JP2013070802A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing the amusement of a game in which a replay winning high-probability state (replay time state) is started by stop-displaying a symbol combination.SOLUTION: In the game machine, at least one of game winning lines is set as an RT (replay time) shift possible line, and the other lines are set as RT shift impossible lines. Either a first symbol combination or second symbol combination is stop-displayed on the RT shift possible line, and the other combination is stop-displayed on an RT shift impossible line. Then, an RT state of a kind corresponding to the symbol combination stop-displayed on the RT shift possible line is generated.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a game is played using a game ball, a game medal, and the like, and in particular, a combination of symbols when a spinning cylinder having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on its outer peripheral surface is rotated and the spinning cylinder stops. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a gaming machine that performs a game in which a predetermined privilege is given to a player.

  2. Description of the Related Art A gaming machine that performs a symbol variation game by rotating a spinning cylinder on which a plurality of types of symbols are drawn and stopping and displaying a predetermined symbol combination is widely known. In such a gaming machine, when a player inserts (bets) a game medium such as a game medal and operates a rotation start member such as a start lever, rotation of the spinning cylinder is started. Subsequently, the rotating cylinder is stopped by operating a rotation stop member such as a stop button provided corresponding to the rotating cylinder. As a result, the combination of symbols corresponding to the game combination is stopped and displayed on the winning line, and when the winning combination of the game combination is established, a privilege corresponding to the game combination is granted. Usually, in such a gaming machine, a re-game is set as a game player. The re-game player is a game player who can start the next game without newly inserting a game medium.

  In recent years, there is a gaming machine that generates a replay high probability state (so-called replay time state) in which a winning probability of a re-gamer is higher than usual when a specific symbol combination is stopped and displayed on a winning line. And in such a gaming machine, a technique for changing the mode (occurrence period, etc.) of the re-gaming high probability state according to the type of the specific symbol combination that has triggered the re-gaming high probability state. Has been proposed (Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2005-204922

  However, in the gaming machine of Patent Document 1, it is obvious at a glance which replay high probability state occurs depending on the type of symbol combination that is stopped and displayed, and there is no fun at the time of occurrence of the replay high probability state, It was difficult to improve the entertainment interest.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems in conventional gaming machines, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the gaming fun at the time of occurrence of a replay high probability state. To do.

In order to solve at least a part of the problems described above, the gaming machine of the present invention employs the following configuration. That is,
After a game medium is inserted, a game is performed in which a plurality of spinning cylinders are rotated and stopped, and a predetermined symbol combination is stopped at any of a plurality of predetermined winning lines by stopping the rotation of the plurality of spinning cylinders. By being displayed, in a gaming machine that grants a privilege according to the symbol combination,
One or more symbol combinations are determined from among a plurality of symbol combinations including a re-game symbol combination that allows a next game to be performed without inserting a game medium when the plurality of spinning cylinders start to rotate. A symbol combination determining means to perform,
Specific line setting means for setting at least one winning line among the plurality of winning lines as a specific line, and setting the other winning lines other than the specific line as a non-specific line;
When a predetermined first symbol combination is stopped on the winning line set as the specific line, or a second symbol combination different from the first symbol combination on the winning line set as the specific line Replay high probability state generating means for generating a replay high probability state in which the frequency at which the replay symbol combination is stopped and displayed is higher than normal when
When the symbol combination determining means determines that the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination overlap, one of the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line. Stop control means for executing control to stop the plurality of drums so as to stop and display the other on the non-specific line,
The stop control means includes
When the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination are determined to be overlapped by the symbol combination determining means, the first symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line, and the non-specific line is Either of the first stop control for stopping and displaying the second symbol combination and the second stop control for stopping and displaying the second symbol combination on the specific line and stopping and displaying the first symbol combination on the non-specific line Is feasible and
The replay high probability state generating means includes:
When the first stop control is executed and the first symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line, the second stop control is executed and the second symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line. The replay high probability state is generated in a manner superior to the player over the case.

  According to such a configuration, when the “first symbol combination” and the “second symbol combination”, which are set as occurrence triggers of different replay high probability states, are simultaneously stopped and displayed on different winning lines, A replay high probability state corresponding to the symbol combination stopped and displayed on a specific line in the winning line is generated. That is, after attracting the player's attention to the stop of the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination, the player can be made to pay attention to the stop position of the stop of the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination. As a result, it is possible to add new interest when the re-playing high probability state occurs, and to improve the gaming interest compared to the prior art.

  “To generate a replay high probability state in a manner superior to the player” means, for example, “the occurrence period of a replay high probability state is longer than the other” or “in the replay high probability state The stop display frequency of the re-playing symbol combination is higher than the other ”.

In the above-described gaming machine,
It is good also as providing the specific line change means which changes the said specific line which the said specific line setting means has set when predetermined | prescribed change conditions are satisfied.

In the above-described gaming machine,
When the change condition is satisfied, the specific line changing unit changes the winning line set as the specific line before the change condition is satisfied to the non-specific line, and the non-specific before the change condition is satisfied. The winning line set as a line may be changed to the specific line.

  According to these configurations, it is possible to make the player pay attention to whether or not a predetermined change condition is satisfied and which winning line is set as a specific line, and when a re-game high probability state occurs Can further improve the gaming interests.

  In addition, various conditions can be set as “when a predetermined change condition is satisfied”, for example, “when a specific game state or game period (such as a bonus state or a re-game high probability state) starts”, or "When the time requirement for the change is met by timing of date and time information", "When the number of games reaches a predetermined number of changes", "Predetermined predetermined change symbol combination For example, “when stopped” is displayed.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the game interest at the time of generation | occurrence | production of a re-game high probability state can be improved.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the swivel type game machine of a present Example. It is the perspective view which opened the front door of the present Example, and showed the internal structure of the gaming machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement | sequence of the symbol displayed on the outer peripheral surface of the three spinning cylinders of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the electrical structure of the spinning cylinder type game machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the winning line set to the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which matched and showed the game combination set to the swivel type game machine of a present Example with the symbol combination which establishes the winning of a game player, and the privilege provided by winning establishment. It is a flowchart which shows the game control processing which a main control board performs in the spinning cylinder type game machine of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the game control processing which a main control board performs in the spinning cylinder type game machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for normal states of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the internal winning flag of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the game state flag etc. of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the game state setting process of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the game state setting process of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for BB states of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for RT states of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the input operation reception process of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation rotation stop process of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation stop control process of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated one of the 1st stop tables of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that the left cylinder was stopped as a 1st cylinder. It is explanatory drawing which showed the relationship between the 1st stop table and 2nd stop table of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the special period progress process of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the winning aspect of the watermelon part and cherry part of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the watermelon cherry role corresponding | compatible process of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of a cherry part independent winning of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the switching aspect of RT transfer possible line of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of a watermelon role independent winning of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of a double watermelon cherry winning combination of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the freeze process of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows RT transfer possible line alerting | reporting process which CPU mounted in the sub control board of a present Example performs. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates the alerting | reporting aspect of RT transfer possible line of a present Example.

  In order to clarify the contents of the present invention described above, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a rotating type gaming machine will be described. Hereinafter, the symbol variation game is also simply referred to as a game.

A. Device configuration of a spinning machine:
A-1. overall structure :
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external appearance of a swivel type gaming machine 1 (hereinafter abbreviated as “gaming machine 1”). As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 is provided with a housing 3 formed in a box shape and a front door 2 provided so as to cover the front side of the housing 3. The front door 2 has three main areas: a middle area where the game is actually played, an upper area 2u where various effects are performed according to the progress of the game, and a lower area 2d where game medals are paid out. The middle region is configured by a game state display unit 2ma for displaying a game state and an operation unit 2mb for playing a game.

  In the upper region 2u, an effect display device 10 is provided in the center, speakers 14 are provided on the left and right of the effect display device 10, and various lamps 12 are provided above the effect display device 10 and the speaker 14. It has been. The effect display device 10 is configured by a so-called liquid crystal display device, and can produce effects by displaying various symbols according to the progress of the game.

  A large display window 20 is provided in the center of the game state display section 2ma provided in the middle of the front door 2, and it is possible to visually recognize the rotation of the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c provided therein. It has become. Various display panels 22 for displaying the game state are provided on the left and right and below the display window 20.

  The operation part 2mb provided in the lower middle part of the front door 2 is formed in a shape protruding toward the front, and a game medal insertion slot 30 for inserting game medals is stored on the upper surface as credits. An insertion button 34 and the like are provided for inserting the number of game medals required for one game. Note that the storage of game medals is the amount of excess when the number of game medals inserted into the gaming machine 1 from the game medal slot 30 exceeds a prescribed number (the upper limit of the number of game medals required for one game). It means storing data as data, or storing medal payout numbers as data instead of actually paying out game medals. Further, on the front surface of the operation unit 2mb, a start lever 36 for starting rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c after the game medals are inserted and rotation of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped. The rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and the like are provided.

  In addition, the operation unit 2mb is provided with a settlement button 40 on the upper surface and a return button 42 on the front surface. Here, the settlement button 40 is a button operated when paying out game medals stored inside the gaming machine 1 to the outside. Even after the game medals are inserted, the inserted game medals are paid out by operating the checkout button 40 as long as the start lever 36 is operated and the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is started. Is possible. The return button 42 is a button that is operated in order to clear a jammed game medal when a game medal inserted from the game medal slot 30 is jammed inside the gaming machine 1.

  In the lower region 2d of the front door 2, there are provided a game medal payout outlet 50 through which game medals are paid out, a tray 52 for receiving the game medals paid out, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of the gaming machine 1 with the front door 2 opened. An effect display device 10 is attached to the upper part on the back side of the front door 2, and a pair of speakers 14 are attached to the left and right thereof.

  A display window 20 is provided substantially at the center of the front door 2, and a door substrate 240 described later is provided below the display window 20. Further, below the door substrate 240, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and the start lever 36 are attached.

  A medal selector 106 serving as a path for game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 is provided to the left of the spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c. A coin shooter 108 and the like for guiding to the outlet 50 are provided. The medal selector 106 has a function of selecting game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 mainly based on dimensions and receiving only game medals that conform to the standard dimensions. If a game medal is inserted before the player operates the start lever 36, the game medal is selected by the medal selector 106, and only those satisfying the standard are accepted into the hopper 116 and do not satisfy the standard. The medals are returned to the game medal payout exit 50 through the coin shooter 108.

  On the other hand, when a game medal is inserted from the game medal slot 30 after the start lever 36 is operated, the passage in the medal selector 106 is switched, and the game medal passes through the coin shooter 108 to play a game. Returned to medal payout exit 50. In addition, a medal sensor (not shown) is provided inside the medal selector 106, and when a game medal that satisfies the dimensional standard passes, it is detected by the medal sensor, and a signal thereof will be described later. To be supplied.

