JP2010088560A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine allowing a player to easily recognize the reliability, and making the player more interested in the play by announcing the reliability in various announcement modes with unexpectedness by diversifying the announcement modes. <P>SOLUTION: Two bags are made to appear in the advance-notice presentation executed during the variation of symbols, and an advance-notice presentation card 93 in a first presentation bag 91, the one selected by the player, is displayed on a display screen 28. The character drawn in the advance-notice presentation card 93 and the color of the advance-notice presentation card 93 are determined according to a predetermined variation pattern. In this way, as the character and color of the advance-notice presentation card 93 appearing on the display screen 28 are shown to the player, the player can recognize the reliability of a jackpot. Variation of symbols following the advance-notice presentation and a ready-to-win presentation are shown to the player while sustaining the player's sense of expectancy. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine provided with display means for displaying an image.

  Conventionally, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, the result of jackpot determination is reported by changing and stopping a plurality of demo symbols. In the case of a big hit, all demo symbols are the same demo symbol. Therefore, when only the last demo symbol is fluctuating and all other demo symbols are stopped at the same demo symbol (reach state), the player's expectation to become a big hit increases. Therefore, it is possible to generate a flashy reach before the big hit occurs, or to make a difference from the normal performance, so that the probability of a big hit is high or low, that is, the reliability is notified to the player. Yes.

A gaming machine that performs reliability notification by a reliability notification operation that is a movement of a production unit that notifies the reliability, and by using this reliability notification operation, a gaming machine that recognizes that there is a high possibility that a jackpot will occur. It is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2008-18275 A

  However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, since the reliability notification operation is complicated, the player cannot distinguish between the reliability notification operations. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult for the player to recognize the reliability indicated by the reliability notification operation. In addition, there is also a problem that the notification of the reliability has become rutted, leading to a decrease in the interest of the player.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and allows the player to easily recognize the reliability, diversifies the notification mode, and relies on various unexpected notification modes. It is an object to provide a gaming machine that brings an improvement of interest to a player by notifying the degree.

  In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 is a game ball detecting means for detecting a game ball that has passed through a start winning opening provided in a game board on which a game ball flows down, and the game Random number obtaining means for obtaining a random number for determining whether or not to enter a jackpot gaming state in which a player can obtain a large number of game balls due to the detection of the game ball by the ball detection means; An effect using a jackpot determining means for determining whether or not the random number acquired by the random number acquiring means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as a jackpot, and a demonstration using a demo symbol indicating the determination result of the jackpot determining means. The display means to be executed and the effect pattern for determining the content of the notification effect are duplicated for the notification effect, which is an effect indicating the result of the jackpot determination by making a fixed display after changing the demo symbol. In accordance with the effect pattern storage means to store, the effect pattern determination means for determining one of the plurality of effect patterns stored by the effect pattern storage means, and the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determination means A pseudo card color determining means for determining a pseudo card color which is a color of the pseudo card indicating the reliability of the jackpot, and the pseudo card with the pseudo card color determined by the pseudo card color determining means, Display control means for displaying on the display means.

  Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 2, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, when the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot is determined, The card color determining means is capable of determining a color determined in advance as having the highest reliability as the card color.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, the gaming machine according to claim 3 has the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot, and In any case where the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the determination result is out of place is determined, the card color determination means determines the color having the highest reliability as the card color. It is possible to do.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the gaming machine according to claim 4 determines a bag color that is a color of a bag that hides the pseudo card according to the effect pattern. The display control means displays the pseudo card on the display means after displaying the bag in the bag color determined by the bag color determination means. .

  Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 5, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 4, when the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot is determined, The bag color determining means may determine the color having the highest reliability as the bag color.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 4, the gaming machine according to claim 6 has the case where the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot is determined; and In any case where the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the deviation is determined, the bag color determination means sets the color having the highest reliability as the bag color. It can be determined.

  The gaming machine according to claim 1 determines a pseudo card color, which is the color of the pseudo card, according to the determined performance pattern, and displays the pseudo card to the player through the display means. Therefore, it is possible to easily notify the player of whether the reliability that is a big hit is high or low by the pseudo card color displayed on the display means.

  Further, in addition to the effect described in claim 1, the gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is determined in advance as having the highest reliability when the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that it is a big hit is determined. The color that is being used is determined as the card color. Therefore, the pseudo card color with the highest reliability is displayed at the time of the jackpot, and the reliability can be easily notified to the player by the color of the pseudo card.

  In addition to the effect of claim 1, the gaming machine according to claim 3 of the present invention has a notification effect indicating that it is out of play when the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that it is a big hit is determined. In any case where the production pattern is determined, the color with the highest reliability is determined as the card color. Therefore, even when the most reliable color card appears, it may be out of play, and the player can be presented with a sense of tension.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect according to any one of the first to third aspects, the bag color that is the color of the bag that hides the pseudo card according to the determined performance pattern. And the bag is displayed to the player through the display means. Therefore, it is possible to easily notify the player of whether the reliability that is a big hit is high or low by the bag color displayed on the display means.

  The gaming machine according to claim 5 of the present invention is determined in advance as having the highest reliability when the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that it is a big hit is determined in addition to the effect of claim 4. The color that is being used is determined as the bag color. Therefore, the most reliable bag color is displayed at the time of a big hit, and the player can easily be notified of the reliability by the color of the bag.

  In addition to the effect described in claim 4, the gaming machine according to claim 6 of the present invention has a notification effect indicating that it is out of play when the effect pattern of notification effect indicating that it is a big hit is determined. In any case where the production pattern is determined, the color with the highest reliability is determined as the bag color. Therefore, even when the most reliable color bag appears, the bag may be dislodged, and the player can be presented with a sense of tension.

