JPH11114138A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slot machine which can increase the possibility of winning by increasing the number of stopped symbols appearing in a display window along the vertical direction and which can make a game more enjoyable by setting a variable game. SOLUTION: In a slot machine in which a plurality of reels 1a-1c with plural kinds of symbols aligned thereon are aligned and are rotated and stopped in sequence to display the symbols stopped in a display window 51, to provide payoff according to the combination of the stopped symbols appearing in the display window 51 and on a predetermined stop line, the reels 1a-1c and the display window 51 are formed so that at least four of the symbols stopping on the reels 1a-1c are aligned in the vertical direction when displayed in the display window, and so that at least three of the symbols stopping on the reels 1a-1c are aligned in the horizontal direction when displayed in the display window 51.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of paying out medals or the like by combining a plurality of rotating bodies provided with a plurality of types of patterns, such as a slot machine, and stopping the respective rotating bodies in order. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that pays dividends. More specifically, the present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of doubling the interest in a game by diversifying stop lines to be combined with a pattern.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional slot machine, for example, three spinning cylinders in which several kinds of patterns are arranged are arranged and rotated, and the rotating spinning cylinder is sequentially pressed by a stop button, or by a random timer. After a set time, each torso is stopped, and medals and the like are discharged according to the combination of pictures in the stopped state.

[0005] That is, as shown in FIG. 5 which shows a front view of a part of the slot machine, when one medal is inserted from among three pictures which appear in the display window 51 in the vertical direction, one medal in the center is inserted. 1 lined up next to line L1
The combination in the row is the target. When two medals are inserted, the three rows obtained by adding the two rows of the two medals lines L2 and L3 before and after the two medals are targeted, and when three medals are inserted, , Diagonal lines L4 and L5 of 3 medals
Each of the five lines obtained by adding the two lines is a predetermined stop line. Then, one to three medals are inserted into the game medal insertion slot 53, and a spinning rotation start button (start button) 54
After rotating the three torso cylinders, it is confirmed that the torso stop indicator lamp 52 is lit, and each of the torso cylinders is stopped by sequentially pressing the torso rotation stop button (stop button) 55. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 56 denotes a list of the number of medals to be paid out according to the combination of pictures, and 57 denotes various display units such as a game stop lamp and the number of medals to be paid out.

In a conventional slot machine,
The number of pictures that appear in the vertical direction of the display window, that is, the number of pictures that appear in the display window of each of the torso is three. This is because the spinning drum is rotated by a circular reel, and the spinning drum rotates while drawing an arc from the front of the gaming machine toward the back, so the pattern provided on the surface of the winding drum is a gaming machine Is not parallel to the glass in front of it, and the pattern seen from the front becomes diagonal as it moves away from the pattern that stops at the front, making it difficult to recognize it. This is because about three patterns can be easily recognized. I think that the.

On the other hand, by increasing the number of the torso,
The fourth torso has been considered to be meaningful, for example, by arranging the torso in a horizontal manner and using the prize generated by the combination of the three as a rank determining means for further determining the size.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional slot machine, the number of stop pictures appearing vertically in the display window is three in any slot machine.
For this reason, the predetermined stop lines to be combined with the pattern are a maximum of five lines as described above, and the number of medals to be inserted is selected from one to three, so that any one line, three lines, or five lines is selected. You can choose either.

However, when the player becomes accustomed to the game, it is possible to judge whether or not a prize can be instantaneously determined by selecting five lines, and the prize is not easily won. There is a hope for a game in which the pleasure of confirming whether or not a prize has been won.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is possible to increase the possibility of winning by increasing the number of stop symbols appearing in the display window in the vertical direction, and to provide a variety of games. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can make a game more enjoyable by setting.

[0009]

A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises:
A plurality of rotators in which a plurality of types of patterns are arbitrarily arranged are arranged and rotated, and the plurality of rotators are sequentially stopped, a stop pattern is displayed on a display window, and a predetermined stop pattern appearing in the display window is displayed. A payout in accordance with a combination of pictures on the stop line, wherein at least four stop pictures of each of the rotating bodies are displayed in the display window side by side in the vertical direction, and at least four of the rotating bodies are displayed. The rotating body and the display window are formed such that three stop pictures are displayed side by side in the display window.

