JP2010136802A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine capable of achieving a novel presentation capable of enhancing a player's sense of expectancy while retaining the efficiency in the progress of the play. <P>SOLUTION: In the pinball game machine 10, a presentation determining means 132 has a plurality of display objects suggesting that different kinds of presentations shall be executed. The display objects are disposed to divide the display screen into respective segments. The presentation determining means 132 determines whether the object-disposing presentation, an advance-notice presentation to be changed to execute the presentation suggested by a finally selected display object, should be executed or not based on a prescribed criterion, and determines a plurality of display objects including the finally selected display object based on a criterion corresponding to the result of a winning lottery. A presentation display control means 134 executes the display of the object-disposing presentation for presenting the process of selection to the display of the finally selected object by changing the proportion of the segments in which objects are disposed if it is determined that the object-disposing presentation should be executed. <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 screen display contents in a ball game machine.

Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not only a variable display of multiple symbols, but the time of variable display is usually reduced in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, the player's expectation can be enhanced by controlling the specific game such as the probability variation that changes the probability of transition to special games by giving the story to the variation display using characters on the images such as symbols Yes.
JP 2003-230714 A JP 2000-237406 A

  Here, in order to increase the player's expectation level for the jackpot, various effects such as a notice effect that suggests in advance a high expectation level for the jackpot are executed while a plurality of symbols are variably displayed. The notice effect also includes an effect called step-up notice. This enhances the player's sense of expectation for the jackpot by developing while changing the production contents so that the degree of expectation increases step by step. However, the step-up notice effect has a tendency to increase the expectation level step by step, so the time required for the effect tends to be relatively long, and conversely, if the effect time is shortened, the expectation level seems to be low. is there. In addition, if the notice effect time becomes longer, it can be executed only when the symbol variation for which the longer variation time is secured is displayed, and if the variation time of the symbol variation is made longer overall, Efficiency can be hindered. As described above, there is a great time restriction in causing a relatively time-consuming effect such as a step-up notice effect to appear, and various adverse effects cannot be avoided in order to eliminate this effect.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new effect that can increase the player's expectation while maintaining the efficiency of game progression in a ball game machine.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. A winning lottery means for executing a winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting prize port, A symbol display device for variably displaying a plurality of symbols for indicating the result of the success / failure lottery, display control means for variably displaying a plurality of symbols on the symbol display device according to a variation pattern selected in advance, and a result of the success / failure lottery In response to being a hit, special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and a plurality of display objects each suggesting that different types of effects are executed Whether or not to execute an object placement effect, which is a notice effect that shifts to the execution of the effect suggested by any display object that is arranged in a manner that divides the display screen area and is ultimately selected and displayed Production determining means for determining a plurality of display objects including a display object that is determined based on a reference and finally displayed for selection based on a reference according to the result of the lottery determination. When the execution of the object arrangement effect is determined, the display control means executes the display of the object arrangement effect that produces the selection process up to the final selection display by changing the area ratio of the arrangement.

  Here, the “display object” may be an image using a motif such as a character or a landscape for suggesting the production contents. For example, a panel in which a plurality of “display objects” divide the entire screen into a plurality of regions. It may be an image. The “object placement effect” may be one of the notice effects, or may be displayed as an effect separate from the symbol change display. “Change the area ratio of the arrangement” may be a process of relatively changing the area of the area occupied by each display object, or may be enlarged so that one of the display objects is emphasized. The “selection process until the final selection display” may be a process in which one of a plurality of display objects is sequentially selected one by one and reaches the final selection display. The “arrangement” of the display objects may be formed along the selection order in the selection process of each display object, or may be formed so that the arrangement order can be grasped. In addition, the “arrangement” may be formed so that the direction of the selection order of the display objects is always constant in the arrangement of the display objects. The effect determining means may store a combination pattern of display objects that are sequentially selected and displayed in the “object arrangement effect”, determine a display object that is finally selected and displayed, and display objects that can be combined with the display object. You may decide to extract from a combination pattern and to arrange like a list. At this time, all the display objects that can be combined may be extracted and a decision may be made to arrange all of them.

