JP2014064800A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent players from getting into their games.SOLUTION: When continuous game time Ta of which measurement is started at time T20 reaches first time T1 at time T21, an interruption incompletion flag is changed to on from off, and a symbol variable performance pattern is changed from a normal performance pattern to a specific performance pattern. Thus, by changing the symbol variable performance pattern to the specific performance pattern, players can be urged to interrupt games. Therefore, it is possible to effectively urge the players who do not wish a performance using the specific performance pattern to interrupt the games as compared with output of a warning to simply urge the players to interrupt the games. As a result, it is possible to effectively prevent the players from getting into their games.

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball-type game machine such as a pachinko machine or an arrangement ball machine.

  Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, one that lights a lamp when a game is continuously performed for a predetermined time has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1). In this gaming machine, the lamp is turned on to warn that the player is immersed in the game (too hot) and to prompt the player to take a break.

  Here, when the player gets into the game, there are cases where the game exceeds the originally planned investment amount or the game time exceeds the originally scheduled game time. For this reason, it will temporarily bring profits to the game store, but in the long run, it is possible that the player will be exhausted in a short period of time and will not be able to play, and consequently both the game store and the player May be disadvantageous.

JP 2002-282426 A

  However, it is conceivable that a player who is enthusiastic about the game ignores the warning by the lamp or does not notice the warning because the player is too enthusiastic. The case of continuing the game was not considered. For this reason, even if the warning is given by the lighting of the lamp, the player may not actually be able to interrupt the game, and may not be able to prevent the player from getting into the game.

  The main purpose of the gaming machine of the present invention is to effectively prevent the player from getting into the game.

  The gaming machine of the present invention adopts the following means in order to achieve the above-mentioned main object.

The gaming machine of the present invention is
Production execution means for performing production in accordance with the progress of the game,
An effect mode setting means for setting an effect mode of the effect execution means to any of a plurality of modes including a normal effect mode and a special effect mode;
Game execution determining means for determining whether or not a game is being executed;
A period measuring means for measuring a period based on the determination result of the game execution determining means;
With
The production mode setting means includes:
In normal times, set to the normal production mode,
When the game period measured by the period measuring means becomes the first period, the gist is to set the specific effect mode.

  In the gaming machine of the present invention, at the normal time, the mode of the effect is set to the normal effect mode, and when the period (game period, continuous game period) measured by the period measuring means reaches the first period, The effect mode is set to the specific effect mode. Thereby, when the game period reaches the first period, it is possible to urge the player who does not desire the effect in the specific effect mode to interrupt the game. For this reason, it is possible to effectively urge the interruption of the game as compared with the case of outputting only a warning prompting the interruption of the game. As a result, it is possible to effectively prevent the player from getting into the game.

  Here, the effect by the effect executing means can be executed by any one of display means such as a display, light emitting means such as a lamp, sound output means such as a speaker, or a combination thereof. The normal performance mode may be set until the game period becomes the first period, and the specific performance mode may be any mode as long as it is different from the normal performance mode. For example, the background or character displayed on the display means is different from the normal effect aspect, the light emission by the light emitting means is different from the normal effect aspect, or the sound output from the sound output means is normal. Different modes can be used. Further, the period measuring means may measure either the game period or the non-game period based on the determination result of the game execution determining means, or may measure both. By measuring at least one of them, it is possible to measure a continuous game period. The game period refers to a period (game period) in which the game execution determination means determines that a game is being executed. Further, the non-game period refers to a period during which the game execution determination means determines that a game is not being executed. The game period may be a time during which a game is being executed. Alternatively, in a gaming machine that determines whether or not the game is progressing and displays a determination symbol indicating the determination result of the success or failure, the number of times of the variable display may be used as the game period.

  Such a gaming machine of the present invention may further include warning execution means for executing a warning prompting the player to interrupt the game when the specific effect mode is set by the effect mode setting unit. Thereby, since it can be made to recognize clearly that a player should interrupt a game, the interruption of a game can be promoted effectively. Note that “a warning is executed when the specific effect mode is set by the effect mode setting means” is a mode in which a warning is executed in conjunction with the execution of the effect in the specific effect mode. There may be a mode in which a warning is executed in the stage before the production in the specific production mode is executed. Here, the warning by the warning execution means can be executed by any one of a display means such as a display, a light emission means such as a lamp, an audio output means such as a speaker, or a combination thereof. For example, a message prompting the interruption of the game may be displayed on the display means, or the background or character may be changed to a display using a warning background color (red, yellow, etc.) or a warning character. In addition, the light emitting means may be turned on with a warning color (red, yellow, etc.), blinked at a warning interval (faster than usual), the light emission level may be reduced or turned off, It is good also as what makes the audio | voice output means output the alerting sound for warning, etc., or makes the output audio | voice output small or mute.

  Further, in the gaming machine of the present invention, the effect executing means executes a symbol variation effect in which a plurality of symbols are variably displayed and stopped and displayed in a hit mode or a disengagement mode, and the normal effect mode includes the plurality of symbols. The one symbol is variably displayed in a state in which the remaining symbols except for one symbol are stopped and displayed in the manner of the hit mode before being stopped and displayed in the hit mode or the off mode. It is an aspect in which a reach effect can be executed, and the specific effect mode may be a mode in which the execution frequency of the reach effect is lower than that in the normal effect mode. Thereby, in the effect by the specific effect mode, the variable display of the symbols often continues without the reach effect until the determination result of the success / failure is shown. For this reason, it becomes easy to produce a monotonous effect, and the gaming interest will be reduced. That is, the specific effect mode is an effect that is less interesting for the player than the normal effect mode. For these reasons, by changing to the specific effect mode, it is possible to prompt the player to suspend the game more effectively, so that it is possible to effectively prevent the player from getting into the game.

  In the gaming machine of this aspect of the present invention, as to the progress of the game, whether or not to determine whether or not the game is determined, whether or not to determine whether or not the determination symbol indicating the determination result by the determination unit is variable, and the determination symbol is changed. A variable time determining means for determining a variable time to be displayed, and using the common variable time determining means when the normal effect mode is set and when the specific effect mode is set The variation time may be determined, and the effect execution means may execute the effect in the normal effect mode or the specific effect mode in the variation time determined by the variation time determination means.

  As a result, in the specific effect mode, the effect time (variation time during which the determination symbol is variably displayed) is the same as the normal effect mode, and the execution frequency of the reach effect decreases. Therefore, the reach effect is executed in the normal effect mode. Even in a long fluctuation time, the reach effect is not executed and the normal fluctuation display is executed. Thereby, the setting period of a specific production | generation aspect becomes what becomes a monotonous production easily. Or it is not restricted to what makes the average value of fluctuation time the same with a specific production | presentation aspect and a normal production | presentation aspect, After a specific production | presentation aspect is set, variation time rather than before a specific production | presentation aspect is set It is also possible to set the variation time so that the average value becomes longer. If this is done, since the variation time of the determination symbol becomes longer, the production itself performed during the variation becomes redundant, and the execution frequency of the reach production is lowered depending on the specific production mode (redundant normal fluctuation is repeated). The game entertainment can be further reduced. In addition, since the number of times of display of variation of the determination symbol per unit time is reduced, the number of determinations of success / failure per unit time is also reduced. Here, in such a gaming machine, normally, the determination result random number acquired based on the ball entering the starting port is stored as a predetermined upper limit, and the determination is made using the stored determination result random number. That is digesting the hold. For this reason, if the number of determinations of success / failure per unit time decreases, the hold is not easily digested, and even if a game ball enters the start port, the hold is not easily stored. It will encourage you to reduce the launch (consumption) of the sphere. Therefore, by setting the variable time so that the average value becomes long, it is possible to prevent an excessive investment in the game, and thus the same effect as the prevention of the sinking into the game can be obtained. Moreover, a variation time determination table is exemplified as the variation time determination means. “Use the common variation time determination means in the normal effect mode and the specific effect mode” has, for example, a plurality of variable time determination tables, and the gaming state ( Any one of a plurality of variable time determination tables is used according to the probability, time reduction, number of holdings, and the like. In this case, in the period in which the specific effect mode is set, using any of the variation time determination tables used in the period in which the normal effect mode is set is referred to as using the common variable time determination unit. Further, preferably, the common variation time determination table is used as the variation time determination table used in the low probability non-short time period during which the normal performance mode is set.

  Further, in the gaming machine of the present invention, when the non-game period measured by the period measuring unit becomes a predetermined period after the specific effect mode is set, the effect mode setting unit changes the effect mode. It is good also as what is set to the special effect aspect different from the said normal effect aspect and the said specific effect aspect. Thus, if the game is interrupted for a predetermined period, the effect is executed in the special effect mode, so that the player who wants to execute the effect in the special effect mode is more effectively urged to interrupt the game. Can do. Also, since it is an interruption after setting the specific performance mode, it is also necessary to continue the game for the first period, and it is regarded as a privilege given only to those who have played for a long period of time, and the operating rate of the gaming machine Can also be improved. Here, the special effect mode is an effect mode that is more advantageous to the player than the normal effect mode and the specific effect mode. For example, a special effect mode (design variation effect, reach effect, appearance) Character, background display, notice display, etc.) are executed, or an effect with a low appearance frequency (so-called premium effect or the like) is likely to appear in the normal effect mode. The game execution determining means may determine that the game is not being executed (the game is interrupted) on the condition that the player is not operating, and the determination symbol is displayed in a variable manner. It may be determined on the condition that there is no player, or may be determined on the condition that the player's operation is not performed and the determination symbol is not variably displayed.

  In this aspect of the gaming machine of the present invention, each of the plurality of modes is a mode in which a plurality of types of effects can be executed, and the special effect mode has a special effect execution frequency of the normal effect mode and the It is good also as an aspect improved rather than a specific production aspect. Thereby, the game interest after a game interruption can be heightened and the player can be motivated to resume the game. For this reason, it is possible to prevent a player who has interrupted a game from quitting the game and leaving the game store. it can.

  In addition, in the gaming machine of the present invention of these aspects, a determination unit for determining whether or not the game is progressing, a variation display unit for variably displaying a determination symbol indicating the determination result of the determination, and a variation in the determination symbol Fluctuation time determining means for determining the fluctuation time to be displayed, and the fluctuation time determining means, when the game interruption period continues for a predetermined period after the specific effect mode is set by the effect mode setting unit, The variation time may be set so that the average value of the variation time is shorter than before the game is interrupted. As a result, after the game is continuously executed for the first period, and after the game is interrupted for a predetermined period, the number of times the symbols are changed and displayed per unit time increases, and the number of determinations of success / failure also increases. As a result, it is possible to further enhance the gaming interest. For this reason, the player who interrupted the game can be strongly motivated to resume the game.

  Furthermore, in the gaming machine of the present invention, it further comprises a game state setting means for setting the game state to a normal state or an advantageous state more advantageous than the normal state, wherein the effect mode setting means is a game period measured by the period measuring means. Even if the first period is reached, if the advantageous state is set by the gaming state setting means, the specific effect mode is not set, and the specific effect is achieved when the advantageous state ends. It is good also as what is set to a mode. As a result, it is possible to prevent a disadvantage caused by suspending the game in a game state advantageous to the player. For this reason, it is possible to prompt the player to interrupt the game at an appropriate timing after the advantageous state ends. Here, the gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than usual is, for example, when the winning / failing determination result is a win, and if a gaming ball is inserted into a winning opening that is open for a specified time, the winning ball is In a gaming machine that executes an acquirable winning game, the winning game is being executed, or a variable display for stopping and displaying a determination symbol in a predetermined hit state before the winning game is executed. In addition, as a starting port, a first starting port and a second starting port configured to be able to switch between a state in which a game ball can enter and a state in which the game ball cannot enter can be entered. It is possible to generate an easy-to-enter state where the game is easier, and the progress of the game based on the entrance of the game ball to the second start port is more than the progress of the game based on the entrance of the game ball to the first start port. In a gaming machine that is advantageous to the player, the easy entry state corresponds to a gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than usual. Furthermore, in a gaming machine that can be set to a high probability state in which the determination probability is high or a low probability state in which the probability is low, the high probability state corresponds to a gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than usual.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to effectively prevent a player from getting into the game.

1 is an external perspective view showing an external appearance of a pachinko machine 10 that is one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10 and a game ball rental device 50 according to an embodiment. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a game board 30 of the pachinko machine 10. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit of the pachinko machine 10. FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the structure of the symbol display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display mode of the normal symbol display apparatus 41. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display mode of the special symbol display apparatus 43 at the time of big hit. FIG. 38 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen configuration of the effect display device 34. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the fluctuation | variation display of the effect symbol of the effect display apparatus 34. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a sub control board 90. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a main control process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a special symbol game process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a special symbol game process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a special symbol game process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a variable display related process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a big hit determination table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the big hit symbol determination table of a 1st special symbol. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the big hit symbol determination table of a 2nd special symbol. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the fluctuation pattern table distribution process for big hits. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the fluctuation pattern table at the time of high probability for jackpots. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the variation pattern table at the time of low probability for jackpots. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the fluctuation pattern table allocation process for deviation. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the fluctuation pattern table at the time of the high probability for a deviation. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the fluctuation pattern table for the low probability time and short time for use. It is a flowchart which shows an example of an effect pattern designation | designated command selection process. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a big hit game process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a big hit game end process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a game state monitoring process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a continuous game time measurement start process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of warning processing executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of game interruption determination processing executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a game interruption process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of post-game completion processing executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of game information processing when a recording medium is discharged, which is executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of game information processing when a recording medium is inserted, which is executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a recording medium monitoring process executed by a CPU 80a of a payout control board 80. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an effect control process executed by a CPU 90a of a sub control board 90. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the symbol fluctuation effect process performed by CPU90a of the sub-control board 90. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of an effect pattern table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of an effect pattern table. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the game interruption state alerting | reporting effect process performed by CPU90a of the sub control board | substrate 90. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of a game interruption state alerting | reporting effect process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the time change of various measurement time, various flags, the production pattern of a design change effect, and a game interruption state alerting effect. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the game state monitoring process of 2nd Example. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a production pattern changing process executed by a CPU 70a of the main control board 70. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the game interruption determination process of 2nd Example. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the game interruption state alerting | reporting effect process of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the mode of the time change of the various measurement time of 2nd Example, various flags, the design pattern of a design change effect, and a game interruption state alerting effect. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the game interruption state alerting | reporting effect process of a modification. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the variation pattern table allocation process for deviation of the modification. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the specific fluctuation pattern table for detachment of a modification, and the special fluctuation pattern table for detachment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the design change effect process of a modification.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described using examples. In the following, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine of a type (so-called seven machine type) in which a jackpot symbol is stopped and displayed in response to the end of the special symbol variation display, and the jackpot game is triggered by this will be described. To do.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the appearance of a pachinko machine 10 (game machine) according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10 and game ball lending device 50 according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the game board 30 of the pachinko machine 10 of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the control circuit of the pachinko machine 10 of the embodiment.

