JP2008220831A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of performing a new and expansible bubble performance on the front surface of a game area while suppressing the increase of cost, labor and time for manufacturing it. <P>SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine includes: a pair of transparent glass 9 held in a front door 7, and arranged with a gap SP between the two pieces of glass 9a, 9b; and an air pump unit 61 where a sealed space constituted of the gap SP is filled with water W and bubbles are generated in the water from the lower part of the gap SP. Consequently, a state where the air bubbles generated by the air pump unit 61 go upward is displayed as an expansible performance by using the whole game area 3a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine configured to produce using a liquid such as water.

  Generally, as a game machine, for example, a pachinko machine, a game ball staying in a ball tray is launched into the game area of the game board according to the operation of the launch handle, and then led to obstacle nails or windmills in the game area. There is known a structure configured to flow down the board surface and enter various winning holes, or flow into an out port at the lower part of the game board without entering (see Patent Document 1).

  In such a pachinko machine, when a player enters a general winning opening, a corresponding number of game balls are paid out, and when a player enters a starting chucker, a jackpot lottery is performed based on this and a predetermined number The game balls are paid out, and a predetermined effect display is performed on the screen of an image display device such as a liquid crystal provided in the central portion of the game board according to the result of the lottery. When a big hit is generated, a big winning opening called an attacker is opened, and a large amount of game balls are paid out in response to the entry.

  On the other hand, as a display device provided in such a pachinko machine, it consists of a transparent water tank with a liquid in which a large number of small holes that can discharge bubbles are arbitrarily arranged, and a specific pattern or character by controlling the discharge timing of the bubbles from the small holes Has been proposed (see Patent Document 2). In the display device, it is said that the effect produced by the bubbles in the water tank and the effect produced by the image display device can be overlapped by being integrated with the image display device arranged behind.

JP 2003-236210 A JP 2005-143546 A

  However, in the display device described in Patent Document 2 described above, when the size of the screen of the image display device arranged on the center decoration of a general pachinko machine is taken into consideration, such a screen is superimposed. In order to produce an effect, it is inevitably necessary to release bubbles that match the size of the screen. For this reason, there exists a problem that the magnitude | size, density, etc. of the bubble to discharge | release arise.

  In addition, since it is necessary to provide a new member such as a transparent water tank in front of the screen of the image display device, it is necessary to increase the manufacturing cost and the number of manufacturing steps, and to secure a space where the water tank can be disposed. Become.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a gaming machine that is configured to provide a novel and expansive bubble effect on the front of the gaming area while suppressing an increase in manufacturing costs and labor, thereby solving the above-described problems. It is the purpose.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 6) includes a front door (7) supported to be openable and closable on the front surface of the main body (6). ) Forming a game board (3), and two transparent plate members (9a, 9b) that cover the game area (3a) and are arranged to face the game board (3). In the gaming machine (1) for playing a game ball in the gaming area (3a),
The two transparent plate members (9a, 9b) are arranged with a gap (SP) between the two transparent plate members (9a, 9b), and further constituted by the gap (SP). Fill the sealed space with light-transmissive liquid (W),
Comprising foam generating means (61) for generating bubbles in the liquid (W) from the lower part of the gap (SP),
The gaming machine (1) is characterized by this.

According to the second aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 2, 3 and 5), the foam generating means (61) includes a foam discharge amount control means (63) for controlling the amount of foam released. ,
A gaming machine (1) according to claim 1.

According to a third aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 3), the liquid is made of a colored liquid material that maintains light permeability.
A gaming machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention (see, for example, FIGS. 3 and 5), the front door (7) projects light into the gap (SP) between the two transparent plate members (9a, 9b). Part (67),
A gaming machine (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

  Note that the reference numerals in the parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for convenience to facilitate understanding of the invention and has no influence on the description of the claims. It is not a thing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the two transparent plate members of the front door are arranged with a gap between the two transparent plate members, and further, in a sealed space formed by the gap. And a bubble generating means for filling the liquid with light permeability and generating bubbles in the liquid from the lower part of the gap. Thereby, since a bubble can be produced | generated in the position of the transparent board member of a front door nearest to a player's eyes, the powerful effect by this bubble can be provided to a player.

  Further, the state of the foam generated by the foam generating means is visually recognized by the player from the lower part to the upper part of the two transparent plate members of the front door, that is, in the entire range in the height direction in the game area. , It will be possible to produce a wide range of effects using the entire game area. Therefore, even if the player recognizes the generated bubbles in the indirect field of view, he / she can afford to enjoy the bubble production in a relaxed manner since he / she can afford to recognize the bubbles directly after the recognition. And contributes to the improvement of decoration.

