JP2014097147A - Game board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game board capable of preventing a decrease in motivation of a player to play a game without giving the player a feeling of incongruity.SOLUTION: A game board includes: image display means including a display area capable of displaying an image; and image display control means for executing control for displaying an image on the display area. Also, the image display control means completes control for displaying one moving image, executes control for displaying a tint-changed image of which the tint of a first image has been changed in display of other moving images, and executes control for displaying the tint-changed image among a plurality of frames.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game table represented by a spinning machine (slot machine), a ball game machine (pachinko machine), and the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been widely known a gaming table configured to increase a player's willingness to play a variety of scenes using a large liquid crystal display device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-35569 A

  However, in the conventional game stand, the player may be confused or uncomfortable as to what the scene switching is intended, which may lead to a decrease in the player's willingness to play.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such conventional problems, and provides a gaming table that can prevent a player from deteriorating the gaming motivation without making the player feel uncomfortable. The purpose is to do.

  A gaming table according to the present invention is a gaming table comprising image display means having a display area capable of displaying an image, and image display control means for executing control for displaying an image in the display area, The image display control means is capable of at least executing video control, ending control of displaying one video and starting control of displaying another video, and the image display control means performs the video control. When executing, at least control for displaying a color-changed image in which the color of the first image has been changed can be executed, and the image display control means performs control for displaying the color-changed image between a plurality of frames. It is a game stand characterized by being at least executable.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the player from deteriorating the game motivation without making the player feel uncomfortable.

FIG. 11 is an external perspective view of the slot machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. 2 is an inside view of the slot machine 100. FIG. 4 is a control block diagram of the slot machine 100. FIG. It is the figure which expanded and showed the arrangement | sequence of the symbol given to each reel (left reel 110, middle reel 111, right reel 112) planarly. It is a figure which shows the kind of winning combination (including an operating combination), the symbol combination corresponding to each winning combination, and the operation or payout of each winning combination. FIG. 3 is a transition diagram of the gaming state of the slot machine 100. FIG. It is a figure which shows the lottery table of the winning combination in each game state. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a main control part main process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a main control part timer interruption process. (A) It is a flowchart of the main process which CPU404 of the 1st sub control part 400 performs. (B) It is a flowchart of the command reception interruption process of the 1st sub control part 400. FIG. (C) It is a flowchart of the timer interruption process of the 1st sub control part 400. FIG. (A) It is a flowchart of the main process which CPU504 of the 2nd sub control part 500 performs. b) A flowchart of command reception interrupt processing of the second sub-control unit 500. (C) It is a flowchart of the timer interruption process of the 2nd sub control part 500. FIG. (D) It is a flowchart of the image control process of the 2nd sub control part 500. FIG. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of production control processing. It is the figure which showed an example of transition of a production stage. It is the figure which showed an example of the production | presentation which can be performed in each production stage. It is a figure for demonstrating the definition of the display area which concerns on this invention. (A) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display in each of a special game production | presentation stage and a re-game low probability production | presentation stage. (B) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display at the time of changing production stage. It is a figure for demonstrating an effect process. It is the figure which showed an example of the re-game low probability production stage production A. (A) It is an example of the frame image before performing an effect process. (B) It is an example of the frame image after performing an effect process. (A) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display in each of the re-game low probability production stage effect A and the re-game low probability production stage effect B. (B) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display at the time of changing production. (A) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display in each of a special game production stage and a re-game low probability production stage (special generation production). (B) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display at the time of changing production stage. It is the figure which showed an example of special generation | production effect A. FIG. (A) It is the figure which showed an example of the production | presentation which the slot machine which concerns on the modification 1 performs. (B) It is the figure which showed an example of the production | presentation which the slot machine which concerns on the modification 2 performs. (A) It is the figure which showed an example of the transition of the production stage which the slot machine which concerns on the modification 3 performs. (B) It is the table which showed the content of the effect process performed at the time of production stage transfer. (A) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display in each of a re-game low probability production | presentation stage and a special game production stage. (B) It is the figure which showed an example of the image display at the time of changing production stage.

  Hereinafter, a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a slot machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The slot machine 100 includes a main body 101 and a front door 102 that is attached to the front surface of the main body 101 and can be opened and closed with respect to the main body 101. Inside the center of the main body 101 (not shown), three reels (left reel 110, middle reel 111, right reel 112) having a plurality of types of symbols arranged on the outer peripheral surface are stored and rotated inside the slot machine 100. It is configured to be able to. These reels 110 to 112 are rotationally driven by a driving device such as a stepping motor.

  In the present embodiment, an appropriate number of symbols are printed on the belt-like member at equal intervals, and the reels 110 to 112 are configured by affixing the belt-like member to a predetermined circular cylindrical frame member. When viewed from the player, the symbols on the reels 110 to 112 are generally displayed three in the vertical direction from the symbol display window 113 so that a total of nine symbols can be seen. Then, by rotating the reels 110 to 112, the combination of symbols that can be seen by the player varies. That is, each of the reels 110 to 112 functions as a display device that displays a plurality of combinations of symbols in a variable manner. In addition to the reel, an electronic image display device such as a liquid crystal display device can also be used as such a display device. In this embodiment, three reels are provided in the center of the slot machine 100. However, the number of reels and the installation position of the reels are not limited to this.

  A backlight (not shown) for illuminating the individual symbols displayed on the symbol display window 113 is disposed on the back of each of the reels 110 to 112. It is desirable that the backlight is shielded for each symbol so that the individual symbols can be illuminated evenly. In the slot machine 100, an optical sensor (not shown) including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit is provided in the vicinity of each of the reels 110 to 112. The light projecting unit and the light receiving unit of the optical sensor are provided. A light shielding piece of a certain length provided on the reel passes between the two. Based on the detection result of the sensor, the position of the symbol on the reel in the rotation direction is determined, and the reels 110 to 112 are stopped so that the target symbol is displayed on the winning line.

  The winning line display lamp 120 is a lamp indicating the winning line 114 that is valid. The effective pay line is determined in advance by the number of medals bet as a game medium. There are five pay lines 114. For example, when one medal is bet, the middle horizontal pay line is valid, and when two medals are betted, the upper horizontal win line and the lower horizontal pay line are added. If three are valid and three medals are bet, five lines including a right-down winning line and an upper-right winning line are valid as winning lines. The number of winning lines 114 is not limited to five. For example, when one medal is bet, the middle horizontal winning line, the upper horizontal winning line, the lower horizontal winning line, the right Five down-line winning lines and upper-right winning lines may be set as valid winning lines, and the same number of winning lines may be set as valid winning lines regardless of the number of bets.

  The notification lamp 123 is, for example, a lamp that informs the player that a specific winning combination (specifically, a bonus) has been won internally in an internal lottery to be described later or that a bonus game is in progress. The game medal insertable lamp 124 is a lamp for notifying that the player can insert a game medal. The replay lamp 122 informs the player that the current game can be replayed (the medal need not be inserted) when winning a replay which is one of the winning combinations in the previous game. It is a lamp. The reel panel lamp 128 is an effect lamp.

  The bet buttons 130 to 132 are buttons for inserting a predetermined number of medals (referred to as credits) stored electronically in the slot machine 100. In this embodiment, each time the bet button 130 is pressed, a maximum of 3 cards are inserted, 2 when the bet button 131 is pressed, and 3 when the bet button 132 is pressed. It has become so. Hereinafter, the bet button 132 is also referred to as a MAX bet button. The game medal insertion lamp 129 lights up the number of lamps corresponding to the number of inserted medals, and when a prescribed number of medals are inserted, the game start is informed that the game can be started. The lamp 121 is turned on.

  The medal slot 141 is an slot for a player to insert a medal when starting a game. That is, the medal can be inserted electronically by the bet buttons 130 to 132, or an actual medal can be inserted (insertion operation) from the medal insertion slot 141. is there. The stored number display 125 is a display for displaying the number of medals stored electronically in the slot machine 100. The game information display 126 is a display for displaying various types of internal information (for example, the number of medals paid out during a bonus game) as numerical values. The payout number display 127 is a display for displaying the number of medals to be paid out to the player as a result of winning a winning combination. The stored number display 125, the game information display 126, and the payout number display 127 are 7-segment (SEG) displays.

  The start lever 135 is a lever type switch for starting the rotation of the reels 110 to 112. That is, when a desired medal number is inserted into the medal insertion slot 141 or when the bet buttons 130 to 132 are operated and the start lever 135 is operated, the reels 110 to 112 start to rotate. The operation on the start lever 135 is referred to as a game start operation.

  The stop button unit 136 is provided with stop buttons 137 to 139. The stop buttons 137 to 139 are button-type switches for individually stopping the reels 110 to 112 that have started rotating by operating the start lever 135, and are associated with the reels 110 to 112. Hereinafter, the operation on the stop buttons 137 to 139 is referred to as a stop operation, the first stop operation is referred to as a first stop operation, the next stop operation is referred to as a second stop operation, and the last stop operation is referred to as a third stop operation. Note that a light emitter may be provided inside each stop button 137 to 139, and when the stop button 137 to 139 can be operated, the light emitter may be turned on to notify the player.

  The medal return button 133 is a button that is pressed to remove a medal when the inserted medal is jammed. The payment button 134 is a button for adjusting the medals electronically stored in the slot machine 100 and the bet medals and discharging them from the medal payout exit 155. The door key hole 140 is a hole into which a key for unlocking the front door 102 of the slot machine 100 is inserted.

  Below the stop button unit 136 is provided a title panel 162 for displaying the model name and pasting various types of certificate. At the lower part of the title panel 162, a medal payout opening 155 and a medal tray 161 are provided.

  The sound holes 143 arranged on the upper left and right of the front door 102 are holes for outputting the sound of the speakers provided in the slot machine 100 to the outside. The side lamps 144 provided at the left and right portions of the front door 102 are decorative lamps for exciting games. An effect device 160 is disposed on the front door 102. The effect device 160 includes a shutter (shielding device) 163 including two right shutters 163a and a left shutter 163b that can be opened and closed in a horizontal direction, and an effect image display device 157 (illustrated) disposed on the back side of the shutter 163. When the right shutter 163a and the left shutter 163b are opened in the horizontal direction in front of the effect image display device 157, the display screen of the effect image display device 157 (not shown) is displayed in front of the slot machine 100 (player side). ).

  The effect image display device 157 may be configured to be able to display various effect images and various game information. For example, a multi-segment display (7-segment display), a dot matrix display, an organic EL display, a plasma display , A reel (drum), or a display device including a projector and a screen. Further, the display screen has a rectangular shape and is configured so that the player can visually recognize the entire display screen. In the case of this embodiment, the display screen is rectangular, but may be square. In addition, a decorative object (not shown) may be provided on the periphery of the display screen, and a part of the peripheral edge of the display screen may be hidden by the decorative object, so that the display screen looks irregular. In the present embodiment, the display screen is a flat surface, but may be a curved surface.

  FIG. 2 is a front view showing the slot machine 100 with the front door 102 opened. The housing 101 is a box body that is surrounded by the upper surface plate 261, the left side plate 260, the right side plate 260, the lower surface plate 264, and the back plate 242, and that opens to the front surface. Inside the housing 101, a main control board storage case 210 that stores a main control board is disposed at a position that does not overlap with the ventilation port 249 provided on the upper portion of the back plate 242. The three reels 110 to 112 are arranged below the bottom. On the side plate 260 on the left side of the main control board storage case 210 and the reels 110 to 112, a sub control board storage case 220 containing a sub control board is disposed. Further, an external concentrated terminal plate 248 that is connected to the main control board and outputs the information of the slot machine 100 to an external device is attached to the side plate 260 on the right side.

  The lower surface plate 264 is provided with a medal payout device 180 (device for paying out medals accumulated in a bucket), and has a power supply board above the medal payout device 180, that is, below the reels 110 to 112. A power supply device 252 is provided, and a power switch 244 is provided on the front surface of the power supply device 252. The power supply device 252 converts the AC power supplied from the outside to the slot machine 100 into a direct current, converts it into a predetermined voltage, and supplies it to each control unit and each device such as the main control unit 300 and the first sub control unit 400. Furthermore, a power storage circuit (for example, a capacitor) for supplying power to a predetermined part (for example, the RAM 308 of the main control unit 300) for a predetermined period (for example, 10 days) even after the external power source is cut off is provided. Yes.