[Overall configuration of pachinko machine 10]
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment has a game board 30 (see FIG. 3) in which the board surface is arranged so as to be visible through a glass plate 12 (transparent plate) fitted in the front frame 11. And an upper receiving tray 14 and a lower receiving tray 16 for storing game balls, and a launching handle 18 for launching the game balls stored in the upper receiving tray 14 to the game board 30.

  The front frame 11 is fitted into the main body frame 21 and can be rotated with respect to the main body frame 21 with the left side as a rotation axis. The main body frame 21 is fitted into the outer frame 22 so that it can be rotated with respect to the outer frame 22 with the left side as a rotation axis. The front frame 11 and the main body frame 21 are configured as a substantially rectangular plastic frame. The outer frame 22 is configured as a substantially rectangular wooden frame, and is fixed to the island frame of the island facility of the pachinko hall.

  Speakers 28a and 28b are provided on the upper left and upper right of the front frame 11 for making various sound effects and notifying the player of the game state as the game progresses. The part is provided with a locking device 29 for locking the front frame 11 to the main body frame 21. Further, on the left side of the front frame 11, a prepaid card type game ball lending device 50 (a so-called CR unit, hereinafter referred to as a ball lending device) is provided (see FIG. 2).

  The upper tray 14 has a ball lending button 24a for instructing lending of a game ball within the range of the value balance (valuable balance) of a recording medium (for example, a card or a coin) inserted in the ball lending device 50 on the upper surface portion thereof. And a return button 24b for instructing the return of the recording medium inserted in the ball lending apparatus 50. The upper tray 14 is provided with an effect button 26 for performing various effects in accordance with the player's operation at the center of the upper surface.

  The launch handle 18 is provided in the lower right portion of the front frame 11, and includes a touch sensor 18a (see FIG. 4) that detects that the player is touching the handle and a launch stop that temporarily stops launch of the game ball. A switch 18b (see FIG. 4) is provided. A launching device (not shown) for launching game balls stored in the upper tray 14 one by one is connected to the rotation shaft of the launching handle 18, and the launching device is provided when the launching handle 18 is rotated. The firing motor 19 (see FIG. 4) rotates, and accordingly, the game ball is launched with a striking force having a strength corresponding to the operation amount of the firing handle 18.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the ball lending device 50 includes a bill insertion unit 52 in which an insertion slot into which a bill or money can be inserted is formed, a display unit 54 that displays a loan amount, a value balance of a recording medium, and the like, a recording And a recording medium insertion portion 56 formed with an insertion port through which the medium can be inserted and ejected.

[Composition of game board 30]
As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 30 has a game area 31 surrounded by an outer rail 31a and an inner rail 31b. This game board 30 is arranged at the left part of the game area 31 and has a normal symbol operation gate 32 having a gate switch 32a (see FIG. 4) for detecting the passage of a game ball, and a pattern arranged at the lower right part of the game area 31. The display device 40, the effect display device 34 disposed in the center of the game area 31, the center accessory 49 disposed so as to surround the periphery of the effect display device 34, and the center accessory 49 are disposed below. A first start port 36 having a first start port switch 36a (see FIG. 4) for detecting a winning of a game ball, and a second start port switch 38a formed on the left part of the center accessory 49 for detecting a winning of a game ball. (See FIG. 4) a second start port 38, a tulip-type ordinary electric accessory 39 that can be opened and closed attached to the second start port 38, and a game ball that can be opened and closed at the lower right of the game area 31 Check the winnings A prize winning port 44 having a prize winning opening switch 44a (see FIG. 4) and a general winning opening 45 having a general prize opening switch 45a (see FIG. 4) arranged in the lower left part of the game area 31. And an out port 46 for collecting game balls that have not entered the mouth. In addition to this, the game board 30 is provided with a windmill 48 below the normal symbol operating gate 32, and a large number of nails (not shown) for guiding and playing game balls around the above-described winning holes. Is provided.

  The ordinary electric accessory 39 includes a wing piece portion 39a provided at the second starting port 38, and an ordinary electric accessory solenoid 39b (see FIG. 4) that operates the wing piece portion 39a. In this ordinary electric accessory 39, when the wing piece portion 39a is upright, the possibility of winning a game ball to the second start port 38 is relatively low (see the dotted line in FIG. 3), and the wing piece portion. When 39a is open on the left side, the open state (open state) in which the possibility of winning the game ball to the second start port 38 is higher than the normal state (see the solid line in FIG. 3). In this embodiment, in a normal state in which the wing piece 39a is upright, it is configured such that it is impossible to enter a game ball into the second start port 38.

  The special winning opening 44 is normally in a closed state (a closed state) that does not accept a game ball, and in a big hit game, an open state (open) in which a special winning opening solenoid 44b (see FIG. 4) can be easily received. State). A large winning opening switch 44a (see FIG. 4) for detecting the winning of a game ball and counting the number of winning is attached to the large winning opening 44. In the present embodiment, as a process for the big hit game, one big round is taken until a predetermined time (for example, 25 seconds) elapses before the big winning opening switch 44a counts ten game balls or counts ten. The winning opening 44 is opened, and the opening operation of the large winning opening 44 is repeated until the prescribed round. In addition, between each round, the special winning opening 44 is closed for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds).

  As illustrated in the configuration diagram of FIG. 5, the symbol display device 40 includes a normal symbol display device 41 capable of displaying and changing a normal symbol, and a special symbol display device capable of displaying and changing a special symbol. 42, and a round display device 43 that displays a symbol indicating the specified number of rounds (maximum number of rounds) of the jackpot game. The normal symbol display device 41 includes a left normal symbol display unit 41a and a right normal symbol display unit 41b configured using light emitting diodes (LEDs). In FIG. 6, an example of the display mode of the normal symbol display device 41 is shown. As shown in the figure, the normal symbol display device 41 includes a display mode in which both the left normal symbol display unit 41a and the right normal symbol display unit 41b are turned off (see the first row from the top in FIG. 6), and a left normal symbol display unit. A display mode in which 41a is turned on and the right normal symbol display unit 41b is turned off (see the second row from the top in FIG. 6), and a display mode in which the left normal symbol display unit 41a is turned off and the right normal symbol display unit 41b is turned on (see FIG. 6), and the left normal symbol display portion 41a and the right normal symbol display portion 41b are both lit (see the fourth row from the top in FIG. 6). . When the normal symbol display device 41 detects that the game ball passes the normal symbol operation gate 32, the normal symbol display device variably displays by sequentially switching the four display modes, and when the execution time of the variable display has elapsed. The normal symbol is stopped and displayed in any one of the display modes. At this time, when the display mode of the stopped normal symbol is a specific display mode (for example, the display mode shown in the fourth row from the top in FIG. 6), the normal electric accessory 39 is held for a certain time (for example, , 0.5 seconds). When the game ball passes through the normal symbol operation gate 32 during the normal symbol fluctuation display, the normal symbol fluctuation display is held up to four times, and when the current fluctuation display ends, it is held. The variable display is digested sequentially.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the special symbol display device 42 includes a first special symbol display unit 42 a and a second special symbol display unit 42 b configured using a seven-segment display. A plurality of display modes (up to 128) are expressed by combinations with light extinction. The special symbol display device 42 corresponds to either the first special symbol display unit 42a or the second special symbol display unit 42b when a winning of either the first starting port 36 or the second starting port 38 is detected. The special symbol is variably displayed by sequentially switching the display state of the special symbol display unit, and when the execution time of the variable display has elapsed, the special symbol is stopped and displayed in one of the display modes that can be expressed. At this time, when the display mode of the special symbol that is stopped and displayed is a specific display mode (winning special symbol), it is a big hit. In the present embodiment, the first special symbol display unit 42a corresponds to the display unit for the first start opening winning that displays the special symbol when the game ball is won in the first starting port 36, and the second special symbol display. The part 42b corresponds to a second start opening winning display section that displays a special symbol in a variable manner when a game ball wins the second start opening 38. Hereinafter, in particular, the special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display unit 42a for winning the first start opening is also referred to as the first special symbol, and is displayed on the second special symbol display unit 42b for winning the second starting port. This special symbol is also called a second special symbol. In FIG. 7, an example of the display mode of the special symbol display device 42 at the time of big hit is shown. As shown in the drawing, the special symbol (the first normal big hit symbol) that becomes the first normal big hit is the display mode in which the upper right, lower right, and lower left vertical bar segments in the first special symbol display section 42a are lit. 2 There is a display mode in which the middle horizontal bar segment and the upper right and lower left vertical bar segments in the special symbol display section 42b are lit (see the first row from the top in FIG. 7). In addition, the special symbol (first probability variable big hit symbol) that becomes the first probability variation big hit is a display mode in which the upper horizontal bar segment and the lower right and lower left vertical bar segments in the first special symbol display section 42a are lit. There is a display mode in which the upper horizontal bar segment and the upper left and lower left vertical bar segments in the second special symbol display section 42b are lit (see the second line from the top in FIG. 7). The special symbol for the second probability variation big hit (second probability variation big hit symbol) is a display mode in which the upper horizontal bar segment and the lower right vertical bar segment in the first special symbol display unit 42a are lit, and the second special symbol There is a display mode in which the upper and lower horizontal bar segments and the lower left vertical bar segment in the symbol display section 42b are lit (see the third row from the top in FIG. 7). In addition, the display mode of the special symbol at the time of the big hit is not limited to the above mode, and may be displayed in any manner, and the type of the display mode of the special symbol at the time of each big hit is not limited to one type, A plurality of types may be prepared. When the game ball wins either the first start port 36 or the second start port 38 during the special symbol variation display, the special symbol variation display is suspended for a maximum of four times for each start aperture. When the change display of is finished, the change display of the special symbol that is put on hold is sequentially digested. As will be described later, the number of holdings of the variable display of the first special symbol is displayed by the first holding symbol 35a, and the number of holdings of the variable display of the second special symbol is displayed by the second holding symbol 35b.

  Here, in the first normal jackpot, a jackpot game in which the opening operation of the big winning opening 44 is repeated over a predetermined number of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) is performed, and a predetermined number of times (for example, after the jackpot game ends) , 100 times) until the special symbol variation display is performed, the variation time of the special symbol and the normal symbol is shortened, and when the normal symbol is stopped and displayed, the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 39 is extended. It is a big hit mode that becomes a state (so-called short-time state). Note that, after the big hit game related to the first normal big hit, the low probability state (also referred to as a normal state) in which the probability of the big hit determination is low is a low probability. As in the first normal jackpot, the first winning jackpot game is a jackpot game in which the opening operation of the jackpot 44 is repeated for a predetermined number of rounds (for example, 15 rounds), and after the jackpot game ends. This is a big hit mode in which the probability of the big hit determination becomes a high probability state (also called a probability variation state) in which the probability of the big hit determination becomes higher than the low probability state and the short-time state until the next big hit is drawn. In addition, in the second probability variation jackpot, a jackpot game in which the opening of the big winning opening 44 is repeated over a smaller number of rounds (for example, two rounds) than the first normal jackpot is performed, and after the jackpot game is over This is a big hit mode in which a probabilistic state and a short time state are obtained until the next big hit is drawn.

  The effect display device 34 is configured as a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and various effect displays such as a change display of effect symbols, a reach effect, and a notice effect are performed on the display screen. As shown in the screen configuration illustrated in FIG. 8, the effect display device 34 of the present embodiment has three effect symbols (pseudo special symbols) that are arranged side by side and are composed of characters and numbers. ) 34L, 34M, 34R and a background symbol (not shown). The effect display device 34 variably displays the three effect symbols 34L, 34M, and 34R when the game ball wins the first start port 36 and when the game ball wins the second start port 38. In FIG. 9, an example of the change display and stop display of the effect symbol of the effect display device 34 is shown. The production symbols 34L, 34M, and 34R are variably displayed so as to scroll at a high speed from the top to the bottom when the variation display is started. When the execution time of the variation display elapses, the production symbols 34L, The effect symbols 34R and the middle effect symbol 34M are stopped and displayed in this order. At this time, when the left effect symbol 34L and the right effect symbol 34R do not match, it becomes a simple disengagement without reach (see FIG. 9A), and the left effect symbol 34L and the right effect symbol 34R are separated. Reach when they match. When the middle production symbol 34M stops with a predetermined reach production and the middle production symbol 34M and the left and right production symbols 34L and 34R do not match, it is determined that the reach is lost (FIG. 9B). )), A big hit is obtained when the middle production symbol 34M and the left and right production symbols 34L and 34R coincide (see FIG. 9C). The result of success / failure of the effect symbol displayed on the effect display device 34 is basically the result of the success / failure of the special symbol (first special symbol, second special symbol) displayed by the special symbol display device 42 described above. Matches.

  In the present embodiment, the effect display device 34 also displays the first reserved symbol 35a and the second reserved symbol 35b in the display screen. The first reserved symbol 35a is displayed one by one in order from the left whenever a game ball is won at the first starting opening 36 during the variation display of the first special symbol or the second special symbol, and the variation display of the first special symbol Each time the is started, it is erased in the reverse order of the start winning prize. The second reserved symbol 35b is also displayed one by one in order from the left whenever a game ball is won at the second starting opening 38 during the variation display of the first special symbol or the second special symbol, and the variation display of the second special symbol Each time the is started, it is erased in the reverse order of the start winning prize.

  In the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment configured as described above, the first start port 36 is disposed below the effect display device 34 (center accessory 49), and the player can play a normal game that is not a big hit game. The game ball is awarded to the first start opening 36 by rotating the firing handle 18 (so-called left-handed) so that the game ball flows down to the left side of the game area 31 (left side area of the effect display device 34). Can do. Further, the normal symbol operating gate 32 and the second starting port 38 are arranged on the left side of the effect display device 34, and the player can pass the game ball through the normal symbol operating gate 32 by left-handed. When the normal symbol hits and the ordinary electric accessory 39 opens the second start port 38, the player can make a game ball win the second start port 38 by continuing left-handed. Furthermore, the big winning opening 44 is arranged in the lower right part of the game area 31, and when the big hit game is started, the player turns the firing handle 18 to the right as much as possible so as to fire the game ball. As a result, the game ball can flow down to the right side of the game area 31 (the right area of the effect display device 34) and enter the big winning opening 44.

