JP7284974B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to gaming machines.

A gaming machine is known that includes a light emitting unit that emits light in a manner corresponding to a manner (for example, “color”) of a reserved symbol indicating existence of reserved information (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

JP 2015-211724 A

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of recognizing the current situation even in a state where reserved symbols are not displayed.

A game machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, includes a success/failure determination means for performing a success/failure determination based on success/failure determination information acquired when a predetermined condition is established, and A display device that displays a reserved pattern indicating the existence of the correctness determination information corresponding to the correctness determination result that is not displayed; The specific effect is generated from a light emitting unit capable of emitting light in a plurality of modes and a state in which the reserved pattern becomes a specific mode and the light emitting part emits light in a correlated mode corresponding to the specific mode. Even when the reserved pattern is shifted to a state in which it is not displayed, light emission maintenance control is performed to maintain the state in which the light emitting unit emits light in the correlation mode until the notification of the result of the determination of suitability is completed. and a light emission control means capable of

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to recognize the current situation even in a state in which reserved symbols are not displayed.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the identification design and the reservation design which were displayed on the display (display area). It is the figure which showed the correspondence of the kind and aspect of a reserved design, and the specific aspect of a reserved design, and the light emission aspect of a light emission part. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an outline of light emission sustaining control; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a first specific example of light emission sustaining control; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a second specific example of light emission sustaining control; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a third specific example of light emission sustain control; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a fourth specific example of light emission sustaining control; It is a figure for demonstrating the outline|summary of a pending|holding change production|presentation. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st specific example of a pending|holding change production|presentation. It is a figure for demonstrating the 3rd specific example of a pending|holding change production|presentation. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a fourth specific example of a hold change effect; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an outline of specific notification (a configuration in which a notification sound is output when a first specific condition is satisfied); FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an outline of specific notification (a configuration in which a notification sound is output when a second specific condition is satisfied); It is the figure which showed an example of the customization screen which determines the presence or absence of execution of specific alerting|reporting.

1) Basic Configuration of Gaming Machine Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

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

The game area 902 is provided with a display device 91, a starting area 904, a big winning opening 906, an out opening, and the like. A display area 91 of the display device 91 is a portion that can be visually recognized through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90 . In addition, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flowing state of the game balls when the falling game balls collide with each other. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes in various modes according to the conditions when it collides with the game nail.

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

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

The jackpot lottery is executed when a game ball enters the starting area 904 by winning/failure determining means provided on a control board (not shown). In this embodiment, as the starting area 904, a first starting area 904a (so-called "Special Figure 1" starting area) and a second starting area 904b (so-called "Special Figure 2" starting area) are provided. A numerical value (win/fail determination information) is acquired from a random number source with the winning of a game ball to the starting area 904 as a trigger, and if the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot numerical value, it is a big hit, and if it is different, it is lost. becomes. In the present embodiment, notification of the success/failure judgment results is started in the order in which the numerical values are obtained (so-called variation starts), but there is success/failure judgment information for which the notification of the success/failure judgment results has not yet been completed. In this case, the newly acquired propriety determination information is stored as pending information in storage means provided on a control board (not shown). It is displayed as a reserved pattern 10 that the reserved information is stored in the storage means.

In the present embodiment, as the reserved pattern 10, the notification effect for notifying the success/failure determination result has been started (the identification symbol 80 (identification symbol group 80g) indicating the success/failure determination result has started to change), but the success/failure determination The notification of the result is not completed (the variation of the identification pattern 80 (identification pattern group 80g) has not stopped in a manner indicating the result of the judgment). The change pending design 11 (design indicating the existence of the so-called "variation pending") and the notification effect for notifying the success/failure determination result have not been started (identification design 80 indicating the success/failure determination result (identification symbol group 80g) variation is not started) information (hereinafter sometimes referred to as pre-variation pending information) is displayed (see FIG. 2). In this embodiment, the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation and the pending pattern 12 before fluctuation have the same basic form, and the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation is displayed larger than the reserved pattern before fluctuation 12 in order to distinguish between the two. be. Fundamental forms of the suspended symbols during variation 11 and the suspended symbols before variation 12 may be completely different.

An upper limit is set for the maximum number of pre-variation pending information to be stored. In this embodiment, the maximum number of storage of the first pre-variation hold information (special figure 1 hold) obtained by winning the first start area 904a is four, by winning the second start area 904b The maximum number of memories of the obtained second pre-change pending information (special figure 2 pending) is four. Therefore, with regard to the reserved design 10 corresponding to one of the special figures 1 and 2, there are cases where one fluctuation reserved design 11 and up to four pre-variation reserved designs 12 are displayed (see FIG. 2). .

In this embodiment, similar to a known game machine, the player is notified of the win/loss determination result by combining the identification symbols 80 (see FIG. 2) displayed in the display area 91 of the display device 90 . Specifically, the identification pattern group 80g (left identification pattern group 80gL, medium identification pattern group 80gC, right identification pattern group 80gR) including a plurality of identification patterns 80 starts to change, and finally each identification pattern group 80g One identification pattern 80 is selected from the list and stopped. When a jackpot is won, the combination of the identification patterns 80 selected and stopped from each identification pattern group 80g becomes a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same identification patterns 80). In the case of losing, it becomes a combination other than that (other than the combination that becomes a jackpot). In each drawing, only "numbers (characters)" constituting the identification pattern 80 are illustrated, but a pattern in which the numbers and characters or the like are combined can be set as the identification pattern 80. FIG.

