JP2015096134A - Slot machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify information due to special information even when a performance button is not operated within an operable period.SOLUTION: In a slot machine including performance buttons on a front operation part, when special performance for notifying prescribed information is selected due to a result of special performance, a display of a moving image of special performance including images G, Gis started in accordance with the detection of an operation of a performance button after displaying an operation guide screen including an image Gfor urging a button operation, and a final screen due to an image Gfor information notification is finally displayed. Even in the case that a bet operation is performed without performing an operation of a performance button, control is made to advance in similar flow to display a moving image of special performance, and performance for the bet operation is executed after displaying the final screen.

Description

  The present invention relates to a slot machine that includes a display unit for displaying an image, and displays an effect image on the display unit in accordance with a game situation while a game proceeds according to a player's game operation.

  Traditionally, on pachinko machines, operation buttons (known as “chance buttons” for general players are known as “chance buttons”) are provided at appropriate locations on the front of the aircraft, and the operation buttons An effect of changing the image (hereinafter referred to as “special effect”) is incorporated (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, in Patent Document 1, after displaying the image prompting the user to press the effect button after starting the pseudo-continuous notice effect that performs the variable display of the pattern multiple times, the effect button is not pressed during the effective period. It is described that the pseudo-continuous notice effect is ended and the normal notice effect is performed.

  In recent years, the number of machines that have a special effect in response to the establishment of a predetermined game condition by introducing an effect button is increasing in slot machines.

  For example, in Patent Document 2, a special effect is displayed in which a character repeatedly raises and lowers a pump in response to repeated hitting of an effect button (chance button) by a player, and an image in which a meter rises as a result of the increase and decrease is won. In such a case, it is described that the winning is notified by an image display in which the final meter display reaches the maximum.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a lottery is performed as to whether or not a game progress impossible period is set when a specific result is obtained in the role lottery, and when the lottery is won, a game progress impossible period is set and If the game is resumed before the special performance ends in this case, or the case where the game progress impossible period is shorter than the special performance period at a predetermined rate occurs. It is described that the special effect is ended at that time.

  Like the start lever and stop button, the production buttons are arranged in the central control unit on the front of the aircraft, but are electrically connected to the sub-control unit instead of the main control unit, and are specially displayed on the display unit. The operation is effective only when the effect image is displayed.

JP 2009-195533 A JP 2010-88549 A

  Among special effects using effect buttons, there is an effect that prompts the player to operate the effect buttons by displaying an operation guidance screen using button images or the like. However, since the production buttons are buttons that are not involved in the progress of the original game, they are not always operated. If the effect button is not operated, the opportunity to notify the player of information to be notified is lost.

  As described in Patent Document 1, if it is a pachinko machine, a period during which the effect button can be operated is determined in advance, and if the effect button is not operated within this period, a special effect is performed after the end of the period. An effect screen that should have been notified can be displayed. However, in the slot machine, since the length of one game varies depending on the timing of the player's game operation, it is difficult to take a method for determining the effective period of the effect buttons. With regard to this point, in the invention described in Patent Document 2, it seems that it is easy to determine the period during which the effect button can be operated by providing a period in which the game cannot be progressed. Disappear. In particular, it is very troublesome for a player who wants to advance the game quickly.

  In that case, when performing a special effect in which the image changes according to the operation of the effect button on the slot machine, the game must be advanced according to the game operation as usual, and the player can produce the operation guidance screen even if it is displayed. When the operation for the next game is performed without operating the button, the special effect must be stopped. For this reason, it is necessary to avoid using special effects for important notifications related to the interests of the player as much as possible, but this does not sufficiently enhance the interest of special effects.

  The present invention pays attention to the above problems, and varies the period during which the effect button can be operated according to the length of one game, and even if the effect button is not operated within this period, the period ends. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to notify important information using a special effect and to enhance the interest of the special effect.

  The present invention relates to an operation unit for performing a game operation, a game execution means for advancing a game in accordance with a game operation detected while detecting a game operation in the operation unit, and a display unit for displaying an image for presentation And selecting an effect image to be displayed on the display unit in response to detection of various events related to the game operation by the game execution means based on the selection. An effect control means for changing, and an operation is enabled by the effect control means, and an effect button for changing an effect image by the enabled operation is applied to the slot machine provided in the operation unit. The

  The effect control means according to the present invention enables the operation of the effect button in response to detection of an event that occurs in accordance with a predetermined game operation by the game execution means, and starts or next operation of the next game. The operation of the effect button is detected before the end event is detected by the game execution means under the condition that the operation of the effect button is enabled, with the bet operation for starting the game of Or, in a state where the operation of the effect button is enabled, a special effect of notifying the predetermined game information in response to the end event being detected by the game execution means without detecting the operation of the effect button. A moving image is displayed on the display unit.

  According to the slot machine configured as described above, in a game in which notification of predetermined information is selected by a special effect, the operation of the effect button is performed in response to the detection of an event that has occurred along with the predetermined game operation. When the player operates the effect button before the operation that becomes the end event, the display of the moving image of the special effect is executed according to the operation, and predetermined information is notified on the display screen. In addition, when an operation that is an end event is performed without the operation button being operated in response to the activation of the effect button, the display of the moving image of the special effect is similarly executed, and the same display screen is displayed. Information is broadcast.

  In this way, even for a player who has not operated the effect button, a special effect moving image is displayed in the same procedure as when the effect button is operated, and information is notified on the display screen. Information that should be notified can be notified to a player who has not operated the button.

  In one embodiment of the slot machine, the effect control means detects the end of the last stop operation among a plurality of stop operations executed by the game execution means to stop the variable display of symbols. Accordingly, the operation of the effect button is validated. According to this embodiment, since the moving image of the special effect can be displayed immediately after the player has completed the game operation for advancing the game, the special effect can be performed without hindering the player's game operation. Can be displayed.

  In another embodiment, the effect control means is configured to play the game in a state where the operation of the effect button is enabled or in a state where the moving image of the special effect is displayed in response to the operation of the effect button. When an end event is detected by the execution means, it has storage means for temporarily storing control data for displaying an effect image for the end event, and the moving image of the special effect is displayed up to the final screen. Sometimes, when control data is stored in the storage means, an effect image based on the control data is displayed on the display unit.