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine 1 which is an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, the mechanical structure of the pachinko machine 1 is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, a game board 2 is provided in which a game ball as a game medium launched from a launcher (not shown) flows by operating the launch handle 7. ing. The game board 2 is substantially square (see FIG. 2) and is protected by a glass frame 13 holding a transparent glass plate. In the lower part of the game board 2, an upper plate 5 is provided for supplying game balls to the launcher and receiving prize balls. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided directly below the upper plate 5, and a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6. Further, speakers 48 are respectively provided at the left and right corners above the glass frame 13. In addition, a large number of lighting lamps for production are provided on the front surface of the glass frame 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is formed on the front surface of the game board 2. In the approximate center of the game area 4, there is provided a symbol display device 8 having a display screen 28 composed of an LCD, effect lamps 31 to 33, LEDs, and the like. A normal symbol start gate 12 is provided on the left side of the symbol display device 8. Further, a special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is disposed below the symbol display device 8, and a special prize opening 16 is provided below the special symbol starting electric accessory 15. Further, the normal winning ports 17 and 19 are provided on the left side of the big winning port 16, and the normal winning ports 18 and 20 are provided on the right side. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various illumination lamps, other illumination LEDs, windmills, and many obstacle nails.

  Next, the symbol display device 8 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the symbol display device 8 includes a display screen 28 formed of an LCD at the center. Various images such as moving images and messages are displayed on the display screen 28. In order to particularly notify the player of the result of the jackpot determination, the display screen 28 is provided with three demo symbol display portions side by side. . Then, after the demo symbols displayed on the three demo symbol display units are changed, the player is notified of the result of the hit determination by performing a changing effect for confirming and displaying the symbol indicating the result of the hit determination. Furthermore, various effects by the display screen 28, the speaker 48, and the like are performed in synchronization with the variation effects to attract the player's interest.

  In addition, a special symbol display unit 25 configured by two 7-segment LEDs and a normal symbol display unit 24 configured by one LED are provided at the lower right of the display screen 28. The special symbol display unit 25 displays a special symbol composed of alphabets, numbers, or a combination thereof in order to notify the player of the result of the jackpot determination. The timing for starting and confirming the change of the demo symbol described above coincides with the timing for starting and stopping the change of the special symbol. Further, in the normal symbol display unit 24, the lighting state indicates the normal winning, the unlit indicates the normal winning, and the blinking state indicates that the normal hit determination result will be notified from now on. It is said that.

  In addition, a special symbol memory number display LED 60 and a normal symbol memory number display LED 59 constituted by two LEDs are arranged at the lower right of the special symbol display unit 25 and the normal symbol display unit 24. The special symbol memory number display LED 60 displays the number of game balls for which the jackpot determination result has not yet been displayed, that is, the so-called special symbol operation hold ball number, and the normal symbol memory number display LED 59 displays the normal symbol operation hold ball number. . Then, only the lower side of the two LEDs indicates that the number of held balls is “1”, both the lighting is “2”, the lower side blinking is “3”, and both blinking is “4”. In addition, a first effect lamp 31, a second effect lamp 32, and a third effect lamp 33 are arranged in order from the left above the display screen 28.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, an effect control board 43, a payout control board 45, a lamp driver board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub integrated board 58. This control part 40 is provided in the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (refer FIG. 1).

  First, the main substrate 41 will be described. The main board 41 that performs main control of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a main board CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The main board CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 for performing various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 for temporarily storing values of data generated during the arithmetic processes, a control program, initial values for various data, and other boards. A ROM 53 that stores commands and the like for instructing are provided, and these are integrally molded as one LSI. Further, an interrupt signal generation circuit 57 is connected to the CPU unit 50, and the CPU 51 executes a control program stored in the ROM 53 every time an interrupt signal is input from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57. To do.

  Further, the main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54, and sub-boards such as a sub-integrated board 58, a payout control board 45, and a relay board 47, and a game ball that has won a prize for the special symbol starting electric machine 15. Is connected to a start port switch 70 for detecting Further, the I / O interface 54 of the main board 41 is connected to an output port 55 that outputs information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown).

  Next, the payout control board 45 and the relay board 47 will be described. The payout control board 45 incorporates a CPU 45 a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to a prize ball payout device 49. Then, according to the command transmitted from the main board 41, the prize ball payout device 49 is controlled. The relay board 47 has a normal symbol operation switch 71 for detecting the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, a special winning opening opening solenoid 72 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the special winning opening 16, and a special symbol starting. An electric accessory opening solenoid 73 that opens and closes the opening / closing member of the electric accessory 15, a big prize opening switch 75 for detecting a gaming ball won in the big prize opening 16, and a game ball won in the normal winning openings 17 to 20 Are connected to a normal winning opening switch 76, a normal symbol display unit 24, a special symbol display unit 25, a normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and a special symbol memory number display LED 60. The relay board 47 relays wiring of switches and solenoids and relays from the main board 41 to a display unit or the like that is directly controlled. In addition, when a game ball wins the special symbol start electric accessory 15, the big winning opening 16, and the normal winning openings 17 to 20, a predetermined number of gaming balls are paid out.

  Next, the sub integrated board 58, the effect control board 43, and the lamp driver board 46 will be described. The sub integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 581, a RAM 582, and a ROM 583, and is connected to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the speaker 48. Then, in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41, comprehensive control such as production is performed. Further, the effect control board 43 incorporates a CPU 43a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and controls the display screen 28. The lamp driver board 46 incorporates a CPU 46a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and three effect lamps 31 to 33 are connected thereto. And based on the command transmitted from the sub integration board | substrate 58, light emission of the production lamps 31-33 is controlled.

  Next, the power supply substrate 42 will be described. The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41 and the game ball launching device 37, and supplies DC stabilized power to each board and the game ball launching device 37. The game ball launching device 37 includes a launching motor (not shown), a touch sensor provided on the launching handle 7, a launching device stop switch, a firing strength adjustment volume, and the like. The game ball launching device 37 has a fixed interval (in this embodiment, 0.6 seconds). ) Launch one game ball into the game area every time.

