JP2008061736A - Game machine, program and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the game properties in a BB (big bonus) mode by increasing options for a player to select in advancing the play in the BB mode. <P>SOLUTION: When an RB (regular bonus) shift winning combination is won in an RB introduction game in the BB mode, the RB introduction game rounds thereafter are executed as the play in an RT (replay time) mode. Then, when the RB shift winning combination is won in the play in the RT mode, a game round in an SRB (shift regular bonus) mode is started. The net number of acquired tokens is counted in the transition of the BB mode, and when the counted number reaches an upper limit, the BB mode is terminated. When the play in the RT mode is executed when the BB mode is terminated, the play in the RT mode is continued after termination of the BB mode. In this way, the player can select whether to win the RB shift winning combination or to continue the play in the RT without winning the RB shift winning combination when the RB shift winning combination is determined for a plurality of times. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine, a program, and a storage medium that shift between a normal state in which a normal game is played and a game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal state.

  In this specification, a pachislot machine is described as an example of one of the gaming machines. Therefore, a description will be given using a medal as a gaming medium for playing a game, but the gaming medium may be other media such as a pachinko ball. Including. In addition, “inserting a medal” includes not only actually inserting a medal into a medal slot, but also inserting a credited medal by operating a bet button. In addition, the lottery to determine whether it is a loser or multiple types of winning roles is the winning role lottery, the state where the symbols that make up the winning role are aligned on the winning active line is won, and the winning role lottery The state until winning and winning is internal winning.

  A slot machine installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor is called a pachislot machine, and given a certain value to medals, the medals earned by playing the game can be exchanged for various prizes. Generally, in a slot machine, a normal mode (normal state) in which 1 to 3 medals are inserted and a game is played, for example, a big bonus (hereinafter referred to as BB) mode (big bonus state) or a regular bonus (hereinafter referred to as RB). A bonus game mode that makes it easier to obtain medals than the normal mode, such as a mode (regular bonus state), is provided. In the BB mode and the RB mode, when the winning combination lottery performed in the normal mode is elected as the BB transition combination (Bic bonus transition combination) or the RB transition combination (regular bonus transition combination), and further, these are awarded.

  For example, in the BB mode, a game is played by inserting one medal, and a RB mode game in which the payout rate is higher than that in the normal mode, and a plurality of RB introduction games (transition) for shifting to the RB mode. Game). In the following, the RB mode executed during the BB mode will be described as a shift RB (SRB) mode, and will be described separately from the RB mode that is shifted when the RB transition combination is won in the normal mode. For example, when shifting to the BB mode, an RB introduction game is performed. This RB introduction game is a game using three medals, and the winning probability of a small role in which medals are paid out at the time of winning a prize is higher than in the normal mode. In addition, in this RB introduction game, the RB shift combination that shifts to the SRB mode is awarded to shift to the SRB mode. Note that the SRB mode is a game using a single medal, and ends when, for example, a predetermined number of wins are obtained or a predetermined number of games are consumed. Thereby, in the BB mode, a large amount of medals can be obtained by digesting the RB mode while performing more RB introduction games, and the player's interest is to shift to the BB mode described above. It is easy to become.

Some of these slot machines shift to a replay time (RT) mode (special game state) at the end of the BB mode. In this RT mode game, medals are not paid out for winnings, but the probability of winning a replay role (re-playing role) that can be played without inserting a new medal at the start of the next game is normal mode. It is set higher than the game. The game in the RT mode is completed by winning the internal winning RB transition combination or BB transition combination, so that the player expects the RB transition combination or BB transition combination while suppressing the consumption of medals.
JP 2004-159828 A

