JP6528247B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A gaming machine is known in which a plurality of types of effects may be generated in combination when informing the result of determination of success or failure (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

JP 2014-54344 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the taste of a game by using a plurality of types of effects.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention made to solve the above problems generates a specific effect to be executed triggered by the establishment of a predetermined condition than one or more types of first specific effects and the first specific effect. The specific effect execution means is selected and executed from the effect group including one or more types of second specific effects with low probability that the success or failure judgment result is a hit, and the specific effect execution means generates the success or failure by occurrence. One or more of the one or more specific effects to be performed when it is determined that one or more types of opportunistic effects that increase the probability that the result will be generated are generated and it is determined that the specific effect is to be performed together. It is characterized by selecting from the said 2nd specific presentation of a seed | species.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, the second specific effect with low so-called reliability is forcibly generated when the opportunity effect is generated, so even if so-called effect with low reliability occurs It is possible to realize a highly entertaining game that the player is elected.

  It is good to set so that either of one or more types of said 2nd specific effects may generate | occur | produce after the said opportunity effect.

  With such a configuration, a second specific effect with low reliability is generated after the so-called chance effect whose reliability increases, so when it is hit after that, it occurs after the opportunity effect. It is possible to impress the player with the second specific effect of low reliability (impress the player that there may be a win even if the second specific effect of low reliability occurs). It is.

  One or a plurality of types of time when the remaining time Tr obtained by subtracting the time T2 necessary for performing the opportunity rendition from the time T1 from the start of the rendition of notifying the result of the determination to the predetermined time is equal to or more than the predetermined time It is preferable that one of the second specific effects may be generated.

  In a general gaming machine, the time from the start to the end of the effect of notifying the result of the determination of yes / no (the so-called fluctuation time) changes variously (for example, it changes according to the so-called number of reservations). According to the above configuration, the second specific effect is to fill in a time that can not be filled by the opportunity effect when the opportunity effect is executed when the relatively long fluctuation time is set (no effect is generated It is possible to make sure that there is no time).

  It is preferable that the probability of the target determination result becoming a hit is higher when the second specific effect is generated with the opportunity effect than when it is generated when the opportunity effect is not generated.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to make an impression on the player that the second specific effect is basically an effect of so-called low reliability.

  Moreover, while at least one of the one or more types of second specified effects is generated when the opportunity effect is not generated, it is determined that the target's success or failure judgment result is an omission, while the opportunity effect is When it occurs at the time of occurrence, it is preferable that there is a possibility that the judgment result of the object may become a hit.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to impress the player that at least one of the second specified effects is basically an effect indicating that the result of the pass / fail judgment is to be lost.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of the game by using a plurality of types of effects.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the identification symbol and hold display which are displayed on a display area. It is a figure for explaining a specific effect, and (a) is a specific effect (roulette effect) in which each comment is displayed as an option, and (b) is an end as a first specific effect and a second specific effect It is the figure which made the end a list and showed it. (A) is a figure which showed the flow of chance rendition, (b) is a figure which showed the flow of failure rendition. It is the figure which showed the flow of the presentation in which 2nd specific presentation is performed after opportunity presentation. It is a figure for demonstrating a 1st example. (A) is a figure for demonstrating a 2nd example, (b) is a figure for demonstrating a 2nd example.

  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 entire configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. The gaming machine 1 comprises a gaming board 90. The game board 90 is formed of substantially square plywood, and the guide rails 903 forming a passage for guiding the game balls fired by the operation of the launch device 908 (launch handle) to the game area 902 have a substantially arc shape. It is provided as.

  In the game area 902, a start winning hole 904, a big winning hole 906, an out port, and the like are provided. The display device 91 is provided at the rear of the game board 90, and the display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that can be viewed through the opening 901 formed in the game board 90. 2 to 5, the display area 911 is roughly described in a substantially square shape, but the shape etc. can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the opening 901, the shape and size of the display device 91 itself) The shape of the display area 911 can be changed by changing.

