JP2000042203A - Display device for game and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device for a game and a game machine which eliminates any drop or the like in the processing speed of a control means overcoming increase in the type of patterns or complication in the display control of patterns to realize a foreshown pattern display and a presentation operation display by a pattern besides a display for normal gannet. SOLUTION: It is judged by a judging means 11 whether a shift is made to a specified game position or not. Based on the results of the judgment, a special pattern determining means 12 determines a special pattern expressing whether a shift is made to the specified game position and a display pattern determining means 21 determines a display pattern expressing the specified game position. A control is performed by a pattern display control means 22 to let a pattern display means 30 display the special pattern determined by the special pattern determining means 12 after the display pattern determined by the pattern determining means 21 is shown. The control means for this purpose is divided into two control sections 10 and 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game display device used for a game machine such as a pachinko game machine or a slot machine, and a game machine (such as a ball game machine or a slot machine) to which the principle of the display device is applied. , TV game machines).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a kind of pachinko game machine of a ball-and-ball game machine, as a game symbol display means capable of giving a profit to a player when a displayed symbol is a combination of predetermined symbols. Conventionally, a mechanical display device using a rotating reel has been used, but in recent years, an electrical display device such as a liquid crystal display device capable of producing various effects has been widely used. In slot machines and other gaming machines that do not use gaming balls, not only mechanical display devices using rotating reels but also electrical display devices using liquid crystals or CRTs are used.

[0003] Such an electrical display device has enabled display that was impossible with a mechanical display device. For example, when the variable display stops at a specific symbol combination (big hit), the number of times the variable prize ball device is opened and the number of game balls that win the variable prize ball device are converted to an open state advantageous to the player. Display in real time, display the background of the screen on which the specific symbol is displayed in a different color tone from normal time to make the jackpot more flashy, and a new symbol different from the symbol used for the game (special symbol) The appearance of a special character or the display of a symbol when a specific symbol is lined up in one more line (so-called reach state) is displayed separately from the normal operation, so that the jackpot approaches the player. For example, it is possible to perform a display (produce) that enhances the interest of the player, such as recognizing that the player is playing.

[0004] Particularly, an effect operation useful for enhancing the interest of the player is a symbol change display in the "reach state",
It is also called "reach action". When the reach action starts, the player pays attention to the display on the display device and expects a big hit to appear. Examples of the reach action include changing the speed of changing the displayed symbol (variable display) compared to the normal time, changing the changing time of the symbol, and the like. There is also. That is, such a reach action is a display that makes the player expect a big hit to appear.

[0005] However, the conventional reach action by the display means of the gaming machine is a relatively simple display such as changing the speed and time of changing the symbol, and convinces the player of the appearance of the jackpot, May not always appear, and may betray the player's expectations and spoil the interest. In addition, as described above, by making a different symbol (character) different from the special symbol,
It is known that a reach action is performed, but this is also a simple symbol display, and does not indicate information on how likely a jackpot appears. In any case, the conventional simple reach action tends to get tired of the player, and the game tends to be monotonous.

[0006] Therefore, by providing a reach action by combining a plurality of symbols, or by providing a plurality of predictive symbols, the player is provided with information on how likely a jackpot will appear from the display mode. In addition to
A game display device having a game property of searching for a sign or a reach action (effect operation) that is profitable by changing the reliability of the jackpot has been considered.

[0007]

However, in order to realize a sign design or a staging operation display using a symbol different from a normal game display, in addition to a combination of symbols used in the original game, Since it is necessary to separately set a combination of a plurality of symbols used for displaying a sign or a staging operation, there arises a problem that the number of combinations of the symbols increases and the display control of the symbols becomes complicated. Therefore, it is conceivable to increase the processing speed and storage capacity of the CPU constituting the control device, but the capacity is limited by regulations such as laws and regulations relating to games. Therefore, in the conventional control device, the load of the program processing of the control device is increased due to the complexity of the display control of the symbols and the like, causing a decrease in the processing speed and the like, and a storage capacity for storing the necessary programs is increased. May be short.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game display device in which a control device for controlling display of a special symbol is configured to eliminate the above-mentioned problem.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine employing the principle of the gaming display device.

[0010]

As a first aspect of the present invention, a game display comprising display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game, and control means for controlling the display operation of the display means. In the device, the control means determines, in response to a predetermined input signal, whether to shift to a specific gaming state, and a special symbol determination for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to a specific gaming state. Means, a display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing a probability of being in a specific game state, and a display symbol determined by the special symbol determining means after the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means. There is provided a game display device, wherein symbol display control means for controlling to display a special symbol are divided into two control units.

That is, the control means is divided into a first control section and a second control section which realize the functions of the respective means constituting the control means. Specifically, there are the following three cases.

(1-1) The first control section includes only the determination means, and the second control section includes the special symbol determination means, the display symbol determination means, and the symbol display control means.

(1-2) The first control unit includes determination means and special symbol determination means, and the second control unit includes display symbol determination means and symbol display control means.

(1-3) The first control unit includes a determination unit, a special symbol determination unit and a display symbol determination unit, and the second control unit includes only a symbol display control unit.

In the first aspect, the display symbol indicates, for example, an effect symbol indicating an effect operation indicating a first probability of a specific game state, or a second probability of indicating a specific game state. It is a sign.

As a second aspect of the present invention, in a game display device comprising a display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game and a control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, In response to a predetermined input signal, a determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, a special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to a specific gaming state, and a special symbol In a display mode different from the stop operation in the normal state of the display operation including, a production operation determining means for determining a production operation representing a first probability of a specific game state, and a second operation probability of a specific game state. Sign design determining means for determining a sign to be represented, sign design determined by the sign design determining means, effect operation determined by the effect operation determining means, and special symbol determined by the special design determining means. Gaming display device characterized by being configured to be divided and a symbol display control means for controlling the display on the display means of the symbol into two control part is provided.

That is, in the second mode, the control means includes:
It is divided into two control units as follows.

(2-1) The first control unit includes a determination unit and a special symbol determination unit, and the second control unit includes a rendering operation determination unit, a sign symbol determination unit, and a symbol display control unit.

(2-2) The first control unit includes a determination unit, a special symbol determination unit, and an effect operation determination unit, and the second control unit includes a sign design determination unit and a symbol display control unit.

In the second aspect, for example, the first probability is the jackpot reliability of the special symbol indicated by the staging operation, and the second probability is the jackpot reliability of the special symbol indicated by the sign symbol. . In addition, the second probability may be the reliability at which a specific effect operation indicated by the sign is displayed.

Further, in the second aspect, the symbol display control means may be controlled so that the order of the display of the sign, the effect operation, and the special symbol on the display means is a predetermined order. For example, after displaying the sign design determined by the sign design determining means, the display operation determined by the effect operation determining means is displayed, and control is performed so as to display the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means. .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols required for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means.
The control means, in response to a predetermined input signal, a determination means to determine whether to transition to a specific game state, a special symbol determination means to determine a special symbol indicating whether to transition to a specific game state, After a display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing the probability of being in a specific gaming state, and the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means,
There is provided a gaming machine characterized in that a symbol display control means for controlling to display the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means is divided into two control units.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in a play display device comprising display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game and control means for controlling the display operation of the display means, In response to a predetermined input signal, a determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, a special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to a specific gaming state, and a special symbol In a display mode different from the stop operation in the normal state of the display operation including, a production operation determining means for determining a production operation representing a first probability of a specific game state, and a second operation probability of a specific game state. The sign design determining means for determining the sign to be represented, and the display means displays the sign symbol determined by the sign design determining means, and then displays the effect action determined by the effect action determining means, and displays the special symbol decision. Gaming machine is provided, characterized in that it is configured to be divided into two control part and a symbol display control means for displaying the special symbols that are determined by the means.

[0024]

In the first mode, it is determined whether or not to shift to a specific game state (for example, a big hit) in accordance with a predetermined input signal, and based on the determination result, a specific symbol is determined by the special symbol determination means. A special symbol (for example, a combination of big hit symbols) indicating whether or not the game state has been shifted is determined, a display symbol indicating the specific game state is determined by a display symbol determining unit, and a symbol display unit is determined by a symbol display control unit. After displaying the display symbol determined by the display symbol determination means, control is performed so as to display the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means.

According to the first aspect, the control means for controlling the display operation of the symbols is divided into two control sections, and the functions of the above-mentioned respective means are assigned to the two control sections. Therefore, even when the load to be processed by the control means increases due to the complexity of the symbol display control, the processing load on one control unit can be reduced.

In the second mode, it is determined whether or not to shift to a specific game state (for example, a big hit) according to a predetermined input signal, and based on the determination result, the special symbol determination means determines the specific game state. A special symbol (for example, a combination of big hit symbols) that indicates whether or not the game has shifted to a special game state is determined by the effect operation determining means in a display mode different from the normal stop operation of the display operation including the special symbol. Is determined by the symbol design determining means, and the symbol display means is determined by the symbol display control means. After displaying the sign symbol determined by the symbol determining means, the effect operation determined by the effect operation determining means is displayed, and the special symbol determined by the special symbol determining means is displayed. It is controlled to be.

According to the second aspect, the control means for controlling the staging operation and the indication display in addition to the display operation of the special symbol is divided into two control units, and the functions of the respective units are divided into two control units. Sharing. Therefore, even when the load to be processed by the control means increases due to the diversification of the symbol display and the rendering operation, the processing load on one control unit can be reduced,
The display control effect operation of various symbols can be realized.

In the second aspect, if the first probability is the jackpot reliability of the special symbol indicated by the staging operation and the second probability is the jackpot reliability of the special symbol indicated by the sign symbol, , The player's expectation for the appearance of the big hit can be changed. In addition, the second probability can also indicate the degree of reliability in which a specific effect action among the effect actions appears in the sign symbol, and the interest of the game can be further enhanced.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine having the same effects as described above by using a liquid crystal display and a control device provided in a conventional gaming machine.

[0030]

FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration of a game display device according to the present invention. This includes a determination means 11 for determining whether or not to shift to a specific gaming state in accordance with a predetermined input signal, and a special symbol determining means 12 for determining a special symbol indicating whether or not to shift to a specific gaming state. A display symbol determining means 21 for determining a display symbol representing a probability of a specific game state; a special symbol determining means 12; and a symbol display for displaying a display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means 21, respectively. Means 30 and a symbol display control means 22 for controlling the symbol display means 30 to display the display symbol determined by the display symbol determination means 21 and then to display the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means 12. Have.

In the above configuration, the determination means 11 determines whether or not to shift to a specific game state (for example, a big hit) according to a predetermined input signal. Based on the result of the determination, the special symbol determination means 12 determines a special symbol (for example, a combination of big hit symbols) indicating whether or not the game state has shifted to a specific game state, and the display symbol determination means 21 displays a specific game state. The symbol is determined and the symbol display control means 2
2, the symbol display means 30 changes the display symbol determination means 2
After displaying the display symbol determined by 1, control is performed so that the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means 12 is displayed.

Here, the display symbol determining means 21 includes one or both of the staging operation determining means 13 and the predictive symbol determining means 23 shown in FIG.
For example, it is one or both of an effect symbol indicating an effect operation indicating a first probability of being in a specific gaming state and a sign symbol indicating a second probability of being in a specific gaming state.

Each of the above means is included in one of the two control units (the first control unit 10 and the second control unit 20). Each control unit has the following three configurations.

(1) The first control section 10 includes only the judging means 11, and the second control section 20 includes the special symbol determining means 12, the display symbol determining means 21, and the symbol display controlling means 22.

(2) The first control unit 10 includes a determination unit 11 and a special symbol determination unit 12, and the second control unit 20 includes a display symbol determination unit 21 and a symbol display control unit 22.

(3) The first control unit 10 includes a judgment unit 11
The second control unit 20 includes a special symbol determination unit 12 and a display symbol determination unit 21, and includes only the symbol display control unit 22.

