JP6944705B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

A gaming machine that aims to improve the taste of a game by using a pending image (an image showing the existence of winning / failing determination information for which notification of the winning / failing judgment result has not been completed) such as a holding change effect described in Patent Document 1 and the like below. Various are known.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-035253

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the taste of a game by using a reserved image.

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, is a display means for displaying a hold image indicating the existence of pass / fail determination information, and an object which is at least one of the hold images displayed on the display means. An effect execution means for displaying an accompanying image accompanying the reserved image and executing an accompanying effect that causes an event advantageous to the player when the accompanying image continues to be attached to the target reserved image. It is characterized by being prepared.

According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the taste of the game by using the reserved image.

It is a front view of the gaming machine which concerns on this embodiment. (A) is a diagram showing an identification symbol and a reserved image displayed in the display area of the display device, and (b) is a diagram showing the type of the reserved symbol. It is a figure for demonstrating the flow of ancillary production. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st specific example. It is a figure (the 1) for demonstrating the 2nd specific example. It is a figure (the second) for demonstrating the second concrete example. It is a figure for demonstrating the fifth concrete example. It is a figure for demonstrating the sixth concrete example. It is a figure for demonstrating the 7th specific 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 gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

The gaming machine 1 includes a gaming board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and 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 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 gaming machine 1, the gaming ball is launched toward the gaming area 902 by operating the launching device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a prize in a winning opening such as a starting winning opening 904 or a large winning opening 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by a payout device.

The components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the gaming balls, will not be described. As for these, those having the same structure as a known gaming 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). 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 gaming machine, when a big hit is achieved, the identification symbol 80 (see FIG. 2A) is notified by forming a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same symbol). , If any other combination 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. 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 set as appropriate. 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 gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the hold image 10 which is a mark corresponding to each of the acquired numerical values (win / fail determination information) for which the notification of the hit / miss 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 10 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. 2A). 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). Although the notification of the hit / fail determination result is not completed, the reserved image 10 corresponding to the effect (variation of the identification symbol 80) for notifying the hit / fail determination result has already been started (so-called change) is also displayed. In the following, the hold image 10 corresponding to the one for which the effect of notifying the hit / fail judgment result has not been started is the unvariable image 101, and the hold image 10 corresponding to the one for which the effect of notifying the hit / fail judgment result has been started. It may also be referred to as a variable image 102. The reserved image 10 may be a still image or a moving image.

The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can perform various effects during the notification effect of notifying the result of the hit / miss determination. Hereinafter, the accompanying effect set as a type of the effect will be described in detail.

The accompanying effect (see FIG. 3) is an effect using the reserved image 10. Specifically, it is an effect of displaying an accompanying image 20 that accompanies a certain reserved image 10 (hereinafter, the reserved image 10 accompanied by the accompanying image 20 may be referred to as a target reserved image 10T). The accompanying image 20 in the present embodiment is an image displayed as if it were attached to the target reserved image 10T (as if it was added) (see FIGS. 3A and 3B). However, if the image is displayed close to the target hold image 10T so that it can be seen that the image is associated with the target hold image 10T, the accompanying image 20 is displayed away from the target hold image 10T. May be. Specifically, when a plurality of reserved images 10 are displayed side by side and one of them is set as the target reserved image 10T, the distance between the accompanying image 20 and the target reserved image 10T is the distance between the accompanying image 20 and the target. The relationship may be smaller than the distance to the reserved image 10 other than the reserved image 10T. Further, as long as it can be seen that the image is associated with the target reserved image 10T in this way, the accompanying image 20 may be movable. For example, an object as if it is orbiting the target reserved image 10T may be displayed as the accompanying image 20.

The ending of the accompanying production can be roughly divided into a success ending that is advantageous to the player and a failure ending that indicates that the success ending has not been reached. The success result is that the accompanying image 20 continues to accompany the target reserved image 10T until a predetermined time point (see FIG. 3C). The failure result is that the accompanying state of the accompanying image 20 with respect to the target reserved image 10T is resolved by the time the predetermined time point is reached (see FIG. 3D). In the present embodiment, the accompanying image 20 attached to the target reserved image 10T is displayed so as to be separated from the target reserved image 10T, indicating that the result is a failure. That is, it can be said that the successful outcome is a case in which the accompanying image 20 continues to be attached without leaving the target reserved image 10T and reaches a predetermined time point. It should be noted that the configuration may be such that the accompanying image 20 attached to the target reserved image 10T disappears to indicate that the result is a failure. However, it is possible to clearly indicate that the result is a failure by displaying the accompanying image 20 attached to the target reserved image 10T so as to be separated from the target reserved image 10T.

