JP2010042122A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance a player's sense of expectancy and amusement by suggesting the possibility of continuance of related presentation to be gradually displayed in accordance with variable display of symbols in a remarkable mode. <P>SOLUTION: In the Pachinko game machine 10, a presentation determining means determines the display of special advance-notice presentation in such a way that a presentation pattern to reach a stage closer to a final stage is selected from among a plurality of presentation patterns of the special advance-notice presentation as the degree of expectancy for winning a winning lottery is higher. A display control means displays suggestion presentation to suggest termination of the presentation in the stage during the display of the presentation or continuance of the presentation to the next stage based on whether the variable display of second symbols should be started or not before the restart of the variable display stopped with first symbols when the play is in a prescribed game state during the variable display of the first symbols accompanying the special advance-notice presentation. <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 a game and an effect 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 sense of expectation has been 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 a high degree of expectation for transition to special games. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2006-246964 A

In recent notice effects, not only the characters and motifs that appear are diversified, but also the methods of effects used are diversifying. For example, there is a technique in which an effect having a series of connections is displayed step by step over a plurality of symbol variations, and the expectation of the jackpot is increased as the number of steps progresses, thereby increasing the player's expectation. The related performance is continued along with the re-variation of the symbols, thereby raising the player's expectation. However, if there are things that show a big hit in the multiple symbol variations, it will shift to special games at the end of the variation, so it is necessary to know the number of symbol variations that can be secured for the effect when determining the effect is there. For this reason, for example, during the design 1 variation, a pseudo variation stop and re-variation that appear to be displayed multiple times on the appearance are produced, and the related production is staged in the pseudo multiple variations. An effect form to be displayed is also proposed. In any case, in such a related effect over a plurality of fluctuations, whether or not the effect continues is a major concern for the player.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and its purpose is to suggest a player's sense of expectation by suggesting the possibility of continuation of related effects to be displayed step by step in accordance with symbol variations. And to enhance interest.

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 / winning lottery means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, triggered by entering the starting winning hole and a ball entering the starting winning port; A first display area in which the first symbol for showing the result of the winning / failing lottery is variably displayed; a second display area in which the second symbol for assisting the effect by the first symbol is variably displayed; A special game control means for executing the special game when the lottery results in the transition to the special game and the variable display of the first symbol is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the winning lottery is a win. From variation start to stop in the variation display of one symbol Holds multiple variation patterns with a dynamic process and multiple preview effect patterns with a production process for a preliminary announcement that suggests in advance the high degree of expectation that the result of the lottery will win A pattern storage means for holding a special notice effect effect pattern that can be displayed step by step over a period in which the variation of the first symbol is displayed a plurality of times as the notice effect pattern, and a first display area according to the result of the lottery The variation pattern to be displayed on the screen is selected by lottery from a plurality of variation patterns, and it is determined whether or not to display the announcement effect. The effect determining means for determining the change of the first pattern according to the variation pattern and the notice effect according to the notice effect pattern are displayed in the first display area. On the other hand, and a display control means for displaying the effect of the second symbol in the second display area in accordance with the gaming state.

The pattern storage means holds a plurality of effect patterns whose arrival stages are different up to the final stage of a plurality of stages as the effect pattern of the special notice effect, and the effect determining means determines that the display of the special notice effect is determined, One of the multiple production patterns is determined in such a way that the production pattern that reaches the stage closer to the final stage is selected as the degree of expectation that the result of the lottery wins is higher. When the gaming state becomes a predetermined state during the variable display of the first symbol accompanied with the performance, before the first symbol is stopped and restarted, whether or not the variable display of the second symbol is started, A suggestion effect suggesting the end of the special notice effect during the display or the continuation to the next stage is displayed.

Here, the “first display area” and the “second display area” may be provided in different areas of a single display device, or may be provided in separate display areas of a display device, respectively. Also good. The “first symbol” indicates the result of the success / failure determination by the stop symbol after the change according to the variation pattern, but the “second symbol” does not need to indicate the result of the success / failure determination. What is necessary is just to assist the production performed in the process of changing one symbol. "Special notice effect"
Although the variation of the first symbol can be displayed stepwise over a period in which the first symbol is displayed multiple times, the closer the stage of the production is to the final stage, that is, the more the variation of the first symbol with the production continues, It may be one that increases the expected degree of transition to special games. Each variation of the first symbol accompanied by the special notice effect may be an original variation (also referred to as “main variation”) that is a unit for displaying the result of the lottery, or is simulated in the variation process of the main variation. It may be a variation that is a unit of pseudo continuous variation with a typical stop display. In other words, the “stop display of the first symbol” here may be the one that completely stops the first symbol on the display, or at least displays the first symbol in a semi-stop mode such as slightly moving before and after the stop position. You may make it. "Variable display of 2nd pattern"
May be a variable display of the second symbol as in the first symbol. Alternatively, the second pattern may be provided as a specific object image, and a specific operation display such as a movement display may be continued.

According to this aspect, the continuity of the special notice effect indicating the expected degree of transition to the special game is suggested by the presence or absence of the start of variable display of the second symbol. That is, by starting the variable display of the second symbol, it is suggested that the first symbol accompanying the special notice effect is re-varied, that is, the special notice effect is continued to the next stage. If the variable display of the second symbol is not started, there is no re-variation of the first symbol accompanied by the special notice effect, that is, the end of the special notice effect during the display is suggested. here,
“Start of variable display of the second symbol” may be executed before the variable display of the first symbol is stopped, or may be executed after the variable display of the first symbol is stopped and restarted. According to this aspect,
The variable display of the second pattern is positioned as a suggestion effect that suggests the continuity of the special notice effect.
That is, a unique effect is made that suggests re-variation of the first symbol accompanied by the special notice effect by the start of the operation of variable display of the second symbol. And the player's expectation is felt depending on whether or not variable display of the second symbol is started.

More specifically, the pattern storage means displays the first symbol variation displayed as a part of the plurality of variation patterns for one result of the success / failure lottery multiple times in appearance. You may hold | maintain the quasi-continuous fluctuation pattern by which the fluctuation process was defined in the visible form. Then, when the effect determining means selects the pseudo continuous variation pattern and determines the display of the special notice effect, the arrival corresponding to the number of pseudo continuous displays of the first symbol displayed according to the pseudo continuous variation pattern You may select the production pattern of the special notice production displayed to the stage. When the pseudo continuous variation pattern is selected and the display of the special notice effect is decided, the display control means displays each stage of the special notice effect according to the selected effect pattern in a pseudo continuous manner. Depending on whether or not the variable display of the second symbol is started before the pseudo symbol variation is stopped and restarted.
You may display the suggestion effect which suggests the end in the stage which is displaying the special notice effect, or the continuation to the next step.

Here, “the first design variation appears to appear pseudo-multiple times in appearance” is that the variation process from the first design variation start to stop is displayed multiple times continuously. It may be visible. In this case, in the interval of the pseudo plural symbol fluctuations, the symbol fluctuations are not completely stopped but are in a semi-stopped state in which the symbols fluctuate slightly and wait until the next symbol fluctuation is resumed. It is good as well. It may be set such that as the number of continuous fluctuations of the pseudo continuous fluctuation increases, the stage of the special notice effect advances and the degree of expectation for winning increases.

In this aspect, since each stage of the special notice effect is performed in units of pseudo fluctuations of pseudo continuous fluctuation, the special notice effect can be completed for each main change, and the design and progress of the effect are facilitated. . And the novel game nature that the possibility of the continuation of such pseudo continuous variation is suggested in the form of variable display of the second symbol is created.

Or, when a symbol variation corresponding to the previous lottery lottery is displayed when the new lottery lottery is executed, the variation display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery is performed up to a predetermined number of new winner lottery results. You may further provide the holding | maintenance control means to hold | maintain until the start. When a new winning / winning lottery is executed, the winning / failing lottery means transmits information indicating the winning / losing lottery result to the effect determining means regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the winning / failing lottery is immediately started. When the display of the special notice effect is determined, the effect determining means determines whether or not there is an effect pattern of the special notice effect that can be executed before the variation in which the result of the winning / failing lottery that is held is successful,
If it is feasible, select the effect pattern related to the special notice effect from the effect patterns of the special notice effect, and when the display control means determines the display of the special notice effect,
Each stage of the special notice effect according to the selected effect pattern is displayed in accordance with the symbol variation of the first symbol, and the variable symbol of the second symbol is displayed before the variation is resumed after the symbol variation is stopped and displayed. Depending on whether or not to start, a suggestion effect suggesting the end of the special notice effect during the display or the continuation to the next stage may be displayed.

Here, as the success / failure lottery, the success / failure lottery unit may process the determination of success / failure, symbol determination, and variation pattern determination based on a single lottery value. You may process based on the lottery value. “Information indicating the result of the success / failure lottery” may include the result of the success / failure determination and the result of the variation pattern lottery. Each time the winning / failing lottery is executed, the result determining means transmits the result to the effect determining means. Therefore, the effect determining means obtains the result before the variable display of the symbol indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery is started. So-called “look ahead” can be performed.

According to this aspect, based on the pre-read information, the symbol variation (main variation) of the unchanging first symbol is
It is possible to determine whether or not it is secured enough to execute the stepwise special notice effect. For this reason, it is possible to reliably execute the special notice effect for a plurality of fluctuations according to the selected effect pattern. The suggestion effect by the 2nd pattern also has the merit that it is easy to match with the effect pattern. And the possibility of continuation of such symbol variation is the second
Innovative gameplay that is suggested in the form of variable display of symbols is created.

The display control means may variably display the first symbol and the second symbol on separate symbol display devices. According to this aspect, the first symbol and the second symbol can be easily controlled independently in units of the symbol display device. For example, the second display area may be visualized only when the suggestion effect by the second symbol is made. By doing in this way, the rareness of the effect display by the 2nd pattern is raised, and it becomes easy to raise the player's expectation at the time of the effect. Moreover, since the effect display by each symbol does not interfere at all, there is no sense of incongruity in the effect.

