JP2008220608A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of expressing unprecedented game presentation and more sufficiently expressing a characteristic part of the content to be mounted. <P>SOLUTION: A rotary drum type game machine 1 has a main display device 8 with a large-sized display screen at the center of the front of a casing, and a plurality of subordinate display devices 9 with smaller display screens than that of the main display device 8 in the peripheral edge of the front of the casing and near the lower part of various operating means such as a start lever 5, a stop button 6 and a betting button 7 at prescribed intervals. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine installed in a game store such as a pachinko store or a slot store, and more specifically, it is possible to perform an unprecedented presentation display, and the attractiveness of the content to be mounted has been sufficiently enhanced than before. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that can be expressed.

  There is known a gaming machine that executes a lottery decision internally when a predetermined lottery condition is satisfied, and notifies the result of the lottery decision on a display device such as a liquid crystal display.

  For example, in the case of a ball game machine, the winning / losing lottery is executed by winning a game ball in a predetermined starting winning opening, and a plurality of symbols are displayed on the display device after being varied and displayed. The symbol variation game is executed, and the lottery result is notified by the combination of symbols stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game.

  For gaming machines such as those mentioned above, for the purpose of enhancing the fun of the game, various images can be used to produce lottery results, such as producing images for lottery results using content such as animation and video games. Ingenuity has been made. In recent years, display devices installed in gaming machines tend to increase in size due to technological progress in hardware and software, and a large liquid crystal display of 17 inches or the like is used for the display of notification effects as described above. A game machine in which is used is also known.

  However, even if the display device is simply increased in size, only the resolution and force of the image are close-up, and the content of the displayed effect itself is not so changed.

  In addition, when using animation, video games, etc. as announcement production content, it is necessary to change or delete elements such as lines and video scenes originally possessed by the original content in combination with the display that is indispensable for announcement of the lottery result. Customization may be required and the content is not fully attractive.

  For example, when a game such as “Sugoroku Game” or “Simulation Game” is used as content, an image such as a moving route composed of a plurality of squares or a frame moving on the moving route is displayed. Since images for announcement of lottery results such as variable display and stop display will be displayed at the same time in a single screen, the display content becomes complicated and it becomes difficult to distinguish each image, and frame movement It may be difficult to recognize the characteristic part of the content.

  In addition, when performing a presentation effect using “Sugoroku Game” as content on a single display device, it is necessary to digitally display a plurality of squares with images, so analog frame movement in “Sugoroku Game” This aspect cannot be expressed sufficiently.

  In addition, when performing development effects at the time of reach, it may be necessary to switch between a screen for displaying moving path and frame images and a screen for development effects, which makes the screen configuration cumbersome. End up.

  In addition, with conventional gaming machines, when a state in which no game is played continues for a certain period of time, a demonstration screen such as a promotion movie is displayed, and the screen is switched to a display for lottery result notification at the same time as the game starts. However, in such a configuration, only a screen for notifying the lottery result is displayed during the game, for example, it is true that a demo screen and other images are watched while playing the game. It is impossible.

JP 2006-181030 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and achieves one or more of the following objects.

  In other words, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of displaying an unprecedented effect.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of displaying an effect that is more dynamic and has a stronger impact than before.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that eliminates the complexity when displaying various contents on a single screen and makes it easy to recognize the contents of contents used for production. It is in.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of fully exhibiting the attractiveness of the content or capable of fully expressing the world view of the content.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of simultaneously displaying a video for notifying a lottery result and a video unrelated to the lottery result notification.

  The present invention solves the above-described problem, and is a gaming machine that performs a game process including a lottery for a winning combination when a predetermined lottery condition is satisfied, and pays out game media based on the result of the lottery. A gaming machine comprising a plurality of display devices in front of the housing, and an image for notifying the result of the lottery is displayed on the plurality of display devices (Claim 1).

  According to the present invention, it is possible to display an image related to a game using a plurality of display devices, and thus display various effects that cannot be expressed by a conventional gaming machine that only implements a single display device. Can be done.

  Specifically, according to the present invention, a dynamic and high-impact production is achieved by, for example, interposing a plurality of display devices all over the front surface of the housing or arranging them in a predetermined manner over the entire front surface of the housing. The screen can be displayed.

