JP2010000314A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that in the conventional forenotice performance, a game player can acquire an expectation degree of a big win according to the type of a forenotice performance, thereby possibly losing the freshness by a forenotice performance of a type with a low expectation degree. <P>SOLUTION: A performance data storage means 150 of this Pachinko game machine 10 retains data for displaying a suggestion performance that suggests the expectation degree of the win by moving a predetermined character image from a start position to a destination position via a plurality of stop positions according to the progress of the game, or map data set with a plurality of points to become candidates of the start position, the destination position and the stop position. A suggestion performance setting means 152 determines the points to be the start position, the destination position, the stop position and a present position as moving display processes of the character image in the map data. A performance display control means 134 displays a performance of a moving process of the character image by the suggestion performance. A special performance pattern is determined with performance contents corresponding to the plurality of points. <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 a technique for controlling the effect of a game 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. Known as a thing. The variable display of symbols in the display area is not only a variable display of multiple symbols, but the time of variable display is usually reduced in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, the player's expectation is enhanced by the use of characters in images such as symbols to give a story to the variable display and the notice effect that suggests the high degree of expectation of transition to special games. .
JP 2003-230714 A

  In the conventional notice effect, a plurality of types of effect contents and characters employed in the effect are prepared, and the degree of expectation for the jackpot is often different depending on the type. In that case, if the player understands the type of the notice effect and grasps the type of the notice effect, the player can immediately understand the degree of expectation for the jackpot. There is a risk that the person will not be stimulated at all. In addition, in the case of a specification in which a notice effect with a different content is selected depending on the cumulative number of executions, only the same specific notice effect is always displayed while the cumulative number of executions is small, and the freshness of the production may be lost. there were.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a subject, The objective is to aim at the induction | guidance | derivation of the sensation which cultivates the fresh taste with respect to production content itself, and collects the production type, away from the expectation to jackpot.

  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 game control means for executing a special game when the change display of the symbol is stopped, and a plurality of effect patterns in which the effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device in the case of the change of the symbol and the display process thereof are determined Pattern storage means An effect determining means for determining an effect pattern to be displayed on the effect display device according to the result of the lottery determination, and a predetermined character image is moved from the starting position to the target position via a plurality of stop positions according to the progress of the game. Map data in which a plurality of points that are candidates for the start position, the target position, and the stop position are set to display a suggestion effect that suggests the degree of expectation that the result of the lottery is winning Effect data storage means for holding, as a moving display process of the character image in the map data, suggestion effect setting means for determining the starting position, the target position, the stop position, and the current position according to the progress of the game, An effect display device that produces an effect in the process of moving the character image by an effect pattern and a suggestion effect together with variations in the pattern And a effect display control means for displaying. The pattern storage means includes a plurality of special effect patterns in which effect contents corresponding to each of the plurality of points are defined as the effect patterns. The effect determining means determines whether or not to display the special effect pattern according to a predetermined standard according to the result of the success / failure lottery, and when it is determined to be displayed, at the point determined by the suggested effect setting means. Select the corresponding special performance pattern.

  Here, the “effect pattern” may be, for example, a change pattern in which a change process from start to stop of a symbol and a change process are defined, or may be displayed separately from the symbol change display and expected to be a big hit It may be a notice effect pattern that suggests the height of the degree in advance. The “map data” may include a map image to be displayed on the screen and geographic information in which names and coordinates of a plurality of points on the map are defined. The “suggesting effect setting means” may determine all of the starting position, the target position, the stop position, and the current position, or may fix other points by fixing at least one of the starting position and the target position. May be determined. Either or both of the starting position and the target position may be fixedly set. In the “map data”, a number of points that can be selected in advance as “departure position”, “target position”, “stop position”, and “current position” may be set in the form of “station”. First, “Departure position” and “Target position” are determined, then “Stop position” is determined as the route between them, and each “Stop position” is moved from “Departure position” to “Target position” This process may be managed by setting “current position”. The production content of the “special production pattern” may be determined by content reminiscent of which point or which region the corresponding “point” is.