You may further provide the operation input means which receives the operation input by a player. Then, the display control means informs the player whether or not to display the suggestion effect when the display of the special notice effect is determined, and a predetermined operation input via the operation input means is accordingly received. In such a case, the suggestion effect may be displayed so that the player can more easily see than when there is no operation input.

The “recognizable notification” here may explicitly prompt operation input by the player, such as display of a selection screen for selecting whether or not to display the suggestive effect and voice output. Alternatively, for example, an operation input by the player may be implicitly promoted, for example, by illuminating or moving the operation input means itself. “Easy to recognize” may include not only an aspect in which recognition is possible depending on the presence / absence of an operation input, but also an aspect in which the visibility of the suggestive effect is reduced when there is no operation input. For the former, when there is an operation input, the second design is displayed in the second display area,
If there is no operation input, the second symbol may not be displayed. Alternatively, the second display area may be covered when there is no operation input, and the second display area may be exposed when there is an operation input. As for the latter, the second symbol may be displayed clearly in the second display area when there is an operation input, and the second symbol may be displayed unclearly when there is no operation input.

According to this aspect, the player can select whether or not to display the special notice effect by the second symbol.
That is, since it is assumed that the player does not want to see the special notice effect, the intention can be prioritized and the player's willingness to continue the game can be maintained.

As a specific configuration, a movable member that can move forward and backward between a closed position that covers the second display area and an open position that opens the second display area, and a drive unit that drives the movable member forward and backward may be further provided. The display control means may drive the movable member from the closed position to the open position by controlling the drive section when there is a predetermined operation input via the operation input means. As a result, it is possible to clearly reflect the intention of the player whether or not to see the special notice effect on the effect. In addition, when the special notice effect is displayed, the player's interest can be further enhanced by involving not only the screen display but also the operation of mechanical elements.

As a specific process, the pattern storage means holds a plurality of display patterns in which the display process from the start to the stop of the second symbol is determined, and the effect determining means displays the first symbol with a special notice effect. When there is a predetermined operation input via the operation input means, select any display pattern that can be displayed for a predetermined time until the stop display of the symbol fluctuation is restarted, and the display control means selects The second symbol may be variably displayed according to the operation pattern.

In this aspect, the time from the timing of the operation input by the player until the change of the first symbol is resumed is taken into account, and it is determined whether or not the second symbol can be variably displayed within that time. Since a plurality of display patterns of the second symbol are provided, an appropriate display pattern that can be displayed within that time is selected. If there is no display pattern that can be displayed, the special notice effect may be sent off, and the game is controlled in accordance with the actual situation.

The display control means may display a notice image for notifying the presence or absence of the resumption in the second display area before resuming the variable display of the second symbol as the suggestive effect. The “notice image” may be an image of a character string indicating the presence or absence of resumption, or may be a notice effect by a specific object image. This makes it easier for the player to predict whether or not the variable display of the second symbol will be resumed, which can be used for convenience.

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

According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to enhance the player's expectation and interest by suggesting the possibility of continuation of related effects to be displayed step by step in accordance with symbol variations. .

[Example 1]
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 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. Upper ball dish 15 and lower ball dish 1
A speaker 18 is provided between 6 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 symbol display device 60, a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as "start port") on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. 62, a center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Further, 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 expansion 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 symbol display device 60 provided substantially at the center of the game area 52 are linked to the variation of the special symbol 192 and the special symbol 192 on each screen. The variation of the effect image including the decorative design 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “design variation” or “variable display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is the starting port 6
2 is a symbol corresponding to the result of a lottery performed with the entry of a game ball into the game, and when the symbol display when the variable display is stopped is a symbol determined to be a winning symbol, The displayed timing is the jackpot occurrence timing. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs.

The effect symbol display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that fluctuates and displays the decorative symbol 190 in conjunction with the fluctuating 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 symbol display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of columns of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect symbol display device 60 is configured by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be configured by a mechanical rotation 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 display device 61 at the lower left of the production symbol display device 60 is displayed in an inconspicuous size. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, a special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect symbol display device 60.

The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 is connected to the passage detection device 6.
9 is included. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68,
When passing, the passage information indicating the passage is generated. The passing of the game ball to the operation port 68 is the start port 62.
This is an opportunity for an open lottery to decide whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism. 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 symbol 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 symbol display device 60. Center decoration 64
Has functions such as protection, decoration, etc. of the flow path of the game ball, the special symbol display device 61 and the effect symbol display device 60. A sub-symbol display device 160 is provided in the center decoration 64 at the lower right of the effect symbol display device 60. The sub-symbol display device 160 has an effect display screen in which a sub-symbol described later is variably displayed. The figure shows a state where the door 162 is closed and its effect display screen is covered. This open / close door 162 has a center ornament 6
4 is opened and closed by an opening / closing mechanism including a gear, a motor, and the like provided on the back portion, and details of the operation will be described later.

A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect symbol display device 60, and a general figure 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. ing. 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 in the starting 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 regular figure holding lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and the number of normal symbols fluctuation is indicated by 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. Further, a game effect lamp 90 is provided above the effect symbol 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 turns the firing handle 17 by hand, the upper ball dish 1 has a strength corresponding to the turning angle.
The game balls stored in 5 are guided to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 one by one to play the game area 52.
Fired. 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. A game ball is 72
If the player enters the winning opening of the start opening 62 and the big winning opening 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning opening is paid out to the upper ball tray 15 or the lower ball tray 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 the present application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol display device 61 and the effect symbol display device 60 are displayed.
The special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed. 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.

The special game is a game in which the unit game in which the big prize opening 66 is opened is repeated a plurality of times, and the special game is repeated 15 times, which is the maximum number of unit games, and the unit game is repeated only twice, which is the minimum number of times. There is special game. Special game (hereinafter referred to as 15 unit games)
In the case of "15R jackpot" as appropriate), one unit game is completed by closing once the grand prize winning hole 66 is opened for about 30 seconds or when nine or more game balls are dropped. To do. In the case of a special game in which two unit games are repeated (hereinafter also referred to as “2R jackpot” as appropriate), the big prize opening 66 is closed once when it is opened for about 0.2 seconds, so that one unit game is performed. Ends.

When the special symbol 192 at the time of the stop is a predetermined small hit mode, the game shifts to a small hit game constituted by one unit game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is executed. In a single unit game that constitutes a small hit game, the big prize opening 66 repeats the opening for about 0.2 seconds twice, so that the appearance is the same as the 2R big hit.

In the normal game after the special game is over, it is one of the specific games, which is a variable time reduction game (
Hereinafter, “time reduction” is started as appropriate. 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 is completed Be started. In the probability variation state, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early. The probability variation state is continued until the special symbol 192 is a big hit. In the case of 15R jackpot, the probability change may or may not be started after the end of the special game. In the case of 2R jackpot, the probability change is always started after the end of the special game. The time saving is continued until the total of the variable display of the special symbol 192 reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times. During the time reduction, the variation time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened.

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 the display content on the effect symbol display device 60, the operation of the plurality of movable objects 140, the display content and operation of the sub-symbol display device 160,
The lighting of the game effect lamp 90 is controlled, in particular, the display contents are changed according to the lottery result by the main board 102, and the movable accessory 140 and the sub-symbol display device 160 are operated in accordance with the progress of the production. Turn on 90 lighting. Main board 102 and sub board 10
4 constitutes the game control device 100. The set substrate 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. Dispensing 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 symbol display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and an operation button. 82, speaker 18, game effect lamp 90, movable accessory 140, sub-symbol display device 1
60 is electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control device 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, the sub symbol display device 160, and the illumination. 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.

The main board 102 includes a ball entry determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 126, and an ordinary drawing lottery unit 136.
, Hold control means 116, main display control means 118, special game control means 120, specific game execution means 122, opening / closing control means 124, and condition holding means 176. The sub-board 104 includes a pattern storage unit 130, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 135. 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.

However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub board 104 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub board 104, each operation is performed so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. The configuration is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub board 104.
In this way, since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 102 to the sub board 104 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 104 to the configuration included in the main board 102. It is not possible to request data transmission. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub board 104 unless the main board 102 transmits the information to the sub board 104 unilaterally.

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 126 for executing the success / failure lottery corresponding to the entry into the starting port 62 includes a lottery value acquisition means 112, a success / failure determination means 113, and a pattern determination means 114. The result of the lottery is
In the special symbol display device 61, it is shown in the form of variable display of the special symbol 192, and in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60 (corresponding to “first display region”), it is shown in the form of variable display of the decorative symbol 190. .

When the symbol variation starts and ends, the lottery means 126 transmits the lottery result corresponding to the symbol variation to the effect determination unit 132 together with the symbol variation control command. Further, the winning / losing lottery means 126 performs a pre-winning determination as to which lottery value range corresponds to the lottery determination as a pre-determination process even when entering the starting port 62, and the determination result is used as the lottery result. To the effect determining means 132. The result of the pre-judgment process is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, and then transmitted to the effect determination means 132 regardless of whether the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started or deleted from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. The Therefore, for the sub-board 104 side, a process called so-called “prefetching” is realized in which the success / failure result can be speculatively recognized in advance before the start of the symbol variation start.

The lottery value acquisition unit 112 acquires a random number value as a success / failure lottery value for the success / failure lottery upon entering the starting port 62. For example, the value acquired as the success / failure lottery value for the success / failure lottery is “
It is acquired from the value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” referred to 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 value acquired by the lottery value acquisition unit 112 as the success / failure lottery value is:
The hold control means 116 temporarily holds it. However, the success / failure lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined upper limit number of holds held by the hold control means 116.

