JP2010187898A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve the efficiency of the game property in a game machine equipped with a game property for displaying a specified preliminary announcement performance on condition that an operation input by a game player is performed. <P>SOLUTION: In this Pachinko game machine of a certain embodiment, an input screen is displayed when a main preliminary announcement performance is displayed, and the operation input of an operation button is suggested to the game player. When the operation input within validity could not be performed even though the game player wished the display of the preliminary announcement performance, the input screen is eliminated, and the game player cannot obtain the suggestion of a winning anticipation degree by the main preliminary announcement. However, if a validity period for displaying an assurance preliminary announcement is installed after that to perform the operation input within the validity period even though the input screen is not displayed, the game player can obtain the suggestion for the winning anticipation degree by the assurance preliminary announcement. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique for controlling the progress of a game in a ball game machine.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. 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, a player's sense of expectation can also be displayed by using a character in a graphic or other image to give a story to the variable display, or by displaying a notice effect that suggests a high level of expectation for transition to special games. Is increasing. In addition, there is a case in which such a notice effect is not unilaterally displayed from the gaming machine side, but is displayed on condition of player's operation input via a push button switch or the like. Since some players do not always want to display the notice effect, the player is given the right to select the effect display for convenience. In general, a predetermined effective period is set in order to ensure the progress of the game, and the display of the notice effect is canceled if there is no operation input by the player during the effective period.

JP 2003-230714 A

  However, due to the setting of the effective period, a player who is not accustomed to the game or a player who is difficult to react to the effective period may miss the opportunity to display the notice effect unexpectedly. . As a result, there has been a problem that it is not possible to sufficiently achieve the gaming characteristics characterized by the technical intervention of such players.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and the object thereof is to achieve the effectiveness of the game in a gaming machine having a game that displays a predetermined notice effect on the condition of the player's operation input. It is in.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a bullet ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention includes a game board in which a game area is formed, a start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area and into which a game ball can enter, The winning lottery means for executing the winning / failing lottery upon entering the starting port, the effect display device for staggering and displaying the design for indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery, and the result of the winning / losing lottery With this as a trigger, special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, a plurality of variation patterns in which the variation process from the start to the stop of the pattern and the production process are defined, A pattern storage means for holding a plurality of notice effect patterns in which a notice effect effect process that preliminarily suggests the high degree of expectation that the winning / failing lottery will win while the symbols are displayed is fluctuated; Produce according to the result of the lottery The variation pattern to be displayed on the display device is selected by lottery from a plurality of variation patterns, and at the same time, it is determined whether or not the announcement effect is to be executed. The effect determining means to be selected in the display, the effect display control means for executing the notice effect according to the notice effect pattern, and the operation for accepting the operation input by the player while displaying the change in the design according to the change pattern on the effect display device. Input means.

  The pattern storage means holds an input notice effect pattern for executing an input notice effect that changes the contents of the effect when there is an operation input via the operation input means within each set period as the notice effect pattern. When the execution control means displays the symbol variation according to the determined variation pattern and executes the first input announcement effect according to the input announcement effect pattern, the operation input is performed within the set period in the first input announcement effect. If not, the second input notice effect different from the first input notice effect is executed in the symbol variation.

  Here, the “notice effect” may be displayed on the effect display device together with the symbol variation display, or may be displayed on a display device different from the effect display device. Alternatively, a predetermined movable object provided on the game board may be driven to indicate a high expectation level (also referred to as a “winning expectation degree”) on which the success / failure lottery is a hit based on the operation mode. The “input notice effect” changes the effect content on the condition that there is an operation input within the set period. The “change in effect contents” may change the effect state triggered by an operation input. For example, the screen may be switched from a state in which the input screen is displayed to a screen that suggests a hit expectation degree. Or you may start a predetermined operation | movement from the state which stopped the movable object which suggests a hit expectation degree. The “second input advance notice effect” is positioned as a supplementary effect that substantially functions when the “first input notice effect” does not suggest the expectation of winning (also referred to as “suggest effect”). Therefore, if the suggestion effect by the “first input notice effect” is made, it is not necessary to be executed. The “first input notice effect” and the “second input notice effect” are executed in parallel with the symbol variation, but may be set to be executable once for each symbol variation, or for each symbol variation. May be set to be executable a plurality of times. In the latter case, different contents of effects may be set for each notice effect.

