JP2010268911A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an effective presentation over a plurality of times of symbol variation. <P>SOLUTION: In the presentation in the Pachinko game machine 10, at least one of a plurality of symbols is displayed in association with a pattern for decorating the symbol. A presentation determining means 132 determines a display mode of the pattern in each symbol variation according to the result of a winning lottery to suggest a prescribed stopping mode of a plurality of symbols in the final symbol variation by partially changing the outside appearance of the pattern to gradually present a different outside appearance over a plurality of times of symbol variation according to a plurality of results included in reserved results of winning lotteries. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique for controlling screen display contents in a ball game machine.

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

JP 2003-230714 A

  In many ball game machines, a ball entering the starting port triggers a change in symbol. In this case, since the ball may enter even during the symbol variation, the reserved ball indicating that the symbol is waiting for the symbol variation is held with the predetermined number as an upper limit. By holding the reserved ball, it is possible to continuously execute the design variation and the effects accompanying the variation without interruption. Therefore, in a situation where it is certain that the holding ball is held and the symbol variation is continuously executed, it is not a single effect produced by each symbol variation, but a continuous content that is connected. A symbol variation effect can also be executed. However, it is not always possible to immediately increase the player's expectation by simply executing a symbol variation effect that is continuous in content. In other words, if a real experience that a big hit occurs with a relatively high probability as a result of successive productions is sometimes not obtained, the player will simply perceive that the player's expectation is merely an effect. Rather, it may diminish expectations. Also, if the presence or absence of hits can be determined internally in advance as the ending of a continuous performance, instead of continuing the performance in a random manner, the player's expectation is directed to the ending over multiple symbol variations. It can be increased or increased or decreased from moment to moment. In this way, the present inventor has come to recognize the problem of searching for a configuration and a control method for realizing an effective presentation over a plurality of symbol variations.

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-mentioned problem recognition of the present inventor, and its purpose is to decorate a symbol indicating the result of the lottery over the symbol variation continuously executed corresponding to the holding ball. It is to realize a bullet ball game machine that suggests a result of a lottery for a holding ball by gradually changing the appearance of a picture to be performed to approach a predetermined display mode.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. A winning lottery means for executing a winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting prize port, Each of the plurality of symbols for indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery display is variably displayed, and at least one of the plurality of symbols is displayed in association with the pattern for decorating the symbol, A design mode determining unit that determines a stop mode of each of the plurality of symbols according to the result, an effect determining unit that determines a display mode of the pattern according to the result of the lottery, and a plurality of symbols according to a predetermined variation pattern Production table An effect display control means for displaying on the device, stopping the variable display of each symbol in the stop mode, and displaying the pattern in the display mode in association with at least one of the plurality of symbols, and the result of the success / failure lottery is special A special game control means for executing a special game when a plurality of symbols are stopped and displayed in a combination of the same symbols, and when a new winning lottery is executed And a holding control means for holding the new winning / failing lottery result until the start of the changing display of the symbol corresponding to the winning / failing lottery result when the symbol corresponding to the winning / losing lottery is displayed. The effect determining means partially changes the appearance of each of the symbols to be displayed at least at a predetermined position over a plurality of symbol variations corresponding to each of the plurality of symbol variations included in the held result determination result. Then, by gradually presenting another appearance, the display mode of the pattern in each symbol variation is determined according to the result of the lottery so as to suggest a predetermined stop mode of the plurality of symbols in the last symbol variation.

  The “symbol” is an image intended to show the result of the lottery determination, and may be an image showing a number, for example. The “picture” is an image displayed on the effect display device in association with the design in order to decorate at least one of the plurality of designs. This symbol may suggest a stop mode of the symbol that is variably displayed in each symbol variation. Further, the pattern is displayed in a predetermined area in the effect display area during at least a part of the period in which the pattern is variably displayed. For example, it may be displayed in the predetermined area over the entire period of the symbol variation, or may be displayed at a position that is constantly different with the variation of the symbol. Further, the symbol may be displayed integrally with the symbol in at least a part of the period in which the symbol is variably displayed. In addition, a different pattern may be displayed for each symbol to be decorated, or a pattern common to all symbols may be displayed. The picture may be an image representing a predetermined character or motif. Furthermore, the pattern may be an image that is not intended to decorate the pattern, for example, an image that is different from a background image in the production.