  A medal auxiliary storage 240 is arranged on the right side of the medal payout device 180, and an overflow terminal is arranged behind this (not shown). The power supply device 252 is provided with a power cord connecting portion for connecting a power cord 265, and the power cord 265 connected thereto extends to the outside through a power cord hole 262 provided in the back plate 242 of the housing 101. ing.

  The front door 102 is hinged to the left side plate 260 of the housing 101 via a hinge device 276, and an effect device 160 and an effect control board for controlling the effect device 160 are provided above the symbol display window 113. (Not shown), an upper speaker 272 is provided. Below the symbol display window 113, there are provided a medal selector 170 for selecting inserted medals, and a passage 266 through which medals pass when the medal selector 170 drops illegal medals etc. on the medal tray 161. Yes. Further, a bass speaker 277 is provided at a position corresponding to the sound hole 143.

  Next, the circuit configuration of the control unit of the control unit of the slot machine 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. This figure shows a circuit block diagram of the control unit.

  The control unit of the slot machine 100 can be broadly divided into main effects according to a main control unit 300 that controls the progress of the game and a command signal (hereinafter simply referred to as “command”) transmitted by the main control unit 300. And a second sub-control unit 500 that controls various devices based on a command transmitted from the first sub-control unit 400.

  First, the main control unit 300 of the slot machine 100 will be described. The main control unit 300 includes a basic circuit 302 that controls the entire main control unit 300. The basic circuit 302 includes a CPU 304, control program data, lottery data used in the internal lottery of a winning combination, and reel stop. A ROM 306 for storing a position, a RAM 308 for temporarily storing data, an I / O 310 for controlling input / output of various devices, and a counter timer 312 for measuring time and frequency It is installed.

  In the present embodiment, a winning flag of a winning combination won in a winning combination internal lottery process described later is also stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 308. If a winning combination such as “Bell” or “Watermelon” or a winning combination such as “Replay” does not occur in a game won internally, the winning flag stored in the RAM 308 is erased, but a big bonus or For a winning combination that gives a player a relatively large profit such as a regular bonus, even if no winning occurs in an internally won game, the winning flag stored in the RAM 308 is not erased and won in the next game or later. Carry over the flag and clear the winning flag when a winning occurs. Note that another storage device may be used for the ROM 306 and the RAM 308, and this is the same for the first sub-control unit 400 described later.

  The CPU 304 of the basic circuit 302 operates by inputting a clock signal of a predetermined period output from the crystal oscillator 314 as a system clock. Further, when the power is turned on, the CPU 304 transmits the frequency division data stored in the predetermined area of the ROM 306 to the counter timer 312. The counter timer 312 sets the interrupt time based on the received frequency division data. An interrupt request is transmitted to the CPU 304 at every interrupt time. In response to this interrupt request, the CPU 304 monitors each sensor and transmits a drive pulse. For example, when the clock signal output from the crystal oscillator 314 is set to 8 MHz, the frequency division value of the counter timer 312 is set to 1/256, and the data for frequency division of the ROM 306 is set to 47, the interrupt reference time is 256 × 47 ÷ 8 MHz. = 1.504 ms.

  The basic circuit 302 includes a random number generation circuit 316 that is used as a hardware random number counter that changes a numerical value in a range of 0 to 65535, and a start signal output circuit 338 that outputs a start signal (reset signal) when the power is turned on. When the activation signal is input from the activation signal output circuit 338, the CPU 304 starts game control (starts a main control unit main process described later). Further, the main control unit 300 is provided with a voltage monitoring circuit 330 that monitors the voltage and a WDT 314 (watchdog timer).

  Further, the basic circuit 302 is provided with a sensor circuit 320, and the CPU 304 is inserted from various sensors 318 (a bet button 130 sensor, a bet button 131 sensor, a bet button 132 sensor, and a medal slot 141 every interruption time). Medal medal acceptance sensor, start lever 135 sensor, stop button 137 sensor, stop button 138 sensor, stop button 139 sensor, settlement button 134 sensor, medal medal payout sensor paid out from medal payout device 180, index sensor for reel 110, The index sensor of the reel 111, the index sensor of the reel 112, etc.) are monitored.

  When the sensor circuit 320 detects the H level of the start lever sensor, a signal indicating this detection is output to the random number generation circuit 316. Receiving this signal, the random number generation circuit 316 latches the value at that timing and stores it in a register that stores the random value used for the lottery.

  Two medal acceptance sensors are installed in the internal passage of the medal insertion slot 141 and detect whether or not a medal has passed. Two start lever 135 sensors are installed inside the start lever 135 and detect a start operation by the player. The stop button 137 sensor, the stop button 138 sensor, and the stop button 139 are installed in each of the stop buttons 137 to 139, and detect the operation of the stop button by the player.

  The bet button 130 sensor, the bet button 131 sensor, and the bet button 132 sensor are installed in each of the medal insertion buttons 130 to 132, and the medals stored electronically in the RAM 308 are inserted as inserted medals into the game. Detecting the input operation when The settlement button 134 sensor is provided on the settlement button 134. When the settlement button 134 is pressed once, the medals stored electronically are settled. The medal payout sensor is a sensor for detecting a medal paid out by the medal payout device 180. Each of the above sensors may be a non-contact type sensor or a contact type sensor.

  The index sensor of the reel 110, the index sensor of the reel 111, and the index sensor of the reel 112 are installed at predetermined positions on the mounting bases of the reels 110 to 112, and each time a light shielding piece provided on the reel frame passes. Becomes L level. When detecting this signal, the CPU 304 determines that the reel has made one rotation, and resets the rotational position information of the reel to zero.

  The main control unit 300 is provided with a drive circuit 322 for driving a stepping motor provided in the reel devices 110 to 112, and a drive circuit 324 for driving a solenoid provided in a medal selector 170 for selecting inserted medals. In addition, a drive circuit 326 for driving a motor provided in the medal payout device 180 is provided, and various lamps 339 (a winning line display lamp 120, a notification lamp 123, a game medal insertion possible lamp 124, a re-game lamp 122, a game medal insertion) The lamp 129 is provided with a drive circuit 328 for driving the game start lamp 121, the stored number display 125, the game information display 126, and the payout number display 127).

  Further, an information output circuit 334 (external concentration terminal board 248) is connected to the basic circuit 302, and the main control unit 300 is connected to an external hall computer (not shown) or the like via the information output circuit 334. The game information (for example, game state) of the slot machine 100 is output to the information input circuit 652 provided.

  In addition, the main control unit 300 includes an output interface for transmitting a command to the first sub control unit 400 and enables communication with the first sub control unit 400. Note that information communication between the main control unit 300 and the first sub control unit 400 is one-way communication, and the main control unit 300 is configured to be able to transmit signals such as commands to the first sub control unit 400. However, the first sub-control unit 400 is configured not to transmit a signal such as a command to the main control unit 300.

  Next, the first sub control unit 400 of the slot machine 100 will be described. The first sub-control unit 400 includes a basic circuit 402 that receives a control command transmitted from the main control unit 300 via an input interface and controls the entire first sub-control unit 400 based on the control command. The basic circuit 402 includes a CPU 404, a RAM 408 for temporarily storing data, an I / O 410 for controlling input / output of various devices, and a counter timer 412 for measuring time and frequency. It is installed. The CPU 404 of the basic circuit 402 operates by inputting a clock signal of a predetermined period output from the crystal oscillator 414 as a system clock, and controls the control program and data for controlling the entire first sub-control unit 400, lighting of the backlight A ROM 406 in which data for controlling patterns and various displays is stored is provided.

  The CPU 404 transmits the frequency division data stored in the predetermined area of the ROM 406 to the counter timer 412 via the data bus at a predetermined timing. The counter timer 412 determines an interrupt time based on the received frequency dividing data, and transmits an interrupt request to the CPU 404 at each interrupt time. The CPU 404 controls each IC and each circuit based on the interrupt request timing.

  The first sub-control unit 400 is provided with a sound source IC 418, and the sound source IC 418 is provided with speakers 272 and 277 via an output interface. The sound source IC 418 controls sound output from the amplifiers and speakers 272 and 277 in accordance with a command from the CPU 404. The sound source IC 418 is connected to an S-ROM (sound ROM) in which audio data is stored. The audio data acquired from the ROM is amplified by an amplifier and output from the speakers 272 and 277.

  The first sub-control unit 400 is provided with a drive circuit 422, and various lamps 420 (upper lamp, lower lamp, side lamp 144, title panel 162, etc.) are connected to the drive circuit 422 via an input / output interface. Provided.

  In addition, the CPU 404 transmits and receives signals to the second sub control unit 500 via the output interface. The second sub-control unit 500 of the slot machine 100 controls the effect image display device 157 and various effect drive devices 165. The second sub-control unit 500 may be configured by a plurality of control units such as a control unit that controls the effect image display device 157 and a control unit that controls the various effect drive devices 165, for example. . The second sub-control unit performs display control of the effect image display device 157 and controls various effect drive devices 165.

<Pattern arrangement>
Next, the symbol arrangement applied to each of the reels 110 to 112 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a diagram in which the arrangement of symbols applied to each reel (left reel 110, middle reel 111, right reel 112) is developed in a plane.

  In each reel 110 to 112, a plurality of types (10 types in this embodiment) of symbols shown on the right side of the figure are arranged in a predetermined number of frames (21 frames of numbers 0 to 20 in this embodiment). Also, numbers 0 to 20 shown at the left end of the figure are numbers indicating the arrangement positions of symbols on the reels 110 to 112. For example, in the present embodiment, “watermelon design” is assigned to the number 1 frame of the left reel 110, “bell design” is assigned to the number 0 frame of the middle reel 111, and “seven 1” is assigned to the number 2 frame of the right reel 112. The “design” is arranged.

<Type of winning prize>
Next, the types of winning combinations of the slot machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure shows the types of winning combinations (including actuating combinations), symbol combinations corresponding to each winning combination, and the operation or payout of each winning combination.

  The winning combination of the slot machine 100 includes a special combination (special combination 1, special combination 2) and a general combination (replay combination 1 to replay combination 7, small combination 1 to small combination 5). Needless to say, the type of winning combination is not limited to this and can be arbitrarily adopted.

  Of the winning combinations in the present embodiment, the special combination 1 and the special combination 2 are combinations that shift to the special gaming state. In addition, the re-playing role 1 to the re-playing role 7 are roles that enable re-playing without newly inserting medals. These winning combinations may be referred to as “acting combinations”. In addition, “winning” in the present embodiment includes a case where a symbol combination of an operating combination that does not accompany a medal payout (ie, does not accompany a medal payout) is displayed on the active line. A special combination 2 and a prize for replaying combination 1 to replaying combination 7 are included.

  The special combination 1 and the special combination 2 are combinations (operating combinations) that shift to a special gaming state by winning. However, medals will not be paid out for winning this role. In the corresponding symbol combination, the special combination 1 is “Seven 1-Seven 1-Seven 1 (BB1)” and the special combination 2 is “Seven 2-Seven 2-Seven 2 (BB2)”.

  When the special combination 1 or special combination 2 is won internally, a special combination internal winning flag corresponding to the internal winning combination is set to ON (stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 308 of the main control unit 300). When this flag is set to ON, the main control unit 300 shifts the gaming state to the special combination internal winning state (hereinafter, this state may be referred to as RT2). This flag is kept on until winning the internal winning combination, and it becomes easy to win the internal winning combination in subsequent games. In other words, even if a game in which a special role is internally won, even if the special role is not won, the special game will be in the state where the special role has been won internally, and the symbol combination corresponding to the special role (“Seven 1-Seven 1-Seven 1 (BB1) "or" Seven 2-Seven 2-Seven 2 "(BB2)) will be in a state where it is easy to win.

  The main control unit 300 shifts the gaming state to the special gaming state (hereinafter, this state may be referred to as RT1) based on the display of the symbol combination corresponding to the special combination 1 or the special combination 2. This special game state will be described later.

