JP4873757B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique for controlling screen display contents in a ball game machine.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). In this gaming machine, for example, when a game ball enters a start winning opening formed on the game board, a random lottery value is acquired as a result. The acquired lottery values are temporarily stored, for example, up to four as reserved balls. The reserved balls are sequentially read out one by one to determine whether or not they are correct, and the symbols are variably displayed according to the determination result. And when the result of the determination is successful and the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific aspect, more prize balls than normal games are obtained. It is known to shift to a special game (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The variable display of symbols in the display area is not only a variable display of multiple symbols, but the time of variable display is usually reduced in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, the player's expectation is enhanced by the use of characters in images such as symbols to give a story to the variable display and the notice effect that suggests the high degree of expectation of transition to special games. .

JP 2006-246964 A

  In such a gaming machine, as described above, the winning / losing lottery is performed on the premise that the lottery value is held when the starting winning opening is entered. On the other hand, since there is an upper limit number for holding the lottery value, even if it exceeds the upper limit number and enters the starting prize opening, it does not lead to the transition to the special game. For this reason, sequentially grasping the number of lottery values to be held is important for the player to advance the game advantageously. Therefore, generally, a holding display lamp is provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and the number of lottery values held is displayed by the number of lighting of the lamp. In recent years, in order to more clearly indicate the number of holds, an object image dedicated to hold display is displayed at a predetermined position in a display area such as a liquid crystal display, in addition to the effect display including design variation, and the lottery value is determined by the number of the object images. A technique for notifying the player of the number of holds has also been proposed. Under such circumstances, the inventors effectively link the display of the lottery value that increases or decreases by entering the starting prize opening and the start of symbol variation to the result display of the winning / failing lottery as well as notifying the number of holds. So I came up with the idea that the player's expectation and interest could be further enhanced.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object thereof is to produce a game by a novel technique in a ball game machine.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a bullet ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention includes a game board in which a game area is formed, a start opening provided at a predetermined position of the game area, and a ball entering the start opening. As a trigger, the lottery means for executing the lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the result of the lottery result indicating the transition to the special game. Special game control means for executing a special game, a symbol display device for variably displaying a symbol for indicating the result of the lottery, and a variation process from variation start to stop in the symbol variation display are determined. A variation pattern determining means for selecting one of a plurality of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery, and a symbol variation corresponding to the previous entry when a new entry is made at the starting port are displayed. If you are against a new entry The hold control means for holding the result of the lottery lottery up to a predetermined number up to the start of the variable display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery, and the hold display for displaying the number of hold correspondence objects corresponding to the number of the hold of the result of the lottery lottery High expectation that the lottery result shown by the symbol variation of multiple times ahead is win when the device and the production contents according to the decided variation pattern are decided and when the result of lottery lottery is put on hold An effect determining means for determining whether or not to start a continuous variation effect that suggests a step-by-step along with the multiple symbol variations, and to display the symbols variably according to the determined variation pattern, while the continuous variation for which the start is determined Display control means for displaying effects.

  As a display mode of the hold-corresponding object, a plurality of modes having different expectations for the effect are provided. The winning / losing lottery means produces information indicating the result of the winning / losing lottery corresponding to the incoming ball, regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the incoming ball ball is immediately started. Send to decision means. The effect determining means determines the presence / absence of the start of the continuous variation effect and the initial display mode of the hold-corresponding object corresponding to the lottery result based on the information indicating the result of the success / failure lottery. The display control means sequentially displays the corresponding hold corresponding object every time the result of the lottery is put on hold, while erasing the display of the hold corresponding object corresponding to the symbol change every time the pattern change is started. When the start of the variation production is determined, the pending correspondence object corresponding to the lottery result of the suggestion target that is the determination factor of the start is displayed in the determined initial mode, and triggered by the subsequent symbol variation The display mode of the hold-corresponding object is displayed so as to be changed stepwise in a direction indicating hit or miss according to the lottery result.

  Here, the “hold corresponding object” may be, for example, an illumination such as a lamp that is lit or blinked by the same number as the number of hold of the result of the lottery determination (also simply referred to as “lottery result”). Further, it may be a lit display image that is displayed as many times as the number of reserved lottery results, or an image corresponding to a hold such as an object image representing a specific motif or character. “Continuous variation effect” is executed together with symbol variation when a plurality of lottery results are held. Then, by changing the display mode of the hold-corresponding object in a stepwise manner along with the plurality of symbol variations, the level of expectation that the lottery result is winning (also referred to as “winning expectation”) is suggested. Note that the display mode of the hold-corresponding object is changed when the symbol changes, but it is not always necessary to change for each symbol change. That is, in this mode, a plurality of modes with different expected expectations are provided as the display mode of the hold correspondence object. Then, the display mode of the hold-corresponding object that has become the determining factor for starting the continuous variation effect changes stepwise from the initial mode to a direction indicating hit or miss. At that time, the display mode may be changed only for the pending corresponding object that is the determining factor, or the display mode of all the pending corresponding objects that are displayed before the pending corresponding object that is the determining factor may be changed. May be. Alternatively, the display mode of all the pending corresponding objects displayed in plural may be changed while the pending corresponding object that is the determining factor is explicitly displayed so as to be distinguishable from other pending corresponding objects.

  The effect determining means can perform so-called “prefetching” in which the content of the result to be held is acquired before the start of the symbol variation display. Therefore, when a plurality of lottery results are held in this way, the multiple times of the symbols are displayed. The display process of the continuous variation effect can be determined on the assumption of variation. The player can estimate the expected degree of winning by grasping the display mode when the symbol variation corresponding to the hold correspondence object that has become the determining factor of the continuous variation effect start is grasped. Become. According to this aspect, the hold display by the hold corresponding object can be functioned not only as a notification of the number of holds in the lottery result but also as an element that increases the player's sense of expectation in connection with the degree of expectation of winning. In particular, since the display mode of the hold corresponding object that is the target of suggestion of the hit expectation changes after the start of the continuous variation effect, the player's consciousness can be directed until the symbol change corresponding to the hold corresponding object is made. . In other words, if the display mode of the hold correspondence object changes only at the start of the continuous variation effect, the hold digest period until the lottery result relating to the suggestion hold support object is displayed is simply the player. There is a possibility of waiting. In that case, it is not possible to expect so much a stage effect that the hold display is linked to the expectation level and the player's expectation is struck. In that respect, according to this aspect, since the display aspect can be changed step by step until the pending correspondence object to be suggested is digested, the effect of the effect is effectively achieved over a plurality of symbol variations as a continuous variation effect. It can be demonstrated.

  The gaming machine may further include an operation input unit that receives an operation input by the player. The display control means displays a screen for requesting an operation input by the player at a predetermined timing triggered by the symbol variation during the continuous variation effect, and is subject to suggestion on the condition that there is an operation input in response to the request. The display mode of the hold corresponding object corresponding to the lottery result may be changed in a direction in which the degree of expectation increases. In that case, if the expected degree of hit suggested by the hold-corresponding object deviates from the actual lottery result, it is difficult to maintain the reliability of the continuous variation effect itself and the player's interest. For this reason, it is not always necessary to increase the expectation level for each operation input by the player. What is necessary is just to change so that a hit expectation degree may become high as a total in the process which passes through the opportunity of several times of operation input rather than the case where there is no operation input.

