JP2000296220A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain a player's expectation to expect a privilege at least even after all special figures have been once stopped. SOLUTION: This game machine has a game control part 2 for outputting a display command to display an image such as a figure upon establishment of a required condition, and a display control part 4 for outputting a image signal to a display part 8 by editing the image upon receipt of the display command. A first design is changed after a figure has been displayed in a visible state in a variable area 6b of a second area group G2, and a design group is varied in the variable area 6b after the change. These change and variation are carried out at least once in an interval after the first design has been stopped as a predetermined design in variable areas 6a, 6c of a first area group G1 and before a second design has been finally stopped in the variable area 6b. Then, if a combination of the second figure finally stopped and displayed, and the first figure previously stopped becomes a combination of specific figures, a player will have a possibility to obtain a privilege.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a display section having a plurality of variable areas for displaying a group of symbols fluctuating or stopping.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many game machines such as pachinko machines and arrangement ball machines, when a game ball wins or passes a predetermined area, a symbol group is displayed in a plurality of variable areas on a symbol display corresponding to a display section. Start to fluctuate. For example, in the case of three variable regions, the symbol groups are started to be changed as special symbols (hereinafter, referred to as “left symbol”, “middle feature”, and “right symbol”) in the left, middle, and right variable regions, respectively. . The fluctuation state of the symbol group is called “symbol fluctuation”. The predetermined area corresponds to, for example, a gate or a starting port.

[0003] After a while from the start of the symbol change, for example, the left symbol and the right symbol are stopped, and the middle symbol is continuously varied. If the stopped left and right symbols are the same symbol, an animation is displayed as "reach"
Display such as changing the fluctuation speed of the middle symbol is performed.
The left symbol and the right symbol when reaching the reach in this way are called "reach symbols", and a display pattern such as a symbol change performed on the symbol display after reaching the reach is referred to as a "reach pattern".
Call. Note that the reach pattern excludes a reach pattern performed after the jackpot is determined. A single gaming machine prepares a plurality of reach patterns, and performs one of the reach patterns when the reach is reached. When the reach pattern is finished, the symbols (the middle symbols in the above-described example) that keep changing are stopped, and all the special symbols are stopped on the symbol display. Finally, the combination of the special symbols that are stopped and displayed allows the player to know whether it is a "big hit" or "losing", and furthermore, it is possible to obtain a big hit game depending on which special symbol combination has resulted in a "big hit". You can predict the benefits that will be available.

[0004] Some conventional gaming machines have the following reach patterns, for example. First, there is a reach pattern in which the reach symbol is changed at least once while the middle symbol continues to fluctuate, and finally the middle symbol is stopped. In the reach pattern, the privilege that is predicted to be obtained from the reach symbol when the reach is reached is often different from the privilege that is predicted to be obtained by the combination of the special symbol that is finally stopped and displayed. . Secondly, there is a reach pattern in which the middle symbol is temporarily stopped a plurality of times without changing the reach symbol, and then the middle symbol is stopped. In the reach pattern, a benefit obtained by a combination of special symbols that are finally stopped and displayed can be predicted, and there are a plurality of chances of obtaining the benefit.

[0005]

However, in the reach pattern in the conventional gaming machine, it is determined that all the special symbols stop once, and thereafter the symbols are not changed. For this reason, it is possible to know whether or not a “big hit” will be obtained depending on the combination of special symbols when stopped, so that the player can have the expectation of expecting a privilege only until all the special symbols stop once. . This is the same even before all the special symbols have stopped once. The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and it is an object of the present invention to maintain a sense of expectation that a player expects a privilege even after at least all special symbols have been stopped once.

[0006]

Means 1 for Solving the Problems Means 1 for solving the problems are as described in claim 1. Here, the terms described in claim 1 are interpreted as follows. These interpretations apply to the other claims and the detailed description of the invention. (1) The “display section” includes not only one symbol display but also a plurality of symbol displays. Therefore, in the case of “having a plurality of variable regions”, there are a mode in which a single symbol display has a plurality of variable regions and a mode in which a plurality of variable regions are arbitrarily assigned to a plurality of symbol displays. (2) As a result of dividing a plurality of variable regions, the “first group” and the “second group” each have at least one variable region. In the example in which the “plurality of variable regions” is three variable regions, the two variable regions are divided into the first group, and the remaining one variable region is divided into the second group, or vice versa. I do. Further, the variable region divided into any one of the groups may be fixed, or may be changed according to the type of the gaming machine or the gaming state. Also,
It is not necessary to always display a plurality of variable regions on the display unit, and it is not necessary to display any variable region at an arbitrary timing or to display it. (3) “Stop” includes not only a complete stop but also a move in an arbitrary direction and an arbitrary distance range around the reference position. (4) “Displaying symbols in the variable region of the second group in a visible state” includes not only the mode of stopping the symbols, but also
This also includes a mode in which the symbol group is changed at a speed at which the contents of the symbol can be visually recognized (hereinafter, referred to as “visual speed”, but generally corresponds to a low speed or slow motion). (5) The mode of "changing the first symbol" is not limited to the mode of changing the first symbol to another predetermined symbol, but also includes the mode of changing the first symbol to a predetermined symbol. (6) "After the change, the symbol group is changed in the change area of the second group" means that the symbol group is changed at an arbitrary speed when stopped before the change, and visually recognized before the change. If the symbol group is changed at the speed, it means that the symbol group is changed at the speed change or the same speed.

According to the means (1), after the symbol is displayed in a visible state in the variable area of the second group, the first
The design is changed, and after the change, the design group is changed in the change region of the second group. These changes and fluctuations, after the first symbol stops at the predetermined symbol in the fluctuation area of the first group,
This is performed at least once before the second symbol finally stops in the variable region of the second group. In this way, if the combination of the second symbol finally stopped and displayed and the already stopped first symbol becomes a combination of specific symbols, the player may obtain a privilege. Therefore, even after the symbol is displayed in the variable region of the second group in a visible state, the player can maintain the expectation of expecting the privilege.

[0008]

Means for solving the problem 2 Means for solving the problem are as described in claim 2. Here, the term “symbol appearing when displayed in a fluctuating manner” described in claim 2 may be a symbol group fluctuating and displayed in a fluctuating area of the first group, and a fluctuating group of symbols in the second group. It may be a symbol group that is displayed in a variable manner. This interpretation applies to the other claims and the detailed description of the invention.