  Three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are provided in the approximate center of the casing 3 to which the front door 2 is attached, and a plurality of types of symbols are provided on the outer circumferential surface of each spinning cylinder as described later. It is drawn. A main control board unit 110 storing a later-described main control board 200 for controlling the entire game is provided above the spinning cylinders. Behind the spinning cylinders are described later for driving the respective spinning cylinders. A rotating substrate unit 112 in which the rotating substrate 260 to be stored is stored is provided. Further, a sub-control board 220 (to be described later) for controlling various effects performed using the effect display device 10 shown in FIG. A sub-control board unit 111 is provided.

  A rear speaker 114 is provided below the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, and further below that, a hopper 116 that collects game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 and a game medal are paid out. A medal payout device 118, a power supply unit 120 in which a power supply board 280 to be described later for supplying power to the entire gaming machine 1, and the like are mounted. The game medals paid out from the medal payout device 118 pass through the coin shooter 108 and are paid out from the game medal payout outlet 50. A power switch 120 s for turning on the gaming machine 1 is also provided on the front surface of the power supply unit 120.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the three drums 20a, 20b, and 20c. In each spinning cylinder, 21 symbols are drawn on the outer peripheral surface. In addition, the types of the drawn symbols are the same for any of the spinning cylinders, but the arrangement of the symbols is set to be different for each spinning cylinder.

A-2. Electrical configuration:
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the sub-control board 220, door board 240, rotor board 260, power supply board 280, relay board 300, etc. are connected to the gaming machine 1 so that data can be communicated, with the main control board 200 as the center. Has been configured.

  The main control board 200 is a board that manages the progress and production of the entire game performed in the gaming machine 1. On this main control board 200, CPU 201, ROM 202, RAM 203 and the like are mounted so that data can be communicated with each other via a bus, and the start lever 36 is operated from the door board 240 mounted on the front door 2. By transmitting a control command (or control signal) toward the sub-control board 220, the door board 240, the rotating board 260, etc. while receiving a signal indicating that, and performing a game control process described later, The operation of these various substrates is controlled.

  Similarly to the main control board 200 described above, the sub control board 220 includes a CPU 221, a ROM 222, a RAM 223, and the like that are connected to each other via a bus so that data can be communicated with each other. In addition, various lamps 12, various speakers 14 and 114, the effect display device 10, a rotating backlight 20 </ b> L, and the like are connected to the sub control board 220. Here, the spinning cylinder backlight 20L is a light that is provided inside each spinning cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c and illuminates a pattern (see FIG. 3) drawn on the surface of the spinning cylinder from the back side. The sub control board 220 analyzes the control command received from the main control board 200, and outputs drive signals to the various lamps 12, the various speakers 14, 114, the effect display device 10, and the rotary backlight 20L, respectively. Various performances are performed.

  On the door board 240, the medal selector 106, the insertion button 34 for inserting the stored game medals, the start lever 36 for starting the rotation of the rotating drum, and the stopping of the rotating rotating drum The spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the settlement button 40 for paying out the stored game medals or the inserted game medals and ending the game, various display panels 22 for displaying the game status, etc. are connected. ing. The door board 240 is connected to the main control board 200 described above so as to be able to communicate data. For this reason, when the start lever 36 provided on the front door 2, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the closing button 34, the adjustment button 40, etc. are operated, the signal is transmitted via the door board 240 to the main control board. 200 is supplied. In addition, a signal that the medal selector 106 detects the passage of the game medal by the built-in medal sensor is also supplied to the main control board 200 through the door board 240.

  On the rotating board 260, the rotating motors 24a, 24b, 24c for rotating the three rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, respectively, and the rotating sensors 26a, 26b for detecting the rotational positions of the respective rotating cylinders. , 26c, etc. are connected. The rotating substrate 260 detects the rotational positions of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c by the rotating sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c, and drives the rotating motors 24a, 24b, and 24c, thereby rotating the rotating cylinders 20a. , 20b, 20c can be stopped at desired positions. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, so-called stepping motors are used for the spinning motors 24a, 24b, and 24c.

  The medal payout device 118 is connected to the main control board 200 via the relay board 300, and performs an operation of paying out a predetermined number of game medals based on a control signal from the main control board 200.

  These various control boards and power consumed by the boards are supplied from a power supply board 280. In FIG. 4, a state in which power is supplied from the power supply board 280 is represented by a dashed arrow. As shown, power is directly supplied to the main control board 200 and the sub control board 220 from the power supply board 280, and various boards (the door board 240, the rotor board 260, and the relay board 300) are Electric power is supplied via the main control board 200. An AC voltage of 100 V is supplied to the power supply board 280, and this electric power is converted into a DC voltage of a specified voltage and then supplied to each control board and board.

B. Overview of the game:
In the following, the contents of the control performed in order to advance the game in the rotary type gaming machine 1 having the above-described configuration will be described, but as an preparation, an outline of the game performed in the rotary type gaming machine will be described. Keep it.

  When starting a game, a game medal is inserted from the game medal slot 30 and the required number of game medals (a prescribed number) is inserted to start the game. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the specified number is fixed to “3”, and when three gaming medals are inserted, the operation of the start lever 36 is validated. When game medals are stored in advance as credits, a predetermined number of game medals can be inserted by pressing the insertion button 34.

  When a prescribed number of game medals are inserted and the start lever 36 is operated, the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate. As described above with reference to FIG. 3, since a plurality of symbols are drawn on each of the spinning cylinders, when the spinning cylinder rotates, these symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the display window 20. Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 1, three turning cylinder stop buttons 38 a, 38 b, and 38 c are provided on the front surface side of the front door 2 corresponding to each turning cylinder. When the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated while the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are rotating, the rotating cylinder corresponding to the operated buttons stops rotating, and accordingly, the display window 20 displays a variable display. The displayed symbol is stopped and displayed as any symbol. In this way, when the rotation of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is stopped, one of the symbols is stopped and displayed on each of the spinning cylinders. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the size of the display window 20 is set such that three symbols are displayed for each cylinder. Eventually, when the three drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped and displayed, a total of nine symbols in three rows and three columns are displayed on the display window 20. In addition, a plurality of pay lines are set in advance at positions where these nine symbols are displayed.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a winning line set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the upper prize line L1, the middle prize line L2, the lower prize line L3, the diagonally upward winning line L4, and the diagonally lower right. A total of five pay lines are set for the pay line L5 in the direction. When the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, some symbol combinations are stopped and displayed on these pay lines. If the symbol combination on the winning line is a symbol combination corresponding to one of the game actors, the winning of the game officer is established, and a privilege corresponding to the game officer is given to the player. The

  FIG. 6 shows the types of gaming combinations set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the symbol combinations that establish the winning of the gaming actor, and the benefits that are given to the player when the winning of the gaming actor is established. It is explanatory drawing shown correspondingly. In FIG. 6, the type of the game player is displayed in the leftmost column, the symbol combination that establishes the winning of the gamer is displayed in the middle column, and the player when the winning of the gamer is established in the rightmost column. The privilege granted to is displayed. For example, the big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as bonus combination) shown in the top two stages has a combination of symbols called “Red Seven” and a combination called “Blue Seven”. When the symbol combinations are associated with each other and the symbol combinations are arranged, a gaming state advantageous to the player called a big bonus state (hereinafter referred to as BB state) is started as a privilege. The BB state of the present embodiment is a gaming state that is established with a high probability that the winning probability of a game player described later is higher than that of a normal gaming state (hereinafter referred to as a normal state) and the frequency of paying out gaming medals is improved. This is continued until a predetermined number (for example, 400) of game medals are paid out after the start of the BB state. Therefore, when the BB state is started, the player can acquire a large amount of game medals. In the following, the bonus combination of the symbol combination with "Red Seven" is also referred to as "Red Seven Bonus Role", and the bonus combination of the symbol combination with "Blue Seven" is also referred to as "Blue Seven Bonus Role", When these are not particularly distinguished, they are simply written as “bonus combination”.

  In addition, a game combination called a bell role is set with a symbol combination in which all three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are arranged in a “bell” design. It is set so that one game medal is paid out to the player. A game combination called a watermelon role is provided with a combination of symbols in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c all have the same pattern as "watermelon". It is set so that game medals are paid out to the player. For the game role called cherry role, if the symbol of the left rotator 20a is a symbol of “cherry”, a symbol combination is set in which the symbol of the middle rotator 20b and the right rotator 20c may be any symbol. As a privilege for winning the cherry role, two game medals are set to be paid out. In addition, a combination of symbols in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are all arranged in the “replay” pattern is set for the game player called the re-game player. The game can be played again without introducing a new game medal. In other words, it is possible to play the game once again, assuming that the same number of game medals that have been inserted when the re-game player wins is established. In addition, a game combination called an increasing role includes a symbol combination of a symbol “replay” for the left spinning cylinder 20a, a symbol “bell” for the middle spinning cylinder 20b, and a symbol “replay” for the right spinning cylinder 20c (hereinafter “ "Replay"-"Bell"-"Replay") is set, and as a privilege for the winning combination of this increasing combination, 15 game medals are set to be paid out to the player.

  Of course, when the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, a winning combination of any game player is not necessarily established. In this case, after inserting a prescribed number of game medals again, the next game is performed by operating the start lever 36 and rotating the rotating drum. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the game progresses by repeatedly performing these operations. The progress of such a game is controlled by the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200. Below, the processing content which CPU201 of the main control board 200 is performing in order to control progress of a game is demonstrated.

C. Control details of the spinning machine:
C-1. Game control processing:
7 and 8 are flowcharts showing game control processing performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment. This game control process is a process that is executed after the gaming machine 1 is turned on and further initialization processing such as a checksum of the ROM mounted on the main control board 200 and the sub control board 220 is performed. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the game control process is started, a game state setting process (step 100. Steps are abbreviated as “S” hereinafter) is first performed. Although details of the game state setting process will be described later, in this process, the following process is roughly performed. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as a gaming state, a replay time state (RT state) to be described later is provided as a gaming state in addition to the normal state and the BB state described above. The ease of establishment of the winnings, the types of game players who can win the winnings, and the like are different. In the game state setting process, the current game state is detected and it is determined whether or not the end condition is satisfied. If the end condition is satisfied, the game state is ended and the game Processing to switch the state is performed. By switching the game state in this way, it becomes possible to avoid the game becoming monotonous. Each gaming state will be described in detail later.

  Subsequent to the game state setting process, an input operation validation process is performed (S102). As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the operation of the start lever 36 is detected after a predetermined number of game medals are inserted, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate. In the insertion operation validation process, processing for validating such an operation for inserting a game medal (to enable detection of a game medal insertion operation) is performed.

  When the input operation validation process is performed (S102), it is confirmed whether or not the settlement button 40 has been operated (S106). That is, before the operation of the start lever 36 described later is detected, it is possible to settle the medals including the inserted game medals. If the settlement button 40 has been operated (S106: yes), a settlement process is performed to perform a process of paying out game medals stored as data and inserted game medals (S122). The payout of game medals is performed by outputting a control signal indicating the number of game medals to be paid out from the main control board 200 to the medal payout device 118. When the game medals are paid out in this way, the state returns to the state before the game is started (S100), and the subsequent processing is performed.