In the present embodiment, the predetermined time point is set at the time when the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the target reserved image 10T is started (the variation of the identification symbol 80 is started). That is, when the target reserved image 10T continues to be accompanied by the accompanying image 20 from the unvariable image 101 to the time when the variable image 102 becomes the variable image 102 (see FIGS. 3 (a), (b), and (c)), the said If the accompanying image 20 does not continue to be attached until the time when the variable image 102 changes, the result is a failure (see FIGS. 3 (a), (b), and (d)). With such a setting, it can be said that the accompanying effect is an effect in which the accompanying image 20 is attached to the target reserved image 10T in the unvariable image 101.

When the accompanying effect reaches a successful ending, the mode of the target reserved image 10T changes. In the present embodiment, a normal mode 11 and a special mode 12 different from the normal mode 11 are set as the mode of the reserved image 10 (see FIG. 2B). The special aspect 12 in this embodiment is the first special aspect 121 (blue), the second special aspect 122 (green), and the third special aspect 123 (red). The probability that the corresponding hit / fail judgment result will be a big hit (hereinafter, also referred to as (big hit) reliability) is the normal aspect 11 (lowest), the first special aspect 121, the second special aspect 122, and the third special aspect. It increases in the order of 123 (highest). The number of types of the special aspect 12 can be increased or decreased as appropriate. In addition, a plurality of types of modes may be set as default modes of the normal mode 11 and each special mode 12 (for example, a mode determined according to a so-called stage). Further, in the present embodiment, the difference between the unvariable image 101 and the variable image 102 is not set in the basic mode, but in order to make the distinction between the two easy to understand, the basic of the unvariable image 101 and the variable image 102. A difference may be set in the mode.

When the accompanying effect is successful, the aspect of the target reserved image 10T changes in the direction of increasing the reliability (see the changes in FIGS. 3 (c-1) to (c-2)). That is, as an event advantageous to the player, it is set that the probability that the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the target reserved image 10T will be a big hit has increased. What is the timing at which the mode of the target hold image 10T actually changes after the above-mentioned predetermined time point (after the time when the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the target hold image 10T is started)? It may be. The target reserved image 10T may change at the timing of transition from the unvariable image 101 to the variable image 102 (that is, at the same time as a predetermined time point), or may be predetermined after the target reserved image 10T shifts to the variable image 102. It may change over time. In the latter case, it is preferable that the accompanying image 20 continues to be attached until the mode of the target reserved image 10T (the variable image 102) changes. This is because if the accompanying state of the accompanying image 20 is eliminated before the change in the mode actually occurs, it becomes difficult to understand that the change in the mode has occurred due to the accompanying image 20 (accompanying effect). be.

It should be noted that only changes in which the reliability level is increased by one level can occur, such as the normal mode 11 changing to the first special mode 121 and the second special mode 122 changing to the third special mode 123. Alternatively, a change occurs in which the reliability level is increased by two or more steps, such as the normal aspect 11 changing to the second special aspect 122 and the first special aspect 121 changing to the third special aspect 123. You may make it available.

As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, if the accompanying image 20 continues to be attached to the target reserved image 10T until a predetermined time point, the aspect of the target reserved image 10T changes in the direction of increasing the reliability. It is possible to execute. That is, it is possible to realize a novel game property in which the player wishes that the accompanying image 20 continues to be attached to the reserved image 10, and it is possible to improve the taste of the game.

Further, the predetermined time point is set to a time point when the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the target reserved image 10T is started (a time point when the variation of the identification symbol 80 is started). By doing so, the time point (goal) at which an event advantageous to the player may occur becomes clear, and the accompanying effect becomes easy to understand.

