JP2005080824A - Game machine, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a game from becoming monotonous, when winning a specific win combination, in notifying an operation order of a reel stop means of possibly winning the specific win combination. <P>SOLUTION: When winning a bell, this game machine determines the operation order of stop buttons of possibly winning the bell by a lottery. When determining to shift a mode to an AT (assist time) mode by an AT lottery, a notification level determination lottery is performed. When a "high notification level" is determined by the notification level determination lottery and if a player wins the bell in the AT mode, a symbol expressing the stop buttons for operating a sub reel first and second is made to stop at a position to be displayed. When a "low notification level" is determined in the notification level determination lottery, a symbol expressing a stop button alone for operating the sub reel first is made to stop in the position to be displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that is installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

  In the present specification, a pachislot machine is described as an example, so that medals are used as game media. However, game media include other media such as coins and pachinko balls. Further, “inserting medals (game media)” includes betting a credited medal with a bet button or the like in addition to actually inserting a medal into the medal slot. In addition, the state where the symbols are aligned on the winning line is the winning state, and the state where the winning combination is drawn by lottery (hereinafter referred to as the winning combination lottery) to determine the winning combination in the state prior to winning. And

  Slot machines that are installed and used in game halls such as pachinko parlors are called pachislot machines, and medals that are used as gaming media are given a certain value, and medals earned by playing games are various prizes. Can be replaced. For this reason, the player generally aims to acquire a large number of medals, and generally selects a table that is easy to obtain the right to shift to the bonus game mode and plays a game. The bonus game mode includes, for example, a big bonus (hereinafter referred to as BB) mode and a regular bonus (RB) mode. In particular, the BB mode is shifted to the RB mode a predetermined number of times, and before the transition to the RB mode, Since the transition to the RB introduction mode in which the winning probability is high, a large amount of medals can be obtained in a short period of time.

  Providing the expectation that a large number of medals can be acquired in a short period is an important factor in attracting players to slot machines, and in addition to the bonus game mode, a game mode that can be expected to acquire a large number of medals is provided. There is a tendency to provide a large number of models that have been devised in various ways in order to enlighten the players. As one of such game modes, there is known an assist time (AT) mode in which a reel stop operation mode is notified so as to increase a player's profit acquisition probability. In the AT mode, when a specific winning combination is won in the winning combination lottery, the player is notified of the operation order of the stop buttons by, for example, a sub-reel provided separately from the three reels, a liquid crystal panel, voice, or the like. . When the player operates the stop button in accordance with the notification, the reel stop control is performed so that the specific winning combination that has won an internal prize wins. Therefore, in the AT mode, the profit acquisition probability can be increased as compared with the normal mode.

  However, in the slot machine provided with the AT mode in which the operation order of the stop button as described above is provided, in the AT mode, when a specific winning combination is won, only the stop button is operated according to the notification. When the number of games played in the AT mode is extended over a long period or when the number of times the game is transferred to the AT mode increases, the game in the AT mode lacks tension and becomes monotonous. .

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, a program, and a memory capable of preventing the game from becoming monotonous when notifying the operation order of the reel stop means that allows a specific winning combination to be won when winning a specific winning combination. The purpose is to provide a medium.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention includes a plurality of types of symbols arranged on the outer periphery, a plurality of reels that rotate in response to a game start operation, and a winning combination determining unit that determines any of the lost and multiple types of winning combinations by lottery. And a reel stop operating means provided to correspond to each of the plurality of reels and individually stopping the rotating reels, and determining the winning combination in response to the operation of the reel stop operating means. The reel stop control means for controlling the reel stop so that the winning combination determined by the means can be won, and when the specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining means, the specific winning combination can be won. The operation order of the reel stop operation means is determined by lottery from a plurality of types of operation orders, and the operation order determined by the stop order determination means is notified. The stop order notifying means and the stop order notifying means that only the first operation of the operation order determined by the stop order determining means is notified or from which stage the first operation is notified And a notification control means for controlling the stop order notification means so as to perform notification based on the lottery result of the notification level lottery means.

  In addition, when the transition is made when a predetermined transition condition is satisfied in the normal mode and the game in the normal mode, and the specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining unit, the stop order notification unit notifies The notification level lottery means performs the lottery when it is decided to shift to the special mode, and the stop order notification means uses the stop order decision means to perform the lottery. It is preferable to determine whether only the first operation in the determined operation order is to be notified or from which stage the first operation is to be notified.

