JP6800487B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game machine.

A gaming machine is known in which a player can arbitrarily select a music to be output from a plurality of music (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

JP-A-2017-148235

An object of the present invention is to improve the taste of a game machine having a function of selecting an output musical piece.

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, can select a musical piece that can be arbitrarily selected by the player from a plurality of selectable musical pieces for the music output from the sound output means. A game machine in which a state is set, and a state in which the common music can be selected from the first state in which a common music and a first specific music different from the common music can be selected when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The feature is that the first specific music cannot be selected in the maintained state, and the common music and the second specific music different from the first specific music are changed to the selectable second state. To do.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the taste of the game machine in which the output music is set to be selectable.

It is a front view of the game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which showed the identification symbol and the holding image displayed in the display area of a display device. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of the specific game state. It is a figure for demonstrating the music selection function. It is a figure which showed the list of the candidate music set for each production status. It is a figure for demonstrating the first specific example. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd specific example. It is a figure (the 1) for explaining the 4th specific example. It is a figure (the second) for demonstrating the fourth concrete example.

Hereinafter, the gaming machine 1 (pachinko gaming machine) according to the embodiment of 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 that executes various effects is an area that can be visually recognized through the opening 901 formed in the game board 90. The shape of the display area 911 can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the display area 911 can be changed by changing the shape and size of the opening 901 and the shape and size of the display device 91 itself). ..

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 is executed by a winning / failing determination means provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by winning a game ball into the starting winning opening 904 (a plurality of such starting winning openings 904 may be provided. In the embodiment, the first starting winning opening 904a (special drawing 1 starting opening) and the second starting winning opening 904b (special drawing 2 starting opening) are provided). Specifically, a numerical value (hereinafter, also referred to as winning / failing judgment information) is acquired from a random number source triggered by winning a game ball into the starting winning opening 904, and the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot numerical value. If it is, it will be a big hit, and if it is different, it will be a miss. In the present embodiment, as in the case of a known game machine, when a big hit is obtained, the identification symbol 80 (see FIG. 2) is notified by forming a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same symbol), and other than that. If the combination of is displayed, it will be out of order.

In the present embodiment, the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is started in the order in which the numerical values for the hit / fail judgment are acquired (the variation of the identification symbol 80 is started), but when a certain numerical value is obtained, the notification is started. , When the hit / fail judgment result based on the numerical value acquired before that is notified, the storage means provided on the control board (not shown) is used until the notification of the pass / fail judgment result based on the certain numerical value is started. It will be remembered. Numerical values for which notification of the pass / fail judgment result (variation of the identification symbol 80) has not yet started (the one corresponding to each of the numerical values is "hold (information)". Hold (information) is a subordinate concept of the pass / fail judgment information. The maximum number of stored items (maximum number of holds) can be appropriately set. The maximum number of holdings that can be stored by the storage means in the present embodiment is four for one kind of starting winning opening 904. In the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a big hit at the time when the notification of the winning / failing determination result is started, but when the numerical value is acquired, the winning / failing determination is made. It may be configured to perform this and store the hit / fail determination result itself. In addition, the acquired numerical value is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the effect of notifying the success / failure determination result.

In the game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the hold image 70, which is a mark corresponding to each of the acquired numerical values (win / fail determination information) for which the notification of the pass / fail determination result stored in the storage means has not been started, is displayed. It is displayed in the display area 911 of the device 91. Specifically, the reserved images 70 are displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 so that the numerical values for executing the pass / fail determination are arranged in the order in which they are acquired (see FIG. 2). In the present embodiment, the numerical values are displayed so as to be arranged from the left in order from the earliest acquisition timing (so-called pending digestion earliest). The reserved image 70 may be a still image or a moving image.

The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a music selection function capable of arbitrarily selecting music output from the speaker 10 (sound output means). The configuration related to the music selection function will be described below.

