JP6847353B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game machine.

There is known a gaming machine in which a plurality of types of effects may be generated in combination when notifying a hit / fail determination result (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-54344

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

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, has generated a specific effect executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied, rather than one or more types of the first specific effect and the first specific effect. It is provided with a specific effect executing means for selecting and executing from an effect group including one or a plurality of types of second specific effects with a low probability that a hit / fail determination result is sometimes hit, and the specific effect executing means determines whether the result is correct or not when it occurs. When it is determined that one or a plurality of types of opportunity effects that increase the probability that the result will be a hit will occur, and it is also decided to execute the specific effect, one or more of the specific effects to be executed. It is characterized by selecting from the second specific effect of the species.

According to the game machine according to the present invention, when an opportunity effect occurs, a so-called second specific effect with low reliability is forcibly generated. Therefore, even if a so-called low reliability effect occurs, it is a hit. It is possible to realize a highly palatable game that can be won.

After the opportunity effect, it is preferable that any one or a plurality of types of the second specific effect is set to occur.

With such a configuration, after the so-called opportunity production with high reliability, the second specific production with low reliability will occur. Therefore, if the player wins after that, it will occur after the opportunity production. It is possible to impress the player with a second specific effect with low reliability (impress the player that even if a second specific effect with low reliability occurs, it may be a hit). Is.

One or more types when the remaining time Tr obtained by subtracting the time T2 required to execute the opportunity effect from the time T1 from the start of the effect for notifying the hit / fail determination result to the predetermined time point is the predetermined time or more. It is good that any one of the second specific effects may occur.

In a general game machine, the time from the start to the completion of the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result (so-called fluctuation time) varies variously (for example, it changes according to the number of so-called holds). According to the above configuration, when a relatively long fluctuation time is set, when the opportunity effect is executed, the time that cannot be filled by the opportunity effect is filled with the second specific effect (no effect occurs). It is possible to prevent time from occurring).

It is preferable that when the second specific effect occurs together with the opportunity effect, it is more likely that the hit / fail determination result of the target will be a hit than when it occurs when the opportunity effect does not occur.

With such a configuration, it is possible to impress the player that the second specific effect is basically a so-called unreliable effect.

Further, at least one of the one or a plurality of types of the second specific effects is determined to result in a hit / fail determination result of the target when the opportunity effect does not occur, while the opportunity effect When it occurs at the time of occurrence, it is preferable that the result of the hit / fail judgment of the target may be a hit.

With such a configuration, it is possible to impress the player that at least one type of the second specific effect is basically an effect indicating that the hit / miss determination result is out of order.

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

It is a front view of the game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the identification symbol and hold display displayed in a display area. It is a figure for explaining a specific effect, (a) is a specific effect (roulette effect) in which each comment is displayed as an option, and (b) is the ending and the second specific effect which are the first specific effect. It is the figure which showed the ending in a list. (A) is a diagram showing the flow of opportunity production, and (b) is a diagram showing the flow of failure production. It is a figure which showed the flow of the production which the 2nd specific production is executed after the opportunity production. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st specific example. (A) is a diagram for explaining the second specific example, and (b) is a diagram for explaining the second specific example.

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 starting winning opening 904, a large winning opening 906, an out opening, and the like. The display device 91 is provided behind the game board 90, and 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. In FIGS. 2 to 5, the display area 911 is roughly described in a substantially rectangular shape, but the shape and the like can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the opening 901, the shape and size of the display device 91 itself). The shape of the display area 911 can be changed by changing the above).

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 winning / failing lottery (winning / failing determination) is executed by the winning / failing determination means provided on the control board (not shown), triggered by the winning of the game ball into the starting winning opening 904 shown in FIG. Multiple may be provided). In the present embodiment, the winning "mouth" (the winning game ball is taken into the inside), but the winning "area" (the winning game ball flows down the game area 902 as it is. The winning area is the gate. Such an embodiment can be exemplified).

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 is a jackpot, and if it is different, it is a miss. That is, the presence or absence of a big hit is directly determined when the game ball is won in the starting winning opening 904.

Further, in the present embodiment, the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is started in the order in which the numerical values for performing the hit / fail judgment are acquired, but when a certain numerical value is obtained, it is acquired before that. When the hit / fail determination result based on the numerical value is notified, it is stored in a storage means provided on a control board (not shown) until the notification of the pass / fail judgment result based on the certain numerical value is started. 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. It should be noted that the numerical value acquired for performing the winning / failing determination is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the effect of notifying the winning / failing determination result. In the display area 911, a display (holding display 80; see FIG. 2) indicating the existence of the holding information may be made. Further, the winning / failing judgment may be immediately performed when the starting winning prize opening 904 is won, and the winning / failing judgment result itself may be stored in the storage means (in such a case, the winning / failing judgment result itself is the pending information. It turns out that).

