JP2021078974A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of executing winning assistance without allowing a player to have a feeling of incongruity.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: reel control means for controlling a rotation mode and a stop mode of a reel; and performance control means for allowing a performance device to execute winning assistance of a specific combination. The reel control means starts to rotate the reel so as to progress a game on the basis of operation of a start lever when a reel performance using the reel is not executed, and starts to rotate the reel so as to progress the game after completion of the reel performance when the reel performance is executed. The performance control means starts winning assistance by the performance device on the basis of operation of the start lever that is performed before starting to rotate the reel so as to progress the game when the reel performance is not executed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

Conventionally, a gaming machine (rotating drum type gaming machine, slot machine) having a plurality of reels in which symbols are arranged on the outer peripheral surface is known. This type of gaming machine imparts a certain gaming value to a gaming medium such as a medal or a pachinko ball, and performs a game for acquiring such a gaming medium. Further, in this type of gaming machine, an internal lottery is performed and the rotation of a plurality of reels is started with the player's rotation start operation as an opportunity, and the player's stop operation is triggered as an internal lottery result. Controls to stop multiple reels. Then, the result of the game is determined by the symbol combination displayed on the winning determination line in the state where the plurality of reels are stopped, and medals and the like are paid out according to the result of the game.

In the above-mentioned gaming machine, by shifting to the assist time state as the effect state for executing the prize assisting effect that assists the winning of the winning combination, the winning probability of the winning combination can be changed and the game medium can be easily acquired. The configuration is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-245157

Here, in recent years, in gaming machines, it is required to improve the interest of the player in the production by using various productions. In such a gaming machine, it is preferable to promptly display the content of the winning assistance effect to the player by promptly displaying the winning assistance effect executed in the assist time state. If the winning auxiliary effect is executed during the execution of a different effect, the player may feel uncomfortable about the content of the effect, and the player's interest in the effect may be impaired.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of executing winning assistance without giving a player a sense of discomfort.

The present invention includes a plurality of reels and
With the start lever
Internal lottery means to perform internal lottery,
A reel control means for controlling the rotation mode and the stop mode of the reel, and
It is equipped with a prize-winning assistance means that causes the production device to execute the prize-winning assistance for a specific role.
The reel control means
When the spinning effect using the reel is not executed, the reel is started to rotate in order to advance the game based on the operation of the start lever.
When the rotation effect is executed, after the rotation effect is completed, the reel is started to rotate in order to advance the game.
The winning assisting means is characterized in that, when the rotating cylinder effect is not executed, the winning assistance is started by the effecting device based on the operation of the start lever.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of executing winning assistance without giving a player a sense of discomfort.

It is a perspective view which shows the appearance structure of the gaming machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the functional block of the gaming machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal lottery table A to the internal lottery table C of the gaming machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the internal structure of the gaming machine of embodiment of this invention. (A) is a state transition diagram of a gaming state in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, (B) is a non-advantageous section and an advantageous section controlled by an advantageous section control means, and an instruction function controlled by the instruction function control means. It is a transition diagram relating to a state. It is a flowchart which shows a part of the control process which concerns on the progress of the game in the gaming machine of embodiment of this invention. 6 is a flowchart showing random delay control executed in the control process related to the progress of the game shown in FIG. FIGS. (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining the display start timing of the index to be displayed in the winning assistance effect when the rotating cylinder effect is not executed in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining the display start timing of the index to be displayed in the winning assistance effect when the rotation cylinder effect is executed and the random delay control is not executed in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. Is. (A) and (B) describe the display start timing of the index to be displayed in the winning assistance effect when the spinning body effect is executed and the random delay control is executed in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which a winning assistance effect is displayed on the display device in the end game in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, and (B) is a diagram showing a state in which the reel is stopped and the end effect is displayed on the display device in the end game. It is a figure which shows the displayed state. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which the winning assist effect and the end effect are displayed on the display device in the end game in the gaming machine of the modified example of the present invention, and (B) is the figure in which the first stop operation is executed in the end game. FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a state in which the reel is stopped in the end game and the end effect is displayed on the display device. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which the winning assist effect and the end effect are displayed on the display device in the end game in the gaming machine of the modified example of the present invention, and (B) is the figure in which the first stop operation is executed in the end game. FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a state in which the reel is stopped in the end game and the end effect and the alert effect are displayed on the display device. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which a winning assistance effect is displayed on the display device in the end game in the gaming machine of the modified example of the present invention, and (B) is a diagram showing a state in which the reel is stopped and the alert effect is displayed in the display device in the end game. FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a state in which the reel is stopped in the end game and the end effect and the alert effect are displayed on the display device. (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining the display start and display completion timing of the index to be displayed in the winning assistance effect when the rotating body effect in the gaming machine of the modified example of the present invention is not executed. FIGS. (A) to (E) are diagrams for explaining the display start timing of the index to be displayed in the winning assistance effect in the gaming machine of the modified example of the present invention. FIGS. (A) to (C) are diagrams for explaining the display start timing of the index to be displayed in the winning assistance effect in the gaming machine of the modified example of the present invention.

Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described. The present embodiment described below does not unreasonably limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all of the configurations described in the present embodiment are essential constituent requirements of the present invention.

1. 1. Outline of Configuration of Game Machine FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a slot machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is a so-called rotating body type gaming machine, and is a type of gaming machine that plays a game using a medal as a gaming medium.

The slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is a reel unit 310 (consisting of a first reel R1 to a third reel R3 as a plurality of reels in a box-shaped housing composed of a housing BX, a front upper door UD, and a front lower door DD ( (See Fig. 2) is included. Further, a hopper unit 320 (see FIG. 2) as a medal payout device is housed in the lower part of the reel unit 310 in the housing. Further, in the housing of the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, a control board which is equipped with a CPU, a ROM (an example of an information storage medium), a RAM, and the like and controls the operation of the slot machine 1 is also housed.

The outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 shown in FIG. 1 are each divided into 20 regions (hereinafter, each region is referred to as a "frame") at regular intervals, and each frame has a plurality of types. Any of the symbols of is arranged.

The front upper door UD and the front lower door DD are provided so as to be individually openable and closable. The front upper door UD is provided with a display window DW that enables observation of the rotating state and the stopped state of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. In the stopped state of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, among a plurality of types of symbols arranged at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, they are continuously arranged on the outer peripheral surface. The three symbols (upper symbol, middle symbol, and lower symbol) can be observed from the front of the slot machine 1 through the display window DW.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, upper, middle, and lower tiers are provided for each reel as display positions for observing the symbol through the display window DW, and the effective line by the combination of the display positions of the respective reels is provided. , The effective line L1 is set. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the number of medals required for one game, that is, the so-called specified number of inserted medals is set to 3 in any game state, and medals corresponding to the specified number of inserted medals are inserted. Then, the effective line L1 composed of the middle stage of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is activated.

Then, the game result is determined by the symbol combination stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 in the display window DW, and when the symbol combination on the effective line L1 is a symbol combination corresponding to a predetermined combination, the symbol combination is determined. As a winning combination, medals are paid out from the hopper unit 320.

The front upper door UD is provided with a game information display unit DS. The game information display unit DS consists of LEDs, lamps, 7-segment displays, etc., and is the total number of medals credited, the number of medals paid out or won in one game, and the total number of medals paid out or won in a bonus state. Various game information such as the total of, the information of the winning combination in this game, the display of the information suggesting how to press the left stop button B1, the middle stop button B2, and the right stop button B3 related to the payout of medals are displayed. To.

The game information display unit DS includes a main control display device 500 composed of a 7-segment display, and when a specified number of medals are inserted and the start lever SL is operated, the game is won in this game. When the notification display, which is a display corresponding to the winning combination command, which is a control signal created based on the winning information, which is the information of the winning combination, is displayed, and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 stop after the notification display is displayed. The notification display ends and the number of medals paid out or won is displayed. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, a notification display is executed in which each segment of the main control display device 500 is turned on and off in a display mode corresponding to the winning combination command.

Further, the main control display device 500 is a dot of a 7-segment display, and the advantageous section is started by the advantageous section control means 200A (see FIG. 2) described later, and the winning of a small winning combination is assisted to obtain a medal. An advantageous section notification unit 500A that lights up when the expected acquisition value is 1 or more is provided. Further, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, a plurality of acoustic devices 340 for performing an effect using sound are provided on the front upper door UD and the front lower door DD. From the sound device 340, various sounds for assisting the game and enlivening the game are output.

Various operating means are provided on the front lower door DD. As the operation means, as the insertion operation means for inserting the credited (stored) medals, the single bet button BT for inserting one medal and the max bet button MB for inserting the specified number of medals, A start lever SL, a stepping motor M1 to a stepping motor M3 (FIG. 4) as a game start operation means for causing the player to perform a start operation that triggers the start of the game by rotating the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. The left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 and the right stop button B3 as a stop operation means for causing the player to perform a stop operation that triggers each of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 rotationally driven by the above). There is also a clearing button BS for clearing credited medals.

Further, inside the left stop button B1, the middle stop button B2, and the right stop button B3 arranged on the front lower door DD, a left stop lamp 350a that illuminates the left stop button B1 from the inside and a middle stop button B2 A middle stop lamp 350b that illuminates the door from the inside and a right stop lamp 350c that illuminates the right stop button B3 from the inside are arranged. The left stop lamp 350a to the right stop lamp 350c are lit in green when the stop operation detected by the stop switch 240 is enabled by pressing the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3. , When the stop operation detected by the stop switch 240 is invalidated, it lights up in red.

Further, a medal payout outlet MO and a medal tray MP are provided at the lower part of the front lower door DD, and the number of medals according to the result of the game is paid out from the medal payout exit MO to the medal tray MP. ing. In addition, when the clearing button BS is pressed while the credited medals are stored in the game machine, it corresponds to the number of credits (the number of credited medals) from the hopper unit 320 when the clearing button BS is pressed. The settlement process for paying out the number of medals to be performed is executed, and the medals are paid out from the medal payment exit MO to the medal tray MP.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment. The slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is controlled by a game control means 2 having a main control unit 10 and a sub control unit 20 which are independent control boards. The main control unit 10 receives input signals from the input means of the medal insertion switch 210, the bet switch 220, the start switch 230, the stop switch 240, the setting change switch 250, and the reset switch 260 as a plurality of operation detection means, and plays a game. Is performed, and the operation of the output means such as the reel unit 310, the hopper unit 320, and the game information display unit DS is controlled based on the calculation result. The functions of the main control unit 10 are various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), ROM (an example of an information storage medium), hardware such as RAM, or predetermined storage stored in ROM or the like in advance. It is realized by software consisting of the above programs.

Further, the main control unit 10 includes a setting changing means 100, an input receiving means 105, a random number generating means 110, an internal lottery means 120, a reel control means 130, a winning determination means 140, a payout control means 150, a replay processing means 160, and a gaming state. The transition control means 170, the command transmission means 175A, the main storage means 190, the advantageous section control means 200A, the instruction function control means 200B, and the reeling effect control means 200C are included. Each means constituting the main control unit 10 reads out and executes each control program stored in advance in the main storage means 190 at the time of executing each control process.

The setting change means 100 controls to change the set value stored in the set value storage means 191 of the main storage means 190 (setting change control). The setting change means 100 receives an input signal from the reset switch 260 provided in the power supply device in the setting change permission state in which the setting change switch 250 is turned on and the setting change is permitted. Each time, the set value stored in the set value storage means 191 is cyclically changed in the order of setting 1 → setting 2 ... setting 6 → setting 1 → .... Further, in the slot machine 1, the setting value stored in the setting value storage means 191 is fixed based on the start signal from the start switch 230 operated by the operation of the start lever SL in the setting change permission state, and the setting change permission state is established. To finish. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the winning probability of a part of the winning areas that can be won by the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is changed according to the set value determined in the set value storage means 191. To. That is, the setting changing means 100 is configured to be able to change the set value, which is a value at which the winning probability of the winning combination in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 can be changed.

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the setting change control by the setting change means 100 is executed, the control related to the game state and the advantageous section control means 200A executed by the game state transition control means 170 are executed. The control related to the advantageous section is configured to be initialized, the game state is set to the non-replay time (hereinafter, the replay time is also referred to as "RT") state described later, and the non-advantageous section is set. It is configured in. Therefore, in the slot machine 1, the instruction function control means 200B is configured so that the control related to the instruction function is also initialized before the setting is changed. On the other hand, in the slot machine 1, when the power supply to the game control means 2 is cut off (power cut) and then the power supply is restarted again, the control related to the game state executed by the game state transition control means 170 The control related to the advantageous section executed by the advantageous section control means 200A is configured to be restarted from the state before the power failure. Therefore, in the slot machine 1, the control related to the instruction function executed by the instruction function control means 200B is also maintained in the state before the power interruption when the power supply is restarted after the power interruption occurs. It is configured as follows.

The insertion receiving means 105 performs a process of validating the game start operation for the start lever SL based on the insertion of medals corresponding to the specified number of insertions (3 medals) within the insertion acceptance period for accepting the insertion of medals. Do. Specifically, when a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot MI (see FIG. 1), the insertion receiving means 105 is inserted up to the specified number of insertions as the medal insertion switch 210 operates. Set the medal to the inserted state. Further, when the betting operation in which the single bet button BT or the max bet button MB is pressed is executed while the medal is credited, the insertion receiving means 105 is accompanied by the operation of the bet switch 220 and the specified number of insertions. The credited medal is set to the inserted state up to the limit.

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the first pressing operation of the start lever SL activated based on the insertion of medals corresponding to the specified number of insertions is accepted as the start operation of the game by the player, and the first operation is received. It is an opportunity to start the rotation of the reels R1 to the third reel R3, and the internal lottery means 120 described later is an opportunity to execute the internal lottery.

The random number generating means 110 is a means for generating a random number for lottery. In the present embodiment, the “random number” includes not only a value that randomly occurs in a mathematical sense, but also that even if the generation itself is regular, the acquisition timing and the like are irregular, so that the “random number” is substantially. It also includes values that can function as random numbers.

The internal lottery means 120 performs an internal lottery to determine the winning or failing of the winning combination based on the start signal output when the player executes a start operation on the start lever SL and the start switch 230 detects the start operation. It is a means to perform, such as a lottery table selection process, a random number determination process, and a lottery flag setting process.

In the lottery table selection process, which of the plurality of internal lottery tables stored in the internal lottery table storage means 192 of the main storage means 190 is used for the internal lottery is determined based on the current gaming state. select. In each internal lottery table, each of a plurality of random numbers (for example, 65536 random numbers from 0 to 65535) is associated with various roles such as replays, small wins, and bonuses, and unwinned wins (losses). ..

In the following description, the bonus means a role of operating the accessory or the accessory continuous operation device by winning a prize, and the bonus operation means the bonus winning the accessory or the accessory continuous operation device. It means that it operates, and the bonus state means a state in which the accessory or the accessory continuous actuating device is activated.

In the random number determination process, a random number (random number for lottery) generated by the random number generation means 110 for each game is acquired based on the start signal output from the start switch 230, and the acquired random number is selected in the lottery table selection process. It is compared with the lottery table, and it is determined whether or not the winning combination is won based on the comparison result.

In the lottery flag setting process, based on the result of the random number determination process, the lottery flag corresponding to the winning combination is set from the non-established state (first flag state, OFF state) to the established state (second flag state). , ON state). In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when two or more types of winning combinations are won in duplicate, a lottery flag corresponding to each of the two or more types of winning combinations is set in the established state. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the lottery flag (carry-over possible flag) that can carry over the established state to the next and subsequent games until a prize is won, and the established state is not carried over to the next and subsequent games regardless of the winning. There is a lottery flag (non-carryover flag) that is reset to the non-established state. Further, the lottery flag setting information is stored in the lottery flag storage means 193 of the main storage means 190.

The reel control means 130 is a stepping motor based on the fact that a start signal is output from the start switch 230 that is activated when the player executes a start operation on the start lever SL, and the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is completed. Rotational drive of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is started by the stepping motors M3 (see FIG. 4). Further, the reel control means 130 is left corresponding to the first reel R1 when the rotation state of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 becomes a rotation state of steady rotation at a predetermined speed (for example, about 80 rpm). A stop operation detected by the left stop switch 240a when the stop button B1 is pressed, and a stop operation detected by the middle stop switch 240b when the middle stop button B2 corresponding to the second reel R2 is pressed. Then, when the right stop button B3 corresponding to the third reel R3 is pressed, the stop operation detected by the right stop switch 240c is executed, and the control for activating the stop operation is executed. Then, when the reel stop signal is output from the left stop switch 240a to the right stop switch 240c based on the detection of the stop operation, the reel control means 130 is used for all the stepping motors corresponding to the detected stop operation in the reel unit 310. By supplying the drive pulse of phase excitation, control is performed to stop each reel of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3.

At this time, the reel control means 130 stops the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, which are rotationally driven by the stepping motors M1 to M3, in a state in which the lottery flag is set, that is, in a manner corresponding to the result of the internal lottery. Take control. That is, the reel control means 130 has a stop position of the reel corresponding to the pressed stop button among the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 each time each button of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is pressed. Is determined, and control is performed to stop the reel at the determined stop position.

In the following description, the reel control means 130 starts the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and the player first presses the effective left stop button B1 to right stop button B3. The pressing operation of is also described as a first stop operation, the second pressing operation is also described as a second stop operation, and the third pressing operation is also described as a third stop operation. Further, in the following description, stopping the rotating reel by the reel stop control and displaying the symbol on the effective line L1 is also described as "stop display".

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, for the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, a predetermined period from the time when the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is pressed (when the stop switch 240 detects the stop operation). By the time 190 ms has elapsed, the rotating reel corresponding to the pressed stop button is stopped. Here, when the rotating reel is stopped within 190 ms from the time when the stop button is pressed, the stop position of each rotating reel is determined from the diameter and rotation speed of each reel, and the reel stops from the time when the stop button is pressed. It is configured to be rotatable for up to 4 frames before it is done.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, for the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, a total of five frames from the frame displayed on the effective line L1 at the time of pressing the stop button to the rotation of four frames are performed. , It is a range (pull-in range) in which the symbol can be pulled in on the effective line L1.

Further, the reel control means 130 receives the start signal output when the start switch 230 detects the start operation, starts the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and starts one game. In this case, a standby time (about 4.1 seconds) generally called a wait (or wait time) is set (set) in the wait timer 194a of the main storage means 190 based on the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. ) Is configured to. When the reel control means 130 receives the start signal from the start switch 230 within the period from the setting of the standby time to the elapse of the standby time, the reel control means 130 receives the start signal from the start switch 230, and after the standby time elapses, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 Is configured to start spinning. With this configuration, the reel control means 130 can start the game after the minimum game time (about 4.1 seconds) has elapsed as a fixed time from the start of one game to the start of the next game. ..

