JP2010268914A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko machine capable of displaying the content of a plurality of operating indications to a single piece of music without requiring a bulk memory. <P>SOLUTION: The Pachinko machine, includes a mini-game performance, as one of performance modes, wherein the mini-game proceeding with a game player operating a touch button (60) by following to an operating indication (push-down pattern) in accordance with the music is executed and is developed to a super ready-to-win state when a score acquired in the mini-game is equal to or more than a predetermined score. In the Pachinko machine, a total operating-indication generating part (202) for generating the operating indications selects one by one from data of a plurality of the push-down patterns stored in every section (every measure) of data of a music file, generates a single piece of total operating indication for the music file, and displays the indicated content on a performance display device (34). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that uses a game ball to play a game.

  In general, pachinko machines are provided with a special symbol display device that displays special symbols in the game area in the game board, an effect display device that displays a predetermined effect, a specific winning opening (starting port) that triggers an electronic lottery, etc. When the game ball launched toward the game area wins the specific winning opening, an electronic lottery related to the special symbol is performed, and the special symbol display device changes the special symbol and then stops. Is displayed to notify the result of the electronic lottery. If it is a result of the electronic lottery, a special symbol indicating that it is a special symbol display device is stopped and displayed, and the game state is shifted to a jackpot gaming state that is advantageous to the player. In this jackpot game state, the game ball enters the big winning opening that is exposed by opening and closing the attacker device a predetermined number of times, so that the player can acquire many prize balls.

  Various effects are displayed on the effect display device until it is stopped after the special symbol is changed, and the player enjoys the game while being glad about these effects. Interest is gradually lost when viewing the effect display many times, and in recent years, more sophisticated effects have been devised. For example, an operation unit (touch button) operated by a player is provided, and a screen for operating the operation unit (such as instructing to press the operation unit) is displayed on the effect display device, and the player follows the operation instruction. When the operation unit is operated, an effect is produced in which the effect content displayed on the effect display device changes accordingly. Specifically, there is an effect of performing a notice of whether or not it is a win by operating the operation unit.

  Although not related to a pachinko machine, as shown in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2, an operation instruction (display of operation timing of the operation part, etc.) of the operation part associated with game music is given to the player through the screen, A technique is also known in which a player is provided with a game according to the skill of the player while operating the operation unit in accordance with the operation instruction.

JP 2001-232058 A JP 2007-089896 A

  However, in the above prior art, it is necessary to prepare in advance one operation instruction data for one game music. Therefore, when it is desired to give a plurality of types of operation instructions to a piece of music, it is necessary to store a plurality of operation instruction data in a memory in advance. That is, a large-capacity memory is necessary, which is a factor of high cost. In addition, in the pachinko machine, since the memory capacity is also limited in design, there is a situation that it is difficult to apply the technology as disclosed in the above patent document as it is.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to display a plurality of operation instruction contents for one music without requiring a large-capacity memory. It is to provide rich pachinko machines.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a special design triggered by a game board having a game area in which game balls flow down, a start opening provided in the game area, and a game ball winning in the start opening. A special symbol lottery means for performing electronic lottery, an effect display device for displaying a predetermined effect mode based on a lottery result by the special symbol lottery unit, and an effect mode displayed on the effect display device from a plurality of types Effect mode selection means to be selected, effect display control means for controlling the effect mode selected by the effect mode selection means to be displayed on the effect display device, an operation unit operated by a player, and the special symbol lottery In a pachinko machine equipped with a jackpot game control means that shifts to a jackpot game when a jackpot is won by electronic lottery by means, as one of the plurality of types of presentation modes, In addition, a music file storage unit that stores a music file, and plays music from the data of the music file, including a mini-game production mode in which a mini-game that advances while the player operates the operation unit according to an operation instruction A music playback unit, a speaker for sounding the music played by the music playback unit, an overall operation instruction display means for displaying an overall operation instruction associated with the music of the music file on the effect display device, and the overall operation instruction A partial operation instruction data constituting a part of the music file, which is associated in advance with each music file data section and stores a plurality of partial operation instruction data having different operation instruction contents It is executed when the operation instruction data storage unit and the production mode selection means select the mini game production mode, In accordance with the music file to be used, an overall operation instruction creating means for creating one overall operation instruction by selecting one of the plurality of partial operation instruction data for each of the sections, and the overall operation instruction Evaluation means for evaluating the player's operation with respect to the operation instruction based on the content of the operation and the operation of the operation unit by the player, and a result display means for displaying the result evaluated by the evaluation means on the effect display device. It was set as the structure to do.

  In the pachinko machine configured as described above, when the mini game effect mode is selected, the player listens to the music generated from the speaker and moves the operation unit according to the overall operation display displayed on the effect display device. Play mini-games while operating. Then, the evaluation means evaluates whether the player has operated the operation unit well in response to the operation instruction, and displays the result on the effect display device. Therefore, the player can enjoy the operation by operating the operation unit himself / herself while the mini game effect mode is displayed on the effect display device. That is, according to the present invention, a player participation type effect can be provided.