  Further, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls by collision of the game balls flowing down. The game balls flowing down the game area 902 change in various manners according to the conditions at the time of collision with the game nail.

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

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

  The lottery of success or failure (success or failure judgment) is executed when the success or failure judgment means provided on the control board (not shown) is triggered by the winning of the game ball to the start winning opening 904 shown in FIG. Multiple may be provided). In the present embodiment, although the winning "mouth" (the winning game ball is taken into the inside), the winning "area" (the winning game ball directly flows down the gaming area 902. The winning area is the gate The thing which made such an aspect can be illustrated).

  A numerical value is acquired from a random number source triggered by a game ball winning in the start winning hole 904, and if the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot value, it becomes a big hit, and if it is different, it becomes a gap. That is, with or without the winning of the game ball on the starting winning opening 904, it is determined directly whether or not the jackpot has been won.

  Further, in the present embodiment, notification of the success or failure determination result is started in the order in which the numerical values for performing the above success or failure determination are acquired, but when a certain numerical value is acquired, it is acquired before that When the success or failure determination result based on a numerical value is notified, the notification is stored in storage means provided on a control board (not shown) until notification of the success or failure determination result based on the certain numerical value is started. The maximum storage number (maximum pending number) of numerical values (hereinafter, also referred to as pending (information)) for which notification of the success / failure determination result has not been started can be set as appropriate. The maximum number of pending information that can be stored by the storage means in the present embodiment is four. In addition, the numerical value acquired in order to perform a yes or no determination is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the presentation which alert | reports a yes or no determination result. In the display area 911, a display (pending display 80; see FIG. 2) indicating the presence of the pending information may be made. In addition, it is good also as constitution which makes the yes / no decision itself immediately remembering the yes / no decision result itself in the occasion where it wins in starting winning a prize mouth 904 (in this case, the yes / no decision result itself is hold information It turns out that).

  Whether the success or failure determination result is a jackpot or not is notified by a combination of a plurality of (seven in the present embodiment) identification symbols 70 (see FIG. 2) displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. In this embodiment, three identification symbol 70 groups (the identification symbol 70 group on the left, the identification symbol 70 group in the middle, the identification symbol 70 group on the right) including the numbers “1” to “7” are variably displayed. Each identification symbol 70 group starts to change simultaneously with the start of the effect of notifying a certain result determination result, and when the jackpot is won, the identification symbol 70 finally stops in a predetermined combination. As the predetermined combination, three sets of the same identification symbol 70 can be exemplified. When it is a loss, the identification symbol 70 is stopped in a combination other than the combination that becomes the jackpot.

  As in the case of a known gaming machine, various effects are executed when informing a certain result of judgment of acceptance. The player enjoys the game while predicting whether or not the probability that the result of the judgment of the success or failure will be a big hit is high. In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a specific effect 10 to be executed triggered by the establishment of a predetermined condition is set as the effect to be executed.

  A plurality of types of effects are set as effects set as the specific effect 10. As described above, the specific effect 10 is an effect in which one of a plurality of types is performed triggered by the establishment of a predetermined condition, and different types of things are not generated simultaneously. That is, since the condition which becomes an opportunity to be executed is the same effect, the occurrence of a certain type of specific effect 10 and another type of specific effect 10 at the same time is not a case where a special effect mode is set. Basically does not exist.

  The specific aspect of the effect set as the specific effect 10 may be anything. However, it is preferable that each specific effect 10 is an effect of the same system, and the basic aspect is common. That is, it is preferable that at least a part of the elements constituting the effect be common to each effect. The specific effect 10 in the present embodiment is a comment effect that displays, in the display area, a comment that indicates the level of the probability (hereinafter, may be referred to as the reliability) in which the object's success or failure judgment result is a big hit. That is, it has an element in common in that a "comment" indicating the result of the pass / fail determination is displayed. In addition, the flow of presentation until "comment" is displayed may be what kind of thing. The configuration may be such that "comments" are displayed suddenly, or as in the present embodiment, each comment is presented as an option (see FIG. 3A), as if any of the comments were selected. It is good also as an effect (for example, roulette effect in which each comment is displayed as an option). In any case, the specific effect 10 in the present embodiment includes displaying a comment that suggests the degree of reliability.