  According to the above embodiment, the end event is set in a state where the operation of the effect button is enabled or in a state where the moving image of the special effect is displayed according to the operation of the effect button. If the bet operation or the game start operation is performed, the control data for that operation is temporarily stored in the storage means, and after the display of the special effect moving image is completed to the final screen, it is then temporarily stored. An effect image for the end event is displayed using the control data thus obtained. Therefore, an operation that becomes an end event is performed while the moving image of the special effect started in response to the operation of the effect button is performed, or the event that the effect button is not operated for the activation of the effect button is ended. Even when the operation to be performed is performed, the effect for the performed operation can be started immediately after the display of the moving image of the special effect. In any case, the effect image can be switched in the same flow, so that the algorithm is simplified and the load on the computer functioning as the effect control means can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, in response to the operation of the effect button being validated, even when the player does not operate the effect button, notification is made by displaying the same moving image as when the effect button is operated. Information to be transmitted can be notified. Therefore, since the player who did not operate the production button does not suffer disadvantage, it becomes possible to notify important information by displaying the moving image of the special production, and the interest of the production and the player's interest are increased. be able to.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the slot machine to which this invention was applied. It is a figure which shows typically the positional relationship of the stop symbol with respect to the window part of a front panel. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of said slot machine. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function set to a 1st sub control part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a scenario lottery table database. It is the table which shows the example of a structure of scenario data, and the timing chart which shows the relationship between the timing of the various events regarding game operation, and the production implemented based on scenario data. It is the table which shows the example of a structure of scenario data, and the timing chart which shows the relationship between the timing of the various events regarding game operation, and the production implemented based on scenario data. It is the table which shows the example of a structure of scenario data, and the timing chart which shows the relationship between the timing of the various events regarding game operation, and the production implemented based on scenario data. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of transition of the effect image in case the effect including a special effect is performed based on the scenario data of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the transition of the effect image in a special effect. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the internal control mode selection process by a 1st sub control part. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the scenario selection process by a 1st sub control part. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of management of presentation control data by a 1st sub control part. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the production process by a 1st sub control part. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure following FIG. 14 among the production processes by a 1st sub control part.

  FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a slot machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated slot machine 1 has a front door 3 attached to an open front surface of a housing 2 so as to be openable and closable. Although not shown, a reel unit, a power supply unit, a medal dispenser, a control board, and the like are incorporated in the housing 2. The door 3 has a metal frame as a main body, and synthetic resin panels 4 and 5 are attached to the center and the lower part of the frame, respectively, and a liquid crystal display 6 and a pair of speakers 7A and 7B are provided on the upper part of the frame. Is provided.

Hereinafter, the center panel 4 is referred to as “front panel 4”, and the lower panel 5 is referred to as “lower panel 5”.
A rectangular transparent window 8 is provided at the center of the height of the front panel 4, and through this window 8, three reels 9 a, 9 b, constituting a reel unit inside the housing 2 are provided. The outer peripheral surface of 9c can be visually recognized.

  In this embodiment, a 21-frame symbol array is set for each reel 9a, 9b, 9c by a plurality of types of symbols including the numbers “7” and “BAR”. Each reel 9a, 9b, 9c is individually driven by motors 29a, 29b, 29c (shown in FIG. 3) assembled integrally with the reel unit.

  The vertical width of the window 8 is a length corresponding to the range of three frames of each reel 9a, 9b, 9c. When each reel 9a, 9b, 9c stops, as shown in FIG. 2, the three symbols Z for each of the reels 9a, 9b, 9c are arranged in the window portion 8 with the upper, middle, and lower height positions aligned. By stopping, the symbols Z are aligned along the three horizontal lines L1 to L3, the right-down line L4, and the left-down line L5. In this embodiment, only the central horizontal line L1 among the five lines L1 to L5 is set as a winning line.

  Returning to FIG. A numerical indicator 18 for displaying the number of medals inserted is provided below the window 8. In addition, an illumination lamp 25 made up of a plurality of LEDs is provided on both sides of the front upper portion of the housing and above the liquid crystal display 6a.

Between the front panel 4 and the lower panel 5, there is provided a game operation unit 10 having an operation surface 11 facing obliquely upward and an operation surface 12 facing forward.
A medal payout opening 14 and a medal tray 15 are provided below the lower panel 5. The medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 19 of the game operation unit 10 pass through a medal passage (not shown) provided inside the front door 3 and enter the hopper of the medal dispenser 28 (shown in FIG. 4). It is captured. The medals discharged from the medal payer 28 are carried to the medal payout outlet 14 through a medal payout passage (not shown) and discharged to the medal tray 15.

  The operation surface 11 facing obliquely upward of the game operation unit 10 has two types of bet buttons 16 and 17 for setting the number of medals used for the game, a medal insertion slot 19 for inserting medals, and a special effect described later. An effect button 20 used in the above is provided.

  In order to execute one game in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, it is necessary to insert three medals. When the number of medals inserted through the medal slot 19 reaches 3, the winning line L1 is activated. When four or more medals are inserted from the medal slot 19, the first three are bet on the game, and the number of remaining medals is counted. This counted value is stored in the RAM 33 of the main control unit 30 described later as the number of credits.

  When one bet button 16 (max bet button) is pressed in a state where three or more medals are stored, three medals are withdrawn at a time from the credit amount, and one game can be executed. . When the other bet button 17 (one-bet bet button) is pressed, one game can be executed by three operations.

On the forward-facing operation surface 12 of the game operation unit 10, a start lever 21 for rotating the reels 9a, 9b, 9c all at once and stop buttons 22a, 22b for individually stopping the reels 9a, 9b, 9c , 22c, and a settlement button 23 are provided.
The settlement button 23 is used to instruct the settlement of the number of credits. When the settlement button 23 is operated by the player, medals corresponding to the number of credits displayed on the number display 18 are released to the medal tray 15.

  When the start lever 21 is operated in a state where one game can be executed after the medal insertion into the medal insertion slot 19 or the operation of the bet buttons 16 and 17 (hereinafter collectively referred to as “bet operation”). The main control unit 30 executes a role lottery. Next, rotation of the reels 9a, 9b, and 9c is started. When the reels 9a, 9b, and 9c reach a certain speed, a stop operation by the stop buttons 22a, 22b, and 22c is received, and the corresponding reels 9a, 9b, and 9c are received. 9c is stopped. When the reels 9a, 9b, 9c are stopped, control is performed to draw the symbols selected based on the result of the lottery drawing onto the activated pay line.

