JP2017121522A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of strongly drawing excitement of a player by sufficiently using a notice presentation with a low expectation degree if performed alone.SOLUTION: A Pachinko machine can perform a step-up notice presentation and a composite notice presentation. In the step-up notice presentation, if a notice presentation is finished at a first stage, the first stage's one of notice presentation images where each of three persons appears is to be displayed alone. In the composite notice presentation, the first stage's two or more notice presentation images which exist in three types are to be sequentially displayed in a display screen. A probability to become a big win is higher when the composite notice presentation is performed than when the notice presentation is finished at the first stage in the step-up notice presentation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that executes a notice effect as to whether or not a gaming state advantageous to a player (hereinafter referred to as an “advantageous state”) is set.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine that performs a notice effect before informing a player of the result of determination as to whether or not to enter an advantageous state is known. For example, the gaming machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a multi-step step-up notice between the start of the change of the demo symbol (identification information) and the final display of the demo symbol between the start and final display. Perform the production. By appropriately determining the combination of step-up notice effects, the effects are varied.

JP 2012-96072 A

  Among the plurality of notice effects, a notice effect with a low expectation level of being in an advantageous state is also included. The notice effect with low expectation is executed frequently. Therefore, even if a notice effect with a low degree of expectation is executed alone, the player cannot have a sense of expectation for the advantageous state and gets bored with the effect. In other words, it has been difficult for conventional gaming machines to make full use of the notice effect with low expectation when executed alone and to attract the player's interests.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can fully attract a player's interest by fully utilizing a notice effect with low expectation when executed alone.

The gaming machine according to the present invention includes a determination unit that determines whether or not an advantageous state, which is a gaming state advantageous to a player, is caused when a game ball wins at a starting port provided in the gaming board. A display means for displaying an image, and after the plurality of symbols on the display means are changed, the plurality of symbols indicating the result of determination by the determination means are fixedly displayed, whereby the result of the determination is in the advantageous state. and a notification control means for controlling the notification effect for notifying whether the hit to the player to rise to the notification control means, a single announcement effect image, during execution of the notification effect, the display means comprising a single announcement control means for displaying on the stage announcement effect image, the method notification control means for displaying on sequential said display means, a composite announcement effect image, the composite warning control means for displaying on sequential said display means , The single advance notice effect image is an image showing the expected degree of occurrence of the advantageous state, and includes a plurality of advance notice effect patterns each defining a plurality of advance notice effect images displayed in a predetermined order. Of these, the one stage announcement effect image is defined in one stage announcement effect pattern, and the stage announcement effect image is defined in one stage announcement effect pattern among the plurality of stage announcement effect patterns. At least two or more of the above-mentioned notice effect effects videos, and the composite notice effect image is one or more of the notice effect effects defined in at least two or more different stage notice effect patterns among the plurality of stage notice effect patterns. Including at least two or more preview effect videos composed of images, and the result of the determination is determined in the notification effect in which the preview effect image is displayed. A probability that the combined notice effect video is sequentially displayed by the composite notice control means is higher than the case where the single notice effect video is displayed by the single notice control means. Machine.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, within the non-reach fluctuation period, one of the plurality of stage notice effect patterns each defining a plurality of notice effect pictures is one notice effect picture defined in one stage notice effect pattern. In some cases, a single advance notice effect image is displayed, and among the multiple advance notice effect patterns, at least two or more advance notice effect images defined in one advance notice effect pattern are sequentially displayed. In addition, a composite notice including at least two notice effect pictures composed of one or more notice effect pictures respectively defined in at least two or more stage notice effect patterns different from each other among the plural stage notice effect patterns. In some cases, the effect images are sequentially displayed. The probability of winning a jackpot when the composite notice effect video is displayed is higher than the probability when the single notice effect video is displayed. That is, although not able to have great expectations for strikes be displayed single announcement effect image, the composite announcement effect image is displayed, the player to have a greater expectation than when single announcement effect image is displayed Can do. Therefore, even when a single announcement effect image with low expectation is displayed, the player can enjoy the effect in expectation that the announcement effect image is further displayed. Therefore, the gaming machine according to the present invention can fully attract the player's interest by fully utilizing the notice effect with low expectation for the advantageous state even if executed alone.

  The stage notice control means displays the next notice effect video after a predetermined first time has elapsed after the end of the one notice effect picture when the stage notice effect picture is displayed on the display means, The composite notice control means displays the next notice effect video on the display means after a predetermined second time has elapsed after the end of the one notice effect video when the composite notice effect video is displayed on the display means. The second time may be longer than the first time. In this case, when displaying the composite notice effect, the gaming machine can display the next notice image effect after the end of one notice effect image and after the elapse of a second time longer than the first time.

  In the case where the composite notice effect video is displayed by the composite notice control means, the notification control means displays an expectation degree video that is an effect related to the composite notice effect video after the composite notice effect video ends. You may further provide the expectation degree video control means to display. In this case, when the game machine displays the composite notice effect image, the gaming machine can display the expectation degree image, which is an effect related to the composite notice effect, after the composite notice effect image ends.

