JP2011083646A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new game property in a pinball game machine having a gradually noticed representation as one form of a representation. <P>SOLUTION: In the pinball game machine of one form, when an advance notice presentation is decided to be displayed, the representation images of the stages of the advance notice presentation which is decided are sequentially displayed in a specific area 210. When the stage of the advance notice presentation is changed during a display process, a present image 220 displayed in the specific area 210 and a subsequent image 222 of a subsequent stage are slid and displayed in any direction of a plurality of slide directions set on a screen 200. A probability of selection in each direction is different based on when a result of a drawing of success or failure is a success or when a result is a failure. Depending on the slide direction, a display is made which suggests an expectation of shift to a special game. <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 an effect control technique in a ball game machine.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, the so-called first type pachinko game machine is a game machine that changes 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 variation display of the symbols in the display area is not just a variation display of multiple symbols, but the time of variation display in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach variation screen. For example, it is designed to increase the player's expectation such as making it longer than usual. In addition to such reach effects, there are those that perform a notice effect that suggests a high probability of jackpots by performing a step-by-step effect display by a specific character in parallel with the pattern variation. is there. The content and the number of stages of the notice effect are determined in advance when the symbols change, but generally, the chance of winning a jackpot increases with each stage.

JP 2003-230714 A

  Such a notice effect is generally a big hit depending on whether or not the character displayed in the animation on the effect screen has a specific change in appearance or whether a series of stories by the character is developed according to a specific scenario. Is expected. Or, even if it is not a jackpot itself, it may indicate whether or not the transition to a specific reach that leads to a jackpot with a high probability is confirmed. In many of these notice effects, a special window is displayed in a specific display area in the effect screen to distinguish it from other effect images, and effects are switched in stages within the window.

  By the way, when the story is advanced within the frame of the specific display area in this way, the player is no different from watching a simple reproduction video. The inventors have come up with the idea that not only the notice effect itself but also the step-by-step switching display can have a role in the effect, thereby creating an innovative gameplay that has never been seen before.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide new game playability in a ball game machine having a staged notice effect as one aspect of production.

  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, In order to display an effect display device in which the design for showing the result of the winning / failing lottery is variably displayed and a notice effect that suggests the possibility that the result of the winning / losing lottery is a win, The effect image storage means for storing a plurality of effect images that can be displayed in the setting area on the screen of the effect display device at each stage, and whether or not to display the notice effect during symbol variation and display the notice effect If you want to Notice determining means for determining the effect image of each stage to be displayed, and when the effect display device displays the change of the design and when it is determined to display the notice effect, the effect of each stage of the determined notice effect While the images are sequentially displayed in the setting area, when the stage of the notice effect is switched in the display process, the effect image being displayed in the setting area and the effect image in the subsequent stage are displayed on a plurality of slides set on the screen. Effect display control means for sliding display in any one of the directions, and the result of the lottery lottery showing the transition to the special game, the symbol variation display is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the lottery is winning Special game control means for executing a special game when the game is played.

  The notice determining means selects one of a plurality of slide directions so that the selection probability in each direction is different depending on whether the result of the lottery is winning or not, and the effect display control means is set When the effect image displayed in the area is slide-displayed, the effect image is slid in the selected direction, and the expected degree of transition to the special game is suggested by the slide direction.

  Here, the “notice effect” may indicate the expected degree of transition to the special game step by step, for example, by displaying step effects by a specific motif or character. The presence / absence and content of the “notice effect” may be determined as a part of the pattern variation pattern, or may be determined separately from the variation pattern. For example, a notice effect may be displayed only when a specific variation pattern with a high expectation level is selected, or the number of stages of the notice effect may be increased according to the expectation degree. The “setting area” may be set as a part of the specific area on the screen or may be set on the entire screen. In the former case, a screen object such as a window may be displayed so that the specific area can be easily identified, and an effect image may be displayed therein. When the effect image is slid, the screen object may be slid. In the latter case, the background image of the effect image displayed on the entire screen may be slid. In that case, the background image may be configured as a part of a long continuous image like a panoramic image, and this may be scrolled.

