JP2008212758A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display plural bits of right information related to a game machine such as copyright information without obstructing progression of a game. <P>SOLUTION: Specific information related to a game, for example, information about the development, a name of production staff, a production company and the like, or right information about a title of industry property, a right holder of the industry property, an owner of copyright, a personal right to the copyrighted work and the like is made to be displayed in a scroll type in a display unit over a plurality of rounds in accordance with the progression of the game during a big winning game, so that a player can see the specific information as one part of performance of the big winning game and the progression of the game is not obstructed even if the specific information is displayed on the entire screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a pachislot machine, a gambling machine, or a game machine provided with a display device.

  Conventionally, in pachinko machines, particularly pachinko machines, a lottery is made by detecting a pachinko ball that has won a start winning opening (special symbol starting winning opening), and has a function (big hit) that makes it advantageous for the player. There is a machine.

  In this type of pachinko machine, a display unit (usually a liquid crystal display screen) is installed near the center of the gauge board of the pachinko machine as an effect for notifying the player of the result of the lottery. The display unit is configured to display a symbol hit screen in a sequence when a symbol changing screen of a plurality of columns is configured (there is also a background screen) and the changing symbol stops. By seeing the symbol variation screen, the player is amazed whether it is a hit or miss, so that the player can have a sense of expectation.

  When it is a big hit, the big prize opening on the game board is opened. The big prize opening is opened over a wide range of the area through which the game ball passes, and therefore, the game ball launched by the player can easily win the big prize opening. Further, this special winning opening is kept open until ten winnings are made or until 30 seconds have passed.

  If 30 seconds have passed after 10 game balls have been won or the V zone in the grand prize opening has been awarded, the big prize opening is temporarily closed. Since the normal opening / closing operation is executed at 10 to 16R, the player can obtain many winnings in a short time.

  By the way, the pachinko machine is a so-called industrial product, and an industrial property right such as a patent right may be applied to the industrial product. In this case, it is preferable to indicate the patent number or the like, and when using a copyrighted item, it is necessary to indicate the copyright holder.

  Furthermore, it is preferable to specify the staff engaged in development, production, etc. as necessary for the honor of the staff in charge of development or to clarify the responsibility of the industrial product.

  In the pachinko machine, when displaying the symbol variation screen on the display unit (in the center of the gauge board), a copyrighted character is applied to notify the lottery result and the character is applied during the winning process. In some cases, the player is visually informed (directed) that the player is in an advantageous state.

In this case, the copyright information is generally displayed on the display screen of the display unit (generally, at the corner of the screen) while the game is on standby (see Patent Document 1).
JP 11-309259 A

  However, the display of the copyright information and the like is short in time and small in display area so as not to hinder the display of the main image directly related to the game displayed on the display unit. For this reason, there is a problem that sufficient display cannot be performed. Therefore, although there are many specific information to be displayed including the copyright information, industrial property information, staff information, etc., all can be covered in a limited time and in a limited display area. The display is still the minimum necessary.

  In consideration of the above facts, the present invention displays necessary and sufficient amount of specific information not directly related to the game, such as copyright information and industrial property information, without hindering the progress of the game. It is an object to obtain a gaming machine and a specific information display timing control method in the gaming machine.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the gaming machine of the present invention includes a display device that notifies the result of a lottery executed at a predetermined opportunity during the game by image display, and the lottery result is a big hit , In a gaming machine that becomes a big hit game state composed of a plurality of rounds that proceed when the big hit notification by the display device is completed, together with a normal effect image displayed during the game on the display screen of the display device Information of staff involved in the development or production of the gaming machine, notation of industrial property rights implemented in the gaming machine, right holder of the industrial property rights, copyright holders of works used in the gaming machine, Or storage means for storing specific information composed of a plurality of rights information including at least one of the copyright holders of the copyrighted work, and storage means when the lottery result is a big hit Specific information display control means for displaying the stored specific information on a display device together with normal jackpot presentation information displayed during the jackpot game, and the specific information display control means displays the specific information in the jackpot game. It was comprised so that it might display on a display device over several continuous rounds.