  The probability that the result of the determination is a hit in the notification effect in which the notice effect image is displayed is higher when the step notice effect image is sequentially displayed by the step notice control means. It may be higher than the case where the single notice effect video is displayed. In this case, even if the single notice effect video is displayed, there is no great expectation for winning, but when the stage notice effect image is displayed, the player has higher expectations than when the single notice effect image is displayed. be able to.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the jackpot relation information storage area of RAM52. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a special symbol variation pattern determination table stored in a ROM 53. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a main process executed on the main board 41. It is a flowchart of the special symbol process performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the special symbol process performed by the main process. It is a figure which shows an example of the notice effect in this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the kind of notification effect in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the notice effect content determination table memorize | stored in ROM583. 6 is a flowchart of sub control board processing executed in a sub control board 58; It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the content of the notice effect in a modification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a game board 2 is provided in the upper half of the pachinko machine 1. The game board 2 is substantially square (see FIG. 2), and the front surface is protected by a front frame 13 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 game balls to the launcher and receives prize balls. An operation button 9 is provided on the upper surface of the upper plate 5. 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. Speakers 48 are respectively provided on the left and right corners of the upper portion of the front frame 13.

  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. An effect device 8 for executing various effects is provided in the approximate center of the game area 4. A normal symbol start gate 12 is provided on the left side of the effect device 8. A special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is disposed below the stage device 8, and a special winning opening 16 is provided below the special symbol starting electric accessory 15. The special symbol start electric accessory 15 includes an opening / closing member, and when the opening / closing member is opened, it becomes easy to win a game ball. The big winning opening 16 also includes an opening / closing member, and the game ball can win the big winning opening 16 only when the opening / closing member is opened.

  The rendering device 8 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the rendering device 8 includes a display screen 28 formed of an LCD at the center. Various videos are displayed on the display screen 28. In order to notify the player of the result of the jackpot determination, there are provided three side-by-side demo symbol display units. The pachinko machine 1 performs an effect (hereinafter referred to as “notification effect”) for confirming and displaying a combination of demo symbols indicating the result of the jackpot determination after changing the demo symbols displayed on the three demo symbol display units. Thus, the result of the jackpot determination is notified to the player.

  A movable accessory 30 is provided on the right side of the display screen 28. The movable accessory 30 performs various effects by moving the movable part. Below the movable accessory 30 is provided a display unit 24 that displays the result of the jackpot determination and the number of reserved balls. The display unit 24 includes a special symbol display unit, a normal symbol display unit, a special symbol memory number display LED, and a normal symbol memory number display LED. The special symbol display unit includes two 7-segment LEDs, and displays a special symbol indicating the result of the jackpot determination. The normal symbol display unit displays the result of the normal hit determination by turning on and off the LED. The special symbol memory number display LED displays the number of game balls (the so-called “special symbol operation holding ball number”) for which the result of the jackpot determination has not been displayed yet. The normal symbol memory number display LED displays the number of game balls for which the normal hit determination result has not been displayed yet (so-called “normal symbol operation holding ball number”).

  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, and a relay board 47.

  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, and the start port switch 70 via the I / O interface 54. The output port 55 outputs information on the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown). The start port switch 70 detects a game ball won in the special symbol start electric accessory 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 speaker 48, and the operation buttons 9. 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 controls the movable accessory 30 and the like. The effect control board 43 includes a CPU 43 a and the like, and controls 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 is connected with a normal symbol operation switch 71, a special prize opening / closing solenoid 72, an electric accessory opening / closing solenoid 73, a special prize opening switch 75, and the display unit 24. The normal symbol operation switch 71 detects a game ball that has passed through the normal symbol start gate 12. The big prize opening / closing solenoid 72 opens and closes the opening / closing member of the big prize opening 16 during the big hit game. The electric accessory opening / closing solenoid 73 opens and closes the opening / closing member of the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 during the normal winning game. The big prize opening switch 75 detects a game ball won in the big prize opening 16.

  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 jackpot relation information storage area of the RAM 52 will be described with reference to FIG. The jackpot relation information storage area is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 7 and 8) of a main process, which will be described later, and stores a random number acquired when winning a game ball to the special symbol start electric accessory 15. The jackpot relation information storage area is provided with a plurality of storage areas. When a game ball wins the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, if the number of special symbol operation reservation balls is less than 4 (0 to 3), random numbers are stored in order from the memory area with the smallest number. The CPU 51 uses the storage area with the smallest number among the random numbers in the storage areas that have not yet been processed as a determination area, and performs various processes such as jackpot determination on the random numbers stored in the determination area. When the processing related to the random number stored in the determination area (specifically, the notification effect for informing the determination result and the jackpot game executed when the determination result is a big hit) is finished, the storage area with the next smallest number Is set as a determination area, and processing such as jackpot determination is repeated. Note that the random numbers in the storage area that has been processed may be deleted as appropriate.

  In each storage area, a jackpot random number field in which the value of the jackpot determination counter is stored, a special symbol determination random number field in which the value of the special symbol determination counter is stored, and a variation pattern determination in which the value of the variation pattern determination counter is stored A random number field is provided. When a game ball wins the special symbol start electric accessory 15, the value of each random number acquisition counter counted at that time is stored in each column. The jackpot random number is used for jackpot determination. The special symbol determination random number is used to determine a special symbol. The variation pattern determination random number is used to determine an effect pattern (demonstration variation pattern) of a notification effect for notifying the result of the jackpot determination. The RAM 52 is provided with a normal hit relation information storage area for storing a random number acquired when a game ball is won in the normal symbol start gate 12. The normal hit relation information storage area is configured in the same manner as the big hit relation information storage area.

  The special symbol variation pattern determination table stored in the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the variation pattern is a variation pattern (effect pattern) of the demo symbol used when notifying the player of the determination result by the jackpot determination. This variation pattern is executed by the display screen 28, the movable accessory 30, the speaker 48, etc. in synchronization with the variation time of the special symbol displayed on the display unit 24 (equal to the variation time of the demo symbol) and the variation of the special symbol. The notification effect pattern to be performed is determined. The sub control board 58 controls the notification effect according to the variation pattern determined by the main board 41.