[Configuration of control circuit]
Next, the configuration of the control circuit of the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the control circuit of the pachinko machine 10 includes a main control board 70 that controls the basic progress of the game, a payout control board 80 that controls the payout of prize balls and ball rentals, The control board includes a sub-control board 90 that controls the overall control of various effects performed along with the progress, and a control board such as a launch control board 100 that controls the game ball. These control boards include a CPU that executes various logical operations and calculation operations, a ROM that stores various programs and data executed by the CPU, a RAM that temporarily stores data when the programs are executed, peripheral devices, Peripheral device interface (PIO) for exchanging data between them, an oscillator that outputs a clock for the CPU to perform operations, a watchdog timer for monitoring CPU runaway, and a CTC (counter that periodically generates interrupt signals) Various peripheral LSIs such as a timer circuit and timers (system timer, system clock) for measuring time and time required for various controls are connected to each other by a bus. 4 illustrates the CPU 70a, ROM 70b, RAM 70c, timer 70d of the main control board 70 and the CPU 80a, ROM 80b, RAM 80c of the payout control board 80 among various devices mounted on each control board, and the others are illustrated. Omitted. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the sub control board 90.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the main control board 70 receives signals from the first start port switch 36a and wins from the second start port switch 38a as signals necessary for controlling the basic progress of the game. A signal is directly input, and a passing signal from the gate switch 32a, a winning signal from the big winning opening switch 44a, a winning signal from the general winning opening switch 45a, and the like are input through the relay terminal plate 72. From the main control board 70, a control signal to the symbol display board 40 a that controls display of the symbol display device 40, a drive signal to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 39 b, a drive signal to the big prize opening solenoid 44 b, etc. are relay terminal boards 72 is output. The main control board 70 communicates with the payout control board 80, the sub control board 90, and the launch control board 100 (communication via the payout control board 80), and various command signals (commands, drive signals, etc.) and data. We are exchanging.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the payout control board 80 directly receives a detection signal from a frame opening switch 81 that detects the opening of the front frame 11 as a signal necessary for performing control related to payout of award balls and ball lending. The detection signals from the pre-payout switch 84 and the post-payout switch 85 that are inputted and detect the payout of the rental balls are inputted via the relay terminal plate 87. From the payout control board 80, a drive signal to the payout motor 86 for paying out the balls is output via the relay terminal plate 87. The payout control board 80 communicates with the main control board 70 and the launch control board 100 to exchange various command signals and data. In addition, the game ball lending device connection terminal board 83 (hereinafter referred to as the connection terminal board 83). ), And exchanges various command signals and data with the ball lending device 50. From the ball lending device 50, a signal relating to a lending request for basic unit (for example, 25) gaming balls, a signal indicating that a recording medium has been inserted, and a recording medium ejection (return) request are issued to the payout control board 80. Various signals such as signals, game information written on the inserted recording medium, and the like are input via the connection terminal board 83. On the other hand, from the payout control board 80, a signal indicating that the game ball can be paid out to the ball lending device 50, a signal indicating that the lending of the game balls for the basic unit has been completed, Various signals such as a response signal to the discharge request are output via the connection terminal plate 83. Although details will be described later, the response signal to the recording medium ejection request includes game information for writing to the ejected recording medium.

  The ball lending device 50 exchanges various signals with the payout control board 80 and the ball lending display board 82 via the connection terminal board 83. The ball lending device 50 includes a connection terminal board that receives a ball lending switch signal from the ball lending button 24a connected to the ball lending display board 82, a return switch signal from the return button 24b connected to the ball lending display board 82, and the like. 83 is input. When a ball lending switch signal is input, the ball lending device 50 outputs a signal relating to a lending request for a game ball for a basic unit to the payout control board 80 via the connection terminal plate 83, and the payout control board 80 When a signal indicating that the rental of gaming balls for the basic unit has been completed is input via the connection terminal board 83, the value balance of the recording medium displayed on the display unit 54 is reduced according to the basic unit. Update with Further, when the recording medium is inserted, the ball lending device 50 reads necessary information such as a value balance and game information written in the recording medium, and connects a signal indicating that the recording medium has been inserted. Output to the dispensing control board 80 via the terminal board 83. The read game information is output to the payout control board 80 via the connection terminal board 83 together with a signal indicating that the recording medium has been inserted, and the display on the display unit 54 is updated according to the read value balance. Further, when a return switch signal is input, the ball lending device 50 outputs a signal related to a recording medium discharge (return) request to the payout control board 80 via the connection terminal board 83, and connects from the payout control board 80. When a response signal to the ejection request is input via the terminal board 83, the recording medium is ejected (returned). At this time, necessary information such as game information included in the response signal input from the payout control board 80 is written on the recording medium, and then the recording medium is discharged.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the sub-control board 90 includes a CPU 90a, a ROM 90b, a RAM 90c, etc., and receives various command signals from the main control board 70 and produces a game according to the commands. The sub-control board 90 drives an effect display control board 91 that controls the effect display device 34, an amplifier board 92 that drives the various speakers 28a and 28b, various LED lamps 93a, and a movable decorative member for the center accessory 49. A decoration driving board 93 for driving a decoration motor 93b for operating the effect button 94, an effect button board 94 for inputting an operation signal from the effect button 26, and the like are connected.

  The firing control board 100 detects a detection signal from the touch sensor 18a, an operation signal from the firing stop switch 18b, a detection signal from the lower tray full switch 102 that detects that the game ball is full in the lower tray 16 and the like. And a pulse signal for driving is output to the firing motor 19. The launch control board 100 drives the launch motor 19 to launch a game ball when the launch handle 18 is rotated, the touch sensor 18a is on, the launch stop switch 18b is off, and the lower tray full switch 102 is off. When either the touch sensor 18a is turned off, the firing stop switch 18b is turned on, or the lower tray full tank switch 102 is turned on, the driving of the firing motor 19 is stopped and the launch of the game ball is stopped. Further, the launch control board 100 communicates with the main control board 70 via the payout control board 80, and data regarding the operation state of the launch handle 18 such as a detection signal from the touch sensor 18 a is sent via the payout control board 80. It is transmitted to the main control board 70.

[Main control processing]
Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 according to the embodiment thus configured will be described. First, main control processing of the main control board 70 will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of main control processing executed by the CPU 70a of the main control board 70. This process is executed when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on. The main control process executes a power-on process required for power-on such as an initialization process (S100), then game information processing (S110) when a recording medium is inserted, game start process (S120), and normal symbol game Processing (S130), normal symbol game processing (S140), special symbol game processing (S150), jackpot game processing (S160), game state monitoring processing (S170), and game information processing when the recording medium is discharged This is performed by repeatedly executing (S180). In the present embodiment, since the time required for the processes of S110 to S180 is about 4 msec, these processes are repeatedly executed at intervals of about 4 msec. The main control board 70 advances the entire game of the pachinko machine 10 by transmitting various commands to the control board in charge and executing the processes according to the commands in accordance with the execution of these processes. Hereinafter, each process will be described. For convenience of description, the processes of S120 to S180 will be described first, and the game information processing at the time of inserting the recording medium of S110 will be described later.

[Game start processing]
In the game start process of S120, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first starts various sensors (the gate switch 32a, the first start port switch 36a, the second start port switch 38a, the big winning port switch 44a, the general winning port switch 45a, etc.). ) And stored in a predetermined state storage area of the RAM 70c, and various random values (such as jackpot determination random numbers, jackpot symbol determination random numbers, reach random numbers, fluctuation pattern determination random numbers, etc., which will be described later) are updated. Or Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a game ball is detected by a switch relating to winning of the game ball (first start port switch 36a, second start port switch 38a, large winning port switch 44a, general winning port switch 45a, etc.). If it is determined that the number of prize balls to be paid out is calculated, the number of prize balls to be paid out is calculated and stored as prize ball information in a predetermined prize ball information storage area of the RAM 70c. Information) is sent to the payout control board 80, and the game start process is terminated. When the payout control board 80 receives the award ball number designation command, the payout motor 86 is driven to pay out the game balls one by one, and the game balls paid out by the pre-payout switch 84 and the post-payout switch 85 are detected. Each time a prize ball payout process is performed to decrement the prize ball information (the number of unpaid game balls) by one value. This award ball payout process is repeatedly executed until the award ball information reaches a value of 0, but when a winning game ball is detected and a new award ball number designation command is received from the main control board 70, the award ball information is received. The process is repeated until the value becomes zero. When the game start process ends, the process returns to the main control process and proceeds to the next normal symbol game process of S130.

[Normal design game processing]
In the normal symbol game process of S130, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not the normal symbol hold is not the value 0, that is, the value 1 or more. The normal symbol is determined by decrementing only, and the normal symbol to be stopped and displayed (see FIG. 6) is determined based on the result of the determination. The normal symbol success / failure determination is performed using a normal symbol per symbol determination table for low probability when the time probability is not short (for example, about 0.8%), and when the time is short, the probability is high ( For example, about 99.2%) is performed using a normal symbol determination table for high probability. Further, when the result of the determination is successful, the symbol is determined as a symbol for stopping and displaying the winning symbol, and when the result of determining whether or not the result is incorrect, the symbol is determined as a symbol for stopping and displaying any of the symbols that are lost. Then, the normal symbol fluctuation display time is set to start the normal symbol fluctuation display, and waits until the fluctuation display time elapses. The variable display time is set to a long time (for example, 30 seconds) when not in the short time state, and is shortened to a short time (for example, 1 second) when in the short time state. When the variable display time elapses, the normal symbol is stopped and displayed with the determined symbol, and when the stopped and displayed symbol is the winning symbol, the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 39 is set and the opening of the ordinary electric accessory 39 is started. The normal symbol game process is temporarily terminated, and when the stopped and displayed symbol is out of the symbol, the normal symbol game process is terminated without doing anything. The opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 39 is set to a short time (for example, 0.5 seconds) when not in the short time state, and is extended to a long time (for example, 5 seconds) when in the short time state. Further, as described above, the ordinary electric accessory 39 is opened by driving the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 39b to open the blade portion 39a to the left. When the normal symbol game process ends, the process returns to the main control process and proceeds to the next normal symbol game process of S130. As described above, in the short time state, the variable time function for shortening the normal symbol variation time is activated, the probability variation function for improving the normal symbol winning probability is activated, and the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 39 is reduced. Activate the open extension function to extend. For this reason, the short time state of the present embodiment is also referred to as an open extension function operating state or a probable change state. Moreover, although only the form which operates these three functions simultaneously was illustrated, it can also be set as the form which operates any one function or any two functions.

[Game processing per normal symbol]
In the normal symbol game process of S140, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 has reached the set time set in the normal symbol game process after the elapsed time (open elapsed time) from the start of the normal electric accessory 39. It is determined whether or not a predetermined number (for example, eight) of game balls have won the second start opening 38. If it is determined that the opening elapsed time has not reached the set time and the specified number of game balls have not won the second starting port 38, the normal electric game 39 is temporarily released while the normal electric accessory 39 is kept open. finish. On the other hand, if it is determined that the elapsed elapsed time has reached the set time, or if it is determined that a specified number of game balls have already won the second start opening 38 even before the elapsed elapsed time has reached the set time. Then, the driving of the ordinary electric accessory 39 is stopped, and the game process per ordinary symbol is finished. When the normal symbol per game process is completed, the process returns to the main control process and proceeds to the next special symbol game process of S150.

[Special design game processing]
The special symbol game process of S150 is executed according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. When the special symbol game process is executed, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not the game ball has won the first start port 36 by inputting a detection signal from the first start port switch 36a. (S200). If it is determined that a game ball has won the first start opening 36, it is determined whether or not the current number of reserved first special symbols is less than the upper limit value (value 4 in this embodiment) (S202). When it is determined that the number of reserved special symbols is less than the upper limit, the number of reserved special symbols is incremented by 1 (S204), and a random number for determination is obtained to obtain a predetermined random number for determination in the RAM 70c. The data is stored in the storage area (S206), and the first special symbol hold occurrence command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S208). Here, as the determination random number acquired in S206, the big hit determination random number used in the hit determination performed by winning the game ball to the first start port 36, or when the result of the big hit determination is the big hit Random display is used when effect symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the display screen of the effect display device 34 due to a big hit symbol determination random number for determining the jackpot symbol to be stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display unit 42a, and the result of the jackpot determination being out of place A reach random number for deciding whether or not to perform the process can be used. Further, the first special symbol hold time command includes a first special symbol hold number designation command for displaying the hold number on the first hold symbol 35 a in the display screen of the effect display device 34. If it is determined in S200 that no game ball has been won at the first start opening 36, or if it is determined in S202 that the number of reserved first special symbols has reached the upper limit, the processing of S204 to S208 is skipped. To proceed to the next process.

  Subsequently, a detection signal from the second start port switch 38a is input to determine whether or not a game ball has won a prize at the second start port 38 for variably displaying the second special symbol (S210). If it is determined that a game ball has won the second starting port 38, it is determined whether or not the current number of reserved second special symbols is less than the upper limit (value 4 in this embodiment) (S212). When it is determined that the number of reserved special symbols is less than the upper limit, the number of reserved special symbols is incremented by 1 (S214), and a random number for determination is acquired to obtain a predetermined random number for determination in the RAM 70c. The data is stored in the storage area (S216), and the second special symbol hold occurrence command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S218). Here, as the random number for determination acquired in S216, the big hit symbol to be stopped and displayed on the second special symbol display unit 42b is determined as in the case of winning the game ball to the first start port 36. Jackpot symbol determination random numbers, reach random numbers, and the like. The second special symbol hold occurrence command includes a second special symbol hold number designation command for displaying the hold number on the second hold symbol 35b in the display screen of the effect display device 34. If it is determined in S210 that no game ball has been won at the second starting port 38, or if it is determined in S212 that the number of second special symbols has reached the upper limit value, the processing of S214 to S218 is skipped. To proceed to the next process.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a big hit game is being played (S220), whether or not any of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is in a variable display (S222), the first special symbol and the second special symbol. It is determined whether any of them is in the stop display time (S224). If it is determined that a big hit game is in progress, the special symbol game process is terminated, and the process returns to the main control process to proceed to the next big hit game process in S160. On the other hand, if it is determined that neither the first special symbol nor the second special symbol is in the variable display, and neither the first special symbol nor the second special symbol is in the stop display time, it is not in the big hit game. 2. It is determined whether or not the number of reserved special symbols is 0 (S226). If it is determined that the second special symbol hold number is not 0, the oldest determination random number among the random numbers for determination of the second special symbol (random hit determination random number) stored in the determination random number storage area (RAM 70c) is Reading (S228), the variable display related process is executed (S230), and the special symbol game process is temporarily terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the second special symbol hold number is 0, it is determined whether or not the first special symbol hold number is 0 (S232). If it is determined that the first special symbol hold number is not 0, the oldest determination random number among the determination random numbers (big hit determination random number) of the first special symbol stored in the determination random number storage area (RAM 70c) is Reading (S234), the variable display related process is executed (S236), and the special symbol game process is temporarily terminated. When the number of holds for the first special symbol is also 0, the special symbol game process is terminated. In S226 to S236, when both the number of reserved special symbols and the number of reserved second special symbols are not 0, the second special symbol change display (digestion of reservation) is executed with priority. Of course, the digestion of the holding is not limited to this, and the first starting port 36 and the second starting port 38 are stored in the order in which the game balls entered, that is, in the determination random number storage area. It may be digested in order from the oldest one of the random numbers for determination of one special symbol and the random numbers for determination of the second special symbol. Details of the variable display related process will be described below. Since both the first special symbol variation display related process and the second special symbol variation display related process are executed in common, they will be described with reference to a common flowchart (the flowchart of FIG. 15).