  According to this aspect, when the input advance notice effect pattern is selected and the first input notice effect is executed, the player cannot see the change in the effect contents unless there is an operation input within the set period. Therefore, it is impossible to grasp the suggested content by the first input notice effect. However, since the second input advance notice effect is continuously executed, if the operation input can be performed within the set period, the player can see the change of the effect contents, and the suggestion by the second input notice effect is suggested. The contents can be grasped. That is, even if the operation input is delayed due to the player's circumstances in the input valid period corresponding to the first input advance notice effect, if the input valid period corresponding to the second input advance notice effect is met, the hit expectation degree is suggested. You can see the production. In that sense, the first input advance notice effect constitutes the main notice effect prepared to display the expected degree of expectation, whereas the second input advance notice effect exempts the player's operation delay afterwards. Configure an insurance notice effect. For this reason, it is possible to achieve a game performance that suggests a degree of expectation by a notice effect based on a player's operation input.

  The first input advance notice effect is set according to the level of expectation on which the winning / failing lottery is won, and the second input advance notice effect is set to be executable as an alternative effect of the first input notice effect. Also good. That is, the first input advance notice effect and the second input notice effect that are associated with each other may be set with the same expectation. Thus, by associating the first input advance notice effect and the second input advance notice effect, it is possible to maintain a certain correspondence between the appearance rate of the both notice effects and the winning expectation. It becomes possible to guarantee reliability as a notice effect regarding the degree of expectation.

  The first input advance notice effect is configured so that the change in the effect content does not interfere with the change display of the symbol when the effect content is changed by an operation input within the set period. In the case of being performed, the change in the production content may interfere with the display of the change in the design. On the other hand, even if the second input advance notice effect is executed after the set period for the first input notice effect, it is preferable that the change in the effect contents does not interfere with the change display of the symbol.

  “No interference” as used herein may be a mode that does not affect the display of the symbol variation at all, and although there is a portion that partially overlaps the symbol variation display, the result display of the pass / fail lottery based on the symbol is substantially displayed. It may be an embodiment that does not inhibit For example, when the first input announcement effect is displayed on the effect display device together with the symbol variation display, the symbol variation display in the development process to improve the hit expectation level and the result of the lottery decision are definitely suggested. It may be worthy of “interference” here that the notice effect is superimposed and displayed on the symbols before and after the stop display. On the other hand, it may not be worthy of “interference” here that a notice effect is superimposed and displayed on a high-speed changing symbol that does not lead to the result of the lottery result.

  According to this aspect, if the first input advance notice effect is executed after the operation input setting period, the change in the effect content interferes with the symbol variation display. Therefore, it is meaningful to provide a valid period for the operation input. On the other hand, even if the second input advance notice effect is executed after the set period for the first input notice effect, the change in the effect content does not interfere with the change display of the symbol, so that the function as an alternative effect is effectively exhibited. be able to.

  The effect aspect of the first input notice effect and the effect aspect of the second input notice effect may be configured so as not to interfere with each other. For example, the first input notice effect may be a notice effect by image display, and the second input notice effect may be a notice effect by the operation of a movable object. Alternatively, in the case where it is possible to avoid display interference with each other, for example, by eliminating duplicate display, both the notice effects may be notice effects by image display.

  In this aspect, for example, since there is no operation input in the set period of the first input advance notice effect, even if the display of the second input notice effect is started, the first input notice effect is accompanied by a change in the contents of the effect. It is assumed that the display is continued without any information. Even in such a case, since the interference between the two announcement effects can be avoided, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable.