  According to this aspect, since the effect image is slid in conjunction with the step-by-step switching of the notice effect, the player can recognize that the stage of the notice effect has advanced by viewing the slide display. In addition, since a plurality of slide directions of the production image are set, and the selection probability in each direction varies depending on whether or not the result of the lottery is successful, the player has a sense of expectation that the production image slides in an advantageous direction. It becomes like this. That is, a novel game is created by associating the staged switching of the notice effect with the slide direction of the effect image.

  When the effect display control means slides the effect image displayed in the setting area, the effect display control means performs a display suggesting a direction in which the effect image displayed in the setting area may slide before the slide display. Also good.

  Here, “suggesting a direction in which there is a possibility of sliding” may include both a case where the direction of sliding is substantially understood by looking at the suggestion display and a case where the direction can be predicted to some extent, as will be described later. According to this aspect, the possible direction is suggested before the effect image is actually slid. As a result, the player has a sense of expectation that the direction suggested at this time is likely to be a hit, and a sense of expectation that the production image will slide in the actually suggested direction. It will start gradually. The heightened expectation from this step-by-step suggestion further enhances the interest in gaming.

  Specifically, the effect display control means sequentially displays the entire image of the effect image corresponding to each stage of the determined notice effect, with a specific area provided in a part of the screen as a setting area, Direction in which the effect image displayed in the specific area may slide by displaying a partial image of the effect image corresponding to the subsequent stage in the display process in advance in a standby area provided at the periphery of the screen May suggest.

  In this case, a partial image of a subsequent stage effect image (also referred to as “subsequent image”) is displayed in the standby area without moving the effect image (also referred to as “current image”) being displayed in the specific area. Also good. Since the subsequent image of the standby area is scheduled to slide to the specific area, the slide direction can be substantially grasped by this.

  Alternatively, a plurality of areas as standby areas may be provided at different positions on the peripheral edge of the screen. The notice determining means determines whether or not to simultaneously display the partial image of the effect image irrelevant to the subsequent stage, in addition to the partial image of the effect image corresponding to the subsequent stage, and displays it. When the determination is made, a standby area for displaying each partial image may be selected. The effect display control means may display the entire image of the effect image corresponding to each stage of the notice effect in the specific area and display each determined partial image in each selected standby area.

  In this way, the player's interest can be enhanced by providing uncertainty in the sliding direction by displaying the actual subsequent image and the dummy image that appears as the subsequent image on the peripheral edge of the screen. In this case, the smaller the number of dummy images, the easier it is to specify the slide direction, and the player's expectation can be enhanced. For this reason, the number of dummy images displayed in the waiting area and the display frequency thereof are set so that the interest of the player due to uncertainty in the slide direction and the player's expectation due to the degree of uncertainty are adequately satisfied. It is preferable to adjust.

  When the setting area is not the specific area on the screen but the entire screen, the direction in which the background image is shifted can be suggested as the sliding direction.

  The effect image storage means can configure a plurality of image combinations having contents with continuity in effect as a plurality of effect images, and a part of the images of the image combinations is shared between the plurality of image combinations. A plurality of images may be stored. The notice determining means selects a notice effect to be displayed from among a plurality of notice effects that are configured by any image combination, and a plurality of effect images that form the image combination form each stage. Also good.

  According to this aspect, since there is a shared unit in a part of the image combination configured as a variation of the notice effect, it is possible to save a storage area in which images are held for a plurality of types of notice effects. In addition, since the shared effect image is used in the process of creating the notice effect, the work load can be reduced.

  Further, the effect image storage means may store a plurality of images including a predetermined character image that suggests a direction in which the effect image may slide as a plurality of effect images. This effect image may suggest the slide direction by the orientation and arrangement of the character image, for example. Alternatively, the slide direction may be suggested by the dialogue display of the character image or the corresponding voice. The suggestion by the character image may be performed together with the suggestion by the partial display of the subsequent image described above.

  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.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a new game property can be provided in the ball and ball game machine which makes a staged notice effect one aspect of production.

