JP6103663B1 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the preference of sound production. Sound output means 92, display means 91, sound for outputting effect sound from sound output means 92 and sound for displaying effect display 20 visually showing the contents related to effect sound 10 on display means 91 Using the effect execution means for executing the effect and the special effect that may be executed together with the sound effect, and the effect display 20 displayed in the sound effect, the timing at which the special effect may occur. Special effect notice means for providing a notice, and the effect display 20 includes a plurality of unit displays 21 that are displayed on the display means 91 at a time, and is displayed on the display means 91 along with the progress of the effect sound. The unit display 21 is configured to be switched, and the timing at which the special effect may occur is set in the middle of the unit display 21. That the gaming machine 1. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  A sound effect that outputs effect sound from a speaker or the like and displays an effect display that visually indicates matters related to the effect sound is known. For example, Patent Literature 1 below discloses a sound effect that outputs a certain piece of music and displays the lyrics of the song.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-6458

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the taste of the sound production.

  A gaming machine according to the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems is a sound output means, a display means, and an effect display that visually outputs contents related to the effect sound while outputting the effect sound from the sound output means. The special effect is generated by using the sound effect displayed on the display means, the effect executing means for executing the special effect that may be executed together with the sound effect, and the effect display displayed in the sound effect. Special effect notice means for notifying a possible timing, and the effect display includes a plurality of unit displays that are displayed at a time on the display means, and the display means together with the progress of the effect sound. The unit display displayed on the screen is configured to be switched, and the timing at which the special effect may occur is set in the middle of the unit display. And features.

  According to the above gaming machine according to the present invention, the timing at which a special effect may occur is predicted using an effect display that visually expresses the effect sound, so that the effect display and the effect display are based. It is possible to increase the player's interest in the production sound. In particular, the timing at which a special effect may occur is set in the middle of the unit display that switches with the progress of the effect sound, so the player can easily understand the timing at which the special effect may occur It is. For example, if a special effect is generated at the timing when the unit display is switched, there is a possibility that a situation in which the player does not notice the special effect may occur. It is possible to suppress the occurrence.

  A notice image that makes a part of the unit display stand out is displayed so that the special effect may occur when the effect sound reaches the position where the notice image is displayed.

  By displaying such a preview image, it becomes easy to understand the timing at which a special effect can occur.

  For one unit display, a plurality of timings may be notified in advance as the timing at which the special effects may occur.

  The present invention is not set so that a special effect may occur when the unit display is switched, but is set so that a special effect may occur during the unit display. Therefore, it is possible to give notice of the timing at which a plurality of special effects may occur for one unit display.

  The special effect may be such that the effect display mode changes.

  As the special effect, it is possible to set an effect in which the effect display mode changes. That is, the effect display itself can be used as a notice of the timing of the effect in which the effect display mode changes.

  There is a possibility that the special effect may occur a plurality of times through the sound effect, and after the sound effect is finished, a result effect whose form changes based on the number of occurrences of the special effect may be executed.

  As described above, if the result effect corresponding to the number of times the special effect is generated is executed, it is possible to increase the player's interest in the occurrence of the special effect. As a result, it is possible to raise the player's interest in whether or not the timing at which the special performance may occur is notified.

  The effect sound may be a song including lyrics, and the effect display may be a display of the lyrics of the song.

  The effect sound can be exemplified by a song including lyrics, and the effect display can be exemplified by the lyrics of the song. Although the production itself using such music is publicly known, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the player's interest in music and lyrics.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the preference of sound production.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating sound production. It is the figure which showed the flow from sound production to result production. It is a figure for demonstrating a 1st modification. It is a figure for demonstrating a 2nd modification. It is a figure for demonstrating a 3rd modification. It is a figure for demonstrating a 4th modification. It is a figure for demonstrating the 5th modification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a game board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and a guide rail 903 that forms a path for guiding a game ball launched by operating the launching device 908 (launching handle) to the gaming area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows.

  The game area 902 is provided with a start winning opening 904, a big winning opening 906 (corresponding to a winning area in the present invention), an out opening 907, and the like. A display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that is visible through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90. 2 to 7 roughly describe the display region 911, the shape and the like can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the opening 901 and the shape and size of the display device 91 itself can be changed). The shape and the like of the display area 911 can be changed with (

  In addition, the game area 902 is provided with a plurality of game nails as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the flow-down game balls collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes into various modes depending on the condition when it collides with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is launched toward the game area 902 by operating the launching device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning opening such as the start winning opening 904 or the big winning opening 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by the payout device.

  Note that the description of the components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the game balls, is omitted. About these, the thing of the structure similar to a well-known game machine is applicable.