  In the variation display related process, first, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is on, that is, whether the current gaming state is a high probability state or a low probability state (S300). When the probability change flag is off, that is, when the current gaming state is in a low probability state, a big hit determination is performed using the big hit determination random number read in S228 or S234 and the low probability big hit determination table (S302). When it is ON, that is, when the current gaming state is a high probability state, a big hit determination is performed using the read big hit determination random number and the high probability big hit determination table (S304), and whether or not the determination result is a big hit. Determination is made (S306). An example of the jackpot determination table is shown in FIG. FIG. 16A shows a low probability jackpot determination table, and FIG. 16B shows a high probability jackpot determination table. As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, in the jackpot determination table for low probability, the jackpot determination random number is a value 60 or 61 out of the values 0 to 796, and the jackpot is determined as a jackpot (1 / 398.5 jackpot probability). In the jackpot determination table, a jackpot is determined when the hit determination random number is 60 to 79 among the values 0 to 796 (a jackpot probability of 1 / 39.85). In this embodiment, the same jackpot determination table is used for the first special symbol and the second special symbol.

  When the result of the big hit determination is determined to be a big hit in S306, the big hit symbol determination random number is read from the determination random number storage area (RAM 70c) (S308), and the big hit symbol to be stopped and displayed based on the read big hit symbol determination random number is displayed. Select and set (S310). Here, for determining the jackpot symbol of the first special symbol, the table for determining the jackpot symbol of the first special symbol illustrated in FIG. 17 is used, and for determining the jackpot symbol of the second special symbol, it is illustrated in FIG. The big special symbol determination table for the second special symbol is used. In the jackpot symbol determination table of the first special symbol, as shown in FIG. 17, when the jackpot symbol determination random number is a value 0 to 101 among the values 0 to 255, the symbol at the upper left of FIG. 7 is selected as the first normal big hit (about 40% big hit distribution probability), and when the big hit symbol determining random number is between 102 and 203, the symbol in the middle left of FIG. When the random number for determining the big hit symbol is a value of 204 to 255, the lower left symbol in FIG. 7 is selected and becomes the “second probability variation big hit” (about 20% big hit distribution probability) ). Further, in the big special symbol determination table of the second special symbol, as shown in FIG. 18, when the random number for big hit symbol determination is 0 to 255 among the values 0 to 255, the symbol in the upper right part of FIG. 7 is selected. 7 is selected as the first normal big hit (about 40% big hit distribution probability), and when the big hit symbol determining random number is between 102 and 229, the right middle symbol of FIG. When the random number for determining the big hit symbol is 230 to 255, the symbol in the lower right part of FIG. 7 is selected and becomes the “second probable big hit” (about 10% big hit) Distribution probability). Thus, in the present embodiment, the probability of occurrence of the “first probability variation big hit” at the time of winning the second start port 38 is higher than the probability of occurrence of “first probability variation big hit” at the time of winning the first start port 36. The probability of occurrence of the “second probability variation big hit” at the time of winning the second starting port 38 is lower than the probability of occurrence of the “second probability variation big hit” at the time of winning the first starting port 36. That is, the type of jackpot determined based on the second special symbol is more advantageous to the player than the type of jackpot determined based on the first special symbol. When the big hit symbol is determined, the big hit variation pattern table distribution process of FIG. 19 is executed to allocate the big hit variation pattern table for determining the variation pattern of the special symbol at the time of the big hit (S312).

  In the big hit variation pattern table distribution process, whether or not the probability variation flag is on, that is, whether or not the current gaming state is a high probability state (S350), whether or not the variation shortening flag is on, that is, the current gaming state is shortened. Whether or not it is in a state (S352) is determined. When the probability variation flag is on, a large probability variation pattern table for big hit is set (S354), and when the probability variation flag is off and the variation shortening flag is on, the big hit low A probability time variation pattern table is set (S356). When the probability variation flag is off and the variation shortening flag is off, a low probability non-time variation pattern table for big hit is set (S358). FIG. 20 shows an example of a high probability variation pattern table for big hits, and FIG. 21 shows an example of a low probability variation pattern table for big hits. FIG. 21A shows a low-probability short-time fluctuation pattern table, and FIG. 21B shows a low-probability non-short-time fluctuation pattern table. 20 and 21 show a table storing a small number of patterns for the sake of convenience. Actually, a table storing a larger number of patterns (for example, 20 or more patterns) is used.

  When the big hit variation pattern table is set, the variation pattern determination random number is read (S314), and the variation pattern is selected and set using the read variation pattern determination random number and the set big hit variation pattern table (S316). . Further, the big hit fluctuation flag for indicating that the current fluctuation display is for big hit is set on (S318).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S306 that the result of the big hit determination is not a big hit, the off symbol is selected and set (S320), and a variation pattern table for out of determining the variation pattern of the special symbol at the time of out is distributed in FIG. The variation pattern table allocation process for detachment is executed (S322). Although the detailed explanation is omitted, for example, the winning symbol can be set using a jackpot symbol determining random number and a not-showing symbol determining table. Of course, if a losing symbol determining random number is acquired separately from the jackpot symbol determining random number, it can be set using the losing symbol determining random number and the losing symbol determining table.

  The deviation variation pattern table distribution process determines whether or not the probability variation flag is on (S360) and whether or not the variation shortening flag is on (S362). A pattern table is set (S364), and when the probability variation flag is off and the variation shortening flag is on, a low probability short time variation pattern table is set (S366). When the probability variation flag is off and the variation shortening flag is off This is done by setting a low probability non-time variation pattern table for detachment (S368). FIG. 23 shows an example of an outlier high probability variation pattern table, and FIG. 24 shows an example of an outlier low probability variation pattern table. FIG. 24A shows an outlier low-probability short-time fluctuation pattern table, and FIG. 24B shows a low-probability non-short-time fluctuation pattern table. 23 and 24 show a table storing a small number of patterns for convenience, but actually a table storing a larger number of patterns (for example, 20 or more patterns) is used. Further, as shown in the figure, in the variation pattern table for detachment, a variation pattern table for reach when there is a reach display and a variation pattern table for non-reach when there is no reach display are prepared.

  When the deviation variation pattern table is set, the variation pattern determination random number and the reach random number are read (S324), and the variation pattern determination random number and the reach variation random table set together with the read variation pattern determination random number and the reach random number are set. Is selected and set (S326).

  When the big hit symbol and its variation pattern or the out-of-sequence symbol and its variation pattern are set, the variation display of the special symbol is started (S328), and the reserved number of the special symbol is decremented by 1 (S330). When the number of special symbols held is decremented by a value of 1, a reserved digest command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90. Here, this variable display related process is a process common to the first special symbol and the second special symbol. If the current process is for the first special symbol, in S328 and S330, the first special symbol is used. Is displayed, the number of the first special symbol held is decremented by the value 1, and the first special symbol reserved digest command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90. If the current process is for the second special symbol, in S328 and S330, the variable display of the second special symbol is started to decrement the hold number of the second special symbol by 1 and the second special symbol is reserved. The digest command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90. Next, an effect pattern designation command is selected (S332). The effect pattern designation command is selected by executing an effect pattern designation command selection process shown in FIG.

  In the effect pattern designation command selection process, first, it is determined whether or not the interruption incomplete flag is on (S370) and whether or not the interruption completion flag is on (S372). Here, the interruption incomplete flag is set to ON when the game is not interrupted in spite of the necessity of interruption (rest) of the game in the processing described later. Is set to ON when the required interruption is complete. If it is determined that the interruption incomplete flag is off and it is determined that the interruption completion flag is off, a normal pattern designating command for designating a normal production pattern is selected as the production pattern (S374). If it is determined that the interruption incomplete flag is on, a specific pattern designation command for designating a specific production pattern different from the normal production pattern is selected (S376). Further, if it is determined that the unfinished interruption flag is off and it is determined that the interruption completion flag is on, a special pattern designation command for designating a special production pattern different from the normal production pattern or the specific production pattern is selected (S378). ). The difference between the production patterns will be described later.

  When the effect pattern designation command is selected in this way, a symbol variation start command including the selected effect pattern designation command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S334), and the variation display related processing is terminated. Here, in the symbol variation start command, in addition to the production pattern designation command, when the big hit determination result is a big hit, the big hit variation pattern, the variation time in that pattern (variation pattern designation command), and the big hit stop symbol (special symbol stop) Information designation command), and when the result of the big hit determination is out, the deviation variation pattern, the variation time in that pattern (variation pattern designation command), and the outage stop symbol (special symbol stop information designation command) are included. . Receiving the symbol variation start command, the sub-control board 90 analyzes the command, determines the content of the effect to be performed on the screen of the effect display device 34 based on the analysis result, and generates a control signal (effect command) ) To the effect display control board 91 to control the effect display device 34.

  Returning to the special symbol game process of FIGS. 12 to 14, when the special symbol game process is executed after the change display of the special symbol (the first special symbol or the second special symbol) is started, the first special game process is executed in S222. Since either the symbol or the second special symbol is determined to be in the variable display, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 determines whether or not the variable display time has elapsed (S238). Since the fluctuation display time is determined according to the fluctuation pattern when the fluctuation pattern of the special symbol is determined, whether or not the fluctuation display time has passed is determined by the elapsed time from the start of the fluctuation display of the special symbol. This can be done by comparing the determined variable display time. If it is determined that the variable display time has not elapsed, the special symbol game process is temporarily terminated. If it is determined that the variation display time has elapsed, the variation display of the special symbol being varied is stopped (S240), and a symbol stop command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S242). The sub control board 90 (effect display control board 91) that has received this symbol stop command ends the symbol variation effect on the effect display device 34. Then, a stop display time is set (S244), and it is determined whether or not the stop display time has passed (S246). Here, the stop display time is an interval from when the special symbol variation display is stopped until the next variation display is started, and is set to 0.6 seconds, for example. If it is determined that the stop display time has not elapsed, the special symbol game process is temporarily terminated. When the special symbol game process is executed after the special symbol stop display is made, it is determined in S224 that the stop display time is in progress. If it is determined that has passed, it is determined whether or not the special symbol that is stopped and displayed is a jackpot symbol (S248).

  If it is determined that the game is a big hit symbol in S248, the big hit game flag is turned on (S250), the big hit variation flag is turned off (S252), and a big hit game start designation command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S254). Here, since the big hit variation flag is turned on when the variation display of the special symbol for big hit is started in S318 of the variation display related processing of FIG. 15, as described above, the variation of the special symbol for big hit The display is turned on from the start of display until the stop display. By turning on the jackpot game flag, the jackpot game is started in the jackpot game process described later. In addition, the sub control board 90 that has received the jackpot game start designation command, for example, starts a jackpot game effect by outputting a control signal to the effect display control board 91 so that the jackpot fanfare screen is displayed on the effect display device 34. . Next, in order to stop the probability variation function, the time shortening function, and the release extension function during the big hit game, the probability variation flag is turned off when the probability variation flag is on (S256, S258), and the variation shortening flag when the variation shortening flag is on. Is turned off and the release extension flag is turned off (S260 to S264), the special symbol game process is terminated, and the process returns to the main control process to proceed to the next big hit game process of S160.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S248 that the symbol is not a big hit symbol, it is determined whether or not the variation shortening flag is on (S266). If the variation shortening flag is not on, the special symbol game processing is temporarily terminated as it is. When the fluctuation shortening flag is on, the fluctuation shortening counter is decremented by 1 (S268), and it is determined whether or not the fluctuation shortening counter is 0 (S270). Here, the fluctuation shortening counter indicates the upper limit value of the number of fluctuations of the special symbol that maintains the state of time reduction (special symbol and normal symbol fluctuation shortening), and the value corresponding to the big hit mode is set at the end of the big hit game Is done. When the fluctuation shortening counter is not 0, the special symbol game process is temporarily terminated while maintaining the time shortening state. When the fluctuation shortening counter is 0, the variation shortening flag is turned off in order to terminate the time shortening state ( (S272), the release extension flag is turned off (S274), a game state designation command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S276), and the special symbol game process is temporarily terminated. Thereby, the gaming state of the pachinko machine 10 is changed from the short-time state (open extended state) to the non-short-time state (non-open extended state). Note that the gaming state designation command includes a setting status of a variation shortening flag and an opening extension flag indicating the current gaming state of the pachinko machine 10. The sub control board 90 that has received the game state designation command changes the display of the background screen of the effect display device 34 from the short time to the non-short time by transmitting an effect command indicating the game state to the effect display control board 91, for example. Perform processing such as. The determination in S270 is executed regardless of whether the probability state is low or high. However, in the first probability variation big hit or the second probability variation big hit, after the big hit is finished, the fluctuation shortening counter is set 10,000 times. Therefore, in the case of these probable big hits, the fluctuation shortening counter cannot normally have a value of 0, and the time-saving state does not end until the next big hit is drawn.

[Big hit game processing]
The big hit game process of S160 is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the jackpot game process of FIG. 26 is executed, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not the jackpot game flag is on, that is, whether or not the jackpot game is being played (S400). If it is determined that the big hit game flag is OFF, the big hit game process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if it is determined that the big hit game flag is ON, it is determined whether or not the big winning opening 44 is open (S402), and if it is determined that the big winning opening 44 is closed (not open), It is determined whether or not it is the opening timing of the special winning opening 44 (S404). This determination is performed by determining whether or not a prescribed closing time (2 seconds in this embodiment) has elapsed. If it is determined that it is the opening timing of the big prize opening 44, the big prize opening solenoid 44b is driven and controlled so that the big prize opening 44 is opened (S406), and the big hit game processing is once ended. On the other hand, if it is determined in S404 that it is not the opening timing of the big winning opening 44, the big hit game processing is once ended.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S402 that the special winning opening 44 is open, it is determined whether or not it is the closing timing of the special winning opening 44 (S408). This determination is either that the specified opening time (25 seconds in this embodiment) has elapsed or that the number of game balls that have won the big winning opening 44 has reached the specified number (10 in this embodiment). This is done by determining whether or not If it is determined that it is not the closing timing of the big prize opening 44, the big hit game process is temporarily ended while the big prize opening 44 is kept open. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is the closing timing of the big prize opening 44, the big prize opening solenoid 44b is driven and controlled so that the big prize opening 44 is closed (S410), and it is judged whether or not the big winning game end condition is satisfied. (S412). This determination is performed by determining whether or not the special winning opening 44 is opened according to the specified number of rounds. The prescribed number of rounds is set to 15 rounds or 2 rounds according to the type of jackpot (see FIGS. 17 and 18). If it is determined in S412 that the big hit game end condition is not satisfied, the big hit game processing is once ended. On the other hand, if it is determined that the big hit game end condition is satisfied, the big hit game end process illustrated in FIG. 27 is executed (S414), and the big hit game process is ended. When the big hit game ends, the process returns to the main control process and proceeds to the next game state monitoring process of S170.

  In the big hit game end process of FIG. 27, first, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 turns off the big hit game flag from on to off (S450), and the big hit symbol is a probability variation symbol, that is, the current big hit is “first probability variation big hit”. And “second probability variation big hit” is determined (S452). If it is determined that it is not a probability variation symbol, that is, the current big hit is the “first normal big hit”, the probability variation flag is kept off, the fluctuation shortening counter is set to 100 times (S454), and the probability variation symbol is judged. The probability variation flag is turned on (S456), and the fluctuation shortening counter is set to 10,000 times (S458). As described above, when the fluctuation shortening counter is set to 10,000 times, the time-saving state is substantially continued until the next big hit. When the fluctuation shortening counter is set in this manner, the fluctuation shortening flag is turned on (S460), the release extension flag is turned on (S462), and the big hit game end designation command and the game state designation command are transmitted to the sub control board 90. (S464) The big hit game end process is terminated. When the sub-control board 90 receives the jackpot game end designation command, for example, the sub-control board 90 ends the jackpot game effect by outputting a control signal to the effect display control board 91 so that the jackpot ending screen is displayed on the effect display device 34. To do. Further, when the sub control board 90 receives the game state designation command, for example, the sub control board 90 transmits an effect command indicating the game state to the effect display control board 91, and the background screen of the effect display device 34 is used for the probability change or the time-saving background. The processing such as setting is performed.

