JP2010184002A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine having such game characteristics as to determine the presence of a fall by the technical intervention of a player in the pinball game machine mounted with a fall lottery function. <P>SOLUTION: The Pachinko game machine includes a propriety lottery means 112, a special game control means 120, a specific game executing means 122, a hold control means 116, a fall lottery means 200, a rendering determining means 132 and a rendering display control means 134. The specific game executing means 122 terminates a specific game when corresponding to a result to the effect of shifting to a fall. The fall lottery means 200 holds a plurality of fall lottery tables in which the corresponding relationship between the presence of falls and lottery values is determined and the presence of falls is determined with different probabilities according to the number of holds, and determines whether to shift to a fall, referring to one of the fall lottery tables according to the number of holds. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a switching lottery control technique for switching a game state 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 fun of the game is improved by, for example, performing an effect of giving a story to the variable display using a character in an image such as a design.

  Among the above-described gaming machines, a lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed after the end of the special game, and a new special game is likely to occur relatively early, so-called probability variation games (hereinafter referred to as “random probability games”). There is a game in which a specific game such as “probability change” is executed as appropriate. In addition, among the gaming machines that shift to “probability change”, whether the game state is returned from the probability change state to the normal probability state every time a lottery is executed to determine whether or not to shift to the next special game during the probability change. There is a separate lottery for whether or not. This lottery is called a “falling lottery”. In gaming machines equipped with a falling lottery function, in addition to the interest of whether or not to shift to a specific game, it is easy to give the player a sense of tension as to whether or not to fall, and the fun of the game is improved.

JP 2003-230714 A

  By the way, whether or not to shift to the special game is determined by a lottery determination executed internally. Similarly, whether or not to fall from the specific gaming state to the normal gaming state before the predetermined end condition is satisfied is determined by a falling lottery executed internally. In other words, the player's technical intervention is low with respect to winning / failing lottery and falling lottery, and it gives the player the impression that it is `` a game that depends on luck '' by combining multiple types of lotteries that cannot be technically intervened. May end up. This kind of impression the player would have and lead to a decline of the gaming desire, when you fall becomes easy to have a sense of "ki endlessly of the game." In addition, the player is likely to want to minimize the reduction of have ball, stop beating and single-handed trying to game at the launch of the necessary minimum of the game ball, which when you fall has the sense of "ki endlessly of the game." This has been a cause of lowering the operating rate of gaming machines. Therefore, the inventors give an impression that the game result may change the game result depending on the player's own skill if the player can provide the gameability in which the presence or absence of the fall is determined by the technical intervention of the player. I came to think that it can contribute to the suppression of the decline in game motivation. In addition, if the decline in gaming motivation can be suppressed, it will be easier to create a consciousness of trying to continue the game regardless of whether it has fallen, and it will contribute to improving the operating rate of gaming machines by suppressing stop hits and single shots It came.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and the object of the present invention is to provide a ballistic game with a ballistic game machine that has a falling lottery function and that can be determined by a player's technical intervention. Is to provide a 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, and its entry is more advantageous to the player than a normal game. Start lot which is a trigger for executing a lottery decision to determine whether or not to shift to a special game, and a lottery means for executing the lottery lottery upon entering the start gate, An effect display device in which a symbol indicating the result of the game is displayed in a variable manner, a special game control means for executing a special game after the symbol is stopped and displayed when the result of the lottery is successful, and the end of the special game A specific game execution means for executing a specific game set as a game state that is more easily transferred to a special game than a normal game state when a predetermined start condition is satisfied in a later normal game; A lottery will be executed on When a symbol change corresponding to the previous winning lottery is displayed at that time, a holding control means for holding a new winning / failing lottery result up to a predetermined number up to the start of the symbol change display corresponding to the lottery is specified. Falling lottery means for determining by lottery whether or not to cause the specific game to end during the game and to fall from the specific gaming state to the normal gaming state. The falling lottery means holds a plurality of falling lottery tables in which the correspondence between the presence / absence of a fall and the lottery value is determined and the presence / absence of a fall is determined with different probabilities depending on the number of holds, and the falling lottery means holds Whether or not to make a fall transition is determined by referring to any one of the fall lottery tables corresponding to the number of games, and the specific game executing means ends the specific game when the result of the fall transition is met.

  A specific game is a game that is set as a game state with a high ease of transition to a special game, and a lottery with a higher probability of winning than a normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early This includes a probability variation game and a variation time shortening game in which the symbol variation time is shortened from the normal time. The specific game can be started when a predetermined start condition is satisfied. For example, the transition may be made on the condition that the special game is ended, or the transition may be made when the symbol for which the transition to the special game is determined is a predetermined symbol or a lottery performed during the special game. Good. The falling lottery table includes a case where a lottery value is associated with the presence or absence of a fall, a case where a lottery value is associated with a symbol indicating the presence or absence of a fall, and the like. If the lottery value is associated with the presence or absence of a fall, the lottery value can be dropped when hitting the fall lottery regardless of the progress of the game. In addition, when the lottery value and the symbol indicating the presence or absence of the fall are associated with each other, the symbol that is variably displayed can fall when stopped at a specific symbol. The falling lottery table includes a table that easily falls and a table that does not easily fall so that the presence or absence of the falling is determined with different probabilities according to the number of holds. Therefore, the probability of the presence or absence of falling from a specific game can be changed by changing the number of suspensions when the falling lottery table is selected by the technical intervention of the player.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that can change whether it is easy to fall or difficult to fall by adjusting the number of suspensions by the player's own technical intervention. As a result, it is possible to provide an interesting gaming machine that easily gives an impression that the gaming result may be changed depending on the skill of the player and suppresses a decrease in gaming motivation.