  “The re-playing role (re-playing role 1 to re-playing role 7) is a winning combination (operating role) that can play a game without inserting a medal (game medium) in the next game by winning a prize. Note that the corresponding symbol combinations are “replay-replay-replay (ordinary replay)” for replaying player 1, “replay-replay-bell (preparation replay)” for replaying player 2, and replaying. The game player 3 is “replay-replay-watermelon (rush replay)”, the regame player 4 is “bell-replay-watermelon (punk play)”, and the re-game player 5 is “bell-replay-replay (control replay 1)”. The re-playing combination 6 is “Replay-Bell-Replay (Control Replay 2)”, and the re-playing combination 7 is “Bell-Bell-Replay (Control Replay 3)”. Note that the main control unit 300 shifts the gaming state to the re-gaming high probability preparation state (hereinafter, this state may be referred to as RT3) based on the display of the symbol combination corresponding to the re-game player 2. Based on the display of the symbol combination corresponding to the replaying player 3, the gaming state is shifted to the replaying high probability state (hereinafter, this state may be referred to as RT4), and the replaying player 4 is supported. Based on the display of the symbol combination, the gaming state is shifted to a re-gaming low probability state (hereinafter, this state may be referred to as RT0). These gaming states will be described later.

  The re-game player may be any player who can play the next game without the player inserting medals. Therefore, for example, when a re-game is won, a medal may be automatically inserted in the next game (the medal insertion number is reset in a medal insertion number storage area described later), or a re-game is won. It is also possible to use a medal that has been thrown into the next game as it is in the next game.

  “Small roles (small roles 1 to 5)” (hereinafter referred to as “small roles 1”, “small roles 2”, “small roles 3”, “small roles 4”, and “small roles 5” respectively) A) is a winning combination in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out by winning. Corresponding symbol combinations are: “ANY-Cherry-ANY (cherry)” for the small part 1 and “Watermelon-Watermelon-Watermelon (watermelon)” for the small part 2. ) ”, Small role 3 is“ Seven 1-Bell-Bell (blue bell) ”, small role 4 is“ Seven 2-Bell-Bell (red bell) ”, and small role 5 is“ BAR-Bell-Bell (black bell) ” ) ”. The corresponding payout number is as shown in FIG. In the case of “ANY-Cherry-ANY”, the middle reel 110 may have the middle reel middle stage symbol “Cherry”, and the symbols of the left reel 111 and the right reel 112 may be any symbol.

  Note that the symbol combinations corresponding to each of the small combination 3, the small combination 4, and the small combination 5 are arranged at positions where they are not drawn simultaneously. More specifically, among the symbol combinations corresponding to the small role 3, the small role 4 and the small role 5, the symbols displayed on the left reel 110 are “Seven 1”, “Seven 2”, and “BAR”, respectively. . As shown in FIG. 4, “Seven 1” is arranged at the second position, “Seven 2” is arranged at the ninth position, and “BAR” is arranged at the sixteenth position. Here, when the winning combination of the small combination 3 is won internally, three symbols of “Bell (No. 7), Blank 2 (No. 8), Seven 2 (No. 9)” are displayed on the left reel 110. Even if the stop operation of the left reel 110 is performed at the timing, “Seven 1 (No. 2)” is not displayed on the left reel 110, and the player cannot display the symbol combination corresponding to the small role 3. In order to display the symbol combination corresponding to the small role 3, “replay (6th), bell (7th), blank 2 (8th)” to “bell (0th), watermelon (1st) ), Stop operation must be performed at the timing when “Seven 1 (No. 2)” is displayed.

  In order to display the symbol combination corresponding to the small role 4, the “watermelon (13), bell (14), replay (15)” to “bell (7)”, blank 2 ( Stop operation must be performed at the timing when “No. 8), Seven 2 (No. 9)” is displayed. Further, in order to display the symbol combination corresponding to the small role 5, "replay (20th), bell (1st), watermelon (2nd)" to "bell (14th), replay (15) No.), BAR (No. 16) "must be stopped. That is, there is no stop timing common to the symbols of the left reel 110 among the symbol combinations corresponding to the small combination 3, the small combination 4, and the small combination 5. In this case, since the player does not know which combination is won unless the slot machine 100 notifies the internal winning combination, the small combination 3, the small combination 4 and the small combination 5 cannot be surely arranged.

<Type of gaming state>
Next, the type and transition of the gaming state of the slot machine 100 will be described. FIG. 6 is a transition diagram of the gaming state of the slot machine 100.

  The slot machine 100 is roughly classified into a replay low probability state (RT0), a special game state (RT1), a special role internal winning state (RT2), a replay high probability preparation state (RT3), and a replay high probability state (RT4). ), And these game states are controlled by the main control unit 300. FIG. 6 shows these five game states. This figure shows that when the conditions described on the arrows connecting the gaming states are satisfied, the gaming state transitions in the direction of the arrows. Conditions for the transition of the game state include establishment of a predetermined combination and digesting a predetermined number of games.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a lottery table for winning combinations in each gaming state. The horizontal axis represents each gaming state, and the vertical axis represents the lottery value for each winning combination. The internal winning probability of the winning combination in each gaming state described below is a random value obtained from the lottery data prepared in the ROM 306 corresponding to the range of the lottery data associated with each winning combination at the time of the internal lottery. Is obtained by dividing by numerical data in the range of (for example, 65535). For example, in RT1 (special game state), the lottery value of the small combination 1 is 512, and the winning probability of the small combination 1 is 512/65536 * 100≈8%. The lottery data is divided into several numerical ranges in advance, and each combination and lose is associated with each numerical range. It is determined whether the random number value obtained as a result of executing the internal lottery is a value corresponding to the lottery data corresponding to which combination, and the internal lottery combination is determined. This lottery data is provided with settings 1 to 6 in which the winning probabilities of at least one combination are different, and a game shop clerk can arbitrarily select and set any set value.

  Hereinafter, the gaming state of the slot machine 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 as appropriate.

<Replay low probability state (RT0)>
The low replay probability state is a game state in which the internal winning probability of replay is the lowest among other game states (for example, game states other than the special game state) (which is disadvantageous for the player), and is referred to as a normal game state. Sometimes. In the replay low probability state, a winning combination to be won internally is drawn by referring to the lottery table in the column “RT0” on the horizontal axis shown in FIG.

  In the replay low probability state, the winning combination that is won internally includes special role 1 and special role 2, replay role 1, replay role 1-2-5, replay role 1-2-6, replay role 1- 2-7, re-game role 1-2-5-6, re-game role 1-2-5-7, re-game role 1-2-6-7, small role 1 to small role 5 If the winning combination is not won, the game is lost, and the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is not displayed. In addition, the fact that the winning combination has not been won may be expressed as “winning”.

  Here, “re-playing combination 1-2-5” indicates that re-playing combination 1, re-playing combination 2 and re-playing combination 5 are won simultaneously. Similarly, “re-game player 1-2-6” means that re-game player 1, re-game player 2, and re-game player 6 were won at the same time, and “re-game player 1-2-7” It means that the game player 1, the re-game player 2, and the re-game player 7 are won at the same time, and “the re-game player 1-2-5-6” is the re-game player 1, the re-game player 2, the re-game player 5 , And re-playing role 6 are won simultaneously, and “re-playing role 1-2-5-7” means that re-playing role 1, re-playing role 2, re-playing role 5 and re-playing role 7 are simultaneously “Re-playing role 1-2-6-7” indicates that the re-playing role 1, the re-playing role 2, the re-playing role 6 and the re-playing role 7 are won simultaneously. In these cases, it is determined which symbol combination corresponding to which combination is displayed according to the stop operation order of the player (see the remarks column in FIG. 7).

  In the present embodiment, when “re-game player 1-2-5” is internally elected and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the left reel 110, the stop operation of the middle reel 111, and the stop operation of the right reel 112. The symbol combination (preparation replay) corresponding to the re-game player 2 is displayed on the screen, and the symbol combination (normal replay) corresponding to the re-game player 1 is displayed otherwise. Further, when the “re-game player 1-2-6” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the left reel 110, the stop operation of the right reel 112, and the stop operation of the middle reel 111, the replay The symbol combination (preparation replay) corresponding to the combination 2 is displayed, and the symbol combination (normal replay) corresponding to the replaying combination 1 is displayed otherwise. Further, when the “re-game player 1-2-7” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the middle reel 111, the stop operation of the left reel 110, and the stop operation of the right reel 112, the replay The symbol combination (preparation replay) corresponding to the combination 2 is displayed, and the symbol combination (normal replay) corresponding to the replaying combination 1 is displayed otherwise.

  In addition, when “re-game player 1-2-5-6” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of stop operation of the middle reel 111, stop operation of the right reel 112, and stop operation of the left reel 110. The symbol combination (preparation replay) corresponding to the re-game player 2 is displayed, and in other cases, the symbol combination (normal replay) corresponding to the re-game player 1 is displayed. In addition, when “re-game player 1-2-5-7” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of stop operation of the right reel 112, stop operation of the left reel 110, and stop operation of the middle reel 111. The symbol combination (preparation replay) corresponding to the re-game player 2 is displayed, and in other cases, the symbol combination (normal replay) corresponding to the re-game player 1 is displayed. Further, when the “re-game player 1-2-6-7” wins internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the right reel 112, the stop operation of the middle reel 111, and the stop operation of the left reel 110. The symbol combination (preparation replay) corresponding to the re-game player 2 is displayed, and in other cases, the symbol combination (normal replay) corresponding to the re-game player 1 is displayed.

  These are “replaying role 1-2-5”, “replaying role 1-2-6”, “replaying role 1-2-7”, “replaying role 1-2-5-6”, “ Like the “re-playing role 1-2-5-7” and “re-playing role 1-2-6-7”, the re-playing role in which the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is determined by the pressing order Sometimes called “replay”.

  FIG. 6 shows that when a symbol combination corresponding to the replaying role 2 is displayed in the replay low probability state, the state shifts to a replay high probability preparation state (RT3) described later.

<Replay high probability ready state (RT3)>
The re-game high probability ready state is a game state in which the internal winning probability of the re-gamer is higher than that in the low re-game probability state. In addition, the game state is more easily shifted to a replay high probability state to be described later than the replay low probability state. In the replay high probability preparation state, a winning combination to be won internally is drawn by referring to the lottery table in the column of “RT3” on the horizontal axis shown in FIG.

  In the replay high probability state, the winning combination that is won internally includes special role 1 and special role 2, replay role 3-4-5, replay role 3-4-6, replay role 3-4-7, replay There are a game combination 3-4-5-6, a re-game combination 3-4-5-7, a re-game combination 3-4-6-7, and a small combination 1 to a small combination 5. If the winning combination is not won, the game is lost, and the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is not displayed.

  Here, “re-playing combination 3-4-5” indicates that re-playing combination 3, re-playing combination 4 and re-playing combination 5 are won simultaneously. Similarly, “re-playing role 3-4-6” indicates that re-playing role 3, re-playing role 4 and re-playing role 6 were simultaneously elected, and “re-playing role 3-4-7” It indicates that the game player 3, the re-game player 4 and the re-game player 7 are won at the same time, and “the re-game player 3-4-5-6” is the re-game player 3, the re-game player 4 and the re-game player 5. , And the re-playing role 6 are elected at the same time, and the “re-playing role 3-4-5-7” means that the re-playing role 3, the re-playing role 4, the re-playing role 5 and the re-playing role 7 are simultaneously “Re-playing role 3-4-6-7” indicates that the re-playing role 3, the re-playing role 4, the re-playing role 6 and the re-playing role 7 are won simultaneously. In these cases, it is determined which symbol combination corresponding to which combination is displayed according to the stop operation order of the player (see the remarks column in FIG. 7).

  In this embodiment, when “re-game player 3-4-5” wins internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the left reel 110, the stop operation of the middle reel 111, and the stop operation of the right reel 112. The symbol combination (rush replay) corresponding to the re-playing combination 4 is displayed on the screen, and the symbol combination (punk play) corresponding to the re-playing combination 3 is displayed otherwise. In addition, when the “re-game player 3-4-6” wins internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the left reel 110, the stop operation of the right reel 112, and the stop operation of the middle reel 111, the replay The symbol combination (rush replay) corresponding to the combination 4 is displayed. In other cases, the symbol combination (puncture play) corresponding to the replaying combination 3 is displayed. In addition, when the “re-game player 3-4-7” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of stop operation of the middle reel 111, stop operation of the left reel 110, and stop operation of the right reel 112, replay The symbol combination (rush replay) corresponding to the combination 4 is displayed. In other cases, the symbol combination (puncture play) corresponding to the replaying combination 3 is displayed.

