JP2011125751A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a storage medium is oppressed with an increase in the kind of performance, while a need to reduce a data amount increases on the contrary. <P>SOLUTION: In a Pachinko game machine 10, a winning/losing lottery means 112 executes a winning/losing lottery for determining whether shifting to a special game is right or not, being triggered by a prescribed game action. A table holder 115 holds a pattern table wherein a plurality of reference values showing correspondence of lottery values for selecting variation patterns with the variation patterns are stipulated together with their reference order. A pattern deciding tool 116 selects the variation pattern, based on the result of comparison of the lottery values with the reference values according to the reference order. In the pattern table, the reference order is stipulated so that a result value obtained by comparing repeatedly each of the reference values with the lottery value until the result of the comparison changes may come to indicate a variation pattern number. The pattern deciding tool 116 selects the variation pattern having the variation pattern number indicated by the result value. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to a data structure design technique in a gaming machine.

  Conventionally, among the various gaming machines, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine displays a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the gaming board while varying the symbols. (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 the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations is stopped becomes a specific aspect. Known as a thing. 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.

  The effects in the symbol variation are selected and displayed from various effects using various motifs and characters. The types of effects displayed on a single model tend to increase year by year, and accordingly, a large number of effects are managed in the gaming machine from effects that are frequently displayed to effects that are rarely displayed. As a method for managing data including such production contents, a technique for unifying the data arrangement structure among the same kind of data is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-10-113439

  As described above, while the types of performance increase, the data capacity of the storage medium installed in the gaming machine does not necessarily increase in relation to cost control, so the storage capacity increases as the type of performance increases. Increased need for data volume reduction. In game machines that are developed and sold one after another, the cost requirement imposed on the developer is large, and it is difficult to solve by a direct method such as an increase in storage capacity. Moreover, from the viewpoint of cost reduction by sharing parts for each model, it is necessary to avoid changing the storage capacity for each model or drastically changing the control program. Under such circumstances, developers are constantly seeking data structures that can effectively reduce the amount of data without impairing the stunning effects.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of effectively reducing the amount of data without limiting the number of performance types in a gaming machine.

  In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to an aspect of the present invention is a 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 a predetermined game operation. The lottery means for executing the game, the display device for displaying the variation for the result of the lottery, the display control unit for variably displaying the symbol on the display device, and the success or failure lottery can be shifted to a special game. As a result, a special game control means for executing a special game when the symbol variation display is stopped in a predetermined stop mode, and a plurality of variations in which display contents on the display device and respective numbers are defined. A pattern storage means for holding a pattern, and a pattern table in which a plurality of reference values indicating a correspondence relationship between a lottery value and a fluctuation pattern for selecting a fluctuation pattern are defined together with the reference order. Comprising a table holding unit that obtains the lottery value, the pattern determining means for selecting the change pattern based on the result of comparison according to the reference sequence to the reference value and its lottery value. The display control means controls the display content on the display device according to the selected variation pattern, and the table holding means compares each of the plurality of reference values with the lottery value until the comparison result changes. A table in which the reference order is defined as an order reflecting the correspondence between the lottery value and the variation pattern is stored as a pattern table so that the result value determined by repetition represents the variation pattern number associated with the lottery value. Then, the pattern determining means selects a variation pattern using the result value as the variation pattern number.

  Here, the “gaming machine” may be a pachinko gaming machine or a gaming machine such as a swivel type gaming machine or a ball ball gaming machine. The “result value” may be a value calculated in repetition of comparison between the lottery value and the reference value, or may be a value determined according to the number of repetitions of the comparison. Or the value previously matched with the reference value when a comparison result changes may be sufficient. However, the pattern table does not include the variation pattern number itself, and by adopting such a data structure, the data amount is greatly reduced. That is, since there is no need to include a variation pattern number in the pattern table, the data size reduction effect by not including the variation pattern number as the data size of the pattern table exceeds even if the number of variation patterns increases slightly. . For example, when the correspondence relationship between the lottery value and the variation pattern number is determined by a normal method in the pattern table, one correspondence relationship requires 2 bytes for the lottery value and 1 byte for the variation pattern number. However, if the variation pattern number is not required, the entire data amount is reduced to about 2/3 according to simple calculation. Therefore, even if there is an increase in the number of fluctuation patterns and an increase in data due to the complexity of the table structure, the total data amount can be significantly reduced as compared with the prior art. As a result, the developer can increase the type of performance while avoiding an increase in the pattern table, and the burden of having to constantly use the nerve can be reduced as the amount of data increases.