  With this configuration, it is possible to display necessary and sufficient amount of specific information that is not directly related to the game, such as copyright information and industrial property information, without hindering the progress of the game.

  Specific information includes, for example, right information including production staff, and the incentive of the staff can be improved by displaying the production staff. In addition, responsibility relating to development or manufacture of the gaming machine can be clarified. By displaying these displays on the display device together with the normal jackpot effect information displayed during the jackpot game, it is possible to achieve harmony with the progress of the game and does not hinder the progress of the game.

  In addition, specific information includes notation of industrial property rights such as patents, notation of right holders of industrial property rights, copyright holders, copyright holders, etc. It satisfies the provisions of Article 187 of the Patent Act for the patents that it has In addition, if there is a contract that imposes a patent labeling obligation, such contract obligation can be fulfilled.

  Furthermore, even with respect to copyrights and the like, if there is a contract or the like that imposes a display obligation, it can be fulfilled.

  Furthermore, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the final screen of the specific information displayed on the display device under the control of the specific information display control means is composed of a still image.

  With this configuration, since the end screen of the series of specific information is composed of still images, when all the displays other than the still image in the specific information are finished, the still image is displayed as the end screen. The still image that is the end screen of the specific information is displayed until the round ends.

  Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the jackpot effect information displayed together with the specific information is effect information displayed in a previous round during the jackpot game.

  With this configuration, the amount of memory can be saved.

  Furthermore, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the specific information display control means preferentially displays the display that is essential in the contract among the specific information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to reliably perform a contract or the like using a display effect in the jackpot game.

  Also, in a gaming machine provided with a display device for notifying the result of a lottery executed at a predetermined opportunity during the game by image display, the display so as to harmonize with the image displayed on the display device Specific information display control means for displaying specific information not directly related to the game is displayed on the display screen of the apparatus.

  With this configuration, the specific information is displayed in harmony with the image in accordance with the progress of the game, so it is possible to display necessary specific information without hindering the player's game, and display of the specific information It is possible to achieve harmony between the request and the playability.

  Further, in the above configuration, the specific information is right information including information on a staff member involved in development or production of the gaming machine.

  As a result, the specific information is the right information including the production staff. By displaying the production staff, the incentive of the staff can be improved, and the responsibility related to the development or manufacture of the gaming machine is clarified. can do. Also in this case, the progress of the game is harmonized with the progress of the game, so that the progress of the game is not hindered.

  Further, in the above configuration, the specific information includes the notation of industrial property rights implemented in the gaming machine, the right holder of the industrial property rights, the copyright owner of the copyrighted work used in the gaming machine, It is characterized by the right information including at least one of the copyright holders.

  Accordingly, the specific information is industrial property rights such as patent rights, right holders of industrial property rights, copyright holders, moral rights, for example, in the case of industrial property rights, You can meet the provisions of Article 187, and fulfill any contract obligations that impose patent display obligations.

  Furthermore, even with respect to copyright and the like, if there is a contract obligation that imposes a display obligation, this can be fulfilled.

  Furthermore, in any one of the configurations described above, the specific information is displayed in accordance with the progress of the story displayed on the display device.

  Furthermore, in any one of the above-described configurations, the story displayed on the display device changes along with a winning game that is progressed when the result of the lottery is a winning, and the specific information is displayed as one of the progressing processes. It is characterized by doing.

  Thus, for example, when the image to be displayed is a movie screening scene, the specific information is displayed as one scene of the entire story by displaying the production staff name or the like in a scroll format at the start or end of the performance. Can do.

  Furthermore, in any one of the above configurations, the specific information is obtained from a final round or a round close to the final round in a winning game composed of a plurality of rounds progressed when the lottery result is a winning to the start of the next game. It is characterized by displaying between.

  As a result, since the specific information amount is known in advance, in order to secure the time required to display all of this information, it is converted into the number of rounds being processed per process until the start of the next game (normal game). Display between. In this case, the information may be displayed across rounds. For example, the display of the specific information is temporarily stopped when the round is updated, and an image indicating the round update is interrupted. Starting it will not interfere with the progress of the game.