  In addition, when the predetermined transition condition is satisfied in the normal mode and the game in the normal mode, and the specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining unit, the stop order notification unit notifies The notification level lottery means performs a lottery when the winning combination determining means is determined by the winning combination determining means during the special mode and performs the specific winning by the winning combination determining means during the special mode. Whenever a combination is determined, whether to notify the stop order notification means only of the first operation in the operation order determined by the stop order determination means, or from which stage to the initial operation It may be determined.

  The program to be used is a winning combination determination means for determining either a lose or a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery, and a reel stop for individually stopping the rotating reels corresponding to each of the plurality of reels. In response to the operation of the operation means and the reel stop operation means, the reel stop control means for performing reel stop control so that the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means can be won, and Stop order determining means for determining the operation order of the reel stop operation means that allows a specific winning combination to win when a specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining means by lottery from a plurality of types of operation orders; Stop order notifying means for notifying the operation order determined by the stop order determining means, and the operation determined by the stop order determining means for the stop order notifying means. A notification level lottery means for determining by lottery whether only the first operation in the order is to be notified or from which stage the first operation is to be notified, and notification based on the lottery result in the notification level lottery means Thus, the computer of the gaming machine is made to function as a notification control unit that controls the stop order notification unit.

  The storage medium to be used is a computer-readable medium storing the program according to claim 4.

  In the gaming machine of the present invention, it is determined by lottery whether to notify only the first operation, or from which stage to the first operation, the operation order of the reel stop operation means that allows the specific winning combination to be won. Therefore, when a player wins a specific winning combination, it becomes impossible to detect all the operation order of the reel stop operation means that the specific winning combination can win, and the reel stopping operation that allows the specific winning combination to win. It is possible to prevent the game from becoming monotonous when notifying the operation order of the means.

  Further, in the special mode to be transferred, it is determined whether only the first operation in the operation order of the reel stop operation means that allows the specific winning combination to win or not, and from which stage the first operation is notified. As a result, it becomes possible to provide multiple types of special modes that differ in the ease of acquiring game media, increasing the player's expectation that the game media will be shifted to a special mode that is easy to acquire, The monotony of the game can be eliminated.

  In addition, every time a special winning combination is won during the special mode, only the first operation in the operation sequence of the reel stop operation means that allows the special winning combination to win is notified, or from the first operation to any stage When it is determined whether to notify, it is possible to easily change the number of game media obtained each time the mode is changed to the special mode, and it is possible to give a tension to the game in the special mode. it can.

  The slot machine 10 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a normal mode, a BB mode, and an AT mode (special mode). The AT mode is shifted to an AT lottery performed for each game in the normal mode (predetermined transition condition), and is terminated when a predetermined number of games are performed. When the AT lottery is won, only the reel that is operated for the first time is notified (hereinafter referred to as the “notification level”) when winning a specific winning combination (hereinafter, “bell” will be described as an example) in the AT mode. Notification level lottery is performed to determine whether the reels to be stopped for the first time and the second time are notified (hereinafter referred to as “notification level high”). Based on the result of the notification level lottery, the operation sequence of stop buttons (reel stop operation means) 19a to 19c (to be described later) that enables the bell to win when the bell is won in the AT mode is notified. In addition, as will be described in detail later, three stop buttons 19a to 19c are provided, and the operation order of the stop buttons when winning a bell is set.

  The BB mode is terminated when the game is shifted to the RB mode three times or when the game in the RB introduction mode is performed thirty times. The RB mode ends when a predetermined winning combination is won 8 times or 12 games are played. When a game is played in the RB introduction mode and a replay (a winning game in which the next game can be played without a medal inserted) is won and the replay is won, the RB mode is entered. In the slot machine of this embodiment, replay is substituted as a winning combination for shifting to the RB mode.

  In the slot machine 10, four display windows 13 are provided in the front door 12 of the housing 11, and the first reel 14 a, the second reel 14 b, the third reel 14 c, and the sub reel 15 rotate behind each display window 13. Built in freely. As is well known, a plurality of types of symbols are arranged at a constant pitch on the outer periphery of the first to third reels 14a to 14c, and three symbols per reel can be observed through the display window 13 when the reels are stopped. Become. As a result, a total of five straight winning winning lines in which the symbols of the reels are combined one by one and three in the horizontal direction are set.

