JP2009279277A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To create a new game property by leaving room for game player's selection for performances accompanying symbol variation in a pinball game machine. <P>SOLUTION: In a pinball game machine of a certain mode, even when an advance notice candidate constituting an advance notice performance is once decided, the decision is invalidated if there is a cancellation inputted by a game player; and the performance shown in the advance notice candidate is shelved. As a result of those repeated cancellations, it becomes impossible for a game player to look at the advance noticed performances. In compensation for this, the other advance notice candidate having the degree of expectation corresponding to the accumulated value of expectation from the canceled advance notice candidates is selected. Namely, the game player can raise the possibility of experiencing the rare performances of relatively low frequency by canceling the display of the decided advance notice candidate by the player's own operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to an effect control technique in a ball game machine.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1).

The variation display of the symbols in the display area is not just a variation display of multiple symbols, but the time of variation display in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach variation screen. For example, it is designed to increase the player's expectation such as making it longer than usual. In addition to such a reach effect, there is an effect in which a notice effect that suggests a high probability of jackpot is given in advance by performing an effect display by a specific character in parallel with the symbol variation. Furthermore, there are some which are set so that the possibility of a big hit increases as the notice effect is displayed step by step and through each step. In addition, a variety of effect displays are used to enhance the player's interest, such as displaying a symbol stop mode different from the normal mode, or rendering a specific photo image or video.
JP 2003-230714 A

  By the way, which of these various effects is displayed is determined by internal processing of the gaming machine. Generally, it is determined according to the variation pattern of the symbols determined according to the result of the lottery, and there are those with a high appearance rate and those with a low appearance rate. There is a tendency that a rare production with a low appearance rate is selected as the probability of winning or failing the lottery is high. Since such an effect also suggests the result of the lottery, it works well to increase the player's expectation. However, from the viewpoint of the player, there is a feeling that the effect displayed according to the appearance frequency is drifting down, and in some cases, there is a possibility of getting bored with the same effect. The inventors have come up with the idea that by allowing the player to leave room for the selection of performance, a novel gameability that has never existed before can be created.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and its purpose is to create a new gameability by leaving room for selection of the player in an effect accompanied by symbol variation in a ball game machine. is there.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. A winning lottery means for executing a winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting prize port, In an effect display device in which symbols for showing the result of the winning / failing lottery are displayed in a staggered manner, and a result indicating that the winning / losing lottery is shifted to a special game, and in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the winning / raising lottery is a win. Special notice control means for executing special games when the change display of the symbol is stopped, and a notice candidate in which the content of the notice effect that preliminarily suggests the expectation that the result of the success / failure lottery is win, The selection probability varies depending on the degree of expectation A notice effect storage means for holding a plurality of notice candidates set as described above, and whether or not to display the notice effect during the change of the design, and which notice candidate is displayed when it is displayed A notice determining means and a display control means for causing the effect display device to display the change of the symbol on the effect display device and, when there is a decision to display the notice effect, on the effect display device together with the change of the symbol. And an operation input device that receives an operation input by the player.

  The notice decision means invalidates the decision of the notice candidate when there is a cancel input by the operation input device when the notice candidate is displayed during the change of the symbol, and responds to the accumulated value of the expected degree of the canceled notice candidate. Select other notice candidates with expectations.

  The “notice candidate” here is a so-called step-up notice that suggests step by step the expected degree of success (also referred to as “winning expectation degree”), and displays a large group of predetermined characters. A group notice suggesting the degree of expectation, a specific change notice suggesting that the expectation is higher than usual by displaying the pattern stop mode in a different manner from the usual, or a cut-in notice that inserts a specific photo or video Various notices may be included. Even if the notice candidate has the same form, it can be distinguished as a different notice candidate if the character or the like appearing in the notice effect is different. For step-up notices, each stage may be a unit of notice candidate. The notice candidates are set so that the selection probabilities in the case where the result of the winning / failing lottery is a win are different, so which notice candidate is likely to be selected depending on the result of the winning / failing lottery. A notice candidate with a lower appearance frequency is more likely to be selected at the time of hitting, and the degree of expectation for that hit can be increased.