  The jackpot lottery (win / no-go determination) is executed by a winning / non-showing means provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by winning a game ball in the start winning opening 904 (even if there are a plurality of such start winning openings). Good). Specifically, a numerical value is acquired from a random number source when a game ball is won at the start winning opening 904, and when the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot number, It will be out of place. If the jackpot is won, a jackpot game is executed. In the jackpot game, basically, the big winning opening 906 is frequently opened, and the player can acquire many game balls (so-called game balls).

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment executes various effects for notifying the determination result. The player enjoys the game while predicting whether or not the winning / failing determination result will be a big hit due to the effect. In the present embodiment, as one of the various effects, a sound effect and a special effect that is incidentally executed for the sound effect can be executed (means for executing the sound effect and the special effect (control circuit). Etc.) corresponds to the effect execution means in the present invention).

  Hereinafter, the sound production will be described in detail. The sound effect is an effect using a speaker 92 (corresponding to sound output means in the present invention) and a display device 91 (corresponding to display means in the present invention). When it is determined that the sound effect is to be executed as at least part of the effect informing a certain determination result, a song with a song (lyric) is output from the speaker 92 as the effect sound 10. It is good also as a structure by which one music was set as a music for sound production, and it is good also as a structure by which multiple types of music was set. In the case of a configuration in which a plurality of types of music are set, the probability that the determination result is a big hit (hereinafter also referred to as jackpot reliability) may be suggested depending on the outputted music. In this case, the music to be output by lottery is determined based on whether the determination result is a big hit.

  In the sound production, together with the production sound 10 that is the music, the production display 20 that visually shows the content related to the production sound 10 is displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. As shown in FIG. 2, the effect display 20 in this embodiment is the lyrics of the music to be output. The effect display 20 is not limited to such lyrics and can be variously exemplified. For example, there are various examples such as a score (musical note) representing the melody of the output effect sound 10, a display indicating the rhythm of the effect sound 10, and a display indicating the volume of the effect sound 10. In the sound effect in the present embodiment, along with the effect display 20, an image or video of an artist who plays the music output as the effect sound 10 is displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91.

  The special effect that may be executed together with the sound effect is an effect that suggests to the player that the jackpot reliability has increased. The special effect in the present embodiment is an effect of changing the mode of “lyrics” displayed in the display area 911 as the effect display 20. The change of the aspect may be anything. In this embodiment, the character color of “lyric” is changed. As the text color of the lyrics, six colors of white, blue, green, purple, red and rainbow are set. In that order, the jackpot reliability increases stepwise (white is the lowest and rainbow is the highest). When the special effect occurs, the character color changes (steps up) in the direction in which the jackpot reliability increases. The special effect in the present embodiment changes the effect display 20 in one step, but may be set so that it may change in a plurality of steps at a time. Further, the character color may be set so as to change in the direction in which the big hit reliability is lowered.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to execute a notice (hereinafter, the notice may be referred to as a notice effect) indicating that the special effect may occur (means for executing the notice effect). It corresponds to a special effect notice means in the present invention). The notice effect in the present embodiment is an effect of displaying the notice display 30 in the display area 911 of the display device 91. The notice display 30 is displayed so as to be associated with a part of characters constituting the lyrics as the effect display 20. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, when “aiueo kakikukeko” is displayed as the lyrics of the music output as the production sound 10, it is adjacent to some characters constituting the lyrics. The notice display 30 is displayed. As a result, the character becomes more prominent than other characters. As long as the display that makes a part of the effect display 20 stand out in this way, the notice display 30 itself may have any form. For example, the aspect of some characters indicating lyrics may be made larger than other characters (the characters themselves may be used as the notice display 30).

  As shown in FIG. 2A, it is assumed that the notice display 30 is displayed so as to correspond to the “ke” portion of the lyrics “aiueo kakikuko” as the effect display 20. In this case, when the music output as the effect sound 10 reaches the “ke” portion, a special effect may occur. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2B, the character color of the lyrics may change. In the present embodiment, even when the notice display 30 is displayed, the special effect is not generated (the character color does not change). However, when the notice display 30 is displayed, it may be set so that a special effect always occurs. Moreover, even if the notice display 30 is not displayed (even if the notice effect does not occur), a special effect may be generated, or as long as the notice display 30 is not displayed (as long as the notice effect does not occur). ), Or a setting that does not cause special effects. Moreover, in a series of sound effects, it may be set so that a special effect may not occur at all. The notice display 30 may be deleted when the music output as the effect sound 10 has progressed to the corresponding location (see FIG. 2B), and the lyrics as the effect display 20 are switched. May continue to be displayed.

