JP6212736B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with operation means that can be operated by a player.

  Patent Document 1 below discloses an operation means (button) that can be operated by a player and that can vibrate.

JP 2007-37972 A

  In a gaming machine equipped with this kind of vibration capable operation means, in a so-called reach production, etc., the operation means is operated within a predetermined period (within the effective operation time), and the operation means vibrates when it is a big hit, Thus, an operation means may be used. However, in general, it is an effect that the operating means continues to vibrate as it is when a predetermined condition is satisfied, so that the user is quickly bored.

  The present invention improves the preference of performance using the operating means in a gaming machine having operating means that can be changed to a state that can be recognized as being different from the normal state by the player's sense. With the goal.

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, is changed from a first state, which is a normal state, to a second state where the player can recognize that the state is different from the first state. In an operation effect that includes an operation means that can be changed by a player and that is operable by the player, the operation means is intermittently moved from the first state to the first state. The operation effect is a change in which the operation means may intermittently change from the first state to the second state or may not change. The possibility time point is set, and the operation effect is characterized in that a time display indicating the portion where the change possibility time point is set is performed together with the remaining time of the operation effective time.

According to the above gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to execute a highly interesting performance in which the intermittent operation of the operation means is linked to the suggestion of success or failure.
In addition, if the timing at which the operating means may change to the second state is shown together with the time display indicating the remaining time of the effective operation time, the timing at which the operating means may change to the second state together with the effective operation time Can be easily grasped, and the production is consolidated. It is also possible to grasp the number of time points when the operating means may change to the second state, the interval between the time points when the operating means may change to the second state, and the like.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the preference of performance using the operation means that can be changed to a state in which the player can recognize that the state is different from the normal state. .

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the image displayed on a display apparatus during an operation effect. It is an example of the operation effect table for determining the content of the operation effect. It is the figure which expanded and showed the time display displayed during an operation effect, Comprising: (a) shows the state which is not an operation possibility time, (b) shows the state which reached | attained the operation possibility time. It is the figure which showed the modification of the time display displayed during an operation effect.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a game board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and a guide rail 903 that constitutes a path for guiding a game ball launched by the operation of the launch device 908 (launch handle) to the game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows.

  In the game area 902, a display device 91, a start winning opening 904, a big winning opening 906, an out opening 907, and the like are provided. The display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that can be viewed through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90. In FIGS. 2 and 4, all or part of the display region 911 is roughly described, but the shape and the like can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the opening 901, the shape of the display device 91 itself, The shape and the like of the display area 911 can be changed by changing the size).

  In addition, the game area 902 is provided with a plurality of game nails as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the flow-down game balls collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes into various modes depending on the condition when it collides with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is launched toward the game area 902 by operating the launching device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning opening such as the start winning opening 904 or the big winning opening 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by the payout device.

  Note that the description of the components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the game balls, is omitted. About these, the thing of the structure similar to a well-known game machine is applicable.

  The jackpot lottery is executed by a winning determination means provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by winning a game ball in the start winning opening 904 (a plurality of such starting winning openings may be provided). Specifically, a numerical value is acquired from a random number source when a game ball is won at the start winning opening 904, and when the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot number, It will be out of place. As with known game machines, when a big hit is made, the identification symbol (the symbol for notifying the success / failure determination result) is notified when it becomes a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same symbol), otherwise When the combination of is displayed, it will be removed.

  The various effects including the operation effects described below may be determined based on the result of the actual success / failure determination, or determined based on the numerical value acquired from the random number source, not the result of the determination It may be configured to. In any case, since the presentation is determined based on the determination of success / failure (as seen from the player), the following description determines the determination based on the determination of success / failure. However, the present invention is not intended to exclude the configuration in which the effect is determined by the numerical value acquired from the random number source.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can execute an operation effect using the operation means 10 that can be operated by the player as a kind of effect suggesting whether or not the game is successful. Hereinafter, the operation effects will be described in detail. It should be noted that the operation effect may be any scene, timing, etc., as long as it is an effect that suggests whether or not the operation effect is present.

  The operation means 10 (see FIG. 1) used for the operation effect is a push button that can be operated by the player. The operation means 10 is provided with a vibration mechanism 11. When the vibration mechanism 11 is driven, a portion of the operation means 10 that is touched by the player is vibrated. That is, the player can sense the vibration of the operation means 10 by touch. Since the vibration mechanism 11 for generating vibrations may have any configuration, detailed description is omitted (a known vibrator can be applied).