The winning determination means 140 performs a winning determination process for determining whether or not a winning combination has been won, based on the stopping mode of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. Specifically, while referring to the winning determination table stored in the winning determination table storage means 195 of the main storage means 190, when all of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped, the line L1 is on the effective line L1. It is determined whether or not the displayed symbol combinations are in the form of winning a predetermined combination. Then, the winning judgment table is set so that it can be judged whether or not a bonus, a replay, or a small winning combination has been won (hereinafter, referred to as "winning judgment") by the symbol combination displayed on the effective line L1 when each reel is stopped. It is prepared. In the following description, the symbol combination indicating the winning form of the winning combination is also described as "winning symbol combination".

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, each process is executed based on the determination result of the winning determination means 140 in the winning determination process. As each process executed based on the determination result of the winning combination, for example, when a small winning combination wins, a process of determining the number of medals to be paid out by the payout control means 150 is performed, and when the replay wins a prize. Causes the replay processing means 160 to execute the next game without consuming medals, and when a winning combination such as a bonus that triggers the transition of the game state is won, the game state transition control means 170 is in the game state. Is performed.

The payout control means 150 performs a payout process related to the payout of medals according to the game result. Specifically, when a small winning combination is won, the number of medals to be paid out in the game is determined based on a predetermined payout for each winning combination, and the medals corresponding to the determined number of payouts are used as the payout device. Control is performed so that the hopper unit 320 pays out.

The hopper unit 320 performs an operation of paying out the number of medals specified by the payout control means 150. The hopper unit 320 is provided with a payout medal detection switch 325 that operates every time one medal is paid out. The payout control means 150 is configured to be able to manage the number of medals actually paid out from the hopper unit 320 based on the input signal from the payout medal detection switch 325. If medals are allowed to be credited, the number of credits (credited) stored in the credit storage area (not shown) of the main storage means 190 instead of actually paying out the medals by the hopper unit 320. A credit addition process for adding the number of medals to be paid out is performed to virtually pay out medals.

When the winning determination means 140 determines that the symbol combination indicating the winning of any one of the plurality of types of replay combinations described later is stopped and displayed on the effective line L1, the replay processing means 160 stops and displays the winning of the replay. Performs a replay process (replay process) that sets the game to a ready state that enables the game to be executed without the need to insert medals for the next game. That is, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the replay wins a prize, an automatic insertion process is performed in which a specified number of medals are automatically inserted without using the player's own medals (including credit medals). We wait for the next start operation for the start lever SL with the same effective line L1 as the previous game set.

The game state transition control means 170 performs a process of shifting the game state between a plurality of game states and a process of operating and ending the bonus. Here, as the transition condition of each gaming state, one condition may be defined, or a plurality of conditions may be defined. When a plurality of conditions are set, the game is based on the fact that any one of the plurality of predetermined conditions is satisfied or all of the plurality of predetermined conditions are satisfied. The state can be transferred to another gaming state.

The command transmission means 175A is a command creation process and a command creation process, which is a control process for creating a command to be transmitted to another control unit or output means from the contents of the control process executed by each means constituting the main control unit 10. The command transmission process, which is a control process for transmitting the created command to another control unit or output means, is executed. The command transmitting means 175A of the present embodiment is a command created when the bet switch 220 detects that, for example, the player has pressed the single bet button BT or the max bet button MB in the command creation process. , The start command, which is a command created when the start switch 230 detects that the player has started the start lever SL, and the winning combination command, which is a command created when the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is executed. A rotating cylinder effect command indicating that the rotating cylinder effect is executed by the rotating cylinder effect control means 200C, which will be described later, a wait command including information on the remaining waiting time by the reel control means 130, and a first reel by the reel control means 130. Create a reel rotation start command or the like indicating that the rotation of R1 to the third reel R3 has started. The details of the winning combination command, the rotating cylinder effect command, the weight command, and the reel rotation start command will be described later.

In the advantageous section control means 200A, an advantageous section (advantageous period), which is a section (period) in which a game capable of executing a winning assistance control that assists the winning of a specific combination is executed, and a game in which the winning assistance control is not executed are executed. Control related to the transition between the non-advantageous section (non-advantageous period, normal section), which is the section (period), is executed using the data stored in the advantageous section control data storage means 198. In the advantageous section control data storage means 198, the advantageous section transition lottery table used in the advantageous section transition lottery for determining whether or not to start the advantageous section in the non-advantageous section, and the advantageous section control means 200A are executed in the advantageous section. Various flags and counters that are set to the ON state or the OFF state by a predetermined control process are stored.

When the condition for ending the advantageous section is satisfied, the advantageous section control means 200A ends the advantageous section, starts the non-advantageous section from the next game, and initializes various flags, numerical values, etc. set in the advantageous section. Execute the termination process, which is the process. Further, the advantageous section control means 200A lights the advantageous section notification unit 500A when the expected value of winning a medal becomes 1 or more by starting the advantageous section and executing the winning assistance control. Therefore, even when the advantageous section control means 200A has started the advantageous section, the advantageous section notification unit is in the instruction function state in which the winning assistance control is not executed by the instruction function control means 200B described later. It is configured so that 500A can be turned off.

The non-advantageous section is a period during which control related to the instruction function by the instruction function control means 200B based on the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is not executed, and the advantageous section is an instruction based on the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120. This is a period during which control related to the instruction function by the function control means 200B can be executed.

The advantageous section control means 200A adds a value "1", which is a value corresponding to one game, to the advantageous section game number counter every time one game is executed from the game that started the advantageous section, and the advantageous section game. The game number update process for cumulatively incrementing and updating the value (stored value) stored in the number counter is executed. Further, the advantageous section control means 200A performs a difference number update process in which the value (difference number) obtained by subtracting the number of medals paid out from the game that started the advantageous section by the number of medals inserted is cumulatively recorded in the advantageous section difference number counter. Execute.

Here, the advantageous section game number counter is a counter included in the advantageous section control data storage means 198, and is a counter that stores a value (number of games) updated by the advantageous section control means 200A. Further, the advantageous section difference number counter is a counter included in the advantageous section control data storage means 198, and as a value updated by the advantageous section control means 200A, a value corresponding to the number of inserted medals is subtracted. However, it is a counter that stores the difference number by adding the value corresponding to the number of payouts when the medals are paid out.

The advantageous section control means 200A of the present embodiment has a value "1" which is a value corresponding to one game each time one game is executed even in a game state when the advantageous section is controlled. The number of games update process that cumulatively adds (updates) to the stored value of the advantageous section game number counter, and the difference number update that cumulatively updates the value corresponding to the difference number of medals to the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter. Process and execute.

Here, the advantageous section control means 200A stores the advantageous section difference number counter because the number of medals paid out in the game is less than the specified number of inserted in the difference number update process for updating the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter. If the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter is less than the value "0" when the value is subtracted, the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter is set to the value "0". As a result, the advantageous section control means 200A can fix the value when the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter becomes the lowest point to the value "0", so that the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter can be stored. In the control process used, it is not necessary to change the value that becomes the judgment threshold according to the specific numerical value at the lowest point, and the load of the control process using the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter can be reduced. it can.

The advantageous section control means 200A has 2400 medals from the time when 1500 games are executed, that is, when the stored value of the advantageous section game number counter reaches the value "1500" or when the most medals are consumed in the advantageous section. Is acquired by the player, that is, when the value becomes "2400" from the time when the stored value of the advantageous section difference number counter is the lowest value (lowest point), the specific end is specified as a condition for ending the advantageous section. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the end process of ending the advantageous section and starting the non-advantageous section from the next game is executed.

In the end process, the advantageous section control means 200A initializes all the information used in various control processes in the advantageous section, such as each flag set in the ON state in the advantageous section and the value set in the advantageous section. The advantageous section control means 200A can end the advantageous section even when a preset condition (normal end condition) other than the specific end condition is satisfied, and the end process is performed even when the normal end condition is satisfied. To execute.

When the advantageous section is started by the advantageous section control means 200A, the instruction function control means 200B can execute a process related to the operation of the instruction function (winning assistance control) for assisting the winning of a specific combination and the winning assistance control. Processing related to the transition of the instruction function state between a plurality of instruction function states including the assist time state (hereinafter, the assist time is also referred to as "AT"), and control related to the instruction function (assist time). Control). In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the instruction function control data storage of the main storage means 190 is performed for the program data used in the assist time control by the instruction function control means 200B, the data table, the counter, and various flags set in the ON state or the OFF state. It is stored in means 199.

In the present embodiment, when the instruction function state is a state in which the winning assistance control can be executed, the instruction function control means 200B wins differently depending on the winning area in which the internal lottery means 120 is won as the instruction function operation process. By creating a combination command and transmitting the created winning combination command to the main control display device 500, it is notified which winning area is the winning area won in the internal lottery, and the player is notified of the left stop button B1. -The notification display, which is a function (instruction function) for instructing the operation method of the right stop button B3, is configured to be able to execute the winning auxiliary control, which is the control executed by the main control display device 500. The game in the AT state in which the winning assistance control is executed and the operation mode of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is notified constitutes the notification game in the present embodiment.

The rotating cylinder effect control means 200C is executed from the time when the start operation to the start lever SL is executed until the reel control means 130 starts the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 and reaches a steady rotation. 1 reel R1 to 3rd reel R3 is used to determine whether or not to execute the rotating cylinder effect, and the reel control means 130 is set to the 1st reel R1 to 3rd reel according to the content of the rotating cylinder effect determined to be executed. Let R3 be controlled. Here, for the rotating cylinder effect, for example, an effect of rotating and stopping the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 and displaying a specific symbol in the middle stage of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, or an effect of displaying a specific symbol on the middle stage of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, or the first reel The effect of rotating the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 at a speed or a lower speed than the steady rotation, an effect of vibrating the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and the like are included. Further, the data related to the rotating cylinder effect is stored in the rotating cylinder effect data storage means 197 of the main storage means 190.

When it is decided to execute the spinning effect, the spinning effect control means 200C causes a freeze that delays the progress of the game in order to cause the reel control means 130 to execute the spinning effect determined to be executed. When the rotation effect is completed, the rotation effect control means 200C ends the freeze and causes the reel control means 130 to start the reel rotation control.

The sub control unit 20 performs various calculations for executing the effect based on various signals (commands) transmitted from the main control unit 10, and based on the calculation results, the display device 330, the sound device 340, and the left stop lamp. It controls the operation of output means such as the effect device 300 including the 350a, the middle stop lamp 350b, and the right stop lamp 350c. The functions of the sub-control unit 20 are stored in advance in various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), ROM (an example of information storage medium), hardware such as RWM, ROM, and the like. It is realized by software consisting of a predetermined program. The sub-control unit 20 of the present embodiment has a CPU (hereinafter, the CPU of the sub-control unit 20 is also referred to as a “sub CPU”) as a processor. Further, the sub-control unit 20 provides a command receiving means 175B, an effect control means 180A, and a sub-storage means 180B on the ROM of the sub-control unit 20. Each means constituting the sub-control unit 20 reads out and executes each control program stored in advance in the sub-storage means 180B at the time of executing each control process.

The command receiving means 175B performs a polling process for monitoring the presence or absence of a signal (command) transmitted from the command transmitting means 175A of the main control unit 10 in a period shorter than the cycle in which the command is transmitted from the main control unit 10 (for example, 512 μs). The command reception process, which is a control process for receiving the transmitted command when it is determined by the command transmission means 175A that the command is transmitted from the command transmission means 175A, is executed.

The effect control means 180A can execute an effect related to the game, that is, an effect based on various commands transmitted from the main control unit 10 and an effect based on the result of calculation using the effect data stored in the sub storage means 180B. It is configured in. The effect control means 180 is based on the effect data stored in the effect data storage means 181. For example, a display effect performed by using the display device 330 as the effect display device, a sound effect performed by using the sound device 340, and lighting. Controls related to game-related effects such as light emission effects performed using the device. Specifically, when the player operates each configuration of the slot machine 1 for inserting medals, single bet button BT, max bet button MB, start lever SL, left stop button B1 to right stop button B3, etc. , 1st reel R1 to 3rd reel with the lamp and LED lighting or blinking, the sound output from the sound device 340, and the start signal output from the start switch 230 when a game event such as a change in the game state occurs. By executing an effect using the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 that delays the start of rotation of the R3, the effect of enlivening the game and the execution control of the effect for assisting the game are performed. Further, when the AT state is executed by the instruction function control means 200B, the effect control means 180A is an effect of assisting the winning of a specific combination based on the winning combination command transmitted from the internal lottery means 120. To execute.

Further, the effect control means 180A causes each configuration constituting the effect device 300 to execute an effect based on each effect state. In the present embodiment, the effect control means 180A acquires a random number from the random number storage area of the random number generation means (not shown) of the sub-control unit 20 for each lottery process using the random number, and stores the effect lottery table in the effect lottery table storage means 182. Among the plurality of stored production lottery tables, each lottery process is executed using the production lottery table required for each lottery process.

2. Configurations Provided by Game Machines in the Present Embodiment Next, details of each configuration included in the slot machine 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11.

<Internal lottery means>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing internal lottery tables A to C, which are internal lottery tables selected in each gaming state in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment. The internal lottery table A is selected when the gaming state is the non-RT state. In the internal lottery table A, random numbers correspond to the winning area where the small role is won, the winning area where the small role and the bonus are duplicated, the winning area where the bonus is won, and the winning area where the replay is won. It is attached and is configured to win either a small role, a replay or a bonus. Further, in the internal lottery table A, the winning probability of the replay is set to about 1 / 7.3.

The slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a regular big bonus (hereinafter, the regular big bonus is also referred to as "RBB") as a bonus continuous operation device for the first-class special bonus, and the winning area " By winning either "RBB & 1-card combination" or the winning area "RBB", the RBB is set to the established state.

The internal lottery table B is selected when the bonus is established, which is the gaming state that is transferred by setting the RBB to the established state in the non-RT state. In the internal lottery table B, the random numbers associated with the small winning combination in the internal lottery table A and the random numbers associated with the winning area where the small winning combination and the bonus are duplicated are associated with the small winning combination. The random numbers associated with the replay in the internal lottery table A and the random numbers associated with the bonus are associated with the replay.

The internal lottery table C is selected in the RBB operating state, which is the gaming state that is shifted when the RBB is activated. The internal lottery table C is set so that the winning probability of the small winning combination is higher than the winning probability of the small winning combination set in either the internal lottery table A or the internal lottery table B.

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, bell A, bell B, one-card combination A to one-sheet combination F, and rare as small winning combination (hereinafter referred to as "winning combination") that can be won when winning in the internal lottery. The winning areas are the winning areas "Batting order bell 1" to "Batting order bell 12" and the winning area "RBB & 1 card role" as the winning area (winning mode) of the small winning combination in which multiple types of winning roles are won in duplicate. , The winning area "one-card combination", the winning area "JAC1", and the winning area "JAC2" are set.

Here, the "batting order" means the order in which the pressing operation is executed for the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3, and is composed of the first batting order to the sixth batting order. The batting order 1 as the first batting order is a so-called forward push, in which the stop operation is executed in the order of the left stop button B1, the middle stop button B2, and the right stop button B3. The batting order 2 as the second batting order is a so-called scissors batting order in which the stop operation is executed in the order of left stop button B1, right stop button B3, and middle stop button B2. Further, the batting order 3 as the third batting order is a batting order in which the stop operation is executed in the order of the middle stop button B2 → the left stop button B1 → the right stop button B3. Further, the batting order 4 as the fourth batting order is a batting order in which the stop operation is executed in the order of the middle stop button B2 → the right stop button B3 → the left stop button B1. The batting order 5 as the fifth batting order is a batting order in which the stop operation is executed in the order of right stop button B3 → left stop button B1 → middle stop button B2. The batting order 6 as the sixth batting order is a so-called reverse batting order in which the stop operation is executed in the order of right stop button B3 → middle stop button B2 → left stop button B1. Further, in the following description, the timing at which the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed is also described as "pressing timing".

Winning area "Batting order bell 1" -Winning area "Batting order bell 6" is a winning area where the bell A and at least one of the 1-card winning combination A to the 1-card winning combination F are duplicated. The roles are different. In the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to the winning area "Batting Order Bell 6", the batting order (correct answer batting order) that enables the winning of Bell A is set. When the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to the winning area "Batting Order Bell 6" are won, in the slot machine 1, when the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed in the correct batting order, the bell A wins a prize. , The left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed in a batting order different from the correct batting order (incorrect batting order), and one of the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination F for which the pressing timing is won can be won. If the timing is right, one of the winning 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination F wins, and any of the winning 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination F is in the wrong batting order and the pressing timing is won. If it is not possible to win a prize, none of the roles will be won (non-winning).

Winning area "Batting order bell 7" -Winning area "Batting order bell 12" is a winning area where bell B and at least one of 1-card combination A to 1-card combination F are duplicated. The roles are different. In the winning area "batting order bell 7" to the winning area "batting order bell 12", a batting order (correct answer batting order) is set so that the bell B can be won. When the winning area "Batting Order Bell 7" to the winning area "Batting Order Bell 12" are won, in the slot machine 1, when the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed in the correct batting order, the bell B wins. , The left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed in a batting order different from the correct batting order (incorrect batting order), and one of the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination F for which the pressing timing is won can be won. If the timing is right, one of the winning 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination F wins, and any of the winning 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination F is in the wrong batting order and the pressing timing is won. If it is not possible to win a prize, none of the roles will be won (non-winning).

The winning area "RBB & 1-card combination" is an area where the RBB, 1-card combination A to 1-card combination F are duplicated and won. At the time of winning the winning area "RBB & 1-card combination", in the slot machine 1, one of the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination F for which the pressing timing of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is won can be won. If it is the timing, one of the winning 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination F wins, and any of the winning 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination F is in the wrong batting order and the pressing timing is won. If it is not possible to win a prize, none of the roles will be won and the prize will be missed (non-winning).

The winning area "1 piece combination" is the same small combination as the winning area "RBB & 1 piece combination", and the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed at the same time. ~ When any of the 1-card winning combination F can be won, one of the winning 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination F wins, and the batting order is incorrect and the pressing timing is won. If any of the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination F cannot be won, it is a winning area where no winning is won (non-winning), and whether or not RBB is included in the lottery. It has the difference.