  In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to divide and display an image necessary for production on a plurality of display devices, so that it is possible to eliminate the complexity when displayed on a single screen, or By displaying elements such as lines and video scenes originally possessed by the original content without customization, it becomes possible to fully display the attractiveness of the content, or display and development effects for expressing the content For example, display contents that have been conventionally required to be switched, such as a display for the display, can be simultaneously displayed on a plurality of display devices.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, an image for notifying the lottery result and an image irrelevant to the lottery result can be displayed on separate display devices. While the image for notifying the lottery result is displayed on the other screen, other display devices can display images such as movies, televisions, text broadcasts, the Internet, and mails not only during standby but also during games.

  Note that game machines to which the present invention can be applied include a ball game machine and a revolving game machine installed in a game store. Further, the display device of the present invention can be configured by an arbitrary image display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an LED display.

  In the present invention, it is preferable to include a plurality of display control units that individually control image display in each of the plurality of display devices. In such an invention, it is possible to increase the display speed by distributing the processing load for display in each display device, and more sophisticated image processing of each display device. A high-quality image can be displayed.

  In the present invention, the plurality of display devices include a main display device having a display screen of a predetermined size, and a plurality of sub display devices having a display screen of a size smaller than the main display device, It is preferable that the display device is arranged along a front peripheral edge of the housing.

  In the present invention, each sub display device is used as one cell in a game of a genre such as “Sugoroku game”, “Simulation game”, etc., and a frame moving between the sub display devices (cells) is used. By displaying the image, it is possible to dynamically and analogly express the movement effect of the frame, and it is possible to make the player clearly and easily recognize the state of the moving frame. In this case, by arranging each display device around the casing in various forms such as an infinite mark shape, a road shape, a circular shape, a square shape, a spiral shape, a meandering shape, a dense shape, or the like, Characteristic of each content by drawing on the front of the case a pattern such as a route that connects the squares in the “Sugoroku Game”, or a terrain pattern with squares in the “Sengoku Simulation Game” It is possible to further enhance the atmosphere.

  In addition, in the present invention, each display device can be used as an illumination device such as a lamp or LED in a conventional gaming machine, which makes it possible to perform illumination illumination in a manner different from the conventional one. Become.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the plurality of sub display devices are divided into a predetermined number of arrangement areas, and an image associated with each of the divided arrangement areas is displayed on the sub display device.

  According to this invention, it is possible to provide many production patterns, and it is possible to express more complicated and deep productions.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the sub display device is constituted by a vertically or horizontally long rectangular display device.

  In such an invention, for example, by providing a vertically or horizontally long rectangular sub-display device, it is possible to express a powerful effect similar to the effect on a large screen as in the main display device even in the sub-display device. Furthermore, it becomes possible to faithfully represent a conventional vertically or horizontally long illumination device.

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

  Note that the present invention is applied to a gaming machine such as a ball ball game machine or a revolving game machine installed in a game store, but in the following embodiment, when applied to a revolving game machine Will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an external appearance configuration of the front of a swivel type gaming machine 1 to which the present invention is applied.

  As shown in the figure, this spinning-reel type gaming machine 1 is provided with a see-through window 2 at a substantially central portion on the front surface of the casing, and on three reel devices 3L, 3C, and 3R installed inside the casing. The arranged symbols can be seen through.

  Below the fluoroscopic window 2, a medal slot 4 for inserting medals as a game consideration, a start lever 5 for instructing the start of rotation of the reel devices 3L, 3C, and 3R, and each reel device that is rotating Three stop buttons 6L, 6C and 6R for individually stopping 3L, 3C and 3R and a BET button 7 for using a credit medal are provided.

  The swivel type gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment includes a main display device 8 having a large-size display screen as a display device including a liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying an image related to the game, and the main display device. 8, a plurality of sub display devices 9 (9 </ b> A to 9 </ b> Z) having a display screen having a smaller size and a sub display device 10 having a horizontally long display screen are provided on the front surface of the housing. Note that the number of sub-display devices 9 can be arbitrarily changed.

  Specifically, in the present embodiment, the plurality of sub-display devices 9 are arranged at predetermined intervals around the front edge of the casing and near the lower portions of the various operation means described above, and further, adjacent sub-display devices 9 are arranged. A pattern X of a path connecting the two sub display devices 9 is drawn between the display devices 9. Thus, the squares for which the frames are arranged in the game can be expressed in analog (or three-dimensional) by the individual sub display devices 9, and the plurality of sub display devices 9 and symbols X can be used to represent the frames. It is possible to express a movement path composed of a plurality of squares that moves by analog (or three-dimensional).

  Further, below the front of the housing, there is provided a medal tray portion 11 in which a tray 11b for storing a medal M paid out from the medal payout port 11a when a winning combination is established.