In this embodiment, a normal game state and a specific game state are set as the game state. The specific game state is a game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state. The normal gaming state is a low probability gaming state in which the probability of winning a jackpot is low, and a low base state (low probability, no time saving) in which it is difficult for a game ball to enter the starting area 904 . As the specific game state, a first specific game state and a second specific game state are set. The first specific game state is a high probability game state with a high probability of winning a jackpot, and a high base state (high probability/time saving) in which game balls are likely to enter the starting area 904 . The second specific game state is a low probability game state with a low probability of winning a jackpot, and a high base state (low probability/time saving) in which the game ball is likely to enter the starting area 904 . In the normal game state, the player shoots the game ball aiming at the first starting area 904a. In this embodiment, so-called "left-handed" is performed. The specific game state shoots the game ball aiming at the second starting area 904b. In the present embodiment, so-called "right-handed hitting" is performed. The specific game state is a state in which it is easy to win the open lottery of the second start area 904b triggered by the entry of the game ball into the normal start area 905, so the game ball relatively easily enters the second start area 904b. Win a prize. It should be noted that the setting relating to the transition of the game state may be of any kind, and the description thereof will be omitted. Also, the setting of the game state as described above is merely an example.

2) Hold production (light emission maintenance control)
The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is capable of executing a pending effect using the pending symbols 10 described above. The pending effect is a effect suggesting the probability that the corresponding success/failure determination result will be a big win (so-called big win reliability) depending on the mode of the pending symbol 10 . In this embodiment, as modes of the reserved design 10, one or more types of normal mode 10n (default mode) and one or more types of specific modes 10s are set (see FIG. 3). The probability that the reserved design 10 of the specific mode 10s will be a big hit is higher than the probability that the success/failure determination result corresponding to the reserved design 10 of the normal mode 10n will be a big win. In other words, it can be said that the display of the reserved pattern 10 of the specific mode 10s is a pleasing event for the player. Moreover, in this embodiment, at least three types of the first specific mode 101s, the second specific mode 102s, and the third specific mode 103s are set as the specific mode 10s (see FIG. 3). The probability that the corresponding success/failure determination result will be a jackpot increases in the order of the first specific mode 101s, the second specific mode 102s, and the third specific mode 103s (highest). Aside from this, a mode may be set in which it is determined that the corresponding win/loss determination result will result in a big win. In the first specific mode 101s, the reserved pattern 10 includes a blue element, in the second specific mode 102s, the reserved pattern 10 includes a green element, and in the third specific mode, a red element is included ( In the drawings, the "color" is represented by characters). In other words, the player can grasp the degree of reliability of the big hit by the “color” of the reserved symbols 10 . The reserved pattern 10 of the specific mode 10s may be displayed through a pending change effect in which the reserved pattern 10 of a certain mode changes to the reserved pattern 10 of another mode, or when the corresponding pending information is acquired (second When a game ball enters one starting area 904a), it may be displayed (from the beginning, it is set to the specific mode 10s).

Also, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a light emitting unit 20 (see FIG. 1, etc.). The light emitting unit 20 is capable of emitting light in multiple types of light emitting modes. The plurality of types of light emission modes include at least those corresponding to the specific mode 10s of the reserved design 10 . Specifically, it includes a first light emitting mode 21 corresponding to the first specific mode 101s, a second light emitting mode 22 corresponding to the second specific mode 102s, and a third light emitting mode 23 corresponding to the third specific mode 103s (each A light emission mode corresponding to the specific mode 10s may be referred to as a "correlation mode") (see FIG. 3). Each light emission mode (correlation mode) is a mode that reminds each specific mode 10 s of the reserved pattern 10 . As described above, each specific mode 10s in this embodiment includes the element of "color", so the first emission mode 21 emits blue, the second emission mode 22 emits green, and the third emission mode 23 emits red. This is a mode in which the portion 20 emits light (in the drawings, the "color" is represented by letters). Although the position where the light emitting section 20 is provided is not limited to a specific position, a suitable position is provided on a member that constitutes the first starting region 904a. The reserved pattern 10 is displayed when the game ball enters the first starting area 904a. The player can be reminded that the light emitting mode of the light emitting section 20 is linked to the specific mode 10s.

When either of the pre-variation reserved design 12 and the during-variation reserved design 11 becomes the specific mode 10s, the light emitting section 20 emits light in the corresponding correlation mode (see FIG. 4(a)). In the present embodiment, when a plurality of reserved patterns 10 including pre-variation reserved patterns 12 and variable reserved patterns 11 are displayed, two or more reserved patterns 10 are set so as not to become the specific mode 10s. It is That is, even if there is a reserved pattern 10 of the specific mode 10s, since it is only one, the light emitting section 20 emits light in a mode adapted to it. However, the setting may be such that two or more reserved symbols 10 may be the specific mode 10s. In this case, the light emitting unit 20 may emit light in a correlation mode that matches any one of the two or more reserved patterns 10 that have become the specific mode 10s. For example, among the reserved patterns 10 that have become the specific mode 10s, the one for which the corresponding propriety determination result is notified earliest (the one that is digested earliest) is set as the target reserved pattern, and corresponds to the specific mode 10s of the target reserved pattern It is conceivable that the light emitting unit 20 is caused to emit light in a correlated manner.

Assuming such a configuration, in the present embodiment, light emission maintenance control may be executed with respect to the light emission of the light emission section 20 . The light emission maintenance control will be described below. Light emission maintenance control is control of the light emitting unit 20 when a specific effect is being executed. The specific effect can occur as a part of the notification effect (the effect from the start of the variation of the identification pattern 80 to the stop of the variation) for informing the result of the determination of success or failure, and the reserved pattern when the specific effect is executed. 10 is not displayed. It should be noted that the specific effect in this embodiment occurs in the normal game state. Therefore, the light emission maintenance control is executed in the normal game state. However, it does not deny that the same control is executed in the specific game state. In addition, "the reserved pattern 10 is not displayed" means that it is not displayed in such a manner that the player can clearly see it, and a small image indicating the reserved state is displayed so that the player does not notice it. A mode and a mode in which a status of suspension is indicated by a lamp or the like provided outside the display area 911 shall not be included in displaying the pending pattern 10 .