  The table holding means is arranged so that a plurality of variation patterns to be associated in the pattern table are continuously arranged in the pattern table in order to use a continuous value corresponding to the result value as a variation pattern number as it is as a pattern table. You may also hold a table. Here, as the correspondence relationship between the lottery value and the variation pattern, a different correspondence relationship is determined for each gaming state, and a different relationship is referenced for each gaming state at that time. Variation pattern numbers are assigned to multiple variation patterns in advance, but if the order of variation patterns is not taken into account in the assignment, the variation pattern options that change for each gaming state can be skipped. High nature. According to this aspect, it is possible to suppress jumping of numbers for each gaming state by assigning the number of variation patterns as options for each gaming state in consideration of being continuous as much as possible. As a result, the number of comparison repetitions until a variation pattern is selected can be suppressed, and accordingly, the number of reference values can be reduced to reduce the capacity of the pattern table.

  The table holding means holds a table including a skip designation value, which is a specific value instead of a reference value, in a part of corresponding positions where the variation patterns of non-consecutive variation pattern numbers should be arranged and arranged as a pattern table. The means may skip the portion of the discontinuous variation pattern number by adding a predetermined value to the result value when referring to the skip designation value in the comparison between the lottery value and the reference value according to the reference order. Depending on the gaming state, the number of the variation pattern as an option may be skipped. In this case, the comparison result value may not be used as it is as the variation pattern number. In this aspect, when the variation pattern number is discontinuous, a change is made to the result value by associating a predetermined skip designation value with a reference value that will result in a match between the variation pattern number and the result value. In addition, it can be used as a variation pattern number. As a result, the pattern table can be designed flexibly so as to flexibly cope with the discontinuity of the order of the variation pattern numbers while minimizing the increase in data.

  The pattern determination means compares the lottery value with the reference value and subtracts the reference value from the lottery value if it is larger than the reference value, and repeats the comparison and subtraction processing for each of the plurality of reference values in the reference order. As a result, the reference value when the lottery value becomes smaller than the reference value is used as the reference value when the comparison result changes, and the table holding means uses a value determined on the assumption that the lottery value is subtracted as a pattern table. A table included as a reference value may be held. As a result, even if the variation pattern number itself is not provided in the pattern table, the correspondence between the pattern lottery value and the variation pattern number can be defined only by the reference value and its reference order, and the data amount can be reduced.

  The table holding means includes, as a pattern table, a plurality of sub-pattern tables that include pattern reference values for distribution to any of a plurality of variation patterns, and a table reference value for distribution to any of the plurality of sub-pattern tables. The main pattern table is stored, and the pattern determination means displays a plurality of sub patterns corresponding to the table reference value when the comparison result between the lottery value and the table reference value included in the main pattern table changes. While selecting from a pattern table, you may select either of several variation patterns according to the result value when the comparison result with the pattern reference value contained in the selected sub pattern table changes. Since the correspondence between the lottery value and the variation pattern may be common depending on the gaming state, the pattern table is divided into the main pattern table and the sub pattern table as in this aspect. Accordingly, it is sufficient to refer to one sub-pattern table in a common correspondence part, which contributes to a reduction in the data amount of the pattern table. In addition, as the number of game state definitions increases, the sub-pattern table becomes more common, leading to a reduction in the data amount as a whole.

  In the association between the table reference value and the sub-pattern table, the main pattern table further associates a count initial value for each sub-pattern table, and the pattern determination means includes the count initial value associated with the selected sub-pattern table. The count may be repeatedly increased each time the value is compared with the pattern reference value, and the count value when the comparison result with the pattern reference value changes may be used as the result value. According to this aspect, since the variation pattern number can be obtained simply by counting the number of comparisons between the lottery value and the reference value, it is not necessary to have the variation pattern number in the pattern table, which leads to a significant data amount reduction.

