JP6944711B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

A gaming machine is known that can generate an effect such as changing the size of an image showing an operation means in an operation effect for urging a player to operate an operation means such as a push button (for example, Patent Document 1 below). Etc.).

JP-A-2017-196490

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the taste of an operation effect that encourages the operation of an operation means.

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, is an operating means that can be operated by the player and an effect that urges the player to operate the operating means. An operation effect executing means for executing an operation effect in which the operation of the operation means is reflected in the effect, and an effect executing means for executing a specific effect suggesting reliability, which is a probability that an event advantageous to the player will occur after the operation effect. The specific effect is an effect that progresses with the lapse of the operation valid period.

According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the taste of the operation effect that encourages the operation of the operation means.

It is an whole view of the gaming machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which showed the identification symbol displayed in the display area. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of the operation effect. It is a figure for demonstrating the type of operation effect (the type of operation mode required for a player). It is a figure which showed the relationship between the operation validity period and the period when a reliability suggestion effect is executed. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of the reliability suggestion production. It is a figure for demonstrating the specific image increase / decrease mode which is an example of the mode of a reliability suggestion effect. It is a figure (the 1) for demonstrating the operation image change mode which is an example of the mode of a reliability suggestion effect. It is a figure (No. 2) for explaining the operation image change mode which is an example of the mode of a reliability suggestion effect. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation means change mode which is an example of the mode of a reliability suggestion effect. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd specific example. It is a figure for demonstrating the 3rd specific example.

1) Overall Configuration Hereinafter, an embodiment of the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

The gaming machine 1 includes a gaming board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and 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 visually recognized through the opening 901 formed in the game board 90. In some drawings, the shape of the display area 911 exposed without being covered by the game board 90 is simplified (described in the square shape), but the size and shape of the portion can be changed as appropriate. be.

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 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, in the case of a big hit, the identification symbols 80 (see FIG. 2) displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 are a predetermined combination (for example, three of the same symbols). It will be notified when it becomes (matched), and if other combinations are displayed, it will be out of order. Although the description of the identification symbol 80 is omitted in some of the figures, basically, the identification symbol 80 (identification symbol group) is being executed while the notification effect for notifying the hit / fail determination result is being executed. Continues to be displayed.

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 (identification symbol group) is started), but a certain numerical value is When the hit / fail judgment result based on the numerical value acquired before that is notified at the time of acquisition, it is provided on a control board (not shown) until the notification of the pass / fail judgment result based on the certain numerical value is started. It is stored in the stored storage means. The maximum of the numerical values for which notification of the pass / fail judgment result has not been started (the one corresponding to each of the numerical values is "hold (information)". It can be said that hold (information) is a subordinate concept of the pass / fail judgment information). The 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 notification of the hit / fail determination result stored in the storage means has not been started. The reserved symbol (not shown) which is a mark corresponding to each of the acquired numerical values (win / fail determination information). ) Is displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. 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). A dedicated display device for displaying the reserved symbol may be provided. The mode of the reserved symbol may always be the same, or the same as the normal reserved symbol suggesting that the probability that the corresponding hit / fail judgment result will be a big hit (hereinafter, also referred to as (big hit) reliability) has increased. May be set with one or more special symbols of different aspects.

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.

2) Operating means and operation effect using the operating means 2-1) Basic configuration of the operating means The operating means 10 is a member provided for the player to be involved in the effect. The operating means 10 in this embodiment is a so-called "push button". The operating means 10 is provided so as to be displaceable between the original position and the operating position displaced downward by a predetermined amount from the original position. At least, the position of the operating means 10 at the operating position is detected by a sensor (not shown). The operating means 10 is not limited to the "push button". It suffices that the player can displace a predetermined range by applying a force by himself / herself, and that the position at the operating position is detected by a sensor or the like. Further, a configuration in which a plurality of operation directions (operation modes) are set may be used. For example, it may be a lever that can be pushed and pulled in the front-rear direction. Further, a configuration in which a plurality of operating means 10 are provided may be provided.

