JP2020044174A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To suitably increase a player's attention to display of an operation promotion image.SOLUTION: A sub-control part performs first control for displaying a performance switch image after executing an effect collective performance and second control for displaying a performance switch image without executing an effect collective performance when displaying the performance switch image as an operation promotion image for allowing a performance switch to perform operation. A ratio of execution of the first control is higher when displaying a performance switch image in relation to an opportunity of showing a game result, and a ratio of execution of the second control is higher when displaying a performance switch image in relation to an opportunity of starting a game.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 31

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine for playing a game.

  As a gaming machine, a predetermined bet amount is set, and based on a start operation being received, a slot machine in which a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed, a game medium such as a game ball, etc. There is a pachinko gaming machine or the like that variably displays a plurality of types of identification information when a game medium wins in a starting area such as a winning opening provided in the gaming area.

  As such a gaming machine, there has been proposed a gaming machine that performs an effect that indicates operation of an operation button by displaying an operation button image to which an effect is added, and then performs operation promotion notification that prompts a player to operate the operation button. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 6214105

  In the technique described in Patent Literature 1, there is room for improvement in favor of appropriately attracting the player's attention when performing an effect indicating the operation of the operation button by displaying the operation button image to which the effect is added.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and when performing an effect that suggests operation of an operation button by displaying an operation button image to which an effect is added, a game that can attract more attention of a player. The purpose is to provide a machine.

(1) In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention
A gaming machine for playing a game (for example, gaming machine 1),
An operation unit (for example, effect switch 56) operated by the player;
Operation promotion image display means (for example, the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91) for displaying an operation promotion image (for example, an operation promotion image, an effect switch image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. Process of displaying a switch image for
A first control unit (for example, a sub-control unit) that performs first control (for example, first control) for displaying the operation promotion image after executing a suggestive effect (for example, an effect grouping effect) that suggests display of the operation promotion image. A process of performing the first control performed by the control unit 91);
A second control unit (for example, a process for performing the second control performed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing a second control (for example, a second control) for displaying the operation promotion image without performing the suggestion effect. Prepared,
When the operation promotion image is displayed in association with the timing at which the result of the game is displayed, the rate at which the first control is performed is high, while when the operation promotion image is displayed in association with the timing at which the game is started, The rate at which the second control is performed is high (for example, when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased, and the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game). When displaying, the rate at which the second control is performed is increased).

  According to such a configuration, in a situation in which the game in which the result of the game is subsequently displayed is to be started, the game can be promptly advanced by displaying the operation promotion image without executing the suggested effect. In addition, if the result of the game has already been shown, by displaying the operation promotion image after executing the suggested effect, the player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image can be appropriately increased.

(A) is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment, (B) is a front view of the gaming machine. 5 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the first embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 1. 9 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the second embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 2. 13 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the third embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 3. 15 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the fourth embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 4. 15 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the fifth embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 5. 15 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to Embodiment 6. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 6. 15 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the seventh embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 7. (A) a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a gaming machine according to Embodiment 8, (B) a front view of the gaming machine when the movable role is stopped at an initial position, and (C) an image display of the movable role. It is a front view of a game machine at the time of stopping at a position. 28 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the eighth embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 8. 15 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the ninth embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 9. 30 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the tenth embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of an effect concerning Embodiment 10. (A) is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a gaming machine according to Embodiment 11, and (B) is a front view of the gaming machine. It is a timing chart for explaining the effect concerning Embodiment 11. FIG. 69 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect according to the eleventh embodiment. 129 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to the twelfth embodiment. FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect according to Embodiment 12. 39 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to Embodiment 13. FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect according to Embodiment 13. 39 is a timing chart for explaining an effect according to Embodiment 14. FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect according to Embodiment 14. 30 is a timing chart for explaining an effect at the time of a second control according to Embodiment 14. FIG. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect at the time of the second control according to the fourteenth embodiment. FIG. 39 is a timing chart for explaining an effect at the time of first control according to Embodiment 14. FIG. (A) The figure which shows an example of the effect at the time of the 1st control which concerns on Embodiment 14, (A) The figure which shows an example of the effect at the time of the 1st control which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 14. It is a timing chart for explaining an effect at the time of non-giving control concerning Embodiment 15. FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect at the time of non-giving control in a specific situation according to Embodiment 15. FIG. 39 is a timing chart for explaining an effect at the time of giving control according to Embodiment 15. FIG. FIG. 55 is a diagram showing an example of an effect at the time of giving control of a specific situation according to Embodiment 15. FIG. 55 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect at the time of giving control of a special situation according to Embodiment 15. 55 is a timing chart for explaining an effect at the time of giving control according to the sixteenth embodiment. FIG. 61 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect at the time of giving control of a specific situation according to the sixteenth embodiment. It is a timing chart for explaining an effect at the time of non-giving control according to a modification of the sixteenth embodiment. FIG. 61 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect at the time of non-giving control in a specific situation according to a modification of the sixteenth embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment 1]
In the gaming machine 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 (A), the progress of the game is controlled by a game control board including a main control section 41, and an effect control board including a sub control section 91. The effect is controlled, and a drive power supply is generated by the power supply board and supplied to each component. As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B), a game progress operation unit 7 is connected to the main control unit 41, and a liquid crystal display 51, a staging effect LED 52, a speaker 53, 54, and the effect switch 56 are connected. These effect devices 51 to 54 are driven based on control by the sub-control unit 91.

  When the power supply to the gaming machine 1 is started, the main control unit 41 and the sub-control unit 91 each start a startup process. The main control unit 41 executes an initialization process or the like for controlling the game progress operation unit 7 in the startup process. In the case of a slot machine, for example, the game progress operation unit 7 includes a bet amount setting button capable of setting a bet amount, a start switch for starting rotation of a reel, a stop switch for stopping a reel, and the like. In the case of a pachinko gaming machine, a hitting operation handle or the like for firing a game ball. When the activation process ends, the main control unit 41 enables normal control for enabling the reception of an operation to the game progress operation unit 7 to progress the game, and allows the player to operate the game progress operation unit 7. The game can be advanced by the operation. At this time, the main control unit 41 transmits a start command indicating the start of the normal control to the sub control unit 91.

  On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 executes initialization processing of the liquid crystal display 51 and the like in startup processing. When the sub-control unit 91 receives the start command from the main control unit 41 after ending the execution of the initialization processing and the like, the liquid crystal display 51 indicates that the main control unit 41 is under normal control (for example, (Display of a background image, etc.). The main control unit 41 transmits various commands according to the progress of the game, and the sub-control unit 91 controls an effect based on the control information of the command received from the main control unit 41. The effect is performed using, for example, the liquid crystal display 51, the effect LED 52, the speakers 53 and 54, the effect switch 56, and the like. The effect LED 52 of the present embodiment is provided above, to the left of, and to the right of the liquid crystal display 51, to the left and to the right of the effect switch 56, and on the lower panel below the effect switch 56. Is also provided.

  The effect switch 56 of the present embodiment is provided with an effect switch lamp (not shown). The effect switch lamp of the present embodiment is a contacted portion that is a portion that can be touched by a player when the player operates the effect switch 56 (in other words, a portion that is depressed when pressed by the player's hand). (Pressed portion), and the contacted portion (pressed portion) can emit light. Note that the effect switch lamp is not limited to one in which a contacted portion (pressed portion) of the effect switch 56 can emit light. For example, a frame portion of the effect switch 56 (in other words, a state surrounding the operation unit) Provided on the supporting portion, which is a portion supported by the above, a guide portion which is a portion serving as a guide when the operating portion is depressed or restored, and a supported portion supported by the front door). The support section, the guide section, and the supported section) may be capable of emitting light.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the lighting of the effect switch lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. The timing chart shown in FIG. 2 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and the lighting of the effect switch lamp. The presence / absence (on / off) and the presence / absence of specific display (display / non-display) are shown. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the timing at which an event occurs is indicated by t (t1, t2,...).

  As shown in FIG. 2, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 accepts the operation of the effect switch 56. For example, in the case of a slot machine, the reception of the operation of the effect switch 56 may be started after the start switch or the stop switch is operated, or after the reel rotation is started, or after the first to third stop of the reel. In the case of a pachinko gaming machine, the game is started before the start of the variable display of the special symbol (before the special figure game starts), during the variable display (during the special figure game), or after the variable display ends (after the special figure game ends). Is also good. In particular, after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, it is highly likely that the specific display, which will be described later, will be performed when the effect of the effect such as the effect is shown (when the result is settled). For example, in the case of a slot machine, it is preferable to start operation reception before and after the third stop, and in the case of a pachinko game machine, it is possible to start operation reception before and after the end of variable display of special symbols (end of the special figure game). preferable.

  When the operation of the effect switch 56 is received, the sub-control unit 91 not only displays the effect switch image (the image of the effect switch 56) on the liquid crystal display 51, but also displays the effect switch 56. Turn on the production switch lamp. The effect switch image of the present embodiment is an image of the effect switch 56 with the effect switch lamp lit (see FIG. 3).

  Further, at t1, when the player performs an operation on the effect switch 56, the sub-control unit 91 ends the operation acceptance of the effect switch 56. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 turns off the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 and starts specific display on the liquid crystal display 51. The specific display is a display corresponding to an operation on the effect switch 56. For example, in the case of a slot machine, the specific display is, for example, a suggestion display of an internal lottery result, or is controlled to an advantageous state such as a bonus, an AT (assist time), a CZ (chance zone), an additional special zone in the AT, or the like. It may be a display that informs the lottery result, and if it is a pachinko gaming machine, it is a display that informs the user of the lottery result as to whether or not super reach development or a big hit or small hit is controlled to an advantageous state. Is also good.

  On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 does not end the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t1, and a predetermined period (about 0.7 seconds) has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed. The process ends at t2. That is, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image after a lapse of a predetermined period from the turning off of the effect switch lamp.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, consider a case where the operation reception of the effect switch 56 is started while a background image (for example, an image of two mountains) is being displayed. At this time, the effect switch image is displayed together with the background image on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch lamp is lit on the effect switch 56. Further, when the player operates the effect switch 56, the display of the background image is changed from the background image to a specific display (for example, the display of a character image of “CHANCE !!”) on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch is displayed. At 56, the effect switch lamp is turned off. On the other hand, at this time, the display of the effect switch image is continued on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image is displayed together with the specific display. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display is continued.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the period of accepting the operation of the effect switch 56, and switches the effect switch. By lighting the effect switch lamp 56, the operation of the effect switch 56 is prompted. In addition, the sub-control unit 91 starts specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 when an operation on the effect switch 56 is performed during a period of receiving the operation of the effect switch 56. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 terminates the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 after a lapse of a predetermined period after the operation is performed, and before the lapse of the predetermined period from the operation. Then, the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 is turned off.

  In this way, when the player operates the effect switch 56, he / she pays attention to the effect switch 56 that is emitting light at his / her hand and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. The display of the effect switch image is terminated before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image, rather than the gaming machine, in which the display of the effect switch image is terminated before a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed. It becomes difficult. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm the end of the display of the effect switch image and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted. In addition, in this way, when the player operates the effect switch 56, he / she pays attention to the effect switch 56 that emits light at his / her own hand. The effect switch lamp is more likely to be turned off before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than in a gaming machine in which the effect switch lamp is turned off after a predetermined period has elapsed. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm that the effect switch lamp is turned off and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted.

  In the present embodiment, at least when the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image after the player pays attention to the effect switch 56, the predetermined period is set as a time that the afterimage of the display of the effect switch image remains. Although it is set in advance to about 0.7 seconds, as long as it is difficult for the player to end the display of the production switch image before paying attention to the display of the production switch image, the predetermined period is longer than 0.7 seconds. The period may be short, or may be longer than 0.7 seconds. In addition, it is preferable that the display of the effect switch image is not performed excessively long even when the predetermined time is extended.

In the present embodiment, the display of the effect switch image is terminated at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation has been performed. The timing may be after t2.
Further, in the present embodiment, the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 is turned off at t1 when the operation is performed. Any timing up to t2 may be used.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 before a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the effect switch 56 was performed.
By doing so, the specific display can be started immediately even if the effect switch image is being displayed when the operation is performed.
In the present embodiment, the specific display is started at t1 when the operation is performed. However, the timing for starting the specific display may be any time before the predetermined period has elapsed, and may be any timing from t1 to t2. Is also good.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 operates the effect switch 56 by turning on the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 is turned off.
In this way, the player can intuitively recognize that the operation of the effect switch 56 has been accepted and that the acceptance of the operation has ended. Further, by doing this, the effect switch lamp is turned on when the effect switch image is displayed, and the effect switch is turned on before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. Since the lamp is turned off, the effect switch lamp is not turned on while the effect switch image is displayed.The effect switch lamp is turned off before a predetermined period elapses after an operation on a gaming machine or an operation unit is performed. It is easier for the player to recognize that the operation on the operation unit has been received by confirming that the effect switch lamp changes from lighting to off than the gaming machine that does not perform the operation.

  In order to allow the player to intuitively recognize that the reception of the operation has been completed, as in the present embodiment, the operation switch lamp is turned off when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the brightness of the effect switch lamp may be lower than when the effect switch lamp is turned on during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56.

In particular, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the display of the effect switch image is an image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is lit.
By doing so, the player who has confirmed the display of the effect switch image rather than the gaming machine that displays the effect switch image that does not display the effect switch image in which the effect switch lamp is lit Can easily recognize that the operation of the effect switch 56 has been prompted.

  In the present embodiment, a still image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is lit is displayed as the display of the effect switch image. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the effect switch lamp is illuminated. It may be a display of a moving image in which the image of the effect switch 56 is repeatedly enlarged and reduced. In this case, the sub-control unit 91 may temporarily suspend the moving image display of the effect switch image and display the still image when the operation is performed during the operation acceptance period of the operation of the effect switch 56. In the case where the display of the effect switch image is a moving image display, not only the moving image display but also the still image display is included in the “operation promotion display” in the present application.

In the present embodiment, only the image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is lit is displayed as the display of the effect switch image. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An image for decorating the periphery may be added.
As in the present embodiment, it is preferable to display the image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is lit as the display of the effect switch image. However, the effect switch lamp is displayed as the effect switch image. It is not necessary to display the image of the effect switch 56 in which is lit.

[Embodiment 2]
Although the lighting mode of the effect switch lamp is not changed in the first embodiment, the lighting mode may be changed. Hereinafter, a second embodiment in which the lighting mode of the effect switch lamp changes from the first mode to the second mode will be described.
Note that, in the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as in the first embodiment will be omitted, and portions different from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the lighting of the effect switch lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. The timing chart shown in FIG. 4 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and the lighting of the effect switch lamp. The presence / absence (on / off), the presence / absence of specific display, and the display mode (display in the first mode, display / non-display in the second mode) are shown.

  As shown in FIG. 4, at t1, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed and the reception of the operation of the effect switch 56 ends, the sub-control unit 91 turns off the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56. At the same time, the liquid crystal display 51 starts specific display in the first mode. Further, at t3 after t2, the sub control unit 91 changes the display mode of the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 from the first mode to the second mode. That is, the sub-control unit 91 changes the display mode of the specific display from the first mode to the second mode after ending the display of the effect switch image after a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed. doing.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51 and the effect switch lamp is turned on, the liquid crystal is displayed. On the display 51, the display is changed from the display of the background image to the specific display of the first mode (for example, the display of a character image of "!!!"). At this time, the display of the effect switch image is continued on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image is displayed together with the specific display of the first mode. When a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display of the first mode is performed. Is changed from the first mode to the second mode (for example, display of a character image of “Bonus determined!”).

As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the display mode of the specific display includes the first mode and the second mode, and the sub-control unit 91 controls the operation of the staging switch 56. After the specific display is started in the first mode before a predetermined period has elapsed since the execution, the display mode of the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode after the predetermined period has elapsed.
By doing so, the display mode of the specific display changes from the first mode to the second mode when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, and the display mode of the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode. The player's attention to the second aspect can be raised more than in a gaming machine that does not change to.

In the present embodiment, when the specific display is performed in the first mode, the character image “!!!!” is displayed. However, the specific display in the first mode is not limited to this. Displays a moving image that closes, performs an effect of closing a role (shutter member, sub-liquid crystal display, or the like) that can be opened and closed on the front of the liquid crystal display 51, turns on a lamp of the role, The lighting mode may be changed.
In the present embodiment, the specific display is started in the first mode at t1 when the operation is performed. However, the timing for starting the specific display in the first mode may be any time before a predetermined period has elapsed. Any timing up to may be used.
In the present embodiment, the display mode of the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation is performed. , And may be a timing later than t2.

  In the present embodiment, the display mode of the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation has been performed, but the display mode of the specific display is changed after the predetermined period has elapsed. As long as there is a change timing, the display mode of the specific display may be changed before the predetermined period elapses. For example, after changing the display mode of the specific display from the first mode to the second mode at an arbitrary timing from t1 to t2, the display mode of the specific display is changed from the second mode to the third mode after t2. Good. After the display mode of the specific display is changed to the third mode, the display mode of the specific display may be continuously changed to the fourth mode, the fifth mode,.... Therefore, at any timing from t1 to t2, the display mode of the specific display may be changed a plurality of times from the first mode to the third and subsequent modes.

  In the present embodiment, the display mode of the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation is performed. However, for example, the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode. After the display mode is changed, the display mode of the specific display may be further changed from the second mode to the third mode. After the display mode of the specific display is changed to the third mode, the display mode of the specific display may be continuously changed to the fourth mode, the fifth mode,.... Therefore, the display mode of the specific display may be changed a plurality of times from the second mode to the third mode and subsequent modes at an arbitrary timing after t2.

[Embodiment 3]
In the first and second embodiments, the specific display is started before the predetermined period elapses after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed. However, the specific display may be started after the predetermined period elapses. Hereinafter, a third embodiment in which the specific display is started after a predetermined period has elapsed will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first and second embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first and second embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the lighting of the effect switch lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. The timing chart shown in FIG. 6 is, similarly to the timing chart of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, whether or not operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept) and whether or not the effect switch image is displayed in order from the top. (Display / non-display), presence / absence of lighting of the effect switch lamp (lighting / off), presence / absence of specific display (display / non-display).

  As shown in FIG. 6, at t1, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed and the operation acceptance of the effect switch 56 is terminated, the sub-control unit 91 turns off the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56. On the other hand, the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 is not started but the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 is started at t2. That is, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image and starts the display of the specific display after a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51 and the effect switch lamp is lit on the effect switch 56, the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. Even if it is performed, the display of the background image and the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 is continued. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and the specific display (for example, the display of the character image of “CHANCE !!”) is started. .

