WO2010041570A1

WO2010041570A1 - Medal game device, medal game control method, and recording medium to store program to realize the control method

Info

Publication number: WO2010041570A1
Application number: PCT/JP2009/066913
Authority: WO
Inventors: 富雄菊池
Original assignee: 株式会社セガ
Priority date: 2008-10-10
Filing date: 2009-09-29
Publication date: 2010-04-15
Also published as: JP2010088830A

Abstract

Provided are a medal game device and a medal game control method that reduce the difference in the number of medals awarded based on game skill or knowledge and permit games to be enjoyed by a wide range of players, from beginners to advanced, as well as a recording medium to store a program to realize the control method. In a medal game wherein input operation is executed by thrown medals passing through a win opening in a frame, the ratio of the number of winning medals to the number of thrown medals for a specified sampling time is calculated and the player’s skill level is determined based on the ratio. When, as a result of the determination, the player’s skill level is at a specified level, the medal award data to be referenced to execute medal award processing is changed.

Description

Medal game device, medal game control method, and recording medium storing program for realizing the control method

The present invention realizes a medal game device of a type in which a game medium such as a medal or a coin is paid out or a virtual medal point in the device is added according to a game result, a medal game control method, and the control method The present invention relates to a recording medium storing a program to be executed.

Conventionally, as a medal game device of this type, a jackpot (hereinafter referred to as a jackpot) is accumulated according to the number of inserted medals, and in addition to a normal jackpot (JP) when a predetermined condition is satisfied. In addition, there is known a technique in which a special jackpot is generated by adding up the accumulated amount so that the number of payouts is greatly changed (for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, the play status of each of the plurality of game devices is monitored by a server device installed in the system, and a special jackpot game is executed based on the play status judgment by the server device, in addition to normal jackpot payout It is also known that a special jackpot payout is made so that many players can play and rise at the same time (for example, Patent Document 2). As the predetermined condition for generating the jackpot, for example, it is generated by acquiring jackpot points to the maximum by acquiring jackpot points in the main game of each game device, or by satisfying the predetermined condition during the main game. Conditions such as establishing a jackpot generating role in various mini games are applied.

In conventional medal game devices, the housing design, game rules, and stores to be installed have been clearly differentiated between products for children and products for adults (adults). That is, in the medal game device for children, the game rules are simplified, and advanced skills and the like in the process leading to the payout are not required. On the other hand, the medal game device for general players has a specification that allows players to receive more medals as their skills improve, which is included as part of the game's taste. There were many things.

Therefore, in the conventional medal game device, children with low game knowledge and skills generally play with the above-mentioned products for children. Therefore, even such players are expected by the way of playing assumed by the developers. I was able to receive medal payouts as expected, and I was able to fully enjoy the game. In addition, in the conventional medal game device for the general layer, since the advanced player layer with high game knowledge and skill is the player, for example, the player leaves the play table immediately before the occurrence of the jackpot as described above, Since there was hardly any disadvantageous action for the player that a large amount of medals could not be paid out, the game could be fully enjoyed as well.

JP-A-6-246068 JP 2008-29648 A

However, in recent years, a medal game system in which a plurality of different types of games are played in one system has been provided for the purpose of improving the preference of the medal game device (see, for example, Patent Document 2). In such a medal game system, it is expected that players with a wide range of skill levels, from children to adults, will play together, so beginners with poor game knowledge and skills are particularly disadvantageous as described above. There was a possibility of taking.

Further, in the medal game devices for general players in recent years, there is a tendency that a large difference in medal payout amount tends to occur according to the skill and game knowledge of the player. In general, players of this type of medal game device obtain medals from a medal lending machine in advance and play, so if the player is a beginner such as a child, the jackpot will be used when the used medals are used up. Even if (JP) occurred immediately before, the possibility of giving up the continuation of the game was high. In addition, in a game machine of the type called pusher type, a medal is passed or hit to a winning opening (called “chucker”, “chucker”, or “target”) on the board of the game device. In general, it is determined that a prize has been won, and the game is progressed with a medal payout and a lottery benefit based on the determination. Beginners with low skill and game knowledge consume a large amount of useless medals due to the difference in the rate of passing or hitting, that is, the number of winning medals / the number of inserted medals. The expectation for was weakened and the game table was often left. Due to this behavior, the amount of medals to be paid out to beginners such as children will be smaller than the amount of medals paid out originally intended by the development side. As a result, for children who play medal games, etc. There was a problem that sufficient satisfaction could not be given.