  Further, when the “re-game player 3-4-5-6” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of stop operation of the middle reel 111, stop operation of the right reel 112, and stop operation of the left reel 110. The symbol combination (rush replay) corresponding to the replaying role 4 is displayed, and in other cases, the symbol combination (punk play) corresponding to the replaying role 3 is displayed. Further, when the “re-game player 3-4-5-7” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the right reel 112, the stop operation of the left reel 110, and the stop operation of the middle reel 111. The symbol combination (rush replay) corresponding to the replaying role 4 is displayed, and in other cases, the symbol combination (punk play) corresponding to the replaying role 3 is displayed. Further, when the “re-game player 3-4-6-7” is elected internally and the stop operation is performed in the order of the stop operation of the right reel 112, the stop operation of the middle reel 111, and the stop operation of the left reel 110. The symbol combination (rush replay) corresponding to the replaying role 4 is displayed, and in other cases, the symbol combination (punk play) corresponding to the replaying role 3 is displayed.

  These are “re-playing role 3-4-5”, “re-playing role 3-4-6”, “re-playing role 3-4-7”, “re-playing role 3-4-5-6”, “ Like the “re-playing role 3-4-5-7” and “re-playing role 3-4-6-7”, the re-playing role in which the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is determined by the pressing order is set to “push order”. Sometimes called “replay”.

  FIG. 6 shows that in the replay high probability ready state (RT3), when the symbol combination corresponding to the replaying role 3 is displayed, the state shifts to the above-mentioned replay high probability state (RT4). When the symbol combination corresponding to the replaying role 4 is displayed, it is indicated that the replaying low probability state (RT0) described above is entered. Further, in the figure, it is shown that when the special combination 1 or special combination 2 is internally won in the replay high probability preparation state (RT3), the state shifts to the special combination internal winning state (RT2) described later. .

<Replay high probability state (RT4)>
The re-game high probability state is a game state in which the internal winning probability of the re-gamer is higher than that of the re-game low probability state. In the replay high probability state, a winning combination to be won internally is drawn by referring to the lottery table in the column “RT4” on the horizontal axis shown in FIG. In the replay high probability state, the winning combination that is won internally includes a special combination 1 and a special combination 2, a replay combination 1, and a small combination 1 to a small combination 5. If the winning combination is not won, the game is lost, and the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is not displayed.

  When the re-game high probability state is entered, the first sub-control unit 400 executes a stop operation effect described later. This effect makes it easy to align the symbols of the winning combination internally, and the player can easily win medals. Further, in the lottery table shown in FIG. 7, when “RT4” and “RT0” are compared, the winning probabilities of the small roles 1 to 5 that can acquire medals are the same, but the probability of winning the re-playing role is high. “RT4” is higher, making it difficult for players to consume medals. Therefore, this high replay probability state is more advantageous to the player than the low replay probability state. Note that a gaming state in which this stop operation effect is executed and the probability of internal winning in replaying is higher than the normal gaming state may be referred to as an ART (assist replay time) gaming state.

  FIG. 6 shows that when the predetermined number of games (for example, 50 times) is consumed in the replay high probability state (RT4), the replay low probability state (RT0) is transferred. Further, in the same figure, it is shown that when the special combination 1 and special combination 2 are internally won in the replay high probability state (RT4), the state shifts to a special combination internal winning state (RT2) described later.

<Special role internal winning state (RT2)>
The special role internal winning state is a state in which the special role internal winning flag is set to ON, and the player performs a stop operation at a predetermined timing and corresponds to any of the special roles 1 and 2 This is a gaming state in which a symbol combination to be displayed can be displayed. In the special combination internal winning state, the winning combination to be won internally is drawn by referring to the lottery table in the column “RT2” on the horizontal axis shown in FIG. The winning combination that is won internally in the special combination internal winning state includes a re-playing combination 1 and a small combination 1 to a small combination 5. If the winning combination is not won, the game is lost, and the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is not displayed. Further, FIG. 6 shows that when a symbol combination corresponding to the special combination 1 or the special combination 2 is displayed in the special combination internal winning state, the state shifts to a special game state to be described later.

<Special gaming state (RT1)>
The special game state is a game state that is more advantageous than the low replay probability state. In the special game state (BB game state), a winning combination to be won internally is drawn by referring to the lottery table in the column “RT1” on the horizontal axis shown in FIG. In the special game state, the winning combination that is won internally includes a small combination 1, a small combination 2, and a small combination 3-4-5. The “small role 3-4-5” is a role in which the small role 3, the small role 4 and the small role 5 are simultaneously elected internally. If the winning combination is not won, the game is lost, and the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is not displayed. As is apparent from the lottery values shown in FIG. 7, RT1 has a higher expected value of the number of game media to be paid out than RT0. For this reason, the special gaming state is a gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than the re-gaming low probability state.

  In this special game state, a difference number, which is the number obtained by subtracting the number of medals bet from the number of medals paid out in one game, is calculated, and the total value of the difference number is displayed on the liquid crystal display. Displayed on the device 157. Note that one-time game means that if there is a stop timing or payout of all reels from the timing at which the game medium is inserted or the timing at which the rotation operation means is operated, the payout ends. Until the timing.

  FIG. 6 shows that, in a special game state, when a prescribed number (for example, 345) is paid out, the game shifts to a re-game low probability state (RT0). In the present embodiment, the special gaming state ends when a predetermined payout number is paid out. However, for example, when a predetermined payout number (eg, 253) is paid out, or a predetermined combination (eg, single When a bonus is won (so-called MB gaming state), a predetermined number of times (for example, 8 times) has been won, or a predetermined number of times (for example, 6 times) has been played (So-called RB gaming state).

<AT gaming state>
As described above, the main control unit 300 of the slot machine 100 of the present embodiment controls five gaming states (RT0, RT1, RT2, RT3, RT4). In the first sub-control unit 400, when the gaming state is other than the special gaming state (RT1), there is a case where a stop operation effect for informing information on the winning combination internally is executed. Hereinafter, the state where the stop operation effect is executed is referred to as an AT (assist time) gaming state. Here, the details of this AT gaming state will be described.

  In the AT gaming state, an effect of notifying the operation timing or the pressing order of the stop operation means is executed in order to establish the internal winning combination. In the slot machine 100 of the present embodiment, in order to shift to the replay high probability state (RT4), when the push order replay is established, the replay player 2 (preparation replay) or the replay player 3 (rush replay). An effect of informing the stop operation order for aligning the symbols of (e.g., an effect of informing the stop in the order of left, middle, and right when the re-playing player 1-2-5 is winning internally) Is executed. Further, when the winning combination of the small combination 3 to the small combination 5 is won internally, a notification regarding the winning combination that is won internally (for example, blue for small combination 3, red for small combination 4, small combination 5) In this case, a notification of a color indicating an internal winning combination is executed, such as black.

  In the slot machine 100 according to the present embodiment, when the AT gaming flag stored in the RAM 408 of the first sub-control unit is on, an effect of entering the AT gaming state is executed in the first sub-control unit main process. This AT gaming flag is set to ON if the number of AT gaming state transitions stored in the RAM 408 of the first sub-control unit 400 is 1 or more, and is set to OFF if a predetermined condition is satisfied (details) Will be described later). In addition, the number of times that an AT game is executed may be stored in the RAM 408 in addition to the number of AT game state transition times, and the AT game state may be entered for this number of games.

<Main control unit main processing>
Next, main control unit main processing executed by the CPU 304 of the main control unit 300 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the flow of main processing of the main control unit.
As described above, the main control unit 300 is provided with the start signal output circuit (reset signal output circuit) 338 that outputs the start signal (reset signal) when the power is turned on. The CPU 304 of the basic circuit 302 to which this activation signal is input executes a main control unit main process according to a control program stored in advance in the ROM 306 after resetting by a reset interrupt.

  When the power is turned on, first, various initial settings are made in step S101. In this initial setting, setting of a stack initial value to the stack pointer (SP) of the CPU 304, setting of interrupt prohibition, initial setting of the I / O 310, initial setting of various variables stored in the RAM 308, operation permission to the WDT 314, and initial setting Set the value. In step S103, medal insertion / start operation acceptance processing is executed. Here, it is checked whether or not a medal has been inserted, and the winning line display lamp 120 is turned on in response to the insertion of the medal. Note that when a re-win is won in the previous game, a process of inserting the same number of medals as the number of medals inserted in the previous game is performed, so that it is not necessary for the player to insert medals. Further, it is checked whether or not the start lever 135 has been operated. If there is an operation of the start lever 135, the process proceeds to step S104.

  In step S105, the number of inserted medals is determined and an effective winning line is determined. In step S107, the random number generated by the random number generation circuit 316 is acquired. In step S109, the winning combination lottery table stored in the ROM 306 is read according to the current gaming state, and an internal lottery is performed using this and the random value acquired in step S107. As a result of the internal lottery, when any winning combination (including an operating combination) is won internally, the flag of the winning combination is turned ON. In step S111, reel stop data is selected based on the internal lottery result.

  In step S113, rotation of all reels 110 to 112 is started. In step S115, the stop buttons 137 to 139 can be received. When any one of the stop buttons is pressed, the reel stop control in which one of the reels 110 to 112 corresponding to the pressed stop button is selected in step S111. Stop based on data. When all the reels 110 to 112 are stopped, the process proceeds to step S117. In step S117, a winning determination is performed. Here, when a picture combination corresponding to some winning combination is displayed on the activated winning line 114, it is determined that the winning combination is won. For example, if “bell-bell-bell” is aligned on the activated winning line, it is determined that the player has won the bell. In step S119, if any winning combination with payout is won, the number of medals corresponding to the winning combination is paid out according to the number of winning lines.

  In step S121, game state control processing is performed. In the game state control process, a process related to transition of each game state of normal game, BB game, RB game, and internal winning game is performed, and the game state is shifted when those start conditions and end conditions are satisfied. Thus, one game is completed. Thereafter, returning to step S103 and repeating the above-described processing, the game proceeds.

<Main controller 300 timer interrupt processing>
Next, the main control unit timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 304 of the main control unit 300 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the flow of the main control unit timer interrupt process.

  The main control unit 300 includes a counter timer 312 that generates a timer interrupt signal at a predetermined cycle (in this embodiment, about once every 2 ms), and the main control unit timer interrupt is triggered by this timer interrupt signal. The process is started at a predetermined cycle. In step S201, a timer interrupt start process is performed. In this timer interrupt start process, a process of temporarily saving each register value of the CPU 304 to the stack area is performed.

  In step S203, the WDT 314 is periodically changed to the initial value (32.8 ms in this embodiment) so that no WDT interruption occurs (so as not to detect a processing abnormality). In the embodiment, the restart is performed once every about 2 ms, which is the period of the main control unit timer interrupt.

  In step S205, input port state update processing is performed. In this input port status update process, the detection signals of the sensor circuits 320 of the various sensors 318 are input via the input ports of the I / O 310 to monitor the presence or absence of the detection signals, and each of the various sensors 318 is partitioned in the RAM 308. Store in the provided signal state storage area.

  In step S207, various game processes are performed. Specifically, an interrupt status is acquired (various interrupt statuses are acquired based on signals from various sensors 318), and processing according to this status is performed (for example, the interrupt status of each acquired stop button 137 to 139). Based on the stop button reception process). In step S209, timer update processing is performed. Various timers are updated for each time unit.

  In step S211, command setting transmission processing is performed, and various commands are transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400. Note that the output schedule information transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400 is composed of 16 bits in the present embodiment, bit 15 is strobe information (indicating that data is set when ON), bit 11 -14 are command types (in this embodiment, basic command, start lever reception command, production command accompanying production lottery processing, rotation start command accompanying the start of rotation of reels 110 to 112, and operation of stop buttons 137 to 139. Bits 0 to 10 are command data (a stop button reception command accompanying the stop processing of the reels 110 to 112, a payout number command accompanying the medal payout processing, a payout end command, a command indicating a gaming state, etc.). Predetermined information corresponding to the command type).