[Game state monitoring processing]
The gaming state monitoring process in S170 is executed according to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. When the gaming state monitoring process is executed, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not a continuous gaming flag indicating that a game is being continuously performed is off (S500). If it is determined that the continuous game flag is off, the continuous game time measurement start process shown in FIG. 29 is executed (S502), and the process proceeds to the next process. If it is determined that the continuous game flag is on, the process proceeds to S502. Skip the continuous game time measurement start process and proceed to the next process. Next, it is determined whether or not a warning flag indicating that a warning prompting the player to interrupt the game has been executed is off (S504), and a continuous game time Ta at which measurement is started in the continuous game time measurement start process. Whether or not is equal to or longer than the first time T1 (S506). Here, the first time T1 is set to a time of about several hours such as 5 hours, for example, as a time for determining whether or not the player is immersed in the game (enthusiastic). If it is determined that the warning flag is off and the continuous game time Ta is equal to or longer than the first time T1, the warning process shown in FIG. 30 is executed (S508), and the process proceeds to the next process, and the warning flag is on. If it is determined that the warning has already been executed or if it is determined that the continuous game time Ta is less than the first time T1, the warning process in S508 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a game interruption flag indicating that the game is interrupted is off (S510). If it is determined that the suspension flag is off, the game interruption determination process shown in FIG. 31 is executed (S512), and the process proceeds to the next process. If it is determined that the interruption flag is on, the game interruption shown in FIG. An intermediate process is executed (S514), and the process proceeds to the next process. Then, it is determined whether or not the interruption completion flag indicating that the interruption of the game has been completed (that the game has been interrupted for a necessary time) is on (S516). If it is determined that the interruption completion flag is on, the processing after completion of the game interruption shown in FIG. 33 is executed (S518), the gaming state monitoring process is terminated, and if it is determined that the interruption completion flag is off, the gaming state is continued. The monitoring process ends. When the game state monitoring process is completed, the process returns to the main control process, and proceeds to the game information process when the recording medium is discharged in the next S180. The continuous game time measurement start process in FIG. 29, the warning process in FIG. 30, the game interruption determination process in FIG. 31, the game interruption process in FIG. 32, and the game interruption completion process in FIG. .

  In the continuous game time measurement start process of FIG. 29, first, it is determined whether or not the touch sensor 18a for detecting that the player is touching the handle is on (S530), and it is determined that the touch sensor 18a is not on. Then, the continuous game time measurement start process is finished as it is. On the other hand, if it is determined that the touch sensor 18a is turned on, it can be determined that the operation of the handle 18 is started by the player and the game ball has started to be fired, that is, the game has been started. If the timer 70d is measuring the interrupting time Tb during which the measurement is started from the interruption (S531), the measurement is terminated (S532), and the interrupting flag is turned off (S533). Then, it is determined whether or not the continuous game time Ta is stored in the game time storage area of the RAM 70c (S534). If there is no stored continuous game time Ta, the timer 70d newly measures the continuous game time Ta. If there is a stored continuous game time Ta, the timer 70d starts (restarts) the measurement of the continuous game time Ta from the continuation of the stored time (S536). When the measurement of the continuous game time Ta is started in this way, the continuous game flag is turned on (S537), and the continuous game time measurement start process is ended.

  In the warning process of FIG. 30, first, it is determined whether or not the big hit variation flag is off (S540), whether or not the big hit game flag is off (S541), and whether or not the variation shortening flag is off (S542). ), Respectively. If it is determined that any one of these three flags is on, it is determined that a warning is impossible, and the warning process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if it is determined that all these three flags are OFF, it is determined that warning is possible, and a warning start designation command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S543). Note that the sub-control board 90 that has received the warning start designation command executes a warning notification effect described later, so that a warning (a warning prompting the interruption of the game) to prevent the player from getting into the game is performed. Then, measurement of a post-warning time Tc, which is an elapsed time after the warning, is started (S544), the warning flag is turned on (S545), and the warning process is terminated.

  Here, when a warning prompting the suspension of the game is made in the processing of S543, the game is interrupted if the player follows the warning, but there is a disadvantage to the player depending on the gaming state at the time of the suspension There is. For example, in the jackpot game, the big prize opening 44 is opened according to a prescribed number of times of opening (number of rounds), and the big prize opening 44 opened during each round is closed when the prescribed opening time is reached. When the game is interrupted, the big hit game is terminated without sufficiently allowing the game ball to enter the big winning opening 44. In this case, the profit (prize ball) due to the big hit game cannot be obtained sufficiently, which may cause a disadvantage to the player. Also, during the special symbol fluctuation display for the big hit judgment result to show the big hit, the big hit game is started when the fluctuation display is finished, so it is disadvantageous to the player to interrupt the game as in the big hit game May occur. In order to prevent such disadvantages, in S540 and S541 of the warning processing, the warning execution condition is that the big hit variation flag is off or the big hit game flag is off. In addition, as described above, in this embodiment, in the special symbol game process, the second special symbol variation display (digestion of suspension) is preferentially executed, and the type of jackpot determined based on the second special symbol is The player is more advantageous than the jackpot type determined based on the first special symbol. Here, since the operating frequency of the ordinary electric accessory 39 is improved during the time reduction (so-called electric support is in progress), it is easy for a game ball to enter the second start port 38 and the second special symbol is suspended. It is hard to break. For this reason, even if the number of reservations of the 1st special symbol is an upper limit, it can be said that it is an advantageous state for a player at the time of shortening in that the reservation of the 2nd special symbol continues to be digested. If the game is interrupted in such a short time state, the hold of the second special symbol is interrupted, and the hold of the first special symbol (for example, the upper limit of four) is consumed, so there is a big hit that is disadvantageous to the player. It is more likely that it will occur and may be detrimental. Also, the time reduction state ends when the fluctuation shortening counter reaches a value of 0 (the number of times the special symbol fluctuates becomes a predetermined number), so that the holding of the first special symbol is digested and the second special symbol is held. There are also disadvantages from reduced digestion opportunities. In order to prevent such a disadvantage, in S542, the fact that the fluctuation shortening flag is off is set as a warning execution condition. In this way, in this embodiment, even if the continuous game time Ta exceeds the first time T1, any one of the three flags (big hit variation flag, big hit game flag, and fluctuation shortening flag) is on, so that the game If the state is advantageous to the player, no warning is given, and since all three flags are off, a warning is given when the advantageous state ends and the normal state is reached. In this embodiment, when the fluctuation shortening flag is off, the probability variation flag is also off. Therefore, it is determined in S542 that the probability variation flag is off (not in a high probability state) as a warning execution condition. However, it may be separately determined whether or not the probability variation flag is off.

  In the game interruption determination process of FIG. 31, it is determined whether or not the interruption incomplete flag indicating that the interruption of the game has not been completed (that the game has not been interrupted for a necessary time) is off (S550). If it is determined that the interruption incomplete flag is OFF, it is determined whether or not the post-warning time Tc at which the measurement is started in the warning processing S544 is equal to or longer than the second time T2 (S551). If it is determined that the post-warning time Tc is equal to or greater than the second time T2, the unfinished interruption flag is set to ON (S552), and the process proceeds to the next process. Here, the second time T2 is, for example, a time of about several minutes such as 5 minutes as a time for ignoring the warning prompting the interruption of the game by the warning process and determining that the player is continuing the game. It is stipulated in. When the interrupt incomplete flag is set to ON, a specific pattern designation command is selected in S332 (effect pattern designation command selection process in FIG. 25) and S334 of the variation display related process in FIG. It is included in the start command and transmitted to the sub control board 90. If it is determined in S550 that the unfinished interruption flag is on instead of off, or if it is determined in S551 that the post-warning time Tc is less than the second time T2, the processing of S552 is skipped and the next processing is performed. move on.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the touch sensor 18a is turned off (S553) and whether or not the special symbol is stopped (S554). The touch sensor 18a is turned off and the special symbol is stopped and displayed. If it is, it is further determined whether or not the state continues for a predetermined time (S555). Here, in this embodiment, the player judges that the game has been interrupted on condition that the touch sensor 18a is off and the special symbol is stopped and displayed for a predetermined time. It was. The reason for this is that when the effect symbol is variably displayed in accordance with the variation display of the special symbol, even if the player does not intend to interrupt the game, the player temporarily interrupts the operation of the launch handle 18 and touch sensor 18a. This is for the purpose of reliably determining the interruption of the game except in such a case. The predetermined time is set to a time of about several minutes such as 3 minutes in order to eliminate the possibility of such temporary interruption.

  In S553 to S555, when it is determined that the touch sensor 18a is off and the state where the special symbol is stopped and displayed continues for a predetermined time, the player determines that the game has been interrupted, The measurement of the continuous game time Ta is finished (S556), and the continuous game time Ta and the measurement end time (storage time) for which the measurement is finished are stored in the game time storage area of the RAM 70c (S557), and the elapsed time during the interruption. Is started (S558), and a game interruption designation command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 (S559). The sub control board 90 that has received the game interruption designation command starts execution of a game interruption effect described later. Next, the interrupting flag is turned on (S560), the continuous gaming flag is turned off (S561), and the game interruption determination process is terminated. It is determined that the touch sensor 18a is turned on, the special symbol is variably displayed, or the touch sensor 18a is off and the special symbol is stopped and displayed for less than a predetermined time. If determined, the processing of S556 to S561 is ended, and the game interruption determination processing is ended.

  In the game interruption processing of FIG. 32, first, it is determined whether or not the interruption time Tb is equal to or longer than the third time T3 (S570). Here, the third time T3 is about ten minutes to several tens of minutes such as 15 minutes as a general resting time (necessary interruption time of the game) necessary for the player who is immersed in the game to refresh. Is set at the time. If it is determined that the interruption time Tb is less than the third time T3, the game interruption processing is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the interruption time Tb is equal to or greater than the third time T3, the measurement of the interruption time Tb and the post-warning time Tc ends (S571), the warning flag is turned off (S572), and the interruption flag is set. After being turned off (S573), an interruption completion flag indicating that the required interruption (rest) of the game has been completed is turned on (S574). When the interruption completion flag is set to ON, a special pattern designation command is selected in S332 (effect pattern designation command selection process in FIG. 25) and S334 of the variation display related process in FIG. It is included in the command and transmitted to the sub control board 90. Also, after a while after the warning in S543 of the warning process (after the warning time Tc becomes equal to or greater than the second time T2), the interruption incomplete flag is turned on, such as when the interruption of the game is started. If this is the case (S575), the unfinished interrupt flag is turned off (S576), and a game resumption designation command is transmitted to the sub control board 90 (S577). The sub-control board 90 that has received the game resumption designation command starts execution of a game resumption effect described later. Then, the continuous game time Ta and the storage time stored in the game time storage area of the RAM 70c are cleared (S578), and measurement of the time Td after completion of interruption, which is the elapsed time after completion of interruption, is started (S579). ), The game interruption processing is terminated.

  In the process after the completion of the game interruption in FIG. 33, it is determined whether or not the time Td after completion of the interruption started in S579 of the process during the game interruption in FIG. 32 is equal to or longer than the fourth time T4 (S580). Here, the fourth time T4 is set to a time of about several tens of minutes such as 30 minutes. If it is determined that the time Td after completion of interruption is less than the fourth time T4, the processing after completion of the game interruption is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the time Td after completion of interruption is equal to or longer than the fourth time, the measurement of the time Td after completion of interruption is finished (S581), the interruption completion flag is turned off (S582), and the processing after completion of the game interruption is finished. . Thus, the interruption completion flag is turned on until the time Td after completion of interruption reaches the fourth time T4 after the measurement of the time Td after completion of interruption is started. For this reason, the special pattern designation command is included in the symbol variation start command until the time Td after the completion of the interruption reaches the fourth time T4 after the measurement of the time Td after the completion of the interruption is started. .

[Game information processing when recording medium is ejected]
The game information processing at the time of discharging the recording medium in S180 is executed according to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. When the game information processing when the recording medium is discharged is executed, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not a recording medium discharge request signal has been input (S600). Here, as described above, when the return switch signal from the return button 24b is input to the ball lending device 50 via the connection terminal plate 83, a signal related to the discharge request for the recording medium is sent from the ball lending device 50 to the connection terminal plate. It is output to the payout control board 80 via 83. The recording medium discharge request signal is a signal output from the payout control board 80 that has received the signal relating to the discharge request for the recording medium, and processing of the payout control board 80 will be described later. If it is determined that the recording medium discharge request signal has not been input, the game information processing at the time of discharging the recording medium is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the recording medium discharge request signal has been input, it is determined whether the continuous gaming flag is on (S602) and whether the interrupting flag is on (S604). When it is determined that the continuous gaming flag is on, the continuous game time Ta is being measured, so that the game time is generated using the current time as the game end time and the continuous game time Ta being measured as the accumulated game time. (S606) The generated game information is transmitted to the payout control board 80 (S612), and the game information processing when the recording medium is discharged is completed. Further, when it is determined that the continuous gaming flag is not on (off) and the suspended flag is on, the storage time and the continuous gaming time Ta are stored in the gaming time storage area of the RAM 70c. Then, game information is generated with the stored time as the game end time and the stored continuous game time Ta as the accumulated game time (S608), and the generated game information is transmitted to the payout control board 80 (S612) and recorded. The game information processing when the medium is discharged is terminated. If it is determined that neither the continuous gaming flag nor the interrupting flag is on (for example, when a game is not performed although a recording medium is inserted), the dummy time is set as the game end time. At the same time, game information is generated using the value 0 (0 hour) as the accumulated game time (S610), the generated game information is transmitted to the payout control board 80 (S612), and the game information processing when the recording medium is discharged is completed. Note that when the recording medium is ejected, usually, the game in the pachinko machine 10 is terminated. Therefore, when the recording medium ejection request signal is input in the gaming state monitoring process described above, the continuous game time It is good also as what stops the measurement of Ta.