  In addition, even in the horizontal width direction in the game area 3a, it is possible to produce a bubble using the entire width direction, so a relatively large capacity bubble is used to provide a wide effect using the entire game area. be able to.

  Moreover, since the apparatus which comprises the foam production in this invention is formed using transparent board members, such as an acrylic board and glass, which are arrange | positioned at game machines, such as a common pachinko machine, arrangement which should be newly secured It is possible to provide a player with a novel effect using bubbles while the space is small and the increase in the cost of manufacturing members and the increase in work man-hours are suppressed.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the foam generating means has the foam discharge amount control means for controlling the amount of foam released, the amount of foam generated by the foam generating means can be selected according to the effect. Various changes can be made. This makes it possible, for example, to generate a large amount of the latter bubbles with bubbles generated at the time of normal reach and bubbles generated at the time of super reach. You will be able to recognize them easily. In addition, it is possible to shape characters and the like with the generated bubbles, and more detailed information, messages, etc. can be transmitted to the player.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the liquid is made of a colored liquid material that maintains light transmittance, the bubbles generated by the bubble generating means can be visually recognized by the color of the liquid material, and are colorless. The player can be provided with a decoration that is different from a transparent liquid material.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the front door has the light projection unit that projects light into the gap between the two transparent plate members, the front door is generated by the bubble generating means and floats up in front of the game area. The foam can be projected by emitting light to decorate the foam, and more decorativeness can be imparted to the foam effect.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention, a pachinko machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In each of the embodiments described later, the gaming machine of the present invention is described as a so-called one type of pachinko machine, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other types of pachinko machines. is there. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external structure of the pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine (game machine) 1 plays a game while launching a game ball (so-called pachinko ball) toward the game area 3 a of the game board 3 by operating the launch handle 2. It is configured to pay out a number of game balls corresponding to the game balls that have entered the attacker 5 in a state where a big hit such as a probability change has occurred. Per probability change (also referred to as “probable per change”) means that, when the jackpot of the probability variation mode is won as a result of the lottery, it is advantageous to the player at least until the next jackpot is drawn in the gaming state in the probability variation mode. It means a special state that can add value. On the other hand, there is a “normal hit” as a big hit that does not become the special state.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a frame-shaped housing (main body) 6 having an opening, and a front door 7 attached to the housing 6 so as to be opened and closed. A glass frame 10 having a transparent glass pair 9 is attached to the front surface of the front door 7 so as to be openable and closable. This transparent glass pair 9 is composed of a pair of glasses (two transparent plate members) 9a and 9b arranged at a distance G and overlapping in the front-rear direction, and the back side of the glass 9b arranged on the back side thereof. The game board 3 is arranged so as to face the glasses 9a and 9b. The glasses 9a and 9b constitute a bubble effect device 60 described later. The details of the bubble effect device 60 will be described later in detail. The glass frame 10 is in a state in which the entire front surface of the housing 6 is integrally covered with the front door 7 being closed, and the game board 3 can be visually recognized from the back side of the transparent glass pair 9. The gaming machine main body is constituted by the housing 6 and the front door 7. The material of the transparent glass pair 9 is not particularly limited as long as it is a transparent material other than glass, such as acrylic or polycarbonate, and has a hardness that does not hinder the game.

  Illumination lighting devices 11 are disposed in front of the glass frame 10 and on the left and right sides of the game board 3, and speakers (not shown) are provided on the upper left and right sides of the front surface of the glass frame 10 and on the left and right sides of the lower plate unit 16. The sound emitting devices 12 having the above are respectively disposed. An effect lighting device 8 is disposed between the sound emitting devices 12 and 12 at the upper part of the front surface of the glass frame 10.

  A locking device 13 for locking or releasing the front door 7 to the housing 6 side is disposed on the right side of the central portion of the glass frame 10 when viewed from the front. Moreover, the code | symbol 14 in FIG. 1 has shown the guide rail which guides the game ball struck by the launcher not shown to the game board 3 side. The pachinko machine 1 has an out-ball passage (not shown) that guides a game ball that has fallen without winning in the game area 3a during the game and entered the out-port (not shown) to the back side of the pachinko machine. Is provided.