  In the above combination lottery, a winning flag indicating the type of the winning combination is determined together with the determination of winning. Among the winning combinations, there is one that performs control to vary the symbol combination to be drawn in according to the operation sequence (pushing sequence) for the stop buttons 22a, 22b, and 22c. Such a winning combination is hereinafter referred to as “push order”.

In the slot machine of this embodiment, in response to the establishment of a predetermined game condition, when the above-mentioned push order is won, an effect is given to notify the push order for aligning the most useful symbol combinations for the player. Transition to mode (hereinafter referred to as “AT mode”).
Further, in accordance with the establishment of a game condition different from the above, the game period (replay time) in which the winning probability for the re-gamer is higher than usual is entered.

  In the AT mode, it is possible to acquire a large number of medals by performing a stop operation in the order corresponding to the notification of the pressing order. Furthermore, at the replay time in the AT mode (assist replay time (ART)), the decrease in hand-held medals is suppressed by increasing the frequency of winning the re-gamer, so that the player can acquire more medals. It becomes possible. In this embodiment, in order to make ART look like a conventional big bonus, a pseudo big bonus winning is established during the replay time, and when the pseudo bonus winning is established, the ART is shifted to ART. Three sets of ART games are played as one set. Further, a lottery for determining whether or not to increase the number of ART game sets during ART (hereinafter referred to as “ART extra lottery”) is performed, and the number of ART game sets is increased by one in accordance with the winning of the lottery.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the slot machine 1.
In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, in addition to the main control unit 30 that controls the overall progress of the game, the first and second sub-control units 40 that are in charge of control related to the presentation according to commands from the main control unit 30. , 50 are provided. The 1st sub control part 40 controls the production | presentation by an image, and the 2nd sub control part 50 controls the production | presentation by an audio | voice or electrical decoration.
The main control unit 30, the first sub control unit 40, and the second sub control unit 50 are provided with CPUs 31, 41, 51, ROMs 32, 42, 52, and RAMs 33, 43, 53, respectively.

  The ROM 32 of the main control unit 30 stores a program for performing control related to the progress of the game, a symbol arrangement table for each reel 9a, 9b, 9c, a lottery table for lottery, and the RAM 33 stores the program. Information generated by execution is stored in a rewritable manner. In each of the sub-control units 40 and 50, programs and fixed data necessary for control are stored in the ROMs 42 and 52, respectively, and information generated by the execution of the programs is stored in the RAMs 43 and 53, respectively.

Further, the main control unit 30 and the first sub control unit 40 are provided with random number generators 34 and 44 for lottery processing.
The main control unit 30 executes the above-described lottery using the random value acquired from the random number generator 34 when the operation of the start lever 21 is detected. The first sub-control unit 40 uses the random number value acquired from the random number generator 44 based on the information on the result of the winning lottery transmitted from the main control unit 30, the current internal control mode, etc. A lottery for selecting a plurality of types of internal control modes including the following (hereinafter referred to as “internal control mode selection lottery”), the above-mentioned ART addition lottery, and a lottery for selecting contents (scenarios) to be performed by the liquid crystal display 6 or the like ( Hereinafter, lottery processing such as “scenario selection lottery” is executed.

  The start lever 21, stop buttons 22 a, 22 b, 22 c, bet buttons 16, 17, and settlement button 23 provided in the game operation unit 10 are connected to the main control unit 30 via the I / O port 35. On the other hand, the effect button 20 is connected to the first sub-control unit 40 via the I / O port 45 instead of the main control unit 30.

  The main control unit 30 is connected to an index sensor 24a, 24b, 24c for detecting the reference position of each reel via the I / O port 35, and a medal for detecting a medal inserted into the medal slot 19. A detection sensor 26 and the like are also connected. Further, the main control unit 30 is provided with reel driving circuits 27a, 27b, 27c for driving the motors 29a, 29b, 29c for the reels 9a, 9b, 9c via the driver circuit 36, a medal dispensing machine 28, and a numerical display. 18 etc. are connected.

  Each motor 29a, 29b, 29c is a stepping motor. The main control unit 30 detects the rotational position of the corresponding reels 9a, 9b, 9c by counting the drive pulses for the motors 29a, 29b, 29c, and the motor at the timing when the counted value becomes a predetermined value. The pull-in control described above is performed by stopping 29a, 29b, and 29c.

  The first sub-control unit 40 is connected to the liquid crystal display 6 via the driver circuit 46 in addition to the effect button 20 described above. Speakers 7A and 7B, an electric lamp 25, a reel illumination backlight 26, and the like are connected to the second sub-control unit 50 through a driver circuit 56.

  The main control unit 30, the first sub control unit 40, and the second sub control unit 50 are formed as independent control boards, and the first sub control unit 40 is connected to the main control unit 30 via the relay board 60. The second sub control unit 50 is connected to the first sub control unit 40.

  The main control unit 30 creates commands for notifying various events that occur during the control and transmits them to the first sub-control unit 40 in order to execute the effect control synchronized with the game control in the main control unit 30. For example, a command for notifying the result of the role lottery, a command for notifying the bet operation, a command for notifying the operation of the start lever 21, a command for notifying that the stop operation has become effective, the first, second, and third A command for notifying each stop operation, a command for notifying the stop of each reel and its stop position, a command for notifying the result of the determination of the presence / absence of winning, etc. It is transmitted to the sub-control unit 40.

  Each command includes a type code (hereinafter referred to as “event ID”) indicating the type of event and transmission data. The event ID is an alphabetic character string code, and there are actually a large number of codes. In this embodiment, however, the event ID related to the game operation is narrowed down to a simple alphabetic character of “A” to “F”. Code (see FIGS. 6-8).

  The first sub-control unit 40 determines the event ID of the received command and executes the event process registered for the event ID. For example, when a command notifying the result of the role lottery is received, the above-mentioned internal game mode selection lottery or scenario selection lottery is executed as event processing for the event ID in the command. When a command indicating that a game operation has been performed is received, effect control based on scenario data selected by scenario selection lottery is executed as event processing for the event ID in the command.

FIG. 4 shows various functions provided in the first sub-control unit 40 for effect control.
A command receiving unit 401, an internal control mode selecting unit 402, a scenario lottery executing unit 403, an effect control data managing unit 404, and an effect executing unit 405 in the figure are functions set in the CPU 41 of the first sub control unit 40 by a program. is there. The entity of the effect waiting buffer 406 is the RAM 43. The mode selection lottery table 410, the scenario lottery table database 411, the scenario database 412, and the content database 413 are stored in the ROM.