Note that the payout by the pusher game machine here is a first payout in which the medals are paid out in the game device and a second payout in which the medals are paid out to the player from the game device. There are types. As specific examples, medals once paid out to the inside of the game device are further pushed out by a sliding board surface (pusher) called a pusher mechanism to be paid out indirectly from the inside of the case, and obtained by winning etc. When medals according to medal points are paid out directly to the player by the payout hopper mechanism, and as a combination of them, the number of medals that have fallen into the player payout zone set inside the game device by the slide of the pusher mechanism etc. May be discharged to the outside of the housing by the discharge hopper. In the present application, both the first and second cases are treated as payouts.

On the other hand, there are few advanced players who have excellent skills and detailed game knowledge by arriving at a vacant platform where the timing of JP occurrence is imminent due to play by a beginner as described above. It was possible to win a jackpot (JP) with the number of medals inserted (commonly known as “hyena act”). As a result, there has been a problem in that medals that can be originally acquired by beginner players flow to such advanced players.

Therefore, among developers and operators in this field, since it cannot be expected to be operated by a wide range of players from beginners to advanced players, there is a concern about the drop in the rate of attracting customers and operating rates. There has been a demand for a medal game device having means and a control method for eliminating the disparity in the amount of medals paid out between beginners and advanced players.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to reduce the difference in the amount of medals paid out depending on the presence or absence of game skills and knowledge, and a wide range of players from beginners to advanced players Is to provide a medal game device capable of enjoying a game, a medal game control method, and a recording medium storing a program for realizing the control method.

An object of the present invention is to provide an inserted medal detection means for detecting the medal inserted by the player and a medal in a medal game device in which an input operation of the game is executed by detecting the insertion of the medal by the player. A winning medal detecting means for detecting that the winning pass has been passed and performing a winning process, and a medal paying means for paying out a medal to the player with reference to medal paying data according to a detection signal from the winning medal detecting means And a skill level determining means for calculating a winning rate which is a ratio of the number of winning medals to a number of inserted medals within a predetermined sampling time, and determining the skill level of the player based on the ratio, and the skill level determining means The medal payout means referred to by the medal payout means when the skill level of the player determined by is a predetermined level By and a payout data changing means for changing over data is achieved.

Further, the above object of the present invention is to change the medal payout data referred to when the payout data changing means performs the winning process according to the difference rate between the win rate and a preset assumed value. Is effectively achieved.

Further, the above object of the present invention is to generate a big hit point saving means for accumulating big hit points according to the number of winning medals or the number of inserted medals, and a big hit point set in advance by the big hit saving means This is effectively achieved by further comprising a jackpot game effect execution means for executing a jackpot game effect when the point value is reached.

Further, the object of the present invention is that the payout data changing means determines the number of medals to be paid out at the time of the big hit game effect, the difference ratio between the number of winning medals within the sampling time and the preset number of expected winning medals. It is effectively achieved by changing according to.

In addition, the above-mentioned object of the present invention is effective when the payout data changing means changes the amount of addition of the big hit points necessary for the occurrence of payout by the big hit effect saving means accumulated by the big hit point saving means at the time of one winning. Is achieved.

Further, the object of the present invention is that the sampling time by the skill level discriminating means is an average time required for the jackpot point to reach a jackpot occurrence point value necessary for payout generation by the jackpot effect from an initial state. By being set to half, it is achieved effectively.

Also, the object of the present invention is to start counting the sampling time by the skill level discriminating means when the jackpot point is in an initial state or when the medal is inserted within a preset non-play setting time. This is effectively achieved by the point in time when the first inserted medal is detected after no medal detection unit detects it.

Also, the above object of the present invention is effectively achieved by further comprising a jackpot point gauge display means for displaying the status of the jackpot points accumulated by the point saving means.

Further, the above object of the present invention is to provide an inserted medal detection step for detecting the medal inserted by the player in a medal game control method in which a game input operation is executed by detecting insertion of a medal by a player. A winning medal detection step for detecting that the medal has passed through the winning slot and performing a winning process; and referring to the medal payout data according to a detection signal from the winning medal detection step; A medal payout step,
Determined by a skill level determining step of calculating a winning rate, which is a ratio of the number of winning medals to the number of inserted medals within a predetermined sampling time, and determining the skill level of the player based on the ratio, and the skill level determining step This is achieved by including a payout data changing step of changing the medal payout data referred to by the medal payout means when the skill level of the player is a predetermined level.

Further, the object of the present invention is to change the medal payout data referred to when the payout process is performed according to the difference rate between the win rate and a preset assumed value in the payout data changing step. Is effectively achieved.

Further, the above object of the present invention is to generate a jackpot point saving step for accumulating jackpot points in accordance with the number of winning medals or the number of inserted medals, and a jackpot point accumulated by the jackpot saving step is set in advance. This is effectively achieved by further including a jackpot game effect execution step for executing the jackpot game effect when the point value is reached.

In addition, the object of the present invention is to determine the number of medals to be paid out at the time of the big hit game effect in the payout data changing step, the difference ratio between the number of winning medals within the sampling time and the preset number of expected winning medals. It is effectively achieved by changing according to.