  As the music output as the effect sound 10 progresses, the lyrics as the effect display 20 are switched (new lyrics are displayed). Then, every time the special effect occurs, the character color of the lyrics changes, and the jackpot reliability is suggested by the final character color. Therefore, the player touches the effect while expecting the notice effect to occur, and expecting that the notice effect will be generated when the notice effect is generated. As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the timing at which a special effect may occur is predicted using the effect display 20 that visually represents the effect sound 10, and therefore the effect display 20 It is also possible to increase the player's interest in the production sound 10 that is the basis of the production display 20.

  The stage at which the effect display 20 finally progresses is determined by lottery based on the determination result. Then, the timing of the effect display 20 changes, that is, the timing at which the special effect occurs, the number of times the special effect is generated, etc. It is set appropriately according to the stage.

  In this embodiment, when a sound effect occurs, a result effect is executed following the sound effect. The result effect is an effect whose aspect changes according to the final state of the sound effect. The final state of the sound effect varies depending on the number of occurrences of the special effect that can occur during the sound effect. That is, it can be said that the result effect is an effect whose aspect changes according to the number of occurrences of the special effect generated during the sound effect. As long as it is such an effect, the specific content of the result effect itself may be anything. Moreover, what is notified by the return of a result presentation may be what. In the present embodiment, whether or not the determination result is a big hit is notified by the return of the result effect. If the determination result is a big hit, the result effect is a success effect, and if it is out of place, the result effect is a failure effect.

  Since such a result effect is executed based on the final sound production situation, it is preferable to include production elements that reflect the final sound production situation. For example, it is assumed that a predetermined effect element output in the result effect has a correspondence relationship with the character color of lyrics finally displayed as the effect display 20 in the sound effect. The result effect in the present embodiment is an effect of operating the operating means 93 (push button or the like; see FIG. 1) that can be operated by the player, and the character color or background color displayed in the effect is a sound effect. The same as the text color of the lyrics that were finally displayed in For example, a character such as “Press the button” is displayed together with a display prompting the operation of the operation means 93 (see FIG. 3B), but the color of the character is finally displayed in the sound effect. It is made the same as the character color of the lyrics (see FIG. 3A). By doing so, the player can grasp that the character color (the degree of step-up) as the effect display 20 in the sound effect is linked to the final determination result. .

  Hereinafter, a modified example (improved example) of the gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment will be described. In addition, it is good also as a structure which applied each modification demonstrated below independently, and good also as a structure applied in combination of multiple.

-1st modification This example is a control example using the effect display 20 switching with progress of time. For example, when “lyrics” are displayed as the effect display 20, the entire lyrics are divided into a plurality of parts, and the displayed part is switched as the music (effect sound 10) progresses (known karaoke) In the apparatus, it is similar to a display mode for showing lyrics to a person who sings), but each of the plurality of portions is set as a unit display 21 (see FIG. 4A). The delimiter between the unit displays 21 can be set as appropriate. For example, since the unit display 21 is a group of units displayed on the display device 91 at a time, a music (( What is necessary is just to set a clear part as the division between the unit displays 21 as the production sound 10). Even in the case where something other than lyrics (such as a score) is displayed as the effect display 20, the unit display 21 (separation of the unit display 21) may be set similarly.

  The timing at which the special effect may occur (that is, the place where the notice display 30 is displayed) is set in the middle of the unit display 21. Here, “on the way” means to exclude the first (beginning) portion of the unit display 21. In the case where “lyrics” are displayed as the effect display 20, a notice display 30 is displayed at a location corresponding to the characters excluding the first character constituting a certain unit display 21 (FIG. 4B. )reference). More specifically, the first part of a unit display 21 is the part that reaches the moment when the previous unit display is erased and the unit display is displayed (the moment when the unit display is switched). It can be said that there is.

  The advantages of such a configuration are as follows. When a timing at which a special effect may occur at the beginning of a unit display 21, that is, at the moment when the unit display 21 is switched (a notice display 30 is displayed), the player generates a special effect in advance. There is a high probability that the possible timing cannot be grasped. Therefore, there is a possibility that the player may not notice that the special effect has occurred.

  On the other hand, in this example, the timing at which the special effect may occur at the first part of the unit display 21, that is, the moment when the unit display 21 is switched, is not set. Is easy to grasp). Therefore, there is a low possibility that a situation in which the player does not notice that the special performance has occurred.

  In addition, this example does not deny that it is comprised so that a special effect may generate | occur | produce at the moment when it switches from one unit display 21 to the next unit display 21. FIG. It is also possible to have a configuration that surprises the player so that a special effect may occur at such timing. That is, basically, the timing at which the special effect may occur (that is, the place where the notice display 30 is displayed) is set in the middle of the unit display 21, but the unit display 21 is switched exceptionally. It may be set at the moment. In this case, the notice display 30 is displayed at a position corresponding to the first (beginning) portion of the unit display 21 (the first character of the unit display 21 when the effect display 20 is “Lyrics”). Alternatively, it may not be displayed.