  According to this aspect, presence / absence of an operation input by the player is one of the elements that change the display mode of the hold-corresponding object. In other words, it is possible to stir the player's interest in the continuous variation effect in that the display mode of the hold correspondence object changes depending on the player's intervention in the continuous variation effect and affects the hit expectation level shown in the effect. it can. As a result, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the gaming machine by continuously varying effects.

  Specifically, when there is an operation input, the display control means may change the display mode of the corresponding hold-corresponding object with a higher probability than when the suggestion target lottery result is a hit. Good. When the suggestion target lottery result is out of the range, the frequency or degree of changing the display mode of the hold-corresponding object may be reduced even if there is an operation input.

  Alternatively, the display control unit may change the display mode of the hold-corresponding object corresponding to the suggestion target lottery result in a direction in which the degree of expectation decreases when there is no operation input in response to the request. In this way, by imposing a penalty on the effect when there is no operation input by the player, the player can be actively involved in the continuous variation effect, and the effect can be effective.

  The effect determining means determines the contents of the effect to be accompanied by the display of the variation of the symbol, and each of the plurality of effect patterns set so that the selection probability varies depending on the result of the success / failure lottery, and the plurality of display modes of the hold correspondence object A pattern table associated with each of the above is held, the pattern table is referred to at a predetermined timing in symbol variation corresponding to the lottery result to be suggested, and the display mode of the hold corresponding object corresponding to the lottery result is supported. The content of the production according to the production pattern may be determined.

  According to this aspect, the display mode and the production pattern of the hold corresponding object are associated with each other in accordance with the expected level. That is, as the display mode of the suggestion target hold-corresponding object finally displays a display mode with a high degree of expectation, an effect pattern with a high level of expectation is selected and a high expectation level effect is achieved. That is, as the degree of expectation of the display mode increases, the player can see a so-called hot performance. Since the probability of winning the lottery result is not generally high, the appearance rate is usually set lower for the high-expected degree performance. Therefore, if the hit expectation degree according to the display mode of the hold-corresponding object is sufficiently increased, rare effects can be seen even if the win is not obtained, and as a result, the player's interest can be maintained.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention may be mutually replaced between methods, apparatuses, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, etc. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to produce a game by a novel method.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success determination table referred by prior advance determination. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior symbol determination table referred by prior symbol determination. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior pattern determination table referred by prior pattern determination. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for deviation in detail. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the continuous notice effect displayed on an effect display device. It is a figure showing the pattern table used when determining the production content of a continuous notice effect. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the winning process of S10 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the prior determination process of S28 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the prefetch process of S150 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the execution process of the special symbol fluctuation | variation process of S152 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the execution process of the decoration design change process of S154 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the execution process of the notice effect determination process of S192 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the holding | maintenance display control process performed for every design fluctuation in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the special game of S16 in FIG. 15 in detail.

FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine.
Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has mechanisms such as storage of game balls, delivery of game balls to the launch rail, and extraction of game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start port 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expanding mechanism of the start port 62. When the expansion mechanism of the start port 62 is expanded, the opening width of the start port 62 is expanded and the ease of entering the ball is improved. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing.

  The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery for determining whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. When the number of the lottery holds is 3, the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened from the normal time in order to increase game efficiency (hereinafter also referred to as “shortening”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery holds is 4, the symbol variation time in the case of losing in order to further increase the game efficiency is further shortened than in the case of 3 above (hereinafter also referred to as “super shortening”). .

  The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. Furthermore, game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is a button that the player operates to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the decorative pattern 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three patterns are matched. In the special game, the grand prize winning slot 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after nine or more game balls are dropped. Such opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, a variable time shortening game (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games is started. In the variation time shortening game, the variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is shortened from the normal time. The variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is returned to the original variation time after the variation display of a predetermined variation number is performed. When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the special game ends Be started. In the probability variation game, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early.

FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine.
The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set substrate 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment.
In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 includes a ball entering determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 111, a holding control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game execution unit 122, an opening / closing control unit 124, A lottery means 136 and a condition holding means 176 are provided. The sub-board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 135. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub board 104 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub board 104, each operation is performed so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. The configuration is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub board 104. In this way, since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 102 to the sub board 104 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 104 to the configuration included in the main board 102. It is not possible to request data transmission. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub board 104 unless the main board 102 unilaterally transmits the information to the sub board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 111 for executing the success / failure lottery corresponding to the entry into the starting port 62 includes a lottery value acquisition means 112, a success / failure determination means 113, and a variation pattern determination means 114. The result of the lottery determination is shown in the form of variable display of the special symbol 192 on the special symbol display device 61, and in the form of variable display of the decorative symbol 190 on the effect display device 60.

  When the symbol variation starts, the lottery means 111 transmits the lottery result corresponding to the symbol variation to the symbol mode determination unit 131 and the effect determination unit 132 together with the symbol variation control command. Furthermore, the winning / losing lottery means 111 executes a pre-winning determination as to which lottery value corresponds to the lottery value in the winning / failing determination as a pre-determination process even when entering the starting port 62, and the determination result is used as the lottery result. Is transmitted to the symbol form determining means 131 and the effect determining means 132. The result of the preliminary determination process is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, and then transmitted to the symbol mode determination unit 131 and the effect determination unit 132 regardless of whether the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started or not. Erased from or overwritten later. Therefore, for the sub-board 104 side, a so-called “prefetch” process is realized in which the result of the success / failure can be presumably recognized in advance before the order of the start of symbol variation comes around.

  The lottery value acquisition unit 112 acquires a random number value as the success / failure lottery value for the success / failure lottery upon entering the starting port 62. For example, the value acquired as the success / failure lottery value for the success / failure lottery is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The value acquired by the lottery value acquisition unit 112 as the winning / failing lottery value is temporarily held by the hold control unit 116. However, the lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined holding upper limit number.

  The success / failure determination unit 113 determines whether or not to shift to the special game or the small hit game based on the success / failure lottery value, and whether or not the lottery value range in the determination of the success / failure corresponds to prior determination Make a decision. The validity determination unit 113 holds a validity determination table and a prior validity determination table that are referred to in the validity determination. In addition, in order to distinguish especially the prior / failure determination that is performed when starting the symbol variation, it is also referred to as “predetermined whether or not the main determination is appropriate”.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table.
The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small wins, and misses with winning / failed lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the big hit / failure probabilities and the hit / non-winning probability Is determined. The success / failure determination unit 113 refers to the determination result table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure determination means 113, a big hit is made only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299 in normal times. The jackpot range is expanded at the time of certainty change, and not only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299 but also when it falls within the range of 300 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the jackpot changes according to the gaming state. In this figure, the jackpot range for both the normal time and the probability change is shown by a single success / failure determination table, but the success / failure determination table may be prepared separately for the normal time and the probability change time.

