JP2007325758A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance player's interest in information about winning combination advantageous for the player. <P>SOLUTION: In a game machine including a plurality of kinds of bonus winning combinations, when a bonus winning combination is internally won, a bonus decision presentation is performed at a predetermined probability to inform a player that the bonus winning combination is won, and further a bonus information presentation is performed for information about a symbol combination corresponding to the won bonus winning combination at a predetermined information rate. The predetermined information rate is set so as to be different according to the kind of bonus winning combination or the number of games performed after winning the bonus winning combination. Since the player is prevented from knowing which bonus winning combination is won owing to diverse kinds of bonuses regardless of the bonus decision presentation, the player is required to play challenge games to guess the symbol combinations corresponding to the won bonus winning combination by intuition during a time from the bonus decision presentation to the bonus information presentation, so that the games have attraction during a time until the bonus information presentation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine represented by a slot machine (pachislot).

  In recent games, the reel rotates by inserting a medal and operating the start lever, stops the reel by operating the stop button, internally determines the role by internal lottery, and internally determines on the display window When a predetermined combination of symbols corresponding to is displayed, a winning combination is established, and when a winning combination with a medal payout is established, a prescribed number of medals are paid out. In the internal lottery, the counter value acquired under a predetermined condition is compared with the lottery data to determine the presence or absence of internal winning, the combination symbol of the winning combination by the internal lottery stops on a predetermined display window, When a winning combination with paying out medals is established, a predetermined predetermined game medium is paid out. In such an internal lottery, a “bonus combination” advantageous to the player is provided. There has been proposed a gaming machine that announces that it has won the “bonus role” using an image display device or the like, outputs a special production sound, or notifies by a special lighting mode such as a lamp. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No.3062193

  However, simply notifying that the bonus has been won (hereinafter referred to as “bonus winning announcement”), there is a problem that there is no expectation and lack of interest even if the performance other than the announcement is performed.

  Further, since the conventional bonus winning announcement is made by a fixed lottery (for example, winning with a probability of 1/5) or the passage of a prescribed number of games (for example, five games), the bonus symbols cannot be aligned. There was a strong sense of notifying the player of the bonus symbol, and the bonus winning announcement was not always pleasing to the player. In other words, when the bonus winning notification is made, there is one aspect that the player is exposed to the fact that the player is an immature player who cannot arrange the bonus symbols.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game table that can improve the interest of the player when notifying the player of an advantageous role for the player.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention described in claim 1 includes a plurality of symbol display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols, and a lottery means for lottering whether or not an internal winning of a plurality of types of predetermined roles is won. The combination of the stop control means for stopping the change of the symbols of the plurality of symbol display means based on the lottery result of the lottery means and the symbols displayed by the plurality of symbol display means at the stop time is the lottery means. Based on whether or not the symbol combination corresponds to the winning combination determined by the internal winning, the winning determination means for determining the winning of the winning combination, and the winning determination means shifts to a gaming state advantageous to the player. When the winning combination determination of any of the plurality of transition combinations is made, the game state transition means for shifting to the advantageous gaming state and the lottery means determine whether the internal winning of any of the plurality of transition combinations is made. A transition combination notifying unit for notifying in a predetermined notification mode information about a symbol combination corresponding to the transition combination won internally on the condition that the winning combination is made, and the transition combination notification unit includes the plurality of transition combinations It is a gaming machine which notifies that the notification ratio which notifies the symbol combination corresponding to the said transition combination differs according to the type.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the reporting ratio for notifying the symbol combination of the internal winning combination is different for each of the plurality of types of the transitional role, various notification effects are executed according to the winning transitional role. It is possible to make the notification regarding the winning of the transition role interesting.

  The present invention according to claim 2 is the notification information storage means according to the invention according to claim 1, comprising notification information relating to a notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination corresponding to the transition combination for each of the plurality of transition combinations. The transition combination notifying unit is configured to perform notification according to the notification ratio associated with the internal winning combination based on the notification information stored in the notification information storage unit.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the notification information for reporting the symbol combination of the internal winning combination is stored for each type of the plurality of transition combinations, so that the notification information is referred to. In this way, a variety of announcements can be made according to the winning transition.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the second aspect, the plurality of transitional combinations are each separately provided with a winning flag indicating whether or not the winning combination is in an internal winning state. When it is determined that one of the plurality of winning combinations is won, a winning flag corresponding to the winning winning combination is set, and the winning determination means is configured to transfer the plurality of transfers based on the setting status of the winning flag. The winning combination is determined, and the notification information storage means includes the notification information corresponding to each of the winning flags of the plurality of transition combinations.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the winning flag is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of transition combinations, and the notification information is provided for each of the winning combinations. Can be managed based on.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the plurality of transition combinations include a combination of symbols of different transition combinations corresponding to respective winning flags, and the stop control means includes the lottery When the internal winning determination of any of the plurality of transition combinations is made by the means, the symbol combination of the transition combination is stopped and displayed based on a winning flag corresponding to the internal winning combination And

  According to the present invention as set forth in claim 4, since the combination of symbols of the transition combination to be stopped can be set differently for each winning flag of each of the plurality of transition combinations, the meaning of notifying the symbol combination of the winning transition combination is increased. , Can play games with more interest.

  The present invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the notification information storage means generates notification information having different notification ratios for each of the plurality of types of transition roles. It is characterized by providing.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination of the winning transition combination is different according to the types of the plurality of transition combinations, it contributes to improving the interest of the game.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the present invention according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the notification information storage means includes notification information having different notification ratios according to information relating to a game history. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention described in claim 6, since the notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination of the winning combination is different depending on the game history so far, it contributes to the enhancement of the interest of the game.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, the information relating to the game history includes information relating to the number of elapsed games from the game internally won by the transition combination.

  According to the present invention as set forth in claim 7, since the notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination of the winning transition combination is changed according to the number of games that have been won internally from the transition winning combination, it contributes to improving the interest of the game. To do.

  The present invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the information relating to the game history is information relating to the number of elapsed games until the internal winning of the transition combination after the advantageous gaming state ends. It is characterized by including.

  According to the present invention described in claim 8, since the notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination of the winning transition combination changes according to the number of games that have elapsed until the internal winning of the transition combination after the advantageous gaming state ends, Contributes to improving the fun of gaming.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the notification information storage means sets the notification ratio to 100% when the number of elapsed games is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of games. The broadcast information is provided.

  According to the present invention described in claim 9, since the symbol combination of the winning combination is surely notified when the predetermined number of games has elapsed, it is safe for the player.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the second to ninth aspects, the notification means includes a first notification means for notifying that the plurality of transition roles are internally elected, And second informing means for informing information relating to the symbol combination corresponding to the internal winning combination after execution of the first informing means.

  According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the symbol combination of the transitional role is played during the period from the notification that the plurality of transitional roles have been internally won until the notification of the information regarding the symbol combination corresponding to the internally elected transitional role. Since this is a challenge game to be guessed by the person's own intuition, the period can be interesting.

  The present invention according to claim 11 is the lottery result of the lottery process in which the first notifying means in the invention according to claim 10 determines whether or not to notify the plurality of transition combinations that the internal winning has been made. Based on the notification information stored in the notification information storage means, the second notification means determines whether or not to notify information regarding the symbol combination corresponding to the internal winning combination. Notification is performed based on the lottery result of the lottery process.

  Here, the first notification means and the second notification means may be configured by different presentation devices (for example, the presentation device of the first notification means is a lamp, and the presentation device of the second notification means is a liquid crystal device). Display devices).

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, since the notice regarding the winning of the transitional role is made through a two-stage lottery process, the interest of the game can be improved.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the tenth or eleventh aspect, in the case where the notification means does not notify the second notification means of information regarding the symbol combination of the internal winning combination. Further, it is characterized by comprising third informing means for informing at least a part of symbols of the symbol combination at a predetermined informing ratio when a predetermined condition is established.

  According to the present invention as set forth in claim 12, even if the information on the symbol combination of the internal winning combination is not notified, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, the symbol combination of the internal winning winning combination is relieved. Since at least a part of the information is notified, it is possible to diversify the notification effect regarding the winning of the transitional role and improve the interest.

