JP2013000343A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine for preventing reduction of a performance effect due to an error report.SOLUTION: In a Pachinko game machine 10, an error reception means 137 receives an error signal from a means for detecting a failure when the failure that obstructs a game occurs. When the error signal is received, an error reporting means 138 outputs the effect that the failure has occurred as an error report by at least any of screen display and sound output preferentially to a performance. When the error report is output preferentially to the performance, a complementary processing means 139 determines a kind of a performance pattern which is overlapped with the error report, and when the determined performance pattern is a specific kind of performance, determines a new performance pattern for complementing the performance purpose of the performance pattern according to correspondence relationship related to the performance purposes of the preliminarily determined performance patterns, and executes the determined performance pattern at timing of satisfying a prescribed execution condition after the end of the error report.

Description

  It relates to gaming machines.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called big hit, in which more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific aspect. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not limited to simply displaying multiple symbols in a variable manner, but the time required for the variable display to be a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, such as the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, a character image, background image, etc. can be used to create a story with a variation display of the symbol, probability variation to increase the efficiency of transition to special games, shortening the variation time, and ease of entering the starting prize opening. The player's expectation is also enhanced by the control to shift to the easy entry state.

  Conventionally, various error notifications are issued when there is a possibility that a suitable game cannot be secured, such as when game balls have accumulated too much in a ball tray or when a game machine is intentionally vibrated. Error notification methods include a method of displaying characters that stand out on the LCD screen, a method of displaying sound with sufficient volume to draw the player's attention, and lighting such as lamps with a prominent color and light intensity. There is a method of combining them or a method of combining them. In that case, it can be said that the more the error notification that draws the player's attention, the more easily the visibility and audibility of the performance performed at that timing is hindered. Moreover, it may be disadvantageous for the player if the content suggested by the production has a relatively important meaning in the progress of the game. For this reason, a special effect dedicated to the occurrence of an error may be executed according to the type of error (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-230714 A JP 2009-2333016 A

  However, according to the technique of the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, it is premised on the idea that the player's discomfort caused by an error is reduced by executing a special effect that appears only when an error occurs according to the type of error. In other words, because it is not a technology based on the idea that the suggestion by the effect that the player should have been able to recognize by error notification is to be supplemented afterwards, it is possible to alleviate the player's discomfort by the special effect However, it was not necessarily a production that fulfilled the purpose of the original production.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that aims to prevent a reduction in the effect produced by error notification.

  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, Among the special game control means for executing the special game when the result of the lottery determination is a result indicating that the game is shifted to the special game, and the stunning display on the screen of the predetermined display device and the staging sound output At least one of a plurality of types of effect patterns having the effect content as the effect determination means for selecting one as the effect content in the special game, and the screen of the display device in the special game with the effect of the content according to the selected effect pattern Effect display control means executed by at least one of display and sound output, and error receiving means for receiving an error signal from a means for detecting a malfunction when a malfunction occurs in the ball and ball game machine. Error notification means for giving priority to the effect that a failure has occurred when an error signal is received and outputting it as an error notification by at least one of screen display and audio output, and outputting the error notification with priority over the effect When it is done, the type of the production pattern that overlaps with the error notification is determined, and when the judged production pattern is a specific type of production, a new production pattern for complementing the production purpose of the production pattern is obtained. Decide according to the correspondence relationship between the production patterns between the production patterns, and end the error notification. To comprise a predetermined execution condition is satisfied timing, the complementary processing means for performing the determined effect pattern, a.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, and the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium storing the computer program, a data structure, and the like. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the ball and ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to provide a game machine that aims to prevent a reduction in effect due to error notification.

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 prerequisite technology. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for deviation in detail. It is a figure which shows a notice kind table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the example of the error alerting | reporting displayed on the screen of an effect display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the error process of S10 in FIG. 10 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 10 in detail. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 10 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the release process of S100 in FIG. 14 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S102 in FIG. 14 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing in detail a release process of S160 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S162 in FIG. 17 in detail. It is a figure which shows typically the effect progress for every unit game in a special game. It is a figure of the table which shows the relationship between the pattern kind of win / loss notice effect for every round, and a victory expectation degree. It is a figure of the table which shows the relationship between the combination of the notice effect pattern selected as a win / loss notice effect, and each selection probability. It is a figure which shows typically the example of the error alerting | reporting displayed on the screen of an effect display apparatus.

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

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so 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, extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16, and the like. 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 or the like is output by means for controlling an effect described later.

  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 starting port 62 is a starting port that triggers the entrance of a game ball to perform a lottery determination. The starting port 62 is provided in the starting port 62 and a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball. A normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expansion mechanism 63 (so-called electric tulip) is provided. The expansion mechanism 63 is composed of two blade members provided at the upper part of the opening of the start port 62, and has a narrow opening width that allows only a game ball falling from just above the start port 62 to enter when closed. Become. On the other hand, when the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded and opened, the opening width of the start port 62 is widened, and not only the start port 62 but also a game ball falling in the vicinity thereof can be guided to the start port 62 and can enter. Ease is improved. This lottery determination 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, and is executed every time there is a ball entering the start port 62. 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 opening 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” in a special game that starts when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided at a position above the out opening 58, for example. The number of the big winning openings 66 is not limited to a single arrangement, and a plurality of large winning openings 66 may be installed and used depending on the gaming state or 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. Changes in the effect image including the pattern 190 are displayed. Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “design variation” or “variation display”.

  The special symbol display device 61 is a display device composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball falls into the start port 62. When the symbol mode when the special symbol 192 is stopped is the symbol that is determined in advance, the timing at which the symbol is displayed is the big hit occurrence timing. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The special symbol 192 in the base technology is represented by numbers, characters, symbols such as “0” to “9” that are hit symbol patterns, or a symbol “−” that is an off symbol pattern. These numbers or symbols are replaced one after another at a high speed and displayed on the special symbol display device 61, whereby the symbol variation display of the special symbol 192 is realized. Note that the special symbol 192 is not limited to the above numbers or symbols, and may be letters such as English letters, or may be a generally meaningless symbol formed by a combination of segments constituting a 7-segment LED. May be. Further, the 7-segment LED may be composed of 8 segments including 7 segments forming “eight-letter shape” and 1 segment representing “dot”. In this case, a numerical value for 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. Further, the special symbol display device 61 may be an LED dot array that is not a 7-segment LED, and a plurality of types of special symbols 192 may be expressed by combinations of lighting patterns and lighting colors.

  The effect display device 60 is a display device configured by a liquid crystal display that displays the decorative symbol 190 in a variable manner in conjunction with the variable symbol display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, for example, a moving image that fluctuates a plurality of rows of symbols simulating a game of a slot machine as a decorative symbol 190 in the central area of the screen. In the base technology, symbols composed of numbers “0” to “9” are displayed and varied in three columns, and hit or miss is indicated by three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of the plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 190 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols that are decorated with colors or patterns, but these symbols, characters, or symbols are common to all symbols. You may comprise in the form which adds a different pattern for every and integrates them. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is drawn, and for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn may be used. The decorative pattern 190 is switched according to the development of the effect between the case where the design that includes the design is variably displayed and the case where the design is separated and only the numbers, characters, and symbols are variably displayed. It may be a configuration. On the background of the variation display of the decoration symbol 190, a moving image having a staging effect related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol variation.

  The effect display device 60 is composed of a high-definition dot matrix display device such as a liquid crystal display in the base technology, but may be composed of a mechanical display means such as a drum rotation type or a display means such as an LED matrix type. . In addition, since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have to have a role of production, in the base technology, the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60 is displayed in an inconspicuous size. However, in the case of adopting a technique in which the special symbol itself has an effect role to express without using the decorative symbol, the special symbol may be displayed on the liquid crystal display instead of the 7-segment LED.