As described above, the control means for controlling the symbol display operation is divided into the two control sections, and the functions of the respective means are shared by the two control sections. Even if the burden on the means to handle increases,
The processing load on each control unit can be reduced.

The necessity of dividing the control means as described above will be specifically described as follows.

Even when two CPUs are used as the control means, there is a case where one of the two CPUs must be used with a low processing capacity due to legal restrictions and development costs. Therefore, as described above, the first control unit 1
0 and the second control unit 20, the first control unit 1
If a CPU having a lower processing capability than the CPU used for the second control unit 20 is used for 0, the first control unit 10 leaves only the function of the determination unit 11 to perform a special design requesting a complicated process. Regarding the determination of the effect symbol and the sign symbol and the display control, a method of causing the second control unit 20 having a CPU with a high processing capability to perform the process may be considered. If the processing capacity of the first control unit 10 has a margin, the function of the special symbol determination means 12 may be left.

In the case where it is necessary to inspect the control means, for example, when there is a need to simplify the inspection and save labor by reducing the capacity of the processing program as much as possible, the above-described method is also used. The first control unit 10 leaves only the function of the determination means 11 described above, and determines and displays special symbols, effect symbols, and sign symbols that require complicated processing. If the processing is performed by the unit 20, the above-mentioned needs can be met by executing the inspection for each control unit.

In particular, in the case of a gaming machine having a gambling property such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine, etc., it is necessary to inspect the gaming machine in order to eliminate an unauthorized machine having a modified control unit. That is, the part to be inspected mainly is a part for determining whether or not to give a benefit to the player, that is, in this embodiment, the determination means 11 (a specific symbol having a big hit symbol, for example, 7-7-7). In the case of a gaming machine called a "probability changing machine" that increases the jackpot winning probability until the number of jackpot winnings reaches a predetermined number, the special symbol determining means 12 is included in the inspection. The display symbol determination means 21 for determining other effect symbols or predictive symbols has no relation to the loss or gain of the player, and thus requires little inspection. Therefore, as described above, the first control unit 10
The determination means 11 (special symbol determination means 12) is provided to the second control unit 20 for the display symbol determination means 21 and the symbol display control means 2.
In this case, only the first control unit 10 needs to be inspected. Usually, both control units are separate C
Since the configuration is divided into PUs (substrates), it is efficient since only the corresponding substrates need to be inspected.

When comparing the data amount of the effect symbol and the sign symbol, it is general that there is much data on the sign symbol (for example, FIGS. 38 to 39 and FIGS. 54 to 5 described later).
Compared with FIG. 9, since the data amount of the data relating to the predictive symbols in FIGS. 54 to 59 is larger, the first control unit 10 is determined by the determination unit 11 as shown in FIG.
When the special symbol determination means 12 and the effect operation determination means 13 are configured, and the second control unit 20 includes only the symbol design determination means 23 and the symbol display control means 22, the processing amount is averaged.

Here, the symbol data itself of the special symbol, the effect symbol, and the sign symbol are stored in the special symbol determining means 12, the effect operation determining means 13, and the symbol symbol determining means 23 as described above. Alternatively, each determining means may be provided in the first control unit 10, and only the determination of “what kind of design is to be displayed” is performed here, and the actual design data is stored in the second control unit 20. The configuration may be such that it is kept. In this case, the symbol display control unit 22 is controlled based on a command from the first control unit 10 to “display this symbol”.
Performs display control by extracting specific symbol data from the symbol data stored in the second control unit 20.

The components of the two control units can be appropriately changed according to legal restrictions, problems with the processing capability of the CPU, and the contents of inspection.

Next, FIGS. 2 and 3 show a game display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The determination means 11 determines whether or not to shift to a specific game state in accordance with the following components (the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals), a predetermined input signal, Special symbol determining means 1 for determining a special symbol indicating whether or not the game state has shifted to
2 and a display operation determining means 1 for determining a display operation representing a first probability of a specific game state by a display mode different from a stop operation in a normal state of a display operation including a special symbol.
3, a symbol designating means 23 for determining a symbol representing the second probability of being in a specific game state, a special symbol determining means 12, an effect symbol determining means 13, and a symbol design determining means 23.
The symbol display means 30 for displaying the special symbol, the effect symbol, and the sign symbol respectively determined by the symbol display means 30 and the symbol display means 30 displays the sign symbol determined by the sign symbol determination means 23, and then the effect operation determining means. And a symbol display control means 22 for displaying the effect action determined by the symbol 13 and displaying the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means 12.

In the above configuration, the determination means 11 determines whether or not to shift to a specific game state (for example, a big hit) according to a predetermined input signal. Based on the result of the determination, the special symbol determination means 12 determines a special symbol (for example, a combination of big hit symbols) indicating whether or not the game has shifted to a specific game state, and the effect operation determining means 13 displays a special symbol including the special symbol. An effect operation representing a first probability of a specific game state is determined by a display mode different from the stop operation in the normal operation. Based on the result of the determination, the symbol design determination means 23 determines a symbol design representing the second probability of the specific game state, and the symbol display control means 22 causes the symbol display means 30 to execute the symbol design determination means. After displaying the sign design determined by 23, the control unit 20 controls to display the effect operation determined by the effect operation determination unit 13 and to display the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination unit 12. Here, as shown by the broken lines in FIGS. 2 and 3, the determination of the sign by the sign determination unit 23 is based on the determination result by the determination unit 11 irrespective of the determination result by the effect operation determination unit 13. May be determined.

Here, the first probability is defined as the jackpot reliability of the special symbol indicated by the staging operation in the display mode, and the second probability is defined as the jackpot reliability of the special symbol according to the sign symbol.

Each means in the above configuration is included in one of the two control units. That is, as shown in FIG.
The first control unit 10 includes a determination unit 11 and a special symbol determination unit 12, and the second control unit 20 includes a production operation determination unit 1.
3. It includes a sign design determination unit 23 and a design display control unit 22. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, the first control unit 10
The second control unit 20 includes a sign design determining unit 23 and a symbol display control unit 22. The determining unit 11 includes a special symbol determining unit 12 and a rendering operation determining unit 13.

As described above, the control means for controlling the symbol display operation is divided into two control sections, and the execution of each of the above means is shared by the two control sections. Even when the load on the control means to be processed increases, the burden on the control means can be reduced by sharing the two control units, and display control of various symbols can be realized.

Next, FIG. 4 shows a game display device according to another embodiment of the present invention. This is because the random number generating means 14 generates random numbers according to a predetermined input signal as constituent elements (the same components as those in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals).
And a first random number extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means 14.
Determining means 11 for determining whether or not the random number value of the predetermined game state is a predetermined value, a special symbol group representing the specific game state,
A symbol storage unit 24 which stores an effect symbol group representing an effect operation different from a stop operation at the normal time of a display operation including a special symbol and a sign symbol group representing a probability of a specific game state.
And the symbol storage means 2 based on the determination result of the determination means 11
A special symbol determining means 12 for determining a special symbol to be displayed from the special symbol group stored in No. 4;
Is determined from the effect symbol group stored in the symbol storage means 24 on the basis of the determination result and the second random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generation means 14. Effect operation determining means 13, based on the determination result of the effect operation determining means 13 and the third random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means 14, the sign symbol group stored in the symbol storage means 24. A sign design determining means 23 for determining a sign to be displayed from the inside, and a special symbol, a production action, and a sign determined by the special symbol determining means 12, the effect operation determining means 13 and the sign design determining means 23 are displayed. Display means 30 for
After the symbol display means 30 displays the predictive symbol selected by the predictive symbol determining means 23, the special symbol group is variably displayed, and then the effect operation selected by the effect operation determining means 13 is displayed. A symbol display control unit 22 including a symbol change unit configured to be able to execute a symbol stop operation of stopping and displaying the special symbol determined by the symbol determination unit 12, and a random number generation unit 14, a determination unit 11,
The special symbol determination means 12 and the effect operation determination means 13 are included in the first control unit 10, and the symbol design determination means 23, the symbol storage means 24, and the symbol display control means 22 include the second control unit 2.
It is included in 0.

In the above configuration, the random number generating means 14
First, second, and third random number extraction units 14a, 14b, which extract random number values from generated random numbers according to input signals, respectively.
14c. These three random numbers are extracted at the same time when one random number is generated and one signal is input,
Alternatively, it may be extracted at a different time from one random number. Also, as shown by the broken line, instead of one input signal,
Second and third random numbers may be extracted according to the second and third input signals. In this case, as the plurality of different input signals, for example, a signal generated when a game ball wins a start winning opening in a pachinko gaming machine described later, or a signal generated by winning a win in another winning opening or the start of symbol change, etc. Is used.

The first random number extraction unit 14a determines whether or not the first random number value is a predetermined random number value by the determining means 11, and based on the determination result, the special symbol determining means 12 displays the first random number value. The special symbol to be used is determined. next,
Based on the determination result of the special symbol determined by the determination unit 11 and the second random number value extracted by the second random number extraction unit 14b, the rendering operation determining unit 13 determines the rendering symbol to be displayed. . The result of the determination by the effect operation determining means 13;
Based on the third random number value extracted by the third random number extracting unit 14c, the symbol design to be displayed is selected by the symbol design determination means 23. Here, as shown by the broken line in FIG.
The determination of the predictive symbol by the predictive symbol determining means 23 is performed by the third random number extracting unit 14c and the determination result of the determining means 11 irrespective of the determination result of the effect operation determining means 13.
May be determined on the basis of the random number value. Then, for the determined special symbol, effect symbol and sign symbol, the symbol display control means 22 displays the symbol symbol after the symbol display means 30 displays the symbol symbol, and finally displays the special symbol symbol. Control.

In the above configuration, the display control of the symbols is shared between the two control units, so that the load of the program processing on one control unit can be reduced.
A plurality of symbol data forming the special symbol, the effect symbol, and the sign symbol are stored in the symbol storage unit 2 included in the second control unit 20.
Since the special symbol group, the effect symbol group, and the sign symbol group are stored in the fourth symbol group 4, the first control unit 10 does not need to have the symbol data, so that the storage capacity can be provided. As described above, even when the number of combinations of symbols increases or the display control of symbols diversifies, the display control of various symbols is realized by sharing the processing between the two control units.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a still another form of the game display device. This means that the random number generating means 14 generates random numbers in response to a predetermined input signal as constituent elements (the same components as those in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals).
Determining means 11 for determining whether or not the first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means 14 is a predetermined value; and the determination result of the determining means 11 and the random number generated by the random number generating means 14 Based on the second random number value extracted from
It has an effect operation determining means 12 for determining an effect operation different from a normal stop operation of a display operation including a special symbol, and a special symbol selection table 25a in which a special symbol group representing a specific game state is stored. Based on the determination result, the special symbol selection means 25 for selecting a special symbol to be displayed from the special symbol selection table 25a, and the effect symbol selection table 26a containing the effect symbol group for displaying the effect operation. The effect symbol selecting means 26 for selecting an effect symbol from the effect symbol selection table 26a based on the determination result of the effect operation determining means 13, and a symbol group indicating the probability that the special symbol will be in a specific game state. And a third random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generation unit 14 and the determination result of the rendering operation determination unit 13 Based on the indication symbol selection means 27 for selecting an indication symbol to be displayed from the indication symbol selection table 27a based on the indication symbol selection table 27a, and displaying the indication symbol selected by the indication symbol selection means 27, the special symbol group is variably displayed. And a symbol display control unit 22 for displaying the rendering operation selected by the rendering operation selection unit 26 and controlling to stop and display the special symbol selected by the special symbol selection unit 25. A symbol display means 30 for displaying the special symbol, the effect symbol and the sign symbol selected by the special symbol selection means 25, the effect symbol selection means 26, and the sign symbol selection means 27 as instructed, and the random number generation means 14 , Determination means 11 and effect operation determination means 13 are included in the first control unit 10,
The special symbol selection unit 25, the effect operation selection unit 26, the symbol design selection unit 27, and the symbol display control unit 22 are included in the second control unit 20.