  The effect execution control means may execute each input notice effect so that the operation input setting period in the first input notice effect and the operation input setting period in the second input notice effect do not overlap. In this way, by avoiding overlapping operation input setting periods in the relationship between the first input advance notice effect and the second input advance notice effect, it is possible to avoid simultaneous execution of the suggested effects by both notice effects. The player's consciousness can be directed to one of the suggested effects, and the effect can be effective.

  The effect execution control means displays an input screen prompting the player to perform an operation input via the operation input means in the first input advance notice effect setting period, while in the second input advance notice effect setting period, An input screen that prompts the player to perform an operation input via the operation input means may not be displayed.

  According to this aspect, since the input screen is displayed only for the first input advance notice effect, it seems to the player that the effective period of the operation input is only once in appearance. For this reason, if the operation input cannot be performed unexpectedly while the input screen is displayed, the player may feel disappointed, but the second input notice effect is provided in such a way as to relieve the operation delay. Executed. That is, the effect of the second input notice effect as a relief effect can be exhibited more remarkably.

  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 game machine of the present invention, the game can be effectively implemented in a game machine having a game that displays a predetermined notice effect on the condition of the player's operation input.

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 an Example. It is a data structure figure of the notice determination table used when determining a notice effect pattern. It is a timing chart which shows an example of the display process of a notice effect. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 6 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 7 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the notice effect execution process of S41 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 6 in detail.

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

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

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

  The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol variation display according to the variation pattern determined by the symbol determination unit 114. The main display control means 118 transmits a change start command and a change stop command to the effect determination means 132 and the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  In the variation effect pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-order symbol combination and a out-of-combination symbol combination (also referred to as “out-of-line symbol combination”) are displayed through a reach state that is a big win if one more symbols are aligned. And a pattern for displaying a jackpot symbol combination (also referred to as a “hit symbol combination”) through the reach state. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. For example, reach reach patterns such as normal reach that does not involve development in production such as background switching, and super reach that enhances reliability for jackpots, including development in production by producing a story with a specific character, etc. . Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

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

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates the transition to the 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 notice 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. In this embodiment, a comment notice effect for displaying a specific comment character string on the screen, a cut-in notice effect for instantly displaying a specific still image, and passing a group of many characters from one end of the screen to the other end. The group notice effect to be displayed on the screen, the step-up notice effect that is set so that the higher the number of steps to be displayed and the higher the number of steps, the higher the degree of expectation for the big hit, This includes a lamp notice effect that is lit or blinked for a short time, and a movable accessory notice effect that operates the movable accessory 140 for a short time. In this embodiment, each notice effect such as comment notice, cut-in notice, group notice and step-up notice displayed on the effect display device 60 as an effect image is set as the main notice (which constitutes the “first input notice effect”). Each notice effect such as a lamp notice and movable object notice executed separately from the assignment and display of the effect display device 60 is assigned as an insurance notice (which constitutes a “second input notice effect”). The main notice is positioned as a notice effect that is executed when the operation button 82 is appropriately operated. On the other hand, the insurance notice is executed as an alternative effect of the main notice when the operation button 82 is operated although it is not appropriate for the effect. These notice effect patterns include 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 one of the decorative symbols 190 stops. There is a pattern for notifying at the same time that the production is executed at a timing that is not, and the reach state is reached.

  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 to be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect and the type of the notice effect. The notice decision table is set so that a different table is referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and the result of the lottery and the notice effect are displayed so that the notice effect is displayed with a higher probability than the case of failure if the result is a winner. Correspondence of whether or not to display is determined. Thereby, the display of the notice effect itself can indicate the level of expectation for the jackpot (hereinafter also referred to as “winning expectation” as appropriate). The effect determining means 132 sends information on the determined notice effect pattern to the effect display control means 134 and the accessory control means 136.

  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, when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect, if the selected notice effect pattern is a notice effect accompanied by image display, the image is changed according to the notice effect pattern. It is displayed on the effect display device 60 so as to be added to the effect. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18. When a notice effect pattern including a lamp notice is selected, lighting or blinking of the game effect lamp 90 is displayed along the notice effect pattern. In addition, when the sound output is determined for the selected notice effect pattern, the effect display control means 134 outputs the sound determined for the notice effect pattern.