According to the means 2, the changed symbol whose first symbol is to be changed is determined in accordance with the order of the symbols that appear when the symbols are changed and displayed in any of the variable areas. The player can predict the changed symbol to some extent by looking at the symbol displayed in any of the variable areas. Therefore, the player can play the game with a sense of urgency (or a sense of expectation) for expecting a changed symbol for obtaining a privilege.

[0010]

Means for solving the problem 3 Means for solving the problem are as described in claim 3. Means 3
According to the above, the number of changes determined by lottery may be one, or two or more times. If the number of times of change is large, the chance that the combination of the specific symbols is stopped and displayed after the change is increased, so that the player can further increase the sense of expectation.

[0011]

Means 4 for solving the problem Means 4 for solving the problem are as described in claim 4. Means 4
According to this, the number of changes and / or the changed symbols are notified. The number of times of change and / or the changed symbol may be one or plural. When there is more than one, the part may be reported, or the whole may be reported. Therefore, when the number of changes and / or the changed symbol is notified, the player can know which symbol matches the predetermined symbol. For this reason, the player can more reliably predict the benefit obtained when the combination of the specific symbols is used, based on the notified symbols.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is an embodiment applied to a gaming machine provided with a display unit having three variable regions for displaying symbols in a variable manner, and will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, description will be made with reference to FIG. 1 showing an outline of the present invention. The gaming machine of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has a game control unit 2 that outputs a display command to display an image such as a symbol when a required condition is satisfied, and performs image editing in response to the display command to generate an image signal. And a display control unit 4 for outputting to the display unit 8. The required conditions include when a detector provided at a specific position detects a game ball, a jackpot game period, and the like. The display unit 8 includes three variable areas 6a, 6b, 6c for changing and displaying symbols. The fluctuation area 6a,
6b and 6c, for example, the variable regions 6a and 6c are divided into a first region group G1, and the variable region 6b is divided into a second region group G2. Here, the first area group G1 corresponds to a first group, and the second area group G2 corresponds to a second group. An image displayed on the display unit 8 by the image editing performed by the display control unit 4 is, for example, as follows. That is, after the symbols of all the groups have changed, the variable area 6 belonging to the first area group G1 is changed.
When the first symbol stops at a predetermined symbol at a and 6c, the symbol is displayed in a visible state in the variable region 6b belonging to the second region group G2. In the example of FIG. 1, the first symbol stops at a symbol “77” as a predetermined symbol, and the symbol “3” stops as a second symbol. Then, after the symbol is displayed in the variable region 6b in a visible state, the first symbol stopped in the variable regions 6a and 6c is changed. In the example of FIG. 1, the symbol “77” (predetermined symbol) is changed to the symbol “55” (other predetermined symbol).
Has been changed to. Then, the symbol group is changed in the changing area 6b, and finally the second symbol is stopped in the changing area 6b. FIG.
In the example, the game finally stops at the symbol "555" (a combination of specific symbols), and is a big hit. In a general gaming machine, if a symbol change is performed again in the change area 6b, it is unlikely that a "big hit" will occur, but rather, a "losing" will occur relatively frequently.

According to the gaming machine constructed as described above, the first symbol is changed after the symbol is displayed in the variable area 6b of the second area group G2 in a visible state, and after the change, the variable area is changed. The symbol group is changed in 6b. These changes and fluctuations are at least one in a period from the time when the first symbol stops at the predetermined symbol in the fluctuation areas 6a and 6c of the first area group G1 to the time when the second symbol finally stops in the fluctuation area 6b. Do it twice. In this way, if the combination of the second symbol finally stopped and displayed and the already stopped first symbol becomes a combination of specific symbols, the player may obtain a privilege. Therefore, even after the symbol is displayed in the variable region 6b of the second region group G2 in a visually recognizable state, the player can maintain the expectation of expecting the privilege. In the example of FIG. 1, the display unit 8 includes three variable regions 6a, 6b, and 6c. However, the same applies to a case in which two variable regions or four or more plural variable regions are provided. That is, the plurality of variable regions are arbitrarily set to the first region group G1 or the second region group G
When divided into two, the above-described operation is realized, and the above-described effect can be obtained.

Next, an example in which the present invention is applied to a first-class pachinko machine, which is one of gaming machines, will be described. First, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing the appearance of the multifunction peripheral. In FIG. 2, on the game board surface 12 of the pachinko machine 10, a first-type starting port 26, a large winning port 28, a multifunction device 14, a general winning port, and the like are appropriately arranged.

The first-type starting port 26 has a movable wing piece (a so-called tulip) that opens and closes in the horizontal direction in the drawing, a starting port sensor 50 that detects a winning of a pachinko ball, and the like. When a pachinko ball wins in the first type start-up port 26, a prize ball (also referred to as a "prize ball") is paid out similarly to a normal winning port.
The movable wing piece is opened and closed by a solenoid 52. The special winning opening 28 has a lid 58 that opens and closes in the front-rear direction of the drawing, a V zone 48 as a special area, a winning opening as a general area, and the like. The lid 58 is opened and closed by a solenoid 46, a V zone sensor 44 is provided in the V zone 48, and a winning sensor 56 is provided in the winning opening. At the time of the jackpot game, the lid 58 is opened so that the pachinko ball can easily enter the large winning opening 28. If the pachinko ball wins in the V zone 48 while the lid 58 is open, the jackpot game can be continued within a required number of times (for example, 15 times). The period during which the lid 58 is open (hereinafter, referred to as a “large winning opening opening period”) is, for example, whichever of ten pachinko balls wins in the special winning opening 28 or 30 seconds after opening. Is more relevant. Note that the starting port sensor 50 and the V zone sensor 4
For 4, a sensor such as a proximity sensor, a microswitch, or an optical sensor is used.

The composite device 14 shown in FIG.
4, a normal symbol display 20 for displaying an ordinary symbol, a special symbol display 24 for displaying images such as a special symbol, a chance symbol, and a background symbol, and gates 22 and 54 during the change of the ordinary symbol.
Ball lamp 6 that displays the number of pachinko balls that have passed
4. It has a holding ball lamp 68 and the like for displaying the number of pachinko balls that have won the first type starting port 26 during the change of the special symbol. The gate 22 has a gate sensor 72, and the gate 54 has a gate sensor 60. When the pachinko ball passes through the gates 22 and 54, the normal symbol display 20 starts to change the normal symbol, but does not pay out the prize ball unlike the case of the first type starting port 26. The holding ball lamps 64, 68
Each of the plurality of luminous bodies (for example, four LEDs) arranged in a substantially circumferential shape so as to surround the ordinary symbol display 20.