Further, the above-mentioned object of the present invention is that the payout data changing step is effective by changing the added amount of jackpot points necessary for generating a payout by the jackpot effect accumulated by the jackpot point saving step at the time of one winning. Is achieved.

Further, the object of the present invention is that the sampling time in the skill level determination step is an average time required for the jackpot point to reach a jackpot occurrence point value necessary for payout generation by the jackpot effect from an initial state. By being set to half, it is achieved effectively.

In addition, the object of the present invention is to start the timing of the sampling time by the skill level determination step, when the jackpot point is in an initial state, or within a preset non-game set time, This is effectively achieved by the time when the first inserted medal is detected after no inserted medal is detected in the inserted medal detection step.

Also, the above object of the present invention is effectively achieved by further including a jackpot point gauge display step for displaying the status of the jackpot points accumulated by the point saving step.

Furthermore, the above object of the present invention is achieved by a recording medium storing a program for realizing the medal game control method.

According to the medal game device, the medal game control method, and the recording medium storing the program for realizing the control method according to the present invention, the time from when the first inserted medal is detected to the predetermined sampling time When calculating the ratio of the number of winning medals to the number of inserted medals, determining the player's skill level based on the ratio, and changing the medal payout data by winning or performing lottery processing according to the determination result The medal payout amount is temporarily changed by changing the medal payout data to be referred to in FIG. As a result, for example, a player who has been determined to be a beginner can take a remedy such as increasing the payout amount, so that the difference in the payout amount of medals depending on game skills and knowledge is reduced. Can do. As a result, a wide range of players from beginners to advanced players can fully enjoy the game, and it is possible to improve the operating rate and the rate of attracting customers.

It is a lineblock diagram showing roughly an example of a game system concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing roughly the appearance of an example of the game system concerning the embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an appearance of a medal game device (satellite) according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the medal game device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the game effect image in the medal game device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus connected to the medal game device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the control process of the medal game which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram schematically illustrating an example of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically illustrating an appearance of an example of the game system.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the game system according to the present embodiment, a plurality of medal game devices 1A to 1D are connected to a server device 3 via a network 2, and each medal game device 1A to 1D. Then, different main games are executed. In the present embodiment, a game system in which four medal game devices GM1 to GM4 are connected to the server device 3 will be described as an example to simplify the description. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Each of the plurality of independent medal game devices 1 can be executed independently, and the number of medal game devices connected to one server device 3 can be changed as appropriate.

As shown in FIG. 2, in front of each medal game device 1A to 1D, chairs 4A to 4D on which one or two people can sit are arranged. In addition to the main game and the jackpot (JP) game based on the main game described above, each medal game device 1A to 1D can perform various mini games and a super jackpot (SJP) in which a plurality of players can participate simultaneously. ) A game can be executed, and a large number of medals are paid out to a player who has won this SJP game.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing the appearance of the medal game device (satellite) according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the medal game device 1 includes a handle 6 that can be inserted into the internal space 5 a of the housing 5 while setting the direction of the medal M, and a medal insertion slot 6 a is formed on one side of the handle 6. . In addition, in the internal space 5a of the housing 5 in which the transparent window 7 that can be visually recognized from the outside is disposed at least on the front surface, a display display (liquid crystal monitor or the like) 8 that displays a game screen or the like, and a predetermined position on the bottom surface A plurality of winning holes (chuckers) 9 are provided.

In the medal game device 1 having such a configuration, when the medal M inserted through the handle 14 passes the winning slot 9 at a position corresponding to an item displayed on the display 8, a winning process is performed by a control process described later. A lottery effect is displayed on the display 8. Then, a predetermined number of medals are paid out in the internal space 5a of the housing 5 in accordance with the winning situation or the result of a lottery that occurs when the conditions are satisfied by winning, etc. M is dropped onto the chute 10 provided in the center of the front surface of the housing 5. Thereby, the medals corresponding to the number are paid out to the outside of the housing 5 from the payout hopper, and the medals are paid out to the player.

The top surface of the housing 5 is a satellite made up of a revolving light (patrol light) that lights up and flashes as an effect when acquiring the above-mentioned jackpot (JP) or super jackpot (SJP) game participation rights. Side winning notification means (first notification unit) 11 is provided. A player and other players can confirm the winning of JP or participation in the SJP game and the medal game device 1 being won by visually confirming the lighting / flashing of the first notification unit 11. .

