JP2017086298A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which executes a performance in which the operation of movable means and a display content of display means are effectively linked by devising an operation of the movable means.SOLUTION: A pachinko machine comprises a display screen 28 and a performance body 300. The performance body 300 is arranged on a position where the performance body is overlapped to the display screen 28 when the pachinko machine is viewed from a front side, and can execute a rotary operation for rotating a space between a movable initial position and a maximum movable position by 180 degrees in plan view. The movable initial position is a position where a face of a frog which the performance body 300 mimics faces a front side, and the maximum movable position is a position where the face of the frog which the performance body 300 mimics faces a rear side so as to face the display screen 28 and a back of the frog which a trunk part 302 mimics, faces the front side. A character image 90, an effect image 331 and a tongue image 332 corresponding to the rotary operation from the movable initial position to the maximum movable position of the performance body 300 are displayed on the display screen 28.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 23

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including display means for displaying an image and movable means.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine including a display unit that displays an image and a movable unit is known. Based on the reach pattern, the gaming machine disclosed in Patent Literature 1 performs an effect of simultaneously executing a variation in a symbol displayed on a display screen for displaying an image and an operation of a movable decorative body.

JP 2010-201253 A

  However, if the movement of the movable means is uncommon, or if the movement of the movable means and the display content displayed on the display means are uncommon, the player will gradually get used to the production and eventually get bored with the game. There is a problem that it ends up.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can execute an effect in which the operation of the movable means and the display content of the display means are effectively linked by devising the operation of the movable means.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention is formed by imitating a display means having a display area capable of displaying an image and a three-dimensional first character, and overlaps the display area when the display means is viewed from the front. Movable means operable in a state of being disposed at a position, image control means for controlling display of an image on the display means, and operation control means for controlling the operation of the movable means, The first state in which the front side of the movable means is directed in a predetermined direction and the second state in which the front side of the movable means is directed to the display area of the display means rather than the first state are switched to each other. The movable means is operated, and the image control means displays a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the operation of the movable means that is changed from the first state to the second state by the operation control means, in the display area. The features.

  In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the movable means imitating the first character has a predetermined first state and a second state in which the front side of the movable means is directed to the display area of the display means rather than the Daiichi state. Switch between each other. Then, the image control means displays a corresponding image corresponding to the operation of the movable means that is changed from the first state to the second state in the display area. In this case, the movable means is directed to the display area, and the corresponding image is displayed in the display area. By devising the operation of the movable means, the gaming machine according to the present invention can execute an effect in which the operation of the movable means and the display content of the display means are effectively linked.

  The movable means may be arranged in front of the display area. The first state is a state in which the front side of the movable means is directed forward from the rear surface side of the movable means, and the second state is a state in which the rear surface side of the movable means is the front surface of the movable means. The state which faced ahead rather than the side may be sufficient.

  In this case, a corresponding image corresponding to changing from the first state in which the front side of the movable means faces forward to the second state in which the rear surface side of the movable means faces forward from the front side is displayed in the display area. . In other words, since the movable unit facing forward performs an operation of looking back toward the display region, the corresponding image is displayed in the display region, so that the gaming machine can determine the operation of the movable unit and the display content of the display unit. It is possible to execute a production that makes it easy to understand that the two are linked. In general, an effect using a moving means simulating a character is often executed with the front side of the moving means facing forward. However, in the gaming machine, the corresponding image is displayed in the display area from the first state in which the front side of the movable means is directed forward to the second state in which the rear surface side of the movable means is directed forward from the front side. Therefore, it is possible to provide the player with an unexpected performance.

  The image control means may display a reference image, which is an image based on the position of the movable means overlapping the display area, as the corresponding image in the display area.

  In this case, when the movable means is changed from the first state to the second state, the reference image is displayed based on the position of the movable means that overlaps the display area, so that the movable means is changed from the first state to the second state. This is communicated to the player in an easy-to-understand manner using the reference image. Further, since the reference image is displayed in accordance with the operation of moving the movable means from the first state to the second state, the gaming machine can improve the linkage between the operation of the movable means and the reference image.

  The image control means may display a character image that is an image showing a second character facing the movable means as the corresponding image in the display area.

  In this case, since the character image is displayed in the display area so that the second character opposes the movable means imitating the first character, the gaming machine has the action of the movable means and the display content of the display means. It can be shown to the player that it is linked. In addition, since the movement of the first character by the movable means and the movement of the second character by the character image are linked, the gaming machine can execute a story-like effect using the first character and the second character. .

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 4 is a front view of the rendering device 30. FIG. 3 is an internal structure diagram of the rendering device 30. FIG. FIG. FIG. FIG. It is a front view of the rendering device 30 showing the rendering body 300 that performs the opening operation at the movable initial position. 4 is a perspective view of the rendering device 30. FIG. It is a front view of the production device 30 showing the production body 300 in the maximum movable position. FIG. 38 is a front view of the rendering device 30 showing the rendering body 300 in the intermediate position. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the 1st jackpot relation information storage area of RAM52. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a variation pattern determination table stored in a ROM 53. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing performed in the main board 41. It is a flowchart of the special symbol process performed in the main process. It is a flowchart of the special symbol process performed in the main process. It is a flowchart of the special symbol process performed in the main process. 4 is a flowchart of sub control board processing performed in a sub control board 58; It is a flowchart of the alerting | reporting effect control process performed in a sub control board | substrate process. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 1st notice effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 1st notice effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 1st notice effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 1st notice effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 2nd announcement effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 2nd announcement effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 2nd notice effect and a small hit effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 3rd notice effect. It is explanatory drawing explaining the production content of a 3rd notice effect.

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine 1 which is a first embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the front side, back side, upper side, lower side, left side, and right side of FIG. 1 are defined as the front side, rear side, upper side, lower side, left side, and right side of the pachinko machine 1, respectively.

  With reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, the mechanical structure of the pachinko machine 1 is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 1, a game board 2 is provided in the upper half of the pachinko machine 1. The game board 2 has a plate shape with a substantially square shape when viewed from the front (see FIG. 2), and the front surface is protected by a front frame 10 holding a transparent glass plate. An upper plate 5 is provided at the lower part of the game board 2. The upper plate 5 supplies metal game balls to the game ball launcher 37 (see FIG. 12) and receives prize balls. On the upper surface of the upper plate 5, an operation button 9 that is operated by a player is provided. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided immediately below the upper plate 5. On the right side of the lower plate 6, a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided. The launch handle 7 is provided so that the player can rotate the game handle. When the player rotates the launch handle 7 and performs the launch operation, the game ball launching device has a strength corresponding to the rotation angle of the launch handle 7. A game ball is fired by 37. Speakers 48 are respectively provided at the left and right corners of the upper portion of the front frame 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is formed on the front surface of the game board 2. The game balls launched by the game ball launching device 37 (see FIG. 3) are guided to the game area 4 by the guide rail 3 and flow down in the game area 4. A center ornament 8 for performing various effects is provided at the approximate center of the game area 4. The center decoration 8 mainly includes a display screen 28 and a rendering device 30. The display screen 28 is arranged in the approximate center of the center decoration 8. The display screen 28 is composed of, for example, an LCD or the like, and can display various images using the entire front area as a display area. The display screen 28 displays, for example, an effect symbol 60 (see FIG. 21) that notifies the result of the jackpot determination.

  The effect device 30 is disposed on the front side of the display screen 28 below the center decoration 8. The rendering body 300 of the rendering device 30 is rotationally driven by the driving force of the drive motor 31 and the drive solenoid 33 (see FIG. 4), and further causes the LED 342A (see FIG. 9) of the illumination board 342 to emit light, and the display screen 28 and Various effects are performed in conjunction with the speaker 48 and the like. The player can view the various images displayed on the display screen 28 and the rendering operation of the rendering body 300 simultaneously from the front side of the pachinko machine 1.

  A first starting port 14 is provided substantially below the center of the center ornament 8. Below the first starting port 14, a second grand prize winning port 17 is provided. A normal symbol operating gate 12 is provided on the diagonally lower right side of the center ornament 8. A second start port 15 is provided below the normal symbol operation gate 12. A first grand prize winning port 16 is provided diagonally to the left of the second starting port 15. Each of the second start port 15, the first grand prize port 16, and the second major prize port 17 includes an opening / closing member. The game ball can be won in each of the second start port 15, the first grand prize port 16, and the second big prize port 17 only when the opening / closing member is opened.

  A symbol display unit 24 is provided in the lower right part of the game board 2. The symbol display unit 24 includes a first special symbol display unit, a second special symbol display unit, a normal symbol display unit, a first special symbol memory number display LED, a second special symbol memory number display LED, and a normal symbol memory number display LED. Prepare.

  In the present embodiment, when a game ball wins the first start opening 14, a first jackpot determination is performed, and a first special symbol indicating the determination result is displayed on the first special symbol display unit of the symbol display unit 24. . In the first jackpot determination, it is determined based on the jackpot random number whether it is a jackpot, a jackpot or a loss. When it is determined in the first jackpot determination that the jackpot is a jackpot game in which the opening / closing member of the first jackpot 16 and the opening / closing member of the second jackpot 17 are opened in a predetermined order. A specific area is provided inside the second grand prize winning port 17. In the pachinko machine 1, a game ball passing through a specific area during a jackpot game is a condition for causing a probability variation state after the jackpot game is over. The probability variation state is a state in which the probability of determining “big hit” in the jackpot determination is higher than usual. In the present embodiment, the generated probability variation state is terminated by the operation of a so-called number cut probability variation function when the number of executions of jackpot determination in the probability variation state reaches a predetermined number.

  The pachinko machine 1 executes a small hit game. In the present embodiment, when it is determined that the first big hit is a small win, a small hit game is executed in which the opening / closing member of the first big winning opening 16 is opened for a predetermined time.