The music selection function can be used when the player is in a predetermined gaming state. In the present embodiment, the function can be used in a specific gaming state (see FIG. 3), which is more advantageous than the normal gaming state. The specific gaming state in the present embodiment is a time-shortening (time saving) gaming state (high base state) in which the game ball is more likely to win a prize in the starting winning opening 904 than in the normal gaming state. Since the time-saving game state itself is known, detailed description thereof will be omitted. In the present embodiment, the time-reduced gaming state is a state in which it is easy to win an open lottery executed when a game ball passes through a normal starting area 905 (so-called through) provided on the right side of the game area. That is, in the specific gaming state, the player makes a so-called right-handed strike. When the open lottery is won, the opening / closing member provided on the front side of the second starting winning opening 904b is displaced from the closed position to the opening position, and the game ball is easily won in the second starting winning opening 904b. Since the probability of winning the open lottery is high, the second starting winning opening 904b is frequently opened. Therefore, the player can play the game without reducing the number of game balls so much as compared with the normal game state. The specific gaming state in the present embodiment is a time-shortening gaming state and a high-probability gaming state (so-called probability fluctuation state). The specific gaming state is a so-called ST machine that ends when the hit / fail determination result is out of order for a predetermined number of times (150 times in the present embodiment) and shifts to the normal gaming state. If the jackpot is won before the winning / failing judgment result is missed a predetermined number of times in a row, it becomes a so-called continuous chan. However, the time-reduced gaming state and the low-probability gaming state may be set as the specific gaming state.

When the music selection function is exhibited, the player can select the music output from the speaker 10 from a plurality of candidate music. That is, the music set as the candidate music is a music that can be selected by the player. Any method may be used by the player to select the music. In the present embodiment, the music is selected by operating the operating means 60 such as a push button. In the present embodiment, the selection of the music can be executed even when the notification effect for notifying the hit / miss determination result is being executed (during the change of the identification symbol 80). However, a non-selectable period may be set (for example, the non-selectable period may be set while the so-called reach effect is being executed). A predetermined order (hereinafter, may be referred to as "list order") is set for the plurality of candidate songs. The currently output music (hereinafter, may be referred to as a selected music) is displayed in the display area 911 (see FIG. 4).

By operating the operation means 60, the candidate songs are switched in a predetermined order. For example, if the selected song is the nth song (n is a natural number) in the above list order, the operation means 60 is used to switch to the n + 1th song (however, the last song in the list order). If, the song returns to the first song) (see FIG. 4). By operating another operation means such as a cross key, it may be possible to switch from the nth music to the n-1th music in the list order. In the present embodiment, when each candidate song is selected as a selected song (when it is displayed in the display area 911), the list order of the songs is displayed. By displaying such a list order, the player can easily grasp not only the list order of the selected songs but also the number of candidate songs and the like.

In the present embodiment, the list of candidate songs is switched according to the production status in the specific game state. The basic mode of the notification effect for notifying the hit / fail determination result depends on the effect status. That is, when the effect status changes, the basic mode of the notification effect changes. Various factors can be considered that change depending on the production status. It is conceivable that the mode of the identification symbol 80 changes, the background image (moving image) changes, the motif of the effect changes, and the like. In the specific gaming state in the present embodiment, the change in the effect status is represented as the change in the "zone". Specifically, a zone with a character A as a motif (hereinafter, may be referred to as a zone A (effect status A)) and a zone with a character B as a motif (hereinafter, also referred to as a zone B (effect status B)). A zone with a character C as a motif (hereinafter, may be referred to as a zone C (effect status C)) is set, and each zone is notified of a hit / fail judgment result (missing) after the specific game state is started. It switches when the number of times (so-called rotation speed) reaches a predetermined number of times. In order to show the switching of the effect status in an easy-to-understand manner, it is preferable to display an image (characters or the like) directly or indirectly indicating the type of the effect status (zone) currently set in the display area 911. In the present embodiment, zone A is set from 0 to 50 times of notification after the start of the specific game state, zone B is set from 51 to 100 times, and zone C is set from 101 to 150 times. (See Fig. 3). That is, the time when the 50th missed notification is completed after the start of the specific game state and the time when the 100th missed notification is completed are set as the time when the effect status is switched (the condition for switching the effect status is satisfied). There is.

The list of candidate songs is switched for each of the above production statuses (zones). Assuming that the list of candidate songs when each of the production statuses A to C is set is listed A to C, the plurality of candidate songs included in the lists A to C are divided into a common song and a specific song. The common music is one or more kinds of music included in any of the lists A to C (see FIG. 5). Therefore, the common music can be selected regardless of which of the statuses A to C is set. In the present embodiment, in any of the lists A to C, the first to tenth songs in the list order are the common songs. Assuming that 10 songs S1 to S10 are set as common songs, the types and list order of the common songs are the same in all of the lists A to C (see FIG. 5). That is, in any of the lists A to C, the common music S1 is the first, the common music S2 is the second, the common music S3 is the third, and the common music S10 is the tenth.