The success / failure determination unit 113 determines whether or not to shift to the special game or the small hit game based on the success / failure lottery value, and whether or not the lottery value range in which the success / failure lottery value corresponds is determined in advance. Make a decision. The validity determination unit 113 holds a validity determination table and a prior validity determination table that are referred to in the validity determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the success / failure determination to be performed at the start of the symbol variation from the prior / failure determination in advance, the “correction determination as the main determination” is appropriately selected.
Also called.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small wins, and misses with winning / failed lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the big hit / failure probabilities and the hit / non-winning probability Is determined. The correctness determination unit 113 refers to the correctness determination table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure determination unit 113, a big hit is made only when the success / failure lottery value falls within a range of 0 to 299 in normal times. The jackpot range is expanded at the time of certainty change, and not only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299 but also when it falls within the range of 300 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the jackpot changes according to the gaming state. In this figure, the jackpot range for both the normal time and the probability change is shown by a single success / failure determination table, but the success / failure determination table may be prepared separately for the normal time and the probability change time.

In the present embodiment, even if the winning / raising lottery value does not correspond to the jackpot range, that is, the so-called losing, it is a small jackpot if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, it is a small hit when the success / failure lottery value acquired by the success / failure determination means 113 falls within the range of 60000-65535. In this way, if it does not correspond to the jackpot, it is all “out of”, but in the example of this figure, among the cases where it does not correspond to the jackpot, the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the jackpot Is expressed as “displacement”. In addition, although the example which implement | achieves the determination table of whether it is a big win and the determination table of whether it is a small win in the form of this figure in the form of a single win / fail decision table was shown in this figure, each may be implement | achieved as a separate table. Good.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a prior success / failure determination table referred to in prior advance / failure determination.
The success / failure determination unit 113 refers to this prior determination table, and the determination result is “0 to 29”.
In the case of “9”, the value “1” indicating that is set as the determination result, and in the case where the determination result is “300 to 2999”, the value “2” indicating that is set as the determination result. Set to the validity range. When the lottery value is “3,000 to 59999”, the value “3” indicating that is set as the determination result, and when the lottery value is “60000 to 65535”, “4” is indicated. The value of “” is set in the validity range as the determination result. The success / failure determination means 113 includes:
As described above, each time the success / failure range is set, the value is set together with the number of suspensions to the effect determining means 132.
Send to.

Returning to FIG. 3, the success / failure determination unit 113 determines the stop symbol at the start of symbol variation based on the separately acquired symbol lottery value and the result of the determination of success / failure, and the symbol lottery value corresponds to any symbol range. The prior symbol determination is executed. The success / failure determination means 113 holds a plurality of symbol determination tables and a prior symbol determination table that are referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The validity determination unit 113 refers to a different symbol determination table depending on the determination result. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination performed when starting the symbol variation particularly from the prior symbol determination, it is also referred to as “symbol determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 6A is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, FIG. 6B is a table that is referred to when the determination result is wrong, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit.
The validity determination unit 113 refers to the symbol determination table of the present drawing in the symbol determination as the main determination. In each symbol determination table, a correspondence relationship between a special symbol represented by numbers “0” to “9” and a symbol “−” and a symbol lottery value is defined. Each type of special symbol is associated with the success / failure determination result of jackpot, jackpot, or miss, with odd numbers corresponding to jackpots, even numbers corresponding to jackpots, and the symbol “-” Correspond.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the special symbol “1” which is an odd number among the special symbols “0” to “9”.
"" 3 "" 5 "" 7 "" 9 "are associated with the jackpot. Among them, the special symbol “7
"Indicates a 15R jackpot with certainty, and is associated with the symbol lottery value range" 0 to 99 ". The special symbol “3” indicates a 2R jackpot with certainty, and the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”
". Special symbols “1”, “5”, and “9” indicate a 15R jackpot without any probability change, and the special symbol “1” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 189”.
“229” is associated with the special symbol “5”, and “230 to 255” is associated with the special symbol “9”.

As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the special symbol “-” is associated with the symbol lottery values in the entire range when the result of the determination is wrong.

As shown in FIG. 6C, the special symbol “0” which is an even number among the special symbols “0” to “9”.
"" 2 "" 4 "" 6 "" 8 "are associated with the small hits. The special symbol “0” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 49”, and the special symbol “2” is the symbol lottery value range “50 to 9”.
9 ”, the special symbol“ 4 ”is associated with the symbol lottery value range“ 100 to 149 ”, the special symbol“ 6 ”is associated with the symbol lottery value range“ 150 to 199 ”, and the special symbol“ 4 ”. The symbol “8” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “200 to 255”.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior symbol determination table referred to in prior symbol determination.
The success / failure determination means 113 refers to this prior symbol determination table when the success / failure lottery value corresponds to a jackpot. When the symbol lottery value is “0 to 99”, the value “1” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result, and when the symbol lottery value is “100 to 149”, “2” indicating that fact is set "
Is set to the symbol range as the determination result. When the symbol lottery value is “150 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result. Each time the symbol range is set as described above, the success / failure determination unit 113 sets the value together with the number of suspensions to the effect determination unit 13.
2 to send. In addition, when the winning / failing lottery value falls outside or small hitting, the table in this figure is not referred to, and a value of “4” may be set in the symbol range as a value indicating the offending or small hitting. May not be set.

Returning to FIG. 3, the pattern determining means 114 has a plurality of variations based on the pattern lottery values separately acquired for the variation pattern in which the process of displaying the symbol variation to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect symbol display device 60 is determined. Decide from the pattern. The pattern determining means 114 determines the variation pattern of the symbol variation with reference to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation. Moreover, the pattern determination means 114 performs prior pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value corresponds to. The pattern determination unit 114 holds a variation pattern table and a prior pattern determination table that are referred to for determining a variation pattern. In the variation pattern, a variation time from a variation start to a stop when a special symbol is variably displayed is determined, and has various variation times depending on the type. 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. In addition, in order to distinguish the variation pattern determination to be executed when starting the symbol variation, in particular, from the prior pattern determination,
This is also referred to as “variation pattern determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table. The pattern determining means 114
When the result of the determination is wrong, the deviation variation pattern shown in FIG. 8A is referred to. The pattern determining means 114 refers to the variation pattern table of this figure in the variation pattern determination as the main determination. When the determination result is 15R jackpot, 15 shown in FIG.
Refer to the variation pattern table for R jackpot. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the 2R big hit and small hit variation pattern table shown in FIG. 8C is referred to.

In FIG. 8A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 10 are associated with a super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery values 11 to 20 are associated with a super reach “super 2”. The pattern lottery values 21 to 255 include “normal 1” and “normal 2”
Any variation pattern of “no reach” is associated. As described above, when the result of the determination is wrong, any of super reach, normal reach, and no reach may be selected. In the variation pattern table for detachment, when a variation pattern of “no reach” is selected, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern whose variation time is substantially shorter in the short time state than in the normal state is selected. Further, the deviation variation pattern table is defined so that the column to be referred to is different for each number of reservations, and details of the normal state will be described later with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 8B, the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is a 15R jackpot, a variation pattern with reach is selected.

In FIG. 8C, the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. As described above, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of about 50%.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior pattern determination table referred to in prior pattern determination. The pattern determining means 114 refers to the table of FIG. 9A when the result is not right, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 10”, the value “1” indicating that is used as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “11-20”, the value “2” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “21 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result.

The pattern determination unit 114 refers to the table of FIG. 9B when the result is a 15R jackpot, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 120”, the value “4” indicating that is used as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “121 to 240”, the value “5” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. The pattern lottery value is “241
In the case of “˜250”, the value “6” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result,
When the pattern lottery value is “251 to 255”, the value “7” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result.

The pattern determination unit 114 determines whether the result of the determination is 2R big hit or small hit in FIG.
), When the pattern lottery value is “0 to 122”, the value “8” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result, and the pattern lottery value is “123 to 255” Sets a value of “9” indicating that to the pattern range as the determination result. Whenever the pattern range is set as described above, the pattern determining unit 114 transmits the value to the effect determining unit 132 together with the number of holds.

Returning to FIG. 3, the general drawing lottery means 136 executes a lottery by acquiring a lottery value when a game ball passes through the operation port 68. The result of the lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 136 is variably displayed in the form of a normal symbol on the normal symbol display device 59. The general symbol lottery means 136 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The symbol determination table defines the correspondence between the lottery value and the normal symbol, and the normal symbol lottery means 136 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol with reference to the symbol determination table. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit,
After the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 moves the start port 62.
The normal electric accessory is expanded for a predetermined time. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

The holding control means 116 includes special figure holding means 144 and universal figure holding means 147. When the symbol variation corresponding to the previous lottery is displayed when the winning lottery is newly executed, the special figure holding means 144 starts displaying the variation of the symbol corresponding to the lottery as a result of the new lottery lottery. Hold until. In the present embodiment, the result of lottery lottery is set with an upper limit of four, and the result of the lottery value and the setting of the success / failure range, the symbol range, and the pattern range as the preliminary determination result are held. Or you may hold | maintain the result of a prior | preceding determination in the area | region different from a success / failure lottery value. The general map holding means 147 holds the general map lottery value acquired by the general map lottery means 136 as a holding ball. These holding numbers are represented by the number of lighting or blinking of the lottery holding lamp 20 and the ordinary drawing holding lamp 22, respectively.

The main display control means 118 includes special figure control means 148 and universal figure control means 153.
The special symbol control means 148 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the variation of the special symbol 192 according to the variation pattern determined as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery device 126. The special symbol control means 148 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the success / failure lottery made before that time has ended.

The special figure control means 148 transmits a fluctuation start command and a fluctuation stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the fluctuation display of the special symbol 192. When the variation start command is transmitted, values indicating the determination result, the determination result determined as the main determination, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern are transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The normal symbol control means 153 causes the normal symbol display device 59 to display the lottery result by the normal symbol lottery means 136 as a normal symbol variation display.

