JP6628183B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  In many gaming machines, a predetermined background sound (BGM) is output during a game (for example, see Patent Document 1 below). In some productions, the background sound corresponding to it is fixed.

JP-A-2015-89380

  Background sound corresponding to a certain effect may be the same as background sound corresponding to another effect. In such a case, the background sound is output from a specific location when the effect is shifted to a certain effect, and then output again from the specific position by shifting to another effect (hereinafter, such a phenomenon is referred to as “ "Re-sound".) That is, the player repeatedly listens to the same part of the background sound, and the effect of the effect is reduced.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing a decrease in the effect of the effect due to the background sound.

A gaming machine according to the present invention made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem shows a sound output unit for outputting a background sound and an identification symbol for notifying a certain judgment result indicating a certain judgment result after starting to change. As an effect that occurs as a part of the notification effect until stopping in combination, a first precedent effect in which a specific song is output from the sound output unit as a background sound, and a sound other than the specific song from the sound output unit as a background sound A second pre-production in which a song is output, and the first pre-production and the second pre-production as part of the same pre-production that one of the first pre-production and the second pre-production is performed An effect that can be generated after any one of the effects is performed, and a specific effect in which the specific music is output from the sound output unit as a background sound; and a transition to the specific effect. If the effect to be executed before is the second precedent effect, control is performed such that the specific music is output from a predetermined location in response to the shift to the specific effect, while before the shift to the specific effect. If the effect to be executed is the first pre-production, the specific music is not determined and output from the predetermined location in response to the transition to the specific pre-production, but is output in the first pre-production. Sound control means for controlling the specified music piece to be continuously output even after shifting to the specific effect.

  According to the present invention, when the background sound before the transition to the specific effect is a specific song, the specific effect is started based on how much the specific song is progressing before shifting to the specific effect. Since the output start point of the specific musical piece at the time is determined, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the effect of the production which may be caused by, for example, repeatedly outputting the same portion. In addition, when transitioning from a certain effect using a specific song as the background sound to the specific effect, the specific effect is continuously output (the specific song is continuously output for a relatively long time). It is possible to improve the effect of the production.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is possible to suppress the fall of the production effect by a background sound.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming machine according to the embodiment. It is the figure which showed the relationship between the continuous notice and the music output. It is a figure for explaining control of a background sound (specific music) when a background sound before shifting to a specific effect is not a specific music. It is a figure for explaining control of a background sound (specific music) when a background sound before shifting to a specific production is a specific music. It is a figure showing an example of a control flow of a specific music. It is a figure for explaining the 1st modification. It is a figure for explaining the 3rd modification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the 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 gaming board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and a guide rail 903 forming a passage for guiding a game ball fired by operating a firing device 908 (a firing handle) to a game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows.

  In the game area 902, a start winning port 904, a large winning port 906, an out port 907, and the like are provided. The display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that can be visually recognized through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90. Although FIGS. 2 to 4 and FIG. 7 roughly show the display area 911, the shape and the like can be appropriately changed (the shape and size of the opening 901 and the shape and size of the display device 91 itself are changed). By changing the shape, the shape and the like of the display area 911 can be changed).

  Further, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flow state of the game balls when the game balls flow down. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes in various modes according to the conditions at the time of collision with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is fired toward the game area 902 by operating the firing device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning port such as a starting winning port 904 or a large winning port 906, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by a payout device.

  In addition, the description of the components of the gaming machine 1 irrelevant to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1 and the lower plate and the upper plate for storing game balls, is omitted. With respect to these, those having the same structure as a known game machine can be applied.

  The jackpot lottery (winning determination) is executed by a winning determination unit provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by winning of a game ball to the starting winning opening 904 (even if a plurality of such starting winning openings are provided). Good). Specifically, a numerical value is obtained from a random number source when a game ball is awarded to the starting winning opening 904, and when the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot value, a jackpot is obtained. It will be off. If a jackpot is won, a jackpot game is executed. The jackpot game is one in which the big winning opening 906 is frequently opened and the player can acquire many game balls (so-called payout balls), and is similar to a known gaming machine. Is omitted. A plurality of types of jackpot games having different expected values of game balls that can be obtained may be set.