[0010] Here, the predetermined stop line means a line in which a predetermined number of patterns to be combined in advance are arranged. For example, when a stop pattern is displayed in a matrix of four vertically and three horizontally on a display window and a combination of three patterns is targeted, four rows in the horizontal direction, four rows in the diagonal direction,
Further, three V-shaped rows and the like can be set in advance, and a horizontal arrangement and / or a diagonal arrangement in three vertical directions can be set as in the related art. In addition, the picture means not only a figure but also an expression including numbers, characters, and the like, which can be recognized as the same display.

With this configuration, for example, if the number of pictures in the vertical direction is increased by one, the number of predetermined stop line candidates to be combined is greatly increased. It can be set and the number of predetermined stop lines can be increased. Further, the setting of the predetermined stop line can be kept as it is, and the increased row can have a special meaning.

The predetermined stop lines can be increased by setting the predetermined stop lines from an array of at least 4 × 3 at least three matrix-shaped patterns appearing in the display window. Settings such as 4 medals and 8 lines can be made.

Further, the predetermined stop line is set by three vertically arranged patterns of the matrix-shaped stop patterns appearing in the display window, and each of the three patterns is horizontally arranged. By providing means for giving a special meaning according to the combination of at least the fourth pattern rows arranged in the vertical direction, it is possible to provide a gaming machine having a new game feeling completely different from the conventional one.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a stop pattern of a display window portion of one embodiment is shown.
The three rotating bodies 1a to 1c are sequentially stopped, and the three rotating bodies 1a to 1c are sequentially stopped to display a stop picture on the display window 51. Each of the pictures stopping on a predetermined stop line of the stop picture appearing on the display window 51 is displayed. , And at least four stop patterns of each of the rotating bodies 1a to 1c appearing in the display window are displayed in a vertical line, and at least three of the rotating bodies 1a to 1c are stopped. The display window 51 is formed so that the pictures are displayed side by side.
As a result, at least 4 × at least 3 pictures are arranged in a matrix on the display window, and a predetermined stop line is set on the matrix.

The predetermined stop line is, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the conventional horizontal three lines L1
In addition to the two lines L4 to L5 oblique to L3, the added horizontal line L6 and the oblique lines L7 to L8 can be targeted. Further, by adding one horizontal row, as shown in FIG. 1B, a V-shaped or an inverted V-shaped arrangement (not shown) can be used as a predetermined stop line. In addition, the predetermined stop lines are displayed as five lines L1 to L5 in the same manner as in the related art, and four lines are displayed in the vertical direction to give a special meaning to the added L6 column. A picture detecting means for detecting the combination is provided, and means for doubling or triple the conventional payout according to the combination of the pictures may be provided.

The configuration of the gaming machine is the same as that of the prior art as shown in the block diagram of the main part in FIG. 2, for example, three first to third rotating bodies 1a to 1c are connected in parallel. The rotating bodies 1 (1a to 1c) are arranged and rotated or stopped by the rotation and stop of the stepping motors 6a to 6c via the motor driving circuits 5a to 5c according to a signal from the motor control unit 4. I have. The normal stepping motors 6a to 6c are rotated or stopped by a start button 7 (rotation start means) and a stop button 8 provided on the front of the game machine or a random number generator 9 (rotation stop means) for automatically stopping. , By issuing an instruction to the motor control unit 4. Normally, all the rotating bodies start rotating simultaneously by the start button 7 when starting each rotating body,
With the start button 7, one rotator starts to rotate, and the other rotators can start rotating one after another according to the rotation. In the case of stopping, the rotation is stopped by the stopping means for each rotating body. Then, by stopping each rotating body, the pattern stopped on a predetermined stop line is changed to the stopped pattern detecting means 2a to 2d.
c, a determination is made by the winning determination unit 3 as to whether or not the combination has won. In the case of a winning, the medal payout control unit 10 pays out medals according to the winning.