  The present invention described in claim 13 includes a plurality of symbol display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols, a lottery means for lottery of internal winning of a plurality of types of predetermined roles, and a lottery result of the lottery means Based on the above, the combination of the stop control means for stopping the fluctuation of the symbols of the plurality of symbol display means and the symbols displayed by the plurality of symbol display means at the time of stop is determined as the internal winning by the lottery means A winning determination means for determining a winning for the winning combination based on whether or not the combination is a symbol corresponding to a winning combination, and the winning determining means determines whether or not the winning combination of the transition winning combination that shifts to a gaming state advantageous to the player is made. If it is, the gaming state transition means for transitioning to the advantageous gaming state and the stop control means in a permissible state in which the symbol combination of the transition combination can be won in the game. A transition combination notifying means for notifying, in a predetermined notification manner, information on the symbol combination of the transition combination that can be won in the game at a notification ratio corresponding to the combination of transition combination that can be won; It is the game stand which has.

  According to the present invention as set forth in claim 13, since the notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination of the transitional role varies depending on the symbol combination of the transitional role that can be won by stop control even if the transitional role is won, Various notification effects can be executed according to the symbol combination, and the notification regarding the winning of the transitional role can be interesting.

  According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the thirteenth aspect, the stop table storing means for storing a stop table in which information of stop position data for stopping the variation of the symbol is defined, and the lottery means. Selection means for selecting stop position data used for the game from the stop table storage means based on the lottery result, and the selection means has a first symbol when the transition combination is won internally. Whether stop position data for displaying a combination is selected or whether stop position data for displaying a second symbol combination different from the first symbol combination is selected based on the stop table It is characterized by selecting.

  According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, since the different symbol combinations are controlled to be stopped according to the selected stop table, it is possible to set a notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination of the transitional role corresponding to the stop table. it can.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to improve the interest of the player when notifying the advantageous role for the player.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a slot machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the slot machine 100, a game is started when a medal is inserted, and a medal is paid out according to the result of the game.

<Overall configuration>
Inside the center of the main body 101 of the slot machine 100, there are three reels (left reel 110, middle) with multiple types of symbols (“bell”, “replay”, “cherry”, etc .: not shown) on the outer peripheral surface. The reel 111 and the right reel 112) are housed and can be rotated inside the slot machine 100. In the present embodiment, an appropriate number of symbols are printed on the belt-like member at equal intervals, and the reels 110 to 112 are configured by affixing the belt-like member to a predetermined circular frame material. When viewed from the player, three symbols on the reels 110 to 112 are displayed in the vertical direction from the symbol display window 113, and a total of nine symbols can be seen. Then, by rotating the reels 110 to 112, the combination of symbols that can be seen by the player varies. In the present embodiment, three reels are provided in the center of the slot machine 100, but the number of reels and the installation position of the reels are not limited to this.

  In addition, a backlight (not shown) for illuminating each symbol displayed on the symbol display window 113 is disposed on the back of each reel 110 to 112. It is desirable that the backlight is shielded for each symbol so that the individual symbols can be illuminated evenly. A plurality of line display LEDs (not shown) are arranged on the left and right sides of each reel 110 to 112, for example, seven colors (three primary colors of red, green, and bluish purple, white, etc.). These mixed colors) can emit light, and are configured to include LEDs corresponding to the respective primary colors.

  In the slot machine 100, an optical sensor (not shown) including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit is provided in the vicinity of each of the reels 110 to 112. The light projecting unit and the light receiving unit of the optical sensor are provided. During this time, the light-shielding piece of a certain length provided on the reel is configured to pass therethrough. Based on the detection result of this sensor, the position of the symbol on the reel in the rotation direction is determined, and the reels 110 to 112 are stopped so that the target symbol is displayed on the winning line 114.

  The winning line display lamp 120 is a lamp indicating the winning line 114 that is valid. An effective winning line is determined in advance by the number of medals inserted into the slot machine 100. Of the five winning lines 114, for example, when one medal is inserted, the middle horizontal winning line is valid, and when two medals are inserted, the upper horizontal winning line and the lower horizontal winning line are added. When three medals are valid and three medals are inserted, five with a right-down winning line and an upper-right winning line added are valid as winning lines. Note that the number of winning lines 114 is not limited to five.

  The start lamp 121 is a lamp that informs the player that the reels 110 to 112 are in a state of being able to rotate. The re-playing lamp 122 is a lamp for notifying the player that the current game can be replayed (no medal insertion is required) when winning a re-playing role that is one of the winning roles in the previous game. is there. The notification lamp 123 is a lamp that informs the player that a specific winning combination (for example, a bonus such as BB (big bonus) or RB (regular bonus)) is won internally in an internal lottery described later. The medal insertion lamp 124 is a lamp that notifies that a medal can be inserted. The payout number display 125 is a display for displaying the number of medals to be paid out to the player as a result of winning a winning combination. The game number display 126 is an indicator for displaying an error display at the time of inserting a medal, the number of games during the big bonus game (in the BB game), the number of winnings of a predetermined winning combination, and the like. The stored number display 127 is a display for displaying the number of medals electronically stored in the slot machine 100.

  The medal insertion buttons 130 and 131 are buttons for inserting a predetermined number of medals stored electronically in the slot machine 100. In this embodiment, every time a medal insertion button 130 (also referred to as an ONE bet button) is pressed, a maximum of three coins are inserted one by one, and three when a medal insertion button 131 (also referred to as a MAX bet button) is pressed. A sheet is inserted. The medal insertion block 134 is a block that forms a medal insertion slot for a player to insert a medal when starting a game. That is, the medal can be inserted electronically by the medal insertion button 130 or 131, or the actual medal can be inserted from the medal insertion slot of the medal insertion block 134.

  The start lever 135 is a lever-type switch for performing a game start operation. That is, when a desired number of medals are inserted into the medal insertion slot of the medal insertion block 134 and the start lever 135 is operated, the reels 110 to 112 are rotated as a trigger, and the game is started. Stop buttons 137 to 139 provided on the stop button unit 136 are buttons for performing a stop operation on the reels 110 to 112 that have started rotating by operating the start lever 135, and are provided corresponding to the reels 110 to 112. It has been. When any one of the stop buttons 137 to 139 is operated, any one of the corresponding reels 110 to 112 is stopped.

  The payment button 132 is a button for adjusting the medals electronically stored in the slot machine 100 and the bet medals and discharging them to the medal tray 210 from the medal payout opening 155.

  The medal return button 133 is a button that is pressed to remove a medal when the inserted medal is jammed. The door key 140 is a hole into which a key for unlocking the front door 102 of the slot machine 100 is inserted. When the key is inserted and turned clockwise, the lock is released and the front door 102 of the slot machine 100 can be opened. The medal payout exit 155 is a payout exit for paying out medals. The medal tray 210 is a container for collecting medals paid out from the medal payout opening 155. The medal tray 210 employs a tray that can emit light in the present embodiment, and may be referred to as a tray lamp 210 hereinafter.

  The sound hole 160 is a hole for outputting the sound of a speaker provided inside the slot machine 100 to the outside. The upper lamp 150, the side lamp 151, the center lamp 152, the waist lamp 153, the lower lamp 154, and the saucer lamp 210 are decorative lamps for exciting the game, and are turned on / off / flashing according to the game state. The ashtray unit 200 is a container for storing cigarette butts, and is screwed inside the medal tray 210. The reel panel 161 is a panel having a symbol display window 113, and the title panel 162 is a panel on which the model name of the slot machine and various designs are drawn.

  The liquid crystal display (LCD) 180 can display various types of information related to games (for example, characters for exciting games, reach eyes, etc., or abnormalities inside the slot machine). Display the details of the error when it occurs). Of course, instead of the liquid crystal display device 180, other display means such as a dot matrix type display device in which a plurality of LEDs are two-dimensionally arranged may be used. In addition, a door device 183 having a door that can be opened and closed is provided on each of the left and right sides of the liquid crystal display device 180, and the door is opened and closed in accordance with the effect of the liquid crystal display device 180.

<Control unit>
Next, the circuit configuration of the control unit of the slot machine 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The control unit of the slot machine 100 roughly divides and controls various devices according to a main control unit 300 that controls the central part of the game and control information (hereinafter abbreviated as a command) transmitted from the main control unit 300. A sub-control unit 400.

<Main control unit>
First, the main controller 300 of the slot machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The main control unit 300 includes a CPU 310 that is an arithmetic processing unit for controlling the entire main control unit 300, a data bus and an address bus for the CPU 310 to transmit and receive signals to and from each IC and each circuit, It has the structure described below. The clock correction circuit 314 is a circuit that divides the clock oscillated from the crystal oscillator 311 and supplies it to the CPU 310. For example, when the frequency of the crystal oscillator 311 is 12 MHz, the divided clock is 6 MHz. The CPU 310 operates by receiving the clock divided by the clock correction circuit 314 as a system clock.