  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 that determines whether or not the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded. 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. Therefore, the open lottery is also called “ordinary symbol lottery”. The normal symbol display device 59 in the base technology is composed of two lamps for convenience, and the display state of the normal symbols is expressed by which of these lamps is lit. For example, when the first lamp is turned off and the second lamp is hit, the normal symbol fluctuation display is expressed by alternately turning on and off, and finally one of the lights is turned on. A stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in the state. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the change, the normal symbol change display stops. At this time, in the normal state, the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol with a low probability of, for example, about 1/256, and in the easy entry state described later, the normal symbol is in the winning symbol with a high probability of, for example, about 250/256. Stop. When the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol, the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time. The opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is, for example, 0.1 seconds in the normal state, and 6 seconds in the easy entry state.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the effect display device 60, and decoration. The special symbol hold display device 20 is provided at the lower left portion of the game area 52, and the normal symbol hold display device 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right portion of the game area 52, which is the symmetrical position. ing.

  The special symbol hold display device 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. When the number of lottery holds is three, the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened from the normal time in order to increase game efficiency (hereinafter also referred to as “shortening variation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery holds is 4, in order to further increase the game efficiency, the symbol variation time in the case of losing is further shortened than in the case of the above 3 (hereinafter also referred to as “super shortened variation”). ).

  The normal symbol hold display device 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of normal symbol fluctuation hold 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.

  Game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is an operation input unit that is operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine, and changes are made to the contents of the effect according to the contents of the operation input. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15. The operation button 82 in the base technology is composed of one button, but may be composed of a plurality of buttons and direction instruction buttons such as a cross key. The movable accessory 140 is a movable object whose operation is controlled in conjunction with the effect, and plays an effect role by the operation. For example, the movable accessory 140 operates in response to an operation input via the operation button 82 by the player.

  An outline of a game method and a control flow performed in the above configuration will be described. When the player turns 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 turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variation display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the lapse of the variation display time determined prior to the display. The special symbol 192 is variably displayed in accordance with a variation pattern in which a variation mode from the variation start to the stop is determined. The decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to a variation effect pattern in which a variation mode from the start to the end of the variation is determined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation production patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the special symbol 192 is variably displayed according to the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the variation pattern, a variation display time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  As a variation display of the decorative symbol 190, first, as the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three columns like the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when it approaches the variation end timing, it is stopped one by one as a final stop mode. The symbol combination is displayed. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are in a stop mode 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. The The stop mode of the decorative symbol 190 indicating a big hit is, for example, a combination mode in which the types of three symbols match.

  The variation effect pattern includes a normal loss effect pattern, a reach failure effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying a normal off symbol combination. The reach out effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying an out symbol combination through a reach state, which is a big win if one more symbols are arranged. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, the patterns when reaching the reach state include patterns with various long and short fluctuation times. Reach patterns with relatively short fluctuation times are called “normal reach”, and reach patterns with long fluctuation times are called “super reach”. ".

  The special game is started by displaying an effect screen called start demonstration time. After the start demonstration time is displayed on the screen, the grand prize winning opening 66 is opened, and after the opening continues for about 30 seconds, or after 9 or more game balls are dropped, the game is closed once. From such opening to closing of the big prize opening 66 is basically called a unit game, but it may be repeated a plurality of short-time opening during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special prize opening 66 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times, the special game is ended by displaying an effect screen called an end demo time. On the other hand, when the winning / losing lottery corresponds to a result called “small hit”, the small hit game is executed. The small hit is a result included as a result of the lottery. The small hit game is a unit game executed in a manner similar to some types of special games. However, the unit game executed as a small hit game is only one time, which is different from a special game in which a plurality of unit games are executed.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, the fluctuation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, which are one of the specific games, is started (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate). The time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is a state in which the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened from the normal state. The variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decoration symbol 190 is returned to the original variation time after a predetermined variation number, for example, 100 variation display, but if the big hit occurs before the variation number is reached, the time is shortened. Also ends. Due to the shortening of time, the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened, so that it is possible to shorten the time until the big hit occurs compared to the normal state where the symbol variation is performed with the normal variation time. Therefore, it is possible to relatively increase the jackpot acquisition ease.

  During the time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, the easy entry state which is one of the specific games is performed. The easy entry state is a state in which the ease of entering the starting port 62 is enhanced by executing the short time of the normal symbol, the probability variation of the open lottery, and the open extension of the expansion mechanism 63. The normal symbol time reduction is a state in which the variation time of the normal symbol is shortened from the normal state. The probability variation of the open lottery is a state in which the winning probability of the open lottery is higher than the normal state. The opening extension of the spreading mechanism 63 is a state in which the opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is longer than the normal state. As described above, in the easy entry state, the possibility that the number of fluctuations of the normal symbol per certain time increases as compared to the normal state increases, and the ease of entering the start opening 62 also increases. There is a high possibility that the number of entering will increase. Therefore, due to the shortened time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 and the easy entry state, the chance to obtain a winning ball by entering the starting port 62 increases during that period, and as a result, the player can play the game with little decrease in possession. It is possible to continue.

  Note that the easy entry state in the base technology increases the ease of entering the starting port 62 by using three functions such as a short time for a normal symbol, a probability variation of an open lottery, and an open / extended extension of the expansion mechanism 63. However, as a modification, it is good also as a structure which improves the entrance ease to the starting port 62 using one or two functions among these three functions. Thus, even if only a part of the three functions is used, it is possible to improve the ease of entering the starting port 62. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which switches according to a gaming state at least any one of three functions by the period to implement and the period which does not implement.

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, the probability variation game of the winning lottery (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the end of the special game ) Is further started. During the chance change of the winning / failing lottery, the winning / failing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game can be generated relatively early. The probability change of the success / failure lottery is continued until the next big hit occurs, but as a modification, it may be configured to end when a predetermined limited number of symbol changes are made. In the base technology, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are started at the same time when the probability change is started and the easy entry state is started. It may be done.

  Inside the pachinko gaming machine 10, sensors for detecting various errors are provided. For example, the upper ball tray 15 or the lower ball tray 16 is provided with a sensor for detecting whether or not the game balls are accumulated too much in the upper ball tray 15 or the lower ball tray 16, and a ball clogging error is generated when the game balls are accumulated too much. An error signal is issued. A vibration sensor is provided in the pachinko gaming machine 10 and generates an error signal indicating a vibration error when, for example, a player intentionally vibrates the pachinko gaming machine 10. When the number of game balls discharged by the sensors installed at each entrance and out 58 is less than the number of entrances and hits, an error signal indicating a discharge error is generated. As described above, a plurality of types of error detection means such as sensors (not shown) are provided at various locations inside the pachinko gaming machine 10. The error signal generated by the error detection means is transmitted to a hall computer installed in the pachinko hall as an external device of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and also to an internal control device.

  The internal control device that has received the error signal executes various controls to cope with the error. For example, the control may be such as temporarily stopping the launch of a game ball, opening / closing each entrance, or stopping a prize ball. In addition, an error notification is made on the screen of the effect display device 60 using a character string or a picture indicating that an error has occurred, an error notification by sound indicating the occurrence of an error, or an electrical accessory such as a game effect lamp 90 is turned on. Error notification is performed by causing At this time, an effect using screen display and sound output of the effect display device 60 and lighting of the game effect lamp 90 is executed as usual, but error notification is given priority over such effect. Therefore, some effects may be hindered by error notification, or viewing by the player may be difficult. Therefore, in the base technology, when the effect disturbed by the error notification is a relatively important effect, in order to complement the purpose of the effect, a new one corresponding to the type of the disturbed effect is provided. Perform the production. Thereby, discomfort can be alleviated when the player is unable to view an important performance due to error notification. Further, by fulfilling the purpose of the effect that the player has not been able to view due to the error notification by the new effect, it is possible to reduce the loss of information due to the effect.

  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 a 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 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 back setting mechanism 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 base technology. 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, the movable accessory 140, and the error detection means 84 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  The main board 102 in the base technology is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a variation pattern determination unit 115, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game execution. Means 122, opening / closing control means 124, and error control means 126 are provided. The sub-board 104 in the base technology includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, an accessory control unit 136, an error reception unit 137, an error notification unit 138, and a complementary processing unit 139. Is provided. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub board 104 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub board 104, each operation is performed so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. The configuration is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub board 104. In this way, since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 102 to the sub board 104 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 104 to the configuration included in the main board 102. It is not possible to request data transmission. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub board 104 unless the main board 102 unilaterally transmits the information to the sub board 104.