  In the special symbol variation pattern determination table, a plurality of tables are provided according to the gaming state at the time of jackpot determination (during a non-short-time state or during a time-short state) and the result of the jackpot determination (big 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 jackpot determination is performed, a table corresponding to the gaming state at that time and the determination result is referred to, and the variation pattern is determined by the value of the variation pattern determination random number acquired together with the jackpot random number. The main board 41 transmits a command specifying the determined variation pattern to the sub-control board 58. The sub control board 58 controls the notification effect according to the variation pattern specified by the command.

  When the determination result is a big hit, the variation pattern for executing the reach effect is always determined. On the other hand, when the determination result is out of order, the ratio of determining the “non-reach” variation pattern that does not execute the reach effect is the highest. The reach effect is an effect performed in a state where a part of the plurality of demo symbols is stopped, and indicates that there is a possibility of a big hit. There are eight types of reach effects in the present embodiment: normal reach, reach effects A, B, C, D, E, and premier reach effects X, Y. As shown in FIG. 5, when the determination result is a big hit, the determined ratio increases in the order of normal reach and reach effects A, B, C, D, and E. On the other hand, when the determination result is out of order, the determined ratio decreases in the order of normal reach and reach effects A, B, C, D, and E. Also, the premier reach effects X and Y can be determined only when the determination result is a jackpot. Therefore, the reliability, which is the probability that the result of the jackpot determination shown in the reach effect is a jackpot, increases in the order of normal reach, reach effects A, B, C, D, E, and premier reach effects X, Y.

  With reference to FIGS. 6-8, the process by the main board | substrate 41 of the pachinko machine 1 is demonstrated. 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. 6) 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. 3).

  First, command output processing is 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, a process for detecting a game ball is performed from the detection results of the normal symbol start gate 12 and each switch (see FIG. 3) provided at each 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 timer counter is subtracted.

  Next, special electric accessory processing is performed (S13). In the special electric accessory processing, processing for controlling the operation of the jackpot game (mainly opening / closing operation of the opening / closing member of the big winning opening 16) and processing regarding the game state generated after the end of the jackpot game are performed.

  Next, special symbol processing is performed (S14). Although details will be described later, in the special symbol processing, processing such as jackpot determination, determination of a special symbol, and determination of a variation pattern is performed (see FIGS. 7 and 8).

  Next, ordinary electric accessory processing is performed (S15). In the ordinary electric accessory process, a process for controlling the operation of the normal hit game is performed when the normal hit is reached. If the time-short state has occurred, the CPU 51 opens the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 longer than in the non-time-short 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 71 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. The probability of being determined to be a normal hit during the short-time state is higher than the probability of being determined to be a normal hit during the non-time-short state. The variation time of the normal symbol is shorter in the time-short state than in the non-time-short state.

  Next, a payout process (S17), an error check (S18), and an information output process (S19) are performed. In the payout process, the payout of prize balls is controlled. In the error check, when an error occurs, 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) 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 display state 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 state flag stores “1” when the special symbol on the display unit 24 is fluctuating, “2” when the special symbol is displayed in a stopped state, and “0” when the symbol is neither fluctuating nor stopped. .

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the special symbol process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 (S21). When the start opening switch 70 provided on the special symbol start electric accessory 15 detects the winning of the game ball, the winning ball flag corresponding to the start opening switch 70 is displayed in the main process switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 6). “ON”. If this flag is not “ON” and the game ball has not won (S21: NO), the process directly proceeds to the determination of S31. If a game ball has won the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 (S21: YES), it is determined whether or not the number of special symbol actuated balls is “4” (S22). If the number of special symbol actuated balls stored in the RAM 52 is “4” (S22: YES), since the reserved balls have reached the upper limit that can be held, the process proceeds to the determination of S31 as it is.

  When the number of special symbol operation reservation balls is not “4” (S22: NO), “1” is added to the number of special symbol operation reservation balls stored in the RAM 52 (S23). Next, various random numbers are acquired and stored in the storage area with the smallest number among the empty storage areas in the jackpot relation information storage area (see FIG. 4) (S24). Specifically, the value of the jackpot determination counter is stored in the jackpot random number column, the value of the special symbol determination counter is stored in the special symbol determination random number column, and the value of the variation pattern determination counter is stored in the variation pattern determination random number column. The

  Next, it is determined whether or not the game state is a jackpot gaming state (S31). If the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON” and it is determined that the jackpot gaming state is in effect (S31: YES), the processing returns to the main processing as it is. If it is not in the jackpot gaming state (S31: NO), it is determined whether or not the special symbol is changing (S32). If the display state flag is not “1” and the special symbol is not changing (S32: NO), it is determined whether or not the special symbol is being stopped (S33). If the display status flag is not “2” and the stop display is not in progress (S33: NO), the process proceeds to S35 (see FIG. 8), and processing such as jackpot determination is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, before the jackpot determination is made, it is determined whether or not the number of special symbol actuated balls is “1” or more (S35). If the number of special symbol operation reservation balls stored in the RAM 52 is not equal to or greater than “1” (S35: NO), there is no game ball for which a big hit determination is to be made, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S35: YES), “1” is subtracted from the number of special symbol actuated balls stored in the RAM 52 (S36). The determination area of the jackpot relation information storage area (see FIG. 4) is shifted to the storage area of the next number (S37).

