JP2019088398A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of increasing an interest in a game.SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine can execute a pseudo continuous performance which executes a variation cycle accompanied by variation of a symbol a plurality of times while one performance game is being executed. In addition, the Pachinko game machine can execute a step-up performance (hereinafter, referred to as SU performance) capable of specifying the big winning expectation degree, while the pseudo continuous performance is executed. The performance content of the SU performance includes a color to be presented and the number of steps. The color to be presented and the number of steps presented in the SU performance are classified into a plurality of stages each having a different big winning expectation degree. When a sub control CPU can execute restriction control to restrict that the SU performance is executed in a latter variation cycle in a performance content presenting a color with a lower big winning expectation degree than a color presented in the SU performance in the a former variation cycle, when the SU performance in the former variation cycle and the SU performance in the latter variation cycle are SU performances of different types.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  Conventionally, some pachinko gaming machines are capable of executing a special effect of executing a fluctuation cycle involving fluctuation of symbols a plurality of times during execution of one fluctuation game (for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, some pachinko gaming machines that execute such special effects execute specific effects that can specify the degree of expectation of a big hit in the changing game being executed while the special effects are being executed.

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  However, in the pachinko gaming machine as described above, it is desired to more effectively improve the interest in the game by devising the relationship between the special effect and the specific effect.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional techniques, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the interest in gaming.

  The gaming machine for solving the above-mentioned problems can execute a variation game performed by varying the symbol, and during the execution of one variation game, a special effect to execute a variation cycle accompanied by a variation of the symbol a plurality of times In the gaming machine that can execute the game, the game apparatus includes a presentation execution unit that executes a presentation and a presentation control unit that performs control related to the presentation, and the presentation that can be executed by the presentation execution unit has a specific presentation, and the specific presentation The content of the presentation includes the first presentation element and the second presentation element, and the first presentation element and the second presentation element are each provided with an advantageous state advantageous to the player. The degree of expectation is classified into a plurality of different stages, and the effect control means is executed in the first specific effect performed in the previous fluctuation cycle and in the subsequent fluctuation cycle while the special effect is being executed. The second identification The is classified into a stage where the degree of expectation to which an advantageous state is given is lower than the stage in which the first effect element in the effect content of the first specific effect is classified, when and are different types of specific effects The gist of the present invention is that it is possible to execute limit control that restricts the execution of the second specific effect with effect contents including one effect element.

  Regarding the above-mentioned gaming machine, when the effect control means executes the specific effect with the effect contents classified into the predetermined stages during the execution of the special effect, the fluctuation during the execution after the specific effect is executed You may control so that the said specific presentation is not performed until a game is complete | finished.

  A gaming machine that solves the above-mentioned problems is capable of executing a fluctuation game performed by changing symbols, and performing effects in a gaming machine capable of executing continuous effects that can be executed over a plurality of fluctuation games. The effect that can be executed by the effect execution means includes a specific effect, and the effect contents of the specific effect include the first effect element and the second effect element. The first effect element and the second effect element are classified into a plurality of stages having different degrees of expectation that advantageous states are given to the player, respectively. The effect control means is a type of specific effect in which the first specific effect performed in the previous fluctuation game and the second specific effect performed in the subsequent fluctuation game are different while the continuous effect is being executed. When 1) The second specific effect is the effect content including the first effect element classified into the stage where the degree of expectation is lower than the stage in which the first effect element in the effect content of the specific effect is classified is classified into the lower stage The gist is that it is possible to execute limit control that limits what is executed.

  With regard to the gaming machine, when the first control effect executed first and the second control effect executed later are different types of specified effects, the effect control means performs the contents of the first specified effect It is possible to execute the control to execute the second specific effect with the effect contents including the second effect element classified into the stage where the expectation is given lower than the stage in which the second effect element in the second aspect is classified It may be

  With regard to the above-mentioned gaming machine, the specific effect includes a specific effect that can be changed stepwise during the execution of one specific effect, and in the specific effect, the first effect element is at each stage The effect content may be the number of stages in which the effect content changes during execution of one specific effect.

  With regard to the above-mentioned gaming machine, the specific effect includes a specific effect in which the effect content can be changed stepwise during the execution of one specific effect, and the restriction control is the final effect content in the second specific effect However, there is an effect including the first effect element classified into a stage where the degree of anticipation is given lower than the stage in which the first effect element included in the final effect content in the first specific effect is classified. The control may be limited to be content.

  With regard to the above-mentioned gaming machine, the specific effect includes a specific effect in which the effect content can be changed stepwise during the execution of one specific effect, and the restriction control is the first effect content in the second specific effect However, there is an effect including the first effect element classified into a stage where the degree of anticipation is given lower than the stage in which the first effect element included in the final effect content in the first specific effect is classified. The control may be limited to be content.

  With regard to the gaming machine, the effect control means performs the predetermined specific effect as the first specific effect and when the predetermined specific effect is performed as the second specific effect, in the predetermined specific effect The determination ratio of the presentation content may be different.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the interest in the game.

The front view which shows a pachinko game machine. The front view which shows a game board. (A)-(g) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a pseudo | simulation continuous presentation. (A)-(c) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a special effect. The block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko game machine. Explanatory drawing which shows the kind of fluctuation pattern. (A)-(d) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of panel SU production. (A)-(c) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of character SU presentation. (A)-(c) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of serif SU production, (d) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of red change production. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship of the color which can be shown in each specific production, and a big hit expectation. The flowchart which shows production contents decision processing. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing which shows the determination aspect of the color shown in each step of SU production when special rendering is not performed. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the determination aspect of the color shown in each step of SU production when special rendering is performed. (A)-(c) is a timing chart which shows a concrete example in case specific effect is performed during execution of an effect game. The timing chart which shows a concrete example in case specific effect is performed during execution of an effect game. The timing chart which shows a concrete example in case specific effect is performed during execution of a production game in a 2nd embodiment.

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, a first embodiment embodied in a pachinko gaming machine will be described. In the present specification, upper, lower, left, right, front (front), and rear (back) indicate directions when viewed from the player.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko gaming machine 10 as a gaming machine has a firing handle HD operated by a player when firing a gaming ball. In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a speaker Sp that outputs sound. The speaker Sp can execute an effect (hereinafter, referred to as an audio effect) performed by outputting an audio such as a music or a sound effect. Moreover, the pachinko gaming machine 10 is equipped with the decoration lamp La which performs the light emission production performed using the light-emitting body which is not shown in figure. The decorative lamp La can execute a light emission effect by lighting, blinking and extinguishing a light emitting body (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes a game board YB. A substantially circular game area YBa is defined on the front side of the game board YB in a front view. In the present embodiment, the game ball shot by the operation of the launch handle HD reaches the game area YBa.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an information display device 11. For example, the information display device 11 is disposed on the gaming board YB at a position where it can be viewed by the player. In the information display device 11, various information indicating the control state of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is notified.

  The information display device 11 includes a first special symbol display unit 11a. The first special symbol display unit 11a can execute a first special symbol variation game in which a predetermined symbol is variably displayed and finally the first special symbol is displayed on a fixed stop. In the following description, the first special symbol variation game is abbreviated as "first special game". The information display device 11 includes a second special symbol display unit 11 b. The second special symbol display unit 11b can execute a second special symbol variation game in which a predetermined symbol is variably displayed and finally the second special symbol is displayed on a fixed stop. In the following description, the second special symbol variation game is abbreviated as "second special game". Also, the first special game and the second special game are collectively referred to as "special game". The special symbol is a symbol for informing the result of the big hit judgment (big hit lottery) described later.

  In the present specification, "variation display" means a state in which the type of symbol being displayed changes with the passage of time. In the present specification, the term "decided stop display" means that a symbol is displayed on a fixed basis and stopped, and the type of symbol being displayed does not change. In the special symbol in the present embodiment, there are at least a big hit symbol as a big hit display result and an off symbol as a wrong display result. In the special game, when the jackpot symbol is displayed as a fixed stop, the player can recognize the jackpot. In the special game, the player can recognize the off when the off symbol is determined and stopped and displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the first special game and the second special game are not executed simultaneously. In the present embodiment, the second special game is executed prior to the first special game. In the present embodiment, when it is determined that the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot in the jackpot determination, the jackpot symbol is determined and stopped in the special game, and a jackpot game is awarded after the end of the special game. Although the details will be described later, the jackpot game is extremely advantageous for the player because the player can obtain many balls and other benefits. In the present embodiment, the jackpot game corresponds to an advantageous state advantageous to the player.

  The information display device 11 includes a first special hold display unit 11c. The first special hold display unit 11c displays information capable of recognizing the number of times of the first special game whose execution is being held because the hold condition is satisfied but the execution condition is not yet satisfied. In the following description, the number of pending first special games is indicated as “first special pending number”. The information display device 11 includes a second special hold display unit 11 d. The second special hold display unit 11 d displays information capable of recognizing the number of times of the second special game whose execution is being held because the hold condition is satisfied but the execution condition is not yet satisfied. In the following description, the number of pending second special games is indicated as “second special pending number”. For example, the maximum values of the first special holding number and the second special holding number are “4”, respectively. The holding condition of the special game can also be grasped as a condition for starting the special game (a so-called start condition).

  The information display device 11 is provided with a normal symbol display portion 11e. The normal symbol display section 11e can execute a normal symbol variation game in which a predetermined symbol is variably displayed and finally a normal symbol is determined and stopped. The normal symbol is a symbol for informing the result of the normal hit determination (normal hit lottery) described later. In the following description, the normal symbol variation game is abbreviated as “normal game”. The normal symbols in the present embodiment include at least a normal hit symbol and a normal offset symbol. In the case of the normal game, when the normal hit symbol is determined and stopped and displayed, the player can recognize the normal hit. In the case of the normal game, in the case where the normal losing symbol is determined and stopped and displayed, the player can usually recognize the lost.

  In the present embodiment, when it is determined that a normal hit is determined in the normal hit determination, the normal hit symbol in the normal game is determined and stopped, and the normal hit game is awarded after the end of the normal game. Although details will be described later, the normal hit game is advantageous to the player because the player can easily establish the holding condition of the special game.

  The information display device 11 includes a normal hold display unit 11 f. The normal hold display unit 11 f displays information that can recognize the number of normal games whose execution is being held because the hold condition is satisfied but the execution condition is not yet satisfied. In the following description, the number of pending normal games is indicated as "the number of normally pending". For example, the maximum number of normal reservations is four.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an effect display device 12 as effect execution means for executing effects. The effect display device 12 is, for example, a liquid crystal display type display device. The effect display device 12 may be an organic EL display type display device, or may be a display device configured to include a projector and a screen. The effect display device 12 includes an image display unit GH on which an image is displayed. The effect display device 12 can execute an effect (hereinafter referred to as a display effect) for displaying an image (pattern) imitating a predetermined character or character as one of the effects. In the present embodiment, the effect display device 12 corresponds to an effect execution unit that executes an effect.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided below the effect display device 12 in the game board YB with a first start-up port 13 as a winning opening opened in the game area YBa. The first starting opening 13 is always open so as to allow the game ball to enter. In the following description, the game ball entering the winning opening may be indicated as "winning". The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a first start sensor SE1 that detects a game ball entering the first start port 13 (shown in FIG. 5). For example, the first start sensor SE1 is provided in a passage (not shown) through which gaming balls having entered the first start port 13 pass. In the present embodiment, when the game ball is detected by the first start sensor SE1, the hold condition of the first special game can be established, and the payout condition of the award ball is satisfied.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a second starting opening 14 as a winning opening opened in the game area YBa at the lower right of the effect display device 12 in the game board YB. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a second start sensor SE2 (shown in FIG. 5) that detects the game ball having entered the second start port 14. For example, the second start sensor SE2 is provided in a passage (not shown) through which gaming balls having entered the second start port 14 pass. In the present embodiment, when the game ball is detected by the second start sensor SE2, the holding condition of the second special game can be established, and the payout condition of the award ball is satisfied.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a first variable member 15 capable of operating in an allowed state (open state) and a restricted state (closed state) in the game board YB. The permitted state is a state in which the game ball can be made to enter the second starting opening 14 or is made to enter easily. The restricted state is a state in which the game ball can not enter the second starting opening 14 or is difficult to enter. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a first actuator A1 that operates the first variable member 15 (shown in FIG. 5). The first variable member 15 is operated in the permitted state in the normal hit game.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a special winning opening 16 opened in the game area YBa at the lower right of the effect display device 12 in the game board YB. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a count sensor SE3 for detecting the gaming ball having entered the large winning opening 16 (shown in FIG. 5). For example, the count sensor SE3 is provided in a passage (not shown) through which the game ball having entered the large winning opening 16 passes. In the present embodiment, when the gaming ball is detected by the count sensor SE3, the payout condition of winning balls is established.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a second variable member 17 capable of operating in an allowed state (open state) and a restricted state (closed state) in the game board YB. The second variable member 17 is a so-called big winning opening door. The allowance state is a state in which the game ball can enter the big winning opening 16, or is a state in which the ball is easy to enter. The restricted state is a state in which the game ball can not enter the big winning opening 16 or is difficult to enter. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a second actuator A2 for operating the second variable member 17 (shown in FIG. 5). The second variable member 17 is operated in the permitted state in the big hit game.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a gate 18 through which game balls can pass (enter) on the right side of the effect display device 12 in the game board YB. The gate 18 is provided with a gate sensor SE4 that detects gaming balls passing through the gate 18 (shown in FIG. 5). In the present embodiment, when the game ball is detected by the gate sensor SE4, the holding condition of the normal game may be established.

Next, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 10 will be described.
The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a low probability state and a high probability state as gaming states having different jackpot probabilities. The jackpot probability is the probability that a jackpot is judged to be a jackpot. The high probability state is a gaming state in which the jackpot probability is high compared to the low probability state. In the high probability state, the probability of being judged to be a big hit in the big hit judgment is higher than that in the low probability state, which is an advantageous gaming state for the player. The high probability state is a so-called “probability fluctuation state (probability state)”.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 has a low base state and a high base state as gaming states in which the ratio of the number of award balls to the number of launch balls is different. The high base state of the present embodiment is a gaming state in which the probability of the game ball entering the second starting opening 14 is higher than that in the low base state. In the high base state of this embodiment, the probability that the gaming ball enters the second starting opening 14 increases, and the entering of the gaming ball in the second starting opening 14 becomes easy, so the gaming state advantageous to the player (Be ready to enter the ball). That is, the high base state in the present embodiment is a so-called "power support state", and the low base state is a so-called "non-power support state".