As described above, the reserved symbol 10 is displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 (main display device) (see FIG. 4A). The display area 911 is also a portion where images (including both moving images and still images) constituting various effects are displayed. The fact that the reserved design 10 is displayed when the image is displayed means that part of the image is covered with the reserved design 10 (becomes invisible due to the reserved design 10). A reserved pattern 10 is not displayed when executing a specific performance in which an image desired to be shown to a player is displayed without being affected.

The specific effect in this embodiment constitutes at least part of the so-called super ready-to-win effect. The super ready-to-win effect can occur when a well-known ready-to-win state is established, and is an effect for notifying the success/failure determination result based on the outcome. In short, an advantageous ending and a disadvantageous ending for the player are set as the ending of the super ready-to-win effect, and if the result of the success/failure determination is a big win, the big win is notified by the advantageous ending, and the player loses. In the case of , the discrepancy is reported as an unfavorable outcome. It can be said that the super ready-to-win effect is an effect that can be expected to result in a big win when it occurs compared to when it does not occur. As an example of the super-reach effect, an allied character and an enemy character fight, and the victory of the allied character is set as an advantageous ending, and the defeat of the allied character is set as an unfavorable ending. can be done. When this kind of super ready-to-win effect is being executed, the reserved pattern 10 is not displayed in order to show the player carefully the images constituting the super ready-to-win effect. It should be noted that the specific effect in this embodiment is not started at the same time as the notification effect of a certain success/failure determination result is started (the identification pattern 80 starts to change). That is, it is started after a predetermined time has elapsed since the notification effect was started. Further, the "specific effect" in the present embodiment is started only when the reserved design 10 is not displayed. In other words, unless the reserved pattern 10 is not displayed at the same time as the video or the like constituting the super ready-to-win performance is started, the start time of the output of the video or the like does not coincide with the start time of the specific performance.

It is assumed that the suspended design during fluctuation 11 has become the specific mode 10s. When the specific effect is not executed in the notification effect of the success/failure determination result corresponding to the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation, the light emission mode of the light emitting unit 20 is the correlation mode corresponding to the specific mode 10s (Fig. 4(a) reference). It should be noted that, in the middle of the change pending change effect in which the state of the pending pattern 11 changes during change (from a certain specific mode 10s, production to change to another specific mode 10s) occurs, according to the specific mode 10s after the change It will switch to the correlation mode. In any case, in the stage where the specific effect is not executed (during the period from the start of the notification effect until the specific effect is executed), while the variable pending design 11 of the specific mode 10s is displayed, The light-emitting unit 20 is in a state of emitting light in a corresponding light-emitting mode.

After that, when the specific effect is started, a state in which the reserved design 10 is not displayed (a state in which the changing reserved design 11 in the specific mode 10s is not displayed) is set (see FIG. 4(b)). Therefore, if the player did not see the changing pending symbol 11 at all before the start of the specific performance, he would not know what kind of mode the changing pending symbol 11 was. However, in this embodiment, even after the specific effect is started and the reserved symbol 10 is not displayed, the correlation mode of the light emitting unit 20 is maintained until a predetermined period elapses after the specific effect is started. (See FIG. 4(b)). In the present embodiment, the correlation mode of the light emitting unit 20 is maintained until the notification of the success/failure determination result notified by the notification effect including the specific effect is completed. If it is assumed that the player will see the state of the light emitting unit 20 if the correlation state of the light emitting unit 20 is maintained for a certain period of time, the light emission maintenance control may be terminated during the specific effect. good.

With such a configuration, the player can see the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit 20 to see which specific mode 10s the variable pending design 11 is in even while the specific effect is being executed. It is possible to grasp whether Further, in the present embodiment, when the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation is the normal mode 10n, the light emitting unit 20 does not emit light, or the light emitting mode is different from any of the first light emitting mode 21 to the third light emitting mode 23. Therefore, even after the specific performance is started and the reserved pattern 10 is not displayed, it is possible to grasp whether or not the variable reserved pattern 11 is in the normal mode 10n by looking at the state of the light emitting part 20.例文帳に追加is possible.

Hereinafter, specific examples in which the suspension effect (light emission maintenance control) in the above embodiment is improved, embodied, modified, etc. will be described. It should be noted that a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of techniques, which will be described using specific examples below, are applied in combination.

O First Specific Example The light emission maintenance control is not executed when the pre-variation reserved design 12 is in the specific mode 10s. Specifically, it is assumed that the specific effect occurs in a state in which the suspended design during fluctuation 11 is the normal mode 10n and one of the reserved designs before variation 12 is the specific mode 10s. While the specific effect is being executed, the light emission mode of the light emitting unit 20 is not set to the mode corresponding to the specific mode 10s of the pre-variation reserved pattern 12 (see FIG. 5). To the end, since the pre-variation reserved pattern 12 is the normal mode 10n, the light emitting unit 20 is a mode according to the normal mode 10n. be done.