  The “pending / failing lottery result held” may be a random number value, which is a random number value, or may be a true / false determination result indicating whether the winning lottery value and the success / failure range are determined. The “results for a plurality of times included in the held result determination lottery result” may be all of the results of the result determination lottery held in the hold control unit, or may be a part of them. “About the design, the appearance of the design is changed partially over each design variation to gradually give a different appearance” means that the design is a partial change of the display design in the design variation executed earlier in time. May be set in advance as a display pattern in a pattern variation to be executed later in time, and the display pattern may be sequentially switched as the pattern variation progresses. The “predetermined stop mode of multiple symbols in the last symbol variation” is the symbol variation corresponding to the result of lottery that was held last in time among the results for multiple times included in the result of lottery that was held May be a specific stop mode at the end of symbol variation. For example, the stop mode may indicate “winning”, “outgoing through reach state”, “outgoing without reaching reach”, or the like. “Suggesting a stop mode” may be to make the player feel as a highly likely stop mode.

  According to this aspect, the results for a plurality of times included in the held result determination lottery result are usually acquired immediately before the start of the symbol variation corresponding to each of the results for the plurality of times, and the results for the plurality of times are handled. Acquired at the same time before starting any of the multiple symbol variations. In other words, so-called prefetching is performed on the result of the lottery that has been put on hold. Then, in a plurality of symbol variations executed sequentially corresponding to the results of the plurality of times, the appearance of the symbol is gradually changed over each symbol variation, instead of returning the appearance of the symbol to the original at the end of each symbol variation. To change. In this way, the display pattern in each symbol variation is used not only to decorate the symbol in each symbol variation but also to suggest a connection between each symbol variation, and the process of multiple symbol variations It can contribute to the improvement of the production effect in the whole. In other words, continuous effects with similar designs are realized in different symbol variations. Therefore, a new variation of the production will be added, and it is possible to provide the player with a novel gameplay and to enhance its interest.

  In addition, according to the above aspect, the display of the pattern in each symbol variation is such that the change in the appearance of the symbol over a plurality of symbol variations suggests the predetermined stop mode in the last symbol variation, in other words, the result of prefetching. An aspect is determined. Note that the pre-reading is executed so that the predetermined stop mode in the last symbol variation is accurately suggested, and the display mode of the pattern is determined. In other words, the display pattern in each symbol variation is not only to suggest a stop mode in each symbol variation, but between the symbol variation executed earlier in time and the symbol variation executed later in time. It is possible to give a gaming meaning to the change of the display picture between the two, and contribute to the improvement of the effect in the entire process of the plurality of symbol changes. This makes it easier for the player to pay attention to the display mode of the pattern in each of the plurality of symbol variations, and can give the player a sense of expectation over the plurality of symbol variations.

  The effect determining means displays the display mode of the pattern in each pattern variation according to the result of the lottery so as to suggest a predetermined stop mode with higher accuracy as the degree of change in the appearance of the pattern over a plurality of times of pattern variation is larger. May be determined. The “degree of change in the appearance of the pattern over multiple symbol variations” may be the magnitude of the difference between the initial state of the symbol and the display state of the symbol after multiple symbol variations. “Indicates a predetermined stop mode with high accuracy” means that, when the last symbol variation becomes the predetermined stop mode, the pattern in each symbol variation increases with a high probability so that the degree of change in the appearance of the symbol increases. The display mode may be determined. In addition, when the appearance of the pattern is changed stepwise over multiple symbol variations, and the last symbol variation is in a predetermined stop mode, the appearance of the symbol across multiple symbol variations is highly likely. The change may be continued.

  According to this aspect, the greater the difference between the pattern display mode in the pattern variation executed earlier in time and the pattern display mode in the pattern variation performed later in time, the more reliable the game state suggestive effect is The degree will be improved. Thereby, a new variation of the production is added, a novel gameability can be provided to the player, and the interest can be enhanced. In addition, it becomes easier for the player to focus on the degree of change in the display mode of the pattern over a plurality of symbol variations, and the player's expectation can be felt over the plurality of symbol variations.