  For example, the high base state can be realized by performing one control arbitrarily selected from the three controls described below, or by combining a plurality of controls. The first control is a normal symbol fluctuation time reduction control in which the fluctuation time of the normal game is shorter than in the low base state. The second control is probability fluctuation control of a regular symbol that varies the probability of being judged as a regular hit in the regular hit determination (normal hit probability) to a higher probability than in the low base state. The third control is an open time extension control in which the total open time of the first variable member 15 in one normal hit game is made longer than in the low base state. In addition, as the opening time extension control, control to increase the number of times of opening of the first variable member 15 in one ordinary hit game more than in the low base state, and one time of the first variable member 15 in ordinary hit game It is preferable to perform at least one control of the control of making the open time of L longer than in the low base state.

  In the present embodiment, the normal hit probability in the low base state is set to zero. For this reason, the first variable member 15 is not operated in the permitting state in the low base state. Note that the normal hit probability in the low base state may be a probability that exceeds zero. In this case, the first variable member 15 is operated in the permitting state in the low base state.

  Also, the high base state may be realized by combining the fourth control described below. The fourth control is a special symbol variation time reduction control that makes the variation time of the special game (for example, the average variation time) shorter than in the low base state. When performing the variation time shortening control of the special symbol, the high base state becomes the so-called "variation time shortening condition (time saving condition)" about the special symbol. On the other hand, the low base state is the so-called "non-fluctuation time reduction state (non-short time state)" for the special symbol.

  In the following description, the gaming state in the low probability state and the low base state is referred to as "low probability low base state", and the gaming state in the high probability state and low base state is referred to as "high probability low base state". In addition, the gaming state in the low probability state and the high base state is referred to as "low probability high base state", and the gaming state in the high probability state and high base state is referred to as "high probability high base state".

Next, the big hit in the pachinko gaming machine 10 will be described.
The pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of big hit symbols as a big hit symbol of a special symbol. The types of jackpots are determined for each of the plural types of jackpot symbols.

  In the case of a big hit, after a big hit symbol is derived in the special game, a big hit game of a type according to the big hit symbol is awarded. In the jackpot game, first, a predetermined effect is performed over a predetermined opening time. In the present embodiment, as a predetermined effect, for example, an opening effect for notifying the start of a big hit game is performed. In the big hit game, a round game in which the big winning opening 16 is opened after the opening time is played. The round game is played with the predetermined upper limit number as the upper limit. One round game is ended when a first end condition for entering a predetermined upper limit number of game balls or a second end condition for passing a predetermined upper limit time is satisfied. In round games, round effects are performed. And, in the big hit game, when the final round game ends, a predetermined effect is performed over a predetermined ending time. In the present embodiment, as a predetermined effect, for example, an ending effect of notifying the end of the big hit game is performed. The big hit game is ended with the end of the ending time.

  In addition, the big hit symbol of this embodiment is given a high probability state after the end of the big hit game, and a specific big hit symbol that gives a high probability state and a high base state from the end of the big hit game to the next big hit lottery winning. On the other hand, there is a non-specified jackpot symbol that provides a high base state with a predetermined upper limit number of special games as the upper limit.

Next, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the effect design variation game, which is one of the effects that can be executed by the effect display device 12, will be described.
The effect symbol variation game is a variation game in which the effect symbols are variably displayed in a plurality of lines in the effect display device 12 and finally a combination of the effect symbols is derived. In the following description, the effect symbol variation game is abbreviated as “effect game”. The effect pattern is a pattern (decorative pattern) to which a decoration such as a character or a pattern is applied, and is for diversifying the display effect. In the present embodiment, the effect game is performed by variably displaying (scrolling) the first, second, and third row symbol rows in a predetermined direction.

  The effect game starts with the start of the special game and ends with the end of the special game. Then, in the effect game, a combination of effect symbols according to the special symbol derived in the special game is derived. When a big hit symbol (big hit display result) is derived in the special game, a big hit symbol combination (big hit display result) by the produced symbol is also derived in the effect game. For example, the big hit design combination by the production design is the design combination where the production design of all lines becomes identical. Further, in the special game, when the misplaced symbol (disappeared display result) is derived, in the effect game, a symbol combination (disappeared displayed result) of the disapproval due to the rendered symbol is derived. For example, the symbol combination of the detachment by the production design is a design combination in which the production design of at least a part of the rows is different from that of the other rows.

  Further, in the effect game of the present embodiment, reach effect can be executed. The reach effect of the present embodiment is an effect that is performed in a state (so-called reach state) in which the same effect pattern is temporarily displayed on a specific line of all the pattern lines in the effect game. The reach effects of the present embodiment include normal reach effects and super reach effects performed by developing the contents of normal reach effects.

  In addition, in the effect game of the present embodiment, there may be a case where a pseudo continuous effect as a special effect of executing a change cycle accompanied with a change of the effect pattern a plurality of times during one execution of the effect game. In other words, the pseudo continuous effect is an effect that makes it appear as if a plurality of effect games are being executed consecutively during the execution of one effect game.

  In the pseudo continuous rendition, the fluctuation cycle is performed a plurality of times (two or three times in this embodiment) from once the variation display of the production design is started until the production design of all the rows is temporarily displayed once. Be done. Note that the fluctuation cycle does not have to be once from when fluctuation display of the production symbol is started to when display symbols of all the rows are temporarily displayed once. For example, the fluctuation cycle may be a single fluctuation cycle from when fluctuation display of the production design is started to when the production design of the specific row is temporarily stopped, or fluctuation display of the production design is started. It may be one fluctuation cycle until the predetermined image is displayed. That is, in the pseudo continuous effect, it is only necessary to be able to recognize switching of the fluctuation cycle, and it is possible to appropriately change which period is to be one fluctuation cycle. In this embodiment, it is possible to specify that the degree of expectation with which the jackpot display result is derived is high in the effect game being executed, as the number of fluctuation cycles executed in the pseudo continuous effect increases.

  In the following description, the degree of expectation from which the big hit display result is derived is referred to as "big hit expectation". As described above, in the present embodiment, when the big hit display result is derived in the special game, the big hit display result is derived also in the effect game. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the jackpot expectation in the effect game can be grasped as the jackpot expectation in the special game. Further, as described above, in the present embodiment, in the case of a big hit, a big hit game as an advantageous state advantageous to the player is provided. For this reason, the jackpot expectation can be grasped also as the expectation with which the player is given an advantageous state.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the pseudo continuous effect is executed in the present embodiment, in the effect display device 12, after the variable display of the effect design is started (FIG. 3 (a)), all rows in a specific combination The effect pattern of is temporarily displayed in a stopped state (FIG. 3 (b)), and thereafter, variation display of the effect pattern of all the rows is started again (FIG. 3 (c)). In the present embodiment, the specific combination is, for example, a combination of effect symbols in which a continuation notification symbol notifying that the next fluctuation cycle is to be executed in the middle row is temporarily displayed. The continuation notification symbol of the present embodiment is an effect symbol imitating a character string of "continuation". In the present embodiment, the continuation notification symbol is not displayed temporarily when the next variation cycle is not executed in the effect game. When the number of fluctuation cycles executed in the pseudo continuous rendition is two, the rendition display device 12 temporarily displays the rendition symbols of all the rows in the second fluctuation cycle, and then temporarily displays the rendition display symbols The decision stop is displayed by the combination of. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of this embodiment, when the number of fluctuation cycles executed in the pseudo continuous effect is two, after the reach effect is executed in the second fluctuation cycle, the effect pattern is temporarily stopped. Is displayed. Specifically, when the number of fluctuation cycles executed in the pseudo continuous effect is two, in the second fluctuation cycle, after the normal reach effect is performed and the super reach effect is not performed, the effect pattern is temporarily performed. There are times when it is stopped and displayed, and when it is displayed once after the normal reach effect and the super reach effect are executed.

  On the other hand, when the fluctuation cycle executed in the pseudo continuous effect is three times, in the second fluctuation cycle, the effect display device 12 temporarily displays the effect symbols of all the rows in the specific display mode (FIG. 3) (D)) After that, the variable display of the rendering symbols of all the rows is started again (FIG. 3 (e)). Then, in the effect display device 12, after the effect symbols in all the columns are temporarily displayed in the third variation cycle, the fixedly displayed symbols are displayed by the combination of the effect symbols temporarily displayed. In the present embodiment, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, when the number of fluctuation cycles executed in the pseudo continuous effect is three, the normal reach effect and the super reach effect are executed in the third fluctuation cycle. After being done, the effect pattern is displayed temporarily. For this reason, in the effect display device 12, after the normal reach effect is executed in a state (reach state) in which the same effect pattern is temporarily displayed in the specific row in the third variation cycle (FIG. 3 (f)), Super reach production is executed (Figure 3 (g)).

  Further, in the pseudo continuous rendition of the present embodiment, in the second and third fluctuation cycles, the number notification image notifying the predetermined display area (for example, upper right) of the effect display device 12 of the fluctuation cycle. Is to be displayed. For example, the number notification image in the second variation cycle is an image imitating the character string "x 2", and the number notification image in the third variation cycle is an image imitating the character string "x 3" is there.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, in the pseudo-continuous effect of the present embodiment, after the variable display of the rendering symbols of all the rows is started (FIG. 4 (a)), all the special combinations different from the specific combination In some cases, the rendering symbols in the row may be stopped and displayed (FIG. 4 (b)). And in this embodiment, special production is performed, after a production design is temporarily stopped and displayed by a special combination in pseudo continuous production (Drawing 4 (c)). That is, in the present embodiment, the special combination is a combination for notifying that the special effect is performed in the next fluctuation cycle. In the present embodiment, the special combination is a combination of effect symbols in which a special notification symbol imitating a character string of “special” is temporarily displayed in the middle row. The special rendering of this embodiment is performed in the final variation cycle. For this reason, in the pseudo continuous rendition of the present embodiment, there may be a case where the rendition design is temporarily stopped and displayed in a special combination in the fluctuation cycle immediately before the final round.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 10 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, the pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a main control board 30 on the back side (rear side) of the game board YB. The main control board 30 performs various processes, and outputs control information (control command) according to the result of the process.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a sub control board 31 on the back side (rear side) of the game board YB. The sub control board 31 executes a predetermined process based on the control information input from the main control board 30. For example, the sub control board 31 performs processing for causing display effect by the effect display device 12, light emission effect by the decoration lamp La, and sound effect by the speaker Sp.

First, the main control board 30 will be described in detail.
The main control board 30 includes a main control CPU 30a, a main control ROM 30b, and a main control RAM 30c. The main control CPU 30a executes various processes by executing a main control program.

  The main control ROM 30b stores a main control program, a table used for a predetermined lottery, a determination value, and the like. Further, the main control ROM 30 b stores a plurality of types of fluctuation patterns. The variation pattern is information that can identify a variation time from the start of the special game to the end of the special game. Further, in the present embodiment, the variation pattern is information that can specify the effect contents of the effect game that is performed between the start of the special game and the end of the special game. Specifically, the fluctuation pattern of the present embodiment is information that can specify the type of effect to be executed in the effect game.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the variation pattern of the present embodiment, a variation pattern that can be determined when it is determined to be a gap in the big hit determination and a big hit variation pattern that can be determined when it is determined to be a big hit in the big hit determination. There is. For example, the variation patterns HP1 to HP8 are out-of-order variation patterns, and the variation patterns HP9 to HP15 are big hit variation patterns. In the out-of-out fluctuation pattern, as the effect content of the effect game, the effect content for causing the symbol combination of the off-position to be finally derived is determined without passing through the reach effect or through the reach effect. For example, the fluctuation pattern HP1 is a fluctuation pattern in which the content of the effect for causing the symbol combination of the end to be derived is finally derived without the reach effect being performed. In addition, fluctuation patterns HP2 and HP3 are fluctuation patterns in which the contents of presentation for determining the symbol combination of the final out after passing through normal reach production (shown as N reach in the drawing) are defined. And fluctuation patterns HP4-HP8 are fluctuation patterns in which the contents of the presentation for which the symbol combination of the outlying is finally derived are determined through normal reach production and super reach production (shown as SP reach in the drawing). Further, in the big hit fluctuation pattern, as the contents of the effect of the effect game, the contents of the effect of causing the jackpot symbol combination to be finally derived through reach effect are defined. For example, the fluctuation patterns HP9 and HP10 are fluctuation patterns in which the contents of presentation for determining the symbol combination of the big hit finally through normal reach presentation are defined. In addition, fluctuation patterns HP11 to HP15 are fluctuation patterns in which the contents of presentation for determining the symbol combination of the big hit finally through normal reach production and super reach production are determined.

  Further, the number of fluctuation cycles to be executed in the effect game is set in the fluctuation pattern of the present embodiment. In other words, in the variation pattern of the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not to execute the pseudo continuous rendition, and the number of variation cycles in the pseudo continuous rendition. For example, the variation patterns HP1, HP2, HP4, HP9, and HP11 are variation patterns in which the contents of the rendering not performing the pseudo continuous rendering are defined. In addition, fluctuation patterns HP3, HP5, HP6, HP10, HP12, and HP13 are fluctuation patterns in which the contents of presentation for executing the pseudo continuous rendition are determined, and two times are determined as the number of fluctuation cycles executed in the pseudo continuous rendition Variation pattern. And fluctuation pattern HP7, HP8, HP14, HP15 is the fluctuation pattern where the production contents which execute the pseudo continuous production are decided, with the fluctuation pattern where 3 times were decided as the frequency of fluctuation cycle which is executed in the pseudo continuous production is there.

  In the present embodiment, the fluctuation patterns in which the effect content for executing the pseudo continuous effect is determined are all the fluctuation patterns in which the effect content for executing the reach effect is determined. For this reason, in the present embodiment, when the pseudo continuous rendition is executed, the reach rendition is subsequently executed. Further, in the present embodiment, the fluctuation patterns in which three times are determined as the number of fluctuation cycles to be executed in the pseudo continuous rendition are all fluctuation patterns in which the contents of the rendition for executing the super reach effect are determined. For this reason, in the present embodiment, when three fluctuation cycles are executed in the pseudo continuous effect, the super reach effect is subsequently performed.