  A plurality of types of effects set as the specific effect 10 are divided into at least a first specific effect 11 and a second specific effect 12. In the present embodiment, the first specific effect 11 and the second specific effect 12 are divided based on the content (content of the comment) of the end of the specific effect 10. The effect classified as the first specific effect 11 may be only one kind or plural kinds. Similarly, the effect divided as the second specific effect 12 may be only one kind or plural kinds. In the present embodiment, four types of specific effects 10 having different contents of comments are set. Specifically, four types of "disappointment", "?", "Chance" and "extensive heat" are set as comments constituting the specific effect 10 (see FIG. 3B). The degree of reliability is set to be higher in the order of "sorry", "?", "Chance", and "superheat" ("sorry" is the lowest and "heat" is the highest). Then, two types of "chance" and "excessive heat" are set as the first specific effect 11, and two types of "sorry" and "?" Are set as the second specific effect 12 (see FIG. 3B). That is, the second specific effect 12 has a lower reliability when generated than the first specific effect 11. The term "reliability" as used herein refers to the reliability when each effect occurs alone, and is not the reliability when it occurs with the opportunity effect 20 described later.

  In addition, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can execute the opportunity effect 20. The opportunistic effect 20 is a so-called chance-up effect in which the probability (reliability) in which the jackpot occurs is increased as compared to the case in which it is not generated. The specific mode of the opportunistic effect 20 itself may be any. Only one type of opportunity effect 20 may be set, or a plurality of types of opportunity effect 20 may be set. In the present embodiment, when the predetermined effect image 20a is displayed and the effect image 20a is enlarged greatly, the case effect 20 (see FIG. 4A) and the failure effect 21 when the enlargement is not realized are displayed. (Refer to FIG. 4 (b)). That is, among the effects having the same introduction part but different endings, the effect having a favorable outcome for the player is taken as a chance effect 20, and the effect having an adverse outcome for the player is taken as a failure effect 21. The reliability is higher in the case where the opportunity effect 20 is generated than in the case where the failure effect 21 is generated. As in the case of the failure effect 21, such an effect that is opposite to the opportunity effect 20 may not be set. Further, the effect set as the opportunity effect 20 may be only one type or a plurality of types.

  As for the specific effect 10 described above, basically, the type of effect to be executed is determined based on the result of the determination of success or failure. However, when it is determined that the opportunity effect 20 is generated, the type of the specific effect 10 to be executed may be determined based on that. The control in such a case will be described below.

  When it is determined that a chance effect 20 is to be generated and it is determined that the specific effect 10 is to be executed when informing a certain success / failure determination result, the specific effect 10 to be executed is a second specific effect 12 limit. That is, it is decided not to execute the first specific effect 11 but to forcibly execute the second specific effect 12.