  Furthermore, in any one of the configurations described above, the specific information is displayed when the gaming machine is turned on.

  As a result, the specific information is not directly seen by the player, but it can be recognized by hall-related persons, industry-related persons and the like, and can fulfill the notation duty.

  In addition, in a gaming machine equipped with a display device for notifying the result of a lottery executed at a predetermined opportunity during the game by image display, the lottery result indicates specific information not directly related to the game. Specific information display control means for displaying during a winning game composed of a plurality of rounds that progress in the case of winning, wherein the specific information display means is a time required to display the specific information t, When the minimum processing time of each round is tmin and the number of rounds is X, the number of rounds X satisfying t <tmin × X is calculated, and the specific information is displayed from the round that is R rounds from the last round. It is characterized by starting.

  The time t required to display the specific information is known. On the other hand, the processing time of each round varies depending on the progress of the player's game, and varies between a minimum of 5 seconds and a maximum of 30 seconds. In this case, in order to ensure the specific information display time t, the lowest round processing time (minimum processing time tmin) is used, the number of rounds X satisfying t <tmin × X is calculated, and the final round The display of the specific information starts from the round that goes back X number of rounds. This makes it possible to display all the specific information before the round ends.

  In addition, in a gaming machine equipped with a display device for notifying the result of a lottery executed at a predetermined opportunity during the game by image display, the lottery result indicates specific information not directly related to the game. Specific information display control means for displaying during a winning game composed of a plurality of rounds that progress in the case of winning is provided, and the specific information display control means measures the processing time of a predetermined number of rounds from the start of the round. Then, based on each processing time of the measured round, the processing time of the remaining rounds is predicted, and the total of the predicted processing times exceeds the time required to display the specific information from the round of the time It is characterized by starting display of specific information.

  According to this configuration, the processing time for a predetermined number of rounds from the start of the round is measured. That is, although the round processing time is different for each player, it is highly possible that the processing time of each round is approximated for the same player. Therefore, the processing times of the remaining rounds are predicted based on the measured processing times of the rounds. The display of the specific information is started from the round of the time when the total of the predicted processing times exceeds the time necessary for displaying the specific information. Since the prediction rarely deviates significantly, for example, by starting display of specific information with a margin for one round, the specific information can be surely ended near the final round.

  Further, the gaming machine having the image display device having the above-described configuration is characterized by comprising display control means for sequentially displaying a plurality of rights information related to the gaming machine on the image display device.

  According to this configuration, since a plurality of rights information related to the gaming machine can be sequentially displayed on the image display of the gaming machine, even in a gaming machine having a contract form in which a plurality of rights information must be displayed. The contract can be fulfilled, and the product can be shipped quickly.

  Further, in the above configuration, the plurality of rights information includes a description of an industrial property right implemented in the gaming machine, a right holder of the industrial property right, a copyright owner of a copyrighted work used in the gaming machine, and the copyrighted material. It contains at least one piece of information related to moral rights.

  According to such a configuration, in the case of the Patent Law, the provisions of Article 187 of the Patent Law can be satisfied, and in the case of the Copyright Law, the provisions of Article 19 of the Law can be satisfied.

  Further, in the above configuration, the information related to the moral rights includes a portrait or name or name or name of a staff member who is involved in the development or production of the gaming machine, a stage name or a brush name, or an abbreviation thereof.

  According to such a configuration, the incentive of the staff can be improved by displaying the portrait or name or name of the staff involved in the development or production of the gaming machine, the name or name of the staff, the name of the handwriting or the abbreviation thereof.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to display a necessary and sufficient amount of specific information that is not directly related to a game, such as copyright information, without hindering the progress of the game. Have.

  FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine 110 according to the first embodiment. The pachinko machine 110 is configured by a rectangular frame 113 and is supported by a store-side base surface 115. The frame 113 is provided with a decorative plate 113A, a speaker 162, a key cylinder 113B, and the like.

