JP6786115B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game machine.

Patent Document 1 below discloses a game machine that outputs a sound effect (holding winning sound) when a so-called hold occurs, which is the winning / failing determination information acquired when the game ball wins a prize in a predetermined winning opening. (See paragraph 0445 of Patent Document 1 and the like).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-181729

When the hit / fail determination information is continuously acquired, a certain sound effect is erased by another sound effect, and the effect of the sound effect is reduced. It is conceivable that each of the plurality of sound effects is output through different channels, but this causes problems such as an increase in channels and restrictions on other effects (effects in which sound is output).

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing a decrease in a production effect due to a sound effect output when the hit / fail determination information is acquired.

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, has acquired a storage means capable of storing a predetermined number of hit / fail judgment information regarding the hit / fail judgment and the hit / miss judgment information. The sound output means capable of generating the indicated sound effect, the time setting means capable of setting the output determination time triggered by the acquisition of the hit / fail determination information, and the said output determination time. When a plurality of the hit / fail judgment information including the hit / fail judgment information that triggered the setting of the output judgment time is acquired, the effect corresponding to one of the plurality of hit / fail judgment information. It is characterized by including a sound control means for controlling the sound output means so as to output only sound.

According to the game machine according to the present invention, when a plurality of hit / fail judgment information is acquired within the output judgment time, only the sound effect corresponding to one hit / fail judgment information is output. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which the sound effect to be played is drowned out by the sound effect corresponding to another hit / fail determination information, and it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the effect due to the sound effect.

As the sound effect, a plurality of types of sound effects having different priorities are set, and the sound control means acquires a plurality of the hit / fail determination information within the output determination time, and among the plurality of hit / fail determination information. When the sound effect corresponding to a certain hit / fail judgment information has a different priority from the sound effect corresponding to another hit / fail judgment information, the sound output means is controlled so as to output the sound effect having the highest priority. Good.

With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which a sound effect having a high priority, that is, a sound effect important to the player cannot be heard.

It is preferable that the priority is set so that the higher the probability that the hit / fail judgment will be successful, the higher the priority.

As described above, as an example of setting the priority, it can be exemplified that the probability (so-called reliability) that the hit / fail judgment is correct is used as a reference.

As the sound effect, a plurality of types of sound effects having different output time lengths are set, and the output determination time is equal to or longer than the output time of the sound effect having the longest output time among the plurality of types of sound effects. It should be set to a length of time.

With such a configuration, it is possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of a situation in which one sound effect is drowned out by another sound effect, and it becomes easy to control the setting of the output determination time.

As the sound effect, a normal sound effect and one or more kinds of special sound effects different from the normal sound effect are set, and the time setting means is one or more kinds of sound effects corresponding to the certain hit / fail determination information. Only when any one of the special sound effects of the above is set, the output determination time may be set with the acquisition of the certain hit / fail determination information as a trigger.

In this way, the normal sound effect is allowed to be drowned out by other sound effects, while the special sound effect is not drowned out by other sound effects, so that each time the hit / fail judgment information is acquired. Since it is not necessary to set the output judgment time, control becomes easy.

According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the effect of the effect due to the sound effect output when the hit / miss determination information is acquired.

It is a front view of the game machine which concerns on this embodiment. (A) is a diagram showing an identification symbol and a reserved symbol displayed on the display device, and (b) is a list diagram of the reserved symbol. It is a figure which showed that the sound effect is output when the hit / fail determination information (so-called hold) is acquired. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st control example. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd control example. It is a figure for demonstrating the 3rd control example. It is a figure for demonstrating the reason why the output determination time is set to the length longer than the output time of the sound effect which has the longest output time.

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 game machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

The game machine 1 includes a game board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and the guide rail 903 forming a passage for guiding the game ball launched by the operation of the launch device 908 (launch handle) to the game 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 large winning opening 906, an out opening 907, and the like. The display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that can be visually recognized through the opening 901 formed in the game board 90. Although the display area 911 is roughly described in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shape and the like thereof 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 doing so, the shape 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 mode of the game balls when the flowing game balls collide with each other. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes in various modes depending on the conditions when it collides with the game nail.

In such a game machine 1, the 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 prize opening such as a start winning opening 904 or a large winning opening 906, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by a payout device.

The components of the game machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the game machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the game balls, will not be described. As for these, those having the same structure as a known game machine can be applied.