Whether the hit / fail determination result is a big hit or a miss is notified by a combination of a plurality of types (seven types in this embodiment) identification symbols 70 (see FIG. 2) displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. In the present embodiment, three identification symbol 70 groups (left identification symbol 70 group, middle identification symbol 70 group, right identification symbol 70 group) including the numbers "1" to "7" are displayed in a variable manner. Each identification symbol 70 group starts to fluctuate at the same time as the start of the effect of notifying a certain winning / failing determination result, and when a big hit is won, the identification symbol 70 finally stops at a predetermined combination. As the predetermined combination, a three-set of the same identification symbol 70 can be exemplified. If it is out of alignment, the identification symbol 70 stops at a combination other than the combination that is a big hit.

Similar to a known game machine, various effects are executed when notifying a certain hit / fail determination result. The player enjoys the game while predicting whether or not there is a high probability that the winning / failing judgment result will be a big hit depending on the effect to be executed. In the game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, as the effect to be executed, a specific effect 10 to be executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied is set.

A plurality of types of effects are set as the effects set as the specific effect 10. As described above, the specific effect 10 is an effect in which any one of a plurality of types is executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and different types of effects do not occur at the same time. That is, since the conditions that trigger the execution are the same, the occurrence of a specific effect 10 of a certain type and a specific effect 10 of another type at the same time is not possible unless a special effect mode is set. Basically does not exist.

Any specific aspect of the effect set as the specific effect 10 may be used. However, it is preferable that each specific effect 10 is an effect of the same system and has a common basic mode. That is, it is preferable that at least a part of the elements constituting the effect are common to each effect. The specific effect 10 in the present embodiment is a comment effect that displays a comment indicating the high or low probability (hereinafter, also referred to as reliability) that the hit / fail determination result of the target is a big hit in the display area. That is, it has a common element in that a "comment" suggesting a hit / fail judgment result is displayed. The flow of the production until the "comment" is displayed may be any. The configuration may be such that "comments" are suddenly displayed, or as in the present embodiment, each comment is presented as an option (see FIG. 3A), and it is as if any comment is selected. It may be a flow effect (for example, a roulette effect in which each comment is displayed as an option). In any case, the specific effect 10 in the present embodiment includes displaying a comment suggesting reliability.

The plurality of types of effects set as the specific effect 10 are divided into at least the first specific effect 11 and the second specific effect 12. In the present embodiment, the first specific effect 11 and the second specific effect 12 are classified based on the content of the ending of the specific effect 10 (the content of the comment). The effect classified as the first specific effect 11 may be only one type or may be a plurality of types. Similarly, the effect classified as the second specific effect 12 may be only one type or may be a plurality of types. In the present embodiment, four types of specific effects 10 having different comment contents are set. Specifically, four types of comments, "sorry," "?," "Chance," and "extreme heat," are set as comments that make up the specific effect 10 (see FIG. 3 (b)). The reliability is set to increase in the order of "sorry", "?", "Chance", and "extreme heat" ("sorry" is the lowest and "intense heat" is the highest). Then, two types of "chance" and "extreme heat" are set as the first specific effect 11, and two types of "sorry" and "?" Are set as the second specific effect 12 (see FIG. 3 (b)). That is, the reliability of the second specific effect 12 when it occurs is lower than that of the first specific effect 11. The reliability referred to here refers to the reliability when each effect occurs independently, and is not the reliability when it occurs together with the opportunity effect 20, which will be described later.

In addition, the game machine 1 according to the present embodiment can execute the opportunity effect 20. Opportunity effect 20 is a so-called chance-up effect in which the probability (reliability) of a big hit is higher when it occurs than when it does not occur. Opportunity effect 20 The specific aspect of itself may be any. Only one kind of opportunity effect 20 may be set, or a plurality of types of opportunity effect 20 may be set. In the present embodiment, a predetermined effect image 20a is displayed, and a case where the effect image 20a is greatly enlarged is an opportunity effect 20 (see FIG. 4A), and a case where the enlargement is not realized is a failure effect 21. (See FIG. 4 (b)). That is, among the productions having the same introduction part but different endings, the production having an advantageous ending for the player is referred to as the opportunity production 20, and the production having an unfavorable ending for the player is referred to as the failure production 21. The reliability is higher when the opportunity effect 20 occurs than when the failure effect 21 occurs. It should be noted that, unlike the failure effect 21, an effect that contradicts the opportunity effect 20 may not be set. Further, the effect set as the opportunity effect 20 may be only one type or a plurality of types.