  When the game ball passes through the normal symbol operation gate 12, the normal hit determination is performed, and the normal symbol indicating the determination result is displayed on the normal symbol display unit of the symbol display unit 24. When it is determined that it is a win in the normal hit determination, the opening / closing member of the second start port 15 is opened. When the game ball wins the second start port 15, a second big hit determination is performed, and a second special symbol indicating the determination result is displayed on the second special symbol display unit of the symbol display unit 24. If it is determined in the second jackpot determination that the game is a jackpot, a jackpot game similar to the above is executed. In the present embodiment, in the second jackpot determination, it is determined whether it is a jackpot or a loss.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the schematic structure of the rendering device 30 will be described. The rendering device 30 mainly includes a lower case 305, a lower case cover 306, a right case 309, a front case 307, a rear case 308 (see FIGS. 4 and 9), an electrical decoration board 341, and a rendering body 300. The lower case 305 is a box-like body having a rectangular shape in plan view with an open top, and constitutes a bottom wall and a side wall of the rendering device 30. The lower case cover 306 is attached so as to cover the approximate center of the lower case 305 from below. A cylindrical portion for inserting the lower end portion of the rotating shaft 310 (see FIG. 4) is provided at the approximate center of the lower case cover 306. The lower case cover 306 is fixed to the lower case 305 by screwing in a state where the rotary shaft 310 is arranged in the vertical direction and inserted into the cylindrical portion.

  The right case 309, the front case 307, and the rear case 308 constitute a side wall and an upper wall of the rendering device 30. The right case 309 is attached to the lower case 305 so as to cover the right part of the lower case 305 from above. The front case 307 is attached to the lower case 305 so as to cover the left front portion of the lower case 305 from above. The rear case 308 is attached to the lower case 305 so as to cover the left rear portion of the lower case 305 from above. A substantially central portion of the front case 307 and the rear case 308 forms a raised portion that is raised in a substantially U-shaped cross section that is open on the upper side, and the staging body 300 is disposed above the raised portion. The electrical decoration board 341 is a board on which LEDs are mounted, and is disposed below the front case 307. The front case 307 and the vicinity thereof are illuminated when the LED of the illumination board 341 emits light according to the light emission instruction transmitted from the CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58.

  The director 300 is a decorative body that is three-dimensionally imitating a frog character among the characters used as the motif of the pachinko machine 1. The production body 300 mainly includes a rotating plate 301, a body part 302, a lower jaw part 303, and an upper jaw part 304. The rotating plate 301 has a disk shape extending substantially horizontally at the upper part of the raised portion formed by the front case 307 and the rear case 308, and rotates about the rotating shaft 310 in accordance with the rotation of the output gear 81 and the like described later. . The body part 302 forms the body part of the frog. The lower jaw part 303 forms the lower jaw part of the frog. The upper jaw part 304 forms the upper jaw part of the frog. The lower jaw part 303 and the upper jaw part 304 form a frog head including the face. The body part 302, the lower jaw part 303, and the upper jaw part 304 are fixed to the upper part of the rotary plate 301, and the entire effect body 300 rotates around the rotary shaft 310 extending in the vertical direction according to the rotation of the rotary plate 301. .

  The effector 300 can rotate 180 degrees clockwise in plan view from the initial movable position shown in FIG. 3 to the maximum movable position shown in FIG. In addition, the effect body 300 can rotate 180 degrees counterclockwise in plan view from the maximum movable position to the initial movable position. That is, the effect body 300 can rotate so as to reciprocate between the movable initial position and the maximum movable position. The movable initial position is a position in a state where the frog's face in the effect body 300 faces frontward. The maximum movable position is a position in a state where the frog's face in the effect body 300 faces rearward so as to face the display screen 28 and the frog's back imitated by the body portion 302 faces frontward. The side on which the frog's face can be seen in the director 300 is referred to as the front side of the director 300. Moreover, in the production body 300, the side opposite to the front side of the production body, and the side where the frog's back can be seen is referred to as the rear surface side of the production body 300.

  The detailed configuration of the rendering device 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 4, the lower case 305, the front case 307, the right case 309, the electrical decoration board 341, and the rendering body 300 are not shown. In FIG. 5, the lower case 305, the front case 307, the rear case 308, the right case 309, the illumination board 341, and the effect body 300 are not shown. In FIG. 6, the lower case 305 and the lower case cover 306 are not shown. In FIG. 7, the front case 307, the rear case 308, the right case 309, the electrical decoration board 341, and the rendering body 300 are not shown.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the rendering device 30 houses the drive motor 31, the output gear 81, the driven gear 82, the transmission gear 83, and the photosensor 32 in the lower case 305. The drive motor 31 is disposed on the right part of the lower case 305 and projects the output shaft 311 downward. On the right side of the lower case 305, a shelf 305A (see FIG. 7) extending substantially horizontally is formed one step above the bottom surface of the lower case 305. The drive motor 31 is fixed to the upper side of the shelf 305A by screwing. The drive motor 31 is, for example, a stepping motor. The output shaft 311 of the drive motor 31 protrudes below the shelf plate portion 305A through a hole (not shown) provided in the approximate center of the shelf plate portion 305A. An output gear 81 is disposed below the shelf plate portion 305A. The lower end of the output shaft 311 is connected to the rotation center of the output gear 81.

  A driven gear 82 is disposed on the left side of the output gear 81. The driven gear 82 is rotatably fixed to the bottom surface of the lower case 305 by screwing. The driven gear 82 meshes with the output gear 81 and rotates following the output gear 81.

  A transmission gear 83 is disposed on the left side of the driven gear 82. A rotation shaft 310 is fixed to the rotation center of the transmission gear 83. The rotating shaft 310 is fixed to the lower case 305 via the lower case cover 306 while being inserted into the cylindrical portion of the lower case cover 306. The rotating shaft 310 extends in the vertical direction. The transmission gear 83 is a toothless gear in which gear teeth are formed only at about 2/3 of the entire circumference, for example. The transmission gear 83 meshes with the driven gear 82 and rotates following the output gear 81 via the driven gear 82.

  Since the output gear 81, the driven gear 82, the driven gear 82, and the transmission gear 83 are engaged with each other, when the drive motor 31 rotates the output gear 81 clockwise in plan view, the driven gear 82 rotates counterclockwise in plan view. Rotate. Along with this, the transmission gear 83 rotates clockwise in plan view. When the drive motor 31 rotates the output gear 81 counterclockwise in plan view, the driven gear 82 rotates clockwise in plan view. Accordingly, the transmission gear 83 rotates counterclockwise in plan view.

  Solenoid cases 84 and 85 are provided above the transmission gear 83. Solenoid cases 84 and 85 are fixed to the upper side of transmission gear 83 by screwing. The upper portions of the solenoid cases 84 and 85 are fixed to the lower side of the rotating plate 301 by screwing. The solenoid cases 84 and 85 and the rotating plate 301 rotate according to the rotation of the transmission gear 83. Thereby, the effect body 300 rotates around the rotation shaft 310 according to the drive of the drive motor 31.

  A photo sensor 32 is provided on the left side of the transmission gear 83. The photosensor 32 has a detection unit composed of a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The photosensor 32 is fixed to the bottom surface of the lower case 305 by screwing. The photosensor 32 outputs a detection signal to the sub-control board 58 (see FIG. 12) when the shielding plate 831 provided in the transmission gear 83 is disposed in the detection unit. The shielding plate 831 is a plate-like body that has a thickness in the vertical direction and protrudes outward in the radial direction of the rotating shaft 310 from the outer edge of the transmission gear 83. The shielding plate 831 is disposed in the detection unit of the photosensor 32 along with the rotation of the transmission gear 83 when the effector 300 moves to the movable initial position. The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 sets the number of steps of the drive motor 31 with reference to the time when the photosensor 32 has not detected the shielding plate 831, so that the effector 300 can be moved from the initial movable position to the maximum movable position, etc. Rotate to. Further, the CPU 581 detects that the rendering body 300 has been rotated to the movable initial position based on the detection result of the photosensor 32 when the rendering body 300 is rotated from the maximum movable position to the movable initial position.

  The solenoid case 84 covers the drive solenoid 33 from the front side of the effect body 300 (see FIGS. 6 and 7). The solenoid case 84 covers the drive solenoid 33 from the rear side of the effect body 300. The solenoid cases 84 and 85 accommodate the drive solenoid 33 and the plunger 35 (see FIG. 4) inside. The plunger 35 extends upward from the drive solenoid 33. The drive solenoid 33 can move the plunger 35 in the vertical direction by switching between energization and non-energization. The upper end of the plunger 35 is provided with a disk-shaped engaging portion having a diameter larger than that of the plunger 35, and the engaging portion engages with the lower end portion of the connecting portion 86 (see FIG. 4). The connecting part 86 is a column extending in the vertical direction, and has a hook-like part 861 at the upper part (see FIG. 5).

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 7, a lever portion 87 is disposed above the connecting portion 86. The lever portion 87 extends in the vertical direction, and is fixed to the inside of the lower jaw portion 303 of the effector 300 at a support portion 871 provided at the lower portion of the lever portion 87. A screw hole is provided in the upper portion of the lever portion 87, and the lever portion 87 is screwed inside the upper jaw portion 304 of the effector 300 in the screw hole. A shaft portion 872 (see FIG. 5) extending in a substantially horizontal direction is provided at the lower portion of the lever portion 87. The hook-shaped portion 861 at the top of the connecting portion 86 is connected to the lever portion 87 by engaging with the shaft portion 872.

  When the drive solenoid 33 is not energized, the plunger 35 is positioned upward. In this state, the effect body 300 imitates a frog whose mouth is closed by lightly touching the lower end of the upper jaw part 304 with the upper end of the lower jaw part 303 as shown in FIG. When the drive solenoid 33 is energized, the plunger 35 moves downward. When the plunger 35 moves downward, the engaging portion at the upper end of the plunger 35 pulls the connecting portion 86 downward. The center of the lower end portion of the connecting portion 86 on the rear surface side of the effect body 300 is engaged with a groove 852 (see FIG. 5) provided in the upper portion of the solenoid case 85. When the connecting portion 86 is pulled downward by the plunger 35, the connecting portion 86 moves downward along the groove 852. At this time, the hook-shaped portion 861 pulls the shaft portion 872 downward. When the shaft portion 872 is pulled downward, the lever portion 87 rotates to the rear side of the effect body 300 with the support portion 871 as a fulcrum. In response to the rotation of the lever portion 87, the upper jaw portion 304 swings toward the rear surface side of the effect body 300. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the effect body 300 is a mouth formed by separating the lower end of the upper jaw portion 304 from the upper end of the lower jaw portion 303 and the lower end of the upper jaw portion 304 between the upper end of the lower jaw portion 303. By exposing the interior 300A, the frog with an open mouth is imitated. In this way, the operation that the frog imitating the rendering body 300 opens with the energization of the drive solenoid 33 is hereinafter referred to as an opening operation.

