JPH07171254A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To leave a possibility to constitute a winning configuration 1 until all the variable displays of patterns on a variable display device stop, and increase the interest of a game by a method wherein the number of times for a special game which is granted for a player is determined based on the judgement result of a pattern judging means, and the special game is granted for the player ' with the determined specified number of times as an upper limit. CONSTITUTION:On display units 41-44 of a variable display unit 40, a plurality of patterns are variably displayed in order by an establishment of a specified condition, e.g. a hit ball enters a starting port, and after a specified period of time has passed, the patterns on the display units are stopped by a specified sequence. A pattern judging means 101 judges the stopped display configuration of the variable display units 41-44, and judges whether a previously determined special pattern is displayed or not, and judges the number of the display if the special pattern is displayed. A special game granted number of times determining means 102 determines the number of times for a special game which is granted for a player, based on the judgement result of the pattern judging means 101. Then, the special game is granted the player with the number of times for the special game which is determined by the special game granted number of times determining means as an upper limit.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and in particular, it has a variable display device capable of sequentially converting and displaying a plurality of symbols, and the stop display mode of the symbols on the variable display device is a predetermined prize mode. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that allows a player to play a special game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of gaming machine, a plurality of variable display portions are arranged side by side on the front surface of a variable display device, a plurality of symbols are sequentially converted and displayed on the variable display portion, and a variable position on the left side is provided. When the variable display of the symbols is sequentially stopped from the display unit and the stopped display mode of the symbols at the predetermined position constitutes the predetermined prize mode, the special game which is beneficial to the player is performed. For example, when the variable display unit is composed of a total of nine variable display units with three rows in the horizontal direction and three columns in the vertical direction, the symbols stopped on any of the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines are “7” and “7”.
In the case of "7" or the like, the attacker, which is a special game means, is opened a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time to allow the player to perform a special game that is advantageous.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional gaming machine, a special game is performed only when a predetermined symbol is stopped at a predetermined position, for example, a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line. be able to. That is, there is no possibility that a special game can be performed when the stop symbol of the variable display portion that is sequentially stopped from the left side does not become a predetermined symbol that is predetermined. For example, in the gaming machine having a total of nine variable display sections as described above, if "7" is not stopped on any line of the variable display section located on the leftmost side, it is moved to the right side. Even if "7" is stopped on the predetermined line of the variable display unit located, the prize mode is not formed. Similarly, even if "7" was stopped on any line of the leftmost variable display section, "7" was not stopped on the predetermined line of the center variable display section. In this case, the prize mode is not configured.

In this way, after the stop symbols of the variable display portion which are sequentially stopped are found not to constitute the prize mode, it becomes meaningless for the player to stop the symbols on the variable display portion, and It was supposed to spoil the interest. The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-described conventional technology, and the purpose thereof is to:
In a gaming machine that causes a special game to be performed according to the stop display mode of the symbols on the variable display device, the amusement of the game is enhanced, leaving the possibility of configuring the prize mode until all the conversion display of the symbols on the variable display device is stopped. It is to provide a game machine capable of playing.

[0005]

The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the contents thereof will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. According to the invention of claim 1, a plurality of variable display parts (41 to 44) arranged in a matrix on the front surface of the variable display device (40) and the variable display parts (41 to 44).
Of the variable display section (41
~ 44) when a predetermined symbol is displayed, the symbol determination means (101) for determining the display number of the symbol, and the player based on the determination result of the symbol determination means (101) Special game number determining means for determining the number of special games (102)
And a special game means (for example, a special winning device 50) that causes the player to play a special game with the predetermined number of times determined by the special game number determination means (102) as an upper limit.

[0006]

According to the invention of claim 1, the variable display device
The front of (40) has multiple variable display parts (41
~ 44) are provided. Then, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, for example, a hit ball enters the starting opening (60), the variable display device is displayed.
A plurality of symbols are sequentially converted and displayed on each variable display section (41 to 44) of (40). The variable display device (40) symbol conversion display,
After a lapse of a predetermined time, the operation is sequentially stopped in a predetermined order.