  In the present embodiment, even if it is a case where the winning / failing lottery value does not correspond to the jackpot range, that is, a so-called losing, it is a small jackpot if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, it is a small hit when the success / failure lottery value acquired by the success / failure determination means 113 falls within the range of 60000-65535. In this way, if it does not correspond to the jackpot, it is all “out of”, but in the example in this figure, the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the jackpot out of the cases that do not correspond to the jackpot Is expressed as “displacement”. In addition, although the example which implement | achieves the determination table of whether it is a big win and the determination table of whether it is a small win in the figure in the form of a single winning / nothing determination table was shown in this figure, each may be implement | achieved as a separate table. Good.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a prior success / failure determination table referred to in prior advance / failure determination.
The success / failure determination unit 113 refers to this prior determination table, and if the success / failure lottery value is “0 to 299”, it sets a value of “1” indicating that to the success / failure range as the determination result, and the success / failure lottery value When “300-2999” is set, the value “2” indicating that is set as the determination result as the success / failure range. When the winning / failing lottery value is “3000 to 59999”, the value “3” indicating that is set as the determination result, and when the winning / losing lottery value is “60000 to 65535”, “4” is indicated. The value of “” is set in the validity range as the determination result. Every time the hit / miss range is set as described above, the hit / fail judgment means 113 transmits the value together with the number of holdings to the symbol mode determination means 131 and the effect determination means 132.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the success / failure determination unit 113 determines the stop symbol at the start of symbol variation based on the separately acquired symbol lottery value and the result of the determination, and the symbol lottery value corresponds to any symbol range. The prior symbol determination is executed. The success / failure determination means 113 holds a plurality of symbol determination tables and a prior symbol determination table that are referred to for determining a special symbol stop symbol. The validity determination unit 113 refers to a different symbol determination table depending on the determination result. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination performed in starting symbol variation especially from prior symbol determination, it is also referred to as “symbol determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 6A is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, FIG. 6B is a table that is referred to when the determination result is wrong, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit.
The go / no-go determination means 113 refers to the symbol determination table of this figure in the symbol determination as the main determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the special symbol represented by the numbers “0” to “9” and the symbol “−” and the symbol lottery value is defined. The types of special symbols are associated with the results of success / failure determination of jackpots, jackpots, and misses, odd numbers correspond to jackpots, even numbers correspond to jackpots, and the symbol “-” is missed. Correspond.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the special symbols “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, and “9” that are odd numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9” are associated with the jackpot. . Among them, the special symbol “7” indicates a 15R jackpot with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 99”. The special symbol “3” indicates a 2R jackpot with certainty and is associated with a symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”. Special symbols “1”, “5”, and “9” indicate a 15R jackpot without any probability change, the special symbol “1” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 189”, and the special symbol “190 to 229”. “5” is associated with, and “230 to 255” is associated with the special symbol “9”.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the special symbol “-” is associated with the symbol lottery values in the entire range when the result of the determination is wrong.

  As shown in FIG. 6C, the special symbols “0”, “2”, “4”, “6”, and “8” that are even numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9” are associated with the small hits. Yes. The special symbol “0” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0-49”, the special symbol “2” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “50-99”, and the special symbol “4” is symbol lottery. The special symbol “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the special symbol “8” is the symbol lottery value range “200 to 255”. Is associated with.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior symbol determination table referred to in prior symbol determination.
The success / failure determination means 113 refers to this prior symbol determination table when the success / failure lottery value corresponds to a jackpot. When the symbol lottery value is “0 to 99”, the value “1” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result, and when the symbol lottery value is “100 to 149” “2” indicating that fact "Is set in the symbol range as the determination result. When the symbol lottery value is “150 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result. Every time the symbol range is set as described above, the success / failure determination unit 113 transmits the value together with the number of holdings to the symbol mode determination unit 131 and the effect determination unit 132. In addition, when the winning / failing lottery value falls outside or hits a small hit, the table in this figure is not referred to, and for example, a value of “4” may be set in the symbol range as a value indicating a loss or a small hit. May not be set.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the variation pattern determination means 114 has a plurality of variations based on a pattern lottery value separately acquired for a variation pattern in which a display process of symbol variation to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60 is determined. The pattern is determined and sent to the main display control means 118. The variation pattern determining means 114 refers to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation and determines the variation pattern of the symbol variation. In addition, the variation pattern determination unit 114 performs a prior pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value corresponds to. The variation pattern determination unit 114 holds a variation pattern table and a prior pattern determination table that are referred to for determining a variation pattern. In the variation pattern, a variation time from a variation start to a stop when the special symbol is variably displayed is determined, and has various variation times depending on the type. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses. It should be noted that the variation pattern determination executed when starting the symbol variation is also referred to as “variation pattern determination as the main determination” as appropriate in order to distinguish it from the prior pattern determination.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table.
The variation pattern determination means 114 refers to the variation pattern for detachment shown in FIG. 8A when the result of the determination is wrong. The variation pattern determining means 114 refers to the variation pattern table of this figure in the variation pattern determination as the main determination. When the determination result is a 15R jackpot, the variation pattern table for 15R jackpot shown in FIG. 8B is referred to. When the determination result is a 2R big hit or a small hit, the 2R big hit and small hit variation pattern table shown in FIG. 8C is referred to.

  In FIG. 8A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 10 are associated with a super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery values 11 to 20 are associated with a super reach “super 2”. The pattern lottery values 21 to 255 are associated with any variation pattern of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach”. Note that, in the variation pattern table for detachment, when selecting a variation pattern of “no reach”, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern with a shorter variation time is selected in the short time state than in the normal state.

  In FIG. 8B, the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is a 15R jackpot, a variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 8C, the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. As described above, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of about 50%.

  As shown in the figure, a plurality of effect patterns with different characters appearing with a common background are assigned to the variation pattern of “Super 1” with a predetermined selection probability. Also, a plurality of effect patterns with different characters appearing with a common background are assigned to the variation pattern of “Super 2” with a predetermined selection probability. The effect determining means 132 holds the correspondence between each variation pattern of “Super 1” and “Super 2” and each effect pattern so as to correspond with the pattern lottery value, and the correspondence is stored in the effect pattern. Used for decision. In the parentheses attached to the reference signs A to D, pattern lottery values when each effect pattern is selected are shown.

  In the illustrated example, characters A to D are set, and for both “super 1” and “super 2”, characters A, B, C, and D are assigned in descending order of appearance rate. On the other hand, characters D, C, B, and A are assigned in descending order of appearance rate at 15R jackpot. In other words, since characters D, C, B, and A are assigned in descending order of expectation, if the character D appears in a super reach, the player's sense of expectation reaches its climax. Become. These characters A to D are also related to a holding display effect (continuous variation effect) which will be described in detail later. In addition, although a predetermined character also appears in “Super 3” and “Normal 1” to “Normal 3”, in this embodiment, since it is not related to the continuous variation effect, description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior pattern determination table referred to in prior pattern determination.
The variation pattern determination means 114 refers to the table of FIG. 9A when the result is wrong, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 10”, the value “1” indicating that is used as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “11 to 20”, the value “2” indicating that is set to the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “21 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result.

  The variation pattern determining means 114 refers to the table of FIG. 9B when the result is a 15R jackpot, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 120”, the value “4” indicating that is determined as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “121 to 240”, the value “5” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “241 to 250”, the value “6” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result, and when the pattern lottery value is “251 to 255”, “7” indicating that fact is set. "Is set to the pattern range as the determination result.