  Next, a jackpot determination according to the gaming state is performed (S38). The determination table for performing jackpot determination is provided with a low probability determination table used during a non-probability variation state and a high probability determination table in which the probability of determining a jackpot is higher than in a non-probability variation state. Yes. The jackpot determination is performed by referring to one of the determination tables depending on whether or not a probability variation state has occurred.

  When it is determined that the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot (S39: YES), a special symbol indicating a jackpot is determined (S40). Next, if the time-short state is in effect (S41: YES), the special symbol variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 5) is referred to the table in the time-short state and in the case of big hit, and varies depending on the value of the variation pattern determination random number column A pattern is determined (S42). If it is not in the time-short state (S41: NO), the variation pattern is determined by the table in the case of the non-time-short state (normal state) and the jackpot (S43). If the determination result is out of order (S39: NO), a special symbol ("-" in this embodiment) indicating that it is out of position is determined (S46). If it is in the time-short state (S47: YES), the fluctuation pattern is determined by the table of the time-short state and the deviation (S48), and if not in the time-short state (S47: NO), the fluctuation pattern is determined by the normal state and the deviation table. Is determined (S49).

  Next, a variation pattern designation command for designating the determined variation pattern and instructing the variation of the special symbol and the demo symbol (start of notification effect) is stored in the RAM 52 (S52). The stored command is output to another board such as the sub control board 58 in the command output process (S10, see FIG. 6) of the main process to be executed next. Next, the variation time of the special symbol determined according to the variation pattern is set in the special symbol variation time counter which is a timer counter (S53). “1” indicating that the special symbol is changing is stored in the display state flag (S54), and the process returns to the main process.

  Also, in the determination of S32 shown in FIG. 7, when “1” is stored in the display state flag and it is determined that the special symbol is changing (S32: YES), has the change time elapsed? It is determined whether or not (S57). If the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in S53 (see FIG. 8) is “0” and it is determined that the variation time has elapsed (S57: YES), the special symbol variation stop ( A special symbol stop command for instructing (end of notification effect) is stored in the RAM 52 (S58). The predetermined stop display time is stored in a special symbol stop time counter which is a timer counter (S59). “2” indicating that the special symbol is being stopped and displayed is stored in the display state flag (S60), and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S57 that the variation time has not yet elapsed (S57: NO), the process directly returns to the main process.

  In the determination of S33, “2” is stored in the display state flag, and when it is determined that the special symbol is being stopped (S33: YES), the value of the counter set in S59 is used. Then, it is determined whether or not the stop display time has elapsed (S61). If the value of the special symbol stop time counter is not “0” and the stop display time has not yet elapsed (S61: NO), the process returns to the main process as it is. When the stop display time has elapsed (S61: YES), “0” indicating that the special symbol is neither fluctuating nor stopped is stored in the display state flag (S62). Next, a game state transition process is performed (S63), and the process returns to the main process. In the gaming state transition process (S63), when the determination result is a big hit, the big hit gaming state flag is set to “ON”, and the gaming state is shifted to the big hit gaming state. In this case, a jackpot game start command indicating that the jackpot game is to be started is stored in the RAM 52. Further, 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 the non-short-time state and the non-probability variation state.

  With reference to FIG. 9, the notice effect performed in this embodiment is demonstrated. The notice effect is an effect for showing the player the degree of expectation that the determination result is a jackpot before the result of the jackpot determination is notified by the demo symbol.

  The notice effect video of the present embodiment (hereinafter referred to as “notice effect video”) includes a so-called step-up notice effect notice effect image. The step-up notice effect is an effect that shows the degree of expectation of jackpot by sequentially displaying one or a plurality of videos in a predetermined order. Although details will be described later with reference to FIG. 11, the advance notice is made so that the larger the number of the notice effect pictures continuously displayed in the step up notice effect (that is, the step stage), the higher the probability of winning the jackpot. The display of the effect video is controlled. As shown in FIG. 9, the notice effect image 81 is displayed in the area in front of the demo symbol in the display area 80 of the display screen 28 (see FIG. 2).

  In the present embodiment, an image in which each of the three persons A, B, and C trains is used as a notice effect image. The steps are three stages, the first stage (STEP 1) is a video for performing muscle training, the second stage (STEP 2) is a video for running, and the third stage is a video for performing actual training. When displaying up to STEP2 or STEP3, an image of the same person as the person who appeared in STEP1 is displayed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, after the display of the respective notice effect images is finished, an expectation level image that is an image indicating the degree of expectation of jackpot corresponding to the displayed notice effect image is displayed. As shown in FIG. 9, the expectation degree video 82 is displayed in the area in front of the demo symbol in the display area 80 of the display screen 28, similarly to the notice effect video 81.

  In the present embodiment, after the first stage (STEP 1) notice effect image is displayed, the expectation image including the characters “Power” is displayed. After the second stage (STEP 2) notice effect image is displayed, the expectation image including the characters “Speed” is displayed. After the third stage (STEP 3) notice effect image is displayed, an expectation image including the characters “Technique” is displayed. As described above, the story of the step-up notice production in the present embodiment is a story in which training is performed in the order of muscle training, running, and actual training, and the ability to win by professional wrestling is acquired. When the step-up notice effect is developed after the step-up notice effect is finished, the person (any one of A, B, C) displayed in the notice effect image of the step-up notice effect is professionally wrestled as an enemy. Play against.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a composite notice effect is provided as a notice effect different from the step-up notice effect. In the combined notice effect, two or three of the notice effect images of STEP 1 in which each of the three persons A, B, and C performs muscle training are sequentially displayed during the execution of one notification effect.