In the configuration of FIG. 5, the special symbol group, the effect symbol group, and the symbol symbol group stored in the special symbol selection table 25a, the effect symbol selection table 26a, and the symbol symbol selection table 27a respectively correspond as follows. ing.

The special symbols are “7-7-7” (big hit), “7-7-6”, “7-7-5”,.
-6 ",... Are stored as symbols representing a combination of numbers, characters, patterns, and the like, and a special symbol group constituted by a combination of special symbols represented by these symbols is stored in the special symbol selection table 25a. On the other hand, the effect symbols are a plurality of symbols (combinations) corresponding to each effect motion such as “effect 1 occurrence”, “effect 2 occurrence”, and “no effect” determined by the effect operation determining means 105. )
Is stored in the effect symbol selection table 26a.

FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the sign design selection table 27a. In this table, the combination of the result of the determination of the special symbol (the presence or absence of a big hit) by the determination by the determination means 11 and the result of the determination (the type of the performance action) by the performance action determining means 13 are respectively represented by the third random number value. A plurality of sign symbols (A, B, C, D) assigned to the sections correspond to each other. That is, as shown in FIG.
& Jackpot ”,“ Direction 2 & Jackpot ”,“ Direction 1 &
It is a combination of "miss", "effect 2 &off", and "no effect &off" .In other words, the effect operation determining means 13 determines any combination of-and should be displayed by a third random number value. A sign is A,
One is selected from B, C, and D (when there are four signs). For example, in the effect operation determining means 13, "
(Direction 1 & Jackpot) "
If the third random number is "5", the symbol "A" is selected.

According to the above configuration, the value of the third random number in the sign design selection table 27a and the signs A, B, C,
From the correspondence with D, a sign is selected with a probability as shown in FIG. For example, when the indication symbol “A” is displayed, the “effect 1 & jackpot” appears with a probability of 70% after that, so the player expects the appearance of the “jackpot” by displaying the indication symbol “A”. .

Conversely, if the result of the decision made by the effect motion determining means 13 is “effect 1 & jackpot”, each of the predictive symbols A, B, C and D is set to 70 in accordance with the third random number value.
%, 10%, 10%, 10%.

In the present embodiment, the degree of expectation for the next special symbol (big hit) to be displayed changes according to the type of the staging operation as well as the sign symbol. For example, in FIG. 7 (I), when the sign is “A”, when the next production operation is “production 1”, “big hit” appears with a probability of 70%, and when “production 2”, it is 10%. Appears with a% probability. Also, when the sign is “B”, when the next effect operation is “effect 1”, “big hit” appears with a probability of 10%, and when “effect 2”, it is 7%.
Appears with a 0% probability. However, when the predictive symbol is “C”, when the next effect operation is “effect 1”, it is “out” with a probability of 70%, and when the predictive symbol is “D”, the next effect operation is “ In the case of "Direction 2", there is a 70% chance of "losing"
As a result, the expectation of the player for the "big hit" diminishes. FIG.
In FIG. 7, the degree of expectation of such a player for a jackpot is shown for each sign in correspondence with FIG. In this way, not only the display of the sign symbol, but at the time of the staging operation, the player can predict what special symbol will appear and its appearance probability, as well as the sign symbol and the subsequent staging operation With the combination of the above, the appearance probability of the jackpot, which is a special symbol that is profitable for the player, is changed, and a game of searching for a sign or a staging operation with a high appearance probability can be enjoyed.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 5, the symbol display control means 22 displays the sign symbol on the symbol display means 30, displays the special symbol group in a fluctuating manner, and then displays the effect operation.
It includes a symbol changing means 22a configured to execute a symbol stop operation of stopping and displaying a special symbol.

In the configuration shown in FIG.
Are first, second, and third random number extraction units 14a and 14 that extract random number values from generated random numbers according to input signals, respectively.
b, 14c. These three random numbers may be extracted at the same time when three random numbers are generated and one signal is input, or may be extracted from one random number at different extraction times. Further, as indicated by the broken line, the second and third random numbers may be extracted according to the second and third input signals instead of one input signal. In this case, as the plurality of different input signals, for example, a signal generated when a game ball wins a start winning opening in a pachinko gaming machine described later, or a signal generated by winning a win in another winning opening or the start of symbol change, etc. Is used.

The determination means 11 determines whether the first random number value extracted by the first random number extraction section 14a is a predetermined random number value, and the result of the determination is extracted by the second random number extraction section 14b. Production operation determining means 1 based on the second random number
The effect operation is determined by 3.

The result of the judgment by the judging means 11, the result of the effect operation by the effect operation deciding means 13, and the third random number extracted by the third random number extracting section 14c are stored in the first control section 1
0 is transmitted to the second control unit 20 as processing data. The second control unit 20 operates as follows based on the processing data received from the first control unit 10.

Based on the result of the judgment by the judging means 11, the special symbol selecting means 25
The special symbol to be displayed is determined from the special symbol group stored in the. Then, based on the determination result of the production operation by the production operation determining means 13, the production symbol selection table 26a composed of the production symbol group by the production symbol selection means 26.
The effect design to be displayed is selected from the following. Further, the sign design stored in the sign design selection table 27a is selected by the sign design selection means 27 based on the result of the decision of the effect operation by the effect operation decision means 13 and the third random number. Here, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 5, the determination of the sign by the sign design selecting means 27 is performed by the effect operation determining means 13.
Irrespective of the result of the determination in step (a), the determination may be made based on the result of determination by the determination means 11 and the third random number value extracted by the third random number extraction unit 14c.

For the special symbol, effect symbol, and sign symbol determined as described above, symbol display control means 22
After the symbol display means 30 displays the sign, the control is performed so that the effect symbol is displayed and finally the special symbol is displayed.

From the above configuration, the sign symbol can be displayed according to the combination of the special symbol and the staging operation, and when the special symbol is determined to constitute a combination of symbols advantageous to the player, the sign symbol is displayed. It can be easily determined that the combination of the effect operation and the effect operation also constitutes the combination of the advantageous symbols. Thereby, the player can predict what kind of special symbol is displayed corresponding to the sign symbol and the staging operation.

Further, in the conventional configuration, when the number of selection patterns such as combinations of symbols increases or the control program to be processed becomes complicated, the capacity of the control unit (CPU) becomes insufficient due to regulations such as laws and regulations relating to games. Although the processing speed is reduced, in the above configuration, the control unit is divided into the first control unit 10 and the second control unit 20, so that the processing load on one control unit is reduced. Thus, various combinations of symbols can be realized.

Next, an embodiment in which the game display device of the present invention is applied to the display means of a pachinko game machine will be described.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing an example of a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine. The gaming display device having any of the configurations shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is used as a special symbol display means in the pachinko gaming machine 1. Symbol display means 3
0 is a special symbol display device 3 in the gaming machine 1 of FIG.

The special symbol display device 3 is composed of a liquid crystal display, and displays a "special symbol" of the present invention on the rotating reel in three rows in a pseudo manner on the display screen by an electric signal. It is. In addition, as the special symbol display device 3, a display or a CR configured by arranging a large number of LEDs is used.
An electrical display such as a T or plasma display can also be used.

On the game board surface 10 of the pachinko gaming machine 1, on the left and right of the lower part of the special symbol display device 3, a normal symbol operation gate 6a set to start variable display of the ordinary symbol display device 2 described later is started. , 6b, and the normal symbol actuating switches 7a, 7b respectively detect passage of the game ball.

Below the special symbol display device 3, there is a variable winning device which can be converted into a first state which is disadvantageous for the player and a second state which is advantageous for the player. Start winning prize hole (so-called start hole) 4 set to pay out (for example, 5) prize balls
And a variable prize device of an openable and closable type that can be converted into a closed state that is disadvantageous to the player and an open state that is advantageous to the player.
Prize balls to pay out prize balls (so-called attackers) 5
Are provided. The starting winning port 4 holds a winning space in which about one game ball can be won even in the disadvantageous first state.

A normal symbol display device 2 is provided below the game board surface 10, and a normal symbol memory lamp 1 is provided therearound.
4 are provided. This ordinary symbol memory lamp 14
Is an ordinary symbol operating gate 6 as an example of a specific area
Lights up when a game ball wins a or 6b, and indicates the number of times the symbol can be changed on the ordinary symbol display device 2. That is, while the symbol of the ordinary symbol display device 2 is changing, the number of winnings in the ordinary symbol actuation gate 6a or 6b is stored up to four times, and the symbol change of the ordinary symbol display device 2 at that time is stored. This informs the player of the possible number of times.

Note that the special symbol display device 3 also has a special symbol memory lamp 15 for storing up to four times the number of winning in the starting winning opening 4 while the special symbol is being displayed in a variable manner. Are provided.

Further, on the game board surface 10, 15 prize balls are paid to the player every time there are windmills 11a and 11b with lamps provided with a light emitting portion, 12a and 12b which are normal windmills, and winning balls. Outgoing general winning openings 13a, 13b, 13c, 1
3d, 13f, 13g, board side lamps 14a, 14
b etc. are provided.

The above-mentioned ordinary symbol display device 2 and starting winning opening 4
And the special winning opening 5 are integrally unitized as a variable winning ball device 9 and installed on a game board surface. In the variable prize ball device 9, a general prize port 13 for paying out a predetermined number (for example, 15) of prize balls to a player every time there is a prize ball.
f, 13g, a starting winning opening 4 and a big winning opening 5 are provided. A start winning opening switch 31 (FIG. 10) is provided as means for detecting a game ball that has won the starting winning opening 4.

This pachinko gaming machine has a microcomputer as a control device, and controls the entire game by this. The control device of the present embodiment is also configured mainly by a microcomputer, but as shown in FIG.
U.

That is, in FIG. 10, the microcomputer 50A constituting the first control unit 10
U51A, RAM52A, ROM53A and general-purpose I / O
54A. Then, various input signals input from the input circuit 61A are processed according to a program written in the ROM 53A, and output signals are sent from the output circuit 62A to the second control unit as necessary. The microcomputer 50B constituting the second control unit is also a CPU.
51B, RAM52B, ROM53B and general-purpose I / O5
4B. Then, the output signal of the first control unit is input from the input circuit 61B, and the various input signals are input to the ROM 53B.
Processing is performed in accordance with the program written in the memory, and an output signal is sent from the output circuit 62B to each drive unit as necessary. Here, in the ROM 53B, a plurality of symbol data forming the special symbol, effect symbol, and sign symbol stored as the special symbol selection table 25a, the effect symbol selection table 26a, and the symbol symbol selection table 27a in FIG. 5 are written. . Further, as a random number generating means for generating a random number value used in the embodiment,
1A. The random number generating means is not limited to the external random number generating circuit 71, but may be a means inside the CPU 51A for generating a random number on a program.

The input circuit 61A is connected to the normal symbol operation switches 7a and 7b and the starting winning opening switch 41 as means for generating the input signal shown in FIG. 5, and the output circuit 62B is connected to the normal symbol display. The device 2 and the special symbol display device 3 are connected.

FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 show a process for determining a symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 3 of the pachinko gaming machine. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, an embodiment will be described in which the first control unit 10 and the second control unit 20 perform processing separately to determine a symbol. FIG. 11 shows a processing flow in the first control unit 10, and FIG. 12 shows a processing flow in the second control unit 201. Here, the sign is
This is a symbol that predicts a state in which a profit is given to the player, and the displayed symbol indicates the probability that a special symbol “big hit” will appear.