  Furthermore, the present invention has a great feature in creating an overall operation instruction associated with music file data. First, in the present invention, a plurality of partial operation instruction data associated in advance are stored for each segment of music file data. When one partial operation instruction is selected for each category, one overall operation instruction is created for the music file data. As a means for performing this creation, the present invention includes an overall operation instruction creating means. In other words, the entire operation instruction creating means selects one partial operation instruction for each segment of the music file data, and connects the partial operation instructions selected in order according to the music, so that one piece for one music is connected. Complete operation instructions are completed.

  Here, considering that it is desired to prepare, for example, nine types of overall operation instructions for one music file, conventionally, nine types of overall operation instructions had to be stored in the memory in advance. However, in the present invention, if one music file is divided into two sections and three partial operation instructions are associated with each section and stored, the type of the total operation instruction is 3 × 3 = 9. Can be of type. At this time, as the data capacity, three types of overall operation instructions are sufficient, and the data capacity is one third as compared with the conventional nine types.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a variety of effects can be achieved even with a small memory capacity. Moreover, in recent pachinko machines, the image data used for production is heavy, and how to reduce the memory load is an important issue. By adopting the configuration of the present invention, the memory load can be reduced. It can contribute greatly.

  Note that the “section” in the present invention means one section obtained by arbitrarily classifying music file data. For example, if one section of music is divided, one section becomes one section. Further, if the music file data is divided into so-called intro, A melody, B melody, chorus, etc., each one of them becomes the classification in the present invention.

  The operation instructions in the present invention include, for example, displaying on the effect display device the timing of operating the operation unit for the player in accordance with the rhythm or melody of music, or notifying using sound. Etc. are included.

  In the present invention, “evaluating a player's operation with respect to an operation instruction” means, for example, that when a timing for operating the operation unit is displayed on the effect display device, the player matches the timing. It is determined whether or not the operation unit has been operated, and if it is appropriately (successfully) operated, the evaluation is high, and otherwise, the evaluation is low.

  In addition, “displaying the evaluation result” includes, for example, adding a score every time the operation unit can be operated in a timely manner, displaying the total score at the end of the mini-game, A mode in which the level is displayed is also included.

  Furthermore, in the above-described configuration, the mini game effect mode includes a high-reliability effect indicating that the possibility of the jackpot is high following the mini game when the evaluation result by the evaluation unit satisfies a predetermined condition. And a high-reliability effect determining means for determining in advance whether or not to display the high-reliability effect based on the result of the electronic lottery by the special symbol lottery means. The result of the evaluation that can be obtained by the player's operation is determined in advance for each partial operation instruction, and when the high-reliability effect determination means determines to display the high-reliability effect. The overall operation instruction creating means creates the overall operation instruction by selecting one of the plurality of partial operation instruction data for each of the sections so as to satisfy the predetermined condition. When the high-reliability presentation determining unit determines not to display the high-reliability presentation, the overall operation instruction creating unit is configured to perform the plurality of operations for each category so as not to satisfy the predetermined condition. It is preferable to select the operation instruction data one by one and create the entire operation instruction.

  In this configuration, it is determined whether or not a high-reliability effect is to be performed, and based on this determination, the overall operation instruction creating means creates an overall operation instruction. Specifically, when performing a high-reliability effect, if the operation unit is successfully operated according to the operation instruction during the mini game, an overall operation instruction is always generated so as to satisfy a predetermined condition. On the other hand, when the high-reliability effect is not performed, an overall operation instruction is generated so that a predetermined condition is not satisfied no matter how well the operation unit is operated. Therefore, in this configuration, it is possible to eliminate the problem that the high-reliability effect is not executed even if the predetermined condition is satisfied in the mini game.

  The “predetermined condition” in this configuration includes that the total score at the end of the mini game is equal to or higher than a predetermined score, the skill level is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, and the like.

  The overall operation instruction creating means in this configuration only has to select one partial operation instruction for each segment of the music file data from the partial operation instruction data so as to satisfy a predetermined condition. An overall operation instruction may be created using a simple selection method. That is, as long as an overall operation instruction that satisfies a predetermined condition as a result can be created, it corresponds to the overall operation instruction means regardless of the method. Using the case where the evaluation result is a score, an example of such an overall operation instruction means is as follows. One partial operation instruction is selected for each category, and the total of the scores obtained by these selected partial operation instructions is calculated in advance. First, a combination of partial operation instructions is determined so as to satisfy a predetermined condition (for example, 10,000 points or more). Then, when it is determined that a highly reliable performance is to be performed, a combination exceeding 10,000 points may be selected from the determined combinations to create an overall operation instruction. When it is desired not to satisfy the predetermined condition, such a combination may be determined in the same manner and selected from them.