  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 gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique that can effectively reduce the amount of data even if the number of types of effects increases.

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. The contents of the main pattern table are shown schematically. The content of a sub pattern table is shown typically. The content of a fluctuation pattern table is shown typically. 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. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail S48 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows 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 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 includes a ball entering determination means 110, a winning / failing lottery means 112, a symbol determining means 114, a table holding means 115, a pattern determining means 116, a holding control means 117, a main display control means 118, and a special game control means. 120, a specific game execution means 122, and an opening / closing control means 124. 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 determining means 114 determines a special symbol stop symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result of the winning / failing 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 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 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132.

  The pattern determining means 116 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 table holding unit 115 holds a pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value, which is a lottery value for determining the fluctuation pattern, and the fluctuation pattern is defined. The pattern determination unit 116 acquires a random value as a pattern lottery value every time the winning / failing lottery is performed and refers to the pattern table of the table holding unit 115 to select a variation pattern corresponding to the pattern lottery value. The pattern determination unit 116 sends the selected variation pattern to the main display control unit 118 and sends the decided variation pattern number to 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 holding control means 117 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 unit 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery unit 112 as a special symbol variation display according to the variation pattern determined by the pattern determination unit 116. 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 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 unit 130 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. 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. Each of the plurality of variation pattern data is assigned a unique variation pattern number, and the correspondence relationship with the pattern lottery value is determined in the pattern table of the table holding unit 115.

  The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation pattern of the effect image having the same variation time as that of the special symbol in accordance with the variation pattern number determined by the pattern determining unit 116. 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 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”. 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.

  Hereinafter, the pattern table in the present embodiment will be described. The pattern table includes a plurality of main pattern tables and a plurality of sub pattern tables, and the main pattern table and the sub pattern table are selectively referred to according to the gaming state. In these pattern tables, the correspondence relation using the variation pattern number is not defined as the association between the pattern lottery value and the variation pattern. Instead, a method is employed in which the variation pattern number is obtained from the calculation result corresponding to the pattern lottery value. Specifically, the pattern determining means 116 can repeat counting according to the pattern lottery value and use the count value as it is as the variation pattern number. In the pattern table, a plurality of reference values indicating the correspondence between the pattern lottery value and the variation pattern are defined together with the reference order. The pattern lottery value of the present embodiment is 0-39999.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows the contents of the main pattern table. In the main pattern table 200, numbers such as “A1”, “A2”, and “A3” are assigned as the main pattern table number 202, and each of them constitutes one main pattern table and corresponds to different game states. For example, different main pattern tables are referenced when the number of holds in the lottery is 0 or 1, when the number of holds is 2 or 3, and when the number of holds is 4. Also, different main pattern tables are referred to even when the time is short or when the probability is changing.

  As the table reference value 204, a reference value is defined for each main pattern table. These table reference values 204 are values to be compared with the pattern lottery values in order to distribute from the table to any of the plurality of sub-pattern tables, and are defined together with the reference order. For example, in the case of the main pattern table “A1” in the figure, each value of “38022”, “1632”, “244”, and “102” is defined, referred to in this order, and compared with the pattern lottery value. Each table reference value 204 is associated with a sub-pattern table number 206 and a count initial value 208. The count initial value 208 is a value set as the initial value of the count in order to represent the variation pattern number as a count value.

  The pattern determining means 116 first selects a main pattern table corresponding to the gaming state, and sequentially compares the table reference value 204 with the pattern lottery value according to the reference order defined in the table. In the comparison, if the pattern lottery value is not smaller than the table reference value 204, the table reference value 204 is subtracted from the pattern lottery value, and in the next comparison, the pattern lottery value as the difference value after the subtraction Compare This comparison is repeated until the value obtained by subtracting the table reference value 204 from the pattern lottery value becomes smaller than the table reference value 204, and the sub-corresponding to the table reference value 204 when it becomes smaller than the table reference value 204. A pattern table number 206 and a count initial value 208 are selected. Hereinafter, the difference value obtained by subtracting the table reference value from the pattern lottery value is also collectively referred to as “pattern lottery value” for convenience. The pattern lottery value that is smaller than the table reference value 204 is inherited by the sub-pattern table reference. As described above, the table reference value 204 is determined on the assumption that the table reference value 204 is subtracted from the pattern lottery value according to the reference order.