  According to this aspect, whether or not to display the special performance pattern is determined according to a predetermined standard corresponding to the result of the success / failure lottery, and therefore the determination of whether or not the display can be performed directly or indirectly depends on the result of the success / failure lottery. Can be done. On the other hand, the type of effect content of the special effect pattern is not affected by the result of the success / failure lottery, and is merely selected according to which “point” is selected. Therefore, even if the player is given a sense of expectation for the jackpot due to the appearance of the special effect pattern, the effect does not vary depending on the type of the content. can do. In this case, by suggesting to the player that it is related to any point depending on the type of content of the special effect pattern that appears, it is possible to give the player the pleasure and freshness of moving to various points. In addition, it is possible to give the player a sense of collection that a player can acquire a special performance pattern with a content that has never been seen before, by moving a number of points in sequence. Can be realized.

  The pattern storage means may include an effect pattern in which an effect content corresponding to a combination of a plurality of points is defined as the special effect pattern. When the effect determining unit determines to display the special effect pattern, the effect determining unit may select the special effect pattern corresponding to the combination of the plurality of points determined by the suggestion effect setting unit. For example, a special performance pattern corresponding to a combination of “departure position” and “target position” may be selected as “multiple points”, or a combination of “target position” or “departure position” and “current position” may be selected. A corresponding special effect pattern may be selected. In this case, it is possible to increase the number of types of special effect patterns with respect to the number of points, and to cause all special effect patterns to appear, by associating a special effect pattern with a combination of points rather than associating with a single point. The gameability can be improved by increasing the difficulty.

  The pattern storage means is an image in which the display content related to the point associated with the special pattern is encoded as the special effect pattern, and is captured in a format that can be restored by performing a predetermined decoding process. An effect pattern that is determined to display the encoded image on the effect display device may be included. Here, the “encoded image” may be, for example, a two-dimensional code such as a matrix type two-dimensional code, and the information is obtained by reading the image captured by an imaging device mounted on a portable terminal such as a mobile phone. It may be restored. In this case, in addition to seeing all types of special performance patterns with performance contents corresponding to each point, the player can obtain information related to each point through a two-dimensional code, thereby further improving the sense of collection. It is possible to give a novel production.

  When the suggestion effect setting means determines a new departure position or destination position after the current position reaches the destination position, a predetermined limited distance range from the previous departure position or destination position among a plurality of points in the map data. You may select the point contained in as a new starting position or destination position. According to this aspect, since the area where the starting position and the target position are set in the map based on the map data is limited to a relatively close distance from the area where the previous starting position and the target position are set, it is far away. Do not move to the selected area at once. For this reason, after the special effect pattern appears in correspondence with any point, the special effect pattern corresponding to a point far from the point does not appear immediately. Therefore, in order to make all the special performance patterns corresponding to each point appear, the map must be passed from end to end in order, and the map based on the map data has a sufficiently wide area and a large number of points are set. If so, the difficulty level for making all the special performance patterns appear increases. In addition, when the encoded image is displayed together with the special effect pattern, the difficulty level of collecting all the encoded images is increased, and the gameability can be improved.

  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 bullet ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to create a fresh taste for the production content itself and induce the sense of collecting the production type apart from the expectation for the jackpot.

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko game machine, which is conventionally called a bullet ball game 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 aligned 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 that it can be opened and closed 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. In the present embodiment, as will be described later, an effect called a suggestive effect may be displayed using the majority of the screen while the decorative symbol 190 is displayed in a small and variable manner at the corner of the screen. The suggestion effect is, for example, an effect such as Sugoroku aiming at a target position by a frame progressing on a railroad line. The progress of the top is controlled so that the expectation of jackpot increases as the top approaches the target position.

  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 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.

  When the player rotates 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 rotation 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 by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  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 open / close 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 obtained. 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 in an effect manner is variably displayed 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 continued a plurality of times, and is constituted 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 in 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 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 190 and the display process thereof are determined. In the effect pattern, a plurality of change patterns in which a change process from start to stop and a change process in the change display of the decorative pattern 190 and a change process are defined, and a change display of the decorative pattern are displayed separately, and the degree of expectation to the jackpot A plurality of notice effect patterns that suggest height in advance are included.

  The fluctuation pattern displays 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. 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 effect determining means 132 selects the variation pattern of the effect image having the same variation time as that of the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  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 symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a decorative symbol and a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 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. A combination is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols are selected as the numbers to be arranged as the decorative symbols. For example, when the special symbol is “3”, the decorative symbol 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 indicating the loss with reach is selected, only one such as “191” or “727” is selected. Select a combination that does not have the symbols. The effect determining unit 132 sends information on the stop symbol of the decorative symbol and the variation pattern of the effect image to the effect display control unit 134.