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

  The success / failure lottery means 112 obtains, as a success / failure lottery value, a random number value for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the starting hole 62 is entered. To do. 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 value acquired as the success / failure lottery value by the success / failure lottery means 112 is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined holding upper limit number.

  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, determination results of big hits, small wins, and misses are associated with the success / failure lottery values, and the success / failure probabilities are determined according to the associated jackpot range settings. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure table based on the normal probability at the normal time, and refers to the success / failure table whose probability of winning 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 success / failure lottery means 112 acquires a lottery value as an open lottery for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a success / failure table in which the correspondence between the lottery value of the open lottery and the success / failure result is determined, and determines the success / failure result of the open lottery with reference to the success / failure table. In the normal state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 1/256 is referred to, and in the easy entry state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 250/256 is referred to. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the hit / failure probabilities of big hits and small hits are determined. Is determined. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure determination table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure lottery means 112, in the normal state, as shown in FIG. At the time of certainty change, as shown in FIG. 4B, the range of the big hit is expanded, and not only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 but also when the lottery falls within the range of 400 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state. In the case of hitting a big hit, whether it is a 15R big hit or a 2R big hit and whether or not there is a probability change is determined separately according to the stop symbol of the special symbol. In this figure, the single hit / fail judgment table shows the big hit range for both normal time and probability change, but the success / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and for probability change.

  In the base technology, even if the winning / failing lottery value does not correspond to the big hit range, that is, the so-called off, it is a small hit if it falls within a predetermined range. In the example of this figure, when the success / failure lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 falls within the range of 65000 to 65535, it is a small hit. In this way, if it does not correspond to the big hit, it is all “out”, but in the example in this figure, the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the small hit out of the cases where it does not correspond to the big hit Is expressed as “displacement”. In addition, although the example which implement | achieved the determination table of whether it is a big hit and the determination table of whether it is a small win in the figure in the form of a single winning / nothing determination table was shown in this figure, each may be implement | achieved as a separate table. Good.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60. The success / failure lottery means 112 transmits the lottery result corresponding to the symbol variation to the symbol mode determining unit 131 and the effect determining unit 132 together with the symbol variation control command at the timing of starting the symbol variation.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 according to the result of the open lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the result of the open lottery in order to display the result of the open lottery in the normal symbol display device 59 in the form of a normal symbol. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the start port 62. The opening mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time.

  The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 5A is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, FIG. 5B is a table that is referred to when the result of determination is wrong, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit. The symbol determination means 114 refers to the symbol determination table of this diagram in symbol determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the special symbol represented by the numbers “0” to “9” and the symbol “−” and the symbol lottery value is defined. Each type of special symbol is associated with the result of determining whether or not the big hit, small hit, or missed, the odd number corresponds to the big hit, the even number corresponds to the small hit, and the symbol “-” is out. Correspond.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the special symbols “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, and “9”, which are odd numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9”, are associated with the jackpot. . Among them, the special symbol “7” indicates a 15R jackpot with certainty and is associated with a symbol lottery value range “0 to 99”. The special symbol “3” indicates a 2R jackpot with certainty and is associated with a symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”. Special symbols “1”, “5”, and “9” indicate 15R big hits without any probability change, the special symbol “1” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 189”, and the special symbol “190 to 229”. “5” is associated with, and “230 to 255” is associated with the special symbol “9”.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the special symbol “-” is associated with the entire range of symbol lottery values in the case where the determination result is wrong.

  As shown in FIG. 5C, the special symbols “0”, “2”, “4”, “6”, and “8” that are even numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9” are associated with the small hits. Yes. The special symbol “0” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 49”, and the special symbol “2” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “50 to 99”. The special symbol “4” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”, the special symbol “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the special symbol “8” is the symbol lottery. Corresponding to the value range “200 to 255”.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the variation pattern determination unit 115 selects any variation pattern from a plurality of types of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds a variation pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern. The variation pattern determination unit 115 sends data indicating the determined variation pattern to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132. The variation pattern determination unit 115 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns. A plurality of types of variation patterns are defined on the assumption that there are various variation times, short and long, and that symbol variation is also performed by a decorative symbol composed of a plurality of symbols in the variation time. In each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table. The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the variation pattern table for removal shown in FIG. 6A when the result of the determination is wrong. When the determination result is a 15R jackpot, the fluctuation pattern table for 15R jackpot shown in FIG. 6B is referred to. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the variation pattern table for 2R big hit and small hit shown in FIG. 6C is referred.

  In FIG. 6A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 10 are associated with a super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery values 11 to 20 are associated with a super reach “super 2”. The pattern lottery values 21 to 255 are associated with any variation pattern of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach”. As described above, when the result of the determination is wrong, any one of super reach, normal reach, and no reach may be selected. In the variation pattern table for detachment, when a variation pattern of “no reach” is selected, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern having a shorter variation time than the normal state is selected in the short time state. Further, the deviation variation pattern table is defined so that the column to be referred to is different depending on the number of holdings, and details of the normal state will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 6B, the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is 15R big hit, the variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 6C, the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. As described above, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of about 50%.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing in detail a variation pattern table for detachment. In the variation pattern table 210 of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the variation pattern is different for each number of holds. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with relatively long variation times, and the probability that variation patterns with long variation times will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the holding control means 116 is smaller. Accordingly, when the number of holds by the hold control unit 116 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1 to 2, the selection probability of the change pattern having a long change time becomes higher than usual, and the change time tends to be relatively long.

  The first column 212 shows the correspondence relationship between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern when the number of holds is 1 as a result of the lottery determination by the hold control means 116. Similarly, in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218, the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern in the case where the number of holdings as the result of the lottery control by the holding control means 116 is 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The relationship is shown. That is, it can be considered that the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 indicate the variation pattern table for each number of holds. In this figure, an example will be described in which a plurality of variation patterns that can be selected at the time of deviation are classified into five types according to variation time, but actually, a plurality of variation effect patterns are prepared for each of these classifications. This is equivalent to the fact that dozens of types of variation effect patterns are associated with the lottery value ranges for each category. In order to compare the ratio of each pattern lottery value range in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 in this figure with the ratio of the pattern lottery value range in the first column 212, Broken lines indicating the ratio of the pattern lottery value range are drawn in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218.

  The first range 222 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 0 to 10. A super reach variation pattern of “super 1” is associated. The second range 224 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 11 to 20. A super reach variation pattern of “super 2” is associated. Thus, in the case of the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 0 to 10 and the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 11 to 20, the variation pattern having the same variation time is selected regardless of the number of holdings.

  The third range 226 includes normal reach in the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 21 to 255, respectively. “Normal 1”, “Normal 2”, and “Reach without reach” are associated with each other. However, the range of pattern lottery values associated with each variation pattern varies depending on the number of holds. In the first column 212, the sizes of the lottery value ranges to which “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated are approximately equal, and the ranges obtained by dividing 21 to 255 into approximately three equal portions are associated with each other. Yes. On the other hand, in the second column 214, the size of the lottery value range associated with “normal 1” and “normal 2” is smaller than the lottery value range associated with “no reach”. Further, in the third column 216 and the fourth column 218, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is further reduced.

  The fluctuation time of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” may be longer than the fluctuation time of “Out of reach”, and in the case of “Out of reach”, the fluctuation time may be shortened like a short time state. Depending on the setting contents of the third range 226, the average variation time varies. The pattern lottery value range for “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” decreases as the number of holds increases from 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, and conversely the pattern lottery value range for “out of reach” increases. Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes shorter as the number of holds increases, and conversely, the average change time becomes longer as the number of holds decreases. In this way, by using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of holdings, control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of holdings decreases is realized. be able to.

  The variation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the third column 216 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, so-called “shortening variation”. This is the fluctuation pattern. Further, the fluctuation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the fourth column 218 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, and the third column This is a fluctuation pattern of so-called “super-shortening fluctuation” in which the fluctuation time is shorter than “216 shortening fluctuation”.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the fluctuation pattern determination means 115 determines the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol. In the normal state, the variable display time is determined to be 60 seconds, and in the easy entry state, the variable display time is determined to be 6 seconds.

