed and displaying the other portions by fast-forwarding. Alternatively, it can be displayed as a digest version by displaying the entire symbol variation by fast-forwarding. That is, the “digest version” as used in this specification means that the display is performed in a time shorter than the preset change time in the change pattern, and the display content and display method have any form. It can be taken.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the symbol variation selected by the player is displayed when the symbol variation that is reached by the lottery based on the start winning is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form. For example, a lottery may be performed for each start winning prize, and the symbol variation selected by the player based on the lottery result may be displayed. In such a form, even if the reach variation is displayed immediately after the reach effect is selected by the player, the reach effect selected by the player may not be displayed in accordance with the reach change. For this reason, it becomes difficult for the player to predict the timing at which the selected symbol variation is displayed, and the joy when displayed is increased.

(5) Each embodiment described above is an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine. However, the present invention is not limited to a slot machine, an arrange hall machine (a certain number of steel balls are placed on a game board). It can also be applied to various gaming machines such as a sparrow ball gaming machine.

  In addition, the technical elements described in the present specification or the drawings exhibit technical usefulness alone or in various combinations, and are not limited to the combinations described in the claims at the time of filing. In addition, the technology exemplified in this specification or the drawings achieves a plurality of objects at the same time, and has technical utility by achieving one of the objects.

10.Pachinko machine 14.Game board 15.Center accessory device 23.Design indicator 25.Start opening 26.Large winning opening 40.Solenoid 41.Start opening sensor 62.Main control board 78 .. Display control board

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A plurality of non-reach variation patterns that determine symbol variation and a variation pattern including a reach variation pattern are set, and a variation pattern is drawn from the plurality of variation patterns by a lottery means on the basis of a predetermined opportunity, and the variation pattern is selected. A gaming machine equipped with a symbol display for displaying symbol variation,
A selection means which is operated by a player and pre-selects one variation pattern from the plurality of variation patterns;
Determining means for determining whether there is a variation pattern selected by the selecting means;
When it is determined that there is a variation pattern selected by the determination means, both the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern and the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern are displayed on the symbol display. Means,
I have a,
When the player does not reach reach a predetermined number of times after selecting the reach variation pattern by the selection means,
A gaming machine , wherein both a symbol variation related to the lottery non-reach variation pattern and a symbol variation related to the pre-selected reach variation pattern are displayed . A plurality of variation patterns that determine symbol variation are set, and a symbol display is provided that displays a symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern by lottery drawing a variation pattern from the plurality of variation patterns based on a predetermined trigger. A gaming machine,
A selection means which is operated by a player and pre-selects one variation pattern from the plurality of variation patterns;
Determining means for determining whether there is a variation pattern selected by the selecting means;
When it is determined that there is a variation pattern selected by the determination means, both the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern and the symbol variation related to the selected variation pattern are displayed on the symbol display. Means,
Have
When the variation time of the selected variation pattern is shorter than the variation time of the preselected variation pattern,
A game machine that displays a digest of the preselected variation pattern .

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