  As described above, the operating means 10 in the present embodiment includes a normal state in which vibration is not generated (hereinafter also referred to as the first state) and a state in which the vibration mechanism 11 is driven and vibrated (hereinafter referred to as the second state). May also be referred to). In addition, the thing for producing the difference of the 1st state which is a normal state, and the 2nd state which is a different state is not restricted to a "vibration". Any player can recognize that the second state is different from the first state, which is the normal state, by the player's senses (tactile sense, vision, hearing, etc.). For example, when the second state is entered, a configuration in which a part of the operating means 10 that was not illuminated in the first state is illuminated (the player recognizes the second state by visually recognizing the light) Configuration). Moreover, it is good also as a structure which air blows out from the operation means 10 or its circumference | surroundings, and a player can feel the said air. However, if the difference between the first state and the second state is detected by the “tactile sense” of the player who is difficult to understand visually or auditorily, the operation means There is an advantage that the impact on the player when 10 changes from the first state to the second state can be improved.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the operation effect, the player is instructed to operate the operation means 10. In the present embodiment, an instruction display 12 (an image of a push button and a character of “long push”) is displayed so that the operation unit 10 (push button) is pressed for a long time. The instruction may be any instruction that prompts the player to touch the operation means 10 so that the vibration can be sensed when the operation means 10 vibrates. For example, the user may be prompted to touch the operation unit 10 only by voice (for example, “long press” voice).

  The effective operation time is set as the time during which the operation of the operation means 10 (long press in this embodiment) is effective. The operation effective time is a time when the operation of the operation means 10 is detected, which may be reflected in various effects (effects such as intermittent operation described later). Therefore, even if the operation effective time is detected, the operation effective time may include a time during which the operation is not reflected in the effect.

  In the present embodiment, the operation means 10 changes from the first state to the second state and immediately returns to the first state within the operation effective time (execution over time: operation according to the elapsed time). There is a case. That is, instead of continuing to vibrate, it may vibrate temporarily one or more times. The operation time of the intermittent operation may be any as long as the player touching the operation means 10 can recognize the temporary vibration. In the present embodiment, a plurality of timings (hereinafter also referred to as change possibility time points) at which the operating means 10 may change from the first state to the second state are set within the operation effective time. That is, the first state and the second state can be repeated by changing from the first state to the second state and returning to the first state after a predetermined time. Note that the operation effect in the present embodiment urges the player to press and hold the push button that is the operation means 10, but even if the push button is not pressed (if only touched). It has a structure that can sense the vibration of the push button. However, if the operation means 10 such as a push button is not in the operated state, the structure may be such that the operation means 10 cannot be detected to be changed to the second state.

Various settings in the present embodiment are as follows. The effective operation time is 8 seconds. The change possibility time point is a time point after the elapse of 2 seconds, 4 seconds, and 6 seconds from the start of the operation effective time. That is, a point in time at which the operation means 10 may intermittently operate is reached every 2 seconds from the start of the operation effective time. A plurality of production scenarios are set based on the success / failure (whether the success / failure determination result notified through the operation effect is a big hit). An example of the operation effect table in which a plurality of types of scenarios are set is shown in FIG. Various production scenarios can be considered, but the production scenarios of the present embodiment are roughly classified as follows.
1) Production mode (scenario A) in which no intermittent motion occurs throughout the effective operation time
2) A production mode (scenarios B to G) in which X intermittent motions occur throughout the effective operation time.
3) After the X times of intermittent operations are executed, the operating means 10 changes from the first state to the second state at a certain change possibility point, and the second state is maintained until the end of the effective operation time (scenario H). ~ J)

  The production mode of 1) may not be set. That is, the setting may be such that one intermittent operation always occurs during the operation effective time.