As the rotating body 1 (1a to 1c), FIG.
As shown in (a), a rotating body provided with a pattern on a belt 11 is rotated by two rollers 12 like a belt, and the pattern provided on the belt 11 is parallel to the front of the game machine. By rotating so that the patterns appearing in the display window increase, each pattern can be recognized at least as well as the conventional patterns. When there is no space above and below the game machine and there is space on the back side, as shown in a side view of the rotating body portion in FIG. Can be rotated in the back of the machine. The above-mentioned patterns are provided at random, but the order of the patterns is fixed in each rotating body of each game machine and registered in the microcomputer of each game machine, and a fixed reference position is set in any rotating body. It is recognized what kind of pattern is from what kind of pattern. As a fixed reference position of this rotating body, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a position detection mark (projection) 111 is provided, and the position detection mark 111 is provided by a sensor.
, It is possible to always know when the position detection mark 111 of the rotating body passes through a certain place, and the structure and operation thereof are the same as those of the conventional slot machine.

When the predetermined stop line increases, for example, L6 to L8 in addition to the conventional L1 to L5, when the stop pattern is detected by the stop pattern detecting means 2a to 2c, L6 to L6 are used.
A stop pattern on line 8 is detected in the same manner. This is because the stop lines L6 to L8 are the first to third lines.
Since the number of the pattern is known from the respective reference positions of the rotator, the microcomputer can immediately detect the pattern similarly to the stop pattern detection means 2a to 2c of L1 to L3.

When the added L6 line is given a special meaning, as shown in FIG. 4, the L6 line on the L6 line is the same as the stop pattern detecting means 2a to 2c.
The 6-line stop pattern detecting means 12a to 12c are provided, and the result is sent to the winning determination section 3 to double the payout of the winning according to the combination of the patterns detected by the L6 line stop pattern detecting means 12a to 12c. , A change in payout such as tripled, and settings such as a re-game. In this case, the present invention is not limited to the line of L6, but the lines of L7 to L8, or two of these lines.
A line or all lines can have a special meaning.

Next, the operation of the increased stop line of the present invention will be described. As described above, by increasing the number of rows of the fourth pattern, predetermined stop lines are set to L1 to L8.
8 lines of 4 medals inserted. Further, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), it is also possible to add a predetermined stop line such as a V-shaped line or an inverted V-shaped line, and set more lines by inserting more medals. In addition, a predetermined stop line can be added without changing the insertion of medals to invite the interest of the player. Furthermore, the added fourth pattern row can be given a special meaning without being set to the predetermined stop line. For example, if the pattern of the line L6 is aligned with a specific pattern, the payout of the normal winning medals is set to be doubled or tripled, or the sevens are aligned in the normal game and the large bonus is won. When three bonuses are obtained and the L6 line has a special pattern, the bonus can be set to five times. By giving such a special meaning, a game can be enjoyed with a new game feeling different from a conventional slot machine.

In the above-described example, the number of pictures in the display window in the vertical direction is four. However, when the number of pictures is five or more, a game with more variety can be set. . Also, the number of rotating bodies is not limited to three,
By using four or more, more various games can be set. Further, the effect of the increased number of rows is not limited to the above-described example, and various application examples can be applied.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the game can be developed in various fields by adopting at least four pictures appearing in the display window, and a new game feeling can be introduced. As a result, while playing the game as before, it is possible to enjoy the game with a completely different sense of game, and to blow new breeds into gaming machines such as slot machines that are becoming increasingly rut, attracting new interest Also, the player can play the game happily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a display window of an embodiment of a gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a main part of the gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a rotating body.

FIG. 4 is a partial block diagram of an example of a case where a column of the increased stop pattern of the present invention has a special meaning.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a part of an example of a front view of a conventional slot machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 (1a-1c) Rotating body 51 Display window

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of rotators in which a plurality of types of patterns are arbitrarily arranged are arranged and rotated, and the plurality of rotators are sequentially stopped to display a stop pattern on a display window. A gaming machine that pays out a payout according to a combination of symbols on a predetermined stop line of a stop symbol that appears, wherein at least four stop symbols of each of the rotating bodies are vertically displayed in the display window, and A gaming machine in which the rotating body and the display window are formed such that at least three stop pictures of the rotating body are displayed in the display window side by side in the horizontal direction. 2. The predetermined stop line is set from an arrangement of adjacent patterns of at least 4 × at least 3 matrix-shaped patterns appearing in the display window.
The gaming machine described. 3. The predetermined stop line is set by three patterns arranged in a vertical direction in a matrix-shaped stop pattern appearing in the display window, and a pattern arranged in a horizontal direction of each of the three patterns. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for giving a special meaning according to a combination of at least the fourth pattern rows arranged in the vertical direction.