JPH0357264Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a slot machine in which the arrangement of symbols on each reel is displayed.

Recently, many electric slot machines have been installed in game centers and pachinko parlors, and like pachinko, they have come to play a part in popular entertainment.

By the way, in the case of pachinko, the player's intentions can be reflected in the game by observing the flow of the balls and adjusting the strength with which the balls are flicked during the game (so-called technological intervention), but in the case of slot machines. Once a game machine is selected, aiming and pressing the stop button in order to stop the rotating reels at a desired symbol is almost the only way to reflect the player's intentions and judgment.

However, since the reels rotate quickly, beginners have no choice but to time the pressing of the stop switch by relying on, for example, changes in the hue of the symbols on the rotating reels.

Furthermore, the symbols on the reels are difficult to distinguish while they are spinning, and only a portion of them will appear in the window when the reels are stopped.
As you play the game over and over again, you have no choice but to first memorize the big winning symbols and their surroundings, and then gradually memorize the pattern arrangement of the entire reel.

Furthermore, if such memories are not sufficiently reliable, the fun of the game will be halved.

The inventor of the present invention has studied various possible indicators of the timing of pressing the stop switch, and as a result, has found that displaying the symbols of each reel is the best indicator of the timing, and has completed the invention.

In other words, the slot machine of the present invention has (a) a plurality of reels that are rotatably provided inside the main body and each reel has a large number of symbols displayed in a different arrangement on its outer circumferential surface, and (b) a plurality of reels that are rotatably provided in the main body, and (b) a number of symbols are displayed on the outer circumferential surface of the slot machine in a different arrangement for each reel. (c) A transparent window is provided vertically in the center of the front of the main unit so that a portion of the screen can be seen through; The game is characterized by having a picture array display section which is displayed in the same order and direction on the front of the main body at a position where the player can easily see it while playing the game.

Next, embodiments of the slot machine of the present invention will be described based on the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of the slot machine of the present invention.

1, 2 and 3 are reels, and symbols are displayed around them. Each reel 1,
2 and 3 are arranged so as to be visible from the outside through transparent parts 5, 6, and 7 provided at intervals on the central panel surface 4, respectively. The reel rotates by pressing down the lever 8, and the stop switches 9, 10,
It stops individually by pressing 11.

The present invention is characterized in that a slot machine having such a structure is provided with a display section for displaying the pattern arrangement of the reels 1, 2, and 3. In this embodiment, each reel 1, 2 is provided in the space between the transparent sections 5, 6, and 7. , 3 are arranged (the pictures are omitted in FIG. 1, but the pictures shown in FIG. 2 are actually displayed).

In general, the number and arrangement of the same type of symbols differs from reel to reel, and the hue of the reel when the reel rotates (as the symbols flow, it appears as a change in hue) also differs from reel to reel. Therefore, knowing the arrangement of the symbols on each reel is extremely helpful in determining the timing to press the stop switches 9, 10, and 11, and can make the game even more interesting.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the pattern array display section may be arranged on the upper board surface 15 of the slot machine at the positions shown at 16, 17 and 18.

When using this invention, it can be used as a reference for when to stop the reels in a normal slot machine, and it is especially important in a type of slot machine where the reels can be rotated arbitrarily to move the symbols after the reels have stopped once. It is a good indicator.

In the latter type of slot machine, the symbols move one frame at a time or several frames at a time by once stopping one of the reels and then pressing the stop switch for that reel again. Only the reels allow you to select the symbols to a certain extent. Therefore, if an array of pictures is displayed,
It can be used extremely effectively as an indicator for selection.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a slot machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic partial plan view of another embodiment of the present invention. Main symbols in the drawing, 1, 2, 3... reel, 4...
...Central board surface, 9, 10, 11...stop switch,
12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18...Picture array display section, 15...Upper board surface.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (a) A plurality of reels rotatably provided within the main body, each reel having a number of patterns displayed in a different arrangement on its outer circumferential surface; (b) A pattern on each reel; (c) A transparent window is vertically provided in the center of the front of the main unit so that a part of the reels can be seen through; This slot machine has a picture array display section which is displayed in the same order and direction on the front of the main body at a position where the player can easily see it while playing the game.