  In the production mode 2), as in the present embodiment, one scenario selected from a plurality of preset intermittent operation scenarios may be selected and executed, or at each change possibility time point. Whether or not the operating means 10 is operated intermittently may be selected based on whether or not the operation means 10 is intermittently operated. In any case, in the present embodiment, the number X of intermittent operations that occur is more likely to be greater when the success / failure determination is a big hit than when it is out of place (the larger the number X, the so-called jackpot reliability). Is set to be higher). In the example shown in FIG. 3, when the scenarios E and F occur more than the scenarios B, C and D, the jackpot reliability is higher, and the scenario G occurs than the scenarios E and F. Is set so that the jackpot reliability is higher. Therefore, the player operates the operation means 10 in the hope that more intermittent operations occur.

  However, the number X of intermittent operations to be generated can be changed as appropriate, and the relationship between the number X and the jackpot reliability can also be set as appropriate. For example, the smaller the number X, the higher the jackpot reliability may be set. Further, when the number of times X is a specific number of times, the jackpot reliability may be set to be higher than when the number of times X is other times. Further, not only the number of occurrences but also the occurrence timing may be set as meaningful. For example, when the same number of intermittent operations occur, the late hit timing may be set to be higher (or conversely lower) as the jackpot reliability is higher. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the scenario C may be set to have a higher jackpot reliability than the scenario B, the scenario D than the scenario C, and the scenario F than the scenario E.

  The production mode 3) is an operation in which the operation unit 10 is changed from the first state to the second state at the time of the change possibility and the second state is maintained as it is until the end of the operation effective time (hereinafter, also referred to as a maintenance operation) Will occur. Similarly to the production mode of 2), one scenario selected from a plurality of preset scenarios may be selected and executed, or the operation means 10 is intermittently operated at each change possibility point. In addition to this, whether to perform the maintenance operation may be drawn lottery based on whether or not each time.

  In the present embodiment, when a maintenance operation occurs, the success / failure determination result notified through the operation effect is set to be a big hit. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 3, in any of the scenarios H to J, the jackpot winning is determined, and therefore, only when the winning / failing determination is a jackpot is selected. The setting can be changed as appropriate. The setting when the so-called jackpot reliability may be higher when the maintenance operation occurs than when only one or a plurality of intermittent operations occur (that is, when the production mode 2 occurs) The reverse may be possible. In addition, the maintenance operation may occur at a time other than the change possibility time. Further, the occurrence of the maintenance operation may not be a mode in which the jackpot is determined, but the so-called jackpot reliability may be set differently depending on the timing at which the maintenance operation occurs and the length of the maintenance operation. The above description assumes that the player has operated the operation means 10 from the time of the start of the scenario (operation effect), but it is assumed that the operation means 10 has been operated from the middle of the scenario (operation effect). A similar operation based on the scenario (operation effect) occurs. Unlike this, a configuration in which a scenario (operation effect) is started from the time when the player operates the operation means 10 may be adopted. In addition, when the scenario (operation effect) starts, the player operates the operation means 10, and even if the player stops operating the operation means 10 halfway, the operation based on the scenario (operation effect) is performed within the scenario time. It may be configured to occur.

  Here, in the present embodiment, at least one intermittent operation always occurs before the maintenance operation occurs. As shown in FIG. 3, even if any of scenarios H to J is selected, after the operation means 10 changes from the first state to the second state, the intermittent operation that returns to the first state again is one. It is set so that the maintenance operation occurs after it has occurred more than once. Therefore, when the production mode 3) occurs, the player senses the maintenance operation after sensing at least one intermittent operation.

  As described above, in the operation effect in the present embodiment, the probability that the result of the determination of success / failure after the operation effect is a big hit becomes higher as the number of intermittent operations is increased, and may be a big hit when a maintenance operation is generated. Determine. Therefore, a player (a player who has grasped the relationship between the operation of the operation means 10 and the so-called reliability to some extent) plays a game while hoping that many intermittent operations will occur, or at best a maintenance operation will occur.

  When the number of occurrences of the intermittent operation is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, the jackpot may be determined. In this case, it is preferable to set a difference in value between the case where the number of occurrences of the intermittent operation is a predetermined number or more and the case where the maintenance operation occurs. For example, if there are multiple types of jackpots that have a difference in the profit received by the player and the number of intermittent operations is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of times, the jackpot is determined but the jackpot type is not fixed When a maintenance operation occurs, a setting may be made such that the winning of one or more types of predetermined jackpots is confirmed, such as the jackpot having the largest profit is determined. For example, 1) In a gaming machine in which multiple types of jackpots are set, in which the number of rounds in the jackpot game is different (the expected value of the number of game balls that can be obtained (so-called play) is different), 2) Multiple jackpots are set, including a jackpot where the probability of winning the jackpot is a normal state (low probability state) and a jackpot where the probability variation state (high probability state) is set after the jackpot game ends. In the gaming machine, the state after the jackpot game is set as the difference in the above values. 3) The state after the jackpot game ends more frequently than the jackpot that is in the normal state and the normal state. In a gaming machine in which multiple types of jackpots including possible jackpots are set, the state after the jackpot game is set as the above difference in value, etc.