  Here, the case of referring to the main pattern table number “A1” will be described as an example. When the gaming state is a state corresponding to “A1”, “A1” is referred to. When the table reference value “38022” is referred to first and is smaller than this value, that is, when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 38021”, the sub pattern table number “1” associated with “38022” and the initial count The value “1” is selected. When the pattern lottery value is “38022 to 39999”, the table reference value “38022” is subtracted from the value, and the pattern lottery value as the difference value is compared with the next table reference value “1632”. For example, when the pattern lottery value is “38022 to 39653”, when the first table reference value “38022” is subtracted, the pattern lottery value as the difference value becomes “0 to 1631”. Since these are smaller than the second table reference value “1632”, the sub pattern table number “2” and the count initial value “20” associated with the table reference value are selected. When the pattern lottery value is “39654 to 39999”, the second table reference value “1632” is further subtracted from the pattern lottery value obtained by subtracting the first table reference value “38022”, and the pattern lottery as the difference value is subtracted. The value and the next table reference value “244” are compared. For example, when the pattern lottery value is “39654 to 39897”, when the table reference values “38022” and “1632” are subtracted, the pattern lottery value becomes “0 to 243”. Since these are smaller than the third table reference value “244”, the sub-pattern table number “3” and the count initial value “30” associated with the table reference value are selected. When the pattern lottery value is “39898 to 39999”, the third table reference value “244” is further subtracted from the pattern lottery value obtained by subtracting the table reference values “38022” and “1632”, and the pattern lottery value and The next table reference value “102” is compared. For example, when the pattern lottery value is “39898 to 39999”, the pattern lottery value becomes 0 to 101 when the table reference values “38022”, “1632”, and “244” are subtracted. Since these are smaller than the fourth table reference value “102”, the sub pattern table number “4” and the count initial value “40” associated with the table reference value are selected.

  FIG. 5 schematically shows the contents of the sub-pattern table. In the sub-pattern table 210, numbers such as “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4” are assigned as sub-pattern table numbers 212. A reference value 214 is associated. The plurality of pattern reference values 214 are values to be compared with a pattern lottery value including a difference value inherited from the main pattern table 200 in order to distribute the pattern reference value 214 to any one of the plurality of variation patterns from the sub pattern table. Defined with reference order. The pattern determining unit 116 refers to the sub pattern table number 212 having the same number as the sub pattern table number 206 selected in the main pattern table 200. The pattern reference value 214 and the pattern lottery value inherited from the main pattern table 200 are sequentially compared in accordance with the reference order defined in the sub-pattern table. In the comparison, if the pattern lottery value is not smaller than the pattern reference value 214, the pattern reference value 214 is subtracted from the pattern lottery value, and in the next comparison, the subtracted pattern lottery value is compared with the next pattern reference value 214. . This comparison is repeated until the value obtained by subtracting the pattern reference value 214 from the pattern lottery value becomes smaller than the pattern reference value 214. At this time, the count is incremented every time the above-described subtraction is performed on the count initial value 208 selected from the main pattern table 200, and the count value when the pattern lottery value becomes smaller than the pattern reference value 214 changes as it is. Represents a pattern number. As described above, the value of the pattern reference value 214 is determined on the assumption that the pattern reference value 214 is subtracted from the pattern lottery value. The pattern determining means 116 selects a variation pattern having the variation value as the count value when the pattern lottery value becomes smaller than the pattern reference value 214.