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests in advance that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the higher the number of stages is, the higher the expectation for the big hit is included.

  The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display form of the decorative symbol 190 reaches the reach state and the final stop state of the symbol is notified, and no decorative symbol 190 is stopped. There is a pattern in which the performance is executed at the timing and the reach is reached at the same time.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the result of the lottery determination, and determines the notice effect pattern to be displayed. The effect determining means 132 holds a notice determination table that should be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table that should be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice decision table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and if the lottery is a win, the notice lottery will be displayed with a higher probability than if it was missed. Correspondence between whether to display the result and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the jackpot can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect display control unit 134 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image according to the selected variation pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery unit 112. The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect. 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.

  The effect data storage means 150 holds map data that is referred to in order to display a suggestion effect imitating sugoroku. The suggestion effect is obtained by moving the frame image, which is an image of a predetermined character, from the starting position to the target position via a plurality of stop positions according to the progress of the game on a map such as Sugoroku, and wins the result of the lottery result. It is a production that suggests a certain degree of expectation. In the map data, a number of points that are candidates for the start position, the target position, and the stop position in the suggestion effect map are set.

  Of the many points set in the map data, the points set as the starting position and the destination position are limited to specific candidate points. In this embodiment, map data and map images, which are geographical information imitating a Japanese map, are held in the effect data storage means 150, and a route covering the Japanese archipelago is set in the map data. In the route, a number of stations and stops are set as “points” along with their names and coordinates, and each of these points as a main location is set as a candidate for a starting position and a destination position. One of the main locations is determined as the starting point, and another of the main locations is determined as the destination location. There are a plurality of routes for the frame image to move from any point to another point. The shortest route is always selected, and each point included in the shortest route is determined as a stop position. All points included in the map data are assigned unique code numbers, and each point is classified into a plurality of regions, and all the points belong to one of the regions.

  The suggestion effect setting means 152 determines the starting position, the target position, the stop position, and the current position according to the progress of the game as a process of moving and displaying the frame image in the map data. The suggestion effect setting means 152 first determines a starting position and a target position by lottery from a number of points set in the map data. At this time, the suggestion effect setting means 152 selects both the starting position and the target position from one to three adjacent regions in the map data, so that the distance between the starting position and the target position is not so long. To keep both within the limited distance range. However, as another embodiment, the distance between the starting position and the target position is not particularly limited, and may be determined randomly from the entire map.

  The suggestion effect setting unit 152 determines a new start position or target position each time the frame image reaches the target position in the suggestion effect. In that case, a point included within a predetermined limited distance range from the previous departure position or destination position among the plurality of points in the map data is selected as a new departure position or destination position. The limited distance range also covers one to three adjacent regions. For example, if the range is limited based on the previous destination location, if the previous destination location is “Sapporo” belonging to the region “Hokkaido”, the new departure location and destination location are “Hokkaido”, “Tohoku”, “Hokuriku” ”To select from the adjacent regions. However, as another embodiment, the region of the new starting position and the target position may be determined randomly from the entire map without being limited to the predetermined distance range from the previous starting position or the target position.

  The suggestion effect setting unit 152 selects a route that becomes the shortest route from a plurality of routes connecting the determined starting position and the target position, and determines a plurality of points on the route as stop position candidates. The starting position, the target position, and the stop position candidate are fixed and maintained until the frame image reaches the target position. Each time the success / failure lottery is executed, the suggestion effect setting unit 152 determines the next stop position, that is, the next “current position”, from a plurality of stop position candidates included in the set route. Based on the distance between the current position and the next “current position”, the suggestion effect setting unit 152 determines the dice eye indicating the number of progresses in order to display the number of progresses of the frame image. However, when a win is made in the lottery, the next “current position” is set as the target position, and the dice are determined so as to reach the target position at once. As a result, it is possible to realize a gameability in which the expectation for the big hit increases as the current position approaches the target position.

  The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display an effect in the process of moving the frame image due to the suggestion effect along with the variation of the symbol according to the determination by the suggestion effect setting means 152. The effect display control means 134 displays an image of an area including the current position in the map image as a background image of the symbol variation. The effect display control means 134 displays a display for moving the frame image to the next stop position to be the next “current position” on the map image after the dice are rolled and the number of progress is indicated by the number of the dice at the start of the symbol variation. To do.