  Further, in the variation pattern of the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not special rendering is to be performed. For example, the variation patterns HP1 to HP5, HP7, HP9 to HP12, and HP14 are variation patterns in which the content of the rendering not to execute the special rendering is defined. In addition, fluctuation patterns HP6, HP8, HP13, HP15 are fluctuation patterns in which the contents of special effects are determined in the final fluctuation cycle. In the present embodiment, the fluctuation patterns in which the effect content for executing the special effect is determined are all the fluctuation patterns in which the effect content for executing the super reach effect is determined. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the special effect is executed, the super reach effect is subsequently executed.

  The main control RAM 30 c shown in FIG. 5 is configured to be able to store various information that is rewritten during the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The information stored in the main control RAM 30 c is, for example, a flag, a counter, and a timer. Further, the main control board 30 is configured to be capable of generating a random number. For example, the random number may be generated as a hardware random number or may be generated as a software random number.

  The main control CPU 30a, the first start sensor SE1, the second start sensor SE2, the count sensor SE3, and the gate sensor SE4 are connected. The main control CPU 30a is configured to be able to input a detection signal that is output when each sensor detects a game ball. Main control CPU 30a, information display device 11 (first special symbol display unit 11a, second special symbol display unit 11b, first special hold display unit 11c, second special hold display unit 11d, normal symbol display unit 11e, normal hold The display unit 11f) is connected. The main control CPU 30a is configured to be able to control the display content of the information display device 11. The main control CPU 30a and the first actuator A1 and the second actuator A2 are connected. The main control CPU 30a is configured to be able to control the operation of each actuator.

Next, the sub control board 31 will be described.
The sub control board 31 and the main control board 30 are connected. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is configured to be able to output control information in one direction from the main control board 30 to the sub control board 31. The sub control board 31 includes a sub control CPU 31a, a sub control ROM 31b, and a sub control RAM 31c. The sub control CPU 31a executes various processing (for example, processing related to effects) by executing the sub control program.

  The sub control ROM 31 b stores a sub control program, a table used for lottery, a determination value, and the like. The sub control ROM 31 b stores display effect data relating to display effects in the effect display device 12. The sub control ROM 31 b stores light emission effect data relating to a light emission effect in the decoration lamp La. The sub control ROM 31 b stores voice effect data relating to sound effects in the speaker Sp.

  The sub control RAM 31 c is configured to be capable of storing various information that can be appropriately rewritten during the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The information stored in the sub control RAM 31 c is, for example, a flag, a counter, and a timer. Further, the sub control board 31 is configured to be capable of generating a random number. For example, the random number may be generated as a hardware random number or may be generated as a software random number.

  The sub control CPU 31a and the effect display device 12 are connected. The sub control CPU 31a is configured to be able to control the display mode of the effect display device 12. In the present embodiment, the sub control CPU 31 a controls the display mode of the effect display device 12 to implement effect control means. The sub control CPU 31a and the decoration lamp La are connected. The sub control CPU 31a is configured to be able to control the light emission mode of the decoration lamp La. The sub control CPU 31a and the speaker Sp are connected. The sub control CPU 31a is configured to be able to control the output mode of the speaker Sp.

Next, various processes (controls) executed in the pachinko gaming machine 10 will be described.
The main control CPU 30a of the main control board 30 executes various processing such as special symbol input processing and special symbol start processing based on the main control program. The main control CPU 30a executes various processing such as special symbol input processing and special symbol start processing every predetermined control cycle (for example, 4 ms).

First, special symbol input processing will be described.
In the special symbol input process, the main control CPU 30a determines whether the gaming ball has entered the first starting opening 13. At this time, the main control CPU 30a determines that the gaming ball has entered the first starting opening 13 by inputting a detection signal from the first starting sensor SE1. When the game ball enters the first starting opening 13, the main control CPU 30a determines whether the first special hold number stored in the main control RAM 30c is less than the upper limit number (4 in the present embodiment) Do. If the first special hold number is less than the upper limit number, the main control CPU 30a updates the first special hold number stored in the main control RAM 30c by adding one. At this time, the main control CPU 30a controls the information display device 11 to display the updated first special holding number. As described above, in the present embodiment, when the number of the first special reserve is less than the upper limit number, the game ball enters the first starting opening 13 to establish the reserve condition of the first special game.

  Next, the main control CPU 30a acquires the random number generated in the main control board 30, and causes the main control RAM 30c to store random number information based on the acquired random number. For example, the random number is a big hit random number, a big hit symbol random number, a variation pattern random number, or the like. At this time, the main control CPU 30a stores the random number information such that the random number information for the first special game and the storage order of the random number information can be specified. In the present embodiment, by storing random number information for the first special game in the main control RAM 30c, it is possible to suspend the execution until the execution condition of the first special game is satisfied. The random number information may be the acquired random number itself, or may be information obtained by processing the random number according to a predetermined method.

  When the game ball does not enter the first starting opening 13, the first special holding number is not less than the upper limit number, and when the random number information for the first special game is stored in the main control RAM 30c, the main The control CPU 30 a determines whether the gaming ball has entered the second starting opening 14. At this time, the main control CPU 30a determines that the gaming ball has entered the second starting opening 14 by inputting a detection signal from the second starting sensor SE2. When the game ball has not entered the second starting opening 14, the main control CPU 30a ends the special symbol input process. On the other hand, when the game ball enters the second starting opening 14, whether the main control CPU 30a is less than the upper limit number (4 in this embodiment) is the number of the second special hold stored in the main control RAM 30c Determine If the second special hold number is not less than the upper limit number, the main control CPU 30a ends the special symbol input process. On the other hand, when the second special holding number is less than the upper limit number, the main control CPU 30a updates the second special holding number stored in the main control RAM 30c by adding one. At this time, the main control CPU 30a controls the information display device 11 to display the updated second special holding number. As described above, in the present embodiment, when the second special hold number is less than the upper limit number, the game ball enters the second starting port 14 to hold the second special game hold condition.

  Next, the main control CPU 30a acquires the random number generated in the main control board 30, and causes the main control RAM 30c to store random number information based on the acquired random number. At this time, the main control CPU 30a stores the random number information so that the second special game random number information and the storage order of the random number information can be specified. In the present embodiment, by storing the random number information for the second special game in the main control RAM 30c, the execution can be suspended until the execution condition of the second special game is satisfied. Thereafter, the main control CPU 30a ends the special symbol input process.

Next, special symbol start processing will be described.
First, the main control CPU 30a determines whether the execution condition of the special game is established. In this determination, the main control CPU 30a determines that the execution condition is satisfied when it is not in the big hit game and not in the special game, while the execution condition is met in the big hit game or in the special game. It determines that it does not do. If the execution condition is not satisfied, the main control CPU 30a ends the special symbol start process.

  On the other hand, when the execution condition is satisfied, the main control CPU 30a acquires the second special suspension number stored in the main control RAM 30c, and determines whether the acquired second special suspension number is greater than 0 (zero). judge. If the second special hold number is greater than zero, the main control CPU 30a starts the second special game. On the other hand, when the second special holding number is zero, the main control CPU 30a acquires the first special holding number, and determines whether the acquired first special holding number is larger than zero. If the first special hold number is 0, the main control CPU 30a ends the special symbol start process. On the other hand, when the first special hold number is larger than 0, the main control CPU 30a starts the first special game. Thus, the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment preferentially executes the second special game without simultaneously executing the first special game and the second special game.

  When starting the second special game, the main control CPU 30a controls the information display device 11 so as to update the second special reserve number by 1 and to display the second special reserve number after subtraction. Next, the main control CPU 30a acquires, from the main control RAM 30c, the random number information stored first among the random number information for the second special game. Then, the main control CPU 30a uses the value of the big hit random number specified from the acquired random number information to make a big hit determination as to whether or not a big hit. The big hit judgment corresponds to a big hit lottery whether or not a big hit. For example, the jackpot determination may be performed based on whether or not the value of the random number and the jackpot determination value match. Further, for example, the jackpot determination may be performed based on whether or not a value obtained by adding the value of the random number and the jackpot determination value exceeds a predetermined value. At this time, the main control CPU 30a performs a big hit determination with a different big hit determination value according to the current probability state.

  When it is determined that the big hit is a big hit in the big hit determination, the main control CPU 30a performs a big hit variation process. In the jackpot variation process, the main control CPU 30a determines the jackpot symbol of the special symbol based on the value of the jackpot symbol random number specified from the acquired random number information. This determined jackpot symbol becomes a fixed stop symbol derived in the special game. Further, when the main control CPU 30a determines the big hit symbol of the special symbol, the main control CPU 30a determines a big hit variation pattern from among a plurality of big hit variation patterns by performing a change pattern determination lottery. On the other hand, when it is not determined as a big hit in the big hit determination, the main control CPU 30a performs out-of-out variation processing. The main control CPU 30a determines the out-of-order symbol of the special symbol in the out-of-variation process. This determined out-of-design symbol becomes the fixed stop symbol derived in the special game. In addition, when the main control CPU 30a determines the off symbol of the special symbol, the main control CPU 30a performs a variation pattern determination lottery to determine a variation variation pattern from among a plurality of types of variation variation patterns.

  When determining the fluctuation pattern, the main control CPU 30a determines the fluctuation pattern so that the jackpot expectation increases as the number of fluctuation cycles determined in the fluctuation pattern increases. In order to increase the jackpot expectation when the number of fluctuation cycles is a predetermined number, when determining the fluctuation pattern in which the number of fluctuation cycles is a predetermined number, the determination ratio in the case where it is determined to be a big hit It is preferable to increase the ratio of the determination ratio in the case of being determined as a big hit in the total of the determination ratio in the case of being determined to be out of place, and the determination ratio.

  In addition, when starting the first special game, the main control CPU 30a performs the same control as the control relating to the second special game described above for the first special game. That is, the main control CPU 30a performs the jackpot fluctuation process or the deviation fluctuation process based on the result of the first special suspension number subtraction, the jackpot determination, and the jackpot determination. Thereafter, the main control CPU 30a ends the special symbol start process.

  Then, when the special symbol start process is ended, the main control CPU 30a executes the special game by performing a process different from the special symbol start process. Specifically, the main control CPU 30a controls the display content of the information display device 11 so as to start the variation of the first special symbol or the second special symbol. Further, the main control CPU 30a sets, in the output buffer, information (hereinafter, referred to as a special symbol designation command) for specifying the special symbol determined in the special symbol start process. Further, the main control CPU 30a designates a variation pattern and sets information (hereinafter, referred to as a variation pattern designation command) instructing the start of a rendering game in an output buffer. Moreover, main control CPU30a measures the fluctuation time defined in the fluctuation pattern determined in the special symbol start process. And main control CPU30a will control information display device 11 so that the special symbol decided in special symbol start processing may be derived, when the fluctuation time defined by the fluctuation pattern passes. In addition, the main control CPU 30a, when the fluctuation time defined in the fluctuation pattern determined in the special symbol start process has elapsed, to the output buffer information (hereinafter referred to as all symbol stop command) for deriving a combination of effect symbols set.

Next, the big hit process performed by the main control CPU 30a will be described.
In the big hit process, the main control CPU 30a identifies the type of big hit game based on the big hit symbol (ie, the type of big hit) determined in the special symbol start process. Then, after the end of the special game of the big hit, the main control CPU 30a starts control to grant the specified big hit game, and outputs predetermined control information.

  When the big game special game ends, the main control CPU 30a first starts measuring the opening time, and generates a command (hereinafter referred to as opening command) instructing execution of the opening effect and sets it in the output buffer. When the opening time elapses, the main control CPU 30a performs processing for executing a round game. Specifically, the main control CPU 30a controls the second actuator A2 so that the big winning opening 16 is opened in the round game. Further, after starting the round game, the main control CPU 30a ends the round game by closing the special winning opening 16 when the first end condition or the second end condition is satisfied. The main control CPU 30a repeatedly performs the processing for executing such a round game until the round game of the upper limit number determined for the big hit game is ended. Further, every time the round game starts, the main control CPU 30a generates a command (hereinafter, referred to as a round command) instructing execution of a round effect, and sets it in the output buffer. Then, when the final round game is over, the main control CPU 30a generates a command (hereinafter, referred to as an ending command) instructing execution of ending effect and sets it in the output buffer. When the ending time has elapsed, the main control CPU 30a ends the big hit game.

Next, processing relating to the gaming state performed by the main control CPU 30a will be described.
When starting the big hit game, the main control CPU 30a controls the gaming state to the low probability low base state. For this reason, in the present embodiment, during the big hit game, it becomes a low probability low base state. The main control CPU 30a controls the gaming state according to the type of the big hit when the big hit game is ended. For example, when ending the big hit game based on the specific big hit, the main control CPU 30a controls the game state to a high probability high base state. In this case, the main control CPU 30a controls the gaming state to the high probability high base state until the next big hit game is started. On the other hand, when ending the big hit game based on the non-specified big hit, the main control CPU 30a controls the game state to the low probability high base state. At this time, the main control CPU 30a controls the high base state in which the upper limit number of times is determined. Then, the main control CPU 30a controls the gaming state to the low base state when the upper limit number of special games are ended without being determined as the big hit in the big hit determination after controlling to the high base state where the upper limit number is determined.

  When controlling to the low probability state, the main control CPU 30a sets a value capable of specifying controlling to the low probability state in the probability state flag stored in the main control RAM 30c, while controlling to the high probability state A value capable of specifying control to the high probability state is set in the probability state flag stored in the main control RAM 30c. Further, when controlling to the low base state, the main control CPU 30a sets a value capable of specifying controlling to the low base state in the base state flag stored in the main control RAM 30c, while controlling to the high base state If so, it is set to the base state flag stored in the main control RAM 30c.

  Further, when the high base state having the upper limit number defined is given, the main control CPU 30a stores the number corresponding to the upper limit number in the main control RAM 30c as the remaining number of the special game giving the high base state. Then, the main control CPU 30a subtracts one from the remaining number stored in the main control RAM 30c each time the special game is executed. When the remaining number becomes 0, the main control CPU 30a sets a value capable of specifying control to be in the low base state in the base state flag in accordance with the end of the special game in which the remaining number becomes 0.

  Next, various processes executed by the sub control CPU 31a of the sub control board 31 will be described based on the sub control program. When the sub-control CPU 31a receives control information from the main control CPU 30a, the sub-control CPU 31a executes various processes according to the control information.