  In the first sub-control unit 400, it is possible to determine the production control according to the change of the game control in the main control unit 300 by the command type included in the received output schedule information, and it is included in the output schedule information. Based on the information of the command data, the contents of effect control can be determined.

  In step S213, an external output signal setting process is performed. In this external output signal setting process, game information stored in the RAM 308 is output to an information input circuit 652 separate from the slot machine 100 via the information output circuit 334. In step S215, device monitoring processing is performed. In this device monitoring process, first, the signal states of the various sensors 318 stored in the signal state storage area in step S205 are read, and the presence / absence of errors relating to medal insertion abnormality and medal payout abnormality is monitored. (Not shown) Error processing is executed. Further, according to the current gaming state, the medal selector 170 (medal blocker in which the solenoid provided in the medal selector 170 operates), various lamps 338, and various 7-segment (SEG) indicators are set.

  In step S217, it is monitored whether the low voltage signal is on. Then, when the low voltage signal is on (when power supply shutoff is detected), the process proceeds to step S221. When the low voltage signal is off (power supply shutoff is not detected), the process proceeds to step S219.

  In step S219, various processes for ending the timer interrupt end process are performed. In this timer interrupt end process, the value of each register temporarily saved in step S201 is set in each original register. Then, the process returns to the main control unit main process. On the other hand, in step S221, a specific variable or stack pointer for returning to the power-off state at the time of power recovery is saved as a return data in a predetermined area of the RAM 308, and power-off processing such as initialization of input / output ports is performed. After that, the process returns to the main process of the main control unit.

<Processing of First Sub-Control Unit 400>
Next, processing of the first sub control unit 400 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A is a flowchart of main processing executed by the CPU 404 of the first sub control unit 400. FIG. 5B is a flowchart of command reception interrupt processing of the first sub control unit 400. FIG. 5C is a flowchart of the timer interrupt process of the first sub control unit 400.

  First, in step S301 in FIG. 9A, various initial settings are performed. When the power is turned on, an initialization process is first executed in step S301. In this initialization processing, initialization of input / output ports, initialization processing of a storage area in the RAM 408, and the like are performed.

  In step S303, it is determined whether or not the timer variable is 10 or more. This process is repeated until the timer variable becomes 10, and when the timer variable becomes 10 or more, the process proceeds to step S305. In step S305, 0 is substituted into the timer variable.

  In step S307, command processing is performed. In the command processing, the CPU 404 of the first sub control unit 400 determines whether a command is received from the main control unit 300.

  In step S309, effect control processing is performed. For example, if there is a new command in step S307, processing corresponding to this command is performed. This process includes, for example, performing a process such as reading effect data from the ROM 406 and performing an effect data update process when the effect data needs to be updated. In step S311, sound control processing is performed based on the processing result of step S309. For example, if there is a command to the sound source IC 418 in the effect data read in step S309, this command is output to the sound source IC 418.

  In step S313, lamp control processing is performed based on the processing result of step S309. For example, if there is a command to the various lamps 420 in the effect data read out in step S309, this command is output to the drive circuit 422. In step S315, an information output process is performed for setting to transmit a control command to the second sub-control unit 500 based on the processing result of step S309. For example, if there is a control command to be transmitted to the second sub-control unit 500 in the effect data read out in step S309, the control command is set to be output, and the process returns to step S303.

  Next, the command reception interrupt process of the first sub control unit 400 will be described with reference to FIG. This command reception interrupt process is a process executed when the first sub-control unit 400 detects a strobe signal output from the main control unit 300. In step S401 of the command reception interrupt process, the command output from the main control unit 300 is stored as an unprocessed command in a command storage area provided in the RAM 408.

  Next, the first sub control unit timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 404 of the first sub control unit 400 will be described with reference to FIG. The first sub-control unit 400 includes a hardware timer that generates a timer interrupt at a predetermined cycle (in this embodiment, once every 2 ms), and the timer interrupt process is performed by using the timer interrupt as a trigger. Execute in the cycle.

  In step S501, 1 is added to the value of the timer variable storage area of the RAM 408 described in step S303 in the first sub control unit main process shown in FIG. 10A, and the result is stored in the original timer variable storage area. Therefore, in step S303, the value of the timer variable is determined to be 10 or more every 20 ms (2 ms × 10). In step S503, transmission of a control command to the second sub-control unit 500 set in step S315, update processing of the effect random number value, and the like are performed.

<Processing of Second Sub-Control Unit 500>
Next, processing of the second sub control unit 500 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6A is a flowchart of main processing executed by the CPU 504 of the second sub-control unit 500. FIG. 7B is a flowchart of command reception interrupt processing of the second sub control unit 500. FIG. 8C is a flowchart of the timer interrupt process of the second sub control unit 500. FIG. 4D is a flowchart of the image control process of the second sub control unit 500.

  First, in step S601 in FIG. 6A, various initial settings are performed. When the power is turned on, an initialization process is first executed in step S601. In this initialization process, input / output port initialization, storage area initialization in the RAM 508, and the like are performed.

  In step S603, it is determined whether or not the timer variable is 10 or more. This process is repeated until the timer variable becomes 10, and when the timer variable becomes 10 or more, the process proceeds to step S605. In step S605, 0 is assigned to the timer variable.

  In step S607, command processing is performed. In the command processing, the CPU 504 of the second sub control unit 500 determines whether a command is received from the CPU 404 of the first sub control unit 400.

  In step S609, effect control processing is performed. Although details will be described later, in this effect control process, for example, when there is a new command in step S607, a process corresponding to this command is performed. This process includes, for example, performing a process such as reading effect data from the ROM 506 and performing an effect data update process when the effect data needs to be updated.

  In step S611, image control processing is performed based on the processing result in step S609. Although details will be described later, in this image control process, for example, when there is an image control command in the effect data read in step S609, image control corresponding to this command is performed, and the process returns to step S603.

  Next, the command reception interrupt process of the second sub control unit 500 will be described with reference to FIG. This command reception interrupt process is a process executed when the second sub control unit 500 detects the strobe signal output from the first sub control unit 400. In step S701 of the command reception interrupt process, the command output from the first sub control unit 400 is stored as an unprocessed command in a command storage area provided in the RAM 508.

  Next, the second sub control unit timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 504 of the second sub control unit 500 will be described with reference to FIG. The second sub-control unit 500 includes a hardware timer that generates a timer interrupt at a predetermined cycle (in this embodiment, once every 2 ms), and the timer interrupt process is predetermined by using the timer interrupt as a trigger. Execute in the cycle.

  In step S801, 1 is added to the value of the timer variable storage area of the RAM 508 described in step S603 in the second sub-control unit main process, and the result is stored in the original timer variable storage area. Therefore, in step S603, the value of the timer variable is determined to be 10 or more every 20 ms (2 ms × 10). In step S803, an effect random number update process is performed.

  Next, the image control process in step S613 in the main process of the second sub control unit 500 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of image control processing.

  In step S901, an image data transfer instruction is issued. Here, the CPU 504 first swaps the designation of the display areas A and B in the VRAM 536. Thus, one frame image stored in the display area not designated as the drawing area is displayed in the display area of the effect image display device 157. Next, the CPU 504 sets ROM coordinates (transfer source address of the ROM 506), VRAM coordinates (transfer destination address of the VRAM 536), and the like in the attribute register of the VDP 534 based on the position information table, and then the image from the ROM 506 to the VRAM 536. Set an instruction to start data transfer. The VDP 534 transfers the image data from the ROM 506 to the VRAM 536 based on the command set in the attribute register. Thereafter, the VDP 534 outputs a transfer end interrupt signal to the CPU 504.

  In step S903, it is determined whether or not a transfer end interrupt signal is input from the VDP 534. If a transfer end interrupt signal is input, the process proceeds to step S905. If not, a transfer end interrupt signal is input. Wait for it. In step S905, parameters are set based on the production scenario configuration table and attribute data. Here, in order to form a display image in the display area A or B of the VRAM 536 based on the image data transferred to the VRAM 536 in step S901, the CPU 504 includes information on the image data constituting the display image (the coordinate axis and image size of the VRAM 536). , VRAM coordinates (arrangement coordinates, etc.) are instructed to the VDP 534. The VDP 534 performs parameter setting in accordance with the attribute based on the instruction stored in the attribute register.

  In step S907, a drawing instruction is performed. In this drawing instruction, the CPU 504 instructs the VDP 534 to start drawing an image. The VDP 534 starts drawing an image in the frame buffer in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 504.

  In step S909, it is determined whether or not a generation end interrupt signal from the VDP 534 is input based on the end of image drawing. If the generation end interrupt signal is input, the process proceeds to step S911. If not, the generation end interrupt signal is determined. Wait for input. In step S911, a scene display counter that is set in a predetermined area of the RAM 508 and counts how many scene images have been generated is incremented (+1), and the process ends.

<Production control processing>
Next, the effect control process (step S609) in the second sub control unit main process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the flow of the effect control process.

  In step S1001, it is confirmed whether or not there is a change in the stage information stored in the RAM 508. If there is a change, the process proceeds to step S1002, and if there is no change, the process proceeds to step S1004. In step S1002, production stage production execution setting is performed (after change). In this (after change) effect stage effect execution setting, effect data (moving image data, still image data, etc.) constituting the effect stage after the change is processed from the ROM 506 and the effect data is updated. In the next step S1003, color change setting is performed. Although details will be described later, in this color change setting, a predetermined frame image is extracted from the effect data of the changed effect stage read from the ROM 506, and effect processing (details will be described later) is performed on the extracted frame image. Do.

  In step S1004, an effect change lottery is performed. In this effect change lottery, a process of selecting a specific effect stage or lose from a plurality of types of effect stages by lottery is performed. In step S1005, it is determined whether or not the effect change lottery in step 1004 has been won. If it has been won (if a specific effect stage has been selected), the process proceeds to step S1006, and if it has not been won (has lost) If it is selected), the process proceeds to step S1008.

  In step S1006, effect change setting is performed. In this effect change setting, after setting the effect to be changed based on a predetermined rule or the like, the effect data constituting the effect after the change is read out from the ROM 506, and the effect data is updated. I do. In the next step S1007, after the above-described color change setting is performed, the process proceeds to step S1008.

  In step S1008, a special generation effect lottery is performed. In this special generation effect lottery, a process of selecting a specific special generation effect or loss from a plurality of types of special generation effects by lottery is performed. In step S1009, it is determined whether or not the special generation effect setting in step 1008 has been won. If it has been won (when a specific special generation effect has been selected), the process proceeds to step S1010, and if it has not been won ( If a loss is selected), the process proceeds to step S1011. In step S1010, special generation effects are set. In the special generation effect setting, the effect data of the selected special generation effect is read from the ROM 506, and the effect data is updated. In step S1011, after performing other production control, the process ends.

<Direction stage and various productions>
Next, with reference to FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the transition of the production stage and the production performed at each production stage will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the transition of the effect stage, and FIGS. 14A to 14E are diagrams illustrating examples of the effect that can be executed in each effect stage.

  The slot machine 100 includes four types of production stages: a replay low probability production stage, a replay high probability preparation production stage, a replay high probability production stage, and a special game production stage. In addition, the kind and number of production stages are not limited to this. Further, FIG. 13 is a diagram that performs the same transition as the gaming state transition shown in FIG. 6 above, but the trigger for the transition of the effect stage does not necessarily match the trigger for the transition of the gaming state. For example, when an effect that starts executing based on the transition of the game state (an effect that suggests a transition of the effect stage) is executed between a plurality of games (three games), and the plurality of games are completed, the effect stage transition is performed. You may make it perform.

<Direction Stage / Replay Low Probability Stage>
The replay low-probability effect stage is an effect stage that shifts when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when the game state of the slot machine 100 is shifted from another game state to the above-mentioned replay low-probability state (RT0)). It is. In this replay low-probability effect stage, as shown in FIG. 14 (a), one of the replay low-probability effect stage effects A, B, and C is configured to be executable. In addition, this invention is not limited to this, You may comprise so that execution of 1 type, 2 types, or 4 types or more can be performed in one production | presentation stage (other production stages are also the same).