  A transparent glass plate 110A is disposed on the inner front surface of the frame 113 in a state of being fitted into the glass frame 110B. A game board 111 is disposed in an inner area partitioned by the transparent glass plate 110A. In addition, an area surrounded by the arc-shaped rail 112 in the game board 111 is a gauge portion 114 that is a game area.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of nails 116 are driven over the entire surface of the gauge portion 114, and pachinko balls launched through the rails 112 bounce against the nails 116 or guide formed by the nails 116. It is going to fall while being guided by the road. In addition to this nail 116, a windmill 118 is attached at a symmetrical position toward the gauge portion 114 so as to change the direction of the pachinko ball in an unexpected direction.

  Further, the gauge portion 114 is provided with a winning opening 120 at a plurality of positions, and when a pachinko ball enters the winning opening 120, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out to the player.

  Such a gauge portion 114 has a substantially symmetrical system, and an electric accessory unit 122 is disposed in the center portion, and the display portion 124 is exposed. A special symbol start winning port 126 for starting the electric accessory unit 122 is provided below the display unit 124.

  Further below the special symbol start winning opening 126, a big winning opening 128 is arranged, and an opening / closing member 129 for opening and closing the large winning opening 128 displays a so-called jackpot display state in the electric accessory unit 122. Thereafter, a predetermined number or a predetermined time of opening is repeated a predetermined number of times from 1 to 16 times (hereinafter, each number is referred to as a round (ROUND), abbreviated as “R”) according to the specifications of each pachinko machine, and a large number of times. The pachinko ball can be awarded.

  In addition, four holding lamps 200 are arranged in a horizontal row above the electric accessory unit 122. This holding lamp 200 notifies that a maximum of four pachinko balls won in the special symbol start winning opening 126 are held, and the lottery result guidance by the electric accessory unit 122 has ended. At that time, the reserved portion is digested and turned off.

  In addition, the gauge unit 114 is provided with a normal symbol start winning opening 130, and when a pachinko ball wins the normal symbol start winning port 130, the display of the normal symbol display unit 202 changes, and when a predetermined hit number is obtained, An electric tulip 134 as a movable part provided in the special symbol start winning opening 126 is opened for a predetermined time. By opening the electric tulip 134, the probability of winning the special symbol start winning opening 126 is physically increased.

  The normal symbol display unit 202 may be displayed in a part of the display unit 124, for example, in one of the upper, lower, left, and right corners.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lower part of the gauge part 114, that is, the lower part of the transparent glass plate 110A is a panel part 140, the upper panel 140A is provided with an upper plate 141, and the lower panel 140B is fired. A handle 136 as an operation unit of the apparatus and a lower plate 138 for receiving a pachinko ball falling from the upper plate 141 are provided. Note that an ashtray 143 is also provided on the lower panel 140B.

  The handle 136 is attached to a rotating shaft protruding from the inside of the panel 140, and is rotatable about the rotating shaft. That is, when the player holds and rotates the handle 136, the launching device is operated, and the firing strength is set based on the rotation angle. Note that a return biasing force is applied to the rotation, and the structure automatically returns to the original rotation position when the player releases his / her hand.

  FIG. 3 shows an outline of a control system for controlling the pachinko machine 110. The control system is classified for each function such as the payout control board 152, the sound control board 154, the lamp control board 156, the launch control board 158, the symbol display control board 160, etc. with the main control board 150 as the center (hereinafter referred to as “the control system”). These are collectively referred to as the sub-control board 151).

  The main control board 150 and the sub control board 151 can also manage the operation status of the pachinko machine by connecting to the hall computer 208 on the pachinko shop side via the management control board 206.

  The main control board 150 stores a basic program relating to the game, and the other sub-control boards 151 execute independently based on the command signal from the main control board 150. That is, the main control board 150 basically outputs only a command and does not receive feedback of the result or the like.

  The payout control board 152 controls the number of payouts of pachinko balls, and the sound control board 154 controls the output of sound effects and the like from the speaker 162 provided in the pachinko machine 110. In addition, the lamp control board 156 controls turning on / off of the electric decoration member (game board side indicator lamp) 164 attached to the pachinko machine 110, and the launch control board 158 controls the launch of the pachinko ball by the player. .