  A dish unit 16 is provided in the lower center of the front side of the glass frame 10 to hold a game ball being played. A game ball including a prize ball and a rental ball is supplied to the upper right part of the dish unit 16. A ball supply port 17 is provided, and a ball lending button 19 a and a prepaid card return button 19 b are provided on the upper right wall surface of the dish unit 16. On the left side of the central portion of the dish unit 16, a game ball on the dish unit 16 is discharged from the vicinity of a ball launcher (not shown) through a ball discharge port (not shown) below the dish unit. A single ball release button 20a is provided, and a second ball for discharging the game ball on the plate unit 16 downward from the vicinity of the ball supply port 17 through the ball discharge port is provided below the center of the plate unit 16. An extraction button 20b is provided.

  In addition, a launching handle 2 for operating the ball launching device to launch a game ball toward the game board 3 is provided below the right side of the dish unit 16 in the glass frame 10. Further, a pedestal portion 15 and an ashtray 21 are disposed on the lower left side of the dish unit 16, and a game participation button 22 is disposed in the center portion of the pedestal portion 15, and the participation button 22 Selection buttons 18a and 18b are arranged on the left and right, respectively.

  A center ornament 23 having a stage S is disposed at the center of the game area 3a. On the lower left and right sides of the center ornament 23, there are arranged prize winning openings 25 and 26 for performing general winnings that do not contribute to the jackpot lottery. Below the center ornament 23, the starter chucker 27 and the attacker 5 are sequentially provided. It is arranged.

  The start chucker 27 receives a prize that can trigger a big hit lottery execution, and is actuated by a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 69 (see FIG. 5) so as to open and close between an open position and a closed position. A pair of obstacle nails 30 as so-called life nails are driven directly above the starting chucker 27.

  The attacker 5 is released when a big hit occurs, and wins a game ball that is launched into the game area 3a of the game board 3 and rolls and falls. Is closed at the time of completion, and the opening / closing operation is repeated 15 times (that is, 15 rounds). Note that the number of balls entered and the number of opening / closing operations are not limited to nine or fifteen, and can be appropriately set as necessary.

  In the game area 3a, windmills 31 are disposed on four sides of the center decoration 23, and a through gate 32 is disposed on the left side of the starting chucker 27 below the stage S. The through gate 32 is an accessory through which a game ball is passed as a trigger for a normal symbol lottery for opening and closing the starter chucker 27.

  A game ball spilled from the stage S of the center ornament 23 or a ball dropped from the stage S without being involved in the stage S after being fired around the through gate 32, the winning holes 25 and 26, the starter chucker 27, etc. in the game area 3a. A number of obstacle nails including the obstacle nail 33 for driving the incoming game ball to be appropriately scattered or guided to the incoming ball are driven.

  The center decoration 23 has an opening 36 for exposing the image display device 35 fixed to the game board 3 side at the center, a warp introduction port 37 at the upper left, and the opening 36 below. A stage S is provided, and a release ball that rolls on the lower side of the stage S and falls into a drop hole (not shown) at a predetermined position of the stage S is released toward the starting chucker 27. An outlet 49 is provided. A pair of obstacle nails 39 is driven into the warp introduction port 37 so as to face the warp introduction port 37. A large number of obstacle nails (not shown) are also driven around the warp introduction port 37 and on the upper side so as to scatter the game balls as appropriate or guide them to the incoming balls. In this pachinko machine 1, the game proceeds so that the game ball Ba launched into the game area 3 a can enter the starter chucker 27 or the like via the stage S or directly without the stage S. It is done.

  Note that the phrase “introducing warp” means that the game ball launched into the game area 3a is placed on the start chuck 27 without passing through a notch (not shown) located relatively below the game area 3a. It is a concept that means to lead to. The “road nail” means a row of a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) driven to the left and right of the starting chucker 27 in the game area 3a. It plays the role of leading to the starting chucker 27 direction.

  Next, the bubble effect device 60 having the characteristics of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 is a side sectional view showing the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 cut along the line AA and viewed in the direction of the arrows, and FIG. 3 shows bubbles in the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 28 is a front view showing the outline of the effect device 60 and an example of bubbles released by the bubble effect device 60. The light projection device 67 will be described in a modification of the present embodiment described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the transparent glass pair 9 of the front door 7 has a glass 9a disposed on the front side (right side of the front view in the figure) and a glass 9b disposed on the back side (left side of the front view in the figure). ing. The glass 9a and the glass 9b are separated from each other by a distance G so that a gap SP is formed, and the upper and lower sides and the left and right sides of the gap SP are sealed by a plate-like member 62 to form a sealed space. Yes. A light-transmitting liquid, for example, water (liquid) W is disposed in the gap SP, and the liquid level is filled to such an extent that it is located in the vicinity of the plate-like member 62 at the upper end.