First, the effect symbol variation process for executing the effect game will be described.
In the effect symbol variation process, when the special control symbol designation command is input, the sub control CPU 31a determines a combination of effect symbols to be derived in the effect game based on the special symbol designated by the special symbol designation command. When the jackpot symbol of the special symbol is designated, the sub control CPU 31a determines the symbol combination of the jackpot by the effect symbol. Further, when the out-of-hand symbol of the special symbol is designated, the sub-control CPU 31a determines a combination of effect symbols to be derived in the effect game, based on the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command. Specifically, the sub-control CPU 31a determines the combination of the out-of-reach symbols when the out-of-out fluctuation pattern specifying the execution of the reach effect is designated. In this embodiment, the reach combination symbol combination is the same as the effect pattern of a specific row (for example, left row and right row) but the effect pattern of the other rows (for example, middle row) is different. It is a combination. In addition, when the outlier fluctuation pattern is specified to specify that the reach effect is not to be performed, the sub control CPU 31a normally determines a combination of outlier pattern for outliers. In the present embodiment, the symbol combination for the removal for the normal release is a combination of the production symbols different in the production design of all the rows.

  Further, when the sub-control CPU 31a inputs a fluctuation pattern designation command, the sub-control CPU 31a specifies the effect contents of the effect game based on the fluctuation pattern specified by the command, and causes the effect game to be executed with the specified effect contents. For example, in the sub control CPU 31a, when the effect content to execute the pseudo continuous effect is defined, and the fluctuation pattern in which the predetermined number is determined as the number of fluctuation cycles to be executed in the pseudo continuous effect is specified, The effect game is executed with the effect contents for executing the fluctuation cycle. Further, for example, when the variation pattern in which the effect content for executing the special effect is determined in the final variation cycle is designated, the sub control CPU 31a performs the effect game with the effect content for executing the special effect in the final variation cycle. Run it.

  In addition, the sub control CPU 31a determines an effect to be executed during the execution of the effect game based on the designated fluctuation pattern. Then, the sub control CPU 31a controls the display content of the effect display device 12 so as to execute the determined effect. The effects that can be performed in the present embodiment will be described in detail later.

  Thereafter, triggered by the input of the all symbol stop command, the sub control CPU 31a terminates the effect game and controls the display content of the effect display device 12 so as to derive a combination of effect symbols. The sub-control CPU 31a counts the fluctuation time specified from the fluctuation pattern designated by the input of the fluctuation pattern designation command, and terminates the effect game when the fluctuation time has elapsed. May be That is, the termination of the effect game may be controlled without outputting the full symbol stop command from the main control board 30.

Next, the process regarding the big hit game will be described.
When the sub control CPU 31a receives the opening command, the sub control CPU 31a controls the effect display device 12 so as to perform the opening effect. Further, when a round command is input, the sub control CPU 31a controls the effect display device 12 so as to perform a round effect. Further, when the ending command is input, the sub control CPU 31a controls the effect display device 12 so as to cause the ending effect.

Hereinafter, effects that can be performed in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment will be described.
The pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is capable of executing a specific effect that can specify the jackpot expectation in the effect game being executed while the effect game is being executed. There are a plurality of types of specific effects in this embodiment. In the specific effect of the present embodiment, it is possible to specify the jackpot expectation in the effect game being executed, by the color presented in the effect.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is capable of executing a step-up effect as a specific effect. In the following description, the step-up effect may be indicated as "SU effect". The SU effect of the present embodiment is an effect in which the contents of the effect may change stepwise during the execution of one SU effect. In the SU effect of the present embodiment, the jackpot expectation in the effect game being executed is performed by the number of steps executed in the SU effect and the color presented by the image displayed in the last step among the executed steps. Is identifiable.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the SU effect in the present embodiment includes a panel step-up effect in which a predetermined panel image is displayed in stages. In the following description, the panel step-up effect may be indicated as "panel SU effect". The panel SU effect of the present embodiment is an SU effect in which the effect content changes stepwise from the first step to the fourth step at the maximum. That is, the panel SU effect of the present embodiment is an SU effect executed in any of the steps 1 to 4. In the panel SU effect of the present embodiment, in the first step, the effect display device 12 displays the first panel image G11 (FIG. 7A). In addition, in the second step, in addition to the first panel image G11, the second panel image G12 is displayed on the effect display device 12 (FIG. 7 (b)). Then, in the third step, the third panel image G13 is further displayed on the effect display device 12 (FIG. 7C), and in the fourth step, the fourth panel image G14 is further displayed on the effect display device 12 It is displayed (FIG. 7 (d)).

  In the panel SU effect of the present embodiment, any of a plurality of panel images different in color can be displayed as each panel image. For example, in the panel SU effect of the present embodiment, it is possible to display any image out of a plurality of first panel images different in color as the first panel image G11. Similarly, in the panel SU effect of the present embodiment, any one of a plurality of panel images different in color is displayed as the second panel image G12, the third panel image G13, and the fourth panel image G14. It is possible. That is, in the panel SU effect of the present embodiment, at each step, a color is presented by displaying any image out of a plurality of panel images having different colors. In the present embodiment, the plurality of first panel images are images in which the rendering elements other than the color are the same. For example, in a plurality of first panel images, characters, character strings, and backgrounds presented in the panel images are the same. Similarly, in the present embodiment, the plurality of second panel images, the plurality of third panel images, and the plurality of fourth panel images are images in which the rendering elements other than the color are the same.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the SU effect in the present embodiment includes a character step-up effect in which a predetermined character image is displayed in stages. In the following description, the character step-up effect may be indicated as "character SU effect". The character SU effect of the present embodiment is an effect in which the effect content changes stepwise from the first step to the third step at the maximum. That is, the character SU effect of the present embodiment is an SU effect executed in any one of the steps 1 to 3. In the character SU effect of the present embodiment, in the first step, the first character image G21 is displayed on the effect display device 12 (FIG. 8A). In addition, in the second step, the second character image G22 is displayed on the effect display device 12 in addition to the first character image G21 (FIG. 8 (b)). Then, in the third step, the third character image G23 is further displayed on the effect display device 12 (FIG. 8 (c)).

  In the character SU effect of the present embodiment, as each character image, it is possible to display any image out of a plurality of character images different in color. For example, in the character SU effect of the present embodiment, it is possible to display any image out of a plurality of first character images different in color as the first character image G21. Similarly, in the character SU effect of the present embodiment, it is possible to display any of a plurality of character images different in color as the second character image G22 and the third character image G23. That is, in the character SU effect of the present embodiment, a color is presented by displaying any image out of a plurality of character images having different colors in each step. In the present embodiment, the plurality of first character images are images having the same effect element other than color. For example, in the plurality of first character images, the characters presented in the character images are the same. Similarly, in the present embodiment, the plurality of second character images and the plurality of third character images are images in which the rendering elements other than the color are the same.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the SU effect in the present embodiment includes a serif SU effect in which a predetermined serif character image and a predetermined serif image are displayed in stages. The dialogue SU effect according to the present embodiment is an effect in which the contents of the effect change stepwise from the first step to the third step at the maximum. That is, the dialogue SU effect according to the present embodiment is an SU effect to be executed in any one of the steps 1 to 3. In the speech SF effect of the present embodiment, in the first step, the character image G31 for the first speech and the first speech image G41 are displayed on the effects display device 12 (FIG. 9A). Further, in the second step, in addition to the first serif character image G31 and the first serif image G41, the effect display device 12 displays a second serif character image G32 and a second serif image G42 (see FIG. Fig. 9 (b). Then, in the third step, the third serif character image G33 and the third serif image G43 are further displayed on the effect display device 12 (FIG. 9 (c)).

  In the speech SU effect of the present embodiment, as each speech image, it is possible to display any image out of a plurality of speech images different in color. For example, in the speech SU effect of the present embodiment, any one of a plurality of first speech images different in color can be displayed as the first speech image G41. Similarly, in the speech SU effect of the present embodiment, any one of a plurality of speech images different in color can be displayed as the second speech image G42 and the third speech image G43. As described above, in the speech SU effect of the present embodiment, in each step, a color is presented by displaying any image out of a plurality of speech images different in color. In the present embodiment, the plurality of first serif character images are images in which the rendering elements other than the color are the same. For example, in the plurality of first speech character images, the characters presented in the speech character images are the same. Similarly, in the present embodiment, the plurality of second serif character images and the plurality of third serif character images are images in which the rendering elements other than the color are the same. Further, in the present embodiment, the plurality of first serif images are images in which the rendering elements other than the color are the same. For example, in a plurality of first serif images, character strings presented in the serif images are the same. Similarly, in the present embodiment, the plurality of second serif images and the plurality of third serif images are images in which the rendering elements other than the color are the same.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9 (d), the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment changes the character image of each speech displayed in the speech SU effect into a red speech character image as a specific effect. It is possible to carry out an effect. In other words, the dialogue SU effect of the present embodiment may be performed with a red change effect. In the present embodiment, when the dialogue SU effect is performed with the red change effect, it is possible to specify that the big hit expectation is higher than when the serif SU effect is performed without the red change effect. In the present embodiment, when the dialogue SU effect is performed with the red change effect, all the speech character images displayed in the respective steps of the speech SU effect are changed to red character images. For example, when the number of steps in the speech SU effect is 3, the first speech character image G31 displayed in the first step, the second speech character image G32 displayed in the second step, and the third step All of the displayed third speech character image G33 is changed to a red speech character image.

  Further, as described above, the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment can execute the pseudo continuous effect of executing the fluctuation cycle a plurality of times during the execution of one effect game. Then, when the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment executes the pseudo continuous effect during the execution of one effect game, any one SU of each SU effect is generated for each change cycle in the one effect game. It is possible to carry out an effect. That is, when the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment executes a plurality of fluctuation cycles in one effect game, any one of the SU effects of the respective SU effects can be performed for each fluctuation cycle.

Next, the relationship between the color presented in each effect and the identifiable big hit expectation will be described.
As shown in FIG. 10, in each SU rendition of the present embodiment, any color can be presented from a plurality of types of colors. For example, in the present embodiment, blue, green, red, gold, and rainbow colors may be presented in the panel SU effect, the character SU effect, and the speech SU effect.

  And in the specific effect of this embodiment, the big hit expectation in the effect game in execution can be specified by the color to be presented. Specifically, in each SU rendition of this embodiment, the big hit expectation can be specified by the color presented by the image displayed in the step performed last. For this reason, a plurality of colors that can be presented in each SU rendition of the present embodiment can be grasped as a plurality of stages with different levels of jackpot expectation. In other words, the contents of the effects in the last step executed in each of the SU effects of the present embodiment are classified into a plurality of stages with different jackpot expectation degrees. In each SU rendition of this embodiment, a common relationship is that the big hit expectation that can be specified in the order of blue <green <red <golden <rainbow color is high in any of the renditions. That is, in each SU rendition of this embodiment, regardless of which rendition, the relationship between the color presented in the rendition and the level of the big hit expectation that can be specified is standardized.

  In each SU effect of the present embodiment, when a rainbow color is presented, it can be specified that the effect game under execution becomes a big hit regardless of the type of the effect. That is, among the effect contents of each SU effect, the effect contents for presenting the rainbow color corresponds to the effect contents which definitely indicate that the effect game being executed becomes a big hit. In addition, when gold is presented in each SU rendition of this embodiment, it is possible to specify that special rendition is to be executed regardless of the type of rendition. That is, the effect content which presents gold among the effect content of each SU effect corresponds to the effect content which definitely indicates that the special effect is executed.

  In the following description, a color that is the same as a predetermined color, and a color that has a high probability of big hit that can be specified more than the predetermined color may be collectively referred to as “a color of a predetermined color or more”. For example, when the predetermined color is red, the colors above red are red, gold, and iridescent. Further, in the following description, a color which is the same as a predetermined color, and a color whose jackpot expectation which can be specified more than the predetermined color is lower may be collectively referred to as “a color less than the predetermined color”. For example, when the predetermined color is red, the colors below red are blue, green and red.

  Moreover, in each SU rendition of this embodiment, in addition to the color presented in the last executed step, the jackpot expectability which can be specified also differs depending on the number of steps in each SU rendition. Specifically, in each SU rendition of the present embodiment, when the color presented in the last executed step is the same, the greater the number of steps in each SU rendition, the higher the jackpot expectation that can be identified. For example, in the panel SU effect, when the number of steps is “3” and the color presented in the last step (here, the third step) is “red”, the number of steps is “2”. And the big hit expectation that can be identified is higher than when the color presented in the last step (here, the second step) is "red".

  On the other hand, in each SU rendition of the present embodiment, when the color presented in the last executed step is different, even if the number of steps in each SU rendition is large, the identifiable big hit expectation is low Sometimes. For example, in the panel SU effect, when the number of steps is “3” and the color presented in the last step executed is “green”, the number of steps is “2” and is finally performed. The big hit expectation is lower than when the color presented in the step is "red". That is, in each SU rendition of this embodiment, the big hit expectation which can be specified differs depending on the color presented in the last executed step, and the colors presented in the last executed step are the same. In the case, the big hit expectation which can be specified differs according to the number of steps in each SU production. For this reason, the number of steps that can be determined in each SU rendition of this embodiment can be grasped as a plurality of stages with different jackpot expectations. In other words, in the present embodiment, the number of steps in each SU effect is classified into a plurality of stages having different jackpot expectations.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in the red change effect, red is presented by presenting red using a red character image. In other words, in the present embodiment, blue, green, gold and rainbow colors are not presented in the red change effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the red-change effect corresponds to a specific effect that can be performed only in a specific color among a plurality of colors.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, control performed by the sub control CPU 31 a to execute a specific effect will be described. In the present embodiment, the sub-control CPU 31a executes the control described below to implement effect control means for performing control relating to effects.

  When the sub-control CPU 31a inputs a variation pattern designation command, the sub-control CPU 31a determines whether or not to execute the specific effect and the type of the specific effect to be performed by lottery using a predetermined random number. At this time, when the fluctuation pattern designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command is a fluctuation pattern in which two or three fluctuation cycles are determined as the number of fluctuation cycles to be executed in the pseudo continuous effect, the sub control CPU 31a performs every fluctuation cycle. It determines whether or not to execute a specific effect, and the type of specific effect to be performed. Thereby, in the present embodiment, in the effect game in which the predetermined number of fluctuation cycles are executed, it is possible to determine the execution of the specific effect the same number of times as the predetermined number of times at maximum. In the embodiment, in the effect game in which the predetermined number of fluctuation cycles are executed, there may be a case where the execution of the specific effect less than the predetermined number is determined. For example, in the present embodiment, in the effect game in which three fluctuation cycles are executed, the execution of two specific effects may be determined.