As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 performs the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 after a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the effect switch 56 was performed. Start.
In this way, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the display of the effect switch image ends, and the specific display is started. Therefore, a predetermined period after the operation of the effect switch is performed. The player's attention to the display of the effect switch image can be more easily directed to the specific display than to the gaming machine that starts the specific display before the lapse of time, and the player's attention to the specific display can be increased.
In the present embodiment, the specific display is started at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation is performed. However, the timing for starting the specific display may be any time after the predetermined period has elapsed. It may be timing.

[Embodiment 4]
In the first to third embodiments, the operation of the effect switch 56 is prompted by displaying the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. During the reception period, another image that prompts the operation of the effect switch 56 may be displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. Hereinafter, a third embodiment in which a reception period suggestion image described later is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51 will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to third embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to third embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the lighting of the effect switch lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. The timing chart shown in FIG. 8 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image and the acceptance period suggestion image are displayed (display / non-display), and the effect for the effect. Shows whether the switch lamp is lit (lighting / extinguish), whether there is a specific display (display / non-display), and whether the meter of the reception period suggestion image changes (change / stop).

  As shown in FIG. 8, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 displays not only the effect switch image (image of the effect switch 56) but also a reception period suggestion image (reception of an operation on the effect switch 56) on the liquid crystal display 51. Image indicating the period) is also displayed. In addition, the reception period suggestion image of the present embodiment is provided below the effect switch image, and the scale amount corresponding to the remaining period of the preset reception switch period of the effect switch 56 (for example, 5 seconds) is set. It is an image of the horizontally long bar-shaped meter shown. For example, if the remaining period is 5 seconds, the sub-control unit 91 displays a meter image of 100% (5 scales) if the remaining period is 5 seconds, and 20% (1 scale) every 1 second of the remaining period. ) Is displayed (see FIG. 9). That is, the sub-control unit 91 decreases the scale of the meter image by one every one second after the display of the reception period suggestion image is started on the liquid crystal display 51. In the present embodiment, since the reception period is set to be finite, for example, in the case of a pachinko game machine, the display period is easily applied in a special figure changing game in which the display period is set in advance, but the length of the period is Is not set in advance, the configuration of the present embodiment can be applied. For example, the configuration of the present embodiment may be applied to a period from the end of a game in which the length of the period is not particularly set in the slot machine to the start of the next game.

  Also, at t1, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed and the reception of the operation of the effect switch 56 is terminated, the sub-control unit 91 turns off the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 and turns off the liquid crystal display. The specific display at 51 is started. On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 stops the change of the reception period suggestion image (decrease of the scale) without ending the display of the effect switch image and the reception period suggestion image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t1. Then, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image and the reception period suggestion image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed. That is, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image and the reception period suggestion image after a lapse of a predetermined period from the turning off of the effect switch lamp.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the background image, the effect switch image, and the reception period suggestion image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch lamp is turned on in the effect switch 56. When the operation on the switch 56 is performed, the display of the effect switch image and the reception period suggestion image are continued on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image and the reception period suggestion image in which the change of the meter is stopped are displayed together with the specific display. Is displayed. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image and the reception period suggestion image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display is continued.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the reception period suggestion image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, and The reception period is suggested by changing the meter according to the remaining period of the period. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed before the reception period elapses, the sub-control unit 91 stops changing the meter on the liquid crystal display 51 until the predetermined period elapses, and the predetermined period elapses. After that, the display of the effect switch image is terminated, and the display of the reception period suggestion image is terminated.

By doing so, the player receives the notice after paying attention to the display of the effect switch image rather than the gaming machine that changes the meter of the acceptance period suggestion image until the predetermined period elapses after the operation of the effect switch is performed. By confirming that the display of the period suggestion image does not change, it becomes easy to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted.
The display of the reception period suggestion image is included not only in the “reception period suggestion display” but also in the “operation promotion display” in the present application. In addition, the display of the reception period suggestion image is a moving image display in which the meter changes, but not only a moving image display in which the meter changes but also a still image display in which the meter stops changing is referred to as a “reception period suggestion display” in the present application. "And" operation promotion display ".

In the present embodiment, the display of the reception period suggestion image is terminated at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation was performed, but the display of the reception period suggestion image is terminated after the predetermined period has elapsed. The timing may be after t2. Even in this case, in order to make it easier for the player to recognize that the operation to the staging switch 56 has been received, and to prevent the display of the reception period suggestion image from being performed excessively long, together with the staging switch image. It is preferable to end the display of the reception period suggestion image.
Note that, as in the present embodiment, it is preferable to stop the change of the meter at t1 when the operation is performed, but the timing of stopping the change of the meter may be any time before a predetermined period elapses, and from t1 to t2. May be any timing.

  In the present embodiment, the display of the reception period suggestion image is ended after a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation is performed. For example, the display of the reception period suggestion image is ended at t1 when the operation is performed. Good. In this case, since the reception period suggestion image is not displayed in the predetermined period, it is not necessary to stop changing the meter. Further, for example, the display of the reception period suggestion image may be ended at an arbitrary timing from t1 to t2. In this case, it is preferable to stop changing the meter from t1 until the display of the reception period suggestion image is completed.

[Embodiment 5]
In the first to fourth embodiments, the effect switch lamp is turned off when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. However, the effect switch lamp does not have to be turned off. . Hereinafter, a fifth embodiment in which the mode of the light emitting unit of the effect switch lamp is changed when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the operation acceptance period of the operation of the effect switch 56 will be described.
Note that, in the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to fourth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to fourth embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the lighting of the effect switch lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. The timing chart shown in FIG. 10 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image and the acceptance period suggestion image are displayed (display / non-display), and the effect for the effect. The lighting mode of the switch lamp (lighting in blue / lighting in rainbow) and the presence / absence of specific display (display / non-display) are shown.

  As shown in FIG. 10, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 lights the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 in blue (predetermined color). The effect switch image of the present embodiment is an image of the effect switch 56 in a state where the effect switch lamp is lit in blue. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed at t1, the sub-control unit 91 changes the lighting color of the effect switch lamp from blue to rainbow in the effect switch 56 (for example, purple → blue → light blue → (Green, yellow, orange, red, purple, ...). Note that the specific display of the present embodiment is a display that notifies that the control is performed to the advantageous state (for example, a specific display of the notification of the winning of the advantageous state). That is, in the present embodiment, the lighting color of the effect switch lamp is changed from blue to rainbow color when the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is performed.

  On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 does not end the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t1, and ends at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed. That is, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image after a lapse of a predetermined period from the turning off of the effect switch lamp.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the background image and the effect switch image (the image of the effect switch 56 illuminated in blue) are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch lamp is illuminated in blue. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in the state, the display on the liquid crystal display 51 is changed from the display of the background image to the specific display of the notification of the winning of the advantageous state (for example, the display of the character image of “Bonus fixed!”), In the effect switch 56, the lighting color of the effect switch lamp is changed from blue to rainbow color. Note that, at this time, the display of the effect switch image is continued on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image is overlapped and displayed in front of the specific display. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display is continued.

As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays a display indicating that it is advantageous for the player, such as notifying that it is controlled to the advantageous state in the specific display. When the operation is performed on the effect switch 56, the lighting color of the effect switch lamp is changed from blue to rainbow.
In this way, the effect switch lamp is lit in blue while the effect switch image is being displayed, and the effect switch lamp is turned on before the predetermined period elapses after the operation of the operation unit is performed. Since the lighting is performed while changing to the rainbow color, when the effect switch lamp is illuminated in a predetermined color while the effect switch image is being displayed and before the predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch is performed. It becomes easier for the player to recognize that it is more advantageous than a gaming machine in which the effect switch lamp is not turned on while changing between a plurality of colors such as a rainbow color.

In the present embodiment, the effect switch lamp is lit in blue during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. However, the present invention is not limited to this. May be.
In the present embodiment, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the effect switch lamp is turned on in the rainbow color. Blue light may be repeatedly emitted.

In the present embodiment, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the effect switch image is displayed in blue without changing the effect switch image, and the effect switch lamp is lit in blue. The effect switch image may be changed to an image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is lit in rainbow color.
In the present embodiment, after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the display of the effect switch image is duplicated on the near side of the specific display, but the specific display is located before the display of the effect switch image. It may overlap on the side.

  In this embodiment, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the lighting color of the effect switch lamp is changed from blue to the rainbow color. However, the effect switch is operated after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed. The lighting color of the lamp may be changed a plurality of times. In this case, for example, if the display mode of the specific display changes from the first mode to the second mode as in the second embodiment, the lighting color of the effect switch lamp is changed to blue in conjunction with the change of the display mode of the specific display. , Red, and rainbow colors may be changed twice. In addition, as described above, when the display mode of the specific display is continuously changed twice or more until the third mode or later, the lighting color of the effect switch lamp is also changed to 3 in conjunction with the change of the display mode of the specific display. The change may be continued more than once.

[Embodiment 6]
In the first to fifth embodiments, the liquid crystal display 51 and the effect switch 56 are controlled when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, but they are used for other effects. The production device may be controlled. Hereinafter, a sixth embodiment in which the effect LED 52 is controlled when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those in the first to fifth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to fifth embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the lighting of the effect switch lamp and the effect LED 52 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. The timing chart shown in FIG. 12 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image and the acceptance period suggestion image are displayed (display / non-display), and the effect for the effect. Shows whether the switch lamp is lit (lighting / off), whether or not specific display (display / non-display), and whether the effect LED 52 is lit (lighting / off).

  As illustrated in FIG. 12, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 turns on the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56, and turns off the effect LED 52. In addition, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed at t1, the sub-control unit 91 turns off the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 and turns on the effect LED 52. Note that the specific display of the present embodiment is a display that informs that the vehicle is controlled to the advantageous state (for example, the specific display of the winning state winning notification), similarly to the specific display of the fifth embodiment. That is, in the present embodiment, the effect LED 52 is turned on when the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is performed, and the effect effect LED 52 is not turned on when the specific display other than the advantageous state winning notification is performed.

  On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 does not end the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t1, and ends at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed. That is, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image after a lapse of a predetermined period from turning off the effect switch lamp and turning on the effect LED 52.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 13, when the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51 and the effect switch lamp is lit on the effect switch 56, the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. When this is performed, the display of the background image is changed from the display of the background image on the liquid crystal display 51 to the specific display of the notification of the winning of the advantageous state (for example, the display of the character image of “Bonus determined !!”). The lamp is turned off, and the effect LED 52 is turned on. At this time, as shown in FIG. 13, not only the effect effect LEDs 52 on the left and right sides of the effect switch 56 are turned on, but also the effect effect LEDs 52 on the upper, left, and right sides of the liquid crystal display 51. The effect LED 52 on the lower panel also lights up. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and the specific display and the lighting of the effect LED 52 continue.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the effect LED 52 is provided around the effect switch 56, and the sub-control unit 91 determines whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted. The effect LED 52 is turned on before a predetermined period elapses after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed.

  By doing so, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 that is emitting light at his / her hand when operating the effect switch 56, so that the player performs the operation for the effect switch for a predetermined period of time. It is easier for the player to turn on the effect LED 52 before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than a game machine that turns on the effect LED provided around the effect switch after elapse of It is easy to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been received by recognizing the lighting of the effect LED 52 provided on the left or right side of the effect switch 56 or the effect LED 52 provided on the lower panel.

  In addition, in this way, when the player operates the effect switch 56, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 that is emitting light at his / her hand and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. After a predetermined period of time has passed since the operation of the switch for the effect, the effect of the effect before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image rather than the gaming machine that turns on the effect effect LED provided around the liquid crystal display The LED 52 is easily turned on, and the player easily recognizes that the effect LED 52 provided above, to the left or to the right of the liquid crystal display 51 is turned on, and recognizes that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted. Become.

In the present embodiment, the effect LED 52 is provided on the left, right, and lower panels of the effect switch 56, and above, on the left, and right of the liquid crystal display 51, respectively. If at least one LED is provided in the periphery, the plurality of effect LEDs 52 may be omitted. For example, if the effect LED 52 is provided to the left or right of the effect switch 56, the other effect LEDs 52 may be omitted.
In the present embodiment, the effect LED 52 is turned on at t1 when the operation is performed. However, the timing for turning on the effect LED 52 may be any time before the predetermined period has elapsed, and may be any time from t1 to t2. It may be.

[Embodiment 7]
In the first to sixth embodiments, the effect switch lamp is turned on during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. However, the effect switch lamp may be caused to emit light in other light emission modes. Hereinafter, a seventh embodiment in which the effect switch lamp blinks during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to sixth embodiments is omitted, and portions different from the first to sixth embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the blinking of the effect switch lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. The timing chart shown in FIG. 14 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and the flashing of the effect switch lamp. Indicates the presence / absence (blinking / off) and presence / absence of specific display (display / non-display).

  As shown in FIG. 14, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 blinks the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56. The effect switch image of the present embodiment is an image of the effect switch 56 in a state where the effect switch lamp is blinking (see FIG. 15). Further, in the present embodiment, the flashing of the effect switch lamp and the flashing display of the effect switch image lamp are synchronized (the timing of light emission / extinguishing is synchronized).

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51 and the effect switch lamp is blinking on the effect switch 56, the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. When this is performed, the display of the background image is changed from the display of the background image to the specific display of the advantageous state winning notification (for example, the display of a character image of “Chance!”) On the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch 56 Is turned off.

As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 blinks the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 for the effect. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed while the operation of the switch 56 is prompted, the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 is turned off.
In this way, the player can intuitively recognize that the operation of the effect switch 56 has been accepted and that the acceptance of the operation has ended. Further, by doing this, the effect switch lamp flashes while the effect switch image is being displayed, and the effect switch is turned on before the predetermined period elapses after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed. Since the lamp is turned off, the effect switch lamp does not blink while displaying the effect switch image.The effect switch lamp is turned off before a predetermined period elapses after an operation on a gaming machine or an operation unit is performed. It is easier for the player to recognize that the operation on the operation unit has been accepted by confirming that the effect switch lamp changes from blinking to off than the gaming machine that does not perform.

In particular, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the display of the effect switch image is an image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is blinking.
By doing so, the player who has confirmed the display of the effect switch image rather than the gaming machine displaying the effect switch image that does not display the effect switch image in which the effect switch lamp is blinking Can easily recognize that the operation of the effect switch 56 has been prompted.
Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the blinking display of the lamp of the effect switch image is synchronized with the blinking of the effect switch lamp.
In this way, the flashing display of the effect switch image lamp is not synchronized with the flashing of the effect switch lamp. It becomes easy to get interested in blinking, and the amusement of the production improves.

As in the present embodiment, it is preferable to display the image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is blinking as the display of the effect switch image. However, the effect switch lamp is displayed as the effect switch image. It is not necessary to display the image of the effect switch 56 in which is blinking. For example, an image of the effect switch 56 in which the effect switch lamp is lit may be displayed as the display of the effect switch image.
As in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the blinking display of the effect switch image is synchronized with the blinking of the effect switch lamp, but the blinking display of the effect switch image lamp is the same as the effect switch lamp. It does not have to be synchronized with the blinking.For example, there may be a period during which the effect switch lamp does not emit light when the effect switch image light is displayed, and the effect switch image lamp emits light. There may be a period during which the effect switch lamp is lit when not displaying.

[Embodiment 8]
In the first to seventh embodiments, the liquid crystal display 51, the effect LED 52, and the effect switch 56 are controlled when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. An effect device used for the effect may be controlled. Hereinafter, a description will be given of an eighth embodiment in which a movable accessory 201, which will be described later, is controlled when an operation on the effect switch 56 is performed during a reception period of an operation of the effect switch 56.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to seventh embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to seventh embodiments will be mainly described.

  As shown in FIG. 16A, a movable accessory 201 is connected to the sub-control unit 91 of the present embodiment, and the movable accessory 201 is driven based on control by the sub-control unit 91. The sub-control unit 91 controls an effect using the movable accessory 201 based on the control information of the command received from the main control unit 41. It should be noted that the movable role 201 of the present embodiment includes an initial position provided below the liquid crystal display 51 (see FIG. 16B) and an image display position covering the lower front of the liquid crystal display 51 (a production switch). It is possible to move between the position where the image is displayed and the position where the image is displayed (see FIG. 16C). The movable accessory 201 is provided with an accessory lamp (not shown). In the present embodiment, an effect using the movement of the movable role 201 is performed, so that it is easy to apply when the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is performed as in the fifth and sixth embodiments. The configuration of the present embodiment is also applicable when a specific display other than the advantageous state winning notification is performed. For example, the configuration of the present embodiment may be applied when the degree of expectation of performing the advantageous state winning notification is high.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51, the movement of the movable accessory, and the lighting of the accessory lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. The timing chart shown in FIG. 17 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and the stop position of the movable auditorium ( (Initial position / image display position), presence / absence of specific display (display in first mode, display / non-display in second mode).

  As shown in FIG. 17, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 turns off the accessory lamp while the movable accessory 201 is stopped at the initial position. Also, at t1, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed and the operation acceptance of the effect switch 56 is terminated, the sub-control unit 91 causes the movable auditors 201 to start moving from the initial position to the image display position. At the same time, the liquid crystal display 51 starts specific display in the first mode. Also, at t3 after t2, the sub-control unit 91 turns on the accessory lamp while the movable accessory 201 stops moving and stops at the image display position, and displays a specific display on the liquid crystal display 51. Is changed from the first mode to the second mode. That is, the sub-control unit 91 turns on the accessory lamp at the image display position after a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, and changes the display mode of the specific display from the first mode to the second mode. Has changed.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, the background image is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. The display is changed from the display to the specific display of the first mode (for example, the display of a character image of “!!!”). At this time, the display of the effect switch image is continued on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image is displayed together with the specific display of the first mode. Further, at this time, the movable accessory starts moving from the initial position to the image display position in a state where the accessory lamp is turned off. When a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display of the first mode is performed. Is changed from the first mode to the second mode (for example, display of a character image of “Bonus determined!”). At this time, the accessory lamp is turned on in a state where the movable accessory has finished moving and has stopped at the image display position.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, thereby producing the effect. The operation of the switch 56 is prompted. In addition, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, the sub-control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 and starts the movement of the movable role 201. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 terminates the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 after a lapse of a predetermined period after the operation is performed, and before the lapse of the predetermined period from the operation. Starts moving the movable object 201.