  The pattern storage unit 130 holds a plurality of special effect patterns in which effect contents corresponding to a plurality of points are determined as the notice effect patterns. The special effect pattern in the present embodiment is a group notice effect pattern, and a motif reminiscent of the point of the target position or the region to which the point belongs is used for the effect. For example, a character image with the motif of “crab” for a station in Hokkaido, “Tangerine” for a station in Ehime, and “takoyaki” for a station in Osaka is displayed from the right edge to the left edge of the screen. It is a group notice effect that passes many at once. In this way, the motifs adopted are local specialties, sights, and specialties to which each point belongs, and if you look at the image, you can associate each region. In the notice type table referred to by the effect determining means 132, the correspondence relationship between the point of the target position and the type of the group notice effect is defined. By referring to this table, the group corresponding to the target position at that time point is determined. A notice effect is selected.

  In the group notice effect as the special effect pattern, an encoded image in which information related to the spot associated with the special effect pattern is encoded is displayed on the screen. This encoded image is a matrix type two-dimensional code, and is encoded in a format in which the original information is restored by imaging with a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone with a camera and performing a predetermined decoding process. The original information to be restored is, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of an Internet site where an image or text provided to the player as a privilege can be downloaded. An image or text downloaded by the player accessing the download site based on this URL has contents related to the target position at that time or the region. For example, the images that are downloaded through the two-dimensional code when the characters having the “mandarin” motif as the group notice effect pass all at once are images of the same character.

  When the effect determining unit 132 determines to display the group notice effect as the special effect pattern, the effect determining unit 132 refers to the notice type table and selects the special effect pattern corresponding to the point of the target position at that time.

  When these group announcement effects are displayed, the player can look at the displayed motif and associate the target position, and raise the expectation of the big hit in that the target position can be reminded again by the player. Can be made. However, the expectation for the jackpot is not set differently depending on the type or display content of the group notice effect. The appearance of the group notice effect itself has increased the expectation for the jackpot. Indicates.

  Whether or not to display the special performance pattern is determined according to a predetermined criterion corresponding to the result of the winning / not-winning lottery, and therefore the determination of whether or not to display can be directly or indirectly influenced by the result of the winning / not-winning lottery. On the other hand, the type of effect content of the special effect pattern is selected depending on which “point” is selected without depending on the result of the success / failure lottery. Therefore, even if the player is given a sense of expectation for the jackpot due to the appearance of the special effect pattern, the effect does not vary depending on the type of the content. can do. In this case, by suggesting to the player that it is related to any point depending on the type of content of the special effect pattern that appears, it is possible to give the player the pleasure and freshness of moving to various points. In addition, it is possible to give the player a sense of collection that a player can acquire a special performance pattern with a content that has never been seen before, by moving a number of points in sequence. Can be realized.

  In addition, the area where the starting position and the target position are set in the map based on the map data is limited to a relatively close distance from the area where the previous starting position and the target position are set, so the area is far away at once. Do not move to. For this reason, after the special effect pattern appears in correspondence with any point, the special effect pattern corresponding to a point far from the point does not appear immediately. Therefore, in order to make all the special performance patterns corresponding to each point appear, the map must be passed from end to end in order, and the map based on the map data has a sufficiently wide area and a large number of points are set. If so, the degree of difficulty of making all the special performance patterns and encoded images appear is increased.

  FIG. 4 shows an overall map image simulating a map of Japan. In the map image 200, many points and 29 main places are set. A plurality of routes are set as routes between the main places.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example of the map image 200 including the current position of the frame image 202 and the surrounding points. The map image 200 in FIG. 5 (a) corresponds to the content obtained by enlarging the map image 200 in FIG. 4 and actually displaying a part of the area on the effect display device 60, and a number of station points 204 included in the area. And the main land 206 are shown connected by routes serving as routes. A frame image 202 is displayed at the station point 204 set as the current position. Each time the symbol fluctuates, the number of progress squares of the frame image 202 is indicated by the dice image 208, and the frame image 202 is moved along the route to the target position as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 shows an example in which a group notice effect is displayed as a special effect pattern. The group notice effect is displayed at a timing immediately after the decorative symbol 190 has reached the reach mode. In the group notice effect, a large number of group notice characters 212 are displayed so as to pass from the right end to the left end of the effect display device 60 so as to cover the map image 200. At this time, the decorative symbol 190 is displayed in a small variation in the upper right corner of the effect display device 60, the message 210 is displayed in the lower center of the screen, and the encoded image 214 is displayed in the left corner of the screen. As the message 210, for example, a character string indicating that the current position is approaching the destination position is displayed, such as “I am the first to get to the destination!”. The encoded image 214 is an image of a two-dimensional code, and a player can obtain a URL for downloading a privilege image by photographing and decoding this image with the camera of his / her mobile phone 216.