The winning area "rare role" is configured so that a rare role can be won when the right stop button B3 is pressed at an appropriate timing, and the right stop button B3 is pressed at the right timing to win the rare role. If it is not possible to do so, it will be missed (non-winning) without winning any of the roles. In the internal lottery means 120 of the present embodiment, with respect to the winning probability of each winning mode including the small winning combination, the probability of winning the winning area "rare winning combination" is one of the winning modes including other small winning combinations. It is configured as a so-called rare role, which has a lower probability than the probability.

Next, the winning area including the replay will be described. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, a winning area "normal replay" and a winning area "rare replay" are set as winning areas including only replays.

The winning area "normal replay" is a winning area set in each of the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table B, and is configured so that the normal replay can be won and the normal replay can be won regardless of the batting order and the pressing timing. ing.

The winning area "rare replay" is a winning area set in each of the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table B, and the rare replay is won, and the rare replay is performed regardless of the batting order and the pressing timing. It is configured so that you can win a prize. In the internal lottery means 120 of the present embodiment, regarding the winning probability of each winning mode including the replay, the probability of winning the winning area "rare replay" is lower than the probability of winning the winning area "normal replay". It is configured as a so-called rare replay.

Here, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the combination to which the carry-over possible flag is associated is RBB, and the small combination and the replay are associated with the carry-over impossible flag. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, when the winning area including the RBB is won in the internal lottery, the state in which the lottery flag of the winning RBB is established is carried over until the RBB wins. At this time, the internal lottery means 120 performs an internal lottery to determine whether or not the small winning combination and the replay are successful even in the game in which the establishment state of the RBB lottery flag is carried over. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, in the game in which the establishment state of the RBB lottery flag is carried over, if a small winning combination or replay is won, the already won RBB lottery flag and the small winning in the internal lottery. A lottery flag corresponding to two or more kinds of combinations including a combination and a lottery flag for replay is set in the established state.

<Reel control means>
In the present embodiment, the reel control means 130 supplies the drive pulse of all-phase excitation supplied to stop the rotating reel until 200 ms elapses in order to reliably stop the rotating reel. continue.

Further, the reel control means 130 has a pull-in process of stopping the rotating reel so that a winning combination in which the lottery flag is set can be won as much as possible when the reel stop control is executed, and a lottery flag. Finds the stop position of the spinning reel based on the preset priority by logic calculation including kicking process to stop the spinning reel so that the winning combination set in the non-established state cannot be won. The logic calculation process and the table reference process of determining the stop position of the rotating reel by referring to the stop control table stored in the stop control table storage means 194 of the main storage means 190 are performed, and the rotating reel is performed. The stop position determination process for determining the symbol to be displayed on the effective line L1 when the is stopped is executed.

In the logic calculation process, it is within the range of 0 to 4 frames from the pressing detection position, which is the position of the reel at the time when the stop switch 240 is operated, that is, when the pressing operation of the stop button is detected according to the priority data determined for each combination. Priority is obtained for the candidate stop positions for 5 frames existing in. Here, the reel control means 130 is a reel index which is information indicating that the reel output when the photosensor provided in the reel unit 310 detects the reel position detection unit provided in each reel has made one rotation. And, using the rotation angle from the reference position of the reel where the reel index is detected (calculated from the number of times the drive pulse supplied to the stepping motor is supplied), the rotation state of the reel at the time when the reel stop signal is received from the stop switch 240. To get. Then, among the priorities of the candidates for each stop position, the candidate for the stop position having the highest priority is determined as the actual stop position. However, in the logic calculation process, the same priority may be obtained for a plurality of stop position candidates depending on the result of the internal lottery, the press detection position, and the like. When there are a plurality of candidates for the stop position having the highest priority, the actual stop position is determined by the table reference process.

In the logic calculation process, when the lottery flags for two or more types of winning combinations are set in the winning state, the stop position including the symbols constituting the winning form of the winning combination with the higher priority according to the priority assigned to each winning combination. The priority is obtained so that the candidate of is higher in priority than the candidate of the stop position including the symbol constituting the winning form of the winning combination having a lower priority.

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, in any gaming state, the priority order of the winning combination to be stopped on the effective line L1 in the reel stop control is determined in the order of "replay> small winning combination> bonus". Has been done.

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when a plurality of types of small wins are won in the internal lottery, the priority of the stop position candidate is determined according to the number of symbol combinations that can be displayed on the effective line L1. There are a method of obtaining the priority (number priority control) and a method of obtaining the priority according to the number of medals to be paid out based on the dividend predetermined for the small winning combination (number priority control). When determining the priority of stop position candidates according to the number of symbol combinations that can be displayed on the effective line L1, the priority is higher as the number of winning symbol combinations that can be displayed on the effective line L1 increases. The priority of each stop position candidate is obtained so as to be higher. Further, when the priority of the candidate for the stop position is obtained according to the number of medals paid out, the number of medals paid out based on the payout of the small winning combination corresponding to the symbol displayed at the display position on the effective line L1 is large. The priority of each stop position candidate is obtained so that the stop position, that is, the stop position where a small winning combination with a large payout can be won, has a higher priority. However, when the priority of the candidate for the stop position is calculated according to the number of medals paid out, if small wins with the same payout are won more than once, each small win can be won. Candidates are treated as having the same priority.

Further, in the logic calculation process, so-called pull-in process and kick-off process are performed as processes for obtaining candidates for reel stop positions. Here, the pull-in process is a process of obtaining a candidate for a stop position of the reel so that a winning combination whose lottery flag is set in the winning state can be won as much as possible. On the other hand, the kicking process is a process of obtaining a candidate for a stop position of the reel so that a winning combination whose lottery flag is set to the non-winning state cannot be won. In this way, the reel control means 130 makes it possible to stop the symbol of the winning combination in which the lottery flag is set in the winning state in the form of winning, while the symbol of the winning combination in which the lottery flag is set in the non-winning state is in the form of winning. A logic calculation process is performed to obtain a candidate for a reel stop position so that the reel does not stop at.

The reel control means 130 executes a stop position determination process including a logic calculation process and a table reference process, and determines a position to stop the rotating reel to start supplying a drive pulse for all-phase excitation. Determine the position. The stop position determination process is a process in which the time required from the start to the end differs depending on the winning area won in the internal lottery, but the main control unit has a predetermined cycle (for example, every 1.49 ms). The interrupt processing executed by 10 is completed in a very short time until it is executed once to a plurality of times (for example, three times). Further, at the position where the drive pulse of all-phase excitation is started to be supplied, the reel rotates for four steps after the start of supplying the drive pulse of all-phase excitation to the rotating reel, so that the reel is rotating in the rotation direction of the reel. The position is slightly upstream from the position where the reel is stopped.

<Reel unit>
Next, the details of the reel unit 310 will be described. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the internal structure of the slot machine 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the housing BX of the slot machine 1 has left and right side plates BXe and BXf arranged sideways. The upper frame 11 and the middle frame 12 are vertically separated from each other between the side plates BXe and BXf.

The reel unit 310 is held by the reel base 21 screwed to the upper frame 11 and the middle frame 12 and the reel base 21, and is provided on each of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 to rotate and drive each reel. It has a stepping motor M1 to a stepping motor M3, and a first reel R1 to a third reel R3 supported by a drive shaft of the stepping motor M1 to the stepping motor M3. Further, the reel unit 310 is held by the reel base 21, and is provided on each of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 and has a reel backlight having a plurality of LEDs that irradiate light from the inside to the front of each reel. It has a substrate 23 and a reflector 25 that guides the light from the reel backlight substrate 23 forward.

The first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are substantially the same except that the types and arrangements of the symbols printed on the reel tapes arranged on the surface are different. Hereinafter, the first reel R1 will be described, and duplicate description of the second reel R2 and the third reel R3 will be omitted.

The first reel R1 has a reel frame 22 pivotally supported by the stepping motor M1 and a thin strip-shaped reel tape RT each having a plurality of symbols. The reel frame 22 is concentric with the rotation axis of the stepping motor M1 and is bridged between a pair of annular rim portions 22a and a pair of rim portions 22a arranged apart from each other in the left-right direction. The connection portion 22b that connects the pair of rim portions 22a to each other at a plurality of locations, the hub portion 22c that is attached to the rotation shaft of the stepping motor M, and the rotation of the stepping motor M1 by connecting one rim portion 22a and the hub portion 22c. It has spokes (not shown) that transmit force from the hub 22c to the rim 22a, and is integrally formed of synthetic resin. Each outer circumference of the pair of rim portions 22a is formed to have a predetermined width in the left-right direction, and is an end portion for contacting the reel tape RT and supporting the left and right ends of the reel tape RT in the radial direction. The support surface 22d is formed.

The connection portion 22b is continuous with the end support surface 22d of the pair of rim portions 22a, and an intermediate support surface 22e for supporting the reel tape RT in the radial direction is formed between the pair of rim portions 22a. .. The end support surface 22d and the intermediate support surface 22e form a support surface 22f for supporting the reel tape RT in the radial direction.

The reel tape RT has a plurality of patterns printed on a base material made of synthetic resin, and is wound around the support surface 22f of the reel frame 22 so as to have a cylindrical shape. For example, an adhesive material is applied to the end support surface 22d. It is attached with and is held so as not to rotate relative to the reel frame 22. The reel tape RT is a specific symbol (second symbol) P1 having a higher discriminating power during rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 as compared with other symbols (first symbol) among a plurality of symbols. have.

The specific symbol P1 is a symbol designed with the value "7", and has the largest dimensions in the longitudinal direction (reel rotation direction) and the left-right direction (reel rotation axis direction) of the reel tape RT among the plurality of symbols. Has been done. Further, the specific symbol P1 has a first region P1a having a low visible light transmittance and a second region P1b (hatched portion in FIG. 4) having a higher visible light transmittance than the first region. .. Specifically, the first region P1a of the reel tape RT is printed with a paint having a low visible light transmittance, for example, a paint such as black, dark gray, or navy blue.

Printing with a color paint having a low visible light transmittance in the first region may be applied to either the inside or the outside of each reel, and printing of another color may be performed on top of the printing. A metal film may be formed. However, it is desirable that the first region is a color having low lightness, such as black, dark gray, dark blue, etc., when viewed from the outside of each reel (the side opposite to the axis of the reel, the side of the player). .. This makes it possible to reduce the reflected light from the first region and make the light from the reel backlight substrate transmitted through the second region more conspicuous.

The specific symbol P1 transmits the second region P1b due to the fact that the specific symbol P1 is formed to be relatively large compared to other symbols and the difference in visible light transmittance between the first region P1a and the second region P1b. By making it easier for the player to see the light from the reel backlight substrate 23, it is easier for the player to identify the light during the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 than other symbols. ..

The specific symbol may be formed to be relatively large compared to at least any symbol other than the specific symbol. For example, the specific symbol has dimensions in the longitudinal direction, dimensions in the left-right direction, and the dimensions of the reel tape RT. Any one of the areas may be formed to be the largest of the plurality of symbols, the dimension in the left-right direction may be formed to be the second largest of the plurality of symbols, and other than the value "7". It may be a symbol including a character string of (for example, "BAR" or the like), a symbol of a character, or the like.

The second region P1b is a pair in the radial view from the rotation center of the reel frame 22 (rotation center of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3) CL in a state where the reel tape RT is fixed to the reel frame 22. It is arranged at a position that does not overlap with the rim portion 22a and the connecting portion 22b of the above, that is, at a position that does not overlap with the support surface 22f. As a result, in the reel unit 310, the light directed from the reel backlight substrate 23 toward the second region having high transmittance is prevented from being blocked by the reel frame 22, and the player can easily see the second region P1b. As a result, the operability when the player performs the stop operation is improved.

The second region P1b is arranged at a position where the reel tape RT is fixed to the reel frame 22 and does not overlap the pair of rim portions 22a and the connecting portion 22b in the radial view from the rotation center of the reel frame 22. For example, in a state where the reel tape is fixed to the reel frame, the ridgeline of the second region in the radial view from the rotation center of the reel frame 22 is the ridgeline of the reel frame (the first reel R1 in FIG. 4). It may be arranged so as to overlap with the portion indicated by the broken line of.

Further, the visible light transmittance of the third region RTa on which the symbol of the reel tape is not arranged is between the first region P1a and the second region P1b of the specific symbol P1. As a result, in the slot machine 1, the first region P1b is easily visible to the player by the light from the reel backlight substrate 23, and the operability when the player performs the stop operation is improved. In the specific symbol, a region having a color different from that of the first region and the second region may be arranged inside the first region (between the second region) and outside the first region.

The reflector 25 is made of a material that has a light-shielding property and easily reflects light (for example, a white synthetic resin), supports the reel backlight substrate 23 on the back surface, and faces the surface of the reel backlight substrate 23. It is configured as an opposing member. Further, regarding the LEDs 30a to LED30i arranged on the reel backlight substrate 23, the reflector 25 includes LEDs 30a to LED30c arranged in the upper row, LEDs 30d to LED30f arranged in the middle row, and LEDs 30g arranged in the lower row. It has an upper opening 25a, a middle opening 25b, and a lower opening 25c, which are divided into the LEDs 30i.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the first reel R1 of the present embodiment, the LEDs 30a to 30c located in the upper stage are arranged below the central line h1 in the vertical direction of the upper opening 25a, and are arranged in the middle stage. The located LEDs 30d to 30f are arranged on the vertical center line h2 of the middle opening 25b, and the lower LEDs 30g to LED30i are above the vertical center line h3 of the lower opening 25c. It is arranged. As a result, the slot machine 1 arranges the LEDs 30a to LED30c on the line h1 and arranges the LEDs 30a to LED30c on the line h1 in the range of irradiating the tape on which the symbols arranged on the peripheral surface of the reel frame 22 are arranged by the LEDs 30a to LED30i. It is possible to irradiate a wider range of light in the vertical direction than when the LED 30i is arranged on the line h3.

<Dividend for small roles>
In the present embodiment, the payouts of Bell A and Bell B are set to the number of payouts (for example, 10) that is larger than the specified number of payouts (3). In addition, the payouts for the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination F and the rare combination are set to the number of payouts (for example, 1 card) that is smaller than the specified number of input.

<Game state transition control means>
FIG. 5A is a state transition diagram showing a game state that can be transferred from each game state in the control related to the transition of the game state executed by the game state transition control means 170 of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the non-RT state is a gaming state (initial gaming state, normal gaming state) corresponding to the initial state among a plurality of types of gaming states, and the bonus is not activated or established. It is in a non-bonus state. In the non-RT state, the game state transition control means 170 causes the internal lottery means 120 to execute an internal lottery using the internal lottery table A in which the winning probability of the replay is set to about 1 / 7.3.

The bonus establishment state is a gaming state in which the winning area "RBB" or the winning area "RBB & 1-card combination" is won by an internal lottery in the non-RT state, and the RBB is set to the established state. In the bonus establishment state, the game state transition control means 170 causes the internal lottery means 120 to execute an internal lottery using the internal lottery table B in which the winning probability of the replay is set to about 1 / 7.3.

The RBB operating state is a gaming state (bonus state) that is transferred when the RBB wins a prize. In the RBB operating state, the gaming state transition control means 170 determines whether the ending condition of the operating RBB is satisfied based on the total number of medals paid out, and determines a predetermined number of medals to be paid out (for example, 200). When more than one medal is paid out, the bonus state is terminated by ending the operation of the RBB, and the gaming state is shifted to the non-bonus state. In the RBB operating state, the game state transition control means 170 causes the internal lottery means 120 to execute an internal lottery using the internal lottery table C. As shown in FIG. 3, in the internal lottery table C, the winning area "JAC1" in which all the small roles of the bell A, the bell B, the 1-card combination A to the 1-card combination F, and the rare role are won, and the 1-card combination A A random number is associated with the winning area "JAC2" that wins all the 1-card winning combinations F and the rare winning combination.

The RBB operating state will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the probability of winning the winning area "JAC1" or the winning area "JAC2" in the RBB operating state in which the internal lottery table C is selected is a small winning combination in the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table B. Higher than the probability of winning any of the winning areas including, that is, the probability of winning a small winning combination in the RBB operating state is higher than the probability of winning any small winning combination in the gaming state when the RBB is not operating other than the RBB operating state. Is also set to a high probability. In addition, the probability of winning the winning area "JAC1" in the internal lottery table C is the probability of winning each of the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" in the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table B. It is set to a higher probability than.

Due to such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, in the RBB operating state, the winning probabilities of all the small winning combinations are higher than in the non-RT state and the bonus established state when the bonus is not activated. As it rises, the probability of winning one of the small wins also rises.

Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning the winning area "JAC1" in the RBB operating state is the probability of winning in any of the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 6" (winning area "batting order"). Winning probability of the sum of the winning probabilities of the winning area "Bell 1" to the winning area "Batting order bell 6") and the probability of winning any of the winning area "Batting order bell 7" to the winning area "Batting order bell 12" (Winning area "Batting order bell 12") The probability of winning in any of the winning area "Batting order bell 1" to the winning area "Batting order bell 12" (winning), which is higher than the winning probability of the sum of the winning probabilities of each winning area "Batting order bell 12". It is configured to be lower than the winning probability of the sum of the winning probabilities of the area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12").

As described above, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment has a plurality of types of first small winning orders (bell A, bell B) set to payouts larger than the number of input of game value required at the start of the game. Multiple types of first winning modes (winning area "batting order bell 1" to winning area "batting order bell 12") and multiple types of first small winning combination are duplicated. It has a second winning mode (winning area "JAC1") to be won, and the internal lottery means 120 has a plurality of types of first winning modes in a normal gaming state (non-RT state) and a bonus establishment state. In addition to the internal lottery, the internal lottery is configured so that the second winning mode exists in the bonus state (RBB operating state). Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning the second winning mode in the internal lottery in the bonus state is higher than the probability of winning in any of a plurality of types of the first winning modes in the internal lottery in the normal gaming state and the bonus established state. It is low, and the winning probability of each small winning combination in the internal lottery in the bonus state is configured to be equal to or higher than the winning probability of each small winning combination in the internal lottery in the normal gaming state and the bonus established state.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the expected value of the medal acquisition rate is less than 100% in the RBB operating state.