  In addition, the swivel type gaming machine 1 includes speaker units 12a and 12b, which are sound output devices for outputting sounds such as BGM and voice for various effects.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the sub display device 10 displays an image irrelevant to the announcement of the lottery result by the lottery execution unit 93 such as a movie, a television, a character broadcast, the Internet, or an email, not only in the standby state but also in the game. Be able to. The display as described above on the sub display device 10 may be performed on the condition that an operation to an additional operation means provided in the spinning cylinder game machine 1 is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of hardware mounted inside the casing of the swivel game machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, and particularly shows the configuration of the control system.

  As shown in the figure, the spinning machine 1 includes a main control board 20 that controls the gaming state of the spinning machine 1 and a main image that performs effect control in accordance with a signal from the main control board 20. A control board 30, a plurality of sub-image control boards 40 </ b> A to 40 </ b> Z, a sub-control board 50, and an effect control board such as an acoustic control board 60 are provided.

  The main control board 20 controls the entire control system of the swivel type gaming machine 1 in an integrated manner, and includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, an I / O device 24, and the like.

  The main control board 20 includes a medal switch that detects a medal inserted from the medal slot 4 based on a predetermined program such as a system program or a game processing program stored in the ROM 22 by the CPU 21, or a start lever 5. Various switches S such as a start switch for detecting the operation of the BET button, a stop switch for detecting the operation of the stop buttons 6L, 6C and 6R, a bet switch for detecting the operation of the BET button 7, and the reel devices 3L, 3C And 3R, a hopper device 60 for paying out medals in a predetermined case such as when a winning combination is established, the above-described effect control board (30, 40, 50 and 60), etc., the I / O device 24, and a connection cable The game processing operation is controlled by exchanging various signals via the.

  The main image control board 30 performs display control of an image related to a game displayed on the main display device 8, and in this embodiment, in order to generate an image of three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG), the CPU 31, A ROM 32, a RAM 33, a frame buffer 34, an I / O device 35, and the like are provided.

  The main image control board 30 is compressed by the JPEG method or the like stored in the ROM 32 based on a predetermined program for the CPU 31 to perform display control of the image stored in the ROM 32 under the control of the main control board 20. A background image is generated by selectively decoding a plurality of image data such as encoded still images, for example, a dice object or lottery formed by a plurality of polygons in front of a background image such as a top surface portion of a table. Box objects are generated, and a dice image and a lottery box image taken from a predetermined virtual viewpoint are displayed on the main display device 8 (see FIGS. 1, 6, and 7).

  The plurality of sub-image control boards 40A to 40Z include a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, a frame buffer 44, an I / O device 45, and the like in order to perform display control in each of the sub-display devices 9A to 9Z.

  Then, the sub image control boards 40A to 40Z are controlled by the main control board 20 based on a predetermined program for the CPU 41 to perform display control of the sub image stored in the ROM 42. The production screen is generated by combining the images of the frames located on the squares.

  Specifically, in the present embodiment, the ROM 42 records image data representing squares in the game where pieces are moved or stopped, and the sub image control boards 40A to 40Z are On the square image, a red seven, white seven, BAR, bell, watermelon, cherry, replay, etc. text, "how many squares" or "how many squares" text, and the player's frame are shown. An effect screen is generated by superimposing images and the like, and processing for displaying this on the sub display devices 9A to 9Z is executed (see FIGS. 1 and 6).

  The sub-image control board 50 includes a CPU 51, ROM 52, RAM 53, frame buffer 54 and I / O device 55, or further communication means (not shown) that is connected to the Internet and receives television broadcasts, and the CPU 51 stores in the ROM 52. Based on the predetermined program, control is performed to display a screen such as a movie, television, text broadcast, Internet or mail on the sub display device 10.

  The sound control board 60 controls the reproduction output of the production sound, and includes a CPU 61, ROMs 62 and 63, an I / O device 64, and the like. The CPU 61 stores voices for supporting game progress stored in the ROM 62, Based on a predetermined program for reproducing and outputting sound source data for effects for outputting sound effects and the like, the sound source data for a plurality of effect sounds stored in the ROM 62 is selectively decoded. Then, the speaker units 12a and 12b perform control to output the effect sound.

  Note that power necessary for operation is supplied from the power supply device 80 to the various hardware described above.

  FIG. 3 shows a rotating game realized by executing a program according to the present invention recorded on the main control board 20, the main image control board 30, the plurality of sub-image control boards 40A to 40Z and the acoustic control board 60. 2 is a functional block diagram of the machine 1. FIG.

