JP5284598B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine equipped with a speaker for reproducing sound effects.

  Conventionally, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, pachislot machines, and Parrot (registered trademark) machines, many models have been proposed in which speakers are mounted and sound effects are reproduced according to the progress of the game.

  In this type of gaming machine, by selecting sound effect data to be reproduced in accordance with a command (command signal) from the control circuit in a circuit that performs sound effect reproduction, a sound effect suitable for the gaming state is given to the player. And output as an audible sound effect (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Further, in gaming machines, it has been proposed to cut the power that can be cut as much as possible to save power when the presence or absence of a player is detected and the non-game time has continued for a predetermined time or longer (for example, Patent Document 2).

  In recent years, display devices used in gaming machines tend to be large, and a significant power saving effect can be obtained by reducing the power consumption of the display device.

  In addition, in order to reduce power consumption for sound effect reproduction, it has been proposed to reduce the volume of sound effect from the speaker by changing the amplification factor to reduce the amplitude of the acoustic frequency signal input to the speaker. (For example, refer to Patent Document 3).

  As another power saving method, for example, as described in Patent Document 4, a technique of providing a sleep mode when a player is absent has been proposed.

In general, in a gaming machine, the gaming machine is controlled by a main control system that performs control related to the game and a sub-control system that executes an effect associated with the game based on an instruction signal from the main control system. . In addition, for display devices and speakers controlled by the sub-control system, some time is required from the start of power supply to the standby state.
JP 2006-158703 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-147441 JP 2003-265786 A JP-A-10-33806

  However, in the above conventional technique, the sub-control system executes display device and speaker control in response to an instruction from the main control system immediately after restarting power supply, but the display and speaker are in a standby state immediately after restarting power supply. For this reason, there is a problem in that an image displayed on the display or a sound effect reproduced by the speaker starts slightly, causing discomfort and discomfort.

  In particular, since the effect sound for performance is recognized from the auditory sense regardless of the player's state, it is recognized by the player regardless of the player's intention, unlike the effect by the display device that is visually recognized. become. That is, in the case of a display device, the player is not recognized if the player is out of sight. For example, with respect to the display device, if the time until the backlight emits light is waited, the game can be resumed / started, and problems regarding control of the entire gaming machine and the player's discomfort or discomfort are unlikely to occur. In addition, the act of waiting for the lighting time of the backlight has very little discomfort in daily life because the player is also waiting for the return to the work screen from the sleep screen and screen saver that are widely used in personal computers.

  In addition, if extremely important information about the progress of the game is notified by playing sound effects, it may cause the player to be in a disadvantageous situation, reducing the willingness of the game and playing a game against the developer's intention It will be a production of progress.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of preventing the leading portion of the sound effect from being lost even when the sound effect is reproduced immediately after the power supply is resumed. Is the purpose.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a gaming machine that executes visual and auditory effects according to the progress of a game, and outputs sound effects according to sound effect information and sound effects. An output means that cuts off the supply of power when information is not input for a predetermined time; and
Storage means for storing a plurality of types of effect sound effect information for executing the effect through the hearing, and auxiliary sound effect information for a preset time unrelated to the effect through the hearing ;
When reproducing the effect sound effect information stored in the storage means, power supply to the output means is started, and when the power supply is started, a sound effect based on the auxiliary sound effect information is output. Sound effect output control means for controlling the output means so as to output a sound effect based on the effect sound effect information later .
In addition, the present invention is a gaming machine that executes visual and auditory effects according to the progress of the game, outputs sound effects according to sound effect information, and time when sound effect information is not input Output means that cuts off the supply of power when it lasts for a predetermined time, and at the head of each of a plurality of types of effect sound information to execute the effect through the hearing, regardless of the effect through the hearing Storage means for storing composite sound effect information to which auxiliary sound effect information for a preset time is added, and supply of power to the output means when reproducing the effect sound effect information stored in the storage means And the sound effect output control means for controlling the output means so as to output the sound effect based on the composite sound effect information when the power supply is started.