  The variation pattern determining means 114 refers to the table of FIG. 9C when the result is 2R big hit or small hit, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 122”, a value of “8” indicating that fact Is set in the pattern range as the determination result, and when the pattern lottery value is “123 to 255”, the value “9” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. Whenever the pattern range is set as described above, the variation pattern determining unit 114 transmits the value to the symbol mode determining unit 131 and the effect determining unit 132 together with the number of holdings.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the general drawing lottery means 136 executes a lottery by acquiring a lottery value when a game ball passes through the operation port 68. The result of the lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 136 is variably displayed in the form of a normal symbol on the normal symbol display device 59. The general symbol lottery means 136 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The symbol determination table defines the correspondence between the lottery value and the normal symbol, and the normal symbol lottery means 136 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol with reference to the symbol determination table. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 is The electric accessory is expanded for a predetermined time. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

  The holding control means 116 includes special figure holding means 144 and universal figure holding means 147. When there is a new entry at the start port 62 and a new winning / failing lottery is executed, the special figure holding means 144 will display a new entry when a symbol change corresponding to the previous entry or lottery is displayed. The result of the success / failure lottery based on the ball is put on hold until the change display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery starts. In the present embodiment, the result of lottery lottery is set with an upper limit of four, and the setting of the lottery value, the symbol range, and the pattern range as the preliminary determination result are held. Or you may hold | maintain the result of a prior | preceding determination in the area | region different from a lottery value. The general map holding means 147 holds the general map lottery value acquired by the general map lottery means 136 as a holding ball. These holding numbers are represented by the numbers of lighting or blinking of the lottery holding lamp 20 and the operation holding lamp 22, respectively.

  The main display control means 118 includes special figure control means 148 and universal figure control means 153. The special symbol control means 148 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the variation of the special symbol 192 according to the variation pattern determined as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery device 111. The special symbol control means 148 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the success / failure lottery performed before that time has ended.

  The special figure control means 148 transmits a fluctuation start command and a fluctuation stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the fluctuation display of the special symbol 192. When the variation start command is transmitted, values indicating the determination result, the determination result determined as the main determination, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern are transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The normal symbol control means 153 causes the normal symbol display device 59 to display the lottery result by the normal symbol lottery means 136 as a normal symbol variation display.

  The condition holding means 176 holds a special game operating condition as a condition for shifting to a special game including a plurality of unit games accompanied by opening of the special winning opening. The special game operation condition is a result indicating that the game shifts to the special game in the lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

  The special game control means 120, when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 111 results in the transition to the special game, the special game operation condition is established when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot mode. A special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include a 15R jackpot that repeats a unit game 15 times and a 2R jackpot that repeats a short unit game only twice. In the case of 15R jackpot, in principle, the grand prize opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted.

  The specific game execution means 122 controls the normal game in the state of probability change and short time. The specific game execution means 122 always shifts to the time-saving state after the special game is finished. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the success / failure determination means 113 is a jackpot symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The time-short state is continued until the number of times that the special symbol 192 is changed is counted from the end point of the special game to a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times. In the short time state, the fluctuation pattern determining means 114 selects a fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time so that the fluctuation display time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a fluctuation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds by the special figure holding unit 144 is referred to, and a fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time is likely to appear as the number of holdings by the special figure holding unit 144 decreases. On the other hand, the probability change state is continued until the special game with the next jackpot is executed. During the probability variation state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure determination unit 113 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 190 and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the variation start to the stop in the variation display of the decoration symbol 190 and the effect process are defined, and the variation display of the decoration symbol, and the degree of expectation to the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns suggesting the height of the notice.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the contents of the effect displayed on the effect display device 60 by the effect display control means 134 according to the result of the success / failure lottery received from the success / failure lottery means 111. The effect determining unit 132 selects any one of a plurality of variation effect pattern data corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the variation pattern determining unit 114, reads out the data from the pattern storage unit 130, and reads the variation effect pattern. Information is sent to the effect display control means 134. The symbol pattern determining means 131 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbol 190 according to the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern determined by the success / failure lottery unit 111. The symbol form determination unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect display control unit 134. The symbol form determining means 131 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 111 indicates a transition to a special game of 15R jackpot, a specific combination such as “777” or “ A combination of three symbols such as “111” is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same number as the special symbol 192 is selected as the number to be arranged as the decorative symbol 190. For example, when the special symbol 192 is “7”, the decorative symbol 190 is “777”. Or you may make it show the jackpot also by the combination of the symbol in which the specific symbol which shows that it is a hit at least one of three symbols is included. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357”, is selected even when the result of the determination is a 2R big hit or a small win, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946”, and is a specific combination selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit. A combination that does not apply is selected. When the determination result is not 15R big hit, and a variation pattern showing a loss with reach is selected, a combination with only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is selected. .

  In the decorative pattern variation effect pattern data, a decorative symbol variation display mode, that is, a variation process from a variation start to a variation stop and a variation process are defined. The variation effect pattern includes a reach pattern that displays a stop symbol combination that is a hit state or a disengagement mode after a reach state that becomes a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a stop pattern that is a disengagement mode without reaching a reach state An unreachable pattern that displays the combination is included. In particular, the patterns when reaching the reach state include patterns with various long and short fluctuation times. Reach patterns with relatively short fluctuation times are called “normal reach”, and reach patterns with long fluctuation times are called “super reach”. ". Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 132 selects a variation effect pattern of a decorative symbol having the same variation time as that of the special symbol, according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. In this embodiment, a notice effect by operating the movable accessory 140 is also included. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests in advance that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode.

  The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display form of the decorative symbol 190 reaches the reach state and the final stop state of the symbol is notified, and no decorative symbol 190 is stopped. There is a pattern in which the performance is executed at the timing and the reach is reached at the same time.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the result of the lottery determination, and determines the notice effect pattern to be displayed. The effect determining means 132 holds a notice determination table that should be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table that should be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice decision table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and if the lottery is a win, the notice lottery will be displayed with a higher probability than if it was missed. Correspondence between whether to display the result and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the jackpot can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect display control unit 134 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image including the decoration pattern on the effect display device 60 according to the selected variation effect pattern data. The effect display control means 134 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the variation display of the decorative symbol 190 corresponding to the previous lottery drawing has ended. When it is determined by the effect determining unit 132 that the notice effect is displayed, the effect display control means 134 simultaneously superimposes the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern on the effect of the symbol variation to the effect display device 60. Display. As described above, the effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the symbol variation effect including the variation display of the decorative symbol 190. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  The advance notice effect of the present embodiment includes a continuous notice effect as a continuous change effect displayed continuously over a plurality of symbol changes. The continuous notice effect is selected on the condition that a plurality of the results of the lottery determination are held by the special figure holding means 144, and the lottery result indicated by the symbol variation of a plurality of times is high. Is an effect that suggests in a step-by-step manner along with its multiple symbol variations. In the display area 194 of the effect display device 60, lamp images (corresponding to “holding corresponding object”) corresponding to the number of holdings respectively corresponding to the lottery results on hold are displayed. Then, the lamp image (also referred to as “corresponding lamp image”) corresponding to the lottery result that is the determining factor of the continuous variation notice changes the display mode for each symbol variation during the continuous variation effect. The corresponding lamp image suggests which character develops into a super reach where the character appears depending on the display mode at the start of the symbol variation. As described above, the expectation degree (winning expectation degree) that the result of the success / failure lottery depends on the type of character appearing in the super reach, so that the final display mode of the corresponding lamp image indicates the expected expectation degree. become. The continuous notice effect includes an effect of changing the display mode of the corresponding lamp image in accordance with the operation input of the operation button 82 by the player, and a specific example thereof will be described later.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the start of the continuous notice effect with a higher probability when the jackpot result is included in the result of the lottery result acquired as the pre-judgment result than when the jackpot result is not included. . The effect determination means 132 holds a predetermined number or more (four in this embodiment) of the results of the lottery decision, and includes a high expectation effect (“Super 1” or “Super 2” in this embodiment) in the prior determination. The execution of the continuous notice effect is determined on the condition that the pattern is selected. Then, during the period until the symbol change corresponding to the lottery result that is the determining factor is started, an operation screen that prompts the player to input the operation button 82 is displayed and only when there is the operation input. The contents of the effect for changing the display mode of the lamp image are determined.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 135 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing in detail a variation pattern table for detachment.
In the variation pattern table 210 of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the variation pattern is different for each number of holds. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with relatively long variation times, and the probability that variation patterns with long variation times will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the special figure holding unit 144 is smaller. Therefore, when the number of holdings by the special figure holding unit 144 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1-2, the selection probability of the fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time becomes higher than usual, and the fluctuation time tends to be relatively long.