  When there is a new entry at the start port 62 and a new winning / failing lottery is executed, the holding control means 116 displays a new entry when a symbol change corresponding to the previous entry or lottery is displayed. The result of the success / failure lottery based on is suspended until the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery. In the base technology, the result of the lottery lottery is held at the upper limit of four and the lottery value is held as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value here includes a success / failure lottery value, a symbol lottery value, and a variation pattern lottery value. The holding control means 116 further holds the usual lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a holding ball. These numbers of holdings are represented by the number of lighting or blinking numbers of the special symbol holding display device 20 and the normal symbol holding display device 22, respectively.

  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 variation display of the special symbol 192 according to the variation pattern determined by the variation pattern determination unit 115. The main display control means 118 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the success / failure lottery performed before that has ended. The main display control means 118 transmits a change start command and a change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing for starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol 192. When the variation start command is transmitted, values indicating the determined determination result, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern are transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The main display control means 118 displays the result of the normal symbol lottery on the normal symbol display device 59 as a normal symbol variation display.

  The special game control means 120 indicates that the special game operation condition is established when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 results in the transition to the special game. A special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include a 15R jackpot that repeats a unit game 15 times and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game that has a shorter opening time than the 15R jackpot only twice. In the case of 15R jackpot, in principle, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the case of 2R big hit, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 0.5 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted. Even in the case of 2R big hit, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, the big winning opening 66 may be opened in the same manner as the 15R big hit.

  The specific game executing means 122 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the easy-to-enter state. The specific game execution means 122 shifts the game state to the time-saving state and the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114 is a big hit symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The short-time state and the easy-to-enter state are continued until the number of times of display of the special symbol 192 reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times from the end of the special game. However, when the state changes to the probability changing state at the same time, as long as the probability changing state continues, the short time state and the easy entry state are continued. That is, it continues until the next big hit occurs. Thus, the end of the short time state and the easy entry state is determined according to the gaming state. In the short time state, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 selects a fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time so that the fluctuation display time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a variation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds of the result of lottery determination by the hold control unit 116 is referred to, and a change pattern with a long variation time is likely to appear as the number of hold by the hold control unit 116 decreases. In the easy entry state, the normal symbol time is shortened, the normal symbol probability change, and the expansion mechanism 63 is opened and extended. On the other hand, the probability variation state is continued until a special game with the next jackpot is executed. During the probable change state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

  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 error control means 126 receives an error signal from the error detection means 84 that has detected a malfunction that may interfere with the game in the pachinko gaming machine 10 when the malfunction has occurred. The error signal indicates the content of the error, that is, the fact that a problem has occurred and the type of the problem. When the error control means 126 receives the error signal, the error control means 126 stops the opening / closing control of each winning opening by the opening / closing control means 124 according to the type of failure indicated in the error signal, or stops the launch of the game ball. Control is performed to temporarily stop the game. When the error control unit 126 receives an error signal, the error control unit 126 transmits the error signal to the error reception unit 137 of the sub-board 104.

  The pattern storage means 130 has a plurality of effects in which effect contents such as effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative pattern 190, its display process, sound output, and blinking pattern of the game effect lamp 90 are defined. Hold the pattern. The effect patterns include a change effect pattern, a notice effect pattern, and a special game effect pattern. The variation effect pattern is an effect pattern in which a change process and an effect process from the start to the end of change in the change display of the decorative design 190 are defined. The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern that is displayed separately from the fluctuating display of the decorative symbol and suggests a high degree of expectation for the big hit before the fluctuating display is stopped. The special game effect pattern is an effect pattern that effectively suggests whether or not to shift to a certain change or a shorter time after the special game as an effect content in the special game.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the contents of the effect displayed on the effect display device 60 by the effect display control means 134 according to the result of the success / failure lottery received from the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect determining means 132 selects one of a plurality of change effect pattern data corresponding to the change pattern of the special symbol determined by the change pattern determining means 115, reads out the data from the pattern storage means 130, and obtains information on the change effect pattern. This is sent to the effect display control means 134. The effect determining means 132 holds a pattern table that should be referred to in order to select a variable effect pattern.

  Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol. A plurality of types of variation effect patterns correspond to one variation pattern, and one of the variation effect patterns is selected. For example, for the variation pattern of “Super 1”, five types of variation effect patterns “a1” to “a5” correspond, and the selection probability at the time of big hit and the selection probability at the time of losing are shown in FIG. Therefore, it is classified as a variation effect pattern in which the possibility of winning a big hit or the expectation level is the same. Similarly, a plurality of types of variation effect patterns corresponding to the variation pattern of “Super 2” are also classified as variation effect patterns having the same possibility of winning big hits or having the same degree of expectation.

  The symbol form determining means 131 determines the combination of stop symbols of the decorative symbol 190 and their arrangement according to the result of the lottery by the winning / failing lottery means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern. decide. The symbol form determination unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect display control unit 134. The symbol form determining means 131 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a transition to a special game of 15R jackpot, a specific combination such as “777” or “ A combination of three symbols such as “111” is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols 192 are selected as the numbers to be arranged as the decorative symbols 190, but the numbers may not necessarily be the same. For example, when the special symbol 192 is “7”, the decorative symbol 190 is “777”. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is also selected when the result of the determination is a 2R big hit or a small hit, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination in which three symbols such as “312” and “946” are not arranged, and a specific combination selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. When the determination result is not 15R big hit, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination with only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is selected. .

  The notice effect pattern includes an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video or the like of a specific character or motif, an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound, an effect pattern for flashing the game effect lamp 90, a movable accessory 140 is an effect pattern for operating 140. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, a normal notice effect that displays only one character image on the screen, a serif notice effect that shows a character string as a character string, and a display that allows a large number of characters to pass from one end of the screen to the other. There is a group notice effect to let you. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is made variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the greater the number of stages is, the higher the degree of expectation for the big hit is included.

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

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

  FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the notice type table. In the notice type table 240, “first notice A” that is the first type of notice effect pattern is defined in the first column 242, and “notice” that is the second type of notice effect pattern in the second field 244. B "is defined. For example, “notice A” is a normal notice effect, and “notice B” is a line notice effect. Thus, “notice A” and “notice B” have different notice methods. In the third column 246, “notice C” as a third type of notice effect pattern is defined, and in the fourth column 248, “notice D” as a fourth type of notice effect pattern is defined. The types of the notice effect patterns of “Notice A” to “Notice D” are further subdivided. For example, “Notice A” is subdivided into “A1” to “A5”, “Notice B” is subdivided into “B1” through “B5”, and “Notice C” is subdivided into “C1” through “C5”. The “notice D” is subdivided into “D1” to “D5”. The subdivided notice effect patterns have different contents such as characters and characters that appear, and the selection probability in the case of big hit and small hit and the selection probability in the case of losing are respectively determined.

  Here, different selection probabilities may be set for each of all the notice effect patterns, but in the base technology, for convenience, “A1” to “D1” are set to the same selection probability, and similarly “A2” to “D2” are the same. The selection probabilities are “A3” to “D3”, which are the same selection probabilities, and “A4” to “D4” are the same selection probabilities. For example, “A1” to “D1” are selected with a selection probability of “10%” in the case of big hits and small hits, and are selected with a selection probability of “0.2%” in the case of losing. “A2” to “D2” are selected with a selection probability of “7%” in the case of big hits and small hits, and are selected with a selection probability of “0.3%” in the case of deviation. “A3” to “D3” are selected with a selection probability of “5%” in the case of big hits and small hits, and are selected with a selection probability of “0.5%” in the case of deviation. “A4” to “D4” are selected with a selection probability of “2%” in the case of big hits and small hits, and are selected with a selection probability of “1%” in the case of deviation. “A5” to “D5” are selected with a selection probability of “1%” in the case of big hits and small hits, and are selected with a selection probability of “2%” in the case of losing. As a result, “A1” to “D1” having the highest selection probability in the case of big hits and small hits and the lowest selection probability in the case of losing are the most likely or expected big hits among a plurality of types of notice effect patterns. It becomes a classification of a high-priority notice effect. “A2” to “D2” have the next highest probability or expectation of big hits, “A3” to “D3”, “A4” to “D4”, “A5” to “D5” It is a category with low expectation.