  As shown in FIG. 9, an electrical decoration board 342 on which an LED 342 </ b> A is mounted is disposed inside the lower jaw 303. In addition, in FIG. 9, illustration of the lower jaw part 303 and the upper jaw part 304 is abbreviate | omitted. In response to a light emission instruction transmitted from the CPU 581 of the sub control board 58, the LED 342A of the illumination board 342 emits light, so that the inside 300A of the frog mouth and the vicinity thereof are illuminated. The operation in which the interior 300A of the mouth of the effect body 300 is illuminated with the light emission of the LED 342A is hereinafter referred to as a light emission operation. The solenoid cases 84 and 85 rotate integrally with the effect body 300 in accordance with the drive of the drive motor 31. For this reason, regardless of the rotation position of the effector 300, the effector 300 can perform the opening operation in response to the energization of the drive solenoid 33. Similarly, the effect body 300 can execute the light emission operation regardless of the rotation position of the effect body 300.

  In the pachinko machine 1, the rendering body 300 performs a rendering operation that combines a rotation operation, an opening operation, and a light emitting operation in various cases according to the state of the game. The effector 300 in the movable initial position shown in FIG. 3 may perform the opening operation shown in FIG. The rendering body 300 in the movable initial position may perform a light emission operation regardless of whether or not the opening operation is performed. When the light emitting operation is performed when the director 300 is not performing the opening operation, the player uses the LED 342A that leaks from a slight gap between the upper jaw portion 304 and the lower jaw portion 303 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1. The light is visible. In this way, the effect body 300 can indicate that there is a possibility that the opening operation will be performed later when the opening operation is not performed. It should be noted that the effect body 300 is configured such that light from the LED 342A does not leak from the gap between the upper jaw portion 304 and the lower jaw portion 303 when the light emission operation is performed when the opening operation is not performed. Good.

  Further, when the effect body 300 performs the opening operation, the player can visually see the frog mouth 300 </ b> A from the front side of the pachinko machine 1. When the director 300 is performing the opening operation, if the light emitting operation is further performed, the player can visually observe the inside of the frog's mouth 300A being illuminated from the front side of the pachinko machine 1. Therefore, it can emphasize that the production body 300 is performing opening operation.

  Further, the effect body 300 arranged at the maximum movable position shown in FIG. 10A may perform the opening operation shown in FIG. 10B while being arranged at the maximum movable position. Even if the effector 300 at the maximum movable position performs the opening operation, it is difficult for the player to visually recognize the interior 300A of the frog mouth from the front side of the pachinko machine 1. However, the player can recognize that the director 300 is performing the opening operation with the frog's face facing the rear surface side of the pachinko machine 1 by the movement of the upper jaw 304 accompanying the opening operation. In particular, a player who has previously viewed the opening operation of the effector 300 at the movable initial position can not visually recognize the inside 300A of the frog mouth during the opening operation of the effector 300 disposed at the maximum movable position. It is easy to understand that the director 300 performs the opening operation.

  The effect body 300 can execute the effect operation combining the opening operation and the light emission operation even at a position between the movable initial position and the maximum movable position. For example, in an interlocking effect described later, the effector 300 may reciprocate between the maximum movable position and the intermediate position shown in FIG. The intermediate position is a position where the effector 300 is rotated about 30 degrees counterclockwise in plan view from the maximum movable position. The production body 300 arranged at the intermediate position mainly directs the front side of the production body 300 to face the display screen 28 and mainly directs the back side of the production body 300 to the front side of the pachinko machine 1. When a virtual straight line passing through the rotation shaft 310 and extending in the left-right direction is assumed, the front side of the effect body 300 arranged at the maximum movable position and the intermediate position is the rear side in the pachinko machine 1 with respect to the virtual straight line. At this time, the back side of the effect body 300 arranged at the maximum movable position and the intermediate position is the front side in the pachinko machine 1 with respect to the virtual straight line. On the other hand, the front side of the production body 300 arranged at the movable initial position is the front side of the pachinko machine 1 with respect to the virtual straight line, and the back side of the production body 300 is the rear side of the pachinko machine 1 with respect to the virtual straight line. . The effect body 300 arranged at the intermediate position shown in FIG. 11C can execute the opening operation shown in FIG. 11D while being arranged at the maximum movable position. When the effect body 300 arranged at the intermediate position performs the opening operation, the player can slightly see the inside 300 </ b> A of the frog mouth from the front side of the pachinko machine 1.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a protruding portion 851 that protrudes toward the rear surface side of the effect body 300 is provided in the approximate center of the lower end portion of the solenoid case 85. The lower case 305 is provided with a restricting portion 305B that protrudes forward from the rear side wall of the lower case 305, and a restricting portion 305C that protrudes rearward from the front side wall of the lower case 305. When the rendering body 300 rotates from the maximum movable position side toward the movable initial position, when the rendering body 300 tries to rotate beyond the movable initial position after reaching the movable initial position, the side surface 851A of the projecting portion 851. Comes into contact with the restricting portion 305B. As a result, the effect body 300 is restricted from rotating beyond the movable initial position. Further, when the effect body 300 rotates from the movable initial position side toward the maximum movable position, when the effect body 300 tries to rotate beyond the maximum movable position after reaching the maximum movable position, the projecting portion 851 The side surface 851B comes into contact with the restricting portion 305C. As a result, the effect body 300 is restricted from rotating beyond the maximum movable position. The rendering device 30 can prevent a malfunction in the rotating operation of the rendering body 300 by providing the protruding portion 851 and the restricting portions 305B and 305C.

  The electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 40 of the pachinko machine 1 mainly includes a main board 41, a sub control board 58, a lamp driver board 46, an effect control board 43, a payout control board 45, a relay board 47, and a power supply board 42.

  The main board 41 controls the main control of the pachinko machine 1. The main board CPU unit 50 of the main board 41 is provided with a CPU 51 that performs various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 that temporarily stores data, and a ROM 53 that stores a control program and the like. An interrupt signal generation circuit 57 is connected to the main board CPU unit 50. The main board 41 executes a program each time an interrupt signal is input from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57. The main board 41 is connected to the sub control board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, the output port 55, the first start port switch 73, and the second start port switch 74 via the I / O interface 54. . The output port 55 outputs information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown). The first start port switch 73 detects a game ball won in the first start port 14. The second start port switch 74 detects a game ball won in the second start port 15.

  The sub control board 58 includes a CPU 581, a RAM 582 and a ROM 583, and is connected to the lamp driver board 46, the effect control board 43, the operation buttons 9 and the speaker 48. The sub control board 58 performs comprehensive control such as effects according to the command transmitted from the main board 41. The lamp driver board 46 is connected to the drive motor 31, the photo sensor 32, the drive solenoid 33, and the electrical decoration board 34. The electrical decoration board 34 includes the aforementioned electrical decoration boards 341 and 342. The lamp driver board 46 controls various rendering operations by the rendering body 300 of the rendering device 30 and various lighting lamp operations according to commands received from the sub-control board 58. The effect control board 43 includes a CPU 431 and the like, and controls the display of the display screen 28 in accordance with a command received from the sub control board 58. The payout control board 45 includes a CPU 45a and the like. The payout control board 45 controls the operation of the prize ball payout device 49 in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41, and pays out a predetermined number of game balls.

  The relay board 47 includes a normal electric accessory opening / closing solenoid 69, a first large prize opening solenoid 70, a second large prize opening solenoid 71, a specific area solenoid 72, a normal symbol operation switch 75, a first large prize opening switch 76, and a second. It is connected to the big prize opening switch 77, the specific area switch 78 and the symbol display section 24. The ordinary electric accessory opening / closing solenoid 69 opens and closes the opening / closing member of the second start port 15 during the normal winning game. The first big prize opening solenoid 70 opens and closes the opening / closing member of the first big prize opening 16 during the big hit game. The second big prize opening solenoid 71 opens and closes the opening and closing member of the second big prize opening 17 during the big hit game. The specific area solenoid 72 opens and closes an opening / closing member (not shown) in a specific area in the second big prize opening 17 in a specific round of the big hit game. The normal symbol operation switch 75 detects a game ball that has passed through the normal symbol operation gate 12. The first grand prize opening switch 76 detects a game ball won in the first big prize opening 16. The second big prize opening switch 77 detects a game ball won in the second big prize opening 17. The specific area switch 78 detects a game ball that has passed a specific area.

  The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41 and the game ball launching device 37, and supplies DC stabilized power to each board and the game ball launching device 37. The game ball launching device 37 launches one game ball to the game area 4 at regular intervals (0.6 seconds in the present embodiment).

  The first jackpot relation information storage area of the RAM 52 will be described with reference to FIG. Since the configuration of the second jackpot relation information storage area is the same as the configuration of the first jackpot relation information storage area, detailed description thereof is omitted. The first jackpot relation information storage area and the second jackpot relation information storage area are used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 16 to 18) of the main process described later. The first jackpot relation information storage area is provided with a plurality of storage areas. When a game ball wins at the first start opening 14, if the number of the first reserved balls by winning the first start opening 14 out of the special symbol holding balls is less than 4 (0 to 3), the number is small. Random numbers are stored in order from the storage area. The first number of reserved balls is the number of random numbers stored in a state where the execution of the jackpot determination is held among the random numbers corresponding to the game balls won in the first starting port 14. In the present embodiment, the maximum number of first reserved balls is “4”. The CPU 51 uses the storage area with the smallest number among the random numbers in the storage area that has not yet been processed as a determination area, and performs various processes such as jackpot determination on the random number stored in the determination area. When the process related to the random number stored in the determination area is completed, the storage area with the next smallest number is set as the determination area, and the process such as the jackpot determination is repeated. The process related to the random number stored in the determination area is, for example, a notification effect for notifying the jackpot determination result and a process related to the jackpot game or the small hit game executed in accordance with the determination result. Note that the random numbers in the storage area that has been processed may be deleted as appropriate.

