JP2005279316A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which is constituted in such a manner that even when a plurality of performance patterns are set for a performance display, the management of the displaying time for respective performance patterns is not required, and the processing burden on a controlling means can be reduced. <P>SOLUTION: The controlling means of this game machine is constituted of two control sections of a main control section 30A and a pattern display control section 31A. The main control section 30A includes a judging means 30B which judges whether the game state is transferred to a special game state or not in response to a specified input signal, a stopped pattern determining means 30C which determines the stopped configuration of a variable display, and a performance group determining means 30D which selects and determines one from a plurality of performance groups which are constituted of the aggregate of performance patterns of which the displaying time is the same or similar. The pattern display controlling section 31A includes a performance pattern determining means 31B which selects and determines one from performance patterns belonging to the determined performance group, and a pattern display controlling means 31C which controls a liquid crystal displaying 3 so that the determined performance pattern and the stopped patterns can be displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine (including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, and a TV game machine) provided with a display means for displaying a symbol related to a game and a control means such as a microcomputer for controlling the display. .

  For example, in a kind of pachinko gaming machine of a ball and ball game machine, it is possible to give a profit to a player when a symbol that is variably displayed (hereinafter referred to as “special symbol”) is stopped and displayed with a combination of predetermined symbols. Conventionally, a mechanical display device using a rotating reel has been used as a game symbol display means. However, in recent years, an electrical display device such as a liquid crystal display capable of various effects is often used. . Also, in slot machines and other gaming machines that do not use game balls, not only a mechanical display device using a rotating reel but also an electrical display device using a liquid crystal or a CRT is used.

  Such an electrical display device enabled display that was impossible with a mechanical display device. For example, when the fluctuation display on the display screen of the electric display device is in a predetermined stop mode (when it is stopped by a predetermined special symbol combination, so-called “big hit” display), it is converted into an open state advantageous to the player Display of the number of opening of the variable winning ball device, the number of game balls won in the variable winning ball device, etc. in real time, or display of the above predetermined stop mode to make the “big hit” more flashy When the background of the screen is displayed in a color different from the normal color, when a new character different from the special symbol appears, or when one more special special symbol is lined up, it will be a big hit (so-called “reach state”) By displaying the special symbol display separately from the normal operation, the player can recognize that the “big hit” is approaching, etc. "When U) has made it possible to carry out.

  In particular, as an effect display useful for enhancing the interest of the player, before reaching the above reach state, by displaying a symbol (such as a character symbol) that is different from the special symbol during the variable display, the big hit appears There are indications for predicting signs and what is called “reach action” performed in the reach state. These effect displays are displays that cause the player to expect a big hit.

  In addition, by setting a plurality of types of effect patterns composed of a plurality of types of symbols, these effect displays are information on the probability that a big hit will appear by recognizing the effect patterns (big hits) In addition to providing players with information (reach development rate) on how likely the reliability state and reach status will appear, by varying the jackpot reliability and reach development rate for each of the above performance patterns A game display device having a game characteristic in which a player searches for a sign display indicating advantageous information and a reach action is considered.

  However, in order to realize the effect display as described above, it is necessary to set a plurality of types of effect patterns as the effect display, in addition to the combination of the special symbols, so the types of symbols necessary for the effect display increase. Or display control becomes complicated. For this reason, it is conceivable to increase the processing speed of the CPU constituting the control means and the storage capacity of the storage device, but the performance of the usable CPU and the like is limited by regulations such as laws and regulations concerning games. Therefore, in response to the demand for diversification of effect display, the conventional control means has limited performance such as processing speed and storage capacity.

  Also, when a plurality of types of effect patterns are set for effect display, the display time differs for each effect pattern, so that it is necessary to adjust the variation time of the special symbol. For example, when a special symbol varies in time depending on the type of reach action, or when a game is being played on an electrical display device, a winning at a start winning opening that is a game start condition on this electrical display device When the number of memories (start winning prize memory number) has reached a certain number or more, in order to increase the time efficiency of the game, the variation time is made shorter than usual (the variation time is shortened by the so-called “holding ball short time”) This is the case. Here, even if the control means is divided into the main control unit and the sub control unit, and the processing related to the design is performed by the sub control unit, in the current gaming machine, from the viewpoint of fraud prevention, the sub control unit Since feedback of a signal to the main control unit is prohibited, display time must be managed for each effect pattern selected by the main control unit, and the processing load on the main control unit becomes heavy. In particular, this problem increases as the number of production patterns increases.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that does not require management of the display time for each production pattern and reduces the processing load on the control means even when a plurality of production patterns are set for production display. That is.

  The gaming machine of the present invention has a display means for displaying a special symbol indicating a transition to a special gaming state and an effect display related to a game, and a special symbol of the special symbol if the predetermined display mode is reached when the variable display is stopped. A control means for determining a stop mode when the variable display is stopped and controlling the display of the display means according to the determination is provided, and the control means is composed of two control parts, a main control part and a symbol display control part. The The main control unit determines whether to shift to the special gaming state according to a predetermined condition (for example, according to a specific gaming state detection signal), and the variable display stop mode according to the determination result of the determining unit An effect of determining one effect group from among a plurality of effect groups configured by a set of stop pattern determining means for determining an effect display and a set of effects whose display times are the same or similar among a plurality of effect patterns predetermined as effect display The symbol display control unit is determined by the effect pattern determining means for determining one effect pattern from the effect patterns belonging to the effect group determined by the effect group determining means, and the effect pattern determining means. Display design control means for controlling the display means to display the effect pattern and the stop mode determined by the stop symbol determination means. The features.

  In a specific aspect of the present invention, the effect pattern is used to excite the game before the transition to the reach state indicating that the special symbol change display indicates that if one specific special symbol is stopped and displayed, the predetermined stop mode is obtained. Before reach reach display, reach effect display to boost the game in the reach state, one of the indications that indicate the possibility of shifting to the reach state or the special game state, or any of those indications A combination of two or three.

  According to the present invention, the control unit is configured to be divided into the main control unit and the symbol display control unit, and the symbol display control unit shares control processing for the effect display on the display unit. For this reason, even if the control processing operation of the entire gaming machine increases due to the complexity of the symbol display control, the burden on the main control unit can be reduced. In addition, by the production group determining means of the main control unit, one production group is selected from a plurality of production groups composed of a set of production patterns that have the same or approximate display time among a plurality of production patterns predetermined as production display. Therefore, the main control unit does not need to manage each time for the selected effect pattern, and the burden of control processing in the main control unit is reduced.