  The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display an effect image including a decorative pattern on the effect display device 60 according to the selected variation effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery means 112, and to output sound from the speaker 18. The game effect lamp 90 is blinked. The effect display control means 134 starts a new symbol variation when a variation start command for the decorative symbol 190 is received.

  The effect display control means 134, when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect, causes the effect display control means 134 to superimpose the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern on the effect display device 60 in the form of superimposing the symbol effect. The voice is output from the speaker 18. Depending on the notice effect pattern, the movable accessory 140 is operated, or the game effect lamp 90 is blinked.

  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.

  The error receiving unit 137 receives an error signal from the error control unit 126 and transfers the error signal to the error notification unit 138 when a malfunction that may interfere with the game occurs in the pachinko gaming machine 10. In the modification, the error receiving unit 137 may be provided on the main board 102 instead of the sub board 104, and an error signal received from the error detecting unit 84 may be transferred to the error notification unit 138. Further, an example is shown in which an error signal is transmitted from the error detection unit 84 to the error control unit 126 of the main board 102, and the error control unit 126 transfers the error signal to the error reception unit 137. As a modification, an error signal may be directly transmitted from the error detection means 84 to the sub-board 104.

  The error notification means 138 indicates that a failure has occurred when an error signal is received from the error reception means 137, and displays at least one of screen display on the effect display device 60, sound output from the speaker 18, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90. Either is output as an error notification. At this time, even if an effect using at least one of screen display on the effect display device 60, sound output from the speaker 18, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90 is executed, error notification is given priority over the effect. Execute. In the base technology, the screen display on the effect display device 60, the sound output from the speaker 18, and the lighting of the game effect lamp 90 are all used, but in the modification, any one of these methods is used. Or it is good also as error alerting using two.

  The error notification method varies depending on the type of error indicated in the error signal. For example, in the case of a ball clogging error, the error cannot be canceled until the player removes the game ball from the upper ball tray 15 or the lower ball tray 16 and reduces it to less than a predetermined amount. Until the problem is actually resolved, it is necessary to continue the error notification. On the other hand, since a failure that has occurred itself is very short, such as a vibration error, the error notification time is set in advance, for example, “40 seconds”. As described above, the error notification time is divided into the error for which the error notification time is determined and the error for which the error notification is not determined, and the notification time is different according to the importance of the error for each error type. May be defined. The error notification means 138 performs error notification using a notification time and a notification method corresponding to the type of error indicated in the error signal.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of error notification displayed on the screen of the effect display device 60. As an error notification using the screen display of the effect display device 60, a character string such as “!! Ball clogging error! Please check the ball tray.” Is displayed on the screen as in the error display 260 of this figure. Then, a warning sound indicating an error is output from the speaker 18 and the game effect lamp 90 is turned on. At this time, it is assumed that the decorative pattern 190 is displayed in a small and variable manner on the lower right side of the screen, and a line preview effect such as “Enemy is XXX” is displayed as a preview display 262 in the center of the screen. . Since the error display 260 is displayed with priority over the notice display 262, the error display 260 is displayed on a layer higher than the notice display 262, and a part of the notice display 262 is covered with the error display 260 and hidden. Therefore, in the character string indicated in the serif notice of the notice display 262, the important character name “XXXXX” is covered with the error display 260 and cannot be visually recognized by the player. If this dialogue notice corresponds to “notice B” shown in FIG. 8 and the character name included in the character string is different for each of “B1” to “B5”, the player can visually recognize the dialogue name by visually checking the character name. The expectation level of the jackpot by the notice will be estimated. However, since the error display 260 is obstructed, it is impossible to estimate the expected degree of jackpot.

  Therefore, when the error notification is output with priority over the effect, the complement processing unit 139 in FIG. 3 determines the type of effect pattern that overlaps the error notification. In the case of FIG. 9, it is determined that the type of effect pattern of the notice display 262 whose visual recognition is hindered by the error display 260 is “B1”. In the case where a plurality of effects overlap while error notification is executed, the complement processing means 139 may specify all of the plurality of effect patterns or only one. When only one is specified, for example, only the notice effect pattern to be determined first among the effect patterns may be specified, and the rest may not be specified. Once all types of the effect patterns are determined, It is also possible to identify only the types with the highest probability or expectation of jackpot and discard the others.

  The complementing processing means 139 sets a forecasting effect pattern having a relatively high possibility or expectation as a target of complementing among a plurality of types of the forecasting effect patterns previously classified according to the possibility of a big hit or a difference in expectation. For example, in the notice type table 240, “A1” to “A3”, “B1” to “B3”, “C1” to “C3”, “D1” to “D3” having a relatively high possibility of winning or expectation. , “E1” to “E3” are to be complemented. On the other hand, “A4”, “A5”, “B4”, “B5”, “C4”, “C5”, “D4”, “D5”, “E4”, “E5” is not subject to complementation.

  When the type of the notice effect pattern determined as the effect that overlaps with the error notification is the specific type of the notice effect pattern that is the complement target, the complement processing unit 139 supplements the effect purpose of the notice effect pattern. Select a new notice effect pattern. That is, the complement processing means 139 selects a notice effect pattern having the same selection probability as the determined notice effect pattern or the same notice effect pattern as a new notice effect pattern. The complementary processing means 139 executes the notice effect at a timing that satisfies a predetermined execution condition after the end of the error notification as the notice effect timing by the selected new notice effect pattern. As an execution condition, for example, the execution timing is determined based on whether or not the time required for the notice effect by the selected notice effect pattern falls within the remaining display time of the currently displayed symbol variation. In addition, a plurality of time points on the time axis where the notice effect can be executed in the effect process of symbol variation may be prepared. In this case, time points may be determined in advance at a plurality of locations for each variation effect pattern, and the types of notice effect patterns that can be executed for each time point may be determined. The execution timing of the new notice effect pattern may be determined depending on whether or not the time point of the notice effect specified in the variation effect pattern remains within the remaining display time after the error notification ends.

  On the other hand, if the display of the new notice effect pattern does not fit within the remaining display time, it is determined whether or not it falls within the scheduled display time of the next and subsequent symbol fluctuations, and the process is executed in the accommodated symbol fluctuations. As a reference for whether or not it can be accommodated, it is possible to use only the reach variation pattern as a target of execution timing. In addition, the new notice effect patterns selected as the complements are “A1” to “A3”, “B1” to “B3”, “C1” to “H1” that have a high probability of winning or the expectation after the next symbol change. The execution timing may be set when the notice effect by “C3”, “D1” to “D3”, and “E1” to “E3” is determined. In that case, the notice effect pattern selected by the effect determining means 132 is replaced with the notice effect pattern as the complement selected by the complement processing means 139. Here, “A1” to “A3”, “B1” to “B3”, “C1” to “C3”, “D1” to “D3”, “E1” to “E3” have a high possibility of winning or a high expectation. Even if any one of "" is selected, it is replaced with a notice effect pattern as a complement. However, in a modified example, a configuration may be adopted in which a notice effect pattern having the same possibility or expectation of a big hit as a complement is selected when the effect determining means 132 selects the effect effect pattern as a complement.