The command receiving unit 401 has a function of receiving a command from the main control unit 30 and analyzing the contents of an event included in the command.
When the command receiving unit 401 receives a command notifying the result of the role lottery, the internal control mode selecting unit 402 performs the internal control mode selection lottery using the mode selection lottery table 410. In the mode selection lottery table 410, selection probabilities for various internal control modes are stored with different allocation patterns for each internal control mode. The internal control mode selection unit 402 determines whether or not to switch to another internal control mode by performing a lottery using a selection probability corresponding to the current internal control mode in the mode selection lottery table 410, and also performs internal control. If it is decided to switch modes, the mode after switching is selected at the same time. Further, when the replay time is recognized from the command for notifying the result of the lottery and the AT mode is selected as the current internal control mode (that is, when entering the ART), the internal control mode selection unit 402, ART is added and a lottery is executed.

  Following the lottery process by the internal control mode selection unit 402, the scenario selection lottery by the scenario lottery execution unit 403 is performed. For this lottery, in the scenario lottery table database 411, as shown in FIG. 5 (1), for each combination of flag IDs and internal control modes of various combinations (condition devices) that are targets of combination lottery, Individual scenario lottery tables T11, T21, T31... Are registered.

  5 (2) and 5 (3) schematically show the data structure of the scenario lottery table corresponding to T11 and T31 in FIG. 5 (1). As shown, each scenario selection table has a configuration in which a predetermined number of random numbers are assigned to a plurality of scenario IDs, and the probability distribution pattern in each table varies depending on the internal control mode and role corresponding to each scenario selection table. Is set to

  Note that “low accuracy”, “medium accuracy”, and “high accuracy” in FIG. 5A represent the degree of probability of transition to the AT mode. 5 (2) and 5 (3) show the number of assigned random numbers instead of the list of assigned random numbers.

  Returning to FIG. The scenario lottery execution unit 403 combines the lottery result indicated by the role lottery result notification command from the main control unit 30 and the current internal control mode selected by the internal control mode selection unit 402 from the scenario lottery table database 411. A scenario selection table corresponding to is selected, and a lottery using the table is executed. For example, when switching to the AT mode occurs, a scenario lottery table for selecting scenario data for notifying the transition to the AT mode is selected. When a lottery with an ART is selected, a scenario lottery table is selected for scenario data for special effects to be described later.

  The scenario database 412 stores scenario data corresponding to each scenario ID, and the content database 413 stores content data (mainly moving image data) corresponding to the production ID in the scenario data. The effect waiting buffer 406 stores effect control data to be executed (including an effect ID and time to be described later) in the order of execution.

  The effect control data management unit 404 reads out scenario data corresponding to the scenario ID selected by the scenario lottery execution unit 403 from the scenario database 412. In accordance with the read scenario data, each time a notification of an event whose event ID is included in the scenario data is received from the command receiving unit 401, the effect control data corresponding to the event ID in the scenario data is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. To do.

  The effect execution unit 405 reads the control data stored in the effect waiting buffer 406 in chronological order, reads content data corresponding to the read control data from the content database 413, and displays an image based on the content data on the liquid crystal display 6. To do. When the image display relates to a special effect, the effect execution unit 405 displays an image of an operation guide screen that prompts the operation of the effect button 20 on the liquid crystal panel 6, and the effect button 20 is operated. In response, a special effect moving image is displayed, and predetermined information is notified on the final screen.

  Although not shown in FIG. 4, the effect execution unit 405 notifies the second sub-control unit 50 of the ID of the read content data so as to perform audio output and electrical effect corresponding to the content data. .

  6 to 8 are a timing chart (2) showing a table (1) showing a configuration example of scenario data stored in the scenario database 412 and a relationship between an event related to a game operation and an effect executed based on the scenario data. ) In correspondence with each other. As described above, in this embodiment, various events are indicated by an event ID that is simplified to a single alphabetic character. Hereinafter, based on this event ID, the various events are represented by “event A”, “event B”,. -Express as "Event F".

  Specifically, the start of the game, in other words, the effective operation of the start lever 21 (hereinafter referred to as “start operation”) is referred to as “event A”. The first effective stop operation (hereinafter referred to as “first stop operation”) is “event B”, and the second effective stop operation (hereinafter referred to as “second stop operation”) is “event C”. The third effective stop operation (hereinafter referred to as “third stop operation”) is referred to as “event D”. Further, release of the press on the stop button operated third (hereinafter referred to as “third stop release”) is referred to as “event E”, and an effective bet operation for the next game is referred to as “event F”.

  As shown in the table (1) of FIGS. 6 to 8, the scenario data of this embodiment has a configuration in which each event ID is associated with the ID of the effect to be performed (hereinafter referred to as “effect ID”) and the duration. Is. In each figure and the following description, in order to clarify the relationship with the game operation, each production ID is a code based on a combination of a corresponding event ID and a number. The effect for the start operation (event A) is “effect A”, the effect for the first stop operation (event B) is “effect B”, the effect for the second stop operation (event C) is “effect C”, and the third. The effect for the stop operation (event D) is called “effect D”, the effect for the third stop release (event E) is called “effect E”, and the effect for the bet operation (event F) is called “effect F”.

  Each effect ID is an identification code indicating specific content data for the effect, and with this effect ID, the content data necessary for implementing the effect defined by the scenario data is read from the content data table 413 described above. be able to. 6 to 8, content data having different contents for each case is used for any of the effects A to F.

  “Holding time” indicates a timing at which an effect on a corresponding event is ended. In this embodiment, the duration from the start of the production until the end timing is taken as the time, and even if an event corresponding to the subsequent production occurs until this time has elapsed, The production is kept waiting and the production being executed is continued. However, when the holding time is set to the blank state (indicated by “-” in the holding time column of each table in FIGS. 6 to 8), the production is performed until an event corresponding to the subsequent production occurs. The event can be continued, but when an event corresponding to the subsequent production occurs, the subsequent production is immediately switched to.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 6-8, the specific example of the presentation control by the scenario data of the said structure is demonstrated. First, in the scenario data in the example of FIG. 6 (FIG. 6 (1)), individual effects are associated with all the events related to the game operation, and the duration is set for each effect other than the effect F. ing.

  According to the scenario data having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 6 (2), the next event B (first stop operation) occurs while the effect A for the event A (start operation) is being executed. However, the production B is in a standby state from the start of the production A until the elapsed time (4 seconds) elapses, and is then switched to the production B. Furthermore, in the example of FIG. 6 (2), the following events are also generated during the execution of effects B, C, D, and E. Similarly, the elapsed time from the start of the effect being executed Until the lasting time is reached, the production for the next event is in a standby state, and when the lasting time has passed, the production is switched to the production in standby.