  According to a specific aspect of the present invention, the effect pattern includes a display before reach effect for exciting the game before shifting to the reach state, a reach effect display (so-called “reach action”) for exciting the game during the reach state, A sign indication, or a combination of two or three of those indications. For this reason, even if there are many differences in the display time of the production pattern due to the elaboration or many variations of these production patterns in order to change the expectation for the big hit of the player, There is no need to increase the burden of control processing in the main control unit.

  A pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board surface 10 of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Near the center of the game board surface 10, a liquid crystal display device 3 is arranged as a display means for displaying symbols related to the game. The liquid crystal display device 3 variably displays a plurality of symbols represented by images, and displays the three rows of rotating reels of the slot machine in a pseudo manner. This symbol for variable display is called “special symbol”. If the special symbol becomes a predetermined stop mode (for example, “7-7-7”, which is called “hit”) when the change display stops, the special symbol is advantageous for the player. It shows the transition to the gaming state. This special game state is a case where a special winning opening 5 described later is converted into an advantageous state, and will be described later in detail.

  In the liquid crystal display device 3, various effect displays are performed during the variable symbol display of the special symbol. This effect display is expressed in various video modes and indicates the “big hit reliability” that is the probability of transition to the special gaming state, or the “reach development rate” that is the probability of development to the reach state, or a variable display This indicates that the gaming state by has developed into a reach state, that a big hit has been established, or that the game has been lost.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, which will be described later, in the display areas 50L, 50C, and 50R above the display screen 3a of the liquid crystal display device 3, special symbols composed of numeric symbols and the like are variably displayed. In other display areas, effects related to the game are displayed. Various effect patterns are set in the effect display. In the example of FIG. 2A, a station square is displayed in the background, and a male character 51 and a female character 52 are displayed as effect symbols. The male character 51 and the female character 52 have a conversation with each other, their facial expressions change, and their body movements change. In addition, by changing the background and making different situations, a display is performed that develops from the beginning to the end of a predetermined scenario. And, in what scenario this effect display will be developed, that is, the game result after that depends on the type of effect pattern, the contents of the effect display in the middle suggest the jackpot reliability and reach development rate, It plays the role of so-called “predictor display”.

  Therefore, by recognizing the type of effect pattern indicating in which scenario the effect display is developed, the player can make a certain prediction as to whether the player will subsequently reach a reach or expect a big hit. The effect display before reaching the reach state is referred to as “pre-reach effect display”.

  In addition, when the reach state is reached, an effect display with the content that the scenario has greatly developed is referred to as “reach effect display”. As an example of this “reach effect display”, if two men and women characters are placed in different situations by changing the background, it can be easily understood that the scenario has greatly evolved, and the player is in a reach state. This can be easily recognized. In addition, it also serves as a sign display with different jackpot reliability depending on the degree of development. Specific display contents of such effect display will be described later.

  Referring back to FIG. 1, a start winning opening 4 is provided below the liquid crystal display device 3 to start a special symbol variation display of the liquid crystal display device 3 when a game ball enters. The start winning opening 4 is composed of a variable winning device that can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous for the player and a second state that is advantageous for the player. It is stipulated that prize balls are paid out.

  Even if the start winning opening 4 is in the first state which is disadvantageous for the player, it holds a winning space where about one game ball can be won, so that a game ball can be won.

  A 7-segment LED display device 2 is provided above the liquid crystal display device 3. The LED display device 2 displays a variable display by passing the game balls through the passing ball gates 6a and 6b on the game board surface 10. Start. When the variation display of the LED display device 2 is stopped in a predetermined specific mode (for example, “7”), the start winning opening 4 is converted into a second state advantageous to the player.

  Four LED operation memory lamps 16 are provided around the LED display device 2. The LED operation memory lamp 16 stores a limit of four times each time a game ball passes through the passing ball gates 6a and 6b, and the LED operation memory lamp 16 indicates the number of times that the LED display device 2 can be changed at that time. The player is informed by lighting up. The fifth and subsequent passes are not counted and are invalid.

  Further, four start winning memory lamps 15 are provided on the left and right sides above the liquid crystal display device 3. This is because the number of times that the winning winning opening 4 is won is stored up to 4 times while the special symbol is being displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3, and the liquid crystal display device 3 at that time can be displayed in a variable manner. The player is notified of the appropriate number of times by turning on the start winning memory lamp 15. Accordingly, winning at the start winning opening 4 in a state where all four lamps 15 are lit becomes invalid as a variable display start condition.

  Below the start winning opening 4, there is provided a large winning opening (so-called attacker) 5 that can be converted into a closed state disadvantageous for the player and an open state advantageous for the player. The special winning opening 5 is converted into an open state advantageous for the player for a predetermined time when the special symbol combination on the liquid crystal display device 3 is stopped and a special bonus symbol combination is displayed. It is determined that a predetermined number (for example, 15) of prize balls are paid out when a game ball is won. The above-mentioned special game state is a game state in which the game state in which the grand prize opening 5 is in an open state can perform 10 hits here or a big hit game that continues until 30 seconds have passed (round) 16 times (round). . However, in order to perform the next round after the first round of jackpot game is completed, it is necessary to satisfy a predetermined condition generally called “V prize”.

  Here, the large winning opening 5 is composed of a plurality of winning openings, and the V winning is a case where a game ball wins a specific winning opening of the plurality of winning openings. Usually, it is provided in the center of the special winning opening 5.

  Further, on the game board surface 10, there are windmills 12a, 12b, general winning ports 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f for paying out five prize balls to the player every time there is a winning ball, and a board side lamp 14a. , 14b and the like.

  The display contents on the display screen 3a will be described below with specific examples.

  First, when a game on the liquid crystal display device 3 is started, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the special symbol variation display is started in the display areas 50L, 50C, and 50R of the display screen 3a. At the same time, the effect display by one scenario development constituting the effect pattern is started.

  In FIG. 2 (a), a background image indicating the scenery of the station square is displayed on the display screen 3a as the “pre-reach effect display” immediately after the start of the special symbol variation display. Subsequently, the display screen 3a A male character 51 as an effect design appears from the left side, and a female character 52 appears from the right side. Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, the display changes so that both characters 51 and 52 are close to each other.