  Prior to the start of the game, when one medal was inserted from the medal insertion slot 16, the central one-side winning effective line was activated, two for three and three for three, and two more diagonally. Five winning active lines are activated. Further, it is possible to credit (store) up to 50 medals, and the number of credited medals is displayed on the credit number display unit 17. For example, 4 symbols per reel can be observed from the display window 13, and in addition to the horizontal 4 winning lines, another prize that is folded to combine one symbol for each reel. It is also possible to set an effective line.

The rightmost sub-reel 15 functions as an informing means, and starts rotating together with the first to third reels 14a to 14c by the operation of the start lever 18 when winning the bell in the AT mode game. On the outer periphery of the sub reel 15, a plurality of types of symbols indicating the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c for stopping the first to third reels 14a to 14c are drawn, and nothing else is drawn. A blank part is also provided. The operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is as follows:
“First reel 14a → second reel 14b → third reel 14c”,
“First reel 14a → third reel 14c → second reel 14b”,
“Second reel 14b → first reel 14a → third reel 14c”,
“Second reel 14b → third reel 14c → first reel 14a”,
“3rd reel 14c → first reel 14a → second reel 14b”,
“Third reel 14c → second reel 14b → first reel 14a”,
These six types of order are set. The sub reel 15 has a pattern showing stop buttons 19a to 19c operated for the first time and a pattern showing stop buttons 19a to 19c operated for the first time and the second time. In addition, it is preferable that the symbol drawn on the outer periphery of the sub reel 15 is an appropriate symbol. The symbol is not limited to the symbol, and may be a mark or a number, for example. Further, the sub reel 15 may be appropriately notified by drawing an appropriate symbol such as a symbol indicating that the winning combination has been won or a symbol indicating the degree of expectation of whether or not the winning combination has been won.

  The sub reel 15 is a position for displaying a symbol indicating the stop buttons 19a to 19c operated for the first time or a symbol indicating the stop buttons 19a to 19c operated for the first time and the second time when the bell is won in the AT mode game. Stopped at. The player can win a bell by operating the stop buttons 19a to 19c according to the order displayed by the sub reels 15. The specific winning combination is not limited to the bell and is preferably set to an appropriate winning combination.

  By operating these stop buttons 19a to 19c, the first to third reels 14a to 14c corresponding to the buttons are individually stopped. The operation panel above the stop buttons 19a to 19c is provided with various operation buttons such as a 1-bet button, a MAX bet button, and a payout button that are operated when a game is played in a state where medals are credited. Since the functions of these operation buttons are well known, the details thereof are omitted.

  A medal tray 20 is provided at the lower portion of the housing 11, and a payout medal obtained when a winning is obtained in the game is paid out from the payout opening 21 to the medal tray 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the operation of the slot machine 10 is basically controlled by a control unit 30 including a CPU 30 a and a memory 31. In addition to the CPU 30a and the memory 31, the control unit 30 includes an electronic lottery unit 39, a winning combination determining unit 40, a stop order determining unit (stop order determining unit) 41, an AT transition lottery unit 42, a notification level lottery unit (notification level) described later. (Lottery means) 43 is provided.

  The medal sensor 32 detects an appropriate medal inserted from the medal slot 16 and inputs it to the CPU 30a. A selector is incorporated in the back of the medal slot 16 and an inappropriate medal is discharged to the medal tray 20. Further, when a selector inserts a medal at an inappropriate timing, for example, a medal inserted in the middle of a game or with various operation buttons pressed, without passing through the medal sensor 32. The medal tray 20 is discharged.

  Since the number of medals to be inserted prior to the start of the game is limited to 1 to 3, the medal sensor 32 also detects medals inserted after the fourth one when the credit function is not used. Without being discharged to the medal tray 20. The credit function is turned on / off every time the payout button is pushed. When the credit function is on, medals inserted after the fourth sheet are also detected by the medal sensor 32 and credited into the slot machine up to 50 sheets.

  The number of credited medals is digitally displayed on the credit number display unit 17. When the credit function is used, a medal insertion operation is performed by the operation of the 1 bet button or the MAX bet button described above, and the bet number is sequentially subtracted from the credit number. In addition, when a game is performed and a winning with a medal payout is obtained, the payout medal is also credited, and the credited medal is paid out to the tray 20 when the payout button is operated.

  The CPU 30a counts the number of 1-3 medals inserted prior to the start of the game based on the detection signal from the medal sensor 32, and thereby determines the number of activated winning lines. The number of credits is counted by another credit medal counter (not shown).