In the symbol judging means (101), the variable display section (41-
The stop display mode of 44) is determined. In the determination of the stop display mode, whether or not a predetermined specific symbol, for example, "7" is displayed, and if it is displayed, the number of displays is determined. The special game number determination means (102) determines the number of special games to be played by the player based on the determination result of the symbol determination means (101). In the determination of the number of special games, for example, when there are two "7" s, the number of special games is 1, and when there are three "7" s, the number of special games is 7 and "7". If there are four, the number of special games is 16.

Then, the player is allowed to play a special game with the number of special games decided by the special game number deciding means (102) as an upper limit. This special game is a game that is performed by activating special game means (for example, the special winning device 50), and for example, opens the attacker so that the hit ball easily enters the attacker.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board provided on the front surface of the game machine, FIG.
Is an explanatory view of the display on the variable display portion, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of the game procedure in the gaming machine of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a game board mounted on the front surface of a pachinko machine (not shown) as a game machine. The game board 10 is surrounded by a guide rail 20 on its surface. Equipped with a game section 30. In the game part 30, a variable display device 40 capable of converting and displaying a plurality of symbols is provided in substantially the center, and a special prize device 50 functioning as a special game means is provided below the variable display device 40. 40
Between the special prize device 50 and the special prize device 50 and the left and right of the special prize device 50, respectively, a starting opening 60 is provided, and around the variable display device 40,
General prize openings 70 ... Are provided, and a windmill 80, side lamps 90, etc. are provided in the other game section 30.

The variable display device 40 described above is composed of a liquid crystal display device, and has four variable display portions 41 to 44 in a matrix of two rows in the horizontal direction and two rows in the vertical direction. Further, on the variable display device 40, in addition to the display of the variable display portions 41 to 44, various information such as the number of continuations of the special game and the number of balls entered into the special winning device 50 may be displayed as necessary. You can The variable display device 40 is not limited to the liquid crystal display device described above, and may have any configuration as long as it is a device such as a CRT device capable of converting and displaying a plurality of symbols. Also,
The number of variable display portions 41 to 44 is not limited to four, and may be nine or sixteen as long as it is in a matrix.

The above-described special winning device 50 is composed of a so-called attacker, and the attacker is normally closed to make it difficult for a hit ball to enter the special winning device 50, and a predetermined game for starting a special game. When the conditions are met, the attacker is opened to convert the ball into a state in which the ball can easily enter the special winning device 50. Further, in the special winning device 50, a continuous winning hole 51 for establishing a continuation condition of the special game by hitting a ball is provided.

An electric control device 100 for electrically controlling the game of the game machine is provided at an appropriate place in the game machine. The electric control device 100 is composed of a microcomputer having a CPU (central processing unit), ROM (read only memory), RAM (random access memory), etc., and electrically communicates with each device via an input / output control means. is doing.

A portion of the electric control device 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The electric control device 100 determines the stop display mode of the variable display sections 41 to 44, and when a predetermined symbol is displayed on any of the variable display sections 41 to 44, determines the display number of the symbol. The main constituent elements are the symbol determining means 101 and the special game number determining means 102 for determining the number of special games to be played by the player based on the determination result of the symbol determining means 101.

In the symbol judging means 101, the variable display parts 41-44
It is determined whether or not the plurality of symbols stopped and displayed are predetermined specific symbols, and how many specific symbols are present. The special game number determination means 102 determines the number of operations of the special winning device 50, which is a special game means, based on the determination result of the symbol determination means 101.

Then, the special winning apparatus 50 is operated with the number of operations determined by the special game number determining means 102 as an upper limit. The game procedure in the above-mentioned gaming machine will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When a player operates a hitting ball launching device (not shown), a hitting ball is launched in the gaming section 30, and when the hitting ball launched in the gaming section 30 enters one of the starting openings 60, the variable display device 40 At, the conversion display of a plurality of symbols starts. The conversion display of the symbols is performed on the variable display portions 41 to 44, and the variable display portions 41 to 44 are converted and displayed so that a plurality of symbols flow downward from above.