If the light emission mode of the light emitting part 20 is caused to emit light in a light emission mode corresponding to the specific mode 10s of the pre-variation pending symbol 12 although the variable pending symbol 11 is the normal mode 10n, the player will be placed in the variable pending mode. There is a possibility that the mode of the pattern 11 is misunderstood as the specific mode 10s. Since the specific effect is executed as a part of the notification effect of the success/failure determination result corresponding to the variable suspended pattern 11, the light emission mode of the light emitting part 20 corresponds to the mode of the "variable suspended pattern 11". It can be said that it is preferable to be However, unlike this example, when the before-variation reserved pattern 12 is in the specific mode 10s, it is not denied that the light-emitting unit 20 is configured to emit light in a light-emitting mode according to the specific mode 10s. With such a configuration, it is possible to grasp that any one of all the reserved patterns 10 including the pending patterns 11 during fluctuation and the reserved patterns 12 before fluctuation is in the specific mode 10s during execution of the specific performance. has the advantage of being able to

Further, when the specific effect is not being executed, the light emission mode of the light emitting unit 20 may be set to a mode corresponding to the specific mode 10s of the pre-variation reserved pattern 12 (see FIG. 5(a)). When the specific effect is not executed, each reserved pattern 10 is displayed in the display area 911, and the presence of the reserved pattern 10 in the specific mode 10s can be grasped, so the above misunderstanding occurs. Hateful. Therefore, it is conceivable to make the light emitting unit 20 emit light in a light emission mode corresponding to the specific mode 10s of the pre-variation reserved design 12 to emphasize that the pre-variation reserved design 12 has become the specific mode 10s. However, it does not deny that the light emitting unit 20 is configured to emit light in a corresponding light emitting mode only when the changing pending pattern 11 becomes the specific mode 10s.

Second Specific Example It is assumed that the light emission mode of the light emitting unit 20 changes in a state where the specific effect is executed and the reserved design 10 is not displayed (see FIG. 6). For example, since the suspended design during fluctuation 11 immediately before the specific effect is started was the first specific mode 101s, it is assumed that the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit 20 is the first light emitting mode 21 at the start of the specific effect (Fig. 6(a)(b)). After that, while the specific effect is being executed, the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit 20 may change from the first light emitting mode 21 to the second light emitting mode 22 or the third light emitting mode 23 (see FIG. 6(c)). Set a certain setting.

During the specific effect, the suspended pattern 11 during fluctuation is not displayed, so its mode cannot be changed. However, the change in the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit 20 is handled in the same manner as the change in the mode of the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation. For example, when changing from the first light emission mode 21 to the second light emission mode 22 in the middle of the specific effect (see FIGS. 6(b) and (c)), the mode of the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation is changed from the first specific mode 101s It is assumed that it is set as a chance up (increase in jackpot reliability) similar to the case of changing to the second specific mode 102s. In this way, even during the specific performance in which the reserved pattern 10 is not displayed, by changing the light emission mode of the light emitting part 20 during the specific performance, the performance equivalent to the chance increase by so-called "holding change" is executed. Is possible.

○ Third specific example When the state where the specific effect is not executed is changed to the state where it is executed, that is, the state where the reserved design 10 is displayed is changed to the state where it is not displayed, the light emission mode (correlation mode) of the light emitting unit 20 is maintained. (See FIGS. 7A and 7B) and may not be maintained (See FIGS. 7A and 7C). In other words, the setting is such that the light emission maintenance control may or may not be executed when shifting to the specific effect.

It is preferable that the execution of the light emission maintenance control is set as an event more advantageous to the player than the non-execution of the light emission maintenance control. For example, when the former occurs, the reliability of the big win is set to be higher than when the latter occurs. That is, the fact that the light emitting mode of the light emitting part 20 is maintained indicates to the player that the player can expect a big win by the light emitting mode even during the specific effect in which the reserved pattern 10 is not displayed. Therefore, it is preferable that the execution of the light emission maintenance control is set as a so-called chance-up. In addition, it does not mean to deny that the setting is the opposite of the setting. In other words, the configuration may be such that the non-execution of the light emission sustaining control is set as a so-called chance-up.

〇 Fourth specific example When the mode of the reserved design 10 before the occurrence of the specific effect is part of the plurality of types of specific modes 10s, the light emission maintenance control is executed at the time of transition to the specific effect, and when it is part of the other specified A setting is made so that light emission maintenance control is not executed at the time of transition to presentation. For example, when the third specific mode 103s is set, the light emission maintenance control is executed (see FIG. 4), and when the first specific mode 101s and the second specific mode 102s are set, the light emission maintenance control is not executed (see FIG. 8). . That is, when the jackpot reliability is relatively high in one or more specific modes 10s, light emission maintenance control is executed, and when the jackpot reliability is low in one or more specific modes 10s other than that, light emission maintenance control is performed. is not executed.

The light emission maintenance control can be said to be an effect that indicates to the player that the player can expect a big win even during a specific effect in which the reserved symbol 10 is not displayed. is equal to or greater than the threshold, the light emission sustaining control is executed.

〇 Fifth specific example Only when the mode of the reserved design 10 changes from a certain mode to one or more of the specific modes 10s, the light emitting unit 20 shall emit light in a correlated mode. . That is, the initial mode of the pending pattern 10 (mode when displayed immediately after the pending information is acquired) is the normal mode 10n or the specific mode 10s, and then the normal mode 10n or the specific mode 10s is a different specific mode When it changes to 10s, while the light emitting unit 20 emits light in a correlation mode when it becomes the specific mode 10s, when the initial mode of the reserved design 10 is the specific mode 10s As long as the specific mode 10s is maintained It is assumed that the light emitting unit 20 is set so as not to emit light in the correlation mode. In other words, only when the "change on hold" occurs, the light emitting unit 20 is set to emit light in a correlation mode corresponding to the mode after the change on hold. Since the change in the mode of the reserved symbol 10 is set as an event advantageous to the player (so-called rank down is set so as not to occur), only when the change occurs, the light emitting unit 20 makes it highlighted.