  In the figure, a game processing unit 90 includes a medal processing unit 91, a flag recording unit 92, a lottery execution unit 93, a lottery table 94, a dice effect processing unit 95, a main screen configuration unit 96, and a plurality of components. The sub screen configuration units 97A to 97Z, a reel control unit 98, a game result determination unit 99, a medal payout unit 100, and a special game process execution unit 101 are configured.

  Next, the flow of game processing in the spinning-reel game machine 1 executed by the game processing unit 90 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In particular, this flow shows the flow of game processing for one game when the start lever 5 for instructing the game start is pressed in a state where three medals are paid for one game. ing.

  When the player turns on the medal M from the medal insertion slot 4 while the power is on, the medal switch detects the insertion of the medal M and outputs the insertion detection signal. . Then, the medal processing unit 91 executes a credit medal number addition process (+1) in response to the insertion detection signal. Then, when the number of stored medals exceeds a predetermined number (for example, 3) as a price for one game, a medal insertion process such as setting the start flag of the flag recording unit 92 to ON is executed (step S1). ).

  Subsequently, the game processing unit 90 waits for a rotation signal assigned to start the rotation of the reel (step S2), and when a rotation signal is input, the lottery execution unit 93 performs a predetermined winning combination lottery. By comparing the random number generated by the random number generator (lottery means) with a predetermined lottery table 94, the role of red seven, white seven, BAR, bell, watermelon, cherry, replay, etc. In addition to performing a lottery determination of multiple types of winning combinations, the ON / OFF of the winning flag (for example, the winning combination for the Bell role) is rewritten when the winning combination is won (for example, the winning for the Bell role). Then, a lottery process for transmitting the lottery result to the subsequent dice effect processing unit 95 is executed (step S3).

  When the dice effect processing unit 95 receives the lottery result (such as winning of the bell role) from the lottery execution unit 93, the dice effect processing unit 95 executes the dice effect process and the reel rotation process (step S4).

  Hereinafter, the dice effect process in step S4 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S4, when the dice effect processing unit 95 receives a lottery result (such as winning of the bell role) from the lottery execution unit 93, the dice effect processing unit 95 determines the numerical value C0 indicating the initial position of the frame image, or outputs the dice image when rotation stops. Initialization processing such as initialization of various control values such as the numerical value C1 indicating the eye and rewriting ON / OFF of the winning flag of the winning combination is executed (step S40).

  Subsequently, the dice effect processing unit 95 determines whether or not the received lottery result is winning of any winning combination (step S41). If it is determined that a winning combination (such as a bell combination) is won by this determination (step S41: winning), the process proceeds to step S42, and when the rotation of the dice image displayed on the main display device 8 is stopped. The outcome is derived.

  Specifically, from the sub display device on which the frame image is displayed at the time of execution of step S42 to the sub display device on which a symbol corresponding to the winning combination (such as a bell combination) determined to be won in step S41 is displayed. The number of sub-display devices that are to be passed when the frame image is moved is derived as a dice roll C1 (for example, “5” if moving from the sub-display device 9A to the sub-display device 9F). .

  In the derivation of the above-mentioned outcome, processing executed when the frame image is stopped on the sub display devices 9C, 9E, and 9G that display text information such as “how many squares advance” or “how many squares return” is considered. For example, when the winning combination of “Red Seven” winning combination is determined in step S41 and the position of the frame image is the sub display device 9A, “4” is set as the outcome C1 in step S42. The derived frame image is first moved to the sub display device 9E by a process described in detail later, and then moved to the sub display device 9G according to the text “2 cells advance!”. By moving to the sub display device 9X in accordance with “Advance 3 squares to the left!” (See, for example, FIG. 1), the lottery effect process of the winning combination “Red Seven” is performed. When the frame image stops at the square where the text such as “Advance 2 squares!” Or “Advance 3 squares left!” Is displayed, the main display device explains the meaning and effect of the text. 8 may be displayed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S41 that no winning combination has been won (step S41: loss), the dice effect processing unit 95 determines whether to execute the dice effect at the time of internal loss. The process which determines is performed (step S47). The determination in this case can be performed by an arbitrary method such as a lottery using random numbers. For example, it is conceivable to determine to execute the dice effect with a probability of about 5 to 20%.

  When execution of the dice effect is determined in step S47, the process proceeds to step S42, and the outcome when rotation of the dice image displayed on the main display device 8 is stopped is derived. In this case, since any winning combination is not won, the outcome can be determined randomly by means such as lottery.