  With reference to FIG. 10, the type of step-up notice effect and the composite notice effect and the flow of the effect will be described in detail. In FIG. 10, the flow of each notice effect that is executed from when the demo symbol starts to fluctuate until the demo symbol of the combination of deviations is displayed without the reach effect or until the reach effect is started. Is shown.

  No. The notice effects 1 to 9 are step-up notice effects. No. In the step-up notice effect of 1 to 3, after the notice effect picture in which one of the three persons A, B, and C performs muscle training is displayed, the expectation degree picture of STEP 1 is displayed and the notice effect is produced. Ends. In this case, the expectation degree of jackpot is very low, and even the transition to reach production is often not performed (details will be described later with reference to FIG. 11). No. In the 4-6 step-up notice effect, a notice effect image in which the same person runs is displayed immediately after the notice effect image of the muscle training of any person and the expectation image of STEP 1 are displayed. The expectation degree image of STEP2 is displayed. Thereafter, the notice effect ends. No. In the step-up notice effects 7 to 9, immediately after the notice effect video and the expectation degree video are displayed up to STEP 2, the notice effect effect video in which the same person performs the actual training is displayed, and the expectation degree image of STEP 3 is further displayed. . When the step-up notice effect is developed to STEP3, the ratio that the determination result is a big hit becomes higher than the case where the step-up notice effect is finished in STEP1 and STEP2.

  If the first stage (STEP 1) notice effect video is displayed alone, the player cannot have strong expectation for the jackpot. Therefore, when the composite notice effect described below is not executed, if the display of the second stage (STEP 2) notice effect video is not started immediately after the STEP 1 expectation video is displayed, the player at that time be discouraged. That is, the conventional gaming machine cannot fully utilize the notice effect image at the first stage (STEP 1). The pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment solves the above problem by a composite notice effect described below.

  No. 10 to 21 notice effects are combined notice effects. No. In the composite notice effect of 10 to 12, after the notice effect picture of the first stage (STEP 1) in which any one of the three persons A, B, C performs muscle training is displayed, the expectation degree picture of STEP 1 is displayed. At that time, the notice effect (that is, the display of the notice effect image and the expectation degree image) is temporarily ended, and the changing demo symbol is displayed on the front surface of the display screen 28. Therefore, the player recognizes that the step-up notice effect does not develop after STEP2. However, after that, the first stage (STEP 1) notice effect picture of the person different from the person of the notice effect picture displayed first is displayed, the expectation degree picture of STEP 1 is further displayed, and the notice effect ends again. To do. Then, an expectation video indicating that a tag match is performed between the two persons appearing in the two notice effect videos is displayed.

  No. No. 13-15 combined notice effect is also No. Similar to the composite notice effect of 10-12, this is an effect of combining two notice effect images of the first stage (STEP 1). However, no. In 13 to 15, the notice effect image is displayed at a speed faster than the display speed when the step-up notice effect is executed (that is, when the first stage is displayed alone). Specifically, after the first stage (STEP 1) notice effect image is displayed in fast-forward, the expectation degree image of STEP 1 is displayed at the normal speed (the same speed as when the step-up notice effect is executed), and the notice effect Is temporarily terminated. After that, the second stage (STEP 2) notice effect video in which a person different from the first stage appears is displayed in fast forward, the expectation picture of STEP 2 is displayed at a normal speed, and the notice effect is interrupted again. Then, an expectation image indicating that two notice effect images at the first stage (STEP 1) are combined is displayed.

  A plurality of preview effect videos can be sequentially displayed in a short time by fast-forwarding and combining the preview effect videos. As a result, it is possible to secure a sufficient time for displaying another video (in this embodiment, the “tag match” expectation level video) after the end of the notice effect video. By changing the playback speed of the same notice effect video, various effects can be performed without preparing a large number of video data. In the present embodiment, when the first notice effect image is fast-forwarded, one or two notice effect images are always combined thereafter. Therefore, it is possible to make the player recognize that the combined notice effect is executed by fast-forwarding the notice effect image.

  No. No. 16-18 combined notice effect is No. until two notice effect images and expectation degree images are displayed. It is the same as the composite notice effect of 10-12. However, after the expectation video of the second STEP1 is displayed and the notice effect is interrupted, the notice of the first stage (STEP 1) of the third person different from the person who appeared in each of the two notice effect images A production image is displayed. Next, after the expectation video of STEP 1 is displayed, the expectation video indicating that the three people who appeared in the three notice effects will perform a tag match (that is, three of the first notice effect videos are combined) (Expected degree image indicating that) is displayed.

  No. No. 19 to 21 of the composite notice effect are No. until the second expectation video is displayed and the notice effect is interrupted. It is the same as the composite notice effect of 13-15. However, after that, the first stage (STEP 1) of the notice effect video of a person different from the person displayed in each of the two notice effect videos is displayed in fast forward, and the expectation video of STEP 1 is displayed. Then, an expectation video indicating that the first stage notice effect video is combined is displayed. No. In the composite notice effects 19-21, three notice effect images are displayed in fast-forward. Therefore, in the period for executing the notice effect (the period from the start of the change to the reach effect), the display time of the expectation video indicating that the three notice effect images are combined is designated as No. This can be longer than the composite notice effect of 16-18.