  After performing the input operation validation process (S102), if it is determined that the settlement button 40 has not been operated (S106: no), then the input operation acceptance process is performed (S108). As will be described in detail later, in the insertion operation reception process, it is determined whether or not a specified number of game medals have been inserted, and when a specified number of game medals have been inserted, a process of setting the insertion completion flag to ON is performed. Do. The insertion completion flag is a flag indicating whether or not a prescribed number of game medals have been inserted, and the storage area is secured at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  When the insertion operation acceptance process is performed (S108), it is determined whether or not the insertion completion flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not a specified number of game medals have been inserted (S110). As a result, if the specified number of game medals has not been inserted (S110: no), the system waits until the specified number of game medals are inserted while confirming whether or not the settlement button 40 has been operated (S106). On the other hand, if a specified number of game medals have been inserted (S110: yes), it is determined whether or not the start lever 36 has been operated (S112). As described above, when the player operates the start lever 36, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Therefore, the main control board 200 operates the start lever 36 based on the operation signal of the start lever 36. It can be determined whether or not. As a result, when the start lever 36 is not operated (S112: no), the system waits until the start lever 36 is operated while confirming whether or not the settlement button 40 is operated (S106).

  On the other hand, when the start lever 36 is operated (S112: yes), that is, when the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 receives an operation signal for the start lever 36, an internal lottery random number used in an internal lottery process (S116) described later is used. Obtain (S113). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the internal lottery random number is 2-byte data and can take a random value in the range of 0-65535. This random number for lottery can be generated in hardware using a dedicated random number generation circuit mounted on the main control board 200, or can be generated in software using a program for generating random numbers. It is. When the internal lottery random number is acquired (S113), an internal lottery random number transmission command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S114). The internal lottery random number transmission command includes the value of the internal lottery random number acquired this time, and the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 receives the internal lottery random number transmission command, thereby acquiring the internal lottery random number. Know the value of.

  When the internal lottery random number transmission command is transmitted (S114), the input operation invalidation process is performed (S115). In the insertion operation invalidation process, a process for invalidating the game medal insertion operation is performed. In a state where the game medal insertion operation is disabled, the game medal inserted from the game medal slot 30 is returned to the game medal outlet 50 through the coin shooter 108 without being detected as the inserted game medal. Is done. In addition, in a state where the game medal insertion operation is invalid, no game medal is inserted even when the insertion button 34 is pressed. In other words, after the start lever 36 is operated, no game medals can be inserted regardless of which operation is performed. Thus, when the process of invalidating the game medal insertion operation is completed (S115), the internal lottery process is started (S116).

  In the internal lottery process, a process of determining whether or not winning of any of the game players described above with reference to FIG. 6 is permitted based on the internal lottery random number acquired in the process of S113 is performed. It should be noted that even if winning of any game player is permitted in this internal lottery process (internal winning of any game player), winning of the game player is not immediately established, and the rotation stop button 38a , 38b, 38c, the winning combination of the game combination cannot be established unless the symbol combination corresponding to the winning game combination is aligned with the effective winning line.

  In addition, if the winning combination is not permitted in the internal lottery process, the symbol combination corresponding to the effective winning line is prepared regardless of the timing of operating the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c. Can not be. In this sense, this internal lottery process is called “internal lottery” because it is a lottery performed internally as a precondition for establishing a combination of symbols and establishing a winning combination for a gamer. In addition, a state in which a winning combination of any game player is permitted after winning an internal lottery is called an internal winning state (or simply an internal winning). This internal lottery process determines which game combination is to be won internally by using a “dedicated table data in which a correspondence relationship between a game combination and an internal lottery random number is set” called a lottery table. .

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lottery table (normal state lottery table) used during a normal state (other than during a bonus game (in a BB state or an RT state described later)). FIG. 9A collectively shows the range of internal lottery random numbers assigned to each game combination. FIG. 9 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. As shown in the drawing, in the lottery table for the normal state, a random number value of 0 to 3639 is set for “bell combination”. This indicates that when the acquired random number value is within this range, the winning combination is played as a bell. In addition, a random number value of 7640-8139 is set for the “red seven bonus combination”, a random number value of 8140-8039 is set for the “blue seven bonus combination”, and 8640-17636 for the “re-playing combination”. The random value of is set.

  In addition, random numbers 3640 to 7639 are set in the “watermelon combination”, and among these, random values 3640 to 5639 are set to overlap with the “cherry combination”. This indicates that when the acquired random number value is in the range of 3640 to 5639, the internal winning is repeated for “watermelon combination” and “cherry combination”. Hereinafter, overlapping internal winning is also referred to as “overlapping winning”. It should be noted that no game combination is set in the random values of 17640 to 65535, and therefore, if the acquired random number value is within this range, it is “lost”.

  In the internal lottery process, as described above, by referring to the lottery table based on the internal lottery random number acquired when the start lever 36 detects the operation, which game player has won the game internally, It is determined whether any game player has not been won internally. Then, if any game combination is won internally, the internal winning flag of the winning game combination is set to ON. Here, the internal winning flag is a flag used for storing the result of the internal lottery, and is set to a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. If the “watermelon combination” and the “cherry combination” are both won, both internal winning flags corresponding to these are set to ON.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the internal winning flag in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, an internal winning flag for a bonus combination other than a bonus combination, an internal winning flag for a bonus combination of a red seven, a bonus combination of a blue seven (a bonus combination internal winning) Flag), and a storage area is secured for each. FIG. 10A is an explanatory view exemplifying a data structure of an area in which an internal winning flag of a game combination other than the bonus combination is set. As shown in the drawing, an area of 1 byte is secured in the internal winning flag of the game combination other than the bonus combination. Of these 1-byte areas, 5 bits are used as these flags. Among these 5 bits, the first bit is a bit for storing the internal winning for the bell role, and the next bit is a bit for storing the internal winning for the watermelon role. . Similarly, the following three bits are used for storing the internal winning combination of the cherry role, the replaying role, and the increasing role, respectively.

  FIG. 10B is an explanatory view exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the bonus combination internal winning flag is set. As shown in the drawing, the lower two bits of 1-byte data are used as the bonus combination internal winning flag. Of these two bits, the upper bit is a bit for memorizing the internal winning for the red seven bonus role, and the lower bit is for memorizing the internal winning for the blue seven bonus role. It is a bit to keep. In the internal lottery process (S116) shown in FIG. 7, based on the internal lottery random number acquired in the process of S113, it is determined whether or not any game player has been won by referring to the lottery table. If any of the game combinations is won internally, a process of setting “1” to the corresponding bit of the internal winning flag shown in FIG. 10 (setting the internal winning flag ON) is performed.

  When the internal lottery process (S116) is completed, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 transmits an internal lottery result transmission command to the sub control board 220 (S118). In the internal lottery result transmission command, information indicating the result of the internal lottery performed in the previous internal lottery process (S116) (information on whether or not a game player has been won, and information on the game player if winning) Is included).

  When the internal lottery result transmission command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S118), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 subsequently starts the rotation rotation start process (S128 in FIG. 8). In the rotation rotation starting process, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, a process of rotating the three rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is performed. In the rotating cylinder rotation starting process of the present embodiment, when a predetermined time (for example, 4.1 seconds) has elapsed since the start lever 36 was operated and the rotation of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c was started last time. In order to start the rotation of the rotating cylinder, the driving signals are output to the rotating motors 24a, 24b, and 24c provided in the respective rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Rotate 20c.

  When the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are thus rotated, the main control board 200 performs a process of stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinder (rotating cylinder rotation stopping process) (S130). The details of the spinning rotation stop process will be described later. In this process, the result of the internal lottery performed previously (whether or not to which game player has been won internally) Based on the timing at which 38b and 38c are operated, the stop positions of the three cylinders 20a, 20b and 20c are determined, and the process of stopping at the determined positions is performed.

  When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 stops the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, it determines whether or not each game combination has been won based on the stop position, as described below. When a winning combination is established, processing corresponding to the game combination is performed. Here, “a winning combination of a game combination is established” means that the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are stopped and displayed on the winning line. As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, even if one of the game players is won internally in the internal lottery process (S116), depending on the timing of pressing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, The symbol combinations corresponding to the game actors are not always on the winning line. Therefore, the main control board 200 performs a process of determining whether or not each game combination has been awarded after stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinder.

  First, it is determined whether or not a bonus winning combination has been established (S136). As described above with reference to FIG. 6, the bonus combination is a game combination in which a winning combination is established when “red seven” or “blue seven” symbols are arranged on the winning line. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when any of the bonus combinations (red seven bonus combination or blue seven bonus combination) is won in the internal lottery process (S116) described above, it corresponds to the winning line. Only when the symbol combination is not stopped and the winning combination of any bonus combination is not established, the internal winning of the bonus combination is carried over, and the internal winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is turned ON after the next game. The game is played in the set state. On the other hand, if a game combination other than the bonus combination is won internally, regardless of whether the symbol combination corresponding to the game combination won in the game is stopped on the winning line, It will be reset without being carried over after the game.

  If the bonus combination is won (S136: yes), the bonus combination internal winning flag is set to OFF (S138), the BB status flag is set to ON, and the RT status flag and special period flag are set to OFF. (S140). Here, the BB state flag is a flag indicating that the gaming state is a gaming state advantageous to the player called the above-described big bonus state (BB state), and “gaming” for representing the current gaming state. It is a kind of dedicated flag called “status flag”. As will be described in detail later, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a gaming state flag corresponding to each of the unusual gaming states such as the BB state and the RT state, and the setting (ON / OFF) of these gaming state flags. The game progresses while switching the game state in response to (OFF). The special period flag is a flag indicating that the current period is a special period. As will be described in detail later, the special period is a period that starts when the BB state ends. Such a game state flag and special period flag are set at predetermined addresses of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory view exemplifying a data structure of an area for 1 byte in which a game state flag or the like is set. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, 2 bits of 1-byte data at a predetermined address on the RAM 203 are used as the gaming state flag. The leading bits of these two bits are set in the BB state flag indicating that the BB state is being set, and the next bit is set in the RT state flag indicating that the RT state is being set. One bit lower than these two bits is used as a special period flag.

  In S140, “1” is set to the bit corresponding to the BB state. In S140, if the RT state flag and the special period flag are set to ON, they are set to OFF. That is, when a bonus combination is established, the RT state is ended even during the RT state, and the special period is ended even during the special period.

  When the process of S140 is completed, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 transmits a BB state start command to the sub control board 220 (S142). The CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 recognizes that the BB state is started by receiving the BB state start command.

  On the other hand, if the bonus combination winning is not established (S136: no), it is determined whether or not the bell winning combination is established (S146). When the winning of the bell role is established (S146: yes), the number of game medals corresponding to the bell role (15) is paid out (S148). In the process of paying out the number of game medals according to the game player, after obtaining the number of game medals to be paid out in the main control board 200, a control signal is output from the main control board 200 to the medal payout device 118. Is done by doing.