  However, although the game in the BB mode has an advantage that it is easy to obtain a prize and a large number of medals can be obtained, the player passively performs an operation associated with the execution of the game, and the game tends to be monotonous. In addition, the RT mode game has the advantage of reducing the consumption of medals by making it easier for the replay role to win, but the number of paid-out medals can be reduced by frequently winning the replay role, and the game is monotonous. It is easy to become. That is, in the case of a slot machine that performs the RT mode after the BB mode, a monotonous game is played for a long time, and the player's interest in the game is likely to be poor.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. When the BB mode and the RT mode, which are likely to be monotonous, are combined, the player is given a choice, so that the gameability when digesting these modes is achieved. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can improve the game performance.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine of the present invention is one of a plurality of winning combinations including a big bonus transitioning role that shifts from a normal state where a normal game is performed to a big bonus state advantageous to the player. Alternatively, when the winning combination deciding means for determining the lose by lottery and the big bonus transition combination determined by the winning combination deciding means in the game in the normal state are won, the normal mode is changed to the big bonus state. A game machine comprising state control means for making a transition from the big bonus state to the normal state when the total number of gaming media obtained in the big bonus state is a preset upper limit number. In the game in the big bonus state, the winning probability of the payout combination in which the game medium is paid out is higher than the normal state. And a transition game for shifting to a game in the regular bonus state, and the state control means is configured such that the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means in the transition game is that of the regular bonus state. When it becomes a regular bonus transition role to be transferred to a game, the re-game role high in which the winning probability of the re-game player who does not need to insert a game medium in the next game is higher than the game in the normal state A first transition control means for executing as a stochastic game; a second transition control means for executing a game in the regular bonus state when the regular bonus transition combination is won in the re-game combination high probability game; The game when the total number of game media obtained in the big bonus state reaches a preset upper limit is determined to be a high probability of the re-gamer. If it is a game, the game of the normal state after the big bonus state, wherein the includes a third transition control means for executing a replay combination high-probability game, the. The “total number of game media to be obtained” includes, for example, a net increase in medals in addition to the total payout number of medals when the game media is medals.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is a game in a regular bonus state in which the winning probability of a payout combination in which a game medium is paid out is higher than a normal state in which a normal game is performed, and a transition to a game in the regular bonus state A means for determining by lottery one of a plurality of winning combinations including a big bonus transitioning role to be shifted to a big bonus state composed of a game, and the big bonus transitioning role determined in the game in the normal state Means for shifting from the normal mode to the big bonus state, and when the total number of game media obtained in the big bonus state is a preset upper limit number, In addition to the means for shifting to the normal state, the winning combination determining means in the transition game When the determined winning combination becomes a regular bonus transition role for transitioning to the game in the regular bonus state, the winning probability of the re-game player who does not need to insert a game medium in the next game is the normal probability Means for executing as a re-gamer high-probability game that is higher than the game in the state, and means for executing a game in the regular bonus state when the regular bonus transition role is won in the re-gamer high-probability game; When the game when the total number of game media obtained in the big bonus state reaches a preset upper limit number is the re-gamer high probability game, the game in the normal state after the big bonus state is This is for causing a computer to function as means for executing as the re-gamer high probability game.

  The storage medium of the present invention is characterized in that the program described above is stored and the program can be read by a computer.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the big bonus from the game in the regular bonus state in which the winning probability of the payout combination in which the game medium is paid out is higher than the normal state, and the transition game to be shifted to the game in the regular bonus state If a regular bonus transition role that shifts to a regular bonus state game is elected in the transition game when a state game is configured, the transition game becomes a re-game role that does not require the insertion of game media in the next game. It will be executed as a re-playing role high-probability game in which the winning probability is higher than the game in the normal state. In this re-gamer high-probability game, the player will select whether to play the regular bonus state by winning the regular bonus transition role, or to perform the re-gamer high-probability game without winning. By this selection, the game content of the game in the big bonus state changes, that is, the game performance in the big bonus state can be widened.

  In addition, if the game when the total number of obtained game media reaches the preset upper limit number is a re-gamer high-probability game, the re-gamer high-probability game will continue to be executed even if the big bonus state ends. Therefore, in the big bonus state, the player selects whether it is advantageous to win the regular bonus transition combination or not to win. Thereby, since the player needs to consider the game after the big bonus state and the timing for winning the regular bonus transition combination, the gameability in the big bonus state can be improved.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the slot machine 2 includes a first reel 10 and a second reel, which will be described later, inside a housing 3 including a storage box 4 and a front door 5 provided on the front surface of the storage box 4. 11, a third reel 12, a hopper device, a power supply device (not shown), and the like are arranged.