In the case of the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine, the processing shown in FIG. 11 is executed using the CPU 51A of the microcomputer 50A shown in FIG. First, when there is an input signal (for example, a signal from the start winning opening switch 31 for detecting a winning ball to the starting winning opening 4) (ST101), it is determined whether or not to stop the special symbol in a specific mode. (In the configuration of FIG. 5, it corresponds to the first random number value) (ST102). Next, a random number value (corresponding to a second random number value) for determining the “staging operation”, which is a type of the symbol stopping operation, is extracted (ST103). Further, a random number value (corresponding to a third random number value) for determining a sign is extracted (ST104). Note that the extraction of the random number value is not limited to winning at the starting opening, but may be winning conditions at other winning openings, or other arbitrary conditions depending on the model and type of the gaming machine.

Next, a "big hit" determination process is performed (ST
105), and then determine a staging operation (ST10).
6). Here, based on the random number value extracted for determining the effect operation in ST103 and the result of the jackpot determination, the operation as the effect operation determining means 105 described above allows the stop operation at the normal time of the display operation including the special symbol to be performed. Determine different staging actions. As described above, the determined data (the jackpot determination result, the rendering action determination result, and the symbol design determination random number) are transmitted to the second control unit 20 (ST1).
07).

FIG. 12 shows processing by the CPU 51B of the microcomputer 50B in FIG. Among the data received from the first control unit 10, one sign symbol group is determined from the sign symbol selection table 27a in accordance with the combination of the jackpot determination result and the effect action determination result (ST108), and the sign is determined. Design selection table 2
7a is compared with a random number value extracted for determining a sign, a sign to be displayed is determined (ST109), and FIG.
Return to the beginning of 1.

Next, an example of the display of the sign symbol determined as described above, the effect operation, and the display process of the special symbol will be described with reference to FIG.

At the top of each of FIGS. 13 to 15, the presence or absence of an input signal for starting the variation display of a special symbol (for example,
The start winning detection switch is turned on / off), below the timing of starting and stopping the display of the change of the special symbol, and further below it, the timing of starting and ending the display operation of the sign symbol. Further below that, the timings of the start and end of the display of the rendering operation are shown. In the following example, every time a special symbol is displayed in a fluctuating manner, a certain symbol and an effect operation are displayed. However, every time the special symbol fluctuates twice or three times, a sign and an effect operation are performed. May be displayed once.

First, in the example of FIG. 13, when the input signal is generated, the special symbols A, B, and C in three rows simultaneously start to change, and after a predetermined time, the special symbol A, first the special symbol B, and then the special symbol A ,
Finally, the special symbols C are stopped. In such a case, the "reach is determined" when the second special symbol B stops, so the symbol is defined as a symbol which is displayed from the start of the change of the special symbol to the time when the reach is determined. It can be said that the effect is defined as a symbol that is displayed from when the reach is determined until the special symbol C stops.

Further, in the example of FIG. 14, the fluctuation of the three special symbols A, B, and C is not immediately started even when the input signal is generated, but the fluctuation display of the three special symbols is started after a predetermined time. In this case, the time from the generation of the input signal to the start of the change of the special symbol and the sign are displayed. The display of the effect operation is the same as in FIG.

Next, in FIG. 15, as in FIG. 13, the indication symbol is displayed during the change display of the special symbol, and the special symbol is displayed on the display device (in the case of the pachinko gaming machine in FIG. 9, The special symbol display device 3) is configured to appear in the upper, middle, and lower tiers of the display screen.

In this case, as shown by t1, at the time when the display device is not performing the fluctuation display while the power of the gaming machine is turned on, the special symbols of three vertical columns are stopped and displayed as shown in FIG. ing. On the screen of this display device, for example, a special symbol group of consecutive numbers from “0” to “9” is displayed in three digits. In the illustrated example, “14-3-9” is arranged in the upper part, and “15-4-10” is arranged in the lower part. At this time, a character not related to the special symbol may be displayed.

At the next time point t2, the special symbol starts changing in the direction of the downward arrow as shown in FIG. 17 in response to the ON signal of the start winning opening switch 31. Note that a portion surrounded by a dashed-dotted circle in the drawing indicates a special symbol that fluctuates at a speed that cannot be recognized by the player.

At the next time point t3, the display of the sign is started. As shown in FIGS. 18 (A) to (D), the predictive symbols constitute a predictive symbol group by a combination of two types of symbols, “arrow” and “star”.

At time t3, as shown in FIG. 19, one "arrow" of the symbol appears in the middle part of the display screen, and a display moving to the left is performed. In the following display example, a total of nine symbols are displayed in the upper, middle, and lower three tiers. However, only two or one tiers may be displayed, or four or more tiers may be displayed.

Next, at time t4, the upper and lower sign symbols are also displayed as shown in FIG. 20, and thereafter, at time t5,
As shown in FIG. 21, when three symbols in the middle row are arranged, the movement of the symbols is stopped only in the middle row. Then, by stopping for a certain period, the player can recognize the stopped symbol. At this time, the upper and lower symbols are moving.

As shown in FIG. 22, the predictive symbols stop as a whole at time t6 when nine symbols are aligned as shown in FIG. The stop of the symbols in each stage continues for a fixed time, but the stop time can be set arbitrarily. In this way, by displaying the nine symbols in a stopped state, the special symbol currently displayed in the variable display mode indicates a "big hit" in correspondence with the effect operation to be displayed later, for example, all three-digit symbol groups are displayed. It is possible to make the player recognize the probability of the stop display with the same numerical value (2-2-2).

As described above, when a certain period of time has elapsed after the stop display of the sign symbol, at time t7 in FIG. 15, the sign symbol moves leftward from the middle symbol as shown in FIG. Disappears. At the next time point t8, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the upper and lower symbols are also moved and displayed, and sequentially disappear from the display screen. Then, at time t9 when all the sign symbols have disappeared, the effect operation is displayed, and then the special symbols in the above-mentioned variable display are stopped and displayed.

As described above, after the indication symbols are displayed, when the effect operation determining means 13 determines that the effect operation is performed, the effect operation shown in FIG. 25 or FIG. 26 is displayed, for example.

FIG. 25 shows, for example, “effect 1” in FIG.
And a display screen in a reach state in which two "2" s are arranged in the middle row. Here, the left and right columns are stopped, but the middle column shows a reach state in which variable display is being performed. "Coral" is displayed on the background of these special symbols,
In the foreground, an effect design in which the “dragon child” swims left and right so as to overlap the special design is displayed.

FIG. 26 shows, for example, “effect 2” in FIG.
23, the reach state in which two “2” s are arranged in the middle row as in FIG. 23 is shown, but a rendering symbol different from that in FIG. 23 is displayed. Here, a shell is displayed on the background of the special symbol. In this way, in the reach state, by displaying the effect symbols, the interest of the player is enhanced.

As described above, the effect operation is provided with two patterns (effect 1 and effect 2), and the sign shown in FIG. 7 is determined according to the combination of one of them and the big hit or the loss. After this, if the stopped and displayed symbol becomes a combination of symbols representing a specific game state (big hit),
The special winning opening is opened a predetermined number of times, so that the player can easily acquire a large amount of prize balls. Signs (Fig. 18 (A) ~
When (D)) corresponds to A to D in FIG. 6, in the above display example, all nine symbols stopped and displayed as in FIG. 22 are the same “arrow” (FIG. 18 (A)). The special design is
In the case of "effect 1" (FIG. 25), there is a probability of 70%, and in the case of "effect 2" (FIG. 26), the probability of "2-2-2" is 10%.
The display is controlled so that "big hits" such as That is, the display symbol of FIG. 22 is a display that predicts the possibility of a “big hit” and also a display that predicts the possibility of a “losing” depending on the type of the staging operation.
It should be noted that even in the case of a symbol (for example, FIG. 18A and FIG. 18B) in which the probability of displaying the special jackpot symbol is increased, it is determined that there is no effect operation by the effect operation determining means 105. In this case, the result is "out".

When the special symbol indicates "big hit", it is assumed that, as a special profit, a game in which the special winning opening 5, which can be normally performed only once, is opened, for example, three times. At this time, after one game, the special symbol fluctuates again, becomes the same in three digits, and the probability of being stopped and displayed is made higher than usual, so as to be in a state advantageous to the player.

In the configuration of FIG. 5, the random number generating means 14, the judging means 11, the effect operation determining means 13, the special symbol selecting means 25, and the effect operation selecting means 26 have the first controller 1
0, and the sign control means 20 and the symbol display control means 22 may constitute the second control unit 20.
This configuration is shown in FIG.

Another display example on the special symbol display device 3 will be described below.

FIG. 28 shows a display screen of the special symbol display device 3. The display screen includes a symbol variation display section 3a for displaying a plurality of special symbols in a simulated manner and displaying three rows of spinning reels of the slot machine in a simulated manner. "Big hit" to be acquired
A specific display mode that indicates (sometimes called a specific design)
The first notice display (for example, reach effect, etc.) reflecting the probability of becoming, and the appearance of a big hit that reflects the probability that a "big hit" appears after satisfying a predetermined condition (for example, before reaching the reach state) And a notice display unit 3b that performs a second notice display (sign indication). The present invention includes a case where there is no first notice display. Hereinafter, the first advance notice display will be described as “reach effect” and the second advance notice display will be described as “sign display”.

Here, the reach effect means, for example, a state in which at least one variable display (rotating reel) is stopped, specifically, two rotating reels are stopped in the same pattern, and the other one is moving (so-called moving reel). (Reach state). Various video expression modes (such as swinging of a stop reel, a change in background, etc.), and an effect indicating the rotation of all reels in a state where three rotating reels are arranged in the same pattern (sometimes referred to as a full rotation reach) are exemplified. . The display mode corresponds to the probability of a specific symbol.

In this embodiment, a symbol variation display section 3a is formed at the lower part of the display screen of the special symbol display device 3, and the other display area is used as a notice display section 3b. Actually, as shown in FIG. 28, this is realized by superimposing a reach effect and a sign display on a special symbol that is variably displayed on the display screen of the special symbol display device 3. The symbol variation display section 3a displays symbols on rotating reels in three rows of the slot machine in a simulated manner by electric signals, and the notice display section 3b is formed so as to display symbols, moving images, and characters. A sign designator "Kintaro" K is displayed as a sign display.

As described above, the indication of this sign is a combination of a special symbol in which the display mode of the special symbol in which the variable display of the symbol variable display section 3a is stopped after reaching the reach state indicates "big hit", for example, "7-7-7". "Is displayed. In this embodiment, the sign display mode can be changed with the passage of time, and with this change,
The big hit reliability (the reliability of the appearance of the big hit) of the indication display can be changed.

[0108] Specifically, after the symbol variation display section 3a starts the variation display, the symbol "Kintaro" K is displayed, and as the time elapses, the expression of the symbol "Kintaro" K changes. I will do it. That is, the change in the expression indicates that the jackpot reliability has changed. Therefore, depending on the combination of a plurality of different predictive symbols, it is possible to gradually increase, decrease, or alternately change the jackpot reliability over time. Here, the sign symbol "Kintaro" K may be always displayed irrespective of the special symbol change display of the symbol change display section 3a. The change of the expression of "Kintaro" K is, for example, when the normal expression K1 and the expressions K2 and K3 are present as the sign display mode during the game, for example, as time elapses, K1 → K2 → K3 → K
1, K1 → K2 → K1 → K3 → K1, etc.

The above is realized by the configuration shown in FIG.

Here, the random number generating means 14 has four random number extracting units 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d for respectively extracting random number values according to the input signal. The fourth random number value extracted by the random number generation means 14 and the determination means 11
On the basis of the determination result in the above, the special symbol selection means 25 selects a special symbol to be displayed from the special symbol selection table 25a.