Here, in a gaming state other than the RBB operating state, when the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" are won, the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 must be pressed in the correct batting order. Since it is not possible to win A or Bell B, the probability that either Bell A or Bell B will win is the operation of pressing the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 in the correct batting order from the six batting orders. Limited to cases where it can be done. On the other hand, when the AT game in which the winning assistance control is executed by the instruction function control means 200B described later is executed, the correct batting order is notified when the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" are won. Therefore, the probability that either Bell A or Bell B will win can be increased up to 6 times as much as when the winning assistance control is not executed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, two types of bell A and bell B are set as prize-winning roles (specific roles) for paying out more medals than the specified number of medals to be won when the stop operation is performed in the correct batting order. ing. Then, the probability that the winning mode including the specific combination is obtained in the RBB operating state is compressed to about 1/2 of the probability that the winning mode including the specific combination is obtained in the gaming state other than the RBB operating state. With this configuration, an internal lottery is performed with a mode in which N types of specific winning combinations are won without overlapping each other in a gaming state other than the RBB operating state, and N types of specific winning combinations are duplicated in the RBB operating state. By providing an internal lottery with a mode for winning, the probability that a winning mode including a specific combination will be obtained in the RBB operating state is about the probability that a winning mode including a specific combination will be obtained in a gaming state other than the RBB operating state. It can be compressed to 1 / N. As a result, the lower limit of the expected value of the medal acquisition rate in the bonus state can be lowered to less than 100%, and then the medal acquisition performance related to the AT game can be designed. The degree of freedom in design can be dramatically improved.

<Direction control means>
In the present embodiment, in the effect control means 180A, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are constantly rotated by the reel rotation control by the reel control means 130, and the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed. When the reel control means 130 executes the control for enabling the stop operation detected by the left stop switch 240a to the right stop switch 240c, the left stop lamp 350a to the right stop lamp 350c are turned on in green. Further, when the stop operation detected by the stop switch 240 by the reel control means 130 is invalidated, the effect control means 180A lights the invalidated stop lamp in red. Details of the process related to the invalidation of the stop switch 240 by the reel control means 130 and the process related to the lighting mode of the stop lamp by the effect control means 180A will be described later.

Further, in the present embodiment, the effect control means 180A has the content notified by the winning assistance control when the instruction function control means 200B executes the winning assistance control (for example, the correct batting order when the winning area "batting order bell 1" is won. The prize-winning auxiliary effect is executed, in which the effect (such as the notification of the above) is notified by the effect using the effect device 300. The effect control means 180A executes a winning auxiliary effect of notifying the correct batting order when the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" are won in the normal AT state among the AT states. The effect control means 180A of the present embodiment starts displaying the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c according to the reel rotation control executed by the reel control means 130 at the time of executing the prize auxiliary effect. It is configured to set the timing of the reeling. More details will be described later.

Then, in the effect control means 180A, the instruction function state controlled by the instruction function control means 200B becomes the AT state, and the game in which the transition from the AT state to the other instruction function state is determined and the advantageous section to the non-advantageous section are changed. In the game in which the transition of the game is determined and the end game in which the AT state ends, the end effect of displaying the information on the result of the game in the AT state on the display device 330 is executed. The details of the winning auxiliary production and the ending production will be described later.

<Advantageous section control means and instruction function control means>
FIG. 5B is a state transition diagram showing details of a section (period) controlled by the advantageous section control means 200A of the present embodiment and an instruction function state controlled by the instruction function control means 200B. ..

As shown in FIG. 5B, the non-advantageous section is a period during which the control related to the instruction function by the instruction function control means 200B based on the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is not executed. The advantageous section control means 200A ends the non-advantageous section and is advantageous based on the winning area won by the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 and the game state when the game is started in the game in the non-advantageous section. Execute an advantageous section lottery, which is a lottery for determining whether or not to start a section.

In the advantageous section lottery, the advantageous section control means 200A first, from the advantageous section control data storage means 198 that stores the data related to the advantageous section among the main storage means 190, "advantageous section" for each of the plurality of random numbers. Acquires an advantageous section transition lottery table, which is a data table associated with "start of" and "loss (unwinning)". Then, the advantageous section control means 200A acquires a random number from the random number generation means 110, compares the acquired random number with the advantageous section transition lottery table, and determines whether or not to start the advantageous section based on the comparison result. The advantageous section control data storage means 198 also stores various flags that are set to the ON state or the OFF state by a predetermined control process executed by the advantageous section control means 200A in the advantageous section. The advantageous section control means 200A has a probability of multiplying the winning probability of the winning area won in the internal lottery by the winning probability of "start of the advantageous section" in the advantageous section lottery so as to be 1/17500 or more. Execute the advantageous section lottery.

In the advantageous section, the instruction function control means 200B is in a non-AT state in which the winning assistance control is not executed when the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" is won as a state related to the instruction function (instruction function state). It is possible to execute the winning assistance control at the time of winning in the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12", and has an AT state as an advantageous state advantageous for the player. The instruction function control means 200B refers to various lottery tables stored in the instruction function control data storage means 199, and executes a process related to the lottery according to each instruction function state. The instruction function control means 20B that executes the control related to the instruction function state including the AT state constitutes the advantageous state control means in the present embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the non-AT state includes a normal non-AT state and a chance zone (CZ) state. Further, the AT state includes a normal AT state and a CZ state during AT.

The normal non-AT state is an instruction corresponding to the normal state among a plurality of types of instruction function states, which is set when the advantageous section is started by the advantageous section control means 200A and has not shifted to another instruction function state. It is a functional state (normal instruction functional state). Normally, in the non-AT state, the instruction function control means 200B executes a CZ lottery for determining whether or not to shift the instruction function state to the CZ state when the winning area "rare combination" is won in the internal lottery.

Further, in the normal non-AT state, the instruction function control means 200B performs a normal AT lottery for determining whether or not to shift the instruction function state to the AT state when the winning area "rare replay" is won by the internal lottery. Execute.

The instruction function control means 200B is a CZ lottery so that the probability of multiplying the winning probability of the winning area won by the internal lottery and the winning probability of "transition to the CZ state" in the CZ lottery is 1/17500 or more. To execute. Further, the instruction function control means 200B has a probability of 1/17500 or more obtained by multiplying the winning probability of the winning area won by the internal lottery and the winning probability of "transition to the AT state" in the normal AT lottery. As a normal AT lottery is executed.

The CZ state is an instruction function state that can be shifted from the normal non-AT state. In the CZ state, the instruction function control means 200B sets a value (for example, 8 games) corresponding to a predetermined number of games in the CZ end determination counter (not shown) of the instruction function control data storage means 199 at the start of the CZ state. , Each time the game is executed, the decrement update is executed by subtracting the stored value of the CZ end determination counter by the value "1" corresponding to one game. The instruction function control means 200B is configured to execute an AT lottery for determining whether or not to determine the execution of each game AT state until the game of eight games is executed in the CZ state, and the winning is achieved. It is in a state where it is easier to shift to the AT state than in the normal non-AT state in which the normal AT lottery is executed only when the area "rare replay" is won.

In the CZ state, the instruction function control means 200B is executed when the winning area "rare role" is won in the internal lottery, when the winning area "rare replay" is won, and when another winning area is won. A special AT lottery with a higher probability of winning the "transition to AT state" than the AT lottery to be performed is executed.

If the "transition to the AT state" is won in the AT lottery or the special AT lottery by the time the game of 8 games is executed in the CZ state, the instruction function control means 200B executes the game of 8 games from the start of the CZ state. After that, the instruction function state is changed from the CZ state to the AT state. On the other hand, if the "transition to the AT state" is not won in the AT lottery or the special AT lottery by the time the game of 8 games is executed in the CZ state, the instruction function control means 200B has 8 games from the start of the CZ state. After the game of is executed, the instruction function state is changed from the CZ state to the normal non-AT state.

The normal AT state is an instruction function state for shifting to a case where the transition condition to the AT state is satisfied in the non-AT state and a case where the transition condition to the normal AT state is satisfied in the CZ state during AT. In the normal AT state, the instruction function control means 200B performs the winning assistance control based on winning the winning area in which the winning combination changes depending on the batting order of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120. It is configured to be executable. Here, the winning combinations (specific winning combinations) whose winning probability is increased by the winning assistance control are bells A and B at the time of winning in the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12". The instruction function control means 200B causes the main control display device 500 to display a display notifying the correct batting order as a winning auxiliary control.

Further, in the normal AT state, the effect control means 180A displays the correct batting order notified by the winning assistance control on the display device 330 and the sound device 340 when the winning assistance control by the instruction function control means 200B is executed. By notifying the stop button to be pressed from, the winning assistance effect of assisting the winning of Bell A and Bell B is executed. At the time of executing the winning auxiliary effect, the effect control means 180A has the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a (see FIG. 11 (A)) for notifying the stop button for executing the first stop operation in the correct batting order, and the correct batting order. Of these, the second prize-winning assistance effect index 400b (see FIG. 11 (A)) that notifies the stop button that executes the second stop operation, and the third prize-winning assistance that notifies the stop button that executes the third stop operation in the correct batting order. By displaying the effect index 400c (see FIG. 11 (A)) on the display device 330, the correct batting order of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 that enables the bell A and the bell B to win a prize is displayed on the display device 330. indicate.

When the normal AT state is started, the instruction function control means 200B can be executed in the normal AT state by a winning auxiliary control counter (not shown) which is a counter that counts the number of times the winning auxiliary control is executed in the normal AT state. An initial value corresponding to the number of times of the winning assistance control is set, and a decrement update is executed in which the stored value of the winning assistance control counter is subtracted by the value "1" each time the winning assistance control is executed. In the present embodiment, the instruction function control means 200B sets a value "20" as an initial value in the winning auxiliary control counter.

Further, when the instruction function control means 200B wins the winning area "rare combination" or the winning area "rare replay" in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, the value determined by the lottery is stored in the memory value of the winning assistance control counter. By deciding whether or not to add, an additional lottery for determining whether or not to add (add) the period during which the normal AT state continues is configured to be executed.

The instruction function control means 200B executes a CZ lottery during AT, which draws a lottery whether or not to decide whether or not to decide to shift to the CZ state during each game AT until the stored value of the winning auxiliary control counter becomes 0 in the normal AT state. To do.

If "transition to the CZ state during AT" is determined by the time the stored value of the winning auxiliary control counter becomes 0 in the normal AT state, the instruction function control means 200B becomes 0 in the stored value of the winning auxiliary control counter. After the game is executed, the instruction function state is changed from the normal AT state to the CZ state during AT. On the other hand, if the "transition to the CZ state during AT" is not determined by the time the stored value of the winning auxiliary control counter becomes 0 in the normal AT state, the instruction function control means 200B has the stored value of the winning auxiliary control counter. After the game that becomes 0 is executed, the instruction function state is changed from the normal AT state to the normal non-AT state.

Further, in the normal AT state, the effect control means 180A executes a battle effect in which the character A and any of the characters B to E compete against each other. In the battle effect, the effect control means 180A sets the stored value of the winning assistance control counter in the normal AT state to 0 when "transition to the CZ state during AT" is determined in the CZ lottery during AT in the normal AT state. In the game, the display device 330 displays an effect in which the character A wins any of the characters B to E.

As a result, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to inform the player in an easy-to-understand manner that the player has been given the privilege of deciding "shift to the CZ state during AT" in the normal AT state. It is possible to improve the interest in the production of the person.

Further, when the effect control means 180A does not determine "transition to the CZ state during AT" by the time the stored value of the winning assistance control counter becomes 0 in the normal AT state, the effect control means 180A of the winning assistance control counter in the normal AT state. In the game in which the stored value becomes 0, the display device 330 displays an effect in which the character A is defeated by any of the characters B to E. After displaying the effect to be defeated, the effect control means 180A shifts from the normal AT state to the normal non-AT state in the game, that is, since this game is the end game at which the AT state ends, it is displayed in the AT state. The display of the display device 330 is switched to a background image (background image for end effect) different from the background image that has been used, and as information on the result of the game in the AT state, the number of battle effects executed in the AT state and the AT The number of medals paid out in the state and the end effect for displaying the end effect on the background image for the end effect are displayed on the display device 330.

The CZ state during AT is an instruction function state that can be shifted from the normal AT state, and is an instruction function state in which the winning assistance control by the instruction function control means 200B is not executed. In the AT-in-AT CZ state, the instruction function control means 200B sets a value (for example, for example) corresponding to a predetermined number of games in the AT-in-AT CZ end determination counter (not shown) of the instruction function control data storage means 199 at the start of the AT-in CZ state. 15 games) is set, and every time a game is executed, a decrement update is executed in which the stored value of the CZ end determination counter during AT is subtracted by a value "1" corresponding to one game. The instruction function control means 200B determines whether or not to add the initial value set in the winning auxiliary control counter at the start of the next normal AT state until the game of 15 games is executed in the CZ state during AT. It is configured to execute the initial value addition lottery every game, and it is easier to add the normal AT state than the normal AT state where the addition lottery is executed only when the winning area "rare replay" is won. There is.

Further, in the CZ state during AT, the instruction function control means 200B is set in the winning auxiliary control counter when the winning area "rare role" is won in the internal lottery and when the winning area "rare replay" is won. Determine the addition of the initial value to be performed.

When the game of 15 games is executed in the CZ state during AT, the instruction function control means 200B shifts the instruction function state to the normal AT state. That is, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the instruction function state shifts to the AT state, the normal AT state and the CZ state during AT are alternately executed as long as the AT state continues. ing.

<Reel control means and rotating cylinder effect control means>
In the present embodiment, when the reel control means 130 does not execute the reeling effect and the standby time stored in the wait timer 194a is 0 seconds, the player moves to the start lever SL as described above. A start signal is output from the start switch 230 that operates by executing the start operation, and reel rotation control is started based on the completion of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120. Stepping motors M1 to stepping motors M3 ( (See FIG. 4), the rotational drive of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is started. When the reel rotation control is started, the reel control means 130 waits when the standby time stored in the wait timer 194a is not 0 seconds and about 4.1 seconds have not elapsed since the previous reel rotation start. The rotation start of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is waited until the waiting time stored in the timer 194a becomes 0 seconds, and after the waiting time stored in the wait timer 194a becomes 0 seconds, the first reel R1 ~ Start the rotation of the third reel R3.

Further, in the reel control means 130, the execution of the rotation cylinder effect is determined by the rotation cylinder effect control means 200C, and when the rotation cylinder production is executed, the rotation cylinder effect is completed and the waiting time stored in the wait timer 194a is stored. The reel rotation control is started when the time reaches 0 seconds. The slot machine 1 of the present embodiment rotates and stops the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 as a rotating cylinder effect, thereby causing a specific symbol combination (for example, the first reel R1 to the third reel R1 to 3) in the display window DW. The first reel effect as a specific reeling effect that displays the red 7 symbol "Red 7" in a row in the middle of the reel R3, etc.) and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are slightly not rotated. It is configured to be feasible with the second reel effect, which is different from the specific reel effect that vibrates.

When executing the first cylinder effect, the reel control means 130 rotates each reel so that the rotation starts of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are not synchronized after the first cylinder effect is completed. Random delay control that randomly delays the start timing is executed. In the random delay control, the reel control means 130 is provided in the main storage means 190, and the left random wait timer 196a in which the rotation of the first reel R1 is started when the stored time becomes 0, and the stored time. The random wait timer 196b starts the rotation of the second reel R2 when becomes 0, and the right random wait timer 196c starts the rotation of the third reel R3 when the stored time becomes 0. Set different times for each.

Here, the time set in the left random wait timer 196a to the right random wait timer 196c is longer in the order of the left random wait timer 196a, the middle random wait timer 196b, and the right random wait timer 196c (for example, the left random wait timer 196a). 30 ms, 180 ms for the medium random wait timer 196b, 360 ms for the right random wait timer 196c, etc.) are set by the reel control means 130. With such a configuration, the reel control means 130 can start rotating randomly in the order of the first reel R1, the second reel R2, and the third reel R3 by executing the random delay control. The details of the random delay control will be described later.

In the case of executing the second cylinder effect, the reel control means 130 starts rotating the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 at the same time after the second cylinder effect is completed, in the case where the rotation cylinder effect is not executed. The reel rotation control substantially the same as the reel rotation control triggered by the start operation to the start lever SL is executed.

<Command transmission means and production control means>
In the present embodiment, as described above, the command transmitting means 175A includes the winning combination command including the information of the winning area won by the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, and the reel determined to be executed by the reel effect control means 200C. The remaining time of the standby time set by the reel control means 130 at the time of executing the rotation cylinder effect command including the information related to the content of the effect and the control process related to the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. A wait command including information relating to the above, a reel rotation start command including information indicating that the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 has been started, and various control processes executed by the main control unit 10 such as Information indicating the result can be transmitted to the sub-control unit 20 as a command.

The winning combination command is created in the command transmitting means 175A as a command including information on the winning area won in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, and is transmitted to the sub-control unit 20. When the command transmitting means 175A wins any of the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" in the internal lottery when the instruction function state is the non-AT state, the correct batting order is in which batting order. Information that groups the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" is created and transmitted as a winning combination command so that the sub-control unit 20 cannot determine the presence or absence. In the present embodiment, as grouped information, for example, when the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 6" are won in the internal lottery, the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order" Create a winning area "1st batting order bell" as a winning combination command, which is information indicating that you have won any of "Bell 6", and change to the winning area "Batting order bell 7" to the winning area "Batting order bell 12" by internal lottery. If the player wins, the winning area "second batting order bell", which is information indicating that the player has won any of the winning area "batting order bell 7" to the winning area "batting order bell 12", is created as a winning combination command.

Further, when the command transmission means 175A wins any of the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" in the internal lottery when the instruction function state is the AT state, the correct batting order is which batting order. Information that can be determined by the sub-control unit 20 as a winning combination command is created and transmitted.

When the command receiving means 175B receives a winning combination command including information indicating that the winning area "Batting order bell 1" to the winning area "Batting order bell 12" is won in the AT state, the effect control means 180A receives the winning combination command. Decide to execute the winning assistance effect corresponding to the winning combination command. When the effect control means 180A identifies, for example, that the winning area "batting order bell 1" has been won from the winning combination command, the left stop button B1 executes the first stop operation, and the middle stop button B2 performs the second stop operation. Is executed, and the effect data related to the winning assist effect that notifies the right stop button B3 that the third stop operation is to be executed is acquired from the effect data storage means 181.

When the rotation cylinder effect control means 200C determines the execution of the rotation cylinder effect, a command including information related to the content of the rotation cylinder effect to be executed is created in the command transmission means 175A, and the sub-control unit Send to 20. In the present embodiment, the command transmitting means 175A is configured not to create a rotating cylinder effect command when the rotating cylinder effect is not executed.