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control system in the medal game device (satellite) according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, inside the case 5 of each medal game device 1, at least a CPU for controlling the progress of the game including effects during the game, a ROM storing various programs and data tables, A satellite board 12 having a RAM functioning as a temporary data recording area and a CPU work area is mounted. The satellite board 12 is disposed inside the handle 6 and detects a medal M inserted through the handle 6 and a winning medal sensor (“chucker”, “checker”, or “ A prize medal sensor 14 that detects a medal M that is disposed on the prize display 9 corresponding to an item displayed on the display (LCD) 8, and a game menu mode or a mini game. A button switch 15 for inputting a selection / determination operation being executed is connected to a maintenance switch 15 used when resetting each medal game device or performing maintenance.

Further, on the satellite board 12, a lottery processing unit 17 that executes a lottery process based on preset medal payout data in accordance with a detection signal from the winning medal sensor 13, and a lottery result by the lottery processing unit 17 And a payout medal control unit 18 that pays out a predetermined amount of medals M to the player, and the skill level of the player based on the ratio (winning rate) of the number of winning medals to the number of inserted medals within a predetermined sampling time. A skill level discriminating unit 19 for discriminating, a payout data changing unit 20 for temporarily changing the payout data according to the discrimination result of the skill level discriminating unit 19, and a jackpot according to the number of winning medals and the number of inserted medals JP point saving means 21 is provided for accumulating and recording JP points as generation conditions.

Further, on the satellite board 12, an SJP point saving unit 22 that accumulates and records SJP points, which are conditions for generating a super jackpot (SJP), according to the number of winning medals and the number of inserted medals, and a inserted medal sensor 13 A medal insertion flag determination unit 23 that determines whether or not the satellite 1 is playing based on the detected signal, a satellite main control unit 24 that executes main control such as game effects other than those described above, and the network 2 And a communication unit 25 that performs communication control with the server device 3 and other satellites 1 connected via the network.

The processing by these components on the satellite board 12 is executed in cooperation with a CPU and a working memory (ROM, RAM, etc.) in which control programs, various setting data, tables, and the like are stored. Each component described above is described as a separate block in terms of function, but may actually be configured to be processed by the main control unit 25 or a different processing unit.

The satellite board 12 includes an LCD 8 for displaying a game image and the like according to an output signal from the satellite board, a speaker 26 for outputting sound, a satellite hopper 27, a payout hopper 28, a distribution unit 29, a slope unit 30, JP A pusher game unit 33 having a mechanical portion 31 and a pusher mechanical portion 32 is connected to a winning notification means (first notification portion) 11 and a first notification portion control board 35 that controls lighting / flashing of the halogen lamp 34. .

In the pusher game unit 33, the satellite hopper 27 pays out medals into the game apparatus internal space 5a in response to the distribution unit 29 and the acquisition of medals to the players in the game. When simply paying medals to the internal space 5a of the medal game device 1, the sorting unit 29 pays out medals to the slope portion 30 side of the internal space. On the other hand, when the so-called JP payout right is acquired, the distribution unit 29 executes the medal payout in advance to the JP mechanical unit 31 side, and the JP mechanical unit 31 in which the medal is stored is the satellite main unit. Based on the JP payout control signal output from the control unit 25, the medal is released as JP payout on the slope portion 30 inside the housing. In any payout, as the pusher mechanism 32 moves back and forth on the slope portion 30, medals are pushed out by the pusher (pusher unit), and the medals accumulated on the slope portion 30 are shot. It is pushed out toward the part 10. A part of the pushed out medals is counted by a medal counting means provided in the chute unit 10, and the counted number of medals are paid out to a player on the outside of the housing 5 by the payout hopper 28.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a game effect image in the medal game device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The image shown in the figure is a game effect image output to a display display (LCD) 8 in a medal game executed on one of a plurality of different medal game devices 1A to 1D. The control is executed by the satellite board 12 of the medal game device 1.

In the figure, a target character 8a displayed at the bottom of the screen is an item (here, “lid” or “tea”) targeted by the medal M inserted from the handle 6, and moves along the turntable. Is controlled to do. The player aims at the medal M in which the lower winning hole 8 corresponding to the position of the target character is inserted, and the winning medal sensor 14 detects whether or not the target is correct. When a winning medal is detected by the winning medal sensor 14, the roulette 8 b displayed on the upper left and upper right portions of the screen rotates, and according to the lottery result by the lottery processing unit 18, a predetermined amount of medal payout and JP points are awarded. JP point accumulation processing by the saving unit 21 is executed. The accumulation status of JP points by the JP point saving unit 21 can be visually recognized with a JP point gauge (here, “sanpo gauge”) 8c displayed at the top of the screen. In addition, an SJP point gauge (here, “super jackpot icon”) that can grasp the accumulation status of SJP points by the SJP point saving unit 22 is displayed at the upper center of the screen.

This medal game is equipped with a winning medal stock function, and the current stock number can be recognized by the quantity of the stock character 8e displayed above the turntable on which the target character 8a is moving. It has become.