Under such conditions, whether or not the light emission maintenance control is executed in the specific effect depends on whether or not the "suspension change" occurs before the specific effect occurs. If the hold change has not occurred, the light emission sustaining control is not executed because the light emitting unit 20 does not emit light in the correlated mode. When a hold change has occurred, light emission sustain control is executed as in the above embodiment.

3) Suspension Change Effect The gaming machine 1 in this embodiment can execute a suspension change effect in which the mode of the pending symbol 10 changes. The suspension change effect will be described in detail below. In addition to the suspension change effect described below, a known suspension change effect different in mode from the suspension change effect may be generated. Further, the pending change effect in the present embodiment occurs in the normal game state, but may occur in the specific game state.

The pending change effect in the present embodiment changes from a certain mode (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a pre-mode) of the pending pattern 10 to another mode (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a post-mode). is. This point is similar to the general pending change effect. In addition, the posterior mode is a mode with a higher jackpot reliability than the prior mode. In other words, the change in the mode of the reserved symbol 10 is limited to the direction in which the reliability of the big win increases.

The pending change effect (see FIG. 9) includes aspects of the first stage to the third stage. In the first stage, a covering image 40 is displayed in the display area 911 so as to cover all the reserved patterns 10 (the pending patterns 11 during fluctuation and the reserved patterns 12 before fluctuation) displayed at the start of the pending change effect. (See FIG. 9(b)). That is, the covering image 40 is displayed in the display area 911 where the reserved symbols 10 are displayed, so that the reserved symbols 10 cannot be seen by the player. For example, an image layer that configures the reserved pattern 10 and an image layer that configures the covering image 40 are set as separate layers, and the latter layer is set in front of the former layer, thereby constructing such a state. becomes possible. The aspect of the covering image 40 may be any. The size and shape of the covering image 40 are displayed in a state where the maximum number of reserved symbols 10 are displayed (in this embodiment, a state in which one pending pattern 11 during fluctuation and four reserved patterns 12 before fluctuation are displayed) If all the reserved patterns 10 are covered by It has the advantage of being able to

At the same time that the reserved pattern 10 becomes invisible in the first stage, or after the reserved pattern 10 becomes invisible, the light emitting unit 20 is in any of the first light emission mode 21 to the third light emission mode 23 It transitions to the second stage of emitting light (see FIG. 9(c)). That is, the light-emitting section 20, which was not in any of the first to third light-emitting modes 21 to 23 before being covered with the covering image 40, emits light in one of the light-emitting modes. In the present embodiment, the light emitting unit 20 used in the hold change effect is the same as the light emitting unit 20 subject to the light emission maintenance control described above, but may be different.

After the light-emitting unit 20 emits light in any of the first light-emitting mode 21 to the third light-emitting mode 23 in the second stage, the process proceeds to the third stage in which the covering image 40 is erased (FIG. 9(d)). reference). Erasing the covering image 40 means that the reserved design 10 covered by the covering image 40 appears (is exposed). Then, one of the appearing reserved symbols 10 changes to a mode corresponding to the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit 20 that emits light in the second step. For example, if the light emitting unit 20 emits light in the second light emission mode 22 in the second stage, one of the reserved symbols 10 becomes the second specific mode 102s in the third stage. In other words, focusing on the changed reserved design 10, an event occurred in which the prior mode was the normal mode 10n but changed to the second specific mode 102s as the posterior mode. It should be noted that not only the change from the normal mode 10n to the specific mode 10s, but also the change from the specific mode 10s to another specific mode 10s may occur. In any case, in the pending change effect in the present embodiment, the posterior mode of the pending pattern 10 is suggested by the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit 20 in the second step.

In the present embodiment, the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit 20 is maintained for a predetermined period even after shifting to the third stage. In other words, in the state where the reserved pattern 10 is covered with the covering pattern, the light emission of the light emitting unit 20 exhibits the function of suggesting the posterior aspect of the reserved pattern 10, while the reserved pattern 10 is held in a state where the holding change occurs. After the pattern 10 appears, it can be said that the light emission of the light emitting part 20 expresses the function of emphasizing that the reserved pattern 10 after the change is in the specific mode 10s. When the specific effect occurs after the suspension change effect, it can be subject to the above-described light emission maintenance control.

As described above, the pending change effect in the present embodiment is interesting in that the posterior aspect of the pending pattern 10 is suggested by the light emission of the light emitting unit 20 output in a state where the pending pattern 10 is not visible.

Hereinafter, specific examples in which the hold change effect in the above embodiment is improved, embodied, modified, etc. will be described. It should be noted that a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of techniques, which will be described using specific examples below, are applied in combination.

〇First specific example It has been explained that the suspension change effect in the above embodiment is such that, in the first stage, it is displayed as if all of the displayed suspension symbols 10 were covered with the covering image 40. However, when a plurality of reserved designs 10 are displayed, it may be displayed as if some of the reserved designs 10 were covered with the covering image 40 . The "suspended change" occurs with respect to the suspended symbols 10 that have become invisible due to being covered with the covering image 40, and does not occur with respect to those not covered with the covering image 40. - 特許庁For example, if only the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation is covered with the cover image 40 (the pending pattern 12 before fluctuation is exposed), a pending change will occur for the pending pattern 11 during fluctuation ( See Figure 10).

By doing so, the reserved symbols 10 to be subjected to the reserved change are narrowed down to a part, so that the player pays attention to the narrowed down reserved symbols 10.例文帳に追加If the configuration is such that the pending pattern 10 covered with the covering image 40 can change every time the pending change effect occurs, it means that the pending pattern 10 to be the object of the pending change can change every time the effect occurs. , more interesting.