  FIG. 7 shows an outline of a process of downloading a privilege image from a URL download site obtained by decoding an encoded image. The player takes the encoded image 214 with the camera of the mobile phone 216 and accesses the download site 222 via the Internet 220 based on the URL obtained by the decoding. When a request for downloading a privilege image from the cellular phone 216 is transmitted to the download site 222, the privilege image 224 is transmitted from the download site 222 to the cellular phone 216 via the Internet 220 as a reply. The player who has acquired the privilege image 224 stores the privilege image 224 in the mobile phone 216 as proof that a group notice effect related to a certain point has appeared. For example, by performing a service on the download site 222 in which another privilege is granted when all types of privilege images 224 are collected, the player's willingness to collect the privilege images 224 can be increased. The game can be promoted.

  FIG. 8 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, a prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 9 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 been started (Y in S38), the progress of the frame image 202 in the map image 200 is displayed (S39), and symbol variation display processing is executed (S40). When the stop timing of the decorative symbol 190 is reached (Y in S42), one of the decorative symbols 190 is suspended and stopped (S44), and if it is not the stop timing, S44 is skipped (N in S42). If two decorative symbols 190 stop and form a reach state at that time (Y in S46), and a decision to display a notice effect such as a group notice is made (Y in S48), it is selected. The notice effect is displayed according to the notice effect pattern that is displayed (S50). If it is not the reach state, S48 and S50 are skipped (N of S46), and if it is not determined to display the notice effect, S50 is skipped (N of S48). If all the decorative symbols 190 are stopped at this time (Y in S52), a suggestion effect map update process to be described later is executed (S54). If there is a decorative symbol 190 that has not been stopped yet, S54 is skipped (N in S52). When the symbol variation display is not started in S38 (N in S38), the processing from S39 to S54 is skipped.

  FIG. 10 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 (S100), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S102). The symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S104), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S106). The effect determination means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S108), and selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S110).

  The suggestion effect setting means 152 determines the next stop position of the frame image 202 (S112), and determines the dice roll so as to indicate the number of progresses from the current position to the next stop position (S114). When the variation pattern of the selected decorative design is a reach pattern (Y in S116), the effect determining means 132 executes a notice lottery that determines whether or not to display the group notice effect (S118), and performs the group notice effect. When it is determined to display (Y in S120), the group notice effect pattern corresponding to the point set as the target position is selected (S122). If the decorative pattern variation pattern is not a reach pattern, the process from S118 to S122 is skipped (N in S116), and if it is determined not to display the group notice effect, the process in S122 is skipped (N in S120).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the map update process of S54 in FIG. In the suggestion effect, when the frame image 202 arrives at the target position (Y in S130) and the next departure position and the target position are not yet determined (Y in S132), the suggestion effect setting means 152 The starting position and the target position are determined by lottery (S134), and the shortest path and stop position candidate between them are determined (S136). If the frame image 202 has not yet arrived at the target position, the process from S132 to S136 is skipped (N in S130), and if the next departure position and the target position have already been determined, the processes of S134 and S136 are performed. Skip (N in S132). When the suggestion effect is started for the first time, such as when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is turned on, it is assumed that the frame image 202 is in the same state as when it arrived at the point of the target position, and in the flow of FIG. The process of S132 is started.