2-2) Basic mode of operation effect The operation effect is an effect that urges (requests) the player to operate the operation means 10. In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a plurality of types of operation effects having different scenes to be executed and required operation modes (described later) are generated. In the operation effect, an operation valid period in which the operation of the operation means 10 is reflected in the effect is set. During the operation valid period, a meter 11 (see FIG. 3 or the like) or a number (a number to be counted down) indicating the remaining time or the elapsed time of the operation valid period may be displayed. Further, in order to allow the player to easily grasp that the timing (time) for operating the operating means 10 has arrived, the operating image 12 showing the operating means 10 (see FIG. 3 and the like; the operating means 10 is shown in the table). If it is found that the image has been created, the mode may be any), and a display 13 indicating that the operating means 10 should be operated (see FIG. 3, for example, a display such as "press!") Is displayed. It should be done. The mode of the operation effect is just an example. It is assumed that the operation effect includes all the effects in which the player is requested to operate the operation means 10.

Various operation modes of the operation means 10 required in the operation effect can be considered. A single operation that changes the operating means 10 from the original position to the operating position only once, and a continuous operation that repeats the displacement of the operating means 10 from the original position to the operating position a plurality of times (the single operation is repeated a plurality of times) (so-called "continuous hitting"). , The operation state in which the operation means 10 is displaced from the original position to the operation position, and the maintenance operation (so-called “long press”) for maintaining the state can be exemplified. The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment has an operation effect that encourages a single operation (see FIG. 4A; hereinafter may be referred to as a single operation effect) and an operation effect that encourages continuous operation (see FIG. 4B). Hereinafter, both a continuous operation effect) and an operation effect for encouraging the maintenance operation (see FIG. 4C; hereinafter may be referred to as a maintenance operation effect) are generated.

3) Reliability suggestion effect generated during the operation effect The reliability suggestion effect (corresponding to the specific effect in the present invention) generated during the operation effect will be described below. It should be noted that the configuration may be such that only a part of the items described below can be executed. Further, when the operation effect occurs, the following reliability suggestion effect does not necessarily occur.

The reliability suggestion effect in the present embodiment suggests the possibility that the ending of the operation effect will be advantageous to the player. For example, in the case where the success ending and the failure ending that are advantageous to the player are set as the ending of the operation effect, the reliability suggestion effect suggests the probability that the success end will be achieved. When a plurality of types of modes having different degrees of advantage for the player are set as the ending of the operation effect, the reliability suggestion effect suggests the possibility that a more advantageous end will occur. Further, in the present embodiment, since the outcome of the operation effect is related to the probability that the hit / fail determination result will be a big hit (big hit reliability), it can be said that the reliability suggestion effect suggests the big hit reliability. That is, the reliability suggestion effect is the probability that an event advantageous to the player will occur after the operation effect (the ending of the operation effect is assumed to occur "after" the operation effect) (hereinafter, simply referred to as "reliability"). (Sometimes) suggests.

The reliability suggestion effect is an effect that includes an element that progresses as the operation valid period elapses during the operation effect. In the following, the reliability suggestion effect will be described by taking what occurs in the single operation effect as an example.

The single operation effect is an effect that encourages the player to perform a single operation of the operation means 10 during the operation valid period. It is assumed that the operation valid period ends and the ending occurs when the operating means 10 is operated alone during the operation valid period. In the following description, the end of the operation valid period due to the operation of the operation means 10 (occurrence of an ending) is referred to as "halfway end", and it is assumed that the operation means 10 is not operated. The end due to the passage of time (time up) in is simply referred to as "end". In such a single operation effect, the effect that progresses with the lapse of the operation valid period before the operation valid period ends or ends in the middle is the reliability suggestion effect (see FIG. 5).

The reliability suggestion effect is terminated when the operation validity period ends halfway (see FIGS. 6 (a), 6 (b), and (e)). On the other hand, if the operation validity period does not end in the middle, all of the reliability suggestion effects are executed before the operation validity period ends (see FIGS. 6A to 6D). .. The end time point P of the reliability suggestion effect is before the end time point E (time-up time point) of the operation valid period (see FIG. 5). Therefore, if the operating means 10 is not operated during the operation valid period, the entire reliability suggestion effect is executed during the operation valid period. Further, the end time point P of the reliability suggestion effect and the end time point E (time-up time point) of the operation valid period do not coincide with each other. Between the end time of the reliability suggestion effect and the end time of the operation valid period (time-up time), a time T sufficient for a single operation of the operation means 10 is secured (see FIG. 5). Therefore, the player can also operate the operation means 10 by itself during the operation valid period after seeing all of the reliability suggestion effects. The end point of the reliability suggestion effect does not have to be constant. Even if the reliability suggestion effect is the longest, sufficient time is secured for a single operation of the operation means 10 between the end time and the end time (time-up time) of the operation valid period. ..