  In the symbol display control board 160, the display unit 124 is connected via a display driver 166, and based on a command signal from the main control board 150, the display unit 124 executes a display that provides a predetermined effect. The symbol display control board 160 also controls the normal symbol display unit 202.

  The main control board 150 includes a special symbol winning sensor 168 provided at the special symbol starting winning port 126, a normal symbol winning sensor 170 provided at the normal symbol starting winning port 130, and a winning sensor provided at each winning port 120. 172 and a special winning opening sensor 173 that detects a pachinko ball that has won the special winning opening 128 is connected. The special winning opening 128 is provided with a V zone for continuing the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening, and a V zone sensor 171 is also provided in this V zone and is connected to the main control board 150. ing.

  The main control board 150 is connected to a solenoid 174 for opening and closing the electric tulip 134, a solenoid 175 for opening and closing the opening / closing member 129 of the special prize opening 128, and a holding lamp 200 (see FIG. 2). .

  In addition, the main control board 150 draws special symbols and normal symbols, selects the display contents on the display unit 124 based on the lottery result, and outputs a command signal to the symbol display control board 160. In other words, the symbol display control board 160 stores data of different display contents based on a plurality of types of command signals in advance, and the data is selected based on the command signals to be activated.

  Here, in the present embodiment, specific information is stored in advance in the symbol display control board 160, and during the display effect on the display unit 124 during the big hit that is executed when the lottery result is a win, Specific information is added and displayed.

  In the present embodiment, this specific information is the production staff who has produced the pachinko machine 110 and the production company. As shown in FIGS. 4 (A) to 4 (E), as if winding the scroll, The display contents are displayed in a so-called scroll format in which the display contents are displayed while being sequentially moved from the bottom to the top.

  In the present embodiment, this specific information is displayed three rounds before the last round, for example, in the case of 15R specifications, the display starts with the start of 13R, and the display is completed by the end of the final round 15R. Be controlled. In addition, the final image of the specific information is a still image (see FIG. 4E). If the display of other specific information is completed before the final round big hit game ends, It is displayed until the end of the last round.

  In addition, this specific information is displayed across 13R to 15R in the present embodiment. When a round is updated, first, a round notation image as shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C is displayed. Is displayed for about 2 seconds at the start of each round. Thereafter, images such as those shown in FIGS. 4A to 4E are sequentially scrolled and displayed in the next round, starting from the end of the previous round.

  This is calculated by calculating the number of rounds X satisfying t <tmin × X, where t is the time required to display the specific information, tmin is the minimum processing time of each round, and X is the number of rounds. This is based on the concept that the display of the specific information is started from the round that goes back by X rounds.

  In the following, according to FIG. 6, the function is displayed in a block form in order to display the specific information on the symbol display control board 160.

  The command signal sent from the main control board 150 is input to the command signal analysis unit 250, and the command signal is analyzed. The command signal analysis unit 250 is connected to the symbol variation pattern reading unit 252, the on / off determination unit 254, and the round update unit 256, and transmits information corresponding to each.

  That is, the symbol variation pattern reading unit 252 receives information specifying the symbol variation pattern, reads the corresponding symbol variation pattern from the symbol variation pattern memory 258, and sends it to the symbol variation pattern display control unit 260.

  In addition, the result of the internal lottery on the main control board 150 is input to the winning / excluding determination unit 254, and when the result of the internal lottery is a win, the effect of the display unit 124 during the big hit process is executed. In order to display the image, a signal for starting the hit processing round image reading unit 262 is transmitted.

  Further, a signal indicating the start and end of each round is input to the round update unit 256, and a signal instructing the hit process round image reading unit 262 to update the hit process round image is transmitted.

  A round effect image memory 264 is connected to the hit processing round reading unit 262. The round effect image memory 264 stores an image for each round. In the hit processing round reading unit 262, the round effect image of the designated round is read and sent to the round image display control unit 266.

  Here, in the present embodiment, three rounds of images of 13R to 15R, which is the final round, are stored as one. In this image, production staff information and production company information are displayed on a scroll screen in addition to a normal effect image (hereinafter referred to as a staff roll additional image 268).