  According to this aspect, even if a preliminary announcement candidate is determined, if there is a cancel input by the player, the determination is invalidated, and an effect by the preliminary announcement candidate is postponed. As a result of such repeated cancellation, the player cannot see the notice effect. As the compensation, another notice candidate having an expectation level corresponding to the cumulative value of the expected degree of the canceled notice candidate is selected. In other words, the player can increase the possibility of seeing an effect with a higher expectation degree or a rare effect with a lower appearance rate by canceling the display of the determined notice candidate by his / her own operation. In this way, a new gameability is created in which the content of the effect display can be selected to some extent as a price for the player to actively cancel the notice effect once determined on the gaming machine side.

The notice effect storage means may include a notice candidate displayed only when there is a cancel input as another notice candidate.
According to this aspect, the specific notice candidate that is displayed only when there is a cancel input by the player is set. When there is a cancel input, a rare effect with a low appearance rate is provided to the player as a bonus effect. By promoting active cancellation by the player in this way, the effectiveness of the present invention is enhanced.

  Specifically, the display control means displays a selection screen that prompts a cancel input at a predetermined timing before the determined notice candidate is displayed, and the notice determination means evaluates the expectation for each notice candidate. You may hold | maintain so that the evaluation value used as a reference | standard may be matched. Each time there is a cancel input along the selection screen via the operation input device, the evaluation value of the candidate for the cancellation subject to the cancellation is accumulated, and another notice corresponding to the accumulated value is given at a predetermined notice timing. Candidates may be selected.

  Here, the “selection screen” may be a mere selection screen for notifying a candidate for a notice to be canceled and prompting the cancel operation, or a pre-notice display for reproducing a part of the notice effect or a digest. It may be. The “evaluation value” may be a point that is added at each cancellation or a point at which subtraction is skipped. Since the evaluation value of each notice candidate is associated as an evaluation standard for the hit expectation level, the higher the evaluation value, the higher the expected expectation level. Other notice candidates may be determined and displayed internally on the gaming machine side, such as by redrawing the notice candidates. Alternatively, a plurality of effect contents that can be replaced and displayed in accordance with the evaluation value of the previous candidate for cancellation canceled may be displayed and selected by an operation input by the player. Even in the former mode, the player is left with a room for selecting a notice effect in that other notice candidates are displayed as a result of the cancellation. If it is the latter aspect, possibility that a player will show a desired notice production will be raised more.

  The bullet ball game machine includes a pattern storage means for storing a plurality of variation patterns in which a variation process from variation start to stop in the symbol variation display is determined, and a plurality of variation patterns according to the result of the lottery. Pattern determining means for selecting the above. The notice deciding means decides a combination of notice candidates that constitute a notice effect to be additionally accompanied by the change display of the symbol according to the decided change pattern, and the total evaluation value of the notice candidates related to the combination is determined as a total evaluation value. And the total evaluation value may be decreased every time an effect display relating to each notice candidate is made, and another notice candidate may be selected based on the remaining total evaluation value.

  According to this aspect, the content of the notice effect is determined according to the symbol variation pattern. When the notice effect is composed of a combination of a plurality of notice candidates, the combination is determined, and the total evaluation value of the notice candidate that is the constituent element is held. For this reason, if the player does not perform any cancel input, the determined notice candidates are sequentially displayed, and the evaluation value of the notice candidate displayed is subtracted from the total evaluation value every time the effect display related to each notice candidate is made. It will be done. When the player cancels the display of one of the notice candidates, the evaluation value of the notice candidate is carried over without being subtracted, so that the total evaluation value remaining at the next effect display becomes relatively large. As a result, there is an increased possibility that the player can see a notice effect composed of a combination of notice candidates with a high degree of expectation and other notice candidates with a low appearance frequency by the carried evaluation value.