Normally, the symbol display 20 uses, for example, a 7-segment LED. The ordinary symbol displayed on the ordinary symbol display 20 is used to determine whether or not it is a hit, and for example, alphanumeric characters and symbols are used. This ordinary pattern is gate 22,
When the pachinko ball passes through 54, it starts to fluctuate and then stops. Then, when the stopped and displayed ordinary symbol matches the symbol, the movable wing piece of the first type starting port 26 is opened for a certain period (for example, 0.5 seconds). When the pachinko balls pass through the gates 22 and 54 during the change of the normal symbol, the LEDs of the holding ball lamps 64 are turned on according to the number of pachinko balls. It should be noted that other than the 7-segment LED, other displays capable of displaying a normal design such as a liquid crystal display, a CRT, an LED display, and a plasma display may be used as the normal design display 20. The special symbol display 24 corresponds to the display unit 8 and uses, for example, a liquid crystal display. The special symbol displayed on the special symbol display 24 is used to determine whether or not a big hit,
The chance symbol (also referred to as a “fourth symbol”) is used to determine an additional privilege other than the bonus due to the jackpot, and the background symbol is a symbol displayed as a special symbol or a background of the chance symbol. For these special symbols, chance symbols, and background symbols, for example, alphanumeric characters, kanji, kana, symbols, signs, figures, moving images (such as images and animations), and still images are used.
In the example shown in FIG. 3, three variable regions 74, 78, and 82 are provided on the screen of the special symbol display 24, and the left symbol 76, the middle symbol 80, and the right symbol 84 are displayed in a varied or stopped order. The variable regions 74 and 82 belong to the first region group G1,
The variable region 78 is divided so as to belong to the second region group G2. In addition, the special symbol display 24 is a liquid crystal display,
A display such as a CRT, an LED display, a plasma display, or the like, which can display a special symbol may be used. Further, although the normal symbol display 20 and the special symbol display 24 are separately used, the same display may be used for both. In addition, the composite device 14 has a light-emitting body such as a lamp, a decorative plate, and the like, and exhibits a decorative effect to entertain the eyes of the player.

Returning to FIG. 2, except for the game board surface 12, a lower plate 38 for temporarily storing pachinko balls including prize balls, an ashtray 40 for holding cigarette butts and the like, a speaker 42 for outputting sound effects and music, A touch sensor 36 for detecting whether or not the player's hand is touching the handle 34, a metal frame sensor 30 for detecting the opening of the glass frame 18, and the like are provided. Speaker 42
Is provided inside the upper plate 32, which is a tray for receiving prize balls, and the touch sensor 36 and the metal frame sensor 30 are provided at required positions. Further, the lamps 16 use light emitters such as light bulbs and LEDs, and are not limited to the positions shown in the figure, but are arranged at appropriate positions according to the type of the pachinko machine 10 and the contents of the game.

Next, a specific configuration example of the main control board 100 and the display control board 200 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main control board 100 and the display control board 200. Both the main control board 100 and the display control board 200 are provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 10. In FIG. 4, a main control board 100 corresponding to the game control unit 2 is a CPU.
(Processor) 110 and the pachinko machine 10
To control the pachinko game performed in the game. The main control board 100 includes a ROM 112 for storing a game control program and data such as a jackpot, a RAM 114 for temporarily storing data such as various random numbers and a detection signal, and gate sensors 60 and 72 and a V zone sensor 44. An input processing circuit 102 for inputting a detection signal output from the winning sensor,
An output processing circuit 104 that outputs a drive signal for driving the solenoids 46 and 52, a display control circuit 106 that performs display control of the lamps 16 and the ordinary symbol display 20, and the like, and a communication that communicates with the display control board 200. The control circuit 116 is provided. These CPU 110, ROM 112, RA
M114, the input processing circuit 102, and the communication control circuit 116 are mutually connected by a bus 118. Although not shown, a backup memory for backing up data and the like stored by a flash memory or a battery may be separately provided.

A display control board 200 corresponding to the display control section 4 is mainly composed of a CPU 210, and receives a display command sent from the main control board 100 to appropriately process characters, designs, etc. to be displayed. Processing for displaying on the special symbol display 24 is performed. The display control board 200 has a ROM 2 for storing data such as a display control program and display information.
02, RAM for temporarily storing data such as command signals
204, a communication control circuit 206 for performing communication with the main control board 100, a character generator 212 for generating data such as characters, designs, and backgrounds, and performing image editing such as color designation and sprite processing to finally obtain an image. VDP (Video Displa) that outputs signals (video signals, synchronization signals, etc.)
y Prosessor) 214 and the like. These CPU2
10, ROM 202, RAM 204, communication control circuit 20
6, the VDP 214 is mutually connected by the bus 208. Although not shown, a flash memory and a backup memory may be separately provided as in the case of the main control board 100. When receiving a display command output from the main control board 100, the CPU 210 reads display information corresponding to the display command from the ROM 202 and
To the VDP 214 via the. VDP214 is VR
It has an AM, a pallet RAM, etc., receives display information sent from the CPU 210, reads data corresponding to the display information from the character generator 212,
Perform image editing such as color specification and sprite processing, and
The data is developed on a RAM or a palette RAM, and finally an image signal is output to the special symbol display 24. In addition, RO provided on the main control board 100 and the display control board 200
Although an EPROM is used for M, an EEPROM or a flash memory may be used. Similarly, a DRAM is used as the RAM, but an SRAM, a flash memory, or the like may be used.