  According to this aspect, since each display object suggests the contents of the effect, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation as to which display object is selected and the effect is executed in the selection process. In particular, it can be designed such that different presentations are suggested for each display object, and the player's expectation for the jackpot varies depending on which presentation is executed. However, regardless of whether or not the content of the display object itself can indicate the magnitude of the expectation, the size of the expectation may be expressed by the arrangement of the display object itself. In this way, the expectation can be enhanced step by step in the display object selection process, while a structure is adopted in which a plurality of display objects that may be selected are arranged from the beginning. This suggests that even if the selection process is not necessarily long in time or the number of stages in the selection process is not necessarily high, the expectation of jackpot from the beginning may increase in multiple stages. Therefore, not only when a variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected, but also when a variation pattern whose variation time is not so long is selected, the object placement effect can be executed during the variation time. , It is possible to increase the degree of design freedom of production.

  The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of types of preview images that suggests a high probability of winning a jackpot according to a criterion according to the result of the success / failure lottery, and a plurality of preview images including the selected preview images. The display control means selects and displays a plurality of display objects selected as object placement effects, and displays a display object corresponding to the selected preview image. After the final selection and display, the effect by the preview image corresponding to the display object may be executed.

  The “notice image” is an image having a content that allows the player to anticipate the possibility of winning, and is not limited to a still image but may be a moving image. In this case, the display object may be formed by using all or part of the preview image, or may be formed by using an image reminiscent of the type of the preview image. Although the content of the “notice image” itself may indicate a high possibility of winning, the type of the “notice image” is associated with the probability of hitting for each type in advance, and a specific “notice image” The possibility of winning may be suggested by using an empirical rule that a hit is likely to appear when “” is displayed. Even in this mode, the size of the expectation can be expressed by the arrangement of the display object and the notice image, and the expectation can be increased step by step in the selection process of the display object. A structure in which a plurality of suggested images are arranged from the beginning is adopted. Further, even if the selection process is not necessarily long in time or the selection process does not necessarily have many stages, it is possible to express a sense of expectation in a plurality of stages. Therefore, not only when a variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected, but also when a variation pattern whose variation time is not so long is selected, the object placement effect can be executed during the variation time. , It is possible to increase the degree of design freedom of production.

  The object arrangement effect is an effect that displays a process of selecting one of the plurality of display objects to be arranged and a process of sequentially switching the selection target, and the effect determining means is arranged in the object arrangement effect. The number of display objects may be set regardless of the number of display objects that are sequentially selected in the object arrangement effect.

  When the number of display objects to be arranged is larger than the number of display objects to be sequentially selected in the object arrangement effect, the player's expectation regarding which display object is selected can also be increased. For example, even when there are only two display objects that are actually selected, that is, when the notice effect is developed only in two stages, it is possible to develop more than the actual number by arranging three or more display objects. Sex can be shown to the player. In addition, the expected degree of the currently selected display object can be indicated by the arrangement in which stage. On the other hand, even if the number of display objects to be placed is less than the number of display objects that are sequentially selected in the object placement effect, if any of the small number of display objects is to be selected multiple times, it is selected. Since the number of target display objects can be substantially increased, it is possible to execute an effect that produces the same effect without necessarily arranging many display objects. This is the same even when the number of display objects to be arranged is the same as the number of display objects to be sequentially selected in the object arrangement effect.

  The object placement effect is relative to the possibility that the result of the success / failure lottery is based on the arrangement that selects the display object corresponding to the effect that suggests that the result of the success / failure lottery is relatively low. It may be an effect that displays that the degree of expectation for winning increases step by step by changing the arrangement to select a display object corresponding to the effect that suggests that it is expensive. The object arrangement effect in this case may be a so-called step-up notice, but the number of stages in which the degree of expectation for winning is not necessarily high. By adopting a structure in which a plurality of display objects having different expectations are arranged from the beginning, the magnitude of the expectation can be expressed by the arrangement of the display objects regardless of the actual number of selection objects. On the other hand, even if the selection process is not necessarily long in time or even if there are not necessarily many stages in the selection process, it is possible to express a plurality of levels of expectation. Therefore, not only when a variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected, but also when a variation pattern whose variation time is not so long is selected, the object placement effect can be executed during the variation time. , It is possible to increase the degree of design freedom of production.