By doing so, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 at hand when he or she operates the effect switch 56, and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. It is more difficult for the player to end the display of the effect switch image before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than in the gaming machine which ends the display of the effect switch image before a predetermined period elapses. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm the end of the display of the effect switch image and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted. Further, in this manner, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the movable member is quickly moved while the effect switch image is displayed, so that the operation of the effect switch can be performed. It is possible to reduce the uncomfortable feeling of the player for the effect using the movable role 201, which takes longer to physically move than the gaming machine that starts moving the movable role after a predetermined period has elapsed after the performance.
In the present embodiment, the movement of the movable role 201 is started at t1 when the operation is performed. However, the timing of starting the movement of the movable role 201 may be any time before a predetermined period has elapsed. Any timing up to may be used.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, the sub-control unit 91 displays the movable role 201 on the effect switch image. Move to the image display position where the display is being performed.
In this way, the player's attention to the display of the effect switch image can be directly directed to the movable role 201, and the movable role is not moved to the position where the display of the effect switch image is performed. The player's attention to the movable role 201 can be raised more than the gaming machine.

  It is preferable to move the movable role 201 to the image display position in order to direct the player's attention to the display of the effect switch image to the movable role 201 as in the present embodiment. The object 201 may be moved to a position different from the image display position. For example, the movable accessory 201 may be moved to a specific display position where the specific display is performed. In this case, it is possible to perform the specific display combining the effects using the movable auditorium 201, and it is possible to increase the player's attention to the specific display as compared to a gaming machine that does not move the movable auditorium to the specific display position.

Also, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 turns off the accessory lamp on the movable accessory 201 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, and the operation on the effect switch 56 Is performed, the accessory lamp is not turned on until the movable accessory 201 moves to the image display position, and the accessory lamp is turned on after the movable accessory 201 moves to the image display position.
In this way, the movement of the movable role 201 can be made less noticeable than a gaming machine that turns on the role indicator lamp before the movable role moves to the image display position.
In the present embodiment, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the movable accessory 201 moves to the image display position and then turns on the accessory lamp. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An image may be displayed on the sub liquid crystal display after the movable role 201 moves to the image display position after the sub liquid crystal display is provided on the object 201.

  In addition, in order to make the movement of the movable auditorium 201 inconspicuous, the effect LED 52 is lit during the movement of the movable auditorium 201 in which the accessory lamp is not lit, so that the attention to the movable auditorium 201 is deviated. You may. In this case, as shown in FIGS. 16B and 16C, the effect LED 52 may be provided at a position distant from the path until the movable auditorium 201 moves to the image display position. May be provided on the route. For example, the effect LED 52 is provided in front of the movable role 201 at an initial position or an intermediate position from the initial position to the image display position, and the movable role 201 moves behind the effect LED 52. Good. Further, the decorative portion that emits light to make the movement of the movable auditorium 201 inconspicuous is not limited to the effect LED 52. For example, a light guide plate (not shown) may be used. It may be provided at a position distant from the route to the position, or at an initial position or an intermediate position on the route. In addition, when the light guide plate is provided on the movement path of the movable role 201, a configuration that allows the movable role 201 to move behind the light guide plate is required. In addition, in order to prevent the effect of the effect using the movable auditorium 201 from being impaired, the effect LED 52 and the light guide plate are provided at positions that do not overlap with the movable auditorium 201 when moved to the image display position. There is a need.

Also, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the display mode of the specific display includes the first mode and the second mode, and the sub-control unit 91 performs the operation after the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. After the specific display is started in the first mode before the predetermined period elapses, the display mode of the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode after the predetermined period elapses. Then, when the specific display is performed in the first mode, the sub control unit 91 starts moving the movable role 201 to move the movable role 201 from the initial position, and the specific display is performed in the second mode. When the movable character 201 is being moved, the movement of the movable character 201 is ended and the movable character 201 is stopped at the image display position.
By doing in this way, the movable accessory 201 can be moved according to the display mode of the specific display, and the specific display and the movement of the movable accessory 201 are linked, so that the specific display and the movement of the movable accessory can be moved. It is easier for the player to be more interested in the specific display and the effect using the movable accessory 201 than in a gaming machine that does not interlock, and the interest of the game is improved.

  Note that, as in the present embodiment, it is preferable to link the specific display and the movement of the movable auditorium 201 in order to make the player more interested in the specific display and the effect using the movable auditorium 201. However, the specific display does not have to be linked with the movement of the movable accessory 201. For example, if the specific display is performed in the first mode after t1, before the specific display is performed in the first mode from t1, the movement of the movable role 201 is started to move the movable role 201 from the initial position. Alternatively, before the specific display is performed in the second mode, the movement of movable movable object 201 may be terminated and movable movable object 201 may be stopped at the image display position. Further, for example, if the specific display is performed in the second mode by t2, the movement of the movable role 201 is started by t2 after the specific display is performed in the second mode, and the movable role 201 is moved to the initial position. If the specific display is performed in the first mode after t1, before the specific display is performed in the first mode from t1, the movement of the movable role 201 is ended and the movable role 201 is moved. It may be stopped at the image display position.

[Embodiment 9]
In the first to eighth embodiments, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, the liquid crystal display 51, the effect LED 52, the effect switch 56, and the movable role 201 are controlled. However, an effect device used for other effects may be controlled. Hereinafter, a ninth embodiment in which the output of the speakers 53 and 54 is controlled when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to eighth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to eighth embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the outputs of the speakers 53 and 54 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. The timing chart shown in FIG. 19 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and the output of the speakers 53 and 54. The presence / absence (first specific sound / second specific sound / silence) and the presence / absence of specific display (display in the first mode, display / non-display in the second mode) are shown.

  As shown in FIG. 19, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 does not output the specific sound to the speakers 53 and 54 and controls the speakers 53 and 54 to be in a silent state. Also, at t1, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed and the operation reception of the effect switch 56 is terminated, the sub-control unit 91 causes the speakers 53 and 54 to output the first specific sound (for example, “ping pong”). Output), and the liquid crystal display 51 starts specific display in the first mode. Further, at t3 after t2, the sub-control unit 91 causes the speakers 53 and 54 to start outputting the second specific sound (for example, the sound of “congratulations”), and at the same time, displays the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51. The display mode is changed from the first mode to the second mode. In other words, the sub-control unit 91 changes the output of the specific sound from the first specific sound to the second specific sound after a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, and changes the display mode of the specific display to the second specific sound. The first mode is changed to the second mode.

  In the present embodiment, the specific sound file (sound file containing a specific sound, a sound source file) is one sound file recorded in a connected state from the first specific sound to the second specific sound. The control unit 91 is preset so that the specific sound is output from the speakers 53 and 54 based on the specific sound file at t1, so that the first specific sound is switched to the second specific sound at t3.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, the background image is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. The display is changed from the display to the specific display of the first mode (for example, the display of a character image of “!!!”). At this time, the display of the effect switch image is continued on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image is displayed together with the specific display of the first mode. At this time, the speakers 53 and 54 start outputting the first specific sound from the silent state. When a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display of the first mode is performed. Is changed from the first mode to the second mode (for example, display of a character image of “Bonus determined!”). At this time, in the speakers 53 and 54, the output of the first specific sound is ended, and the specific sound output is changed from the first specific sound to the second specific sound.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, thereby producing the effect. The operation of the switch 56 is prompted. In addition, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, the sub-control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 and starts the output of the specific sound to the speakers 53 and 54. Let it. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 terminates the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 after a lapse of a predetermined period after the operation is performed, and before the lapse of the predetermined period from the operation. To start outputting a specific sound.

By doing so, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 at hand when he or she operates the effect switch 56, and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. It is more difficult for the player to end the display of the effect switch image before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than in the gaming machine which ends the display of the effect switch image before a predetermined period elapses. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm the end of the display of the effect switch image and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted. Further, according to such a configuration, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the output of the specific sound is started immediately while the effect switch image is being displayed. The player recognizes the output of the specific sound before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image rather than the gaming machine which starts outputting the specific sound after a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. It becomes easy to recognize that the operation for has been accepted.
In the present embodiment, the output of the specific sound is started at t1 when the operation is performed. However, the timing of starting the output of the specific sound may be any time before a predetermined period has elapsed, and may be any time from t1 to t2. It may be timing.

Also, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the display mode of the specific display includes the first mode and the second mode, and the sub-control unit 91 performs the operation after the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. After the specific display is started in the first mode before the predetermined period elapses, the display mode of the specific display is changed from the first mode to the second mode after the predetermined period elapses. The specific sound includes the first specific sound and the second specific sound, and the sub control unit 91 causes the speakers 53 and 54 to output the first specific sound when the specific display is performed in the first mode. Is started, and the output of the second specific sound to the speakers 53 and 54 is started when the specific display is performed in the second mode.
By doing so, it is possible to output a specific sound according to the display mode of the specific display, and the specific display and the output of the specific sound are linked, so that the gaming machine in which the specific display and the output of the specific sound are not linked This makes it easier for the player to be more interested in the effect using the specific display and the output of the specific sound, and the interest of the game is improved.
In the present embodiment, the specific sound is changed from the first specific sound to the second specific sound in conjunction with changing the display mode of the specific display from the first mode to the second mode. In the case where the display mode of the specific display is continuously changed at least twice until the third mode or later, the specific sound is also changed at least twice until the third specific sound or later in conjunction with the change of the display mode of the specific display. You may continue.

  Note that, as in the present embodiment, it is preferable to link the specific display and the output of the specific sound in order to make it easier for the player to be interested in the effect using the specific display and the output of the specific sound, The specific display and the output of the specific sound need not be linked. For example, if the specific display is performed in the first mode after t1, the output of the first specific sound may be started before the specific display is performed in the first mode from t1, and the specific display may be performed in the second mode. The output of the second specific sound may be started before the operation is performed. Further, for example, if the specific display is performed in the second mode by t2, the output of the first specific sound may be started by t2 after the specific display is performed in the second mode, and after t1, If the specific display is performed in the first mode, the output of the second specific sound may be ended from t1 before the specific display is performed in the first mode.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 is based on one sound file (specific sound file) recorded in a connected state from the first specific sound to the second specific sound. The specific sounds are output from the speakers 53 and 54, and the change from the first specific sound to the second specific sound is performed at t3 when the display mode of the specific display is changed.
By doing so, the specific sound can be output without performing control for adjusting the timing of changing from the first specific sound to the second specific sound.

  Note that, as in the present embodiment, a state in which the first specific sound is connected to the second specific sound to output the specific sound without performing control for adjusting the timing of changing from the first specific sound to the second specific sound. It is preferable to output the specific sound based on one specific sound file recorded in the above. However, the first specific sound and the second specific sound may be recorded in separate specific sound files. In this case, for example, at t3, the sub-control unit 91 performs control to change the specific sound file in which the first specific sound is recorded to the specific sound file in which the second specific sound is recorded and change the output of the specific sound. There is a need to do.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 does not output sound from the speakers 53 and 54 when performing display of the effect switch image, and controls the silent state. That is, the sub-control unit 91 lowers the volume when displaying the effect switch image than when not displaying the effect switch image.
By doing in this way, the display of the effect switch image is made more prominent than the gaming machine which does not lower the volume when the effect switch image is not displayed than when the effect switch image is not displayed ( In addition to making the player's attention easier, the output of the specific sound after the end of the display of the effect switch image can be made more prominent (the player's attention can be made easier).
Note that, in the present embodiment, the silence state is controlled when displaying the effect switch image. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The display of the effect switch image is performed when the effect switch image is displayed. What is necessary is that the volume is lower than when not performing.

[Embodiment 10]
In the first to ninth embodiments, the effect switch lamp is turned off when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. May go. Hereinafter, a tenth embodiment in which the effect switch 56 is vibrated when the effect switch 56 is operated in the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to ninth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to ninth embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the vibration of the effect switch lamp in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22. The timing chart shown in FIG. 21 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and the vibration of the effect switch lamp. The presence / absence (ON / OFF) and the presence / absence of specific display (display / non-display) are shown.

  As shown in FIG. 21, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 causes the effect switch 56 to stop the vibration. The effect switch 56 of the present embodiment is provided with a vibrating unit (not shown), and the sub-control unit 91 can vibrate or stop the vibration by turning on / off the vibrating unit. ing. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed at t1, the sub-control unit 91 causes the effect switch 56 to start vibrating and starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51. Note that the display of the effect switch image of the present embodiment is displayed on the display of a moving image in which the effect switch 56 is vibrated in a state where the effect switch 56 is turned off until a predetermined period elapses after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed. Be changed.

  On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 does not end the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t1, ends at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed, and performs the specific display. To start. Note that the specific display of the present embodiment is a display (for example, a specific display of an advantageous state winning notification) informing that the vehicle is controlled to the advantageous state, similarly to the specific displays of the fifth and sixth embodiments. That is, in the present embodiment, the effect switch 56 is vibrated when the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is performed. In addition, the sub-control unit 91 causes the production switch 56 to end the vibration at t4 when a period (for example, one second) sufficient for the player to recognize the vibration of the production switch 56 from t1. Then, the sub control unit 91 ends the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 at t5 when a specific display period (a period for performing the specific display) has elapsed from t2.

  In the present embodiment, the current game is ended at t5 and the next game is started. That is, the specific display is set in advance so as to be continued until the current game ends and the next game starts. In the present embodiment, t4 is designed in the specific display period, and t5 is set in advance after t4. That is, it is designed in advance so that the specific display ends after the vibration of the effect switch 56 ends.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 22, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, vibration starts in the effect switch 56. Is done. At this time, the display of the effect switch image is continued on the liquid crystal display 51. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and the display of the advantageous state winning notification is displayed from the display of the background image (for example, “Bonus determined! Is displayed on the screen). At this time, the vibration of the effect switch 56 continues, and the vibration ends after a sufficient period of time has passed for the player to recognize. After that, when the next game is started, the specific display is also ended and the display returns to the background image display. At this time, the liquid crystal display 51 is in a state in which not only the background image is displayed but also a special display (for example, the display of a character image of “-Bonus is being determined-”) is performed.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 causes the sub-control unit 91 to display the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the operation acceptance period of the effect switch 56. The display prompts the operation of the effect switch 56. In addition, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, the sub-control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 and causes the effect switch 56 to start vibration. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 terminates the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 after a lapse of a predetermined period after the operation is performed, and before the lapse of the predetermined period from the operation. Then, the effect switch 56 is started to vibrate.

By doing so, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 at hand when he or she operates the effect switch 56, and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. It is more difficult for the player to end the display of the effect switch image before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than in the gaming machine which ends the display of the effect switch image before a predetermined period elapses. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm that the display of the effect switch image has been completed and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been performed. According to such a configuration, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the vibration of the effect switch 56 is started immediately while the effect switch image is being displayed. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the operation of the switch 56, the vibration of the effect switch 56 is reduced before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. It becomes easy to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted.
In the present embodiment, the vibration of the effect switch 56 is started at the time t1 when the operation is performed. However, the timing of starting the vibration of the effect switch 56 may be any time before a predetermined period elapses. Any timing up to may be used.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub control unit 91 performs a display indicating that it is advantageous for the player, such as notifying that the control is performed in the advantageous state in the specific display, The effect switch 56 is vibrated.
By doing so, the vibration of the effect switch 56 is started immediately when a display indicating that it is advantageous to the player is performed, so that the player can quickly recognize that the effect is advantageous.
Note that, in the present embodiment, the display indicating that it is advantageous for the player is performed in the specific display, but the display indicating that it is advantageous for the player may not be performed in the specific display. In this case, it is preferable not to vibrate the effect switch 56.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the effect of vibrating the effect switch 56 is an effect acting on the tactile sensation of the player operating the effect switch 56.
By doing so, it is possible to directly affect the tactile sensation of the hand by which the player operates the effect switch 56.

  In the present embodiment, the effect of vibrating the effect switch 56 is performed. However, the device that vibrates is not limited to the effect switch 56. For example, the liquid crystal display 51, the effect LED 52, and the movable character 201 May be vibrated. Further, for example, a large woofer (woofer) may be provided inside the housing of the gaming machine 1 to output a loud bass sound inside the housing, and the whole housing may be vibrated. That is, the effect of vibrating the components of the gaming machine 1 is not limited to the effect acting on the tactile sensation of the player like the effect using the vibration of the effect switch 56, and is an effect not affecting the tactile sensation of the player. You may. Note that even in this case, it is necessary not to hinder the progress of the game, and when the player can advance the game by operating the operation section 7 for game progress, the operation for game progress is performed. It is necessary to prevent the part 7 from vibrating.

In addition, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 is a display that indicates that the specific display is controlled to be in an advantageous state, such as notifying that the specific display is controlled to be in an advantageous state. The effect switch 56 starts the vibration before the specific display is started in the display 51, and the effect switch 56 ends the vibration from the start of the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 to the end thereof.
By doing in this way, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed, the vibration of the effect switch 56 is started immediately while the specific display is performed, which is advantageous for the player. Vibration of the effect switch 56 can be prevented from being performed excessively long while promptly recognizing it.

In addition, as in this embodiment, in order to promptly recognize that it is advantageous, it is preferable to cause the effect switch 56 to start vibrating before starting the specific display. The switch 56 need not be started to vibrate. For example, the specific display may be started at t1 and the effect switch 56 may be started to vibrate.
In the present embodiment, the specific display ends at t5 when the next game starts, but the next game starts as long as the specific display ends after t4 when the vibration of the effect switch 56 ends. The specific display may be terminated even before the execution. That is, if the time t5 after the specific display period has elapsed is after t4 when the period sufficient for recognizing the vibration of the effect switch 56 has elapsed, it may be before the next game is started.
In order to prevent the vibration of the effect switch 56 from being performed for an excessively long time as in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the effect switch 56 end the vibration before the end of the specific display. It is not necessary to cause the effect switch 56 to end the vibration before the operation is ended. For example, the specific display may be ended and the effect switch 56 may end the vibration at t5 when the specific display period has elapsed.

  In this embodiment, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the effect switch lamp is lit without changing the effect switch image, and the image of the effect switch 56 is displayed as it is. The image may be changed to a moving image in which the effect switch 56 is vibrating. If the effect switch image is changed to a moving image in which the effect switch 56 is vibrating when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the vibration of the effect switch 56 and the vibration display of the effect switch image are synchronized. May be. For example, if the vibration of the effect switch 56 is intermittent vibration that repeats 0.3 seconds of vibration and then stops for 0.2 seconds, the vibration of the effect switch image is displayed for 0.3 seconds of vibration. May be synchronized with the vibration of the effect switch 56 and the effect display of the effect switch image by repeating the expression of the stop for 0.2 seconds in the still image display after the expression of the effect in the moving image display.

[Embodiment 11]
In the tenth embodiment, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, the effect switch 56 is vibrated and the tactile sensation of the hand of the player operating the effect switch 56 is obtained. Although it was made to act, other tactile action effects which act on the tactile sensation of the player's hand may be executed. Hereinafter, an eleventh embodiment in which air is blown to the effect switch 56 when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 will be described.
In this embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to tenth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to tenth embodiments will be mainly described.

