JP5342133B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine that enables dynamic performance display for increasing amusement by achieving three-dimensional visual effect giving an image of three-dimensional characters observed as if they are moving forward and backward on a multiplex image screen. <P>SOLUTION: Display screens BF1-BF4 are consecutively displayed for carrying out forward and backward movement performance display of the three dimensional character on a front and a rear screens, for example, a moving display in which the character appears small at first and gradually approaches and is enlarged. In this display processing, the character is displayed as a whole in one of the screens (BF1), and thereafter a part (a body part or the like) of the character is displayed on the other screen and an object missing the part is displayed on one of the screens (BF2 and BF3). Thereby, the part of the character is displayed on the front screen and the remaining parts are displayed on the rear screen so as to obtain a multiplex image and to achieve false three-dimensional vision. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko gaming machines, slot machines, card game machines, and video game machines.

In this type of gaming machine, the visual performance effect is one of the important game performances, and a liquid crystal display device is generally used as the visual performance means.
Conventionally, a single liquid crystal display device is used to display an effect image or the like on a single flat screen. Although this single liquid crystal display device is used for effect display for zooming up the character image, it is only an enlarged image within one plane and has a poor sense of depth.

Therefore, recently, it has been proposed to enhance the visual effect or the rendering effect using multiple images (see Patent Document 1 below). By using such a multiplex video apparatus, it is possible to perform an effect display in which videos related to the stacked image planes are played. Patent Document 1 discloses an example of multiple images in which a background image and a graphic image are displayed on each of the multiple screens so that the graphic image can be seen through the background image. Such a multiplexed image can be said to be a stereoscopic display with a sense of depth, but is only a static effect display mode.

By the way, in a pachinko machine or the like using a conventional single liquid crystal display device as a symbol variation display device, vertical and horizontal scroll variations are common as a symbol variation display mode. In view of this, a symbol variation display in which the symbol is zoomed up in a pseudo manner is used in a reach state or the like. However, in order to implement such a zoom-up effect, an attempt was made to display a three-dimensional effect using a multiplex video device, and if the rear image was simply reflected on the front screen, There was no clear difference, and the dynamic movements of people and other characters could not be shown by moving back and forth.

JP 2004-298216 A

The present invention provides a 3D visual effect that can be seen as if a 3D character is moving in the front-rear direction on a multiplex video screen, and enables a dynamic effect display to increase interest. For the purpose of provision.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an effect display device having a multiple video screen in which display screens are stacked in front and rear, and a display control means for performing display control of the effect display device. In a gaming machine that displays a game effect display related to an operation by displaying a character, a picture, or the like on the multiplex video screen, the display screen on the front side of the multiplex video screen is transparent so that the display screen on the rear side can be viewed. Alternatively, the display control means is a display pattern determination means that selects and determines an execution display pattern from a plurality of display patterns, and is one of the plurality of display patterns, and is a stereoscopic image. the specific display consisting of character moving around the image, and a moving display control means of the mobile display pattern for moving displayed between the display screen of the front side and the rear side, the transfer The display control means displays the whole of the specific display object on one of the front and rear display screens and then partially displays a part of the specific display object on the other of the front and rear display screens. A two-screen display control means for displaying a display object in which the part has disappeared from the display, and after the two-screen display of the front-rear display screen by the two-screen display control means, the whole of the specific display object is the other of the front-rear display screen A game machine comprising screen transition display control means for displaying on the screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game in which, in the first aspect, a non-decorative or plain display is performed in the disappeared area in which the part is disappeared on one of the front and rear display screens by the both-screen display control means. Machine.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the gaming machine according to the second aspect, wherein the outline of the disappearing region is several percent to several tens of percent larger than the contour of the partial display on the other of the front and rear display screens. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect, the movement display pattern is a display in which the specific display object moves between the display screen on the rear side and the display screen on the front side. The pattern or the specific display object is a display pattern that moves between the front display screen and the rear display screen, and the display control means includes any display pattern in the rear display screen. In the display state of the specific display object, the gaming machine is configured to bring the display screen on the front side into the transparent or semi-transparent state.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, third, or fourth aspect, when the gaming machine is in a normal gaming state, a lottery is drawn on condition that a game ball passes a specific area of the gaming board. If the result of the lottery is a win, the pachinko gaming machine that causes a special gaming state advantageous to the player, wherein the display control means is capable of changing a plurality of types of symbols based on the lottery result. Effect display means for performing display and auxiliary effect display for assisting the variable display on the multiplexed video screen; variable display storage means for storing a plurality of types of display patterns of the symbol variable display and the auxiliary effect display; In accordance with the lottery result, the display pattern determining means determines one of the display pattern of the symbol variable display and the auxiliary effect display, performs symbol variation display related to the determination, and the symbol The symbol variation display control means for displaying a predetermined symbol display mode on the display screen of the multiplex video screen when the special game state is won by stopping the dynamic display, and at the time of the symbol variation display, This is a gaming machine that performs an effect display of the movement display pattern by the specific display object when a predetermined game condition is established.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, third, or fourth aspect, the gaming machine has a spinning display unit that variably displays a plurality of symbols, and the player performs a spinning game. A winning combination for determining one of a plurality of predetermined winning combinations in accordance with the lottery result after performing a lottery by starting operation of the rotating display unit Determining means, a turning stop control means for performing stop control for stopping the turning display unit based on a stop operation by the player, a stop mode of the symbols stopped by the turning stop control means, and the winning combination determining means And a game medium payout means for paying out a predetermined number of the game media when the display mode of the symbol corresponding to the winning combination determined by is matched, and displaying the game effect display related to the lottery result in the multiplexed video Characters, designs, characters, etc. on the screen The display control means includes a variable display storage means for storing a plurality of types of display patterns of the game effect performed on the multiple video screen, and the display pattern determination means in accordance with the lottery result. The display of the movement by the specific display object is triggered by the establishment of a predetermined game condition, and includes an effect display control means for determining any one of the display patterns of the game effects and performing a game effect display according to the determination. This is a gaming machine that performs pattern display.

In the effect display device according to the present invention, a transmissive liquid crystal display device arranged at the front, a liquid crystal display device arranged at the rear, and a display screen of the liquid crystal display device arranged at the rear are illuminated from the back side. It is preferable to use a multi-layered liquid crystal composed of a light source and in which the transmissive liquid crystal display device and the liquid crystal display device arranged behind are stacked with a predetermined interval.

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the display pattern determining means determines the execution of the moving display pattern by the specific display object made of a stereoscopic image on the multiple video screen, the specific display is performed. A moving display for moving the display object from the front screen or the rear screen to the rear screen or the front screen is performed. In the process of moving display on the front and rear screens, after the whole of the specific display object is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens by the both screen display control means, a part of the specific display object is displayed on the other of the front and rear display screens. In addition to partial display, displaying the display object that has disappeared the part from the display of the specific display object on one of the front and rear display screen, for example, the part of the specific display object is displayed on the front screen, At the same time, a multiplexed image in which the remaining part of the specific display object is displayed on the rear screen can be displayed. The specific display object may be a moving image character that changes its form in the process of moving display.

When the image is simply projected from the rear screen to the front screen, the front and rear screens are easily switched and it is difficult to see the moving display with a three-dimensional effect. By interpolating the display state of the specific display object, the continuous display of images can be smoothly performed without any discomfort, and the specific display object has a dynamic stereoscopic visual effect. Thus, the back-and-forth movement display with a three-dimensional effect with a sense of depth can be performed, and the interest of the gaming machine can be increased. In particular, together with the partial display, if the entire display is left on one side of the front and rear display screen without losing the partial display, the part is superimposed on the front and rear screen, resulting in an unnatural display mode. Along with the display, since the display object in which the part has disappeared from the display of the specific display object is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens, the distance between one partial display and the other remaining display object is visually recognized. As a result, the specific display object can be sensed to give a moving display image with a non-natural stereoscopic effect on the front and rear screens, and the stereoscopic visual effect can be further enhanced. Thereby, the effect display of the back-and-forth movement display of the three-dimensional image image can be incorporated into the game effect display of the gaming machine to increase the interest.

The effect display device according to the present invention is not limited to the liquid crystal, but may be an EL (electroluminescence), for example. In particular, the display screen on the front side is a transmissive liquid crystal display device and the display on the rear side. You may make it comprise a screen by EL, a plasma display apparatus, etc. FIG. Further, the size of the front and rear screens is not limited to the same shape, and the present invention can be applied even when the rear screen is smaller than the front screen or vice versa. In addition to overlapping liquid crystal display devices, using a multiple image screen, using a projection multiple image device that projects images such as liquid crystal on the screen through a half mirror interposed between the screens to produce multiple images Also good. In addition to the double liquid crystal, the multiple video screen may be composed of three or more screens. For example, the liquid crystal display unit using the triple liquid crystal has two transmissive color liquid crystal display devices on the front side and a rear side. And a transmissive color liquid crystal display device.

The multiplexed video processing according to the present invention can be applied not only to pachinko gaming machines and slot machines, but also to game center gaming machines such as poker cards and game machines or video game machines. In addition, the specific display object according to the present invention is a stereoscopic image, and is not limited to a display mode that zooms up while maintaining the form at the time of forward / backward movement display, while changing the display form like a moving image. A display mode for moving display is also included.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the display on the front and rear screens is displayed because the two-screen display control means performs a non-decorative or plain display on the disappeared area where the part has disappeared on one of the front and rear display screens. In the process of display, for example, the partial display and the display in which the partial display and the specific display object are excluded without the image of the rear side screen corresponding to the display reflected in the partial display without being reflected by the undecorated or plain display. The front / rear position relationship is clarified, and it is possible to obtain a visual effect as if the specific display object appears between the two screens in a pseudo manner. Display can be realized on the multiple video screen.

In particular, for example, in the case of using an effect display device in which a transmissive liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device are arranged in front and rear, respectively, if a backlight light source is provided behind the rear liquid crystal, partial display is performed on the front display screen. The display content of the rear display screen illuminated by the backlight is projected and reflected on the partial display, resulting in a problem that the stereoscopic effect is hindered and ruined. In view of such a problem, according to the present embodiment, when performing partial display of the specific display object in the front display screen, an undecorated or plain display (in the display area corresponding to the partial display on the rear display screen ( For example, when performing a partial display on the front display screen, the backlight illumination light transmits a predetermined color or white light forward through the undecorated or plain display. It only gives to the partial display. Accordingly, the display content of the rear display screen illuminated by the backlight is not projected onto the front partial display, and no forward reflection occurs, so that the stereoscopic effect display can be performed smoothly. The undecorated or plain display is preferably performed following the form of the partial display and the movement change. The undecorated or plain display according to the present embodiment has a white background. Not only the display but also a single color display of a predetermined color may be used.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the outline of the disappearing region is made several percent to several tens of percent larger than the contour of the partial display on the other of the front and rear display screens. When performing partial display, the disappearing area that is several percent to several tens of percent larger than the contour of the partial display is projected from the partial display and is displayed on the rear side screen in a front view state. In particular, the visual effect by visual synthesis that looks as if a single specific display object appears between the two screens can be enhanced, and a forward and backward movement effect display with a stereoscopic effect can be displayed on the multiple video screen without a sense of incongruity. Can be realized.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the moving display pattern is a display pattern in which the specific display object moves from the rear display screen to the front display screen, or the specific display object is the front. It is a display pattern that moves between the display screens on the rear side from the display screen on the side, and the display control means, in any display pattern, in the display state of the display object in the display screen on the rear side, Since the front display screen is in the transparent or semi-transparent state, when the whole or a part of the specific display object is displayed in the rear display screen in the moving display process, the transparent or semi-transparent is displayed. It is possible to smoothly grasp the change of the form without hindering visual recognition through the display screen on the front side in the state, and display a forward and backward movement effect display with a three-dimensional effect. Door can be.