  The object arrangement effect displays the process of selecting the display object by changing the area ratio of the arrangement by highlighting one of the plurality of display objects to be displayed, and finally the display object to be selected It may be an effect to display a process that is finally selected by displaying the display more emphasized than other display objects.

  “Highlighting display” may be, for example, a process of enlarging and displaying a display object so as to cover the screen area, a process of displaying a frame around the display object, or the color of the display object. It may be a process of changing, inverting, or blinking. Also in this aspect, the magnitude of the expectation can be expressed by the arrangement and highlighting of the display objects, and the expectation can be enhanced step by step in the selection process of the display objects. On the other hand, even if the selection process is not necessarily long in time or even if there are not necessarily many stages in the selection process, it is possible to express a plurality of levels of expectation. Therefore, not only when a variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected, but also when a variation pattern whose variation time is not so long is selected, the object placement effect can be executed during the variation time. , It is possible to increase the degree of design freedom of production.

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

  According to the bullet ball gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to provide a new effect that can increase the player's expectation while maintaining the efficiency of game progression.

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 that it can be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

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

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

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60. The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery for determining whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. Furthermore, game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is a button operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

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

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

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

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

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

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a variation pattern determination unit 115, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game. An execution unit 122 and an opening / closing control unit 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in the present embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

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

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

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

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132.

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

  The variation pattern determination means 115 selects any variation pattern from a plurality of types of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds a pattern selection table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined variation pattern to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132. The variation pattern determination means 115 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. A plurality of types of variation patterns are defined on the assumption that there are various variation times, short and long, and that symbol variation is also performed by a decorative symbol composed of a plurality of symbols in the variation time. In 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 and the decorative symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

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

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol fluctuation display according to the fluctuation pattern determined by the fluctuation pattern determination means 115. The main display control means 118 transmits the change start command and the change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol, so that the main display control means 118 and the effect display are displayed. The fluctuation display by the control means 134 is synchronized and interlocked. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

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

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

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

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

  The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 190 and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the variation start to the stop in the variation display of the decoration symbol 190 and the effect process are defined, and the variation display of the decoration symbol, and the degree of expectation to the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns suggesting the height of the notice.

  The effect determining unit 132 determines the variation effect pattern according to the result of the lottery performed by the success / failure lottery unit 112, the stop symbol of the special symbol, and the variation pattern of the special symbol. The effect determining unit 132 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variable effect pattern. The effect determining means 132 sends information on the determined variation effect pattern to the effect display control means 134.

  The variation production pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-order symbol combination, a pattern for displaying an out-of-order symbol combination after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a reach state. A pattern for displaying a jackpot symbol combination is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. 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 the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The symbol form determining means 131 determines the combination and arrangement of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols in accordance with the result of the lottery by the pass / fail lottery means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern. To do. The symbol form determination unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect display control unit 134. The symbol form determining means 131 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a shift to a special game, three symbols such as “777” and “111” are arranged. A combination is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols are selected as the numbers to be arranged as the decorative symbols. For example, when the special symbol is “3”, the decorative symbol is “333”. In the case where the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to the special game, and the variation pattern of the special symbol indicating the detachment with reach or the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is selected, “191” or “727” is selected. "A combination that does not have only one symbol, such as"

  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 performed in parallel with the variation of the decorative symbol, and is an effect that is additionally displayed with respect to the variation symbol of the decorative symbol, and the expectation that the symbol variation stops in the big hit mode is high. This is suggested in advance. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the higher the number of stages is, the higher the expectation for the big hit is included.

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

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

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image including the decorative pattern on the effect display device 60 according to the selected change effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112.