When a predetermined time elapses from the start of the symbol conversion display on the variable display device 40, the symbol conversion display on each of the variable display sections 41 to 44 is sequentially stopped. The conversion display may be stopped in any order, but in the present embodiment, the upper left variable display section 41, the upper right variable display section 42, the lower left variable display section 43, and the lower right variable display section 44 are in this order. Stop at. Design determination means
At 101, a stop symbol in each of the variable display portions 41 to 44 is determined, and a predetermined specific symbol, for example, “7” is stopped and displayed, and the number of the specific symbol “7” is counted.

The special game number determination means 102 determines the upper limit value of the number of operations of the special winning device 50 based on the determination result of the symbol determination means 101. In the present embodiment, the case where two or more "7" are displayed is a prize mode, and when only one "7" is displayed (FIG. 2a), it is a loss and no special game is played. On the other hand, when two "7" are displayed (Fig. 2b), the number of operations of the special winning device 50 is set to one, and when three "7" are displayed (Fig. 2c). The upper limit of the number of operations of the special winning device 50 is set to 7, and when four "7" are displayed (Fig. 2d), the upper limit of the number of operations of the special winning device 50 is set to 16 times.

Then, until the number of operations of the special winning apparatus 50 reaches the upper limit number, the special winning apparatus 50 is converted so as to be advantageous to the player. That is, the attacker is opened so that the ball can easily enter the special winning device 50. One operation of this special winning device 50, a predetermined time, for example, 30 seconds has elapsed, a predetermined number of,
For example, the process ends when 10 balls are entered. Also, 1
When the hit ball enters the continuous winning opening 51 in the operation of the number of times, the special game can be continued with the number of operations determined by the special game number determination means 102 as the upper limit. On the other hand, 1
If no hit ball enters the continuous winning hole 51 in the single operation, the attacker is closed and the special game ends, even if there is the remaining number of operations.

A game is played on the gaming machine by repeating the above-mentioned procedures. In addition, in the present embodiment, the number of symbols to be displayed is described as a predetermined symbol, which is determined, but the type of symbol is not limited to this, for example, a number other than "7". Alternatively, other patterns may be used. Furthermore, the predetermined symbols are variable display parts 41-
The symbols of all the symbols that can be displayed at 44 may be used. In this case, when the same symbol is displayed on at least one of the variable display portions 41 to 44, the special winning device 50 is activated.

[0021]

Since the present invention is constituted as described above, it has the following effects. Claim 1
According to the described invention, the player cannot determine whether or not to form a prize mode until all the conversion display of the symbols on the variable display section are stopped, and the conversion display of the symbols on the variable display section is all stopped. The content of the award mode will be revealed for the first time at the time of doing.

Therefore, it is possible for the player to expect that a prize mode will be formed until all the symbol conversion display on the variable display portion is stopped, and the interest of the game can be significantly enhanced. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board provided on the front surface of a game machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a display on a variable display unit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of a game procedure in the gaming machine of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Gaming board 20 Guide rail 30 Gaming section 40 Variable display device 41-44 Variable display section 50 Special winning device 51 Continuous winning opening 60 Starting opening 70 General winning opening 80 Windmill 90 Side lamp 100 Electric control device 101 Symbol judging means 102 Special Means of determining the number of games

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When a plurality of symbols are sequentially converted and displayed on a variable display device provided in a game section, and a stop display mode of the symbols on the variable display device is a predetermined prize mode, a special game is given to a player. In the gaming machine for performing the above, a plurality of variable display portions arranged in a matrix on the front surface of the variable display device, a stop display mode of the variable display portion is determined, and a predetermined symbol is set on any of the variable display portions. When is displayed, a symbol determination means for determining the number of displayed symbols, and a special game number determination means for determining the number of special games to be played by the player based on the determination result of the symbol determination means. A gaming machine characterized by comprising: a special gaming means for allowing a player to play a special game with a predetermined number of times determined by the special game number determining means as an upper limit.