According to the present invention , the visual supply according to the progress of the game and the output of the sound effect according to the sound effect information and the supply of power when the time when the sound effect information is not input continues for a predetermined time. Based on the effect sound information after a preset time has elapsed since the power supply to the output means is started and the power supply to the output means is started when performing the effect through the hearing by the output means to be shut off Since the output means is controlled to execute the output of the sound effect, even when the sound effect is reproduced immediately after the power supply is resumed, the leading portion of the sound effect can be prevented from being lost.

  The visual effect can be performed using a display device for displaying an image or video, a lamp, a light emitting element, or the like.

  Also, during the progress of the game, a sound effect for confirming the operation of the operation means by the player is output, and the effect indicating the winning or the winning degree (expected degree) of the winning combination drawn inside the gaming machine The sound is output at the winning lottery timing, the game ball detection (winning) timing, or the operation timing of the operating means by the player (notice effect). Further, the game machine outputs sound effects linked to effects recognized through the player's vision through the display device, lamps, light emitting elements, etc., and sound effects as background music (hereinafter, BGM). In other words, the sound effects of gaming machines include speech (human speech sounds, sound fields, electronic speech synthesis sounds), music (musical instrument sounds that emit natural sounds, electronic instrument sounds, voices, music concrete, etc.), reality In addition to sound (breaking sound of glass, vehicle brake sound, engine sound, plant / biological sound / voice, explosion sound, etc.), artificial artificial sound (processed sampled sound material and created for sound effect) ) Is included.

Before SL storage means, in addition to the presentation sound effect information, the advance further stores the independent of the auxiliary sound effect information of the preset time period is an effect through the hearing, the sound effect output control means, When power supply to the output unit is started, control may be performed so that a sound effect based on the effect sound effect information is output after a sound effect based on the auxiliary sound effect information is output.

Also, before Symbol storing means, said at the beginning of the effect sound effect information, and stores the composite sound effect information auditory effect independent of the preset auxiliary sound effect information of time duration and through a is added Alternatively, the sound effect output control means may output a sound effect based on the composite sound effect information when power supply to the output means is started.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when the visual effect according to the progress of the game and the sound effect according to the sound effect information are output and the time when the sound effect information is not input continues for a predetermined time. When performing an effect through the auditory sense by the output means in which the supply of power is cut off, the effect is started after a preset time has elapsed since the power supply to the output means is started and the power supply is started. Since the output means is controlled to execute the output of the sound effect based on the sound information, even when the sound effect is reproduced immediately after the power supply is restarted, the leading portion of the sound effect can be prevented from being lost. , Has an excellent effect.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 includes a rectangular outer frame 12 that constitutes the outline of the pachinko machine 10 and is installed in the island facility of the hall. A rectangular frame-shaped inner frame 14 is arranged on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the inner frame 14 can be opened and closed with a left end portion pivotally supported by a pair of hinge portions 16, 18 provided on the outer frame 12. Is attached. A lower decoration 20 serving as a decorative panel is attached to the lower front portion of the outer frame 12.

  A glass frame 26 fitted with a glass plate 22 is disposed on the front upper portion of the inner frame 14, and the glass frame 26 is attached to the inner frame 14 so that the left end can be opened and closed. Further, the glass plate 22 mounted on the glass frame 24 has a double structure composed of a pair of glass plates arranged in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval in the depth direction of the paper surface of FIG. An exchangeable gaming board 100 (see FIG. 2) is set on the back side of the glass frame 26, and the gaming board 100 closes the glass frame 26 (with the inner frame 14 closed). Covered by a glass plate 22).

  On the front surface of the glass frame 26, a lighting effect indicator lamp 142 that turns on, turns off, and flashes according to the progress of the game and produces an effect effect by illumination is arranged so as to surround the glass plate 22. In addition, an error indicator lamp 144 for notifying various errors such as a prize ball payout error and a payout state error is disposed in the upper right corner. In addition, speakers 146L and 146R for outputting game sound effects in stereo are arranged inside each error indicator lamp 144.

  An integrated dish 30 serving as a hitting ball supply dish having functions of a general upper dish and lower dish is disposed at the lower front portion of the inner frame 14. The integrated dish 30 is attached so that the left end of the panel member 32 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 and can be opened and closed. A ball dish part 34 for storing the game ball PB is formed on the front surface of the panel member 32. The ball tray main body 36 is projected.