When transmitting the rotation effect command, the command transmission means 175A is configured to be able to transmit the rotation effect command each time the operations of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are switched as the rotation effect. Specifically, for example, in the case of executing a rotating cylinder effect in which a total of 6 rotations and stops are performed by temporarily stopping each time the 1st reel R1 to the 3rd reel R3 are rotated by 60 degrees, the command transmission means 175A Is configured to be able to transmit a reeling effect command each time a rotation of 60 degrees is started, and a total of a total of 6 reeling effect commands can be transmitted. Further, when such a rotating body effect is executed, the command transmitting means 175A is configured to be able to transmit a plurality of rotating body effect command that can be transmitted as a rotating body effect command including information having different contents. There is.

When the command receiving means 175B receives the rotating cylinder effect command, the effect control means 180A executes the effect corresponding to the received rotating body effect command. For example, when the effect of vibrating the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is executed as the rotating body effect, the effect control means 180A improves the interest of the game in accordance with the vibration of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. The effect to be made is executed by using the effect device 300.

The wait command is information related to the standby time set in the wait timer 194a at the time when the reel rotation control, which is a control process for starting the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 by the reel control means 130, is started. Is created in the command transmission means 175A as a command including, and is transmitted to the sub-control unit 20. When the waiting time set in the wait timer 194a is 0 seconds, the command transmitting means 175A creates a wait command as a command including information that the waiting time is 0 seconds, and transmits the wait command to the sub-control unit 20.

When the command receiving means 175B receives the wait command, the effect control means 180A refers to the waiting time included in the wait command, and sets the start timing of the effect to start with the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. Set. Further, in the AT state and when the execution of the winning auxiliary effect is determined based on the reception of the winning combination command, the effect control means 180A determines the execution of the winning auxiliary effect based on the reception of the wait command. To start.

The reel rotation start command is created in the command transmission means 175A as a command including information indicating that the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 has been started by the reel control means 130, and is transmitted to the sub-control unit 20. .. The effect control means 180A identifies that the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 have started to rotate when the command receiving means 175B receives the reel rotation start command.

<Reel stop control and stop lamp lighting control>
The slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is a first stop switch based on a first stop operation to the first stop switch (for example, the left stop switch 240a) in a state where the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotating. To the second stop switch (when the first stop switch is the left stop switch 240a, the middle stop switch 240b or the right stop switch 240c) when the reel corresponding to the above (for example, the first reel R1) is stopped. Disable the second stop operation. With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 can prevent a plurality of stop buttons from being pressed at substantially the same time, resulting in a complicated reel stop control that executes reel stop control for a plurality of reels at substantially the same time. The reel corresponding to the pressed stop button can be reliably stopped within 190 ms, and the performance required for the gaming machine can be reliably satisfied.

Further, the slot machine 1 executes a control for enabling the second stop operation detected by the second stop switch when the reel corresponding to the first stop switch that has detected the first stop operation is stopped. With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 can keep the period in which the second stop operation for detecting the second stop switch is disabled for a short period of time, and the game to the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3. When the player executes a continuous pressing operation of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 such as executing the second pressing operation immediately after one of the rotating reels is stopped by the first pressing operation of the player. However, all pressing operations can be enabled, and the game can be executed without giving stress to the player.

Further, in the present embodiment, the command transmitting means 175A creates a reel steady rotation command when the stop operation to the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is enabled, and transmits the command to the sub-control unit 20. To do. The effect control means 180A identifies that the stop operation detected by the stop switch 240 is enabled based on the command receiving means 175B receiving the reel steady rotation command, and turns the left stop lamp 350a to the right stop lamp 350c green. Executes the control to turn on.

Further, the command transmission means 175A of the present embodiment is one of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 by the reel control means 130 based on the stop operation to any one of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3. Each time the reel stop control is executed, a stop control command including information indicating the reel on which the stop operation is executed is created and transmitted to the sub-control unit 20. The effect control means 180A is based on the fact that when the command receiving means 175B receives the stop control command, the stop operation for all of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is temporarily invalidated, and the left stop lamp 350a ~ The control to turn on all of the right stop lamps 350c in red is executed.

Further, the command transmission means 175A of the present embodiment is one of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 by the reel control means 130 based on the stop operation to any one of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3. After the reel stop control to stop is executed and the stop operation to the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is invalidated, the stop operation is not executed based on the fact that the reel corresponding to the stop operation has stopped. When the stop operation is enabled, a stop / restart command including information indicating that the stop operation is enabled is created and transmitted to the sub-control unit 20. The effect control means 180A identifies the stop switch 240 that has been stopped based on the command receiving means 175B receiving the stop / restart command, and the stop lamp corresponding to the stop switch that has detected an effective stop operation (for example, left). When the stop switch 240a detects an effective stop operation, the left stop lamp 350a) is kept lit in red, and the stop lamp corresponding to the stop switch for which the stop operation is enabled (for example, the left stop) is maintained. When the switch 240a detects an effective stop operation, the control for turning on the middle stop lamp 350b and the right stop lamp 350c) is executed.

With such a configuration, the effect control means 180A changes the lighting mode by executing the control for changing the lighting mode with the processing executed by the reel control means 130 as the control related to the lighting mode of the stop lamp. Compared with the case where the timing is managed by using the timer, it is not necessary to execute the process of determining the progress of the timer, so that the control load related to the lighting mode of the stop lamp can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, in the reel control means 130, when the first stop switch that has detected the first stop operation is maintained in the state of detecting the stop operation, that is, the stop button on which the first pressing operation is executed is pressed. Even when the pressed operation is maintained, the second stop switch that has disabled the detected second stop operation is enabled.

3. 3. Details of the start timing of the rotation of the reel and the start timing of the winning assistance effect FIG. 6 shows the control process related to the progress of the game executed by the main control unit 10 and the control related to the progress of the game in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment. Of the control processing related to the transmission of the command executed by the command transmission means 175A for transmitting the command including the information of the result of the processing, the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is executed, and the rotation cylinder effect control means 200C A flowchart showing a control process related to the progress of the game executed from the time when the presence / absence of the rotation cylinder effect is determined until the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 start rotating and the reel rotation start command is transmitted. Is.

First, in the main control unit 10, the command transmission means 175A transmits a winning combination command (S1). In this process, the command transmission means 175A creates a winning combination command including information on the winning area won by the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, and transmits the created winning combination command to the sub-control unit 20.

Based on the command receiving means 175B receiving the winning combination command transmitted by the command transmitting means 175A by the process of step S1, the effect control means 180A determines the execution of the effect according to the winning area won in the internal lottery. Here, when the instruction function state is the AT state and the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" is won in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, the effect control means 180A By notifying the correct batting order corresponding to the winning area, the execution of the winning assistance effect that assists the winning of the winning bell A or B is determined.

After executing the process of step S1, the command transmission means 175A determines whether or not the rotation cylinder effect control means 200C determines the execution of the rotation cylinder effect (S2). In this process, the command transmitting means 175A determines whether or not it is necessary to create and transmit a rotating cylinder effect command in this game.

When it is determined in the process of step S2 that the rotation cylinder effect control means 200C determines the execution of the rotation cylinder effect (YES), the command transmission means 175A transmits the rotation cylinder effect command (S3). In this process, the command transmitting means 175A creates a rotating cylinder effect command including information related to the content of the rotating cylinder effect executed in this game, and transmits the created rotating cylinder effect command to the sub-control unit 20. To do.

Based on the command receiving means 175B receiving the rotation effect command transmitted by the command transmission means 175A by the process of step S3, the effect control means 180A executes the effect corresponding to the rotation effect executed in this game. To determine. Further, the effect control means 180A determines the execution timing of the effect determined to be executed based on the rotation body effect command, and executes the effect related to the rotation body effect at the timing corresponding to the rotation body effect.

Next, the main control unit 10 determines whether or not the rotating cylinder effect has been completed (S4). If it is determined (NO) that the rotating cylinder effect is not completed, the main control unit 10 repeats the process of step S4 until the rotating cylinder effect is completed.

If it is determined in the process of step S4 that the spinning effect has been completed (YES), the main control unit 10 executes random delay control when the reel control means 130 starts rotating the reels in this game. Whether or not it is determined (S5). In this process, the reel control means 130 executes the first reel effect of rotating and stopping the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 and displaying a specific symbol combination in the display window DW as the reel effect. It is judged whether or not it is.

If it is determined in the process of step S5 that the random delay control is to be executed (YES), the reel control means 130 executes the random delay control (S6). In this process, the reel control means 130 displays a specific symbol combination in the display window DW due to the execution of the first body effect, and at the same time, starts rotating the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. If this is done, the winning of the role will be assisted and the fairness of the game will be impaired. Therefore, in order to ensure the fairness of the game, the rotation starts of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are not synchronized with each other. Random delay control that randomly delays the timing at which the reel starts rotating is executed. In the random delay control in step S6, the main control unit 10 causes the reel control means 130 to start rotating all of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and creates and transmits a reel rotation start command to the command transmission means 175A. Therefore, the process proceeds after the control process shown in FIG. 6 (control related to the stop of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, etc.) without executing the processes of steps S7 to S10.

When it is determined in the process of step S2 that the rotation body effect is not executed in the current game (NO), or when it is determined in the process of step S5 that the random delay control is not executed in the current game (NO), The command transmission means 175A transmits a wait command (S7). In this process, the command transmitting means 175A creates a wait command including information related to the remaining waiting time set in the wait timer 194a when starting the control process related to the start of reel rotation by the reel control means 130. Then, it is transmitted to the sub-control unit 20.

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the second cylinder effect, which is a rotation effect that does not execute the random delay control, is executed, when the second body effect is completed, the second game is performed in the previous game. Since 4.1 seconds or more have passed since the rotation of the 1st reel R1 to the 3rd reel R3 was started and the standby time set in the wait timer 194a is 0 second, the standby time is set as information related to the standby time. A wait command is created that contains information indicating that the time is 0 seconds.

Based on the command receiving means 175B receiving the wait command transmitted by the command transmitting means 175A by the process of step S7, the effect control means 180A identifies how many seconds the waiting time remains and the waiting time has elapsed. Decide what to do later. Further, when executing the winning auxiliary effect in this game, the effect control means 180A starts executing the winning auxiliary effect that has been determined to be executed based on the reception of the winning combination command based on the reception of the wait command. ..

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the spinning cylinder effect is not executed and the winning auxiliary effect is executed, the winning combination is based on the start operation to the start lever SL regardless of the presence or absence of the waiting time. The command is sent, then the wait command is sent promptly, and the winning assistance effect is executed. That is, in the slot machine 1, if the waiting time remains at the start of this game, the winning auxiliary effect is started based on the start operation of the start lever SL, so that the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 The winning auxiliary effect is started before the rotation starts.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the spinning reel effect is not executed, the winning auxiliary effect can be executed based on the start of rotation to the start lever SL, and the waiting time is set. Since the winning auxiliary effect can be started before the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 start rotating, the winning auxiliary effect is promptly performed when the internal lottery is completed and the presence or absence of the winning auxiliary effect is clarified. Can be executed, and the winning assistance effect can be executed without giving a sense of discomfort to the player.

After executing the process of step S7, the reel control means 130 determines whether or not the standby time set in the wait timer 194a is 0 (S8). In this process, if it is determined that the standby time stored in the wait timer 194a is not 0 (NO), the reel control means 130 has started rotating the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 last time. It is determined that about 4.1 seconds have not elapsed, and the process of step S8 is repeated until the standby time set in the wait timer 194a becomes zero.

If it is determined in the process of step S8 that the standby time set in the wait timer 194a is 0 (YES), the reel control means 130 rotates all of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 at the same time. The reel rotation start control to be started is executed (S9). In this process, since the reel control means 130 does not require a random delay in this game, all reels that simultaneously start rotating all of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 as normal reel rotation start control. Execute rotation start control.

Next, in the main control unit 10, the command transmission means 175A transmits a reel rotation start command (S10). In this process, the command transmitting means 175A includes information that the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 have started to rotate because the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 have started to rotate by the reel control means 130. A rotation start command is created and transmitted to the sub-control unit 20. After executing the process of step S10, the main control unit 10 proceeds with the process after the control process shown in FIG. 6 (control related to the stop of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, etc.).

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the second cylinder effect is executed as the rotation body effect, the waiting time is 0 seconds when the second body effect is completed. Therefore, in the slot machine 1, after the process of step S7 for transmitting the wait command is executed, the processes of steps S8 and S9 are immediately executed, so that the wait command is transmitted and the first reel R1 to the third reel The start of rotation of R3 is almost simultaneous.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the second body effect is executed and the winning auxiliary effect is executed, the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is started, that is, the reel Since the winning auxiliary effect can be started based on the start of rotation, the winning auxiliary effect is promptly performed when the player does not feel uncomfortable even if the second body effect is completed and the winning auxiliary effect is executed. Can be executed, and the winning assistance effect can be executed without giving the player a sense of discomfort.

<Random delay control>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing random delay control executed in the process of step S6 of the control process related to the progress of the game shown in FIG.

In the random delay control, the reel control means 130 first executes the wait timer setting process (S21). In this process, the reel control means 130 first generates three types of software random numbers, a first random number, a second random number, and a third random number. Here, the first random number, the second random number, and the third random number are generated so that the first random number has the smallest value and the third random number has the largest value. Further, in the present embodiment, a value in the range of 0 to 22 is generated as the first random number to the third random number.

Next, the reel control means 130 calculates the random delay time set in the left random wait timer 196a based on the generated first random number, and sets the calculated random delay time in the left random wait timer 196a. For example, when the generated first random number is the value "5", the reel control means 130 sets the value "5" in the left random wait timer 196a. Similarly, the reel control means 130 calculates the random delay time set in the medium random wait timer 196b based on the generated second random number, sets the calculated random delay time in the medium random wait timer 196b, and generates the random delay time. Based on the third random number, the random delay time set in the right random wait timer 196c is calculated, and the calculated random delay time is set in the right random wait timer 196c.

After executing the process of step S21, the reel control means 130 starts the timer subtraction process (S22). In this process, the reel control means 130 is stored in the left random wait timer 196a to the right random wait timer 196c each time the timer interrupt process is executed by the main control unit 10 in a predetermined cycle (for example, about every 1.49 ms). The value is subtracted by 1. By executing the process of step S22, in the slot machine 1, for example, the value "5" is set in the left random weight timer 196a and the value "12" is set in the middle random weight timer 196b in the process of step S21. When the value "16" is set in the right random wait timer 196c, the random delay time set in the left random wait timer 196a becomes 0 about 7.48 ms after the processing in step S22 is started, and the random delay time is set to 0 in step S22. The random delay time set in the medium random wait timer 196b becomes 0 about 17.952 ms after starting the processing of step S22, and is set in the right random wait timer 196c about 23.936 ms after starting the processing in step S22. The random delay time is 0.

After executing the process of step S22, the reel control means 130 determines whether or not the random delay time of the left random wait timer 196a has become 0 (S23). In this process, if it is determined that the random delay time of the left random wait timer 196a is not 0 (NO), the reel control means 130 continues until the random delay time of the left random wait timer 196a becomes 0. The process of step S23 is repeated.

When it is determined that the random delay time of the left random wait timer 196a has become 0 (YES), the command transmitting means 175A transmits a wait command (S24). In this process, the command transmission means 175A creates a wait command based on the fact that the random delay time of the left random wait timer 196a becomes 0 and the rotation of the first reel R1 is started, and directs the command transmission means to the sub-control unit 20. And send.

In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the first body effect is executed, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 start rotating in the previous game when the first body effect is completed. Since 4.1 seconds or more have passed since then and the waiting time set in the wait timer 194a is 0 seconds, information indicating that the waiting time is 0 seconds is provided as information related to the waiting time. A weight command containing it is created. Further, the command transmission means 175A includes the information related to the random delay time set in the medium random wait timer 196b and the information related to the random delay time set in the right random wait timer 196c in the wait command. So, the random delay control is executed in this game, the rotation of the second reel R2 and the third reel R3 has not started yet, and the first reel R1 to the third reel have passed after the random delay time has elapsed. The sub-control unit 20 is made to identify that all of R3 becomes the information that the rotation has started.

Based on the command receiving means 175B receiving the wait command transmitted by the command transmitting means 175A by the process of step S24, the effect control means 180A starts rotating all of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 in this game. At that point, the effect to be executed is decided. Further, when executing the winning auxiliary effect in this game, the effect control means 180A starts executing the winning auxiliary effect that has been determined to be executed based on the reception of the winning combination command based on the reception of the wait command. ..

After executing the process of step S24, the reel control means 130 starts the rotation of the first reel R1 because the random delay time set in the left random wait timer 196a becomes 0 (S25).

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the random delay control is executed, the rotation start of the first reel R1 in which the second reel R2 and the third reel R3 have not started rotation, that is, the random delay Even when the control is executed, by starting the winning auxiliary effect based on the start of the rotation of the reels, the second reel R2 and the second reel R2 whose rotation start is delayed by the random delay control after the first body effect is completed. The winning auxiliary effect can be started until the third reel R3 starts rotating, and it is possible to prevent the winning auxiliary effect from being executed during the execution of the first body effect and giving the player a sense of discomfort. , The prize-winning assistance effect can be executed promptly from the time when the first body effect is completed and the prize-winning assistance effect does not cause any discomfort, and the player who wants to know the correct hitting order promptly is satisfied. It is possible to improve the entertainment related to the production and the game.

After executing the process of step S25, the reel control means 130 determines whether or not the random delay time of the medium random wait timer 196b has become 0 (S26). In this process, when it is determined that the random delay time of the medium random wait timer 196b is not 0 (NO), the reel control means 130 continues until the random delay time of the medium random wait timer 196b becomes 0. The process of step S26 is repeated.

If it is determined in the process of step S26 that the random delay time of the medium random wait timer 196b has become 0 (YES), the reel control means 130 sets the random delay time of the medium random wait timer 196b to 0. Therefore, the rotation of the second reel R2 is started (S27).

Next, the reel control means 130 determines whether or not the random delay time of the right random wait timer 196c has become 0 (S28). In this process, if it is determined that the random delay time of the right random wait timer 196c is not 0 (NO), the reel control means 130 continues until the random delay time of the right random wait timer 196c becomes 0. The process of step S28 is repeated.

If it is determined in the process of step S28 that the random delay time of the right random wait timer 196c has become 0 (YES), the reel control means 130 sets the random delay time of the right random wait timer 196c to 0. Therefore, the rotation of the third reel R3 is started (S29).