  The first column 212 shows the correspondence relationship between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern when the number of holds as a result of the lottery determination by the special figure holding means 144 is zero. Similarly, in the second column 214, the third column 216, the fourth column 218, and the fifth column 220, pattern lotteries when the number of retained lots as a result of the lottery by the special figure holding means 144 is 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively. The correspondence between the value range and the variation pattern is shown. That is, it can be considered that the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, the fourth column 218, and the fifth column 220 indicate the variation pattern table for each number of holds. In this figure, an example will be described in which a plurality of variation patterns that can be selected at the time of deviation are classified into five types according to variation time, but actually, a plurality of variation effect patterns are prepared for each of these classifications. This is equivalent to the fact that dozens of types of variation effect patterns are associated with the lottery value ranges for the respective categories.

  The first range 222 includes a first column 212, a second column 214, a third column 216, a fourth column 218, and a fifth column as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 0 to 10. Each of 220 is associated with a super reach variation pattern of “super 1”. The second range 224 includes a first column 212, a second column 214, a third column 216, a fourth column 218, and a fifth column as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 11 to 20. Each of 220 is associated with a super reach variation pattern of “super 2”. Thus, in the case of the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 0 to 10 and the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 11 to 20, the variation pattern having the same variation time is selected regardless of the number of holdings.

  The third range 226 includes a first column 212, a second column 214, a third column 216, a fourth column 218, and a fifth column as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 21 to 255. Each of 220 is associated with three types of variation patterns of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “out of reach” as normal reach. However, the range of pattern lottery values associated with each variation pattern varies depending on the number of holds. In the first column 212, the sizes of the lottery value ranges to which “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated are approximately equal, and the ranges obtained by dividing 21 to 255 into approximately three equal portions are associated with each other. Yes. On the other hand, in the second column 214, the size of the lottery value range associated with “normal 1” and “normal 2” is slightly smaller than the lottery value range associated with “no reach”. Further, in the third column 216, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is further reduced, and “normal 1” “normal 2” in the fourth column 218 and the fifth column 220. ", The size of the lottery value range associated with each of" is further reduced.

  The fluctuation time of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” may be longer than the fluctuation time of “Out of reach”, and in the case of “Out of reach”, the fluctuation time may be shortened like a short time state. Depending on the setting contents of the third range 226, the average variation time varies. The pattern lottery value range for “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” decreases as the number of holds increases from 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, and conversely the pattern lottery value range for “out of reach” increases. Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes shorter as the number of holds increases, and conversely, the average change time becomes longer as the number of holds decreases. In this way, by using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of holdings, control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of holdings decreases is realized. be able to.

  The variation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the fourth column 218 is shorter than the variation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the first column 212, the second column 214, and the third column 216. This is a variation pattern of so-called “shortening variation”. In addition, the fluctuation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the fifth column 220 has a variation time longer than that of “out of reach” associated with the first column 212, the second column 214, and the third column 216. This is a fluctuation pattern of a so-called “super-shortening fluctuation” that is short and has a shorter fluctuation time than the “shortening fluctuation” in the fourth column 218. As a result, if the number of holds is 0 to 2 when entering the starting port 62, at least a fluctuation pattern longer than the normal fluctuation time is selected in advance, but the number of holds at the time of starting the pattern fluctuation is reduced. If it is 3 or 4, a variation pattern having a variation time shorter than the normal variation time is actually selected.

Next, the contents of the characteristic production progress control in this embodiment will be described.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a screen example of a continuous notice effect displayed on the effect display device. FIGS. 11A to 11H illustrate the production process.

  In the present embodiment, the effect display device 60 functions as a symbol display device and a hold display device. That is, as shown in FIG. 11A, in the display area 194 of the effect display device 60, the decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed in the substantially central region, and various notice effects are superimposed on the variably displayed. Etc. are displayed. In the area below the display area 194, a hold display section 195 for displaying the hold corresponding image 202 is provided. The hold-corresponding image 202 displays the number of holds as a result of the success / failure lottery held by the special figure holding means 144 in the form of a ramp image (corresponding to “hold-supporting object”). On the hold display section 195, the same number of lamp images as the upper limit value of the number of holds (four in this embodiment) can be lit and displayed. In the example shown in the figure, three lamps corresponding to the current number of holds are displayed. Lights up in white. The hold-corresponding image 202 is additionally lit sequentially from the left whenever the special lot holding value 144 is held by the special figure holding means 144, and is turned off from the right every time the hold is consumed. In terms of performance, the lamp images are sequentially digested from the left end side and displayed so that the lighting state shifts to the left.

  When the execution of the continuous notice effect is determined, as shown in FIG. 5B, the hold corresponding image 202 that is the determination factor of the continuous notice effect is lit and displayed in a mode different from the normal. In this embodiment, the display mode of the hold correspondence image 202 is distinguished by its color. That is, the hold-corresponding image 202 is displayed to notify the player of the current number of holds regardless of whether or not the continuous notice effect is executed, and is usually lit and displayed in white. On the other hand, when the execution of the continuous notice effect is determined, the corresponding reserved image 204 that is the reserved correspondence image 202 that is the determining factor is lit and displayed in a preset initial form. In this embodiment, the initial mode is blue, and the start of the continuous notice effect is notified by displaying the blue hold-corresponding image 202. In the illustrated example, a character string “chance mode!” Is displayed in order to more clearly convey the start of the continuous notice effect. In addition, in this embodiment, since the number of reservations is the upper limit of 4 is set as one of the start conditions of the continuous notice effect, the initial state has reached the number of reservations as shown in the figure. Can only be displayed when.

  When the start of the continuous notice effect is thus determined, an input screen for prompting the player's intervention in the next change is displayed as shown in FIG. In the example shown in the figure, an image prompting an operation input of the operation button 82 is displayed at the center of the screen. When the player operates the operation button 82, the color of the corresponding reserved image 204 changes due to the symbol variation. That is, as the display mode of the hold-corresponding image 202, a plurality of colors having different expectations are provided. When the player operates the operation button 82 in the continuous notice effect, the color of the corresponding hold image 204 is changed from the initial blue color. The color gradually changes to a highly expected color. In this embodiment, red, green, yellow, and blue are provided in descending order of expectation. That is, every time the corresponding reserved image 204 changes from blue to yellow, green, and red, the degree of expectation increases in production.