  In the above example, the supplement processing means 139 is configured to select and execute a new notice effect pattern to be complemented when the error notification and the notice effect overlap. As a modification, the complement processing unit 139 may select a new variation effect pattern for complementing the effect purpose of the variation effect pattern when the error notification and the specific type of variation effect pattern overlap. That is, the complement processing means 139 selects a variation effect pattern having the same selection probability as the determined variation effect pattern or the same variation effect pattern as a new variation effect pattern.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, error processing is performed when a malfunction occurs in each configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 10 (S10), and processing when a game ball enters the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, etc. Execute (S11). If it is during a normal game (Y of S12), a control process of a normal game such as a winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if it is not during a normal game (N of S12), a control process of a special game (S16), A small hit game control process is executed (S17), and award ball payout according to various winnings is processed according to the number of winning balls set in the winning process of S11 (S18).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the error processing of S10 in FIG. When the error receiving unit 137 receives an error signal (Y in S200), if the error notification has not been started (N in S202), the error notification unit 138 starts error notification (S204), and the error notification starts. If completed (Y of S202), S204 is skipped. If the error receiving means 137 has not received an error signal (N in S200), if the error notification has not been stopped or if a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of error notification (N in S206), an error The notification unit 138 stops the error notification (S208), the complement processing unit 139 identifies the effect pattern that overlaps with the error notification (S210), and if the specified effect pattern is a specific type of effect pattern, the corresponding new effect is generated. A pattern is selected and its re-execution is set (S212). If the error notification has been stopped (Y in S206), the processing from S208 to S212 is skipped.

  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 effect pattern. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40), and the announcement effect display processing is executed according to whether or not the announcement effect execution is determined (S41). When the symbol variation display is not started (N in S38), S40 and S41 are 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 determination unit 114 determines a special symbol stop symbol based on the result of the determination (S46), and the variation pattern determination unit 115 selects the variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). The effect determining means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), selects the decorative symbol variation effect pattern according to the special symbol variation pattern (S52), and notifies The presence / absence of the effect and the notice effect pattern are determined (S54). Here, when the re-execution setting of the production has been made (Y of S55) and the execution condition for the re-execution is satisfied (Y of S56), it is selected for re-execution in S212. An effect pattern is set (S58). When the re-execution setting of the effect is not made (N of S55) or when the execution condition is not satisfied (N of S56), S58 is skipped.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a big hit (Y in S90), the special game has already started (Y in S92), and the grand prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S98), the big prize opening The release process 66 is executed (S100). At this time, display of the set jackpot effect is also started. If the big prize opening 66 has been opened (Y of S98), the closing process of the big prize opening 66 is executed (S102). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S104), the process proceeds to S106. If it is not in the closed state (N in S104), the process after S106 is skipped, and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the special game has not started in S92 (N in S92), the special game effect pattern is selected (S93), the special game is started (S94), and the start demonstration effect display is started ( (S96) This process is temporarily terminated.

  In S106, it is determined whether or not a demonstration production, which is a production during a special game, is being performed. Note that the “demonstration effect” here includes a start demonstration effect and an end demonstration effect. If the demonstration is not in progress (N in S106), it is determined whether or not a special game end condition is satisfied with reference to an end flag described later (S110), and if the special game end condition is satisfied (S110). Y) After the end flag is turned off (S112), display of the end demonstration effect is started (S114). If the special game end condition is not satisfied (N in S110), this process is temporarily ended. If it is determined in S106 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S106), and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S116), the special game is terminated (S118), and the specific game, that is, the probability change, the time reduction, and the entry The easy state is started (S120). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S116), the processes in S118 and S120 are skipped. If it is not a big hit (N in S90), the flow after S92 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S100 in FIG. When the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S122), the opening / closing control means 124 uniformly turns off the passage flag and sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S124). The special winning opening 66 is opened (S126). In addition, a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions of the current unit game or a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions being different is set and started. When it is not the opening timing (N of S122), the processes of S124 and S126 are skipped.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. When the closing timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached, the open / close control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66. That is, during a special game, whether the end condition based on the number of balls is satisfied (Y in S130) or the end condition based on the number of balls is not satisfied (N in S130), the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied ( (Y of S132), the special winning opening 66 is closed (S134). If the termination condition based on the opening time is not satisfied (N in S132), the flow after S134 is skipped.

  The end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening 66, and the end condition based on the opening time is a set time according to the opening / closing pattern from the opening start of the big prize opening 66. It is progress. In the case of 15R big hit, 30 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening, and in the case of 2R big hit, 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening. However, since the opening for 0.5 seconds is extremely short, it is difficult to enter more than 10 balls as well as to enter. Even if a game ball is launched at the same time as the opening of the grand prize opening, it is difficult to enter the game, so it is predicted that the 2R big hit will be opened before the grand prize opening 66 is opened. It is necessary to launch a game ball. On the other hand, the end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening, and the end condition based on the opening time is 30 seconds from the start of opening the big prize opening 66. At this time, if the maximum number of continuations has been reached (Y in S136), the end flag is turned on (S138). If the maximum number of continuations has not been reached (N in S136), the process in S138 is skipped. In the base technology, the upper limit number of continuations is 15. If neither the end condition based on the number of entered balls nor the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied (N in S130, N in S132), the processes after S134 are skipped.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a small hit (Y in S150), the small hit game has already started (Y in S152), and the big winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S158). A process for opening the winning opening 66 is executed (S160), and if it is already opened (Y in S158), a closing process for the big winning opening 66 is executed (S162). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S164), the process proceeds to S166. If it is not in the closed state (N of S164), the process after S166 is skipped and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the small hit game has not started in S152 (N in S152), the small hit game is started (S154), and the display of the start demonstration effect similar to the 2R big hit is started (S156). Exit once.

  In S166, it is determined whether or not a demonstration effect which is an effect during the small hit game is being performed. If the demonstration effect is not in progress (N in S166), it is determined whether or not the small hit game end condition is satisfied. Here, if an end flag, which will be described later, is on, the small hit game end condition is satisfied. If the small hit game end condition is satisfied (Y in S170), the end flag is turned off (S172), and the display of the end demonstration effect is started (S174). If the small hit game ending condition is not satisfied (N in S170), this process is temporarily ended. When it is determined in S166 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S166) and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S176), the small hit game is terminated (S178). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S176), the process of S178 is skipped. If it is not a small hit (N in S150), the flow after S152 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S160 in FIG. When it is the opening timing of the big winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern (Y in S180), the opening / closing control means 124 sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S182) and starts opening the big winning opening 66. (S184). When it is not the opening timing (N of S180), the processing of S182 and S184 is skipped.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG. When the end timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S190), the end flag is turned on (S192), and the special winning opening 66 is closed (S194). This closing timing is the timing when 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening 66. If it is not the closing timing (N of S190), the processes of S192 and S194 are skipped.

  In the base technology, in the case where the performance disturbed by the error notification is a relatively important performance, in order to complement the purpose of the performance, a new performance corresponding to the type of the disturbed performance is provided. Execute. Thereby, discomfort can be alleviated when the player is unable to view an important performance due to error notification. Further, by fulfilling the purpose of the effect that the player has not been able to view due to the error notification by the new effect, it is possible to reduce the loss of information due to the effect.

(First embodiment)
In this embodiment, during a special game, when a special game effect that suggests whether or not a transition to probability change is involved after the end of the special game is interrupted by an error notification, an effect that complements at a specific timing thereafter is provided. Execute. Since the present embodiment basically includes the above-described configuration of the base technology, the following description focuses on items that are unique to the present embodiment or items that are different from the base technology, and a description of common items is omitted.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram schematically showing the progress of presentation for each unit game in the special game. In the special game, a special game effect is executed for each unit game according to the effect pattern. As a special game production, the process of the battle production, which is a production that expresses whether or not it is accompanied by the execution of probability change, which is one of the specific games after the special game, as a result of the victory and defeat of two kinds of characters, the ally and the enemy, is displayed. Is done. In the figure, each square indicates a demonstration display period or a unit game, and a special game is started from the leftmost square and proceeds rightward toward the rightmost square. A predetermined start demonstration effect is executed at the start demo time 300 at the left end, a plurality of unit games are executed from the first round 301 to the sixteenth round 316 or the sixteenth shortened round 416, and the end demo is performed at the end demo time 320 at the right end. The performance is executed and the special game ends.