In the fifth aspect, the present invention is such that, in the normal game state, a lottery is performed on the condition that a game ball passes a specific area of the game board. This is a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine in which an advantageous special gaming state (for example, jackpot game) is generated.
According to this aspect, the display control means performs a variable display of a plurality of types of symbols based on the lottery result and an effect display means for performing an auxiliary effect display for assisting the variable display on the multiplexed video screen, One of variable display storage means for storing a plurality of types of display patterns for variable symbol display and auxiliary effect display, and a display pattern for the variable symbol display and auxiliary effect display by the display pattern determining means according to the lottery result. The symbol variation display related to the determination is performed, and the symbol variation display is stopped, and when the special game state is won, a predetermined symbol display mode is displayed on the display screen of the multiple video screen. And a display for changing the design, and when the symbol change display is performed, the specific game condition is established when a predetermined game condition is established (for example, at the time of so-called reach notice). Since the forward / backward movement effect display of the movement display pattern by the display is performed, for example, the forward / backward movement effect display that makes it possible to feel the stereoscopic effect more naturally, such as when the character zooms up and down in the spatial direction and moves. This can be realized on a multiplex video screen, and the interest of pachinko machines can be increased.

In the sixth embodiment, the present invention provides a rotating display unit that variably displays a plurality of symbols, and the number of game media required for the player to perform the rotating game, A winning combination determining means for determining one of a plurality of predetermined winning combinations in accordance with a result of the lottery, and the rotation display unit based on the player's stop operation. The turning stop control means for performing stop control for stopping, the stop state of the symbol stopped by the turning stop control means, and the display manner of the symbol corresponding to the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means match And a game medium payout means for paying out a predetermined number of the game media, and applied to a slot machine that displays a game effect display related to the lottery result by displaying characters, symbols, characters, etc. on the multiple video screen This is the case.

According to this aspect, the display control means includes variable display storage means for storing a plurality of types of display patterns of the game effect performed on the multiplexed video screen, and the display pattern determination means according to the lottery result to the game. The specific display object is triggered by the establishment of a predetermined game condition (for example, at the time of winning a winning combination), including an effect display control means for determining any display pattern of the effect and performing a game effect display according to the determination. In the process of spinning game, by performing the effect display on the front and back screen, for example, the character moves as if it is spatially zoomed up in the front-rear direction. It is possible to achieve a back-and-forth movement effect display that gives a more natural three-dimensional effect on the multiple video screen, thereby increasing the interest of the slot machine. It is possible.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a front door 3 attached to a base wooden frame (not shown) so as to be freely opened and closed. A substantially circular window 4 is formed in the front door 3, and a transparent plate 2 such as a glass plate is fitted into the window 4. The transparent plate 2 is provided on the back side of the transparent plate 2, as shown in FIG. Can be visually recognized.

Below the window 4, there are provided an upper ball tray 6A and a lower ball tray 6B for storing game balls as game media. Lending balls are discharged to the upper ball receiving tray 6A in response to a lending request from a winning ball or a lending device at the time of winning a prize by a ball supply device (not shown) provided inside the gaming machine. The game balls stored in the upper ball tray 6A are supplied one by one to a launching device (not shown) provided inside the pachinko gaming machine 1. Inside the gaming machine, there is provided an overflow processing mechanism (not shown) for flowing game balls overflowing to the upper ball tray 6A to the lower ball tray 6B.

A handle 7 is provided on the right side of the lower ball tray 6B, and the player grasps the handle 7 and rotates it around the axis, thereby adjusting the firing strength of the launching device toward the game board 5. One game ball can be fired at a time. Push buttons 8, 9, and 10 are arranged on the front side of the upper ball tray 6A. The push buttons 8, 9, and 10 can be pressed by a player to give a selection instruction related to a game effect. Speakers 11 and 12 for emitting sound effects are arranged on the left and right of the upper ball tray 6A.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the configuration of the game board 5. On the periphery of the game board 5, there are arranged an outer rail 13 and an inner rail 14, which are substantially arc-shaped guides for guiding the game balls launched by the launching device to the upper left part of the game board 5. Although not shown, a large number of obstacle nails are arranged on the game board surface, and the game balls released upward from the upper left side of the game board 5 along the outer rail 13 are a number of obstacle nails along the board surface. Falling down through the space.
A liquid crystal display unit 15 of a variable display device (effect display device) is arranged on the upper center side of the game board 5. The liquid crystal display unit 15 is provided with a multiple video screen used for symbol change display (variable display) including reach effect, auxiliary effect display for exciting effect effect at the time of symbol change, effect display during jackpot game, etc. The liquid crystal display device (in FIG. 2, a specific display of variable display is omitted).

FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of the liquid crystal display unit 15. The liquid crystal display unit 15 is composed of a transmissive color liquid crystal display device 15a and a transmissive color liquid crystal display device 15b, which are stacked on the rear side of the front panel 15e, and each liquid crystal display screen is front and rear with a predetermined interval (about 2 inches). It is arranged in parallel with. A backlight light source 15d is provided behind the transmissive color liquid crystal display device 15b to illuminate the liquid crystal screen from the back side, and a cold light as an intermediate light source is provided between the liquid crystal display device 15a and the liquid crystal display device 15b. An edge light source 15c made of a cathode tube is provided. Further, a driver circuit 106 for driving the liquid crystal described later is disposed on the rearmost side. These components are housed in a display unit case (not shown), and are mounted on the game board 5 as a display unit from the back side.

Although not shown, a polarizing panel is also provided between the liquid crystal display device 15a and the liquid crystal display device 15b to prevent image quality reduction such as color unevenness and moire fringes. The rear liquid crystal display device 15b does not necessarily have to be a transmission type, and the variable display device is not limited to a liquid crystal, and may use, for example, a color EL (electroluminescence). The screen may be composed of a transmissive color liquid crystal display device, and the rear display screen may be composed of a color EL, a color plasma display device, or the like. Numbers such as 1, 2, 3,... Are used for variable display symbols based on the lottery results, but letters such as alphabets, character designs, and the like can be used.

Below the liquid crystal display unit 15, a start winning opening 18 and an accessory start opening 19, which are specific areas that allow a game ball to enter and trigger a special symbol lottery (big hit lottery) upon placement, are arranged. . The accessory starting port 19 is composed of an electric tulip with an opening / closing blade (so-called electric Chu). During normal times, the accessory starting port 19 is in a closed state so that a game ball cannot enter. In other words, normally, the blades of the electric tulip 19 are closed close to each other, and the tips of the blades are close to each other with a small gap so that they cannot enter the start winning opening 18. On the left side of the liquid crystal display unit 15, there is provided a normal symbol start gate 16 that triggers a normal symbol lottery by entering the ball.

In the lower right corner of the game board 5, a lottery process display unit 17 is arranged. At the bottom of the game board 5, two normal winning ports 20 are arranged on the left and right sides to which a predetermined number of prize balls are awarded for entering the game balls. The game balls (out balls) that have not entered the start winning port 18, the accessory starting port 19 and the normal winning port 20 are collected from the out port 21 formed in the lower part of the game board 5 into the machine.

When a game ball enters the start winning opening 18 or the accessory start port 19, a predetermined number of prize balls are awarded to the player. A jackpot lottery for determining whether or not a jackpot game is awarded to the player is performed by these winning prizes. The lottery result of the jackpot lottery is notified to the player by a variable display effect on the liquid crystal display unit 15. This effect display is performed, for example, in a display mode in which three symbols are scroll-fluctuated. The jackpot lottery result is also displayed in a special symbol display unit 23 described later. The variable display on the liquid crystal display unit 15 starts to change on condition that a game ball enters the start winning opening 18 or the accessory start opening 19, and after a predetermined time has passed, the three scrolling symbols stop in order. To do. The jackpot lottery result is displayed by a combination of stop symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 15 when the three symbol displays are stopped.

Below the accessory starting port 19, there is arranged a large winning opening 22 which is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape and allows a plurality of game balls to enter simultaneously. The big winning opening 22 has an open / close lid that is opened so as to receive a falling ball toward the outside of the board surface during a big hit game. When a predetermined number (for example, 9) of game balls enters by one opening, the opening / closing lid is once closed and then opened again, and this opening / closing is repeated a plurality of times during the big hit game. Multiple types (15 times and 2 times) of big hits (special game states) with different numbers of open / close repeats, that is, the total number of rounds, are set.

The lottery process display unit 17 includes a special symbol display unit 23, a normal symbol display unit 24, a special symbol hold display unit 25, and a normal symbol hold display unit 26, as shown in FIG. The special symbol display unit 23 is composed of a 7-segment display, and performs a segment display indicating a jackpot lottery (special symbol lottery) result for each start winning prize. The normal symbol display unit 24 is composed of, for example, red and green two-color light emitting diodes, and a normal symbol lottery is performed on the condition that a game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 16, and when the lottery is won, Lights red after flashing for hours. In response to this lighting, the blade of the electric tulip of the accessory starting port 19 opens for a predetermined time (and a predetermined number of times). On the other hand, when it is off, it lights in green. The special symbol hold display unit 25 and the normal symbol hold display unit 26 are each composed of a 7-segment display, and display the number of game balls (so-called hold number) holding the result display regarding the special symbol and the normal symbol lottery. To do. Although not shown, a light emitting unit such as a decorative lamp for raising the game atmosphere in the pachinko gaming machine 1 is arranged on the upper part of the liquid crystal display unit 15 and around the game board 5.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The control unit 100 includes a main control unit 101, sub control units 102 and 103, an I / O port 104, and driver circuits 105, 106, and 107.
The main control unit 101 is for controlling the basic operation of the game in the pachinko gaming machine 1. The CPU 101A that acts as the center of control and operates as a lottery means, the random number generation unit for performing the big hit lottery and the program software Is stored in the ROM 101B and a microcomputer including a RAM 101C in which data necessary for control is written. Note that the ball supply control for the winning ball payout and the rental ball discharge by the ball supply device is performed by a ball payout control unit (not shown), and a payout command from the main control unit 101 is a ball payout control. It is executed by being given to the section. The ROM 101B includes a storage area for storing a plurality of types of symbol variation time patterns for instructing the sub-control unit 102 to execute variable display.

Based on the signal input via the I / O port 104, the main control unit 110 outputs a command or data corresponding to the lottery result to the sub control unit 102 in one direction, and via the driver circuit 105. Control signals are sent to the special symbol display unit 23, the normal symbol display unit 24, the special symbol hold display unit 25, the normal symbol hold display unit 26, the start port drive unit 27, and the big prize port drive unit 28. give. The starting port driving unit 27 opens and closes the electric tulip blades of the accessory starting port 19. The special winning opening drive unit 28 opens and closes the open / close lid of the special winning opening 22. The special symbol lottery hold number display and the normal symbol lottery hold number display are performed on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 15, but may be separately displayed with a lamp or the like. In addition, the upper limit of the number of each hold is set to 4.
Via the I / O port 104, the main control unit 101 includes normal start port sensors 33 to 36 provided for the start sensor 30, the big winning port sensor 31, the gate sensor 32, and the four normal winning ports 20. A detection output signal is input. The start sensor 30 is provided at the start winning opening 18 and the accessory start opening 19 to detect the entry of a game ball into each of them, and the big winning opening sensor 31 detects the entry into the big winning opening 22. As a result of the detection of the start sensor 30, a big win lottery opportunity is generated on condition that the game ball passes through specific areas (the start winning opening 18 and the accessory start opening 19) of the game board 5. The lottery process performed based on the start winning is executed by the CPU 101A. The gate sensor 32 detects that the game ball has passed through the normal symbol start gate 16. The normal winning opening sensors 33 to 36 detect the entering of game balls into the respective normal winning openings 20.