  Thereafter, according to the development of the scenario, an attached symbol displayed along with the effect symbol is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), when the variable display in the left display area 50L stops, a serif pattern 53a indicating a serif that the male character 51 speaks to the female character 52, and the serif pattern 53a The true symbol 54a indicating the real intention of the male character 51 that does not necessarily match the content is displayed as the attached symbol. Here, the display of “I want to be held by me” is displayed as the serif pattern 53a of the male character 51, and the real intention of the male character 51 is almost the same as the content of the serif pattern 53a as the real intention symbol 54a. Is displayed.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 2 (d), when the variable display in the right display area 50R is stopped, a serif design 55a indicating that the female character 52 responds to the talking of the male character 51, and the female character 52 Are displayed as the above-mentioned attached symbols. Here, the display of “there is this line” is displayed as the speech symbol 55a of the female character 52, and the real intention of the female character 52 is substantially the same as the content of the above-mentioned serif symbol 55a. Such a genuine design 56a is displayed.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 31 to 34 (effect pattern determination table) to be described later, various patterns are set in advance in the contents of the above-mentioned serif symbols. Therefore, the content of the displayed serif pattern is not limited to the case where the conversation between the male and female characters is well meshed as shown in FIG. The contents of the displayed serif symbols are predictive displays showing the jackpot reliability and reach development rate. When the content of conversation between male and female characters is well meshed as shown in Fig. 2 (d), the jackpot reliability is shown. And reach development rate is high.

  In addition, various patterns are set in advance for the genuine design. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, a real intention symbol composed of 20 types of patterns H1 to H20 is set. In FIG. 2 (d), a true symbol 56a (H14 in FIG. 12) indicating that the true character of the female character 52 is substantially the same as the contents of the above-mentioned serif symbol 55a is displayed. For example, FIG. When a true symbol such as H19 in FIG. 12 is displayed in d), it is not considered to indicate the same content as the content of the serif symbol 55a. In such a case, the jackpot reliability or reach development rate is This is the case. That is, as shown in FIG. 2 (d), when the content of the speech symbol 55a on which the true symbol 56a is displayed is substantially the same, the jackpot reliability and reach development rate are high.

  However, even if the content of the conversation between the male and female characters is not well meshed or the content of the true symbol design 56a and the content of the dialogue design 55a do not match, depending on the subsequent scenario development, it may be a big hit. Is not deviated from the production display.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2D, if the stop symbols in the left and right display areas 50L and 50R are the same and reach a state, the development of the scenario is developed as shown in FIG. Changes to “reach effect display”. However, as shown in FIG. 2 (e), if the stop symbols in the left and right display areas 50L and 50R do not match, a loss occurs. In the case of such a loss, a serif pattern 55b indicating a tight serif such as “Go away barker” is displayed as the serif pattern 55b of the female character 52.

  As described above, the attached symbols indicated by the serif symbol and the true intention symbol greatly influence the player's expectation for the big hit. In addition, each attached symbol is displayed at the same time as the stop timing of the variable display, and if the content is well meshed, the special symbol that is stopped and displayed is also in the reach state, so the player If only the display of this attached symbol is observed, the game situation can be accurately grasped without paying attention to the special symbol that fluctuates at high speed.

  When the reach state is reached, as shown in FIG. 3 (f), after the display of “Leach”, the effect display becomes “reach effect display” in which the development of the scenario has been developed. change. Therefore, not only can the player easily recognize that the player has reached the reach state from the displayed effect display, but also the expectation for the subsequent big hit is enhanced.

  The development of the developed scenario can be broadly divided into four “reach production indications” of “super love love reach”, “sudden hotel reach”, “date spot reach”, and “another reach”. These four “reach effects display” are different in the contents to be developed, but finally the scenario development about whether or not male and female characters enter the hotel. As a result of the scenario development, the male and female characters enter the hotel. If the display is performed, the stop symbols in the three display areas 50L, 50C, and 50R are aligned and become “big hit”, and if the male and female characters cannot enter the hotel, they are “lost”.

  FIG. 4 shows a scenario development in the case of the “super love love reach”. In this “Super Love Love Reach”, a number of heart marks are displayed in the background, and the scenario is such that male and female characters go straight to the hotel and enter the hotel as they are. That is, if this “super love love reach” is reached, it will be a big hit with a probability of 100%. Then, after displaying the big hit screen as shown in FIG. 4 (h3), the screen shifts to a big hit game screen described later.

  In FIG. 3 again, in the case of scenario development other than the above-mentioned “Super Love Reach”, as shown in FIG. 3G, a large character may be displayed at the center of the display screen 3a after the reach is established. Here, it says “I ’ll make a decision tonight”. Various patterns are also set for this character, and the lines at the time of reaching the reach shown in FIGS. This shows the enthusiasm or feelings about the subsequent development of either of the characters that appeared, and when this is displayed, the jackpot reliability is set to a higher value than usual, and the player We can have further expectations for the subsequent scenario development.

  FIG. 5 shows a scenario development in the case of the above-mentioned “sudden hotel reach”. In this “Random Hotel Reach” scenario, as in FIG. 4, a scenario where a male and female character goes straight to the hotel, as shown in FIG. 5 (j 3), if the male and female characters enter the hotel without incident as they are. Although it is a big hit, unlike the case of “Super Love Love Reach”, it does not always go into the hotel.

  For example, in the case shown in FIG. 5 (j4), when the female character 52 displays a message “If I do, I will go home” in front of the hotel and then leaves, it is lost. Of course, the special symbol stop mode in this case is not the same.

  In addition, as a result of scenario development, even when a big hit as shown in FIG. 5 (j3) is displayed, if the display as shown in FIG. 5 (j5) is not entered smoothly into the hotel, that is, the big hit There is a case where a display that urges the development to be performed. According to the scenario development accompanied by such a display that urges the development to the big hit, it is possible to further increase the player's sense of tension in which the sense of expectation for the big hit and the anxiety about being lost are crossed.

  FIG. 6 shows a scenario development in the case of the “date spot reach”. This “date spot reach” displays how the male and female characters 51 and 52 visit various date spots. In FIG. 6, the male and female characters 51 and 52 pass in front of the ramen shop (FIG. 6 (k1)), enter the bar (FIG. 6 (k2)), and show the appearance of coming out of the bar (FIG. 6). 6 (k3)). The subsequent scenario development is similar to the “sudden hotel reach” shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 6 (k <b> 4), there is a case where the female character 52 displays a line “No good at this store!”. In this case, it will be lost after that.

  FIG. 7 shows a scenario development in the case of the “other he reaches”. In this “Another Reach”, when the male and female characters 51 and 52 pass in front of various date spots, another male character 57 walks from a direction opposite to the traveling direction of the male and female characters 51 and 52. Is displayed (FIG. 7 (m1)). Thereafter, if the other male character 57 simply passes, the screen shifts to the screen of FIG. 5 (j2) of “Suddenly Hotel Reach” and becomes a “hit”. That is, if the other male character 57 simply passes, it indicates that the jackpot reliability is 100%.

  However, as shown in FIG. 7 (m2), after the female character 52 has displayed the line symbol 55e saying “There was a promise with the boyfriend”, as shown in FIG. May be attached to the male character 57. This is a case of losing, and the special symbol stop mode is not uniform, and the game on the display screen 3a ends.