The condition holding means 176 holds a special game operating condition as a condition for shifting to a special game that includes a unit game that involves the opening of a special winning opening multiple times. The special game operation condition is a result indicating that the game shifts to the special game in the winning / losing lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

The special game control means 120 indicates that the special game operating condition is established when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot mode when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 126 results in the transition to the special game. The special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. 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 a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include a 15R jackpot that repeats a unit game 15 times and a 2R jackpot that repeats a short unit game only twice. 15R
In the case of a jackpot, the grand prize opening 66 is basically opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted.

The specific game execution means 122 controls the normal game in the state of probability change and short time. The specific game execution means 122 always shifts to the time-saving state after the end of the special game. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the success / failure determination means 113 is a jackpot symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The time-short state is continued until the number of times of display of the special symbol 192 reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times from the end of the special game. In the short time state, the pattern determining means 114 selects a variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a fluctuation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds by the special figure holding unit 144 is referred to, and a fluctuation pattern with a long fluctuation time is likely to appear as the number of holdings by the special figure holding unit 144 decreases. On the other hand, the probability variation state is continued until a special game with the next jackpot is executed. During the probability variation state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure determination unit 113 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

The open / close control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory of the special prize opening 66 and the special prize opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific manner, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the normal electric combination solenoid 76 to expand the normal electric combination at the start port 62. Open / close control means 124
Sends a release instruction to the special prize opening solenoid 80 in the special game to open the special prize opening 66.

The pattern storage unit 130 holds a plurality of variation effect pattern data as the variation effect pattern of the decorative design. In the variation effect pattern, a plurality of variation patterns in which the variation process from the variation start to the stop in the variation display of the decoration pattern 190 and the production process are defined, and the variation pattern of the decoration symbol are displayed during the variation display, and the jackpot A plurality of notice effect patterns that imply a high expectation level are included. The effect determining means 132 determines the contents of effects to be displayed on the effect symbol display device 60 by the effect display control means 134 according to the result of the success / failure lottery received from the success / failure lottery means 126. The effect determining unit 132 selects any one of the plurality of variation effect pattern data corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the pattern determining unit 114 and reads it from the pattern storage unit 130. The effect determining means 132 is a decorative pattern 1
The combination of 90 stop symbols is determined based on the stop symbols and variation patterns of special symbols determined by the success / failure lottery means 126. The effect determining means 132 also determines a sub-symbol display pattern for executing a later-described suggestive effect to be displayed on the sub-symbol display device 160 when a pattern including a special notice effect described later is selected as the notice effect pattern. To do.

The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the result of the success / failure determination by the success / failure lottery means 126 indicates a transition to a special game with 15R jackpot, a specific combination such as “777” or “ A combination of three symbols such as “111” is 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 “7”, the decorative symbol 190 is “777”.
It becomes. Or you may make it show the jackpot also by the combination of the symbol in which the specific symbol which shows that it is a hit in at least one of three symbols is included. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is also selected when the result of the determination is a 2R big hit or a small win, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. If the determination result is neither big win nor small win, “312”
”And“ 946 ”, which are combinations that do not have three symbols, and that do not correspond to the specific combination selected when 2R big hit or small hit is selected. When the determination result is not 15R big hit, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination with only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is selected. . The effect determining unit 132 sends the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbol 190 and the variation symbol pattern data of the decorative symbol to the effect display control unit 134.

In the decorative design variation effect pattern data, a decorative symbol variation display mode, that is, a variation process and a variation process from the variation start to the variation stop of the decoration symbol are defined. The variation effect pattern includes a reach pattern that displays a stop symbol combination that is a hit state or a disengagement mode after a reach state that is a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a stop symbol that is a disengagement mode without reaching a reach state An unreachable pattern that displays the combination is included. In particular, patterns that have a long and short variation time are included as patterns when going through the reach state. A reach pattern that has a relatively short variation time is called "normal reach", and a reach pattern that has a long variation time is called "super reach". ". Each variation effect 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 unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of a decorative symbol having the same variation time as that of the special symbol in accordance with the variation pattern of the special symbol.

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. In the present embodiment, a special notice effect described later that is displayed step by step in accordance with a plurality of symbol variations 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 symbol display device 60 according to the result of the success / failure lottery, 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 determining means 132 determines whether or not to display a notice effect that is additionally accompanied by the symbol variation based on the result of the lottery determination. In the present embodiment, a specific variation pattern ("super 1" to be described later) is included in the result of the determination of whether or not the effect determination means 132 acquires as prefetch information.
When a thing corresponding to is included, it is determined to display a special notice effect using a plurality of previous symbol fluctuations under a predetermined condition.

Effect display control means 134 includes effect symbol display control means 137 and sub-symbol display control means 138. The effect symbol display control means 137 displays the result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 126 according to the selected variation effect pattern data as the decorative symbol 190 as the first symbol.
As a variable display in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60. The effect symbol display control means 137 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the variation display of the decorative symbol 190 corresponding to the previous lottery drawing has ended. The effect display control means 134, when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect, if the selected notice effect pattern is a notice effect accompanied by image display, the image is changed according to the notice effect pattern. Are simultaneously displayed on the effect symbol display device 60. In this way, the effect display control means 134
A design variation effect including a variation display of the decorative symbol 190 is displayed on the effect symbol display device 60.

The sub symbol display control means 138 displays the sub symbol as the second symbol for assisting the effect by the decoration symbol 190 in the effect display area of the sub symbol display device 160 (corresponding to the “second display area”). Let The sub-symbol display device 160 is normally in a state in which the effect display area is closed by the opening / closing door 162. However, when the display of the special notice effect is started and a predetermined condition described later is satisfied, the accessory control means 135 is opened / closed. The door 162 is driven to open. Then, the sub symbol display control means 138 starts sub symbol variation display. The sub-symbol suggests the possibility of continuing the special notice effect described later depending on whether or not the variable display is started. The effects by the sub symbols will be described in detail later. 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 135 follows the effect contents in the effect symbol display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90 to move the movable accessory 1.
40 is operated in a stunning manner. When the operation of the movable accessory 140 and the sub-symbol display device 160 is defined in the selected notice effect pattern, the effect display control means 134 performs the movable accessory 140 and the sub-symbol display device as defined in the notice effect pattern. 160 is operated.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing in detail a variation pattern table for detachment. In the variation pattern table 210 of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the variation pattern is different for each number of holds. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with relatively long variation times, and the probability that variation patterns with long variation times will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the special figure holding unit 144 is smaller. Therefore, when the number of holdings by the special figure holding unit 144 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1-2, the selection probability of the fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time becomes higher than usual, and the fluctuation time tends to be relatively long.

The first column 212 shows the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern when the number of holds as a result of the success / failure lottery by the special figure holding means 144 is zero. Similarly, in the second column 214, the third column 216, the fourth column 218, and the fifth column 220, the pattern lottery in the case where the number of holdings as a result of the lottery determination by the special figure holding means 144 is 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively. A correspondence relationship between the value range and the variation pattern is shown. That is, the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, the fourth column 218, the fifth
It can be considered that the column 220 shows a variation pattern table for each number of holds. In this figure,
An example will be described in which a plurality of variation patterns that can be selected at the time of deviation are classified into five types according to variation time. Is equivalent to the fact that the fluctuation production pattern is associated with the lottery value range for each classification.

The first range 222 includes a first column 212, a second column 214, a third column 216, a fourth column 218, and a fifth column as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 0 to 10. 2
Each of 20 is associated with a super reach variation pattern of “super 1”. The second range 224 includes a first column 212, a second column 214, a third column 216, a fourth column 218, and a fifth column as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 11 to 20. Each of 220 is associated with a super reach variation pattern of “super 2”. Thus, in the case of a pattern lottery value with a lottery value from 0 to 10 and a pattern lottery value with a lottery value from 11 to 20, a variation pattern with the same variation time is selected regardless of the number of holds.

The third range 226 includes a first column 212, a second column 214, a third column 216, a fourth column 218, a fifth column as variation patterns when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 21 to 255.
In the column 220, three types of variation patterns of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach”, which are normal reach, are associated. However, the range of pattern lottery values associated with each variation pattern varies depending on the number of holds. In the first column 212, the sizes of the lottery value ranges to which “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated are substantially equal, and the ranges obtained by dividing 21 to 255 into approximately three equal portions are associated with each other. Yes. On the other hand, in the second column 214, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is slightly smaller than the lottery value range associated with “no reach”. In the third column 216, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is further reduced. In the fourth column 218 and the fifth column 220, “normal 1” “
The size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 2” is further reduced.

The fluctuation time of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” may be longer than the fluctuation time of “No reach”, and when “No reach”, the fluctuation time may be shortened like the short time state. Depending on the setting contents of the third range 226, the average variation time will be different. As the number of holds increases from 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, the pattern lottery value range of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” decreases, and conversely, the pattern lottery value range of “no reach” increases. Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes shorter as the number of holds increases, and conversely, the average change time becomes longer as the number of holds decreases. In this way, by using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of holdings, control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of holdings decreases is realized. be able to.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a screen example of a special notice effect displayed on the effect symbol display device. FIGS. 9A to 9D show examples of the production process of the special notice effect.
As shown in FIG. 6A, in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60, the decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed in the substantially central region, and is superimposed on the variable display of the decorative symbol 190. Images such as various notice effects can be displayed. In the present embodiment, when the jackpot is confirmed or missed among the results of the pending winning / failing lottery, and the variation pattern of “Super 1” is selected, the variation of the pattern before the result of the winning / losing lottery is variably displayed. A special notice effect is displayed on condition that the number of times is secured at least three times. In this special notice effect, (b) ~ (
The scenes SN1, SN2, and SN3 shown in d) can be sequentially displayed for each variation. In this embodiment, the final scene of the special notice effect is the scene SN3, but the reaching scene is determined according to the result of the lottery. The relationship between the success / failure lottery value and the arrival scene of the special notice effect is set so that the higher the degree of expectation that the winning / failing lottery result is, the higher the probability that the final scene will be reached. When the display of the special notice effect is started, the decorative symbol 190 that has been displayed in the center of the display area 194 until then is displayed in a small and variable manner in the upper right corner.