The time point at which the reliability suggestion effect is started may be at the same time as or after the start time of the operation validity period. In the present embodiment, the reliability suggestion effect is started at the same time as the operation valid period starts (see FIG. 5). By doing so, even though the reliability suggestion effect is generated, the operation means 10 is operated before the reliability suggestion effect is generated, so that the ending is executed (reliability). (The fact that the suggestion effect is not executed) is suppressed.

The reliability suggestion effect progresses during the valid period of the operation, and the more it progresses, the more the content of the reliability suggestion becomes clear (FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (d)). )reference). When the reliability suggestion effect is executed to the end, the whole picture of the reliability suggestion becomes clear. Therefore, if the reliability suggestion effect is terminated in the middle due to the operation validity period ending in the middle, the entire reliability suggestion may not be clarified. Therefore, the player who wants to enjoy the reliability suggestion effect by the reliability suggestion effect can see the content of the reliability suggestion effect without operating the operation means 10 immediately after the operation validity period is started. Further, a player who does not want to enjoy the reliability suggestion effect by the reliability suggestion effect may simply operate the operation means 10 relatively quickly so that the operation valid period ends halfway. That is, it can be said that it is a playability that can determine whether or not to enjoy the reliability suggestion effect by the reliability suggestion effect by the player's selection.

Any specific mode of the reliability suggestion effect may be used as long as it progresses during the valid period of the operation and the content of the reliability suggestion is gradually clarified by the progress. The specific mode of the reliability suggestion effect will be illustrated below. Any of the aspects illustrated below may be set to occur, or only a part of the settings may occur. In addition, a mode other than the mode illustrated below may occur.

a) Specific image increase / decrease mode A mode in which a predetermined image (hereinafter referred to as a specific image 20) is displayed in the display area 911 during the operation valid period. The number of specific images 20 displayed during the operation valid period may increase or decrease (may be a mode in which only one of increase or decrease may occur), and depending on the number of specific images 20 finally displayed. Reliability is suggested. For example, it is considered that the number of the specific images 20 may increase with the lapse of the operation valid period, and the reliability increases as the number of the specific images 20 increases (see FIG. 7). .. Further, it is assumed that a predetermined number of specific images 20 are displayed from the beginning, and the number of the specific images 20 may decrease with the lapse of the operation effective time. The more the number of the specific images 20 remains, the higher the reliability. Is conceivable. Further, when the number of the specific images 20 finally reaches a predetermined number, it may be determined that an event advantageous to the player occurs. When a plurality of specific images 20 are displayed, the mode of each specific image 20 may be the same or different.

In this way, it is possible to realize playability that pays attention to the increase / decrease in the number of the specific images 20 during the operation valid period.

b) Operation image change mode As described above, in order to clearly indicate to the player that it is time to operate the operation means 10 at the time of the operation effect, the operation image showing the operation means 10 is shown in the display area 911. 12 is displayed. The mode of the operation image 12 (consisting of visible elements such as shape, size, color, etc.) displayed during the operation validity period may change, and the operation image 12 finally displayed may change. The aspect suggests reliability. For example, it is considered that the color (hue) of the operation image 12 may change with the lapse of the operation validity period, and the reliability is suggested by the final color of the operation image 12. (See FIG. 8). Further, it is considered that the size of the operation image 12 may change with the lapse of the operation validity period, and the reliability is suggested by the final size of the operation image 12 (it is conceivable). (See FIG. 9).