  If the game on the liquid crystal display device 3 is a big hit, the special game state described above is entered. During this special game state, the display as shown in FIG. 8 is started on the display screen 3a. In this special game state, as described above, the big win game in which the big prize opening 5 is converted into an advantageous state can be performed 16 rounds, but the display on the display screen 3a is changed for each round of the big win game, and the game The player is informed that the round of jackpot game has changed.

  For example, when the special game state is entered, a display as shown in FIG. 8 (p1) is made, and thereafter, as shown in FIG. 8 (p2), a round for notifying that the first round of the big hit game is being executed. Display. In the round display shown in FIG. 8 (p2), an introduction screen for one of the female characters appearing in the effect display is displayed.

  After that, every time the round is updated, a display for sequentially introducing other female characters is performed. This female character introduction screen is displayed for all female characters except “Takada” and “Ohara” shown in FIG. 9 to be described later until the seventh round of the jackpot game.

  If the jackpot game enters the eighth round, the display mode for each round displays the female boy's favorite boyfriend (a male character to be the best couple described later) along with the female character. Such round display is displayed for all female characters except “Takada” and “Ohara” shown in FIG. 9 described later until the 14th round of the jackpot game.

  In the 15th round, a female character is displayed and a round display is displayed with a character display of “I did it. 2 more rounds”. In the last 16th round, a female character is displayed along with a “last round. "Please do not be alarmed!"

  Here, FIG. 9 shows a combination of male and female characters appearing during the effect display, and the jackpot reliability, reach development rate, and appearance rate when the combination appears during the effect display. In the effect display in the present embodiment, two male and female characters appear, and the scenario is produced and developed. As shown in FIG. 9, the male character and female character appearing respectively There are multiple types, and the reach development rate and jackpot reliability differ depending on the combination (couple type).

  In FIG. 9, the combination of male and female characters ((I) to (VII)) indicated by a black heart is called “best couple”, and the reach development rate is 100%, that is, a probability of 100%, and the jackpot The reliability is 15.182%, and the probability of developing a big hit is high compared to other couples.

  The combination of male and female characters indicated by a white heart is called “normal couple”. The reach development rate is 18.575% and the jackpot reliability is 0.391%. Both the reach development rate and the jackpot reliability are lower than the best couple.

  The combination of male and female characters indicated by broken hearts is called the “worst couple”. The reach development rate is 2.002%, that is, there is almost no development to reach, and the jackpot reliability is extremely low at 0.020%. Here, as can be seen from FIG. 9, the female characters “Takara” and “Ohara” are not included in either the best couple or the normal couple, and seven women other than “Takara” and “Ohara”. The character is combined with a specific male character to form a best couple and a normal couple. Therefore, the contents of the round display displayed during the special game state not only notify the big hit game round, but also suggest the characters constituting the best couple with high big hit reliability.

  In addition, a plurality of scenes are set in advance in the background where the male and female characters appear. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, a scene showing “station square” is displayed as the background, or as shown in FIG. 11. Thus, a scene showing “Rinkai Park” may be displayed as a background. By changing the scene setting with different backgrounds, it is possible to develop scenarios according to the respective backgrounds, increase the variation of the effect display, and enhance the fun of the game.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, there is a case where a train symbol 58 passes through the background of the appearance of male and female characters, or a dog symbol 59 as shown in FIG. This is a symbol showing the reach development rate and the jackpot reliability. In this embodiment, the passing rate of the train symbol 58 and the appearance of the dog symbol 59 are very low, and if these are displayed, the jackpot reliability is shown. Is 100%.

  Further, the genuine symbols 54a and 56a shown in FIG. 2 described above are set so that the jackpot reliability differs depending on the combination thereof. FIG. 12 shows a list of genuine symbols displayed in the effect display. FIG. 13 shows the combination of the genuine symbols shown in FIG. 12 and their jackpot reliability. As shown in FIG. 13, when the combination corresponding to the love rank is displayed in the effect display, the jackpot reliability is 2.47%, and when the combination corresponding to the date rank is displayed in the effect display, the jackpot reliability is displayed. Is 0.28%, and the combination corresponding to the bad rank is displayed in the effect display, the big hit reliability is 0.07%.

  According to FIG. 13, the combination of the true symbol corresponding to the love rank and the date rank is a case where the two genuine symbols have some relationship, and the combination of the genuine symbol corresponding to the bad rank is the combination of the two true symbols. This is the case when there is no relevance. In FIG. 2 (d), it corresponds to the combination 3 (H14 + H14) of the frank rank and the big hit reliability is high, and in FIG. 2 (e), it corresponds to the combination 6 (H14 + H19) of the bad rank and the big hit reliability. This is the case when the degree is low.

  According to the effect display as described above, the game content on the liquid crystal display device 3 can be completely grasped only by paying attention to the scenario development by the effect display. There is no need to focus on trends.

  Further, when the special symbol variation display is not performed on the liquid crystal display device 3, various demonstration displays (hereinafter referred to as “demo display”) are performed. The demonstration display is not only a display showing the flow of the entire game performed on the liquid crystal display device 3, but also a display including important information regarding the game.

  This demonstration display is a display that suggests the relationship between the effect display during the variable display and the reach development rate and the jackpot reliability. Specifically, the male and female characters appearing in the effect display show the reach development rate and the jackpot. The display suggests that there is a deep relationship with reliability.

  As described above, the combination of the male and female characters representing the best couple appears during the effect display when the reach development rate and the jackpot reliability are very high. Here, by displaying the above seven best couples ((I) to (VII) in FIG. 9) at random during the demonstration display, it is implied that the best couple has a high reach development rate and high jackpot reliability. Inform. That is, the demonstration display implicitly notifies the player of important information regarding the game.

  Therefore, the player can impress a couple of male and female characters appearing here by repeatedly viewing the demonstration display, and then by repeating the game, the impressed couple has a high reach development rate and high jackpot reliability. It is possible to find out that it is the best couple, and the fun of expecting the appearance of the best couple during the variable display is added. In other words, by notifying the best couple directly without being informed directly, the fun of discovering information advantageous to the player increases, and the interest of the game can be enhanced.

  D1 to D4 in FIG. 14 show specific modes in the demonstration display in which the above-mentioned best couple ((I) to (VII) in FIG. 9) appears. Here, a scene setting whose background is a station square is displayed on the display screen 3a, and the state where the best couple crosses the station square is displayed. As shown in FIG. 14, this is a display content that is often overlooked by a player who does not know the meaning of the best couple, but as the game progresses and the understanding of the meaning content of the male and female characters deepens, this demonstration display Is very interesting for players.

  As for the female characters “Takada” and “Ohara” who do not have the best couple shown in FIG. 9 described above, the best couple passes by themselves while they are passing the station square during this demonstration. . This implicitly notifies that the female characters “Takarada” and “Ohara” have very low reliability of the big hit that the player does not want.