The jackpot lottery (win / fail determination) is executed by the win / fail determination means provided on the control board (not shown) triggered by the winning of the game ball into the start winning opening 904 (even if a plurality of such starting winning openings are provided). Good). Specifically, a numerical value is acquired from the random number source triggered by the winning of the game ball to the starting winning opening 904, and if the numerical value is the same as the predetermined jackpot value, it becomes a jackpot, and if it is different, it becomes a jackpot. It will be out of order. If the jackpot is won, the jackpot game is executed. In the jackpot game, the jackpot 906 is frequently opened, and the player can acquire a large number of game balls (so-called balls), which is the same as that of a known game machine. Is omitted. A plurality of types of jackpot games with different expected values of the game balls that can be acquired may be set.

In the present embodiment, similarly to the known gaming machine, the hit / fail determination result is notified to the player by the combination of the identification symbols 10 (see FIG. 2A and the like) displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. The identification symbol 10 starts to fluctuate when the notification of the hit / miss determination result is started. The mode of the identification symbol 10 indicating whether or not the jackpot has been won may be any. In the present embodiment, when all the stopped identification symbols 10 are the same, it is a big hit, and in other cases, it is a miss.

Further, in the present embodiment, the notification of the winning / failing determination result is started in the order in which the numerical values for the hit / miss determination are acquired (the variation of the identification symbol 10 is started), but a certain numerical value is acquired. Occasionally, when a hit / fail judgment result based on a numerical value acquired before that is notified, a memory provided on a control board (not shown) is provided until the notification of the hit / fail judgment result based on the certain numerical value is started. It is memorized in the means. The maximum number of stored numbers (maximum number of holds) of the numerical value (hereinafter, also referred to as hold information) for which the notification of the hit / fail determination result has not been started can be appropriately set. The maximum number of reserved information that can be stored by the storage means in the present embodiment is four for one kind of start winning opening 904.

Further, in the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a jackpot value at the time when the notification of the hit / fail determination result is started. That is, at the time when the effect for notifying the hit / fail determination result (variation display of the identification symbol 10) is started, it is determined whether the target hit / miss determination result is a big hit or a miss. The information (hereinafter, also 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 means together with the reserved information. In the present embodiment, the storage means for storing the reserved information and the changing information is the same, but each information may be stored in different storage means.

In addition, when a certain numerical value is acquired, if the notification of the hit / fail judgment result based on the numerical value acquired before that is already completed, the numerical value is configured to be immediately stored as changing information. Alternatively, the information may be stored as pending information and then used as changing information. In addition, when a certain numerical value is acquired, whether or not the pass / fail judgment result based on the previously acquired numerical value is notified, the pass / fail judgment is performed based on the acquired numerical value, and the pass / fail judgment result is performed. It may be configured to store itself. In such a configuration, the stored pass / fail determination result itself corresponds to the changing information and the pending information.

The symbol indicating that the reserved information exists is displayed on the display device 91 as the reserved symbol 20 (see FIG. 2A). It may be displayed on a device different from the display device 91. Further, although it is referred to as a hold "design", the existence of the hold may be indicated by a lamp or the like (it does not have to be strictly a "design", and it may be a display mode in which the player can determine the existence of the hold. ). The reserved symbol 20 is displayed at a corresponding position in the order in which the effect of notifying the hit / miss determination result is started. In the present embodiment, the reserved symbols 20 are displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 so as to be lined up along a predetermined direction.

As the reserved symbol 20, one or a plurality of normal symbols 21 and a special symbol 22 indicating that the probability (so-called reliability) that the corresponding hit / fail determination result becomes a big hit is higher than that of the normal symbol 21 are set. In the present embodiment, one normal symbol 21 and four special symbols 22 are set (see FIG. 2B). These symbols are different in at least the "color" element among the plurality of elements constituting the symbol. The normal symbol 21 is white, and the special symbol 22 is blue (first special symbol 221) and green (second). Special symbol 222), red (third special symbol 223), and rainbow color (fourth special symbol 224) are set. In the drawings, the elements of the color are represented by characters. The probability that the hit / fail judgment result will be a big hit is set to be higher in the order of white, blue, green, red, and rainbow color (rainbow color is the highest). Although not provided in this embodiment, a symbol corresponding to the changing information may be displayed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the game ball is won in the start winning opening 904 except when the storage means is in the state where the maximum number of hold information that can be stored is stored (so-called hold is full). With this as an opportunity, numerical values (hereinafter, referred to as success / failure determination information) that serve as the above-mentioned pending information and changing information will be acquired. Then, when the numerical value which is the hit / fail judgment information is acquired, the sound effect S indicating that the hit / miss judgment information has been acquired is output from the speaker 92 (see FIG. 1) which is a sound output means (see FIG. 3). .. In this embodiment, there is only one voice channel for outputting the sound effect S. That is, except when the so-called hold is full, when the game ball wins a prize in the start winning opening 904 and the winning / failing determination information is acquired, basically, the corresponding sound effect S is output. However, in order to prevent a situation in which the sound effect S corresponding to one of the hit / fail judgment information is drowned out by another sound effect S when the hit / fail judgment information is continuously acquired, this implementation is performed. In the embodiment, the output of the sound effect S is controlled as follows (hereinafter, the control may be referred to as a special control. The means for performing the special control corresponds to the sound control means in the present invention).