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

○ First Specific Example As the aspect of the accompanying image 20, a plurality of types of aspects are set. For example, it is assumed that three types of the first incidental aspect 221 to the third incidental aspect 223 are set as the aspect of the accompanying image 20. The aspect of each accompanying image 20 suggests the aspect after the change of the target reserved image 10T in the case where the accompanying effect is a successful ending. Specifically, when an incidental effect in which the accompanying image 20 of the first incidental aspect 221 accompanies the target reserved image 10T occurs and the incidental effect is a successful outcome, the aspect of the target reserved image 10T is the first. It becomes a special aspect 121 (see FIG. 4A). When an incidental effect in which the accompanying image 20 of the second incidental aspect 222 is attached to the target reserved image 10T occurs and the incidental effect is successful, the aspect of the target reserved image 10T becomes the second special aspect 122. (See FIG. 4 (b)). When an incidental effect in which the accompanying image 20 of the third incidental aspect 223 is attached to the target reserved image 10T occurs and the incidental effect is successful, the aspect of the target reserved image 10T becomes the third special aspect 123. (See FIG. 4 (c)). That is, the first incidental aspect 221 to the third incidental aspect 223 are associated with the first special aspect 121 to the third special aspect 123, respectively. The first incidental aspect 221 is the first special aspect 121 or higher (any of the first special aspect 121 to the third special aspect 123), and the second incidental aspect 222 is the second special aspect 122 or higher (second special aspect). 122 or the third special aspect 123) may indicate the "lowest level" of the aspect after the change of the target reserved image 10T.

The configuration may be such that the player can grasp which special aspect 12 the accompanying image 20 of each aspect is associated with. For example, the accompanying image 20 of the first incidental aspect 221 includes a portion exhibiting blue, the accompanying image 20 of the second incidental aspect 222 includes a portion exhibiting green color, and the accompanying image 20 of the third incidental aspect 223 exhibits a red portion. It is conceivable that the player can grasp the correspondence between the aspect of the accompanying image 20 and the special aspect 12 of the reserved image 10 by setting the aspect including the above.

With such a configuration, when the accompanying effect occurs, the player also pays attention to the aspect of the accompanying image 20. From the player's point of view (assuming that the accompanying effect is a successful outcome), the accompanying image 20 of the second incidental mode 222 rather than the first incidental mode 221 and the third incidental mode 223 rather than the second incidental mode 222. It can be said that the situation is more pleasing when is displayed.

In addition, the aspect of the accompanying image 20 other than the above may be set. Specifically, an image that does not suggest a changed mode of the target reserved image 10T (hereinafter, referred to as an incidental mode 21) may be set (see FIG. 4D). In this way, the player pays attention to how the target reserved image 10T changes when the accompanying effect of displaying the accompanying image 20 of the normally incidental mode 21 occurs and the result is successful. Will be done.

○ Second specific example (an example of further development of the first specific example)
As in the first specific example, in a configuration in which a plurality of types of modes are set as the mode of the accompanying image 20, the mode of the accompanying image 20 can be changed during the accompanying effect (see FIG. 5). It is assumed that the change in the mode of the accompanying effect can occur in a direction favorable to the player. If the first ancillary aspect 221 to the third ancillary aspect 223 are set as in the first specific example, the change from the first ancillary aspect 221 to the second ancillary aspect 222 or the third ancillary aspect 223 or , It is assumed that a change from the second incidental aspect 222 to the third incidental aspect 223 can occur. Two or more changes may occur through one accompanying effect. Further, if the configuration is such that the normal incidental mode 21 is set, a change from the normal incidental mode 21 to any of the first incidental mode 221 to the third incidental mode 223 may occur.

In this example, the aspect of the target hold image 10T is actually after a predetermined time point (when the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the target hold image 10T is started according to the above embodiment). By allowing the aspect of the accompanying image 20 to change before it changes (see FIG. 6), the taste of the game can be further improved. In this way, after a predetermined time period has passed and the change in the aspect of the target reserved image 10T is confirmed, the aspect of the accompanying image 20 changes, and the changed aspect of the target reserved image 10T is more advantageous to the player. Ancillary effects that are shown to be things can occur.