  In addition, the plate-like member 62 at the lower end portion is provided with a plurality of through holes so as to be uniform in the left-right width direction of the transparent glass pair 9, and each through-hole is sent from the air pump 61a. Nozzles 61 c for discharging air into the water W are fitted. The nozzle 61c and the air pump 61a are connected to each other by an air pipe 61b, and an air pump unit (bubble generating means) 61 is configured by the air pump 61a, the air pipe 61b, and the nozzle 61c. The outline of the air pump unit 61 in a front view is shown by the broken line in FIG. The illustration is omitted as being sequentially arranged in the direction of the arrow.

  In the air pump unit 61, when the air supplied from the air pump 61a is discharged from the nozzle 61c, for example, bubbles A1 as shown in FIG. And when this bubble a1 reaches to the upper end part of the transparent glass pair 9, it will be discharged | emitted outside from the discharge path 65 arrange | positioned at the plate-shaped member 62 of this upper end part.

  The air pump unit 61 has a valve control means 63 for controlling the amount of air sent from the air pump 61a, that is, the amount of air released from the nozzle 61c. The valve control means 63 controls an electromagnetic valve (not shown) based on a signal from the effect control means 90 described later, and controls the amount of air released from the nozzle 61c.

  Next, the back structure of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the rear structure of the pachinko machine 1.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a prize ball tank 43 is attached to the upper left side of the back of the front door of the pachinko machine 1, and the sub control board 38 and the main control board are located below the prize ball tank 43. 40 and the payout control board 51 are arranged in this order. An external terminal plate 52 is attached to the upper right side of the rear surface of the front door. Below the external terminal plate 52, an alignment standby passage 45, a prize ball device 46, a prize ball discharge passage 47, and a power supply unit 41 are provided. , And a launch control board 53 for a launcher (not shown) are arranged in this order. A locking device 13 is disposed on the left side of the back surface of the front door 7 of the pachinko machine 1.

  Next, the control system of the pachinko machine 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The figure is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine.

  That is, the present control system includes a game control device 80, a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 69, an attacker opening / closing solenoid 70, a sound emitting device 12, and production lighting devices 8, 11 electrically connected to the game control device 80. The image display device 35, the air pump 61 a and the electromagnetic valve 71 in the bubble effect device 60, and a light projection device (light projection unit) 67 are provided. The light projection device 67 will be described with reference to FIG. 5, but the processing operation will be described in a modification of the present embodiment described later.

  The game control device 80 includes the main control board 40 and the sub control board 38 shown in FIG. The main control board 40 manages the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 in an integrated manner, and includes a system program for managing the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 and a semiconductor memory in which a game execution program is stored in advance. And a storage unit (not shown) and a microprocessor (MPU) (not shown) that executes these programs. The sub-control board 38 is mainly configured to perform display control of image display, effects such as sound effects, and effect light.

  The game control device 80 includes a winning determination means 81, a winning signal output means 82, a lottery means 83, a normal symbol lottery means 85, a game control means 86, a holding means 87, an operation control means 88, an effect control means 90, and a display control means 91. And valve control means (bubble discharge amount control means) 63.

  In the winning determination means 81, a game ball launched into the game area 3a by a launching device (not shown) that is operated by operating the launching handle 2 wins any of the starting chucker 27, the winning openings 25 and 26, the attacker 5, etc. When it is, it is determined that there has been a prize.

  The winning signal output means 82 outputs a winning signal indicating that winning has been made to the corresponding start chucker 27, winning openings 25 and 26, attacker 5, etc., when winning determination is determined by the winning determination means 81.

  When the winning signal corresponding to the starting chucker 27 is input from the winning signal output means 82, the lottery means 83 obtains a random number value in response to a winning with less than the maximum number of reserved balls (for example, four), and performs a big hit lottery. Execute. If the lottery means 83 wins per probability variation in the big win lottery, the lottery means 83 is a lottery based on the random number of the effect stored in the effect memory (not shown). As a result of the change, the lottery means 83 such as “333” and “777” A variation pattern indicating that the symbols are finally aligned on the jackpot effective line on the screen of the image display device 35 is determined, and a variation pattern signal indicating that is output. The “big hit effective line” means a position (line) where symbols should be arranged in a row in order to obtain a big hit.