  When it is determined in the process of S146 that the winning of the bell combination has not been established (S146: no), it is determined whether or not the winning of the increasing combination has been established (S150). If the winning combination of the winning combination is established (S150: yes), a process of paying out the number of game medals corresponding to the increasing winning combination (15) is performed (S152). When the game medals are paid out in this way, a payout number counting process is performed (S154). As described above, the BB state of this embodiment is set to end when an upper limit number of game medals (for example, BB state is 400) is paid out. In addition, during the BB state, only the winning combination can be established. Therefore, when the winning combination winning is established, a process (payout number counting process) of counting the number of game medals (payout number) paid out after the start of the BB state is performed. In this process, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is the BB state, and if it is determined that the current state is the BB state, the number of game medals paid out in the process of S152 is the number of already paid out medals. A process of adding to (payout number) is performed. On the other hand, when it is determined that the BB state is not in effect, the payout number counting process is terminated without performing the payout number addition process.

  If it is determined in the process of S150 that the winning combination of the winning combination has not been established (S150: no), a watermelon cherry role corresponding process is performed (S160). Although details will be described later, in this process, a process corresponding to a case where at least one of a watermelon role and a cherry role is established is performed.

  When the watermelon cherry role handling process is performed (S160), it is next determined whether or not a re-game role winning is achieved (S162). If a re-game winning is established (S162: yes), the re-game flag is set to ON (S164). Here, the re-game flag is a flag for storing that the re-game player has won a prize. If this re-game flag is set to ON, the game medal is automatically re-inserted even if it is not inserted by the player (S108 in FIG. 7) (the insertion completion flag is set). Set to ON). Further, after the game in which the game medals are automatically re-inserted is finished, the re-game flag is returned to OFF. Such a re-game flag is also set to a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200, similarly to the game state flag described above. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the lower bit of the bit for which the special period flag is set is set in the re-game flag.

  In this way, when the process is performed when each game combination is won, or when no game combination is won (S162: no), the special period progress process is performed (S166). As will be described in detail later, the special period starts when the BB game ends, and ends when a predetermined number of games are executed. In the special period progress process, the number of game executions after the start of the special period is counted, and when the number of executions reaches a predetermined number, the special period is terminated.

  When the special period progress process is completed (S166), a game end command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S168). The game end command is a command that is transmitted each time one game is finished (every time the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated and then stopped), and the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 causes the game to end. By receiving the command, it is understood that one game has ended. In addition, the game end command includes information indicating “whether any game player has won a prize in this game, or if a win has been established, the type of the game player (winning result)”. . Accordingly, the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 receives not only the game end command but also the “winning result” in the game by receiving the game end command. When the game end command is transmitted in this way (S168), the process returns to the beginning of the game control process, and the above-described processes after the game state setting process (S100 in FIG. 7) shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are performed.

C-2. Game state setting process:
12 and 13 are flowcharts showing the game state setting process of this embodiment. The game state setting process is a process performed at the beginning of the game control process (S100 in FIG. 7). When the gaming state setting process is started, first, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 refers to the gaming state flag shown in FIG. 11 and determines whether or not the BB state flag is set to ON (S170). . As described above, the BB state flag is a gaming state flag indicating that the gaming state is to be the BB state. As a result, when it is determined that the BB state flag is set to ON (S170: yes), it is determined whether or not the BB state termination condition is satisfied (S172). In the present embodiment, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB state is set as the end condition for the BB state, and when the number of game medals paid out reaches a first predetermined number (for example, 400). The BB state is set to end. In the game control process described above with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, the number of game medals paid out during the BB state is counted (S154 in FIG. 8), and when this number reaches the first predetermined number, Can be detected. If it is not yet detected that the number of game medals has reached the first predetermined number, it is determined that the end condition for the BB state is not satisfied (S172: no), and the BB state is continued. Therefore, the lottery table for the BB state is selected (S174). Hereinafter, the lottery table for the BB state will be described.

  FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lottery table for the BB state used during the BB state. FIG. 14A shows a range of random numbers assigned to the game combination, and FIG. 14B shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to the game combination. . In the lottery table for the BB state shown in FIG. 14, the “bell role”, “watermelon role”, “cherry role”, “re-playing role” set in the normal state lottery table described above with reference to FIG. The game combination “bonus combination” is not set, and the “increased combination” is set. Random values that are more than half of the total are set for “Increase role”. As described above with reference to FIG. 6, when the “winning bonus” winning is achieved, 15 game medals are paid out. Therefore, during the BB state, the winning winning bonus is established with a high probability. 15 game medals will be paid out.

  When the winning combination is repeatedly won and the first predetermined number of game medals are paid out with the progress of the BB state using the above-mentioned BB state lottery table, in S172 of FIG. It is determined that it has been established (S172: yes), and the BB state flag is set OFF to end the BB state and start the normal state (S176). Subsequently, in order to start the special period, the special period flag described above with reference to FIG. 11 is set to ON (S178), and the value of the special period counter is set to “30” (S180). The special period counter is a counter that indicates the duration of the special period. In the process of S180, “30” is set to the value of the special counter so that the special period is continued until 30 games are executed. In this way, the special period continues from the end of the BB state until 30 games are executed in the normal state. The special period counter has a storage area secured at a predetermined address in the RAM 203 of the main control board 200.

  When the special period is thus started (S178, S180), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 transmits a special period start command to the sub-control board 220 (S182). By receiving the special period start command, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 grasps that the BB state ends and the special period starts.

  Subsequently, an RT transition enabling line switching process is performed (S184). During the special period, at least one of the winning lines L1 to L5 described above with reference to FIG. 5 is set as an RT transferable line. As will be described in detail later, the “RT transferable line” is a specific symbol (in this embodiment, one of the symbol combinations corresponding to the watermelon role and cherry role) that is stopped and displayed to start the RT state. It is a winning line. On the contrary, the RT state is not started even if a specific symbol is stopped and displayed on a winning line that is not set as an RT transferable line (hereinafter also referred to as “RT transfer impossible line”).

  Here, the setting of the RT transferable line will be described. The RT transferable line is set based on one of a plurality of “RT transferable line setting patterns” stored in advance in a predetermined address of the RAM 203 of the main control board 200. In the RT transferable line setting pattern of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26, the upper winning line L1 and the lower winning line L3 (upper and lower winning lines L1, L3) are set as RT transferable lines. “Setting pattern A (set other than winning lines L1 and L3 as RT transition impossible lines)” and middle stage winning line L2 are set as RT transition possible lines “Setting pattern B (RT transition impossible lines other than winning lines L2”) Is set in advance). Then, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 selects a setting pattern to be used during the current specific period, and sets an RT transition possible line based on the selected setting pattern. The RAM 203 of the main control board 200 is also provided with an “RT transferable line storage area” for storing “which of the setting patterns A and B” is the setting pattern used during the previous special period. By referring to the stored contents stored in the RT transferable line storage area, the setting pattern used during the previous special period can be grasped. In the RT transferable line switching process of S184, when starting a new special period this time, an RT transferable line storage is set to set an RT transferable line according to a setting pattern different from the setting pattern used in the previous special period. The “setting pattern used in the previous special period” stored in the area is deleted, and a setting pattern different from the setting pattern is newly stored in the RT transferable line storage area. In this way, the setting pattern is switched every time the special period starts, so that the RT transition possible line changes every time the special period starts.

  Thus, when the RT transition possible line switching process is performed (S184), the game state becomes the normal state as the BB state ends, so the normal state lottery table is selected to perform the game in the normal state (S186). . Thereafter, the game state setting process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS.

  The above describes the processing when it is determined that the BB state flag is set to ON in the processing of S170 (S170: yes). On the other hand, if it is determined that the BB state flag is not set to ON (S170: no), it is next determined whether or not the RT state flag is set to ON (S188). As described above, the RT state flag is a gaming state flag indicating that the gaming state is the RT state. In the process of S188, it is determined whether or not the RT state is in progress. As a result, when it is determined that it is not in the RT state (S188: no), since it is already determined that it is not in the BB state (S170: no), the current gaming state is in the normal state. The normal state lottery table shown in FIG. 9 is selected (S186).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that it is in the RT state (S188: yes), it is determined whether or not the value of the RT counter is “0” (S190 in FIG. 13). As will be described in detail later, the RT state of the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment ends when a predetermined number of games have been executed since the start. The RT counter is a counter indicating the remaining number of games (continuation period) until the RT state ends. Therefore, in the process of S190, it is determined whether or not the duration of the RT state has expired in the previous game. As a result, if the duration of the RT state has not yet expired (S190: no), the game in the RT state is performed once by executing the current game, until the RT state ends. In order to reduce the remaining number of games by 1, “1” is subtracted from the value of the RT counter (S192). Then, after selecting the RT state lottery table in order to play the game in the RT state (S194), the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. The RT counter has a storage area secured at a predetermined address in the RAM 203 of the main control board 200.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing an RT state lottery table used during the RT state. FIG. 15A shows a range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 15B shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. As is clear from comparison with the normal state lottery table described above with reference to FIG. 9, in the RT state lottery table shown in FIG. 15, more than half of the entire random number value is set as “re-game player”. . Therefore, since a re-game winning prize is established with a higher probability in the RT state than in the normal condition, aiming for the bonus winning prize establishment while suppressing the amount of game medals used (consumption) than in the normal condition. Is possible.

  If it is determined in the process of S190 of FIG. 13 that the duration of the RT state has expired in the previous game (S190: yes), the RT state flag is set to OFF to end the RT state (S196). Then, in order to play a game in the normal state, after selecting the normal state lottery table (S198), the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS.

  In the internal lottery process shown in FIG. 7, the internal lottery random number acquired when the start lever 36 is operated is referred to the lottery table selected as described above, and the internal lottery result (in which game player is internal Whether or not any game player has been won internally). As a result, when the lottery table for the normal state is selected, the game in the normal state is performed, and when the lottery table for the BB state is selected, the game in the BB state is performed, and for the RT state When the lottery table is selected, a game in the RT state is performed.

  In addition, a lottery table (not shown) in which no bonus combination is set as a game combination to be won internally is selected after a bonus combination is won and a bonus combination is won. As a result, when the bonus combination is won internally, another bonus combination is not won.

C-3. Input operation acceptance processing:
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the input operation accepting process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As described above, the input operation acceptance process is executed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 (S108 in FIG. 7).

  When the insertion operation acceptance process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the re-game flag is set to ON (S200). As a result, when the re-game flag is set to ON (S200: yes), after setting the input completion flag to ON (S202), the input operation accepting process is terminated, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. Return to the game control process. That is, when the re-game flag is set to ON, the re-gamer is in a state where a winning combination has been established, so that it is necessary to make the game medal insertion complete even if the game medal insertion operation is not performed. is there. Therefore, the insertion completion flag is set to ON without performing the processing related to the insertion of the game medal performed when the result of the determination processing in S200 in the insertion operation reception processing is a negative determination result. In this state, when returning to the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, it is determined that the insertion completion flag is ON (S110: yes), and the start lever 36 is awaiting operation. As a result, when the re-gamer is won, the game can be advanced without performing a game medal insertion operation. When the insertion completion flag is set to ON (S202), an insertion completion command indicating that the insertion of the game medal is completed is transmitted to the sub control board 220 (S203). The CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 recognizes that the insertion of the game medal is completed by receiving the insertion completion command.