  In each storage area, a first jackpot random number field in which the value of the first jackpot determination counter is stored, a first special symbol determination random number field in which the value of the first special symbol determination counter is stored, and a first variation pattern determination counter A first variation pattern determination random number column is provided in which the values are stored. When a game ball wins the first starting port 14, the value of each random number acquisition counter counted at that time is stored in each column. The first jackpot random number is used for determining the first jackpot. The first special symbol determination random number is used to determine the first special symbol. The first variation pattern determination random number is used to determine a variation pattern indicating the variation time of the first special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display unit of the symbol display unit 24.

  In the pachinko machine 1, the variation time of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is equal to the effect time of the notification effect informing the player of the results of the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination. The sub control board 58 controls the notification effect according to the variation pattern determined by the main board 41. Specifically, the main board 41 starts the variation of the first special symbol according to the first variation pattern based on the first variation pattern determination random number. Moreover, the main board | substrate 41 starts the fluctuation | variation of a 2nd special symbol according to the 2nd fluctuation pattern based on a 2nd fluctuation pattern determination random number. The sub-control board 58 starts the variation display of the effect symbol 60 in synchronization with the start of variation of either the first special symbol or the second special symbol. When the fluctuation time of either the first special symbol or the second special symbol that has started to change ends, the main board 41 displays the changed first special symbol or second special symbol for a predetermined special symbol stop display time. It is confirmed and displayed for 0.8 seconds in this embodiment. The sub-control board 58 confirms and displays the effect symbol 60 in synchronization with the special symbol stop display time. Further, the sub control board 58 executes the notification effect synchronized with the variation pattern not only by the effect symbol 60 but also by the display screen 28, the effect device 30, the speaker 48, and the like.

  The second jackpot relation information storage area is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 16 to 18) of the main process described later. Similar to the first jackpot relation information storage area, the second jackpot relation information storage area is provided with a plurality of storage areas. When a game ball wins a prize at the second start opening 15, if the number of the second reserved balls by winning the second start opening 15 out of the special symbol holding balls is less than 4 (0 to 3), the number is small. Random numbers are stored in order from the storage area. The second reserved ball number is the number of random numbers stored in a state in which the execution of the jackpot determination is held among the random numbers corresponding to the game balls won in the second starting port 15. In the present embodiment, the maximum second reserved ball number is “4”.

  In the following description, when the first jackpot random number and the second jackpot random number are collectively referred to, or when neither is specified, it is also referred to as a jackpot random number. Further, when the first variation pattern determination random number and the second variation pattern determination random number are collectively referred to, or when neither is specified, it is also referred to as a variation pattern determination random number.

  The variation pattern determination table stored in the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. The variation pattern determination table indicates whether the jackpot determination is the first jackpot determination or the second jackpot determination, the gaming state at the time of the jackpot determination (non-short-time state or time-short state in this embodiment), and the result of the jackpot determination (the jackpot, A plurality of tables are provided in accordance with the small hit or miss. Each table is assigned a plurality of types of variation patterns, and each variation pattern is associated with a variation pattern determination random number value (0 to 511). When the first jackpot determination is performed, a table corresponding to the gaming state at that time and the determination result is referred to, and one variation pattern corresponding to the variation pattern determination random number value acquired together with the jackpot random number is determined. .

  As illustrated in FIG. 14, when the determination result of the first jackpot determination in the non-time-saving state is a jackpot, the ratio of determining the variation pattern increases in the order of “reach effect A” to “reach effect E”. Here, the “reach effect” is, for example, a notification effect that executes an effect indicating that there is a possibility of a big hit after a reach state in which two of the three effect symbols 60 stop at the same symbol is configured. . On the other hand, when the determination result is out of order, the rate at which the variation pattern is determined decreases in the order of “reach effect A” to “reach effect E”. Therefore, the expected value at which the result of the first jackpot determination is a jackpot increases in the order of “reach effect A” to “reach effect E”. When the determination result is a small hit, a variation pattern of “small hit effect” is determined. In the present embodiment, the “non-reach” variation pattern is a notification effect in which the effect ends without reaching the reach state, and in this embodiment, is determined only when the result of the jackpot determination is out of place.

  Although details are omitted, in the variation pattern determination table, a plurality of types of variation patterns are assigned to the second jackpot determination according to the gaming state, and each variation pattern corresponds to the variation pattern determination random number value. It is attached. The main board 41 fluctuates the first special symbol or the second special symbol for a variation time determined according to the determined variation pattern. Further, the main board 41 transmits to the sub control board 58 a fluctuation pattern designation command that is a command for designating the fluctuation pattern determined with reference to the fluctuation pattern determination table. The sub-control board 58 controls the display screen 28, the speaker 48, and the like according to the variation pattern specified by the command.

  The operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The main control of the pachinko machine 1 is performed by a control program stored in the ROM 53. The main process of the control program (see FIG. 15) is executed by the CPU 51 when the CPU 51 senses an interrupt signal generated every 4 ms by the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 12). Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when the main process is started, a command output process is first performed (S10). In the command output process, a control command is output to the sub control board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, and the like. The control command output here is a control command stored in the RAM 52 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). In the switch reading process, the specific symbol operation gate 12, the first start port 14, the second start port 15, the first grand prize port 16, the second major prize port 17, the specific area in the second major prize port 17, and others A process for detecting a game ball is performed from the detection result of each switch (see FIG. 12) provided in the winning opening.

  Next, a counter update process is performed (S12). In the counter update process, the value of the random number acquisition counter stored in the RAM 52 is added, and the value of the special symbol variation time counter that is a timer counter for measuring the variation time of the special symbol is subtracted.

  Next, special electric accessory processing is performed (S13). In the special electric accessory processing, a process for controlling the operation of the jackpot game and the jackpot game (mainly opening and closing operation of the opening and closing members of the first big winning port 16 and the second big winning port 17), and after the big hit game is finished Processing related to the game state to be generated is performed. In the present embodiment, in the final round of one jackpot game, the second grand prize winning opening 17 is opened for 13 seconds or 0.3 seconds. In rounds other than the final round, the first grand prize opening 16 is opened with a maximum opening time of 29 seconds. When a game ball passes through a specific area in the second grand prize winning port 17 during the jackpot game, the flag corresponding to the specific area switch 78 is “in the main process switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 15)”. ON ". If this flag is “ON”, a probability variation flag, which will be described later, is set to “ON”. In addition, in the small hit game, the first grand prize opening 16 performs the opening for 0.6 seconds twice. Then, once opened, the first big prize opening 16 and the second big prize opening 17 are closed when the conditions of the elapse of the maximum opening time and the winning of a predetermined number of game balls are satisfied.

  Next, special symbol processing is performed (S14). As will be described in detail later, in the special symbol processing, jackpot determination, change pattern determination, special symbol determination, gaming state transition processing, and the like are performed (see FIGS. 16 to 18).

  Next, ordinary electric accessory processing is performed (S15). In the ordinary electric accessory processing, a process for controlling the operation of the normal winning game (mainly the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing member of the second start port 15) is performed. When it is determined that the normal hit is made during the time reduction state, the CPU 51 opens the opening / closing member of the second start port 15 for a longer time than during the non-time reduction state. Note that if the time reduction flag is set to “ON”, the CPU 51 determines that it is in the time reduction state.

  Next, normal symbol processing is performed (S16). In the normal symbol process, a normal hit random number is acquired when the normal symbol operation switch 75 detects a game ball. Based on the acquired random number, processing such as ordinary hit determination, storage of commands for controlling fluctuations in ordinary symbols, and the like are performed. As described above, the normal hit determination is performed with each probability (99/100 or 4/100) depending on whether or not the short-time state is generated.

  Next, a payout process (S17), an error check (S18), and an information output process (S19) are performed. In the payout process, payout of prize balls is controlled. In the error check, when an error has occurred, the error is notified using the display screen 28, the speaker 48, and the like. In the information output process, various types of information are output to a game hall management computer (not shown).

  Details of the special symbol process (S14, see FIG. 15) will be described with reference to FIGS. First, flags used in special symbol processing will be described. The RAM 52 stores a jackpot gaming state flag, a special symbol display state flag, a probability variation flag, a time reduction flag, and the like. The jackpot game state flag is “ON” when “1” is stored during the jackpot game, and “0” is stored and “OFF” when the jackpot game is not played. The special symbol display status flag is “1” when either the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing (during the change), and when either one is stopped (during the stop display) “2” is stored, and “0” is stored when neither of them is changing nor being stopped. The probability variation flag is “ON” because “1” is stored during the probability variation state. The time reduction flag is “ON” because “1” is stored during the time reduction state.

  As shown in FIG. 16, when the special symbol process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball is won at the first start port 14 (S41). When the first start port switch 73 provided at the first start port 14 detects winning of a game ball, a flag corresponding to the first start port switch 73 is displayed in the switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 15) of the main process. “ON”. If this flag is not “ON”, it is determined that the game ball has not won (S41: NO), and the process proceeds to the determination of S51. If a game ball has won a prize at the first start port 14 (S41: YES), it is determined whether or not the first reserved ball number is “4” (S42). If the first number of reserved balls stored in the RAM 52 is “4” (S42: YES), the number of stored balls that can be stored has reached the upper limit, and the process proceeds to the determination of S51.

  If the first reserved ball number is not “4” (S42: NO), “1” is added to the first reserved ball number stored in the RAM 52 (S43). Next, various random numbers are acquired and stored in the storage area with the smallest number among the empty storage areas in the first jackpot relation information storage area (see FIG. 13) (S45). Specifically, the value of the first jackpot determination counter is in the first jackpot random number column, the value of the first special symbol determination counter is in the first special symbol determination random number column, and the value in the first variation pattern determination random number column is The value of the single variation pattern determination counter is stored in the RAM 52. Thereafter, the process proceeds to the determination of S51.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a game ball is won at the second start port 15 (S51). When the second start port switch 74 provided at the second start port 15 detects winning of a game ball, a flag corresponding to the second start port switch 74 is set in the main process switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 15). “ON”. If this flag is not “ON”, it is determined that the game ball has not won (S51: NO), and the process proceeds to the determination of S61 (see FIG. 17). If a game ball has won the second starting port 15 (S51: YES), it is determined whether or not the second reserved ball number is “4” (S52). If the number of second reserved balls stored in the RAM 52 is “4” (S52: YES), the number of stored balls that can be stored has reached the upper limit, and the process proceeds to the determination of S61.