  As described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment can combine a plurality of notice effect images (specifically, the first-stage notice effect images). Therefore, the player can enjoy the effect in expectation that the notice effect image is further displayed even when the notice effect image having a low expectation level alone is displayed. Since the pachinko machine 1 can also reproduce the notice effect video at high speed, it is possible to diversify the effect without preparing a lot of video data and to combine a plurality of the notice effect images in a short time. . Also, even when the notice effect video is played back at high speed, the expected video is not played back at high speed. Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 can make a player grasp an expectation degree reliably. In addition, the combined notice effect of the pachinko machine 1 is an effect indicating that a plurality of persons appearing in each of a plurality of continuously displayed notice effect images perform a tag match. It becomes. That is, the video of the combined notice effect of the pachinko machine 1 includes a plurality of notice effect images that execute a series of effects by being continuously displayed. Therefore, the content of the production becomes easy to understand, and the player can further enjoy the production.

  With reference to FIG. 11, the notice effect content determination table stored in ROM 583 of sub-control board 58 will be described. The notice effect content determination table is a table for determining whether or not to execute the notice effect and the content of the notice effect to be executed according to the variation pattern determined by the main board 41. In the notice effect content determination table, the random number value acquired by the sub control board 58 and a plurality of kinds of notice effects (including “no notice” that does not execute the notice effect) are the types of reach effects (“non-reach”). Are included). In FIG. 11, instead of the random number value associated with each notice effect, the ratio at which each notice effect is determined is expressed as a percentage. When the variation pattern is designated by the main substrate 41, the CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 refers to a table corresponding to the type of reach effect executed by the designated variation pattern, and uses the random number value to give the notice effect. Whether or not to execute and the contents of the notice effect to be executed are determined.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the case of “non-reach” in which the reach effect is not executed, the ratio at which the notice effect is executed is 40%. On the other hand, when the reach effect is executed, some notice effect is executed at a rate of 80%. Therefore, when the notice effect is executed, the player can have an expectation to shift to the reach effect. In the case of “non-reach”, the result of the jackpot determination is always out of place. Further, the step-up notice effect in the case of “non-reach” has a lower determined ratio as the effect has more steps. Similarly, in the case of “non-reach”, the proportion of the combined notice effect is determined as the number of the notice effect images combined is larger. In the present embodiment, in the case of “non-reach”, the probability that the step-up notice effect that develops to STEP 3 is determined and the ratio that the composite notice effect that the three notice effect images are combined are determined. Both are 0%. Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 can cause the player to recognize that it shifts to the reach effect by executing these notice effects.

  Further, as described above, the probability of winning a jackpot increases in the order of normal reach, reach effects A, B, C, D, E, and premier reach effects. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, for the step-up notice effect, the effect that has a larger number of steps is more likely to be determined as the reach effect has a higher probability of being a big hit. Therefore, the player can enjoy the notice effect with the expectation that the steps of the step-up notice effect will continue more. In addition, with regard to the combined notice effect, the more likely the hit effect is, the easier it is to determine an effect with a larger number of combined notice effect images. Therefore, the player can enjoy the notice effect in the hope that the number of the notice effect images combined in the compound notice effect will be increased.

  In addition, the higher the probability of winning a jackpot, the higher the ratio of executing the combined notice effect. On the other hand, the higher the probability of winning a jackpot, the lower the proportion of only the first stage (STEP 1) step-up notice effect being executed. Therefore, the probability that the combined notice effect is executed is higher than the case where only the first step (STEP 1) step-up notice effect is executed alone. Therefore, even when the step-up notice effect ends at the first stage (STEP 1), the player can enjoy the notice effect for a longer time, expecting to develop into a composite notice effect. In the present embodiment, the probability that a big hit will be greater when a composite notice effect that is displayed at a high speed is executed than when a composite notice effect that is displayed at a normal speed is executed. The table is set to be higher. Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 can more strongly attract the player's interest in a special effect that displays the notice effect image at high speed.

  With reference to FIG. 12, the sub control board process which the sub control board 58 performs is demonstrated. In the sub-control board process, a process for controlling effects by the display screen 28, the speaker 48, and the like is performed in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41. In particular, in the sub-control board process, a notification effect for notifying the result of the jackpot determination is controlled. The sub control board process is executed by the CPU 581 according to the program stored in the ROM 583.

  When the sub control board processing is started, it is determined whether or not a variation pattern designation command is received from the main board 41 (S71). If it has not been received (S71: NO), the process proceeds directly to the determination of S79. When the variation pattern designation command is received (S71: YES), the variation pattern designated by the command is stored in the RAM 582 (S72). Whether or not to execute the notice effect is determined according to the designated variation pattern, and the content of the notice effect to be executed is determined (S73). Specifically, a random number for determining the content of the notice effect is acquired. Next, a table corresponding to the type of reach effect (including “non-reach”) executed by the specified variation pattern is referred to in the notice effect content determination table (see FIG. 11), and is associated with a random number. The notice effect to be performed is determined as the notice effect to be executed. When “no notice” is decided, it is decided not to execute the notice effect.

  It is determined whether or not to execute the notice effect is determined (S75). When it is determined not to execute (S75: NO), the notification effect is controlled according to the designated variation pattern without executing the notice effect (S77), and the process is determined in S79. Migrate to When it is determined that the notice effect is to be executed (S75: YES), the decided notice effect is executed while the three demo symbols are changed (S76). Thereafter, the subsequent notification effect is controlled according to the variation pattern (S77), and the process proceeds to the determination of S79.