  As another example, a partial operation instruction corresponding to the first category is selected, a score (for example, 2000 points) that can be obtained by the partial operation instruction is checked, and a predetermined condition (for example, The partial operation instruction score selected in the first division is subtracted from the 10,000 points), and the partial operation instruction to which the remaining score (for example, 10000−2000 = 8000 points) or less is assigned is selected. In other words, when the partial operation instructions are sequentially selected for each category, it may be determined and selected so that the total score does not reach a predetermined value.

  Further, in the above configuration, in the plurality of partial operation instruction data corresponding to the last played segment of the music file data, a player operates the operation unit according to the partial operation instruction. Data of special partial operation instructions that can satisfy the predetermined condition as a result of evaluation by the evaluation means only by performing once, and the overall operation instruction creating means, when the jackpot is won, It is preferable to select a partial operation instruction. In this configuration, only the special partial operation instruction is displayed, and it is possible to know in advance that the jackpot has been won.

  According to the present invention, a partial operation instruction is selected for each segment of music file data to create one overall operation instruction. Therefore, even if a large amount of memory is not required, one piece of music can be recorded. The contents of a plurality of operation instructions can be displayed, and a variety of games can be expanded.

1 is an external perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the state which opened the glass door of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram for demonstrating in detail the production | presentation control process part shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of the pressing pattern shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the combination of the pressing pattern shown in FIG. 5, and a total score. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the effect control process which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 4 performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the mini game production | presentation aspect of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pachinko machine P according to an embodiment of the present invention can be opened and closed in a door-like manner in a machine box 1 having a vertical rectangular shape installed in an island facility of a game arcade. The front frame 2 attached to the front frame 2, the game board 3 housed inside the front frame 2, and a glass door that is attached to the front surface of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and has a large opening 8 at the center. 4, a transparent glass plate 10 attached to the opening 8 of the glass door 4, a front board 6 having a tray 5 that is disposed on the lower side of the front frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed and accommodates a game ball, A launching device 9 provided at the lower part of the front frame 2 and a handle 7 attached to the front board 6 are provided. Furthermore, the speaker 20 is attached to the upper part of the glass door 4 one each right and left, and the various sound effects regarding a game are emitted.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machine P has a main control processing unit 11, an effect control processing unit 12a, a special symbol display control unit 12b, a lamp control processing unit 12c, and a payout control on the back side. A processing unit 12e, a normal symbol display control unit 12f, a firing control processing unit 13, a prize ball payout device 14 and the like are provided. Next, the configuration of the pachinko machine P according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  The game board 3 has a game area 31 on the board surface, and the game area 31 can be observed from the glass plate 10 after being attached to the front frame 2. The game area 31 is partitioned and formed into a substantially circular shape by a guide rail 32 for sliding the game ball and a game ball regulating rail 33, and the game ball launched by the launching device 9 flows down in the game area 31. To do. Further, in the game area 31, a special symbol display device 17, an effect display device 34, a through chucker 21, a normal symbol display device 22, an electric tulip 49, a stage 36, and a start winning opening (start opening). 37, a general winning port 38, an out port 39, a game nail (not shown), a windmill (not shown), an attacker device 41, and the like.

  The effect display device 34 is provided in a substantially central portion of the game board 3 and has a predetermined effect mode based on the result of the electronic lottery related to the special symbol performed when the game ball wins the winning prize opening 37. In this embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used. Note that the effect display device 34 displays a hold display (display that the hold ball random number is stored) even when the hold ball random number is stored in a hold ball memory (not shown). Also, it has a function as a holding ball display device.

  The special symbol display device 17 is for displaying the result of the electronic lottery related to the special symbol that is triggered by the winning of the game ball in the start winning opening 37, and more specifically, The lottery result is displayed in such a manner that the special symbol (number or pattern) is changed and then stopped. This special symbol display device 17 uses a 7-segment display in the present embodiment, and is separated from the lower right portion of the game board 3 so as not to enter the field of view of the player watching the effect display device 34 at the same time. Is provided.

  The through chucker 21 has a gate structure through which a game ball can pass, and a magnetic sensor type through chucker detection sensor 46 that detects that the game ball has passed is incorporated therein. Also, a normal symbol display device 17 for displaying the result of the electronic lottery related to the normal symbol that is performed when the game ball passes through the through chucker 21 is provided next to the special symbol display device 17. . In the present embodiment, the normal symbol display device 17 is composed of two LED lamps, and one LED lamp is lit when the normal symbol is hit, and the other LED lamp is lit when lost. ing.

  The electric tulip 49 is provided at the entrance of the start winning opening 37 and includes a pair of blade members that rotate about an axis orthogonal to the surface of the game board 3. When the solenoid is energized, the pair of blade members Are rotated in directions away from each other, and the entrance of the start winning opening 37 is enlarged.