  As shown in FIG. 23A, a blower 301 is connected to the sub controller 91 of the present embodiment, and the blower 301 is driven based on control by the sub controller 91. The sub-control unit 91 controls an effect using the blowing unit 301 based on the control information of the command received from the main control unit 41. The blowing unit 301 of the present embodiment generates wind by rotating blades (not shown) to produce a wind switch (see FIG. 16 (B)) provided behind the switch 56 for effect. It is possible to blow air toward 56.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the blowing from the blowing unit 301 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 and 25. The timing chart shown in FIG. 24 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and whether or not the air is blown from the blowing unit. (Blowing / Stopping) and presence / absence of specific display (Display / Non-display).

  As shown in FIG. 24, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 causes the blower 301 to stop blowing. Also, at t1, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed, the sub-control unit 91 causes the blower unit 301 to start blowing. On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 does not end the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t1, ends at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed, and performs the specific display. To start. The specific display of the present embodiment is a display (for example, a specific display of a winning state winning notification) that indicates that the vehicle is controlled to the advantageous state, similarly to the specific displays of the fifth, sixth, and tenth embodiments. That is, in the present embodiment, the blower unit 301 is caused to blow air when the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is performed. In addition, the sub-control unit 91 causes the blowing unit 301 to stop blowing at t4 when a period (for example, one second) sufficient for the player to recognize the blowing from the blowing unit 301 from t1. Then, the sub control unit 91 ends the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 at t5 when a specific display period (a period for performing the specific display) has elapsed from t2.

  In the present embodiment, as in the tenth embodiment, the current game is ended and the next game is started at t5, and the specific display is until the current game ends and the next game is started. It is set in advance to continue. Further, in the present embodiment, similarly to the tenth embodiment, the display is designed in advance to be t4 in the specific display period and to be t5 after t4, and the specific display ends after the vibration of the effect switch 56 ends. Is designed in advance.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 25, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, the blowing from the blower 301 is started. You. At this time, the display of the effect switch image is continued on the liquid crystal display 51, and the display of the effect switch image is terminated when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, and the advantageous state is selected from the background image display. The display is changed to the specific display of the notification (for example, the display of the character image of “Bonus determined!”). At this time, the air blowing from the air blowing unit 301 continues, and the air blowing ends after a sufficient period of time has passed for the player to recognize. After that, when the next game is started, the specific display is also ended and the display returns to the background image display. At this time, the liquid crystal display 51 is in a state in which not only the background image is displayed but also a special display (for example, the display of a character image of “-Bonus is being determined-”) is performed.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, thereby producing the effect. The operation of the switch 56 is prompted. In addition, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, the sub-control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 and causes the air blowing unit 301 to start blowing. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 terminates the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 after a lapse of a predetermined period after the operation is performed, and before the lapse of the predetermined period from the operation. Then, the blower 301 is caused to start blowing.

By doing so, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 at hand when he or she operates the effect switch 56, and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. It is more difficult for the player to end the display of the effect switch image before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than in the gaming machine which ends the display of the effect switch image before a predetermined period elapses. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm that the display of the effect switch image has been completed and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been performed. Further, according to such a configuration, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the blowing from the blower unit 301 is started immediately while the effect switch image is being displayed. Before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image, the blower from the blower unit 301 blows the air from the effect switch 56 rather than the gaming machine that starts to vibrate the effect switch 56 after a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the effect switch 56 was performed. It becomes easy to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted.
In the present embodiment, the blowing from the blowing unit 301 is started at the time t1 when the operation is performed. However, the timing for starting the blowing from the blowing unit 301 may be any time before a predetermined period has elapsed. Any timing up to may be used.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub control unit 91 performs a display indicating that it is advantageous for the player, such as notifying that the control is performed in the advantageous state in the specific display, The blower 301 is blown.
By doing so, the blower 301 immediately starts blowing when displaying a message indicating that it is advantageous for the player, so that the player can quickly recognize that it is advantageous.
Note that, in the present embodiment, the display indicating that it is advantageous for the player is performed in the specific display, but the display indicating that it is advantageous for the player may not be performed in the specific display. In this case, it is preferable not to blow the air to the blowing unit 301.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the effect of blowing the air to the blowing unit 301 is an effect acting on the tactile sensation of the player who operates the effect switch 56.
By doing so, it is possible to directly affect the tactile sensation of the hand by which the player operates the effect switch 56.
In the present embodiment, the air is blown from the blowing unit 301 to the staging switch 56 so as to affect the tactile sensation of the player's hand. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The air may be blown to affect the tactile sensation of the player's face. That is, the effect of blowing the blower unit 301 is not limited to the effect acting on the tactile sensation of the hand of the player operating the effect switch 56. Good.
In the present embodiment, as an effect to be applied to the tactile sensation of the player, the air is blown toward the effect switch 56. You may send air toward a member. However, since there is a possibility that the progress of the game may be hindered, it is necessary not to blow air toward the game progress operation unit 7.

In addition, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 is a display that indicates that the specific display is controlled to be in an advantageous state, such as notifying that the specific display is controlled to be in an advantageous state. Before starting the specific display in the display unit 51, the blower 301 starts blowing air, and the blower unit 301 stops blowing air from the start of the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 to the end thereof.
By doing so, it is advantageous for the player to start blowing air from the blowing unit 301 immediately while the specific display is performed when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed. It is possible to prevent the blowing from the blowing unit 301 from being performed for an excessively long time while promptly recognizing it.

Note that, as in the present embodiment, in order to promptly recognize the advantage, it is preferable to start blowing air from the blowing unit 301 before starting the specific display. It is not necessary to start the blowing from the blower 301. For example, the specific display may be started at t1 and the blowing from the blowing unit 301 may be started.
In addition, as in the present embodiment, in order to prevent the blowing from the blowing unit 301 from being performed for an excessively long time, it is preferable to stop the blowing from the blowing unit 301 before finishing the specific display. It is not necessary to end the air blowing from the air blowing unit 301 before ending the processing. For example, the specific display may be ended and the air blowing from the air blowing unit 301 may be ended at t5 when the specific display period has elapsed.

[Embodiment 12]
In the first to eleventh embodiments, the character image is displayed as the specific display, but another image may be displayed as the specific display. Hereinafter, a twelfth embodiment in which a specific character image indicating that it is advantageous as a specific display will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to eleventh embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to eleventh embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 26 and 27. The timing chart shown in FIG. 26 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accepted / not accepted), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and whether or not the specific display is displayed (display / non-display). This indicates whether or not a flash effect described later is to be executed (execution / non-execution).

  As illustrated in FIG. 26, at t1, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed, the sub-control unit 91 causes the liquid crystal display 51 to operate on the liquid crystal display 51 at time t2 after a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the effect switch 56 was performed. The display of the effect switch image is ended. At t2, the sub-control unit 91 starts executing a flash effect on the liquid crystal display 51. Here, the flash effect is an effect of displaying a so-called flash image in which the entire screen of the liquid crystal display 51 emits light instantaneously. In the flash effect of the present embodiment, a white flash image is displayed. Then, at t3 after t2, the sub-control unit 91 ends the execution of the flash effect on the liquid crystal display 51 and starts the specific display. In other words, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image after a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed, and starts the specific display after executing the flash effect.

  Note that the specific display of the present embodiment is a display of a specific character image. Further, in the present embodiment, the color of the clothing of the specific character in the specific character image changes according to the degree of expectation at which the advantageous state winning notification is performed in the subsequent game (for example, if the degree of expectation is lower than usual, the color of blue is higher than the expected degree). Green if the degree is normal, red if the degree of expectation is higher than normal).

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 27, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, the liquid crystal display In 51, the display of the effect switch image is completed, the flash effect is executed, the specific display is started after the white flash image is displayed, and the specific character image in which the color of the clothes is a specific color (for example, red). Is displayed.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, thereby producing the effect. The operation of the switch 56 is prompted. In addition, the sub-control unit 91 starts specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 when an operation on the effect switch 56 is performed during a period of receiving the operation of the effect switch 56. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 after a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation was performed. In addition, after the flash image of the predetermined color is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, the sub-control unit 91 starts displaying the specific character image of the specific color in which the color of the clothes is different from the predetermined color as the specific display.

  By doing so, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 at hand when he or she operates the effect switch 56, and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. It is more difficult for the player to end the display of the effect switch image before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than in the gaming machine which ends the display of the effect switch image before a predetermined period elapses. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm the end of the display of the effect switch image and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted. Further, by doing so, the display of the clothes of the specific character image becomes more conspicuous than in a gaming machine in which the color of the clothes of the specific character image is not displayed in the specific color after the flash image of the predetermined color is displayed. Therefore, when the attention shifts to the specific display after paying attention to the display of the effect switch image, the player pays attention to the color of the clothes of the specific character image and is interested in the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification will be performed in the subsequent game. Is easy to hold, and the interest of the game is improved.

Note that, in the present embodiment, the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification is performed is suggested by the color of the clothes of the specific character image, but the advantageous state winning notification is performed about the suggestion by the color of the clothing of the specific character image. It is not limited to the degree of expectation, and may be, for example, the degree of expectation at which a premium effect is executed, or may be a set value. For example, if it is a slot machine, it may be an internal winning combination.
In the present embodiment, the color of the clothes of the specific character image (specific color) indicates the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification is performed. However, it is specified that the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification is performed is suggested. The present invention is not limited to the color of the clothes of the character image, but may be indicated by, for example, the hair color, the skin color, or the color of the property other than the clothes of the specific character image.
In addition, as in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the color of the clothes of the specific character image (specific color) indicates the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification is performed. It is not necessary.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the specific colors include blue, green, and red, while the specific character image is displayed regardless of the color of the clothing of the specific character image. Is displayed before the display of.
By doing in this way, no matter what color the clothing color of the specific character image is displayed, the color of the clothing changes from the display of the white flash image to the display of the specific character image of the specific color, The change in color can be conspicuous.
In the present embodiment, the white flash image is displayed before the display of the specific character image regardless of the color of the clothing of the specific character image. Accordingly, a white flash image may be displayed before the specific character image is displayed. For example, when the color of the clothes of the specific character image is green, the image of the white flash is not displayed before the display of the specific character image, and when the color of the clothes of the specific character image is red, the white flash image is displayed before the display of the specific character image. A flash image may be displayed.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the color of the image of the flash displayed in the flash effect is set in advance to white.
By doing so, it is possible to sharpen the change in color by displaying white having the highest luminance and then displaying a specific character image in which the color of the clothes is a specific color.
Note that, as in the present embodiment, the color of the flash image displayed in the flash effect is preferably white in order to sharpen the color change, but the color of the flash image need not be white. . Even in this case, it is preferable that the color is high in luminance (for example, yellow) in order to make the change in color easy to sharpen.

Embodiment 13
In the twelfth embodiment, the specific character image is displayed as the specific display, but another image may be displayed as the specific display. Hereinafter, a thirteenth embodiment in which a frame image is displayed as a specific display will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those in the first to twelfth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to twelfth embodiments will be mainly described.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 28 and 29. The timing chart shown in FIG. 28 shows, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accepted / not accepted), whether or not the effect switch image is displayed (display / non-display), and the first frame image display. Indicates the color (green display / white display / red display / non-display) and the color of the second frame image display (red display / white display / rainbow display / non-display).

  As shown in FIG. 28, if the frame image is displayed for the first time, before t1, the sub-control unit 91 changes the frame image (the image of the frame surrounding the four edges of the display area of the image forming apparatus 51). Displayed in green. In the present embodiment, the frame image and the effect switch image are displayed at positions where they do not overlap (see FIG. 29). Further, in the present embodiment, the color of the frame image changes as the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification is performed in the subsequent game increases (for example, changes in the order of green, red, and rainbow colors).

  Further, at t1, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the sub-control unit 91 performs the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed. The display of is ended. At this time, the sub control unit 91 changes the color of the frame image on the liquid crystal display 51 from green to white. Then, at t3 after t2, the sub-control unit 91 changes the color of the frame image on the liquid crystal display 51 from white to red. That is, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image after a predetermined period has elapsed after the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed, and changes the frame image from green to white before the predetermined period elapses. After the change, the frame image changes from white to red after a predetermined period has elapsed. Regarding the second frame image display, if “green” is set to “red” and “red” is set to “rainbow color”, the same description as that of the first frame image display is performed, so that redundant Detailed description is omitted to reduce the description.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 29, if the frame image is displayed in green, the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. Then, the frame image is changed from green to white. When a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image ends, and then the frame image is changed from white to red. Further, when the game progresses and the frame image is displayed in red, if the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. , The frame image is changed from red to white. When a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image ends, and then the frame image is changed from white to rainbow color.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 produces an effect by displaying the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. The operation of the switch 56 is prompted. In addition, the sub-control unit 91 starts specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 when an operation on the effect switch 56 is performed during a period of receiving the operation of the effect switch 56. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 after a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation was performed. Further, after the sub-control unit 91 displays the frame image of the predetermined color (white) on the liquid crystal display 51, the sub-control unit 91 changes to the display of the frame image of the specific color (red, rainbow color) different from the predetermined color as the specific display. .

By doing so, the player pays attention to the effect switch 56 at hand when he or she operates the effect switch 56, and then pays attention to the display of the effect switch image. It is more difficult for the player to end the display of the effect switch image before the player pays attention to the display of the effect switch image than in the gaming machine which ends the display of the effect switch image before a predetermined period elapses. As a result, it becomes easier for the player to confirm the end of the display of the effect switch image and to recognize that the operation on the effect switch 56 has been accepted. Further, in this manner, the display of the frame image of the specific color becomes more conspicuous than that of a gaming machine in which the frame image is not displayed in the specific color after the frame image of the predetermined color is displayed. Therefore, when attention shifts to the display of the frame image after attention to the display of the effect switch image, the player pays attention to the color of the frame image, and the player is interested in the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification will be performed in the subsequent game. It is easier to hold and the interest of the game is improved.
In the present embodiment, the color of the frame image suggests the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification is performed. However, the color of the frame image is not limited to the degree of expectation that the advantageous state winning notification is performed. For example, the degree of expectation that a premium effect is executed may be used, and if it is a slot machine, an internal winning combination may be used.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, while the specific colors include red and the rainbow color, the frame image is displayed regardless of whether the display of the frame image is changed to red or the color of the rainbow. Before the display is changed to a specific color, the frame image is displayed in a predetermined color (white).
By doing so, it is possible to make the color change from a predetermined color to a specific color in the frame image noticeable not only when the frame image is displayed in red but also in a rainbow color.

In the present embodiment, the display of the frame image is changed to white before the specific color display of the frame image is changed, regardless of which specific color of the frame image is changed to display. The display of the frame image may be changed to white before the specific color display is changed according to the specific color. For example, if the specific color is red, the display of the frame image is not changed to white before the specific color display is changed.If the specific color is rainbow, the display of the frame image is changed to white before the specific color display is changed. Is also good.
In the present embodiment, the display of the frame image is changed to white before the specific color display is changed regardless of the color of the previously displayed frame image. The display of the image may be changed to white. For example, if the color of the pre-displayed frame image is green, the display of the frame image is not changed to white before the specific color display change, and if the color of the pre-displayed frame image is red, the frame image is May be displayed in white.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the predetermined color is set in advance to white.
By doing so, the color change can be sharpened by changing the display to a specific color after the frame image is displayed in white with the highest luminance.
Note that, as in the present embodiment, it is preferable to change the display of the frame image to white before changing the specific color display in order to sharpen the color change. Need not be white. Even in this case, it is preferable that the color is high in luminance (for example, yellow) in order to make the change in color easy to sharpen.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 changes the frame image on the liquid crystal display 51 from the specific color (red, rainbow color) before the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed. The frame image is displayed in a predetermined color on the liquid crystal display 51 after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed.
By doing in this way, before and after the operation of the effect switch 56, the specific display in which the frame image is changed from a color different from the specific color to a predetermined color is performed and then the specific image is displayed in the specific color is performed. In addition, the change in the color of the frame image is more conspicuous than in a gaming machine in which the specific display is not performed after the preliminary display is performed.
Note that, as in the present embodiment, in order for the player to be interested in the change in the color of the frame image from the advance display to the specific color display, the advance of the frame image before the specific color frame image is displayed. The display is preferably performed, but the advance display need not be performed.

Also, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the display of the effect switch image in the center of the display area of the liquid crystal display 51 and the display of the frame image at the end of the display area are designed in advance so as not to overlap. I have.
By doing so, it is possible to prevent the display of the effect switch image and the display of the frame image from interfering with each other.
In addition, as in the present embodiment, in order not to hinder visibility, it is preferable that the display of the effect switch image and the display of the frame image do not overlap each other. A part and the display of the frame image may overlap. In this case, the effect switch image is preferably displayed in front of the frame image, but the frame image may be displayed in front of the effect switch image.

[Embodiment 14]
In the first to thirteenth embodiments, the effect switch image is displayed to prompt the operation of the effect switch 56. However, other images may be displayed while the effect switch image is being displayed. Hereinafter, a description will be given of Embodiment 14 in which an operation prompting image for prompting an operation on the effect switch 56 is displayed while the effect switch image is being displayed.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to thirteenth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to thirteenth embodiments will be mainly described.

  In the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 performs a first control for executing an effect set effect before displaying the operation promotion image and a second control for not executing the effect set effect before displaying the operation promotion image. It has become possible. Here, the effect set effect is an example of a suggestion effect that suggests the possibility of displaying the effect switch image, and is an example of a fantastic effect that fuels whether or not the effect switch image is displayed. The effect effect of the present embodiment is a moving image in which light effects gather toward the outline of the effect switch image (see FIG. 31).

  In the present embodiment, when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to indicate the result of the game, the rate at which the first control is performed is high. For example, in the case of a slot machine, the first control may be performed at a selectivity of 80% and the second control may be performed at a selectivity of 20% when the operation promotion image is displayed after the third stop of the reel. It may be performed at a rate of 100%. For example, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine, the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 80%, the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%, and the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%. May be performed at a rate of In the present embodiment, when the first control is performed and the operation promotion image is displayed, it is designed in advance that the advantageous state winning notification is always performed in the specific display when the operation switch 56 is operated.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game, the rate at which the second control is performed is high. For example, in the case of a slot machine, the second control may be performed at a rate of 80% and the first control may be performed at a rate of 20% when the operation promotion image is displayed when the lever for starting the rotation of the reel is turned on. , The second control may be performed at a rate of 80%. Further, for example, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine, the second control may be performed at a rate of 80%, the first control may be performed at a rate of 20%, and the second control may be performed at a rate of 100% at the start of execution of the special figure game. May be performed at a rate of In the present embodiment, when the second control is performed and the operation promotion image is displayed, it is designed in advance that a notification other than the advantageous state winning notification is performed in the specific display whenever the operation switch 56 is operated. ing.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. The timing chart shown in FIG. 30 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image and the operation promotion image are displayed (display / non-display), and the first control. Indicates whether the effect set effect is executed (execution / non-execution), whether the effect set effect is executed in the second control (execution / non-execution), and whether or not the specific display is displayed (display / non-display).