  The effect determining means temporarily holds the display mode of the pattern in one symbol variation when one symbol variation is executed among a plurality of symbol variations, and after the completion of one symbol variation, the next symbol variation is performed. When the variation is executed, the display mode in which the appearance is changed starting from the display mode of the pattern in one symbol variation may be determined as the display mode of the pattern in the next symbol variation. “From the display mode of the pattern in one symbol variation as a starting point” may be to display the display mode of the pattern at the time of stoppage of the one symbol variation as the initial state of the pattern in the next symbol variation. According to this aspect, the display mode of the pattern in the symbol variation executed first in time is held until the next symbol variation, and in the next symbol variation, the display of the pattern is started from the retained pattern display mode. Aspects can vary.

  The effect determining means is a lottery to determine whether or not to change the appearance of the next symbol variation executed after the end of the symbol variation among a plurality of symbol variations, starting from the display mode of the symbol in one symbol variation. Further determining according to the result, the effect display control means displays the next symbol variation when it is decided to change the appearance of the next symbol variation based on the display mode of the symbol in the one symbol variation In this case, the appearance may be changed starting from the display mode of the pattern in one pattern change without returning the display mode of the pattern to its initial state. According to this aspect, for each symbol variation, it is specified whether or not to change the symbol display mode starting from the symbol display mode in the previous symbol variation. Then, whether or not the display mode of the pattern is continuously changed according to the designation can be controlled every time the pattern changes. When the effect due to the pattern is to be stopped, for example, when the result of the prejudice determination is changed due to a change in the validity range, the presence / absence of the effect due to the pattern can be flexibly adjusted.

  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, it is possible to achieve an effective effect over a plurality of symbol variations that are continuously executed in response to a reserved ball.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows the pattern image in a present Example. It is a figure which shows the structure of a picture production | presentation determination table. It is a figure which shows typically the effect image displayed on an effect display apparatus. 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. 7 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the pattern determination process of S35 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the fluctuation | variation display process of S40 in FIG. 8 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 7 in detail.

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

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending 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 this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, a design storage unit 133, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  The variation production pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-order symbol combination, a pattern for displaying an out-of-order symbol combination after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a reach state. A pattern for displaying a jackpot symbol combination is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

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

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

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the notice effect pattern is 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 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

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

  In the game control apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, a so-called pre-reading notice effect is executed with respect to the result of the lottery determination lottery held by the hold control means 116. Specifically, in each symbol variation, an effect of displaying a display object such as a character or an item (hereinafter also referred to as “pattern” as appropriate) in association with at least one decorative symbol (hereinafter referred to as “pattern effect” as appropriate). Also called). This design effect is an effect that suggests the stop symbol in the last symbol variation by gradually changing the appearance of the symbol in the continuously executed symbol variation, against the result of the lottery of the lottery that was put on hold. is there. In the following, the configuration of the success / failure lottery means 112, the symbol determination means 114, the variation pattern determination means 115, the symbol pattern determination means 131, the effect determination means 132, the picture storage means 133, and the effect display control means 134 for realizing the picture effect. Will be explained.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 is triggered by a predetermined event for at least some of the success / failure lottery values held by the hold control means 116 (hereinafter also referred to as “holding lottery values” as appropriate). It is determined at a time whether or not each winning lottery value is a win. In other words, a so-called prefetch process is executed for a plurality of pending lottery values. For example, when the four winning / failing lottery values are held in the holding control means 116, the winning / failing determination may be performed for each of the four winning / losing lottery values at a time. The event that triggers the prefetch process is not particularly limited, and may be that the number of holds in the hold control unit 116 reaches an upper limit, or that other game state conditions or time conditions are satisfied.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires the symbol determination lottery value for each reserved lottery value, and stops the special symbol corresponding to each reserved lottery value according to the determination result and the symbol determination lottery value for each reserved lottery value. Determine the design. The variation pattern determining means 115 determines the variation pattern of the special symbol corresponding to each reserved lottery value according to the determination result of each retained lottery value and the special symbol stop symbol.

  The symbol form determining means 131 is configured to display the decorative symbol to be displayed with the symbol variation corresponding to each reserved lottery value in accordance with the determination result of at least one reserved lottery value, the stop symbol of the special symbol, and the variation pattern of the special symbol. The combination and arrangement of stop symbols (hereinafter also simply referred to as “decorative symbol stop mode”) are determined. It should be noted that the symbol variation corresponding to the last reserved lottery value among the reserved lottery values subject to prefetching is appropriately referred to as “target variation”.