The sub control unit 102 includes a microcomputer including a CPU 102A, a ROM 102B, and a RAM 102C, and performs display control of the liquid crystal display unit 15 via a driver circuit 106. The CPU 102A receives a command corresponding to the lottery result from the CPU 101A, and controls the symbol variation display and the jackpot game effect display. The pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is equipped with two types of probability change giving functions. In other words, one of the transition modes to the probability variation state is the case of probability variation transition given after the end of the 15-round jackpot game of 15 rounds (the number of times the grand prize winning opening 22 is opened and closed 15 times), and the other is a so-called sudden probability variation. This is the case. In the case of a sudden probability change, the probability change shifts to a big hit game in which the number of times of opening / closing the big prize opening 22 is instantaneously performed and is difficult for the player to distinguish.

FIG. 5 schematically shows a control configuration of the liquid crystal display unit 15 and the driver circuit 106. The driver circuit 106 is a display control circuit for driving and controlling each liquid crystal display device, and includes image data processors (VDP: Video Display Processors) 106a and 106b for effect display and variable display. The VDPs 106a and 106b include a sprite circuit for performing sprite processing of image drawing data, a color data processing palette circuit, a background processing screen circuit, and the like, and perform image display processing of the liquid crystal display devices 15a and 15b, respectively.
Connected to the VDPs 106a and 106b are image control ROMs 106c and 106g, character ROMs 106d and 106h for storing image data, VRAMs 106e and 106i as buffer memories for storing image data, and color palette RAMs 106f and 106j, respectively. .
The character ROMs 106d and 106h store various display image data such as special symbol image data, background image data, effect image data, and normal symbol image data indicating a normal symbol. The display image data consists of data designating the color of each dot with a color number. The color palette RAMs 106f and 106j store color data for each color number. The VRAMs 106e and 106i store data for designating which number of display image data is arranged in each area set in the image creation area of each VDP.

The VDPs 106a and 106b receive from the character ROMs 106d and 106h, special symbol image data indicating special symbols, background image data, effect image data, and normal symbols indicating normal symbols, in response to an image display command (control command) supplied from the CPU 102A. Various image data such as design image data is read out, and image data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device is generated. Image data generated by each VDP is stored in the VRAMs 106e and 106i, and an image is displayed by supplying these image signals (image frames) to the liquid crystal display devices 15a and 15b at a predetermined timing.

Each VDP executes display processing based on an image display command supplied from the CPU 102A. With this display processing, an image signal for one image (one frame) is output each time the VDP 106a, 106b receives one control command from the CPU 102A. In the display processing procedure, first, data to be displayed is specified from the data stored in the VRAMs 106e and 106i based on the input control command, and the image creation area is set based on the specified data. Display data stored in the character ROMs 106d and 106h are arranged in the respective areas constituting the area. Next, scanning lines are taken out one by one from the image creation areas of the display data individually arranged in the respective liquid crystal display devices 15a and 15b, and the color numbers of the display data constituting the taken-out scanning lines are set to the color palette RAM 106f, The image data is converted into an image signal using the data 106j. The above processing is executed for all scanning lines, and the VDPs 106a and 106b output image signals to the liquid crystal display devices 15a and 15b.

As shown in FIG. 4, the liquid crystal display devices 15 a and 15 b constitute a multiplexed video screen in which the display screens are stacked, and a multiplexed video display process is performed by the driver circuit 106 using the stacked screen. The multiplexed video is performed by synchronizing the image display on the front display screen of the liquid crystal display device 15a and the rear display screen of the liquid crystal display device 15b. For example, multiple images can be displayed on the front and rear display screens so that the same or related symbols and character images are overlapped to display a three-dimensional design with a sense of depth, or from the front display screen to the rear display screen or vice versa. This is used to display a three-dimensional movement of a symbol or the like by switching the screen of the display symbol or the like so that the symbol or character image moves in the direction. As one of the special multiplexed video effects, a variable display including a back-and-forth movement effect display between front and rear screens by a specific display object composed of a stereoscopic image, which will be described later, is also performed. The specific display object used for this back-and-forth movement effect display processing is composed of a stereoscopic image of a character such as a fictional person, animal, or robot, and these image data are stored in the character ROMs 106d and 106h.
Of course, the liquid crystal display devices 15a and 15b are also used independently. For example, in the case of normal variation display, the symbol variation is mainly performed on the front display screen, and at that time, the background image is mainly displayed on the rear display screen. The The transparent or translucent state of the display screen on the front side is a display mode in which there is no image display, a display mode in which a display area excluding image display of a part of the screen can be seen through, and the entire screen is displayed in a predetermined color Including a display mode for making a monotone screen.

A sub-control unit 103 that transmits and receives data bidirectionally is connected to the sub-control unit 102. The sub control unit 103 includes a microcomputer including a CPU 103A, a ROM 103B, and a RAM 103C. Through the driver circuit 107, the speakers 11 and 12 and effect lamps 29 for effecting electrical decoration are controlled.

In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 102, the driver circuit 106, and the liquid crystal display unit 15 display the multiplex image based on the lottery result and the auxiliary effect display for assisting the symbol variation display. The effect display means performed on the screen is configured. The ROM 102B of the sub-control unit 102 constitutes variable display storage means for storing a plurality of types of display patterns of symbol variation display and auxiliary effect display. Further, the sub control unit 102, the driver circuit 106, and the liquid crystal display unit 15 respond to the lottery result based on one of the display patterns of the symbol variation display and the auxiliary effect display stored in the ROM 102B based on the lottery result. The symbol variation display control means for displaying the predetermined symbol display mode (for example, 777) on the display screen of the multiplex video screen is configured by performing the symbol variation display and stopping the symbol variation display when winning the big hit. Auxiliary effects include an exciting effect that raises symbol variation, a reach notice effect, and the like.

FIG. 6 shows main symbol variation display patterns A to C by a multiplex video screen. In addition to this, the display pattern includes a symbol back-and-forth movement variation display pattern, a back-and-forth movement effect display pattern by a specific display object according to the present invention, and the like. One of the display patterns or a combination pattern thereof is selected by lottery selection of the CPU 102A when the symbol changes. Further, the CPU 102A determines the presence / absence of reach execution, the presence / absence of reach announcement, and the reach type based on the lottery lottery result, and the reach type is selected from among a plurality of reach patterns. It should be noted that the display pattern, the presence / absence of reach execution, and the like may be determined on the main control unit 101 side and transmitted to the sub control unit 102. In the present embodiment, numeric patterns (1 to 9) are used as special symbols.

Tv1 to Tv3 in FIG. 6 indicate the variation time in each display pattern, and the variation time proceeds from left to right in FIG. Further, F and B in the figure respectively indicate a front display screen and a rear display screen. In the symbol variation display pattern A (6A), symbol variation is performed only on the front liquid crystal screen, and the background effect display B1 is performed on the rear liquid crystal screen. First, the high-speed symbol variation display F1 is performed on the front display screen, and then the symbol variation stop display F2 is performed and the symbol stop display F3 is performed. On the front display screen, the area other than the variable display area is in a transmissive state, and the background image of the rear display screen can be viewed from the transmissive area. The selection ratio of the symbol variation display pattern A is high when the lottery is lost.

In the symbol variation display pattern B (6B), the front liquid crystal screen is made transparent or translucent, and the symbol variation to stop are mainly performed on the rear liquid crystal screen, and the stop symbol confirmation display is performed on the front liquid crystal screen. . First, the high-speed symbol variation display F4 is performed on the front display screen, and then the state shifts to the transmission state F5. On the other hand, on the rear display screen, the background effect display B2 is switched to the high-speed symbol variation display B3 along with the transition to the transmission state F5, and then the symbol variation stop display B4 is performed to perform the symbol stop display B5. After shifting to the symbol stop display B5, the front display screen is again switched to the symbol stop display F6, and the rear display screen is switched to the background effect display B6, and the process is ended. In the transmission state F5, an auxiliary effect display for exciting the rear symbol fluctuations B3 to B5 is performed at any time with the front display screen partially in a transmission state.

In the symbol variation display pattern C (6C), the front liquid crystal screen is transmissive or semi-transmissive, and from the symbol variation to the middle of the stop is mainly performed with the rear liquid crystal, and the symbol confirmation display is performed with the front liquid crystal. . First, the front display screen is partially transmissive, the auxiliary effect display F7 is performed, and the background effect display B7 is performed on the rear display screen. Then, the front display screen is shifted to the transmissive state F8, and the rear display screen is displayed. Then, the background effect display B7 is shifted to the high-speed symbol fluctuation display B8. Next, the rear display screen is switched from the high-speed symbol variation display B9 to the background effect display B10, and the front display screen is switched from the transmission state F8 to the symbol variation stop display F9, and further the symbol transition display B10 is entered. The selection ratio of the symbol variation display patterns B and C is high when the jackpot is won.

In the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display pattern, the symbol variation is first performed on the front liquid crystal screen, and after shifting to the reach state, the variation display of the symbol back-and-forth movement using the front and rear liquid crystal screens is performed. The symbol confirmation display is performed on the front liquid crystal. The selection ratio of the back-and-forth movement variation display pattern is high when the jackpot is won, and the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display appears as a kind of so-called hot development reach for giving the player the expectation of occurrence of a jackpot.
The sub-control unit 102, the driver circuit 106, and the liquid crystal display unit 15, when the symbol variation display is performed, the variation symbol which is a predetermined display object is triggered by the establishment of a predetermined game condition (reach execution determination) as a trigger for the lottery selection. Display control means for effecting display of a symbol back-and-forth movement variation display pattern with a visual effect as if moving back and forth spatially on a multiple video screen is configured. The display control means includes a superimposition display control means for displaying a design on one of the front and back screens, and then superimposing the design on the other screen in the same or substantially the same display form. As will be described later, this superimposed display process prevents the occurrence of an image skipping phenomenon when the symbols are shifted between the front and rear screens.

Symbol back-and-forth movement fluctuation display is a display mode in which a reach state is suddenly generated from high-speed symbol fluctuation to avoid uniform reach production, and the symbol fluctuation shifts back and forth for a relatively long period of time. After that, it can be used as an effect mode for determining a big jackpot by finally appearing after a lively effect where various characters appear. As the symbol back-and-forth movement mode, a mode in which the size of the symbol shape is gradually enlarged or reduced, zigzag-moving in a zigzag manner, or the symbol itself is moved and displayed while being rotated can be used.

FIG. 7 shows an outline of the lottery process in the present embodiment. This lottery process is performed by the CPU 101A based on the detection of the start sensor 30. When a start winning is generated in step S1, a jackpot random number lottery is performed (step S2). Based on the obtained random number value at this time, 15 round (R) jackpot, 2R hit and loss are determined (steps S3 to S6). The actual determination process is executed based on the random number data transmitted from the CPU 101A when the symbol changes in the sub control unit 102. During the random number lottery (step S2), random lottery with certainty is also executed. Based on these lottery results, the CPU 101A determines the symbol variation time and reach execution presence, and transmits the pattern data to the sub-control unit 102 together with the acquired random number data. The sub-control unit 102 determines whether or not to notify the probability change when giving the probability change state after the end of the big hit game. In the case of 2R, the probability change mode is suddenly reached at 100%, and the process of non-notification of probability change is performed. The sub-control unit 102 performs symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery result on the liquid crystal display unit 15, and notifies the occurrence of the special game state (15R big hit) by a specific combination of symbol variation display stop symbols, for example, 777. .

The reach type used for the symbol variation display is determined by lottery (lottery probability 1 / 7.5) of the sub-control unit 102. Reach refers to a state in which two stop symbols other than the remaining variable symbols are aligned, but the reach effect content is composed of various patterns such as the type of appearance character, behavior, and background screen changes. Reach execution presence / absence, reach occurrence notice execution presence / absence, and reach type may be determined by the main control unit 101 or the sub control unit 102. The back-and-forth movement effect display by the specific display object according to the present invention is mainly selected as one of the reach occurrence notice modes. That is, at the time of reach execution, if any of the various reach occurrence notice effects including the forward / backward movement effect display by the specific display object is selected by lottery and the forward / backward movement effect display by the specific display object is selected, the pattern variation starts Before the occurrence of rear reach, the forward / backward movement effect display by the specific display object is executed as the reach occurrence notice effect. Other reach occurrence notice effects are performed by the appearance of special characters or the output of special sound effects.