  After the process in step S42 is completed, a display process for displaying an initial screen of the dice effect is executed by the dice effect processing unit 95 (step S43). That is, in this process, the dice effect processing unit 95 generates data for displaying an image of the rotating dice in the main display device 8 and transmits the data to the main screen configuration unit 96, and each sub display device. In 9A to 9Z, data for displaying a pre-allocated grid image or a frame image arranged at the initial position is generated and transmitted to the plurality of sub-screen configuration units 97A to 97Z. Thereby, the dice image which shows a mode that the dice as shown to the code | symbol X1 of Fig.6 (a) is rotating by the main screen structure part 96 is displayed. In addition, a plurality of sub-screen configuration units 97 may display an image of a square including symbols such as red seven, white seven, BAR, bell, watermelon, cherry, and replay as shown in FIG. "A cell image including text information such as" Return how many cells "or a cell image including an arrow is displayed, and any one of the sub-display devices 9A to 9Z designated by the initial position C0 is displayed. A frame image is displayed.

  Then, the display process which displays the dice stop screen which stopped the rotation of the dice by the dice effect process part 95 is performed (step S44). That is, in this process, the dice effect processing unit 95 is based on the numerical value C1 of the outcome derived in step S42 after a predetermined time (1, 2 seconds, etc.) has elapsed since the initial screen was displayed. The main display device 8 generates data for displaying an image of the stopped dice whose rotation has stopped, and transmits the data to the main screen configuration unit 96. As a result, the dice image showing the state of the dice stopped in a state corresponding to the numerical value C1 of the turn is displayed by the main screen configuration unit 96, as indicated by reference numeral X2 in FIG.

  Subsequently, the dice effect processing unit 95 executes display processing for displaying an image showing the state of frame movement and stoppage (step S45). That is, in this process, the dice effect processing unit 95 displays data for displaying images of moving frames on the corresponding sub display devices 9A to 9Z based on the numerical value C1 of the outcome derived in step S42. Is generated and transmitted to the corresponding sub-screen configuration units 97A to 97N. As a result, the frame images appear from a predetermined direction in each of the sub display devices (for example, 9B to 9E) in the movement section as shown in FIG. 6C by the corresponding sub screen configuration units 97A to 97Z. The moving image of the frame image disappearing from the opposite direction is displayed, and then the state where the frame image stops near the center of the square is displayed on the sub display device (for example, 9F) which is the movement stop position.

  Subsequently, the dice effect processing unit 95 executes a display process for displaying an image showing the state of the winning combination lottery (step S46). In other words, in this process, the dice effect processing unit 95 draws a winning combination corresponding to the symbol displayed on the sub display device in which the image of the frame moved in step S45 is stopped on the main display device 8. And the data for displaying the result of the lottery is generated and transmitted to the main screen configuration unit 96. Thereby, the main screen configuration unit 96 displays an image showing the winning combination lottery state and the lottery result as shown in FIG.

  Specifically, when winning of the winning combination is determined in step S41, an effect image (FIG. 7 (a)) for notifying that the lottery is to be performed by displaying the symbol of the winning winning combination is displayed. After that, an image for notifying that the winning has been won as shown in FIG. 7B (an image showing that the “winning” lottery has popped out of the lottery box) is displayed. When the loss is determined in step S41, an effect image (FIG. 7A) that displays the symbol corresponding to the outcome C1 determined by lottery or the like in step S42 and announces that the lottery is to be performed is displayed. After the display, an image for notifying that the winning has not been won as shown in FIG. 7C (an image showing a state where a lottery ticket has popped out of the lottery box) is displayed.

  The dice effect process is completed when the process in step S46 is completed or when it is determined not to execute the dice effect in step S47.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in the reel rotation processing in step S <b> 4, the reel control unit 98 transmits a reel rotation start signal that causes the reel devices 3 </ b> L, 3 </ b> C, 3 </ b> R, etc. to rotate each reel, thereby 3L, 3C, and 3R drive a stepping motor (not shown) to rotate the reel.