  In addition, when the lottery means 83 is a big hit lottery, the lottery is a lottery based on the production random number value. As a result, the symbols such as “222” and “444” are finally arranged on the big hit valid line. A change pattern to that effect is determined, and a change pattern signal to that effect is output. Furthermore, if the lottery means 83 is lost in the jackpot lottery, the lottery based on the production random number is used, and as a result of the fluctuation, the symbols such as “258” and “186” corresponding to the failure are finally displayed on the jackpot active line. A variation pattern indicating that they are aligned is determined, and a variation pattern signal indicating that is output.

  The normal symbol lottery means 85 triggers the normal symbol lottery to determine whether or not the start chucker 27 is to be opened / closed within the range of the number of reserved balls (for example, four) of the normal symbol lottery. Run as.

  The game control means 86 sends to the effect control means 90 an instruction that triggers the sound emitting device 12 and the effect lighting devices 8 and 11 to produce effects such as sound emission and light emission driving. Further, the game control means 86 sends a command to the effect control means 90 as an opportunity to cause the air pump 61a in the bubble effect device 60 to release air and cause a specific effect (hereinafter also referred to as a bubble effect). Further, the game control means 86 displays a signal relating to the contents of the effect related to the jackpot lottery to be displayed on the screen of the image display device 35 in accordance with the preset effect data and the lottery result in the lottery means 83. Send to 91.

  The holding unit 87 receives the variation pattern signal output from the lottery unit 83 and sequentially stores the variation pattern as a holding ball that is a result of the lottery performed each time the winning is made to the starting chucker 27. The storage status is lit and displayed on a jackpot lottery hold display device (not shown) so that there are a maximum of four hold balls. The holding means 87 always determines whether or not the number of held balls is four. While the number of held balls is four, the big hit lottery is not performed regardless of the winning to the starting chucker 27. Note that the number of reserved balls that are lit and displayed as the reserved balls is not limited to the “maximum of four”, and may be set as appropriate, for example, three or less or five or more.

  The holding means 87 sequentially outputs a signal related to the fluctuation pattern that is held (stored), and prevents the next fluctuation pattern signal from being output until the effect display based on the fluctuation pattern signal ends. A variation prohibition flag is set (turned on), and a symbol variation timer (not shown) for measuring the time for releasing the turned symbol variation prohibition flag is set, and the number of held balls according to the output of the variation pattern signal Is decremented by 1. The holding means 87 stores the result of the big hit lottery in response to the winning to the starting chucker 27 performed by the lottery means 83 as the holding ball when the number of held balls becomes less than four according to the consumption of the holding balls. Then, the number of reserved balls is incremented by one.

  The operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the start chucker opening / closing solenoid 69 at a predetermined timing to operate the solenoid 69 and open / close the start chucker 27. In addition, the operation control means 88 sends a drive signal to the attacker opening / closing solenoid 70 at a predetermined timing, and controls the attacker 5 to open / close for 15 rounds.

  In response to the command from the game control means 86, the effect control means 90 performs sound emission driving of the sound emitting device 12, and effects the lighting devices 8 and 11 to emit light to perform an effect appealing to the player's hearing and vision. . In addition, in response to the command of the game control means 86, the effect control means 90 transmits a signal for controlling the drive of the electromagnetic valve 71 to the valve control means 63, and further the amount controlled by the electromagnetic valve 71 to the air pump 61a. It is driven to release the air of the player and produces an effect that appeals to the player's vision. Further, the effect control means 90 responds to the command of the game control means 86 according to the effect, and produces an effect appealing to the player's vision by driving the light projection device 67 to emit light when releasing air from the air pump 61a. Do.

  The display control means 91 drives the image display device 35 in accordance with the signal from the game control means 86, and displays effects such as contents centering on the big win lottery results so as to appeal to the player's vision. At that time, the display control means 91 displays each lottery result by the lottery means 83 according to the signal from the game control means 86. The valve control means 63 drives the electromagnetic valve 71 in accordance with the signal from the effect control means 90, and adjusts the amount of air released from the air pump 61a according to each bubble effect.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 3 described above.

  That is, when a player who is seated facing the pachinko machine 1 holds the launch handle 2 and rotates it to an appropriate angle (step S1), the game ball 3 is played at predetermined time intervals by the operation of the launch device. Fired continuously towards Then, a large number of game balls that are launched into the game area 3a and rolling and falling win the starting chucker 27 and winning holes 25 and 26 in a timely manner, or roll and fall without being involved in the game area 3a. It is discharged to the back side of the game board 3 from the lowermost outlet (not shown).