FIG. 8 shows an outline of the symbol variation display process performed under the control of the sub-control unit 102. First, it is determined whether or not a symbol variation command has been received from the main control unit 101, and any one of the above-described symbol variation display patterns is determined by receiving the symbol variation command and the associated symbol variation time data and the presence / absence of reach execution. Is determined by lottery processing (steps S10 to S12). When the reach is not executed, a reach-less change display process is executed with a display pattern selected from a pattern other than the set symbol change time and the front / back movement change display pattern (steps S20 and S21). When executing the reach, one of the display patterns including the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display pattern is selected, and the variation display process with reach execution is performed by the set symbol variation time and the selected display pattern ( Steps S11 to S13). At the time of reach execution, the presence / absence of execution of the reach occurrence notice effect and the notice effect type are determined by sub lottery (step S12).
When the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display pattern is selected as the symbol variation display pattern, a symbol variation display process (steps S18 and S19) with symbol back-and-forth movement variation display as one of the reach display modes is executed. In this display process, depending on whether or not a reach occurrence notice effect is executed, the process branches into a display process with a reach occurrence notice (steps S17 and S19) and a display process without a reach occurrence notice (steps S17 and S18). When the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display pattern is not selected, as one of the other display patterns, the symbol variation display process (steps S15 and S16) without the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display is executed at the time of reach. Also in this case, depending on whether or not the reach occurrence notice effect is executed, the process branches to a display process with a reach occurrence notice (steps S14 and S16) and a display process without a reach occurrence notice (steps S14 and S16).

FIG. 9 shows details of the symbol variation display process (step S19) accompanied by the reach occurrence notice and the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display. The left side of the figure shows the transition of display contents on the front liquid crystal screen F, and the right side shows the transition of display contents on the rear liquid crystal screen B. When the variable display is started from the idling display in the non-variable display state, the rear liquid crystal screen is in the background effect display state (processing SB1). On the front liquid crystal screen, the high-speed symbol variation display is started, and the display shifts to the low-speed variation display (processing SF1, SF2). When the lottery result is out of reach and there is no reach fluctuation, after shifting to the low speed fluctuation display, it stops with the combination of the off symbol and ends. The symbol variation is performed by scroll variation in which the symbol is a symbol variation sequence with three columns and scrolls from the upper side to the lower side of the screen. During the scrolling movement, the display contents on the rear screen are made visible by making the areas other than the symbol display area of the front liquid crystal screen transparent. A variation display example at the time of disconnection is shown in (15A) of FIG. FIG. 15 shows an example of a front-view liquid crystal screen. In the case of no reach in FIG. 15A, the high-speed symbol variation display screen a1 stops in the order of the variation sequence of the left symbol, right symbol, and middle symbol (screen). a2, a3) Finally, the middle symbol stops and ends with a combination of irregular stop symbols (screen a4). Note that “↓” shown in FIG. 15 indicates a changing pattern.

In the example of FIG. 9, since the display process is accompanied by reach fluctuation, the medium-speed to low-speed slow symbol fluctuation display (process SF2) shifts to the reach state (process SF3). Prior to the transition to the reach state, when the slow symbol variation display (processing SF2) is started, a reach occurrence notice effect (processing SB2) is performed almost simultaneously with the reduced display in the lower left corner. When this reach occurrence notice effect pattern is a back and forth movement effect display pattern by the specific display object according to the present invention, a reach occurrence notice effect display of FIG. 10 described later is performed. FIG. 15 (15B) shows an example of the change display from reach notice to reach occurrence. In (15B), the reach occurrence notice effect display screen b2 is inserted before the symbol stop from the high-speed symbol variation display screen b1, and then the left symbol and the right symbol are stopped in order (screen b3). The display shifts to the reach state display screen b4 in which the symbols are aligned and the remaining middle symbols are fluctuating. In the lower left corner of the reach occurrence notice effect display screen b2, as shown in the figure (↓↓↓), a reduced display of symbol variation is displayed on the screen.

FIG. 10 shows a series of display modes (display screens BF1 to BF4) that are one of the specific display objects, that is, a forward / backward moving effect display in which a character protruding a magic wand forward gradually approaches a short run. Display screens BF1 to BF4 show the front view display contents of the liquid crystal screen visually recognized by the player from the front. The display screen BF1 is a reach notice start screen, and the display screen BF4 is a reach notice final screen. The display screens BF2 and 3 are examples of a screen on the way from the reach notice start screen BF1 to the reach notice final screen BF4. As the intermediate screen, in addition to the display screens BF2 and 3, a similar ongoing screen (not shown) is provided. Several frames (10 to several tens of frames in terms of the number of image frames) are inserted.
The sub-control unit 102, the driver circuit 106, and the liquid crystal display unit 15 are three-dimensional movement display patterns for displaying a specific display object formed of a three-dimensional image such as the character of FIG. 10 between the front and rear liquid crystal display screens. The moving display control means is configured. As shown in display screens BF1 to BF4, which will be described later, the moving display control means displays the entire specific display object on one of the front and rear display screens, and then part of the specific display object on the other of the front and rear display screens. A display unit that displays a display object in which a part of the specific display object disappears from the display of the specific display object on one of the front and rear display screens, And a screen transition display control means for displaying the entire specific display object on the other of the front and rear display screens.

Each of the display screens BF1 to BF4 includes a visual composite screen of the front liquid crystal screens F1 to F4 and the rear liquid crystal screens B1 to B4. FIGS. 11 to 14 show details of the front liquid crystal screens F1 to F4 and the rear liquid crystal screens B1 to B4 constituting the display screens BF1 to BF4, respectively. In FIGS. 11 to 14, the background in which the character appears is a light-colored back image, but of course, it may be drawn in various scenes and stage situations.
(11A) in FIG. 11 is an image of the rear liquid crystal screen B1, and is composed of image data of the character CRA1 with a stick protruding forward. Since the reach notice start screen BF1 is an appearance image at the rear position of the character, the entire character CRA1 can be visually recognized, and the front liquid crystal screen F1 in FIG.

The display screen BF2 shows an image of the character advanced from the position of the reach notice start screen BF1. (12A) in FIG. 12 is an image of the rear liquid crystal screen B2, and includes image data of the character CRB excluding the portion SH1 of the wand (including the wrist portion holding the wand).
In the effect display device shown in FIG. 4, a backlight light source 15d is provided behind the rear liquid crystal display device 15b, and the back illuminated by the backlight when the moving object is displayed on the front display screen. The display content of the display screen is projected on the moving display object and is reflected. In order to solve this problem, an undecorated or plain display is performed on the display area corresponding to the movement of the display object on the display screen of the rear liquid crystal display device 15b, so as to follow the movement of the display object. However, only a predetermined color or white light is given to the front display object through a non-decorative or plain display, thereby realizing a better back-and-forth movement display. In other words, in this embodiment, the background color of the rear liquid crystal screen B2 is lost from the rear liquid crystal screen B2 in order to prevent the background color of the front liquid crystal screen F2 from being reflected on the cane SH2 displayed on the front side. At this time, the image area excluding the portion SH1 of the wand (including the wrist portion holding the wand) is subjected to white processing. This white processing is performed by a clear white-back display with an unclear white outline having the same shape or slightly larger outline as the display of the cane SH1. The outline of the white back display in the present embodiment is preferably several% to several tens% larger than the outline of the partial display on the front liquid crystal screen F2.

The front liquid crystal screen F2 shown in FIG. 12B includes image data of a portion of the cane SH2 (including the wrist portion holding the cane) for the forward image of the character. Therefore, the transmission state is set. In the display screen BF2, the character CRA2 displayed slightly larger than the reach notice start screen BF1 is visually recognized by visual synthesis of the rear liquid crystal screen B2 and the front liquid crystal screen F2.
The display screen BF3 shows an image of the character further advanced. (13A) in FIG. 13 is an image of the rear liquid crystal screen B3, and includes image data of the character CRC excluding the cane SH1 and the face and body part SH3. The rear liquid crystal screen B3 disappears from the rear liquid crystal screen B3 in order to prevent the background color of the rear liquid crystal screen B3 from being reflected on the cane SH1 displayed on the front side and the face and body part SH3. In this case, the image area excluding the portion SH1 of the cane (including the wrist portion holding the cane) and the face and body portion SH3 is subjected to white processing in the same manner as in the above (12A). Similarly to (13A), the front liquid crystal screen F3 shown in FIG. 13B is composed of a cane SH2 (including the wrist part holding the cane), a face and a body part CRD for the forward image of the character. It consists of image data, and the other parts are set in a transmissive state for backward viewing. In the display screen BF3, the character CRA3 displayed slightly larger than the display screen BF2 is visually recognized by the visual synthesis of the rear liquid crystal screen B3 and the front liquid crystal screen F3.

(14A) in FIG. 14 is an image of the rear liquid crystal screen B4 used for the reach notice final screen, and is composed of image data excluding the entire character SH4. The front liquid crystal screen F4 in FIG. 14B is image data of the entire character CRA4, and is image data obtained by advancing and enlarging the character CRA1 in FIG. 11A.
The rear liquid crystal screen B4 is also subjected to a process for preventing the rear image from appearing on the front liquid crystal screen F4. That is, when the entire character disappears from the rear liquid crystal screen B4, the area of the rear liquid crystal screen B4 excluding the entire character SH4 has the same outline or a slightly larger outline as the whole character CRA4. White back display is performed. As shown in FIG. 14B, the front LCD screen F4 includes a character display of “reach” in the upper left of the screen together with the entire character CRA4, and a “reach” utterance is output as a sound effect to confirm the occurrence of reach. Notification is performed.

The continuous display period of a series of back-and-forth movement effect displays on the display screens BF1 to BF4 is about 2.5 seconds. In this back-and-forth movement effect display, the character first appears small, and then gradually approaches and expands. From this change in the character display mode, the player notices a sign of something, and the player reaches the maximum size and displays the reach and the sound effect output, and the player is notified of the reach occurrence confirmation. It comes to recognize that. Thus, in the process of moving display on the front and rear screens, after the entire character is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens (see display screen BF1), a part of the character (cane and part of the body) is displayed front and back. In addition to displaying partly on the other side of the screen, a display object in which the part has disappeared from the display of the character is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens (see display screens BF2 and 3). At the same time, the remaining portion is displayed on the rear screen, and a multiplex image capable of pseudo-stereoscopically viewing the character can appear.
With the partial display in the multiplex video, by interposing the separated display state of the character component part across the front and rear screens, continuous image display can be smoothly performed without a sense of incongruity without disconnecting the video when moving back and forth, Provides a dynamic stereoscopic effect.

The specific advantage of the stereoscopic visual effect in the present embodiment is clear when compared with the conventional typical display processing. For example, together with the partial display, if the entire display is left on one side of the front / rear display screen without losing the corresponding part, the contents of the partial display are superimposed on the front / rear screen, resulting in an unnatural display mode. Cause a malfunction. In addition, for example, when the image is simply displayed from the rear screen to the front screen, such as when jumping or frame-by-frame from the display screen BF1 to the display screen BF4, switching between the front and rear screens is noticeable. There also arises a problem that the moving display does not have a three-dimensional effect. On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, together with the partial display, a display object in which the part has disappeared from the entire character display is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens (see display screens BF2, 3). The distance between the display object and the other display object can be visually recognized, and the character can be sensed as a whole, giving an image of moving display with unnatural stereoscopic effect on the front and rear screens, and before and after the stereoscopic image The effect display of the movement display can be incorporated into the game effect display of the gaming machine to increase the interest.