[Recording medium monitoring processing]
Here, the operation of the payout control board 80 will be described before the game information processing at the time of inserting the recording medium in S110 of the main control process is described based on FIG. FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing an example of a recording medium monitoring process executed by the CPU 80a of the payout control board 80. When the recording medium monitoring process is executed, the CPU 80a of the payout control board 80 first determines whether or not a signal related to the recording medium discharge request is input from the ball lending device 50 (S700), and outputs a signal related to the discharge request. If it is determined that it has been input, the above-mentioned recording medium discharge request signal is transmitted to the main control board 70 (S702), and the process proceeds to the next process. If a signal related to the discharge request is not input, the process of S702 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the game information transmitted from the main control board 70 is input in S612 of the game information processing when the recording medium is discharged in FIG. 34 (S704), and the game information is input from the main control board 70. If determined, the input game information is included in a response signal to the discharge request and transmitted to the ball lending device 50 (S706), and the process proceeds to the next process. Thereby, in the ball lending apparatus 50, after the game information is written in the game information storage area of the recording medium, the recording medium is discharged. For this reason, the game end time (current time, storage time, or dummy time) generated as game information and the accumulated game time (the continuous game time Ta being measured or the stored continuous game time Ta or 0) Time) is written in the game information storage area of the recording medium. If no game information is input from the main control board 70, the process of S706 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the game information written in the game information storage area of the inserted recording medium is input from the ball lending device 50 (S708). Here, as described above, the ball lending device 50 reads out the game information written in the recording medium when the recording medium is inserted, and the payout control board 80 together with a signal indicating that the recording medium has been inserted. Is sending to. For this reason, the process of S708 can be performed by determining whether or not the game information has been received. If it is determined in S708 that game information has been input from the ball lending device 50, the input game information is transmitted (transferred) to the main control board 70 (S710), and the recording medium monitoring process is terminated. If it is determined in S708 that no game information has been input, the process of S710 is skipped and the recording medium monitoring process is terminated.

[Game information processing when a recording medium is inserted]
Returning to the main control processing of the main control board 70, the game information processing at the time of inserting the recording medium in S110 will be described based on FIG. When the game information processing when the recording medium is inserted is executed, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not game information is input from the payout control board 80 (S650). Here, the game information is transmitted from the payout control board 80 when the game information is written in the recording medium inserted into the ball lending device 50 as described above. If it is determined that there is no input of game information, the game information processing when the recording medium is inserted is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that there is an input of game information, the game end time and the accumulated game time are read from the input game information (S652), and whether or not the third time T3 has elapsed from the game end time to the current time. Is determined (S654). Here, as described above, the third time T3 is determined as a time for determining whether or not a necessary break (necessary game interruption) has been made. If the third time T3 has not elapsed since the game end time, the player sets the other pachinko machine 10 (pachinko machine 10B) before the pachinko machine 10 (pachinko machine 10A) in which the recording medium is inserted this time. ), It can be determined that the necessary interruption time has not elapsed since the game was played. Therefore, the accumulated accumulated game time is stored as a continuous game time Ta in the game time storage area of the RAM 70c (S656), and the game information processing at the time of inserting the recording medium is terminated. Accordingly, in S534 and S536 of the continuous game time measurement start process of FIG. 29, the continuation of the stored time, that is, the cumulative game time (continuous game time Ta) in the other pachinko machine 10B, the pachinko machine 10A Measurement of the continuous game time Ta is started. That is, even if the player moves the pachinko machine 10, the game time is accumulated and the continuous game time Ta is measured unless the necessary interruption time (break) is taken between the movements. Therefore, for example, if a player has played a game for a long time (time close to the first time T1) with the pachinko machine 10B, even if the game time with the pachinko machine 10A is short, the continuous game The time Ta immediately reaches the first time T1, and a warning for urging the game is issued. Also, if the player has played a game with the pachinko machine 10B for more than the first time T1 and has moved to the pachinko machine 10A because a warning is output, a warning is immediately issued when the game is started with the pachinko machine 10A. Will be made. For these reasons, it is possible to appropriately issue a warning that prompts the player who has moved the pachinko machine 10 (player who has changed the platform) to interrupt the game.

  When the third time T3 has elapsed from the game end time, it can be determined that the necessary interruption time has elapsed since the game was ended by the pachinko machine 10B. In this case, it is determined whether or not the suspension flag is on (S658). If it is determined that the suspension flag is off, the game information processing at the time of inserting the storage medium is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the interrupting flag is on, the storage time and the continuous game time Ta are stored in the game time storage area of the RAM 70c, so the continuous game time Ta and the storage time are cleared ( S660), the game information processing when the recording medium is inserted is terminated. As a result, a player who has inserted a recording medium in order to newly start a game with the pachinko machine 10A takes over the game time (continuous game time Ta) of the player who had previously played the game with the pachinko machine 10A. Inconvenience can be prevented.

[Production control processing]
Next, operations performed by the sub control board 90 will be described. FIG. 37 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the effect control process executed by the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90. The effect control process is performed by repeatedly executing the hold display effect process (S800), the symbol variation effect process (S810), the jackpot game effect process (S820), and the game interruption state notification effect process (S830). . In the hold display effect process in S800, the hold number counter of the first special symbol is received when the first special symbol hold occurrence command transmitted by the main control board 70 in S208 of the special symbol game process in FIG. 12 is received. When the second special symbol hold occurrence command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S218 of the special symbol game process, the second special symbol 35a is incremented by 1 and added to the display of the first reserved symbol 35a. The reserved number counter of the symbol is incremented by 1 and one display of the second reserved symbol 35b is added. Further, when the first special symbol hold digest command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S330 of the variable display related process of FIG. 15, the first special symbol hold count counter is decremented by 1 and the first One display of the reserved symbol 35a is deleted, and when the second special symbol hold digest command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S330 of the variable display related process, the second special symbol hold number counter is set to 1 And the display of the second reserved symbol 35b is deleted. Also, in the jackpot game effect process of S820, the jackpot game start effect (hit fanfare effect) is executed when the jackpot game start designation command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S254 of the special symbol game process of FIG. When the jackpot game end designation command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S464 of the jackpot game end process in FIG. 27, the jackpot game end effect (big hit ending effect) is executed. The jackpot game start effect and the jackpot game end effect are effect commands on the effect display control board 91 so that the jackpot fanfare screen indicating the start of the jackpot game and the jackpot ending screen indicating the end of the jackpot game are displayed on the effect display device 34. , The drive signal is output to the amplifier board 92 so that the sound corresponding to the screen display is output from the speakers 28a and 28b, and the drive signal is sent to the decorative drive board 93 so that the LED 93a is lit in the lighting mode corresponding to the screen display. This is done by outputting Hereinafter, the symbol variation effect process of S810 and the game interruption state notification effect process of S830 will be described.

[Design variation effect processing]
The symbol variation effect process is executed according to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. In the symbol variation effect process of FIG. 38, first, the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90 has received a symbol variation start command transmitted by the main control board 70 in the process of S334 of the variation display related process of FIG. Is determined (S900). If it is determined that the symbol variation start command has been received, it is determined whether the received command includes a normal pattern designation command (S902) and whether a specific pattern designation command is included (S904). As described above, since the symbol variation start command includes either a normal pattern designation command, a specific pattern designation command, or a special pattern designation command, by determining which command is included, The processing of S902 and S904 can be performed. If it is determined in S902 that the normal pattern designation command is included, the normal effect pattern is selected from the symbol variation effect patterns stored in advance in the ROM 90b of the sub-control board 90 (S906). If it is determined in S904 that the specific pattern designation command is included, the specific effect pattern is selected from the symbol variation effect patterns (S908). If it is determined in S902 and S904 that the normal pattern designation command and the specific pattern designation command are not included, that is, the special pattern designation command is included, a special effect pattern is selected (S910). The normal effect pattern, the specific effect pattern, and the special effect pattern each have a jackpot effect pattern table and a release effect pattern table.

  Thus, when either the normal effect pattern, the specific effect pattern, or the special effect pattern is selected, it is determined whether or not the result of the current big hit determination is a big hit (S912). A production effect pattern is set (S914), and a big hit symbol of a stop symbol is set (S916). As described above, the symbol variation start command at the time of jackpot includes the jackpot variation pattern, the variation time in the pattern (variation pattern designation command) and the jackpot stop symbol (special symbol stop information designation command). . For this reason, the setting of the big hit effect pattern is the big hit effect pattern table corresponding to the received variation pattern designation command (the big hit normal effect pattern table or the big hit specific effect pattern table) in the effect pattern table of the selected effect pattern. Any one of the jackpot special effect pattern table) and the effect pattern determining random number are read out, and the read out jackpot effect pattern table and the effect pattern determining random number are used. The jackpot symbol is set by reading the stop symbol corresponding to the special symbol stop information designation command.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S912 that the result of the current big hit determination is not a big hit, a drop effect pattern is set from the selected effect patterns (S918), and a stop symbol drop pattern is set (S920). As described above, the symbol variation start command when the big hit determination result is not a big hit (when it is out) includes the outbreak variation pattern, the variation time in that pattern (variation pattern designation command) and the outage stop symbol (special symbol stop). Information specification command). For this reason, the setting of the effect pattern for detachment is the effect pattern table for detachment corresponding to the received variation pattern designation command in the effect pattern table of the selected effect pattern (the normal effect pattern table for detachment or the specific effect pattern table for detachment). Any of the special effect pattern table for detachment) and the random number for determining the effect pattern are read out, and using the read effect pattern table for detachment and the random number for determining the effect pattern. Also, the setting of the off symbol is performed by reading out the stop symbol corresponding to the special symbol stop information designation command.

  Here, FIGS. 39 and 40 are explanatory diagrams illustrating an example of the effect pattern table. In FIG. 39, as a table corresponding to a variation pattern (for example, variation pattern 10) at the time of big hit, FIG. 39A shows a big hit normal production pattern table, and FIG. 39B shows a big hit specific production pattern table. FIG. 39 (c) shows a special effect pattern table for big hits. Also, in FIG. 40, as a table corresponding to a variation pattern at the time of detachment (for example, variation pattern 30), FIG. 40A shows a detachment normal effect pattern table, and FIG. 40B shows a detachment specific effect pattern table. FIG. 40C shows a special effect pattern table for detachment. Here, in the production pattern table of the present embodiment, the normal variation production that variably displays the production symbol without the reach production, the normal reach production that variably displays the production design with the reach production, and the normal reach production than the normal reach production. Super-reach production that changes the production pattern with production that increases expectation, and production design with special production that greatly enhances the expectation of winning by special characters (premium characters) and special story development. Is determined in association with a random number for determining the effect pattern.

  In the big hit normal effect pattern table of FIG. 39 (a), when the random number for determining the effect pattern is 0 to 255 in the value 0 to 255, the normal reach effect is obtained (about 1% distribution probability) and the value 3 to 254 is obtained. Sometimes it becomes a super reach production (about 99% distribution probability), and when the value is 255, it becomes a premium reach production (less than 1% distribution probability), and there is no distribution to the normal variation production. In the big hit specific effect pattern table of FIG. 39 (b), when the effect pattern determination random number is a value 0 to 2 among values 0 to 255, a normal variation effect is obtained (about 1% distribution probability), and a value 3 to 252. Is a normal reach production (about 98% distribution probability), a value 253 to 255 is a super reach production (about 1% distribution probability), and there is no distribution to a premium reach production. In the special effect pattern table for big hits in FIG. 39 (c), when the random number for determining the effect pattern is 0 to 255 among the values 0 to 255, the normal reach effect is obtained (about 1% distribution probability), and the values 3 to 5 are set. Sometimes it becomes a super reach production (about 1% distribution probability), and when the value is 6 to 255, it becomes a premium reach production (about 98% distribution probability), and there is no distribution to a normal variation production. In the effect pattern table corresponding to the variation pattern at the time of the big hit other than the variation pattern 10, the same distribution probability is obtained. In this way, in this embodiment, it is highly possible that a super reach production will be performed with a normal performance pattern for big hits, a normal reach production will be performed with a specific production pattern for big hits, and a special production pattern for big hits. This increases the possibility that premium reach production will be performed. For this reason, in the specific effect pattern, the game interest is lower than in the normal effect pattern, and in the special effect pattern, the game interest is improved over the normal effect pattern. In particular, in the special production pattern, the frequency of performing premium reach production (special production), which is usually difficult to see, is higher than the normal production pattern and the specific production pattern. .

  On the other hand, in the outlier normal effect pattern table of FIG. 40 (a), when the effect pattern determination random number is a value 0 to 249 among values 0 to 255, a normal reach effect is obtained (about 98% distribution probability), and a value 250 to At 255, it is a super reach production (about 2% distribution probability), and there is no distribution to a normal variation production or a premium reach production. In the special effect pattern table for detachment shown in FIG. 40 (b), when the effect pattern determination random number is 0 to 249 among the values 0 to 255, it becomes a normal variation effect (about 98% distribution probability), and when the value is 250 to 255. Normal reach production (approximately 2% distribution probability), there is no distribution to super reach production or premium reach production. In the special effect pattern table for detachment shown in FIG. 40 (c), when the random number for determining the effect pattern is 0 to 255 among the values 0 to 255, the normal reach effect is obtained (about 2% distribution probability), and the values 6 to 255 are obtained. Sometimes it becomes super reach production (about 98% distribution probability), and there is no distribution to premium reach production or normal fluctuation production. In the effect pattern table corresponding to the variation pattern other than the variation pattern 30, the distribution probability is the same. As described above, in this embodiment, the normal reach effect is likely to be performed with the normal effect pattern for detachment, and the normal variation effect is highly likely to be performed with the specific effect pattern for detachment. This increases the possibility that a super reach production will be performed. For this reason, similarly to the big hit effect, the game effect is lower in the specific effect pattern than in the normal effect pattern, and the game effect is improved in the special effect pattern than in the normal effect pattern. In particular, in the specific effect pattern, since there is a high possibility that a normal variation effect will be performed, a monotonous effect will be performed endlessly. In addition, although the thing with a high possibility that a normal fluctuation effect is performed as a specific effect pattern for detachment was shown, what is defined as a change pattern for a reach such as the change pattern 30 is a reach effect. It is good also as what makes the distribution probability of the normal reach production with a comparatively low game entertainment interest higher than a normal production pattern.

  Here, the specific pattern designation command that triggers selection of the specific performance pattern is included in the change start designation command and transmitted from the main control board 70 when the unfinished interruption flag is on. For this reason, when the game is played ignoring the warning prompting the interruption of the game, an effect with a specific effect pattern in which the game interest is lowered is executed. Therefore, it is possible to prompt the player to suspend the game, so that the player can be effectively prevented from getting into the game. In addition, a special pattern designation command that triggers selection of a special effect pattern is transmitted from the main control board 70 as a variable start designation command when the interruption completion flag is on because the interruption of the game is completed. Is. For this reason, when the game is resumed after the game is interrupted (after a break), an effect based on a special effect pattern that improves the game interest is executed. Therefore, due to the presence of the special effect pattern, the player can be actively interrupted and can be motivated to resume the game again after the game is interrupted.

  When the effect pattern and the stop symbol are determined in this way, the symbol variation effect is started (S922). In this process, the effect display control board 91 generates an effect command (design change effect start command) for instructing the start of the symbol change effect based on the effect pattern set in S914 or S918 and the stop symbol set in S916 or S920. By sending it to The effect display control board 91 that has received the symbol variation effect start command performs display control so that the symbol variation effect (effect symbol variation display) is started on the display screen of the effect display device 34.