  The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

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

  Hereinafter, an object arrangement effect that is a feature of the present embodiment will be described. The object arrangement effect in the present embodiment is executed as a step-up notice effect. When the effect determining unit 132 determines to execute the step-up notice effect, the effect display control unit 134 executes the object arrangement effect. The object placement effect is an effect in which a plurality of display objects are arranged so as to divide the display screen area, and the process of selecting one of the display objects and the process of sequentially switching the selection target are displayed. is there. Further, the process shifts to execution of an effect suggested by any display object that is finally selected and displayed. In the present embodiment, four types of display objects are displayed in each area obtained by dividing the screen into four. Each of the plurality of display objects includes an image that visually suggests that a different type of effect is executed and also indicates the type of the preview image. Each preview image is a moving image that suggests a high probability of winning a jackpot, and displaying the preview image itself is one effect display. The display object is a thumbnail image of the preview image, and is formed of a plurality of types of images such as photographs of different scenery and characters.

  When the effect determining unit 132 determines to execute the object placement effect, the effect determining unit 132 finally selects a display object including any one of the plurality of types of the preview images according to the criterion according to the result of the lottery determination. Select as the display object to be displayed. In addition, a combination of a plurality of display objects including a display object that is finally selected and displayed is simultaneously determined on the basis of the result of the lottery determination. The effect determining unit 132 acquires a predetermined combination pattern lottery value, determines a combination pattern of a plurality of display objects according to the combination pattern lottery value, and defines a correspondence between the combination pattern lottery value and the combination pattern. Hold the notice type table.

  When the execution of the object arrangement effect is determined, the effect display control unit 134 arranges and displays a plurality of display objects selected as the object arrangement effect. In this arrangement, from the display object corresponding to the effect that suggests that the result of the lottery result is relatively low, it corresponds to the effect that suggests that the probability of winning is relatively high Arrange them so that the display objects are aligned in a certain direction. The effect display control means 134 from a display object corresponding to an effect suggesting that the possibility of winning is relatively low to a display object corresponding to an effect indicating that the possibility of winning is relatively high Expressing that the degree of expectation for winning increases step by step. Selection of a display object is expressed by changing the area ratio of the arrangement of the display object. The change in the arrangement area ratio is expressed by, for example, an enlarged display that emphasizes the displayed display object. After the display object corresponding to the preview image determined as the final selection target is finally selected and fixedly displayed, the effect by the preview image corresponding to the display object is executed. For example, when the display object “a” is finally selected and displayed in the object arrangement effect, the image of the display object “a” is enlarged and displayed as a moving image of the preview image “a” corresponding to the image as it is. Transition seamlessly.

  The effect determining means 132 sets the number of display objects to be arranged in the object arrangement effect regardless of the number of display objects to be sequentially selected in the object arrangement effect. In the present embodiment, the number of display objects to be sequentially selected is set to 2 to 4, but there are four display objects displayed on the screen regardless of the number. As a result, even if the selection process of the actual display object is composed of only two stages of production, the four display objects make it appear as if there is a maximum of four stages of development. Can do. Further, by presenting the four levels of development possibility from the beginning, it is possible to make the player visually recognize the expected level of the level of the entire display object to be selected. In addition, even if the image content of the display object itself is a motif that makes it difficult to indicate the level of expectation, the relative expectation of The height can be expressed by arrangement, and the degree of freedom of the motif used as the display object increases. However, as a modification, the image content itself may be a motif that suggests the degree of expectation for the jackpot. In that case, the player can intuitively increase the expectation by simply looking at the display object. It may be possible to grasp.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a display object arrangement example and a display object selection process in the object arrangement effect of the present embodiment. FIG. 4A shows an example of an initial screen in which four display objects are arranged. One display object is displayed in each of the object placement areas A to D. The symbol variation is displayed small in the lower corner of the screen. The object placement areas A to D indicate the direction of the selection order of the display objects, and the display objects are always sequentially selected in the order direction from A to D. In other words, the game is expected to have a high expectation for jackpots in the order of the object arrangement areas A to D by arranging the objects in the order of the object arrangement areas A to D according to the selection order of the display objects determined as selection targets. Can easily grasp. The player has a high degree of expectation for jackpots in the order of the object placement areas A to D, based on the rule of thumb, in which the degree of expectation for jackpots is selected step by step from relatively low to high. Can grasp.