  Further, when determining the specific effects to be performed in each of the plurality of fluctuation cycles, the sub control CPU 31a can determine the same or different specific effects as specific effects to be performed in each fluctuation cycle. That is, the sub control CPU 31a can execute the same or different specific effects in a plurality of fluctuation cycles. For this reason, in the present embodiment, there may be cases in which the specific effects performed in the previous fluctuation cycle and the specific effects performed in the subsequent fluctuation cycle are different from each other. Here, different specific effects refer to different types of effects such as panel SU effects, character SU effects, and dialogue SU effects, and different colors and number of steps presented in each SU effect It is not intended.

  In addition, when the fluctuation pattern designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command is a fluctuation pattern in which the effect content for executing the special effect is determined in the final fluctuation cycle, the sub control CPU 31a is specified in the fluctuation cycle of the last rotation. I do not decide the execution of the production. That is, in the present embodiment, the sub control CPU 31a does not execute the specific effect in the fluctuation cycle in which the special effect is performed.

  In addition, when the sub control CPU 31a determines the execution of the dialogue SU effect, the sub control CPU 31a determines whether or not the dialogue SU effect is to be executed with a red change effect by a lottery using a predetermined random number. Here, the sub control CPU 31a is such that, when the dialogue SU effect is performed with the red change effect, the jackpot expectation degree is higher than when the serif SU effect is performed without the red change effect. Then, it is determined whether to execute the red change production. In addition, in order to increase the jackpot expectation when the dialogue SU production is performed with the red change production, when deciding the execution of the red change production, the determination ratio when the out-of-out fluctuation pattern is designated, and the big hit It is preferable to increase the ratio of the determination ratio in the case where the big hit fluctuation pattern is specified in the summation of the determination ratio in the case where the fluctuation pattern is specified.

  Subsequently, when the sub control CPU 31a determines the execution of the SU effect in the specific effect, the sub control CPU 31a executes an effect content determination process for determining the content of the effect of the SU effect. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, among the steps executed in the SU production, the first performed step is referred to as a start step, the last performed step is referred to as a final step, and is performed between the start step and the final step. Steps may be referred to as intermediate steps. For example, when the number of steps executed in the SU effect is 3, the first step corresponds to the start step, the second step corresponds to the intermediate step, and the third step corresponds to the final step.

  In addition, in each SU effect of this embodiment, depending on the number of steps executed in each SU effect, there may be no step corresponding to an intermediate step. For example, when the number of steps executed in each SU effect is 2, the first step corresponds to the start step and the second step corresponds to the final step, but there is no step corresponding to the intermediate step. Further, in each SU effect of the present embodiment, depending on the number of steps executed in each SU effect, the step corresponding to the start step and the step corresponding to the final step may be the same step. For example, when the number of steps executed in each SU effect is 1, the first step corresponds to the start step and the final step.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the effect content determination process, the sub control CPU 31a determines the effect content of the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects for which execution has been determined, by lottery using a predetermined random number (step S10). Specifically, the sub control CPU 31a determines the number of steps of the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects determined to be executed and the color to be presented in the final step. In other words, in the present embodiment, it can be understood that the effect content of each SU effect includes the number of steps and the color to be presented in the final step. In the present embodiment, the number of steps and the color presented in the final step correspond to an effect element of a specific effect. Further, in the present embodiment, the number of steps corresponds to a second effect element, and the color presented in the final step corresponds to a first effect element.

  The sub-control CPU 31a performs a predetermined lottery based on the fluctuation pattern designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command, thereby determining the number of steps of the SU effect to be finally executed and the color to be presented in the final step. Further, the sub control CPU 31a determines the colors to be presented in the final step so that the big hit expectation increases in the order of blue <green <red <gold <rainbow color, and the colors presented in the final step are the same. In addition, the number of SU presentation steps to be finally performed is determined so that the jackpot expectation degree is higher as the number of steps is larger.

  In order to increase the jackpot expectation when a predetermined color is presented, the determination ratio for determining the predetermined color when the out-of-out variation pattern is specified and the predetermined ratio when the big-hit variation pattern is specified It is preferable to increase the ratio of the determination ratio for determining the color and the determination ratio for determining the predetermined color when the big hit fluctuation pattern is specified in the summation. Also, in order to increase the jackpot expectation when the number of steps of the SU effect is a predetermined number of times, the determination ratio for determining the predetermined number of times when the outlier fluctuation pattern is specified, and the big hit fluctuation pattern are specified In this case, it is preferable to increase the proportion of the determination ratio for determining the predetermined number of times when the jackpot fluctuation pattern is designated in the summation of the determination ratio for determining the predetermined number of times and the sum.

  As shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the color that can be determined as the color to be presented in the final step is the first SU in the effect game in which the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects determined to be executed. It differs according to whether it is an effect or not. Specifically, when the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects for which execution has been determined is the first SU effect in one effect game, the sub control CPU 31a sets blue as a color to be presented in the final step. It can be determined. On the other hand, the sub control CPU 31a does not determine blue as the color to be presented in the final step, when the SU effect to be executed last in the SU effects determined to be executed is not the first SU effect in one effect game. It is possible.

  Further, the color that can be determined as the color to be presented in the final step is whether the fluctuation pattern designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command is a fluctuation pattern in which the content of presentation for performing special effects in the final fluctuation cycle is defined. It depends on the person. Specifically, when the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command is the variation pattern in which the effect content for executing the special effect is determined in the final variation cycle, the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the final step. Can be determined as gold. On the other hand, if the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command is not the variation pattern in which the effect content for executing the special effect in the final cycle is determined, the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the final step. It is impossible to decide.

  For this reason, as shown in FIG. 12A, the sub control CPU 31a is a case where the SU effect to be executed last is the first SU effect, and the variation for which the effect content for not executing the special effect is defined. When a pattern is designated, any one of blue, green, red and rainbow colors can be determined as the color to be presented in the final step. Further, as shown in FIGS. 12 (b) and 12 (c), the sub control CPU 31a executes a special effect when the SU effect to be finally executed is the second or third SU effect. When a variation pattern in which non-rendering content is defined is designated, any one of green, red, and rainbow colors can be determined as the color to be presented in the final step.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13A, the sub control CPU 31a is a variation pattern in which the content of the effect for executing the special effect is determined, in the case where the SU effect to be executed last is the first SU effect. When is designated, any of blue, green, red, gold and rainbow colors can be determined as the colors to be presented in the final step. Further, as shown in FIG. 13B, the sub control CPU 31a is a variation pattern in which the content of the effect for which the special effect is not performed is determined in the case where the SU effect performed last is the second SU effect. When is designated, any one of green, red, gold and rainbow colors can be determined as the colors to be presented in the final step. As described above, in the present embodiment, the execution of the SU effect is not determined in the fluctuation cycle in which the special effect is performed. Further, in the present embodiment, the maximum number of fluctuation cycles executed in one effect game is three, and in one fluctuation cycle, any one of the SU effects in each SU effect is executed. It can be determined. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the maximum number of SU effects that can be performed when the variation pattern in which the effect content for executing the special effect is determined is designated is twice.

  Furthermore, the color that can be determined as the color to be presented in the final step differs depending on whether the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command is a big hit variation pattern. Specifically, when the fluctuation pattern designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command is a big hit fluctuation pattern, the sub control CPU 31a can determine rainbow color as the color to be presented in the final step. On the other hand, when the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command is not the big hit variation pattern, the sub control CPU 31a can not determine the rainbow color as the color to be presented in the final step.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 11, when the number of steps of the SU effect executed last among the SU effects determined to be performed and the color to be presented in the final step are determined, the sub control CPU 31a selects the SU whose effect content is undecided. It is determined whether or not there is an effect (step S11). Specifically, the sub control CPU 31a has an SU effect of which the effect content is undecided when there is an SU effect of which the number of steps and the color to be presented in the final step are not determined. It is determined that In other words, the sub control CPU 31a determines that there is an SU effect of which the effect content is undecided, when it is determined to execute the two or more specific effects during the execution of the current effect game.

  If there is an SU effect of which the effect content is undecided (step S11: YES), the sub control CPU 31a determines the effect content of the SU effect to be executed last among the SU effects of undecided effect content (step S12) ). Specifically, the sub control CPU 31a determines the number of steps of the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects of which the effect content is undecided and the color to be presented in the final step.

  As shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the sub control CPU 31a executes one after the SU effect as a color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects of which the effect contents are not determined. Determine the color below the color to be presented in the final step of the SU production to be performed. Specifically, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of the second SU effect, as the color to be presented in the final step of the first SU effect. Further, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of the third SU effect, as the color to be presented in the final step of the second SU effect.

  In addition, the color that can be determined as the color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect to be executed last among the SU effects of which the effect content is undecided is the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects of undecided effect content. However, it differs depending on whether or not it is the first SU effect in one effect game. Specifically, when the SU effect to be executed last among the SU effects of which the effect content is undecided is the first SU effect in one effect game, the sub control CPU 31a sets the color to be presented in the final step Blue can be determined. On the other hand, when the SU effect to be executed last among the SU effects of which the effect content is undecided is not the first SU effect in one effect game, the sub control CPU 31a sets blue as a color to be presented in the final step. It can not be determined.

  Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 12 (b), 12 (c) and 13 (b), the sub control CPU 31a determines that the SU effect to be executed last among the SU effects of which the effect contents have not been determined is 1 In the case of the second SU rendition, any of blue, green, red, and rainbow colors can be determined as the colors to be presented in the final step. Further, as shown in FIG. 12C, the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the final step when the SU effect to be executed last is the second SU effect among the SU effects of which the effect contents are not determined yet. As, it is possible to determine any of green, red and rainbow colors.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the sub control CPU 31a performs the predetermined lottery based on the fluctuation pattern designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command, whereby the effect content is finally executed among the SU effects of which the content is undecided Determine the number of steps of SU production. At this time, the sub-control CPU 31a determines the number of steps in the SU effect to be finally executed among the SU effects of which the effect content is undecided, regardless of the number of steps in the SU effect of which the effect content is already determined. That is, the sub control CPU 31a can determine the number of steps identical to or different from the number of steps in the SU effect for which the effect content has already been determined, as the number of steps for SU effect executed last among the SU effects for which the effect content is undecided is there. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the number of steps may be the same for the SU effect executed in the previous fluctuation cycle and the SU effect executed in the later fluctuation cycle, and is executed in the previous fluctuation cycle. There are a case where the number of steps of SU effect is larger, and a case where the number of steps of SU effect executed in the later fluctuation cycle is larger.

  Thereafter, the sub control CPU 31a again determines whether there is an SU effect of which the effect content is undecided (step S11). Thus, the sub-control CPU 31a repeats the processes of steps S11 and S12 until the number of steps and the color to be presented in the final step are determined for all of the SU effects for which execution has been determined. Then, if there is no SU effect of which the effect content is undecided (step S11: NO), the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect (step S13).

  As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color less than the color to be presented in the final step of each SU effect, as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect. Specifically, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of the first SU rendition as the color to be presented in the first SU rendition start step. Similarly, when executing the second SU effect, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of the second SU effect as the color to be presented in the start step of the second SU effect. . Further, when executing the third SU effect, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of the third SU effect as the color to be presented in the start step of the third SU effect.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 11, the sub-control CPU 31a has the color presented in the start step of each SU effect is a color greater than the color of the final step of the SU effect executed one time before each SU effect. It is determined whether or not (step S14). For example, if the color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect to be executed at the first time is red, the sub control CPU 31a indicates that the colors to be presented at the start step of the SU effect to be executed at the second time are red, gold, and rainbow. Step S14 is determined as affirmative on condition that it is any of the colors.

  If the color presented in the start step of each SU effect is not the color below the color of the final step of the SU effect executed one time before each SU effect (step S14: NO), it is executed one time ago It is determined whether the color of the final step of the SU effect is iridescent (step S15). Then, if the color of the final step of the SU effect executed one time ago is not rainbow color (step S15: NO), the sub control CPU 31a adjusts the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect (step S16) ).

  As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the sub control CPU 31a causes the color presented in the start step of each SU effect to be a color more than the color of the final step of the SU effect executed one time before each SU effect As such, the color to be presented in the start step of each SU presentation is adjusted. For example, if the color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect to be executed at the first time is red, the sub control CPU 31a sets red, gold, and the like as the color to be presented at the start step of SU effect to be executed at the second time. Determine one of the rainbow colors.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 11, when the color of the start step of each SU effect is adjusted, the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the intermediate step of each SU effect (step S17). Also, in the case where the color presented in the start step of each SU effect is a color greater than or equal to the color of the final step of the SU effect executed one time before each SU effect (step S14: YES), similarly, the sub control CPU 31a Determines the color to be presented in the middle step of each SU rendition. Furthermore, if the color presented in the final step of the SU effect executed one time ago is iridescent (step S15: YES), the sub control CPU 31a similarly similarly selects the color presented in the intermediate step of each SU effect decide.

  As shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the sub control CPU 31 a is more than the color presented in the start step of each SU effect, and each of the colors below the color presented in the final step of each SU effect Determine the color to be presented in the middle step of SU presentation. For example, when the color to be presented in the start step of SU effect is green and the color to be presented in the final step of SU effect is red, sub-control CPU 31a is green as the color to be presented in the intermediate step of SU effect And one of the red. In addition, when there are a plurality of intermediate steps, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color higher than the color to be presented in the previous intermediate step when determining the color to be presented in the subsequent intermediate step. Thereafter, the sub control CPU 31a ends the effect content determination process.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the number of steps in the SU effect is 1, the start step is the same step as the final step. For this reason, the sub control CPU 31a does not perform the process (steps S13 to S17) for determining the color to be presented in the start step and the intermediate step for the SU effect in which the number of steps is one. Further, in the present embodiment, when the number of steps in the SU effect is 2, no intermediate step exists. For this reason, the sub control CPU 31a does not perform the process (step S17) for determining the color to be presented in the intermediate step for the SU effect in which the number of steps is two.