  In the falling lottery table, the probability of the presence or absence of a fall may be determined so that the more the number of holds, the more difficult it is to fall. In this case, in order to make it difficult to fall, it is easy to guide the game ball to be continuously fired so as to keep the number of holdings as large as possible. By continuously performing launch operations that adjust to increase the number of holds, it is possible to improve technical intervention and suppress decline in gaming motivation, and to make it difficult to create a feeling of stopping or single shots. This can contribute to an improvement in the operating rate of the machine.

  The falling lottery means may execute the falling lottery with reference to the falling lottery table corresponding to the number of holdings at that time every time the winning / failing lottery is executed until the specific game is completed. By executing the selection of the falling lottery table every time the winning lottery is selected, in addition to the tension of whether or not to actually fall, the number of holds must be adjusted so that the falling lottery table that is difficult to fall is selected. A feeling of tension can be given continuously during a specific game. As a result, an interesting game machine with a sense of tension can be provided.

  The falling lottery means may execute the falling lottery with reference to the falling lottery table corresponding to the number of suspensions when the transition to the special game is determined until the specific game is completed. The time when the transition of the specific game is determined is not limited to the moment when the transition is determined. For example, when the result of the success / failure lottery that decides to shift to a specific game is a win, or when the symbol that is variably displayed stops in a predetermined manner that decides to shift to a specific game, an effect that suggests a special game, etc. It may be when it is started. In this way, whether to refer to the falling lottery table that is likely to fall or to refer to the falling lottery table that is difficult to fall is determined according to the number of holds when the transition to the special game is determined, The number of holdings can be adjusted from the normal gaming state before acquisition. As a result, it becomes possible to provide the player with technical intervention such as adjusting the number of suspensions from the normal gaming state, and the fun of the game can be improved.

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

  According to the ball ball game machine of the present invention, in the ball ball game machine equipped with the fall lottery function, it is possible to provide the gameability such that the presence or absence of the fall can be determined by the technical intervention of the player.

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 an example of the fall lottery table referred with the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a display example of an effect display device, (a) is a display example using a background image pattern for a normal game effect, and (b) is a display example using a background image pattern for a specific game effect. . 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. 6 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the first half part of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the second half part of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the success / failure determination process of S46 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 6 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the modification of the first half part of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S144 in FIG. In a modification, it is an example of the hold-by-holding symbol range table determined so that the special symbol indicating a fall is more difficult to be selected as the number of holds is larger. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the modification of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S184 in FIG. 15.

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko game machine, which is conventionally called a bullet ball game machine, will be described as an example. In this embodiment, an example of a pachinko gaming machine having a so-called “falling lottery function” is shown. The falling lottery is executed when a transition is made to a specific game after the end of the special game. And when it wins in a fall lottery, a specific game is complete | finished. For example, the probability variation state that continues until the next special game is usually acquired or until a predetermined number of symbol variations are made is terminated before the condition is satisfied, and falls from the high probability state to the low probability state.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body aligned with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

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

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

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

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. 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 holding lamp 20 is provided below the special symbol display device 61, and an operation holding 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. Yes. 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 special game ends, the specific game is executed. Specific games include, for example, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) and a game with a reduced variation time (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction as appropriate”). In the probability change, a lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early. In the short time, the variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is shortened from the normal time, and the number of winning / losing lotteries per unit time is increased, so that the game efficiency is improved. In the case of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, as described above, the falling lottery function is included, and when the falling lottery is won, the specific game is terminated before the predetermined termination condition is satisfied. For example, the probability change basically continues until the next special game is acquired, but ends when the falling lottery is won regardless of the acquisition of the special game. In addition, the time reduction basically continues until a predetermined number of fluctuations, for example, 100 fluctuations are displayed, but when a falling lottery is reached, the original fluctuation time is restored before reaching the predetermined number of fluctuations. It is. When the probability change is started, the probability change and the time reduction may be started together, or only the probability change may be started. If the probability change and the time reduction are started together, the time reduction is continued until the end condition of the probability change is satisfied or it falls. Therefore, when the time reduction is started together with the probability change, the time reduction may be continued beyond a predetermined number of times, for example, 100 times. When only the time reduction is started, the time reduction is continued until the predetermined number of fluctuations is reached or the vehicle falls. In the case of a model or a special game that is likely to change due to the end of the special game, and a special stop pattern at that time, the probability change is started after the end of the special game. There is a model, a model whose probability change starts when a lottery is performed during or before or after a special game. In addition, there is a model in which the probability variation duration is determined by the number of winning / failing lotteries during probability variation. The falling lottery can be applied to any model.

  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, an opening / closing control unit 124, and a falling lottery unit 200 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 variation pattern determination unit 115 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, when the winning / raft lottery 112 performs a new winning / failing lottery, if the symbol variation corresponding to the previous winning / losing lottery is displayed, the holding / rejecting lottery means 116 determines the winning / losing lottery value as a result of the new winning / losing lottery Hold as a holding ball. The winning / failing lottery value is held up to the predetermined number up to the start of the variable display of symbols corresponding to the lottery. The upper limit of the number of reservations is 4, for example. Note that the time when the winning lottery is newly executed by the winning lottery means 112 may be, for example, when the winning lottery value is acquired by entering the start port 62, or fluctuates depending on the acquired winning lottery value. It may be when the is about to start.