  Next, the storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41. As shown in FIG. 4, the RAM 52 indicates whether or not a game ball has won a prize at each of the winning openings such as a counter storage area 5201 for storing various counters, a normal symbol start gate 12, a special symbol start electric accessory 15, and the like. A winning ball flag storage area 5202 for storing a flag to indicate, a normal hit relation information storage area 5203 for storing a random number acquired when a game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 12, and a normal number for storing a normal symbol operation reserved ball number Symbol operation holding ball number storage area 5204, jackpot relation information storage area 5205 for storing a random number acquired when winning a game ball to the special symbol starting electric player 15, special symbol operation holding for storing the number of special symbol operation holding balls Control commands output to the ball number storage area 5206, the main board 41, the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, etc. Command relation storage area 5207 to the flag relation storage area 5208 for storing various flags. Further, the RAM 52 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, each counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 will be described. The counter stored in the RAM 52 includes a random number acquisition counter for acquiring a random number, a timer counter for measuring time, a winning ball counter for counting the number of winning balls, and the like.

  First, the random number acquisition counter will be described. Examples of the random number acquisition counter include a normal hit determination counter, a big hit determination counter, a big hit special symbol determination counter, a variation pattern determination counter, and the like. The values of these counters are set at regular intervals (for example, in the counter updating process (S12, see FIG. 8) of the main process executed based on the interrupt signal from the interrupt signal generating circuit 57 (see FIG. 3). , A predetermined amount (for example, “1”) is added every 2 ms which is an interval of interrupt signal generation. Each counter has a minimum value (lower limit value) and a maximum value (upper limit value), and is configured to circulate in a numerical value in a range from the minimum value to the maximum value. Then, every time the value is rounded to the same value as the initial value by the update, a new initial value is acquired, and “1” is added to the initial value. For the determination of the new initial value, a random number generated by an initial value random number process for generating a random number by a predetermined algorithm is used. These random number acquisition counters are used in a normal symbol process (S16, see FIG. 8) and a special symbol process (see FIGS. 9 and 10) of the main process described later.

  Next, the timer counter will be described. The timer counter is a counter used for measuring time, and a predetermined value is stored as an initial value at the start of time measurement. For example, when measuring 1 second, “500” is stored as an initial value. Then, “1” is subtracted by “1” in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 8) performed every 2 ms, which is the interval of interrupt signal generation. If the value is not “0”, the value is “ It is determined that the predetermined time has passed by becoming “0”.

  Next, the winning ball counter will be described. The winning ball counter is used to count the number of game balls that have won the big winning opening 16 while the big winning opening 16 performs one opening / closing operation. The initial value of this counter is “0”, and is incremented by “1” every time a winning is detected in a switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 8) of the main process described later. When the special winning opening 16 is closed, it is initialized.

  Next, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52. This jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 9 and 10) of the main process described later. As shown in FIG. 5, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided with a determination area and first to fourth storage areas. In the first to fourth memory areas, random numbers acquired by the game balls (special symbol operation holding balls) that have won the special symbol start electric accessory 15 and have not yet been notified of the jackpot determination result are stored. . The determination area stores information on the results of the jackpot determination that is currently being performed and random numbers that are the basis of the jackpot game.

  In each of the determination area and the first to fourth storage areas, a jackpot random number field in which the value of the jackpot determination counter is stored, a jackpot special symbol determination random number field in which the value of the jackpot special symbol determination counter is stored, and a variation pattern A variation pattern determination random number column in which the value of the determination counter is stored is provided. Then, when the game ball passes through the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, each value is stored in a storage area corresponding to the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 of the RAM 52, and the jackpot determination, jackpot is based on this value When it is determined that the special symbol is determined and the variation pattern is determined. Then, when the processing for the value stored in the determination area is completed, the value stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, and processing such as the next jackpot determination is performed based on this value. Along with this, each value in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the one numbered young storage area, and the value in the fourth storage area is cleared. Here, the number of storage areas is four. In other words, the number of game balls that have won the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 can store a random number and can hold the operation is four. Accordingly, the upper limit of the number of special symbol operation reserved balls is four, and the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 does not take a value larger than “4”. In the ordinary hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52, similarly, a determination area and first to fourth storage areas are provided so that information on four game balls can be held.

  Next, the storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41. The ROM 53 has an initial setting storage area 5301 for storing initial values stored in the respective storage areas when the pachinko machine 1 is reset, and a control program for storing various programs for the CPU 51 to control the pachinko machine 1. A storage area 5302, a control command table storage area 5303 for storing a table of control commands output from the main board 41 to each sub-board, and a special symbol combination pattern storage area for storing a combination of special symbols to be displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 5304, special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 for storing information such as tables relating to the variation patterns of special symbols and demo symbols, and various tables to be referred to when jackpot determination, normal hit determination, special symbol determination, etc. are performed The determination table storage area 5306 etc. It has been kicked. Furthermore, the ROM 53 is provided with various other storage areas not shown.

  Next, the special symbol variation pattern determination table stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a special symbol variation pattern determination table stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53. In the present embodiment, the configuration of the table used during the time reduction state is not significantly different from the table used during the normal state. Therefore, a part of the table used during the normal state will be described as an example.

  The variation pattern is a pattern variation pattern used when the determination result by jackpot determination is shown. Due to this variation pattern, the variation time of the symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 and the demo symbol display unit of the display screen 28, the display screen 28, the effect lamps 31 to 33, the speaker in synchronization with the variation of these symbols. The pattern of the effect performed by 48 etc. is determined. Then, in the sub-integrated board 58, a specific aspect of the effect is determined based on the variation pattern determined by the main board 41.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the variation pattern determination table, the game time (normal state or short-time state) at the time of jackpot determination, and the variation time according to the result of jackpot determination (hit or miss) are associated with the variation pattern. Yes. In the present embodiment, there is provided a reach effect in which two of the three demo symbols are the same symbol (reach state), and a reach non-establishment that stops the symbol that is out of reach without stopping It has been. Then, the variation time (designation time) of the symbol, whether or not the reach production is executed, and which reach production is executed if it is executed are determined by the variation pattern. This variation pattern is stored in the variation pattern determination random number column (see FIG. 5) from the plurality of variation patterns corresponding to the determination result and the gaming state at that time when the jackpot determination is performed. It is determined based on a random number. In addition, the reach production is set as normal reach in a normal reach state, reach production A having higher reliability than normal reach, and reach production B having higher reliability than reach production A. Further, depending on the value of the variation pattern determination random number, a special reach effect is selected, and a specific reach effect that is always a big hit gaming state is selected by itself.