  In the example shown in the figure, since the player has made an operation input in response to the input request displayed at the first change after the start of the continuous notice effect, as shown in FIG. It has changed, and the expectation of winning is increased by one level. Subsequently, since the player also performed an operation input for the input request displayed in the second variation shown in FIG. 5E, the corresponding hold image 204 changes to green as shown in FIG. However, the level of expectation is one step higher. In the example shown in the figure, since there is a ball entering the start port 62 at the second change, a hold-corresponding image 202 in which the symbol change is executed after the corresponding hold image 204 is additionally displayed. As a result of the player's operation input for the input request displayed at the third change that continues in this way, as shown in FIG. The degree is up to the highest level. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11H, the change (fourth change) in which the corresponding reserved image 204 is digested has developed into a battle reach that has a relatively high expectation level in the super reach.

As described above, when the execution of the continuous notice effect is determined, the effect determining unit 132 determines the effect content for displaying the input screen until the third change. And the kind of character made to appear in a super reach is determined in the 4th change in which the said reserved image 204 is digested.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a pattern table used when determining the contents of the effect of the continuous notice effect. FIG. 11A shows a pattern table used when determining the upper limit color (color that can be reached in the direction in which the degree of expectation increases) of the corresponding reserved image 204 in the continuous notice effect, and FIG. It is a figure showing the table (notice type table) used when determining the production pattern about the last symbol change of the notice production.
When the execution determining unit 132 determines the execution of the continuous notice effect, the display mode in which the corresponding reserved image 204 can finally be reached by the continuous notice effect, that is, the corresponding reserved image immediately before being digested by the fourth variation. 204 colors (the reserved color upper limit) are determined. Since the upper limit color indicates a winning expectation level in production, a lottery value (referred to as “holding state lottery value”) is set so that the correspondence between the actual winning / failing lottery result and the expected hit degree based on the upper limit color matches to some extent. ) Is assigned. In the illustrated example, when the lottery result is a win, the holding mode lottery values are assigned so that the selection probability is red, green, yellow, blue. On the other hand, when the lottery result is out of place, the hold mode lottery value is assigned so that the selection probability of the color having a high expectation is lower than the winning case. In the present embodiment, even when the selection probability of blue having the lowest degree of expectation is off, it is not increased. This is because if the reserved color of the reserved image 204 does not change from the initial mode (blue) frequently, the expectation of the continuous notice effect itself will fade. In the modification, the blue selection probability may be set higher than other colors. For example, the selection probability may be set to increase in the reverse order to the winning case. When the upper limit color is determined, even if there is an operation input by the player, the reserved image 204 does not change to a color with a higher expectation level than the upper limit color.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 immediately before being digested at the fourth variation is blue, the character A is displayed. When the display mode is yellow, the character B is displayed in green. In some cases, character C is selected, and in red, character D is selected. As described above, in the normal notice effect different from the continuous notice effect, the characters D, C, B, and A are assigned in order from the highest expectation degree, and the player is in the process of continuing the game. Recognize it. Since the sense of expectation increases as the color of the reserved image 204 approaches red, the player actively responds to the operation input in the continuous notice effect, and an improvement in the operating rate of the gaming machine is expected by the continuous variation effect. It becomes like this.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is executed when a game ball wins the start opening 62, the general winning opening 72, the big winning opening 66, etc. (S10). If the game is in the normal game (Y in S12), the normal game such as symbol variation is executed. If the normal game is not in progress (N in S12), the special game control process is executed (S16). Thereafter, award ball payout according to various winnings is processed with the number of winning balls set in the winning process of S10 (S18).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing in detail the winning process of S10 in FIG. If there is a ball in the starting port 62 (Y in S20), the number of prize balls corresponding to the starting port 62 is set (S22), and whether or not the number of holdings by the special figure holding means 144 is less than 4 is referred. Then, if it is in a state where further holding is possible (Y in S24), the winning / losing lottery value is acquired (S26). A pre-judgment process for determining whether or not to win is executed based on the winning or failing lottery value (S28), and the winning or failing lottery value is held in the special figure holding means 144 (S30). If there is no ball entering the starting port 62 in S20, the processing from S22 to S30 is skipped (N in S20). If the number of holds reaches the upper limit in S24 and further holding is impossible, the processing from S26 to S30 is skipped (N in S24).

  If there is a winning at the general winning opening 72 (Y of S32), the number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning opening 72 is set (S34), and if there is no winning at the general winning opening 72, S34 is skipped. (N in S32). If there is a ball in the big prize opening 66 (Y of S36), the number of prize balls corresponding to the big prize slot 66 is set (S38), and if there is no ball in the big prize slot 66, S38 is skipped. (N in S36).

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing in detail the advance determination process of S28 in FIG. First, a preliminary success / failure determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table (S40), a value indicating the target range is set as the determination result (S42), and a preliminary design determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table. (S44), a value indicating the symbol range is set as the determination result (S46), the preliminary pattern determination is executed with reference to the preliminary pattern determination table (S48), and a value indicating the pattern range is set as the determination result. (S50). The value of the pre-determination result set as described above is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer together with the number of holds, and is transmitted to the symbol form determining means 131 and the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 (S52).

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an overall process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG.
In this normal game control process, the pre-reading process in the sub-board 104 is executed (S150), the special symbol changing process in the main board 102 (S152), and the decorative symbol changing process in the sub-board 104 (S154) are repeated. Will be processed.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the prefetching process of S150 in FIG. Based on information obtained by so-called prefetching, the criteria such as what kind of production is executed in the sub-board 104 and what kind of result the prior determination result is executed according to the result are Pachinko game Various methods are conceivable depending on the design of game play in the machine 10. In the present embodiment, based on the result of the pre-determination process, a variation pattern of “Super 1” or “Super 2” is newly selected based on the determination result lottery value for the fourth hold that is the upper limit value. Then, the execution of the above-described continuous notice effect is determined on the condition that the sub-board 104 has also been recognized in advance. Note that “super 1” and “super 2” are selected with a higher probability than when the result of the determination in the prior determination is a big hit, compared with the case where the result is a loss. For this reason, as a result, the execution of the continuous announcement effect is determined with a higher probability than the case where the success / failure determination result in the prior determination is a big hit, compared with the case where it is out of place.

  When the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 receives the pre-determined result from the main board 102 (Y in S160), the effect display control means 134 uses the information on the success / failure range, the pattern range, and the number of holds received together with the pre-determined result. Based on this, the number of holds at that time is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (four in the present embodiment, the upper limit value is four) (Y in S164), and if the continuous notice effect is not in progress (N in S165), the fourth If the value of the success / failure range set by the pre-judgment based on the first winning / failing lottery value is “1” and the value of the pattern range is “4” or “5”, that is, whether or not the probability variation state is a big hit If it is confirmed and accompanied by “Super 1” or “Super 2” (Y in S166), execution of the continuous notice effect is determined (S172). On the other hand, even if the value of the success / failure range is different from this (N in S166), the value of the success / failure range set by the prior determination is “3” and the value of the pattern range is “1” or “2”. In this case, that is, if it is determined that it is out of place but is accompanied by "Super 1" or "Super 2" (Y in S168), the execution of the continuous notice effect is determined (S172). Then, the initial mode of the fourth hold-corresponding image 202 (that is, the corresponding hold image 204), which is the determining factor of the continuous notice effect, is displayed (S174). In this embodiment, as described above, a blue lamp image is lit and displayed as the corresponding reserved image 204.