  In FIG. 4B, the display object A is selected from among the object placement areas A to D, and A is enlarged and displayed in the diagonal direction as the highlighted display. FIG. 4C shows a state in which the object placement area A is expanded to the maximum so as to cover the entire screen. In both FIGS. 4B and 4C, the symbol variation is displayed small in the lower corner of the screen without stopping.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a process from selection of the display object selection target to final selection in the object arrangement effect of the present embodiment. In FIG. 4C, the object placement area A is enlarged in the diagonal direction so as to push back the object placement area A as shown in FIG. Accompanying the enlargement of the object placement area D, the object placement areas B and C also reappear and expand. However, the object placement areas B and C also accompany the reduction of the object placement area A as shown in FIG. The final selection display state is expressed by reducing and enlarging until the object placement area D covers the entire screen as shown in FIG. In any of FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C, the symbol variation is displayed small in the lower corner of the screen without stopping. However, as a modification, the symbols may be displayed so as to stop in a reach manner at the stage of FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a table for schematically illustrating a combination pattern of display objects. In the “pattern number” column, a unique pattern number indicating each combination pattern is defined by a three-digit numerical value. The types of display objects are indicated by a to k. For each pattern number, the first display object to be selected is defined in the “first selection” field, and then the second display object to be selected is defined in the “second selection” field. Next, the third display object to be selected is defined in the “third selection” field, and then the last display object to be selected is defined in the “fourth selection” field. In the present embodiment, the number of selection targets is 2 to 4. That is, the number of steps of the step-up notice effect is 2-4.

  In the example of this figure, a combination of display object a and display object b is associated with pattern number 001, and a combination of display object a and display object c is associated with pattern number 002. A combination of display objects a, d is associated with the pattern number 003, and a combination of display objects a, f, g is associated with the pattern number 004. A pattern number 005 is associated with a combination of display objects a, h, i, and j. Similarly to these, the combination of a plurality of display objects among the display objects a to k is also associated with the pattern number 006 and thereafter.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram of a notice determination table schematically showing the correspondence between the notice lottery value and the notice effect presence / absence for each result of the success / failure lottery. This figure is mainly shown as a correspondence relationship with a notice lottery value for determining whether or not to execute the object placement effect. The notice lottery value is 0-255. When the result of the lottery is a win, it is determined that the notice effect is not executed when the notice lottery value is 0 to 99. When the notice lottery value is 100 to 199, execution of the notice effect other than the object arrangement effect is determined, and when the notice lottery value is 200 to 255, execution of the object arrangement effect that is the step-up notice effect is determined. As described above, when the winning / losing lottery is a win, some notice effect is executed with a relatively high probability. On the other hand, when the result of the lottery determination is not good, it is determined that the notice effect is not executed when the notice lottery value is 0 to 219. When the notice lottery value is 220 to 239, execution of the notice effect other than the object arrangement effect is determined, and when the notice lottery value is 240 to 255, execution of the object arrangement effect that is the step-up notice effect is determined. As described above, when the winning / failing lottery is off, no notice effect is executed with a relatively high probability, and the notice effect is executed at a rate of about once every seven times.

  FIG. 8 is a notice type table schematically showing the correspondence between the combination pattern lottery value and the pattern number when the execution of the object placement effect is determined when the winning lottery is a win. For example, the combination pattern lottery value “0” is associated with a combination of display objects with a pattern number “001”, and the combination pattern lottery value “1” is associated with a combination of display objects with a pattern number “002”. The combination pattern lottery value “2, 3” is associated with the combination of the display object with the pattern number “003”, and the combination pattern lottery value “4 to 19” is associated with the combination of the display object with the pattern number “004”. It is done. A combination of display objects having a pattern number “005” is associated with the combination pattern lottery value “20 to 39”. As described above, only one combination pattern lottery value is associated with each of the pattern numbers “001” and “002”. Therefore, when the winning lottery is a win, the combination of the pattern numbers “001” and “002” is Probably less likely to be selected. On the other hand, since two combination pattern lottery values are associated with the pattern number “003”, the pattern number “003” is more easily selected than the pattern numbers “001” and “002”. Further, 16 combination pattern lottery values are associated with the pattern number “004”, and 20 combination pattern lottery values are associated with the pattern number “005”. As described above, a relatively large number of combination pattern lottery values are associated with the combinations of the pattern numbers “004” and “005”, which makes it easy to select them probabilistically. In this way, by assigning a lot of combination pattern lottery values to combinations of display objects for which the degree of expectation for jackpots is to be increased, the selection probability when the result of winning / failing lottery is a win can be increased. The degree can be increased. Conversely, for combinations of display objects for which the degree of expectation for jackpots is relatively low, by reducing the allocation of the combination pattern lottery values, the probability of selection when the winning lottery result is a win can be lowered. Can lower the expectation of jackpot.