  In the present embodiment, the result of the determination of success or failure is notified to the player by the combination of the identification symbols 10 displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. In the present embodiment, three identification symbol groups 10 including numbers “1” to “9” are variably displayed. Each group of identification symbols 10 starts to fluctuate at the same time as the start of the effect for notifying a certain determination result, and when a jackpot is won, the identification symbols 10 finally stop in a predetermined combination. Examples of the predetermined combination include three sets of the same identification symbol 10. In the case of a loss, the identification symbol 10 stops in a combination other than the combination that makes a big hit.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the notification of the result of the determination of the correctness is started in the order in which the numerical values for the determination of the correctness are obtained (the fluctuation of the identification symbol 10 is started), but a certain numerical value is obtained. When the result of the determination based on the numerical value obtained earlier is notified, the obtained numerical value is not stored until the notification of the result of the determination based on the certain value is started. Is stored in The maximum storage number (maximum hold number) of numerical values for which notification of the validity determination result has not yet been started (hereinafter also referred to as hold information) can be appropriately set. In the present embodiment, the maximum number of pieces of hold information that can be stored in the storage means is four per kind of start winning prize hole.

  Further, in the present embodiment, at the time when the notification of the result of the determination of the success / failure is started, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a numerical value that is a big hit. In other words, at the point in time when an effect for notifying the result of the determination of the success / failure (variable display of the identification symbol 10) is started, it is determined whether the target result of the success / failure determination is a big hit or an incorrect one. The information (hereinafter sometimes referred to as changing information) is a so-called “flag” for internally grasping the success or failure of the jackpot, and is stored in the storage unit together with the hold information (in the present embodiment, The storage means for storing the pending information and the changing information is the same, but each information may be stored in different storage means). When a certain numerical value is obtained, whether or not the result of the determination based on the numerical value obtained earlier is notified, whether or not the determination is made based on the obtained numerical value, the result of the determination is determined. It may be configured to store itself. In such a configuration, the stored determination result itself corresponds to the changing information and the pending information. A combination of the information during the change may be regarded as the pending information. The number of the hold information may be displayed so that the player can recognize it. In the present embodiment, it is displayed in the display area 911 as a hold mark.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment outputs a background sound (BGM) from a speaker 92 (see FIG. 1) which is a sound output unit. One or a plurality of types of music output as background sounds are stored in a storage unit (not shown). Hereinafter, control when a specific music piece 20 which is one of the one or more kinds of music pieces is set as a background sound (a means for controlling the background sound corresponds to a sound control means in the present invention) will be described. I do.

  The specific music piece 20 is set as a background sound when a specific effect 30 (means for executing the specific effect 30 corresponds to the effect executing means in the present invention) occurs. The specific content of the specific effect 30 may be any. The specific effect 30 in the present embodiment is a “next notice” effect that gives notice of an effect to be executed thereafter (so-called super reach effect) (see FIG. 3 and the like). After the next notice effect, the probability of the success / failure judgment result being a big hit is increased. The timing of the next announcement effect can be set as appropriate. In the present embodiment, it may occur at least when the identification symbol 10 fluctuates.

  Further, the specific music piece 20 may be output even during the continuous announcement. The continuous announcement in the present embodiment is performed by temporarily stopping the fluctuating identification symbol 10 once (meaning a mode in which it appears to the player as if it has stopped) and restarting the fluctuation once or more times. This indicates the probability that the success / failure determination result will be a big hit (so-called pseudo-continuous notice). In the present embodiment, the setting is made such that the greater the number of times from the temporary stop to the re-change, the greater the probability that the result of determination as to whether or not the hit will be a big hit. A combination of specific identification symbols 10 indicating re-variation may be set. In the present embodiment, when the identification symbol 10 of “7” is temporarily stopped at the center, each identification symbol 10 changes again. In the following description, in the case where continuous notice occurs, the fluctuation from the start of fluctuation to the first temporary stop is pseudo 1 fluctuation, the fluctuation after the first temporary stop is pseudo 2 fluctuation, and the fluctuation after the second temporary stop. Are sometimes referred to as pseudo 3 fluctuations.