  In each round from the first round 301 to the sixteenth round 316 or the sixteenth shortened round 416, a special game effect according to the effect pattern selected for each is executed. In each round from the first round 301 to the sixteenth round 316, the unit game time, that is, the opening time of the special winning opening 66 is a maximum of about 30 seconds. On the other hand, in each round from the ninth shortened round 409 to the sixteenth shortened round 416, the unit game time, that is, the opening time of the big winning opening 66 is about 0.5 seconds. Whether the normal round from the ninth round 309 to the sixteenth round 316 is executed after the ninth round or the shortened round from the ninth shortened round 409 to the sixteenth shortened round 416 is executed after the special game It is determined by whether or not. Whether the normal round or the shortened round is executed after the ninth round is displayed in the form of winning or losing in the battle effect at the end of the eighth round. Since the short round does not enter the big prize opening 66 sufficiently, the player's profit is substantially limited to the special game for eight rounds, so the player's profit becomes relatively large or small. It will be shown by the result of the battle production.

  In the battle effect, a winning / losing notice effect is displayed in which the teammate character or enemy character attacks the opponent in the first round 301, the third round 303, the fifth round 305, and the seventh round 307. The winning / losing notice effect is a notice effect that suggests a trend of winning / losing displayed in the eighth round 308 depending on which character attacks and the type of attacking method. Therefore, if an error notification is given prior to the win / loss notice effect in any of the first round 301, the third round 303, the fifth round 305, and the seventh round 307, the player cannot obtain an indication regarding the trend of win / loss. There is a fear. In addition, because the battle production itself has the production content that develops the story with the content suggested by the victory / defeat announcement production as the turning point, the victory / defeat announcement production contains important suggestions in order to make the development after the victory / defeat announcement production consistent. I can say that. Therefore, if the visibility and audibility of the winning / losing notice production is hindered, it is difficult to maintain the consistency of the production as a whole.

  Therefore, when an error notification is given in preference to any one of the first round 301, the third round 303, and the fifth round 305, the subsequent rounds are the third round 303, the fifth round 305, the first round Complementary effects are executed in one of the seven rounds 307. For example, when error notification is given in preference to the win / loss notice effect in the first round 301, a complementary effect is executed in any of the subsequent rounds, ie, the third round 303, the fifth round 305, and the seventh round 307 To do. For example, when error notification is given in preference to the win / loss notice effect in the third round 303, a complementary effect is executed in the fifth round 305 or the seventh round 307, which are subsequent rounds. For example, when an error notification is given in preference to the winning / losing notice effect in the fifth round 305, a complementary effect is executed in the seventh round 307, which is the subsequent round.

  FIG. 21 is a table showing the relationship between the pattern type of the winning / losing notice effect for each round and the expected victory degree. In the winning / losing notice effect table 500, the first column 501 shows five kinds of notice effect patterns A1 to A5 to be displayed as the winning / losing notice effect in the first round 301. As shown in the figure, the expected degree of victory suggested by each notice effect pattern suggests that the notice effect pattern A1 is the highest and the victory has been confirmed, and then the expectation degree decreases in the order of A2, A3, A4, and A5 Lowest. That is, the numbers 1 to 5 indicate the height of the rank of expectation. For example, A1 is a scene in which an ally character makes a large attack on an enemy character, and A2 is a scene in which an ally character makes a small attack on an enemy character. A3 is a scene in which the attack of the ally character and the attack of the enemy character antagonize. A4 is a scene where the enemy character makes a small attack on the ally character, and A5 is a scene where the enemy character makes a big attack on the ally character. B1 is a scene where an ally character completely evades the attack of the enemy character, and B2 is a scene where the ally character defends the attack of the enemy character. B3 is a scene in which the attack of an ally character and the attack of an enemy character antagonize. B4 is a scene where the enemy character defends against the attack of the friendly character, and B5 is a scene where the enemy character completely avoids the attack of the friendly character. C1 to C5 and D1 to D5 are also similar to A1 to A5 and B1 to B5, which are battle stage notice effect patterns that are expressed with different expectations of probability change. The attack method and the attack method are different.

  Similar to the first column 501, the second column 503 shows five types of notice effect patterns B1 to B5 to be displayed as the winning / losing notice effect in the third round 303. The notice effect pattern B1 with the highest degree of expectation of victory suggests that the victory has been confirmed, and then the degree of expectation decreases in the order of B2, B3, B4, and B5. In the third column 505, five types of notice effect patterns C1 to C5 to be displayed as win / loss notice effects in the fifth round 305 are shown. The notice effect pattern C1 with the highest degree of expectation of victory also indicates that the victory has been confirmed, and then the degree of expectation decreases in the order of C2, C3, C4 and C5. In the fourth column 507, five types of notice effect patterns D1 to D5 to be displayed as win / loss notice effects in the seventh round 307 are shown. The notice effect pattern D1 having the highest degree of expectation of victory also indicates that the victory has been confirmed, and then the degree of expectation decreases in the order of D2, D3, D4, and D5.

  In each notice effect pattern, each of classifications A to D represents a battle scene. For example, if A1 to A5, the battle scene is the same and the battle content is different. In addition, a plurality of types of notice effect patterns divided into types A to D are classified into ranks 1 to 5 in advance according to the expectation level of victory, and depending on whether or not a big hit with certainty The classification as shown in the figure is realized by each selection probability. In addition, when there is an error notification during the production of A1 to C1, a complementary production is executed in the subsequent round.

  FIG. 22 is a table showing the relationship between the combination of the notice effect patterns to be selected as the win / loss notice effects and the respective selection probabilities. In the notice effect pattern selection table 520, the first column 522 shows the combination of the notice effect patterns, and the second column 524 shows the selection probability for each combination of the notice effect patterns.

  For example, in the combination of “A1”, “B2”, “C2”, and “D2” shown in the uppermost row of the first column 522, a notice that suggests the confirmation of victory in the first round 301 is displayed. Therefore, since it is selected only in the case of a big hit with probability variation and not selected in the case of a big hit without probability variation, the selection probability in the second column 524 is 6% as the selection probability with probability variation, and the selection probability without probability variation. Is set to 0%.

  In the combination of “A2”, “B1”, “C2”, and “D2” shown in the second row, the notice effect pattern of “B1” is displayed in the third round 303, and the confirmation of certainty change is indicated at that time. . Also in this case, since it is selected only in the case of a big hit with a probability change and not selected in the case of a big hit without a probability change, the selection probability in the second column 524 is 6% when there is a probability change, and the selection when there is no probability change. A probability of 0% is indicated. As described above, the combination including at least one of “A1”, “B1”, “C1”, and “D1” has a selection probability of 6% in the second column 524 when there is a certain variation, and there is no certain variation. In this case, 0% is set as the selection probability.

  For example, in the combination of “A5”, “B5”, “C5”, and “D5” shown at the bottom, the expectation is the lowest in any of the first round 301, the third round 303, the fifth round 305, and the seventh round 307 Display a notice. Therefore, in the second column 524, the selection probability is relatively low 2% when there is a probability change, and when there is no probability change, so that it is selected with a higher probability in the case of a big hit without a probability change than in the case of a big hit with a probability change. A relatively high selection probability of 8% is set.

  As described above, the effect determining means 132 in FIG. 3 selects one of the combinations of the plurality of types of the notice effect patterns according to the selection probability according to whether or not the jackpot is accompanied by a probability change. The effect determining means 132 selects a combination based on the correspondence according to whether or not it is a big hit with a certain probability so as to have a selection probability for each combination of the notice effect patterns as shown in FIG. The classification of FIG. 20 regarding the expectation degree of the notice effect pattern included in the combination is realized. The effect display control means 134 executes the winning / losing notice effect by at least one of the display on the screen of the effect display device 60 and the sound output in the special game according to the combination of the notice effect patterns selected by the effect determining means 132. . When the error notification means 138 receives an error signal during the special game, the error notification means 138 gives priority to the fact that the trouble has occurred over the special game effect including the victory notice effect as an error notification by at least one of screen display and sound output. Output.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of error notification to be displayed on the screen of the effect display device 60. As in the example of FIG. 9, the character string “!! Ball check error! Check the ball tray” is displayed large in the center of the screen, and a warning sound indicating an error is output from the speaker 18, thereby providing a gaming effect. The lamp 90 is turned on. At this time, on the special game effect screen 600, the battle scenes of the teammate character 602 and the enemy character 604 are displayed as a win / loss notice effect, and the number of rounds 606, which is the current number of unit games, is displayed small in the lower right corner of the screen. However, as a result of the error display 260 being displayed on the front layer in preference to the victory / defeat announcement effect, it is not possible to see which side is attacking or dominant in the battle scene of the ally character 602 or the enemy character 604 and hidden behind the error display 260. . When this victory / defeat announcement effect is any one of A1, B1, C1, and D1 which is an effect that the ally character 602 attacks and causes a large damage to the enemy character 604, the player wins by visually checking the attack mode. In other words, it is necessary to grasp the confirmation of probability change. However, since the error display 260 is obstructed, it becomes impossible to grasp the victory or certainty change.