  In addition, for a player who knows that the demonstration display implicitly notifies important information about the game, it is more interesting to further search for more useful information. For example, D5 in FIG. 15 shows a case where the train symbol 58 passes the background during the demonstration display, and D6 in FIG. 15 shows a case where the dog symbol 59 appears during the demonstration display. As described above, the train symbol 58 and the dog symbol 59 have 100% jackpot reliability, and a new gameability that the player discovers this is added.

  In addition, for beginners, if it is possible to find out early that the demo display implicitly informs important information about the game, even if not much gaming experience is gained, You will be able to play games.

  Further, the demonstration display as described above in the liquid crystal display device 3 is displayed at a predetermined time interval when a game is not performed in the liquid crystal display device 3, or is displayed according to a player's request. Also good. Further, the demonstration display may be started when the game in the liquid crystal display device 3 is not continuously performed for a predetermined time, and the demonstration display may be ended when the game in the liquid crystal display device 3 is started.

  Next, FIG. 16 shows a basic configuration of control means for executing control processing relating to display on the liquid crystal display device 3. As shown in this figure, the control means is composed of two control units, a main control unit 30A and a symbol display control unit 31A.

  The main control unit 30A includes a determination unit 30B, a stop symbol determination unit 30C, and an effect group determination unit 30D. The determination means 30B determines whether or not to make a big hit to shift to the special gaming state according to a predetermined condition (in the embodiment of FIG. 1 according to a detection signal of a specific gaming state that is a winning at the start winning opening). ), Whether or not to reach a reach state (whether or not reach is reached), and whether or not to lose without reach, whether or not to shorten the change time due to the above "shortage of holding balls" (whether or not the time is short) Do. The stop symbol determination means 30C determines the stop mode of the special symbol when the variable display is stopped according to the determination result by the determination means 30B. The effect group determination means 30D has a plurality of effect patterns configured in advance by combining the above-mentioned reach effect display and reach effect display (FIGS. 35 to 40 to be described later), and the display times of these effect patterns are the same or An effect group is alternatively determined from a plurality of effect groups (FIGS. 31 to 34 to be described later) configured by a set of approximations based on the determination result by the determination means 30B.

  The symbol display control unit 31A includes an effect pattern determining unit 31B that determines one effect pattern from the effect groups determined by the effect group determining unit 30D, and a special symbol stop mode determined by the stop symbol determining unit 30C. And a symbol display control means 31C for controlling the display on the liquid crystal display means 3 for the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determination means 31B.

  In this way, the control means for executing the control processing related to the display on the liquid crystal display device 3 is divided into two control sections, and the processing of each means is shared by the two control sections, thereby displaying the symbols to be displayed. Even if the processing load on the control means increases as the number of types or the display control program becomes more complex, the processing load can be shared by the above two control units, realizing a variety of productions and display control of various symbols It becomes possible.

  FIG. 28 shows a configuration example of the effect group determination table. This is divided into a plurality of tables for each combination of the presence / absence of jackpot, the presence / absence of reach, and the presence / absence of time reduction, which are determination results in the determination means 30B. Each production group determination table is configured by setting various production groups distinguished according to the variation time of special symbols, and assigning a predetermined random number range to each production group.

  That is, in the effect group determination means 30D, one effect group determination table is selected based on the determination result in the determination means 30B, and based on the selected effect group determination table, which random number range the extracted random number is The production group is determined according to the category.

  FIGS. 31 to 34 show configuration examples of the effect pattern determination table, which are divided into a plurality of tables for each effect group determined by the effect group determination means 30D. Each effect pattern determination table is configured by setting various effect patterns and assigning a predetermined random number range to each effect pattern.

  That is, in the effect pattern determination means 31B, one effect pattern determination table is selected based on the effect group determined by the effect group determination means 30D, and the extracted random number is based on the selected effect pattern determination table. The production pattern is determined according to which random number range it belongs to. As shown in FIGS. 35 to 40, the effect pattern is composed of a combination of a plurality of symbols and the like.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram of an electric circuit section in the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention including the control means having the basic configuration shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the electric circuit unit in the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention includes a main board 30 having a function as the main control unit 30A, a symbol control board 31 having a function as the symbol display control unit 31A, The relay board 34, the voice control board 32, and the prize ball control board 33 are configured. Here, the “substrate” is an electronic circuit on which the above functions are realized.

  The main board 30 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and the microcomputer has a central processing unit (CPU), a ROM as a read-only storage means, and a RAM as a readable / writable storage means. .

  The relay board 34 connected to the main board 30 is used as a game ball detection means to win the passing ball sensor 20 for detecting a gaming ball passing through the passing ball gates 6a and 6b, and to the starting winning port 4 described above. The start winning ball sensor 22 for detecting the game ball, the big winning ball sensor 25 for detecting the game ball won in the above-described big winning port 5, and the game won in the general winning ports 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f. A winning ball sensor 21 that detects a ball, a launch ball sensor 23 that detects a game ball launched from a ball launcher (not shown), and a return ball that detects a game ball that has been launched but has not returned to the game board surface. Sensor 24 is connected, and LED display device 2, lamp display device 41 to which panel side lamps 14a, 14b, etc. are connected as actuators, start winning port 4, and special winning port 5 are connected. It is.

  When each of the sensors detects a game ball, the detection signal is input to the CPU in the main board 30, and the various actuators are driven and controlled in accordance with the input signal. Control commands are also transmitted to the control board 32 and the prize ball control board 33.

  During the game, when the passing ball sensor 20 detects a gaming ball passing through the passing ball gates 6a and 6b and outputs a detection signal, the microcomputer in the main board 30 makes a winning determination according to the detection signal. The display of the LED display device 2 is controlled based on the determination result.

  When the start winning ball sensor 22 detects a game ball won in the start winning opening 4 and outputs a detection signal, the microcomputer in the main board 30 relates to a game in the liquid crystal display device 3 based on the detection signal. Various decisions are made and a control command (command) based on the decisions is sent to the symbol control board 31. Then, the symbol control board 31 performs various determinations and settings based on the received control command, and controls the liquid crystal display device 3. Here, the symbol control board 31 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM separately from the main board, and a control processing program relating to a game in the liquid crystal display device 3 and image data necessary for the game are stored in the symbol control board 31. Store in ROM.

  The sound control board 32 includes various kinds of sound data, and outputs sound to the speaker 40 in accordance with a control command transmitted from the main board 30 according to the game situation.

  The prize ball control board 33 drives the prize ball device 43 in accordance with a control command transmitted from the main board 30 according to various winnings, and pays out a pachinko ball.