  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 according to the effect contents in the effect display device 60. When the operation of the movable accessory 140 is determined in the selected notice effect pattern, the effect display control means 134 operates the movable accessory 140 as defined in the notice effect pattern.

Next, the specific content of the notice effect which forms the main part of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of the notice determination table used when determining the notice effect pattern. (A) is a table that is referred to when the result of the success / failure lottery is a win, and (b) is a table that is referred to when the result of the success / failure lottery is missed.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to execute the normal notice effect using the notice determination table shown in the figure, and the type of the notice effect. In this embodiment, a player intervention type notice effect is set, and an input screen for requesting an operation input of the operation button 82 by the player is displayed when the notice effect is executed. For example, a mark indicating the operation button 82 may be displayed on the input screen. When the player operates the operation button 82 in a predetermined valid period in response to the input request, a notice effect according to the result of the lottery determination is executed. If the player does not operate the operation button 82 during the valid period, the execution of the notice effect is canceled as a penalty. However, even if the operation timing is delayed due to the circumstances of the player, if the operation input is made during the insurance period set after the expiration of the effective period, another notice effect is exceptionally executed. Here, for the sake of convenience, the notice effect that is executed when an appropriate operation input is made along the input screen is referred to as “main notice”, and the notice effect that is executed exceptionally when the operation input is delayed is “insurance”. This will be explained as “notice”.

  That is, the effect determination means 132 acquires a random value in the range of 0 to 255 as the notice lottery value. The notice determination table is set so that either the main notice or the insurance notice is associated with the notice lottery value. As shown in FIG. 11A, when the winning / failing lottery is won, when the notice lottery value is 0 to 19, “comment notice” is selected as the main notice, and “lamp notice a” is selected as the insurance notice. . When the notice lottery value is 20 to 59, “cut-in notice” is selected as the main notice, and “movable accessory notice a” is selected as the insurance notice. When the notice lottery value is 60 to 159, “group notice” is selected as the main notice, and “lamp notice b” is selected as the insurance notice. When the notice lottery value is 160 to 255, “step-up notice” is selected as the main notice, and “movable accessory notice b” is selected as the insurance notice. As described above, when the result of the lottery is a win, any type of the notice effect is always selected, and it is determined that the notice effect is executed with the selection.

  As shown in the drawing, when the winning / failing lottery is won, the lamp notice b is more easily selected than the lamp notice a, and the movable accessory notice b is more easily selected than the movable object notice a. Therefore, if the lamp notice b is displayed for the lamp notice and the movable accessory notice b is displayed for the movable accessory notice, the player has a greater expectation for the jackpot. In the present embodiment, the lamp notice a keeps the game effect lamp 90 brightly lit so that the difference in expectation can be expressed in the production, while the lamp notice b causes the game effect lamp 90 to flash intensely with high brightness. It has become. In addition, the movable accessory announcement a stays to slightly move the movable accessory 140, while the movable accessory announcement b causes the movable accessory 140 to operate violently.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, when the winning / not-winning lottery is out, when the notice lottery value is 0 to 199, “no notice” is selected. That is, neither the main notice nor the insurance notice is executed. When the notice lottery value is 200 to 229, “comment notice” is selected as the main notice, and “lamp notice a” is selected as the insurance notice. When the notice lottery value is 230 to 244, “cut-in notice” is selected as the main notice, and “movable accessory notice a” is selected as the insurance notice. When the notice lottery value is 245 to 249, “group notice” is selected as the main notice, and “lamp notice b” is selected as the insurance notice. When the notice lottery value is 250 to 255, “step-up notice” is selected as the main notice, and “movable accessory notice b” is selected as the insurance notice.