In the pachinko machine 10 configured as described above, in order to realize the present invention, the main control board 100
And the processing procedure performed by the display control board 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG.
6 shows the contents of the symbol variation process, FIG. 7 shows the content of the variation display process, FIG. 8 shows the content of the reach process, and FIG. 9 shows the content of the reach pattern process. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the contents of the image display processing. Among these processing procedures, the first-type starting port processing,
The symbol variation process, the variation display process, the reach process, and the reach pattern process are all performed by the main control board 100 shown in FIG.
, The game control program stored in the ROM 112 is realized by the CPU 110 at an appropriate timing (for example, every 4 milliseconds). The display processing is performed by the CPU 21 on the display control board 200.
0 and VDP 214 are realized by executing a program at an appropriate timing. In the following description, in the case of “the number of reserved balls”, the special symbol display 24
Means that the number of pachinko balls that have won the first-type start-up port 26 while the special symbol is displayed fluctuating is displayed. Also,
In the case of "adding", it usually means to increase the number of reserved balls by one.
Includes the case of increasing by more than one. "Subtract"
In this case, the addition is the same as the addition except that the number of reserved balls is reduced.

First, in the first type starting port processing shown in FIG.
The winning determination of the pachinko ball with respect to the first type starting port 26 is performed. Specifically, first, it is determined whether or not a pachinko ball has won the first type starting port 26 (step S10). Specifically, in FIG. 3, when a detection signal is output from the starting port sensor 50, it is determined that a prize has been won (YES), and when no detection signal has been output, it is determined that a prize has not been won (NO). Then, when the pachinko ball has won the first-type starting port 26, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls has reached an upper limit value (for example, 4) [step S12]. If the number of reserved balls has not reached the upper limit (NO), the number of reserved balls is added [step S14]. The LED of the holding ball lamp 68 is turned on according to the added number of holding balls. After that, various random numbers are read and stored (step S16), and the first type start-up process is terminated. In the case where the pachinko ball has not been won in the first kind starting port 26 (NO in step S10).
Or when the number of reserved balls has reached the upper limit (step S1
In (NO of 2), the first-type start-up process is terminated without any operation.

Here, the random numbers shown in step S16 include a jackpot determination random number RA and a jackpot symbol random number R
B, reach pattern random number RC, probability variation random number RD, re-reach number random number RE, and the like. The jackpot determination random number RA is a random number for determining whether or not a jackpot has occurred.
The jackpot symbol random number RB is a random number for specifying a special symbol to be stopped and displayed on the special symbol indicator 24 when it is determined to be a jackpot by the jackpot determination random number RA. The reach pattern random number RC is a random number for specifying a display pattern from when the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display 24 reaches the reach until the remaining special symbols stop. The “reach state” means a state in which other special symbols match the big hit symbols, except for the remaining special symbols that are still fluctuating. The probability variation random number RD is a random number for determining whether to change the probability of a jackpot after a jackpot. The random number RE for the number of times of re-reaching is a random number for determining the number of times of performing the reach after reaching the reach.

Next, in the symbol changing process shown in FIG. 6, a process of changing and displaying the special symbol on the special symbol display 24 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls is a positive number (that is, the number of reserved balls> 0) (step S20). If the number of retained balls is a positive number (YES), the random number RA for jackpot determination stored in step S16 is read [step S22], and the number of retained balls is subtracted in preparation for the next process [step S24]. Then, a variable display process is performed [Step S26]. The specific contents of the variable display processing will be described with reference to FIG.

In the variable display processing shown in FIG. 7, it is first determined whether or not a "big hit" has occurred (step S40). Specifically, the determination is made based on whether or not the jackpot determination random number RA read in step S22 matches the jackpot value. The number of jackpots is usually one, but may be plural depending on the game state (for example, when the probability changes). If it is a "big hit" (YES), step S in FIG.
The random number RB for the jackpot symbol stored in step 16 is read [step S42], and the process proceeds to step S44 to start changing the special symbol. A symbol that will eventually be stopped and determined (hereinafter referred to as a “scheduled symbol to be stopped”) is determined based on the jackpot symbol random number RB. On the other hand, step S4
If it is determined to be "losing" at 0 (NO), the missing symbol data is read from the RAM 114 in order to display the missing symbol on the special symbol display 24 (step S60).
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the outlying symbol data includes a reach symbol [step S62]. If the reach symbol data includes the reach symbol (YES), the data eventually becomes “losing”, but reaches the reach midway, and proceeds to step S44 described later. On the other hand, if the reach symbol data does not include the reach symbol (NO), the process proceeds to step S64 described later.

When the display command is sent to the display control board 200 and the special symbol starts to fluctuate [Step S44], a reach process is performed [Step S46]. The processing performed by the display control board 200 will be described later. Here, the specific contents of the reach processing will be described with reference to FIG. In the reach processing shown in FIG. 8, first, step S in FIG.
The reach pattern random number RC stored in step 16 is read [step S70], and the reach pattern is determined [step S72]. That is, the reach pattern is determined according to Table 1 below based on the symbol to be stopped determined in step S42 or step S60 in FIG. 7 and the reach pattern random number RC read in step S70 in FIG.
The special symbol displayed as the reach symbol is a symbol belonging to the first area group G1, for example, a left symbol 76 and a right symbol 84. In the ordinary pachinko machine 10, the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 8
4 has the same design. Then, due to the shift of the symbol of the middle symbol 80 (hereinafter referred to as “symbol relationship”) from the view of the reach symbol, two symbols before, one symbol before, the same symbol, one symbol after, two symbols after, and other symbols ( For example, there are three symbols before and three symbols after). For example, if the middle symbol 80 is the symbol “6” when the reach symbol is the symbol “7”, the middle symbol 80 is “one symbol before” as viewed from the reach symbol. Table 1 shows an example of the relationship between the symbols and the setting of the reach pattern random number RC that can take any numerical value from 0 to 10.

[0028]

[Table 1]

Table 1 shows the six reach patterns α,
β, γ, δ, ε, and ζ are set. For example, this is performed after the middle symbol 80 is displayed in a visible state after the reach is reached, and the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84 are changed to another symbol, and the middle symbol 80 is changed after the change. (Hereinafter, this is simply referred to as “re-reach variation.”) A reach pattern β is referred to as a reach pattern β. Here, Table 2 shows an outline of display contents of the reach patterns α, β, γ, δ, ε, and ζ. The “action” shown in Table 2 means performing animation or the like. The “forward / reverse variation” means a special symbol (left symbol 76, left symbol 76, centered on a predetermined position (for example, a horizontal line passing through the center of the screen) of the special symbol indicator 24).
This is a variation in a mode in which the middle symbol 80 and the right symbol 84 are swung in a predetermined direction by a predetermined range (for example, a half symbol in the vertical direction). The “movement position” is a position on the screen that is different from the predetermined position.