  FIG. 9 is a notice type table schematically showing the correspondence between the combination pattern lottery value and the pattern number when the execution of the object placement effect is determined when the winning lottery is out. For example, the combination pattern lottery value “0-9” is associated with the combination of the display object with the pattern number “001”, and the combination pattern lottery value “10-19” has the combination of the display object with the pattern number “002”. It is associated. The combination pattern lottery value “20 to 24” is associated with a combination of display objects with a pattern number “003”, and the combination pattern lottery value “25” is associated with a combination of display objects with a pattern number “004”. A combination of display objects having a pattern number “005” is associated with the combination pattern lottery value “26”. As described above, since many combination pattern lottery values are associated with the pattern numbers “001” and “002”, the combination of the pattern numbers “001” and “002” is stochastically when the winning lottery is out. It becomes easy to be selected. On the other hand, since only five combination pattern lottery values are associated with the pattern number “003”, it is less likely to be selected than the pattern numbers “001” and “002”. Further, since only one combination pattern lottery value is associated with each of the pattern numbers “004” and “005”, the combination of the pattern numbers “004” and “005” is more difficult to select probabilistically. In this way, for display object combinations that want to increase the degree of expectation for jackpots, by reducing the allocation of combination pattern lottery values, it is possible to reduce the selection probability when the result of winning / failing lottery is out of order. By lowering the relevance, you can increase the expectation of a relative jackpot. Conversely, for combinations of display objects for which the degree of expectation for jackpots is relatively low, by increasing the allocation of combination pattern lottery values, the selection probability can be increased when the lottery result is out of place. Increasing the relevance of this can lower the expectation of a big jackpot.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when the game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (N in S12), control processing for normal games such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if a special game is in progress (Y in S12), control processing for special game is executed (S16), from S10 to S16 In step S18, a prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change pattern data. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display processing is executed (S40), and the announcement effect display processing is executed according to whether or not the announcement effect is determined (S41). When the display is not started (N of S38), S40 and S41 are skipped.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S46), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). The effect determining means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S52), and the notice effect Is determined (S54).

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the notice effect determination process of S54 in FIG. The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to execute the notice effect according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the type of the notice effect (S56), and when the determined notice effect type is the step-up notice effect (Y in S58), a combination of display objects in the object arrangement effect is determined (S60), and a display object that can be combined with the display object is selected as a display object to be arranged in the object arrangement effect (S62). In S62, in addition to the combination of display objects selected in S60, other display objects that can form a combination different from any of the combinations are extracted based on the table of FIG. Is determined as a display object to be arranged. For example, when the combination of the pattern number “011” is selected, in addition to the display objects “b” and “k” included in the combination, displays such as “a” and “d” that can be combined with “b” are displayed. Objects are also randomly selected and a decision is made to place a total of four display objects. As a modification, when a table is designed such that the number of other display objects that can be combined is limited to a small number, a configuration may be adopted in which all display objects that can be combined are arranged. In S58, when it is not a step-up notice effect (N of S58), S60 and S62 are skipped.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing in detail S16 in FIG. First, if the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special prize opening 66 (S74). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). When the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