The sound effect S is set to correspond to the various reserved symbols 20. That is, those corresponding to the normal symbol 21 and the first special symbol 221 to the fourth special symbol 224 are set. As a result, the player can notice not only the appearance of the various reserved symbols 20 but also the chance due to the sound effect S generated when the hit / miss determination information is acquired. It should be noted that the sound effect S may be only one type (the sound effect S corresponding to all the reserved symbols 20 may be the same). Further, the sound effect S corresponding to the normal symbol 21 and the sound effect S corresponding to the special symbol 22 are different depending on whether the normal symbol or the special symbol 22 is used (the sound effect S corresponding to the special symbol 22 is the same). It may be.

When the hit / fail judgment information is acquired, the output judgment time T, which will be described in detail later, is set. After that, when one or more hit / fail determination information is newly acquired within the output determination time T, a special control for outputting only the sound effect S corresponding to one hit / fail determination information is executed. Here, "within the hit / fail judgment time" includes the moment (simultaneous) when the hit / miss judgment time is set. That is, it is assumed that the output determination time T includes the acquisition of the accuracy determination information itself that triggered the setting of the accuracy determination time. Therefore, if at least one hit / fail judgment information is acquired before the measurement of the output judgment time T, in which certain hit / fail judgment information is acquired and the time measurement is started at the same time, is acquired, "output judgment" is performed. A plurality of hit / fail judgment information was acquired within the time T. " The special control is executed when "a plurality of hit / fail determination information is acquired within the output determination time T".

The output sound effect S may be a sound effect S corresponding to the hit / fail determination information (hereinafter, may be referred to as the previous hit / fail determination information 31) that triggered the setting of the output determination time T. After that, the sound effect S corresponding to any one of one or a plurality of hit / fail judgment information (hereinafter, may be referred to as hit / fail judgment information 32 later) acquired within the output determination time T may be used. Further, even if it is set to output one sound effect S corresponding to the high-priority hit / fail judgment information determined based on a predetermined standard among the plurality of hit / fail judgment information acquired within the output time. Good. However, in any case, the output determination time T is not set when the subsequent hit / fail determination information 32 is acquired. Hereinafter, such points will be described in detail.

1) Setting to output the sound effect corresponding to the previous hit / fail judgment information (first control example)
A first control example will be described with reference to FIG. The output determination time T is set with the acquisition of the previous hit / fail determination information 31 as a trigger. After that, when the later hit / fail determination information 32 is acquired within the set output determination time T, the sound effect S corresponding to the previous hit / fail determination information 31 is triggered by the elapse of the output determination time T. Is output (see FIG. 4 (a)). That is, a special control is executed in which the output of the sound effect S corresponding to the subsequent hit / fail determination information 32 is omitted. When a plurality of subsequent hit / fail determination information 32s are acquired within the output determination time T, the sound effects S corresponding to all of the subsequent hit / fail determination information 32 are not output. Further, with respect to the hit / fail determination information acquired within the output determination time T, that is, the subsequent hit / fail determination information 32, the output determination time T is set so as to be triggered by the acquisition.

If new hit / fail judgment information (later hit / fail judgment information 32) is not acquired within the output judgment time T, the hit / fail judgment information (the hit / fail judgment information) that triggered the setting of the output judgment time T after the output judgment time T has elapsed. The sound effect S corresponding to the above-mentioned hit / fail determination information 31) is output (see FIG. 4B).

When another hit / fail judgment information 33 is newly acquired after the output judgment time T elapses, the output judgment time T is newly set when the other hit / fail judgment information 33 is acquired. Become. The sound effect S corresponding to the other hit / miss judgment information 33 is output after the newly set output judgment time T has elapsed when it is acquired (see FIG. 4C). Therefore, the output of the sound effect S corresponding to the previous hit / fail determination information 31 and the output of the sound effect S corresponding to another hit / fail determination information 33 do not overlap (cover).