  The stage 36 is disposed below the effect display device 34, and is a structure where the game ball stays temporarily while rolling. A groove is formed at the center of the stage 36, and a start winning opening 37 is disposed at a position directly below the groove. Therefore, the game ball dropped from the groove is guided to the start winning opening 37 with a high probability. The attacker device 41 has a predetermined number of times when it becomes a big hit (normal win, per positive change) and shifts to a big win game as a result of an electronic lottery related to a special symbol that is triggered when a game ball wins at the start winning opening 37 The device to be opened. When the attacker device 41 is opened, the big winning opening 42 is exposed, and a lot of prize balls can be obtained by winning game balls there. Further, when a game ball wins the general winning opening 38, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the player as a prize ball. The game balls that have not entered the start winning opening 37 or the general winning opening 38 are collected from the out opening 39. It should be noted that sensors 43 to 45 (see FIG. 4) for detecting the passage of game balls are provided inside the start winning port 37, the general winning port 38, and the big winning port 42, respectively.

  The front board 6 is provided with a receiving tray 5 that accommodates game balls and can be discharged to the outside. This tray 5 can accommodate not only game balls thrown by the player but also game balls paid out as prize balls from the prize ball payout device 14. A launching device 9 for launching game balls toward the game area 31 is attached to the lower part of the front frame 2, and the game balls accommodated in the tray 5 are supplied to the launching device 9 one by one. The Then, when the handle 7 attached to the lower right of the front board 6 is rotated, the launching device 9 can launch the game ball to the game area 31 with a launch intensity corresponding to the turning amount. Yes. As shown in FIG. 1, a touch button (operation unit) 60 that is pressed by the player is provided on the side of the tray 5.

  The main control processing unit 11 is provided on the back surface of the game board 3 via a support member or the like. The main control device 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing a predetermined control program, and a RAM (Temporary storage of generated processing information and a RAM for deleting stored information ( Random Access Memory) and the like. When the CPU reads and executes various programs and data stored in the ROM, main processing relating to the game is performed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, a special symbol lottery unit (special symbol lottery means) 110 that performs electronic lottery related to a special symbol when a game ball wins a winning prize opening 37, and this special symbol The special symbol determining unit 120 that determines a special symbol according to the lottery result determined by the lottery unit 110, and the special symbol display unit 17 for stopping the special symbol determined by the special symbol determining unit 120 after changing the special symbol. When the determination of the lottery result by the special symbol lottery unit 110 is a big hit, the attack device 41 (solenoid thereof) is operated to win a big hit game. The jackpot game control unit 140 that shifts to a normal symbol lottery unit that performs electronic lottery related to the normal symbol when the game ball passes through the through chucker 21 60, based on the result of electronic lottery by the electric tulip operation control unit 170 that controls the operation of the electric tulip 49 and the special symbol lottery unit 110, a super reach production (high reliability production) that is highly likely to be a big hit The main control processing unit 11 includes a reach determination unit (high reliability production determination unit) 150 that determines whether or not.

  The special symbol lottery unit 110 generates a software random number by updating the value of the loop counter by 1 based on an interrupt signal periodically input (for example, every 2 milliseconds), For a special symbol that acquires (latches) one random number (when the detection signal from the start winning port detection sensor 43 is input to the main control processing unit 11) when a game ball wins the start winning port 37 A random number acquisition unit 112, a special symbol success / failure determination unit 113 that determines whether or not the random number acquired by the special symbol random number acquisition unit 112 is a big hit (ordinary hit, probable change), and a special symbol If the special symbol is changing when the random number acquisition unit 112 acquires random numbers, the special random number storage unit stores the acquired random number as a special symbol reserved ball random number. A special symbol low probability determination table 115 with a low probability of winning per special symbol as a ball memory (not shown) and a determination table, and a higher probability of winning per special symbol than the special symbol low probability determination table 115 A special symbol high probability determination table 116 and a special symbol determination table selection unit 114 that selects one of these two determination tables according to the game mode are provided.

  On the other hand, the normal symbol lottery unit 160 determines that the game ball has passed through the through-chucker 21 and the normal symbol random number generator 161 having the same configuration as the number of random numbers generated by the special symbol random number generator 111. As a trigger (when the detection signal from the through-chucker detection sensor 46 is input to the main control processing unit 11), a normal symbol random number acquisition unit 162 that acquires (latches) one random number, and the normal symbol random number acquisition unit The normal symbol is determined whether the random number acquired by 162 is per normal symbol with reference to the determination table, and the normal symbol is changing when the normal symbol random number acquiring unit 162 acquires the random number. If this is the case, the acquired random number is stored as a normal symbol reserved sphere random number (not shown), and a normal table as a determination table. The normal symbol low probability determination table 165 having a low probability of winning, the normal symbol high probability determination table 166 having a higher probability of winning per normal symbol than the normal symbol low probability determination table 165, and the two determination tables. And a normal symbol determination table selection unit 164 for selecting one according to the game mode.

  The electric tulip operation control unit 170 controls to energize the solenoid of the electric tulip 49 to open and close for a predetermined opening time and the number of times of opening based on a command won per normal symbol by electronic lottery by the normal symbol lottery unit 160. . The jackpot game control unit 150 controls to open and close the attacker device 41 by a predetermined number of rounds after shifting to the jackpot game.