  When the second reserved ball number is not “4” (S52: NO), “1” is added to the second reserved ball number stored in the RAM 52 (S53). Next, a reserved ball number notification command for notifying the sub-control board 58 of the second reserved ball number is stored in the RAM 52 (S54). The reserved ball number notification command is transmitted to the sub control board 58 in the command output process (S10, see FIG. 15) of the main process to be executed next time.

  Next, various random numbers are acquired and stored in the storage area with the smallest number among the empty storage areas in the second jackpot relation information storage area (not shown) (S55). Specifically, in the second jackpot random number column, the value of the second jackpot determination counter (second jackpot random number), the value of the second special symbol determination counter (second special symbol determination random number), the second variation pattern determination counter Each value (second variation pattern determining random number) is stored.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 17, it is determined whether or not the jackpot gaming state is set (S61). If the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON”, it is determined that the jackpot gaming state is in effect (S61: YES), and the process returns to the main process. When the jackpot gaming state flag is “OFF”, it is determined that the jackpot gaming state is not in effect (S61: NO), and it is determined whether either the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing. (S62). If the special symbol display state flag is not “1”, it is determined that none of them is changing (S62: NO), and whether or not one of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is in a stopped state. Is determined (S63). When the special symbol display state flag is not “2”, it is determined that none of the special symbol display state flags is being stopped and displayed (S63: NO), the process proceeds to S71 (see FIG. 18), and a process such as jackpot determination is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 18, first, it is determined whether or not the number of second reserved balls is “1” or more (S71). When the number of second reserved balls stored in the RAM 52 is “1” or more (S71: YES), the second big hit determination is performed, which will be described in detail later. When the second reserved ball number is “0” (S71: NO), it is determined whether or not the first reserved ball number is “1” or more (S72). If the number of first reserved balls stored in the RAM 52 is “0” (S72: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  When the number of first reserved balls is “1” or more (S72: YES), “1” is subtracted from the number of first reserved balls stored in the RAM 52 (S73). Next, the determination area of the first jackpot relation information storage area (see FIG. 13) is shifted to the storage area of the next number (S75).

  Next, a first jackpot determination is made according to whether or not the state is a probability fluctuation state (S76). In S76, with reference to the state of the probability variation flag, it is specified whether or not the probability variation state has occurred at the present time. The aforementioned low probability determination table or high probability determination table is selected in accordance with the result of specifying whether or not the probability variation state has occurred. The first jackpot random number stored in the judgment area shifted in S75 with reference to the selected low probability judgment table or high probability judgment table corresponds to any one of “big jackpot”, “small jackpot”, and “loss” It is determined whether to do it. Thereby, the first jackpot determination based on the undetermined first jackpot random numbers stored in the RAM 52 is performed in the order in which the first jackpot random numbers are stored.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the result of the first jackpot determination is a jackpot (S77). When the result of the first jackpot determination is a jackpot (S77: YES), the jackpot symbol is determined as the first special symbol (S78). If the determination result is not a jackpot (S77: NO), it is determined whether the result of the first jackpot determination is a jackpot (S81). When the result of the first jackpot determination is a small hit (S81: YES), a small hit symbol is determined as the first special symbol (S82). If the determination result is not a small hit (S82: NO), the off symbol is determined as the first special symbol (S83). After the first special symbol is determined, the process proceeds to S111.

  In the second jackpot determination, first, “1” is subtracted from the number of second reserved balls stored in the RAM 52 (S93). Next, the determination area of the second jackpot related information storage area is shifted to the storage area of the next number (S95). Next, a second jackpot determination is made according to whether or not the probability variation state is present (S96). In S96, it is specified whether or not the probability variation state has occurred at the present time with reference to the state of the probability variation flag. The aforementioned low probability determination table or high probability determination table is selected in accordance with the result of specifying whether or not the probability variation state has occurred. With reference to the selected low probability determination table or high probability determination table, it is determined whether the second jackpot random number stored in the determination area shifted in S95 corresponds to “big hit” or “out of line”. The Thereby, the second jackpot determination based on the undetermined second jackpot random number stored in the RAM 52 is performed in the order in which the second jackpot random numbers are stored. Thus, in this embodiment, in the jackpot determination, the second jackpot determination is performed with priority over the first jackpot determination.

  Next, it is determined whether the result of the second jackpot determination is a jackpot (S97). When the result of the second jackpot determination is a jackpot (S97: YES), the jackpot symbol is determined as the second special symbol (S98). If the determination result is not a big hit (S97: NO), a symbol that is not a second special symbol is determined (S100). After the second special symbol is determined, the process proceeds to S111.

  Next, a variation pattern determination process is executed (S111). In the variation pattern determination process, one variation pattern is determined by referring to the variation pattern determination table corresponding to the gaming state and the determination result among the plurality of variation pattern determination tables stored in the ROM 53.

  Next, a variation pattern designation command for designating the determined variation pattern is stored in the RAM 52 (S112). The variation pattern designation command is transmitted to the sub control board 58 in the command output process of the main process to be executed next time. The variation time of the first special symbol or the second special symbol determined according to the determined variation pattern is set in the special symbol variation time counter (S113). “1” indicating that either the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S114), and the process returns to the main process.

  In the determination of S62 shown in FIG. 17, if “1” is stored in the special symbol display state flag, it is determined that either the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing ( S62: YES), it is determined whether or not the variation time has elapsed (S121). When the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in the process of S113 (see FIG. 18) is “0”, it is determined that the variation time has elapsed (S121: YES), and the special symbol is stopped in the RAM 52. The command is stored (S122). This command is transmitted to the relay board 47 and the sub-control board 58 by the command output process of the main process, and instructs to stop changing the first special symbol or the second special symbol and the effect symbol 60 of the display screen 28. Next, a predetermined special symbol stop display time is stored in the special symbol stop time counter (S123). “2” indicating that either the first special symbol or the second special symbol is being stopped is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S124). Thereafter, the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S101 that the variation time has not yet elapsed (S121: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  In addition, when “2” is stored in the special symbol display state flag in the determination of S113 (S63: YES), whether or not the stop display time has elapsed according to the value of the special symbol stop time counter set in S122. Is determined (S126). If the value of the special symbol stop time counter is not “0”, it is determined that the stop display time has not yet elapsed (S126: NO), and the process returns to the main process. When the stop display time has elapsed (S126: YES), “0” indicating that neither the first special symbol nor the second special symbol is fluctuating or stopped is stored in the special symbol display state flag. (S127). Next, a game state transition process is performed (S128), and the process returns to the main process. In the gaming state transition process, when the result of the jackpot determination is a jackpot, the jackpot gaming state flag is set to “ON”, and the gaming state is shifted to the jackpot gaming state. In addition, if the termination conditions of the short-time state and the probability variation state are satisfied, these gaming states are terminated, and the gaming state shifts to a normal state (non-probability variation non-short-time state).

  With reference to FIGS. 19 to 29, the sub control board processing executed by the sub control board 58 and the interlocking effects executed in the present embodiment will be described. The interlocking effect is an effect in which the operation of the effector 300 and various images displayed on the display screen 28 are interlocked. In the sub control board process, a process for controlling the notification effect by the display screen 28, the speaker 48, and the like is performed according to the command transmitted from the main board 41. In this embodiment, the interlocking effect is executed during the execution of the notification effect. The sub control board process is executed by the CPU 581 according to the program stored in the ROM 583.

  As shown in FIG. 19, when the sub control board processing is started, it is determined whether a variation pattern designation command is received from the main board 41 (S121). When the variation pattern designation command has not been received (S121: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S123. When the variation pattern designation command is received (S121: YES), the notification effect control process is executed (S122), and the process proceeds to the determination of S123.

  The notification effect control process (S121, see FIG. 19) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the notification effect control process, the control of the notification effect that notifies the result of the jackpot determination using the effect symbol 60, the control of the linked effect executed in the notification effect, and the like are performed.

  When the notification effect control process is started, the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command received from the main board 41 is stored in the RAM 582 (S131). Next, it is determined whether to execute the first notice effect (S132). The first notice effect is an aspect of the linked effect. Whether to execute the first notice effect is determined according to the variation pattern stored in the RAM 582.

  Next, it is determined whether or not execution of the first notice effect has been determined (S133). If execution of the first notice effect has not been determined (S133: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S138. When execution of the first notice effect is determined (S133: YES), the mode of the first notice effect is determined (S134). A mode of the first notice effect is an aspect of the first notice effect image that is an image displayed on the display screen 28 for the first notice effect and a mode of the first notice effect operation that is the operation of the effect body 300. Composed. The mode of the first notice effect is determined according to the variation pattern.

  Next, display setting of the first notice effect image according to the determined aspect of the first notice effect is performed (S135). The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 sets the type of the first notice effect image displayed in the notification effect, the display timing of the first notice effect image, and the like according to the determined first notice effect aspect. A control command corresponding to the setting content related to the first preview effect image is generated and stored in the RAM 582.

  Next, the setting of the first notice effect operation according to the determined aspect of the first notice effect is performed (S136). The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 determines whether or not to perform the rotation operation, the opening operation, and the light emission operation of the effect body 300 as the first notification effect operation according to the determined first notification effect mode. Set the operation timing, etc. A control command corresponding to the setting content related to the first notice effect operation is generated and stored in the RAM 582. The process proceeds to the determination in S138.

  With reference to FIG. 21 to FIG. 24, the aspect of the first notice effect will be described. As shown in (1) of FIG. 21, when the notification effect is started, the effect symbol 60 starts to change. Below, the effect symbol 60 displayed on the left side of the display screen 28 is the left symbol 61, the effect symbol 60 displayed in the center of the display screen 28 is the middle symbol 62, and the effect symbol displayed on the right side of the display screen 28. 60 is referred to as the right symbol 63. In this embodiment, among the three effect symbols 60, the left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63 stop at the same symbol, so that a reach state is formed. The first notice effect is a notice effect that is executed to increase the player's expectation before the notification effect reaches the reach state.