The skill level discriminating unit 19 described above sets, for example, whether or not the winning rate within a predetermined sampling time is a predetermined percentage, for example, 50% or more as a determination criterion. It is determined that the skill level of the player is a beginner level. When the skill level determination means 19 determines that the level is a beginner level, the payout data changing unit 20 executes a process of changing medal payout data referred to when the lottery processing unit 17 executes the lottery process. Thus, a beginner relief procedure is realized. For example, in the case of a beginner level, the medal payout data is changed by increasing the winning probability (JP occurrence probability) according to a difference rate between a winning rate and a preset assumed value, or at the time of a single winning. For example, the addition amount of JP points (SJP points) accumulated by the point saving unit 21 (SJP point saving unit 22) is increased in accordance with the difference ratio.

Further, the sampling time in the skill level discriminating unit 19 is approximately half of the average time required for a general player to reach the maximum value from the initial state of the JP point gauge accumulated by the JP point saving unit 21 (JP points). If the average time required for the gauge to reach the maximum value is 30 minutes, it is set to 15 minutes). The setting of the sampling time is not limited to this. For example, in a game where the time for the JP point gauge to reach the maximum value is short, the time is set longer than half of the average time (for example, around 75%). May be. In addition, when an error is likely to occur in determining the player level using time, the number of winning medals is approximately half the number of winning medals required for the JP point gauge to reach the maximum value from the initial state. The number of inserted medals may be set as a reference for sampling determination instead of reaching the time, that is, time.

In addition, the sampling time by the skill level discriminating unit 19 is started by the insertion medal sensor 13 when the JP point gauge is in an initial state or within a preset non-game set time (for example, 30 minutes). It is set to reset when no medal is detected, and then start counting from the time when the medal is first detected. In general, even if it is a beginner, when a jackpot-like jackpot occurs (that is, when the JP gauge is in the initial state), the seat is often changed as a trigger, and a jackpot occurs. If the user stands for some reason on the way to, the device will be in a state where there is no player for a while. Therefore, in order to cope with these situations, the start of the sampling time as described above is set. .

In addition, as a beginner remedy process different from the above-described process, useless inserted medals that are lower than the assumed value are stored, and for example, the winning rate within the sampling time is higher than the assumed winning rate (set as 50% as an example). For players who have fallen below 5%, beginner remedies such as the above-mentioned stored medals will be used as a source of funds, and when a JP is won, a fixed percentage of the stored medals is added to the original JP payout number. Adjustment may be applied. For example, if a player inserts 100 medals, and as a result, the number of coins that have reached the prize opening is 40, the assumed winning rate is 50%, that is, 10 out of 50. It becomes a useless medal. The ten wasted inserted medals are equivalent to 10% of the total number of inserted medals. Therefore, when the beginner determination use medal threshold is 5%, the threshold is exceeded. Therefore, 10 of them are recorded in the internal memory as stored medals, and 3 of 10 (30% as an example) are added to the normal JP payout number at the time of JP winning. Pay out.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server device connected to the medal game device according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a server device board 37 for executing various processes is mounted inside the housing 36 of the server device 3, and the server device board 37 has a server device 3 reset or maintenance execution. A maintenance switch 38 that is sometimes used is connected to a media reading / writing unit 39 that executes reading / writing of media including a flash memory or the like.

The server device board 36 includes a server device illumination unit 45 having

SJP indicators

40 and 41,

side LEDs

42 and 43, a billboard 44, etc., a maintenance LCD 46 used for displaying maintenance, and server-side winning notification means. (Second notification unit) A second notification unit control board 48 that controls lighting / flashing of the 47 and a speaker 49 that outputs sound (such as sound effects and warning sounds) controlled by the server device board 36 are connected. Yes.

On the server device board 35, the SJP lottery timing setting unit 50, the medal insertion flag holding unit 51, and the timing determination when the SJP lottery timing and the occurrence of SJP are confirmed and the situation is hidden for a certain period of time. Connected to the timer unit 52 used for the selection, the selected satellite storage unit 53 for storing the selected satellite, the SJP lottery processing unit 54 for performing the SJP primary lottery and secondary lottery, and the media reading / writing unit 39. A decryption unit 56 that performs encryption processing such as scramble on the information in the medium, a SJP latent timing setting unit 57 that sets a latent state until the start of SJP, and sets a start timing according to the situation on the satellite side, A winning notification control unit 58 that controls lighting, extinction, rotation, and the like of the first notification unit 11 and the second notification unit 47; The communication unit 59 that executes communication control with each of the satellites 1A to 1D connected via the network 2 and the satellite side status are obtained from the communication unit 59, and the status is then indicated to the SJP latency timing setting unit 57. A satellite status determination unit 60 for transmission and a server apparatus main control unit 61 for executing main control other than those described above are provided.