  As described above, if the direction is suggested by the number of intermittent movements of the operation means 10, the player wishes to generate intermittent movements while operating the operation means 10 (or Therefore, it is possible to enhance the preference of the performance using the operation means 10.

  In addition to the possibility that the intermittent operation may occur, there is a possibility that a maintenance operation that keeps maintaining the second state may occur. Therefore, when the operating means 10 changes from the first state to the second state, the first operation is immediately performed. It is possible to produce a highly interesting production that may return to one state or may continue to maintain the second state.

  In addition, since the maintenance operation always occurs through one or more intermittent operations, it is possible to create a structure that can produce a stunning presentation mode in which the maintenance operation occurs while assuming that the intermittent operation occurs. Is possible.

  As described above, in the operation effect in the present embodiment, a plurality of changeable time points are set within the operation effective time. In the operation effect in the present embodiment, the change possibility time is indicated within the operation effective time. Although there are various ways of indicating it, in the present embodiment, the change possibility time point is shown together with the time display 20 indicating the operation effective time.

  When the operation effective time is started, a time display 20 indicating the remaining time (elapsed time) is displayed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the time display 20 in the present embodiment includes a scale display unit 21 and a timing display unit 22. The scale display part 21 is a part where the scale progresses with the passage of time after the start of the operation effective time. In the present embodiment, the portion where the scale is displaced is annular. That is, in the present embodiment, a display is displayed that moves exactly 360 degrees with an operation effective time of 8 seconds. That is, a display in which the scale advances by 45 degrees per second is performed. Thereby, the remaining time (elapsed time) of the operation effective time can be grasped. On the other hand, the timing display part 22 is an annular part concentric with the scale display part 21 and is a part to which a mark 23 is locally attached. The mark 23 may be any mark as long as the difference from other parts can be understood. In this embodiment, the mark 23 is attached every 90 degrees.

  When the operation effective time is started, the scale indicating the remaining time (elapsed time) advances 45 degrees per second. That is, the scale displayed on the scale display unit 21 matches the circumferential position of the mark 23 every second. The time point is a time point after 2 seconds (first mark 231), 4 seconds (second mark 232), and 6 seconds (third mark 233) have elapsed from the start of the operation effective time. That is, the time when the scale and the circumferential position of the mark 23 coincide with each other is the set change possibility time. By seeing this, the player grasps the change possibility time point at which the operation means 10 may change from the first state to the second state together with the remaining operation effective time (elapsed time). be able to. For example, the time when the state shown in FIG. 4B is reached, that is, the time when the scale displayed on the scale display unit 21 coincides with the circumferential position of the first mark 231 is 2 seconds after the operation effective time starts. It can be understood that this is the (first) change possibility point.

  In the operation effect, when the change possibility time is not shown at all, the fact that the operation means 10 did not change from the first state to the second state at a certain time does not change despite the possibility of change. I don't know if it was or was not likely to change. If the operation possibility time point is indicated as in the present embodiment, the player who has noticed that the operation means 10 has not changed when the operation means 10 may change to the second state. In addition, since it is possible to wait for the change possibility point of time with expectation, it is possible to enhance the preference of the production.

  Moreover, if the timing at which the operation means 10 may change to the second state is shown together with the time display 20 indicating the remaining time of the operation effective time, the operation means 10 may change to the second state together with the operation effective time. It is possible to easily grasp a certain timing, and the production (display) becomes compact. It is also possible to grasp the number of times when the operation means 10 may change to the second state, the interval between the time points when the operation means 10 may change to the second state, and the like.

  However, the configuration of the present embodiment is configured so as to give the player a surprise when the operating means 10 changes from the first state to the second state by not indicating the changeable time point. There is no denying that.