The components (the same components as those in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, or FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals) include a random number generating means 14 for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal, A determining means 11 for determining whether a first random number (big hit determination random number) value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means 14 is a predetermined value, and a special symbol selection containing a plurality of special symbols It has a table 25a, and displays from the special symbol selection table 25a based on the determination result of the determination unit 11 and the fourth random number (random symbol for stopping symbol determination) value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generation unit 14. Reach effect based on the special symbol selection means 25 for selecting a special symbol to be selected, the second random number (reach effect determination random number) value extracted from the judgment result of the judgment means 11 and the random number generated by the random number generation means 14. Determine And a reach effect design selection table 26a in which a plurality of reach effect designs for displaying the reach effect are stored. Based on the result determined by the reach effect determiner 13, the reach effect design is selected. It has a reach effect design selecting means 26 for selecting a specific reach effect design from the table 26a, and a sign design selection table 27a in which a plurality of sign designs are stored. A sign design selecting means 27 for selecting a sign design to be displayed from the sign design selection table 27a based on a third random number (a sign design random number) value extracted from the random number generated in 14.
After displaying the symbol selected by the symbol design selecting means 27, the special symbol group is variably displayed, and then the reach effect selected by the reach effect selecting means 26 is displayed, and selected by the special symbol selecting means 25. Symbol display control means 22 for controlling so as to stop and display the displayed special symbol
And a symbol for displaying the special symbol, the reach effect symbol, and the symbol selected by the special symbol selecting means 25, the reach effect symbol selecting means 26, and the sign symbol selecting means 27 as instructed by the symbol display control means 22, respectively. The display means 30 includes a random number generating means 14, a determining means 11, a reach effect determining means 13, a special symbol selection table 25a, a special symbol selecting means 25, a reach effect symbol selecting table 26a, and a reach effect symbol selecting means 26. 1
The second control unit 20 includes the sign design selection table 27a, the sign design selection unit 27, and the symbol display control unit 22.

In the above configuration, the special symbol selection table 25a, the reach effect symbol selection table 26a, and the sign symbol selection table 27 each including a plurality of symbol data and the like.
For a, the above-mentioned ROM 53A or ROM 53B
This is realized by storing in advance (FIG. 10).

According to the above configuration, the special symbol selection table 25a and the reach effect symbol selection table 26a are stored in the ROM 53A in the first controller, and the sign symbol selection table 27a is stored in the ROM 5A in the second controller.
3B.

For example, as a sign design selection table 27a, as shown in FIG. 30, a face sign selection table in which a plurality of sign designs (designs of "Kintaro" having different facial expressions) are classified according to the jackpot reliability. Is stored in the ROM 53B. This is because A, B,
It is divided into four groups C and D, and two kinds of "Kintaro" designs (face designs) having different facial expressions are stored in each group. Which face design is to be used is determined by extracting a sign design decision random number (a face sign decision random value described later), which random value range (for example, “face design 1”) The CPU 51A or the CPU 51B determines whether the random number value range belongs to “0 to 40”), and selects a face design to be displayed as an indication display.

Further, in the above configuration, the symbol data itself is stored in the special symbol selecting means and the effect symbol selecting means (that is, stored in the first control unit 10), but the symbol data itself is separately stored. May be provided.
For example, the special symbol selection table and the effect symbol selection table in both symbol selection means only determine "what symbol is to be displayed", and the actual symbol data is stored in the ROM of the second control unit 20. Store the first
The design may be such that the design display control means 22 takes out specific design data from the ROM and controls the display based on a command from the control unit 10 to “display this design”.

Next, the processing for determining the display pattern of the stop symbol, the reach effect, and the sign display displayed on the special symbol display device 3 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

When a game ball enters the starting winning opening 4, the starting winning switch 41 detects this and sends a signal to the CPU 51A to start the symbol change in the symbol change display section 3a of the special symbol display device 3. As the pre-processing, the microcomputer 50A or 50B performs a process of determining the display pattern of the stop symbol, the reach effect, and the sign display displayed on the special symbol display device 3.

In FIG. 31, first, the above-mentioned random number generation circuit 71 extracts the above-mentioned random number value for jackpot determination in the range of “0 to 255” as shown in FIG. 34 (ST1), and then the above-mentioned stoppage. The random number for symbol determination is changed to three special symbols (FIG. 29).
The random number value for determining the stop state (stop symbol) of the left symbol 3L, the middle symbol 3C, and the right symbol 3R, which is displayed on the symbol variation display section 3a, is extracted in the range of "0 to 14". (S
T2) The big hit symbol determination random value is extracted in the range of “0 to 14” (ST3). Here, the random number for jackpot symbol determination may not be extracted separately from the random number for stop symbol determination, and the random number for stop symbol determination extracted earlier may be used as the random number for jackpot symbol determination. Then, the reach effect determination random value is extracted in the range of “0 to 139” as shown in FIG.
T4) Further, the random number value for the sign design determination is set in accordance with the number of the sign displays (in this embodiment, the sign display is performed twice, and the first sign design random number a and the second sign design determination random number a are used). The two random numbers b) are extracted in the range of “0 to 139” as shown in FIG. 34 (ST5).

Subsequently, in FIG. 32, based on the random number for jackpot determination extracted in ST1, it is determined whether or not the symbol variation display to be performed will be "big jackpot" (S
T6).

Here, as shown in FIG. 35, the "big hit"
Since the "big hit determination table" to which the random number value range is set in advance is stored in the aforementioned ROM 53A (FIG. 10), if "7" is extracted as the big hit determination random value, it is determined to be "big hit". You.

If it is determined in ST6 that the "big hit" is,
Since it is necessary that the symbol when the variation display of the symbol variation display unit 3a stops is a stopped symbol representing a "big hit", a process of determining a "big hit" symbol to be displayed next is performed.

Here, a big hit symbol to be displayed is selected from the "big hit symbol selection table" shown in FIG. 36, based on the big hit symbol determining random number value extracted in ST3 (ST7). For example, if the extracted random number for jackpot symbol determination is “6”, “7-7-7” is selected as the stop symbol. As described above, if the "big hit" is determined and the big hit symbol to be displayed is selected, ST1 in FIG.
Move to the processing of 2.

At ST6, if the random number for big hit determination is other than "7", the "big hit determination table" shown in FIG.
If it is determined to be "losing", based on the three random numbers for determining the stop symbols extracted in ST2,
The stop symbols of the left symbol 3L, the middle symbol 3C and the right symbol 3R are selected from the stop symbol selection table shown in FIG. 37 (ST8).

It is determined whether the stop symbol of the left symbol 3L and the stop symbol of the right symbol 3R are the same among the selected stop symbols (ST9). If they are different, it is not necessary to perform the reach effect. The process proceeds to ST13. Here, in the case of the same, it is further determined whether or not the stop symbol of the middle symbol 3C is also the same (ST10). If the symbols are different, the process directly proceeds to ST12 of FIG. 33. In this case, the symbol obtained by shifting the middle symbol 3C by one frame is changed to the stop symbol of the middle symbol 3C (ST1).
1). Since this is determined as “losing” in ST6, the “big hit” in which the three stop symbols are the same
This is because the symbols are not displayed.

After the symbol to be stopped in the symbol change display section 3a is determined, the process then proceeds to ST12 in FIG.

First, the type of reach effect to be displayed is determined from the reach effect determination random number extracted in ST4. Here, when the “big hit” is determined in the above-described processing, the “big hit reach effect selection table” shown in FIG. 38 is selected.

If the range to which the extracted reach effect determination random number belongs is “0 to 24”, “applause reach”, “2
5 to 64 ”,“ Chang hand reach ”,“ 65 to 13 ”
If "9", a reach effect to be displayed such as "full rotation reach" is selected. If "losing" is determined in the above-described processing, the "reach effect selection table for loss" shown in FIG. 39 is selected, and the range to which the extracted reach effect determination random number belongs is "0 to 4". For example, “applause reach”, “5-8”, “Chang reach”, “9-1”
If “39”, “no reach” is selected. Each reach effect will be described later in detail.

Next, in ST13, a sign (first sign) to be displayed for the first time is determined based on the first sign design random number a from a "sign design selection table" described later. In ST14, a sign (second sign) to be displayed for the second time is determined based on the second sign design random number b.

After the above determination, the pachinko gaming machine 1 starts changing symbols on the special symbol display device 3. This will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 40 shows ST13 and S13 in FIG.
The process of selecting a sign in the "sign design selection table" referred to in T14 will be described. The sign selection table includes a first face sign selection table 101, a second face sign selection table 102, a third face sign selection table 103, a fourth face sign selection table 104, and a fifth face sign selection table 10.
There are six face sign selection tables, the fifth and sixth face sign selection tables 106.

Here, the “face sign selection table” shown in FIG. 30 is the first face sign selection table 1
This corresponds to 01. That is, the first face sign selection table 1
A, B, C, and D of 01 indicate the A group, the B group, the C group, and the D group in FIG. Further, the random number value range assigned to each group further subdivides each random number value range, and a sign is assigned to the subdivided random number value range. In the example of FIG. 30, each random value range is divided into two, and “0 to 80” is “0 to 40” and “41 to 41”.
80, "81-110" are "81-96" and "97
To 110 ”and“ 111 to 119 ”are“ 111 to 11 ”.
5 "and" 116-119 ", and" 120-13 "
9 is divided into "120 to 129" and "130 to 139", and a sign symbol (face symbol) of "Kintaro" having a different expression is assigned to each of the divided random value ranges.

The face sign selection table to be used from among the six face sign selection tables is determined by the above-described S in FIG.
The result of determining whether or not a big hit has occurred in T6, and ST1 in FIG.
2 is performed based on the determination result of the reach production. If the combination of the jackpot determination result and the selected reach effect is “(I) jackpot + clapping reach”, the first face sign selection table 101 is changed to “(II) jackpot + choeting reach”.
If so, the second face sign selection table 102 is set to “(III)
In the case of "big hit + full rotation reach", the third face sign selection table 103 is used, and in the case of "(IV) loss + applause reach", the fourth face sign selection table 104 is used in "(V) loss + Zhang hand reach". If there is, the fifth face sign selection table 105
If “(VI) Loss + No Reach”, the sixth face sign selection table 106 is referred to.

As can be seen from the random value range in FIG. 40, when the result of the determination as to whether or not a big hit is "big hit" ((I) to (III) described above), the random value range of the A group is wide. The frequency of displaying the face symbols belonging to the group A increases. That is, if a face symbol belonging to the group A is displayed, the player can easily recognize that the big hit reliability is high. Conversely, when the result of the determination as to whether or not a big hit is “losing” (the above (IV) to (VI)), since the random number value range of the D group is wide, the frequency of displaying the face symbols belonging to the D group is large. Will be higher. That is, if a face symbol belonging to the D group is displayed, the player can easily recognize that the jackpot reliability is low.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 30, the face design belonging to the group A is “Kintaro” whose expression is “laughing face”.
Is assigned. This is because the "big hit" is a winning mode that can greatly benefit the player,
The expression reflects the feeling of the player when the "big hit" is reached, and has an effect of making it easy to recognize that the big hit reliability is high.

The face symbol belonging to the group D is assigned the expression "Kintaro" with the expression "crying face", and the expression reflecting the player's feeling when the expression falls outside the "big hit" is used. This has the effect of making it easy to recognize that the degree is low.

The face symbols belonging to the groups B and C are those in which the facial expression of “Kintaro” indicates “smiley face” and “normal face”. At first glance, it is “big hit” or “loss”. Are difficult to identify. However, if such a face pattern is displayed occasionally in addition to the face patterns of the A group and the D group, the player has an added possibility of predicting how much the jackpot reliability is, and further has the jackpot reliability. Can change the entertainment of the game.

FIG. 41 is a time chart showing the display timing of the sign display based on the change of the expression of the above-mentioned face pattern "Kintaro". The sign (the first sign described above) due to the change in the expression of the face symbol “Kintaro” displayed for the first time is “face sign 1”, and the second sign display (the second sign) is “ Face sign 2 ".