○ Third specific example (an example in which the first specific example or the second specific example is further developed)
In the configuration in which a plurality of types of modes are set as the mode of the accompanying image 20 as in the first specific example and the second specific example, the mode of the accompanying image 20 is the accompanying image up to a predetermined time point with respect to the target reserved image 10T. It is assumed that the composition does not suggest the ending that 20 continues to accompany, that is, the probability that it will lead to a successful ending. In other words, the aspect of the accompanying image 20 shows what the aspect of the target reserved image 10T will be when a successful ending is reached, and suggests a high or low probability of reaching a successful ending. The configuration is not intended to be used.

With such a configuration, regardless of the mode of the accompanying image 20, it is possible to achieve the effect expected by the player with respect to the successful outcome. For example, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the player feels that the probability of a successful outcome is lower than when the accompanying image 20 in a preferred mode for the player is displayed, and the interest in the accompanying effect is reduced. It is possible.

It should be noted that, unlike this example, it is not denied that the aspect of the accompanying image 20 is a configuration that also suggests a probability of reaching a successful outcome on the premise of a configuration such as the first specific example and the second specific example. ..

○ Fourth Specific Example In the above embodiment, it has been explained that the mode of the target reserved image 10T changes when the accompanying effect reaches a successful ending, but the event that occurs when the successful ending is reached is given to the player. If it is a favorable event, it can be changed as appropriate. However, as long as the accompanying image 20 accompanies the target reserved image 10T, it is preferable that the event relates to a hit / fail determination result corresponding to the target reserved image 10T. For example, a specific effect (eg, a so-called chance-up image in which a movable body operates, which indicates that the probability that the pass / fail judgment result will be a big hit has increased by occurring during a notification effect for notifying a certain pass / fail judgment result) (Displayed, etc.) may occur.

However, since the accompanying effect is an effect in which the accompanying image 20 is attached to the target reserved image 10T, the change in the mode of the target reserved image 10T is set as a successful ending as in the above embodiment. It can be said that the content of the accompanying production and the content of the ending (result) are linked to create an easy-to-understand production.

○ Fifth Specific Example When the accompanying effect is a successful ending, the accompanying image 20 is displayed as if the mode of the target reserved image 10T is changed. For example, as the accompanying image 20, an image representing some character is displayed. Then, when the accompanying effect is a successful ending, the character operates and the character acts on the target hold image 10T (for example, hits the target hold image 10T), so that the mode of the target hold image 10T is changed. An image (video) of such a flow is displayed (see FIG. 7).

With such a configuration, the taste of the accompanying production (at the time of the successful ending) is enhanced. Further, since it is clearly shown that the accompanying image 20 has changed the mode of the target reserved image 10T, the player can know that the accompanying image 20 will continue to be accompanied by the player who has come into contact with the successful outcome once. It becomes easy to understand that it is a favorable progress for the user (because there is nothing that changes the mode of the target reserved image 10T when the accompanying image 20 is not attached, it is easy to understand that it is a failure result. Become).

○ Sixth concrete example (an example that further embodies the fifth concrete example)
The configuration is such that a change in the mode of the reserved image 10 other than the target reserved image 10T can occur as a successful outcome. For example, it is assumed that the character displayed as the accompanying image 20 acts on the reserved image 10 different from the target reserved image 10T, so that the mode of the reserved image 10 changes. 8). By doing so, it is possible to make the effect mode that surprises the player who pays attention to the mode of the target reserved image 10T.

○ Seventh specific example When the accompanying effect is a successful ending, the target is suspended when the operating means 60 (for example, a push button) (see FIG. 1) that can be operated by the player provided in the gaming machine is operated. The configuration is such that the aspect of the image 10T changes (see FIG. 8). The accompanying image 20 is preferably an image representing the operating means 60 (may be modified to the extent that it can be seen as an image representing the operating means 60). The aspect of the accompanying image 20 is different between before the accompanying effect reaches the end (successful ending) and after reaching the successful ending. For example, an image that was translucent before reaching the end (see FIG. 8A; the dotted line in the figure indicates that it is translucent) is clearly displayed when the end is successful. (See FIG. 8 (b)). In this way, by making the accompanying image 20 before the ending more unclear than the accompanying image 20 after reaching the ending, the operation of the operating means 60 can be performed at the stage before the successful ending. Try to suggest that it is invalid.