Scene SN1 is a scene in which a boy character A appears in the background of a plateau and calls another boy character B "B-kun ...". The scene SN2 is a scene in which a boy character B appears in the background of the city and calls a girl character C "C-chan ...". When shifting from the scene SN1 to the scene SN2, an effect may be made in which the character B responds to the call from the character A. The scene SN3 is a scene in which a girl character C appears in the seaside background. When transitioning from the scene SN2 to the scene SN3, an effect may be made in which the character C responds to the call to the character B.
Both scenes are displayed from when the decoration pattern 190 starts to change until it stops. In the symbol variation interval of the decorative symbol 190, the process waits until the next symbol variation is resumed. When all of the scenes SN1, SN2, and SN3 are displayed in stages, it is suggested that the player has a particularly high probability of shifting to a special game.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a suggestion effect displayed on the sub-symbol display device in cooperation with the special notice effect. (A) and (b) in the figure show the production process of the suggestive effect. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a suggestion effect displayed on the sub-symbol display device.
In this example, during the display of the special notice effect shown in FIG.
The sub-symbol is variably displayed in the effect display area 164 of the sub-symbol display device 160, and whether or not the special notice effect is continued, that is, the special notice effect is ended in the displayed scene, or the process proceeds to the next scene. A suggestion effect that suggests is displayed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12A, a display prompting the user to operate the operation button 82 is displayed on the display area 194 at a predetermined timing in the display process of each scene. In response to this, within a predetermined period (
When the player presses the operation button 82 within 3 seconds, for example, the open / close door 162 of the sub-symbol display device 160 is opened and the internal effect display area 164 is exposed as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the sub-design 16 composed of three rows of symbols in the effect display area 164.
6 fluctuation display is started. In the present embodiment, the sub symbol 166 is set to 3 like the decorative symbol 190.
Although composed of one number, it may be composed of a character string other than numbers. Alternatively, a predetermined object image may be moved and displayed such that a specific character instead of a character string is walked or run.

The sub symbol 166 starts to fluctuate with the opening of the open / close door 162, and stops as shown before the scene being displayed ends, that is, before the decorative symbol 190 stops in a pseudo manner. When the transition to the next scene is continued and the special notice effect is continued, the sub symbol 166 is “
GO! ”Is displayed, and its re-variation starts. Thereafter, the pseudo variation of the decorative pattern 190 is resumed, and the process proceeds to the next scene. On the other hand, when the special notice effect ends in the displayed scene, the character string “END” is displayed as the sub-symbol 166, and the open / close door 162 is closed without being changed again. In that case, the pseudo change of the decorative pattern 190 is not resumed, and the special notice effect is ended.

FIG. 14 is a timing chart showing an example of the execution process of the suggestion effect. The horizontal axis of each figure represents the passage of time. Here, for convenience, the variation of the decorative symbol 190 is expressed as “main variation”, and the variation of the sub symbol 166 is expressed as “sub variation”.

In the example shown in the figure, the symbol variation accompanied by the special notice effect is started at time t0, and the display of the scene SN1 is started at the start of the variation. And time t1 after the start of the fluctuation
Then, the effect display control means 134 displays the selection screen shown in FIG. 12A and requests the player to operate the operation button 82. Accordingly, the player operates the operation button 82 at time t2.
Then, the accessory control means 135 opens the open / close door 162 and the sub-symbol display control means 138 starts the variable display of the sub-symbol 166. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the change display of the sub-symbol 166 is temporarily stopped and the character string “GO!” Is displayed, and then the change is resumed. At time t3 after the start of this re-variation, the decorative symbol 190
Is stopped and the display of the scene SN1 is ended. Then, at the predetermined interval, the next symbol variation is started and the display of the scene SN2 is started. Thereafter, the sub-symbol display control means 138 stops the variable display of the sub-symbol 166, and the accessory control means 135 closes the open / close door 162.

Similarly, the selection screen is displayed at the time t4 after the change is resumed, and the player presses the operation button 82 at the time t5 accordingly, so that the open / close door 162 is opened and the sub-pattern 166 is then opened. Fluctuation display has been started. Then, the change display of the sub-symbol 166 is temporarily stopped, the character string “GO!” Is displayed, and then the change is started again. At time t6 after the start of this re-variation, the decorative symbol 190 is stopped and the display of the scene SN2 is ended. Then, at the predetermined interval, the next symbol variation is started and the display of the scene SN3 is started. Thereafter, the change display of the sub symbol 166 is stopped, and the open / close door 162 is closed. Further, since the selection screen is displayed at time t7 and the operation button 82 is operated at time t8, the open / close door 162 is opened and the variable symbol 166 is displayed. However, the special notice effect is Scene S
Since N3 is the final scene, when the change display of the sub symbol 166 is temporarily stopped, “EN
The character string “D” is displayed, and no subsequent re-variation is performed. In this way, scene SN
The display up to 3 ends, the decorative symbol 190 is stopped at time t9, and the special notice effect ends. In the illustrated example, since the special notice effect does not continue thereafter, the open / close door 162 is closed thereafter, and the closed state is maintained.

Although not shown in the figure, when the arrival scene of the special notice effect is the scene SN1 or the scene SN2, the sub-symbol 166 does not resume the change, suggesting the end of the special notice effect in the arrival scene. . In addition, after the display of one of the scenes is started, when the player does not operate the operation button 82 within a predetermined period even though the selection screen is displayed during the change of the symbol, the door 162 is opened. Keeps closed without being opened. That is, if the player does not want to see the special notice effect, the suggestion effect is not displayed, and only the special notice effect is displayed until the setting stage.

When such a process is executed, the end scene of the special notice effect (scene SN in the illustrated example)
The display time until 3), that is, the number of fluctuations of the decorative design 190 needs to be secured. Therefore, in this embodiment, information on the number of fluctuations that can be secured in advance is acquired before the special notice effect is started, and when the special notice effect is selected, it is displayed if it can be displayed. To do.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in a pachinko gaming machine.
First, processing is executed when a game ball has won the start opening 62, the general winning opening 72, the big winning opening 66, etc. (S10). The control process is executed (S14), and if it is not in the normal game (N in S12), the special game control process is executed (S16). Thereafter, award ball payout according to various winnings is processed with the number of winning balls set in the winning process of S10 (S18).

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing in detail the winning process of S10 in FIG.
If there is a ball in the starting port 62 (Y in S20), the number of prize balls corresponding to the starting port is set (S22). If the ball is entering the starting port 62, it is referred to whether or not the number of holdings by the special figure holding means 144 is less than 4, and if it is possible to hold further (Y in S24), a winning lottery value is acquired. (S26). At this time, information such as the hold order of the corresponding lottery values to be held is transmitted to the effect determining means 132. Then, a pre-judgment process for determining whether or not to win is performed based on the lottery value (S28), and the lottery value is held in the special figure holding means 144 (S30). If there is no ball entering the starting port 62 in S20, the processing from S22 to S30 is skipped (S2
N of 0). If the number of holds has reached the upper limit in S24 and further holding is impossible, S2
The processing from 6 to S30 is skipped (N in S24). The above processing from S20 to S30 is a winning process with respect to the ball entering the starting port.

If there is a winning at the general winning opening 72 (Y of S32), the number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning opening 72 is set (S34), and if there is no winning at the general winning opening 72, S34 is skipped. Do (
N of S32). If there is a winning ball at the big winning hole 66 (Y of S36), the number of winning balls corresponding to the big winning hole 66 is set (S38). (N in S36).

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the advance determination process of S28 in FIG.
First, a preliminary success / failure determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table (S40), a value indicating the range of success / failure is set as the determination result (S42), and a preliminary design determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table. (S44), a value indicating the symbol range is set as the determination result (S46),
Prior pattern determination is executed with reference to the previous pattern determination table (S48), and a value indicating the pattern range is set as the determination result (S50). The value of the pre-determination result set as described above is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer together with the number of suspensions, and transmitted to the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 (S52).

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an overall process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG.
In this normal game control process, a prefetch process in the sub-board 104 is executed (S150).
The execution of the special symbol variation process on the main board 102 (S152), the execution of the decorative symbol variation process on the sub board 104 (S154), and the execution of the sub symbol display control process on the sub board 104 (S156) are repeated. It will be.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail the prefetching process of S150 in FIG.
Based on information obtained by so-called prefetching, the criteria such as what kind of production is executed in the sub-board 104 and what kind of result the prior determination result is executed according to the result are Pachinko games. Various methods are conceivable depending on the design of game play in the machine 10. In this embodiment, the sub-board 104 side also recognizes in advance that the variation pattern of “Super 1” has been selected based on the result of the pre-determination process, and that the expected level of jackpot is high due to the special notice effect described above. I will suggest it in production.

When the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 receives the pre-determined result from the main board 102 (Y in S160), the effect display control means 134 is based on the information on the success / failure range, the pattern range, and the number of reservations received together with the pre-determined result. The number of holds at that time is a predetermined number (three or more in this embodiment) sufficient to display up to the final scene (scene SN3) of the special notice effect (Y in S164), and is set by prior determination. If the value of the hit / miss range is “1” and the value of the pattern range is “4”, that is, the jackpot is determined regardless of whether or not the probability variation state.
When accompanied by “Super 1” (Y in S166), the precursor setting is turned on (S172). on the other hand,
Even if the value of the success / failure range is different from this (N in S166), when the value of the success / failure range set by the pre-determination is “3” and the value of the pattern range is “1”, that is, it is determined to be out. Even when “Super 1” is accompanied (Y in S168), the precursor setting is turned on (S172).
.