  Although illustration is omitted, the bottom surface of the ball tray portion 34 is inclined in both directions, one of which is arranged on the front side from the left side to the right side in the front view of FIG. 1, and the other is from the right side to the left side. The slopes are arranged on the back side, and both slopes are smoothly and continuously formed on the right side when viewed from the front.

  The front side tilt accepts a cash game ball lending machine (not shown) provided between the pachinko machines 10 from the front side of the ball tray 34 from the left side and guides the rolling to the right side, while the back side tilt is A game ball PB received in the ball tray 34, a prize ball, which will be described later, or a lending ball via a card-type lending machine, etc. are received from the ball discharge port 46 and rolled and guided from the right side to the left side.

  The inclination on the back side is formed so that the width dimension of the game ball rolling flow path is gradually narrowed along the lower direction of the inclination, so that the game ball PB in the ball tray portion 34 is formed on the panel member 32. The balls are fed while being aligned in a row to a ball feeder (not shown) arranged on the back surface.

  On the upper right side of the front surface of the panel member 32, a ball discharge port 46 through which a prize ball discharged from a payout device 160 (see FIG. 3) provided in the pachinko machine 10 is discharged is formed.

  Further, an ashtray 38 is provided at the lower left portion on the front surface of the panel member 32, and a firing handle 39 for adjusting the firing force (flying distance) of the hit ball is attached to the lower right portion.

(Game board configuration)
In the gaming board 100 shown in FIG. 2, a resin sheet-like cell is attached to a plywood board serving as a substrate, and the surface of the cell is a board surface 100A. An outer rail 102 and an inner rail 104 are attached. In the circular area surrounded by the outer rail 102 and the inner rail 104, the game ball PB launched and driven from the launching device 40 (see FIG. 3) can be moved by its own weight fall, and this area is a game. The game area 101 is to perform.

  A center accessory 105 having a large size and having a rectangular opening at the center is disposed in the approximate center of the game area 101 of the game board 100. In the opening, a liquid crystal display 106 for displaying images such as lottery (variation and stop) of special symbols and various effects on the display screen is provided. Hereinafter, it is referred to as an LCD 106 as necessary.

  A passing gate (through chucker) 118 as a normal symbol starting winning opening is arranged on the left and right sides of the center accessory 105 in FIG. Further, a special symbol start winning opening (start chucker) 108 is disposed directly under the center accessory 105, and an electric tulip 110 is attached immediately below the opening. Further below the special symbol start winning opening 108, an attacker 112 as a big winning opening is arranged near the lower end of the game area 101.

  The attacker 112 opens or closes when the opening / closing door 116 is opened or closed. When the opening / closing door 116 is opened, the game ball PB dropped on the opening / closing door 116 is guided to the opening / closing door 116. Win an attacker 112.

  In addition, the game area 101 is provided with a number of game nails (not shown) for guiding the windmill 122 and the game ball PB that falls by itself in the game area 101 to a predetermined route. An out port 124 for discharging the ball to the back side of the game board 100 is provided. Further, a light emitting element 126 for lighting effects that produces a lighting effect by lighting on, turning off, and flashing according to the progress of the game on the center actor 105 and the peripheral edge of the board surface provided in the game area 101 (see FIG. 3). ) Are provided.

(Control system configuration)
Next, the control system of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the control system of the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment is configured around a main control unit 150. The main control unit 150 stores a basic program relating to games, and the operation of each unit is controlled based on a command signal from the main control unit 150.

  The main control unit 150 includes a start winning sensor 180 for detecting a winning ball to the special symbol starting winning port 108, a passing gate winning sensor 184 for detecting a winning ball to the passing gate 118 which is a normal symbol starting port, and the attacker 112. The big winning sensors 186 for detecting the winning balls are connected to each other, and each of these sensors outputs a detection signal to the main control unit 150 when the winning balls are detected. If necessary, if there is a V zone in the attacker 112 that triggers the round of big hit processing, a V zone sensor 188 that detects that the V zone has been passed is arranged. Established.

  Furthermore, the main control unit 150 is connected with a normal electric accessory solenoid 174 for operating the electric tulip, a solenoid 175 for opening / closing the opening / closing door 116 of the attacker 112, a holding lamp 176, and a normal symbol display device 107, respectively. Yes.