As shown in FIG. 41, the "face sign 1" is displayed when the left symbol 2L variably displayed on the symbol variation display section 3a of the special symbol display device 3 stops (t9). "2" is displayed when the right symbol 3R variably displayed on the symbol variation display section 3a of the special symbol display device 3 stops (t14).

As a display example of “face sign 1”, on the screen shown in FIG. 45, the left symbol 3L stops displaying “7”, and “Kintaro” of “laughing face” (face symbol 2 in FIG. 3) is displayed. Is displayed. Therefore, the player predicts that the jackpot reliability is high.

As a display example of “face sign 2”, on the screen shown in FIG. 46, the left symbol 3L and the right symbol 3R stop displaying “7”, and “Kintaro” of “smiley face” (FIG. 30) The face pattern 4) is displayed. If the player who recognizes this knows that this face symbol belongs to a group having a lower reliability than the above-mentioned “laughing face”, it is predicted that the big hit reliability is slightly lowered. Here, if "Kintaro" of "laughing face" is displayed twice consecutively, it is predicted that the jackpot reliability is very high. If the player recognizes this, the stop display of the middle symbol 3C is displayed. I will pay attention with great expectation.

As shown in FIG. 46, when the left symbol 3L and the right symbol 3R are stopped and displayed in the same symbol, the display of the reach effect determined in the above-described ST12 is displayed simultaneously with the display of “face sign 2”. The reach effect is performed from the start until the middle symbol 3C is stopped and displayed (t14 to t20 in the time chart shown in FIG. 41).

In the reach effect, for example, “applause reach” as shown in FIG. 47 is a reach effect indicating that “Kintaro” is applauding. The “reach reach” as shown in FIG. 48 indicates a state in which “Kintaro” is performing a stretch hand (moving a partner's face or the like with a flat hand) toward the front of the display screen.

However, when the aforementioned “full rotation reach” is selected, as shown in the time chart of FIG. 41, the left symbol 3L is stopped at t9, and the right symbol 3R is stopped at t14. The stop operation is not performed, and if a certain period elapses (t5), the three symbols (the left symbol 3L, the middle symbol 3C, and the right symbol 3R) are aligned with the same symbol, and the rotation is started slowly and all at once. A symbol stop operation is performed such that three symbols are simultaneously stopped and displayed.

As shown in the time chart of FIG. 42, three symbols (left symbol 3L, middle symbol 3C, right symbol 3C)
After “R” starts to change, “Face sign 1” and “Face sign 2” may be continuously displayed before any one of the changing symbols (for example, the left symbol 3L) stops.

As shown in the time chart of FIG. 43, three symbols (left symbol 3L, middle symbol 3C, right symbol 3C)
After R) starts to change, before any one of the changing symbols (for example, the left symbol 3L) stops, “face sign 1” is displayed, and the second changing symbol (for example, the right symbol 3R) 44 is displayed after the face is stopped.
As shown in the time chart of FIG. 5, the period from when any one of the variable symbols (for example, the left symbol 3L) stops to when the second variable symbol (for example, the right symbol 3R) stops (t)
From 9 to t14), "face sign 1" and "face sign 2" may be displayed successively.

Next, the symbol variation display processing in the special symbol display device 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

When the change display of the special symbol starts (ST2)
0) Then, the left symbol 3L is stopped (ST21).

Then, it is determined whether or not "face sign 1" is to be displayed (ST22). If "YES", "face sign 1" is displayed (ST23).

Subsequently, the right symbol 2R is stopped (ST2).
4) Then, it is determined whether or not to display “face sign 2” (ST25). If “YES”, “face sign 2” is displayed (ST26).

Here, it is determined whether the left and right stop symbols match (ST27). If "YES", the selected reach effect is displayed (ST28), and then the middle symbol 2C is stopped (ST29). Then, the display process of the symbols and the like in the special symbol display device 3 is ended (ST30).

In the above-mentioned ST29, if the combination of the stopped special symbols indicates "big hit", the above-mentioned special winning opening 4 is opened a predetermined number of times, so that the player can easily acquire a large amount of prize balls. . Therefore, the expectation of the player for the "big hit" is very large, and by displaying a sign indicating that the reliability of the big hit changes until the state of the "big hit", the interest of the game can be greatly enhanced.

However, even when a sign symbol or a reach effect with a high jackpot reliability is displayed, there may be a sign symbol judgment table which is selected when the jackpot determination is "losing". For example, the face symbols displayed in the aforementioned “face sign 1” and “face sign 2” are both A in FIG.
Even if the face symbols belong to the group, the combination of the stopped special symbols may be "losing".

In the present invention, there may be a case where the predictive symbol does not change with the lapse of time, so that the jackpot reliability does not change.

In the case where the predictive symbol does not change, the symbol display image may or may not be updated.

In the above-described embodiment, the sign symbols are displayed in the order of “face sign 1” and “face sign 2”. Since the reliability of the big hit is determined for each sign symbol, the sign symbol “face sign” is used. The big hit reliability may change in the order of “1” and “face sign 2”. At the same time, since the jackpot reliability is determined for each of the sign symbols, the jackpot reliability corresponding to the combination of the sign symbols displayed in the order of “face sign 1” and “face sign 2” is also determined. That is, the display mode of the predictive symbol corresponding to the jackpot reliability is determined, and the display mode of the predictive symbol can change with the temporal change of the game.

Further, the reach effect as in the above embodiment may not be provided.

In the embodiment described below, the above-mentioned control means is configured to display a predetermined symbol display mode corresponding to the jackpot reliability, and the display mode of the symbol is determined by the game. It can change with time.

Also, in order to allow a player to predict the appearance of a big hit with a certain degree of certainty, a predictive symbol will give a notice of the appearance of a big hit with a 100% big hit reliability, or a warning that the stop symbol will be a "losing" surely. It is configured to be able to.

The case where the jackpot reliability is 100% or 0% may not be provided.

Next, a processing procedure for determining a face sign to be displayed will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in FIG. 50, the above-mentioned random number generation circuit 71 extracts the random number value for jackpot determination in the range of “0 to 255” (ST1 ′) as shown in FIG. As random numbers for determination of three stop symbols (the left symbol 3L, the middle symbol 3C, and the right symbol 3R displayed on the symbol variation display portion 3a in FIG. 29).
14 "(ST2 '). Then, a random number for jackpot symbol determination is extracted in a range of “0 to 14” (ST
3 ′), reach effect determination random numbers are extracted in a range of “0 to 139” (ST4 ′), and predictive symbol combination determination random values are extracted in a range of “0 to 39” (ST5 ′).

Subsequently, in FIG. 51, it is determined whether or not the symbol variation display to be performed is “big hit” based on the random number for jackpot determination extracted in ST1 ′ (ST6 ′).

Here, if “7” is extracted as a random number for jackpot determination with reference to the above-mentioned “jackpot determination table” shown in FIG. 35, it is determined that “jackpot”.

If it is determined in ST6 'that "big hit", it is necessary that the symbol when the variation display of the symbol variation display section 3a is stopped becomes a stop symbol representing "big hit". A process of determining a “big hit” symbol to be performed is performed.

Here, the big hit symbol to be displayed is selected from the big hit symbol selection table shown in FIG. 36 based on the big hit symbol determining random number value extracted in ST3 '(ST7'). In this way, the "big hit" is determined,
If the big hit symbol to be displayed is selected, S in FIG.
Move on to processing of T12 '.

In ST6 ', if the big hit determination random number is other than "7" and it is determined as "losing" from the big hit determination table shown in FIG. 35, the three stop symbol determinations extracted in ST2' are determined. Based on the random number for use, a stop symbol of the left symbol 3L, the middle symbol 3C and the right symbol 3R are selected from the stop symbol selection table shown in FIG. 37 (ST8 ').

It is determined whether the stop symbol of the left symbol 3L is the same as the stop symbol of the right symbol 3R among the selected stop symbols (ST9 '). If the stop symbol is different, it is not necessary to perform the reach effect. The process proceeds to ST13 '. Here, if they are the same, it is further determined whether or not the stop symbol of the middle symbol 3C is also the same (ST10 ').
It moves to ST12 'of step 2. However, it is conceivable that all three stop symbols become the same, and in that case, the symbol shifted from the middle symbol 3C by one frame is changed to the stop symbol of the middle symbol 3C (ST
11 ').

When the symbol to be stopped in the symbol change display section 3a is determined, the process then proceeds to ST12 'in FIG.

First, the type of reach effect to be displayed is selected from the reach effect determination random numbers extracted in ST4 '. Here, when the "big hit" is determined in the above-described processing, the reach effect selection table for the big hit shown in FIG. 38 is selected, and the reach effect is selected.

Then, in ST13 ', based on the selection results of the jackpot determination and the reach effect, a sign design selection table (a face sign combination selection table described later) is referred to.
From the extracted random numbers for determining the symbol combinations, a combination of the symbol symbols to be displayed (a combination of the face symbols) is selected.

Hereinafter, based on the jackpot determination result, the selected reach effect, and the extracted random number for symbol combination determination, refer to the “face symbol selection table” as the symbol design selection table shown in FIGS. 54 to 59. The procedure for selecting a combination of face signs to be displayed by the following will be described.

As described above, the random numbers for determining the symbol combination are extracted in the range of “0 to 39”. Here, FIG.
In the face sign selection table shown in FIG. 59, a predetermined random number value range is assigned to each combination of two face signs (face sign 1 + face sign 2).

For example, if it is determined to be "big hit" and the selected reach effect is "applause reach", the extracted sign combination is determined with reference to the (I) face sign combination selection table shown in FIG. The combination of the face signs (the combination of the face sign 1 and the face sign 2) to which the sign symbol combination determination random value belongs is selected based on the random number value. If the extracted sign symbol combination determination random value is any one of “0 to 11”, the combination of the face signs is “AA”.

Here, A, B, C and D shown in the face sign selection tables of FIGS. 54 to 59 correspond to the A group, B group, C group and D group of the face design selection table of FIG. ing. That is, if the combination of the face signs is “AA” in the face sign selection tables of FIGS. 54 to 59, the face symbol to be displayed as the face sign is referred to by referring to the A group of the face symbol selection table of FIG. Selected. If the extracted predictive symbol combination determining random number is an even number, “face symbol 1-face symbol 1” is selected as the combination of the facial predictors, and if the extracted predictive symbol combination determining random number is odd, the face symbol is determined. "Face design 2-face design 2" is selected as the combination of.

For example, in the (I) face sign selection table of FIG. 54, when the extracted sign symbol combination determination random number is 12, the combination of the face signs is "AB".
Further, since the random number for determining the symbol combination is an even number, “face symbol 1” is selected as the face symbol 1 by referring to the group A in the face symbol selection table shown in FIG.
As the face sign 2, “face design 3” is selected with reference to the group B in the face design selection table shown in FIG.

The face sign selection tables shown in FIGS. 54 to 59 have a structure in which the random number range corresponding to the combination of the face signs stored in each table is biased. In other words, each table does not include all combinations of face signs, and some of the combinations have a wide range of random numbers and are biased so that any combination of face signs is easy to select. It has become.

For example, when the combination of the face signs is "AA", the combination of the face signs has a high reliability of the big hit, and the face sign selection table (FIG. 5) referred to at the time of the "big hit" determination.
4 (I) to FIG. 56 (III). That is,
The sum of the random value ranges for the combination "AA" in the face sign selection tables (I) to (III) referred to in the "big hit" judgment is the face sign referred in the "losing" judgment. The range is wider than the sum of the random number range for the combination "AA" in the selection tables (IV) to (VI).

In each face sign selection table,
The random value range for the combination of the face signs “AA” is different from the random value range for the other combinations of the face signs, and the random value range is biased for each combination of the face signs.