  As described above, when the result of the lottery determination is out of date, it is determined that the notice effect is not executed when the notice lottery value is 0 to 199, and the notice effect is executed when the notice lottery value is 200 to 255. The In other words, when the result of the lottery is not good, the notice effect is executed with a probability of 56/256. On the contrary, when the result of the lottery is winning, the notice effect is executed with a probability of 256/256, that is, 100%. Therefore, if the notice effect is displayed on the screen, the probability of the jackpot is relatively high and the jackpot is generated. Can suggest that. Therefore, when the notice effect is displayed, the player has an expectation for the jackpot. In addition, in this embodiment, when the result of the lottery decision is not true, the comment notice and the cut-in notice are relatively easy to select in the notice effect, and when the result of the result lottery is successful, the group notice and Step-up notice is set relatively easily. Therefore, when the group notice or the step-up notice is displayed, the player has a great expectation for the jackpot.

  When the effect determining means 132 determines the notice effect pattern by the notice lottery in this way, the main notice pattern data and the corresponding insurance notice pattern data are transmitted to the effect display control means 134 and the accessory control means 136, respectively. To do. In addition to the pattern data, the effect display control means 134 holds pattern data for displaying an input screen. After the input screen is displayed, the main display according to the operation input of the operation button 82 is displayed. Produce notice or insurance notice. When the insurance advance notice is a movable accessory announcement, the accessory control means 136 controls the operation of the movable accessory 140 in accordance with the operation input of the operation button 82. When there is no operation input itself, execution of these notice effects is canceled.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing an example of the display process of the notice effect. In the figure, the main notice display state and the insurance notice execution state are shown from the top. The horizontal axis of the figure represents the passage of time.
In the illustrated example, a notice effect pattern in which a main notice A (for example, a comment notice) and an insurance notice a (for example, a lamp notice a) are associated with each other is selected in the notice lottery. An input screen that prompts the player to input the operation button 82 is displayed. Even if there is no operation input of the operation button 82, this input screen is displayed until the time t3 when the main effective period (setting period: for example, 5 seconds) for displaying the main notice A has elapsed. In the example shown in the figure, since the operation input of the operation button 82 is performed at time t2 within the main effective period, the input screen is turned off at that time, and the display of the determined notice A is started. At this time, since the main notice is displayed, the display of the insurance notice is canceled (see the broken line). That is, if there is no operation input of the operation button 82, the insurance advance notice a is executed if there is an operation input in the insurance effective period (time t4 to t5) after the main effective period elapses. The execution has been canceled.

  Thereafter, a notice effect pattern in which the main notice B (for example, cut-in notice) and the insurance notice b (for example, movable object notice a) are associated with each other is selected in the notice lottery corresponding to the next symbol variation. While the change is started, an input screen for prompting the player to input the operation button 82 is displayed. Here, due to the operation delay of the operation button 82 by the player, the operation input is not in time by time t7 when the main effective period elapses, and the operation input is performed at time t9 in the subsequent insurance effective period (setting period: 3 seconds, for example). Has been made. For this reason, the display of the main notice B is canceled and the insurance notice b is executed instead. That is, the movable accessory 140 is driven by the accessory control means 136, and an effect that suggests the degree of expectation of the hit is made.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine.
First, processing is performed when the game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or the like, or when the game ball has passed the operation port 68 (S10). And if it is not in special game (N of S12), control processing of normal games, such as a lottery determination, will be performed (S14). If it is during the special game (Y in S12), a special game control process is executed (S16), and award ball payout according to various winnings in the processes from S10 to S16 is processed (S18).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change pattern data. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S39). If the announcement effect is set (Y in S40), the selected announcement is performed. A notice effect according to the effect pattern is executed (S41). If the notice effect is not set (N in S40), S41 is skipped. When the symbol variation display is not started (N of S38), S39 to S41 are skipped.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG.
First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S46), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). The effect determining means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S52), and A notice effect (main notice and insurance notice) is set by the notice lottery (S54).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail the notice effect execution process of S41 in FIG. If the notice effect has not been started (N in S100), the effect display control means 134 displays an input screen that prompts the player to input the operation button 82 (S102). At this time, the time counter set in the predetermined area on the RAM is turned on (S104), and the elapse of the effective period is measured.