〇Second specific example In the above embodiment and the first specific example, in the first stage, it was explained that the entire reserved design 10 is invisible, but only a part of each reserved design 10 is visible. It may be set to disappear. What is necessary is just to make it into the state which does not know a posteriori mode.

〇Third Specific Example In the above-described embodiment, it was explained that in the first stage, the reserved design 10 is hidden by displaying the covering image 40, but the reserved design 10 can be seen by other methods. It may be configured to shift to a state without For example, in the first stage, it is assumed that the reserved design 10 is displayed as if it has moved outside the display area 911 (see FIGS. 11(a) and 11(b)). After that, through the second step (see FIG. 11(c)), in the third step, the reserved pattern 10 is displayed from outside the display area 911 so as to return to its original position. It is assumed that one of the returned reserved patterns 10 (the reserved pattern 10 subject to the change in reservation) has changed to the posterior aspect suggested by the light emission of the light emitting unit 20 (see FIG. 11(d) ).

〇Fourth specific example In the above embodiment, it was explained that the posterior aspect of the reserved design 10 is suggested by the light emission mode of the light emitting unit 20 in the second stage, but the suggestion is made by the light emitting unit 20 is not limited to Any effect element that is output from a device provided in the gaming machine 1 and that the output of the effect element can be grasped by the player's senses can be used.

As an example, the sound output from the speaker 50 may suggest the posterior aspect of the reserved design 10 . It is assumed that the posterior mode of the pending pattern 10 is suggested by outputting a voice including words such as "blue", "green", and "red". As another example, the display area 911 of the display device 91 or an image displayed on another display device may suggest the posterior mode of the reserved design 10 . An image including words such as "blue", "green", and "red", or an image reminiscent of these colors is displayed to suggest the posterior aspect of the pending pattern 10.例文帳に追加A plurality of types of effect elements may be combined and output.

As another example (see FIG. 12), it is conceivable that the mode of the covering image 40 suggests the posterior mode of the reserved design 10 . For example, the color (rough color tone) of the covering image 40 is set to be one of "blue", "green", and "red" (see FIG. 12(b)), and the posterior aspect of the reserved pattern 10 is the relevant The specific mode 10s corresponding to the color is set (see FIG. 12(c)). By doing so, the covering image 40 serves not only the function of making the reserved design 10 invisible, but also the function of suggesting the post facto mode. From the player's point of view, since the covering image 40 itself covering the reserved pattern 10 suggests the posterior aspect of the reserved pattern 10, there is an advantage that the presentation is easy to understand.

O Fifth Concrete Example It is not necessarily the case that a change in the reserved design 10 that takes the form suggested in the second step must occur. For example, assume that the light emitting unit 20 has changed to the first light emitting mode 21 in the second stage. In this case, the target reserved design 10 does not necessarily change to the first specific mode 101s in the third stage, but the probability of changing to the first specific mode 101s is determined when such a suggestion is not made. The setting is such that it remains relatively high. From a different point of view, it can be said that the suggestion in the second stage suggests a post facto mode when the target reserved pattern 10 that is not known to change changes. Therefore, if the light emitting unit 20 becomes the first light emitting mode 21 in the second stage, the target reserved pattern 10 will either change to the first specific mode 101s or will not change. (A change to the other specific modes 10s, ie, the second specific mode 102s and the third specific mode 103s is prevented).

4) Specific Notification The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can perform specific notification, which will be described in detail below, as notification related to suspension. As described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to store up to four pieces of information in the storage means as pre-change hold information (so-called special figure 1 hold) acquired by the game ball entering the first start region 904a. is. Including the change pending information means that it is possible to store a maximum of five pieces of right/failure determination information.

The normal game state is a game state in which a game is played with the aim of achieving a big hit as a result of the hit/fail judgment executed by the game ball entering the first start area 904a. Even if the game ball enters the first start region 904a when the number of right or wrong determination information is five) (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "preservation state"), new right or wrong determination information (holding information) not obtained. In other words, the propriety determination triggered by the entry into the first starting region 904a is not executed. In the normal game state, since the number of game balls entering the first start area 904a is very small compared to the number of game balls shot (total number of shots), the game balls enter the first start area 904a. Even if the so-called "prize balls" are paid out (usually, the number of the prize balls is set to about 3 to 5), it is a loss for the player to continue to shoot game balls in a satisfied state. be. That is, the game balls that are finally obtained are those who play a game in which the shooting of the game balls is stopped in the preserving state, compared to the case in which the shooting of the game balls is continued even in the preserving state. Expectations for numbers are set to be high. Even a player who knows that it is a loss to continue shooting in the preserving state may continue the game without noticing the preserving state.

Based on this, in the present embodiment, the player is notified of the fact that the game is in the "preservation state" by specific notification. Since it is conceivable that the player who has not noticed that he is in the reserved state is not looking at the display area 911 where the reserved pattern 10 is displayed (looking away), the mode of the specific notification is "sound". It is preferably due to That is, it is conceivable to output a predetermined sound (hereinafter also referred to as notification sound) from the speaker 50 (see FIGS. 13(c) and 14(c)). It is preferable that the size (volume) of the notification sound cannot be adjusted by the player. A game having a volume adjustment function that allows a player to arbitrarily adjust the volume of the production sound for production is known, but the volume of the notification sound cannot be changed by the volume adjustment function. and As a result, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the output of the notification sound will not be noticed due to the volume of the sound effect being reduced. It should be noted that a setting may be made in which the specific notification is performed by an element other than "sound". For example, turning on a lamp provided in the game machine may be used as a mode of the specific notification. Further, a combination of the output of the notification sound and the output of other elements may be used as the aspect of the specific notification.