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 showing the example of a screen of the notice effect displayed on an effect display device. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the notice effect displayed on an effect display device. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the notice effect displayed on an effect display device. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the notice effect displayed on an effect display device. It is the conceptual diagram which mapped the fluctuation pattern data which a pattern memory means holds. It is a data structure figure of the pattern determination table used when a symbol determination means determines the fluctuation pattern of a special symbol. It is a data structure figure of the pattern table used when an effect determination means determines the fluctuation pattern of a decoration symbol. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows S16 in FIG. 11 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 that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. 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 expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the expansion mechanism of the start port 62 is expanded, the opening width of the start port 62 is expanded and the ease of entering the ball is improved. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

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

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect 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 producing 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 rotation device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 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 to determine 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 fluctuation display stops 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 ornament 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 in the starting port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation holding lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of holdings 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 opening 72, the start opening 62, and the big winning opening 66, a winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning opening is paid out to the upper ball tray 15 or the lower ball tray 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In the present application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 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 a game of a slot machine takes a display mode in which three symbols 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 base 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 the present 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 device 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared by 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 to include elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs and a CPU used for arithmetic processing in terms of hardware.

  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 hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game execution unit 122, and an opening / closing control. Means 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, 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 the functional blocks 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. Upon receiving the passage information, the entry 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, a determination result of winning or losing is associated with a 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 the special symbol display device 61 in the form of a special symbol. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is displayed in a variable manner on the effect display device 60.

  The symbol determination unit 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery unit 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, or a pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The symbol determination unit 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines a stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery unit 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 selects one of a plurality of variation patterns in accordance with the determination result of the success / failure lottery unit 112. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol and variation pattern to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determination means 114 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. Multiple types of variation patterns have various variation times. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  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 holding 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 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 causes the normal symbol display device 59 to display normal symbol fluctuations.

  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 continued a plurality of times, and is constituted by one or 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 from the specific game state to the normal state. The specific game in this 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 functions as effect image storage means, and holds a plurality of variation pattern data in which a variation process from variation start to stop in variation display is defined as a variation pattern of the effect image including the decorative design. In the fluctuation pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out symbol, a pattern for displaying a symbol out of reach after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a jackpot symbol through a reach state are displayed. When the pattern is included. In particular, the pattern when reaching the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Some of the plurality of variation patterns include an effect image of a notice effect that suggests in a stepwise manner that the result of the success / failure lottery is a win. For each variation pattern, a variation time is defined 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 means 132 selects the variation pattern of the effect image having the same variation time as that of the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols and their arrangement and variation pattern according to the result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, according to the stop symbol of the special symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol. The effect determining unit 132 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a decorative symbol and a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The effect determining means 132 also functions as a notice determining means, and determines whether or not to display a notice effect, which will be described in detail later, during the symbol variation, along with the decorative symbol variation pattern. This notice effect is an effect that suggests the possibility that the result of the lottery is a win, and in this embodiment, this possibility is performed by a so-called step-up notice composed of a plurality of stages of effect display. The effect determining means 132 also determines which step (step) to display when performing the step-up notice. In the present embodiment, a plurality of stages of contents using a specific character are prepared as the notice effects, and the probability of occurrence of a big hit is set differently through each stage. Moreover, when the result of the winning / failing lottery is a win, it is set to increase the possibility that a notice effect will appear. Further, when the result of the lottery is a win, the number of steps when the notice effect is executed increases, and conversely, when the result of the lottery is out of date, the number of steps when the notice effect is executed. Is set to be less. Therefore, the possibility that the result of the winning / failing lottery is winning gradually increases as the stage of the notice effect is advanced. When it is determined that the notice effect is to be displayed, the effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the notice effect along with the variation of the design step by step.

  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”. When 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 a special game, and a variation pattern of a special symbol indicating a loss with reach is selected, only one such as “191” or “727” is selected. Select a combination that does not have the same pattern. The effect determining unit 132 sends information about the stop symbol of the decorative symbol and the variation pattern of the effect image to the effect display control unit 134.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image on the effect display device 60 in accordance with the selected variation pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. 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.