  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. As a specific game, when the probability change is started, the time reduction is started together, and the time reduction is ended together with the end of the probability change. On the other hand, when only a short time is started as a specific game, the short time starts and ends independently.

  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 falling lottery means 200 executes the falling lottery triggered by the winning / failing lottery executed during the specific game. In the case of winning the falling lottery, the specific game is ended before the above-described end condition is satisfied, and the special game state is dropped to the normal game state. In the case of a certain change, the winning probability of the winning / losing lottery is switched from a high probability state to a normal state. If the time is short, the symbol variation time is switched from a short time to a normal time. In addition, when the fall lottery by the fall lottery means 200 is executed at a timing prior to the success / failure lottery and falls, the success / failure lottery means 112 performs the determination of the success / failure regarding the fluctuation by referring to the low / high probability success / failure table. In addition, when the falling lottery by the falling lottery means 200 is executed at a timing after the success / failure lottery and falls, the success / failure lottery means 112 refers to a high-probability determination table with reference to a high-probability determination table, and determines whether or not the next time is determined. Therefore, the determination is made with reference to the low probability determination table. The falling lottery means 200 sends information indicating the result of the falling lottery to the specific game executing means 122 and the effect determining means 132. If it has fallen, the specific game executing means 122 ends the specific game, and the effect determining means 132 switches from the specific game effect to the normal game effect. In addition, the falling lottery may be performed every time the winning / failing lottery is executed during the specific game, or may be performed at a predetermined timing such as when the specific game is started. In this case, the falling timing is also determined, and the specific game is continued until the falling timing is reached.

  The falling lottery means 200 holds a plurality of falling lottery tables in which the correspondence between the presence / absence of a fall and the lottery value is defined. In each fall lottery table, the presence or absence of falls is determined with different probabilities corresponding to the number of holds managed by the hold control means 116. Then, the fall lottery means 200 determines whether or not to make a fall transition with reference to any of the fall lottery tables corresponding to the number of holds. FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the falling lottery table. The falling lottery table defines the correspondence relationship between the number of held balls, the falling lottery value, and whether or not there is a falling. In the case of the example in FIG. 4, the probability of the presence or absence of a fall is determined so that the more the number of reserved balls is, the more difficult it is to fall. For example, it is assumed that the falling lottery means 200 selects one of the falling lottery values from “0 to 255” when the falling lottery means 200 is in the falling lottery. In the falling lottery table selected when the number of held balls is “0”, “falling” is determined when the falling lottery value is “0-12”, and the falling lottery value is “13-255”. “No fall” is determined. That is, in the case of the falling lottery using the falling lottery table selected when the number of held balls is “0”, the falling probability is about 5.0%. Similarly, in the falling lottery table selected when the number of held balls is “1”, “falling” is determined when the falling lottery value is “0-8”, and the falling lottery value is “9-255”. In this case, “no fall” is determined. That is, the fall probability when the number of reserved balls is “1” is about 3.5%. Further, when the number of held balls is “2”, “falling” is determined when the falling lottery value is “0-4”, and the falling probability is about 2.0%. When the number of held balls is “3”, “falling” is determined when the falling lottery value is “0-3”, and the falling probability is about 1.6%. Further, when the number of held balls is “4”, “falling” is determined when the falling lottery value is “0-2”, and the falling probability is about 1.2%.

  Thus, when the fall lottery means 200 selects the fall lottery table, the number of falls is adjusted by determining whether or not there is a fall with different probabilities depending on the number of pending holds. It can be a gaming machine that can change the difficulty of falling by technical intervention. The falling lottery means 200 transmits information indicating the result of the falling lottery to the specific game executing means 122 and the effect determining means 132.

  For example, the falling lottery means 200 can select a falling lottery table corresponding to the number of holdings every time the success / failure lottery 112 is executed until the specific game ends. If the selection of the falling lottery table is executed every time the winning or failing lottery, it is necessary to adjust the number of holdings so as to refer to the falling lottery table that is difficult to fall during a specific game. When referring to the falling lottery table shown in FIG. 4, it is preferable to adjust the launch of the game ball so that the number of reserved balls is the upper limit “4”. In this way, by adjusting the launch of the game ball so as to be aware of the number of holds during the specific game, the tension that the number of held balls must be maintained during the specific game is continuously given. be able to. As a result, it is possible to suppress a decrease in game motivation and improve the fun of the game.

  In another embodiment, a falling lottery table may be selected according to the number of suspensions when the transition to a special game is determined, and the falling lottery table may be referred to during a specific game. . That is, it is possible to determine whether to refer to the falling lottery table that is likely to fall or to refer to the falling lottery table that is difficult to fall depending on the number of holds before the start of the specific game. Since we do not know when special games can be acquired during normal games, it is necessary to adjust the launch of game balls while always minding the number of holds since normal games to acquire special games It can be a gaming machine that you have. As a result, it is possible to provide an interesting game with a sense of tension that continuously adjusts the number of holds from the normal game state before acquiring the special game. Note that the timing for obtaining the number of holds for selecting the falling lottery table is not limited to the moment when the transition to the special game is determined. For example, when the result of the success / failure lottery that decides to shift to a special game is a win, or when the symbol that is variably displayed stops in a predetermined manner that decides to shift to a special game, an effect that suggests a special game, etc. It can be when it starts. In particular, if the falling lottery table is determined by the number of holds when the production suggesting a special game is started, the launch operation of the game ball can be continued until the start of the special game. This can be suppressed and contribute to improving the operating rate of gaming machines.