  As shown in (1) of FIG. 21, when the effect symbol 60 starts to change, the effector 300 is arranged at the movable initial position without performing the opening operation and the light emission operation. At this time, the effect body 300 may appropriately perform the opening operation and the light emitting operation.

  As shown in (2) of FIG. 21, the character indicating the character so as to move from the upper side to the lower side of the display screen 28 at the timing when the change of the effect design 60 becomes faster than the start of the change. An image 90 is displayed. The character image 90 displayed as the first notice effect image is an image of a character imitating a fish as shown in (2). The character image 90 displayed as the first notice effect image is referred to as a fish character 91. The fish character 91 is displayed on the display screen 28 so that the line of sight is directed to the front side of the pachinko machine 1. The arrow 67 in the display screen 28 indicates that the effect symbol 60 is changing.

  As shown in (3) of FIG. 22, after the fish character 91 is displayed, the effect body 300 at the movable initial position performs the opening operation once. At this time, the effect body 300 performs a light emission operation in accordance with the opening operation. Thereby, the pachinko machine 1 can emphasize to the player that the effect body 300 is performing the opening operation. Further, the pachinko machine 1 can suggest to the player that the first notice effect will be started. The double line 321 indicates that the effect body 300 is performing a light emitting operation.

  As shown in (4) of FIG. 22, after finishing the opening operation at the movable initial position, the effect body 300 rotates from the movable initial position to the maximum movable position. An arrow 322 indicates a direction in which the effect body 300 performs a rotation operation. The stage body 300 is arranged so that the front side of the stage body 300 faces the display screen 28 in a state where the back side of the stage body 300 faces the front side of the pachinko machine 1. Thereby, the fish character 91 displayed on the display screen 28 and the effect body 300 are arranged so as to face each other. At this time, the pachinko machine 1 displays the effect image 331 on the display screen 28 with reference to the position where the effect body 300 overlaps the display screen 28 when the pachinko machine 1 is viewed from the front. The effect image 331 is an image showing that a portion of the display screen 28 corresponding to the outer portion of the effect body 300 shines brighter than other portions. Thereby, the pachinko machine 1 can emphasize that the effect body 300 rotates to the maximum movable position and the fish character 91 and the effect body 300 face each other.

  Next, as shown in (5) of FIG. 23, a tongue image 332 showing the frog's tongue is displayed on the display screen 28 with the position of the mouth of the frog imitated by the effect body 300 facing the fish character 91 as a reference. The At this time, the effect body 300 repeats the opening operation a plurality of times. The director 300 repeatedly performs the light emission operation according to the opening operation. Further, the effect body 300 reciprocates between the maximum movable position and the intermediate position shown in (6) of FIG. 23 while repeatedly performing the opening operation and the light emitting operation. An arrow 323 indicates that the effect body 300 performs an operation of reciprocating between the maximum movable position and the intermediate position. These first notice effect operations are performed in a state in which the front side of the effect body 300 faces the display screen 28. Therefore, it is easy for the player to understand that the operation of the effect body 300 and the fish character 91 displayed on the display screen 28 are interlocked with the effect body 300 and the fish character 91 facing each other. Become. In particular, the operation of rotating the production body 300 from the initial movable position where the front side of the production body 300 faces forward to the maximum movable position where the back side of the production body 300 faces forward starts from the state where the frog's face faces forward. The player is reminded of an action of looking back toward the back of the display screen 28. At this time, since the fish character 91 is displayed on the display screen 28, the pachinko machine 1 has the impression that the first notice effect operation of the effect body 300 is acting on the fish character 91 on the display screen 28. Can be given to a person.

  The tongue image 332 displayed on the display screen 28 corresponds to the reciprocating motion of the effector 300 and the opening motion accompanying the reciprocating motion, and to the movement of the fish character 91 from the upper side to the lower side on the display screen 28. Thus, the display position, shape, etc. change. Thus, the first notice effect is configured such that the effect body 300 faces the fish character 91 with the player showing the back side, and the frog captures and eats the fish character 91 with the tongue. In the present embodiment, the fish characters 91 displayed on the display screen 28 are all eaten by the effect body 300 before reaching the lower side of the display screen 28. Thus, the pachinko machine 1 synergizes the effects of the movement of the character imitated by the effect body 300 and the movement of the light emission and the effects of the character image 90, the tongue image 332, and the effect image 331 displayed on the display screen 28. It is possible to execute an interesting production.

  On the other hand, as shown in (9) of FIG. 24, depending on the expected value indicated by the variation pattern of the notification effect, the effect body 300 rotates even when the fish character 91 is displayed on the display screen 28 in the first notice effect. May not be performed. By executing the first notice effect having such a configuration, the pachinko machine 1 can change the degree of improvement of the player's expectation. In addition, after the fish character 91 is displayed on the display screen 28 as shown in (4) of FIG. 22 and the effect body 300 rotates, the reciprocating movements shown in (5) and (6) of FIG. A first notice effect having a configuration in which the opening operation is not performed may be performed. Further, the pachinko machine 1 may determine whether or not to perform the light emission operation in the first notice effect according to the expected value indicated by the variation pattern. The CPU 581 of the sub control board 58 determines such a variation of the first notice effect in the process of S134 described above. In addition, the display setting of the first notice effect image according to the determined aspect of the first notice effect is performed in the process of S135. Moreover, the light emission timings of the drive motor 31, the drive solenoid 33, and the illumination board 34 are set in the process of S136 so that the effect body 300 performs the first notice effect operation according to the determined first notice effect aspect. Thereby, the pachinko machine 1 can execute the first notice effect rich in change.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In S138, it is determined whether the variation pattern is a small hit variation pattern. This determination is made by referring to the variation pattern stored in the RAM 582 in S131. When the variation pattern is a small hit variation pattern (S138: YES), display setting of the small hit effect image is performed (S151). The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 performs setting for displaying the small hit effect image corresponding to the small hit variation pattern as an image in the notification effect. A control command corresponding to the setting content related to the small hit effect image is stored in the RAM 582. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S152.

  When the variation pattern is not the small hit variation pattern (S138: NO), it is determined whether the variation pattern is the reach effect D (S139). When the variation pattern is the reach effect D (S139: YES), it is determined whether to execute the second notice effect (S141). The second notice effect is an aspect of the linked effect. Whether to execute the second notice effect is determined by a predetermined lottery.

  Next, it is determined whether execution of the second notice effect has been determined (S142). If execution of the second notice effect has not been determined (S142: NO), the process proceeds to S152. When execution of the second notice effect is determined (S142: YES), display setting of the second notice effect image is performed (S143). The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 makes settings for causing the display screen 28 to display a second notice effect image according to the content of the second notice effect. A control command corresponding to the setting content related to the second notice effect image is generated and stored in the RAM 582.

  Next, the setting of the second notice effect operation according to the second notice effect is performed (S144). The CPU 581 of the sub control board 58 sets the second notice effect operation including each of the rotation operation, the opening operation, and the light emission operation of the effect body 300 according to the content of the second notice effect. A control command corresponding to the setting content related to the second notice effect operation is generated and stored in the RAM 582. The process proceeds to S152.

  The second notice effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 25 to 27. The second notice effect is performed after the notification effect reaches the reach state. When the notification effect is started, the change of the effect symbol 60 is started as shown in (1) of FIG. Then, after the effect symbol 60 fluctuates at a higher speed than when the change starts, as shown in (11) of FIG. 25, the left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63 of the effect symbol 60 stop at the same symbol, A reach state is formed. The left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63 constituting the reach state are held in a state before the symbol determination by performing a swinging fluctuation that does not stop completely by shaking slightly. The symbol 601 indicates that the left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63 are performing fluctuation fluctuation. During this time, the middle symbol 62 continues to fluctuate.

  Next, as shown in (12) of FIG. 25, the special symbol 65 stops as the middle symbol 62 in a state where the left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63 continue to fluctuate. The special symbol 65 is a symbol that differs in appearance from the left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63, which are the other effect symbols 60 indicating the reach state. In the present embodiment, the special symbol 65 is a card-like symbol, and a symbol character 92 that is a character image 90 is arranged in the approximate center of the card. The symbol character 92 has a face representing the expression of the character, and is displayed on the display screen 28 with the face facing the front side of the pachinko machine 1. When the special symbol 65 stops as the middle symbol 62, the effect body 300 performs the opening operation once. At this time, the effect body 300 performs a light emission operation in accordance with the opening operation. Thereby, the pachinko machine 1 can emphasize to the player that the effect body 300 is performing the opening operation. Further, the pachinko machine 1 can suggest to the player that the second notice effect will be started.

  As shown in (13) of FIG. 26, after finishing the opening operation at the movable initial position, the effect body 300 performs a rotating operation from the movable initial position to the maximum movable position as indicated by an arrow 322. The stage body 300 is arranged so that the front side of the stage body 300 faces the display screen 28 in a state where the back side of the stage body 300 faces the front side of the pachinko machine 1. Thereby, the symbol character 92 displayed on the display screen 28 and the effect body 300 are arranged so as to face each other. At this time, the effect image 331 is displayed on a portion of the display screen 28 corresponding to the outer portion of the effect body 300.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 26 (14), the tongue image 332 is displayed on the display screen 28 with reference to the position of the mouth of the frog imitated by the effect body 300 facing the symbol character 92. At this time, the effect body 300 repeats the opening operation a plurality of times. The director 300 repeatedly performs the light emission operation according to the opening operation. In addition, the effect body 300 reciprocates between the maximum movable position and the intermediate position as indicated by an arrow 323 while repeatedly performing the opening operation and the light emitting operation.