  If it is determined in the determination process of S200 that the re-game flag is OFF, that is, if it is determined that the re-game player has not won a prize in the previous game (S200: no), a game is played from the game medal slot 36. It is determined whether or not a medal has been inserted (whether or not a game medal has been detected) (S204). As a result, when a game medal is detected (S204: yes), whether or not the insertion completion flag is set to ON, that is, a prescribed number (three in this embodiment) of game medals has already been inserted. (Hereinafter, also referred to as “game medals have been inserted”) is determined (S206). If the game medal has not yet been inserted (S206: no), “1” is added to the value of the insertion counter. The insertion counter is a counter for counting the number of inserted game medals, and its storage area is secured at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. When “1” is added to the value of the insertion counter (S208), as a result, it is determined whether or not the value of the insertion counter has become “3”, that is, whether or not a prescribed number (three) of game medals have been inserted. Judgment is made (S210). When the prescribed number (three) of game medals are inserted, that is, when the insertion of game medals is completed (S210: yes), the value of the insertion counter is set to “0” in preparation for counting the next number of inserted medals. After returning (S212), the closing completion flag is set to ON so that the start lever 36 can be operated (S214). When the insertion completion flag is set to ON (S214), an insertion completion command indicating that the insertion of the game medal is completed is transmitted to the sub control board 220 (S215).

  On the other hand, when “1” is added to the insertion counter, but the value of the insertion counter has not reached “3”, that is, even if the game medals inserted from the game medal insertion slot 36 are combined, the prescribed number is reached. If not (S210: no), the input operation acceptance process is terminated without setting the input completion flag to ON, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS.

  When a game medal is detected (S204), if the game medal has already been inserted (S206: yes), "1" is added to the value of the storage counter (S222). The storage counter is a counter for counting the number of game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 in a state where the game medals have been inserted. In other words, the storage counter is a counter for storing game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 as credits in a state where the insertion of game medals has been completed. As will be described in detail later, the game medals stored in the storage counter are transferred (inserted) to the insertion counter when the insertion button 34 is operated. Note that the storage area of the storage counter is secured at a predetermined address in the RAM 203 of the main control board 200. When “1” is added to the value of the storage counter, the input operation acceptance process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS.

  The process when the game medal inserted from the game medal slot 30 is detected has been described above. On the other hand, when the game medal is not detected (S204: no), first, it is determined whether or not the insertion completion flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not the game medal has been inserted. (S216). As a result, when the insertion of the game medal has already been completed (S216: yes), the insertion operation accepting process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. On the other hand, when the insertion of the game medal is not completed (S216: no), it is determined whether or not the operation of the insertion button 34 is detected (S218). As a result, when the operation of the input button 34 is detected (S218: yes), the values of the storage counter and the input counter are updated (S220). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the insertion button 34 is operated in a state where the insertion of the game medal is not completed and the game medal is stored in the storage counter, the game stored in the storage counter The medals are inserted until the number of game medals inserted reaches a specified number. That is, in the process of S220, since the value of the input counter has not reached “3” (S216: no), if the value of the storage counter is not “0”, the value of the input counter reaches “3”. Is added.

  As a result, when the value of the insertion counter reaches “3”, that is, when the insertion of the game medal is completed (S210: yes), the value of the insertion counter is set to “0” in preparation for the counting of the next insertion number. After returning to (S212), the closing completion flag is set to ON to enable operation of the start lever 36 (S214). Then, the insertion completion command is transmitted to the sub control board 220 (S215), and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS.

  Here, in the process of S220, the number added to the value of the insertion counter is subtracted from the value of the storage counter. Therefore, when the storage counter value becomes “0” before the insertion counter value reaches “3”, for example, the insertion counter value is “0” and the storage counter value is “2”. As a result of adding “2” to the value of the insertion counter, “2” is subtracted from the value of the storage counter, so that the value of the insertion counter becomes “2” and the value of the storage counter becomes “0”. In this case, since the value of the input counter has not reached “3” (S210: no), the input operation acceptance process is terminated without setting the input completion flag to ON, as shown in FIGS. Return to the game control process.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, a game medal is inserted by inserting a game medal from the game medal slot 30 or operating the insertion button 34, and the insertion of the game medal is completed. Then, a loading completion command is transmitted to the sub control board 220.

C-4. Revolving rotation stop processing:
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of the spinning cylinder rotation stop process performed in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment. As described above, the spinning cylinder rotation stop process is executed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 (S130 in FIG. 8).

  When the spinning rotation stop process is started, first, a process of extracting the first stop table is performed according to the result of the internal lottery (S116 in FIG. 7) performed prior to this process (S250). Here, the stop table is a dedicated table that is referred to when stopping the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. As will be described in detail later, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, any of the symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the spinning cylinder (see FIG. 3) is displayed on the display window 20. Whether to display and stop the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is preset in the stop table. As described above, when the internal game is won for a predetermined game player in the internal lottery (the internal winning flag is set to ON), when the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated at an appropriate timing, It is necessary to stop each of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c so that the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are aligned on the winning line. On the other hand, for gamers who have not won the game internally, no matter what timing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated, the corresponding combination of symbols is not aligned on an effective winning line. It is necessary to stop the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Therefore, different stop tables are provided depending on which game combination is won internally.

  In addition, such a stop table includes a first stop table that is referred to when all of the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotating, and a second stop table that is referred to when any one of them has already stopped. And are set. Therefore, in S250 immediately after the rotation rotation stop process is started, the first stop table is first extracted according to the result of the internal lottery. For example, if it is determined that the “watermelon combination” has been won internally, the first stop table set for the “watermelon combination” selection is extracted. Of course, if no game combination is won, the first stop table set for losing is extracted.

  When the first stop table is selected in this way, it is determined whether or not the rotational speed of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c has reached a predetermined value (S252). Immediately after the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate, it is determined that the rotational speed is increasing and has not yet reached the predetermined rotational speed (S252: no), so that the rotational speed reaches a predetermined value. , And enters a standby state while repeating the determination. If it is determined that the rotational speed has reached the predetermined speed (S252: yes), the operation of the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is validated (S254).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not any one of the turning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c that has been activated has been operated (S256). As described above, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Therefore, the main control board 200 stops the spinning cylinder based on the operation signal. It can be determined whether or not the buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c have been operated. If none of the spinning cylinder stop buttons is operated (S256: no), the process waits until it is operated.

  On the other hand, when any of the rotation stop buttons is operated (S256: yes), the operated rotation stop button is invalidated (S258), and when the rotation stop button is operated, It is detected at which rotational position the corresponding rotating cylinder was located (S260). As described above, the rotation sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c are provided corresponding to the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c (see FIG. 4), and the rotation positions of the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c can be detected. It is. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the number of symbols among a plurality of symbols (see FIG. 3) drawn on the corresponding rotating cylinder is set to a predetermined “reference position” when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated. Based on the displayed information, the rotational position of the rotating drum is detected. Here, the reference position is a special position predetermined in order to relatively detect the rotational position of each spinning cylinder. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, any spinning cylinder is located in the middle of the display window 20. The position is set to the reference position.

  In this way, when the rotational position of the rotating cylinder where the rotating cylinder stop button has been operated is detected, a process (rotating cylinder stop control process) for stopping the rotating cylinder at an appropriate position is started (S262). The detailed contents of the rotating cylinder stop control process will be described later.

  When the spinning cylinder stop control process is performed and the spinning cylinder for which the spinning cylinder stop button has been operated is stopped, it is determined whether or not all of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been stopped (S264). If there is a rotating spinning cylinder without operating the spinning cylinder stop button yet (S264: no), the process returns to S256 and waits until an effective rotating cylinder stop button is operated. Then, the series of processes described above are executed. If it is determined that all the spinning cylinders have been stopped while repeating these processes (S264: yes), the spinning cylinder rotation stopping process of FIG. 17 is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. To do.

  Next, when the rotation stop button is operated in the above-described rotation rotation stop processing (FIG. 17), the rotation stop control processing (S262) performed to stop the corresponding rotation drum at an appropriate position. ) Will be explained.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of the rotation stop control process executed in the rotation rotation stop process. When the rotation stop control process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the rotation cylinder to be stopped is the first rotation cylinder (S290). Here, the first spinning cylinder refers to the spinning cylinder that stops first among the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. That is, since the three spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c may be operated in any order, the order in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped can take various orders. Therefore, among the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, the first spinning cylinder that stops is referred to as a “first spinning cylinder”, and the second spinning cylinder that stops second is the “second spinning cylinder” and stops third. The cylinder is called the “third cylinder” for distinction. And when it is judged to stop the first cylinder (S290: yes), referring to the first stop table extracted immediately after the start of the rotation rotation process (S250 in FIG. 17), The stop position of the first cylinder is determined based on the rotation position (S260 in FIG. 17) of the first cylinder at the time of the detected rotation stop button operation (S302). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the symbol (stop symbol) to be stopped and displayed at the reference position is determined as the stop position of the rotating drum.

  FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating one of the first stop tables set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. In the stop table, the relationship between the rotation position of the rotating cylinder when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated and the time from when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated until the rotating cylinder is stopped (stop time) is set. Has been. As described above, in this embodiment, the rotational positions of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are detected by the symbols displayed at the reference position. Therefore, in FIG. The numbers of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces 20b and 20c (corresponding to the numbers assigned to the symbol array in FIG. 3) are set. Further, as described above, when the operation of the rotating cylinder stop button is validated, the corresponding rotating cylinder is rotating at a constant speed (S252 of FIG. 17: yes), so if the stop time is determined, During that time, it is also determined how many frames will be rotated in the pattern drawn on the rotator. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 19, instead of the stop time, the “sliding frame number” indicating how many frames are rotated (slid) to stop the rotating cylinder after the rotating cylinder stop button is operated. "Is set. Therefore, by referring to such a stop table, the number of sliding symbols corresponding to the symbol displayed at the reference position when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated can be read to determine the stop symbol.

  As an example, a case where the left cylinder 20a is stopped as the first cylinder will be described. As shown in FIG. 20, when the player operates the left rotation stop button (left stop button) 38a, the 10th “Red Seven” symbol is displayed at the middle position (reference position) of the display window 20. Suppose that it is displayed. In this case, referring to the first stop table of FIG. 19, the number of sliding symbols is set to “2” for the symbol “Red Seven” of No. 10. For this reason, the symbol “Bell” of No. 12 is slid for two frames and determined as the stop symbol to be displayed at the reference position. In FIG. 20, the rotation direction of the rotating drum is indicated by a white arrow, and the symbol surrounded by a broken-line circle represents a stop symbol.

  Here, the stop time set in the stop table is 190 msec at the maximum, and during this 190 msec, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated by four frames as a pattern. In other words, when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated, it stops from the symbols (5 symbols including the symbol at the reference position) within 4 frames at the maximum from the symbol displayed at the reference position at that time. The design will be determined. Correspondingly, in the stop table (FIG. 19), a numerical value of 0 to 4 is set as the number of sliding symbols according to the design of the reference position.

  Thus, the stop position of the rotating drum is determined by the stop time (number of sliding frames) set in the stop table. Therefore, if the stop table is set appropriately in advance, the combination of symbols corresponding to the internal winning game combination will be relatively easily aligned on the effective winning line. It is possible to stop each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c so that the symbol combinations are never aligned on an effective winning line.

