JP7291366B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to gaming machines.

2. Description of the Related Art A gaming machine is known that allows a player to arbitrarily select a song to be output from among a plurality of songs (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

JP 2017-148235 A

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to improve the fun of a gaming machine having a function that allows selection of songs to be output.

A gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, includes sound output means, and effect execution means for executing a specific effect for informing whether or not the win/loss determination result is a win depending on the mode of the ending. In addition, the player selects the music that is actually output during the specific performance from among a plurality of types of candidate music, and the player can change the type of music that is actually output even during the performance. It is characterized by being able to

Since the gaming machine according to the present invention can change the type of music to be output even during the specific effect, it is possible to improve the entertainment of the game.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the identification design and the pending|holding image which are displayed on the display area of a display apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline|summary of specific production|presentation. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a list of candidate songs that can be selected during the specific effect (during the selectable period). FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how songs to be actually output are switched during a specific effect (during a selectable period) (songs other than songs to be actually output are played at volume 0). FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining the first specific example; FIG. 2 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining the first specific example; FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining the second specific example;

Hereinafter, a gaming machine 1 (pachinko gaming machine) according to one 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 game machine 1 is equipped with a game board 90 . The game board 90 is made of a substantially square plywood board, and a guide rail 903 forming a passage for guiding a game ball fired by operating a shooting device 908 (shooting handle) to the game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. is provided as follows.

The game area 902 is provided with a start winning opening 904, a big winning opening 906, an out opening 907, and the like. A display area 911 of the display device 91 that executes various effects is an area that can be visually recognized through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90 . Note that the shape and the like of the display area 911 can be changed as appropriate (the shape and the like 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). .

In addition, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flowing state of the game balls when the falling game balls collide with each other. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes in various modes according to the conditions when it collides with the game nail.

In such a gaming machine 1 , game balls are shot toward the game area 902 by operating the shooting device 908 . When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning opening such as a starting winning opening 904 or a big winning opening 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by a payout device.

Descriptions of components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1 and the lower and upper trays for storing game balls, will be omitted. For these, those having the same structure as known gaming machines can be applied.

The lottery for the jackpot is executed by winning/failure determining means provided on a control board (not shown) when a game ball enters 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 win/fail determination information) is acquired from a random number source triggered by the winning of a game ball into the start winning opening 904, and the numerical value is the same as the predetermined jackpot numerical value. If it is, it is a jackpot, and if it is different, it is a loss. In this embodiment, similarly to known gaming machines, when a jackpot is achieved, the identification pattern 80 (see FIG. 2) is notified by a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same pattern). If a combination of is displayed, it is lost.

In this embodiment, notification of the results of the success/failure determination is started in the order in which the numerical values for the above-mentioned success/failure determination are acquired (variation of the identification pattern 80 is started). , when the pass/fail judgment result based on the numerical value obtained before that is notified, the data is stored in the storage means provided on the control board (not shown) until the pass/fail judgment result based on the certain numerical value is started to be notified. remembered. Numerical values that have not yet started notification of the result of the success/failure determination (variation of the identification pattern 80) (the value corresponding to each of these values is “suspension (information)”. Suspension (information) is a subordinate concept of the success/failure determination information. The maximum number of stored (maximum pending number) of (can be said to exist) can be set as appropriate. The maximum number of reservations that can be stored by the storage means in this embodiment is four per type of start winning opening 904 . In the present embodiment, at the time when notification of the success/failure determination result is started, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a value that will result in a big hit. It is also possible to have a configuration in which the determination result itself is stored. In addition, the acquired numerical value is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the effect for informing the success/failure determination result.

In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a pending image 70, which is a mark corresponding to each of the obtained numerical values (winning/failure judgment information) for which notification of the winning/failure judgment result stored in the storage means is not started, is displayed. It is displayed on the display area 911 of the device 91 . Specifically, the pending images 70 are displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 so that the numerical values for executing the pass/fail determination are arranged in the order in which they were obtained (see FIG. 2). In the present embodiment, the values are displayed so as to line up from the left in order from the timing at which the numerical value was acquired (from the so-called pending digestion). The reserved image 70 may be a still image or a moving image.