  Thereafter, the sub control CPU 31a controls the effect display device 12 to execute each SU effect according to the effect content determined in the effect content determining process. Further, when it is determined to execute the red change effect, the sub control CPU 31a controls the effect display device 12 so as to execute the dialogue SU effect with the red change effect when executing the line SU effect.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment generated by the control of the above-described sub control CPU 31a will be described together with a specific example when the specific effect is executed.
As shown in FIG. 14A, in the present embodiment, when a plurality of fluctuation cycles are executed in one effect game, the sub control CPU 31a performs control to execute a specific effect for each fluctuation cycle. It is possible. Here, it is assumed that three fluctuation cycles are executed in one effect game, the panel SU effect is executed in the first fluctuation cycle, and the serif SU effect is executed in the second fluctuation cycle, and the third time It is assumed that it is determined that the character SU presentation is performed in the fluctuation cycle. Further, here, it is assumed that the out-of-order fluctuation pattern in which the effect content not to execute the special effect is defined is specified by the fluctuation pattern designation command. That is, the case where gold and rainbow colors are not determined as the colors presented in each SU effect will be described.

  In this case, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of the third SU effect (character SU effect) as the color to be presented in the final step of the second SU effect (serif SU effect). . In addition, the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the final step of the second SU effect as the color to be presented in the final step of the first SU effect (panel SU effect). For this reason, in the present embodiment, the color presented in the final step of SU rendition performed in the later variation cycle is more likely to be a big hit than the color presented in the last step of SU rendition performed in the previous variation cycle The color does not become low.

  With such control, the sub-control CPU 31a makes the color presented in the final step of the SU production performed in the later variation cycle more successful than the color presented in the final step of the SU presentation performed in the previous variation cycle It is possible to limit the low degree of expectation.

  Further, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of each SU effect, as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect. Then, at this time, the sub-control CPU 31a determines that the color determined as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect can be identified as a big hit that can be specified more than the color presented in the last step of SU effect one before. If the degree is a low color, the color determined as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU rendition is adjusted. Specifically, the sub-control CPU 31a determines, as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect, a color greater than the color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect of one before of each SU effect. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the color presented in the start step of SU rendition performed in the later variation cycle is more likely to be a big hit than the color presented in the last step of SU rendition performed in the earlier variation cycle. The color does not become low. With such control, the sub-control CPU 31a is more likely to hit the color presented in the start step of the SU production performed in the later fluctuation cycle than the color presented in the final step of the SU performance executed in the previous fluctuation cycle. It is possible to limit the low degree of expectation. That is, in the present embodiment, when the color presented in the start step of each SU effect is a color whose jackpot expectation that can be specified is lower than the color presented in the final step of the previous SU effect of each SU effect. The control of the sub control CPU 31a that adjusts the color determined as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect corresponds to the restriction control.

  As described above, the sub control CPU 31a performs the later fluctuation cycle even if the SU effects executed in the earlier fluctuation cycle and the SU effects executed in the later fluctuation cycle are different types of SU effects. It is possible to limit that the color presented in the SU rendition to be performed in S. will be less than or equal to the color presented in the SU rendition to be performed in the previous variation cycle.

  That is, when the color presented in the SU effect executed in the previous fluctuation cycle is any of blue, green, red and gold, the sub control CPU 31a performs the SU effect executed in the later fluctuation cycle. In the above, it is possible to limit the presentation of colors below the color presented in the SU rendition performed in the previous variation cycle.

  In addition, the sub control CPU 31a can determine the number of steps larger than the number of steps of SU effects performed in the subsequent fluctuation cycle as the number of steps of SU effects performed in the previous fluctuation cycle. According to this, even if the sub-control CPU 31a is an SU of a type in which the SU effect executed in the earlier fluctuation cycle and the SU effect executed in the later fluctuation cycle are different from each other, the earlier fluctuation cycle It is possible to execute control to execute the SU effect to be executed in the subsequent fluctuation cycle with a smaller number of steps than the SU effect to be executed in.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14B, in the present embodiment, the sub control CPU 31a causes the special effect to be executed in the final fluctuation cycle among the plurality of fluctuation cycles executed in one effect game. Control is possible. Here, it is assumed that two fluctuation cycles are executed in one effect game, the panel SU effect is executed in the first fluctuation cycle, and the special effect is executed in the second fluctuation cycle. Shall be

  In this case, the sub control CPU 31a can determine gold as the color to be presented in the final step of each SU effect performed in the fluctuation cycle immediately before the fluctuation cycle in which the special effect is executed. Then, as described above, when executing the special effect, the sub control CPU 31a does not execute the specific effect in the fluctuation cycle for executing the special effect. That is, when the sub-control CPU 31a presents gold in each of the SU effects, the sub-control CPU 31a controls so that SU effects are not performed from the present in each SU effect until the end of the effect game being executed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14C, in the present embodiment, the sub-control CPU 31a sets the color to be presented in the final step of each SU effect, on condition that the big hit fluctuation pattern is designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command. As iridescent colors can be determined. Here, it is assumed that two fluctuation cycles are executed in one effect game, the panel SU effect is executed in the first fluctuation cycle, and the serif SU effect is executed in the second fluctuation cycle. It shall be done.

  In this case, the sub control CPU 31a determines rainbow color as the color to be presented in the final step of the first SU effect (panel SU effect), and as the color to be presented in the second SU effect (serif SU effect) start step Even when the color below rainbow color is determined, the control for adjusting the color to be presented in the start step of the second SU effect is not executed. That is, when the color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect executed in the previous fluctuation cycle is iridescent, the sub control CPU 31a displays the color presented in the start step of the SU effect executed in the later fluctuation cycle. Do not execute control to limit

  In other words, when the sub-control CPU 31a determines that the color presented in the SU effect executed in the previous fluctuation cycle is a rainbow color whose big hit expectation is higher than any of blue, green, red, and gold, In SU rendition performed in the variation cycle, it is possible to present a color less than the color presented in the SU rendition performed in the previous variation cycle. In the present embodiment, blue, green, red and gold correspond to the first stage, and rainbow colors correspond to the second stage.

  Although not illustrated, the sub control CPU 31a is configured to perform the SU effect even if the SU effect to be executed in the previous fluctuation cycle and the SU effect to be executed in the subsequent fluctuation cycle are the same SU effect. The color to be presented in the SU effect is determined at a different determination ratio depending on whether or not it is the first SU effect during the execution of one effect game. Specifically, when determining the color to be presented in the first SU rendition, the sub control CPU 31a can determine blue regardless of the type of SU rendition, while in the second or third SU rendition When determining the color to be presented, it is impossible to determine blue regardless of the type of SU effect. That is, the sub-control CPU 31a determines the determination content of the effect contents in the predetermined SU effect in the case of executing the predetermined SU effect in the previous fluctuation cycle and in the case of executing the predetermined SU effect in the subsequent fluctuation cycle. Is different.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15, in the present embodiment, the sub control CPU 31 a can perform control to execute a dialogue SU effect with a red change effect. Here, it is assumed that two fluctuation cycles are executed in one effect game, the dialogue SU effect and the red change effect are executed in the first change cycle, and the character SU effect is executed in the second SU effect Shall be decided.

  In this case, when the sub-control CPU 31a determines a color (for example, green) whose jackpot expectation is lower than red as the color to be presented in the start step of the SU effect (character SU effect) executed in the later variation cycle. Even in this case, the color presented in the start step of the SU effect to be executed in the later variation cycle is not adjusted. That is, even if the sub-control CPU 31a presents a red color in the specific effect performed in the previous fluctuation cycle, when the specific effect is a specific effect capable of presenting only the red color, the subsequent control is performed. As a color to be presented in the start step of SU rendition performed in the cycle, control for limiting determination of a color whose jackpot expectation is lower than red is not performed. In the present embodiment, red corresponds to a particular stage.

As described in detail above, this embodiment has the following effects.
(1-1) When performing different SU effects during the execution of the pseudo continuous effect, in the relationship between the SU effect performed in the previous change cycle and the SU effect performed in the subsequent change cycle, It is possible to limit the possible big hit expectations to be low. According to this, when the SU effect is performed a plurality of times while the pseudo continuous effect is being performed, a sense of security can be given to the player, and the interest for the game can be improved.

  (1-2) In particular, in the present embodiment, when executing different SU effects during the execution of the pseudo continuous effect, each SU effect is performed in the relationship between the SU effect performed first and the SU effect performed later. For the colors presented in, it can be limited that the big hit expectation that can be specified is low. According to this, it is possible to give the player a sense of security and to improve the interest in the game.

  (1-3) When SU effects that may cause change in the effect contents are executed, colors to be presented in the final step of SU effects to be executed first, and colors to be presented in the final step of SU effects to be executed later In the relationship of, it can be limited that the big hit expectation which can be specified is low. According to this, it is possible to give the player a sense of security and to improve the interest in the game.

  (1-4) When SU effects that can change the effect contents are executed, colors to be presented in the final step of SU effects to be executed first, and colors to be presented in the start step of SU effects to be executed later In the relationship of, it can be limited that the big hit expectation which can be specified is low. According to this, it is possible to give the player a sense of security and to improve the interest in the game.

  (1-5) Even if the same SU effect is executed, depending on whether the SU effect is an SU effect executed first or an SU effect executed later, the determination rate of the color to be presented is Since changes can be given, it is possible to prevent the player from being bored.

  (1-6) When gold is presented in each SU effect, the subsequent development is performed such that the SU effect is not performed from when the SU effect is executed until the end of the effect game being executed. Can be changed, so it is possible to prevent the player from being bored.

  (1-7) In the pseudo continuous effect, although it can be identified that the big hit expectation is higher as the number of fluctuation cycles is larger, in the SU effect executed in the previous fluctuation cycle and in the later fluctuation cycle Since the big hit expectation which can be specified by the SU effect to be executed is lowered, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a situation in which the sense of expectation for becoming a big hit is lowered.

  (1-8) Red change effect is an effect capable of presenting only red. Here, temporarily, if red change rendition is executed, as a color to be presented in the specific rendition performed after the red change rendition, the jackpot expectation degree that can be specified more than the color (red) presented in the red change rendition Has restricted the determination of low color. In this case, as the color to be presented in the specific effect performed after the red-change effect is performed, only the color of red or more is determined, so the combination of the effect contents tends to be uniform. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when the red change effect is executed, the color to be presented in the specific effect performed after the red change effect is specified more than the color (red) to be presented in the red change effect It does not restrict the possible big hit expectations from determining the low color. For this reason, in the present embodiment, when the specific effect to be executed first is a red change effect, in the relationship between the specific effect to be executed first and the specific effect to be executed later, the effects in each specific effect It is possible to diversify the combination of contents, and to improve the interest for the game.

  (1-9) When iridescent color is presented in the specific effect to be executed first, determine a color having a lower speculative expectation that can be identified more specifically than the iridescent color as a color to be presented in the specific effect to be executed later. Do not limit For this reason, in the present embodiment, in the case where the rainbow color is presented in the specific effect to be executed first, in the relationship between the specific effect to be executed first and the specific effect to be executed later, in each specific effect It is possible to diversify the combination of the effect contents, and to improve the interest for the game.

  (1-10) In particular, in the present embodiment, rainbow color is effect content (color) that definitely indicates that a big hit will be made. According to this, when a rainbow color is presented in the specific effect to be executed first, it is possible to make the player definitely recognize that the player will be a big hit, so in the specific effect to be executed later Even if a color with a lower big hit expectation that can be specified than rainbow colors is presented, it can be said that it is unlikely that the player's sense of expectation is impaired. In addition, temporarily, if iridescent color is presented in the specific effect to be executed first, as the color to be presented in the specific effect to be executed later, determine a color having a lower specifiable jackpot expectation degree than iridescent color If rainbow color is presented once, rainbow color will continue to be presented. In this case, the special feeling of the rainbow color, which is a special color that is presented only when a big hit, may be lost, and the interest of the player may not be effectively improved. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when iridescent color is presented in the specific effect to be executed first, the big hit expectation that can be specified is lower than iridescent color as the color to be presented in the specific effect to be executed later There is no restriction on determining the color. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the interest of the player can be effectively improved in the case where the rainbow color is presented in the specific effect.

  (1-11) In the present embodiment, a number smaller than the number of steps of SU rendition to be performed first may be determined as the number of steps of SU rendition to be performed later. According to this, it is possible to diversify the combination of the number of steps in the SU effect executed first and the number of steps in the SU effect executed later. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the player from being bored and to improve the interest in the game.

  (1-12) In SU rendition to be executed later, the number of steps in SU rendition may be lower than the number of steps in the SU rendition that can be specified, as compared with the SU rendition to be executed first. The color presented in each step is limited to a color that has a low speculative big hit expectation. According to this, it is possible to diversify the combination of the number of steps in each SU effect, while suppressing the player from being discouraged by lowering the big hit expectation that can be identified from the color presented in each step. I can improve the interest to

  (1-13) In the present embodiment, colors (blue, green, red, and gold) classified in the first stage and colors that can be presented in each SU rendition can be identified more than the first stage. There is a color (rainbow color) that is classified in the second stage, which has a high probability of big hit. Then, in the present embodiment, when the color to be presented in the SU effect to be executed first is the color classified in the first stage, the SU to be executed first as the color to be presented in the SU effect to be executed later It is possible to limit the determination of a color with lower speculative jackpot expectation than the color presented in. According to this, it is possible to give the player a sense of security and to improve the interest in the game. On the other hand, when the color to be presented in the SU rendition to be executed first is a color classified into the second step having a higher jackpot expectation than the first step, as a color to be presented in the SU rendition to be executed later, It does not restrict the identification of low speculative jackpots that have low expected color. According to this, when the SU effect is performed a plurality of times, the combinations of colors to be presented in each SU effect can be diversified, and the interest of the player can be improved.

Second Embodiment
Next, a pachinko gaming machine according to a second embodiment will be described. In the following description, the same configuration as the embodiment described above and the same control content are assigned the same reference numerals, and the overlapping description will be omitted or simplified.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 of the second embodiment can execute continuous effects that can be executed over a plurality of effect games. The continuous effect is performed in an effect mode in which it can be recognized that one continuous effect is executed over a plurality of effect games. For example, in the continuous effect of the present embodiment, a specific background image is displayed as the background image of the effect design over a plurality of effect games. According to this, in the present embodiment, it is possible to recognize that one continuous effect is being executed over a plurality of effect games by the display of a specific background image. In the present embodiment, it is possible to specify that the jackpot expectation is high as the number of effect games in which the continuous effect is executed is large.