  In the present embodiment, music other than the specific music 20 is set as the background sound during the pseudo 1 fluctuation or the pseudo 2 fluctuation (see FIGS. 2A to 2D). In addition, the background sound in the variation of the identification symbol 10 (hereinafter also referred to as a normal variation) when the continuous announcement does not occur is also a music other than the specific music 20. On the other hand, the specific music piece 20 is set as the background sound during the pseudo 3 fluctuation (see FIG. 2E). Therefore, the generation of the effect flow from the pseudo 3 fluctuation to the specific effect 30 (next notice effect) means that the effect in which the specific music 20 is set as the background sound occurs continuously.

  The control of the background sound (the specific music piece 20) when the specific effect 30 occurs (see FIG. 5) is performed before the transition to the specific effect 30 when the specific effect 30 occurs (FIG. 5; S1 “Yes”). It is determined whether the background sound is the specific effect 30 (FIG. 5; S2), and the subsequent control differs depending on the determination result. For example, when the specific effect 30 occurs due to the normal fluctuation, the pseudo 1 fluctuation, and the pseudo 2 fluctuation, the background sound before shifting to the specific effect 30 is not the specific music 20 (FIG. 5; S2 “No”). ). In such a case, as shown in FIG. 3, the transition to the specific effect 30 triggers the specific music 20 to be output from a predetermined location (any point in the specific music 20) (FIG. 5; S3). ). In addition, the predetermined location may be any location of a part configuring the specific music piece 20. The configuration may be such that the specific music 20 is output from the beginning or from the beginning of a predetermined passage of the specific music 20 (for example, from the beginning of a so-called chorus part). That is, when the background sound before the transition to the specific effect 30 is not the specific music 20, the specific music 20 is output from the same place every time.

  On the other hand, when the background sound before the transition to the specific effect 30 is the specific song 20 (FIG. 5; S2 “Yes”), in the present embodiment, when the specific effect 30 occurs due to the pseudo 3 variation, As shown in FIG. 4, control is performed so that the specific music piece 20 is continuously output even after the transition to the specific effect 30 (FIG. 5; S4). In other words, as described above, in principle, the specific music 20 is output from a predetermined location in response to the occurrence of the specific effect 30, but if the specific music 20 has already been output before the specific effect 30, Even after the transition to the specific effect 30, the specific music 20 is continuously output as it is.

  With such a configuration, occurrence of a situation where the same portion of the specific music piece 20 is continuously output is prevented. In other words, if the specific music 20 is always output from the same place when the specific effect 30 occurs, the same portion will be continuously output depending on the degree of progress of the specific music 20 output before the specific effect 30. For example, if the specific music 20 is output from a predetermined location at the start of the pseudo 3 fluctuation and is output from the same location at the start of the specific effect 30, the specific music 20 whose output starts from the predetermined location restarts Will occur. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when the specific music 20 has been output before the specific production 30, the specific music 20 is output as it is even if the process proceeds to the specific production 30, so that the same portion is continuously output. There is no such thing as. That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress a reduction in the effect of the production that may be caused by the same portion of the specific music piece 20 being repeatedly output.

  Hereinafter, a modified example (improved example) of the above embodiment will be described. Note that a configuration in which the modifications described below are applied alone or a configuration in which a plurality of variations are applied may be employed.

In the above-described embodiment, when the background sound before the transition to the specific effect 30 is the specific song 20, the specific song 20 is continuously output even after the transition to the specific effect 30. Although such control has been described, the control method is an example. In order to prevent the same part of the specific music piece 20 from being output in succession, the specific music piece 20 triggered by the transition to the specific music piece 30 is taken into consideration based on the progress of the specific music piece 20 before the transition to the specific music piece 30. May be determined.