  When the stop position of the first cylinder is determined as described above, the first cylinder is stopped at the determined position (S304). After that, when the second stop table is extracted according to the symbol stopped and displayed on the first cylinder (S306), the cylinder stop control process of FIG. 18 is temporarily ended and the cylinder rotation stop process shown in FIG. Return to. Here, the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table will be supplementarily described.

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table. As described above, the first stop table is a table that is referred to when the first cylinder is stopped, that is, when all of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotating. It is set as a target. On the other hand, the second stop table is a table that is referred to when stopping the second cylinder and the third cylinder, and the first cylinder already stopped has three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. The remaining two drums except for the first drum are set as targets according to which one of them. In addition, as described above, in order to establish a winning combination for a game player who has won an internal winning, the corresponding symbol combinations must be aligned on the winning line. It is necessary not to align with any of the lines. For this reason, which symbol is stopped and displayed on the second or third cylinder may be influenced by the symbols displayed on the already stopped first cylinder. Accordingly, a plurality of second stop tables are prepared in accordance with the symbols stopped and displayed on the first cylinder, and in S306 of FIG. 18, appropriate depending on which symbols are stopped and displayed on the first cylinder. The second stop table is extracted. As described above, the stop position of each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c depends on the game player who is won internally, so that both the first stop table and the second stop table are internally won. Each is set according to the role.

  In the above, the process performed when the turning cylinder to be stopped is the first rotating cylinder (S290: yes in FIG. 18) has been described. However, when the rotating cylinder to be stopped is not the first rotating cylinder, that is, already When any of the spinning cylinders is stopped (S300: no), it is determined whether or not the rotating cylinder to be stopped is the second spinning cylinder (S310). And when it is judged that it is the 2nd cylinder (S308: yes), referring to the 2nd stop table extracted by S306, rotation of the 2nd cylinder at the time of the rotation stop button operation detected previously After determining the stop position of the second cylinder based on the position (S260 in FIG. 17), the second cylinder is stopped at the determined position after determining the stop position of the second cylinder (S312) (S312 in FIG. 17). S312).

  On the other hand, when the symbol to be stopped is not the second cylinder (S308: no), that is, when the first cylinder and the second cylinder are already stopped and the third cylinder is stopped, While referring to the 2 stop table, the stop position of the 3rd cylinder is determined based on the rotation position (S260 in FIG. 17) of the 3rd cylinder when the cylinder stop button is detected previously (S314). Since stop information (stop time) of both the second and third cylinders as shown in FIG. 19 is set in the second stop table, the stop position of the third cylinder is determined. Also refer to the second stop table. When the third cylinder is stopped at the position determined in this way (S314), the rotation stop control process of FIG. 18 is terminated and the process returns to the rotation rotation stop process shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the spinning rotation stop process, an appropriate stop table is extracted according to the game player who is won internally, and any of the spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated. Each of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is stopped at an appropriate position by determining the stop position with reference to the stop table based on the rotation position at the time of operating the button of the corresponding spinning cylinder.

  After all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been stopped, the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and the process based on the symbol combination that has been stopped and displayed is performed (from S136 in FIG. 8). S164), a special period progress process is performed (S166), and a game end command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S168). And it returns to the head of a game control process again, and repeats the series of processes mentioned above following a game state setting process.

C-5. Special period progress processing:
FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the special period progress processing of this embodiment. The special period progress process is a process performed when the game is ended in the game control process (S166 in FIG. 8). When the special period progress process is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 determines whether or not the special period flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not the special period is in progress (S500). If it is during the special period (S500: yes), “1” is subtracted from the value of the special period counter (S502). As described above, the number of games remaining until the end of the special period is set in the special period counter. In the process of S502, “1” is subtracted from the value of the special counter in order to reduce the remaining number of games in the special period by 1 because the current game is performed.

  Subsequently, as a result of subtracting “1” from the value of the special counter, it is determined whether or not the value has become “0” (S504). That is, it is determined whether or not the remaining number of games until the end of the special period has become zero. As a result, when the remaining number of games becomes 0, the special period flag is set to OFF to end the special period. As described above, the value of the special period counter is decremented by “1” every time a game is played. When the value becomes “0”, the special period ends. As described above with reference to FIG. 12, the value of the special counter is set to “30” when the special period starts. That is, the special period started with the end of the BB game is ended when 30 games are executed.

C-6. Watermelon cherry role handling processing:
Next, the watermelon cherry role corresponding process will be described. The watermelon cherry role corresponding process is a process performed after all the spinning cylinders are stopped in the game control process (S160 in FIG. 8). In the watermelon cherry role corresponding process, when at least one of the watermelon role and the cherry role is won, processing corresponding to each winning mode is performed.

  FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a winning aspect of the watermelon role and cherry role of the present embodiment. In FIG. 23, symbols that are not involved in the winning of the game combination are omitted.

  FIG. 23A is an explanatory diagram showing an aspect in which a winning combination of cherry is established. As shown in FIG. 23A, when a winning combination of cherry is established, “a symbol combination corresponding to a cherry combination” is stopped and displayed on the middle winning line L2. FIG. 23B is an explanatory diagram showing an aspect in which a watermelon winning combination is established. As shown in FIG. 23 (b), when a watermelon winning combination is established, “a symbol combination corresponding to a watermelon winning combination” is stopped and displayed on the upper winning line L 1.

  FIG. 23 (c) and FIG. 23 (d) are explanatory views showing a mode in which a winning combination of cherry and watermelon is established at the same time. When the winning combination of the cherry role and the watermelon role is established at the same time (hereinafter also referred to as “double winning”), as shown in FIG. 23C, the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is displayed in the middle winning line L2. Is stopped and the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role is stopped and displayed on the upper winning line L1. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 23 (d), the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role is stopped on the middle pay line L2, and the “cherry role” is displayed on the lower pay line L3 and the diagonally upward pay line L4. The symbol combination corresponding to “” is stopped and displayed.

  Here, as described above with reference to FIG. 9, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when winning internally only for the cherry role, when winning internally only for the watermelon role, when overlapping winning for the cherry role and the watermelon role There is. And according to this internal winning result, a stop table is selected in the above-mentioned rotation rotation stop processing.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the internal winning is only for the cherry role, if the turning stop button is operated at the timing when the winning of the cherry role is established, as shown in FIG. The symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is stopped and displayed on the winning line L2. That is, when an internal winning is performed only for the cherry combination, a stop table that enables the stop display of “a symbol combination corresponding to the cherry combination” on the middle pay line L2 is selected. Of course, in this case, the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon combination” is not stopped and displayed on any winning line. In addition, when the winning combination of the cherry role is not achieved and the rotation stop button is operated at the timing when the winning of the cherry role is not established, the spinning cylinder 20 is stopped in a manner in which no winning of the game combination is established. .

  Also, in the case where only the watermelon role is won internally, when the turning stop button is operated at the timing when the watermelon role is established, as shown in FIG. The symbol combination corresponding to “is stopped and displayed. That is, when an internal winning is made only for the watermelon combination, a stop table is selected that enables the stop display of “the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon combination” on the upper winning line L1. Of course, in this case, “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry combination” is not stopped and displayed. In addition, if the spinner stop button is operated at a timing at which a watermelon winning combination is not established in the case where only the watermelon winning combination is won, the rotating cylinder 20 stops in a manner in which no winning of any game combination is established. .

  In addition, when the winning combination of the cherry role and the watermelon role is won, if the rotation stop button is operated at the same time that the winning of the cherry role and the watermelon role is established, as shown in FIG. “The symbol combination corresponding to the cherry combination” is stopped and displayed on the line L2, and “the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon combination” is stopped and displayed on the upper winning line L1. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 23 (d), the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role is stopped on the middle pay line L2, and the “cherry role” is displayed on the lower pay line L3 and the diagonally upward pay line L4. The symbol combination corresponding to “” is stopped and displayed. It should be noted that whether the stop display mode of the “symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” and the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” is the mode shown in FIG. 23 (c) or the mode shown in FIG. 23 (d). In this embodiment, the rotation position of the left rotating cylinder 20a when the rotating cylinder stop button 38a is operated is "1" or "21". If the mode shown in FIG. 23 (c) is stopped and the rotation position of the left cylinder 20a is “2” or “3” when the rotary cylinder stop button 38a is operated, it is shown in FIG. The mode is stopped and displayed.

  In addition, when the winning combination of the cherry role and the watermelon role is won, if the rotation stop button is operated at the timing when the winning of only the cherry role is established, as shown in FIG. 23 (a), the middle winning line L2 is displayed. “The symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” is stopped and displayed (“The symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” is not stopped and displayed). In addition, when the winning combination of the cherry role and the watermelon role is won, if the rotation stop button is operated at the timing when the winning of only the watermelon role is established, as shown in FIG. 23B, the upper winning line L1 is displayed. The symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon combination is stopped and displayed (the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry combination is not stopped and displayed).

  As described above, when the winning combination of the cherry part and the watermelon part is won, both the stop display of the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry part and the stop display of the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon part are stopped. A stop table is selected according to the operation timing of the button.

  In the watermelon cherry role corresponding processing, processing according to the winning mode as described above is performed. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the watermelon cherry role corresponding process of the present embodiment. When the watermelon cherry role handling process is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 determines whether or not a watermelon role has been won as a result of all the spinning cylinders being stopped (S600). If the winning combination for watermelon has not been established (S600: no), it is determined whether or not the winning combination for cherry has been established (S602). As a result, when the winning of the cherry role has not been established (S602: no), since neither the watermelon role nor the cherry role has been established, the watermelon cherry role corresponding processing is finished as it is, and FIG. Returning to the game control process shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the winning of the cherry role is established (S602: yes), when the winning of only the cherry role is established, that is, the “symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” is stopped and displayed in the middle winning line L2. If it is (FIG. 23 (a)), processing (cherry role single winning process) is performed (S604). The processing for winning a single cherry role will be described later.

  On the other hand, if a winning combination of watermelon is established (S600: yes), it is first determined whether or not a winning combination of cherry is established (S606). If the winning of the cherry role is not established (S606: no), when the winning of only the watermelon role is established, that is, the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” is stopped and displayed on the upper winning line L1. In the case (FIG. 23 (b)), the process (watermelon role single winning process) is performed (S606). The watermelon role single winning process will be described later.

  On the other hand, when the winning combination of both the watermelon role and the cherry role is established (S606: yes), the watermelon cherry role double winning process is performed (S610). In the following, a process for winning a single cherry role (S604), a process for winning a single watermelon role (S608), and a process for double winning a watermelon cherry role (S610) will be described.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the cherry role independent winning process of the present embodiment. When the cherry winning combination winning process starts, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first pays out a bonus corresponding to the winning of the cherry winning, that is, pays out a number (2) of game medals corresponding to the cherry winning. The process to perform is performed (S700).

  Subsequently, a process is performed to determine whether or not the special period flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not the special period is in progress (S702). If it is during the special period (S702: yes), it is determined whether or not the middle pay line L2 in which “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry combination” is stopped is set as the RT transferable line (S704). ).