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that the scale display unit 21 indicating the remaining operation effective time (elapsed time) and the timing display unit 22 indicating the changeable time point (mark 23) are both annular. The indication need not be circular. For example, as shown to Fig.5 (a), it is good also as a structure where both are linear. However, it is easier to understand how the change possibility time points are arranged within the effective operation time (whether they are arranged evenly or disjointly) when the ring shape is used. . Moreover, as shown in FIG.5 (b), as a mode in which the change possibility time point (mark 23) is shown together in the portion (scale display portion 21) indicating the remaining time (elapsed time) of the operation effective time. Good.

  The details of the operation effects described above in detail (success (successful results for the player) / failure (unsuccessful results for the player)), and the development of the subsequent effects may be anything. . In the present embodiment, whether or not it is determined is determined by whether or not a certain image (not shown) is completed by long-pressing the operation means 10 (operation button). When the image is completed, it is notified that the production is successful and that it is a big hit. If the image is not completed, it is notified that the production has failed and is out of date. Therefore, as the number of intermittent operations of the operation means 10 (operation buttons) generated during a long press increases, the probability that the image is completed (becomes a successful effect) increases, and the image is completed when a maintenance operation occurs. It will be confirmed that it will be a successful performance.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the operation effect of the gaming machine 1 according to the above embodiment, a plurality of changeable time points at which the operation means 10 may change from the first state to the second state are set, and the time points are determined. (It is every 2 seconds from the start of the operation effective time), but the setting of the change possibility point can be changed as appropriate. For example, the interval at which the change possibility time arrives may be constant as in this embodiment, such as the change possibility time point comes every 3 seconds, or the change possibility time point is 1 second, 4 seconds, 5 seconds, The intervals may not be constant, such as coming in seconds. Further, a plurality of patterns having different combinations of changeable time points may be set in advance, and the patterns may be selected (lottery) together with the scenario. Further, such a pattern may not be set, and the number of changeable time points and the timing of arrival may be changed each time (determined by lottery or the like). For example, the setting may be such that as the changeable time point increases, the number of times that the operation unit 10 changes to the second state (intermittent operation) is likely to increase, and as a result, the probability of being a big hit increases. In addition, in such a configuration, the meaning of providing a display indicating the changeable time point in the sense that the position of the changeable time point that changes every time and the number of changeable time points are indicated to the player ( The significance of providing the time display 20 (timing display unit 22) in the above embodiment is large. However, in order to emphasize the surprise of the player with respect to the effects caused by the changeable time point changing every time, it is not denied that the changeable time point is not shown.

  Further, the time point at which the change possibility time point may be set may not be determined. That is, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which a changeable time point may be set at any time point within the operation effective time. In the case of such a configuration, the change possibility time point determined in advance by lottery or the like may be indicated during the operation effective time, or the player's action for the effect caused by the change possibility time point changing every time. In order to attach importance to surprise, the change possibility time point may not be indicated.

  In addition, a display indicating that the operation unit 10 has changed from the first state to the second state may be generated. For example, only when the operation means 10 changes from the first state to the second state, the light emitting body provided at a position where the player can visually recognize the light, and the change of the operation means 10 can be visually understood. You may do it.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation unit 10 is prompted to be pressed for a long time, and an intermittent operation or a maintenance operation may occur at that time. However, the operation is not limited to a long press. For example, the operation unit 10 may be prompted to be struck repeatedly, and at that time, an intermittent operation or a maintenance operation may occur. In addition, the user may be prompted to touch the operation unit 10, and an intermittent operation or a maintenance operation may occur at that time (such a “touch” operation is also included in the operation of the operation unit 10. ).

  In addition, every time the change possibility time point arrives, the background of the display device may be changed (step-up effect) to improve the player's expectation. In this case, only when an intermittent operation or a maintenance operation occurs at the time of the change possibility, the setting such as the background of the display device may be changed, or even if the intermittent operation or the maintenance operation does not occur, the display device It is good also as a setting which changes aspects, such as a background. However, it is preferable that the effect is set to be executed only when the player is operating the operation means 10. By configuring in this way, a sense of expectation is improved step by step by combining a tactile action obtained by operating the operation means 10 and a visual action obtained by viewing an image displayed on the display device. It becomes possible.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the time display 20 is comprised including the scale display part 21 and the timing display part 22, it may be comprised only by either one. In addition, if there are a plurality of patterns at the time of change possibility, the patterns of the time display 20 are also plural, and it is possible to improve the gameability.