  When the process (S71 to S77) regarding the variation pattern designation command is completed, it is determined whether or not a special symbol stop command has been received from the main board 41 (S79). If not received (S79: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S82. When the special symbol stop command is received (S79: YES), a combination of demo symbols indicating the result of the jackpot determination is confirmed and displayed (S80), and the process proceeds to the determination of S82. Next, it is determined whether or not a jackpot game start command is received from the main board 41 (S82). If not received (S82: NO), the process directly returns to the determination of S71. When the jackpot game start command is received (S82: YES), the jackpot game effect process is executed (S83), and the process returns to the determination of S71.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, each of a plurality of preview effect videos (in this embodiment, the first stage of the step-up preview effect) is displayed alone ( (Hereinafter referred to as “single display”), and there are also cases where a plurality of first stage notice effect images are continuously displayed (hereinafter referred to as “composite display”). The probability of winning a jackpot when composite display is performed is higher than the probability of winning a jackpot when single display is performed. In other words, even if each of the first stage notice effect images is displayed alone, there is no great expectation for the jackpot, but if the first stage notice effect image is displayed multiple times during one notification effect, One can have greater expectations than if it were displayed alone. Therefore, the player can enjoy the effect in expectation that the notice effect image is further displayed even when the notice effect image having a low expectation level alone is displayed. Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 can fully attract the interest of the player by fully utilizing the notice effect with low expectation even if executed alone.

  Note that, even in the conventional step-up notice effect, a plurality of notice effect images are sequentially displayed. However, in the step-up notice effect, a plurality of notice effect images are displayed through a predetermined stage, so that only the notice effect images after the second stage are not displayed alone. Therefore, the composite notice effect in this embodiment and the conventional step-up notice effect are greatly different. And, by performing the composite notice effect, it is possible to attract the player's interest by using the notice effect image that can not be expected even if displayed alone, so the obtained effect is also the conventional step-up notice effect Is different. Further, it is assumed that there is a gaming machine that may display the notice effect video of the second and subsequent stages in the conventional step-up notice effect. In this case, for example, the expectation level when the N-stage notice effect image is displayed alone and the expectation degree when N number of notice effect images are displayed through N stages from the first stage. Is the same expectation. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the expectation of jackpot is higher in the case of combining the notice effect video than in the case of displaying the notice effect image alone. Therefore, the configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is different from the configuration of the gaming machine in which the second stage and subsequent notice effect videos may be displayed independently in the conventional step-up notice effect. And the effect that it is possible to utilize the notice effect video that cannot be expected even if it is displayed alone is also a new and remarkable effect.

  The pachinko machine 1 may display at least one of a plurality of notice effect images to be displayed (all in this embodiment) at a faster speed than when executing the step-up notice effect when executing the composite notice effect. is there. In this case, the pachinko machine 1 can display a plurality of preview effect videos sequentially in a short time by using the video data of the preview effect video used in the step-up notification effect as it is and reproducing it at high speed. Therefore, a variety of effects can be performed without preparing a lot of video data of the notice effect image.

  The pachinko machine 1 can display the expectation video after the display of the preview effect video is completed. The playback speed of the expected degree video is the same when the combined notice effect is executed and when the step-up notice effect is executed. Therefore, even when the pachinko machine 1 reproduces the notice effect video in the composite notice effect at high speed, the player can surely grasp the expectation degree in the notice effect.

  A plurality of preview effect videos in the combined preview effect of the pachinko machine 1 are videos that are displayed in succession to perform a series of effects (videos that introduce a plurality of persons performing a tag match). Therefore, the content of the production is easier to understand than when there is no relevance to each of the plurality of preview production videos displayed during one notification production. Therefore, the player can further enjoy the production.

  In the present embodiment, the special symbol start electric accessory 15 corresponds to the “start opening” of the present invention. The jackpot gaming state corresponds to the “advantageous state” of the present invention. The CPU 51 of the main board 41 that performs jackpot determination in S38 of FIG. 8 functions as the “determination means” of the present invention. The display screen 28 corresponds to “display means” of the present invention. The CPU 581 of the sub-control board 58 that controls the display of the notification effect in S71 to S80 of FIG. 12 functions as the “notification control unit” of the present invention. In S73 and S75 of FIG. 12, the CPU 581 that independently displays the notice effect video of STEP 1 (that is, executes the notice effects No. 1 to 3) functions as the “single notice control means” of the present invention. In Steps S73 and S75 of FIG. 12, the CPU 581 sequentially displays two or more preview effect videos in which the same person appears (that is, executes the No. 4 to No. 9 preview effects). ”. In S73 and S75 of FIG. 12, the CPU 581 that sequentially displays two or more preview effect videos in which different persons appear (that is, executes the preview effects No. 10 to 21) is the “composite notification control means” of the present invention. Function as. The CPU 581 that displays the expected video in S75 of FIG. 12 functions as the “expected degree display control means” of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. First, when the pachinko machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment displays a preview effect video at high speed, the pachinko machine 1 displays all the preview effect videos displayed during one notification effect at high speed. However, the pachinko machine 1 can also display only a part of the notice effect video at high speed in one notification effect. FIG. 13 illustrates the flow of a composite notice effect when only a part of the notice effect video is displayed at high speed. In the example shown in FIG. 13, the notice effect image displayed for the first time is reproduced at a normal speed. On the other hand, the notice effect images displayed for the second time and the third time are played back at high speed. Therefore, even when the first preview effect video is played back at a normal speed, there is still a possibility that the composite preview effect accompanying the high speed playback of the preview effect video is being executed. Therefore, the player can enjoy the effect while expecting that the advantageous notice effect is being executed for a longer time.