  Therefore, when the scenario data having the configuration shown in FIG. 6 (1) is selected, the player is presented with all effects determined in the scenario data regardless of the timing of the player's game operation. In addition, if the event for the next effect does not occur even if the time set for the effect being executed has elapsed, the execution state of the current effect is maintained and the event for the next effect has occurred. The production is switched according to the situation.

  Even in the scenario data in the example of FIG. 7 (FIG. 7 (1)), individual effects are associated with all the events related to the game operation, but in this example, other than event E (third stop release) The production time for each event is set to a blank state. On the other hand, the duration E for the event E is set to 6 seconds.

  According to the scenario data having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 7 (2), when the next event B (first stop operation) occurs while the effect A for the event A (start operation) is being performed, Immediately switch from production A to production B. Similarly, the productions B, C, and D are immediately terminated in response to the occurrence of the next event, and the production for the next event is started. On the other hand, the production E is continued until the time of 6 seconds elapses, and then the next production F is started.

  In the scenario data of the example of FIG. 6 (1) and FIG. 7 (1), individual effects are associated with all the events related to the game operation, but not limited to this, as shown in FIG. 8 (1). As described above, there is a case where the production is associated with only some events.

  In the scenario data in the example of FIG. 8 (FIG. 8 (1)), the effects A, E, and A are given only to three events, event A (start operation), event E (third stop release), and event F (bet operation). F is tied. In production A and production F, the holding time is set to a blank state, and in production E, the holding time is set to 3 seconds.

  According to the scenario data having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 8 (2), after the production A for the event A (starting operation) is started, the events B, C, and D (first to third stops) are started. Production A continues even if (operation) occurs. Then, when the event E (third stop release) occurs, the effect A ends and is switched to the effect E. In addition, since the lasting time of 3 seconds is set for the production E, even if an event F (bet operation) occurs during the execution of the production E as shown in FIG. The production F is set in a standby state until the time expires.

  Note that the content data in this embodiment is moving image data having a plurality of layers, and when the production is switched in response to the occurrence of a new event, the image data of all layers including the background layer is replaced. However, image data of some layers may be maintained, image data of other layers may be replaced, and layers to be drawn may be added or deleted.

  As shown in the examples of FIGS. 6 to 8, in this embodiment, the type of effect and the start timing of the effect can be variously changed by setting the effect ID and the holding time for each event. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform production control according to the purpose by setting the type and duration according to the degree of necessity to maintain the story characteristics by each production and the presence or absence of production with high importance. Become.

  For example, in scenario data that places importance on maintaining the storyline of a production, as shown in FIG. 6, the type of each production is set to “normal” and the required time is set for each. Even if each game operation is performed at any timing, the timing at which the effect is switched can be made constant.

  On the other hand, in the scenario data that emphasizes switching the display quickly according to the occurrence of an event rather than the story, as shown in FIG. 7, the duration of each effect excluding the effect with high importance is set to a blank setting. As a result, it is possible to immediately switch the production when the event occurs. For example, when it is necessary to quickly switch the production in response to a gaming operation, such as when the order of pressing is notified during the AT mode, scenario data having a configuration as shown in FIG. 7A is suitable.

  In this embodiment, in any scenario data, the production time F for the bet operation is set to a blank state so as to end in accordance with the start operation of the next game.

  9 and 10 show specific examples of effect screens developed by the scenario data having the configuration shown in FIG. This scenario data is selected in accordance with the fact that the main game 30 wins the winning combination in the ART game described above, and the first sub-control unit 40 wins the ART addition lottery. Then, after notifying the push order according to the game operation, it is configured to notify that the player has won the lottery by adding ART.

The first screen of FIG. 9 (1), the image G _A rendition A is displayed for the event A (start operation). In the image G _A, the image of the character based, the stop button 22a, 22b, (in this example, be operated in the order of the center → right → left shown.) Number; push forward against 22c is shown ing.

Now event B (first stop operation) occurs immediately changes from the screen for displaying the image G _A (1) to the screen (2) for displaying an image G _B. Similarly hereinafter, event C changes from the screen (2) for displaying an image G _B and the screen (3) for displaying an image G _C in response to the occurrence of the (second stop operation) event D (third stop changes to the screen (4) for displaying an image G _D from the screen (3) for displaying an image G _C in response to the occurrence of the operation). Note that (2) (3) image _G B in each screen _(4), G C, in _{G D,} the same image data in the background layer is used.

When an event E (the third stop release) occurs, it is switched to a screen (5) for displaying an image G _SP which an image is placed in the center of the performance button 20 from the screen for displaying an image G _D (4). This screen (5) is the operation guidance screen described above.

  Each screen shown in FIG. 9 displays various information related to the progress of the game in addition to the image drawn by the content data. For example, the number “1” shown at the center of the upper end of each screen indicates the number of remaining sets in the ART game.

10 (1) shows an image G _SP similar operation guidance screens and 9 (5), 10 (2) (3), representative scenes of images of the moving during image subsequent special effect G _E1 and G _E2 are shown, and FIG. 10 (4) shows the final screen image G _E3 of the special effect.

In this embodiment, the display of the operation guide screen is maintained until the effect button 20 is operated in principle, and the special effect by the moving image including the images G _E1 and G _E2 according to the operation of the effect button 20 is performed. The image is displayed, and after a predetermined time, the final screen by the image _GE3 is displayed. The image _GE3 on the final screen in this example informs that the number of ART game sets has been added, and the numbers at the center of the upper end of the screen are also “ What was “1” is updated to “2” in FIG. 10 (4).

The moving image of the special effect including the image G _SP and the images G _E1 , G _E2 , and G _E3 constituting the operation guidance screen is content data associated with the effect ID (E2) for the event E in FIG. include. In addition, the time for the special effect does not include the display time for the operation guide screen, and the time required to display the moving image for the special effect to the end is set as the time. In addition, a special flag is associated with the special effect production ID, and when the production ID with this flag is read in response to the occurrence of the event E, the operation guidance screen is displayed. The time measurement is started when the display of the special effect moving image is started without counting the time. Therefore, after the display of the moving image of the special effect is started in response to the operation of the effect button 20, even if the next event F (bet operation) occurs before the display ends, the effect on the bet operation F enters a standby state.