  Hereinafter, a control process related to a game in the liquid crystal display device 3 performed by the main board 30 and the symbol control board 31 will be described with reference to flowcharts of FIGS.

  The game control processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 18 to 21 is performed on the main board 30.

  The main board 30 repeatedly performs the main game control processing (ST1 to ST7) shown in FIG. 18 and periodically (for example, every 3 ms) on the condition that the interrupt permission flag is set, interrupt processing shown in FIG. (ST10 to ST20) are performed.

  The process flow in the main game control process shown in FIG. 18 will be described below.

  ST1: Set the interrupt enable flag.

  ST2: Update the stop symbol determination random number counter and the reach determination random number counter.

  The stop symbol determination random number counter is a counter for extracting a stop symbol determination random number used when determining a stop mode in the liquid crystal display device 3 when a loss is determined. The count value is updated in the range of ˜11. This update process is configured to add +1 from 0 to its upper limit value 11 (hereinafter referred to as “count up”) and to count up from 0 again. The stop symbol determination random number counter is composed of three counters: a left stop symbol determination random number counter, a middle stop symbol determination random number counter, and a right stop symbol determination random number counter, and each performs update processing separately. .

  The random number counter for reach determination is a counter for extracting the random number for reach determination used for determining whether or not the change display of the special symbol is in the reach state in the case of a loss, and ranges from 0 to 9 shown in FIG. The count value is updated at. That is, it is configured to count up from 0 to the upper limit value 9 and to count up again from 0.

  ST3: It is determined whether or not a control command (command) regarding the error check process is being transmitted. If it is being transmitted, the process returns to ST1. If not, the process proceeds to ST4.

  ST4: Generate a command for error check processing.

  ST5: An error check process is executed based on the command generated in ST4.

  ST6: It is determined whether an error is occurring. If an error is occurring, the process returns to ST1. If not, the process proceeds to ST7.

  ST7: A special symbol game control process shown in FIGS.

  As described above, the interrupt process periodically executed is executed in the process flow of ST10 to ST20 shown in FIG.

  ST10: Save each register.

  ST11: Update processing of the jackpot determination random number counter, the jackpot symbol determination random number counter, and the effect group determination random number counter.

  The jackpot determining random number counter is a counter for extracting a jackpot determining random number used for determining whether or not the game result on the liquid crystal display device 3 is a big hit having a special symbol (hit determining), as shown in FIG. The count value is updated in the range of 0 to 334. That is, it is configured to count up from 0 to its upper limit value 334 and to count up again from 0.

  The jackpot symbol determination random number counter is a counter for extracting a jackpot symbol determination random number used when determining the stop mode in the liquid crystal display device 3 when the jackpot determination is made in the above jackpot determination. The count value is updated in the range of 0 to 11 shown in FIG. That is, it is configured to count up from 0 to its upper limit value 11 and to count up again from 0.

  The effect group determining random number counter is a counter for extracting effect group determining random numbers used for determining an effect group, which will be described later, and performs count value update processing in the range of 0 to 1023 shown in FIG. That is, it is configured to count up from 0 to its upper limit value 1023 and to count up again from 0.

  ST12: Update various timers.

  ST13: When input signals from various sensors such as the passing ball sensor 20, the winning ball sensor 21, and the starting winning ball sensor 22 are detected, processing corresponding to the input signals is executed. For example, when an input signal from the starting winning ball sensor 22 is detected, it is determined whether the starting winning memory number is less than the upper limit value (four as described above). The count values updated by the counter, the jackpot symbol determining random number counter, and the effect group determining random number counter are extracted as random numbers, transferred to the RAM in the main board 30, and stored.

  ST14: Processing related to display on the LED display device 2 (this is referred to as “normal symbol processing”) is executed. In this normal symbol process, along with the winning determination in the LED display device 2, display control of the LED display device 2 based on the determination result is executed.

  ST15: A decoration control process for turning on, blinking, and turning off various LEDs according to the gaming state is executed.

  ST16: A prize ball payout process is executed in response to a payout request issued by winning a game ball to the winning opening.

  ST17: An error process for determining whether various errors have occurred in the gaming machine is executed.

  ST18: A process of transmitting a control command to the symbol control board 31 or the like is executed.

  ST19: Restore each register.

  ST20: Set an interrupt enable flag.

  As shown in FIG. 20, in the special symbol game control process, it is determined whether or not there is a start winning memory (ST30). If it is determined that there is no starting winning memory, a normal game is displayed if a demo display is being displayed. If switching or normal game is in progress, a demonstration screen display process for switching to the demonstration display is executed (ST31).

  If it is determined in ST30 that there is a start winning memory, the following processing is performed.

  In step ST13, the jackpot determination random number stored in the RAM is read out, and it is determined whether or not the jackpot determination table is stored in the ROM as shown in FIG. 26 (ST32). Here, if the read big hit determination random number is “7”, it is determined that the big hit.

  When the big hit determination is made (“YES” in ST32), the big hit symbol determination random number stored in the RAM in ST13 is read out, and the big hit symbol (from the big hit symbol determination table stored in the ROM as shown in FIG. 27) ( A special symbol indicating the big hit is stopped) (ST33). As shown in FIG. 27, in this embodiment, 12 kinds of special symbols are provided, and the big hit symbol is a stop mode in which three symbols are arranged. These symbol data are stored in the ROM in the symbol control board 31.

  When the jackpot symbol is determined, the jackpot effect group determination table (FIG. 28C) is selected from the three effect group determination tables stored in the ROM as shown in FIG. An effect group necessary for determining the effect display is determined from the stored random numbers for effect group determination (ST34).

  If a loss determination is made (“NO” in ST32), the reach determination random number stored in the RAM in ST13 is read, and the presence / absence of the reach (variation) is read from the reach determination table stored in the ROM as shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the display is in a reach state (ST35).

  If it is determined that there is a reach (“YES” in ST35), the left stop symbol determining random number, the middle stop symbol determining random number, and the right stop symbol determining random number stored in the RAM in ST13 are read out, and FIG. The special symbol stop mode is determined from the left stop symbol determination table, middle stop symbol determination table and right stop symbol determination table stored in the ROM as shown in (ST36). In this determination process, first, the left stop symbol is determined, and the same symbol as the symbol is determined as the right stop symbol. If the symbol determined from the random number for determining the middle stop symbol is the same as the left and right symbols, the symbol is shifted by one frame to obtain the middle stop symbol.

  If the stop mode of reach loss is determined, then, the effect group determination table for reach loss shown in FIG. 28 (FIG. 28B) is selected, and from the effect group determination random number stored in the RAM in ST13, A production group is determined (ST37).