  4-7 is a figure showing the example of a screen of the notice effect displayed on an effect display apparatus. FIG. 4 shows the display area of the effect display device. FIG. 5 shows characters appearing in the notice effect and their actions. Further, FIGS. 6 and 7 show specific examples of the notice effect by the character.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, a specific area 210 capable of displaying the entire effect image of the notice effect is provided in the center of the screen 200 of the effect display device 60. Further, four standby areas 211, 212, 213, and 214 that can display a part (end part) of the effect image are provided at the upper, lower, left, and right peripheral edges of the specific area 210 on the screen 200. In a normal game state in which the notice effect is not performed, a decorative symbol 190 or the like is displayed in the center of the screen 200 as shown in the figure.

  As shown in FIGS. 5B and 5C, when the notice effect is started, an effect image 220 (also referred to as “current image”) at the current stage is displayed in the specific area 210. At this time, a partial image of the effect image (also referred to as “subsequent image”) 222 at the subsequent stage can be displayed in any of the standby areas 211 to 214. In this embodiment, these effect images are configured as window-like image objects, and a notice effect story is developed in the window. The subsequent image 222 displayed in the standby area is replaced with the current image 220 in the next step of the notice effect. The stage of the notice effect is switched by slide display of the effect image.

  That is, when the subsequent image 222 is displayed in the right standby area 211 as shown in FIG. 4B, the current image 220 and the subsequent image 222 are slid to the left when moving to the next step. Also, as shown in FIG. 6C, when the subsequent image 222 is displayed in the upper standby area 212, the current image 220 and the subsequent image 222 are slid down and displayed when moving to the next step. That is, when the subsequent image 222 is displayed in any one of the standby areas, the subsequent image 222 is slid to the specific area 210 by moving to the next step, while the current image 220 is pushed out from the specific area 210 in the same direction. For this reason, the player can substantially grasp the slide direction of the effect image depending on in which standby area the partial image of the subsequent image 222 is displayed. In the present embodiment, while the current image 220 is displayed in the specific area 210 in the center of the screen 200, the subsequent image 222 can be displayed in any of the upper, lower, left, and right standby areas 211 to 214. The direction is one of four directions, up, down, left, and right.

  In this embodiment, since the possibility of transition to a special game is suggested by the slide direction of the effect image, this slide display has an important role in the effect and is also of interest to the player. In this embodiment, the suggestion of the sliding direction is performed step by step by the action of the character appearing in the notice effect and the display of the subsequent image 222 in the standby area.

  As shown in FIG. 5, three characters A, B, and C can appear in this notice effect. The effect display of each character is performed in the specific area 210 described above, and the direction in which the partial image of the subsequent image 222 is displayed is suggested in the effect according to the orientation of the face. FIG. 2A shows the character A. In the figure, the relationship between the action of the character A and the slide direction (see arrows) of the effect image is shown. When the character A turns to the right side, the subsequent image 222 appears on the right side, and as a result, the effect image slides to the left when moving to the next step. Similarly, when the character A turns to the left side, the effect image slides to the right, when the character A turns upward, the effect image slides downward, and when the character A turns downward, the effect image slides upward. It becomes like this. In other words, the effect image slides in the opposite direction to the face direction of the character A, but the effect content shifts to the content of the subsequent image 222 displayed on the same side as the face direction. Since the same applies to the characters B and C, the description thereof is omitted.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, in the first step of the notice effect, the character A as the current image 220 faces the front as shown in FIG. In this state, as shown in FIG. 5B, since the character A turns to the right side, a partial image of the subsequent image 222 is displayed in the waiting area 211 on the right side. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5C, both effect images are slid to the left at the time of shifting to the second step, and as shown in FIG. 4D, the subsequent image 222 is displayed in the second step. The image 220 is replaced and displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4E from this state, since the character A faces upward, a partial image of the subsequent image 222 is displayed in the upper standby area 212. As a result, as shown in (f) of the figure, both effect images are slid downward at the time of transition to the third step, and as shown in (g) of FIG. It is replaced with 220 and displayed. Thus, the next slide direction of the effect image is suggested by the position of the subsequent image 222 on the screen 200.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, not only individual characters but also a plurality of characters can be displayed at the same time in the specific area 210. In the figure, characters A and B are displayed and a predetermined story is developed. In this embodiment, a maximum of four steps are performed as a step-up notice, and premium steps as shown in FIG. 5B are also prepared in the fourth step. In this embodiment, since this premium step indicates a jackpot decision, its appearance frequency is set to be considerably lower than other steps.

  FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram mapping the variation pattern data held by the pattern storage means. The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of effect images that can be displayed as a notice effect. Each effect image constitutes a plurality of image combinations having contents having continuity in effect in the story. The image combination varies depending on the content of the selected notice effect and the number of steps.

  In the illustrated example, the notice effects can be classified into an effect group a in which the character A appears mainly, an effect group b in which the character B appears mainly, and an effect group c in which the character C appears mainly. In the illustrated example, the first step (SU1), the second step (SU2), the third step (SU3), and the fourth step (SU4) are displayed as the steps constituting the notice effect. Even in the step of the stage (step of the same notation), the display contents are different. Of course, depending on the variation pattern, there is a pattern that does not reach the fourth step (SU4) but remains in one of the first step (SU1), the second step (SU2), and the third step (SU3). Absent. In any case, as the number of steps for the step-up notice increases, the degree of expectation for the jackpot increases. The vertical and horizontal directions (arrows) in FIG. Here, the “direction of transition of the effect content” is caused by the slide of the effect image, and means a direction in which the subsequent image 222 to be displayed next in the specific area 210 is located. Therefore, the “transition direction of the effect content” and the “slide direction” here are opposite.

  In the present embodiment, the stage in which the production contents have moved upward from the third step and reached the fourth step is provided as a premium step (SU4p). For this reason, as the slide direction is selected downward, it becomes closer to the hit determination. On the contrary, the appearance frequency of this premium step (SU4p) is low, and in this embodiment, the variation pattern in which the variation pattern in which the slide direction of the effect image is in the downward direction is selected is selected in the upward and left-right directions. It is set to be lower than the probability. Note that the selection probabilities of the variation pattern in which the slide direction is upward, the variation pattern in the left direction, and the variation pattern in the right direction are set to be equal to or slightly different from each other.

  In addition, each production group a, b, c has a partially overlapping portion, and in the overlapped step, the characters of both production groups are displayed simultaneously and a common production is performed. For example, the character A and the character C are simultaneously displayed in a portion where the step proceeding along the right arrow in the effect group a and the step proceeding along the left arrow in the effect group c overlap. That is, the common story is developed after the third step (SU3) both when the step of the notice effect of the effect group a is developed and when the step of the notice effect of the effect group c is developed. . In this case, when the content of the effect shifts upward from the third step (SU3), it becomes a premium step (SU4p), an effect image as shown in FIG. 7B is displayed, and the jackpot is determined.

  FIG. 9 is a data structure diagram of a pattern determination table used when the symbol determination means determines the variation pattern of the special symbol. The pattern determination table shown in the figure is simplified for easy understanding. Actually, there are many different types, but some of them are conceptually displayed in the figure.

  The illustrated pattern determination table indicates data to be referred to when the symbol determining unit 114 determines the special symbol variation pattern. The symbol determination means 114 acquires the pattern determination lottery value from the range of “0 to 255” prior to the special symbol variation display. Based on the pattern determination lottery value and the result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, the variation time of the special symbol is determined. Each variation pattern is provided with variation pattern numbers “01” to “06” for identifying the variation patterns. For example, when the result of the lottery is a win and the pattern determination lottery value acquired by the symbol determination means 114 is in the range of “0 to 15”, the variation pattern “01” is selected, and the variation time of the special symbol is 5 seconds. It becomes. Similarly, for example, when the result of the lottery determination is out of order and the pattern determination lottery value is in the range of “51 to 220”, the variation pattern “05” is selected, and the variation time of the special symbol is 30 seconds. Basically, the longer the variation time, the longer it is possible to secure time for various productions such as reach production and its development production. In addition, when the result of the lottery is a win, it is necessary to perform a production with higher reliability. Therefore, a variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected as compared with the case where the result of the lottery is wrong. There is a tendency.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines a variation pattern using this pattern determination table, and determines a stop symbol using a symbol range table (not shown). The symbol determination unit 114 sends the variation pattern number of the determined variation pattern and data indicating the stop symbol to the effect determination unit 132. Receiving this, the effect determination means 132 determines the stop symbol of the decorative symbol corresponding to the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the decorative symbol corresponding to the variation pattern number.