  As shown in FIG. 30, if the first control is performed, at t6 before t1, the sub-control unit 91 starts executing the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51. Further, at t7 when the execution period (for example, 5 seconds) of the effect set effect has elapsed from t6, the sub-control unit 91 starts accepting the operation of the effect switch 56, and the liquid crystal display 51 displays the effect set effect. After the execution, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image is started. Further, at t1, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed, the sub control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51, and a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the effect switch 56 was performed. At t2, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image on the liquid crystal display 51 ends.

  On the other hand, if the second control is performed, at t6, the sub-control unit 91 does not start executing the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and starts accepting the operation of the effect switch 56 at t7. At the same time, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image on the liquid crystal display 51 is started. Further, at t1, when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed, the sub control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51, and a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the effect switch 56 was performed. At t2, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image on the liquid crystal display 51 ends.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 31A, if the first control is performed, after the effect set effect is executed with the background image displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, the effect switch image is displayed. And an operation promoting image (for example, a character image of “press!”) Are displayed. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image, the effect switch image, and the operation promotion image are displayed, the effect switch image and the operation promotion image are continuously displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. On the other hand, the display of the background image is changed to the specific display of the advantage state winning notification (for example, the display of the character image of “Bonus determined!”). Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display is continued.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 31B, if the second control is performed, the effect set effect is not executed from the state in which the background image is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image is displayed. An operation promotion image (for example, a character image of “press!”) Is displayed. When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the background image, the effect switch image, and the operation promotion image are displayed, the effect switch image and the operation promotion image are continuously displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. On the other hand, the display is changed from the display of the background image to the specific display (for example, the display of the character image of “chance!”). Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the specific display is continued.

  In the present embodiment, if the second control is performed, if the first control is performed, the reception of the operation of the effect switch 56 is started at t7 when the execution period of the effect set effect has elapsed, and the liquid crystal display is started. The display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image has been started on the display device 51. If the effect set effect is not to be performed, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image on the liquid crystal display device 51 is performed at t6. It may start (see FIG. 32). That is, if the second control is performed, the timing of t7 at which the operation of the effect switch 56 is started may be the timing of t6 at which the execution of the effect set effect is started in the first control.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the second control is performed, the sub-control unit 91 displays the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 if the operation is not performed even after the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 has elapsed. Not be performed.
The timing chart shown in FIG. 32 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image and the operation promotion image are displayed (display / non-display), and the second control. Indicates whether the effect set effect is executed (execution / non-execution) and whether or not specific display (display / non-display). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 32, if the second control is performed, at t8 when the operation acceptance period has elapsed from t7, the sub control unit 91 sets the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51. The specific display is not started while the display of the operation promotion image is terminated.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 33, if the second control is performed, the effect set effect is not executed from the state in which the background image is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, and the effect switch image and the operation promoting effect are not executed. If the reception period elapses without the operation of the effect switch 56 being performed in a state where the image is displayed and the background image, the effect switch image, and the operation promotion image are displayed, the effect switch image and the effect switch image are displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. The display of the operation promotion image is terminated, and the state returns to the state where only the background image is displayed.

On the other hand, when the first control is performed, the sub-control unit 91 displays the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 regardless of whether or not the operation has been performed before the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 elapses. Do.
The timing chart shown in FIG. 34 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted (accept / non-accept), whether or not the effect switch image and the operation promotion image are displayed (display / non-display), and the first control. Indicates whether the effect set effect is executed (execution / non-execution) and whether or not specific display (display / non-display). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 34, if the first control is performed, at t8 when the operation acceptance period has elapsed from t7, the sub-control unit 91 sets the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51. The display of the operation promotion image is terminated, and the specific display is started.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 35A, if the first control is performed, after the effect set effect is executed in a state where the background image is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, the effect switch image and the effect switch image are displayed. If the reception period elapses without operation of the effect switch 56 in a state where the operation promotion image is displayed and the background image, the effect switch image, and the operation promotion image are displayed, the effect for the effect is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. The display of the switch image and the operation promotion image is terminated, and the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is displayed. After that, when the next game is started, the specific display is also ended and the display returns to the background image display. At this time, the liquid crystal display 51 is in a state in which not only the background image is displayed but also a special display (for example, the display of a character image of “-Bonus is being determined-”) is performed.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the operation promotion image on the liquid crystal display 51 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56, thereby displaying the effect for the effect. The operation of the switch 56 is prompted. In addition, when displaying the operation promotion image as an opportunity to show the result of the game, the sub-control unit 91 increases the rate at which the first control is performed, while displaying the operation promotion image as an opportunity to start the game. At times, the rate at which the second control is performed is increased.

  In this way, if the game in which the result of the game is to be displayed later is to be started, the game proceeds promptly by displaying the operation promotion image or the effect switch image without executing the effect set effect. Can be done. In addition, in this way, if the game result has already been shown, the effect set effect is executed, and then the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed, thereby displaying the game result. The first control is not performed at a high rate when the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed. The second control is performed when the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game. The player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image can be appropriately increased as compared with a gaming machine in which the rate at which the game is performed is not high.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the first control is always performed when the specific display of the winning state winning notification is performed by the operation of the effect switch 56, while the advantageous state is operated by the operation of the effect switch 56. The second control is always performed when a specific display other than the winning notification is performed.
By doing so, it is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the suggestion effect by changing the control performed in accordance with the notification content, and to provide an advantage such as an advantageous state winning notification by operating the effect switch. The second control is performed when a notification different from the notification that a privilege is given by an operation on a gaming machine or a staging switch where the rate at which the first control is performed is not high when the notification is performed is performed. The player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image can be more appropriately increased than that of a gaming machine with a low rate of being played.

  In the present embodiment, the first control is always performed when the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is performed by the operation of the effect switch 56, and the specific display other than the advantageous state winning notification is performed by the operation of the effect switch 56. The second control is always performed when the display is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. When the specific display of the advantageous state winning notification is performed, the first control does not necessarily need to be performed, and the specific display other than the advantageous state winning notification is performed. Is performed, the second control does not necessarily have to be performed. In this case, when the specific display of the advantageous state winning notification is performed by the operation on the production switch 56, the rate of the first control is high, and when the specific display other than the advantageous state winning notification is performed by the operation on the production switch 56, It is preferable that the ratio at which the second control is performed is higher. For example, when the specific display of the advantage state winning notification is performed, the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 80% and the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%. On the other hand, when a specific display other than the advantageous state winning notification is performed, the second control may be performed at a selectivity of 80% and the first control may be performed at a selectivity of 20%.

  By doing so, it is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the suggestion effect by changing the rate at which the first control and the second control are performed in accordance with the content of the notification. When the notification that the privilege is given is performed, the first control is not performed at a high rate. The second control is performed when the notification different from the notification that the privilege is given by the operation on the gaming machine or the effect switch is performed. The player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image can be appropriately increased as compared with a gaming machine in which the rate at which the game is performed is not high.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 displays the operation promoting image and the effect switch image without performing the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51 by performing the second control. When the reception period elapses without the operation of the effect switch 56 being performed after that, the specific display is not performed on the liquid crystal display 51.
By doing so, the progress of the game can be prevented.
In addition, in order not to hinder the progress of the game as in the present embodiment, the operation on the production switch 56 is not performed after the second control is performed and the operation promotion image or the production switch image is displayed. It is preferable that the specific display is not performed when the reception period has elapsed, but the operation on the production switch 56 is not performed after the second control is performed and the operation promotion image or the production switch image is displayed. The specific display may also be performed when the reception period has elapsed. In this case, for example, the specific display may be performed only when the second control is informed that it is advantageous to the player.

On the other hand, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 performs the first control, executes the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and displays the operation promotion image and the effect switch image. After that, when the reception period elapses without operation of the effect switch 56 being performed, the liquid crystal display 51 performs a specific display of the notification of the winning of the advantageous state.
By doing in this way, it is possible to recognize that the player is more advantageous when a specific display is performed when the player is notified that the player is more advantageous as in the case of the notification of the winning of the advantageous state.

  In the present embodiment, after the first control is performed and the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed after the effect set effect is performed, the operation is not performed on the effect switch 56 and the operation is performed when the reception period elapses. Although the specific display is performed in the same manner as when the specific display is performed, the specific display may not be performed. For example, as shown in FIG. 35 (B), the display may return to the background image and the special display may be performed without performing the specific display of the advantageous state winning notification. That is, when the reception period has elapsed, the special display is not limited to the direct indication of the effect of the production effect in which the specific display is performed as in the case where the operation is performed, and the special display is performed as in the case where the operation is performed. Thus, if the operation is performed, it may be an indirect notification of the effect result such that the player can recognize that the specific display has been performed.

  In the present embodiment, after the first control is performed and the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed after the effect set effect is performed, the operation switch 56 is not operated and the specific display is performed when the reception period has elapsed without being operated. However, when the first control is performed and the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed after the effect set effect is executed, and the operation switch 56 is not operated, the reception period elapses, and May not be specified. In this case, if the operation is performed, there may be no indirect notification of the effect result such that the player can recognize that the specific display has been performed. By doing so, the progress of the game can be prevented.

  In this embodiment, in order not to hinder the progress of the game, after the second control is performed and the effect promoting effect is not executed and the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed, the effect switch is activated. Although the specific display is not performed when the reception period elapses without performing an operation on 56, the present invention is not limited to this, and the result of the game is displayed regardless of whether the control is the first control or the second control. When the operation promotion image is displayed as a trigger, a specific display is performed when the reception period has elapsed without operation of the effect switch 56, and when the operation promotion image is displayed as a trigger for starting the game, the effect switch 56 is displayed. The specific display may not be performed if the reception period elapses without performing an operation on.

  In the present embodiment, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game, and the second rate is increased when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game. Although the rate at which the control is performed is increased, conditions for increasing the rate at which the first control is performed and increasing the rate at which the second control is performed are not limited thereto. In the above, when the operation in the specific mode is promoted, the rate at which the first control is performed may be increased, and when the operation in the normal mode is promoted in the operation promotion image, the rate at which the second control is performed may be increased. For example, when a continuous hit operation or a long press operation of the effect switch 56 is prompted in the operation promotion image, the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 80%, the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%, and the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%. It may be performed at a rate of 100%. On the other hand, when one press operation of the effect switch 56 is prompted in the operation promotion image, the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 80%, the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%, and the second control may be performed at 100%. % May be performed.

  By doing so, it is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the effect set effect by changing the rate at which the first control and the second control are performed in accordance with the operation mode prompting the effect switch 56. When the operation in the specific mode is promoted in the promotion image or the effect switch image, the first control is not performed at a high rate. The player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image can be more appropriately increased than a gaming machine in which the control is not performed at a high rate.

  Note that even in this case, as in the present embodiment, when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased, and the operation is started as an opportunity to start the game. It is preferable that the rate at which the second control is performed when the promotion image is displayed increases. For example, when a continuous hitting operation or a long press operation of the effect switch 56 is prompted in the operation promotion image, the control ratio is increased as an opportunity to show the result of the game, while a single operation of the effect switch 56 in the operation promotion image is performed. When the pressing operation is prompted, the rate at which the control is performed as an opportunity to start the game is increased, so that the rate at which the first control is performed when the operation promotion image is displayed as the opportunity to indicate the result of the game is increased. The rate at which the second control is performed when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game may be increased.

  In the present embodiment, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game, and the second rate is increased when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game. Although the rate at which the control is performed is increased, the condition for increasing the rate at which the first control is performed or increasing the rate at which the second control is performed is not limited to this. The ratio at which the first control is performed is increased when the movable role 201 is moved by the operation on the 56, and the ratio at which the second control is performed is increased when the movable role 201 is not moved by the operation on the effect switch 56. Is also good. For example, when the movable accessory 201 moves by operating the effect switch 56 after the operation promotion image is displayed, the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 80% and the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%. The control may be performed at a rate of 100%. On the other hand, if the movable role 201 is not moved by the operation of the effect switch 56 after the operation promotion image is displayed, the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 80% and the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%. The control may be performed at a rate of 100%.

  By doing so, the rate at which the first control and the second control are performed is changed according to whether or not an effect using the movable role object 201, which physically takes a long time to move by operation, is performed. It is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the suggested effect, and to operate the gaming machine or the effect switch 56 where the first control is not performed at a high rate when the movable role 201 moves by the operation of the effect switch 56. Thereby, the player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image can be more appropriately increased than in a gaming machine in which the second control is not performed at a high rate when the movable auditory product 201 does not move.

  Note that even in this case, as in the present embodiment, when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased, and the operation is started as an opportunity to start the game. It is preferable that the rate at which the second control is performed when the promotion image is displayed increases. For example, when the movable auditorium 201 moves, the rate at which control is performed as an opportunity to show the result of the game is increased, while when the movable auditorium 201 does not move, the rate at which control is performed as an opportunity to start the game is increased. Then, the rate at which the first control is performed when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game is increased, and the second control is performed when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game. The ratio may be increased.

  In this embodiment, in order not to hinder the progress of the game, after the second control is performed and the effect promoting effect is not executed and the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed, the effect switch is activated. Although the specific display is not performed when the reception period elapses without performing an operation on 56, the movable display 201 is not limited to this, regardless of whether the first control or the second control is performed. When moving, the specific display is performed when the reception period elapses without the operation of the effect switch 56 being performed. On the other hand, when the movable role 201 does not move, the specific display is performed when the operation switch 56 is not operated and the reception period elapses. The display may not be performed.

  In the present embodiment, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game, and the second rate is increased when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to start the game. Although the rate at which the control is performed is increased, conditions for increasing the rate at which the first control is performed and increasing the rate at which the second control is performed are not limited thereto. If there is no internal winning for the rare role (especially a role requiring a so-called push operation to win a prize, for example, cherry or watermelon), the ratio of performing the first control is increased, and When the internal winning is performed, the rate at which the second control is performed may be increased. For example, when the rare winning is not internally won, the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 80%, the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%, and the first control may be performed at a rate of 100%. . On the other hand, when the rare role is internally won, the second control may be performed at a selection rate of 80%, the first control may be performed at a selection rate of 20%, and the second control may be performed at a rate of 100%. .

  By doing so, it is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the effect set effect by changing the rate at which the first control or the second control is performed in accordance with the internal lottery result, and the internal lottery result is a rare role. Display of operation promotion images and effect switch images compared to gaming machines in which the first control is not performed at a high rate when non-winning is performed or gaming machines that are not controlled to perform the second control when rare combinations are won. The player's attention to can be appropriately increased. In addition, by doing this, when the internal lottery result is a rare winning and a push is required, the rate at which the second control is performed can be increased to make it difficult for the effect set effect to be executed. When the lottery result is a rare winning, the second control is not performed at a higher rate than the gaming machine. For example, when the player has to work on the pushing operation after the lever is turned on, the operation promotion image by the effect set effect or It is possible to refrain from appealing to the display of the effect switch image, and it is possible to reduce a player's feeling that it is troublesome for the effect set effect.

  In this case, even in this case, as in the present embodiment, the rate at which the first control is performed when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity (for example, at the time of the third stop) indicating the result of the game increases, and It is preferable that the rate at which the second control is performed when the operation promotion image is displayed as a trigger for starting the game (for example, when the lever is turned on) increases. For example, while the ratio of performing control when the lever is turned on is increased when the rare role is won, the ratio of performing the control when the third role is stopped is increased when the rare role is not won. The rate at which the control is performed may be increased, and the rate at which the second control is performed when the operation promotion image is displayed when the lever is turned on may be increased.

  In this embodiment, in order not to hinder the progress of the game, after the second control is performed and the effect promoting effect is not executed and the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed, the effect switch is activated. The specific display is not performed when the reception period elapses without performing an operation on 56, but is not limited to this, and it is produced when the rare role is won, regardless of whether the control is the first control or the second control. When the reception period elapses without the operation of the switch 56 being performed, the specific display is performed. On the other hand, when the rare role is not won, the specific display is not performed when the reception period elapses without the operation of the production switch 56 being performed. Is also good.

[Embodiment 15]
In the fourteenth embodiment, the operation promoting image and the effect switch image are always displayed when the effect group effect is performed. However, the operation promoting image and the effect switch image are not necessarily displayed when the effect group effect is performed. Good. Hereinafter, a description will be given of a fifteenth embodiment in which non-application control, which does not display the operation promotion image or the effect switch image after performing the effect set effect, can be performed.
Note that, in the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those in Embodiments 1 to 14 will be omitted, and portions different from Embodiments 1 to 14 will be mainly described.

  In the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 is capable of executing a continuous effect. In the continuous effect, the sub-control unit 91 may or may not provide an operation opportunity to perform an operation on the effect switch 56 in the continuous effect. It is possible to control the situation. Here, the continuous effect is an example of a stir effect that inspires whether or not the player is informed of the advantage over a plurality of games. The continuous effect of the present embodiment is a so-called battle effect in which an ally character and an enemy character confront each other over a plurality of games, and a moving image of the battle is reproduced (displays a moving image) on the liquid crystal display 51 and a speaker 53, This is an effect of outputting a specific sound from the sound 54.

Further, the sub-control unit 91 performs the non-application control in which the operation promotion image is not displayed in the specific situation when the effect set effect is executed when the operation opportunity is not provided in the specific situation. After performing the effect, the control at the time of giving the operation prompting image is performed. Note that, in the present embodiment, a situation in which whether or not a privilege (for example, control to an advantageous state) is given in a continuous effect is set as a specific situation is set in advance.
Further, in the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 can also perform control in a special situation in which an operation opportunity for performing the operation on the production switch 56 in the continuous production is always provided. Time control. In the present embodiment, as a special situation, the degree of advantage of the privilege given in the continuous production (for example, the type of bonus in the case of a slot machine, the type of a big hit or the number of rounds of a big hit in a pachinko game machine) is notified. Is set in advance.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 and the outputs of the speakers 53 and 54 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. The timing chart shown in FIG. 36 shows, in order from the top, whether the operation of the effect switch 56 in the non-application control is accepted (accept / non-accept), and whether the effect switch image and the operation promotion image in the non-application control are displayed. (Display / non-display), execution / non-execution of effect set effects (execution / non-execution), status of video playback of continuous effects (playback / pause), presence / absence of specific sound output from speakers 53 and 54 (specific sound)・ No sound).