  The front door 5 is composed of two doors, an upper door 6 and a lower door 7. A decorative panel 8 is provided at the center of the upper door 6, and a display window (symbol display window) 9 is provided at the approximate center of the decorative panel 8. A first reel 10, a second reel 11, and a third reel 12 are disposed in the back of the display window 9. As is well known, a plurality of types of symbols, for example, are arranged on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12. When the first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12 are stopped, three symbols arranged on the first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12 through the display window 9. Displayed. As a result, the total number of symbols displayed through the display window 9 is nine, and there are three horizontal pay lines that are obtained by combining the symbols of the first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12 one by two. A total of five books are set.

  A display device 15 is provided below the display window 9. For example, the display device 15 displays the number of games in the BB (Big Bonus) mode and the RB (Regular Bonus) mode in which a winning is easier to obtain than the game in the normal mode. Is displayed.

  Various operation buttons such as a MAX bet button 20 and a payout button 21 operated at the start of the game are provided on the upper portion of the lower door 7. The MAX bet button 20 is pressed when inserting three medals, which are used, out of credited medals. The inserted medals include medals that have been credited in addition to directly inserting medals from the medal slot. The payout button 21 is a button that is pressed when paying out a credited medal.

  In the vicinity of these buttons, a start lever 25, a first stop button 26, a second stop button 27, and a third stop button 28 are provided. The start lever 25 is operated when a game is executed.

  The first stop button 26 is a button that is pressed when the rotating first reel 10 is stopped. Similarly, the second stop button 27 and the third stop button 28 are buttons that are pressed when the rotating second reel 11 and third reel 12 are stopped.

  The lower door 7 is provided with a medal slot 30 for inserting medals when playing a game. A selector (not shown) is incorporated in the back of the medal insertion slot 30, and inappropriate medals are discharged to the medal tray 32 through the medal payout opening 31. In addition, when the medal is inserted at an improper timing such as when the selector is inserted in the middle of the game or in a state where various operation buttons are pressed, the selector receives the inserted medal as the medal tray 32. To discharge. Since the number of medals that can be inserted prior to the start of the game is limited to 1 to 3, medals up to the first to third inserted are automatically inserted when the credit function is not used. The medals inserted after the fourth sheet are discharged to the medal tray 32.

  On the other hand, when the credit function is on, medals inserted after the fourth sheet are detected by the medal sensor 45 (see FIG. 2) provided in the selector, and then, for example, the inside of the slot machine 2 is limited to 50 sheets. It is stored in. When medals are credited, if medals are inserted from the medal insertion slot 30, the first to third medals are automatically inserted and inserted after the fourth one. Medals are credited. If there is a credited medal, the medal insertion operation is performed by operating the above-described MAX bet button 20, and the inserted number is sequentially subtracted from the credit number. Further, as a result of the game, when a winning is obtained, medals serving as a payout are also credited, and medals credited when the payout button 21 is operated are paid out to the medal tray 32.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the slot machine 2. The slot machine 2 includes a game control device 40 that performs basic control in the game. The game control device 40 includes a CPU 41, a ROM 42, and a RAM 43. When power is supplied to the slot machine 2, the CPU 41 reads the game control program 80 stored in the ROM 42, executes the program, and controls each unit. The RAM 43 stores data for control during the game, and also stores setting values when the settings are changed.

  The medal sensor 45 is provided inside the selector, and detects a medal that is determined to be a regular medal by authenticity determination by the selector. The CPU 41 is provided with a medal counter (not shown). For example, when the credit function is enabled, the detection signals of the fourth and subsequent medals are counted by the medal counter.

  The bet switch sensor 46 is disposed inside the MAX bet button 20. When the MAX bet button 20 is pressed, the bet switch sensor 46 is turned on, and an on signal (hereinafter referred to as an insertion signal) is output to the CPU 41. Upon receiving this input signal, the CPU 41 refers to the RAM 43 and performs the input process.