  The start signal sensor 33 inputs a game start signal to the CPU 30a when the start lever 18 is operated after 1 to 3 medals are inserted. In response to the game start signal, the CPU 30a rotates the first to third reels 14a to 14c based on the execution program stored in the ROM area of the memory 31 and starts processing the game. Note that if the bell is won in the AT mode game, the sub reel 15 is rotated simultaneously with the first to third reels 14a to 14c.

  The CPU 30a and the reel drive controller 34 constitute reel stop control means and notification control means, and the drive and stop control of each reel are performed by the CPU 30a and the reel drive controller 34. Each reel is fixed to a drive shaft of an individual stepping motor 35a to 35d, and each reel is controlled by controlling the driving of each stepping motor 35a to 35d. The RAM area of the memory 31 is a working area and is used for temporary storage or rewriting of flags and data used for each game.

  Since the stepping motors 35a to 35d rotate at a rotation angle corresponding to the number of supplied drive pulses, the rotation angles of the first to third reels 14a to 14c and the sub reel 15 are controlled by the CPU 30a controlling the number of supplied drive pulses. Further, the stop position of the reel can be determined by stopping the supply of the drive pulse. Each reel is integrally formed with reflection signal portions 36a to 36d at the reference position, and the photosensors 37a to 37d photoelectrically detect the passage of each reflection signal portion for each rotation. Detection signals from the photosensors 37a to 37d are input to the CPU 30a as a reset signal for each reel.

  The CPU 30a is provided with a pulse counter for each of the stepping motors 35a to 35d, and counts the number of drive pulses supplied to each of the stepping motors 35a to 35d. When the reset signal is input from the photosensors 37a to 37d, the count value of the corresponding pulse counter is cleared. Therefore, the number of drive pulses corresponding to the rotation angle within one rotation of each reel is stored in each pulse counter while being sequentially updated.

  A symbol table is stored in the ROM area of the memory 31, and the symbol table represents the number of drive pulses corresponding to the rotation angle from the reference position of each reel and the symbols arranged on the reel at a constant pitch. A code is associated. Therefore, by monitoring the count value of the pulse counter for each reel, for example, it is possible to identify which symbol has moved on the center winning effective line, and how much more the reel should be rotated. It is possible to predict whether the target symbol will move on the winning line.

  The stop button sensors 38a to 38c input a stop signal for each reel to the CPU 30a when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are operated. The start lever 18 is operated to start the rotation of all reels. When these rotations reach a steady speed, the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is validated. Thereafter, by operating these, stop control of the corresponding first to third reels 14a to 14c is started. For the bell, stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed so that a prize is awarded only when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are operated in a predetermined order.

  The stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed within the range of 0 to 4 frames (retraction range) for 5 symbols. For example, when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are operated, the winning effective line When the symbols constituting the winning combination won in the lottery are included in the four symbols consecutive from the symbols positioned above, the first to third reels 14a to 14c are stopped. The stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed so that the symbols constituting the winning combination stop on the winning winning line (retraction control).

  The bell symbols constituting the bell are arranged so that the interval between the bell symbols is within 4 symbols (within the pull-in range), and if the operation sequence of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is correct, the stop button 19a The stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed so that a prize is won regardless of the timing at which .about.19c is operated.

  Stop in an order other than the order in which the bells can be won when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are operated so that a winning combination not determined by the winning combination determination unit 40 is won or when the bell is won in AT mode. When the buttons 19a to 19c are operated, stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed so that the symbols and bell symbols that are not won are not stopped on the winning line (kicking control). .

  When a plurality of stop buttons are operated almost simultaneously, only the reel corresponding to the stop button with the earlier operation timing stops, and when fully operated simultaneously, none of the reels stop. In addition, the reel stop control is not limited to the symbols that make up the winning combination, so-called reach that informs the player of the winning combination that is winning internally by the type or combination of symbols stopped on the winning line. You may make it display eyes.

  The electronic lottery unit 39 and the winning combination determining unit 40 constitute a winning combination determining means. The CPU 30a operates the electronic lottery unit 39 in response to the game start signal. The electronic lottery unit 39 includes a random number generator and a random number sampling circuit, and draws one random value every time the game is started. The random value selected by lottery is input to the winning combination determining unit 40. The winning combination determining unit 40 determines what winning combination is to be given in the currently executed game according to the input value.