  As shown in FIG. 36, if the non-assignment control is performed in the specific situation, before t6, the sub-control unit 91 reproduces the moving image of the continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and outputs the speakers 53 and 54. To output a specific sound. Further, at t6, the sub-control unit 91 starts execution of the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and temporarily stops reproduction of the moving image of the continuous effect. Also, at t7 when the execution period of the effect set effect has elapsed from t6, the sub-control unit 91 terminates the execution of the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and the liquid crystal display 51 performs the reproduction of the moving image of the continuous effect. Release the pause and resume the playback of the moving image. At this time, the sub-control unit 91 does not start accepting the operation of the effect switch 56, and does not start displaying the effect switch image and the operation promotion image on the liquid crystal display 51. On the other hand, the sub-control unit 91 keeps outputting the specific sound from the speakers 53 and 54 even after t6.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 37, if the non-assignment control is performed in a specific situation, a moving image of a continuous effect (for example, after the ally character and the enemy character face each other on the liquid crystal display 51), When the moving image pauses (for example, the ally character and the enemy character face each other) while the specific sound is output from the speakers 53 and 54 while the moving image that is attacking the enemy character is reproduced. !!! "is paused in the image in which the character is displayed). At this time, on the liquid crystal display 51, after the effect set effect is executed, the pause of the moving image is released and the moving image (for example, the screen turns dark after the enemy character is knocked down by the enemy character and the “LOSE” Is displayed. The output of the specific sound from the speakers 53 and 54 is not stopped, and is continued even when the moving image is temporarily stopped.

  In the present embodiment, when the non-grant control is performed, the moving image informing that the privilege is not given is reproduced. However, the moving image informing that the privilege is given (for example, a friend character) The non-assignment control may also be performed when a moving image in which the character “WIN” is displayed after the enemy character is defeated. Even in this case, in order to increase the player's expectation when the control at the time of giving is performed, a moving image informing that a privilege is given when the control at the time of not giving is performed. Is preferably set to be low.

  The timing chart shown in FIG. 38 shows, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 in the application control is accepted (accept / non-accept), and whether or not the effect switch image and the operation promotion image in the application control are displayed. (Display / non-display), execution / non-execution of effect set effects (execution / non-execution), status of video playback of continuous effects (playback / pause), presence / absence of specific sound output from speakers 53 and 54 (specific sound)・ No sound). As shown in FIG. 38, if the control at the time of giving is performed in a specific situation or a special situation, before t6, the sub-control unit 91 reproduces the moving image of the continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 and the speaker 53. , 54 to output a specific sound. Also, at t6, the sub-control unit 91 starts the execution of the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and temporarily stops the moving image reproduction of the continuous effect. Further, at t7 when the execution period of the effect set effect has elapsed from t6, the sub-control unit 91 starts accepting the operation of the output switch 56 and ends the effect set effect execution on the liquid crystal display 51. Display of the switch image and the operation promotion image is started.

  At this time, the sub-control unit 91 lowers the volume of the specific sound from the speakers 53 and 54 to make it a silent state. Further, at t1, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the sub-control unit 91 releases the pause of the moving image reproduction of the continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 and resumes the reproduction of the moving image, The volume of the specific sound from the speakers 53 and 54 is restored, and the output of the specific sound is restarted. Then, the sub-control unit 91 ends the display of the effect switch image and the operation promotion image on the liquid crystal display 51 at t2 when a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation of the effect switch 56 was performed.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 39, if the control at the time of giving is performed in a specific situation, a moving image of a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 (for example, after the ally character and the enemy character face each other, the ally character While the moving image that attacks the enemy character is reproduced and the specific sound is output from the speakers 53 and 54, the moving image is paused (for example, the friend character and the enemy character face each other and say, "This is the last! ! ”Is paused in the image in which the character is displayed). At this time, after the effect set effect is executed on the liquid crystal display 51, the effect switch image and the operation promotion image (for example, the character image of “press!”) Are displayed, and the speakers 53 and 54 output the image. The sound volume is reduced and the sound is turned off.

  When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state in which the image of the continuous effect is paused, the effect switch image, and the operation promotion image are displayed, the moving image is temporarily stopped on the liquid crystal display 51. Is canceled and the moving image (for example, a moving image in which the character “WIN” is displayed after the enemy character is defeated by the ally character, or the screen darkens after the enemy character is defeated by the enemy character and “LOSE Is displayed on the screen). At this time, the volume from the speakers 53 and 54 is restored, and the output of the specific sound is restarted. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promoting image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the moving image of the continuous effect is reproduced.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 40, when the control at the time of giving is performed in a special situation, similarly to when the control at the time of giving is performed in a specific situation, a moving image of a continuous effect (for example, A moving image in which decoration is displayed on the character "BONUS determined" displayed when the enemy character is defeated by the character) is reproduced, and the moving image is displayed in a state where specific sounds are output from the speakers 53 and 54. Paused. At this time, after the effect set effect is executed on the liquid crystal display 51, the effect switch image and the operation promotion image (for example, the character image of “press!”) Are displayed, and the speakers 53 and 54 output the image. The sound volume is reduced and the sound is turned off.

  When the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state in which the image of the continuous effect is paused, the effect switch image, and the operation promotion image are displayed, the moving image is temporarily stopped on the liquid crystal display 51. Is canceled and the moving image (for example, the character of "BIG BONUS !!" is displayed and then the character and the decoration of "Congratulations !!" are displayed in large size, or the moving image of "REGULAR BONUS !!" After the characters are displayed, a moving image in which the characters “Congratulations !!” are displayed in small size is reproduced. At this time, the volume from the speakers 53 and 54 is restored, and the output of the specific sound is restarted. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promoting image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the moving image of the continuous effect is reproduced.

As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 provides a specific situation in which an operation opportunity for performing an operation on the effect switch 56 is provided and a case in which the operation opportunity is not provided. It is possible to control a special situation in which an operation opportunity is always given. Then, in a specific situation, the sub-control unit 91 performs an effect set effect at the time of giving an operation opportunity, and then performs the giving-time control of displaying the operation promotion image or the effect switch image, or does not give the operation opportunity. Sometimes, the effect-set effect is executed, and then the non-application control is performed without displaying the operation promotion image and the effect switch image, and the application control is also performed in special situations.
In this way, the effect set effect is performed even in the special situation where the operation opportunity is always given, so that the operation promotion image and the display of the effect switch image are displayed more than the gaming machine which does not perform the control at the time of giving in the special situation. The player's attention can be appropriately raised.

  In the present embodiment, the control at the time of application or the control at the time of non-application is always performed in the specific situation, but the control at the time of application and the control at the time of non-application are not performed even in the specific situation. There may be times when the performance is not performed. For example, in a specific situation, when the notification to the effect that it is advantageous for the player is not performed, the control at the time of grant is performed at a rate of 20%, the control at the time of non-grant is performed at a rate of 40%, and the control is performed at a rate of 40% The time control and the non-application time control may not be performed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the control at the time of giving is always performed in the special situation. However, the control at the time of giving may not be performed (the effect set effect is not performed) even in the special situation. For example, in a special situation, in the case of a slot machine, when the notification of the big bonus is issued, the control at the time of giving is performed at a rate of 90% and the control at the time of giving is not performed at a rate of 10%. When the notification of the regular bonus is issued, the control at the time of giving may be performed at a rate of 60%, and the control at the time of giving may not be performed at a rate of 40%. Further, for example, in a special situation, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine, when the notification of the probability change big hit is performed, the control at the time of giving is performed at a rate of 90%, and the control at the time of giving is not performed at a rate of 10%. On the other hand, when the notification of the probability change big hit is not performed, the control at the time of application may be performed at a rate of 60%, and the control at the time of application may not be performed at a rate of 40%.

Also, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 can adjust the volume from the speakers 53 and 54, and in a specific situation, the volume is controlled during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. Is reduced to control a silent state, and also in a special situation, the volume is reduced to a silent state during the operation reception period. That is, the sub-control unit 91 lowers the volume in the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 than in the period other than the reception period.
By doing so, when the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed, the operation is promoted more than in a gaming machine that does not lower the volume than when the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is not displayed. The display of the image and the effect switch image can be emphasized (the player's attention can be easily drawn), and the player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image can be appropriately increased.
In the present embodiment, when the operation promotion image and the effect switch image are displayed, the sound is controlled to be in a silent state. However, the present invention is not limited to this. When the operation promotion image and the effect switch image are displayed. It is sufficient that the volume is lower than when the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is not displayed.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, in a specific situation, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the sub-control unit 91 executes a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 to give a privilege. Notify whether it is done. That is, the specific situation is a situation in which whether or not a privilege is given when an operation on the effect switch 56 is performed is notified.
In this way, the player pays attention to whether or not a privilege is given in a specific situation.
In the present embodiment, the specific situation is a situation in which whether or not a privilege is given when an operation is performed on the effect switch 56 is performed. May be low, or the situation where the notification that the privilege is given may be high may be high. Further, the situation may not be a situation in which whether or not a privilege is granted may be notified. For example, a situation in which the degree of advantage of the privilege being granted may be reported as in the special situation of the present embodiment. Further, for example, a situation in which a set value is suggested may be used.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub-control unit 91 is provided by executing a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a special situation. Notify the advantage level of the privilege. That is, the special situation is a situation in which the degree of advantage of the privilege given when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed is notified.
By doing so, the player pays attention to the advantage degree of the privilege given in the special situation.
In the present embodiment, the special situation is such that the degree of advantage of the privilege granted when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed is reported. However, the degree of advantage of the privilege granted is reported. The situation may not be a situation where the privilege is granted, for example, as in the specific situation of the present embodiment. It may be a high situation. Further, for example, a situation in which a set value is suggested may be used.

Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub control unit 91 reproduces the moving image on the liquid crystal display 51 when performing the continuous effect, and performs the effect set effect during the reproduction of the moving image. At the time of execution, the reproduction of the moving image on the liquid crystal display 51 is temporarily stopped.
In this way, the operation promotion image and the effect switch after the effect group effect and the effect group effect are performed, compared to a gaming machine that does not pause the reproduction of the moving image when executing the effect group effect during the reproduction of the moving image. The player's attention to whether an image is displayed can be increased.
In addition, as in the present embodiment, during the reproduction of the moving image, in order to increase the player's attention to whether the operation promotion image or the effect switch image is displayed after the execution of the effect group effect or the effect group effect, When executing the effect set effect, it is preferable to pause the reproduction of the moving image, but the reproduction may be continued without pausing the moving image (see FIGS. 42 and 44 described later).

[Embodiment 16]
In the fifteenth embodiment, the effect set effect is executed once in the control at the time of giving, but the effect set effect may be executed plural times. Hereinafter, an embodiment 16 in which the effect set effect is executed a plurality of times in the control at the time of giving will be described.
In the present embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same configuration and processing as those of the first to fifteenth embodiments will be omitted, and portions different from the first to fifteenth embodiments will be mainly described.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a slot machine, and the sub-control unit 91 performs one game in a continuous production process (three reels (not shown) start the variable display) if the control at the time of giving is performed in a specific situation. After that, in one game from when the fluctuation display of all reels stops, the effect set effect is executed a total of three times, that is, at the time of the first stop, the second stop, and the third stop of the reels. In order to perform such control, the sub-control unit 91 has received a reel stop command from the main control unit 41.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 41 and 42. The timing chart shown in FIG. 41 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 in the application control is accepted (accept / non-accept), and whether or not the effect switch image and the operation promotion image in the application control are displayed (display).・ Shows whether or not the effect set effect is executed (executed / not executed).

  As shown in FIG. 41, if the giving-time control is performed in a specific situation, at t11 when the first stop of the reel is performed before t7, the sub control unit 91 causes the liquid crystal display 51 to display an effect set effect. Is started, and the execution of the effect set effect is ended at t12 before the second stop of the reel is performed. Further, at t21 when the second stop of the reel is performed, the sub-control unit 91 starts execution of the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and at t22 before the third stop of the reel is performed, the sub-control unit 91 performs the effect set effect. Terminates execution of. Also, at t31 when the third stop of the reel is performed, the sub-control unit 91 starts execution of the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and starts the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 at t32 (execution). At t7) in the fifteenth aspect, the execution of the effect set effect is finished, and the display of the operation promotion effect and the effect switch image is started. Then, at t32, the sub-control unit 91 starts a period for receiving the operation of the effect switch 56.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 42, if the control at the time of giving is performed in a specific situation, a moving image of a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 (for example, after the ally character and the enemy character face each other, the ally character At the time of the first stop or the second stop, an effect set effect is executed in a state where a moving image in which enemy characters attack each other is reproduced. In addition, the third stop is performed in a state in which a moving image (for example, a moving image in which characters of “this is the last time!” Are displayed with ally characters and enemy characters facing each other) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51. At times, after the effect group effect is executed, the effect switch image and the operation promotion image (for example, a character image of “press!”) Are displayed.

  Further, when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed in a state where the moving image of the continuous effect, the effect switch image, and the operation promotion image are displayed, the moving image (for example, the ally character is displayed on the ally character) on the liquid crystal display 51. Moving image in which the character “WIN” is displayed after the character is defeated, or a moving image in which the screen darkens and the character “LOSE” is displayed after the ally character is defeated by the enemy character) Will be played. Then, when a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display of the effect switch image and the operation promoting image is terminated on the liquid crystal display 51, and only the moving image of the continuous effect is reproduced.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the sub control unit 91 executes the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51 at the time of the third stop, and then receives the operation of the effect switch 56. And display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51 is started. On the other hand, at the time of the first stop or the second stop, the sub-control unit 91 only executes the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, does not accept the operation of the effect switch 56, and displays the effect on the liquid crystal display 51. Neither the operation promotion image nor the effect switch image is displayed.

By doing so, it is possible to display an effect grouping effect, an operation promotion image, and an effect switch image in accordance with the progress of the game, and there is no possibility that an operation opportunity will be given at the third stop. Interestingness of the game is improved compared to a gaming machine that does not execute the effect set effect even at the time of the first stop or the second stop.
In the present embodiment, the effect set effect is executed three times when performing the control at the time of giving in a specific situation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The effect set effect may be executed at least once or at least four times before the third stop.

  In the present embodiment, the effect set effect is executed three times when performing the control at the time of giving in a specific situation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be executed three times. Further, for example, when performing the giving control in a special situation, the effect set effect may be executed at least once or four or more times from the first stop to the third stop.

  In the present embodiment, the effect set effect is executed three times when performing the control at the time of giving in the specific situation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be executed three times. In this case, the game in which the non-application control is performed in the specific situation may be repeated before the game in which the application control is performed in the specific situation. For example, the effect set effect is performed three times for each game over three games. After that, at the time of the third stop of the last one game, the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 may be started, and the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image may be started.

  The display of the liquid crystal display 51 in the effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 43 and 44. The timing chart shown in FIG. 43 includes, in order from the top, whether or not the operation of the effect switch 56 in the non-application time control is accepted (acceptance / non-acceptance) and whether or not the effect switch image and the operation promotion image in the non-application time control are displayed. (Display / non-display) and whether or not the effect set effect is to be executed (executed / not executed).

  As shown in FIG. 43, if the non-applying control is performed in a specific situation, at t11 when the first stop of the reel is performed, the sub-control unit 91 executes the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51. Is started, and the execution of the effect set effect is ended at t12 before the second stop of the reel is performed. Further, at t21 when the second stop of the reel is performed, the sub-control unit 91 starts execution of the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and at t22 before the third stop of the reel is performed, the sub-control unit 91 performs the effect set effect. Terminates execution of. Further, at t31 when the third stop of the reel is performed, the sub-control unit 91 starts execution of the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51, and in the case of the control at the time of giving, the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56. At t32, the execution of the effect set effect is ended. Then, at t32, the sub-control unit 91 does not accept the operation of the effect switch 56, and does not start displaying the operation promoting effect and the effect switch image on the liquid crystal display 51.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 44, if the non-assignment control is performed in a specific situation, the moving image of the continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 (for example, after the ally character and the enemy character face each other, the ally character) When the first and second stops and the third stop, the effect set effect is executed in a state in which the moving image in which the ally character and the enemy character face each other after the and the enemy characters attack each other is played. Is done.

By doing so, it is possible to display an effect grouping effect, an operation promotion image, and an effect switch image in accordance with the progress of the game, and whether an operation opportunity is given at the time of the third stop over a plurality of games. It is possible to increase or decrease the interest of the game as compared to a gaming machine that does not execute the effect set effect a plurality of times when the non-assignment control is performed in a specific situation.
In the present embodiment, the effect set effect is executed three times when the non-application control is performed in the specific situation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the first stop is performed when the non-application control is performed in the specific situation. The effect set effect may be executed at least once or four or more times between the time and the third stop time.
In the present embodiment, the reproduction of the moving image is continued when the effect set effect is executed during the reproduction of the moving image. However, the moving image may be paused when the effect set effect is executed.

(1) As described above, in the present application,
A gaming machine for playing a game (for example, gaming machine 1),
An operation unit (for example, effect switch 56) operated by the player;
Operation promotion display means (for example, a liquid crystal display executed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing an operation promotion display (for example, display of an effect switch image, display of a reception period suggestion image, display of an operation promotion image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. A process of displaying the effect switch image, displaying the reception period suggestion image, and displaying the operation promotion image on the display device 51);
A light emission control unit (for example, a sub control unit 91) that sets a light emitting unit (for example, a production switch lamp) provided on the operation unit to a specific mode (for example, lighting or blinking) when performing the operation promotion display. A process of lighting and flashing the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 to be executed);
Specific display means (for example, sub display, which performs specific display (for example, specific display, display of a specific character image, display for changing the color of a frame image, display of a production result in a continuous production) after an operation on the operation unit is performed) Processing for performing a specific display, a specific character image display, a display for changing the color of a frame image, and a display of an effect result in a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 that is executed after the control section 91 operates the effect switch 56. ) And
The operation promotion display means terminates the operation promotion display after a predetermined period (for example, a predetermined period) has elapsed after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, the sub-control unit 91 operates the operation switch 56 for the effect). After a predetermined period has elapsed since the execution of the process, the display of the effect switch image, the display of the reception period suggestion image, and the display of the operation promotion image are terminated on the liquid crystal display 51),
The light emission control unit changes the light emission unit from the specific mode to a mode different from the specific mode before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, when the sub-control unit 91 A game machine is disclosed in which the effect switch 56 is lit and the effect switch lamp is turned off before a predetermined period of time elapses after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed.

  According to such a configuration, when the player operates the operation unit, the player pays attention to the operation unit that emits light at his / her hand and then pays attention to the operation promotion display. It is more difficult for the player to end the operation prompting display before the player pays attention to the operation prompting display than when the gaming machine ends the operation prompting display before the predetermined period elapses. It becomes easy to recognize that an operation on a unit has been accepted. Further, according to such a configuration, the player pays attention to the operation unit that emits light at his own hand when operating the operation unit, so that a predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed. The light emission of the operation unit is different from the specific mode before the player pays attention to the operation promotion display rather than the gaming machine that changes the light emitting unit provided on the operation unit from the specific mode to the specific mode after performing the operation. It becomes easy to change, and it becomes easy for the player to recognize the change in the mode of the light emitting unit and recognize that the operation on the operation unit has been accepted.