The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment executes a specific effect (see FIG. 3) as a part of the notification effect (effect during the period from the start of the variation of the identification symbol 80 to the stop) for informing the result of the win/loss determination. is possible. The particular effect is a so-called ready-to-win effect (super reach effect), and the outcome of the effect indicates the success/failure determination result. Specifically, one or more types of successful endings and one or more types of unsuccessful endings are set as the ending of the specific production, and if the success judgment result is a big hit, the successful ending is a loss. is executed with a failure outcome. In the case of the same type of specific effects, the same series of images are output each time until the ending (except for differences depending on whether or not a so-called chance-up occurs), and the time required to execute the effects is the same. As a specific effect, an ally side character (player side character) and an enemy side character fight (see FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b)), and the victory of the ally side character results in a successful ending (see FIG. 3(c)). )), the defeat of the character on the ally side is set as a failure ending (see FIG. 3(d)). A configuration in which a plurality of types of effects that can occur as such specific effects are set may be employed.

In this embodiment, the player can arbitrarily select a song to be output from the speaker 10 (sound output means) during the specific effect from among multiple types of candidate songs (see FIG. 4). Also, even during the specific effect, it is possible to change (switch) the type of music to be output (selected music, hereinafter also referred to as selected music). However, the type of selected music may be changed during the entire period during which the specific effect is executed, or the type of selected music may be changed during part of the period during which the specific effect is executed. can be configured. Hereinafter, the period during which the type of selected music can be changed is sometimes referred to as a selectable period. In this embodiment, part of the period during which the specific effect is executed is the selectable period (see FIG. 3(b)).

Any method may be used for the player to select his or her favorite song from among the plurality of types of candidate songs. In the present embodiment, candidate songs set as selected songs are switched by the player operating the operation means 20 (push buttons, cross keys, etc.) during the selectable period. In other words, a plurality of types of candidate songs are arranged in a predetermined order (list order), and the candidate songs to be selected are switched in that order by operating the operation means 20 (see FIG. 5). It is preferable that the title of the song currently selected as the selected song is displayed in the display area 911 . Alternatively, all of the multiple types of candidate songs may be displayed in the display area 911 .

A plurality of types of candidate music are set according to the length of time during which one of the candidate music is output during the specific effect. That is, each candidate song has the same length (playback time). It should be noted that the "length" of the song here does not mean the length itself of the original song of the candidate song. It means "length" set as music for production. Therefore, a configuration in which a part of the original music is deleted or a part of the original music is repeated may be set as the candidate music.

In this embodiment, all of the multiple types of candidate songs are played back in parallel at least during the selectable period during the specific effect. Here, reproduction refers to a state in which the sound signal itself based on the music data stored in the storage means is sent to the speaker 10 as sound output means. However, in this embodiment, the volume of music other than the selected music selected by the player is set to 0 (the output via the speaker 10 is set to 0). The volume of the selected music is set to a predetermined volume other than 0 (if a known volume adjustment function is provided, the volume based on that is output). In other words, during the specific effect, all of the multiple types of music are played simultaneously, but since the volume of music other than the selected music is 0, only the selected music whose volume is not 0 can be heard by the player. (actually output state) (see FIG. 5).

When the player changes the type of selected music, another candidate music becomes a new selected music, so that the new selected music is output at a predetermined volume, while the volume of the previously selected music is 0. (see FIG. 5). As a result, only the music selected by the player can be heard.

As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the player can arbitrarily select the music that is actually output (becomes audible) during the specific effect for informing the success/failure determination result from among multiple types of candidate music. Since it can be selected and switched during the performance, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

In addition, a plurality of types of candidate songs are played back in parallel, and the volume of songs other than the selected song that is actually output is set to 0, so that the selected song can be heard, so switching between selected songs is smooth. to be made. Since the specific effect is limited in the time to be executed (the time required for the effect is usually constant), it is a game in which a favorite song is selected by comparing it with other songs. In order to shorten the time required for a person's action, it is preferable to smoothly switch music as in the present embodiment.