In S168, when the value of the success / failure range and the value of the pattern range do not correspond (N of S168)
), S172 is skipped. When the number of holds is less than the predetermined number (N in S164), S1
The processing from 66 to S172 is skipped. When the result of the pre-determination process has not been received, the entire flow in this figure is skipped (N in S160). In the example of this figure, it is determined whether or not the precursor setting should be turned on based on the success / failure range and the pattern range set in advance. As a modification, it may be determined whether or not the precursor setting should be turned on by using any one of the success / failure range and the pattern range sent as the prior determination result. In this example, an example in which the precursor setting is turned on when the result of the success / failure determination is a big hit regardless of whether it is normal or when the probability changes, that is, when the big hit is confirmed, is shown. Alternatively, the sign setting may be turned on in the case of a small hit. Alternatively, the sign setting may be turned on at the time of 15R jackpot or 2R jackpot.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail the execution process of the special symbol variation process of S152 in FIG.
If the symbol variation display has not started yet (N in S60), if the winning / failing lottery value is being held by the special figure holding means 144 (Y in S70), the success / failure determining means 113 is determined from the special figure holding means 144 The lottery value is read and the special symbol 192 is determined again or not (S72).
), The success / failure determination means 113 determines the special symbol 192 (S74), and the pattern determination means 114
Determines the variation pattern of the special symbol 192 (S76), and transmits a variation start command to the sub-board 104 together with the determined result to start the symbol variation of the special symbol 192 (S77). If the lottery value is not held by the special figure holding means 144, the processing from S72 to S77 is skipped (N in S70).

When the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S60), the symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S78), and when the predetermined variation time has passed and the symbol display stop timing is reached (S80) Y), a variation stop command is transmitted to the sub-board 104, and the symbol variation being displayed is stopped at a predetermined stop symbol (S82), and the flow of this diagram ends. If the symbol display stop timing has not been reached, the process of S82 is skipped and the flow of this figure is terminated (N in S80).

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing in detail the execution process of the decorative symbol variation process of S154 in FIG.
When the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 receives the change start command from the main board 102 (Y of S180), the stop pattern of the decorative symbol is determined according to the received special symbol stop symbol, the variation pattern, and the result of the determination. (S182). If the special notice effect is not continuing (N in S183), a new variation effect pattern is determined (S184). here,
If the sign setting is on (Y in S186) and the determined variation effect pattern includes the special notice effect described above (Y in S187), it is not the symbol variation that is the trigger when the sign setting is turned on. (N in S190), a special notice effect is set (S192). In this case, since the number of reservations is three or more as described above, when the arrival scene is the final scene SN3, if the number of reservations is three, the scene SN1 is included in each of the three symbol variations. ~ SN3 are assigned respectively. If the number of reservations is four, the special notice effect is not added to the symbol variation that is started first, and the scenes SN1 to SN3 are assigned to the subsequent three symbol variations. For the first variation, the variation pattern to which no special notice effect is added is displayed as it is. If the reaching scene is less than the final scene, each scene is assigned to any variation. Similarly, for the remaining fluctuations, a fluctuation pattern to which no special notice effect is added is displayed as it is. Thereafter, the display of variation of the decorative design is started (S196).

On the other hand, if the special notice effect has already been continued (Y in S183), a variable effect pattern corresponding to the next scene is set (S188). In this way, the variation effect pattern accompanied by the special notice effect is selected step by step until each scene of the determined special notice effect ends. At this time, if the symbol variation for which the sign setting is turned on is the variation (Y in S190), that is, if the symbol variation in which the scene SN3 is displayed, the special notice effect is ended by the variation, the sign The setting is turned off (S194), and the decorative symbol variation display is started (S196). This prevents the special notice effect from being displayed by mistake due to the symbol variation after the variation.

If the sign setting is not on (N in S186), or if the content of the special notice effect is not included in the variation effect pattern (N in S187), the processing from S190 to S194 is skipped. In this case, “Super 1” without special notice effect is displayed. Main board 102
If the change start command is not received from S182, S182 to S196 are skipped (S
180 N).

If the decorative symbol variation display has already started (Y in S198), the symbol variation or notice effect display processing is executed (S200), and when a variation stop command is received from the main board 102 (Y in S202). ), The symbol variation display is stopped by stopping and displaying the decorative symbols in the stop mode determined in S182 (S204). If a change stop command has not been received from the main board 102, S204 is skipped (N in S202), and if change display has not been started, S200 to S204 are skipped (N in S198).

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing in detail the execution process of the sub-symbol display control process of S156 in FIG.
If the change display of the sub-symbol 166 has not yet started (N in S210), if the pattern change with a special notice effect has been started (Y in S212), a selection screen that prompts the player to operate the operation button 82 Is displayed (S214). Accordingly, if there is an input via the operation button 82 within a predetermined period (for example, within 3 seconds) (Y in S216), the opening / closing door 162 of the sub-symbol display device 160 is driven to open (S218), and the sub-symbol 166 is driven. The fluctuation display is started (S220).
In S210, if the change display of the sub-symbol 166 has already been started (Y in S210)
, S212 to S220 are skipped. When the suggestion effect by the sub-symbol 166 is finished (Y in S222), the open / close door 162 is closed (S224). If the suggestion effect has not ended in S222 (N in S222), the process of S224 is skipped and the process is temporarily ended. If the symbol variation has not been started (N in S212), the processing after S214 is skipped and this processing is terminated. If there is no input from the operation button 82 within the predetermined period (N in S216), the process after S218 is skipped and this process is terminated.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game of S16 in FIG.
First, when the special winning opening 66 is not yet opened (N in S100), the effect display control means 13
4 starts the special game effect process (S102), and the opening / closing control means 124 opens the special winning opening 66 (S104). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S102 and S104 are skipped (Y in S100). If the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S106), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S106), the number of balls entered into the big winning hole 66 is When nine or more balls have been reached (Y in S108), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S110). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S106) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S108), the processing after S110 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

If the unit game has reached the final round after closing the grand prize winning slot 66 in S110 (
(Y in S112), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect process of the special game (S114).
The special game control means 120 ends the special game (S116), and starts the specific game, that is, the execution of the probability change and the time reduction (S118). If the unit game has not reached the final round (N of S112), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S119).

As described above, in this embodiment, the continuity of the special notice effect indicating the expected degree of transition to the special game is suggested by whether or not the variable display of the sub-symbol 166 is resumed. That is, the change display of the sub-symbol 166 is started and then restarted after being stopped, which suggests that the decoration symbol 190 accompanied by the special notice effect is re-changed (change is resumed), that is, the special notice effect is continued to the next stage. If the change display of the sub-symbol 166 is not resumed, there is no re-change of the decorative symbol 190 accompanied by the special notice effect, that is, the end of the special notice effect during the display is suggested. That is, a unique effect is made that suggests a re-change of the decorative symbol 190 accompanied by the special notice effect by the start of the operation of the change display of the sub-symbol 166. In addition, a novel gameability is created in which the player's sense of expectation is expressed whether or not the variable display of the sub symbol 166 is resumed.

In the present embodiment, the change stop and restart of the sub-symbol 166 are displayed before the start of the change of the decorative symbol 190, and the restart of the change, that is, the continuation of the special notice effect is suggested by the restart. In a modification, the variation of the sub symbol 166 may be stopped before the variation of the decorative symbol 190 is stopped, and the variation of the sub symbol 166 may be resumed before the variation of the decorative symbol 190 is resumed.

Further, in this embodiment, the operation input of the operation button 82 is restricted within a predetermined period, and if there is an operation, the suggestive effect by the change display of the sub symbol 166 is always performed. In the modified example, this may be performed within the range in which the sub-symbol 166 can be changed without particularly setting the predetermined period. For example, a plurality of patterns having different variation times are prepared as display patterns of the sub-symbol 166, and a display pattern that can be displayed within the time from the operation input of the operation button 82 to the end of the main variation is selected, You may make it display this. And when there is no pattern which can be displayed temporally, you may make it cancel a suggestion effect.

[Example 2]
In the above-described first embodiment, an example in which the special notice effect is displayed using the main variation of the decorative symbol 190 based on the pre-reading information is shown. However, in the present embodiment, the main variation of the decorative symbol 190 is displayed once. The special notice effect is displayed by using the pseudo continuous fluctuation executed during the period. In addition,
The configuration of the pachinko gaming machine in this embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment. On the other hand, the processing contents are common to those in the first embodiment, but the prefetching processing is not performed. Therefore,
The prior determination process in S28 in FIG. 16 and the prefetch process in S150 in FIG. 18 are not performed. In the present embodiment, the description of the same components and processing portions as those in the first embodiment will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of variation effect patterns include the variation process in such a manner that the variation of the decorative symbol 190 displayed for one result of the success / failure lottery appears to be displayed multiple times in appearance. A pseudo continuous variation pattern in which a production process is defined is included. The symbol variation due to the quasi-continuous variation pattern has a relatively long variation time to the extent that a plurality of symbol variations are included. As the pseudo continuous variation pattern, a pattern including one pseudo variation, a pattern including two pseudo continuous variations, and a pattern including three pseudo continuous variations are prepared. In the interval of the pseudo plural symbol fluctuations, the symbol fluctuations are not completely stopped but are brought into a semi-stop state in which the symbols fluctuate slightly and wait until the next symbol fluctuation is resumed. The quasi-continuous variation pattern is an effect that increases the degree of expectation for winning as the number of continuous variations increases. The The notice effect pattern includes a special notice effect that is provided in correspondence with the pseudo continuous variation pattern and is displayed stepwise in accordance with the pseudo symbol variation of the pseudo continuous variation.