  Here, a case where “1” is selected as the sub-pattern table number 212 will be described as an example. The case where the sub pattern table number “1” is selected in the main pattern table 200 is the case where the pattern lottery value is “0 to 38021”. At this time, “1” is set as the count initial value 208 in the sub pattern table 210. Taken over. First, when the pattern reference value “22872” is referred to and is smaller than this value, that is, when the pattern lottery value inherited from the main pattern table 200 is “0 to 22871”, the count initial value “1” remains unchanged. It will represent a number. When the pattern lottery value is “22872-38021”, the pattern reference value “22872” is subtracted from the value, and one count is added to the count initial value to become “2”. The pattern lottery value is compared with the next pattern reference value “1200”. For example, when the pattern lottery value is “22872-24071”, when the first pattern reference value “22872” is subtracted, the pattern lottery value becomes “0-1199”, which is smaller than the second pattern reference value “1200”. The count value “2” represents the variation pattern number. When the pattern lottery value is “24072 to 38021”, the pattern reference values “22872” and “1200” are subtracted from the value, and the count is incremented by one to obtain the count value “3”. The value and the next pattern reference value “1250” are compared. For example, when the pattern lottery value is “24072 to 25321”, the pattern lottery value becomes “0 to 1249” when the pattern reference values “22872” and “1200” are subtracted, and is smaller than the third pattern reference value “1250”. Therefore, the count value “3” represents the variation pattern number. Since twelve pattern reference values 214 are associated with the sub-pattern table number “1”, any variation pattern from variation pattern numbers 1 to 12 is selected according to the pattern lottery value.

  As described above, the sub pattern table 210 does not include the variation pattern number itself, and a count value that is a result of repeatedly comparing the pattern lottery value and the reference value is used as the variation pattern number. Here, if the count value is used as it is as the variation pattern number, it is desirable that the numbers of the plurality of variation patterns included in the sub-pattern table 210 are consecutive. For this purpose, the plurality of variation patterns in the present embodiment are assigned numbers so that the variation pattern numbers are as continuous as possible in all the sub-pattern tables selected for each gaming state. However, as the types and number of variation patterns increase, the number of pattern tables increases.Therefore, there are a wide variety of combinations of variation patterns used for each gaming state, and it is a reality that all variation pattern numbers are consecutive in all sub-pattern tables. It is difficult to do. Accordingly, when the comparison of the pattern lottery value and the reference value is repeated, the increase in the count value is adjusted to skip a specific number, thereby dealing with partial discontinuity of the variation pattern number.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 5, in the sub pattern table number “2”, in addition to the normal pattern reference value 214, the skip designation value “FF02” is associated instead of the second pattern reference value. The skip designation value “FF02” indicates that the “FF” portion is skipped, and the “02” portion indicates the skip width of the number. The sub pattern table number “2” is selected in the main pattern table 200 when the pattern lottery value is “38022 to 39653”, and the corresponding count initial value 208 is “20”. Therefore, in the comparison between the pattern reference value 214 associated with the sub-pattern table number “2” in FIG. 5 and the pattern lottery value, the count value is counted from the initial count value “20”, and the count value “FF02” is used as the count value “FF02”. 21 and 22 "are skipped. In this value portion, as indicated by the “02” portion in the skip designation value “FF02”, two count values are skipped at once by adding 2 to the count value. In this way, by associating the skip designation value, which is a specific value instead of the pattern reference value, with the count value portion that is not associated with the variation pattern, it is possible to use without increasing the number of pattern reference values. It is possible to skip the same count value as the variation pattern number that is not set. Further, since the width of the value to be skipped at a time can be specified, it is possible to deal with one skip specified value instead of using the number of skip specified values, and the increase in data size can be suppressed. As a result, the variation pattern number selected from the sub-pattern table number “2” is a mixture of continuous portions and non-continuous portions such as “20”, “23”, “24”, and “25”.