The processing by these components of the server device board 37 is similar to the satellite board described above, and the working memory (ROM, RAM, etc.) storing the control program, various setting data, tables, etc., and the cooperation of the CPU. Each component described above and described above is described as a separate block in terms of function, but may actually be configured to be processed by the main control unit 61 or a different processing unit.

In the medal game system of the present embodiment, in each medal game device 1A to 1D, a predetermined percentage of the points of the inserted medals in the normal game is accumulated in the SJP point saving unit 22, and the accumulated points are equal to or greater than a predetermined value. In this case, the satellite 1 is selected as a SJP lottery target.

In the SJP process, the SJP lottery timing set by the JP lottery timing setting unit 50 of the server device 3 is set, for example, by selecting a time between 30 and 60 minutes using a random number. This timing setting is not limited to this. For example, a lottery is performed at regular intervals, or the increase / decrease of the time is adjusted in accordance with the medal insertion status of each satellite 1A to 1D. Also good.

The medal insertion flag holding unit 51 of the server device 3 holds a medal insertion history in each of the satellites 1A to 1D. The medal insertion flag determination unit 23 of each of the satellites 1A to 1D receives a signal from the insertion medal sensor 13 every predetermined time (for example, 1 minute), stores the information according to a predetermined timing, and transmits it to the server device 3. To do. In response to this transmission, the medal insertion flag holding unit 51 of the server device 3 holds the reception data (whether or not coins are inserted) a predetermined number of times (for example, three times). As a result, the server device 3 can determine whether or not there is a player in each of the satellites 1A to 1D. Note that the medal insertion flag determination unit 23 of each satellite 1A to 1D is, for example, when the medal M is clogged at the medal insertion slot 6a or the like, or when the medal insertion sensor 13 is constantly on. May be set to determine that the medal insertion flag is off. Thereby, the presence / absence of a player in each of the satellites 1A to 1D is more accurately determined.

The selected satellite storage unit 53 of the server device 3 stores the usage status of each satellite 1A to 1D determined by the medal insertion flag holding unit 51 when it is determined by the timer unit 52 that the timing for starting the SJP lottery is reached. To do. Here, if the number of satellites in use is less than the predetermined number, the SJP effect process is stopped. On the other hand, when the number of satellites in use is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the server device 3 transmits each accumulated point such as inserted medal and credit stored in the SJP point saving unit 22 of each satellite 1A to 1D. A request is made to the satellite board 12 and the situation is referred to. As a result, when there is a satellite 1 whose accumulation point is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the satellite 1 is stored as a target of the SJP effect process, and the SJP effect process is continued. At this time, the winning notification control unit 58 controls the second notification unit 47 of the server device 3 to rotate and light for a short time (for example, one second) via the second notification unit control board 48.

The SJP lottery processing unit 54 that executes the SJP lottery process performs a primary lottery on the satellite 1 stored in the selected satellite storage unit 53 to generate an SJP game that is a bonus game. The primary lottery process is executed based on, for example, whether or not the random number generated by the SJP lottery processing unit 54 is larger than a predetermined value. In response to the primary lottery by the SJP concentrator 54, the winning notification control unit 58 causes the first notification unit 11 of the satellite 1 that has won the primary lottery to be short-time (for example, 1) via the first notification unit control board 35. The control is performed so that the light is rotated and the player is notified of the execution of the secondary lottery. In the present embodiment, the SJP lottery is that the player continues to insert medals for a predetermined time or more and the SJP points are accumulated more than a predetermined value, but this condition is limited. In some cases, the SJP lottery target may be determined based on only one of these conditions.

After the advance notice of the secondary lottery described above, the server device 3 executes the secondary lottery by the same means as the primary lottery, and when the secondary lottery is won, the all-participatory party party that is an SJP opportunity The occurrence of the game (SJP game) is confirmed. When the occurrence of the SJP game is confirmed, the SJP game start timing is set by the SJP latent timing setting unit 57. Here, if the start timing is too long with respect to the basic period of the main game of each satellite 1A to 1D, it can be considered that a disappointing player will stand, so the latent timing until this start is For example, it is preferably about 5 minutes.

After setting the SJP latent timing, the server device 3 checks the progress status of the main game of the corresponding satellite 1 by the satellite status determination unit 60 and determines whether or not the party game (SJP game) can be started. . For example, if a party game occurs during the payout individual lottery in the satellite 1 main game, a situation may occur in which the player does not get paid out and is not paid out. Therefore, when the satellite situation determination unit 60 determines that there is an obstacle to the progress of the main game in the corresponding satellite 1, the SJP latent timing value is reset and the SJP game start waiting process is re-executed. The