  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. Further, the pattern storage unit 130 holds a plurality of background image patterns, which are the background of the variation of the decorative symbol 190, according to the gaming state. For example, a normal game effect background image pattern that indicates that the current state is the normal game state in the normal game state is held. Further, a background image pattern for a specific game effect that indicates that the current state is the specific game state in the specific game state is held. FIG. 5A is a display example of the effect display device 60, which is an example using a background image pattern for normal game effects. In this case, a landscape is shown in which a character is flying on a carpet and flying between mountains. FIG. 5B shows an example using a background image pattern for specific game effects. In this case, a landscape is shown in which the character is flying on the carpet on the sea. The player can identify whether the current gaming state is a normal gaming state or a specific gaming state based on a difference in background. The background image pattern may be a background image pattern that changes the entire image as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, or a background image pattern that changes some features in the same landscape. . For example, a background image pattern with a background based on blue may be used for a normal game effect, and a background image pattern with a background based on red may be used for a specific game effect.

  Further, the pattern storage unit 130 may hold a plurality of patterns for changing sound effects output via the speaker 18 as patterns for identifying the current gaming state, for example. Further, a pattern for changing the lighting state of the game effect lamp 90 and a pattern for changing the operation of the movable accessory 140 may be held. Further, a pattern in which these are selectively combined may be held.

  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.

  Further, when the effect determining means 132 obtains a signal from the specific game executing means 122 that the game state falls from the specific game state to the normal game state, the effect determining means 132 obtains the normal game from the specific game effect indicating the specific game state. Switch to normal game effects that suggest the state. Since the falling lottery by the falling lottery means 200 is executed internally, the player determines whether or not the player has actually fallen based on the change in the effect state. For example, the player can determine that the player has “fallen” when the background image shown in FIG. 5B changes to the background image shown in FIG.

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

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

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

  The effect display control 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 causes the effect display device 60 to display either the specific game effect or the normal game effect according to the transition result of the game state of the specific game executing means 122 acquired via the effect determining means 132. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and voice output from the speaker 18. The specific game effect or the normal game effect may not be displayed on the effect display device 60 as a change in the background image, but may be implemented by lighting control of the game effect lamp 90 or sound output from the speaker 18. Alternatively, a combination of these may represent a change in the gaming state.

  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. It should be noted that the accessory control means 136 moves the movable accessory 140 in a different motion or a different movable accessory 140 depending on the information from the specific game executing means 122, depending on whether the specific game effect is a normal game effect or not. May be operated.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball has won a winning opening 62, a general winning opening 72, a big winning opening 66, etc. (S10). If it is not in a special game (N in S12), a normal game control process such as a lottery determination is executed (S14). If it is in a special game (Y in S12), a special game control process is executed (S16). ), And award ball payout according to various winnings in the processing from S10 to S16 is processed (S18).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing in detail the winning process of S10 in FIG. When there is a ball in the starting port 62 (Y in S20), the number of prize balls corresponding to the starting port 62 is set (S21). If the ball enters the starting port 62, it is referred to whether or not the number of holds by the hold control means 116 is less than 4, and if it is possible to hold further (Y in S22), the success / failure lottery means 112 determines whether or not A lottery value is acquired (S23), and the corresponding lottery value is held in the hold control means 116 (S24). If there is no ball entering the starting port 62 in S20, the processing from S22 to S24 is skipped (N in S20). If the number of holds reaches the upper limit in S22 and further hold is impossible, the processing of S23 and S24 is skipped (N in S22). If there is a winning at the general winning opening 72 (Y of S25), the number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning opening 72 is set (S26), and if there is no winning at the general winning opening 72, S26 is skipped. (N in S25). If there is a winning ball in the big winning opening 66 (Y of S27), the number of winning balls corresponding to the big winning hole 66 is set (S28), and if there is no winning ball in the big winning hole 66, S28 is skipped. (N in S27).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing in detail the first half of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, every time the winning / losing lottery is executed until the specific game is finished, the falling lottery table corresponding to the number of holdings at that time is selected. An example in which the falling lottery is executed with reference to the selected falling lottery table will be described. First, in the normal game control process, the winning / raising lottery value is put on hold (Y in S30), and the symbol is not being displayed in a variable manner (N in S32), but in the specific game (Y in S34). The falling lottery means 200 acquires the current number of held balls from the hold control means 116 (S36). Then, a falling lottery table corresponding to the number of held balls is selected (S38), and a falling lottery for determining whether or not to fall from the specific gaming state to the normal gaming state is executed (S40). As a result of the falling lottery, when the result corresponding to the falling is obtained (Y of S42), the specific game executing means 122 ends the specific game (S44). In accordance with the end of the specific game, the effect determining means 132 transmits information to the effect display control means 134 so as to switch from the specific game effect that suggests that the game is in the specific game state to the normal game effect that suggests the normal game state. To do. Then, the effect display control means 134 executes the background image switching control of the effect display device 60, for example. Subsequently, the success / failure lottery means 112 executes a success / failure determination process (S46). In this case, the success / failure determination is executed in a state where the specific game is finished, that is, in a normal game state in which the probability of success / failure has returned to the normal state. Then, the main display control means 118 starts changing display according to the determination result, and also sends a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays effect according to the change pattern data. Image variation display is started (S48). In S42, when a result that does not fall is obtained by the falling lottery (N in S42), the process of S44 is skipped. Therefore, in the subsequent success / failure determination process of S46, the success / failure determination is executed while the specific gaming state has a higher probability of success / failure than the normal state. If the specific game is not being played in S34 (N in S34), the processing from S36 to S44 is skipped. Also, if the winning or failing lottery value is not suspended in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S48 is skipped, and if the symbol is being displayed in a variably display in S32 (Y in S32), S34 To S48 are skipped.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail the latter half of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. When the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S50), when the predetermined variation time has elapsed and the symbol display stop timing has been reached (Y in S52), the symbol variation being displayed is stopped. (S54). At this time, if the game state is a specific game (Y in S56) and the change is a hit (Y in S58), it is determined by the special game control means 120 that the special game control means 120 will shift to the special game and the specific game execution means 122 ends the specific game (S60). Further, the effect determining unit 132 transmits information to the effect display control unit 134 so as to switch from the specific game effect to the normal game effect, and ends the specific game effect (S62).