  On the other hand, when the comparison and subtraction of the pattern lottery value and the pattern reference value are repeated, the pattern lottery value after the subtraction gradually decreases, so that the pattern reference value to be compared also becomes small. Depending on the sub-pattern table, all stored pattern reference values may be small values. In this embodiment, since a 2-byte value is used as the pattern lottery value, a 2-byte area is secured in each pattern table as a pattern reference value to be compared. However, the actual size of the pattern reference value does not necessarily require an area of 2 bytes, and the pattern reference that is referred to when the pattern lottery value becomes small enough to fit in 1 byte due to repeated comparison and subtraction. A value of 1 byte is sufficient for all values. Therefore, the switching designation value “FE00” is inserted at a location where the actual size of the pattern reference value switches from a size exceeding 1 byte to a size within 1 byte in each pattern table. In principle, the pattern determining unit 116 refers to the pattern reference value by 2 bytes from the table. However, when the referred value is the switching designation value “FF00”, the pattern determination unit 116 refers to the byte after that value. For example, in the case of the sub-pattern table “2” in FIG. 5, after “300” that is 2 bytes continues, the portion where “FE00” is inserted is followed by “240” and “192” that are 1 byte. Yes. Similarly, in the case of the sub-pattern table “3”, all the pattern reference values 214 are 1 byte, the switching designation value “FE00” is inserted at the beginning, and thereafter, the 1-byte values “1, 100, 100, 22, 21 "continue. Also in the case of the sub-pattern table “212”, all the pattern reference values 214 are 1 byte, the switching designation value “FE00” is inserted at the beginning, and thereafter, the 1-byte values “65, 2, 8, 6, 5, 2, 3, 2, 9 "continues. As described above, by inserting the switching designation value instead of the pattern reference value, the pattern determining unit 116 can switch the data size of the pattern reference value to be referred to. On the premise of the switching, the pattern reference value storage area in the sub-pattern table can be reduced, thereby reducing the data size of the sub-pattern table.

  In this embodiment, the switching designation value is used for the purpose of instructing the switching of the reference data size of the pattern reference value. However, as a modification, the switching designation value may be used as the skip designation value. For example, if the last two digits of the switching designation value “FE00” are “00”, it is instructed only to switch the reference data size of the pattern reference value, and the last two digits are numerical values such as “02” and “03”. May indicate that it is also used as a skip specification value. In that case, the last two digits indicate the value range to skip. In this modification, when the variation pattern number is a non-continuous part and the pattern reference value after that part is a size within 1 byte, only one specified value is skipped and the skip value width. , Reference data size switching can be specified at the same time. Thereby, it is possible to suppress an increase in the data size of the sub pattern table.

  FIG. 6 schematically shows the contents of the variation pattern table. The variation pattern table 220 includes a plurality of consecutive numbers such as “1”, “2”, and “3” as the variation pattern number 222, and a different variation pattern 224 is associated with each number. For example, “normal fluctuation” is associated with the fluctuation pattern number “1” as the fluctuation pattern 224, and “shortening fluctuation” is associated with the fluctuation pattern number “2” as the fluctuation pattern 224. For example, when 100 types of variation patterns 224 are prepared, “1” to “100” are assigned to the variation pattern number 222. The variation pattern table 220 is stored in the pattern determination unit 116 and the effect determination unit 132, and the variation pattern of the special symbol and the variation pattern of the decorative symbol are selected in accordance with the variation pattern number.

  In the case of the conventional normal format, the pattern table is configured as follows. For example, when 100 types of variation patterns are prepared for one gaming state, the reference value and the variation pattern number are directly associated with each other in the pattern table in a one-to-one relationship, so that there are at least 100 correspondences. In the case of such a table, 2 bytes are secured for one reference value and 1 byte is secured for one variation pattern number. Therefore, if 3 correspondences and 100 correspondences are defined in one correspondence, 300 bytes. If different pattern tables are referred to depending on the gaming state, if there are 30 assumed gaming states, the total of the plurality of pattern tables is 9 kilobytes.

  When the above conventional example is applied to the format of the present embodiment, the following is obtained. First, since the pattern table does not include the variable pattern number, conventionally, 3 bytes are secured in one correspondence, but in this embodiment, only 2 bytes for the reference value are secured. Is greatly reduced to 2/3. However, since the pattern table is composed of a combination of the main pattern table and the sub pattern table, the number of tables itself is likely to increase, and it is necessary to secure the capacity accordingly. For example, assume that 30 main pattern tables are prepared for 30 game states, each of which is associated with 5 sub pattern tables, and each sub pattern table is associated with 20 variation patterns. In that case, each game state is associated with 100 types of variation patterns, and in this respect, the conditions are the same as in the above-described conventional example. If the number of sub-pattern tables is simply calculated in this example, the total number of sub-pattern tables is 150. In that case, if 20 pieces of 1-byte pattern reference values are stored in the sub-pattern table, the 150 sub-pattern tables are 6 kilobytes, which is 2/3 of the conventional pattern table. In addition, the main pattern table has a total of 5 bytes with a 2-byte table reference value, a 2-byte variation pattern number, and a 1-byte count initial value for each sub-pattern table. Since five sub-pattern tables are associated with one main pattern table and 30 main pattern tables are prepared, the total of the main pattern tables is 750 bytes. Therefore, in a simple calculation, the total of the main pattern table and the sub pattern table can be suppressed to 6.75 kilobytes.