  When a part of the game ball launched into the game area 3a enters the warp introduction port 37, the game ball is released onto the stage S and then rolls along the inclination of the stage S. Falls into the game area 3a as it is, and some is discharged from the discharge port 49 toward the starter chucker 27 and wins the chucker 27 with a high winning probability (approximately 100%).

  By the way, when a game ball wins either the start chucker 27 or the winning openings 25 and 26, the winning determination means 81 determines the winning and the winning signal output means 82 outputs a winning signal (step S2). ). At this time, the holding unit 87 sequentially transmits a signal related to the fluctuation pattern being held to the display control unit 91 via the game control unit 86, and decrements the number of held balls by 1 in response to the transmission of the fluctuation pattern signal. . Also, the holding means 87 stores the result of the big hit lottery corresponding to the winning to the starting chucker 27 performed by the lottery means 83 as a holding ball according to the consumption of the holding ball, and increments the number of the holding balls by one.

  If the lottery means 83 turns on the winning flag in step S3, if the lottery means 83 turns on the winning flag, the lottery based on the effect random number value stored in the effect memory will determine the type of jackpot, that is, the variation pattern corresponding to the probability change or normal hit. Is determined.

  Thereby, in step S4, the winning symbol to be displayed on the image display device 35 is set, and the lottery means 83 outputs the fluctuation pattern signal to that effect and until the effect display based on the fluctuation pattern signal is completed. Turns on the symbol variation prohibition flag to prevent transmission of the next variation pattern signal, sets a symbol variation timer for measuring the time to release the turned on symbol variation prohibition flag, and transmits the variation pattern signal. In response to this, the number of reserved balls is decremented by one. On the other hand, when the winning is a lottery lottery, a variation pattern is determined in which lottery based on a random number value stored in the effect memory results in the final matching of symbols corresponding to the loss as a result of the variation. As a result, the off symbol displayed on the image display device 35 is set, and the lottery means 83 outputs a variation pattern signal to that effect, turns on the symbol variation prohibition flag, sets the symbol variation timer, and sets the variation pattern. The number of reserved balls is decremented by 1 in response to the signal transmission.

  As described above, the display control unit 91 drives the image display device 35 in a timely manner based on the fact that the game control unit 86 transmits a signal related to the contents of effects to be displayed on the image display device 35 to the display control unit 91. Then, the contents related to the jackpot lottery result are displayed so as to appeal to the player's vision (step S5). At this time, if a command is issued from the game control means 86, the effect control means 90 drives the sound emitting device 12 to emit sound in accordance with the effect display of the image display device 35, and turns the effect lighting devices 8 and 11. The light emission is driven, or the air pump 61a in the bubble effect device 60 is discharged to control the operation so that the effect display is raised.

  Here, the rendering operation of the bubble rendering device 60 will be described. Of the effect display of the jackpot lottery result by the image display device 35, for example, the reach state is given the same number along one jackpot effective line (not shown) set so that three decorative symbols are arranged. When two decorative symbols are arranged and another one of the same decorative symbols is aligned on the jackpot active line, a jackpot occurs (actually, the jackpot already determined by the lottery means 83 appears).

  In the case as described above, the decorative pattern of the same number passes through the remaining position on the jackpot active line together with the decorative pattern of other numbers, but the display control means according to the determined jackpot lottery result When the effect is developed by the control of 92, the bubble effect device 60 starts to operate, the reach that has already occurred becomes super reach, and the sense of expectation for the occurrence of the big hit is increased. If it develops to this super reach, the production | presentation control means 90 will discharge | release air in the water W through the air pipe 61b and the nozzle 61c from the air pump 61a in the bubble production | presentation apparatus 60, and will perform a bubble production | presentation. When air is released from the air pump 61a into the water W, bubbles are generated from the lower portion of the transparent glass pair 9, and the bubbles cross the front of the game area 3a, that is, in front of the player's eyes from the bottom to the top. It will be possible to produce a novel and highly decorative production that attracts the attention of the person.

  By the way, in such a bubble production, the production control means 90 sends a signal to the valve control means 63 so that the amount of foam released according to the degree of super-reach hit (expected degree of jackpot), and the valve control The means 63 controls the amount of air released from the air pump 61a into the water W.