An example of the reach state is shown in FIG. FIGS. 16A and 16B show a reach state in which the symbol 7 stops in the left and right fluctuation rows on the front liquid crystal screen F. FIG. The arrows in FIG. 16 indicate the changing symbol sequence. Immediately after the occurrence of the reach, the sign display effect TR1 (process SB3) of reach development appears on the rear liquid crystal screen B through the transmission state FT of the front liquid crystal screen F. The precursor effect display TR1 in FIG. 16B has a display mode for notifying reach development. This reach advance notice indicates that a victory cup will appear at the destination of the airplane that appears in the background and advance to a special reach. FIG. 16C shows a reach display state when the front liquid crystal screen F is viewed from the front. The player increases the sense of expectation from the development reach to the jackpot by visually checking the display of the airplane and cup behind while watching the fluctuation of the front symbol scroll. When the extended reach state occurs, as shown in FIG. 16D, a small display RF of the reach display is performed in order to perform the display back and forth movement variation display which is one of the extended reach modes, and the reach pattern is displayed at the upper left of the screen. Is displayed in a small reduced size at one corner (processing SF4).

When the reach symbol is displayed in a reduced size (process SF4), after the sign display TR1 of the symbol back-and-forth movement change display disappears from the rear liquid crystal screen B, as shown in (16D) of FIG. The display TR2 starts (processing SF5, SB4). The symbol back-and-forth movement variation display TR2 is a display mode in which a plurality of variation symbols are sequentially displayed in a magnifying manner while being meandered in a daisy chain and moved forward. At the start of the change, the front screen is maintained in a transparent state so that the moving display of the rear screen can be visually recognized. (17A) of FIG. 17 is an example of a screen in which a symbol row during meandering movement is viewed from the front. Symbols 5, 6, 7, and 8 illustrated in (17A) are displays on the rear liquid crystal screen B, and symbol 9 is a display on the front liquid crystal screen F. After this display, the symbol 9 is further enlarged, proceeds forward, and disappears outside the screen. Similarly, symbols 8, 7, 6, 5 behind symbol 9 proceed forward in the same manner, and then disappear from the screen.

In the display process of symbol movement between the front and rear screens, when the symbols are transferred from the rear liquid crystal screen B to the front liquid crystal screen F, a superimposed display process is performed. In the superimposed display control in the present embodiment, the display density of the display object (symbol) superimposed on the front and rear screens is made thinner than the display state before superimposition, and in the superimposed state, the same level as the display density of the symbol alone before superimposition. The display density is adjusted so as to be superposed and the display density is adjusted, and the unclear display process is performed to make the outline of the superimposed pattern unclear.

An example of superimposed display control will be described below with reference to the movement example of symbol 8 in (17A) above. FIG. 17B is an image diagram in which the trajectories of each moving display of the symbol 8 displayed on the rear liquid crystal screen B are superimposed. On the rear liquid crystal screen B, the symbol 8 is gradually enlarged and moved and displayed from the symbol 80 to the symbol 83 on the rear liquid crystal screen B, and further shifts to the superimposed display state while moving slightly enlarged in the image frames of the symbols 84 and 85. . For the symbols 84 and 85, image data in which the contour of the symbol is unclear is used, and the display color is halftone processed. Halftone processing is performed by selecting color data in the color palette RAMs 106f and 106j. The color display densities of the symbols 84 and 85 are 70% and 40% of the display densities of the symbols 80 to 83 in the normal display state.

FIG. 17C is an image diagram in which the trajectories of each moving display of symbol 8 displayed on the front liquid crystal screen F in synchronization with the rear liquid crystal screen B display are shown superimposed. In the front liquid crystal screen F, symbols 87 and 88 with unclear outlines are displayed so as to be superimposed on the image frames of the display symbols 84 and 85 on the rear liquid crystal screen B. After the symbols 87 and 88 are superimposed and displayed, an enlarged and clear outline 89 is displayed. As in the case of the rear liquid crystal screen B, the symbols 87 and 88 use image data in which the contour of the symbol is unclear, and the display color is halftone processed. Halftone processing is performed by selecting color data in the color palette RAMs 106f and 106j. The color display densities of the symbols 87 and 88 are 30% and 60% of the display densities of the symbols 80 to 83 and 89 in the normal display state.

As described above, in each of the rear liquid crystal screen B and the front liquid crystal screen F, the halftone-processed image 84 and 85 and the image frames 87 and 88 with unclear outlines are superimposed and displayed. In the symbol shift display process, the display colors of the symbol 84 and the symbol 87, and the symbol 85 and the symbol 88 are synthesized at the visual recognition level from the front. Due to the visual effect of the visual color composition, the composite color display density can be visually recognized as being approximately the same as the symbols 80 to 83 and 89 in the normal display state. Therefore, when the screen is switched from the symbol 83 to the symbol 89, the symbol 83 or the symbol equivalent to the symbol 89 is moved to the space between the two liquid crystal screens by the visual color composition during the forward transition. Pseudo movement display for visual recognition can be performed. As a result, when performing a back-and-forth movement design on the front and back screens, it is possible to realize an effect display with a more three-dimensional feeling without a sense of incongruity as if the design is spatially zoomed up and down in the forward and backward directions. It is possible to increase the interest of pachinko machines.
In particular, in this embodiment, when the combination of the display patterns (16D) in FIGS. 10 and 16 is selected, a part of the character is displayed on the front screen as one of the reach notice effects (process SB2). At the same time, it is possible to display a multiplexed image in which the remaining portion is displayed on the rear screen, and further, it is possible to display a symbol back-and-forth movement effect (processing SF5, SB4) as one of the special development reach. It is possible to consistently produce effects that produce a dynamic stereoscopic effect in the process from reach announcement to reach occurrence and development.

After the symbol 89 is displayed on the front liquid crystal screen F, the symbol 8 disappears from the front liquid crystal screen F while being further enlarged, and the front-back movement effect of the symbol 8 is ended. One symbol's back-and-forth movement variation display time is determined by selecting one of 1.4 seconds, 1.8 seconds, 2.3 seconds, and 2.8 seconds by sub-lottery according to one symbol variation time. Is done. Similar to the back-and-forth movement effect of symbol 8, the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display is performed on the front and rear liquid crystal screens for a plurality of symbols, the symbol variation display is terminated, and the front liquid crystal screen F is hit and the symbol or lose symbol is displayed. Stop display is performed (processing SF6, SF8), and the symbol variation display on the rear liquid crystal screen B is terminated (processing SB5). When the winning symbol is stopped, the jackpot display is performed, and when the losing symbol is stopped, the losing display is performed on the multiple video screen (processing SF7, SF9).

Even at the time of the symbol back-and-forth movement effect shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 17C, when the symbol display disappears from the rear liquid crystal screen B after the superimposed display, the rear liquid crystal screen B corresponding to the symbol 89 shifted to the front liquid crystal screen F is displayed. In this area, an unclear white background display 85 having the same shape as the pattern 89 or a slightly larger outline is displayed. The white back display 85 is deformed and displayed following the forward movement change of the symbol 89 on the front liquid crystal screen F. On the rear liquid crystal screen B, a predetermined background image BG is displayed during symbol variation. Therefore, the display content of the rear liquid crystal screen B illuminated by the backlight is not projected onto the moving display pattern on the front liquid crystal screen F, and no forward reflection occurs, so that a stereoscopic effect display is performed smoothly. be able to.

In this embodiment, the back-and-forth movement effect display by the specific display object according to the present invention is used for the reach occurrence notice effect, but the present invention is not limited to this. Such a back-and-forth movement effect display can be applied to all image motifs in which the specific display object is a three-dimensional image, and can be used, for example, for a screen effect during a jackpot game, a display form of a fluctuating symbol, or the like.

Next, an embodiment of a slot machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 18 shows a slot machine A to which the present invention is applied. The slot machine A has a front door 202 rotatably attached to a housing 201 that houses various members and various substrates. In the upper part of the housing 201, heat radiation holes h1 to h3 for releasing heat generated inside the housing to the outside are provided. Nets n1 to n3 for preventing entry of foreign matter, dust and the like from the heat dissipation holes are attached to the inside of the heat dissipation holes h1 to h3, respectively.

  The front door 202 is pivotally attached to the housing 201 by hinge joining or the like on one side thereof. In the upper center of the front door 202, there is provided an effect display device 203 consisting of multiple liquid crystal screens so that characters, numbers, etc. can be projected as the game progresses, and various display effects such as a notification effect of the winning role can be performed. It has become. As will be described later, the back-and-forth movement variation display of the specific display object according to the present invention is performed using the effect display device 203. Upper speakers 204 (the upper left speaker 204a and the upper right speaker 204b) are provided on both sides of the effect display device 203, and in combination with the effects performed by the effect display device 203, sound effects such as various sound effects are provided. Can be done. A light emitting unit 205 having a plurality of LEDs, lamps, and the like is provided in the upper portion of the effect display device 3, and performs light emission effects such as blinking and sequential lighting in synchronization with the above effects. The effect display device 203 has the same configuration as that of the liquid crystal display unit 15 in the above embodiment. As described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the transmissive color liquid crystal display device constituting the front liquid crystal screen F and the rear liquid crystal screen B Is a double-type liquid crystal display device comprising a transmissive color liquid crystal display device that is configured to be driven and controlled by a driver circuit 330 described later, which has the same configuration as the driver circuit 106 of FIG.

  A front panel surface DP is provided below the effect display device 203. A transparent window 207 is provided on the front panel surface DP so that the reels (rotors) 206a to 206c inside the housing can be visually recognized. The reels 206a to 206c are rotated by a stepping motor (not shown). The reels 206a to 206c are provided on the surface thereof with a predetermined number of symbols along the rotation direction. From the window 207, a predetermined number of, for example, three symbols among the symbols on the reels 206a to 206c are visible. The reels 206a to 206c constitute a rotating display unit that changes the symbols displayed on the window 207. In this example, a configuration is shown in which symbols are arranged on the surface of the reel and the symbols are changed by the rotation of the reel. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a symbol is arranged on the surface of a rotating body, for example, a belt, and this is rotated. It is good also as a rotator display part which fluctuates a design. Further, on the front panel surface DP, an effective line indicator (displayed by lighting or the like indicating which line of the effective line, that is, the line to be awarded when the number of medals to be used for one gaming machine is set) (Not shown) is arranged on the front panel surface DP. (16A), (16B), and (16C) of FIG. 16 show symbol arrays attached to the reels 206a to 206c, respectively. In the present embodiment, two types of bonus symbols BB1 (left reel symbol No. 3, 14, middle, right reel symbol No. 3, 16: red 7), BB2 (left reel symbol No. 6, middle) The right reel design No. 8: Blue 7) is used.

  Below the window portion 207 is provided an operation panel provided with an operation portion operated by the player during the game. This operation panel includes an upper operation panel surface PN1 and a front operation panel surface PN2. On the upper operation panel surface PN1, a bet number setting switch 208 (1 bet switch 208a, MAX bet switch 208b) for setting the number of medals as a game medium provided for one game, a display for displaying the number of medals, etc. A device 209, a medal slot 210 for inserting medals, and the like are provided. The 1-bet switch 208a is for adding the number of medals bet in one game one by one by operating this switch. The MAX bet switch 208b is for setting the maximum number as the number of medals bet in one game. When the MAX bet switch 208b is pressed and the remaining number of medals is sufficient, the bet number is set to the maximum bet number, that is, three. When the remaining number of medals is less than the maximum bet number, all remaining medals are added to the bet number.

  The display 209 is composed of a segment display device or the like, and displays the number of medals to be paid out (the number of payouts), the number of medals that have been inserted and stored electronically (the number of credits), and the like. The slot 210 is formed so that game medals can be inserted one by one. The medal guide groove reaching the medal insertion slot 210 is provided so as to be inclined upward toward the insertion slot and obliquely outward toward the rear.