  Next, a sub-control unit that controls various devices in response to a command from the main control processing unit 11 will be described. The effect control processing unit 12a is provided on the back surface of the game board 3 via a support member or the like, and according to the processing information generated by the main control processing unit 11, the effect display device 34, the speaker 20, and other effect devices (LED devices, etc.) ). Details of the effect control processing unit 12a will be described later.

  The special symbol display control unit 12b displays the special symbol based on the special symbol command determined by the special symbol determination unit 120 of the main control processing unit 11 and the special symbol variation pattern command determined by the symbol variation pattern determination unit 130. The special symbol determined by the special symbol determination unit 120 is displayed in such a manner that the device 17 is stopped after changing the special symbol.

  On the other hand, the normal symbol display control unit 12f receives a lottery result command related to the normal symbol by the normal symbol lottery unit 160, displays the normal symbol on the normal symbol display device 22 based on the command, and displays it in a manner of stopping. It is controlled to do. The basic symbol display control unit 12f has substantially the same basic configuration of display control, although the symbol to be displayed is different from the display control by the special symbol display control unit 12b described above.

  The lamp control processing unit 12c receives commands from the main control processing unit 11 and performs lighting control of various lamps and electrical decorations. Further, the payout control processing unit 12e receives the payout command from the main control processing unit 11 in addition to controlling the prize ball payout device 14 so as to rent a game ball to the player in response to a signal from the CR unit. The prize ball payout device 14 is controlled so as to pay the number of prize balls to the player. The prize ball payout device 14 includes a sprocket (not shown) in which notches are formed for holding game balls one by one, and a motor (not shown) for rotating the sprocket. By controlling the rotation of the motor, the required number of prize balls can be paid out. Specifically, when the start winning opening detection sensor 43, the general winning opening detection sensor 44, the big winning opening detection sensor 45, etc. detect the passage of the game ball, the winning ball payout device 14 passes through the main control processing section 11. The game ball is paid out based on the received command.

  The firing control processing unit 13 is a device that controls the operation of the launching device 9 according to the rotation amount of the handle 7. More specifically, control processing is performed such as energizing the launching device 9, stopping energization, or changing the energization current. The launch control processing unit 13 is connected to the payout control processing unit 12e, and a launch stop signal is received when the CR unit is not connected.

  Next, details of the effect control processing unit 12a will be described with reference to FIG. The effect control processing unit 12a includes, as processing units, an effect mode selection unit (effect mode selection unit) 200, an effect display control unit (effect display control unit) 201, an overall operation instruction generation unit (overall operation instruction generation unit) 202, An overall operation instruction display unit (overall operation instruction display unit) 203, an evaluation unit (evaluation unit) 204, a result display unit (result display unit) 205, and a music playback unit 206 are provided, and an effect mode storage unit is provided as a storage unit. 207, a music file storage unit 208, and a pressed pattern data storage unit (partial operation instruction data storage unit) 209.

  The effect mode selection unit 200 performs a process of selecting one effect mode (effect patterns A to F) stored in the effect mode storage unit 207 as an effect mode to be displayed on the effect display device 34. is there. In more detail, the command of the success / failure determination result by the special symbol success / failure determination unit 113, the variation pattern command determined by the symbol variation pattern determination unit 130, and the reach determination unit 150 determined by the effect control processing unit 12a are determined. Based on the reach presence / absence command, a process of determining one pattern from the production patterns A to F by lottery is performed. The effect display control unit 201 controls the effect display device 34 to display the effect mode (effect image) selected by the effect mode selection unit 200.

  The overall operation instruction creating unit 202 creates an overall operation instruction associated with the music in the music file, and a description of how to create the overall operation instruction will be described later. The overall operation instruction display unit 203 controls to display the overall operation instruction on the effect display device 34.

  The evaluation unit 204 performs an evaluation process on the fact that the overall operation instruction is displayed on the effect display device 34 and the player operates the touch button 60 according to the operation instruction (pressing pattern). That is, the evaluation is made so that a score is given only when the touch button 60 is operated at the correct timing. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9B, the circle mark overlaps the vertical line. The skill of the operation in response to the player's operation instruction is evaluated based on whether or not the touch button 60 is input when the player is positioned. Further, as shown in FIG. 9C, the result display unit 205 displays the result evaluated by the evaluation unit 204 using the score and level on the effect display device 34 (displays 10300 points, professional grade). Control.

  The music playback unit 206 reads out digital data of music files (music X, music Y, music Z) stored in the music file storage unit 208, performs D / A conversion (digital / analog conversion), and plays music. A playback process is in progress. The speaker 20 emits the analog signal D / A converted by the music reproducing unit 206 as sound.

  The effect mode storage unit 207 stores six types of effect patterns A to F. Production patterns A to C are production patterns with reach, and production patterns D to F are production patterns without reach. The production pattern C and the production pattern F are mini-game production modes in which a mini-game is performed in which the player proceeds while operating the touch button 60 in accordance with an operation instruction according to music.