In addition, the specific notification is executed in the normal game state, and the specific game state (high base Specific notification is not executed during (time saving) state). It can be said that there is no need to make such notification in a specific game state in which success/failure determination information is acquired one after another.

The conditions (specific conditions) that trigger the specific notification can be set from various viewpoints. For example, the following conditions are conceivable.

・ First specific condition In the state of preservation (see FIG. 13(a)), it was detected that the game ball entered the first start area 904a (so-called "over winning" occurred) (Fig. 13 (b)) is used as a trigger to perform specific notification (see FIG. 13(c)). As described above, even if the game ball enters the first starting area 904a when in the state of preservation, the success or failure determination triggered by it is not executed. Therefore, it is conceivable that the occurrence of such an event may be used as a trigger to perform the specific notification.

The specific notification may be performed when it is detected that a predetermined number of two or more game balls have entered after the state is maintained. In other words, it is not assumed that the specific condition is satisfied when the entry of one game ball is detected after the state is maintained, but is triggered by the detection of the entry of a predetermined number of two or more game balls. It may be regarded as establishment of a specific condition. Even if the player has the intention of stopping the shooting of the game balls when the state is maintained, it is unlikely that one game ball will enter the first start area 904a after the state is maintained. occur frequently. If you think that it is not preferable to make a specific notification in such a situation, it is preferable to set the specific condition to be considered to be satisfied when the entry of a predetermined number of two or more game balls is detected as a trigger.

・Second specific condition It was detected that a continuous game (shooting of game balls) was performed for a predetermined period of time (see Fig. 14 (b)) after the state (see Fig. 14 (a)) was reached. Triggered by this, specific notification (see FIG. 14(c)) is performed. Various methods are conceivable for determining whether or not a continuous game is being played. One example is whether or not the firing device 908 is operated (see FIG. 14(b)). In other words, when it is determined that the operation of the launching device 908 has been continued for a predetermined time or more after the maintenance state is established, the specific notification is performed. Whether or not the firing device 908 is being operated can be detected by a touch sensor (not shown) provided on the firing device 908 (firing handle).

As another example, whether or not the game ball intermittently passes through a predetermined area (area provided with a sensor capable of detecting the game ball), continuous play is performed. It is conceivable to judge whether or not For example, when the intermittent passage of a game ball through a predetermined area in the guide rail 903 continues for a predetermined period of time, the specific notification is made.

The specific notification is to notify that game balls are continuously shot despite being in a state of preservation, but there are players who think that such notification is unnecessary. can be considered. Also, it is conceivable that there are players who find the specific notification annoying. Therefore, a mode (execution mode) in which the specific notification is performed and a mode (non-execution mode) in which the specific notification is not performed may be prepared so that the player can select the desired mode. The mode selection may be installed as a kind of so-called customization function. That is, while gaming machines equipped with a customization function that allows a player to arbitrarily set various settings are known, whether or not to execute a specific notification is installed as a setting that can be selected by the customization function. (See FIG. 15).

It should be noted that it is preferable to set the execution mode in the initial state (when the power is turned on). This is because, unless the execution mode is set in the initial state and a situation in which the specific notification can actually occur is not established, the player may remain unaware of the fact that the function of the specific notification is installed.

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

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

・ Means 1-1
Appropriate judgment means for making a correct/impossible judgment based on the correct/impossible judgment information acquired when a predetermined condition is met, and a reserved design indicating the presence of correct/impossible judgment information corresponding to the correct/impossible judgment result for which notification of the correct/improper judgment result has not yet been completed. a display device that displays a display device, an effect execution means that executes a specific effect in which the reserved pattern is not displayed on the display device, a light emitting unit that can emit light in a plurality of modes, and the reserved pattern becomes a specific mode and the light emitting unit emits light in a correlation mode corresponding to the specific mode, even if the specific effect occurs and the reserved symbol is not displayed. and light emission control means capable of executing light emission maintenance control for maintaining the state in which the light emitting section emits light in the correlation mode.
According to the above game machine, even when the specific effect occurs and the reserved symbols are not displayed, the light emitting unit maintains the state of emitting light in the correlated mode, so that the specific effect is shifted to. Even a player who overlooks the state of the previous reserved symbol can easily grasp the current situation.

・ Means 1-2
In the light emission maintenance control, among the reserved symbols, although the effect of notifying the success judgment result has been started, the pending symbol during fluctuation corresponding to the one that has not yet completed the notification of the success judgment result is the specific mode. The gaming machine according to means 1-1, characterized by being executed when it becomes.
Since the specific effect is executed as part of the effect for notifying the result of the judgment result corresponding to the pending pattern during fluctuation, the light emission of the light emitting unit that is the target of the light emission maintenance control is in the form of the pending pattern during fluctuation. It is preferable that they correspond to each other.

・ Means 1-3
Means 1, characterized in that the light emission maintenance control is not executed even if the pre-variation reserved pattern corresponding to one of the reserved patterns for which the effect of notifying the success/failure determination result has not yet started becomes the specific mode. -1 or the gaming machine according to means 1-2.
If the light emission maintenance control is executed for the reserved symbols before variation, the player may misunderstand that the mode of the suspended symbols during variation corresponds to the light emission mode of the light emitting part. It is preferable that the light emission maintenance control is not executed even if the pre-variation pending symbol becomes a specific mode.

・ Means 1-4
The game machine according to any one of means 1-1 to 1-3, wherein the specific effect constitutes at least a part of the effect in which the outcome of the specific effect indicates the success/failure determination result.
Since it can be said that such a specific effect is an effect that the player pays attention to, it is possible to prevent the pending symbols from being displayed during the specific effect in order to prevent the images, etc. that make up the effect from becoming difficult to see. preferable.