Specific examples of improvement, modification, embodiment, etc. of the gaming machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment will be described below. In addition, it is good also as a structure which applied multiple items demonstrated using the following specific examples.

○First Specific Example The number of types of candidate songs suggests the probability that the success/failure determination result notified by the specific effect will result in a big win (hereinafter also referred to as "big win reliability"). For example, it is assumed that the number of songs set as candidate songs is set to one of the first mode of "5 songs", the second mode of "6 songs", and the third mode of "7 songs". It is conceivable that the larger the number of , the higher the reliability of the big win (see FIG. 6). In this way, from the player's point of view, as the number of types of candidate songs increases, not only does the number of song choices expand, but also the reliability of the big win increases. It is possible to realize However, this does not mean denying the fact that the smaller the number of types of candidate music, the lower the reliability of the big win.

In this example, even if the number of types of candidate songs changes, it is preferable that a common song that can always be selected is set. For example, in the configuration in which the first mode to the third mode are set as described above, the "five songs" that are selectable in the first mode are configured to be selectable in the second mode and the third mode as well. In other words, the candidate songs that can be selected in the mode with the fewest number of selectable candidate songs (default mode) are the common songs that can be selected in the other modes as well. Specifically, in the second mode, "common songs (5 songs) + another song A" are set as selectable candidate songs, and in the third mode, "common songs (5 songs) + another song It is assumed that "song A+another song B" is set as a candidate song. In this case, it is preferable that the order (list order) of the common songs remains the same in the first mode to the third mode (see FIG. 6).

In this way, the difference between each aspect becomes clear. For example, the occurrence of the second and third aspects can be said to be a so-called "chance increase" (compared to the occurrence of the first aspect). , another song is added as a candidate song in addition to the common song that can be selected in the first mode, so the difference becomes clear. From another point of view, among the selectable songs in the second mode and the third mode, candidate songs that are not common songs (the different song A and the different song B) are considered to be advantageous to the player. It can be said that it is a special song that indicates that the probability of a big hit has increased.

In the above example, another song A and another song B (special song) indicate that the reliability of the big hit has increased, so it is preferable that the display mode is different from that of the common song. As a method of varying the display mode, the color of characters can be exemplified. For example, when the second mode or the third mode is set, the common song is displayed in black, but the other songs A and B are displayed in colors other than black. In this way, it is possible to determine whether or not there is a so-called "chance up" depending on whether or not there is a candidate song displayed in a manner different from that of the common song. Moreover, it is preferable to make the mode of another music A and another music B different. For example, another song A is displayed in green when the second mode and the third mode are set, and another song B is displayed in red when the third mode is set. In this way, it is possible to suggest a difference in the jackpot reliability between the second mode and the third mode.

Further, in the above example, when the first mode is set, another song A or another song B cannot be selected, but a display indicating that such songs may become selectable. should be done. For example, in the first aspect, common songs (5 songs) are clearly displayed as options, but other songs A and B are displayed more unclearly than that (for example, Another song is displayed in lighter letters) (see FIG. 7). In this way, even when the first aspect is set, there is a possibility that another piece of music A or another piece of music B can be selected. may be set) is suggested. Therefore, when the second mode or the third mode is actually set, there is a high probability that the player will notice that the increase in selectable songs suggests something. Similarly, when the second mode is set, although another song B cannot be selected, a display indicating that such a song may become selectable may be provided. Note that the music that is actually audible when another music piece A or another music piece B in an unclear state is displayed is one of the common music pieces (five pieces). It is not possible to hear another song A or another song B). For example, it is conceivable to maintain the state in which the music selected before another music A or another music B is displayed can be heard.