(2) In the present application,
The specific display means performs the specific display before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, a predetermined period after the sub-control unit 91 performs an operation on the effect switch 56). A specific display, a display of a specific character image, a display of changing the color of a frame image, and a display of an effect result in a continuous effect are started on the liquid crystal display 51 before elapse, and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the specific display can be quickly performed even when the operation promotion display is performed when the operation on the operation unit is performed.

(3) In the present application,
The display mode of the specific display includes at least a first mode (for example, a first mode) and a second mode (for example, a second mode),
The specific display means performs the specific display in the first mode before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed, and then performs the specific display in the second mode after the predetermined period elapses (For example, after the specific display is started in the first mode on the liquid crystal display 51 before the predetermined period elapses after the sub-control unit 91 operates the staging switch 56, and after the predetermined period elapses The display mode of the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 is changed from the first mode to the second mode), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the display mode of the specific display changes from the first mode to the second mode when an operation is performed on the operation unit. Therefore, the display mode of the specific display changes from the first mode to the second mode. The player's attention to the second aspect can be raised more than the gaming machine that does not change.

(4) In the present application,
The specific display unit performs the specific display after the predetermined period has elapsed after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, the predetermined period after the sub control unit 91 performs the operation on the effect switch 56). A specific display, a display of a specific character image, a display for changing the color of a frame image, and a display of an effect result in a continuous effect are started on the liquid crystal display 51 after a lapse, and a gaming machine are also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, when the operation on the operation unit is performed, the operation promotion display ends and the specific display is performed. Therefore, the specific display is performed before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed. , The player's attention to the operation promotion display can be more easily directed to the specific display, and the player's attention to the specific display can be increased.

(5) In the present application,
A reception period suggestion display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub control unit 91) that performs a reception period suggestion display (for example, display of a reception period suggestion image) that is a display suggesting a reception period of an operation on the operation unit. Processing to display a reception period suggestion image)
The reception period suggestion display means changes the reception period suggestion display according to the remaining period of the reception period, and the predetermined period elapses when an operation is performed on the operation unit before the reception period elapses. (For example, the sub-control unit 91 changes the meter display of the reception period suggestion image on the liquid crystal display 51 according to the remaining period of the reception period while the reception period elapses). A gaming machine is also disclosed in which when the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed, the meter display of the reception period suggestion image is not changed until a predetermined period elapses).

  According to such a configuration, the reception period suggestion display changes after the player pays more attention to the operation promotion display than the gaming machine that changes the reception period suggestion display until a predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed. It is easy to recognize that the operation on the operation unit has been accepted by confirming that the operation is not performed.

(6) In the present application,
The specific mode is a mode in which the light-emitting unit is turned on (for example, while the sub-control unit 91 turns on the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56),
A mode different from the specific mode is a mode in which the light-emitting unit is turned off (for example, the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 during a period other than the period during which the sub-control unit 91 receives the operation of the effect switch 56). Are turned off), and gaming machines are also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the light-emitting unit is turned on when the operation promotion display is being performed, and the light-emitting unit is turned off before a predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed. When the game is performed, the player does not turn on the light emitting unit, or the gamer does not turn off the light emitting unit before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed. By confirming the change, it becomes easy to recognize that the operation on the operation unit has been received.

(7) In the present application,
The specific display is a display indicating that it is advantageous for the player (for example, the sub-control unit 91 performs the specific display of the notification of the winning of the advantageous state on the liquid crystal display 51),
The specific mode is a mode in which the light emitting unit is lit in a predetermined color (for example, the sub-control unit 91 turns on the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 in blue during the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56). Let me
A mode different from the specific mode is a mode in which the light-emitting unit is turned on while changing the light-emitting unit to any one of a plurality of types of light-emitting colors (for example, the sub-control unit 91 operates the switch 56 for the effect). When the operation is performed, the lighting color of the effect switch lamp of the effect switch 56 is changed from blue to rainbow color), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the light emitting unit is turned on in a predetermined color while the operation promoting display is being performed, and the light emitting unit emits a plurality of types of light emitting colors before a predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed. The light is emitted while changing to any one of the luminescent colors, so that the light emitting unit is lit in a predetermined color when the operation promoting display is performed, and before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed. It becomes easier for the player to recognize that the player is more advantageous than a gaming machine that does not light while the light-emitting unit changes to any one of a plurality of types of light-emitting colors.

(8) In the present application,
A decoration section provided around the operation section (for example, a rendering effect LED 52 provided on the lower panel near the left and right sides of the rendering switch 56 or near the rendering switch 56);
Before the predetermined period elapses after the operation of the operation unit is performed, a decoration unit light emission control unit (for example, the sub control unit 91 controls the effect switch 56 (A process of lighting the effect LED 52, which is executed before a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed).

According to such a configuration, the player pays attention to the operation unit that emits light at his own hand when operating the operation unit, so that after a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the operation unit was performed. The light-emitting part of the decorative part becomes easier to be in the special mode before the player pays attention to the operation promotion display than the gaming machine in which the light-emitting part provided in the decorative part is the special mode, and the player recognizes the light emission of the decorative part. Then, it becomes easy to recognize that the operation on the operation unit has been received.
Since the player pays attention to the operation unit that emits light at his own hand when operating the operation unit, the decoration unit is provided around the operation unit to make it easy to recognize the light emission of the decoration unit. It is preferable that the decorative portion is not provided around the operation portion. For example, the decorative portion may be provided on an outer frame of a front door of the gaming machine (for example, the effect LED 52 is provided on the liquid crystal display 51). May be provided on the upper, left, and right sides).

(9) In the present application,
The operation promotion display is a display of an image of the operation unit when the light emitting unit is in the specific mode (for example, the sub control unit 91 lights and blinks on the liquid crystal display 51 as an effect switch image). An image of the effect switch 56 is displayed), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the player who has confirmed the operation promotion display than the gaming machine that performs the operation promotion display that does not display the image of the operation unit when the light emitting unit is in the specific mode performs the operation on the operation unit. It becomes easy to recognize that it is urging.

(10) In the present application,
A gaming machine for playing a game (for example, gaming machine 1),
An operation unit (for example, effect switch 56) operated by the player;
Operation promotion display means (for example, a liquid crystal display executed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing an operation promotion display (for example, display of an effect switch image, display of a reception period suggestion image, display of an operation promotion image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. A process of displaying the effect switch image, displaying the reception period suggestion image, and displaying the operation promotion image on the display device 51);
An operable movable member (for example, movable accessory 201);
A movable member operation control means for controlling the operation of the movable member after the operation of the operation unit is performed (for example, the movable role object 201 executed after the sub-control unit 91 performs an operation on the effect switch 56) Moving) and
Specific display means (for example, sub display, which performs specific display (for example, specific display, display of a specific character image, display for changing the color of a frame image, display of a production result in a continuous production) after an operation on the operation unit is performed) Processing for performing a specific display, a specific character image display, a display for changing the color of a frame image, and a display of an effect result in a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 that is executed after the control section 91 operates the effect switch 56. ) And
The operation promotion display means terminates the operation promotion display after a predetermined period (for example, a predetermined period) has elapsed after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, the sub-control unit 91 operates the operation switch 56 for the effect). After a predetermined period has elapsed since the execution of the process, the display of the effect switch image, the display of the reception period suggestion image, and the display of the operation promotion image are terminated on the liquid crystal display 51),
The movable member operation control means starts the operation of the movable member before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, the sub control unit 91 performs an operation on the effect switch 56). A gaming machine is also disclosed, in which the movable role 201 is started to move before a predetermined period has elapsed since the start of the game.

  According to such a configuration, when operating the operation unit, the player pays attention to the operation unit at hand and then to the operation promotion display, so that a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the operation unit was performed. It is more difficult for the player to end the operation prompting display before the player pays attention to the operation prompting display than the gaming machine that terminates the operation prompting display before the operation. It becomes easier to recognize that it has been accepted. According to such a configuration, the movable member is quickly moved while the operation promoting display is being performed when the operation on the operation unit is performed, so that the predetermined operation is performed after the operation on the operation unit is performed. It is possible to reduce a sense of incompatibility of the player with the effect using the movable member, which takes longer to physically move than the gaming machine that starts the operation of the movable member after the period has elapsed.

(11) In the present application,
The movable member operation control means moves the movable member to a position (for example, an image display position) where the operation promotion display was performed (for example, the sub-control unit 91 moves the movable accessory 201 to the image display position). ), And a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the player's attention to the operation promotion display can be directly directed to the movable member, and the game for the movable member can be more easily played than the gaming machine that does not move the movable member to the position where the operation promotion display was performed. Can increase the attention of the elderly.

(12) In the present application,
After the operation of the operation unit is performed, a movable member light emission control unit (for example, the sub-control unit 91 performs an operation on the effect switch 56) that causes a light-emitting unit (for example, an accessory lamp) provided on the movable member to emit light. Processing to turn on the accessory lamp on the movable accessory 201 to be executed after the
The movable member light emission control unit does not cause the light emitting unit to emit light until the movable member moves to a specific position (for example, an image display position), and emits light from the light emitting unit after the movable member moves to the specific position. A game machine is also disclosed that causes the movable control 201 to move the movable control 201 to the image display position and then causes the movable control 201 to turn on the control lamp (for example, the sub control unit 91 moves the movable control 201 to the image display position).

According to such a configuration, it is possible to make the movement of the movable member less noticeable than in a gaming machine in which the light emitting unit emits light before the movable member moves to the specific position.
In addition, in order to make the movement of the movable member less noticeable, the light emitting unit (for example, the light guide plate) of the decoration unit may emit light during the movement of the movable member where the light emitting unit does not emit light. In this case, the decorative portion may be provided on a path (for example, an initial position, an intermediate position) until the movable member moves to the specific position, or may be provided at a position distant from the path.

(13) In the present application,
The display mode of the specific display includes at least a first mode (for example, a first mode) and a second mode (for example, a second mode),
The specific display unit performs the specific display in the first mode after the operation on the operation unit is performed, and then performs the specific display in the second mode (for example, the sub-control unit 91 controls the production switch 56 After the specific display is started in the first mode on the liquid crystal display 51 before a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display mode of the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 is changed from the first mode after the predetermined period elapses. Change to the second aspect),
The movable member operation control means starts the movement of the movable member when the specific display is performed in the first mode, moves the movable member from an initial position, and performs the specific display in the second mode. When the movable member 201 is stopped, the movement of the movable member is terminated and the movable member is stopped at the specific position. When the movement is started, the movable auditorium 201 is moved from the initial position, and when the specific display is performed in the second mode, the movable auditorium 201 ends the movement and stops the movable auditorium 201 at the image display position. ), And gaming machines are also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the movable member can be moved in accordance with the display mode of the specific display, and the specific display and the movement of the movable member are interlocked. The player becomes more interested in the specific display and the effect using the movable member than in the machine, and the interest of the game is improved.

(14) In the present application,
A gaming machine for playing a game (for example, gaming machine 1),
An operation unit (for example, effect switch 56) operated by the player;
Operation promotion display means (for example, a liquid crystal display executed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing an operation promotion display (for example, display of an effect switch image, display of a reception period suggestion image, display of an operation promotion image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. A process of displaying the effect switch image, displaying the reception period suggestion image, and displaying the operation promotion image on the display device 51);
A specific sound output unit (for example, a speaker 53 that is executed after the sub control unit 91 performs an operation on the effect switch 56) that can output a specific sound (for example, a specific sound) after the operation on the operation unit is performed; 54 to output a specific sound),
Specific display means (for example, sub display, which performs specific display (for example, specific display, display of a specific character image, display for changing the color of a frame image, display of a production result in a continuous production) after an operation on the operation unit is performed) Processing for performing a specific display, a specific character image display, a display for changing the color of a frame image, and a display of an effect result in a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 that is executed after the control section 91 operates the effect switch 56. ) And
The operation promotion display means terminates the operation promotion display after a predetermined period (for example, a predetermined period) has elapsed after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, the sub-control unit 91 operates the operation switch 56 for the effect). After a predetermined period has elapsed since the execution of the process, the display of the effect switch image, the display of the reception period suggestion image, and the display of the operation promotion image are terminated on the liquid crystal display 51),
The specific sound output means starts outputting the specific sound before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, when the sub-control unit 91 performs an operation on the production switch 56). A game machine is also disclosed in which the speakers 53 and 54 start outputting specific sounds before a predetermined period elapses.

  According to such a configuration, when operating the operation unit, the player pays attention to the operation unit at hand and then to the operation promotion display, so that a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the operation unit was performed. It is more difficult for the player to end the operation prompting display before the player pays attention to the operation prompting display than the gaming machine that terminates the operation prompting display before the operation. It becomes easier to recognize that it has been accepted. According to such a configuration, when the operation on the operation unit is performed, the operation of the operation unit is performed by immediately starting the output of the specific sound while the operation promotion display is being performed. It is easier for the player to recognize the output of the specific sound and recognize that the operation on the operation unit has been received before the player pays attention to the operation promotion display than the gaming machine that starts outputting the specific sound after a predetermined period has elapsed from Become.

(15) In the present application,
The display mode of the specific display includes at least a first mode (for example, a first mode) and a second mode (for example, a second mode),
The specific display unit performs the specific display in the first mode after the operation on the operation unit is performed, and then performs the specific display in the second mode (for example, the sub-control unit 91 controls the production switch 56 After the specific display is started in the first mode on the liquid crystal display 51 before a predetermined period elapses after the operation is performed, the display mode of the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 is changed from the first mode after the predetermined period elapses. Change to the second aspect),
The specific sound includes at least a first specific sound (for example, a first specific sound) and a second specific sound (for example, a second specific sound). The specific sound output unit performs specific display in the first mode. The second specific sound is output when the specific display is performed in the second mode when the first specific sound is output (for example, when the sub control unit 91 performs the specific display in the first mode). Is performed, the speakers 53 and 54 start outputting the first specific sound, and when the specific display is performed in the second mode, the speakers 53 and 54 start outputting the second specific sound.) Also, a gaming machine is disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to output the specific sound according to the display mode of the specific display, and the specific display and the output of the specific sound are linked, so that the game in which the specific display and the output of the specific sound are not linked is performed. The player becomes more interested in the effect using the specific display and the output of the specific sound than the machine, and the interest of the game is improved.

(16) In the present application,
The specific sound output means outputs a specific sound based on one sound data including the first specific sound and the second specific sound (for example, the sub control unit 91 outputs the second specific sound from the first specific sound). The specific sounds are output to the speakers 53 and 54 based on one specific sound file recorded in a state where the sounds are connected to each other. A change to the second specific sound is performed), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the specific sound can be output without performing control for adjusting the timing of changing from the first specific sound to the second specific sound.

(17) In the present application,
Volume adjustment means for lowering the volume by a predetermined volume when the operation promotion display is performed than when the operation promotion display is not performed. A game machine having a process of lowering the volume than when no switch image is displayed) is also disclosed.

According to such a configuration, the operation promotion display can be made more prominent than the gaming machine that does not lower the volume by a predetermined volume when the operation promotion display is performed than when the operation promotion display is not performed, and the operation promotion display The output of the specific sound after the completion of the process can also be emphasized.
Note that the predetermined volume may be zero. That is, the sound volume adjusting means may control to a silent state.

(18) In the present application,
A gaming machine for playing a game (for example, gaming machine 1),
An operation unit (for example, effect switch 56) operated by the player;
Operation promotion display means (for example, a liquid crystal display executed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing an operation promotion display (for example, display of an effect switch image, display of a reception period suggestion image, display of an operation promotion image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. A process of displaying the effect switch image, displaying the reception period suggestion image, and displaying the operation promotion image on the display device 51);
Tactile action effect execution means (for example, sub control A process of causing the effect switch 56 to vibrate after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed by the unit 91, and a process of blowing the blower unit 301 to be executed after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed by the sub-control unit 91. )When,
Specific display means (for example, sub display, which performs specific display (for example, specific display, display of a specific character image, display for changing the color of a frame image, display of a production result in a continuous production) after an operation on the operation unit is performed) Processing for performing a specific display, a specific character image display, a display for changing the color of a frame image, and a display of an effect result in a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 that is executed after the control section 91 operates the effect switch 56. ) And
The operation promotion display means terminates the operation promotion display after a predetermined period (for example, a predetermined period) has elapsed after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, the sub-control unit 91 operates the operation switch 56 for the effect). After a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the operation was performed, the display of the effect switch image, the display of the reception period suggestion image, and the display of the operation promotion image are terminated),
The haptic effect production execution means starts the execution of the haptic effect production before the predetermined period elapses after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, when the sub control unit 91 operates the production switch 56). Before the lapse of a predetermined period from the operation, the effect switch 56 starts to vibrate, and the sub-control unit 91 blows air to the blowing unit 301 before the lapse of a predetermined period after the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed. The game machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, when operating the operation unit, the player pays attention to the operation unit at hand and then to the operation promotion display, so that a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the operation unit was performed. It is more difficult for the player to end the operation prompting display before the player pays attention to the operation prompting display than the gaming machine that terminates the operation prompting display before the operation. It becomes easier to recognize that it has been accepted. According to such a configuration, the operation on the operation unit is performed by immediately starting the execution of the haptic effect effect while the operation promotion display is performed when the operation on the operation unit is performed. The player recognizes the haptic effect effect and recognizes that an operation on the operation unit has been received before the player pays attention to the operation prompting display rather than the gaming machine that starts executing the haptic effect effect after a predetermined period has elapsed. It will be easier.

(19) In the present application,
The specific display means may or may not perform a display indicating that it is advantageous to the player as the specific display (for example, the sub-control unit 91 may provide an advantageous state in the specific display to the player such as an advantageous state winning notification). And sometimes not).
The haptic effect effect execution means executes the haptic effect effect when a display indicating that it is advantageous to the player is performed as the specific display (for example, the sub-control unit 91 determines that the specific display is advantageous for the player. The sub-control unit 91 vibrates the effect switch 56 when performing a display indicating that the air blows, and blows the air to the blowing unit 301 when the sub-control unit 91 performs a display indicating that it is advantageous to the player in the specific display.) Are also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to quickly recognize that the player has an advantage by starting the execution of the haptic effect effect promptly when performing a display indicating that the advantage is provided to the player.

(20) In the present application,
The tactile action effect is an effect that affects the tactile sensation of the player's hand operating the operation unit (for example, an effect of vibrating the effect switch 56 is a tactile effect of the player's hand operating the effect switch 56). The effect that acts on the blowing unit 301 is an effect that acts on the tactile sensation of the player who operates the effect switch 56), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to affect the tactile sensation of the hand by which the player operates the operation unit.