When the SJP game start waiting process is executed, the process proceeds to the SJP game execution process. First, the server device 3 refers to the SJP counter value stored in the SJP point savings 22 of each of the satellites 1A to 1D, and selects an SJP game to be executed from among a plurality of SJP games according to the situation. The selection of the SJP game may be performed by, for example, selecting an SJP game having a high expected value for the number of obtainable images when the SJP counter values of all the satellites 1A to 1D are higher than a predetermined value, or the SJP counter of a specific satellite 1 When only the value is high, it is preferable to select an SJP game advantageous to the player of the satellite 1. Then, a bonus game for the super jackpot (SJP) is set by the SJP game setting unit 55, and the bonus game is executed in the satellite 1 stored in the selected satellite storage unit 53. The contents of this bonus game are selected according to the play situation of each satellite 1A to 1D connected in the same system, so that all the bonus game participants can participate at the same time. In the satellite 1 of the player who has won a medal in the bonus game, the medal or credit is paid out, and the SJP counter value is subtracted according to the result of the bonus game of the satellite 1 and the overall medal payout status. . As a result, the probability that a specific satellite 1 continuously wins medals by SJP is reduced, and each player can benefit from SJP fairly by continuing to play. Can be expected to play for a long time. For the satellite 1 leaked from the selected satellite, the satellite main control unit 24 executes the normal main game even during the party game.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a medal game control process according to the embodiment of the present invention. The process described here is a beginner relief process executed by the skill level determination unit 19 and the payout data change unit 20 of the satellite board 12 described above.

In the figure, when the beginner relief process is started, first, the skill level discriminating unit 19 determines the player level, the winning rate sampling time, which is a judgment criterion, and the unplayed setting indicating the time of the unplayed state The mode used for the time and the payout / lottery determination is reset (step S101). That is, if the data used for winning a payout / lottery determination is set in the beginner mode by the payout data changing unit 20, the mode is returned from the beginner mode to the specified value mode. Next, it is determined whether or not the JP points accumulated by the JP point saving unit 21 are in the initial state (JP = 0) (step S102). Here, when it is determined that the JP points are not in the initial state, timing of a non-play setting time (for example, 30 minutes) preset for each satellite terminal which is each game device is started (step S103). It is monitored whether or not an inserted medal is detected via the inserted medal sensor 13 (step S104). Thereafter, when a inserted medal is detected, the measurement of a sampling time (for example, 15 minutes) is started at that time (step S105). If no inserted medal is detected, the process proceeds to step S101, and the game situation is reconfirmed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S102 that the JP points are in the initial state, it is determined that a jackpot has already occurred once and the player continues to play after that, as in the above case. At the same time, the sampling time is started. Accordingly, in order to determine the player level by the skill level determining unit 19, the acquisition of the inserted / winning medal number information as sampling information is started via the inserted medal sensor 13 and the winning medal sensor 14 (step S106). Thereafter, information on the number of inserted medals and the number of winning medals is acquired until a predetermined sampling time elapses (step S107). By acquiring the information on the number of inserted / winning medals, a winning rate for determining whether or not the player is a beginner is calculated (step S108).

After the elapse of the sampling time, it is determined whether or not the winning rate (the number of winning medals / the number of inserted medals) at the sampling time is equal to or less than a preset assumed value (50%) (step S109). Here, if it is determined that the winning rate is less than or equal to the assumed value, it means that the player playing at the satellite is at the beginner level, so the payout data changing unit 20 performs the lottery processing unit 17. The medal payout data (lottery probability data) that is referred to when performing the winning process according to is a beginner whose JP lottery probability is higher than the lottery probability data for the specified value mode according to the difference rate between the winning rate and the assumed value. The lottery probability data for the mode is set (step S110). Here, as a means for increasing the medal payout amount, as described above, medals that are below the assumed value are stored, and a part of the stored medals is added to the original number to be paid out at the time of JP winning. Such a beginner relief adjustment may be performed.

The medal payout data for the beginner mode set in step S110 is won in the jackpot (step S111), or it is determined that the medal is not inserted for a predetermined time, that is, the above-mentioned non-game set time has elapsed. (Step S113). If the jackpot is won in the middle, the process proceeds to step S101, and the medal payout data referred to by the lottery processing unit 17 is returned from the beginner mode to the specified value mode (step S101). Processing is executed.

On the other hand, if the winning rate exceeds the assumed value (50%) in step S109, it means that the player playing at the satellite is a middle / advanced player, so refer to the lottery processing unit 17. The medal payout data to be processed remains normal (for the specified value mode), and the processes after step S101 are executed again.

Further, if the unplayed set time has not elapsed in step S112, the process proceeds to step S105, and the sampling process is executed again. Therefore, even if the beginner mode is set for the first time, if the skill level is improved while continuing to play as a result of subsequent sampling, the specified value will be applied even if JP is not won. Return to mode.

On the other hand, if the non-game set time has elapsed in step S112, it is determined that the player has interrupted play, and the process is terminated.