[0030]

[Table 2]

When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the above Table 1
May be changed (changed) by changing the position or the number of the reach patterns α, β, γ, δ, ε, に お け る. As the predetermined condition, for example, a special symbol is a specific symbol (for example, “33
3)). In this way, the player can maintain the expectation of the jackpot until all the special symbols stop. Similarly, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the re-reach fluctuation period (start time and end time), the direction of the re-reach fluctuation, the symbol for performing the re-reach fluctuation, and the like may be changed (changed). In this way, the manner of the re-reach fluctuation changes, so that the player does not know whether or not a big hit will occur due to the re-reach fluctuation performed.
Therefore, the player can enjoy the change of the display mode due to the fluctuation of the reach, and can play the game with the expectation that the player will win.

Next, based on the reach pattern determined in step S72, a display command is sent to the display control board 200 to display the reach symbol on the special symbol display 24 [step S74]. Note that when displaying the reach symbol, a notification for causing the player to recognize that the reach has been reached may be performed together. As the notification, for example, "reach"
, A predetermined animation, or the like, a sound or a specific sound effect is output from the speaker 42, or the handle 34 touched by the player or the chair on which the player sits is vibrated. In this way, the player can more reliably recognize that the reach has been reached.

Then, the variable display processing is divided depending on whether or not the reach pattern β (specific reach pattern) (step S76). If the reach pattern is a reach pattern other than the reach pattern β (NO), a display command is sent to the display control board 200 to change the symbol in the corresponding reach pattern (step S80). On the other hand, if it is the reach pattern β (YES), a reach pattern display process is performed [step S78]. Here, the specific contents of the reach pattern display processing will be described with reference to FIG.

In the reach pattern display processing shown in FIG.
First, the random number RE for the number of reach times stored in step S16 of FIG. 5 is read (step S90), and the number of reach times indicating the number of reach times is determined and reported according to the value of the random number RE for reach times [step S90]. S92]. The number of times of re-reach corresponds to “the number of times of changing the first symbol”, and is determined within a range from 0 times to the upper limit number (for example, 5 times).
As a specific method of determining the number of times of re-reach, for example, the relationship between the random number RE for number of times of re-reach and the number of times of re-
A method of making a determination with reference to a table stored in the OM 112 or the like, or a method of determining the value corresponding to the remainder (ie, 0 to 5) obtained by dividing the value of the random number RE for the number of reach times by 6 corresponds to the method. If the number of times of re-reach is large, the chance of becoming a "big hit" is also increased, and the expectation of the player can be further increased. On the other hand, when the number of times of re-reach is 0, the state is the same as that of the other reach patterns, and the player is not disadvantaged. In addition, the notification of the number of times of re-reaching may be performed by, for example, displaying a display window corresponding to the number of times of re-reaching in a predetermined shape (specifically, a circle or a polygon), displaying a character, a figure, or the like; There is an arbitrary mode such as notification. By this notification, it is possible to know at least how many chances of the "big hit", so that the player can continue the game while expecting the "big hit".

Then, a display command is sent to the display control board 200 to change (for example, decelerate) the fluctuation speed of the middle symbol 80 which is still fluctuating (step S94) and move for fluctuation in the fluctuation area 78. The player's eyes can track the middle symbol 80 that is being played. That is, the middle symbol 80 is displayed in a fluctuating manner while the eyes of the player are visible. The display in this mode is arbitrary (whole period or part of the period) from when the reach is reached to when the middle symbol 80 is finally stopped. By doing so, the middle symbol 80 can be tracked with the eyes, so that the player can have a feeling of expectation that the middle symbol 80 will stop at the symbol that becomes a “big hit”.

Further, a display command is sent to the display control board 200 to change the fluctuation speed, and it is determined whether or not a "big hit" is caused by the stopped middle symbol 80 or the slowly moving middle symbol 80 (step S96). If it is a "big hit" (YES), the reach pattern display processing ends.
On the other hand, if "missing" (NO), it is determined whether or not the number of times of loop repetition has reached the number of times of re-reaching determined in step S92 (step S98). If the repetition number has reached the re-reach number (YES), the reach pattern display processing is terminated as "outside".

On the other hand, if the repetition number has not reached the re-reach number (NO), a display command is sent to the display control board 200, and the reach symbol displayed as the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84 (hereinafter simply referred to as " The old reach symbol is changed to another reach symbol [step S100]. Here, another reach symbol to be changed (hereinafter, simply referred to as a “new reach symbol”) is a left symbol 76 and / or a variable region 82 that appears when the variable symbol 74 is displayed in a variable manner.
It is desirable to determine them in the order of the right symbols 84 that appear when the images are displayed in a fluctuating manner. In this way, the player can predict the new reach symbol changed from the old reach symbol to some extent, and can play the game with a sense of expectation for the new reach symbol.

Then, the old reach symbol is erased or painted black (step S102), and the middle symbol 80 starts to fluctuate vigorously again (step S104), and returns to step S94. In this manner, a mode in which the middle symbol 80 is changed after the old reach symbol is changed to the new reach symbol within the range of the number of re-reaches determined in step S92. In addition,
Eventually, in step S96, a "big hit" is reached, or in step S98, the reach pattern display process is terminated with "losing", and the process returns to the reach process of FIG.

After the steps S78 and S80 have been executed in this way, the reach processing is completed and the process returns to FIG. 7, and all the special symbols are stopped (step S48). Specifically, medium design 8
Stop 0 and display. Here, if it is not the reach symbol in step S62 (NO), the special symbol starts to fluctuate similarly to step S44 [step S64], and the fluctuation symbol is displayed based on the display pattern of the missing symbol [step S6].
6] Then, the special symbol is stopped [Step S4
8]. In steps S64, S66, and S48, corresponding display commands are sent to the display control board 200, thereby realizing the display. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a probability change [Step S5
0], if it is a probability variation, a probability variation process is performed [Step S52], and then the variation display process ends. The probability variation is determined by determining whether the random number RD for probability variation stored in step S16 of FIG. 5 matches a predetermined value, or a special symbol displayed and actually stopped on the special symbol display 24. This is performed depending on whether or not the symbols and the symbols are displayed in a predetermined combination. The predetermined combination is, for example, a case where the special symbol is “777” and the chance symbol is blue. The specific contents of the probability variation process are the same as those of the well-known process, and a description thereof will be omitted. In addition, when the probability variation process is executed, the probability of a special symbol and / or a normal symbol hit increases from the end of the current jackpot game to the next jackpot and the special symbol and / or the normal symbol. Is reduced. On the other hand, if the change is not the probability change (NO in step S50), the change display process is terminated without any operation.