  The pattern storage means 133 holds pattern data to be displayed on the effect display device 60. FIG. 4 shows a pattern image in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, pattern data having a crystal motif is stored, and data of four patterns indicating different degrees of cracks are stored. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the crack level is set to gradually increase in the order of picture level 1 <design level 2 <design level 3 <design level 4.

  The effect determination means 132 determines the variation pattern of the decorative symbol in the symbol variation corresponding to each reserved lottery value according to the determination result of the at least one reserved lottery value, the stop symbol of the special symbol, and the variation pattern of the special symbol. . At the same time, at the start of each symbol variation, each symbol variation is referred to according to the determination result of at least one reserved lottery value, the special symbol stop symbol, and the special symbol variation pattern with reference to the symbol effect determination table described later. The display mode of the pattern to be displayed is determined. In this embodiment, it is determined which of the four types of patterns stored in the pattern storage unit 133 is to be displayed. Then, the identification display control means 134 is notified of the identification data of the pattern to be displayed with each symbol variation.

  FIG. 5 shows the structure of the design effect determination table. The target fluctuation column in the figure shows the stop mode of the target fluctuation. The pattern effect continuation probability column indicates the continuation probability of the pattern effect for each stop mode of the target change. For example, if the target variation is the symbol variation corresponding to the fourth reserved lottery value and the stop mode of the target variation is win, the second variation from the symbol variation (first variation) corresponding to the first reserved lottery value The continuation probability of the pattern effect between the symbol variations (second variation) corresponding to the reserved lottery value, the continuation probability of the symbol effect between the symbol variations (third variation) corresponding to the third retained lottery value from the second variation, The symbol variation (fourth variation) corresponding to the third to fourth retained lottery value, that is, the continuation probability of the pattern effect between the target variations is 100%. In addition, when the target variation becomes reach but the stop mode is out of place, in other words, when the target variation stop mode is reach reach, the continuation probability of the pattern effect between the first variation and the second variation, The continuation probability of the pattern effect between the second change and the third change, and the continuation probability of the pattern effect between the third change and the fourth change are both 70%. In the design effect determination table, instead of the target variation stop mode, that is, the determination result, the combination of the success / failure lottery value and the symbol determination lottery value may be associated with the continuation probability of the design effect.

  Specific processing in the effect determining unit 132 will be described. Here, it is assumed that the target fluctuation is the fourth fluctuation. The effect determination means 132 refers to the data when the lottery result, the special symbol, and the decorative pattern stop mode are determined by pre-reading, and the symbol variation before reach target variation, that is, the symbol variation before reach variation, that is, It is determined whether a win or reach is included. In the case where the design variation more than reach is included, the effect determining means 132 stops the pattern effect. If the pattern variation of reach or higher is not included, it is determined to change the display mode of the pattern from the pattern level 1 to the pattern level 2 as the pattern effect in the first variation. At this time, referring to the design effect determination table, it is determined whether or not to continue the design effect from the first change to the second change according to the design effect continuation probability associated with the stop mode of the target change. To do.

  When the design effect is continued, the effect determining means 132 stores the identification data of the pattern level 2 in a predetermined storage area as the display mode of the design at that time when the first fluctuation is stopped. When the second variation is started, the effect determining unit 132 refers to the identification data of the pattern at the previous variation stored in the predetermined storage area, and sets the display mode of the pattern as the pattern effect in the second variation. Decide to change from level 2 to design level 3. At this time, with reference to the design effect determination table, it is determined whether or not to continue the design effect from the second change to the third change according to the design effect continuation probability associated with the stop mode of the target change. To do. In this way, the effect determining means 132 determines the display mode of the pattern to be displayed with each symbol variation for each of the plurality of symbol variations corresponding to the prefetched reserved lottery value.

  The effect determining means 132 executes an effect that the crystal, which is the motif of the pattern, is crushed when the reach state is reached in the target variation, and also indicates that the decorative pattern display mode has a higher expectation than before. Change to the mode. Further, when the display pattern becomes the pattern level 4, since there is no pattern higher than that level, the effect determining means 132 always determines that the pattern effect is not continued. Therefore, when the fourth variation is finished and the next symbol variation is started, the pattern level 1 is displayed.

  The effect display control means 134 acquires the data of the change effect pattern notified from the effect determination means 132 from the pattern storage means 130, and the effect display device 60 generates the effect image of the symbol change corresponding to each of the plurality of reserved lottery values. Display. At the same time, in each symbol variation, the pattern data corresponding to the pattern identification data notified from the effect determining means 132 is acquired from the pattern storage means 133 and the effect display device 60 displays the pattern.