  Next, details of the operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a main process in the main board 41, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are flowcharts of a subroutine of a special symbol process executed in the main process. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  The pachinko machine 1 is controlled by a control program stored in the control program storage area of the ROM 53. The main process of the control program is executed by the CPU 51 when the CPU 51 senses an interrupt signal generated by the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 3). Since the interrupt signal is generated at regular intervals (2 ms in the present embodiment), the main process is repeatedly executed every 2 ms.

  First, main processing performed on the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, when the main process is started by sensing an interrupt signal, first, a command output process is performed (S10). In this command output process, a control command is output to the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, etc. via the I / O interface 54. The control command includes a command for instructing the determined special symbol variation pattern, a command for instructing the timing for stopping the special symbol, a command for informing the start of the jackpot game, a command for instructing the opening / closing timing of the electric accessory, etc. There are many commands. The control command output here is a control command stored as an output command in the command relation storage area 5207 of the RAM 52 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). In this switch reading process, a process for detecting a winning of a game ball in the normal symbol starting gate 12, the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, the normal winning ports 17 to 20, and the big winning port 16 is performed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a game ball is detected by each switch (see FIG. 3) provided at these winning openings, and if a game ball is detected, a winning ball flag storage area of the RAM 52 is detected. A flag corresponding to each switch stored in 5202 is turned ON. Further, the number of game balls won during one opening of the big winning opening 16 is counted by a winning ball counter. At the start of the switch reading process, all flags in the winning ball flag storage area are reset.

  Next, a counter update process is performed (S12). As described above, in this counter update process, each value of the random number acquisition counter stored in the counter storage area of the RAM 52 is added by a predetermined amount, and each value of the timer counter is subtracted by a predetermined amount.

  Next, special electric accessory processing is performed (S13). In the special electric accessory process, a command for instructing the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 16 is performed during the big hit game. Also, at the end of the jackpot game, a flag (probability change flag and short-time / medium flag) for generating either the short state at the time of probability change or the short state at the time of non-probability change according to the type of the special symbol that is the basis of the jackpot game ) Is performed.

  Next, special symbol processing is performed (S14). In this special symbol processing, processing such as jackpot determination, determination of variation pattern, instruction, instruction to start and end symbol variation, and the like are performed. This special symbol process will be described later with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  Next, ordinary electric accessory processing is performed (S15). In this ordinary electric accessory process, when a normal hit is achieved, a process for facilitating winning a game ball by opening the opening / closing member of the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 for a predetermined time is performed. It should be noted that the opening time of the special symbol starting electric member 15 once is longer in the short time state than in the normal state.

  Next, normal symbol processing is performed (S16). In the normal symbol process, when the game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 12, the value of the normal hit determination counter is acquired as a normal hit random number. Then, a normal hit determination is performed based on the acquired random number, and a process of displaying the determination result on the normal symbol display unit 24 is performed. Note that the variation time of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display unit 24 is shorter in the short time state than in the normal state.

  Next, a payout process (S17) for paying out prize balls and an error check (S18) are performed. If an error has occurred in the pachinko machine 1, an error is displayed on the display screen 28 or an error sound is generated on the speaker 48. Therefore, an error command to be transmitted to the sub integrated board 58 in the command output process of S10 is stored in the command related storage area of the RAM 52. Next, in the information output process (S19), various kinds of information such as jackpot information, starting information, etc. of the pachinko machine 1 are output via the output port 55 to a game hall management computer (not shown). When the information output process ends, the main process ends. When the interrupt signal is received from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57, the main process is executed again from the beginning.

  Next, details of the special symbol process (S14) of the main process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. As described above, in the special symbol processing, processing such as jackpot determination, symbol / variation pattern determination, instruction, symbol variation start / end instruction, and the like are performed.

  First, the flags used in the special symbol process will be described. In the flag-related storage area of the RAM 52, a special symbol display state flag, a jackpot gaming state flag, a probability variation flag, an hour / medium flag, and the like are stored. The special symbol display state flag is a flag indicating the state of the special symbol display unit 25, and is “1” when the special symbol display unit 25 is fluctuating (fluctuating), and when it is stopped (during stop display). ) Stores “2”, and “0” is stored when the state is neither variable nor stopped. The jackpot game state flag is “ON” because “1” is stored during the jackpot game. Further, the probability variation flag is “ON” by storing “1” during the probability variation in which the probability of determining that the jackpot is higher than that in the normal state. In the hour / short flag, “1” is stored in the hour / short state when the normal symbol variation time is shorter than normal and the opening / closing member opening time of the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is longer than normal. ON ".

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the special symbol process of the main process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the special symbol start electric accessory 15 (S21). In the switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 8), when the winning of the game ball to the special symbol start electric accessory 15 is not detected (S21: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S26 as it is.

  When a winning of a game ball to the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is detected (S21: YES), a process for obtaining a random number for the game ball is performed. However, the number of special symbol actuated balls that can acquire and store random numbers is “4”. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 in the RAM 52 is “4” (S22). If it is “4” (S22: YES), this game ball Since the random number cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S26.

  When the number of special symbol operation reservation balls is “0” to “3” (S22: NO), “1” is added to the value of the special symbol operation reservation balls number storage area 5206 (S23). . Then, a random number is stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 in the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (see FIG. 5) (S24). Specifically, the jackpot determination counter value is stored in the jackpot random number column, the jackpot special symbol determination counter value is stored in the jackpot special symbol determination random number column, and the variation pattern determination counter value is stored in the variation pattern determination random number column. The

  Next, it is determined whether or not the game state is a jackpot gaming state (S26). When it is a jackpot game state, the jackpot determination and the notification of the determination result are not performed. Therefore, when the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON” and it is determined that the jackpot gaming state is set (S26: YES), the process directly returns to the main process.