  When transitioning from another stage to a replay low-probability stage, or when the current stage is a replay low-probability stage and the type of stage is changed in the replay low-probability stage, etc. In the effect change lottery (step S1004), one of the re-game low-probability effect stage effects A, B, and C, or lose is selected. When any one of the replay low-probability effect stage effects A, B, and C is selected (when the effect change lottery is won), the effect selected in the lottery is executed and the loss is selected. When the effect change lottery is not won, the currently executed effect is continuously executed.

  In this replay low-probability effect stage, when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when the above-mentioned special event effect lottery is won), as shown in FIG. It is configured to be possible. For example, when the current stage is a replay low-probability stage, one of a plurality of types of specially generated effects A, B, C, D, E... By the above-mentioned specially generated effect lottery (step S1008), or When a loss is selected and one of a plurality of types of specially generated effects A, B, C, D, E... Is selected (when a specially generated effect lottery is won), the effect selected in the lottery is selected. It is configured so that the special generation effect is not executed when the loss is selected (when the special generation effect lottery is not won).

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the specially generated effect is generated only during the execution of the replay low-probability effect stage has been shown, but may be generated during the execution of another effect stage.

<Direction stage / Replay high probability preparation stage>
The re-game high probability preparation effect stage shifts to a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when the game state of the slot machine 100 shifts from another game state to the above-mentioned re-game high probability preparation state (RT3)). It is a production stage. In this replay high probability preparation effect stage, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), one of the replay high probability preparation effect stage effects A, B, and C can be executed.

  When transitioning from another stage to the replay high probability preparation stage, or when the current stage is a replay high probability stage stage and the stage type is changed in the replay high probability stage stage In addition, one of the replay high probability preparation effect stage effects A, B, and C, or a loss is selected by the above-described effect change lottery (step S1004). When any one of the replay high-probability preparation effect stage effects A, B, and C is selected (when the effect change lottery is won), the effect selected in the lottery is executed and the loss is selected. At that time (when the effect change lottery is not won), the currently executed effect is continued.

<Direction stage / Replay high probability stage>
The replay high probability stage is an effect stage that shifts when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when the gaming state of the slot machine 100 transitions from another gaming state to the above-mentioned replay high probability state (RT4)). It is. As shown in FIG. 14C, this replay high probability effect stage effect is configured such that one of the replay high probability effect stage effects A, B, and C can be executed.

  When moving from another stage to a replay high probability stage, or when the current stage is a replay high stage stage and the type of stage is changed in the replay high stage stage, etc. In the production change lottery (step S1004), one of the replay high-probability production stage effects A, B, and C, or a loss is selected. When any one of the replay high-probability effect stage effects A, B, and C is selected (when the effect change lottery is won), the effect selected in the lottery is executed and the loss is selected. When the effect change lottery is not won, the currently executed effect is continuously executed.

<Direction Stage / Special Game Stage>
The special game effect stage is an effect stage that shifts when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when the game state of the slot machine 100 shifts from another game state to the above-described special game state (RT1)). In this special game effect stage, as shown in FIG. 14D, any one of the special game effect stage effects A, B, and C can be executed.

  When changing from another stage to a special game stage, or when the current stage is a special stage and the type of stage is changed in the special stage, the above stage change lottery (step In S1004), one of special game effect stage effects A, B, and C, or a loss is selected. When any of the special game effect stage effects A, B, and C is selected (when the effect change lottery is won), the effect selected in the lottery is executed, and when the lose is selected (effect When the change lottery is not won, the currently executed performance is continued.

  The stage transition conditions do not have to be the same as the game state transition conditions. The stage stage transition may be performed regardless of the game state, and a specific winning combination may be won or internal. The transition condition may be a case where the player wins or a predetermined number of games are consumed.

<Definition of display area>
Next, the definition of the display area according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a diagram for explaining the definition of the display area according to the present invention.

  The display area according to the present invention includes all of the display area of the effect image display device 157 (the hatched portion indicated by reference numeral 157a in the figure (a)), as shown in the figure (a). As shown in (b), this is a concept that includes a part of the display area of the effect image display device 157 (the hatched portion indicated by reference numeral 157b in FIG. 5B).

  As described above, in the slot machine 100, in front of the display area of the effect image display device 157, the shutter (shielding device) 163 including two right shutters 163a and left shutter 163b that can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction is arranged. Yes. When the right shutter 163a and the left shutter 163b are opened outward in the horizontal direction before the effect image display device 157, a part of the display area of the effect image display device 157 appears on the front surface (player side) of the slot machine 100. It has a structure.

  Since the positional relationship between the effect image display device 157 and the shutter 163 differs depending on the game machine model, for example, even if the right shutter 163a and the left shutter 163b are moved to the maximum outside in the horizontal direction, the right shutter 163a and the left shutter 163b, for example. As a result, a part of the display area of the effect image display device 157 may be covered, and the display area may become invisible. In this case, among all the display areas of the effect image display device 157, a display area that can be visually recognized by the player is limited to a display area that is not covered by the right shutter 163a or the left shutter 163b. The display area is a concept including the display area.

  The image displayed in the display area corresponding to the effect stage may be displayed in 157a, which is the entire display area of the effect image display device 157, or may be the right shutter 163a or the left. It may be displayed on the display area 157b which is not covered by the shutter 163b. Further, for example, a band-shaped title image may be always displayed in the lower area of the display area. In that case, an image corresponding to the effect stage is displayed in the display area excluding the area where the band-shaped title image is displayed. Also good. With such a configuration, in addition to making it easier for the player to recognize the title of the game table, there are cases where the control load in image display can be reduced by making the belt-like title image a still image.

<Special game production stage → Re-game low probability production stage>
Next, an example of the effect when the effect stage is changed from the special game effect stage to the replay low probability effect stage will be described. FIG. 16A is a diagram showing an example of image display in each of the special game effect stage and the replay low probability effect stage, and FIG. 16B is an image display when the effect stage is changed. It is the figure which showed an example.

  In this example, a predetermined condition is established during the special game production stage where the player's expectation is large (for example, a predetermined number of games are digested), and the re-game low probability production stage where the player's expectation is small. The case of migration is shown.

  As described above, in the image control processing of the second sub-control unit 500, one frame of still image (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a frame image) is sequentially displayed in the display area of the effect image display device 157 at a time interval of about 30 ms. By doing so, it is configured to perform various effects. In this example, the special game effect stage effect A is configured to be displayed by sequentially displaying a plurality of types of images constituting the special game effect stage effect A in the display area of the effect image display device 157. In the last five frames of the special game effect stage effect A, the image display is switched in the order of the frame image A1, the frame image A2, the frame image A3, the frame image A4, and the frame image A5. Note that “1f” in FIG. 5B indicates “1 frame” (hereinafter the same).

  Subsequently, in this example, it is determined in step S1001 of the above-described effect control process that an effect stage has been changed, and an effect stage effect execution setting is performed (after change) in step S1002. In this (after change) effect stage effect execution setting, effect data constituting the effect stage after the change is read out from the ROM 506 and the effect data is updated. In this example, the replay low probability effect is performed. Processing such as reading out the moving image data constituting the stage from the ROM 506 is performed to update the moving image data.

  Subsequently, color change setting is performed in step S1003 of the above-described effect control process. In this color change setting, a predetermined frame image is extracted from the effect data of the changed effect stage read from the ROM 506, and effect processing is performed on the extracted frame image. In this example, the replay game read from the ROM 506 is performed. Data of the first frame image is extracted from the moving image data for the low probability stage, and effect processing is performed on the extracted frame image data.

  Here, the effect processing will be described in detail. FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining the effect processing. In this example, as an effect process for a color image, an example is shown in which a monochrome process is performed on a color image to convert it to a monochrome image, and then the converted monochrome image is converted to a binary image by performing a binarization process. Yes.

  In this example, as monochrome processing, the average value of the R value, G value, and B value of each pixel of the frame image that is a color image is calculated, and the average value is set to the R value, G value, and B value. , R value, G value, and B value are converted into the same value to perform monochrome processing. For example, when the R value of a predetermined pixel of the frame image is 50, the G value is 100, and the B value is 180, 110 (= (50 + 100 + 180) ÷ 3) that is an average value of the R value, the G value, and the B value. Is set to the R value, the G value, and the B value, and the R value, the G value, and the B value are converted into the same value 110.

  In this example, as the binarization process, the R value, the G value, and the B value of each pixel of the frame image that is a monochrome image are compared with a predetermined threshold value, and the R value, the G value, and the B value are determined. When the threshold value is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value, the R value, the G value, and the B value are converted to 255. When the R value, the G value, and the B value are less than the predetermined threshold value, the R value, the G value, and By converting the B value to 0, binarization processing (processing for converting RGB values to either 0 or 1) is performed. For example, when the R value, G value, and B value of a predetermined pixel of a frame image composed of a monochrome image are 110, the R value, G value, and B value of these pixels are set to a predetermined threshold (for example, 128). The R value, the G value, and the B value are determined to be less than the predetermined threshold (128), and the R value, the G value, and the B value are converted to 0.

  Note that the “effect processing” according to the present invention is not limited to processing for performing both monochrome processing and binarization processing, and may be, for example, only monochrome processing. The “effect processing” according to the present invention may be gray scale processing, may convert an image into a sepia color (sepia color conversion), or may invert the color of an image (color inversion). The image may be converted into a sketch style, mosaic processing may be performed on the image (mosaic processing), the brightness and contrast of the image may be changed, One or a plurality of combinations may be used. In other words, the “effect process” according to the present invention may be a process for changing the hue of the image (color condition, color adjustment, color tone).

  Returning to FIG. 16, subsequently, in the effect control process of the second sub-control unit 500, a moving image for the replay low-probability effect stage (for example, a moving image including the images shown in FIGS. 18A to 18H). ) Is extracted from the data of the first frame image A01, and the effect processing is performed on the data of the extracted frame image A01 (for example, the images shown in FIGS. 18A and 19A). doing. Subsequently, in the image control process of the second sub-control unit 500, the frame image A01 (for example, the image shown in FIG. 19B) subjected to the effect process is displayed in the display area of the effect image display device 157 for 100 frames ( A color change period is provided by displaying for about 3 seconds. During this period, the frame image A01 is statically displayed (the display position of the frame image A01 is not changed, the display size of the frame image A01 is not changed, etc.). As a result, the display of the frame image A01 generated in the frame buffer is only continued for 100 frames without performing the process of generating a new image in the frame buffer, which may prevent an increase in control load.

  Also, after the end of this color change period, the second frame image A02 from the top (for example, the image shown in FIG. 18B) → the third frame image A03 from the top (for example, the image shown in FIG. 18C) ) → 4th frame image A04 from the top (for example, the image shown in FIG. 18D) → 5th frame image A05 from the top (for example, the image shown in FIG. 18E) →... The re-game low-probability effect stage effect A is performed by continuously displaying a plurality of frame images that are not processed in the display area of the effect image display device 157.

  In this example, when the stage shifts from a special game stage with a high degree of player expectation to a replay low-probability stage with a low degree of player expectation, the color change period (a frame image with an effect image applied) Display period), it is possible to smoothly switch the display without a sense of incongruity while clarifying the switching of the production stage. For this reason, there is no case where the production effect is not impaired, and the player's willingness to play can be maintained without the player being confused or feeling uncomfortable.

  In addition, when changing the gaming state from the special gaming state to the re-gaming low probability state, the main control unit 300 may perform so-called freeze that delays the progress of the game. For example, when the special gaming state ends, the main control unit 300 may freeze for about 3 seconds, and the first sub-control unit 400 may set the period during which the freeze is executed as the color change period. Since the player's gaming operation is not accepted when the freeze is executed, it may be possible to prevent an image displayed during this period from being canceled and another image from being displayed.

<Replay Low Probability Stage Production A → Replay Low Probability Stage Production B>
Next, with reference to FIG. 20, a description will be given of an effect example in the case where the effect at the replay low probability effect stage effect is changed from the replay low probability effect stage effect A to the replay low probability effect stage effect B. In addition, the figure (a) is a figure which showed an example of the image display in each of the re-game low probability production stage production A and the re-game low probability production stage production B, and the figure (b) changes production. It is the figure which showed an example of the image display at the time of doing.

  In this example, during the replay low-probability stage, the transition from the replay low-probability stage stage A where the player's expectation is small to the replay low-probability stage stage B where the player's expectation is small. Show.