  The round image display control unit 266 is connected to a 14, 15R notation image memory 270, and is an image for informing the player that updating from 13R to 14R and updating from 14R to 15R (FIG. 5 (B), (C)) is stored.

  The symbol variation pattern display control unit 260 and the round image display control unit 266 send the read image data to the display driver 166, and the display driver 166 displays an image on the display unit 124.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the stuff roll additional image 268 is composed of an image area composed of the effect image area 272 and the stuff roll image area 274 of each round (13R to 15R), and a blank provided between the rounds. An image (black) region 276 and a variable region 278 for displaying the company name as a still image are configured.

  A round notation image is inserted into the non-image area 276 at a predetermined timing.

  The stuff roll additional image 268 is set so as to end in 70 seconds as a whole. However, the round processing time varies from a minimum of 5 seconds to a maximum of 30 seconds.

  For this reason, it is most preferable to set the stuff roll for 15 seconds so that all stuff rolls can be displayed even when the round process is executed in a minimum of 5 seconds. In the embodiment, the following settings are used.

  That is, as the minimum processing time, it is assumed that 13R and 14R are 10 seconds each and 15R is 30 seconds, that is, a total of 50 seconds, and the stuff roll image can be displayed for all of these 50 seconds.

  In this situation, when the round process is executed in a maximum of 30 seconds, the staff image is completed in all of 13R and 14R and a part of 15R, and the company name is displayed as a still image thereafter.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described below.

  First, when a pachinko ball is launched, it is guided by the rail 112 and falls while making unpredictable movement while abutting against the nail 116, the windmill 118, etc. of the gauge part 114. Here, when winning a prize at the winning opening 120, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out (prize balls). When the normal symbol start winning opening 130 is won, the normal symbol winning sensor 170 detects this.

  With this detection, the main control board 150 starts drawing a normal symbol. That is, using a random number counter, numbers from 0 to 9 are drawn at a predetermined probability. As a result of the lottery, there is no particular change in the gaming state in the case of losing. On the other hand, if the result of the lottery is a win (for example, the win number 7 is lottery), the main control board 150 sets the electric tulip 134 provided in the special symbol start winning opening 126 to an open state. Energize the solenoid 174. Thereby, it can be set as the high probability state in which the pachinko ball is easy to enter the special symbol start winning opening.

  When the pachinko ball wins the special symbol start winning opening 126, the main control board 150 starts a big win lottery with a predetermined probability using a random number counter. When winning / losing is determined as a result of this big hit lottery, a symbol variation pattern (symbol variation pattern) prepared in advance is selected (may be selected with a random number counter), and an effect including the symbol display control board 160 is included. A command signal is sent to the control board related to the.

  The symbol display control board 160 displays a symbol variation pattern on the display unit 124 via the display driver 166 based on the received command signal. In this symbol variation pattern, there are various effects such as hits via reach, miss reach, hits not via reach, and misses via reach, and the player can wait for the lottery result with a sense of expectation.

  That is, when the symbol fluctuation control at the time of winning is completed, a jackpot process with a preset number of rounds (for example, 15R) is executed. During the jackpot processing, the big prize opening 128 is almost open, so that the player can be in an advantageous state. When the jackpot processing of a predetermined round is completed, the game enters a probability variation game with a large jackpot probability or returns to a normal game.

  In each round of the big hit process, the display unit 124 displays an effect image that informs the player that the big hit is being made and makes the player feel visually superior.

  In this case, conventionally, images are prepared for each round (when all images are the same or a plurality of images may be reused), and the display is switched every round update.

  In contrast, in the present embodiment, three round images from 13R to 15R, which is the final round, are stored as one. In this image, a stuff roll additional image is added in addition to a normal effect image, and specific information is displayed in harmony with the progress of the game.

  A flow relating to the display of the stuff roll additional image will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step 300, the number of rounds n is set to 1, and then the process proceeds to step 302 to determine whether or not a command signal is input from the main control board 150. If an affirmative determination is made, the process proceeds to step 304 to read the symbol variation pattern. .

  In the next step 306, the read symbol variation pattern is displayed on the display unit 124.