  Here, when the game ball PB passes the passing gate 118, the lottery of winning / losing the normal symbol is executed by the main control unit 150 by detecting this with the passing gate winning sensor 184, and the lottery result is determined by winning. When this happens, the main control unit 150 drives and controls the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 174 to open the electric tulip 110 for a predetermined time.

  Further, when the game ball PB wins the special symbol start winning opening 108, the main control unit 150 performs a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “special symbol lottery”) of special symbol win / loss by detecting this with the start winning sensor 180. When the result of the special drawing lottery is a win (big win), the main control unit 150 controls the game state to shift from the normal game state to the special game state. As for the jackpot, there are cases where a normal hit and a probability change mode in which the next hit probability is increased after the end of the special gaming state, or a time reduction mode in which the symbol variation pattern time is shortened may be added.

  Also, information (start winning signal, jackpot signal, symbol determination number signal) indicating the progress of the game is transmitted from the main control unit 150 to the hall computer via the board external terminal 190.

  Furthermore, an effect control unit 152 and a payout control unit 154 are connected to the main control unit 150, and these control units are controlled by command transmission from the main control unit 150.

  The LCD 106 is connected to the effect control unit 152 via the symbol control unit 156. In addition, the effect control unit 152 includes a light emitting element 126 for lighting effects provided in various game components of the game board 100, a display lamp 142 for lighting effects and an error indicating lamp 144 provided in the glass frame 26. Is turned on, off, and blinking, and the speakers 146L and 146R provided on the front surface of the glass frame 26 are operated to control the output of sound effects and the like.

  The LCD 106 controlled by the effect control unit 152 displays an effect image of a symbol variation pattern for informing the result of the special symbol lottery, and BGM at the time of the symbol variation pattern effect is output from the speakers 146L and 146R. The Thereby, the player can enjoy the production | presentation by the design symbol corresponding to the result of special drawing lottery through vision and hearing. Note that the display content of the normal symbol display device 107 and the hold lamp 176 may be displayed on the LCD 106.

  Here, the symbol variation pattern includes a special symbol variation pattern and an effect symbol variation pattern, both of which notify the result of the special symbol lottery, but the special symbol variation pattern performs a predetermined variation and stoppage. While the special drawing lottery results are officially notified after the lapse of a predetermined time, the directing symbol variation pattern takes into account the directing process in the process until the special drawing lottery results are notified. It is of a nature that alerts the person with annoyance.

  In the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the effect symbol variation pattern is displayed on most of the display screen of the LCD 106, and the special symbol variation pattern is displayed in a very small area on the display screen. The special symbol variation pattern may be displayed on a separate display device.

  Here, the result of the special drawing lottery becomes “big hit”, and when this is notified by the production symbol variation pattern production on the LCD 106 and the BGM output from the speakers 146L and 146R, the big winning process which is a special gaming state is executed. The

  In this jackpot process, the attacker 112 opens a predetermined number of times (rounds), and the opening time of one round is about 30 seconds, and a maximum of 10 gaming balls PB can be won during this time. That is, when either one of 30 seconds which is a time limit or 10 which is a number limit is satisfied first, the round is ended and the next round is started.

  For this reason, in the special gaming state, more winnings are expected in a shorter period than in the normal gaming state, and a gaming state advantageous to the player can be achieved.

  Further, as described above, when a special symbol start winning slot 108 is newly won on the LCD 106 while the symbol variation pattern effect is being executed, and when the special symbol start winning slot 108 is won during the jackpot process, the holding lamp 176 is held. The number of lights increases up to 4 according to the number of winnings.

  On the other hand, when the previous symbol variation pattern effect ends or the jackpot process ends, the LCD 106 starts a new symbol variation pattern effect to notify the reserved special symbol lottery result. Along with this, one hold lamp 176 is extinguished, and the player is informed of the digestion of the hold.

  Further, the payout control unit 154 is connected to the payout device 160 and the launch control unit 164, and the launch control unit 164 is connected to the launch device 40. The payout control unit 154 operates the payout device 160 provided in the pachinko machine 10 to control the payout and lending ball payout and stop operations and the number of payouts. Further, the launch control unit 164 activates the launch device 40 by operating the launch handle 39 (see FIG. 1) by the player to start launching the game ball PB and launch force according to the operation amount of the launch handle 39. To control.