  As one example, a control example as shown in FIG. 6 can be considered. As illustrated, the specific music piece 20 is divided into a plurality of unit elements (first element to N-th element (N is a natural number)). Any method may be used for the division. For example, there is a technique of classifying the music piece 20 into sections (A melody, B melody, chorus, etc.). Also, there is a method of classifying the title into the first title, the second title, and so on. It is assumed that the background sound before shifting to the specific effect 30 has progressed halfway through the n-th element (n is a natural number smaller than N). In this case, the specific music piece 20 is output from the beginning of the (n + 1) th element, triggered by the transition to the specific effect 30. That is, the “segment” of the specific song 20 is set in advance, and the background sound before shifting to the specific effect 30 is the specific song 20 while the specific song 20 is output from the beginning of the “segment”. In such a case, in order to prevent the same part of the specific music 20 from being output in succession, the output of the specific music 20 is started from the beginning of the element next to the element that has progressed before shifting to the specific effect 30. To

-Second modification (another example of the first modification)
As another example based on the same idea as the first modified example, when the specific music 20 has progressed to a certain point before shifting to the specific effect 30, it has advanced from the certain point for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds). It is conceivable that the location is the output start location of the specific music piece 20 triggered by the transition to the specific effect 30.

  In each of the first modified example and the second modified example, a position after the position where the specific music 20 has progressed before shifting to the specific effect 30 is changed to the specific music 20 triggered by the shift to the specific effect 30. Output start point. In the above-described embodiment, it can be said that the position itself where the specific music 20 has progressed before shifting to the specific effect 30 is the output start position of the specific music 20 triggered by the shift to the specific effect 30. . That is, in order to realize that the same part of the specific music piece 20 is not output in succession, the output start point of the specific music piece 20 triggered by the shift to the specific effect 30 shifts to the specific effect 30. This means that the control should be performed so that it is the same as the place that has progressed before or after that.

-3rd modification The specific aspect of specific music 20 may change by switching of production. For example, according to the above embodiment, the “specific song 20 without song” is output during the pseudo 3 fluctuation, and the “specific song 20 with song” is output during the specific effect 30. So that That is, it is assumed that the melody is the same, but the presence or absence of a song (lyric) is different. In such a case, the specific music piece 20 output before shifting to the specific effect 30 is continuously output even after shifting to the specific effect 30 (meaning that the melody continues). It may be controlled. With such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 7, the melody of the specific tune 20 is continued as it is, but a tune with a song attached to the melody is output upon the transition to the specific effect 30. Therefore, there is an advantage that the switching of the effect can be easily grasped.

  As described above, even when the specific mode of the specific music piece 20 changes due to the switching of the effect to the extent that the player can recognize the same music piece, the technical idea similar to that of the above embodiment is applied. It is possible. As the change (difference) of “the degree to which the player can recognize that the music is the same”, various changes such as the change of the presence or absence of the song, the change of the tempo, the change of the musical instrument playing the music, and the like can be considered.

-Fourth Modification In the above embodiment, when the background sound before the transition to the specific effect 30 is the specific song 20, the specific song 20 is continuously output even after the transition to the specific effect 30. However, the meaning of “continue” here means that a part of the specific music piece 20 is not skipped, and the temporary stop of the specific music piece 20 is denied. It does not do.

  It is assumed that the specific music piece 20 has progressed to a certain position before shifting to the specific effect 30. The output start point of the specific music piece 20 triggered by the transition to the specific effect 30 is the certain point. In this case, after the specific music 20 is output to a certain location, the output is temporarily stopped, and after a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 1 or 2 seconds), the output is restarted from the certain location simultaneously with the start of the specific effect 30. May be adopted. That is, the break between the specific effect 30 and the state before it (the previous effect) may be expressed by temporarily stopping the output of the specific music piece 20. When the output is temporarily stopped, a sound effect different from the specific music 20 may be output. Instead of stopping the output of the specific music piece 20, the break between the specific effect 30 and the state before it (the previous effect) may be expressed only by the sound effect.