  As described above, in the RT transferable line switching process (S184 in FIG. 12), the setting pattern (setting patterns A and B) stored in the RT transferable line storage area is changed every time the special period is started. As a result, the winning line set as the RT transferable line is switched. Therefore, the determination process of whether or not the middle stage winning line L2 is set to the RT transferable line (S704 in FIG. 25) is “the setting pattern stored in the RT transferable line storage area is the setting pattern A”. This is done by judging whether or not. As a result, if the winning line L2 in the middle row is an RT transferable line (S704: yes), the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line. The RT state flag is set to ON to start (S706), and the RT counter value is set to "100" to continue the RT state until the game is played 100 times (to make the duration 100 times). (S708). Thereafter, the process for winning a single cherry role is terminated, and the process returns to the watermelon cherry role corresponding process shown in FIG.

  As described above, when the winning of only the cherry role is established, the number of game medals corresponding to the cherry role is paid out. In addition, when the winning is established in a special period, it is determined whether or not “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line based on the setting pattern of the RT transferable line. Then, if it is an RT transition possible line, the RT state is started 100 times in duration. If it is not during the special period that the winning only for the cherry role is established (S702: no), or if the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is not displayed on the RT transferable line ( S704: no), without starting the RT state, the cherry role single winning process is terminated, and the process returns to the watermelon cherry role corresponding process shown in FIG.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the watermelon combination single winning process of the present embodiment. When the watermelon role independent winning process is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first pays out a bonus corresponding to the establishment of the watermelon role, that is, pays out the number of game medals corresponding to the watermelon role (10). The process to issue is performed (S800).

  Subsequently, a process of determining whether or not it is during the special period is performed (S802). If it is during the special period (S802: yes), the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 (in this case, the upper winning line L1) on which “the combination corresponding to the watermelon role” is stopped and displayed are RT transferable lines. It is determined whether or not it is set as (S804). This determination processing is performed by determining whether or not the setting pattern stored in the RT transferable line storage area is the setting pattern B. As a result, if the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 are RT transferable lines (S804: yes), “the combination of symbols corresponding to the watermelon role” is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line. The RT state flag is set to ON to start the RT state (S806), and the RT counter value is set to “50” to continue the RT state until the game is played 50 times (to make the duration period 50 times). Is set (S808). Thereafter, the watermelon role single winning process is terminated, and the process returns to the watermelon cherry role corresponding process shown in FIG.

  As described above, when a winning combination of only the watermelon combination is established, the number of game medals corresponding to the watermelon combination is paid out. In addition, when the winning is achieved during a special period, it is determined whether or not “the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line based on the setting pattern of the RT transferable line. If it is an RT transition possible line, the RT state is started 50 times. In addition, when it is not a special period that the winning of only the watermelon role has been established (S802: no), or when the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role is stopped and not displayed on the RT transition possible line ( S804: no), without starting the RT state, the watermelon role single winning process is terminated, and the process returns to the watermelon cherry role corresponding process shown in FIG.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the watermelon cherry role double winning process of the present embodiment. When the watermelon cherry combination double winning process is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first determines whether or not “design combination corresponding to cherry combination” is stopped and displayed on the lower winning line L3 (S900). That is, it is determined whether the stop display is performed in the form of FIG. 23C or the stop display is performed in the form of FIG. As a result, if the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is not stopped on the lower pay line L3 (S900: no), that is, if it is stopped and displayed in the mode of FIG. A privilege (two game medals are paid out) for winning the cherry role in the winning line L2 and a privilege (10 game medals being paid out) due to the watermelon role being won in the upper winning line L1 Perform the process of granting. That is, a process of paying out 12 game medals is performed (S904).

  On the other hand, if the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is stopped and displayed on the lower winning line L3 (S900: yes), that is, if it is stopped and displayed in the form of FIG. In the winning line L3 and the winning line L4 diagonally upward to the right (a payout of 4 game medals) and a bonus in the water line in the middle line (L2) (Payout of 10 game medals) is performed. That is, a process of paying out 14 game medals is performed (S902).

  Subsequently, a process of determining whether or not it is during a special period is performed (S906). If it is during the special period (S906: yes), one of the middle pay line L2 and the upper and lower pay lines L1 and L3 is set as the RT transfer possible line based on the setting pattern of the RT transfer possible line. It is determined whether or not (S908).

  As a result, when it is determined that the middle stage winning line L2 is an RT transferable line (when the setting pattern B is set) (S908: yes), the middle stage winning line L2 indicates “corresponding to a watermelon role”. It is determined whether or not “design combination” has been stopped (S910). As a result, if the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon combination” is stopped and displayed on the middle pay line L2 (S910: yes), the RT state flag is set to ON in order to start the RT state of the duration 50 times. At the same time (S914), the value of the RT counter is set to “50” (S916).

  On the other hand, if the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” is not stopped and displayed on the middle pay line L2 (S910: no), the RT state flag is turned ON to start the RT state of the duration 100 times. (S906) The value of the RT counter is set to “100” (S908). That is, in this case, since it is stopped and displayed in the mode of FIG. 23 (c), and “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” is stopped and displayed on the middle pay line L2, the RT state is continued 100 times. To start.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the processing of S908 that the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 are RT transferable lines (when the setting pattern A is set) (S908: no), the upper and lower winning lines are It is determined whether or not “design combination corresponding to watermelon combination” is stopped and displayed in L1 and L3 (S912). As a result, if the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon combination” is stopped and displayed on the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 (S912: yes), the RT state flag is set to start the RT state of 50 consecutive periods. In addition to being set to ON (S914), the value of the RT counter is set to “50” (S916).

  On the other hand, if the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon combination” is not stopped and displayed on the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 (S912: no), the RT state is set to start the RT state with a duration of 100 times. The flag is set to ON (S906), and the RT counter value is set to "100" (S908). That is, in this case, the display is stopped in the form shown in FIG. 23 (d), and the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is stopped and displayed on the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3. Start the RT state.

  As described above, when a double winning combination of a watermelon role and a cherry role is established, a total of game medals of the number corresponding to the watermelon role and the number corresponding to the cherry role are paid out as a privilege for the winning establishment. If the winning is established in a special period, it is determined which winning line is set as the RT transferable line based on the setting pattern of the RT transferable line. When the “symbol combination corresponding to the cherry combination” is stopped and displayed, the RT state for the duration of 100 times is started, and when “design combination corresponding to the watermelon combination” is stopped and displayed, the RT state for the duration of 50 times is started. Thus, when the RT state of the type corresponding to the “design combination stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line” is started, the watermelon cherry role double winning process is terminated and the process returns to the watermelon cherry role corresponding process shown in FIG. . If the double winning combination of the watermelon role and the cherry role was not established during the special period (S902: no), the watermelon cherry role double winning process is terminated without starting the RT state, and FIG. It returns to the watermelon cherry role corresponding processing shown.

  In this way, when any one of the cherry part single winning process (S604), the watermelon part single winning process (S608) and the watermelon cherry double winning process (S610) shown in FIG. 24 is performed, the freeze process is performed (S612). In the freezing process, when at least one of the watermelon role and the cherry role is won, the execution of the insertion operation enabling process (S102 in FIG. 7) is prohibited until the predetermined time has elapsed, and the insertion of game medals is not accepted. This is a process for disabling the start of the next game.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing the freeze processing of the present embodiment. When the freeze process is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first determines whether or not it is in a special period (S1000). As a result, if it is not during the special period (S1000: no), the freeze process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is during the special period (S1000: yes), the measurement of the freeze time, which is a period during which the next game start is disabled, is started (S1002). Then, a turn-off command for instructing turn-off of the rotating backlight 20L is transmitted toward the sub-control board 220 (S1004). Subsequently, measurement of a lighting standby time that is a standby time until the RT transition possible line is lit is started (S1006). The lighting standby time is set shorter than the freeze time. For example, the freeze time is set to 5 seconds, and the lighting standby time is set to 4 seconds. When the measurement of the lighting standby time is started, the passage of the lighting standby time is waited (S1008).

  Then, when the lighting standby time has elapsed (S1008: yes), referring to the setting pattern stored in the RT transferable line storage area, whether the middle pay line L2 is an RT transfer possible line or the upper and lower wins It is determined whether the lines L1 and L3 are RT transition possible lines (S1010). As a result, if the middle stage winning line L2 is a line capable of transferring to RT (S1010: yes), the sub-control board 220 issues a middle stage lighting command for instructing lighting of the rotating backlight 20L corresponding to the middle stage winning line L2. (S1014). On the other hand, when the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 are RT transferable lines (S1010: no), the lighting of the spinning backlight 20L corresponding to the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 is instructed. The lower lighting command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S1012).

  In this way, when the middle stage lighting command or the upper stage lighting command, that is, the command for instructing the lighting of the RT transition possible line is transmitted, the process waits for the freeze time to elapse (S1016). And if freeze time passes (S1016: yes), a freeze process will be complete | finished and the watermelon cherry role corresponding | compatible process shown in FIG. 24 will be complete | finished. In this way, since the end of the freeze process is waited until the freeze time elapses, the next game control process is not started until the freeze time elapses. Thus, until the freeze time elapses, the insertion of the game medal is not accepted, and even if the start lever 36 is operated, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c remain stopped. In the following, a period of waiting for the elapse of the freeze time is referred to as a freeze period.

  In addition, when the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 executes the above-described processing, the internal lottery and the stop table are selected, and when a plurality of spinning cylinders start to rotate, the game medium is inserted. One or a plurality of symbol combinations are determined from among a plurality of symbol combinations including symbol combinations (re-game symbol combinations) corresponding to the re-playing role that enables the next game to be performed. Therefore, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 corresponds to the “design combination determining unit” in the present invention. Further, when the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 executes the above-described processing, at least one winning line among the plurality of winning lines is set as an RT transferable line (specific line), and the other winning lines are set. Is set as an RT transition impossible line (non-specific line). Therefore, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 corresponds to the “specific line setting means” in the present invention.

  In addition, when the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 executes the above-described process, the “design combination corresponding to the cherry role” (first design combination) is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line (specific line). At the same time, the first stop control for stopping and displaying the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” (second symbol combination) on the RT transition impossible line (non-specific line) and the RT transition possible line (specific line) “to the watermelon role” Second stop control for stopping and displaying “corresponding symbol combination” (second symbol combination) and stopping and displaying “symbol combination corresponding to cherry role” (first symbol combination) on the RT transition impossible line (non-specific line) One of these is executed. Therefore, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 corresponds to the “stop control means” in the present invention.

  In addition, when the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 executes the above-described processing, the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role (first symbol combination) is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line (specific line). Or when the “design combination corresponding to watermelon combination” (second symbol combination) is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line (specific line), the re-game combination is established (the re-game symbol combination is An RT state (high reprobability high-probability state) in which the frequency of stop display is improved than usual is generated. When the above-described first stop control is executed and “design combination corresponding to cherry” (first symbol combination) is stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line (specific line), the above-described second stop is performed. Longer duration than the case where the control is executed and the symbol combination corresponding to watermelon (second symbol combination) is stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line (specific line) (in a manner superior to the player) The RT state (replay high probability state) is generated. Therefore, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 corresponds to the “replay high probability state generating means” in the present invention.