  The winning combination determination unit 40 is provided with a plurality of winning combination lottery tables in which all random numbers generated by the random number generator of the electronic lottery unit 39 are grouped into a plurality of numerical ranges, and the winning combination is assigned to each group. It has been. In the first winning combination lottery table, the random number sampled in the game in the normal mode is a BB that gives the right to shift to the BB mode, a small role that only pays out a predetermined number of medals, and the same bet without inserting medals It is used to determine which winning combination belongs to the assigned group, such as replay that gives the right to play the next game by number, and losing that does not generate any hits. The type of winning combination and the symbols that can be won are determined depending on which sampled random number value belongs to the group to which the winning combination is assigned. Note that there are a plurality of types of small role winning symbols, and a payout medal is assigned to each.

  In addition to the first winning combination lottery table, the winning combination determination unit 40 is provided with a winning combination lottery table used in the BB mode and a winning combination lottery table used when the RB has won an internal prize.

  The stop order determination unit 41 is activated when a bell is won in the winning combination lottery. In the stop order determination unit 41, the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c enabling the winning of a bell is determined by lottery. When the winning combination determining unit 40 determines the bell, the CPU 30a and the reel drive controller 34 can win the bell only when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are operated in the operation order determined by the stop order determining unit 41. Then, stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed.

  The AT transition lottery unit 42 is activated for each game in the normal mode. In the AT shift lottery unit 42, an AT lottery for determining whether or not to shift from the normal mode to the AT mode is performed. In other words, in the AT mode, the operation sequence of the stop buttons 19a to 19c that allow the bell to be awarded when the bell is won is notified by the sub reel 15, so the AT shift lottery unit 42 may notify the sub reel 15. It is decided whether or not.

  The notification level lottery unit 43 is activated when an AT lottery is won. The notification level lottery unit 43 performs notification level lottery. In the notification level lottery unit 43, when the bell is won in the AT mode, only the stop button 19a to 19c to be operated for the first time among the stop buttons 19a to 19c is notified or the stop button 19a to 19c is notified. It is determined whether to notify the stop buttons 19a to 19c operated for the first time and the second time.

  The medal hopper 44 pays out a specified number of payout medals to the medal tray 20 according to the type of winning combination or adds the specified number to the credit counter. The payout table in which the number of payout medals is determined for each type of winning combination is stored in the ROM area of the memory 31, and the CPU 30a reads this to drive the medal hopper 44.

  Next, the operation of the slot machine 10 configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, in the slot machine 10, a game is first played in the normal mode. When 1 to 3 medals are inserted prior to the start of the game in the normal mode, the number of inserted medals is counted by the CPU 30a. Thereafter, when the start lever 18 is operated, a game start signal is input from the start signal sensor 33 to the CPU 30a, and rotation of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is started.

  When the start lever 18 is operated, the electronic lottery unit 39 samples the random number value and compares the sampled random number value with the first winning combination lottery table of the winning combination determining unit 40. As a result, the type of loss or winning combination is determined. When the type of winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining unit 40, the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is validated. The CPU 30a monitors the operation timing of the stop buttons 19a to 19c while referring to the count value of the aforementioned pulse counter provided for each reel, and the winning design determined by the winning combination determining unit 40 is stopped on the winning effective line. Stop control of the 1st-3rd reels 14a-14c is performed so that it may be easy.

  When the bell is won, the stop order determination unit 41 is operated, and the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c that enables the bell to win is determined. In the normal mode, since the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c enabling the winning of the bell is not notified, the player operates the stop buttons 19a to 19c in an arbitrary order.

  When BB is won and BB is won, the CPU 30a reads the execution program in the BB mode from the ROM area of the memory 31 and shifts to the BB mode. In the BB mode, the mode is first shifted to the RB introduction mode, and a game is played with 1 to 3 medal bets. Then, when replay is determined in the game in the RB introduction mode, and this is won, the RB mode is entered. The BB mode is ended when the game in the RB introduction mode is performed 30 times or when the game is shifted to the RB mode three times.

  In the normal mode, every time a game is played, the AT transition lottery unit 42 performs an AT lottery. When it is determined to win the AT lottery and shift to the AT mode, the notification level lottery unit 43 is activated. The notification level lottery unit 43 performs notification level determination lottery. When the notification level determination lottery ends, the CPU 30a reads the AT mode execution program from the ROM area of the memory 31, and shifts from the normal mode to the AT mode.