In this way, it is possible to realize playability that draws attention to the aspect of the operation image 12 during the operation valid period.

c) Mode of change of operating means It is assumed that the mode of the operating means 10 itself may change with the lapse of the effective period of operation. It is assumed that the operating means 10 is provided with a changing portion 101 capable of changing the mode. The final aspect of the change part 101 suggests reliability. Examples of the changing unit 101 include those having a light emitting unit capable of changing the emission color. That is, it is assumed that the color of the light output from the light emitting unit (emission color) can change with the lapse of the operation valid period, and the reliability is suggested by the light emission color (see FIG. 10). Further, as the changing portion 101, a one having a vibrating portion that vibrates (vibrates) can be exemplified. It is assumed that the vibration mode (vibration magnitude (amplitude) and vibration speed (frequency)) of the vibrating part can change with the lapse of the operation effective period, and the reliability is suggested by the vibration mode.

In this way, it is possible to realize playability that draws attention to the aspect of the operation means 10 (change unit 101) during the operation valid period. The specific image increase / decrease mode and the operation image change mode are suggested by the image displayed in the display area 911, while the operation means change mode is a suggestion by the mode of the operation means 10 itself. .. In general, a player plays while looking at an image displayed in the display area 911. Therefore, a specific image increase / decrease mode or operation is performed in that the operation means change mode is an inconspicuous (hidden) reliability suggestion. It can be said that it is different from the image change mode. However, since the specific image increase / decrease mode and the operation image change mode are "conspicuous" modes, it can be easily understood that the reliability suggestion effect is executed. That is, it is unlikely that a player who wants to enjoy the reliability suggestion effect by the reliability suggestion effect operates the operation means 10 before enjoying the reliability suggestion effect and ends the reliability suggestion effect in the middle. In that respect, it can be said that it is superior to the mode of changing the operating means.

As described above, various specific modes of the reliability suggestion effect can be considered, but if the setting is such that the number of players who enjoy the reliability suggestion effect increases, the reliability suggestion effect is trusted over time. It is preferable that the degree changes in the direction of increasing (the reliability does not change in the direction of decreasing). In this way, many players watch the reliability suggestion effect until the end while expecting that the reliability will increase.

Specific examples of changing, improving, and embodying the configuration related to the reliability suggestion effect (operation effect) are shown below. In addition, a configuration may be configured in which a plurality of items (technologies) described in the following specific examples are applied in combination.

○ First Specific Example In the above embodiment, the reliability suggestion effect generated in the single operation effect has been described, but the reliability suggestion effect may also occur in the continuous operation effect and the maintenance operation effect. However, in the single operation effect, the operation valid period ends halfway when the operation means 10 is operated once (single operation), whereas in the continuous operation effect and the maintenance operation effect, the operation means 10 is used. The difference is that even if the operation is performed once, the operation validity period does not end in the middle (or the probability that the operation ends in the middle is low). In other words, even during continuous operations and maintenance operations, the operation validity period does not end in the middle, and there is a possibility that the reliability suggestion effect will proceed at that time as well. It differs in that. Therefore, it is the reliability of the reliability suggestion effect that the reliability suggestion effect as described above is generated for the single operation effect that the operation valid period ends halfway by the operation means 10 once. The player can freely select whether or not to enjoy the suggestive effect, which is different from the effect of applying the reliability suggestive effect to the continuous operation effect and the maintenance operation effect. It can be said that it is a thing.

○ Second specific example Clarify the time when the reliability suggestion effect ends. As described above, if the operation validity period ends in the middle, the reliability suggestion effect is not executed until the end. Therefore, the end time of the reliability suggestion effect is clearly indicated, and the reliability suggestion effect by the reliability suggestion effect is performed. It is shown to the player who wants to enjoy the operation that the operation validity period should not be terminated halfway until that point.

Any method may be used to clearly indicate the time when the reliability suggestion effect ends. For example, a method of displaying an image (end point image M) indicating an end time point associated with the above-mentioned meter 11 indicating the remaining time or elapsed time of the operation valid period in the display area 911 can be considered (FIG. 11 (a)). reference). Further, apart from the meter 11 indicating the operation effective period, a method of displaying the display D indicating the period during which the reliability suggestion effect is performed is displayed in the display area 911 (see FIG. 11B). The time until the reliability suggestion effect is completed may be directly displayed by a number or the like.

○ Third specific example Indicates that a reliability suggestion effect has occurred or has already occurred. Even if you want to enjoy the reliability suggestion effect of the reliability suggestion effect, you may end the operation validity period halfway without knowing whether the reliability suggestion effect has occurred. By indicating that the suggestion effect is generated and that the reliability suggestion effect has already occurred, it is possible to prevent such a situation from occurring.