As described above, the opportunistic effect 20 is an effect that indicates that the probability that the success or failure judgment result will be a jackpot has increased. On the other hand, the second specific effect 12 is lower in probability that the success / failure determination result will be a big hit compared to the first specific effect 11. That is, in the present embodiment, when the player is happy with the opportunity effect 20 (FIG. 5A), the second specific effect 12 is generated which is a disappointing effect for the player forcibly (FIG. 5 (FIG. b) do it. As described above, when the chance effect effect 20 which is a chance up effect that increases the expectation that the success or failure judgment result is a big hit is generated, the second specific effect 12 is generated intentionally, so-called second identification with low reliability Even if the effect 12 occurs, it is possible to realize a highly entertaining game that there is an expectation for winning.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the opportunity effect 20 is executed first, and after the completion, the second specified effect 12 is executed (see FIG. 5). In this way, after the chance effect 20 of increased reliability, if the second specific effect 12 of low reliability is caused to occur, and if the success or failure judgment result may be a big hit, then after the chance effect 20 Impressing the player with the second specific effect 12 having a low degree of reliability that has been generated (impresses the player that even if the second specific effect 12 with a low degree of reliability is generated, it may be a big hit Is possible. However, it does not necessarily mean that the second specific effect 12 is executed first, and that the opportunity effect 20 is executed after it is completed. Moreover, it does not necessarily deny that it comprises so that the opportunity production 20 and the 2nd specific presentation 12 may advance at the same period.

  As described above, based on the result of the determination of success or failure, as in the case of the conventional general gaming machine, except for the case where the second specific effect 12 is forcibly executed on the ground that the opportunity effect 20 is executed. By the lottery, it is determined whether or not the opportunity effect 20 is to be executed, and whether or not the particular effect 10 is to be executed (the type of the particular effect 10 to be executed if it is to be executed).

  Hereinafter, specific examples in which the gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment is embodied, modified, improved, etc. will be described. In addition, it is good also as a structure which applied combining each example demonstrated below.

First Specific Example When the second specified effect 12 is forcibly executed because the opportunity effect 20 is executed, the second specified effect 12 can not be filled by the opportunity effect 20. It is executed as an effect that fills the scale. Specifically, it is as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the time from the start of presentation to notify of the result of the judgment, that is, from the time when the identification symbol 70 starts to change (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the start of change), to a predetermined time Let T1 be. Here, if the predetermined time point is a so-called reach state (a state in which fluctuation has stopped except for one identification symbol 70 group and a possibility of becoming a big hit still remains) or a reach state Let us say the point in time when the notification of the fact that it is misplaced is completed (the so-called misplaced state) is reached. In the present embodiment, when the opportunity effect 20 is executed, it is determined that the reach state is to be reached, so it can be said that the time T1 is the time from the start of fluctuation until the reach state. The time from the start of the change to the predetermined time is the total change time (the time from the start of the change to the notification completion time of the result of the determination of the success or failure) excluding the time when the so-called super reach effect or the like is performed. it can.

  The opportunity effect 20 and the specific effect 10 are set as effects to be executed between a change start time and a predetermined time. However, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the time T1 changes variously in accordance with the gaming situation, as in the case of a known gaming machine. It can be exemplified that the above T1 is set to be shorter as the number of pending information stored in the storage means increases. Also, as another configuration, if the number of pieces of suspension information stored in the storage means is the maximum number (four in the present embodiment), it is more than in the other cases (one to three in the present embodiment) It can be exemplified that the above T1 is set to be short.

  When the opportunity effect 20 occurs, the second specific effect 12 is executed only when the remaining time Tr obtained by subtracting the time T2 required to execute the opportunity effect 20 from the above T1 is equal to or longer than a predetermined time. Or to be able to be executed. On the other hand, when the remaining time Tr is less than the predetermined time, the second specific effect 12 is not performed. In addition, it can also be said that the said predetermined time is time required to perform 2nd specific presentation 12. FIG.

  As described above, the second specific effect 12 is executed using the time T1 in the period from the start of fluctuation to the predetermined time, when there is a time that can not be filled by the opportunistic effect 20, Ru. That is, by generating the second specific effect 12 which is opposite to the opportunity effect 20, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of time during which no effect occurs while improving the taste of the game.

Second Specific Example The second specific effect 12 may occur along with the opportunity effect 20 in a series of effects (at the time of one change) informing a certain success or failure determination result, when the opportunity effect 20 does not occur. Set as it may occur. And the probability that the propriety judgment result of the object will hit is better when the second specific effect 12 occurs with the opportunity effect 20 than when the second specific effect 12 occurs without the occurrence of the opportunity effect 20. Make it higher (see FIG. 7A).