  When the bell is selected in the AT mode, when the start lever 18 is operated, the CPU 30a and the reel drive controller 34 rotate the sub reel 15 at the same time as rotating the first to third reels 14a to 14c.

  When “notification level high” is determined in the notification level determination lottery, the sub-reel 15 is stopped at the first and second reels 14a before the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is validated. It stops at the position where the symbol indicating 14c is displayed. Since the number of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is 3, the player can win the bell by operating the stop buttons 19a to 19c in accordance with the notified order. When the bell is won, the medal hopper 44 is driven and the medal is paid out.

  When “notification level low” is determined in the notification level determination lottery, the sub reel 15 moves the first to third reels 14a to 14c to be stopped for the first time before the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is validated. It stops at the position where the symbol to be displayed is displayed. In this case, since the player must arbitrarily select the stop buttons 19a to 19c to be operated for the second time, if the stop buttons 19a to 19c operated for the second time do not comply with the lottery result in the stop order determination unit 41, the bell Cannot be awarded. For this reason, when “notification level low” is determined in the notification level determination lottery, medals are less likely to be acquired than when “notification level high” is determined.

  When a predetermined number of games are played in the AT mode, the mode is changed to the normal mode again. Thus, since the notification level determination lottery is performed every time the mode is shifted to the AT mode, the AT mode is divided into an AT mode in which “notification level high” is determined and an AT mode in which “notification level low” is determined. It is possible to configure with two types of AT modes, and it is possible to increase the player's expectation to shift to the AT mode in which “high notification level” is determined, and to eliminate the monotony of the game .

  The notification level determination lottery is not limited to the case where the AT lottery is won, but may be performed when the bell is won in the AT mode. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, whenever the bell is won in the AT mode, the notification level lottery unit 43 is operated to perform the notification level determination lottery, and the sub reel 15 performs notification based on the result of the notification level determination lottery. Just do it. As a result, the number of medals obtained every time the mode is shifted to the AT mode can be easily changed, and the game in the AT mode can be given a sense of tension.

  FIG. 5 shows an example in which a storage medium (CD, flexible disk, IC memory, MO, etc.) 60 is installed in the slot machine 10, and the storage medium 60 has means as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. A program to be realized by the computer 61 including the CPU 30a and the memory 31 is stored. In this case, for example, a winning combination determination means for determining either a lose or a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery, and a reel stop operation provided to correspond to each of the plurality of reels and individually stopping the rotating reels And a reel stop control means for performing reel stop control so that the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means can be won in response to the operation of the reel stop operating means. A stop order determining means for determining the operation order of the reel stop operation means by which a specific winning combination can be won when a specific winning combination is determined by a combination determining means by lottery from a plurality of types of operation orders; The stop order notifying means for notifying the operation order determined by the stop order determining means, and the operation order determined by the stop order determining means to the stop order notifying means. Notification level lottery means for determining by lottery whether only the first operation is notified or from which stage the first operation is to be notified, and notification based on the lottery result in the notification level lottery means A program for causing the computer 61 to function as notification control means for controlling the stop order notification means is recorded in the storage medium 60. Then, the storage medium 60 is loaded into the reading device 62 and the program is installed in the slot machine 10.

  The program can be distributed to the slot machine 10 using the Internet instead of being installed via the storage medium 60. It is also possible to install the distributed program of the present invention or the program of the present invention read from the storage medium 60 on a personal computer and play a slot machine game on a monitor.

  In the above embodiment, the notification level determination lottery is performed when the AT lottery is won or when the bell is won in the AT mode. For example, the special mode is set to the BB mode, and the condition for the notification level determination lottery is performed. BB is selected as a notification level determination lottery for a game that has won a specific winning role in the RB introduction mode of the BB mode so that the number of medals earned in the BB mode can be easily changed. The condition for performing the lottery may be performed when a predetermined condition on an appropriate game is satisfied.

  In the above embodiment, the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is six, and the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c for the first time or the first time and the second time is notified, but the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is notified. It may be set as appropriate to which stage the notification is performed.

  In the above embodiment, the AT mode is ended when a predetermined number of games are played. For example, when a lottery for determining whether to end the AT mode is won or when a predetermined winning combination is won. The AT mode may be terminated when appropriate conditions such as are satisfied.

  In the above embodiment, the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is notified to the player in the game in the AT mode using the sub reel 15. However, for example, it is notified by an appropriate means such as a liquid crystal panel, a dot matrix display, or a sound. Good.