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.
The gaming machine according to means 1 can be changed from a first state, which is a normal state, to a second state in which the player can recognize that the state is different from the first state. There is a case where the operation means is intermittently changed from the first state to the second state in an operation effect including an operable operation means and an operation effective time in which the operation of the operation means is valid. It is characterized by.
According to the gaming machine according to the means 1, it is possible to execute a highly interesting effect in which the intermittent operation of the operation means is linked to the suggestion of success or failure.
The gaming machine according to means 2 is the gaming machine according to means 1, wherein in the operation effect, an instruction is issued to keep the player in contact with the operating means during the operation effective time. It is characterized by.
According to the gaming machine according to the means 2, when the change from the first state to the second state is difficult to understand unless the player touches the operation means, the player is instructed to touch the operation means. This makes it possible to motivate operation.
In the gaming machine according to means 3, in the gaming machine according to means 1 or 2, the operation effect indicates a timing at which the operation means may change from the first state to the second state. It is characterized by.
According to the gaming machine according to the means 3, it is possible to make it easy to understand whether or not the operating means has not changed at the timing that may change to the second state (whether or not the lottery has been intermittently operated). is there.
The gaming machine according to means 4 is the gaming machine according to means 3, wherein in the operation effect, the operation means may change from the first state to the second state with the remaining time of the operation effective time. A time display indicating the timing is performed.
If the timing at which the operation means may change to the second state is displayed together with the time display indicating the remaining time of the operation effective time, such as a gaming machine according to the means 4, the operation means is in the second state together with the operation effective time. It is possible to easily grasp the timing at which there is a possibility of changing, and the production is consolidated. It is also possible to grasp the number of time points when the operating means may change to the second state, the interval between the time points when the operating means may change to the second state, and the like.
The gaming machine according to means 5 is the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 4, wherein the result of the effect depends on the number of times the operation means in the operation effect changes from the first state to the second state. It is characterized by being suggested.
The gaming machine according to means 6 is the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 5, wherein the number of times that the operation means in the operation effect changes from the first state to the second state is a predetermined number or more. In the case of the game, it is determined that the return of the production is advantageous to the player.
If the direction is suggested by the number of intermittent movements of the operation means, such as a gaming machine according to the means 5 and 6, the player can generate intermittent movements while operating the operation means. (Or hope that it does not operate), it is possible to enhance the preference of the production using the operating means.
The gaming machine according to means 7 is the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 6, wherein, in the operation effect, the operation means changes from the first state to the second state, and the operation effective time remains as it is. Until the operation ends, the second state of the operation means may continue to be maintained.
If the second state is likely to be maintained as well as the possibility that the intermittent operation occurs as in the gaming machine according to the means 7, the operation means has changed from the first state to the second state. In some cases, it is possible to produce a highly interesting performance that may return to the first state immediately or may maintain the second state.
The gaming machine according to means 8 is the gaming machine according to means 7, wherein in the operation effect, the operation means changes from the first state to the second state, and the operation valid time ends as it is. Even when the second state of the operating means continues to be maintained, the operation means always changes once again from the first state to the second state before returning to the first state once. It is set to be executed as described above.
As in the case of the gaming machine according to the means 8, the operation means that the second state of the operation means that has been changed from the first state to the second state is always generated through one or more intermittent operations, so that the intermittent operation occurs. It is possible to have a configuration that can produce a stunning presentation aspect in which the second state is maintained while an operation is assumed to occur.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 10 Operation means 11 Vibration mechanism 12 Instruction display 20 Time display 21 Scale display part 22 Timing display part 23 Mark (231 1st mark 232 2nd mark 233 3rd mark)

Claims (1)

It is possible to change from a first state that is a normal state to a second state that can be recognized by a player's sense that the state is different from the first state, and includes an operation means that can be operated by the player,
In the operation effect in which the operation effective time in which the operation of the operation unit is enabled is set, the operation unit may be intermittently changed from the first state to the second state.
The operation effect is set such that the operation means intermittently changes from the first state to the second state or a change possibility time point that may not change,
In the operation effect, a time display indicating a portion where the change possibility time point is set is displayed together with a remaining time of the operation effective time.

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