  In S168, if the value of the success / failure range and the value of the pattern range do not correspond (N of S168), S172 and S174 are skipped. When the continuous notice effect is being performed (Y of S165), S166 to S174 are skipped. When the number of holds is less than the predetermined number (N of S164), the processing from S166 to S174 is skipped. When the result of the pre-determination process has not been received, the entire flow in this figure is skipped (N in S160). In the example of this figure, it is determined whether or not the continuous notice effect should be started based on the success / failure range and the pattern range set by the advance determination, but either the success / failure range or the pattern range sent as the advance determination result. It may be determined whether or not the continuous notice effect should be started using this information.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing in detail the execution process of the special symbol variation process of S152 in FIG.
If the symbol variation display has not started yet (N in S60), if the winning / failing lottery value is being held by the special figure holding means 144 (Y in S70), the success / failure determining means 113 is determined to be a success or failure from the special figure holding means 144. The lottery value is read to determine whether or not the special symbol 192 is correct (S72), the success / failure determining unit 113 determines the special symbol 192 (S74), and the variation pattern determining unit 114 determines the variation pattern of the special symbol 192 (S76). ), A change start command is transmitted to the sub-board 104 together with the determined result, and the symbol change of the special symbol 192 is started (S77). If the lottery value is not held by the special figure holding means 144, the processing from S72 to S77 is skipped (N in S70).

  When the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S60), the symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S78), and when the predetermined variation time has passed and the symbol display stop timing is reached (S80) Y), a variation stop command is transmitted to the sub-board 104, and the symbol variation being displayed is stopped at a predetermined stop symbol (S82), and the flow of this diagram ends. If the symbol display stop timing has not been reached, the process of S82 is skipped and the flow of this figure is terminated (N in S80).

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail the execution process of the decorative symbol variation process of S154 in FIG.
When the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 receives the change start command from the main board 102 (Y of S180), the stop pattern of the decorative symbol is determined according to the received special symbol stop symbol, the variation pattern, and the result of the determination. (S182), a new variation effect pattern is determined (S184). Here, when it is determined that the continuous notice effect is to be executed (Y in S186), the content of the continuous notice effect is determined (S192). At this time, the effect determining means 132 also determines the upper limit color of the reserved image 204 by lottery. That is, referring to the pattern table of FIG. 12A according to the result of the success / failure lottery, the color corresponding to the acquired reservation mode lottery value is set as the upper limit color. Thereafter, the display of variation of the decorative design is started (S196).

  When it is not determined that the continuous notice effect is to be executed (N in S186), the process of S192 is skipped. If no change start command is received from the main board 102, S182 to S196 are skipped (N in S180).

  If the decorative symbol variation display has already started (Y in S198), the symbol variation and notice effect display processing is executed (S200), and when a variation stop command is received from the main board 102 (Y in S202). ), The symbol variation display is stopped by stopping and displaying the decorative symbols in the stop mode determined in S182 (S204). If a change stop command has not been received from the main board 102, S204 is skipped (N in S202), and if change display has not been started, S200 to S204 are skipped (N in S198).

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail the execution process of the notice effect determination process of S192 in FIG.
The effect determining means 132, when the symbol variation is accompanied by the continuous notice effect, but is not the variation (referred to as “specific variation”) related to the lottery result that is the determining factor (N of S230), the input screen together with the symbol variation The effect content to be displayed is determined (S232). In the present embodiment, the number of pending lottery results is 4, that is, the fourth change after the execution decision of the continuous notice effect is a specific change, so that the first to the third change after the execution decision of the continuous notice effect is input. A screen display effect is determined. When there is a player's operation input in this input screen display effect, the effect display control means 134 performs effect display that changes the display mode (color) of the corresponding reserved image 204 as described above. However, if the corresponding reserved image 204 has already reached the upper limit color, the upper limit color is continuously displayed even if there is a player's operation input.

  On the other hand, if the symbol variation is a specific variation (Y in S230), the display mode (color: also referred to as “hold color”) of the corresponding reserved image 204 is determined (S234), and an effect pattern corresponding to the color is selected. (S236). That is, with reference to the pattern table shown in FIG. 12, the effect of the super reach where the character corresponding to the reserved color appears is determined.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing in detail a hold display control process executed for each symbol variation. This hold display control process is repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle.
When receiving the hold information indicating that the lottery result is put on hold (Y in S240), the effect display control means 134 turns on the corresponding hold corresponding image 202 (S242). If the hold information is related to a lottery result that has been a determinant of the continuous notice effect, the initial state is displayed as the hold image 204 as described above (see S174 in FIG. 17). ). On the other hand, when the change start timing of the decorative symbol 190 is reached without receiving the hold information (N in S240), that is, when the change start command is received (Y in S244), the corresponding hold is made to start the next change. The hold display is shifted so as to digest one corresponding image 202 (S246). At this time, if the input screen display effect is determined in S232 (Y in S248), an input screen (see FIGS. 11C and 11E) prompting the operation input of the operation button 82 is displayed. (S250) The time counter is turned on to measure the passage of the input valid period (S252). This time counter is preset in a predetermined area on the RAM. As for the input valid period, an appropriate time is taken into consideration in consideration of the time required for determining the player's decision as to whether or not there is an operation input, the time required for the player's operation input, the shortest symbol variation time, etc. Is set. In this embodiment, the number of holds is three or more, and a relatively short time (for example, 3 seconds) is set so that the input screen can be displayed even in a shortened or extremely shortened symbol variation state. If the input screen display effect has not been determined (N in S248), the processes in S250 and S252 are skipped.

  When the input screen is being displayed (Y in S254) instead of the fluctuation start timing (N in S244), if there is an operation input of the operation button 82 when the input valid period has not elapsed (N in S256, S258) Y) The hold display by the hold corresponding image 202 is changed (S260). That is, on the condition that the corresponding reserved image 204 has not reached the upper limit color, the color is changed to a color having a higher level of expectation. When there is no player's operation input (N of S258), the process of S260 is skipped. On the other hand, when the input valid period elapses (Y in S256), the input screen is turned off (S262), and the counter is cleared (S264). If the input screen is not displayed (N in S254) instead of the fluctuation start timing (N in S244), the processing after S256 is skipped.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game of S16 in FIG. First, when the special winning opening 66 is not yet opened (N in S100), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S102), and the opening / closing control means 124 opens the special winning prize port 66 (S104). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S102 and S104 are skipped (Y in S100). If the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S106), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S106), the number of balls entered into the big winning hole 66 is When nine or more balls have been reached (Y in S108), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S110). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S106) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S108), the processing after S110 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

  If the unit game has reached the final round after closing the big prize opening 66 in S110 (Y in S112), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S114), and the special game control means 120 The special game is terminated (S116), and the specific game, that is, the execution of probability change and time saving is started (S118). If the unit game has not reached the final round (N of S112), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S119).