Conversely, the combination "A-A" does not exist in (V) "losing + reach reach" in FIG. 58 and (VI) "no loss + reach" in FIG.
When "A" appears, "Loose" and "Changte Reach"
It can be seen that the combination of "" and the combination of "losing" and "no reach" do not appear.

In addition, since (III) “big hit + full rotation reach” in FIG. 56 has a very high probability of becoming a big hit, “D-
There are no combinations of face signs with low jackpot reliability such as "C" and "DD". Therefore, when a combination of face signs such as “DC” and “DD” appears, a combination of “big hit” and “full rotation reach” does not appear.

By performing the above-mentioned indication display, a skilled player can empirically recognize the notification contents of the indication display. Therefore, just by looking at the sign indication, it is possible to discriminate with certain certainty which reach effect will be developed and whether a big hit will be made or not with a certain certainty.

Further, by displaying the first sign symbol ("face sign 1") and the second sign symbol ("face sign 2") successively in time, a series of changes in movement (expression of facial expression) are displayed. Change), it is likely to remain in the memory of the player.

Further, in the above, both display times can be made extremely short. In this case, interest is increased by asking the player for concentration.

The number of the predictive symbols is not limited to two, but may be three or more. As the change, for example, a change method such as “face design 1” → “face design 2” → “face design 3” → “face design 1” may be used.

In the above example, the display device of the present invention is used for a pachinko game machine. However, the present invention is applicable to other game machines, for example, a slot machine having an electric display device or other video equipment. The same can be applied to a TV game machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first configuration of a game display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second configuration of the game display device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a third configuration of the game display device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a fourth configuration of the game display device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a fifth configuration of the game display device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a symbol design selecting means in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a table showing appearance probabilities of a plurality of predictive symbols corresponding to a combination of an effect operation determination result and a jackpot determination result.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a “big hit” expectation degree based on a combination of a sign design and a staging operation.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a game board surface of a pachinko game machine using the display device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electric circuit unit of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure by a first control unit in a sign design determination processing procedure;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure by a second control unit in a sign design determination processing procedure;

FIG. 13 is a time chart showing an example of a display period of a sign, an effect operation, and a special symbol.

FIG. 14 is a time chart showing another example of a display period of a sign, an effect operation, and a special symbol.

FIG. 15 is a time chart showing a display period in a case where a sign is displayed in three stages.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a stop display state of a special symbol on the display screen.

FIG. 17 is a view showing a variable display state of a special symbol.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a sign symbol.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a moving display state of a symbol in the middle of the display screen.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a moving display state of the upper and lower sign symbols.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a stopped state of the sign symbol in the middle stage.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a stopped state of a symbol in the middle, upper, and lower stages.

FIG. 23 is a view showing a state in which a middle stop symbol has started moving.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a state in which the upper and lower sign symbols in addition to the middle row disappear from the screen.

FIG. 25 is a view showing a display example of a rendering operation in a special symbol reach state.

FIG. 26 is a view showing a display example of another effect operation.

FIG. 27 is a block diagram showing a sixth configuration of the game display device of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing another display mode on the display screen.

FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing a seventh configuration of the game display device of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a view showing a face sign selection table.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a procedure for determining a display on the special symbol display device.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart following FIG. 31;

FIG. 33 is a flowchart following FIG. 32;

FIG. 34 is a table showing a random number range to be extracted;

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a big hit determination table.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a big hit symbol selection table.

FIG. 37 is a view showing a stop symbol selection table.

FIG. 38 is a view showing a reach effect selection table for big hits.

FIG. 39 is a view showing a losing reach effect selection table.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a sign design selection table.

FIG. 41 is a time chart showing an example of a display period of a change symbol, a sign display, and a reach effect.

FIG. 42 is a time chart showing a second example of a display period of a fluctuation symbol, a sign display, and a reach effect.

FIG. 43 is a time chart showing a third example of a display period of a fluctuation symbol, a sign display, and a reach effect.

FIG. 44 is a time chart showing a fourth example of a display period of a fluctuation symbol, a sign display, and a reach effect.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a display of “face sign 1”.

FIG. 46 is a view showing a display of “face sign 2”.

FIG. 47 is a view showing a display of “applause reach”.

FIG. 48 is a view showing a display of “Chang hand reach”.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a variable symbol display process in the special symbol display device.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing another example of the procedure for determining the display of the special symbol display device.

FIG. 51 is a flowchart following FIG. 50;

FIG. 52 is a flowchart following FIG. 51;

FIG. 53 is a table showing another example of a random number range to be extracted;

FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a sign design selection table referred to when “big hits + applause reach”;

FIG. 55 is a view showing a sign design selection table referred to when “big hit + reach reach”;

FIG. 56 is a view showing an indication display selection table referred to when “big hit + full rotation reach” is performed.

FIG. 57 is a view showing an indication display selection table referred to when “losing + applause reach” is performed.

FIG. 58 is a view showing a sign display selection table referred to in the case of “losing + reach reach”;

FIG. 59 is a diagram showing an indication display selection table referred to when “losing + no reach” is performed.

FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a face symbol selection table.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko gaming machine, 2 ... Ordinary symbol display device, 3 ... Special symbol display device, 4 ... Starting winning opening, 5 ... Big winning opening, 6a
6b: Normal symbol operation gate, 7a, 7b: Normal symbol operation switch, 9: Variable winning ball device, 10: Game board surface,
11a, 11b ... windmill with lamp, 12a, 12b ... windmill, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13
f, 13g: General winning opening, 14a, 14b: Board side lamp, 10: First control unit, 11: Judgment means, 12 ... Special symbol determination means, 13 ... Production action determination means, 14 random number generation means, 14a ... 1 random number generating circuit section, 14b ... second
, A third random number generating circuit section, 14c
0 ... second control unit, 21 ... display symbol determination means, 22 ... symbol display control means, 23 ... sign symbol determination means, 24 ... symbol storage means, 25 ... special symbol selection means, 25a ... special symbol selection table, 26 ... Effect symbol selection means, 26a ... Effect symbol selection table, 27 ... Sign symbol selection means, 27a ... Sign symbol selection table, 30 ... Symbol display means, 41 ... Start winning port switch, 50A, 50B ... Microcomputer, 51A, 51B ... CPU, 52A, 52B ... RA
M, 53A, 53B ... ROM, 54A, 54B ... General purpose I
/ O, 61A, 61B ... input circuit, 62A, 62B ... output circuit, 71 ... random number generation circuit.

Claims (24)