  In addition, the music file storage unit 208 stores music files (music X, music Y, music Z) for mini-games performed in the production pattern C and the production pattern F.

  The pressed pattern data storage unit 209 stores data of partial operation instructions (pressed patterns) constituting a part of the overall operation instructions, and partial operation instructions having different contents are associated in advance for each music file category. It is memorized in the form. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, a bar (section) A of music X is associated with three press patterns, a press pattern (partial operation instruction) XA1, a press pattern XA2, and a press pattern XA3, in advance. Yes. Similarly, the bar (section) B is associated with three pressing patterns XB1, XB2, and XB3 until the last section (the last played section) of music X is bar J. Three pressing patterns (partial operation instructions) are stored for each of ten bars. Similarly, for music Y and music Z, three pressing patterns are stored in association with each other.

  Here, the content and score (evaluation) of the operation instruction of the pressing pattern will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 shows a pressing pattern and a score related to music X. The explanation will be made taking measure A as an example. In pressing pattern XA1, the touch button 60 is pressed twice (the circle is marked twice). It is a pattern, and if you touch the touch button 60 at the timing exactly as instructed, you can get 200 points at one time (○ mark is 200 points), a pattern that can get 400 points as the maximum score in two times in total is there. In other words, the score (evaluation) that can be obtained by the player's operation for the pressed pattern XA1 is predetermined as 400 points.

  The pressing pattern XA2 is a pressing pattern in which the pressing timing comes six times, and 200 points (◯ mark) once is a combination of four times and 300 points (◎ mark) once is a combination of two times. The pressing pattern XA2 has a maximum score of 1400 points. In addition, the pressing pattern XA3 has a pressing timing of 8 times, and is composed of 200 points (circles) once, and 1600 points are set as the highest score. As described above, the three pressing patterns associated with the measure A are set so that the contents of the operation instruction, that is, the timing of pressing, the number of times of pressing, and the maximum score are different from each other.

  Similarly, the pressing patterns XB1, XB2, and XB3 associated with the bar B have different pressing timings, pressing times, and maximum scores. In this way, the pressing pattern from bar A to bar J for music X is set. In the pressing pattern corresponding to the measure J which is the last part of the music X, a pressing pattern XJ3 which is a special partial operation instruction is set. In this embodiment, as described later, when 10,000 or more points are acquired in a mini game, a super reach effect (high reliability effect) indicating that the possibility of a big hit is high is performed. The set contents are that 10000 points ($ mark) can be obtained only by operating the touch button 60 once when the $ mark comes on the vertical line. Therefore, when the player successfully presses the touch button 60 in accordance with the instruction content of the pressing pattern XJ3, 10000 points can be obtained immediately, and super-reaching production is developed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the entire operation instruction creation program 210 stored in the storage unit incorporates a plurality of patterns in advance as to which pressing pattern to select for each measure. Specifically, when music X is to be used, the program operates so that the total operation instructions created by the overall operation instruction creation unit 202 are a total of six combinations A to F as shown in FIG. It is assembled. For example, when it is decided to execute the combination A, the overall operation instruction creating unit 202 selects the pressing pattern XA1 from the measure A, selects the pressing pattern XB1 from the measure B, and performs the same procedure from the measure C onward. The user selects XJ1 to create an overall operation instruction. The same applies when the combinations B to F are selected, and the same programs are set for the music Y and Z.

  Here, to explain which of the combinations A to F is selected, as shown in FIG. 7, there are six overall operation instructions created for the music X as described above. When the player successfully operates the touch button 60, the player can obtain a maximum of 6000 points. The combination B is 8500 points, the combination C is 9700 points, the combination D is 10300 points, the combination E is 11200 points, the combination F is 16000 points (in the measure J (Premier pattern with $ sign) is the contents of operation instructions that can be acquired respectively. In the present embodiment, if the number is 10,000 or more, since the super-reach effect is displayed on the effect display device 34 following the mini game, the overall operation instruction creating unit 202 performs the main control process. If the command input from the unit 11 (the reach determining unit 150) to the effect control processing unit 12a is a command for performing a super reach effect, an overall operation instruction of 10,000 points or more is created. That is, the overall operation instruction creating unit 202 selects any one of a combination D (10300 points), a combination E (11200 points), and a combination F (16000 points) that can obtain a score of 10,000 points or more. The instruction creation program 210 is executed, and a predetermined pressing pattern is selected from the bar A to the bar J in order according to the selected combination to create one overall operation instruction.

  On the other hand, if the command input from the main control processing unit 11 to the effect control processing unit 12a is a command that does not perform the super reach effect, it is inconvenient if a score of 10,000 points or more is obtained in the mini game. (There is a situation in which the super reach production is not performed even though the score has reached 10,000 or more), so that the overall operation instruction creating unit 202 selects one of the combinations A to C that score less than 10,000. Based on this, the overall operation instruction creation program 210 is executed to create an overall operation instruction. As described above, in the present embodiment, some contents of the total operation instruction that is 10,000 points or more and the total operation instruction that is less than 10000 points are prepared in advance, and a command (reach command) indicating that the super reach effect is determined. ) Whether or not to create an overall operation instruction is incorporated in the program. The created overall operation instruction is displayed on the effect display device 34 in order according to the music by connecting the pressing patterns selected for each measure.