  If it is determined in S900 that the symbol change start command has not been received or if the symbol change effect is started in S922, the symbol stop command transmitted by the main control board 70 in S242 of the special symbol game process of FIG. Is received (S924). When the symbol stop command is not received, the symbol variation effect processing is terminated. When the symbol stop command is received, the symbol variation effect is terminated (S926). ), The symbol variation effect process is terminated. The process of S926 is performed by transmitting an effect command (design change effect end command) for instructing the end of the symbol change effect to the effect display control board 91. The effect display control board 91 that has received the symbol change effect end command stops display at the stop symbol set in S916 or S920 after the symbol change effect (effect symbol change display) is finished on the display screen of the effect display device 34. Display control is performed.

[Game interruption state notification effect processing]
The game interruption state notification effect process is executed according to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. FIG. 42 is an explanatory diagram showing the state of the game interruption state notification effect. In the game interruption state notification effect process of FIG. 41, the CPU 90a of the sub-control board 90 first determines whether or not the warning start designation command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S543 of the warning process of FIG. (S950). If it is determined that the warning start designation command has been received, a warning notification effect (interruption promotion effect) for notifying the player of a warning for suspending the game is executed (S952), and the process proceeds to the next process. If it is determined that the warning start designation command has not been received, the process proceeds to the next process without executing the warning notification effect. As shown in FIG. 42 (a), the warning notification effect transmits an effect command to the effect display control board 91 so that a message display screen such as “Please suspend the game” is displayed on the effect display device 34. Is done. In addition to the screen display, a driving signal may be output to the amplifier board 92 so that a sound corresponding to the warning (for example, a sound for prompting a game interruption or a warning sound) is output from the speakers 28a and 28b. A drive signal is output to the decorative drive board 93 so that the LED 93a is lit or blinks in a manner corresponding to the warning (for example, it is lit in red or yellow or blinks at an interval faster than usual). Also good. Or it is good also as what performs a warning alerting | reporting effect only in either of these aspects.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the game interruption designation command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S559 of the game interruption determination process of FIG. 31 (S954). If it is determined that the game interruption designation command has been received, a game interruption notification effect that prompts the game to be interrupted is executed (S956), and the process proceeds to the next process. If it is determined that the game interruption designation command has not been received, the process proceeds to the next process without executing the game interruption notification effect. As shown in FIG. 42B, the game interruption notification effect is produced on the effect display control board 91 so that a message display screen such as “Please continue the game for a while” is displayed on the effect display device 34. This is done by sending a command. It should be noted that the message display screen may display an image of the character sleeping and provide an effect indicating that the character is resting, or may display nothing on the display screen (so-called screen saver or the like). In addition to the message display, voice corresponding to the game interruption (for example, voice prompting to continue the game or music having a healing effect) is output from the speakers 28a, 28b, or voice from the speakers 28a, 28b is played. A driving signal may be output to the amplifier board 92 so as to be in a mode corresponding to the interruption (for example, the volume is reduced or silenced), or a mode corresponding to the game interruption (for example, the light emission amount is reduced or turned off). Or the LED 93a may be turned on or blinked at a later time than usual or the like. Or it is good also as what performs a game interruption alerting | reporting effect only in either of these aspects.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the game resumption designation command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S577 of the game interruption process of FIG. 32 (S958). If it is determined that the game resumption designation command has been received, a game resumption notification effect (interruption completion effect) for notifying that the necessary interruption (rest) is completed and the game can be resumed is executed (S960), and a game interruption state notification effect is produced. The process ends. If it is determined that the game restart designation command has not been received, the game interruption state notification effect process is terminated without executing the game restart notification effect. As shown in FIG. 42 (c), the game resumption notification effect is an effect display so that a message display screen such as “Necessary interruption time has elapsed. The game can be resumed” is displayed on the effect display device 34. This is performed by transmitting an effect command to the control board 91. This game resumption notification effect can be performed until the player resumes the game (until the game ball is fired). In addition, it is good also as what produces the effect which shows that the game interruption was completed by displaying the image which the character who was sleeping woke up on the message display screen. Further, in addition to the message display, a sound corresponding to the game restart (for example, a voice prompting the game restart or a fanfare) is output from the speakers 28a and 28b, or a mode corresponding to the game restart (for example, the volume is larger than that during the break). Drive signal may be output to the amplifier board 92 so that sound is output from the speakers 28a and 28b, or a mode corresponding to resumption of the game (for example, increasing the amount of light emission than during a break). ), A drive signal may be output to the decorative drive board 93 so that the LED 93a is turned on or blinks. Or it is good also as what performs a game resumption notification effect only in either of these aspects.

  Here, FIG. 43 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state of time change between various measurement times, various flags, a pattern variation effect production pattern, and a game interruption state notification effect. As shown in the figure, when the continuous game time Ta, which has been measured at time T10, reaches the first time T1 at time T11, a warning notification effect is performed and measurement of the post-warning time Tc is started. When the player ignores the warning and continues the game, at time T12 when the warning time Tc reaches the second time T2, the interruption incomplete flag is turned on from off, so that the symbol variation effect pattern is changed from the normal effect pattern. It becomes a specific performance pattern. When a player who does not desire a design variation effect with an uninteresting specific effect pattern stops playing at time T13 and when a predetermined time has elapsed at time T14, it is determined that the game has been interrupted and measurement of the continuous game time Ta is stopped. At the same time, measurement of the interruption time Tb is started, and a game interruption notification effect is performed. Note that the interruption incomplete flag remains on even during the game interruption, so the specific effect pattern remains. For this reason, when the game is resumed before the break is completed (before the interruption time Tb reaches the third time T3), the symbol variation effect is performed again with the specific effect pattern. Then, at the time T15 when the interruption time Tb reaches the third time T3, the measurement of the interruption time Tb and the time after warning Tc is stopped and the measurement of the time Td after completion of interruption is started, and the interruption incomplete flag is turned on. In addition to being turned off, the interruption completion flag is turned on from off, and a game resumption notification effect is performed. At this time, since the interruption incomplete flag is turned off and the interruption completion flag is turned on, the symbol variation effect pattern is a special effect pattern. In addition, when the player who saw the game resumption notification effect resumes the game at time T16, a new measurement of the continuous game time Ta is started, and a premium reach effect that cannot be usually seen according to the special effect pattern is performed. Amusement interest will be improved. Then, at the time T17 when the time Td after the completion of the interruption reaches the fourth time T4, the interruption completion flag is turned off from on, and both the interruption incomplete flag and the interruption completion flag are turned off. The special production pattern changes to the normal production pattern.

  According to the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment described above, when the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, the warning notification effect is provided to prompt the player to stop the game and the post-warning time Tc. When the time when the game is performed after warning output (time after warning Tc) reaches the second time T2, the symbol variation effect pattern is set to a specific effect pattern different from the normal effect pattern. When the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, a warning can be output to prompt the player to interrupt the game, and the player can play the game for the second time T2 despite the output of the warning. If the operation is continued, the production pattern can be changed to the specific production pattern. For this reason, it is possible to effectively prompt the player to suspend the game, and to effectively prevent the player from getting into the game, compared to the case of merely outputting a warning.

  In addition, since the specific effect pattern is an uninteresting effect in which the frequency of execution of the reach effect is lower than that of the normal effect pattern, by changing to the specific effect pattern and executing the uninteresting effect, The interruption can be strongly encouraged. Furthermore, when the game interruption period (interruption time Tb) reaches the third time T3, the production pattern is set to the special production pattern, so that the game interruption is further effective for the player who desires production using the special production pattern. Can be encouraged. This special performance pattern has a high probability of an unusual performance (premium reach production) that is not usually seen, so it can enhance the game interest after the game is interrupted and motivate the player to resume the game. . Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a large disadvantage in the game store even as a urge to interrupt the game. Even if the continuous game time reaches the first time T1, a warning is not given when the game state is advantageous to the player, and a warning is given when the advantageous game state is finished. It is possible to prevent the disadvantages associated with the interruption. For this reason, it is possible to prompt the player to interrupt the game at an appropriate timing. Further, when an instruction to eject a recording medium such as a prepaid card is issued, the accumulated game time and the game end time are recorded on the recording medium. When the recording medium is inserted, it is necessary from the game end time read from the recording medium. If the third time T3, which is the interruption time, has not elapsed, the measurement of the continuous game time Ta is started from the accumulated game time read from the recording medium, so that the player who has moved the pachinko machine 10 is also appropriately It is possible to issue a warning prompting the game to be interrupted.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment will be described. In the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment, the game state monitoring process of FIG. 44 is mainly executed instead of the game state monitoring process of FIG. 28 on the main control board 70, and the game of FIG. 47 is different from the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment in that the game interruption state notification effect process of FIG. 47 is executed instead of the interruption state notification effect process. Hereinafter, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 according to the second embodiment will be described with a focus on differences from the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment. In the flowcharts of the second embodiment, the same processes as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same step numbers, and the description thereof is omitted.

[Game state monitoring processing]
The gaming state monitoring process is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the gaming state monitoring process, when the continuous gaming time measurement start process is executed in S502, it is determined whether or not the unfinished interruption flag is off (S504a). When it is determined that the interruption incomplete flag is OFF and it is determined in S506 that the continuous game time Ta is equal to or longer than the first time T1, the effect pattern changing process shown in FIG. 45 is executed (S508a). As described above, in the pachinko machine of the second embodiment, when the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, unlike the first embodiment, the pachinko machine is not for warning processing that prompts the interruption of the game, Is performed. Hereinafter, the effect pattern changing process in S508a and the game interruption determining process in S512 will be described.

  In the effect pattern changing process of FIG. 45, it is determined in S540 to S542 whether or not the three flags of the big hit variation flag, the big hit game flag, and the variation shortening flag are turned off, and all the three flags are turned off. If so, the interruption incomplete flag is turned on (S552), and the effect pattern changing process is terminated. Thereby, in S332 (effect pattern designation command selection process in FIG. 25) and S334 of the variation display related process of FIG. 15, a specific pattern designation command is selected and included in the symbol variation start command and transmitted to the sub-control board 90. Will be. For this reason, in 2nd Example, when the continuous game time Ta reaches | attains 1st time T1, an effect will be performed with the specific effect pattern in which a game entertainment interest falls large. If even one of the three flags is on, the effect pattern changing process is terminated. Whether or not these three flags are off is determined because the player may interrupt the game when the effect pattern is changed to the specific effect pattern. This is to prevent the player from being disadvantaged when the game is interrupted in a state advantageous to the player. If the big hit game is already in progress (the big hit game flag is turned on in S541), it is unlikely that the player will immediately stop the game even if the production pattern is changed, but there will be a disadvantage in the short time after the big hit game. In order not to occur, it is determined whether or not the big hit game flag in S541 is off.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, in the effect pattern changing process, the process of S552 (a process of turning on the interruption incomplete flag) is performed. Therefore, in the game interruption determination process of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 46, unlike the first embodiment, the processes of S550 to S552 are omitted, and the processes after S553 are performed. Further, since the time Tc after warning is not measured in the second embodiment, in the above-described processing during the game interruption of FIG. 32, the process of ending the measurement of the time Tc after warning in S571 or the process of turning off the warning completed flag in S572 Should be excluded.

[Game interruption state notification effect processing]
The game interruption state notification effect process is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. As shown in the drawing, in the game interruption state notification effect process of the second example, unlike the first example, the processing of S950 and S952 is omitted and the warning notification effect is not executed, similarly to the first example. A game interruption notification effect and a game resumption notification effect are executed. For this reason, in the second embodiment, when the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, performing the effect with a specific effect pattern that greatly reduces the game interest will function as a warning prompting the interruption of the game. It will be.

  Here, FIG. 48 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a time change state of the various measurement times, the various flags, the pattern variation effect effect pattern, and the game interruption state notification effect of the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, when the continuous game time Ta, which has been measured at time T20, reaches the first time T1 at time T21, the interrupt incomplete flag is turned on, so that the symbol variation effect pattern is the normal effect pattern. To a specific performance pattern. A player who does not desire a design variation effect with a particular effect pattern that is not interesting stops the game at time T22, and when a predetermined time has elapsed at time T23, it is determined that the game has been interrupted, and the measurement of the continuous game time Ta is stopped. At the same time, measurement of the interruption time Tb is started, and a game interruption notification effect is performed. It is to be noted that, similarly to the first embodiment, the incomplete interrupt flag remains on even during game interruption. Then, at the time T24 when the interruption time Tb reaches the third time T3, the measurement of the interruption time Tb is stopped and the measurement of the time Td after completion of the interruption is started, and the interruption incomplete flag is turned off from on and interrupted. The completion flag is turned on from off, and a game resumption notification effect is performed. At this time, since the interruption incomplete flag is turned off and the interruption completion flag is turned on, the symbol variation effect pattern is a special effect pattern. In addition, when the player who saw the game resumption notification effect resumes the game at time T25, the measurement of a new continuous game time Ta is started, and a premium reach effect that cannot be usually seen according to the special effect pattern is performed. Amusement interest will be improved. Then, at time T26 when the time Td after completion of the interruption reaches the fourth time T4, the interruption completion flag is turned from on to off, and both the interruption incomplete flag and the interruption completion flag are turned off. The special production pattern changes to the normal production pattern.

  According to the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment described above, when the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, the symbol variation effect pattern is set to a specific effect pattern different from the normal effect pattern. It is possible to urge the player who does not want to produce the performance pattern to interrupt the game. For this reason, it is possible to effectively urge the interruption of the game and to effectively prevent the player from getting into the game, compared to the case of outputting only a warning prompting the interruption of the game. In addition, the same effect as that of the first embodiment, that is, an effect that can strongly encourage the player to interrupt the game by changing to a specific effect pattern and executing an uninteresting effect, or a special effect pattern An effect that can more effectively encourage a player who wants to produce a game to be interrupted, an effect that can enhance the interest of the game after the game is interrupted, and a player's willingness to resume the game. An effect that can prompt the player to interrupt the game, an effect that can appropriately prompt the player who has moved the pachinko machine 10 to interrupt the game, and the like.

  In the pachinko machine 10 according to the second embodiment, the effect based on the specific effect pattern is made to function as a warning without giving a warning prompting the game to be interrupted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a warning may be given. For example, a warning may be given in the same manner as in the first embodiment by performing a gaming state monitoring process similar to that in the first embodiment, or a warning is given when execution of an effect by a specific effect pattern is started. And so on. FIG. 49 shows a game interruption state notification effect process according to a modification of the latter case. In this game interruption state notification effect process, it is determined whether or not the symbol variation effect has been started with the specific effect pattern (S950a). If it is determined that the symbol variation effect has been started with the specific effect pattern, a warning notification effect is performed in S952. It should be. In this way, a warning that prompts the suspension of the game is performed along with the execution of the performance by the specific performance pattern, so that the player can clearly recognize that the game should be suspended and the game suspension is more effective. Can be encouraged.