The display control means may perform an effect display that suggests an evaluation value of the advance notice candidate when the decision of the advance notice candidate to be canceled is invalidated.
According to this aspect, the player can grasp the magnitude of the evaluation value for each notice candidate canceled by himself / herself, or can grasp the total of the evaluation values accumulated by the cancellation so far. As a result, the scarcity of the notice effect that can be displayed as the consideration can be estimated, and the expectation for the effect display can be enhanced.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention may be mutually replaced between methods, apparatuses, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, etc. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to create a new gameability by leaving a room for selection by a player in an effect accompanying a symbol change in a ball game machine.

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start port 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expanding mechanism of the start port 62. When the expansion mechanism of the start port 62 is expanded, the opening width of the start port 62 is expanded and the ease of entering the ball is improved. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing.

  The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery for determining whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. Furthermore, game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60.

  The operation button 82 is a button as an operation input device that is operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15. The operation button 82 is also operated when the player cancels a predetermined notice effect, the details of which will be described later.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the decorative pattern 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three patterns are matched. In the special game, the grand prize winning slot 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after nine or more game balls are dropped. Such opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, a variable time shortening game (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games is started. In the variation time shortening game, the variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is shortened from the normal time. The variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is returned to the original variation time after the variation display of a predetermined variation number is performed. When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the special game ends Be started. In the probability variation game, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set base 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured to include elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs and a CPU used for arithmetic processing in terms of hardware.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game execution unit 122, and an opening / closing control. Means 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is achieved. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 accepts a random number value to determine whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the game ball enters the start port 62. Get as a value. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, the determination result of winning or losing is associated with the winning / losing lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to a success / failure table for determination of success / failure based on a normal probability in normal times, and refers to a success / failure table in which the winning probability is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win. The determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is displayed in a variable manner on the effect display device 60.

  The symbol determination unit 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery unit 112. Moreover, the symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 by lottery. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol or a normal symbol stop symbol, or a pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 selects one of a plurality of variation patterns in accordance with the determination result of the success / failure lottery unit 112. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol and variation pattern to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determination means 114 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. Multiple types of variation patterns have various variation times. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  The symbol determining means 114 acquires a lottery random number for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery random number. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a specific symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the normal electric accessory at the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The hold control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol variation display according to the variation pattern determined by the symbol determination unit 114. The main display control means 118 transmits the change start command and the change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol, so that the main display control means 118 and the effect display are displayed. The fluctuation display by the control means 134 is synchronized and interlocked. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

  The special game control means 120 controls the execution process of the special game when the result of the lottery determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by one or a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. The unit game is repeated up to 15 times, for example, and the grand prize opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. If the number of continuations of the unit game has not reached the upper limit number, the special game control means 120 starts the next unit game after the end of the current unit game. When the upper limit number of unit games is exhausted, the special game is terminated.

  The specific game execution means 122 executes control for shifting the game state from the normal state to the specific game state, and control for returning the specific game state to the normal state. The specific game in the present embodiment has a probability change in which the winning probability of the winning / failing lottery is switched from a normal probability state to a high probability state, and a short time in which the symbol variation time is switched from a normal time to a short time.

  The specific game executing means 122 shifts the gaming state after the special game to the probability changing state when the winning / failing lottery value is a value to be shifted to the probability changing state. The probability variation state is continued until the next jackpot is generated in principle, and during that time, the probability of the hit determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is maintained at a high value. In addition, the specific game executing means 122 shifts the game state to the time-shortened state after the special game regardless of the winning lottery value. The short time is continued until the number of changes of the special symbol after the special game reaches a predetermined number, for example, 100 times.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage means 130 functions as effect image storage means, and holds a plurality of variation pattern data in which a variation process from variation start to stop in variation display is defined as a variation pattern of the effect image including the decorative design 190. In the fluctuation pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out symbol, a pattern for displaying a symbol out of reach after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a jackpot symbol through a reach state are displayed. When the pattern is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Each variation pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a shift to a special game, three symbols such as “777” and “111” are arranged. Selected combinations are selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same number as the special symbol 192 is selected as the number to be arranged as the decorative symbol 190. For example, when the special symbol 192 is “3”, the decorative symbol 190 is “333”. In the case where the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to the special game, and the variation pattern of the special symbol 192 indicating the loss of reach is selected, one such as “191” or “727” is selected. Only combinations with no symbols are selected.