  When the jackpot game state flag is “OFF” (S26: NO), since it is not the jackpot game state, processing relating to the control of the special symbol display unit 25 and the variable effect is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the special symbol display unit 25 is changing based on the special symbol display state flag (S27). If the special symbol display state flag is not “1” and is not changing (S27: NO), it is determined whether or not the special symbol is being stopped (S28). If the special symbol display state flag is not “2” and the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 is not being stopped (S28: NO), a big hit determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, it is determined whether or not there is a game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination (S31). If the value in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 in the RAM 52 is not equal to or greater than “1” (S31: NO), there is no game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S31: YES), there is a game ball for which a jackpot determination is to be made, and therefore the value of the special symbol actuated holding ball number storage area 5206 is subtracted by “1” (S32), and the jackpot relation information is stored. The value stored in the area (see FIG. 5) is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the storage area one number lower, and the value in the fourth storage area Is cleared (S33).

  Next, a jackpot determination is performed (S35). Here, the determination table for performing jackpot determination includes a low probability determination table used in a normal state (during non-probability fluctuation), and a high probability determination in which the probability of being determined to be a big hit is higher than during non-probability fluctuation A table is provided. The jackpot determination is performed by referring to one of the determination tables depending on whether or not a probability variation state has occurred.

  If it is determined that the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot (S39: YES), the jackpot combination stored in the special symbol combination pattern storage area 5304 of the ROM 53 based on the value stored in the jackpot special symbol determination random number column One of these is determined (S40). And the process which determines a fluctuation pattern is performed according to whether it is in a time-short state. If the time / short flag is “ON” and it is determined that the time is short (S41: YES), the special symbol variation is determined by the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column (see FIG. 5). With reference to the pattern determination table (refer to FIG. 7), one is determined from the hit variation patterns in the short time (S42). If it is determined that the time is not short (S41: NO), one of the hit variation patterns in the normal state is determined (S43). Then, the process proceeds to S52.

  If the jackpot is not determined to be a jackpot (S39: NO), a special symbol indicating a loss ("-" in the present embodiment) is determined (S46). If the time is short (S47: YES), one of the time fluctuation patterns is determined (S48), and the process proceeds to S52. If the time is not short (S47: NO), one is determined from the deviation variation pattern in the normal state (S49), and the process proceeds to S52.

  Next, a variation pattern designating command indicating the determined variation pattern and instructing the variation start of the special symbol and the demo symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 of the RAM 52 (S52). Then, the special symbol variation time determined for each variation pattern is stored in the special symbol variation time counter (S53), and "1" indicating that the special symbol is changing is stored in the special symbol display state flag. (S54), the process returns to the main process.

  Further, in the determination of S27 shown in FIG. 9, when the special symbol display state flag stores “1” and it is determined that the special symbol display unit 25 is changing (S27: YES), the change is made. It is determined whether time has passed (S71). When the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in S53 (see FIG. 10) becomes “0”, the variation time has elapsed (S71: YES), so the special symbol is stored in the command related storage area 5207 of the RAM 52. A stop command is stored (S72). This special symbol stop command is a command for instructing the special symbol display unit 25 to stop the variation of the special symbol and to end the variation effect performed by the display screen 28 or the like. Then, a predetermined stop display time is stored in the special symbol stop time counter (S73), and “2” indicating that the special symbol is being stopped is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S74). Return to. On the other hand, if it is determined in S71 that the value of the special symbol variation time counter is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S71: NO), the variation of the special symbol is continued. Therefore, the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process.

  If it is determined in S28 that “2” is stored in the special symbol display state flag and the special symbol display unit 25 is in a stop display (S28: YES), the stop display time is set. It is determined whether or not it has elapsed (S75). If the value of the special symbol stop time counter set in S73 is not “0” (S75: NO), the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, when the counter value is subtracted to “0” in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 8), the stop display time has elapsed (S75: YES), so that the special symbol display unit 25 “0” indicating that neither stop display nor change is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S76). Then, a short / medium flag process is performed (S77). In the pachinko machine 1, the non-stochastic fluctuation short-time state generated after the winning game is ended when the jackpot determination is performed 100 times. Therefore, in the process of S77, when the jackpot determination is made 100 times during the non-probability fluctuation time-saving state, the processing for setting the time-shortage flag to “0” is performed.

  Next, when it is determined that the jackpot is made in the previous jackpot determination (S78: YES), “1” indicating the jackpot gaming state is stored in the jackpot gaming state flag and is set to “ON” ( In step S79, a jackpot game start command for notifying the sub-integrated board 58 of starting the jackpot game is stored (S80), and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is not determined that the jackpot (S78: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  Next, processing in the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a sub effect mode determination table stored in the ROM 583 of the sub integrated board 58. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of the notice effect card determination table stored in the ROM 583 of the sub integrated board 58. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of sub-integrated board processing in the sub-integrated board 58. 14 to 16 are diagrams showing some aspects of the effects displayed on the display screen 28 in the pachinko machine 1.

  In the sub-integrated board process, a process for controlling an effect by the display screen 28, the effect lamps 31 to 33, the speaker 48, and the like is performed according to a command transmitted from the main substrate 41. In particular, according to the effect pattern determined on the main board 41, a variation effect mode indicating the result of the jackpot determination is determined, and the determined effect is executed.

  First, the RAM 582 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. The RAM 582 stores a variation pattern storage area in which a variation pattern designated by the main board 41 is stored, a counter storage area in which various counters are stored, and command related information in which control commands output to the effect control board 43 and the like are stored. Storage areas such as a storage area and a flag-related storage area in which various flags are stored are provided.

  Next, the ROM 583 of the sub integrated board 58 will be described. The ROM 583 stores various programs for the CPU 581 to assist the control of the pachinko machine 1. Further, a control command table storage area for storing a table of control commands output from the sub-integrated board 58 to the effect control board 43 and the lamp driver board 46, and a table storage for storing a sub effect mode determination table for determining an effect mode. Various storage areas such as areas are provided. Further, a notice effect card appearance ratio table storage area for storing a notice effect card determination table for determining a notice effect card appearing in a notice effect described later is also provided.

  Next, the sub effect content determination table stored in the table storage area of the ROM 583 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, in the sub effect mode determination table, one or more effect modes are associated with each variation pattern specified from the main board 41. In sub-integrated board processing (see FIG. 13), which will be described later, one of the rendering modes corresponding to the designated variation pattern is determined based on the random number stored in the counter storage area of the RAM 582. Although details will be described later, whether or not to perform a notice effect described later is determined at each ratio according to the variation pattern by the sub effect mode determination table shown in FIG.