  For example, when a predetermined signal is sent from the production control means 90 to the valve control means 63, the valve control means 63 has three stages of sizes such as bubbles a2, a3, and a4 shown in the pattern P1 of FIG. Control information for generating bubbles is stored in advance, and the discharge amount is controlled so as to change the size of the bubbles into bubbles a2, bubbles a3, and bubbles a4 in descending order of expectation of super reach. By giving such a bubble effect, the player can easily recognize the high expectation level of the big hit by looking at the size of the released bubble.

  Further, as another pattern, the valve control means 63 does not emit bubbles from the left and right sides in the left-right width direction of the game area 3a as in the bubble a5 shown in the pattern P2, but only from the vicinity of the center in the left-right width direction. In this manner, the amount of foam released from the air pump 61a is controlled in position. This provides the player with a novel and novel effect that causes the bubble a5 to rise from the vicinity of the center of the game area 3a at a predetermined timing and synchronizes with the effect display of the image display device 35, and the decorativeness of the pachinko machine 1 And it becomes possible to improve the interest.

  Further, as another pattern, the valve control means 63 controls the air discharged from the air pump 61a in terms of position and time for each nozzle 61c, such as the bubble a6 shown in the pattern P3. 3 is controlled to form an arrow). In the case of directing with the design of the arrow as shown in FIG. 3, for example, a rule on the effect in advance is that when the arrow is upward, it is a hot effect, and when the arrow is downward, it is a reverse effect. Decide as. Thereby, the player can easily recognize the high expectation level of the big hit by looking at the shape of the released foam.

  When a lottery result appearing on the screen of the image display device 35 is determined to be a big hit in the ball game while visually recognizing the display by the bubble effect, the operation control means 88 is configured to open the attacker opening / closing solenoid at a predetermined timing. A driving signal is sent to 70, the solenoid 70 is operated to open the attacker 5, and the operation of closing every time a predetermined number of winnings are completed (or a predetermined time elapses) is repeated for a predetermined round. As a result, a large amount of game balls corresponding to the game balls won in the attacker 5 are paid out from the ball supply port 17 to the dish unit 16 (step S6).

  Next, the modification accompanying the bubble production | presentation of the bubble production | generation apparatus 60 mentioned above is demonstrated with reference to FIG.

  In the pachinko machine 1 according to this modification, a light projection device 67 is disposed in the upper left portion of the bubble effect device 60 when viewed from the front, and the light projection device 67 includes an LED (not shown) and a substrate that supports the LED. Have. Then, the light projection device 67 projects the colorless light L from the LED toward the right in the front view of the pachinko machine 1 substantially horizontally with the game board 3.

  In the present pachinko machine 1, when the reach is developed to the super reach in the reach generation stage, the effect control means 90 releases air into the water W from the air pump 61 a in the bubble effect device 60 through the air pipe 61 b and the nozzle 61 c. When this air rises from the lower part of the game area 3a to above the center decoration 23, for example, it becomes a bubble a7 shown in FIG. At this time, the bubble a7 reflects / diffuses the light L from the light projection device 67, and is viewed by the seated player as if the bubble a7 emits light and shines, and the game of the pachinko machine 1 Property and decorativeness are improved.

  The light projection device 67 only needs to be in a light emitting state when the bubble effect is produced by the bubble effect device 60, and the light emitting state at times other than the bubble effect is not particularly limited. Further, during the light emission in the bubble effect, the light projection device 67 may be controlled to blink. In this modification, the light L is described as colorless. However, the light L may be colored light such as blue or red, and it is possible to play a game by using a color according to the theme of the pachinko machine or each effect. And improvement of decorativeness can be achieved.

  In the present embodiment described above, a colorless and transparent liquid material such as water W is used, but a liquid material colored in blue or red, for example, while maintaining light transmittance may be used. The type of color is not particularly limited. Thereby, the bubble produced | generated in the air pump unit 61 can be visually recognized now with the color of the said liquid material, and can provide a player with the bubble production different from a colorless and transparent liquid material, such as water W. It will be a thing.