  The CPU 310 is connected to a timer circuit 315 for setting a timer interrupt processing cycle for constantly monitoring the state of sensors and switches, which will be described later, and a motor drive pulse transmission cycle, via a bus. When the power is turned on, the CPU 310 transmits the frequency dividing data stored in the predetermined area of the ROM 312 to the timer circuit 315 via the data bus. The timer circuit 315 determines an interrupt time based on the received frequency division data, and transmits an interrupt request to the CPU 310 at each interrupt time. In response to this interrupt request, the CPU 310 executes monitoring of each sensor and transmission of drive pulses. For example, when the system clock of the CPU 310 is set to 6 MHz, the frequency division value of the timer circuit 315 is set to 1/256, and the data for frequency division of the ROM 312 is set to 44, the reference time for this interrupt is 256 × 44 ÷ 6 MHz = 1. 877 ms.

  In addition, the CPU 310 stores a program for controlling each IC, a lottery data used for the internal lottery of a winning combination, various data such as a reel stop position, and a ROM 312 for storing temporary data. A RAM 313 is connected. Other storage means may be used for these ROM 312 and RAM 313, and this is the same in the sub-control unit 400 described later. The CPU 310 is connected to an input interface 360 for receiving an external signal, and a start lever sensor 321, a stop button sensor 322, a medal insertion button sensor 323, a checkout button via the input interface 360 every interrupt time. The state of the sensor 324, the medal payout sensor 326, and the determination circuit 319 is detected, and each sensor is monitored.

  The start lever sensor 321 is a sensor for detecting the operation of the start lever 135. The stop button sensor 322 is a sensor for detecting which stop button is pressed when any one of the stop buttons 137 to 139 is pressed. The medal insertion button sensor 323 is a sensor for detecting which medal insertion button is pressed when one of the medal insertion buttons 130 and 131 is pressed. The settlement button sensor 324 is a sensor that detects depression of the settlement button 132. When the settlement button 132 is pressed once, a medal that can be settled is paid out. The medal payout sensor 326 is a sensor for detecting a payout medal. Two medal insertion sensors 320 are installed in the passage inside the medal insertion block 134, and detect whether or not a medal has passed through the determination circuit 319.

  In addition, an input interface 361 and output interfaces 370 and 371 are connected to the CPU 310 via the address decoding circuit 350 to the address bus. The CPU 310 exchanges signals with external devices via these interfaces. An index sensor 325 is connected to the input interface 361. The index sensor 325 is installed at a predetermined position on the mounting base of each of the reels 110 to 112, and becomes H level each time the light shielding piece provided on the reel passes through the index sensor 325. When detecting this signal, the CPU 310 determines that the reel has made one rotation, and resets the rotational position information of the reel to zero. The output interface 370 includes a reel motor driving unit 330 that controls a motor for driving a reel, a hopper motor driving unit 331 for driving a hopper motor, and a game lamp 340 (specifically, a winning line display) A lamp 120, a start lamp 121, a replay lamp 122, a notification lamp 123, a medal insertion lamp 124, and the like, and a 7-segment (SEG) display 341 (a payout number display 125, a game number display 126, a stored number display 127 Etc.) are connected.

  A random number generation circuit 317 is connected to the CPU 310 via a data bus. The random number generation circuit 317 is an increment counter capable of incrementing a value within a certain range based on a clock oscillated from the crystal oscillator 311 and the crystal oscillator 316 and outputting the count value to the CPU 310, which will be described later. Used for various lottery processes, including internal lottery for winning positions. The random number generation circuit 317 in the present embodiment includes two random number counters. For example, a counter that increments a value from 0 to 65535 (random value width 65536) by using the clock frequency of the crystal oscillator 311 and a value from 0 to 16383 (random number value width 16384) by using the clock frequency of the crystal oscillator 316 are incremented. Counter. An output interface 371 for transmitting a command to the sub control unit 400 is connected to the data bus of the CPU 310. Information communication between the main control unit 300 and the sub control unit 400 is a one-way communication, and the main control unit 300 transmits a command to the sub control unit 400. Cannot be sent.

<Sub control unit>
Next, the sub-control unit 400 of the slot machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The sub-control unit 400 is a CPU 410 that is an arithmetic processing unit that controls the entire sub-control unit 400 based on commands and the like transmitted from the main control unit 300, and the CPU 410 transmits and receives signals to and from each IC and each circuit. The data bus and the address bus are provided, and the configuration described below is provided. The clock correction circuit 414 is a circuit that corrects the clock oscillated from the crystal oscillator 411 and supplies the corrected clock to the CPU 410 as a system clock. Further, a timer circuit 415 is connected to the CPU 410 via a bus. The CPU 410 transmits the frequency dividing data stored in the predetermined area of the ROM 412 to the timer circuit 415 via the data bus at a predetermined timing. The timer circuit 415 determines an interrupt time based on the received frequency division data, and transmits an interrupt request to the CPU 410 at each interrupt time. The CPU 410 controls each IC and each circuit based on the interrupt request timing.

  In addition, the CPU 410 temporarily stores a ROM 412 in which commands and data for controlling the entire sub-control unit 400, backlight lighting patterns and data for controlling various displays, and the like are stored. The RAM 413 is connected via each bus. The CPU 410 is connected to an input / output interface 460 for transmitting / receiving external signals. The input / output interface 460 includes line display LEDs 420 for illuminating the symbols of the reels 110 to 112 from the left and right sides. A door sensor 421 for detecting opening / closing of the front door 102 and a reset switch 422 for clearing data in the RAM 413 are connected.

  An input interface 461 for receiving a main control command from the main control unit 300 is connected to the CPU 410 via a data bus, and an effect process that excites the entire game based on the command received via the input interface 461. Etc. are executed. A sound source IC 480 is connected to the data bus and address bus of the CPU 410. The sound source IC 480 controls sound according to a command from the CPU 410. The sound source IC 480 is connected to a ROM 481 that stores sound data. The sound source IC 480 amplifies the sound data acquired from the ROM 481 by the amplifier 482 and outputs the sound data from the speaker 483. The CPU 410 is connected to an address decoding circuit 450 for selecting an external IC, similar to the main control unit 300, and the input interface for receiving a command from the main control unit 300 is connected to the address decoding circuit 450. 461, an input interface 471 for inputting a signal from the door / liquid crystal screen control unit 490, a clock IC 423, an output interface 472 for outputting a signal to the 7-segment display 440, and the like are connected.

  The CPU 410 can acquire the current time by connecting the clock IC 423. The 7-segment display 440 is provided inside the slot machine 100 so that a store clerk or the like can check predetermined information set in the sub-control unit 400, for example. Further, a demultiplexer 419 is connected to the output interface 470. The demultiplexer 419 distributes the signal transmitted from the output interface 470 to each display unit and the like. In other words, the demultiplexer 419 receives the upper lamp 150, the side lamp 151, the center lamp 152, the waist lamp 153, the lower lamp 154, the reel panel lamp 128, the title panel lamp 170, the payout exit strobe 171, according to the data received from the CPU 410. And controls the pan lamp 210. The title panel lamp 170 is a lamp that illuminates the title panel 162, and the payout exit strobe 171 is a strobe type lamp installed inside the medal payout exit 155. Note that signal transmission from the CPU 410 to the door / liquid crystal screen control unit 490 is performed via the demultiplexer 419. The door / liquid crystal screen control unit 490 is a control unit that controls the liquid crystal display device 180 and the door device 183.

<Pattern arrangement>
FIG. 4 is a diagram in which the arrangement of symbols applied to each of the reels 110 to 112 is developed in a plane. As shown in the figure, each reel 110 to 112 has a plurality of types of symbols arranged in a predetermined number of frames (here, 21 frames). In the symbol display window 113, three frames out of 21 frames are displayed.

  Numbers 0 to 20 shown at the left end of FIG. 4 are numbers indicating positions of symbols on which positions of symbols on the reel, that is, numbers indicating the symbol arrangement positions on the reel. There is a one-to-one correspondence between these numbers and symbols. For example, the number 2 frame on the left reel 110 has a bell symbol, the number 3 frame on the middle reel 111 has a red seven symbol, and the number 5 on the right reel 112. Blank symbols are placed on each frame. Here, a blank symbol is a symbol that is not related to winning a prize and is not used in combination with a combination. In FIG. 4, for the sake of convenience, the red seven symbol, blue seven symbol, yellow seven symbol, and white seven symbol are distinguished by patterns, but the actual red seven symbol, blue seven symbol, yellow seven symbol, and white seven symbol are distinguished. Seven symbols of red, blue, yellow and white are drawn on the symbol, respectively.