  The start switch sensor 47 is turned on when the start lever 25 is pressed, and an ON signal (hereinafter referred to as a start signal) is output to the CPU 41. In response to the input start signal, the CPU 41 executes each process (hereinafter referred to as “game process”) associated with the progress of the game with reference to data temporarily stored in the RAM 43.

  Indexes 10a, 11a, and 12a are provided at the reference positions of the first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12, respectively, and are rotated by the photosensors 50, 51, and 52 for each rotation. The passage of the indexes 10a, 11a, 12a is photoelectrically detected. Detection signals from the photosensors 50, 51, 52 are output to the CPU 41 as a reset signal for each reel. The first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12 are press-fitted with drive shafts of stepping motors 55, 56, and 57, respectively. The reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12 rotate. In FIG. 3, for convenience, the first reel 10 and the stepping motor 55, the second reel 11 and the stepping motor 56, and the third reel 12 and the stepping motor 57 are surrounded by solid lines. Reference numerals 60, 61, and 62 denote drivers for driving the stepping motors 55, 56, and 57, respectively.

  The CPU 41 is provided with a pulse counter (not shown) for each stepping motor, and counts the number of drive pulses supplied to each stepping motor. As a result, each time a reset signal is input from the photosensors 50, 51, and 52, it is cleared and counted up again. By monitoring the count value of the pulse counter for each reel, the CPU 41 can identify, for example, which symbol has moved on the horizontal center winning line, and how much the reel should be rotated. It is possible to predict whether the target symbol will move on the winning line where the symbol becomes valid.

  The first stop switch sensor 65 is provided inside the first stop button 26 and is turned on when the first stop button 26 is pressed, and outputs an on signal to the CPU 41. In response to this, the CPU 41 refers to the symbol table 85 stored in the ROM 42 so that the target symbol out of the symbols arranged on the first reel 10 is stopped on the winning line where the target symbol is valid. The driver 60 controls the supply of drive pulses to the stepping motor 55.

  The second stop switch sensor 66 is provided inside the second stop button 27 and is turned on when the second stop button 27 is pressed, and outputs an on signal to the CPU 41. In response to this, the CPU 41 refers to the symbol table 85 stored in the ROM 42 so that the target symbol out of the symbols arranged on the second reel 11 is stopped on the winning line where the target symbol is valid. The supply of drive pulses to the stepping motor 56 in the driver 61 is controlled.

  The third stop switch sensor 67 is provided inside the third stop button 28 and is turned on when the third stop button 28 is pressed, and outputs an on signal to the CPU 41. In response to this, the CPU 41 refers to the symbol table 85 stored in the ROM 42 so that the target symbol out of the symbols arranged on the third reel 12 is stopped on the winning line. The driver 62 controls the supply of drive pulses to the stepping motor 57.

  The CPU 41 executes a game control program 80 stored in the ROM 42, thereby obtaining a control unit (state control means, first transition control means, second transition control means, third transition control means) 70, random number acquisition. Section 71, winning combination determining section (winning combination determining means) 72, pure increase medal counter 73, and game number counter 74. Based on the game control program 80 stored in the ROM 42, the control unit 70 performs, for example, rotation / stop control of the first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12, and payout control for winning. In addition, the gaming state is controlled. In the game state, in addition to the normal mode in which a normal game is performed, when the RB transition combination is awarded in the normal mode game, the BB transition combination is awarded in the normal mode game. There is a BB mode to transition to. For example, in the RB mode, a game is played using one medal. In this RB mode game, only payout is performed at the time of winning a prize. For example, the winning probability of a jack combination (payout combination) is set higher than that of a game in the normal mode. For example, when either a predetermined number of times of winning or a predetermined number of times of playing a game are satisfied, the game in the RB mode ends.

  The BB mode ends when the number of purely increased medals obtained by playing the game (the number of acquired medals—the number of medals used for the game) reaches a preset upper limit. The BB mode includes, for example, an RB mode (hereinafter, referred to as a shift RB (SRB) mode to distinguish from the RB mode shifted from the normal mode) and an RB introduction game for shifting to the SRB mode. The SRB mode is composed of two types with different upper limit numbers of medals to be paid out. In the following, these two types of SRB modes will be described as one SRB mode being a first SRB mode and the other SRB mode being a second SRB mode having a smaller number of payouts than the first SRB mode. In this embodiment, the embodiment includes two types of SRB modes. However, the number of SRB modes may be one or three or more.