  On the front operation panel surface PN2, a start switch 211 for starting the rotation of the reels 206a to 206c and a stop switch 212 (212a to 212c) provided corresponding to each of the reels 206a to 206c for stopping the rotation are provided. ) Is provided. Around the front operation panel surface PN2, a return button 213 for ejecting medals remaining in the medal sorting device for sorting medals inserted from the medal slot 210 is provided. A lock device 214 for switching the lock state of the front door 202 is provided at the open end.

  A design panel 215 that forms a design surface based on the motif of the gaming machine A or the like is attached to the lower portion of the front door 202, and emits light by illumination provided inside. A medal payout opening 216 for discharging a medal to be paid out as a prize or by a return operation is provided at a lower portion of the design panel 215. The medal payout opening 216 is provided in an inverted trapezoidal shape having a lower lower side than the upper side. Lower speakers 217 (left upper speaker 217a and right upper speaker 217b) are provided on the left and right sides of the medal payout opening 216. At the lowermost part of the front door 202, an ashtray 218 and a medal storage tray 219 for storing medals discharged from the medal payout outlet 216 are provided.

  Next, the operation of the slot machine A during a game will be described. During a game, the player first inputs a predetermined number of medals from the medal insertion slot 210 and then operates the start switch 211. At this time, lottery is performed inside the gaming machine and the reels 206a to 206c are rotated. After each reel reaches a certain speed, the operation of the stop switches 212a to 212c becomes effective, and each corresponding reel stops based on the timing of each operation and the lottery result inside the gaming machine. When one of the winning combinations is won, a predetermined number of medals are paid out if the winning combination is established on the active line in a timely manner. Further, the slot machine A electronically stores the number of medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 210 in a storage unit inside the gaming machine up to a predetermined number, for example, 50, and this number is displayed on the display 209. The function to display is provided. Then, by depressing the betting number setting switch, it is possible to subtract a predetermined number from the storage unit and simultaneously set it as the betting number for the next game and use it for the game.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an electrical block configuration of the slot machine A. The control unit 300 of the slot machine A includes a main control unit 301, a first sub control unit 302, and a second sub control unit 303. The main control unit 301 controls overall gaming operations of the gaming machine. The first sub-control unit 302 performs effect display control during the game by driving an effect display device or the like. The second sub-control unit 303 drives the upper and lower speakers and the effect lamp, thereby creating an effect by cooperating with the effect in the effect display device and the like.

  The main control unit 301 includes a CPU 305, a ROM 306 that stores programs, and a RAM 307 that temporarily stores read information, status, and the like. The CPU 305 includes a random number generator capable of generating a random number value (0 to 65535), and also functions as a lottery means for performing a lottery during a game using the random number. The ROM 306 includes a lottery table storage unit 311 for storing a lottery table in which a random value is associated with a result of success / failure for use in a lottery process by the CPU 305. The lottery table storage unit 311 includes a plurality of tables having the same random number value but different results, and stores these as probability setting values. The lottery table storage unit 311 stores six lottery tables, which can be switched as set values. This lottery table will be described later. The ROM 306 also includes an abnormality information display program for displaying an abnormality that has occurred in various parts of the gaming machine, and a stop data table for determining a reel stop position (not shown). The RAM 307 includes a credit number storage unit 317 that electronically stores the number of inserted medals.

  A signal from the operation unit 319 is input to the main control unit 301 via the interface 318. In the operation unit 319, an operation signal input by the player is transmitted to the main control unit 301 via the connection terminal unit 342. The operation unit 319 includes stop switches 212a to 212c, a bet number setting switch 208, and a start switch 211. Similarly, a signal from a medal detection sensor 320 installed in a medal sorting device (not shown) for detecting and sorting medals inserted from the medal slot 210 is also input to the main control unit 301. In response to this signal, the stored number of credits in the credit number storage unit 317 is updated.

  A signal from a setting change unit 321 including a key switch 326 and a setting change switch 327 provided on the main board is input to the main control unit 301 via an interface 318. The main control unit receives the signals from these and changes the set value. A signal from the front door opening detection unit 322 including the front door opening sensor SW, the first opening angle detection sensor 352, and the second opening angle detection sensor 353 is also input to the main control unit 301 via the interface 318. Signals from a stop selection switch 328a, a settlement selection switch 328b, and a door opening sensor 329 provided on the main board are also input via the interface 318.

  The main control unit 301 drives the display unit 209, the reel driving unit 324, the payout device 337, the door unit opening notification unit 325, the abnormality notification lamp 326 and the like via the driver circuit 323. As described above, the display unit 209 displays the number of credits during the game, but the setting value is displayed in the setting change mode. In addition, the display 209 is configured so that information on an abnormality that has occurred in each part of the gaming machine is displayed as an error code. When an abnormality occurs, priority is given to the display of the number of credits and the set value. Then, it is controlled by the main controller so that the error code is displayed.

  The reel driving unit 324 includes a left reel driving unit 324a, a middle reel driving unit 324b, and a right reel driving unit 324c that are provided corresponding to the reels 206a to 206c, respectively. Each of the reel driving units 324a to 324c has a stepping motor, rotates the reel in accordance with the operation of the start switch, and displays predetermined symbols on the reel in the window unit 207 in accordance with the operation of the stop switch. The stepping motor is driven and controlled to stop in the state. The door part opening notification device 325 includes an LED or the like for notifying that the door part 225 is open. By turning on the door opening alarm 325, forgetting to close the door 225 can be prevented. The abnormality notification lamp 326 includes an LED or the like for notifying a control abnormality or a gaming state abnormality occurring in the gaming machine.

  The first sub-control unit 302 is connected to the main control unit 301 via the relay board 304 and receives the signal from the main control unit 301 and controls the effect display device 203 and the like. The first sub-control unit 302 includes a CPU 327 that controls the overall operation of the first sub-control unit 302, a ROM 328 that stores effect display data and the like, a RAM 329 that temporarily stores the state of the effect being executed, and the like. An effect display device 203 is connected to the first sub-control unit 302 via a driver circuit 330. The effect display device 203 receives a drive signal from the first sub-control unit 302 and displays an image on the liquid crystal. Control is performed so that frames are read sequentially. By this control, an effect display related to the lottery result of the main control unit is performed. The various effects include game effects such as a display of a winning combination, a congratulation display when a winning combination is established, a progress display during a bonus, etc. performed at the time of reel start, reel rotation, or reel stop.

In the slot machine A according to the present embodiment, the first sub-control unit 302, the driver circuit 330, and the effect display device 203, depending on one of the game effect display patterns stored in the ROM 328, according to the lottery result. An effect display control means for performing a game effect display corresponding to the lottery result is configured. The display patterns stored in the ROM 328 include a symbol back-and-forth movement effect display pattern related to bonus winning and a back-and-forth movement effect display pattern by a specific display object.
The first sub-control unit 302, the driver circuit 330, and the effect display device 203 are triggered by the selection of a lottery when a predetermined game condition (a bonus winning or a predetermined small role winning such as cherry) is established based on a winning lottery associated with the reel start. Thus, as shown in FIG. 25 described later, a specific display object of a stereoscopic image such as a character or a picture is accompanied with a visual effect such that the stereoscopic image is moving back and forth between screens on multiple video screens. It includes a movement display control means for performing the effect display of the back and forth movement display pattern. As shown in FIG. 25, the moving display control means displays the entire stereoscopic image on one of the front and rear display screens, and then partially displays a part of the stereoscopic image on the other of the front and rear display screens. A two-screen display control means for displaying a display object in which the part has disappeared from the display of the three-dimensional image image on one of the display screens, and after the two-screen display of the front and rear display screen by the two-screen display control means, Screen transition display control means for displaying the entire image on the other of the front and rear display screens is included.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 26 described later, the first sub-control unit 302, the driver circuit 330, and the effect display device 203 establish a predetermined game condition based on a lottery with a reel start (when a small role such as a cherry is won). ) As a trigger for lottery selection, the above-mentioned symbol back-and-forth movement variation display pattern effect with a visual effect as if the variable symbol as a predetermined display object is spatially moved back and forth on the multiple video screen. A symbol back-and-forth movement display control means for performing display is included.

  The second sub-control unit 303 is connected to the main control unit 301 via the relay board 304 and the first sub-control unit 302, and receives signals from the main control unit 301 and controls speakers and lamps. It has a function. The second sub-control unit 303 includes a CPU 331 that controls the overall operation of the second sub-control unit 303, a ROM 332 that stores effect data and the like, a RAM 333 that temporarily stores the state of the effect being executed, and the like. An upper speaker 204, a lower speaker 217, an effect lamp 335, and the like are connected to the second sub control unit 303 via a driver circuit 334, and the second sub control unit 303 drives these to perform effect control. .

  Next, the operation of the slot machine A during the game will be described below. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the control of the main control unit during a normal game. First, in order to start a game, a betting number setting process (step S100) is performed. When the bet number is set, the operation of the start switch becomes effective. When a medal is newly inserted from an unplayed state in which no bet number is set, this medal is detected by the medal sensor 320, and up to three inserted medals are automatically set as the bet number. When the re-gamer wins in the previous game, the bet number is automatically set, so the bet number setting process is not performed. In cases other than the above, when the player presses the bet number setting switch 208, the number of medals operated from the credit number storage unit is subtracted, and the number of bets is set as the bet number. The remaining number of credits is displayed on the display 209. At the same time, the winning line corresponding to the number of bets is activated, and that effect is displayed on the activated line display. The bet number can be changed until the start switch is operated.

  After the betting number setting process (step S100), the operation of the start switch 11 is waited (step S101). When the start switch 211 is operated, a lottery process (step S102) and a reel rotation process (step S103) are performed. In this lottery process, random numbers generated by a random number generator included in the CPU of the main control unit are extracted at the operation timing of the start switch 211, and based on a lottery table stored in the lottery table storage unit 311 of the ROM of the main control unit. This is the main lottery process for determining whether or not the game is successful. Which lottery table is used as the lottery table differs depending on the value in the set value temporary storage unit 315. The lottery result determined based on the lottery table includes a small role for paying out a predetermined number of medals, a re-gamer that can execute the next game without inserting a new game medium, and a predetermined game from the next game. A bonus combination for starting a bonus game that raises the winning probability of several small combinations and an outage are included. And according to each combination, a symbol combination to be aligned on the effective line is determined. In the following description, the determination of each winning combination by lottery is called “winning”, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination on a predetermined effective line is called “winning”.

  The reel rotation process in step S103 is a process of rotating the reels 206a to 206c by transmitting a drive signal to the reel drive unit 324. By this reel rotation processing, the stop switch operation becomes effective after the rotation speed of the reel becomes constant. Subsequently, in step S104, it is detected whether or not the stop switch 12 has been operated. And when stop operation is performed, the stop control process (step S105) which stops the reel corresponding to stop operation is performed. This stop control process refers to the reel stop table stored in the ROM 306 based on the stop operation position, which is the position where the stop operation has been performed for each reel, and the result determined in the lottery process. Thereafter, the rotation of the reel is stopped at the reel stop position). The reel stop position is determined so as to stop within a predetermined number of symbols, in this case within 4 frames, as viewed from the stop operation position. When there are symbols corresponding to the lottery result within 4 frames from the stop operation position, stop control is performed so that the symbols are aligned on the effective line. In this stop control process, when the re-gamer is won even in the bonus flag carry-over state, control is performed so that the re-gamer is always aligned on the active line. If a bonus flag is established and a small role is won simultaneously due to overlapping winning by lottery or bonus carry-over described later, control is performed so that bonus symbols are preferentially aligned. The so-called left reel design no. Cherry symbols such as 9 and 18 are single winning combinations, and only by stopping on the left reel, a small cherry combination (two payouts in the upper or lower line) is won.