In the specific effect 10 described above, the type of effect to be executed is basically determined based on the result of the hit / fail determination. However, when it is determined that the opportunity effect 20 will occur, the type of the specific effect 10 to be executed may be determined based on the determination. The control in such a case will be described below.

When it is determined that the opportunity effect 20 will be generated and the specific effect 10 is to be executed when notifying a certain hit / fail determination result, the specific effect 10 to be executed is the second specific effect 12. limit. That is, it is determined that the second specific effect 12 is forcibly executed without executing the first specific effect 11.

As described above, the opportunity effect 20 is an effect indicating that the probability that the hit / fail determination result will be a big hit has increased. On the other hand, the second specific effect 12 is less likely to be a big hit than the first specific effect 11. That is, in the present embodiment, when the opportunity effect 20 that is pleasing to the player occurs (FIG. 5A), the second specific effect 12 that is forcibly unpleasant to the player is generated (FIG. 5 (Fig. 5)). b)) Do so. In this way, when the opportunity effect 20, which is a chance-up effect that raises the expectation that the hit / fail judgment result becomes a big hit, occurs, the second specific effect 12 is intentionally generated, so that the so-called second specific with low reliability is generated. It is possible to realize a highly palatable playability in which even if the production 12 occurs, the expectation for a hit can be expected.

Further, in the present embodiment, the opportunity effect 20 is executed first, and after the opportunity effect 20 is completed, the second specific effect 12 is executed (see FIG. 5). In this way, after the opportunity effect 20 with high reliability, the second specific effect 12 with low reliability is generated, and then the hit / fail judgment result may be a big hit, after the opportunity effect 20. Impress the player with the second specific effect 12 with low reliability that has occurred (impress the player that even if the second specific effect 12 with low reliability occurs, it may be a big hit. Is possible. However, it does not deny that the second specific effect 12 is executed first, and then the opportunity effect 20 is executed after it is completed. In addition, it does not deny that the opportunity effect 20 and the second specific effect 12 are configured to proceed at the same time.

In this way, except when the second specific effect 12 is forcibly executed because the opportunity effect 20 is executed, the result of the hit / fail determination is taken into consideration as in the conventional general game machine. By the lottery, it is determined whether or not the opportunity effect 20 is executed and whether or not the specific effect 10 is executed (if it is executed, the type of the specific effect 10 to be executed).

Hereinafter, specific examples in which the gaming machine 1 according to the above embodiment is embodied, deformed, improved, etc. will be described. In addition, each example described below may be combined and applied.

-First Specific Example When the second specific effect 12 is forcibly executed because the opportunity effect 20 is executed, the second specific effect 12 is for an effect that cannot be filled by the opportunity effect 20. It is executed as a production to fill the scale. Specifically, it is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 6, the time from the start time of the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result, that is, the time when the identification symbol 70 starts to fluctuate (hereinafter, also referred to as the fluctuation start time) to reach a predetermined time point. Let T1. Here, the predetermined time point is a so-called reach state (a state in which the fluctuation is stopped except for one identification symbol 70 group, and there is still a possibility of a big hit) or a reach state. It means the time when the state where the notification of the out-of-order condition is completed (so-called out-of-order state) is reached. In the present embodiment, when the opportunity effect 20 is executed, it is determined that the reach state is reached. Therefore, it can be said that the time T1 is the time from the start of the fluctuation to the reach state. It can also be said that the time from the fluctuation start time to the predetermined time is the total fluctuation time (time from the fluctuation start time to the notification completion time of the pass / fail judgment result) excluding the time when the so-called super reach effect is executed. it can.

The opportunity effect 20 and the specific effect 10 are set as effects to be executed from the fluctuation start time point to the predetermined time point. However, in the game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, similarly to the known game machine, the time T1 varies depending on the game situation. It can be exemplified that the T1 is set to be shorter as the number of reserved information stored in the storage means is larger. Further, as another configuration, if the number of reserved information stored in the storage means is the maximum number (four in the present embodiment), it is more than in other cases (one to three in the present embodiment). It can be exemplified that the T1 is set to be short.