  Further, the payout control unit 154 transmits payout information to the hall computer installed in the hall via the frame external terminal 191.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram relating to the sound effect output control process according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the effect control unit 152 includes a command analysis unit 60, an effect pattern storage unit 62, an effect execution unit 64 that executes an effect based on the command, a sound effect output control unit 66, and a sound effect data storage unit 68. It is comprised including. The command analysis unit 60 and the effect pattern storage unit 62 are respectively connected to the effect execution unit 64, and the sound effect output control unit 66 is connected to the effect execution unit and the sound effect data storage unit 68. The effect execution unit 64 is connected to the symbol control unit 156, the light emitting element 126, and the indicator lamps 142 and 144.

  The command analysis unit 60 analyzes the type of command transmitted from the main control unit 150 and outputs a command to each part including the effect execution unit 64 in the effect control unit 152. The effect execution unit 64 selects an effect pattern based on the input command, reads the selected effect pattern from the effect pattern storage unit 62, and outputs it to the symbol control unit 156, the sound effect output control unit 66, and the light emitting element 126. At the same time, the light emitting element 126 and the indicator lamps 142 and 144 are controlled.

  Further, the sound effect output control means 66 reads out the sound effect data to be output from the sound effect data storage unit 68 in response to the sound effect reproduction instruction from the effect execution unit 64 and drives the speaker 146 (not shown). Is started to supply power (hereinafter referred to as power supply to the speaker 146), and the sound effect indicated by the read sound effect data is reproduced by the speaker 146.

  That is, the speaker 146 is configured to start supplying power when a sound effect is output. When the sound effect is not output for a predetermined period or longer, the power supply is automatically cut off. It has a configuration.

  Here, FIG. 5 shows an example of data stored in the sound effect data storage unit 68. As shown in the figure, as sound effect data, even if a sound effect is output based on the data, no sound is heard from the speaker 146, and an effect indicating a sound effect such as an operation sound of a button. Two types of data, namely sound data, are stored.

  In the present embodiment, the sound effect data storage unit 68 stores one type of silence data and a plurality of types of sound effect data.

  The length of the data shown in the figure indicates the time required for the output. As shown in the figure, the silent data indicates that the speaker 146 is in the standby state after the power supply to the speaker 146 is started. It is preferable that the length corresponds to the time until it is, and is generally shorter than the sound effect data (for example, about 0.1 seconds to 0.3 seconds). Further, the length of the sound effect data shown in the figure is an example, and it goes without saying that the length varies depending on the type of the sound effect.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described below.

  In the game with the pachinko machine 10, when the player operates the launch handle 39, the game balls PB stored in the ball tray portion 34 of the integrated dish 30 are supplied to the launch device 40 one by one by the ball feeder, and the launch device 40 is fired upwards. The launched game ball PB is driven into the game area 101 of the game board 100 along the outer rail 102 and falls in the game area 101 while changing the direction by hitting the game nail. Then, the game ball PB that has reached the lower end of the game area 101 without winning a prize is collected into the pachinko machine 10 from the out port 124.

  When the game ball PB passes the passing gate 118, the main control unit 150 executes a lottery process for hitting / losing the normal symbol, and the lottery result changes to a normal symbol display device 107 with a two-digit normal symbol. After that change, it is displayed by a combination of stop symbols.

  When the normal symbol lottery result is “winning”, the electric tulip 110 is opened for a predetermined time, and the game ball PB is likely to win the special symbol start winning opening 108.

  When winning the special symbol start winning slot 108, the main control unit 150 executes a lottery process for hitting / losing the special symbol, and the lottery result is displayed in a part of the lower area of the LCD 106 (or another independent symbol). In the area), two special symbols are changed in a predetermined pattern and displayed by a combination of stop symbols that have passed through the changed pattern. In addition, accompanying this display, the effect design fluctuates in a predetermined pattern in almost the entire area of the LCD 106 and is stopped and displayed through the variation pattern. In the production image of this production pattern variation pattern, for example, a number of patterns that take various productions and tastes into consideration are prepared, such as display of a winning design after reach, display of a missed design, or display of a missed design without reach. The player receives these effects and observes the lottery result of the special symbol with a sense of expectation.