  FIG. 10 is a data structure diagram of the pattern table used when the effect determining means determines the variation pattern of the decorative symbol. The pattern table shown in the figure is simplified for easy understanding. Actually, there are many different types, but some of them are conceptually displayed in the figure.

  After the variation pattern of the special symbol is selected as described above, the variation pattern of the decoration symbol is selected so that the variation time of the special symbol matches the variation time of the decoration symbol. In this embodiment, the variation pattern number of the special symbol shown in FIG. 9 corresponds to the variation pattern number of the decorative symbol shown in FIG.

  That is, the variation pattern and the variation time of the pattern table shown in FIG. 10 coincide with the variation pattern and the variation time of the pattern determination table shown in FIG. The variation pattern “01” is a pattern in which a winning symbol combination is displayed without a reach effect. In this case, the three symbols that make up the decorative symbol are all stopped from high-speed fluctuation. The variation pattern “02” is a pattern in which a winning symbol combination is displayed with a normal reach effect. The variation pattern “03” is a pattern in which a winning symbol combination is displayed with a super reach effect. Since the production of the super reach involves the change of the background and the production of the story by a specific character, the variation time is considerably longer than the production of the normal reach. On the other hand, the variation patterns “04” to “06” are patterns in which the content and variation time are the same as the variation patterns “01” to “03”, respectively, but finally display the out symbol combination.

  And the pattern with the notice effect mentioned above is allocated to each fluctuation pattern of normal reach and super reach with a predetermined selection rate. In the illustrated example, if the result of the lottery is a win, a variation pattern with a notice effect (step-up notice) is selected with a probability of 60%, and 30% if the result of the lottery is out of place. A variation pattern with a notice effect (step-up notice) is selected with probability.

  That is, when a normal reach effect indicating a big hit is selected, the effect determining means 132 performs a pattern lottery using the “low hitting notice reliability table” to determine a variation pattern. On the other hand, when a super-reaching effect indicating a big hit is selected, the effect determining means 132 performs a lottery pattern determination using the “high hitting notice reliability high table” to determine a variation pattern. In the winning prediction reliability high table, the selection probability of the pattern reaching the fourth step (SU4) among the variation patterns accompanied by the notification effect is higher than that in the winning prediction reliability low table. . In other words, the probability that the content of the effect shifts upward in the map of FIG. 8, that is, the variation pattern in which the effect image slides downward is higher in the winning prediction reliability high table. Also, there is a possibility that the premium step (SU4p) is selected only in the same table. However, since the premium step (SU4p) determines the jackpot, its appearance frequency is set to be relatively low.

  On the other hand, when the effect of normal reach indicating a loss is selected, the effect determination means 132 performs a pattern lottery using the “notice reliability for losing notice low table” to determine a variation pattern. On the other hand, when a super-reaching effect indicating a miss is selected, the effect determining unit 132 performs a pattern lottery using the “leak notice reliability high table for miss” to determine a variation pattern. In the outlier notice reliability high table, the selection probability of the pattern that reaches the fourth step (SU4) among the variation patterns accompanied by the notice effect is higher than the out notice warning reliability low table. . However, as shown in FIG. 9, since the probability that the variation pattern “06” is selected when the winning / failing lottery is off and the selection probability of the notice effect itself is also low, The appearance rate is quite low.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, since the variation time of the pattern without the reach effect is set short, when the effect without the reach effect is selected, the notice effect is displayed. There is not enough time to display. For this reason, the effect determining means 132 performs the pattern lottery using the “table without notice for winning” when the winning is not accompanied by the reach effect, and the “notice for releasing” when the winning is not accompanied with the reach effect. A pattern lottery is performed using the “none table”. In that case, there is no accompanying notice effect as shown. In the modified example, a variation pattern without a reach effect may be provided with a relatively long variation time so that a notice effect is included.