  Further, when the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 executes the above-described process and a special period starts (when a predetermined change condition is satisfied), it is set as an RT transition possible line (specific line). The winning line is changed to an RT transition impossible line (non-specific line), and the winning line set as an RT transition impossible line (non-specific line) is changed to an RT transition possible line (specific line). Therefore, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 corresponds to the “specific line changing unit” in the present invention.

D. RT transition possible line notification processing:
The CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 executes the effect control process in conjunction with the game control process described above. By performing the effect control process, various effects using the effect display device 10, the various lamps 12, the speaker 14, the rotary backlight 20L, and the like are executed. Below, the RT transfer possible line alerting | reporting process performed in such an effect control process is demonstrated. In the RT transferable line notification process, a process of notifying the player of the RT transferable line set by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 is performed.

  FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing an RT transferable line notification process executed by the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. When the RT transferable line notification process is started, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 first determines whether or not a turn-off command has been received (S2000). As described above with reference to FIG. 29, the turn-off command is a command transmitted from the main control board 200 when at least one of the watermelon role and the cherry role is won during the special period and the freeze period is started. is there. When the turn-off command is received (S2000: yes), the rotating backlight 20L is turned off (S2002). That is, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when at least one of the watermelon role and the cherry role is established and the freeze period is started during the special period, the spinning backlight 20L is turned off. Normally, the rotator backlight 20L illuminates the entire rotator 20a, 20b, 20c from the back side, so that when the rotator backlight 20L is extinguished, the player's attention is drawn to the rotator, and as a result, the winning watermelon role It becomes possible to attract the player's attention to the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role.

  Next, it is determined whether an upper / lower lighting command has been received (S2004). As described above with reference to FIG. 29, the upper / lower lighting command is executed when the lighting standby time elapses after at least one of the watermelon role and the cherry role is won and the freeze period is started during the special period. This is a command transmitted from the substrate 200. Further, the upper / lower lighting command is a command transmitted from the main control board 200 when the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 are set as RT transition lines based on the setting pattern A. When the upper and lower row lighting command is received (S2004: yes), the rotating backlight 20L corresponding to the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 is turned on (S2006).

  Next, it is determined whether a middle lighting command has been received (S2008). As described above with reference to FIG. 29, the middle-stage lighting command is executed when the lighting control wait time elapses after at least one of the watermelon role and the cherry role is won and the freeze period is started during the special period. 200 is a command transmitted from 200. Further, the middle stage lighting command is a command transmitted from the main control board 200 when the middle prize line L2 is set to the RT transition possible line based on the setting pattern B. When the middle stage lighting command is received (S2008: yes), the rotating backlight 20L corresponding to the middle stage winning line L2 is turned on.

  That is, in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, when the lighting standby time elapses after the freeze period is started and the rotating backlight 20L is turned off, the rotating backlight 20L corresponding to the RT transition possible line is turned on. As a result, the player is notified of the RT transfer possible line.

  FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying a notification mode of the RT transition possible line according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 31, after the double winning combination of watermelon and cherry is established, the freeze period starts and the rotating backlight 20L is turned off, and it corresponds to the middle stage winning line L2, which is the RT shiftable line after the lighting standby time elapses. The turning backlight 20L is turned on (it is notified that the RT transition possible line is the middle winning line L2). In this way, by lighting and informing the RT transition possible line, the RT transition possible line can be clearly indicated to the player, and the combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line can be clearly indicated to the player. . Eventually, the type of RT state that is started when the symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line (if “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” is the RT state of 100 times in duration, “the symbol corresponding to the watermelon role” In the case of “combination”, the RT state with a duration of 50 times) can be clearly indicated to the player.

E. Effects produced by the gaming machine of this embodiment:
Since the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment simultaneously displays the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” and the “symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” on the winning line at the same time, the player can pay attention to these symbol combinations. it can. When the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role is stopped on the upper winning line L1 and the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is stopped on the middle winning line L2, the stop table is displayed on the RT transition possible line. The RT state of the type corresponding to the symbol combination is started (generated). That is, after attracting the player's attention to the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” and the “symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role”, the “symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” and “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” The player can pay attention to which one of the two has been stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line, and as a result, the gaming interest can be enhanced.

  Even if a plurality of symbol combinations are stopped and displayed on the winning lines L1 to L5, the type of RT state to be generated is clear as long as there is only one symbol combination to be stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line. In other words, a symbol combination corresponding to an RT state that is not generated can be stopped and displayed on a winning line (RT transfer impossible line) other than the RT transferable line. Thereby, it becomes possible to improve the freedom degree of the arrangement | sequence of the symbol displayed on each spinning cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c.

  In addition, since the RT transition possible line is switched every time the special period starts, the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role or the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is stopped and the RT state is started during the special period. The winning line can be diversified to prevent the game from becoming monotonous.

  In addition, when at least one of “the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” and “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” is stopped and displayed on the winning line during the special period, the rotating backlight 20L is turned off and the freeze period Therefore, the player's attention can be attracted to these symbol combinations. In this state, when the lighting standby time elapses, the RT transition possible line is lit and notified, so to the player which winning line is set as the RT transition possible line, and which It can be made to pay attention to whether the symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line, and as a result, it is possible to further enhance the game entertainment.

  In addition, when “Character combination corresponding to watermelon role” is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line, the RT state is started 100 times in duration, and “Character combination corresponding to cherry role” is stopped on the RT transferable line. When displayed, the RT state is started 50 times. As a result, the player is expected to start the RT state having a duration of 100 times that is more advantageous to the player. Therefore, when the stop display is performed in the mode shown in FIG. 23 (c), it is expected that the middle pay line L2 is set as an RT transferable line, and the stop display is performed in the mode shown in FIG. 23 (d). In this case, it is expected that the upper and lower winning lines L1 and L3 are set as RT transition possible lines. That is, according to the result that the symbol combination is stopped and displayed, it is possible to change the “type of winning line set as the RT transferable line (position of the RT transferable line)” desired by the player. It is possible to enhance the entertainment interest.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the wording of each claim without departing from the scope described in each claim. Can be easily replaced by these, and improvements based on knowledge that a person skilled in the art normally has can be added as appropriate.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that the setting patterns A and B related to the setting of the RT transition possible line are changed every time the special period is started. However, every time the special period is started, the setting patterns A and B are changed. You may make the structure determined by lottery, or the structure which determines this setting pattern A and B by lottery every time a game is performed. This makes it difficult for the player to recognize the winning line set as the RT transferable line, so it is possible to make the player pay more attention to which winning line has the RT transferable line set. It becomes.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that the setting patterns A and B related to the setting of the RT transition possible line are changed every time the special period is started. However, a specific game different from the watermelon role and the cherry role during the special period. The setting pattern may be changed every time a winning combination (such as a bell winning combination) is established (every time a combination of symbols that establishes a specific gaming combination is stopped). In this way, during the special period, not only the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role and the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role, but also the stop indication of the symbol combination corresponding to a specific game character, Attention can be attracted, and it is possible to enhance the entertainment interest of the game.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that the setting patterns A and B related to the setting of the RT transition possible line are changed every time the special period is started, but every time a predetermined number of games are executed during the special period. The winning line may be changed.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, “the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role” is stopped and displayed on the upper winning line L1, and “the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role” is stopped and displayed on the middle winning line L2. However, it may be configured to stop display on other winning lines.

  In the embodiment described above, the RT state is generated when the symbol combination corresponding to the watermelon role or the symbol combination corresponding to the cherry role is stopped and displayed on the RT transition possible line. It is good also as a structure which generate | occur | produces RT state, when the symbol combination of this is stopped-displayed on the RT transfer possible line. For example, a symbol combination different from the symbol combination corresponding to any game combination is stored as a symbol combination for generating an RT state, and an RT state is generated when the symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the RT state transferable line. It is good also as a structure.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the RT state generated when “design combination corresponding to watermelon role” is stopped and displayed on the RT transferable line, and “design combination corresponding to cherry role” is stopped on the RT transferable line. The configuration is such that the duration is different from the RT state generated when it is displayed, but the lottery table (for example, the probability of internal winning of the re-gamer) may be different.

  In the above-described embodiment, the winning lines L1, L2, and L3 are set as the RT transferable lines. However, the other winning lines may be set as the RT transferable lines. It is good also as a structure which has setting patterns other than.

  In the above-described embodiment, the RT transition possible line is notified by the rotating backlight 20L. However, the notification may be performed using the effect display device 10, the various lamps 12, the speaker 14, and the like. Good.

  The present invention can be used for a gaming machine used in a game hall.

    DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cylinder-type game machine (game machine), 10 ... Production display device, 20a, 20b, 20c ... Cylinder, 36 ... Start lever (rotation start member), 38a, 38b, 38c ... Cylinder stop button (rotation stop) Member), 200 ... main control board, 201 ... CPU (design combination determining means, specific line setting means, replay high probability state generating means, stop control means, specific line changing means), 220 ... sub-control board, 221 ... CPU .

Claims (3)

After a game medium is inserted, a game is performed in which a plurality of spinning cylinders are rotated and stopped, and a predetermined symbol combination is stopped at any of a plurality of predetermined winning lines by stopping the rotation of the plurality of spinning cylinders. By being displayed, in a gaming machine that grants a privilege according to the symbol combination,
One or more symbol combinations are determined from among a plurality of symbol combinations including a re-game symbol combination that allows a next game to be performed without inserting a game medium when the plurality of spinning cylinders start to rotate. A symbol combination determining means to perform,
Specific line setting means for setting at least one winning line among the plurality of winning lines as a specific line, and setting the other winning lines other than the specific line as a non-specific line;
When a predetermined first symbol combination is stopped on the winning line set as the specific line, or a second symbol combination different from the first symbol combination on the winning line set as the specific line Replay high probability state generating means for generating a replay high probability state in which the frequency at which the replay symbol combination is stopped and displayed is higher than normal when
When the symbol combination determining means determines that the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination overlap, one of the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line. Stop control means for executing control to stop the plurality of drums so as to stop and display the other on the non-specific line,
The stop control means includes
When the first symbol combination and the second symbol combination are determined to be overlapped by the symbol combination determining means, the first symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line, and the non-specific line is Either of the first stop control for stopping and displaying the second symbol combination and the second stop control for stopping and displaying the second symbol combination on the specific line and stopping and displaying the first symbol combination on the non-specific line Is feasible and
The replay high probability state generating means includes:
When the first stop control is executed and the first symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line, the second stop control is executed and the second symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the specific line. A gaming machine characterized by generating the re-playing high probability state in a manner superior to a player over a case. In the gaming machine according to claim 1,
A gaming machine comprising: a specific line changing unit that changes the specific line set by the specific line setting unit when a predetermined change condition is satisfied. The gaming machine according to claim 2,
When the change condition is satisfied, the specific line changing unit changes the winning line set as the specific line before the change condition is satisfied to the non-specific line, and the non-specific before the change condition is satisfied. A gaming machine, wherein a winning line set as a line is changed to the specific line.

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