The specific music is a music different from any of the common music. In this embodiment, all of the lists A to C include a kind of specific music. Specifically, list A includes specific music T1, list B includes specific music T2, and list C includes specific music T3. These specific songs have the same list order in each list. In the present embodiment, the specific music is set 11th in the list order in each list (see FIG. 5). The specific songs T1 to T3 included in each list are songs having different modes from each other. The specific music T1 is a music corresponding to zone A (character A), the specific music T2 is a music corresponding to zone B (character B), and the specific music T3 is a music corresponding to zone C (character C). You can also say that.

As described above, the time when the 50th loss notification is completed after the start of the specific game state is regarded as the time when the first condition is satisfied, and the time when the 100th loss notification is completed from the effect status A to the effect status B. When the second condition is satisfied, the production status B is switched to the production status C. That is, when the first condition is satisfied, the list A is switched to the list B, and when the second condition is satisfied, the list B is switched to the list C. Comparing the contents of the list before and after the change, there is no change in the common songs. That is, even if the list changes, the state in which the common music can be selected is maintained. On the other hand, as for the specific music, the specific music before the change cannot be selected, and another specific music can be newly selected. Before and after the first condition is satisfied, the specific music T1 is replaced with the specific music T2, and before and after the second condition is satisfied, the specific music T2 is replaced with the specific music T3. That is, the change mode is as if the specific music before the change (corresponding to the first specific music in the present invention) is replaced with another specific music (corresponding to the second specific music in the present invention). Further, the change (replacement) occurs in the same list order (11th in the list order in the present embodiment).

As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the list of selectable candidate songs changes, the specific music before the change cannot be selected while the selectable state of the common music is maintained. Since there is a novel change in which another specific song is changed to a selectable state, it is possible to improve the taste of the game by using the song selection function. Specifically, it is not a change in which a new song is added, but a change mode in which a specific song associated with the production status is replaced as the production status changes. There are advantages that changes are easy to understand and that it is easy to understand that a specific song is associated with the production status.

Hereinafter, specific examples in which the gaming machine 1 according to the above embodiment has been improved, modified, and embodied will be described. It should be noted that a configuration may be configured in which a plurality of items described using the following specific examples are applied.

-First Specific Example In the above embodiment, it has been explained that each list includes one type of specific music, but it may include a plurality of types of specific music (see FIG. 6). That is, it is assumed that all of the plurality of types of specific songs included in each list are associated with the production status. With such a configuration, since a plurality of types of specific songs change as the production status changes, it is possible to show the change in the production status more clearly.

In this case, it is preferable that the number of specific songs included in each list is the same (see FIG. 6). By doing so, the change in the production status enhances the effect of giving the player the impression that multiple types of specific music have been "replaced", so that the specific music is associated with the production status. It will be easier to understand. However, it does not deny that the number of specific songs included in each list is different.

-Second specific example A setting in which a specific song included in at least one of a plurality of lists can be changed. For example, according to the above embodiment, one of the specific music T2-1 and the specific music T2-2 is set as the specific music included in the list B (see FIG. 7). That is, the list B may include the specific music T2-1 (does not include the specific music T2-2), or may include the specific music T2-2 (does not include the specific music T2-1). The configuration may be as follows. The specific music T2-1 and the specific music T2-2 are both different from the specific music T1 and the specific music T3. In this way, even if a plurality of types of songs that can be set as specific songs in a certain list are provided, the player is given the impression that one specific song is replaced with another specific song when the production status is switched. Will give.

In the case of this example, it may be suggested that an event advantageous to the player is likely to occur depending on which of the songs that can be set as the specific song is set. In the above example, when the production status A is switched to the production status B, the list B including the specific music T2-2 is set as compared with the case where the list B including the specific music T2-1 is set. In this case, it is more likely that an event that is advantageous to the player will occur. As an event advantageous to the player, "occurrence of a big hit game" and the like can be exemplified. That is, it is conceivable that the configuration suggests whether or not there is a "hold" that is a big hit, depending on the type of music set as the specific music.

-Third Specific Example The music selection function in the above embodiment is such that the music to be output can be switched even while the notification effect for notifying the hit / fail determination result is being executed (during the change of the identification symbol 80). However, the composition may be such that the output music can be switched only when the notification effect is not executed (when the fluctuation is stopped). For example, it is possible to apply the same technical idea as in the above embodiment to a configuration in which a music selection function is provided as a kind of so-called customization function.