  In the above embodiment, the AT mode is provided as the special mode. However, as the special mode, an appropriate game mode such as an ART (assist replay time) mode may be set in addition to the AT mode. The ART mode is a game mode that combines the functions of the AT mode and the replay time (RT) mode in which the winning probability of the special winning combination (replay) is higher than that of the normal mode, and the replay winning probability is higher than that of the normal mode. Is a game mode in which the player is informed of the mode of the reel stop operation such as the operation order of the stop buttons 19a to 19c when winning a specific winning combination. In order to provide the ART mode, the winning combination determining unit 40 may be provided with a replay high probability table having a higher replay winning probability than the first winning combination lottery table, and a lottery may be performed using the replay high probability table during the AT mode. .

  The present invention is not limited to a reel drive type slot machine, but can be equally applied to a slot machine, a pachinko machine, a home game machine, etc. that display a pseudo reel using a liquid crystal panel or the like. Further, as in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to a gaming machine in which a total of five winning effective lines are set, that is, three horizontal lines and two diagonal lines. is there.

It is an external view of the slot machine using the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of the slot machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the game at the time of making it perform a notification level determination lottery by having triggered the AT lottery. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a game at the time of making it perform a notification level determination lottery whenever it wins a bell by the game in AT mode. FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram when a recording medium storing a program is installed in a slot machine.

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10 slot machine 30 control unit 30a CPU
31 Memory 34 Reel Drive Controller 39 Electronic Lottery Unit 40 Winning Role Determination Unit 41 Stop Order Determination Unit 42 AT Transition Lottery Unit 43 Notification Level Lottery Unit 60 Recording Medium 61 Computer 62 Reading Device

Claims (5)

Plural kinds of symbols are arranged on the outer periphery, a plurality of reels that rotate in response to a game start operation,
A winning combination determining means for determining either a loser or a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery;
Reel stop operation means provided to correspond to each of the plurality of reels and individually stopping the rotating reels;
In response to the operation of the reel stop operation means, a reel stop control means for performing reel stop control so that the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means can be won,
Stop order determining means for determining the operation order of the reel stop operation means that allows a specific winning combination to win when a specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining means by lottery from a plurality of types of operation orders When,
Stop order notifying means for notifying the operation order determined by the stop order determining means;
Notification level lottery means for letting the stop order notification means notify only the first operation of the operation order determined by the stop order determination means, or to determine from which stage the first operation is to be notified by lottery When,
A gaming machine comprising: a notification control unit that controls the stop order notification unit so as to perform notification based on a lottery result in the notification level lottery unit. Special mode in which notification is given by the stop order notification means when a transition is made when a predetermined transition condition is satisfied in the normal mode and the game in the normal mode, and a specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining means A mode,
The notification level lottery means performs the lottery when it is determined to shift to the special mode, and the operation order determined by the stop order determination means to the stop order notification means in the special mode to be transferred. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether only the first operation is to be notified or from which stage the first operation is to be notified. Special mode in which notification is given by the stop order notification means when a transition is made when a predetermined transition condition is satisfied in the normal mode and the game in the normal mode, and a specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining means A mode,
The notification level lottery means performs a lottery when the winning combination determining means is determined by the winning combination determining means during the special mode, and whenever the specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining means during the special mode. And determining whether to stop only the first operation in the operation order determined by the stop order determining means, or to which stage from the first operation to notify the stop order notifying means. The gaming machine according to claim 1. A winning combination determining means for determining either a loser or a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery;
Reel stop operation means provided to correspond to each of the plurality of reels and individually stopping the rotating reels;
In response to the operation of the reel stop operation means, a reel stop control means for performing reel stop control so that the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means can be won,
Stop order determining means for determining the operation order of the reel stop operation means that allows a specific winning combination to win when a specific winning combination is determined by the winning combination determining means by lottery from a plurality of types of operation orders When,
Stop order notifying means for notifying the operation order determined by the stop order determining means;
Notification level lottery means for letting the stop order notification means notify only the first operation of the operation order determined by the stop order determination means, or to determine from which stage the first operation is to be notified by lottery When,
A program for causing a computer of a gaming machine to function as notification control means for controlling the stop order notification means so as to perform notification based on a lottery result in the notification level lottery means.   A computer-readable storage medium in which the program according to claim 4 is recorded.

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