  If it is determined that there is no reach (“NO” in ST35), first, the left stop symbol determination random number and the middle stop symbol determination random number stored in the RAM in ST13 are read out, and the left stop symbol and the middle stop symbol are read out. Subsequently, the right stop symbol determination random number is read to determine the right stop symbol, and when the determined symbol is the same as the left stop symbol, the symbol shifted by one frame is determined as the right stop symbol (ST38). .

  If the stop mode without reach is determined, then it is confirmed whether the start winning memory is the upper limit value (ST39), and if it is the upper limit value (“YES” in ST39), the time efficiency of the game by the variable display is increased. In order to increase the fluctuation time, the fluctuation time is shortened by the so-called holding ball short time (hereinafter referred to as “short time”), and the short-time reach no-effect production group determination table (A−) shown in FIG. 2) is selected, and the production group is determined to be the production group 39 (ST40).

  If the start winning memory is not the upper limit value in ST39 ("NO" in ST39), the normal reach no-lose effect group determination table (A-1) shown in FIG. The group is determined to be a production group 38 (ST41).

  As described above, if the stop mode of the special symbol is determined, a symbol variation command for controlling the liquid crystal display device to generate a display based on this determination is generated (ST42), and the symbol variation command is controlled by the symbol control. Transmit to the substrate 31 (ST43).

  Next, the process proceeds to the flowchart of FIG. 21 to determine whether or not the big hit determination has been made (ST45). If it is a loss determination ("NO" in ST45), the process proceeds to ST53 described later. Subsequently, a big hit fanfare process for controlling the voice control board 32 is performed in order to output a sound (big hit fanfare) for notifying the big hit from the speaker 40 (ST46).

  Then, the process for switching from the normal game to the round display is performed by the predetermined time count of the round display switching timer for managing the switching timing from the normal game to the round display during the big hit game in the liquid crystal display device 3 (ST47). .

  Then, a jackpot game time check process is executed to manage the execution time (30 s) of the jackpot game 1 round at the jackpot 5 and the waiting time for the round switch of the jackpot game (ST48). When the progress of the round has been confirmed, the door of the big prize opening 5 is closed, and when the waiting time for the big hit game round change is confirmed, the door of the big prize opening 5 is opened. Perform (ST49).

  After ST49, it is determined whether or not the winning opening 5 is open (ST50). If it is open, the process returns to the process of ST48 and the big hit game is continued, and if it is not open, the aforementioned V winning is established. (ST51) and if the V winning is established, the process returns to the process of ST48 and the big hit game is continued. If the V winning is not established, the big hit game is ended (ST52).

  Then, the work area of the RAM used in the special symbol game control process is reset (ST53). FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the main process performed on the symbol control board 31.

  An effect pattern determining random number counter for extracting effect pattern determining random numbers used when determining an effect pattern for effect display described later is updated in the range of 0 to 127 shown in FIG. 25 (ST60). ).

  Then, it is determined whether or not a symbol variation command is received from the main board 30 (ST61). If a symbol variation command is received, a command reception flag is set (ST62).

  Then, it is determined whether or not an error is occurring (ST63), and if not in error, image processing is executed (ST64).

  Hereinafter, image processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  If the game is a big hit game ("YES" in ST70), then it is determined in ST62 whether or not the command reception flag is set (ST71). If not, the displayed round display is continued. However, if the command reception flag is set, an image to be displayed in round display is set in accordance with the symbol variation command received from the main board 30 (ST72), and the command reception flag is released (ST73). ), Round display processing is performed according to the setting (ST74).

  If the demonstration is being displayed (“YES” in ST75), it is subsequently determined whether or not the command reception flag is set (ST76). If not, the displayed demonstration display is continued (ST79). ) If the command reception flag is set, the image to be displayed in the demonstration display is set according to the symbol variation command received from the main board 30 (ST77), the command reception flag is canceled (ST78), Demo display processing is performed according to the setting (ST79).

  If a normal game is being played (“YES” in ST80), it is then determined whether or not a command reception flag is set (ST81). If not set, the variable display and effect display being displayed are continued. However, when the command reception flag is set, according to the symbol variation command received from the main board 30, the setting relating to the special symbol variation display in the normal game (ST82) and the effect pattern determination processing (ST83) After canceling the command reception flag (ST84), normal game processing (display processing of variation display and effect display) is performed (ST85).

  Hereinafter, the effect pattern determination process performed in ST83 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Based on the symbol variation command received from the main board 30, the determined effect group is any one of the effect groups 1 to 37 ("YES" in ST86), and further any one of the effect groups 1 to 20 (ST87). In “YES”), the effect pattern determination table for reach and loss shown in FIG. 31 is selected, and one effect pattern is determined from the effect patterns belonging to the determined effect group. At that time, the count value of the effect pattern determination random number counter updated in ST60 is extracted as an effect pattern determination random number, and an effect pattern to which the random number range to which the random number belongs is assigned is determined as an effect pattern to be displayed (ST89). ).

  If the effect group determined based on the symbol variation command received from the main board 30 is one of the effect groups 21 to 37 (“NO” in ST87), the jackpot effect pattern determination in FIG. 32 is determined. A table is selected, and based on the received symbol variation command, one effect pattern is determined from the effect patterns belonging to the determined effect group in the same manner as the process in ST89. (ST88).

  When the effect group determined based on the symbol variation command received from the main board 30 is the effect group 38 (“YES” in ST90), it is a case where reach is not lost and normal variation display is performed. 33, the effect pattern determination table for non-reach losing (normal) is selected, and one effect pattern is determined in the same manner as the process in ST89 (ST91).

  When the effect group determined based on the symbol variation command received from the main board 30 is the effect group 39 (“NO” in ST90), it means that there is no reach loss and the variation display is short. The reach-less effect pattern determination table of FIG. 34 is selected, and one effect pattern is determined in the same manner as the process in ST89 (ST92).

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 31 to 34, the effect group is composed of effect patterns having the same special symbol change time (the time from the start of change display to the stop and display of the fixed symbol). The effect patterns in each group are configured to have the same effect pattern display time with the change time of the special symbol. That is, the effect pattern determination table includes data related to the variation time of the special symbol for each effect group. Accordingly, since the change time of the special symbol and the display time of the effect pattern are determined from the effect group determined when the symbol change command is received from the main board 30, the main board 30 responds to the display time of the effect pattern. There is no need to perform time management of adjusting the fluctuation time.

  In this embodiment, as the effect pattern, as shown in FIGS. 35 to 40, 252 types of patterns are provided and stored in the ROM in the symbol control board. In these various performance patterns, the name of the character that appears, the character's facial expression, the real intention design, the character's speech, the background, the speech at the time of reaching the reach, and the type of reach are preset, and various combinations can be made by combining them. A scenario is configured.