・ Means 1-5
Means 1- characterized in that when the reserved pattern is in the specific mode, the probability that the corresponding success/failure determination result will win is higher than when the reserved pattern is in the normal mode. 1. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1-4.
Since it can be said that the state in which the reserved pattern is in the specific mode is more pleasing to the player than when it is in the normal mode, it is possible to comprehend the situation even when the specific performance is generated by the light emission maintenance control. preferable.

・ Means 2-1
success/failure determination means for performing a success/failure determination using the success/failure determination information acquired when a predetermined condition is established; storage means for storing, as suspension information, the success/failure determination information for which notification of the corresponding success/failure determination result has not yet been completed; Display means for displaying the existence of information as a pending symbol, and effect execution means for executing a pending change effect that changes the mode of the pending symbol from a pre-mode to a post-mode, wherein the pending change effect is the pre-mode. A first step in which at least part of the reserved pattern of the mode is made invisible, a second step in which a predetermined effect element is output at the same time as or after the first step, and the third step and a third step in which a reserved symbol in the post mode appears according to the effect element output in the second step.
According to the gaming machine described above, it is possible to make the effect of changing the state of the reserved symbols interesting.

・ Means 2-2
The first step is to display a covering image that covers at least a portion of the reserved design of the pre-aspect, and the third step is to erase the covering image. The gaming machine according to means 2-1, characterized in that the reserved symbols of the mode appear.
In this manner, by displaying the cover image so that at least a part of the reserved pattern is not visible, the presentation becomes easy to understand.

・ Means 2-3
A light emitting unit capable of emitting light in a plurality of light emitting modes is provided, and the mode of the holding pattern associated with each of the plurality of light emitting modes is set, and the holding change effect is the latter mode. The gaming machine according to means 2-1 or 2-2, wherein the mode of the reserved symbol is a mode corresponding to the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit in the second step.
In this way, by suggesting the posterior mode by the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit, the presentation becomes easy to understand.

・ Means 3-1
Storage means for storing up to a predetermined number of win/fail determination information used for win/fail determination, and a game by a player continuing in a state in which the predetermined number of win/fail determination information is stored in the storage means. and an informing means capable of making a specific informing when a specific condition that can be established by means of is established.
According to the gaming machine described above, the player is prevented from continuing the game when the so-called reserve is full.

・ Means 3-2
Means 3-1 characterized by comprising a starting area whose entry of a game ball triggers the acquisition of the above-mentioned win/fail judgment information, and the entry of the game ball into the above-mentioned starting area is set as the specific condition. The gaming machine described in .
・ Means 3-3
A shooting device is provided to be operated when shooting game balls, and the shooting device continues for a predetermined period after the predetermined number of win/fail determination information is stored in the storage means as the specific condition. A game machine according to means 3-1, characterized in that it is set to be operated.
Whether or not continuous games are being played in a state where the reserve is full may be determined, for example, by whether or not the above conditions are satisfied.

・ Means 3-4
Any of means 3-1 to 3-3, wherein the player can arbitrarily switch between a state in which the specific notification is made by the notification means and a state in which the specific notification is not made. The gaming machine described in Crab.
Since some players may feel annoyed by the execution of the specific notification, it is preferable to provide a function for switching whether or not to make the specific notification.

1 gaming machine 10 reserved pattern 11 pending pattern during fluctuation 12 reserved pattern before fluctuation 10n normal mode 10s specific mode 101s first specific mode 102s second specific mode 103s third specific mode 20 light emitting section 21 first light emitting mode 22 second light emitting mode 23 Third light emitting mode 40 Coating image 50 Speaker 80 Identification pattern 904 Starting area 904a First starting area 904b Second starting area 908 Launching device 91 Display device 911 Display region

Claims (4)

a success/failure determination means for performing a success/failure determination based on success/failure determination information acquired when a predetermined condition is met;
An identification pattern that stops in a manner indicating the result of right or wrong judgment after being changed, and a right or wrong that the identification pattern that informs the result of right or wrong judgment is in the process of changing although notification of the corresponding result of right or wrong judgment has not yet been completed. A display device that displays a pending pattern during fluctuation indicating the existence of determination information;
A performance in which whether or not the result of winning/failure determination is a win is reported depending on whether or not an ending advantageous to the player is reached, and a non-display state in which the pending pattern during fluctuation is not displayed on the display device is specified. production execution means for executing production;
a light-emitting unit that is provided separately from the display device and capable of emitting light in a plurality of modes;
with
As the aspect of the suspended design during fluctuation, one or more kinds of normal aspects and one or more kinds of specific aspects suggesting that the probability that the corresponding success judgment result is more likely to win than the normal aspect are set ,
From the display state in which the specific effect is not executed and the variable pending pattern in the specific mode is displayed on the display device and the light emitting unit emits light in a correlated mode corresponding to the specific mode, the specified Even when the performance is started and the display device shifts to the non-display state in which the pending pattern during fluctuation is not displayed, the state in which the light emitting unit emits light in the correlation mode is the end of the specific performance and the judgment is made. Light emission maintenance control that is maintained until a result is notified, and changing the mode of the light emitting unit from the start of the specific effect to the end of the specific effect and the notification of the success/failure determination result. A game machine capable of executing a special control that suggests that the probability that the success/failure determination result is a win has increased . A starting area is provided in which the hit/fail determination information is acquired with the entry of the game ball as a trigger,
2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting portion is provided on a member forming the starting area. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting portion is in a non-light-emitting state in a state in which the during-fluctuation pending symbol is in the normal mode. When the display state transitions to the non-display state, the probability that the corresponding success/failure determination result will be correct differs between when the light emission sustaining control is executed and when the light emission sustaining control is not executed. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein

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