  On the other hand, as a result of dividing the pattern table into a plurality of main pattern tables and a plurality of sub pattern tables and combining them, one sub pattern table can actually be associated with a plurality of main pattern tables. By sharing the sub-pattern table in this way, for example, it may be sufficient to reduce the number of sub-pattern tables to about 120. In this case, if 20 1-byte pattern reference values are stored in the sub-pattern table, the 120 sub-pattern tables are 4.8 kilobytes, and the main pattern table is added to about 5.5 kilobytes. Therefore, it is greatly reduced to about 2/3 of the conventional one. As described above, by adopting the table structure as in the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the data amount to about 2/3 even with the same number of effects, and particularly suppress the compression of the storage capacity in the main board 102. Can do. On the other hand, if the storage capacity is sufficient, the number of effects can be increased. In this case, the number of effects can be increased to about 1.5 times as long as the amount of data becomes 2/3, in simple calculation.

  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, 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). 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. 9 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 unit 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S46), and the pattern determining unit 116 selects the 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).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail S48 in FIG. The pattern determining means 116 selects one from a plurality of main pattern tables according to the gaming state (S100), and obtains a pattern lottery value (S102). If the acquired pattern lottery value is not smaller than the table reference value of the main pattern table (N in S104), the table reference value is subtracted from the pattern lottery value (S106), and the processes of S104 and S106 are performed until it becomes smaller than the table reference value. repeat. When it becomes smaller than the table reference value (Y in S104), the sub pattern table number and count initial value corresponding to the table reference value are selected (S108), and the sub pattern table indicated by the sub pattern table number is selected. (S110). If the value set as the pattern reference value is not the skip designation value with reference to the sub-pattern table (N in S112) and the pattern lottery value is not smaller than the pattern reference value (N in S116), the pattern lottery value Is subtracted from the pattern reference value (S118), 1 is added to the count value starting from the initial count value (S120), and the processing from S112 to S120 is repeated until it becomes smaller than the pattern reference value. If the value set as the pattern reference value is the skip designation value (Y in S112), 2 is added to the count value and the process returns to S112 (S114). When the pattern lottery value becomes smaller than the pattern reference value (Y in S116), a variation pattern having a variation pattern number represented by the count value at that time is selected (S122).

  FIG. 11 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, the configuration of the present invention has been described using a pachinko gaming machine as an example. In a modified example, the present invention may be realized in other gaming machines such as a spinning cylinder type game machine and a ball ball game 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 tables Holding means, 116 pattern determining means, 118 main display control means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determining means, 134 effect display control means.

Claims (1)

A success / failure lottery means for executing a success / failure 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 a predetermined game operation
A display device on which a symbol for indicating the result of the success / failure lottery is displayed,
Display control means for variably displaying the symbol on the display device;
A special game control means for executing the special game when the winning / losing lottery results in that the transition to the special game is possible, and when the change display of the symbol is stopped in a predetermined stop mode;
Pattern storage means for holding a plurality of variation patterns in which display contents and respective numbers are defined on the display device;
Table holding means for holding a pattern table in which a plurality of reference values indicating the correspondence between the lottery value for selecting the fluctuation pattern and the fluctuation pattern are defined together with the reference order;
Pattern determination means for acquiring the lottery value and selecting the variation pattern based on a result of comparing the lottery value and the reference value according to the reference order;
The display control means controls display contents on the display device according to the selected variation pattern,
The table holding means represents a variation pattern number in which a result value determined by repeating the comparison when each of the plurality of reference values is compared with the lottery value until a comparison result changes is associated with the lottery value. As a result, the table in which the reference order is defined in the order reflecting the correspondence between the lottery value and the variation pattern is held as the pattern table,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the pattern determining means selects a variation pattern having the result value as a variation pattern number.

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