Next, in the main control unit 10, the command transmission means 175A transmits a reel rotation start command (S30). In this process, the command transmission means 175A is substantially the same as the process of step S10 shown in FIG. 6 because the random delay control is completed and the reel control means 130 starts the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. A reel rotation start command including information on the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is created and transmitted to the sub-control unit 20. After executing the process of step S30, the main control unit 10 proceeds with the process after the control process shown in FIG. 6 (control related to the stop of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, etc.).

<Start timing of winning assistance effect when the rotation effect is not executed>
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display start timing of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c when the rotating cylinder effect is not executed. As shown in FIG. 8A, in the effect control means 180A, the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 is effective based on the fact that the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL and receives the wait command. The first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c are displayed on the display device 330. Specifically, the effect control means 180A sets a numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed based on the reception of the wait command after the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including, the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed, and the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed are included. 3 The winning auxiliary effect index 400c is started to be displayed at the same time, and the display is completed before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective.

Further, even when displaying only the first stop operation in the correct batting order, the effect control means 180A detects the start operation to the start lever SL by the start switch 230 and waits as shown in FIG. 8 (B). Based on the reception of the command, before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective, the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed and the stop order are displayed. The index including any symbol (for example, "-") is started to be displayed at the same time, and the display is completed before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective. Here, the display start indicates the appearance of each index, and the display completion means that the index has reached the final display mode after changing the display mode (display position or shape). For example, each index appears in a size of 1/10 of the final display mode at the start of display, gradually increases with the passage of time, and becomes the final display mode at the completion of display.

As described above, the effect control means 180A is based on the start operation to the start lever SL performed before the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 for advancing the game when the rotation cylinder effect is not executed. , The display (winning auxiliary effect) of the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c is started. That is, the effect control means 180A does not start the winning assisting effect based on the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 for advancing the game, but performs the winning assisting effect based on the start operation of the start lever SL. It is configured to start.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1, the order of starting the display of the winning assistance effect and starting the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 differs depending on the stored value of the wait timer 194a, that is, the remaining waiting time. It is configured to have.

Specifically, in the slot machine 1, for example, when a waiting time longer than the time required from the start operation to the start lever SL to the start of the display of the winning assistance effect remains, the first reels R1 to 3rd The winning assistance effect is started before the start of rotation of the reel R3. Further, in the slot machine 1, for example, when a waiting time shorter than the time required from the start operation to the start lever SL to the start of displaying the winning auxiliary effect remains or the waiting time is 0, the first reel After the rotation of the R1 to the third reel R3 is started, the winning auxiliary effect is started.

The effect control means 180A has the time required for sending and receiving commands and the first prize assisting effect index 400a to the third prize assisting effect index regarding the time required from the start operation to the start lever SL to the start of displaying the winning auxiliary effect. The winning auxiliary effect may be started when a very short time, which is the sum of the times required for drawing the 400c, has elapsed. In the case of this configuration, in the slot machine 1, even when the standby time is 0, the winning assistance effect is slightly earlier than the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, or the winning assistance is assisted. The production and the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are started substantially at the same time.

Further, the effect control means 180A sets a certain time (for example, 0.3 seconds) in advance for the time required from the start operation to the start lever SL to the start of the display of the winning auxiliary effect, so that the start lever SL can be set. The time required from the start operation to the start of the prize-winning auxiliary effect is always set to a fixed time, and the time from the time when the start operation to the start lever SL is performed to the start of the prize-winning auxiliary effect varies. It may be configured so as to prevent the person from giving a sense of discomfort. In the case of such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, the order of starting the display of the winning assistance effect and starting the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 can be switched according to the remaining waiting time. It has a sex structure.

<Start timing of winning assistance effect when the rotation body effect is executed and the random delay control is not executed>
FIG. 9 is for explaining the display start timing of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c when the second body effect is executed in which the random delay control is not executed after the end of the rotating body effect. It is explanatory drawing of. As shown in FIG. 9A, in the effect control means 180A, the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL, and the wait command is transmitted when the second body effect starts and ends, and the second Based on the start of rotation of the 1st reel R1 to the 3rd reel R3, the display device 330 displays the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c. Specifically, the effect control means 180A sets a numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed based on the reception of the wait command after the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including, the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed, and the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed are included. 3 The winning auxiliary effect index 400c is started to be displayed at the same time, and the display is completed before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective.

Further, even when displaying only the first stop operation in the correct batting order, the effect control means 180A detects the start operation to the start lever SL by the start switch 230 as shown in FIG. 9B, and the first stop operation is displayed. A wait command is transmitted when the second body effect starts and ends, and the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed based on the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is included. The display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a and the index including the symbol (for example, "-") regardless of the stop order is started at the same time, and the display is completed before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective.

<Start timing of winning assistance effect when the rotation body effect is executed and the random delay control is executed>
FIG. 10 describes the display start timing of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c when the first body effect is executed in which the random delay control is executed after the end of the rotation body effect. It is explanatory drawing for this. In the effect control means 180A, as shown in FIG. 10 (A), the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL, and the first body effect starts and ends to start the random delay. When the random delay of the 1-reel R1 ends, the wait command is transmitted, and the first reel R1 starts rotating, the display device 330 displays the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c. Specifically, the effect control means 180A sets a numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed based on the reception of the wait command after the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including, the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed, and the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed are included. 3 The winning auxiliary effect index 400c is started to be displayed at the same time, and the display is completed before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective.

Further, even when displaying only the first stop operation in the correct batting order, the effect control means 180A detects the start operation to the start lever SL by the start switch 230 as shown in FIG. 10 (B), and the first stop operation is displayed. Random delay is started by starting and ending the first cylinder effect, and when the random delay of the first reel R1 ends and the wait command is transmitted and the first reel R1 starts rotating, the first stop operation is performed. The first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" indicating execution and the index including the symbol (for example, "-") regardless of the stop order are started to be displayed at the same time, and the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 is effective. The display is completed before becoming.

<Relationship between the waiting time when the rotating body effect is executed and the start timing of the prize-winning auxiliary effect>
As described above, the effect control means 180A of the present embodiment executes either the first reel effect in which the random delay control is executed or the second reel effect in which the random delay control is not executed. Even if this is done, the winning assistance effect is started based on the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 for advancing the game.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, both the first cylinder effect and the second cylinder effect are configured to be executed for 4.1 seconds or more. Therefore, when the reeling effect is executed, the effect control means 180A advances the game regardless of the stored value of the wait timer 194a, that is, regardless of the waiting time at the time when the start lever SL is started. The winning auxiliary effect is started based on the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3.

The effect control means 180A is required to send and receive commands regarding the time required from the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 to the start of display of the winning auxiliary effect when the rotating cylinder effect is executed. The winning auxiliary effect may be started when a very short time, which is the sum of the times required for drawing the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c, has elapsed. Further, the effect control means 180A has a fixed time (for example, 0.) in advance regarding the time required from the start of rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 to the start of display of the winning auxiliary effect when the rotating cylinder effect is executed. By setting 3 seconds), the time required from the start of rotation of the 1st reel R1 to the 3rd reel R3 to the start of the winning assistance effect is always set to a constant time, and the 1st reel R1 to the 3rd reel R3 are set. It may be configured so that it is possible to prevent the player from giving a sense of discomfort due to the variation in the time from the start of rotation to the start of the winning assistance effect.

4. Details of Winning Assistance Effect and Ending Effect Next, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the winning assistance effect is displayed on the display device 330 and the end effect is displayed on the display device 330 in the end game in the normal AT state. The case and the details of the case will be described. FIG. 11A is a diagram showing a state in which the winning assistance effect is displayed on the display device 330 in the end game in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment. FIG. 11A illustrates a case where the winning area “batting order bell 1” in which the correct batting order is set to batting order 1 is won. Further, FIG. 11 illustrates a state in which 300 medals are paid out until the final game, that is, in a series of games excluding the final game in the AT state.

As shown in FIG. 11A, the effect control means 180A receives a winning combination command indicating that the winning area “hit order bell 1” has been won in the internal lottery in the normal AT state from the command transmitting means 175A. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a is displayed at a position above the first reel R1 of the display device 330, and the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b is displayed at a position above the second reel R2 of the display device 330. It is determined to display and display the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c at a position above the third reel R3 in the display device 330, and based on receiving the wait command from the command transmitting means 175A, the winning auxiliary effect is produced. Is started to be displayed on the display device 330.

By displaying the value "1", the effect control means 180A notifies the left stop button B1 provided on the left side of the front view of the slot machine 1 as a stop button for executing the first stop operation. The effect index 400a is displayed on the left side of the drawing of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "2", it is provided as a stop button for executing the second stop operation in the center of the front view of the slot machine 1. The second winning auxiliary effect index 400b for notifying the middle stop button B2 is displayed in the center of the figure of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "3", the slot is used as a stop button for executing the third stop operation. The third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c for notifying the right stop button B3 provided on the right side of the front view of the machine 1 is displayed on the right side in the drawing of the display device 330.

In the state where the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c are displayed on the display device 330 and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotating, the present embodiment is performed. The effect control means 180A is configured not to execute the end effect, and the display device 330 is configured so that the items displayed in the end effect are not displayed.

In FIG. 11B, the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed in the correct batting order from the state shown in FIG. 11A to stop the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and the bell A is pressed. It is a figure which shows the state which the end effect is started to display on the display device 330 at the time of winning a prize.

As shown in FIG. 11B, the effect control means 180A displays the total number of battles 410a indicating the number of times the battle effect is executed in the AT state as a display of information regarding the result of the game in the AT state displayed in the end effect. And the total number display 410b indicating the number of medals paid out in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state are displayed on the display device 330. As described above, the effect control means 180A of the present embodiment displays the number of medals paid out in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state as the total number display 410b, and is illustrated in FIG. In the state where 300 medals have been paid out by the game before the end game, the end game without adding the 10 medals paid out due to the winning of Bell A in the end game. Displays "300", which is the number of medals paid out by the game before. The number of medals paid out in the AT state displayed by the total number display 410b constitutes information related to the medals given in the game in the AT state in the present embodiment.

5. Summary of the present embodiment As described above, the gaming machine (1) of the present embodiment is
With multiple reels (R1, R2, R3),
Start lever (SL) and
Internal lottery means (120) for performing internal lottery,
A reel control means (130) for controlling the rotation mode and the stop mode of the reel, and
It is equipped with a winning assistance means (180A) that causes the production device (300) to execute the winning assistance of a specific role.
The reel control means
When the spinning effect using the reel is not executed, the reel is started to rotate in order to advance the game based on the operation of the start lever.
When the rotation effect is executed, after the rotation effect is completed, the reel is started to rotate in order to advance the game.
When the rotating cylinder effect is not executed, the prize-winning assisting means starts the prize-winning assistance with the effect device based on the operation of the start lever.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment can execute the winning auxiliary effect based on the start operation of the start lever SL when the rotating cylinder effect is not executed, and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 start rotating. Since the winning assistance effect can be started before, the winning assistance effect can be executed promptly when the internal lottery is completed and the presence or absence of the winning assistance effect is clarified, which gives the player a sense of discomfort. It is possible to execute a winning auxiliary production without.

Moreover, in this embodiment,
The winning assisting means does not start the winning assist when the start lever is operated when the rotating cylinder effect is executed, and the winning assist means is based on the start of rotation of the reel for advancing the game. Is started by the effect device.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment does not start the winning assisting effect at the time of the start operation to the start lever SL when the spinning reel effect is executed and the winning assisting effect is executed, and the game is played. Since the winning auxiliary effect can be started based on the start of rotation of the reel for advancing, the player is promptly in a state where the player does not feel uncomfortable even if the rotating body effect is completed and the winning auxiliary effect is executed. The winning auxiliary effect can be executed, and the winning auxiliary effect can be executed without giving a sense of discomfort to the player.

Moreover, in this embodiment,
The rotating cylinder effect includes a specific rotating cylinder effect that rotates and stops the plurality of reels to display a specific symbol combination.
The reel control means executes random delay control that randomly delays the start of rotation of the plurality of reels so that they are not synchronized when the specific rotation cylinder effect is executed.
Even when the random delay control is executed based on the execution of the specific spinning reel effect, the winning assisting means does not start the winning assistance at the time when the start lever is operated, and proceeds with the game. Based on the start of rotation of the reel for causing the winning, the winning assistance is started by the effect device.

With this configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the random delay control is executed, the rotation start of the first reel R1 in which the second reel R2 and the third reel R3 have not started rotation, that is, the random delay control is performed. Even when it is executed, the winning auxiliary effect is not started at the time of the start operation to the start lever SL, but the winning auxiliary effect is started based on the start of rotation of the reel for advancing the game. The winning auxiliary effect can be started at the time from the end of the body effect to the start of rotation of the second reel R2 and the third reel R3 whose rotation start is delayed by the random delay control, and the first body effect It is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable due to the execution of the winning assistance effect during the execution of, and at the same time, the winning assistance is promptly performed from the time when the first body effect is completed and the winning assistance effect does not cause any discomfort. It is possible to execute the production, satisfy the desire of the player who wants to know the correct hitting order promptly, and improve the production of the player and the interest related to the game.

Further, in the slot machine 1, there are cases where the reeling effect is not executed, cases where the reeling effect is executed but random delay control is not executed, and cases where the reeling effect is executed and random delay control is executed. The display of the winning assistance effect can be started on the effect device 300 at an appropriate timing according to the mode relating to the start of rotation of the plurality of types of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. It is possible to prevent the player from giving a sense of discomfort to the timing at which the game is played.

Further, the gaming machine (1) of the present embodiment is
With multiple reels (R1, R2, R3),
Internal lottery means (120) for performing internal lottery,
Winning judgment means (140) for determining the winning of a role, and
Advantageous state control means (200B) that controls the advantageous state that is advantageous to the player, and
It is equipped with an effect control means (180A) that controls the execution of the effect.
The effect control means
In the advantageous state, the winning assistance effect of displaying the winning assistance of a specific role on the effect display device and the winning assistance effect
In the end game in which the advantageous state ends, the end effect of displaying the information regarding the result of the game in the advantageous state on the effect display device can be displayed on the effect display device.
In the end game, when the specific winning mode including the specific combination is won in the internal lottery, the winning assistance effect and the end effect are displayed on the effect display device.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment wins one of the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" by the internal lottery in the ending game in the normal AT state in which the ending effect is executed. In that case, since the winning auxiliary effect is displayed on the display device 330 by the effect control means 180A, the winning auxiliary effect is followed when the winning area "batting order bell 1" to the winning area "batting order bell 12" are won in the end game. In addition to being able to execute the game and win the Bell A and Bell B, the ending effect can satisfy the player's interest in the player's production, so the player's interest in the player's production can be enjoyed without dissatisfaction. Can be improved.

Further, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment,
When the effect control means wins the specific winning mode in the internal lottery in the finished game,
By the time the plurality of rotating reels can be stopped, the winning auxiliary effect is started to be displayed on the effect display device.
After the plurality of reels are stopped, the end effect is displayed on the effect display device.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment can prevent the display of the end effect from being hindered by the winning auxiliary effect in the end game in the normal AT state in which the end effect is displayed on the display device 330. , It is possible to improve the interest of the player's production.

Further, the gaming machine of this embodiment is
A reel control means (130) for controlling the rotation mode and the stop mode of the reel is provided.
The reel control means
When stopping the reel corresponding to the first stop switch based on the first stop operation to the first stop switch, the second stop operation to the second stop switch is invalidated.
When the reel corresponding to the first stop switch is stopped, the second stop operation on the second stop switch is enabled.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is based on the first stop operation to the first stop switch (for example, the left stop switch 240a) in a state where the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotating. When stopping the reel corresponding to the first stop switch (for example, the first reel R1), the second stop switch (when the first stop switch is the left stop switch 240a, the middle stop switch 240b or the right stop switch) By disabling the second stop operation to 240c), a plurality of stop buttons are pressed at substantially the same time, resulting in a complicated reel stop control that executes reel stop control for a plurality of reels at substantially the same time. It is possible to surely stop the reel corresponding to the pressed stop button within 190 ms, and it is possible to surely satisfy the performance required for the gaming machine.

Further, the slot machine 1 executes a control for enabling the second stop operation detected by the second stop switch when the reel corresponding to the stop switch that has detected the first stop operation is stopped. The period during which the second stop operation for detecting the stop switch is disabled can be kept for a short period of time, and the player's first pressing operation on the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 causes 1 of the rotating reel. Even when the player executes a continuous pressing operation of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 such that the second pressing operation is executed immediately after one is stopped, all the pressing operations can be enabled. , The game can be executed without giving stress to the player.

6. Modification Example In the present embodiment, the effect control means 180A is configured to start displaying the end effect after the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped, but the present invention is not limited to this. The effect control means 180A may be configured to start displaying the end effect on the display device 330 during the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, for example.

FIG. 12A shows a winning auxiliary effect, an end effect, and an end effect in the end game in the slot machine 1 having a configuration in which the end effect is displayed on the display device 330 during the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 described above. Is a diagram showing a state displayed on the display device 330. FIG. 12A exemplifies the case where the winning area “batting order bell 12” in which the correct batting order is set to batting order 6 is won. Further, FIG. 12 illustrates a state in which 300 medals are paid out until the current game, which is the end game, that is, in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state.

As shown in FIG. 12A, the effect control means 180A receives a winning combination command indicating that the winning area “striking order bell 12” has been won in the internal lottery in the normal AT state from the command transmitting means 175A. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a is displayed at a position above the third reel R3 of the display device 330, and the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b is displayed at a position above the second reel R2 of the display device 330. It is determined to display and display the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c at a position above the first reel R1 in the display device 330, and based on receiving the wait command from the command transmitting means 175A, the winning auxiliary effect is produced. Is started to be displayed on the display device 330.

By displaying the value "1", the effect control means 180A notifies the right stop button B3 provided on the right side of the front view of the slot machine 1 as a stop button for executing the first stop operation. The effect index 400a is displayed on the right side of the drawing of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "2", it is provided as a stop button for executing the second stop operation in the center of the front view of the slot machine 1. The second winning auxiliary effect index 400b for notifying the middle stop button B2 is displayed in the center of the figure of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "3", the slot is used as a stop button for executing the third stop operation. The third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c for notifying the left stop button B1 provided on the left side of the front view of the machine 1 is displayed on the left side in the drawing of the display device 330.

Further, in parallel with the winning auxiliary effect, the effect control means 180A displays the total number of battles 410a indicating the number of times the battle effect is executed in the AT state as the end effect, and in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state. The total number display 410b indicating the number of medals paid out and the display device 330 are started to be displayed.