  Thereafter, in step S5, the reel control unit 98 waits for a stop signal assigned to the “stop rotation of the left reel”, the “stop rotation of the middle reel” or the “stop rotation of the right reel” from the stop switch. In response to the input, stop processing for stopping the rotation of the corresponding reel device (3L, 3C and 3R) is executed (step S6). Specifically, the reel control unit 98 transmits a stop signal to the corresponding reel device (3L, 3C, and 3R), so that the reel device (3L, 3C, and 3R) stops the driving of the stepping motor and the reel device. Stop rotating

  The processing of step S5 to step S7 is repeatedly executed until the stop operation of all the reel devices 3L, 3C, 3R is completed. When all the stop operations are completed (step S7: YES), the game result determination unit 99 determines the game result based on the stop symbol (step S8), and if any of the general winning combinations (for example, “Bell combination”) is established, the medal paying unit 100 wins a prize. A medal payout process for a predetermined amount predetermined for each combination is executed (step S9), and if any special combination (for example, “red seven combination”) is established, special game processing is performed. A special game process (step S10) by the execution unit 101 is executed.

  The present invention has been described based on the exemplary embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. is there.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the form in which the dice effect process and the reel rotation process are executed in parallel in step S4 of FIG. 4 is described. However, for example, any reel before the reel rotation process is performed. The above-mentioned dice effect processing may be executed at an arbitrary timing such as when all the reels are stopped, or when the start lever 5 is pressed or on each of the left, center and right reels. You may make it the form which advances the display in the said dice effect process in steps according to the timing when corresponding stop button 6L, 6C, 6R etc. were pressed down.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although demonstrated in the said FIG.4 and FIG.5 as an example the case where the cell of a predetermined grid was displayed for each sub-display apparatus 9A-9Z, in addition to this, for example, Each time the start lever 5 is pressed, the square image displayed on each sub display device 9 may be selected and determined by lottery.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, in FIG.4 and FIG.5, it demonstrated as an example the case where the predetermined | prescribed sub display apparatus by which a frame image is initially arranged at the time of a game start was predetermined, but besides this, For example, the sub display device in which the frame image is initially arranged every time the start lever 5 is pressed may be selected and determined by lottery.

  Moreover, it is also possible to replace all or some of the plurality of sub display devices 9A to 9Z in the above embodiment with a display device having a rectangular shape and a larger display screen size.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the form which does not mount illuminating devices, such as a light bulb, a fluorescent lamp, LED, etc. which were mounted in the conventional game machine, it is set as the form which mounts the said illuminating device besides this. good.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the form which represents the production | presentation relevant to the content (symbol) displayed on the sub display device in which the frame stopped, it is related to the content displayed on the main display device. It is also possible to display the effect on the sub display device.

The top view explaining the front external appearance structure of the spinning cylinder type game machine to which this invention is applied. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the control system mounted in the housing | casing of the swivel type game machine of FIG. The block diagram explaining the structure of a functional block. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of 1 game. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of a dice effect process. Explanatory drawing explaining the one aspect | mode of the display image which concerns on dice production. Explanatory drawing explaining the one aspect | mode of the display image which concerns on dice production.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cylinder-type game machine, 2 ... Perspective window, 3L, 3C, 3R ... Reel device, 4 ... Medal slot, 5 ... Start lever, 6L, 6C, 6R ... Stop button, 7 ... BET button, 8 ... main display device, 9A to 9Z ... sub display device, 10 ... sub display device, 11 ... saucer part, 12a, 12b ... Speaker unit, 20 ... main control board, 30 ... main image control board, 40A to 40Z, 50 ... sub-control board, 60 ... acoustic control board, 70 ... hopper device, 80 ... -Power supply device, S ... various switches, 90 ... game processing unit, 91 ... medal processing unit, 92 ... flag recording unit, 93 ... lottery execution unit, 94 ... lottery table, 95 ... Dice effect processing unit, 96 ... Main screen configuration unit, 97A 97Z ... sub screen construction unit, 98 ... reel control unit, 99 ... game result determination unit, 100 ... medal payout unit, 101 ... special game processing executing unit

Claims (5)

A gaming machine that performs a game process including a lottery for a winning combination when a predetermined lottery condition is established, and pays out game media based on a result of the lottery,
A gaming machine comprising a plurality of display devices on a front surface of a housing, wherein an image for notifying a result of the lottery is displayed on the plurality of display devices.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of display control units that individually control image display in each of the plurality of display devices.   As the plurality of display devices, a main display device having a display screen of a predetermined size, and a plurality of sub display devices having a display screen of a size smaller than the main display device, the plurality of sub display devices, The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machines are arranged along a front peripheral edge of the housing. The front of the housing is divided into a plurality of areas in which one or a plurality of the sub display devices are arranged,
The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein an image associated in advance for each of the divided arrangement areas is displayed on the sub display device.   The gaming machine according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the sub display device has a vertically long or horizontally long rectangular shape.

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