  FIG. 35 shows types of effect patterns in the case where reach is not lost and normal variation display is made, and it is composed of 65 types of effect patterns 1 to 65, and FIG. 36 is that there is no reach and time reduction. In this case, the types of effect patterns are shown, and 63 types of effect patterns 66 to 128 are formed. These FIG. 35 and FIG. 3636 show the effect pattern in the case of no reach loss, and for example, the contents of the lines of the left and right characters are not engaged.

  FIG. 37 and FIG. 38 show the types of effect patterns in the case of loss with reach, and are composed of 64 types of effect patterns 129 to 192. The effect patterns shown in FIG. 37 and FIG. 38 show the effect patterns in the case of loss with reach. For example, even if the contents of the lines of the left and right characters displayed before reach are engaged, they are displayed after entering the reach. The final result of the Reach Course is not a couple, and the production pattern ends with a display result unwilling to the player.

  39 and 40 show types of effect patterns in the case of a big hit, and are composed of 60 types of effect patterns 193 to 252. The effect patterns shown in FIG. 39 and FIG. 40 show the effect patterns in the case of a big hit. For example, the contents of the lines of the left and right characters displayed before the reach are engaged, and are displayed after the reach is entered. The final result of the reach course is such that the production pattern ends with a satisfactory display result for the player that a couple is formed. Further, in the effect patterns shown in FIGS. 39 and 40, a train symbol (Shinkansen) and a dog symbol (white dog) having a big hit reliability of 100% are displayed.

  Furthermore, in the effect pattern in the case of the big hit shown in FIG. 39 and FIG. 40, the variation time of the special symbol, that is, the display time of the effect pattern is set longer than the effect pattern in the case of the loss shown in FIGS. Has been. Therefore, the longer the display time of the effect pattern, the higher the expectation that the player can expect the big hit.

  Further, F1 to F4 shown in FIGS. 35 to 40 show the facial expressions of each character, and specific modes are shown in FIGS. 41 and 42. FIG. 41 shows the types of facial expressions that the male character changes, and FIG. 42 shows the types of facial expressions that the female character changes. H1 to H20 indicate the true design of each character, and a specific aspect is as shown in FIG.

  In addition to the liquid crystal display device, a display device configured by arranging a large number of LEDs, or an electrical display device such as a CRT, plasma display, or electroluminescence can be used as the display means.

  Although the above example is a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a ball game machine, the present invention is applicable to other gaming machines, for example, gaming machines such as slot machines equipped with an electric display device and other video devices. Applicable. In addition, a game can be executed by applying the present invention to a game program in which the above-described operation on a pachinko gaming machine is simulated for a home game machine.

The front view which shows the game board surface of the pachinko game machine of the execution example of this invention. The figure which shows the flow of the display in a display screen. The figure which shows the continuation of FIG. 2 by the flow of the display in a display screen. The figure which shows the flow of a display in the display screen in the case of "super love love reach." The figure which shows the flow of a display in the display screen in the case of "suddenly hotel reach". The figure which shows the flow of a display in the display screen in the case of "date spot reach." The figure which shows the flow of a display in the display screen in the case of "another he reach." The figure which shows the flow of a display on the display screen during a big hit game. The table | surface which shows the reach development rate, jackpot reliability, and appearance rate for every combination of a man and woman character. The figure which shows the case where the background in a display screen is "station square". The figure which shows the case where the background in a display screen is "Rinkai Park." A table showing a list of genuine symbols. The table | surface which shows the jackpot reliability and appearance rate for every combination of true sound design. The figure which shows the demonstration display in a display screen. The figure which shows another example of the demonstration display in a display screen. The block diagram which shows the basic composition of the control means which performs the control processing regarding the display in a liquid crystal display device. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electric circuit part of a pachinko game machine. The flowchart which shows the main game control processing regarding the game in the liquid crystal display device performed with a main board | substrate. The flowchart which shows interruption processing. The flowchart which shows a special symbol game control process. The flowchart which shows the continuation of FIG. The flowchart which shows the main process performed with a symbol control board. The flowchart which shows the image processing performed with a pattern control board. The flowchart which shows the production | presentation pattern determination process performed with a symbol control board. The table | surface which shows the update range of the count value of various random number counters. The figure which shows the jackpot determination table. The figure which shows the jackpot symbol determination table. The figure which shows a production group determination table. The figure which shows a reach determination table. The figure which shows a stop symbol determination table. The figure which shows the effect pattern determination table for reach-losing. The figure which shows the effect pattern determination table for big hits. The figure which shows the effect pattern determination table for reach-less losing (normal). The figure which shows the effect pattern determination table for reach no loss (short time). The figure which shows the display content of production patterns 1-65. The figure which shows the display content of the production patterns 66-128. The figure which shows the display content of production patterns 129-169. The figure which shows the display content of production patterns 170-192. The figure which shows the display content of the production patterns 193-221. The figure which shows the display content of the production patterns 222-252. The figure which shows the facial expression list of a male character. The figure which shows the facial expression list of a female character.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine, 2 ... LED display device, 3 ... Liquid crystal display device, 3a ... Display screen, 4 ... Start prize opening, 5 ... Grand prize opening, 6a, 6b ... Passing ball gate, 10 ... Game board surface, 12a, 12b ... windmill, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f ... general winning opening, 14a, 14b ... board side lamp, 15 ... start winning memory lamp, 16 ... LED operation memory lamp.

Claims (2)

Display means for displaying a special symbol indicating transition to a special gaming state and an effect display related to the game if the predetermined display mode is reached when the variable display is stopped, and when the variable symbol display is stopped Control means for determining the stop mode of the display, and controlling the display of the display means according to the determination,
The control means is composed of two control units, a main control unit and a symbol display control unit,
The main control unit determines whether to shift to the special gaming state according to a predetermined input signal, and a stop symbol that determines a stop mode of the variable display according to a determination result of the determination unit A determining means, and an effect group determining means for determining one effect group from a plurality of effect groups configured by a set of the same or similar display times among a plurality of effect patterns predetermined as the effect display; Including
The symbol display control unit includes an effect pattern determining means for determining one effect pattern from the effect patterns belonging to the effect group determined by the effect group determining means, an effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determining means, and A gaming machine comprising: a symbol display control means for controlling the display means so as to display the stop mode determined by the stop symbol determination means.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect pattern is a state before the transition to the reach state indicating that the predetermined symbol variation display is the predetermined stop mode when the special symbol variation display is stopped and displayed. One of the pre-reach effect display for exciting the game, the reach effect display for exciting the game in the reach state, and a sign display indicating how much the game is likely to shift to the reach state or the special game state, Or the game machine characterized by being the combination of two or three of those displays.

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