  If the result of the special drawing lottery is “winning (big hit)” after the end of the reach production, a predetermined predetermined value such as “444” or “777” is finally displayed on the display screen of the LCD 106. In addition to displaying a combination of winning symbols, the player is informed that a big hit has occurred by adding effects such as blinking of the indicator lamp 142 for lighting effects and output of sound effects from the speakers 146L and 146R, The control unit 150 performs a predetermined jackpot operation.

  As the jackpot operation, the attacker 112 is opened by, for example, 10 counts (winning number) or a maximum of 30 seconds (one open time) / maximum 15 to 16 rounds (continuous number) by the opening / closing operation of the door 116.

  In the case of a game specification in which a V zone is provided in the attacker 112, an operation of continuing the next round by performing winning in the V zone when the attacker 112 is released once is performed.

  Accordingly, the player can easily win a lot of prize balls by, for example, receiving 15 payouts per winning prize, for example, by making the released gaming balls PB win the attacker 112 easily. At this time, the payout device 160 operates to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls, and the payout prize balls are discharged from the ball discharge port 46 to the ball tray portion 34 of the integrated dish 30.

  In addition, when the winning symbol is a predetermined symbol such as “777” and the predetermined symbol is an odd number of combinations, the probability of the next jackpot probability after the above-mentioned jackpot operation is over. Additional functions such as “probability change function” that increases the probability of winning, or the probability of jackpot change does not change, but the change time of the normal symbol display device 107 is shortened and the start port 108 is easily opened to improve the ball holding time. In operation, a gaming state advantageous to the player is developed.

  FIG. 6 shows the flow of sound effect output control processing executed by the effect control unit 152 as the game progresses. Hereinafter, the sound effect output control process according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The sound effect output control process corresponds to the function indicated by the sound effect output control unit 66 in FIG.

  First, in step 200, input of a sound effect output instruction is waited. If the determination in step 200 is affirmative, the process proceeds to next step 202. In step 202, it is determined whether or not sound effects are being reproduced by the speaker 146. If the determination is affirmative, it is determined that power is being supplied to the speaker 146, and the process proceeds to step 210.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 202, it is determined that the power supply to the speaker 146 is interrupted, and the process proceeds to step 204. In step 204, silence data is read from the sound effect data storage unit 68, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step 206 to start supplying power to the speaker 146. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 208, and after outputting the sound effect from the speaker 146 based on the read silence data, the process proceeds to step 210.

  In step 210, the sound effect data corresponding to the effect pattern is read, and then the process proceeds to step 212, where the sound effect is output from the speaker 146 based on the read sound effect data, and then the sound effect output control process is performed. finish.

  That is, immediately after the power supply to the speaker 146 is started, the sound effect data is reproduced after the silence data is reproduced, so that the sound effect reproduced until the speaker 146 enters the standby state is lost. It is not recognized by the player.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the visual effect according to the progress of the game and the sound effect according to the sound effect data are output and the time when the sound effect data is not input is a predetermined time. When performing an effect through hearing by the speaker 146 in which the power supply is interrupted when it continues, the power supply to the speaker 146 is started, and a preset time has elapsed since the power supply was started. Since the speaker 146 is controlled to execute the output of the sound effect based on the effect sound effect data later, even when the sound effect is reproduced immediately after the power supply is restarted, the leading portion of the sound effect is missing. Can be prevented.

  Note that the configuration (see FIGS. 1 to 3) and the flow of processing (see FIG. 6) of the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment are examples, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, silence data is stored in the sound effect data storage unit 68 separately from the sound effect data, and immediately after the power supply is started, the sound effect data is reproduced after the silence data is reproduced. Although the form to perform was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, sound effect data including a silent portion may be stored in the sound effect data storage unit 68 in advance, and this sound effect data may be always output.

  FIG. 8 shows the flow of the sound effect output control process in this case. As shown in the figure, first, in step 220, an input of a sound effect output instruction is awaited. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 222 and the effect pattern is stored in the effect sound data storage unit 68. The sound effect data corresponding to is read, and then the process proceeds to step 224 to start supplying power to the speaker 146. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 226, and after outputting the sound effect from the speaker 146 based on the read sound effect data, the sound effect output control process is terminated.