Next, control for causing continuous rendition will be described.
When the main control CPU 30a of the second embodiment acquires random number information for a special game in the special symbol input process, whether the big hit random number among the acquired random number information is a random number that will be a big hit in the special symbol start process Determine That is, the main control CPU 30a determines in advance whether or not the special game is a big hit special game before the start of the special game in which the holding condition is satisfied, triggered by the holding condition of the special game being satisfied. . Then, the main control CPU 30a generates an advance determination command capable of specifying the result of the advance determination, and outputs it to the sub control CPU 31a. According to this, when the holding condition of the special game is satisfied, the sub control CPU 31a according to the present embodiment determines whether the special game is a big hit for the special game before the start of the special game for which the holding condition is satisfied. Can be identified.

  Then, based on the input prior determination command, the sub control CPU 31a determines whether or not to execute the continuous effect, and determines the content of the continuous effect. Specifically, the sub control CPU 31a determines whether or not to execute the continuous effect at different determination rates according to the result of the prior determination that can be specified from the input prior determination command, and the number of effect games for executing the continuous effect decide. At this time, the sub control CPU 31a determines the number of effect games for executing the continuous effect so that the jackpot expectation degree becomes higher as the number of effect games for executing the continuous effect increases. In order to increase the jackpot expectation when the number of effect games for which the continuous effect is executed is a predetermined number, the jackpot is determined when the predetermined number is determined as the number of effect games for which the continuous effect is executed. It is preferable to increase the ratio of the determination ratio in the case of a big hit in the total of the determination ratio in the case of and the determination ratio in the case of becoming out of place.

Next, control for executing a specific effect in the second embodiment will be described.
If the sub control CPU 31a determines the execution of the continuous effect, the sub control CPU 31a determines whether or not to execute the specific effect during the execution of the continuous effect, and determines the type of the specific effect to be executed by lottery using a predetermined random number. At this time, when the sub control CPU 31a determines two or three times as the number of effect games for executing the continuous effect, whether or not to execute the specific effect for each of the effect games for executing the continuous effect, and , Determine the type of specific effect to be performed. The sub-control CPU 31a can determine the same or different specific effects as the specific effects to be performed in each effect game, when determining the specific effects to be performed in each of the plurality of effect games executing the continuous effects. That is, the sub control CPU 31a can respectively execute the same or different specific effects in a plurality of effect games in which the continuous effects are executed. For this reason, in the present embodiment, with regard to a plurality of effect games for executing continuous effects, a specific effect which is different from the specific effect which is executed in the previous effect game and the specific effect which is executed in the subsequent effect game. It may be

  Subsequently, when the sub control CPU 31a determines the execution of the SU effect in the specific effect, the sub control CPU 31a executes an effect content determination process for determining the content of the effect of the SU effect. The effect content determination process in the second embodiment is a process in which “pseudo continuous effect” is replaced with “continuous effect” and “variation cycle” is replaced with “effect game” in the effect content determination process in the first embodiment. Because of that, I omit the explanation.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described together with a specific example in which the specific effect is performed.
As shown in FIG. 16, in the present embodiment, when continuous effects are executed over a plurality of effect games, the sub control CPU 31a can perform control to execute specific effects for each effect game. Here, it is assumed that continuous effects are executed over three effect games, the panel SU effect is executed in the first effect game, the dialogue SU effect is executed in the second effect game, and the third effect is performed. It is assumed that it is determined that the character SU effect is to be executed in the game.

  In this case, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of the third SU effect (character SU effect) as the color to be presented in the final step of the second SU effect (serif SU effect). . In addition, the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the final step of the second SU effect as the color to be presented in the final step of the first SU effect (panel SU effect). For this reason, in the present embodiment, the color presented in the final step of the SU effect executed in the subsequent effect game is more likely to be a big hit than the color presented in the final step of the SU effect executed in the previous effect game. The color does not become low.

  With such control, the sub-control CPU 31a makes the color presented in the final step of the SU effect to be executed in the subsequent effect game more successful than the color presented in the final step in the SU effect to be executed in the previous effect game. It is possible to limit the low degree of expectation.

  Further, the sub control CPU 31a determines a color equal to or less than the color to be presented in the final step of each SU effect, as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect. Then, the sub-control CPU 31a determines that the color determined as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect has a lower identifiable jackpot expectation than the color to be presented in the final step of the last SU effect of each SU effect If it is a color, the color determined as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU rendition is adjusted. Specifically, the sub-control CPU 31a determines, as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect, a color greater than the color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect of one before of each SU effect. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the color presented in the start step of the SU effect executed in the subsequent effect game is more likely to be a big hit than the color presented in the final step of the SU effect executed in the previous effect game. The color does not become low. With such control, the sub-control CPU 31a makes the color presented in the start step of the SU effect to be executed in the subsequent effect game bigger hit than the color presented in the final step in the SU effect executed in the previous effect game. It is possible to limit the low degree of expectation. That is, in the present embodiment, when the color presented in the start step of each SU effect is a color whose jackpot expectation that can be specified is lower than the color presented in the final step of the previous SU effect of each SU effect. The control of the sub control CPU 31a that adjusts the color determined as the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect corresponds to the restriction control.

  As described above, even if the sub-control CPU 31a is an SU effect of a type in which the SU effect executed in the preceding effect game and the SU effect executed in the subsequent effect game are different, the subsequent effect game It is possible to restrict that the color presented in the SU effect executed in the above becomes a color less than the color presented in the SU effect executed in the previous effect game.

As described in detail above, this embodiment has the following effects.
(2-1) When executing different SU effects during execution of continuous effects, it is possible to specify in the relationship between the SU effects executed in the previous effect game and the SU effects executed in the subsequent effect game It can limit that the big hit expectation becomes low. According to this, when the SU effect is performed a plurality of times while the continuous effect is being performed, a sense of security can be given to the player, and the interest for the game can be improved.

  (2-2) In particular, in the present embodiment, when executing different SU effects during execution of continuous effects, in the relationship between the SU effects performed first and the SU effects performed later, in each SU effect With respect to the color to be presented, it can be limited that the big hit expectation that can be specified is low. According to this, it is possible to give the player a sense of security and to improve the interest in the game.

The above embodiment may be modified as follows.
-In each SU rendition, when the colors to be presented are the same, the same jackpot expectation may be identifiable regardless of the number of steps. In other words, the sub control CPU 31a may determine the number of steps in each SU effect at the same determination rate regardless of whether or not a big hit occurs. According to this, in each SU presentation, if the color presented in the SU presentation is recognized, the big hit expectation can be specified even if the number of steps is not recognized, so the big hit expectation is specified. It can be made easy. On the other hand, in each SU effect, regardless of whether it is a big hit or not, even if the number of steps in the SU effect is determined at the same determination ratio, the color presented is more changed as the number of steps is larger Since the opportunity to do is increased, when the number of steps is large, the player's sense of expectation can be improved more than when the number of steps is small.

  The sub control CPU 31a may perform control to limit the number of steps in the SU effect to be performed later to be smaller than the number of steps in the SU effect to be performed first. For example, when the sub control CPU 31a determines the number of steps in the SU effect to be executed first as the number of steps in the SU effect to be executed later, the number of steps in the SU effect to be executed first is the SU effect to be executed later Control may be performed to adjust so as not to be a number larger than the number of steps in

  -The control for determining the contents of the effects of each SU effect may be changed as appropriate. For example, the sub control CPU 31a may determine the color to be presented in the start step of each SU effect, and determine the color to be presented in the intermediate step and the final step based on the determined content. In addition, the sub control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in each step of the SU effect to be finally performed, and based on the determined content, the SU effect of the SU effect to be executed before the last to be executed. The color to be presented in each step may be determined.

  The contents of control for limiting the determination of the color having a lower hit probability than the color presented in the final step of the SU presentation performed earlier as the color presented in the SU presentation start step performed later, It can be changed as appropriate. For example, when determining the color to be presented in the start step of a predetermined SU effect in the processing of S13 of the effect content determination process, the sub control CPU 31a is more likely to expect a big hit than the color presented in the last step of the previous SU effect. Control may be performed so as not to determine low-degree colors. In this case, the sub control CPU 31a may not execute the processing of steps S14 to S16. Further, for example, when determining the color to be presented in the start step of a predetermined SU effect, the sub control CPU 31a can determine a color having a lower hit probability than the color to be presented in the final step of the previous SU effect I assume. On the other hand, when determining the color to be presented in the final step of a predetermined SU effect, the sub-control CPU 31a does not decide the color having a jackpot expectation lower than the color to be presented in the final step of the previous SU effect. It may be controlled to That is, in the start step of the SU effect executed later, the sub control CPU 31a can present a color whose jackpot expectation is lower than the color presented in the final step of the SU effect executed first. On the other hand, in the final step of the SU effect to be executed later, the sub control CPU 31a controls so that a color whose jackpot expectation is lower than the color presented in the final step of SU effect to be executed first is not presented. Good.

  The sub-control CPU 31a restricts the determination of the color having a lower jackpot expectation than the color presented in the final step of the SU effect to be performed first as the color to be presented in the start step of the SU effect to be performed later There are cases where limit control is performed and cases where limit control is not performed. That is, the sub control CPU 31a may not necessarily execute the limit control when determining the color to be presented in the SU effect. In this case, for example, the sub control CPU 31a may execute restriction control when the predetermined condition is satisfied, but may not execute restriction control when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. As the predetermined condition, for example, one or more conditions may be adopted out of being in a predetermined gaming state, winning in a predetermined lottery, and that a predetermined effect is being executed.

  -The sub-control CPU 31a uses the SU to be executed first as the color to be presented in the start step of the SU effect to be executed later, regardless of the color to be presented in the final step of the SU effect to be executed earlier. Limit control may be performed to limit the determination of a color that has a lower hit probability than the color presented in the final step of the presentation. For example, the sub control CPU 31a may execute restriction control even when the color presented in the final step of the SU effect to be executed first is rainbow color.

  -The sub-control CPU 31a executes another SU effect with the effect contents of presenting in the start step a color whose big hit expectation is lower than the color presented in the final step of the SU effect after the SU effect of 1 is executed. It should be possible to execute control that limits For this reason, the sub control CPU 31a has, for example, a big hit expectation than the color presented in the final step of the predetermined SU effect as the color presented in the start step of the specific SU effect executed later than the predetermined SU effect. When the low color is determined, a prohibition process may be performed in which a specific SU effect is not performed. In this case, the prohibition processing that does not execute a specific SU effect corresponds to restriction control.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 may be configured to be able to execute non-specific effects different from the specific effects during the execution of the effect game. In this case, the non-specific effect may be executable in the variable cycle in which the specific effect is performed, or may not be executable in the variable cycle in which the specific effect is performed. The non-specific effect may include, for example, a non-specific effect that enables identification of the jackpot expectation by presenting any color from among a plurality of colors. In this case, the color to be presented in the nonspecific effect may be determined based on the color determined as the color to be presented in the specific effect, or determined independently of the color determined as the color to be presented in the specific effect May be For example, when determining a color to be presented in a non-specific effect, the sub control CPU 31a does not determine a color greater than or equal to a predetermined color when a predetermined color is presented in a specific effect executed prior to the non-specific effect. It may be limited as In addition, when the sub-control CPU 31a determines the color to be presented in the non-specific effect, even if the predetermined color is presented in the specific effect executed prior to the non-specific effect, the sub-control CPU 31a is more than the predetermined color. The color with low speculative big hit expectation may be determinably controlled. According to this, when performing the specific effect and the non-specific effect, the non-specific effect, while suppressing that the jackpot expectation degree lower than the specific effect performed earlier can be specified for the specific effect, It is possible to execute non-specific effects by a combination of various effect contents including that the jackpot expectation is lower than the specific effects and the non-specific effects executed earlier. Therefore, with regard to the specific effect, it is possible to identify the jackpot expectation lower than the specific effect executed earlier, thereby suppressing discouragement of the player, and for the non-specific effect, the content of the effect The combination can be diversified to entertain the player.

  The color that can be presented in the specific effect may be changed as appropriate. Also, the colors that can be presented may be different depending on the type of specific effect. For example, in panel SU performance and character SU performance, blue, green, red, gold and rainbow colors can be presented, while in dialog SU performance, blue, red, gold and rainbow colors can be presented It may be impossible to present green.

  -The big hit expectation which can be specified may differ by the case where a predetermined color is shown in a predetermined specific effect, and the case where a predetermined color is shown in a specific effect different from a predetermined specific effect. For example, the big hit expectation which can be specified may be different between the case where red is presented in the panel SU effect and the case where red is presented in the character SU effect. That is, in a plurality of specific effects, regardless of any specific effects, the relationship between the color presented and the big hit expected degree such that the big hit expectation increases in the order of blue <green <red <gold <rainbow color. It is only necessary to share the gender.

  The relationship between the color presented in the specific effect and the jackpot expectation may be different depending on the game situation. For example, in a predetermined gaming state, while the big hit expectation increases in the order of blue <green <red <gold <rainbow color, in a gaming state different from the predetermined gaming state, blue <green <gold <red < The big hit expectation may be higher in the order of rainbow colors.

  -In the specific effect, the effect content that definitely indicates that the special effect is to be executed may not be the effect content that presents gold. For example, it may be effect contents for presenting a predetermined color other than gold, or effect contents for displaying a predetermined image.

  -The sub control CPU 31a may determine gold as a color to be presented in the specific effect even when the special effect is not performed. In other words, the gold may not be a color that definitely indicates that the special effect is to be performed. In addition, when the sub-control CPU 31a presents gold in the specific effect, even after the special effect is not executed after that, it is between presenting the gold in the specific effect and ending the effect game under execution It may be controlled not to execute a specific effect.

  -In the specific effect, the effect content that definitely indicates that a big hit will not have to be the effect content that presents a rainbow color. For example, it may be effect contents for presenting a predetermined color other than rainbow color, or may be effect contents for displaying a predetermined image.

  The sub-control CPU 31a may determine rainbow color as the color to be presented in the specific effect even when the sub-control CPU 31a is out of alignment. In other words, the rainbow color may not be a color that definitely indicates that a big hit will be made.