Further, after the special symbol change display process is completed, the process returns to FIG. 6, and it is finally determined whether or not the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display 24 matches the big hit symbol [step S28]. ]. In step S40 shown in FIG. 7, it is also determined whether or not a big hit has occurred, but this determination is made based on the random number RA for big hit determination read in step S22. However, when the variable display process of step S26 is being performed, it is affected by external noise and the like,
The intended jackpot display may become a missed display. Therefore, in order to prevent confusion in the pachinko game, the special symbol displayed on the screen 22a is prioritized to determine whether or not a big hit has occurred. It should be noted that the pachinko machine 10 which is less susceptible to external noise and the like and has high reliability.
Then, it may be determined in step S28 whether or not a “big hit” is based only on the big hit determination random number RA. This improves the processing speed. If the special symbol matches the jackpot symbol (YES), a jackpot process is performed as "big hit" (step S30), and the symbol variation process ends. The jackpot processing is performed, for example, on the lid 5 of the special winning opening 28.
This is a process of releasing the ball 8 for a certain period (for example, 30 seconds) and paying out a prize ball according to the number of winning pachinko balls. On the other hand, if the special symbol does not coincide with the big hit symbol (NO), the CPU 11 performs the losing process as "losing" (step S32), and ends the symbol changing process. It should be noted that the specific contents of the off-set processing are the same as those of the well-known processing, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Here, a process in which the display control board 200, which has received the display command output from the main control board 100, edits the corresponding image and displays it on the special symbol display 24 will be described with reference to FIG. . It is assumed that the display command output from the main control board 100 is stored in a reception buffer in the RAM 204 shown in FIG. 4 by a separate processing program executed by a reception interrupt. In the image display process shown in FIG.
210 reads the display command stored in the reception buffer [Step S110], acquires display data based on the read display command, and stores it in the RAM 204 [Step S112]. More specifically, the display data is acquired by defining the relationship between the display command and the display data and referring to a table stored in the ROM 202 or the like. This display data is a data element (parameter) for performing image editing, for example, status number, left symbol number, left position coordinate, middle symbol number, middle position coordinate, right symbol number, right position coordinate, animation number, status It has a flag, an animation timer, and the like. The display data thus obtained is obtained 21
0 transmits the display data to the VDP 214.

VD receiving display data from CPU 210
P214 extracts data such as characters, designs, and backgrounds from the character generator 212 based on the display data [Step S114], and performs image editing such as color designation and sprite processing [Step S116].
M or expand the data on the palette RAM [Step S
118]. Then, the developed data is converted into an image signal and output to the special symbol display 24 [Step S12
0]. In this manner, the symbols and the like edited based on the display data can be displayed on the special symbol display 24. Also,
Since image editing is performed by the VDP 214 as hardware, images can be displayed at high speed.

Next, an example of a mode in which the processing shown in FIGS. 5 to 10 is executed and displayed on the special symbol display 24 will be described with reference to FIGS. Each of these figures shows an example of the special symbol displayed on the screen of the special symbol display 24.

First, at the start of the change of the special symbol (steps S44 and S64 in FIG. 7), the left symbol 76, the middle symbol 80, and the right symbol 84 are started to vary almost simultaneously as shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the reach is reached, the reach symbol is displayed (step S74 shown in FIG. 8), and FIG. 11 (B)
As shown in (1), the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84 are stopped and displayed at the same symbol (in this example, symbol "7") in the variable region 74 and the variable region 82 belonging to the first region group G1. This stop display allows the player to know that the reach has been reached. Then, when the number of reach times is determined in the reach pattern display process (Step S shown in FIG. 9).
92), in the example shown in FIG. 11 (C), a circular display window appears in the fluctuating area 74 and fluctuating area 82 in correspondence with the determined number of times of re-reach and is notified. In this example, the number of re-reach is 4
The reach symbol at the time of the reach is displayed in the uppermost display window, and the reach symbol corresponding to the number of times of re-reach is displayed in the second to fifth stages, but the character "?" Is displayed in the display window. here,
The “re-reach” is an apparent reach displayed on the special symbol display 24 in accordance with the reach pattern, and does not mean a reach as a result of randomly selecting whether or not “big hit” is determined by random numbers or the like. Thereafter, the fluctuation speed of the middle symbol 80 is changed (step S94 shown in FIG. 9), and FIG.
As shown in (A), the middle symbol 80 is changed at a speed (visual speed) at which a player or the like can visually recognize the contents of the symbol, that is, a low speed, a slow motion, a stop motion, or the like. In another embodiment, the middle symbol 80 may be temporarily stopped.

Next, when it is determined whether or not a big hit has occurred (step S96 shown in FIG. 9), the middle symbol 80 is temporarily stopped and only the special symbol is displayed as shown in FIG. As shown in (C), there is a mode in which the middle symbol 80 fluctuates as it is. In the example of FIG.
In the example of FIG. 12 (C), it passes through the symbol “777” and reaches the symbol “767”. In each of these examples, it is "out" and the repetition count has not reached the re-reach count, so that the reach symbol is changed to the new reach symbol as shown in FIG. 13 (A) (step shown in FIG. 9). S100), the old reach design is painted black (FIG. 9)
Step S102). In this example, the new reach symbol is a symbol "5" in both the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84, is displayed in the second display window, and the uppermost display window is painted black. When the middle symbol 80 stops, the middle symbol 80 starts to change again at the visual recognition speed (step S104 shown in FIG. 9).