  Accordingly, when the error notification is given in preference to the notice effect with a relatively high expectation of victory, the complement processing means 139 matches the expectation degree of the notice effect hindered by the error notice in order to complement this. The degree of notice effect is displayed in subsequent rounds. In this case, the supplement processing means 139 replaces the notice effect pattern previously selected for display in the subsequent round with the notice effect pattern for complement.

  Complement processing means 139 determines the type of the notice effect pattern that overlaps with the error notice when the error notice is output with priority over the victory notice effect. The supplementary processing means 139 determines the effect pattern when the determined notice effect pattern is a specific type of effect, for example, “A1”, “B1”, “C1”, or “D1” corresponding to 1 of the ranks 1 to 5. A new notice effect pattern for complementing the effect purpose is selected. The complementary processing means 139 sets the new announcement effect pattern for complementation in accordance with the correspondence relationship between the announcement effect patterns determined in advance, that is, the rank of the announcement effect pattern shown in FIG. Select a pattern. For example, if there is an error notification at A1, one of B1, C1, and D1 is selected for complementation, and if there is an error notification at B1, C1 or D1 is selected for complementation, and C1 If there is an error notification at the time, D1 is selected for complementation. At this time, even if the notice effect pattern is replaced for complementation, the contents of each notice effect pattern are determined so that the story of the effect as the entire special game effect does not contradict.

  Complement processing means 139 replaces the previously selected notice effect pattern with a new notice effect pattern for complement so that it is complemented at a timing that satisfies a predetermined execution condition after the error notification ends. The effect execution condition for complementation is to reach the first round following the error notification stop among the rounds specified in advance for the notice effect. In addition, even if an effect for complementation is executed in the first round that follows, if an error notification is given prior to the effect in that round again, an effect for supplementation is made in the subsequent round. It becomes.

  In the third round 303 in which “B1” is displayed among the combinations of “A2”, “B1”, “C2”, and “D2” shown in the second row of the notice effect pattern selection table 520, for example, When an error notification is made, a supplementary effect is attempted. Complement processing means 139 performs complementation by displaying “C1” instead of “C2” in the fifth round 305 where subsequent “C2” is scheduled to be displayed. However, if the error notification is continued in the fifth round 305, the supplementary effect is obtained by displaying “D1” instead of “D2” in the seventh round 307 in which the subsequent “D2” is scheduled to be displayed. Plan.

  In the flow of FIG. 11, the supplementary processing unit 139 identifies the notice effect pattern that overlaps with the error notification in S210 (S210). If the specified notice effect pattern is a specific type of effect pattern, that is, at least one of A1, B1, and C1, the notice effect pattern of the same rank as the notice effect pattern of the first designated round among the rounds that follow the error notification stop. (S212).

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when the special game effect disturbed by the error notification is a relatively important effect, the impeded effect is to supplement the purpose of the effect. A new special game effect corresponding to the type of game is executed. Thereby, discomfort can be alleviated when the player is unable to view an important performance due to error notification. Further, by fulfilling the purpose of the effect that the player has not been able to view due to the error notification by the new effect, it is possible to reduce the loss of information due to the effect.

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In this embodiment, a plurality of patterns are prepared for each rank as a notice effect pattern during a special game, and when an error notification is given in preference to a specific effect, another pattern within the same rank is selected in a subsequent round. Execute as a new notice effect pattern. This is different from the first embodiment in which one notice effect pattern is prepared for each rank in each round. The following description focuses on items that are unique to the present embodiment or are different from the prerequisite technology and the first embodiment, and a description of common items is omitted.

  In this embodiment, A1 to A5, B1 to B5, C1 to C5, and D1 to D5 in FIG. 21 do not represent the notice effect patterns themselves, but represent groups of the notice effect patterns, and each group has a plurality of different numbers. The notice directing pattern belongs to. For example, 10 kinds of notice effect patterns from “A1-01” to “A1-10” belong to A1, and a pattern with a larger number after the hyphen has a lower selection probability or appearance frequency, and thus the rareness of appearance. high. When the notice effect pattern when the error notification is made is “A1-05”, for example, “B2-05” is scheduled to be displayed in the subsequent third round 303 as “A1-05”. Replace with “B1-10” which is a group of the same rank and has a higher rarity. However, as a modification, the place where “B2-05” was scheduled to be displayed may be replaced with “B2-10”, which is a group having the same rank as “B2-05” and has a higher rarity. . As another modification, the place where “B2-05” is scheduled to be displayed may be replaced with “A1-10” which is the same group as “A1-05” and has a higher rarity.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the special game effect disturbed by the error notification is a relatively important effect, not only complements the purpose of the effect but also a more rare effect. Replace with. As a result, it is possible not only to alleviate discomfort when the player fails to watch an important performance due to error notification, to reduce loss of information, but also to add to the player's benefit the occurrence of troubles such as errors It can be turned into giving value.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A component can be deform | transformed and embodied in the range which does not deviate from a summary. In addition, various inventions may be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the above embodiment, or some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the above embodiment. . Furthermore, it is possible to appropriately combine the constituent elements over a plurality of embodiments.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, a configuration has been described in which whether or not a certain game is executed as a specific game after the special game is represented by an effect during the special game. In a modified example, it may be configured to express whether or not the special game is accompanied by a transition to a short time or easy entry state after the special game with an effect during the special game.

  10 Pachinko machines, 15 upper ball tray, 16 lower ball tray, 50 game board, 52 game area, 60 effect display device, 84 error detection means, 100 game control device, 102 main board, 104 sub board, 112 pass / fail lottery means 120 special game control means, 126 error control means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 137 error reception means, 138 error notification means, 139 complement processing means.

Claims (3)

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,
Special game control means for executing the special game when the result of the success / failure lottery is a result indicating transition to the special game;
Effect determining means for selecting any one of a plurality of types of effect patterns having at least one of effect display on the screen of a predetermined display device and effect audio output as the effect content in the special game; ,
Effect display control means for executing an effect of the content according to the selected effect pattern by at least one of display on the screen of the display device and audio output in the special game;
An error receiving means for receiving an error signal from the means for detecting the malfunction when a malfunction occurs that hinders the game in the ball game machine;
An error notification means for outputting as an error notification by at least one of screen display and audio output in preference to the effect that the problem has occurred when the error signal is received;
When the error notification is output with priority over the effect, the type of the effect pattern overlapped with the error notification is determined, and when the determined effect pattern is a specific type of effect, the effect purpose of the effect pattern Is determined in accordance with the correspondence relationship regarding the production purpose between predetermined production patterns, and the determined production pattern at a timing satisfying a predetermined execution condition after completion of the error notification. Complement processing means for executing
A ball game machine characterized by comprising: If the result of the winning / losing lottery is a predetermined type of winning, a specific game executing means for shifting to a specific gaming state in which the ease of acquiring a new winning after the special game is more advantageous than the normal state is further provided. Prepared,
The effect determining means selects one of the plurality of types of effect patterns according to a selection probability according to whether or not the predetermined type is a hit, and the plurality of types of effect patterns have a high selection probability. The correspondence is determined by being classified in advance,
2. The ball game according to claim 1, wherein the complement processing means selects an effect pattern that overlaps the error notification and an effect pattern that has the same classification probability as the new effect pattern for the complement. 3. Machine. The production pattern has a predetermined correspondence with a new production pattern to be selected for complementation when the error notification is output in preference to the production according to the production pattern.
The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the complement processing means determines and executes the new effect pattern according to a correspondence relationship defined for the effect pattern.

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