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

(Example 2)
The object arrangement effect in the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the display object arrangement method and the arrangement change method, and the other points are common to the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the difference from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the description of the common points will be omitted.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example in which two display objects are arranged in an object arrangement effect. As shown in FIG. 15 (a), two display objects are initially arranged on the left and right, and then the display object displayed in the left object arrangement area A as shown in FIG. 15 (b) is horizontally directed toward the right side. Expand to. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 15C, the entire screen is enlarged as much as possible so as to be covered with the display object in the object arrangement area A, thereby expressing the state where the display object in the object arrangement area A is selected.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a change in arrangement of display objects that continues from the state of FIG. From the state of FIG. 15C, the display object displayed in the object arrangement area B is horizontally expanded toward the left side as shown in FIG. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 16B, the entire screen is enlarged to the maximum so as to be covered with the display object of the object arrangement area B, thereby expressing the state where the display object of the object arrangement area B is finally selected. To do. In this way, an object arrangement effect that represents the process of selecting a display object by enlarging or reducing the display object in the horizontal direction is executed. In this manner, the three-step step-up notice effect shown in FIGS. 15A, 15C, and 16B can be realized using two display objects.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example in which three display objects are arranged in the object arrangement effect. Also in this example, initially, the selection process is expanded and displayed as shown in FIGS. From the state of FIG. 15C, the object arrangement area C appears in a double-spread form from the center of the screen as shown in FIG. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 17B, the entire screen is enlarged as much as possible so as to be covered with the display object in the object arrangement area C, thereby expressing the state in which the display object in the object arrangement area C is finally selected. To do. In this way, the three-step step-up notice effect of FIG. 15A, FIG. 15C, and FIG. 17B can be realized using three display objects.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram schematically illustrating another example in which any one of four display objects is selected in the object arrangement effect. In the example of this figure, the options are erased one by one from the four display objects, and the last remaining display object is determined as the finally selected display object. In FIG. 18A, the display object is displayed in each of the object placement areas A to D in which the screen is divided into four parts, and the image as when the camera shutter is closed as shown in FIG. Cover the whole. When the shutter is opened, the display object in the object placement area B which is one of the four display objects is displayed in an erased state as shown in FIG. That is, when the shutter is closed, the display object in the object placement area B is erased, and the scene of erasure is not visible. Similarly, the shutter is closed again in FIG. 18D, and the display object in the object arrangement area C, which is the second display object, is deleted as shown in FIG. Thus, the display objects are erased one by one, and the last remaining display object is enlarged and determined as the finally selected display object.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the various object arrangement effects of FIGS. 15 to 18 are illustrated, but the effect determining means 132 may determine which arrangement method and arrangement change should be adopted from these types. .

  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 each of the above-described embodiments, the example in which the object arrangement effect as the step-up notice effect is executed during one symbol change has been described. In a modification, it is good also as a structure performed not only in the time of one symbol fluctuation | variation but over multiple symbol fluctuations. In addition, the notice image as an effect that is finally selected in the object arrangement effect is not limited to the one that is displayed only for one symbol variation period, and is an image that is continuously displayed even in the subsequent symbol variation. Also good. In this case, the preview image may function as a so-called effect mode, and the preview image may continue to be displayed as a background as the content of the effect mode that is started when the object arrangement effect is executed.