  FIG. 6 schematically shows an effect image displayed on the effect display device 60. The figure shows the first to fourth fluctuations corresponding to the four holding lottery values held in the holding control means 116, and shows that the pattern level increases one by one every time it passes through the pattern fluctuation. Yes. In the figure, a common pattern with a crystal as a motif is fixedly displayed at a predetermined position, and is variably displayed so that plural kinds of patterns are switched within each pattern. That is, the decorative pattern that fluctuates and the pattern that stops are displayed in a continuously integrated manner. It should be noted that the character image shown in the figure is not a pattern referred to in the present embodiment, but a so-called background image not intended for the decoration of the pattern.

  FIG. 6A shows the display state during the first variation, and the decorative symbol is variably displayed in the pattern level 1. During this first change, the display mode of the picture is switched from the picture level 1 to the picture level 2. FIG. 6B shows a display state at the end of the first variation, and the decorative symbol is stopped and displayed in the pattern level 2. FIG. 6C shows the display state during the second variation, and the decorative symbol is variably displayed in the pattern level 2. During this second change, the display mode of the picture is switched from the picture level 2 to the picture level 3. FIG. 6D shows the display state at the end of the second variation, and the decorative symbol is stopped and displayed in the pattern level 3. FIG. 6E shows the display state during the third variation, and the decorative symbol is variably displayed in the pattern level 3. During the third change, the display mode of the picture is switched from the picture level 3 to the picture level 4. (F) of FIG. 6 shows the display state at the time of the end of the third variation, and the decorative symbol is stopped and displayed in the pattern level 4. FIG. 6G shows the display state during the fourth variation, and the decorative symbol is variably displayed in the pattern level 4. If the decorative pattern reaches a reach state during the fourth variation, the crystal that is the motif of the pattern is broken, and the display mode of the decorative pattern is changed to a predetermined display mode with higher expectation. (H) of FIG. 6 shows the display state when the reach state is reached in the fourth variation, and a decorative pattern having a higher expectation is displayed in the reach state.

  As shown in FIG. 6, by gradually changing the display mode of the pattern over the first to fourth variations, it is suggested to the player that there is a high possibility of winning in the near future symbol variation. It is possible to gradually improve the player's expectation every time the design fluctuates. In addition, since the pattern is fixedly displayed at a predetermined position, it becomes easier for the player to recognize the process of the pattern change over a plurality of pattern variations.