The embodiment of the present invention has been specifically described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1, 1A-1D ... Medal game device (satellite)
6 ... Handle 8 ... Display (LCD)
8c ... JP point gauge 8d ... SJP point gauge 9 ... winning slot 12 ... satellite board 13 ... inserted medal sensor 14 ... winning medal sensor 17 ... lottery processing unit 18 ... -Dispensing medal control unit 19 ... Skill level discriminating unit 20 ... Dispensing data changing unit 21 ... JP point saving unit 22 ... SJP point saving unit M ... Medal

Claims

A medal game device in which a game input operation is executed by detecting the insertion of a medal by a player,
Inserted medal detection means for detecting the medal inserted by the player;
A winning medal detection means for detecting that a medal has passed the winning opening and performing a winning process;
Medal payout means for paying out medals to the player with reference to medal payout data according to a detection signal from the winning medal detection means;
A skill level determining means for calculating a winning rate which is a ratio of the number of winning medals to a number of inserted medals within a predetermined sampling time, and determining the skill level of the player based on the ratio;
And a payout data changing means for changing medal payout data referred to by the medal payout means when the skill level of the player determined by the skill level determining means is a predetermined level. Medal game device.
The medal game according to claim 1, wherein the payout data changing unit changes medal payout data referred to when performing the winning process according to a difference rate between the winning rate and a preset assumed value. apparatus.
Jackpot point saving means for accumulating jackpot points according to the number of winning medals or the number of inserted medals;
The jackpot game effect executing means for executing a jackpot game effect when the jackpot points accumulated by the jackpot saving means reaches a preset jackpot occurrence point value. Medal game device.
The payout data changing means changes the number of medals to be paid out at the time of the big hit game effect according to a difference ratio between the number of winning medals within the sampling time and a predetermined number of expected winning medals. The medal game device described.
5. The medal game device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the payout data changing means changes an added amount of jackpot points necessary for generating a payout by the jackpot effect accumulated by the jackpot point saving means at the time of one winning.
The sampling time by the skill level discriminating means is set to half of an average time required for the jackpot point to reach a jackpot occurrence point value necessary for generating a payout by the jackpot effect from an initial state. The medal game device according to any one of 5 to 5.
When the sampling time by the skill level determination means starts, the medal is detected by the inserted medal detection means when the jackpot point is in the initial state or within a preset non-play setting time. The medal game device according to any one of claims 3 to 6, which is a time point when the first inserted medal is detected after the absence.
The medal game device according to any one of claims 3 to 7, further comprising a big hit point gauge display means for displaying a state of the big hit points accumulated by the point saving means.
A medal game control method in which an input operation of a game is executed by detecting insertion of a medal by a player,
An inserted medal detection step of detecting the medal inserted by the player;
A winning medal detection step of detecting that a medal has passed the winning opening and performing a winning process;
A medal payout step of paying out medals to the player with reference to medal payout data according to a detection signal from the winning medal detection step;
A skill level determination step of calculating a winning rate which is a ratio of the number of winning medals to a number of inserted medals within a predetermined sampling time, and determining the skill level of the player based on the ratio;
A medal game comprising: a payout data changing step of changing medal payout data referred to by the medal payout means when the skill level of the player determined in the skill level determining step is a predetermined level. Control method.
10. The medal game according to claim 9, wherein the payout data changing step changes medal payout data referred to when performing the winning process according to a difference rate between the winning rate and a preset assumed value. Control method.
A jackpot point saving step for accumulating jackpot points according to the number of winning medals or the number of inserted medals;
The medal according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising: a jackpot game effect executing step of executing a jackpot game effect when the jackpot points accumulated in the jackpot saving step reaches a preset jackpot occurrence point value. How to control the game.
12. The payout data changing step changes the number of medals to be paid out at the time of the big hit game effect according to a difference ratio between the number of winning medals within the sampling time and an assumed number of winning medals set in advance. The medal game control method described.
13. The method for controlling a medal game according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the payout data changing step changes an added amount of jackpot points necessary for generating a payout by the jackpot effect accumulated by the jackpot point saving step in one winning. .
The sampling time in the skill level determination step is set to half of an average time required for the jackpot point to reach a jackpot occurrence point value necessary for payout generation by the jackpot effect from an initial state. 14. A method for controlling a medal game according to any one of items 13 to 13.
The timing of the sampling time by the skill level determination step is detected at the time when the jackpot point is in an initial state or within a preset non-play setting time, even if one medal is detected by the inserted medal detection step. 15. The method for controlling a medal game according to claim 11, wherein a medal game is detected when a first inserted medal is detected.
The medal game control method according to any one of claims 11 to 15, further comprising a jackpot point gauge display step for displaying a status of the jackpot points accumulated by the point saving step.
A recording medium storing a program for realizing the medal game control method according to claim 9.