Japan, July 14 -- TAKAO CO LTD has got intellectual property rights for 'GAME MACHINE.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2023-186678
Category (FI): A63F7/02,315@A
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the game amusement in a pinball game machine provided with a time-shortened win and thereby achieve game properties never existed.SOLUTION: As a time-shortened state based on a time-shortened win, a pinball game machine includes a c-time-shortened 1 time-shortened state in which a ball entrance to a second start port 12 is easy and a c-time-shortened 2 time-shortened state in which a ball entrance to the second start port 12 is difficult. In the pinball game machine, during the c-time-shortened 2 time-shortened state, as an opening pattern of an ordinary electric accessory to open the second start port 12, an easy long opening pattern can be achieved at a low probability. In the c-time-shortened 2 time-shortened state, as a prescribed number of times, the number of variation times of a second special symbol is set as 4 times that is an equal number value to 4 pieces that is an upper limit number of pieces of a second reservation storage. Therefore, if the long opening pattern of the ordinary electric accessory is performed, it becomes possible to activate the time-shortened win again by terminating the c-time-shortened 2 time-shortened state and by performing a shift to a normal game state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 22 (Grant)
Filing Date: Oct. 31, 2023
Publication Date: May 15, 2025
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