-Fifth Modification The continuous notice in the above-described embodiment is a so-called pseudo continuous notice in which the identification symbol 10 is temporarily stopped and then starts changing again one or more times. However, the same technical idea can be applied to a so-called pre-reading continuous notice. The pre-reading continuous announcement uses an effect of notifying the result of determination of whether the corresponding information is associated with one or a plurality of pieces of pending information prior to the notification of the result of determining whether or not the information is associated with a certain piece of hold information (target held information). It is. In the effect of notifying the validity / non-permission determination result corresponding to the hold information prior to the target hold information, the identification symbol 10 can be set to a specific combination (the specific combination can be appropriately set. For example, “1” “2”) An example of a prefetching effect is an effect of increasing the probability that the next success / failure determination result will be a big hit by stopping at (3, 5, 5, 6, 7). An effect in which the probability of a jackpot increases as the number of prefetches (the number of stops in a specific combination) increases is general. The same technical idea as in the above-described embodiment can be applied to such a pre-reading continuous notice.

  As mentioned above, although the embodiment (and its modification) of the present invention was explained in detail, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment at all, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention. is there.

For example, the gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but the same technical idea can be applied to other gaming machines such as a rotary gaming machine (slot machine) .
Specific means (gaming machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.
Means 1 such a gaming machine is a sound output means for outputting a background sound, an effect execution means for executing a specific effect in which a specific song is output from the sound output means as a background sound, and a background before shifting to the specific effect If the sound is not the specific song, control is performed such that the specific song is output from a predetermined location in response to the transition to the specific effect, while the background sound before the transition to the specific effect is the specific song. In some cases, a sound control unit that controls the specific music to be continuously output even when the specific performance is shifted to is provided.
According to the gaming machine of Means 1, when the background sound before the transition to the specific effect is a specific song, based on how much the specific song is progressing before shifting to the specific effect, Since the output start point of the specific music at the time of starting the specific effect is determined, it is possible to suppress a reduction in the effect of the effect that may be caused by repeatedly outputting the same portion. In addition, when transitioning from a certain effect using a specific song as the background sound to the specific effect, the specific effect is continuously output (the specific song is continuously output for a relatively long time). It is possible to improve the production effect.
The gaming machine according to the second aspect is the gaming machine according to the first aspect, wherein the gaming machine that notifies the result of the determination of success or failure is provided by a combination of the identification symbols. By repeating the start one or more times, it is possible to execute a continuous effect that suggests the probability that the success or failure determination will be a hit, temporarily stop or provisionally stop the fluctuating identification symbol, and the number of times the change is started again The specific music is output as a background sound after the start of the fluctuation when the predetermined number of times is reached.
As in the gaming machine according to the means 2, if the specific music is output as a background sound when a situation where a certain expectation can be achieved by a so-called continuous notice is given to a certain extent, the specific music can be output in a manner other than the specific effect. Since the output situation is limited, it is possible to suppress the relationship between the specific music and the specific effect from being diluted.

1 gaming machine 10 identification design 20 specific music 30 specific production 92 speaker (sound output means)

Claims (1)

Sound output means for outputting a background sound,
As an effect that occurs as a part of the notification effect from the start of the change of the identification symbol for notifying the certain judgment result to the stop of the combination indicating the certain judgment result, the specific music from the sound output means as the background sound. Is output, a second pre-production in which music other than the specific music is output from the sound output unit as a background sound, and one of the first pre-production and the second pre-production is An effect that can occur after one of the first pre-production and the second pre-production is performed as a part of the same pre-production production as the performed pre-production. A special performance in which the music is output;
If the effect performed before shifting to the specific effect is the second pre-effect, control is performed such that the specific song is output from a predetermined location in response to the shift to the specific effect, while If the effect performed before shifting to the specific effect is the first pre-effect, the specific song is not determined and output from the predetermined location, triggered by the shift to the specific effect, but Sound control means for controlling the specific music that has been output in the first pre-production to be continuously output even after shifting to the specific production,
A gaming machine comprising:

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