  The pattern storage means 130 also functions as a notice effect storage means, and a plurality of notices constituting a notice effect that suggests in advance the expectation level (also called “expected expectation degree”) that the result of the success / failure lottery is a win. Keep the candidate. The notice candidates in this embodiment include a so-called step-up notice that suggests the degree of expectation in stages, a group notice that suggests the expectation degree by displaying a large group of predetermined characters, a so-called slip notice, etc. Various notices such as a specific change notice that suggests that the expectation level is higher than usual by displaying in a mode different from normal, and a cut-in notice that inserts a specific photo or video are held. Each notice candidate is held as effect pattern data constituting a part of the effect image, and is displayed so as to be additionally accompanied by a change display of symbols. Some of the plurality of notice candidates are displayed only when the notice effect whose display has been determined in advance is canceled.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols and their arrangement and variation pattern according to the result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, according to the stop symbol of the special symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol. The effect determining unit 132 holds a pattern range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative pattern and a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern, and the variation pattern having the same variation time as the special symbol. select.

  The effect determining means 132 also functions as a notice determining means, and determines whether or not any of the aforementioned notice effects is to be accompanied with the selected variation pattern, and if so, which notice candidate is to be displayed. . When a step-up notice is given, it is also decided to which step (step) to display. The effect determining unit 132 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the notice candidate, and determines the contents of the notice effect together with the determination of the variation pattern. Since the plurality of advance notice candidates are set so that the selection probabilities in the case where the result of the success / failure lottery is a win, which notice candidate is easily selected depends on the result of the success / failure lottery. In the present embodiment, it is set so that a notice candidate with a lower appearance frequency is more likely to be selected at the time of winning, and the degree of expectation is higher. The effect determination unit 132 sends the information on the stop symbol of the determined decorative symbol, the variation pattern, and the notice candidate information to the effect display control unit 134.

The effect display control means 134 displays an effect image on the effect display device 60 according to the selected variation pattern data and effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

Hereinafter, characteristic functions and operations in the present embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, the player's points (points) are set between 0 and 100 points according to the result of the success / failure lottery. The point indicates an evaluation value that serves as an evaluation criterion for the degree of expectation of winning, and a high point is set if the winning lottery result is a win, and a low point is set if the winning result is off. Each notice candidate is set with the number of points necessary to display it. The higher the number of points, the higher the degree of expectation per hit, that is, the rare notice effect with a low appearance rate is associated. However, the number of points in this embodiment is set for internal processing for determining the notice effect, and is not clearly indicated to the player.

In this example, if there is a decision to display a specific notice effect according to the symbol variation,
This is notified to the player and an opportunity to cancel the notice candidate is given. Since the display decision of the canceled advance notice candidate becomes invalid, the player cannot see the advance notice effect. Instead, the number of points set for the canceled notice candidate is reserved. Therefore, the cancellation of the determined notice effect is repeated, whereby the number of unsettled points is accumulated, and the player is given a chance to display other notice candidates according to the accumulated value. In other words, as a consideration for the player to endure viewing the notice candidate that is presented and watching it, the possibility of seeing a notice effect or a rare notice effect that has a higher expectation than that is increased. However, it goes without saying that if the number of points originally acquired is small, a rare notice effect will not be seen even if the cancellation is repeated.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the effect display device.
On the screen 200 of the effect display device 60, an effect image display area is set. In a gaming state that is not accompanied by a notice effect, the decorative symbol 190 is displayed in a relatively large variation at the center of the screen 200 as shown in FIG.

  When the contents of the notice effect are determined by the effect determining means 132, as shown in FIG. 5B, a selection screen for notifying the effect contents and prompting the cancel input is displayed. In the example shown in the figure, since the step-up notice is selected, that step 1 is scheduled to be displayed, and contents for requesting operation of the operation button 82 are displayed when canceling. Moreover, it is suggested that a rare effect with a low appearance probability may be displayed by canceling. The decorative symbol 190 may be displayed in a small and variable manner at the corner of the screen 200 as shown.