The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display a notice effect that is additionally accompanied by the symbol variation based on the result of the lottery determination. In the present embodiment, the effect determining means 132 determines to display the special notice effect when the pseudo continuous variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern. The effect determining means 132 selects the notice effect pattern of the number of stages according to the number of pseudo continuous displays of the symbol variation displayed according to the pseudo continuous variation pattern.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the variation pattern table in more detail regarding a specific effect.
In this embodiment, when the above-described pseudo continuous variation pattern is selected, a special notice effect is displayed. The notice effect using pseudo continuous variation (also referred to as “pseudo continuous notice”) indicates that as the pseudo variation is continued, the occurrence of jackpot, that is, the expected degree of transition to a special game is higher. That is, when the result of the lottery determination is a win, the correspondence between the success / failure lottery value and the continuity of the pseudo continuous variation pattern is performed so that the number of continuations of the pseudo continuous variation increases. In the present embodiment, a special notice effect similar to that in the first embodiment is performed. In this special notice effect, the background is switched each time the pseudo-continuous change proceeds, and the scene is changed in three stages (scenes SN1 to SN3). Both scenes are displayed until the pseudo stop is made after the pseudo fluctuation is started. In the pseudo symbol variation interval of the decorative symbol 190, the symbol variation is not completely stopped but is in a semi-stopped state in which the symbol variation is slightly swung, and waits until the next symbol variation is resumed. The When all of the scenes SN1, SN2, and SN3 are displayed in stages, it is suggested that the player has a particularly high probability of shifting to a special game. That is, when the scene SN3 is displayed, the degree of expectation for occurrence of a jackpot is considerably increased. For this reason, whether or not the special notice effect continues is a major concern for the player. Therefore, in this embodiment, if there is a player's request during the display of the special notice effect, the sub-symbol display device 16
The sub-design is variably displayed in the effect display area of 0, and the suggestion effect that suggests the end in the stage where the special notice effect is displayed or the continuation to the next stage is executed according to the mode of the variable display.

In this embodiment, when the “Super 1” and “Super 2” variation patterns having a relatively long variation time are selected, the special notice effect is accompanied by a selection probability as shown in the figure. When the variation patterns “normal 1” and “normal 2” having a relatively short variation time are selected, the special notice effect is set not to be selected. When “Super 1” is selected, a variation pattern with a special notice effect is selected with a probability of 70%. At this time, the probability that the pseudo-continuous notice will end in the scene SN1 is 10%, and the probability that the scene SN2 is displayed is 20%.
%, The probability of displaying up to the scene SN3 which is the final scene is set to 40%. When the scene SN3 is displayed, an effect is given for asking whether or not the decorative symbol 190 is hit by the symbol combination. That is, there is an effect that the final stop symbol constituting the winning symbol is moved back and forth around the stop position by low-speed rotation.
On the other hand, in order to guarantee the fluctuation time of “Super 1”, when it ends in the scene SN1, a part of “Super 1” prepared to make up for the remaining time of the pseudo-announcement is configured. Possible super reach effects SPa are displayed. When the scene SN2 ends, a super reach effect SPb that can constitute a part of “super 1” prepared to make up for the remaining time of the pseudo continuous notice is displayed.

On the other hand, when “Super 2” is selected, a variation pattern with a special notice effect is selected with a probability of 60%. At this time, the probability that the pseudo-continuous notice will end in the scene SN1 is 10%.
The probability of displaying up to scene SN2 is 20%, and the probability of displaying up to scene SN3 is 30%
Is set to However, in order to guarantee the fluctuation time of “Super 2”, when the scene SN1 ends, a super reach effect SPd that can constitute a part of “Super 2” is displayed for the remaining time of the pseudo-continuous notice. Is done. Also, when the scene SN2 ends, a super reach effect SP that can constitute a part of "Super 2" for the remaining time of the pseudo-continuous notice.
e is displayed. Note that a predetermined introduction effect may be displayed before the scene SN1 is displayed. In this way, even in the super reach production, the appearance probability of the special notice production is different between “super 1” and “super 2”. In any super reach production,
The higher the level of pseudo-announcement, the higher the expectation of jackpot occurrence and the higher the player's expectation.

FIG. 25 and FIG. 26 are timing charts showing an example of the execution process of the suggestion effect. The horizontal axis of each figure represents the passage of time. Here, for convenience, the variation of the decorative symbol 190 is expressed as “main variation”, and the variation of the sub symbol 166 is expressed as “sub variation”. In addition, with regard to the variation of the decorative pattern 190, the original variation that is the unit for displaying the result of the lottery determination is referred to as “main variation”, and a unit of pseudo continuous variation accompanied by a pseudo stop display in the variation process of the main variation. The fluctuation which becomes becomes “provisional fluctuation”. FIG. 25 shows an example in which the pseudo continuous notice is displayed up to the final scene.

In the example shown in the figure, pseudo-sequential notice with a special notice effect is started at time t0, and the display of the scene SN1 is started at the start of the temporary variation. The selection screen shown in FIG. 12A is displayed at time t1 after the start of the temporary change. In response to this, time t
2, the player presses the operation button 82, and then the open / close door 162 is opened and the change display of the sub symbol 166 is started. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, after the variable display of the sub-symbol 166 is temporarily stopped and the character string “GO!” Is displayed, the re-change is started. At time t3 after the start of this re-variation, the decorative symbol 190 temporarily stops and the display of the scene SN1 is ended. Then, the next temporary variation is started at a predetermined interval (not shown) and the display of the scene SN2 is started. Thereafter, the change display of the sub symbol 166 is stopped, and the open / close door 162 is closed.

Similarly, since the selection screen is displayed at time t4 after the temporary change is resumed, and the player presses the operation button 82 at time t5 accordingly, the open / close door 162 is then opened and the sub-pattern is opened. The change display of 166 is started. Then, the change display of the sub-symbol 166 is temporarily stopped, the character string “GO!” Is displayed, and then the change is started again. At time t6 after the start of this re-variation, the decorative symbol 190 temporarily stops and the scene SN
2 is finished. Then, the next temporary variation is started at a predetermined interval (not shown) and the display of the scene SN3 is started. Then, sub-pattern 166
And the open / close door 162 is closed. Further, the selection screen is displayed at time t7 and the operation button 82 is operated at time t8.
2 is released, and the variable symbol 166 is displayed in a variable manner. However, in the pseudo-continuous notice, since the scene SN3 is the final scene, the character string “END” is displayed when the change display of the sub-symbol 166 is temporarily stopped, and the subsequent change is not performed. In this way, the display up to the scene SN3 is finished, the main change of the decorative symbol 190 is stopped (this stop) at time t9, and the special notice effect is finished. In the illustrated example, since the special notice effect does not continue thereafter, the open / close door 162 is closed thereafter, and the closed state is maintained.

FIG. 26 shows an example in which the pseudo-continuous notice is ended in the scene SN2.
In the illustrated example, after the display of the scene SN2 is started, the selection screen is displayed at the time t4 during the temporary change, but the player has not operated the operation button 82 within a predetermined period.
The open / close door 162 is kept open without being opened. Then scene SN2
Is finished, the decorative symbol 190 is completely stopped at time t26, and the special notice effect is ended. As described above, when the player does not wish to see the special notice effect, the suggestion effect is not displayed, and only the special notice effect is displayed until the setting stage.

Even in the decorative symbol variation process of the present embodiment, the sub symbol 1 is displayed in the display process of the special notice effect.
The suggestion effect by 66 is executed. This suggestion effect is executed by replacing “variation accompanied by special notice effect” in the process of S212 in FIG. 22 with “pseudo continuous variation”.

FIG. 27 is a timing chart showing the execution process of the suggestion effect according to the modification. FIG. 4A shows the variation process of the sub-symbol according to the modification, and FIG. 4B shows the variation process of the sub-symbol shown in the present embodiment as a comparison.
As shown in FIG. 5B, in this embodiment, before the temporary variation of the decorative symbol 190 starts, the variation stop and restart of the sub symbol 166 are displayed, and the resumption of the temporary variation, that is, the special notice effect is displayed by the resumption. It was suggested to continue. In this modified example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the sub-symbol 166 is stopped before the temporary change of the decorative symbol 190. However, when restarting, after the temporary stop of the decorative symbol 190, To do. That is, the variable display of the sub-symbol 166 is resumed in an interval until the decorative symbol 190 is temporarily stopped and then resumed. In this way, the stop and re-variation of the sub-symbol 166 is caused by the decorative symbol 1
Thus, the effect that the temporary change of the decorative symbol 190 is suggested by the change of the sub symbol 166 becomes easier to understand for the player.

As described above, also in this embodiment, the continuity of the special notice effect indicating the expected degree of transition to the special game is suggested by the presence / absence of the restart of the variable display of the sub symbol 166. That is,
The change display of the sub-symbol 166 is started temporarily and then resumed after being stopped, which suggests that the decorative symbol 190 accompanied by the special notice effect is pseudo-re-change (resumption of temporary change), that is, the special notice effect is continued to the next stage. . If the change display of the sub-symbol 166 is not resumed, there is no pseudo re-change of the decorative symbol 190 accompanied by the special notice effect, that is, the end of the special notice effect during the display is suggested. That is, a unique effect is made that suggests a pseudo re-variation of the decorative symbol 190 accompanied by a special notice effect by the start of the operation of the variation display of the sub symbol 166. In addition, a novel gameability is created in which the player's sense of expectation is expressed whether or not the variable display of the sub symbol 166 is resumed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the operation input of the operation button 82 by the player is restricted within a predetermined period, and if there is an operation, the suggestion effect by the variable display of the sub-symbol 166 is provided. I made sure to do. In the modified example, this may be performed within the range in which the sub-symbol 166 can be changed without particularly setting the predetermined period. For example, a plurality of patterns with different variation times are easily selected as the display pattern of the sub-symbol 166, and a display pattern that can be displayed within the time from the operation input time of the operation button 82 to the end point of the temporary variation is selected. You may make it display this. And when there is no pattern which can be displayed temporally, you may make it cancel a suggestion effect. In this way, by allowing a plurality of input timings, the player can operate the operation button 82 at an arbitrary timing, and the suggested effect by the sub-symbol 166 can be confirmed.