  In addition, if either the first RB shift combination or the second RB shift combination is elected in the RB mode RB introduction game, the next RB introduction game will be executed next time even if the medal is not inserted in the game after winning a prize. The game is executed as a replay time (RT) mode game (replay game high probability game) in which the winning probability of the replay game (replay game game) for obtaining the right to play the game is increased. Note that this RT mode is ended by, for example, digesting a preset number of games or winning the shift combination described above. Also, when the BB mode RB introduction game is executed as an RT mode game and the number of net increase medals in the BB mode reaches the upper limit, the BB mode game ends, but the RT mode game The game will continue.

  When power supply to the slot machine 2 is started, the random number acquisition unit 71 starts a random number update process, and acquires the random number at the time when the start signal from the start switch sensor 47 is output. The random number acquired by the random number acquiring unit 71 is stored in the RAM 43 and used by the winning combination determining unit 72.

  The winning combination determining unit 72 determines one of a plurality of types of winning combinations or a loss from the random number acquired by the random number acquiring unit 71 and the probability table stored in the ROM 42. In addition, acquisition of the random number in the random number acquisition unit 71 and determination of any of a plurality of types of winning combinations in the winning combination determining unit 72 or a loss will be described as a winning combination lottery. The result of the winning combination lottery is stored in the RAM 43. The multiple types of winning combinations determined by the winning combination determining unit 72 include, in addition to a small role in which medals are paid out when winning a prize, a BB transitioning role that shifts to the BB mode when winning, There is an RB transition combination that shifts to the RB mode, and a replay combination (replay combination) that eliminates the need to insert medals at the next game. For example, the RB transition combination and the BB transition combination are winning combinations that can carry over the winnings in the next and subsequent games in the event that a winning is not achieved in the game when winning in the above-described lottery. .

  The pure increase medal counter 73 is provided for counting the number of pure increase medals in the BB mode. The control unit 70 refers to the count number of the pure increase medal counter 73 and determines whether or not to end the BB mode. The game number counter 74 is provided to count the number of games and the number of winnings in the RB mode, the first SRB mode, and the second SRB mode. The control unit 70 refers to the count value of the game number counter 74 to determine, for example, whether to end the RB mode, and controls the gaming state according to the determination result. The same applies to the first SRB mode and the second SRB mode.

  In addition to the game control program 80, the ROM 42 stores a first probability table 81, a second probability table 82, a third probability table 83, a fourth probability table 84, a symbol table 85, and the like. The symbol table 85 is a table in which symbols arranged on each reel are associated with the number of steps from the reference position.

  The first probability table 81, the second probability table 82, the third probability table 83, and the fourth probability table 84 are probability tables used by the winning combination determining unit 72, respectively. The first probability table 81 is a probability table used in games in the normal mode. In the first probability table 81, random numbers are distributed in addition to the BB transition role, the RB transition role, and the replay role. In addition, only the medal is paid out at the time of winning a prize. Has been done.

  The second probability table 82 is a probability table used in the RB introduction game in the BB mode. The random number distribution in the second probability table is performed for the first RB shift combination, the second RB shift combination, and the small combination and the loss described above. The third probability table 83 is a probability table used in RB mode games and SRB mode games. The random number distribution in the third probability table 83 is performed for the jack combination and the loss. The fourth probability table 84 is a probability table used in RT mode games. The distribution of random numbers in the fourth probability table is the same as that of the first probability table 81, but the random number distribution to the replay role is larger than the first probability table 81, and the random number distribution to the loss is set to be smaller. ing. Note that the distribution of random numbers in these probability tables need not be limited to the above-described form, and is set as appropriate.