  The player determines whether to see the step-up notice by looking at this selection screen. For example, when it is determined that the step-up frequently appears, or when it is determined that a rarer effect is desired, the operation button 82 is pressed to cancel the step-up notice. When such active cancellation by the player is repeated, points are reserved, so if the number of points originally set is large, a rare notice effect as shown in FIG. Is more likely to be displayed. In the figure, as an example, a premier effect with a low appearance probability and a high expectation degree is displayed.

  FIG. 5 is a data structure diagram of a pattern determination table used when the symbol determination means determines the variation pattern of the special symbol. The pattern determination table shown in the figure is simplified for easy understanding. Actually, there are many different types, but some of them are conceptually displayed in the figure.

  The illustrated pattern determination table indicates data to be referred to when the symbol determining unit 114 determines the special symbol variation pattern. The symbol determination means 114 acquires the pattern determination lottery value from the range of “0 to 255” prior to the special symbol variation display. Based on the pattern determination lottery value and the result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, the variation time of the special symbol is determined. Each variation pattern is provided with variation pattern numbers “01” to “06” for identifying the variation patterns. For example, when the result of the lottery is a win and the pattern determination lottery value acquired by the symbol determination means 114 is in the range of “0 to 15”, the variation pattern “01” is selected, and the variation time of the special symbol is 5 seconds. It becomes. Similarly, for example, when the result of the lottery determination is out of order and the pattern determination lottery value is in the range of “51 to 220”, the variation pattern “05” is selected, and the variation time of the special symbol is 30 seconds. Basically, the longer the variation time, the longer it is possible to secure time for various productions such as reach production and its development production. In addition, when the result of the lottery is a win, it is necessary to perform a production with higher reliability. Therefore, a variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected as compared with the case where the result of the lottery is wrong. There is a tendency.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines a variation pattern using this pattern determination table, and determines a stop symbol using a symbol range table (not shown). The symbol determination unit 114 sends the variation pattern number of the determined variation pattern and data indicating the stop symbol to the effect determination unit 132. Receiving this, the effect determination means 132 determines the stop symbol of the decorative symbol corresponding to the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the decorative symbol corresponding to the variation pattern number.

  FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram of a pattern table used when the effect determining means determines the variation pattern of the decorative symbol. The pattern table shown in the figure is simplified for easy understanding. Actually, there are many different types, but some of them are conceptually displayed in the figure.

  After the variation pattern of the special symbol is selected as described above, the variation pattern of the decoration symbol is selected so that the variation time of the special symbol matches the variation time of the decoration symbol. In this embodiment, the variation pattern number of the special symbol shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to the variation pattern number of the decorative symbol shown in FIG.

  That is, the variation pattern and the variation time of the pattern table shown in FIG. 6 coincide with the variation pattern and the variation time of the pattern determination table shown in FIG. The variation pattern “01” is a pattern in which a winning symbol combination is displayed without a reach effect. In this case, the three symbols that make up the decorative symbol are all stopped from high-speed fluctuation. The variation pattern “02” is a pattern in which a winning symbol combination is displayed with a normal reach effect. The variation pattern “03” is a pattern in which a winning symbol combination is displayed with a super reach effect. Since the production of the super reach involves the change of the background and the production of the story by a specific character, the variation time is considerably longer than the production of the normal reach. On the other hand, the variation patterns “04” to “06” are patterns in which the content and variation time are the same as the variation patterns “01” to “03”, respectively, but finally display the out symbol combination.

  FIG. 7 is a data structure diagram of a pattern table used when the effect determining means determines the effect pattern of the notice effect. The pattern table shown in the figure is simplified for easy understanding. Actually, there are many different types, but some of them are conceptually displayed in the figure.