Further, in this embodiment, when the display of the operation guidance screen according to the image G _SP is followed, even when the operation of the performance button 20 has detected the occurrence of an event F undetected (betting operation), performance button 20 As in the case where is operated, a moving image of a special effect including images G _E1 , G _E2 , and G _E3 is displayed, and then an effect F for the event F is performed. Therefore, even if the player without paying attention to the image G _SP to promote the operation of the performance button 20, or was betting operation intentionally avoided to the operation of the performance button 20, special for the betting operation The effect moving image is displayed, and after the final screen is displayed, the effect F for the bet operation is started.
Therefore, even if important information related to the game is notified on the final screen of the special effect, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the notification is not visually recognized by the player.

Hereinafter, the detailed procedure of the processing by each processing unit shown in FIG. 4 will be described in order.
FIG. 11 shows a processing procedure by the internal control mode selection processing unit 402. In this procedure, in response to the occurrence of event A (starting operation) and the occurrence of an event notifying the result of the role lottery are detected by a command from the main control unit 30 (steps S101 and S102 are “YES”), the mode An internal control mode selection lottery is executed using the selection lottery table 410 (step S103). If it is determined that the internal control mode is switched in this lottery (step S104 is “YES”), the determined internal control mode is switched (step S105). If it is not determined to switch the internal control mode, the current internal control mode is maintained by skipping step S105.

Furthermore, if the current internal control mode is the AT mode and game control of replay time is being performed by the main control unit 30, that is, during ART ("YES" in step S106), an ART addition lottery is executed. (Step S107) If the winning is made (Step S108 is “YES”), the number of ART games set is increased by one (Step S109).
If it is not during the ART ("NO" in step S106), the process returns to step S101 without performing the ART addition lottery and waits until an event A is detected by the start operation of the next game. In addition, when the lottery with the ART is performed and the lottery is not included (step S108 is “NO”), the process similarly returns to step S101.

  FIG. 12 shows a procedure of scenario selection processing by the scenario lottery execution unit 403. Also in this procedure, the occurrence of event A (starting operation) and the occurrence of the event for notifying the result of the role lottery are detected (steps S201 and S202), and the internal control mode selection process of FIG. It is confirmed that it has been executed (step S203). When Steps S201, S202, and S203 are “YES”, the selection table (FIG. 5 (1)) in the scenario lottery table database 411 is referred to, and the flag ID included in the combination lottery result notification command and the current A scenario lottery table corresponding to the combination with the internal control mode is selected (step S204).

  After the scenario lottery table is selected, any scenario data is selected by lottery using the selected table (step S205), the scenario data is stored in the RAM 43 (step S206), and then the process returns to step S201.

  FIG. 13 shows a procedure of processing performed by the effect control data management unit 404. In this process, the illustrated procedure is repeated every time the occurrence of a new event is detected by the command receiving unit 401 in parallel with the processes of FIGS.

  First, when the occurrence of a new event is detected and step S301 is “YES”, the presentation control data management unit 404 determines whether or not the scenario data stored in the RAM 43 includes the event ID of the new event. Check. If the event ID of the new event is included in the selected scenario data, step S302 is “YES” and the process proceeds to step 303, where control data (production ID of the production corresponding to the new event is generated from the scenario data. Read time, etc.). In step S304, the read control data is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406 as a new record.

  According to the procedure shown in FIG. 12, the scenario selection lottery corresponding to the result of the role lottery and the current internal game mode is performed for each game, and the scenario data selected by the lottery is stored in the RAM 43. Saved in. Therefore, every time an event defined in the scenario data selected in the current game occurs by the process of FIG. 13, the control data of the effect defined in the selected scenario data is read for the event. , It can be stored in the production waiting buffer 406.

FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 show the procedure of the processing by the effect execution unit 405.
This procedure is also performed in parallel with the procedure shown in FIGS. First, in step S401, it is determined whether or not a record is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. If the record is stored, attention is paid to the top record (step S402), and the special effect is assigned to the effect ID of the focused first record. It is checked whether or not the flag indicating is set. If this flag is set, step S403 is “YES” and the process proceeds to step S412 in FIG. 15. If the flag is not set, step S403 is “NO” and step S404 in FIG. Proceed to

  A processing flow when step S403 is “NO” will be described first. First, in step S404, the content database 414 is accessed by the effect ID in the top record, and the content data corresponding to the effect ID is read out. In the next step S405, presentation control based on the read content data is started. Immediately after the start, the time of the first record is checked. If the holding time is not blank (step S406 is “NO”), the effect continues until the holding time expires, and the next record is not stored in the effect waiting buffer 406 even when the waiting time expires. In the case (step S408 is “NO”), the effect is further continued.

  When the remaining time has expired and the next record is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406 (“YES” in steps S407 and S408), the first record of interest is deleted from the effect waiting buffer 406 (step S410). ) And the effect being executed is terminated (step S411). After this, the process returns to step S401, and the same procedure as described above is executed for the newly leading record.

  Immediately after starting the effect control in step S405, if it is determined that the duration of the effect being executed is set to be blank (step S406 is “YES”), the next record is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. It is checked whether or not it has been added (step S409). If the next record has not been added, the current effect is continued while repeating the determination processing in step S409 until it is added. When the next record is added and step S409 becomes “YES”, after executing steps S410 and S411, the process returns to step S401.

  Therefore, an event for a subsequent effect occurs after the effect of setting the blank time is started, and when a new record is added to the effect waiting buffer 406 by the process of FIG. 13 for the event, step S409 is performed at that time. Becomes “YES”, and the effect being executed is completed by the processing of steps S410 and S411. Furthermore, the process after step S401 is started with respect to subsequent effects.

Next, processing (FIG. 15) in the case where a flag indicating a special effect is included in the first record focused on in step S402 (when step S403 is “YES”) will be described. Also in this case, first, content data corresponding to the effect ID of the first record is read (step S412). Then, and displays an operation guidance screen using image G _SP buttons are positioned during the first content data read.

After this, in steps S414 and 415, the process waits until the occurrence of an event F indicating the operation of the effect button 20 or the bet operation is detected. When one is detected step S414 or step S415 is "YES", the flow proceeds to step S416, to start displaying a moving image using the moving image data after the image _{G SP.}

  Further, the display of the moving image is continued until the time for the personal time set in the record of interest elapses. When the elapsed time reaches the personal time ("YES" in step S417), the process proceeds to step S408 in FIG. move on. Thereafter, similarly to general effects, if the next record is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406 (“YES” in step S408), the first record indicating the special effect is deleted from the effect waiting buffer 404 (step S410). ), The special effect display ends (step S411), and the process returns to step S401.