  FIG. 11 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, prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 12 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 / 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 and S36. Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 13 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 determination means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), and selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S52). At this time, a variation pattern with a notice effect is selected with the above-described probability.

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

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

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

  In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the subsequent image 222 is displayed in any one of the four standby areas 211 to 214 set on the screen 200, thereby uniquely changing the slide direction of the effect image. I was able to guess. In the modification, the subsequent image 222 may be displayed in any one of the four standby areas 211 to 214, while a dummy image that appears to be the subsequent image may be displayed in one or more of the other standby areas. For example, in a state where the subsequent image 222 is displayed in the standby area 211 of FIG. 5B, a part of the effect image different from the subsequent image 222 may be displayed as a dummy image in the standby area 212 as well. . As a result, although the effect image actually slides to the left at the time of transition to the next step, the player can have a sense of expectation that the effect slides downward, that is, the effect content may shift upward. . In particular, at the time of transition from the third step to the fourth step, there is a possibility of transition to the premium step (SU4p), and thus such an effect display further enhances the player's expectation. The effect images displayed in the four standby areas 211 to 214 and the number thereof may be determined in accordance with, for example, the map shown in FIG. That is, it is determined at which position on the map the current step in the selected variation pattern is located, and an effect image in a direction that can be developed from that position and that is not currently selected is displayed. May be. Alternatively, the effect images displayed in the four standby areas 211 to 214 and the number thereof may be appropriately determined by lottery or the like. Thereby, the range of production can be further expanded.

  In the above embodiment, the effect image at each stage is displayed as a face image of a specific character, and the direction of the face suggests the slide direction of the effect image, but not only the face image of the character but the whole image May indicate the sliding direction. Alternatively, the slide direction of the effect image (or the direction of transition of the effect contents) may be suggested by display of the character's dialogue or voice output. Further, it may be an image representing a predetermined motif instead of a character. For example, an arrow may be represented in the effect image, and the slide direction may be suggested by the direction of the arrow.

  In the above embodiment, the ball game machine according to the present invention is configured as a multi-function machine in which a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional type 1 pachinko game machine are mixed. You may comprise as a single-piece | unit. Or you may comprise as other gaming machines containing the function of 1st type pachinko gaming machines, such as the gaming machine which combined the function of 1st type pachinko gaming machine, and the function of 2nd type pachinko gaming machine.

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 performance display devices, 62 start ports, 66 big prize openings, 100 game control devices, 102 main boards, 104 sub-boards, 112 unsuccessful lottery means, 118 main display control means , 120 special game control means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 190 decoration symbol, 192 special symbol, 200 screen, 210 specific area, 211 standby area, 212 standby area, 213 standby area, 214 Standby area, 220 Current image, 222 Subsequent image.

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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,
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the success / failure lottery is displayed in a variable manner.
A plurality of effect images that can be displayed in a setting area on the screen of the effect display device at each stage of the notice effect in order to display a notice effect that suggests the possibility of the winning lottery result being a win. Effect image storage means for storing
Determining whether or not to display the notice effect during symbol variation, and when displaying the notice effect, notice determining means for determining an effect image of each stage corresponding to the notice effect;
While displaying the change in the design on the effect display device and when there is a decision to display the notice effect, the effect image of each stage of the decided notice effect is sequentially displayed in the setting area, When the stage of the notice effect changes during the display process, the effect image being displayed in the setting area and the effect image at the subsequent stage are slid in any one of a plurality of slide directions set on the screen. Production display control means for displaying;
Special game control for executing the special game when the winning lottery results in the transition to the special game and the symbol change display is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the winning lottery is winning. Means, and
The advance notice determining means selects any one of the plurality of slide directions so that the selection probability in each direction is different depending on whether the result of the success / failure lottery is winning or not.
The effect display control means slides the effect image displayed in the setting area in the selected direction, and suggests the degree of expectation of transition to the special game according to the slide direction. A ball game machine characterized by that.

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