  Next, the flow of the game in the slot machine 2 of the present embodiment will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that the first SRB mode and the second SRB mode are different from each other only in the end condition, and are therefore described as the SRB mode in FIG. For example, when a player starts a game in the slot machine 2, a normal mode game in which a normal game is performed is executed. First, the player directly inserts medals or presses the MAX bet button 20 to insert medals using the credited medals. Thereafter, when the start lever 25 is pressed, a winning combination lottery using the first probability table 81 is performed, and the first reel 10, the second reel 11, and the third reel 12 rotate. After the first stop button 26, the second stop button 27, and the third stop button 28 become effective, the player presses these stop buttons to stop the corresponding reels. Then, when all the rotating reels are stopped, the winning combination is made when the symbols constituting the winning combination are valid on the same winning effective line among winning lines (winning effective lines).

  For example, when a small role such as a bell role or a cherry role is won, a medal is paid out for the win. Further, when the replay combination is won, the medal is not paid out, but the right to play the next game can be obtained without inserting the medal. In addition, when it becomes a lose in the winning combination lottery, or when it becomes one of multiple winning combinations in the winning combination lottery, but the symbols constituting the winning combination cannot be stopped on the same winning line, There are no symbols on the winning line that make up the winning combination.

  In addition, when the RB transition combination is won in the winning combination lottery and the RB transition combination cannot be won, the RB transition combination is carried over until the RB transition combination is won. The internal winning state will continue. When the RB transition combination is awarded, the gaming state transitions from the normal mode to the RB mode. In this RB mode game, a winning combination lottery using the third probability table is performed. In the third probability table 83, since a lot of random numbers are assigned to the jack combination, it is easy to win the jack combination in the RB mode game. As a result, when the player plays a game in the RB mode, the jack combination continuously wins, and a large number of medals can be obtained. Note that this RB mode is ended when either a predetermined number of games has been consumed or a predetermined number of winnings has been satisfied.

  In addition, when the BB transition combination is won in the winning combination lottery and the BB transition combination cannot be won, the BB transition combination is carried over until the BB transition combination is won. The internal winning state will continue. Then, when winning the BB transition combination, the gaming state shifts from the normal mode to the BB mode.

  When the gaming state shifts to the BB mode, an RB introduction game is first performed. In this RB introduction game, a winning combination lottery using the second probability table 82 is performed. In this winning combination lottery, when a small role such as a bell role or a cherry role is won and these small roles are won, medals are paid out for winning. At this time, the net increase medal counter 73 counts the net increase medal number in the BB mode. If a small role is won, an RB introduction game is continued.

  In the winning combination lottery in this RB introduction game, when the first RB shift combination is won, the control unit carries over the first RB shift combination and the subsequent RB introduction game is executed as a game in the RT mode. When the RB introduction game is performed as a game in the RT mode, the winning combination lottery is performed using the fourth probability table 84, so that the replay combination is easily won. When the first RB shift combination is won in the RT mode game, the first SRB mode game is executed. In the first SRB mode, since the winning combination lottery using the third probability table 83 is performed in the same manner as the RB mode, the winning probability of the jack combination is increased. Thereby, in the game of the first SRB mode, it becomes easy to win the jack combination.

  For example, the game in the first SRB mode is completed by playing the game in the first SRB mode 12 times or winning the jack combination 10 times. Also in the game in the first SRB mode, the pure increase medal counter 73 counts. When the count number of the net increase medal counter 73 has not reached the upper limit number, the RB introduction game is started again by ending the first SRB mode. The same applies to the case where the second RB shift combination wins, and the details are omitted here. Then, when the RB introduction game is being performed, when the count number of the net increase medal counter 73 reaches the upper limit, or when the game in the first SRB mode or the game in the second SRB mode is being performed, the net increase medal counter When the count number 73 reaches the upper limit number, the game in the BB mode ends and the game shifts to the game in the normal mode.

  In the RB introduction game after the game in the first SRB mode or the game in the second SRB mode is finished, when the above-mentioned RB shift combination is won, the RB introduction game is played in the RT mode game. When the RB introduction game is played in the RT mode game, if the count number of the net increase medal counter 73 reaches the upper limit number, the BB mode end condition is satisfied. The game will end. However, because the RT mode end condition, the number of games set in advance is not consumed, or the RB shift combination that is won internally is not won, so even after the BB mode ends, RT mode games continue. When the game is executed and the end condition is satisfied, the RT mode game ends. Note that if the BB mode is ended while the RB introduction game is being executed as an RT mode game, the RB shift combination that is won internally will disappear.