  With such a configuration, it is possible to make an impression on the player that the second specific effect 12 is basically an effect of so-called low reliability. That is, when the second specific effect 12 occurs without the occurrence of the opportunity effect 20, the reliability is low, and there are many cases in which the success or failure judgment result is lost. I feel that the degree is low. With such an impression, the second specific effect 12 with low reliability was generated and felt disappointing despite the opportunity effect 20 being a chance up effect, but there was a case where it became a big hit It is possible to make the player's pleasure of the case large (if you make the second specific effect 12 an impression that the degree of reliability is low, the pleasure when such a case occurs is large) .

  In addition, it is preferable to set the reliability when only the opportunity rendition 20 is generated is equal to or higher than the reliability when the opportunity rendition 20 and the second specific effect 12 are generated. The opportunistic effect 20 itself is preferably set as an effect that is expected to have a jackpot to a certain extent regardless of whether or not the second specific effect 12 has occurred.

Third Specific Example At least one of the one or more types of second specified effects 12 is a series of effects for notifying one of the success or failure determination results, and occurs when the chance effect 20 is not generated. While it is determined that the will be lost (what the probability of becoming a big hit is 0%), when it occurs at the time of occurrence of the opportunistic effect 20, there is a possibility that the success or failure judgment result of the object becomes a big hit It sets (refer to Drawing 7 (b)). For example, in accordance with the above-described embodiment, such a setting is made for the effect of displaying “Sorry” which is one of the second specified effects 12. That is, basically, although it is an effect indicating that the success / failure determination result is determined to be out, as an exception thereof, a time of occurrence when an opportunity effect 20 occurs is set. In addition, when it is set as such a structure, when the 2nd specific presentation 12 forcedly generated when the opportunity production 20 generate | occur | produces the display of "sorry", ie, when the occurrence of the chance production 20 does not occur, It is preferable that the second specific effect 12 for displaying “?” Is not set as the second specific effect 12 which is forcibly generated when the chance effect 20 occurs, which is limited to those which are determined to be offset.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to make an impression on the player that at least one of the second specific effects 12 is basically an effect indicating that it is an off state. In other words, if the second specific effect 12 occurs without the occurrence of the opportunity effect 20, the result of the determination is always an omission, so it is an effect that indicates to the player that the second specific effect 12 will be disconnected I feel it. With such an impression, despite the fact that the second specific effect 12 showing that the game is out despite the opportunity effect 20 that is a chance up effect has been generated and felt disappointing, there is a case where it becomes a big hit It is possible to increase the player's pleasure when it occurs (if this impression is made that it is an effect that indicates that the second specific effect 12 will be lost, such a case may occur). Pleasure is great).

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited at all to the said embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

  The gaming machine according to the above embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but the same technical concept can be applied to other gaming machines such as a pivoting type gaming machine.

1 game machine 10 specified effect 11 first specified effect 12 second specified effect 20 opportunity effect 91 display 911 display area

Claims (1)

One or more types of low probability that the success or failure judgment result will be hit when the specific effect to be executed triggered by the establishment of the predetermined condition is generated than the one or more types of first specific effect and the first specific effect It has a specific effect execution means which selects and executes from the effect group including the second specific effect,
The specific effect execution means is determined to execute one or more types of opportunity effects whose probability that the success or failure judgment result will be increased is generated by generation during a change notifying the success or failure judgment result, When it is decided to execute the specific effect in combination during the fluctuation production, it is to select from one or more types of the second specific effects as the specific effect to be executed after executing the opportunity effect. ,
The case where the in-varying effect is a combined mode including both the opportunity effect and the second specific effect is more appropriate than the case where the opportunity effect is not included and the second specific effect is included alone. A gaming machine characterized by being set such that the probability of a hit judgment result is high .

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