  In the first embodiment, the sub control CPU 31a determines the same type of specific effect as the specific effect to be performed in each variation cycle, when determining the specific effect to be executed during execution of one pseudo continuous effect. It may be controlled to For example, the sub-control CPU 31a executes the second fluctuation cycle and the third fluctuation cycle when the panel SU effect is determined as the specific effect to be executed in the first fluctuation cycle when executing the three fluctuation cycles. Control may be performed to determine the panel SU effect even as the specific effect. In addition, in the second embodiment, when the sub control CPU 31a determines a specific effect to be executed during execution of one continuous effect, as a specific effect to be executed in a plurality of effect games in which the continuous effect is executed, Control may be performed to determine the same type of specific effect. For example, when the sub-control CPU 31a executes the continuous effect over the three effect games, when the panel SU effect is determined as the specific effect to be executed in the first effect game, the second and third effects are performed. Control may also be performed to determine a panel SU effect even as a specific effect to be executed in the game.

  In the first embodiment, the sub-control CPU 31a determines different types of specific effects as the specific effects to be performed in each variation cycle, when determining the specific effects to be performed during the execution of one pseudo continuous effect. You may control as follows. For example, the sub-control CPU 31a executes the second fluctuation cycle and the third fluctuation cycle when the panel SU effect is determined as the specific effect to be executed in the first fluctuation cycle when executing the three fluctuation cycles. As a specific effect, control may be performed so that the panel SU effect is not determined. In addition, in the second embodiment, when the sub control CPU 31a determines a specific effect to be executed during execution of one continuous effect, as a specific effect to be executed in a plurality of effect games in which the continuous effect is executed, Control may be performed to determine different types of specific effects. For example, when the sub-control CPU 31a executes the continuous effect over the three effect games, when the panel SU effect is determined as the specific effect to be executed in the first effect game, the second and third effects are performed. As a specific effect to be executed in the game, control may be performed so that the panel SU effect is not determined.

  In the first embodiment, the specific effect may be performed a plurality of times during one variation cycle. In this case, the sub-control CPU 31a is a big hit than the color to be presented in the specific effect to be executed first as the color to be presented in the specific effect to be executed later for a plurality of specific effects to be executed in one fluctuation cycle. Control may be performed to limit the low degree of expectation to a low color. Further, in the second embodiment, the specific effect may be executable a plurality of times during one effect game. In this case, the sub-control CPU 31a is a big hit than the color to be presented in the specific effect to be executed first as the color to be presented in the specific effect to be executed later on a plurality of specific effects to be executed in one effect game Control may be performed to limit the low degree of expectation to a low color.

  The sub-control CPU 31a restricts the presentation of a color having a lower specifiable jackpot expectation than the red in the specific effect to be executed after the red change effect, when the execution of the red change effect is determined. Control may be performed.

  The sub-control CPU 31a, when executing the specific effect a plurality of times during the execution of the pseudo continuous effect, when making the determination ratio of the effect content different between the specific effect performed first and the specific effect performed later, Instead of or in addition to the color that can be determined as the color to be presented in each specific effect, the probability of determining a predetermined color as the color to be presented in each specific effect may be made different.

  The sub-control CPU 31a may set the determination ratio of the effect content to be the same between the specific effect to be performed first and the specific effect to be performed later, when the specific effect is performed a plurality of times while the pseudo continuous effect is being performed. . Specifically, the sub-control CPU 31a makes the color that can be determined as the color to be presented in the specific effect to be performed first identical to the color that can be determined as the color to be presented in the specific effect to be performed later. For any color, the probability to be determined as the color to be presented may be the same between the specific effect to be performed first and the specific effect to be performed later.

The pachinko gaming machine 10 may be capable of executing an effect different from the red change effect as a specific effect that can be performed only in a specific color among a plurality of colors.
The sub control CPU 31a may control the specific effect so as to be executable during the execution of the special effect.

  -The presentation aspect of each specific presentation may be changed as appropriate. For example, as the specific effect, an effect different from the SU effect may be adopted. That is, as the specific effect, an effect in which the effect content does not change stepwise may be executable. In addition, as the specific effect, both of the SU effect and the effect different from the SU effect may be provided. In this case, when performing an effect different from SU effect after SU effect during one execution of the effect game, SU effect and the effect content of presenting a color higher than the color presented in the final step of SU effect May perform different effects. In addition, when performing SU effects after effects different from SU effects during one execution of the effect game, the effect content is to present at the start step more colors than colors presented in effects different from SU effects SU effect may be executed.

  In the specific effect, the big hit expectation may be identifiable by a effect element different from the color. For example, the jackpot expectation may be identifiable by the type of image displayed in the specific effect. In this case, the type of the image displayed in the specific effect can be grasped as one of the effect elements constituting the effect content of the specific effect. And, in this case, it is preferable that the relationship between the effect element in the specific effect and the identifiable big hit expectation degree be standardized in each specific effect.

  The specific effect does not have to be the display effect performed in the effect display device 12. For example, the sound effect by the speaker Sp, the light emission effect by the decoration lamp La, and the movable object effect by the movable body capable of performing a predetermined operation It may be. In this case, the speaker Sp, the decoration lamp La, and the movable body correspond to the effect executing means.

  The contents that can be specified in the specific effect may be changed as appropriate. For example, in the specific effect, it is not necessary to be able to specify the jackpot expectation, and it may be possible to specify the expectation to which the high probability state is given or the expectation to which a predetermined big hit is given among the big hits. In this case, the high probability state or the predetermined jackpot corresponds to the advantageous state advantageous to the player.

  The number of fluctuation cycles that can be performed in the pseudo continuous effect may be changed as appropriate. For example, four or more fluctuation cycles may be executable in the pseudo continuous effect. Further, in the pseudo continuous effect, three or more fluctuation cycles may not be executable. Moreover, the big hit expectation which can be specified in pseudo | simulation continuous presentation may be changed suitably. For example, in the pseudo continuous effect, when the number of fluctuation cycles is small, a high jackpot expectation may be identifiable. Further, in the pseudo continuous effect, when the number of fluctuation cycles is a predetermined number, it may be determined that a big hit will definitely be made.

  The effect mode of the pseudo continuous effect can be changed as appropriate. For example, in the pseudo continuous effect, an image imitating a predetermined character may be displayed, or the number notification image may not be displayed. In addition, in the pseudo continuous effect, when the special effect is executed in the next fluctuation cycle, it is not necessary to temporarily display the effect pattern in the special combination, for example, the special effect is executed in the next fluctuation cycle At the time and when the special effect is not performed, the effect pattern may be temporarily displayed in the same combination.

  The variation pattern may be information that can not specify the effect content of the effect game. For example, the fluctuation pattern may be information that can not specify the number of fluctuation cycles executed during the execution of the effect game. That is, the fluctuation pattern may be information which can not be specified whether or not the pseudo continuous effect is to be performed. In this case, the sub control CPU 31a performs a predetermined lottery by performing a predetermined lottery in response to the input of the fluctuation pattern designation command, thereby determining whether or not the pseudo continuous effect is to be executed, and the number of fluctuation cycles to be executed during the execution of the effect game. It is good to decide Further, the variation pattern may be information that can not be specified whether or not the special effect is to be executed during the execution of the effect game. In this case, the sub control CPU 31a may determine whether or not to execute the special effect by performing a predetermined lottery in response to the input of the variation pattern designation command. Furthermore, the fluctuation pattern may be information that can not be specified whether or not the reach effect is to be performed. In this case, the sub control CPU 31a may determine whether or not the reach effect is to be performed by performing a predetermined lottery in response to the input of the fluctuation pattern designation command.

  The type of effect that the pachinko gaming machine 10 can execute may be changed as appropriate. For example, some effects in the specific effects may be omitted, or effects other than the above-described specific effects may be executable as the specific effects. Also, special effects may be omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the main control CPU 30a may not perform the predetermination. In this case, the main control CPU 30a may output a command capable of specifying the random number information acquired in the special symbol input process to the sub control CPU 31a. Then, the sub control CPU 31a determines in advance whether the big hit random number that can be identified from the random number information is a random number determined to be a big hit in the big hit determination in the special symbol start processing based on the command that can specify the random number information. It is good to judge.

  ・ A game is determined whether or not a high probability state is to be provided depending on whether or not a specific sensor detects a game ball passing a specific area during a big hit game and passing the specific area The present invention may be embodied in a machine (so-called V-probability machine). In this case, the main control CPU 30a may give a high probability state after the end of the big hit game, on condition that the game ball is detected by a specific sensor. In addition, even if the number of special games executed after the high probability state is granted reaches a predetermined upper limit number, it may be embodied in a gaming machine (so-called ST machine) whose high probability state is ended. Good. In this case, the main control CPU 30a may give a high probability state after the end of all the big hit games. Further, after the end of the big hit game, it may be embodied in a gaming machine (a so-called falling machine) which gives a high probability state with an upper limit until winning a predetermined falling lottery.

-It may be embodied in a pachinko gaming machine provided with one kind of probability state. That is, the present invention may be embodied in a gaming machine that does not have a probability variation function of changing the probability of positive determination in the jackpot determination.
-It may be embodied in a pachinko gaming machine provided with one type of base state. That is, the present invention may be embodied in a gaming machine that does not have the ball entry rate improving function for improving the ball entry rate of the game ball into the second starting opening 14.

-It may be embodied in a gaming machine that provides a big hit game triggered by detection of the gaming ball by a specific sensor.
The first special game and the second special game may be executed in the order of holding, may be alternately executed, and may be simultaneously executed in parallel. Also, the second special game may be omitted.

The function of the main control board 30 may be realized by being divided into a plurality of boards. The main control board 30 may be composed of a plurality of CPUs mounted on a single board.
The main control CPU 30a, the main control ROM 30b, and the main control RAM 30c may be configured as a one-chip microcomputer.

  The function of the sub control board 31 may be realized by being divided into a plurality of boards. For example, the pachinko gaming machine 10 may be provided with a display board for specialized control of the effect display device 12, a lamp board for specialized control of the decoration lamp La, and an audio board for specialized control of the speaker Sp. It may further include an integrated substrate that controls the substrate group in an integrated manner. Further, the sub control CPU 31a may be configured of a plurality of CPUs mounted on a single substrate.

  -As a game machine, it may be embodied in a reel-type game machine. The roll-to-roll type gaming machine includes a slot machine using medals as gaming media and a slot machine using gaming balls as gaming media. In such a slot machine, a fluctuation game performed by changing symbols is executed by rotating a reel provided with a symbol row in which a plurality of symbols are arranged. Then, in such a slot machine, after a predetermined symbol combination is derived in the variation game, an advantageous state advantageous to the player is given. In such a slot machine, the advantageous state is, for example, a bonus game, RT (replay time), AT (assist time) or the like.

Next, technical ideas that can be grasped from the above embodiment and another example will be additionally described below.
(A) In the special effect, it is possible to specify that the degree of expectation to which the advantageous state is given is high as the number of fluctuation cycles to be executed is large.

  12 effect display device (effect execution means), 30 main control board, 30a main control CPU, 31 secondary control board, 31a secondary control CPU (effect control means).

Claims (8)

In a gaming machine capable of executing a fluctuation game performed by changing a symbol and performing a special effect of executing a fluctuation cycle with a fluctuation of a symbol a plurality of times during execution of one fluctuation game.
An effect executing means for executing an effect;
Providing effect control means for controlling the effect;
The effects that can be executed by the effect executing means include specific effects,
The content of the effect of the specific effect includes the first effect element and the second effect element,
The first effect element and the second effect element are classified into a plurality of stages, each of which has a different degree of expectation that an advantageous state advantageous to the player is given,
The effect control means is
When the first special effect performed in the previous fluctuation cycle and the second specific effect performed in the subsequent fluctuation cycle are different types of specific effects during execution of the special effect, 1) The second specific effect is the effect content including the first effect element classified into the stage where the degree of expectation is lower than the stage in which the first effect element in the effect content of the specific effect is classified is classified into the lower stage A game machine characterized by being capable of executing restriction control that restricts execution.   When the effect control means executes the specific effect with the effect content classified into the predetermined stage during the execution of the special effect, the effect control means executes the specific effect until the variation game in progress is ended. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein control is performed so as not to execute the specific effect during the period. In a gaming machine capable of executing a fluctuation game performed by changing symbols, and capable of executing continuous effects that can be performed over a plurality of fluctuation games,
An effect executing means for executing an effect;
Providing effect control means for controlling the effect;
The effects that can be executed by the effect executing means include specific effects,
The content of the effect of the specific effect includes the first effect element and the second effect element,
The first effect element and the second effect element are classified into a plurality of stages, each of which has a different degree of expectation that an advantageous state advantageous to the player is given,
The effect control means is
When the first specific effect performed in the previous variation game and the second specific effect performed in the subsequent variation game are different types of specific effects during execution of the continuous effect, the first 1) The second specific effect is the effect content including the first effect element classified into the stage where the degree of expectation is lower than the stage in which the first effect element in the effect content of the specific effect is classified is classified into the lower stage A game machine characterized by being capable of executing restriction control that restricts execution.   The effect control means is a second effect element in the effect contents of the first specific effect, when the first specific effect executed first and the second specific effect executed later are different types of specified effects. It is possible to execute control to execute the second specific effect with the effect content including the second effect element classified into the stage where the degree of expectation is given lower than the stage where the advantage is classified. A gaming machine according to any one of the preceding claims.   The specific effect includes a specific effect that can be changed stepwise during the execution of one specific effect, and in the specific effect, the first effect element is the effect content in each stage, The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second effect element is the number of steps at which the effect content changes during execution of one specific effect. The specific effect includes a specific effect that can be changed stepwise during the execution of one specific effect,
The restriction control is an expectation degree that an advantageous state is given rather than a stage in which the first effect element included in the last effect content in the first specific effect is classified in the last effect content in the second specific effect The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the control is limited to the effect contents including the first effect element classified into the lower stage. The specific effect includes a specific effect that can be changed stepwise during the execution of one specific effect,
The restriction control is an expectation degree in which an advantageous state is given rather than a stage in which the first effect content included in the last effect content in the first specific effect is classified into the first effect content in the second specific effect The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control is limited to the effect contents including the first effect element classified into the lower stage.   The said production control means, when executing a predetermined specific effect as the first specific effect, and when performing a predetermined specific effect as the second specified effect, the determination ratio of the effect content in the predetermined specific effect The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, which is different.