  Next, a procedure until an effect pattern (effect mode) is selected and displayed on the effect display device 34 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure of the effect control process. When the effect mode selection unit 200 selects an effect pattern, first, in step S10, it is determined whether or not a jackpot command has been input to the effect control processing unit 12a. If there is a jackpot command (Yes in step S10), it is determined whether or not a super reach command (SP reach command) for which super reach has been determined is input from the reach determination unit 150 (step S11). When there is a super reach command (Yes in step S11), the production mode selection unit 200 selects one of the production patterns A to C. If the selected effect pattern is A or B (No in step S13), the effect of the selected pattern is displayed on the effect display device 34 (step S19). Then, the process jumps to step S18, and the super reach effect is displayed on the effect display device 34.

  On the other hand, when the effect pattern C is selected (Yes in step S13), the following processing is executed to execute the mini game effect. That is, after selecting the production pattern C, the production mode selection unit 200 selects one of the music files (music X, Y, Z) stored in the music file storage unit 208 (step S14). . If the explanation is continued assuming that music X is selected in step S14, the overall operation instruction creating unit 202 creates an overall operation instruction for music X in step S15. Specifically, since there are a super reach command and a jackpot command, the overall operation instruction creating unit 202 creates an overall operation instruction based on one data from the combinations DF shown in FIG. The overall operation instruction based on the combination F is a so-called premier operation instruction in which a pressing pattern XJ3 ($ mark) that can suddenly obtain 10,000 points in the last measure J of music X is displayed and has a jackpot command. It can only be selected if.

  Next, an overall operation instruction is displayed on the effect display device 34 in step S16. At this time, the speaker 20 generates a sound based on the analog signal D / A converted by the music reproducing unit 206 (a song flows). The player operates the touch button 60 in accordance with the overall operation instruction, and when the music X ends, the result display unit 205 displays the evaluation result by the evaluation unit 204 on the effect display device 34 (step S17). If it is 10,000 points or more, the super reach effect is displayed on the effect display device 34 in step S18. When there is a jackpot command, the reach determination unit 150 always transmits a super reach command to the effect control processing unit 12a. Therefore, when it is determined in step S11 that there is no super reach command (step S11). In the case of No in S11), it is determined that there is an abnormality, and the effect control process is terminated as it is.

  Next, when it is determined in step S10 that there is no jackpot command, it is determined in step S20 whether or not there is a super reach command (SP reach command). If it is determined that there is a super reach command (Yes in step S20), that is, if it is determined that a super reach effect is to be performed although it is not a big hit, the process jumps to step S12 to select an effect pattern. The subsequent processing is the same as in the case where Yes is determined in step S11 (described above), but the processing content of creation of the overall operation instruction (step S15) is slightly different. Specifically, in the case where music X is used, the pressing pattern XJ3 which is a premier special partial operation instruction is not selected in measure J which is the final measure. That is, when the process proceeds to step S12 via No in step S10, there is no jackpot command, and therefore an overall operation instruction is created based on the data of the combination F including the premier pressing pattern XJ3. There is no.

  On the other hand, if it is determined No in step S20 because there is no super reach command, the process proceeds to step S21 where the effect mode selection unit 200 selects one of the effect patterns D to F without super reach. The subsequent procedure is basically the same as the process (S14 to S17) in the case of Yes in step S13 and the process (S19) in the case of No in step S13, but is created in step S24. The content of the overall operation instruction differs slightly from the point that the process of step S18 that develops to super reach is not performed.

  To supplement the explanation about this difference, first, in step S24, in order to obtain a score of less than 10000, an overall operation instruction is created using one data from the combinations A to C in FIG. This is different from the previous step S15. In addition, since there is no super reach command, it is impossible to develop a super reach production. Therefore, there is a difference in that the process of step S18 does not exist after step S26.

  Here, in order to make the understanding of the mini game production mode more understandable, supplementary explanation will be given using FIG. 9. First, when the mini game production is executed, as shown in FIG. On the screen of the device 34, a message “Super reach is confirmed at 10000 points! Preparation is ready!” Is displayed, and music X starts to flow from the speaker 20. Since the score is naturally 0 points when the mini game is started, the score displayed at the top of the screen is 0 points.

  Subsequently, when the measure A of music X flows, as shown in FIG. 9B, a pressing pattern XA2 is displayed so as to scroll from the right side to the left side of the screen. Then, when the player can successfully press the touch button 60 at the timing when the pressing timing mark (◯ mark) comes on the vertical line drawn on the portion where “Push” is displayed, “Good!” Appears on the screen. And the score of 200 corresponding to the circle is displayed as “Your score” at the top of the screen.