  Next, in step S106, it is determined whether all the reels 206a to 206c are stopped. If not stopped, the process returns to step S104 to perform stop control processing. If all reels are stopped, it is determined in step S107 whether or not the winning symbol is on the active line. In the case of winning, a winning combination is determined in step S108. If the winning combination is a small combination, the payout device 337 is driven to pay out a predetermined number of medals (step S109). On the other hand, if the winning combination is a re-game player, an automatic bet number setting process for automatically resetting the bet number set in the current game as the bet number of the next game is performed in step S112. In this case, since the number of credits is not subtracted from the credit, the next game can be played without inserting a new game medium (including the consumption of credit). Since the next game bet number setting process is automatically performed, the bet number setting process is not performed in the next game. If the winning combination is a bonus, the bonus game mode is set and the next game is shifted to the bonus game.

If the determination in step S107 is NO (non-winning), if a bonus is won by lottery in step S110, that is, a bonus is won in the lottery but is not aligned on the effective line as a result of stop control. If YES, the carry-over process is performed in step S111. This carry-over process is performed by storing the establishment of the bonus flag in the RAM of the main control unit. In a game in which the bonus flag is established, the number of established bonus flags is not added even if the bonus is won. The memorization of the bonus flag is continued until the bonus combination is won.

The bonus game mode is a mode in which the random number width corresponding to the small combination is changed by changing the lottery table used in step S102. As a result of this change, the winning probability of a small role by lottery has increased to about 10 times. During this mode, the bonus role lottery is not performed or even if it is won, the bonus game is Since a small role is frequently won, it is an advantageous state for a player to obtain a large amount of medals.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the bonus types include a plurality of types (six types). Depending on the combination of bonus symbols BB1 and BB2 shown in FIG. When BB1 or BB2 is complete, it becomes a super big bonus and a maximum of 465 cards are paid out. A combination of two BB1 or BB2 on the left middle reel, and the remaining bonus symbols are normal big bonuses, and a maximum of 345 payouts are paid out. A combination of bonus symbols different from that of BB1 or BB2 on the left reel and different bonus symbols on the middle reel is a regular bonus with the smallest number of payouts, and a maximum of 105 is paid out. As described above, since the size of the bonus game differs depending on the combination of bonus symbols, the player determines which bonus has been won and then performs a stop operation aiming at a bonus symbol to be won by pushing. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in a notification effect example in FIG. 25, which will be described later, as an auxiliary effect for assisting a bonus winning and enlivening a sense of expectation for a higher bonus winning, The bonus type notification effect by the back and forth movement effect display of the specific display object is performed. In addition to the super big bonus, bonuses consisting of eight types of combinations are drawn for each bonus, and different bonus flags are established at the time of winning. The lottery random values of the super big bonus and the normal big bonus are set to be the same as the cherry lottery random value and are drawn at the same time. Therefore, when winning a cherry, there is a possibility that a super big bonus or a normal big bonus is won simultaneously.

  Next, bonus game processing will be described with reference to FIG. Since the processing from step S113 to step S119 is the same as the processing from step S100 to step S106 in FIG. 21, description thereof is omitted here. If the determination in step S119 is yes, it is determined in step S120 whether or not a winning according to the lottery is established on the active line. If there is no winning combination, the process returns to step S113 to play the next game. If there is a win, the winning combination is determined in step S121. If the game is replayed, an automatic betting number setting process is performed in step S122, and the process returns to step S113 to play the next game. In the case of a small role, the payout device 37 is driven in step S123 to pay out a corresponding number of medals, and in step S124, it is determined whether or not the bonus game has ended. The end timing of this bonus game is that the added value of the payout number here reaches a certain number, for example, 465 in the case of a super big bonus. For this reason, every time a small role is established, the payout number is counted in the RAM of the main control unit, and when the predetermined number is reached, the bonus game is canceled and the normal game is returned. Here, an example of returning to the normal game immediately after the bonus game ends is shown, but after the bonus game ends, a predetermined number of replay times (hereinafter referred to as RT games) may be performed and then the normal game may be returned. . Further, the bonus game may be terminated by other conditions such as a specific small role being established a predetermined number of times instead of the predetermined number of payouts being reached.

  The RT game is a game in which an RT game mode is set in which the probability of winning a replay is increased by lottery by switching the random number width of the lottery table. The replay probability is set to about 1 / 7.3 in the normal game, but increases to about 1 / 1.3 in the RT game. In this case, the probabilities of the combination, bonus, and small combination other than the replay are not changed, but the random number area assigned to the out-of-game is assigned to the replay. The number of continuations of the RT game is set in advance, for example, 100 times, 50 times, and 30 times in the super big bonus, normal big bonus, and regular bonus, respectively. The RT game mode may be triggered not only after the end of the bonus game but also when a specific small role is won during the normal game. During the RT game, a replay is won with high probability, so that a bonus win can be expected with a small amount of medal consumption. In addition, the slot machine A has six types of lottery tables (settings) as lottery tables used during the normal game. The lottery table is a table having different probabilities of lottery combinations by assigning random values as so-called setting values. Each bonus lottery probability is different for each set value. The combined probabilities of the super big bonus, normal big bonus, and regular bonus are about 1/315, 1/295, 1/280, 1/250, 1/225, 1/200 at each stage of settings 1 to 6, respectively. It is.

In the slot machine A having the above-described configuration, the auxiliary effect operation for the role selection notification executed by the effect display device 203 having a multiple liquid crystal screen under the control of the first sub-control unit 302 will be described with reference to FIGS. To do.
When a winning combination such as a bonus is won by the main lottery in the main control unit 301, the first subcontrol unit 302 performs sub lottery (lottery probability ¼) on whether or not to perform the notification effect of the winning combination. In particular, when a small role such as a bonus or cherry is won, an opportunity for notification of a winning combination is generated, and the sub lottery is drawn with a higher probability (lottery probability 7/8) than other winning combinations.

As shown in step S102 of FIG. 21, the main lottery is executed based on the player's starting operation. At this time, the first sub-control unit 302 performs the notification process shown in FIG. FIG. 24 shows an outline of the winning combination notification process executed in the first sub-control unit 302. In response to the main lottery result, whether or not to perform the notification process is determined (step S200). First, as described above, it is determined whether or not any winning combination has been won by the main lottery, and at the time of winning the winning combination, the notification execution condition of the winning combination will be satisfied, and the sub lottery corresponding to the winning combination is executed, A notification pattern is determined by lottery (steps S201 to S202). At this time, when the notification execution condition by the small role winning such as bonus or cherry is established, whether or not the first sub-control unit 302 executes the notification effect due to the symbol back-and-forth movement variation and the front-back movement notification effect due to the specific display object, etc. Sub lottery is performed, and execution of one of the notification patterns is determined (steps S203 and S205). Based on the determined execution notification pattern, a display process of the front and rear movement variation effect (step S204), a display process of the front and rear movement notification effect by the specific display object (step S206), and a display process of these front and rear movement effects (step S204). Display processing (step S207) other than S204 and S206) is executed. These display processes are performed by the multiple video display process by the driver circuit 330 using the multiple video screen in which the display screens are stacked as shown in FIG. Is called. This multiplexed video is performed by synchronizing the image display on the front display screen of the liquid crystal display device and the rear display screen of the liquid crystal display device. Similar to the above-described embodiment, for example, the multiple images are displayed on the front and rear display screens so that the same or related symbols and character images are overlapped to display a three-dimensional design with a sense of depth, or from the front display screen. It is used to display a three-dimensional movement of a symbol or the like by switching the screen of the display symbol or the like so that the symbol or character image moves in the backward display screen or in the opposite direction. Execution of the winning combination notification effect is determined by a lottery at a period from the reel start to stop or at any opportunity after the stop. Even when the lottery result is lost, an effect of gradually determining the result of the loss is performed, and this lost effect is also determined by the sub lottery (lottery probability 1/5).

An example of the display process (step S206) of the back-and-forth movement notification effect by the specific display object is shown in FIG. This back-and-forth movement notification effect display is performed by moving display of a specific display object (train) between the front and rear screens as a winning combination notification effect which is one of the special multiplexed video effects. (25A) to (25D) in FIG. 25 show a series of display modes of a back-and-forth movement effect display, which is one of the specific display objects, and a character composed of a three-dimensional image of a train approaches the front. Each display screen of FIG. 25 shows the front view display content of the liquid crystal screen visually recognized by the player from the front.
The display screen of (25A) is the winning combination notification start screen, and the display screen of (25D) is the notification final screen. The display screens of (25B) and (25C) are screen examples on the way from the winning combination notification start screen to the notification final screen. As the intermediate screen, in addition to these, a similar ongoing screen (not shown) is provided. Several frames are inserted. Each display screen includes a visual synthesis screen of the front liquid crystal screen F and the rear liquid crystal screen B.

In (25A) of FIG. 25, the front liquid crystal screen F is set in a transparent state so that the entire train character D1 can be visually recognized, and the rear liquid crystal screen B is composed of image data of a train image image traveling far away. . The display screen (25B) shows an image D2 in a state where the character has advanced from the position (25A). At this stage, it is still composed of a character image of only the rear liquid crystal screen B. The display screen (25C) shows an image of the character further advanced. The right part (rear part of the train) D3A of this image is the image of the rear liquid crystal screen B, and the left part (front part of the train) D3B indicated by the alternate long and short dash line F30 is the image of the front liquid crystal screen F. Images D3A on the rear liquid crystal screen B and images D3B on the front liquid crystal screen F are shown in FIGS. 27A and 27B, respectively.
As shown in (27A), the front liquid crystal screen F has a part (front part) D3B of the train, an effect message display (“Yatta!”), And a forward image for the forward image of the character (train). It consists of image data of the rail portion, and the other portions are set in a transmissive state for backward viewing. The rear liquid crystal screen B consists of image data in which the display of the front part of the train disappears from the screen, and the background pattern and background color of the rear liquid crystal screen B are reflected on the front part D3B of the train displayed on the front liquid crystal screen F. In order to prevent a problem, when the display on the front part is lost, the image area D3b excluding the front part and the image area D3c excluding the rail part are processed in white as in the above embodiment. This white processing is performed by a clear white background display having a substantially identical shape or slightly larger outline as the display of the train front part D3B. In order to make it possible to clearly identify the message in the image area of the rear liquid crystal screen B corresponding to the message area, a white background display may be performed. In addition, during the execution of a series of winning combination notification effects, sound effect output is performed along with each display message display. Furthermore, the outline of the white back display in this embodiment is preferably several percent to several tens of percent larger than the contour of the partial display on the front liquid crystal screen, as in the above embodiment.

As shown in (25C) of FIG. 25, the front of the train D3B is displayed in a close proximity to the front by the visual synthesis of the rear liquid crystal screen B of (27B) of FIG. 27 and the front liquid crystal screen F of (27A). An image is visible. Below the train front part D3B, a winning combination symbol combination display D3C is displayed, and in the previous stage (25A) and (25B), it was small and difficult to identify, but the display of (25C) At the stage, the player can sufficiently view the symbol combination display D3C that has been displayed in an enlarged manner, and the bonus type corresponding to the symbol combination can be determined along with the bonus winning.

(25D) in FIG. 25 is an image of the display screen at the final notification stage in the winning combination notification effect, and is an image image in a state where the train of the character has further advanced from the position (25C) and stopped. The right part (rear part of the train) D4A of this image is the image of the rear liquid crystal screen B, and the left part (front part of the train) D4B indicated by the alternate long and short dash line F31 is the image of the front liquid crystal screen F. Also in the display screen of (25D), white processing is performed as the above-described reflection prevention measure on the image area of the rear liquid crystal screen B corresponding to the front portion D4B. On the display screen of (25D), the bonus symbol combination display D4C, which is further enlarged than the display screen of (25C), can be identified by the player. In the case of this display D4C, one symbol combination of the regular bonus shown in FIG. 22 is shown.