<Winner>
Next, the winning combination of the slot machine 100 in the present embodiment will be described. 5 and 6 show symbol combinations of each winning combination for each gaming state, the number of medals to be paid out at the time of winning, and lottery data. In the present embodiment, the “winning combination” means not only a combination with a medal payout (bell, watermelon, cherry) but also an operation combination without a medal payout (BB (big bonus), RB (regular bonus)), It means to include (replay). Therefore, the “winning” in the present embodiment includes the case where the symbol combination of the actuating role is displayed on the activated winning line 114. For example, in the case of a replay winning or a BB winning. It means that the symbol combination of replay and the symbol combination of BB are displayed on the activated pay line 114.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, there are four types of gaming states: a normal gaming state, a BB (big bonus) gaming state, an RB (regular bonus) gaming state, and a re-gaming high probability state. In addition, lottery data is provided for each gaming state. Here, the lottery data is data representing the random value range assigned to each winning combination with respect to the total random number value (65536). When the random value range assigned to each winning combination is divided by the total random number value, It is the probability of winning the winning combination internally. For example, according to FIG. 5A, the probability of internally winning BB1 in the normal gaming state is 75/65536. The lottery data shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is stored as a winning combination lottery table in the ROM 312 and is referred to in an internal lottery process described later. As a result of the internal lottery process, when any winning combination is won internally, there is a possibility that the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination won internally stops on the winning line 114 in which the symbol combination is activated.

  The internal winning probability of each winning combination is generally set to be within a predetermined payout range, and can be set in six stages from setting 1 to setting 6 according to the business of the amusement store. It has become. In the present embodiment, only one arbitrary stage (setting 6) is illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, and other settings are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, in the normal gaming state, red seven-red seven-red seven, blue seven-blue seven-blue seven, yellow seven-yellow seven-yellow seven, or yellow seven-yellow seven-white. When the seven symbol combinations are aligned with any of the activated winning lines 114, the BB1 to BB4 (BB1 to BB4 are collectively referred to as BB) are awarded. In this embodiment, four types of BBs having different symbol combinations are provided as described above, and a separate bonus flag (a variable indicating whether or not a bonus is won) is provided for each BB. When winning BB, the game shifts to the BB game state shown in FIG. 5B, and the BB game is started from the next game. In the BB gaming state, either of the bell 1 to the bell 3 or the cherry is won with a high probability, and 15 medals are paid out by the winning, so the BB gaming state is a gaming state advantageous to the player. Note that the BB gaming state ends when the number of medals acquired during the BB gaming state reaches a predetermined number (for example, when the number exceeds 345).

  Also, in the normal gaming state, red seven-red seven-blue seven, red seven-red seven-yellow seven, blue seven-blue seven-red seven, blue seven-blue seven-yellow seven, yellow seven-yellow seven-red When the symbol combination of Seven, Yellow Seven-Yellow Seven-Blue Seven, Red Seven-Red Seven-White Seven, or Blue Seven-Blue Seven-White Seven is aligned with any of the activated winning lines 114, each RB1 RB8 (RB1 to RB8 are collectively referred to as RB) is won. In this embodiment, eight types of RBs having different symbol combinations are provided as described above, and a separate bonus flag is provided for each RB. When winning an RB, the RB gaming state shown in FIG. 6A is entered, and the RB gaming is started from the next game. In the RB gaming state, any one of the bells 1 to 3 or the cherry is won with a high probability, and 15 medals are paid out by the winning. Therefore, the RB gaming state is also an advantageous gaming state for the player. The RB gaming state is ended by 12 games in the RB gaming state or 8 wins.

  Also, when the symbol combination of bell-bell-bell, watermelon-watermelon-watermelon, or ANY-ANY-cherry is aligned with any of the activated winning lines 114 in the normal gaming state, the bell, watermelon, or Cherry wins and 15, 10 or 2 medals are paid out. “ANY” indicates that any symbol may be used. Further, in the normal gaming state, when the replay-replay-replay symbol combination is aligned with any of the activated winning lines 114, a re-game is won, and the next game can be performed without inserting medals.

  As shown in FIG. 5B and FIG. 6A, in the BB gaming state and the RB gaming state, the red seven-bell-bell or bell-bell-bell symbol combination of the activated pay line 114 is activated. If one of them matches, it becomes a prize for Bell 1, and if a combination of Yellow Seven 7-Bell-Bell or Bell-Bell-Bell is aligned with any of the activated winning lines 114, a prize for Bell 2 is won. In addition, when the blue 7-bell-bell or bell-bell-bell symbol combination is aligned with any of the activated winning lines 114, the winning of the bell 3 is won and 15 medals are paid out respectively. . When the cherry-ANY-ANY symbol combination is aligned with any of the activated pay lines 114, a cherry win is awarded and 15 medals are paid out. Note that in the BB gaming state and the RB gaming state, only three medals are inserted into the gaming table.

  The replay high probability state is a game state in which the winning probability of the replay is set higher than the normal game state (the lottery data of each other winning combination is set to be the same as the normal game state, The probability is 8980/65536 (1 / 7.3) in the normal gaming state, and 28618/65536 (1 / 2.29) in the re-playing high probability state), and the player is less likely to lose medals. This is an advantageous gaming state for the player. In the present embodiment, when a bonus (indicating both BB and RB) is won internally, the re-game high probability state is entered by shifting to the re-game high probability state and winning the bonus.

<Basic control of games>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the main process of the main control unit showing the basic control of the game. This process is performed mainly by the CPU 310 of the main control unit 300, and the process shown in FIG.

  In step S100, processing related to medal insertion is performed. Here, it is checked whether or not medals have been inserted, and a prescribed number of medals is set. Note that when a re-game is won in the previous game, the number of bets set in the previous game is automatically set.

  In step S200, processing related to accepting a game start operation is performed. Here, it is checked whether or not the start lever 135 has been operated.

  In step S300, if it is determined that the start operation has been performed, the number of inserted medals is determined, and an effective pay line 114 is determined.

  In step S400, the random number generated by the random number generation circuit 317 is acquired.

  In step S500, the winning combination lottery table stored in the ROM 312 (specifically, the lottery data shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 provided for each gaming state) is used to determine each winning combination. An internal lottery process is performed to determine whether or not the internal winning is achieved by lottery. As a result of the internal lottery, when any winning combination is won internally, the winning combination flag set in the RAM 313 is set to ON. Examples of the winning combination include replay, BB1, watermelon, and lose. For example, when BB or RB is won internally, the flag of the selected BB or RB (bonus flag provided separately for each bonus type) is set to ON. Here, the bonus flag can be carried over not only for the game but also for the next game and after, and if the BB or RB is won in the game, but the BB or RB is not won, it will be won. Until the next game, it can be handled as winning of them (it remains set to ON). The sub-control unit 400 transmits a lottery result command including information on the internal lottery.

  As described above, an internal lottery winning probability is set for each winning combination for each bet number of medals and set values (1 to 6), and the winning combination lottery table is configured accordingly. The range of random values (for example, 0 to 65535) in the winning combination lottery table is divided in advance into several areas (areas corresponding to the magnitudes of the winning probabilities, and each area has a winning or missing winning combination. (For example, 0 to 74 is BB1, 75 to 149 is BB2, ..., 20018 to 63535 is out of order, etc.) And in the internal lottery of the winning combination, which range the acquired random number value belongs to Whether the winning combination is won or not is determined, and this method is also adopted in other lottery processes (such as production lottery).

  In step S600, a reel rotation start process for starting rotation of all reels 110 to 112 is performed.

  In step S700, the stop buttons 137 to 139 can be accepted, and when any of the stop buttons is pressed, any of the reels 110 to 112 corresponding to the pressed stop button is stopped. The reel stop control is executed according to the internal lottery result of step S500 based on the operation timing of the stop button. For example, a plurality of types of reel stop control tables corresponding to the internal lottery result are stored in the ROM 312. Stop control is performed by referring to. The sub-control unit 400 detects information about the reel to be stopped (information indicating the type of reel that has been stopped (for example, left, middle, right, etc.) based on detection of a stop button operation, and stops at any symbol position. A reel stop command including stop position information indicating whether or not it is). Further, when all reels are stopped, a full cylinder stop command is transmitted to the sub-control unit 400.