  In this way, a game in which the touch button 60 is pressed at the timing when the circle mark, the circle mark, or the like comes on the vertical line is performed until the music X is finished. When Music X ends (end), as shown in FIG. 9 (c), “10300 points” is displayed on the screen as the score obtained, and the skill level of the player such as “You are a professional!” A message is displayed. In FIG. 9C, since the score is 10,000 points or more, although not shown, this screen develops into a super reach effect.

  Note that if the player does not operate the touch button 60, a score by the mini-game cannot be obtained. However, if there is a super reach command, it is determined inside the pachinko machine that it will be developed into a super reach. Therefore, in such a case, in addition to displaying the score in step S17 on the effect display device 34, a message such as “Super reach confirmed ??” is displayed, and even if the score is less than 10,000 points, the super reach effect is produced. The present embodiment has also been devised to eliminate a sense of incongruity with respect to being performed.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the pressing pattern data is stored for each measure for one music file, and the entire operation instruction creating unit selects the pressing pattern for each measure, and one entire file is selected. Since the operation instructions are created, many overall operation instructions can be displayed even with a small amount of pressing pattern data. That is, a plurality of pressing pattern instructions can be generated for the same music with a small data storage amount. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the memory capacity from becoming enormous and to provide an interesting pachinko machine that is interesting at low cost.

3 Game board 20 Speaker 31 Game area 34 Production display device 37 Start winning opening (start opening)
60 touch buttons (operation unit)
110 Special symbol lottery section (Special symbol lottery means)
140 jackpot game control unit 150 reach determination unit (high reliability production determination means)
200 Production mode selection unit (production mode selection means)
201 effect display control unit (effect display control means)
202 Overall operation instruction creation unit (overall operation instruction creation means)
203 Whole operation instruction display part (Whole operation instruction display means)
204 Evaluation section (evaluation means)
205 Result display section (result display means)
206 Music playback unit 208 Music file storage unit 209 Press pattern data storage unit (partial operation instruction data storage unit)

Claims (3)

A game board having a game area where game balls flow down, a start opening provided in the game area, and a special symbol lottery means for performing an electronic lottery related to a special design in response to a game ball winning in the start opening; An effect display device that displays a predetermined effect mode based on the lottery result by the special symbol lottery unit, an effect mode selection unit that selects from among a plurality of types of effect modes to be displayed on the effect display device, and the effect mode When an effect display control means for controlling the effect display mode selected by the selection means to be displayed on the effect display device, an operation unit operated by the player, and an electronic lottery performed by the special symbol lottery means, In a pachinko machine equipped with a jackpot game control means for shifting to a jackpot game,
As one of the plurality of types of production modes, including a mini-game production mode in which a mini-game is performed in which a player proceeds while operating the operation unit according to an operation instruction according to music,
A music file storage unit for storing music files;
A music playback unit for playing music from the data of the music file;
A speaker for producing music played by the music playback unit;
An overall operation instruction display means for displaying an overall operation instruction associated with the music of the music file on the effect display device;
Partial operation instruction data constituting a part of the entire operation instruction, which is associated in advance for each music file data category and has a plurality of partial operation instruction data different from each other A partial operation instruction data storage unit for storing
The presentation mode selection means is executed when the mini-game presentation mode is selected, and one by one from the data of the plurality of partial operation instructions for each section according to the music file used in the mini-game. An overall operation instruction creating means for selecting and creating one overall operation instruction;
Evaluation means for evaluating the player's operation with respect to the operation instruction based on the contents of the overall operation instruction and the operation of the operation unit by the player;
A result display means for displaying the result evaluated by the evaluation means on the effect display device;
A pachinko machine characterized by comprising: 2. The high-reliability effect according to claim 1, wherein the mini-game effect mode indicates that the possibility of winning the jackpot is high following the mini-game when a result of evaluation by the evaluation unit satisfies a predetermined condition. Is set to occur,
Based on the result of the electronic lottery by the special symbol lottery means, comprising high reliability production determination means for predetermining whether to display the high reliability production,
The result of evaluation that can be obtained by the player's operation with respect to the operation instruction is predetermined for each partial operation instruction,
When the high-reliability effect determining unit determines to display the high-reliability effect, the overall operation instruction creating unit is configured to generate the plurality of parts for each of the sections so as to satisfy the predetermined condition. Select the operation instruction data one by one to create the entire operation instruction,
When the high-reliability presentation determining unit determines not to display the high-reliability presentation, the overall operation instruction creating unit is configured to perform the plurality of operations for each category so as not to satisfy the predetermined condition. A pachinko machine that creates the overall operation instruction by selecting the operation instruction data one by one. 3. The player according to claim 2, wherein the player operates the operation unit according to the partial operation instruction in the data of the plurality of partial operation instructions corresponding to the last played segment of the music file data. The data of the special partial operation instruction that can satisfy the predetermined condition as a result of the evaluation by the evaluation means only once is included,
The whole operation instruction creating means selects the special partial operation instruction when the jackpot is won.

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