  As described above, the image control process of the second sub-control unit 500 is configured to perform various effects by sequentially displaying frame images in the display area of the effect image display device 157 at a time interval of about 30 ms. . In this example, the replay low probability effect stage effect A is configured to be displayed by sequentially displaying a plurality of types of images constituting the replay low probability effect stage effect A in the display area of the effect image display device 157. In the last five frames of the replay low-probability effect stage effect A, display switching of images is performed in the order of frame image A1, frame image A2, frame image A3, frame image A4, and frame image A5.

  Subsequently, when the effect change lottery is won in step S1004 of the above-described effect control process, effect change setting is performed in step S1006. In this effect change setting, after setting the effect to be changed based on a predetermined rule or the like, the effect data constituting the effect after the change is read out from the ROM 506, and the effect data is updated. However, in this example, after the setting is made to change the replay from the replay low probability effect stage effect A to the replay low probability effect stage effect B, the moving image constituting the replay low probability effect stage effect B is performed. Processing such as reading data from the ROM 506 is performed to update the moving image data.

  Subsequently, color change setting is performed in step S1003 of the above-described effect control process. In this color change setting, a predetermined frame image is extracted from the effect data of the changed effect stage read from the ROM 506, and effect processing is performed on the extracted frame image. In this example, the replay game read from the ROM 506 is performed. Data of the first frame image is extracted from the moving image data for the low probability stage, and effect processing is performed on the extracted frame image data.

  Subsequently, in the effect control process of the second sub-control unit 500, the data of the first frame image B01 is extracted from the moving image data for the replay low-probability effect stage effect B, and the extracted frame image B01 data is extracted. It is configured to perform effect processing. Here, as the effect processing, the frame image B01 made of a color image is subjected to monochrome processing and converted into a monochrome image, and then the converted monochrome image is subjected to binarization processing to be converted into a binary image. It is configured.

  Subsequently, in the image control process of the second sub-control unit 500, as shown in FIG. 5B, the frame image B01 subjected to the effect process is displayed in the display area of the effect image display device 157 for 100 frames (about 3 frames). (Second) to display the color change period. Further, after the end of this color change period, the second frame image B02 from the top → the third frame image B03 from the top → the fourth frame image B04 from the top → the fifth frame image B05 from the top → The replay low-probability effect stage effect B is performed by continuously displaying a plurality of frame images that are not subjected to the effect processing in the display area of the effect image display device 157.

  In this example, when the production shifts from the replay low probability production stage production A where the player's expectation is low to the replay low probability production stage production B where the player's expectation is low, the color change period (effect image is displayed). Since the frame period during which the applied frame image is displayed is provided, the display can be switched smoothly without a sense of incongruity while clearly changing the stage. For this reason, there is no case where the production effect is not impaired, and the player's willingness to play can be maintained without the player being confused or feeling uncomfortable. In the case of transition from an effect in which the player's expectation is low to an effect in which the player's expectation is low, it is not necessary to provide a color change period (a period in which a frame image with an effect image is displayed).

<Special game production stage → Re-game low probability production stage (special production production)>
Next, with reference to FIG. 21, an example of an effect when the effect stage is shifted from the special game effect stage to the replay low-probability effect stage and a special occurrence effect occurs will be described. In addition, the same figure (a) is a figure which showed an example of the image display in each of a special game production | presentation stage and a re-game low probability production stage (special generation | occurrence | production effect), and FIG. It is the figure which showed an example of the image display at the time of doing.

  In this example, a predetermined condition is established during the special game production stage where the player's expectation is large (for example, a predetermined number of games are digested), and the re-game low probability production stage where the player's expectation is small. The case where the special production | generation effect with a large degree of expectation of a player generate | occur | produces simultaneously with transfer is shown. The special occurrence effect is an interrupt effect that is executed by interrupting the effect of the replay low-probability effect stage. For example, when the replay low-probability effect stage effect A has already been executed, or when the replay low-probability effect stage effect A is to be executed from now on, when the special occurrence effect lottery is won, it has already been executed. The execution of the replay low probability effect stage effect A is interrupted, or the execution of the replay low probability effect stage effect A to be executed is interrupted, and the specially generated effect A is executed. Furthermore, for example, the special occurrence effect A is executed between a plurality of games (two games), and when the execution of the special occurrence effect A is finished, the execution of the replay low-probability effect stage effect A that was interrupted is resumed. .

  As described above, the image control process of the second sub-control unit 500 is configured to perform various effects by sequentially displaying frame images in the display area of the effect image display device 157 at a time interval of about 30 ms. . In this example, the special game effect stage effect A is configured to be displayed by sequentially displaying a plurality of types of images constituting the special game effect stage effect A in the display area of the effect image display device 157. In the last five frames of the game effect stage effect A, the image display is switched in the order of the frame image A1, the frame image A2, the frame image A3, the frame image A4, and the frame image A5.

  Subsequently, a special generation effect lottery is performed in step S1008 of the above-described effect control process, and when any of a plurality of types of special generation effects is selected in the special generation effect lottery (when the special generation effect lottery is won). In step S1010, special generation effects are set. In this special generation effect setting, processing such as reading the effect data of the special generation effect that has been won is performed from the ROM 506 and the effect data is updated. In this example, the special generation effect A that has been won in the special generation effect lottery is selected. Processing such as reading out the moving image data to be configured from the ROM 506 is performed to update the moving image data.

  In the above example, a predetermined frame image is extracted from the moving image data read from the ROM 506 at this timing, and the effect process is performed on the extracted frame image. In this example, the effect process is not performed. The effect control process ends.

  Subsequently, the frame image A001 (for example, the image shown in FIG. 22A) → the frame image A002 (for example, the image shown in FIG. 22B) → the frame image A003 (for example, the image shown in FIG. 22C) → In order of frame image A004 (for example, the image shown in FIG. 22 (d)) →..., A plurality of frame images that are not subjected to effect processing are displayed in succession on the display area of the effect image display device 157. Generation effect A is performed. After the special generation effect A is over, unless the new special generation effect is won and the transition is made to another stage, the replay low probability stage is continued and the replay low probability stage is continued. One of production A to production C is performed.

  It should be noted that the frame image of the specially generated effect A is displayed in 157a, which is the entire display area of the effect image display device 157. In this way, if the specially generated effect image is displayed in the display area 157a, the player may be easily recognized. However, since the image corresponding to the replay low-probability effect stage is not displayed in part, the image of the effect stage is displayed when it is identified that the image of the special occurrence effect is displayed. May be separated from the player's judgment, and as a result, the player's willingness to play may be reduced, which was not intended at the design stage.

  In this example, the production stage has shifted from the special game production stage where the player's expectation is large to the replay low probability production stage where the player's expectation is small, but at the same time the special expectation of the player is high. Since the generation effect has occurred, the color change period (period during which the frame image with the effect image is displayed) is not provided.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the control burden related to the effect processing, and it is possible to perform stable game control, and the special generation effect A allows the player to enjoy the game benefits even without the effect processing. Since expectations can be met, the player's willingness to play is not reduced.

  In addition, when the special occurrence effect with a high degree of player expectation is finished and the stage shifts to a replay low-probability effect stage with a low player expectation, a color change period (a frame image with an effect image is displayed) (Period) is not provided. With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the control burden related to the effect processing and to perform stable game control. Note that the color change period (a frame image with an effect image is also displayed when a special occurrence effect with a high degree of player expectation ends and when a transition to a replay low-probability effect stage with a low player expectation is made. Period), and with such a configuration, it is clear that the transition from the special occurrence effect where the player's expectation level is large to the replay low probability effect stage where the player's expectation level is small, The display can be switched smoothly without any discomfort. For this reason, there is no case where the production effect is not impaired, and the player's willingness to play can be maintained without the player being confused or feeling uncomfortable.

<Modification 1>
Next, a slot machine according to the first modification will be described. FIG. 23A shows an example of effects performed by the slot machine according to the first modification.

  In the first modification, each of the first effect and the second effect performed following the first effect is composed of a moving image having a plurality of frame images. The last five frame images are frame images A1 to A5, and the first four frames of the second effect moving image are frame images A01 to A04.

  In the slot machine according to the first modification, when the effect is switched from the first effect to the second effect, the effect process is performed on the first frame image A01 among the plurality of frame images constituting the second effect. The frame image A01 after the effect processing is displayed in the display area of the effect image display device 157 for 100 frames (about 3 seconds), so that the color change period (between the first effect and the second effect ( A period during which the frame image A01 after effect processing is displayed is provided. After the end of this color change period, the first frame image A01 (one time) → second frame image A02 (one time) → third frame image A03 (one time) → fourth frame image A04 (1) The second effect is performed by successively displaying a plurality of frame images that are not subjected to the effect process in the display area of the effect image display device 157 in the order of (times) →.

  As described above, the slot machine according to the modified example 1 includes the first effect and the second effect performed following the first effect, and the second effect includes a predetermined image (this In the example, a predetermined image that is composed of a moving image including at least the frame image A01), performs an effect process on predetermined image data, and immediately after displaying the predetermined image on which the effect process is performed, the predetermined image on which the effect process is not performed. Is configured to display.

  According to the slot machine according to the first modification, even when an image that has been subjected to the effect processing and an image that has not been subjected to the effect processing are continuously displayed, the original image is shared, There are cases in which the appearance of the image does not change drastically before and after, and it is possible to produce an effect that does not make the player feel uncomfortable. In addition, since a part of the second effect performed after the end of the first effect can be seen through the effect-processed image, the player's expectation may be enhanced. A high effect can be obtained when the second effect is an effect with a greater expectation than the first effect.

  In the second effect, the frame image A00 may be displayed at the top, and the frame image A01 may be displayed after the frame image A00 is displayed. If the period is short, the continuity between the first effect and the second effect may be enhanced by displaying the frame image A00. Note that the effect processing need not be performed on the frame image A01, and the frame image A01 that has been effect-processed in advance may be displayed for 100 frames (about 3 seconds). In some cases, it is possible to prevent a decrease in player's willingness to play.

<Modification 2>
Next, a slot machine according to Modification 2 will be described. FIG. 23B is a diagram illustrating an example of effects performed by the slot machine according to the second modification.

  In the slot machine according to the modified example 2, when the effect is switched from the first effect to the second effect, the effect processing is performed on the first frame image A01 among the plurality of frame images constituting the second effect. The frame image A01 after the effect processing is displayed in the display area of the effect image display device 157 for 100 frames (about 3 seconds), so that the color change period (between the first effect and the second effect ( A period during which the frame image A01 after effect processing is displayed is provided. After the end of this color change period, the first frame image A01 (multiple times) → the second frame image A02 (one time) → the third frame image A03 (one time) → the fourth frame image A04 (1 The second effect is performed by successively displaying a plurality of frame images that are not subjected to effect processing in the order of (times) →.

  That is, the second modification is different from the first modification in that the first frame image A01 is displayed a plurality of times after the end of the color change period. As described above, the slot machine according to the modified example 2 includes the first effect and the second effect performed following the first effect, and the second effect has a predetermined image (this In the example, a predetermined image that is composed of a moving image including at least the frame image A01), performs an effect process on predetermined image data, and immediately after displaying the predetermined image on which the effect process is performed, the predetermined image on which the effect process is not performed. Is configured to be displayed multiple times.

  According to the slot machine according to the second modification, even when an image that has been subjected to effect processing and an image that has not been subjected to effect processing are displayed continuously, the original image is shared, There are cases in which the appearance of the image does not change drastically before and after, and it is possible to produce an effect that does not make the player feel uncomfortable. In addition, since a part of the second effect performed after the end of the first effect can be seen through the effect-processed image, the player's expectation may be enhanced. A high effect can be obtained when the second effect is an effect with a greater expectation than the first effect. In addition, since a part of the second effect can be displayed over a long period after the color change period, the player's expectation may be gradually increased.

<Modification 3>
Next, a slot machine according to Modification 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 24A is a view showing an example of the transition of the effect stage performed by the slot machine according to the modified example 3, and FIG. 24B is a table showing the contents of the effect processing performed when the effect stage is shifted. It is an example.