  In step S800, a winning determination is performed. Here, it is determined that the winning combination is won when a picture combination corresponding to the winning combination in the internal winning or the winning combination with the flag carried over is displayed on the activated winning line 114. For example, if “BELL-BELL-BELL” is arranged on the winning line 114 activated in the normal gaming state, it is determined that the bell is won. In addition, the flag corresponding to the winning combination won is reset. The sub-control unit 400 transmits a determination result command including information on the winning determination result.

  In step S900, if a winning combination with a payout has been won, the number of medals corresponding to the winning combination is paid out.

  In step S1000, game state update processing is executed. In this game state update process, control for changing the game state is performed. For example, in the case of a bonus winning such as BB or RB, preparation is made so that the corresponding BB game or RB game can be started from the next time, In the final game, prepare to start a normal game next time. Note that a state command indicating a gaming state is transmitted to the sub-control unit 400. The gaming state update process in step S1000 will be described later in detail.

  As described above, one game is completed, and the game progresses by repeating this thereafter.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing in detail the game state update process in step S1000 of FIG.

  In step S1002, it is determined whether or not the bonus flag is ON. When the bonus flag is ON (also referred to as establishment of the bonus flag), that is, when BB or RB is internally won, the process proceeds to step S1004. When the bonus flag is not ON, the process proceeds to step S1014.

  In step S1004, it is determined whether or not an internal winning BB or RB is won. When winning BB or RB, the process proceeds to step S1010, the bonus flag corresponding to the internal winning bonus combination is deleted (the bonus flag is set to OFF), and in step S1012, the bonus game state (BB game) is played after the next game. State or RB gaming state). On the other hand, if the bonus has not been won, the process proceeds to step S1006 to determine whether or not the current gaming state is a re-gaming high probability state. If the current gaming state is a re-gaming high probability state, the process proceeds to step S1014. When the current gaming state is not the re-gaming high probability state, the process proceeds to step S1008, and processing for shifting to the re-gaming high probability state is performed after the next game. In this embodiment, when the bonus is won internally, the transition process is performed in order to shift from the normal gaming state to the re-gaming high probability state.

  In step S1014, other game update processing is performed.

<Processing of sub-control unit>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing interrupt processing and main processing of the sub-control unit 400 of the slot machine 100.

  First, the interrupt process of the sub control unit 400 will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 410 of the sub-control unit 400 performs the process of FIG.

  In step S2100, it is determined whether a command has been received from main controller 300. When a command is received from the main control unit 300, the process proceeds to step S2200. When no command is received from the main control unit 300, the interrupt process is terminated.

  In step S2200, the received commands are sequentially stored without being overwritten in a predetermined area (referred to as a command storage area) of RAM 413.

  Next, the main process of the sub control unit 400 will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 410 of the sub-control unit 400 repeatedly executes the process in FIG.

  In step S2300, the stored command is acquired, and in step S2400, effect processing is executed in accordance with the acquired command. The effect processing will be described later in detail.

<Direction processing>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the effect process in step S2400 of FIG. In the effect processing of the present embodiment, when a bonus is won internally, a lottery (hereinafter referred to as a bonus announcement lottery) is won to notify which of a plurality of types of bonuses has been won (hereinafter referred to as a bonus announcement effect). To do). For this reason, when a bonus notification effect is performed, the player can grasp a symbol combination to be prepared from many types of bonuses (the bonus notification effect is advantageous to the player from the normal gaming state). This is an effect of informing the symbol combination of the transition combination for transitioning to the bonus state which is the gaming state).

  In step S2402, it is determined whether the received command is a lottery result command. If the received command is a lottery result command, the process proceeds to step S2404. If the received command is not a lottery result command, the process proceeds to step S2602.

  In step S2404, it is determined whether the received lottery result command includes a bonus-related command. When the command related to the bonus is included, specifically, when any of the bonus flags BB1 to RB4 and RB1 to RB8 is ON, the process proceeds to step S2406. On the other hand, when the command related to the bonus is not included, the process proceeds to step S2660.

  In step S2406, it is determined whether there is a continuation setting for the bonus notification effect. The continuation setting of the bonus notification effect is set when the bonus notification lottery is won and the bonus notification effect is started in the bonus notification lottery process in step S2500 described later. If there is a continuation setting for the bonus notification effect, that is, if the bonus notification lottery has already been won and the bonus notification effect has been started, there is no need to perform the bonus notification lottery process. When there is no continuation setting of the effect, that is, when the bonus notification effect is not started, the process proceeds to step S2500, and a bonus notification lottery process is performed.

  Here, the bonus notification lottery process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the bonus notification lottery process in step S2500 of FIG.

  In step S2502, it is determined whether a bonus finalized effect is being executed. The bonus confirmation effect is an effect of displaying the characters “bonus confirmation” on the screen via the liquid crystal display device 180 and notifying the player that the bonus has been won. However, in this embodiment, since there are various types of bonuses (4 types of BB and 8 types of RB), at this stage, the player does not know which type of bonus is won. In other words, in this embodiment, when the bonus finalization effect is performed, a challenge game is executed in which the combination of bonus symbols is applied by the player's intuition until the bonus notification effect is started. It can be a game that enhances the period until. FIG. 12A shows an example of the bonus confirmation effect, and FIG. 12B shows an example of the effect when the challenge game is executed.

  When the bonus fixed effect is being executed, the process proceeds to step S2510. When the bonus fixed effect is not being executed, the process proceeds to step S2504 to determine whether or not to perform the bonus fixed effect by lottery processing. In step S2506, it is determined whether or not the lottery process has been won. If the lottery process has been won, the process proceeds to step S2508 to execute a bonus confirmation effect. On the other hand, when the lottery process is not won, the bonus notification lottery process is terminated.

  In step S2510, the bonus winning state elapsed game number is acquired. The number of bonus winning state games means the number of games that have passed since the bonus was won internally. In this embodiment, since the winning probability of the bonus notification lottery is set to be different depending on the number of games that have passed since the bonus winning, when the bonus notification lottery is performed, the number of games that have passed since the bonus winning is acquired. It is. As will be described later, the number of bonus winning state elapsed games is updated by incrementing by 1 every time one game passes, and stored in the RAM 413.

  In step S2512, it is determined whether or not the BB flag is ON in the bonus flag. When the BB flag is ON, it means that BB has been internally won, so in step S2514, the BB notification table is referred to, and then in step S2516, the bonus winning state elapsed game number is referred to from the referenced BB notification table. Get lottery data. On the other hand, when the BB flag is not ON, that is, when the RB flag is ON, the RB is in the internal winning state, so the RB notification table is referred to in step S2518, and then the RB referred to in step S2520. The lottery data corresponding to the bonus internal state elapsed game number is acquired from the notification table.

  An example of the BB notification table is shown in FIG. The BB announcement table includes lottery data for each type of BB and the number of bonus winning status elapsed games. For example, when the number of bonus winning status elapsed games is 3 with BB1 being internally won, a ratio of 84% The bonus announcement production is executed. As shown in FIG. 13, the execution probability of the bonus notification effect (hereinafter also referred to as bonus notification ratio) is set differently for each BB, and is set differently depending on the number of bonus winning state elapsed games. Yes. For example, specifically, in the number of games within 10 games, the bonus notification ratio increases in the order of BB1> BB2> BB3> BB4. In addition, if the number of bonus state elapsed games is 11 or more in all BBs, the bonus notification ratio is set to 100%. Therefore, after 11 bonus games have been won, the type of BB is surely notified. It has become. Note that the BB notification table is not limited to the contents of the BB notification table shown in FIG. 13, and it is needless to say that the BB notification table may be configured so that the bonus notification ratio has another tendency.

  An example of the RB notification table is shown in FIG. Similar to the configuration of the BB announcement table, the RB announcement table includes lottery data for each type of RB and the number of bonus winning state elapsed games. For example, the number of bonus state elapsed games is 4 when RB1 is internally won. At the time of a game, the bonus notification ratio is set to 50%. As shown in FIG. 14, the bonus notification ratio is set differently for each RB, and is set differently according to the number of bonus winning state elapsed games. For example, specifically, the bonus notification ratio of BB1 is 0% for an odd number of games and 50% for an even number of games within 10 games. Further, the bonus notification ratio of RB7 and RB8 is always a fixed value (20% for RB7 and 0% for RB8) regardless of the number of elapsed games. Note that the RB notification table is not limited to the contents of the RB notification table shown in FIG. 14, and the RB notification table may be configured so that the bonus notification ratio has other tendencies.