  As a modification of the production content shown in FIG. 6, when the variation range of a plurality of types of symbols is large, the plurality of types of symbols may not be limited to the inside of the design but may be displayed variably over the outside of the design. In this case, when the decorative pattern which fluctuates is displayed at the display position of the pattern where it stops, it is displayed in an integrated manner with the pattern. This is an example in the case where the design does not follow the variation of the decorative design, but as another modification, the design associated with each design following the design that is displayed in a variable manner may also be displayed in a variable manner. In this case, the fluctuating decorative pattern and the fluctuating pattern are displayed in an integrated manner. As yet another modification, the timing at which the pattern display mode is switched may be when the symbol variation is stopped.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when the game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (N in S12), control processing for normal games such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if a special game is in progress (Y in S12), control processing for special game is executed (S16), from S10 to S16 In step S18, a prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 8 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). Depending on the result of the determination process, the effect determination unit 132 executes a pattern determination process described later (S35). Then, the main display control means 118 starts the variable display according to the result of the success / failure determination process, and transmits the fluctuation start command to the effect display control means 134. In accordance with the pattern data, the variable display of the pattern is started (S36). If the winning / losing 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 to S36. Processing up to is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S38), a variation display process described later is executed (S40). When the symbol variation display is not started (N of S38), the process of S40 is skipped.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, a plurality of the lottery values for which the success / failure lottery means 112 are held are read (S42), and the success / failure is determined based on the respective lottery values (S44). The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol in the symbol variation corresponding to each winning / failing lottery result based on each winning / failing determination result (S46). The variation pattern determining means 115 selects the variation pattern of the special symbol in the symbol variation corresponding to each winning / failing lottery result (S48). The symbol form determining means 131 determines the decorative symbol stop mode in the symbol variation corresponding to each winning / failing lottery result, based on the result determination and the special symbol (S50). The effect determining means 132 selects a decorative pattern variation pattern in each symbol variation according to the decorative symbol stop mode in symbol variation corresponding to each winning / failing lottery result (S52). In the above description, the processing flow of the success / failure determination processing by prefetching has been described. However, if prefetching is not executed, the processing from S42 to S52 may be executed for one winning / losing lottery result held at the top.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the picture determination process of S35 in FIG. Corresponding to the design variation subject to prefetching (Y in S60), if the reach state does not exist before the target variation, that is, if there is no hit or reach failure before the target variation (Y in S62), production determining means Reference numeral 132 refers to the display state of the symbol in the previous symbol variation (S64), and determines the display state of the symbol in the current symbol variation (S66). For example, when the display state of the pattern in the previous symbol variation is the symbol level 1, the display state of the symbol in the current symbol variation is set to the symbol level 2 in which the symbol level is increased by one. Next, the effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to continue the pattern effect between the current symbol variation and the next symbol variation (S68). If the change is not the symbol subject to prefetching (N in S60), or if the reach state exists before the target change (N in S62), the flow of S35 is terminated.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the variation display process of S40 in FIG. The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the symbol variation and also displays the design designated by the effect determining means 132 (S100). When a predetermined condition for stopping the symbol variation is satisfied, such as when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the symbol variation (Y in S102), the effect display control means 134 stops the symbol variation (S104). If the stopped symbol variation is the symbol variation subject to prefetching (Y in S106), and it is determined in the effect determining means 132 that the pattern effect is to be continued (Y in S108), the effect display control means 134 Maintains the display state of the pattern even after the symbol fluctuation is stopped (S110). Then, the effect determining unit 132 temporarily saves the display state of the pattern in a predetermined storage area (S112). If it is determined in the effect determining means 132 that the pattern effect is not continued (N in S108), the effect display control means 134 returns the display state of the pattern to the initial state (S114), and ends the flow of S40. If the predetermined condition for stopping the symbol variation is not satisfied (N in S102), or if the symbol variation that has been stopped is not the symbol variation subject to prefetching (N in S106), the flow of S40 is terminated.

  FIG. 12 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 number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after closing the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). If the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S90).

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

  A first modification will be described. In said Example, the display mode of the pattern for decorating each of a some decoration design was common among each decoration design. In other words, the design associated with each decorative design changed its appearance in the same manner over multiple symbol variations. In a modification, a part of a plurality of designs may change the appearance in each design variation. For example, in the first variation, the appearance of the pattern corresponding to the left decorative design is changed, in the second variation, the appearance of the design corresponding to the central decorative design is changed, and in the third variation, the appearance of the right decorative design is changed. The appearance of the corresponding pattern may be changed. In this case, it may be suggested that the target variation becomes a predetermined stop mode with higher accuracy as the number of the patterns whose appearance is changed increases. That is, when the target variation is a predetermined stop mode, the above-described picture effect may be continued with a high probability.

  A second modification will be described. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the pattern effect may be executed with a higher probability as the number of winning / failing lottery values held by the holding control means 116 is larger. For example, the success / failure lottery means 112 may execute the prefetching process for the retained success / failure lottery value with a higher probability as the number of retained success / failure lottery values increases. In addition, the effect determination unit 132 may execute the pattern determination process with a higher probability as the number of the determined winning / failing lottery values increases. According to this modified example, it is easy to ensure a long execution period of the design effect, that is, it is easy to secure the number of symbol variations that gradually change the appearance of the design. Thereby, a suitable picture production | presentation can be implement | achieved and a player's sense of expectation can be given over comparatively long multiple times of symbol fluctuations. In addition, although it is preferable that the probability is relatively low, even if the number of reserved lottery winning / rejecting values is small, leaving a room for the performance of the picture production may cause a reach to occur at a time when the player does not expect it. It can be generated, and a monotonous picture production can be avoided and a novel gameplay can be provided.

  A third modification will be described. In the above embodiment, when the pre-reading of the reserved lottery value is executed by the success / failure lottery means 112, the design effect is executed by the effect determination means 132. In a modified example, the pre-fetching of the reserved lottery value is executed in the winning / no-use lottery means 112, and the design effect may be executed with a high probability in the effect determination means 132 when the target fluctuation is in a predetermined stop mode. For example, with regard to the stop mode of target fluctuation, the execution probability of the pattern effect may be set larger in the order of hit, reach off and reach off. As a result, the pattern effect is executed, and as the pattern effect continues, the winning is suggested with higher accuracy, and the player's expectation can be enhanced.