  Thus, immediately after the power supply to the speaker 146 is started, the silent portion included in the head of the sound effect data is reproduced, so that the sound effect reproduced until the speaker 146 enters the standby state. Is not recognized by the player.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9, the sound effect data storage unit 68 stores only sound effect data indicating sound effects corresponding to the production pattern, and recognizes the lack of sound effects by sound effect output control. You can also prevent it from happening.

  FIG. 10 shows the flow of the sound effect output control process in this case. As shown in the figure, first, in step 240, an input of a sound effect output instruction is waited. If the determination in step 240 is affirmative, the process proceeds to the next step 242. In step 242, the sound effect data corresponding to the effect pattern is read, and then the process proceeds to step 244 to determine whether or not the sound effect is being reproduced by the speaker 146. If the determination is affirmative, it is determined that power is being supplied to the speaker 146 and the process proceeds to step 250.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 244, it is determined that the power supply to the speaker 146 is interrupted, and the process proceeds to step 246. In step 246, power supply to the speaker 146 is started, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step 248, waits for the elapse of a predetermined time, and then proceeds to step 250. The predetermined time can be set based on the time until the speaker 146 derived from the computer simulation based on the specifications of the actual machine, the experiment using the actual machine, or the like enters the standby state.

  In step 250, a sound effect is output from the speaker 146 based on the read sound effect data, and then the sound effect output control process ends.

  That is, since the player waits for the sound effect data to be reproduced for a predetermined time immediately after the power supply to the speaker 146 is started, the player recognizes that there is no sound effect reproduced until the speaker 146 enters the standby state. There is nothing to do. In addition, regarding the output of the sound effect, when the timing is extremely fine with respect to the image processing effect by the LCD 106 or the like, if smooth control is difficult due to the above-described reproduction of the silent portion, it is necessary to start up from the power supply. By taking sufficient time and supplying power to the speaker 146 in advance of the corresponding timing, or by continuing to supply power only at a predetermined timing, the above-mentioned effect sound for the effect is synchronized, and efficiency for energy saving Reduction can be suppressed.

It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine concerning an embodiment. It is a front view which shows the game board which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the control system of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a functional block diagram regarding the sound effect output control process which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the silence data and sound effect data which concern on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the sound effect output control process which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the sound effect data which concern on another form. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the sound effect output control process which concerns on another form. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the sound effect data which concern on another form. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the sound effect output control process which concerns on another form.

Explanation of symbols

PB game ball 10 Pachinko machine 60 Command analysis unit 62 Production pattern storage unit 64 Production execution unit 66 Sound effect output control unit (sound effect output control means)
68 Sound effect data storage (storage means)
100 game board 100A board surface 106 LCD
146L, 146R Speaker (output means)
150 Main Control Unit 152 Production Control Unit 156 Symbol Control Unit

Claims (3)

A game machine that performs visual and auditory effects according to the progress of the game,
An output means for outputting the sound effect according to the sound effect information, and for interrupting the supply of power when the time when the sound effect information is not input continues for a predetermined time;
Storage means for storing a plurality of types of effect sound effect information for executing the effect through the hearing, and auxiliary sound effect information for a preset time unrelated to the effect through the hearing ;
When reproducing the effect sound effect information stored in the storage means, power supply to the output means is started, and when the power supply is started, a sound effect based on the auxiliary sound effect information is output. Sound effect output control means for controlling the output means to output sound effects based on the effect sound effect information later ,
A gaming machine equipped with. A game machine that performs visual and auditory effects according to the progress of the game,
An output means for outputting the sound effect according to the sound effect information, and for interrupting the supply of power when the time when the sound effect information is not input continues for a predetermined time;
A composite effect in which auxiliary sound effect information for a preset time unrelated to the effect through the auditory sense is added to the head of each of the plurality of types of effect sound effect information in order to execute the effect through the auditory sense Storage means for storing sound information;
When reproducing the effect sound effect information stored in the storage means, power supply to the output means is started, and when the power supply is started, a sound effect based on the composite sound effect information is output. Sound effect output control means for controlling the output means,
A gaming machine equipped with . The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary sound effect information is silence information .

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