[Claims] 1. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, wherein the control means responds to a predetermined input signal. A first control unit including a determination unit that determines whether to shift to a specific game state, a special symbol determination unit that determines a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific game state, A display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing a probability of a game state, and after the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means, a special symbol determined by the special symbol determining means. A game display device characterized by being divided into a second control unit including a symbol display control means for controlling display. 2. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling the display operation of the display means. A first control unit including a determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, and a special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific gaming state; Display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing the probability of a game state, and a special symbol determined by the special symbol determining means after the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means And a second control unit including symbol display control means for controlling the display of the game. 3. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, wherein the control means responds to a predetermined input signal. Accordingly, determining means for determining whether or not to shift to a specific gaming state, special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether or not to shift to the specific gaming state, and a probability of becoming the specific gaming state A first control unit including a display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing a special symbol determined by the special symbol determining means after the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means And a second control unit including symbol display control means for controlling the display of the game. 4. The display symbol is an effect symbol for displaying an effect operation indicating a first probability of the specific game state, or a sign symbol indicating a second probability of the specific game state. The gaming display device according to claim 1, wherein: 5. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, wherein the control means outputs a predetermined input signal A first control unit including a determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, and a special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific gaming state; A rendering operation determining means for determining a rendering operation representing a first probability of the specific gaming state by a display mode different from a stop operation in a normal state of a display operation including a symbol, a second gaming state of the specific gaming state. Sign design determining means for determining a sign design that represents the probability of the sign, the sign design determined by the sign design determining means, the rendering action determined by the rendering action determining means, and the special figure Gaming display device comprising being organized into a second control unit including a symbol display control means for controlling the display in the display unit of the special symbols determined by the determining means. 6. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, wherein the control means responds to a predetermined input signal. Accordingly, determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific gaming state, and display operation including the special symbol A first control unit including an effect operation determining unit that determines an effect operation representing a first probability of being in the specific game state by a display mode different from a stop operation in a normal state; Sign symbol determining means for determining a sign symbol representing the probability of 2, a sign symbol determined by the sign symbol determining means, a rendering action determined by the rendering action determining means, and the special action. Gaming display device characterized by being configured to be divided into a second control unit including a symbol display control means for controlling the display in the display unit of the special symbols that are determined by the pattern determining means. 7. The symbol display control means, after the display means displays the sign symbol determined by the sign symbol determination means, displays the effect operation determined by the effect operation determination means, and displays the special symbol. 7. The game display device according to claim 5, wherein control is performed so as to display the special symbol determined by the determination means. 8. The game display device according to claim 5, wherein the first probability is a jackpot reliability of the special symbol indicated by the effect operation. 9. The game display device according to claim 5, wherein the second probability is a jackpot reliability of the special symbol indicated by the sign. 10. The game display device according to claim 5, wherein the second probability is a reliability at which a specific effect operation indicated by the sign is displayed. 11. A random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal; and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. Determining means, a special symbol group representing a specific gaming state, a rendering symbol group representing a rendering operation different from a stop operation in a normal state of a display operation including a special symbol, and an indication symbol representing a probability of becoming a specific gaming state A symbol storing means for storing a group; a special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol to be displayed from the special symbol group stored in the symbol storing means based on a determination result of the determining means; And determining a rendering symbol representing a rendering operation to be displayed from the rendering symbol group stored in the symbol storage unit, based on the determination result and the second random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generation unit. Effect operation determining means, and a symbol pattern group stored in the symbol storage means based on a determination result of the effect operation determining means and a third random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generating means. A sign design determining means for determining a sign to be displayed from a special symbol, a special action determined by the special action determining means and the sign design determining means, and a display operation and a sign for displaying the special symbol, respectively. Symbol display means, and the symbol display means displays the symbol selected by the symbol design determination means, and then fluctuates and displays a special symbol group, and then displays the effect operation selected by the effect operation determination means. And a symbol display system including a symbol changing unit configured to execute a symbol stop operation of stopping and displaying the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination unit. A first control unit comprising the random number generation means, the determination means, the special symbol determination means, and the effect operation determination means, the sign symbol determination means, the symbol storage means, and the symbol display control means. A game display device characterized by comprising a second control unit. 12. The symbol storage means stores a plurality of predetermined symbols, and the special symbol determination means creates a combination of the symbols according to the determination result among the plurality of symbols, thereby obtaining the special symbol. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein
Game display device according to the above. 13. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, wherein the control means outputs a predetermined input signal A first control unit including a determination unit that determines whether to shift to a specific game state, a special symbol determination unit that determines a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific game state, A display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing a probability of a game state, and after the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means, a special symbol determined by the special symbol determining means. A gaming machine characterized by being divided into a second control unit including a symbol display control means for controlling display. 14. A game display device comprising display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game, and control means for controlling a display operation of said display means, wherein said control means transmits a predetermined input signal A first control unit including a determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, and a special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific gaming state; Display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing the probability of a game state, and a special symbol determined by the special symbol determining means after the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means A gaming machine characterized by being divided into a second control unit including a symbol display control means for controlling display of a game. 15. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, wherein the control means responds to a predetermined input signal. Accordingly, determining means for determining whether or not to shift to a specific gaming state, special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether or not to shift to the specific gaming state, and a probability of becoming the specific gaming state A first control unit including a display symbol determining means for determining a display symbol representing a special symbol determined by the special symbol determining means after the display means displays the display symbol determined by the display symbol determining means A gaming machine characterized by being divided into a second control unit including a symbol display control means for controlling display of a game. 16. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means. A first control unit including a determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, and a special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific gaming state; A rendering operation determining means for determining a rendering operation representing a first probability of the specific gaming state by a display mode different from a stop operation in a normal state of a display operation including a symbol, a second gaming state of the specific gaming state. The sign design determining means for determining a sign design representing the probability of, and the display means displays the sign design determined by the sign design determining means, and then is determined by the effect operation determining means. Display effect operation, game machine, characterized in that it is organized into a second control unit including a symbol display control means for displaying the special symbols that are determined by the special pattern determining means. 17. A game display device comprising: display means for displaying symbols and the like necessary for a game; and control means for controlling a display operation of the display means, wherein the control means responds to a predetermined input signal. Accordingly, determining means for determining whether to shift to a specific gaming state, special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol indicating whether to shift to the specific gaming state, and display operation including the special symbol A first control unit including an effect operation determining unit that determines an effect operation representing a first probability of being in the specific game state by a display mode different from a stop operation in a normal state; Sign symbol determining means for determining a sign symbol representing the probability of 2, and after the display means displays the sign symbol determined by the sign symbol determining means, the sign symbol determining means determines the sign symbol. And a second control unit including a symbol display control means for displaying the special action determined by the special symbol determination means and displaying the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means. . 18. A random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal; and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. Determining means, a special symbol group representing a specific gaming state, a rendering symbol group representing a rendering operation different from a stop operation at a normal time of a display operation including a special symbol, and an indication symbol group representing a probability of becoming a specific gaming state. A special symbol determining means for determining a special symbol to be displayed from a special symbol group stored in the symbol storing means based on a result of the determination by the determining means. Based on the determination result and the second random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means, a rendering symbol representing a rendering operation to be displayed is determined from a rendering symbol group stored in the symbol storage means. Effect operation determining means, based on a result determined by the effect operation determining means and a third random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means, from among the symbol patterns stored in the symbol storage means. Sign design deciding means for deciding a sign to be displayed, and a symbol for displaying the special symbol, effect action and sign design respectively determined by the special symbol deciding means, the effect operation deciding means and the sign design deciding means. Display means, the symbol display means, after displaying the sign selected by the sign design deciding means, the special symbol group is variably displayed, and then the effect operation selected by the effect operation deciding means is displayed. A symbol display control means including symbol changing means configured to execute a symbol stop operation of stopping and displaying the special symbol determined by the special symbol determination means. A first control unit is configured by the random number generation unit, the determination unit, the special symbol determination unit, and the effect operation determination unit; and a second control unit is configured by the sign design determination unit and the symbol display control unit. A gaming machine characterized by the following. 19. A random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal; and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. A determination unit, based on a determination result of the determination unit and a second random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation unit, during a normal time of a display operation including a special symbol representing the specific game state. A rendering operation determining means for determining a rendering operation different from the stop operation; a special symbol selection table storing a plurality of the predetermined special symbols; and a special symbol selection table to be displayed based on the determination result. A special symbol selecting means for selecting the special symbol, an effect symbol selection table for storing a plurality of effect symbols required for displaying the effect motion, and the effect motion from the effect symbol selection table Effect symbol selecting means for selecting an effect symbol necessary for displaying the effect operation determined by the determining means; an indication symbol selection table for storing a plurality of indication symbols representing a probability of the specific game state; and the effect operation determination A sign design selecting means for selecting a sign design to be displayed from the sign design selection table, based on a decision result of the means and a third random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means; The symbol display means for displaying the special symbol, the effect symbol, and the symbol symbol selected by the selection means, the effect symbol selection means, and the symbol symbol selection means, and the symbol display means are selected by the symbol symbol selection means. After displaying the sign symbol, subsequently, the effect symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means is displayed, and finally selected by the special symbol selecting means. A symbol display control unit for controlling to display another symbol, wherein the random number generation unit, the determination unit and the effect operation determination unit constitute a first control unit, the special symbol selection table, the special symbol selection A game display device comprising a second control unit including means, the effect symbol selection table, the effect symbol selection means, the indication symbol selection table, the indication symbol selection means, and the symbol display control means. 20. A random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal, and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. A determination unit, based on a determination result of the determination unit and a second random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation unit, during a normal time of a display operation including a special symbol representing the specific game state. A rendering operation determining means for determining a rendering operation different from the stop operation; a special symbol selection table storing a plurality of the predetermined special symbols; and a special symbol selection table to be displayed based on the determination result. A special symbol selecting means for selecting the special symbol, an effect symbol selection table for storing a plurality of effect symbols required for displaying the effect motion, and the effect motion from the effect symbol selection table Effect symbol selecting means for selecting an effect symbol necessary for displaying the effect operation determined by the determining means; an indication symbol selection table for storing a plurality of indication symbols representing a probability of the specific game state; and the effect operation determination A sign design selecting means for selecting a sign design to be displayed from the sign design selection table, based on a decision result of the means and a third random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means; The symbol display means for displaying the special symbol, the effect symbol, and the symbol symbol selected by the selection means, the effect symbol selection means, and the symbol symbol selection means, and the symbol display means are selected by the symbol symbol selection means. After displaying the sign symbol, subsequently, the effect symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means is displayed, and finally selected by the special symbol selecting means. A symbol display control unit for controlling to display another symbol, the random number generation unit, the determination unit, the effect operation determination unit, the special symbol selection table, the special symbol selection unit, the effect symbol selection table, A game display device comprising: a first control unit configured by the effect symbol selection unit; and a second control unit configured by the sign design selection table, the sign design selection unit, and the symbol display control unit. 21. A random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal; and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. A determination unit, based on a determination result of the determination unit and a second random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation unit, during a normal time of a display operation including a special symbol representing the specific game state. Effect operation determining means for determining an effect operation different from the stop operation, a special symbol selection table storing a plurality of the predetermined special symbols, and a fourth extracted from the determination result and the random number generated by the random number generating device. A special symbol selection means for selecting the special symbol to be displayed from the special symbol selection table based on the random number value; and a rendering symbol storing a plurality of rendering symbols required for displaying the rendering operation. Selection table, effect symbol selecting means for selecting an effect symbol required for displaying the effect operation determined by the effect operation determining means from the effect symbol selection table, and a plurality of the plurality of symbols representing the probability of the specific game state. An indication symbol selection table for storing an indication symbol, and a display from the indication symbol selection table based on a determination result of the effect operation determination means and a third random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation means. Sign design selecting means for selecting a sign to be designed, and the special symbol selecting means, the special symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means and the symbol symbol selecting means, a symbol display means for displaying the effect symbol and the symbol for display. After the symbol displaying means displays the symbol selected by the symbol selecting means, the symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means is subsequently displayed. A symbol display control means for displaying a symbol and finally displaying the special symbol selected by the special symbol selecting means, the random number generating means, the determining means, the effect operation determining means, and the special symbol. The selection table, the special symbol selection means, the effect symbol selection table, and the effect symbol selection means constitute a first control unit, and the sign symbol selection table, the sign symbol selection means, and the symbol display control means perform second control. A game display device comprising a unit. 22. A random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal, and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. A determination unit, based on a determination result of the determination unit and a second random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation unit, during a normal time of a display operation including a special symbol representing the specific game state. A rendering operation determining means for determining a rendering operation different from the stop operation; a special symbol selection table storing a plurality of the predetermined special symbols; and a special symbol selection table to be displayed based on the determination result. A special symbol selecting means for selecting the special symbol, an effect symbol selection table for storing a plurality of effect symbols required for displaying the effect motion, and the effect motion from the effect symbol selection table Effect symbol selecting means for selecting an effect symbol necessary for displaying the effect operation determined by the determining means; an indication symbol selection table for storing a plurality of indication symbols representing a probability of the specific game state; and the effect operation determination A sign design selecting means for selecting a sign design to be displayed from the sign design selection table, based on a decision result of the means and a third random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means; The symbol display means for displaying the special symbol, the effect symbol, and the symbol symbol selected by the selection means, the effect symbol selection means, and the symbol symbol selection means, and the symbol display means are selected by the symbol symbol selection means. After displaying the sign symbol, subsequently, the effect symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means is displayed, and finally selected by the special symbol selecting means. A symbol display control unit for controlling to display another symbol, a first control unit comprising the random number generation unit, the determination unit and the effect operation determination unit, the special symbol selection table, the special symbol selection A gaming machine, wherein a second control unit is constituted by means, the effect symbol selection table, the effect symbol selection means, the indication symbol selection table, the indication symbol selection means, and the symbol display control means. 23. A random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal; and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. A determination unit, based on a determination result of the determination unit and a second random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation unit, during a normal time of a display operation including a special symbol representing the specific game state. A rendering operation determining means for determining a rendering operation different from the stop operation; a special symbol selection table storing a plurality of the predetermined special symbols; and a special symbol selection table to be displayed based on the determination result. A special symbol selecting means for selecting the special symbol, an effect symbol selection table for storing a plurality of effect symbols required for displaying the effect motion, and the effect motion from the effect symbol selection table Effect symbol selecting means for selecting an effect symbol necessary for displaying the effect operation determined by the determining means; an indication symbol selection table for storing a plurality of indication symbols representing a probability of the specific game state; and the effect operation determination A sign design selecting means for selecting a sign design to be displayed from the sign design selection table, based on a decision result of the means and a third random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means; The symbol display means for displaying the special symbol, the effect symbol, and the symbol symbol selected by the selection means, the effect symbol selection means, and the symbol symbol selection means, and the symbol display means are selected by the symbol symbol selection means. After displaying the sign symbol, subsequently, the effect symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means is displayed, and finally selected by the special symbol selecting means. A symbol display control unit that controls to display another symbol, the random number generation unit, the determination unit, the effect operation determination unit, the special symbol selection table, the special symbol selection unit, the effect symbol selection table, and A gaming machine, wherein the effect symbol selection means constitutes a first control unit, and the sign design selection table, the sign design selection means, and the symbol display control means constitute a second control unit. 24. Random number generating means for generating a random number in response to a predetermined input signal, and determining whether a first random number value extracted from the random number generated by the random number generating means is a predetermined value for a specific game state. A determination unit, based on a determination result of the determination unit and a second random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation unit, during a normal time of a display operation including a special symbol representing the specific game state. Effect operation determining means for determining an effect operation different from the stop operation, a special symbol selection table storing a plurality of the predetermined special symbols, and a fourth extracted from the determination result and the random number generated by the random number generating device. A special symbol selection means for selecting the special symbol to be displayed from the special symbol selection table based on the random number value; and a rendering symbol storing a plurality of rendering symbols required for displaying the rendering operation. Selection table, effect symbol selecting means for selecting an effect symbol required for displaying the effect operation determined by the effect operation determining means from the effect symbol selection table, and a plurality of the plurality of symbols representing the probability of the specific game state. An indication symbol selection table for storing an indication symbol, and a display from the indication symbol selection table based on a determination result of the effect operation determination means and a third random number value extracted from a random number generated by the random number generation means. Sign design selecting means for selecting a sign to be designed, and the special symbol selecting means, the special symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means and the symbol symbol selecting means, a symbol display means for displaying the effect symbol and the symbol for display. After the symbol displaying means displays the symbol selected by the symbol selecting means, the symbol selected by the effect symbol selecting means is subsequently displayed. A symbol display control means for displaying a symbol and finally displaying the special symbol selected by the special symbol selecting means, the random number generating means, the determining means, the effect operation determining means, and the special symbol. The selection table, the special symbol selection means, the effect symbol selection table, and the effect symbol selection means constitute a first control unit, and the sign symbol selection table, the sign symbol selection means, and the symbol display control means perform second control. A gaming machine characterized by comprising a part.