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-described embodiment, an example in which the display area of the decorative symbol 190 and the display area of the sub-symbol 166 are provided in separate devices, the effect symbol display device 60 and the sub-symbol display device 160, is shown. In the modification, the sub-symbol 166 may be displayed at a position that does not interfere with the decorative symbol 190 in the display area of the effect symbol display device 60.

In the first embodiment, the determination table and the preliminary determination table, the symbol determination table and the preliminary symbol determination table, the variation pattern table and the preliminary pattern determination table, and each table so that the ranges of the lottery values match between these tables, respectively. A prescribed example has been described. In the modified example, each table is set in such a way that the result of the pre-judgment does not necessarily match the result of the main judgment, but it matches with a high probability, such as by slightly shifting the range of the lottery value. May be. Thereby, for example, it is also possible to set a precursor when a determination result that is a hit is transmitted with a high probability, without separating the determination of the precursor setting between a case where the result of the success / failure determination is a win and a case where the result is a failure. . In this way, by providing a certain degree of uncertainty with respect to the prior determination result, it is possible to reduce the adjustment of processing based on whether or not the sub-board 104 receives the information, and the processing load can be reduced.

In the first embodiment, it is determined whether or not the special notice effect is included on the condition that the sign setting is turned on, and if it is included, the special notice effect is performed. In the modified example, the processing order is changed, and it is determined whether or not the precursor setting is turned on on the condition that the special notice effect is included, and if it is turned on, the special notice effect is performed. May be. Specifically, the processing order of S186 and S187 in FIG.

In the first embodiment, each time the advance determination result is received in the process of S150 of FIG. 19, the precursor setting is switched, and the state of the precursor setting is determined in S186 of FIG. In the modified example, when the prior determination result is received, the determination for setting the precursor is not performed, and S187 is performed.
Is in a state in which the sign setting can be turned on with reference to the pre-read information transmitted in advance when it is determined that the special notice effect is included (in the above embodiment, the state is affirmed in S166 or S168). It may be determined whether or not. By doing so, the processing load for each lottery value hold can be reduced.

In the first embodiment, in the special notice effect, the scene is switched for each change of the decorative symbol 190 in the effect symbol display device 60 based on the pre-read information, and the sub symbol display device 160 is set so as to straddle the symbol variation at the time of the change. The change stop and restart of the sub-symbol 166 is displayed. In the modified example, the change stop and restart may be displayed only for the sub symbol 166 so as to straddle the symbol variation without switching the scene for each variation of the decorative symbol 190 in the effect symbol display device 60. That is, the relationship between the main variation and the sub variation is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the effect display additionally accompanied by the variation of the decorative symbol 190 is not explicitly shown. It may be a thing. Thereby, while expecting the same effect as the said Example, the processing load by an effect change can be reduced.

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 typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success determination table referred by prior advance determination. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior symbol determination table referred by prior symbol determination. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior pattern determination table referred by prior pattern determination. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for deviation in detail. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the special notice effect displayed on an effect symbol display device. It is a figure showing the suggestion effect displayed on a sub-symbol display device in cooperation with a special notice effect. It is a figure showing the example of the suggestion effect displayed on a sub symbol display apparatus. It is a timing chart showing the example of the execution process of suggestion production. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the winning process of S10 in FIG. 15 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the prior determination process of S28 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the prefetch process of S150 in FIG. 18 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the execution process of the special symbol fluctuation | variation process of S152 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the execution process of the decoration design change process of S154 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the execution process of the sub symbol display control process of S156 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the special game of S16 in FIG. 15 in detail. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table in detail regarding a specific production. It is a timing chart showing the example of the execution process of suggestion production. It is a timing chart showing the example of the execution process of suggestion production. It is a timing chart showing the execution process of the suggestion effect concerning a modification.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 59 normal symbol display device, 60 production symbol display device, 61 special symbol display device, 62 start port, 66
Grand prize opening, 68 operation opening, 72 general prize opening, 82 operation buttons, 100 game control device, 102 main board, 104 sub board, 114 pattern determining means,
116 holding control means, 118 main display control means, 120 special game control means, 124 opening / closing control means, 126 success / failure lottery means, 130 pattern storage means,
132 effect determining means, 134 effect display control means, 135 accessory control means, 13
7 effect symbol display control means, 138 sub symbol display control means, 160 sub symbol display device, 162 open / close door, 164 effect display area, 166 sub symbol, 190 decorative symbol, 192 special symbol, 194 display area, 210 variable pattern table.

Claims (8)

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,
A first display area in which the first symbol for showing the result of the winning / failing lottery is variably displayed;
A second display area in which the second symbol for assisting the production by the first symbol is variably displayed;
A special that executes the special game when the winning / losing lottery results in the transition to the special game and the variable display of the first symbol is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the winning / failing lottery is a win. Game control means;
A plurality of variation patterns in which a variation process from variation start to stop in the variation display of the first symbol is defined, and a notice effect that suggests in advance a high expectation level on which the result of the success / failure lottery is a hit Holds a plurality of notice effect patterns having a predetermined process, and also holds a special notice effect effect pattern that can be displayed in stages over a period in which the variation of the first symbol is displayed a plurality of times. Pattern storage means for
When a change pattern to be displayed in the first display area is selected by lottery from the plurality of change patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery, and whether or not to display the notice effect is determined and displayed. Is an effect determining means for selecting an effect content by selecting one of the plurality of notice effect patterns;
While displaying the first symbol variation according to the variation pattern and the notice effect according to the notice effect pattern in the first display area, the second symbol effect according to the gaming state is displayed on the second display. Display control means for displaying in the area;
With
The pattern storage means holds a plurality of effect patterns whose arrival stages are different up to the final stage of a plurality of stages as the effect pattern of the special notice effect,
When the display of the special notice effect is determined, the effect determining means reaches one of the plurality of effect patterns to a stage closer to the final stage as the degree of expectation that the result of the success / failure lottery is higher To determine the production pattern to be selected,
When the gaming state becomes a predetermined state during the variable display of the first symbol accompanied by the special notice effect, the display control means displays the second symbol before the first symbol is stopped and restarted. A bullet ball game machine characterized by displaying a suggestion effect suggesting the end of the special notice effect during the display or the continuation to the next step depending on whether or not to start the variable display. The pattern storage means, as part of the plurality of variation patterns, the variation of the first symbol to be displayed for one result of the success / failure lottery appears to be displayed a plurality of times in a pseudo manner in appearance. Holds a quasi-continuous variation pattern that defines the variation process in a form
When the effect determining means selects the pseudo continuous variation pattern and determines the display of the special notice effect, it matches the number of pseudo continuous displays of the first symbol displayed according to the pseudo continuous variation pattern. Select the special notice effect production pattern to be displayed until the arrival stage,
When the pseudo continuous variation pattern is selected and the display of the special notice effect is determined, the display control unit is configured to pseudo each step of the special notice effect according to the selected effect pattern. Depending on whether or not to start variable display of the second symbol before the pseudo symbol variation is stopped and restarted, it is displayed according to each of the symbol variations of the first symbol that is continuously displayed. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the suggestion effect suggesting the end in the stage of displaying the special notice effect or the continuation to the next stage is displayed. When the symbol variation corresponding to the previous lottery lottery is displayed when the new lottery lottery is newly executed, the variation display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery is performed up to a predetermined number of results of the new winner lottery. It further comprises a hold control means for holding until start,
The winning / notifying lottery means sends information indicating the winning / losing lottery result to the effect determining means regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the winning / losing lottery is immediately started when a new winning / losing lottery is executed. Send
When the display of the special notice effect is determined, the effect determining means determines whether or not there is an effect pattern of the special notice effect that can be executed before the variation in which the result of the stored winning / failing lottery wins is over. If possible, select an effect pattern for the special notice effect from the effect patterns of the special notice effect,
The display control means, when the display of the special notice effect is determined, displays each stage of the special notice effect according to the selected effect pattern in accordance with the symbol variation of the first symbol, Depending on whether or not variable display of the second symbol is started before the change is resumed after the stop display of the symbol variation, it is suggested that the special notice effect is ended or continued to the next step. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the suggestive effect to be displayed is displayed. 4. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the display control means variably displays the first symbol and the second symbol on separate symbol display devices. It further comprises an operation input means for receiving an operation input by the player,
The display control means informs the player whether or not to display the suggestion effect when the display of the special notice effect is determined, and in response to the predetermined operation via the operation input means The ball game according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when the input is made, the suggestion effect is displayed so that the player can more easily recognize than when there is no operation input. Machine. A movable member capable of moving back and forth between a closed position that covers the second display area and an open position that opens the second display area;
A drive unit for moving the movable member forward and backward, and
The display control means controls the drive unit to drive the movable member from the closed position to the open position when a predetermined operation input is made via the operation input means. 5. A ball game machine according to 5. The pattern storage means holds a plurality of display patterns in which a display process from the start of display to the stop of the second symbol is defined,
The effect determining means, when there is a predetermined operation input via the operation input means during the variable display of the first symbol accompanied by the special notice effect, is predetermined until the stop display of the symbol variation is resumed Select one of the display patterns that can be displayed in time,
The bullet ball game machine according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the display control means performs variable display of the second symbol in accordance with the selected operation pattern. The display control means, before resuming variable display of the second symbol as the suggestion effect,
The bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a notice image for notifying the presence or absence of the restart is displayed in the second display area.

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