  If the change is not in S58 (N in S58), and the gaming state is in a certain change (Y in S64), this flow ends. In this case, the process in the specific game executing means 122 is internally probable, and the effect suggesting that the process in the effect determining means 132 is in the probable change state is continued. In S64, if the probability change is not in progress, that is, if the time is short (N in S64), the specific game executing means 122 increments the number of times of change (S66). In this case, the specific game execution means 122 is internally time-saving, and the suggestion effect indicating that the time-short state is also maintained in the processing in the effect determination means 132 is continued. When the number of changes reaches the set number of times (Y in S68), the specific game executing means 122 moves to S60 and ends the specific game (S60). The effect determining means 132 ends the specific game effect (S62). If the number of changes has not reached the set number in S68 (N in S68), this flow is terminated while the number of changes is displayed. In S56, when the game state is not a specific game (N in S56), that is, in the normal game state, this flow is ended. In S50, when the symbol variation is not started (N in S50), or when the symbol variation is started in S52 but not at the stop timing (N in S52), this flow is finished.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S46 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S91), and if the current gaming state is in the probability change (Y in S92), refer to the probability change success / failure table having a higher probability of winning (S93). Then, the success / failure is determined based on the acquired success / failure lottery value (S94). Further, in S92, when the probability change is not in progress (N in S92), reference is made to the normal success / failure table having a lower probability of winning than the probability change success / failure table (S95), and the success / failure is determined based on the obtained success / failure lottery value. Is determined (S94). Subsequently, the symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S96), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S97). The effect determining means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S98), and selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S99).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. First, if the special winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S100), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S102), and the opening / closing control means 124 opens the special winning prize port 66 (S104). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S102 and S104 are skipped (Y in S100). When a predetermined opening time has elapsed after the grand prize winning opening 66 is opened (Y in S106), or when the opening time has not elapsed (N in S106), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When a ball is entered (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 number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after the closing of the special winning opening 66 in S110 (Y in S112), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S114), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S116). Then, the specific game executing means 122 starts the specific game (S118), and the effect determining means 132 causes the effect display control means 134 to start displaying the specific game effect (S120). In S118, when the condition for shifting to probability change is satisfied, the specific game execution means 122 starts the specific game so that the time is shortened together with the probability change. Further, if the condition for shifting to the certain game is not satisfied but the condition for shifting to the probability change is not satisfied, the specific game executing means 122 starts the specific game so that only the short time is executed. In S112, if the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S112), 1 is added to the number of rounds, and the flow in S16 is terminated (S119).

  In this way, by selecting a fall lottery table according to the number of holds, and by referring to the selected fall lottery table and executing the fall lottery, the result of the presence or absence of the fall is changed by the technical intervention of the player. Can do. Also, every time a lottery is executed until the end of a specific game, by selecting the falling lottery table according to the number of holdings at that time, the number of holdings is adjusted so that the falling lottery table that is difficult to fall is selected. It is possible to continuously give a sense of tension that it must be during a specific game. As a result, it is possible to provide an interesting gaming machine that can be technically intervened and has a sense of tension.