  Next, the notice effect card determination table stored in the ROM 583 of the sub integrated board 58 will be described with reference to FIG. The notice effect is an effect that is performed while the symbol is changing and notifies the player of the reliability of the jackpot, and is a kind of effect for improving the interest of the player.

  The notice effect card determination table shown in FIG. 12 is used in sub-integrated board processing (see FIG. 13) described later. As shown in FIG. 12, in the notice effect card determination table, the content and color of the notice effect card are associated with the specified variation pattern. Although details will be described later, in the notice effect, two notice effect cards appear on the display screen 28. Then, for each designated variation pattern, the characters and colors of the two notice effect cards of the ship character and the car character are assigned to random numbers. As shown in FIG. 12, when the reliability of the jackpot is “normal reach” and “out of”, there is a high probability that the notice effect card at the top of the table shown in FIG. Similarly, in the case of “normal reach” that is a normal reach production and “big hit”, the middle stage notice production card is easily selected.

  On the other hand, if the variable pattern is a “special reach production” that is a big hit, a notice production card is not selected for the “normal reach” and the “big hit”, and the notice production card at the bottom of the table shown in FIG. May be selected. Thus, in the notice effect card appearance table, the table is configured such that the reliability of the jackpot increases as the notice effect card appears in the lower part.

  Hereinafter, sub-integrated substrate processing performed on the sub-integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to FIG. When the sub integrated substrate processing is started, it is first determined whether or not a variation pattern designation command has been received (S101). If received (S101: YES), the variation pattern specified by the command is stored in the variation pattern storage area of the RAM 582 (S102). Then, a random number is acquired, and an effect mode corresponding to the variation pattern is determined with reference to the sub effect content determination table (see FIG. 11) (S103). Here, whether or not there is a notice effect is determined as the effect mode.

  Then, it is determined whether or not the determined effect mode is “with notice effect”. (S104). When the effect mode is a notice effect (S104: YES), a random number is acquired, and the character and color of the notice effect card are determined based on the notice effect card determination table of FIG. Is started (S107). If the effect mode is no notice effect (S104: NO), the demo symbol variation is started as it is (S107). In the demo symbol variation start process (S107), control for starting the variation effect by the display screen 28, the effect lamps 31 to 33, and the speaker 48 is performed in accordance with the determined effect mode. Specifically, in the demo symbol variation start process (S107), a command for designating whether or not to perform the notice effect on the effect control board 43 and a command for designating the character and color of the notice effect card are output. Thereby, the change of the demo symbol in the display screen 28 is started.

  Here, when the designated effect mode is the notice effect, the following effect is performed on the display screen 28 during the change of the demo symbol. As shown in FIG. 14, a first effect bag 91 and a second effect bag 92 that are bags in which a notice effect card is inserted are displayed on the display screen 28. The player can select either bag by using a rod-shaped operation unit (not shown) provided in the pachinko machine 1. When the player selects the first effect bag 91 displayed on the right of the display screen 28 from the two effect bags, the first effect bag 91 is displayed on the display screen 28 as shown in FIG. Only, and the lower portion of the first effect bag 91 is torn. Then, only the notice effect card 93 that comes out of the first effect bag 91 is displayed on the display screen 28 as shown in FIG.

  At this point, the player can confirm the entire contents of the notice effect card 93. The notice effect card 93 has a car picture drawn against the background of the notice effect card 93. A player who sees the color of the notice effect card 93 and the picture of the car estimates whether the reliability of the jackpot is high or low. There may be cases where this notice effect develops to reach, and there are cases where reach is not established. Therefore, a player will guess whether it will become reach, a jackpot, or reach non-achievement through a notice effect. Then, it is possible to show the player the expectation of the symbol variation and the reach effect following the notice effect. Therefore, the interest of the player can be improved by the notice effect.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 12, most of the cases where the ship character drawn on the notice effect card described at the top of the table with low reliability that is a big hit is “Character A1” and the car character is “Character A2”. It becomes off by the notice production. However, in normal reach, it can be a “big hit” with a small probability. On the other hand, when the ship character drawn on the notice effect card described at the bottom of the table is “character E1” and the car character is “character O2”, the character combination is rarely appearing and the notice effect. Both cards are a combination of reds that rarely appear. In this case, in most cases, it is a big hit, but in the reach effect B, it may be “out of place”. Therefore, even if a notice effect card that is recognized by the player as having low jackpot reliability appears, or conversely, even if a notice effect card that is recognized as being highly reliable by the player appears, The result may be contrary to expectations, and the interest of the player can be improved. In addition, the yellow color, which is the most reliable color of the two notice effect cards, appears only in the case of the “specific reach effect” that is always a big hit.

  Next, when the variation pattern designation command has not been received (S101: NO), it is determined whether or not a special symbol stop command has been received (S110). If it has been received (S110: YES), the variation effect that has been executed is terminated, a process of confirming and displaying the demo symbols on the display screen 28 is performed (S111), and the process returns to the determination of S101.

  Next, when a special symbol stop command has not been received (S110: NO), it is determined whether or not a jackpot game start command has been received (S115). If it is received (S115: YES), processing for starting the effect during the jackpot game is performed (S116), and the process returns to the determination of S101. If the jackpot game start command has not been received (S115: NO), it is determined whether another command has been received (S120), and if received (S120: YES), the received command Various processes are performed according to (S125), and the process returns to the determination of S101. If no command has been received (S120: NO), the process directly returns to the determination in S101.

  As described above, in the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, when the notice effect is selected according to the variation pattern, one of the two effect bags is used by the player himself using the operation unit. Let them choose. Then, the notice effect card appears from the selected effect bag. In addition, a character is drawn and a color is attached to the notice effect card. The character and color of the notice effect card are determined according to the variation pattern. A jackpot reliability is associated with the variation pattern. Therefore, the character and color of the notice effect card are determined according to the reliability of the jackpot. The character and color of the notice effect card when the jackpot reliability is high and the character and color of the notice effect card when the jackpot reliability is low are different. Therefore, the combination of the character drawn on the notice effect card and the color of the notice effect card can be easily informed to the player, and the reliability of the jackpot can be easily notified, leading to improvement of interest.