  In the next step 308, it is determined whether or not the display result by this symbol variation pattern is a hit. In the case of a win, an n-round image is read in step 310, and then the process proceeds to step 312 and the n-round image is read. Execute the display.

  In the next step 314, it is determined whether or not a round has been updated. If an affirmative determination is made, the number n of rounds is incremented in step 316 and the process proceeds to step 318.

  In step 318, it is determined whether or not the number of rounds n is 13R. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step 310 and the above steps are repeated.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step 318, the process proceeds to step 320, the stuff roll additional image 268 common to 13 to 15R prepared in advance is read, the process proceeds to step 322, and the 13R display shown in FIG. After the display of the image, the display of the stuff roll additional image 268 shown in FIGS. 4A to 4E is started in the scroll form from FIG.

  In the next step 324, a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), which is a predetermined number of pachinko balls for the V zone and a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls to the grand prize opening 128 or the opening time of the grand prize opening 128, is obtained. As a result, it is determined whether or not a round has been updated. If an affirmative determination is made, the 14th round display image is read for the first time in step 326, and then the display of the stuff roll image 268 is temporarily interrupted in step 328. Then, the 14R display image is displayed (step 330), and the process proceeds to step 332. In step 332, when the display of the 14R display image is completed, the display of the stuff roll additional image 268 is resumed, and the process proceeds to step 334.

  In step 334, it is determined whether or not all rounds have been completed. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 324 and the above process is repeated. Since this is the second time, the 15R display image is read out in step 326, and the 15R display image is displayed in step 330.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step 334, it is determined that all rounds have been completed, and this routine ends.

  The display flow will be described more specifically.

  The staff roll additional image 268 starts from 13R of the big hit land. The images are continuous from 13R to 15R, and this image has a display time of 70 seconds in total, and stops (stops) at the last image.

  Since each round is 30 seconds at the longest, if 13R and 14R are used for 30 seconds, 15R becomes a still image after 10 seconds.

  Also, in 13R and 14R, if 10 wins to the pachinko ball grand prize winning opening 128 are fast and it ends in about 10 seconds each, even if 30R is consumed for 15 seconds, the remaining 20 seconds will be left and the staff roll will remain. finish.

  The stuff roll additional image 268 starts after the title display of 13R, but the display of the stuff roll additional image 268 is temporarily interrupted when 30 seconds of 13R elapse or 10 winnings, whichever comes first. .

  That is, if there is one or more V prizes at 13R, the process continues to 14R. When 14R starts, the display of the stuff roll image temporarily interrupted at 13R after the title display as shown in FIG. 5B is resumed.

  The resumption of the display of the stuff roll additional image 268 may be started from the point where it was interrupted at 13R as described above, or may be resumed and displayed by returning slightly in time.

  Thereafter, the same control is performed for 15R.

  The stuff roll additional image 268 is continuously displayed while sequentially scrolling the image from the bottom to the top of the screen. The background is based on a black background so that the staff display is easy to see. However, when the background is displayed, the image used in the previous round may be used to save memory. Further, in order to make the stuff roll additional image 268 easier to see, the contrast and brightness may be displayed lower than when used in the previous round.

  Also, if the staff role is configured to give priority to the display that is mandatory in the contract and end with the display of the company name, etc. related to production and sales as shown in Fig. 4 (E), the implementation of the contract Is easy to secure. Indications that may be required in the contract include, in the case of the use of movies, animations, and character images, the names of their owners and authors, or the names of productions, that is, the names of copyright holders and copyright holders, etc. In some cases, it is necessary to display the title name or character name.

  In addition, the registration number of the trademark used on the game board and the trademark owner's order can be displayed. If there is a patent right, etc. that is required to be displayed in the contract, the registration number, the name of the patent owner, etc. Are listed in preference to their own.