Even if each front screen of (25A) to (25D) is frame-by-frame displayed on a normal single liquid crystal screen, there is a limit to creating a three-dimensional image only by video expression, but according to this embodiment, In the winning combination notification effect display of FIG. 25, after the entire character is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens in the continuous display process of the character movement display on the front and rear screens (see 25A), a part of the character (front of the train) Is partially displayed on the other of the front and rear display screens, and a display object in which the part has disappeared from the display of the character is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens (see 25C and 25D). At the same time, the remaining portion is displayed on the rear screen, and a multiplexed image that allows the train image to be viewed stereoscopically can be displayed. Thus, as in the above-described embodiment, a continuous image can be displayed without disconnection of the image when moving back and forth by interposing the separate display state of the character component part across the front and back screen by partial display in multiple images. The image can be displayed smoothly without any sense of incongruity, and a dynamic stereoscopic effect is achieved. The required display time in the winning combination notification effect display of FIG. 25 is about 3 to 10 seconds, and any moving display time is determined by sub lottery.
Note that the notification effect related to the bonus winning according to the present invention may appear as a so-called “gase notification” in the event of a loss, and in the case of a gase notification, for example, the train stops halfway at the display stage such as (25B). An effect screen will be displayed to notify the result of unfair election.

An example of the display process (step S204) of the symbol back-and-forth movement variation effect which is one of the other winning combination notification effects is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 26 (A), in the symbol back-and-forth movement variation effect, the reel symbol gradually curves forward and the front / rear LCD screen gradually expands along the front-rear direction 26C. A modified zoom-up display that moves while moving is performed. (26A) shows a state in which the heart symbol F10, the bonus BB1 symbol F11, the bell symbol F12, and the cherry symbol F13 are visually recognized in order from the back. The heart symbol F10, the bonus BB1 symbol F11, and the bell symbol F12 are display symbols on the rear screen, the cherry symbol F13 is displayed on the front screen, and the area other than the display is in a transparent state. If the display symbol that has reached the front screen is a symbol to be notified, it stops on the front screen, and if it is a non-notification symbol, it is further moved and enlarged on the front screen and disappears from the screen. The display time for moving to the front screen after one symbol appears on the rear screen is about 1.0 to 2.5 seconds, and any moving display time is determined by sub lottery. (21B) of FIG. 21 shows a notification display example when cherry F13 stops on the front screen in the symbol back-and-forth movement variation effect.

In the above-described symbol back-and-forth movement variation process, for example, when the bell symbol F12 of (26A) in FIG. 26 shifts to the front screen, the above-described implementation is performed so that images are not skipped when shifting from the front screen to the rear screen. In the same manner as the display process of FIG. 17 in the embodiment, on each of the rear liquid crystal screen B and the front liquid crystal screen F, a superimposition display process is performed to superimpose and display each image frame of the bell pattern that is half-tone processed and the contour is not clear. Therefore, a visual effect by visual color composition is created in the front and rear screen pattern shift display process so that the composite color display density can be visually recognized as being the same level as the bell pattern in the normal display state. It is possible to perform a pseudo movement display that allows a user to visually recognize as if a symbol equivalent to the moving symbol is moving. Thereby, when performing the design back-and-forth movement effect on the front and back screens, it is possible to realize an effect display with a more three-dimensional feeling without a sense of incongruity and to increase the interest of the slot game. In addition, after the symbol moves to the front liquid crystal screen, in order to prevent the reflection of the rear image, a white background display symbol is displayed on the rear liquid crystal screen in the same manner as in the above embodiment. Also good. Further, the symbol back-and-forth movement variation effect in the present embodiment is stopped and notified when any of 6, 8, or 10 seconds elapses after the reel is started. These stop times are determined by lottery when the display pattern is determined by sub lottery.

In the present embodiment, the symbol back-and-forth movement variation display (see FIG. 26) and the back-and-forth movement display by a three-dimensional character (see FIG. 25) are mainly used for the notification effect of the winning combination type including the small role and the bonus winning notification, respectively. In particular, when these are continuously informed, for example, when the reels are rotated, the former winning effect notification effect is performed, and further when the bonus is won, the latter is used. It is possible to implement an effect mode in which a bonus winning combination type notification effect is provided. In this case, on the multiple video screen, the symbol back-and-forth movement effect is first performed, and a bonus winning notification can be given with a more three-dimensional effect display without skipping of the image. In order to notify the winning bonus type with a three-dimensional effect that gives an image that a three-dimensional character pops out, it is possible to consistently perform an effect display that produces a dynamic three-dimensional visual effect when executing the winning role announcement, The real pleasure of games can be improved.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the same scope or equivalent scope as the present invention. It is possible to add deformation. In particular, in the present invention, in addition to the double liquid crystal, the multiple video screen may be composed of three or more screens. For example, the liquid crystal display unit using the triple liquid crystal has two transmissive color liquid crystal displays on the front side. The device and the rear transmission type color liquid crystal display device can be configured, and the effect of moving the three-dimensional character back and forth between the liquid crystals can be performed with a sense of depth. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied not only to the symbol variation and the winning combination notification in the above embodiment, but also to the entire production screen.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance structure of the pachinko game machine 1 in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structure of the game board shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the pachinko gaming machine. It is a schematic block diagram of the liquid crystal display part 15 used for the said embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the liquid-crystal drive control part used for the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically the symbol fluctuation display pattern used for the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the lottery process in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the symbol fluctuation | variation display process in the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the detail of the example of a symbol fluctuation | variation display process in the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the display image image which shows the movement effect display of the specific display thing which concerns on this invention. It is a screen block diagram of display screen BF1 of FIG. It is a screen block diagram of display screen BF2 of FIG. It is a screen block diagram of display screen BF3 of FIG. It is a screen block diagram of display screen BF4 of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the change display mode in the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows one display example of the reach state in the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the superimposition display process at the time of the symbol movement display over the back-and-front screen in the said embodiment. It is an external view of the slot machine A which is another embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the slot machine A. FIG. FIG. 3 shows a symbol array attached to reels 206a to 206c of the slot machine A. 21 is a flowchart showing an outline of a normal game process of a main control unit in the slot machine A. It is a table | surface which shows the bonus classification mounted in the slot machine A. 21 is a flowchart showing an outline of bonus game processing in the slot machine A. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the winning notification effect in the slot machine A. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the back-and-forth movement notification effect display process of the specific display thing in the slot machine A. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the symbol back-and-forth movement change display process in the slot machine A. It is a figure for demonstrating the image content of the front liquid crystal screen of (25C) of FIG. 25, and a back liquid crystal screen.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 2 Transparent plate 3 Front door 4 Window 5 Game board
6A upper ball tray, 6B lower ball tray, 13 outer rail, 14 inner rail,
15 liquid crystal display unit, 15a transmissive color liquid crystal display device,
15b transmissive color liquid crystal display device, 15c edge light source,
15d backlight light source, 15e front panel, 16 normal symbol start gate,
17 lottery processing display section, 18 starting prize opening, 19 role starting opening,
20 regular winning exits, 21 out exits, 22 major winning exits,
23 Special symbol display part, 24 Normal symbol display part, 25 Special symbol hold display part,
26 Normal symbol hold display unit, 27 Start port drive unit, 28 Grand prize port drive unit,
29 production lamps, 30 start sensor, 31 grand prize opening sensor,
32 gate sensor, 100 control unit, 101 main control unit, 102 sub control unit, 103 sub control unit, 104 I / O port, 105-107 driver circuit,
B rear LCD screen, F front LCD screen, BF1 to BF4 display screen,
A slot machine, 201 housing, 202 front door, 203 effect display device, 204 upper speaker, 205 light emitting unit, 206a to 206c reel,
207 window, 208 betting number setting switch, 208a 1 bet switch,
208b MAX bet switch, 209 indicator, 210 medal slot,
211 Start switch, 212a to 212c Stop switch 212,
213 Return button, 214 Locking device 214, 215 Design panel,
216 medal payout exit, 217 lower speaker, 218 ashtray,
219 medal storage tray, 300 control unit, 301 main control unit,
302 first sub-control unit, 303 second sub-control unit, 304 relay board,
305 CPU, 306 ROM, 307 RAM,
311 lottery table storage unit, 317 number storage unit, 318 interface, 319 operation unit, 320 medal detection sensor, 321 setting change unit,
322 Front door opening detection unit, 323 driver circuit, 324 reel drive unit,
324a Left reel drive unit, 324b Middle reel drive unit,
324c right reel drive unit, 325 door opening alarm, 326 abnormality notification lamp,
328a Stop selection switch, 328b Settlement selection switch,
329 Door opening sensor 329, 330 Driver circuit, 331 CPU,
332 ROM, 333 RAM, 334 Driver circuit

Claims (6)

An effect display device having a multiple video screen in which display screens are stacked in front and rear, and a display control means for controlling display of the effect display device, wherein the game effect display related to a player's game operation is multiplexed. In gaming machines that display characters and designs on the video screen,
The display screen on the front side of the multiplex video screen is configured to be switchable to a transmissive or semi-transmissive state that enables visual recognition of the rear display screen,
The display control means includes
Display pattern determining means for selecting and determining an execution display pattern from a plurality of display patterns;
A moving display pattern moving display control means for moving and displaying a specific display object, which is one of the plurality of display patterns, consisting of a character moving forward and backward in a stereoscopic image between the display screens on the front side and the rear side; Including
The movement display control means includes
After the whole of the specific display object is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens, a part of the specific display object is partially displayed on the other of the front and rear display screens, and the part from the display of the specific display object is displayed on one of the front and rear display screens. A double-screen display control means for displaying a display object that has disappeared,
A game machine comprising screen transition display control means for displaying the whole of the specific display object on the other of the front and rear display screens after both screens of the front and rear display screens by the both screen display control means. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a non-decorative or plain display is performed in a disappeared area where the part has disappeared on one of the front and rear display screens by the both screen display control means. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the outline of the disappearance area is made larger by several% to several tens of% than the outline of the partial display on the other of the front and rear display screens. The moving display pattern is a display pattern in which the specific display object moves from the rear display screen to the front display screen, or the specific display object is between the front display screen and the rear display screen. Display pattern to move to
The display control means makes the display screen on the front side in the transmissive or semi-transmissive state in the display state of the specific display object in the display screen on the rear side in any display pattern. The gaming machine according to 2 or 3. When the gaming machine is in a normal gaming state, a lottery is performed on the condition that the game ball passes a specific area of the gaming board, and if the result of the lottery is won, a special gaming state that is advantageous to the player Is a pachinko machine that gives rise to
The display control means includes
Effect display means for performing variable display of a plurality of types of symbols based on the lottery result and auxiliary effect display for assisting the variable display on the multiplexed video screen,
Variable display storage means for storing a plurality of types of display patterns of the symbol variable display and the auxiliary effect display;
In accordance with the lottery result, the display pattern determining means determines one of the display pattern of the symbol variable display and the auxiliary effect display, performs symbol variation display related to the determination, and by stopping the symbol variation display, And a symbol variation display control means for displaying a predetermined symbol display mode on the display screen of the multiple video screen at the time of winning the special gaming state,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when the symbol variation display is performed, an effect display of the movement display pattern by the specific display object is performed in response to establishment of a predetermined gaming condition. The gaming machine has a spinning display unit that variably displays a plurality of symbols and a number of game media necessary for a player to perform a spinning game, and then draws by starting the spinning display unit. A winning combination determining means for determining one of a plurality of predetermined winning combinations in accordance with the lottery result, and stop control for stopping the rotation display unit based on the player's stop operation. When the spinning stop control means, the symbol stop mode stopped by the spinning stop control unit, and the symbol display mode corresponding to the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining unit match, a predetermined number of A slot machine that includes a game medium payout means for paying out the game medium, and displays a game effect display related to the lottery result by displaying characters, symbols, characters, etc. on the multiplexed video screen,
The display control means includes
Variable display storage means for storing a plurality of types of display patterns of the game effect performed on the multiple video screen;
In accordance with the lottery result, the display pattern determining means determines any one of the display patterns of the game effects, and effects display control means for performing the game effect display according to the determination,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an effect display of the movement display pattern by the specific display object is performed in response to establishment of a predetermined gaming condition.

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