  A fourth modification will be described. When deciding whether or not to execute various effects by prefetching in the pachinko gaming machine 10, it is determined whether or not the effects by prefetching can be performed in the main board 102, and if so, the sub board 104 may be finally determined based on a predetermined lottery result whether or not the pre-reading effect is actually executed in the sub-board 104 that has received the notification. For example, a pre-readability determination unit (not shown) on the main board 102 determines whether or not the decorative symbol determination process based on pre-reading can be executed based on the number of reserved lottery values, the result of lottery for the reserved lottery values, the symbol determination lottery value, and the like. If it is feasible, the fact may be notified to the sub-board 104. The pre-reading effect determination unit (not shown) of the sub-board 104 that has received this notification acquires a lottery value from a predetermined lottery means, and performs the decorative symbol determination process by prefetching when the lottery value is included in a predetermined range. You may decide to do it. The symbol form determination means 131 may actually execute the decorative symbol determination process by prefetching on condition that the prefetching effect determination unit determines the execution of the effect. The effect determining unit 132 may execute the pattern effect on condition that the prefetch effect determining unit determines the effect execution.

  A fifth modification will be described. In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the first type pachinko gaming machine which has been conventionally used. However, 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 types of success / failure lottery respectively corresponding to a plurality of different starting winning openings are executed and 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 effect display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start openings, 90 game effect lamps, 100 game control devices, 112 winning / failing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 115 variation Pattern determining means, 116 hold control means, 118 main display control means, 130 pattern storage means, 131 design mode determining means, 132 effect determining means, 133 picture storing means, 134 effect display control means.

Claims (4)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a game ball entering is a lottery opportunity;
Triggering lottery means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting winning opening,
Each of the plurality of symbols for indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery is variably displayed, and at least one of the plurality of symbols is displayed in association with a symbol for decorating the symbol; and
A symbol mode determining means for determining a stop mode of each of the symbols according to the result of the success / failure lottery;
Production determining means for determining a display mode of the pattern according to the result of the success / failure lottery,
According to a predetermined variation pattern, the variation of each of the plurality of symbols is displayed on the effect display device, and the variation display of each symbol is stopped in the stop mode, and is associated with at least one of the plurality of symbols. Effect display control means for displaying a picture in the display mode;
A special game control means for executing the special game when the result of the success / failure lottery indicates a transition to the special game, and the plurality of symbols are stopped and displayed in a combination of the same symbols;
When a symbol change corresponding to the previous lottery result is displayed when a new winner lottery is executed, the new winner lottery result is changed to the symbol corresponding to the winner lottery result. Hold control means for holding until display start,
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The effect determining means is configured to partially display the appearance of the design to be displayed at least at a predetermined position over a plurality of symbol variations corresponding to each of a plurality of results included in the held result lottery result. In order to suggest a predetermined stop mode of the plurality of symbols in the last symbol variation by changing and gradually presenting a different appearance, the display mode of the symbols in each symbol variation according to the result of the success / failure lottery A ball game machine characterized by deciding.   The effect determining means, depending on the winning lottery result, suggests the predetermined stop mode with higher accuracy as the degree of change in the appearance of the design over the plurality of times of design variation is larger. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a display mode of the picture is determined.   The effect determining means temporarily holds a display mode of the symbol in the one symbol variation when one symbol variation is executed among the plurality of symbol variations, and the one symbol variation When the next symbol variation is executed after the completion, the display mode whose appearance has been changed from the display mode of the symbol in the one symbol variation is determined as the display mode of the symbol in the next symbol variation. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: Whether the effect determining means changes the appearance of the next symbol variation executed after the end of one symbol variation among the plurality of symbol variations, starting from the display mode of the symbol in the one symbol variation. Is further determined according to the result of the success / failure lottery,
The effect display control means, when it is determined to change the appearance starting from the display mode of the pattern in the one symbol variation in the next symbol variation, when displaying the next symbol variation, The bullet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the appearance is changed from the display mode of the pattern in the one symbol variation as a starting point without returning the display mode of the pattern to its initial state. Ball game machine.

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