  That is, a combination of a plurality of notice candidates constituting the notice effect described above is assigned at a predetermined selection rate to each variation pattern such as normal reach and super reach shown in FIG. The number of points described above is set for each notice candidate. In the illustrated example, a step-up notice consisting of five steps 1 to 5 is selected. In addition, a sliding notice that is shifted by one pattern after the final stop symbol of the decorative pattern 190 is pseudo-stopped, a special tone sound notice with a special sound, a cut-in notice, and a group notice are selected. . In addition, rare effects 1 and 2 and premier effects 1 to 3 with a considerably high degree of expectation are also subject to selection as a notice effect with a particularly low appearance frequency.

  In the step-up notice surrounded by the one-dot chain line in the figure, the number of points increases each time a step is raised, but whether to be displayed up to that stage is determined according to the result of the lottery. When the last step is displayed, 50 points are set to be consumed. In addition, rare effects 2, premier effects 2 and 3 surrounded by a thick solid line in the figure are notice effects with a low appearance rate and a high expectation, and the number of points is also set high. Since these notice effects have a high number of points, it is unlikely that the player can see the notice effects unless the advance notice effect determined in advance is repeated. The premier effects 2 and 3 are almost confirmed, and are the candidates for notice that are displayed only when the result of the lottery is a win and there is a cancel input.

FIG. 8 is a timing chart illustrating the process until the effect pattern of the notice effect is determined and displayed.
In the example shown in the figure, the effect determining means 132 displays the notification candidates such as step-up notice, group notice, rare effect 1, premier effect 2, premier effect 3, cut-in, and slip in order based on the result of the success / failure lottery. It has been decided. However, these advance notice candidates include those that cannot be displayed depending on the variation time of the variation pattern determined based on the result of the success / failure lottery and the set number of points. Here, an example is shown in which the result of the success / failure lottery is winning and 100 points are set as the total number of points.

  Before the display of each stage of the step-up notice and the subsequent notice candidates is started, a selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. The notice effect that is actually displayed differs depending on whether or not there is a cancel input by the player. That is, when the player does not perform cancel input, as shown in pattern 1, the group advance notice is displayed after the step up notice is displayed up to the final step. Since 100 points are digested by this, the notice effect in the design fluctuation is complete | finished.

  If step 4 of the step-up notice is canceled as shown as pattern 2, the step-up notice is not displayed thereafter, and the user is prompted to select whether or not to display the subsequent group notice. In the illustrated example, since there was no subsequent cancel input, group notice, rare effect 1, and cut-in are sequentially displayed. That is, since the total 40 points set in Steps 4 and 5 of the step-up notice are carried over and the remaining number of points is 90 points, 50 points in the group notice display and 20 points in the rare effect 1 display, respectively. It has been digested. However, since the number of points set for the subsequent premier effects 2 and 3 is large, it cannot be displayed, and the subsequent cut-in notice is selected and displayed. Since 20 points are digested by this cut-in notice, all 100 points that are points have been digested, so the notice effect is ended.