Any method may be used to indicate that the reliability suggestion effect occurs or that it has already occurred. It may be a method that directly indicates the existence of the reliability suggestion effect, such as displaying the name of the effect corresponding to the reliability suggestion effect, or the reliability increases as "○○ (name of the specific image 20) increases". It may be a method of indirectly indicating the existence of the reliability suggestion effect by displaying the mode of reliability suggestion such as "UP" (when the above-mentioned specific image increase / decrease mode is set) (see FIG. 12). In the case of a single operation effect, if the operation means 10 is operated during the operation valid period, the operation valid period ends halfway, and the operation means 10 is also operated in the continuous operation effect and the maintenance operation effect. Since the operation valid period may end in the middle, it is preferable to show that the reliability suggestion effect will occur (in the future) before the operation valid period.

○ Fourth specific example It is assumed that a plurality of types of modes can occur as a reliability suggestion effect, and the reliability is different for each of the modes. For example, it is assumed that the above-mentioned specific image increase / decrease mode, operation image change mode, and operation means change mode can occur, and the reliability changes depending on which mode occurs. In this way, the reliability differs depending not only on the transition (degree of progress) of the reliability suggestion effect but also on which type (mode) of the reliability suggestion effect occurs. It is possible to further improve the sex.

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
Operation means that can be operated by the player,
An operation effect executing means for urging the player to operate the operation means, and executing an operation effect in which the operation of the operation means is reflected in the effect during the operation valid period.
An effect executing means for executing a specific effect suggesting reliability, which is a probability that an event advantageous to the player will occur after the operation effect.
With
The specific effect is a gaming machine characterized in that the specific effect progresses with the lapse of the operation valid period.
According to the above-mentioned gaming machine, it is possible to realize an interesting game playability in which reliability is suggested by a specific effect that progresses with the lapse of the operation valid period.

○ Means 2
The gaming machine according to means 1, wherein the specific effect ends at a time before the end of the operation valid period.
By doing so, the player can operate the operating means during the operation valid period after the specific effect is completed.

○ Means 3
The specific effect is a means characterized in that the specific image displayed on the display device may increase or decrease with the lapse of the operation valid period, and the reliability is suggested by the number of the specific images. The gaming machine according to 1 or means 2.
As described above, as one aspect of the specific effect, an easy-to-understand mode in which the reliability is suggested by the number of specific images that may increase or decrease with the lapse of the operation valid period can be exemplified.

○ Means 4
In the operation effect, an operation image showing the operation means is displayed on the display device.
The specific effect is such that the mode of the operation image may change with the lapse of the operation valid period, and the reliability is suggested by the mode of the operation image. Alternatively, the gaming machine according to means 2.
As described above, as one aspect of the specific effect, an easy-to-understand mode in which the reliability is suggested by the mode of the operation image that changes with the passage of the operation validity period can be exemplified.

○ Means 5
The operating means has a changing portion whose mode changes.
The specific effect is such that the mode of the changing portion may change with the lapse of the operation valid period, and the reliability is suggested by the mode of the changing portion. Alternatively, the gaming machine according to means 2.
In this way, it is possible to further improve the taste of the effect by making the mode of the operating means (changing portion) itself change as one aspect of the specific effect.

1 Pachinko machine 10 Operating means 12 Operating image 101 Changing unit 20 Specific image 91 Display device 911 Display area

Claims (1)

Operation means that can be operated by the player,
It is an effect that urges the player to perform a single operation of the operation means, and is an operation effect that shifts to the end when the operation valid period ends when the single operation of the operation means is performed during the operation valid period. Operation effect execution means to execute
An effect execution means for executing a specific effect suggesting reliability, which is a probability that the end of the operation effect will be advantageous to the player.
With
The specific effect is
It is an effect executed during the operation valid period, and the number of specific images displayed on the display device changes with the lapse of the operation valid period.
If the single operation is performed before the predetermined time point, the change in the number of the specific images ends in the middle, but if the single operation is not performed until the predetermined time point, the predetermined time point is reached. A gaming machine characterized in that the reliability is suggested by the number of the specific images at the time of reaching.

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