As described above, steps S94 to S94 shown in FIG.
When the processing up to step S104 is repeated, the reach symbols become new one after another, and the display window of the old reach symbol for which “losing” has been determined is painted black. That is, in the third reach, it is displayed as shown in FIG. 13B, in the fourth reach, it is displayed as shown in FIG. 13C, and in the fifth reach, it is displayed as shown in FIG. . When the fifth reach is a "big hit", the middle symbol 80 is displayed as a symbol "7" as shown in FIG. 14 (B), and only the special symbol finally determined as the "big hit" is shown in FIG. It is displayed as shown in (C). Note that, even when finally determined as “outside” (NO in step S98 shown in FIG. 9), for example, as shown in FIG. 12B, only the special symbol indicating “outside” is displayed. As described above, since the display window corresponding to the number of times of re-reach is displayed on the special symbol display 24, a mode of "big hit" with the number of lines corresponding to the number of times of re-reach is realized. Since a player has a greater chance of becoming a "big hit", it is possible to give the player the expectation of playing with the aim of the "big hit".

According to the above embodiment, corresponding to claim 1, the variable region 74 of the first region group G1 (first group),
After the symbols are displayed in a visible state at 82, the first symbol is changed (see step S96 shown in FIG. 9, FIG. 12 (B), FIG. 12 (C), etc.), and after the change, the variable area of the second group is changed. To change the symbol group (step S10 shown in FIG. 9).
4). These changes and changes are made in the change regions 74 and 82 of the first region group G1 after the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84 (first symbol) stop at a predetermined symbol, and then the change region 7 of the second region group G2.
8 is performed at least once until the middle symbol 80 (second symbol) finally stops. If the combination of the middle symbol 80 finally stopped and displayed and the already stopped left symbol 76 and right symbol 84 becomes a specific symbol combination,
Players may get benefits. Therefore, even after the symbols are displayed in the variable region 78 of the second group in a visible state, the player can maintain the expectation of expecting the privilege. This means that the variable regions 74, 78, 8
The same applies to other modes other than those described above in which 2 is divided into a first area group G1 and a second area group G2, or two variable areas or four or more variable areas. Further, the variable region 7
The first symbol may be changed at the same time as the symbols are displayed in a visible state at 4, 82, and the symbol group may be changed in the change area 78 simultaneously with or after the change. Even in these cases, the above operation and effect can be obtained.

According to the second aspect, the changed symbol which is to be changed after the change and which is to be changed in the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84 is displayed in the order of the symbols appearing when the image is changed and displayed in any of the variable regions. (Step S100 shown in FIG. 9). The player can predict a changed symbol to some extent by looking at the symbol displayed fluctuating in any of the fluctuation regions. Therefore, the player can play the game with an expectation of expecting a changed symbol for obtaining a privilege. In particular, when the symbols are determined according to the order of symbols appearing when the symbols are changed and displayed in the variable region 78, the reach symbols displayed on the display window are relatively easily concentrated. Therefore, the sense of urgency (or sense of expectation) that causes a "big hit" can be further increased. This means that the variable regions 74 belonging to the first region group G1,
The same applies to the case where the symbols are determined in the order of symbols appearing when the symbols are displayed in a variable manner.

Further, according to claim 3, the number of changes determined by lottery may be one or two or more (step S92 shown in FIG. 9). If the number of changes is large, the chance of a “big hit” is increased, so that the player can further increase expectations.

Then, in response to claim 4, the number of changes and the changed symbol are notified (steps S92 and S92 shown in FIG. 9).
FIG. 11C). If the number of changes is notified, the player can predict the progress of the game. If the changed symbol is notified, the player can know which symbol will be the big hit. For this reason, the player can more reliably predict the privilege to be obtained when the "big hit" is obtained, based on the notified symbols. The same applies to the case where either the number of changes or the changed symbol is notified.

[Other Embodiments] The above-described pachinko machine 1
In 0 (gaming machine), the structure, shape, size, material, arrangement, operating conditions, and the like of other parts are not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, each of the following embodiments to which the above embodiment is applied may be implemented. (1) In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the pachinko machine 10. Instead of this mode, the present invention can be similarly applied to gaming machines other than pachinko machines (for example, slot machines, arranged ball machines, video game machines, etc.). Even in such a gaming machine, since the second symbol is changed again even after at least all the special symbols have been stopped once, the player can maintain the expectation of expecting a privilege. (2) In the above embodiment, the number of reach is determined by only one lottery after reaching the reach (step S92 in FIG. 9). Instead of (or in addition to) this form, the number of re-reach times may be determined by two or more lotteries. In this case, the number of times of re-reach may increase by performing the lottery a plurality of times. for that reason,
The player can have a sense of expectation to be a “big hit” (a combination of specific symbols) as the number of re-reach increases. Further, the number of times of re-reach may be determined by another method instead of the lottery. As another method, for example, it is determined by the number of pachinko balls that have passed through the gates 22 and 54 or reached the first-type starting port 26 after reaching the reach, or the middle symbol 80 when the speed is fluctuating at the visual recognition speed. There are methods. In this case, the number of re-reaches may be increased by a method other than the lottery, so that the player can have a sense of expectation to be a "big hit". Further, the timing of determining the number of times of re-reach is not limited to immediately after reaching the reach, may be before reaching, may be when changing the reach symbol, the type of the pachinko machine 10, the game state, etc. May be set as desired. In this way, the time for determining the number of re-reach times is expanded, so that the player can play the game with a sense of expectation for determining the number of re-reach times. In addition, the application example of the number of re-reach
The same applies to a changed symbol (reach symbol) in which the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84 are to be changed. In this case, since the changed symbols are diversified, the player can play the game while expecting which changed symbol will be obtained.

(3) In the above embodiment, the number of times of change and the changed symbol are notified after reaching the reach (see step S92 shown in FIG. 9, FIG. 11 (C), FIG. 12). Instead of (or in addition to) this form, the number of changes and / or the changed symbol may be notified before reaching the reach, and may be notified after the middle symbol 80 is changed at least once. If the notification is made before reaching the reach, the player can play the game with expectation of reaching. Also, if the notification is made after changing the middle symbol 80 at least once, a surprise is given to the player who thought that the middle symbol 80 has not been changed, and the expectation of expecting the "big hit" once lost is regained. be able to. (4) In the above embodiment, the number of times the reach symbol has been changed,
There is no relationship between the degree of trust (that is, the probability of becoming a "big hit"). Instead of this mode, a certain relationship may be provided between the number of times the reach symbol is changed and the reliability. For example, the reliability is increased as the number of changes of the reach symbol increases. In this way, the greater the number of changes in the reach symbol, the more likely it is to be a "big hit", so that the player can play a game with an increased sense of expectation for a "big hit". Conversely, the reliability decreases as the number of times of changing the reach symbol increases. By doing so, the "big hit" is achieved with a small number of changes, so that the number of benefits obtained per unit time can be increased. Further, the relationship between the number of times the reach symbol is changed and the reliability may be changed according to the type of the pachinko machine 10, the game state, and the like. In this way, regardless of the number of changes, the player can play a game with a sense of expectation for a "big hit" according to the game state and the like.