-Fourth specific example When the list changes due to the switching of the production status type, the list order of the songs output before the switch and the list order of the songs output after the switch should not change (however, the relevant case). This is the case where the player does not perform the selection operation at the timing) (see FIGS. 8 and 9). That is, when the type of the production status is switched, the process of setting the output state of the first song (default song) in the list order is not performed. In this way, if the music that was output before the change of the production status occurs is a common music, the output of the common music is maintained even after the change occurs (see FIG. 8). On the other hand, if the music that was output before the switching of the production status occurs is a specific music, another specific music will be output after the switching occurs (see FIG. 9). With such a configuration, when a specific song is selected, the content of the output song changes when the production status is switched, so that the change in the production status is easier to understand. It is possible to show.

In this case, when the common music is selected, the same music will be output even after the production status is switched, but the music may be continuously output before and after the switching. However, at the time of the switching, the music is the first (meaning the output start time in the preset production. For example, the beginning part (so-called intro) of the actual music is partially omitted, that is, the actual music The time when a predetermined time has elapsed from the start may be set as the "output start time"). The former setting has an advantage that the player's irritation due to the music being reset and being output from the beginning is suppressed even though the music is the same. The latter setting has an advantage that even when a common music is selected, the production status is switched by outputting the music from the beginning. On the other hand, when a specific music is selected, a different music is output after the production status is switched, so that another specific music is output from the beginning at the time of the switching.

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.

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiments are listed below.

・ Means 1
A game machine in which a music selectable state is set in which a player can arbitrarily select a music output from a sound output means from a plurality of selectable music.
The state in which the common music can be selected is maintained from the first state in which the common music and the first specific music different from the common music can be selected when the predetermined condition is satisfied. A gaming machine characterized in that a specific music cannot be selected, and the common music and a second specific music different from the first specific music are changed to a selectable second state.
According to the above-mentioned game machine, the specific music (first specific music) before the change cannot be selected and another specific music (second specific music) is selected while the selectable state of the common music is maintained. Since a novel change of changing to a possible state occurs, it is possible to improve the taste of the game by using the music selection function.

・ Means 2
Multiple types of production status are set that change the basic mode of the notification effect that notifies the result of the hit / fail judgment.
The gaming machine according to means 1, wherein a change from the first state to the second state occurs when the type of the effect status is switched.
With such a configuration, the specific music is replaced (changes from the first specific music to the second specific music) while maintaining the selectable state of the common music as the production status changes. Since it is a change mode, it is easy to understand the change in the production status.

・ Means 3
In a specific game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state, the type of the effect status is switched when the hit / fail judgment result is missed a predetermined number of times in a row, and the state changes from the first state to the second state. The gaming machine according to the means 2, wherein the change is generated.
In this way, it is conceivable to set the selectable music to be switched (specific music is switched) when the hit / fail judgment result is out of order for a predetermined number of times in a row.

・ Means 4
A predetermined list order is set for the songs that can be selected in the music selectable state, and when the player performs the selection operation, the songs are switched according to the list order.
Means 1 to 3 characterized in that the list order set for the first specific music in the first state and the list order set for the second specific music in the second state are the same. The gaming machine described in any of.
By doing so, it becomes easy to understand that the first specific music has been switched to the second specific music.

・ Means 5
When the common music is selected as the music to be output in the first state, the output of the common music is maintained even when the change to the second state occurs, while the output of the common music is maintained.
When the first specific music is selected as the music to be output in the first state, if a change to the second state occurs, the second specific music is changed to the output state. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 4, wherein the gaming machine is characterized.
By doing so, when a specific music is selected, the output music is switched when the type of production status changes, so that it is easy to understand that the type of production status has changed.

1 Game machine 10 Speaker 91 Display device 911 Display area

Claims (1)

A game machine in which a music selectable state is set in which a player can arbitrarily select a music output from a sound output means from a plurality of selectable music.
The state in which the common music can be selected is maintained from the first state in which the common music and the first specific music different from the common music can be selected when the predetermined condition is satisfied. The specific music is not selectable, and the common music and the second specific music different from the first specific music are configured to change to the selectable second state .
When the common music is selected as the music to be output in the first state, the output of the common music is maintained even when the change to the second state occurs, while the output of the common music is maintained.
When the first specific music is selected as the music to be output in the first state, if a change to the second state occurs, the second specific music is changed to the output state. A game machine featuring.

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