  In the above-described embodiment, each time the winning / failing lottery is executed until the specific game is finished, the falling lottery table is selected according to the number of holdings at that time, and the falling lottery table is executed with reference to the selected falling lottery table. An example was explained. In another embodiment shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the falling lottery table is selected according to the number of suspensions when the transition to the special game is determined until the specific game is completed. An example in which the falling lottery is executed with reference to the selected falling lottery table until the specific game is completed will be described. In the case of this embodiment, the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 11 are the same except for the flowchart of the first half of the normal game control process of S14 and the flowchart of the validity determination process included therein. Therefore, in the following description, only the parts of different flowcharts will be described.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the first half of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. First, in the normal game control process, when the winning or rejecting lottery value is put on hold (Y in S130), the symbol is not being displayed in a variable manner (N in S132), and in the specific game (Y in S134). The falling lottery means 200 reads the falling lottery table selected in accordance with the number of holds when the transition to the special game is determined (S136). The falling lottery means 200 executes a falling lottery that determines whether or not to shift from the specific gaming state to the normal gaming state with reference to the read falling lottery table (S138). As a result of the falling lottery, when the result corresponding to the falling is obtained (Y of S140), the specific game executing means 122 ends the specific game (S142). In accordance with the end of the specific game, the effect determining means 132 transmits information to the effect display control means 134 so as to switch from the specific game effect that suggests that the game is in the specific game state to the normal game effect that suggests the normal game state. To do. Then, the effect display control means 134 executes the background image switching control of the effect display device 60, for example. Subsequently, the success / failure lottery means 112 executes a success / failure determination process (S144). 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 (S146). In S140, when a result that does not fall is obtained by the falling lottery (N of S140), the process of S142 is skipped. If the specific game is not being played in S134 (N in S134), the processing from S136 to S142 is skipped. In addition, if the winning / losing lottery value is not on hold in S130 (N in S130), the processing from S132 to S146 is skipped, and if the symbol is in a variable display in S132 (Y in S132), S134 To S146 are skipped. After starting the variable display in S146, the process of the flowchart in the latter half of the normal game control process of S14 shown in FIG. 9 is executed.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S144 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S150), and when the current gaming state is in the probability change (Y in S152), refer to the probability change success / failure table having a higher probability of winning than usual (S154). Then, the success / failure is determined based on the acquired success / failure lottery value (S156). Further, in S152, if the probability change is not in progress (N in S152), refer to the normal success / failure table having a lower probability of winning than the probability change success / failure table (S158), and the success / failure based on the obtained success / failure lottery value. Is determined (S156). Subsequently, when the success / failure result of the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win (Y in S160), the falling lottery means 200 acquires information on the number of retained balls held by the suspension control means 116 (S162), A fall lottery table to be referred to in the fall lottery executed during the specific game is determined (S164). In S160, if the result of S156 is not correct (N in S160), the processing in S162 and S164 is skipped.

  Subsequently, the symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S166), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S168). The effect determination means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S170), and selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S172). Start the variable display.

  In this manner, the falling lottery executed during the specific game is executed with reference to the falling lottery table in which the presence or absence of the fall is determined with different probabilities according to the number of holds when the transition to the special game is determined. . For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the falling lottery table is more difficult to fall as the number of holdings is increased, the game is to be more difficult to fall as the number of held balls when moving to a special game is larger. Can do. Since the transition to the specific game is determined by the internal lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, it is not known when to transition. Therefore, in order to make it difficult for the specific game scheduled to be given after the end of the special game to fall, the player performs a launch operation of the game ball so as to maintain as many as possible during the normal game for acquiring the special game. Can be made easy. As a result, stopping and single shots can be suppressed, which can contribute to an improvement in the operating rate of the gaming machine. In addition, since it becomes easier to continuously give a sense of tension that the number of holds must always be consciously adjusted during the game, it is easy to give the player a sense of technical intervention and suppress the decline in gaming motivation. The fun of the game can be improved.

  In the above-described example, an example is shown in which the falling lottery means 200 acquires information on the number of reserved balls and determines the falling lottery table when the result of the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win. As an alternative, the number of reserved balls when the special symbol or the decorative symbol that is variably displayed stops in a predetermined manner indicating a win may be referred to. In addition, the number of reserved balls may be referred to when an effect or the like suggesting a special game is started or when the special winning opening 66 is opened with the start of the special game. Furthermore, as another example, when a game ball enters the start port 62 and can be held, the success / failure lottery means 112 acquires the success / failure lottery value, and the hold control means 116 holds the success / failure lottery value. Sometimes, the number of holdings at that time, that is, the number of holdings when entering the ball may be stored together with the winning lottery value. Then, as a result of the success / failure lottery means 112 reading out the success / failure lottery value and making the success / failure determination, the falling lottery means 200 reads out the number of holdings stored together with the success / failure lottery value of the success / failure lottery, and The falling lottery table may be determined according to the number of holds.

  By the way, to create a gaming machine that falls from a specific gaming state to a normal gaming state when a symbol that is variably displayed in order to show the result of a lottery during a specific game stops at a specific symbol Can do. In this case, by changing the ease of selecting a specific stop symbol in accordance with the number of holds, it is possible to determine whether or not there is a fall with a different probability depending on the number of holds. For example, suppose that a special lottery is selected when “4” is selected among the special symbols selected when the winning / failing lottery during a specific game is missed. FIG. 14 is an example of a hold-by-hold symbol range table that functions as a falling lottery table determined so that the special symbol “4” indicating a fall is harder to be selected as the number of held balls is larger.

  For example, the special figure lottery value for determining the stop symbol of the special symbol is “0 to 255”. Then, the special symbol “4” indicating “falling” is determined when the special figure lottery value is “0-12” in the hold-by-holding symbol range table selected when the number of held balls is “0”. . In addition, when the special drawing lottery value is “13-255”, any special symbol out of “0, 2, 6, 8” which is an extra symbol other than the special symbol “4” indicating “no fall” is selected. To be determined. That is, the probability that “4” indicating a fall is selected using the hold-by-hold off symbol range table selected when the number of held balls is “0”, that is, the fall probability is about 5.0%. Similarly, the special symbol “4” indicating “falling” is determined when the falling lottery value is “0-8” in the hold-by-holding symbol range table selected when the number of held balls is “1”. . In addition, when the special drawing lottery value is “9-255”, any of the special symbols “0, 2, 6, 8” other than the special symbol “4” indicating “no fall” is selected. To be determined. In other words, the probability that “4” indicating a fall is selected by using the hold-by-hold off symbol range table selected when the number of held balls is “1”, that is, the fall probability is about 3.5%. When the number of reserved balls is “2”, the special symbol “4” indicating “fall” is determined when the special figure lottery value is “0-4”, and the fall probability is about 2.0%. When the number of reserved balls is “3”, the special symbol “4” indicating “fall” is determined when the special figure lottery value is “0-3”, and the fall probability is about 1.6%. Further, when the number of reserved balls is “4”, the special symbol “4” indicating “fall” is determined when the special figure lottery value is “0-2”, and the fall probability is about 1.2%.