(5) In the above embodiment, only the changed symbol to be changed next time is notified (see step S92 shown in FIG. 9, FIG. 11C and FIG. 12). Instead of this mode, all the changed symbols (reach symbols) corresponding to the number of times of re-reach may be notified, or only the changed symbols for two or more times may be notified. In this case, since the changed symbol which is changed not only the next time but also the next time is known, the chance of becoming a "big hit" is increased. Therefore, the player can continue the game while expecting a “big hit”. (6) In the above embodiment, the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 84 as the first group and the middle symbol 80 as the second group are displayed on the special symbol display 24, respectively. Instead of this mode, the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol may be displayed on separate displays in a normal gaming state. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, only the left symbol 62 a is on the left side of the special symbol display 24 in the drawing of the special symbol indicator 24, the special symbol indicator 62 provided on the multifunction device 14, the middle symbol 80 is on the special symbol indicator 24, and the right symbol is Only 70 a is displayed on the special symbol display 70 provided on the composite device 14 on the right side of the special symbol display 24 in the drawing. For example, a 7-segment display is used as the special symbol displays 62 and 70. The special symbol display 24 may display a background symbol or a decorative symbol (for example, a character) in addition to the middle symbol 80 as necessary. And
In the normal game state, the left symbol 62a, the middle symbol 80, and the right symbol 70a are displayed on separate displays as described above. However, while the required conditions are satisfied, the left symbol 62a is displayed on the special symbol display 62 and the special symbol display 24, and the right symbol 70a is displayed on the special symbol display 70 and the special symbol display 24. At this time, the special symbol display 24
Then, as shown in FIG. 11C and the like, a left symbol 62a instead of the left symbol 76 is displayed on the display window of the variable region 74,
The middle symbol 80 is displayed on the display window of the variable region 82 in the right symbol 84.
Are displayed, respectively. Here, FIG.
Is executed, the special symbol display 62 and the left symbol 62a displayed on the special symbol display 24 are executed.
And the right symbol 70a displayed on the special symbol display 70 and the special symbol display 24 are changed almost simultaneously. Note that the time period during which the required condition is satisfied includes, for example, a time period from when the reach is reached and the reach pattern β is determined to when the fluctuation display of the reach pattern β is finished. As described above, the mode of the display for displaying the left symbol 62a, the middle symbol 80, and the right symbol 70a is different between the normal game state and the time when the required condition is satisfied. By doing so, the range of variation of the special symbol (especially the middle symbol 80) is widened in the normal game state, so that the variation mode can be varied. In addition, while the required condition is satisfied, the special symbols are displayed on one special symbol display 24 in a concentrated manner, so that the player can easily grasp the reach symbols and the like.

(7) In the above embodiment, the variable region 7
4, 78, 82 (a plurality of variable regions) are assigned to the first region group G1.
(First group) and a second area group G2 (second group). Then, a first symbol is displayed in the variable region of the first region group G1, and a second symbol is displayed in the second region group G2. Instead of this mode, the variable regions 74, 78, and 82 (a plurality of variable regions) displayed on the special symbol display 24 (display unit) are divided into three or more region groups (three or more groups). The first symbol may be displayed in some area groups, and the second symbol may be displayed in other area groups. Further, while the required condition is satisfied, the second symbol may be displayed in some of the area groups, and the first symbol may be displayed in other area groups. The required condition is, for example, during a jackpot game period. Even in such a group division, if a "big hit" is finally achieved by the stopped and displayed second symbol, the player may obtain a privilege, so that the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained. . (8) In the above embodiment, the left symbol 76 and the right symbol 8
On the condition that No. 4 matches the predetermined symbol, that is, when the reach is reached (step S76 shown in FIG. 8), the fluctuation speed of the middle symbol 80 is changed (step S9 shown in FIG. 9).
4) Then, the middle symbol 80 was changed (step S104 shown in FIG. 9). Instead of this mode, the above-described mode may be performed when another condition is satisfied. Other conditions include that the left symbol 76 or the right symbol 84 has become a specific symbol, or that a specific sensor (a gate sensor or a winning sensor) has detected a pachinko ball. By doing so, the middle symbol 80 is changed again after the other conditions are satisfied, so that the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

[0055]

According to the present invention, the player can maintain a feeling of expecting a privilege even after the symbol is displayed in a visible state in the variable area of the second group.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating an appearance of the multifunction peripheral.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a main control board and a display control board.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a first-type start-up process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a symbol changing process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a variable display process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a reach process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating reach pattern display processing.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an image display process.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a special symbol displayed on the screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a special symbol displayed on the screen.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a special symbol displayed on the screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a special symbol displayed on the screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 game control unit 4 display control unit 6a, 6b, 6c change area 8 display unit G1 first area group (first group) G2 second area group (second group) 10 pachinko machine (game machine) 12 game board surface 14 composite Apparatus 24 Special symbol display (display unit) 26 Type 1 starting port 60,72 Gate sensor 62,70 Reach symbol display 100 Main control board (game control unit) 200 Display control board (display control unit)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine, comprising: a display unit having a plurality of variable areas for displaying a group of symbols consisting of a plurality of symbols in a varied or stopped manner, wherein when a combination of specific symbols is stopped after the variation, a bonus is given to the player. The plurality of variable regions are divided into a first group and a second group. After the first symbol stops at a predetermined symbol in the variable region of the first group, a second symbol is included in the variable region of the second group. Until the final stop, the first symbol is changed after the symbol is displayed in a visible state in the variable region of the second group, and after the change, the symbol is changed in the variable region of the second group. A gaming machine having a mode of changing a symbol group. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a changed symbol whose first symbol is to be changed is determined in an order of symbols appearing when the symbol is changed and displayed in any of the variable regions. A gaming machine having an embodiment. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the number of times of changing the first symbol is determined by lottery. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a number of times of changing the first symbol and / or a changed symbol for changing the first symbol is notified. Machine.