2) Setting to output the sound effect corresponding to the subsequent hit / fail judgment information (second control example)
A second control example will be described with reference to FIG. The output determination time T is set with the acquisition of the previous hit / fail determination information 31 as a trigger. After that, when the later hit / fail determination information 32 is acquired within the set output determination time T, the sound effect S corresponding to the later hit / fail determination information 32 is triggered by the elapse of the output determination time T. Is output (see FIG. 5 (a)). That is, a special control is executed in which the output of the sound effect S corresponding to the hit / miss determination information 31 is omitted. When a plurality of subsequent hit / fail determination information 32s are acquired within the output determination time T, only the sound effect S corresponding to any one of the subsequent hit / fail determination information 32 is output. Further, with respect to the hit / fail determination information acquired within the output determination time T, that is, the subsequent hit / fail determination information 32, the output determination time T is not set when it is acquired.

If new hit / fail judgment information (later hit / fail judgment information 32) is not acquired within the output judgment time T, the hit / fail judgment information (the hit / fail judgment information) that triggered the setting of the output judgment time T after the output judgment time T has elapsed. The sound effect S corresponding to the above-mentioned hit / fail determination information 31) is output (see FIG. 5B).

When another hit / fail judgment information 33 is newly acquired after the output judgment time T elapses, the output judgment time T is newly set when the other hit / fail judgment information 33 is acquired. Become. The sound effect S corresponding to the other hit / miss judgment information 33 is output after the newly set output judgment time T has elapsed when it is acquired (see FIG. 5C). Therefore, the sound effect S output when the previously set output determination time T elapses, and another hit / fail determination information 33 output when the later set output determination time T elapses. The output of the sound effect S corresponding to is not duplicated (covered).

3) Setting to output the sound effect corresponding to the hit / fail judgment information with high priority (third control example)
A third control example will be described with reference to FIG. The output determination time T is set with the acquisition of the previous hit / fail determination information 31 as a trigger. After that, when the later hit / fail judgment information 32 is acquired within the set output judgment time T, the previous hit / fail judgment information 31 (corresponding sound effect S to be output) and the later hit / fail judgment information 32 The priority of (corresponding sound effect S to be output) is determined. Then, when the output determination time T elapses, the sound effect S corresponding to the hit / fail determination information having the higher priority is output (see FIG. 6A). When a plurality of subsequent hit / fail judgment information 32s are acquired within the output judgment time T, the highest priority is given to all the hit / fail judgment information including the previous hit / fail judgment information 31 and the plurality of subsequent hit / fail judgment information 32. The sound effect S corresponding to the hit / fail judgment information having a high rank is output. For the sound effects corresponding to the other hit / fail judgment information, a special control of omitting the output is executed. When all the hit / fail judgment information has the same priority, the control is performed as in the first control example or the second control example, and only the sound effect S corresponding to one hit / fail judgment information is output. do it. The hit / fail determination information acquired within the output determination time T, that is, the subsequent hit / fail determination information 32, is prevented from being set with the output determination time T triggered by the acquisition.

If new hit / fail judgment information (later hit / fail judgment information 32) is not acquired within the output judgment time T, the hit / fail judgment information (the hit / fail judgment information) that triggered the setting of the output judgment time T after the output judgment time T has elapsed. The sound effect S corresponding to the above-mentioned hit / fail determination information 31) is output (see FIG. 6B).

When another hit / fail judgment information 33 is newly acquired after the output judgment time T elapses, the output judgment time T is newly set when the other hit / fail judgment information 33 is acquired. Become. The sound effect S corresponding to the other hit / miss judgment information 33 is output after the newly set output judgment time T has elapsed when it is acquired (see FIG. 6C). Therefore, the sound effect S (sound effect S corresponding to the hit / fail judgment information having the highest priority) and the output judgment time T set later are output when the output judgment time T set earlier elapses. The output of the sound effect S corresponding to another hit / fail determination information 33, which is output when the elapse of, does not overlap (cover).

Various methods for setting the priority can be considered. In the present embodiment, the higher the probability (so-called reliability) that the hit / fail judgment result is a big hit, the higher the priority is set. Speaking of the above-mentioned reserved symbol 20, the normal symbol 21 (white symbol), the first special symbol 221 (blue symbol), the second special symbol 222 (green symbol), and the third special symbol 223 (red symbol) , The fourth special symbol 224 (rainbow-colored symbol) is set to have the highest priority (the fourth special symbol 224 is the highest). Since the sound effect S is an effect showing so-called reliability, whether or not the hit / fail determination result of the target actually becomes a big hit has no influence on the priority. Further, the priority of one reserved symbol 20 and the priority of another type of reserved symbol 20 may be the same. For example, the priorities of the plurality of types of special symbols 22 may be treated as the same.