  The pachinko machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment indicates to the player the degree of expectation that the result of the jackpot determination is a jackpot by using the combined notice effect and the step-up notice effect. However, it is also possible to apply the present invention when notifying other determination results. For example, the present invention may be applied when notifying the determination result of whether or not the probability variation state occurs after the jackpot game ends, the determination result of the normal hit determination, and the like. Further, in the above embodiment, the composite notice effect and the step-up notice effect are performed from the start of the change of the demo symbol until the start of the reach effect or until the change ends without the reach effect. Done. However, it is also possible to perform a composite notice effect and a step-up notice effect at other times such as during the reach effect.

  In the above-described embodiment, the composite notice effect is executed by combining the first notice effect video in the step-up notice effect. Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 of the above embodiment can realize a new notice effect by using the first notice effect image having a low expectation for the big hit alone, and can attract the player's interest strongly. . However, the notice effect image combined in the compound notice effect need not be a step-up notice effect image. Needless to say, the number of preview effect videos to be combined is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more.

  In the above embodiment, high-speed playback of the expected video is not executed. Therefore, the player can surely grasp the degree of expectation in the notice effect by the expectation degree video. However, it is also possible to reproduce the expected video at high speed. In this case, it is possible to easily secure the time for displaying the video while combining a plurality of videos, and the content of the notice effect is diversified. Further, when the preview effect video is played back at a high speed in the composite notification effect, a plurality of fast-forward speeds may be used. In this case, it is possible to further diversify the contents of the composite notice effect. In the above-described embodiment, a plurality of notice effect images are sequentially displayed, and the plurality of notice effect images do not overlap. However, the composite notice effect may be executed by overlapping a plurality of notice effect images.

  In the above-described embodiment, when executing the combined notice effect, the notice effect is temporarily ended and the demonstration symbol is displayed on the front surface before starting the display of each of the second and subsequent notice effect images. Therefore, the interest of the player who is disappointed after the step-up notice effect is finished can be attracted again by the composite notice effect, and the player can sufficiently enjoy the notice effect. However, it is also possible to start displaying each of the second and subsequent notice effect images without temporarily ending the notice effect.

  The plurality of notice effect videos in the composite notice effect of the above embodiment are images that execute a series of effects by being continuously displayed (images that introduce a plurality of persons performing a tag match). Therefore, the content of the production is easier to understand than when there is no relevance to each of the plurality of preview production videos displayed during one notification production. However, it is also possible to change the mode of a plurality of notice effect images. For example, display objects (characters, backgrounds, scenes, etc.) to be displayed in a plurality of preview effect videos to be combined may be made common so that the plurality of preview effect videos have relevance. Even in this case, it is possible to make the contents of the combined notice effect easy to understand.

  In the above-described embodiment, the expectation video of “STEP 1” is displayed in the same manner as in the case of displaying the first stage of the step-up notice effect after the second and subsequent notice effect images are displayed in the composite notice effect. . However, the expectation degree video in the composite notice effect may be different from the expectation picture in the step-up notice effect. For example, in the above-described embodiment, after displaying the notice effect video for the second time and thereafter, the composite notice is displayed by displaying the expectation video such as “second appearance (chance)” and “third appearance (gekiatsu)”. It is possible to make the player accurately grasp the expectation level in the production.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 15 Special symbol start electric accessory 28 Display screen 41 Main board 43 Production control board 51 CPU
52 RAM
53 ROM
58 Sub-control board 70 Start-up switch 80 Display area 81 Preliminary effect video 82 Expectation degree video 581 CPU
582 RAM
583 ROM

Claims (4)

A determination means for determining whether or not to generate an advantageous state, which is a gaming state advantageous to a player, when a game ball wins at a starting port provided in the game board;
Display means for displaying an image;
Whether or not the result of the determination is the occurrence of the advantageous state by confirming and displaying the plurality of symbols indicating the result of determination by the determination unit after the plurality of symbols are changed on the display unit. And a notification control means for controlling a notification effect to notify the player of,
The notification control means includes
A single notice control means for displaying a single notice effect video on the display means during execution of the notification effect;
The step announcement effect image, the method notification control means for displaying on sequential said display means,
The composite announcement effect image, and a composite warning control means for displaying on sequential said display means,
The single advance notice effect image is an image showing an expectation degree that the advantageous state will occur, and a plurality of advance notice effect patterns each defining a plurality of advance notice effect images displayed in a predetermined order. 1 of the notice effect images defined in one of the stage notice effect patterns,
The stage notice effect video is at least two or more notice effect pictures defined in one stage notice effect pattern among the plurality of stage notice effect patterns,
The composite announcement effect video is at least two or more advance notices composed of one or more advance notice effect images respectively defined in at least two or more different stage announcement effect patterns among the plurality of step announcement effects patterns. Including production video,
The probability that the result of the determination is successful in the notification effect in which the notice effect image is displayed is that the single notice control unit is more likely to have the probability that the compound notice effect image is sequentially displayed by the compound notice control unit. A gaming machine characterized in that it is higher than when the single notice effect image is displayed. The stage notice control means displays the next notice effect video after a lapse of a predetermined first time after the end of the one notice effect video when the stage notice effect picture is displayed on the display means,
In the case where the composite notice control video is displayed on the display means, the composite notice control video is displayed on the display after the predetermined second time has elapsed after the end of the one notice video. Display
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the second time is longer than the first time.   In the case where the composite notice effect video is displayed by the composite notice control means, the notification control means displays an expectation degree video that is an effect related to the composite notice effect video after the composite notice effect video ends. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising expectation degree video control means to be displayed on the gaming machine.   The probability that the result of the determination is a hit in the notification effect in which the notice effect image is displayed is higher when the step notice effect image is sequentially displayed by the step notice control means. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gaming machine is higher than a case where the single notice effect image is displayed.

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