  It should be noted that the special symbol start electric accessory 15 in the present embodiment corresponds to the “start winning award” of the present invention, and the start port switch 70 corresponds to the “game ball detecting means” of the present invention. The CPU 51 of the main board 41 that acquires random numbers in the symbol processing S24 functions as the “random number acquisition means” of the present invention, and the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that performs the jackpot determination processing in S35 of the special symbol processing shown in FIG. It functions as “big hit judging means” of the present invention. The ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58 that stores the notice effect card determination table corresponds to the “effect pattern storage means” of the present invention. The CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines the variation pattern in S39 to S49 shown in FIG. 10 functions as the “effect pattern determining means” of the present invention, and the notice effect card 93 corresponds to the “pseudo card” of the present invention. The CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board that determines the notice effect card color in S105 of the sub-integrated board process shown in FIG. The display screen 28 shown in FIG. 2 corresponds to the “display unit” of the present invention, and the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board that displays the notice effect card on the display screen 28 in S107 of the sub-integrated board processing shown in FIG. It functions as a “display control means”.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  First, a first modification will be described. In the above-described embodiment, the reliability is notified by the character and color of the notice effect card. However, as in the first modification described below, the reliability is obtained by both the effect bag that wraps the notice effect card and the notice effect card. May be notified. Below, with reference to FIG. 17, the alerting | reporting effect of the reliability using the effect bag determination table which concerns on a 1st modification is demonstrated. FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram of an effect bag determination table stored in the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58 according to the first modification.

  In the effect bag determination table shown in FIG. 17, the contents and color of the effect bag are associated with random numbers according to the designated variation pattern. Then, in S105 of the sub-integrated board process shown in FIG. 13, the effect bag is determined, and in S107, a command for designating the character and color of the effect bag is output to the effect control board. In addition, as shown in FIG. 14, two effect bags appear on the display screen 28. Then, the player uses the operation unit of the pachinko machine 1 to select one effect bag. Therefore, the player can select the production bag of the one judged to be highly reliable from the two production bags by his / her own judgment. Further, since the reliability is notified in two stages of the effect bag and the notice effect card, the player can estimate the reliability from a plurality of pieces of information. Therefore, the thinking time regarding the reliability of the player's jackpot increases, and by making the player make a plurality of predictions of the reliability, etc. while trial and error, the player's interest is further improved. Further, the first effect bag and the second effect bag of the present modification correspond to the “bag” of the present invention, and the sub integrated board that determines the bag color in S105 of the sub integrated board process shown in FIG. 13 of the present modification. The CPU 581 functions as the “bag color determining means” of the present invention.

  Next, a second modification will be described. In the notice effect, when the colors of the two notice effect cards appear in the combination of the most reliable colors, the effect may be controlled so that the reach is not established or the other reach is “out of”. . With reference to FIG. 18, the notification effect of reliability using the notice effect card determination table according to the second modification will be described. FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram of a notice effect card determination table stored in the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58 according to the second modification.

  In the notice effect card determination table shown in FIG. 18, even if “Leach is not established” which is not a big hit, the colors of the two notice effect cards may be yellow with the highest reliability with a slight probability. On the other hand, even in the “specific reach production” that is always a big hit, both of the colors of the two notice production cards may be yellow with the highest reliability. Therefore, even when the most reliable color bag appears, if it is a big hit, it may be reversed, and the player can be presented with a sense of tension.

  Next, a third modification will be described. In the notice effect, when the colors of the two effect bags appear in the combination of the colors with the highest reliability, the effect may be controlled so that reach is not established or other reach is “off”. With reference to FIG. 19, the notification effect of the reliability using the effect bag determination table which concerns on a 3rd modification is demonstrated. FIG. 19 is a conceptual diagram of an effect bag determination table stored in the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58 according to the third modification.

  In the production bag determination table shown in FIG. 19, even if “Leach is not established”, which is not a big hit, the color of the two bags may be the most reliable gold color with a small probability. On the other hand, even in the “specific reach production” that is always a big hit, there are cases where the colors of the two bags are gold with the highest reliability. Therefore, even when the most reliable color bag appears, if it is a big hit, it may be reversed, and the player can be presented with a sense of tension.

  Next, a fourth modification will be described. In the present embodiment, in the case of a big hit, a notice effect card is displayed on the display screen 28 as a notice effect. Then, the notice effect card of the color with the highest reliability of the jackpot is displayed on the display screen 28 when the jackpot is always a jackpot. However, as in the fourth modification described below, the opening time of the big winning opening is shorter than the opening time of the big winning opening at the time of the big hit (for example, 1.8 seconds), and the gaming state changes before and after the big winning game. In the case of a small hit that is not made and in the case of a two round big hit that is a big win that opens the big winning opening twice, the notice effect card having the highest jackpot color may be displayed on the display screen 28.

  Here, the small hit will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 20 is a timing chart comparing 15 round (R) jackpot games, small hit games, and 2 round (R) jackpot games according to the fourth modification. In this modification, in a special symbol process (not shown) on the main board 41, a preset table (not shown) indicates whether the acquired random number value is assigned to a big hit, a small hit, or an outage. ). When it is determined that a small win is made, as shown in FIG. 20, the big winning opening is opened only twice and in a shorter time than the 15 round big win. On the other hand, in the case of 15 rounds of big hit, the 15th big winning opening is opened.

  Next, 2 round jackpots will be described with reference to FIG. In this modification, in a special symbol process (not shown) on the main board 41, a preset table (not shown) indicates whether the acquired random number value is assigned to a big hit, a small hit, or an outage. ). When it is determined that two rounds are a big win, as shown in FIG. 20, the big winning opening is opened only twice as in the case of the above-mentioned small hits. Furthermore, in this modification, a short-time gaming state may occur after the end of the two round jackpot game. This point is different from small hits. The short game state at this time is a game state in which the fluctuation time of the normal symbol display unit 24 is shortened compared to that in the non-time-short game state, and the opening time of the opening / closing member of the special symbol starter electric accessory 15 is long.