  FIG. 15 is a graph of the BB notification table of FIG. 13, and FIGS. 16 and 17 are graphs of the RB notification table of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, the bonus notification ratio of the present embodiment is set differently according to the type of bonus and the number of bonus winning state elapsed games.

  Next, in step S2522, a bonus notification lottery process is performed using the acquired lottery data. In step S2524, it is determined whether or not the bonus notification lottery is won. If the bonus notification lottery is won, the process proceeds to step S2526 and subsequent steps to execute the bonus notification effect. If the bonus notification lottery is not won, step Proceeding to 2540, notification navigation right effect processing is performed. The notification navigation right effect process in step 2540 will be described in detail later.

  In step S2526, it is determined whether or not a re-game is won in the game. In the present embodiment, when replaying is won, the reel stop control is performed so as to align the replaying symbol combinations with the highest priority, so it is determined whether or not replaying is won. . If the re-game is not won, it is possible to align the bonus symbol combinations, so the process proceeds to step S2528, where the bonus finalization effect being executed is terminated and the bonus notification effect is performed. The bonus notification effect is an effect of displaying the symbol combination of the winning bonus via the liquid crystal display device 180 on the screen and notifying the player of the type of the winning bonus. An example of the bonus notification effect is shown in FIG. The bonus notification effect shown in FIG. 12C notifies that the winning bonus is RB1. In the present embodiment, the bonus confirmation effect and the bonus notification effect are executed using the liquid crystal display device 180. However, the effect device is not limited to this, and the bonus confirmation effect and the bonus notification effect effect device are different. (For example, a bonus confirmation effect is performed by a lamp, and a bonus notification effect is performed by sound). On the other hand, if the re-game is won, the bonus symbol combination cannot be made, so the bonus notification lottery process is terminated.

  In step S2530, the bonus notification effect is continuously set so that the bonus notification effect described above is continuously executed until the bonus winning.

  As described above, in this embodiment, since there are a lot of types of bonuses, by performing the bonus notification effect, the player can grasp the symbols to be prepared for the first time, thereby achieving the bonus winning. it can.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 18, the notification navigation right effect process in step S2540 described above will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing in detail the announcement navigation right effect process in step S2540. The notice navigation right effect is an effect that is executed as a remedy when the bonus notification lottery is deviated, and a predetermined condition is established even if the bonus notification lottery is deviated, thereby indicating one type of symbol combination indicating the type of bonus. This is an effect of notifying all or part. Satisfaction of the predetermined condition in the present embodiment means that during the previous bonus game state, the bell (specifically, the bell 1 whose symbol combination is a red seven-bell-bell, the bell 2 which is a yellow seven-bell-bell, and This means that the player has won a prize of any one of the bells 3 which are blue seven-bell-bells, but other conditions may be set.

  In step S2542, it is determined whether or not the notification navigation right counter is zero. The notice navigation right counter is a counter that determines whether or not the predetermined condition described above is satisfied, and is a counter that is counted in the notice navigation right acquisition game process in step S2620 described later. In other words, in the bonus game state, when winning a bell, the value of the notice navigation right counter is incremented.

  When the notice navigation right counter is not 0, that is, when a prize is won in the bell during the previous bonus game state, the process proceeds to step S2544 to perform notice navigation right lottery processing. The notice navigation right lottery process is a process of determining a symbol to be notified by lottery among symbol combinations corresponding to the winning bonus. FIG. 19 shows an example of a lottery table used for the notice navigation right lottery process. For example, according to the lottery table shown in FIG. 19, the probability that the 3rd drum (left reel, middle reel, right reel) symbol (that is, all combinations of bonus symbols) is informed is 64/256, which is twice. The probability that the symbol of the trunk (left reel / middle reel) is notified is 32/256, the probability that the symbol of the first drum (left reel) is notified is 32/256, and the probability of not being notified at all is 128/256. 256. On the other hand, when the notification navigation right counter is 0, there is no right to perform the notification navigation right lottery, so the notification navigation right effect process is terminated.

  In step S2546, as a result of the notice navigation right lottery process, it is determined whether or not to notify the 3rd body symbol. In the case of notifying the 3rd drum symbol, the process proceeds to step S2548, and the effect of notifying the symbol combination of the left / middle / right reel among the symbol combinations of the selected bonus is performed. If the 3rd drum symbol is not notified, the process proceeds to step S2550.

  In step S2550, as a result of the notice navigation right lottery process, it is determined whether or not to notify the symbol of the second round. In the case of notifying the double-drum symbol, the process proceeds to step S2552, and the effect of notifying the symbol combination of the left and middle reels among the winning bonus symbol combinations is performed. If the symbol combination of the second cylinder is not notified, the process proceeds to step S2554.

  In step S2554, as a result of the notice navigation right lottery process, it is determined whether or not to notify the design of the one-time trunk. When notifying the symbol combination of the 1st drum, the process proceeds to step S2556, and an effect of notifying the symbol of the left reel among the winning bonus symbol combinations is performed. If the symbol combination of the first cylinder is not notified, the process proceeds to step S2558.

  In step S2558, intermediate color light emission navigation data is set. By setting the intermediate color light emission navigation data, an intermediate color light emission navigation effect using the line display LED is performed when all reels are stopped, as will be described later. The intermediate color light emission navigation effect is a light emission effect in which the line display LEDs are sequentially emitted in a predetermined color. Since the colors to be emitted include colors related to the winning bonus symbol combination, the player determines the type of the selected bonus from the emitted color. FIG. 20 is a table showing LED pallet data for intermediate color light emission navigation effects in the present embodiment. For example, when BB1 is won, the line display LEDs are lit in order of red → blue → yellow in order of a predetermined light emission time (1000 msec) (the design combination of BB1 is red seven-red seven-red seven). The red color is included in the above palette data).

  As described above, in this embodiment, even if the bonus winning lottery is deviated while the bonus is internally won, as a relief measure, the announcement navigation right effect is executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied. Although not as accurate as the bonus announcement lottery, the person can guess the type of the winning bonus. Further, even if the announcement navigation right effect is shifted to the lottery, since the intermediate color light emission navigation effect is performed, it is possible to use the indirectly and implicit notification as a clue to guess the type of the winning bonus.

  In this embodiment, the condition for performing the notice navigation right lottery is the case where the value of the notice navigation right counter is not 0. However, other conditions may be set, and the value of the notice navigation right counter is set in advance. You may make it perform notification navigation right lottery when it is more than a defined threshold value (for example, 10 etc.).

  Returning to FIG. 10, when the bonus notification lottery process is completed, the number of elapsed games in the bonus winning state is updated in step S2600. That is, 1 is added to the number of elapsed games.

  On the other hand, in step S2602, it is determined whether the received command is a determination result command. If the received command is a determination result command, the process advances to step S2614 to determine whether or not the determination result command is a command related to a bonus winning. On the other hand, if the received command is not a determination result command, the process proceeds to step S2604.

  In step S2614, if the determination result command is a command related to bonus winning, the number of elapsed games in the bonus winning state is cleared in step S2616. In step S2618, a bonus winning effect (for example, “bonus bonus” is displayed via the liquid crystal display device 180). A message such as “Congratulations on winning a prize” is displayed on the screen, and an effect to congratulate the bonus winning is performed, and then a bonus medium effect executed in the bonus game state is performed.

  In step S2620, the notice navigation right acquisition game process for acquiring the right for executing the notice navigation right effect described above is executed. The notification navigation right acquisition game process in step S2620 will be described later in detail.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2614 that the determination result command is not a command related to bonus winning, the process proceeds to step S2650 and other winning effect processing is performed.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 21, the notification navigation right acquisition game processing in step S2620 will be described. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing in detail the notification navigation right acquisition game processing in step S2620 of FIG.

  In step S2622, the effect setting during the bonus game is performed.

  In step S2624, it is determined whether or not Bell 1 has been internally won in the bonus game state. When Bell 1 is internally won, the process proceeds to step S2626, and it is determined whether or not the red 7-bell-bell symbol combination in Bell 1 is aligned. When the red 7-bell-bell symbol combination is aligned and the bell 1 is won, the process proceeds to step S2628, the value of the notification navigation right counter is incremented, and the red 7-bell-bell symbol combination cannot be aligned. If so, the notification navigation right acquisition game process is terminated. If it is determined in step S2624 that bell 1 is not internally won, the process proceeds to step S2630.