  In each of the above embodiments, how many steps of the step-up notice effect are formed as the object arrangement effect is fixedly determined in advance as a combination pattern as shown in FIG. 6, and one of them is selected by lottery. The configuration determined by this is explained. In the modification, any one of the combination patterns as shown in FIG. 6 is determined by lottery, and the number of steps for the step-up notice in the object placement effect is increased or decreased according to the variation time of the variation pattern selected at that time. It is good also as a structure. For example, when the number of stages is reduced, the display object to be finally selected may be fixed and displayed by omitting any other display object. When the number of stages is increased, for example, display objects other than the display object to be finally selected among the display objects included in the selected combination pattern may be selected and displayed a plurality of times. As another modification, it is good also as a structure which determines the combination pattern of a display object, and the number of steps of a step-up notice effect by separate lottery. In that case, the combination pattern of the display object is determined as a combination when the number of steps of the step-up notice effect is maximum in the table in which the combination pattern is defined, and actually the step of determining by another lottery. It is good also as selecting a display object by the number. For example, in the table, the combination of display objects for four stages, which is the maximum number of stages, is defined as all combination patterns, and only the number of stages determined in another lottery is actually selected and displayed. Also good. In this case, the maximum number of display objects may be displayed as a plurality of display objects that are initially arranged in the object arrangement effect.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration in which the combination pattern of display objects in the object placement effect is determined by lottery has been described. In a modification, it is good also as a structure which determines the presence or absence of execution of an object arrangement | positioning effect, and the kind of combination pattern according to the kind of variation pattern currently selected at that time. In this case, for example, it is possible to realize a determination method of executing a specific object arrangement effect when a variation pattern of reach variation is selected.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which different display objects are arranged in each of the object arrangement areas A to D has been described. In the modified example, the same display object may be arranged by treating that at least two or more areas among the object arrangement areas A to D have the same expectation for the jackpot.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a display object arrangement | positioning in the object arrangement | positioning effect of a present Example, and the selection process of a display object. It is a figure which shows typically the process from the selection object switching of the display object to the last selection in the object arrangement | positioning effect of a present Example. It is a figure of the table for exemplifying the combination pattern of a display object typically. It is a figure of the notice determination table which shows typically the correspondence relation of the notice lottery value for every result of the success / failure lottery and the notice effect. It is a figure of a notice type table which shows typically the correspondence relation of a combination pattern lottery value and a pattern number when execution of an object arrangement production is determined when the winning / losing lottery is a win. It is a figure of a notice type table which shows typically the correspondence relation of a combination pattern lottery value and a pattern number when execution of an object arrangement production is determined when the winning lottery is unsuccessful. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 10 in detail. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the notice effect determination process in S54 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows S16 in FIG. 10 in detail. It is a figure which shows typically the example which arrange | positions two display objects in an object arrangement | positioning effect. It is a figure which shows typically the example of arrangement | positioning change of the display object which continues from the state of FIG.15 (c). It is a figure which shows typically the example which arrange | positions three display objects in an object arrangement | positioning effect. It is a figure which shows typically another example which selects either from four display objects in an object arrangement | positioning effect.

Explanation of symbols

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 effect display devices, 112 hit / fail lottery means, 120 special game control means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means.

Claims (5)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a game ball entering is a lottery opportunity;
Triggering lottery means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting winning opening,
A symbol display device for variably displaying a plurality of symbols for indicating the result of the success / failure lottery;
Display control means for variably displaying the symbols on the symbol display device according to a variation pattern selected in advance;
Special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, triggered by the result of the winning / failing lottery,
Executing an effect suggested by one of the display objects that is ultimately selected and displayed by arranging a plurality of display objects that suggest that different types of effects will be executed. Whether or not to execute an object placement effect that is a notice effect that shifts to is determined according to a predetermined criterion, and the plurality of display objects including the display object that is finally selected and displayed are in accordance with the result of the success / failure lottery Production determining means determined by the standard,
With
When the execution of the object arrangement effect is determined, the display control means displays the object arrangement effect that produces a selection process until the final selection display is achieved by changing the area ratio of the arrangement. A ball game machine characterized by executing. The effect determining means selects any one of a plurality of types of preview images that suggests a high probability of jackpot according to a criterion according to the result of the success / failure lottery, and includes a plurality of preview images including the selected preview images. Select multiple display objects that each contain an image that suggests the type of preview image,
The display control means arranges and displays the selected plurality of display objects as the object arrangement effect, and finally selects and displays a display object corresponding to the selected preview image. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein an effect by a corresponding notice image is executed. The object arrangement effect is an effect of displaying a process of selecting one of the plurality of display objects to be arranged and displaying a process of sequentially switching the selection target.
The said effect determination means sets the number of these display objects arrange | positioned in the said object arrangement | positioning effect irrespective of the number of the display objects used as a selection object sequentially in the object arrangement | positioning effect, or characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The ball game machine described in 2.   The object placement effect may be a result of the success / failure lottery from an arrangement that selects a display object corresponding to the effect suggesting that the result of the success / failure lottery is relatively low. The display is characterized by displaying that the degree of expectation for winning increases step by step by changing the arrangement to select a display object corresponding to the effect suggesting that the performance is relatively high. Item 4. A ball game machine according to any one of Items 1 to 3.   The object placement effect displays the process of selecting the display object by changing the area ratio of the placement by highlighting any one of the plurality of display objects to be displayed, and finally the display to be selected The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the ball game machine is an effect of displaying a process that is finally selected by displaying an object more emphasized than other display objects.

Images