  Next, a fifth modification will be described. In the present embodiment, the most reliable notice effect card is made to appear in the notice effect in the case of 15 rounds. However, as in a fifth modification described below, the most reliable notice effect card may be made to appear in the notice effect only in the case of two rounds of big hit. At this time, the normal jackpot is set to 7 rounds or 15 rounds, and the number of rounds larger than two rounds so that the two round jackpots and other jackpots can be identified. Also, the normal jackpot 7 rounds and 15 rounds are not limited to the number of rounds, and can be changed as appropriate. Here, it is also possible to make the notice effect card having the highest reliability appear in the notice effect only in the case of a small hit. By making the most reliable notice effect card appear only in the case of two rounds of big wins and small wins, the player with the lowest number of rounds will be awarded with the most reliable color notice effect cards. Can be detected. The notice effect card can notify the player of the reliability and the number of rounds per game, and the player's interest is improved.

  The present embodiment can be modified in other ways. In the present embodiment, the production bag is selected by the rod-like operation unit. However, the operation unit is not limited to a rod shape, and a spherical trackball may be used.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a maximum of four numbers can be stored with random numbers stored for the game balls won in the special symbol start electric accessory 15 but can be stored. The maximum number may be 3 or less, or 5 or more.

  Further, in the present embodiment, yellow, which is the color of the most reliable notice effect card, appears only when the “specific reach effect”, which is a variation pattern that is a big hit, is always executed. However, the “specific reach production” may be executed only in the case of 15 rounds of big hit. In addition, the number of rounds in this case is not limited to any numerical value, and may be 15 rounds, which is the largest number of big hit games, or 1 round, which is the smallest number of rounds. Thereby, it is possible to notify the type of jackpot while improving the interest of the player by notifying the reliability, which leads to further improvement of the interest of the player.

  Further, in the temporary stop display, after the special symbol is temporarily stopped, the special symbol may be changed again, and the notice effect card having the highest reliability as the notice effect may be displayed. Here, the temporary stop display means that a special symbol that is not a probability variation symbol is temporarily stopped. After the temporary stop display, the special symbol variation is started again, and then the probability variation symbol may be stopped. . This probability variation symbol refers to a symbol that triggers a transition to a probability variation state in which the probability of being determined to be a jackpot is higher than the normal state.

  Further, in the present embodiment, yellow, which is the color of the most reliable notice effect card, appears only when a “special reach effect” that is a big hit is executed. However, only in the case of full rotation reach, which is a kind of “specific reach effect”, the notice effect card having the highest reliability in the notice effect may be displayed. Here, the full rotation reach means that three symbols are aligned, “three, three, three” → “four, four, four” → “five, five, five” → “six, six, six” → Reach that stops the symbol that shows the jackpot after changing to "7, 7, 7".

  The gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, but can be applied to various gaming machines such as a pachinko machine.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 52 of a main board 41. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of RAM52. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 53 of a main board 41. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a special symbol variation pattern determination table stored in a special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. FIG. 48 is a conceptual diagram showing a sub effect mode determination table stored in a ROM 583 of the sub integrated substrate 58. 5 is a conceptual diagram of a notice effect card determination table stored in a ROM 583 of a sub-integrated board 58. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of sub integrated substrate processing in a sub integrated substrate 58. It is the figure showing the one part aspect of the production | presentation displayed on the display screen 28 in the pachinko machine 1. FIG. It is the figure showing the one part aspect of the production | presentation displayed on the display screen 28 in the pachinko machine 1. FIG. It is the figure showing the one part aspect of the production | presentation displayed on the display screen 28 in the pachinko machine 1. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of the production bag determination table memorize | stored in ROM583 of the sub integration board | substrate 58 which concerns on a 1st modification. It is a conceptual diagram of the notice effect card determination table memorize | stored in ROM583 of the sub integration board | substrate 58 which concerns on a 2nd modification. It is a conceptual diagram of the production bag determination table memorize | stored in ROM583 of the sub integration board | substrate 58 which concerns on a 3rd modification. It is the timing chart which compared each of 15 round (R) jackpot game, small hit game, and 2 round (R) jackpot game which concern on a 4th modification.

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1 Pachinko machine 28 Display screen 43a CPU
91 1st production bag 92 2nd production bag 93 notice production card 581 CPU

Claims (6)

Game ball detecting means for detecting a game ball that has passed through a start winning opening provided on a game board where the game ball flows down;
Random number acquisition means for acquiring a random number for determining whether or not the player is in a jackpot gaming state where a player can acquire a large number of game balls due to the detection of the game ball by the game ball detection means When,
Jackpot determining means for determining whether or not the random number acquired by the random number acquiring means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as a jackpot;
Display means for performing an effect using a demo symbol indicating the determination result of the jackpot determination means;
An effect pattern storage means for storing a plurality of effect patterns for determining the content of the notification effect for the notification effect, which is an effect indicating the result of the jackpot determination by making a fixed display after changing the demo symbol,
Effect pattern determining means for determining one of the plurality of effect patterns stored by the effect pattern storage means;
In accordance with the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determining means, a pseudo card color determining means for determining a pseudo card color that is a color of a pseudo card indicating the reliability of the jackpot;
A gaming machine comprising: display control means for causing the display means to display the pseudo card in the pseudo card color determined by the pseudo card color determination means.   When the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot is determined, the card color determining means sets the color determined in advance as having the highest reliability as the card color. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine can be determined.   When the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot, and when the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is off is determined. In any case, the card color determining means can determine the color having the highest reliability as the card color. According to the production pattern, comprising bag color determining means for determining a bag color that is a color of the bag that hides the pseudo card,
The display control means displays the pseudo card on the display means after displaying the bag in the bag color determined by the bag color determination means. The gaming machine described in 1.   When the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot is determined, the bag color determining means can determine the color having the highest reliability as the bag color. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the gaming machine is characterized.   When the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the jackpot is determined, and when the effect pattern of the notification effect indicating that the result of the determination is the deviation is determined 5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein, in any case, the bag color determining means can determine the color having the highest reliability as the bag color.

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