  A process for determining a special symbol and determining a result of the falling lottery with reference to the hold-by-hold symbol range table as shown in FIG. 14 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In this case as well, the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 11 described above are the same flowcharts except for the flowchart of the normal game control process of S14 and the flowchart of the validity determination process included therein. Therefore, in the following description, only the parts of different flowcharts will be described.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the flowcharts shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, each time the winning lottery is executed until the specific game is finished, the hold-by-hold symbol range table is selected according to the number of holds at that time. Then, the stop symbol of the special symbol is determined with reference to the selected retained exception symbol range table. As a result, an example will be described in which the falling lottery means 200 determines that the falling lottery means 200 has won the falling lottery in the case of a specific special symbol, for example “4”.

  First, in the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S180), and the symbol is not being displayed in a variable manner (N in S182), the winning / losing lottery means 112 performs the determining process. Execute (S184). 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 variable display is started (S186). If the winning / losing lottery value is not held in S180 (N in S180), the processing from S182 to S186 is skipped, and if the symbol is being displayed in a variable manner in S182 (Y in S182), S184. , S186 is skipped.

  Subsequently, when the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S188), when the predetermined variation time has elapsed and the symbol display stop timing has been reached (Y in S190), the symbol variation being displayed is displayed. Is stopped (S192). At this time, if the current gaming state is a specific game (Y in S194) and the change is a hit (Y in S196), the special game control means 120 determines that the game will be shifted to a special game, and the specific game. The execution means 122 ends the specific game (S198). Further, the effect determining means 132 transmits information to the effect display control means 134 so as to switch from the specific game effect to the normal game effect, and ends the specific game effect (S200).

  If the change is not in S196 (N in S196), and if the gaming state is in the probability change (Y in S202), this flow ends. In this case, the process in the specific game executing means 122 is internally probable, and the effect suggesting that the process in the effect determining means 132 is in the probable change state is continued. In S202, when the probability change is not underway, that is, when the time is short (N in S202), the specific game executing means 122 increments the number of changes (S204). In this case, the specific game execution means 122 is internally time-saving, and the suggestion effect indicating that the time-short state is also maintained in the processing in the effect determination means 132 is continued. Then, when the number of times of change has reached the set number of times (Y in S206), the specific game executing means 122 moves to S198 and ends the specific game (S198). Further, the effect determining unit 132 ends the specific game effect (S200). If the number of changes has not reached the set number in S206 (N in S206), this flow is terminated while the number of changes is displayed. In S194, if the current game state is not a specific game (N in S194), that is, if it is a normal game state, this flow ends. If the symbol variation has not started in S188 (N in S188), or if the symbol variation has started in S190 but the stop timing has not come (N in S190), this flow is terminated.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S184 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S210), and when the current gaming state is in the probability change (Y in S212), refer to the probability change success / failure table having a higher probability of winning (S214). Then, the success / failure is determined based on the acquired success / failure lottery value (S216). Further, in S212, when the probability change is not in progress (N in S212), the normal success table having a lower probability of winning than the probability change success / failure table is referred to (S218), and the success / failure is determined based on the obtained success / failure lottery value. Is determined (S216). Subsequently, when the success / failure result of the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win (Y in S220), the symbol determination means 114 selects a winning symbol range table to be referred to when the success / failure lottery is a winner (S222). A special symbol to be displayed when the change stops is determined from among the symbols (S224). In the case of the present embodiment, the special symbol is, for example, “0-9”, and the winning symbol is an odd number “1, 3, 5, 7, 9”. In addition, the off symbol is an even number “0, 2, 4, 6, 8”. Therefore, in S224, any one of “1, 3, 5, 7, 9” is selected. In this case, all odd odd symbols that are winning may be used as probability variation symbols, or only “3, 7” may be probability variation symbols, and “1, 5, 9” may be non-probability variation symbols, that is, time-short symbols. Good.

  Subsequently, the variation pattern determining means 115 selects any variation pattern from among the variation patterns of a plurality of types of special symbols according to the result of the lottery determination (S226). The effect determination means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S228), and selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S230).