  In the following, the upper limit of the number of net increase medals in the BB mode is set to 200, and the end condition of the first SRB mode satisfies either one of the game is played 12 times or the jack combination is won 10 times. In addition, a case will be described in which the condition for ending the second SRB mode is that the game is played 8 times or the jack combination is won 5 times.

  For example, when a game in the first SRB mode is performed and the jack role is won ten times in succession, for example, if the payout number of the jack role is 12, the game in the SRB mode is performed using one medal. Therefore, the number of net increase medals in the first SRB mode is (12-1) × 10 = 110. Since the upper limit of the number of net increase medals in the BB mode is 200, the maximum number of net increase medals is 90. After that, when the first shift combination is won in the game of the RT mode in which the first RB shift combination is elected again in the RB introduction game, nearly 90 medals are paid out. At the time, the first SRB mode ends, that is, the BB mode ends.

  On the other hand, if the first RB shift combination is not won in the RT mode game, it is necessary to acquire nearly 90 medals as a net increase medal in the RT mode game. Further, in this case, when the upper limit number of net increase medals in the BB mode is reached in the RT mode, the RT mode game is continued even after the BB mode is finished, and the game is performed while suppressing the consumption of medals. be able to. Accordingly, whether the player plays the RT mode, the first RB shift combination is won and the first SRB mode is performed, or the BB mode is ended in the RT mode game without winning the first RB shift combination. Will choose. In the present embodiment, since the type of the RB shift combination is not notified, the player performs the selection while considering the selection described above. According to this, since the configuration of the BB mode changes depending on the player's selection, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to give a width to the configuration of the BB mode that has been poor in game content conventionally.

  If the second RB shift combination is won continuously, the number of net increase medals in the second SRB mode will be (12-1) × 5 = 55, so even if the second SRB mode is performed three times in succession. The net increase in the number of medals is only 165. In this case, there is a margin of 35 up to the upper limit of the BB mode, but since the BB mode is ended while any SRB mode is being performed, the player ends the BB mode in the RT mode game. The game proceeds while considering whether to perform the selected SRB mode. Thereby, it is possible to give a player a feeling that a game is being performed in a game in the BB mode, which has been lacking in the actual feeling of playing a game. Also, when winning in the order of the first RB shift combination and the second RB shift combination, or when winning in the order of the second RB shift combination and the first RB shift combination, the number of net increase medals in the first SRB mode is 110, Since the total number of medals in the 2SRB mode is 165, which is 55 in total, this case is the same as the case where the second RB shift combination is won continuously.

  In the present embodiment, the type of the RB shift combination is not notified, but is not limited to this, and the type of the RB shift combination can also be notified. For example, by notifying the RB shift combination, there is an advantage that the player can clearly select whether to perform the SRB mode or the RT mode.

  In this embodiment, the net increase medal number in the BB mode is not displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the net increase medal number can also be displayed. By displaying the purely increased medal number in this way, it can be used as a guide when the player selects whether or not to perform the RB introduction game in the RT mode game.

  In the present embodiment, in the BB mode, the number of purely increased medals is counted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to count the number of medals to be paid out.