Further, as shown as pattern 3, when the step-up notice and the group notice are canceled successively, the user is prompted to select whether or not to display the subsequent rare effect 1. In the illustrated example, since there was no subsequent cancel input, rare effect 1 and premier effect 2 are sequentially displayed. That is, since 50 points set for the step-up notice and 50 points set for the group notice are carried over and the remaining number of points is 100, 20 points are displayed for the subsequent rare effect 1 and the premier effect 2 is displayed. 80 points are digested. In this way, by repeating the cancellation with the initial score being high, it is possible to see the premier performance 2 that is rarely seen. The player can make a cancel input in the hope of seeing such a rare notice effect.
In the example shown in the figure, an example is shown in which each notice candidate is sequentially determined so that each notice candidate is arranged in time series. However, a plurality of notice candidates that may start display at one timing can be selected. May be determined and displayed at a predetermined timing before the notice candidate is displayed. For example, in the notice candidate shown in the figure, three notice candidates of rare effect 1 and premier effects 2 and 3 may be set as selection candidates at the same timing, and one of the notice candidates may be determined by lottery or the like and displayed. . Even in that case, there may be a notice candidate that cannot be selected depending on the number of points already digested. Further, the order of the notice candidates in the effect pattern in the figure is merely an example, and it goes without saying that there may be an effect pattern that is switched so that, for example, the order of the group notice and the cut-in shown in the figure are reversed.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine.
First, processing is performed when the game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (N in S12), control processing for normal games such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if a special game is in progress (Y in S12), control processing for special game is executed (S16), from S10 to S16 In step S18, prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change pattern data. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S46), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). The effect determination means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), and selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S52). At this time, a variation pattern with a notice effect is selected with the above-described probability.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the variation display process of S40 in FIG. First, when the effect determining means 132 determines the notice effect and the candidate for the notice (Y in S102), the effect display control means 134 in FIG. 4 (b) in order to prompt the display permission or cancellation of the notice candidate. A selection screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (S104). At this time, if there is no cancel input by the player (N in S106), and undigested accumulated points remain (Y in S108), the notice effect that can be displayed is determined again based on the number of remaining points ( S110). Then, the number of points set for the notice candidate scheduled to start display is subtracted (S112), and the notice candidate is displayed (S114). In the example of this flowchart, even if a series of effect patterns of the notice effect is once selected in S102, the notice effect is determined again at a predetermined timing before each notice candidate is actually displayed. Therefore, when the cancellation is made in S106, the execution after the next notice candidate of the notice candidate related to the cancellation is determined, and S102 is executed again. For example, in the example of FIG. 8 already described, when the step-up notice is canceled at any stage, the effect after the group notice is once determined in S102, and the selection for prompting the cancellation of the group notice is performed in S104. A screen is displayed. At this time, if cancel 2 is input in S106, the group notice is not displayed, and the subsequent rare effect 1 and subsequent effects are determined. Such a process is repeated.

If no accumulated points remain in S108 (N in S108), if there is a cancel input by the player in S106 (Y in S106), or if a notice candidate is not determined in S102 (N in S102), In either case, this process is temporarily terminated. If there is an undigested accumulated point when a cancel input is made by the player, the number of remaining points is carried over to display a notice candidate determined after the next.
In the present embodiment, an example in which the selection screen is displayed in S104 every time the presence or absence of the notice effect is determined in S102 is shown. However, the timing for displaying the selection screen is set in advance in association with the candidate for notice. It may be. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the selection screen may be displayed at a timing corresponding to the display timing of the prediction candidate, such as before step 1 of the step-up notification, before the group notification, or before the rare effect 1. Good. Then, when the timing comes, a selection screen may be displayed to prompt cancellation of the corresponding notice candidate.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail S16 in FIG.

  First, if the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special prize opening 66 (S74). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). When the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

  If the number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after closing the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). If the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S90).

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

  In the above embodiment, the player's points (number of points) are set in advance according to the result of the lottery determination, and the corresponding number of points is subtracted every time the notice candidate is displayed. In the modification, conversely, every time a notice candidate is canceled, the corresponding number of points may be added, and another notice candidate corresponding to the added total number of points may be selected. That is, in the above embodiment, other notice effects are determined based on the accumulated value of the number of undigested points, but in the modified example, other notice effects are determined according to the accumulated value of the accumulated number of points. be able to.

  In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the notice candidates and the display order thereof are determined in advance when the effect pattern is determined, and the notice candidates that can be displayed are sequentially displayed according to the number of remaining points. In the modification, every time the display of the notice candidate is completed or canceled, the next notice candidate may be determined by lottery or the like according to the number of remaining points. For example, the effect determination unit 132 holds a plurality of pattern tables in which a prediction candidate that can be selected according to the number of remaining points is set, and determines the notification candidate using the pattern table according to the current number of remaining points. You may do it. In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which the notice candidate is determined so that all the remaining points are consumed. However, the remaining points are positioned as an acceptable criterion for displaying the notice candidates, and the remaining points are However, there may be a case where the effect display including the symbol variation ends.

  Although not described in the above embodiment, the current score (number of points) may be displayed when the selection screen shown in FIG. 4B is displayed. Or you may make it display the number of points set to the determined notice candidate. Thereby, it is possible to infer the possibility that a rare notice candidate is displayed after the cancellation. As a result, when the possibility is low, it is possible to determine to display the notice candidate as it is. Further, a point number increasing / decreasing means may be provided, such as displaying a game for increasing or decreasing the number of points in the symbol variation display process.