  In S220, when the change is out of place (N in S220) and the gaming state is the specific gaming state (Y in S232), information on the number of held balls held by the holding control means 116 is acquired (S234). . Then, the symbol determination means 114 selects any one of the reserved symbol range tables in which the selection probability of the special symbol indicating falling according to the number of holds is determined (S236). As shown in FIG. 14, the selection probability of the special symbol “4” indicating a fall differs depending on the number of reserved balls. Note that “0, 2, 6, 8” indicating no fall may be selected with an equal probability, for example, or the selection probability may be changed for each special symbol. Then, the symbol determining means 114 determines a special symbol to be displayed when the fluctuation stops from the falling symbols (S238), and transmits the information of the determined missing symbols to the falling lottery means 200. If the received information indicates the special symbol “4” (Y in S240), the falling lottery means 200 determines that the falling will be made and transmits the information to the specific game executing means 122. Then, the specific game execution means 122 falls from the specific game state to the normal game state (S242). Subsequently, the flow proceeds to S226, where the variation pattern of the special symbol and the stop symbol and variation pattern of the decorative symbol at that time are determined, and this flow is terminated. In the present embodiment, the presence or absence of falling is determined by the special symbol stop symbol. Therefore, all the processing executed by the falling lottery means 200 may be executed by the symbol determination means 114. Moreover, the special symbol selection process of the symbol determination means 114 may be executed by the falling lottery means 200 only when it is necessary to determine whether or not to fall.

  In S240, when the determined special symbol for detachment is other than “4” (N in S240), the process of S242 is skipped and the process proceeds to S226. In S232, when the game state is not in the specific game (N in S232), the symbol determining means 114 is configured so that the outlier symbol “0, 2, 4, 6, 8” is selected with an equal probability, for example. A predetermined normal out symbol range table is selected (S244), and a special symbol stop symbol is determined from among the out symbols "0, 2, 4, 6, 8" (S246). In addition, since there is no fall when it is not in a specific game, in order to eliminate the uncomfortable feeling when “4” is displayed, “4” may be removed from the normal out-of-range symbol range table. Subsequently, when the special symbol is determined, the process proceeds to S226, where the variation pattern of the special symbol and the stop symbol and variation pattern of the decorative symbol at that time are determined, and this flow is finished.

  Thus, by associating the special symbol displayed during the specific game with the presence or absence of the fall, for example, when the number of holdings is large, it is possible to easily tell the player that the special symbol indicating the fall is difficult to select. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to recognize that the game development can be changed by technical intervention to adjust the number of holds. In addition, since it becomes easier to continuously give a sense of tension that the number of holds must always be consciously adjusted during the game, it is easy to give the player a sense of technical intervention and suppress the decline in gaming motivation. The fun of the game can be improved.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the case has been described in which the probability of the presence or absence of a fall is determined so that the more the number of suspensions is, the more difficult it is to fall. However, the greater the number of suspensions, the easier the transition is to fall. It is also possible to determine the probability of falling. For example, a falling lottery table in which the probability of falling or falling is determined so that the falling ball is easier to move as the number of holdings increases only for the held balls that are held when the special game is finished and the specific game is started. Apply. In this case, during a special game, a gaming machine that requires a technique for launching a game ball so as to enter the grand prize winning port 66 but not enter the starting port 62 can be provided. That is, if a game ball is simply fired during a special game, the “falling risk” increases. Therefore, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that requires different game ball target locations depending on the gaming state. Then, after the number of holdings once during a specific game becomes “0”, if the probability of falling is determined so that the more the number of holdings, the more difficult it is to make a fall. It may be a gaming machine that needs to increase the number of holds. In this case, for easy fall considered to leave at stop of the game do not know what time visit, where would the stop-handed and single-handed a reduction in the ball have if it is usually trying to minimize the number of pending large state Can contribute to improving the operating rate of gaming machines. In addition, since it becomes easier to continuously give a sense of tension that the number of holds must always be consciously adjusted during the game, it is easy to give the player a sense of technical intervention and suppress the decline in gaming motivation. The fun of the game can be improved.

  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.

  10 Pachinko gaming machines, 50 gaming boards, 52 gaming areas, 60 effect display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 starting openings, 90 gaming effect lamps, 100 gaming control devices, 112 winning / failing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 116 holding Control means, 118 main display control means, 120 special game control means, 122 specific game execution means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 200 falling lottery means.

Claims (4)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A starting port provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, and a starting point serving as an opportunity to execute a lottery for determining whether or not the incoming game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game;
Triggering lottery means for executing the lottery lottery upon entering the starting port,
An effect display device in which a design showing the result of the success / failure lottery is displayed variably,
Special game control means for executing the special game after the stop display of the symbol when the result of the success / failure lottery is a win,
When a predetermined start condition is satisfied in the normal game after the end of the special game, a specific game set as a game state that is more easily transferred to the special game than the normal game state is executed. Specific game execution means;
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. Hold control means to hold until start,
A falling lottery means for deciding whether to end the specific game during the specific game and to make a transition from the specific game state to the normal game state by a lottery triggered by the winning lottery;
Including
The falling lottery means holds a plurality of falling lottery tables in which the correspondence between the presence / absence of the falling and the lottery value is determined and the presence / absence of the falling is determined with different probabilities depending on the number of holdings. The means determines whether or not to make a fall transition with reference to any of the fall lottery tables according to the number of holds,
The ball game machine characterized in that the specific game executing means ends the specific game when the result of falling falls is satisfied.   2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the falling lottery table has a probability of the presence or absence of the fall so that the more the number of holdings, the more difficult the transition to fall.   The falling lottery means executes the falling lottery with reference to the falling lottery table corresponding to the number of suspensions at that time each time the success / failure lottery is executed until the specific game is completed. The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2.   The falling lottery means executes the falling lottery with reference to the falling lottery table according to the number of suspensions when the transition to the special game is determined until the specific game is completed. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2.

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