  On the other hand, if the notice effect has already been started (Y in S100) and neither the main notice nor the insurance notice has been started (N in S106), the effect display control means 134 refers to the time counter. It is determined whether or not the main effective period has elapsed. At this time, when there is an operation input of the operation button 82 within the main effective period (N in S108, Y in S110), the effect display control means 134 starts displaying the determined main notice (S112). If there is no operation input, the process of S112 is skipped. If either the main notice or the insurance notice is being executed (Y in S106), the subsequent processing is skipped.

  If the main effective period has elapsed (Y in S108), if the input screen is displayed, the display is turned off (S114). At this time, if there is an operation input of the operation button 82 within the insurance effective period even though the input screen is not displayed (N in S116, Y in S118), the determined insurance notice is executed. (S120). That is, when the lamp notice is determined as the insurance notice, the effect display control means 134 controls the display, and when the movable accessory notice is decided, the accessory control means 136 controls the operation. . When there is no operation input (N of S118), the process of S120 is skipped. If the insurance effective period has passed without an operation input from the operation button 82 (Y in S116), the time counter is cleared and the process is terminated (S122).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. First, if the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special prize opening 66 (S74). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). When the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

  If the final round (the number of unit game rounds is 15) has been reached after the closing of the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), The special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). The specific game execution means 122 shifts the game state to the specific game and starts execution of a short time (S88). Further, if the special game to be ended is accompanied by a probability change transition, the probability change is executed. If the number of rounds has not reached the final round (N of S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S90).

  As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the input screen is displayed when the main notice effect is displayed, and the player is prompted to input the operation button 82. If the player wishes to display the notice effect, but the operation input within the effective period is not in time, the input screen will be erased, and the player will get an indication of the expected degree of expectation from the main notice. Can not. However, after the effective period for displaying the insurance notice is provided and the input screen is not displayed, if the operation input is made within the effective period, the player gets an indication of the expected expectation by the insurance notice. be able to. In other words, even if the operation input is delayed due to the circumstances of the player due to the input valid period corresponding to the main notice, if the input valid period corresponding to the insurance notice is in time, you can see the effect that suggests the expected level of success, It is possible to achieve the game performance that suggests the expected degree of hitting by the notice effect on the condition of the player's operation input. In addition, the main notice is an effect displayed on the effect display device 60 together with the symbol variation, whereas the insurance notice is an effect by the game effect lamp 90 or the movable accessory 140 and does not interfere with the symbol variation. For this reason, even if the input valid period is substantially extended by executing the insurance notice, there is an advantage that the progress of the game is not hindered and the realization is high.

  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. Below, the modification is described.

(Modification 1)
In the said Example, the example which displays one type of main notice effect for every symbol fluctuation was shown. In the modified example, a plurality of types of main notice effects may be sequentially displayed during the period of the symbol 1 variation. In that case, an insurance notice is associated with each main notice. For example, the main notice A and the main notice B shown in FIG. 5 may be displayed in the same symbol variation process. In this case, even if the display of the main notice A is canceled and the insurance notice a is executed, the insurance notice a and the main notice B are prevented from interfering with each other. There is no problem if the insurance notice does not interfere with the main notice, such as a lamp notice or a movable accessory notice, as in the above embodiment. On the other hand, when the insurance notice a is also displayed on the effect display device 60, a display time difference that can avoid interference with the main notice B may be provided. If there is no such time difference and both notice effects interfere with the start of display, the main notice may be displayed preferentially. That is, the display of the insurance notice may be interrupted, or when the display of the subsequent main notice is determined, the display of the previous insurance notice itself may be canceled.