As described above, the holding time for the special effect is set to a time length necessary for displaying all the moving images of the special effect. Therefore, according to the process of step S416～S417, it is possible to display all the images without escape from the moving image display of the special effect, and finally display the last frame of the image G _E3.

  When the betting operation is performed in a state where the special effect is finished and the final screen is displayed, the process of FIG. 13 is performed for the operation, and the control data of the effect F is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. Saved. As a result of this saving, step S408 becomes “YES” and steps S410 and S411 are executed, whereby the display of the final screen is completed, and the effect F for the bet operation can be started by the procedure after step S401. .

  Therefore, when a moving image is displayed in response to the operation of the effect button 20 and the player performs a bet operation for the next game after confirming the display of the final screen, after the time for the special effect has expired The determination in step S408 when the process proceeds to step S408 is “NO”, and after that, the “NO” determination in step S408 continues until the bet operation is performed and the control data of the effect F is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. Since it continues, the display of the last screen can be maintained in the meantime. Therefore, the player can perform the betting operation after thoroughly confirming the notification information shown on the final screen.

  Even when a bet operation is performed before the final screen is displayed, the process of FIG. 13 is performed for the operation, and the control data of the effect F is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. FIG. , 15, the process of steps S416 and S417 does not cause a switch to effect F until the final screen is displayed. However, when step S417 is “YES” and the process proceeds to step S408 due to the expiration of the time, the control data of the effect F has already been stored in the effect waiting buffer 406, and thus step S408 immediately becomes “YES”. The process returns to step S401 through steps S410 to S411. Therefore, the period during which the final screen is displayed is shortened, and after the special effect ends, the effect F for the bet operation that has already been completed can be started immediately.

  According to the procedure of steps S413 to 417, after the operation guidance screen is displayed, not only when the effect button 20 is operated, but also when the bet operation is performed without the effect button 20 being operated. With this procedure, it is possible to display the special effect moving image to the end.

  Since the effect button 20 is not operated for the display of the operation guide screen, the processing of FIG. 13 is performed for the bet operation even when the moving image display of the special effect is started in response to the bet operation. The control data of the effect F is stored in the effect waiting buffer 406, and in the effect process, the process proceeds to step S416 with the control data of the effect F waiting in the effect waiting buffer 406. Also in this case, the moving image of the special effect is displayed, and switching to the effect F does not occur until the final screen is displayed. However, when the process proceeds to step S408 with the expiration of the allotted time, the effect F for the betting operation is quickly performed. Can be switched to.

  As described above, even when the first operation guidance screen of the special effect is displayed in response to the third stop release, the effect button 20 is skipped and the bet operation for the next game is performed. Similarly to the case where 20 is operated, a special effect moving image can be displayed and a final screen including predetermined notification information can be displayed. Therefore, since any player can be given an opportunity to confirm the notification information, even if important notification information such as the number of sets of ART games added is included in the final screen, there is a disadvantage to the player. You can avoid giving. Further, by notifying important information, the player's interest in the special effect can be increased, and the interest when this effect appears can be increased.

  Even if the method is not as described above, if the bet operation is performed without operating the effect button 20 on the operation guide screen, the special effect is canceled and the information that should have been notified on the final screen is displayed. It is possible to set an algorithm that is displayed at a predetermined timing during the next game. However, when various scenario data are selected for each game, if the process for determining the timing to insert the information notification screen is inserted, the timing of the insertion may vary depending on the selected scenario data. Becomes complicated. On the other hand, according to the procedure shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, even when the betting operation is performed without operating the effect button 20, the process proceeds in the same flow as when the effect button 20 is operated. The processing procedure for notifying information can be unified, and the algorithm becomes simple.

  In the above embodiment, the betting operation (event F) is set in addition to the operation of the effect button 20 as an event that triggers the display of the moving image of the special effect, but the next game start operation (event A) ). In this case, a special effect moving image is displayed in response to the bet operation and the start operation being performed while the operation guidance screen is displayed. Further, the scenario data selected at this time is determined to perform the effect F for the bet operation, and the scenario data selected according to the next start operation is determined to perform the effect A for the start operation. Then, the display of the special effect moving image is started in a state where the control data of the effect F and the effect A are stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. Therefore, after the special effect is executed and the display of the final screen is finished, the procedure from step S401 is first executed focusing on the control data of the effect F. However, in the effect F for the bet operation, the holding time is blank. Therefore, the process proceeds in the flow from step S406 of FIG. 14 through step S409 to steps S410 and S411, and the effect F is stopped. Therefore, after the final screen is displayed, it is possible to promptly shift to an effect based on the scenario data selected for the next game.

  The event that triggers the start of the special effect is not limited to the event E (third stop release), and even if an event before that is selected, for example, event A (start operation) or event D (third stop operation) Good. The control for advancing the game according to the game operation is performed by the main control unit 30 and is not related to the special effect, so that the game can be advanced even if the effect button 20 is not operated on the operation guide screen. Can do. However, if a game operation is performed under the display of the operation guide screen, there is a possibility that the control data of the effect for that game operation may be stored in the effect waiting buffer 406. If the production waiting buffer 406 is cleared in response to the start of the game, it is possible to prevent the production of the previous game from being carried over to the next game.

In the above-described embodiment, it is determined whether or not the special effect is performed by setting a dedicated flag for the effect ID indicating the special effect. However, even when the flag is not set, the effect waiting buffer 406 is used. the top whether the record includes an image G _SP configuring the operation guidance screen on the content data read out on the basis of the presentation ID of the can determine whether to perform a special effect.

If the only flag in the effect ID representing the special effect is set may be stored separately from the only image G _SP configuring the operation guidance screen and normal content data. In that case, the image _GS is read and displayed in response to the determination that the top record of the effect waiting buffer 406 is the control data for the special effect, and the operation of the effect button 20 or the event F (bet operation). In response to the detection of the occurrence, the content data for special effects is read and the display of the special effect moving image is started.

  Note that the buttons displayed on the operation guide screen are not limited to the effect buttons 20, for example, an image of the max bet button 16 is displayed, and a moving image of a special effect is displayed when the max bet button 16 or the effect button 20 is operated. Display may be started. Alternatively, instead of the button image, a message prompting the button operation may be displayed, or an operation guidance screen not including the button image may be displayed while outputting the message by voice.