  Furthermore, the development staff name may be a real name, but a nickname or the like may be used as shown in FIGS. 4A to 4D in consideration of various circumstances such as privacy. Moreover, you may use the portrait of the staff, a full name, a name, a shop name, a stage name, a brush name, or these abbreviations.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, specific information not directly related to the game, such as production staff, production company, notation of industrial property rights, right holders of industrial property rights, copyright holders, copyrighted works, etc. Since the rights information such as moral rights is displayed in a scrolling format as the game progresses, the player can show it as a part of the production according to the theme of the pachinko machine, and the specific information fills the screen. Even if the information is displayed, the progress of the game is not hindered. Further, since the display is performed in a scroll format, a long display time can be taken, and a large amount of necessary and sufficient information can be displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the processing time of the stuff roll additional image 268 is set in advance (70 seconds), and the display of the stuff roll additional image 268 is started from the start of 13R so as to match this. As described above, the processing time of each round varies depending on the player. Therefore, the processing time of the player in the initial round (for example, 1R to 5R) is measured, and based on the measured time (for example, an average value), a processing time peculiar to the player is assumed, and a staff roll is added. The display start time of the image 268 may be set. This is based on the assumption that the round processing time varies greatly among different players, but the round processing time is almost average for the same player. However, there is no large error, and by displaying the stuff roll additional image 268 with a certain margin, it is possible to reliably display all the specific information.

  In the above embodiment, the production staff and the production company are specified information. However, naturally, the copyright holder, the patent number, and the like may be displayed as the specific information. In order to further improve the information, it is preferable that important information is arranged at the initial stage of display, and information that does not have a problem even if it cannot be displayed due to insufficient time is arranged at the end of display.

  In the above embodiment, the specific information is displayed during the big hit round. However, the present invention may display the specific information as part of the process of starting the gaming machine when the gaming machine is turned on. Good. In this case, the specific information is less likely to be seen by the player, but can be seen by hall personnel.

  In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, but various games including image display devices such as a pachislot machine, a poker game machine, a mahjong game machine, and a slot machine. Can be widely applied to the machine.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment. It is a front view of the gauge part which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the pachinko machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the stuff roll addition image which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a front view of a round notation image. It is a block diagram explaining the function for displaying the stuff roll addition image in the symbol display control board concerning this Embodiment. It is the expanded view which showed typically the image structure of the stuff roll addition image which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the image display control routine which concerns on this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

110 Pachinko machines (game machines)
114 Gauge portion 122 Electric accessory unit 124 Display portion 126 Special symbol start winning port 128 Large winning port 129 Lid member 150 Main control board 152 Discharge control board 154 Audio control board 156 Lamp control board 160 Symbol display control board 166 Display driver 168 Special Symbol winning sensor 200 Reservation lamp 250 Command signal analysis unit 252 Symbol variation pattern reading unit 254 Win / no judgment unit 256 Round update unit 258 Symbol variation pattern memory 260 Symbol variation pattern display control unit 262 Per process round image reading unit 264 Round effect image Memory 266 Round image display control unit (specific information display control means)
268 Staff roll additional image (specific information)
270 14, 15R notation image memory 272 Production image area 274 Stuff roll image area 276 No image (black) area 278 Fluctuation area

Claims (4)

A display device for notifying the result of a lottery executed at a predetermined opportunity during the game by image display, and when the lottery result is a big hit, a plurality of progresses when the big hit notification by the display device is finished A gaming machine that becomes a big hit game state composed of rounds of
On the display screen of the display device, along with the normal effect image displayed during the game, information of staff involved in the development or production of the gaming machine, the notation of industrial property rights implemented in the gaming machine, the industry Stores specific information composed of a plurality of rights information including at least one of the owner of the right of ownership, the copyright holder of the work used in the gaming machine, or the copyright holder of the copyrighted work. Storage means;
Specific information display for displaying the specific information stored in the storage means on the display device together with the normal jackpot effect information displayed during the big hit game when the lottery result is a big hit Control means,
The specific information display control means is a gaming machine that displays the specific information on the display device over a plurality of consecutive rounds in the jackpot game.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a final screen of the specific information displayed on the display device by the control of the specific information display control unit is configured by a still image.   3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the jackpot effect information displayed together with the specific information is effect information displayed in a previous round during the jackpot game.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the specific information display control means preferentially displays a display that is essential in the contract among the specific information.