(Modification 2)
In the above embodiment, the combination of the main notice type and the insurance notice type is set in advance, and the notice lottery value is assigned according to the result of the success / failure lottery. In a modified example, the notice lottery value may be assigned to each of the main notice type and the insurance notice type without associating them with 1: 1. For example, for the main notice, allocation of the notice lottery value corresponding to the result of the success / failure lottery is set in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment (see FIG. 4), while for the insurance notice, the appearance frequency may be set lower. Good. For example, in the table that is referenced when the result of the lottery is successful, the insurance notice is associated with the main notice, and in the table that is referenced in the case of losing, the insurance notice is associated with the main notice. An unpatterned pattern may be provided. That is, when the result of the lottery determination is out of date, a pattern is formed in which the insurance notice is not executed even when the main notice is displayed. Thereby, the expectation degree when the insurance notice is executed is relatively increased. According to such an aspect, the player dares to cancel the main notice and perform operation input during the insurance validity period, and as a result, it is possible to predict the expected degree of winning depending on whether or not the insurance notice is executed New playability is created.

(Modification 3)
In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine has been shown, but the present invention can also be applied to other types of gaming machines having the function of the first type pachinko gaming machine. For example, the present invention can be applied to a multi-function machine in which a plurality of first type pachinko gaming machines are mixed. In addition, a complex that provides a game corresponding to a special game in the first type pachinko gaming machine as the first special game, and a game corresponding to a special game in the second type pachinko game machine as the second special game. It can also be applied to the machine.

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 production display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start ports, 66 large winning ports, 68 operating ports, 72 general winning ports, 82 operation buttons, 90 game effect lamps , 100 game control device, 102 main board, 104 sub board, 112 pass / fail lottery means, 115 variation pattern determining means, 120 special game control means, 130 pattern storage means, 131 symbol form determining means, 132 effect determining means, 134 effect display Control means, 136 accessory control means, 140 movable accessory, 190 decorative symbol, 192 special symbol.

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A game board in which a game area is formed;
A starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area and allowing a game ball to enter;
A winning / failing lottery means for executing a winning / failing lottery triggered by entering the starting opening;
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the success / failure lottery is displayed in a variable manner.
Special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, triggered by the result of the winning / failing lottery,
A plurality of variation patterns in which a variation process and a production process from the start to stop of the symbol are defined, and a high expectation that the success / failure lottery is won while the symbol variation display is made in advance A pattern storage means for holding a plurality of notice effect patterns in which a production process of the suggested notice effect is suggested;
When a variation pattern to be displayed on the effect display device is selected by lottery from the plurality of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery, while determining whether or not to execute the advance notice effect and making a decision to execute Includes an effect determining means for selecting one of the plurality of notice effect patterns by lottery,
An effect execution control means for displaying the change in the design according to the change pattern on the effect display device and executing the notice effect according to the notice effect pattern;
An operation input means for receiving an operation input by a player,
The pattern storage means holds, as the notice effect pattern, an input notice effect pattern for executing an input notice effect that changes the effect contents when there is an operation input via the operation input means within a set period, respectively. And
In the case where the effect execution control means displays the symbol variation according to the determined variation pattern and executes the first input notice effect according to the input notice effect pattern, within the set period of the first input notice effect. When there is no operation input, a bullet ball game machine that executes a second input notice effect different from the first input notice effect in the symbol variation.   The first input advance notice effect is set according to the level of expectation on which the success / failure lottery is won, and the second input advance notice effect is set to be executable as an alternative effect of the first input notice effect. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein The first input advance notice effect is configured so that, when the content of the effect is changed by the operation input within the setting period, the change in the effect content does not interfere with the display of the change in the design. If it is executed after the period, the change in the production content interferes with the change display of the symbol,
The second input advance notice effect is configured such that even if the second input notice effect is executed after a set period of the first input notice effect, a change in the effect content does not interfere with a change display of a symbol. A bullet ball game machine according to 1 or 2.   4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an effect mode of the first input announcement effect and an effect mode of the second input notice effect do not interfere with each other. 5. Ball game machine.   The effect execution control means executes each input notice effect so that the setting period of the operation input in the first input notice effect and the setting period of the operation input in the second input notice effect do not overlap. The bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:   The effect execution control means displays an input screen for prompting the player to perform an operation input via the operation input means during the first input advance notice effect setting period, while setting the second input advance notice effect. 6. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein an input screen that prompts the player to perform an operation input via the operation input unit is not displayed during the period.

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