Other priority setting methods include a method of setting the sound effect S corresponding to each hit / fail judgment information to have a longer length and a higher priority, and a method of setting the sound effect S to have a larger priority. Examples include a method of setting the value to be high, a method of allowing the player to arbitrarily set (customize) the value, and the like.

Further, the length of the output determination time T can be appropriately changed as long as the time does not cause duplication of sound effects S. When a plurality of types of sound effects S having different output time lengths are set, the output time (maximum output time Ts) of the sound effect S having the longest output time among the plurality of types of sound effects S is set. It is good that it is set to the length of. The reason is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 7, the output judgment time T (hereinafter, formally referred to as the previous output judgment time T) is set when a certain hit / fail judgment information (previous hit / fail judgment information 31) is acquired. Suppose. In this case, in any of the cases of the first control example to the third control example, the first hit / miss judgment information 31 or the second hit / fail judgment information 32 is triggered by the elapse of the first output judgment time T. The corresponding sound effect S (hereinafter formally referred to as the previous sound effect) is output. Further, when another hit / fail judgment information 33 is acquired after the elapse of the output judgment time T, the output judgment time T (hereinafter, formally referred to as the later output judgment time T) is triggered by the acquisition. To be referred to) will be set.

The fact that another hit / fail determination information 33 is acquired means that the sound effect S (hereinafter, formally referred to as the later sound effect) is output when the later output determination time T elapses. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the first sound effect and the second sound effect from overlapping. That is, even if the other hit / fail judgment information 33 is acquired immediately after the first hit / miss judgment time elapses and the first sound effect is the sound effect S having the longest output time, the first sound effect It is necessary to prevent the sound effect and the subsequent sound effect from overlapping. If the output judgment time T is longer than the output time (maximum output time Ts) of the sound effect S having the longest output time, the earlier sound effect has the longest output time at the time when the output of the later sound effect is started. Even if is a long sound effect S, it will be after the time when the output of the previous sound effect is completed. Therefore, the first sound effect and the second sound effect do not overlap.

As described above, the output determination time T may be set to a length equal to or longer than the output time (maximum output time Ts) of the sound effect S having the longest output time. However, if the output judgment time T is made too long, the time lag (delay of the sound effect S) between the time when the hit / fail judgment information is acquired and the time when the sound effect S is output becomes large, so the output judgment time T is set. It is preferable to make it as short as possible. That is, it is preferable that the output determination time T is set to be the same as the output time of the sound effect S having the longest output time (T = Ts).

As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, regardless of which of the first control example to the third control example is adopted, a plurality of hit / fail determination information is provided within the output determination time T. Is acquired, only the sound effect S corresponding to one hit / fail judgment information is output when the output judgment time T elapses, so that the sound effect S corresponding to a certain hit / fail judgment information is another hit / fail judgment. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which the sound effect S corresponding to the information 33 is drowned out, and to suppress the deterioration of the effect of the effect due to the sound effect S.

Further, by adopting the third control example, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which the sound effect S having a high priority, that is, the sound effect S important to the player cannot be heard. Then, if the priority is set so that the higher the probability that the hit / fail judgment is, the higher the priority is, the sound effect S indicating that a situation that is pleasing to the player has occurred cannot be heard. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation.

Further, when a plurality of types of sound effects S having different output time lengths are set as the sound effect S, the output determination time T is set to the longest output time among the plurality of types of sound effects S. By setting the time to be longer than the output time of the sound effect S (maximum output time Ts), it is possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of a situation in which one sound effect S is drowned out by another sound effect S. At the same time, it is possible to facilitate control regarding the setting of the output determination time T.

Hereinafter, an example in which the game machine 1 according to the above embodiment is modified, improved, embodied, etc. (formally referred to as a specific example) will be described focusing on the differences from the game machine 1 according to the above embodiment.

1) First Specific Example In the above embodiment, the output judgment time T is set when all the hit / fail judgment information is acquired except for the hit / fail judgment information (later hit / fail judgment information 32) acquired within the output judgment time T. Although it is set, the type of pass / fail judgment information for which the pass / fail judgment time is set may be limited to a part. In this example, only when the hit / fail judgment information in which the special sound effect is set as the corresponding sound effect S is acquired (the hit / fail judgment information in which the special sound effect S is set is acquired as the previous hit / fail judgment information 31). (Only in the case), the output judgment time T is set. Then, the control as in the third control example (when a plurality of hit / fail determination information is acquired within the output determination time, the sound effect S having the highest priority is output) is executed.