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

(Modification 1)
In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which only the hold-corresponding image 202 (corresponding hold image 204) that has been a determining factor of the continuous notice effect is displayed in a different color from the other hold-corresponding images 202. In the modified example, only the corresponding reserved image 204 may be displayed in a different shape (for example, a star shape) so as to be distinguishable from other reserved images 202. Alternatively, only the hold-corresponding image 202 that is the determining factor may be displayed so as to be distinguishable from other hold-corresponding images 202 by superimposing a specific object image on the lamp image. By making it possible to explicitly distinguish the hold-corresponding image 202 that has become a determining factor in this manner, for example, even if all of the hold-corresponding images 202 are changed in the same color, any symbol variation is suggested. It is possible to determine whether or not there is an effect, and it is possible to widen the range of production.

(Modification 2)
In the above-described embodiment, the number of holdings is the upper limit of four, which is set as one of the start conditions for the continuous notice effect, but a predetermined number or more (for example, three or more) may be set as the start condition. In that case, the initial mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 may be changed according to the number of symbol fluctuations up to the specific fluctuation that has been a determining factor of the continuous notice effect. Corresponding to the above embodiment, for example, when the execution of the continuous notice effect is determined when the number of holdings is four, the initial mode is blue, and when the number of reservations is three, the execution of the continuous notice effect is determined. In some cases, the initial mode may be yellow and the expected degree is one step higher. In this way, on the condition that there is an operation input by the player, the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 when the specific change is started can be set to the highest red, and the consistency of the production is ensured. can do. In addition, when the suggested lottery result is a win, a display mode with a high expectation level is determined as an initial mode of the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 as compared with a case where it is out of place, and an impact is given to the player. Also good.

  In addition, if the winning variation (symbol variation indicating that the result of the winning / failing lottery is winning) is displayed before the end of the continuous notice effect, the position of the continuous notice effect that suggests the expected degree of win becomes ambiguous, There is a possibility that the player's interest in the notice effect will fade. For this reason, when the execution of the continuous notice effect is determined, but the lottery result displayed before the final stage includes a win, the start of the continuous notice effect may be canceled. Alternatively, when determining whether or not to start the continuous notice effect, if the winning is included before the lottery result as the determining factor, the determination of the continuous notice effect may not be performed. Note that whether or not the winning result is included before the final stage can be grasped by pre-determination based on prefetching.

(Modification 3)
Although not particularly described in the above embodiment, when the number of holds is a predetermined number or more (for example, the upper limit of 4) when a specific change that has been a determinant of the continuous notice effect is made, a super reach is displayed. It is also assumed that this time cannot be secured. In such a case, the super reach effect may not be displayed exceptionally, but may be replaced with an effect pattern that accompanies normal reach or no reach design change.

(Modification 4)
In the above embodiment, the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 is changed so that the expectation level is increased by one step based on the player's operation input for each symbol variation. On the other hand, if there is no operation input, the display mode is changed. The example which does not change especially was shown. In a modified example, the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 may be changed in a plurality of stages for each symbol variation by, for example, lottery. In that case, for example, when the lottery result concerning the specific variation is a win, a pattern that changes at a plurality of stages may be selected with a higher probability than when it is out of place.

  In addition, when there is no operation input by the player, the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 may be changed so that the degree of expectation of winning is lowered. For example, depending on the gaming state, the initial state of the corresponding hold image 204 may be red at the highest stage, and may be changed to blue, yellow, or green if there is no operation input from the player. By providing such a penalty on the performance, the player can be actively participated in the continuous notice performance, and the player can be attracted. Furthermore, there may be a case where the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 is not changed as it is even if there is a player's operation input. For example, it may be determined whether or not the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 is increased by a predetermined level on the condition of the player's operation input. In that case, for example, when the lottery result concerning the specific variation is a win, the display mode of the corresponding reserved image 204 may be changed with a higher probability than when the lottery is unsuccessful.

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 performance display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start openings, 66 big prize openings, 82 operation buttons, 100 game control devices, 102 main boards, 104 sub boards, 111 winning / failing lottery means, 114 variation pattern determining means, 116 hold control means, 120 special game control means, 130 pattern storage means, 131 symbol form determining means, 132 effect determining means, 134 effect display control means, 190 decorative symbol, 192 special Symbol, 194 display area, 195 hold display section, 202 hold corresponding image, 204 applicable hold image, 210 fluctuation pattern table.

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A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area;
Triggering lottery means for executing a lottery lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting opening,
Special game control means for executing the special game when the success / failure lottery results in the transition to the special game;
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery is variably displayed;
Fluctuation pattern determining means for selecting one of a plurality of variation patterns in which a variation process from variation start to stop in the symbol variation display is determined according to the result of the success / failure lottery,
If there is a symbol change corresponding to the previous entry when there is a new entry at the starting hole, the lottery result for the new entry will be handled up to a predetermined number. Holding control means for holding until the start of the variable display of the symbol to be
A hold display device in which a number of hold-corresponding objects corresponding to the number of holds in the result of the success / failure lottery is displayed;
The content of the production according to the determined variation pattern is determined, and when a plurality of results of the winning / failing lottery are held, a high degree of expectation that a lottery result indicated by a plurality of previous symbol variations is a hit Production determining means for determining whether or not to start the continuous variation production that suggests step by step with the multiple variations of the design,
Display control means for displaying the continuous variation effect whose start has been determined while displaying the symbols in accordance with the determined variation pattern;
An operation input means for receiving an operation input by a player ,
As the display mode of the hold-corresponding object, there are provided a plurality of modes with different degrees of expectation per suggestion in production,
The success / failure lottery means, when there is a new entry, information indicating the result of the acceptance / rejection lottery corresponding to the entry regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entry starts immediately. Is transmitted to the effect determining means,
The effect determining means determines whether or not to start the continuous variation effect based on information indicating the result of the success / failure lottery and an initial mode of a display mode of the hold corresponding object corresponding to the lottery result,
The display control means includes
Each time the result of the success / failure lottery is put on hold, the corresponding hold corresponding object is sequentially displayed. On the other hand, each time the symbol change is started, the display of the hold corresponding object corresponding to the symbol change is deleted, When the start is decided, the pending correspondence object corresponding to the lottery result of the suggestion target that has become the determinant of the start is displayed in the decided initial mode, and the pending correspondence object is triggered by the subsequent symbol variation. In such a way that the display mode is changed stepwise in the direction of winning or losing according to the lottery result ,
A screen for requesting an operation input by the player at a predetermined timing triggered by the symbol variation during the continuous variation effect is displayed, and the lottery result of the suggestion target on the condition that there is an operation input in response to the request Change the display mode of the pending correspondence object corresponding to the direction in which the degree of expectation increases,
A bullet ball game machine characterized in that , when there is no operation input in response to the request, the display mode of the hold-corresponding object corresponding to the lottery result to be suggested is changed in a direction in which the degree of expectation decreases . When the operation input is received, the display control means changes the display mode of the corresponding pending corresponding object with a higher probability than when the suggestion lottery result is a hit, when it is out of place. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 . The effect determining means determines the contents of the effect to be accompanied by the variable display of the symbol, and each of the plurality of effect patterns set so that the selection probabilities differ according to the result of the success / failure lottery, Holds a pattern table associated with each of a plurality of display modes, refers to the pattern table at a predetermined timing in symbol variation corresponding to the suggested lottery result, and holds corresponding objects corresponding to the lottery result The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein an effect content according to an effect pattern corresponding to the display mode is determined.

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