When the result is successful, it is preferable to display an image for urging the player to operate the operation means 60. For example, by displaying an image such as "press!" Together with the accompanying image 20 (clarified image) (see FIG. 8B), the operation of the operating means 60 is promoted. A meter or the like indicating a period during which the operation of the operating means 60 is valid (operation valid period) may also be displayed. The mode of the target reserved image 10T changes when the operation of the operation carelessness 60 is performed during the period during which the operation of the operation means 60 is effective (see FIG. 8C).

If the operation means 60 is not operated after the successful outcome, it is preferable that the mode of the target reserved image 10T does not change. By doing so, it corresponds to the target hold image 10T without obtaining a player who does not want to change the mode of the target hold image 10T (information based on the mode of the target hold image 10T (information about jackpot reliability)). A player who wants to see a notification effect for notifying the result of a hit / fail determination does not have to operate the operation means 60, and is therefore excellent in that the effect mode meets the player's request. It becomes. However, even if the operation means 60 is not operated after the successful outcome, it is not denied that the mode of the target reserved image 10T is changed after the operation valid period.

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 display means for displaying a hold image indicating the existence of the pass / fail judgment information, and
An event advantageous to the player when an accompanying image accompanying the target reserved image, which is at least one of the reserved images displayed on the display means, is displayed and the accompanying image continues to be attached to the target reserved image. And the effect execution means to execute the incidental effect that will cause
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.
According to the game machine, it is possible to realize a novel game property in which the player wishes that the accompanying image continues to be attached to the reserved image, and it is possible to improve the taste of the game.

・ Means 2
As the mode of the reserved image, a plurality of types of modes having different reliability, which is a probability that the corresponding hit / fail judgment result will be a hit, are set.
The accompanying effect is described in means 1, wherein when the accompanying image continues to be attached to the target reserved image, the mode of the target reserved image changes in a direction in which the reliability is increased. Game machine.
By doing so, it becomes easy to understand that it is advantageous for the player that the accompanying image continues to be accompanied (because it brings about a change in the mode of the target reserved image in the direction of increasing the reliability).

・ Means 3
A plurality of types of modes are set as the mode of the accompanying image.
The gaming machine according to means 2, wherein when the mode of the target hold image changes, the mode of the target hold image after the change is suggested by the mode of the accompanying image.
By doing so, it is possible to produce an effect that draws attention to the aspect of the accompanying image.

・ Means 4
The gaming machine according to means 3, wherein the aspect of the accompanying image does not suggest the probability that the accompanying image will continue to be attached to the target reserved image.
As described above, the aspect of the accompanying image is configured to merely suggest the aspect after the change of the target hold image when the aspect change of the target hold image occurs, thereby improving the taste of the production. Is possible.

・ Means 5
It is characterized in that an event advantageous to the player occurs when the accompanying image continues to accompany until the time when the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the target reserved image is started. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 4.
By doing so, the time point (goal) at which an event advantageous to the player may occur becomes clear, and the production becomes easy to understand.

1 Pachinko machine 10 Hold image 101 Unvariable image 102 The variable image 10T Target hold image 11 Normal aspect 12 Special aspect 121 to 123 First special aspect to third special aspect 20 Ancillary image 91 Display device 911 Display area

Claims (1)

A display means for displaying a hold image in which a plurality of types of modes having different reliabilitys, which are images showing the existence of the pass / fail judgment information and have different reliability, which is a probability that the corresponding pass / fail judgment result will be a hit, are displayed.
When the accompanying image associated with the target reserved image, which is at least one of the reserved images displayed on the display means, is displayed and the accompanying image continues to be attached to the target reserved image until a predetermined time point, the reliability. While the aspect of the target reserved image changes in the direction of increasing, if the accompanying image does not continue to be attached to the target reserved image until the predetermined time point, the accompanying effect that the aspect of the target reserved image does not change is executed. Directing execution means and
Equipped with a,
A gaming machine characterized in that when the mode of the target reserved image is changed by the accompanying effect, the mode of the target reserved image after the change is suggested by the mode of the accompanying image.

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