  FIG. 12 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 example in which the special effect pattern is selected according to the point of the target position set at that time has been described. In the modification, the special effect pattern may be selected according to the point of the starting position and the point of the current position set at that time. Also in these cases, the degree of expectation for the jackpot does not differ depending on the type of the special performance pattern, and it is possible to realize a game with a sense of collecting all types by equalizing the freshness of each type.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the special effect pattern is selected in correspondence with one point has been described. In the modification, the special effect pattern may be selected in correspondence with a combination of a plurality of places. For example, a special effect pattern corresponding to the combination of the start position and the target position may be selected, or a special effect pattern corresponding to the combination of “target position” or “start position” and “current position” may be selected. Also good. In the above embodiment, 29 main locations that are candidates for the start position and the target position are set. However, when combining a plurality of points, there are 812 possible simple combinations. Alternatively, even when the combination of the starting position and the target position is selected within a predetermined limited distance range, many combinations are realized. In this way, it is possible to increase the number of types of special effect patterns with respect to the number of points by associating a special effect pattern with a combination of points rather than associating with a single point, and all special effect patterns appear. The gameability can be improved by increasing the difficulty level. Furthermore, when the encoded image is displayed together with the special effect pattern, the difficulty level of collecting all the encoded images is increased, and the gameability can be improved.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the special effect pattern is realized in the form of the notice effect has been described. In a modification, it is good also as a structure which implement | achieves a special effect pattern in the form of the variation pattern of the decoration design 190. FIG. In that case, the effect by the background, the character, and the story corresponding to the set point is determined as the variation pattern of the decorative design 190. For example, a background, a character, or a story displayed in a variation pattern with reach such as super reach may be associated with a point set at that time.

  In another modified example, a counter is provided for counting the number of times of winning / failing lottery, and when the number of consecutive failures that have been missed in the winning / losing lottery reaches a predetermined number, the suggestion effect setting means 152 may determine the next starting position and the target position. Alternatively, the selection range may be limited so that the distance is relatively short. The fact that the number of consecutive deviations reaches a predetermined number means a so-called “falling”, which is a large number of consecutive deviations, and is a value indicating that a long time hit such as “200 times” has not occurred. In the above embodiment, the start position and the target position are determined from one to three regions. In this modification, the start position and the target position are determined from a limited range such as one region. Decrease the distance between the starting position and the target position. Thereby, it is possible to give the player a feeling as if the arrival at the target position is accelerated and to increase the degree of expectation for the jackpot.

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 which shows the whole map image imitating a Japan map. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the map image containing the present position of a frame image, and the surrounding points. It is a figure which shows the example which displays a group notice effect as a special effect pattern. It is a figure which shows the outline of the process which downloads a privilege image from the download site of URL obtained by decoding an encoding image. 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. 8 in detail. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 9. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the map update process of S54 in FIG. 9. It is a flowchart which shows S16 in FIG. 8 in detail.

Explanation of symbols

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 effect display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start openings, 90 game effect lamps, 100 game control devices, 112 winning / failing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 118 main Display control means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 150 effect data storage means, 152 suggestion effect setting means, 200 map image, 202 frame image, 204 station point, 206 main place, 212 groups Notice character, 214 coded image, 216 mobile phone, 224 privilege image.

Claims (4)

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 change display is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the winning lottery is winning. Means,
Pattern storage means for holding a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device in the design variation and the display process thereof are determined;
Effect determining means for determining an effect pattern to be displayed on the effect display device according to the result of the success / failure lottery,
By displaying a suggestion effect that suggests the degree of expectation that the result of the success / failure lottery is winning by moving a predetermined character image from a starting position to a target position via a plurality of stop positions according to the progress of the game Production data storage means for holding map data in which a plurality of points that are candidates for the starting position, the target position, and the stop position are set;
As the moving display process of the character image in the map data, the suggestion effect setting means for determining the starting position, the target position, the stop position, and the current position according to the progress of the game,
An effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display an effect in the process of moving the character image due to the effect pattern and the suggestion effect together with a change in the design;
The pattern storage means includes, as the effect pattern, a plurality of special effect patterns in which effect contents corresponding to each of the plurality of points are defined,
The effect determining means determines whether or not to display the special effect pattern according to a predetermined criterion according to the result of the success / failure lottery, and when determined to display it, the suggestion effect setting means determines A bullet ball game machine characterized by selecting a special performance pattern corresponding to a designated point. The pattern storage means includes an effect pattern in which an effect content corresponding to a combination of a plurality of points is defined as the special effect pattern,
The said effect determination means selects the special effect pattern corresponding to the combination of the some point determined by the said suggestion effect setting means, when it determines that the said special effect pattern is displayed. 1. A ball game machine according to 1.   The pattern storage means is an image in which the display content related to the spot associated with the special pattern is encoded as the special effect pattern, and can be restored by imaging and performing a predetermined decoding process. The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising an effect pattern determined to display an encoded image encoded in a format on the effect display device.   The suggestion effect setting means, when determining a new departure position or destination position after the current position has reached the destination position, is predetermined from the previous departure position or destination position among a plurality of points in the map data. 4. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a point included in the limited distance range is selected as the new starting position or the target position. 5.

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