1 slot machine 6 liquid crystal display 16 max bet button 17 get button 20 effect button 21 start lever 22a, 22b, 22c stop button 403 scenario lottery execution unit 404 effect control data management unit 405 effect execution unit 406 effect waiting buffer 412 scenario database 413 Content database _GSP operation guidance screen image G _E1 , G _E2 , G _E3 special effect image

The present invention relates to an operation unit for performing a game operation, a game execution means for advancing a game in accordance with a game operation in the operation unit, a display unit for displaying an effect image, and a game in one game Prior to the occurrence of various events associated with the game operation performed after the start operation, scenario data defining the contents of image display to be executed by the display unit in response to the occurrence of these events is executed in accordance with the start operation. The present invention is applied to a slot machine including scenario data selection means for selecting based on the result of the lottery performed and effect control means for controlling the display operation of the display unit according to the scenario data selected by the scenario data selection means .

Among the plurality of scenario data that can be selected by the scenario data selection means, a moving image of a special effect that notifies the result of the lottery in response to an operation of an effect button provided on the operation unit is displayed on the display unit. Includes special performance scenario data that is defined to be displayed. When the special effect scenario data is selected, the effect control means validates the operation of the effect button in response to the occurrence of a predetermined event, and the bet for starting the next game or starting the next game. With the operation as an end event, the effect button is operated before the end event occurs in the state where the operation of the effect button is enabled, or the effect button under the state where the operation of the effect button is enabled There depending particular the end event has occurred without being operated, and displays the moving image of the special effect on the display unit.

According to the slot machine configured as described above, in the game in which the special effect scenario data indicating that the lottery result is notified by the special effect is selected, the effect button is displayed in response to the occurrence of an event associated with the predetermined game operation. When the player operates the effect button before the operation that becomes the end event, the display of the moving image of the special effect is executed according to the operation, and the above notification is performed on the display screen. . In addition, when an operation that is an end event is performed without the operation button being operated in response to the activation of the effect button, the display of the moving image of the special effect is similarly executed, and the same display screen is displayed . Notification is performed.

In one embodiment of the slot machine, the effect control means operates the effect button according to occurrence of an event associated with the last stop operation among a plurality of stop operations for stopping the variable display of symbols. Activate. According to this embodiment, since the moving image of the special effect can be displayed immediately after the player has completed the game operation for advancing the game, the special effect can be performed without hindering the player's game operation. Can be displayed.

In another embodiment, the effect control means is an end event under a state where the operation of the effect button is enabled or when the moving image of the special effect is displayed according to the operation of the effect button. Is generated , temporarily storing control data for displaying an effect image corresponding to the end event, and when the moving image of the special effect is displayed up to the final screen, When the control data is stored in the storage unit, an effect image based on the control data is displayed on the display unit.

According to the above embodiment, the end event is set in a state where the operation of the effect button is enabled or in a state where the moving image of the special effect is displayed according to the operation of the effect button. If the bet operation or the game start operation is performed, the control data for that operation is temporarily stored in the storage means, and after the display of the special effect moving image is completed to the final screen, it is then temporarily stored. An effect image for the end event is displayed using the control data. Therefore, an operation that becomes an end event is performed while the moving image of the special effect started in response to the operation of the effect button is performed, or the event that the effect button is not operated for the activation of the effect button is ended. Even when the operation to be performed is performed, the effect for the performed operation can be started immediately after the display of the moving image of the special effect. In any case, the display of the effect image can be switched in the same flow, so that the algorithm is simplified and the load on the computer functioning as the effect control means can be reduced.

Returning to FIG. The scenario lottery execution unit 403 combines the lottery result indicated by the role lottery result notification command from the main control unit 30 and the current internal control mode selected by the internal control mode selection unit 402 from the scenario lottery table database 411. The scenario lottery table corresponding to is selected, and the lottery using that table is executed. For example, when switching to the AT mode occurs, a scenario lottery table for selecting scenario data for notifying the transition to the AT mode is selected. When a lottery with an ART is selected, a scenario lottery table is selected for scenario data for special effects to be described later.

A processing flow when step S403 is “NO” will be described first. First, in step S404, the content database 413 is accessed by the effect ID in the top record, and the content data corresponding to the effect ID is read out. In the next step S405, presentation control based on the read content data is started. If the holding time is not blank (step S406 is “NO”), the effect continues until the holding time expires, and the next record is not stored in the effect waiting buffer 406 even when the waiting time expires. In the case (step S408 is “NO”), the effect is further continued.

1 slot machine 6 liquid crystal display 16 max bet button 17 bet button 20 effect button 21 start lever 22a, 22b, 22c stop button 403 scenario lottery execution unit 404 effect control data management unit 405 effect execution unit 406 effect waiting buffer 412 scenario database 413 Content database Image of _GSP operation guidance screen Image of G _E1 , G _E2 , G _E3 special effects

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An operation unit for performing a game operation, a game executing means for advancing a game in accordance with the detected game operation while detecting the game operation in the operation unit, a display unit for displaying an image for presentation, and a plurality of Based on the selection, one of the types of effect modes is selected, and an effect image displayed on the display unit is changed in response to detection of various events related to the game operation by the game execution means. In the slot machine provided with the effect control means, the operation is enabled by the effect control means, and the effect button for changing the effect image by the enabled operation is provided in the operation unit,
The effect control means validates the operation of the effect button in response to detection of an event that occurs in accordance with a predetermined game operation by the game execution means, and starts the next game or the next game. Detecting the operation of the effect button before the end event is detected by the game execution means in a state where the operation of the effect button is validated as a bet operation for starting Or, in a state where the operation of the effect button is enabled, a special effect for notifying the predetermined game information in response to detection of the end event by the game execution means without detecting the operation of the effect button The slot machine is characterized in that the moving image is displayed on the display unit.   The effect control means operates the effect button in response to detecting the end of the last stop operation among a plurality of stop operations executed by the game executing means to stop the symbol change display. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the slot machine is activated.   The effect control means is configured to cause the end event to be performed by the game execution means in a state in which the operation of the effect button is enabled or in a state in which the moving image of the special effect is displayed in response to the operation of the effect button. Is detected, the storage means for temporarily storing the control data for displaying the effect image for the end event, and when the moving image of the special effect is displayed up to the final screen, the storage means The slot machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the control data is stored in the display unit, an effect image based on the control data is displayed on the display unit.