  Further, when a bubble effect is produced in the bubble effect device 60, a sound or the like may be output in synchronization. For example, when a bubble effect is produced in the pattern P2 of FIG. 12 may be driven to emit sound.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, since it was supposed that the bubble of air was produced | generated in the water W, it demonstrated as what floats when a bubble was produced | generated, but the kind of the liquid with which the bubble production apparatus 60 is filled, Depending on the type of gas generated, the bubble may be temporarily suspended or subsidized even if temporarily, and the operation of the bubble is limited only to those that rise. is not. In addition, the bubbles generated in the bubble effect device 60 may vary in operation depending on the pressure, temperature, etc. of the filled liquid, but the same is true in such a case.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the transparent glass pair 9 included in the front door 7 is arranged with the gap SP between the two glasses 9a and 9b, and the An air pump unit 61 that fills water W in a sealed space formed by the gap SP and generates bubbles in the water W from the lower portion of the gap SP is provided. Thereby, since a bubble can be produced | generated in the position of the transparent glass pair 9 of the front door 7 nearest to a player's eyes, the powerful production by a bubble can be provided to a player. .

  In addition, the state in which the air bubbles generated by the air pump unit 61 float up from the lower part to the upper part of the transparent glass pair 9 of the front door 7, that is, within the entire range in the height direction in the game area 3a. It is possible to visually recognize the game area 3a, and it is possible to give a broad effect using the entire game area 3a. Therefore, it is possible to take a long time until the bubble (for example, the bubble a1) is generated and disappears, and even if the player recognizes the bubble a1 in the indirect view, it is between the recognition and the direct recognition. Since time can be afforded, the player can enjoy the bubble production with ease and contribute to the improvement of the game and decoration.

  In addition, even in the horizontal width direction in the game area 3a, it is possible to produce bubbles using the entire width direction, so that a relatively large capacity of bubbles can be used to produce a wide effect using the entire game area 3a. Can be applied.

  In addition, in the production using foam in the conventional pachinko machine, since it was necessary to provide a new member such as a transparent water tank in front of the screen of the image display device, it causes an increase in manufacturing cost and manufacturing man-hours, There was a problem that it was necessary to secure a space where the water tank could be arranged. On the other hand, since the bubble effect device 60 in the present embodiment is formed using a transparent plate member such as an acrylic plate or glass arranged in a general pachinko machine or the like, it should be newly secured. The arrangement space is small, and it is possible to provide a player with a novel effect using bubbles (for example, bubbles a1) while suppressing an increase in manufacturing costs and man-hours.

  Moreover, since the air pump unit 61 has the valve control means 63 which controls the discharge | release amount of a bubble (for example, bubble a1), the quantity of the bubble produced | generated with the air pump unit 61 is variously changed according to production. Will be able to. This makes it possible, for example, to generate a large amount of the latter bubbles with bubbles generated at the time of normal reach and bubbles generated at the time of super reach. You will be able to recognize them easily. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to form characters such as arrows and symbols by the bubbles a6, and more detailed information, messages, etc. can be transmitted to the player.

  Moreover, since the front door 7 has the light projection device 67 which projects light into the gap SP between the two glasses 9a and 9b, the front door 7 is generated by the air pump unit 61 and floats up the front of the game area 3a. It is possible to decorate the light by projecting light onto the foam (for example, the bubble a7). Thereby, the further decoration property can be provided with respect to the foam produced | generated by the air pump unit 61 and springing up.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the game machine of this invention is not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, A various correction and change from the structure of the said embodiment. The gaming machine which has been subjected to is also included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a front view which shows the external structure of the pachinko machine in embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing shown in the state which cut | disconnected the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1 along the same FIG. It is the front view which added the outline of the bubble production | presentation apparatus and the example of the bubble which this bubble production | presentation apparatus discharge | releases to the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a rear view which shows the back structure of this pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of this pachinko machine. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action by this pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachislot machines (pachinko machines)
3 Game board 3a Game area 6 Main body (casing)
7 Front doors 9a, 9b Two transparent plate members (glass)
61 Foam generation means (air pump unit)
63 Foam discharge amount control means (valve control means)
67 Light projection unit (light projection device)
SP gap W liquid (water)

Claims (4)

A front door supported in a freely openable / closable manner on the front surface of the main body, the front door including a game board that forms a game area, and two transparent plate members that cover the game area and are opposed to the game board A gaming machine that launches a game ball in the gaming area and plays a game,
The two transparent plate members are arranged with a gap between the two transparent plate members, and further, a liquid having light permeability is filled in a sealed space formed by the gap,
Comprising bubble generating means for generating bubbles in the liquid from the lower part of the gap,
A gaming machine characterized by that. The foam generating means comprises foam release amount control means for controlling the amount of foam released.
The gaming machine according to claim 1. The liquid is made of a colored liquid material that maintains light transparency.
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2. The front door includes a light projection unit that projects light into a gap between the two transparent plate members.
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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