○Second Specific Example In the first specific example above, the reliability of the jackpot is suggested by the number of types of candidate songs. may be set. For example, a configuration in which the number of songs set as candidate songs is set to "5 songs" and a second mode of "6 songs" is set, and in the case of the second mode, it is determined that a jackpot will be won. (see FIG. 8). When the second mode is set, a song that cannot be selected when the first mode is set becomes selectable, so that the addition of the song as a candidate song is confirmed as a big hit. It can be said that it shows For example, it is assumed that "five" songs selectable in the first aspect are common songs selectable also in the second aspect, and another song C can be selected in addition to the common songs in the second aspect. do. In this case, setting the other song C as a candidate song will be an effect mode indicating that the big win is confirmed. In other words, it can be said that the other music C is a special music indicating that the occurrence of a big win as an event advantageous to the player is confirmed.

Also in this example, as the method for displaying another piece of music C, the same method as the method of displaying another piece of music A and another piece of music B described in the first specific example can be adopted. In other words, it is preferable that the different music C be displayed in a manner different from that of the common music. Another piece of music C indicates that the occurrence of a big win is confirmed, so it is conceivable that it should be displayed in rainbow-colored characters. Also, when the first mode is set, it is preferable to provide a display indicating that there is a possibility that another piece of music C can be selected, although another piece of music C cannot be selected.

○Third Specific Example In the above-described embodiment, all of the multiple types of candidate songs that can be selected by the player are played in parallel in the specific effect, but the volume of the songs other than the selected song is set to 0. is actually output (actually audible) (other songs cannot be heard), but only the selected song is played and the other songs are not played (selected Only the sound signal of the music is sent to the speaker 10).

○Fourth Concrete Example The configuration is such that multiple types of specific effects can occur. In this case, it is preferable that the types of candidate songs that can be selected in various specific effects are different from each other (not exactly the same). For example, as the specific effects, a first specific effect and a second specific effect are set. In this case, at least one of the plurality of types of candidate music selectable during the first specific effect is different from any of the multiple types of candidate music selectable during the second specific effect. In this way, the difference in the selected music is useful for the player to distinguish between the types of specific effects.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is by no means limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Specific means (gaming machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.

・ Means 1
sound output means;
an effect executing means for executing a specific effect for notifying whether or not an event advantageous to the player will occur depending on the mode of the ending;
with
The player selects the music that is actually output during the specific performance from among a plurality of types of candidate music, and the player changes the type of the music that is actually output even during the performance. A gaming machine characterized by being capable of
In the above game machine, the player can arbitrarily select, from among a plurality of types of candidate songs, a song to be output during a specific effect informing whether or not an advantageous event will occur, and switch during the effect. Therefore, it is possible to improve the amusement of the game.

・ Means 2
The gaming machine according to means 1, characterized in that during the specific effect, all of the plurality of types of candidate songs are reproduced in parallel, and the volume of songs other than the selected song selected by the player is set to 0. .
In this way, switching of the selected music can be performed smoothly.

・Method 3
The number of types of candidate music is variable, and the number of types of candidate music indicates the probability that an event advantageous to the player will occur. game machine.
In this way, in addition to being able to select a favorite song, the number of types of candidate songs suggests the probability of an advantageous event occurring, thereby further improving the taste of the game. It is possible to

・ Means 4
A special musical piece that may be set as the candidate musical piece is set, and whether or not the special musical piece is set as the candidate musical piece indicates the probability that an event advantageous to the player will occur. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 3, characterized by:
・ Means 5
5. The gaming machine according to means 4, wherein when the special music is set as the candidate music, it is determined that an event advantageous to the player will occur.
With such a configuration, it is possible to realize a game feature that draws attention to whether or not the special music is included in the candidate music.

1 gaming machine 10 speaker 20 operating means 91 display device 911 display area

Claims (1)

sound output means;
An effect executed as part of the notification effect from when the identification pattern for informing the result of right or wrong judgment starts to change until it stops in a mode according to the result of right or wrong judgment, and the ending according to the result of right or wrong judgment. production execution means for executing a plurality of types of reach production up to,
with
A player selects a musical piece to be actually output during the ready-to-win effect from among a plurality of types of candidate musical pieces that are combined differently according to the type of the ready-to-win effect , and a musical piece that has already been selected by the player. Even during the ready-to-win performance in which is being output, the player can switch the type of music that is actually output any number of times during the selectable period included in the period in which the ready-to-win performance is being executed. A gaming machine characterized by being capable of

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