  In step S2630, it is determined whether or not Bell 2 has been internally won in the bonus game state. When Bell 2 is won internally, the process proceeds to step S2632, and it is determined whether or not the yellow 7-bell-bell symbol combination in Bell 2 is aligned. When the yellow 7-bell-bell symbol combination is aligned and the bell 2 is won, the process proceeds to step S2634, the value of the notice navigation right counter is incremented, and the yellow 7-bell-bell symbol combination cannot be aligned. If so, the notification navigation right acquisition game process is terminated. If it is determined in step S2630 that Bell 2 has not been internally won, the process proceeds to step S2636.

  In step S2636, it is determined whether or not Bell 3 has been internally won. When Bell 3 is internally won, the process proceeds to step S2638, and it is determined whether or not the blue 7-bell-bell symbol combinations of Bell 3 are aligned. If the Blue Seven-Bell-Bell symbol combination is aligned and the Bell 3 is won, the process proceeds to step S2640, the value of the notification navigation right counter is incremented, and the Blue Seven-Bell-Bell symbol combination cannot be aligned. If so, the notification navigation right acquisition game process is terminated. If it is determined in step S2636 that the bell 3 is not internally won, the process proceeds to step S2636.

  In this way, during the bonus game of the present embodiment, when winning the bell 1 and winning the bell 1 with a combination of red seven-bell-bell symbols, winning the bell 2 and winning the yellow seven -Announcement navigation rights counter when the bell-bell symbol combination is won and the bell 2 is won, or when the bell 3 is won internally and the blue seven-bell-bell symbol combination is won and the bell 3 is won. The value of is incremented. As a result, when the value of the notification navigation right counter is not 0, the notification navigation right effect processing is executed even if the bonus notification lottery is deviated as described above. That is, the winning situation of a predetermined combination in the bonus game affects the performance in the next bonus internal winning state.

  Returning to FIG. 10, in step S2604, it is determined whether or not a state command indicating a gaming state has been received. When the state command is received, the process proceeds to step S2612, and effect state setting processing according to the gaming state is performed in accordance with the received state command. If the status command has not been received, the process proceeds to step S2606, and it is determined whether or not the all-round cylinder stop command has been received. When the all-turn cylinder stop command is received, the process proceeds to step S2608, where it is determined whether intermediate color light emission navigation data has been set. If the intermediate color light emission navigation data is set, the process advances to step S2610 to execute the intermediate color light emission navigation effect according to the set intermediate color light emission navigation data. That is, when all the reels are stopped, the line display LEDs are sequentially emitted in a predetermined color according to the set intermediate color light emission navigation data. On the other hand, when the intermediate color light emission navigation data is not set, the process proceeds to step S2660.

  In step S2660, other effect processing is performed according to the received command.

  As described above, according to the slot machine 100 of the present embodiment, a plurality of types of bonuses (4 types of BB and 8 types of RB) are provided, and when a bonus is won internally, a bonus finalizing effect is performed and the bonus is won. This is notified to the player, and further, a bonus notification effect for notifying information on the symbol combination corresponding to the winning bonus combination at a predetermined notification ratio is performed. Here, the predetermined notification ratio is not fixed, and is set to be different depending on the type of bonus and the number of elapsed games since the bonus was won internally. Can be improved.

  As described above, the bonus notification effect according to the present embodiment is different from the conventional bonus notification effect in which a bonus notification is performed with a fixed lottery probability or a fixed prescribed game progress, and has various notification ratios. Since there are a lot of factors that do not depend on the skill, the bonus notification can be provided to the player as more interesting.

  In addition, even if there is a bonus finalization effect, the player has various types of bonuses and does not know which bonus combination is won. A challenge game in which the combination of the corresponding symbols is taken into consideration is performed, and the game during the period until the bonus notification effect can be made interesting.

  Furthermore, even if the bonus notification lottery is not won, the notification navigation right effect and the intermediate color light emission effect are performed and the bonus type is indirectly notified, so that the player can enjoy various game characteristics.

<Other embodiments>
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention has been described, various deformation | transformation and change can be performed with respect to embodiment of this invention in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the winning probability of the bonus notification lottery is set to change in accordance with the number of games that have passed since the bonus internal winning, but instead of or in addition to this, the bonus in the normal gaming state The winning probability of the bonus notification lottery may be set to change according to the number of elapsed games until the internal winning.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart of an effect process of a modified example in which a bonus notification lottery is performed in consideration of the number of elapsed games up to the bonus internal winning in addition to the number of elapsed games since the bonus internal winning. The effect process of the present modification is different from the effect process of FIG. 10 of the above embodiment only in the process when the all-turn cylinder stop command in step S2609 is received. That is, in step S2609, every time all reels stop (for each game), the number of games until the bonus internal winning in the normal gaming state is updated. More specifically, a counter that counts the number of games from the start of the normal gaming state until the bonus internal winning is initialized, and the value of the counter is incremented by 1 every time one game passes until the bonus internal winning is made. It is.

  FIG. 23A shows an example of the BB notification table used in this modification. FIG. 23B is an example of a correction table used in this modification. Here, the correction table includes correction data having a random number width for each type of BB and the number of games up to the bonus internal winning in the normal gaming state described above. For example, specifically, when BB1 is internally won and the number of elapsed games until the bonus internal winning is 100 games and the number of elapsed games from the bonus internal winning is 3, the random number of the corresponding data in the BB announcement table A random number width 218 obtained by adding the random number width 2 of the corresponding data in the correction table to the width 216 is used for the lottery (the lottery probability is 218/260). Although not shown in FIG. 23, the RB notification ratio at the time of RB winning may be set by the RB notification table and its correction table.

  In this way, in this modification, the bonus notification ratio of the bonus notification production is determined by adding the number of games played up to the bonus internal election in addition to the number of games played since the bonus internal election. It can be carried out.

  In the above embodiment and the modified example, the bonus notification ratio is determined based on the number of elapsed games since the internal winning of the bonus and the number of elapsed games until the internal winning of the bonus in the normal gaming state. The bonus notification ratio may be determined based on the game history information. For example, in addition to the number of games that have been won since the internal winning of the bonus, the number of games that have been played until the internal winning of the bonus, the amount of medals inserted so far, and the medals paid out so far It is the amount, the winning rate of the small role until then, the winning rate until then.

  In the above-described embodiment, the bonus notification ratio is set to be different according to the bonus flag. Separately, the bonus notification ratio is set according to stop position data (reel stop control table) selected in the reel stop control process. The notification ratio may be different (not depending on the bonus flag).

  24 to 28 are diagrams showing an outline of a modification example in such a case. FIG. 24 is a diagram in which the arrangement of symbols applied to the reels 110 to 112 in the present modification is developed in a plane. FIG. 25 shows the symbol combinations of each winning combination for each gaming state in this variation, the number of medals to be paid out at the time of winning, and the lottery data (internal winning probability). As shown in FIG. 25, in this modification, there is one lottery data of BB, and as a symbol combination of BB, a symbol combination of blue 7-blue 7-blue 7 and red 7-red 7-red 7 There are two types of symbol combinations. That is, there is one BB bonus flag, and when this BB bonus flag is established, depending on the reel stop control, the blue 7-blue 7-blue 7 symbol combination or the red 7-red 7-red 7 symbol. The combination can be stopped. FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a selection table for selecting a stop control table in the present modification. For example, when the above-mentioned BB is won internally (when the BB bonus flag is established), either the stop table BB_A or BB_B is selected with a predetermined selection probability according to the gaming state (RT mode 1, RT mode 2). . Here, the stop table BB_A is a stop control table capable of stopping the red 7-red 7-red 7 symbol combination, and the stop table BB_B is a stop capable of stopping the blue 7-blue 7-blue 7 symbol combination. It is a control table. FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a reel stop control process (a process corresponding to step S700 of FIG. 7) S700A of this modification, and FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing in detail the stop position data selection process of step S720 of FIG. With reference to FIGS. 27 and 28, the reel stop control process of the present modification will be described.

  In step S710, it is determined whether or not there is a reel stop operation. If there is a reel stop operation, stop position data, that is, a stop control table is selected in step S720. As shown in FIG. 28 in detail, the stop position data selection process in step S720 acquires information on the current gaming state (eg, RT mode 1, RT mode 2) in step S721, and in step S722, the internal winning result. In step S723, lottery processing is performed according to the acquired gaming state and the internal lottery result, and stop position data (stop control table) is acquired. For example, when the BB is internally won when staying in the RT mode 1, the stop table BB_A is selected with a selection probability of n and BB_B is selected with a selection probability of m. Next, in step S730, a reel stop process is performed based on the selected stop position data, and a stop position command including the reel stop position is transmitted to the sub-control unit 400. In step S750, when all reels have stopped. Then, the reel stop control process ends.