・ Second modification (example of development of the first modification)
When the timing at which a special effect may occur (that is, the location where the notice display 30 is displayed) is set in the middle of the unit display 21 as in the first modification, one unit display 21 Therefore, it may be notified that there is a possibility that special effects may occur at a plurality of locations (see FIG. 5). For example, if the timing at which the special effect may occur is limited to the timing at which the unit display 21 is switched, the portion that can be set as the timing at which the special effect may occur is reduced. If configured as in the example, the timing can be set in various ways, so that it is possible to produce a sound production rich in variations.

  When a timing at which a plurality of special effects may occur for a certain unit display 21 is notified (a plurality of notification displays 30 are displayed), any one of the plurality of notification timings must be selected. It may be determined that the special effect is generated at the timing. In addition, when the timing at which a plurality of special effects may occur is notified (a plurality of notification displays 30 are displayed), it is determined that the special effects are always generated at all the notified timings. It may be.

Third Modification This example is effective when a special effect is not necessarily generated even when a notice effect is generated. In this example, multiple types of modes are set as the notice effect. For example, it is assumed that the first image 31 (see FIG. 6A) and the second image 32 (see FIG. 6B) are set as the notice display 30. The probability that a special effect will occur at the notice timing is higher when a notice effect where the second image 32 is displayed occurs than when a notice effect where the first image 31 is displayed. Like that. In this way, by making the notice effect suggest the probability that a special effect will occur, the preference of the sound effect can be further improved.

-4th modification Although the special production | presentation in the said embodiment demonstrated that it was an effect that the stage of the production | presentation display 20 decided to step up by generating, the stage of the production | presentation display 20 may also step up. If there is, it may be an effect that may not be stepped up. For example, the first effect (see FIG. 7 (b)) indicating that the aspect of the effect display 20 may change, and the result indicating that the effect display 20 changes or does not change. The effect is composed of two parts called two effects (see FIGS. 7C and 7D). Any aspect of the first effect may be used. An effect using a sound such as outputting a special sound effect from the speaker 92 or a display effect of displaying a special image 50 (see FIG. 7B) in the display area 911 of the display device 91. It may be. The first effect may be started before the location notified by the notice effect.

  The notice effect (see FIG. 7A) gives notice of the timing when such a special effect occurs. Since the occurrence of the special effect does not necessarily lead to a step up of the stage of the effect display 20, the special effect may be generated when the notice effect is generated.

-5th modification The notice effect in the said embodiment is an effect performed in relation to the effect display 20, and the special effect notified by the notice effect is an effect which changes the aspect of the effect display 20. FIG. That is, it has been described that both the notice effect and the special effect are effects related to the effect display 20, but at least the special effect may be an effect not related to the effect display 20. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, it may be an effect that changes a background mode (background color or the like) of a video or the like displayed during a series of sound effects. However, as in the above-described embodiment, when both the notice effect and the special effect are effects related to the effect display 20, it is possible to provide an effect that can increase interest in the effect display 20. Also, if attention is paid to the effect display 20, it is possible to grasp the occurrence of the notice effect and the occurrence of the special effect (because the notice of the notice effect occurs, the occurrence of the special effect will be noticed). It is possible to make the production easy to understand.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment (and its modification) of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment (and its modification) at all, and in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. Various modifications are possible.

  For example, the gaming machine 1 in the above-described embodiment (and its modifications) is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but if it is equipped with a sound output device such as a speaker and a display device such as a liquid crystal display device, it is a pivoting type. The same technical idea can be applied to other types of gaming machines such as gaming machines (slot machines).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 10 Production sound 20 Production display 21 Unit display 30 Notice display 91 Display apparatus 911 Display area 92 Speaker

Claims (6)

Sound output means;
Display means;
An effect that outputs an effect sound from the sound output means and displays an effect display that visually indicates the content related to the effect sound on the display means, and an effect that executes a special effect that may be executed together with the sound effect Execution means;
Special effect notice means for notifying the timing at which the special effect may occur using the effect display displayed in the sound effect;
With
The effect display includes a plurality of unit displays that are displayed at a time on the display means, and is configured such that the unit display displayed on the display means is switched with the progress of the effect sound,
A timing at which the special effect may occur is set in the middle of the unit display.   A notice image that highlights a part of the unit display is displayed, and the special effect may occur when the effect sound reaches a position where the notice image is displayed. The gaming machine according to claim 1.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of timings may be notified in advance as a timing at which the special effect may occur with respect to one unit display.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the special effect is a change in an aspect of the effect display. The special production may occur multiple times through the sound production,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein after the sound effect is finished, a result effect is performed in which the aspect changes based on the number of times that the special effect has occurred.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the effect sound is a song including lyrics, and the effect display is a display of lyrics of the song.

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