Here, the effect control means 180A draws the image to be displayed on the display device 330 on a plurality of layers in which the priority when the drawn image is displayed on the display device 330 is set, and draws the drawn image on each layer. The drawn image can be displayed on the display device 330 according to the priority set for each layer. When the effect control means 180 displays the winning auxiliary effect and the end effect on the display device 330, the effect control means 180 relates to the images related to the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c, and relates to the total number of battles display 410a. By drawing the image and the image related to the total number display 410b on a layer having a higher priority than the layer on which the image is drawn, the first prize-winning auxiliary effect is produced at a position overlapping the image related to the total number of battles display 410a and the total number display 410b. The image related to the index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c is preferentially displayed on the display device 330.

The effect control means 180A is not limited to the configuration in which the end effect is started substantially at the same time as the prize-winning auxiliary effect, and when the specified number of medals are set to the inserted state in the end game, that is, to the start lever SL in the end game. It may be configured to start the end effect before the start operation of is executed and before the winning auxiliary effect is started.

FIG. 12B is a diagram showing a state in which the right stop switch 240c detects the first stop operation from the state shown in FIG. 12A and stops the third reel R3. As shown in FIG. 12B, the effect control means 180A displays the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a based on the fact that the right stop switch 240c detects the first stop operation by pressing the right stop button B3. To finish. When the display of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a is completed, the display device 330 clearly displays the portion of the total number display 410b that overlaps with the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a. The display of "300", which is the number of medals paid out by the game before the end game, becomes visible.

In FIG. 12C, the left stop button B1 and the middle stop button B2 are pressed in the correct batting order from the state shown in FIG. 12B to stop the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and the bell B is released. It is a figure which shows the state which the end effect is continuously displayed at the time of winning a prize.

As shown in FIG. 12C, the effect control means 180A displays the number of medals paid out in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state as the total number display 410b, and is illustrated in FIG. In a state where 300 medals have been paid out by the game before the end game being played, the game ends without adding the 10 medals paid out due to the winning of Bell B in the end game. The number of medals paid out before the game before the game, which is "300", is displayed.

As described above, in the gaming machine having a configuration in which the end effect is displayed on the display device 330 during the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 described above.
When the effect control means wins the specific winning mode in the internal lottery in the finished game,
By the time the plurality of rotating reels can be stopped, the winning auxiliary effect and the end effect are displayed on the effect display device.
In the end effect, information on the game value given in the game other than the end game among the games in the advantageous state is displayed on the effect display device.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 displays the end effect in the end game on the display device 330 without using the result of the end game, so that the end effect does not change between the start and end of the game. , Even when the next game of the end game is started promptly, the end effect can be completed, so that the player's interest in the effect can be improved without hindering the progress of the player's game.

Further, in the present embodiment, the slot machine 1 is configured to execute a display that does not include the result of the end game for the total number display 410b displayed in the end effect, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the slot machine 1 may be configured to execute the display including the result of the end game for the total number display 410b displayed in the end effect.

In FIG. 13A, with respect to the total number display 410b displayed in the above-mentioned end effect, the winning auxiliary effect and the end effect are displayed in the end game in the slot machine 1 having the configuration of executing the display including the result of the end game. It is a figure which shows the state which is displayed on the display device 330. FIG. 13A illustrates a case where the winning area “batting order bell 12” in which the correct batting order is set to batting order 6 is won. Further, FIG. 13 illustrates a state in which 300 medals are paid out until the current game, which is the end game, that is, in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state.

As shown in FIG. 13A, the effect control means 180A receives a winning combination command indicating that the winning area “striking order bell 12” has been won in the internal lottery in the normal AT state from the command transmitting means 175A. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a is displayed at a position above the third reel R3 of the display device 330, and the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b is displayed at a position above the second reel R2 of the display device 330. It is determined to display and display the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c at a position above the first reel R1 in the display device 330, and based on receiving the wait command from the command transmitting means 175A, the winning auxiliary effect is produced. To start.

By displaying the value "1", the effect control means 180A notifies the right stop button B3 provided on the right side of the front view of the slot machine 1 as a stop button for executing the first stop operation. The effect index 400a is displayed on the right side of the drawing of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "2", it is provided as a stop button for executing the second stop operation in the center of the front view of the slot machine 1. The second winning auxiliary effect index 400b for notifying the middle stop button B2 is displayed in the center of the figure of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "3", the slot is used as a stop button for executing the third stop operation. The third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c for notifying the left stop button B1 provided on the left side of the front view of the machine 1 is displayed on the left side in the drawing of the display device 330.

Further, in parallel with the winning auxiliary effect, the effect control means 180A displays the total number of battles 410a indicating the number of times the battle effect is executed in the AT state as the end effect, and in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state. The total number display 410b indicating the number of medals paid out and the display device 330 are displayed.

FIG. 13B is a diagram showing a state in which the right stop switch 240c detects the first stop operation from the state shown in FIG. 13A and stops the third reel R3. As shown in FIG. 13B, the effect control means 180A displays the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a based on the fact that the right stop switch 240c detects the first stop operation by pressing the right stop button B3. To finish. When the display of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a is completed, the display device 330 clearly displays the portion of the total number display 410b that overlaps with the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a. The display of "300", which is the number of medals paid out by the game before the end game, becomes visible.

In FIG. 13C, the left stop button B1 and the middle stop button B2 are pressed in the correct batting order from the state shown in FIG. 13B to stop the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and the bell B is released. It is a figure which shows the state which a prize is won and the end effect is continuously executed.

As shown in FIG. 13C, the effect control means 180A displays "300", which is the number of medals paid out in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state, as the total number display 410b. The 10 medals paid out in connection with the winning of Bell B in the final game are added, and the display is changed to "310".

By changing the total number display 410b to a display including the result of the end game, the slot machine 1 can accurately display the result of the game including the end game executed in the AT state as the end effect, and the player It is possible to improve the interest in the production of.

Further, the effect control means 180A prevents the player from being excessively absorbed in the game, so-called immersiveness or dependence, by calling attention to the continuation of the game after changing the display of the total number display 410b. As an image (specific image) for displaying the alert display 420, the alert effect for displaying the alert display 420 can be displayed on the display device 330. The effect control means 180 displays an image in which the characters "Let's be careful about getting into the pachislot is a play to enjoy moderately" are displayed on the upper right of the figure of the display device 330 as a warning display 420. Regarding the display size of the warning display 420, for example, when the size of the liquid crystal monitor of the display device 330 is D inch, the height H (unit: mm) of the warning display 420 is H ≧ {10 ×. (2D-5)} ÷ 9 is set in advance.

In the slot machine 1, since the size of the liquid crystal monitor of the display device 330 is 7 inches, {10 × (2 × 7-5)} ÷ 9 = 10, so that the size is 10 mm or more. It is set. Further, the effect control means 180A is preset so that the width W (unit: mm) of the alert display 420 is W = H ÷ 10 × 64.12. In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, since H = 10 mm, it is preset so that W = 64.12 mm. By setting such a display size, the slot machine 1 can display the warning display 420 on the display device 330 in a size that allows the player to reliably identify the characters.

The effect control means 180A is configured to display a predetermined type of warning display 420 on the display device 330 with respect to the warning display 420. In addition, the effect control means 180A clearly displays the warning display 420 so that the characters are not displayed in a coarse and crushed manner due to the coarse resolution of the warning display 420, which makes it difficult for the player to identify. It is preconfigured to be. Further, the effect control means 180A uses, for example, red characters on a white background, outline characters on a red background, or the like so that the color of the alert display 420 does not become difficult to identify characters due to the background color. It is pre-configured with colors that clearly distinguish the background from the characters such as "A". In addition, the warning display 420 has a first color (red) in which the upper background color and the lower character color are the same, such as white characters with a red background color in the upper row and red characters with a white background color in the lower row. In addition, the upper character color and the lower background color are the same second color (white).

Further, the effect control means 180A is configured to draw the attention alert display 420 on a layer higher than the layer on which the image to be displayed in the end effect is drawn. With this configuration, the effect control means 180A can reliably display the caution display 420 regardless of the image drawn in the end effect.

Further, in FIG. 13, in the internal lottery in the end game, the winning area “batting order bell 12” is won in the specific winning mode, the winning assistance effect is displayed on the display device 330, and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped. In the slot machine 1, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are shown in the end game regardless of the result of the internal lottery for the warning display. Is configured to be displayed after it has stopped. That is, even when the effect control means 180A has not won the specific winning mode in the internal lottery in the end game and the winning auxiliary effect is not displayed on the display device 330, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 After stopping, a warning display is displayed on the display device 330.

As described above, in the gaming machine having the configuration of executing the display including the result of the end game with respect to the total number display 410b displayed in the above-mentioned end effect.
When the effect control means wins the specific winning mode in the internal lottery in the finished game,
By the time the plurality of rotating reels can be stopped, the winning auxiliary effect and the end effect are displayed on the effect display device.
In the end production
Until the plurality of reels are stopped, information on the game value given in the games other than the end game among the games in the advantageous state is displayed on the effect display device.
After the plurality of reels are stopped, information on the game value given in the game including the end game among the games in the advantageous state is displayed on the effect display device.
The effect control means displays on the effect display device a specific image that calls attention to dependence after the plurality of reels have stopped in the end game.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 can accurately display the result of the game including the end game executed in the AT state as the end effect, and can improve the interest of the player in the effect. Further, the slot machine 1 displays a warning effect on the display device 330 for displaying a warning display 420 that calls attention to the continuation of the game to the player, so that the player is excessively absorbed in the game. It is possible to call attention to so-called devotion and dependence and prevent the player from being devoted to the game.

Further, the slot machine 1 executes the display including the result of the end game for the total number display 410b displayed in the end effect, and displays the end effect after the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped. It may be configured to start displaying on.

FIG. 14A shows the total number display 410b displayed in the above-mentioned end effect, including the result of the end game, and displays the end effect after the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped. It is a figure which shows the state which the winning assist effect is started to display on the display device 330 in the end game in the slot machine 1 which is configured to start displaying on the device 330. FIG. 14A illustrates a case where the winning area “batting order bell 1” in which the correct batting order is set to batting order 1 is won. Further, FIG. 14 illustrates a state in which 300 medals are paid out until the current game, which is the end game, that is, in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state.

As shown in FIG. 14A, the effect control means 180A receives a winning combination command indicating that the winning area “striking order bell 1” has been won in the internal lottery in the normal AT state from the command transmitting means 175A. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a is displayed at a position above the first reel R1 of the display device 330, and the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b is displayed at a position above the second reel R2 of the display device 330. It is determined to display and display the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c at a position above the third reel R3 in the display device 330, and based on receiving the wait command from the command transmitting means 175A, the winning auxiliary effect is produced. To start.

By displaying the value "1", the effect control means 180A notifies the left stop button B1 provided on the left side of the front view of the slot machine 1 as a stop button for executing the first stop operation. The effect index 400a is displayed on the left side of the drawing of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "2", it is provided as a stop button for executing the second stop operation in the center of the front view of the slot machine 1. The second winning auxiliary effect index 400b for notifying the middle stop button B2 is displayed in the center of the figure of the display device 330, and by displaying the value "3", the slot is used as a stop button for executing the third stop operation. The third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c for notifying the right stop button B3 provided on the right side of the front view of the machine 1 is displayed on the right side in the drawing of the display device 330.

The effect control means 180A is executed while the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotating by executing the prize assist effect for displaying the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c on the display device 330. Is configured not to execute the end effect, and the display device 330 is configured so that the items displayed in the end effect are not displayed.

In FIG. 14B, the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed in the correct batting order from the state shown in FIG. 14A to stop the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, and the bell A is pressed. It is a figure which shows the state which the attention alert effect is executed and the end effect is not started in the winning state. As shown in FIG. 14B, the effect control means 180A displays by starting the alert effect during the period from the stop of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 to the start of the end effect. A warning display 420 is displayed substantially in the center and above the device 330.

By displaying the warning display 420 before the end effect is started, the slot machine 1 displays the end effect when the caution display 420 is displayed, and the warning display 420 is displayed by displaying a plurality of images at the same time. It is possible to prevent it from becoming inconspicuous.

FIG. 14C is a diagram showing a state in which the end effect is started from the state shown in FIG. 14B. As shown in FIG. 14C, in the effect control means 180A, Bell A won a prize in the end game to "300", which is the number of medals paid out in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state. “310 medals”, which is the sum of the 10 medals paid out accordingly, is displayed as the total number display 410b.

By displaying the total number display 410b including the result of the end game, the slot machine 1 can accurately display the result of the game including the end game executed in the AT state as the end effect. You can improve the interest in the production.

Further, the effect control means 180A continuously displays the attention alert effect started at the time of FIG. 14B on the display device 330 even at the time when the end effect is started. By continuously displaying the alert effect on the display device 330 until a predetermined time elapses, the slot machine 1 can surely make the player recognize the alert display 420, and the player can continue the game. By displaying the caution display 420, which is a display that calls attention to the game, on the display device 330, the player is alerted to the so-called devotion and dependence that the player is excessively absorbed in the game, and the player can play the game. You can prevent yourself from getting stuck.

In this way, with respect to the total number display 410b displayed in the above-mentioned end effect, the display including the result of the end game is executed, and the end effect is displayed on the display device 330 after the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped. In a gaming machine configured to start displaying
The effect control means
It is possible to display an attention-calling effect on the effect display device, which displays a specific image that calls attention to dependence on the effect display device.
When the specific winning mode is won in the internal lottery in the ending game,
By the time the plurality of rotating reels can be stopped, the winning auxiliary effect is started to be displayed on the effect display device.
After the plurality of reels are stopped, the end effect and the attention alert effect are displayed on the effect display device.
In the end effect, information on the game value given in the game including the end game among the games in the advantageous state is displayed on the effect display device.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 executes the game according to the prize-winning auxiliary effect, and after the prize-winning auxiliary effect is completed, the slot machine 1 performs the end effect including the result of the end game in which the number of medals paid out is extremely likely to be added. It can be displayed on the display device 330, and by accurately displaying the result of the game including the end game executed in the AT state as the end effect, the player's interest in the effect can be improved. Further, the slot machine 1 displays a warning effect on the display device 330 for displaying a warning display 420 that calls attention to the continuation of the game to the player, so that the player is excessively absorbed in the game. It is possible to call attention to so-called devotion and dependence and prevent the player from being devoted to the game.

Further, in the present embodiment, in the slot machine 1, in the reel stop control by the reel control means 130, any one of the left stop switch 240a to the right stop switch 240c (first stop switch) detects the first stop operation, and the first stop operation is performed. 1 When the reel corresponding to the first stop switch that detects the first stop operation stops after disabling the second stop operation that is detected by the second stop switch that is different from the first stop switch that detects the first stop operation. , It is configured to execute the control for enabling the second stop operation detected by the second stop switch, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the slot machine 1, for example, in the reel stop control by the reel control means 130, any one of the left stop switch 240a to the right stop switch 240c (first stop switch) detects the first stop operation and detects the first stop operation. After disabling the second stop operation detected by the second stop switch different from the first stop switch, the first stop is determined when the stop position of the reel corresponding to the stop switch that detects the first stop operation is determined. It may be configured to enable a second stop switch that is different from the first stop switch that detected the operation.

In other words, the pachinko machine
A reel control means (130) for controlling the rotation mode and the stop mode of the reel is provided.
The reel control means
When stopping the reel corresponding to the first stop switch based on the first stop operation to the first stop switch, the second stop operation to the second stop switch is invalidated.
When the stop position of the reel corresponding to the first stop switch is determined, the second stop operation on the second stop switch is enabled.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 is based on the first stop operation to the first stop switch (for example, the left stop switch 240a) in a state where the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotating. , When stopping the reel corresponding to the first stop switch (for example, the first reel R1), the second stop switch (when the first stop switch is the left stop switch 240a, the middle stop switch 240b or the right stop) By disabling the second stop operation on the switch 240c), a plurality of stop buttons are pressed at substantially the same time, resulting in a complicated reel stop control that executes reel stop control for a plurality of reels at substantially the same time. This can be prevented, and the reel corresponding to the pressed stop button can be reliably stopped within 190 ms, and the performance required for the gaming machine can be reliably satisfied.

Further, the slot machine 1 executes a control for enabling the second stop operation detected by the second stop switch when the stop position of the reel corresponding to the first stop switch that has detected the first stop operation is determined. As a result, the period during which the second stop operation for detecting the second stop switch is disabled is limited to the extremely short period during which the reel corresponding to the first stop switch for detecting the first stop operation is still rotating. A continuous left stop button B1 to execute a second pressing operation immediately after one of the rotating reels is stopped by the player's first pressing operation on the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3. Even when the player executes the pressing operation of the right stop button B3, all the pressing operations can be enabled, and the game can be executed without giving stress to the player.

In the case of being configured in this way, in the reel control means 130, when the first stop switch that has detected the first stop operation is maintained in the state of detecting the stop operation, that is, the first pressing operation is executed. Even when the stop button is maintained in the pressed state, it is preferable that the second stop switch, which has disabled the detected stop operation, is enabled so as to be enabled.

Further, in the case of such a configuration, the effect control means 180A is operated by pressing the left stop button B1 while the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are rotating, so that the left stop switch 240a ( The first stop switch) detects the first stop operation, and the stop position of the first reel R1 is determined. Therefore, the second stop operation detected by the middle stop switch 240b (second stop switch) by the reel control means 130. And the second stop operation detected by the right stop switch 240c (second stop switch), when the middle stop lamp 350b and the right stop button B3 arranged inside the middle stop button B2 are enabled. The right stop lamp 350c and the right stop lamp 350c arranged inside the above are turned on in green. At this time, the effect control means 180A maintains the disabled state of the left stop lamp 350a arranged inside the left stop button B1 for which the pressing operation has already been executed during the current game. , Continue to stay lit in red.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the effect control means 180A displays the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c on the display device 330 as the prize auxiliary effect, the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to The third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c is configured to start displaying at the same time, but the present invention is not limited to this. When the effect control means 180A displays the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c on the display device 330 as the prize auxiliary effect, the effect control means 180A displays the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize as the prize auxiliary effect. The auxiliary effect index 400c may be configured to start or complete the display at different timings.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a configuration in which the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c are simultaneously displayed and displayed at different timings when the rotating cylinder effect is not executed. In the example shown in FIG. 15, the display of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a is completed after the display of the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c is completed. As described above, the display start indicates the appearance of each index, and the display completion means that the index has changed the display mode (display position or shape) and then reaches the final display mode. For example, each index appears in a size of 1/10 of the final display mode at the start of display, gradually increases with the passage of time, and becomes the final display mode at the completion of display.