  Thus, in this modification, there is one BB bonus flag, but when the BB bonus flag is established, different symbol combinations can be stopped depending on the selected stop control table. In this modification, the bonus notification ratio is set differently according to the selected stop control table (specifically, the bonus notification ratio of the bonus notification table corresponding to the stop table BB_A and The bonus notification ratio of the bonus notification table corresponding to the stop table BB_A is set differently). As a result, also in this modification, the same operation and effect as the above embodiment can be achieved.

  In addition, various types of notifications of bonus notification effects are assumed, and in addition to directly reporting the symbol combination of the bonus combination won in the above embodiment, “good” according to the symbol position at the time of reel stop. You may make it generate | occur | produce the sound which suggests the kind of bonus, such as "it is a little more" (when the symbol which comprises the symbol combination corresponding to the internal winning bonus is near the symbol position at the time of a reel stop). That is, the sub-control unit 400 may perform an audio effect that suggests the type of bonus in accordance with the reel stop command from the main control unit 300.

  In the above embodiment, a bonus flag is provided for each type of bonus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and one type of bonus flag is provided, and operation conditions for aligning bonus symbol combinations are provided for a plurality of bonuses. It may be. As a result, even if the bonus is won internally, if the operating conditions do not match, the symbol combinations of the corresponding bonus cannot be aligned. In this case, the bonus notification ratio can be set differently depending on the operation conditions.

  Although the present invention is applied to the slot machine using medals in the above embodiment and the modification, the present invention is not limited to this, and a slot machine using a game ball (such as a pachilot or a parrot). May also be applied).

It is a perspective view showing the appearance of the slot machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a main control unit of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a sub-control unit of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a view showing an arrangement of symbols applied to each reel of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a winning combination, a corresponding symbol combination, a medal payout number, and lottery data in the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, together with FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a winning combination, a corresponding symbol combination, a medal payout number, and lottery data in the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, along with FIG. 5. 10 is a flowchart showing main processing of the main control unit of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the game state update process of step S1000 of FIG. 7 in detail. 4 is a flowchart showing a sub control unit interrupt process and a sub control unit main process of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the effect process of step S2400 of FIG. 9 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the bonus notification lottery process of step S2500 of FIG. It is an example of the bonus confirmation effect and the bonus notification effect of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of a BB notification table referred to in the bonus notification lottery process of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of an RB notification table referred to in the bonus notification lottery process of the slot machine related to one embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which represented the BB notification table shown in FIG. 13 in the graph. It is the figure which represented the RB notification table shown in FIG. 14 with the graph in FIG. It is the figure which represented the RB notification table shown in FIG. 14 with the graph with FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the notification navigation right effect process of step S2540 of FIG. It is an example of a notice navigation right lottery table referred to in the notice navigation right lottery process of the slot machine related to one embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of intermediate color light emission navigation data used for the intermediate color light emission navigation effect of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the notification navigation right acquisition game process of step S2620 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the modification of the effect process of step S2400 of FIG. FIG. 23 is an example of a BB notification table and a correction table that are referred to in the bonus notification lottery process in the modification of the effect process shown in FIG. 22. It is a figure showing the arrangement of symbols applied to each reel in a modification of the slot machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of a winning combination, a corresponding symbol combination, a medal payout number, and lottery data in a variation of the slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 25 is a view showing a configuration example of a selection table for selecting a stop control table in a modification of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart of reel control processing in a modification of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the stop position data selection process of step S720 of FIG. 27 in detail.

Claims (14)

A plurality of symbol display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols;
Lottery means for lottery of internal winning of plural types of predetermined roles;
Stop control means for stopping the fluctuation of the symbols of the plurality of symbol display means based on the lottery result of the lottery means;
The winning combination is determined based on whether the combination of symbols displayed by the plurality of symbol display means at the time of the stop is a symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination determined by the lottery means. Winning determination means,
A game state transition means for shifting to the advantageous gaming state when the winning determination means determines a winning of any of a plurality of transition roles that shift to a gaming state advantageous to the player;
The transition combination notifying means for notifying, in a predetermined notification mode, information relating to the symbol combination corresponding to the transition winning combination that is internally won on the condition that the internal winning determination of any of the plurality of transition winning combinations is made by the lottery means And comprising
The transition combination notifying means
A gaming table that notifies that the notification ratio for notifying the symbol combination corresponding to the transition combination differs according to the types of the plurality of transition combinations. For each of the plurality of transition combinations, further comprising notification information storage means including notification information regarding a notification ratio for reporting the symbol combination corresponding to the transition combination,
The transition combination notifying means
2. The game table according to claim 1, wherein the game table is notified according to a notification ratio associated with the internal winning combination based on the notification information stored in the notification information storage means. The plurality of transition roles are:
A winning flag indicating whether or not the role is in the state of internal winning is provided separately.
The lottery means
When it is determined that one of the plurality of transition roles has been won, a winning flag corresponding to the winning transition role is set,
The winning determination means includes
Based on the setting status of the winning flag, the winning combination to the plurality of transition roles is determined,
The notification information storage means includes
The game table according to claim 2, wherein the notification information is provided corresponding to each of the winning flags of the plurality of transition combinations. The plurality of transition roles are:
Corresponding to each winning flag, it has a pattern combination of different transition roles,
The stop control means includes
When the lottery means determines that the internal winning of any of the plurality of transition combinations is made, the symbol combination of the transition combination is stopped and displayed based on a winning flag corresponding to the internal winning combination The game table according to claim 3. The notification information storage means includes
5. The game table according to claim 2, wherein notification information having a different notification ratio is provided for each of the plurality of types of transitional combinations. The notification information storage means includes
The game table according to any one of claims 2 to 5, further comprising notification information having different notification ratios according to information relating to a game history. Information about the history of the game is
The game table according to claim 6, comprising information related to the number of games that have been played since the internal winning combination of the transition combination. Information about the history of the game is
8. The game table according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising information on the number of games that have been played after the advantageous game state is over until the winning combination is won internally. The notification information storage means includes
The game table according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising notification information in which the notification ratio is 100% when the number of elapsed games is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of games. The transition combination notifying means
First notifying means for notifying that the plurality of transition roles have been internally won;
A second notifying unit for notifying information relating to the symbol combination corresponding to the internal winning combination after executing the first notifying unit;
The game table according to any one of claims 2 to 9, further comprising: The first notification means includes
Informing based on the lottery result of the lottery process for lottery whether to notify the internal winning to the plurality of transition roles,
The second notification means includes:
Based on the lottery result of the lottery process for lottery using the notification information stored in the notification information storage means whether or not to notify the information about the symbol combination corresponding to the internal winning combination The game table according to claim 10. The notification means includes
If the second notification means does not notify the information regarding the symbol combination of the internal winning combination, at least a part of the symbol combination is displayed at a predetermined notification ratio according to establishment of a predetermined condition. The game table according to claim 10 or 11, further comprising third notifying means for notifying. A plurality of symbol display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols;
Lottery means for lottery of internal winning of plural types of predetermined roles;
Stop control means for stopping the fluctuation of the symbols of the plurality of symbol display means based on the lottery result of the lottery means;
The winning combination is determined based on whether the combination of symbols displayed by the plurality of symbol display means at the time of the stop is a symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination determined by the lottery means. Winning determination means,
A game state transition means for shifting to the advantageous gaming state when the winning determination means determines the winning of the transition role to shift to a gaming state advantageous to the player;
In the permissible state where the symbol combination of the transitional combination can be won in the game by the stop control means, the winning in the game at the notification ratio corresponding to the symbol combination of the transitional combination that can be won A transition combination notifying means for notifying information about the combination of symbols of the transition combination that can be made in a predetermined notification manner;
A game table characterized by comprising: Stop table storage means for storing a stop table in which information of stop position data for stopping the variation of the symbol is defined;
Selecting means for selecting stop position data used for the game from the stop table storage means based on a lottery result by the lottery means;
The selection means selects stop position data for displaying the first symbol combination when the transition combination is won internally, or selects a second symbol combination different from the first symbol combination. 14. The game table according to claim 13, wherein stop position data to be displayed is selected based on the stop table.

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