  In the slot machine according to the modified example 3, the contents of the effect processing performed in the color change period are different based on the stage before transition and the stage after transition. Specifically, when shifting from the special game effect stage to the replay low probability effect stage (in the case of change A), binarization processing is performed on the frame image that is initially displayed in the replay low probability effect stage. The frame image after being converted into a binarized image is displayed for a predetermined period and a color change period is provided, and then the replay low stage effect stage is started after the color change period has elapsed. doing.

  Also, when the replay high probability preparation effect stage is shifted from the replay low probability preparation effect stage (in the case of change B), monochrome processing is performed on the first frame image displayed in the replay high probability preparation effect stage. Configured to display a frame image after being converted into a monochrome image for a predetermined period to provide a color change period, and then start an effect in the replay high probability preparation effect stage after the elapse of the color change period. Yes.

  In addition, in the case of transition from the replay high probability preparation effect stage to the replay low probability effect stage (in the case of change C), a process of changing the first frame image displayed in the replay low probability effect stage to sepia is performed. The frame image after being converted into a sepia image (sepia color image) is displayed for a predetermined period to provide a color change period, and then the replay low stage effect stage is started after the color change period has elapsed. It is configured as follows.

  Further, in the case of transition from the replay high probability preparation stage to the replay high probability stage (in the case of change D), changes A to C with respect to the frame image initially displayed in the replay high probability stage. , E to perform effect processing (for example, color reversal processing), display the frame image after the effect processing for a predetermined period and provide a color change period, and then start the effect in the replay high probability effect stage It is configured.

  In addition, in the case of transition from the replay high probability effect stage to the replay low probability effect stage (in the case of change E), changes A to D with respect to the frame image initially displayed in the replay low probability effect stage Is configured to perform different effect processing (for example, mosaic processing), display the frame image after the effect processing for a predetermined period and provide a color change period, and then start an effect in the replay low-probability effect stage Yes.

  In addition, the special game production stage provides a special production compared to other production stages, and it is possible to easily grasp the transition of the production stage without providing a color change period. When shifting to the game effect stage, the color change period is not provided.

  As described above, in the slot machine according to the modified example 3, the contents of the effect processing performed between the stage before transition and the stage after transition based on the types of stage before transition and stage after transition. Therefore, it is possible to increase the interest of the game, and it is possible to guess the stage of the stage after the transition according to the contents of the effect processing, and the player's willingness to play may be sustained.

<Modification 4>
Next, a slot machine according to Modification 4 will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the figure (a) is a figure which showed an example of the image display in each of a re-game low probability production | presentation stage and a special game production stage, and the figure (b) is an image display at the time of changing production stage. It is the figure which showed an example.

  In this example, a predetermined condition is established during the replay low-probability effect stage where the player's expectation is low (for example, internal winning is performed for the special role 1), and the player enters the special game effect stage where the player's expectation is high. Shows the case. Specifically, the replay low-probability effect stage effect A is configured by sequentially displaying a plurality of types of images constituting the replay low-probability effect stage effect A in the display area of the effect image display device 157. In the last five frames of the replay low-probability effect stage effect A, display switching of images is performed in the order of frame image A001 → frame image A002 → frame image A003 → frame image A004 → frame image A005.

  Subsequently, in step S1001 of the above-described effect control process, it is determined that the effect stage has been changed, and in step S1002 (after change) effect stage effect execution setting is performed. In this (after change) effect stage effect execution setting, effect data constituting the effect stage after the change is read out from the ROM 506 and the effect data is updated. In this example, the special game effect stage is Processing such as reading out the moving image data to be configured from the ROM 506 is performed to update the moving image data.

Subsequently, in this example, without performing the above-described effect processing, processing such as reading moving image data constituting the bonus confirmed effect from the ROM 506 is performed, moving image data update processing is performed, and the bonus confirmed effect is configured. By displaying a plurality of types of images (without effect processing) in the display area of the effect image display device 157 in order (frame image C1 → frame image C2 → frame image C3 →...), A bonus confirmation effect is performed. In the image control processing of the second sub-control unit 500, a plurality of types of images (no effect processing) constituting the special game effect stage effect A are displayed in order on the display area of the effect image display device 157 (frame image A1 → Frame image A2 → frame image A3 →...), Special game effect stage effect A is performed.

  In the slot machine according to the modified example 4, the control burden related to the effect processing can be reduced, stable game control can be performed, and the bonus confirmation effect enables the player to enjoy the game benefits even without the effect processing. Therefore, the player's willingness to play is not reduced.

  As described above, the gaming machine (for example, the slot machine 100) according to the present embodiment has the image display means (for example, the effect image display device 157) having a display area capable of displaying an image, and an image in the display area. An image display control means (for example, the second sub-control unit 500) that executes control for displaying the image, wherein the image display control means is a single moving image (for example, FIG. 16 (a)). The control to display the special game effect stage effect A shown in FIG. 16 is terminated, and the control to display another movie (for example, the replay low-probability effect stage effect A movie shown in FIG. 16A) is started. The video display control means can execute at least the moving image control, and when the moving image control is executed, the image display control means includes a first image (for example, the frame image A01 shown in FIG. 16A), and the first image Fre The color of the second frame image (for example, the frame image A02 shown in FIG. 16A) that is a frame image following the frame image has been changed (for example, effect processing such as monochrome processing or binarization processing has been performed) ) At least control for displaying a color change image (for example, control for displaying a frame image A01 subjected to effect processing in the color change period shown in FIG. 16B) can be executed, and the image display control means includes: The gaming machine is capable of executing at least control for displaying the color change image between a plurality of frames (for example, between 100 frames).

  According to the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, in order to change the hue of the first image included in another video, the display is switched while clarifying the switching of the display from one video to the other. It can be performed smoothly without a sense of incongruity. For this reason, there is no case where the production effect is not impaired, and the player's willingness to play can be maintained without the player being confused or feeling uncomfortable.

  Further, the image display control means can execute at least control for displaying a first moving image composed of a first background image, and the image display control means comprises a second background image composed of a second background image. At least the control for displaying the moving image is executable, and the image display control means ends the control for displaying the first moving image and starts the control for displaying the second moving image. The image display control means is capable of executing at least control for displaying the hue change image when control for displaying the image of the second moving image is started. The control means is capable of executing at least control for displaying the first image whose hue is not changed between a plurality of frames when the control for displaying the hue changed image is completed. Good.

  With such a configuration, even when the first image whose hue is changed and the first image whose hue is not changed are continuously displayed, the original first image is shared. In some cases, the appearance of the image does not change drastically before and after the color change, and it is possible to provide the player with a sense of incongruity. In addition, since a part of the second video performed after the end of the first video can be seen through the first image, the player's expectation may be enhanced. A high effect may be obtained when the moving image is an effect that has a higher expectation than the first moving image.

  Further, the image display control means displays a third moving image (for example, a moving image of the special occurrence effect A shown in FIG. 21A) composed of an interrupt image displayed by interrupting the display of the background image. A second moving image change, wherein at least control can be executed, and the image display control means ends the control of displaying the image of the third moving image and starts the control of displaying the image of the second moving image. The image display control means can execute at least the control to display the first image whose hue is not changed when executing the second moving image changing control. It may be.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the control burden related to the effect processing, to perform stable game control, and to play a game without changing the color of the first image by the third moving image. Since the player can expect the benefits of the game, the player's willingness to play is not reduced.

  In addition, the color change image is a monochrome image obtained by converting the first image into a monochrome image, and the image display control unit can execute at least control for static display of the monochrome image when executing the moving image control. It may be a thing.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the burden of control for displaying the color-changed image, to perform stable game control, and in addition to the difference between the image whose color is changed and the image whose color is not changed. There are cases where it is possible to clarify.

  The configuration of the gaming machine according to the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the slot machine according to the above-described embodiment. For example, the “effect processing” according to the present invention converts an image into a sepia color (sepia color). Conversion), the color of the image may be inverted (color inversion), the image may be converted into a sketch style, or a process of adding a mosaic to the image (mosaic process) Alternatively, the brightness and contrast of the image may be changed, or one or more of these processes may be combined. In other words, the “effect process” according to the present invention may be a process for changing the hue of the image (color condition, color adjustment, color tone).

  Further, a control unit (for example, the first sub control unit 400) other than the second sub control unit 500 may be applied to the “image control unit” according to the present invention. The “image display means” according to the present invention is, for example, a multi-segment display (7-segment display), a dot matrix display, an organic EL display, a plasma display, a reel (drum), or a display device including a projector and a screen. Etc.

  Further, the image on which the effect processing is performed may be a frame image that is the same as or similar to the first frame image included in the second moving image. For example, an image obtained by extracting a part of the first frame image, An image generated by adding another image to the frame image may be used.

  In addition, the gaming table according to the present invention includes a launching device that launches a ball into a predetermined gaming area, a winning opening configured to be able to enter a ball launched from the launching device, and a ball that has entered the winning opening. It has a detecting means for detecting, a payout means for paying out a ball when the detecting means detects a ball, and a variable display device for variably displaying a predetermined symbol (identification information). With this as an opportunity, the variable display device is suitable for a pachinko machine that displays a stop after the symbols are changed and notifies the game state transition.

  In particular, the present invention is suitable for a pachinko machine that displays a video related to a normal effect after displaying a video related to a jackpot effect, and performs a specially generated effect at least in place of displaying a video related to the normal effect. Also, it is a pachinko machine that displays a video related to a normal effect after displaying a video related to a short-time effect, and is suitable for a pachinko machine that executes a special occurrence effect instead of displaying a video related to a normal effect at least. . It is also suitable for a pachinko machine that displays a video related to a normal effect after displaying a video related to a probability change effect, and at least to display a video related to a normal effect and execute a specially generated effect. is there.

  In addition, the gaming machine according to the present invention can be applied to an enclosed gaming machine. Here, the “enclosed game machine” is one that circulates and uses game balls enclosed in the game machine. In addition, the main control unit, the first sub control unit, and the second sub control unit may be configured as a single chip, or the main control unit and the first sub control unit may be configured to allow bidirectional communication. Good. Moreover, while enabling bidirectional communication between the main control unit and the first sub control unit, communication from the first sub control unit to the second sub control unit may be one-way communication.

  Further, the actions and effects described in the embodiments of the present invention only list the most preferable actions and effects resulting from the present invention, and the actions and effects according to the present invention are described in the embodiments of the present invention. It is not limited to what was done. In addition, in some cases, the content described in one configuration among a plurality of configurations described in the embodiments may be applied to other configurations to further widen the game.

  The game machine according to the present invention can be applied to game machines represented by a spinning machine (slot machine) and a ball game machine (pachinko machine).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Slot machine 157 Effect image display apparatus 163 Shutter 300 Main control part 400 1st sub control part 500 2nd sub control part

Claims (4)

Image display means having a display area capable of displaying an image;
Image display control means for executing control to display an image in the display area;
A game machine equipped with
The image display control means is capable of at least performing video control for ending control for displaying one video and starting control for displaying another video,
The image display control means can execute at least control for displaying a hue-changed image in which the hue of the first image is changed when the moving image control is executed,
The image display control means is capable of executing at least control for displaying the color change image between a plurality of frames.
A game stand characterized by that. The game stand according to claim 1,
The image display control means can execute at least control for displaying a first moving image composed of a first background image;
The image display control means can execute at least a control for displaying a second moving image composed of a second background image;
The image display control means is capable of at least executing the moving image control for ending the control for displaying the first moving image and starting the control for displaying the second moving image,
The image display control means is capable of executing at least control for displaying the color change image when starting control for displaying the image of the second moving image,
The image display control means is capable of executing at least a control for displaying the first image whose hue is not changed between a plurality of frames when the control for displaying the hue change image is terminated.
A game stand characterized by that. The game stand according to claim 1 or 2,
The image display control means is capable of executing at least control for displaying a third moving image including an interrupt image displayed by interrupting display of a background image,
The image display control means is capable of executing at least second moving image change control for ending control for displaying the third moving image and starting control for displaying the second moving image. ,
The image display control means is capable of executing at least a control for displaying the first image whose hue is not changed when the second moving image changing control is executed.
A game stand characterized by that. The game stand according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The hue change image is a monochrome image obtained by converting the first image into a monochrome image.
The image display control means is capable of executing at least a control for statically displaying the monochrome image when the moving image control is executed.
A game stand characterized by that.