  As shown in (15) of FIG. 27, the tongue image 332 operates to capture and take out the symbol character 92 of the special symbol 65. (15) shows that the symbol character 92 is taken out from the special symbol 65 and a hole 65A is opened at the approximate center of the special symbol 65. In this way, the second notice effect is configured so that the effect body 300 faces the symbol character 92 in a state where the player shows the back side, and the frog captures and eats the symbol character 92 with the tongue. The CPU 581 of the sub control board 58 performs the display setting of such a series of second notice effect images in the process of S143 described above. Further, in the process of S144 described above, the light emission timings of the drive motor 31, the drive solenoid 33, and the electrical decoration board 34 are set so that the effect body 300 performs a series of second notice effect operations in the second notice effect. In the present embodiment, when the frog captures and eats the symbol character 92 from the special symbol 65, the reach state is determined. Thereafter, the notification effect is developed and executed with the content corresponding to the reach effect D, and the effect symbol 60 corresponding to the result of the jackpot determination is confirmed and terminated.

  On the other hand, when the variation pattern is the small hit variation pattern (S138: YES), the small hit effect image is displayed on the display screen 28. The small hit effect image includes content similar to the second notice effect image. In the small hit effect image, first, the reach state shown in FIG. Thereafter, the special symbol 65 stops as the middle symbol 62. Thereafter, as shown in (19) of FIG. 27, the combination of effect symbols 60 is confirmed and displayed in such a manner that the left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63 are the same symbol, and the special symbol 65 is stopped as the middle symbol 62. The This combination of effect symbols 60 indicates a combination corresponding to a small hit. Therefore, after that, the small hit game is executed. When the small hit effect image is displayed on the display screen 28, unlike the case where the second notice effect image is displayed on the display screen 28, after the special symbol 65 is stopped as the middle symbol 62, the effect body 300 is displayed. Do not open. That is, after the reach state is established and the special symbol 65 is stopped as the middle symbol 62, when the second notice effect operation by the effect body 300 is performed, the notification effect is developed, and the second notice effect operation by the effect member 300 is performed. If you do n’t know, you ’ll win. For this reason, when the special symbol 65 is stopped as the middle symbol 62, the pachinko machine 1 can collect the player's interest as to whether or not the director 300 performs the second notice effect operation. The CPU 581 of the sub control board 58 performs display setting of the small hit effect image indicating the operation of such a series of effect symbols 60 in the process of S151 described above.

  Returning to the description of FIG. When the variation pattern is not the reach effect D (S139: NO), it is determined whether to execute the third notice effect (S145). The third notice effect is an aspect of the linked effect. Whether to execute the third notice effect is determined by a predetermined lottery.

  Next, it is determined whether execution of the third notice effect has been determined (S146). If execution of the third notice effect has not been determined (S146: NO), the process proceeds to S152. If execution of the third notice effect is determined (S146: YES), display setting of the third notice effect image is performed (S148). The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 performs settings for causing the display screen 28 to display a third notice effect image according to the content of the third notice effect. A control command corresponding to the setting content related to the third preview effect image is generated and stored in the RAM 582.

  Next, the setting of the third notice effect operation according to the third notice effect is performed (S149). The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 sets the third notice effect operation including the rotation operation, the opening operation, and the light emission operation of the effect body 300 according to the contents of the third notice effect. A control command corresponding to the setting content related to the third notice effect operation is generated and stored in the RAM 582. The process proceeds to S152.

  With reference to FIGS. 28 and 29, the third notice effect will be described. The third notice effect is performed after the notification effect reaches the reach state. When the notification effect is started, the change of the effect symbol 60 is started as shown in (1) of FIG. Thereafter, after the effect symbol 60 fluctuates at a higher speed than when the change starts, the left symbol 61 and the right symbol 63 of the effect symbol 60 stop at the same symbol as shown in (11) of FIG. 25 described above. Thus, a reach state is formed.

  Thereafter, as shown in (21) of FIG. 28, the egg character 93 as the character image 90 is displayed so as to move from the right side of the display screen 28 toward the center while the middle symbol 62 continues to fluctuate. The The egg character 93 is an image of a character imitating an egg as shown in (21). The egg character 93 has a face representing the expression of the character, and is displayed on the display screen 28 with the face facing the front side of the pachinko machine 1. A large number of egg characters 93 are displayed on the display screen 28 and constitute so-called group notices.

  As shown in (22) of FIG. 28, after finishing the opening operation at the movable initial position, the effect body 300 performs the rotation operation as indicated by the arrow 322 from the movable initial position to the maximum movable position. The stage body 300 is arranged so that the front side of the stage body 300 faces the display screen 28 in a state where the back side of the stage body 300 faces the front side of the pachinko machine 1. Thereby, the egg character 93 displayed on the display screen 28 and the effect body 300 are arranged so as to face each other. At this time, the effect image 331 is displayed on a portion of the display screen 28 corresponding to the outer portion of the effect body 300. During this time, the egg character 93 continues to move toward the left side of the display screen 28.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 29 (23), the tongue image 332 is displayed on the display screen 28 based on the position of the mouth of the frog imitated by the effect body 300 facing the egg character 93. At this time, the effect body 300 repeats the opening operation a plurality of times. The director 300 repeatedly performs the light emission operation according to the opening operation. Further, the effect body 300 reciprocates between the maximum movable position and the intermediate position shown in (24) of FIG. 29 as indicated by an arrow 323 while repeatedly performing the opening operation and the light emitting operation.

  Accordingly, as shown in (23) and (24) of FIG. 29, the tongue image 332 is displayed according to the reciprocating motion of the effector 300 and the opening motion accompanying the reciprocating motion, and the display of the egg character 93. As the screen 28 moves from the right side to the left side, the display position, shape, and the like change. Accordingly, the third notice effect is configured such that the effect body 300 confronts the egg character 93 with the player showing the back side, and the frog captures and eats the egg character 93 with the tongue. In the present embodiment, all the egg characters 93 displayed on the display screen 28 are eaten by the effect body 300 before reaching the left side of the display screen 28. The CPU 581 of the sub control board 58 performs display setting of such a series of third notice effect images in the process of S148 described above. Further, in the process of S149 described above, the light emission timings of the drive motor 31, the drive solenoid 33, and the electrical decoration board 34 are set so that the effect body 300 performs a series of third notice effect operations in the third notice effect.

  Returning to the description of FIG. Next, the notification effect is controlled in accordance with the various settings for the variation pattern and the linked notice effect (S152). When the control commands generated for the first notice effect, the second notice effect, and the third notice effect are stored in the RAM 582, the control commands are sent to the effect control board 43 and the lamp driver board 46 in this process. Sent. The effect control board 43 controls the display of the first notice effect image, the second notice effect image, and the third notice effect image on the display screen 28 according to the control command transmitted from the sub control board 58. The drive motor 31, the drive solenoid 33, and the illumination board 34 execute a first notice effect operation, a second notice effect operation, and a third notice effect operation in accordance with a control command transmitted via the lamp driver board 46. The process returns to the sub control board process (see FIG. 19).

  Returning to the description of FIG. It is determined whether a special symbol stop command is received from the main board 41 (S123). When the special symbol stop command has not been received (S123: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S125. When the special symbol stop command is received (S123: YES), the combination of the effect symbols 60 indicating the determination result of the jackpot determination is fixedly displayed (S124), and the process proceeds to the determination of S125.

  Next, it is determined whether a jackpot game end command is received from the main board 41 (S125). If the jackpot game start command has not been received (S125: NO), the process returns to the determination in S121. When the jackpot game start command is received (S125: YES), the jackpot game effect that is the effect during the jackpot game is executed (S126), and the process returns to the determination in S121.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 1, the rendering body 300 simulating a frog can rotate so as to reciprocate between the movable initial position and the maximum movable position in accordance with the drive of the drive motor 31. The movable initial position is a position in a state where the frog's face in the effect body 300 faces frontward. The maximum movable position is a position in a state where the frog's face in the effect body 300 faces rearward so as to face the display screen 28 and the frog's back imitated by the body portion 302 faces frontward. The CPU 518 of the sub control board 58 displays the first notice effect image, the second notice effect image, and the third notice effect image corresponding to the linked effect in which the operation of the effect body 300 and various images displayed on the display screen 28 are interlocked. Then, a control command to be displayed on the display screen 28 is generated (S135, S143, S148). The first notice effect image, the second notice effect image, and the third notice effect image displayed according to the control command include a character image 90, a tongue image 332, and an effect image 331. The character image 90 includes a fish character 91, a design character 92, and an egg character 93. The character image 90, the tongue image 332, and the effect image 331 are reciprocated between the maximum movable position and the intermediate position according to the rotation operation of the effect body 300 rotating from the initial movable position to the maximum movable position. It is displayed on the display screen 28 according to the moving operation. The pachinko machine 1 effectively links the operation of the effect body 300 and the display content of the display screen 28 by devising the operation of the effect body 300 and the display content of the character image 90 displayed on the display screen 28. Interlocked production can be executed.

  The effect body 300 is arranged on the front side of the display screen 28. In the interlocking effect, the effect body 300 operates so that the frog's face turns back from the front toward the rear where the display screen 28 is located by rotating the effect body 300 from the initial movable position to the maximum movable position. At this time, since the character image 90 is displayed on the display screen 28 so as to face the effect body 300, the pachinko machine 1 gives the player an impression that the operation of the effect body 300 is acting on the character image 90. Can be given to. In general, an effect using a movable body imitating a character exemplified in the effect body 300 is often executed with the front side of the movable body facing forward. In the pachinko machine 1, the character image 90 is displayed on the display screen 28 at the maximum movable position and the intermediate position where the back side of the effect body 300 faces forward, and the interlocking effect is performed. Can be.

  The pachinko machine 1 displays the effect image 331 based on the position where the rendering body 300 overlaps the display screen 28 when the pachinko machine 1 is viewed from the front, so that the rendering body 300 is in the maximum movable position and the intermediate position. , Can be easily communicated to the player. In addition, the pachinko machine 1 displays the tongue image 332 based on the position of the mouth of the frog imitated by the effector 300 at the maximum movable position and the intermediate position, and thus the operation of the effector 300 and the tongue image 332 in the interlocking effect. Interoperability with can be improved.

  The pachinko machine 1 displays a character image 90 imitating a character different from the frog on the display screen 28 on the effect body 300 imitating the frog character. Since the character image 90 is displayed on the display screen 28 so as to confront the effect body 300 at the maximum movable position and the intermediate position, the action of the effect body 300 and the display content of the character image 90 are linked. Can be shown to the player in an easy-to-understand manner. In the linked production, the character image 90 is captured by the production 300 and displayed so as to be eaten by the production 300, so the pachinko machine 1 uses the production 300 and the character image 90. Interlocked production can be a story.