As shown in FIG. 15A, in the effect control means 180A, the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 is effective based on the fact that the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL and receives the wait command. The first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c are displayed on the display device 330. Specifically, the effect control means 180A sets a numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed based on the reception of the wait command after the start switch 230 detects the start operation to the start lever SL. The first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including, the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed, and the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed are included. 3 The prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c is displayed at the same time. Then, the effect control means 180A completes displaying the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a after simultaneously displaying the second prize auxiliary effect index 400b and the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c. At this time, the effect control means 180A completes the display of the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective.

Further, even when displaying only the first stop operation in the correct batting order, the effect control means 180A detects the start operation to the start lever SL by the start switch 230 and waits as shown in FIG. 15 (B). Based on the reception of the command, before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective, the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed and the stop order are displayed. Indicators including any symbol (for example, "-") are started to be displayed at the same time. Then, the effect control means 180A completes the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a after simultaneously displaying the indicators including the symbols regardless of the stop order. At this time, the effect control means 180A completes displaying the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a and the index including the two symbols regardless of the stop order before the detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 becomes effective. ..

In such a configuration, the effect control means 180A occupies the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a on the screen of the display device 330 more than the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c. It is preferable that the image is large (large image). When the image of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a is composed of the image of the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the image larger than the image of the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c, the effect control means 180A is the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index. When the display of 400b and the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c is completed, the image size of the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a is abbreviated as the image size of the second prize auxiliary effect index 400b and the image size of the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c. After that, the image size of the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a becomes larger than the image size of the second prize auxiliary effect index 400b and the image size of the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c. By continuing to expand to the size, the display of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a is completed after the display of the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c is completed at the same time. May be good.

With this configuration, in the slot machine 1, it takes a longer time for the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a to be displayed longer than the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c. Even with the configuration, the image continues to be enlarged at a constant speed, so it is necessary to give the player a sense of discomfort regarding the content of the image enlargement that is executed from the start of the display to the completion of the display in the prize-winning auxiliary effect. It is possible to perform an effect that shifts the timing of display completion.

Further, the effect control means 180A displays, as the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c, an index capable of grasping the operation order of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3, which are quick in the operation order, on the display device 330. After the display is started, the display device 330 may be configured to start displaying an index capable of grasping the operation order of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 whose operation order is slow.

FIG. 16 shows the operation order of the left stop buttons B1 to the right stop button B3, which are slow in the operation order, after the display of the index capable of grasping the operation order of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 is started to be displayed on the display device 330. It is a figure exemplifying the display start timing in the configuration which starts displaying an index which can grasp | display on a display device 330.

For example, as shown in FIG. 16A, the effect control means 180A stops the second after the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value “1” indicating that the first stop operation is executed is completed. Display of the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the operation is executed, and displaying the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed. After completion, it may be configured to start displaying the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c including the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16B, the effect control means 180A stops the second stop at the same time as the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value “1” indicating that the first stop operation is executed is completed. Display of the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the operation is executed, and displaying the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed. At the same time as the completion, the display of the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c including the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed may be started.

As described above, the slot machine 1 is a numerical value indicating that the second stop operation is executed after the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed is completed. After the display of the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b including "2" is started or the display of the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed is completed, the third By starting the display of the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c including the numerical value "3" indicating that the stop operation is executed, not only the numerical value indicating the operation order but also the operation order (the operation order when the display is started first ( Since the player can intuitively (visually) grasp (operate the one that started displaying first), the left stop button in the incorrect batting order rather than simply displaying the numerical value indicating the operation order. By pressing B1 to the right stop button B3, it is possible to avoid loss of game profit.

Here, in the slot machine 1, by delaying the display start of the second prize auxiliary effect index 400b and the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c, at the same time, the second prize auxiliary effect index 400b and the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c are displayed. Compared to the case where the display is delayed and the time from the completion of the display of the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c to the effective detection of the stop operation by the stop switch 240 is started at the same time as the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a. , It will be shortened as shown in FIGS. 16 (A) and 16 (B).

Therefore, in the slot machine 1, for example, when the game is executed so as to start the operation of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 after grasping all the correct batting orders, after grasping all the correct batting orders. The time until the operation to the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 becomes effective is shortened, and the preparation for executing the first stop operation immediately after the operation to the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 becomes effective. However, there is a risk that the game will not be in time, and as a result, the progress of the game will be slowed down, the game profit that should have been originally obtained may be lost, and the completion of the display of the third winning auxiliary production index 400c is delayed. Nevertheless, by forcibly trying to start the operation of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 earlier, the possibility of pressing the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 in the wrong batting order increases.

Here, in general, the dynamic visual acuity of a person (player) can accurately recognize a slight deviation in the display start of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c on the display device 330. Therefore, the effect control means 180A starts displaying on the display device 330 an index capable of grasping the operation order of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3, which has an early operation order, and before the display is completed, the left stop has a slow operation order. The display device 330 may be configured to start displaying an index capable of grasping the operation order of the buttons B1 to the right stop button B3.

For example, as shown in FIG. 16C, the effect control means 180A starts displaying the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value “1” indicating that the first stop operation is executed, and then completes the display. In the meantime, the display of the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed is started, and the numerical value "2" including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed is included. 2 The third winning auxiliary effect index 400c including the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed is started to be displayed between the time when the display of the winning auxiliary effect index 400b is started and the time when the display is completed. It may have been done.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16D, the effect control means 180A completes the display after starting the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed. In the meantime, the display of the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed is started, and the numerical value "2" including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed is included. 2 From the start of displaying the winning auxiliary effect index 400b to the completion of the display, and the completion of the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed. At the same time, it may be configured to start displaying the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c including the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16E, the effect control means 180A completes the display after starting the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value “1” indicating that the first stop operation is executed. In the meantime, the display of the second winning auxiliary effect index 400b including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed is started, and the numerical value "2" including the numerical value "2" indicating that the second stop operation is executed is included. 2 From the completion of the display of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a, which is between the start of display of the prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the completion of the display, and includes the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed. Previously, it may be configured to start displaying the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c including the numerical value "3" indicating that the third stop operation is executed.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 gives the player not only the numerical value indicating the operation order but also the operation order (the one whose display is started first is operated first) when the display is started first. Since it can be grasped sensuously (visually), the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 are pressed in the wrong batting order rather than simply displaying the numerical value indicating the operation order, resulting in a loss of game profit. Not only is it possible to avoid this, but even if the game is executed so as to start the operation of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 after grasping all the correct batting orders. , It is possible to secure a sufficient time from grasping all the correct batting orders until the operation to the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 becomes effective, and the operation to the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 can be performed. It reduces the risk of not being ready to perform the first stop operation immediately after it becomes effective, resulting in slower progress of the game and the possibility of losing the game profit that should have been originally obtained. It can be reduced, and even though the display completion of the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c is delayed, by forcibly trying to accelerate the start of operation of the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3, It is possible to reduce the possibility of pressing the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 in the wrong batting order.

The effect control means 180A may be configured to control in substantially the same manner even when displaying only the first stop operation in the correct batting order. As shown in FIG. 17A, the effect control means 180A is a symbol regardless of the stop order after the display of the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value “1” indicating that the first stop operation is executed is completed. An index including (for example, "-") may be started to be displayed, or as shown in FIG. 17B, a first winning auxiliary effect index including a numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed. At the same time when the display of 400a is completed, an index including a symbol (for example, "-") regardless of the stop order may be started to be displayed, or as shown in FIG. 17C, it indicates that the first stop operation is executed. An index including a symbol (for example, "-") regardless of the stop order may be started from the start of displaying the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" to the completion of the display.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 gives the player not only a numerical value indicating a stop button for executing the first stop operation but also a stop button for executing the first stop operation when the display is started first. Since it can be grasped sensuously (visually), the first winning auxiliary effect index 400a including the numerical value "1" indicating that the first stop operation is executed and the symbol regardless of the stop order (for example, "-") Since the display of the index including the above is started at the same time, it is possible to prevent the loss of the game profit by pressing the left stop button B1 to the right stop button B3 in the wrong batting order.

Further, in FIGS. 15 to 17, the case where the rotating body effect is not executed and the winning assisting effect is executed is illustrated, but even when the rotating body effect is executed, the first winning assistance is performed. The effect index 400a to the third winning auxiliary effect index 400c may be configured to start or complete the display at different timings.

As described above, when the second body effect is executed in which the random delay control is not executed, the effect control means 180A finishes the second body effect and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 start rotating. Based on the above, it is sufficient to start displaying the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c, and the timing of starting the display of each prize-winning auxiliary effect index is as illustrated in FIGS. 16 and 17. , May be configured to start displaying simultaneously or sequentially. Further, as for the timing of the display completion of each prize-winning auxiliary effect index, the effect control means 180A indicates that the display of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a is completed with respect to the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the third. It may be configured so that the timing is later than the completion of the display of the winning assistance effect index 400c.

Further, if the first reel effect in which the random delay control is executed is executed, the effect control means 180A finishes the first reel effect and executes the random delay control, so that the second reel effect is executed. Based on the fact that the first reel R1 starts rotating while the reels R2 and the third reel R3 are stopped, it suffices to start displaying the first prize auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize auxiliary effect index 400c, and each prize is won. As for the timing of starting the display of the auxiliary effect index, as illustrated in FIGS. 16 and 17, the display may be started simultaneously or sequentially. Further, as for the timing of the display completion of each prize-winning auxiliary effect index, the effect control means 180A indicates that the display of the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a is completed with respect to the second prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400b and the third. It may be configured so that the timing is later than the completion of the display of the winning assistance effect index 400c.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the random delay control is executed, the reel control means 130 starts rotating in the order of the first reel R1, the second reel R2, and the third reel R3 from the left random weight timer 196a to the right. The random wait timer 196c is configured to set a random delay time, but is not limited thereto. The reel control means 130 determines, for example, in which order the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 start rotating by lottery, and the left random wait timer 196a to the right random so as to have a random delay in the determined order. The wait timer 196c may be configured to set a random delay time.

Further, when the reel control means 130 generates the first random number to the third random number, the reel control means 130 generates random numbers so as not to have the same value, so that the magnitude relation of each of the first random number, the second random number, and the third random number can be changed. It may be configured to be variable each time a random number is generated. For example, when the reel control means 130 executes the first random delay control, the value "5" is generated as the first random number, the value "9" is generated as the second random number, and the value "18" is generated as the third random number. May start rotating in the order of the first reel R1, the second reel R2, and the third reel R3 by generating the value "13" as the first random number when the second random delay control is executed. By generating the value "6" as the second random number and the value "8" as the third random number, the rotation may be started in the order of the second reel R2, the third reel R3, and the first reel R1.

When the first reel to start rotating is configured to be random when the random delay control is executed, the command transmitting means 175A rotates any of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 first. Even when starting, it is preferable that the wait command is created and transmitted based on the start of rotation of one reel. With this configuration, when the random delay control is executed and the winning auxiliary effect is executed, the effect control means 180A can start the winning auxiliary effect based on the start of rotation of one reel. it can.

Further, in the present embodiment, the effect control means 180A is configured to execute a prize-winning auxiliary effect for displaying the first prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400a to the third prize-winning auxiliary effect index 400c on the display device 330 as the prize-winning auxiliary effect. However, it is not limited to this. The effect control means 180A has, for example, a configuration in which a first lamp is provided on the first reel R1, a second lamp is provided on the second reel R2, and a third lamp is provided on the third reel R3. In this case, by turning on the first lamps to the third lamps in the order corresponding to the correct batting order, the effect of assisting the winning of the bells A and B may be feasible.

In such a configuration, it is preferable that the effect control means 180A turns on the lamp corresponding to the first stop operation based on the start operation to the start lever SL when the rotating cylinder effect is not executed. Further, when the rotating cylinder effect is executed, the effect control means 180A preferably lights a lamp corresponding to the first stop operation based on the start of rotation of the reel regardless of the presence or absence of random delay control.

Further, the effect control means 180A may be configured to be able to execute an effect of assisting the winning of the bell A and the bell B by outputting a voice for notifying the correct batting order by, for example, the sound device 340. In such a configuration, it is preferable that the effect control means 180A outputs a sound notifying the correct batting order from the sound device 340 based on the start operation to the start lever SL when the rotation effect is not executed. Further, when the rotation effect is executed, the effect control means 180A preferably outputs a sound notifying the correct batting order based on the start of rotation of the reel from the sound device 340 regardless of the presence or absence of the random delay control.

That is, the effect control means 180A may be configured to execute the prize-winning auxiliary effect using the effect device 300, and the specific device used for the prize-winning auxiliary effect and the notification method thereof are limited to the present embodiment. Not done.

Further, in the present embodiment, the prize-winning auxiliary effect is executed by the effect control means 180A included in the sub-control unit 20, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the prize-winning auxiliary effect is performed using a device managed by the main control unit 10. May be configured to be executed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the effect control means 180A turns on the stop lamp when the stop operation in which the stop switch is stopped by the reel control means 130 is invalidated during the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. The aspect is changed from green to red, but is not limited to this. The effect control means 180A may be configured to switch from turning on the green to turning off the lighting of the stop lamp, for example. Further, the effect control means 180A may be configured to maintain a state in which the stop lamp is lit in green with respect to the lighting mode of the stop lamp, for example, since the period in which the stop switch is disabled is a short period. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, in the reel control means 130, when the first stop switch that has detected the first stop operation is maintained in the state of detecting the stop operation, that is, the stop button on which the first pressing operation is executed is pressed. Even when the pressed operation is maintained, the second stop switch that has disabled the detected second stop operation is configured to be enabled, but the present invention is not limited to this, for example. , When the stop button on which the first pressing operation is executed is maintained in the pressed operation state, the second stop switch is configured to maintain the state in which the detected stop operation is invalidated. May be good.

Further, in the present embodiment, the effect control means 180A is configured to display the number of medals paid out in the total number display 410b as information regarding the game value given in the game in the AT state, but the present invention is limited to this. Not done. The effect control means 180A provides information on the game value given in the game in the AT state, for example, the difference (difference number) between the total number of medals inserted in the AT state and the total number of medals paid out. May be configured to be displayed in the total number display 410b.

Further, in the present embodiment, the slot machine 1 is configured to execute the process related to the end effect with the last game in the normal AT state as the end game, but the present invention is not limited to this. The slot machine 1 may have an instruction function state in which the winning assistance control by the instruction function control means 200B can be executed after the normal AT state is ended, and the slot machine 1 may have an instruction function state in which the instruction function control means 200B ends in one game. It may be configured to execute the end effect in the functional state.

Further, in the present embodiment, the effect control means 180A displays the result in one set of AT states from the time when the predetermined start condition is satisfied to the time when the predetermined end condition is satisfied on the display device 330 for the end effect. It is configured in, but is not limited to this. The effect control means 180A is, for example, when one set of AT states (AT state A2) is started again within a predetermined number of games (for example, 50 games) after one set of AT states (AT state A1) is completed. In the end effect at the end of the AT state A2, the display device 330 may be configured to display the sum of the result in the AT state A1 and the result in the AT state A2.

Specifically, the effect control means 180A displays, for example, "total number of battles 3" as the total number of battles display 410a and "TOTAL 300" as the total number display 410b in the AT state A1 of the first set. , In the second set of AT state A2 started within 50 games after the end of AT state A1, the number of medals paid out in a series of games excluding the end game in the AT state by executing the battle effect twice is 70. In the case of a total number of battles, the total number of battles is displayed as 410a, and the total number of battles in the AT state A1 is "3" and the total number of battles in the AT state A2 is "2". Is displayed as the total number of sheets displayed 410b, and is displayed as "TOTAL 370 sheets" which is the sum of the value "300" which is the total number of payouts in the AT state A1 and the value "70" which is the total number of payouts in the AT state A2. It may be configured in.

Further, in the present embodiment, the slot machine 1 sets a value as an initial value in the storage value of each counter or storage means, and decrement update by subtracting 1 at each game execution, or 1 at the time of each game execution. It is configured to execute increment update that adds in increments, but it is not limited to this, and the update method of each counter and storage means may be configured to execute multiplication, division, etc., and is not particularly limited. ..

1 slot machine (game machine)
120 Internal lottery means 130 Reel control means 180A Production control means (winning assistance means)
300 Production device R1 1st reel R2 2nd reel R3 3rd reel SL Start lever

The present invention includes a plurality of reels and
With the start lever
With multiple stop buttons
Internal lottery means to perform internal lottery ,
Equipped with a production control means that can display images,
The effect control means can display a winning auxiliary image, and can display the winning auxiliary image.
The winning auxiliary image assists the winning JP Teiyaku,
The winning auxiliary image includes a first image and a second image.
The first image is an image showing a stop button to be pressed first.
The second image is an image showing a stop button to be pressed second.
The timing of starting the display of the first image is the same as the timing of starting the display of the second image.
The timing of completing the display of the first image is later than the timing of completing the display of the second image .

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With multiple reels
With the start lever
Internal lottery means to perform internal lottery,
A reel control means for controlling the rotation mode and the stop mode of the reel, and
It is equipped with a prize-winning assistance means that causes the production device to execute the prize-winning assistance for a specific role.
The reel control means
When the spinning effect using the reel is not executed, the reel is started to rotate in order to advance the game based on the operation of the start lever.
When the rotation effect is executed, after the rotation effect is completed, the reel is started to rotate in order to advance the game.
When the rotating cylinder effect is not executed, the prize-winning assisting means starts the prize-winning assistance with the effect device based on the operation of the start lever.
A gaming machine characterized by that. The winning assisting means does not start the winning assist when the start lever is operated when the rotating cylinder effect is executed, and the winning assist means is based on the start of rotation of the reel for advancing the game. With the production device,
The gaming machine according to claim 1. The rotating cylinder effect includes a specific rotating cylinder effect that rotates and stops the plurality of reels to display a specific symbol combination.
The reel control means executes random delay control that randomly delays the start of rotation of the plurality of reels so that they are not synchronized when the specific rotation cylinder effect is executed.
Even when the random delay control is executed based on the execution of the specific spinning reel effect, the winning assisting means does not start the winning assistance at the time when the start lever is operated, and proceeds with the game. Based on the start of rotation of the reel for causing the winning, the winning assistance is started by the effect device.
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the gaming machine is characterized by the above.

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