  In the said Example, the example which alert | reported that the notification effect was displayed on the selection screen shown in FIG.4 (b) was shown. In a modified example, in order to suggest that the start of the production by the selected advance notice candidate is near, a pre-notice display may be performed to predict the start of the announcement production. For example, in order to suggest the start of a group notice, a part of characters appearing in the group notice may be displayed. Thereby, a player's interest can be heightened rather than a simple character display.

  In the above embodiment, the ball game machine according to the present invention is configured as a multi-function machine in which a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional type 1 pachinko game machine are mixed. You may comprise as a single-piece | unit. Or you may comprise as other gaming machines containing the function of 1st type pachinko gaming machines, such as the gaming machine which combined the function of 1st type pachinko gaming machine, and the function of 2nd type pachinko gaming machine.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure showing the example of a screen displayed on a production display device. It is a data structure figure of the pattern determination table used when a symbol determination means determines the fluctuation pattern of a special symbol. It is a data structure figure of the pattern table used when an effect determination means determines the fluctuation pattern of a decoration symbol. It is a data structure figure of the pattern table used when an effect determination means determines the effect pattern of a notice effect. It is a timing chart which illustrates the process until the production pattern of the notice production is determined and displayed. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 9 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the success / failure determination process of S40 in FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail S16 in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 production display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start ports, 66 large winning ports, 68 operating ports, 72 general winning ports, 82 operation buttons, 100 game control devices , 102 main board, 104 sub-board, 112 unsuccessful lottery means, 118 main display control means, 120 special game control means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 190 decoration symbol, 192 special symbol, 200 screens.

Claims (5)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a game ball entering is a lottery opportunity;
Triggering lottery means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting winning opening,
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the success / failure lottery is displayed in a variable manner.
Special game control for executing the special game when the winning lottery results in the transition to the special game and the symbol display is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the winning lottery is a win. Means,
A plurality of notice candidates that are set in advance so that the content of the notice effect that preliminarily suggests the degree of expectation that the result of the success / failure lottery is a hit, and the selection probabilities are set to differ depending on the degree of expectation Notice effect storage means for holding,
A notice determining means for determining whether to display the notice effect during the change of the symbol, and for determining which notice candidate is to be displayed in the case of displaying;
Display control means for causing the effect display device to display the symbol variation and, when there is a decision to display the notice effect, to display the determined notice candidate along with the symbol variation on the effect display device. When,
An operation input device that receives an operation input by a player,
The notice determining means invalidates the determination of the notice candidate when there is a cancel input by the operation input device when displaying the notice candidate during the change of the symbol, and accumulates the expected degree of the canceled notice candidate. A bullet ball game machine characterized by selecting another notice candidate having an expected degree according to a value.   The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the notice effect storage means includes a notice candidate displayed only when the cancel input is made as the other notice candidate. The display control means displays a selection screen that prompts the cancel input at a predetermined timing before the determined notice candidate is displayed,
The advance notice determining means holds an evaluation value as an evaluation criterion for the expectation degree for each advance notice candidate, and whenever there is a cancel input along the selection screen via the operation input device, The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the evaluation values of the advance notice candidates subject to cancellation are accumulated, and other advance notice candidates corresponding to the accumulated value are selected at a predetermined advance notice timing. . Pattern storage means for holding a plurality of variation patterns in which a variation process from variation start to stop in the symbol variation display is defined;
Pattern determining means for selecting one of the plurality of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery,
The notice determination means determines a combination of notice candidates constituting a notice effect additionally accompanied with the change display of the symbol according to the determined change pattern, and calculates a total of evaluation values of the notice candidates concerning the combination. The total evaluation value is held, the total evaluation value is decreased every time an effect display relating to each notice candidate is made, and the other notice candidate is selected based on the remaining total evaluation value. Ball game machine.   5. The bullet according to claim 3, wherein the display control means performs an effect display that suggests an evaluation value of the notice candidate when the decision of the notice candidate to be canceled is invalidated. Ball game machine.

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