  The movable means may include a mouth part imitating a mouth in the face of the first character and an opening / closing means for opening and closing the mouth part. The operation control means may execute an opening / closing operation for opening / closing the mouth portion of the movable means by controlling the opening / closing means at least when the movable means is in the second state. In the production using the character, there are cases where the character uses the mouth of the character, such as having a meal or having a conversation. Since the movable means includes such a mouth portion imitating the mouth of the first character and an opening / closing means for opening and closing the mouth portion, the range of expression of the action of the first character using the movable means is widened. In addition, since the corresponding image is displayed in the display area in accordance with the opening / closing operation of the mouth of the movable means in the second state, the gaming machine can execute an effect in which the movable means and the corresponding image are effectively linked.

  The image control means may display a related image, which is an image associated with the mouth of the movable means, in the display area as the corresponding image. In this case, with the opening / closing operation of the mouth of the movable means in the second state, the related image associated with the mouth of the movable means is displayed in the display area. Therefore, the gaming machine can enrich the effect in which the movable means and the corresponding image are linked in accordance with the opening / closing operation of the mouth of the movable means.

  The movable means may include light emitting means for causing the mouth portion to emit light. The operation control means may cause the mouth to emit light by controlling light emission of the light emitting means at least when performing the opening / closing operation. When the movable means is in the second state, depending on the arrangement of the movable means, it may be difficult for the player to visually recognize the opening / closing operation of the mouth of the movable means. In the gaming machine, when the opening / closing operation of the mouth portion is executed, the mouth portion emits light by the light emitting means, so that the position of the mouth portion and the opening / closing operation of the mouth portion when the movable means is in the second state are Can be specified.

  In the present embodiment, the display screen 28 corresponds to the “display unit” of the present invention. The director 300 corresponds to the “movable means” of the present invention. Control commands from the CPU 581 and the CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 for setting display of the first notice effect image, the second notice effect image, and the third notice effect image corresponding to the linked effect in the processes of S135, S143, and S148 in FIG. The effect control board 43 that displays the first notice effect image, the second notice effect image, and the third notice effect image on the display screen 28 according to the “corresponding to the image control means” of the present invention. Control commands from the CPU 581 and the CPU 581 of the sub control board 58 for setting the first notice effect action, the second notice effect action, and the third notice effect action corresponding to the linked effects in the processes of S136, S144, and S149 in FIG. Accordingly, the drive motor 31, the drive solenoid 33, and the electrical decoration board 34 that execute the first notice effect operation, the second notice effect operation, and the third notice effect operation correspond to the “operation control unit” of the present invention. The movable initial position corresponds to the “first state” of the present invention. The maximum movable position and the intermediate position correspond to the “second state” of the present invention. The character image 90, the tongue image 332, and the effect image 331 correspond to the “corresponding image” of the present invention. The tongue image 332 and the effect image 331 correspond to the “reference image” of the present invention. The character image 90 corresponds to the “character image” of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, as the display screen 28, a transmissive liquid crystal having a display area for displaying an image on the front side and having a transparent display area may be used. Then, in the pachinko machine 1, the rendering body 300 may be arranged on the rear surface side of the transmissive liquid crystal and at a position overlapping the display area when the pachinko machine 1 is viewed from the front. In this case, when the front side of the production body 300 is directed from the rear side of the pachinko machine 1 to the front side of the pachinko machine (that is, the direction in which an image is displayed in the display area), the production body 300 is moved forward from the rear side. You can express the behavior as if you looked back towards. Further, at this time, the pachinko machine 1 can execute a linked effect using the corresponding image and the effect body 300 by displaying the corresponding image corresponding to the operation of the effect body 300 in the display area of the transmissive liquid crystal.

  In the above embodiment, a plurality of fish characters 91 are displayed on the display screen 28 in the first notice effect. For example, the pachinko machine 1 may change the number of fish characters 91 displayed, the color, pattern, size, and the like of the fish characters 91 according to the expected value indicated by the change pattern of the notification effect. Further, in the above embodiment, when the plurality of fish characters 91 are displayed in the first notice effect, and the effect body 300 performs the opening motion while performing the reciprocating motion, all the characters displayed on the display screen 28 are displayed. The fish character 91 can be eaten by the frog. For example, the pachinko machine 1 may increase or decrease the number of fish characters 91 that the frog successfully eats according to the expected value indicated by the variation pattern. Further, the pachinko machine 1 may determine whether or not to perform the light emission operation when the effect body 300 performs the opening operation according to the expected value indicated by the variation pattern. Thereby, the pachinko machine 1 can increase the variation of the interlocking effects, and can further enhance the player's interest in the interlocking effects.

  In the second notice effect and the third notice effect, similarly to the first notice effect, the aspect of the second notice effect or the third notice effect is determined according to the variation pattern by performing the process as in S134. You may perform image display setting and presentation operation | movement setting according to the determined aspect. Moreover, the element which determines the aspect of an interlocking production is not restricted to a fluctuation pattern. The pachinko machine 1 may determine the mode of the linked performance according to other elements such as a special symbol determined based on the special symbol determination random number as a result of the jackpot determination based on the jackpot random number.

  In the above-described embodiment, the effect image 331 and the tongue image 332 are exemplified as images displayed on the basis of the position where the effect body 300 overlaps the display screen 28 in the interlocking effect, but examples of such images are shown here. Not limited. In particular, the tongue image 332 is an image having content corresponding to an action eaten by a frog imitated by the effect body 300. For example, the frog may perform a conversation with the character image 90 displayed on the display screen 28 as an interlocking effect. In this case, a balloon or character image indicating the content of the conversation may be displayed on the display screen 28 with reference to the position of the mouth imitated by the effect body 300 facing the character image 90 as in the tongue image 332. . When the character imitating the effect body 300 performs an interlocking effect such as singing a song toward the character image 90, the image indicating the musical note is displayed on the mouth of the effect body 300 in accordance with the opening operation of the effect body 300. You may display on the display screen 28 on the basis of a position. In addition to the images displayed on the display screen 28 based on the position of the mouth that the director 300 simulates, various images according to the opening operation of the director 300 may be used.

  The character imitated by the director 300 is not limited to animals such as frogs exemplified in the above embodiment. The same applies to the character image 90 displayed on the display screen 28. For example, the effect body 300 may resemble a rocket launcher having an opening on the front side, and the character image 90 may resemble a machine such as a robot. Then, as the rocket launcher performs the opening operation of opening the opening with the front side of the director 300 facing the display screen 28, an image showing the rocket that is launched toward the robot is a tongue image 332. May be displayed as an image corresponding to.

  In the embodiment described above, a toothless gear is used for the transmission gear 83. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a gear having gear teeth formed on the entire circumference may be used. In the above embodiment, the effector 300 is configured to be rotatable so as to reciprocate 180 degrees between the movable initial position and the maximum movable position, but the angle between the movable initial position and the maximum movable position. May be less than 180 degrees or greater than 180 degrees. In addition, the production body 300 may be configured to be able to rotate 360 degrees in plan view.

  In the above embodiment, the effect device 30 is fixed to the lower part of the center decoration 8 and the effect body 300 is always in front of the display screen 28, but is not limited thereto. For example, the effect body 300 when the interlocking effect is not performed may be stored in a predetermined position outside the display screen 28. Even in this case, the stage 300 moves from the position stored when performing the linked stage, and overlaps the display screen 28 when the pachinko machine 1 is viewed from the front (for example, the front of the display screen 28). The effect similar to the said embodiment is exhibited by performing the production | generation operation | movement according to the interlocking production | presentation arrange | positioned in the side).

  All elements described in the claims, specification and drawings (eg, display means, movable means, corresponding images, etc.) are physically single unless explicitly stated to limit the number. Alternatively, there may be a plurality of arrangements, and the arrangement may be changed as appropriate. Further, the names (element names) given to the elements are merely given for convenience in describing the present case, and there is no particular awareness that a special meaning is caused thereby. Therefore, what is an element is not limitedly interpreted only by the element name. For example, the “display unit” may be hardware alone or may include software. Furthermore, it is easy for a person skilled in the art to determine whether a plurality of elements among all the above elements should be integrally configured as appropriate, or whether one element is divided into a plurality of elements. Since it is clear that all patterns are within the expected range even if not all the patterns are described in the description etc., the statement that they are clearly excluded in the claims etc. Needless to say, all of these are included in the scope of the right according to the present invention. Therefore, merely adopting the difference in configuration within the range to the gaming machine because it is not described in the present embodiment does not mean that the right according to the present invention is avoided. . The same applies to differences in obvious ranges that can be easily considered by those skilled in the art from the present embodiment in the configuration and shape of each element.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 28 Display screen 30 Production | presentation apparatus 31 Drive motor 33 Drive solenoid 34 Illumination board 90 Character image 91 Fish character 92 Design character 93 Egg character 43 Production control board 58 Sub-control board 300 Production body 331 Effect image 332 Tongue image 581 CPU
582 RAM
583 ROM

Claims (4)

Display means having a display area capable of displaying an image;
Movable means formed to imitate a three-dimensional first character and operable in a state of being arranged at a position overlapping the display area when the display means is viewed from the front;
Image control means for controlling display of an image on the display means;
An operation control means for controlling the operation of the movable means,
The operation control means includes
A first state in which the front side of the movable means faces in a predetermined direction;
The front side of the movable means is switched between the second state facing the display area of the display means rather than the first state, and the movable means is operated,
The image control means causes the display area to display a corresponding image that is an image corresponding to the operation of the movable means that is changed from the first state to the second state by the operation control means. . The movable means is disposed in front of the display area,
The first state is a state in which the front side of the movable means faces forward from the rear side of the movable means,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the second state is a state in which the rear surface side of the movable means faces forward from the front side of the movable means.   The said image control means displays the reference | standard image which is an image on the basis of the position of the said movable means which overlaps with the said display area on the said display area as said corresponding | compatible image, The said display area is characterized by the above-mentioned. Gaming machine.   The said image control means displays the character image which is an image which shows the 2nd character which opposes the said movable means as said corresponding | compatible image in the said display area. Gaming machine.

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