When the opportunity effect 20 occurs, the second specific effect 12 is executed only when the remaining time Tr obtained by subtracting the time T2 required to execute the opportunity effect 20 from the above T1 is the predetermined time or more. , Or so that it can be executed. On the other hand, when the remaining time Tr is less than the predetermined time, the second specific effect 12 is not executed. It can also be said that the predetermined time is the time required to execute the second specific effect 12.

In this way, the second specific effect 12 is executed by utilizing the time T1 from the start time of the fluctuation to the predetermined time, when there is a time that cannot be filled by the opportunity effect 20. To. That is, by generating the second specific effect 12 that contradicts the opportunity effect 20, it is possible to improve the taste of the game and prevent the time when no effect occurs.

-Second specific example The second specific effect 12 may occur together with the opportunity effect 20 or when the opportunity effect 20 does not occur in a series of effects (at the time of one fluctuation) for notifying a certain hit / fail judgment result. Set so that it may occur. Then, when the second specific effect 12 occurs together with the opportunity effect 20, it is more likely that the hit / fail determination result of the target will be a hit than when the second specific effect 12 occurs without the opportunity effect 20 occurring. Make it higher (see FIG. 7 (a)).

With such a configuration, it is possible to impress the player that the second specific effect 12 is basically a so-called unreliable effect. That is, when the second specific effect 12 occurs without the opportunity effect 20, the reliability is low and the hit / fail judgment result is often missed. Therefore, the player can trust the second specific effect 12. It feels like a low-level production. Due to such an impression, despite the opportunity production 20 which is a chance-up effect, the second specific production 12 with low reliability was generated, and I was disappointed, but a big hit occurred. It is possible to increase the joy of the player in the case (the joy when such a case occurs is greater when the second specific effect 12 is impressed as an effect with low reliability). ..

It is preferable that the reliability when only the opportunity effect 20 occurs is set to be the same as or higher than the reliability when the opportunity effect 20 and the second specific effect 12 occur. It is preferable that the opportunity effect 20 itself is set as an effect that can be expected to be a big hit to a certain extent regardless of whether or not the second specific effect 12 has occurred.

-Third Specific Example At least one of one or a plurality of types of the second specific effects 12 is a target hit / fail judgment result when it occurs when the opportunity effect 20 does not occur in a series of effects for notifying a certain one hit / fail judgment result. On the other hand, when it occurs when the opportunity effect 20 occurs, the hit / fail judgment result of the target may be a big hit. Set (see FIG. 7 (b)). For example, according to the above embodiment, the effect of displaying "sorry", which is one of the second specific effects 12, is set as such. That is, basically, it is an effect indicating that it is confirmed that the result of the hit / miss determination is out of order, but as an exception, the time when it occurs when the opportunity effect 20 occurs is set. In the case of such a configuration, the second specific effect 12 forcibly generated when the opportunity effect 20 occurs is for displaying "sorry", that is, when the opportunity effect 20 does not occur. It is preferable that the second specific effect 12 displaying "?" Is not set as the second specific effect 12 that is forcibly generated when the opportunity effect 20 occurs).

With such a configuration, it is possible to impress the player that at least one of the second specific effects 12 is basically an effect indicating that the effect is out of order. That is, if the second specific effect 12 is generated without the opportunity effect 20, the hit / fail determination result is always out of order, so that the player is informed that the second specific effect 12 is out of order. I feel it. Due to such an impression, despite the opportunity production 20 that is a chance-up effect, the second specific effect 12 that indicates that it is out of order was generated, and I was disappointed, but there was a case where it became a big hit. It is possible to increase the joy of the player when it occurs (it is better to impress that it is a production that indicates that the second specific production 12 is out of the way, when such a case occurs. Great joy).

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

The gaming machine according to the above 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.

1 Game machine 10 Specific effect 11 First specific effect 12 Second specific effect 20 Opportunity effect 91 Display device 911 Display area

Claims (1)

After a plurality of identification symbol groups each including a plurality of types of identification symbols start to fluctuate, a pass / fail judgment result is notified by a pass / fail combination which is a combination of identification symbols selected from each of the plurality of identification symbol groups. It ’s a game machine,
It is an effect that constitutes a changing effect from the start of the change of the plurality of identification symbol groups until the winning / failing combination is shown, and may occur before the winning / failing combination is shown. The production and the second production are set,
In the effect during the fluctuation
If the second effect occurs without the first effect, it is determined that the corresponding hit / fail determination result is out of order.
After the first effect occurs when said second effect occurs, the corresponding game machine, characterized in that the propriety judgment result may become the winning.

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