  In the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment or the second embodiment, the time (continuous game time Ta) is measured as a period during which the game is being performed. However, the time is not limited to the time. It is good also as what measures. In this case, when the number of times of measurement reaches the first number of times (for example, hundreds or thousands of times), it may be determined that the player needs to suspend the game (rest). . Further, in the first embodiment, after the warning, when the number of times of the special symbol variation display reaches the second number (for example, several times or several dozen times), the interrupt incomplete flag is turned on. It is good. Furthermore, when the interruption completion flag is on, the interruption completion flag is turned off when the number of times of the special symbol variation display reaches the third number (for example, dozens or dozens). It is good also as what performs the production | presentation by a special production pattern until the frequency | count of the variable display of a special symbol becomes the 3rd frequency.

  In the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment or the second embodiment, the presentation is performed based on the special performance pattern after the completion of the interruption of the game. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the presentation is performed based on the normal performance pattern after the completion of the interruption. What is to be performed, that is, it may be performed by returning to the original normal performance pattern immediately after completion of the interruption. In this case, the interruption completion flag may not be used, and the time Td after completion of interruption may not be measured. That is, the process of S372 and S378 of the effect pattern designation command selection process of FIG. 25 is omitted, the processes of S516 and S518 of the game state monitoring process of FIG. 28 and FIG. 44 are omitted, and S574 of the game suspension process of FIG. , S579 may be omitted.

  In the pachinko machine 10 according to the first and second embodiments, when a recording medium such as a prepaid card is ejected, the continuous game time Ta and the current time are written to the recording medium as the accumulated game time and the game end time. However, the present invention is not limited to this and may not be written on the recording medium. In this case, when the recording medium is inserted, the accumulated game time and the game end time may not be read from the recording medium. That is, the game information processing when the recording medium is inserted in S110 of the main control process in FIG. 11, the game information processing when the recording medium is discharged in S180, and the recording medium monitoring process in FIG. 36 may be omitted.

  In the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment or the second embodiment, a game interruption notification effect is executed when it is determined that the game is interrupted, and a game resumption notification effect (interruption completion effect) is performed when the game interruption is completed. However, it is not limited to the execution of these effects. For example, instead of these effects, or in addition to these effects, when an interruption of the game is started, a necessary interruption time (for example, the third time T3) is displayed, and an effect of counting down as time passes is displayed. It may be done. Alternatively, the warning notification effect may be continued until the necessary break is completed without performing the game interruption notification effect or the game resumption notification effect.

  In the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment or the second embodiment, when the unfinished interrupt flag is turned on, the specific effect pattern in which the frequency of occurrence of the reach effect is reduced in the symbol variation effect is selected. It is not a thing, and it is good also as what produces | generates what kind of aspect as long as it is an effect which makes a player feel when the interest of a game falls. For example, in the pachinko machine 10 equipped with a so-called hold prefetch function for prefetching a random number for determination (random number for jackpot determination) that is on hold and performing various effects (notice effects etc.) reflecting the prefetch results, When is turned on, an effect pattern may be selected so that the occurrence frequency of a notice effect or the like by the hold prefetch function decreases.

  In the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment, when the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, it is determined whether or not to issue a warning based on the state of the game. If the game time Ta reaches the first time T1, a warning may be issued regardless of the state of the game. Further, in the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment, when the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, it is determined whether or not to change the effect pattern based on the state of the game. Without limitation, if the continuous game time Ta reaches the first time T1, the effect pattern may be changed regardless of the state of the game.

  In the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, whether or not the warning is possible and whether or not the effect pattern can be changed are determined by the three flags of the big hit variation flag, the big hit game flag, and the fluctuation shortening flag. The determination is not limited to the flag, and it may be determined by any one or two flags, or may be determined by four or more flags using flags other than these.

  Here, in the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment or the second embodiment, the variation pattern (variation time) of the special symbol is changed when the interruption incomplete flag is turned on or when the interruption completion flag is turned on. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the variation pattern (variation time) of the special symbol may be changed. In this case, for example, when the result of the big hit determination is out of place, it is assumed that the outlier variation pattern table distribution processing shown in FIG. 50 is executed instead of the outflow variation pattern table distribution processing shown in FIG. That's fine. In this deviation variation pattern table distribution process, it is determined whether or not the interruption incomplete flag is on (S390) and whether or not the interruption completion flag is on (S392). The processing of S360 to S368 in the detachment variation pattern table distribution processing of FIG. 22 is executed to set the variation pattern table shown in FIGS. On the other hand, if it is determined that the interrupt incomplete flag is on, a specific variation pattern table for detachment is set (S394), and the variation pattern table distribution process for detachment is terminated. If it is determined that the interruption incomplete flag is off and the interruption completion flag is on, a special variation pattern table for detachment is set (S396), and the variation pattern table distribution process for detachment is terminated. FIG. 51 shows an example of the specific fluctuation pattern table for detachment and the special fluctuation pattern table for detachment. 51A, a table in which any one of the fluctuation patterns 28 to 31 of the low-probability non-short-time fluctuation pattern table for detachment is set regardless of the number of holds and the random number for reach. It has become. Since these fluctuation patterns 28 to 31 are fluctuation patterns with non-short-time reach and have a long fluctuation time (see FIG. 24), in the specific fluctuation pattern table for deviation, an average value of fluctuation times ( Hereinafter, the average fluctuation time) is longer than that of other fluctuation pattern tables. On the other hand, in the special variation pattern table for detachment in FIG. 51 (b), any one of the variation patterns 18 to 20 of the variation pattern table for low probability short time pattern for detachment is set regardless of the number of holdings and the random number for reach. It is a table. Since these fluctuation patterns 18 to 20 are fluctuation patterns without reach at the time of shortening, and the fluctuation time is short (see FIG. 24), in the special fluctuation pattern table for detachment, the average fluctuation time is This is shorter than other variation pattern tables for detachment. As described above, when the interruption incomplete flag is on, a fluctuation pattern in which the average fluctuation time is longer is set, and when the interruption completion flag is on, a fluctuation pattern in which the average fluctuation time is shorter is set. be able to. Note that the variation pattern for losing has been described as an example, but the variation pattern for big hits may be set similarly.

  In this modification, the symbol variation effect process shown in FIG. 52 may be performed instead of the symbol variation effect process shown in FIG. In this symbol variation effect process, if it is determined in S900 and S912 that the symbol variation start command for big hit is received, an effect pattern for big hit is determined based on the variation pattern included in the symbol variation start command (S914a). ), A winning symbol is determined in S916, and a symbol variation effect is started in S922. If it is determined in S900 and S912 that the symbol change start command for removal has been received, the effect pattern for release is determined based on the variation pattern included in the symbol variation start command (S918a), and the symbol is released in S920. A symbol is determined, and a symbol variation effect is started in S922. Therefore, if a variation pattern with a long variation time is set, an effect pattern with a long production time corresponding to the variation pattern is determined. If a variation pattern with a short variation time is set, the production with a short production time corresponding to the variation pattern is set. The pattern will be determined.

  Thus, in this modification, when the interruption incomplete flag is on, the average fluctuation time is set to be long, and only the effect with a long effect time is executed, and the effect is redundant. It will be felt and amusement interest will fall. For this reason, similarly to the first embodiment and the second embodiment, it is possible to effectively prompt the player to interrupt the game. When the interruption completion flag is on, the average fluctuation time is set to be short, and the special symbol fluctuation display is performed one after another in a short time, and the suspension of the hold is promoted. For this reason, the number of special symbol jackpot determinations per unit time is increased, and the game is speeded up. For this reason, like the first embodiment and the second embodiment, it is possible to enhance the game interest after the game is interrupted and to give the player a willingness to resume the game. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the player from getting into the game by changing the variation time of the special symbol. This modification may be combined with the first embodiment or the second embodiment, that is, the variation pattern may be changed and the effect pattern may be changed.

  Further, in the embodiment, the game balls supplied from the island facilities in the game hall are used as “rental balls” or “prize balls”, and various winning holes (first start port, second start port) provided on the game board are used. The present invention relates to a gaming machine (pachinko machine) that gives a player a gaming profit (game value) by paying out a predetermined number of prize balls according to the number of game balls that enter the winning prize opening, etc. However, the present invention can also be applied to a type of gaming machine that gives a gaming profit in a form different from the “payout of prize ball”. For example, when a game ball is entered into various winning openings, data indicating the amount of profit (the magnitude of the game value) corresponding to the ball is stored in the RAM (game value) of the main control unit or the payout control unit. The present invention can also be applied to a type of gaming machine that gives a player a gaming profit (game value) by storing it in the management control unit. An effect can be obtained. Of course, as the game value managed by the game value management control unit, the game value obtained as a result of the game and the game value obtained by inserting cash or the like may be managed separately (displayed separately). , May be managed together (displayed by addition / subtraction) (both separate display and addition / subtraction display may be performed). As a type of gaming machine in which gaming profit (game value) is converted into data and given to the player, a gaming machine that circulates and uses a plurality of gaming balls built in the gaming machine, specifically, Examples of the game machine (so-called enclosed game machine) configured to return the game ball discharged to the back surface of the game board through various winning holes or out holes to the launch position and launch it again.

  The correspondence between the main elements of the embodiment and the main elements of the invention described in the column of means for solving the problems will be described. In the embodiment, the pachinko machine 10 corresponds to the “game machine”, the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90 that executes the processes of S922 and S926 of the symbol variation effect process of FIG. 38 corresponds to the “effect execution means”, and FIG. S332 (effect pattern designation command selection process in FIG. 25), the process in S334, the game state monitoring processes S504a, S506, and S508a (the effect pattern change process in FIG. 45) in FIG. The CPU 70a of the main control board 70 that executes the processes of S570 and S574 during the game interruption process and the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90 that executes the processes of S902 to S918 of the symbol variation effect process of FIG. 44, the game state monitoring process S500, S502 (continuous game time measurement start process of FIG. 29) of FIG. 44 and FIG. CPU70a of the main control board 70 for executing such processing S553~S558 of game interruption determination process corresponds to "game execution determining means" and the "period measurement means". Further, the CPU 90a of the sub-control board 90 that executes the processing of S950a and 952 of the game interruption state notification effect processing of FIG. 49 corresponds to the “warning output means”, and the special symbol game processing of S250, S252, and S256 of FIG. The main control board 70 that executes the process of S274, the process of S318 of the variable display related process of FIG. 15 and the processes of S450 to S462 of the big hit game end process of FIG. 27 corresponds to “game state setting means”. The correspondence between the main elements of the embodiment and the main elements of the invention described in the column of means for solving the problem is the same as that of the embodiment described in the column of means for solving the problem. Therefore, the elements of the invention described in the column of means for solving the problems are not limited. In other words, the interpretation of the invention described in the column of means for solving the problems should be made based on the description of the column, and the examples are those of the invention described in the column of means for solving the problems. It is only a specific example.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described using the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course you get.

  10 Pachinko machine, 11 Front frame, 12 Glass plate, 14 Upper tray, 16 Lower tray, 18 Launch handle, 18a Touch sensor, 18b Launch stop switch, 19 Launch motor, 21 Body frame, 22 Outer frame, 24a Ball rental button, 24b return button, 26 effect button, 28a, 28b speaker, 29 locking device, 30 game board, 31 game area, 31a outer rail, 31b inner rail, 32 normal symbol operation gate, 32a gate switch, 34 effect display device, 34L, 34M, 34R Production symbol, 35a first holding symbol, 35b second holding symbol, 36 first starting port, 36a first starting port switch, 38 second starting port, 38a second starting port switch, 39 ordinary electric accessory, 39a Ordinary electric accessory solenoid, 40 symbol display device, 40a symbol display base 41 normal symbol display device, 41a left normal symbol display portion, 41b right normal symbol display portion, 42 special symbol display device, 42a first special symbol display portion, 42b second special symbol display portion, 43 round display portion, 44 large Winning port, 44a Large winning port switch, 44b Large winning port solenoid, 45 General winning port, 45a General winning port switch, 46 Out port, 48 Windmill, 49 Center function, 50 Lending device for game balls (ball lending device), 52 bill insertion part, 54 display part, 56 recording medium insertion part, 70 main control board, 70a CPU, 70b ROM, 70c RAM, 70d timer, 72 relay terminal board, 80 payout control board, 80a CPU, 80b ROM, 80c RAM , 81 Frame release switch, 82 ball rental display board, 83 game ball rental device connection terminal board, 84 payout Front switch, 85 After switch, 86 Discharge motor, 87 Relay terminal board, 90 Sub control board, 90a CPU, 90b ROM, 90c RAM, 91 Production display control board, 92 Amplifier board, 93 Decoration drive board, 93a LED lamp, 93b Decoration motor, 94 stage button board, 100 launch control board, 102 bottom pan full switch.

The gaming machine of the present invention is
Production execution means for performing production in accordance with the progress of the game,
An effect mode setting means for setting an effect mode of the effect execution means to any of a plurality of modes including a normal effect mode and a specific effect mode;
Game execution determining means for determining whether or not a game is being executed;
A period measuring means for measuring a period based on the determination result of the game execution determining means;
With
The production mode setting means includes:
In normal times, set to the normal production mode,
When the game period measured by the period measuring means becomes the first period, the gist is to set the specific effect mode.

Claims (6)

Production execution means for performing production in accordance with the progress of the game,
An effect mode setting means for setting an effect mode of the effect execution means to any of a plurality of modes including a normal effect mode and a special effect mode;
Game execution determining means for determining whether or not a game is being executed;
A period measuring means for measuring a period based on the determination result of the game execution determining means;
With
The production mode setting means includes:
In normal times, set to the normal production mode,
When the game period measured by the period measurement means becomes the first period, the game machine is set to the specific effect mode. The gaming machine according to claim 1,
A gaming machine, comprising: a warning executing means for executing a warning that prompts the player to interrupt the game in accordance with the setting of the specific effect aspect by the effect aspect setting means. A gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2,
The effect execution means executes a symbol variation effect in which a plurality of symbols are variably displayed and stopped and displayed in a winning manner or a disengagement manner,
In the normal performance mode, until the plurality of symbols are stopped and displayed in the hit mode or the off mode, the remaining symbols except for one symbol are stopped and displayed in the mode of the hit mode. In a state where the one design can be variably displayed and a reach effect can be executed.
The specific effect mode is a mode in which the execution frequency of the reach effect is lower than the normal effect mode. A gaming machine according to claim 3,
A success / failure determination means for determining the success / failure as the game progresses;
Fluctuation display means for variably displaying a determination symbol indicating the determination result by the success / failure determination means;
Fluctuation time determining means for determining a fluctuation time for variably displaying the determination symbol;
With
In the case where the normal effect mode is set and the case where the specific effect mode is set, the variable time is determined using the common variable time determining unit,
The game execution machine, wherein the effect execution means executes the effect in the normal effect mode or the specific effect mode in the variation time determined by the variation time determination unit. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When the non-game period measured by the period measuring unit is a predetermined period after the specific effect mode is set, the effect mode setting unit sets the effect mode as the normal effect mode and the specific effect mode. A game machine characterized in that it is set in a special production mode different from the above. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A game state setting means for setting the game state to a normal state or an advantageous state more advantageous than the normal state;
Even if the game period measured by the period measuring means is the first period, the effect aspect setting means is in the specific effect aspect as long as it is set to the advantageous state by the game state setting means. The gaming machine is set to the specific effect mode when the advantageous state ends without setting.

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