(21) In the present application,
The specific display is a display indicating that it is advantageous to the player (for example, the sub-control unit 91 causes the liquid crystal display 51 to perform the specific display of the winning state winning notification),
The haptic effect production execution means, the specific display means starts execution of the haptic effect production before starting the specific display, from the start of the specific display means until the end of the specific display means The execution of the tactile effect production is terminated (for example, before the sub-control unit 91 starts the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51, the production switch 56 starts to vibrate and the specific display starts on the liquid crystal display 51. The sub-control unit 91 causes the blowing unit 301 to start blowing air before starting the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 and the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 before the end of the process. And the blowing unit 301 stops blowing the air from the start to the end), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, it is quickly recognized that the execution of the haptic effect effect is started while the specific display is performed when the operation of the operation unit is performed, which is advantageous to the player. The execution of the haptic effect effect can be prevented from being performed too long.

(22) In the present application,
A gaming machine for playing a game (for example, gaming machine 1),
An operation unit (for example, effect switch 56) operated by the player;
Operation promotion display means (for example, a liquid crystal display executed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing an operation promotion display (for example, display of an effect switch image, display of a reception period suggestion image, display of an operation promotion image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. A process of displaying the effect switch image, displaying the reception period suggestion image, and displaying the operation promotion image on the display device 51);
Specific display means (for example, sub display, which performs specific display (for example, specific display, display of a specific character image, display for changing the color of a frame image, display of a production result in a continuous production) after an operation on the operation unit is performed) Processing for performing a specific display, a specific character image display, a display for changing the color of a frame image, and a display of an effect result in a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 that is executed after the control section 91 operates the effect switch 56. ) And
The operation promotion display means terminates the operation promotion display after a predetermined period (for example, a predetermined period) has elapsed after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, the sub-control unit 91 operates the operation switch 56 for the effect). After a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the operation was performed, the display of the effect switch image, the display of the reception period suggestion image, and the display of the operation promotion image are terminated),
The specific display is a display of a specific object (for example, a specific character image, a frame image) in a specific color (for example, blue, green, red, or rainbow color). Is displayed, and the sub-control unit 91 performs display for changing the color of the frame image as a specific display),
The specific display unit displays the specific object in the specific color after a predetermined color (for example, white) different from the specific color is displayed (for example, a flash image is displayed, and a flash effect is performed) (for example, The sub-control unit 91 executes a flash effect on the liquid crystal display 51 to display a white flash image, and then displays a specific character image in which the color of the specific character is a specific color. A game machine is also disclosed in which the color of a frame image is changed to white after the color of the frame image is changed to white on the display 51.

  According to such a configuration, when operating the operation unit, the player pays attention to the operation unit at hand and then to the operation promotion display, so that a predetermined period has elapsed since the operation on the operation unit was performed. It is more difficult for the player to end the operation prompting display before the player pays attention to the operation prompting display than the gaming machine that terminates the operation prompting display before the operation. It becomes easier to recognize that it has been accepted. According to such a configuration, the display of the specific object is more conspicuous than in a gaming machine in which the specific object is not displayed in the specific color after the predetermined color is displayed.

(23) In the present application,
The specific color includes at least a first specific color (for example, blue, green) and a second specific color (for example, red, rainbow color),
Regardless of whether the specific object is displayed in the first specific color or the second specific color, the predetermined color is displayed before the specific object is displayed (for example, clothing of a specific character image). The white flash image is displayed before the display of the specific character image regardless of the color of the frame image, regardless of whether the frame image is changed to red or rainbow. The gaming machine is also disclosed in which the frame image is displayed in white before the frame image is changed to a specific color).

  According to such a configuration, when the specific object is displayed in the second specific color as well as when the specific object is displayed in the first specific color, the display changes from the display of the predetermined color to the display of the specific object of the specific color. The color change due to the color can be made more conspicuous.

(24) Also, in the present application,
A gaming machine in which the predetermined color is white (for example, the predetermined color is preset to white) is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, a change in color can be sharpened by displaying a specific object of a specific color after displaying white having the highest luminance.

(25) In the present application,
A specific object pre-display for displaying the specific object in a color different from the specific color (for example, green when the specific color is red and red when the specific color is rainbow) before the operation on the operation unit is performed. Display means (for example, processing for displaying a frame image in green or red different from red or rainbow color on the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91 before the operation of the effect switch 56 is performed);
The specific object preliminary display means displays the specific object in the predetermined color after the operation on the operation unit is performed (for example, after the sub-control unit 91 performs the operation on the effect switch 56, the liquid crystal display 51, a frame image is displayed in white), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the specific display in which the specific object is displayed in the specific color is performed after the preliminary display in which the specific object changes from a color different from the specific color to the predetermined color before and after the operation on the operation unit is performed. Therefore, the change in the color of the specific object is more conspicuous than in a gaming machine in which the specific display is not performed after the preliminary display is performed.

(26) In the present application,
The operation promotion display and the display of the specific object do not overlap (for example, the display of the effect switch image in the center of the display area of the liquid crystal display 51 and the display of the frame image at the edge of the display area are not overlapped in advance. A game machine).

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the operation promotion display and the display of the specific object from interfering with each other in visibility.

(27) Also, in the present application,
Operation promotion image display means (for example, the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91) for displaying an operation promotion image (for example, an operation promotion image, an effect switch image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. Process of displaying a switch image for
A first control unit (for example, a sub-control unit) that performs first control (for example, first control) for displaying the operation promotion image after executing a suggestive effect (for example, an effect grouping effect) that suggests display of the operation promotion image. A process of performing the first control performed by the control unit 91);
A second control unit (for example, a process for performing the second control performed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing a second control (for example, a second control) for displaying the operation promotion image without performing the suggestion effect. Prepared,
When the operation promotion image is displayed as a trigger indicating the result of the game, the first control is performed at a high rate, whereas when the game is started, the operation control image is displayed, the second control is performed. The ratio is high (for example, when the operation promotion image is displayed as an opportunity to show the result of the game, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased, and when the operation promotion image is displayed as the opportunity to start the game, the second control is performed. Is increased), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, in a situation in which the game in which the result of the game is subsequently displayed is to be started, the game can be promptly advanced by displaying the operation promotion image without executing the suggested effect. Further, according to such a configuration, if the game result has already been shown, the suggestion effect is executed, and then the operation promotion image is displayed, so that the operation promotion image is displayed as a trigger to show the game result. A game machine in which the rate at which the first control is performed is not high when displayed or a game machine in which the rate at which the second control is performed is not high when displaying the operation promotion image as an opportunity to start the game. It is possible to appropriately increase the player's attention to the display.

(28) Also, in the present application,
Operation promotion image display means (for example, the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91) for displaying an operation promotion image (for example, an operation promotion image, an effect switch image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. Process of displaying a switch image for
A first control unit (for example, a sub-control unit) that performs first control (for example, first control) for displaying the operation promotion image after executing a suggestive effect (for example, an effect grouping effect) that suggests display of the operation promotion image. A process of performing the first control performed by the control unit 91);
A second control unit (for example, a process for performing the second control performed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing a second control (for example, a second control) for displaying the operation promotion image without performing the suggestion effect. Prepared,
When an operation of a specific mode (for example, a continuous hitting operation or a long press operation) is prompted in the operation promoting image, the ratio of the first control performed is high, while an operation of a normal mode (for example, normal pressing) is performed in the operation promoting image. When the operation is promoted, the rate at which the second control is performed is high (for example, when the continuous hitting operation or the long press operation is promoted in the operation promotion image, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased. A game machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the suggestion effect by changing the rate at which the first control and the second control are performed in accordance with the operation mode to be prompted. The operation promotion image is lower than the gaming machine in which the first control is not performed at a higher rate when the operation is prompted or the gaming controller is not higher in the rate at which the second control is performed when the operation in the normal mode is promoted in the operation promotion image. The player's attention to the display of can be appropriately increased.

(29) In the present application,
Operation promotion image display means (for example, the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91) for displaying an operation promotion image (for example, an operation promotion image, an effect switch image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. Process of displaying a switch image for
A first control unit (for example, a sub-control unit) that performs first control (for example, first control) for displaying the operation promotion image after executing a suggestive effect (for example, an effect grouping effect) that suggests display of the operation promotion image. A process of performing the first control performed by the control unit 91);
A second control unit (for example, a process for performing the second control performed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing a second control (for example, a second control) for displaying the operation promotion image without performing the suggestion effect. Prepared,
The ratio at which the first control is performed is high when the movable member is moved by an operation on the operation unit, whereas the ratio at which the second control is performed is high when the movable member is not moved by an operation on the operation unit (for example, The rate at which the first control is performed when the movable role 201 is moved by the operation of the effect switch 56 is increased, and the rate at which the second control is performed when the movable role 201 is not moved by the operation of the effect switch 56. Is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the rate at which the first control or the second control is performed is changed according to whether or not an effect using a movable member that requires time to physically move is performed by an operation. It is possible to adjust whether or not to perform the effect, and when the movable member does not move due to the operation of the gaming machine or the operation unit where the first control is not performed at a high rate when the movable member moves by the operation of the operation unit. In addition, the player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image can be appropriately increased as compared to a gaming machine in which the rate at which the second control is performed is not high.

(30) Also, in the present application,
Operation promotion image display means (for example, the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91) for displaying an operation promotion image (for example, an operation promotion image, an effect switch image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. Process of displaying a switch image for
A first control unit (for example, a sub-control unit) that performs first control (for example, first control) for displaying the operation promotion image after executing a suggestive effect (for example, an effect grouping effect) that suggests display of the operation promotion image. A process of performing the first control performed by the control unit 91);
A second control unit (for example, a process for performing the second control performed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing a second control (for example, a second control) for displaying the operation promotion image without performing the suggestion effect. Prepared,
When the notification that the privilege is given by the operation on the operation unit is performed, the first control is performed at a high rate, while the notification that the privilege is provided by the operation on the operation unit is different. When the operation is performed, the rate at which the second control is performed is high (for example, when the specific display of the winning state winning notification is performed by operating the effect switch 56, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased. When the specific display other than the notification of the winning of the advantageous state is performed by the operation with respect to, the ratio of performing the second control is increased), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the suggestion effect by changing the rate at which the first control and the second control are performed in accordance with the content of the notification. When the notification that the privilege is given is performed, the second control is performed when the notification that the privilege is given by the operation on the gaming machine or the operation unit is not high when the first control is performed at a low rate. The player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image can be more appropriately increased than that of a gaming machine that is not performed at a high rate.

(31) Also, in the present application,
A variable display unit (for example, a reel) capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information each of which can be identified,
After variably displaying the variable display unit, a display result is derived by stopping the variable display of the variable display unit, and a prize can be generated according to the display result,
A pre-determining means for determining a display result permitted to be derived (for example, an internal lottery process executed by the sub-control unit 91);
Operation promotion image display means (for example, the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91) for displaying an operation promotion image (for example, an operation promotion image, an effect switch image) for prompting an operation on the operation unit. Process of displaying a switch image for
A first control unit (for example, a sub-control unit) that performs first control (for example, first control) for displaying the operation promotion image after executing a suggestive effect (for example, an effect grouping effect) that suggests display of the operation promotion image. A process of performing the first control performed by the control unit 91);
A second control unit (for example, a process for performing the second control performed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing a second control (for example, a second control) for displaying the operation promotion image without performing the suggestion effect. In addition,
When the determination result of the preliminary determination means is a determination result different from the specific determination result permitting the derivation of the specific display result, the rate at which the first control is performed is high, while the determination result of the preliminary determination means is When the result of the determination is a specific result, the rate at which the second control is performed is high (for example, in the case of a slot machine, the rate at which the first control is performed is increased when the rare role is not internally won. A game machine is also disclosed, which increases the rate at which the second control is performed when winning.)

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to adjust whether or not to execute the suggestion effect by changing the rate at which the first control and the second control are performed in accordance with the determination result of the preliminary determination means. The rate at which the first control is performed is not high when the determination result is different from the specific determination result. The rate at which the second control is performed when the determination result of the gaming machine or the preliminary determination means is the specific determination result. The player's attention to the display of the operation promotion image can be more suitably increased than a gaming machine having a low gameplay. Further, according to such a configuration, when the determination result of the pre-determination means is the specific determination result and the derivation of the specific display result is permitted, the ratio of performing the second control is high, and it is difficult to perform the suggestion effect. If, for example, a player does not try to derive a specific display result when starting a game than a gaming machine in which the ratio of performing the second control is not high when the determination result of the preliminary determination means is the specific determination result, If not, it is possible to refrain from appealing to the display of the operation promotion image by the suggestion effect.

(32) Also, in the present application,
When the game progresses without operation on the operation unit after the second control is performed and the operation promotion image is displayed, an effect result shown when the operation on the operation unit is performed is not shown. (For example, after the second control is performed and the effect promoting effect is not executed on the liquid crystal display 51 and the operation promoting image or the effect switch image is displayed, the effect switch is turned on). The sub-control unit 91 does not perform the specific display on the liquid crystal display 51 when the reception period elapses without performing the operation on the 56), and the gaming machine is also disclosed.

According to such a configuration, the progress of the game can be prevented.
In such a gaming machine,
In the case where the game has progressed without performing an operation on the operation unit after the first control is performed and the operation promotion image is displayed, an effect result indicated when the operation on the operation unit is performed is illustrated. , The reception of the operation on the operation unit may be terminated. In this case, the effect result is not limited to a direct result, and may be an indirect result.

(33) Also, in the present application,
A specific situation control unit (for example, a specific situation executed by the sub-control unit 91) that performs control in a particular situation (for example, a particular situation) when an operation opportunity to perform an operation on the operation unit is given or not. Controlling) and
A special situation control unit (for example, a process for controlling to a special situation executed by the sub-control unit 91) for performing control in a special situation (for example, a special situation) that always gives the operation opportunity;
The specific situation control means, in the specific situation, suggests a display of an operation prompting image (for example, an operation prompting image, an effect switch image) that prompts an operation on the operation unit when the operation opportunity is given. For example, a control at the time of giving the operation promotion image (for example, control at the time of giving) after executing the effect set effect) and the suggestion effect when the operation opportunity is not given and then the operation promotion image (For example, the sub-control unit 91 performs the control at the time of application or the control at the time of non-application in a specific situation). ,
The gaming machine is also disclosed in which the special situation control means can perform the giving control even in the special situation (for example, the sub-control unit 91 performs the giving control also in the special situation). .

  According to such a configuration, the suggestion effect is performed even in a special situation where an operation opportunity is always given, so that the player pays more attention to the display of the operation promotion image than a gaming machine that does not perform the control at the time of giving in the special situation. It can be increased suitably.

(34) Also, in the present application,
Volume adjusting means for adjusting the volume (for example, processing for adjusting the volume of specific sounds from the speakers 53 and 54 executed by the sub-control unit 91),
The sound volume adjusting means lowers the sound volume by a predetermined volume when the operation opportunity is provided in the specific situation than when the operation opportunity is not provided, and lowers the sound volume by the predetermined volume also in the special situation (for example, The sub-control unit 91 lowers the volume in the reception period of the operation of the effect switch 56 in a specific situation to make it a silent state, and also lowers the volume in the reception period of the operation in a special situation to make it a silent state.) The machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, by lowering the sound volume by a predetermined volume when giving an operation opportunity, the player is more likely to display the operation promotion image than a gaming machine that does not lower the volume by a predetermined volume when giving the operation opportunity. Attention can be appropriately increased.

(35) Also, in the present application,
The specific situation is a situation where it is notified whether or not a privilege is given when an operation is performed on the operation unit (for example, when a specific situation is performed on the effect switch 56, the privilege is provided). This is a situation in which it is notified whether or not is provided), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the player pays attention to whether or not a privilege is given in a specific situation.

(36) Also, in the present application,
The special situation is a situation in which the advantage degree of the privilege given when the operation on the operation unit is performed is notified (for example, the special situation is given when the operation on the effect switch 56 is performed). This is a situation where the degree of advantage of the privilege is notified), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, the player pays attention to the advantage degree of the privilege given in the special situation.

(37) Also, in the present application,
A moving image reproduction / display means (for example, a process of reproducing a moving image of a continuous effect on the liquid crystal display 51 executed by the sub-control unit 91) for reproducing and displaying a moving image (for example, a moving image of a continuous effect);
The moving image display means temporarily suspends the reproduction display of the moving image when executing the suggestion effect during the reproduction display of the moving image (for example, the sub-control unit 91 performs the effect grouping effect during the reproduction display of the moving image). When the execution is performed, the reproduction of the moving image is temporarily stopped on the liquid crystal display 51), and a gaming machine is also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, when performing the suggested effect during the playback display of the moving image, the operation promotion image is displayed after execution of the suggested effect or the suggested effect, compared to a gaming machine that does not pause the playback display of the moving image. The player's attention to whether or not it is possible can be raised.

(38) Also, in the present application,
A plurality of variable display units (e.g., reels) capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information each of which can be identified;
After variably displaying the variable display unit, the display result is derived by stopping the variable display of the variable display unit, and a prize can be generated according to a display result combination which is a combination of the display results of the plurality of variable display units. And
The operation opportunity may be given when the variable display of all the variable display units is stopped (for example, when the sub-control unit 91 executes the effect set effect on the liquid crystal display 51 at the third stop). , The operation of the effect switch 56 is accepted, and the display of the operation promotion image and the effect switch image is started on the liquid crystal display 51).
If the variable display on the variable display unit is stopped and the variable display on all the variable display units is not stopped, the suggestion effect can be executed (when the sub control unit 91 performs the first stop or the second stop). In, the effect set effect is only executed on the liquid crystal display 51, the operation of the effect switch 56 is not accepted, and the operation promotion image and the effect switch image are not displayed on the liquid crystal display 51). Are also disclosed.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to display a suggested effect or an operation promotion image in accordance with the progress of the game, and there is a possibility that an operation opportunity will be given when the variable display of all the variable display units is stopped. When the variable display on the variable display unit is stopped, the gaming interest is more improved than on a gaming machine that does not execute the suggested effect even if the variable display on all the variable display units is not stopped.

  REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 gaming machine, 7 game progress operation section, 41 main control section, 51 liquid crystal display, 52 effect LED, 53, 54 speaker, 56 effect switch, 91 sub-control section, 201 movable object, 301 blowing section

Claims (1)

A gaming machine for playing games,
An operation unit operated by a player;
Operation promotion image display means for displaying an operation promotion image for prompting an operation on the operation unit,
First control means for performing a first effect of displaying the operation promotion image after executing a suggestion effect indicating the display of the operation promotion image,
A second control unit that performs a second control for displaying the operation promotion image without performing the suggestion effect,
When the operation promotion image is displayed in relation to the trigger indicating the result of the game, the first control is performed at a high rate. A gaming machine in which the second control is performed at a high rate.

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