In this example, as the reserved symbol 20, a symbol other than the normal symbol 21, that is, a sound effect S generated when the hit / fail determination information corresponding to the special symbol 22 is acquired is used as a special sound effect (corresponding to the normal symbol 21). The sound effect S generated when the hit / fail determination information is acquired is regarded as a normal sound effect). If the sound effects S corresponding to each of the first special symbol 221 to the fourth special symbol 224 are different, the special sound effects are not all the same. That is, the sound effect set as the special sound effect may be only one type or may be a plurality of types. However, as in this example, when a special sound effect is generated (when multiple types of special sound effects are set, no matter which special sound effect is generated), the normal sound effect is generated. It is preferable that the probability that the corresponding hit / fail judgment result will be a big hit is higher (higher reliability) than when it occurs. In addition, the probability that a special sound effect will be generated (the sum of the probabilities that each special sound effect will be generated when multiple types of special sound effects are set) is set lower than the probability that a normal sound effect will be generated. It is desirable to have.

As described above, the advantage of setting the output determination time T only when the special sound effect is generated is as follows. As described above, by setting the output determination time T, it is possible to prevent the output of the sound effect S from being duplicated (covered). However, since the normal sound effect is less noticed by the player (compared to the special sound effect), even if the normal sound effect cannot be heard, the disadvantage is low. Therefore, by setting the output determination time T only when a special sound effect with a high degree of attention of the player (compared to the normal sound effect) is generated, a situation occurs in which the special sound effect cannot be heard. Try not to. In this way, the output determination time T is set only when a special sound effect is generated, that is, it is not necessary to set the output determination time T every time the hit / fail determination information is acquired. Becomes easier.

2) Second Specific Example In the above embodiment, it has been explained that the reserved symbol 20 indicating that the hit / miss determination information has been acquired is displayed, but such a reserved symbol 20 may not be displayed. That is, although the sound effect S indicating that the hit / fail determination information has been acquired is output, the hold symbol 20 (display indicating hold) may not be performed.

3) Third Specific Example The control described in the above embodiment relates to the output of the sound effect S when the hit / fail judgment information is acquired, but the effect other than the sound effect S when the hit / miss judgment information is acquired. Similar controls may be performed on the sound. Similar control may be executed for a sound effect that is output when a certain condition is satisfied and the condition can be continuously satisfied in a short time.

For example, there is known a configuration in which a sound effect (hereinafter, referred to as a winning sound effect) is output even when a game ball wins a prize in a winning opening (large winning opening or the like) other than the starting winning opening 904. At the time of a big hit game or the like, since the game ball is continuously won in the big winning opening, the sound effect is continuously output. With such a configuration, it is also possible to execute the same control (control using the output determination time T) as described above for the winning sound effect. As described above, the event that triggers the output of the sound effect is not limited to the acquisition of the winning / failing determination information (winning of the game ball to the starting winning opening 904).

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 Game machine 20 Hold symbol 31 Previous hit / fail judgment information 32 Later hit / fail judgment information 33 Another hit / fail judgment information 92 Speaker T Output judgment time S Sound effect

Claims (1)

A storage means capable of storing up to a predetermined number of hit / fail judgment information regarding the hit / fail judgment, and
A sound output means capable of generating a sound effect indicating that the hit / fail determination information has been acquired, and
A time setting means capable of setting the output determination time when the hit / fail determination information is acquired, and
If the hit / fail judgment information other than the target hit / fail judgment information, which is the hit / fail judgment information that triggered the setting of the output judgment time, is not acquired within the output judgment time, the hit / fail judgment information is found during the output judgment time. The sound effect corresponding to the target hit / fail judgment information is not output, and the sound effect corresponding to the target hit / fail judgment information is output after the output judgment time has elapsed.
If a plurality of the hit / fail judgment information including the target hit / fail judgment information which is the hit / fail judgment information that triggered the setting of the output judgment time is acquired within the output judgment time, the output judgment time is in effect. Does not output the sound effect corresponding to the target hit / fail judgment information, and outputs only the sound effect corresponding to one of the plurality of hit / fail judgment information after the elapse of the output judgment time. Sound control means to control the output means and
A game machine characterized by being equipped with.

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