  FIG. 4 shows an example in which a storage medium (magnetic disk, flexible disk, IC memory, etc.) 100 is installed in the slot machine. The storage medium 100 includes means as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 2 and the flowchart of FIG. Is stored in a slot machine 103 including a CPU 101 and a memory 102. In this case, it is composed of a game in a regular bonus state in which the winning probability of a paying-out combination in which a game medium is paid out is higher than a normal state in which a normal game is performed, and a transition game in which the game is shifted to the game in the regular bonus state A means for determining one of a plurality of winning combinations including a big bonus transitioning role to be shifted to a big bonus state or a lose by lottery, and the winning of the big bonus transitioning role determined in the game in the normal state In addition, when the normal mode is shifted to the big bonus state and the total number of game media obtained in the big bonus state is a preset upper limit number, the big bonus state is changed to the normal state. In addition to the means for transferring, the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means in the transition game is In the case of becoming a regular bonus transitioning role for transitioning to a game in the regular bonus state, the winning probability of the re-gamer who does not need to insert a game medium in the next game is higher than the game in the normal state. Means for executing as a re-gamer high-probability game, means for executing a game in the regular bonus state when the regular bonus transition combination is won in the re-gamer high-probability game, and obtained in the big bonus state When the game when the total number of game media to be reached reaches a preset upper limit number is the re-game player high probability game, the game in the normal state after the big bonus state is determined as the re-game player high probability. A program for realizing the means for executing as a game in the slot machine 103 is stored in the storage medium 100. Then, the storage medium 100 is loaded into the reading device 104 and the program is installed in the slot machine 103.

  In addition, instead of installing the program using a storage medium, the program can be distributed to a pachinko machine using the Internet. Further, by adding a program for executing the basic operation of the pachinko machine to the above program, it can be installed on a personal computer and play a pachinko game on a monitor.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the slot machine of this invention. It is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the slot machine. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a game. FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram when a storage medium storing a program is installed in a slot machine.

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2 Slot machine 40 Game control device 41 CPU
42 ROM
43 RAM
70 control unit (state control means, first transition control means, second transition control means, third transition control means)
71 Random number acquisition part 72 Winning part determining part (winning part determining means)
73 Pure increase medal counter 74 Game counter

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A winning combination determining means for determining, by lottery, one of a plurality of winning combinations including a big bonus transition role for shifting from a normal state where a normal game is performed to a big bonus state advantageous to the player;
When the big bonus transition combination determined by the winning combination determination means is won in the game in the normal state, the game mode is shifted from the normal mode to the big bonus state, and the game medium obtained in the big bonus state A gaming machine comprising state control means for shifting from the big bonus state to the normal state when the total number is a preset upper limit number,
The game in the big bonus state is composed of a game in the regular bonus state in which the winning probability of the payout combination in which the game medium is paid out is higher than the normal state, and a transition game in which the game is shifted to the game in the regular bonus state ,
The state control means includes
In the transition game, when the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means is a regular bonus transition combination for shifting to the game in the regular bonus state, the transition game is not required to be inserted into the game medium in the next game. A first transition control means that executes as a re-game player high-probability game in which the winning probability of the re-game player becomes higher than the game in the normal state;
A second transition control means for executing a game in the regular bonus state when the regular bonus transition combination wins in the re-gamer high probability game;
When the game when the total number of game media obtained in the big bonus state reaches a preset upper limit number is the re-gamer high probability game, the game in the normal state after the big bonus state, A gaming machine comprising: a third transition control means that executes as the re-game player high probability game.   A big bonus consisting of a game in a regular bonus state in which the winning probability of a paying-out role in which a game medium is paid out is higher than a normal state in which a normal game is performed, and a transition game to be shifted to the game in the regular bonus state A means for determining one of a plurality of winning combinations including a big bonus transitioning role to be shifted to a state or losing by lottery, and when winning the big bonus transitioning role determined in the game in the normal state, Means for shifting from the normal mode to the big bonus state, and means for shifting from the big bonus state to the normal state when the total number of game media obtained in the big bonus state is a preset upper limit number In addition, the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means in the transition game is the regulation. -In the case of becoming a regular bonus transition combination for transitioning to a bonus state game, the transition game will be re-established so that the winning probability of the re-game combination that does not require the insertion of game media in the next game is higher than that of the normal state game. Means for executing as a game player high probability game, means for executing a game in the regular bonus state when the regular bonus transition combination is won in the re-game player high probability game, and a game obtained in the big bonus state When the game when the total number of media reaches the preset upper limit number is the replaying player high probability game, the game in the normal state after the big bonus state is set as the replaying player high probability game. A program for causing a computer to function as means for executing.   A storage medium that stores the program according to claim 2 and that can be read by a computer.

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